The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-18 00:00:00

UMMARY OF NEWS AND PubUr so ptitton. " Who runs may read." FORZION. A rumour prevailed at Paris that the King had caught a severe cold at Fontainbleau, but it appears to be un founded. On Tuesday evening their Majesties received the Mi nisters of Marine and Commerce, the Duke do la Roche foueault, and the Count de Biral. A.'Madrid l etter of the 7th states that the Count de Ilaplani, brother of the King of Naples, is in that capi tal, and that the report of an intended marriage between him and Queen Isabella has been revived, On Saturday morning, during a severe storm, a seri ous accident occurred to the Spanish steamer El Se eundo-Gaditano, in entering the port of Marseilles. The Man in charge of the boilers having neglected to turn off the steam, one of them burst, and four men were so dreatidly scalded, that two died almost immediately, and the other two were, on landing, taken to the hospital in a dreadful state. All the passengers escaped injury. An interesting ceremony took place at Boulogne, in the chur c h of the lower town, on the 7th inst. Mme. S auvage, a widow lady, celebrated the anniversary of her hundredth birthday. A great number of her friends, children, grand-children, and great-grand-children were present. The offieiating priest, M. Dufour, was 92 years of age- The old lady's children are 72 and 75 years old- She has seen four generations, enjoys all her facul ties, and is remarkable for her unalterable good humour. Li eutenant-General the Count de Grouchy, Inspector- General of Cavalry, and rec&atly appointed to the com mand of the 13th military division, has just had the mis fortune of mutilating one of his hands in the machinery of a mill upon his estate. In 1815, when colonel of a l'egiment of hussars, M. de Grouchy had three of the fingers of the same hand mutilated by a sabre-cut in a charge against the Prussians at Fleurus. So acti ve h as t h e war department been, says a letter from Vienna, in substituting percussion-muskets for those hitherto in use in the Austrian army, that 200,000 erc ussion-muskets are now ready. All the troops in it alY are to be furnished with them. In the Seventh Chamber of the Paris Correctional Polic e on Wedneseab a complaint was heard of the cele brated Vid ocq, against Legris, a watchmaker, for had It app eare d t h at i n S eptem b er l ast, M . Legr i s Elad been robbed of some watches and other property, r i d by the advice of Ms friends had applied to Viocq to discover the thief. A woman named Debonnair d e was ta ken up and convicted f or th e o ff ence , an d, on t h e t r i a l, 11 7, Legris e x p resse d hi mse lf i n terms re l at i ve to Vid ocq Which the latter thought unjust, and calculated to do him in itir.Y. He brought an action against Legris in con tevez..ce but the Court considering that the defendant 5(1 s P9ljez on his oath, an d th a t th e pl a i n tiff did no t "me forward in person to urge his charge, dismissed the C age, and condemned Vidocq to costs. T ,..8Y a roy a l or d er, d ated Mun i ch, the Bth i nst., the t t ng has or d ere d that until he shall have decided other in''Bl, all so ldi ers who are not Catholics, and who serve fn vi rtue of th e conscr i pt i on , s h a ll not b e emp l oye d i n i, l3 4 ll ing the li nes o f C at h o li c process i ons w h en the h ost °l ng Carried. saw AND POLICa. a r , l4 the Court o f E xc h equer , t h e L or d Ch ie f B aron should be d floun that th e C our t was o f o pi n i on th a t ru l es granted in the cases of Harrison v. Wright, erellin v. Calvert, and erellin v. Brook. His Lordship 4130 a nnounced, in the early p a rt o f th e d a y, th a t F r id a y next sho u ld be additional special paper day. iAt the Mansion -house, five young women, who bad tht been discharged from Peckham workhouse, con nected with the City of London House, were charged oth havi ng broken eighteen panes of glass in the Man ion -house windows. It was stated that, while in the let of smashin g t h e w i ndows, they i ndulged themselves In roars of laughter. The Lord Mayor, in passing sen tence,aaid—You s h a l l all go to Bridewell, to hard labour and economical diet, for two months; and so shall every windovv-breaker who is brought before me. Mr. ilinghana an auctioneer, i n Ryd er ' s - cour t, Lei cester square,was summoned, before Sir Peter Laurie 11 , 11 d Sir John Pirie, at Guildhall, for making an execs :we and unlawful distress on the goods of Robert Kew, ' l2 Ring's Head -court, Shoe lane. Bingham contended that the magistrates had no jurisdiction. He would try the question with them. Sir Peter Laurie said he would if necessary, assist the complainant to try the question, from his own purse. The defendant was adjudged to NY 50s. as a compensation, which order he refused to comply with. The boy Watts, who draws crowds together in the streets, by standing on his head on the spike of any iron railing, was brought up at Marlborough-street , . James's charged ae,s s with stan di ng on his head on the railings o f St Church. H e expressed a great dread of the work house, an d sa i d he preferred a prison ; and on being asked by t h e magistrate how many times be had been in prison, he thus replied :—" Tell yer worship the whole lot. F irst of all I got seven days in Coldbath-fi e lds for begging. V en I come out I gave up that dodge, and stole a penny loaf, and got a fortnight at the mill. Next me and my partner stole some horranges, and the beak guy us a month apiece at Tothill-fields. Arter that got seven days for jumping Jim Crow, Arter that two months, cos a pleseman cotched me by the scruff of my neck, and I hev a stone at him, whot missed him and bit a boy behind a slap on the nose. Next got three veeks at Horsemonger, for notink as I know on. Arter that 303., or three veeks at the New Prison, for breaking via ders, cos they chucked water over me ; and that's all except this here, which is either Brixton or the verkhus, tot yer vership pleases." This history of convictions was given without the slightest hesitation, and as a matter of course. Mr. Hardwick gave the boy the option of making his election between a prison again or Mar le bone workh ouse, as he appeared to have a settlement in that perish. The boy, after a short pause, decided on giving the workh ouse anot h er trial. The attention of the Magistrate at Queen-square was drawn to the case of a young lady, who gave her name Georgians Leigh Hayes, and stated that she was twety seven years of age. She represented herself to be n the daughter of a wine-merchant, who had formerly carried on business on Tower-hill, but who died when she was "1 Y s even years old. Her mother shortly afterwards th ln elnoved to Hull, were she was married to Mr. Picards, e b e „ ut __ F 7 Recorder there, and proprietor of some ex lelasive lead works in the neighbourhood. He was for . 1114 °Y years in the most affluent circumstances, and kept :4) u very larg e esta b l i shment; but owing to severe losses si.buiness, and an expensive and long protracted law r tut ' which ultimately was decided against him, he he e much reduced, and died about fourteen months ago. n loy , B „wife (applicant's mother) survived him but a herself , Applicant, who had endeavoured to maintain be e °Y keeping a day-school, and by doing plain Loc-work, found her efforts unsuccessful, and came di sa Mon in hopes of having better fortune. She was slend er in this respect, and having expended the j og . u r keens left by her mother, parted with her cloth upri4til she was left with nothing but what she stood de lt r, 14 . She was wan d er i ng the streets in the most k et "ute conditi on , w i thout food or shelter, when she he ns wi th Mrs. Carr, who, recogni s i ng h er , too k h er Carr' end a ff orded her all the relief in her power. Mrs. onb-,...z,tioned the c ase t o I ns p ec t or T ay l or, who, be 4.lung inquiries, found her statement to Zntquite correct, and various sums of money were .r.ibuted for her relief. Shortly before the closing of the uourt sweat ' , a gentl eman entered and stated he was in Ir,c . T y a Miss G eorg i ana H ayes, t h e d aughter of a u ti e ,' 0 1 - laYee, and s h ould this lady prove to be the idea title& t-rtY of wh om h e was in search, she would be en very consider a bl e property. He subsequently If s e Y communi cated the result of his visit. Miss ,heielsawas the d aughter of a Mr. Charles Hayes, but here so stated th at her father had no brothers. If this utisfie4 the c ould not b e th e party, b ut he did not rest years in that respe c t. Mi ss Hayes was only seven L o ,,, ed 7 r no at he r f at h er ' s death, and had been re the famiknyal London. She bore a striking resemblance to At Worship-sireet Anne MiCormack, recently a do in the service of Mr. M. Gomez Silva, a West Was brough t in King-street, Finsbury-square, inv e iZ d u gh_t xi) for re - examination , charged with having child, a way her master's daughter, an interesting with of age, f or i mmora l purposes, and also Aarnns, f ie ,,len a so vere i gn , t h e property of Leah ch arge of t r, ' eu°l v - servant. Sh e was comm i tte d on the the child , ef t , and remanded on that of inveigling away • Th e m culn er—rasirsorir Ansa. Pee ted to arquis and Marchioness of Normanby are ex- The%/as ti ,rrive in t own on Monday next, from Mul grave e at (Ji nn .mar guts of Londonderry entertained his tenantry day lass in the assembly-rooms, Newtownard, on Mon.- . The Co untess of Glengall and the Ladies Butler have The at Lower Gro svenor - street, from Brighton. versEarl of Gain s b orough will preside at the anni of th 4rY of the th e ensuing motlnth and Agricult ura l S ociety, on the 4th _. .:„4-dady Howard de Walden and family left. Harcourt 110u!e, the residence of the Duke of Portland, on Thurs -23', Art, for Southampton, where her Ladyship was to U n ii_ark on Friday for Lisbon, to join Lord - Howard de 'Y,lden at the British Embassy in the Portuguese capital. Ilellord and Lady Beresford intend passing the winter at "Rebury Park, Kent. renTahe Dowager Lady Ridley still continues at the Cla k_ Rotel Leamington Spa, at which place she has s • .' 4 ojourning for some months. Her Ladyship is still I a very precarious state of health. Accord ing to the latest accounts from Harcourt House fthe Duke of Poniard was getting gradually better. The llarquis of Titchfield has, for the present, relinquished Projected continental tour. The Noble Marquis, with the Ladies Mary and Harriet Bentinck, and Lord lienry Bentinck, rema i n at the Abbey with their noble Parent, MI6 01117. On Friday evening a banquet was given at tho Albion, 1, Alders,rate-streil. , , . by 'r'e, on his elevation to the bench. Mr. Rogers, the l eader o f t h e circuit, was in the chair ; and, in addition to the members of th e c i rcu i t, there were present Sir Prederick Thesi gcr, Si r Thomas Wilde, Mr. Sergeant Alerewether, Sir John Awdry, W. Hayter, Esq., M.P., and others, who, having some time left the circuit, were anxiou s to participate in this mark of respect to the dis tinguished guest. A numerous and highly -respectable meeting took Place in the Town•hall at Bridport, on Wednesday e vening, the 13th inst., for the purpose of welcoming the a rrival of Mr. Cochrane among his constituents. About three hundred of the electors sat down to supper, and Cher}tv corne r o f t h e hall was densely cr ow d e d . After custo . mar y loyal toasts had been given, th e h ea l t h of the llon Member was drunk with great enthusiasm, and 4 the Ronourable Memb er rep li ed in a long speech, to W4l Tr 4 irm referred in a leader. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNI.NO, NOV_ EMBER 1 1844. On Thursday an important meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, including most of the large and influential manufacturers of the district, was held in the rooms in Town-hall-buildings, King-street, Manchester, for the purpose of considering the propriety of memorialising Government for the repeal of the duty on cotton wool. The attendance of members was large. Several gentle men addre , sed the meeting, who all agreed in condemn ing the tax in the strongest terms. In the end a memo rial to the Lords of the Treasury was unanimously adopted in favour of the immediate repeal of the tax. Upwards of 500 tons of hay have been completely de stroyed between Banagher and Meelick, by the rising of the waters of the Shannon. The relatives of the late Mr. Arthur Gloster, of Moy lish, have offered a reward of 8001. for the discovery of the murderers of that gentleman, on the 4th November inst., near Rathlooba, county of Clare. In consequence of the high winds and extremely boisterous weather which has prevailed for the last week, and particularly during the early part of it, nearly the whole of the steamers trading to and from the Con tinent have been considerably behind their usual time, and several of them have been prevented from making the voyage at all. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY Taarrtc.—The following are the Total Receipts of ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : Week Last ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. to c c .3•S A _ Mgr. 9 Arbroath and Forfar ••••.••• • • • • • • • 112 T 37 8 Birmingham and Gloucester •.••• • • • • • 2,249 1,667 - Brandling Junction ..••••••• • • • • • • • • - 807 9 Bristol and Gloucester ••••••• • • . • • • • 949 - 8 Chester and Birkenhead • • • 7 Dublin and Drogheda• •• • • ••• • .. - 12 Dublin and Kingstown •.••.•• • • • • • . • 656 665 10 Dandec and Arbroath .•. 228 216 Darham and Sunderland . • . • . • . • • • • • • - 808 9 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• . • • • • 2,153 2,062 10 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 3,845 3,139 9 Glasgow, Kihnarnock, and Ayr .•• • • • 1,360 1,220 9 Glasgow and Greenock• •••• • • •• •• • • 663 756 8 Grand Junction •.•• • • • ..... •••• • • • • 7,782 6,787 9 Great North of England •• • .... 10 Great Western •• • 14,567 12,144 8 Liverpool and Manchester ••• . • 9 London and Birmingham 10 London and Blackwall ••••• • • . • 9 London and Brighton .•• • • • • • 4,278 3,433 12 London and Croydon 14 London and Greenwich ............. 670 677 10 London and South Western . .• • . 5,181 5,113 10 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •. • . 824 719 9 Manchester and Birmingham ...... • . 2,822 2,416 9 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• 6,500 5,465 9 Midland Counties . 9 Newcastle and Darlington 953 - 9 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• • . 9 Newcastle and North Shields.. •• • . 325 341 8 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,474 817 11 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans 5,593 4,823 11 Paris and Rotten ..• .. ••. 9 Preston and Wyre • • 293 237 9 Sheffield and Manchester •• .. 579 451 14 South Eastern . ............ ••• • • 4,034 3,073 9 Taff Vale • .• • • 717 592 10 Ulster . 631 561 10 Yarmouth and Norwich . . - 9 York and North Midland . •... HOP DUTY. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DUTY ON HOPS OF THE GROWTH OF THE YEAR 1844, DISTINGUISHING THE DISTRICTS, AND THE OLD FROM THE NEW DUTY. DISTRICTS. DUTY. Barnstaple Cambridge Canterbury Corn wall Derby Dorset Essex B2l 7 51 Gloucester l2 1 74 40 3 11 11,083 8 11 25,142 3 11. [erts 562 16 6 sle of Wight Lincoln Lynn ll 11 2 Oxford Reading 2 10 Rochester 113,960 18 0 Salisbury Salop 6 8 3i Stourbridge Suffolk Surrey Sussex Wale; Middle 55 10 1 1 Wellington Worcester 5,265 17 11 Grantham Hants Hereford £256,240 15 2,i Old Duty at 1 12-20 d. per lb 140,322 17 2,1- 12-20 New Duty at 4 8-20 d. per lb 103,716 17 11-1 8.20 Additional Duty of 5 per cent per Act 3 Victoria, c. 17 12,201 0 Oi. £256,240 15 21 G. F. COTTRELL, Accountant-General. Excise-office, London, 16th November, 1844. LATEST FROM CHINA. Letters have been received overland, from her Majesty's ship Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, dated Hong-Kong, July 31. The Agincourt, 72, Captain H. Bruce, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, was lying there, in company with the Minden, hospital-ship, Captain Quin, which ship was to be paid off in a few days, and the officers and crew, it was reported, would be sent home in the Pelican. The Wolverine, 16, Commander Clifford, it was ex pected, would take a second instalment of the Chinese ransom to Singapore, to be forwarded by the Harle quin, 16, Commander the Hon. George Hastings, which ship may be expected to arrive in England about the end of January or beginning of February. A court-martial had been held on Lieutenant James B.. Kinsman, of the Wolverine, on charges of drun kenness, which being proved, he has been dismissed the service. The commands in the East were to be divided, that of the China forces to remain under Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, and the East Indies to be under a Commodore, supposed Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., of the Fox.—Devonport Independent. THE FIRE AT WEST BERGHOLT.—APPREHEN.. 810 N OF THE INCENDIARY.-011 Friday a man named Enoch Bibby was taken before the magistrates of Col chester, charged on suspicion with having set fire to the premises at West Bergholt Hall, the property of Mr. J. Round, M.P., in the occupation of Mr. Ward. The prisoner was in Mr. Ward's employ, and had, it ap peared, been seen by one of the police, near one of the barns, with a candle and lantern, without being able to give any satisfactory account of himself. He had also said, while the fire was raging—" This is the way to get Ward's old beer out." Mr. Ward had just at this time sent some beer out to the men who were helping to ex tinguish the flames. At the house of the prisoner s grandmother was found a part of an old stuff curtain, which exactly corresponded with a piece of stuff, found partially burnt, in the farm-yard, and the prisoner had first denied and afterwards admitted that he had been at his grandmother's on the Sunday. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the cause of the fire ; but the circum stances stated in the evidence appeared of so suspicious a character that the magistrate remanded him until Monday next.—Abridged from the Chelmsford Chronicle. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS BY RAILWAT.---A. Cir cular to the Railway Companies has been issued from the War-office, referring to the Act of last Session which renders it obligatory on the proprietors of several existing and all future railways authorised by or re quiring further powers from Parliament, to convey the military, their baggage, &c., at fixed rates, and stating that the Secratary-at-War considers it proper that the existing contracts with the railway companies for the conveyance of her Majesty's troops should be revised, and that, if possible, the rates of charge and general terms for their conveyance should be the same upon all the railways in the United Kingom. The circular ex presses an opinion that the rates fixed by the Act will " afford adequate remuneration for the service per formed ;" and an early answer is requested, as to whether the company addressed, if not coming under the Act will consent to these terms.—Railway Record. SUICIDE FROM DISAPPOINTED A FFECTION.—An inquest was on Friday held at Brompton, on the body of a soldier of the 11th Regiment, who had shot himself while on duty in his sentry-box, in Chatham Dockyard. The mother of a girl whom the deceased had desired to marry stated that on the morning ho committed the dreadful act she had told him it was of no use his seek. ing her daughter, for that she was about to be married to another man. The deceased, she said, shed tears. She told him it was of no use his fretting—she thought nothing about him. Ile said, " Let who will have her, I hope the Lord will bless her." The girl herself was examined, and said that she had never given him any encouragement. The deceased's comrades deposed to some recent expressions of his strongly indicative of espair. The verdict was—" Temporary insanity." LOCAL LEGISLATION.—Friday ' s Gazette, amidst the now usual host of railway notices, informs us that the Corporation of London are about to apply for amended powers for improving the navigation of the Thames westward of London-bridge, and that a railway is projected, to commence at Richmond, by a junction with a " certain intended railway, called, or to be called, the Richmond and West-end Junction Railway," and to terminate at Staines, passing through Twickenham, laleworth, Hamp ton, &c. Further, it appears to be designed that the present thoroughfare for carriages, horses, &c., along the eastern side of Lincoln's Inn-fields shall be stopped up, and a new footway formed " of the width of twenty feet," on the same side, in lieu thereof ; the residue of the present road to be " annexed to the gardens and ground" of the society. ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPHS IN FRANCE.—The Mi nister of the Interior has just appointed a Special Com mission to report on the advantages of the system of electrical telegraphs, and the possibility of their appli cation. The Minister had previously directed M. Al phonse Foy, the administrator in chief of the telegraphic department, and two of the principal employes, to inspect the model of Mr. Bain's electrical telegraph, which has been for some time privately exhibited in Paris. We are happy in being enabled to state, as we be lieve we may do on competent authority, that the Benchers of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, and the Benchcrs of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, have instituted an inquiry into the alleged malprac tices at the bar of Messrs. Pyke, Crouch, and Farren. For the present we abstain from all remark.—Chronicle. OURT OF SEWER the payment should be delayed, it would be a good and valid amendment. Mr. LESLIE —The Chairman was going to put to the Court that the sum of 2,0001. be paid to Messrs. Ben nett, and his amendment was to delay that order until certain investigations were made. The delay would be only till to-morrow, or a dty or two longer. He (Mr. Leslie) had no wish to resist payments fur work really done. The CHAIRMAN was still of opinion that it could not be entertained, and reused to put it to the Court. The order to pay Messrs. Bennett the amount in ques tion was then carried, and sig ned by six Commissioners. A further sum o f 950/. to Mr. Thomas Cubitt, on ac count of works in part of the King's Scholars' Pond Sewer, was then oartored ; as also a sum of 41. ss. to Mr. J. Fluin. Mr. Hertzlett, the chief clerk, then read, a letter which he had received during the discussion from Mr. Jenkins, the second clerk of the works, praying leave to resign his situation. Captain BAGUE would wish to have Mr. Jenkins called into Court to know his motives for resigning. He (Capt. Bague) had learned out of doors that that officer had been goaded into this course by. an Hon. Commissioner. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be derogatory to the character of that Court to call upon any officer to ex plain his motives for throwing up his situation. After some discussion as to " the right" of any Com missioner or Commissioners " to goad" the officers at the Court, it was finally put to the vote, and carried, that Mr. Jenkins should be called in, and that gentle man was accordingly introduced. His own letter, and the resolutions of the Court were then read, and to questions from Captain Bague as to his motives for re signing, Mr. Jenkins replied, with great naivete, that he had got a better situation, and had accepted it. Mr. LESLIE had not replied to the remarks which had been made 1 y Hon. Commissioners, but now that they had had Mr. Jenkins's answer, he would ask those Hon. Commissioners if they had meant him (Mr. Leslie) as the person who had goaded that gentleman on to resign. The question was unanswered, and the subject dropped. A letter was then read from the Holborn and Finsbury Commission, expressing its satisfaction at the resolution come to by the Court of Sewers for Westminster re specting the depth of sewerage on the new line from Long-acre to St. Giles's. Mr. WILLOUGHBY moved that a resolution should be placed on their minutes, disclaiming the inference that seemed to be drawn by the neighbouring Commission, namely, that that Court, in consenting to the increased depth of sewer, had only a desire to consult the interest of that Commission, without any regard to th e wan t s o f the ratepayers in Westminster. He was the more anxious that the Court should express such a resolution, lest the concession should be urged as a precedent at any future time. MT. BEECH seconded it, and the resolution was ordered to be entered on the minutes. The CHAIRMAN then directed attention to the neces sity of taking some measures for the immediate re-con struction of the defective parts of the Ranelagh sewer in Gloucester-road, Paddington, which had been already ordered, under the superintendence of Messrs. Tite and Rennie. He had hoped that contractors would have been named by that time, but as the parties had declined to accept the works, it appeared to him that that Court should direct Mr. Jay, the contractor on the eastern and western divisions, to proceed with the sewer, under the supervision of those gentlemen. If the matter were fur ther deferred, at least a delay of a month would take place, and rather than such should be, he thought they might with great propriety make the offer to Mr. Jay. A letter was read from that gentleman, offering to do the works in the remaining districts at the seise rate that he did the eastern and western. Mr. LESLIE thought that the letter was read in the wrong place. It ought to have been reserved until the subject of the contracts on the Ranelagh and Counter s ' Creek was taken into consideration. Th e l e tt er o f M r. Jay had reference to the districts, and not to the parti cular work in the Gloucester-road. Mr. GUTCH said that the property on the line of sewer was greatly injured in consequence of the delay in re-constructing it. Mr. WILLOUGHBY was, under the circumstances of the case, disposed to adopt the plan suggested by the Chairman. _ _ Mr. BAYLIS had heard that there was a report in one of the newspapers, that the state of the Counters' Creek sewer was exceedingly dangerous, the body of a man being found in one part of it, and a carriage and horses in another. The CHAIRMAN supposed that the report had arisen from a person having incautiously driven a gig into it. It was determined to re •consider the subject after dis posing of the question of contracts for the districts. The CHAIRMAN having introduced that subject, and Mr. Hertzlett having again read the letter from the con tractor, Mr. Jay, Mr. LESLIE rose for the purpose of proposing that that Court should adopt the plan pursued by the Holborn and HOLBORN DIVISION. . .0.. t ., ,-, 0 , tz ,:$ ri 0 ; .2 w .4 ...1 ti PLACES. 2 t ., 4 Highest and Lowest Tenders. 4' - di ° t %) ''' Side entrance. ''-' '4 ii •.1 L. gi 0 tz. f3B. G . rz I Total. '4l E.° 44 E cr) ;Li ci, cn i r. 4 _ - _______ x s. d. Ft. In. £. s. d. .£ s. d. .Z. s. d.l s. d. great Russell-street and Mu- / 9 1,230 0 0 scum-street Kentish-town-road and Grafton- ii - - 4,915 0 0 place 12,881 0 0 Cotsworth. ' 3,465 .•• 5 12 20 26 0 2,881 0 0 Tunnelled. 2,881 0 0 16 7i 443 0 0 Hatton -garden 7 319 0 0 Green. ••• 400 none None. 618 0 319 0 0 None. 319 00 15 11i Chancery-lane '''' •"' - :8 , 938 810 Hill. (Contribution 350/. by Inn) i 4,250 0 0 ... 1,320 1 and 1 lowered 10 12 19 0 93 3 810 121 7 2 1,054 16 0 15 111 ; New-road and Seymour -street 7 3,188 0 0 Ward and Son. 2,750 600 3 8 22 24 0 3,188 0 0 104 0 7 3,292 0 7 19 71 Charlotte-street and Bedford- 10 1,330 9 0 • square .. 800 0 0 Cooper. ... 1,380 2 2 8 16 6 800 0 0 219 2 802 19 2 11 8 „ 142 0 0 King's-road, Gray's Inn Ferdinand-street ( lls. 6d. per foot contribution) 1 392 0 0 Mutter. •••' 786 1 1 2 12 0 392 16 2 None. 392 16 2 10 0 FINSBURY DIVISION. . Macclesfield-street South t 8 535 0 0 460 0 0 Ward. •••• 700 1 2 10 12 0 474 0 0 None. 74 0 0 13 4 Battle-bridge and Holloway -12 2,230 0 0 road 1 1.246 23 12 0 6 0 Wood and Probatt 300 2 ,200 2 6 2 16 0 1,246 12 6 N one. 1,246 12 6 9ni ,8 Collier-street, Pentonville ...... 13 973 12 0 Medworth. ... 1,391 0 0 1,480 2 8 8 17 0 973 12 0 50 6 3 1,023 18 3 13 10 Hall terrace and Windsor-place 12 6,97 6 9 Medworth. ••• 4,683 0 0 1,150 1 31612 0 697 6 9 None. 697 691 2 1 Pitfield-street 7 3,190 0 0 Bennett. 3,440 1,490 0 0 580 3 53018 0 3,190 0 0 ••• 3 , 806 4718 6 Great Cambridge-street ...... A 960 0 0 •. • 1 6 0 14 0 1,059 10 0 N one. 1,059 10 0 13 .2i High-street, Islington 566 0 0 230 1 3 10 18 0 771 0 0 76 16 11 847 16 11 19 8 Parkfield street, Islington 384 0 0 James. •• 640 1 3 015 0 384 0 0 116 7 385 16 0 12 0 Battle-bridge and Holloway- , 275 0 0 1 " 211 0 0 Threadgo d. ••• road 340 1 0 2 15 0 211 0 0 None. 211 0 0 12 5 ~ 290 0 0 Baker's-row I " 250 0 0 Johnson. ••• 300 1 2 4 16 0 250 0 0 21 7 6 2 71 7 6 18 1 ..--____ Brick-lane ,____ --- - 12,185 i 15,531 31 81 1 181 I 21,224 6 9 115,531 ) 12,185 £ 2 7,716 - mpinning " Uncle] Id. ._-. 1 £21,224 6s. 9 00 feet of old Sewer. [ss. aid. L. per foot To a question from Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. LESLIE said that Mr. Roe, the surveyor to the Court of Sewers for Holborn and Finsbury, drew the plans, &c., and furnished an estimate of the expenses of any projected new work to that Court. A very important work, 28 feet deep, part of which was to go under the New River, was estimated for by Mr. Roe. When the tenders came in, however, none of them were within 3001. or 400/. of Mr. Roe's estimate. The Court said, "Mr. Roe, your estimate must be wrong. None of them can do the work for what you say. How is that ?" Mr. Roe re plied, " Gentlemen, I cannot help that ; but the work can and will be done for that if you order it, and make the contractor for the division, who is bound to do so, supply you with materials and labour, and so forth." Well, then, Mr. Roe completed that work at 1001. less than his own estimate. Let them, then, observe the advantages of that plan. They had correct details before they began the work they had plenty of time to consider what they were to do and having agreed on a thoroughly digested plan, it was open to the whole community to propose for the work in question. He (Mr. Leslie) was quite charmed with their specifi cations. He had them beside him, but would not tire the Court any further. Let their surveyors in like manner give detailed plans, and an estimate of the ex penses in each work. He would make no observation then upon their late contractors, but when he saw the Messrs. Bennett tendering some seven or eight times for works in the Holborn and Finsbury district, although only accepted twice, it proved to him, that if, as had been said in this Court, they had ever burned their fingers, they seemed very anxious again to return to the same fire. The CHAIRMAN hoped that Mr. Leslie would conclude with a resolution. Hon. Commissioner; a n d w hy then, he asked, should they again renew th at discussion ? Then with respect to the disposed two districts already f, it ' was out of the power 0 of the Court to a d opt the motion put on the table by the Hon. Commissioner. Let them wait a year to give the system lately adopted a fair trial, and he would then be as ready as any Hon. Commissioner to try further improve ments ; but he could not consent to overturn all that they had so lately created. Any further discussion of the matter tben would only have the effect of distracting the Court, and wastin g the public time. The reason why contractors did not come to that Court was simply because they were afraid that some Hon. Commissioner might come down, and take from them the very marrow of their contract.—(Cries of " No, no," and " Hear, hear.") lie said, yes, those gentlemen were afraid, and with good reason—he did not blame thern—th•At the Court would play them a trick, and they said, " When you pretend to give us a whole dist r i ct, you only give us the dirty part of it. They had, he re peated, come to a decision on the subject of Mr. Leslie's Jay'sens Proffer e r b e ac cepte d . Commis Ls t iv neer motion, and although three contractors had b een a l ready tn and dn . Learnedst' rl scared, he was glad to find that Mr. Jay wa s not, and would take that from which the others shru n k i n dis may. lie had not been an advocate for the plans wthhiecm a inh had been lately adopted, but hav in g been once l ladopt e d, con cluded fairt M A r. GI:7cl" It was seconded by them ° he trial. h y n a memoving The of Hon. common Mr. B. BAI,DWIN, M.P., would endeavour very suc cinctly to reply to the Learned Commission er (Mr. Wil loughby). The Hon . and Learned Commissioner had said that it was out of the power of the Court to make any alteration. thought the Mr. WILIAM/EBY 11011. Commissioner mistaken. He did not say " power." , Mr. BARRY BALDWIN had taken down the words. The next thing was as regarded time. He thought that time was most opportune, for the form of the sewer had no thing to do with the Hon. Commissioner's (Leslie's) resolution. The form was nothi ng ; the contract could still be entered into in the manner desired by the lion. Gentleman. He proposed that he sho u ld merely take the work in the block instead of p i ecemeal. He pro posed that details should be placed on the table, and that contractors for the works should view them. The Hon. and Learned Commissioner said r " -,et us go on for one year." He (Mr. Barry B a ld win) was a young member of that Court, but, as far as he could see, the thing had been gone on with too long already on the old system.—(Hear, hear) _ Delays were dangerous, and it might be said at th e end of : that one y ear, " Oh, let us go on for another year, ' and so they " wout. never attain If agentleman • nears •r to perfection. hous e he would not contract for its being done piecemeal; he vi ould contract with some one to build it out for a certi tin sum, and so they might do there.—(Hear, hear.) He 'thought that the very best time for the Hon. Gen tleman's motion. He (Mr. Baldwi n ) h ad never spoken to the lion. Commissioner (Mr. Le s li e ) on the subject before, but his resolution did certainly appear to him feasible and worthy.of support, an he should support it therefore. They might depend onet, they would always find men—respectable men, too—ever ready to accept their matracts if they only gave them a fair and reason able remunerating IT)fit, and that could be done as well in the block as by piecemeal. Let them adopt the plan proposed at least in one division, and see how it did there. , might be new, but if it pro m i sed The syst nii to be of use to th e rate-p a yers they should try it. Mr. REECE quite agreed with the propositions so ably laid d 0 ,..,„ by 1115 learned friend Mr. Will oughby, vt , . Mr. LESLIE, after a few words ; concluded with a reso lution to the effect, that all works in the Ranelagh and Counters' Creek district, excepting small day jobs, should be carefully estimated, with prepared plans and sections, including every expense, such as s id e entrances, gullies, &c., and that all works don e s h ou ld b e the subject of particular contract, invited by p u bli c a d vert i sement. The Hon. F. BYNG seconded the motion. He with pleasure supported a resolution which would th row open their works to general competition. He was very g l a d to find himself in a position to sign his name to th e pro position of the Hon. Commissioner. Mr. WlLLouGiinv, while giving the propounder of the motion credit for the industry he h a d ev i nce d i n bring ing such a mass of evidence before them, could not yet help thinking that that evidence h a d b een brought for ward at the wrong time. He felt sure that a shrewd man like the lion. Commissioner must be aware that the end and aim of all talk was to come to some conclusion, but that seemed to be another instance of the faculty which the Ilon. Commissioner seemed to possess in such a great degree, namely, the bringing of a proposition forward at the wrong moment. The lion. Commissioner tried to show that by adopting the Holborn and Finsbury plan of contracting for their works that Court would derive a certain benefit, and that a beneficial result would also accrue to the rate-payers. But the Court had come to a conclusion upon the subject before that day. It had altered the form of sewers after a long discussion. It had already received public tenders, and already dis posed of two of the districts. The Court, therefore, ought to give the system it had so very lately adopted a fair trial. Let them not then occupy the time of the Court by again considering that which had been so full discussed before. Not long ago when Mr. White s motion for an alteration in the form of sewer was before them, the subject of adopting the egg shape, as in the Hol born and Einabury district, had been fully suggested by the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. DERRY. 11 to 1 agst Alarm '4O to 1 agst Connaught 17 to I agst Kedger Ranger —t on Thurs. 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c and offered to-day 25 to 1 agst Newsmonger 45 to 1 agst Clear-the-way 25 to 1 agst Idas 40 to 1 agst Pantasa 27 to 1 agst Old England 50 to 1 agst Sowerby 28 to 1 agst The Rebecca c 35 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 27 to 1 agst Pam-1000 to —lOOO to 30 taken 30 taken 40 to 1 agst Collier 33 to 1 agst Weatherbit 40 to I agst Laird o 'C oc l rpen COURSING. ADLINGTON, Nov. 11.—Mr. Brooke's Dusty, and Mr. Brocklehurst's Wedge divided the Stakes (6 dogs). ASHDOWN PARK MEETING—(CoscLunEn.) THURSDAY.—The Cup was won by Mr. Lawrence's Laura ; Mr. Etwall's Win-if-I-can ran up.—The Derby was won by Mr. Bowles's Bras de fer; Mr. Agg's Alma viva ran up.—The Oaks Stakes were won by Mr. Bowles's Blessington and Mr. Lawrence's Laudanum, who divided.—The St. Leger Stakes were divided by Mr. Agg's Abelard and Mr. Bowles's Brocade. FRIDAY.—THE ASHDOWN PARK STAKES.—Mr. Law rence's Linchpin beat Mr. Goodlake's Gazelle, and won. CRAVEN STAKES.—Ties.—Witchery beat Leda; Lo belia beat Arachne. Messrs. Lawrence and Etwall di vided the stakes. BURTON AGNES MEETING, NOV. 19.—The Eight dog Stakes of 2 guineas each were won by Sir H. Boyn ton's Bachelor ; Mr. Sykes's Rose ran up. The Puppy Stakes were won by Si r IL Boynton 's Gaylad ; Mr. Sykes's Countess ran up. The Open Stakes were won by Mr. Walker's Prince ; Mr. Foster's Venus ran up. NETRERAVON MEETING.—The Cup (16 dogs), was won by Mr. Miller's f Mignionette ; Mr. Pyke's Per fection (drawn) received the sovereigns. The Puppy Stakes (16) were won by Mr. Simpkin's Spotless ; Capt. Heathcote's Hornet ran up, and received the guineas. The Stonehenge Stakes were won by Mr. Rawlence's Rhea. MID-LOTHIAN MEETING, Nov. 5,6, AND 7.—The Sil ver Couples were won by Mr. Dewar's De'il's Buckie ; Mr. Campbell's Banno c kb urn ran up. —Th e Cup of 20 guineas, for thirteen, all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Dundas's Tan, Sampson; Mr. Wauchope's Viceroy ran up.--The Champion Cup and Stakes, three dogs, were won by Mr. Campbell's Arsenic; Mr. H. Maxwell's Mo nimia ran up.—The Newbattle Abbey Stakes of 3 sovs. each (33 subs.), were won by Mr. M. Innes's Mahratta and his Gwallior (drawn).—The Buccleuch Stakes of 21. each (nine dogs), were won by Mr. Gordon's Greek; Mr. Sharpe's Snake ran up. MORPETH, Nov. 11 and 12.—The St. Leger Stakes (19 subs.) were won by Mr. A. K. Fenwick's The Cure ; .51r. Jobling's Gipsy ran up. COCKNEY UNION CLUB AT EVERLEIGH, NOY. 12, 13, and 14.—The first class Derby was won by Mr. Chitty's Cotherstone ; Mr. Hitchcock's Hawk ran up, and re ceived the sovereigns. --The second class Derby was won by Mr. Fowler's Frantic ; Mr. Ferris's Unknown ran up.—The first class Oaks were won by Mr. Fowler's Feathers ; Mr. Chitty's Caroline ran up.—The second class Oaks were won by Mr. Dunsford's Dorcas ; Mr. Fowler's Fancy ran up.—The Everley Cup (sixteen dogs) was divided after two undecided courses.—The Jenner Stakes (eight dogs) were won by Mr. Fowler's Frighten-'em; Mr. Pike's Presto ran up. BALDOCK, Nov. 14 and 15.—The Sweeps for ten bitch puppies were won by Mr. Prior's Patty ; Mr. Bracher's Vanity ran up.—The Sweep for ten dog puppies were won by Mr. Wilson's Negro; Mr. Prior's Peter ran up. —The All Aged Stakes (twelve dogs) were won by Mr. Wilson's Noble; Mr. Field's Liverpool ran up. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cumberland Stag hds., Tues., Greyhound Inn, Broad field ; Fri., Thonie's-close. Cheltenham Stag hds., Sat., Kemp's Gate. Mr. Archer's hds., Thurs., Hornacot Chapel-10i. South Berks. hds., Tues., Aldworth; Wed., Aldermaston. Cambridgeshire lids., Fri., Downing Arms. Sir J. Cope's hds., Wed., Odiham; Fri., Silchester Dials. Craven hds., Wed., Henswood ; Fri., Great Shefford ; Sat., Winding Wood-10i. F. B. H., Wed., Roskeymer Wood ; Fri., Kennel-10i. Sir John Gerard's hds., Thurs., Newton-bridge-11. Mr. Barnard's harrs., Tues., Ashchurch ; Fri., Coombe-hill. Gilsand hds., Tues., Haltwistle Fell ; Thurs., Hartley Burn-9. Hambledon hds., Wed., Broadhalfpenny Down ; Fri., Corhampton Down ; Sat., Bereley-house. H. IL, Tues., Matley-gate ; Thurs., Farley Park ; Sat., Five Lanes. Brushford harrs.,Thurs., Frogwell Cross; Sat., Ashway,lo Herefordshire hds., Tues., Wormelow Pump ; Fri., Wall Hills-10. Thaydon hds., Wed., Birkshaw Plantation ; Sat., Har sondale Cleugh. N. IL, Tues., Pennerley-gate ; Thurs., Stony Cross ; Sat., Whiteparish. Camont harrs., Wed., Lazonby ; Sat., Skirwith-104. Iteby hds., Wed., Caldwell ( a d eer )-12 ; F r i ., Hough ton Bank—iol. Sir M. Ridley's hds., Tues., Styford ; Thurs., Bewelay bar ; Fri., Rothley Village. Fowlescombe hounds, Wed., Dean Prior; Fri., Hayford Hall Kennel. Mr. Roe's hounds, Wed., Kingston Village; Sat., Round house-10. Duke of Rutland's hounds, Tues., Weaver's Lodge ; Wed., Piper Hole. Slaley hounds, Wed., Lowshield-green; Fri., Ovingham Boat-house. Wigton harriers, Wed., Sandwath; Fri., Greenrigg. Lard Southampton's hounds, Wed., Preston Capes; Fri., Foxley; Sat., Tile-house. Colonel Wyndam's hounds, !Wed., Seller's Park; Fri., G umber Corner. Surrey Union hounds, 'Wed., Chilworth; Fri., Warnbo rough ; Sat., Rookery. Fife hounds, Tues., Kemback ; Thurs., Fernie-house Sat., New Inn-101. Torquay harriers, Fri., Petit Tor. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 16.—Wind S. to S.W., (fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, Nov. 15.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Ilillsborough, Valparaiso ; Humber, lloskisson, Mira michi ; Sir Walter Scott, Mary Mitcheson, and Tyne, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Northam, Quebec. WEYMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Astrea, Quebec. OFF MARGATE, Nov. 15.—Lotus, Head, Demerara ; Mary Tate, Quebec. RAMSGATE, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Casimir Delavigne, Sapene, Pernambuco, for Havre, with loss of sails. The Ilebe, Luckmann, which put in here on the 13th inst., is leaky, and is discharging her cargo. OFF DOVER, Nov. 16.—Grecian, Watt, China ; Jo. sephine, Valentine, Rio Janeiro ; Robert Bruce and British Queen, Quebec. DOVER, Nov. 16.—The Grecian, from China, ex perienced very heavy weather in the Channel, and passed several pieces of wreck, and on the 12th instant saw a boat bottom up. LIVERPOOL Nov. 15.—Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W., mo derate.—Arrd. Emancipation, Winter, Valparaiso and Pernambuco ; Asia, Galila, Maranham ; Paragon, M'Gowan, Cameroons, sailed July 21, Corisee, Aug. 20; Snowden, Africa ; Grecian, Rowell, Barbadoes ; Atlas, Prince, New Orleans; Jupiter, Carter, Charleston ; Alex ander Grant, Cambridge, Dauntless, Jessie, Leander, and Rhodes, Quebec ; Earl Durham, Quebec, for Cork, with rudder damaged. Off, Ariel, Montreal. The Firefly, lieu, hence to Africa, foundered last night between the Skerries and Point Lynus, after being in •intact with the Britannia steamer, front Dublin, crew (except mate) saved. NCASTER, Nov. 15.—The Fame, of Preston, which capsized in the harbour 11th inst., has been got into dock. About 600 windles of Barley to be sold. TORBAY, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Fife, Miramichi for Seaton. Put back, Iris, for Alexandria, having been driven back from the Lizard by strong gales from W. to W.S.W., with a tremendous sea. FALMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., strong breezes and squally —Arrd. Mary Jane, Follett, Labra dor. Off, Gilmore, Maw, Port Philip. BRIDGEWATER, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Dependent and William Wilberforce, Quebec. BRISTOL, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Lilyy, Seth, Newfoundland. Put back, Miranda, for Cape de :Verdi. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 14.—Arrd. Gloucester and Per severance, Quebec. SHEERNESS, Nov. 15.—The Thomas, of and from Sunderland, for London, got on the Maplin Sand yester day afternoon, and remains. A schooner also got on the same sand yesterday at noon, but has come off. YARMOUTH, Nov. 14.—The foreign galliot brought into the Roads by part of the crew of the Ann, of Sun derland, is the Deo Gloria, Bahia. The Mayflower, of and for Portsmouth, was in contact with a barque last night in the Cockle, and bad her bows stove. LIMERICK, Nov. 13.—A barque with high poop, and painted cream colour inside, was seen the 11th inst. on Maincongan Shoals, by the China, arrived in this port. SHIELDS, Nov. 14.—The Catherine and Mary, Hughes, for Sligo, was in contact 11th inst. with a loaded collier, had her bov s stove, and must discharge to repair. NEWPORT, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Tasso, Cropson, Quebec. SWANSEA, Nov. 14.—Willam and Joseph, Crisp, Quebec. MILFORD, Nov. 14.—Arrd. Pembroke Castle, Quebec. POOLE, Nov. 14.—The Daddon, llarloy, from New castle to Oporto, ashore in the harbour, is much strained and must be lightened to get off. The Susan Grey, of and from Ardrossan to Alexandria (and not of Arbroath for Malta), put in here to-day with loss of mainmast head and topmasts. YARMOUTH, Nov. 15.—The Ann Mackenzie, of New castle and the Gemini, Rion, of South Shields, were in contact in the Roads this morning, when the latter had bows stove and received other damages. About 50 21 feet red deals, some having the appearance of having been slightly burnt, were picked up E.S.E of St. Nicholas Gat by the Zebida, of Brixham. CCRY, Nov. 13.—A heavy gale was experienced July 22, in the Java Seas, by the Syria, Streyan, arrived here from Singapore. Arrd. Industry, Ichaboe (70 days). GREENOCK, Nov, 14.—The Emelyn, bound to Fal mouth; leaky, was in company for some days with the Rowley, Ewing, from Ichaboe, arrived here. The schooner, Lyon, of Glasgow, from Rouen, has been to Berwick, to refit, having cut away her masts, 2d inst., off the Fan Felds. WELLS, Nov. 15.—The Indus, Musgrove, of and for London, with coals, is ashore to the westward of Blake ney Buoy. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. 15.—The sloop Britannia, from Hull to Whitby, is ashore to the northward ; cargo dis- charging. 'HE CHRISTENING AT BURLEIG li.—An amusing mistake occurred at this ceremony. The Bishop of Pe terborough, who performed the ceremony, had com menced it and was going on, when it was discovered that the infant who was to be christened was not in the room. The young lady was immediately brought in, however, and the ceremony recommenced. On Friday a Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and part of ➢Middlesex, was held at No. 1, Greek-street, Soho-square, for the con sideration of the steps necessary to be taken for ob taining contracts on the Ranelagh and Counters' Creek districts, and for other business, T. L. Donald son, Esq., in the chair. The orders of Court, on the Ist and Bth of Novem ber, having been read, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the next business before the Commissioners was to order the payment of 2,0001. to Messrs. Bennett, the contractors, on ac count of bills to Michaelmas. Mr. LESLIE objected to that vote. The Court was bound to make inquiry before making further pay ments, and as Messrs. Doull and Jenkins were not pre sent, he should wish them to be called into Court that he might ask them one or two questions. The CHAIRMAN, before calling those officers, would wish to know what specific purpose Mr. Leslie had in view ? Mr. LESLIE wished to raise the question of the measurement of the sewers. He wanted Mr. Doull to explain to the Court how that measurement was really done, and what was done. He (Mr. Leslie) would undertake to prove to the Court that the width of the digging was never measured. Now there were three dimensions necessary to be taken before arriving at the cube, namely, the length, the depth, and the width. Mr. Doull took only one of those measure ments—namely the length, Mr. Jenkins supplied the average depth, and the third, the width, was taken not from actual measurement, but from a table by Mr. Dowley. He (Mr. Leslie) wanted to hear how Mr. Jenkins did his share, and then he should be pre pared with an amendment if necessary. The CHAIRMAN did not think the Court could en tertain the proposition of the Hon. Commissioner, unless he advanced something more grave—as that the contractor had acted fraudulently. Granting the 2,0001., would not invalidate any further inquiry, and in order not to retard the business of the Court, he thought that unless something stronger should be stated, than what the Hon. Commissioner had yet advanced the Court could not attend to it. It would be a pity to stop the general course of business. Mr. LESLIE entered a motion upon the subject, and intimated that if it were overruled, he should put up an other. The motion that Mr. Doull and Mr. Jenkins be called into Court was put from the chair, and lost by a majority of four. Mr. LESLIE had wished to investigate the method in which bills involving an amount of 40,000 L or 50,0001 of the public money had been got up, but the Court had refused to allow its own officers to be called into Court. He would, therefore, put in an amendment ; but in the course of his experience—and he had been connected with many public bodies—he never had seen the officers of any Court refused, where the grounds of the applica tion had been so clearly stated. Captain BACHE rose to order. That subject had been already disposed of by the Court. The CHAIRMAN apprehended that the Hon. Commis sioner's remarks were merely preliminary to putting his motion ; and, if so, he was (pike in order. Mr. LESLIE—They were so ; and The amendment having been seconded by the Hon. FREDERICK BYNG, was read by the clerk, Mr. Hertzlet, and was to the following effect : " That as the contracts held by Messrs. Bennett were originally obtained on tenders sent out from the office of Sewers for Westminster, in 1841, containing a bill of par ticulars of entirely fictitious quantities, the gross amount of Mr. Bennett's - tender for such fictitious works, making his appear to the Commissioners in Court assembled to be the lowest and most favourable to the public, when in point of fact the real quantities show that hie tenders were not the lowest by many hundreds of pounds, and it having been discovered that under the contract so obtained the bills of works done contain many errors and charges contrary to the terms of the aforesaid contract, this Court do delay before it signs any further orders on the treasurer in discharge of the bills, until a full and complete investigation into the circumstances, docu ments, and vouchers be made, and that for the purpose of an immediate inquiry this Court, at its rising, do adjourn till to-morrow at ten o'clock, and, if necessary, continue its sittings on Monday and following days, until the investigation be completed." The CHAIRMAN did not see that that was an amend ment he could put. It was, in fact, a substantive motion, containing new matter, and therefore objectionable in point of form. Mr. BRANSCOMBE thought that a particular day should be appointed to investigate the subject. The CHAIRMAN would put it to the Hon. Commissioner (Mr. Leslie) if it was really an amendment he could put there? If it had indeed stopped short, and said that Finsbury Commission in receiving contracts for works to be done ; and he was bound to express his obligations to the officers of that Commission for the very important information he had received from them—received, toe, without let or hindrance. He (Mr. Leslie) would not trouble the lion. Commissioners with isolated cases, as re garded the pra c ti ce i n H o lb orn an d Finsbury, fo r, by great exertion, he had prepared from their books and documents returns of works amounting to the enormous sum of 23,000/. ; and he thought he would have the support of the Hon. Commissioner, the District Surveyor for Marylebone, who was present, in carrying out the prop'isition he would make to the Court. The plan of the Holborn and Finsbury was not a new or mere experimental plan, for, under their able and intelligent surveyor, Mr. Roe, they had built of the new form twenty-six miles of sewer, six miles of which were only half-brick thick, in blocks firmly united with the best Roman cement, In their works none but hydraulic mortar was used, and' the very best Roman cement. Every builder, every surveyor, and every man of property, was concerned in this important question of public drainage; and he hesitated not to assert, and that without fear of contradiction, that for every lineal foot of sewer put in by the Westminster Commission, the same amount of money, under their better plans, the Holborn and Fins bury Commission had put, in two feet. What was the cause of this mighty difference between two adjoining Commissions of Sewers ? One cause was in their Act of Parliament. About thirty years ago the Holborn and Finsbury got into debt 30,000 L, and they ventured to make a shilling rate, the rate-payers rebelled, meetings were held all over the districts, and, under the advice of the present Mr. Sergeant Wilde and Mr. John Wilks, a new Act of Parliament for those divisions was obtained. They were bound under their Act of Parliament to give twenty-one days' notice to all the vestry-clerks within their district of the line intended, the day, time, and place, when the Court would assemble to consider as to the propriety of ordering the work to be done. In short, he (Mr. Leslie) said that the most complete and scientific measurement of the proposed works took place before the Court were called upon to vote that the work should be done, so that the parties who had to tender knew what they had to do. The case in this Court was just reversed. An estimate was presented by the sur veyors, often voted the moment it was read, without any time for deliberation; the works were all measured after they were done, and the Court had this day refused to allow the officers who had measured the works in Bow street, included in the accounts, upon which they had paid 2,oooL—he said they refused to allow Mr. Doull, as sistant surveyor, and Mr. Jenkins, the clerk of the works, to'come into Court to explain how they performed that important duty. What were the consequences to the public of the system in this Court ? The surveyors' esti mates were mostly exceeded by the actual expense, often a large amount, sometimes 50 up to 140 per cent. more than the sum the Court had ordered on those works. Why, on the Bow-street line, included in the bills partly paid to day, the estimate was 1,400/, the ac tual expense upwards of 2,o6oL—nearly 47 per cent. more than the Court had ordered. But to return to the more business-like plan of the Holborn and Finsbury Com mission. After the plans, estimates, &c., had been approved, public advertisements for each particular work were made. It required, first, the fullest public notice of where they intended to lay the money out ; and, secondly, they were bound to advertise the contracts for the works in question in a certain number of papers. He would read over not one, two, ten, or fifteen, but twenty sewers, formed by that Commission, amounting in all to above 23,000 feet, namely, 12,185 feet of the first, and above 15,000 of the second class of sewers. He had taken the number of parties tendering. He had taken the highest and the lowest tenders, but he did not think it fair to give the names of the parties. Among them, however, he found the Messrs. Bennett, to whom they had that day paid away 2,000 L, contrary to his view of the matter. The plans and specifications, he might there state, were accurately drawn out ; the when, where, and how, the works should begin and terminate; the depths, the levels, and everything else. The parties who intended to tender paid a shilling for a printed form, which contained all the instructions and information required. It seemed to him a sort of providential interference that the parties who had tendered for the Ranelagh a n d Counters Creek district should have withdrawn those tenders, for that Court might now save a vast amount of money by adopt ing the plan he was going to point out to their conside ration. The Hon. Commissioner then read the following particulars of work in about twenty sewers made under the direction of, and by the orders of, the Holborn and Finsbury district; at prices greatly under those of the Court of Sewers for Westminster. One or two might be taken as a sample of the whole. One in Museum-street, for which Messrs. Bennett contracted, came at (every expense included) 14s. 2d. per foot. Another, a first class sewer in Kentish-town, in length 3,465 feet with five side entrances. twelve junctions, twenty gullies, and at a depth generally of 26 feet, was built for 165.',7d. per foot : lineal, inclui :pense. 1g every ex; Mr. WILLIAM DONALDSON, the Chairman's brother, followed on the same side. The question had been mooted at the former meetings of that Court, and argued with great ability by the Honourable Commissioner (Mr. Leslie). It had then been set at rest, and it was quite impossible, he thought, that the public business could be carried on, if on every fresh opportunity the question were started anew. After some words from Mr. Baylis and Mr. Chambers, The CHAIRMAN went at considerable length into the merits of the question. He contended that the law binding on the Holborn and Finsbury Com mission was in effect the same that guided that Court. But that very contract was essentially, and in principle, like Mr. Leslie's, for he admitted that they must have a contract for " job work," and every item in these particulars was likely, at some time or another, to be called into requisition by these same job works. The Hon. Commissioner had thought proper to bring for ward that information, in order to induce them to accede to his resolution, but he (the Chairman) greatly doubted the correctness of the Hon. Commissioner's figures ; they were certainly very puzzling, for they were not classed so as to enable one at once to see what sewers were cheap and what dear ; and he was the more doust ful of their correctness when he saw some second class sewers charged more than others of the first class. He (the Chairman) knew many persons who were losers from taking jobs by the lump without being well advised what they were doing, and the consequences were that the sewers were made from the pockets of private individuals, tha which he knew of nothing more dishonourable, more cruel, more ungenerous. Mr. GRIFFITHI—HOW are contracts for churches taken? The CHAlRMAN—Churches were built under iVai system ; and it was most revolting and iniquitous that it should be so. They ought, between man and man, to give a fair price for the work of his hands, for the sweat of his brow—and not to take steps which might even tually involve his ruin. The Hon. Gentleman then went on to argue that works taken at low contract prices, as in the Holborn and Finsbury district, could not be well done, for the men were inclined to " shirk" the work, and the whole system induced a sort of antipathy between the officers of the Commissioners and the contractor's workmen. He thought that by ac cepting Mr. Jay's proffer they would be saving, as he was lower than the lowest of the three candidates who had resigned the contract for the district. It was sin gular, if Mr. Leslie's figures were correct, that these men, who would be enabled to make a fortune by their contract prices, should so readily let it slip through their fingers. He thought it furnished another proof that the Hon. Commissioner was mistaken. Mr. LESLIE shortly replied. It had been said that it was he who had induced the contractors to resign their contracts. It was not he, for unfortunately he was ever in the minority in that Court. But it was of the majo rity they were afraid, for they could not confide in the honour of the majority of the Court, in which he agreed with them, and from a dread of that majority, they had given up the contract. His own opinion was, that all the works in the district could be legally claimed by the contractor ; but their legal adviser said no, and their Chairman said no also. He had done his duty in bringing tho matter before them, and he now left it in their hands. The amendment and the original motion were then put, when the former was carried by a majority of live. Mr. HERTZLET, the Chief Clerk, intimated that he should be ready with a precept for a new rate on the Western Division at the next Court, Ile Court then adjourned. N ~> SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNICLg.,,A- , FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAT'i; GLOBE.—We find the following paragiio Wednesday's Exeter Flying Post L "ENFORCEMENT OF THE Ittinnrc.-- ikW\- hear t} 4 4.:> the whole body of th e c h apter of our Izathediek n eluding both canons and prebendarie6welitiltiserableOu' to-morrow (Thursday) in the cliapter4ditte,' at the special request of the Bishop, to consider the propriety of a regular conformity by the clergy to the rubric throughout the diocese of Exeter. We trust that, on the discussion of this very delicate subject, which has of late caused so much controversial and untoward feel ing to exist in so many of our parishes as well as the Univergities themselves, there will be a regard for the laity, whose feelings on the matter we hope will be duly considered." The spirit which presides in these movements in the diocese of Exeter may be estimated without breach of charity from the judgment of the Bishop of Exeter in the case of the Rev. Walter Blunt. It is probable that we may see occasion to revert to that judgment in somewhat of detail. At present we refer to it only for the purpose of " noticing that the authority for regulating ritual practices, most relied on therein, is the 13th and 14th C. 11., c h. 4, com monly called the Act of Uniformity. Now this de ference to Act of Parliament, even as supersed ing canons and rubrics, is, we do think, somewhat suggestive of what is now due to the laity on the part of the Established clergy. We are not aware that Parliament has lost any of the power that it ever had. We are not aware that the clergy have regained any of the power they have lost in late ages. The present generation of high-flying Angli cans, among whom the Bishop of Exeter is so emi nent, may indeed amuse themselves by decrying Parlia ment, since the abolition of tests, as a motley assembly of schismatics. We content ourselves with reminding them that it is the legislature of this empire. It has before controlled the clerisy (by the Bishop of Exeter's own acknowledgement), and it can do so again. It may become—we believe it will, very shortly—its bounden duty to strike in, once more, on the part of the nation, and put an end to the disturbances of public peace, worship, and instruction, occasioned by the overween ing arrogation of independent license of discord amongst parties in the Church. The laity will not continue to submit to be counted for nothing in the proceedings of the priests ; and it will soon be seen whether the Episcopal Bench or the House of Commons (the next, if not the present) best represents the feeling and resolutions of the laity; and what degree of force the protest of bigotry will have against the adoption of some new model, as much within the competence of Parliament as was the Act of Uniformity, and better suited than the Act of Uniformity to the views of these times With regard to this continual employment of ti • epithet schismatic, which distinguishes so especially Churchmen of the Bishop of Exeter's stamp, it may not be out of place to qnote the following passage from Burke's " Correspondence :" " I cannot consider our Dissenters, of almost any kind, as schismatics, whatever some of their leaders might originally have been, in the eye of Him, who alone knows whether they acted under the direction of such a conscience as they had, or at the instigation of pride and passion. There are many things amongst most of them which I rather dis'ike than dare to con demn." The Bishop of Exeter, however, and the high-flying Churchmen of his diocese, consider not only dissent ing but Roman Catholic "schismatics" as proper sub jects for re-baptism, before they will pray for them on their death-beds. And at this very moment, the other set of high Churchmen (the Romanising Puseyites) consider us all as involved in the sin of schism, till reconciled with the Ch urc h o f R ome. Here is a well qualified order of men, as regards its present consti tuents, to pronounce upon what is schism, or what is not, outside of its pale ! There is evident urgency for some authoritative clearance of this clerical chaos. We say, the authority belongs to Parliament ; and ought to be exercised, not to restrict the terms of communion in the Established Church, or exclude this or that party—but to render all continued esta blishment by the State, and all aid to any commu nion—conditional on enforced better behaviour to each other, as well as to their " schismatic" fellow countrymen, on the part of a profession, whose pre sent agitators are drawing on England the pity of immoveable Rome, and the contempt of progressive Europe. STANDARD.—Another extraordinary example of the unchanged and unchangeable spirit of Popery has been recently brought to light, in the abduction, at the instance of the present Archbishop of Turin, of a young lady from her friends, with the view of inducing her to enter the Roman Catholic Church. It is not the first instance of the kind by many, but, looking at it in all its features, it is one of the most remarkable. The father of the young lady in ques tion, M. lleldivier, held for some years the post of Dutch Minister at Turin, where he had resided until his recal in May last. Ilis departure was, how ever, hastened by domestic circumstances. One of his daughters had formed an attachment to a young advocate of the town ; but circumstances rendering any permanent connexion unsuitable, their further intimacy was interdicted. Having presented his let • ters of recal to the King of Sardinia, M. Heldivier, would have taken his departure immediately, but that he was detained at the hotel to which he hal removed, by the illness of another of his children. It appears that on the Bth of June the ex-Minister and his lady were induced to attend a fae, given in Turin in honour of the birth of the Duke of Savoy, and that during tl.eir absence their daughter, who made a feigned excuse for not accompanying her parents, quitted their hotel alone, without even a change of dress. Their suspicions were naturally attracted to her lover, who proved himself to have been wholly ignorant of her move ments. After a long and ineffectual search the ago nised father applied to the Archbishop of Turin, as the head of the Sardinian Church, for permission to pursue their inquiries in the various convents in Tu rin, or for any information he might be enabled to afford of her destination. He replied that he had rea son to believe that she had sought refuge in a con vent., but pretended not to know in which of the many houses of that description she might be found.lt turned out, however, that that respectable dig nitary had been the chief party to her abduction. Smarting under the interdiction of her parents, and in the fever of youthful enthusiasm, she was per suaded by a Roman Catholic priest, whom she had taken into her confidence, to enter the Roman Ca tholic Church. With the view of promoting this object the wily archbishop, who did not care to criminate himself by a written order, furnished the convert with half a sheet of paper, cut in a parti cular manner ; the other was given to the abbess of the convent of St. Croce, with directions to receive the bearer of the corresponding fragment into her house, at any hour of the night. She, however, was advised by the archbishop to delay her elope ment until her father had delivered his letters of re cal, lest his diplomatic privilege might enable him to defeat the conspiracy. It will scarcely be be lieved that, up to this period, M. Heldivier, al though the most strenuous exertions have been made on his behalf, has been unable to obtain the restora- tion of his child. The King was appealed to in vain. Although he did not disguise his own opinion of the transaction, the subjection in which he is kept by , the Papal power is such, that he dared not inter fere in the matter, declaring that he would incur the penalty of excommunication, which would inevitably be fulminated against him if he made himself a party to her release. Such might have been the reply of the monarch who devoted his leisure time to em broidering petticoats for the Virgin Mary ; but a mo narch so despotic as the King of Sardinia might have mustered courage to do something. In vain did the Mi nisters of England and France protest against so monstrous an outrage. Their threats and entreaties were alike unavailing, and the King of Holland having taken no steps in the matter, the lady still remains in the convent, where she is now undergoing her no viciate. This exercise of the power and disposi tion of the Romish clergy is shocking enough, but is hardly worse than some things that have occurred in England in the course of the last few years. In this case the young lady is spirited away, and. then forcibly returned, because she is above twelve years old. A few weeks ago we were called upon to notice an• instance in which a Mal tese widow, who had entered the Protestant Church, and married -a Protestant, had her two children torn from her by the Popish authorities of that place, on the ground oat they were under twelve years of age, so that Popish zealots make sure of their victims of whatever age. The apathy of the King of Holland in the matter would seem to be unaccemtable, seing that his peremp tory demand for redress could not be disregarded. had the outrage been offered to a British subject, the Papist powers at Turin would soon have been taught that it would not have been perpetrated with impu punity. We trust, however, that the matter will not be allowed to rest where it does. If it is, there is no security for a stranger at any foreign court at which Popery is in the ascendant. OXFORD, FRIDAY.—The Archbishop of Dublin and. the Bishop of Kildare have addressed the Board of Heads or Houses on the subject of the prevailing errors in the University ; and a committee is now sitting to concert measures for checking their progress. Mr. R. Ley, of Brasenose College, a connexion of the Rev. Isaac Wil- hams, has avowed himself the author of a report that Mr. Newman had written to the Rev. I. Williams, inti mating his probable secession from the Anglican coin.. munion.—E'vening Paper. ANOTHER VESSEL SUNK ET COLLISION.—'LIVER• yEBPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Britannia steamer; yesterday, on her passage from Dublin to this port, came in contact with the brig Fly, outward-bound to Africa, when, owing to the injury received by the brig, she almost immediately sunk. We regret to say, that the mate of the brig was drowned, not having ben enabled to get out of the vessel before she sunk ; all the, others of her crew were saved. The crew and pass9n. gers of the Britannia sustained no injury whatever. Thq accident occurred off Point Lynas.