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therefore have no hesitation in branding as a traitor the wretches who would be guilty of such enormities as he had alluded to.—(Hear.) Mr. DORENNY (barrister) having handed in a sum (f money from the county of Tipperary, urged the union of all parties for the benefit of their common country, and denied that the Catholics ever aimed at cbtaining an ascendancy. After some routine business had been disposed of, Mr. M. O'CONNELL announced the rent for the week to be 8381. 16s. 3d. The meeting then adjourned. REVISION OF THE JURY LISTS—THE STATE TRIALS. Shortly after nine o'clock this morning, the Right Honourable the Recorder opened his Court, for the second annual revision of the jury lists of this city. Mr. Clements appeared as counsel, and Mr. Mahony as solicitor for a portion of the - public. Mr. Mahony applied to the Recorder on a matter which was deeply interesting to the public, and partly personal as related to his Lordship, as well as to him (Mr. Mahony). It arose out of a circumstance at tending the revision of the jury list last year ; and he no..v asked his Lordship to institute a full and search ing inquiry into the facts attending the abstrac tion of a number of names from that list, from which the special jury in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell and others was struck. The RECORDER said he had no jurisdiction to in quire into such matter. This was not the place fur it. Ile regretted very much that anything irregular had been done ; but it was not in his power to open any further investigation in relation to that circum stance. Mr. Mahony said that he courted a full investiga tion, as slanderous imputations had been made against him and others; and he hoped that, for his Lordship's own sake, and for the satisfaction of the public, whose interests were involved in the protection of the trial by jury from all taint or impeachment, that he would open the inquiry suggested. The RECORDER had to repeat that he had no power to do anything now, but proceed with the business for which they had assembled there. He had investi gated all the circumstances attending the missing names after the last revision, and while he deeply regretted what had occurred, yet, as he stated else where, there was no moral blame to be attributed to any one, while there certainly was gross neglect. Mr. Mahony had then to call the attention of his Lordship to a matter personal to himself, and which he doubted not his Lordship would explain. Ile found that in the jurors' book, printed by order of the. House of Commons, at page 79, and in reference to several names in St. Audeon's parish, a marginal note was appended by his Lordship to this effeet:— " Amended by Recorder, Ist January, 1844." Now, be (Mr. Mahony) begged to know by what authority it was that his Lordship undertook to amend, or in any way alter, the lists, which were le g ally made up and finished in open court, and delivered over by him to the sheriff, on the 28th of December? The RE:count:a replied that after the list was sent to the High Sheriff, it was discovered that four names had been wrongly placed ; whereupon he (the Re curler) wrote to the Clerk of the Peace, desiring him to amend the list, by altering those names, which was done accordingly. His note, on that occasion, he understood, was ready to be produced. Mr. Dickenson, ;the Clerk of the Peace, then pro duced the Recorder's letter, and observed that it had been long since published in the newspapers, and was therefore known to the public. The RECORDER said that what he did he conceived was in accordance with his duty, and he thought if a .similar circumstance again occurred, he should feel bound to act in a similar manner ; but this, he con ceived, had nothing whatever to do with the question of the dropped names; that circumstance never should have taken place. He regretted it very much, but he had no doubt it arose from inattention or negligence. Ile could not account for it, nor did he think any ." • ne else could. He had, therefore, no hesitation in tas -ing that it was an accident which was to be re grett.d• m, ,Alahony said he was glad to hear his Lord ship,„%p_lanatton, and he considered he had full authority to have corrected all the errors and omis . wions in the IL'ts he made up twelve months ago, though the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland de cicied the reverse; in presence of his Lordship, and would be no future cause for he hoped that there' desi4nating trial by jury' in Ireland as a " delusion, a. mockery, and a snare." The revision then proceeded. 'CATHOLIC MEETING OF THE ROMAN BISHOPS. Most of the Roman Catholic prelates have arrived in town, to attend the annual conference, which .1: 1 * to commence to-morrow, in the presbytery attached to the cathedral in Marlborough-street. It is:stated that the subject of the appointment of Roman Catholic Commissioners, under the Charitable Bequests Act, will engage the attention of the prelates assembled on this occasion. SUBSCRIPTION FOR FATHER MATHEW. The following letter has been received by the Mathew Committee : DaFrynane Abbey, Nov. 5, 1844. " My dear Friend,—At the other side you have a draft for ten pounds ten shillings, which I am allowed to present from the Directors of the National Bank of Ireland, to the fund now raising for the most useful man Ireland ever produced—our revered friend, Father Mathew. Believe me to be, very sincerely, yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. " James Haucli ton, Esq." ANOTHER DREADFUL COLLISION SINKING OF THE BRIG BLUNDELL OFF THE MAGAZINES. (From a Second Edition of the Liverpool Standard.) It is with exceeding sorrow that we have again to record one of those casualties which have of late been of but too frequent occurrence, and which it would almost appe a- no human aid can avert. The Blundell, a fine brig, bound to Trinidad, started from this port on Siturday—and on putting back came in contact with the American ship Feronia, and sunk" almost immediately. The following particulars communi cated by the captain, Mr. Townsend, of the Blundell, will, we d mbt not, be found interesting : The brig Blundell sailed from Liverpool for Trini dad on Saturday, at half-ebb, with wind about N.N.IV. At midnight the pilot left her, the N.W. Light-ship bearing at the time S. by W. Stood on for two hours, and then stood towards the light. At two o'clock tacked ship, and stood four hours heading W. and W. S. At eight o'clock made the Great drins head ; wind light. About eight o'clock on Sunday night a breeze sprung up from the northward and westward, which freshened till midnight, when a sudden gust carried away the jibboom. The hands were at the time reefinc , the maintopsail. At four o'clock made Lynas light, broad on the lee bow, distance about eight miles. Wore ship, and at half-past eight o'clock, the sea running tremendously high, and the ship labouring and straining dreadfully, carried away the foretop maststay and foretopmast, which, with all the gear, hooked the foreyard, and split the foresail to pieces. To save the vessel, the wreck was immediately cut away, when it was found necessary to keep the pumps constantly going. Stood on till twelve o'clock, head ing N.E , the wind still blowinr , tremendously in heavy gusts, when they spoke the fishing-boat Eliza and Betsy, which stopped by them. At ten o'clock passed the Rock Light; saw a ship to the eastward (the American ship Feronia), and a collision took place before there was time to clear her. The brig had a light up, and the watch was, we learn, on the deck of the Feronia. The Feronia's bowsprit hooked the mainmast of the brig, and her cutwater struck her just abaft the main rigging with such a tremendous crash that it carried away a great portion of her side. At half-past ten the brig was cleared from the ship, and almost immediately went down, head foremost, in 91 fathoms at low water. At this time the vessel was drifting bodily to lee ward. About four o'clock a man came on board as pilot, the N.W. Light-ship bearing about S., distant about twenty miles. Got the ship to wear at eight, A.m., and ran her through the Victoria Channel. The Feronia was inward bound from Quebec, and was anchored off the Magazines. The hands had barely time to save themselves. The Blundell be longed to Messrs. Barton, Irlam, and Higginsen, and is, we learn, fully insured in the Marine Insurance office. CAUTION TO PROPRIETORS AND 'VISITORS OF COF FEE-110USES.—A suspicious and shabby-looking foreigner, thin and rather elderly, who has been more than sus pected of two or three times abstracting French and other newspapers from various coffee-houses which he honours with his visits as a customer, succeeded yester day (Tuesday) in getting off quietly with a valuable umbrella, belonging to a gentleman frequenting a house near Regent-street, during his temporary absence in an adjoining room. This person is lame, and has appa rently a cork leg. HEROIC RESCUE.—On Saturday, during the heavy rain that was falling, a boy named Ackland, those parents reside at Lee, next Lewisham, fell into the river Lea, at the back of the Eltham-road, and was carried down by the land .flood about 1,000 feet to the bridge which separates the parishes of Lee and Lewisham, when Mr. Abraham Owen, jun., whose shop adjoins the bridge, saw the boy floating above the bridge, and im mediately ran out , and leaped over the wall into the river, the waters of which nearly touched the roof of the arch of the bride, and be fore he could sei ze h o ld o f the boy he was caed throu g h the arch about fifty f ee t , and with mu c h difficulty reac hed t this situation, ho wever, h e was still ( c i"nsite bank. In ?termined to save young Ackland, if possible, from the jaws of death , an d as the boy floated through th e arch, be dashed once ore into tha stream and su ccee d e d i n b ringing bank. Upwards of 100 persons had f o ll owed the course ' of of the river, and were calling aloud " Save him! Save him!" Some humane persons assisted Mr. Owen, and conveyed him and the lad to a druggist's at Lewisham, and Dr. Brown's assistant (Mr. J. Haynes) attended, and ultimately restored them to a state of sensibility. The boo was removed to his parents' roof, and is now Now ready, THE NELSON DISPATCHES, AND LETTERS. VOLUME TILE FIRST. EDITED BY SIR HARRIS NICHOLAS, G.C.M.G., To be comp eted in about 3 To!s., price 15s. each, bound ; the Second of which will be ready in January next. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. WARBURTON'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with numerous lllustrationS, 255. bound, THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS ; OR, ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL. By ELIOT B. G. WARBURTON, Esq. " This work is Intended to convey, in a popular for.., all the infor mation most required by the general reader and the Oriental traveller on the subjects of which it treats. The author has visited EGYPT, NUBIA, PALESTINE, DAMASCUS, anu the LEBANON, the COAST and ISLANDS of ASIA MINOR, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, and the lONIAN ISLANDS. He has interwoven with h!s personal adventures the most recent information appertaining to the state of those countries, especially as regards the condition of Egypt, the Tribes of the Lebanon, and the Church of England Mission at Jerusalem." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. PHIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera THE SYREN. Marco Tempesta, Mr. W. Harrison; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King; Zerlina (the Syren), Miss Rainforth After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR. Conrad, M. Albert; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu ,fedora, Miss Clara Webster' Une Vivandicre , Mdlle. Auguste, Delbes ; Guinare, Mulle. Adele Dumilatre. The Box.ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Charles Surface, Mr Charles Mathews ; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris. After which, Mr. Charles Mathews' Bur etta of HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Mathews; Dieky Darling, Mr. Strickland; Becky Morgan, Mrs. Caulfield. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even. ang), ss. each. First Price—Boxes, ; Pit, 38. ; Gallery, 2s. • Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at N..le o'Clock—B xes, 3s. ,• 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half past Six, Pet formance commence at seven. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One uinea and a.Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Ar cher, at the Box.office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 13. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled ruE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Cous.t Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Huthon ; Count Vanille, Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger , Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Checliore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which, an entirely New Drama, entitled CAESAR DE 3AZAN ; or, Love Ind Honour. Charles the Secon d, Mr. Howe ; Cmsar de l 3 izan, Mr. Webster ; Maratina, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright ; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Dinah, Ur. Cowell. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, MM r. ellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Bozos to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRII\ICESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STBEET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. Tli;"1-EVENING, NOVEMBER L, Will be produced a Ne Comer ietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clen.fnat Furnival. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirl,ng After which, the New Drams; called DON CN.SA R DE BAZAN Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Cnarles the Z. ecom. , Mr. Walton ; Mariana, Mr.. Stirling; Cot:Wes; dt Rotondo, Mrs. Fo.broke. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Ballet, calkd THE ENCHANTED BELL. A zolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussett ; I'almira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mdlle. Caroline Roussett; Naire (her Friend), Mdlle Teresine; Ding Doi.g (the Genii of the Bell), Miss Jiarshall Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director , M r. Emden. Machirrist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 5i.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 21. 6d.; Boxes, 28. ; Pit, Is. ,• Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. alum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. ?fist Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The lox.otlice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBZR 13. Will be performed a New Comedietta. entitled WATCH AND WARD. Tne characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT f 0 MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolliage. To be followed by TWICE KILLED. Characters by Messrs. Collier, Turner, Craven, and Keeley; Miss Arden. Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mlles. Louise and Adele, of her Majesty's Theatre, will make their appearance. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses. &c. Principal Charazters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli tge, Airs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Ms.s James, Miss Arden, NM Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes. 41. • Upper dozes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2r. ; Upper Boxes, Is ad.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the ti-twony 'Der holding eight persona), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second her (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Soles on the Pit Der (holding six persons), One Guiren. fhe Box..glice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc. II in of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATR F. Lessee, Mr; ROBERTS. THIS EVENING. NOVEMBER 19, Will b 2 performed DON C.EZ AR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. Roberts; King Charlos 11., Mr. John Howard; Maritana, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE. To conclude with, THE ROOTS AT THE SWAN. Frisky, Mr. Roberts; Jacob, Mr. H. Hall; Cecilia, Mrs. Montgomerte. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLI'Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER la. „ill he repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; b. j Race-Hor.e and Life's Course of Man and Steed; iatroducing'ut, -4(t4slied Natlobal Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle living lot and full Pack of Hounds, purchased 'Payersall, to realise this novel production. by Mr. Batty of Mr - Features. Epsom Races and other Sp. -.- 44.flualled Feats of Horsemanship. New Scenes of the Circle, anu • Cite Atterpiece. To conclude with a E. W 1J Ifloactfoot. Acting ana stage.minager, MI. ns in the Art of Riding Box-office open from Eleven till Five. 1.t.. • iy Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY 1 1 :'FA :FRE * Increasing success of Dan Ctesar de Bazan—l'irst ,v(ttk of another New Drama. THIS EVEI4I2:I6ciiiSJEMBER 13, Will be performed a New Drama, enti led DON CM; DE BA ZAN, supported by the entire Company. After which, an entirely New Drama, THE SISTERS OF C TILLON, in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, R. Shephard , Va. • Johnson, Heslop, Mrs. It. Hornier, Miss Terrey, Mrs. H. Vining, &c., will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entited A NIUHT OF HORROR S. Characters by Messrs. Va e, Lewis, Johnson, Heslop, Mrs. Daly, Miss Terrey, &c. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. Alice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, Will be performed THE WANDERING JEW, in which Messrs. Seaman, Dale, Higgie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear. After which, PORK CHOPS, in which Metars. G. Wild and Herbert will pertorm. To conclude with LIFE'S A LOTTERY; Jolly Dick the Lamplighter. Jolly Di k, Mr. G. Wi d; Bessie Blossom, Miss Loaisa Lyons. Private Family Boxes, £1 Is. Od. and ZI lls. HE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 13. Tuunmomnina, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 52; Noon, 56 BAROMETER, 29.63.—W1ND, W. NoTx.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the ro•ezing point. and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is u uelly placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 25 minutes after 3 I Evening ... 0 minutes after 3. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER l3, 184 k. ,r ~1 - Ifr • • ' ;• ,I ' , -,. 4.? -* •, , ____:,,, ~ t lz' ' ' 5 ..: . 1 . - , 1: `4 4 A .A4,r ' aft . -"• - ~.,- -7 ,- . - ; ,, 1 ..=' Z. .... n _. t' - .111: 1 k, :... f- '• j •- , • + %.,•' .._ A sti , - " ,• p- ' ...,- ..- , opliq, ‘.... - -,A:...';.\ .:....,, 4 .4., • --..-.. , 2 ,"" ' ~4 - 4 - " ,'.. ~.., ND ..;te:;-2.--- . mow ; ~1-.. A.,...... y r`, ~,,,hie R° IT 14 , • ...4 • , --..... r. _ .....,•••• ..!.....- A ,.,..N..._ t • 0, .. , allint SECOND EDITION. Venin li :Ant LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1844. It is our melancholy task to record, this day, one of those domestic calamities which come upon us with the more appalling horror, as they occur in the course of our daily avocations (as it were), without warning or previous intimation of any kind, and amidst the crowded resorts of our commercial and shipping acti vity. A still more distressing feature in this disas trous casualty is presented in the fact that the principal victim has been an engineer of reputation, who prematurely perished just after the satisfactory termination of the first and only experi ment on some important alterations which his 'inven tive genius had introduced in the construction of the beam of his steam-engines, the connecting ma chinery to work it, and the location of the engines themselves. For the particulars, however, of this fatal explosion off Blackwell last night, on board the fine new steam-boat of 600 tens, called the Gypsy Queen, of the instantaneous annihilation of Mr. JACOB SAMUDA (the builder of the craft, and the constructor of her engines), and of six other persons, who were with him in the engine -room at the time of the accident,—as well as of the desperate injuries sustained by other five persons who are now patients, in a most precarious state, in the London Hospital ; we must refer to the detailed statement we have printed in another column. But the facts of the case suggest some observations to which we think it to be our duty strongly to direct public attention, the more especially as, in so doing, we cannot in any way prejudice the case of any parties who may be brought before the Coroner or any other authority, for examination touching this distressing affair. It appears that the Gypsy Queen was built by the Messrs. SAMUDA and Co., for the Waterford Navi gation Company, and was, therefore, we are to pre sume, intended for a regular steam-packet or passage vessel. Of the brothers, SAMUDA, the deceased, JACOB, appears to have been the senior; and we presume the firm is identical or connected with the spirited patentees of the Atmospheric Railway. In this case, the reputation they have acquired by their perseverance in carrying out into practical application one of the boldest principles it has yet been attempted to adopt in the modern science of locomotion, must offer every guarantee for the assumption that the new invention of Mr. JACOB SAMUDA was one of great lingenuity and promise. But, however this may be, it is certain that the engines of his construe tinn nn hoard th. d:v:ded beams and socketed joints, and their connecting rods acting at angles instead of ver tically, did perform, on the first trip from Bow creek down to Woolwich, and thence back to the buoy at Black wall, satisfactorily and safely. In this same incipient experiment, the pressure on the boilers—which had been constructed to bear 401bs. the square inch—had been kept down to about half that ratio, or 201bs. only. But it was afterwards de termined to increase this pressure to 251b5., and whilst the steam was being got up accordingly, for that purpose,—the Gipsy Queen being still at her moorings —so little danger was anticipated, so little apprehension experienced, that Mr. SAMUDA, with the engineer of the vessel, a Mr. DODDS, Mr. ScnoLxrzExD (another engineer), SLANDERS, a fitter, NUGENT, an apprentice, NEWMAN, a stoker, and another man ( name unknown ), were all of them standing in the engine-room, to watch the operations, together with the foreman of the Messrs. SAMUDA'S factory, the four other men who are so severely hurt and scalded, and two or three other persons who appear to have escaped—when the steam exploded, probably through the rupture of one of the joints in the main-pipe, and swept into eternity in an instant, the unfortunate individuals we have named. Whether the safety-valve had been really set or properly watched, and other questions of that nature will probably be ascertained in the course of the inquiries to be instituted by the Coroner's in quest. Whether the engines, which were equal to a 300 horse-power, were high-pressure ones or not, does not at present appear. But the whole of the cir cumstances which have yet transpired warrant us in concluding that this is a case which strongly confirms the long-since admitted necessity for some organized and well-considered and responsible system of administrative superintendence, to the especial cognisance and report of which should be referred all primary experiments on new applications of steam or other explosive powers, and new mechanical inven tions for directing them. We cannot imagine what possible objection there could be to the establishment of a Board or a Commission, constituted of scientific as well as practical authorities in such departments of experimental mechanics. The rights and interests of priority of discovery or invention could be secured to at least as great an extent as they now are in the absence of any such body. Many valuable lives, in the higher as well as the more mechanical or techni cal branches of practical science, would be annually spared, instead of being sacrificed by wholesale to pure accident, or accidental carelessness ; to new evolutions of forces hitherto untried or unmeasured ; or influences, all the power of which has never before been tested. It is matter, surely, of high public interest that original experiments upon expansive forces, like those of steam, should not be made, ex cept under—first, arrangements embodying every possible precaution for the protection of human life and member, in the event of unforeseen disaster, or failure; and, secondly, arrangements carefully limit ing the persons to be present at their trial, to the smallest number compatible with the work to be done, the assistance to be rendered, or the general success of the operations. Session after session we have Committees appointed for purposes of this truly conservative policy. Accidents in coal mines ; accidents from machinery, employed in mills and factories ; shipwrecks, their causes, and the means to be adopted for their prevention ; these, and twenty other subjects of not less signal import ance to humanity at large, or less connected with the duties of good government, are referred by the Legislature to Select Committees. But the num ber of practical plans adopted for remedy or prevention of such casualties is really in the inverse proportion of, the number of the Committees and the amplitude of their reports. It is high time that steam machinery, especially in its application to maritime purposes, should be brought (to the limited extent we have sug gested) within the reach and precautionary control of the Legislature, as occasion may demand. We should be sorry to see the same reckless indifference dis played to the consideration of human life and its liabilities, in connexion with steam navigation, on this side of the Atlantic, with which our American brethren are so often and so justly reproached. 1 If we have formed an opinion very unfavourable to the political tendencies of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S public character and career, we have not allowed that prepossession to bias our judgment on the Right Hon. Baronet's administrative merits. In the busi ness of his own bureau, we conscientiously believe that no Minister can be named who displays more business-like talent, more untiring energy, or greater zeal for the interests of the public service, than Sir JAMES. But there is really a leaven of insincerity _ - want of fairness—a disposition to assume and exercisl q to its utmost extent whatever powers of arbi trary auth.'ritY he can appropriate, either in virtue of the re or m6l the e Vicious of Parliament in passing new statutes, organisation of his office UK"' under former ones ; l re is something of the sort, we say, always incorporatkr itself in the acts of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, whether we look at the legislative enactments he origin:4es, or the acts done by him in his executive capacity. !'he proofs of this proposi tion are at hand. His labox2's on the New Poor law, Factory Employment, Educat::ln , Mod el Pri sons, and other such questions, are its . Qxponents. Their force and effect, again, may be eonsidere as not a little confirmed by the language assumed by Sir JAMES on matters of privilege, on his acknow ledged violations of Post-office responsibilities in M. MAZZINI'S case, and other such affairs. At the close of the last session, we pointed, from time to time, and as they were suffered to ooze out so as to attract public notice, to Sir JAMES'S scheme for the reform of the medical profession, as offering another salient point for animadversion. The truth we take it is, that Sir JAMES'S career as a public man is beset by the bad influences of two very evil genii—the love of demiration and the love of jobbing. Mr. KEELEY'. considerate management has lately provided, we ob serve, Seven Castles of the Passions. He must fabri cate two more, and each of them as strong and as impassable as the Pentonville Bastille, if he would ac commodate the other two very powerful members of the same family who are at present—as they have long been—" in waiting" upon Sir JAMES. The perusal we have recently given to a very able pamphlet, entitled "An Address of the Society of Apothecaries to the General Practitioners of England and Wales on the Provisions of the Bill " for the better regulation of medical practice throughout " the United Kingdom," has revived these painful impressions in us with great intensity. This " Ad dress" establishes a case against the Bill in question —and therefore against Sir JAMES GRAHAM, as its Parliamentary sponsor—of so much injustice and oppression as to the present general practitioners of the profession (who will, hereafter, be the Licentiates in Medicine and Surgery, we presume, of the new measure)—of such gross and exclusive favouritism and power, as regards the physicians and the surgeons who are to be members of the " Council of Health and Medical Education" under the enactments of the Bill ;—of such a palpable creation of patronage to the Government both in the original constitution of such council, and of such a monopoly of the direc tion of professional education, honours, and advan tages, under the new registration to be organised, in favour Physicians, of and thefuture ‘‘ Fellows"lAs "Associates" i e a f t e t s b " e of the College e Collegee of of Sur geons, agai ns t a ll other members of such colleges, and still more i nv idi ous l y and especially against the of most extensive bra nc h all, the general practi tioners,e practice of surgery with who combine th the prescription and prepa ra ti on of m whose qualifications and character haveedicine, and been so bene ficially raised and established through the invaluable exertions of the Society of Apothecaries and their admirable Court of Examiners, in their administra tion of the powers and duties vested in them by the Act of 1815—that we shall feel it our duty to give an early analysis of the paper and to remark upon the conclusions it establishes, seriatim. It would be difficult to find a body of men who have more emi nently served the public, or in whose welfare the public ought to feel more profound l y interested, than the " General Practitioners." But in a ll our experi ence we have never met with, or heard, of any class of a profession upon whom it has been proposed to deal out so large a measure of virtual discredit and disqualification—not only without a pretence of rea son alleged, but against the express admissions of the framers of the Bill themselves. The epigram of the Bill seems to be this. " Protect Associate Physicians and Fellows of the College of Surgeons for the sake courage the General Practitioners in Surgery and Medicine, by withdrawing all practice from them ; because it would hue to refuse to the poorer classes, among whom this practice at present lies, the privi lege of employing quack doctors, or any other un qualified person, if they choose to employ them. We don't find ,at the end of the Bill, what there ought to be, a " sliding scale" of penalties to be levied on those who may choose to call in empirics and ignorant and unqualified persons—(those, for ex ample, who would propagate the small-pox by inocu lation)—the richer sort, who ought to know better, and can afford to do so, to be amerced in the heavier sums ; the poorer sort, who either may no t know better, or may be unable to afford to act as if they did, in the smaller. The " Address" cleverly demonstrates that the Bill is a premium on their igno rance and temerity, who, being relieved from the present legal penalties of such attempts, may here after " practice"—on her MAJESTY'S subjects, without being qualified by education or experience for such duties ; and a gross insult and a civil wrong on that large community of general practitioners, to whom the public health is so largely indebted for its im proved and improving condition. Let us add, that to the general practitioners—not to the physicians, as such, whose range of practice is notoriously and ne cessarily limited by the usage of the profession and by public opinion—are due those sanatory ameliora tions which the reports of the Registrar-General are so remarkably developing in their valuable statistics of life and mortality in the United Kingdom. The Paris papers of Monday, which have been de layed by the boisterous weather in the Channel, bring no news of importance. The Journal des Debats has a long article on the state of the lower classes in Great Britain, and the means in preparation for bettering their condition. The Constitutionnel has a leader on the statistical returns made by the Prefect of the Seine, and some of the other papers contain comments on the new loan. One of them expresses a belief that the great capitalists will agree as to the price to be offered, and that con sequently there will be no competition. The Com merce expresses indignation, that whilst Belgium and Holland resort successfully to a national subscription in cases of loans, the French Ministry should have so little confidence in the wealth and patriotism of the French nation as to suppose that a similar course here would not be successful. The French Ministry, however, know the people better than the editor of the Commerce:: The Journal des Debuts gives the following details relating to the : trial of General PRIM, transmitted by its own correspondent, who was present at the court martial : " The appeal laid by General Prim's counsel against the jurisdiction of the court-martial has not been allowed. Although the ,General, under an accusation of treason against the State, thus finds himself desafuero, that is, deprived of privilege of the fueros, which was anciently 4ranted to both military men and ecclesiastics ; he is nevertheless brought before a court-martial composed of his equals, all generals, as he is himself. The six mem bers of this Court, among whom are General Ribera, an old friend of Espartero, the Marquis de la Concordia, General Pignero, and General Jose Concha, brother of one of the leading members of the Opposition ; all are wise and moderate men, and believed to be incapable of suffering their judgment to be biassed by personal or political animosity. The President is, ex officio, the Captain-General of the province, who is at this time General Mazarredo, the late Minister of War, and the intimate friend of General Narvai z. In Spain, where all public acts and ceremonies are attended,with a pomp and ostentation sometimes ridiculous, justice alone is de prived of all appearance of solemnity—we might almost say, of all dignity. Thus, in general, it inspires the accused party with terror, without exciting deference or even common respect in those who are present as witnesses or audience. The tribunal assembled to-day, in a large hall of the old quarters of the gardes du corps. It bore all the appearance of a genuine encampment. A small table, round which were seated the President, the six judges, the Procurator-Fiscal, and the Secretary—on wooden chairs—and two benches for the audience, formed all the furniture. The public was admitted, but it does not appear to be very eager to witness such exhi bitions ; for, although the hall is spacious enough to hold 600 people, not more than about 250 were present, and of these three-fourths were officers belonging to the regiments of the garrison of the capital, who were called upon to attend by an order of the day. The only things saw upon the table were four books ; there was not even a crucifix. The judges were in uniform, and all, except two, kept on their hats. All the persons present walked freely about the hall, approached close to the judges—standing behind their chairs—for their were no guards, no officer of the court, not even a servant to keep order, or call for silence. The charge had been prepared entirely out of court by the Procurator-Fiscal. The sitting was opened with a rapid reading of all the docu ments, the interrogatories, the charges; but at the same time were to be tried the six persons who were accused as conf.derates of General Prim, not one of whom is in the army, and who, in the opinion of many, ought to be brought before the ordinary tribunals of the country. When this reading was finished General Schelly pre sented the defence of General Prim, that is to say, he read a manuscript which had been given to him by the civil advocates of the General. As General Schelly, who is a brave and most commendable officer, has never occupied his mind with judicial questions, he read the paper in a monotonous tone, without bringing any of its arguments prominently out, and without any indication .hat he was impressed feelingly with what he read. I ,bserved, however, that this defence made very strong and energetic protests against the form of the prosecu .ion. One of the principal witnesses in defence, the ser vant of General Prim, who had charge of the trabucos (blunderbusses), had not, it is said, been examined by the Procurator-Fiscal. The prisoner was not confronted with his accusers. The military life and general cha racter of General Prim were tolerably well set forth. It was said that General Prim commenced his military ca reer as a volunteer in 1833, and had obtained every suc cessive promotion for conduct in the field of battle—that my eti n ittu e tdi h e. ad d ddeeseivaernatwioonuntdhsatfroitmwtahse impossibleene i t h ra h a o . v s e e The b o e fco themd e e f s e ai n x c defence t ch traitor. o e n r 6 - 'several horses_ ri e k n i e l;l iG u re n ra d ieni e r r atio h . .nan so brave as After the defence of to, ecution were read by included with him in the i „ the last paper was officers of different regiments. When finished, the public were ordered to retire, anu ' .he Court entered upon the consideration of its judgment. Att,, the lapse of an hour, the public were again admitted, and the President announced that the Court was not suffi ciently enlightened, and that a further inquiry must be gone into. This decision was not announced from the mouth of the President, but was sent to the office of the Captain-General, who, with the Military Auditor, de cides whether the judgment is to be carried into execu tion, or whether it is to be submitted to the Supreme Military and Naval Court-martial. Such are, in all their truth, the formalities of the military tribunals of Spain, judging according to their fueros, and which the Ministers wish to preserve in the Constitution, but which the Committee has wisely recommended to be sup pressed." Accounts from Madrid of the sth announce that the Court-martial on General PRIM had, after two hours' deliberation, come to a decision to annul all that had been done in their first sitting, on account of the irregularity of the proceedings and the errors in the indictment, and had resolved that another legal examination should take place, preparatory to a new sitting of the Court, due notice of which would be given. The seventeen Spanish refugees, who were arrested recently at Marseilles, have been sent to Chaumont to reside. Those who were arrested at Carcassonne are to be confined in the department of the Cote-d'Or. As to Generals AMETTLER and SANTA Cauz (says the Commerce), they are still in prison au secret at Perpignan. FIRE IN NEW -ROAD, MARYLEIIONE.---Last even ing, about seven o'clock, a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. T. Kent, 20, Southampton-place, facing the New road, Marylebone. The first alarm was given by some of the domestics, when a back apartment on the becond floor was found to be in flames. Prompt assistance was rendered by the - workmen of an adjoining factory, and ieveral engines were soon on the spot, so that the flames were got under without any very great damage. Ap pearances, howeVer, were at first somewhat threatening. ATROCIOUS CONDUCT.—On Sunday afternoon the Dover up-train,.with nine carriages and 150 passengers, when within one mile of the London side of Folkestone, was nearly meeting with a most fatal accident. The guard on the first carriage perceiving about 150 feet for ward, and between an embankment of 60 feet high, an obstruction lying across the line, he signalled the other guards (two of them) to use the break ; the enginee rs did so instantly, when the first engine ran over a parcel of planks twelve in number, which had been most mali ciously placed across the road, and crushed them to pieces. Happily, however, from the caution taken, and the act of Providence, the train was not upset, and im mediately stopped. A beer-shop is situate a short dis tance from the spot, where a number of loose characters were found, upon whom suspicion fell. The landlord and his customers disclaimed all knowledge o f t h e transaction. GREAT FOOT RACE FOR TWENTY POUNDS. --Yes terday the match between Bee (of London), and Powell (of Hampton), came off near the White Hart Inn, at Hampton. The distance contested was twelve miles. Both men had acquired celebrity, and the match drew together a large concourse of spectators. At the start the men went away, and completed two miles together in eighteen minutes, and at the tenth mile Bee was in a leading position, and was walking strong and full of con fidence, while his opponent manifested symptoms of the pace being too fast, but endeavoured to continue on the contest. Both men made strenuous exertions when near the turn of the last mile, and Bee concluded the distance, beating his adversary by 400 yards. The twelve miles in one hour and fifty-seven minutes. THIS DA Y'S NEWS CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat to-day shortly after ten o'clock. lIRUNTON V. NEELD.-JUDGMENT. The Lone CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before the Court some time since upon motion to discharge an order of the Vice-Chancel lor of England, refusing to dissolve an injunction he had previously granted. The facts of the case appeared, from his Lordship's statement, to be as follows :—The plaintiff purchased, at a sale by auction, land put up for sale by the defendant Neeld. He paid the deposit, signed the usual agreement, which was also signed by the soli • citor of the defendant Neeld, and the plaintiff was put into possession of the property. A draft of the convey ance was drawn up, bat no conveyance was executed. In the month of March, 1839, one of the defendants, a person named Remnant, advanced money to the defendant Neeld upon his property on mortgage ; on that mortgage being foreclosed, Remnant entered into possession of all the landed property of Neeld, with the exception of that purchased, but not paid for, by the plaintiff. On the plaintiff refusing to give up the possession of the land he had purchased, an action of ejectment was brought against him, and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff in the action. In consequence of this the present bill was filed, and an injunction obtained, restraining all further proceedings at law. An application was made to the Vice-Chancellor of England to dissolve that in junction, which he refused to do, and from that judg ment the parties appealed to this branch of the Court. His Lordship new gave judgment on the appeal motion. He considered that there was no sufficient ground shown for the application. It had been said on the part of the defendant, that if the injunc tion was continuA it ought to be upon the terms that the plaintiff should pay the costs of the action of ejectment, and also his purchase-money, into Court. His Lordship thought there was no ground for bringing the action, and therefore that it was beside the question to order the plaintiff to pay the costs. On the whole, his Lordship was of opinion that the motion to dis charge the Vice-Chancellor'S order ought to be dis missed with costs, and ordered accordingly.—Appeal motion dismissed. The Court then proceeded with appeals. PARSONS V. BIGNOLD. The arguments in this appeal were concluded, and His LORDSHIP postponed giving judgment. His Lordship was occupied the remainder of the morn ng with appeals of little interest except to the parties concerned. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND was occupied the whole day with the hearing of pleas, demurrers, and further directions, none of which possessed any feature of public interest. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) JOHNSON V. CHILD.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case this morning; the questions to be decided were, whether certain charges payable out of the testator's property were chargeable upon various specific legacies left by the said testator, and how a mortgage upon a part of the property was to be dealt with. His honour now directed that the mort gage should be apportioned between the leasehold, in cluding a property called Belvedere-wharf, and the pecuniary legacies, and the charge on the Taragon pro perty should be paid out of the general estate prior to the legacy accruing. TIIE ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. FLINT. His HONOUR then resumed the hearing of the argu ments in this case, which occupied the whole of the sitting of the Court yesterday. (Befiire Sir J. K. BRUCE.) His Honour sat for a short time this morning in Bankruptcy, as Chief Judge of the Court of Review, but the greater number of bankrupt petitions on the paper were ordered to stand over, the parties not being pre pared. Tho cases in equity were then taken. WRIGIIT V. TALLIS. This case, which has been already postponed, was on the paper this day for hearing. It is an application, on the part of the plaintiff, for a special injunction to re strain the defendant from continuing the sale of certain works, which are translations from the writings of the German author, Sturm ; the said sale, the plaintiff alleging to be an infringement of his copyright. When called on to-day it was again postponed till next week. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE MAGISTRATES OF BERKSHIRE. This was an appeal, by the Great Western Railway Company, against an order of sessions confirming the assessment to the poor-rate, in the parish of Tilehurst, through which a part of the Great Western Railway runs, on the ground that the railway was rated at too high a sum. It was contended, on the part of the Com pany, that before the amount was fixed on which their rating was to be assessed, there were various deductions to be made. Among the deductions claimed was the income-tax paid by the Company. The Company also claimed deductions on account of losses incurred by the renting of branch lines, and on account of their liability to rates in other parishes, in conse quence of the recent decisions of this Court, but the exact amount of which had not been ascertained. They also contended that the rate should be assessed upon the profits only, calculated at five percent. upon the gross receipts, and that a deduction should be made for a renovation fund. It was replied, on the part of the re spondents, that before making the assessment every de duction had been made to which the appellants were en titled. With regard to the property-tax there was no reason why any deduction should be made on that ac count. There could be no right to claim any deduction on account of losses on the branch lines. All that the respondents had to do was with that portion of the pro perty of the appellants which was situated in the parish of Tilehurst, and it was no matter to them what losses might accrue twenty miles away from their parish. The same argument applied to their claim for deduction on account of their supposed liability to rates in other parishes ; besides, those rates had not yet been assessed, and this being a rate from year to year, assessed as a yearly tenantcy, they had no right to make a claim for a deduction out of the present rate on the score of liability to payments which had not yet been made. In regard to the argument that the rate was to be assessed on the profits, it was contended by the respondents that the rate was to be assessed on the gross •alue of the plant, and in support of this argu ment the decisions of the. Court in the cases of the Grand Junction Railway Company, the South-Western Railway Company, and the Cambridge Gas Company, were relied on. With regard to the deduction claimed on account of the renovation fund, it was contended, that as the assessment was upon a yearly tenantcy, the only deduction that could be allowed was for the sum actually expended during the course of the year in the repair of that portion of the road passing through the parish. Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake appeared for the appellants, and Mr. Whately and Mr. Terrett for the respondents. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) T 1 AIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) • 11..ec0 before Mr. Justice PITTE9ON.) (Sittings in gxeAtt.- u4RWIER. Mr. MELLOR moved for a writ of certiorari to bring up the inquisition held on tlig body of George Gardner, and also the depositions taken at the imitiost, It appeared that Gardner had been indicted for abducting a young lady from a boarding-school, but an arrangement had been come to. The defendant pleaded guilty, but was discharged on his own recognizances, and was not to be brought up for judgment, Gardner then went to Ca nada, but subsequently returned to this country, and was articled to a farmer named I'age, for the purpose of learning the business of a farmer. He then renewed his acquaintance with the young lady. After his return from Canada he went to the house of the young lady, having got in through the window in the course of the night. The next morning he had some coffee given him by the young lady. lie was vi sited by the mother and daughter, the father being igno rant of the circumstance. After breakfast the daughter stated that she perceived a peculiar smell in the room, but did not know what it. was. However, on a bottle being produced at the inquest, she stated that the smell was something like that. After he had taken the con tents of that bottle, which had contained laudanum, he asked for a razor and shaved himself. He then became ill, and died in the course of the day. A verdict of felo de se was returned upon the coroner's inquest. The object of the present application was to bring up that inquisition and examination, with the ulterior view that in case the in quisition should be set aside, he (the Learned Counsel) might object to any public inquisition being taken. The form of the inquisition raised as many objections as there were lines in it. It stated that he administered a quan tity of laudanum, but if did not state that that was a poison ; that he drank the same, and became distempered in body. It did not allege any place where he died, nor state when he died. It alleged that he died on the 2d of October instant, but the word " instant" was meaning less in this inquisition, because the question was whe ther the party had died within a year ; and it stated that he did kill and murder himself, but it did not declare in what manner.—Rule granted. IN RE JOHN CRAY. A writ of habeas corpus was obtained in this case, to bring up the body of John Gray, then a prisoner in Salford gaol, under the statute of the 4th George IV., c. 34. The writ was obtained on several objections made to the commitment and conviction ; but the principal objection was, that the conviction did not show on the face of it that any witnesses were examined upon oath in support of the charge. Mr. COWLING now appeared in support of the validity of the conviction. Mr. Justice PATTESON decided that the conviction was bad. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) BARON V. DENMAN. This case came before the Court on demurrer in June list, when Mr. Kelly opened the case at some length for the plaintiff. The facts of the case have already been laid before the public. The defendant Captain Denman, was employed as a British officer on the African coast, to enforce a treaty for the suppression of the slave-trade. Having reason to suppose that certain barracoons were filled with slaves, he proceeded up the River Gambia for the purpose of destroying them. They were found on exr mination not to contain any slaves, but it being sus pected that they had done so, and that they had only been removed in order to avoid detection, orders were given for their destruction; and for this act the plaintiff claimed compensation. Sir T. WILDE addressed the Court this morning at great length for the defendant. He contended that the case was one in which the Court had no Lordships to say what the Government of this country), or tho commanders of its vessels, had a right to do, in enforcing a particular treaty against the subjects of other nations. They had not before them the informa tion necessary to enable them to form an opinion. ahe act complain2d din this caso, and for which compensa tion was now sought by the plaintiff; was an act done by Captain Denman in his public capacity as the com mander of a British ship. An act committed under such circumstances was to be judged of by totally dif ferent rules from those which prevailed in a court of jus tice. The complainant was not without means of redress. If the act was wrong, it was to be presumed that the Government who sent out the defendant to enforce the treaty would afford redress, especially as it appeared that the act in question was necessary to prevent a breach of the treaty. Captain Denman being employed upon this particular service in:a public capacity, to en force the treaty the more or less was a matter between the Spanish and the English nations, and not a matter which could be inquired into in a court of justice. Could English courts of justice say what was the discretion to be exercised by a naval or military officer when he found that the terms of a treaty were being evaded ? When the Crown of England stipulated with the Crown of Spain for the right of search, it, was agreed that certain appearances should be taken as evidence of an intention to violate the treaty ; for it was to be observed that not only the actual em ployment of vessels, but prepaiations for engaging in the slave-trade subjected the parties to punishment. If this claim were good why were not the owners of the Caro line there ? The Caroline had supplied some of the Ca nadian insurgents with stores ; she had gone to the American shores for the purpose of obtaining a fresh supply ; and when she was destroyed by British sub jects the British Government avowed and justified the act on the ground that the situation of the vessel was convenient for committing an aggressive act. If an act • were considered wrongful the party supposed to be in jured must seek redress through his government on these two grounds—first, that acting in his public ca pacity Captain Denman was exempt from any action of this description, and secondly that he averred that what he did was done by command of her Majesty.' lie con tended that judgment ought to be given for the de fendant. Their Lordships took time to consider their judgment. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middlesex, before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) LAWREY V. SIR CHARLES GREY. This was an action brought, by the widow of the plaintiff, formerly a solicitor at Tynemouth, to recover certain sums alleged to be due from the defendant for attending the Revising Barrister's Court and other elec tioneering services, which resulted in the return of the defendant to Parliament for the borough named, and the defeat of his opponent Mr. Young. Before the case had proceeded far, Mr. Jervis, as counsel for Sir Charles Grey, put in certain letters of the plaintiff's husband, and the defendant founding ob jections upon them which the Court held, to be valid, a nonsuit was directed. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships this day took the special paper, and were for the most part occupied with the arguments in two cases of demurrer. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) John Peter Kirk, a baker, carrying on business at No. 49, Tottenham Court-road, was charged before Sir Chapman Marshall, with having obtained 30/. from the West London Savings' Bank, Wine Office -court, by re presenting himself to be a Mr. M'Donald, one of the depositors. Mr. Thomas Underhill, a clerk in the office of the savings' bank, stated that on the 2d of March last he re ceived 101., from a person named M'Donald, as a deposit. The entry in the books of the savings' bank ran thus:— " Adam M'Donald, Fore-street, Cripplegate, aged twenty-four, 101." M'Donald subsequently made an other deposit of 20Z Mr. Underhill, actuary to the Bank, said it was his duty to repay deposits. Last evening the prisoner pre sented a deposit-book to him, and applied for the 301. which had been paid to the bank by Adam M'Donald. Witness requested him to sign his name in the receipt book, and he wrote the name of Adam M'Donald. Wit ness then gave him a Bank of England note for 301. The first witness said he should not know Mr. M'Donald again. He was a young man, and the pri soner a middle-aged man. They identified persons by their handwriting. The writing of the prisoner and the depositor were very dissimilar. The clerk asked if it was not usual for depositors to give notice when they were desirous of drawing out money? Mr. W. Underhill said a notice had been left at the office in accordance with the rules which bad been laid before the Managing Committee, by whose direction an officer was placed in the office, and when the prisoner received the note he was given into custody. M'Donald had lost his original book, and had been supplied with a duplicate of it. The prisoner presented the book that had been lost at the bank. The prisoner said that M‘Donald gave him the book to draw out the amount when he (M'Donald) went to Scotland. WDonald owed him money. He had not seen him for two months. He told him to put his name in the receipt-book at the bank. ~.. Sir C. /vllnsitALL said he had better get M`Donald to come forward to corroborate his statement. He was remanded until the police can obtain the at tendance of .11‘Donald, who was stated to be in London. The prisoner applied to be admitted to bail, but his application was refused.. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) William Brown was charged with furious driving, and thereby killing a horse, value 14/. The prisoner, who was driving a cab, began to race with a four-wheeled vehicle at King's-cross, and when opposite this Court, on the Bagnigge-wells-road, driving at the top of his speed, and on the wrong side of the road, he attempted to shoot by the vehicle. A cab, belonging to Mr. Voucher, was coming at a walking pace against them, and the driver cried out to the pri soner to halt, but, instead of doing so, the prisoner still whipped, and, coming into collision with the cab opposite, the shaft of his vehicle penetrated a long way into the breast of the horse, and the poor animal fell down, bleeding profusely. Both cabs were shattered dreadfully, but fortunately nobody was hurt. The prisoner is not a licensed driver, but was driving for a Mr. Clarke, a cab proprietor in Camden -town. The proprietor of the cab said the prisoner took ad vantage of his absence and drove away the cab from the Strand. His wife was dangerously ill, and he was sent for to attend her. Sergeant Wilkinson said he believed this to be utterly untrue, and he had been informed the proprietor was drinking and fighting at a public-house. The prisoner was, remanded. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. DERBY. 10 tot agst Alarm—t 11 to 1'33 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 16 to 1 agst Kedger 35 to 1 agst Connaught 22 to 1 agst Cobweb c Ranger 25 to 1 agst Newsmonger 45 to 1 agst Clear-the-Way 28 to 1 agst Rebecca c 50 to 1 agst Cabin Boy 25 to 1 agst Pam 1,000 to 1 agst John Davis 27 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY. THE CUP.-Mr. Bowles's Bodice beat Mr. Agg's Anna bella ; Mr. W. Ettwall's Win-if-I-can beat Mr. La w recce's Lceda ; Mr. Bowles's Bill Scott beat Mr. W. Ettwall's Witchery; Mr. Gordon's Laura beat Mr. God dard's Arathea. THE DERBY.-Mr. Agg's Almaviva beat Mr. Law rence's Linchpin ; Mr. W. Etwall's West-End beat Mr. Bowles's Baldrick THE OAKS.—Mr. Bowles's Blessington beat Mr. W. Etwall's Wild nose ; Mr. Lawrence s Laudanum beat Mr. Agg's Gazelle ; Mr. W. Etwall's Wit's• End beat Mr. Bowles's Burlesque. ST. LEGER.-Mr. Agg's Abelard beat Mr. W. Etwall's Wiliness ; Mr. Bowles's Brocade beat Mr. Lawrence's Lobelia. MATCH.-11r. Bowlcs's Blue Coat Boy beat Mr. Agg's Anodine. The weather was unfavourable and the attendance thin, but the sport was good. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—This morning an acci dent, which was near being attended with the loss of three lives, occurred on the Surrey side of the river, be tween Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges, by the upsetting of a punt, in which were three labourers, named Murray, Delany, and Cripps. The three men were rowing from the slip at Blackfriars• bridge, to a raft of timber lying on the river, and upon nearing it, whether through want of caution, or the force of the tide, they struck some of the projecting beams of the raft with the side of the boat, which was instantly upset, and the three men prec►pi tated into the water. Delany and Murray clung to the raft for a considerable time, until they were rescued by some fellow-workmen, who, hearing their cries, hastened to the spot ; but Cripps was less fortunate, for he failed in grasping the raft, and was carried by the force of the tide under it. After considerable exertion on the part of these who hurried .to the spot on witnessing the acci dent, he was at length got into a boat in an exhausted and almost insensible state, when he was taken ashore and every attention paid him, but a considerable time elapsed before he could be considered out of danger. The other men escaped with a good ducking only, and were enabled to resume their work after a change of clothes. Two HOUSES BLOWN DOWN IN THE LONDON. ROAD. —Among the mischiefs occasioned by the storm may be mentioned the blowing down of two houses in the London road, Southwark—one of the most crowded thoroughfares in the metropolis—yet, miraculous as it may seem, without the loss of any lives. Fortunately the catastrophe occurred at half-past eight this morning, and the houses —one, a china and ehrystal establishment ; the other, occupied by a furniture broker—being very old, gave such ample warning of their approaching dissolution, that the indi viduals in the shops had time to run out into the street, before the whole came to the ground. In the upper floor there were two children in bed, who were fortu nately protected by a portion of the roof which adhered to the side wall. They were rescued from their perilous situation by a gentleman, who with considerable heroism rushed up the ruins before they were well settl e d, and had the pleasure of placing the children is the arms of their frightened mother. The stock in both shops is of course totally destroyed. A number of labourers are now busily employed in clearing off the ruins. Her Majesty the Queen has given 501., and Prince Albert 201., towards a fund now raising for the erection of a new organ in Windsor Church, the old one, which was given by George the Third (having been taken from MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. At Liverpool yesterday, about 5,000 bales of Cotton were sold at steady prices. Mid American was scarcer and firm. Speculuts:rs took 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to 6id.; The other sales were 500 M a r an h atn, at 41d. to 50.; -and 700 Surat at 24d. to 31d. ; the rest being American at Sid. to sd. per lb.—Shares were dull, except some of the French lines. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1011 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 1/. 15s. 4icl.; Caledonian, 41. ls.; Chester and Holyhead, 5,1- ; Churnet Valley, 3; Eastern Counties, 3+ ; Great Western, Fifths, 15+ ; Lancaster and Preston, 451 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 202 k.; Ditto, Half, 1011 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter, 24 ; London and York, 21. 16s. 3d ; Manchester and Leeds, 108 ; Midland Counties, 1/. 18s. 9d. ; North Union, 140 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 96 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,* South-Eastern, 38i; Lyons and Avignon, 21. I Is. to 2L 129. 9d. ; Paris and Lyon* 3/. ls. 6d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 31. 16s. a ; Boulogne and Amiens, 74+ +. • There are late accounts in the City this morning from New South %Vales and Van Diemen's Land, but their contents are not of very general importance. The ex clusive system appears to be adopted as respects stran gers being present in the Legislative Council. And it is somewhat singular that, at the last meeting of that body, as reported in the Sydney Herald, a member (formerly connected with the Press of London, and once on the Sun, moved that " strangers be ordered to withdraw." While here the party was a strong stickler for open dis cussion, but, as the saying goes, "circumstances alter cases"—and our well-known friend having advanced himself to the dignity of a member of the Council (by rare talent let it be observed), now is an apostle to the secret system. The markets of Sydney were pretty steady. A large amount of business had been transacted in spirits. A very strong apprehension was, entertained that there would be a scarcity of shipping, the arrivals from India, en route for India, having !alien off considerably. As the stocks of goods at Sydney were large, and credit not' good, arrivals from England for some time to come —at least in any numbers—was considered out of the question. The stores for colonial produce for shipment to this country were rapidly accumulating. The state of the London wool market last received out was considered as most satisfactory. The clip was ex pected to be considerably above an averege, but if ships could not be had to receive it on board, the markets here for the staple will in all probability be advanced. From Swan River we learn that the colonists were turning their attention to the cultivation of the vine most sedulously, and ere long the exports of wine, of a quality far superior to the Cape, is a matter of certainty. From Port Philip we learn that the manufacture of Tallow, by boiling down sheep, was increasing rapidly—not far short of 50,000 sheep had been boiled down at Sealong (Port Philip) in about ten months. The Commissioner bought Three per Cents. Reduced this morning at 991, the same amount being transferred as they took yesterday. Consols for Money have been at 1001 to 1001, while the only quotation for the Ac count is per cent. above par. The premium upon Ex' chequer-bills has fallen as low as 60s. Bank Stock has advanced from 2044 to 2051. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have fluctuated from 1011 to 1021. In the Foreign Funds the business done this morning has not been to any extent. Spanish Consols have been sold at 24; the Three per Cents, at 35/ 1 ; the Portu guese Converted at 551 to 554. In Belgic and Dutch Stock not much fluctuation has occurred to-day. Mexican Bonds have advanced, but Columbian ex Venezuelan are a shade lower than yesterday. The Share Market has been rather heavy to-day, and the prices in most instances are a shade lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONEIO'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) • Bank Stock... ..•...... .. •• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 203 20434 20534 3 per Cent.. Reduced Annuities 9g% f‘',l4 New 3% per Cent. A nnu iti es 102 101% 102 10 Consols for Account 1003 E Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d. 1,0001.6t1 61 pm. 500/.. ? , 62 put Ditto 62 pm. Ditto Adverti sed.,„.„.. •..... FO EIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent...... ....•......».„....» 101% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 00000 87% 8 8 Columbian Bonds. ........ «. . 14% 13% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per"C;ltt. 35;iN Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........».„ — Ditto Converted Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent... ll9 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840.....„. « . « 24 Ditto Three per Cent. ..... 3534 % Dutch 234 per Cents. OOOOOOO 62% ~ Dutch 5 per Cent 5..........•........... 0000000 99% 3 911 PRICES OF SHARES 1 HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. Pam. PEn Stung. Birmingham and Gloucester...« 100 ........101 ..... to •-• Ditto New Bristol and Exeter ..... 70 ..... 70 - Bristol and G10uce5ter........" .... . au ......... to 56 Caledonian Cambrid g e and Lincoln -- Churned Valley •••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 ..... ...• 234 Eastern Counties 25 .... 13% % - Ditto Perpetual 5 per c e nt ... 21. 1 3s . ...% 1 Great Southern and Western] 5 . to (Ireland) .... • 11 „«.• --- Great North of Eng1and........... 100 ....•....120 ......... to Ditto New 5 l5 ...... to Great Western 75 Ditto % Shares ..... 50 ......... 85 ....• to London and Birmingh a m. lOO 213 ......... to Dit o % Shares .................«.. 2 24 ..... to -- London and Brightonso ....« 34 ••• to London and Greenwich 12% ...... to London andgGreenwich ( * Preference) 18% ...... 22 to London and Croydon Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Cent ,2 ..„. to London and Y0rk.......... ...... to Midland .......... ........ . ..... 100 North British 5 .... 5 Norwich and Brando n 6 .. to Ditto New ... «.. ....... 214 ...... to She tticld and Lincol n South Devon South Eastern and Do ver ..... 3334 - Ditto New - York and North Midland ••••••••• 50 ••••••••• •••• ••• ..... •to Ditto Scarbore' Branch .......•• 10 36 Ditto Selby Scrip ..... 20 78 - Boulogne and Amiens 2 3% ... to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 12 —We can' not report any improvement to-day—business has been limited. Barnsley Junction, 51 9-16 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 21 ; Churnets, 2 13-16 15-16 ; London and York, 21 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1/ 13-16 ; South- Eastern, 42 ; Ditto, New creation, 71 prem.; WO 6 Yorkshire, 84 prem. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN - EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY The supply of English Wheat was by HO MVO/ extensive, yet the demand for it was in a very sluggish state, and previous rates were with difficulty supported. Owing to th e fi rmness on t h e part of the holders n' , free Foreign Wheat, very little business was transacted in it, at unaltered currencies. Grinding and distilling Barley was extremely dull, but malting parcels W ere quite as dear. The Malt trade ruled heavy. 0200 Beans, and Peas were in fair request. ARRIVAL& Wheat. Earley. English ...... .... 1,090 qrs. 910 qrs. Irish..... ~,..... —.— F0reign........... 1,310 Malt. 930 arL WEITECHAPEL. Although the supplies of each kind of meat were by no means large, the demand was in a very sluggish state, 0 our quotations. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton. 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 4d W 3s lod per Blbs by the carcase. Oats. Flout 250 1,1130 3,240 qrs. —...... ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.), LONDON, Nov. 13. Strong b reeze S.W.—l t h as rain hard all night and this morning, and continues. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 12.—Arrd. Mary Wood (s.) , London. OFF MARGATE, Nov. 12.—Ocean Queen, Freeman , Sydney, New South Wales. BuDE, Nov. 12.—The David, Wamoatha, of and fot Stettin, from Newport, got on the rocks at Crackingtou Harbour yesterday, and is expected to become a wreck; crew saved, cargo expected to be. The Knysna, Gibson' of fladdington, from Westport to Bristol (with eau) , also got ashore at the same time, and is expected to be• come a wreck ; crew saved. FALMOUTH, Nov. 12.—The Matthew Plumer, frau Alexandria, the Deptford, Hull, from Taganrog, and the Magnet, Prudu, from Cardiff, drove on St. Mawe s Bank during the gale yesterday morning, grounded at low water, but came off at the flood tide, it is suppose d without damage. Baixuam, Nov. 12.—The Two Sisters, Wood, fro % Shields to Axmouth, which went ashore at Elbury Cove on the 2d inst., has been got off, and in here to-day. , PLYMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Arrd. G anges , China ; a" Lochlibo, Quebec. It has blown strong all night from W. to W.S.W. FALMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Wind W., strong gales and violent squalls.—Arrd. Sportsman, Leyden, Ichaboe. BRISTOL, Nov. 12.—Arrd. Rankin, Muckle, Quebec. Sld. Exchange, St. John's, New Brunswick. NEWPORT, Nov. 10.—Sid. Commercial, Valparaiso Lyna, Havannah. COWES, Nov. 12.—Arrd. Ernst Kundsen, Rio. MILFORD, Nov. 11.--Arrd. Harping, St. John's, 2 ' B Brunswick, for Irvine. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12.—Wind W. to S.S.E. mode„r llte. —Sid. Lamport, Armstrong, N ew O r l eans . Arrd. v toria, Hancock, Ichaboe ; Duke of Portland, Patters ° . l !' Demerara • Duke of Cornwall, Webster ; F a me, Feron lev Laurel, and Warren Hastings, Quebec. CORK, Nov. 10.—Arrd. Brooke, Campbell. , 11 , 0 Rowley, Emery. Ichaboe ; Sar a h, Fl e t c h er , St. Jon I V New Brunswick ; M an i a , St o bb s , Q ue b ec ; L a dy Ha w , el ' Reid, Newf oun dl an d ; E ng l an d, Li verpoo l f o r leha"""' with loss of bowsprit. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11.—The Belle, Curler, from b e terford to this port, was wre c k e d a t th e mouth of,A, • Dee yesterday, the master and one man saved. It Blundell, Townsend, hence to Trinidad, in putting con, last night, with loss of topmast, sails, &c., got tact with the Ferenia, f rom Q ue b ec , a t a nchor ou ' Magazines, and soon after sank. bait CORK, Nov. 10.—Th e J o h n an d M ar y, of D u b ait previoll" from Quebe c t o Li ver p oo l, was a b an d one d a t sea to the 29 , th ult. crew saved. f Pri g LANCASTER, Nov. 12.—The schooner Fame ale ton, capsized in coming up the river yesterday, In a g at N.W.; crew saved. LEITH, Nov. 11.—The Astrea Sundokswall to Luff; and the WorsfeyS, c K ho e l e d u be ez rg , t oet .. f s r !.. _ ° .; for Grimsby, from St. Petersburgh, put in here y t e l A day from St. Margaret's Hope, the latter in a very 1 •"'''" condition, and must discharge part of her cargo. f sh. , DEAL, Nov. 12., 8, A. M .—Wind W.S.W. , ; 003; Arrd. Jane Goudie, Goudie, Sydney, New South Hyderabad, Robertson, Calcutta ; Galatea, 0w,c,0.., . n ' a y s; V , of Good Hope; Rambler, Buenos Ayres; er, Waterford, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Wa ve 'null, Edward's Island ; Glenlyon, Erramanga; ruse/ brig No. 475, Canertieu and Merrier, St. L a urence john PLYMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arr d ' Burnham, Princ Edward's Island. Northwood, Ichaboe. TORBAY, Nov . 11—Arrd. Margaret, Dav idson, late The Countess and Miss D e have left Carlton e d to anranna nn a viaitiner tnyxv• ThPv are not exP--