The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-06 00:00:00

DEATH OF LOit.D WESTEA,N. (From the Essex Herald of Monday.) We regret to have to announce the death of Lord whielt toolz ~t I !.•Fx abut nine 0 Tit •.:, . . . "1•, of the d tugh.e: William Rolland, Esq. of London was b.)rn in 1767 ; and afte r b e i ng educated at Eton and Cambridg. , entered Parliament for the borough of Maldon, in 1790. He attached himself to the old Whig party. He continued to sit for Maldon till 1812, when he obtained a seat for the county,. and remained in the House of Commons till 1 832. During this long period of forty-two years he often took an active part in the business of the House, particularly on the corn-laws and the currency question. If not the author, he was one of the leading promoters of the Corn Bill of 1815 ; and he ever remained a staunch advocate for protection, opposing as strenuously the pro- Posed fixed duty of the Whigs as he did the doctrines of the League ; and only last year, on the formation of the With Society, he liberally contributed to its funds. With respect to the currency, he was opposed to the Principles which have of late years been adopted. He attributed much of the embarrassment and distress which have prevailed at different periods to this cause ; and he endeavoured most laboriously, both by his 'Teethes and his pamphlets, to enforce his own views on tnis subject. ilia Lordship steadily supported the Libetnil party in their long struggle for reform ; and he contributed to the ultimate triumph in 1831 ; but the passing of the Reform Bill cost him his seat for Essex. On the divi !ion of the county under the provisions of that measure, he beetime a candidate for the northern division, but was defeated by Sir John Tyrell and Mr. Baring—a circum atance which it was understood induced Lord Melbourne, r., 1 1 a re war d f or h i s long an d cons i stent serv i ces , to c all tit° to the Upper House immediately, by the title of Baron Western, of Riven-hall ; and his political friends in the county also testified their esteem for him by pre senting him, at a pAillc dinner at the Shire-hall, at tended by 400 gentlemen, with a splendid piece of plate. Since that period his Lordship had livid in compara tive retirement, seldom taking part in the debates of the r ° ouse of L or d s . A grea t portion of his um- was sedu- Italy devoted to practical iinproveinen;s in farming. Lord Western was never marritd. He had no brother, and the title is ex:ieet. FHE QUARTET: TO EPI I di,' •• F ! 8I Fereei:e i,v ~.,11.1e that the qtt:rter se , &ionl_, in the several , Ereri ~,d and '•,v;41..5. will he held thisi`Year in the last week in Dee. wher, e,ei septently there will Ix: five sessions in one This is certainly ve..y irre.r,ular, and at the s?:ate tiny a Most inconvenlint arrangement, as it wilt Wig, per ()ns to leave their families in the middle of the Christ• I, nas h ulidaYs. It is N. ery desirable that this law sh , .n:d e altered, and that the time of holding tlic 7 8 t 116 slloidd be brought back to the period tv!i!f•i", v°: reties of years, they were accustomed to bt, the first wee' ter - Epiphany (6th January). at I am, yours, &c.. J. U. N°° • 4, 1844. l'll- e . fl THE FIRST PUBLIC Silt-tall' well QUEEN'S BUCKIMUNDS.— IT , lira, te 11 " T THU SEASoN.—WINDSoR, MONDAY. s -mounted red coats assembled Vii t-iiill, many having arrived by the earlytrains , Londo • o, in the expectation l-:P)r i h.t from a t have h the season ()floured the opening meet of wit, who ree id arly that Prince Al n ber: it a h ou h l i d s preset-ie.,. In this, however, the attend the royal eunt, were dis p a u ppieLed, his Royal High, ess having arianged to shoot this inr) Earl o rnini-fover r the royal preserves in the Great Park. The Rosslyn, the Master of the Royal Bucknounds, a great . and gentry. acid number of the neighbouring nobility - • i n nearly the whole of the officers of the two regiments garrison at Whither, and of the nih Lieht Dragoons, stationed at Hounslow, were amongst those who were P r esent, and went through the hunt. The splendid stag Rory O'More, upon being uncarted at Two Mile . , after rounding the Mill-pond, went away in beautiful style for Burnham, where it doubled rightto , _th s e oil. to Upon Hitchans Church into the park, where it took soil. dislodeed it made . for Lady Grenvhf .., crossing . the park, through the private gardens and-piantations, And then broke away for Taplow Common, on CO Lord Orkney's, and crossed the Thames, near of the near th pack. R eferry or t y o Cookh am , f o ll owe d by a small portion O'Hore doubled back, and recrossed t i heriverin i to rßo Bucks, ne. between Cli e ld en an d C oo kh a m, leern, Thames, away o after a good Bone end, a n d was t h ere ta k en i n t h e run of nearly two hours, " first and last," over line of c ountry. U pwar d s o f 250up a at the heavy were take. Numerous .spills took place during .the run. Dre I p i m al o a r: a e dozen were unhorsed in taking the ditch at on Taplow and several were i n a s i m i lar predicament Common. A di v i s i on of the pac k too k place in Drop more Park; five couple and a half of the hounds starting off in pursuit of a fox. During the after part of the day one of the hounds was found on Taplow Common, and another at Burnham. The remaining three couple and ac. a half will be searched after to-morrow. The royal pack will be hunted over the Harrow (grass) country on t V Mr. inesday. The meet will probably take place a expected eo's, at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge. It is nt. that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be preseSa t DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PLYMOUTH.--Early on p u ,, t i cl e*Y morning an extensive fire was discovered, by two tiavyi e nten, raging on the premises of Mr. Foster's steam side:ll6"/Illi!ls, and steam turniture manufactory, at alarm was t was about a quarter to one o'clOck when the P ra was first given, and shortly after the whole body of the ply mouth polce, with their engine, were n ma. Sritt, followed by the 7th Fusiliers and the Royal Ma i':s, with their enranes. The engines of the County Assurance ""ile with and the Great Western wereas attendance. Great exertions were made to prevent. ty in which it originated fire spreading, but the proper to bay, the suffered very materially, though, strange esaw itself, Were preserved, although the ravages els .t th t e e fi s r u e w e , x lv te h n i d e e l d i, e t° wi thin a few inches of the teeth of h ati it ben deqnyed. would have added 1,000/. more to the los e ? sustaithel. We reeret to learn that Williams, discovered the fire, re nn` of the policemen who first of eeiveci several injuries. Owieg to the darkness the night, and tae, eonfusioa that prevailed, he incautiously stepped upon a wall, which, being undermined, suddenly gave way. The property was partly irisuri d ; not suffi ciently, however, to meet th e cost o f reo l ec i ng t h e b uilding, which, Cloubtle se , will amount to between two arid three thousand pounds. SINGULAR AND SHOCKING AccnDENT.—Monday A plem'cier .::izr.eil Li,wrence, assa•tea by acother Man, Wss standing - )en a ;all about ten feet high, at a house • • .• .. a u l • a In S loane-st'reet, Ciielf•,:n, pulling up by leeene of a rope U Water-bait. As the butt was-ascendin g , however, the :1 ) 1ke snapped u?ender, and the impetus thus given to 'le l ''r unfortunat e man ' s b ody precipitated him with great 3;ee upon a co vere d water-buta tilled with aster, in t le e ; a I ' d e t . the next p rem i ses. Th e cover was smas h e d to (' -e eeg, and the poor fellow's head and body became im- Anersecl in the water. He was speedily removed, and tbcoquntly conveyed to St.' George's Hospital, where g; e was attended by = Mr. Cundy, the house-surgeon, who some slight le - - of his ultimate ri cove y. • --lI E PAT ACCIDENT I"' AT COOK. i•fti CIRCUS.—The znci nest to 1 I. (the particulars ~f the ac- Y E l a.m . ° ' p l . , "'I, Moilday„et:d n The Sun). Ser geant ax 4 4 . '-uready been "Pa a . i• 4l l ie w a s present at t4i e tinti (o .ses, N. 6, al division, •-et .... , ct ed the tent or eireus httie occin reece, and eent piaieetly .. • The le p( c ) ensi i•r . re e a th se,u, e. two =flee % e a a tent, and was held I n y L. nd the head of the pol e i n ,: i :!ere was an iron a.or rt ) ? fineshe we " ; !"!P. There were a number of . of „ 1 : 1 . 1 eYe-holls were rivetted similar t t o he th r e g m ui a d s e t b ei ICI . a e s line la," i. _t la e . seeeiiBre7ern'were driven into the ground to . make . the tent -Man e ,. ,the whole appeared to be done in a substantial fo ri d ; A I After the excitement had subsided witness by li - ""at one of the . guide lines had either been broken en th t : f rr or heee roofntAhtue wind or cut with some sharp instru r e- eas, at the request of the Coroner, pro e.. e u• I. Wag about 2+ inches in diameter, and upon eein g a b oe ,_ , • . hash , vi -t to the jury they were of opinion . that it had i cut, but whether or not before the accident it was jattPossible to tell. Witness thought the rope might n th ve been severed after the tent fell, in order to release formerse audience. Alr. Cooke, with his wife and other pe.re e were in an adjoining tent ready to enter th , ircle. i` e , neusss consiaered that the occurrence was purely accidental, and no blame attributable to any per aoronp; should have thought it was remarkable that the b een "u°!a have broken so short as it did, but if it T ha n d e injuredit would be accounted fo . h. :7, i ,..nd on the night in question was exceedingly hig "•• evidence only went to show that the occurrence was e,o o P ae ' r ti ve r ce P rt l i Y dnig : cid ental• There was no charge against Mr. ke, who uppeared to have taken every precaution in ttli)te. circus. The jury after consulting returned " Accidental death." PREsERVATIoNT OF Two LIVES FROM F IRE .—On .. aturday morning, about half-past six o'clock, an alarm ing fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Collier end Son, bookbinders, 72, Hatton- gar d en . I t a p pears fto have been occasioned by a large accumulation of ttper shavings which the workmen- were clearing out b o r the upper p art of the house, accidentally igniting the stai rs . I n one moment the wnole was in a lug), whi c h, communicating with the staircase on which Was also l arge quantities of shavings in readiness to be removed from below. The flames gained such an ascendancy as completely to cut off all e s c a p e f or t wo o f •t!ie workmen, one on the third floor, and the other on t he second. Most extraordinarily, these two were deaf std dumb, consequently unable to act with the same judgment as persons in the full use of their faculties. It was most lamentable to see the poor fellows, especially the one at the third-floor wimlow, who had got out, and Was clinging to the window sill almost exhausted ; the sPeetetere miable to assist him, were momentarily ex- Peeting him to fall, when the firs-escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection 01 Life from Fire was brought to the spot, and by the efforts of its cen ductor both were rescued from their danger. Tb,- speed ;with which the escape was brought after the fire alarm aticited the greatest It praise, a n d to i ts instrumentality . men. iie attrib u t e d t h e saving of the lives of the tat). The en g i nes were in immediate attendance, and under the goo d reenagement of the b r i ga d e the fletries avere speedily got under, with but lithe damage to the Premises. e : We regret to state, that on Tuesday,. Aftertfoon, as t he,. Rev. Fleetwood Parltheo-st, M.A., o f Ri pp l e - hall, in this Count-- - 4 opposite the e , ass W..... mg - ltrunewick Hotel. Cheltarthion, he suddenly fell on the P av ement. He Was pl ace d i n a chair, and conveyed to 1 " Fleece Hotelovhere he was attended by Mr. Eves O rd Mr. Wight, who tried remedial measures without ` t iteeh. The -patient died in shout an hour. An inquest Wa.e held ii tile eveninz. when a verdiet of " Lied by the vieitioion of God" ,vas returned. Mr. Parkhurst h., ally ridden over to Clic hen item, intending to return "aa that evening. lie aas 72 years of age, held the hviag of Epsom, and was descended of the celebrated 11 , is!.2.p Parkh u rst, auth or o f t h e G ree k and Ilebrew 'l/44'4°124.--Worcater Rerald. t toast, Wl ° 11) • 1794, S C : nd Ersk i l innsel on tOd t he Al Air. rti r , 'vet %veep r e :mer sairer' l4 ice in cov' t i o )pposed W oo , of mens e te 4 ?ever then 50 -: retied • by the pF - f to the stat e o observed t v h i l l racy of P e p vail strogg,y h of tly. ` .4 ) ° , 9 ,); led there" l ,4' fo ' OD P - ol tilos,. &lye re not a Ir e aer cause, I v life he 11 0 'i ly said t il° nd • s soul O s n.—(Chev i l ;orrespond ip d in truth , the iducive to ,ude no c 10,51 I it was 111 P 4 ars, such ' 6 l 3 e meraoria e se days. ,i f mon ths unu ot Act, wit hc :, then youl p me.) peo nle the per& patience 013 iled at last. ; compliol e . ° is name vflo drankeel and )f all tb u ts; Df the " fit' 1 and Ju end R alcis. Aigioty -al eicel lelit &c. f sembly o -- f At * iem y )yee and dates of "'" O LW AT.-- 1° av next, ilern and P port of Pr y )f the inte r , ng the opP f i ral produc e 4 wet 4,071 er,- we town, fi de itemplate he i ?tors of tuo e zn etroP°.o the neees si o ,untry clvs let, two 34 4 , f that liceu:; - b ye one, vor 7 Bull. els have f i rg of the °ie impo S, ul b g, the Cas en d, and l o vvssels , .,,, time left and is p 9l ,' is been • Liditg deP ‘ ,,y, f the vefi' 'S. ,;nil Navigalfes ~ed for e a . last Daceleue , rt passag e )r) horse, v' l . j o *flies sta tl° 5 pa t i cut n t he crown off hat the r e a; jeWelle r S&X011Y, $!; urther sts_!, ,hat th e j e " , , 0 dollars fv" as a cl Mid lsll the _ be n pass, w he line, 10:41 le traie,, i f about t blr t this Po / spring t o f by a parka buffers tune, t iji ld who 0- fi u t o : te e.16 09 8 i ,„ the [oudal 1 1 0 1 , ond lll. i s l as t salt i l e a She retlo_,l health b et withou t Her 134) ,f t nube l' rl IA a wa Lic e of vi°'` us ,cl ,he h ad lot of Nei ,ae It was 1 ,7 t: 3 y aeCi C The t dinitrY 111 ' 4 conow ittil : f o w of Bw , Fri' l9l cly sw °ll l had S trl3 o Elie had r , if che away Nigh ht ht shP ' Lauczenu to f Fount week etia ,euut ed pp.,engeA: eolliest on w don, )22 to Ea" - 1. It( AVAL STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for Novembe►.) Acheron, st., 2, Lieut.. Corn. B. Aplin, Mediterranean. Artier. 1, st., Master-Com. J. Hammond ( act.), Pembroke. Adv,ce, I, st., Lieut.-Commander C. A. Petch, Pembroke. African, st., Master-Commander J. King (act. ), Sheerness. Agit:court, 72, Rear-Admiral Sir 'T. J. Cochrane, Knight. Captain H. W. Bruce, China Division, East Indies. Aigle, 24, Capt. Lord C. E. Paget, Mediterranean. Alban, 1, st. yes., Lieut.-Commander F. Lowe, Ireland. Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke, Coast of Africa. Albert, st., Lieut.-Commander 0. Cumberland, Coast of Africa. Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8., Lisbon. Alecto, st., Lieut.-Commander W. Hoseason, Mediterranean. Alert, 6, Commander C. J. Bosanquet, Coast of Africa. Alfred. 50, Commander J. B. Purvis. Brazils. Alligator, 26, tr. sh., Master-Commander J. N. King, China America, 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon, South America. Anson, 72, convict-hulk, Corn. F. 11. Cogidan, Hobart Town. Apollo, 8, tr., Commander W. Maclean, Portsmouth. Ardent, st., Commander J. Russell, Coast of Africa. Asp, 1, st., Lieut.-Corn. W. W. Oke, Portpatrick. Basilisk, 6, Lieut. H. S. Hunt (act. ), Pacific. Beacon, 6, sur. yes., COLD. T. Graves, Mediterranean. Beaver, st., Lieut.-Com. R. Mudge, Dover. Bee, st., tender for the use of students on board the Excellent, and at the Naval College, Portsmouth. Belvidera, 38, Capt. Hon. G. Grey, Mediterranean. Bittern, 16, Commander E. Peel, Cape of Good Hope. Black Eagle, st. ves., Master Corn. S. B. Cook (act.), Woolwich. Blazer, 3, st. yes., Captain J. Washington, Harwich. Bonetta, 3, Corn. T. S. Brock, Mediterranean. Bramble, 10, Lieut.-Corn. C. B. Yule, East Indies. Caledonia, 120, Rear-Admiral Bowles, C. 8., Capt. A. Milne, Portsmouth. Cambrian, 36, Capt. H. D. Chads, C. 8., Passage home. Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Paulet, Pacific. Castor, 36, Capt. C. Graham, China. Ceylon, 2, Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., Lieut. R. Curtis, receiving ship, Malta. Champion, 18, Commander J. Clavill (act.), Pacific. Charon, steamer, Second Master E. C. Rutter (act. ), Dover. Cleopatra, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill, Cape of Good Hope. Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Oxenham, Brazils. Collingwood. 80, Rear-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, G.C. H., Capt. R. Smart, K. H., Pacific. Columbia, steamer, Lieut.-Com. J. Harding, N. America. Cornet, steamer, Lieut. W. Prettyman, Plymouth. Confiance, 2, steamer, Sec. Mas. J. Jagoe (act.), Devonport. Conway, 26, Capt W. Kelly, (act.), Cape of Good Hope. Cormorant, 6, steamer, Corn. G. T. Gordon, Pacific. Cornwallis, 72. Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G. C. 8., Capt. P. Richa , ds, East Indies. on passage home. Crescent, 42, rec. sh., Lt.-Com. W. G. Hemsworth, Rie MILITARY STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for November.) Regi men ts and Corpsl Ist Life-Guards 2d do ....... Royal Horse-Gds Ist Dragoon-Gds 2d d 0... 3d de 4th do sth do. 6th do 7th do Ist Drag00n5...... ... 2d do 3d Light do 4th do 6thdo ......... 7th Hussars Bth do 9th Lancers 10th Hussars ... Ilth Hussars 12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons 14th do . 15th Hussars 16th Lancers 17th do Gren. Gds. ht bat 2d bat 3d bat Coldstream {lst bat Guards 2d bat Scots Fusi- ) Ist bat Tier Gds. 2d bat Ist F00t... Ist bat 1 2d bat 2d do. eddo. ...... 4th do. sth do. 6th do. 7th do. Bth do. 9th do. 10th do. 11th do 12th do. Reserve Bat. 13th do 14th do. 15th do. 16th do. 17th do. 18th do. 19th do. 20th do. Reserve Bat 21st do 22d do 23d do Reserve Bat 24th do 25th d 0...... 26th do 27th do 28th do .. 29th do 30th do 31st do ...... 32d do 33d do . . . 34th d 0...... ..... 35th 36th d 0........... 37th do 38th do 39th do 40th do. 41st do ..... 42d do Reserve 8at.... 43d do 44th do. . 45th do Reserve 8at...., 16th do 47th do 48th do 49th do 50th d 0... 51st do 52d do 53d do 54th d 0 ... 55th d 0.......... 56th do 57th do 5' th do 59th do. Janeiro. Cruizer, 15, Com. E. G. Fanshawe, Chatham. Cuckoo. st., Lieut.-Corn. A. Parks, Weymouth. Curacoa 24, Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart , Brazils. Cyclops, 6. st., Captain W. F. Lapidge, Ireland. Cygnet, 10, Corn. H. Layton, Coast of Africa. Dse,talos, 16. Captain P. Mt Quhae, Woolwich. Oaphne, iB, Captain J. J. Onslow, Pacific. Daring, 12, Com. H. J. Matson. Portsmouth. Dasher, at., >faster- Com. R. White (act. ), Weymouth. Dee, 2, st., Master-Corn. T. Diver, particular service. Devastation, 6, st.. Corn. W. H. Kitchen, Mediterranean. Dtdo, 18, Captain Hon. H. Ketipel, China, on passage home. hin. 3, Lieut.-Com. W. O'B. Hove, Brazils. Doterel. st., Mas.-Corn. J. Grey (act.), Holyhead. Dover, st., Master E. Lyne (act. ), Dover. Driver, 6, st., Corn. C. 0. Hayes, China. Dublin, 50, Rear- Admiral R. Thomas, Capt. J. J. Tucker, Pacific. Dwarf, st., Lieut.-Com. W. C. Chamberlain, Portsmouth. Eclair, st. yes., Corn. W. G. B. Estcourt, Portsmouth. Electra, 18, Com. A. Darley, West Indies. Emerald, ten. to St. Vincent, Sec. Mast. S. Beach, Ports mouth. Espiegle, 12, Corn. T. P. Thompson, Chatham. Espoir, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. Hadaway, (act. ), Coast of Africa. Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliott, North America. Excellent, Admiral Sir C. Rowley, Bart.. G.C. 8., G. C. H., Captain Sir T. Hastings, Knt., Portsmouth. Experiment, 1, st. v. Lieut.-Com. J. Harper, Lake Huron. Fair Rosamond, 2, Lieut.-Commander Bulman, N. America. Fanny, ten. to St. Vincent, Sec. Master G. Allen, Portsmouth. Fearless, st., Commander W. L. Sheringham, Portsmouth. Ferret, 6, Commander J. Oake, Coast of Africa. Firebrand, st. v., Capt. A. L. Corry, Portsmouth. Firefly, 2, steamer, Captain F. W. Beechey, surveying Ireland. Fisguard, 42, Captain J. A. Duntze, Pacific. Flamer, Lieut.-Commander C. J. Postle, Devonport. Fly, 18, Captain F. B. Blackwood, East Indies. Flying Fish, 12, Com. Robert Harris, Portsmouth. Formidable, 84, Vice-Admi ra l Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.8., Capt. G. F. Rich, Mediterranean. Fox,- 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., on passage to China. Frolic, 16, Commander C. B. Hamilton, Brazils. Geyser, 6, steamer, Commander Carpenter, Mediterranean. Gleaner, 2, steamer, Sec. Master H. Hill, Bermuda. Gorgon, 6, steamer, Captain C. Hotham, Coast of Africa. Griffon, 3, Lieut.-Commander Jenkin, West Indies. Growler, 6, steamer, Commander Buckle, Coast of Africa. Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings, E. Indies. Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, East Indies. Hecate, 4, steamer, Commander J. P. Bower, Ireland. Hecla, steam-vessel, Commander J. Duffill, Portsmouth. Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Rickets, Cape of Good Hope. Hermes, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. W. arr ' West Indies. Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Corn. H. R. Foote, Coast of Africa. Hornet, 6, Lieut.-Com. R. B. Miller, West Indies. Hyacinth, 18, Commander F. Scott, Coast of Africa. Hydra', 4, Commander H. R. Young, Coast of Africa. Illustrious, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Captain J. E. it rskine, North America. Imaum, rec. ship, Commodore A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., Jamaica. Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Fremantle, W Indies. Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, China. Isis, 44, Capt. Sir J. Marshall, Knt., K. C.H., Cape. Jasper, at., Master-Commander E. Rose, Pembroke. Lark, 4, sur. v., Lieut.-Corn. G. B. Lawrence, West Indies. Larne, 18, Commander J. W. D. Brisbane, Coast of Africa. Lightning, 2, at., Sec. Mast. W. Roberts, particular service. Lucifer, st. surv. v., Corn. Frazer, Ireland. Lynx. 3, Lieut.-Commander J. T. Nott, Ireland. Mastiff, 2, surv. v., Master-Corn. Thomas, Orkney. Medea, 4, steamer, Commander Warden, Mediterranean. Medina, 2, at., Master-Com. Smithett ( acting), Liverpool. Medusa, 2, st., Lieut. -Commander J. G. Raymond, Liverpool. Mercury, tender, Second Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth. Merlin, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander E. Keane, Liverpool. Meteor, 2, at., Lieut.-Com. G. Buttler, Ireland. Minden, 20, hospital ship, Captain M. Quin, China. Modeste, 18, Corn. T. Baillie, Pacific. Mohawk, Com. W. N. Fowell, Lake Ontario, Canada. Monkey, 1, st. v., Second Master W. Bryant (act.),Woolsvich. Montreal, Lieut.-Corn. J. Tyssen, Lake Erie, Canada. Mutine, 12, Corm R. R. Crawford, Chatham. Nautilus, 10, tender to Victoria and Albert, Lieut.-Com. W. Tringham, Portsmouth. Nereus, store-ship, Master-Com. F. W. Bateman, Valparaiso. Netley, 8, tender to Caledonia, Second Master F. H. May, Devonport. Nimrod, 20, Commander F. H. H. Glasse, East Indies. North Star, 26, Captain Sir Home, Bart., East Indies. Ocean, 80, Captain Richard Arthur, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir J. C. White, KX.B., Sheerness. Orestes, 18, CoM.:E. St. Leger Cannon, Mediterranean. Osprey, 12, F. Patten, Portsmouth. Otter, st. v., Lieutenant-Commander E. Wylde, Holyhead. Pantaloon, 10, Lieut.-Corn. Edmund Wilson (act.), Ports mouth. Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice, China, on passage home. Penelope, st., 24, Commodore W. Jones, Coast of Africa. Perseus, receiving ship, Lieut.-Commander Greet, off Tower. Philomel, 6, Com. B. J. Sullivan, Brazils. Pickle, '2, Lieut.-Commander J. A. Bainbridge, W. Indies. Pigmy, 1, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com. C. Autridge, Pembroke. Pike, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Boyter, Portpatrick. Pilot, 16, Corn. W. H. Jervis, East Indies. Pique, 36, Capt. Hon. M. Stopford, West Indies. Plover, sur.-vessel, Capt. R. Collinson, C. B. China. Pluto, 2, Lieut.-Commander P. Crozier, Ireland. Poictiers, 72, Capt. Sup. W. H. Shirreff, Chatham. Polyphemus, 1, st., Lieut.-Corn. T. Spark, Mediterranean. Porcupine, steamer, Captain Bullock, Deptford. Princess Alice, Mast. Corn. Smithett (act.), Dover. Prometheus, st. sloop, Commander J. Hay, Coast of Africa. Prospero, 1, st., Sec. Mas. P. Rundle (act.), reserve packet, Pembroke. Queen, 110, Capt. W. F. Martin, Portsmouth. Racer, 16, Corn. A. Reed, Brazils. Rapid, 10, Lieut. S. Apthorp, Coast of Africa. Raven, 4, Lieut.-Com. J. Stephen, Portsmouth. Redwing, steamer, Corn. T. Bevis, Liverpool. Resistance, tr. s., Corn. C. G. C. Patey, particular service. Rhadamanthus, 2, st., Mast.-Com. Laen, Cork. Ringdove, 16, Com. Sir W. Daniell, Knt., Coast of Africa. Romney, depot, Lieut.-Corn., R. 111•Clure, Havannah. Rose, 18, Corn. H. R. Sturt, West Indies. Royal Sovereign, Capt.-Sup. Sir W. Pell, Pembroke. Royalist, Lieut.-Corn. G. Ogle, East Indies. St. Vincent, 120, Captain Lord Harwicke, pro tem., Admiral Sir D. Milne, G. C. 8., Captain R. F. Rowley, Plymouth. Salamander, 4, st., Corn. A. s't , . Hamond, Pacific. Samarang, `26, Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., China. San Josef, 110, Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K. C. 8., Capt. H. M. Diann ' Plymouth. Sapphire, troop ship, Mas.-Com. J. R. Fittock, East Indies. Sappho, 16, Com. Hon. George Hope, Cape of Good Hope. Satellite, 18, Commander R. H. B. Rowley, Brazils Savage, 10, Lieut.-Corn. J. H. Bowker, Mediterranean. Scout, 18, Corn. Hon. J. R. Drummond, Mediterranean. Scylla, 16, Commander R. Sharpe, North America. Sealower, 6, cutter, Corn. N. Robilliard, Jersey. Sealark, 18, Corn. T. L. Gooch, Coast of Africa. ' Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill, China. Shearwater, 2, steam-vessel, Commander C. Robinson, sur veying Coast of Scotland. Siren, 16, Commander W. Smith, East Indies. Skylark, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. Morris, Coast of Scotland. Snake, 16, Corn. Hon. W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean. Snipe, 2, Lieut.-Corn. G. Raymond, particular service. Sparrow, 6, ketch, Lieut. H. C. Otter, Coast of Scotland. Spartan, '26, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot, W. Indies. Speedy, 2, Lieutenant-Corn. G. Beaufoy, Sheerness. Spider, 6, Lieut.-Corn. R. E. Pym, Brazils. Spiteful, steamer, 6, Corn. W. Maitland, China. Sprightly, 1, steamer, Master-Com. Moon (act.), Holyhead. Star, 10, Corn. R. J. W. Dunlop, Coast of Africa. Stromboli, 6, Cora. the Hon. E. Plunkett, Cork. Styx, 6, steamer, Capt. A. T. E. Vidal, Azores. Swallow, 1, st., Master-Corn. It. Sherlock (acting), Dover. Sydenbam, st., D. R. B. Mapleton, Mediterranean. Sylph, 2, tender to Caledonia. Sylvia, 6, Lieut. Turnour, tender to Seafiower, Portsmouth. Talbot, 26, Capt. Sir T. Thompson, Pacific. Tartarus, steam vessel, Commander J. Wolfe (act.), Ireland. Thalia, 42, Capt. C. Hope, Pacific. 'I launder, 6, surveying vessel, Com. E. Barnett, Chatham. Thunderbolt, 6, steamer, Corn. G. N. Broke, C. of G. Hope. Tortoise, 12, guard-ship, Corn. 0 Morrell, Ascension. Tyne, 26, Capt. W. N. Glasscock, Mediterranean. Urgent, 2, steam-vessel, Master-Com. J. Emerson, Liverpool. Vestal, '26, Capt. •C. Talbot, East Indies. Vesuvius, 6, steamer, Corn. E. Ornmanney, Mediterranean. Victoria and Albert, yacht, Captain Lord. A. Fitzclarence. Portsmouth Victory, 104, Rear-Admiral H. Parker, C. 8., Captain G. Moubray, Port smooth. Viper, 6. Lieut.-Com. J. Carter, Brazils. Virago, 6, st.-ves., Corn. G. G. Otway, Mediterranean. Vixen, 6, steam-vessel, Corn. G. Giffard, China. Volage, 2ti, Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, K. C.H., Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., Ireland. Volcano, 2, steamer, Lieut.:-Corn E. C. Miller, Portsmouth. Warspite, 50, Capt. W. P. 'Wallis, Mediterranean. Wasp, 16, Corn. S. B Usher, Coast of Africa. Waterwitch, 10, 'l'. F. Birch, Portsmouth. Widgeon, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. T. S. Striven, Dover. Wildfire, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Darby, Weymouth. Widtam and Mary, yacht, Commodore Sir F. Collier, Knt. CB,. K. C. H., Woolwich. winchester, b 2. Rcar-Anmiral the Hon. J. Percy, Captain C. Eden, Cape of Good Hope, Wolf, 18, Commander A. V y ner (ant.), China. Wolverine, 16, Corn. W. J. Gifford, China. Young Hebe, Lieut.-Com. W. T. Bate, China. Zephyr, 1, st., Lieut.-Com. Jos. Small, Holyhead. 60th do. 12d istb ba a t t : __ _ 61st do 62d do 63d do 64th do. 65th do 66th do. 67th do 68th do. 69th do. 70th do 71st do Reserve 8at.... 72d do 73d d 0..... 74th do. 75th d 0.... 76th do 77th do 78th do 79th do 80th do. ......... 81st do 82d do 83d do. 84th d 0.... ...... 85th do 86th do.. 87th do 88th d 0 ..... 89th do 90th do 91st do Reserve Bat 92d do 93dd0........ 94th do. 95th do 96th de. 97th do. Reserve 8at........ 98th do. 99th do Rifle B. S Ist bai j 2d bad Troops or Service Companies. Regent's Park ...... Hyde Park .•••' Windsor Canterbury Longford Ballincollig Cahir Manchester York Cape of Good Hope Dublin Edinburgh Ilpengal Ipswich Brighton Birmingham Dublin Bengal Newbridge.... ..... Dundalk Nottingham Exeter ...... Bombay Madras Bengal ... Hounslow . ........ ..• Portman Barracks Winchester Wellington Barracks Tower s - St. George's 8ar.... Windsor St. John's W00d.... Gibraltar Barbadoes Bombay Bengal Madras Belfast Chester Gibraltar ...... Bolton Bengal Bengal Chatham Mauritius Mauritius ...... Bengal Canada Limerick Dublin Aden China Cephalonia i3ermuda Bermuda Bengal Bombay Barbadoes Canada Kilkenny .... Madras Newcastle.on-Tyne. Cape of Good Hope Bombay Bengal Limerick . ..... Bengal. Dublin New Brunswick .... Athlone Vlauritius Depots. Afaidstone IMaidsteme SERMON BY MR. PRITCHARD, LATE CONSUL AT OTAHEITE. On Sunday morning, the Rev. Mr. Pritchard preached a sermon at the Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel, Great Dover-road, Southwark, in support of the schools in connexion with the chapel. The con gregation was extremely numerous. The reverend gentleman took his text from the Acts of the Apostles, chap. xv., verse 3, containing these words :—" They passed trough Phenice and Samaria declaring the conversion of the Gentiles ; and they caused great joy unto all the brethren." After speaking of the mission of Paul and Barnabas among the Gentiles, he ob served, that since the Apostles had laboured in the cause of the Redeemer, numerous islands, inhabited by human beings, had been discovered in various parts of the globe. But had those persons been left to perish in their sins ? No. The banner of the Cross 'ad been unfurled upon their shores, and they had heard with gladness and with joy the principles of true religion. The field of missionary operations now was the world, and it was pleasing to think that every breeze was wafting to some distant land the ambassa dors of the Prince of Peace to convert his rebellious subjects. lie had told them that the ancient mis sionaries did not labour in vain, nor did those of the present day. They had carried their missions to the South Sea Islands, amongst the native tribes; in Africa also, among the different castes; to the de graded negroes of the West Indies, and even to the polished Chinese. The Otaheitans no longer imbrued their hands in human blood, to appease the anger of some false deity ; they no longer chopped off the joints of their fingers to propitiate their god ; the Sandwich Islanders no longer gave their property to their priests to avert the evils with which they were threatened—they now accepted the offers of mercy made to them, and hoped for a glorious immortality. In most places churches had been built, and dedicated to the service of God. In the Friendly Isles, which he lately visited, there were 9,000 natives professing the doctrine of our Saviour ; in Navigators Islands, one thousand; in the Harvey, Georgian, and Society's Isles many more ; and in the group of Sandwich Isles there were no fewer than 18,000, who apparently attended divine worship as sincere Christians. Out of the 9,oooChristians in the Friendly Isles 1,400 employed themselves as teachers. Think, continued the reverend gentleman, of the state in which they were found. He had seen the ground literally strewed with the remains of their barbarous sacrifices, now happily put an end to. If the hearts of his congrega tion would not sicken at the details, he would tell them of companies of natives gorging themselves with human flesh • he might tell them how he had seen poised in the air, upon the point of warriors' spears, children writhing in the agonies of death; but he would forbear. After mentioning some interesting particulars of his travels in the Polynesian Islands, with the late Rev. Mr. 'Williams, who was murdered by the natives of Erromanga, he proceeded to show the necessity of spreading the truths of Christianity at home as well as abroad, and called upon his hearers to support the charity, to advocate whose claims and necessities he then appeared before them. At the conclusion of the sermon a very handsome sum was I raised. laidstone Maidstone .Nlaidstone IMaidstone Clare Castle Enni3killen Chatham Sheerness Chatham Newry ... Gosport ... Gibraltar Bengal Bengal... Brecon Malta Malta Montreal...... ....... Plymouth ...... Cape of Good Hope Gibriltar St. Vincent Weedon Jamaica Winchester Bengal Van Diemen's Land New Brunswick Bengal Plymouth Chatham Chatham [sle of Wight Chatham Belturbet Chatham Chatham Jersey Isle of Wight Chatham Chatham Isle of Wight Chatham Guernsey Chatham Chatham Chlitham Cork Nenagh B:-yle Chatham Chatham Isle of Wight Carlisle HEALTH OF GENERAL NOTT.—We are glad to find that the gallant general, who had been seriously indis posed, is now a good deal better. The authenticity of the information furnished by the following paragraph may be relied on. The severity of the attack which General Nott experienced last Friday has passed away, and, after his case had been pronounced hopeless ,by his physicians, his better fortune has borne him safely to a convalescent state. He is increasing daily in strength and spirits, and it is anticipated will soon be enabled to take his accustomed out-door exercise. It was affecting to see the universal sympathy felt for the brave warrior by every inhabitant of Carmarthen, during his illness, and naught but anxiety for his better health was mani fested for many days. Every inan, when he hears the general is recovering, exclaims " Thank God," and passes onward with a more contented mind. A number of workmen ace employed in taking down the old house at Job's Well (the small estate the general has pur chased since his arrival in Carmarthen) for the purpose of erecting a spacious mansion in its stead, which it is expected will be finished about next May.— Welshman. LARGE POTATOES. -- Last week, two gigantic pota toes, of the kind called "Rough Jacks," were dug from the ground in the " Bridling," in the occupation of John Atkinson, spirit merchant, Sawrey, which, together, weighed 51b. 20z., and appeared to have been formed by the union of ten bulbs, whilst the greater weighed exactly 31b., and only three different bulbs. Among other wonders of this kind, Mr. John Hawkrigg, butcher, has one 31b.; and Mr. John G . mith, grocer, has four kidneys, which, when placed end to end, measure a yard, and weigh 71b.; and there are scores more of gigantic proportions, but we just mention these as worthy a place in the temple of fame.— Westmoreland Gazette. RATS.—W ithin the last few days, since the weather has turned cold, the stables under the Adelphi, in the Strand, have been swarming with colonies of rats, and so daring are these obnoxious vermin, that, although the carmen beat them off with sticks whilst they are in the act of feeding their horses, yet will they, despite of all their rebuffs, approach the men, and look up in their faces, setting them at defiance. Scarcely a morning passes but the stablemen, in turning up the horses beds, find several dead rats, crushed by the animals during the night, whilst in the - -act of lying down on their Isle of Wight Dublin Hull Chatham Chatham Dover Chatham Birr Chichester Dublin ... Madras New South Wales.. Portsmouth Fermoy Canada Buttevant Bengal Madras Northampton Mullingar Dublin Manchester Walmer Galway Manchester Chatham Chatham Dundee Chatham Chatham Granada Canada Cork Dublin Halifax, N.S Newport, S. W. ' Gosport Jamaica Bombay Gibraltar Bengal ••• Canada Canada Leeds .... Madras Barbadoes . Bombay Edinburgh Malta Canada Ceylon Cape and St. Helena Cape of Good Hope Glasgow Canada Madras Ceylon New South Wales.. Corfu Corfu China New South Wales.. Corfu falifax, N. S lalifax, N.S COLONIAL CORPS. st West India Regiment Demerara, &c. 2d do •••• Jamaica 3d do Nassau, S. Leone Ceylon Rifle Regiment .......•• Cape Mounted Riflemen ............ Cape of Good Hope Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Canada St. Helena Regiment Royal Newfoundland Companies Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles Isle of Wight Chatham Carlow Chatham Naas Chatham Templernero Traleo Chatham Londonderry Chatham Aberdeen Newbridge Clonmel Isle of Wight Reserve Bit. THE LAW OF MORTMAIN. — The report of the Stlect Committee of the House of Commons, on the law of mortmain, appointed last session, upon the mo tion of Lord John Manners, has just been printed. The opinion of the Committee is contained in the following passage, the concluding one in their report : " Although your Committee do not feel authorised by the terms of reference to report in favour of any specific alterations of the laws of mortmain, they feel bound to state, from an attentive consideration of the evidence submitted to them by witnesses whose means of in formation and authority must be held to be great, that the operation of the laws is most unsatisfactory, leads to doubt, expense, uncertainty, and litigation, and fre quently defeats good and pious purposes, which the present aspect of the country would induce all men to wish fulfilled ; while, from the existing facilities for evasion, they cannot be regarded as serving the main purpose for which they are supposed to be maintained, by securing the heir from the unexpected alienation of property to which he might reasonably have hoped to succeed." Birr Chatham Kinsale Chatham Isle of Wight Chatham Chatham Athlone Isle of Wight FIRE AT FLEMPTON.—About one o'clock on Thurs day morning, a barn in the occupation of Mr. Cook, of Flempton, was discovered to be on fire. The barn con tained the wool of five years' flocks, a small quantity of wheat, and some barley. The barn was burnt down, and the wool considerably injured; it is supposed the damage will amount to near 2,0001. There was a plen tiful supply of water, Mr. Cook having recently made a pond near the premises, which enabled the engines to do good execution ; were this more generally the case, much property might often be saved. We understand the property was insured.—Suffelk Chronicle. During the last week some gentlemen connected with the Great Western Railway have been engaged surveying the neighbourhood of Monmouth, Usk, &c., with a view of determining upon the best line for the South Wales Railway. --Monmouthshire Merlin. SINKING OF THE VESPER GRAVESEND STEAM PACKET.—On Sunday morning the Vesper steam-boat, belonging to the Star Company, left Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at eleven, on her usual passage to Gravesend, calling, as usual, at Rolf's Wharf, Woolwich, where, after embarking a few passengers, she started again on her passage downwards, and had hardly got fairly under weigh, when she struck with considerable violence on the ' anchor of a schooner lying off Jones's Coal-wharf. Great alarm prevailed amongst the passengers, of whom there were nearly 200. Captain Hollingham immediately put the Vesper's head across the stream, drove over the river, and ran her on the Essex shore, just above the Ferry house, at the point where Gallion's-reach commences. The accident was perceived from the shore, and the Queen, steam-boat, belonging to the Greenwich and Woolwich Steam-packet Company, Captain Weeks, im mediately put off, and being of lighter draught than the Vesper, went alongside and succeeded in taking out all the passengers from the Vesper, who were conveyed to Gravesend by the Queen steamer, and safely landed at the Terrace-pier. As the flood-tide came up, the water completely covered the Vesper, and at evening only the w funnel could be seen. E arl y on Monday morning efforts made to weigh the Ve s per , and one of the Govern ment lighters from the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, was placed alongside the steamer, and the Satellite, belonging to the Star Gravesend Company, was also placed in readiness to lend her assistance. Mr. Dobson, the secre tary of f t h raise the Company,a was at Woolwich d ur i ng the day, superintendingrrangements. It being found im possibleo aise the vessel, the Fairy, Woolwich steamer, t was dispatched to London for a number of chains and other apparatus necessary for that purpose. The Fairy and the Government lighter were employed up to a late hour in weighing her. It is supposed that a plank has been carried away from her bottom. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Monday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at Paddington on the body of a boot and shoemaker, once in an extensive way of business, who committed suicide under truly distressing circumstances. Deceased's son said he last saw his father on Friday evening, when he left him, having been at his house all day. He had latterly become much reduced. He had a lodging, and little place where he worked, at the corner of South Moulton-lane, Davies-street, which he rented of a broker named Skinner, living in the Whitechapel road. On Thursday last, in consequence of his being a little in arrear for rent, Skinner came, and not only took what small amount of goods he had, but actually tore his apron off him, took his tools, and even the job he was at work upon out of his hands, and his spectacles from h is face. This broker also took away his coat, but subse quently returned it on the deceased consenting to give him up the key. During the whole of the period the deceased was with him on the Friday he did nothing but speak of the harsh and cruel treatment to which he had been subjected, and appeared dreadfully distressed in mind in consequence ; and it was only through wit ness promising that himself and brother would see him righted that he was pacified. When he left he said he was going home, and witness gave him a few halfpence, as he had no money. He went home, and was accommo dated by a lodger, but it was supposed he got up in the night, and walked to the spot where he hanged himself. It was his opinion that the harsh treatment of the broker caused him to commit the act. The coroner and jury expressed their indignation and abhorrence of the harsh and inhuman as well as illegal conduct of the broker, and Mr. Wakley advised the son to take immediately legal proceedings against him. The jury ultimately re turned a verdict—" That deceased destroyed himself; but what his state of mind was at the time there was no evidence to show."; INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The half-yearly meet ing of the supporters of the above asylum, founded for the reception of bereaved children from all parts of the empire, especially such as are respectably descended, was held on Monday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of electing twenty-five new in mates from a list of ninety-three candidates. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., was in the chair. The poll com menced at eleven o'clock, at which hour the attendance of ladies was unusually large, all showing their zeal and activity in behalf of the favourite candidates. From the hall to the large room at the top of the tavern, where the business took place, the way was completely linel with the fair canvassers, awaiting with impatience the declaration of the poll to learn the fate of their protegees. At four o'clock the election closed, and soon afterwards the names of the candidates highest on the list were an nounced. There are ,at :present 228 infants in the esta blishment, and, from its foundation in 1827, more than 500 have been supported. At the conclusion of the pro ceedings a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. The Augsburg Gazette announces that a duel took place lately between Count Bathiany and Count Zichy, in which the former received a sabre cut on the nose. Count Zichy had made some observations to Count Bathiany disapproving of the measures adopted by the association of Young Hungary to insure the exclusive consumption of Hungarian produce. The Count having. been incensed at these observations, challenged his ad versary. In consequence of his meeting with Count Bathiany, Count Zichy received two fresh challenges from Counts Telek and Paimandi. It was believed that the police authorities would adopt measures to prevent such collisions. THE LATE FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT . HULL SESSIONS.—A case of rather an extraordi nary character was tried last week :—A young girl, named Eliza Whelpton, in . the course of the summer left her home at Laceby, in Lincolnshire, and took a place of service at the college, at Hull. She went home for a while ill ; but instead of returning to her situation on her recovery, she unhappily fell in the way of a notorious procurers, named Cooke, and was by her induced to go home with her to her residence in Lamb's-court ; here her ruin was effected by one of the debauchees of hull, with whom the infamous woman locked her up. The girl's soul revolted at the idea of a life of prostitution, and she was kindly received by a worthy woman, with whom she went to reside, in hull. here she was again found out by the vile woman Cooke, who had obtained such an influence over her as to compel her to rob her benefactress of various articles of wearing apparel, and give them to her. The robbery was discovered, and the woman Cooke apprehended. At Hull Sessions, last week, she was brought to trial, and on the testimony of the girl Whelpton, corroborated by numerous other wit nesses, was convicted of receiving stolen goods, and by the Recorder was sentenced to fourteen years' transpor tation. The judgment was received with loud cheers by a densely crowded court. This burst of feeling was suppressed ; and afterwards the Recorder called several persons from Lincolnshire, who testified as to the girl's former innocence of character, and also her present good conduct. The Severn steamer, from London, brought over 375 paupers to Cork last week, of whom one was landed in a dying state, fell in the streets, and died next day in the hospital. Monday, Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, resumed the inquiry at the Europa Tavern, Rotherhithe, as to the death of Edward Everest, aged sixty-six, who was drowned, with another person of the name of Morgan, on the morning of Friday week last, by being run foul of by the Waterman steamer, No. 6. Other evidence hating been given exonerating the captain of the steamer from all blame, the inquest was adjourned until Wednesday. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6 184;. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. • DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 1, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Horne, Esq.. to be her Majesty's Attorney-General, and Valentine Fleming, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor- General fur the colony of Van Diemen's Land. WHITEHALL, Nov. 4. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Mark Napier, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of the shire or sheriffdom of Dumfries, in the room of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, Bart., deceased. The Queen has also been pleased to constitute and appoint George Dundas, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of the shire or sheriffdom of Selkirk, in the room of James Miller, Esq ' deceased. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. R. Brouncker, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 15. BANKRUPTS. JOHN CLARK, carman, Brunswick-cottage, City road, to surrender, Nov. 15, at eleven, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. Aldermanbury ; Tucker, Sun-street Chambers. GEORGE BICKERTON BUDGE and ARTHUR JEFFERY BUDGE, japan leather manufacturers, Gloucester-street, Curtain-road, Nov. 13, at two, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street ; Norton and Son, New-street-buildings. RICHARD EATON, butcher, Featherstone-street, City-road, Nov. 22, at half-past one, and Dec. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings; Taylor and Wickings, Fins bury-terrace, City-road. JONAS STAPLES, plumber, Cottenham, Cambridge shire, Nov. 15, at two, and Dee. 18, at twelve, at it e Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street ; Johnson, Walcot-square, Lambeth. JOHN BEDFORD PIA!, stationer, Tweed's -court, Great Trinity-lane, City, November 13, at two, and December 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Buchanan and Grainger, Basinghall-street. WALTER ewroad, Il L is p o "vE. 19, IN, flour attwelve, d e a , Upper Dec. Se 2) yn ( 10 , u a r str eet, New t eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Buchanan and Co., Basinghall-street. HENRY BRAGG, bottle merchant, Montague-close, Southwark, Nov. 19, at one, and Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Ashley, Shoreditch. WILLIAM HENRY FITZHUGH and ROBERT EDWARDS WALKER, ship-brokers, Liverpool, Nov. 20 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, London-wall, London ; Dodge, Liverpool. MARK ISRAEL JACOBS, tailor, Ashton-under , Lane, Lancashire, Nov. 19, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside, London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester. THOMAS CROSFIELD, sen., linendraper, Kirkham, Lancashire, Nov. 18, at one, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Cornthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry Cham bers, London; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool. JOSEPH CLEAVER, jun., victualler, Coventry, Nov. 12, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Troughton and Lea, Coventry. NOTICE OF PETITION. J. Jackson, farmer, Ilopton, Yorkshire. INSOLVENT PETITIONS. G. Bell, Forest-hill, Camberwell, Nov. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. V. Cohen, clothier, Gravesend, Nov. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Epps, bootmaker, Maidstone, Kent, Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. M. Hilton, stop 'gateman, Manchester, Nov. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, of ficial assignee. T. Isherwood, organist, Salford, Lancashire, Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. W. Gould, joiner, Liverpool, Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. G. How, butcher, Hammersmith, Nov. 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. C. A. Evens, bootmaker, Chapel-street, Pentonville, Nov. 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. E. Albin, tobacconist, Cambridge, Nov. 19. at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. C. Stichling, Lower Chapman-street, Commercial road East, Nov. 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. S. Scattergood, builder, Birmingham, Nov. 20, at half past tee, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. I. Naish, sen., farmer, Bedminster, Somersetshire, Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. W. Emery, publican, Burslem, Staffordshire, Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. S. Smith, boarding-house keeper, Liverpool, Nov. 12. at half-past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Cockburn, merchant, New Broad-street, Nov. 28, at twelve-I. N. Wigney and C. Wigney, bankers, Brighton, Dec. 6, at twelve-T. Trapp and T. P. Trapp, tallow chandlers, Church-street, Southwark, Nov. 29. at half-past twelve-J. Saunders, J. Fanner, and T. 11. Saunders, woollen manufacturers, Basinghall-street, Nov. 26, at half-past one-J. H. Loup and G. Godber, cotton factors, Cateaton-street, Nov. 29, at half-past two -C. Alderton, tailor, Brighton, Nov. 29, at eleven-T. Reynolds, jun., merchant, Great St. Helen's, Bishops gate-street, N ov. 26, at half-past twelve-C. Newton and C. Worsam, engineers, Kingsland-basin, Kingsland road, Nov. 26, at twelve-D. Pope, merchant, Fenchurch street, Nov. 26, at one-J. Hoar, ironmonger, Oxford. Nov. 26, at half-past eleven-T. Brand, livery-stable keeper, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, Nov. 26, at eleven -J. Tarver, iron founder, Daventry, Northamptonshire, Nov. 29, at one-T. Miller, baker, Green-street, Leices ter-square, Dec. 3, at half-past eleven-J. Cadbury, cheesemonger, New Bond-street, Nov. 28, at half-past twelve-C. Sharpe and W. D. Clark, upholsterers, Ber ner'sstreet, Oxford-street, Nov. 28. at twelve -T. Balls, iron merchant, Thames-street, Nov. 27, at eleven -J. Ball, tailor, St. George's-place, Hyde Park-corner, Nov. 27, at half-past eleven-E. Foster, tailor, Dover, Nov. 27, at twelve-J. Thompson, dealer in paper hang ings, Oxford-street, Nov. 27, at half past twelve-P. Rosselli,merchant, Lime-street, City, N0v.27, at one-T. Curtis, shipping butcher, Totton-street, Stepney, Nov. 27, at half-past one-G. Hammond, sen., brewer, Ha vant, Hampshire, Nov. 28, at eleven -J. Dunphy, victualler, Burford, Oxfordshire, Nov. 28, at one-J. 11. Brown, chemist, Duke-street, Manchester-square, Nov. 28, at half-past eleven. In the Country. C. Duffield, grocer, Bath, Nov. 29, at the Bristol Dis trict Court-H. L. Orton and E. Paxton, builders, Box, Wiltshire, Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court-A. Ogden, sizer, Spotland, Lancashire, Nov. 22, at the Manchester District Court-D. Thomas, mer chant, Manchester, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Manches ter District Court-E. Hilton and F. Walsh, paper makers, Over Darwen, Lancashire, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court-J. Shore, flannel ma • nufacturer, Rochdale, Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court-G. Hutchinson, J. Hutchinson, 11. Hutchinson, and T. Place, bankers, Stockton-upon- Tees, Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court-W. Hayton, coal fitter, Sunderland, Nov. 27, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court -J. Buckten, grocer, Darlington, Nov. 27, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court- R. Alison, ironmonger, Whitehaven, Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court-J. Spence, dealer, Bishopwearmouth, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court-G. Brown, draper, Carlisle, Nov. 27, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court-E. Roberts, draper, Oswes try, Shropshire, Nov. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court-T. Carter, jun., butcher Waltham, Leicestershire, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. H. R. Harraden, printseller, Cambridge, Nov. 28-I. Alden, butcher, Oxford, Nov. 27-P. R. Morrison, Ham mersmith, Nov. 27-W. Bailey, jun., currier, Whitecross • street, Nov. 28-T. M. Monckman, tobacconist,Bradford, Nov. 29-W. H. Darke, manufacturer of potted herrings, Birmingham, Nov. 27-W. Orrell, commission agent, Manchester, Nov. 28-W. Wyrill, ironmonger, Brad ford, Nov. 28-R. Hodgson, mercer, Bishop Auckland, Nov. 26-J. Smith and H. Titford, engravers, King street, Snow-hill, Nov. 26-R. Jackson, engineer, York, Nov. 26-J. Brandon, merchant, Walbrook -buildings, London, Nov. 26. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and H. Taylor-J. Eaton and B. Moores, tea dealers, Wareham, Dorsetshire-C. Ward and J. James, bottled beer merchants, Hungerford-wharf, Hungerford market-L. Stokes and J. Jenkins, schoolmistresses, Watchet, Somersetshire-J. Curry and W. Kelson, timber dealers, Bristol-G. Crowther, H. Crowther, Jn. Crowther, and Jl. Crowther, cloth finishers, Hudders field, Yorkshire (so far as regards 11. Crowther)-M. Eason and 11. Upton, farmers, Nash, Kent-G. Annesley and C. Reado, attorneys, Lincoln's Inn-fields-H. Ford and IL G. Merrett, cabinet makers, Bath-P. Griffith, jun., and J. D. Griffith, brewers. Vine-street, Lambeth- R. Bullock and Sons, silk throwsters, Macclesfield, Cheshire-11. Unsworth and J. Dandy, bleachers, Man chester-J. K. French and J. Stead, cloth merchants, Leeds-G. D. and J. B. Williams, tailors, Liverpool- S. G. and R. C. Fairbrother, printers, Bow-street, Co vent-garden----T. Pearse and W. Hawken, mercers, Bodmin, Cornwall-F. G. Alven and G. Shadbolt, fu neral feather warehousemen, Church-street, Soho- W. W. Crowder and J. Parkes, woolstaplers, Birming ham-W. Jenkinson and 11. Bentley, roller makers, Salford, Lancashire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. WILLIAM STEPHEN, farmer, Fetteresso, Kincar dineshire, Nov. 8 and 29, at ten, at the chambers of Kin near and Monro, Stonehaven. JOHN STEWART, Fasnacloich, Appin, N0v.12 and Dec. 5, at one, at the South Balachulish Inn. DAVID LEIGHTON, baker, Dundee, Nov. 11 and Dec. 4, at one, at the Ro3 al Hotel, Dundee. NEW ROYAL ExcuANGE. 7 —For the three days this building was open to the public, the gratuitous subscrip tions for the widows and orphans of four man killed during the progress of the works, amounted to 93/. Os. 3V., which was received in the following coins :—four sove reigns, ono half-,7overeign, one crown piece, 88 half crowns, 992 shillings, 842 sixpences, 142 fourpenny pieces, 5 threepenny pieces, 665 penny pieces, 667 half penny pieces, and 25 farthings. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENE.G PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We are glad to add our own hearty tri bute to the general satisfaction with which the al pointment of Mr. Erie to the vacant Judgeship has been welcomed. Men of all parties confess that, in plain language, there was no one in the field whose claim ranked so high ; and through the very rare con currence in him of great powers with amiable and honourable qualities, there is perhaps scarcely a barrister on his side of Westminster Hall, however slight his personal acquaintance with him, to whom the news of his elevation did not convey the thrill of pleasure with which we receive the tidings of the good fortune of a friend. As to what are called party claims for preferment, lawyers, we be lieve, think little abont them ; the public, which has the substantial interest in the appointment of good Judges, still less; the Rigby, Tadpole, and Taper generation must settle this fresh grouni of quarrel with Sir Robert as they may. There is one point of view, and one only, in which we hail the elevation of this accomplished lawyer with feelings approaching to regret. The vacant place was in the Court of Common Pleas ; and thus the Court which has the least work to do, which from its admirable medieval constitution is expressly cal culated to do as little work as possible, receives a fresh addition of vigour at a time when the judges of both the other Courts are notoriously overtasked. This is the more vexatious, as the same Court enlisted the last young and hearty recruit in the person of Mr. J us ti ce Cress well. Both these juvenile and energetic spirits will vegetate in a region whose climate seems to render exertion as impossible as it is needless—the very Castle of Indolence, where " No living wight could work, ne cared even to play"— where the judicial pun falls rare and pointless, and the advocate fights as one who beateth the air. The prospect of such ease after a hard-working period of honourable toil may be pleasant enough to Sir William Erie ; but for our parts, when we see youth and strength taking their ease in the Park at three o'clock, while the veteran part of the judicial corps is grinding on through its ever-growing heap of business till long after the candle- lighting hour of a London November, we feel continually reminded of that most unequal division of labour in the old apologue, when the son rode the ass while his aged father walked by its side. Seriously speaking, it is very strange that no steps are taken towards the abatement of this most real grievance. We all know that the business of circuit is literally too great fur the judicial strength —men endowed with no more than ordinary nerves and viscera can scarcely stand it. The latest example of failure is that of the excellent and amiable judge whom Mr. Erle succeeds, and whose health we trust will yet be restored to him, though he is lost to the profession, at least in his recent - character. The least fatiguing por tion, of their duties is that performed in London. It is really of no small consequence that their labours should be lightened as far as they can be, during this period, by equal repartition. It is of much greater and more obvious importance to the public that the avenues of justice, clogged as they are with delay and expense, should be disem barrassed, as far as possible with the aid of the present machinery, before we are forced to put on additional power. There is a very large amount of business, connected with the public interests, which can only be disposed of, according to existing law, by the Court of Queen's Bench. There is another smaller portion, which is appropriated to the Exchequer. The Court of Common Pleas—since the last apparition of the belted knights, who were wont to decide on pleas of land—enjoys a delightful exemption from all busi ness of its own; excepting some infinitesimal doses of work administered to it by recent statutes. The ad ministration of private justice is open to all the three. The Common Pleas, in common justice, should exe cute as much of it as both the others together. It executes, probably, not half as much as either. The great body of the bar are excluded from practising in it by an arbitrary and absurd regulation. Wil liam IV. tried to remove this, along with other anti quated nuisances. He carried Reform ; but he could not open the Common Pleas. The Sergeants made better fight than the Boroughmongers. There is not a single reason advanced, or attempted, in favour of the existing practice; and yet—so powerful are the sons of Zeruiah—we feel almost tempted to prophesy that the Union will be repealed, the debt of Pensyl vania paid, Young England in power, and balloons made serviceable, before "the Court of Common Pleas is opened." STANDARD.—Mr. Erie has succeeded to Mr.' Justice Erskine a ttpon the bench of the Common Pleas. Mr. Erie's professional-eminence fully justi fies his promotion, which gives great satisfaction at the bar; not less satisfaction because the Learned Judge's elevation cannot be ascribed to political prefe rence, inasmuch as his politics, as far as they could be known through the moderation of his demeanour, were opposed to those of the present Government. Nothing has tended more strongly to preserve the veneration of the country to our judges, and to sustain the cha. racter of the bar, than the perfect impartiality with which judicial seats have been almost uniformly bestowed, we should say with absolute uniformity, but for some deviations between 1830 and 1841. However, the character of a class is determined by the preponderance of usage in such matters, and the usage has greatly preponderated in favour of a total disregard of political and party con siderations in the selection of judges. There may be some young men, or persons with short memories, who regret that Sir Robert Peel and Lord Lyndhurst did not so far imitate the Whigs as to look for Mr. Justice Erskine's successor among their own political friends. In reverting to the old practice, however, the Ministers have best served the Conservative party, by placing its conduct in honourable contrast with that of the Whigs when in office. No party ever lost anything by a wise and just use of power, when it possessed power. It was the four months' administration of Christmas, 1834, that laid the founda tion of the Conservative administration of 1841, which has already lasted three years, and promises to last three times three and more. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 5. IN THE MATTER OF JACQUES BESSET. HABEAS CORPUS. In this case the prisoner Besset had been a mer chant,sarrying on business in London and in Paris. He became a bankrupt, and the French Government demanded that he should be given up to them under the provisions of the extratradition treaty, as a person guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy in France, and who had escaped to England. He was arrested, taken to the Mansion-house, and committed to Giltspur-street Compter by the Lord Mayor, preparatory to his being surrendered to the French Government. Before that surrender could take place, application was made to Mr. Justice Wightman, at chambers, for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the offence of fraudulent bankruptcy was an offence un known to the laws of England, and that, therefore, it was contrary to law to arrest a prisoner, or to keep him in custody on such a charge. Mr. Justice Wightman considered the matter of such importance that he refused to decide at cham bers, and directed application to be made to the full Court. On Saturday Mr. Chambers obtained the writ of habeas corpus, and this morning the keeper of the Compter appeared on the floor of the Court with his prisoner. Mr. CHAMBERS, on being called on, moved that Jacques Besset be discharged. The return to the writ of habeas was then put in and read. It set forth the warrant of the Lord Mayor for his committal on the charge of fraudulent bankruptcy committed in France. Mr. JAMES said that an objection had been taken before Mr. Justice Wightman that the prisoner was not in a position to apply for a habeas corpus, he being a French subject, accused of a crime committed in France, and in custody under the convention. Probably it would be better to take that point first. Lord DENMAN—Perhaps so. Mr. CHAMBERS contended that there was nothing to show that the prisoner was in a different position from other persons, and that the other side could not now raise the question upon affidavit. Mr. JAMES replied that he had a right to show by affidavit that the prisoner was not in a position to apply for his habeas. Lord DENMAN—The words of the Act of Parlia ment are, "that such person shall be committed upon such requisition aforesaid, and delivered up in case requisition shall be duly made." Now the words of the commitment are, " until he shall be delivered by due course of law." There is not a word about any requisition having been made. How can you explain that, Mr. James ? Mr. JAMES—There has been a requisition to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State had issued his warrant, that has set the magistrate in motion, and he has committed the prisoner until he shall be released by due course of law, instead of until he shall be delivered by requisition. Such a discrepancy might or not be a reason for ordering a prisoner's discharge, but he contended that the prisoner being a criminal, a subject of another country, accused of a crime committed in another country, was not entitled to his writ of habeas. It had never been stated under which Act the application was made, the Act of Charles 11. or that of Georg( : 111. The prisoner was a fugitive criminal from another country, accused of that which is not a crime in this country. By the Act Charles 11, the relief by habeas was confined to subjects of this country accused of crimes which could be tried in this country. Upon that point there had been an express decision in the case of the King and I \l'lntosh, 1 Strange, in which tilt Court decided that a person in custody for treason committed in Scotland was not entitled to his habeas corpus, because he could not be tried for it in this country. The Act of 56th George 111., wis only an extension of the Act Charles 11., an enacted that persons confined for anythin; but criminal, or supposed criminal matter, should b entitleno his habeas—thus reulitting him to his re medy at common law. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—What is his remedy t common law ? Mr. JAMES. apprehended the writ of habeas; but he submitted that at common law a fugitive criminal from another country could not be entitled to his writ of habeas. Ile apprehended the question was, whether a person in custody for a crime committed in France was entitled to his habeas. Lord DENALAN—That is to say, whether our gaolers are to be gaolers for France without the con vention. Mr. JAMES submitted that the Court could not discharge the prisoner on account of the wording of the warrant—for to be delivered up by due course of law would be to be delivered up in conformity with the requisition, or in the event of their being no requisition, his being discharged under the provisions of the Act of Par liament. Ile also submitted that if the warrant were bad, and the depositions set forth a crime, the Court could remand him back to the same custody. • Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—That is only in cases in which the prisoner could be tried in this country. Mr. JAMES admitted that the Court would be taking upon itself to decide whether a crime, according to the law of France, had been committed by a French man in France; but, inasmuch as the magistrate would have the power of issuing a fresh warrant, he submitted that to give effect to the Act of Parliament, their Lordships would remand him to the same custody. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Setting the magistrate's warrant out of ti;e question, have we, proprio vigore, the power of committal under the Act? Mr. JAMES apprehended that the Court hrd the power to remand, and that it could exercise that power, on finding a crime set forth in the del o tie submitted that the depositions ought to be read, and the prisoner re-committed by the Court, in the event of any crime appearing in those depositions. Mr. Justice WlGHTms.N—That is to say that we are to discharge him under the warrant, and commit him ourselves de novo ? Mr. JAMES—Yes, my Lord. The SOLICITOR- GENERAL attended by desire of the Lord Mayor not to oppose the prisoner's dis charge, but to submit to whatever the Court might direct. Lord DEN MAN-4t is a great misfortune that this, the first application made of this very important Act of Parliament, which may affect the administration of justice throughout the whole of Europe, should he made in such a very defective manner. We have no power to interfere. The gaoler has no power to detain this person, except what is given to him by this Act of Parliament ; and when we look to the wording of the Act of Parliament, we find that in this case the directions of the Act have not been followed. It is clear he cannot be detained. We have been applied to to remand him as having been guilty of some crime. We can know nothing of the commission of any crime except what appears upon the warrant. We have no power to take cognizance of any crime committed in another State, except under the provisions of the recent statute. It would have been unnecessary to pass that statute if we had possessed such it power as that which we are now asked to exercise. It should be distinctly understood that this writ of habeas is issued under the common law, and not under the Act of Charles IL or George 111. The writ was secured by the petition of right, and was known to the law long before those Acts were passed. The prisoner must be discharged. (Sittings in Banco.) LAKE V. THE DUKE OF ARGYLE. This was an action brought by a printer, to recover a debt due to him from the British American Association, of which the Duke was President. The case came on for trial, and the jury found for the plaintiff. Mr. KELLY now applied fer a rule to enter a nonsuit, and for a new trial, cn the ground that there was no suf ficient evidence produced at the trial to fix the defendant with the liability, and contended that the case was per fectly different from the ease of a commercial and trading firm. Lord DENMAN read through his notes of the evidence as adduced at the trial, from which it appeared that the plaintiff had 13:3en employed by the Association before the Duke became President. The COURT took time to consider their judgment. THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATION OF DOVER. Mr. lIILL applied for leave to amend a rule which had been obtained last term, to bring up certain orders for the payment of money made by the defendants, in order to their being quashed. Mr. KELLY, who was in Court, prepared on the part of the defendants to show cause against the rule, opposed the application, which was refused, with costs. WEBSTER V. WILSON. This was an action brought against the Mayor of Kendal for an assault. The mayor had held his court for the election of town-councillors in a room, and put up a notice stating that none but persons coming to vote were to be admitted. The plaintiff; a burgess, ac companied a voter to the room, and was ejected by the defendant. He therefore brought his action for tho assault, and the Lord Chief Baron, before whom the cause was tried, held that the defendant had a right to hold his court in a room, and to eject the defendant; and told the jury, that if they wore of opinion that the arrangements were proper, they would find for the de fendant. The jury found for the defendant, but added that they thought the arrangements were not proper. Mr. KNOWLES now moved for a rule to set aside the verdict, on the ground of misdirection on the part of the judge, inasmuch as by the 82d section of the Municipal Act the plaintiff had a right to be present in the room, and also that the court was an open court, and the de fendant had no power to remove the plaintiff from the court, and also on the ground that the verdict, although nominally for defendant, was in fact for plaintiff, inas much as it stated that defendant's arrangements were not proper, Lord DENMAN—You are entitled to a rule. Rule nisi granted. BAIL COURT, Nov. 5. There was nothing of interest in any t.l the motions which came before the Court this morning. At eleven o'clock the Court resumed the case of " Payne v. the Guardians of the Strand Union," which occupied all the afternoon of yesterday, and would engage the Court till its rising this day. It was a claim for 504 for work done as a surveyor, which was disputed by the Board of Guardians. The case was a complicated one, and pos sessed little interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 5. COLLINSON v. THE NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON RAIT.. WAY COMPANY. This was an action tried at the last Durham assizes, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, to recover certain penalties of the defendants for injuries done to the plaintiff by in• terfcring with a road upon his farm. By the 263 d sec tion of the Act for constructing the railway, it was enacted that where a road was "cut through, raised, de pressed, or crossed," so as to become impassable, the de fendants should construct another road in its place, or remedy the defects in the old one. By the succeeding section of the Act, it was enacted that the defendants should pay the sum of 201. a day to the collector of the trust of such road, so long as the specific instructions in the Act were not complied with. In the case of a private road the Act provided that payment should be made to the proprietor. The defendants had pleaded that under their Act the plaintiff could not maintain an ac tion, he not being the owner, but merely the occu pier of the farm, across which the road ran. This road was intersected by the Company's line at its junction with the Darlington-road ; and the plaintiff alleged that his communication with Darlington, which is a market town, had been seriously impeded. The jury on the trial, after several hours' deliberation, could not agree upon a verdict. At midnight they went to Mr. Justice Cresswell's chambers, and informed him that eleven of them were unanimous in their verdict. but that the twelfth differed from them. The Learned Judge directed them to find a verdict for the defendants. with leave to the plaintiff to move the Court above. He also said that in his opinion the plaintiff was not the proper person to have brought the action. Mr. KNOWLES now moved the Court for a rule to show cause why the verdict given at the trial should not be set aside, and a new'Arial granted. The COURT, after considerable discussion, allowed a rule nisi, and expressed a hope that an amicable settle ment might be effected between the parties, by which the exorbitant expense of a new trial would be avoided. Mr. liziowLEs, who concurred in the sentiments ex pressed by the Court, stated that the defendants would find his client willing to enter into an amicable arrangement. TIAYWOOD V. MAYWOOD. This was an action tried before Mr. Justice Whiteman, at the last Worcester assizes, and the jury, to the sur prise of the Learned Judge, found a verdict for the plain tiff for 218/. The action was brought by Anne Hay. wood, the administratrix of John Haywood, deceased. The defendant, Jacob Haywood, was a large farmer, in Worcestershire, and employed his brother, John Hay wood, whom he had relieved from pecuniary difficulties, to manage two farms of which he was the owner. The action was for work and labour rendered to the defendant by the testator, the plaintiff, and their son and daughter. No specific agreement was made between the parties in to the amount of remuneration which they were to re ceive for their services, and the only evidence of any arrangement consisted in a conversation between the plaintiff's son and the defendant, the defendant telling him that he would allow 2/. 2s. a week for the twq farms. Mr. CnowDER now moved for a rule to show cam why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence.—Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 3. WOOD V. WEDGWORTH. This was an action of trespass, to which the defendant pleaded a right of way. On this issue was joined, and the jury found for the plaintiffs, damages 40s. The question was whether a way through two closes, which had been long used as a thoroughfare, was a public way or not. Mr. Sergeant SHEA this day obtained a rule nisi f•at a new trial, WILMOT L. WILLIAMS. This was an action upon a bill of Exchequer for 180/,