The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

1. 1 . ~ , ii CONDITION OF THE METRO POLITAN PRISONS. The governors of the metropolitan prisons have just made their annual report, the details of which will be found to offer many matters of great importance and interest, inasmuch as they show the capacity of the several prisons, the number of prisoners who have bean committed to their walls, their diet, the mode of their treatment, and a variety of other particulars, which can not fail to attract the attention of the public. THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. This prison is capable of containing, in separate cells, as many as 529, whilst the whole accommodation it affoids is to the extent of 1,150 beyond that number. These latter are compelled, however, to sleep more than one in a cell. (The report is accompanied by a note to the effect that 1,150 are returned, in order to show the number for which proper accommodation can be found, but as the numbers fluctuate, frequently exceeding 1,200, and once having reached 1,350, the utmost capability of the prison can hardly be defined, as room must, by some arrangement, be found for that or even a greater number if committed). The number of prisoners who were in confinement in this prison at the date of the report was 947, whilst at the corresponding period in the last year the number amounted to 1,068. Out of the present number of 947, there were 364 males and 163 females, all of whom bai been committed for felony. There were then 304 male and 116 female misdemeanants, The number of prisoners who were committed for trial during the twelve months was 7,293. The number of prisoners who had been tried was—eaaies 48, females 188. The number of those 'who had not undergone any trial, but who 'had been summarily convicted, was 250 males and 91 females. The number of prisoners who were above sixteen years of age, was 632 males and 272 females, and the number who had not attained that age was 36 males and 7 females. Out of the whole number who had been sent to the House of Correction during the last year, 1,336 had been committed to that prison once previously, 636 twice, 226 three times, and 580 had been committed four times and upwards. With regard 60 the nature of the employment the prisoners were submitted to, it appears that 806 had been kept to hard labour, 122 to occupations not falling within the denomination of hard labour, and 19 had not been put to any kind of employment. In the course of the year .there had been as many as 907 cases of sick ness,- the greatest number who were ill at one and the same time being 54. The deaths amounted to 5 during the year. The officers of the establishment amounted to 96 men and 39 women. With respect to the dietary, the report says, " All the prisoners who are above 16 years of age, whose term of imprisonment ex ceed three months, have twenty ounces of bread daily, one pint of gruel daily for breakfast, six ounces of meat aed one pint of soup, alternately, excepting Monday, when they have, in addition to the six ounces of meat, half a pound of potatoes for dinner. Prisoners above 16 years of age, whose period does not exceed three months, have twenty ounces of bread daily, one pint of gruel for breakfast, six ounces of meat, and one pint of soup each, twice a week, and one pint of gruel three times a week for dinner. Prisoners under 16 years of age, whose period exceed three months, have twenty ounces of bread daily ; if less than three months, sixteen ounces of bread daily, one pint ofgruel daily fur breakfast, six ounces of meat on Thursdays, one pint of soup on Sundays, one pint of gruel five times a week for dinner. Fe male prisoners of all ages, whose perio does not ex ceed three months, have sixteen ounces of bread daily. All prisoners have half-a-pint of gruel as an extra evening meal, and those who have been confined up wards of three months have six ounces of meat and half a pound of potatoes on Monday for dinner. The average cost per head is two shillings and a penny three farthings. The employment and hard labour to which the prisoners are subjected is the treadwheel, picking oakum, painting, or whitewashing the prison, labour in the grounds, mat, rug, and shoemaking, also such other handicrafts as are necessary for the service of the place ; needlework, knitting, and washing in the female wards. The average hours of labour do not ex ceed eight hours daily. The chaplain reads prayers daily in two chapels, accompanied by Scripture expositions : and on the Sunday he performs two full services, and delivers a sermon to the males and to the females, and catechises the youthful prisoners every week in the chapels. He also visits the prisoners in their cells. Books and tracts are supplied to the prisoners at the expense of the county, or of their respective friends, and are dis tributed under the superintendence of the chaplain, or in some cases by the governor, or by the direction of the visiting Justices. Bibles and prayer-books are likewise distributed. Schools are also maintained for the juvenile inmates of the prison : whilst in every case, where an adult prisoner, who cannot read, intimates a desire to learn, he or she is placed in the school, provided the term of imprisonment be such as to render such instruc tion effectually beneficial." In concluding his report, the Governor thus expresses himself, " Silence, day and night, is itself ordered to be enforced, and all unautho rieed communications between the prisoners, on being reported, is visited with certain punishment. The total number of commitments falls short of those of last year by 1,453; and the total proportionate number of punish ments is less by 69. The same determination is still ob servable amongst low criminals wilfully to infringe the rules, apparently by mutual compact out of doors, but all are ultimately compelled to submit. The following is a description of the punishments and their number during the last year:—For neglect of work, 598; for noise, talking, insolence, and bad language, 5,015 ; various acts of disobedience or disorder, 3,880 ; total, involving stoppage of food, 9,493 ; three-fourths of which mainly consisted of the stoppage of a meal or part thereof. During the past year 763 prisoners have been put into cells without work ; 10,256, besides 33 whip pings (23 of which were with the birch rod, and aro found effectual in repressing audacious and refractory behaviour which other modes of punishment have failed to oorrect), is the total punishments within the like period. The daily average number of prisoners was 893, and the daily average of punishments was three and one-eight per cent." THE WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL. The governor of this prison, in his report, states that the number of prisoners which were in the Westminster Bridewell, was 564; whilst the number at the corre sponding period last year was 440. Of this number, 167 were males, and 32 female felons. The number of misdemeanants was 236 males, and 129 females. The number of prisoners who had been committed to that gaol during the last twelve months was 7,374. The number who had been tried was 189 males and 34 fe males; whilst the number that had not been tried was 214 males and 127 females. The number of prisoners who were above sixteen years of age was 486, of whom 342 were males and 144 were females. The number of pri soners who had not arrived at that age was 78; namely, 61 males and 17 females. The greatest number of pri soners who had been in the prison at any one period was 621. The number of prisoners who had been com mitted before was-1,159 once, 520 twice, 210 three times, and 12,841 four times and upwards. Under the head of employment and hard labour, it is stated that 359 had been kept at hard labour, 106 were not put to hard labour, whilst there were as many as 99 who had not been placed to any kind of employment. In the course of the year there had been as many as 3,829 cases of casual sickness, and 104 cases for the infirmary, making a total of 5,933 cases durieg the year. The greatest number of sick at any one .time had been 12, whilst the total number of deaths in the year was 7. The punishments for this period bad been—whippings, 4; in irons and handcuffs, 18; in solitary confinement 560 ; and other punishments 11,322. The report then went on to say that this prison now a hou se of cor rection, but that a portion of it is appropriated to the purposes of a common gaol for the county, pending the demolition and rebuilding of the New Prison at Clerken well. With respect to the diet in this prison, the report contains three tables, each respectively applicable to the three different classes of prisoners. The prisoners in this as in the House of Correction, Cold Bathfields, are subjected to useful, as well as furnishing, employment. The males are put on the treadwheel, to picking oakum and coir, and to repairing what are termed county shoes and clothing, to gardening, and various other works in the prison. The females are made to pick oakum and coir, to knit, to wash, and to repair and make the county clothing. The hours of labour are in the summer from half-past six in the morning until half past-five in the afternoon, which period is diminished as the winter approaches and advances. The maximum of labour, including the time allowed for attend. ance in chapel, at meals, and for exercise, is about eightsand-a-half hours per diem. The duties of the chaplain aro nearly the same in this as in the House of Correction, of which a description has been given above. The punishments in this prison are separate confinement, with bread and water diet, for several Periods not exceeding three days. Occasionally hand cuffing and placing in a dark cell; extra work, and in extreme cases, flogging. Punishment is administered for breaches of silence and the prison rules, neglect of wog(' dirty conduct, damaging the clothing or other county prop erty, t h eft, profane and indecent language, 'tad general refractory and violent conduct. The re port then goes on to say, " that the discipline of the peisow as a House of Correction is, as far as is prac tieable, strictly enforced. The convict prisoners are at all times commanded to observe the strictest silence, and to be obedient and respectful to the officers over them. The punishment for any breach of these rules is con formable to the Act of P ar li ament. The boys under examination and bail have occasionally a small portion of oakum to pick, rather than they sh ou ld b e cont i nue d in idleness."—N.B. This prison aff or d s ample accom modation, with alterations, for a much larger number than is shown by the first. THE NEW PRISON. CLERRENWELL. This prison, as must be well known, has been pulled down for the purpose of erecting one which shall be really available, and supply the actual re quirements of the county. It has hitherto been applied to the object of constituting a g ao l, to which untried prisoners are sent for safe custody. The prison, however, was not razod until the 12th of Sep tember last, and therefore it fairly comes within the scope of.this notice. The prison contained 165 separate sleeping cells, and would accommodate 313 prisoners when more than one slept in one cell. The number of prisoners wht had been committed to this prison in the twelve months, ending the 13th of S e pt em b er , was 4;646, whilst the greatest number of prisoners that had been in confinement within its walls at one period had been 262. Of the number of prisoners who had been !waived into this gaol during the time specified, ` 3llB bad been previously committed once , 12 2 tw i ce, 43 tbsye times, and 72 four time s . Th e i ncrease of 376 in the number committed, and of ninety.. four disobliged at the gaol deliveries in the year oal Michaelmas, 1844), was accounted for by the aosomitme,nt of 1;835 prisoners for trial for larceny, under the operation of the Act of 7th and Bth Vic., a. 11, for the better administration of criminal justice in the county of Middlesex. The prison having been duly presented in 1844 u insufficient for the purposes re- TIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENiI quired, was, by order of the proper authority, closed on the 12th of September, 1845, for the purpose of being taken down and rebuilt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec, 29. (Before Mr. Ccmmissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE ROBERT HUGHES. ' The bankrupt in this case, who was described as of Piccadilly, upholsterer, applied to-day for his certificate. Mr. COOKE, who appeared on the part of a Mr. Smith, a creditor for 400/., stated that, according to the balance sheet, which ran over a period of five years, his debts amounted to 8,331/. lie.; and debts owing to the bank rupt, about 650/.; capital, 2,0111.; profits, 2,6031.; trade expenses, 2,3001.; domestic expenses, 5,1661. 85. I Id. ; losses, 4,601/.; and there were also for interest, die counts, and allowances to customers, a sum of 2,049/, which, in fairness, ought to be deducted from the profits, so that they only amount to 6001. in five years. The bankrupt's books were kept accurately, so that at any period he had an opportunity of seeing the state of his affairs; and also whether he was trading upon the pro perty of his creditors. It might be said that a man has a right to go on with a business with the hope that it would ba more profi:ab!e one year than it was another ; but a man is not justified in speculating with the money of his creditors. He (Mr. Cooke) hoped that the Court, considering that the bankrupt had been selling goods at a: loss by public auction, in the years 1840-41-42, and 1845—that his books being accarately kept, were strong evidonce against him that he was a reckless trader, would suspend the allowance of the certificate for such time as might be considered necesary. Mr. Lucas, who appeared as counsel for the bank rupt, said that a man carrying on a successful business for about fifty years, until competition prevented him from continuing to do so, could not be considered a reck less trader. Some of the splendid articles made by the bankrupt, which adorn some of the noblemen's houses, were obliged to be sold for less than one-half their value, in consequence of co m p e titi on . If a b an k rupt d i d not keep books he was blamed, and when he did, as was the case with his client, he was also blamed. That could not be considered a fair argument. As regarded the expenses, which were certainly large, the bankrupt had heen in the habit of gradually decreasing them. He could not do it all at once, for if he did his credit would fail. His (Mr. Lucas's) client was not to be treated as one of the rogues that appear before this Court, who had got property from their creditors by fraud, and dis posed of it in which way they pleased. The Learned COMMISSIONER, considering that the bankrupt had not been guilty of fraud, carelessness, or profligate abuse of his creditors' property, said he was entitled to his certificate.—Certificate granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-DOUSE. ;qr. [lorry, of the Central Criminal Court Bar, ap peared, upon the part of th e p ropr i etors of a paper called Bradsh aw 's Railway Gazette, to represent certain mat ters connected with what was designated the Great European Railroad Company. He did not, he said, mean to apply for a summons, or for any formal legal proceeding, as anything of that description could not be quick enough to overtake the mischief of which he com plained, and to which the public are subjected by the attempt to comnit an enormous European imposition. As notice had been duly served upon the parties to whom he referred, he should speak, most unreservedly, on the merits of the question. The proprietors of the com pany had been advertised in several newspapers, but the shares, if ever any appeared, were never quoted any where except in the Iron Times. Amongst the papers in which the advertisement was published was the Times, and that establishment was, he had no doubt, paid for the insertion ; but Bradshaw's Railway Gazette had never received one farthing, and it was in the vain attempt to obtain payment that the whole affair was found to have nothing like a bona fide foundation, although the pro jectors professed their object to be to bring out railways all over the world, especially in that tract which ap peared under the head of Europe. The necessity for inquiry having most unequivocally exhibited itself by the refusal to liquidate the just demand, application was made to tne office in St. Helen's-place, where the messenger was informed that it was necessary to write to the secretary upon the subject. A letter was ac cordingly written to Mr. Edmund Smith, who called at the office of the Railway Gazette, with the information that the letter had been laid before the Board. The LORD MAYOR—Who is Mr. Edward Smith ? Mr. Adams, who was stated by Mr. Horry to be in the employment of Mr. Bradshaw, the proprietor of the Railway Gazette, stated that Mr. Smith was the secre tary to the company. The LORD MAYOR—Where does he come from ? Mr. Adams—Nobody knows. Mr. Horry proceeded—lnquiry was made at the Re gistrar-office, and it was there stated that the only per son registered for this great European Railroad Com pany was Mr. Edmund Smith, gentleman, of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Mr. Adams—That Mr. Smith constitutes the board and the officers of the company in his own person. Mr. Horry said a promise had been for a considerable time held out that the names of the provisional commi tee should be published, but it never appeared that there ever was such a character in the company as a provi sional committeeman, or a solicitor, or a banker ; and the project was utterly unknown on the Stock Exchange. The LORD MAYOR-But how can it be said that any fraud has been practised ? I cannot see how. Have thee received money for shares ? Horry—ln all probability they have, but I cannot say positively. The Times newspaper, no doubt, would not insert the advertisement without the money, so that the inference is, that shares have been paid for ; but the project does not appear in any of the authorised lists of the Stock Exchange. Notwithstanding that, nothing can be heard of the company. The Iron Times quotes the shares at a premium, the inference from which is that an attempt is being made to give them a fictitious value for the purpose of obtaining purchasers. It is proper to observe, that Mr. Adams, after having repeatedly called at the office for payment of the demand, which amounted to 251.. was surprised at his first visit upon seeing posted upon the door his own name, under the designation of a bankrupt who failed in 1832.—(A laugh.) Now, he never in his life had been a bankrupt, so that it was quite evi dent that the notice was intended to show to what the parties were disposed, in order to check the importunity of claimants. Mr.' Adams—l went to Mr. Groom, the official as signee, and asked him whether I was the person meant in the notice, and he said, " Certainly not ; the person meant is dead." The LORD MAYOR—Have you given notice to the proprietors of the Iron Times to attend here ? Mr. Horry—No, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps they can give you some information about this company. You certainly ought to have sent intimation to them of what you intended to do. No doubt they will inform you as far as they are able. Me. Homily—We shall adopt your Lordship's sugges tion, by all means. We gave to the company distinct notice of what we meant to do, and they have not ap peared. ere Mr. Edmund Smith, who had been near the witness-box all the time, requested to be heard. He was, he said, the Mr. Smith alluded to by Mr. Horry, who had come forward, charged with a monstrous batch of falsehoods against the Great European Railway Com pany. He (Mr. Smith) was the private secretary to the promoters of the company, and his was the only regis tered name for the company, which was not likely to suffer from that circumstance, andalthough he was not a professional man, he could clearly show into what errors the Learned Coun se l, w h o was so unworthily engagedin this case, had fallen. He wished to be cautious in the language he used before the Chief Magistrate of the first city in the world, but he must say that a more thorough-born ruffian than had come forward to sub stantiate a complaint against respectable men, from whom he had endeavoured to extort money, never be fore appeared.—(A laugh.) It was false to insinuate that the company were witho u t f un d s , or h a d raised funds by improper means. It was false to say that there was no provisional committee ; and all the other assertions made to the prejudice of the gentlemen en gaged in the company were equally without foundation, and the offspring of a spirit of intimidation and unjust exac tion. The collector of Mr. Bradshaw had called at the office with an unjust demand. To pay the sum of 20,0001. was with them a matter of no difficulty ; but they were determined to pay none but just demands. They had very recently paid 2,0001, and they were ready to liquidate every farthing for which they were, in fact or in honour, responsible. But it had been said that there was no provisional committee. He had the list in his hand, and he would show it to the Lord Mai or, but neither Mr. 'lorry nor Mr. Adams should see it, for he knew that the respectable names in it would be handed over to unfair applicants for money, and subjected to litigation by lawyers who derived advantage from harass ins gentlemen. The Lord Mayor would know a great many in that list, which contained names of great landed proprietors, esquires, baronets, aldermen—(Laughter)— lieutenants, and deputy-lieutenants of counties, clergy men, magistrates, and officers in the army and navy, and directors of the East India Company. A more respec table provisional committee could not in fact by any possibility be formed, but then they would not tolerate any extortionate demand. Mr. Horry—Mr. Adams will abandon the account alto gether if you prove that you have a respectable provi sional committee. It is not by the production of a private paper to the Lord Mayor that you can prove a fact of this description. The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Horry)—Why, if Mr. Bradshaw or Mr. Adams have this claim, are not law proceedings commenced ? It appears that there are funds Mr. Adams.—lt is not worth the trouble. There is no use in going into a court of law. lam the publisher of Mr. Brachhaw's paper, and; we had the order from Mr. Smith to insert the advertisement. Mr. liorry—lf you aro satisfied that it is a bona fide provisional committee, we shall throw up the 25/, The LORD MAYOR—WeII, it is a mere matter of doubt, and a remedy is to be found, if the claim be just, in the Mayor's Court, in which I have been told there is a greater quantity of business since !advised that alterna tive than has ever before been known. Mr. Smith—To show the bona fide nature of the co;tn pany, the provisional committee of which it is consi,:iered necessary for obvious reasons to keep private at present, we are ready to defend any action if the paymfmt of the costs on the other side be secured. If Mr. Bradshaw will pay down 100!. into the hands of the Lord Mayor, or any other gentleman, we shall do the same, and we shall defend the action. The LORD MAYOR—I shall have nothing to do with it.—(A laugh.) Mr. 'lorry (to Mr. Smith)—ls your company regis tered ? Mr. Smith—Provisionally it is. Mr. I-lorry—Ay, but by you alone? Mr. Smith—By use alone. There wgs policy in that. Mr. lorry—No doubt of that at all. Mr. Smith—There was, for while every fellow of the profession is running about hunting up actions upon every complaint, I do not chose to expose those by whom lam employed to all such annoyance. It is our intention to submit this demand to one of the protection societies which have been established, but I am willing to submit the case to three newspaper proprietors, and if two of them decide against us, the demand shall be paid. Mr. Adams had no more faith in the company at the end then at the commencement of the case, and declined to hazard any money in an experiment which appeared to him to be not more substantial than the dream of a shadow. The LORD' MAYOR repeated that the complainant had acted injudiciously and uncandidly, in not applying to the proprietors of the Iron Times before he applied at the Mansion-house, and he stated, upon looking over the paper handed to him by Mr. Smith as a list, of the provisional committee of the Great European Railway Company, that it certainly abounded with highly respectable names, and that many of the gentlemen described were his intimate friends. It may not be amiss to observe that the Great European Railway Company has for a considerable length of time, veld even during the panic, been con stantly advertised in a number of newspapers, and that from the first it excited the greatest surprise and laughter on account of its glaring impractibility. The Lord Mayor received the second half of a Si. note, emtributed by Z. A., and 21. from A. 8., and 11. from C. B. for the poor-box. GUILDHALL. A young man, named W imam Robinson, was brought before Mr. Alderman Challis, charged with breakin g into a shoemaker' s stall, in Harp-ally, Shoe-lane, and carrying off all his tools and work. George Ayliffe, the shoemaker, stated that he resides in the Old Bailey, but carries on his business at the stall, which has no communication with the internal part of the house, but was secured with a strong padlock. On the morning of the 23d he found that it had been broken open, and plundered, and after consulting with the police, he went into Field-lane, to ascertain if any of his stock of old boots had been offered there. While he was in the lane the prisoner came up to him, and asked if he wanted to buy any tools. Witness told him he did, and upon seeing the contents of the prisoner's bag, he recognised the tools as his own, with some additions. lie gave the prisoner into custody. There was another man in his company, who escaped. The prisoner had bean remanded, that the police might make some inquiries about him. The prisoner's statement was that he was walking about the street all night in a state of distress, and had the good luck to find the bag of toolsking in a corner in Farringdon-street. The prisoner had not been seen loitering about the neighbourhood. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS, finding the prisoner was net known to have been i n custody bfore, concurred with Sir Chapman Marshall in punishing him summarily for not satisfactorily accounting for the possession of the stolen property. The prisoner was committed to Bridewell for two months. Thomas Geary, an Irish labourer, was charged by Mr. Mortlock, the master of the East London Union Work house, with making himself wilfully chargeable to this parish, while he was able to maintain himself. '"The master stated that the prisoner came in on Sun cla,y evening, and was accommodated with the casualty ward board and lodging, and upon searching him before he left in the morning, ls. 11d. were found in his pockets. He was therefore given into custody as an idle and disorderly person, who being able to maintain him self, refused to do so, and became chargeable to the parish. He suspected that he had been recently passed to Cork at the expense of the public, and the captain had given him a free passage back to England, that his passage home might be paid a second time by the public. From conversations he had held with paupers, he be lieved this was sometimes done. The prisoner declared he had not been passed to Ire land before in the course of this year, though he wished to be passed now. He had been jobbing about, and the money found on him was the remainder of a half-crown which had been given to him at Liverpool. He had lately been lodging in St. George's in the East, but the parish would nut pass him. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS asked the master if he was prepared to prove that the prisoner had returned after being passed by the City ?—The master admitted he could not. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS thought a man might be a fit object for a night's shelter and a meal, who was not ab solutely pennyless, and the sum found on the prisoner, who was travelling about, was not so great, that he ought to be punished as an impostor. He had not worked or resided in the City so as to be entitled to a free passage home.—He was discharged. CLERKEN WELL. John Walker, a tradesman residing in Gray's Inn lane, was charged with beating and wounding police constable 154 G, and Eliza, his wife, and with threaten ing to murder ker. The evidence of the constable went to provo that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday night he heard cries of Murder:: and screams, proceeding from a bed-room in the prisoner's dwelling. He went there, and upon forcing open the bed-room door, saw him standing over his wife, who was lying prostrate, bleeding from the head. He swore he would murder her. She had numerous marks of violence on her person—there were five wounds on her head and breast. The con ! stable advanced, and the prisoner aimed a desperate blow at his head. Fortunately the officer turned his head aside, but the weapon descended with such violence on his shoulder as to make him reel. Seeing that the prisoner was bent on murder, he struggled hard to wrest the poker from him, but before he could do so, the pri soner jobbed it twice into the back of his head, pro ducing one severe, though not a dangerous, wound behind his left ear. Assistance came, and the fellow was secured. The poker, which was produced in court, was consi derably bent from the violence of the blow which he inflicted on the officer. The wife, who was very weak and depressed in spirits, said the prisoner had often threatened to murder her, and it was her firm belief he would, if not restrained, carry his threat into execution. Mr. BURRELL who presided, asked the prisoner what he had to say ? The prisoner surlily replied—" Nothing." Mr. BURRELL fined him SL, or two months' imprison ment, for the assault on the officer ; one month's im prisonment for the assault on his wife ; and to find sureties in 501. each, to keep the peace towards his wife. The half of a 51. Bank of England note has been re ceived from A. J., the donor promising to send the second half when the receipt of the first was acknow ledged in the newspapers. QUEEN-SQUARE. Charles Blundell, described as a barge- builder, was charged with the following gross misconduct:-- From the evidence adduced it appeared that the de fendant went, on Saturday evening, into Mr. Coultas's, the Wheatsheaf, Lower Grosvenor-place, and remained for a considerable time in front of the bar, during which he applied the most offensive language to the proprietor. 1 - A solicitor, on the part of the defendant, expressed his client's regret at what had occurred, and tendered his apology for the language which had been used. Mr. Coultas did not wish to aggravate the case by any further observation, and Mr. BOND, having lectured the defendant severely upon the gross impropriety of his conduct, said that as he appeared deeply to regret his misconduct, and had made the utmost apology in his power, he should discharge him on his entering into his own recogaizsnces to keep the peace for a twelvemonth, and his putting something into the poor-box. Defendant entered into the required recognizances, and unwillingly contributed half a sovereign to the cha rity fund. Mary Anne Barley, a coal-shed keeper, Duck-lane, was charged with selling beer without a license. The complaint, is hich had been laid by order of Mr. Bond, arose out of an alleged assault, committed by a man named Wilson upon Cornelius Callaghan. In the course of that inquiry it appeared that, at half-past one on the morning of Sunday week, Callaghan and an:ac quaintance went to defendant's, and, in a back parlour, in which there were about forty people drinking, were served with a pot of beer, for which sd. was charged. Mr. Woolfe, who attended on behalf of the defendant, and cross-examined the witnesses for the prosecution, submitted that it was small beer that she retailed at her shop, and that no sale had taken place in this in stance. Mr. Box]) said he should take into consideration that defendant had not been beforo convicted, and fine her 21 The fine was paid. On Saturday 21. was received from Mr. Coultas, of the Wheat-sheaf, Lower Grosvenor-place, fur the poor. box. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Messrs. Perry and Lance, pawnbrokers, No. 51, Old Compton-street, were summoned before Mr. Maltby by Charles M'Callan, of No. 15, Jewin-street, Cripplegate, for taking the sum of one penny more than lawful in terest for one month's use of 4s. The information was supported by three witnesses, Margaret Hezelton, William Andrews, and James Nicholson, who swore that sd. was demanded and taken for one month's interest on 45., the lawful interest being only 4d. _ Air. Humphreys, who appeared for the defence, cross examined the witnesses very closely, and elicited se veral discrepancies. The witness Margaret Hezelton admitted that she had appeared as a witness for M.Tal. lan several times, that she had heen discredited fre quently, and that her wages from MiCallan va c 3 s . 11 ,- day, __ Mr. Humphreys said, the contradiction he had brought out would, in his opinion, be a sufficient answer to the case were some circum s t ances connecte d with' but as there whieh the the informatiu public ought t o b e ptt in possession (It', he should proceed to produce hts evi dence,, thus not only to aff or d a comp l ete contradic tionzatnhe merits of the case, but to show the motive vfaich had originated the proceedings. James Wallace, shopman to Messrs, Perry and Lance, said, a few days ago M'Callan ellue into the shop and inquired for Mr. Perry. witness said, he was Mr. Perry. The informer called him by an opprobrious epithet, and stir. l ., your name is Wallace. Witness said, in lir. Perry's absence, he took Mr. Perry's place, and be should therefore be glad to be informed of his busi ness. M'C a ll aa sa id , O h, you know very well - ;flat I want. Witne ss answere d , h e really dil - not. Oh yprofessiones, you do, r e pli e d M`C allan. Gentl.P.anen o f our must be supported, you kne:„. r . then pulled Perry,ionutt e r a e s c t a , rwd,i adding,t w h h a ieh s igi;ne h qi e fiue s ea a s n i t d ot) ,eh,o,anttthatai the e e d tcha t er n d e pbr c ei ore cge r i wasveetn htoa rates l fl-fa o r.. f guinea. The value of the card might be About one half penny. Witness gm the card to Dir. perry and iu a short time afterwards M'Callan came again to the shop and asked about the card. Witness told him he would be very plain with him. Mr. Perry had seen the card, and hail, in reply to the message, told witness to tell M'Callan he would have nothing at all to do with him. M'Callan demanded the return of the card, but witness said he would keep it for his own satisfaction. M'Callan, after much abuse, left the shop, with a threat that Mr. Perry should soon hear from him nein. The transac tion referred to in the present information took place after this occurrence. Witness recollected the pledge being redeemed, and would swear that only fourpence was taken as interest. The ticket now produced had fourpence marked on it in witness's handwriting. This endorsement was made at the time of redemption. M'Callan said the defendants had been summoned to this Court and fined for taking too much interest before. The witness Wallace said his employers were sum moned by another common informer some months ago, and since that period he had received strict instructions to be very careful in charging correct interest. ¶ iM'Callan asked to be allowed to address the Court. He said he came forward as the protector of the lower orders, who were greatly imposed on by pawnbrokers. His attention had been called to the subject by a poor Irishwoman, who had been charged more interest than was legal, and he had revolved to take proceedings against all those he found offending. Mr. MeLeen , said the evidence produced in support of the information obliged him to dierniss the case. A second inforination for taking one farthing more than legal interest was next gone into, and sustained only by the evidence of Margaret Hezelton. The derence was not as complete as in the former case, as the ticket was not endorsed, and therefore Mr. Hum phreys could only:make a general denial of the allegation. Under the circumstances of the case Mr. MALTBY in flicted a fine of 205. , with 2s. costs. IARY LEBON E. This being the day appointed for the re-examination of Frederick William Kelly, better known by the appel lation of Captain Kelly, the Court was from an early hour thronged with parties, who, owing to the publicity which had been given to the former proceedings, were anxious to obtain a sight of the prisoner. The prisoner being again brought up, another charge was preferred against him by Mrs. Oakey, for stealing a gold watch, value 50 guineas, from her house. Mrs. Oalcey stated that she was a widow, and that one day in August last, and while the prisoner was her lodger, she missed a gold watch from her trunk in her room, and was therefore much alarmed. The prisoner, on coming down stairs soon after the discovery of her loss, said to her, " You look very pale, what's the matter?" She then told him she had lost her husband's watch. He went away, and finding on the next morning that he had not returned, she went into his room, when she missed the razor she had lent him. Mr. Driscoll, pawnbroker, Lower John-street, Golelen square, produced the gold case of a watch, pledged by the prisoner on the 4th of September last, fur 3/., in the name of John Wilson, 8, Boyle -street. Shortly after the pawning, he (prisoner), came again to the shop, stating that he had lost the ticket, and upon his applying to witness for a declaration to that effect, a printed form was delivered to him. Sergeant Gray produced the said declaration, which he found amongst other property, at the prisoner's apartments, in Boyle -street. Mrs. Oakey identified the case as being hers, and said that the watch of which it had formed a part had been in her family upwards of 40 years. Mr. RAWLINSON (to the prisoner)—l feel it my duty now to tell you, that you will be sent to Neegate for trial ; and that you are at liberty to say anything now or not, just as you may think proper. Whatever you do say will be taken down, and may be used either for or against you. You can now do as you like. Prisoner.—l know nothing about the watch. Mr. ItawanesoN read a letter which was addressed to him, the purport of which was, that a person answering the description of Kelly had some years ago obtained two valuable horses from parties living near Devizes. He represented himself to be a captain in the navy, and said that he was well known to Lord Grosvenor. Mr. Bardell, a wine and spirit merchant at Chatham, stepped forward, and said -that some time ago the pri soner and his so-called wife, took of Mrs. Richardson, Gad's-hill, Kent, a furnished cottage for three years ; the parties made their exit without paying any rent, and on their departure it was discovered that a great portion of the furniture had been broken up, probably fur fire wood, and the loss thus sustained was somewhat serious. Another gentleman said that the prisoner had ob tained from Messrs. Storr and Mortimer a quantity of plate and jewellery, which he took the earliest opportu nity of pled g ing; the tickets for the greater part thereof were subsequently obtained from him. A number of tradesmen from the country, who had for the most part credited the prisoner for goods obtained from them by the most artful representations, were not sworn, inasmuch as it was no doubt considered that they had not exercised that caution in their dealing with the prisoner which they ought to have done, The prisoner was fully committed for trial upon three charges. At five o'clock he was conveyed to prison in the Go vernment van. Edward Plowman, footman to Mr. Grimble, distiller, Albany-street, Regent's Park, was placed at tht2 bar, charged with h a ving been concerned- in stealing a quan tity of plate belonging to his master. The prisoner was remanded till Monday next. LAMBETH. After the night charges and the remanded cases had been disposed of, Benjamin Blown, the alleged railway projector. was placed at the bar, before Mr. Henry. fur further examination on a charge of having obtained from Mr. Joseph Jacobs the sum of 45/. in cash, and a bill of exchange, at three months' date, for 50/. Mr. Games appeared for the prosecution ; and a clerk from the office of Mr. Humphreys attended on behalf of the prisoner. The evidence taken on Saturday against the prisoner, the particulars of which appeared in The Sun of yester day, having been read by Mr. Gunn, the second clerk, the prosecutor was sworn to its truth. In his cross-examination by Mr. Humphrey's clerk he denied that he had written out the agreement which had been represented by him on S a t ur d ay . H e, h owever, admitted that, a ft er wilting it, the prisoner requested him to make a copy, as a counterpart, which was to be retained by the prisoner, and which he handed to the prisoner as soon as he had written it. Mr. HENRY (to the witness)---you did not mention a word of this on Saturday ; you said nothing about the existence of a counterpart of the agreement. Witness— No, sir ; I did not recollect it at the moment, ner had I been asked the question. Cross-examination continued—Th e 501. he paid to the prisoner was in gold, and the prisoner upon that ocea sion gave him 51. back, in advance of the salary he was to receive ; and also placed in his hands a bill of ex change for 95/. 10s., as a security. At this time he had not put his acceptance to the bill of exchange for 501., but in about a week after he met the prisoner in the City, and he took him to the Swan with Two Necks, in Lad-lane, and there got him to accept the bill. Mr. Humphrey's clerk here submitted that there was no proof of any intention on the part of the prisoner to defraad the complainant, and that being the ease, he had to apply for the discharge of the former. He would admit that the prisoner had 45/. in cash, and a bill of exchange for 50/. from the complainant, but then he placed in his hands as a security a b:11 of exchange for 954 los., and therefore the security held was larger in amount than the property parted with. Besides, the bill is net yet due. Mr. HENRY—It has been ascertained that the bill of which you speak is perfectly worthless, but that is not material. Here a representation is made by . the p r i soner that he is the proj ec t or o f one or two railways, on one or other ef which he engaged to give the prosecutor a situation. These railways he represents to have been regularly registered, and upon this last representation Jacobs is induced to part with his money and give his acceptance. Mr. Humphrey's cleric—No doubt he was induced to part with his money; but the question is, whether, until after the bill for 95/. placed in the prosecutor's bands is actually due and dishonoured, any criminal proceeding could be taken against the prisoner. Mr. HENRY remarked that that would clearly be a question for the jury. Great alterations had taken piece in the old law as regarded the offence of obtaining under false pretences. There could be no doubt that any party making use of representations which they knew to be false, and by that representation obtaining money, the party would bo liable to an indictment. the present case the prisoner had represented that which he knew t o be false, n ame l y , t h at certa i n ra il ways of which he had been the projector, were regularly registered, and by such representation bad obtained from the prosecutor 4.51. in gold, and a bill of exchange for 50/. more. It was quite clear, therefore, the case was one for the con sideration of a jury. Mr. Games observed that his Worship's view of the law, and the case was so clear, that he should not offer a single syllable respecting either at the present stage of the proceeding. H e s h ou l d content himsel f with calling one witness more, and after a brief e xamination he should pray his Worship to remand the prisoner to a future day. The Learned Gentleman here called 11Ir. Wm. Greet, who on Saturday represented himself as clerk to reitehey, an attorney, but who wished to correct this rgresenta tton by saying ha was merely employed occasionally by Mn Pelellny as a copying clerk, and therefore was not a clerk in his office. This witness said he had called at the fproper office to register railway undertakings in Sergeant's Inn, Fleet -street, and requested that a clerk should attend at this Court with the books of registry, but Was bid that no person from the office should attend ekeept in obedience to the request or summons of a magistrate. ' Mr. Games applied for a summons for the clerk to produce the books in question, as they would be abso lutely necessary, and the prisoner was remanded to a future day, On his (the prisoner) being removed from the bar, a yettng man entered the witness-box, and handing a large card to the usher in attendance, requested he would hand it to the magistrate, Mr. llEmrtY upon looking at the card, upon which the name of Mr. Francis Aguilar was handsdrnely engraved, asked the person in the witness-box what he wanted? Aguilar replied, that he was brother to Ur. Aguilar, whose name the prisoner Brown had given On Saturday, as his master, and ho b 4a caned to state that Mr. Brown had been emplOyed by his brother in his offices at 4, Charlotte-row, 1 1 4 44 ,4 0 n-house, 43 e , an(l ,34 oorgate-street, and i j ~ latter place permitted him to occupy his own private rooms, Mr. HENRY—How has the prisoner been employed ? Aguilar (with considerable nonchalance) —The same as I have been—as railwa,- inquirer. T Me. HENay—As I (I , :n't Lappen to 4.)11w rail way inquirer means, be good enough to explain it to me ? Aguilar—Oh, merely to inquire into the respec,- ability o those who have applied for letters of allotment for railwlty shares. We have been employed on several linos - for purpose, iG. b . il e_EM B E a 30 i MS. Jamcs Hogan, Anne Hogan, his wife, and William Barry, who stand charged with having, by violence, calved the death of Edmund Connell, were brought up before Mr. T. Paynter, for final examination. Inspector Havel', T division, on the prisoners being placed at the bar, informed the magistrate that on Saturday last an inquest was opened before Mr.Wakley, M.P., Coroner, on the body of the deceased, at the Coach and Horses public house, High-street, Kensington, the jury at which directed him to apply to the magistrate to issue an order for the prisoners to appear before them, for the purpose of identification by the witnesses at the resumption of the inquiry on Wednesday next, to which day it stood adjourned. Mr. PAINTER told the inspector to give his (the magis trate's) respects to the jury, and tell them that he she "Id readily meet their views if it were in his power to do so, as he should always be disposed to pay great attention to a request coming from a jury, but that, in fact, he had no more power to send a prisoner before a coroner's jury than to send him to any other part of the kingdom. The only power of a magistrate in that respect was to order any prisoner brought before him to the proper place of confinement, of which the choice did not rest with the magistrate. In case of a remand, indeed, the magis trate, instead of making the committal final, may couple it with a direction to bring up the prisoner again for further examination, but when he has once finally committed a p r i soner his power over him en tirely ceases. He further thought that unless the ends of justice imperatively required it, the prisoner would be put to great and endless pain and annoyance by subjecting him to a second preliminary examination. It struck him that there was a great deal of misconception as to the proper province of a coroner's jury, which is simply to inquire into the cause of death, without reference to a charge against any individual, over whom, in fact, nei ther the jury nor the coroner have any power, before their verdict be given, and then, indeed, the coroner has power to issue his warrant. The inquiry by the coro ner's jury was, in its institution chiefly fiscal, the object being to ascertain what rights had accrued to the Crown. The depositions of the witnesses wero then taken. The substance of the evidence appeared in our edition of Thursday last. The prisoners declined saying anything. Mr. PAINTER said he should commit the prisoners for manslaughter. They Were then committed to Newgate for trial. WANDS WORTH. Frederick Fitzgerald, a young man about eighteen years of age, was finally examined upon a charge of stealing a silver watch, a purse of money, and other pro. William Smith, a plasterer, living at NQ. 14, Union road, Clapham, stated that the prisoner, who was also a plasterer, lodged in the same house, aria shared com plainant's bed. On the night of the 18th prosecutor re tired to rest, hanging his watch up, as usual, at the head of the bed, and depositing his trousers at the foot. In his trousers' pockets were a purse containing 7s. 4d. in silver, and a pocket-knife worth 4s. About four o'clock the next morising ho was awoke by the prisoner getting out of bed. He saw him go to where his trousers lay, and apparently look for something. The prisoner after wards returned to the side of the bed, and prosecutor felt the guard of his watch drawn across his face. He watched the prisoner leave the apartment and enter the kitchen, in which he stayed two or three minutes, and then returned to bed. He lay still for a short time, and then throw something towards the fire-grate, which, by its fall, prosecutor knew to be his purse. He was now convinced he had been robbed, and no longer simulatinc , sleep, jumped up, stru c k a li g ht, an d ca ll e d up t h e land lord,' into whose charge he gave the prisoner whilst he went for a constable. The watch was afterwards found in the prisoner's pail in the back-kitchen, and the purse in the grate. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. THAMES. Edward TVaMer, 19 years of age, was brought before Mr. Broderip on remand, charged with burglariously breaking into , the house of Mr. John Sanderson, oil and colourman, in the night time, and stealing property to the amount of 201. therefrom. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor went to bed at one o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 21st instant. At that time the fastenings of the house were all made secure with the exception of the kitchen-shutter, which Mr. Sanderson would not speak to positively, but he knew the window was down. The same morning, at eight o'clock, the prosecutor's female servant called him, and said the house had been robbed. Mr. Sanderson dressed himself immediately, and found that some person had effected an entrance by the kitchen window. In the cupboard behind the shop a mahogany cupboard bad been forced open, and the prosecutor missed a silver jug, a gravy spoon, three dessert spoons, three table-spoons, seven tea-spoons, two pairs of sugar-tongs, and other silver articles. The till in the shop had also been wrenched open, and a few shillings in silver and copper moneys abstracted. The prosecutor also missed from the parlour a large mahogany work-box. By the activity of the police the prisoner was traced. On the morning the burglary was committed, about half past four o'clock, Plowrite, a police-constable, 106 K, saw three men come over a wooden fence into king -street, Poplar, from Mr. Holly's-field, adjacent to the Blackwell Railway. Plow rite was enabled to swear that the prisoner was one of the persons. The prisoner was taken into custody. In defence he said he had been working for his grandfather since the 9th instant, and slept in his house on the night of the burglary. Ultimately Mr. Broderip committed the pri soner for trial, and gave directions that the records of former convictions should be produced at the Central Criminal Court. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Business so miserably dullthaC;eshallnake no apo logy for confining our report to a list of the actual trans actions. CHESTER CUP. ,800 to 20 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn—taken ,000 to 15 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary—taken DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken to 1001. 15 o 1 agst Gen. Shubrick's Brocardo—take 16 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—take 40 to 1 2,000 to 50 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Wrefurd's West Countryman—taken 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—taken 9to 1 agst Forth's lot. OAKS. ISLE or WIGRT.—A ferocious assault was com mitted on the evening of Saturday last, by some person as yet unhnown, on the person of Mr. Williams, the re spected host of the Sloop Inn, at Wooton-bridge. Whilst passing Fern-hill, on his way home, he received a tre mendous blow on the forehead, from a bludgeon, which levelled him to the earth, and deprived him of his senses, but for how long a period he was unable to ascertain. When sufficiently recovered, he crawled home in a most dreadful exhausted state, having lost a considerable quantity of blood. It is supposed that one of two men who jumped over the hedge, and administered the blow, mistook him for a gamekeeper (having a gun in his hand), as no other motive can be assigned for the diabolical act, no attempt at robbery having followed the at t ack.-.--Hampshire Independent. COPPER MINE IN DORCIIESTER.—The copper mine onlyga t r e Broomfiel d , s r ti o nw o g i e n lvm fi e e o. l ha d to, twelve- h orse about five fi u e rs, I miles from this town, is pro- With a steam-engine of and at the depth of no more than 14 feet from the surface of the ground, a tun of capital ore is r a i se d f rom a very small shaft, at every six feet depth of working, and this, without pursuing the load of ore horizontally. As it is well known by scientific geologists and practical miners, that every in creased foot of working in depth adds to the propor tionate eXcellence of the ore, both as to quantity and quality, this enterprise promises to be one of extraor dinary promise. The load is near five feet in width. The present engine in work, it is supposed, will carry the operations down to 40 fathoms below the adit level, When an engine of augmented power will become neces sary. A considerable number of additional miners are about to be engaged, and the undertaking altogether presents the most decisive evidence of ulterior prosperity. Dorset Chronicle. Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re gisteAd Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our climate, forming, as it now does, net only the sine qea non of the railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for any gentleman taking out-door exercise. It may be said distinctly to mark the costume of the nineteenth century, if that is rightly called marked which is only conspicuous for an unpretending aria ergCefrtl bearer, the wearer feeling co much at ease. Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised highly, and is also a general public favourite, being so peculiarly English, and EVioiding all foreign extravagance of style. It must be ac knowledged as a vast improvement over the old great coat, associated in our remembrance with an uncomfortable sensa tion of tight buttenings, which, from its very clumsiness, defeated its object, the warmth of the person, as interfering with the proper circulation of the blood. The principal hues are black, blue, brown, and olive; also the clerical mixture called Oxford, and can be had of the patentees, or only of the most respectable clothiers out of London. Every winter paletot is three guineas, and is stampted in the lining with the words, " Registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. 11. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, Lendun. ANDovili UN111:N, DEt;. 2;".—On Thursday last, . Chritrtnr, idiatites of the Ando , -,::r Frhr , n were plentifully regaled with roast beef, pudding, and ale, which was provided for them by subscription. A number of the principal tradesmen sat down after dinner with the paupers; toasts were drank, and amongst them that of the health of Mr. Blyth, the new goyernov—Hampshire ,gtdvertiser Mr. HENRY-- , ne so good as to mention the particular lines. Aguilar—l have been employed on the Irish West Coast Railway, the Great Welsh Junction, and several Jamaica lines. Mr. HENRY—I perceive your card is without an ad dre6s. Where do you reside ? Aguilar—Oh, my re sidence is at 48, Frances-street, Newington. Mr. Games—Now, Mr. Aguilar, are you a railway projector ?—No, but my brother is. Mr. Games—Do you know of your own knowledge whether your brother or any other person projected such a line as the Prince of Wales's Oxford and London Rail way ? Aguilar—No, Ido not. Mr. Games—Have you ever heard of such a lino at all? Aguilar—No, I have not; but I know this, that the prisoner gave my brother notice to leave his service on the 11th of next month, to attend to a line or two of rail ways which he was about to project. Mr. Games--Yes, which he was to project; but they are in embryo at present. Mr. HENRY—It has been stated that you had been a constable in the K division of police. Is that the case? Aguilar—Yes, your Worship, I did belong to that fore( fur a short time. Mr. HENny—Nlay I ask whether you left the force of your own accord, or h'd been discharged. Aguilar—l left of my own accord, sir. Aguilar then made his exit, HAJIMERSIVITH. PROFESSOR WILSON, Like Leviathan, he lies floating many a rood.' Whether we view him as the generous, copious, acute, and ardent critic—as the pathetic and most eloquent lecturer—as the tender poet—as the popular and poWerful tale writer—as the fervid politician —as the kindly man—we have before us one of the most remarkable, and, next to Brougham, the cleverest man of the nineteenth century. It is probable, indeed, that the very variety and versati lity of Wilson's powers have done him an injury in the estimation of many. They can hardly believe that an actor, who can play so many parts, is perfect in all. Because he is, confessedly, one of the most eloquent of men, it is doubted if he can be profound ; because he is a poet, he must be a shallow metaphysician—because he is the editor of Blackwood, he must be an inefficient Professor. There are ' more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in their philosophy.' There is such a thing on this round earth, though not, perhaps, within the categories of their limited and false theories, as dif fusion along with depth, as the versatile and vigorous mind of a man of genius mastering a multitude of topics, while they are blunderingly acquiring one—as a man multiplying himself among mankind, the Proteus of their taientr, and proving that the Voltarian activity of brain has been severed, in one splendid instance at least, from the Voltarian sneer, and the Voltarian shallow ness. Such an instance as that of our illustrious Profes sor, who is ready for every tack—who can, at one time, scorch a poetaster to a 'cinder, at another cast illumina tion into the dark deep holds' of a moral question, by a glance of his genius; at one time dash off the picture of a Highland glen, with the force of a Salvator, at another, lay bare the anatomy of a passion with the pre cision and the power of an Angelo—write, now the sweetest verse, and now the most energetic pr ose — now let slip, from his spirit, a single star, like the evening cloud,' and now unfurl a Noctes npon the wondering world—now paint Avarice till his audience are dying with laughter, and now Emulation and Sympathy till they are choked with tears—write now, The Elder's Deathbed,' and now the Address to a Wild Deer'—be equally at home in describing the sufferings of an orphan girl, and the undressing of a dead Quaker by a congre gation of ravens, under the brow of Helvellyn." When we attended the Burns's festival at Ayr, in September, 1844, and saw the Professor on the plat form, distinguished amongst every one there by his fine manly form, and old lion-like countenance, among the crowd of thoughts which fillei our mind on that occasion, the idea struck us, what a powerful demagogue he would have made lad he chosen to make — himself a leader of the people. His noble pre sence even would have captivated the mob. But his mind is too refined—too well educated—too high toned to permit of his descending to the vulgar arts — the claptrap and cajolery—by which the favour o f the . _ - - : multitude is secured and which designing men resort to for their own selfish ends. As the first who nailed his flag to the mast when Conservatism was reckoned hopeless, and who has all along been the able and unflinching champion of that cause, old Christopher will be respected even by his political foes, though his own party may forget or may refuse to acknowledge the man who fought their battles, and to whom they are in the greatest degree indebted for their ascendancy now in the Government of the country. COLLISION AT SEA AND LOSS OF THE PARSEE STEAMER. (From the Overland Bom&ay Courier of Dec. 1.) We regret to announce the total loss of the Parsee, steamer, by a collision with the Sir James Carnac, on the night of Saturday, the 28th instant, but fortunately without loss of life. The Carnac was on her way from Bombay to Tankaria Bunder, and the Parsee was re turning the same route, with a cargo of upwards of 500 chests of opium, and a large number of native passengers on board. The collision took place in about 20 degrees north latitude, and 10 or 12 miles from the shore. We are authentically informed that the circumstances were as follows • A few minutes before eleven on Saturday cven.!ng the I passengers below were aroused by sounds of confusion, • and loud cries of " stop her," " stop her," and in a few , seconds the collision took place. We cannot say anything regarding the look out, which will probably form an im portant question at a future time; but it appears that both vessels had lights hung out, and that as soon as they were seen from each other the Carnac put her helm a-port, and the Parsee hers a starboard, both therefore ran in towards the shore, and before the course of either could be altered or the speed slackened a collision be came inevitable. The Carnac ran into the Parsee on the starboarl side just abaft the foremast, cutting her side completely through. The foremast of the Parsee was carried away by the bowsprit of the Carnac, and imme diately fell on the deck among the passengers, but pro videntially without hurting any one. It was at once perceived that the fate of the Parsee was sealed, and her passengers and crew immediately took advantage of the contact of the vessels to rush on board the Carnac for safety; but even here danger awaited them, for the two vessels had become so entangled with each other that great fears were entertained they could not be se parated, and that both would go down together ; more over, it was conjectured that the Carnac herself might have received some serious damage, or that the Parsee's boilers might have been injured, and an explosion ensue; in either of which cases the consequences might have been frightful. During this interval of suspense, the confusion and noise were extreme, and it was only by much firmness and presence of mind that the two captains could make their commands be obeyed and restore order on board. At length, after an expiry of eight or ten minutes from the time of the collision, the head of the Carnac was cut free and the engines backed astern, leaving the devoted Parsee to her fate. She filled rapidly, and in about five minutes from the time the other vessel was free from her, went down head foremost. As far as could be ascertained at the time the Carnac had received no serious injury beyond the loss of her bowsprit and cutwater, and a trifling damage to her sheathing; but as a matter of precaution the captain deemed it advisable to put back, and arrived safely in Bombay at ten o'clock on Sunday morning. It is worthy of remark that immediately upon the collision, when fear was entertained for the boilers of the Parsee, the engineer, a native, with the most praiseworthy sagacity and presence of mind, took the precaution of fastening the safety-valve so as to leave it open before he left the vessel. We much regret to add that the cargo of opium on board the Parsee (valued at seven lacs of rupees) was not insured ; but we do not know to a certainty upon whom this heavy loss will fall. The vessel herself was also uninsured. She was much lighter than the Carnac. Had they been of equal size, or had the prow of the lighter i.ess-',l vuti into the sides of the heavier one, pro bably both would barn been lost. The Earl of Dalhousie has arrived in town from a visit to the Duke of Wellington at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. AND HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN OF PAISLEY. (From a Correspondent.) We rejoice to find that thehonours - which will yet be heaped on the Old Cock of the North are not all, as has so often been the case with men of genius, to • be of a posthumous kind;—but while yet alive, and hale and hearty, he is about to receive a renewed proof of the esteem and admiration in which he is held, as the foremost man in all the land, in point of genius and literary ability. It is shows, that Professor Wilson is a native of Paisley. Ten years ago the professor was entertained at a public dinner. in Paisley, which was attended by all the lovers of literature, and admirers of genius, in the west of Scotland. In the course of the decade which has elapsed, the professor has trod another of the seven stages of life's pilgrimage, and his towns men are again about to honour him. With great appropriateness, they some time ago employed another gifted townsman namely, Mr. James Fillans, one of the most talented, and rising sculptors of the day, to execute a bust of the Professor, which is now com pleted, and is to be placed in one of the niches of the coffee-room, or principal reading room of the town, or in the council-room, or town-hall. It is cut out of the finest marble, and is not only a correct and striking likeness, but it is a magnificent work of art, worthy alike of the distinguished man who is the subject of it, and of the rising celebrity of the artist. It has called forth the following beautiful lines by Mr. Andrew Pask, of Glasgow SONNET ON PROFESSOR WILSON'S BUST, EXECUTED BY FILLANS FOR THE WORTHY PEOPLE OF PAISLEY. How like a lion in quiescent might The noble-soul'd "Old Christopher" appears ! The mental glory of internal light Smiles beautiful amid his ripening years. No petty meanness—no flesh-shapen fears O'ercast the expressive firmness of his face ; His brow, a dome of thought, majestic rears ; His eye a thousand fancies seems to trace ; His flowing locks curl round a neck of grace, And all the aspect of his form is power— A manliness that age cannot displace ; Fresh and unbending as in youth's gay hour ! The heathens had their gods, and, Scotland, thou May'st trace as proud a form in living Wilson now ! We honour the Professor. He is none of your namby-pamy geniuses. No ! He stands out like one of Homer's heroes in high relief amongst his fellow men. His fine lion-looking head—all he says, writes, and does—all denote power. To such a man we naturally pay homage. Two and twenty years ago the writer of this notice entered as an alumnus "of the university of Edinburgh, and became a pupil in the Moral Philosophy class, under the Professor. We dare say the Professor never tcok account of it, and does not remember it, but till this day we owe him one guinea, as the balance of the fee we paid on entering, which we supposed at the time to be three guineas in place of four. Why this has never been paid we can hardly say, unless it be that we never felt that the cash payment nequs had anything to do with the ground on which our acquaintanceship with the Professor was formed, or the occasional intercourse we have had with him since. Why do we choose to mention this circumstance now ? Simply to let him know his old pupil is not a repu diator, and because it. is right it should be known the Professor does not drive bard bargains with poor students, who may happen to be "scant o' cash." We have alighted on the following eloquent descrip tion of the Professor, which is extracted from Gil fillan's Literary ortraits," and which pourtrays him with a powerful hand : "John Wilson is a host, he is a continent in hi mse lf. _ _ DUTCH' AND FLANDERS MAILS THE HAGtrE, DEC. 26.—Tbe overland dispatches from Java to the Ist of November state, tranquillity prevails in all parts of our India possessions. The coffee crop seems likely to be more unfavourable than was expected. It is thought there will be a deficiency of ,345,000 picots. The Governor-General had delivered bills of exchange on the colonial department, to the amount of 1,000,000 florins. The..nourse of exchange had risen in conse quence to 90 cents. We extract from the papers the following particulars of an earlier date : "On the 27th of July, the French ship La Jenne Sophia, Captain J. Z. Doler, bound from Samurais to Nantes, was wrecked near Krawang, on the north-coast of Java. his Majesty's steamer Bromo was immediately dispatched from Batavia, with some other vessels, to afford assistance ; but could only save a small part of the cargo, consisting of coffee and indigo." Another native vessel has been wrecked and plun dered on the coast of Bali. The continual violation of the treaties concluded with the Princes of Bati, will probably lead to the adoption of serious measures for the protection of navigation and commerce. })is Majesty's schooner, the Dolphin, and two bolts had been sent to Singe, to inquire into the circumstance of the plunder ivg of a government vessel, near Banes, the result of vv ii„ , .:ll was, the giving up of one Intre Mantel, who has b een known for many years as one of the chief protec tors of the pirates. Some villages in which the pro perty was &posited were destroyed, and four persons in whose possosiun it was found were arrested. Her Britannic Jilajesty's brig the Spy, arrived at the end of July at rnnor, having on board thirty persons belonging to the Eugh,,:h ship the Maid of Athens, and the Coringa packet, wrecked at Torres Straits, and like wise some men from a wrecked French whaler, name not known. Eight of them were left for want of room at Timor Koepang, whence they were sent to Java, on board the 3 overnment steamer Mecapi. On the of July, the Prince of Tetto, Larioe Krueng Karaujka, died in Celebe. The Prince of Goa had soli cited the Government to cede to him its =sight to that dis trict, which was contrary to the interest of the Govern ment. THE HAGUE, DEC. 25.—1 t is said that Lieutenant General Duke of Saxe Weimer, will shortly have the command of a division of Infantry. On the morning of the King's birthday, his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange presented to his Majesty a plan for establishing a military hospital for 1,400 invalids and wounded men. We learn that the plan was very favourably received by his Majesty.—Dutch Papers. BauisEis, I)Ec. 25.-- - -The Senate, in its sitting yes terday, adopted several projects of law relative to votes of credit, and discussed the whole of the budget of ways and means. • The price of corn at Brussels on Wednesday was rather lower than in the preceding market. There were sold 543 sacks of Wheat, at 11E 40. per demi-hectoli -tre ; 36 sacks of Rye, at 9f. 14c. ; Barley 6f. 60e. ; and Oats, 4E 96c. The potato market is become daily of less importance. A few retailers are now almost the only purchasers in the market. Oa Wednesday only 60 sacks were on sale, at the average price of 15f. for 100 kilogrammes. The environs of Brussels are infested by dangerous bands of beggars. DUTCH FUNDS.—AusTzanAm, DEO. 24. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 23% per Cent.. ••••• • • • • 6014 60% Eitto, 3 per Cent •• • • •••• ••••• • • • • • 73 73% Ditto, 4 per Cent •• • ••••••• •••• • • • • 94 94% Amort Syndic, 434 per Cent.......... Ditto, 3% per Cent.. . Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • • 161% 162% East India Loan, 4 per Cent........ • . 93% 943 Exchange on London, at sight ........ Two months. • • Oil Hamburgh, at sight •• • • Two m0nth5........• • • .• On Paris ..... Twomonths....• • • ... —Dutch Papers, Dec. 27. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beamx, DM 22. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent ••••••• • • • • • •• 96% 97% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent• ••• • . Foreign Exchanges• • • . •• • • •• • • .. •• • • • • • • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Months. 6 24% 6 24% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months •••••• • •. 80 1-12 —Universal Prussian Gazette, Dec. 24. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vrztott, Disc. 19. S per Cent. Metalliques• ••• • • ••• • .• 11l 5-16 4 per Cent. (litte • • .• 100 X 3 per Cent. ••••• • • • • 76 Loan, 1834 • •• ••••••• • .• • • • • 16035 Ditto, 1838 . Bank Shares . Esterhazy's Loan ........ . •....... RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ... Gloggnitx .............. Vienna—Milan .• • .. . • Leghorn • ............. Sienna ........ Grosetto .............. Oldenburg Pestoia • • • • .... • • • • .... -Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 22. "••.. 18414 137% 11*% ..... - ••• 106 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead and Hotr head Junction, 20s. dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Ch shire, 414 p.-Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% p.-Ba6' ton, Newark, and Sheffield, par-Boston, Stamford, and Bit• mingham, 2s. p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 49 1 / 2 -Ditto, Nor 201. Shares, 10s. p.-Clitheroe Junction, 12s. 6d. p.-De s by and Crewe, 3 1 / 2 p.-Eastern Counties, 21 1 / 2 -Ditto, Nem Shares, 7 1 / 2 -East Lancashire, No. 2, sq p.-East Lineob3- shire, 1% p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares,lB4 p.-Grand Junction, 249-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 36 1 4. pp:. Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 36 1 / 2 'p.-Ditto, Eighth Shares,ll , p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 24 p/ Great North of England, New Stock, 45 p.-Great Westei 4 ' Quarter Shares, 15% p.-Goole and Doncaster, 10s. p- - ' Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 5 p.-Liverpool and Leek Direct, 2s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 2 p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 P' -London and Birmingham, 223-Ditto, Fifth Shat'! s ' 28 1 4 p.-London and Manchester (Remington), 15 9 ' dis.-Ditto (Rastrick), IAI du.-Direct Northern, 90. 3d. dis.- Leeds and Thirsk, 3% p.-Manchest , o Midland, and Great Grimsby, 14s. p.-Manchester and Leeds, Extension Shares, 6 1 4 p.-Manchester and Southamp • ton, 1 1 ,i p.-Matlock and Midland, 23 E 1-Midland, 157 1 / 2 -* Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 p.-Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 125-Northumberland and Lancashire, 12s. dill -North Union (A), 217-North Staffordshire, 44 p.-North Western, 2 p.-Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 1($- p.-Preston and Wyre, 34-Sheffield and Manchester, Quar ter Shares, 6 1 / 2 p.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 4 p. --Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, 16$. 6d. p.-South-Eastern and Dover, 40-Ditto, New Share* No. I, 4 1 / 2 p.-Ditto, New Shares, No. 2,4% p.-Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, Half Shares, 1 1 4 p.-South Midland, 4 p.-'Tan and Dove Valley, 2s. 6d. p.-West Riding Union, 6 p.-York and Lancaster, 20s. dis.-Belfast and Ballymentio 2s. 6d. dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 3% p.-Great Luxemburg, 13 dis.-Great Paris and Lyon, ss. p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2%-Cambridge and Lincoln, 314-Ditto, New, 3 1 4-Dudley, Iron Bridge, &0., 23-East Lancashire, No. 2, 9%-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 328.-Grand Union, l %-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 18-Lan cashire and .North Yorkshire, 475.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 1714 -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, _5-• Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 978-Man chester and Leeds, Fifths, 14 1 4-Ditto, Extension, 61. 125. -Manchester and Southampton, 3-North Staffordshire , 61. 75.-Preston and Wyre Extension, 1-Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. I, 15-Ditto, Quarters, No. 3, 6.74- -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 4 1 4-Shropshire Union, 42 5 . -South-Eastern and Dover, 38%-Ditto, Consolidated, Ma 3, 1214-Ditto, Halves, 3/. 1 ls.-Welsh Midland, 2 1 3'. LEEDS, Dr.. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 224—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 10—Leeds and Bradford, 55—Leeds and Dewsbury, 18—Ditto, Nevr Shares, 614 3 —Leeds and Thirsk, 10%—Newcastle and Ber wick, 15—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 31. IL—Ox ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 14—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 31,4—London and Y or k, 44—Cambridge and Lincoln, 31. 3s. 6d.—Direct Northern, 2 1 . Is.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 11 /—West Riding Union, Lancashire and North Yorkshire, ss. p.—Lancashire, York shire, and North Eastern, 10s. dis.—Leicester and Birming ham, ss. p.—Leicester and Bedford, 11s. p.—Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle Junction, 44—Manchester ' Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3—Northumberland and Lancashire : Junction, 12s. dis.—North Western, 3N—South Midlands, p.—Wakefield and Harrogate, 2js p.—York and Car lisle, 2 1 / 4 . HILL, DIC. 29. S TOCK E, - ;CIIANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn Darwen, 1 4 and Bolton, 7—North British (Carlisle), 3 1 ,A—Ditto (Dal keith), 6—lludiey, %iadelev, and Iron Bridge, 1 7 / B —East Lincolnshire, 2/. Bs. :id.—Grand Union, I%—Leicester and Birmingham, 22s.—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 2—South Midland, 5/. 7s. YORK, Dec. 29. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar lington, Brandling, 61—York and North Midland Extension, 30—Newcastle and Berwick, 14%—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3q—London and York, 4%—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 4%. BRISTOL, DEC. 29. SToctc ExcrrANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter. New, 8 1 Z—Caledonian, 14 1 A. EXETER, DEC. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, B—South Wales, 4—Eastern Counties, New, 7lq p. BIRTHS. On the 27th inst., in Portland-place, the Countess of March, of a son and heir. On filo 26th inst., at Clifton, the Lady Teignmouth, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., the wife of John Scott, Esq., surgeon, High-street, Camden-town, of a son. On Christmas-day, at the Vicarage, Chatteris, Cambridge shire, of a son, the lady of the Rev. M. A. Gathercole, Vicar of Chatteris. On the 25th inst., at Walmer, the lady of Major Wade, C. 8., 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Upper Norsvcod, the wife of H. E. Goodhall, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., at Fenton House, Hampstead, the lady of Thomas Turner, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 23d inst , at Coggeshall, Essex, Richard Archer Wallington, solicitor. Warwick, to Emily Marianne, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Swinborne, of Coggeshall. On the 27th inst., at Christchurch, Argyll-square, Henry Bateman, Esq., of Islington-green, to Elizabeth Helen, eldest daughter of Bernard M. Senior, Esq., of Compton Lodge, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. DIET), On the 24th inst., at the Rectors-, Settrington, Yorkshire, the Rev. Henry John Todd, M.A., hector of Settrington. On the 22d inst., at Ramsgate, Mr. John Powell Kcal!. On the 23d inst., at Guernsey, Miss Elizabeth Le Merchant. On the 25th inst., Eliza Ashton, the wife of J. Beardmore Wathen, Esq., of Torrington-square. On the 26th inst., at Bancroft's Hospital, William Dan ford, the infant son of the Rev. R. Thomas. On the 26th inQt., at Brixton-hill ; Surrey, Wi!li...trn Crookall Hooter, Esq., aged Fl. 27th Uirr . t., at Elizabeth-place, - We.itininster-road, Geurge 'Medley, 4;;;(1 7t3. London : Printed and Published by AIURDO YOUNG-, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun. Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Mddleges, Tligiclith Decelabir ‘O, 1445. ~- t