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threatening and so likely to produce permanent and incalculable mischief ? An attack thus in front and an attack thus in the rear, as the landlords have been attacked, shall we not soon see a capitulation ? (Hear, hear.) I say we shall ; but it will not be an honourable capitulation.—(Hear, hear.) No ; for men who have basely betrayed their country—who have thus sold its dearest interests—who have thus placed the iron hGof of monopoly upon the dearest welfare of their countrymen, there could be no ho nourable capitulation—their surrender must be dis dishonourable as their conduct has been disgraceful. —(Cheers.) Now the Anti-Corn-law League asks still further the support and confidence of the coun try. You have a right, therefore, to ask what has been our past policy—whether our policy hitherto has been such as to make it likely that we shall suc ceed at some future time? Our past policy has been peaceful.—(Hear, hear.) The landlords and mono . pelists have said that we have instigated to sedition and rebellion. They are false in this as on all the grounds on which they base their monopoly—we never did instigate to sedition or to rebellion. He appealed to the reason of our countrymen— to their sense of justice—and that appeal has been answered in a wonderful manner. Has our past policy accomplished anything ? I say much ; and th;s meeting affords me a proof of it ; and the interest which has been taken in our proceedings in the metro polis is a convincing proof of it. Look, for instance, at the City of London. You have two men returned by it who vote for the sliding-scale. You have one who prefers a fixed duty, but does not exactly see his way to vote on our side when the question of total repeal is brought forward. You have another, when he came into Parliament was said to have demon - strated the great fact that the City of London was against monopoly. Now we intend, at the next elec tion, the City shall send four men to Parliament pledged to vote for free trade. The men who, by their property and station in the City, must be sup posed likely to become leaders of the free trade party, ' refused the honour which was tendered them. Weil, somebody else must be selected to lead. We have a plan to propose. It is, that the great middle class amongst the electors of the City of London should organise some plan of intercourse with each other, altogether scorning the efforts of the monopolists, and repudiating the time-serving policy of the men who do not know which side to choose. I propose that we should take a decided course upon this question, and insist upon free trade opinion in the City of London being represented in the Com mons House of Parliament. It may easily be done. No man who goes through the streets—no man who rides, day after day, in an omnibus, or who passes along the river in a steamer, hut can fail to be con vinced that five-sixths —aye, nine -tenths, of the opi nion in . the City of London is in favour of the measures of the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Hear:) We will use moral means in future. The assertors of great national rights should be the very last persons to commit wrong. Of such rights we hold ourselves to be the assertors, and we would gain them, if possible, by the peaceful means which we have hitherto adopted. If you come to force in any matter of this description, why, then the struggle is decided by force, or by the chapter of accidents in the field ; both are upon a level ; but keep to reason, to the sense of justice, to the consciences of men, • appeal 'to this great, and, in the long run, unerring tribunal ; and then every blow you give tells, every speech you make, every article you print, every fact you bring forward, is a thrust which the enemy cannot parry, and you go on conquering and to conquer. Why, we are winning now.—(Cheers.) Who doubts it ? The fie yields at every point—the spoiler is abashed—and it will not be long before the rout is complete. No man whom I have met with supposes it possible that the corn-laws could , be maintained for any long period.—(llear, hear.) If things were worse, we should not despair—we have never despaired yet.—(Cheers.) If we had been men who were sub ject to this feeling, we should not now be in the seventh year of the League's existence, with more determination and confidence than we ever felt at any former period. My hope is brighter than ever—my faith is undimmed by the slightest shadow of a doubt. There is everything to betoken final triumph.—(Loud applause.) He must have read very little history who does not know that liberty is triumphing. There is more liberty and more justice in the world now, than there has been at any former period. The oppressor is now cowed ani abnshed ; he does not come amongst us with force and violence, but insidiously and treacherously ; he wraps his chains in chaplets of flowers. when he would Enslave his fellow-men.—(Cheers.) Yes, free dom is Heaven's first gift to man ; it is his heritage ; Le has it by charter from heaven ; and notwithstand ing the length of the struggle, it is still living, breathing, and flourishing in its strength. But bear in mind, that precious and excellent as liberty is, there are certain conditions by which alone it can be obtained and secured. You must rely upon _yourselves for it. Liberty is too precious a thing— too sacred to be trusted to the keeping of another man. Be the guardians of your own rights and your own liberties. Make the struggle a matter of business—make it a question as impor tant as that of providing food for your family. What is it but this. It is the liberty to live for what we struggle ; it is the liberty to eat our bread by the sweat of our brow; it is the liberty which was given to us by the primeval curse—and shall man make that curse more bitter to his fellow-man ?• (Cheers.) No. Instead of despairing, I have more of confidence and more of faith than evc.r. I believe that those old delusions, which like verminous an I filthy rags, have disfigured the fair form of our coun try's greatness, are fast dropping away. I think I behold the dawn of a better day. We stand, so far as I can judge, upon the very threshold of a new career, when I trust it may he said that this League —this great confederacy of all those who love justice and bate oppression—has spread broad cast over this land a seed from which shall spring, ere long, a glorious harvest of true greatness for one country, and of permanent happiness for man kind.—(lmmense cheering followed the conclusion of his Speech.) The a sembly then dispersed. CAUTION.—The licensed victuallers in the neigh bourhood of Islington have for a considerable time been victimised by the following means :—lt appears that a tall f llow, accompanied by a female of almost equal sta ire, enter the house as if just from a long journey; a glass of mixed liquor is ordered, and, in the course of d •h.king, a request is made for a steak or chop, &c. Wh river the request has been acceded to, the parties have inra iably made off during the progress of cooking, with glasses, spoons, and, in several cases, even with spittoons, pipe -rests, and any other available article. Tuesday, the landlord of the Kenilworth Castle, in the North-road, was robbed of three tumblers and an eight day clock; it is suspected by the same individuals. THE PANDORA.—The race of Brownies does not tedong exclusively to Scotland. In Normandy, this useful little community is or was (for utilitarianism has hunted out the fairy folk from all their strongholds, and farmer's lads and lasses read penny magazines, and never fancy their labours lightened by any such sweet delu sions) known by the name of esprits servans. They were dwarfs, but they worked far more unremittingly than the stalwart children of earth. They delighted in rural eccupations. They would share the labours of the reapers at harvest time, help the maidens to gather apples, and the lads to garden—of course always remain. iug invisible to mortal eyes. They would bring back the stray cattle to the fold, wad during the long winter evening; they would come and sit amidst fishermen and shepherds, and close the useful labours of the day by spinning flax. When they depart, they fling a hall of flax out of winnow, and the thread unrolls itself in an upward direction, and serves as a railway to conduct them back to the regions of the air. PRIZE FIGHT FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.— On Tues 1 y the contest between the well known pu gilists, Harry Broome and Joe Rowe, came off near Gravesend. This was the second appearance of Broome, the first fight having been with Mason. Rowe has figured in the ring on several occasions, and dis played great courage and science. The weight of the men was limited to ten stone five pounds. and it was arranged that steam-boats should be provided to convey the combatants and their respective f r i en d s to t h e appointed locality. In accordance with this agree ment, they left Hungerford-pirer with a large number of the pugilistic school, and duly arriving at their destination, a ring was formed, and the neces • cessary preliminaries completed, the spectators amount ing to three thousand. The men stripped and shook hands, and operations were commenced with much cau tion, both men evidently waiting the attack. The first round occupied eleven minutes. The men then began with spirit. They contended with much coyness till the ninth round, when both men exerted all their energies, and fought with g reat desperation, both receiving much pu nishment. They kept up the contest three hours and seven minute , , when there being but little probability of the battle terminating before dark, the friends of the men interposed, and the fight was adjourned. In bet ting, 5 to 4 were laid on Broome to a large amount. Simmonds and Hannan were the seconds for Broome, an] Turner and Sambo did the needful for Rowe. Broome drew tint blood, and Rowe gave the first knock-dowt blow, up •n which there was much money speculated. THE IlArn.—Of the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of 'the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period ; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair. are too well known and appreciated to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au thorities which stain') its superior excellence and title over all attempts of a similar nature. Being univ ersa ll y pref e rred, its consequent great del - nand . excites the cu pidit y o f un principlea shopkeepe who vend the most spurious trash aki the " genuine" Macassar a• : whereas the genuine article is wholly the andinventionnsaproperty of A. Rowland and Son, and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders abortive any attempt to discover its cemponent parts--thu, proving tho impositio n o 1 Th,a other articles bearing the title article has the words of " Macassar oil." " Rowlaud's Macassar Oil' _ I 0, the fraudule , ` counterfeits: v(rarPer•---411 others are rn SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12 1344. IRELAND. i ward, and contented themselves with abuse of him REPEAL ASSOCIATION. ; personally. Another portion of the press that as- DUBLIN, DEC. 9.—The weekly meeting of the Re s 'sailed him was the English pressr—(Hear,' hear.) peal Association was held at the Conciliation Hall, The Morning Advertiser accused him of inconsis to-day, and was as usual very numerously attended. tency. It was an honest paper, neither -Whi g nor Mr. O'Connell arrived shortly after one o'clock, and Tory, and it promulgated the sentiments of an honest was received with loud and enthusiastic applause. On and , numerous class of individuals, whose property it the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, I was. That paper accused him of inconsistency in Mr. Henry Grattan, M.P., took the chair, amidst giving up repeal for federalism. It was rather hard loud cheers. that such a charge should h ave b een ma d e aga i nst - The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the honour , him, when his letter of the 2d of .October could not done him. He said he never hoped or wished to be a I have been read by the writer. He had, in that let leader in a bad cause, and he never would be a de- iter, distinctly stated that he would require the re serter in a good one. If he were asked what brought storation of the Irish kingdom, under their present him there that day, his reply would be that he came 'Sovereign, and the reconstruction of the Irish Houses to discharge a public duty, and in doing so he should of Lords and Commons, before the question of fede at the same time congratulate the country on the , ralism could be adopted. In fact, a s D r . M aunse ll, spirit of friendliness, of beni gn ity, and of nationality, ; who made the excellent speech in the corporation which was fast increasing throughout -the land.— ; and even the Exami ner a d m itt e d, h e a b an d one d (Hear, hear.) The north, the south, the east, and the I nothing, but that he looked for 20s. in the pound of west were all beginning to understand that the best j the debt due to Ireland, and then expressed his wil. and most useful thing an Irishman could do was to lingness to take 10s. more in addition. That excel take his countryman by the hand, and no matter what lent periodical, Tait's Magazine, which he considered his creed or caste might be, to assist him cordially i n nearly the abl e st an d _be s t o f th e mont hl y publi forwarding the interests f their common country. I cations, admitted the same thing. The Morning He would wish to see that spirit pervade her Ma- Chronicle had, to_ be sure, come out upon him on jesty's Ministers ; but he regretted to perceive from all the same subject. Now, there was a good deal he saw and read, that there were little symptoms of of cajolery in the course taken by that paper repentance in that quarter.—(Hear.) There were latterly. The writers in the Chronicle appeared three matters which he wished to mention to the tto think that he was so young a bird that they meeting. The first was, the establishment of read- could eatch him with their chaff, but he disregarded ing-rooms, which he was glad to find had been taken their cajolery; and as to any accusations from any up with spirit by the Committee of the Association. quarter of inconsistency in his conduct, he would He recollected when he first went the Leinster cir- treat it with the utmost contempt.—(Cheers.) While cuit as a member of the bar, that in the seven prin- he was looking for , emancipation, he often found cipal towns of the province, there was but a single himself obliged to abandon one course that he found bookseller's establishment. The next topic which he impracticable to adopt another, and he was then told had to mention to them, was a document which he that he was inconsistent; but he was all the time ad held in his hand. It was the address, signed by no 'fencing towards the one object, and he merely went less than 1,080,000 of the Irish people, to her Ma- round the rock instead of waiting to cut through it.— jesty the Queen, praying for an inquiry into the re- (Cheers.) The London Examiner had assailed him cent legal proceeding against Mr. O'Connell and his tor speaking of the impenetrability of the English fellow martyrs. They had received no favourable mind. [The Learned Gentleman read the article of answer to that address.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") the Examiner, which has already appeared in our He was there to join with them in inquiring how it paper, and then proceeded.] He would ask, was there was that the laws of that country could be violated by ever a more atrocious and insolent calumny against any set of men, and a number of her Majesty's sub- any man than every line of that article ? While the jects unjustly imprisoned,• without any redress, or miscreant who wrote it was grovelling in his garret, even inquiry being ordered into the proceedings.— he (Mr. O'Connell) had been struggling for his_ (Hear, hear.) He attributed the outrages that now country, and he would add, successfully strugglin g existed among the people, both of the north and south, for his country.—(Hear.) He had brought Ireland to that feeling, for when the' peasantry saw the (16- to the notice of all Europe, of the civilised world. ller vernment violate the law by day, they would do so wants, her sufferings, her fidelity, her religious perse by night. The chief Secretary of State and the verance, all the high qualities of her people had, through Orange wreckers of Tyrone acted on the same prin- his means, been made familiar to the nations of ciple, and the Irish people were the sufferers from the the earth. And was that the recompense which he acts of both.—(Hear, hear.) The third subject on was now to get from an anonymous scoundrel scrib which he wished to address them was the Catholic bier in the Examiner!—(Hear, and cheers.) His Charities Bill.—(Hear.) The Hon. and Learned reply to the Examiner at their last meeting was in Gentleman then proceeded to comment in strong the harshest and severest language he could com terms on the conduct of the Government in passing mend ; but he would ask them in what other terms that measure, their sole object, in his opinion, being should such calumnious falsehoods be spoken of ? He to get the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland under had called him a miscreant, a base calumniator, and a the power of the State. For his part he despised any foul liar; and these, he repeated, were suitable terms offers of promotion that could be made to him. What to speak of him, unless any harsher words could be honour could it be to his Hon. and Learned Friend found in the English language, in which case he ad-, to be called Sir Daniel O'Connell or Lord Derry. mitted they were too soft.--,-(Laughter.) The fellow nane ? A paltry, contemptible -baronetcy had been who assailed him in that way was a base, brutal, aye, also offered to his brother. They thought to bribe'a and he believed a bribed wretch, though whether he Grattan, but they never would do s o.—(Cheer s .) were brib e d or no t did not ma k e much matter, for. He had been himself offered a place, and was told that the rascal who would so act for nothing, could scarcely the Chancellor would promote him still higher if he be made much worse, even by bribery. He said his mitigated his political feelings. He was not strong life was before the public, that all his speeches were, enough, or he would have flung the gentleman who to be found in the news p a p er fil es f or th e l ast forty had brought him the messa g e ou t o f the window.— five years, and that if any passage could be pointed (Loud cheers.) He would maintain that it was ne- out in the entire, which would Justify the charges cessary for the safety of the Crown that the Tories made against hi m , or i n w hi c h any solemn assertion should be put down. His solemn and decided opiniOn of his life had been contradicted, he would admit the was, that the Queen must put out her present ad- propriety of the course which the Examiner had visers or she would lose Ireland.—(Great cheering;) taken. He really expected when he received the The Government -had, in the terms of Burke, pro- last Examiner, on th a t d ay, t h at some attempt claimed anarchy. He called upon the people of Ire- would have been made to meet his challenge, but land to resist the present Government to the utmost, there had not. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then It was not enough,' as he had heard Mr. Sheil once read the observations respecting him from the last say in one of his eloquent speeches—it was not enough number of the Examiner, and proceeded at some to tread the ; power of Toryism to the ground, but length to argue that he was perfectly justified in the they should hold the viper by the head. It was not course which he had taken with respect to the appro. sufficient merely to extract his fangs, but they must priation clause and the other matters on which that take frotn.him his poison.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) journal attacked him. He then proceeded to state The SECRETARY having read the minutes of the that he would next turn to a publication which gave last day's proceedings, him the greatest pleasure. lie alluded to the late Mr. O'CONNELL said 'they had received letters production of Mr. Grey Porter. There were several stating that- the spirit of ribbonism was rapidly ex- passages in that pamphlet which he desired to have tending in the counties of Cavan and Leitrim. These inserted in the minutes. It was a subject for gratu - misguided men adopted the ludicrous name of Moll lation to observe the growing spirit of nationality Maguire, and committed outrages to a most formi- which was displaying itself in every part of Ireland, dable extent. It- was evident that some designing and he would venture to prophecy that the time was -knaves were going among the people and misleading not far distant when universal Ireland would refuse them, but they Rou Id find the bitter consequences of to continue the serf and slave of England.—[The it when it was too late. Some of them would, no Hon. and Learned Gentleman read several passages.] doubt, be executed, and many of them would be The plans he had read for restoring the nationality of transported, and their wretched wives and families Ireland were not his, but of an excelleut Protestant reduced to ruin' and misery, and all on account of gentleman. Mr. Porter complained of the want of their foolish.' and abominable practice of attacking national songs and sentiment. As to songs, he con houses at night.- It was necessary that some decisive sidered the Nation could supply him with a few— steps should be taken by the Association to protect (Cheers)—though he did not approve of them all.— the people from the consequence of a continuation of (Hear.) He would again make the declaration which those crimes, and he would there Tore beg to move the he so often repeated, that he was ready to yield the suspension of the standing order, and the adoption of conduct of the movement to any Protestant noble the following resolution :—" That Thomas Steele, man who would consent .to take his place. Let Esq., the head pacificator of Ireland, be requested to the Duke of Leinster or Lord Cloncurry come for go down to Cavan and Leitrim, and to make the best ward, either would be received with that consideration exertions that he possibly can to put an end to the which his rank and station entitled him to. Yes, Mr. disturbances existing there, and, if necessary, to bring Porter was right in declaring that he considered there the perpetrators of them to justice." was nothing sectarian in the repeal movement. If The motion was carried unanimously. there were a preference given to any man it was to Mr. STEELE expressed his readiness to fulfil the the honest Protestant, such as his friend Smith sanctified duty of restoring the tranquillity of the O'Brien, or their worthy Chairman.—(Cheers.) (Mr. country, because he considered the peace of Ireland as O'Connell was here interrupted by the barking of a her power and irresistible might.—(Cheers.) dog • the Hon. Gentlem an as k e d, was th a t th e e di tor The SECRETARY having a nnounce d th e rece i pt of of the Standard ?)--(Loud laughter.) With the as several-remittances, sistsnce of such men as Mr. Porter Ireland should not Mr. O'CONNELL read a letter from the Hon. Mr. remain only a province, and the time was coming. Hutchinson, and moved the insertion of the letter on when a bloodless revolution would restore to Ireland the minutes. ; such a constitution as she possessed in 'B2.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY read a letter from the Irish resi- Was it not delightful to - have such a pamphlet ? denti in Buenos Ayres to Mr. Smith O'Brien, ten- (Cheers.) He rejoiced most heartily in it. His dering their co-operation in the struggle now pro- plan, however, in sonic parts he considered impracti gressing for the restoration of the Legislature of Ire- cable; but it was not the less worthy of the most land, and inclosing a bill of exchange for 1121. The attentive consideration. He approved most highly of his suggestions w ith r egar d t o th e f oun d a ti on o f a document was received with loud c he ers , an d, O n national militi a; b u t h e wou ld d e f er arm i ng t h em t i ll the motion of Mr. O'C onne ll, was i nser t e d on t h e minutes. the Irish Parlianient assembled. Iffiftygentlemen,auch as Mr. Grey P o rt er , came f orwar d , an d d ec l are d t h em- Mr. O'Coe l e ieu , th en sa id it was hi s d u t y to o f fer his excuse for not producing the report of the Corn- selves in favour of a domestic legislatuae, the indepen dence of Ireland wou ld b e secure. S uppose a m i llion,w i th rnittee on his ten pr o p os iti ons th a t h a d b een referred these fifty gentlemen at th e i r h ea d , met or. Tara Hill, to it at the last mee ti ng . • Hi s excuse was; that the Committee held its meetings in the afternoon, and and adopted a petiti on commenc i ng w i t h t h ese wor d s, during the past we e k it was, he believed, well known " We, the undersigned, being of a fighting age, humbly to all who heard him that he had been busily engaged implore," &c. Did they imagine such a remonstrance in making speeches on another subject (the Roman would remain unheeded ?—(Cheers.) He considered Catholic Bequests Bill). He would promise, how- the Englishman as not possessing common sense who ever, that, on his r e tu rn f rom t h e pu bli c di nner at shut his eyes' to th e p resen t con diti on o f thi s coun t ry . Waterford, he wou ld t urn a ll hi s exert i ons to the The Hon. Gentleman then mad e a most p a th e ti c preparation of that r e p or t. Th e C omm i ttee wou l d appeal to the Protestant ge n try o f I re l an d, u rgin g on be guided in their task by the principle that their them the advantages that would most unquestionably efforts were to be directed by lone, and above all b moral means and by follow from a re p ea l o f th e un i on , an d d eman di ng the combination of ood men a their co-operation in o bt a i n i ng I re l a nd f o r th e I r i s h. g, , the perpetual exclusion of the shedding of one dro p He concluded by moving that the passage he had read of human bl oo d. Wh en h e was com i ng down from the pamphl e t o f M r . P or t er b e i nser t e d i n t h e to that hall a fe w d a y s ago , h e met a gent l eman, w h o minutes. reminded him th a t h e h a d a tt en d e d t h ree succes - ' After the disposal of some routine bus iness , M r. sire meeti ngs d ur i ng th e strugg l e f or Catho li c eman - O Coaneast announ c ed th e ren t f or th e wee k to cipation in the rooms in Exchequer-street, which he be 3331. 3s. 3d. (Mr. O'Con ne ll) had hired at his own expense for the Counsellor Mackey was then called t o th e c h a i r, purpose, and th a t th e greatest number who attended and the meeting adjourned. at any of those meetings NM 14. He did not de- THE NEW SHERIFFS. spair of Ir e l an d th en , an d w h y s h ou ld h e d espair now, All the High Sheriff s f or the ensuing ye ar h ave when no room w as l arge enoug h to conta i n the num- been already selected by the Lord-Lieutenant f rom her who flocked a r oun d hi m ?—(Ch eers. ) Y et the: the lists furnished by th e j u dg es o f ass i ze. F or the had obstacles bef ore th em . They had the E ng li s h city of Dublin Thomas Crosthwaite, Esq., the second on the list, has been appointed, Arthur G u i nness , E sq., press, a great deal of the S co t c h p ress , a quant i ty of the Irish press, and all the French press against th e m. having declined to ac t, on accoun t o f age. —(Hear, hear.) The French press, of all shades and RIGHT OF CHALLENGE IN FELONY politics, had been latterly abusing him, but he had CASES. been tolerably even with them.—(Hear, hear.) lie In consequence of the decision- of the House of had been saying nothing of `the crafty despot who Lords in the appeal of the Queen v. S. Grey, the Go filled the throne of that country, or of M. Guizot, vernment have caused circulars to be issued to the who pretends so much love for England. The Journal Crown Solicitors, directing them to sue out writs of' des Debats, the organ of Louis Philippe himself, corn- error in the cases of the several prisoners tried at the menced the attack. He wished they would let Ire- last assizes for felony, and to whom the claim to chal land alone, when Ireland was letting them alone.— lenge peremptorily had been denied, as the offences (Hear, hear.) They pretended that even in the case with which they had been charged were not capit a l. of a war with Engla n d, th ey wou l d not do so shame- The result of this proceeding will be a very mate r ial ful a thing as to attempt taking Irelandfrom Eng- increase to the calendars at the next spring assizes. land. They have too much -honour, fors ooth , for t hat . rd The writs are to be sued out without expense to the to it. They rejoined to him, and h ha H d e .t e he r n ep o i n e e They commenced the attack upon him ,td prisoners. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT. word in answer to that rejoinder. a u accused Mr. O'Connell attended another meeting yesterday their master, Louis Philippe of •being i n. St. l Ca the rine's parish, and again spoke at consider and of having violated the solemn 'pledges by eti w r li e ch ua a i g o ai ß ns o t ul t a h n e C C a h t a h r o ita lio b he acquired the throne. Louis Philippe canhave no DrenAtiA rc hbisho p Act. ofT u a title to the throne except the will of' the entire has issued a lengthy leßl address tohis cler gy, denouncing people. He did not condemn that title. O n th el the Act in th e most unqualifi ed te contrary, the Queen of those realms was the rightful REPRESENTATION al rms. OF TIPPERARY. sovereign of the empire ; but under the doctrine of , It is stated that the Hon. Mr Hutchinson, brother f legitimacy she would find a person With a prior title. the Earl of D h is ° h andshe had But still her throne was perfectly secure, repeal candidate for the count of T' ipperary. Mr. succeeded to that throne, as her ancestors had done, Hutchinsou is now in France. without an attempt at opposition. He was not, there- The Tipperary Constitution states' that the Tories fore, disputing the popular statement; but, on the have determined to contest the representation; but contrary, he was free to confess that it was an admi- they could not poll a fourth of the registered consti cable :title to their own throne ; but what he corn- I tuency, and, therefore, have not the least chance cf elained of was, that Louis Philippe, haviing obtained I success. the throne on certain conditions, had violated every one of those principles. There were three principles on which his claim to the throne were founded— Sir Robert Peel's fourth son, Mr. John Floyd Peel, has just entered the Scots Fusilior Guards as En sign and Lieutenant. LINLITHGOW.—It will be gratifying to learn that the ancient and royal palace of Linlithgow has lately undergone extensive repair•, under the sanction and at the expense of the Government. This venerable build ing forms one of the noblest piles of ancient architec ture in Scotland, and, with the sweet and placid loch re- T osing amidst the graceful undulations of the neighbour , ing landscape, forms altogether an object of much beauty and interest. Some encroachments having been made on the boundaries of the loch by some of the small pro prietors whose lands come down to the water's edge, Mr. Donald Horne, from the office of her Majesty's Works, inspected the locality a few days ago, and we understand has fully confirmed the ancient right of the public to free access round the loch.—EdinburghiViinefs, they were liberty of the press, freedom of trial by jury, and freedom of education. Every one of those principles had been violated. Such atrocious laws against the press as those passed by Louis Philippe had never before been heard of. He had infringed on the right of free and open juries, and so far from public opinion being now capable of controlling the verdicts of juries in France, a law had been passed under Louis Philippe, making it criminal to publish the names of a jury. As to education, he was making every exertion to put down I dl religious education, and to establish an in• I adel system of education. The writers of I the French press were cautious against meeting a ny of those arguments which he had brought for• 0 - 4 11q/ ~cit C;:iVI e.4,plasti 3 ~:ti eid i(:;liij LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL, Dec. 11. The Yudicial Commitfee of the Privy Council sat to day at the Council Chamber,. Whitehall. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the l)uchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Prerogative Court. JONES V. GODERICH. The further arguments in this part heard appeal from the Prerogative Court were resumed and concluded to day. Their Lordships postponed giving judgment. COURT 01 QUEEIV'S BENCH, Dec. 11. Lord DENMAN sat at Nisi Prius to-day at the Guild hall, with London Common Juries. During the course of the morning several causes were disposed of which were of no interest except to these concerned. WINTER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 9. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGM.) His Lonnsun. sat this morning at the Guildhall, for the purpose of trying Joseph Steadman Maddison, aged 38, who was charged with having, on the 12th of June last, and on subsequent periods, being at that time a clerk in the employ of Mr. Swan, in the city of York, feloniously embezzled 101. and other sums, the property of Mr. George Swan. This case has excited a great deal of interest, not only in York but elsewhere, so that the court at an early hour was crowded in an unusual manner. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Dearsley prosecuted the prisoner, and Mr. ,Bliss defended him. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 11. The Court disposed of all the common jury cases of the present sittings, and rose at twelve o'clock. There are many causes on the spacial jury list, which will be taken to-morrow, Thursday. The Court will resume the sittings at Nisi Prius in .Westminster-hall, on Satur day, 21st inst. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dee. 10. (Nisi Prius Sittings before the Lord Chief Baron and Special Juries.) SCOTT V. O'BRIEN. This was an action for an assault. The parties are well known to the sporting world, and, judging from the crowded state of the Court, the case seemed to excite considerable interest amongst the persons connected with the turf. Mr. Cocanunx (with whom were Mr. Hance and Mr. James) stated the facts of the plaintiff's case very nearly as they afterwards appeared in evidence. He added, however, that the plaintiff, sm ar ti ng un d er t h e wrong who w as great l y hi s su the day on w hi c h t h e assault d p e o r n i e o r h m n p b h y y s t i c e a defendant,l force, on occurred sent a friend to the defendant to demand that satisfaCtion which, however improper, it was not unusual under such circumstances for one gentleman to receive from another. Mr. O'Brien declined meeting Mr. Scott, whether upon any assumed ground of superiority, or because he was opposed to that relic of barbarism, duelling, he (the Learned Counsel) did not pretend to say. Under those circumstances, Mr. Scott brought his action, and he had no doubt that a jury of genth men would afford him ample redress for his outraged feelings. Mr. Langley was the first witness called.—He de posed that he was outside Westminster Hall on the let of July last, when the famous " Running Rein case" was tried, in which Mr. Wood was the plaintiff, and Colonel Peel the defendant. His attention was attracted by the noise occasioned by a scuffle, and he observed Mr. O'Brien following and striking at Scott,, whom he was "driving bnckwards. When witness first saw them both parties were on their legs, but on a sudden he missed Scott, and pre sently after, pressing his way forward, beheld Scott, with one knee in the gutter and the other on the kerb stone. Scutt was holding up his hand as if to defend himself, and whilst in this position, O'Brien hit him deliberately in the Lace and other parts of the body. Scott Ras knocked down. Some friends afterwards assisted him to rise, and he was put into a cab and drove off. O'Brien had a blue ring on his finger encircled with gold. Scott's face was much cut about the nose, his eyes were swollen, and he appeared a good deal hurt, O'Brien is a much taller, stronger, and younger man than Scott. Cross-examined—Witness did not see the beginning of the affray. Did not know that Scott bet 011 commis sion for Running Rein. Knew that on the day of the trial there was betting going on outside Westminster Hall as to the result. Captain Hugh Brabazon Higgins stated that he was outside Westminster Hall en the Ist of July. Thete were a great number of persons assembled connected with the turf. Witness was walking with Captain Garth when Mr. Scott joined them. It was about two o'clock in the afterrtoon when witness observed O'Brien ap proaching. He seemed so much excited that witness re marked to Captain Garth that he looked very warlike. As O'Brien passed witness, Captain Garth and Scott, he said, addressing Captain Garth, " How can you walk with that wretch ?" Witness bad no doubt the observa tion was meant for Scott. Scott immediately re plied by saying, " What do you mean, you thief?" O'Brien then attempted to take a stick out of Captain Garth's hand, but did not succeed. He then rushed at Scott, struck him several blows, and knocked him down. Scott get up with an intention of defending himself, bet was immediately knocked down again. In fact he had no chance whatever. Witness observed O'Brien take plaintiff by the hair of the head, and inflict on him se veral blows whilst plaintiff was stretched at full length on the flagway. There was no further provocation for the assault than what witness had stated. Witness saw plaintiff in a day or two after, and his face still boee marks of the assault. Witness had heard there was a diepute between plaintiff and defendant, which was re ferred to Captain Rom, who had decided in Scott's fn.- your. Witness had also heard that defendant had given the plaintiff the guarantee of a most respectable gentle man for payment of his debt. Was not walking arm-in arm with the plaintiff when the assault took place. Knew plaintiff, but , not intimately. Had dined with him once. Also knew defendant by meeting him at Tattersall's and elsewhere. Scott was at Tattersall's the evening of the day on which the assault was committed. Mr. Travers, the eminent surgeon, was called to provie that he saw the plaintiff shortly after the accident, when his face exhibited some severe contusions. By the LORD CHIEF Baeon—Witness did not know that the plaintiff was going to Tattersall's the same evening, or else he should have advised him, as matter of precaution, not to have done so.—(A laugh.) Mr. Peel remembered being at Limmer's Hotel, in Conduit-street, on the 4th of June last. It was the set tling day for the Oaks. O'Brien came in and inquired for Scott. He appeared much excited, and used threaten ing language as regarded Scott. Shortly after, witness met Scott coming into Limner's Hotel, and advised him not to corns in, as O'Brien was so much excited. Scott came in, however, aud•spoke to O'Brien, upon which a violent altercation ensued, the particulars of which wit ness does not recollect. Cross-examined—Witness knows O'Brien. Advised Scott not to come in, to prevent a row, but he insisted on doing so. Heard Scott say yesterday that he would fight O'Brien for 1,0001. This was at Limner's Hotel. Scott was joking about this trial. Mr. Gregory, M.P. for Dublin, was at Limmer's Hotel on the 4th of June, and gave the same account of tNe occurrence there as had been given by the last witness (Mr. Peel). This witness understood that O'Brien charged Scott with saying something prejudicial to his character. M r . j E nv/ 1 3 (with whom was Mr. Petersdorff) then addressed the jury for the defendant. It was now quite clear that Mr. O'Brien believed that Mr. Scott had beeps propagating reports on the turf prejudicial to his honout, and that he had been anxious to obtain an explanation from him. Stung with these imputations, which were as slanderous as they were unfounded, and which went to charge Mr. O'Brien with being a levanter, and de sirous of escaping from bis honourable engagements. Mr. O'Brien, ueon seeing Mr. Scott walking with Captain Garth and. Captain Higgins, did use the expres sion " wretch," as deposed to. Now " wretch" was ati unmeaning word, it might mean anything; but the word " thief," which Mr. Scott used in reply, was far more offensive, especially when applied by him to Mr. O'Brien. The defendant could not receive a greater provocation, and he inflicted such chastisement on Mr. Scott, as any one, under such circumstances, might expect from a man whose temper was not under perfect control. As to the challenge to fight a duel, the action was commenced the very next day, and Mr. O'Brien could not be expected to treat a man as a gentleman who asked for gentleman like satisfaction with a writ in his pocket. The Learned Counsel submitted that the smallest damages would satisfy the justice of the case. The LORD CHIEF BARON thought that a gentleman who applied the word " wretch" to another must not be surprised if the word "thief" was retorted. There was no evidence that the plaintiff had previously done the defendant any injustice. It only appeared that they were not on good terms. On the whole, he thought it a very proper case to bring before a jury, who would award the plaintiff such damages as he seemed entitled to, not merely in regard to his physical sufferings, which were not very serious, but as a compensation for the injury inflicted on his feelings. The jury, after a short consultation, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. There.were three principal counts in the indictment and numerous minor counts. To the second principal count Mr. Bliss took an objection—it stated three dis tinct receipts of money within the period of six calen dar month 3, but did not state the embezzlements to have taken place within that period. The Learned Counsel contended that this was not sufficient, and referred to a decision of Mr. Justice Matteson in the "King v. Pur chase," reported in Carrington and Marshman, where that Learned Judge had so held. After a slight dis cussion, Mr. Witturis said he saw the objection, and could not contend with it. The facts of the case may be very briefly narrated. In 1842 crime was found to increase so rapidly in and around York, and with such impunity did thieves carry on their depredations, that a party of gentlemen esta blished themselves into a society fur the protection of the lives and property of persona in the neighbourhood, and in order effectually to carry out their laudable pur pose, they employed a police force of their own to act as patrols, within a circumference of 10 miles round the city of York. The prisoner, who applied to them for a situation, and whose application was backed with the highest testimonials, was appointed the superin tendent of the whole of that force, at a salary of 21. per week. At a subsequent period, to his other duties was added that of collecting subscriptions in aid of the society, and for this extra labour the prisoner was presented with a bonus of 101., and he was allowed 5 per cent. upon all subscriptions that he collected. All subscriptions it was his duty, immediately on their receipt, to hand over to Mr. Swan, the banker, of York, who acted in the capacity of treasurer to the society, and was also a member of the com mittee, and to furnish a weekly return of all receipts. Once every month also it was his duty to draw sums of money from the bank for the payment of the police, and he continued to draw from the bank for that purpose, up to the 6th of July last, between 701. and 801 per month. Since the month of January preceding, however, though drawing these sums out, the prisoner had paid nothing into the bank as subscriptions. When he applied there fore for more money on the 6th of July, Mr. Swan re fused to advance any more, and the consequence was that on the Bth of July, two days afterwards, Maddison had disappeared from York. When next heard of he was filling the situation of Procurator Fiscal in the town of Dundee, where he had not been long, when finding that he was likely to be " wanted" (as was alleged by the prosecution), he wrote a letter to Mr. Anderson, who was the secretary to the society, admitting that he might be found to be in arrear with his accounts, and praying that the committee would grant him a short time to make all straight with them and his other creditors, which he hoped soon to be able to do, as he had obtained a good situation. Defalcations were found to exist in his accounts, and hence the present charge. Mr. R. 11. Anderson was the first and principal wit ness called.--. ln his examination in chief that gentleman deposed to n early . all the facts as above detailed. ross-examined by Mr. fistai— The prisoner had been in the service of the society from December, 1842, till July, 1844. I found him a diligent, efficient, and good officer. He left some account-books behind him in the office. lam not aware that he had to find horses at any time for his men. I am not certain that the prisoner said he had expended the subscriptions which he had re• ceived in his travelling expenses. He might have said so. He did not, I thin, say that his expenses amounted to above 2001. a-year; but he frequently complained of his salary, and wished to have it increased. The pri soner had on several occasions made verbal announce ments to me as to the state of his accounts, and has stated an account of subscriptions received, an amount of sub scriptions in arrear, the sum paid over by him to the bank, and the sum in his own possession. His expenses no doubt were heavy, and I have heard that he suffered some losses whilst in the service of the society. Mr. John Hexby, of Easingwold, proved giving a sub scription of 101. to a policeman named Hare on the lit of April last, to hand over to Maddison on behalf of the society. Hare deposed to having delivered that sum to the pri soner on the Ist of April. Mr. George Swan, ihe treasurer, deposed that it was the prisoner's duty to hand over subscriptions to him immediately on their receipt. He had not paid to him an 7 subscriptions to the 22d of January. !'his was the case fur the prosecution. Mr. Buss addressed a most able, ingenious, and argu mentative speech to the jury, and commented at great length on the letter written by Maddison to lfr. Ander son, and contended that, so far from being a proof of dishonesty, it showed an anxious desire to pay up his arrears. This was the case of a man, happening to be in arrear, leaving one situation to obtain a more profit a bl e one. Immediately on obtaining it he writes to the secretary, communicating his address, stating his ap pointment and his salary ; admitting (without being questioned) his arrears, and begging that the committee would wait patiently but for a short time, when be would pay up his arrears to the society, and make all straight with them and with the rest of his creditors. Was that like a man absconding after having committed the crime of embezzlement ? lie had been in arrear before. He had not always paid all up at least, and it was known at the auditing of the accounts, which from time to time occurred, that he was somewhat in arrear, yet they suf fered him to go on, and he did go on. He was anxious to pay up his arrears, and he went to Dundee, that he might the better and the sooner do so. From January to July he paid no money into the bank ; the society must have known that he had received subscriptions during that time, and yet they asked him for no account. He put it to the jury whether this was not simply the case of a man in arrear with his creditors, and not that of one feloniously embezzling the property of his em ployers. The Learned Counsel then called Charles John Scott, who deposed that he was clerk to the magistrates of Chester• le-Street. He knew the pri soner when he was superintendent of the Durham con stabulary force. He always acted honestly. Witness went went round to the magistrates on Wednesday last, and obtained a document in favour of the prisoner. Cross-examined--I have never heard that the prisoner had been guilty of forgery in Scotland. I never heard such a thing mentioned till this moment. Mr. Justice COLERIDGX then summed up. There was no doubt that the prisoner had received money for the socioty, which it was his duty to pay over to the treasurer. There was no doubt that he had not paid it all over. The question for the jury to decide was, whether the prisoner had fraudulently kept back that money, and applied it to his own purposes ? The jury retired to consider, and after an absence of about three hours returned a verdiet . of Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy, on account of his pre vious good character.—Sentence deferred. Immediately after the summing up his Lordship left the Guildhall, and proceeded to the Castle, where the county cases were proceeded with as usual. The jury remained at the Guildhall, and came to the Castle in charge of an officer, as soon as they had. agreed on their verdict. OXFORD ClRCUlT;—Shrewsbury, Dec. 9. (Before Mr. Justice Cot,Tau's.) Richard ..Tones, aged 25, Thomas Jones, 21, Enoch Jones, 0, John Jones, 17, William Jones, 19, and Edward Turner, 24, Were indicted for a highway rubbery, in company, on the 20th of November last. Mr. Corbett conducted the prosecution. Messrs.Phil limore and Neale appeared for the prisoners. Humphrey Richards, the prosecutor, an individual who, to judge from his appearance, and the manner in which he gave his evidence, was endowed with less in tellect than usually falls to the lot of even a Welsh labourer, on entering the witness-box, being asked by the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, if he could speak English, replied, without hesitation, " No, Sir, I cannot." This answer, as may be sapposed, caused some laughter, when the witness, apparently recollecting himself; suddenly pretended that he could not understand any observation made to him; after some coaxing, how ever, and the manifestation of much dogged reluctance, he at length consented to make a sort of half-intelligible reply to the questions addressed to him; this he con tinued to do for about an hour, when his sulkiness and taciturnity put a stop to the further progress of the case, and it was found necessary to swear an interpreter, after which the business proceeded somewhat less tardily than before. It was a matter of some difficulty to arrange, in an in telligible form, the confused and broken statement of this man. The following, however, seemed to be the sub stance of his complaint He resided at Gad-m, in the parish of Liansillin, and on the 20th of November went from his home to the town of Oswestry, for the purpose of selling some oats, for which he obtained 51. 55., and was returning about eight o'clock in the evening, with the cash in his pockets, when he deemed it advisable to turn into the Woolpack for refreshment. Here he imbibed several pints or liquor, and remained over his potations for three or four hours, during which time several other parties came into the kitchen where he was sitting, amongst whom were some of the prisoners. It was proposed in the course of the evening, as an intellectual amusement and a harmless diversion, that the company present should try the strength of their respective skulls by what is termed " bumping heaths," a proceeding to which the prosecutor apparently might have safely engaged with the owner of the thick es t an d h ar d est pericran i um i n t h e pr i n cipality. In accordance with this laudable suggestion, the prose cutor and another man, in order to prepare themselves more readily for the encounter, took off their coats, and ranging themselves, as did several other sapient couples, on oppesite sides of the room, at a given signal they all rushed together, and the weakest, as might be anticipated, and, as usually happens, " went to the wall ;" but the frequent repetition of this delightful and exhilirating pastime was not, fortunately, attended with any manifestation of ill humour, its monotony alone probably, therefore, suggested its discontinuance, and about, half-past eleven the men parted for the crowed purpose of returning to their respective homes. Hum phrey Richards walked some distance with a man of the nathe of Sides, when they were overtaken by some of tl'.eir previous companions, one of whom challenged 'Sides to figlit. This was near a house called Perkington Lodge. Six of seven men bad at this time collected Iround, and Sides was knocked down, and almost at the same time a stone was cast which struck Richards on the eye, and he received simultaneously a blow on the ;back part of the head from a thick stick. This had the .affect of cutting open his head and knocking him down. , On rising ho tried to run off in tho direction of ()weary, SUPPLING V. NURSE, OVENDEN, AND MURPHY. This was an action for entering the plaintiff's dwel ling-house without a search-warrant, ransacking his drawers, &c., and taking away a pair of spectacles, &c. Mr. Watson and Mr. Hurnfrey, were for the plain tiff ; and Messrs. Jervis, Chamber; and Rawlinson for the defendants. It appeared that the plaintiff, who was a person ad vanced in life, and who had formerly been in the army, was lately employed in the Polytechnic Institution in Regent-street; but, in consequence of some breach of the regulations of the establishment, had notice to quit. Some platina having been missed from the rooms, BUS picion fell, though without any just cause, as it ap peared, on the plaintiff, and on the morning of the 19th of March last the defendant Ovenden, who was a police man, accompanied by Murphy, who was also a porter at the establishment in Regent street, entered the plaintiff's lodging in Marylebone-street, whilst the plaintiff and his wife, who was in extremely delicate health, were in bed, ransacked their drawers, looked over their letters, be haved with some rudeness, and took away a pair of German silver spectacles belonging to Mrs. Surfling, because they were contained in a case which appeared to have been brought from the Polytechnic Institution. On the same day, b e t ween t w o and three o'clock in the afternoon, Ovend en , th e p o liceman, returned with Mr. Nurse, who is, it appeared, one of the directors of the Polytechnic Institution, and a magistrate of the county. Nurse expressed a strong suspicion of plaintiff's honesty, and charged the plaintiff with having letters of his in his possession, which the defendant denied. The letters were then searched, but none addressed to Mr. Nurse could be discovered, but it turned out the spectacles had been fairly purchased by Mrs. Surfling from a vendor at the Institution, who stamped his address on the articles sold there. Mrs. i Surfling's health was so much injured by the proceedings adopted by the defendants, that her husband had to call in a medical attendant, who con tinued in attend ance f or some wee k s, an d w h ose c h arges amounted to 141. B s. The defen ce was, t h at the de f en d ants h a d acte d b ona fide upon r easona bl e grounds of suspicion, and without any unnecessary h ars h ness. The LoED CHIEF BARON thought that there was no case made out against Murphy, and directed his acquit tal. He was clearly of opinion, however, that Mr. Nurse and the policeman had acted illegally in s.arching the plaintiff s lodgings without a warrant. If Mr. Nurse was a magistrate, as stated, he ought to hare known better. 'The plaintiff was clearly entitled to some corn penqttion for the inconvenience and annoyance he and his wife suffered at the hands of the defendants. The jury found fur the plaintiff; with 501. damages against Nurse sad Ovenden, and acquitted Murph;, L:;ll,tx bit he was pursued and again knocked down. While on the ground several of his assailants tried to get at his pockets, and kicked and struck him violently for some time, during which he kept crying out " Murder" loudly. After they left the prosecutor he rose and ran to a hovel standing in a field by the road side, where he found that he had }ost 4/. 125., which was safe in his pocket on leaving the Woolpack. The injuries which Richards sustained were of a tolerably severe nature ; a consider able quantity of blood flowed from the wound is his head, and he was for some time incapacitated from pur suing his avocations. A great number of witnesses were called to substan tiate his testimony, but some discrepancies and incon sistencies were apparent in their respective narratives, originating probably in the obtuseness of their intel lects, occasioned by the rough treatment to which their heads had been subjected, and to the. deep pots. tions they had imbibed. The trial occupied the time of the Court nearly the whole day, and terminated et a late hour in the evening by a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners, excrpt William Jones. John Junes then received sentence of imprisonment, with hard labour, for six months, arid all the rest for the term of twelve months. DEC. 10, FOUR O'CLOCK, ♦.M. The business at this town had not terminated at twelve o'clock last night, when his Lordship was still sitting ; there yet remain some further unimportant cases for disposal, whch will probably occupy some part of the day, whereupon the Leal ned Judge will proceed to Stafford this afternoon, this being the commission day for that county. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKEIV WELL. Ivanhoir Kantrowitz, sen., and 'vault. ff Kantrowitz, jun., who give concerts at rosby, hall and other places, under the name of the Polish family, charged Mr. Woolf - end, a respectable tradsman, living in Old North street, Red Lion-square, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Pullen, broker, with assaulting them. Solicitors appeared on both sides. The complaint was simply this : —That they having taken lodgings at Mr. Woolfond's house, were forcibly expelled from their apartment by Mews. Woolfond and Pullen. The as sault was not a serious one. The complainants were dressed in singular costume, and an interpreter was re quired, in, order to translate the Polish language to the Magistrate. The defence set up by the defendants was, that the younger Kantrowita and his brother had taken an apart ment several months ago, but, as they were 51. in debt for rent, Mr. Woolfond ejected them ; they were forcibly expelled, the door locked, and the key given up in the usual manner. The complainants again took possession of the room, and it was contended, even if Mr. Wool fond and Mr. Pullen had by force expelled them from the room, they were justified in doing so, as they had been already legally ejrcted. The bed had been removed from the complainants' room, and they brought in a bundle of straw, on which they lay, refusing either to give up possession or pay their rent. Mr. Costar: bound over the defendants to answer the charge at the sessions. THE LATE BANK OF ENGLAND ROBBERY. FINAL EXAMINATION OF BURGESS AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—(YESTERDAY). Long before the hour pointed for the re-examina tion of the Bank clerk, W ap in. Burgess, the various ap proaches to the Mansion house were crowded by re spectably dressed persons, who appeared eager to obtain admission to the justice-room. In the immediate vici nity of the Mansion-house, there were many persons anxious to obtain a sight of the prisoner, but in this they were in a measure disappointed, as he was conveyed to the Mansion-house some time before the hour at which it was stated he would be brought up before the Lord Mayor. The justice room was not inconveniently crowded, and the reporters were, as on the last occa sion, accommodated with seats below the bar. The Lord Mayor entered and took his seat at twelve o'clock precisely, and after the disposal of three cases the prisoner was placed at the bar in the custody of John Forrester, charged with having fraudulently obtained the transfer of 8,2001., which stood in the name of William Oxenford, Esq., in the Bank of England in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities. Mr. L C. Salomons appeared for the prisoner ' • Mr• Weir, from th e office of the Bank solicitors (Messrs. Freshfield arid Co.), attended to conduct the prosecution. Burgess looked more concerned than during his ex amination before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday last. He appeared to be suffering considerable pain in his left leg, and was accommodated with a seat, as he was al most unable to stand. It appeared that he caught a se. sere cold whilst endeavouring to escape from the officers who pursued him from the hotel in Boston to Brewster's Island, nearly eleven miles distant, and that it settled into a severe attack of rheumatism. The first witness examined was Mr. C. C. Lawrence, cashier in Messrs. Lubbock and Co.'s bank, who stated that at about twenty minutes to two o'clock on Tuesday the 3d of September, the cheque now produced was of fered to me for payment. It was for 8,0001., and was drawn on the bank by Charles Keener, a gentleman of considerable property, who keeps his account at Messrs. Lubbock's. The cheque was presented by a shorter per son than the prisoner, but he (the prisoner) accompanied him. On inquiring the name of , the person who pre sented it, they gave that of William Oxenford. I wrote it on a piece of waste paper. I asked them how they would have it, and the person who accompanied the prisoner said, " All, or part in gold." I answered, that it they wanted it in gold they had bettor get it at the Bank, adding, that I would pay the cheque in notes. To this they assented, and I handed the notes to the prisoner's companion. The notes produced are those I gave him. Cross-examined by Mr. Salomon—Mr. Keazer is in the habit of drawing large amounts from the banking house, much larger in amount than 8,0001. He keeps a very large account. I did not get the prisoner's friend to write his name on the back of the cheqne. I had no suspicion that there was anything incorrect, and consi dered that it came fairly into their possession. Mr. Keazer does a great deal of business on the Stock Ex change. Mr. Thomas Agar, a teller in the Bank of England, wad next examined—On the 3d of September, a person unknown presented notes to the amount of 8,2001. to me for payment. My principal, Mr. Dean, directed me to pay the money. As we were out of cash in our de partment, I made an order on another department of the Bank for MOON. in gold • 8,000/. was paid to that per son, and the rest he handed to me. This person pro duced two canvas bags and a carpet bag. The gold was emptied into the canvas bags, and they were put into the carpet bag. The prisoner was not present. Tne person endeavoured to carry the bag. but did so with difficulty. I remarked that it was heavier than he thought. I offered him the service of two porters to carry it to the door of the Bank. He ac cepted their services, and they left him at the entrance. Cross-examined—l did not get the person to write his name on the back of the notes. Mr. Salomon then proceeded to address the Lord Mayor on the part of the prisoner. He presumed his Lordship had been informed under what Act of Par liament the prisoner had been brought before him. In his opinion the charge against him could not be main tained. He begged his Lordship to bear Lin mind that the prisoner did not go to the Bank of England to receive the money, but that the other person went there and re ceived it. He contended that the prisoner was not the person who represented Mr. Oxenford. It was true he was present at the time, but he submitted that he did no more than any stockbroker would have done. The Act of Parliament was somewhat ambiguous as to the punishment of persons fraudulently identifying persons transferring stuck. He had no intention of defrauding the Bank of England when he identified the person known as Joseph Elder. Was it not probable that the prisoner—a young man of five-and-twenty—might hare been made the dupe of a man about town, and a no torious horse dealer, as Elder was ? He admitted that the prisoner had acted with great imprudence Burgess had received an excellent education, and had obtained the appointment which he held in the Bank through the instrumentality of one of its present Direc tors. After addressing the Lord Mayor at much greater length in behalf of the prisoner, he concluded by sub mitting to his Lordship that there was not sufficient evi dence to justify his Lordship in committing him for trial. The LORD MAYOR said he was quite warranted in committing the prisoner for trial on the evidence which had been adduced before him. %lr. Salomon said he could give very cogent reasons why the prisoner absconded. The LORD MAYOR—If he was innocent why did he run away from justice? But he did not intend to make any remarks on the case, which would be fully investi gated before another tribunal. Burgess, I shall commit you for trial. The prisoner, who hung down his head and cried bit terly during his solicitor's address, rose and bowed to his Lordship. The depositions were then read over, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial, and walked from the bar with difficulty. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR N()TTINGIIAM-ANOTHER DEATH. NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY, DEC. 10.—Another of the sufferers by the recent awful collision an the Midland line of railway, expired this morning. His name is Boles bridge, and he was landlord of the Three Horseshoes Inn, on the Derby-road, in this town. The injuries he received at the moment of the accident were compare.- Lively trivial, and up to Sunday List every hope was entertained of his complete restoration." On that day, however, very unfavourable symptoms became apparent, and, after lingering in great agony about thirty hours, he died. _ _ The Borough Coroner, M. Browne, E:q, has issued gummonses for an inquisition on the body, to sit at six o'clock this evening. The imminent danger of another sufferer by the col lision, Mr. Roberts, of Leicester, a comriercial traveller, may be judged of by the fact, that a quart of brandy has been administered to him every day since the accident, to prevent death from sheer exhaustion. It will he re collected that this sufferer underwent an amputation of the kg, and other severe operations. The other sufferers are progressing favourably. The trial of Mr. Lightfoot, for manslaughter, is ex pected to commence on Saturday next, before Mr. Jus tice rat teson. RAPID TRAVELLING.—Last week a gentleman left London at ten o'clock forenoon, and was in Perth the next day at four o'clock afternoon. He left by the Birmingham train, went to Fleetwood on the coast, of Lancashire, where steamers to Ardrossan, in Ayrshire, wait the arrival of the train, and sail about eight o'clock the same evening. He reached Ardrossan early next morning, left by the first Glasgow train, and was in time for the morning coach to Perth; thus anticipating the mail by fire hours,—Ferth paper. 17 FATAL ACCIDENT on the Da'o RAILWAY. Yesterday morning, about five, a most frightful fatal accident occurred on the Dover Railway, nee lb : Bricklayer? Arms station, Old Kent-road, by Whi oll - 6,1:1 0 man, named Thomas Buckley, an engine-driver, n, killed on the spot. and William Wilkinson, the W irer ' received such extensive injuries , that his recover/ utterly impossible. Several other persons were eli nir d verely injured and conveye d to G uy ' s Ilospitab , s l L they received every attention from Mr. Edward n the resident house-surgeon. It appears that shortly five o'clock in the morning, the Dover luggage trn illr ,j, rived at the above-named station in the Old liect-rSt immediately afterwards the engine :and tender One on to another line, and before the driver had stop the engine he found that the s;litebteen neglected to shift the rails, as was the usuel.,c7 torn. The consequence was, that the tender ran oft the viaduct into the field sitinAll (a depth of 25 feet) with a most horrible trw; Several persons connected with the railway station t t s ed to the spot, when a most heart-rending sight prefer) a itself to those who wen t t o t h e rescue. Th e enitin „ tender were completely smashed to pieces—Buckley "'" lying quite dead several yards from the mutilated Pi ° of the engine and tender, and Wilkinson, the etO f te ri was near him in aninsensible state bl ee di n g from fracture of the skull, he was also dreadfully sealded o ; the whole of his person. Buckley was conveyed t % shed in the n e i g hb our h oo d as lif e was per f ec tly e1t i t. 14 ... Wilkinson was r e mov e d w i t h a man name d C° 4 l", / plate-layer engag e d on t h e same li ne, to t h e enni ward of Guy's Hospital, where the greatest a ttentio oo o paid to th em by t h e h ouse - surgeon, M r. E. Cocky gave not the slightest hopes of Wilkinson, who HO i n .; nsensible state. The event has caused the grest nii ! - citement in the neighbourhood of the railway etoti°l3: LLO YD'S SHIPPING. 0, LONDON, DEC. 11.—Wi n d t hi s d ay at noon , N.w. fresh bieezes and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 10.—Wind, E.N.E., 01" .11 . e llt°1 and Cape Packet, Calcutta ; Julie, Bahia ; Bathurst ; Tropic, Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 10.—SId. China, New Orleans, to DOVER, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Leila, Galway for filo with loss of f ore t o p tnast an d other damage, h a ving in contact, off th e S out h F oreland, with a l i g h t br it' , d , PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Wi n d N.E.—Arrd. Her bo ... 4 London, for the west coas t of Africa, with starboarua 0 store, loss of bulwarks, gibboom, &c., having contact with a brig, with oats, from Galway to 1,00 : 4 0 , COWES, DEC. 10.--A rr d. th e M ar i a S usan nah PIO drika, from Amsterdam to Batavia, with loss of beiZio cutwater, &c., having b een i n contact , 6t h i n st.,- °" it tt Dutch coast, with a vesse l, name un k now *,.whiejt,oo feared, foundered w ith a ll h an d s . Th e F l ora ,Miel'cobJ from Newport to Hamburgh, and the Rena, fr°,a l o acli to Hamburgh, h ave p ut i n h ere , both 'wit h damage, having b e e n i n contact off Dungeness "" night of th• ath inst. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10.—Wind E., moderate . , rc kert New Hampshire, Ch a s e , N ew O r l eans; MarseY,„."'",bitr Charleston ; Mars, R o bi nson , N ew Y or k.. ' Sld• ec""K; ger, Singapore ; John Walker, Cape and n o r Mary Ray, Ichabo e ; Lydi a , B raz il s, & c. ; Ho t.'" otl Tam O'Shanter, Jamaica; Flor, Havannah ; Jat i tO, Orleans ; Alliance, Charleston ; Jacob Herep Off, Carnana and Lady B u te, C a l cut t a ; Eallgr'" Henry Bliss.;cll CORK, DEC. B.—Arrd. Hop ewe ll, ll I 'Arthur, Mary Ann, Ovrien, Carnarvon ; Millicien% ward's Island ; Lady H arve y, Reid, Valparaiso ; os. shire, Clyde, for Pictou, out 50 days, bore:up f r°l° 42, leaky, and with loss of sails, yards, &c.' LEITH, DEC. B.—Arrd. D. Dyer, Dyer, Ichab °ll. • Sld. Cockburn, Tobago. bpib SHEERNESS, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Harry and gai' ast° from London to Sunderland, with damage, halipb in sontoct. I3ANISHIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 9.—A ishil„ marked " Bangalore," in large gilt letters, apere quarter board, has been picked up off Banbrulgtaiii Srinmns, DEC. 9.—The Garnet, of Hull, in coSitr yesterday, grounded in th e M usc h e l S car p, but "pi sisted off the following tide. The Johns, a 1 1:0 0 Lynn, put back yesterday leaky, an d has teeP the ground. °6 LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 10.—Th• Albion and the . 0 100 both ashore near here, h a v e bil ge d, an d ar e full of The Fortuna, Ryl,s, of South Shields, was WOO ' upon the Barnard Sand, last night ; crew saved. COWES, ISLE OF WIWI.'" (raom ova OWN CORRIS)ONDENT.) DEC. 10. —Arrived, the D a ni s h ga ili o t Flora, t dil o lief Nicholson, from Newport (Wales), for Hamburghipo the Hanoverian galli.)t Rena, Captain Hol Cadiz; both having received considerable dot/14;60 the latter lost one man, from coming in contact , tel o'clock, on the morning of the 9th inst : and the et ,ol ship, Maria Susanna Hendrika, o f an d f r om AnlOtu . i oP for Batavia, to repair d amages , h av i ng been to,. galliot in the North Sea, n ame un k now n, 100 0' feared, foundered with all hands. The sbiP„ Catholic Bishop and several other gentlemen on PuTO The late John Moore, Esq., has left his be yacht, the Reindeer, to Spencer de Horsey, Esik . MARKET NE WS.—(YESTERD 4" CORN EXCHANQM, lior i ' We had a fair averag e su ppl y o f English Virbetast For the best parcels the' demand was tolerablJAW, but other kinds were very dull, at late rates. .„ sr,. of Foreign Wheat we re aga i n fi rm , an d b o th iTgaP bonded qualities were quite as dear. Barley su o " ti sist met a very inactive demand, y e t M on day's 4 1 11 _000.' '' were supported. The O a t t ra d e was stea dy, but u of grain were a mere drug. 4 1 ° 11 : 11 ARRIVAL& Wheat. I Earley. I pats. Eag/Ish 1,790 qrs. 1,1110 qrs. • 10 S ." Irlsh« — -- 14,670 41 11 " o*** * ' Foreign — 9,8;0 2,7,0 Malt. 900 OR Pig WEITRICNAPSZ. WI ci lei The supply of plea : on sale was only moders p , the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, fin; O' to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, ____,, 3s e „ and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 10d per 8 1 bs, by the c'sru"' i COAL MAR.ICET. o s stip Prices per ton at the c los e o f t h e mar k e t ....•••—m s ,,.. $l, Hartley, 20s 6d to 21s ; Townley, 2Q5 ; ,1,11 0 t , ; Hetton, 23s 6d ; W. E., Hetton, 25 s 3d ; W. -c...4 .4v ton, 25s to 25s 3d W. E , Stewart's, 25 9 t c , Cassop, 24s 6d ;W. E., Caradoc. 24s 6d ; 0: 0 11 West Hartley, 20s ' • W. E., Tees, 24s 6d 6d ;' Clacs w 17s 6d ; Sidney's Hartley, 20s 6d.—One abiP since last day. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of y e sterdeP ) flb e The intelligence of the com pl e t e c l os i n g of f „ l oP til by ice, which reached this town on S a turday' , " 0 1' 1 a sudden stop to purchas e r s o f y arn for Gerrof and the accounts front Indi a n o t beingconsidered y do ll , able, the yarn market has become excee dingl) or , f though, as yet, without any materi a l change toe, Fo 'The market for manufactured g ood s i s a lso inac t '' ter cll which the season may sufficiently account. I fe ly.ier, there were some rather extensiv e i nqu iries for shirtings at lower rates ; but, we believe, not touc ness done. vwc e ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET MONDAY, :11; The Flannel market has been very s imilar to preceding ones, and something lik e an average e l i Tbe e d of business has been transacted at previous prieeY• , so. has been much more inquiry after wool to-all:14d some kinds, such as nails and long wool, have re small a dvance in price. Viscount Gag,' has been on a visit to Colorte111)- barn, at Petworth Zuuse. tO r t X,FRENCLI EGGS.—Die egg merchant 3 of Che r d oic are about to avail theniseires of the facilities foVriao; and cheap transit offered by the railway tu i v ,, 4 igo iv i r to import their eggs into Southampton insteau to London. A small French sloop, the Nar o fV f ; rived in the dock about two o'clock 'on ThuP4clN —fig do n ot#, ~ t hr noon, with a cargo of about 400,060 eggs in ' of whi c h were l an d e d an d f orwar ded to T'o°at.cl f t! evening; the remainder were landed and fairs . terday.—liampAhire Independent. Seo "'r BIRTHS, On the sth inst., at Victoria. villas, Avenue-roa d ' park, Mrs. Edward George Cuff, of a daughter. ~,e l Sel l On the 9th inst., in Great Marlborough-street, "'- Charles Marshall, Esq., of a daughter. toil On the 9th inst., the lady of 11. Barnett, Esq.. ter' On the 9th inst., in King Edward-street, Westtnini- Mrs. James Richard Hance, of a son. MARRIED. On the 12th of September, at the British Epis oll , to P, O O. Buenos Ayres, Alfred Barber, Esq., of that Pl 4c- iDoilucy Turner, second daughter of the late Mr. Schrolder,,,°,olol,,o On the 28th ult., at Brussels, Monsieur Louis 1 1 the milk Ippersiel, of Brussels, to Mary Keith, wider ° William Lovegrove, Esq., surgeon, ;001J°,1-04 On the 3d inst., at Claybrook, Frederick E. e115'31.8., of Ilarpenden, Herts, to Caroline 1-161-11 e daughter of the Rev. R. H. Johnson, M.A., R ec tor 0 fie` , worth, and Vicar of Claybrook, Leicestershire. the On the sth inst., at St. Mary Magdalen Churcb,joof Samuel Childs Clarke, 8.A., to Amelia Mary , i i s for a ' daughter of the late W. Law, Esq., of Kidlington' DIED. „ t oo* On the 23d ult., at Rome, Frances Mary T l ' ° ""` of the late George Lovrther Thompson, lisq• o fif On the 2d inst., at Brighton. John Jackson, Es,lo' On the 6th inst„ at Brentford. Juliana Lydia' t A viving daughter of the late Mrs. Trimmer. On the 6th inst., at Torquay, Henry Dunbar, F'6(l.' residence of his brother, Major-General D u nbar. _ s:IP On the 6th inst., in Chapel-street, Bedf ord•ro" the youngest son of T. Penfold, Esq., of CroYcl_., ° ?• b e rti; 46 k On the 7th inst , at Clapham, Surrey, Mrs. -El' li ti ', l tyrr' - scl °ae, str O ee n t, t s h t e ra 7 n tl d i . mst., Edward Wood, Esq- ~ of North of ick - On the ith inst., in Henrietta-street. Brun,,,.veto, Charlotte Gent, youngest daughter of Samuel o'" to re of Clare, Suffolk. On the Bth inst., in Great Comm- street, 13rtM 51° . 1 0- Mr. George William Davis. _ wor th, , On the Bth inst., at Molinere House, Wall a ' , ham Williams, Esq., aged 82. On the Bth inst., at U.xbridge, Emily , i nfant cilugll b t l; Thomas Man Lake, bookseller. f• Aon On the Bth inst., at Norwood, Surrey, I ‘' l r ,. is ber On the 9th inst., at Grove-hill-terrace' " infant son of Alfred Sadlow, Esq. •G► - I ell V , ow° °S o of London : Printed and Published by Al t 1 No. 112, Strard. .''rinter, at The " r _ the CP - Srand. in th, Pri4ciktc• o• SAcry._ itiddleast, Thursday, December 121 I"' We lshee Ike t L The SI kr*, Y at, 41 1011 , h ► el`rtn i Po !AIL%) rio Ns lowey,,s .1 2 . xi A t, t , L t„ , ..,4 111 to‘ i kel !Ys %11 4 411 I lk tr, ill, . I