The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-06 00:00:00

SIERRA LEONE and the GAMBIA. Two important papers relative to these interesting settlements, ordered by the House of Commons, one, printed on the 24th of August last, have just reached our hands. The first (on the motion of Mr. Hume) is " a Return of the total income of the two Settlements in each of the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, and how expended; stating the several and separate heads of income and expenditure, with the particulars thereof, uncler each head." The second (moved by Sir Harry Inglis) purports to be " a R e t urn o f t h e P u bli c Ex penditure in the Settlement of Sierra Leone from 1825 to 1842, both inclusive ; distinguishing that from Colonial Funds, and that from Parliamentary Grants; and distinguishing the expenditure in each year from each source." The " income " of Sierra Leone is classified under the following heads, viz. (1) Customs dues, (2) Li:enses' dues, issued under Colonial Acts or Ordi nances (for retailing spirituous liquors, for auc tioneers, hawkers, pilots, &c., for marriage licenses; also market dues, taxes on horses, carriages, and Dogs. (3) Fines, forfeitures and fees, from sessional and police courts, copies of public office documents, &c. (4) Rents and sales of lends. (5) Special , and miscellaneous (chiefly proceeds, in 1839, of sales of goods abandoned for duty, 721/., (the minor items under this head ranging from 201. to 861.) The " Customs" which yielded 11,005/. in the year 1839, and 12,609/. in 1840, in 1841 fell to 7,4801. The spirit selling licences in like manner produced in the same years, successively and respectively 1,116/. ; 1,0181., 8711., and market dues, 841/., 8561., and 4711. "Fines, &c." declined, in like manner from 1521. and 229/, in 1839 and 1840 to 391. only in 1841. Rent of factories brought in the two former years 31/. and 1351.; in the last only 11/. In short, the only heads on which we find an increase in 1841 are (characteristically enough) in passports (from Sierra Leone we presume), which in 1839 produced but 551., in 1841 2121.; auctioneers' licences, which advanced in same interval from 91/. to 103/., and miscella neous, which rose from 421. in the first to 86/. in the third year of this term. The total income and ex penditure results as follows : Income. Expenditure. In 1839 1840 15,302 10,165 1841 9,379 14,243 The principal heads of increased expenditure, which went to make up the excess over income in 1841, were to salaries paid by agents in London, contin gencies of the colonies, revenue salaries, pensions in London, pay of militia, contingencies of ditto, rents and customs to native chiefs (91/. in 1839, and 1,3701. in 1841), presents for ditto, and missions to and from ditto. Thus it will be seen that there was In 1839 a surplus of income of £2,093 1540 ditto 5,137 .£7,230 1841 as excess of expenditure... 4,864 £2,366 It appears that, allowing for the surplus income of 1839 and 1840, amounting in all to 7,2391., the ex cess of expenditure in 1841, 4,8641., there was still a balance of income on the three years of 2,366/. Un der the heads pensions in colony, expenses of tak ing the colonial census, maintenance of distressed seamen, and ecclesiastical contingencies (co lony), the items are stationary, or very nearly so, throughout the whole period; whilst, on the charges for contingencies (London); ecclesiastical sa laries (colony); contingencies (ditto), medical sala ries, and contingencies (ditto) ; clothing and contin gencies (London) ; and buildings and repairs (colony), there was a considerable aggregate decrease in 1841 from the aggregate of 1839. In the return for Gambia, the chief items of in creased expenditure in 1841 are civil salaries paid in the colony ; judicial salaries and contingencies, ditto; pay of militia; repairs and buildings (colony) ; presents to, and missions to and from native chiefs. But the excess of all these together, as compared with their amount in 1839, is but 1,464/. ; whereas, in the other prominent heads of expenditure, the decrease in 1841, as compared with the two preceding years, is about 2,100/. There is, however, an additional item of ex pense, a 500/. repayment of a 500/. fine in 1841, by order of the Secretary of State. The truth is, the revenue of Gambia has lamentably declined in the same interval. The Customs yielded in 1839, 7,1171. ; in 1841, only 4,532/. The other items of revenue in 1839 and 1841, scarcely exceeded a total of 2001. ' • in 1840, of 7741. The excess of expenditure, therefore, over income for three years is very considerable, as may be shown by this statement : GAMBIA. Income. Expenditure. 1839. . . £7,381 £5,126 1840 4,953 8,284 • 1841 4,840 6,413 £17,174 E 19,823 Exees3 of Expenditure in three yesre £2,649 The third return in this Parliamentary paper, ex hibits the public expenditure in the settlement of Sierra Leone, from 1825 to 1842, thus distinguished and arranged, namely : _ _ TOTAL OF EXPENDITURE, 1825 TO 1842, FROM PARLIAMENTARY GRANTS. £194,274 116,850 12,434 3,878 liberated Africans Civil Establishments Public Works Colonial Contingencies £327,436 EXPENDITURE FROM CLERICAL REVENUES. Under same beads and in same interval £164,676 Grand total.. £492,112 HARRIS'S LIGHTNING CON DUCTORS. " H.M.S. Mrsuurs.—We have been favoured with a copy of a letter from the Minden (hospital-ship at Hong-Kong, China), from which we extract the fol lowing :—"Che lightning last night (July 30) was heavier than I ever saw it before ; two flashes struck the Minden, and played about Harris's conductors for some seconds, conveying a stream of fire through the ship awful to behold; a frizzing noise was distinctly heard, and I have no doubt but that we should have received serious injury had we not been furnished with these conductors. We are now lying with the fore-yards and top-masts struck, and have just had orders to receive on board fifty more of the worst cases out of the 55th Regiment : we have the sick on two decks at present. I have just been informed that the lightning last night also struck some merchant vessels, killed four men, and wounded some others, Dr. Morrison, the chief interpreter, is dead, after hav ing been nearly all his life in China. Lieutenant Ralph Milbanke, of the Childers, is also dead, and Mr. Forbes, mate of that ship, has been promoted to the vacancy. Dr. Rae, assistant-surgeon, is appointed to the Minden.' " It appears from the above which we extract from the Devonport Independent of last week, that the most complete protection has been afforded by Harris's lightning conductors to one of her Majesty' s s hip s employed in a service of great consequence to the country—and that, too, under very trying circum stances, and when other vessels near, and exposed to the same storm of lightning, evidently suffered con siderably. It has always been Our object, as impartial jour nalists, to afford due and fair consideration to any question of practical science affecting the public in terests, and we cannot, therefore, but admit that this result of the action of Mr. Harris's system of pro tection from lightning is most important, and quite conclusive of the truth of the principles for which he has so long contended. Without any undue bias in favour of our towns man, or the least wish to treat lightly the opinions of those who have expressed themselves as adverse to the general employment of his conductors in our navy, we are at a loss to understand upon what ground they insist on their danger ; seeing that they have been now employed in her Majesty's navy for up wards of fourteen years, and that the ships fitted on his plan have been exposed to the effects of lightning under various circumstances in every climate,—yet rot a single instance has ever been adduced in which they have failed to afford protection, or in which any injurious consequence has resulted. Had the views which have been lately pressed upon the public mind through the pages of a most respectable and valuable journal, the Hampshire Telegraph, been founded on truth, then we most unhesitatingly insist upon the fact, that such a case as that we have just quoted of her Majesty's ship Minden could not possibly have oc curred. Now, one fact is worth a thousa n d theories. In the Nautical Magazine, for Decem ber la st, rati lA o - n e find an equally important illustration of theo of these conductors. It appears by the official,jour nal of the sloop Scylla, signed by Captain Sharpe and transmitted to the Lords C omm i ss i oners ofa the Admiralty, that on the 6th of Angust, 1843, in lit. 24 3 N., long. 96 13 W., the ship having shortened sail to a squall from the N,W., was at this instant struck by a terrible shock of lightning, which burst on the main• mast, and was instantly carried clear out of the ship, so that within half-an-hour. the vessel had again made all sail, as if nothing had happened. The electrical discharge is said, in a private letter, to have passed down the masts and by the lower eck into the sea, attended by a rattling peal of thunder. The force of the shock was so great as to start some of the fixings of the copper plates in the royal pole ; yet not the least damage was done, or any inconve nience felt in the ship. With such facts before us, we cannot but hope that the Editor of the paper to which we have alluded will see the necessity of revising the disparaging statements which he has allowed to appear in his pages, relative to these conductors. It can never be for the interest of the press to deal narrowly, and through the prejudiced opinions of others, with any question in any way affecting the national interest. 'to rescue our shipping generally from the terrible consequences of so destructive an agency as light- THE StTN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1844. SPIRIT of the JOURNALS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 5. I t ho Court sat in Banco to-day, and was engaged the whole morning in r aring the arguments in the ease of Hilton v. Lord Granville, which came before the Court on demurrer. The ease related to a disputed right to dig, be tween the owner of a mine and the owner of the surface. CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT. OLD COURT. The fourth session of the present Mayoralty commenced F yesterday before the Recorder, the Sheriffs, Aldermen Gibbs , and Sir Chapman Marshall, the Uuder-Sheriffs, and other civic functionaries. Tut: CALENDAR.—.The calendar contains the names of 250 prisoners, distributed as follows :—Arson, 1; burglary, 4; child stealing, 2 ; unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 12 ; cutting and wounding, 7 ; embezzlement, 10 ; forgery, 2 ; horse stealing, 3 ; house breaking and larceny, 2 ; larceny, 121 ; ditto in dwelling-house, 8 ; ditto from the person, 9 ; ditto by servants, 22 ; stealing a post letter, 1; sending a threatening letter, 1 ; manslaughter, 1 ; murder, 1 ; misde meanour, 17 ; receivin g s t o l en goods, 2 ; sheep stealing, 1 ; ,shop-breaking and larceny, 5 ; shooting at the person with in tent, &c., I—total, 250. The ruid Jury having been sworn, were charged by the Recorder. He said that the calendar contained the names of 250 prisoners, which, he had no doubt, would be increased before the end of the session. He regretted to remark tbas there was a great increase in the number of persons charged with personal violence. There was one charge of murder, one of manslaughter, and several of cutting and wounding. There were several also of assault. Amongst the charges of violence, there was one of a father assaulting his son with a fire shovel ; another of a husband assaulting his wife; another of death on board of a ship, caused by violence. He did not, however, anticipate the grand jury would have any difficulty in dealing with the cases. It appeared from the depositions that there was enough of evidence to justify them in sending the cases before the petit jury. There was also a case of arson. It would appear the person who was charged with it was in a state of intoxication ; in fact, did not know what he was doing; but it would be their duty to send the case before the petit jury, if they were satisfied he wil fully committed the act. There were also two cases of rape, and several of offences committed upon children under ten years of age, There was also a case of manslaughter. The death, in this case, occurred in consequence of the person being thrown out of a carriage by an omnibus, which, it was said, was racing, at the time, with another. If they were of *pinion there was any guilty negligence on the part of the drivers, it was their duty to find true bills against them. After the usual general observations on their duty, the Grand Jury retired to their room. Elizabeth Brown, 32, described as a widow, was in dicted for stealing a gold watch, a gold chain, three rings, value 1801., a silver coffee-pot, two silver sauce boats, two gravy spoons, two 10/. Bank of England notes, eight 5/. Bank of England notes, thirty sove reigns, thirteen half-sovereigns, a quantity of velvet, a cashmere shawl, and other property, valued at upwards of 500/., the property of Robert Cleveridge Savage ; and Maria Mailer was indicted for receiving part of the property, knowing it to be stolen. Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner Mallen Mr. R. C. Savage deposed that he resided in the Wel ington-road, Marylebone, and the prisoner Brown had been in his service some years ago, but left it, and re turned to his service a short time back. On the 26th of December he found she had absconded, and, on look ing over his property, he found that the plate chest had been opened, and the property mentioned in the indict. ment stolen therefrom. He identified the articles pro duced as those that were stolen. Cross -examined—Witness lived on his property. The prisoner first came to be -his servant at the time of the French revolution, and when she left he took lodgings for her, and used to visit her for about two months. Mr. BALLANTINE—Did she not, in point of fact, live with you as your wife ? Witness—She performed some " functions" in my house. Mr. BILLANTINE—Did she perform the functions of a wife, Sir ? Witness—You may have it so, if you please. The witness then, in answer to further questions, said he believed the prisoners were sisters, but he had never seen the younger one, and knew nothing about her. Some evidence was then adduced to prove that, shortly after the robbery was committed, the prisoners were taken into custody, with the whole of the stolen pro perty in their possession. The prisoner Brown, in her defence, said that the pro secutor had been the cause of her ruin, and after she left his house he would never let her alone, but always hunted her out, and had prevented her from getting married. He had induced her to go back to him, and on the night she left the house he told her he was going to meet a married woman, and this occasioned a quarrel between them. COURT OF EXCHEQU.ER, Feb. 5. (Sittings in Nisi Prius, before Lord Anniaxa and a Special Jury.) REVZNUR CAIIISZN. Two causes only stood on the list of to-day, the At torney-General v. J. Dean, and the Attorney-General v. W. Scriviner. The latter case was postponed, and the former proceeded with. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. J. DEAN. Mr. Dean, the defendant in this action, formerly car ried on the business of a silk-mercer, in St.' Paul's Church-yard. That action was brought against him to recover certain penalties, for having removed goods to his warehouse, knowing the duties thereon to have been unpaid. The Attorney-General, Mr. Jervis, and Mr. Thesiger appeared for the Crown ; Mr. Montague Chambers, and Mr James for the defendant. The goods in question were foreign silks, imported from Boulogne, by the steamer City of Boulogne, Cap tain Tune. They were landed in three cases at Cox's Quay, on the 21st of August, 1840. Two cases were marked E. S. and C., Nos. 11 and 12 ; and the other V. T., No. 43. On the part of the Crown, several wit nesses were called who held appointments in various departments of the Custom-house. Their evidence went to show how the blue books were stamped and sealed, and the routine of offiee in other respects in volved by the action. When the charge-book was produced, the required leaf was wanting. For some time the missing leaf was not accounted for; when, to the amusement of the Court, a witness discovered that they • had been looking in the August of the wrong year. The blue book, in this case, was thought, on good grounds, to have had the inside of another substituted beneath its covers. It was also shown that this might have been accident, in the case of a red book. The quantities of silk are 3301b5., duty 1901. 1 ls. 6d. ; and 241bs. Boz. plain silk, duty 1291. 135., which duties, with 14s. agency, amounting to 3201. 18s. 6d., was paid by a cheque of de fendants. If the cases in question had been filled with silk (as the Learned Counsel for the Crown contended), their value would have been 2,877/., and if with satin 4,390/. The first of the nine counts set forth the un shipment of 2,0001b5. foreign silk, value 4,2331. 12c. (penalty 12,700 L 165.) ; and the second, that they had been harboured, and kept by the defendant, knowing the duties to be unpaid (a like penalty). The penalties from all the counts would be 63,000/. Mr. CHAMBERS entered on a masterly defence of his client. He urged the impropriety of punishing the de fendant for fraud, when, perhaps, the Custom-house offi cers were guilty of neglect. He next urged that there was no reason to infer that the cases had been filled with any particular description of silk enumerated in the duties list. At this stage of the proceedings, the ATTORNEY-GE NERAL allowed the cause to stand over till the sittings after next term, if it should appear that the defendant was unprepared. This proposition was acceded to, as the Learned Coun sel for the defence had had so short a notice. BUSINESS OF THE EQUITY COURTS. SITTINGS AFTER HILARY TERM, 1844. (Before the Lord Chancellor, at Lincoln's I nn .) Feb. B—Th e fi rs t seal ; appea lmotions. Feb. 9—Petition day (unopposed only), and appeals. Feb. 10 to 15—Appeals. Feb. 16—Petition day (unopposed only), and appeals. Feb. 17 to 22—Appeals. Feb. 23—Petition day (unopposed only), and appeals. Feb. 24—The second seal ; appeal motions. Feb. 26 to 29—Appeals. March I—Petition day (unopposed only). March 2 to 7—Appeals. March B—Petition day (unopposed only). March 9 to 13—Appeals. March 14-- . -The third seal ; appeal motions. March 15—Petition day (unopposed only). Mareh 16 to 21 —Appeals. March 22—Petition day (unopposed only) and appuls. March 23 to 27—Appeals. March 28—The fourth seal ; appeal motions. March 29—General petition day. Such days as his Lordship is occupied in the House of Lords accepted. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) Feb. B—First seal. Feb. 9 to 23—Pleas, demurrers, causes, further direc tions, and exceptions. Feb. 24—Second seal. Feb. 26—Petitions on general paper. Feb. 27 to March 13—Pleas, demurrers, &a., as above. March 14—Third seal. March 15 to 27—Pleas, demurrers, &e. March 18—Fourth seal. March 29—Petitions on general paper. The Master of the Rolls will - take consent causes, eon sent petitions, and short causes, every Tuesday at the sitting of the Court. (Before the Vice-Chancellor of England.) Feb. B—Firt seal; motions. Feb. 9—Petition day ; unopposed petitions, short causes, and causes. Feb. 10 to 15— Pleas,..demurrers, exceptions, causes and further directions. Feb. 16—Petition day; unopposed petitions. Feb. 17 to 22—Pleas, demurrers, ice. Feb. 23.—Petition day; unopposed petitions, &e. Feb. 24—The second seal; motions. Feb. 26 to 29—Pleas, &c. March I—Petition day ; unopposed, &c. March 2 to 7—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. March B—Petition day ; unopp osed petitions, short causes, and causes. March 9 to 13—Pleas, demurr ers , exceptions, causes, and further directions. March 14—The third seal. ; unopposed petitions, &c. 'March 15 21 1 25 5 - - top P 2e e l t t i r t ti io opn n y le day s, demurrer s , &c. ; unopp ose d petitions, &c. March March 23 to 27—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, &c. March 28—The fourth seal. March 29—General petition day. (Before Sir J. Knight Bruce.) Feb. B—The first seal; motions, and causes. Feb. 9—(Petition day), petitions and causes. Feb. 10—Unopposed petitions, short causes, andcauses. Feb.l2 andl3—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Feb. 14—Bankrupt petitions and ditto. Feb. 15—Pleas, demurrers, 8 6 e. Feb. 16—(Petition day), petiti ons and ditto. Feb. 17—Unopposed petition s , s h ort causes, and causes. Feb. 19—Bankrupt petitions and causes. Feb. 20—Pleas, demurrers, 8 4e „ Feb. 21—Bankrupt petitions and ditto. Feb. 22—Pleas, ace. Feb. 23—(Petition day), petitions and ditto. Feb. 24--Thy second seal, motions, unopposed peti tions, and short causes. Feb. 26—Bankrupt petitions and causes. Feb. 27—Pleas, demurrers, &c. Feb. 28—Bankrupt petitions and ditto. Feb. 29--:Pleas, demurrers, & c .: March I—(Petition day), petitions and causes. March 2—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and causes. March 4—Bankrupt petitions and causes. March s —Pleas, demurrers, &c. Marsh 6—Bankrupt petitions and causes. March 7—Pleas, &c. March 8- 7 (Petition day), petitions and causes. March 9—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and causes. March 11—Bankrupt petitions and causes. March 12—Pleas, &c. March 13—Bankrupt petitions and ditto. March 14—The third seal ; motions and causes. March 15—(Petition day), petitions and causes. March 16—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and causes. The prosecutor got into the witness-box, and with great violence declared it was not true that he had sought after the prisoner. He had not seen her for six years. As for the statement that he was going to see a married woman that was quite true ; he admitted that part of the statement was true. - Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and commented in severe terms upon the con• duct of the prosecutor, who, he said, there could be no doubt had first initiated the prisoner Brown into vicious courses, and had been the cause of her ruin. As to the other prisoner, he submitted that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the jury in convicting her of the specific offence imputed to her. Witnesses were called, who gate the prisoner Mailer a good character for honesty and general propriety of conduct. The RECORDER having summed up, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty with regard to the prisoner Mailer, and found the other pri soner Guilty, but at the same time 'strongly r,:com mended her to mercy on the ground that the prosecutor had been the original cause of her ruin. The prosecutor got into the witness-box and recom mended the prisoner to mercy. He at the same time handed a letter to the Court, from the contents of which he said he inferred that his life was in danger. The RECORDER having perused the letter, told the pro secutor that he ought to take some steps to trace out and prosecute the writer. Sentence upon the prisoner was postponed Henry Me! ford, 56, was convicted upon very clear testimony of an assault, with a felonious intent, upon a young man named Morgan. Mr. CLARKSON, who defended the prisoner, admitted that the name he had given was an assumed one, and that he had made no intimation to his friends of the fact of his deing charged with this offence, and that they were at present ignorant where he was, the prisoner preferring any alternative rather than allow his connec- tions to be made acquainted with his being under such a charge as the one made against him. The RECORDER sentenced the defendant to a year's imprisonment in Newgate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) _ CLERKEN WELL. Edmund Thompson, Jame; Heath, and Wrn. Thompson, young men, the latter enveloped in a fashionable blue cloak, with a fur collar, were charged with having been concerned in the robbery of wearing apparel from the house of the Rev. William Barton, a Wesleyan minis ter, residing at No. 2, Chesterfield-street, King's-cross, also on suspicion of being concerned in other robberies. Police-constable Williams, 31 E, being on duty at King's-cross on Saturday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, saw the prisoners from time to time con versing with one another. As their appearance was suspicious he watched them narrowly. 'They separated, and soon after, hearing a door slam in Chesterfield -street, he saw the prisoner Thompson running out of No. 2, with a riding cloak, a great coat, and a mackintosh on his shoulder. On seeing the officer the prisoner imme diately took to his heels, but was speedily arrested by Police-constable 62 E. He threw away the garments in his flight. Heath was apprehended in a few minutes after, and on his person were found four keys, one of which opened Mr. Barton's door. Hopkin's was appre hended on the same night in Heath's house, No. 3, Sea Lion-street, New-cut, Lambeth. The Rev. Mr. Barton identified the property seen upon Thompson as his property. Police-constable Gough, 83 L, deposed that on search- Heath's house he found there a writing desk, a drawing box, a quantity of chimney ornaments, and other articles, which a gentleman in Court identified as his, and which had been stolen from his house on Friday night last. Wit ness perceiving one of the floorboards more elevated than the others, raised it with a chisel, and found underneath 27 skeleton keys, thirteen picklocks, and a crowbar were found hidden. On a woman in the house, who gave the name of Smith, and who, it subsequently turned out was the paramour of Heath, 57 duplicates relating to various descriptions of property were found. Thump. son had been tried at the Surrey sessions by the name of Peter Nimmo, and was sentenced to twelve months' mprisonment, which he underwent. Hopkins was discharged ; the other prisoners were remanded ; but Heath was admitted to bail to the amount of 200 L to appear in this Court on Thursday next. March 18—Bankrupt petitions and causes. March 19—Pleas, &c. March 20—Bankrupt petitions and ditto. March 21—Pleas, &c. March 22—(Petition day), petitions and causes. March 23—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and causes. March 277-Bank j : , March 25 —Bankrupt p e ti t i ons an d ca uses. March 26— Pleas, &c. 'lions and ditto. March 28-11iiirou *` • •al ; motions and causes. March 29— (General 'petition day), petitions and causes. ' a,s i" . 7lrt --"k------ as Bickett was charged with maltreating a horse by Ratcliffe, one of the officers of the National Animals' Friend Society. The officer being on duty at King's-cross on that morning saw the prisoner driving a horse and car:. The poor animal was •,o feeble and emaciated,, that he was 6.r&1311111p* to put one foot before another. In addi tion to his weakness, Ratcliffe, on inspecting the horse, saw a large wound ender the saddle, and which was as raw and bloody as if the flesh had been cut out of it. There was another wound on the shoulder, and the knees were boken. He took the prisoner into custody. Ratcliffe, in answer to a question from the Magistrate, said the Society to which he belonged were about apply ing to Parliament for a new Bill. Mr. GREENWOOD thereupon observed that it would be a great improvement on the present law, if the owners were made liable, as they were frequently the most blameable. (Beore ir J. iram.) ca Feb. B—The first f seal S ; motions g and uses. Feb. 9—(P et i t i on day), pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Feb. 10—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first), and causes. Feb. 12 to 15—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causer, and further directions. Feb. 16—( Petition day), pleas, demurrer; &c. Feb.l7—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first), and causes. Feb. 19 to 22—Pleas, &c., as before. Feb. 23—(Petition day), pleas, &c., as before. Feb. 24—The second seal ; motions, petitions (un opposed first), and short causes. Feb. 26 to 29—Pleas &c., as before. March I—(Petition day), pleas, &a., as before. March 2—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first), and causes. March 4 to 7—Pleas, &c. as before. March B—(Petition day), pleas, demurrers, &c. March 6—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first), and Causes. March 11 to 13 —Pleas, &c. March 14—The third seal ; motions and ditto. March 15—(Petition day), pleas, &c., as before. March 16—Short causes, &c., as before. March 18 to 21—Pleas, &c, March 22 —(Petition day), pleas, &c. March 23—Short causes, &c., as before. March 25 to 27—Pleas, &c. March 28—The fourth seal ; motions and ditto. March 29—(The general petition day), petitions and causes. N.ll, None of these Courts will sit after April 3. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said the animal belonged to his father. The horse was to have been slaughtered on Friday last. He was fined 10s., or seven days' imprisonment. William Kirkland was charged with feloniously at tempting to stab Richard Bowles. The prisoner, prosecutor, and other young men were playing at skittles in the skittle-ground of the King's Arms public-house in Rawstrone-street, Clerkenwell, yesterday. The prisoner lost a game and refused to pay the sum forfeited. A dispute arose, in which he took his penknife from his pocket and opened it, the young man with whom he had been playing attempted to prevent his egress by crowding round the entrance, the prisoner rushed through them and made a thrust of the knife at the breast of the prosecutor who had offered no opposition whatever, the blade passed through the left breast of the coat which was strongly padded, but fortunately did not enter the flesh. The prisoner was committed for trial to the Old Bailey, but bail was accepted for his appearance there. A poor demented looking creature, who gave his name as Robert Smith, was charged with having been found in sane in the Chapel of Ease, Holloway. The prisoner, on Sunday week, placed a note in the hands of Mr. Robert George Steele, one of the con. gregation at the Holloway Chapel of Ease. The note w as given by Mr. Steele to the police, and on Sunday the prisoner was apprehended in the chapel. Mr. Steele, who resides at 6, Colleg e - street, Hollo way, deposed that he received the note from the priso ner, whom he had nev©r seen before.—(The note was - BOYLSTONE.—There was interred in the church yard of Somersal Herbert, in this county, on Friday last, an aged couple (Rich ar d and Ellen Phillips), the husband being 98--the wife 75. They were interred in one grave. The great ages of the five last in the register are remarkable, «z.:-87, 84, 82, 93 , and 75 years. We very much doubt whether any register in the county, or even in the kingdom, contains anything like it.-..Derby'Reportcr. handed in to the Magistrate, but its contents were not made public.) Mr. Semple, surgeon to the N division of police, de posed that he had examined the prisoner, and believed him to be insane. He told witness that he had been persecuted unceasingly for the last forty years, and that he would have committed suicide if he had had the courage to do so. Police -constable 172 N said he had been at the pri soner's residence, No. 2, Philip-street, Kingsland-road, and learned from the inmates that he refused to use any other food than bread and water ; they believed him to be labouring under a delusion. The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of the parochial authorities of Islington. A young man, named Sullivan, who has been repeatedly convicted and punished for assaults on the police, was charged with violently assaulting Police-constable 245 G, and "'bother officer. It appeared from the etidence, that on the previous ;light the prisoner was drunk and riotous, when the officers at tempted to remove him; he refused to go to the station house, and kicked both the officers so violently that one of them, 245 G, said he still felt pain from the injuries received, —the prisoner having kicked him in the groin and in th* abdomen. The prisoner, who had not the least excuse to make for his brutality, was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, with out fine, A young man, named Ward; formerly a pauper in the Holborn Lnion Workhouse, was charged with assaulting Be jamin Barlow, the porter of that establishment, and was sent to the House of Correction for seven days. A cabman, named Glover, was fined 51., for unlaTfully act ing as Waterman on the Goswell-street cab-stand, on the complaint of Ratcliffe, inspector of cabriolets. MAR YLEB ONE. Elisabeth Todd and Sarah Trussell were again brought before Mr. Rawlinson, th e f ormer c h arged with having, by means of a forged order, endeavour e d t o o b ta i n f rom, the Marylthone Savinzs' Bank the sum of 1161. 9s. 7d., dep,sited in the name of Mary Todd, and the latter (Trussell), with having certified the identity of the former Elizabeth with Wary Todd. The prisoners are both servants, the first at a house in Gloucester-place, the latter in Wilton -crescent, Knightsbridge. The case, which has appeared fully in The Sun of Feb. 1, was but very little entered into this day ; and Mr. Rawlinson, upon the evidence adduced, informed Mr. Wilkins, the barrist er , w h o appeare d f or Todd, that he felt it his duty to commit both prisoners for trial. Mr. Wilkins was going to reserve his detente for a jury, and would, therefore, have no objection to the Magistrate's decision. THE SNOW STORM. SITNDAY.—The following particulars were collected yester day, throughout the afternoon, from the various officials con nected with the London and Dover, and the London and Brighton, the Great Western, the London and Birmingham, the South Western, the Northern and Eastern, and other railways, the details of which will be read with interest. THE LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY.—Upon inquiry at this terminus, it was stated that there had been considerable obstruction on the line, arising from the heavy fall of snow which took place on Thursday night and Friday morning, and which has continued since at intervals. Some uneasi ness was occasioned on Friday morning by the late arrivals of the up-trains, which leave Folkestone at forty minutes past eleven, twenty minutes past one, and fifty minutes past three o'clock, the earliest of which should have arrived at the London terminus at half-past three o'clock, and the latest at twenty-seven minutes after ten. Before they had reached Penshurst and Staplehurst the depth of snow was so exces sive that the three trains were detained for some hours at those stations, and it was found necessary to employ the united power of the three engines to accomplish the journey, which was not done until between three and four o'clock the next morning, being a delay of above five hours beyond the time at which the last train was due. On Saturday and yesterday brooms were attached to the guards of the engines to clear away the snow from the metal, so as to afford the Ranches of the wheels to have an unterrupted passage on the rails. Throughout yesterday' the trains, with trifling exceptions, arrived at their destina tion within a brief period of the regulated time. An acci dent occurred, however, w hi c h was mos t fortunately not attended with fatal consequences. It has been already made public that the entire line from London to Dover is to be opened on Wednesday next, on which occasion the Directors will invite the authorities of Calais and Boulogne to a banquet in celebration of the completion of this undertaking. In pursuance of this intention several of the Directors, with an express engine and a carriage attached thereto, yesterday made an experimental trip, and on arriving at that part of the line where it is intended to have a branch from New cross to the Bricklayers' Arms, the engine came in contact with a truck,' which was nearly demolished, and the party had a narrow escape of being thrown down the embankment, and meeting with serious if not fatal consequences. The down train, which left London at eight o'clock on Friday morning, did not reach Folkestone within fifteen miles, thereby occa sioning serious inconvenience and delay to the passengers. An extra engine was yesterday attached to each train. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. —The trains on this railway, the reporter was informed, had not exceeded 20 minutes delay in any of the arrivals, but the effect of the thaw upon the drainage and bed of the line is not yet known, as the cuttings in many places are very steep. THE LONDON AND BramL.Nronmax.—Mr. Morris, the acting officer of police, stated that the train which leaves Birming- , ham at half-past eight o'clock on Sunday mornings, bring ing with it the mails from the great northern towns, arrived at the terminus, Euston-square, yesterday, at twenty-five minutes past one o'clock, being five minutes in advance of the usual period of its arrival. From the circumstance of this train bringing up the Irish intelligence connected with the State trials, much anxiety prevailed respecting the state of the line. It was apprehended that in the event of the wind veering round to the north, some obstacles would pre sent themselves to the afternoon (seven o'clock) train, but every precaution had been taken to avoid any casualty. THE GREAT WESTERN.—The up train from Swindon, propelled by the Centaur steamer, and bringing the mails from the principal cities and towns on this line, arrived at Paddington with the loss of only three minutes. The ploughs and brooms were attached to the engine, and proved quite successful in clearing away the snow, which at Tws'ford cutting was from sixteen to eighteen inches in depth. To the weight and solidity , of the engines may be attributed the efficient operation of the machinery employed. All the pre parations at Slough were completed on Saturday for her Majesty's reception at that station, and up to a late period yesterday the decorations made use of had not been removed, as no intimation had been received of the postponement of her Majesty's visit to Windsor, in consequence of the lamented death of his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha. • THE Souvu WEaTitim—On Friday the train which brings the mails from Gosport, Portsmouth, Southampton, &c., was about five hours beyond time. A number of men have been since employed on the line, and, in conjunction with other measures, have succeeded in removing any impe diment in the transit of passengers, &c., as usual. The fall of snow, owing to the direction of the wind, appears to have been heavier upon this line than on any other. On Saturday the mail-train was four hours and twenty minutes beyond time. The greatest delay, however, that occurred yesterday was half an hour. THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN.--The delays upon this line, as well as upon the Greenwich and Blackwall, have been very insignificant, so far as the information furnished by the officers of the several companies may be relied upon. In none of the above cases were the engineers, police, or stokers allowed extra clothing. nix BRANCH COACHES.—Upon inquiry at some of the principal booking-offices, the clerks doggedly referred to the railways for information, and affected the utmost ignorance of any non-arrivals. THE METROPOLIS, &C.—The number of applicants for re lief and shelter at the different refuges for the destitute was, as might be expected, considerably increased. About two o'clock the snow abated, and from that time until about four o'clock a small but thick sleet fell. Towards the latter part of the afternoon a heavy ground thaw set in, which rendered the streets exceedingly dirty—an effect which was to be mainly attributed to the police not having put the law in force compelling housekeepers to remove the snow from the pavement opposite their doors. THE LATE CASE OS' EXTORTION AND MURDER AT PLUMSTEAD.—It will be recollected that on Thursday last, at Marlborough -street Police-court, a miscreant, who stated his name to be Joseph Burgen Smith, gentleman, of No. 116, Drummond-street, Euston-square, was fully committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court, for extorting money from Lord Abingdon's butler, under a threat of charging him with having committed a most horrible offence. Since his incarceration in Newgate, Mr. Cope, the Governor, has ascertained that the prisoner has assumed a false name, and that he is John Bodle, aged 32, in whose welfare the public took some interest a few years since, on account of his having, it is said, been innocently charged with a murder at Plumstead, near Woolwich. In November 1833, Mr. George Bodle, a gentleman residing, and possessing a large share of property, in that village, was murdered by arsenic being administered in his breakfast coffee, and several mem bers of his family nearly shared a similar fate through partaking of the poisonous draught. Suspicions resting on the above- named prisoner (the murdered man's grandson), he was arrested, and at the Coroner's inquest, which lasted five days, evidence was adduced of his having been seen to mix something in the coffee-kettle on the morning of the day on which the murder was committed, besides his utter ing expressions that he wished his grandfather was dead, as he would then come into possession of I,OOW. a year, which, together with other facts indicative of his guilt, warranted the jury in returning a verdict of " Wilful murder " against him. His trial took place at Maidstone assizes in the suc ceeding month, before Mr. Justice Gazelee, Mr. Adolphus conducting the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bod kin defending the accused. It occupied two entire days, and terminated in an acquittal. The decision of the jury pro duced the utmost excitement in Court, and was hailed with the most lively demonstrations of satisfaction and applause, the public having a strong prejudice against his relatives for prosecuting him. Circumstances, however, have since trans pire d which further dispel the mystery of the murder, but at the present period it would not be prudent to detail them. A few months since he was charged with stealing SW. from his brother-in-law, who resides in St. John-street, Smith field-bars, but he managed to abscond, and had not beet heard of until he was apprehended on the present infamotie charge. CHILD BORN IN THE STREET.—It having been dis covered by a family resident in Pembroke -street, Devonport, that a servant in their employ, named Ellen Johnson, was in a state of pregnancy, the young woman was thereupon im mediately dismissed from service. Having no home, and , b 3vi e ao i y n n g dtha u ye n n a n b iigg le hhtt t , o fao p nu r do o w c a u itn r teg e m, a pb l t o tei dt ahles g o , labour lttehre insuadddeonolry fenwrg- eha, was ovimei instantlybi s ri h er e vt hehr however, t d haes b e r gen o hat u it l g edf h o.o brought acquai n ted ‘har enrdu e very ehe ssetcc o mf o rt with nrc, eftu l o i hlr e det r coming on, the poor creature was carried to the workhouse parish auc y ru t dsp h hi et e ine p end o police, cbse surgeon,he, which the house could afford was given to her, and we hear that both the unhappy mother and her offspring are now doing well—West Briton. On Tuesday, the 23d ult., at Beverley, aged 76, Ann Cass, wife of Richard Cass, hatter, better known as "Molly C ass ," th e great election heroine in the good old days of John Wharton. She was a tall athletic woman, used to head the mobs, and would fight her way through a host of opponents of the opposite sex. In the prime of her days she was an out and-out Oranger, but the defeat of her champion, Wharton, adverse circu ms t ances , an d the infirmities of age overcame her; she yield e d t o th e t e mptations of Tory gold, and compelled her little Dicky" the last time he c ould vote, to support th e Crimsonites.—lt is a fact— a melancholy fact—that " Molly" never looked up again after this.—Hall Advertiser. London, by Mr. mowed last week between Sunderland and bsteamer, EVERY LITTLE HELPS.—A new trade was com menced of sheea caresses, from Mr. French's wharf, a consignme nt Brabant, butcher, who sent to the metropolis y packed two sad two in sacks. —Dstrhan, Chronic le. ining, must surely be regarded as a point of very ! great importance ; and when we consider the terrible !loss of life and property which has occurred in our navy only in the course of the last half cen tury, we hold it as a duty to our naval and commer cial interests generally to place such facts as those to which we have alluded fairly before the public. Between the years 1809 and 1815—viz., six years, no less than thirty sail of the line, and fifteen frigates, are known to have been disabled by lightning; a great number of seamen either killed or crippled by the same agency. The Repulse lost the service of no less than twenty men by lightning, in the Bay of Roses, in August, 1813, ten of them were killed on the spot; and the squadron lost the efficient services of one of its fastest ships, from the crippled state of the masts. It has been calculated, from the cases detailed in the official log-books of her Majesty's ships, depo sited at the Admiralty, that the country, during the last war, did not expend at the least a sum short of 10,000/. annually, in consequence of the damage sus tained by our shipping, by lightning, in various parts of the world.—Plymouth Herald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 4.—The Java freight-ship, Lieut. J. Imrie, agent, arrived this morning from Trinidad, with the whole of the 92d Regiment on board, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Macdonald, having made this voyage home in 43 days : she will proceed to-morrow for Leith, when the regiment will disembark and proceed to Glasgow, where it will be for the present quartered. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Wm. Maclean, arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th ult., after a short passage of six days and a half, from Cork ; the 45th Regiment landed the same afternoon. The Apollo will proceed from Gibraltar to Jamaica, with the 58th Regi ment ; from Jamaica she will go to Quebec, to bring home a regiment, probably the 68th Light Infantry, and may be expected at Spithead some time in June next The Warspite, 50, Captain J. P. Wallis, left Lisbon the 19th of January for the Mediterranean, to relieve the Vernon, 50, Captain William Walpole. The Vernon, may therefore be expected home shortly to be paid off, having been the full time in commission. The Nautilus, 10, tender to the Victoria and Albert, Lieut. Commander Tringham, arrived on Saturday, .from Brighton. _ _ _ _ In consequence of the severe cold weather rendering an approach to the Texel dangerous at this season, on account of the ice, the Dortrecht, Dutch Government storeship, bound to that port from Surinam, put into this harbour to await the opening of the navigation. DEVONPORT, FEB. 4.—The Alban, 2, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander J. Jeayes, arrived at this port from Cork yesterday, and sailed this morning for Portsmouth. The Emerald, tender, Second Mate S. Baggs in charge, arrived at this port from Portsmouth on Friday night. On her passage hither she encountered some very severe wea ther, in which one of her crew was severely hurt by the main block giving way, and her gaff was sprung. She has several defects, which are being made good in the dockyard. Tlie Diligence transport, Martin master, arrived yes terday with stores from Portsmouth. The Caledonia, 120, Capt. Milne (flag-ship), is being ,owed inho harbour by the confiance tug. No man of war in the Sound. In Hamoaze.—The Caledonia, San Josef, Resistance, Crane, Emerald; Sylph and Netley tenders; Penelope and Confiance steam-vessels; Lancier, Dutch schooner; Diligence - transport ; Falmouth, Camel, Tortoise, and Hamoaze lighters. PROMOTlONS.—Mate—Spencer H. Pickard (1837) of the Spiteful, to the rank of lieutenant. APPOINT;IENTS.—Lieutenants—T. Gresham (1843 :o the Formidable; Henry Eden (additional) to the Wii liam and Mary yacht, to Study steam and engineering. Mates—F. W. Smith (1842), W. Amphlet (1842), and R. Patey (1838), from the Excellent, to study at the Naval College ; P. W. Coventry (1837), from the Queen to the Vernon, as acting lieutenant. Assistant-Surgeon—L. C. Urquhart (1833), from the Camperdown to Sheerness Dockyard. Second Masters—Forbes Macbean, to the Excellent ; W. Lidstone, to the Pigmy, vice Main, to the Victoria and Albert Midshipman—W. Pellew, to the Excellent. Masters' Assistants—W. IL Pascoe, to the Poicters ; W. Luton, to the Prometheus ; C. W. Cooper, to the Crane. COAST G TJA RD.—Appointment—Lieut. D. O'Brien to a station. Removals—Commander D. Curry, from Newcastle to Ryde station, Isle of Wight, vice Commander Kerr, to Weymouth, vice Commander Dobson, promoted; Lieut- Samwell, from Gerran Haven, vice Lieutenant Kiddie, to command the Harpy, vice C. H. Baker, to command the Vulcan revenue steamer, vice Crispin, promoted ; Lieutenant C. Goldsmith, from the Dolphin, to com mand the Shamrock, vice Lieutenant Crocker, to com mand the Prince Albert, vice Nind, promoted ; Lieut. S. E. James, from Happisburgh to Lyme Cobb, vice Lieutenant Johnson, resigned. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 3.—The Professor of Chemistry (Dr. Daubeny) will begin his course of lectures at the Laboratory on Tuesday next, the 6th instant, at eight o'clock in the evening. The Professor of Geometry is under the unavoidable neces sity of postponing his lectures till further notice. The Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy will deliver his second lecture on the mechanical methods of improving the land, at the Botanic Garden, on Monday, the sth inst., at two o'clock. The Regius Professor of Hebrew (Dr. Pusey) proposes to lecture on the Psalms during this term, on Mondays, Tues• days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at nine o'clock. The meetings of the Ashmolean Society will be held on the 12th and 26th inst., and March 11. The Responsions . commence on Wednesday next. The Oxford Society for the Study of Gothic Architecture will meet on the 14th and 18th instant, and March the 13th, at eight o'clock in the evening, Mr. Montague Bernard, of Trinity College, has been elected to fill the vacant Vinerian Scholarship for the study of the Common Law, tenable for ten years, stipend 301. per annum. Mr. Philip Williams, from Winchester School, has been admitted a Probationary Fellow of New College. T. W. Mellor, Esq., has presented the Rev. T. W. Mellor, to the perpetual curacy of Wood bridge, Suffolk, value 500/. per minium Earl De Grey has presented the Rev. E. L. Sayer to the living of Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, value 247/. per annum. Mr. and Mrs. Curtler, of Revere House, have presented the Rev. J. Palmer to the rectory of Dovesdale, Worcestershire, value 2021. per annum. Mr. W. W. Foulkes has been elected a Scholar of Jesus College. CA.IEBRIDGE, FEB. 3.—The Vice-Chancellor has just an nounced to the Senate, that a proposal has been made by John Barnes, Esq., of the Middle Temple, London, to place the sum of 2,000/., Three per Cent. Consols, in the names of trustees, upon trust, that during the life of his sister, 'Ann Barnes, the dividends and annual income thereof be applied for her use and benefit, or upon certain contingencies for the benefit of the said trustees, and that after her death, the said Bank Annuities be transferred to the Chan cellor, Masters, and Scholars of this University, upon trust, for the foundation of a scholarship, to be called " The Thomas Barnes' Scholarship," in memory of his brother, Thomas Barnes, M.A., deceased, late of Pembroke College, subject to certain regulations, to be submitted to a congregation on Wednesday next. A SINGULAR CHARACTER. On Wednesday last an inquest was held at the Salu tation, Bridge-street, Cambridge, before Mr. Cooper, Coroner for that borough, on view of the body of Magnus Klein, who came to the Salutation public house on Tuesday evening from Cottenharn, and was found dead in his bed, but warm, next morning. Upon a post mortem examination, made by Mr. Les tourgeon, it appeared that the cause of death was hermetemesis, and from the state of the liver it seemed that the deceased had been formerly a hard drinker. The deceased was a Swede, and was well known to Mr. Lestourgeon, having been a patient in the hospital for several weeks. He was a man of very singular cha racter, and from the papers found on his person ap peared to be travelling about the country for the pur pose of obtaining signatures to a petition to the House of Commons, respecting the vice of drunkenness and the allurements of gin palaces and beer houses. On him were also found a narrative of his life (which appears to have been passed principally at sea), published by Min* in 1837, and a list of persons on whom he intended to call in Cambridge. A list of subseriptions to enable him to get to London was also found in his pocket, and several copies of the following extraordinary card MAGNUS KLEIN has the honour to wait, solicit:rig the favour of an interview when convenient, in order to ob tain signatures for submitting to Parliament a petition signed by nearly 20,000 of the clergy, magistrates, and most respectable inhabitants of different counties - through which he has travelled, in support of his application (printed by order of the House of Commons), praying the Legislature to take into serious consideration the propriety of suppressing, as far as possible, tho se h ouses termed gin palaces, and shops, which are destitute of the requisite accommodation of tap-room and parlour, as well as the common beer-shops throughout the coun try, which give such encouragement to drunkenness and crime, and thereby materially protecting the responsible trader. " Mr. Klein begs leave to mention that, although he is well known for his personal resemblance to the lite Napoleon, he is not actuated to this undertaking by any sect or political party. He is a man of peace, and a: free agent, having journeyed through the land under the greatest hardships, to make himself useful as phi lanthropist and therefore solicits the favour of being en couraged and supported by the generous and benevolent friends who delight in the performance of good works." The jury returned a verdict of—Died by the visitation of God. Tux SECRET PASSION. By the author of " Skalcspeare and his Friends," &c. In this singularly in teresting work, so much talked of in the best circles, the author has brought before us a heroine famous above all her contemporaries, not less for her extreme beauty than for her extraordinary attainments in an age wnen genius of. the highest order prevailed in both sexes to an extent never ex celled. In short, this gifted being is no other than the lady immortalised byy. Ben Jenson in his matchless epitaph Underneath this marble hearse, - Lies the subject of all verse— Sydney's sister, Pembroke's 'nether. Death, ere thou shalt find another, Fair and good and wise as she, Time shall throw his dart at thee." - It is only necessary to add that the whole interest, of the story of "The Secret Passion " lies hi a clandestine attach ment the Countess of Pembroke is represented to have lotrued with, in every sense, the most noble ofthe many distinguish& characters by which she was surrounded, and from which after mutual struggles, the result only occur to such natures, both at last are disentangled by means which , inore deezly excite the reader's sympathies. — of B A o C rd C e o s U nx lit i S n fr an o . lll t in tow a s t7 jet eit ann l ou ifE nce p th U e K tt E rr ° iv r al ß o ° ft ß h D c E D A u tr ke i. r o m fth had e T h y se ro n l. tiet u slco ews , , Pr es om . i t h m e v ao el on led nln da la y ti an on d of ni s g n h o t w , b in ut th h e is p p as r s o es g peeled to arire st Gorita on the t'.3d ultlwn, PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Those conversant with the proceedings of courts of criminal jurisprudence Bare remarked, that when the evidence against a prisoner at the bar has shown itself too strong to be shaken by direct testimony, the counsel for the defence adopt one of two modes to afford their client a chance of escaping conviction. The first, and that most frequently adopted, is to argue upon the extreme improbability of his being betrayed into the corrueiqsion of the particular crime of which he stands accused. His habits--his disposition, so opposite to the tendency of heart and life tending to such an offence, would justify a doubt—heavily as the evidence may seem to press against him—that some mistake exists ; which, though not capable of deten tion by his counsel, nor of being explained by the ac cused, will justify the jury in acquitting him of the charge. Of course, a host of witnesses will be ready to swear that the gentleman at the bar is all his counsel has said respecting the correctness of his morals and tha kindness of his heart. In many cases, this line of de fence succeeds, and the prisoner is acquitted. The other mode is to rest his defence upon the previous excel lence of his character ; to fill the Court with wit nesses—all of whom have known the prisoner a very considerable time, and never knew anything against his character until the present charge, which placed him in his now unhappy situation. The design is to raise a presumption in the mind of the jury, notwithstanding the facts in proof, that he has not been really guilty of the offence with which he is charged. A course some what resembling this seems to have been adopted in the House of Commons on Friday evening, by the members of the Government who undertook the defence of the Irish Attorney-General. The charge brought against this functionary was, that he, while engaged in conducting a State prosecution, of the deepest importance to the parties he accused, and to the country at large, was so far regardless of the respect he owed to the Court; of his duty as the principal law-officer of the Crown in the country ; and of the temperate and impartial administration of justice toward the indicted parties, who then stood on their deliverance, as to challenge to personal combat one of the counsel for the defence, who was then in course of addressing the jury in behalf of his client ! There were other counts, charging him with unfair ness in his general mode of conducting the prosecution. The proofs establishing the case against this officer of the Government were so strong, that even the leading counsel for the defence of the culprit, though he muttered something of " the House being imper fectly acquainted with the full particulars of the case," did not attempt to rebut the facts as they had been stated. Still it was necessary to frame something in the nature of a defence—seeing a defence was to be set up. And how was this done ? After the most approved Old Bailey fashion ! By drawing the attention of the jury from the facts, and pronouncing an eulogium upon the private virtues of the accused party. First it was at tempted to be shown that he was not a person at all likely to be guilty of the particular piece of miscon duct imputed to him. "He had displayed remarkable coolness of temper and moderation of judgment in conducting these proceedings"—and these, it was further urged, are the qualities by which he is, and always has been, distinguished. Another witness stated, " the At torney-General conducted himself with the greatest po liteness and kindness of demeanour during these trials." Now, all this testimony was brought forward to show that from his previous habits the party accused was not at all likely to be guilty of the offence charged against him (and especially of those in the other counts); it was, therefore, peculiarly unfortunate for him, and those who undertook his defence, that it was met by the stubborn fact, that he had been guilty of them ! It was evidently felt that mere presumption, where the proofs of criminality were so strong, would do little by way of rebutting the charge. This diffi culty was met by calling witnesses to general character. These (as in Old Bailey practice) were easily found. One, who had known him for up wards of twelve months, could safely say, that " a more honourable, right-minded man does not exist." Another, that "he is an honour to hisprofession"—that " no man is more remarkable for high-minded conduct, both in public and private life." A third, that "in private life he was a man of m os t exem pl ary c h aracter ." N ow, this is exactly what is seen at every session of the Cen tral Criminal Court. It resembles it in another parti cular ; viz., its utter inapplicability. It is just as if a man charged with forgery should receive a good character for temperance ; or one of the swell-mob, accused of picking pockets, for his humanity to animals. The forger and the member of the swell-mob, when acquitted by juries, upon the strength of the good character given of them by their friends and associates, sometimes take their departure from the Court with an expressive com pliment from the Judge—that " they leave the bar without a blemish upon their reputation !" So it has been with Mr. Attorney-General Smith. That he is guilty of the monstrous outrage of which he was accused there exists not the smallest doubt. But his general character (whether true or false) for the time served him. He was not only saved from merited pu nishment, but his employers informed the Court that " they had taken no steps toward his dismissal, and do not contemplate taking any." In short, they intend to retain him in their service I Mr. Attorney-General Smith is, therefore—at least for the present—a free man. Whether he will be equally fortunate on a future occasion, and before another jury, re mains to be seen. What may, however, be the fate of this unhappy subordinate official is not a mat ter of much moment. The day is not distant when his masters, who are the principal delinquents, and have adopted his guilt by screening him from punishment, will themselves stand, with him, at the same bar, from which, by their means, he has just escaped. The charge which will be preferred against them is one serious in its character ; and of its truth the proofs are abundant and irresistible. They have conspired against the peace of one portion of the empire, and against the prosperity of the whole. Their speeches and their acts attest a mutual purpose. In fact, they are guilty of originating the very measures in carrying out which Mr. T. B. C. Smith has been only an agent—their hired tool; instructed, paid, and protected by them. If the jur' which is to try these criminals perform their duty their career of crime will be stopped. DEATH OF GENERAL CuNNINGHAME.—This Gallant Officer, whose decease has been officially reported at the India House, has been in the service half a century, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenasit-General 28th Jun e , 1838 ( ( the Coronation brevet). CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—..On Friday evening, about eleven o'clock, a man, having the appearance of a gentleman, wrapped up in a large brown Chesterfield coat, and who stated he had arrived from Reading, per rail way, inquired at the bar of the Bull and Anchor, 92, High- Holborn, if he was too late for a bed, and being told he was not, walked into the parlour, and after partaking of refresh ment retired to rest. In the morning, between nine and ten o'clock, the landlord met him on the stairs, when he stated he should return to dinner, and left a brown paper parcel to be taken care of. Previous to his leaving the house the chambermaid, on examining the room in which he had slept, found everything correct. Within an hour after his departure the landlord's wife, on going to a drawer in her bed-room, was surprised to find it in disorder, and the under-mentioned articles stolen :—a new velvet vest, a satin vest, and a pair of doeskin trousers. On making a further search the whole of the upper part of the house had been ransacked, and a new gown-piece stolen from one of the servants' boxes. It appears the fellow mast have been disturbed, or he would Lave taken more. He is about thirty-five years of age, five feet nine and a half inches high, fair complexion, straight light hair, very fresh coloured; his boots were remarkable, being leather half-boots to button inside, one without but tons, and the other with only three on. Information was immediately given to the police, wh o are on t h e l oo k -out for the fellow. On examining the parcel he had left it was found to contain a striped cotton shirt and two pamphlets. " An immediate vacancy in the' representation of the borough of Dudley in Parliament" is not " likely to occur." Thomas Hawkes, Esq., the present Member who paired off with Captain Vivian, and who is n ow on a visit to the south of France till the approaching Easter, declares it his intention to resume his parliamentary - duties at that period. This communication has been made to the gentle man's own friends at Dudley, who are now much enjoying the vain bustle of the self-important League, with Mr. i Acland in their rear.—Ten Tozoss Messenger. PoRTER. I —The first person who brought the making of porter to perfection was Mr. James Harwood, an eminent brewer in Shoreditch ; he died in October, 1762. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—Betijamin Rid ing, alias the " Morning Star," has now completed the un paralleled feat of walking 1,500 miles in 1,500 successive Hours; and his committee beg to state that during the time of his performing this unprecedented feat, he haewalked over and above the task 180 miles, making in the whole 1,680 mile. in 1,500 consecutive houre.—Leeds Times. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL.—The wea ther at Liverpool for tl last few days has been most tesuptestu ous, and such as to render the navigation of the river to the Che• shire slips not only inconvenient, but extremely dangerous. On the arrival of the Woodside steamer on Wednesday morning,a gentleman in the Custom-house, of the name of Mackerel, being eager to land, unfortunately jumped short of the pier, and from the oscillation of the steamer then moored to the side of It, he stumbled, when his thigh was absolutely amputated, the seveigi limb being retained only by a portion of the outer skin, Prompt assistance was rendered, and the sulker was conveyed to the Nor. them Hospital. The unfortunate gentleman has only been married nine months, and his wife is now far advanced in prep. nancy. There is hardly a hope that he can survive the aarident. THE WILL OF EARL FERRERS.—The will and three codicils of the Right Hon. Washington Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth has recently been proved. In his will, he appoints W. Matthews, Esq., sole executor; but, in a codicil, revokes that appointment, and names his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex (since dead) and P. S. Shir ley, Esq., executors, to whom he bequeaths 100/. each to purchase a ring; to his grandson he gives 500/. ; to another a full length portrait of himself; and directs his executors to offer his library to his grandsons, at a fair valuation, and, in case they should not become purchasers, to sell the same by auction. His conservatory is to be pulled down and dis posed of in the same manner. To his late wife's sister 1004 ; to his adopted child, Eliza Davey, 1,000/. ; to two of his servants legacies of 200/., free of legaey duty. The property is sworn under 30,000/. From the effects of a paralytic stroke, the deceased was unable to sign his will, and made his mark instead; but he appears to have recovered from its effects, for the codicils are signed "Ferrers" in a firm bold hand. THE WEATHER.—Winter, now that February has arrived, has set in in right good earnest. The weather was comparatively mild up to Tuesday night, accompanied by high wind, but early on Wednesday morning we were sur prised by a sudden storm of thunder and lightning, which was succeeded by snow. This was followed by fine clear andthe a ni t g t h h t e t o hn f e Thursday wewrite th ( e Fri l a n y d morning), frosty i o n s f t r nt weat h er,gt o ) w ar e d s e w t hbheua has a s i n. t , Leicester Mercury. been falling fast for several hours..— KNACE.ERS' YARDS.—On Friday night a petition from the Committee of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and complaining of the inadequacy of the law relating to those places, and praying for relief, wai presented to the House of Commons by the Honourable J. S. Wortley, and we are informed that a Bill for consolidating and amending the laws now in force has been prepared under the direction of the Committee of the Society, and will Lie iatroducetlia he early part of the stiliQU. Basit.. 2,705 SUPPLY AT MARCIT. I Sheep. I Calvet. I P X I 24.4a0 OS Total. .... ..... 2,521 870 2,580 Previous week's arrival . 177 2,104 196 2,111 ••••••.• • Dlflerence since our last... 101 397 674 419 BOROUGH HOP 3CARJUIT. There is only a moderate business doing in this market in any kind of hops, yet the demand may be considered firm, at prices quite equal to those noted in our last report. Th• show of samples is unusually small. TALLOW. We have nothing new to inform our friends of in connexion with this market. The delivery is again smaller than in the corresponding week last year, and the price, in consequence► is steady, at our quotation. In Tallow, for the Autumn, there is a little business doing at 41s 6d to 41s 9d. Town Tal low is 42s nett cash. WOOL BILIUMET. The public sales have been well attended by the dealers, who have purchased largely at an advance on combing qualities of lid to 2d, and clothing, ditto, id to l}d per lb. BOROUGII AN D SPITIMPZZUDS. Although the arrivals of Potatoes have been seasonably good since our last, holders of the best samples have de manded, and, in some instances, obtained, a trifling advance. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SITTING OF JANUARY 29. One of the first papers read was an account of a recent series of experiments, by MM. Flandin and Danger, en metallic poisons. Their last experiments were on the compounds of lead. They have ascertained, by the pro cess of carbonisation, which consists in operating suc eessively upon organic matter by sulphuric acid, elder hydric acid, and water, the presence of lead can be de te,ted, even in the smallest proportions. By studying the toxical action of the compounds of lead, the authors have convinced themselves, in conformity with the opinion expressed by MM. Dupasquier, and Rey. of Lyons, that soluble compound s a l one are poi' sonous, and that, to be fatal, they mu st be taken in large doses. The symptoms of saturnine in' toxication have been carefully studied by MM. Flandixt and Danger, who have never found any traces of in-- flammation. The anatomical lesions are described by them in detail. In searching for the metal in the organs of persons who had sunk under the effects of saturnine intoxication, they found it exclusively in the digestive tubes and in the lungs. This new fact, which agrees with what they had ascertained in the course of former experiments on other metals, has led them to put the following questions :—How are we to explain the partial passage of the poisons into certain organs to the exclusion of others? How are we to account for the difference which is perceived in the action of metallic poisons as regards the organs towards which they are conveyed and the excretory passages by which they disappear? The authors reserve their answer to the second part of their problem for a future day. With respect to the first, they are of opinion that the passage of the poisen to wards the organ in which it locates itself is effected either by the lymphatic vessels, or by the venous chan nels : venarum porta, porta malorum, as Stahl has ob served in his aphoristic language.—Messrs. Roset and llassard presented a paper on the causes of the in equalities of the solid and liquid surface of our globe,. Their paper is of too complicated a character for us to give an analysis of it ; we must, therefore, merely state that they attach great importance to the known v ar i a ti ons of density in the terreitiai covering. A communication was received from 311 ‘L, Chailly and G o di er, on the mechanical and surgical treatment of deformities According to these gen tlemen, their mode of treatment has been successful in s great number of cases. M. Chaussenot, an engineer , already w e ll k nown b y h i s i nventions for the applicat i o n of heated air in th e b urn i ng o f gas, so as to di m i n i s h the consumption without di m i nis hi ng t h e quant i ty o f light. communicated an account o f an apparatus w hi c h he has invented, as a se cur ity aga i nst t h e explos i on o f steam boilers. It would a pp ear t h at h e h as b een very succes.s7 ful, and that a gre a t num b er o f manufacturers , w h o have steam-engines, have adopted his apparatus, en! have hitherto been perfectly satisfied with it. It is also stated that the Russian Government has ordered that!' shall be used throughout Russia, in all public or vivo ° establik.hments where there are steam , boilers.. - KISSING EXTRAORDINARY. t Mr. Horson, o f D orc h ester, b r i ngs an action ag ails e Miss Lydia Withi ng t on , to recover 600 d o ll ar s, t i l e amount of a pr om i ssory - note s i gned b y her and pariFt to his ord er ; and, singular as it m a y seem , the venal f _ of the n o t e depended in part on th e r fact, whet he Major Sa mue l Wi t hi ngton had kissed Mrs. Horso n or fact; The defendant asked exemption from payment of t; note on th ree groun d s, to wit—l. That there was ne e° sideration g i ven f or t h e note. 2. That, if there wt. I, e'er consideration it w as ill ega l. 3 . Th at i t was obtained ig i fraudulent an d f a l se representations. It appeared.lo,s evidence that th ere was a . cons i deration, w hi c h nothing more nor l ess t h an a ki ss b estowed upon Plain tiff's tiff's wife by d e f en d ant ' s b rother. Major Withings• described thi s ki ss as b eing. one of pure flan.- ship, d oc il e i n i ts nature, and perfectly . less. It seems t h at the Major, who is about 65 w, : the in a stat e o f pecu li ar anxiety in regar d to health of a f r i en d , an d as the most feasible way °ft.,. tire lieving this anx i ety h e ca l led on Mrs. Horson, an °lova stranger, of ab ou t 25, w h om he found so interesting spa sociable as to ind uce hi m to go i n and ta k e a seat, tber pass the com pli ments o f the season. .On a. Ju re ' . 0 acquaintance with her his first impressions we oil: much strengthened, that on parting he s aid tared to kiss her bewitching lips, which h e cealr she received with great apparent satisfaction. ; r , n cet sellor Clark of Roxb ur y, w h o appeared for the ae'-uisa and who is a married man, contended that such' a a nd might be given an d rece i ved in a natural I°le'•ther without dama ge to either art--that it il l' or l s t e h t: hurt the per son n or reputation o f Mrs. n. , r rendered the Major liable to be sent ,_t ( l o .. a s state prison. B ut M rs. Horson described the ani' being rough and uncivil, uncalled for by th e f so eiet3l stances of th: case, unwarranted by the usagr icy ; lin and a wanton and aggravated insult and indig:o';'eeed it Cour sellor Wilkinson, who is a bachelor, P l 4ding , 11 , 1 17, an abominabli. outrage. Mr. Horson, "' I die», we'''''' matters sb.od, went to Withington for s atisfs _ i _ ne d bK he obtained in the shape of a 600 dollar the Major's sister, and payable in six l e°l/ returned she reined to pay, .as stated above. The urY achoe its) a verdict for the defendant—Dedham (Il luss ___,, _____„....... r .-7-- American. u ote. th s : whic -- - __ • _ On the 31st ult., at Cheltenham, the lady BIATIL , J. a the Be • Corbett Tusatbull, of a son. • i ra neis On the Ist inst., at Blackheath-park, the lady 0. Bligh Hookey, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Montague-street, Russell- square, she lady of Thomas George Smith, Esq., ofa s22LL_____--- ARRIED. On the Ist inst., at St. M George's Hanover-square, the Rev. Richard Gwillyn, M.A., incumbent of Ulverstoney to..,SarAt third daughter of the late T. Stricklan d, Esq., of ..‘ e Y" .-- Hall, Suftblk. On the 2d inst., at All Souls Ch urch, Longhorn-Place' Charles Farebrother, Esq., S.C.L. , of Trinit y College, 03L'• ford, eldest son of Alderman Farebrother, of the Moat u ?lo f se. Stockwell, Surrey, to Emily Sophia , sec ond daughter o the Rev. John H. Hughes, M.A., Rector of St. Clement's, Oxford. On the Ist inst., at Titchfield, Hants, the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, son of the Right Hon. Lord Danboyne, to Urania Elizabeth, daughter of the late Vice-Admiral the Right lion. Lord Henry Paulet, K.C.B. DIED. On the 30th of last month, at the Rose said Crown, Vi r il ° beach, Mr. John Mason, of Derby, a commercial traveller, respected and esteemed by all who, knew him. On the 3d inst., in Portland-place, Anne, the wife of the Right Hon. Sir James Wigram. On the 19th ult., at Florence, Charles Alexander Dishing. ton, Esq., aged 31. On the 27th tilt., at Tysoe-street, Wilmington-square, Eliza, the wife of Mr. David Craven, aged 27. London : Printed and Published by MURI.4O YOUNG,,, No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Oeice, ito:112, Strand; in . w . County of Middlesex, Tuesday, February 6, NU. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) COSA' EXCELANGE. The demand for wheat fresh up was somewhat active. Fine parcels of both red and white were taken off readily, at all advance in the currencies obtained on Monday last of fully •is per quarter, while the value of the middling and interior kinds was steadily supported. Bonded Wheat and Barley at fully previous rates. Malting Barley at an improvement in value of is per quarter. Grind ing .and distilling sorts quite as dear. In Malt previous figures were supported. Oats at full prices. Beans and Peas unalteret CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. NREAT—ESSRE & Kent, IMALT—Cheralior......... 631 VP—. red 43. to 61A OATis--yorkshiro and Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin Potato. 25s to 2re coin, red 42s to 45s Youghalland"Cork, Ditto white 4.4s to 503 black 17. to UM Irish, red„...„,.., 47s to 50s Cork, white ......... Os to OS Ditto white 42s to 545, Scotch, feed ..... 21s toes AYR —Old New 36s to Ns PIUS-- Grey ...........».. 36a total BARLEY—Grinding 2ss to 21.5. Maple ..... Wis to SO Malting 32s to 35s 80i1er5............„,.., 32a to 325 BUSlT—Suffolk and Nor- nous—Town made ... 4.5 s toms folk 56. to 62. Sudo ... k........„.,., « .. 34a to 3116 Brown 50. to 54s Stockton & ........ 344 to IS Kingston arid Ware 56s to 62s FOREIGN GRAIN A/ WnEAT—Dantlic 50s to 64s Hamhurgh ..... 36s to 40s BARLEY SOS to 33s' OATS—New 15s to 17s Feed l4s to 16s, JD FLOUR IN BOND. BEANS 2e. t. 9& ro to WU nouo—American Baltic WS to AP .....sask - Ass-satakas. The demand for the primest Scots, Herefords, Devotts, ace., was comparatively steady, at prices fully equal to tt ose ob • tamed on Monday last. The middling and inferior beasts Ins sluggish state ; notwithstanding previous rater were supported. Sheep.—Prime Old Downs were in-demand, at, in some few' instances, an advance of 2d per Sibs; yet we consider the highest general figure for mutton not to exced 4s 4d p9,r Sibs. Calves at full prices. Pigs at late rates. I. d.tos.d.l s . d . to P. S. Interior Beasts 2 S a 0, Inferior 210 $ second quJitty ditto 3 I 3 4, ik Second quality (1m0... 3 4 3 crime large 4 /zen 1 6 38, Coarswoolled ditto 3 10 Scots. &c 910 4 0' Southdown Wethere 4 • 4 :.arge coarse Calve: 4 0 461 Large Hogs ..... 90 $ " r:rok small ditto Suckling Calves. each IS 026 0 Quarter old Pigs. eachls • 23 NNIXTGATIM AND IMULDNIVNAZZ. Meat at prices about equal to trwse quoted in our last re. port. The quality of the Scotch meat has been extremely good ; and the same remark may be applied to that received from the West of England and Yorkshire, yet the rates of such have ruled miserably low. At per stone, by the Carcase • tr. 4. to s. d s. d. d.l Jeer, 2 2 24, M u tt on . i n f e rior 2 8 111 middling 2 6 g middlinj 3 0 3 prune large ..... 210 3 O f prime 3 6 3 I prime 5ma11..„.. 3 2 34i Pork, large 2 • 3 Veal .......«........».. 3 8 4 101 ....... 3 4 4 • ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Scotland 25 Beasts. Sheep SOO . Calves. Pita 333 • Yorkshire ....... Norfolk Sutlblk .... . ....... Cambridgeshire Essex 4O 200 140 130 Surrey. ....... Devonshire ............. Wiltshire ................ 15 133 198 90 Other parts ......... 30 100 200 200 ould kanly ?eel, "TH. that pecti c tonnti It I tain t , Year Thl killid Nel, (bl i n d I°ll R E ,_____ I R L PR TR PR Ar T H to /MN Art M. al Irb trt kith Pa r Cara., tvri P Ivol o , PLIPIt; d qilii to Oa s th ttn, to r h ol lc, Yearg i be nef lir! 1' %a ny tecei l ih lie r 6 ol lUPIII 't 4 7 I te at , ii iu. 1 4, t t . ti Ittfy