The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-07 00:00:00

INTIVS_PAPEr.I ) ) .. r. : .' .. r ..c sf l ---7...) - 7 , - .„ , .."6. ~,...-‘2 . , .. -,..--..... _ i i, . • -.. N 0-1 - E \TING EDITION . wit h Frost before he crave his directions. Ha ve Ir k ? the truth, as I don't know how soon I may die. w.,lsst to God I was dead before I came here. Most cross-examined —Have been examined before. t )horn ? Ido not know who the gentleman as tu"xamined me. No promise was made to me. I was, not promised anything for my testimony. W d s 1. 2" , tel out of my house at night. Might have got back the Royal Oak. Before I was guarded by a great may John Rees examined—Thirteen years old last No ./ember. *Knows the nature of an oath. Is the sou o f R.. Rees, the constable. He lives at Pill ( gwetnly. Was yesterday morning standing by our h o use about nine ,o'clock. A man coming down t the tram-road on horse-back said " The Ch;:rtists are coming." Me and another boy ran up to the Machine. Met a large party of men armed, and they stopped me. Some armed with guns, some pistols, some with mandrels. Saw Mr. Frost then come to the front of the mob. Saw the other prisoner there (Waters). I stood by the side of the crowd in front, and a boy was there, and Frost asked us to ask that boy where the soldiers were. The boy answered there were about a dozen gone down to the Westgate. Frost stood there, sod another man on the other side of the crowd, called " Jack the Fifer." His real name is John Rees. He had a pistol in one hand and a pike in the other. He told the boy to go back and tell them we mean to have the Westgate for ourselves. Frost was on the other aide of the road. Another man made answer that they wanted a waistcoat very bad—they were very wet. Mr. Frost was on one side, and " Jack the Fifer" on the other side ; and both' said, " March !" I will swear 1 they said so—both spoke together. The crowd marched then. One party went up the bill towards the Friars, others along the road, and met in Charles -street ;—in the direction of Commercial-street. I saw them most near Mr. Watkin's house. Did not see Frost after. Stopped in Mr. Watkin's house. Sure it was Frost I saw in the crowd, and heard him say " March!" I know Frost because I saw him th e day Vincent was taken. He was speaking out of the window. The name of the boy is Jem Farm e r. Frost decittied to ask the witness any questi ons . Thomas Bevan Oliver, being swop and examined, deposed that he is a printer. Resides in Westgate street, Newport, is a special constable. Was by th e doot about nit yesterday morning at the front of the R o y a l Westgate Hotel, placed their by the Mayor, to take yore that none but special constables and those who had a right to be there went in. Heard some hallooing up the hill. A great number of persons pre- I gently came down : they were armed, some with pikes, a 44 some with guns. They marched along the front of the Westgate, seemingly in order. The door was nett. I was standing on the side of the door-post. They walked to the other corner and then turned round and came up to the front door. Previously I saw the preoner, Charles Waters, one amongst them. I know irn eery well. He had a gun in his hand—l believe a double-barrelled one. As he marched along he held it up in his hand in a threatening motion at the window. Seemed to be doing in a threatening attitude at persons I supposed at the windows. Did not see him do any thing, for by this time the mob had come up. The man who is now dead appeared to be the leader. He said " Surrender yourselves our prisoners." Mr. Hopkins, inspector of police, and Mr. Venn, were then standing near me. One answered, " No, never." Immediately the man (the leader) levelled his gun at my head. On seeing this I pushed the , door aside—it struck the gun—it went off within two inches of my head and quite stunned me. This was the first gun that was fired ; just then saw one of the constables tumble, and I thought he was shot ; 1 then thought it was time to make the best of my way off. I then heard several others fired off. Don't know whether from soldiers or mob. I went out by the back door. Afterwards saw the constable, who explained he had stumbled ; it was from a pike run through his clothes and to his skin. After the dispersion of the mob I came into Westgate again, and there were seve ral poor fellows lying in their blood. Lasted as nearly as I can tell about a quarter of an hour. I was rather frightened at the time. Did pot see Frost then to know him. Waters declined asking witness any question. Samuel Simmons sworn and examined—ls a la bourer. Lives at Newport. He was by the Machine between eight and nine yesterday morning. Saw a graat crowd of people, armed, some with guns, some with pikes, spits, and all kinds of tools, and were marching up the lane, by the Fr'ars. There were a great many at their head. Saw Mr. Frost at their bead. Did not see him give any direc tions. He put his hands up to stop the boys from hallooing. Stepped by the turnpike without any order. He said they had better show themselves in the town first. He c .me down Stow-hill. He was walking along by their side, down the left-hand side of Stow hill, with them all the way. Came down to 'Westgate. The yard-gate was fast. Frost was with them then. Passed by the anchor shop. He was at the head of the mob. Heard him say " turn round and make your appearance at the front." I was not three yards rushed in at once and began to fire. The crowd turned round as he directed, and rent to the front, rushed in, and began to fire, and then I made the best of my way home, and advised Mr. Mullett to shut up his shop-door. Don't know Charles Waters. Did not tee him In the crowd. Saw Frost last time nearly at ten o'clock. Frost declined to ask witness any question. Edward Hopkins sworn and examined.—ls superin tendent police-officer at Newport. Was at the door of 1 this house from eight t o t en o ' c l oc k yester d ay morn i ng . Saw Waters there. Ile was carrying a gun. Did not see him use it. He passed by the door. Did not see trim take any part in the affray. Did not see Frost there at all. Searched Frost last night. He gave Cheek things up to me—these pistols are all primed tee d headed—a powder-flask, and some bullets. Searched ' Charles Waters. Assisted in taking four pistols, primed and loaded, a powder-flask, and about a hundred bullets, from Waters, and a hundred Lucifer matches. Frost and Waters had nothing to say to the witness. Thomas Jones Phillips sworn, and examined--Went yesterday evening to search for papers in the house re Partridge, a printer. Knocked at tne door ; no notice I was taken the first time. It was between six and seven 1 o'clock. I then heard Partridge's voice in the house. I said, " Partridge open the door." He said, " 1 am gone to bed." I said, " Get up. and open the door ; if you don't open it, I shall force it open," I iinmediatel!, put my shoulder to the door and forced it open. I was attended by Mr. Stephen Rogers, the grocer. The first person wto presented himself to me was Mr. Frost, who mood within two yards of the door. Mr. Rogers then laid hold of him by one side of his collar, and I laid hold of the other, and we said, " Mr. Frost, you are our prisoner." Mr. Frost said, " Very well, I'll go with you directly." I said, "We are not prepared to take you now ; you must wait." Mr. Frost went to the fire and sat down, and began to eat some bread and cheese, and said," I may eat this ; I suppose." I said" Yes, certainly." He sat down near the fire and ate some bread and cheese. I then said, " Partridge, I am come here to search your house ; I want some manuscripts." I then procured a candle, and we went into an adjoining room. He then handed me a file of papers, contained in this bag. Waters, the other prisoner, was standing in the other corner, near the fire place. The files of papers were brought into the outer room. I was examining the papers, and Mr. Frost came up to me asked me by what authority I examined those papers. I told him I should not satisfy him as to my authority. He told me, "If you expect to find any of my manuscripts amongst them you will be disappointed." I said, "I do not expect to find them here, I have them already." I had been to his house, and searched it. Mr. Frost then walked away. I then told Partridge he was a prisoner. I then told a young man who was with us to go to the West gate, and make the necessary communication. A party of constables came to our assistance, and the prisoners were then searched, and these things found upon them. Mr. Frost walked down with me, and the others were taken by the special constables and brought down here. Both prisoners declined asking any questions. Mr. Blewitt—eThe prisoners are remanded for the present. On being again brought up, the prisoners were in formed that they both stood committed for the crimes of sedition and treason, and were ordered to be taken to Monmouth Gaol forthwith. The following is a copy, or copies of the severe notices which have been issued by the Magistrates up to this time :- “1110ILOUGH OP NEWPORT, COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. ~ "The Justices of the borough hereby strictly require all h "oehelders who are not now special constables, to attend at the Westgate Inn, at nine o'clock to-day, in order to be sworn in as special constables. " By order of the Justices. "Dated the 4th of November, 1839." 4. ""1/611 OF Ig EWRORT, COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. " The Justices of the borough recommend the inha bitant:3 to ciao their shops to-day. " By order of the Justices. 00 Newport, Nov. 4,1839. e QUEEN, " OUR SOVEREIG N LkDY, T HE St r ictly chargeth and cornman deth all persons b e i ng themselves ass embled immediately to disperse peac eably to depart to their habitations,emselves and lawful business , upo n the p ains contained or t o th e i r in the Act made in the first year ot King Geor ge , f or preventi ng tumulte and riotous assemblies. " God save the Queen. " Borough of Newport, Nov. 4, 1839. " The Riot Act has been read. " By order of the Justices." " JOHN FROST. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REW ARD . " The above reward will be paid to any person or persona who shall apprehend and bring to justice John Frost, late of Newport, draper, who stands charged with the crime of high treason. " By order of the Magistrates. " Dated Newport, ith November, 1329." " CAUTION. " Wher eas • it is essential for the peace of the town, under present circumstances, that every incentive to tu mult or disorder should be put a stop to, the inhabitants not acting as special constables, are particularly re quested to keep as much as possible within their own l i houses, and to avoid collecting in crowds about the streets. The Riot Act is still in force; and the slight es! breach of the peace will laromptly punished, and with the utmost rigour of the law. " The several penalties will be exacted against all persons selling fire-works ; and any person letting off uy squib, cracker, or other fire-work, or making any bonfire, will be immediately apprehended and punished. " The peace-officers and special constables are en joined to be firm and vigilant in the discharge of their several duties. " By order of the Magistrates. " Borough of Newport, Nov. 5, 1839. Copy of two cards found on the bodies of two of the unfortunate rioters, one of which was printed on a blue card. On the back of the first was written " Wm. Griffiths, No. 5A ;" and on the reverse the following was printed : " The Working Men's Association for benefiting, politi cally, socially, and morally, the useful classes. Motto— ' The man who evades his share of useful labour dimi nishes the public w ealth, and throws his own b ur th en on his neighbour." MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Jan. I Feb.l Mar. lAp I May I Jun. I Jy. I Au. 1 S. I Oc. iN. D. 4d. 4d. The other was a similar card, but blue, for Merthyr, with three payments of 6d. in May, July, and October, and numbered 2,601. ARRIVAL OF MR. FROST IN MONMOUTH. MONMOUTH, NOT. 6. This morning (Wednesday) a little before eleven o'clock, Mr. Frost and Partridge, the printer, were brought to this tosin, accompanied by a party of the 12th Lancers. They were in two carriages, and were brought off at once to the county gaol, where they now lie se cured. It waa apprehended that an attempt might be made to rescue them, but no such thing occurred. The road from Newport to Monmouth, about twenty miles, was quite tranquil, not a Chartist to be seen. On the sth of November, a party of the 10th Hussars arrived in Newport, from Bristol. Everything in Newport seems now quite quiet. The examination of the pri soners, and the inquest on the bodies, are to take place this day. I shall now give you some account of the proceedings in this town (Monmouth). The first intelligence of any intended rising that reached us here was conveyed in a letter received on Sunday evening by Thomas Dyke, Esq., the Mayor, from the Mayor of Newport. It stated that he had received information that the Chartists intended to make a movement, and that their final object was to make an attack on the county gaol, in order to release the prisoner, Vincent. Preparations were immediately made ; the soldiers, a company of the 12th Lancers sta tioned here, were kept in readiness, and patrols were sent about the town all night. The next morning a number of special constables were sworn in, and all Monday and Tuesday night patrols continued to re connoitre. One man came into the town on Tuesday night and gave information before the Magistrates, that he had been called up from his bed on Sunday night by a party of Chartists who came to his house, that he was forced to accompany them, which he did for some distance, and then contrived to effect his escape. He also stated that printed cards were circulated amongst them, on which it was fixed that they should attack Newport on the 3d, and then march on to Monmouth on the 6th. where they were to be joined by a party from Man chester. This last intelligence caused some alarm ; the patrols were kept up all night ; however, all has passed off quietly, aid up to this day (Wednesday), there is not the slightest appearance of any disturbance. I have seen Frost and Waters ; he appears rather dejected. He and Partridge are now in the gaol on a charge of high treason. FARTHER PARTICULARS. The Mayor of this town has this morning received a letter from the Secretary of State, intimating to him that eight companies of the 25th Regiment of Foot were immediately to be sent to this town from Winches ter, one troop of horse, and two field pieces. A letter was also received last night by the Mayor from Mr. Phillips, the Mayor of Newport, from which the fol lowing is an extract : " The night has passed off quietly, and nothing like a rioter is to be seen in the town. I think you have nothing to fear. The blow struck here yesterday, will, no doubt, have the desired effect. It is due to the in habitants to say that they have acted nobly, and that every man has done his duty." There is at present a large guard of constables at the gaol. It will be kept up during the night, and until the military arrive. Should any thing further occur I shall communicate it to you. It is the opinion now in some quarters that an attempt might still be made upon the gaol, so that there will be no relaxation in the precau tions which have hitherto been taken. MONEY 2tIARKET and CITY NEWS (WEDNESDAi EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The re-discounting operations of the Bank are beginning to be telt, and money is declared scarce to-day at six per cent., both in the Stock Ex change and out of doors. It did not suit the purposes of the Bank parlour to let money go below that rate, and the expedient they had recourse to has thus in so far answered their object ; not so much, however, we hear, from the extent to which the actual business of re discounts has been carried, as from the effect with which a knowledge of the proposal has been attended. On former occasions, when the Bank parlour had recourse to similar measures, great secrecy was observed, and the business was gone into with the utmost quietness ; but on the present occasion the announcement was made openly, and it was evident that the Directors rather wished to let their plan transpire. As to the extent of the re-discounts which have been done by the brokers, various sums are given ; and, according to some parties, the amount would be more than 300,0001. ; but we doubt whether that sum has been actually taken out of circulation, although the notice, of itself, may have been the cause of keeping much more than that unemployed. HERALD.—Very little jobbing has been carried on to-day in the British Funds, int , rely for speculation sake. A considerable amount of Money Stock was brought on to the market, and at one period this dis position to transfer Stock for money threw a damp upon it, from which it may be said barely to have recovered at the usual hour of closing business. Consols have been 90i- a for Money, and 901 sellers for time, but they left off at 904 a I I Money, and 903- a for the Account. The Three-and-a- Half per Cent. Reduced Annuities are 96i a 97, and the New Three-and-a- Half per Cents. 98* a 4. Bank Stock has receded to 180 for Money, India Stock is 250? a 251 Money and Time. The sales of Exchequer Bills and India Bonds, as being the present most favourable con vertible securities, still continue, which indicates that the Money Market is not in a very easy position, though we do not believe that the general commercial credit of the country is at present at all compromised. SUN.—There was no truth in the statement circulated in the afternoon that letters bad reached the City by the Liverpool steamer, from New York ; advices are most anxiously expected. It is hoped intelligence will reach the City early to-morrow of her arrival at the port the name of which she bears. We have not bad any further reports current to-day relative to the Bank of England. The state of trade and commerce in the City has not materially altered from what it was yesterday. We have to notice some considerable deliveries of East and West India produce. The tea sales are advancing rather rapidly, the merchants buying in a considerable proportion of what they declared for sale. Mauritius sugars sell well._ The Stock Market looked rather firm this after noon, but business is still flat. The Committee have had before them some of the "naughty boys" of the House, who yesterday, in celebration of the Gunpowder Plot, dared to indulge in discharging fireworks (pursuant to ancient custom) in the Market, notwithstanding the issue of an edict to the contrary, and threatening sus pension of admission if such ill-doings were persevered in. The investigation proved to be a laughable affair, and we do not hear that any of the parties in della() have been suspended admission. The prices of Consols for Money left off firmly at 90.1, and for Account at 90} The price of Exche quer Bills has rather risen, viz., to 6s. discount ; India Stock is up to 251, and the Bonds to 7s. discount. Money was greatly in request in the Foreivn Stock Market this afternoon, and all the prices were lat. Spanish fell to 27i ; Portuguese Five per Cents. to 31i ; the Three per Cents. to 21i ; Dutch Two-and a• Half per Cents. to 52 ; Mexican to 29i 30 ; and Co lombian to 304 I. The Great Western Railway Shares fell to 6 discount ; ditto New to 1 d:scount ; Brighton to 13i discount ; London and Birmingham new Shares to 161 premium; and the North Midland to 6 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares command but 1 premium ; and British North American Bank Shares are at 2 discount. Prince Soltvkoff has returned to Mivart's Hotel, from a short visit to Dublin. The late news from Canton is said in the Glos gow newspapers to indicate vacillation on the part of the Chinese Government in regard to the opium trade. The ' Chinese soldiery are represented to have exhibited a mu tinous spirit, and the Imperial Commissioner, Lin, to be again courting the British merchants. The opium trade along the coast of China is said to be likely to become more extensive than ever, but the grounds upon which these sentiments are expressed are not given m On Sunday Major Armstrong, of the 45th regi toetnt,e now stationed in this city (Winchester), signified s desirous of the Independent chapel that he was of addressing the Sunday School children in the requested him to preach in the evening. afternoon. He did so, and the minister, Mr. Thorn, requested Ther. gi,ijo; Complied d , an., accordinrd th spec tacle was exhibited of a' ministerY•e somewhat unusu4l The Earl in the pulpit in a ri,i,i. i i mental coat and epaulettes---Harievshire Advertiser. iat Dover, and TFIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, 'OVEMB . KR 7 183 CAB ACCIDENTS. {We willingly insert the following letter, The F a tent Safety Cab Company is entitled to great praise. It has broken up the old crazy vehicles by which many persons were killed, and been the means of introducing others perfectly safe, commodious, and at the same time built with great taste. In fact it has made a complete revolution in the system, and every one except the inter lopers must wish those who have the merit of the in vention success ] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,--I have just seen in your paper of yesterday a statement which requires contradiction. It is to the effect that " a very spirited horse in one of Hansom's patent safety cabs took fright, and, running away, Killed Mr. Ripple in the gateway of the King's Arms Ta , ern.' This distressing accident was not occasioned by any horse or carriage belonging to this Company, and they. only bear the designation quoted above. It is possible that your informant may have been mis• led by the fact that there are several cabs in the str(cs built in imitation of these cabs, and in defiance, for a time, of the patent (Gillett and Chapman) by which they are protected. One of these may have occasioned this sad accident. It is the more important to us that this contradiction should be made public, since we have it yet to say, that but one life has been lost either through the description of carriage now used by the Company, or by any act of their servants or horses in working. That 600,000 persons should have been conveyed through the crowded streets of the Metropolis with this extraordinary degree of safety to themselves and others, is a boast of which we would not willingly be deprived by the accidental misinformation in which the paragraph of which I complain, doubtless, originated. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. CHAPMAN, Secretary. Office of the Patent Safety Cab Company, November 6, 1839. DINNER BY THE EARL OF MORAY TO HIS TENANTRY. The return of Lord Moray to this part of the coml• try, after an absence of seventeen years, and the cor. diality with which the Noble Lord has mingled with all classes of the people, seems to have called forth a sort of springtide of joy and congratulation throughout his extensive possessions. On Tuesday the 22d ultimo the Forres and Nairn Agricultural Society entertained Lord Moray to a public dinner in Forres. The fes tival, however, was but the precursor of another more interesting meeting—a dinner by the Earl to his tenants in the counties of Inverness and Moray, in his beau tiful baronial mansion, Darnaway Castle. Randolph's Hall—a vast and venerable portion of the Castle — in which the first Earl of Moray assembled his retainers in the days of Robert Bruce, was the scene of this kindly and cheering festival. This magni ficent apartment, which is 100 feet long and 90 in height, crowned with a roof of carved oak, that can scarcely be paralleled in Britain—and when the Hall was lighted up, the huge fire-place filled with its loads of blazing timber—the aged Earl and his family, and numerous te nantry, seated around the well-filled tables, the scene was one of the most impressive ever witnessed. It seemed a revivification of the ancient days of feudal strength and splendour, stript of all that was harsh, repulsive and de grading in that once-powerful system. At four o'clock the enlivening strains of the pibroch, playing " The Old Stuarts back again," summoned the party into the hall, where two long tables, and a third running along the top of the apartment, " groaned with the weight of the feast." The Earl of Moray took his scat in Randolph's chair—an ancient heir-loom of the family, that has been illustrated by both painter and engraver, and which, " if tradition may be in aught believed," formed the state chair of the first Earl. On the right of the Earl sat Lady Margaret Stuart ; the Master of Grant, M.P. ; Miss Lydia Smyth, Dowse House, Dorsetshire ; A Dunbar, Esq., of Duffus ; Miss Cullum ; William Young, Esq., of Marvhill ; Dr. Allan, Forres, &c. On the left of the Noble Lord were Lady Ann Stuart ; Sir 'William Gordon G. Cumming of Altyre, Bart. ; Lady Louisa Stuart ; P. B. Ainslie, Esq., of St. Colme ; J. Fraser, Esq., Cromarty, House ; Captain Macpherson of Drummond, Inverness ; A. Colvin, Esq., Earlsmill ; P. Brown, Esq., of Link wood, &c., &c. At the bottom of the right hand table sat the Hon. George S, uart, supported by Penrose Cumming, Esq., of Altyre ; Edward Dunbar, Esq., 22d Regiment ; Henry Cumming, Esq., of Altyre, &c., &Q.—Edinburgh Advertiser. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS, &c. The Rev. R. N. Adams, D.D., Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, has been presented by the Rev. Dr. Chaly, master of that society, to the rectory of Rempstone, Nottinghamshire, void by the death of the Rev. T. Hosking, B.D. The Archbishop of Canterbury has granted a dis pensation to the Rev. John Bluck, A.M., Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex, to hold the same with the vicar age of Mountuessing. On Friday the Lord Bishop of Loudon instituted the Rev. Gentleman to the vicarage of Mountnessing, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Bowskill. - Patron, Lord Petre. The Rev. William Pridden, M.A., to the vicarage of Broxted, Essex. Patron, I. B. De Beauvoir, Esq. The Lord Bishop of Winchester has collated tae Rev. William Gibson, M.A., to the rectory of Fawley, vacant by the death of Lord Walsiegham. The Rev. George Richard Atnsey, of Acomb near York, to the perpetual curacy of Wilsdon, York shire. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. The Rev. William B. Delmar, to the rectory of Elmstone, Kent, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Gregory. Patron, W. Delmar, Esq. The Rev. Mr. Bartlett, late curate of St. Paul's, Exeter, to the chaplaincy of St. Thomas's Union Workhouse, in that city. The Rev. J. F. Cole, 8.A., to the vicarage of Kirk ford, Sussex. The Rev. J. C. T. Dunn, late of Lewes, to the curacy of Newhaven, and chaplain to the Newhaven Union. DREADFUL SUICIDE of ADMIRAL SIR HENRY TROLLOPE. On Monday last an inquest was held on t h e body of Admiral Sir Henry Troltope, of Freshtord, before Mr. Uphill, Coroner for Bath ; aid a respectable Jury; at the New Inn, Freshford, near Bath. Mr. Trollope, nephew of the deceased, had some time past lived with Sir Henry for the purpose of looking after his business, he . not being of , a sound mind ; and had taken the precaution of unloading the pistols which the deceased kept by him. On Saturday morning last deceased rang the bell tor his butler. On his cuniii g into the room deceased asked where was his powder horn. Tne butler replied that Mr. Trollope pad got it. Deceased then requested the servant to ask Mr. Trollope to 'come to him. On that gentleman's coming, Sir Henry asked him where the powder-horn was. He replied that it was safe ;on which the de ceased said he would like to see it once more. Mr. Trottope gave it to him. Shortly afterwards Mr. Trol lope went out and took a walk. He returned about fuur o'clock. When he came home he was informed by his daughter that the deceased had shut himself up in his room and locked his door. Mr. Trollope thought nothing of this, as deceased was frequently in the habit of doing so. He had not, however, been at home more than ten minutes when he heard a report of a pistol. He immediately ran to the apartment of the deceased, at the door of which he found the footman and gar dener. On their breaking open the door they tound the deceased lying across the bed. His head was com pletely severed from his body, there being no part of the head left except a part of the lower jaw bone. 'fhe head had been blown completely to atoms, and the various parts of it were scattered up and down the room. . . On going to view the body, one of the jurymen after wards picked up the pistol from under a wash-stand. On being examined in the jury room it was found that the iron cock was broken and the flint was gone, and the stock was shattered in many places. The pistol was a boarding pistol, and there was no doubt that it had been loaded up to the muzzle. A l arge quantity of swan shot was scattered up and down the room. James Kelson, gardener, stated that he had lived with the deceased for upwards of sixteen years. He had slept in the room with him for the last five or six months. De ceased always went to bed with an open knife in his band, wrapped up in his handkerchief, in order, as he stated, that he might be ready to stab the first person that broke into his room. He kept a blunderbuss, a knife, and several brace of pistols in the bed-room, and had long been impressed with the idea that some person bad an intention to break into his room and rob him. He discharged his butler, who had been in his service 16 or 17 years, and got other servants, the greater number of whom lived with him only a day or two. He had declared to the witness that his old butler had come down the chimney and stolen an old pair of braces, and ieft a new pair in their place. He also ac cused the same person of having stolen several letters from him. He afterwards gave an order to the car penter to make a large strong board to fix in the fire place to keep the butler from coming down the chim ney. Two days after this was done, he engaged the same butler to return into his service. Mr. Gee, and Mr. Prince, of Bradford, surgeons, were also examined, and proved that the deceased had, for some time, been in a state of insanity. The Jury returned a verdict of insanity. The deceased was 84 years of age, and had served on board the same vessel with Ls late Majesty, Win. IV., and had signalised himself in several naval actions. -WO THE CHECK REEL. BY ONE OF JOHN TAMSON'S BAIRNS. John Tamson was great grandfather, by the mother's side, to the humble individual who now ventures upon the attempt to do justice to a tithe of his claims to immortality. John Tarrson was a genius, who knew a little of everything, though, like all of his order, had his own little foibles, much to the comfort of the duller order of beings, who manage to maintain their position in society by the mercurial constitution of your men of genius—the wayward rambles of the latter laying them open to censure for instability. Like many a wiser man, he stepped cut of his path on one occasion, and bought a key bugle and a pair of bagpipes. But alas! here he went beyond himself, so that the neighbours, mad at the disturbance, complained sadly against him, and he felt himself bound to " keep the peace." John Tamson issued one day, from his humble shiel ing of Tupstharm, with the air of a man who knows where he is going. He pursued his journey to the dacha?: of Crossfern, where it had been arranged he was to meet Johnny Drake, the merry miller of Piuclantie. Johnny Drake was a genius in his way too; and well named ; for dearly the body liked to swatter in strong drink, from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same. And the cronies did meet, and it was a dreech parting. There was a balance of a crown and better betwixt the parties. John Tamson reared sheep and sold wool, and Johnny Drake was a miller and sold meal, for he had a famous sucken, and late it was before the two could dissolve the balance betwixt them into jolly goo 3 ale and strong. It is astonishing, however, what perseverance will effect, even in the transmutation of metal into liquid, for they accomplished their inten tion, though it was a late hour before John Tamson found himself at his own door. It the reader please, we shall just step into the house and see how matters stood before John entered. There was Lizzie, the idol of John's adoration ; and in truth sbe was a " bonnie body," and a thrifty one. The house was as clean as a naw looking-glass, and a cheerful fire blazed in the ingle. Now, the weaver had been at Tupstharm that very eveunag, to inform the guidwife that he could get on no farther with her web for want of yarn ; tberefore Lizzie was as busy as a bee on a June morning. She was drivinc , away with the old hand reel, and a rude piece of a machinery it was, being worked round by the turn of the wrist, while the opera , or had to count the length of six scores, being one cut, eighteen cuts forming one spindle. Now Lizzie was reeling and counting when John meandered into her presence, and was greeted with the following salutation : " Woare hae ye been trefeckin' to a' cl, , y ? thou is seven and twenty—(John thinks he is standing more erectly than ever he did in his life, but gives a lurch which he is u!terly at a loss to account for, and Lizzie continues,) synding hour hause wi' my thrift— thou is aught and twenty—if you get a sark o' this wab—thou is nine and twenty—the diel rive it aff yer hack—and thou is thretty." Now, John Tamson was too much of a genius to reply to and banter with Lizzie. Like a true philosopher, his great mind passed from the compliments he had received, to the fact, that the infernal old hand-reel interrupted the natural flow of Lizzie's eloquence. The gia-it Watt was then in embryo—steam had not begun to puff and splutter— and gas had not been imprisoned in pipes. The thought struck John's noddle, that he might invent a reel that could be worked silently ; and, after an engagement with his habiliments, in which they were all routed, from the stocking to the neckcloth, and scattered over the room, John committed his cranium to the holster in that mel low state most productive of new ideas. He thought and turned, and turned and thought again ; and ere the sun rose, John Tamson had invented the Check Reel. —Ayr Advertiser. THE DUCHESS OF ST. ALBANS' MEMOIRS. —We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough -street, has this day published " The Duchess of St. Albans' Memoirs," in 2 vols. post Bvo., with portrait, price 245., which may now be had of all Booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just ready for publication a new novel, ent►tled " Preferment," by Mrs. Gore, Authoress of " Mrs. Armytage," " Stokes hill-place," " The Peeress," &c., in 3 vols. post Bvo. THE MONEY CRISIS the results Ottite late speculative mania in France atid the money crisis by which it was followed, have been eifietieneeti in the almost total annihilation of the swarm of mushroom compatilea, the P'rete*t of which was some plausible enterprise, but the real intent of the schemerit io a foundation for premiums on shares and Stock-exchange gaud:J(l4i The failure and disappearance of such fraudulent projects and pr01! , , , 6(11•4 no regret, but the case is otherwise with thoSe Moro laudable undertakings - whose public utility is incontesi , able, although in some instances they were, doubtless, urged forward prematurely during a season of unexam-, pled credit and apparently inexhaustible abundance of un employed capital. Among the numerous ra , l roads of which prospectuses were then issued and shares distributed, two or three of the shorter routes have b'en proceeded with or completed only, all the more important ones having been either abandoned for want of the capitals, which, shares having tallen to a ruinous discount, and the money pres sure extreme, the holders have been unwilling or unable to pay up, or they remain still in abeyance until the advent of more favourable circumstances. The ruin in which such vast numbers of imprudent speculators have been involved has, in addition, created so much distrust among capitalists, large and small, that rail ways projected, and nearly or absolutely completed ac cording to the original plan, years before speculation in them had reached to a frenzy, have become in volved in embarrassments, the works suspended,. ne- eessary repairs and improvements stopped, or the companies of proprietors formally declared in a state of insolvency. In this state of things the atten tion not only of those directly interested, but of many other parties zealous for the publie good, has been called to the consideration of various plans, not for reanimating public confidence, but for procuring the direct intervention of the Government in aid of works already established, and of those yet in prospect. In a sensible pamphlet recently published in Paris, under the title " De la Crise des Chemins de Fer," the writer very properly discourages any proposition which may have for object the patronage and advance of pub lic funds for enterprises projected only, but neither commenced, nor with a capital stock paid up, accord ing to the prospectus or estimate, which would lead only to share jobbing. He limits himself to the case of those in action, the expenditure of which has ex ceeded all previous calculation, as is invariably the case, or the repair and enlargement of which, to yield beneficial results, require an outlay far beyond the profits realized already, and the means of the pro prietary. The first of these railways cited in one of these predicaments is that from St. Etienne to Andre zieux, upon the Loire. Its length is stated to be 17,700 metres, or four French leagues and a half, without comprehending 2,250 metres of b i ranches. It was first authorized by ordinance in 1823, and was first opened for traffic in 1828, from which, and other railways to be noted, it will be observed that the fiirma , tion of railways had engaged attention in France long before the fact had been understood here. The capital subscribed amounted only to 1,750,000 f. Notwith standing the strictest economy of the engineer, himself a very large shareholder, it may readily be con ceived that means so limited did not cover the expendi. tune, so that for several years the greatest portion of the receipts had to be expended in the finish of the first works. Since 1836 the traffic has so largely increased, that it has become necessary to double the line, to re duce the slopes, and rectify the bend in the route ; also to replace bridges of wood with stone, and cast iron rails with stamped .or wrought-iron, &c. ; by all which a vast expense would be incurred beyond the means of this concern, otherwise prosperous. The second railway constructed in France was that from St. Etienne to Lyons, the length of which is fourteen French leagues. It was commenced in 1826 with a capital of 11,000,0001., which at the time was judged sufficient. In 1829 scarcely two-thirds of the works had been executed before the funds were exhausted. Three tunnels, an expensive bridge over the Saone, with the enormity of the cost of the land, and the op position of interested and prejudiced parties, were among the chief causes of this deficiency. In 1831, by dint of loans, the work was finished, and is reported to be extensively in use for passengers and merchandise, but it is encumbered with debt at a heavy rate of in terest, and yields no profit to the shareholders. A third railway is that of the Loire, or from Andrezieux to Roanne. This was begun in 1829, with a nominal capital of 10,000,000 francs. Scarcely were the works begun for this road of seventeen French league. than the revolution of July arrived, the confusion arising from which prevented the shares being paid up. No more than 6,000,000 francs was realized. By dint of loans and skilful man agement, it was finished and opened in 1834. But so costly has the management been found, and the pressure of debt so heavy, that the railway has only been able to cover the current expenses. The interest of the debt being no longer paid, the Company has been de clared insolvent. Thus in the rich mineral basin which separates the Rhone from the Loire, 36 French leagues of railway have been executed at a time when in this country they were only just beginning the trial of railway communication. The coal mines of St. Etienne, which in 18'27 only produced for consumption 6,000,000 of metrical quintals of coal, in 1836 furnished 11,000,000, and production was yearly on the increase. But the railways themselves were in a state of decay or ruin, in debt, requiring repairs and extension of lines to meet the great augmentation of traffic. Capitalists and 'bankers would only lend at exorbitant rates of interest or usury on such kinds of security. Thus 6 per cent. per annnin was exacted, with a part of the net profits after their previous payment, in the proportion of two thirds to the lenders or new shareholders, and one-third only to the original proprietors. Under these disastrous circumstances, it is urged on the Government to come to their assistance, by way, not of gift, but of loan, at the rate of 3 per cent., which is the same as Government pays itself to depositors in Saving Banks and on the debt, the loans to be secured on the works, with the creation of a sinking fund for their eventual redemption by payment of a supple mentary rate of 1 per cent. per annum.—Times. OBITUARY. The R'v. Charles Agar Hunt, 8.A., aged 37, in cumbent of St. Peter's Church, Blackburn, after an illness of nearly twelve months' duration. The Rev. Morgan O'Donovan, Rector of Dundnr row, and chaplain to the corporation of Cork, aged 71. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MaNciiEsTEß.—Although the general gloom which hangs over this market was rather increased than di minished yesterday, there was some demand for c:T tain counts and qualities of yarn suitable for the In dian market, and inferior qualities of mule twist, from 40's to 70's, commanded rather higher prices than last week. For every other article, however, the demand was very limited, and the prices generally lower, parti cularly in shirtings, which were accordingly depressed, indeed quite unsaleable, except at a considerable sacri fice ; and there seems to be no prospect of amendment, until some change takes place in the condition of the London Money Market, which exercises a powerful in fluence on all mercantile transactions here. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, NOV. 4. —There has been a very dull market again to-day, with a very limited demand for flannels of all kinds. Those manufacturers who have made sales have been obliged to take less money than last week. When trade is anything like brisk, November has been gene rally considered a bnsy month for the flannel manufac turer ; and the demand has usually continued good till the middle of December. This year a fair business has been doing during the summer months, and up to the beginning of October ; but since then it has been growing considerably worse, and if no change takes place, we fear flannel Lie weaver may expect a severe winter. The wool market has been heavy, with prices rather on the decline. HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, Nov. 2.—The transactions in our Hop market to-day have been rather limited, owing princi pally to the unfavourable state of the weather prevent ing the attendance of both buyers and sellers ; the same cause also operated against the supply, which did not exceed 500 pockets. The greater part of these were sold at about last week's prices, but a few lots of inferior quality were disposed of at a reduction of 2s. to 3 s . per cwt. ; and the demand for such Hops is still very slack. The number of pockets weighed to-day was 476 of new, and 67 pockets of old Hops. In the week 263 pockets of new, and 18 pockets of old hops passed the scales. Present prices :—new, 455. to 745. ; very choice, 80s. per cwt. ; 1837, 3.55. to 525. ; choice, 58s. ; 1836, 255. to 355. SHIPPINti, INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Emma, from Odessa to Falmouth, 18th ult., off Cape St. Vincent's ; Tantivy, Zara° to Plymouth, 27th ult., off Cape Finisterre, by the Tomlinson, Wa'lace, arrived at Falmouth : Highbury, from London, 27th ult.,lst. 47, lon. 10: Thomas, from Li verpool, 29th ult., lat 49. lon. 10 by the Cara, arrived at Falmouth ; John Hardy, Swansea, to Cuba. Ist inst., lat 50, lon. $, by the Edwin, Vesy, arrived off Falmouth ; Winscales, of Workington, 24th ult., lat. 4, lon. 12, by the Iris, Henderson, arrived at Plymouth ; Amethyst (timber laden). bound to Swansea, 27th ult , by the Susan, arrived at Dartmouth ; New burn, Odessa to Falmouth, Ioth ult., lat. 37, lon. 12 ; Diana, from Smyrna, off Capo Rio be de Gatte ; Active (brig), an d Alf re d ( s chooner), lat 43, lon. 11, by the J ava , arrived at Falmouth ; Dianne , Ire land, of Bordeaux, for C a l cu tt a , 15 h S e pt., lat 4 S., lon. 2 N O . W io . n ; . Henrietta, 2s w . ; Rort He Janeirondoner t s oF , Liverpool alni°uth ' 27th,to Sydney, lat. 14 Sydney, 28th, lat. 14, lon. 25 ; Co'lyer, Gloucester to Sicily, 28th ult., lat. 49, lon 9; Penzance, of Penzance, 31st, lat. 4 lon. 9; Hazard, of Exeter, 3d i nst., l at. 4 5 , l on. 6, by the Princess Marianne. arrived off Portsmouth. SPECTACLES UPON A NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR IMPERFECT SIGHT.—The numerous and very ill effects which have daily come under the notice of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists to the Royal Family, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 96, Cheapside, from the use of improper Spec tacles, and being also incorrectly adapted to , vision by inexperienced persons, have tended to injure tna sight to an alarming extent. Messrs. Solomons, after thirty years' extensive practice and experience, have invented spectacle lenses, which will be found to surpass anything of the kind yet laid before the public ; they not only preserve the sight, but, immediately th e y are placed before the itnperfect vision, either by day or candlelight, the sight becomes cool and pleasant, and is at once brought back to its natural and original state, and the most minute particle is seen with exact distinct ness. The Messrs. Solomons' Voice Conduetor, for deaf persons, is not the least perceptible, and gives im mediate relief. These new Inventions are patronised by the Royal Family, and have the sanction and unqualified approbation of the principal members of the medical pro fession. T es ti mon i a l s from persons of the highest dis tinction are f or i nspec tion, who have had their sight most seriously i n j ure d, a nd who have derived the greatest invention.— No f rom t h e M ess rs. Solomons' ne w No agents nor travellers are employed THALBERG'S CONCERT AT WINDSOR—IN TRODUCTION TO HER MAJESTY. --M. Thslherg gate a morning concert at the public rooms, Windsor, on Monday last, which was most numerously and fashion. ably attended, all the leading families in the neighbour hood being present. The " great pianist" was assisted by Mrs. A. Toulmin, Miss Lucombe, and Mr. J. Parry. A considerable delay took place in the commencement of the concert, and upon inquiry it was ascertained that immediately upon Thalberg's arrival in Windsor (which was only a few minutes before the hour fixed upon to " open") h er M a j est y had despatche d a messenger to meet him, and to comma nd his presence at the Castle. Thalberg lost no time in obeying the Royal mandate, and he was shortly afterwards ushered, for the first , ime, into the presence of her Majesty. He was then (after, as we . are inform e d, s t r iking a few notes on her Maj s ty's pi ano) oommand3cl to atten at the Castle on the following evening (Tuesday last), when he had the honour of performing some of his mo , t admired pro-. hutore the 4,2ieeti. and the +:;101 , (it her ,NlA jesty distinguished visitcrs and suite. JACK SHEPPARD.— The following compli mentary comment on this too notorious character is made by a Contemporary. Jack's unpopularity with the press is in the ratio of his play-house popularity : —" To the shame and scandal of the era in which we live, Jack Sheppard, or the ruffian of the rope, continues to be the main source of attraction at this theatre (the Adelphi). It is not too much to say that there is not a single stage in the metropolis on which Mr. Ainsworth's hero figures, that must not be regarded as a Normal school leading to the highest degree that can be conjectured in front of the black battlements of Newgate. The fine acting of Mrs. Keeley is applied to a most mischie vous purpose. for it partially redeems from rerobation a wretch whose enormities are at last expiated on the scaffold. The house was crowded in every part last night, and it was disgusting to behold the example which the fathers of families set to their wives, sons, and dau; liters, by making them spectators of se,, impres sion which 140 pure mind could con t em plate wish an!„ other than that of loathing and Abhorrence. , and Countess of Kintioul renwitling ti LerC 601 are stayin tiwe. Luteip STEAM-BOAT ACCIDEY TS. (From the Atheneum.) In our notice last week of the 4 - Report on Steam Vessel Accidents," we expressed an opinion, the r. stilt of observation, confirmed by the witnesses examined before the Commissioners, that almost every accident had occurred from culpable negligenc , : or gross misma nagement. This consolatory view of the sutiect*—con selatory so far, as it proves that the evils are not neces sarily con•equent on the use of steam—has been strik ingly confirmed by a Correspondent well emitted to be heard on such a subject, and whose letter will, we are sure, be read with great sati,faction 6. Weymouth,2Bth Oct. 1839. " Perceiving in your remarks on the " Report of steam Vessel Accidents,' in the last number of the Athenceunz, that you state, how satisfactory it is to find that almost every accident has occurred from cul pable negligence or gross mismanagement,' &c., I beg leave, in full and convincing proof of the truth of your asserkm, to inform you, that having commanded one of his Majesty's steam vessels from 1821 to 1833, no ac cident occurred to the boilers or engines, which in the slightest degree endangered life, during that period of 12 years ; the sane may be said of all the other vessels on the station I then was serving on (Holyhead). " From 1833 to this date, I have been Superintend ent of her Majesty's mail steam-packets on this station, where they have at all seasons to encounter the heavy seas of Portland and the Casquet., races ; yet there is not a single instance of either boilers or engines being in the slightest degree injured ;—surely the fact of 18 years' constant steam service, in all weathers, and with out accident, will go far to prove that only care is re quired to prevent the recurrence of tho,c fatal wrecks which have of late years been so frequent in the mer chant steam service. " I believe the only remedy to be an Act of Par liament which shall compel all steam passenger vessels to submit to inspection every six months, and to ex hibit the ccrt.ficate of the inspectors in some conspi cuous part of the packet. This would prevent the owners from sending packets to sea in the unsafe state described in your paper, and of which my own observa tion has furnished many other instances. The Act should also prohibit the use of the common steel-yard safety-valve, directing two valves to be fitted in a cast iron case, such as is now used in the Government steam vessels ; from the. difficulty i❑ getting at valves thus constructed, no racing tricks can be played, which has been, I believe, a fertile source of mischief. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "J. AGNEW STEVENS." • We concur with the Athenaeum in this remark, or rather the Atheneum concurs with us, for we drew the same conclusion five weeks ago, on reading the Report. Indeed no one can read it without being convinced of the fact that when subj , !ct to proper regulations the steam ship must be the safest of all vessels.—En. SUN. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor. 6 - THE ATTORNEY-GENEItAL V. WILSON. The arguments in this case, which were part beard yesterday, were - resumed, and occupied the Court nearly the whole day. We have alread) given a short state ment of the facts of the case. His Loacisni# said he would give judgment on Friday. VICE -CHANCEL , OR'S COURT. Nor 6. ILLINGWORTH V. THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAIL WAY COMPANY This case earti6 befota thy,. Court upon motion for an injunction to restrain the defetaianis, the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester and Leeds Rai!way Com pan), from diverting tin Late of tip. Gilder Naviga:ion For the purpoSe of makii,g tr rir ratvay. The pl kiwi& were the owners of a mill on the hank; o the ricer Calder, which they valued at 10,0001, and the ru:sning water of the river was e-sentialiy m cessary for carrying on the business for which the mill was used The affidavits on behalf of the plaintiffs stated 'hat it the defendants were permitted to carry on these works in the manner proposed, it would operate to the ruin ct the plaintiffs' mills. Mr. KNIGHT BRUCE a,ked for time on b, half of the defendants to answer the affidavits which the Court granted, but at the same time compelling them to enter in.o an undertaking not to proceed with the works in the meantime. Petitions of no interest occupied the Court the re mainder of the day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 6. POLACK V. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE TIMES NEWS- PAPER. Mr. PLATT said he had been instructed in this case to move for a rule to show cause why the verdict of 100/. obtained by the plaintiff should not be set aside. and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection and of the verdict being against evidence. It was an action for libel tried before Lld Denman, at the sittings after last term The defendant pleaded not guilty, and a justification and the replication joined issue on the first plea, and de injuria as to the second. The facts. of the case were briefly these :—A Committee of the House of Lords had been appointed to inquire into the state of the islands of New Zealand, and the plaintiff, who had resided there several years, was exa mined as a witness on oath, touching the islands and their inhabitants. The libel in question was a con►men• tary upon the evidence given by the plaintiff before the Lords' Committee, which,,it was alleged, would induce the public to believe that he had committed perjury— another witness havin2, sworn that he would not believe Polack on his oath. One portion of the plaintiff's evi deuce was that he did not keep a grog-shop, or sell spi. rits by retail, but it was proved by two or three wit. nesses on the trial that he did keep a shop for the re , tail of spirits, which some of the witnesses called a grog shop. Notwithstanding all that the jury had though proper to find a verdict for the plaintiff, which he (Mr. Platt) was justified in pronouncing a verdict, against evidence. Under these circumstances, he submitted that he was entitled to the rule prayed for. With re spect to the allegation of perjury, it was distinctly proved that a witness had sworn before the Lords Committee that he would not believe the plaintiff or, his oath under any circumstances. Lord DENMAN—I don't recollect your putting it the depositions of the plaintiff before the Committee in which he denied having kept a grog-shop. Mr. PLATT—Oh yes, my Lord, it was put in. Lord DENMAN—I believe the case went to the jury on the point of whether the shop kept by the plaint:ll came within the description of a grog-shop. I be lieve the best plan will be to read over the evidence. (Lord Denman then read over the evidence of the trial.) Mr. Justice PATTESON—YOU appear to have omitted in your plea the very thing which of all others was the most material—" that he did sell spirits by retail," about which there could be no mistake, while you introduced the grog-shop, about which there was a difference of opinion. You omitted it cautiously, I suppose, because it was the very best part of your case.—( A laugh.) The COURT, after conferring for some time together, were of opinion that the allegation in the plea, that the plaintiff had kept " a grog-shop for sailors and refu gees"—that was in the bad sense of the word—had not been substantiated, and therefore there was no ground for disturbing the verdict.—Rule refused. BAIL COURT, Nov. 6. WILSON AND OTHERS V. TAYLOR AND OTHERS. After the examination of several other witnesses on the part of the plaintiff, in addition to those called yes terday, Mr. Platt and Mr. C. Jones addressed the Jury at considerable length on behalf of the defendants, contend ing that their conduct had been perfectly justifiable in the course which they had pursued. His Lordship then summed up the evidence, after which the Jury returned a verdict for the defendants. EXCHEQUER .CHAMBER. Nor. 6. IMPORTANT CASE.-QUARMAN V. BURNETT AND ANOTHEIt. Sir F. Pommel( and Mr. THOMAS were for the plaintiff, snd Mr. KELLY for the defendant. • The plaintiff is a retired medical gentleman, residing in North-street, Lisson-grove, and the defendants are two ladies, living at Leamington. The action was brought to recover compensation in damages for inju ries which the plaintiff had sustained, in consequence of the hotses which were in the carriage of the ladies having ran away, and caused a collision with the plain tiff's carriage, from which he was violently thrown, and sesiously injured. It appeared that the carriage in question had been in the possession of the ladies for about three years, and that they engaged horses, when they went eut from a stable-keeper, named Mortlake, having always one coachman (Kemp), who had been employed by Mortlake for about 13 years, at 125.. per week. For a number of years, previous to having a carriage of their own, the ladies hired a fly of Mortlake, at which time Kemp always drove them, and the ladies usually gave him a gra tuity of one shilling. When they got their own car riage they informed Kemp that in future they would give him 2s. a drive, and he received that sum, They also provided him with a coat and a hat with a silver hand, in order to make him look more respectable. These articles were kept in the house of the ladies, and only put on when Kemp drove them out. On the day when the occurrence took place, Kemp went into the house of the ladies in order to put on .his hat, rind during his absence the horses run off, ceasing the . car ria_e to come in contact with that of the plaintiff, which was standing by the r oad-side. The shock was so great that the plaintiff was thrown out, and had two of his ribs broken, the spine of his back injured, and sus tained several severe contusions, from the effects of which he was confined to his bed for five months, du ring which time he was attended by a surgeon, whose bill amounted to 1151. The injury done to his car riage was estimated at 8/. 9s. Mr. KELLY submitted that the defendants were not liable, inasmuch as Kemp was not the servant of the ladies, but the servant of Mortlake. They were coin pletely blameless. His Lordship reserved the point for the considera tion of the Court above, and Mr. Kelly then addressed the Jury on the part of the defendants. His LORDSHIP then went through the evidence, telling the Jury that if the defendants were not the persons who appointed the coachman, but left the ap pointment to Mortlake, they were not liable. If, how ever, they selected him, or if on the occasion in ques tion he was acting under their appointment, they would be liable. The Jury retired, and were in deliberation for about two hours. On their return into Court they ga% e their verdict for the plaintff —Damages. 1981. 9s. WESTMINSTER COURT OF RE QUESTS. AN ANTI. CARRY-A-PITCHER -OF - WATER-UP-STAIRS YOU TH.—A half-clean and, consequently, half-dirty youth, appeared before the Court to support a claim he had made upon a tradesman of the name of Hemmings for 2/. " What is the claim for ?" inquired the COMMIS SIONER. " For two month's salary," answered the young gen tleman. " I entered into this good person's employ on the 15th of August last, at which time we came to an understanding that I was to assist in the shop and transact any little matters of business he required to be attended to out of doors. When I had been in his em ploy a month, wanting two days, he wished me to do that which I did not engage to perform. The consequence was that some words took place between us. He told me to leave. I did so. He refu sed topay me, and I have summoned him here." A COMMISSIONER —What do yon say to this, Mr. Hemmings? Mr. Hemmings—Simply that I hired this boy to run of errands for me, to clean the knives and boots and shoes, a nd to a ssist the servants in the kitchen. When he had been in my service nearly a month, he was asked —one of the servants being in bad health—to carry a pitcher of water up s tairs. He refused to do so, told me that he hadn't ag reed to lug water all over the hous e , and that he shouldn't think of doing the work of a ser vant. I then o rdered him to make out his bill, and to quit my service immediately. The half -dirty Youth—l never agreed to carry water up stairs. My mother knows that I refuse to carry the pitcher for her at home. A fond-looking old woman, who stood at the side of the youth, ejaculated, with evident satisfaction, " That's God's truth, gentlemen He never does no sich a thing at home along with me." " Are you his mother ?" asked a CommissioNEn. " Yes, I ham," said the old woman, proudly. " He's my youngest son, and won't be sixteen till come the day arter boxing-day." TI1+• COMMI s Mv good woman, when hP re- d Lave souud tiirdshing .I'VE N TNG ,I 6 I) 1 - L 1 -' A- 1 ----- .------------------ ----- -- I . ; rep lied the " That there's easier said tb*ln done ' fond mother, in a tone wh i c h, api, e a red to in dicate that she had some reason for saying so. • up the pitcher of 6' How c me you to refuse t o hair y water?" said one of the C O MMISgIONVIti I• a greed odo The half-dirty Youth (pertly)---I never ~ r don't see so. The servants never. assiste d me, and t. alone that I was called upon to assist them. But,leavt. the .. this, Mr. Hemming wanted me to fetch water from pump, and I didn't choose to be seen dra gg ing a pitches along the public thoroughfare. A COMMISSION ER—lnd , ed, pray what is your father? 'the hail-dirty Youth—He's i4"the coal line. My husband," iriid the mother, hustling forward,. " is engageil on board the barges it , in Hungerfo rd." The Cum 111 ISSIONER—He ' s a e h eilheaver 1 suppose H.'s called so," said the good lady. OM MISSIONER—And do you employ yourself in any thing ? Mrs. Coaly (pursing up her mouth and giving her head a heavy lurch to leeward)—Yes, I do. COMMISSIONER—Mq I be permitted to ask what your employment is? Mrs. Coaly—Yes, I hires a mangle. COMMISSIONER—And when this precocious youth is ut home he turns it ? Mrs. Coal)—He does ; he's tu rnin g it this. werry moment. The defendant was ordered to pay only f or the tem, ' th a t the anti-carry-a-pitcher - of - water - up - stairs youti. was in his service—viz., 26 days. No sooner were the mother and her son outside, than the dutiful chili commenced ." blowing her up" tor let ting out that he " turned the mangle." CORN AVERAGES• t)ENER AL AVERAOE PRICES OF BRITISH cOrtr.„ For the Week ended Nov. 1, 18:39, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan., an" Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat ......... sn. Oats Barley .. 41s. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE Q:E WE , " Rye ..... 2 3 t. Sd 9d. Breeannes ................. 4465:. 201 PRECEDING. Wheat €7, Set Oats Barley . l lB lid, I Rye rs B P 1 5 1 d. DUTIES ON FOREIGN COR N. . ~ 2' 01' Sd. oats Is 10d. Rye Wileat .., Barley THE MARKETS. c OAL MARKET. F. li• O. air's End Northumberland 4r 2 ( 1' .. Cores Hartl , y '2;! 9 dHlywell Main 2l I Walls End Belmon ._......... 's It edhugh I'ontop Windsor south Hartley 29 0 Walls End Hetton ...... :!. 4 , Canfield Moor . Tan fled Moor Butes 2 l, 6 Walls End Russell's Hatton A ay Wylam. Wal's Mid Bell and Brown 22 9 Wails ~:nd Whttwell ... ••• ',; 0 5 Walls End Brown ' l4 6 Nalls End Hart1ep001 ........ :, A att, unscreened l7 6 Walls End Adel:ide, ......... ; ii Walls End Clarke and Co 2O Walls End Barret t ............ 2 ,. „ 3 Walls End Gosforth 23 3 1 Walls End Seymou r Tees... , t,' ~ Walls slid Heaion .. IWalls End Tees H etton ...: sl 'i . Walls End Hilda 22 f Hartley .... ...................... 1 9 0 .. Walls End Killingworth . Walls End Newmarch .... 91 9W. E. Windlostone N ',hips arrived since last market -day, 2. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. e I Oats. Bans. Pase. I -er Quarter. s. to a. s. to .. a. to s. a. to s. I 8 t'' As Boston - NI 05 34 40 18 f. 6 42 4 i ' 44 Braintree 62 72 36 44 26 32 38 44 40 40 B ic,liton 64 76 44 47 26 29 44 46 - 40 •,,aili•idee - 59 - 38 22 _ .... 30 40 . .. 4? Chiche ter Dunmow 63 12 34 44 24 32 34 42 ' iv .-- Grantham - 49 ''"" ..... Grimsby 65 74 35 39 22 26 42 44 --4 e Hai'sliam 63 70 2ti 32 22 ‘ , 9 - 46 -- .... Hitchin et 70 34 '46 24 32. 25 3'' ,7; 40 Ipswich 6O 66 32 :Al 24 28 :14 42 •,,, .„„. L•wes 6B - 43 22 29 34 40 --• ..... L. tin Maidstone 6.-: 75 :10 39 26 02 40 5 0 0 44 Nor% ich ....„ 'e worth - 46 --, 4 Rom ford . 54 74 38 44 24 32 34 49 3' 4 2 Sandwich 5B 77 28 32 17 28 - 4 0 ~--; go Thet 'Ord ...., Wisbech W it h a m fs 75 3 3 44 '2B 40 -. 33 36 7 4 Yarmouth 6O 75 33 : 5 28 •32 3. 40 L•VERPOOL CORN MARKP:T.-Nov. 5. _ 0,1 WHEAT, English, White, per 70In. .................. ... Hs 6,1 to Lr Red - Scotch, Welch, and Manx ................... .. 9 0 1 0 ' o ' ---- Irish, White 9 6 10 ------ Red -- Foreign • . - 4 3 OATs, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 4511 i. ........ .. 3 9 , . ---- Irish Foreign o 0 0 ° vs&Euty, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 43 0 5 0 - - Scotch and Irish, pet tiOilis. --- Feeding 4 6 5 0 dmara, English, per Imperial q uacter 46 ci 52 0 --- I rish, &c. --.-• Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per . Imperial quarter 46 0 48 0 1 ---- Foreign ......... ....... FLOUR, English, per 280113. ---- Irish .. . ............................... OATMEAL, Englishi and I rish , per 24011) - 3l 0 37 0 Ish,tas COlO4, per 48111 b. ........... ...... 44 0 48 0 Him per lmper al quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET Wheat, White (per Q uarter) (Ps. bas 7 (i3s 0s Red 556. Ws. Foreign Barley, Mal' log Grinding Oats, Briti , h Foreign (in I (~(!) Beans ••• -e V 4. 415 ' Pease, Grey...... 34s 5 6 '. 375 ; ••• Blue and White 5......1. ----.• Linseed... ... Flour (per sack.. ... Os. 55 5 , • R.nyeseeu (per 10 quarters) CHELTENHAM MARKETS. 1 . Ec B. P er Bushel s. 0 . to s. d .. Per lb. Wheat 6 8 darley 4 6 5 0 Matton 7 6 Oats ;) 6 4 0 Veal Beans . t Pease Hay 41,04. to 41. 104. Od. per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. to -s• Wheat, white.,-- 70g. to SM. .......... 01tt.,---... ^-,,_s• ...,, • --- red------. 60s. to Ins% '......... Old------ Barley, Malting --, 365. to 155....... Grinding.. -,-,-„.• t r o ° ~..?, Oats „...-...„-..----. -s. to -5...... 01d..--,...- ro:. to 455. Beans ~..............,,,, m , ..... s to --4 ......... 0161,......... -a; to 425. Pease -,.........-....- 435. to 455. -- GreS•••••• • - • CHELMSFORD MARKET. 26 to 3- . ' Wheat, White .... 61. to _.. Red Barley ~ 41 fil! to . .; :.3 pea ats s e . , **a; ................................. -.. !-; 1 . 1 3 1 Cheralier ... Grinding 34 37 Mazagan .......... Us GUILDFORD MARKET, Os ° 415 Wheat, Old (Per Load) 19/. to *2Ol. 1 s.-_ N Iv, 1131. t . o 4 9 11 . . r• Barley (Per Qr.) ~, 44 Oats 2-'. :-4 I Rye.... .................. au Grey Pease, 4 2 5 . to 4.7.13. •- a By the report of the pro ceedin g s at the opit Wlenint? of the Manches ter and Salford Junction Canal, be seen that the Company of Proprietors of the gel' sey and Irwell Navigation contemplate such improv'T ments on the river as will enable their to bring vesse ,o of three hundred tons burthen up to Mana,ester. It i 5 t already the greatest manufa cturin g town in the king' dom, and may easily become a s hi pp in g port of almo s first-rate consequence. Persons who have e vital vested in canal and river navigation are now recovering from the lethargy into which they were thrown by 6: splendid success of railways ; a nd we prognosticate - speedy arrival of the time when, with all the aid of a lb dery science, the eiterprise of capitaliits will render vV canals and rivers of England ten times more produetia. of public utility than they now are. We trust that I-4c Francis Egerton will keep ,pace with the Cl I GP Company, or excite them onwards sho uld they be at 8 tasdy in effecting the improvements th e y conten1P111:; The Bridgewater Canal horn run of t wen ty-seven t ba without a lock, and passengers might b e conveyed jf distance in three hours, at a charge of eighteen pence -id this were done there is no doubt that th e number Otte be increased twenty-fold. On the sev en miles of th e Paisle are a the Liverpool a re are as many passengers per there on theand Manchester ItailwaY Manchester Times. GOLD SIGNET RIN . GS.—A great Varie ty these Useful and Fashionable RINGS, arc kept for S itet tl tion, with Cornelian, Amethyst, Topaz, and other be Stones, suitable for engraving. , ' Armorial bearings, xnba referred to, or found, gratis, and can be engrvecu Artist of great talent, at T. COX SAVO IIY L o ndoo smith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornbill, ( Seven Doors from Gracechurcli-street) ERS PLATED TAB L E DISH COV— -15 Guineas the Set.—A B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufsfe turing Silversmiths, No. 14, Gort.hill , London (opposite Effie Bank of England), submit for cl7vice in their plate ros' many patterns of strongly plated TA BL E DISH CO V 1 .7, r with Silver handles and mountings, and stout Silver shiel 0 engraving the Crest or Coat of Arms, price from 15 g ull' had to 20 guineas the set o f four. e n N.B. A Pamphlet of the Prices of Plate may be application. BIRTHS. J I ° ll7l On the 31 st u lt., at Black-rock, near Cork, the lady ° H. Bainbridge, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst. , Mrs. William Storrs F r y , of a da"ghter. On the sth inst., Mrs. W. Thompson , of a daughtf3l/.. —_ MAR RIFD. n von , t° On the 31st ult., James Elton, Esq., of Tiverton, m e en or- Esther, daughter of the late J. Sheppard, Esq., street', Grosvenor square. .ff C. a e orj On the 4th inst., at St. John's Church, Heston , ." , B e Faulkner, Esq., Lieutenant of the 2d or Queen's loyotoOdt memt, to RosalindaThlorewood, daughter of Samuel IVI r` Esq., Collector of Excise, Peter-plate, Dublin. . williao l, On the sth inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Franc is mar es son of J. Willisford, of Sloane-street, Esq.' t° Frances Mary, daughter of the late W. Chalid el of Grosv -------------_'- - DIED. On the 2d inst., in Saville-row, Miss Caroline Bride° Simpson. On the 2d inst., Charlot te, wife of Mr. John Brettell, of Streatham-paragon. On the 31st ult., at Deal, Mr. George Clendon, egsedon;se,t4 On the 3d inst., at Shawford, near Beckington, Maria Charlotte Valentina, wife of K. M. Straight, EA" Great James-street, Bedford-row, aged 18. On f or e, ult., at Lisbon, Jame; Jorge, Esq., second of ef John J o rge, Esq., of Upper Montagu:street, Itussell- s 4 On the 3d inst., at Canonbury, Moses Samuel, Esti., age. F ie ld On the 3d inst., in the New-road, St. Paucras, Thomas, aged 61. co late On the 4th inst., in Clapton-square, Sally, widow oft Burkett Fenn, Esq., aged 80. On tho 4th inst., at Kimbolton, Mrs. Green, formerly et West-square, Lambeth. Junius daughter On the 4th inst. ,at Pinner-grove, Elizabeth Hurrey, of Sir William Milman,aged 18. varie, the On the 4th inst., at the Vicaraae, Henlow, Jane relict of the Rev. W. Hayne, of'Plympton St. Mary, n ev° ' aged 73. M a jor- On the sth inst. at Wimbledon, Agnes, the wife of General Hogg, sed ' 39. :—..,....—, , r- ' C Loudon . 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