The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-15 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bink Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 2d day of November, 1844 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co £28,320 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 16,948 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,873 Aylshara Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 5,452 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswaele Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 33,697 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 15,397 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke— Cole, Seymour, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bew dley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 22,437 33,037 7,909 Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham—Lewis, Moilliett, and Co Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Bostoa Bank, Boston—Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co . . Banliury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... Bath City Bank, Bath—Molter and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. 19,037 25,011 22,774 16,222 8,419 73,723 13,257 9,345 42,320 25,341 27,424 74,369 39,753 52,926 3,660 36,849 36,597 and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds 7. and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Briggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and 11,671 64,118 23,902 32,980 12,734 Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—liammond and Co - Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Bound, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co. Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towzood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Ptak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co Dias Bank, Diss—Uakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook. and Co. Dover Unio►► Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. - Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrow, Walford, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders, and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Vantage, Far ringdon—Burnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and King - Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Milder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware— S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, aid Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Ireasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bank, lloniton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank,,Hitchen—Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archentield Bank, and Ross and Arcirenfield Bank, llercford—Morgan and Hoskins Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders ant Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, anti Mercer King,ton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—Goteh and Sons... Lampeterßank,Lampeter—Jones,Erans,andCo. Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and Co. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,G aunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green Lincoln Bank, Lincoln— Smith and Co Liandovery Bank and Llandilo Batik, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, .Macclesfield—Brocklehurst 39,532 14,223 and Co. btanningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerfurd Bank, and Ilungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough aid North Wiltshire New Think, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyains and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Boss and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromaffe and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport ' " 12,070 7,019 16,555 10,974 10,782 19,288 29,391 13,070 —W. Williams and Suns Newark Bank, Newark—Godfre) , 's and Hutton Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, I)iss—Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norwich Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Co 69,936 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,773 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and Co 24,218 New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and Co Nottingham , N tngham B an k 14,443 _ ottingbam—Smith an d C o. 29,663 vestry Bank and Oswe s t ry Old Bank, Os -oxon and C o Oxford Bank, Oxford—J - . Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, 13,937 and Thompson ................ Old Bank Tonbrid,ge Tonbridge. ..................... . . 9.; Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbrri(dg Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge ileeelling and SOW ................................ 11,623 7,980 26,01() 49,356 35,097 3,964 5,152 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1844, Average Amount Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co 11,369 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 45,962 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co ..... Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 11,875 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance--Rickets, Enthoven, , . and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 32,260 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton:and Co 5,588 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co 4,743 Rochester, Chatham, and Stroud Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 9,381 Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot ner and Son .. 3,435 Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons... 15.188 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 13,120 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 99,880 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co 12,951 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway 4,245 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 17,416 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co 24,230 Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adams, and Co 7,426 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Roeke, Eytons, and Co 41,058 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Vallance and Son 5,452 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wilde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story 3,718 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie 22,806 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 7,775 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge - Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12,379 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beek, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Sturt Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 29,386 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and Co 12,210 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Dolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barns Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 10,048 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co. 14,962 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge--Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 15,155 War wick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 26,483 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers West Ridin Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,240 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Batik, Winchester -Wickham and Co 3,566 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bunk, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearce Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth-ArkwriFht and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wivelisc,ombe-P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wofverhampton- Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old hank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester -Berwick, Lech mere, and Co 86,936 WorcesterAire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Whitidy Bank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil i-inson 'I'Q alstill Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—.T. and S. Kenrick 2,704 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and llaleaworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,348 Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 44,950 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,456 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttexeter, and StatTordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield CumberlaTid Union Banking Company, Carlisle 33,316 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,640 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham . . 125,790 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,789 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,296 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 150,448 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 18,690 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,994 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifa" t 12,711 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Coxo- pally, Halifax — Helston Banking Company, Helstoa 1,142 Herefordshire Banking Company,lieAs ford 23,062 Knaresborough and Claro anki74; Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock .kingsbridge 13n ..6 .-,- . 3,786 Lancaster Banking C0m7,411--, ' yLancaster 50,444 Leeds Banking Comp.,aly, Leeds Leicestershire Bito'.„tilg Company, Leicester Lincoln and Li pasty Banking Company, Lincoln 47,435 Leamington priors and Warwickshire Banking Comp:sty, Leamington Priors Leeth and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds 17,665 Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 12,685 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,092 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 12,463 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 80,495 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 11.3, Bishopsgate-street, London , 384 740 1 North Wilts Bankin7 s • Company, Melksham 57,643 Northamptonshire Jnion Bank, Northampton 83,997 Northamptonshi re Banking Company, North ampton .... 26,219 North and ',south Wales Bank, Liverpool 61,833 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei c'esLer ..ittddlewortli Banking Company, Saddleworth 5,967 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,49U Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 47,361 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- _ _ port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and llallamshire Banking Convany, Sheffield .. . Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 52,840 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond 49,159 Stockton and Durham County Banking Com pany, Stockton 7,006 Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retford Bank, Sheffield ... Suffolk Banking Company, Ipswich Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 27,968 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,447 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 72,416 Ayernffe Amount. West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield 30,800 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester 6,470 York Union Banking Company, York 69,895 York City and County Banking Company, York 87,356 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, Nov. 8, 1844. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT 01 CHANCERY—Noo. 14. STEELE V. STEWAItT. The LOAD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which came before the Court some time since upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of Eng land. The only question in the case was, whether cer tain letters that have passed between the parties and their agents were or were not privileged communications. The Vice-Chancellor decided that they were ; and from that decision the parties appealed to that branch of the Court. It appeared that the defendant brought an ac tion against the plaintiff upon a policy of insurance on a ship called the Sherborne, bound to Calcutta. The defence set up to that action was that the ship was not sea-worthy. Certain letters passed between the parties relative to the evidence to be adduced at the trial, and a bill was filed for the purpose of compelling the defendant to produce them. On the case coming before the Vice Chancellor of England, he refused to order their production ; and his Lordship agreeing in the propriety of that decision, dismissed the appeal with costs. ST. VICTOR V. DEVEREUX. The Court then proceeded to hear the further argu ments in this part-beard motion, which came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, discharging an order he had formerly made, permitting the plaintiff to sue in forma pauporis. The case occupied the whole morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 14. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) GRIFFITHS V. WALTON. Mr. MARTIN, in this case, moved, on the part of the plaintiff, for an injunction to restrain the defendant from making and selling articles of metal, such as tea-pots, coffee-pots, saucepans, &c., &c., manufactured according to certain processes for which the plaintiff had a patent. An application had previously been made to the Court in the month of October last, on similar grounds, and an order was issued, enjoining the defendant to cease from making these articles from the 14th of November. It was in consequence of a breach of this order since that date, that the motion for the present injunction was made. The plaintiff's patent was taken out in 1834 ; it was for an improvement in the method of manufacturing articles of the description above-mentioned, the process being generally applicable to all articles of tin, copper, and plated ware. The specification of the patent was perfectly valid, and was a docu ment of considerable length, setting forth the various processes used in the manufacture. From the time the patent was taken out, in 1834, to the present time, the plaintiffs continued to exercise their skill and right under it. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to de scribe, at some length, the details of the different pro cesses, which were explained by various specimens of the finished articles, and the dies, moulds, and machinery used in making them. These were produced in Court, and submitted to the inspection of his Honour. The Learned Gentleman stated that the plaintiff and defendant were engaged in the same trade, one residing at Birming ham, the other at Wolverhampton; and that the defendant had frequently purchased the patented articles of the plaintiff, and supplied them to his (defendant's) cus tomers, and furnished them to his agents and travellers as specimens. Having further pointed out the identity of the articles now made by the defendant with those manufactured by the plaintiff, he concluded by pressing for an injunction to restrain the defendant from such manufacture. Mr. RUSSELL appeared for the defendant, and pleaded want of novelty in the invention, and want of infringe ment of the patent on the part of his client. HIS HONOUR was of opinion that the best course, be fore proceeding any further in the case, world be, that a competent person should examine articles manufac tured both by the plaintiff and defendant., and report thereon to the Court ; and for that purpose he should direct, by the consent of both parties, that the defendants should admit ➢ir. Fairey to their works, in order to in spect the manufacture by them of teapots, &c., resem bling those now exhibited ; and that some should also be manufactured by the defendants, in his presence; that he should be furnished with a copy of the plaintiff's specification ; that the plaintiff should also manufac ture, in his presence, tea-pots, &e., according to that specification ; and that he should make a report to the Court of the processes so to he executed, with observa tions upon them .and also upon the tools and machinery now in the plaintiffs possession ; the report to be vere fied by atfiidavit, and the motion to stand over till the report should be made. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 14. (Sittings in Banco.) DOE DEM ANGELL V. ANGELL. This was the celebrated ejectment case, on the deci sion of which the right to the great Angell estates de pends. It was tried about twelve months since on the Home Circuit, and a verdict was returned for the lessee of the plaintiff. A rule nisi had subsequently been ob tained for a new trial, and the arguments on that rule were continued this morning. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 14. (Sittings in Banco.) THE MARQUIS OF BUTE V. THOMPSON. In this case the Court gave judgment for the plaintiff on the 6th of July, when Mr. Baron Alderson stated that in the course of the present term he would give the reasons of his decision. Mr. lIIGGINs, as counsel for the plaintiff, applied to the Court this morning to fix a convenient day for that purpose, alleging. as the ground of the application, that ulterior proceedings were contemplated. The Court would take the matter into consideration. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Non. 13. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice CRESWELL and a Common Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SUCH V. COBHAM. This was an action to recover compensation in da mares from the defendant, for his breach of promise of marriage to the plaintiff, under the following cir cumstances. Mr. Montague Chambers was for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Jones conducted the defence. It appeared that the plaintiff is the daughter of a carpenter in Bowling-street, Redcross-lane ; and the defendant is a 3 oung man about 22 years of age, and the conductor of his father's business, who keeps an oil-shop in Bow lane. About eighteen months since the defendant became casually acquainted with the plaintiff, and having professed himself a suitor, was introduced to her family, whom he was constantly in the habit of visiting, and was received by them as the plaintiff's intended husband. However, subsequer . :, - Iv the plaintiff proved pregnant, and w as i n due fl Anie de livered of a female child. Defendant h match, and got married to another. hake off the Consequently the present action - young person. .was brought. The defendant by his . p/ -do /admitted the protr : but stated that he was 46'46'1 - hied in breakii4 off the the match, the plaintiff • billing a loose and, immoral cha racter. tinctl- For th , oved. pitsintiff the facts of her case w e r e di s - A er re defendant having failed to prove his plea, ' His Lowman'. told the jury, the question for them to decide was the amount of damages, in doing which they were to take into consideration the quality and degree of effect which the defendant's conduct had ntlicted upon the plaintiff. She was not entitled to any damages for her seduction, for if she willingly anandoned herself to immoral courses, she could not claim any damages for her own trangression. The defendant having failed to prove his plea, the jury would give the plaintiff such damages as they thought, under alt the circumstances, she was entitled to. The jury, having consulted for a few minutes, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 100/. NOTEMBER 14. NEWTON V. SHERITE OF GLOUCESTER. This was an action for illegal arrest and forcible entry. It was one of several cases arising out of certain family differences, with the particulars of which the public must be by this time quite sufficiently familiar. The trial took place in this Court before the Lord Chief Justice at the sittings of the last term, when the verdict was for the plaintiff, with damages 501. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD obtained a rule to arrest judgment. This day Mr. Newton, in person, showed cause against that rule, and addressed the Court at length, observing, amongst other matters, jat it had been as ser t e d to hi s i njury by the oP- r side, that he was in de s tit u t e c i rcumstances, wtereas the fact was, that in two m on th s o f the last I , F , .at• a feesongreat amounted to 401. rge the rule The COUR T d ec k led to onla • for one w ee k, to wait th e i ssue , of other t proceedings pending in the Queen's Bench. This volut NSON V. LORD LICHFIELD. %AS al action upon a bill o f exc h ange for 1,2001., t h e r ..dnce being th at t h e no b le defendant bad not made Le bill, and had not endorsed it. The verdict was for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant MANNING, for the defendant, subsequently obtained a conditional rule for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, the Hon. Col. An son, brother of the defendant, and other persons, amongst whom were Mr. Stevens ' his Lord s hi p ' s secretary, when Postmaster-General, and also the Inspector of Franks— all well acquainted with Lord Lichfield's handwriting— having sworn that they did not believe the signature in the indorsement to be hip. The Learned Sergeant, at that time, further urged that the plaintiff had not shown in what manner the bill came into possession ; whereas, if his case were a good one, he could have called Mrs. llfarg r a e r c e eed. t il Edmonds, from whom it was alleged to h ave been 1 Mr. Sergeant SNEA this day showed cause against the rule. With respect to the handwriting of the defendant, he contended that the evidence of the cashier to Messrs. Stevenson and Salt, who had been his Lord ship's bankers for thirty years, ought to outweigh the evidence offered to support the charge of forgery. That witness held a place of high responsibility, in which it was part of his most important duties to make himself acquainted as well as possible with Lord Lichfield's handwriting. As to the calling of Mrs. Edmonds, he contended that it was not incumbent on the plaintiff to call her. On the contrary, she would be rather a wit• ness for the defence if the other side relied on their own case. That lady, as it appeared from some remarkable proceedings in the Court of Bankruptcy, kept a house of play in St. James's•place ; and from the nature of other transactions, it was not very improbable to suppose that a nobleman of great wealth had frequented it. Mr. Justice MAULE -It did not appear that Lord Lichfield was possessed of great wealth. Mr. Sergeant SHEA—He kept a large establishment in the most expensive part of the metropolis. Mr. Justice MAuLa—That is sometimes done without great wealth. Mr. Sergeant SHEA submitted that there seemed no improbability in supposing that his Lordship might have made and endorsed the bill in Mrs. Edmonds's house, under circumstances which would account for his forgetting afterwards that he had done so. Nor was it at all extra ordinary that the plaintiff should, without hesitation, receive and discount the bill in question, endorsed by a nobleman holding so high a pest under her itNesty's Government as that of Postmaster-General. He trusted their Lordships would discharge the rule. Mr. Sergeant MANNINO replied briefly, and The LARD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court ware of opinion that the plaintiff had not put to the jury all the evidence which he ought to have given, and that it would be well to give the case a rehearing, upon the usual condition, the payment by the defendant of the costs of the previous trial and of this application.—Rule accord ingly made absolute. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 14. Dr. Lushington presided in this Court to-day for the hearing of cases of salvage and collision. The Masters of the Trinity House sat upon the bench with the Learned Doctor, for the purpose of deciding upon the nautical technicalities and manoeuvres. COLLISION.-THE LATONA. This was a suit brought by Thomas Richardson, the master and owner of the brig Leona, of Newcastle., 152 tons burden, against the owners of a west country vessel, called the Anne, to recover compensation for damage sustained by his vessel, in consequence of a collision with the Anne, which was alleged to have been caused by the unskilful and unseamanliko conduct of the master and crew of that vessel. _ It appeared from the affidavits which were read on both sides, that on the 19th of March, 1844, the Latona was proceeding in ballast to Newcastle, and when about five miles off the coast of Suffolk, the wind at the time being north eastward, she perceived the Anne approach ing her nearly upon the same tack. The man at the helm of the Latona tried to put her about, but failing in this, and seeing they could not cross the Anne—both vessels going at the rate of about four knots an hour—the crew was ordered to let all sails aback, that the collision might be lessened. This was done, and the captain alleged that his vessel made very little way when the two vessels struck each other. On the part of the owners of the Anne, it was urged that, at the time the collision took place, the sails of the Latona were full ; that the Anne, on seeing the other vessel bearing upon her, put her helm up, to run off from the wind, and that the Latone, did the same, and tried to cross her. The Anne was a west country vessel, of much less burthen than the Latona, and it was well known that there was a strong feeling of rivalry between the Newcastle masters and those of the west country, and it was alleged that the collision arose solely from the captain of the Latona trying to outvie the Anne in manceuvering. Dr. LUSIIINGTON, having recapitulated the evidence to the Trinity Masters, said it was solely a question for them to decide, as it was one entirely of seamanship. The Trinity Masters, after a short consultation, de cided that the Anne was right in keeping to the wind ward, and that the Latona was wrong in attempting to run across her. SHERIFFS' COURT. Nov. 14. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNEDY and a Common'jury. RENDALE P. WHITE.—IMPORTANT TO PARTIES Bursa- ING ACTIONS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a tailor, against the defendant, to recover the costs in curred in an action for debt which he had brought against the defendant. In October, 1842, the defendant's father died, and the plaintiff supplied him with a suit of mourning, in order that he might appear at the funeral, and pay re spect to his father's memory. The defendant paid only a portion of the bill, leaving a balance of 31.95., for the re covery of which a writ was issued on the 20th, and served on the 22d of January last, and on the same evenir_-_, th ; defendant's solicitor paid 3/. 9s. to the plaintifr, wh:gave a receipt in full for the debt, at the sar'ie ti me statin g that he would see his solicitor and arrange the matt e r with him. The action was, therefore, for the costs incurred. - - Mr. CHARNOCK, who appeared for the defendant, con. tended that he was not liable for the costs, and cited several cases from the books in support of his view of the case. "The UNDER-SHERRIFF having summed up the evi dence, the jury after a considerable deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendant. • COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 14. A very considerable number of cases were put down this day for hearing, but none of them contained any feature of public interest. BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS. Wednesday Mr. Thick, landlord of the One Tun Inn, Old Brentford, appeared before Mr. G. Baillie (Chairman) and the Rev. H. S. Trimmer, the sitting magistrates, on summo nses un d er th e l as t New Poor law Act (7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 101), calling on him to show cause why he should not be declared to be the putative father of the female bastard child of Jane Lucas, the daughter of a tailor residing in the same town. Mr. Sleap, for the prisoner, objected that the jug_ tices then sitting, being ex officio guardians of th union, were officers of a union within the meaning of the Act, and thereby precluded from interfering in the case, as they would be getting up evidence by in quiring into it. Mr. G. Clark (the magistrates' clerk) advised the bench that it had already been decided by the Courts above, that ex officio guardians of a union are not officers of that union. _ The Magistrates accordingly overruled the objection. Mr. Slew then demanded that the provisions of the second section should be carried out by the produc tion of proof that evidence had been adduced, before the Magistrates granted the su mmons aga i nst his client, that he had within twelve months paid money towards the maintenance of the child. Mr. Baillie said the stop being only a comma, it was intended by the Act that the mother should have the right of coming upon the father at any time be fore the child has attained the age of thirteen years, provided she can prove that the father has paid money to the maintenance of such child within t we l ve 1 months after its birth. This the Bench decided. Jan. Lucas, dreefied in the wor kh oue sr-- : v.ised that she was a single woman. ,-- o , de of tli , -nu the mother was ...t. WAS the father. It Two nen called f or t h e d e f en d ant, one h h o d c ef : ril end a Ts posed that he was en omn ib us con d uctor. oo men l oe d n , o t w h f e e: l : 2 h B i . c of w ll' 1h bemn child, on , tt . iy laA. .new Jane Lucas, and had been intimate with her twice. The first time was after dancing with her at a ball, which took place at the defendant's house about twelve months ago. The other, a broker at Isleworth, deposed that he also knew Jane Lucas. lie was first intimate with her on the night that a dinner was given at Brentford to Mr. Hume, about four years ago ; the second time, at the time of the September fair the year before last ; and a third time i about the latter end of October or beginning of November last year. A day or two after that he met her and had some conversation as to what had happened between them, when she said, that should she have another child she would make a good father for it, and she afterwards said that the groom at Mr. Richards's would be a good father to her and her children. The Bench, after a short consultation, said they had given the case their best attention and consideration, it being a most difficult and important one, and they had come to the conclusion, after weighing the evi dence on both sides, that it had not been sufficiently proved that the defendant was the father of the child, and that the summons must be dismissed. The father of the girl, who during the inquiry had been in a state of great excitement, here cried out. "Mr. Magistrate, the c hild w ill b e d one away with! it shall never enter my house, T" s ' i take care ;" and he was ultimately oblig e d 4 ...) removed by the police. 1 — rOLICE INT ELLIGENCE. -- - , (YESTErtbAY.) MANSION-HOUSE, An Irish woman, named Ann Callaghan, of very herd-working iipptarance, was brought before the Lord Tt .i r , ay or , up on th e c h arge o f h av i ng robbed her master, --T averner, t h e owner o f th e Mitre pub lic-house, Mitr e - s t reet. The complainant stated that having missed some property, he w en t, on t h e st h i nstan t, in the morn ing, to the pri soner ' s room, an d , upon opening her box, found a soda-water bottle full of rum, a glass, a Penknife, a handkerchief, and a brooch, which were his property ; an d a penc il- case, w hi c h was his son's. He called up hi 3 pot-boy to witness that he found the articles in the woman's box. The LORD M AYOR —P r i soner , d o you wish to ask your master any question ? Prisoner—Oh, then I do, your Honour. Do you mean to say you found that glass in my box ? Complainant—l do. i Y fie o do u f rt that apteonrcio Prisoner—And do you say you found the other things in my box ? Complainant —I do. Prisoner—Oh, then my Lord The LORD MAYOR—Stay. You shall make your defence by and bye. i — do fi T I ot h ht a ew n l in 3 , e o s u s ,m they complainant Lord, id e discoverynt Lordship will hear me, and so will the Lord, too. the other property. The LORD MAYOR (to the complainant )—You say the discovery of this robbery was made by you on the sth instant. What is the reason that you did not cause her to be apprehended before last night ? Cor n - Plaina nt—l didn't think of that matter •in f I , act, don't understand these things. Besides, I didn't know her address. The LORD MAYOR —And why did you cause her c a sTPe :hibes uosntoednr to be taken up last night ? The complainant—l was not aware before how to act. The Prisoner—Please your Lordship he knows I never was guilty of robbery. I made the beds and cooked the victuals, and cleaned the house, and did everything that day and the next, and the next after that, and the next after that. The LORD MAYOR—Is that the case, complainant? Complainant—She never slept in the house after I discovered the robbery. The LORD MAYOR—Pray what wages may you be indebted to this woman who has robbed you? The Prisoner—Please your Honour, he owes me between 41. arid 5/. Complainant—l never made any agreement with her about wages, but I know she committed the rob bery. I have got a witness here. The LORD MAYOR—Let him be produced. James Smith came forward at the desire of the complainant _ _ The LORD MAYOR—WeII, what have you to say about the robbery ? Smith—Nothing. All I can say is, that I was in Mr. Taverner's service, and he put me away because I used to have words with the woman at the bar. The LORD MAYOR—Have you any other witness ? Complainant—l have the boy who saw me take the things from her box. George Higler, pot-boy to the complainant, said his master called him up stairs to the prisoner's room, and took the articles yroduced out of her box. Tee LORD MAYOR—Is that all you have to say ? Bigler—lt is, my Lord. The LORD MATOR—WeiI, prisoner, what have you got to say to this charge of robbery? The prisoner, in a very innocent and artless man ner, informed his Lordship that she had entered the service as maid of all work, and a great deal of hard work she had to do; but she did not think half so much of the hard work as she did of the dirty work, for her master's house proved to be a house used for the purposes Of double accommodation. It went to her heart to wait upon the ladies and gentlemen who sometimes remained in the house all night, and when she complained, her master not only called her out of her right name but beat her, so she was deter mined to leave the concern ; but as her master had refused to pay her the wages due to her, she deter mined to summon him, and she accordingly gave him notice to that effect. The LORD MAROR —Did you summon him after the sth instant, when he says the robbery was com mitted ? Prisoner—l came here, your Lordship, the other day to take advice upon the subject, and I was told to summon him to the Court of Requests. Your Lordship told me to do so, and the hearing is ap pointed for Saturdity next. The LORD MAYOR—And after you summoned him he charged you with the robbery? Prisoner—Yes, my Lord ; he doesn't want to pay me for my hard work. The LORD MAYOR asked the policeman whether he knew anything of the prisoner 7—The policeman re plied that she had been servant at one of the station houses, where she had an excellent character, and which she had left to go to the complainant's house. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I shall discharge the prisoner. The circumstances and the mode of the accusation are very suspicious. You may, Mr. Taver ner, indict the woman if you please ; but I shall cause inquiry to be made into the character of your house, and perhaps you may have cause to dread next licensing day.—The prisoner was then discharged. CLERKEN WELL. Mr, John Lamb, a respectable tradesman, residing in Clerkenwell, was charged with assaulting police constable 32 G. The constable deposed that, on the previous - he was on duty in John-street, at , 111 c .g h , t, when he saw the prisoner and a o on the other side of the st- .emaie passing along at a window, and -.vet. Saw the prison er s t op soon after heard the ir on b ar be longing to t l . ... ..e window fall upon the pavement. The pristine , : the lady passed on. Witness went up to and, without looking at the window or the bar, asked the prisoner, who had got about forty yards from the window, to return to the window to see what he had done. He refused, and called witness a d—d vagabond. Witness attempted to remove him to the station-house, in doing which the prisoner struck him twice ; prisoner was not drunk. The prisoner said he had been most grossly ill treated by the policeman. He was returning home with his wife,_ and within a few yard s o f hi s own house, when he saw an iron bar projecting from a window over the footway, and which he had nearly struck his head against. Knowing that the projec tion was illegal, and fearing somebody else might knock their head against what he only by chance avoided, he took down the bar and left it on the pave ment; he had advanced about forty yards, his wife leaning on his arm, when the constable came run ning up, and seizirg him by the collar, shook him violently, and peremptorily demanded him to return to the window. Witness explained to him what he had done, told him where he lived and his name, but nothing would satisfy the constable; he called him bad names, and was most rude, and used offensive lan guage. Mr. COMBE (to the constable)—Why did you ask the gentleman to go back ? The constable—To ascer tain what he had done. Mr. COMM—What right had you to ask the gen tleman to do so ? Policeman—Because he knocked down the bar. The Magistrate's Clerk—But the bar, as it stood, was illegal, and a nuisance. Policeman—lt could not be a nuisance, for it was five feet from the ground. Mr. COMM—That exactly makes good what' the gentleman states, for that is just the height which is dangerous, and which would catch one's head. It does not answer to take a roan into custody because he will not comply with such a demand. Policeman—lie assaulted me. Mr. Coats—You had no business to meddle with the gentleman. He did not strike you until you seized him. Prisoner--I am ready to swear I never struck him. My wife is in :court ; I hope you will examine her. She will prove that the constable used the worst lan gunge towards me. Policeman—l took him back because there have bees several robberies committtil in the neighbourhood. Mr. COMBE—Wk r, do you mean to say you sus ]) fed this - •r, person of intending to commit a robbery ? Ane policeman admitted he did not. Mr. COMM discharged the gentleman. BOW STREET. Zert Hatt ) who keeps a coffee-shop in Drury-lane, was brought up in custo iy, charged with violently assaulting William Smith. The complainant, who appeared in C our t w i t h a frightful cut on his eye, state that the defendant (little to the Craven Head, Drttry•line, last night, and called witness out, and immediately commenced beating him, whereby his race had been so severely injured. The defendant, in a highly excited state, said, in his defence, that the complainant had, for some time past, been endeavouring to seduce his (defendant's) daughter. Hearing of the attempts, ho went to the Craven Head last ni ht, where he heard the defendant was, and aecused him with his dishonourable conduct. The com plainant admitted that he had attempted to seduce the young woman, and said he would yet s u ccee d I n d o i ng so, 13vti this he (defendant) knocked him down. JAittitNE said he eould sympathise With a father's feelings under such circumstances, but still persons must not be allowed to take the law into their own hands. lla must, therefbre; fithB ha defendant 81 4 or, in default tii paytiieht ) etitethit hied „f tlirtt The defendant was locked up. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Baron 2lforits Dam Vander Pforte was again placed at the bar befbre Mr. Hardwick, charged with obtaining money under a false repre s ent a tion. Dr. Swaine, physician to Baron Gersdorf, stepped forward and said he had waited on the magistrate, in the report of the prisoner's examina tion, which he had read in the morning papers. He begged to say that he knew him to be the person he represented himself. He was related to some of the highest families in Saxony, but he had given a great deal of annoyance, not only to Baron Gersdorf, but also to the Saxon Court, and his conduct had not been such as to justify them in assisting him. He (Dr. Swaine) denied, however, that the prisoner was on terms of intimacy with Baron Gersdorf. The prisoner declared that he was not only on terms of intimacy with the Baron, but was his cousin also. Mr. HARDWICK said he understood very differently the evidence given by M. Deneulain. The solicitor said M. Deneulain might have ex pressed himself imperfectly, owing to his defective English; but the facts were as he had now stated, and if proofs were wanting he begged to tender Mons. Deneulain again. As yet no proof had been offered that the Baron had real grounds for saying he should have remittances in a given period. The Baron said his letters would establish that fact. Mr. IlAnnwicK said, from all he had heard, it was his determination to proceed no further in the case. If the parties chose to carry the matter further they were at liberty to indict the Baron at the sessions. Mr. Pollock said his client considered he had been defrauded, and it was his determination to go on with the proceedings. 'When an application for the return of the letters and papers was made to the Court, Count de Witts took up his letter and declared his determination to keep it unless the magistrate directed him to re linquish it. After some altercation, the Count was allowed to retain possession of the letter.—The Baron was then liberated. An Italian boy was placed at the bar on the following charge : A clerk to Mr. Garrard, of Suffolk -street, Pall-mall solicitor, stated that about half-past four o'clock yester-, day afternoon, the defendant came opposite to Mr. Gar rard's door with an organ, and commenced playing. Mr. Garrard feeling this to be much annoyonce and in terruption to him in his business, desired the defendant to go away, but he refused, and continued playing for upwards of ten minutes. He was then given into charge of the police. Mr. lIAnDwIcK said that no doubt but the street music was, in many cases, a very great nuisance, and the defendant should at least have moved on when he was desired. He should, therefore, fine him five shillings, or five days' imprisonment and hard labour. The defendant said he had no money, and begged hard to be forgiven. Mr. IfAnDwicii was, however, inexorable, and the boy was accordingly sent to prison. UNION•HALL. Three young men, named Charles Bloch, Charles George, and Henry Solomons, were brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with creating a riot at a beershop, near the Nunnery, at Peckham, and assaulting Mr. Don nelly, the assumed landlord. Mr. Campbell, inspectot of the P division, informed Mr. Cottingham that for the past week the whole neighbourhood near the complainant's house had been in the utmost confusion owing to some dispute as to the possession. Complaints had been made at the station-house at varions times, and as many •as eight constables have been required to quell the disturbance and disperse the mob surrounding the house. Last night the disturbance was so great that it was feared some mischief would have occurred in the scuffle with the defendants and the complainants. The police had had some difficulty in dispersing a mob of nearly 200 people which had collected round the house. The defendants were eventually given into custody for assaulting the complainant. The latter stated that he was put in possession of the beer shop about eleven months ago, by a Mr. Andrews, who now endeavoured to eject him by force, and contrary to law. On Tuesday week last he put in two of the prisoners to take possession of the house, and they had re mained since then. Last night they were joined by the third, when they endeavoured to eject him and his family by force. In the struggle he was assaulted by the de fendants, whom he gave into the custody of the police. Mr. COTTINOHAM inquired whether Mr..And7, 43 was in attendance, as he should like to kno7; any right to eject him. whether he had Mr. Andrews ste , -- stated that lir• ... v ett forward, and on being sworn, comma' • was the real landlord of the house, and the had been put into the beer-shop as a servant r at the weekly salary of 215., with certain perquisites. An agreement was entered into between them that he should take stock whenever he thought proper, and if any deficiency was found out he should have the power of either giving the complainant twenty-one days' notice to quit the house, or three weeks' salary to quit immediately. On Monday week he sent brokers to take the stock, when they found a deficiency of 18/. 15s. lie then offered the complainant 31. 3s. to quit immediately. lie refused to do so, when he ac cordingly put parties in possession, to protect his stock. When the complainant took possession, the weekly re turns were 161. or 181.; but now they were found to be not more than 6/. Ile intended at some future period to bring a charge of embezzlement against the cora -1 plainant. Mr. COTTINOR k!ri asked him why he did not turn him out on Mondayweek last, when he found out the deficiency. Mr. Andrews said that complainant's wife and child were ill at the time. He had compassion on them. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he should recommend a reconciliation between the parties. He thought they had better put the case in the hands of some gentle man as arbitrator, and abide by his decision, as from documents he had seen he believed that there was some misunderstanding between them. He could not, under any circumstances, allow the de fendants to commit a breach of the peace without some admonition from him. He should advise them not to interfere, but let Mr. Andrews attend his own business, and fight his own battles. To give both parties an op portunity of coming to some settlement, he should re• quire the defendants to enter into their own recogni sances in the sum of 401. each for their attendance this day week. INCENDIARY FIRE. Dr. Swaine said that it was possible there might be a relationship, as all the oldest and best families of Saxony were more or less connected. Count de Witts, chamberlain to the Duke of Bruns wick, confirmed the prisoner's statement as to his re spectability, and said he believed that he was in the expectation of receiving money from abroad ; but he emphatic: :Dy denied that any portion of the property ordered by the prisoner had been sent to his (Count de Witt's) house. After some conversation, Mr. HAunwircx considered that, as far as the ques tion of respectability mas conserned, the prisoner had satisfactorily established his claim to be considered the person whom he rC nresented himself to be ; there only then remained the" ii „:. , stion of obtaining the 2/. from Mr. Deneulain, for the ch:e of Mr. Nichol, and simi lar cases were to he left qii, :e out of consideration, they being nothing more than debts, as the cheques had been given in these instances after the goods had been delivered. Prom the evide.lce given on the former occas i on , it ap p eare d t o him , ~matter of very considerable doubt whether any offei: c MwrhDicehnet.hue law could take cognizance ofin Ole case of . _lain had been committed. The ci t :_ ludi been given one day, and the some days afterwards. Mr. Pollock, who attende ,l ' pque . h.. mon,: L,,..citiestion 0 _ rrowed o, • , ior Mons. Wh e n Denevaa, said this was not exactly the Baron. "th e ..• ) gave the .7!..,.."7.itr l ie " t ne ld of l t l ll . ° D eas en t! e • nlnln h. 1 ~.... way to have 2/. the next day. It was in the belief I that that the Waa advanced, theque would be ' . paid that the money 1 r i g ; t, area - -A Q,b 4 t — nnate - onsidei, Hvrcifitc, lISIMOR/7811IRE, Nov. U.—An alarm ing fire broke out last night, about nine o'clock, at the farm called Lilley Hoo, situate about midway be tween this town and Luton, in Bedfordshire, and a few miles only distant fr o m th e l oca lit y o f th e destruc tive fires which occurred in the latter county some months ago. The house being a s ubstanti a l b r i c k building, fortunately escaped destruction, although at one period serious appr e h e nsions were entertai ne d f or its safety, inasmuch as the window sashes and sash frames literally caught fire from the extreme heat emitted from the contiguous burning buildings, which led the persons assembled to move the furniture out of the house, and much of it was broken and other wise damaged. The farm-buildings, principally thatched, forming a quadrangle in front of the house, were wholly destroyed, notwithstanding the strenuous exertions of many highly respectable gentlemen and farmers living in the neighbourhood, assisted by the labouring population, who, with some exceptions, be haved in a most praiseworthy manner. Their exer tions, however, failed, except to save the house, as the fire was so fierce, assisted as it was by a high wind from the north-east, that to rescue the buildings or save the stock (consisting of a large quantity of wheat, barley, hay, and straw), was quite out of the ques tion. We are happy, however, to say that the horses and live stock were not consumed, owing to the pre sence of mind of the farm bailiff or servant, who im mediately on being called from his bed, whither he had retired about twenty minutes, flew to the stables and sheds, and drove the horses and other live stock away from the premises. The house was in the occupation of some young ladies of the name of Bates, and there was at the time no male inmate ex cept the farm bailiff. The fire is supposed to have been the act of some vile cowardly incendiary, who watched the reflection of the light from the window of the bailiff's room, and soon after his candle was extinguished, and when it might be presumed the man had fallen asleep, set fire to some fresh thrashed barley straw, which had been deposited in the pig geries at the back of one of the barns, and outside the premises, for the purpose of being kept dry, and where it could not be necessary to take a light for any lawful purpose whatever. The wind blew atrongly from the point where the straw was deposited, and wafted the flames across the yard, and so com municated them to the stables, coach-houses, cattle and eart sheds, which were soon reduced to a mass of smouldering ruins. The Luton, Hitchin, and Offley engines were socrn on the spot, and did all that could be done under the very able assistance of Mr. Phillips and Mr. Newton, but the flames were so rapid in their course as to have effected the principal work of destruction before the arrival of the engines. The property belonging to Mr. Bates, And we believe the buildings and stock, are insured in the County Fire-office; but we fear from what we heard that the insurance will fall far short of the loss sustained. Very fortunately the rick-yard, containing several valuable hay and corn stacks, was situated at some distance from the premises, and luckily the wind blew from the direction in which they stood, and from that circumstance they were saved from the devouring flames. UNCERTAINTY ♦S TO SUICIDE DY POISON.—A n inquest ws held, late on Tuesday evening, before Mr. Joseph Payne, on the body of Mr. L. D. Nind. Mr. Mason, surgeon, said he was called in on Sunday night to attend to the deceased, but found him quite dead. Upon entering the house there was a strong odour of bitter almonds, which increased as he entered the de ceased's bedroom. Froth was also issuing from his mouth, from which circumstances he conjectured death had been caused by taking prussic acid. Had since made a post mortem examination of the body, assisted by Dr. Monck, at St. Thomas's llospital. Upon analysing the contents of the stomach, a quantity of undigested bitter almonds was found. One-twentieth part of the contents was then subjected to further test, the result of which was the extraction of a quantity of prussic acid, which he produced in a phial. The quantity found was sufficient to cause death. He could not undertake to say whether the prusssic acid was taken in a liquid state, or whether produced by the quantity of bitter almonds eaten by the deceased. There was a case on record in which a person swallowed prussic acid, and then ate a quantity of almonds to lull suspicion of his having com mitted suicide. Analysing the remainder of the contents of the stomach might perhaps prove whether the quan tity of almonds in the stomach would produce so much acid. The coroner having remarked upon the myste rious nature of the case, the inquiry was adjourned, in the hope of obtaining further evidence, and for the examination of the remainder of the stomach. SERIOITS ACCIDENT. —Yesterday, between nine and ten o'clock, Win. Parry, one of the workmen em ployed at the new Houses of Parliament, was brought into Westminster Hospital in a dreadfully injured state, from having, while at h►s employment, fallen from off a qffold about thirty feet from the ground. The unfor •nan was found to have sustained a fracture of the nd dislocation of several of his ribs. He i s in 6 Tery precs,rious state. Nov. --- 2 CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH colo, the For the Week ended Nov. 9, 1814, made up from the Retur ns Zr . In Recto' in the difTre , •t Cities and Tuwu in Eneabd and a per Imperial Quarter. %. heat Barley ..... :151 Id I Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. B•RLET.I OATS. 1 RTE. 'KANO. •••••-••••••••-•••.-. Oct. 5 ...... ;47 1 d 2D 74 46 1 ,33 9 46 3 33 6 46 3 34 46 0 31 9 46 1 35 7 46 3 36 1 ' gag --___.,_ 5 =0 6 X 97 5 1;36 0 20 t , l 37 10 36 11 310 20 8 33 0 36 9 20 11 39 3 37 0 Si 21 2 37 3 36 54 7 9 - 6 I .14 6 N fl I IMPLIPLIAL AGORIOATX AVIRAGER OT THE SIX Bade 34 4 :. Wheat 4R s. 4c1.1 2,1 74 .1 Oats ..« ..... 20s. 10,1 I DUTIES OW FOREIGN COILW. ft 6 , 1 Wheat 2t's Od. Oats 6s. Od.l od Barley 4e. &I. i Rye 5.. 6(1.1 Pease •••••"" MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDA Y RAY 1419.3ZILMTS. SMITEIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Bay, 31 158 to 41 lsg; Useful ditto, 4116 s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, 5 1 55 t ,, 0 5l lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw , 11106 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 13s to 1/ 155 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand, at full price!. CUMBERLAND.—Cuarse Meadow Hay, 31 18 5 to 4/ IP' Useful ditto, 5/ to 515 s ; fine Upland ditto , 5/ 55 t o 12s ; Clover Hay, 418 s to 5/ 16s ; Oat Straw, 1 184 1/ 11 Ils:; Wheat Straw, 1/ 138 to 11 16s per load. S ti l l buWIIIt modvrate, and trade active. TECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/165 4 / 12i Useful ditto, 41 15s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 r ,g 51 12s ; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 6/6 8 ; Oat Stray'' , ls to 1/ 128 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 13s to 1/ 15s per lo s Both Hay and Straw sold freely at the abovc-quotat ivtis. . to DIZAT MARXZTII. f fat SOUTHALL, NOV. 13.—Although the supplies ° " i eta stock offering to-day were seasonably good, the g e 'i 'a demand ruled active, and full prices were obtaine. cxt every instance. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 23 i s d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 31 ,„ - ,, per Sibs. Supply ;—Beasts, 47; Sheep, 1,541 ; C`.,„d 39; Pigs, 48. Nearly the whole of the ;stuck buyers. „ we ROMFORD, NOV. 13.—Prime Beats and Sheey, „ r in good request, and prices were well supported. u tre "' kinds of stock were a mere drug. Beef, fr°„i ,71 2s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 5. ling to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs.Su - Calves, 18s to 325 ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19 b : and Mulch Cows, with their Small Calf, 161 to 1 91 , e % C te HAILSHAM, Nov. 13.—We had only s 112() " cr ,,,c1 supply of fat stock on sale to-day, while the de° 3 7 - ,. was ttcady, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 84 ',; ( 1 Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d ; 11- Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 6d per 81bs. wer e ARUNDEL, Nov. 12.—Prime Beasts and Sheep o f in ready request, at advanced rates. In other kin' ° 4 , ; stock next to nothing was doing:—Beef, from 2s fid to Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d ; a nd ror 2s 8d to 3s 6d per Sibs, g e , CHICHESTER, Nov. 13.—There was a fair gye rsia supply of fat stock on sale to-day, while the trade !I t , active at full currencies. Beef, from 2s 6d tO 46 ; , ton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 3s lad .; and Pah , 8d to 3s 6d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 3 T' quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; an d Mitch C°" - ' with their Small Calf, 161 to 181 lOs each. ALFITATION OF THE HEART.—Palpitation P Toning after lengthened intervals, and from the oper a l of the mare obvious and powerful causes, is disrega rd and considered as a natural effect, and requiring po special attention. After a time, however, the rein . ° 6 0 more frequent, more readily induced, and by much lebi powerful causes. The more frequent recurrence of t 6, attacks excite more attention, and the patient's own ' Di re gination, as well as the assertions of his friends, ns.s,u;o him that all his distress proceeds from " too much bue, the stomach." This view is confirmed by the fact, 1110 probably, there is felt some nausea or a slight sickness in the stomach; but a still stronger confirmation appear Vibe the singing or ringing noise constantly perceived bi patient in the head and ears. Headache, too, altb°,l/; r often slight, sometimes only occasional, sometimes, P,athe ever, incessant, are attributed to a bilious state 0' stomach, or to some irregularity in the biliary functio.7o —From Dr. Cronin's ( Craven-street, Strand) to on Arnica Montana, in the Cure of Palpitation o.f Heart. Nervous Deafness, o . c. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-111E DREADNOUGHT 1 1 ,1 Trea t PITAL SHIP AND ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL AGAIN vil DONE IN THE CURE OF WOUNDS AND ULCERS BF P • LOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—John Newing t ' n ' o rt sailor, living in Adrian-court, Dover, was a patient 0 , board the Dreadnought, and again at St. Thomass o°ot. pital, for some weeks, for a very bad ulcerated e ithe r long standing, without obtaining the least relief at eil".f. of the above institutions, but was cured immediately Pot terwards by Holloway's Pills and Ointment. The " li t he of this statement can be attested by Mr. G. Ashlne re ' o r very respectable chemist at Dover.—Sold at Profni_go Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand (where ad; 0 may be had gratis), and by almost all respectabl e Yen° of medicine throughout the civilised world. f o f A PRACTICAL JOKE.—A friend told US evenings ago, and, though it was told us in con fide° or we cannot resist the temptation of laying it readers, let the consequence be what it nti: — • western part of this city live and flourish two J ° young fellows, who follow sign-painting fora livelihoo ; and who are sometimes in the habit of cutting up w% are termed high shines.' It so occurred, a few daY, ago, that one of the partners had some out-door bus's ness to attend to, and left the shop in charge of 11/ ,‘ partner and a little boy, who was employed to g r ' ll ,l paints. During his absence, the partner remaining e l.— , to work and painted the boy's neck so as to represen t 5 large gash, and a cut over the eye. He then took re', before othe paint, bespattered it over the floor, and clotted the bc'Y ' f ," hair, and made him lie down in a corner. lie th e ' painted a great gash in his own cheek, bared his bosonlf disordered his dress, dipped a long-bladed knife in tb.: red paint-pot, and patiently awaited the coming of 13 , 1 . partner. Directly he heard him at the door the P e ,'; formance commenced. The partner stuck his head in' the room door; one glance was sufficient; the boy Pr es i trated on the floor, with his throat cut, groaning °J crying ' Murder ;' chairs, tables, benches, jugs, paint-pots, were strewn around the floor in dire own sion, while the murderous partner, with the blood); looking knife in his uplifted hand, was running . thre u go the room, uttering wild and incoherent expressions . e r was evident to the partner at the door that his part had killed the boy. The thought was horrid; swif t t . lightning he flew to his father and informed him of ho circumstance. A number of friends were mustered, repaired forthwith to the scene of action. The nrS e augmented as it neared the shop, and in walkedLa whole posse; but what was their astonishment to "'", the boy without a mark of any kind, the room in P e ,; feet order, no mark of blood perceptible, and the pa rt engaged in lettering a sign, aad utter ignorance of 111 4 transaction of the kind avowed both by - him and t a boy, to the other partner's great mortification. 132- „: especially as the persons he brought there hinted to , ° , - ,a another that during his absence he might have indlnk too freely in fire-water.—St. John's paper. C o lin Puottasm.—Wednesday the affair between and Johnson was settled in Plumstead marshes. . I ,', ; ; l e g men were matched for ten pounds aside—their fig." - , weight not to exceed ten stone each. The combsll3;"a with their respective friends and seconds, having ar r ' v at the selected locality, the usual preliminaries were t t , ranged, and the tight was commenced with much eAr ne b - i5 ness. At the twelfth round Collis received a blow fror n opponent which told heavily—time was called I t t , Johnson came to the scratch—Collis made an atte li . and nature refusing to assist him, the contest was r e rrhe guished, and Johnson was declared the winner. fight lasted one hour and thirty-three minutes. l ow DANGEROUS CONDITION OF SEWERS UNDLCIL ; o f netn.—At an inquest held on Wednesday on the boa o f the driver of a waggon, who had died in conseque n t e le his having fallen under the wheels of his `chicle while endeavouring to extricate it from a sc ary (opened for repair) into which it had fallen, th e said, they considered that the street,; were f ig quently left in a very dangerous, disgraceful , and tibijere state when under repair, and they considersd that t A to was, not only blame, but very great blame, Sittielle`: the Paving Committee ; and that it was the business to the Commissioners of Sewers, in repairing the stree t4 ' t he afford protection to the public, and not to eiidang e c r ro e lives of persons in the manner they frequently did • of the streets in the metropolis (they added) were I most disgraceful state. BIRTHS. vr e v. On the 10th init., at Gainshorough, the lady o f the 4' James llenry Willan, of a daughter. iadf On thellth inst., at Gonalston, Nottinghamshire, the - of John Franckliii, Esq., of a son. I:„..betb , On the 1 lth inst. at Burnham, Somersetshire-, Ei.. - wife of B. T. Allen, ' Esq., solicitor, of a son. c natte l On the 11 th inst., at Fenchurch-street, Mrs. ' a-- Harris, of a daughtst., er. f fls r• On the 12th in at Wells, Somersetshire, the lady °- William J. S. Foster, soitor, of a son. O li n the 12th inst., the lic lady of Henry Robert Pearson, E's4' of Michael's-place, Brompton, of a daughter. A ad' On the Bth inst., at Brighton, the Right Hon. LAO' e lon of a daughter. et, On the 11th inst., Mrs. James Ward , o f Jewin-sir ersgtte, of a daughter. Orr this 11th inst., at Romney-terrace , Westminster, t ile .thf wife of J. C. Atkinson, Esq., of a daughte!:_________--;------- MARBLED. On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Mr. Ja in " c od livant Tomalin, of Pentonville, to Charlotte Mall, s e f t he surviving daughter of the late Mr. Charles Fox, ° Grange, Bermondsey. only soft On the 12th inst., at Marylebone Church, lingbef, of Hugh Davis, of Maesgamedd, Merioneth, Esq. , wt f d iat second daughter of the late Walter Clerk, Efig , ° Bergholt House, Suffolk. --- k s ca lier On the 24th of August, at Umballa, in the Etot" — ,,„,ot John Edward Jenkins, Esq., of her Majesty's 31st Regl'-- of Foot. Ab edaba d, On the 19th of September, at Lallee, near ~,,,,esn Captain Osbert Davenport Ottley, Ist Bombay rJ u.-1- On the 27th of September, at Geneva, Regiment (Fusiliers), aged 37. U. B. L e y burn , E' 44 of Clapham-road. St. On the 3d inst., Edward, son of W. Chamberlin, v 4 Leonard's-on-Sea. On the 4th Inst., at Ealing, Mr. Dore, late a Eiets.. On the 7th inst., at the Vicarage, On the 6th inst., Lieutenant Malcolm R. Dyett, rt.z. : ,...i,, Mary, infant daughter of the Rev. S. J. I. Lockhart. ~,,,,. On the 9th inst., in Ormoid-row, Richmond, Surrey , s' Holland, aged 74.0 f ioesles." On the 11th inst., Charles Hamerton, Erg , .-- street, Northampton-square, aged 76. gton, g ills On the 12th inst., at Newington-place, Kenlllll , the wife of Mr. John Barnett, R.N. a li 6uttl- On the 12th inst., at Rochester, Mary Cook, late street, Spitalfields, __.........0 .4 Sr. Mary Bourne xx.- of ot London: Printed and Published _by DIURDO 17 0 , 4 7-1 0 4 it% No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The 8i n' it r th ce e '64ll4 Strand, in the Precinct of the 5e.5 0 1. Midilocri Friday, November 1844. 2,941 14,972 22,771 46,171 32,070 22,913 3,210 21,875 41,592 46,507 9,682 19,460 73,532 2,779 7,002 8,270 12,168 36,270 23,275 20,431 10,203 12,732 57,8:,9 8,893 76,215 8,730 46,540 99,976 48,743 30,619 36,846 22,949 8,373 14,283 6,600 5,;J15 1 .8,703 13,924 31,09 33,342 22,035 20,393 19,410 50,766 3,529 20,213 13,716 39,072 23,474 20,493 75,221 14,9G4 27,292 7,835 20,627 43,086 9,342 7,524 4,929 51 992 34,620 3,150 29,574 42,609 19,292 98,888 23,650 7,279 4,6:36 \