The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-16 00:00:00

Wbttion THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock... ... div - 203% Indian 3 per Cent. Red ...... 99% Ditto Bonds Pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 934 Ditto Old Annuities a% per Cent. Red Ditto New Annuities ... New 334( per Cent ..... 102% Ex. Bills, 1,000/.1%d ... 7 6 Pm. 'Kew 3 per Long Annuities to expire I Ditto Small 76 Pw , Jan. 12 1-16% 'Bank Stock for Acct.... 2 0 0 Oct. Consols for 10 0 % Jan. 1P1 1 10..... «....... 12% (India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUND& Austrian, 5 per Cent — 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent ..... Belgian, 5 per Cent .....».„ Ditto New Ddt0...... ........ Brazilian Bonds ..... 85% Prussian,s per Cent bluenoa Ayres, 6 per Cent Russian, 5 per Cent............ Chllian t per Cent Ditto, Metallic ..... Columbian, 6 per Cent — Spanish, 5 per Cent............ Ti Ditto, 1824..»..»«.»....» 'tto, 3 per Cent ..„....«..... 35 1 4, Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Danish, 3 per Cent Creek, 18-5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ..».».......».. —1". —e. - Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., IKi7 Dutch, 234 per Cent...... Peruvian, 1k2.5, 6 per Cent — • Ditto, 5 per Cent `•l5, SHARES. Chester and Holyhead ( S paid) Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid 5 Eastern Counties (XI paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid London and Birminghara (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2-paid Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 16% London and York, 2% paid 4 Midland Counties (100 paid) 107% Newctstle and Hal togron Junction, 21 paid 4B South Devon, 5 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ..... Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Trent Valley, 2 paid 9 York and North Midland (50 paid) lOll% Central of France, 2 paid ..,...... ........ - ...... . ••• 3% licnilogne and Amiens, 2 paid ...• 4j , ,, Paris and Lyons, 2 paid . 2% earls and Orleans ( ..1.1 paid) .... ................ .•• Paris and Rouen.2o Paid ••••••••••••••••••• .......... •••• 39% GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) John Henderson and Charles Mortimer were placed before Mr. Alderman Kelly, charged with having tried to utter a forged cheque for 401. at the banking house of Stone, Martins, and Stone, 68, Lombard street. Messrs. Bush and Mullens, solicitors to the Bank Protection Society, appeared to prosecute; and Mr. Woolf, from the office of Flower and Co., Hatton gardens, attended for the prisoners. Mr. Mullets having briefly opened the case, pro ceeded to call witnesses. George Murden examined—Was employed at The Sun newspaper-office. Knew the prisoner Mor timer, who was employed by Mr. Ridgway, book seller, Piccadilly. He (Mortimer) was obliged to be at The Sun office every evening, and thus witness knew him. Witness was requested by the prisoner, yesterday evening, to present a cheque for 401. at the bank of Stone, Martins, and Stone, in Lombard street, and get six 51. notes and ten sove reigns in change. If any doubt were raised he was to show the accompanying letter. The cheque be said had been received from his brother-in-law, John Henderson, but as he (Mortimer) could not get into the City in time, he asked witness to get it cashed -for him. After presenting the cheque, two con stables were sent back to The Sun office with him, and he found Mortimer there. Witness said, " Charlie, how about this cheque ?" and he replied, addressing the constable, that his brother-in-law gave it to him, and then they all walked over to No. 3, Burleigh!:street, where prisoner lived. Henderson came down, and one of the constables said there was a bother a bout the cheque. Henderson said there must be some mistake then ; he had received the cheque of a gentleman last Saturday, for payment of route bets on the "Derby." They,then got into a cab, and were driven to the station-house. By Mr. Woolf—lie had known Mortimer for four or five years, and always believed him an honest young man. Mortimer did everything connected with this transaction openly, and had told witness frbm the first, that he had received the cheque from his brother-in-law. _ Mr. William Sangier, from the bank of Stone, Martins, and Co. said, that Mr. C. Stokes, whose name was affixed to the cheque, was a customer of theirs, but the signature did not at all resemble his, and the imposture was therefore at once detected. Mr. Charles W. Stokes said that he did,- some time ago, reside at the Morley Hotel, Charing-cross, where the prisoner Henderson was a waiter. He had cheque similar to the one produced in his pocket-book, which - were often left upon his dressing-table. By Mr. Woolf—The other servants of the esta blishment had equal access with the primer to his room. Mr. Woolf contended that there was no tittle of evidence against the prisoner Mortimer, who had from the Srst acted in such a way as clearly showed that he could have no guilty knowledge of this trans action. His employer, Mr. Ridgway, was in court, and would state to the magistrates in what estimation the prisoner was held. Mr. Ridgway said that he had attended closely to the case, and so satisfied was he of the young man's innocence, that he would still retain him in his em employment. He was frequently entrusted by him with large sums, and he had ever found him trust worthy. Finally, the case was remanded till Saturday, and Mortimer was admitted to bail, Mr. Ridgway and Mr. Young, of 112, Strand,- being his sureties, in 1001. each. Alderman LUCAS remarked that the very fact, that two gentlemen of such respectability having so wil lingly offered themselves as sureties in such amounts, spoke volumes in the young man's favour. flenderson was then reconducted to the cell, and Mortimer discharged for the time being. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—Lord Stanley's elevation to the Peerage, and Lord Ellenborough's advancement to an Earldom (the latter announced in last night's Gazette), are acts incapable of any construction that can avert reproach from the Government. They partake more of the bravado of a h ally, than of the deliberation which should precede and the dignity which should accompany, the decisions of a Cabinet. Lord Stanley's administration of the Colonial office had been censured in the report of a Parliamentary Committee nominated by the Govern ment, and' the majority of which was selected from the Ministerial side of the House. To indicate the contempt of independent judgment which the Minis try entertains, the member of the Government whose conduct in his official post had. been emphatically re buked, was pitchforked into the House of Lords. in Lord Stanley's case„. the adverse report of it Parliamentary ComMittee on the course adopted by 'his Lordship as Colonial Secretary, and. which ought to have caused his removal from the office hr bad shown himself i :competent to hold, was the precursor of advancement to the Peerage. The Colonies may complain of neglect. The West Indies and Australia may remonstrate. New Zealand may deplore the neglect of its rising interests, by which its hopes ei security and advancement are frustrated; these resifts ma - v be declared by aParliamentery Committee twproceed from mismanagement on the part of the "Executive Government at home :" What then? The 'Cabinet upholds its Colonial Secretaryat the expense of the interests, if not of the existence,' of the Colonies : and the complaints of, and censures passed upon, his idniinistration, are the signals for conferring upon Kim honours and rewards ! Immediately on. Lord 3Ellenborough's return from the mal-administration of the Indian Government; from which he was recalled 'by the body best qualified to form a judgment of his administration, and its tendency to promote of injure the interests of British India, the Sovereign is advised to confer the rewards of distin guished merit upon the man who had perilled the safety of the Indian Empire intrusted to his bare. So fondly anxious were Ministers to solace the wounded vanity of their protege, -that a new patent of nobility, 4 ' granting to him the dignities of a Viscount and an Earl," awaited his arrival. Scarcely had the recalled 'Baron Ellenborough reached the shores of England, from the country where his vanity and love of military &splay had lavished treasure to an incalculable amount, -and created peril's it was fearful to contemplate, than he was saluted Viscotint Southern and Earl of Ellen borough ! Such open contempt of all the acknow ledged rules of propriety—a respect for which will sometimes atone for want of honesty —will rec o i! wonGovernment.the Governent. All respe c t for the acts, all confidence in the virtue, of a Cabinet which th us ,braves public opinion, and converts merited dis grace into occasions for ; conferring honours and re wards, must cease. Lord Ellenborough's acts are no longer imputable to his own follies or faults. They cease to he his. Her Majesty's Ministers have boldly assumed the responsibility. They have taken the dere lict Governor-General under theirspecial care. They have delighted to honour him whom all men else have :agreed to censure. An Earl's coronet encircles the brow which might otherwise have been suffused with the consciousness of shame. Lord Ellenborough's Earldom supplies an instance of the kind of services which the Government nf Sir R. Peel makes haste to bouour. It holds out to others—who, like him, may ha entrusted with the discharge of duties in respon sible :tad highly elevated posts—that stimulus to a prudent and zealous regard to the honour of their Sovereign and the interests of the empire, of which bard Ellenborough is so brig ht an example; and f or which he has been sel ec t e d as the object of his Sove reign's gracious approbation. STANDARD.—The elevation of Lord Ellen borough to an Earldom, recorded in the Gazette of last evening, is a sufficient answer to the insinuations which have been so unsparingly indulged in to his prejudice by . his Whig Radical detractors. It may be regarded, in fact, as an intimation of the determi nation of the Government , not to he i n fl uence d b y ether* opinions than their own in their appreciation of dinitingiiThed public services, how loud soever the elanfour that may he raised against the individual. Of whatev4r errors of judgment his Lord ship has been accused, the Merits of his short but brilliant administration of the affairs of India have been plated beyond a question, by the irresis tible evidence of facts, too stubborn to be disputed. The condition in which he has handed over his Go vernment to his successor is one which will bear an advantageous comparison with that in which that country has been left by the most distinguished of his predecessors. The legacy of disaster and disgrace bequeathed to him by Lord Auckland was of a na ture with which no Governor- General of India has hitherto been called upon to contend ; and could only have been equalled by the difficulties in herited from the Government of Lord Melbourne, by Sir Robert Peel. He found an enormously failing re venue, and a decreasing commerce. He has restored the one, and invigorated the other. The pres tige which had attached to the British arms in India, had been impaired by a defeat, of the most calamitous description ; a disaster which the most ordinary foresight might have prevented, and which was incurred in insolent defiance of the Most consummate experience and the soundest judg ment. The Duke of Wellington predicted the con sequences of our occupation of Affghanistan, in lan guage the most earnest and impressive ; but his expe rience was disregarded, and his admonitions defied. Not only did Lord Melbourne's Government persist in its insane scheme, but they employed the most inadequate means to carry it out, and their attempt to make a " little war" terminated accordingly in a catastrophe' which shook our Indian empire to its foundations. This disgrace has been oblite rated and the influence thus wantonly sacrificed re stored. Ten successive victories, rivalling in bril liancy the most splendid successes recorded in the annals of Anglo-Indian warfare, have not only re deemed the credit of British arms, but have placed British dominion in the East on a more secure basis than it has ever before attained. Lord Ellen borough had to encounter either open hostility or concealed perfidy, the natural results of the apathetic and culpable indolence of his predecessor, in several of the most important divisions of India; lie has left them in a state of tranquillity, which de mands nothing beyond the most ordinary vigilance to perpetuate ; and the highest compliment that could be paid to his policy is to be found in its adop tion in all " substantial points by his suc cessor. Among the more useful but not very popular measures of his Government were the cor rection of several of the abuses which had crept into the civil departments of the service, and the sup pression of much of the corruption which had hitherto disgraced them. His Lordship's zealous and unflinch ing performance of this most difficult of his duties could not fail of creating for him many enemies ' • and to the intrigues of those whose peculations he had ar rested, and whose corruption he had resisted, is mainly attributed his regal; whilst his popularity with the army has tended to increase tle• jealousy a:id ill-will to which he has been sacrificed. Whilst they have recognised a power which had long lain in abey ance, and which it was hardly expected would have been exercised, however, her Majesty's Ministers have not scrupled to proclaim their opinion of the treatment which Lord Ellenborough has experienced at the hands of the East India Company. On the first intimatimn of the intentions of the Directors, the Duke of Wellington expressed himself in terms of the most unequivocal surprise and disapprobation ; and the distinguished mark of her Majesty's favour which, by the advice of her Ministers, she has just conferred upon his Lordship, affords irresistible proof that the opinions of the Government on the subject have rather been confirmed than disturbed. Of the circumstances which led to Lord Ellenbo rough's recall we have, as yet, no official informa tion. By some, it has been ascribed to non-ob servance of that deference, amounting to something not far removed from servility, in his correspon dence with the Directors, which they appear to have expected; whilst by others it has been attri buted to his too stringent attempts to reform the jobbing of their civil servant in India. Be the origin of his recall what it may, he has some con solaiion under the heavy weight of their di pleasure. Hi; conduct has received the warmest testi monials a approval from his Sovereign and her ad visera ; whilst for the vigour and promptitude with winich he on several occasions redeemed the burning disgrace heaped-upon our arms in Affghanistan, he has twice received the thanks of both Houses of Parlia ment. The mystery will, no doubt, be cleared_up when Parliament next assembles. Meanwhile, candour demands an abstinence from the sort of abuse so lavishly poured upon him by the organs of the Whig Government; seeing that even a recalled Governor- General cannot condescend to reclamations in any other place than that in which he can meet his accusers face to face, and test the validity of the charges they may have to bring against him by an an appeal to the only tribunal to which he i 3 legt timately responsible for his conduct. STATE OF TRADE.—O wing to the apprehensions generally entertained, of disputes between the work people and their employers, there has been an active de mand both for goo& and yarn ; and prices of both, btu especially of the latter, are very buoyant this viceli.- IiocuDALE FLANNEL MA EKET.—The flannel market has been again dull, and the sales limited. There is but little alteration in the wool market ; manufacturers dr not appear eager to Ittucilase, probably expecting, before long, a fall in pr;;*. --Manchester Guardi.n. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM MINTER, innkeeper, Colchester, to stir render, Oct. 24, at half-past twelve , and Nov. 26 , at two. et the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Milne and Co., Temple i Smithery and Co., Colchester. THOMAS BATT U grocer,Coggershall, Essex, Oct. 25, at twelve, anti Nov. 26, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Wire and Child, St. Swithen's-lane, London. EREDERICK ARNOLD BERENGER, clothier, Homer-street, Crawford-street, Marylehone, Oct 26, at hail-past twelve,- and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court of' Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assiuee, Basinghall street ; Teague, Crown -court, Cheaps ?de. MICHAEL LEE and BARNETTLEE, tailors, D ukt street, Piccadilly, Oct. 26 and Nov. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Colennu itreet-buildings ; Lewis awl Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. GIDEON BALL, builder, Bath, Oct. 29, and Nov. 26, st eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol;. Drake, Bath; Richards and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. HENRY AVIDD WILLIAMS, plumber,. South- Lmpton, Oct. 26,• at twelve, and Nay. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Celt:- man-street-buildings; Paterson, Bou verie-s tree t. THOMAS TA BERNER, corn-factor, Birmingham, net. 29 and Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis 'rid Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; 3artleet, Birminghan ; Holtne and Co., New Inn, London. JAMES BIBBY, livery-stable keeper, Liverpool, Jct. 29 and Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District . Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornth-, Nolte, Liverpool ; Curnthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry chambers, London. • WILLIAM JOHN JACKMAN COALL, grocer, Txeter, Oct. 22, and Nov. 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Stog lon, Exeter ' • Keddell and ime-street, Loudon. INSOLVENT Co., iETITIONS. W. Davey, Buel:ingham, Oct. 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Cole, llampton, Middlesex, Oct. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. G. Smith, schoolmaster, Greenwich, Oct. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Upton, tailor, Godalming, Oct. 30. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. F. Ashbey, miller, Knockholt, Kent, Nov. 11, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, .fficial assignee. 'F. Jones, velvet maker, Peter-street, Bethnal-green, Nov. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. J. Levy, clothes salesman, Dartmouth-street, West ninster, Nov. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. D. P. Brand, saddler, Timberland, Lincolnshire, Nov. 7. at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy official assignee. L. Alman, musical instrument seller, Bristol, Nov. 8, a t eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. a _ _ _ J. Monk, farmer, Bi3pham, Lancashire, Oct. 25, at .ne, at the Liverpool District Cuurt. Cazenove, official assignee. _ . _ S s :Price, grocer, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Nov. 1, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Littlewood, jobbing butcher, Sheffield, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. Foster, alias Cook, cloth manufacturer burley , Yorkshire, Nov. 1, at e l e v en , at t h e Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. - J. Bottomley, plasterer, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. J. Wylde, milliner, High HaTrogate, Yorkshire, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Free man, official assigner. J. Coleman, jun., ribbon weaver, Coventry, Nov. 7, a t eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Quin, sen., licensed hawker, Birmingham. Nov. 11, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittlestono, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. fit the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing-hall-street. H. Walker, cordwainer, Luton, Bedfordshire, Nov. 5, at half-past one . ,-rW. B. Smith, surgeon, Sudbury, Suf folk, Nov. 5, at two—J. Jenkins, currier, Crown-place, Old Kent Toad, Nov. 5, at two-1 1 . Tansley, straw plait dealer, St. John-street, West Smithfield, Nov. 5, at half past twelve—H. Wood,: woollen draper, Basinuhall street, Nov. 5, at eleven—C. Graydon, ship chandler, Limehouse, Nov. 8, at eleven—T. Donkin, victualler, Cambridge, Nov. 8, at half-pat eleven—G. and W. Helder, ,Honey scriveners, Clement's Inn, Nov. 8, at twelve-IZ. Baxter, wharfinger; Montague-close, South • wark, Nov. 6, at eleven. Lancashire, Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—J., W., and E. Yeardley, flax spinners, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Johnston, jun, and T. Manley, sugar refiners, Whitehaven, Nov. 5, stone, at the XesVcastle"- upon-Tyne Distriat curt—E. Johnston, A. Adamson, and J. Hot* bankers, Whitehaven, Nov. 5, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. CERTIFICATES to.be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. Parsons, starch manufacturer, Upper Eaton street, Pimlico, Nov. 7—R. Beesley, wine cooper, Well's street, Oxford-street, Nov. 6—J. Jenkins, currier ; Crown-place, Old Kent-road, Nov. Cook, silver cutler, Acton-street; Gray's inn-road, Nov. 5—E. Walker, auctioneer, Newman-street, Cx ford-street, Nov. Brand, livery-stable keeper, Stamfora-street, Blackfriars, Nov. 19—J. Bedford, iron merchant, Melina place, Lambeth, Nov. 6—J. Kitchen, corn dealer, Stock port, Nov. 7—H. Whittaker, silk throwster, Macclesfield, Nov. 6—B. H. Hunter, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 7 R. K. Mann, wine merchant, Kingston upon-Hull, Dec. 3 —G. Craven; jun., corn miller, Rochdale, Nov. 14-11. Lane, innkeeper, Derby, Nov. 19—M. M'Divitt, mer chant, Liverpool, Nov. 5—W. Toff, alkali manufacturer, Wakefield, Nov. 5- T. Curter; jun., butcher, Waltham, Leicestershire, Nov. 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Leach, G. Lee, and W. Amphlett, machine-makers, Manchester—S. Scott and G. Watts, tailors, Grange road, Bermondsey—T. Bird and J. Boak, drapers, Com mercial-road East—lL F. Mel!in and J. W. Miller, soda water manufacturers, Wells-street, Upper East Smithfield—W. and J. P. Sandie, farmers, North Ockea don, Essex—lLG reenfield and J. Buscall, cabinet makers, Broadwall, Blackfriars-road—W. and J. Wild, cotton spinners, Oldham—J. M. Darton and S. Clark, pub lishers, Holborn—lL Bailey, IL Waddington, and N. Bailey, coal-merchants, Biddulph, Staffordshire—D. Allan and J. Grieve, lithographers, Nicholas-lane—S. B. Crowther and J. Smith, iron founders, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—A. Cann and J. Sanders, attorneys, Nottingham —G. Dixon and J. Wooler, mercers, Stockton-upon- Tees—W. Chrystie. J. Porteous, and J. Carson, mer chants, Kingston, Jamaica (so far as regards W. Chrys tie)—J. Wharton, B. Armitage, J. Wharton, J. Fozard, C. Wharton, M. Milnes, T. Fozard, J. Newsome, M. Fox, G. Lister; G. Day, M. llirst, A. Naylor, W. Cross land, scribbling millers, Batley Carr, Yorkshire—(so far as regards J. Fozard and A. Naylor)-11. Whiteman and IL Bourne, innkeepers, Brenchley, Kent—L. J. Ma zr.re and F. Bastin, gold cutters, Clerkenwell-Close—W. Walter and W. Whitehurat, coach-builders, Oxford street—B. Millieliamp, W. Taylor, and 11. *Millichamp, ironmongers, Birmingham—W. Blomfield and W. Snelling, upholsterers, Brighton —T. Key, W. Dell, and \V. Hale, engineers, Woolwich. In the Country. 1 E. Hilton and N. W 3 13 h : PaPer waken, Ovela Dariveu THE SUN', LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 16 1844.: The RECORDER wished to know whether Mr. Salo ' mons asked the Court not to tender the declaration ? Mr. SALOMONS—No; I only ask for a delay of a fort. Sir J. KEY thought the request a reasonable ore and would move that the delay of a fortnight be granted. Mr. Alderman Humeneity seconded the motion. The worthy Alderman was about to enter into a dis cussion on the merits of the case, when he was called to order, on the ground that the question of delay was the only question before the Court. Sir PETER LAURIE was quite prepared to argue the question. Ile opposed the application fof May; They ivere there not to alter or modify the law, but to see the law obeyed. They were acting ministerially, not judi cially, and they could not grant the request for delay. He entertained a high respect for Mr. Salmons per sonally, but he should vote against delay. Mr. Alderman HUGHES opposed the motion. It was not as if the case .had been new to Mr. Salmons. This declaration had been before tendered to that gentleman, and refused. It was therefore impossible to say that he had not batten opportunity of well considering the subject. It was not as if he had come before the Court for the first time, and he could not believe that the delay of a fortnight was necessary, in order to enable Mr. Salo• mons to ascertain his position. It was out of the power of any Court, except the High Court of Parliament, to modify or alter the declaration. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS reminded the Court that since Mr. Salomons' last election the law had been modi fied, and whatever might be his opinion on the matter in question, he should certainly vote for giving Mr. Salo mons all possible time to consult legal authorities. As he understood the question, Mr. Salomons contended that the qualifications had been so modified by a recent Act of Parliament as to enable him to take it, and he cer tainly should have ample time allowed him to consider the subject. Mr. Alderman WOOD believed, as a lawyer, that the case was one in which grave doubts might be en tertained, whether the law, which had been alluded to, had not been modified by a recent Act of Parliament ; and surely every opportunity ought to be afforded to Mr. Salomons to get the best advice on the subject. He should vote for granting his reasonable request. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL would be happy to accede to the request if he could do so legally. He should like to know, from the Recorder, whether they could do so legally. The RECORDER said they were assembled there to perform a public duty, which was to tender a declara tion to a gentleman who offered to take upon himself the duty of Alderman of the City. It would be a most inconvenient course for them to pursue, if they were to interrupt that proceeding by a motion for delay. No • thing as yet had occurred which rendered such an appli cation necessary. He should advis., that the declaration should at once be tendered to Mr. Salomons. He would then be in a position to state any legal question, and show cause why he refused, and the Court could then deal with the legal merits of the ques tion. But, at the present stage of the proc , ed ings, to entertain a motion for delay was what in his opinion, it was not competent for the Court to do. He should recommend the Court strictly to walk in the same path in which they had hitherto walked—to tender the declaration as had- been done in all previous cases. Mr. SALOMON'S had attended there in obedience to the summons of the Court, and all he asked was for a delay of a fortnight. He trusted he should have a definite answer given to his request for delay. The RECORDER recommended the Lord Mayor at onc e to to p il roc i e r e . d ti t a o lo t in he ofi b s us t in o e s m s, a a k n e d decla rationatnodtesnudbesrerthibee,whowould either, decline or give his reasons. The LORD MAYOR decided that the declaration should be again tendered to Mr. Salomons. Mr. Alderman WOOD wished to make a motion. Mr. Alderman H. Huonzs submitted that they were not in a condition to entertain a motion until the decla ration had been tendered. The RECORDER wished to know whether or not Mr. Salomons refused to take the declaration? 'Mr. SALOMONS did not re fuse to subscribe to the de claration. He asked for delay. The REconnun would remind Mr. Salomons that the Act did not state refuse. The words of the Act were, "that if any person so elected should omit or neglect to make the declaration, such election should be void." Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES thought they ought at once to ascertain whether it was competent to them to entertain the motion for delay or not. lie called upon the Lord Mayor at once to state whether he would put the ques tion of adjournment or not. The LORD Mayon did not sit there to be dictated to by Mr. Alderman Hughes. He should pursue his own course in his own time. lie was anxious hot to press heavily upon Mr. Sadomons ; but it was due to the Court either that he should take the declaration, or state his reasons for refusing. Mr. SeLomosis still urged for an answer to his applica tion for delay, The IittORDER reminded him that it was not neces sary that he should give a verbal refusal. A refusal might be given either by word, of mouth, or by gesture, or by any act; and it was competent to the Court to de dare the election void, in ease of any omission or neglect on his part to take and subscribe the required de claration. A low , * and very disorderly discussion here arose as to whether the Court could entertain the proposition for delay. Mr. Alderman MdadaoArl% wished to know from the Recorder, whether, in his opinion, a ineniber of that Court could at that stage of the proceedings legally pro pose the adjournment of the Court for a fortnight ? The RECORDER was of opinion that §titii a motio n could not that 130 legally enteitaitled. BerOte silcti a motion could be made Mr. Salomons must either refuse to subscribe the declaration, or raise some legal point on which he might submit to the Court that he was gxempt from the inseessity of taking the tliciartltioni ten dering that detlitration they Weft) engaged in a solemn act Of duty, and that act could not be interrupted by any motion for adjournment. After a few words from Mr. Alderman Farebrother and Sir Claudipl florae; TliLi I 1 IlLocort announced that he had determined not to put the question on the motion of Sir John Key for delay. His Lordship then formally called upon NIL Salomons to make and subscribe the declAration which had been tendered. hitti b the, Chritt Mr. then proceeded to address the Court. He had hoped that his application for delay, which had to the cdtift gib ()pinions of _6;6 he had ilientiofied, and been made in no bad spirit, and with no sinister mot:ve, would have been acceded to in i. order to have en abledwas of opinion that the Court thoe jiaiiinthotot, dieri .d the course which it ao. to PioNre their assistance to advocate his cause if neces sary. As it was, however,,he would at once proceed to statewasntohte calledre asn n why upon to oe adopt peered to hint they ha deteimined eci Ho beg,„,aeol for tlleil #ridul en a for. tiat4. Hating fellised 16 grant him the time which he asked for to pro cure eminent legal authority, he would argue the law of the case as well as he could. It had. been observed here with some truth thiit thb liuNtiOn Wait filth fit* to Mtn, but lie eduld sliov that the ques tion presented itself to him and the Court tinder a fie* tiniect. I e reg;etteil the re= sponsibility throWn upon him of being obliged to say that there seemed to be an impression amongst several members of the Court against the application he made. He begged to draw the attention of the Court to the fact, aa it appeafed tryhini *mS it.gietttdistitoloo,liittr ffn what the Court must do, and what they might do. r. eLetilitiefat QOutt of .Al , . to be Salomons then referred to the case which came before the Court some years ago , in which it was decided by the Exchequer Chamber , contrary to the opinion of tdheertiayenhurteoolifictQueinticisiiii Be nt t b h f !Itt taken before the oath. There were seven judges against fife points , which had been tried in his o*n glit it WOulci appear, from tlit judgment, that it was in the discreti on o f the Court to decide whether the oaths should be administered be fore the declaration, or the declaration heft*, the lath. The same woilld appear to have been the opinion of Lord Eldon, as appeared from his judgment in the case of the Cineptl'S College; Cambridge. Ile had also the tlpiiiitiii bt a most etilinent iakyd i M. Me D. Hill, who stated that the declaration need not be taken before the actual admission. He begged to impress on the Court, that if they wished, they might bare the oath atittlitlistertel iii the first instance, and the declaration signed afterwards. The next point to which he drew their attention was as to the practice of the Court, ard observed that it was formerly the practice of the Corporation to force persons, tinder heavy penalties, to serve in offices for which they were not qualified, as persons who had not taken the Sacrament according to• the forms of the Church of England twelve months before. It was well known that many individuals were elected Aldermen who had not taken the Sacrament twelve months before their admission ; but though that was required by law, it was not the practice to enter into such an inquisitorial preeetr, The itneonniga said the Court was with Mr. Salo mons oh that point. If he did not take the declaration, they would not impose a fine of 500/. on him for not doing so. Mr: SALOMONS then referred to two statutes, the Ist of Victoria, c. 5, and the 1g and 2d of Victoria, c. 165, which relaxed the laws in England to Moravians, tianity was the law of the land. Mr. Salomons had referred to the Acts mitigating the law in favour of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. Now, if Mr. Salomons felt it fight tn. stibsdribe the declaration as a Separatist ) ha would be glad to hold oat the hand of fellowship to hini But he begged to remind the Court that one of the opinions of the Separatists was, that It was not right to take an oath. If Mr. Salomons could declare that he was a member of the sect . called Separatists, and made the de claration as such, he would be glad to see him amongst them. But he heard Mr. Salomons say that he would give tip his ambition rather than his religious convictions, add lid was glad to heat that tentitflent, of it was that of an honest man. If the Jewish persuasion wished to be relieved from the necessity of taking this declaration, they should go to Parliament. Mr. Grote made a motion on the subject in their favour. He (Sir P. Laurie) was as liberal as any one--(Great laughter)— but he could not consent to see the laws of the Court violated. He should therefore move that the declaration be put to Mr. Salomons in the usual manner. Mr. Alderman HtlottEa seconded the motion. _ _ The 11,EeOlibElt then pot the question that the declara tion be tendered to Mr. Salomons by the Town Clerk in the manner prescribed by the Act. Alderman Sir J. KEY moved, as an amendment, that the oaths of office be tendered, in the first instance, to Mr. Salomons. The worthy Alderman commenced by passing a high eulogium on the character of Mr. Salo mons, pt' lic and private. There were few persons who were more ready to support by his means the charities of the City of London, no matter of what religious com plexion, than Mr. Salomons. With regard to any danger to the Church, he would, observe that a most respect able clergyinan, Dr. Bunting, came forward and bade Mr. Salomons to go forth and prosper. He thought that the Court would do well to accommodate themselves to the temper of the times, and admit Mr. Salomons as an Alderman. Mr. Alderman W. IIuNTER seconded the amendment. The RECORDER then put the amendment, when Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY rose to reply to some ob servation of Sir Peter Laurie, and said that the statute to which the worthy Alderman referred, respecting the Separatists, was repealed by the statuta of Victoria. He thought that Mr. Salomons could take the declaration made by Separatists. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said he should vote -on this occasion for the amendment, because he did not think they would be abrogating any law in putting the oaths first, which would give time to Mr. Salomons to take the highest legal author itv. Mr. Alderman WOOD rose to speak, when Mr. Alderman FAREDRCrYIIER rose to order, and said that after the question had been put, and since Sir J. Key had not replied—(Laughter and a hiss)—it was irregul'sr to proceed. He would move, in consequence of the disturbance of the Court by the person who hissed, that the Court should be oleared.—The Court was then cleared. After some time the Court was again opened to strangers, when Mr. Alderman WOOD rose, and argued that it was per fectly legal to put the oaths of office first to Mr. Salo. mons, leaving Mr. Salomons to take his own course with regard to the declaration. The declaration was a substitute for the sacramental test. Persons were ad mitted by the Court who had not complied with that test. He did not think, therefore, that the Court ought to insist on Mr. Salomons taking the declaration then. The amendmi nt was then put, when there appeared— For the amendment 6 Against it Majority against the amendment 4 The amendment was then declared to be lost. The original motion was then put, when there ap peared— For the motion lO Against it Majority - 7 The declaration was then tendered to Mr. Salomons by the Town Clerk. Mr. SALOMONB said he begged to say that he protested against the construction put upon the Act of Parliament. There was nothing in the Act to compel him to subscribe before the oath. He would do so in the legal form if the oath were put to him. The RECORDER said the effect of his not complying with the order of the Court would be to render his office void. Mr. SALOMONS—I ask of you to tender me the oath of office. The RECORDER said the next resolution he would have:to put was "that a Salomons,Esq., having neglected and omitted, and in fact refused, to subscribe the usual declaration, as prescribed by the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 17, this Court doth adjudge the election of the wardmote of Portsoken to be null, and the Lord Mayor is directed to hold a wardmote of Portsoken to elect an Alderman, in the room of the late Alderman." He wished to read this to Mr. Salomons before he put it, in order that he might not be taken by surprise. Sir PETER LAURIE proeosed, and Mr. H. HUGHES seconded the resolution, which was put and carried, by a majority of ten to four. Mr. SALOMONS protested against the proceedings of the Court, because Ile had not neglected or omitted to do anything which was lawful. Mr. Salomons then left the Court, and was cheered outside, The Court then transacted some other business, after which it was cleared. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS KiNGSTON, OCT. 15.—The General Quarter Sessions fa the boittity df fittrrsy were held this day at the Court house, Itingston-on-Thattle'S I Mr, P 3, Peurhyn, Chair man. The CRAirtmax; in addressittg the grand jury, drew attention to two or ihree ha* Ada tit Parliament, The Night Poaching Act made it an equal offence if persons committed the act of shooting game at night from the paths or highways, as though it was done in an inclosed .An Alteentien JIM alp been made in the law of arson, doubts having formerly beeii etiterteined Whether sheds or out-houses came within the provisions of the Act ; but now, by special enactment of the Legislature, they were declared to be so ; and a provision was also eritp*Eilnt WIN in eases where such offences were committed by boys under eighteen yeare tit age, to order them to be once or twice privately whipped. To prevent such offences all should endeavour, by every means in their power, to disseniinate- information,., and alsd aeft, ththriseleMs to #ite Mil employment to the labouring classes. lie felt satisfied Ihdt 4vry great in jury was occasioned by farmers discharging their labotle. ers in winter, and that it was always in their power pro fitably to employ labour. He thought it was a matter thkiir ;irate ednettlet;atioft, whether it was not better for them to employ their capital in this 'twiner than to throw the labourers on the poor-rate, or run the risk of losing their property by driving them to desperate el. The surgeons of the different county gaols reported their Bovril! establishments to be generally healthy. Mr. Meymotti the surgeon of the county gaol, thrsemonger ecnlo(s)pellyni:inn l t a h h a e t t i h n e the a e c d t ti i e ce f of co h n i fi s e nin p g or t t h , e e;p ri r s e o s n s e e r d s their 'emir!, except during the hours of divine service, a i nd meals! on Sundays, was calculated to be injurious to theif heeltlh The surgeon of Brixton house of Correction in his report staid, that there had been a great many cases of itch id the gaol, and the great majority of them were pefedli6 wfid had home from the union workhouses. Mr. HAWES, M.P., expfesged eft opinion that the nestles of the unions whence such persons came ought to be reported, for he considered it disgraceful that such estq.blishreente were not kept in a cleanly state. The report Wag fiZeired: The lieu. Mr. Rowe, the chaplain of the county gaol, made an annual report, and after detailing the number of prisoners that had passed through the gaol during that period, he stated, that the extent of ignorance that pre ailed salon* them was almost surpassing belief—not one-third of the whole number being able to read, and out of 1,258 prisoners, male and female, only 304 were able to repeat the Lord's Prayer and the Commandments. The prisoners from the rural districts appeared to be the most ignorant. They all, however, appeared anxious to learn, and paid great attention to those who endea voured to give them instruction. The Rev. Gentleman, in his report, went into a variety of statistical details relative to the prisoners and the causes of crime, which were listened to with considerable attention by the Court, Mr. HAWES moved that this report be printed, with a view to its bring circulated among the magistrates of the county. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. SMALLPIECE, the county treasurer, made a report of the state of the finances of the county. It appeared that, from the last quarter, he had a balance of 9,059/. ss. 11d., which was increased by other receipts to 10,099/. Bs. Ild. He had since expended 14,5141., which sum included a payment of 5,0001. on account of the lunatic asylum. There were accounts outstanding to the amouet of 12,972 L 3s. 11d., which would be chargeable upon the rate now in collection. The rate would produce about 18,0001., so that he should have a balance of abort 5,000/. Colonel CHALLENOR observed that, on repairing the gaols of the county, 1,8001. had been expended ; but the accounts did not show that this was the amount sanc tioned by the Court. His impression was that 1,400/. was the sum granted, but he had no means of ascer taining whether it was so or not. If it were the case, 400/. had been expended over the amount agreed to by the Court. • rence. Quakers, and Separatists. The RECORDER said that if Mr. Salomons made the declaration as a Separatist, it would be sufficient under the Act of Parliament to which he referred. Mr. SALOMONS then referred to Ist and 2d of Victoria, which was much more extensive in its proviso, and gave the amplest scope to persons taking office to take any oath which was binding on their conscience. Mr. Salo mons then referred to the various offices which he held, and urged that it would be most illiberal if the City of London were to reject him, when the Governments of the country, of both parties, the Whigs in the first instance, and the Conservatives, who followed the example of the Whigs, seemed anxious to unite per sons of all denominations. It was Sir H. Peel's Govern ment which appointed Mr. Lonsada, a Jew, to serve in the office of High Sheriff for the county of Devon• shire. Sir Moses Montifiore also was appointed a magistrate, and the Duke of Wellingtom himself made him a magistrate of the Cinque Ports. He hoped there would not be one mode of proceed ing in the city of London and a different one in the rest of England. He would ask, whether it was fair or right to press him to do that to which he was conscientiously opposed as a man of honour ? If the Court pressed him to take the declaration, he had no hesitation in saying that he would sacrifice his ambi tion to his conscientious convictions ; but if he was elected, it would be his object to do his duties in such a manner as to confer honour on himself and the Court of Aldermen. Sir P. LAURIE said he had the highest respect for Mr. Salomons, but he would advise the Court not to act con ► trary to law. They were a Christian people, and csigia. Mr. PUCKLE assured the Hon. Magistrate that the estimates of the repairs had never been exceeded, and in many cases they were below the amount granted by the Court. Colonel CRALLENOR said he had no doulr. that what Mr. Puckle said was quite barrect ; but still he thought they ought to have some means of seeing in the accounts that, where a certain sum of money was allowed by the Court for a specific purpose, no more was expliitled ; and, as the guardians of the county purse, it was their duty to do it. Some routine business having been disposed of, the Court then adjourned. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFI DAVIT MADE BEFORE THE LORD MAYOR CONCERNING A SURPRISING CURE EFFECTED BY lIULLOWAY'B OINT MENT AND PILLS ! —James Stanley, living at Long- Ditton, made an affidavit before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, on the 14th instant, to the purport that he had been upon crutches, and bad for two years, with 26 holes in one leg and 14 in the other ; that he had been into two hospital , : and got no relief ; and that, after every other means had failed, he had been radically cured by " Holloway's Ointment and Pills." Sold at the Establishment of Professor Holloway, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.—Just forty years ago Mr. Trevethick, a mining engineer, constructed the first locomotive engine at Merthyr Tydvil, and applied it suc cessfully to the traction of coal and coke.—Cambrian. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) ! THE LEVIATHAN TELESCOPE. CLERKEIVW ELL. ' • mechanic al . The Earl of Rosse read a memoir of the construc ton of his reflecting tele-icope at the r 5. A stylishly-dressed middle-aged man, who gave his name as Alin G2ll, was Charged with violently d ay section of the British Asociation at York, on fue II scale ! last. A mod.:-.1 of the telescope, on a small assaulting Mr. Haynes, landlord of the Mortimer Arms, in Tottenham-court-road, under the following f‘ at the purpose of showing the plan of mounting Oa of makin ob,ervations was on the table ; 5 15 ° 1 g • circumstances : model of the apparatus with which he ground a n u It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution that on the previous night, at a very late hour, the ' polished the speculum. Lord Rosse commenced Ile explaining the objects he had in view When the prisoner and two other persons came into the bar of directed his attention to the construction of the Mortimer Arms, and having called for some drink, f the prisoner's companions obtained five ' in telescope, and the difficulties that had to b e o ver , one o cle. Having determined, after a consideration n sovereigns from the prisoner and said he would toss any one present for one or for five sovereigns. There of the peculiar difficulties attending the construction of refracting and of reflecting telescopes, to adopt were several highly respectable tradesmen present, the reflecting principle, he was met in the outset and the prisoner and his party made several attempts by obstacles that appeared almost insurmnan't, to induce them to gamble with them. The landlord, a bl e , and which nothing but the most ardent however, said he would not allow any such illegality, a nd perse ve ri ng eff o rt s of ingenuity could have and desired the prisoner and his gang to leave the overcome. In the first place, ordinary specu._... house, The prisoner refused, using grossly abusive metal is more brittle than glass, and it is bu st language towards the landlord, who no sooner at tempted to expel him, than the prisoner attacked him greatly expanded by heat that it is with the greate t difficulty a large speculum can be cooled without in the most violent manner, and literally tore the splitting. In Lord posse's first attempts,_ he ra,n h a i : clothes off his back to the very last garment, and one hundred castings without being successful. I even that same. Ile struck the complainant a violent difficulty is avoided in interior instruments by varying blow on the chest. When the police arrived he the proportions of tin and copper, which form the wanted to give Mr. Haynes in charge for stealing his s p ecu l um me t a l, a l so by the addition of zinc, b ut the watch. b r illi anc y o f th e p o li s h and the reflective powers art Mr. GREENWOOD—DO von know who this man th ere by grea tly di m i n i s h e d. A n attempt was n e I , is ? The prosecutor—Oh, yes, I know him very m a d e to cast a speculum of baser compound, *hit. well; he is what is commonly termed i , a sharp," a wou ld no t b e b r ittl e , and afterwards to plat e tu ' well-known character in the gambling world. Some surface with the best speculum metal. This ,ant of the licensed victuallers know him to their cost. swered the purpose tolerably well, but the uneg li .t. The prisoner called his two confrieres as witnesses. j u ,-;etions of the plated metal caused diffraction of tir t The first was a sharp-looking fellow, dressed as a li g h t i nj ;:rious to the distinctiveness of the image . ' groom, who said his name was Stephens, and that he then occurred i';,:: him that as tl.e splitting of,P r e e , was servant to the Hon. Augustus Chichester. Ile cu l um meta l i n cooling' must be caused by the a , subsequently stated that he was groom to Earl Grey, gu l ar manner i n which theist cess could he regu lat but on being closely interrogated by the Magistrate so as to ma k e th e meta l coo l graa ': . °lllY °n one sltbis he admitted that it was six months since he was in the t h at t h e difficulty might he overcome. ,To effect list ?. ea de, service of either of these gentlemen, and that during th e l ower p ar t o f th e mou ld was ma d e o f irs;.'ll.. vi I ted the latter period he has had no certain means of sub- the sides were of sand ; by which means the he"-, sistence. He swore tee prisoner only assaulted the mass coo l e d b e l ow a t a qu i c k er ra t e than in, 5 .% landlord in self-defence. The second witness was a o th er p ar t, th a t b e i ng compara ti ve l y th e only cob nv person named Smith, who gave his address as Half- surface. By this means speculum metal of th e re _.: Moon-crescent, but who, in cross-examination, turned qu i re d s i ze wou ld b e cas t without splitting, but ti n; out to be a man of unsettled habitation and occupa- was f oun d t o b e a d e f ec t i n th e me t a l ar i s ing fran i , h ii i s tion—at one time a carver and gilder, at another b u bbl es ri s i ng th roug h th e me t a l. T o ov ercome 1 0 time an engraver, at another time a servant ; in new difficulty the under surface of the mould was rasu ci short, a sort of Caleb Quotem. He admitted having of vertical plates of iron placed closely together, 0•12 A offered to bet five sovereigns, and swore that Mr. t h roug h t h ose l am i na o f i ron t h e a i r escape d inste'w Gill hail been assaulted in the first instance. Had of rising through the melted metal. The propor tion ; seen a silver watch with the prisoner before the occur- of which the speculum metal consisted were 58 , e . , parts of tin and 126.4 of copper. So many Inin u !'i, are required to be attended to, that even the conal )°3 , o tion of the melting pots was found to be essential _lO the perfection of the process. In the ordinary i _tr c u b melting pots there are minute holes through Wm ciro some portions of the tin of the speculum metal fl°, es when melted, and deteriorates the alloy ; these hq i i be are prevented from being formed by .casting ' o f melting pots in an inverted position, instead hi erect. In grinding the speculum, which weig in three tons and three-quarters, and is six fe et ,: c h diameter, it was placed in a tank of water, in. wi' . .` e a it was kept revolving, and the polishing tool, 0 3 °‘ .er , with two eccentrics and worked by steam po i ., Was applied on the top. Lard Rosse minutely ~ue d scribed the contrivance for obtaining the regal!, form, which he illustrated by reference to the ra° — „ , and the required focus was obtained by observatuf,, not by measurement. The speculum, when 0 °, 1 ." pleted, had a focus of fifty-three feet, and the telescN was fitted on the Newtonian plan, the image b e ths reflected to a hole in the side of the tube, near top, into which the spectator looks, instead of loan; towards the object. The tube weighs six tons ant:ts half, and the joint and apparatus on which it r.elit weigh three tons and a half. To support this s'eta two high and massive walls have been buil t, _,.,* , moveable galleries are fitted to them to elevate the sPt7ii tator, and enable him to look through the eye-glossf , 10 elevations. It is fitted as a transit instrument, & nu . i s scarcely any other than a vertical movement, as it intended for making observations when stars come , he the meridian. To compensate in some degree fal.,:br want of a traversing motion, a reflector is use d, which means any heavenly body may be seen an tw o before it comes to the meridian. in supportinf, tube so as to render it manageable, by one man , 1 . 11 70 counterpoise weights are employed, which diraliA, e by resting on the ground as the tube is elevated. .1-.. A actual weight to be moved, therefore, does not ele'ri t three hundred weight, and one person can elevate , 4 . with great ease. The lowest angle to which the_T te can be inclined is ten degrees, and it may be raili ng four or five degrees below the pole. When spe ak of of the power of this instrument, Lord Rosse obse_ it , that the principal advantage to be derived fir m a, was the far greater quantity of light which o l b i ec ts mitted, for with the same magnifying powe r ' er tele" would be seen distinctly that would, in Lyl e. By scope of smaller aperture, be scarcely vise ima ge using an eyeglass he had magnified the reflect s se e three hundred times. He was able therefore L le , te with great distinctness nebulae which, in other scopes, though the same magnifying power might .4 used, would appear merely as confused patches; light. It was the examination of the nebuloui WW in the heavens that he principally had in view wil ell he commenced the construction of the telescope fifte en e years ago, and it was to one of those bodies that it t;', o telescope was first directed when completed. I Lordship exhibited representations of several ne bula as they appeared through his smaller telescop e of three feet diameter. From these drawings to nebulous bodies appear to consist of clusters of sty with one or more larger luminous bodies Pai n te r ; them ; and in the drawing of the nebulous cit i _ i iii , examined through the great telescope, the stars cu .. ,,,.. posing it appeared as large as stars of the first 10 5 . ,, 6 0 nitude, though the whole cluster of them when one through a moderately good telescope, appear °nil.; a white patch in the heavens. In most of the net!' ; es, are seen filaments of light issuing from their no and Lord Rosse conceives that when he bring s ill great telescope to bear on these filaments, they his be found to be.composed of stars. In this .manner Lordship will be able to verify the ideas of nstr?„ t o mers, and not limiting his discoveries to new sateln d or planets, he will make known the existen c : c h suns and of planetary systems, compared with W . our celestial system is but a speck in the universe. Mr. GUEENWOOD said a more abominable con spiracy to take away the character of a reliectable tradesman he had never listened to. It was quite plain that the whole trio were nothing but a set of sharpers, who entered the house at a late hour hoping they might find some inebriated persons there, whom they could cheat out of their money. The allegation of Mr. Haynes having stolen the watch he believed to be a base falsehood. He did not believe one word of what the two witnesses for the defence stated, and should fine the prisoner 31., and the amount of damage done to slr. Haynes' dress, or one month's imprison ment. —The money was paid at once. DEAFNESS. T E STIMONIAL from John Sawyer, Esq., of figsro: wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Messrs. S. and 11 g mons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Gentlemen , blr been deaf for some time, I was induced. in the month co vember, 1839, to make trial of your Invisible Voice Condeco and, although at my advanced age, at that time past 04, if year, I bad no hope of obtaining any relief, yet immediv . applied them I could hear the general conversation, 111 hearing has become so much improved by their use , that ,01 now hear acutely without their aid. I am, Gentlestee , i r os most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 22 d une, 1842. -- ",, to the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Waters, fieriest Messrs, S. and B. Solomons: — Gentlemen, having beelrojoe for many years, I was induced to try your Invisible ' o p Conductors. They enable me to hear persons in coniPt„4 and at a place of worship most distinctly. The Spectacles 1_7,4 Handglass which you have sent me are very excellent,i7j, snit my sight perfectly. the transparency of which is 0 4 of liant, that although I have passed my 8 6 th year the ith May last, yet they enable me to read, and by candle-light, lot the greatest ease and comfort to myself. I return you n i i, r thanks, and remain your obedient servant, Henry COST it 22d June, 1839.—Telescopes. Opera Glues. Microseore., &c. of the same kind of Lenses.—Cautien.—Messrs. 5.9- 111 13 ; 0 1t1 1 lemons, Opticians and Aurists, arc not in any way eonnectes'keil. a person of the same name in their immediate neighbOrucor Nor n any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be e at, tious, and Observe,—Only to be bad at 3 9 , Albemarle -5 Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. sole BIRTHS. of * Oa the 13th inst., the lady of W. Saurin Cox, Es'i' daughter, still-born. f . 1 ' On the 13th inst., at Sidmouth, Devonshire , t he lady 0 Whittle, Esq. of a son, still-horn. e On the 13t1; inst., at Dulwich, Mrs. John Bonet), of trot' On the 13th inst., Mrs. J. L. Barclay, New Bridge s of a son. gi ll ' On the 14th inst., at Watlington House, Reading, Frederick Purvis, of a son. f 3°' On the 14th first., at Herne-hill, Mrs. J. D. Welch,o tbe On the 14th inst., at Park street, Grosvenor - sq uire ' lady of Major-General Frederick, C. 8., of a son. MARRIED. i f tb e On the 10th inst., at Tuvbridge-wells, at the Chure,- 1 100 Holy Trinity, the Rev. Robert Merry, A.M., Vicar of ul li b ter Morden, Cambridgeshire, to .Maryanne, youngest daub' of the late E. Rees, Esq., of Clifton. ctraible'o% On the 11th inst., at West Farleigh, Frederick tbe Esq., of the Rectory, East Mailing, to Ann, daugh ter bite John Miller, Esq., of Yalding. DIED. „ r ,. lii r ; On the 11th inst.. Elinor Esther, the daughter of ' Bodge, of Great Marlboroug-h-street. „ r ote' On the 4th inst., at Blackhall- place, Dublin, Mrs. u",.„ent. pher Irwin, relict of Captain Irwin, late of the 88th Reg,rhael On Lie 9th inst., in Castle-town, Isle of Man, 31.1e59f1i Spencer, Esq., formerly a Captain in her Maj est y R On egiment. Will the 9th inst., at Fawslev, Elizabeth, wife 0c . Lee, Esq., of Chesam-street. rixtr s '. On the 10th in h st., Ric'tard Stileman, Esq, of the c Winclisea. % - t r• 1 14 41 On the loth inst., at Cultra, in the county of Down'', • • 1 ' Cairns, Esq. r e ; On the I Ith inst.. at Princes-street, Cavendish-1), ex Charlotte, relict of the late Thomas Howard, Esq ., )1* . O ld Ux Onbridge, aged 93. the 12th inst.,in Salisbury-street, Strand, Mark °s Rainals, Esq., aged 32. On the 12th inst., at Claremont-place, Penton their IVii° C owley, the 12th in 74. f etbe r ' Onst., at Thirza-place. Old Kent - r oad, relict of the late W. Hall, Esq., aged 97. T h Full et On the 13th inst., at Rochester , the Rev. .° --1/ „ Spong, 8.A., Curate of Eastry and Worth. orfaa" ' On the 12th inst., at the Highway, Enfield, Robe rt the infant son of r. John Jaeson. t Ch lirle° On the 13th inst D ., Hannah, m the widow of the Ix" Smith, of Paternoster-row. the elcle° On the 13th inst., in Wilton-place. Adam Orfor d, son of Adam Bromilow, E s q. barrister-at-law. On the 13th inst., at Kingston-upon-Thames , '-'-rah' relict of the late G. Roots, Esq, -..- Of - •-- „.2 Loudon: Printed and Published by MURDO So. ' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , ,,uptj Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the C y Wedueeday, October 16,1844. COURT OF ALDERMEN. A special Court of Aldermen was held yesterday in the Guildhall, for the purpose of receiving the return From the ward of Poi tsoken, and tendering the oaths to Mr. David Salomons, the recently. elected Alderman for that ward. The hour fixed for opening the Court was cwr Ire for one, but long before that hour the avenues and approaches to the Court were crowded to excess by respectably-dressed persons, the majority of whom ap pared to be of the Hebrew descent. The proceedings appeared to excite the greatest interest in the City. At one o'clock precisely the Lord Mayor took the chair, and the names of the Aldermen having been called over, the minutes of the former Court were read. THE ADDRESS TO THE KING OF THE FRENCH. On that portion of the minutes being read wh'ch re lated to the presentation of the address of the Court to the King of the French, Mr. Alderman WILSON asked the Sheriffs if the ad dress had been presented ? Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY replied that the address had been presented. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked why the Court had not been summoned to present the address ? Not only had the Court not been summoned, but one of the members of the Court, who was then present, had been positively told that if he attempted to attend with the deputation, he should be given into custody.—(llear, and a laugh.) ft was time that the rights of the Court should be ascer tained, and that it should be lcutwn whether it was an independent Court, having a right to present an address, or whether it was a mere appendage to the Court of Com mon Council. • The LORD MAYOR denied that there was any desire to encroach on the privileges of the Court, but the stay of the King of the French was so short, that it was thought better to present the address of the two Courts by a de putation. Mr. Alderman HUGHES had assisted in drawing up the address. He had been excluded from seconding the motion f,r the address by Sir Peter Laurie, and on that , )ecasion he bad expressed h:s regret. He lived at Windsor, and certainly he had felt great surprise that he had not been asked to assist in the presentation of the 'sddress. A Noble Lord about the Castle had asked him •if he was not to be present at the presentation P and he had replied that, strange to say, he had been excluded.- (A laugh.) Ho had written to the Remembrancer, itating that his equipage should kcCompany the deputa• dm, and the Remernbrancer had replied that he was ex- Auded from attendance, and Sir Chapman Marshall ha'l told him that if he or any other person attempted to lecompany the deputation, he should be taken into custody, -Alter a few' words from Sir CLA.roics HUNTER, The LORD DIA►OR explained that the address was pre vented by a deputation composed of those members of ~ he Cour; of Aldermen who were in a position to attend. Now the propefplace for Mr. Alderman Hughes on Sa turday was not at Windsor, but at the Guildhall. He was Alderman upon the rota, and it was his duty to have been there to pass home 400 Irish paupers. Mr. Alderman HUGHES said that Mrb Alderinan Wilson had attended for him at the Guildhall, and had lischarged the duty for him. He thought the observa ;ions of the Lord Mayor totally uncalled for.—(Hear.) The conversation then dropped. The return of the prisoners in the various Metropolitan ;cols was then read: - Several pefiOtiit appeared to be admitted as brokers, find, on the report of the proper authorities, were ad mitted accordingly. _ Mn. BALOMO.NB' It was then ordered that Me. Salotnons might be called in% Mr. Salomons having come into Court, Mr. SAMUEL HALL read the return of the, ward of Portsoken, and in presenting. Mr. Sa.totions lo the Court, said that Mr. Salopols Ila.l been elected as Alderman of the wardraote of lortsoken. He was glad that he ,vas intrulueing a person who was already known to them, for he had filled the offiee of Sheriff for the City; the duties of which he. diaeharged with the greateet Credit. Tin Was brought up in the City of lAAVibe, and had obtained the highest cheradtel‘ at the Royal Exchange, which entitled him to he placed in the foremost ranks of the merchants of the City. He was, moreover, a magistrate of two counties, and had now for several years disuharged the, duties of a magistrate to the entire iatisfe4tidlt of his brother ma eistratet.- It IV,ts ifortOver the pleasure of her Majesty in Connell to place Mr. Salomon in one of the most portant trusts that could be held by h su bject, that of High Sheriff for the county of Kent, the dut ies of which office he also discharged with entire satisfaction: These,cir: cu:nstances influenced the eleetors.ef the Ward of Port soken, but they were alsii further influenced by the high and unimper.dhable private character which Mr. Salo !mins was well known to possess. It only remained to submit the choice made by the ward of rortsoken, which presented to this Court MN D. 'Salomons, to fill the office of Alderinztn foe that ward. Mr. Diem SALMONS said he bad reason to believe that there might be some technical objec tion to him _which would require legal infor mation to guide both the COurt and Mat in the position in which they now stood. Ile had obtained fugal information, but not of that high legal character - by which the Court would probably be influenced. He intended to have the opinions of men of such Mel' WO standing as Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Or Mr. Erle, but ho was unable to pt3dittO them in consequence of their absence from town. Ile therefore begged the Court to grant him a fortnight, to obtain such legal ad. vice. He would, if the Court deslfed, read the opinion of two excellent lawyers whom he consulted,. The Court would not hear the opiotooe. Mr. Salomons was then asked if he had signed the declaration required by the statute of George IV. within the previous month? Mr. SALOMONS asked if he was to unler4and that his application was denied?: Mr. Alderman Woos Said he thought, before that question was prat~ the request:of Mr. Salomons ought to be considered and discussed. The Itr.conDEft said that the proper mule to ba pur sued WM to tender the declaration in the first place. Mr. Aldermen Wcon thought that the discussion upon the request of Mr. Salomons ought to take place first. . I ' • Aldrman Lucas said he understood that Mr. 'Salo ' mons asked for time in consequence or being asked to sign the declaration. Mr. Salomons wag then asked whether he was pre pared to sign the declaration ? Mr. SALOMONS said he made the application he put forward in the best faith, and he begged of the Oottrt to give him the time he asked to consult counsel as to the course he ought to pursue in circumstances altogether new. He asked it as a personal favour to himself. Air. Alderman ...vannusontErt said he thought the Court ought to be cleared before they discussed the sub ject, Sir PF.T_Ha LAURIE said, if the declaration was not taken, he would move that the election be void. Mr. Alderman iIumPHEDY did not me why the/ site ald discuss the subject with closed doors. Mr. Alderman HUGHES hoped the Court would not be cleared. Mr. Alderman WOOD hoped that Mr. Salomons would be allowed the time he asked for. The RECORDER advised the Court to pursue the usual course pursued on occasions like the present, which was to tender the declaration in the first instance. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTRER said it was competent fur any person to have the Court cleared. Mr. Salomons was again asked whether he would take the declaration. . SALOMONS begged for time till that day fortnight. Mr, Alderman HUGHES wished I-) know the grounds nn which this application was.made. Mr. SALOMONS said he made the application in order to have an opportunity of consulting Queen's counsel on the ;abject. At present none but junior courniel were in town. He had, sought for Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. &le, but in vain. He had btained the opinions of Mr. Jame.: and Mr. Welch, and they had advised him to ask for time, as they wished to consub, their seniors. The RF;CORDER asked if their opinions went to the fac t tbf his liability to be required by the Court to sign It ~ e dellaration? : SALOSIONS —Yes, as to the mode in which t he qualification was to be taken, and as to the niQebiacatiol is a wadi) is it by a recent Act of Parliament. MA!?YLEBONE. Yesterday Michael Lee, alias Molloy, a labourer, be tween forty and fifty years of age, was brought up in the custody of Sergeant Thompson, 4 D, charged with having murdered his wife, Ann Lee, by drowning her in the Paddington canal. Constable Ross, 15 D—At three o'clock yesterday, as I was passing Northumberland-street, [ saw a great crowd round the workhouse door, and on inquiring what was the matter, I was informed that there was a man there who had been making away with his %Nile. I went inside, and the prisoner was given into my custody ; he told me that he had not spoken to her (his wife) for the last three months, during which time they had lived apart. Ross added that the deceased had not been near her home since last Sunday night week, and he had not, as yet, had time to get witnesses together, who would, he believed, be able to prove that she and the prisoner were, on the evening of the day in question, seen drinking together, and afterwards quarrelling at Maida hill, a sh , ,rt distance from where the body was found. Mr. RAWLINSON remarked that he had heard quite enough to justify him in detaining the prisoner, and de sired the officers to get together all the evidence they could for the Coroner's inquest. The prisoner, on being asked if be wished to say any thing on the charge of having murdered his wife by drowning her, replied, " I know nothing about it ; I have seen nothing of her." Mr. RAWLINSON (to the officers)—l have no objection at all to his being taken before the Coroner, if his pre sence at the inquest should be required.—The prisoner was then remanded for further examination, and at five o'clock was conveyed to prison in the Government van. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday William nob/on, aged 19, a mat-maker, was charged before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with causing so serious an injury to the person of Elizabeth Dowell that her life is at present in serious jeopardy. From the evidence it appeared, that during the per formances at the Garrick Theatre on the preceding night, a quart stone bottle fell from the gallery on to the head of Elizabeth Dowel, a respectable young woman, who was with her mother and other friends in the pit. Such was the force with which the bottle fell, that it smashed into pieces, and in flicted no less than four serious wounds upon the head of the young woman. The sufferer was carried to the house of a neighbouring surgeon, who recom mended her immeliate removal to the London Hospital. The unfortunate circumstance created a strong feeling amongst the crowded audience, it being suspected that the dangerous missile had been flung from the gallery by some mischievous person ; and Mr. Gomersal, one of the proprietors of the theatre, went on the stage, and otr,red a sovereign to any person who would point out to himself or his officers the person who had flung the bottle. The prisoner instantly acknowledged himself as the person to blame, but declared that the bottle had slipped from him by accident, while he was in the act, Of handing it to a friend to drink some beer from it. The young woman being pronounced by the surgeon who had examined her to be in a dangerous state, Mr. Gom,rsat felt it to be his duty to give the prisoner into custody. The prisoner repeated his former statement that the affair was perfectly accidental ; but the surgeon's certifi cate dwclaring the sufferer to be still in very great danger, the prisoner was remanded to a future day. Mr. NORTON, however, consented to take bail for his appearance. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an investigation took placc before Mr. Higgs, at the Pine Apple Tavern, in Hun gerford-street, Hungerford- market, relative to the death of a man, name unknown, and who is strongly suspected to have been murdered. The case excited a very strong senstation in the neighbourhood, and the inquest-room was crowded to excess. M. J. IV, Monks, of the Rose and Crown, Shad- Thames, deposed that he had seen the body of the deceased, and could positively identify it as being that of a man he well knew by sight, but whose name he could not recollect. He was, witness believed, the master of a schooner commonly called a " billy-boy," latterly employed in bringing stone from Yorkshire to the New Houses of Parliament. Richard Penin, aged ten years, the son of a water man plying at Hungerford stairs, deposel that, on Sunday morning, he was in a boat on the river, with another boy, near to Hungerford, and while rowing between the Duke of Buccleuch's and Whitehall stairs he saw the body of the deceased floating on the water, face downwards. Witness fastened a rope round the body and towed it ashore. The deceased had on a blue cloth jacket, such as is worn by sea faring men, a black cloth waistcoat, brown woollen trousers, of railroad pattern, worsted stockings, Wel lington boots, newly fronted, a flannel waistcoat next his skin, and astripe€l cotton shirt over it, with India rubber braces; he also wore a truss. Mr. Joha Nathan Bainbridge, of No. 86, St. Mar tin's-lane, surgeon, stated that he saw the body of the deceased at St. :Martin's workhouse ; it was that of a well-formed man, about five feet five or six inches in height, with light sandy hair, without whiskers ; the forehead was slightly bald ; there was discolouration of portions of the body, arising from putrefaction having commenced. There were five punctured wounds about the trunk, four near the pit of the stomach, and one about two inches and a half lower down, towards the right side. The four wounds were about an inch apart from each other. There were openings in the flannel-waist coat and the shirt corresponding with the punctures. One of the wounds was four inches in depth. Wit ness opened the body yesterday. He should think that the deceased had been dead a fortnight. The wounds penetrated the cavity of the abdomen. The two upper ones were close against the lower end of the breast bone. The liver was wounded and the stomach perforated. None of the intestines were wounded The punctures must have been inflic..ed with a snarp pointed cutting instrument, such as a clamp knife. Witness was GE opinion that the deceased could not have inflicted the wounds on hitnsef. Each of them was likely to pro lute instantaneous death. Inspector Lewis, of the Th a ,,c,c;.rydiee, that he had made every inquiry between Richmond aud Chilton, hut could not hear of any person hIiSA eriflL; the description. of the deceased being missing. Several of the jurors expressed a wish that the in quiry should be adjourned, in order to trace out the relatives of the deceased. The inquest was accordingly adjourned until Tues day next. The well-known Dr. Lardner is entertaining the citizens of New York with his " Personal liecoliections of London and Paris." The NPtv York Herold re marks:—" The opportunities which Dr. Lardner enjoyed for so many years of observing society in theNe capi:als, and the advantages he derived from nis acquaintance with almost all the characters of our own times, distin guished in politics, literature, science, art, and fashion, will afford rich materials for amusing. narrative. Among those of whom notices and anecdotes will he given, are ILord Brougham , Bu lwer, Sir Walter Scott, Guizot, D'ltiraeli, Mans, and ether ' notabilities. ", All a 4 anker, ant b e Manage Inter: ant. 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