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LAW INTELLIGENCE. VIOE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dec. 10. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour took motions to-day, it being the second seal after Michaelmas term. The Court was occupied the whole day with the arguments in the case of "Preece and Wasdell," which came before the Court upon mo tion to dissolve an injuirtion restraining the defendant from proceeding with an action of ejectment. The argu ments had not eoncluded when the Court rose. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORT.HERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 9. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) MANSLAUGHTER.—WiIIiam Charnock, aged 52, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Radcliffe. It appeared from the statement of the witnesses for the prosecution that the deceased had formerly resided at Upholland, in this county, and that Mary Charnock, a daughter of the priamers, had had a child by him. On the 21st of September last he called at the prisoner's house. There were no persons there but Mary Char nock and the prisoner, who was up stairs; Mary Char nock was in the parlour below. She requested the de ed to go away, ex dressing her fears that her father and he might quarrel, but the deceased, who was some hat intoxicated, refused to leave. The prisoner came clown stairs and desired him to go out of the house, but the deceased said he would not, and boasted that the isoner was not able to put him out. The prisoner tail; up the poker, and the parties struggled together, Luth falling to the ground, and the scuffle was finally ut an end to by some of the neighbours, who had Leen called in by the prisoner's daughter. They kick the deceased away. Ho did nut then complain of having received any injury, but shortly after said he was hurt on the left side and right leg. He was taken to his residence in Liverpool in a car, and was attended by a surgeon. There was a mark of a considerable bruise upon his leg, and another upon his chest. The appearance of these bruises conti nued unfavourable, and they finally resulted in abscesses. About a month after he was removed to the Northern Hospital, and at that time the abscesses were very ex tensive, and his case, in the opinion of the surgeons, hopeless. He died on the 9th of November. On a pea tem examination it appeared that the abscess in the kg extended a great way up the thigh, and round the kAee joint, and that Ciat on the chest communicated with one within the el, ity, through a fracture in one of the ribs of some standing, which must have resulted from external violence. The deceased was of a very scrofulous constitution, but for which circumstance the injuries he received would probably not have had such serious consequences. . . . From a statement made by the deceased, in the pros pect of death, it would appear that the prisoner, when he came down stairs, had the poker in his hand, and that he struck deceased with it. Mr. -ATKINsoN addressed the jury for the defence, and his Lordship, in summing up, luft it to the jury to say, uno.k.r all the circumstances, whether the prisoner, in (jc;,:ting the deceased, who was intruding on his premises, had used any more violence than was necessary. Verdict—Not Guilty. STABBING.—John earrington was indicted for cutting recd wounding James Bingham, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Green. The occurrence, which resulted in the present indict ment, took place cn the 24th of November last, in Manchester. The prisoner was, on the night of that d :y, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, in a public-house, where a quarrel took place between him ard a person of the name of Taylor, which resulted in a scuffle. The prisoner was turned out of the house; and, having obtained a knife from a woman whom he met in the street, came back to the public-house, and forced his way in, having the knife open in his hand. Tha landlord ran into the bar parlour, in which the pro stTutor and several other parties were assembled, and gave an alarm. The prosecutor was going out of the parlour to see what was the matter, when he met the prisoner, who struck him several times with the knife, a-id inflicted a severe wound on his arm. Several per sons present seized him, and he was finally secured. On the floor was found a clasp knife open. The prose cutor's coat being taken off, the blood spurted out se veral inches. The persons present endeavoured to staunch the blood, and took the prosecutor to a surgeon, who found him suffering from a wound which had passed in the Immediate vicinity of an important ar tery. It was not, however, of a dangerous nature, and so,in healed. The prisoner was found Guilty, and, having already been convicted of felony, was sentenced to be transported for seven years. York, Dec. 9. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) HORSE STEALING.— Thomas Horsfall, 25, John Smith, 22, and Joseph Hodges, 13, were indicted with having, 4.n the 16th of August last, at Saddleworth, in the West Riding, stolen a mare, the property of Isaac Wrigley. Mr. Hardy conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Dears ley defended the prisoners. The prosecutor is a farmer, residing at Broadmeadow, in the township of Quick, and on the day in question, at about one o'clock, his son had put the mare into a field very near to the prosecutor's residence. In the evening the animal was looked for and missed. A young woman bad seen two men and a boy come to the gate of the field in the interim ; the boy carried a bundle, and went into the field. He soon after came out, bringing the mare, when one of the men put something over her neck and led her off. Another witness had seen two men and a boy, resembling the prisoners, shortly before the robbery, on the road to Delph, and near the prosecutor's house. They were at first going towards Delph from Quick, but ;directly after turned and went across some fields, towards the house of Mr. Wrigley. It further appeared that early on the same afternoon the boy now at the bar was seen riding the mare through Delph, on the road to Ashton-under-Lyne, fol lovved by two men on foot, one of the men then carry ing a bundle. Another witness subsequently saw one of the men, Horsfall, on the mare, and on the 19th he was apprehended at Liverpool, with the mare in his possession in a stable. The prisoner Smith and the boy Hodges were taken in Manchester on the day after the robbery. Horsfall was shown to have been formerly engaged as a cotton-piercer ; and in the pocket of Smith there were found a number of printed cards, addressed " to the public," signed " Thomas Orfield, John Smith ;" and recommending these two as appli cants for relief, being " out of employment, and cotton spinners by trade, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Lanca shire." The prisoners made several contradictory statements as to the possession of the mare, and one account was that she had been purchased by llorsfall, at Sowerby bridge, from two men who there offered her for sale. Mr. Bearsley, after addressing the jury, called James Eastwood, publican, at Sowerby-bridge, and another person, to give the two men a good character. East wood said that the men had lodged for some time at his house ; that they were " race-runners," being in the habit of running foot-races ; Horsfall was called the " Lancashire Hero " and Smith the " Lancashire Youth." The case occupied the greater part of the dayin trying. After his Lordship had summed up, the jury retired for about an hour, and on returning into Court found the prisoners Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy in favour of the boy. Sentence—Horsfall and Smith to he severally trans ported for ten years ; the same sentence upon Hodges. His Lordship intimated that he should recommend that prisoner to be so imprisoned as that he might have the best chance of reformation. Thomas Steward, aged 23, convicted of stealing a gelding, the property of John Boocock, of Shelf, was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Isaac Frankleion, aged 19, pleaded guilty to a chargo of horse-stealing. He was tried upon another similar charge and con victed.—Sentence, to be transported for ten years. HOUSEBREAKING.—John Grantley, aged 22, was con victed of having, on the 22d of July last, at Bilborough, broken into the house of Jonathan Shepherd, and stealing therein ; and also of a similar offence on the same day, in the house of Jonas Schofield, at Monk Tryston. The prisoner had been previously convicted of felony, and was now sentenced to ten years' transportation. Cornelius Toft, aged 20, pleaded guilty to an indict ment charging him with burglary in the house of Francis Hainbrim, at Sherborne. Sentence, twe years' imprisonment, with hard labour POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOU#E. Yesterday Mr. Swift, of the Chancery bar, appeared before the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of exonerating Mr. Ellison, a gentleman whose name was brought into question on the preceding day, as being connected with the Thames, Southend, and Eastern and Northern Rail way Junction Company, from any participation in the concern bearing that designation. He said it was true that the name of Mr. Ellison, who was a man of high respectability, appeared at the commencement of the undertaking of which Mr. Garde had complained, amongst the n ames o f t h ose w h o were engage d i n t h e speculation; but it was equally true that he had with drawn from the Company Wore a provisional coin initt2e had been appointed, and in fact, before any act bad been performed from which it could be inferred that ho had anything to do with the Company. The correspondence which had been read in the Mansion house had reference to other parties, and Mr. Ellison was ready to come forward at any time to state all he know about the Company, from which he had withdrawn the moment he found that it h ad the qualities of the bubbles which were every day bursting. The Learned Coun.iel did not by this coming forward on behalf of Mr. Ellison, whom he knew to be wholly incapable of join ing in any scheme of a discreditable character, mean to cast any imputation upon Mr. Garde , wh o naturally felt indignation and disgust at having been lugged in as a debtor to the amount of upwards of 1,0001 . to th e sur veyors of the projected line. He considered that Mr. Garde was justified in the course he had adopted ; and he had reason to believe that the surveyors were n ow quite aware upon whom they could make their demand legally, and no doubt they would exercise their judg ment in the emergency. The Loan MAYOR said that Alderman Gibbs had been applied to on the occasion of the complaint, and the subject might be brought before that magistrate on a future occasion. Mr. Swift said, that as Mr. Ellison felt every moment of consequence in a case in which he considered his name to be most improperly mixed up with a Company of such a description, it was important to him to have the denial made as public as had been the mistaken representation that he was the secretary to the Company. The LORD MAYOR. said he had not the slightest doubt as to the readiness of the newspapers to do justice to any gentleman whose name had been improperly used, and added, that if Mr. Ellison attended the justice-room upon the second application of the compl a i nan t, h e cou ld enter into a full justification of hie conduct. We understood Mr. Swift to state that 'Mr. Ellison would certainly be in attendance on the day appointed for the re-hearing of the complaint of Mr. Garde. A very extraordinary scene followed. Mr. Payne (the barrister) appeared to support a sum mons, which he said had been taken out against a gin tlernan, for having obtained the sum of 2001., in a deal ing connected with a railway company, by false pre tences. (In the present stage of the proceedings, we, for obvious reasons, omit the names of the parties concerned, as well as the name of the Company the shares in which were the cause of the dispute.) . Mr. Clarkson, who was engaged for the defence, said, he came to answer a yery different complaint from that set forth in the summons, which did not impute any false pretence at all to his client. The summons merely attributed a certain unsanctioned appropriation of money. If the complainant attributed a felony or misdemeanour to the gentleman at the bar, the course he was bound to adopt was to direct an officer to take the defendant at once into custody. _ _ Mr. Payne said that course would certainly have been pursued, if it did not happen that there was a merciful consideration entertained towards the defendant, who was in the establishment to which the complainant be longed, and was only just beginning life. The Learned Counsel submitted that, although the summons was not worded as he expected it would have been, still the Lord Mayor would be completely justified, as complainant and defendant were both present, to hear the case as one of obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Goodman, the Chief Clerk, said it'struck him as very difficult to draw out a summons to a party to an swer such a charge as Mr. Payne wished to have framed, as the person aggrieved had it in his power to give the person so complained of into custody at once. To sum mon a party to answer for an offence, a conviction upon which would subject him to seven years' transportation, appeared to him to be a very ill-judged proceeding. The Loan MAYOR said he considered Mr. Goodman's view of the matter was unquestionably correct. Mr. Clarkson then expressed a wish to know whether Mr. Payne would proceed with the complaint as it was stated in the summons. Mr. - Payne said he had no notion of such a thing. Mr. Clarkson—Then I shall take my leave. Mr. Payne—Then I shall apply for a warrant upon the evidence of my client, which I shall now require to be taken. Mr. Clarkson—The defendant is here, and your client can direct an officer to take him into custody at once ; but it is plain that your object is to throw upon the ma gistrate the responsibility which the complainant is afraid to take upon himself, for very good reasons. We understood the LORD MAYOR, with the advice of Mr. Goodman, to say that be would not, under the pe culiar circumstances of the case, grant a warrant, but it was in the power of the complainant to cause the de fendant at that moment to be apprehended upon the charge of having obtained money under false pretences. The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Payne, in examining witnesses in support of an application for a warrant, would be doing no more than taking up the time of the Court. Mr. Payne—Then we shall give the defendant into custody at once. Here the complainant stood forward, and gave the defendant into custody to one of the officers. Mr. Clarkson then requested a postponement of the hearing of the cave, in consequence of an engagement elsewhere on a Government case, to which he was obliged to give immediate attention. Mr. Payne said he had not the least objection to a postponement, and he also stated that he should be satisfied if the defendant entered into his own recogni zances to appear to answer the serious charge. The defendant then entered into his own recogni zances to appear, and was released from custody. A young woman, named Bridget Plant, was com mitted to Newgate for having assaulted Eleanor Welch with a sword on the head. The complainant and defendant were, it was evident, jealous of each other, and the object of their affection was a tailor. In their cups they quarrelled, and the latter resorted to the desperate expedient of a rusty old sword, with which she wounded her rival in two places on the top of the head. In consequence of the publicity given to the apprehen sion of the prisoners, a great number of tradesmen have been to see them, all of whom immediately recollected that they had been favoured with a visit from the pri soners ; but none could say with certainty that the pri soners had robbed them of anything. From the inquiries of police•constable C 135, it was ascertained that the mode adopted by the prisoners to carry on their dishonest practices, was for them to go into different shops, Echart as a foreigner, Flynn as in terpreter, under pretence of purchasing silk bandannas to send to Holland. Almost every tradesman in Oxford street was so visited last week. _ _ The police-constable said he had not as yet been able to find the owner of the piece of silk goods found in the possession of the prisoners, the private mark on which was " F.T. r I pp." Mr. MALTBY gave further time for inquiry till Mon day next. City of Boulogne steam-vessel, the captain of which had instructions to take him to the Consul of that place, and to narrate the circumstances under which he was sent there. Soon after his arrival an inquiry was in stituted on the subject, during which it was aster taiced that the whole story of the mutiny and of the scuttling of the ship was a fabrication from beginning to end; and that instead of his being a Frenchman, it was discovered beyond a doubt that he was a native of Scot land ; and so far from his being deprived of his tongue, he had the perfect use of that organ, and in Captain Tune's presence gave an undeniable proof of the fact by abusing the persons appointed to inquire into the case. On this discovery the defendant was brought back from Boulogne and landed at the Tower, and he wanted to return to the Yorkshire Grey, but admission was re fused on the ground of the gross impositions he had practised. Mr. Owen added that he had not seen the defendant since the above period until he was informed he was in custody at this Court for the desperate assault on the sailor. _ _ _ Mr. COTTINGHAM, addressing the defendant, said there was no use i❑ his pretending to be deaf and dumb any longer, and asked him what he had to say in answer to the charge of assaulting the sailor then present, and also the parish officer ? The defendant, however, was silent, merely opening his mouth and pointing with his finger to it, as if to im press a belief that he had no tongue. Mr. Owen said that the defendant had a knack of doubling up his tongue in such a manner as to make it appear that he had only a small portion of the root left. Some other questions were put to the defendant by Mr. Cottingharn, from which it was apparent enough that he heard them, a fact which drew from the Magis trate an observation that he was satisfied the defendant was not deaf, and that he heard and understood every thing that was said to him. The defendant shook his head. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said, that the movement just made by the defendant strengthened the fact, and, i❑ order that the utmost publicity should be given of the gross impositions practised by the defendant, and that he should not escape the punishment he so richly deserved, he (the Magistrate) should remand him until Friday, for the purpose of procuring the testimony of the captain of the Boulogne steamer. The defendant was then removed from the bar to one of the cells, where he had not been long before he began to roar out, and finding that no notice was taken of it he proceeded to undress himself and threw his clothes down the sewer. He then tore up the seats of the cell, and being possessed of almost Herculean strength, he pro ceeded to smash away at the door, which, although of amazing thickness, he would have broken through had he not been at length overpowered by four policemen, who with difficulty restrained his fury, and after putting on other garments they conveyed him in the van to the county gaol. On Tuesday three ragged boys were brought before Mr. Cottiugham, charged with committing an outrageous assault on another boy in the union workhouse of St. John's, Horslydown. It appeared that the complainant, a poor destitute boy, was admitted into the casual ward of the above workhouse, in which were a number of other destitute persons, like himself. When the hour for retiring to rest arrived the three defendants attacked the complainant, divested him of his clothes, which they intended to dispose of for a few pence, and he was forced to remain in a state of nudity the whole night, being prevented by his assail ants from leaving the ward to give intimation of the treatment he had experienced. The above circumstance having come to the knowledge of Mr. Cottingham, he sent for some person from the workhouse, and soon afterwards one of the guardians attended, to whom the Magistrate described what had occurred there, and at the same time expressed it as his opinion that a good deal of mismanagement was apparent, according to the com plainant's statement. There (added the Magistrate) was a poor boy, admitted into the casual ward, and had not been there long before he was stripped of his garments by others in the same place, and forced to remain naked during the whole of a cold night. There ought (added the Magistrate) to be some person appointed to attend the casual ward to prevent outrages of the kind from being committed ; and that it was for the purpose of ascertaining whether such scenes could not be avoided in future that he thought it requisite to send for some one connected with the workhouse. The guardian, who expressed himself with a good deal of warmth, said that he repudiated the term mis management, as applying to the internal regulations of St. John's workhouse. He then described the way in which they were inundated with casual paupers, and he said that every means had been adopted to make the situation of those unfortunate persons as comfortable us consistent with the regulations of the house ; that it was quite impossible, however, that the Magistrate's suggestion could be carried into effect, and that the Poor-law Commissioners had approved of the manner in which the duties were performed. Mr. COTTINGHAM raid that he did not send for the guardian to enter into any disquisition relative to the internal arrangement, of the workhouse, with which he had nothing to de. But he sent for him in order to ex press his disapprobation that such an outrage had been permitted to take place in one of the wards of the work house, and that in such a place as a casual ward, he would repeat, some man ought to be employed as a kind of watchman, to prevent such conduct as that com plained of. _ . _ The MAcrsTaATE then inflicted a nominal fine on each of the defendants, and, in default, committed them for a month each to the House of Correction. CHARGE OF VIOLATION.—James lierson, described as a French merchant, was charged with violating the per son of Susannah Paine, a girl between 15 and 16 years of age. The complainant stated that she went to live with the prisoner, who was a married man, in the capacity of nur sery maid on the 13th ult., and that, in a week after wards, during the temporary absence of his wife, he committed the alleged offence. The complainant de scribed the particulars of the assault, which are unlit for publication ; that it took place in the drawing-room, and that she called out as loud as she could, but no one heard her, owing to the position in which she was held during the perpetration of the offence. She admitted, however, that she did not communicate what occurred to her to her mother until a week afterwards. The complainant was strictly examined by the Magis trate as to the cause of her not divulging what had hap pened to her until a week afterwards; and her reply was that her father was a passionate man, and she was afraid on that account. The prisoner, in the most emphatic manner, declared that he was innocent of the offence, and that the charge was trumped up by the girl and her mother in order to victimise him. After a lengthened examination, during which a me dical certificate was produced, describing the injuries sustained by the complainant, the Magistrate said that instead of sending the prisoner for trial on the capital charge, he should hold him to bail for the assault with intent, &c., and should call upon him to enter into his own recognizance of 1001., and find two sureties of 501. each, to answer the charge at the ensuing sessions. The prisoner not being prepared with the requisite bail, was committed. . WAND S ORTH. James Chu? chill, sen., and James Churchill, jun., father and son, were charged with stealing a cart, value 31., and Eleanor Churchill, the daughter of the fist-mentioned prisoner, was also charged with stealing a Chesnut horse, value 71. Mr. Gilham, who apppeared for the prosecutor, said the person on whose behalf he had been instructed to app•ar was a Mrs. Bawling, who, until within a brief period, carried on an excellent business as a laundress, at Barnes, and enjoyed the confidence of her employers and the respect of her neighbours. His client was married in January last to a man named Bawling, she being a widow, and he a widower with five children. Some time since, h e r husband, who, si nce hi s marr i age, had done but ittla for the maintenance of himself or children, became unwell, and exhibited all the appear ances of imbecility. Amongst the notions he enter tained were these, drat Salt-hill belonged to him, and that his wife had robbed him of 2001 ., although he was never worth so many pence. So convinced was he of the latter circumstance, that he actually sent one of hi s children for a policeman to apprehend his wife. After having shown the state of the deceased's mind, he would show how far the prisoners stood affected. On the 14th ult., Mrs. Churchill and Mrs. Eastman, two of the husband's sisters, called at the house, and under pre tence of taking him a ride, took him away. Mrs. Bawling subsequently ascertained that her husband was at Mrs. Churchill's house, and she went there for the purpose of seeing him. This the elder Churchill refused to let her do, and he took her by the shoulders and put her out of the house. At that time her husband was alive, but died a day or two afterwards. Whilst - his client was gone to deliver some clothes in town, a man was put in possession of her goods. As she owed no rent, she asked the man what business he had there ; when he replied that he had been put in by Mr. Stewart, a broker at Putney. This Stewart afterwards took every article of furniture out of the house, even to the bed she and her children lay upon, and sold them ; thus leaving the poor widow and children utterly unprovided for, and when called upon for his authority, produced what he called the will of the husband, empowering him to act as he had done. Prior to this his client's horse was stolen out of the field by the female prisoner, and sold to a man named Forman, who was paying his addresses to her, for lo s ., although it was worth 71.; and, to cumplete the list of enormities his client was subjected to, she was on a particular evening returning home from town in her own cart, with a borrowed horse, when the two male prisoners stopped her on Barnes common, turned all her linen out of the cart, unharnessed the horse, and stole the cart, which they afterwards sold for 255. He be lieved he should be in a position to prove that the de ceased was not in a state to make a will ; and, even if he had been, that the prisoners had acted a most fraudulent part ; so that if the actual charges of felony could not be maintained, there still existed a case of the grossest conspiracy. Mr. PAYNTER observed that if it could be proved that the man was imbecile at the time of his death, a very serious charge existed against the prisoners. Mr. Gilham had no doubt he should satisfactorily prove his imbecility. Rebecca Rawling was then sworn—She said she was the widow of James Bawling, who died at the elder Churchill's house on the 19th ult. The complainant then detailed in evidence the facts given in the solicitor's statement. Mr. PAYNTER, after hearing the evidence of Mrs. Rawling, said as he did not intend to go into the case very fully that day, and as Mr. Clive was more ac quainted with the facts than himself, he would only hear eviden to evidence sufficient to justify him remanding the pri soners a day that his brother magistrate would be sitting. Anno Humphries, an intelligent girl, about 13 years of age, living at the Gate-house on Barnes-common, proved that on the 21st ult., between ten and eleven o'clock in tho morning, she saw the prisoner, Eleanor THE StN, LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, DECPM.I3ER 11, 1845. Churchill, bring a horse through the gate ; it was a dark horse, and the one she had seen down stairs was it. Mrs. Bawling proved that the cart was taken from her on the 23d ult. by the two male prisoners, and .she added that no paper, either the pretended will or the receipts that she had yet seen, were in her husband's hand writing. Inspector Busain said that when the charge against the prisoners was taken, a young man, named Forman, said he had bought the horse for 10s., and the cart for 255., of Mr. Bawling, and produced two receipts pur porting to be his, but one was elated the day Bawling died, and the other the day after. Mr. PAYNTER ask , d what the broker had done with the money the sale realised ? Mr. Gilham said he un derstood that he had paid 101. to Mrs. Churchill, who had undertaken to support the children, but had that same day throwa them on the parish. Mr. PAYNTEL: said it was clear that the broker could not act upon any document the deceased might have given him after the man was dead. The widow was the proper administratrix, and was at least entitled to her thirds, therefore the broker had acted illegally ; he con sidered it just possible that a felony had been committed, and there certainly was not much doubt of a gross con spiracy existing, therefore he should remand the pri soners until Saturday. Should the case then fail, he trusted the solicitor would indict the parties for conspi racy, and he thought that Mr. Stewart, the broker, should be included in that indictment. WOOL WICH. „.• _ _ John M'Bean, alias William Thompson, alias Dempsey, alias Williams, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jeremy for final examination, charged with stealing two watches under the following circumstances : The prisoner is an experienced duffer, and in the pur suit of his calling he went some time since to the Royal Artillery Barracks, at Woolwich, where he exchanged several of his so-called watches for good old watches be longing to the gunners and non-commissioned officers, receiving sums of money in addition, by way of exchange. A few hours after the victimised soldiers received their watches the latter stopped, and the soldiers as well as their watches were found to be ” wound up." When the prisoner again made his appearance at the barracks, he was given into custody on the charge of being found within that establishment for an unlawful purpose. The charge, however, was not proved, and the prisoner was in consequence allowed to go at large on his own recog nizance, several spurious watches which were found upon him being detained by the police. In the meantime inquiries were made by the police, and the frauds on the soldiers being discovered, the prisoner, who returned to claim the property, was taken into custody on the charge of stealing two watches, Mr. Jeremy stating that the judges were of opinion that where an article of no in trinsic value was sold to a person who could not detect the fraud, it amounted to felony.' It was proved by a re , :pectable watchmaker that the watches sold by the prisoner were valueless in every thing except the cases, which were worth from 15s. to 20s. each; that they would not go for a longer period than a few hours, or at most a day or two, and that the watches taken in exchange were of far greater value. It was also proved by various witnesses that the pri soner passed under a variety of names, and that he was not known at his lodgings in Alderagate-street by the name which was on the cards he carried with him. George Foster, 425 of the City police, proved that he knew the prisoner as the companion of a man named Dempsey, who was now undergoing a term of imprison ment for a similar offence. A dock constable, named John Sayer, spoke to several heartless frauds committed by the prisoner on sailors and others in the London Docks. The prisoner was committed for trial, and the wit nesses bound over to prosecute. MONEY MARKET and CIT Y NEWS. - - - CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. CHRONICLE.—The manner of paying the railway deposits to the Accountant-General has been resusitated, and various rumours are in circulation with respect to it. The amount has been stated at as much as 35,000,0001., and it is asserted that the Speaker has consented to allow the Bank to take payment by instalments. The latter statement is said to be on authority, but we doubt its authenticity nevertheless. We also greatly discredit the supposed amount of railway deposits, and, until we see it proved, shall not believe that it will amount to more, if to so much, as 10,000,000/ or 15,000,000/. Many companies have deposited their plans who have not obtained the deposits called for from the allottees, and will not new be able to proceed to Parliament. If, however, so large a sum as 15,000,000/. or even 10,000,0001. or less, were taken out of circula tion, in coin and bank-notes, it would be attended with a severe pressure for money, It requires no science to arrive at that conclusion. Nobody can doubt it for a mo ment. Such being the case, it is the duty of the Execu tive to meet the evil by timely arrangement. It appears to us that the Bank of England can receive payment in any form the directors may think fit, because the Accountant- General has simply to see the " receipt" of the cashier. He is not called upon to direct the manner of making the payment. That is left to be settled between payers and receivers. An agreement could be made to provide for any fluctuation in the price of the public securities, but if bills of exchange were accepted the Bank would be answerable, in the event of default, to retire them when they arrived at maturity. It must be admitted that there is no evidence to warrant the supposition that the Legislature contemplated the use of bilis of ex change in effecting the transfer of the railway deposits. It was assumed that the transfer should be made by a bona fide payment of money from the various banks and committees holding the deposits to the Bank of England. This, we believe, cannot be disputed ; neither can it be denied that the extent of the operation has far exceeded in magnitude anything contemplated. The Legislature never anticipated the possibility, far less the proba bility, that so much as 10,000,0001, 15,000,0001., or 30,000,0001. could be called for to comply with the standing orders, within fourteen days after the com mencement of any session of Parliament. An unforseen emergency has arisen, for which no provision has been made. We are convinced that it may be managed without producing serious inconvenience, and that it is not necessary to make the transfer iu coin and bank notes. At the same time we do not believe the story that the Speaker has consented to take payment of the money by instalments. We disbelieve that statement, because the Speaker has not the power to do so. The object might be attained, however, by a short Act, to be introduced for the purpose the first day that Parliament meets ; and, on the assumption that it would pass, the transaction could be arranged in the meantime, accord ing to its provisions. With this object is view, the Bank might be authorised to receive Stock, Exchequer Bills, and other unexceptionable securities in payment, and to lend out the same, when received, on suitable terms, ac cording to circumstances. The following are the official returns of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver bars to Rotterdam Silver bars to Hamburgh Silver coin to River Gambia TIMES.—An impression has prevailed to some ex tent in the City that the efforts of the Anti-Corn -law League, should the repeal of those laws take place, will next be directed against all customs' duties whatever ; but this is disclaimed by some persons of that party, who allege that it is against differential duties alone that the efforts of free traders are, and will be, directed. Thus, to illustrate this, they remark, that excessive customs' duties are no doubt unwise, but that they may exist in perfect harmony with free trade doctrines. If the duty, for example, upon all descriptions of sugar, no matter whence imported, should be raised to the exist ing rate of 635., charged on foreign sugar, such a st-p would fail to accomplish its object of yielding revenue, but it would be quite in agreement with free trade principles. This is an exceedingly important point, and the subject is well worthy of being pursued further. The last new expedient, according to a correspondent, resorted to by railway companies who find themselves in a situation all but desperate, has been that of treating the original letters of application as successful, even though the shares were in the first in stance differently apportioned, and calling upon the applicants to pay the deposits. This may be thought ingenious by the parties, but that it should produce them any money is barely possible. The annexed suggestion will have a formidable sound in the ears of some pro visional committee men and railway promoters, but it is nevertheless obvious that if such practices have been re sorted to they will merit as severe a retribution : " The deposits of plans of projected railways with the Board of Trade being done under the authority of a standing order of each House of Parliament, I presume that mere colourable deposit of plans only to answer the purpose of the registered projectors would be deemed a breach of privilege of Parliament. Therefore, I hope and trust, if any such scheme should be brought under the notice of the Commissioners of the Board, they will make special report thereof to the Houses of Parliament, and that each House will resolve accordingly, and order the Attorney-General to prosecute the parties." Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our climate, forming, as it now does, not only the sine qua non of the railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for any gentleman taking out-door exercise. It may be said distinctly to mark the costume of the nineteenth century, if that Is rightly called marked which is only conspicuous for an unpretending and graceful bearer, the wearer feeling so much at ease. Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised highly-, and is also a general public favourite, being so peculiarly English, and avoiding all foreig n ex t ra vagance of style. It must be ac knowledged as a vast improvement over the old great coat, associated in our remembrance with an uncomfortable sensa tion of tight buttonings, which, from its very clumsiness, defeated its object, the warmth of the person, as interfering with the proper circulation of the blood. The principal hues are black, blue, brown, and olive ; also the clerical mixture called Oxford, and can be had of the patentees, or only of the most respectable clothiers out of London. Every winter paletot is three guineas, and is starnpted in the lining with the words, "Registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, London. THE WONDER OF WONDERS. - Ate enormous bear fed upon bread for the last twelve months, challenges corn. parison with any of the prizes at the Bazaar. This animal will be exhibited dead and dressed, so as to show the depth of fat, during Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the four days of the cattle-show, in front of Mr. Ray's pre mises, No. 8, King-street, Baker street, two doors only from the Bazaar, and was fattened by those celebrated perrequiers, perfumers, hair-cutters, and hair-dyers, Mesirs. Ross and Sons, 119, Bishopsgate-street, London, of whom only can the genuine bear's-grease be obtained. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —COUGHS, COLDS, ASTITHAS, AND WHEEZINGS ON THE CHEST, CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. —When no other medicine will afford the least relief in bad coughs and colds, Holloway's Pills will almost immediately effect a cure in any case, however desperate ; and what is more extraordinary, asthmas and wheezings, even if of several years' standing, may be completely got rid of by following the direc tions which accompany each box of this celebrated medicine. Many who were nearly at death's door, not being able to lay down in their beds, fearing to be choked with phlegm, have had asthmatic complaints so effectually eradicated that not the least symptoms remained. Sold by 01 druggists, and at Pro fessor Fatabliihrant, 244, Strand, London. GUILDHALL. On Wednesday the conductor of an omnibus, No. 5,236, running from Stratford to Chelsea, was summoned before Alderman Hunter, charged with unlawfully de manding Is., that being more than the legal fare for con veying the complainant from the Mile-end-road to St. Paul's-churchyard. Hr. Henry Cox, of Regent-street, Mile-end-road, stated that on the 4th of December, about three o'clock in the afternoon, he hailed the defendant's omnibus, but found that there was no room inside. He got up out side, and told defendant when there was a vacancy to let him know, and he would get in. No remark was made at the time as to the fare, but on witness getting down, after a passenger had alighted, for the purpose of taking his seat inside, he was told that he would have to pay double. The fare for the whole distance was but Is., and half way 6d. On alighting in St. Paul's-church. yard, defendant insisted ou the double fare, which he (witness) paid. The defendant said he only followed the instructions of the company of which he was a servant, and that was in all cases to charge extra if a person changed his seat from the inside to the outside, or outside to the inside. There were several persons employed for the purpose of counting the passengers, and thus keeping a check on the conductors. For instance, when he came half-way, the gentleman would have been counted as an inside passenger by the time-keeper, and he (defendant) would have been obliged to make good his fare outside, as he would be counted as such by the previous time-keeper they had passed. One of the time-keepers here stepped forward, and said what the defendant had stated was perfectly true with reference to the legality of the charge. They (the c 'nductors) were constantly watched by persons em ployed by the company to detect any attempt at fraud; and if the defendant had not compelled the gentleman to pay, he certainly would have been obliged to make good the deficiency. It was only a short time since that he was suspended for seven days in consequence of neglect of a similar nature. Defendant said, that on the gentleman getting outside he told him he would have to pay double on going in side, which complainant denied. Alderman HUNTER, after looking at the Act of Par liament on the subject, said that he should defer his de cision until Saturday, when there would be other Ma gistrates to assist him in deciding such an important question. BOW-STREET. George Carmac, a print and bookseller, in Great May's buildings, St. Martin's-lane, appeared before Mr. Jar dine, upon a summons issued under the Bth and 9th Vic., chap. 87, charged with knowingly harbouring and con cealing a quantity of prints that had been illegally unshipped without paying the Customs' duty, to which he pleaded not guilty. Mr. Potbury, from the office of the solicitor to the Customs, attended to prefer the complaint, and Mr. Barry attended as counsel for the defendant. Coleby Atkinson Davis, a Custom-house officer, stated, that on Monday, November 3J, about six o'clock in the evening, he went to the defendant's house, No. 2, Great May's-buildings, accompanied by Mr. Neale, from the office of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and Sergeant Chadwick, F division, having a writ of assist ance that had been granted by the Board of Customs. The defendant and a female were in the shop at the time, and having told him his business, and showed him the writ, the female took a ca.e from the table, and being about to leave the room with it, he prevented her, and found in it a quantity of the obscene prints pro duced. Mr. Potbury said that the articles produced formed only a portion of what had been seized, as it was usual in the Court of Exchequer not even to bring forward any samples. Witness proceeded to say that he had searched the shop, in the windows of which and under the table he also found other prints of a similar description, making in all one hundred and seventy, with other articles, all of which he delivered up to Mr. Claridge, a locker ,at the Custom-house. The prints were all of foreign manu facture. In cross-examination the witness said that the writ was invariably delivered up to the Board after being uspd. Mr. Barry submitted that the witness could not give evidence respecting the writ of assistance unless it was produced, as the contents of such an instrument could not be otherwise known. Witness, in continuation, said that he had seized what, in his judgment, were foreign prints. One of the prints was Chinese ; and such as could not be manufactured in this country ; nor did he think that any Englishman would engrave what he found on blocks and copper. He knew that the Society for the Suppression of Vice had failed to convict the defendant for libel, and it was not the reason why proceedings were adopted in the present CAM Confirmatory evidence being given of the seizure, and objections being taken to the information and the sum mons, Mr. Potbury read a judgment of the Lord Chief Baron in 1844. where the defendant had been fined for having a quantity of spirits in an outhouse, and he submitted that such should be the case respecting any other articles that had not paid the duty. Mr. Barry said it would be impossible to decide on such cases before any magistrate at a police -court. Mr. JARDINE said that it was for the complainants to show that the defendant had run the goods in question without paying the duty ; and as it had not even been proved that he had a guilty knowledge of the fact, he considered he should have the benefit of such omission, and ordered the case to be dismissed. FORGERY.— Thomas Caike, aged 18, was charged with uttering a forged cheque for 40i, with intent to defraud Messrs. Drummond and Co., bankers. Mr. Bush, solicitor to the Society of Bankers for the Suppression of Frauds and Forgeries, conducted the prosecution. _ Mr. Nealand, the cashier, stated, that about half-past one o'clock the prisoner entered the counting-house and presented the cheque produced, but upon looking at the signature and referring to the book, he entertained a susp'cion that it was not genuine, in consequence (If which he made a communication with Mr. Oliver, one of the clerks, who kept the document until a constable was sent for, and the prisoner was given into custody. Witness had seen Mr. Edwards, the prisoner's nocle, who kept an account with the firm, and by whom the prisoner said he had been sent for a cheque-book, and said the signature was not in his handwriting. The constable who apprehended the prisoner proved that, on comparing the end of the cheque with the counterfoil in the book which he :found, they corre sponded in every particular. The prisoner was remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SUSPECTED SWINDLERS.—Ernest Flynn and William Eckhart were brought up for further examination, charged with having stolen goods in their possession. WORSHIP-STREET. Thomas Warwick, a licensed cab driver, was charged before Mr. Broughton with assaulting Robert Justice, one of the Eastern Counties Railway police. The defendant, it appeared, had driven to the railway booking-office with a lady, who, on alighting from the cab, expressed herself thankful to Providence for having arrived there in safety, as the driver had, on the way thither, nearly upset her several times. The defendant, hearing this, addressed some obscene language to the lady, and on being censured for that by the police, grossly abused all present. The complainant seeing that he was drunk, demanded the number of his badge, which he not only refused, but commenced violently horsewhipping the complainant, and others, who de tained him, and the horse rearing, struck one of the police on the chest with his feet. At length the defen dant was dragged from his box, and lodged in the station house. Air. BROUGHTON sentenced him to pay 50s. fine, and in default committed him for two months to the House of Correction. STEALING NEWSPAPERS.—John Travers, a middle aged person, of respectable appearance, who stated him self to be a clerk in the City, was examined before Mr. Broughton on a charge of stealing an evening news paper, the property of Mr. Kirton, a coffee-house keeper in the City-road. The complainant said the prisoner had taken break fast at his house every morning for a fortnight, and was in till habit of collecting upon his table the papers of the preceding evening, some of which were, on every occasion, missed directly after his departure. Com plainant himself had watched pretty closely, and had di rected the waitress also to watch the prisoner, but could never - detect him in the act, although they always missed the papers afterwards. On Saturday morning last the prisoner came, and had breakfast as usual, and was ob served to place two evening papers under a morning paper that he was reading, and the moment he went out, complainant, discovering that one of them was gone, followed the prisoner and asked him what he had done with it. He replied that he had handed it to another gentleman in the room ; but being asked to go back to the house, he was then told that the paper was not in the room, and that he must have pocketed it, on which he took the paper out of his pocket, and giving it to the complainant, said he had never taken one before, and he hoped the matter would not be further proceeded with. He was, however, handed over to the police. Police-constable 226 G said, on the way to the station house the prisoner told him that, having much leisure for reading at his office in the City, he took the paper with him for that purpose, and that if Mr. Kirton pressed the charge against him ho should be a ruined man. The complainant now said he took in twelve news papers daily, and had to send several of them (including the one in question) into the country by, post on the day after publication, so that, besides the actual value, the loss of them was a serious inconvenience. He could swear that some of them were missed every time that the prisoner had been there. He also said there were several other coffeehouse-keepers present who knew the prisoner, and had always lost papers in the same way when he visited their rooms, and not at other times. The complainant wished the Magistrate to dispose of the case summarily, but Mr. BROUGHTON said he could not do that, and the depositions were taken for the committal of the prisoner, who, however, was admitted to bail for his appearance at the sessions for trial. LAMBETH. Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the Rosemary Branch Tavern, in New Peckham, appeared before Mr. Norton, to answer to an information laid against him by order of the Commissioners of Police, for keeping his house open for the sale of exciseable articles on the forenoon of Sunday, the 30th of last month, contrary to law. Mr. Child, of the firm of Messrs. Wire and Child, at tended for the defence. Mr. William Chambers, an inspector belonging to the P division of police, deposed that at half-past twelve o'clock on the forenoon of Sunday, the 30th of last month, he visited the house and premises of Mr. Smith, the defendant, and in a part of the building which he believed was called the tap, he found four men with two pots on the table, and beer in each. In reply to the questions of Mr. Child, the witness said that the premises of Mr. Smith were exceedingly extensive, and he admitted that one of the men he had seen in the tap had said he was a traveller. He also admitted having seen two flys in Mr. Smith's premises, and that there were a number of men employed on the premises as horse-keepers, helpers, &c. Mr. Child, in reply to the information, said that the premises of Mr. Smith were the largeit, perhaps, in the metropolis, and were built upon a portion of forty acres of ground, the freehold of their proprietor, and Mr. Smith, so far from opening his house on Sunday fore noon, or wishing to violate the law, would himself be the first to discountenance such a practice. The fact, however, was, that Mr. Smith had on his premises ex tensive stabling, into which horses were taken to bait, and he (Mr. Child) was in a condition to show that two of the men whom the inspector had seen in the tap were persons who had come there with two flys, and were preparing to start with them to Hammersmith, and the other two were the servants of the defendant. William Belmar], the ostler of Mr. Smith, corroborated the statement of Mr. Child, and _ _ Mr. NOTRON dismissed the complaint. Mr. Taylor, the owner of the Waterman's Arms beer house, North-fields, Peckham, was charged with keeping his house open for the sale of beer on Sunday, the 30t1 of last month. _ It was admitted by Mr. Games, on behalf of the de fendant, that he had served two bargemen who had been up all the night, and were taking their barge to the mouth of the Thames, with a pint of beer, and a second pint he gave to a man who had been doing something for him. The recipient of the last pint was called as a witness, and Mr. NORTON dismissed the ccmplaint on the paymen of costs. Mrs. Harstead, the landlady of the Tiger, a respect able licensed house near Camberwell-green, appeared to a summons, charging her with serving on Sunday morning. The ease was adjourned for the purpose of producing a witness on behalf of the defendant, but on the applica tionofMr. Games, Mr. NORTON consented to dismiss the case upon Mrs. Harstead putting 10s. in the poor-box, and paying the expense of the summons. SOUTHWARK. W,n. Giles, a young man who was described in the po lice charge-sheet to be deaf and dumb, was broughtlbefore Mr. Cottingham, charged with committing a violent assault on John Kearns, a sailor, who had been con fined in St. Thomas's Hospital owing to the injuries he received. Mr. Corner, the vestry-clerk of St. John's, Horsly down, attended, and stated that the defendant some days ago was admitted into the workhouse of that parish, having been found in a destitute condition in the streets. He assumed to be deaf and dumb, but by signs made it appeared that he was recently living in Vine-yard, a place in the immediate neighbourhood. For the purpose of ascertaining the latter fact with certainty, Mr. Waller, one of the parish officers, was sent with the defendant, on Saturday last, from the workhouse to Vine-yard, and on the way he was attacked in the most furious manner by the defendant, who seized him by the throat, and en deavoured to throw him down, and would have effected his object, being a very powerful young man, had it not been for the interference of a sailor, who happened to be passing at the time. The moment, however, the sailor took part in the affray, he was 'attacked by the defendant, who, seizing up a large flint stone, struck him a blow on the head with it, and inflicted a severe cut, and the wounded man was obliged to be conveyed to the hospital. The defendant was at length overpowered, and taken to the station-house, and the sailor, having recovered in a great measure from the hurt, was now in attendance to press the charge. Mr. Corner then pro ceeded to represent to the Magistrate, that within the last few days it had been discovered that the defendant had succeeded in practising the most gross imposition. Mr. Owen Owen was then called, and he stated that about four months ago the defendant was sent to his house, the Yorkshire Grey, in Thomas-street, by the French Consul, in order that he might be provided with lodging, until a passage was procured for him to France; he at that period being supposed to be a native of that country. The defendant was at the time supposed by the Consul and others to be deaf and dumb, and that the latter affliction was produced in consequence of a hor rible mutilation that was perpetrated upon him on board a vessel to which he belonged. The defendant's account, which was rendered intelligible by signs, and with the aid of his fingers, was to the following effect:—That he was born at Boulogne, and that a few years ago he went to sea, and having joined a vessel that was recently bound to St. Petersburgh, the crew mutinied, and to prevent him from giving any information of what had taken place, they proceeded to cut out his tongue, and that the vessel was shortly afterwards scuttled, and he was, with some others, placed in a boat, and after having been tossed about for some days, was landed on the coast of Scotland, and that he made his way to Edinburgh. The above account, Mr. Owen said, was believed to be true, and the case of the " unfortunate foreigner" excited a considerable sensa tion at the time in Scotland, the result of which was that the French Consul at Leith sent the defendant up to London with the view of his being taken over to France, so that an investig<ttiou of the circumstances de tailed might be speedily entered into for the pur pose of detecting and bringing to justice the parties al leged to have perpetrated such an atrocious act. Upon the defendant's arrival in London he nas sent by the French Consul to his (Mr. Owen's) house, and during his stay there he was always supposed to be deaf and dumb, only making signs with his fingers, accompanied by a squeaking noise, when he required anything. The circumstances connected with the supposed sufferings he had endured created much sympathy on his behalf while living at the Yorkshire Grey, the frequenters of which liberally supplied him with money. At length a passage was procured for the defendant to Boulogne, and he was accordingly conveyed acres to that place in the SMITHFIELD CATTLE CLUB. This exhibition was opened to the public yesterday morning at eight o'clock. The visitors even during the first hour were very numerous, and as the day advanced, increased numbers continued to pour in. His Grace the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Lei cester, Lord Portman, Lord Leigh, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and Mr. J. W. Childers, M.P., were among the earlier visitors during the morning, and Major-General Wcmyss, who it will be recollected has the honour to act in the capacity of " steward " to the Prince Consort, also paid a visit to the exhibition during the morning. The annual meeting of the members of the Club for th e transaction of the usual routine business was held at one o'e,2ock in the Committee-room, the Duke of Rich mend, as senior vice-president, occupying the chair. After the ustnj formularies had been gone through, Mr. HUMPHREY 9IBBS, late honorary secretary to the Society, addressed the .71ernbers, calling to their remem brance the severe loss that club had sustained by the lamentable death of its late p l 'esident, Earl Spencer, an event (he said) which they must. ell regret, not only as a public loss, but as an individual deprivation, when the valuable service which the late Esr.! had ever ren dered to the cause of agriculture was recce l lected. The Society, having however lost Earl Spencer :7' valuable services, it became their duty to seek a noblemai: calcu lated to supply his place, and he was sure it would o_ , aly be necessary for him to mention the name of the Duke of Richmond, who had been long closely connected with the club, as one of its vice-presidents, to ensure his unanimous election to the vacant office.—(Cheers.) The Success which the Noble Duke had met with as a com petitor at those exhibitions, and the great service he had rendered to the club by his able advice, and in many other ways, alike contributed to point out his Grace as a nobleman in every respect qualified for their future pre sident. Mr. Gibbs concluded by observing that having had the honour to receive the Noble Duke's permission to propose his name for the office, he should abstain from all further encomium upon his Grace, and at once submit the proposition he had had the gratification to intro duce. Mr. MILLWARD, one of the stewards, seconded the motion, which was then put and carried by acclamation. The Duke of RICHMOND returned thanks in a few words, expressive of the pleasure he should always feel in forwarding the interests of the Society. The Judges' awards having been read by Mr. B. P. BRANDRETH GIBBS, the Honorary Secretary, were then confirmed, after which The Duke of RICHMOND called the attention of the meeting to the vacancy in the list of Vice-Presidents caused by his own elevation to the office of President ; and proposed as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Earl Spencer, that his brother the present Earl should be elected a Vice-President. The motion having been seconded, was unanimously agreed to. The vacancy in the trusteeship caused by Earl Spencer's death was filled up by the election of Lord Portman to the office. Mr. W. Fisher Hobbs and Mr. Tanner were next elected stewards in the place of Mr. Millward and Mr. J. S. Turner, retiring by rotation. At the close of the ordinary business, and prior to the breaking up of the meeting, Mr. HumPHREv Guns gave notice of two motions to be submitted on Friday next, the first having reference to the revival of a class for Scotch cattle, and the second to the increase of the prizes in the sheep and pig classes. The meeting was very well attended, and the proceed ings went off with perfect unanimity. The quantity of stock sold during the day was un usually large, and the facilities of railway transit were never more clearly exemplified than by the distant lo calities for which many of the animals were purchased. Coventry, Southampton, Wolverhampton, Windsor, and many other places, are each destined to receive a pro portio❑ of the fat beef prepared for the London market. The short-horned ox bred by the late Lord Huntingfield, and fed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to which a prize of 101. was awarded by the judges, was purchased early in the day by Mr. John Banister, of Threadneedle street, purveyor to her Majesty, for the large sum of 80 guineas. Mr. John Banister also bought the West Highland ox, fed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, which the judges commended, as well as the following animals :—Mr. Fouracre's Devon steer, which gained the first prize of 301, and a silver medal to the breeder; and the same gentleman's steer, to which a prize of 101. and a silver medal was awarded. The following were the other principal purchases made up to a late hour last night :—Mr. Collingwood, of Lamb's Conduit-street, bought the Hereford ox, fed by Mr. R. M. Layton, of Thorßey Abbey, Cambridge shire, to which a prize of 20/., a silver medal to the breeder, and a gold medal as the best ox in the yard, has been awarded ; Mr. Banister, of Windsor, purveyor to the Court, purchased Mr. Woodward's short horned steer (prize of 15/.) ; Mr. Comfort, of Islington, pur chased Mr. Goodall's Hereford steer (prize of 51.) ; Mr. Guerrier, of Islington, bought Mr. Umber's North Devon steer (prize of 101. and silver medal) ; Mr. Ryder, of Southampton, bought Mr. Bennett's improved short horned heifer (prize of l 01) ; Mr. S. Morris, of Coven try, purchased Mr. Lythall's Durham cow (prize of 51.); Mr. Lucking, of Waibrook, bought the Earl of Leices ter's North Devon cow (prize of 151. and silver medal); and Mr. Ryder, of Southampton, purchased the late Earl Spencer's short-horned ox, which, although not com peting, was highly commended by the judges. Very few purchases of sheep and pigs were made yes terday. Mr. Wall, of Jernsyn-street, bought a pen of Bedford and Suffolk pigs, fed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert : but a 78-weeks old pig of the same breed, fed by the Prince, had not met a customer at a late hour last night. CITY MEETING on the CORN-LAWS REPLY TO THE LORD MAYOR. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London, &c. &c. &c. My Lord,—We, the Committee of the requisitionists, beg to acknowledge your Lordship's letter of the 9th instant, informing us that you have appointed a meeting of the electors of the City of London, upon the subject of the existing corn-laws, to be held at the Guildhall of the said City, on Monday, the 15th day of December instant, at one o'clock precisely. We beg to express our full concurrence in, and ap proval of the distinctions so well drawn and so clearly expressed by your Lordship in that letter. We regard the act of calling this meeting as on your Lordship's part a ministerial act. We observe and shall respect your desire to avoid mixing your personal opinions with the discharge of your public duties. We maintain for ourselves, as electors and citizens, our undoubted right, on all proper occasions, fully to ex • press our opinions, whether of satisfaction or alarm, and our views of public men and public measures, whether those opinions assume the shape of approval or disap proval ; and we are grateful to your Lordship for the confidence you have expressed, that in our proceedings we shall, as far as we are concerned, manifest due pru dence and discretion, and avoid creating unnecessary alarm. We have felt it due to your Lordship thus to reply to the several points of the letter with which you have fa voured us. And as evidence of our wish to act with prudence and discretion, and with due attention to every constitutional form, we beg to repeat and confirm our request that your Lordship, as being the chief magistrate of this city, will be pleased to preside at the approach ing meting of the electors. Ws have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servants, (Signed) JOHN DILLON, and others. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSBIOUTII, TIIESDA.Y.—The Alecto steam-frigate, Commander F. Austen, arrived here from Woolwich on Saturday. She has ordnance stores on board, and will sail in a few days for Rio de Janeiro and the River Plate. Her crew was paid advance wages yesterday af ternoon. _ _ _ _ _ The Alarm, 26, Capt. Frankland, anchored at Spit• head yesterday morning from Chatham, and saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Ogle, Bart. Her destination is the West Indies. The Nautilus, 10, Lieut. M`Donnell, is at Spithead ; she came in yesterday morning from her station on the coast of Sussex, where she has been employed in pro tecting the fisheries. The Vindictive, 50, with the flag of Sir F. Austen, was at Bermuda on the 20th ult. She had, on her pas sage from Halifax with the Rose brig and Vesuvius steam-frigate, encountered a very severe gale, in which both those vessels suffered considerably. The Pique, 36, Capt. the Hon. M. Stopford, was at Antigua on the 14th ult. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, arrived here yesterday afternoon at four o'clock from Devonport. She was inspected this forenoon by Sir Charles Ogle, and came into harbour at three o'clock, to be refitted and docked, as she is reported leaky. The Rodaey, 90, Captain Collier, and the Superb, 80, Captain Corry, from DG?onport, anchored at Spithead this morning, and saluted Sir Charles Ogle's flag with 17 gnus. The experimental squadron is now broken up for the season, and with so many different .".ccounts of the capabilities of the two-deckers which composed it. it is difficult to give an opinion. It seems, however, cer tain, that both the Vanguard and Superb have much improved in their sailing qualities since they docked and re-stowed at this port. The following midshipmen passed their examination for lieutenants yesterday, at the Royal Naval College:— Messrs. Cotton, Sullivan, Algar, Couch, Fade, Colville, Sugden, and Gwyn. ROYAL MARlNES.—Captain Payne, of the Plymouth division, having been duly qualified on board the Excel lent as an instructor of naval gunnery, has been ordered to return to his division. Lieutenants Daniel Budd and Ward are on a month's leave of absence. Messrs. Lamont, Giles, Croker, and Gunn, are under going an examination at the Royal Naval College, pre paratory to receiving commissions as second lieutenants. LIBERAL MANAGEMENT.—On the will of the late Mr. Robert Bristow, of Lincoln, being read, it was discovered he had altered his mind with respect to the Blue Coat School. By a former will he had bequeathed to the Governors the sum of 2,000/., and 5001. to the apprentice endowmont fund. On St. Thomas's day, when the scholars go to St. Mark's church, the boys had been in the habit of marching to Mr. Bristow's house and singing a hymn. Before they left the premises, Mr. Bristow (who had been a Blue Coat boy) gave to each sixpence and a bun ; but on the Liberal governors taking possession of the management of the school, they voted the practice a piece of antiquated absurdity, not at all in accord ance with liberal and enlightened principles, and the boys were accordingly forbidden to call upon their old friend on the day in question. Mr. Bristow was so much offended with the governors, that he at once resolved "such a set shouldn't have the fingering of his cash," and revoked the bequest. in his will, so that the carrying out of lE)cral principles has cost the unfcri.unate institution the sum of 2,500/. Of course the Liberal governors will not allow the institution . to suffer the adoption of their ricketty crotchet.—Lincolnshire Herald. THE BISHOP of EXETER v. SHORE TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sin,—With this letter I send you a few extracts from the Forms of Service for Ordering Deacons and Priests. Dcei it not appear from them that such ordination gives merely a conditional authority ? viz.--- Ist. That an ordained deacon or priest is only placed in a state of qualification to hold a bishop's license to perform the functions of those offices. 2d. That, as an ordained deacon or priest, he is not entitled to perform the functions of those offices in an/ case, if he be not possessed of such license ; so, as matter of course, a marriage pretended to be s olo:0 10d by an ordained priest not having a license to perfcan the functions of such offices is voidable. 3d. That the ordination vow is a covenant which rune only during the term of a license, and that during fu time as an ordained person is without such license he nolf upiseopal jurisdiction. den such In the case, how could Mr. Shore be under episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Exeter after 4. P3 had withdrawn his license from Mr. S., and be (M r ' To afterwards did not attempt to perform the functions, c deacon or priest in a consecrated church or an ePsca pally-licensed chapel ? The ordination services of deacon and priestt!g:ail part and parcel of an Act of Parliament, may be firmed by a court of common law ; and it appea rs W . -- that the parson and the attorney are on the same fool: Thus, the young lawyer, after having received hi s eeril d , cols of qualification from the examiners, and been at, mated by the court., cannot legally practise as a n atta i ney until he has obtained a license, duly stamped; s1)0, the young ordained parson cannot legally P ract as a deacon or priest until he has obtained hi s lieen6 t; also duly stamped ; and neither of these parties f'sh, hereafter practise when their licenses are either wl,Lhe drawn or not renewed, according to circumstanc es / licenses being the only authority for exerc ising A 'L i i it functions of each office in both cases.—l am , Sir , g o obedient servant, DEVONIA, Septentionais• Dec. 8, 1845. (Extracts horn the Srrvice for Ordering Deacong.)... Question—The Bishop : Do you unfeignedly belie". all tho, canonical scriptures of the Old and New TO ment ? Answer--Candidate;: I do believe them. The Bishop-- Will you diligently read the same ull t : the people assembi,"d in the church where yo u 0341' appointed to serve ? Answer—l will. ° The Bishop—lt appertaineth to the office of a d e co in the church where he shall be appointed to erg_nd IY assist the priest, &e. &c. ; will you do this gladlf willingly ? Answer—l will do so, by the help of God. bo a The Bishop, laying his hands severally uPcm we s,,fote of every one of the candidates, humbly kneel in g the him, shall say, " Take thou authority to Walt! n o office of a deacon in the Church of God committed thee," &c. &c. f Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one 0 - to the New Testament, saying, " Take thou autburfoe read the Gospel in the Church of God, and to pre. 6 c. e e same, if thou he thereto licensed by the Bishop buil ' THE ORDAINING OF PRIESTS. scrip'The Bishop—Are you persuaded that the Ifoly tures contain sufficiently all doctrine required of ".? sity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus a l ! to and are you determined, out of the said Scriptur e " instruct the people committed to your charge ? 86e '• Answer—l am so persuaded, and have so deteruue by God's grace. dill' The Bishop—Will you then give your faithfuepti - ence always to minister the doctrine and sacralocar and the discipline of Christ, as the Lord butheedtbe manded, and as this Church and realm bath receiv tjoi same, according to the commandments of God ; se gi ali you may teach the people committed to your cur e ..0t charge with all diligence to keep and observe th e Answer—l will do so with the help of God. 1 0' The Bishop—Will you be ready with all faithfly...fige Bence to banish and drive away all erroneous and ° Toll doctrines contrary to God's word, and to fle e ,. 0 to, public and private monitions, as well to the sick $OO the whole, within your cures, as need shall req u ' r " occasion shall be given ? Answer—l will, the Lord being my helper. as k The Bishop shall deliver to every one of them, "Ibr ing, the Bible, into his hand, saying, " Take thou 6 1,4 rity to preach the word of God and minister the Tor sacraments in the congregation where thou shalt be fully appointed thereunto.' RAILWAY SHARE MARKE TS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10. 111" STOCK ExcmusGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead' c,e, shire, and Cheshire, 4 1 4 p.-Buckinghamshire , 1 331.-- 0 11 ' bridge and Lincoln, 2 p.-Derby and Crewe, 2A P °g r e tiOtt burgh and Northern, 151. Shares, 21s. 6d.-Grand outy 234 1 / 2 -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 33 p.-Ditto, New , nor Shares, 32 p.-Ditto, Eight Shares, 15 1 % p.-Goole an, caster, ss. p.-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4,N60.11* Lancaster and Preston, 7 1 /2 p.-Leicester and 13edfc ... .,rul k olk -Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 7s " stek and Preston, 1% p.-London and Birmingham , Fil'93lo; 20 p.-London and York, 1 1 / 2 p.-Leeds and Thirskit, -Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 5 ,4 lit „ A . 0 and Midland, 2 p.-Midland, 141 1 / 2 -Ditto 40 1 . m' a " - je.os p.-North Statibrdshire, 3 1 / 2 p.-Sheffield and sr; Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3 3 % p.-South-Eastel-ifer Dover, Consolidated Thirds, Half Shares, _S Pa TV Riding Union, 90s. 9d. p.-Dublin and Wexford, 2 s-, r Limerick and Waterford, 2% dis.-Dutch Rhenish, -Paris and Lyons (Lafitte's), 4s, p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 10. g Me: STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Halifax, field, and Bradford, Si. 125.-Huddersfield and blap 42s' Railway:and Canal, 8-Lancashire and North Yorkabilar -Leeds Dewsbury, and Manchester, 4%-Manches tet 'Ob h ton, and Matlock, 84s. 6d.-Manchester and Lee!!! 64-•' 11%-North Eastern, 24-North Staffordshire,_ 90s 6t ~i Sheffield and Manchester, 117-Ditto, Quarters, No. b' South Eastern and Dover, 3514-Ditto, No. 2, 9. BRISTOL, DEC. 10. zo tiro STOCK EXCHAKGE.-The sales are-Bri s tel and dt New, 5%-Manchester and Southampton, 3-laidlatt 19 1 / 4. SHEFFIELD, Ditc. 10. . n d STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Sheffield -11 chaster, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 6 1 4 --- G l4l lO. Sheffield, 10% c. n.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire , lIULL, DEC. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hull an d Se113 21:0 111 Shares, 1871-Aberdeen, 5-Axholme, 2/. 13s. bridge and Lincoln, 314-Derby and Gainsborongif Grand Union, 1%-Nottingham, Erewash, &c., bite, tingham, Belvoir, and Grantham,2l/2-North Staffer 4 HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 10. d ya# , STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-London 010014:11; -West Riding Union, 6 1 / 2 -Grand Union, VA dSa field, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 6 Junction, par-North Western, 21. 12s. 6d. YORK, DEC 10. .e 11 l ei STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--York and e rt ,....5° 1411 d ad land Extension, 254-Newcastle and Berwick, Dp..l.Pft e r British, 22 1 4-Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 2! 0 0 a,eP• r o, and York, 4-Great Grimsby, Louth, Sec., 21. 29 . --- abrdo w ter, Buxton, Matloek, and Midland, 3 % -North SW -4%-York and Carlisle, 2%. „., EDINBURGH, DEC. 8. 5/. "'"gb 64-North an STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberd Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 'll. -Airdrie and 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar,. 251.-Ditto, Half Shan //. t e ", Ayr and Dumfries, 2/. 155.-Ayr and GallowaY.;2•, au; a Banffshire, 2/. 55.-British and Irish Union, 34 ; 0 10 1 15. Caledonian, 124-Caledonian Extension, 3/.-al e lh Oft• Asa Dumbarton, 3L-Caledonian and Northern Direct; Dat7o -Clydesdale Junction, 191.-Direct Northern, and Arbroath, 35/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 17/.-- - '-' 0 ,. - 0 0" A r Perth, 6/. 10s.-East of Fife, 21.-East Lothian ‘-/ - A G ose i o, 35.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 3L-Edinburgh an d e re, • 66L-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.-Ditto, Qn" - dliv"/ 10s.-Ditto, New, 12/. 10s.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, 111 4 b_t d , barton, IBs.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric', ,EO5, elra,thxtiek,, Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Direct, a 1 4:efer s9 11‘ burgh, Leith, and Granton, 21/. 10.3.-Dittat.,i „oft' 181.105.-Edinburgh and Northern, 41.-Ditto , ?: Zoo , 0 , 75.-Ditto, Locligelly, 11. 145.-Edinburgh anaAr e j - i aict i° ,/, 25.-Edinburgh and Perth, 51.-Forth and CiP s , l . O Ol;,, AO O, 2/. 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701.-Ditto, New 1300tairm. -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21/. 12s. 6d.-Glaset n o,2 l , and Carlisle, 2/. 55.-Glasgow and Dundee Jull i e ti G,,, e ot -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 45L-Glsgow / SU-Ditto, New, 10/. I 53.-Ditto, Pr a eference, St . - 11. 1 tr North of Scotland, 31. 2s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 4/.51t0 Inverness and Elgin, IL 155.-Londoi and Y ' --Fob North British, 221. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 51 . r.. - atr°to l ' Fifths, 61.-Perth and Inverness, 2L-Scottish 12s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 31.-Scottish Western' —Stirling and Dunfermline. 21. 108. Gd. , ar tias COURT- mARTIAL.—A District Court-11.h. .1%-n tP,,,,5"" held - in this city on the 27th of November, for.„l,"„"e's Troop-sergeant-major Richard Lockett, of the act oi3 goon Guards, who was arraigned for disgraceful c of having fraudulently misapplied money entrusted t, ° e doo ll ol . having, by false representations, fraudulently obtsnotr c° 4 . of from a civilian, and for forging the signature of 1 f 10" 0 , missioned officer and private in the troop ledg er ' ' 3 01 41 :1 0 which charges the Court found the prisoner guilt ' A pr if tenced him to be reduced to the rank and pa y o t 0 00 ,0 sentinel; but in the absence of any proof of an :0 1/ defraud, and taking into consideration his bitherto., &of character, recommended the prisoner to the deration of Major-General the Hon. Henry o re" its mending the western district. The Major - 1 o iee f t ro ' pleased to remark that he hoped the serious Pre”f t iag ' o d which the prisoner bad involved himself by devit ut ure , , to integrity, would prevent his departure from it i n Lo cke t " remitted the reduction of Troop-sergeant•maj or f t.4e rank and pay of privates.— Western Luntina r g>/ norciiiii% coot -- __ o BIRTHg. d i ildf On y the 25th o E f sg SZ ., :i o t e en z lb d e a r u , I, a ,.b t bCa:!.lombo, Ceylol3,' of e ti ..... Sel On the 30th ult., at Stade, Hanover, the wile Aeom Ferdinand Dammers, Esq., of a doubter. of O tb n o t ß he ev B . t h h ie h n ls r t y , i iiiG gb o w rd , e o n f -s a tr s e o c o t: Gordon -square' 'l'ol4 f k On the 9th inst., at o Camd en-road-v ill a s, the Wi fe e- IC . Wilkinson, Esq., of a son. Esq' , 6 ore On the 9th inst., the wife of Mungo P ark, Old-street, of a daughter. g e iiii ll ,! f MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Ge er ''d astiv..e ll' son of the late George Robinson, Esq., to Jane, FeCOO opa.' ter of James Hakes, Esq., of Duke-street, Manchester DIED. Clia rles On the 3d inst., at Torquay, Cap tain the 11°11' the Leonard Irby, ILN , aged 56. an rbs l ' On the 4th inst.,.at Colne• villa, Twickenham , wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Durnford. cor p We rt' Georo , On the 6th inA., at Market Harborough, naby, Esq., aged 76. PI P On the 7th inst., at the Brewery, Watford, gerts' le Dyson, Esq., aged 83. of Ot the a the t e i l t , h a t i i i l is T t. r , eabtyGToroedbasn:oEosrq, ~Laegtietdi a B A a n n e T re t b: ii : yet° On the 7th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, Elizaoe widow of the late Rev. S. Pierce. late 'el(' On the Bth inst., at Bath, Frances, widow of the .__ John Robert Hall, Rector of Botsford, Gloucestershlf,rar. On the Bth inst., at Park-street, Windsor, Mr. A. ti a iv' On the Bth inst., Sidney James Cook, Cook. 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