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LAW INT ELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 1 1. LORD NELSON 17. LORD BRIDPORT. Mr. GARDNER I.r:slimed his arguments in this case, hich occupied the whole day. COUR7' OF QUEEA"S BENCH, .Dec. 11. (Tiefere Mr. Justice WIGIIT3IAN rind a Special Jury.) BRIsTOE v. PINNER. - This was en action for an alleged illegal distress, taken by the plaintiff against the defendant, who was a §heriff's officer, upon the allegation that the plaintiff did not owe any deist to the person named by the defendant, and therefore resisted the distress. Eildence was given to show, on behalf of the plaintiff, that the goods on the premises were his own property, and not the property of a person natned Monyard,against whom the execution had issued. It was contended by counsel for the defendant that Monyard had made a collusive and fraudulent assign ment of his property in order to evade the distress. Mr. Monyard was examined as to the nature of the transactions upon which he made the assignment. In his cross-examination he said he owed a debt on a bill of exchange when he was makinc , arrangements to procure money, " not to pay the bill, but to extend his business." There were no witnesses examined for the defence. MS LORDSHIP, in addressing the jury, said they wou!d in this case have two questions to try ; one, whether this was a good and valid assignment, and given for a consideration ; and the second was, that if they believed the transaction was a bona fide one, what amount of injury the plaintiff had sustained. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the evidence with great care. . _ The case occupied the Court from its sitting to half past one o'clock, when the jury found for the plaintiff -1501. damages. ROE V. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMEATH. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he was for the de fendant in this case, and it was likely to be one which could not possibly be brought to a close to-day, and that it would occupy the whole of to-morrow. Under these circumstances, he hoped the case would not be called on, as he would be obliged to be absent to-morrow and Saturday. PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL said he was prepared to pro ceed with the case, but he agreed with his Learned Friend that it could not possibly be concluded to-day ; at the same tinie he did expect that this, though a long cause, should not he postponed for any other long cause. The COURT—What is the cause of action ? SOLICITOR-GENERAL—The obstruction of light in an ancient building, my Lord. The COURT—What is the next cause ? et3IINSEL—The parties are Cullen v. Bushel, and the cause of action is a malicious prosecution, which will occupy a long time. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had made an ar rangerne•-lt with the Court that the cause should not be called on on Friday or Saturday, and if that an arrange ment had n_ , t been made, he should have returned his brief three days ago. After a sh , ,rt discussion it was agreed upon to post pone the cause, which was a special jury one, till the sittings after term. COURT OF COAT. ON PLEAS, Dec. 11. (Sittings in London at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special .Jury.) THr. FISHMONGERS' COMPANY n. ROBINSON AND OTHERS. This was an action for the penalty- upon a deed of c)ntrmt fir tho drainage of lauds belonging to tai:, piainttffs, adjoining the sea-lake called the Lough Foyie, in the north of Ireland. .1 - he cauf.ti was tried before, and the plaintiff; obtained a.'l' with Is. damages. the effect b9ing to enable (11C)ree the otract and recover costs. "1 . 1% , 7 d 1 fendant si , lc9 obtained a rule for this new trial, whi:b occupy at last ittr,ther day. Jr. I. 1). Mr. S=.n-g: - .ant Channel!, and Mr. 13;:y le aprpare I for tha 11,in:ill's; Mr. Sergeant Tal fy,i..l, Mr... Crowder, Mr. Sergsant Murphy, Mr. Set.- geact 111v;e,,, and Mr. Ilialmarsh, f the defendants. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec.ll. S./tins in Guil.ihati at Nisi 1 3 rius, before tile DAM. CIIIkF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) GOODWIN V. COLLINS. was an action of as,uatpit for a breach of con- I, vlarati , in al!eging that the plaintiff's wife heel, at which the defendant formerly had two nob.{ qtwntly to.}k thf , m away without usual gnat-tees notice, whi , :h forted the tract, t:le gi ' % !n Ii breach of contract.. The defendant had pleaded the ge neria awl that the plaintiff was not ready and wn-u 4 ; to proce.:4l with Cie schooling of the two children. Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ser grAnt.GazAee fur the defendant. 3111'. JAM es stated the plaintiff's case. The plaintiff was a nwre!4lnt's clerk, and he sought by the present action to recover 13/.24. 61 for a breach of contract of the usual and ordinary character, The plaintiff some short time ago naurried a lady named Hogg, who for some years pre virinsly hid kept a school at Bel rave Lode, Merton place, Till nham-green. At Easter, 1842, the defendant, who was a gentleman of considerable property residing at Sunbure, placed tao of his daughters, together with a young lady named Matthews, at Miss Hogg's school. The' children remained at school till the Christmas of 1844, when they went borne fur the usual vacation. In the .l'oiving January, however, only one of them re tained, and the consequence ara,, that the plaintiff, who was now married to Miss Rugg, wrote a letter to the defendant; complaining that he had neglected to give the wrist quarter's notice of his intention to remove his daughter from the school, and intimating that either the notice or the quarter's selloolinz money would be in sisted upon. The defendant refused to give either, and the:present action VV6B brought in consequence of that refusal. The contract alleged t: have been broken was contained in MiAti llogg's prospectus, which stated that there was no entrance fees required on entering the school, but it was expected that parents would give a quarter's notice before they removed their children from the estahlit:hm, nt. Miss Ifo:g, the plaintiff's sister in-law, was called to prove the facts stated by the Learned Counsel. She said she was one of the teachers of the establishment, and could state positively that it was an invariable cus tom to give a quarter's notice before any of the scholars were removed from the acal-my. The defendant was mailer aware of this custom at the time his children en tered the sch,ol, and it was up- !hese terms that her sister consented to undertake their tuition. The witnsa was cross•examined at some length by Mr, `F,ergeant Gazelee, with the view of showing that the'Systtin - of education pursued at the plaintiff's school was both defectiv:i and immoral. She admitted having read a serin..n produced by the Leal ned Sergeant in the presence of cone ( f the defendant's daughters and a Junior tutor of the academy, a young lady between 14 and 15 years of zge, and said she saw nothing objec tionable in it. Mr. JAMES Said he was sorry to interrupt his Learned Frienn, but really he could not for the life of him see villa this sz.rrzon had to do with the case. Mr. Sergeant GAZELE"E insisted that it had every thing to do with the case, for he intended to read it for the. purpo at of showing that the plaintiff's wife was un willing to teach the defendant's children in the ordinary and proper way. His Learned Friend had mis taken the defendant's plea. It was not that the plaintiff 's wife was unwilling to take back the children, but that she was unwilling to teach them with propriety and decorum. The Learned Ser geant then read the objectionable sermon, amidst the laughter of a crowded Court. It wa the copy or note of a sermon purporting to have been preached by the Best. -C--•C--. who took his text from the 29th chant; of Genesis, the 10th verse:—" And Jacob kissed Rachel." The sermon opened by asserting that it was a universal practice among 4 the ancients to indulge in the - practice of kissing, and declaring that the practice was strongly recaminernied by the Scripaires. It was honourable to the present age that this example of the ancients was enthusiastically and strictly followed, and the preacher proposed to !Ake up }n himself the task of considering, first, the meaning of the term " kissing ; secondly, the important duty of kissing ; and thirdly, to represent or describe the pleasure attendant upon the performance of the duty of kissing. The sermon then proceeded to contend that kissing was not to be taken in the ordinary acceptation or the term, as mean ing A simple salute or smacking of the lips, but it was used iu the text as intending to convey, and did in fact invariably convey, the idea of embracing. The ser mon extended to a great length in this strain of argu ment, and after d:velling upon the pleasures derivable from the practice 'of kissing or embracing, wound up with a general recommendation that it was a duty incumbent upon every lady never to lose an opportunity for in dulging in the practice of kissing. The witness said she allowed one of the defendant's daughters to copy this set. mon and take it home with her. The LORD CHIEF BAIION—WouId it not have been better had the th:f-ndant tick 11 his daughter from the school on the first receipt of this letter ? Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE —3O be did, my Lord, and this is our answdr to the action. The children never returned after this sermon went home. Mr. JAMES—I d•aibt that. You admit that one of them did return at all events. Now, Miss Hogg, when did this effusion go home to Mr. Collins ? Witness—l think it was before Christmas, 1844. Mr. jAMES—When was it written ? Witness—At the end of 1844. Mr. JAmEs—We ...teyou the author of the sermon ? Witness—No, it was brother-in-law. Mr. JAMES— Ch plaintiff e n . to me by my ? Witness—No ; another brother-ii: - law. Mr. J A MES—Did the defendant ever make any objec tion to -this sermon ? Witness—No,did not. I never h ea rd one word of comp l ajnt upon 'he that point till to-day. Mr. Collins hims elf read it to me when house, and he appea red to he muchamuseldcal.lteld at his A Juror asked th e witness if sh e had any w idea it o . f the object Mr. Collins had in view in reading it to her ? Witness—No, ;uiced I have not. He read it over tome in the presence of his w ife and his two ch ildren, and ae they all laughed at it most heartily. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Serjeant GAGELBE then addressed the jury, commenting upon the licentiousness of the sermon, and declaring. that it was one of the causes -which induced the defendant to remove his children from the school. But he had another defence to the action. At the time Mr. Collins placed his children and Miss Matthews at the plaintiffs school, it was under stood that the defendant was to be at liberty to remove them $4 ithout giving th t usual quarter's notice. A witness wasc;-Alled to prove this fact ; after which Mr. JAMES replied. 'llie,Learned LORD CHIEF BARON then summed up, retnatking that there were two questions for the con sideration of the jury. Firstly, did the defendant remove his cilldren from the plaintiff's school coneequene e of the sermon ? If so, he had made out his_ second plea, and their verdict upon it must 'be - , in his favour. Secondly, was the quarter's notice dispensed with by the plaintiff, and if it was, then, again, the verdict must be for the defendant ; if not, it must be for the plaintifE The jury retired, and after an absence of about half an hour, returned into Court with a ver dict for the defendant on the first issue ; and, with regard to the second, the jury found that there was no evidence to show that the defendant removed his children in consequence of the sermon, and therefore his Lordship directed the verdict to be entered for the plaintiff on that issue. SHERIFFS' COURT, Dec. 11. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Buncumt..) BRYANT V. PILCHER. The plaintiff in this case is a surgeon and apothe cary, and the defendant pleaded her coverture. Mr. Csaallocs., for the defendant, said the case was settled. Mr. Tsomss, for the plaintiff, said that he was pre pared to go on, and had not received any instructions to the contrary. The attorneys, however, not being in attendance, the case was struck out of the list. In the next case, Mr. CHARNOCK begged it might stand over for a short time, as his witnesses had to come from Reading. The UNDER -SHERIFF said he could not grant any in dulgence; unless parties were prepared the causes must be struck out. WLEOD V. BRADY. This was an action to recover the sum of ,17/. 4s. under the following circumstances:— The plaintiff resides in Quicker-row, St. Pancras, and was tenant of a house of which the defendant was lessee. Plaintiff paid her rent, but defendant not paying the superior landlord, the latter put in a distraint, and plaintiff had to pay the rent again, and 51. I7s. for expenses. Mr. Tomes said the broker was in possession for twelve days, to the great inconvenience of the plaintiff, who was no doubt entitled to some compensation. How ever, she would be content with a verdict for the rent and expenses.—Verdict for 171. 4s. GANEO V. HUGHES. This was an action to recover the sum of 101. on an lOU. The defendant denied the signature. The plaintiff's attorney gave evidence that the plaintiff was a diamond merchant, carrying on business under the firm of Day and Co., to whom the lOU was addressed. A witness was called, who said that he had seen the defendant write a great number of times, and did nut believe it to be his handwriting. The attorney said the witness was evidently adverse, and plaintiff would submit to a nonsuit. LEE V. DREW. This was an action on a bill of exchange, of which the defendant was indersee. Defendant pleaded that he had not had due notice of dishonour. The facts were these:—The defendant, who is a pub lican, residing in Stationers -court, Ludgate-hill, had indorsed the bill. The drawer had notice of dishonour the day the bill was dishonoured, and went next day to ' defendant's house, and left word with the barmaid that the bill was dishonoured. The UNDER-SHERIFF held that a verbal notice to a third party was insufficient. In another case, between the same parties, a boy was called to prove that a notice of dishonour had been sent by post. He, however, could not read, but was tuld by his master after he (witness) had posted it. For the defendant it was contended that the contents of the letter must be proved. The UNDER-SHERIFF left it to the jury to say whether the notice was good, and whether it had reached de fendant ; leave, however, would be given to set aside the verdict, whichever way it was. In the first case, plaintiff was non-suited. In the second, a verdict for the plaintiff. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRC Ul T.—Liverpool, Dec. 9. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) MANSLAUGHTER.—WiIIiam Charnock, aged 52, Was ndicted 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 prisoner's, 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 uock was in the parlour below. She requested the de c3ased to go away, expressing her fears that her father and he might quarrel, but the deceased, who was some what intoxicated, refused to leave. The prisoner came down stairs and desired him to go out of the house, but the deceased said he would not, and boasted that the prisoner was not able to put him out. The prisoner took up the poker, and the parties struggled together, both falling to the ground, and the scuffle wAs finally put an end to by some of the neighbours, who had been called in by the prisoner's daughter. They tot .k the deceased away. He did not 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. tie died on the 9th of November. On a post moltem examination it appeared that the abscess in the leg extended a great way up the thigh, and round the knee joint, and that that on the chest communicated with one within the cavity, 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 I he struck deceased with it. Mr. AnuNsort addressed the jury for the defence, and his Lordship, in summing up, left it to the jury to say, undor all the circumstances, whether the prisoner, in ejecting the deceased, who was intruding on his premises, had used any more violence than was necessary. Verdict—Not Guilty. STABBING.—John Carrington was indicted for cutting and wounding James Bingham, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr: - Brancit conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Green. _ The occurrence, which resulted in the present indict ment. took place on the 24th of November last, in Manchester. The prisoner was, on the night of that d ty, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, in a public-house, where a quarrel took place between him and 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 be met in the street, came back to the public-house, and forced his way in, having the knife open in his hand. The landlord ran into the bar parlour, in which the pro secutor 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, and 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 hi m su ff er i ng f rom a wound which- had passed in the immediate vicinity of an important ar tery. It was not, however, of a dangerous nature, and soon healed. He was tried upon another similar charge and con victed.—Sentence, to be transported for ten years. Thomas Steward, aged 23, convicted of stealing a gelding, the property of John Boocock, of Shelf, was sentenced to be transported for ten years. HOUSEBREAKING.—John Graniley, aged 22, was con victed of having, on the 22d of July last, at Bilborough, broki-n 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 TO, aged 20, pleaded guilty to an indict ment charging him with burglary in the house of Francis Hainbrim, at Sherborne. Sentence, two years' imprisonment, with hard labour POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 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 tine 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 halt' way 6d. On alighting in St. Paul's-church yard, defendant insisted on 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.mductors) 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 sevea 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 q,:estion. The prisoner was found Guilty, and, having already been convicted of felony, was sentenced to b.; transported for seven years. York, Dec. 9. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) HORSE STEALING.—Thomas Horsfah 25, John Smith, 22, and Joseph Hodges, 13, were indicted with having, ..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 leydefended 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 had 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 lowed 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 posss-sion 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 Horsfall, at Suwerby bridge, from two men who there offered her for sale. Ntr:Bearsley, after addressing the jury, called James E tstwood, 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 ru nn i ng f oo t- races ; H ors f a ll was ca ll e d the " Lancashire Hero " and Smith the " Lancashire Youth." The case occupied greaterthe sum med part up! t o h f e the u r d y ay r i e n ti t r r e y d i n fo g r about an hour, and on . After his Lord s hi p had a returning into Court found the pribonors Guilty, with recommendation to mercy in favour of the boy. Sentence—Horsfall and Smith to heseverally trans ported for ten years ; the same sentence upon Hodges. His Lordship intimated that he should recommend that pri , oner to be so imprisoned as that he might have the best chance of reformation. Isaac Frankleton, aged 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of horse-stealing. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1845 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 the 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 neverdetect 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 roam, 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. lie 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 he 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. 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. ➢ir. BROUGHTON sentenced him to pay 50s. fine, and in default committed him for two months to the House of Correction. 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. Cottingham, 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. LAMBETH. Mr. CorrxNonam said, that the movement just made by the defendant strengthened the fact, and, in 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. 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. 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. Cottingham, 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 avoiled in future that he thought it requisite to send for some one connected with the workhouse. 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 ca'led 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 largest, perhaps, in the metropolis, and were bailt 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 Belman, the ostler of Mr. Smith, corroborated the statement of Mr. Child, and Mr. NoTnox dismissed the complaint. Mr. Taylor, the owner of the Waterman's Arms beer house, North-fields, Peckham, was charged with keeping his house opsn for the sale of beer on Sunday, the 30th 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 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 as 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 mid 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 MAGISTRATE 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 Berson, 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 aft"r wards, during the temporary absence of his wife, he committed the alleged offence. The complainant de scribed the particulars of the assault, which are unit 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 net c unmunicate what occurred to her mother until a week afterwards. The recipient of the last pint was called as a witness, and 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. Mr. NORTON dismissed the complaint on the payment of costs. The prisoner, in the most emphatic manner, declared that he wai innocent of the offence, and that the charge was trumped up by the girl and her mother in order to , vietmise 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 50/. each, to answer the charge at the ensuing sessions. The prisoner not being prepared with the requisite bail, was committed. 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 case was a ljourned for the purpose of producing a witness on behalf of the defendant, but on the applica tion of Mr. 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. Win. Giles, a young man who was described in the po lice charge-sheet to be deaf and dumb, was brought before 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 hi m by th e t h roa t, an d 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 himth e defendant, to be passing at the time. The momen t, h owever , th e sailor end t a o n e t, took who,part in se thezin seizing upa affray, large he flintw as stone, attacked by struck 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 st ition-hovite, 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 tee 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 -stre e t, 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 suppos ed to be a nati ve o f t h at 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 intelligib le by .signs, and w i t h t h e 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 c ut out his tongue, and that the vessel Was shortly afterwards scuttlA, 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. 0 wen said, was believed to be true, and the case of the " unfortunate foreigner" excited a considerable sensa tion at the time in Scotland, th e 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 bseendte,bify and France, so that an investigation 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 gringThehal f s the defendant's arrival in Londtuihe French Consul to his (Mr. Owen's) house, and during w to as his stay there he was always supposed dumb, only making signs with his fingers, accompanied . etannisertaenakeeinsgennnoniseec,tewdhwenithhethreeqseniprpednsaeondnsstuhhifinrs he had endured created much sympathy 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 acrassito that place in th e 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 hit arriva l an inquiry was in stituted on the subject, during which it was ascertained 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 'rune'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 groun d o f th e gross impositions he had practised. Mr. Owen aided 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 sailer. Mr. COTTINGHAM, addressing the defendant, said there was no use in his pretending to be deaf and dumb any longer, and asked him what he had to say in answer WANDSIVORTFL James Chuachill, sen., and James Churchill, jun., father and son, were charged with stealing a cart, value 31.. and Eleanor Churchill, the daughter of the fir:A-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 brie 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 her husband, who, since his marri age , hail done but little 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, that 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 his 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. Rawling 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 ems 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 DA 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 10s., although it was worth 71.; and, to complete 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 hor e, 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. Gilharn had no doubt he should satisfactorily prove his imbecility. R , •becca Rawling was then sworn—She said she was the widow of James Rawling, 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, afwr hearing the evidence of Mrs. Bawling, 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 evidence sufficient to justify him remanding the pri soners to a day that his brother magistrate would be sitting. Anne Humphries, an intelligent girl, about 13 years of age, living at the Gate-house on Barnes-common, Pr)ved that on the 21st ult., between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning, she saw the prisoner., Eleanor Churchill, bring a horse through the gate ; it was a dark hore, and the one she had seen dawn 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 b.night the horse for 10s., and the cart for 255., of Mr. Bawling, and produced two receipts pur port:ng to be his, but one was dated the day Bawling died, and the other the day after. Mr. PAYNTER asked what the broker had done with the money the sale realised ? Mr. Gilham said he un derstood that he had paid 10/. to Mrs. Churchill, who had undertaken to support the children, but had that same day thrown them on the parish. Mr. PAYNTER 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 romand 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. WOOLWICH. 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 niaance, several spurious watches which were found upon kim 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 respectable watchmaki'r 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 Aldersgate-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 Than 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 w. nesses bound over to prosecute. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY WEDNESDAY EVENING. CHRONIC LE.—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 35,000,0002, 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 10,000,0001, or 15,000,000/. Many companies have deposited their plans who have not obtained the deposits called for from the allottees, and will not now be able to proceed to Parliament. If, however, so large a sum as 15,000,000/. or even 10,000,000/. 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 t ecurities, 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 thei e is no evidence to warrant the supposition that the Legislature contemplated the use of hills 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 lens 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 in 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 in 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 s 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 parsons 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 63e., charged on foreign sugar, such a step 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 origiaal 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 he Attorney -General to prosecute the parties." LATE FIRE IN CRIPPLEGATE. CORONER'S INQUIRY. On Wednesday, at two o'clock, Wm. Payne, Esq , City coroner, and a jury of eighteen parishioners, assembled at the Fountain Tavern, Red Cross-street, " to inquire, on behalf of her Majesty, when, how, and by what means, certain houses in the parish of St. Giles, Crip plegate Without, were lately burnt." The houses are situate in Brainaes-buildings, Beech-street, Barbican. The inquiry caused great interest, and the large room in which it was held was thoroughly crowded with the most respectable inhabitants of the ward. Mr. Ford, printer, on whose premises the fire was first seen, and Mr. Allen, who occupied premises adjoining, were in at tendance, and so was Mr. Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Brigade. The jury having viewed the premises, _ _ A very long investigation took place, the details of which are too cumbersome for insertion, the evidence having been completed, The CORONER summed up, and stated that if the jury found Mr. Ford guilty of wilfully setting his pre mises on fire, he should not immediately commit him, but send him for further examination before a justice of the peace. The jury deliberated for about 20 minutes, and re turned the following verdict :—We find George John Ford guilty of arson." NEWCASTLE CORN TRADE.—TURSDAT, DEC. 9. The rumoured intentions of the Ministry with regard to the corn-laws have produced a very marked effect upon the trade of this port. On Saturday, and again to-day, although the supply of wheat was good, as well from the country as coastwise, scarcely a single transaction was effected, and where the few sales which did take place related to the in ferior descriptions of this year's growth, a reduction had to be submitted to. This dullness—which was particularly ob servable on 'Change to-day--contrasts strangely with the ready demand that prevailed a few weeks ago, though it seemed to surprise none. The merchants most looked up to appear to attach a good deal of credit to the report of Sir Robert Peel's designs. Some of the strongest supporters of the Tory party manifest perfect resignation in the matter, al leging that the peculiar uncertainty of the present season affords a legitimate excuse for the immediate adoption of repeal ; while they shake their heads when asked hou: their chief's reputation will survive the struggle. The agriculturists arc rather more divided in their opinions. Not few attend the market who have imbibed their kflowledge of political economy from the teachings of the present Earl Grey, and these areof course delighted with the prospect of the triumph of principles for which they have m ire than once vigorously fought; while those who have pinned their faith to their landlords' sleeves, and participate in the undefined appre hensions of that class, are loud in their denunciations of Sir Robert Peal's treachery, and still more of the Accommodat ing policy of the monopolist Menlhera of this district, one of whom— Mr. Baker Cregweli—ousted Lord Howick on this question alone. Amidst this conflict of hopes and fears, it is admitted by all that certainty is desirable above all things, and this feeling disposes the better half of the protectionists to submit to what appears the inevitable course of events. Returning to to-day's market, it may be said that the prices of wheat are little more than nominal. Northumberland new wheat is quoted at from 40s. to 645. per quarter, and old at from 60s. to 70s; Norfolk and Suffolk new, 625. to 68,5, old 655. to 73s ; barley, oats, beans, and peas, are sold at reduced rates. Flour is equally dull, good hopaaholda being obtain able at from 455. to 48a. i),et OA. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. 10.1 , LONDON, DEC. 11.—Wind W., light breeze and e• with rain. COWES, DEc. 9.—Arrd. Legonia, Blanchard, Port Ri ch Pilot, Quebec. i° SUGGESTED LIGHT ON BLACKWATER sletter 00 been addressed to Lloyd.', the writer of which sugg ested 7s k, necessity of a light being placed over the Blackwater B rat LLOYD'S. At a general meeting of the members of Lloyd's hel d / / Tr terday, G. R. Robinson, Esq., in the chair, the following solutions were proposed and unanimously carried*— " A special vote of thanks to his Majesty the Sweden, for the valuable set of charts presen ted to LK by order of his Majesty." bele " A vote of 20'. in aid of the local subscription for t ty latives of the parties who unhappily loss their lives 11/ 0 laudable effort to save one of the crew of the Red Rorer rye ing boat, wrecked off Dunbar, during a violent gale , op 21st of August." e , DEAL, DEC. W.—Arrow, Walker, Zanzibar; LI r terson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Promise, R ets tfo Quebec; Zealous, Douglas, Montreal. Arrd. from tTeei and sailed, St. Vincent, Young, Sydney, New South il;t01 Euphrates, Wilson, Calcutta ; Gloucester, Beard, w o o; Amity Hall, Ford, Jamaica ; Thetis, Matthews, Sav ee ,oo, Baretto Junior steamer, Bermuda. Sld. Hobart Town; Marion, Bradley, Jamaica; Sarah, 011 ditto ; John Jardine, Samson, IS'ew Orleans. ti l "r DOVER, DEC. 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Wilbeire Rajah, ferito Smith, Port-au-Prince, for Hamburgh, very leaky, ice. POOLE, DEC. 9.—And. Brothers, Newfoundlard . LIVERPOOL, DEc. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Chiles*, %or ' Singapore • Belmont, Wallace, Nassau ; Monticello, I`;si; bert, New Orleans; Caledonia Brander, Decant Neil (Ir dti* Mersey, Macbeth, Quebec; Milford, Carter, Alelerl Sld. Swift,ure, Witt, Afiica. Off port, Louisa i f oils William. The crew of the Cheering, lost on Wes t are saved. 10 1 FaLatourit, DEC. 9.—The Sultana, arrived her*, be t thrown on her beam-ends, 29th ult., and threw part c' cargo overboard. The remainder is heated.l able GREENt3CK, DEC. 9.—The European, M•Bride , of Gl ee from Montreal and Quebec to the Clyde, was We e b oil MilleVactes, on the night of the 2d ult., during gal- from the eastward. Three of the crew drown s ' ebt DUBLIN, DEc. B.—Arrd. William Perry, Agnew r criv, Arrd. Hugh Fletcher, Trinidad ; Conservative , Pn e l r ; Andrews ; Charlotte, Moody, St. John's, New Brune 1 " 100 .1 0 large ship, bottom up, was passed 25th ult., Ist 40 ' by the Mary, Sanders, arrived here. BERWICK, DEC. B.—The Union, Watson, of Ar bre , ll o s‘ ll4 shore on the Immanuel Head, sth inst., has been go: n( 1 10 0 , towed round to this port, with bottom stove in roe' of keel, part of cargo saved, in a weer foe, state. The Margery Sin - pson, off; and for Dune,... t ,'"' Shields, struck on the false Immanuel Head, 7th Is' 7 " - sunk in deep water. Crtw and stores saved. ise ,el BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 12.—The Frances of Shield* ' a s isr a , of anchor yesterday about sixteen miles, S.W. by i• • t do . - at burgh Head, with loss of masts and bowsprit, and nu to the waters' edge, having been in contact. , bee' MARGATE, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Asia, Woodward, Port Eliza, Abernethy, Rio Janeiro. Oe a ' d SCILLY, DEC. B.—the John Esdaile, from Green I London, on shore in Smith Sound, has gone to Pi eces ' of deals saved. 8/ 1 CAUTION TO MARINERS—WRECK I=v TI C OF BISCAY. t Lie The following communication has been received s mAydmLiroardltsy,cDoemein• l i k o o of eli f " Sir,—l am commanded by la the Admiralty to transmit to you, for the inform/Otos, Committee for managing the affairs at Lloyd's, eye the journal of the Admiralty agent, attached to t e - r io sular Contract Packet Madrid, respecting the we wreck seen from that vessel on the 23d Novembe r TOTI• 11 , instant. (Signed) , "W. A. HA.- - to o " The Secretary at Lloyd's.' Extract from the log of the Madrid, Peninsular- Packet : 1 , di Wl hee. "SUNDAY, Nov. 23, 3 P.M.—Observed the Tire"' ship, with her masts gone, and waterlogged. J o quarter galleries, with painted ports—about 500 tn' - ee Al tbs "FRIDAY, DEC. 5, AT 3.15 P.M.—ObSerVed g t , ll- $11 (1- 0 0 large vessel, without any masts, bearing 'S -S-", Island of Siagrees S.E. The same wreck that the outward passage." AV •s n MARKET NEWS.— (Y ESTA. -o --1? 01S4 SAY MAIMETS. , As; SHITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 8s to 4 ' ditto, 4/ 10s to 5/ 14s; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 10 5 . ,„atle is Wheat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1112 s per load. SuPP l l' .. f and trade dull. ige Of; CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 4/ =s- ; pet ditto, 4/ lOs to 51 14s; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 1 05 ~e s tft Wheat Straw, 11 10* to 11 13s per load. Trade tgi ts the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay,3/ 10s to 4/1 . A 4/ 10s to 610 s; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs ; Vit i OUP' 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, an inquiry. inquiry. MEAT lITILTLESTS. SotrrHaLL, DEC. 10.—Each kind of prime stock at full prices. Otherwise, the demand ruled he if e e : j il; from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; 000 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. dete.., RomroßD, DEC. 10.—We had a steady genel l !, - the tollowiug terms :—Beet; from 2s 8d to 4s 'lul u) O ak 3s Sd to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s• B , u qtorell 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter - o l C d 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small Matt 6(1 each. ' HAILSIIAM, Drc. 10.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s n t A to 3s Sd to 5s 2d; Yeats, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3 s 1 " - per Sibs. Supply good and trade firm. ARUNDEL, DEC. 9 —We had a firm demand , at fuliP Beef, front 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10d °pa d Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 48 8d Per, fid tet s CHICHESTER, DEC. 10.—All kinds of stock giVr. freely at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 43164?1il r t 4s to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s Sd; and Pork, 4s to 4 s jel ,/ Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter Old Store r to 20s; and Mitch Cows, with their small calves' 19/each. S IA ATELVGATE ANDLEADENSASiIie U • ti We had a full average supply of Meat on saletYl, o o„ l4 ,4, was firm, and prices were well suppo r t e d. Beer, .a to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Ve a l, 4s to ss; '- 3s 10d to 5s 41 per Blbs, by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES- O S GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRIT'S.- n taro of For the Week ended Dec. 6, 1845, made up from the ASO Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns to per Imperial Quarter ----*" ..° l - ° l. O I MEAT. 1 32 s 10d BARLEY. 1241 OAT/. i 35s ETE. 14. a.l "lidS I . I al i 0 I PRICE •• 59s Od id Od ..t vs. DUTY... 14s Od 4s Od 35 Cd 7s Gd -- _A - - WISE PRECAUTION.—The winter is adrs l2e des 20 , the French newspapers contain no accounts of th e e , oP i iis capture of Abd-el-Kader. Louis Phillipe has g i , c s to have the Marseilles telegraph immodiatelEhr oile ;oo A po offices are to be superseded by Monsieur Thiel's' bits have an appointment at Algiers, so that there F ch delay for the future in the transmission of the tories.—Punch. ,oe; ei t, [ADVERTISEMENT.)—SIGHT AND . .„st Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, an d 25, South t'" On; Edinburgh—Newly-invented Spectacles, Telereopelesoo glasses, Microscopes, &c.—Patronise) by Gen pred . L. Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd 'Walston, t f 10%%, Goodfellow, Clayton Grosvenor Morrison, D;;Jko_, , 'ir sun, Mackenzie, Galway, Biggs, Woolf, Murray , 0. woe Price, Lindsay, and Thackray, Major-General Sir . oe st atr stone, P. Fyers, D. Maclead, Hamilton, Turner, It o ) l u A l Cock • Lieutenant-Generals Sir Henry Bouverie , 'fas . ne, donall, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, and Sir IV. l * vid il' Admirals Lord John Hay, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir DijosePoor Sir Grouse Munday, Sir George Martin, S ir i, oth Whitshed, Sir D. Gold, Ro ss , Al exan der, Curson 00004 kinson, Hollis, Price, &e.—Messrs. S. and H. Opticians, have invented Speetacle Lenses ,0 construction. Immediately they are placed b e ( tb. 6 ,0 feet vision, that mist and dullnes s w hi c h appear b_eotio jo rd is at once removed ; every object becom e s clear that the most aged and imperfect sight bee° l3 lol di e brilliant, and is brought to its y ou thf u l, natural , Per state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Gl„T l net oh e s, scopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic 1 01 ';or__0 0 1 relief of most extreme deafness. Caution—Not i° i t - ,.10) 1 F;se! nected with a person of the same name in th e isb , :# o neighbourhood. To prevent mistakes, be caution', i n opt' Oa ly to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Pic ea „„ :,,,bosi i. ,„ the York Hotel, and 25, S ou th C as tl e - s t r eet, rAP7 4 . [ADYERTISEMENT.]—The Atrapilatorf, csigorhost Hair Dye, the only dye that really answers for al l 0 it : 0 doss not require re-doing, bat as the hair gron c sal. A . g eek fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple to', c ow, all other dies. Ross and Sons can, with the gres tel titei t 1 4 ' recommend the above dye as infallible, if done $' it iJ blishrnent ; and ladies and gentlemen requirido 10 1 0 quested to bring a frie n d or servan t w ith thew , W „ o'tb_ A ° . so: used, which will enable th e m t o d o i t afterwan i .:4 o ; As se chance of failure. Several p r i va t e apartment s .01 0 04 v ' tirely to the above purpose, an d some o f their es s• having used it, the effect p r od uce d can b e at onf e , i : to $ 1 ;10 1 . 4 , think it necessary to add, that by a tt en ding Itn e ' J.sree n iper structions given with each bottle of dye, nut:soros . r" „AO succeeded equally well without coming to thet 3 ; o ltilvi. , Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, the,. h. Perruquiers, Perfumers_, Hair-cutters, and Hairl a rsie r Parties attended at their own residence , 64 distance. Sfl g [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CAS ES OF D 0- 'SACHS, SICK -HEADACHES, WITH Loss or aTII-000 f or ENERGY, CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. --1 1 pa 0 1 ; above cases the hands and feet sw e ll, the face P O llO O 4 1 ' 0 ' times a sense of fulness will be n o ti ce d to exist all oiseL e sir attended generally with much nervousness an o d spirits. These symptoms, if n e g l ec t e d, f r equently e so d etr o d paralysis, or apoplexy. To re g ai n full health .asir' f ith eat no vegetables, get plenty of ex er cise in the °Eisen, 4l ll . take Holloway's Pills, according to the directions 11„,,n0i them, when any of the complaints named wi l j b rtre st osP eradicated from the system, even when ever! ° the ,. 0 0 11° had failed.—Sold by all druggists, and at Profeso " Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ------------- or 10 1 BIRTHS. On the 25th of September, at Colombo, Ceylon, the Selby Hutton, Esq., of a daughter. : c e , of On the Both ult., at Stad e , Hanover, the w ' 10 Ferdinand Dammers, Esq., of a daughter. ~... O. On the Bth inst., in Gorden-stre,t, Gordon-s4ow -- tf, of the Rev. Henry Hughes, of a son. if Of I( .r On the 9th inst., at Camden-road-villas, the w- e Wilkinson, E,q., of a son. , So r li ecti On the 9th inst., the wife of Mungo Park., DK" Old-street, of a daughter. On the 9th inst.. , -air gill*f son , !fthe MA " - RIED ¢ d dr ter . of James Hakes, Esq., of Duke -street, Manche' te George Rto.bilina4srol3ni,eEb°Bllq.e, Church, s cr te2tti. le fe l— . eh 00 DIED. On the 3d inst., at Torquav, Captain the 11°11 0 0 ro. Leonard Irby, R.N., aged 56. On the 4th inst., at Colne- villa Twickenbstot 134rbi Ar t. If wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Durnford. On the 6th inst., at Market Harborough, Ge °rge o bo naby, Esq., aged 76. C agot* .1 On the 7th inst., at the Brewery, Wat.or , A ldo byt Dyson, Esq., aged 83. Tre On the 7th inst., at Goodamoor, Letitia Anne P i ke of the late Paul Trehy Trebv, Esq., aged 83. wi3 O lo n w tl o te f th 7t e h la i t n e s i t i ., ev a . t s U r te rc r e T . ulse-hill, te Se' f the I s On the Bth inst., at Bath, Frances, widow o ~ir ig . John Robert Hall, Rector of Batsford, GloucesterrPoo%., On the Bth inst., at Park-street, Windsor, Mr". oo of " On the Bth inst., Sidney James Cook, seconan! Cook, Esq., of Stanhope-place, Mornington-creste r- Ellizabeth o f London : Printed aid Published by 1111311D0 r°l4), llof No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun ofE° 4 cora Strand, in the Precinct of the &troy. in t he bliddleaex, Friday, December 12, 1845. BOW-STREET. George Carman, 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, att. nded 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 3 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. Tne 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 Customhouse. The prints were all of foreign manu facture. In cross-examination the witness said that the writ was invariably delivered up to the B•_ard after being used. Mr. Barry submitted that the witness could not give evidence respecting the writ of assistance unless it was produced, as tho 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 fail,d 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 /MP' MOllB, 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. ➢dr. 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 40L, 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. N'ealand, 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 suspicion that it was not genuine, in consequence 'lf 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 uncle, 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 c unterfoil in the book which he _found, they corre sponded in every parti cu l a r. Tiae prisoner was remanded. A servant girl was charged with stealing two boxes, containing some shirt studs, three pieces of silver coin, and a glazier's diamond, the property of her master, a plumber and glazier, lining in Princes-street, Red Lion square. The prosecutor said that the prisoner came into his service on Tuesday of last week, having an excellent character from her former employer. On Thursday evening she went out, and did not return. In the course of the week ho missed the property in ques tion, and happening to meet her father on Monday, he told- him what had occurred. On Tuesday the father brought her to his house, when she said that she had not taken the things, but gave no reason for ab sconding. He then told her he would forgive her if she gave up the stolen property, but she persisted in saying that she had not taken anything, and he sent fur a p3lii!eman to give her in charge. As soon as she saw the policeman, she took from her breast the two boxes, which contained the studs and the diamonds. The p.)liceman took possession of them, and took the prisoner in custody. In the course of the day a boy who was now in Court came to his house, and gave him a paper parcel cotaining threo old coins, which witness had not missed. The boy now catne forward, and said that the parcel was given to him by a man who met him in the street, and gave him a penny to take the parcel to the pro secutor's house. Mr. HALL commented severely on the impropriety of persons giving good characters with servants knowing them to be false. He would not recommend the prose cutor to press the charge, as his having held out hopes of forgiveness to the prisoner would be a sufficient reason for a jury to acquit her. The prosecutor said he did not wish to press the charge; he only wanted to ncover his property. The property was accordingly given up, and the pri soner discharged. Mr. HALL observed that if the prosecutor could prove that the persons who gave the girl the false character did so knowingly, he could bring an action against them, and would recover very heavy damages. The prosecutor said he would certainly do so if he found that they knew it to be false. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SUSPECTED SWINDLERS.—Ernest Flynn and William Eckha•t were brought up for further examination, charged with having stolen goods in their possession. 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 th ►t they had been favoured with a visit from the pri soners ; but none could say with certainty that the pri son-rs 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. WORSHIP-STREET. STEALING NE;;;;ITER9.—ISi; Fri; te rs, a middle aged person, of respectable appearance, who stnt d him self to be a clerk in the City, was examined before Mr. Broughton on a charge of stealing an evening news- T r i N t A to T I3 T E G a E n R n . T he COUN ( 11EXCE Richard cot Ems_ ht,1 16 sl hi .4th re 411 4 r ed Ns a t ferfe Ork,_-.4) ; linttrest "teaof 3 ti r ko bNe eee. :, ' 4 4)11:7,' Pret Ai' kn ow tt , Plt, ..ob n 41441 h..- IN, tA 44(1r