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si.ler„b'e dt-Vrloratien . We need but to turn to the pages of Goldsmith, Cr aile, and Southey for pictures of the labourers' conditic n in the latter part of the last century, as melanchol:i as anything that the reality pre sents in our day ; a'•' if poets may be suspected of exaggeration, we In2.re the, evidence of prose writers abundance to the same effect. From among these witnesses we will take leave to produce one, at whose name e‘%ry English heart will glow with admiration, gratitude, and love—Nelson—the brave, the wise, and, above all, the affectionate. Truly has SJuthey said of him, " England has had many heroes, but she has had but one Nelson." This is this great man's distinction, and is, it seems, ever destined such to remain—he is not the object only of his country's gratitude and admiration, but of her love; and with reason, his nature overflowed with affectionate feeling ; he instantly attached himself to every one withitt his sphere, he repaid one hundred fold in grati tude the slightest service rendered to him, and never had an enemy but the enemies of his country. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM TAU MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. , CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The proprietors of the Peninsular arid Oriental Steam Navigation Company held to-day their annual meeting, which was very numerously attended. The first subject mentioned in the report was the con tract with the Government for the extension of the mail service to and from India. The financial arrangements for carrying out this service have been already made by the Directors, and the Proprietors have paid the first in stalment of 51. per share on the 4,000 new shares of 50/. each. The report states, that the Directors have en tered into contracts for four new ships of 1,300 tons each, and one vessel of 700 tons, which are to be ready for sea next year. It is expected that the new monthly line of communication to Calcutta, Madras, and Ceylon, will be in operation from January next, and the commu nication to China will be opened as soon as the vessels now building for the service are placed upon that line. The negotiations for the purchase of the new steam ship Precursor terminated in that vessel becoming the property of the Company for the sum of 45,0001. and 5,0001 contingent upon a mail contract being obtained, her original cost being about 80,000/. An additional sum of 8,0001. has been expended to increase the accom modation of the vessel. _ _ In the event of the Pacha of Egypt taking into his hands the traffic across the Desert, the Directors state their belief that the Company's vessels on the line will be purchased by the Egyptian Government. Several complaints were made, in the course of the meeting, of the inconveniences which attend the transit, and which furnish so many arguments for the establishment of a railway to Suez ; but the chairman (Sir J. Campbell) explained, that as the Company were only chartered for purposes of navigation, they could take no steps for the amelioration of the land passage. The profits of the year ending the 30th of last Sep tember are stated at 65,042/., which, with the undivided profits of the preceding year, makes a total of 109,8971. The usual dividend of 3i per cent. was declared for the six months ending the Ist of October, and the undivided profits, after deducting both this and the April dividend, were stated at 74,0201. To reduce the expense of insu rance, which is found to weigh heavily upon the profits of the Company, the investment of the sum of 10,0001. towards the formation of an insurance fund, was voted, after the report had been confirmed. Our attention has been directed to a passage in a speech by Sir R. Peel, delivered on the 6th of May last, relative to the prospect that the provisions of the new banking Bill would be evaded, and which it may be use ful to quote, as it shows that the Ministry, foreseeing such abuses as possible, are prepared with a remedy, which it will be prudent in the parties concerned not to provoke. It is as follows : "It is thought by some that this privilege might be perverted, so as to give rise to something like the sub stitution of a bank-note of a certain kind, and of a circulating nature. The power has been held by private banks from time immemorial, and it has not hitherto been accompanied by any abuse ; and why should it be anticipated that joint-stock banks -would abuse such a power by using it contrary to the intentions of the Legislature ? But I give public notice, on this oppartunity, that if the power should de abused—if it should be attempted to circulate small bills, so accepted, within the limits reserved to the Bank, I shall not -hesitate to appeal to Parliament on the instant, for the purpose of correcting that evil." On the proposal. for a universal penny receipt stamp, lately brought intodiscussion, aeorrespondent remarks— " I think that if the stamp was of the same description for any document, whether receipt-check or letter-paper, that came within the proposed plan, it would materially simplify the scheme ; and, with respect to the hint about stamping bankers' cheques, I imagine that it would be productive of good results. Why should there not be a universal form of cheque printed by the Government, leaving the name of the bank vacant, and supplied to bankers at a less price than to the public ? lam in a bank which is far from a very large one, yet it is not uncommon to have paid . soo or 600 cheques a day, exclu sive of bills. Any one who has leisure to look at the nutiabsr of banks in England will see that, allowing that some of them do not pay perhaps nearly a tenth of that number, there would result a considerable revenue from this plan. The customer of the bank Ido not think would, complain, for on him individually the tax would fall very lightly." HERALD.—The intelligence brought from the United States by the Hibernia steamer was so generally antici pated in ail the main features that it produced no sensa tion in the mercantile circles. The violence of party writing in the United States had not in any degree sub aided by the decision of the Presidential election, and the Pseat informed and most impartial Americans in town stets that nothing like a correct opinion can be formed of the future policy that will be pursued from the state silents of the press. The New England papers in parti cular are virulent beyond former precedent against the olicy of the Democrats in pladeing Mr. Polk at the head of the pelt, and if we were to place confidence in their prognostications, inevitable ruin to everything w orth preserving in the state must be the consequence. In els,t quarter, however, apprehensions about a reduc tion in the tariff is the predominating principle, and the most moderate persons lay it dawn as a certainty that it will undergo considerable modifications in the next ses sion of Congress. The Whigs and high-tariff men now rest their sole hope upon the Senate, but after such a declaration of opinion as the votes in the election set forth, the most sensible Americans have but faint expec tation of a majority of the membsrs having sufficient moral courage to resist the torrent, and act upon their own independent opinions, on any one of the questions which have been the rallying cry of parties. The whole matter taken together exhibits such a picture that if we are to consider America as experimenting to solve the problem of the fitness of democratic, combined with fe deral institutions, for the good government of society, we have no longer to wait for the solution. There is nothing in the commercial letters worthy of notice, exc:Tt a very general expression of apprehension thet the election of Volk will for a time produce a de gree of uncertainty respecting. future measures, as to be seriously injurious to Irisiness. The first impressions have actually had the effect of staying the progress of some iron works and other manufacturing buildings in course of erection. As a specimen we give the following from Boston:—" The times already feel the influence of Polkisni. Goods have fallen, and a hundred houses that were going up hi Bsston have been countermanded, also a number of ships which were about to be built." Those, we should suppose, howes er, are exaggerated pictures, from which time win witlidniar the deeper shades. The accounts from l'eru and the River Plate in the American papers, are not S.) late as those we have re ceived direct. It is upwards of a month since we gave the particulars of the defeat of Vivanca in Peru, which is given as news in the American files. Tho Canada accounts, confirming the statement formerly reseived, of the decided Conservative majo rity in the elections, has given unqualified satisfaction to the merchants engaged in trade with those colonies. 'There are, indeed, few evils in human affairs but some B ond can bw extracted from them, and we are informed that the excess r to which Democracy has led in the United States, has tenth:it very much to weaken the fierce of Radicalism in the British Provinces within the last few years. The commercial accounts from the Ca nadas are generally of a favourable complexion, al the ,ugh the season had closed. Toe eff.ct of the n4)tice of the Bank of England to had money on the deposit of securities, at the rate of 21 per cast. er annum, Las had an influence on the market beyond its direct influeio..e. Many capitalists had been withholding their money from employment in the ex petation of an advance in its value up to the payment of the January dividends, and that expectation being now fru,trated, their dormant funls will b brought into immediate activity. There is another distinction be tween the present and former notices, besides the reduc• tion of the rate of interest wo- por cent. Formerly, the parties borrowirg had to reram the money for not less than ten days, whereas th`trOsAiow no such restriction. The money may be borrowed one day and repaid the next, an advantage which will materially increase the number of applicants. Persons resident in the country call form a very inadequate conception of the amount of business which is transacted in London which will be affected by this difference of time. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Btb of V:e toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 23d day of November, 1844. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. .E. Notes issued 27,.52{3,875. Government debt 11,015,100 j Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and • Silver bullion £27,528,875 ISHALL, Chief Cashier. vember, 1844. :PART.MENT. Government secu rities (includ ing Dead Weigh t Annuity) Other securities I Notes Gold and silver coin 431,334,352 ItSRALL, Chief Cashier. irember, 1844. £27,525,87& M. MAi Dated the 28th day of No' BANKING D .E. Proprietors 'capi tal 14,553,000 Rest 3,139,027 Public deposits (including Ex chequer,Savings banks,Commis sioners of Na tionalDebt,and dividend :us- counts) 4,812,191 Other deposits 7,864,144 Seven day and other bilb 965,990 £31,334,3521 M. MA Dated the 28th day of No rinE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNINe. DECEMBRit 2 1344. CENTRAL CRIMINAL - COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice MIULE and Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK, &C.) _ _ MANSLAUGHTER ON THE EIVER.—A young man. named S mud Simms, was indicted for having, while in cc:zinr,:nd of the Waterman steamer, No. 6, improperl' riFi down a small boat, rowed by Edward Everett, a licensed waterman, and containing* four passengers, by which the said Edward Everett and another person were drowned. The body of the first-named person was af terwards found, and these proceedings were instituted in consequence. Mr. BAllantine and Mr. "Wilde were for the prosecu• tion ; Mr. Clarkson and Sir John Bayley for the de fence. Mr. BALLANTINE having stated the case to the jury, proceeded to call witnesses. John Fryar, a labourer, proved the finding of the body on the 22d November. Edward Everett, inspector of Thames Police, saw his father (the deceased) leave the stairs on the llotherhithe side of the river. He had with him four passengers. He was 66 years of age, and had for many years been a waterman. There was no obstruction on the water then. The steamer was making her way Across in the wake of the skiff. Her speed was seven or eight miles an hour. The proper rate in the pool is only five miles. Just before the occurrence the steamer had not in any way slackened her speed. John Savory, a seaman, was in the skiff with the de ceased on the 25th of October. He did see a person on the paddle box of thq steamer, Waterman No. 6, when she was coming up in their wake. Witness made a sign to draw off m ore into wid•channel, but it was nnittended to. The deceased then pulled to the larboard side, in order to save his boat from being cut in two by the bow of the steamer. The paddles, however, caught her, and she was capsized. The steamer was going at the rate of ten miles an hour. She did not slacken her speed. John Taylor, another seaman, who was also in the skiff, gave similar evidence, as did two other witnesses. John Chambers, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Is master of the schooner Ann, moored off the Tunnel pier. There was a strong eddy occasioned by the schooner, from the position in which she lay athwart the stream. Were it not for that eddy the small boat could have made the stairs easy enough. To a steamer coming up the river the eddy would not be perceptible. He thought the e‘qtain of the steamer could not have avoided the accident. By Mr. BALLANTINE—TIC cculd not have avoided the accident, from the position in which the steamer was at the time I first saw them. There was no time for the steams fio have backed, as she was just in the act of strikitir 'the skiff. Richard Field, a waterman, ascribed the fatal occur rence to the rate at which the steamer was going. Mr. CLARKSON contended, that before the prisoner could be held accountable in such a case as this he must be proved guilty of some personal act ; and he cited the law from Carrington and Payne in support of his posi tion. Sir John Bayley followed on the same side. Mr. Justice MAULE said that the whole evidence proved that the direction of the steamer at the time of the occurrence, and for some short time before, had been wholly under the control of the prisoner, and therefore he thought that the cases cited by the Learned: Gentle man for the defence did not apply in the present instance. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury. He regretted the decision to which his Lordship had just come, for, convinced as he was, of the prejudice that existed in the minds of the jury against the rate at which steamers were Said to proceed upon the river, he would have had the matter rather dealt with as a matter of law than one of fact. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the facts, as sworn to by the different witnesses, and asserted that, under the circumstances of the case, the prisoner could not have otherwise acted. _ _ • Witnesses were then called for the defence. Mr. Justice MAULE having summed up the evidence, the jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of four hours, returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy. Henri Brenton, a young man of very respectable ap pearance, was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary, his wife. it appeared from the evidence of the nurse employed on the occasion, that the prisoner's ,wife was confined in the month of August last, and that about a fortnight after that event she left the prisoner and his wife in their bed-room together, and that soon after she heard a noise and a kind of scuffling going on in the room. She listened, and heard the prisoner's wife say to him, " You may pinch me, or kick me, but I will never give in." On the following day the nurse again saw her; she was then insensible. A medical, man was sent for, who did what he thought necessary for her, but she died on the 17th of the month. Several medical gentlemen, who had made a post mortem examination of the de ceased's body, were next called, but their evidence was extremely conflicting as to the cause of the death of the deceased, and there being no evidence:beyond that of the nurse as to any ill-treatment of her on the part of the prisoner, the jury, without troubling Mr. Ballantine to address them on his behalf, returned a verdict Acquitting the prisoner. EXTORTION.—John Bennett was indicted for obtaining a watch, with chain, seals, &c., a purse, and other ar ticles from William Faulkner, under a threat ,of charg ing him with a nameless offence. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Robinson for the prisoner. The prosecutor stated that he was a chemist, and had lodgings in Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. On the 10th of November he had been to Regent-strei- t, and on his way home he accidentally met with the prisoner, who was previously an utter stranger to him. They en tered into conversation together. Witness went into a tavern in Fleet-street, where he was followed by the prisoner. Witness called for half-a-pint of stout, and prisoner did the same. Witness paid for both, and soon after, it being then near twelve o'clock at night, he left the tavern, and went home. lie let himself in with a latch-key, and having gone up stairs to his bed-room struck a light. Having done so, he was alarmed and surprised at finding the prisoner standing alongside of him. The prisoner locked the door, and demanded 51. of him, saying he would never leave the room until he had it. The prisoner ultimately took from him his watch, &c. Prosecutor at length having some what recovered from his fright, went down stairs and informed one of the police, named Chadwick, who lodged in the house, of what had occurred, by whom the pri soner was taken into custody. The prosecutor underwent a very long examination by Mr. Robinson, but nothing material was elicited. The prisoner's counsel having addressed the jury at considerable length, sat down without calling any wit nes3es on his behalf. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and tho jury, after a long consultation, acquitted the prisoner. There was another indictment against him arising out of the same transaction, but ne witnesses beir.g called in support of it, he was acquitted on that charge also. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) A . DANdEtioUs " SPREE."—A respectable-looking young man,. namul Alexander Webb, was indicted for stealing a coat and waistcoat, the property of William Dickson, under the following circumst,mces : It appeared that the •proecutor and the prisoner had been drinking together during the whole of the evening, when, both parties being drunk, the former about twelve o'clock invited the prisoner home, upon reaching which the prisoner, as he alleged in his defence, for " spree," put on the articles named in the indictment, with which he waikt d out of the door. lle was, however, followed by some friends of the prosecutor, who gave him into cuito The LParned Ri:connEn, in summing up, said it was entirely for the jury to decide whether the property was taken in a drunk, n frolic, or with a felonious inte•ition. The jury, after a lengthened consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner, who seemed to be deeply affected dur ing the trial, then walked from the bar. John Belton, a cab-driver, was indicted for stealing a coat and other articles, the property of John Dona:d, and lienq Belton, his brother, was indicted for feloni ously receiving the same, well knowing them to be stelt.n. The evidence glowed that the prisoner, Henry Belton, had a coat very similar in appearance to that namtdd in the indictment, and having been discharged from the proecutor's service, he sent his brother for his clothes, and some other trifling articles, to the prosecutor's stables, when the colt was taken. Tee jury at once Acquitted the prisoner. Ilea y King and Richard Allen were indicted for stealing a qumtity of metal, the property of James Wilson Edwards. The prisoners had been in Cie prosecutor's employ ment, and, taking advantage of the facilities thus afforded them, committed the that... The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced them to six months' imprisonment. Edward Warren, Philip Roberts, and George Bowers, were indicted for stealing one hogshead of sugar, the property of the London Dock Ci.mpany. In another indictment the sugar was described as the property of Thomas Drake. The prisoner Warren pleaded guilty to the indictment. __ • Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Baldwin appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. Clark,on, with whom was Mr. Doane, def,nded the prisoners Roberts and Bowers. Ti.e facts of the case have been already fully laid be fore the public in our police reports. Evidence having been adduced at great length in sup port of the prosecution, Mr. CLARKSON took a technical objection to the in dictment, which having been allowed by the Learned Recorder, The jury, by the direction of the Court, acquitted the prisoners Roberts and Bower. E lmund Warren was then placed at the bar for judg ment, and sentenced to be transprted for seven years. WINTER ASSIZES. MID hAND CIRCUIT, Warwick, Not , . 28. THE QUEEN V. j4ml;s_ LEIGH, AND OTHERS. Joseph Flow ers , an d James Leigh, Them as Leigh, William Watts, stood charged upon an indictment, with having, on the 21st of October last, at the parish of Stoneleigh (at Stoneleigh Abbey, the seat of Lord Leigh), ft•loniously cut and wounded one William Free man, with intent tv maim him, to disfigure him, or to do him some grievous Wily harm. 'There were three other indictments against the pri soner,:, foe the same offence upon other persons —one for assaulting a constable, to pro eat; 14wfill apprehen sion ; and one in which they were included with twenty five others in a charge of riot, all arising out of the same trcnsac:ion, the particulars of which appeared in this journal silt:ally g4er the final examination of the pri soners before the committing ixigistpattos„ Mr. Hill, Queen's Counsel (specially petainod), as sisted by Mr. Miller and Mr. Mellor, appeared on behalf of the Crown. Mr, Temple (specially retained), assisted by Mr. Eardley Wilmot, Conducted the defence, Mr. Hut, opened the ma 1 and, after briefly youth ing that Lord Leigh now was and long had, been in the ; possession of the estate of Stoneleigh Abbey, stated that -o loeg ago as the month of February last the prisoner James Leigh first appeared in the grounds WTI mani tested some such intentions, but was they; quieted, and , vent away. On the 12th of last Octolier he again ap peared with six other person; end made use of violent language and threats, and was then again removed or in duced to go ; but on the following :t,londay the transac tion took place which was the subject of these proceed ings. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to the detail of the facts, which were to the following effect :—On that 1 morning, shortly before nine o'clock, the postman, on his return from the abbey, saw several parties of men all going in the direction of the abbey, armed with sticks, blutr- ; geons, hammers, crowbars, an axe, and other of the I like sort of weapons. He went back and gave the alarm, and the lodge gates were closed. Twenty-nine men, of whom the prisoners were four, and two women wade their appearance at the lodge gates and demanded entrance of the keeper, which was of course refused. They then stated that they would pass, and broke the locks, and went through up to the door of the abbey, at which they made some knocking, and then round to the housekeeper's door, w'slich they proceeded to force. His Lordship and the whole of his family were away from home. At the last-mentioned door the intruders were met by Elijah Dancer and Charles Hancock, two of the county police, who required them to depart. They pro ceeded, however, to force the door, when Hancock put his hand to the breast of James Leigh to stop him, upon which James Leigh struck at his head with a bludgeon. Then ensued a general murderous attack on the two policemen who were knocked down, and with others of his Lordship's servants, to the number: of nine or nearly so, were most seriously 'injured, the lives of some of them having been long in danger, and with one, if not with two of them, the ;danger was not yet over. The assailants then knocked two of the panels out of the door, and effected an entrance. Upon the housekeeper remonstrating, she was told she must leave, as it was their house, and there was no longer any occasion for her services. Mr. Jones, his Lordship's solicitor, who, in consequence of a recent absence of the house steward, happened to be residing in the house, on perceiving that the door had been under the circumstances forced, ran along some passages and made his escape over the roof and down a ladder ; after which, having taken horse, he made the best of his way to Coventry for the police. The parties having now thus effected an entrance, claimed the right to the possession of the property, and broke open the pastry-safe, larder, &c , and barricaded, with chairs and tables and the like, the door which they had broken ; but the violent ringing of the abbey bell, and other circum stances, having alarmed the neighbourhood. the villagers came to suppress the outrage, and mustered in sufficient numbers to make resistance to them useless, threatening in strong language an instant attack upon and expulsion of the intruders, who now becoming somewhat alarmed, offered to lay down their arms and await the arrival of the police, upon the condition that Mr. Chapman, one of his Lordship's head stewards, should address the vils lagers, and bring about quietness in the interim. Mr. Chapman, to avoid further mischief, addressed the vil lagers from a window, and accomplished this, and the parties laid down their arms and remained quiet until the arrival of Roby, the inspector, and a body of police, who took them, offering to go anywhere, but still claim ing their right, together with the huge pile of awfully destructive implements now produced, before the magis trates, by whom they were all 29 committed to take their trials here this day. The Learned Counsel remarked that they might all have been now standing to take their trials upon the grave charge of felony, but it had been deemed sufficient to make a selection, in which considera tion had been had to the degree of violence used by each. The prisoner James Leigh was the ringleader of the party. It might be deemed necessary, added the Learned Counsel, to advert to the motives for such a thing, to show how it could have come to pass that this outrage had been committed. Lord Leigh himself had been in the actual possession for a period of twenty-one years, having succeeded his father, who inherited from his uncle, to whom the property had passed in 1806—a period of thirty-eight years in all. The present was the oldest branch of this noble house, and down to 1806 had resided upon their estates in the county of Gloucester. The first Lord Leigh, who had been created a peer about the year 1622, was a younger branch, and the last lord of this branch dying without issue, it came into the possession of his maiden sister, who died in 1806, when that branch became extinct. Many persons had thought that there must be descen , dents of the younger branch to take in preference to the elder, and others had thought that there must be other questions of title, and a large prize tempted some persons to make claims on very slender grounds, and others to advance money to support them, and one George Leigh had made a claim to the estate and title, as being de scended from one of the Lord Leighs of the younger branch. Now, the form of proceeding in support of a claim to a title was different to that in support of a claim to an estate, and the former had been thought the most eligible for adoption; but the investigation before the House of Lords, so long ago as 1829, came to an end suddenly, by the counsel for the claimant admitting in its course that he could not further proceed with the claim. It was then thought that the nobleman, whom he was now representing, would be allowed to enjoy his estate in peace and quietness. If these parties had still thought they had any claim, why had his Lordship been allowed to enjoy it at all, during all the time from 1829 to 1844? But there was on the part of many illiterate and ignorant persons a dis position to believe that all the estates in the kingdom were enjoyed by wrong people, and though the law had pretty well settled the question as to this estate in 1829, different claimants had from time to time made their appearance, who, frequenting the various public• houses in the neighbourhood, there told different stories:reflecting upon the honour and honesty of Lord Leigh and his family ; and, among others, that a certain tombstone had been destroyed to destroy evidence. This was put forward at the investigation before the Lords in 1829, when the late Lord Abinger, then Mr. Scarlett, as counsel, adopted the test of detection of put ting it to witness after witness, who came and deposed to having repeatedly seen and noticed the tombstone, to make a drawing of it, and which they all did, and the difference was so excessively absurd as to put the whole of them effectually out of Court. The Learned Counsel having then remarked upon the fact that the law as to time and long possession made it absolutely unimportant in every respect what title there might have been, or these people might believe to be, proceeded to mention that any such supposed claim, even if the parties them selves believed that they were such, or even any real claim, could have no relevancy whatever to this in quiry ; for parties who had claims must advance and maintain du in according to the forms of law, and not by taking that which they might want by storm. No advantage to the parties so acting could thereby accrue, however good their title or claim might be ; and it was we ignorant this. anr Fie s h ou ld ill r e pr esen t t misguided sort of people should Lerd Leigh by making any observations as to his cha racter or that of his family, or by noticing, in 1844, sto riestheseknow as to the dead proceeding from such a source and under such circumstances. lie was confident that when the jury bad heard the evidence and the instructions that they would receive from his Lordship, they would enter tain no doubt a hatever as to the guilt of the four pri soners at the bar of the heinous offence with which they there stood charged. The facts stated in the opening were abundantly proved by the numerous witnesses. The two policemen appeared to have been grievously injured about the head a:sd hotly, and principally by James Leigh, the ringleader, and Thomas Leigh. William Freeioun, an assistant game keeper, received about half a dozen blows on his arm and one on tale head, inflicted with blir - .lgeons, from the effect of which last he could not lie in his bed for a week, and his life still continues in danger. His shirt was sa turated with blood. Joseph Ft semen, labourer on the estate, had his arta broken when put up by him to pro tect his head fig a heavy blow from a huge hammer. Charles Humphreys had his head very severely cut and eyes blackerie.', and face cut across with blows also in flicted by a bludgeon. Robert Jaycock was struck at by the prisoner Watts with a stone-breaking hammer, but happily escaped the blow. The p: ironer Flowers had also a bludgeon, with which he struck the policeman and others several severe blows. Mrs. Savory, the house keeper, saw nearly all that took place, and deposed to James Leigh's dismissing her from her situation, and to the general " Hurrah as eo,n as the inside of the house had been gained by the whole body. Mr. Chapman proved one of the parties to have had a huge axe with him. Messrs. Watson and Cottle, the surgeons who had attended the woundsd, described in general terms the nalure and extent of the injuries sustained, and par ticularly those sustained by the unfortunate William Freeman, which were the subject of this indictment. Besides other injuries, including a dreadful contused wound, extending from the elbow to the wrist, he had received (but . by whose hand it we; struck was not in evidence) a severe wound on the left side of his head, cutting through the integuments of the bore, and ex tending in three directions, the effects of which had pre vented him from being able to lie down in his bed for a week, and from which he was not out of danger until Monday last, and could not even now be so pronounced, a swelling having recently appeared under the bone. which, coupled with the earlier symptoms of dreadful pain in the head, and sickness and shivering upon putting his feet to thb ground upon a surface in the least degree uneven, was a very alarming additional symptom. They also both deposed that the wound (a very thick hat having been cut through) must have been inflicted by a very harcf blow with a heavy instrument (such as a very heavy short bludgeon produced), the necessary re sult of which blow would have been to inflict a grievous bodily injury. Mr. TEMPLE having addres ed the jury on behalf of the prisoners, uroing the absence of any of the intents charged in the indictment, and treating the whole pro ceeding as a mere riot and a consequent fight, in the heat of which blows were struck without premt4tation, which had, most unfortunately, caused the grievous in jury to the poor man Freeman, which the prisoners, as every one else must do, most deeply dt.plored. His LORDPITIP proceeded in summing up very lumi nously to expound and explain the law bearing upon the several parts of the case, and then through a most impartial review of the fac:s, about which there seemed ho , ,‘ ever to be not -mob dispute, leaving it to the jury to say, whether the prisoners at the bar were proved to their satisfaction to have been guilty of any of the offences charged, and if of any, then of which. He did not see that the jury wou!d be warranted by the evidence in fi4ding. any cstle rnpre of the four prisoners uttilty, without finding them all guilty Ali'. The jury having considered upon their verdict for a very few minutes, at about half-past seven o'clock returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault. Thprp biln 4 other indictments, sentence was, of course, deferred. Friday, Nov. 29. At the sitting of the Court this morning it was 1:(1.- mated, as we understood, by thy Learned Counsel for tba Prosecution, that, se the jury had already ging; their opinion upon one of the charges of felony, and as the f-tcts in all of them would be so nearly the same, there was no desire on the part of the prosecution to press any of the other charges of felony, and, with his Lordship's permission, they proposed to offer no evi dence upon either of them. Verdicts here taken ac cordingly. , ne whole of' the twenty-nine were then put upon their trial for the riot, but at two o'clock, when our p.wort was necessarily dispatched, the case was still pro ceeding, Mr. Temple being in the course of his address for the defence. The facts being the same as in the case reported yesterday, there would seem to be but little doubt that there must be a verdict against the whole of the twenty-nine for the riot. OXFORD ClRCUlT—Gloucester, Nov. 28. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) John Richards, aged 26, pleaded guilty to the charge of uttering, at Bristol, a forged Post-office order, with intend to defraud the Earl of Lonsdale, her Majesty's Postmaster-General. The prisoner, a simple-looking mechanic, had received a letter from his mother enclosing an order on the Bristol post-office for 55., when, unconscious of the counter-check deposited with the office by the person transmitting the amount, the prisoner added the sum of 21. to both order and letter, and applied at the office for the 455. The variance between the documents at once created suspicion, and occasioned his apprehension. The Learned JUDGE, considering the facility of trans mitting money by means of these orders to be most use ful to the public, especially to the lower classes, and being fearful that if frauds were successfully practised against it, the benefit might be withdrawn, sentenced the prisoner to transportation for ten years. Richard Young, aged 45, was charged with having, at Cheltenham, on the 11th of October, feloniously and maliciously stabbed Elizabeth Young, his wife, with intent to maim, disable, or do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. B. Williams conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Cooke the defence. The prisoner, a coal-dealer in Cheltenham, was in October very much affected in mind, labouring under the supposition that he was pursued by "a thousand evil spirits." These fits of aberration were of frequent re currence, and productive of much violence to his family, towards whom at other times he displayed the utmost affection and kindness. On the 10th October he awoke his wife in the middle of the night to " wipe away the blood from a thousand spears which had penetrated his side," and called up the children and his wife to look at the wretches who persecuted him, and whom he described to be standing at the foot of the bed—there being, in fact, no blood nor person visible except to his own disor dered imagination. His conduct very much alarmed his family. Medical Advice was obtained in the morning. The prisoner was bled, and took willingly the medicine prescribed, but in a few hours after insisted that poison had been administered to him. He seemed so evidently determined on suicide, that his razor was secreted by his wife, and he retired to rest apparently tired and com posed. In the middle of the night of the 11th his wife was awoke by a stab in the abdomen inflicted by a pen knife, which the prisoner had provided himself with. The wound bled profusely, but was only skin deep, and by the surgeon's evidence had not been inflicted with much force. The poor woman, greatly alarmed, shouted "Murder I" the children fastened themselves in their own room, and the whole neighbourhood was thrown into a state of great excitement. The prisoner denied any intention to injure his wife, and on hearing that she would probably not recover from the effects, expressed his determination to die with her, and cut his throat in three places with the same knife. An eminent surgeon, on being called in, found the wound on the wife to be not at all dangerous, and sewed up the throat of the pri soner, who seemed on his trial to be recovered from the effects of the injuries. In a very feeling address, the counsel for the prisoner contended that the wounding was accidental, or amounted only to an assault at a moment when the prisoner was not responsible for his actions. After a very careful summing up from the Leaned JUDGE, The jury Acquitted the prisoner of the felony, but found him Guilty of an assault at a time when he was not in his right mind. The grand jury have ignored the bill for murder. Only ten cases have been disposed of to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAIIYLEBOIVE. Oa Friday a w , ll-dressed msn, between 40 and 50 years of age, named William Key, shopman to Mr John Dent, a linendraper, Bcc., in an extensive way of business at Nos. 30, 31, and 32, Crawford -street, Bryanston-square, was brought up in custody of Ross, 157 1), and placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having plun dered his employer of property to a very considerable amount. • A number of pawnbrokers were in attendance with large packages containing goods which the prisoner had pledged ; and it will be seen fr o m •th e ev id ence t h at t h e prisoner had, while in Mr. Dent's service, been keeping a draper's shop at Harrmersmith, in which the greater part of the stolen articles were found, the business being carried on by his wife. Rebecca Foster, wife of a confectioner in East-street, Manchester-square, deposed, that on the previous morn ing, about eleven o'clock, the prisoner, who was a stran ger to her, came to the shop and made a small purchase of sweetmeats, after which he took something from his coat pocket, and, having wrapped it up in a newspaper and tied it with string, laid the parcel on the counter, saying that he would call it for it presently; he then went away. In the course of the afternoon, thinking there was something suspicious about the matter, as the prisoner had neglected to make his appearance, witness took the said parcel to the station-house. Inquiries were subsequently made by the police, and it was ascertained to whom the contents belonged. Ross, the constable, who is a very intelligent officer, stated that on the previous evening, in consequence of information which he received, he went in plain clothes to Mr. Foster'a shop, and at eight o'clock prisoner came in and asked for his parcel, which witness had at the time in his hand. He was told that Mrs. Foster was then out, and that he could not have it till she returned. In a few minutes she entered, accompanied by Mr. East man, principal assistant to Mr. Dent, who, having be fore examined the parcel, in which were two mousselin de-laine dresses belonging to his employer, exclaimed (addressing the prisoner), " Good God, can it be you !" to which he (prisoner) replied, " Yes, I've done it, I've done it." He further said that he was a lost man, and that what he had done was through distress. At the station-house, when about to be searched, he pulled from his coat pocket a table-cover and gave it up; a duplicate for some cachmere and mousselin-de-laines, pawned by him on Wednesday last, was found in his possession, as also a few shillings in silver. Ho gave his address, 21, Dowell's-row, Hammersmith ; and after he was locked up witness proceeded to the house, where the prisoner has a shop kept by his wife, and in it found a number of table-covers, together with a quantity of drugget, and a variety of other articles connected with the trade. He also discovered in a portfolio, which he took from a book case, hetwern sixty and seventy duplicates for dresses, and almost every other kind of drapery. &c., pledged within the last few months. lie had raised upon the said articles upwards of 501, and the probability was that they were worth nearly four times that amount. Mr. Eastman idontified the dresses taken from the parcel, as also the table-cover given up at the station, and the rest of the property found at the shop, as being Mr. Dent's. _ The prisoner, who seemed very dejected and had no thing to say, was remanded till Friday. UNION-HALL. Joseph Sliith, a costerrnonger, was charged bef ore M r . Cottingham, with being . concerned with two others (not in custody) in committing a very daring highway robbery. Richard Walkinson, whose face was very much cut and bruised, stated, that he was mate of the Unicorn, brig, of Hull, and that on Saturday evening last he came ashore to spend an hour with a fri,.nd. On returning, as he was passing St. George's Church in the Borough, he was accosted by a man with whom he entered into conversation, and who prevailed on him to go down Mint street, to a public •house. They, however, had not proceeded many yards, when the stranger, and two other men, one of whom was the prisoner, rushed upon him, knocked him down, and in the struggle to recover him self, they set upon•him, and beat him in the way he then appeared, and robbed him of his watch, which they tore away from the pocket, bruaking the guard chain by their violence, and then ran away, leaving him bleed ing in the street. lie was afterwards picked up by a policeman, to whom he gave a description of his as sailants, and the prisoner was subsequently taken into custody. The policeman said that from the description he also knew-the other two men, who kept out of the way ever since, and that the prisoner was their constant associate The prisoner said that he got his li , ing by selling things about the streets, and that he could prove h e was at home on the night in question, and not eng•iged in the outrage. He, howev,r, had nu witnesses in attend ance to prove the fact, but if time was given he would do so. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that it was a most outrageous assau!t and robbery, and that he should remand the prisoner. GRAND BALL AT MARCUMONT HOUSE.--On Wed nesday evening last Sir Hugh and Lady Campbell gave a brilliant 1),11 to the nobility and gentry in the county of Berwick and surrounding neighbourhood. The Com pany staying in the house consisted of the Countess of Miuto and three Ladies Elliot,- Mr. and Lady Blanche Balfour, Lord Frederick, Lady:Augusta, and Miss 'Sits Clarence, of 'Etal House, Hon. F. Fitzclarence, Captain Hunter Blair. Ladies Jane and Caroline Charteris, Lady Fuller ; aid at the ball there were also present the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, Sir Charles Dalhiac, Earl and CounteAl of Home, Earl of Lauderdale and Sir An thony Maitiand, Lord Saltoun and Mr. Macdouall Grant, Lord Elcho, Sir George and Lady Harriet Suttie, Sir AI. W. and Lady Ridley, Lady Massey Stanley, Sir John, Lady Elizabeth, and Misses Pringle, of Stitchell. IMPORTATION OF DUTCH OXEN, POULTRY, AND POTATOES.—Thursday afternoon the seam-packet Ba tasier, captain David Dunlop, arrived alongside the St. • Katherine s steam-packet wharf, from Rotterdam, with passengers, and a miscellaneous cargo. She brought no fewer than sixty head of live fat oxen and cows, several thousand live geese, ducks, and turkeys, and a large qaant4y of potatoes, of excellent quality. THE . GREENACER FAMILY.— . IIe. daughter of this noted individual, as well as her husband, are now inmates of hospitals—the latter as a lunatic, and the former. in childbed. On the execution of the father the son and daughter took a shop in the London-road, and notwith ' standing that their business, that of Stay makers and hosiers, was prosperous, still, such was the t-ffvet pro duced on the mind of Greenacre's that his senses gradually grew impaired, and he was obliged, to I be r.inoyati in a lunatic asylum. LATE ROBBERY AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND. EXAMINATION OF BURGESS AT THE MANSION HOUSE. On the L Ord Mayor taking his seat on Saturday, Burgess was placed at the bar, ia the custody of Daniel Forrester, charged a ith fraudulently . obtaining. the trat,s• fer of 8,0001. (Cons, 1s) on the 3d of September last, which sum was entered in the books of the Bank ui Englund in the name of Mr. Oxr-nford. It will 1), it. recollection of our read,rs that the sum was paid , 0 Jo seph Elder, the prisoner's accomplice in the transaction, who committed suicide at Boston soon after his arrest on the charge. Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor, stated the charge against the prisoner, and that a warrant had been issued for his apprehension by the late Lord Mayor. He was prepared to go Ito the case, but as the prisoner only yesterday arrived from Boston, he (Mr. Freshfield) thought that the most advisable course would be to remand him. The prisoner, in a low tone of voice, said he wished to be remanded. Mr. Freshfitld then called— Mr. Oxenford, who stated that the 8,000/. fraudulently obtained from the Bank' of England, was his property, and that he never authorised any person to use his name, or to withdraw it. A clerk in the Bank depo , :e<l that the prisoner was a witness to the transfer of the stock. The LORD MAYOR then remanded the prisoner until Wednesday next. Burgess is a tall man, and appeared ti) feel acutely the position in which he was placed. He appeared to be lame, possibly from an accident which he met with while endeavouring to escape when pursued by the officers in Boston. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. On Friday forenoon, at eleven o'clock. a commission de lunatico inquirendo was opened before Mr. Commis sioner Winslow and a jury of fifteen gentlemen, of which Colonel Gant was foreman (and which also consisted of several magistrates of the county of Middlesex), at the Manor House, Green-lane, Stoke Newington, as to the state of mind of Mr. George Porter, aged 46, f - ►rmerly a merchant carrying on business in the City of London, but described in the commission as late of Tottenham, and at present residing in Phillip-street, Kingsland-ro,d. The commission was sued out at the instance of Mrs. Porter, the wife of the alleged lunatic, and was supported by Mr. Bateman, of the Chancery bar. Mr. Porter was unrepresented by Counsel. Mi. William May, a member of the Society of Friends, was first called, and said he resided at Tottenham, and had known Ur. George Porter for seventeen years. He first attended him on account of his mind in the month of May, 1837. When he saw him he found his principal delusion was that he had a f ew d a y s b e f ore , w hil st sit ting in . his apartment, seen two tablets similar to those on which the ten commandments were written in churches, appear in a flush of lightning on he wall, and on them he saw inscribed words from the Mai chapter of Hebrews, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th verses, and which he repeated with great fluency. He had never known Mr. Porter free from that delusion since. Shortly after he was taken with this malady he saw Mr. Porter, with Dr. Sutherland, sen., and in six months he was removed from home and placed under the care of his cousin, - Mr. Samuel Porter. lie saw him in July last in Phillip street, and on being in troduced Mr. Porter suddenly rose as he put out his hand to shake hands, and- exclaimed, " No, no, Mr. May, you have been the cause of my being here." He subsequently became more reconciled, and in conversa tion repeated the delusion about the wall, and said be had lost his soul ; and that in consequence of the words on the wall he knew that it was cast into utter perdition. Another delusion was, that his brains no longer existed, but that there was a bird inside his head which was communicated with by a gentle spring from his heart, ,tud which was acted upon by the fiend. He would ako declare that his tongue had been melted out of hi., mouth, in consequence of his blasphemies. He invariably believed that the writing on the wall was his condemna tion, and his mind has in consequence become in a morbid state. By the CommissioNEu—lle enjoys good health, an is rational in other respects. Ile admits his own in capacity to manage his affairs, and I believe him wholly incapable of doing so. Mr. Samuel Porter, the cousin of the unfortunate gentleman, deposed that he would sometimes say the vessels in his skull had burst. There was a fiend inside him who pulled a string and kept his heart in motion Further evidence having been given by Dr. Sather land, and the unfortunate gentleman having been intro duced to the commissioner and jury, the jury ultimately returned a verdict, "That Mr. George Porter is of un sound mind, and incapable of managing himself or his affairs, and has been so since the 10th of June, 1837." THE CASE OF STABBING A LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN. Yesterday a middle-aged man, named Samuel Brown, a sailor, was brought up before Mr. Rushton, charged with having, on the morning of the 18th inst., stabbed Captain Launcelot Reed, ^f the ship Sir Charles Napier, while on her voyage from St. Andrew's to this port, about 700 miles to the westward of Cape Clear. It appeared from the evidence of the cook, steward, and a gentleman of the name of Porter, a passenger, and part owner, that between four and five o'clock on the morning in question, the captain requested Brown to haul in the mainsail during a squall. The prisoner re fusing to do it, an altercation ensued, whereupon the captain pushed him and was struck in return. The cap tain then caught hold of Brown to place him in confine ment, and was struck several times, receiving no very serious injury, but, when they had got as far aft as the mainmast, he felt a sharp instrument pierce him, and called out, "I am stabbed—l am killed." The crew being immediately aroused, he was conveyed to the cahin, when it was found that a deep wound had been in flicted on the lower part of the stomach, through which his bowels protruded, and two other wounds, though not dangerous, on the left side. On Wednesday last the vessel arrived in this port, and a warrant was issued for the apprehension of the prisoner. From the evidence of Mr. Deane, surgeon, the lite of the captain appears to be in extreme danger. On examining the clothes worn by the captain at the time the affray took p!ace, which were produced in court, eight distinct cuts were visible in the jacket, and one in the trousers. The case was remanded till to-day, to await the evi dence of the captain and one of the crew, who was on watch at the time of the occurrence. The captain (who went out as mate in the Sir Charles Napier) resides in Charter-street, and from the present precarious situation in which he is now lying, it was con sidered necessary to take his testimony immediately. Mr. Rushton, accompanied by Mr. Ellis and Mr. Deane, proceeded to his residence for the purpose yesterday afternoon, when the statement of the captain was taken in presence of the prisoner. His evidence did nut vary materially from that given by the witnesses. The prisoner, on being shown, the knife, immediately after being taken into custody, admitted that it belonged to him, and at the captain's examination did not deny any of the statements which were then made.— Liverpool Mercury of Friday. MARKET NE COVENT-GARDE: There w7..s a most excellent supply getable:, yet the demand ruled at were mostl supported.—Potat , es 4s 6 i p•rl• ewt ; Turnips, 2s to 3s ; Coleworts or Green 3, 2s to 2s 9d ; Is 9d per dozen :quiches ; ppl,- ILA Spinaelt, Ini to is Sd ; and ()ni, , n... t• :ii•k ; P ,, . ApH. , 4. 7. to 8 , lish • rrapt.s, 8d to Ithl ; Rot Ilowo Foreign Grapes, 6d to 10d ; Cobb Nuts, 8d to Is 2d per lb ; Engli: 4s ; and Foreign ditto, is 6d to 33 bages, 2s to 4s per dozen ; Horse Broccoli, is 6d to 2s 6d; and Celery, 8( Mushrooms, 8d to is per punnet ; 8s to lOs per 100. nummEstrozar We had only a limited supply of the general demand was in a siuggisl variation in prices. NEWOATS ELND There was a eery large supply of Foreign gime and poultry, owing to was excessivel% heavy. at very low ti, Beef ai.d Mutton, the demand s , very full prices, while in most ()the steady business was transacted. Beef from - 2 " 9 4 4 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Veal3s to 4s ; ;tub.. 2s 4d to 3s - 10(1 pt ,r Blbs. by the carcass. NEWPORT. We had a decided improvement in the trade , 11 :j prices were freely supported. Beef from 2s 8d to t o o Mutton. 2s 10 , t to 34 B+l ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and 2s 10d to 4s per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Dtl I Comparatively speaking, the supply of Fish wil g w s, very extensive, yet the inquiry was inactive, and r" I were not supported. WEITECIIAPEL. sf i Most kinds of Meat were in moderate supPli A steady demand, at our quotations. Beef, from 21 II) 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 2s 10d to 01 Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 10d per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the Metropolis . 1111 24 from 7d to 7id ; of household ditto, Sid to 6d pe r fr loaf. lIIDE MARKET. Rawhides at per stone of 14 I bs.—Bost steers and hei felf ir 5s 8(1 to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 10d to 5s 6tl; ferior hides, 4s 4d to 4s 8:1. Sheeo and calf skinsl i ii per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long Iv° sheep, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; short ditto, 2s to 3s. IZAT 'CARNETS. /1P SMITIIFIELD.—Course Meadow i :ay, 3/ 15s to 4 - p Useful ditto. 4117 s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6! , Oat Straw, 1/ „' 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ lss per 10 10 ' limited supply, and a steady deo - arl at full prices , so CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow :ta,), 18 , 1 ,0 41 L , 1 0 Useful ditto 51 to 5145; fine U: land ditto, 5 1 701 5/ 12$ ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 5/ 18s . Oat Straw. 1 : 0 0 to 11 13s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 t - pet Supply moderately good and trade &Mat- hat hci-1c%, 5 0 WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3! 15s to 41 ' Useful ditto, 41 16s to 513 s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5 ,1 to 51 10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1 1 1 "',0 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1113 s to 11 15s per load te 3 c ip hny and straw sold steadily, and prices were supper , every instance. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY . 40 The Wheat trade is very heavy to-day, best S 1 sr scarcely maintaining last week's prices, and inferior 40 lities must be noted Is. per quarter lower. Fine star d o of Barley are scarce, and for such the prices of tili air vteek are realised ; but low qualities are difficult 1° sp i pose of, at a reduction of Is. a quarter. In Oats. e ll Shellirg no material alteration, but Beans have de b° . Is. to 2s. per quarter. 0 16' Per qr. of 601 b to the bu soll , EXTRA. ail Wneat Suffolk, Esser , and Rent Red ..... .. -to 46 ' 49 il Ditto ditto ..... White... - 61 45 , Norfolk ..... ..... ....... .....-... Red ...... - 45 0 II Ditto , ditto White... - 50 0 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red....... - 44 Ao 0, Ditto ditto . ....... - White... •-• 5 0 io r Yorkshire ...... .... ........ ." Red....... - 45 45 r Ditto ditto White... -bi4l $ Foreigr heti ...... - 49 0 A Ditto ditto ..... - 62 Per impril quarttr - 4 e .... Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ...... ...................-.. - 31 1 1 . 1 5 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire .................. - SI " a o e Grinding ..... "•• ......... •....•....... - ~- - 1 Foreign.... ......... ••• ..... fre ....... •••••••;•••••••• ... , e r ° , o o Per qr. , f 831 b. t- to .. deans, Small . ri , ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ..... ...... 45 4D' 1 1 Ticks ..... ........... ............. ........ .......... .... - 46 -- $ 5 Foreign-. .. - .................. .................... - 4 9 00. Oats, 1.(it..a,, a. d ..... d ... ... MMalin;..„„. lid Ltl 12d,, Fcr,ign -d to -d. pel ; u dil sisaiing .. As. to Y'7, Od. per L''" 4 M ilt R t0e5.ed............ RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Rocelptil °( ,,h is % ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to W— respective returns are made, together with the receipts of to week in the previous year : Week ending Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. _QQ 41g oAi • ZO:1 1 to) ti,,"rat -•+% G_, o,t, iA ) " . 1 3N. yof Fruit IMO titl, tearly, And fr , m 2s 6c l ,_ - et Carrots, 4 s t it o taik;ll,e "Pa .; Leeks, 83 , i Ina ran " 7 t I*, at. , 2s to ". ' dt,,;att •I- 6 ,1 to 1 s eter . L 3, ; 41 ),:t ~or ' 1 1.'1;147: ditto, 3- to sil "d 41 tioes in 10,1 to Is whet ish Melons, 2s S° ' huh' s each ; Red Radish, 2s to " and Id to 2s Ors - gt en and New r Au sul lt . c —he n thi 3. ry thost a-tieles, ' t o - ih state, at but h' 11 7 11 4to I r-r.. 1.4 Et z • 2'es:a r both English 14"' ° ‘" , t c which the dent *5 1 47 ad, Ten inures. For pril of ~r~ein 54'llIewbat active, r kinds of toetl4. Illethltbe ,4 eich t:tbde Iqi,IDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. NO VICE OF PETI LION. J. Musson, Melton Mowbray. , INSOLVENT PETITIONS. W. Law, beerseller, Gravesend, Dec. 11, at one, at the Court 01 Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. A. Morrell. milliner, Worthing, I)ec. 11, ae eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. W. 0. Overton, draper's assistant, Bristol, Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. W. J. S. Lee, innkeeper, Gravesend, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. M. B. A. Farmer, Dec. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. G. Brockwell, bootmaker, Stafford-street, Old Bond street, Dec. 4, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, I official assignee. J. Worland, livery-stable keeper, Cambridge, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as ie,nee. J. Bentley, accountant, Church-street, Westminster c. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. H. Edwards, cab proprietor, Exeter-street, Lisson grove, Dee. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Newbon, tailor, Commercial- road, Lambeth, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. G. W. Hills, Paradise-place, Clapham-road, Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. P. Wade, grocer, Brittlewell, Essex, Dec. 9, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. A. Johnson, Liverpool, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. G. Brown, clogger, Liverpool, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. H. Bentley, commission agent, Liverpool, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, offi cial assignee. W. C. Fairclough, Liverpool, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Stanley, innkeeper, St. Pairs-street, Lancashire, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. W. Haworth, wheelwright, Witton, Lancashire, Dec. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. Kilburn, jun., policeman, Hull, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. D. Shaw, tailor,Leake, Lincolnshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. W. Barker, saddler, York, Dec. 18,. at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J Scott, road surveyor, Leeds, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J. Coates, miller, North Stanley, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Lc ed ; District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J. Woods, farmer, Leverton, Lincolnshire, Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. T. Bingham, victualler, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Dec. 16, at eleven. at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. Winupenny, beerseller, Huddersfield, Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. - W. Shaw, cordwainer, Berrybrow, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official ' assignee. N. Barrass, clothier, Holbeck, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official asignee. D. Phipps, labourer, Coxmill, Shropshire, Dec. 17, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. 11. Fisher, slater, Batheaston, Somersetshire, Dec. 19, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. G. Reynolds, wire drawer, Highgate, Worcestershire, Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Law, draper, Reading, Berkshire, Dec. 20, at twelve-J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire, Dec. 20, at eleven-J. Scholefield, cutler, Cheapside, Dec. 21, at eleven-11. R. llarraden, printseller, Cambridge, Dec. 20, at one- A. Tregear and T. C. Lewis, pianoforte sellers, Cheapside, Dec. 20, at half-past one-E. H. Foster, tanner, Hathern, Leicestershire, Dec. 20, at two -R. Lee, R. J. Brassey, F. Farr, and G. Lee, bankers, Lombard-street, Dec. 21, at one-A. Portway, tea dealer, Braintree, Essex, Dec. 21, at twelve-J. Balls, livery stable keeper, Holloway-road, Islington, Dec. 20, at eleven-A. Goodeve, warehouseman, Aldermaubury, Dec. 20, at half-past one-R. Beesley, wine cooper, Wells-street, Oxford-street, Dec. 20, at one-E. Rey nolds, silk printer, Merton, Surrey, Dec. 21, at half-past eleven-J. Avery, colonial broker, Mincing-lane, Dec. 20, at twelve-T. H. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Black heath, Dec. 20, at eleven-J. C. Crespin, shipping agent, Eastcheap, Dec. 21, at eleven-T. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Tunbridge Wells, Dec. 20, at twelve-R. Cross, saddler, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Dec. 20, at eleven. In the Country. J. Murray and W. Brown, millwrights, Liverpool, Dec. 20, at one, at the Liverpool District Court-J. J. Brez, tailor, Chester, Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court-J. Watson, sent, and J. Watson, jun., common brewers, Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Sanders, carpenter, Reach, Cambridge, Dec. 20- J. Smith, newspaper publisher, Southampton-street, Strand, Dec. 20-B. Nicoll, tailor, Itutiord's-row-,ls lington, Dec. 21-W. Collier, grocer, Cambridge, Dec. 20-D. and H. Davies, road contractors, Asylnm-road, Old Kent-road, Dec. 20-F. Shotter, grocer, Portsea, Hampshire, Dec. 21-W. Minter, builder, Colchester, Dec. 20-A. Pellissier, lodging-house keeper, Bentinck terrace, Regent's Park, Dec. 20-M. Sweetland, baker, John-street, Fitzroy-square, Dec. 20-C. Pensam, dress maker, Cheltenham, Dec. 24-W. Martin, clothier, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, Dsc. 23-S. Chapman, sail maker, Liverpool, Dec. 20-J. Bibby, coach pro prietor, Liverpool, Dec. 21-J. J. Brez, tailor, Chester, Dec. 24-J. Peoples, woollen draper, Liverpool, Dec. 30 -I. Tobias, factor, Birmingham, Dec. 20-J. Atkins, beer-house keeper, Aston, Warwickshire, Dec. 20- P. R. Morrison, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 20-H. R. Harraden, nrintseller, Cambridge, Dec. 30-G. Stent, builder, Pleasant-place, Southampton-street, Camber. well, Dec. 20-11. M. Low and W. M. Westermann, merchants, Calcutta. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 11. Skelton and A. Bainbridge, confectioners, Hud dersfield-W. Carron, T. Cox, and G. Drury, patten makers, Birmingham-J. Cooper and R. Warham, mer chants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-J. H. Garton, G. S. Wake, and C. Trevor, tobacco manufacturers, Kingston ' upon-Hull-A. Miller and M. C. Grabowski, merchants, Walbrook, London-W. Perry, jun , and T. Bridges, ironfounders, Wolverhampton-J. Routh and 0. Routh, cord ks since-, Hawes, Yorkshire-W. 11. Darby and W. H. Hewett, merchants, Liverpool-E. Gregson • and W. Marsdes), sizers of cotton twist, Over Darwen, Lancashire i -.L T. Buckle and J. Bates, china merchants, York-W. Caistor and J. Thompson, millers, Manchester-T. liar raid, J. Milks, and S. Kilby, tea dealers, Coventry-R. Dredge, J. Dredge, and S. Dredge, brewers, Devizes (so far as regards J. Dredge-J. Price and G. Watson, sta tioners, Birmingham-A. Laing and C. M. M'lntosh, nurserymen, Beverley, Yorkshire-W. Woodward and J. Turner, drap:rs, Islington-T. Addy and G. Holmes, butchers, Sheffield-B. Rider, C F. A. Rider, and T. G. Rider, hat-tip makers, Red Cross-street, Southwark (so far as regards 'l'. G. Rider)-R. Compton and Co., paper makers, Manchester. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL, Nov. 30. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Conrail sat to day in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were tha Master of the Rolls, Lord Camptiell, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Sir E. East, Sir A. Johnstor, and Sir E. Ryan. JUVEER BHAEE ♦ND OTHERS V. VURUJ BUAEE AND OTHERS. Their Lordships in this case gave judgment, remit ting the case to the Court or Suddur Adavvlut; HOSANNA KIRAKOOSE V. SERLE. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed to day. The case came before their Lordships upon an appeal from an order made on the equity side of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras, by• which the Court on the petition of the respondent, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, obtained leave to file a bill as the next friend of, and on behalf of, the infant children of a person named Arathoon Kirakoose, an Armenian, who died intestate. In constqlb nee of this order a bill had been filed in the 81prome Court at Madras against the present appellant ; by the respondent, as the next friend of the infants ; and fforn that decision the present ap penl was brought.. The further arguments occupied their Lordships the whole day. . . CHARGE AGAINST THE GOVF.RNOR OF GUERNSEY. Their Lordships have specially appointed the 2d and 10th of next month for the hearing of the charges brought against the Governor of Guernsey by the inha bitants of that island. COURT OF QUEEA''S BENCH', Nov. 30. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Dxroux and a Middlesex Special Jury.) HILL V. STRATFORD. This was an action to recover the amount of a pro missory note, drawn by defendant, of which the plaintiff is holder ; and the defence was that the Rote had not been given for a legal con,ideration, but for a gambling debt. The defendant, Mr. Hugh Stratford Stratford, is the young gentleman whose name has of late been so fre quently before the public in connexion with certain alleged gambling transactions, out of which the present action has arien, and which have already formed the subject of trial before every metropol►tan court of record, from the High Court of Chancery down to the Court of the Bankruptcy Commissioners. Various witnesses having :leposed to the fact that it was a gambling transaction, tin , jury, without retiring, found a verdict for the de fenda►tt. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 30. (Sittings at Nisi Prins.) (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) GARDNER V. ALLEN. This was an action to rec.)ver compensation and damages for the alleged unlawful detention of a horse and cart. The case was of no interest whatever, except to the parties concerned.—Verdict for the defendant. BRYANT'S BANIC.—The hoiden of notes of Messrs. Bryant's Bank, Newmarket, will be pleased to learn that they are now paying the second dividend of 10s. in the pound, making in the whole 20s. in the pound, with interest. —Suffolk Chronicle. MAItYLEBOLSE VESTkta.7. At the meeting of the vestry on Saturday, the clerk read a parr to the vestry concerning a complaint made last week of a nuisance existing for some time in the neighbourhood of All Souls Church. It will be remem bered that on Saturday last a letter was read from the churchwardens, complaining of the obscene conduct carried on openly at a large house facing a new door which led to the gallery of the above church, the exist ence of which nuisance prevented many of the parish ioners from using that door, which would otherwise have been a great convenience .to them. It was then decided that the vestry-clerk should be desired to write to the rate-payers of that house, and make a report con cerning it to-day : It appears that a communication was made with Martha Willie, the occupier of the house in question, who admitted the nuisance, and made a pro mise that it should not be repeated.—The vestry was adjourned at twelve o'clock: IMPORTANT CHANGE OF THE LAW WITH REGARD TO Sr:AMEI. I .—A very important alteration has been made in the law relative to merchant seamen, by an Act of Parliament passed during the last session, and which is just about to come into operation. The principle of compelling all merchant seamen to register themselves is carried into effect, because, after that date, no master can carry to sca any seaman, without having first re ceived from him his register ticket, which is to be ob tained by a seaman on application to the Castom-house of any port. The master must keep such register ticket in his possession so long as the seaman is in his service ; when the seaman leaves it must be restored to him. The penalty of the master neglecting to obtain possession of the register ticket of each seaman he carries to sea is 51. All masters are to take their ap prentices to the Custom-house, and obtain register tickets for them, which thy, masters are to keep in their possession until the expiration of the apprenticeship. The Act makes it a misdemeanour to alter a register ticket, and provides that upon the death of a seaman his ticket must be returned to the Custom -house. A very in aerial alteration is alas made in the form of ar tioles of agreement, which, after the Ist of January, must specify the quantity and quality of provisions each seaman is to receive per (lay ; and it; from any circum stances, the allowance is reduced, the seaman is entitled to 4d. per day additional wages ; but if the reduction amounts to one-third, then the seaman is entitled to Bd. prr day additional during such reduction. Every ship, beyond the medicines now required, is to carry supplies of lemon or lime-juice, sugar and vinegar, which are to be served out to the seamen after they shall have been twelve days on salt provisions, in the following propor tions, namely—half an ounce of lemon or lime juice and sugar per da), and half a pint of vinegar per week, so long as the use of salt previsions Is continued. Penalty 201. for each default. Every ship carrying 100 persons, besides those now required by the sth and 6th Victoria, 107, is compelled to carry a surgeon. In cases of wreck, if the seaman exerts himself to the utmost of his power to save the ship, cargo, and stores, he is to be paid .his wages, even though the ship . had not previously carried freight. Every waster, before he sails on a Voyage, and when he returns home, is to deliver a list of his crew to the Custom .house of the port he sails from. GAS EXPLOS/ON.—On Thursday afternoon, about four o'clock, a mats, named Ed surd M‘Donald, 50 years of age, in the employment of the Equitable Westminster Gas Company, .11 orseferry-rottd, catered an exeaVtion its the Vauxhall read with a lighted candle in his hand, for , the purpose of examining the various joints ruin,, of the gas-pipe, when presently a quantity of a gas, which .Was escaping from a small aperture in the pipe, irniteel.- an d exploded with a loud report, auu uefore ale.Doisaid could effect his escape his clothes caught fire, and his Lace and hands were frightfully scorched and burnt, He remains in a state of great suffering. Nov. 23 22 Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • . •••• • • • • Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • • . • • • • Branding Junction . • • • . Bristol and Gloucester . • • • • • •• • • • . Cheater and Birkenhead... Dublin and Drogheda•• • • • • • • .. Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath . .. Durham and Sunderland .. . . Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties and North Eastern • Glasgow, Kilmaniock, and .Ayr • • Glasgow and Greenock• • • • •• • •• • Grand Junction ................... Great North of England Gfeat Western ................. Liverpool and Manchester •..• Londthi and Birmingham . • London and Blackwall London and Brighton ............... London and Croydon London and Greenwich ............. London and South We5tern......... Slanchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birminghani .... Manchester, Leeds, and Huil Assoc— Midland Counties. • Newcastle and Darlington .......... Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel', and Orleans.. Paris and Rouen ..........- ........ Preston and Wyre .. Sheffield and Manchester • • ...... South Eastern.. Taff Vale .... ..... Ulster . 229 2,116 Yarmouth and Norwich ...... York and North Midland.... ..... IS, 4 4,731 2,52' 6,60 1,. 2 1,143 36 , 1,4 3 4,908 4,30!' 569 4,153 6)3 187 2,266 -• EXPECTED STRIKE OF TUB COAL-MINERS "S 8; rious circumstances, which have recently come to 0 01 ,knovvledge, seem to indicate an intention on the Par t v the Lancashire Colliers' Union to c a u se a g eneral str' ere long ; and we propose briefly to notice a few tr., connected with that agitation which is now so ioat2,4.- trioitsly fomented amongst the b o dy o f w o r ki ng with the view of making th e p u bli c arquainteid with t"re oTet of this inienifesi strike. The remarkable fot s , o of this agitation is the proposal by the coal minerib"), their employers to force a rise in the price of coals , o , o , contracting and diminishing the supply to the Po,"; 01 and then to allow the coal miners to share with W :4 the profits which would result from this artificial scare"; and consequent dearness of an article which, at this s e‘ o f son of the year, may be termed a prime ne.cessal.„ e life. It may be said that we are not fairly represeu t , l 7, the views and objects of the coal min e rs ; a nd that have no intention either to induce or, by a general stril' h. o to coerce the masters into a general combin a tion for t" avowed object of making and keeping coals dear.-- 071 Chester Gua,dian. CONFLICT WITH A WOLF.—A young man, nam ed Ducret. aged 19, living at Chenevry (Haute-SliO n : 4 l with a farmer named Make, was a few days since sP re , o ff ing manure over one of his master's fields, when a y r " - he appeared, and a conflict took 'Ace between them. ' be young man, with great presence of mad, presented I prongs of the pitchfork which he was using, So n' sl o whenever the animal sprang at him, it canto on the sht points of the instrument. The battle had lasted ne s t a quarter of an hour. when Ducret, finding himself 0 1 , ting weak while the hard skin of t;:e wolf had kept Its o most uninjured, thought of using the piichf.rk club, and dealt his as s ailant su c h a bl ow as to stun s His master ran up at the mom, nt, and the aniralt quickly dispatched. The Prefect, on hearing of Duct e• courage, sent bins a present of 50E—Gal/yawl/. 0 r, ADVERTISEMENT.—ANOTIIER WON DE R, OR - 13 ; re 4TRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY' S P ILLS .— Mr. a respectable person, residing near Sunday's Well, t- 0. 1 11 was given over in a case of dropsy, and w as peri ec v . cured, when pronounced to be at the point o f death , i d, - these wonderful Pills. Pers o ns, e i t h er y ou ng or who become corpulent, pottle-bellied, bloated, or dri l l ; sical, may not only avoid apoplexy and other dant: o o 4 diseases attending thereon, .but al s o r ega i n the hig" r s state of health, strength, and energy, and their fig s o f become as tiat, as light, and as good, as in the day' youth.—Sold ( a l so H o ll oway ' s Oi n t ment ) a t Prof''so s e Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where ad view cif be had gratis), and by almost all respectable v endor s medicine throughout If I , On the 19th of November, li the TIO Countess Giglinea o f , ,oii and heir. OP On the 27th ofNovember, the ladyof the Rev. G. •• Cole in ' l Rector of Water Skatford, Bucks, of a datighter. .....---- VARRIED d r, On November 26, at the Chur c h of N o tre Damp de 1 1 :? o r ':,, • and afterwards at the Hotel of the British lAnbassy, Monsieur Jacques Edouard Lebey de Bonneville, W King. 010° 1 On the 26th Nov e mbe r , a tDibd en , th e H o n. Oliver VI A no Lambart, youngest s o n o f th e l a t e E ar l o f Cavan, to l‘nfig.. Elizabeth, second daughter of Captain Willes, (4.149 down, nr South f Noamton. Jobn On th ea e 28th o p vember, at St. James's Churc h ' Ali . Browning Edwards, Esq., o: Glyn-Afon, Corn arvoll, to op , garet Anua, daughter of Captain Carpenter, of Hawk e 11 Sunbury. DIED. Al i- . On the 22d of No v emb er , i n Lond o n, Nary Ann noAr sq. , - Thompson, second daughter of R. F. Thompson , citor, of OxtOrd. On the 23d of N o vember, at Blackheath, daughter of the late J. Tennant, Esq., of Liverpool- v u stor On the 24th of November, in Seymour-stre et, squ On the 27th of Nov Nvemb are, rs. Ma Ann Bingley. J 0111) f oer, Charlotte, the wif e of Henry Taylor. Jane, the elder Li 1te.41 i'alilished by . MURDO YOL: 111 . "02 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun file- 4 . Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in he COO" Middlesex, Moniay, December 2, 1844. torn don, ).1t