The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-28 00:00:00

P. 7 . - RIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS ream THE EVE!`r.b.'G PAPELtS OF YESTERDAY. GLOB!.—The Irish cleegy, as a body, seem by '•) means satisfied with Sir - Robert Peel's pretta - - early express, d intentions respecting the Roman _;.atholic seminary at Maynooth ' • and still less with the increased g ran t f or na ti ona l education. On the former question there have been some bitter personal attacks on the Premier • in which his conduct on the Catholic question has been referred to, as indicative of his leaning toward Romanisni ; an I of which . his present purpose of increasing the Parliamentary grant to Maynooth, with a view to render ing that seminary more effic7ent for the purpose of training youth for the Roman Catholic priesthood, is a mere continuation. The contemplated change in the Dublin University, by which its honours and emo luments would he rendered available to numbers who are now excluded from both, has also provoked a Pro • testant demonstration against Sir Robert Peel ; which will, deuhtless, be revived, and increased, whenever the proposal is submitted in a tangible shape to the University authorities. It is true that Sir IL Peel has gained over sonic, and muzzled others of the clergy, who were among the foremost in denouncing the National system. Still there re main a large number, " whose tongues "—to use the langusge of one of the " faithful among the taithlees "—" have not lied unto Baal, and whose lips have not kissed him." Among these are nearly the whole of the clergy of one diocese (that of Derry). • These have issued a declaration, couched in the strongest terms, in which they protest against the National system, as calculated to foster and encourage erroneous and strange doctrines. They justify the course they have taken in thus openly protesting against the false policy of the Government ; " for," say they, "we have fallen on trying times, when every other feeling ought to be merged in a sense of the strong necessity which now exists, that the sound and uncorrtapt portion of the clergy should take and avow their side." The manifesto thus proceeds : " We humbly hope that, by publishing our sentiments, we may co-operate in encouraging our reverend brethren in the other dioceses of Ireland, at the same time invit ing all our b:ethren of the laity to join heart and hand in this good cause ; so that, as a Church of Christ, we may be enabled, by the blessing of our Almighty Head, to discharge our pledged and incumbent duty, of being wit nesses and keepers of God's holy word." " This striking and admirable document," observes the Dublin Mail, " may be taken as the una nimous opinion of the parochial clergy of the diocese of Derry ; and it does them infinite honour, as conscientious and disinterested servants of their Heavenly Master, and faithful shepherds of the flack committed to their care, that they have, in a body, given such a response to the Ministerial policy, which excludes all persons in the Church holding their opinions from the due rewards of professional service and eminent abilities." And in a subsequent paragraph Sir Robert Peel is assured that he " will find it utterly impossible to carry his principle of preferment (the reward of subserviency) into practical operation." The following quiet but not the less bitter allusion to a vacant deanery, and to the principle which will probably guide the Govern. merit in filling up the vacancy, exhibits the feeling which prevails among the -Irish Protestants on this subject . Our informant was incorrect in stating that Dr. Wil son was nemina'ed Dean of Limerick. No such appoint ment hat been made, nor is it likely. The impression is that some one of the Her. Gentlemen who are advocating the merits of education, as administered by the National Board, in the columns of the newspapers, will be selected for the dignity." We have not alluded to the subject because we ap prove of the opposition to the Government in these matters. We regard the resistance of these clerical malcontents as an emanation of that narrow and exclu sive policy to which Ireland, in the interests of its in habitants, was long the victim. Bigotry was the parent, and intolerance is the instrument of this policy. Its adherents, instead of considering what is required lay the condition of society and the circumstances of .the great mass of the population, reason and act as though the land were formed for them alone—to be the theatre on which they should exhibit their ascen dancy, and where the people, body, soul, and spirit, should be subjected to their rule. For this sove reignty they have striven, are striving, and will strire, until they see and feel that the strife is vain. But though on the the one hand we deplore the powerful opposi tion which is made to the Government, in its attempts to adapt its policy to the spirit of the age, and to the circumstances of the Irish people, we cannot Wonder that the Government has met with resistance from such quarters. The conduct of Sir Robert Peel, in conjunction with the leading members of the Government, when endeavouring to oust the Whig Ministers, is the main cause o f thi s res i s t ance . Th ey encouraged expectations in those who now resist their educational policy, which are now shown to have been fallacious. Disappointment has engendered distrust; and this has, in its natural results, led to that embodied hostility which—though it may not be successful in effecting the overthrow of the National system of education, nor in defeating the other mea sures against which it is directed—will be a source of embarrassment to the Goverament, and cannot fail to estrange its adherents, and thus divide and weaken its party in Ireland. S PAN DARD.—The late deplorable accident on the Midland Counties Railway naturally calls atten tion to the possible dangers of the new means of transit, and to the proper guards against such dan gers. In the first instance, however, we must he careful not to exaggerate the hazards of railway travelling, which, as experience has shown, are leas than in any other mode of travelling. Even in the infancy • of their use the casualities upon rail roads have averaged much less, in proportion to the number of travellers, than coach travelling used to average, even in the high state of per fection to which it was carried in this country. Still, though railroad travelling is, we believe, the safest manner of locomotion yet discovered, the late acchlesit and other accidents, rare as they have been, prove that it is not yet absolutely safe; but to al solute safety t':e public are entitled if the thing be attainable. And seeing how near to perfection the system has been already carried, we do not despair ef the object being attained to. Still, if we would spare the lives of our fellow -creatures during the stage of improvement, the public must exercise , scene forbearance, must make allowance for the acci dents and inconveniences inseparable from the adoption of every new art, must occasionally submit patiently, and with:good-humour, to cautionary delays ne,cessary for the safety of men's lives. Already, railroad tra velling, by daylight, awl in clear nights, seems to be perfectly safe from collisions; the generally almost rectilinear course of the trains gives to the eye suffi cient warning of the approach of a train by day. or in a clear night, to allow time for a halt. 'The enemy to he dealt with is fog, which renders 'the eye comparatively useless ; and the ques tion to be solved is, the most certain, and ettsiest, and (a consideration not to be over looked) the cliee.;est means of communicating through the fog. The electrical telegraph first ..presents itselr, and this means of communication .wW, we doubt not, be adopted sooner or later upon every railway, on the score of economy .as well ae from considerations of safety. Such communication fi•oin station to station would enable railway managers to save much expense in their preparations, as well as to give immediate notice 'of the departure of every train, so as to reader colli si ens impossible. The electrical telegraph has not yet, however, as we believe, been carried to that state of complete perfection to justify an implicit reliance upon it, and its establishment demands an ex penditure of time and money that forbid the hope that it can be very early adopted. The second means of communication that occurs is addressed to the ear— the bell, gong, or bugle. At sea the bell and gong -are found useful means of warning, and on shore 'they, as well as the bugle, communicate sound to a — very great distance—to a distance much greater than would serve as ample warning to a railway train to ;:avoid a collision. In thick weather one of these noisy ;earitinels might be easily attached to the engine of every train, and if the trouble of giving it voice were a consideration, it might be self-sounded by communication with the machinery of the en gibe. • Our opinion is, however, that a communica tion independent of. and separated from, the train would be desirable, whether the train were or were • not provided with a warning instrument. A series of bells, gongs, or bugles, beside the railway line, 'and at a distance of about half a mile apart, to be Manned in thick weather either by the railway : police or by labourers specially employed for the ...oecasion, would render impossible such frightful acci ;clent3 as that at Bee-ton, while the expense would be very trifling. The outlay in the first instance would be probably not more than 40/. or 50/. the •faile, and besides that it would save Many lives, it - -would well repay railway proprietors, by render ing this mode of travelling perfectly safe, and ob viating all the expense caused by accidents. The 'damege to engines and carriages at Beeston is very .properly lost sight of, in our estimate of a misfor tune that has proved fatal to our fellcree-creatures ; last the pecuniary loss must be considerable, .probably several thousand p oun d s , a ll o f w hi c h NVOUId have be en save d h a d t h ere b een a proper means of communication established. It may be -said that fogs occur but seldom, and th a t th e co lli s i on at Benton was the effect of ne g l ec t or s t up idi ty ; b ut ' 1 4 3 , neglect, and stupidity, are accidents that wise men will anticipate will s m of i nev i ta bl e occurrence, 'and that good men w ly' ''threaten to endan ger lif e. }negs provideu are e a V , if they gaearinst our reach ; and before w :the lives of oar fellow -creatures dependa ntrilYbeyond . leave up on ~vigilance and correct judgm en t o f others, we ougt to be quite sure that we are never negligent or stupid ourselves. Frederick the Great used to say, that" the general who did not make a large allowance for the neglects and blunders of his subordinates, did not know half his business." In what we have THE SUN, ?aid, we would not indeed imply that there was eitner neglect or stupidity in the sad affair at Beeston—an opinion upon the point ere pre:na ture. alisappr&hension there certainly wa.-; ; and, as certainly, neglect or stupidity, while rip-ans of com munication are wanting, might lead to ll the horrid consequences to which something clear: led. NE W ZEALAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In common with other friends of New Zealand, I have read with much interest your amicie of Tuesday last, and I trust you will continue to draw public atter, Lion to that ill-used colony. Its cause is a most just one, and your powerful advocacy of it is sure to bring success in due time. If the state of your columns will allow it to be done, would you kindly insert the following letter, written ou a subject of great importance to New Zea land? A pamphlet, addressed to Lord Stanley, by Mr. Dandeson Coates, Secretary to the Church Missionary Society, and severely censuring the Report of the Par liamentary Committee appointed to consider the affairs of New Zealand, has recently appeared, and it is neces sary to make a few remarks upon it. Considering the position of Mr. Coates as an officer of the Church Missionary Society, and the obvious interest he has in the line of argument he supports, I am sur prised that delicacy did not keep him silent. I shoull have imagined that after his declaration that he would " thwart the New Zealand Company to the utmost of his power," he would not have condescended to write under a false pretence, and would not, as on this occasion, have made the rights of the natives the stalking-horse of the wrongs of the missionaries. Lord Stanley is well aware that the missionaries of New Zealand have not been wholly unmindful of their own temporal interests—that in their ordinary care for the natives, they have not omitted taking extraordinary care of themselves, and he will see how likely it is that they should be jealous of, and opposed to, any other colonization than their own ; for, with all respect to the Church Missionary Society, to which I have subscribed for many years, I say that it is a scandalous thing that her agents in New Zealand should have been so mixed up in land jobbing. Out of 35 missionaries in 1838—for 21 to be land claimants, 18 to the tune of 118,000 acres, and the others to the tune of 40,000! It is most discreditable and im proper, and must grieve every friend to missionary ex ertion. These grants all being in the northern part of New Zealand, we are at once supplied with a key to the opposition of their owners to colonization in the southern part. But is it not " drawing the feather" rather too openly for these men and their friends to assert their objections on principle to all southern colonization ?—an objection which this very highly-paid officer of their body, and the avowed foe of the New Zealand Company, urges with his half-coaxing, half-bullying appeal, on Lord Stanley, and all forsooth on principle? But let no one fancy that the missionaries have well-founded religious grounds on which to oppose the systematic colonization now going on. The opposition of the missionaries in New Zealand to me appears simply of the earth, earthy! The whole pamphlet, when stripped of its unneces sary verbiage, resolves itself into one point, and upon that point I will undertake to show that Mr. Coates is completely in error. Mr. Coates rejects all previous matters, and confines himself to the treaty of Waitangi. " Here," says he, "is a treaty made by the representative of the British Government and the native chiefs, and I take my stand upon it. I care not for a priori arguments or facts—l stand upon this solemn treaty, and I say, that until you destroy this, the resolutions of the late Parliament Com mittee are dishonest and bad.. Task not to me of the Inexpediency- or absurdity of the treaty ; it has been formally made and ratified, and it cannot be avoided." Now, admitting all Mr. Coates's assumptions, I say that the Parliamentary resolutions are wholly consistent with the treaty of Waitangi, and perfectly honest and good; and I further say, that the very terms and spirit of that treaty itself furnish us with a full justification of the Parliamentary Committee's report. By the second article of that treaty her Majesty "guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the re spective families and individuals thereof, the full, exclu sive, and undisturbed possession of their lands, estates, forests, fisheries, and other properties, which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wish to retain the same in their possession. But the pri vilege of pre-emption is yielded to her Majesty over such land as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate." This is the celebrated treaty of Waitangi. And pray how, attentively considered, does this in any way conflict with the report of the Parliamentary Committee ? Mr. Coates says that the recommendations of the Committee nullify the above clause of this treaty. I say they do not nullify it, but leave it wholly undisturbed. The argument arises upon the word possess. The treaty guarantees to the natives all the lands, &c., which they possess. So far so goo d. B u t th en the Parlia mentary Committee does the same.—( Vide the Report, passim.) The report throughout admits and enforces possession and occupation to be the means of acquiring the title to land in New Zealand, and therefore advocates the very . terms of the treaty by impliedly confirming the natives in whatever land they may possess. Any person who reads the report, and who is in the least degree conversant with the subject, will at once see this, and that the claim for the settlers extends only to such land as may be unoccupied or unpossessed by the natives. The report regards such unpossessed land as part of nature's waste, and open to the first occupier. This doctrine has been held by the best writers of all ages, e.g., Grceius, Blackstone, Locke, Puffendorf, and Paley. Tile native New Zealander deco not occupy or possess a thousandth part of the country for his own support or use (see Parliamentary papers), and yet Mr. Coates and his missionary friends would keep the remaining 999 parts to themselves, and proscribe other Europeans from acquiring it. But then " they have purchased it !" An equitable purchase, truly, it has been! even admitting some purchase fcr the sake of argument. A blanket for one thousand acres, a gun or a cloak for 5,000 acres, and so on ! Why, is it not clear to any one, that the natives in their own minds know they ore selling what they have no right to, or they would not accept such moonshine equivalents as these ? It is like Sheridan getting a shot - at a flock of geese for sixpence, and when he had killed three, and was chuckling at his bargain, being advised by the bumpkin who had received the six pence to make himself scarce, as the real owner was coming into the field. The sly fellow was glad to accept the smallest sum, because what he gave in exchange did not belong to him. The treaty of Waitangi most properly confirms the natives in the lands they possess, but leaves open the remaining lands to lawful settlement, and the Parlia mentary reports hold the same doctrine, and I defy any impartial reader, be he lay or clerical, to come to any other conclusion than this. Mr. Coates first conceals the true spirit of the report, and then argues in the most dogmatical manner on such false foundations. This is as palpaLle a piece of Jesuitry as I ever met with. Of course, looking both at the treaty and the report, the true meaning of possession is always to be carefully regarded. It must be settled with a due respect to cir ,!umstances and the habits of the people. It would be as absurd to construe, e. gr., mere walking over the land once in a lifetime into an act of possession, as to require a legal possession by deed, signed, sealed, and lelivered. The U1ti11271.4 is the true criterion, whether the individual intended to take possession, and followed ap the intention by a corresponding act ; but in such a possession as this, the New Zealander would be disturbed ,either by the treaty nor the Parliamentary report. I therefore do trust that Lord Stanley will nut, now h e way has been opened, refuse to enter upon it from soy false feeling towards the .aborigines. Their rights, like those of Europ. , ans, rest upon one foundation, both V nature and treaty, viz., possession or occupation. Let these rights be openly recognised, and so let an end be put to that sad state of doubt and dread which at present exists. Let rights, whether of the red or white man, be settled and enforced. A young colony cannot stand still—it must go on or fall back; and the uncertainty which yet prevails in New Zealand is enough to stifle it in its infancy. But as Carlyle says, it is a sad time for governments when the governed play to be let alone. Lord Stanley may continue to neglect New Zealand, but IVI . y upon it the cfr et will be most prjudicial to himself and his character with posterity. Let Lord Stanley do a little in the business of his official connexion with New Zealand in the right direction, instead of allowing himself to be put forward as the tool of the missionaries, and mixed up with all their transactions. Let him carry ,ait the principle of the Parliamentary report and of the treaty of Waitangi, for the principle of both is identical —" That possession or occupation alone give an original title to land, and that claims to comi:ensation not founded on this principle are to be disregarded, as unsound in theory and unjust in practice."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, CIVILIS. Nov. 23, 1844. [We have ventured to abridge the communication of our correspondent " Civility," for a reason which he will infer, from the large space it still occupies in our columns; but we have retained all its important features. —ED. Sun.] STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Owing to the advance of the season, the demand for yarn (which has been so exceedingly active during the last few weeks) has now somewhat abated, and rather lower prices were yesterday accepted for certain descrip tions of warps and of cop-weft, which had previously commanded higher relative prices than other sorts. For all the ordinary shipping numbers and qualities, however, the prices remain quite as high as heretofore. For goods, the demand is still limited, with a slight tendency to a decline in prices, in some few fabrics. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, NOTEN BEP. 25.—The flannel market has been heavy, and the prices ruinously low. When trade is good, this month is generally the busiest, and the demand continues up to Christmas. Wool has been rather better to buy to-day, but the inquiry for it continues very limited. ECLIPSE or THE AlooN.—On Sunday evening a total eclipse of the moon, visible in our locality, having been announced, multitudes awaited the interesting oc currence with eager anticipations of delight. The moon, which was full the same evening at half-past eleven, rose from the horizon towards the dusk, in beautiful splen dour, and continued up to half-past 8 o'clock to shine in a cloudless sky. From this period, however, thick clouds gathered from the west and gradually obscured the evening luminary from view, and shortly alto- nine o'clock whets the eclipse began, it was completely lost to the sight, except for one or two intervals, when its face was seen, though indistinctly, and the first contact of the .e penumbrat was, as Sir J. South would s a y " v i s ibl e f or tfraction of a Second." After th . s time all further observatroii was at a n end ; the clouds ga th er ed t hi c k er than ever, an d t h e rain bega t , to fall, contin u i ng to d o so during night, th e sky being b enveloped in i m p enetra b le glOOD3.—Effinburgh Paper. 'LONDON, THURSDAY - EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1844 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, .No:7. 27. (Sittings at Nisi :Pries, at Westminster, L.f0r ,.. : Mr, Justice WICHTMAN and a Ailiddtesvx Common Jury.) BARKER V. RIARIGNAN. _ Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr, Platt for the defendant, This was an action to recover damages for an arrest and alleged false imprisonment. The plaintiff is a livery stable keeper, and the defendant's horse and chaise had been brought to plaintiff's stable and put up there. During that time the horse was baited. In about half an hour after the defendant arrived at plain tiff's stables, and called for his horse and chaise, on which he was told that there was a shilling to pay. He replied that his horse and chaise had not been sent there by himself, but by the landlord of the Brown Bear, in Covent-garden, and that, therefore, he should not pay the charge demanded. Upon this plaintiff told him that he should detain the horse and chaise until his demand was paid, whereupon the plaintiff went out, and returning with a policeman, gave the plaintiff into custody, and at the station-house preferred a charge of felony against him for stealing his horso and chaise. To recover damages for this causeless arrest and false imprisonment the pre sent action had been brought. The jury found for plaintiff—Damages 101. DAVIS V. CURLING. This was an action against the surveyor of the high. ways of the parish of Tottenham, to recover damages for the consequences of an accident which had been occasioned, as was alleged, by his neglect. The plain tiff is a cowkeeper, residing in Lambeth, and on the Ist January, 1843, he drove down to Tottenham in a one horse chaise, accompanied by his wife, to the house of a Mr. Newsome, where he remained to supper. On his return home his gig was upset in Marsh-lane, is conse quence of his driving over a heap of gravel. The gig was broken to pieces, and Davis and his wife were both seriously injured. The former was confined to his bed for three weeks, and was disabled from attend. ing to his business for six weeks. It appeared that on each side of the lane there is a track of greensward, on which it is customary to place heaps of gravel for the repair of the road, where they are left until they are required. The heap in question, it was contended, extended from the greensward into the road. Several of the plaintiff's witnesses swore positively to this fact, and also stated that they had, before the acci dent occurred, frequently drawn the attention of the defendant's servants to the dangerous state of the par ticular gravel heap which had occasioned the accident. Mr. PLATT (with whom was Mr. Bovile) having concluded the case for the plaintiff, Mr. PETERBDORIT (with whom was Mr. James), for the defendant, submitted that he was entitled to the verdict, on the ground that the defendant had not re ceived twenty-one days' notice of the action, which, as a public officer, he was entitled to, under the 109th section of the sth and 6th William IV., cap. 50, and that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, even should the Court decide no notice was necessary, because there was no proof of the allegation that defendant had received distinct notice to remove the gravel, and that there was no evidence to show that he had suffered the gravel to remain there wilfully, or even to show that he knew that it was there at all. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN having heard Mr. Platt and Mr. Bovile in reply to the objections, refused to.stop the case, but reserved the points. Mr. PETERSDORFF then addressed the jury for the defendant. Mr. Justice WIGHTBIAN, in summing up, left these questions to the jury —First, were they satisfied that the defendant ever knew that the gravel was in the place where it was ? Secondly, if he did so know it, was it negligence and want of due care on his part to leave it there ? Thirdly, if they answered the other two questions in the affirmative, were they satisfied that the accident had been occasioned by such negligence ? The jury returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, answering each of these questions in the affirmative, and assessing the damages at 35L WINTER ASSIZES. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, Nov. 27. The Commission of gaol delivery for the county of Kent was opened on Tuesday by Mr. Justice Wil liams, and this morning the business of the assize commenced. There are forty prisoners for trial, some of whom are charged with murder. There are also several other serious offences. John Cogger, 33, a person of respectable appear ance, surrendered in discharge of his recognisances, to answer an indictment charging him with having unlawfully acted as an attorney at the Quarter Ses sions at Maidstone, without being duly qualified or admitted to practice in that capacity. The defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. BODKIN, who was instructed to prosecute, said the indictment had been instituted by the Law So ciety of the county, with a view to put a stop to the practice of unauthorised persons acting as attorneys. They had, of course, no vindictive feeling towards the defendant, and as he had acknowledged his error by pleading guilty, the prosecutors would be satis fied with his entering into his own recognisance to appear and receive the judgment of the Court, if he was called upon to do so, which would, howev er , no t be done unless he repeated the offence. The defendant having entered into the required re cognisances, was discharged from custody. THE CASE OF RICHARD DADD, THE PARRICIDE gl" _ _ Mr. BODKIN made an application to the Court in reference to the above prisoner, who, it will be remetn• bered, after having murdered his father, made his way to France, and was eventually brought back to this country and committed for trial. The - Learned Counsel, after having briefly alluded to the circumstances of the case, said there was no doubt that the unhappy young man was insane, and he had been removed, by order of the Secretary of State, to a criminal lunatic asylum, where he now re mained. As the trial, therefore, would not come on, he had to apply to the Court to discharge the recog nisances of the witnesses who had been bound over, and to order that the money and other valuables taken from the person of the deceased gentleman at the time of the discovery of the murder, might be delivered to his friends.—The Court made the order. Mr. Holm; applied to have a person, named Richard Snoard, whose name appeared upon the calendar as charged with forgery, called upon to ap pear in discharge of his recognisances. The circumstances connected with this case are of rather an extraordinary character. The accused is represented to be a man of very considerable pro perty, and the offence with which he is charged was alleged to have been committed upwards of four years ago, and the indictment has during all that period been upon the files of the Court, but has been post poned under various pretexts until the present time. The accused was admitted to bail in the cum of 1,0001. to appear and answer the charge, and in his failing to do so, the recognisances lie had entered into were estreated, and the amount was eventually paid into the Exchequer. The defendant was afterwards taken, and was again admitted to bail, and the trial was to have taken place at the last Summer Assizes; but upon the application of the counsel for the defendant, it was again postponed, and the indictment now once more came before the court. The defendant was called upon to appear, but did not do so. Mr. HORNE then applied to have the recognisances estreated. He said the case had now been standing over for several years, and it was very hard upon the prosecutors that they should be trifled with in this wanner. He trusted, therefore, that the Court would either insist upon the defendant appearing and taking his trial, or else estreat the recognisances. Mr. Justice WILLIAms said that if the party did not appear in pursuance of his recognisances, they would, of course, be estreated. • Mr. BODKIN shortly afterward; said that he an Mr. Clarkson were instructed to defend the accuse( and he was in attendance in the Court, but was n prepared at that moment to take his trial, but he would be ready to do so, if time was afforded him to obtain the attendance of some material witnesses. Mr. Justice WILLIAus said the trial must come on in its turn during the aQsizes, or else the recognisances would be estreated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Mr. John &silk, a packing-case maker, carrying on business at the corner of Distaff-lane, was brought before Aldermen Hughes and Hooper, charged with indecently assaulting Sarah Crisp, a girl belonging to the Queenhithe-ward School for Girls, in Old Fish street. Mr. Deputy Goss stated that he was the treasurer of the ward school, and it having come to his knowledge that the defendant had enticed half-a-dozen of the school children into his premises by giving them a few half. pence, and had taken the opportunity to behave inde cently to them, he thought it was his duty to bring the matter before the Magistrates. He had carried this t charge 111 ;f osa e ura o gl rd f ea t hs h bh e ce c rusi h lspd i pa l d ,rb r e: e dal n ei mda i practice on fo r some t i me ; b ut on account of the tender perhaps, that they tc d hhei t lr h d a ia t th th er e u n a t t i o statednn tonehaan 10t p e w t idbaystleioacrasnextahasmesnai desirable , is dead, and she is maintained by her mother. She had been clothed and educat e d i n t h e ward school: for six years past. She first went into the d e f en d ant ' s shop with some other children about a year ago, when he gave them some halfpence. He did not take any liber ties with her then, nor at any time when any of her schoolfellows were with her. But he had behaved hide. cently to her on several occasions. The last time was a fortnight ago, when she came out of school before dinner. The MAGISTRATE inquired particularly as to this transaction, but did not find ground to commit for a fe!ony or a misdemeanour. The defendant said he was innocent. His shop had no windows. It was an open carpenter's shop close to the street, and it was scribed without being seen by the persons passing. He had no means of answering the case except by denying it, and by showing its improbability. Mr. Alderman IiooPER said, lie was in the habit of passing the shop, and knew there were planks standing up at the back of the shop which would afford a cover to such acts. The Magistrates having consulted, Mr. Alderman HUGHES said, if the defendant did not choose to submit to a summary conviction, he might be committed for trial at the sessions, and the whole of the children whom he had assaulted would be called. He would take the consequence of that examination. He believed all the girl had stated—for children and fools gmerally spoke the truth. They then adjudged him to pay a fine o" 51. for the assault. The clere:l,ifmt paid the fine. Mr. Alderman hoopea recommended him to remove immediately from a neighbourhood where his character had become infamous. If he did not the alderman would take care he should be watched. BOW-STREET. Yesterday John Ogilvie, who was charged with ex torting a gold watch and chain, and 51. 10s., from Mr. F. Mieville, of Hanover-square, by threats of an infamous character, was brought up for final examination. Mr. nobler, the solicitor for the prosecutor, stated that since the last remand another distinct charge of a similar nature had been instituted against the prisoner, which he was prepared to go into. The only additional evidence offered in the former case was that of a woman named Mary Ann Gill, who said she had lived, until about a month ago, in Pitt street, John-street, and knew both the prisoner and the cabman, Charles Rouse (who was examined last Fri day). She recollected Rouse bringing her an umbrella some weeks since, and saying it was left in his cab; it was afterwards fetched away by the prisoner, who wore a gold or gilt chain at the time. On being questioned by the prisoner, she admitted that she had great doubt as to his being the young man who took away the umbrella ; and as it appeared evi dent to the Court that her testimony would be of no service to the prosecution, it was not returned with the depositions. The prosecutor in the other case was Mr. Claud Neil son, a clerk in the office of his father, 3, Leadenhall street, who stated that in the afternoon of November 9. whilst looking in some print-shops in Finch-lane, the prisoner rushed against him twice in a suspicious man ner, and subsequently followed him to Mr. Barraud's shop in Cornhill, where he had to call on business. The prisoner waited till he came out again, and then con tinued to follow him, although he w a lk e d as quickly as he could through the passages leading into Lombard street, hoping to avoid him. In one of these passages he heard the prisoner calling to him " to come away from the street," and he then became so much alarmed that he ran off at full speed until compelled by fatigue to stop in a lane near the India House, where lie turned upon the pri soner (who had pursued him closely), and asked what was his object in following him ? The prisoner re plied that he must have money, and would not leave till he had received some ; upon which the pr o s ecu t or gave him Is , and desired him to go about his business. The prisoner said, " A shilling is not enough for what you have done ; you must give me a great deal more ;" and oa being asked for an explanation, he added, " A man is coming who has seen it all, and unless you satisfy me, I will give you in charge." He then addressed some filthy epithets to the prosecutor, and beckoned to a per son who seemed to be waiting a few yards distant, but the prosecutor succeeded in .getting away, and ran into the shop of Mr. Vardon, ironmonger, 3, Gracechurch street, where the prisoner arrived immediately after him. The prosecutor inquired for Mr. Vardon, whom he wished to see in private, but the prisoner declared that they should not speak together unless in his presence. Mr. :Vardon, however, took the prosecutor through his counting-house, and directed a warehouseman in his employ to keep back the prisoner, who tried to effect lan entrance also, but was prevented. The prisoner then said, " Luckily, he has given me a shilling ;" and in a few minutes afterwards, finding that he could not get into the room to which the prosecutor and Mr. Vardon had retired, he said he would fetch a policeman, and ac cordingly left the shop, but did not return. Information of the occurrence was then given to the police. Both Mr. Vardon and his warehouseman, William Hannah, as well as the prosecutor, having spoken posi tively to the prisoner's identity. Mr. JARDINE bound the parties over to prosecute and give evidence, and committed the prisoner for trial on both charges. It was too evident from what transpired in Court that the prisoner had confederates in these execrable trans actions. prtsrner, was ac2essory to the robbery, for unless he could do that, the charge against that individual must also fall to the ground. The complainant admitted that he was not in a condi tion to do so, although he had strong grounds I lieri-g that the rriscn. , r w4s intluencd by that person. The prisoner here bawled out again on her lawful hus band (as she called him) to enter the Court, and witness the falsehoods which were uttered against them both. She then proceeded to state that there was no foundation for either the charge of robbery or bigamy. That she left the prisoner, in consequence of ill usage, and on Sunday last was made an honourable woman, by getting married to Mr. Smith, and that her marriage so exaspe rated Watts, that he trumped up these serious charges against her to be revenged. The Magistrate said he should discharge the accused, and she left the bar with an air of triumph, asking the complainant what he got, after all, by his motion, and advised him to keep out of the way of" Mister" Smith, her husband, in case of an accident. LAMBETH-STREET, ROBBERY AND SUBSTITUTION OF DUMMIES.— James Saunders and John Robinson were placed at the bar, before Mr. Henry, on a charge, or rather suspicion of stealing two bottles of quicksilver, of the value of 501. From the evidence of Inspector Donnigan and the police-constable Robert Thorp, II 155, it appeared that, about six o'clock on the preceding evening, the latter ob served a town-cart stop in front of a blacksmith's shop in Pennington-street, and immediately after observed two men carry something heavy from the vehicle into the house. Suspecting something wrong, he watched the place for a few moments, and seeing a little girl in the shop, he asked her who the parties were, and what they had taken into the house? She replied that it was Mr. Saunders and an3ther person, whom she did not know, and that the former said he wanted her master to drill a hole in two stoves he had brought for the purpose. Saunders was secured, but his companion had made his escape, and on examining the articles taken into the house, they were found to be two bottles of quicksilver, of over 901bs. each, and of the value of 50/. The pro perty was taken in the cart to the station-house, and on examining the vehicle, the name of Richard Owen, of Fashion-street, Brick-lane, was found on it. Mr. Owen subsequently attended at the station-house, and repre sented that the cart had been hired about three o'clock in the afternoon, by a man named Priestly, to do a job from the Borough to Tower-hill, and that his man, John Robinson, had accompanied it. While making this statement, the prisoner Robinson entered the station house, and was detained by Inspector Donnigan on suspicion of being coacerned in the robbery. When the officers had terminated their evidence, Mr. Golding, a town carman, entered the Court, and, addressing Mr. Henry, said he had attended to apply for a warrant against one of his men, named Sandford, for absconding from his employment on that morning under very suspicious circumstances. Mr. Golding then stated, that on the day before he had sent Sandford with a van and two horses to remove fifty bottles of quicksilver, in bond at Fresh Wharf, to the Southampton Railway sta tion. On his return Sandford did not produce a receipt for the goods, as was usual in such transactions, but stated as his excuse that there was some mistake in the weight. On the day following, he (Sandford) came to the yard at an early hour, but it was evident, from a con versation which he had with one of the men, that there was something wrong, and he absconded from the pre mises shortly afterwards. Mr. Golding added, that he had no doubt whatever that the two bottles of quicksilver then in court formed a part of the fifty entrusted to Sandford's care, and for which the Customs would hold him (Mr. Golding) responsible. Mr. HENRY observed that it was somewhat singular that Mr. Golding should enter the court at such moment, and recommended him to lose no time in going to the railway station, and ascertain if any and what portion of the quicksilver had been •delivered there ; for it might happen that the whole were stolen. Mr. Golding immediately acted upon his Worship's suggestion, and, taking Thorp, the officer, with him, pro ceeded to Nine Elms. On his return, at five o'clock, he informed Mr. Henry that fifty bottles had been delivered at the railway station, but only forty-nine had been sent on to Southampton, as the fiftieth was found to be 171bs. short of the proper weight. Thorp said he had no doubt whatever that the bottle which he found at the railway was a " dummy," or old bottle, which had been emptied of the quicksilver and filled up with melted lead, but the latter was considerably lighter than the former. He was the more convinced it was a dummy by the fact that it bore the same number and marks as one of those taken on the preceding night, but both the figures and letters were somewhat different. Mr. HENRY remarked, that from the circumstance of Sandford delivering the proper number of bottles at the railroad, there could be but little doubt that the " duos [flies," as they were called, had been substituted for the real quicksilver, and he should therefore recommend Mr. Golding to proceed to Southampton, and take the numbers and exact weight of all the bottles belonging to the parcel there. The prisoners were then remanded. Saunders, it appears, has been for some years under the surveillance of the police as a receiver of stolen pro perty. He has been tried at the Old Bailey for that of fence, and also fined 100/. for smuggling, for which he served twelve months in the House of Correction. SINGULAR TRIAL OF AN AHAB FOR WEL ING 11.1-1 COACUBL:IE. A trial for murder, peculiarly interesting from the party accasvd, the circumstances leading to and at tending its perpetration, the witnesses examined, and the nature of their evidence, was held on the 15th and 16th inst., before the Court of Assizes for the department of the Var, sitting at Draguignan. The prisoner was Abdel Kader Ben Aoufi, formerly Dacherchaour, or chief of the armed police of the Emir Abdel Kader, and the charge against him was the murder of one of his wives, named Fathma Beni Abell Kader. At an early hour the Court was crowded, includ ing a great number of ladies, for whom seats were specially reserved. But the most striking part of the scene was a numerous body of Arabs, en camped as it were in the enclosure reserved for the witnesses. They were almost all very fine men, tall, handsome in features, though deeply embrowned by the sun of the African desert, their eyes shining brilliantly through. the white burnous with which they were covered from head to foot. Each, as a true believer, wore a chaplet or rosary on his arm, or round his neck, and sit ting crouched, seemed to take no notice of what was passing around him, but from time to time re peated verses from the Koran. Among them was only one woman, a negress, so covered with her white kack, that she might have been taken for a man, but for the delicacy of her legs and feet, arms and hands, which were naked. They were all prisoners of war brought from Algeria, and con. fined in the island of Ste. Marguerite, sum moned as witnesses for or against the prisoner' Ben Aoufi is a man of about forty-five years of age above the middle size, with a healthy complexior, high forehead, aqualine nose, and most brilliant eyes, but a countenance expressive of th e grea t es t mildness and strong intelligence, and his de meanour was grave and dignified. Two interpreters were sworn. The prisoner had always shown great veneration for his mother, who, with his son, was at his request brought from the Island of Ste. Margue rite to be present at his trial. After the usual formalities the indictment was read. From this it appeared that, two years ago, after the capture of the smalah of the Emir, Abdel Kader Ben Aoufi and his family were then taken prisoners, and, being brought to France, were sent to the depot in Sainte Marguerite. Two other families were made captives with them, and at their own request were placed together in one apartment of five rooms. Ben Aoufi formed a close intimacy with another Arab cap tive, Abdel Kader Ben Rebah, who had been an aga or captain in the Emir's regular cavalry. For some time their friendship remained undisturbed, and Ben Aoufi appeared to have full confidence in the fidelity of his two wives. Afterwards, however, he became jealous of them, and accused one of them, Fathma, of a guilty intercourse with Ben Reb a h, with whom Ls broke off all connexion. In October or Novem• ber, 1843, Ben Rebah assumed a seat in the mosque to which Ben Aoufi claimed to be en titled, and demanded it in insulting terms. Ben Rebah retorted, saying that Ben Aoufl had no right to talk so high, as his house was nothing but a house of debauch, and that he, Ben Rehab, had the night before lain on one side of Fathma, while he, Ben Aoufi, was on the other side of her. He used, indeed, terms which we cannot repeat. Their quarrel became desperate, but they were separated by their friends. From that day Ben Aoufi became inveterate against both his wives, but particularly against Fathma. One day he determined to kill her with a knife, but he was deterred from doing this by the supplica tions of his mother, who represented that Fathma was with child. About a fortnight before the murder, the Marabouts, or priests of their religion, endeavoured to reconcile Ben Aoufi and Ben Rebah, and for a moment the former seemed to yield ; but his jealousy returned upon him with greater force. He every evening locked his door and carried the key about his person, depositing it at night under his pillow, sleeping between his two wives. A negro, named Mobarek Ben Mokear, became a marked object of his suspicions, believing that he afforded Ben Rebah opportunities for approaching Fathma. In the evening of July 28, he felt per suaded that his wives took the key of their room from him. He made a terrible scene, and went to bed almost in a state of frenzy. The next morning, Fathma rose before daylight, and having performed her ablutions, bent herself with her head to the ground in prayer. He, hearing her, sprung also from th e b e d, an d reproached her with infamous conduct. She protested her innocence, and he, having ascertained that there was no strange person in the room, and that the door was still locked, went out to perform his ablutions. Returning, and find ing her in the same attitude, he took up a log of wood, and beat her with it on the head until she expired, notwithstanding his mother, who was present, did all in her power to pacify him. His rage, in fact, was so ungovernable, that he made a blow with the log at his other wife ; but she avoided it, and it fell upon a female slave who was near her. At this moment the negro Mobarek Ben Mokear crossed his path, and was knocked down by him. Believing he had killed him, Ben Aoufi exclaimed, " I have but an other to destroy, and then I shall be at rest." This was Ben Rebah, and he was going out in search of him, when the concierge of the fort, hearing the noise, arrived at the moment and stopped him. While being taken to the prison he struck an Arab who was in his way on the face with the log, which he still re tained. At his previous examinations he acknowledged his crime, but stated that he was u n d er th e i n fl uence of a frightful dream, and when he woke he believed he heard the rattling of keys. On being interrogated in court, however, he changed his tone, and, insisting that Fathma had violated the law, her hour, he said, was come, and the Prophet allowed him to kill her. After the examination of some of the witnesses, Ben Rebah was called, and gave an account of the quarrel between him and the prisoner in the Mosque, and partly admitted his having thrown imputations on the fidelity of the two wives, but greatly softened the language said to have been used by him. He gave an account of the reconciliation between him and Ben Aoufi, in consequence of the desire of the commandant of the fort that they should live together in peace. He stated that they met at a religious festival, and being seated at the same repast they reciprOcally put into the mouth of each other, in sign of oblivion of the past, a small quantity of vermicelli, and the wit ness by desire of the Marabouts, as being the youngest, first kissed the head of Ben Aoufi in sign of amity. He protested that he had never had any intimacy with Fathma, and he said what he did because Ben Aoufi had provoked him by first saying that his own wife, who remained in Africa, led a disord er ly lif e with the French s o ldier s . Ben Aoufi insisted that the evidence of Ben Rebah was false, and affirmed that Fathma, having deeply insulted him for the scandal he had thrown upon her, by avowing her in discretion, he had caused her to be killed by the negro named Mobarek. In the course of the exami nations, the President of the Court cited passages from the Koran, contradicting the assertion of Ben Aoufi that he was authorised by the Law of the Pro phet to kill his adulterous wife. At the conclusion of the evidence the Procureur du Roi delivered his requisitory, and the counsel for Ben Aoufi replied. The President then asked the prisoner if he had anything to add in his defence. Ben Aoufi required that his judgment should be post poned. Being told that this was impossible according to the course of justice in France, he asked that his mother might be allowed to sit by him while his sen tence was pronounced. The President refused, say ing that an innocent person could not be placed on the bench with one under accusation of crime. Ben Aoufi then turned to the interpreter, and said, "If I am condemned to death, pray that I may be buried according to my religion." The President then summed up, and the jury withdrew. After three-quarters of an hour they returned with their verdict, and at the entrance all the Arabs rose from their crouching position, and from th e i r white burnous, seen by the dimlight of evening (it being near six o'clock), they looked like so many ghosts rising from their graves. The jury negatived the question cf murder, but declared the prisoner guilty of giving blows and wounds causing death, but without premeditation, and also found that there were extenuating circumstances. The sentence pro nounced by the Court was four years' imprisonment. On hearing this judgment, Ben Aoufi said that it was ' too much for him to bear. But he retired smiling ; for, although he had been repeatedly told that he could not be condemned to death, he was always con vinced that that would be his fate. When the Presi dent went to the prison after his condemnation, he and his mother both expressed their gratitude for the leniency which had been shown to them. We understand that at the Privy Council to be held by her Majesty at Windsor Castle to-morrow, a proclamation will be agreed upon fur the proroguing Parliament from Thursday, the 12th of December, to Tuesday, the 4th of February, then to meet for the dis patch of business.—Eveniny paper of yesterday. [ADVERTISEMENT.] AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF ♦N ABSCESS IN THE KNEE, BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMEN T AND PILLS.— Henry Croft, residing at 18, Castle-street, Southwark, was an in-patient at St. Thomas's Hospital, for an ab scessed knee, and came out as incurable on the Ist of June last year, after being there three months. In July last he left Guy's Hospital, where he had been four weeks, and pronounced incurable—indeed, they rccotn mended his leg to be taken off—yet, however wonderful it may appear, he has just been cured by the use of Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—Sold at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all reepecteble venders of medicine throughout the civilised world, MAI?YLEBOIVE. Yesterday a shabbily-dressed man, named Thomas Tyndall, was placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged with having, in the following very daring man ner, stolen a watch, the property of Mr. Morley, 47, Oxford-street. It appeared from the evidence that on the previous evening, about six o'clock, the prisoner entered the shop, and asked Mr. Morley the price of a good silver watch ; one of the value of 31 18s. was shoWn to him, and, after looking at it for a few minutss, he expressed a wish to see one of a somewhat superior kind ; a watch of the price of seven guineas was laid down on the counter for his inspection, when he immediately took it up and ran out of the shop with it as fast as lie could ; he was pur sued, and on a cry of" Stop thief" being raised, lie was ultimately taken into custody. In his progress along one of the streets he flung the watch into the road. The prisoner, whose only defence was that he was out of employ, and had not a decent shoe to his foot, was committed to Newgate for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Jane Brown, a smartly-dressed and pretty ittle woman, was brought up on a warrant before Mr. Broughton, charged with having attempted to stab James Golding, a general dealer, living in Wellington-street, Shacklewell. Mr. Wolfe appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Hal lett for the prosecution. The prosecutor said the defendant had run up a bill with him to the amount of 1/. 65., and after repeated ap plications for the money without effect, he was obliged to take out a summons to enforce its recovery. Wish ing, however, to avoid resorting to such harsh measures, if possible, he went on the 4th inst. to the defendant's house, in Amherst-terrace, in the hope of quietly arranging the matter. The door was opened by a woman, who said the defendant was not at home, and he turned round to go away ; but he had no sooner reached the garden gate than the defendant appeared at the street door, and called out, " Here I am, and if you advance an inch further I will run you through with this." She then ran towards him, brandishing a naked sword, with which she suddenly made a thrust at his left breast, and the sword struck him very sharply ; but he stepped rapidly backwards, and fortunately escaped any personal injury ; but as it was the point of the sword entered the breast of his coat, and made an incision in it to the extent of several inches. Apprehensive of fur ther violence, he ran offto the station-house and communis cated what had occurred to an officer, who went to the house and took the defendant into custody : but in con sequence of his being unable to appear sufficiently early against her at this Court she was discharged, and had since then had the assurance to commence proceedings against him for false imprisonment. (The prosecutor exhibited his coat, which had a cut in the left breast of it about the extent described in his evidence.) Ile was cross-examined as to his having used violent and threaten ing language previous to the defendant's attack upon him, and denied having done so most positively. N, at the desire of the l as t witness, of the defendant, th e d oor o f which Constable wentn s opened Brannan, o the house h h u6 : 9e r. Sh e s till h a d t h e swor d i ts her hand, but on telling her his busin ess s h e d ro p pe d i t in the passage. The sword was an ordi nar y ship's t b 0 cut lass, and very sharp pointed, but was jagged at the edge and had sects some service. Inspector Howie said, immediately after the warrant was issued against the prisoner she and her husband absconded from the neighbourhood, and he bad been unable to obtain any clue to their residence until the preceding day, when he traced them to a house in Shepperton-street, Hoxton, and took the prisoner into custody. In derencs, Mr. Wolfe said that on the prosecutor going to his client's house he made use of the most violent and disgusting language, and the defendant being ap prehensive he would commit some personal violence upon her, took up the sword to defend herself, but without the slightest intention of using it. He called two witnesses, named Anne Dallaway and Catherine Stabbing, who described the prosecutor's language in similar terms; but they differed very materially in some of the facts, and both denied seeing the sword used, though both were present at the time. Mr. Bitoucirrox disbelieved these witnesses, and was satisfied, from the evidence, the prosecutor had con ducted himself on the occasion in a proper and tempe rate manner. Had the defendant succeeded in executing her threat, it would have been an undoubted case of murder, and had the sword only drawn blood. aed the jury were satisfied of her intention, she would have been liable to fifteen years' transportation. As it was, he should only convict her of a very aggravated assault, and order her to pay a fine to the Queen of 505., or, in default, undergo six weeks' imprisonment in the House of Correction. A great number of tradesmen, comprising butchers, bAken, publicans, and others, press( d forward, and ap pealed to the magistrate as to what steps they should adopt to recover the value of goods they had incautiously supplied to the defendant and her husband on the faith of their reipectability before they absconded from the house in Amherst-terrace. One of the tradesmen, who was a publican, had supplied them with beer, spirits, &c., to the extent of 251., during their short residence in that neighbourhood. Mr. BROUGHTON regretted he coul I render the com plainants no assistance, but if they could establish a case of fraud against the defendant and her husband, they might give them into custody. - - - UNION-HALL. Emma Smith, a pretty looking woman, was brought up in custody, charged with stealing a 5/. Bank of Eng land note and some sovereigns, the property of Henry Watts, of 18, Princes-street, Blackfriars-road. The complainant commenced by saying the prisoner had given in a wrong description, by styling herself as Mrs. Smith on the police-sheet, when in point of fact she was his wife. That by care and frugality he had saved the above sum, which he deposited for safety in a drawer in his bed-room. That the prisoner was aware of the fact, and that on Sunday she urged him to go t o bora, and that during his absence she went to the little hoard, took every shilling, and went off and married another man. Mr. COTTINGHAM-If that is the case, there is an end to the charge of stealing, for whatever property is yours is also your wife's. The prisoner declared that although she had been living under the protection of the complainant for the fait eight years, still that she was not his wife, and, added she, looking daggers at the complainant, " you are a wicked man for )ringing me here." The prisoner frequ ent l y i nterru pt e d th e complainant by exclaiming, " Oh, you w i c ked man, my l awful hus band is outside the C ourt, an d I d e f y you to prove that ever I was your wif e . Gi ve me i nto custody, if you d are for bigamy, and I shall h ave you t r i e d f or perjury. " She then called out fur Smith, at the top of her voic e , desiring him to come into Court and hear what the old monster, Watts, had alleged against her. Mr. COTTINGHAM said he could not entertain the charge on wWch the prisoner was brough there, as the complainant still persisted in the assertion that she was his wife. The magistrate then asked the complainant if be could prove that the mau whom be alleged married the THE LATE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—The in quest on the body of Mr. Dean was continued to a late hour last night, and then adjourned to Friday morning, on which day it is expected the jury will be enabled to come to a decision. The witnesses examined were Mr. John Chadbourne, of Pinxton, Derbyshire, miller, one of the passengers ; Joseph Englanil, of Alfreton, saddler, another pas senger ; John Fisher, the engine -driver, who directed, the train from Derby which came in contact with the train from Nottingham ; John Kearsley, another engine.: driver, who spoke to the circumstances attending the getting off of the train at the Nottingham station ; Mark Markland, the engine• driver of the train from Notting-: ham v. hich ran into that from Derby. This person did, not guide the train on Thursday afternoon, though he was with it. All these persons spoke to circumstances, which had been previously elucidated, the tendency of their evidence being to attach neglect on the part of the Company's servants. Mr. Hutchinson, one of the managing Directors, was also examined. Nothing very material was elicited from his evidence. A great portion of the day was taken up in discussing objections raised by Mr. Campbell, solicitor for Mr. Lightfoot, and this gave rise to a good deal of recrimination on both sides. The j•iry continued their sitting till half-past nine. The Directors have promised to produce on Friday a very material witness, but who is suffering at present from the injuries he received in the fatal collision. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR. VARNALLS. This inquiry was continued to a late hour last night (Tuesday), and was adjourned to this morning. when the Coroner and jury re-assembled. Among the witnesses examined were Kearsley and Markland, the engine. drivers; Joseph Mowett, of ll>rby, an engineer; and John Boulton, of Long Easton, over looker of the contractor of the permaneneway, &c. There was nothing new in the evidence. Mr. Ceuta, of Not. tingham, surgeon, who had made a post mortem exami nation of the body of Vernal's, stated the nature of the injuries received by the deceased. The principal seat of injury was in the right leg, the integuments of which were lacerated from just below the knee to the ankle ; • the thigh bone was likewise fractured. Death resulted From the shock which his nervous system had received. Witness did not think that the circumstance of his hay. ing been refused admission into Mr. Godfrey's house made any difference, as he had lost too much blood ere he reached Lenton to leave any chance of recovery. It is difficult to say when this investigation will ter minate. The result is now the point of public interest. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, Nov 25. Mr. Murchison, President, in the Chair. Nine new members were elected into the Society. The paper read was " An Account, by Lieut. Selby, N., of his Ascent of the Kuvan in the Assyria steamer." The Secretary prefaced the reading of this piper by observing that it• was one of particular interest, as show ing what might be done by an enterprising spirit in con junction with professional ability. The Kuvan rises in the Zerd Ikoh Mountain near Ispahan, and, after tra versing the valleys of the Bochtyari mountains, emerges from the hills three miles north-east of Shuster, whence it flows in a south-west direction to the sea by a direct and an indirect channel. At about two thirds of the way from the sea towards Shuster the river is traversed by a band at a place called Ahwaz. Up to this spot the Eu phrates steamer had ascended in 1836, when it was deemed impracticable, to proceed further. This bund, however, Lieut. Selby succeeded in passing in March, 1842. "Having pushed for the bund," says this officer, "the whole power of steam was unavailing, and twice was the vessel driven back. Finding steam alone unavailing, I sent a l arge hawser to the opposite bank, and by the application of tackle forced the passage, which till then had been supposed to offer an insurmountable obstacle to the perfect navigation of this river. Proceeding onwards the town of Bund Ikir was reached, where an artificial canal, the Aub I Gar gar, enters the stream; this spot is 35 miles from Ahwaz, and here the Dizful river falls into the Kuvan. Ascend ing the canal, the steamer came to within a mile of Shuster, where a bund prevented further progress, though boats go up into the town. Having dropped down again to the confluence, the Kuvan itself was ascended to within five miles. After which, the Dizful was navigated to beyond Kalah Bunder, which is about 13 miles from the town of Dizful. The waters getting low compelled the traveller to return, but not until he had completed his survey of these rivers, which, easily navigated as they are now proved to be, and penetrating into the very heart of the southern province of Persia, where the climate is admirable, the soil fertile, and the inhabitants particularly well disposed, cannot fail to offer a fine field for the extension of our commerce in the east. Wood for the steamers is everywhere abundant, and together with provisions remarkably cheap. The ascent to Shuster, from Moharnmera, by the Aub I Gargar, can be effected in three days, by such a vessel as the Assyria, and in two and a half by such steamers as are now built. The paper was a long one, and could only be read in part. Shuster, which contains a population of 8,000, was described in detail, and the good feeling of the in habitants highly extolled. General Monteith, who had himself surveyed that country, and knew it well, favoured the meeting with some interesting details. Count de Kalnoki, Count Nemec, and Baron Van genheim' arrived in London 3 esterday afternoon, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Earl of Liverpool, from Ostend. DUTCH MAIL. TEE HAGUE, Nov. 23.—1 n the sitting of the Se' cond Chamber to-day, a royal message was received , with a project of law for prolonging the law of the 31st of May, 1843, relative to the import, export, and • transit duties, till the Chamber shall ha ve agreed to a new tariff of duties. We have received Java papers to the 10th August. BATAVIA, JULY 26.—1 n the evening of the 6tb of this month a fire broke out at Sisier, which destroyed the dwelling and out-buildings of M. Von Vlotle, jun., contractor with the Government for the prepare' tion of coffee. As the building was chiefly of Bare" boo and wood, the fire s p rea d so rap idl y th a t nothing could be saved. The mills, the warehouses, and their contents, happily escaped. There was also a fire in the capital of Socracarta s in the night of the 16th, which reduced to ashes 0 hundred native bamboo buildings, and, extending to the Chinese camp, destroyed thirty-two store-houses; the damage is estimated at 70,000 florins. The First Chamber, in its sitting of the 23d, again rejected the proposed address of the Second Chamber, in answer to the speech from the Throne. In consequence of this resolution, notice will be_sent to the Second Chamber that the First Chamber does not see sufficient reason to present the (amended) ea' dress to the King. The sections of the Second Chamber are to m eet on Monday, the 25th, to examine the project of!a vi on the tariff of duties on importation, exportation+ and transit ; and on the amendment on the excise OA. soap. It is probable that le Chamber will not mee , . fore 'Wednesday, on which day it may come to t resolution, in conseque nce o f th e re it erate d re f u sal °I the First Chamber to assent to the address to the King. Lt th, !t be' LLO YD'S SHIPPING. - ISLAND OF HERM, OPPOSITE GUERNSEY. The following letter contains particulars of some in' terest to the shipping interest . Guernsey, Nov. 18, 1844. Sir,—The proprietor o f th e I s l an d o f H erm , whi!h lays immediately opposite the town, complains that din ° culties are placed i n th e way of vessels proceedil there to load stone, w hil e none ex i st i n respec t vessels going to St. S am p son ' s , a l t h ough, he contenuet the cases are precisely similar. I understand that Ilerr, has been considered as no p ort , an d t h erefore ves se l are not warranted in laying there to take in cargo, 1111 also, that as H e r m i s a sma ll i s l et, separate d from Guernsey, that going there may :be considered 1; a deviation, the cons equence o f which difficulty is, till many vessels refuse t o p rocee d t h ere , an d ot h e rs only go on payment of sixpence per ton extra freight which upon stone i s a ver y ser i ous diff erence. N o w, harbour of Herm is inclosed by a jetty of about th"" hundred feet long, and vessels are in safety ; theref d I think it can scarcely be considered as no port ; 6 '4 as regards a deviati o n v i t i a ti ng th e i nsurance , I that as Herm is only a sma ll i s l et , a b so l ute l y depecue% on Guernsey, and withi n t wo m il es an d a h a lf of 11 island, and as near St. Peter's port as St. Sampson I cannot understand w hy a diff erence s h ou ld be 031,‘ The proprietor is prepared to buoy off tho entracv; to the harbour, and t o p er f orm suc h ot h er forraslit l , as may be requisite to r emove th ese diff erences . The' , are pilots living on the island.—l remain, &c. (Signed) LLOYD'S AGENT William Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's. POST-OFFICE INQUISITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. wish to place the following facts at 3 7 °,, 5 , disposal, wishing them to obtain publication :--fu g 12th instant I posted a letter addressed to my who is a farmer in Somerset, informing him nfr i , intention to start from London on the following 11; for the purpose of visiting a dying sister. I ac e° I ingly did leave London on the following day. W t h :j was my surprise upon arriving at my father's, to D A that I had not been expected, and that my letter i s : not arrived. I set this down to the negligence of j country postmaster, when, lo! the next morning, 1, fathe letter arrived with a monstrous Post-office seal t i r i tached to it, and an intimation that it had been ope°, 4 at the General Post-office. Upon making a complico to the Post-office authorities, I received nothing vague, unsatisfactory replies. gel I think it right th a t thi s f ac t s h ou ld b e ma d e pu-. 0 seeing that it very clearly shows that a system eilsig at the Post-office of opening every hundredth, t e a may be fiftieth, letter, i n a dditi on t o th ose a ddre to suspected persons. No suspicion could have Qia isted in my case, for, as I have already told you, father is nothing m ore th an a p l a i n coun t r y W ill 9 and I am a servant. A. z. THE INCOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—lt has been stated in some p rov i n cial ple d ° , that the odious i ncome -t ax w ill pro b a bl y be reps • so far as respects the tax on trade and profession s f , consummation most de vo utly t o b e w i s h e d! The the ficulty, however, will b e t o fi n d a substitute , I r l Chancellor of the Ex c h equer s h ou ld apprehen d t this repeal would cause too great a reduction j0,.0 revenue. There is on e source o f revenue vitnii would be most pr o d uc ti ve , an d wou ld no t press the people at lar ge —thi s i s a pro b ate d u ty on 1 ; 0 property. There is a considerable probate duty personal personal property— w hy s h ou ld no t th e duty 01.',;‘,00 two descriptions of property be equalised ? -L! l o g were to investigate the subject, you would find I t o, of vast importance, and your discussion of the 1, 40 , ject would bring it before the notice o f the king°" o l It will, perhaps, be found, that this equalisel be the probate duty w o u ld no t on l y compensa t e for bo g repeal of the income-tax on trade and professions/a , also admit of the repeal of the duty on cotton A " t i l s reduction of the duty on t ea , w ith ou t d e t r i me nt to to revenue, i. e., without decrea s i ng th e presen t Tel Yours, &o. A SUBSCRIBE' THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—The festival of S i l e l o P i Andrew will b e ce l e b ra t e d b y t hi s anc i ent and we' d Corporation on S a t ur d a y next , un d er circumstance- r more than usu a l ec l a t. Th e c h a i r i s to b e ta k en by P. - 1 ,1, Saltoun, an old and zealous supporter of the 1 -1 1 who during hi s recent comman d i n C hi na, h as ad° th‘ his former long and distinguished military car e qpar merit of having furni s h e d a num b er o f new ta il s i° A il tration of the history of the war. The Noble Lora the come up from his hunting quarters at Coldstream express purpose of the festival, and return immewilo l Afterwards, thus making a journey of nearly 7°° i s ta for the benefit of his poorer countrymen. His lAs".joill is to be supported by his brother, the Hon. W l : w ig Fraser, for so many years the indefatigable and Pr ag eff treasurer of the Corpor a tio n , by Si r Henry P°lti-oosi, by Colonel Burns, th e son o f t h e poet , b y t h e on'Y f or the brother and nephew of Mungo Park, and by the, and-thirty stewards, w h o h ave vo l unteere d to a ct °:: 0 01, occasion. If we add to these inducements the nii' v l e music of the pipes, by M ac k a y, p i per to t h e l a te Du' r ,i; Sussex, and Macbeth, the Duke of Sutherland's P i P,:fo° will be admitted that the attractions of the day ar e common order. H R ;hey ,er ...Loyal Highness the Grand Due• - s tiOg Mecklenburg Strelitz is s a id t o b e i n that interact I° situation whieh promises, at an early period, to the domestic happiness of her illustrious family. MARIED. CA, On the 26th inst., at S t. Margaret's, Westmins ter i le o atv" tain Draper, 64th Regiment, to Anne Constance, 4,0006 daughter of John Grubb, Esq., l a t e o f H or sendon Bucks. 0 1° 1 On the 26th inst., at St. Pancras New Church , i t :o0,1-, Law, Esq.. Woburn-place, Russell-square, to MarP, re , iic e daughter of Samuel Clegg, Esq., Civil Engineer, Sl"'" - street, Regent-square. If e r; On the 26th inst., at St. G eorge ' s , H anover - squ- e' o f Desire Alexis Joseph Lebeau, of Brussels, Oflice r . a 0 1111 4 Household Troops of his Majesty the King of Of v e 04 8 13 to Maria Amelia, relict of the late Rev. T. 'IL NVlu tt k u bsb, daughter of J. Jenkins, E s q., o f Ch e p s t ow , Montriou" tb e DIED. , „„.i0 On Tuesday last, after an illness of only a few es., - „ieg n ( 69th year of his age, Mr. David Wollen Irwin , us': ior period of more than forty years in the confidential ertgoilP the " Norfolk Chronicle" proprietary—beloved by hi s , f fort is endeared to his friends, and respected for his sterliob and Christian virtues by all who knew him.: ~,„d 6L I A• On the 25th inst., in Dover, J o h n M ars h, Esq., &v . ...A" - On the 26th of July last, at Vi ne y ar d, Parrame,r ~ Josepha, widow of Captain Phillip Gidl e y King, R.' AlbetV On the 21st inst., Miss Elizabeth Price, of upp er II street, Regent's-park. Ai oo On the 22d inst., at Paris, Mar y , the wife °f - Mocatta, Esq., of London. On the 23d inst., at Loftus, n ear Gi s borough, L iell lcC sn ' il ' : te li General the Hon. Sir R o b er t L aurenc e Dtincl as ' ft Colonel of the 59th Regiment. 11g be On the 23d inst., at P or t smou th, Mr. Charle , s A 1 6. t , Parker, Midshipman of her M a j esty ' s ship_Eagl e9B6- e, 1411- 01 On the 24th inst., at B r id ge - cot t ages , K e ntish-te - Tboe 3 garet Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev 0 Btowne, of St. Vincent's, aged 25. I. ' l 4 On the 20th inst., at Hawkchurcb, Thomas Bars' Magistrate for the counties of Dorset and Doren' genii ° On the 23d inst., in Lee -terrace, Blackheath, 1 , Newton, Esq.. aged 76. ;A-We le On the 24th lust , in Hunter street, Bruriew -- : .,,,..et. -e P. Panton, Esq., Second Secondary of the late P , l au the Exch eq 4tl; i nsuer aged 70. On the 2t., at Brislington, near Bristo l , Eli be 211 relict of the late John Hurle, Esq, aged 8 6 . ..,,sta, I lijai On the 25th inst., at Little Chelsea, Maria At's gogg' of the late G. Ogg, Esq., of Putney. Jen ° On the 25th inst., at Kettering, the Rev' ]. .of . Vicar of Geddingt on, Northatnptonshire, age 7 •er, relic , On the 26th inst., in Dorset-square, Mrs. MO msc kheett 6 the late Dr. Meyer, aged 87. On the 26th inst., Frederick Ileisch, Esq., °L .v ...i s PAW On the 27th inst , in Park-lane, Piccadilly, l'''' a o df Esq., aged 88. ion bellv ell 4° On the 27th inst., at Grosvenor -place , `-' s ,,itb, William Peacock, Esq., aged 70. Th°r°g9 On the 27th inst., Eliza, relict of the late Esq., of Southwark. ',flat I '''''''-'"----'---7"---------"'-'-r-7-27---.7n-- -- ~ you , III• London : Printed and Published by IVIVR I9 `. .1 4 °' ~ 1 Owcr,...otet,l No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun . As vv. Strand, in the Predict of the Savoy , gl Middlesex, Thurylay, November 28,1844. BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., at Woolwich, the lady of Captio n h oof° bridge, Royal Artillery, of a son, w hi c h li ve d on ly a fe''',l of , On the 20th inst., at Re gen t- square , M rs . Knig ht , daughter. tbe On the 25th inst., at Wilton-street, Grosvenor - P - OV' lady of H. Lewis, Esq., of Green-meadow, Glstmorgs° of a daughter. O lt On the 25th inst., at Holland-place, Kensington , Benjamin Priest, of a son. F I I I all; 4 , 1 1 tarl