The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Paris papers of Thursday last contain extracts from the Zollvereinsblatt, the journal of the Customs' Union, upon the new relations opened to the German States in consequence of the termi nation of bur treaty with Brazil. It is now no longer doubtful that Brazil is negotiating with the Zollverein. It is probable that Holland, who is largely interested in the colonial trade, will pin with Brazil and the German States; and so adjust their differential duties as to appropriate to themselves a large portion of the Brazilian trade. Thus, our ship ping interest and our manufacturers will be again sacrificed to party views, and the heterogeneous corn mereal policy of the President of the Board of Trade. In considering this question, it must not be forgotten that early in last year Lord Aberdeen ad dressed a dispatch to our Minister at Berlin, com plaining of the then rumoured intention of the Zoll yerein to increase the duties on iron ; and, generally, of the unfriendly spirit of the Customs' Union towards England. To this Baron Bulow replied with no less spirit than truth. He reminded our Foreign Minister that the British tariff was more hostile to commerce than that of the Customs' Union ; and instanced the articles of corn, wool, silk, timber, &c., in proof of what he advanced. Baron Bulow quoted and adopted the statements made in a recent article in the Edinburgh Review, to the effect that, " by our high duties and sliding scale, we had made the commerce in German corn a mere specula tion." Baron Bulow also reminded Lord Aberdeen that the duty on cotton velvet was "seven times higher than any levied by the Union ;" and, in fact, triumphantly met the complaints and expostula tions of our Minister by a reference to the com mercial policy of this country. Upon this cor respondence appearing in the newspapers, Lord John Russell gave notice in the House of Com mons of a motion for its production. This, as ap pears from the reports of the debates, was postponed from time to time, on the ground that negotiations were still pending, and that the correspondence was not closed. We conclude, however, from the state ments in the German papers, that all negotiations are now at an end—that the Zollverein is treating with Brazil and Holland—and that the offer of Eng land to treat with the Zollverein has been repulsed. After Baron Bulow's latter, England could only ne gotiate upon the principle of reducing her differential duties on timber; a fixed duty on corn ; and an adjustment of her silk duties. The Prussian Govern ment must also know that an offer of negotiation, unless plainly and unequivocally made on this basis, could not be sincere on the part of the present Go vernment. It is therefore not matter of wonder that she has refused all further negotiation on the subject. The English public has, however, a right to know whether the offer to negotiate did, or did not, involve the questions of corn, timber, and silk. If any reli ance can be placed on the principles of either Sir R. Peel or Mr. Gladstone, we conclude it must have done so—however those principles may be hampered, in prac tice, by their desire to affect some consistency between their ,tactics when in opposition, and their policy in administration. But is the correspondence brought to a close ? When Lord Aberdeen wrote to Lord Westmoreland, Baron Bulow answered and demo lished the statements of his unguarded antagonist. Baron Bulow's letter demanded a reply. Doubtless, so active a pen as that of Mr. Gladstone has not been quiet, but has attempted to answer the Prussian Minister ; who, at present, in common with the other Courts of Europe, laughs at Lord Aberdeen's ridi culous position in this great commercial controversy. The answer, if any has been made, could only ema nate-s--and, doubtless, one did emanate—from the Board of Trade. When Parliament meets, the al most forgotten correspondence will, we presume, be moved for, and must be forthcoming. We question, however, whether Sir R. Peel wholly left the matter in the hands of Lord Aberdeen and Mr. Glad stone. The ill-considered letter of the former— which, of course, was sanctioned by, if it did not originate with, the Board of Trade—would forbid his doing this. If not, to have originated such a correspondence is a signal instance of weakness and folly, and deservedly exposes its authors to re proof and condemnation. There is, however, an in termediate hypothesis, viz., -that a rejoinder was pre pared by the Board of Trade; but that, as it did but involve the controversy in still further difficulties, it was not forwarded to the Prussian Minister. As it laid our Foreign Minister open to still more obvious disadvantage, and would have called forth another and yet more damaging exposure of the inconsistency of the British Government, it was quietly shelved. A. cooler and more wary head than Mr. Glad stone's interposed; and• on his advice the re joinder was hung up—in despair of satisfying the metaphysical President of the Board of Trade, on the one hand, and the plain, matter-of-'fact Prussian Minister on the ether. We hope that Lord John Russell will, on the meeting of Parliament, take an early opportunity of renewing his motion for the production of the correspondence. The interests of British manufactures and commerce are mate rially and deeply involved in this matter. They have been seriously injured by the neglect of the Government. This the production of the papers will clearly show. The tariff of Sir Robert Peel is manifestly working the destruction of British inte rests. ' The continental Powers have taken advantage of the termination of the Brazilian treaty with this country, and are actively negotiating for their own benefit. They will succeed in depriving England of the Brazil trade—that once important market for British manufactures, and the extensive employment for her mercantile marine which that trade afforded. Such is the natural operation of the high differential duties, which our Government, coerced by the class interests, have determined to maintain, at all risks, and regardless of all consequences. STANDARD.—The month of November is gene rally, we believe, a month pleasant only to the lawyers —unless we are to except certain prowlers upon the public, to whom lengthening of the nights is con venient, whom uncharitable people might be disposed —but we forbear. To the lawyers, the thieves, and Mr. Daniel O'Connell (the reader may refer him to whichkelass his judgment shall direct) is November otherwise than a highly disagreeable month. But upon none, perhaps, does this inclement season fall snore heavily than the poor journalist. Campaigns commence in spring; we are therefore six months re moved from wars both a park ante and a parte post. 'l 4 he sessions of Parliament commence about the be ginning- of February, and end about the middle of August ; it is, therefore, too early to discuss future measures—too late to comment upon those already enacted. When to this severity of the season we add a continued state of peace and prosperity, we, surely place the journalist in a pitiable position' —a position "to move the hearts of barbarous peopleand make T o m B u t c h er weep. " Th ere is positively no topic of general interest at this moment, and it would seem to demand a foirteen-Whig-power of mischief—(there were fourteen in the deficit Cabinet)—to produce pkikugh of public calamity to create any sensa- Oh in this dreary month. In such a state of desti tution, what are we to do beyond chronicling " acci dents and offences," except we wea r out the time in some such sport as roasting a Bishop or wrangling with brother journalists —amusements which may be innocent, but which are not always safe, as we may sometimes burn our fingers with the one, as is known at Printing House-square, or come off second best in the other, as the Arcadian twins, the Globe and.llforning P os t, are a bl e , if t h ey were w illi ng, to testify. Before proces e ding to the subject which sug gests these remarks, let us, in candour, say a Word for this same month of November, our enemy though it be. November is notoriously infamous for murders .and suicides, and other like crimes, but we believe the infamy to be, in part at least, unjust. It is not that many more crimes are committed in November, but that the newspapers have more room for the record of them ; and, to speak truth, are more in want of them. Many an atrocity of great pretensions is born to blush unseen, because com mitted in the heat of some important Parliamentary discussion ; or when the eyes of men are bent upon some anxious trial of foreign or domestic policy. Mr. Thurtell was no doubt a distinguished Whig, and a very eminent ruffian, but even he would pro bably be now forgotten, if he had not judiciously timed the murder of his friend in the dead season. " Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi ; sod omnes illacrimabiles Urguentur, ignotique Nocte, carent quia Nate sacro." In other words, the newspapers were too full to record their achievements with the proper " penny - a-line " emphasis and diffuseness. By the way the "peemy-a-liner s " h a d a pro j ec t of presentinga piece of plate to Mr. Thprtell, which they, no doubt would have carried into full effect but for an awkward event at Hertford. We now come to the oceasion of our recurrence t o the peculiarities of this particular season. Within the last few days most o f th e Opposition newspaper's have given intimation of approaching chan ges i n th e Cabinet. The Whig-Radical organs, indeed, are not sufficiently political affecting eaw3a • th cious to surmise any change character t of the Administra tion ; burkhey Govern - tnen r . iselves with recasting the parts of the i n sup a p li y ew ng di t s h tribii on of its offices. This besides went" of something to write about ff e " wicket some opportunity to insult and ab 11 : or l ds. a hand of her Majesty's advisers in detail. e A l ' e l and each Niitousty removed from an office has nlun gra himself wholly unfit for it ; the man as gilTatui tously promoted to the vacant department is of course so promoted because of his unfitness for every other. In this way a falsehood, in itself not very important, is made the occasion for filling a good many columns, with nonsense to be sure, but with nonsense that is sufficiently spiteful to gratify lVhig- Radicals, and that other section of miserables whom we suppose we must call Morning Postists, since even Young England has cast them off. Now when any of our friends ask us whether there is any truth in these rumours of Ministerial changes, we reply, as the truth is, that we have no direct knowledge upon the point, but that we have the most firm conviction, short of direct knowledge, that there is not one word of truth in the reports. The first ground of our conviction is the complete harmony that, from the hour of its for mation, has constantly prevailed in Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet—harmony so complete, that the Cabinet, we have reason to believe, has not divided as often as it has been years in office. Our second ground of conviction is the perfect satisfaction notoriously given by the head of each department to all his colleagues, and, we may add, to the country. Our third and not least weighty ground of conviction is that at which we hinted at the commencement of this article, the time when the reports take wing. Such reports al ways come over at this season with the woodcocks and the widgeon, and come from a quarter as uncer tain and untraceable as that which serves for the sum mer abode of our feathered visitors. PUBLIC BATHS. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK.—A meet ing was held here to-day at one o'clock in the Town Hall, and was most influentially attended, to consider the propriety of establishing public baths. Amongst those present were—Lord Calthorp ; Lord Lyttelton ; Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. ; James Taylor, Esq.; G. F. 3i.funtz, Esq., M.P. ; J. James, Esq. ' • Alderman Cutler ; Alderman Weston ; the Rev. J. Garbett, rural dean; the Rev. T. Lee; the Hon. and Rev. J. York ; J. Sturge, Esq.; E. Lee, Esq.; W. Phipson, Esq. ; J. Bourne, Esq., high sheriff; and Dr. Birt Davies. The MArox having opened the business by reading letters from the Bishop of the diocese, Sir T. Gooch, &c., approving of the object of the meeting, Lord LTTTELTON moved the first resolution. With that portion of the resolution which referred more im mediately to their locality, they were better ac quainted with its merits than he was ; but upon the general principle he might, perhaps, be allowed to say a few words. The great utility of public baths had now become almost universally acknowledged and re cognised throughout the country. The principle had been tried in Liverpool, and with such success as left no doubt of its practicability. It was well known that an abundant supply of good water had the most momentous effect upon the health of a population so dense as that of Birmingham, and, in his opinion, every means ought to be used to afford the inhabi tants the most ample means of cleanliness and recre ation. JAMES TAYLOR, Esq., seconded the resolution. They would require four sets of baths for Birming ham, each of which would cost about 3,000/. This, added to the purchase money of the land, would ren der an outlay of 15,000/. necessary. He thought they could not confer a greater advantage on the working classes than by first establishing baths for them. Mr. MASON (a Chartist) could not, in justice to himself, or the class he represented, refrain from ex pressing his thanks to the nobility and gentry ho had on that occasion come forward to co-operate in an undertaking which could not fail to be beneficial to the working classes. He hoped, however, they would not stop there, but that they would continue the work of improvement. He hoped that day might be considered as the beginning of a new era, and that the Noble Lords, and others whom he saw around him, would do in this neighbourhood as Lord Ashley had done in Manchester, visit the abodes of wretched ness, and behold with their own eyes the wants of the poor, and, if they did so, they would soon learn that there were thousands in a state of destitution, which would prevent them from availing themselves of the advantages which the project of that day would afford to the workmen who were in employment and the receipt of good wages. Other resolutions, to forward the object for which the meeting had assembled, were moved and seconded by Lord Calthorpe, the Rev. Mr. Garbett, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Yorke, and R. Spooner, Esq. The CHAIRMAN then announced the following amongst other subscriptions, which he had received towards the object of the meeting:—Lord Howe, 1001.; Taylor and Loyds, 2001. ; James Taylor, Esq., 50/. ; Messrs. Attwood and Spooner, 2001. ; Chance, Brothers, 1001.; John Whitfield, Esq., 1001.; Thomas Phillips, Esq., mayor, 1001.; S. Beale, Esq., 501. J. James, sq., 501.; Lord Lyttelton, 101. 10s. ; J. Sturge, Esq., 501. • J. Bourne, Esq., 50/. ; Lord Calthorpe, 100/. ; G. F. Muntz, Esq., M.P., 501. There were also a variety of subscriptions varying from 201. to 11. each, making in all nearly 3,0001. The next resolution was moved by Mr. HABLow (a working man), the purport of which was an appeal to the various benefit societies of the town, in support of the erection of public baths. The resolution was seconded by Mr. WHEBLEY supported by Mr. HILL, and carried unanimously. C. N. NEWDIGATE, Esq., M.P., in moving a reso lution, said, although he concurred entirely in the suggestion thrown out by Mr. Taylor, that they would confine themselves, in the first instance, to the esta blishment of public baths, he hoped,- nevertheless, that that they would not lose sight of places of recreation and public resort for the working classes; and if on , any future occasion his services should be required, most happy, indeed, would he be to afford the com mittee all the aid in his power. The meeting was subsequently addressed by M.D. HILL, Esq., recorder of the borough, in a very elo quent speech. Further subscriptions were announced, and the meeting separated at half-past four o'clock. TERMINATION of the TURN-OUT STOCKPORT.—At the beginning of this week the mills in full work were those of Messrs. Orrell,Gee, Fernley, Wilkinson (Heaton-lane), Axon, Littlewood, Pen. dlebury, Little, Hollins, Andrew Stuart, and Henry Hunt. Partially—Messrs. W. and C. Howard, John Lee, Robinson, Jessie Howard, Marshal, Mayer. Spinners all out—Messrs. Wilkinson (Portwood), T. Leigh, Whitelegg, Barlow, Holt, Lingard and Crut tenden, Reid, Eskrigge, T. llunt, and Ogden. In consequence of the turn-out of the spinners, great numbers of hands employed in the other departments were reduced to a state of compulsory idleness. the effect, however, was evident at the end of last week ; their resources were becoming exhausted, and in order to attain their object they were necessitated to resort to practices of an unlawful character. On Friday and Saturday, " picketting" the mills became very general, and some inconvenience was experienced in consequence. Mr. Howard's, Mr. Robinson's, and Messrs. Marshall's hands were, in some instances, ob structed. The police had information of the circum stance, and, by four o'clock on Monday morning, were on the watch, going round to the mills at work, to afford protection to the hands as soon as the mills started. Nothing material, however, occurred. Several private meetings of the spinners were held, and, on Monday afternoon, a public meeting of the power-loom weavers was held on Waterloo road, at which speeches were made and re solutions passed, expressive of sympathy with the spinners under present circumstances, and of a determination on their own part topersevere in their demand for a second rise of five per cent. Com mittees of each party were also recommended, as efficient means to attain that object. Yesterday, how ever, it was notified to the masters that the hands were disposed to return to their employment at the old rate, and that the whole of them were prepared to re sume work this (Wednesday) morning. Messrs. Eskrigge's hands returned to work yesterday morn ing, and Messrs. Hole, Lingard, and Cruttenden's hands signified their willingness to do the same. The turn-out may therefore be considered at an end.— Manchester Guardian. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SAXE Copunc.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, the Prince Ernest of Wurtem burg, and suites, arrived this morning at Dover, at three o'clock, from Ostend, by the Black Eagle. Captain Seymour arrived by special train on Tuesday morning, and ordered apartments at the Ship Hotel for the illus trious guests. After breakfast their Royal llighnesses left for London by special train, and on their arrival in own left by a second for Windsor. SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—We state, on what we conceive to be good authority, that her Majesty's Minis tors have advised the Sovereign to confer a high distinc tion on Sir Henry Pottinger for his diplomatic services in China. -Y ----- ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PARIS.—Mr. Mitchell, of Bond-street, has completed his arrangements for the performance of English plays at the Theatre Italienne, at Paris, the principal members of the company engaged are Mr. Macready, Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. Selby, Messrs. Dale, Graham, Ryder, Cowle, Bird, Millington, W. Bennett, Courtney, and Woolgar, who will leave London for Paris on Sunday next. The performances will commence on the 2d of December, with Othello, to be followed by representations of the principal tragedies of Shakspeare, the Lady of Lyons, and Werner. The company will afterwards visit the principal towns in the provinces, and if arrangements permit, proceed to St. Petersburgh. The King of the French, who patronises the undertaking, has taken a box for the whole series o performance, and has signified his intention of visiting the theatre in state. STATE or TRADE.— The yarn market continues as firm as for several weeks past, and most spinners of the current shipping qualities are engaged for the remainder of the year. In goods there has been less business done, but prices are firm. ROCHDALE FLANNEL 144 RICZT, MONDAY, Nov. 18.—There has been some little improvement in the demand for goods to-day, but no alteration in the rates. The price of wool may bo quoted the same as that of last Monday, with a limited demand for that ar ti c l e. —Manchester Guardian. WitEcx..—Last week, the smack Lord Nelson, from Ipswich, was wrecked on entering Southwold Harbour. The crow clung to the mast-head, and were saved by ropes thrown from tho shore. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20. BURGESS V. BEAUMONT. This was an action for services in the tuition of the defendant's family. The defendant pleaded that the plaintiff had been guilty of dishonest and immoral conduct, and was not fit to fill the situation of governess in a gentleman's family. To this plaintiff demurred, and the argu ment came on this day. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd appeared in support of the demurrer; and the Court, after hearing Mr. Sergeant Byles for the defence, resolved that the plea was bad. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. THE PRENCII FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY.—This case, which has created very great interest in this country and abroad, as being the first application under the Convention Act, was again brought for ward, upon an application to the Lord Mayor to grant a warrant to arrest Jaques Besset, a French merchant residing in London, accused of the French crime of" fraudulent bankruptcy." Mr. E. James applied as counsel for the pro secuting creditors, and narrated that the Court of Queen's Bench held the warrant bad upon the ground of a defect in the statement of the crime and the direction to the gaoler, and had made no decision as to the substance of the crime itself. By granting a warrant, the Lord Mayor would afford an opportunity of initiating proceedings de novo, and thus clear away a difficulty only occasioned in the first instance by the illegality of the instrument upon which Besset was committed to the custody of the keeper of the gaol. The necessary documentary proofs recognised by the French law were ready, and the Learned Counsel submitted that there could be no valid ground for refusing the warrant under all the circumstances. The LORD MAYOR intimated that he would attend to any witnesses the Learned Counsel might think proper to call. Mr. Jean Elme Vincent Dubois then produced the original warrant against Jaques Besset, which charged that individual with " fraudulent bankruptcy," a com plex offence, committed by more than one person. Witness knew Besset, and that the warrant, signed by a competent authority, had been issued against him upon the depositions and documents of correspondence proved before the Tribunal of the First Instance, in Paris. M. Alphonse Dost Noel, a French notary, stated that he was acquainted with the French law, and the criminal law of France. He deposed to the legality of the French warrant, and the course of proceeding from which that warrant resulted. The LORD MAYOR said that he had looked very particularly into the Act, and as the person accused of fraudulent bankruptcy could not be committed fur such an offence in this country, he did not see how he, as a magistrate, could be justified in issuing a warrant for the apprehension of an individual so charged. Mr. James impressed upon his Lordship the very grave importance of such a decision. If this warrant could not be granted, the whole object and intention of the Act would be defeated. The object of the Convention would be frustrated if a large and liberal construction of the Act were not given. It was not necessary that the crime should be a crime known to the laws of this country. It was a crime against the laws of France, but must be supported by such evi dence as, if it were a crime by the laws of this country, would justify a magistrate in committing. The LORD MAYOR—He is charged as being an accomplice ? Mr. James—No. He is charged with having com mitted a crime of " complicite"—a very different thing. The Learned Counsel then cited French authorities upon the subject, and urged his Lordship to grant the warrant. The LORD MAYOR said he was not convinced, by what he had heard, that he would be justified in acceding to the application. Mr. James—Really the effect of this decision of your Lordship will be to neutralise the important objects of the Act of Convention. The LORD MAYOR—I have looked through the Act with great care and attention, and I cannot come to any other conclusion. Thomas Batt, a labouring man, was charged under curious circumstances. On Saturday last the prisoner was brought before the Lord Mayor. A policeman stated that at nearly half-past ten o'clock that morning he saw the prisoner in the street with a cask on his head, and stopped him. The pri soner said, upon being questioned, that a person named Darby had given it to him to carry. This ex cuse, in such frequent use with thieves, and the igno rance of the prisoner as to the contents of the cask, caused very strong suspicion that the property had been stolen out of some cart or warehouse. The prisoner, upon being asked by the LORD MAYOR what he had to say about the matter, de clared that a Mr. Darby had given him the job at the end of the Minories, and had told him to go to the corner of Chiswell-street, where they would meet, but the policeman thought proper to take him to the station- house. The prisoner was remanded, and inquiries were directed to be made respecting the cask, which was found to contain mustard. Yesterday, when the prisoner was placed at the bar, a man of respectable appearance, who stated his name to be James Darby, came forward and ex pressed much regret that the prisoner, who had not committed the slightest offence, should have under gone four days' imprisonment, and be placed at the bar as a common felon. In answer t 3 questions from the LORD MAYOR, the witness who thus came forward stated that he resided at No. 5, Paradise-place, Finsbury, and was a drysalter. That on Saturday morning, as he was pitting at his breakfast, the prisoner, of whom he had no knowledge, called upon him with a recommenda tion from a person with whom he was well ac quainted, for employment, if any opportunity should occur. Having been requested to call in half an hour, the prisoner was punctual, and walked with witness to the top of the Minories, near Tower-street, w h ere witness gave him the cask of mustard, and desired him to go on with it to the bottom of Chiswell-street, where they would meet. 'Witness never had seen the man since until he saw him at the bar, and ac• tually thought that he had been run over in the streets, and probably consigned to an hospital. The LORD lliroa asked how it happened that the witness delivered the cask of mustard to the prisoner in the street, and not at his house or warehouse ; and intimated that the very remarkable description of the delivery was of itself calculated to excite suspicion against more than one party. Mr. Darby handed to the Lord Mayor an invoice of the cask of mustard, which it appeared had been purchased at a house near the spot in which he had delivered it to the prisoner. He stated at the same time that he was not obliged to let people know his way of conducting his commercial transactions, and he asserted that the officer had no right to stop the prisoner, but ought to have accompanied him to Chiswell-street, where the whole mystery would have been solved at once. The LORD MAYOR said the policeman was perfectly justified in apprehending a man under such suspicious circumstances, similar as they were to those under which numbers of thieves were daily taken into cus tody. Whatever might be the opinion of Mr. Darby as Ito the confinement of the poor man, he (Mr. Darby) certainly was the cause of it himself by the extraordinary course he had pursued. Witness—l shall deliver my goods how and where I please. The LORD MAYOR thought if the witness did so he might subject his messenger to similar treatmen at another time. The prisoner was then discharged. CLERKEIV WELL. Four fashionably-dressed young men, named Walter Safe, William Allen, William Foy, and Charles Ross, were charged with knocking at doors, ringing bells, breaki ng w i n d ows , an d o th erw i se annoying the inhabit an t s o f B runsw i c k- square an d its vicinity, o n th e p rev i ous n i g ht. R oss d escr ib e d himself as a cle r k i n th e o ffi ce o f an army agent. Police -constable Dunne, 71 E, deposed that being on duty in Hunt er - s t ree t, B runsw i ck-square, on the previous night, ho h ear d t h e pr i soners, with six others, shouting and hallooing in hunter -street. Soon after he saw Saffe and Foy k noc k a t t h e d oor of 26 and 27, Brunswick-square. A l a d y came to the window in her night-dress, apparently much alarmed. Ross then rung the bell of Mr. M a dd ox, a surgeon, in the square, very violently. They th en returned to Hun ter-street, throwing halfpence at the windows as they went along, and shouting loudly. They continued this conduct along Judd-street, and into thA N ew _ road. Witness once attempted to stop their pro ceedings, but they pushed him away, and seeing so large a number, he thought it better to follow them until he could meet assistance, which he did in the New-road, where the four prisoners, who were by far the most ill-conducted, were captured. It was then two o'clock. Mr. George Worrall, 28, Hunter-street, Bruns fsammiaslhyinwgeroef glass.wi c greatlyk - u a plaa alarmed e ni , ne e i d dn e b p hy o i s s et parlour rtlhoautr shoutingh himself windowsae n lf d h a t n and d e been broken. Emma Andrews, servant to the Rev. Mr. Cum amlainrgm,eddepboysetdhethnaotisAelrtsh. that t um sh m e Cumming had been in been so much alarmed a state great nervous excitement. Her mistress was under the impression that the house was on fire, and jumped m of out of bed and knocked at witness's door in the greatest terror. Mr. Herbert Sniggs, of 17, Hunter-street, deposed that his family had been greatly alarmed from a similar cause. A pane of glass, value Ss. &L, had been broken in his window. The prisoners said that they had been at a harmonic concert in Lamb's Conduit-street. They denied the charge. Mr. COMM said it was most disgraceful conduct, and their demeanour in court, which was expressive of anything but regret, was not at all creditable. Be sides, they had imputed gross perjury to the police man, who, it was evident, told the truth. He would fine them each in the full amount of damage proved to have been committed by them, I is. 6d., and 21., or a month's imprisonment. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday a person named Edward Roche was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with inter marrying with Elizabeth Flack, his former wife being still alive. It appeared that the prisoner was married in Cork 26 years ago, and that after living w ith hi s w if e a b ou t seven years he deserted her, and left her destitute with three young children. About five years ago he met with Elizabeth)Flack, and having married her, he took the Sun public-house in Heddon-street. The first wife having obtained information of her hus band's proceedings, came over to England, and, find ing that she was renounced by her husband, threw herself upon the parish, in order to compel him to allow her a maintenance. The second wife having been put in possession of unquestionable evidence of the prisoner's infamous conduct towards her, immedi ately separated from him and took a coffee-shop in Sherrard-street. In proof of the double marriage, the first wife was put in the witness-box. She produced her certificate, _ _ Mr. HARDWICK said that the evidence of this wi ness could not be received. The first marriage must be proved, not by the wife, but by witnesses. The wife said all the witnesses were dead but one, and that one was living in Cork. Mr. HARDWICK said the question now appeared to be one of expense—who was to defray the expense of procuring the personal attendance of the witness ? A solicitor, who attended on behalf of the prisoner, said, even admitting that clear evidence could be brought forward of the validity of the first marriage, a point, however, in dispute, he had a complete answer to the charge. He would admit that the first and second marriages had taken place, and his answer was that the defendant could not be called upon to pay the penalty of bigamy, inasmuch as he had lived apart from his wife for more than seven years. The 9th of George IV., chapters M and 32, expressly stated that when either husband or wife continually remained absent from each other for the space of seven years then last past, and had not been known by the other to be living within that time, "that he should not be liable to the consequences of bigamy." He could prove that the alleged first wife and the defendant had no intercourse or communication with each other for ten or twelve years, and that therefore the husband had a perfect right to consider his first wife dead, she being really dead in law, and to marry again. Mr. HARDWICK wished to know how proof could be given that the party charged with bigamy did not know of the existence of his wife ? The solicitor said he apprehended it was not necessary to furnish any proof. It was only necessary to show that the parties had been asunder for seven years, and that they had had no communication with one another for that period, to entitle a party to the benefit of that clause. Mr. HARDWICK said, such a construction of the Act involved a manifest absurdity. According to this view of the law, it was only necessary for either husband or wife to conceal him or herself for a space of seven years to entitle them to marry again without rendering themselves liable to an indictment for bigamy. In the present case, the husband deserted his wife and family. He knew where to find them, but they knew not where to find him. He chose ; voluntarily to conceal himself from them for more than the space of seven years ; there was no want of evidence of the existence of his wife, and it brought him within the meaning of the Act. The solicitor said he would not attempt to argue the rationale of the Act. What he contended for was, that a penal Act ought to be literally and strictly construed. The Court must look to the words, and must be guided by their plain meaning. The Act in question did not require the husband to make himself acquainted with the existence of his wife, any more than it required the wife to know that the husband was alive. However, he proposed to reserve further discussion on the objection, as he was in a situation to disprove the validity of the first marriage. Mr. Helnwicx said, the first step would be to procure evidence of the first marriage, as the parties were not in a situation to defray the expense, and application must be made to a judge at the Central Criminal Court, to allow a sufficient sum to cover the necessary charges. Police-sergeant Whall was then desired to make arrangements for procuring the attendance of the sur viving witness of the first marriage. The defendant was then remanded for a week. W OR SHIP- S TREE T. Yesterday a miserable-looking man, named Cannell, stated to have formerly been a milkman in Hoxton, waited upon Mr. Broughton, and asked his advice. The applicant said—l am a native of Ely, in Cam bridgeshire, but had a good business in Hoxton here, for many years, until I unfortunately went out of my mind. When I came out of the madhouse, in July last, I attended to my trade as usual, but an other man started in the same business in opposition to me, I was ruined by it. Finding myself in this state, I applied to Mr. Coste, the re li ev i ng o ffi cer of Shoreditch, and asked him to write a letter for me to the board of guardians to my native place, asking them for only 3/. or 4/. to set me up again, and, as I am very well known to several gentlemen down there, I was certain of receiving the money. But Mr. Coste told me he should not do any such thing, and I was obliged to go and get work as a common sewer labourer, and worked in that manner all through the last winter. Mr. BROUGHTON—Why do you not try to get work now ? Cannell—l can't ; there is no surgeon in the country would say that I am fit for work now, for while I was employed at the sewer -work a few weeks ago, and standing on the edge of a bank that was thrown up, a wretch of a boy came behind me, and pushed me down into the sewer, by which three of my ribs were dislocated. Mr. Bitouoirrox—Why did you not give the boy into custody ? Cannell—l could not, for I was so stunned and injured that they carried me home imme diately, and before I had sense enough to think about it, the boy had gone away. The foreman of the works of course discharged me, and gave me 45., but that was of no use in my state, and I applied to the parish for assistance, but they refused t o g i ve me any thi ng , and though I have applied a great number of times since, they still refuse me. Staines (the beadle of Shoreditch)—l don't know anything of the case myself, Sir, but I will give him an order for the house immediately, if he likes to go in. Cannell—The order's of no use to me, for they won't take me in—l know they won't—they've told me so several times—unless my wife and children go in too. My wife has the strongest dislike possible to go in, and is determined not, and as she can contrive to keep herself out of the house, though she can't support me too, I am willing to separate myself from her and go into the house by myself ; but they will not take me in alone, and here am I wandering about almost starving, for I have not had a bit or sup in my mouth all this day. Mr. BROUGHTON—But, as that is the case, why don't you try to persuade your wife to go into the house with you ? Cannell—She is determined not, and I can't force her to do it. I have pawned and sold everything I had that would fetch any money, till now I have not got anything more to sell. It's very hard to be refused relief, after paying rates for many years. Mr. BROUGHTON—Perhaps you have not properly explained yourself to the parish authorities ; for if you had I should think they would take you in at once, and pass you in the regular way as soon as possible to your native place. Cannell—Oh, yes, I have, Sir ; I have explained it a great many times, but it's all of no use, for they won't listen to it, and tell me as positively as possible that they don't intend to take me in unless my wife goes in too, and that she won't. Mr. BROUGHTON—WeII, I'll give you Is. from the poor-box, to provide you with food and lodging for to-night, and one of the officers shall call upon Mr. Coste, and explain to him the nature of your applica tion and the distress you are in. I dare say the officer's intercession on your behalf will induce Mr. Coste to take you into the house without your family, and pass you in the regular way to your own parish. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1844. BROMLEY. A case of a novel character, arising out of the Po lice Act, was brought before the Bromley magistrates on Monday. The bench was composed of Lord Sydney, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Berens; and Robert Sutton, the officer of the Bromley Court of Requests, was summoned before them to show cause why h e unlawfully detained a certain pony, the property of William Akehurst. The defendant did not appear, and upon proof of the service of the summons upon him, the case was proceeded with in his absence. The nephew of the complainant deposed that he had borrowed the pony in question of his uncle, and as he was driving it in a cart through Bromley town, the defendant came up to him and took the pony by force out of the cart, and went away with it and the har ness. The witness, in answer to questions put to him by the uncle, said that an execution had been served upon his goods by the Court of Requests, and he sup- posed the defendant was acting under that authority, but he told him distinctly at the time that th e pony was not his property, but belonged to his uncle. Mr. Latter, the clerk to the bench, said there was no doubt that the defendant considered he was jus tified in seizing the property under the execution, believing that the pony was the property of the party against whom the execution was issued. He then referred the bench to the section of the Police Act under which the summons was granted, and the expression used in it of property detained " without any just cause." The MAGISTRATES, after perusing the Act of Par liament, expressed their opinion that they had juris diction in the case, and if the defendant thought he had any legal justification, he should have appeared and pleaded it, and then the matter would have been properly argued. At present it was positively sworn that the pony belonged to the complainant, and as it appeared to be unlawfully detained, they should make an order for its restitution. The defendant soon afterwards entered the court, and he was informed of the decision of the magis trates, when he stated that ho had refrained from attending to answer the summons in accordance with the instructions he had received from the authorities of the Court of Requests, and if the order was made he would not obey it. He added that he had no desire to treat the bench with any disrespect, but he must express his opinion that the magistrates had no jurisdiction in the case. The BENCH said they should certainly sign the order, and Mr. Latter received instructions to draw it up in the usual form. HORRIBLE MURDER AT YAR• MOUTH. One of the most brutal and unprovoked sacrifices of human life which it has ever fallen to the task of public journalists to record, took place yesterday at Yarmouth, under the following circumstances :—The deceased, named Harriet Candler, was a widow woman, very quiet and respectable, was a member of the Wesleyan Society, and managed a kind of chan dlery shop, selling flour, oatmeal, pollard, &c. The night policeman on duty found her street-door par tially open ; he called to her, but receiving no answer, proceeded to examine the till, suspecting some robbery had been committed. Lying down by the side of the till, with her head forced under the counter, he found the deceased, literally deluged in her own blood. Her skull had no less than five wounds inflicted upon it; one of them in the left side so severe as to throw the upper portion of the bone so as to overlap another broken part of the skull. On the right side of the neck a wound had been inflicted suffi ciently severe to sever a portion of the vertebrae of the neck, and one of her fingers was cut off, probably whilst uplifted in defence. The following is the pro bable history, as gathered from the evidence at the coroner's inquest (proceeding when this report left): — Deceased lived quite alone in the house, and went to a public-house opposite to purchase her supper beer, leaving the street-door closed, but unlocked, whilst she was gone. During an absence of ten minutes, the murderer or murderers (probably two) secreted themselves in a bin where peas or bran was kept. The deceased sat for a time reading a religious work, and drank a portion of the porter; she then went into a shop to take the money out of the till, when she was felled to the ground by the murderer's hammer. The first blow rendered her insensible ; the remainder were given lest the " intent and not the deed" should confound them. A knife covered with blood lay by the side of the deceased, but the surgeon was of opinion that the wound in the neck was inflicted with the cheese-cutter (a kind of short axe) which contained a portion of blood upon it. Last Saturday deceased had taken a division of property amounting to 150/., left by her husband's mother and uncle. Several of her relatives live in Yarmouth and neighbourhood, and received similar sums ; it became common talk amongst them, and the deceased was incautious enough to say that as the 150/. was for her son, she should put it under her bed until she could hear from his trustee, as she expected a much larger sum. This got noised abroad, and parties doubtless sedulously watched her movements on the night in question, in order to plunder her, and as they were recog nised and known by her, to murder her rather th an be detected. The 150/. was taken without disturb ing the bed; 1001. was in a cheque on Messrs. Gurney and Co.'s hank. During the inquest a portion of money-, consisting of gold, silver, and about 81. or 10/. in coppers, were found near the Bat tery, in a bag which was taken from the deceased's premises the night of the murder—the contents of the till, doubtless. It had, wrapped up in it, a man's purse, containing a token, enveloped in four papers, and written upon, in a man's writing, " The Lord said unto my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy enemies my footstool." No clue has been at present found. A reward will, we believe, be of fered; but at this moment no tidings of any noise in the next house, or anything likely to lead to the de tection, has been discovered. There were several places where the murderer had wiped his hands upon, and the till was found thrown up in one corner of the shop, empty.—Yarmouth Chronicle of Tuesday. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality ii the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in 10,3 Week ending Saturday, the lath of November, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General : Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five Years Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Dise a s es 255 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lOl 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 154 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 3OO Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3B 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestioa Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c ... 2 1 Old Age, or Natural Decay 69 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified... 1069 942 Deaths from all Causes 1072 946 DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Total. Weekly Average of Five Years. Consumption ......... ...... 112 147 Scarlatina B4 31 Pneumonia Dropsy .. ... . . Hooping Cough 23 33 Typhus 32 31 Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain ...... .... 5 9 Diarrhoea.. .. l3 12 Sudden Deaths l7 15 DISTRICTS. West North Central East 218 207 South.. Total ". ..... —1072 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg to contradict the statement in the re port of the proceedings at Bow-street on Wednes day last which emanated from your journal, and which was circulated through the majority of the other daily papers. Your report stated, that on the fine of 21. being in flicted, and the money not forthcoming, I was locked up (or to that affect); in contradiction of which, I beg leave to assert that the fine was immediately paid, and, also, that if the amount had been 10/. I was prepared to meet it. In giving publicity to this, you will greatly oblige, Sir, yours, very obediently, R. HATT. Eagle Coffee-house, 97, Drury-lane, Nov. 19. ACCIDENT.— About twelve o'clock yesterday a serious accident happened in Piccadilly, to a breaks man in the employ cf Messrs. Dickenson!, of Curzon street, Mayfair. It appears that he was breaking in a young horse previously to putting it in harness, and on its attempting to run away with him, he pulled it up rather sharply, and consequently it fell over, break ing the unfortunate man's leg off short a little above his ankle, by reason of his being thrown under the horse. He was immediately carried to St. George's Hospital, where he now lies in a very precarious state. ADVERTISEMENT. ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CURE 0/ ASTHMA BY HOHLOWAY'S PILLS !—Patriek Casey, residing at No. 1, Compton-place, Brunswick square, had suffered from a chronic asthma for more than three years. This poor man was so great a sufferer that he did not dare go to bed for fear of the phlegm choking him ; indeed, he could not even lay his head upon a table for half an hour lest be should be suffocated ; nevertheless, this person is now labouring from morning to night, sleeps as well as ever he did in his life, and, in fact, is completely cured by the use of Holloway's Pills. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. CARRIAGE ROBBERT.—Last night information was circulated to all the station•houses of the metropolitan police of another of those daring carriage robberies which have of late become so frequent, having occurred at the west-end. It appears that while the carriage of the Hon. E. Phipps, of 64, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, was proceeding through Hanover-square or Brook street, some thieves contrived to detach a large wicker basket that had been fastened to the hind part of the car riage by straps, which were afterwards found to have been - cut. The basket, which was covered with oil skin, contained a great quantity of very valuable property, in cluding Cashmere shawls, velvet scarfs, barege shawls, lace collars, and robes of lace, two capes trimmed with point lace, a lace bonnet, silk bonnets, blonde caps, ostrich feathers, flowers, parasols, and many other ex pensive articles of ladies' apparel. - AFRICAN NITRATE OF SODA.--it is said that nitrate of soda has been discovered in large quantities on the coast of Africa, and that samples have been re ceived in Liverpool, equal in quality to that brought from South America. It is expected that this article, like guano, will give employment to a considerable amount of shipping. It is said to be found in beds on the surface of the ground, fifteen inches, in thickness.— Liverpool Times. We understand that his Majesty Louis Philippe has presented the sum of 10,000 francs (4001.) to the Socitt4 de Bienfaisaaoe, established in London by the Comt© d'Orsay, for the relief of distressed Frenchmen. NEW RAILWAYS FOR CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE. In the movement going on for extending or im proving existing railways, and providing new lines to meet the wants of districts and towns hitherto with out such aids to cheap and expeditious locomotion, this portion of our country, as it was amongst the foremost to embrace the advantages of the railway system, is not behind other portions of the kingdom, or the least extensive in its projects; and it is satis factory to observe that these are, without an exception, legitimate projects, and such as must eventually be profitable, as well as useful, in their results. It was naturally to be expected that, as the system pro gressed, and its advantages became universally re cognised, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway could not long remain the sole connecting line between the River Mersey and the manufacturing districts to the east and north, by which the com merce of Liverpool is fed, and which draw from us their raw material. The important towns of Preston, Lancaster, Bolton, Wigan, &c., w ou ld no t l ong con tinue satisfied with the imperfect and circuitous com munication originally provided for them ; whilst the traffic of the south as naturally would require the shortening of the elbow formed by taking it along the Liverpool'and Manchester line to a junction with the direct southern line at 'Warrington. Accordingly, we now see proposed a number of lines, northward and eastward, diverging to these towns from Liver poo! as a centre, with a line to the south materially shortening the route to Birmingham and London. But, in addition to these lines, a new feature has presented itself to us, in the projection of a number of new railways from the opposite side of the Mersey, hitherto isolated, to Manchester, Yorkshire, and the southern counties. The proposed formation of ex tensive docks at Birkenhead, and the spirit of enter prise existing in that rising locality, have originated a desire to connect it directly with the seats of manu facturing industry; and, accordingly, measures have been taken for an application to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to carry out these projects, which are far from being insignificant in their extent, or without a degree of feasibility and public, as well as local, advantage. To enable our readers to appre hend at a glance the direction and connexions of all these schemes, on either side of our river, we have prepared as accurate a map of the country and the lines proposed as circumstances would allow, and sufficiently so to convey a fair idea of their direction and objects, to which we beg the attention of our readers, while we proceed briefly to notice them in detail. And first we shall examine the Cheshire lines. The first of these in importance, is that proposed to connect the Cheshire side of the river with Man chester, Stockport, and Yorkshire. This line com mences near the Sutton station of the Chester and Birkenhead line, and proceeds, skirting at a short distance from the estuary of the Mersey, by Childer Thornton, Whitby, Thornton, Elton, and Frodsham, to Preston Brook ; from thence by Daresbury, Grap penhall, Bollington, Warburton, Dunham-Massey, Bowden, and Lymm, to Altringham, thus passing through one of the most fertile valleys in Cheshire, or the kingdom, from which the population of Man chester at present draw a great portion of their agri cultural produce. From Altringham the line pro ceeds by Sale and Ashton-on-Mersey, where it crosses the river, through Stretford and Chorlton cum-Hardy, to &junction either with the Manchester and Liverpool, or with the Manchester and Bolton Railway, in Salford. Powers are also proposed to be taken for the erection of an independent station ad joining that of the Liverpool and Manchester and Manchester and Leeds Companies, near the Victoria bridge. The distance by this line between Birkenhead, or Liverpool, and Manchester, will be about eight or nine miles more than by the existing railway com munication. There will, however, only be 33 miles of new railway, viz., from Hooton station to Man chester, to construct ; and, when w e c ons id er th e favourable nature of the country to be traversed, the absence of any great works, and, above all, the im proved state of railway science, since the Liverpool and Manchester line was formed, its comparatively inexpensive character will constitute it a very formidable competitor with that line, even for the traffic of Liverpool itself. To connect Chester with Manchester, Stockport, &c., it is proposed to make a branch from the line above described, commencing near Elton and running by Crouchton, Backford, and Moston, to a junction with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway in the townships of Upton and parish of St. Mary-on-the- Hill, Chester. It is important to mention that the promoters of this latter line (generally called the Chester, Preston Brook, and Stockport) hare joined interests with the direct Birkenhead line. To con nect Stockport with both Birkenhead and Chester another branch is proposed to diverge from the main line at Altringham, and, passing by Northern, Bids bury, Cheadle, Mosely, to join the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Heaton Norris, near Stock port. It is also proposed to connect the line with the Churnet Valley line, and a proposed Buxton line, by a branch to Bramhall ; and by two other branches it is proposed to be connected with the Manchester and Leeds line near Oldham, and the Manchester and Sheffield line, between Ashton and Hyde, thus se curing a portion of the traffic of Yorkshire, Lincoln shire, and Derbyshire. As might have been expected, at a time when capi talists are so eagerly seizing hold of every line of country which offers facilities for railway schemes, so favourable a country as the route of this line from Birkenhead to Manchester is not without claimants to its possession. Amongst these we observe that a Company, or rather a combination of three powerful Companies—the Midland, the Sheffield and Manches ter, and Manchester and Birmingham--have given notice for a line from Altringham to Manchester, passing by almost the same route as the Birkenhead and Manchester line. This proposed line, we may remark, possesses a valuable feature, inasmuch as, instead of communicating with the Liverpool and Manchester line, and using their station at Victoria bridge, its promoters adopt the southern entrance into Manchester, in allowing themselves to be bullied out of which by the Leeds Company the Liverpool and Manchester Board committed so fatal a mistake. We do not think, however, that any serious appre hension need be entertained as to the success of the scheme from this or other competing claims. On the contrary, we consider it very likely, anti in deed-advisable, that such a compromise will be en tered into as will enable the Birkenhead people to go to Parliament with the influence of these parties in aid of their own. The giving up a portion of their scheme into such hands might even operate advan tageously, by securing to the Birkenhead Company a greater portion of the vast traffic of which these Companies have the disposal. We speak, however, mereiy our own opinion, with no authoritative in formation as to the course likely to be pursued. Another project is by the Directors of the Birken head and Chester Railway—viz., a tunnel from their station in Grange-lane to the docks forming at Wallasey Pool. Upon this, however, we need not remark as a novelty, for, in fact, such a communica tion was a necessary adjunct to these docks. To the south of Chester important projects are also on foot. Notices have been given of an application to Parliament for the necessary powers to construct a line of railway, commencing at Shrewsbury, and passing, almost in a direct line, by Hadnall and Wem, approaching the town of Wellington, which it passes a little to the left, then crossing a detached portion of Flintshire, and proceeding thence, on the Cheshire side of the valley of the Dee, to Chester. This line will make the distance by railway between Shrewsbury and Chester about thirty-six miles ; and, in connexion with the proposed Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton line, will form a competing line from Birkenhead and Chester to the south. A re ference to the map in our paper will show the capa bilities of this line to accommodate, by branches, the important mineral and agricultural towns and dis tricts through which it passes. A connexion is also proposed to be formed between the Chester and Holyhead line and the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, by means of a branch to the proposed Birkenhead and Manchester I line, the value of which, as affording to those districts a shorter route for the passengers and goods traffic of Ireland and the mineral produce of Wales, we shall not enlarge upon, having already exceeded the limits we proposed to devote to the Chester undertakings. On the Lancashire side of the Mersey, one of the most striking prospects is the line from Liverpool to Bolton and Wigan. This line passes through the heart of the great coal district of Lancashire, inter secting the Wigan coal beds, and proceeding by those of Pemberton, Winstanley, Billinge, Knowsley, &c., through Walton and Bootle to 'a station near the North Docks of Liverpool. By this line the im portant towns of Chorley, Preston, &c., will also obtain a shorter communication with Liverpool. By another line, commencing at the north end of Liverpool, it is proposed to connect that port still more directly with Ormskirk and Preston ; and, by the formation of branches from it, to join the pro posed Blackburn and Burnley line near Blackburn, and to form a communication with Southport. We come now to an examination of the lines pro jected by the Grand Junction, and first, as the most important to this town, we take the line by which it is proposed to shorten the route into Liverpool. The branch by which this is to be effected commences in , the township of Kekewick, runs through those of Daresbury, Norton, and Runcorn, and crosses the river at a narrow about two miles above Runcorn. From this point it proceeds, almost in a direct line, by Cuerdley, Widness, Upton, Speke, and Childwall, crossing in its course the Runcorn Gap Railway, to a junction with the Liverpool and Manchester Rail way at or near Huyton. By the formation of this line a saving of distance is effected between the two points of about eight miles. Another important line of the same Company is that proposed from Crews to communicate with New- castle and Stoke, at which latter place it joins a line to be formed by the Trent Valley Company to Staf ford. These projects, we are glad to find, have been recently laid before a public meeting held at Stafford, over which the Mayor of that town presided, and, with some additional accommodation to be given to the Pottery district, have been received as satisfactory, and meeting the requirements of the towns in terested. With respect to the communication to he given to Shrewsbury from the Grand Junction line, upon which, it will be remembered, the difference occurred between that Company and the London and Birming ham, two projects will be offered to the consideration of Parliament; one a line running from Shrewsbury , by Wellington, to Stafford, and another branching off near Wellington, and proceeding on to Wolverhamp ton. Another line is also projected, we believe, by the London and Birmingham, proceeding from the proposed Chester and Shrewsbury line, near Wem, to the Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton line near Wel lington, then cutting off the angle formed by carry ing their lines to Shrewsbury, and reducing the dis tance between Wolverhampton to Chester by this route to something near that by the Grand Junction route. A communication is also proposed to be made from the Chester and Shrewsbury line passing by the town of Wrexham and joining the Chester and Holyhead line about midway between Holywell and Chester. We now come to the new projects of the Liverpool and Manchester Company. It has long been acknow ledged that the stations both in Lime-street and at Wapping were insufficient in size and arrangement for the traffic of the Manchester and Liverpool and the Grand Junction lines. To remedy these defects it is proposed to purchase the buildings adjoining the station in Lime-street, as far back as Hotham-street , including some on the east side of the same street, the north side of Gloucester-street, and the south of Sidney-street; the dwelling-houses adjoining the station at the bottom of Gloucester-street and Lord Nelson-street. Upon the site thus formed an exten sive station will be formed, capable, it is thought, of furnishing the accommodation requisite. The station at Wapping is to be extended, by the purchase of land and buildings, warehouses, &c., on the north side of Crosbie-street, and adjoining the station ; the ware houses and buildings on the west side of Wapping, and on either side of Ironmonger-lane, fronting the King's and Queen's Docks. The funnels and works at Edge-hill au likewise to be enlarged ; a new tun nel to be made to Smithdown-lane, and another from Edge-hill to terminate at or near the Waterloo Dock in the north end of the town. By the carrying out of these several projects much greater facilities will be afforded to the commerce of the port than at pre• sent it enjoys. Another project is the formation of a line branch ing off from the main line at Barton, and passing by Worsley, Swinton, and Pendlebury, to a junction ei Clifton with the proposed Manchester, Bury, an °' Rossendale Railway. A short line is also to be taken from a point between Newton and Parkside to the North Union line, to reduce the angie at present to be gone over in order to get from the latter line to Manchester. It is further proposed to form a branell,, from Barrownook Moss, in Rainford, in the parish 0 ' Prescot (there to unite with an intended railway from the St. Helena and Runcorn Gap Railway, near Ruf ford, a junction with the North Union at Euxton), and terminating at or near Lightbody-street, Bean' dart-street North, Victoria-road, Great Howard street, and Regent-road, in this town. Of this line we have not been able to procure a plan in time to enable us to include it in our map. The line from Barrownook Moss, however, is intended to reduce the present distance by the Liverpool and Manchester and North Union lines to Preston and Lancaster, and as it passes close to Ormskirk, is expected to remove th°, necessity of the proposed Liverpool, Ormskirk, so ° , Preston line. The communication with the north en d of the town will, of course, be a valuable feature ill the line, if constructed. In conclusion, we shall regret if in the course of these remarks, explanatory of our plan or in the plan itself, we shall be found to have done injustice to any of the lines enumerated. Our object was certainly W be impartial and just to all ; and if we have offende d we shall be most willing to make all the reparation in our power,—Liverpool Standard. BRUTAL CASE.—Between five and six o'clock oil Monday afternoon last, the hackney-coach No. 191 was called off the stand in Farringdon-street, by a respeeta„el looking man, in company with a young female. " 1 ,,u" coachman was ordered to drive to Eaton-square. 'i n arriving in that locality, the man jumped out of the coach, and, closing the door after him, intimated to th e coachman that he was known in the neighbourhood, a n , did not wish to be seen in company with the femal e, whom he directed to be taken to " Wright's," Chester' mews, Grosvenor-square, where he would call the follow ing morning, and pay whatever expense might be 1 11. curred. He then paid the fare and qu i e kly di s appeared. The coachman having now some doubts as to things being all right, got from his box, and, on opening the coach-door, he perceived the female lying across the seats with her clothes disordered, and on finding tha! all his efforts to arouse her were fruitless, he call e a police-constable, and she was driven to the station house, where she was attended by a surgeon, who gni mediately discovered that she was labouring under the effects of some powerful narcotic, and that. 5 gross outrage had been perpetrated whilst under 1 4 1 influence. She was directed to be immediately r emoved to St. George's Hospital, where the stomach pump a nd other remedies were promptly applied, and in a shot! time nearly the whole contents of the stomach were 0; tracted, and the patient was gradually brought to a sens e of consciousness, and the following morning the poor girl, whose mental sufferings appeared to be very great, gave the following statement:—She said her name was Ann Ball, and that her friends resided at No. 7, E a ton" court. She had left her situation as housemaid in a 027 tleman's family about a fortnight since, and was Pr, ceeding along Piccadilly on Monday afternoon, on he• way to inquire after another situation, when she was costed by the above individual, who, although she kne" nothing whatever of him, had spoken to her on one e r two former occasions, and who now prevailed upon he r to accompany him to the City, where on arriving the,' went to a tavern and had some brandy and water, aft er which, on entering the coach, she almost suddenly lost her senses, although perfectly sober before that 00 [This latter statement with regard to her being sober the coachman has corroborated.] A description of the viC lain has been given to the police, who are in active sear"' of him, and it is sincerely hoped he will not long escap e that punishment he so justly merits. AGRICULTURAL SERYANTS' lIIRINGS IN THE NORTiff: —Whitsuntide and Martinmas are the usual times 0 f hiring agricultural servants in the more northern counties. At nearly all the hirings this Martinmas th e wages of servants of both sexes, taken altogether, ho le been on the advance, and the engagements more nuele" rous. At Carlisle the attendance of servants was n u : usually large on Saturday week, and good men servan' were engaged, at wages ranging from 61. 10s., 8/e 91. 10s. for the half-year ; half-grown lads were engag ed for 41. 10s., 51., and 51. 10s. each ; known w omen Se t ; vants were hired at 41., 41. 10s., to 61. ; and the young er girls got from 3/. to 4/. 10s. each who were hire. • The servants get their victuals, and lodge and sleep r e their masters' houses in the northern counties. Thal above quotation of wages, with very little variation, W l apply to the hirings which took place at Cockermou tn i Keswick, Wigton, Brampton, Penrith, Appleby, Nee d&, and other places.— Provincial Paper. IMPORTATION OF DUTCH OXEN, &C.—Yesterd a Y afternoon, at four o'clock, the steam-packet Batavi er , ' Captain David Dunlop, arrived at the St. Kathari ne steam-packet wharf, from Rotterdam. She brought fi ft l f : six head of live oxen and cows, and an immense get; tity of live poultry, chiefly geese, turkeys, and duc" .... The importation of all kinds of live poultry is now elt o ried on to a greater extent than usual, as the ice On ts , Dutch coast may be expected to put a stop to the na v e i r gation in a few weeks, and dealers are bringing e v ss large quantities at present to be fattened for Christ° ' BIRTHS. of On the Ist inst., at Porde House, Devonshire, the ladi, Henry Cartwright, Esq., High Sheriff of the county, 13' daughter. On the sth inst., at Malta, the lady of Robert Arb°lll Hunter, Esq., of a son. On the 17th inst., at the Vicarage, Guilsborough , the wife of the Rev. J. D. Watson, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., the lady of John Jocelyn Ffoulkea, of Eriviatt, near Denbigh, of a daughter. wif e On the 19th inst., at Regency-square, Brighton, the of Captain William Preston, R.N., of a son. On the 19th inst., Mrs. Gambier Parry, of a son. w ife On the 18th inst., at Norwood-green, Middlesex, th e of Lewis Berger, Esq., of a daughter. a •F - On the 19th inst., in Wilton-street, the lady of Edwar Jenner, Esq., of a daughter. eIC On the 19th inst , at Camberwell, Mrs. Henry Smithers, jun., of a son. MARRIED. On the Bth of October, at the Episcopal Chapel, Cairo, Duncan M`Pherson, Esq., M.D , of the Madras - 1, -":„„, t ; attached to his Highness the Nizam's service, to 111arg' . 0 .1, daughter of Archibald Iver, Esq., Carlton-street, Ediuhurec. On the 19th inst., at Leyton Church, Essex, the R ev e . St. Kemble, M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, Incumbent,,t.of Michael's Church, Lambeth, to Charlotte, second daugm" Stephen Wildman Cattley, Esq., of Leyton._ DIED. On the 23d ult., at the Royal Naval Asylum . Lieutenant Vosper, R.N. On the llth inst., at Hull, Miss Priscilla Sophia G r n . e r,d7o. On the 13th inst., at Reading, Henry • E s q . a b" - T enry attie, , ..,„. . On the 14th • st in , ~ at Arlington-street, Caraden-to"."' Symonds, Esq., aged 61. f rd On the 14th inst the Rev. Edward of Law -° ~ H. Greene, Hall, Essex. On the 16th inst., at Howland-street, Fitzroy e li-E tB ' s,qGurareen, Wicht Sarah Eyre, aged 74. ,-,.dival , On the 15th inst., Rebecca, the wife of Mr. Henry tfi." St. Helen's-place. Capt ain On the 16th inst., in Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, —,--. Oliver St. John, late of the 31st Madras Native Infan P ii , of On the 16th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Enaras ChaPlin' vr 6 Mr. John Caplin, High-street Putney On the 20 h th inst., at Ponder'S-end, Mr. Thomas N a l l i Sert On the 20th inst., at Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly, Lambert, Esq., aged 22 ~..! ox London: Printed and Publi6hed by lIIITRDO I Oi; 02, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,Colo. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill the tifuldleasx, ThttriclAy, Novembor 21,1H44.