The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

PORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET- ING.-TUESDAY. Puppy Stakes (Allington /MO—Captain Daintree's Knabella (late Ellen) heat Mr. Etwsll's Entre Nous— Lord Stra , tbroke's Maiden beat Mr. Batch...toes Maiden Yipau's Veronica beat Mr. Biggs's Brunette— Mr. Bowles's Beau Brummell beat Mr. Gillett's Grace Jones—Mr. Drinkald's Elixir beat Mr. Edwards's Archie Armstrong—Mr. B. Smith's Sherwood beat Captain Wyndham's Wivanhoe—Mr. Gillett's German Cloak beat Sir G. Quentin's Hatter—Mr. Gunwing's Black Eagle beat Mr. Baggs's Top—Mr. Dobede's Flash beat Mr. Fryer's Rocket—Mr. Bowles's Blacksmith's Daughter beat Mr. Baggs's Tautrambobus—Mr. Et - wall's Queen of the West beat Mr. Dobede's Dispatch— Mr. Edwards's•Au Fait beat Mr. Isaacson's Dimple— Mr. Fryer's Trip beat Mr. Bennett's William of Wick ham—Lord Stradbroke's Machine beat Mr. Lawrence's Linchpin—Mr. Gillett's Golden Crocus beat Mr. Mey rick's Hibernia—Captain Daintree's Kestrel beat Mr. King's Rhea. The All-Aged Stakes—Mr. Bowles's Brocade beat Mr. Caldwell's Richard—Mr. Nash's Cruiskeen beat Mr. Etwall's Elastic—Mr. Nash's Captain beat Mr. Gunning's Nonchalance—Captain Daintree's Kizzie beat Sir G. Quentin's Proserpine—Mr. Nash's Celia's Daughter beat Mr. Batchelor's Marygold—Mr. Biggs's Benevolence beat Mr. Fyson's Fullsail—Mr. Morant's Muscat beat Lord Stradbroke's Micmac—Mr. Bennett's Warrior beat Mr. Gunning's Fancy—Lord Stradbroke's Miracle beat Mr. Sloper's Saaolensko—Mr. Lawrence's Laura beat Mr. Isaacson's Ferrand—Mr. Powney's Nell beat Mr. Drinkald's Euclid—Mr. B. Smyth's Shep herdess beat Mr. Nash's Cotherstoue—Captain Damn tree's Key beat Mr. Edwards's Algernon—Mr. Fyson's Farmer beat Captain Wyndham's Wave—Mr. Etwall's The Winner beat Captain Daintree's Killena—Mr. Fryer's Cora beat Mr. Moody's Retainer. The weather was fine, the attandance good, and the hares plentiful, but weak. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Alarm 18 to 1 agst Kedger 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c 22 to 1 agst Idas 22 to 1 agstYoungEclipse 25 to 1 agst Newsmong, r 30 to 1 agst Rebecca c—t 40 to 1 agst Minikin c 40 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger 40 to 1 agst Pantasa 1000 to 15 apt Cleartheway —taken 1000 to 10 agst Black Prince —taken, and afterwards offered 7 to 1 agst John Day's lot -1 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot, including John Davis ER CUP. ; 40 to 1 agst Morpeth—t CHESTS 40 to 1 agst Extempore— INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. • CATTERICK BRIDGE-1845. Nominations for the Revival Handicap. Jamie Forest, aged—Purity filly, 4 yrs—Porto Bello, 5 yrs—Pigskin, 4 yrs—Agriculture, 5 yrs—Punjaub, 3 yrs—Coheiress, 4 yrs—Beaufort, 4 yrs—Fair Rosa mond, 4 yrs—Advice, 4 yrs—lnheritress, 5 yrsHStaley, 4 yrs—Spinster, 4 yrs—Jinglepot, 3 yrs-.-Betsy Bird, 5 yrs—Fair Helen . colt, 3 yrs—Prince Royal, 4 yrs— Poussin, 5 yrs—What, 5 yrs—Trueboy, 5 yrs—Godfrey, 4 yrs—Lightning, 4 yrs—Comical Boy, 3 yrs—Senii seria, 5 yrs—Bay Momus, 4 yrs—Parthian, 5 yrs— Wynyard, 3 yrs—Twi g, 3 yrs. Nominations for the Short's Sweepstakes for two yrs old. Lord Eglinton's Thersites—Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—Mr. R. Hessletine's Hercules—Mr. Salvin's Thalia—Mr. Cookson's Fair Star—Mr. Edmondstone's Pinkindedness—Lord Zetland's f by the Bird, out of Coheiress's dam—Mr. T. Ayres's f by Phoenix, out of Executive Mr. Dawson's Sister to Skipton Mr. Jaques's Pedigree. The Filly Stakes for 3 yrs old. Lord Glasgow's f by Bay Middleton, dam by St. Pa trick—Lord Eglinton's J'ythia—Mr. Salvin's Marian Ramsay—Mr. T. Dawson's Sleepy—Mr. Jaques's Ex travaganza. The Champag ne Stakes for two yrs old. Lord Glasgow's f by Retriever, out of Emilia—Mr. Ile,se: tine's Staircase, and Sich-a-Kitting-up-Stairs—Mr, Salvin's Thalia—Mr. Cookson's Fair Star—Lord Zet land's f by the Bard, out of Coheiress's dam—Mr. T. Dawson's Grimstone—Mr. W. Scott's Mr. Mansfield— Mr. Jaques's Pedigree. The Claret Stakes for three yrs old. Two miles. Marian Ramsay—f by. Bay Middleton, out of Imper. tinr , nee—Cotuioal Boy— Firemaster—Yellow Boy— Moulton—Helmsman. Tu* DERBY.—The report that Young Eclipse has left Coleman's stables for Kent's, alluded to in our notices of the betting at Tattersall's on Monday, is without foun dation. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 4. —Wind N., fresh breeze, and cloud DEAL, DEC. 3.—Wind N.E. by E., fresh breeze. Acrd. Isabella, Brown, Buenos Ayres; Royal Adelaide, Brecon, Honduras; Europe, Quebec; Swift, of Hull, ditto. Sld. Caledonia, Sydney; Hindostan, Bombay; her Maje-ty's ship Daedalus, ; Fame, west coast of Africa; Lord Charles Spence, Cape of Good Hope; Sylph, Barbadoes; Urania, Jamaica; Portland, Cuba; Glenlyon, New Orleans. OF! Doyen, Dec. 3.—Mungo Park, Batavia. PORTS tiIOUTH. DEC. 3.—Wind E.N.E. to N.—Std. Sftilz:.rlJnd, New York. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2.—Arrd. Effort, Payne, Icha boe. Slil. Teviot (steamer), West Indies; Oriental (steamer) West Indies. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Jane, Moore, ltio Grande. FALMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze.— Arrd. Inchannan, Battine, late M'Arthur, Bombay, sailed from Mauritius, Sept. 7 ; Eliza Scott, Beak, Ichaboe, sailed Oct. 2, St. Helena, 15th, aLd Ascension 21st ; Barron, Hall, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Dec: 2.—Wind S.E. to N.E, moderate.— Arrd. Hannibal, Quebec ; Hero (steam-tug), with three vessels in tow, laden with goods from the James Mathe son, stranded off Wexford. CORE, DEC. I.—Arrd. Jupiter, Hicks, Montreal. Sld. Ch,frido, Cottager, Ichaboe ; Arab, George, Henry, and Enver, Newfoundland. WATERFORD, Nov. 30.-Sld. Manin, New Orleans. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 3.—The Albion, Woolner, drove ashore this morning, on Gunton-beech, and remains, beating heavily ; crew saved. JERSZY, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Damon, Malyard, Ichaboe. Ski. Agenoria, Monte Video: Minna.. DEC. 2.—Sld. Pomona, Trinidad. 3. York shire and Ellerslie, New Orleans. OFF BEACHEY HEAD, DEC. I.—Pear!, Hayward, Ceylon. OFT THE WIGHT, DEC. I.—Hand of Providence, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Maid, Craig. Quebec. BULL, DEc. 2.—Sld. Agenoria, Ichaboe. GLascow, DEC. I.—The Augusta. Mitchell, of L e i t h, which struck on the Cannon Roc, 27th ult., was subse quently taken in tow by a steamer for Greenock, was abandoned, 29th, off the Copeland Light, but has since een pick ed up and carried into Catnpbletown. COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S. In addition to a valuable set of charts presented to Ll..yd's by his Majesty the King of Prussia and his Majesty the King of the French, the Admiralty, and the East. India House, &c., the collection of that establish ment has been fut they augmented by the arrival o f a se t of charts published in America by order of Congress, and presented by his Excellency the President. At a meeting of the members of Lloyd's, to be held on 'Wednesday, the I Ith inst., it is intended to propose a vote of thanks to his Majesty the King of the French and the President of the United States, for their valuable assistance towards a collection at Lloyd's of sets of charts of all nations—an object with the Committee 'for managing the affairs of Lloyd's of a very important na ture,.and which will be appreciated by all interested in maritime affairs, as affording a free and easy means of reference to the navigation of the whole world, alike open to the foreign as to the English mariner. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Mungo Park, Thomson, from Batavia, off Dover, sailed July 31 ; Eliza Scott, Beale, from the coast of Africa, off Falmouth, sailed Oct. 1, St. Helena 14th ; Inchinnan, from Bombay, off Falmouth, saihd Aug. 10, Mauritius Sept. 8 ; Pearl, Heyward, from Ceylon, off Dungeness, sailed Aug. 1. Arrivals at Mauritius—Amelia, Mulholland, Sept. 2, from the Cape ; Cingalese, 3d, from the Cape; Dawson, Carder, from Launceston ; Emma Eugenia, 4th, from Singapore ; Mary, from Madras ; Monarch, from Co ring'', Lady Nugent, from Calcutta ; Diadem, from Calcutta. Arrivals at St. Helena—Princess Charlotte, Oct. 11, from Bombay; Elizabeth, 12th, from Sumatra and Mau ritius ; Cowslip, Woodmanst,•rne, Maid of Mona, 12th, Floraville, .Pursuit, and Thames, 13th, Mountaineer, 14th, from the 'coast of Africa ; Sultan, 14th, from China ; Drie Vrienden, from China ; Devon, from Bengal ; Freed.an, from Ichabo e ; John, 15th, Hone, 15th, from legible. Arrival at Sumatra—Lady Leith, July 14, from Lon d , .n and Cape. Arrival at Ichaboe—Claremont, from London. Arrival at Penang— Chilena, from Clyde mid Singapore. Arrivals at Bombay—Stag, Oct. 12; from London ; Inglis, 13th, from China ; John Cooper, 15th, Eliza, 17th, fn m Lorulon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. REASONS WHY THE ALBION, 90, AND QUEEN, 110, SHOULD HAVE BEATEN THE ST. VINCENT, 120, AND CALEDONIA, 120. Ist. Because the Albion is a new ship, fresh off the slips, only two years old, recently out of dock ; her tim bers and planking have not yet hal time to get saturated with water, consequently are comparatively light and buoyant. It is a well-ascertained fact that all vessels, from a boat to a first-rate ship, always sail better when new and fresh put into the water than when they get old. The Queen has the same advantage, though not in such a great degree as the Albion, she being but four years old, whereas the St. Vincent has been built :: 29 years, and the Caledonia 36 y ears . 2d. Because the Albion, being recently out of dock, bad clean copper. The Queen is also clean, having been in dock at Portsmouth early in the spring of this year, whereas the St. Vincent has not been in dock for four years, and as she has been lying in Portsmouth Har bour nearly that time, no doubt her bottom is foul with both grass and barnacles. 3d. With respect to the Albion, because all two deckers should beat in sailing all three-decked ships (particularly on a wind) in the same ratio that frigates generally beat two-decked ships, and because the Albion spreads a much greater quantity of canvass than either of the other ships. We are not certain that either the Albion or the St. Vincent are fast ships, the four have on l y tr i ed their qualities r e l at i vely with each Tt is well o u s n t d d e e r . stood that the F ox frigate beipst.thttl;.ee t eidedly a short ti me since, and v. known fay, ship was not s en t out to terestrth that s ome e sailing of these untried ships. The Caledonia has always been a " slow coach," si nce ana Lady aston Ho Portman andamibi Ysluse, Dorsetsre. have left town for kfr thorough repair in 1830. We remember h er t h e f i nest theirsß r TIIF SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY. MORNING, DECEMBI4:I 5 1841. and fastest ship in the British navy. In 1813 and 1814 she carried the flag of Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, after wards Lord Exmouth, Command , "r-in-Chief of the Medi terranean fleet, which consisted of nine three-deckers, and twenty two deckers. The Caledonia was the largest and best ship of t hat large fleet, sailing well, and mrking like a cutter: excepting the Boyne, three-decker, and four or five of the two-decked ships, she beat all the other ships on all points of sailing, and for working no ships came near her. In 1830, she had a thorough repair, and although Lord Exmouth was most decidedly opposed to it, this ship was thrown out on each side about fourteen inches. It was expected this increase of beam would make her more buoyant ; but it had the contrary effect, as she increased her immersion on being put into the water some four 'or five inches, and the result has been, she has never been a fast ship since, although said to be a good ship in a sea, and weatherly in heavy breezes, and possesses many good qualities as a man-of-war. No one can forget the outrageous puffs about the Queen on her Mediterranean cruises—in one of them this year she " was the most manageable and easy ship" her captain had met with; but " she had been pur posely kept light, her water-casks were not filled, and she was rather short of three months' provisions!' when she started. This was her trial with the surveyor's frigate Vernon, when it was trumpeted forth to the world that additional " laurels had been added to the surveyor's brow" by the Queen beating the Vernon, which was stated to be " the fastest frigate in the ser vice." Now if the Queen, by beating this frigate, con ferred so much- honour. on Sir W. Symonds, what de gree of mortal praise is due to the venerable constructor of the St. Vincent, which vessel has proved so supe rior to the Queen ? And, allowing the Albion the credit of outsailing the three-deckers, it may be asked how shall we estimate the sailing qualities of the Vernon, " the fastest frigate, in the service," when we find that the old Fox, 42, frigate, beat .the Albion, that ship, having beat the three-deckers, among them the Queen, which ship was said to be superior in sailing to the Vernon THE SURVEYOR'S SAFETY VESSELS.—On two late occasions, to bolster up and claim a superiority for the " intuitive" vessels of the surveyor, the disasters which befel the Acorn, and some of the old 10-gun brigs, were triumphantly pointed out by a morning contem porary. That journal, however, would seem to be oblivious of the loss of life and property which has been sustained by the surveyor's ships, although-their hulls have been preserved. Without taking into eonsideration the narrow escape of the Pique, 36, from total wreck, on her voyage from Canada, when she was saved,only by the indomitable skill and perseverance of Capt. Rous and his officers, we may allude to the mishaps of the Star packet. Three times was this vessel thrown on her beans-ends with frightful loss of life ; on one occasion a lieutenant and 11 men—a whole watch—were washed out of her and drowned; and she was saved from going down by cutting away the masts, which, fortunately, they were enabled to do from the channels of the Star having been fitted on a principle to the patentee of which the surveyor and his officials - have offered very great - opposition. The Racer, 16, was also thrown on her beam-ends twice, with loss of life. The Mercury, tender, nearly drowned the pay clerks at Chatliam-yard, and as nearly spoiled their money, off 'Sheerness, and afterwards repeated, with loss of man, lives, a similar specimen of her safe qualities in the Bristol Channel. ..On this occasion, the mate in command, by almost superhuman exertions, Caved the tender, and ids meritorious service was acknow ledged by his promotion. The causes.which occasioned such losses as those of the old Acorn and Martin have been properly explained in the House of Commons ; but the above-mentioned instances will show that there is little reason for boasting of the safety ofthe'" intuitive" I vessels.—. Herald. COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT STOKES. Some little time since we were led to offer a few remarks upon the case of Barnes, the carpenter's mate of the Resistance, and especially with reference to the extraordinary determiation come to by the Lords of the Admiralty, •in incarcerating that man for two years, for the commission.of an offence, re cognise! indeed by the articles of war, but which would have been scouted out deny civil court of law governed by the principles of justice and common sense. Barnes, it will be remembered, was convicted of lifting an 'adze against the boatswain (Lee), while in a state of insensibility, the effect of Lee's violence, and was sentenced to be hanged at the yard-arm of such one of her Majesty's ships as the Lords of the Admiralty might direct. We then stated, that'if ever there was a case showing the necessity for a revision of the articles of war, that of; Barnes was the 'identical one. We have, however, this-week' to record a still greater anomaly, in the result of the trial of an officer upon a charge which in a civil court of law would have involved the liberty of the accused for a considerable 'period. An officer of the Tartarus; Lieutenant Stokes, was on Tuesday brought to a court-martial upon certain dis gusting charges, preferred 'against him by a b oy named Terry, belonging to the same ship. It is not for us to question the judgment of the - members of that court. who tried the prisoner, in coining to the decision they did, but certainly the consequence of that decision shows a lamentable amount of incon gruity in the various degrees of punishment which the articles of war prescribe' for offences recognised by the service. Thus, in the one case, where a man, proved to have been insensible, and by consequence irresponsible, lifted a weapon in selfsdefence against a brutal boatswain, the punishment was, according to these precious articles, death. In the present, when the court is of opinion that an officer is guilty of one of the most disgusting offences known to civilised man, the sentence is, we presume, by the same arti cles, simply dismissal from the ship in which the offender was serving at the time of the 'commission of the offence. Thus much with regard to the ignorance and folly of those -articles of war ; now for the merits of the case in question. , We have said it does not be come us to impugn the judgment of the members of the court on Tuesday last, but it does be come us as public journalists -to • express an opinion as to the nature of the evidence adduced in, support of the charge' against this officer, and, if possible, to discover. whether the prisoner's guilt was rendered as conclusive as it is made by the sentence of th e cour t : The prosecutor, upon whose evidence alone' the charge rested, was proved by witnesses of irreproachable credit to have been anything but a good character—to have been guilty of falsehood, and to have evinced not once, but many times, a spirit of hostility to the accused. lie himself admitted that he had 'been punished for ne glect of duty, and, what was of still'greater conse quence, that Lieutenant Stokes was obnoxious to the crew, who desired to get him out of the ship, because lie was too strict a disciplinarian. These were im portant ficts drawn from the prosecutor, and we ask what jury of conscientious Englishmen would enter tain such a charge after admissions of so unequivocal a nature ? Again, it was proved that the boy Terry had exulted in the belief that by his instrumentality the prisoner was " in for it," and 'this, too, immediately after the , commission of the alleged disgusting act. For the credit of human. nature, it is not to be be lieved that an individual, under such circumstances, could have acted with the gross levity which it was distinctly sworn the prosecutor did. The commander of the Tartarus and the brother officers 'of 'the pri soner gave him the highest character for moral and religious bearing, and the medical officer of the ship entirely &proved the statement' made by the prose cutor as to indications of the offence having been com mitted. Ought such a prosecutor to have been cre dited? Was not the testimony to character of some importance, and was note the evidence of 'the surgeon of the highest importance ? Notwithstanding, the court thought the charge 'proved,. and Lieutenant Stokes was sentenced to be dismissed his ship. One of two things is certain—either the prisoner was guilty of the imputed offence, and ought to have been dis missed her Majesty's service, and subjected to other punishment, no matter how-severe ; or he was inno cent of the charge—that it was a foul conspiracy against him, and that he ought to have been restored to his previous honourable position in society.- Derovort Independent. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results: of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all CAUSES registered in Me Week ending 'Saturday, the 30th of November, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— CAUSES OF DEATH.' ' : Tot Al . Averag e of F:pid emie, Endemic, and Contapo" us Dm' ased 220 Filirver:keerl7. 1 1 24 LI Diseases of variable or uncert:ulauTtue......-- Diseases of the Brain, Nerves Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs . of Respiration '323 ' 285 Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-ves se l s 39 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ' 13 s Childbirth, Diseases of theilterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscled 4 . 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c . - . 1 Old Age, or Natural Decay 72 - - 71 By Violence Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified 1074 942 Deaths from all Causes ...... . ....... ... 1075 946 MUMS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDAD IJNDAR GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPANY. SPECIAL MEEI7G. (From the Bristol Mirror.) A special general meeting of this Company was held on Tuesday last at the office in Princes-street. 'There was a large number of the proprietors present, the questions for consideration being of vital im portance to their interests. Henry Bush, Esq., haying been called to the chair, the notice for convening the meeting was read, which was followed by a lengthened report , from the di rectors, in which the necessity of raising additional .capital, by the creation of new shares, was fully and clearly explained. The sum required was stated' to be sq,Qoot , which was proposed to be raised by the crea tion of 1,784 new shares of 30/. each, being the same number as the original .hares. The following are the terms on which the new shares were to be issued, as detailed in the report : " 1. That out of the net proceeds of the undertaking, after paying and proiiding for the cost of management and repairs, and other expenses incident to the conduct of the business of the Company, a dividend of 5L per cent. per annum shall be paid halt-yearly upon all moneys paid in respect of such 306 shares, previously to any moneys being set apart for the reserved fund, and the payment of dividend upon theexisting 100 L shares. • 2. That after the payment of such dividend on the 30L shares, the surplus moneys of the Company, ap plicable to the payment of the dividend shall be appro priated to or towards the payment of 51. per cent. upon the existing 100/. shares,: zind if , after the last-tnen tioned payment any surplus shall remain, the same shall be divided among the proprietors of both old and new shares in proportion to the amount of capital paid up on each. " 3. That if in any one year there shall not .be suffi cient to pay the full dividend of 51. per cent. upon the capital for the time being paid up in respect of new shares, the net proceeds (as before-mentioned) of any future year shall be applied to make good s uc h deficien c y before .any 'portion thereof is applied to any other purpose. " 4. That on the sale of any portion of the Company's property, - the proceeds of which shall, under the deed of settlement, be applicable to the repayment of capital, the capital paid up in respect of the 301. shares, shall, at the option of the proprietors of such shares, be first dis charged thereout.' " 5. That the proprietors of ,the existing shares shall have the preference of taking such new shares, and if the whole be not taken by them, the directors to have the power of disposing of the remainder. " 6. That the first call upon such new shares shall not exceed 101. per share, and no subsequent call to exceed 5/. per share, and that there shall be an interval of three months at least between any two calls. " 7. That interest at 'the rate of 5/. per cent. be paid upon all moneys advanced iii anticipation of calls." The report of the 'directors then went on to state that it haying been 'urged at all 'the meetings of the Company for the last three years in the strong es t manner, that measure s s h ou ld be adopted: for dispos ing of the Great Western and the works, not only with the view of providing the requisite funds for completing the Great Britain, but as a step pre paratory to the disposal of that ship when completed, and the final disiolutiim of the Company, the directors, had made, from time to time, every effort to meet the wiShes of 'the' proprietors. Repeated attempts had been made to sell both' the Great Western and the works' by private contract, and ultimately b public auction; but all had b een a lik e un su ccess ful. No offer had been made to purchase the 'Works at 'any price, and there had been only two bona fide negotia sions for the purchase of the Great. Western. The first negotiation terminated abruptly; the other was With , the Peninsular And Oriental company , to whom it was agreed to sell the vessel, provided the Govern ment surveyors should approve of her as a fit and . 'proper vessel for the Royal Mail service. Some time was occupied •in her examination by these officers ; the result of which was most satisfactory, proving as' it did 'that the - ship and .machinery were in the best condition. The Government engineer hot - being 'satisfied as to the sufficiency of steam for the Royal Mail service, alt e r a ti ons were made for the purpo se of meeting his, views, - and the Peninsular and Oriental' !Company were requested again to send him down. After waiting his arrival ten days, during which itime,the ship was left at Kingroad, manned and 'ready for sea, th e l ast post-day- for ; Writing' to 'the United States previously' to' her sailing having, arrived, the directors had no alternatiVe hitt' to decide at once upon placing her upon her 'old station. The Peninsular and Oriental Company then applied for and obtained an injunction to prevent . her sailing 'as advertised. This, however, on the case being argued - before the Vice. Chancellor, was dissolVed, and, subsequently,' the bill filed by the Peninsular and Oriental Company for a specific per formance of the contract had been dismissed, and the contract rescinded.. This result the, directors could not regret ; ' the price 'at which, under the pressure from their proprietors, they felt bound to agree to sell the vessel—namely, 32,000 l in their opi nion, far below her value. The report then went on to explain that these proceedings had 'operated preju dicially to the interests of .the proprietors, both from the loss of traffic occasioned, and from having given rise to' reports which had caused a serious diminution in the earnings of the Great Western. The directors had during the past year devoted themselves moat ear nestly to the consideration of every measure which ap peared calculated to meet the expressed wishes of the proprietors. With that view they had attentively considered'the question of separating the interests of the proprietors in the Manufacturing and in the mer cantile departments, and especially the very valuable suggestions of Mr. Charles Bowles Fripp on that point. They had, however, most reluctantly' been obliged to come to the conclusion, that however de sirable' such plans might be, the difficulties which ne• cessarily attended them were of such a nature as to pre sent insuperable obstacles to their being carried into ef fect: They were, therefore, compelled, for the present at least, to abandon the - idea of providing for the more profitable use of the winks by any measure of that description ; nor were' they prepared to suggest any other"plan, it being their opinion that it would _b e more for the int eres t o f the proprietors to defer the consideration of their disposition for the present. The superiority of iron steam vessels of the largest class was now so clearly est a bliTh e d , and the convenience for building and repairing both vessels and rnachineryat the - Company's works so great, that the directors could not doubt that ere long an_ opportunity would occur either for selling or letting the works, without that sacrifice 'which must necessarily attend a forced or hasty attempt to' dispose of them. At the com mencement of the present year they were not pre pared to advance such an opinion with - the confidence they now entertained; circumstances, however, had since occurred, which, in reference to the, value of the works and the prospect of an advantageous -disposal of them, the directors deemed of the last importance. They alluded to the determina tion Of the Dock ,Company to widen the entrance locks into the port, which, when effected, would afford to Bristol , the means of taking advantage of the undoubted facilities it possesses in all other respects for manufacturing and repairing iron steam-vessels, and from which it was at present debarred solely by the narrow dimensions of the loCks. It was needless to remind the proprietors that at present there were.no works in the kingdom, save those belonging to the Governme n t an d that Company, in which the largest class of steam-vesseis • could be docked and equipped. Under those circumstances the directors thoUght that the most prudent course would bete defer the qUestion of the disposal for the works for the present. After adverting to some minor matters , the report proCeeded t o state that the compl e ti on of the hull and machinery o f the Great Britain was accomplished, that stie would pass through the outer lock in the course of next month, and should the proprietors adopt the proposition for the consideration of which they were met, she would be ready to sail on her first voyage to New York in the spring of next - year. The report then went on to allude to that proposition and to enforce it on the proprietors, and then stated that the object of the directors was not to secure the permanent prosecution of the. undertaking, but to provide fur the discharge of the liabilities of the Com pany, in such a manner as to prevent the property of the present proprietors from being' absolutely sacrificed, and, at the same time, afford the opportunity of at least attempting, now that the time for so doing had arrived, to realise those expectations of success which induced, the prvprietors to embark in the undertaking; and they did not hesitate to express their firm convic tion,os ufltt het wouldh. m si t f b s t:a u n( c ig h f u a ni n noet o ) p a s p o ruec r ah t i u i as n a i ot t i y noen • w a a s afforded, the re satisfactory to the proprietor s in e o ts f tl oe the nt exp e ct a t i onsg a s t,their r would b e r pro perty to its legitimate value. The report concluded by -showing what had.been the yearly nett earnings of the Great Western, and then gave an estimate Of her future probable returns, which w ere ca l culated at 8,248/. • The net procee ds of the Great Britain, taken on the same basis, would probably amount to 22,465/, per annum ; those sums would amount together to 30,7131., which, it was obvious, would not only give a fair return to the proprietors, but provide a reserve ample for every contingency, and for the ultimate re demption of the capital of the Company within a very limited period. Much conversation ensued upon the fourth and fifth clauses of the report; to the latter was added, " upon the same conditions, but, not at a lower price." It was also arranged that the operations of the Company should be restricted solely to the working of the Great Western and Great Britain steamers, and to the nd- cessary repairs of these ships and the Company's works until otherwise determined by the proprietors. The report was then unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks was given to the Directors, for the responsibility they bad taken upon themselves in• the alteration of the dock, to allow of the entrance of the Great Britain into the basin. A vote of thanks was also given to the Chairman, for the able manner in which lie had conducted the proceedings. MX A3OYX NIADg. Total Weekly Average . of Five Tears. Consumption Scarlatina 56 • 34 Pneumonia Dropsy .. ... .. .. ........... Hooping Cough l9 . 33 Typhus . Small Pox . *46 .15 Disease of the Heart - 20 Measles, 3O 28 Apoplexy ... .... ... 26 18 Diseases of the Brain. . . ... .... ' 14 9 ' Diarrhoea.. - .. = 7 12 Sudden Deaths ....... ......... 26 15 DISTRICTS. West 147 138 North s 174 171 Central East 258 207 South 295 242 Total .. ... .....1075 946 LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL, Dee. 4. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to day at the Council-office, Whitehall. The Lords present Were the Master, of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Lord Campbell, Sir H. East, Sir E. Ryan, and Sir E. Johnstone. Their Lordships were oc cupied the whole day with Indian appeals. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 4. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 4. (Before the Lord Cilixe Ihnott and a Special Jury.) FRAUD ON THE REVENUE—THE ATTORNEY4IENERAL v.. the Solicitor-G enera l) , • stated that this wa s an i n f orma ti on fil e d at the instance absencetry no f w. i Mr.JSRVIS Of the Attorney-General, to recover penalties from the defendant, fur importing spirits without making a due entry and paying the usual duties required by law. An arrangement had been agreed to between himself, as representative of the Crown, and- Mr. Wordsworth as counsel for the defendant, which would save the Court great deal of trouble. At the same time, in order to afford a warning to the public, he felt it was hi s d uty to states few of. the reasons which had induced the At torney-General ;to. file, the present information. The defendant Neville was, during the past year, first mate on board the Leith, a steam-vessel. belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, and plying between London and ScOtland. The difference in the amount of duty payable on spirits 'manufactured in England, Scot land, and - Ireland, ,afforded great temptation to perions who were engaged in the coasting trade of the country. On British spirits .the duty was 7s. 10d. . per gallon ; on Scotch spirits of a light quality . 3d.' -Bd. ; and for the protection of the revenue, .bl.sides other regulitions required by the Excise and . Customs' departments, it was necessary that all spirits conveyed by coasting-vessels; should' be entered on the ship's manifest. "Each of these several provisions 'had been violated in the present : instance, by the defendants. The specific offence for which a penalty was now to be taken by consent, was committed on the 26th 'of' De cember, 1843;= when the.defetichint, as chief 'mete, coin municatedlo.the officer on board the vessel, then lying at Leith, that be wits goinginto the town to order spirits. 'Tvielye gallons of spirits were sent on board ; but they 'weriostowed, Away; under the - 'defendant's direction, in 'such a Manner is 'to - escape observation. On the arrival of'the'vesati of ItrOwn's-wharf, 'London, in consequence' 'of informatiow:xeceived.:.by the authorities, a minute search was-made by-the-officers, and.near, to the paddle boxes a ,quantity of• spirits .was found stowed away. Those spirits belonged to the crew. The vessel was seised ;' but the defendant had the spirits entered on the sbii's. manifest., :'for 'the purpose of protection. At :that tithe the defendant's own spirits had not been discovered. The vessel proceeded on her outward voyage, and when she had arrived. off Gravesend, the spirit was discovered, arranged in such a manner as clearly proved that it was intended to be " run" on shore. Under these circumstances proceedings were instituted by the Crown...-The defendant had now agreed ' that a verdict, should be given against him for one penalty, which verdict the jury would then have to return. Mr. WORDSVORTH, for the defendant---It is true that 'we have consented to a verdict for One penalty ; but on the part Of my client I feel it to be my duty to state that he not at all acquiesce in the truth of the statement made by my Learned Friend. So far, indeed, from it. Mr. JERVlA . (proceeding to open his brief)—The case must go, then, to the jury. The Crown cannot possibly take the verdict if the defendant be not guilty. .Mr. WonnswOnTst—We have agreed to a verdict, but we certainly do not acquiesce in your statement of facts. The LORD CHIEF •BARoN—It 18, I think, greatly to be lamented that any supposed state of facts has been submitted, if the case is still to proceed, for such a state ment must have a tendency to embarrass the j ury.. I do not know ( addressing Mr. Wordsworth) whether you mean to deny that there has been a breach Of the re. venue laws ? - Mr. WORDSWORTIE--By 110 Moans, my Lord. Mr. JEnvis—The case must go on. If not guilty, why should you pay a pepalty ? T d h *.penaltyean oBARON_Your a gree i ng to a ver di ct import' a breach of th e revenue an laws. I did not understand Mi. J erv i s t o state anything LC o u u l g E h Y t to ISOM. Mr. JEnvis—l shall go on. • WoapswoaTu.--:There is no occasion. If my Lord understood your statement only to import What his Lordship states, we are satisfied. The LORD Cum BARON (very emphatically)—r trust the misfortune •wbich has occurred to the. administration of justice - to-day by. this misunderstanding will never occur again. The jury then returned a verdict for the Crown, with one penalty. Verdict accordingly. IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENT. • In the course of the morning, the Lord Chief Baron took anopportunity of informing the. Bar that- he had determined no .common jury cases should in future be. .set &sin for hearing in the same paper, and on the same , diy, a s . special jury ones. This new arrangement might .perhaps cause, here and there, a part df a diy to be a void ;- but this'Jle looked upon as a less evil than the present one, which detained suitors. and witnesses from day to day at great incon ven i ence and enormous expense, and which frequently was a squrce also- of great ember ressment to counsel. Henceforward, then, common juries should have days to themselies, and special juries g da re y n a n t lo th o e f aisel justv'ecO ThmplaientPreevvearilsining(.lesysthtsem.tihmade of f fib Lo rde rd d Ellentiorough, and .he felt it his duty to the public and the Bar to provide a remedy for it. . Mr. Jervis, Mr. Martin, Mr. Humphrey, and, other members of the bar, severally intimated theirapproval of this new arrangement, which . wetild'be alike a great laving to the public, and a great convenience to the bar. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 3. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.) WOODCROFT V..RETNER AND AROTHER. This case, which is imp or t an t to the manufacturing districts, and has occupied nearly three days, when divested of all ihe technicalities 'belonging to the process of weaving, is an exceedingly simple one. The action was brought for the intringement of the plaintiff's patent right in what is called a tappet, which is an instrument used in looms for determining the pattern of figured or.fancy cloths. The tappet in Use before the plaintiff's, and usually called Bowman's tappet, consisted-.of a number of solid circular plates with prominences, causing the requisite elevation or depression of the warp threads, and, when a new pat tern had to be made, it was requisite generally to pur chase new plates, or recast the old ones. :The plaintiff conceived the idea of dividing these plates into sec tions corresponding with each other, so as to be trans posable and form a new tappet plate, and thus to effect ,an almost infinite variety of patterns out ofdhe same plates by merely transposing the sections, without breaking up th e pl a t es . The plaintiff al leged that the defendants had borrowed the idea of their tappet from the,patent tappet, and that it was a mere mechanical equivalent, identical in principle. After the case had been fully investigated, the jury retired ; to consider their verdict, and, after they had r been absent nearly two hours, a proposal was made on the part of the defendants, which ultimately resulted in a verdict being taken for the plaintiff, with 40s. damages. The CHIEF JUSTICE at once gave his certificate that the merits of the case had been fully investigated. Bzwcaturn 4. This was an metro:Tot:zany. infringementt of a pataat, and the only matter of interest involved in it was the manner in which the plaintiffs became possessed of the patent alleged to be infringed. It appeared that Mr. William Thornton Car formerly kept a mill at, Black heath, where he carried:on experiments in the improve ment of carding machines. In 1841-he invented paratus for card setti n an ap g, and obt a i n ed the patent in qu e l lion. Having borrowed a sum of mo ne y an d de oilied. P the patent as secur i ty for repayment in a given time, he was unable to pay at the expiration of that period, and consequently. the patent leas forfeited. The trial will occupy more than one day. Cog" "OuRT OF BAN KRUPT CY, Dec. 4. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE SAXES GIBBS. The Court was crowded during the morning by p er . sons anxious to hear- the tuither revelations likely orbit made in this extraordinary case, which it may be re membered by our mien, was, after the lut mains. BA/1M V. WAGLITAFFE.--JUDOHRNT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in 'this appeal to-day, affirmiug the decision of the Court below. . IN RE THE PRINCpIS BANIATINSEI. The further arguments in this part-heard lunatic pe tition occupied the Cou r t the remainder o f t h e morning. COURT OF REVIEW, -Dee. 4. His Horroun sat to-day in . Bankruptcy as Chief Judge of the Court of Review, and disposed of. bankrupt petitions. His Hotioua after Wards in' Equity took the motion in the cage of " Malines u. Price," part heard. It is a motion to extend an undertaking that had been given by the defendants ; and if they:refused that they might be restrained by an injunction of the Court from working their Mines according to the system of " patching." COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Die. 4. (Sittings at , Nisi Prius, before Lord Durtme.st and a Middlesex Common Jury.) DWG AND OTHER. v. WORILMA.N. This . was an action brought by Messrs. Bigg and Son, the stationers, of Parliament -str ee t, t o recover a n amount of 1351. 9s. for work 'and labour done. The defendant pleaded that there'were others indebted with him, whose names were set forth in the pleadings ; and who ought to be sued with him: Mr. Whately and Mr. noggins appeared f o r th e plain tiffs, and Mr. Knowles for `the defendant. It appeared that, towardeqhe latter part of 1841, or the beginning of 1842, an attempt was made to establish ajoint-stoCk Company, to .be called the London and Weitminiter Metropolitan Water Company, of which 'the defendent 'was one of the directors. The plaintiff hid been employed to print prdSpectuses, &c., and they had brought an itction . against defendant for the whole amOunt The defence was that the defendant was not solely liable, and witnesses were called to .prove that the persons named in die plea, viz., the rest of the directors, were jointly liable with him. Lord Denmun, however, was of 'opinion that the 'proof of the plea failed; iin4 the jury found for plaintiff—Daniages, 135/. 9s. Before sitting at Nisi Prius this morning, the Court guve judgment in the,case, exparte Partington, a writ of habeas corpus which had been move d fur during the term in the Bail Court. The circumstances of the case were fully reported at the time. The judgment of the Court this morning was, that 'the defendant should be remanded back to his original custody. CHAMSERS said, that in obedience to the order of the Chief Judge in the Court of Review, the bankrupt had attended that day before the Hon. Commissioner to be examined touching the accuracy of his balance-sheet, and he (Mr. Chambers) protested , against the unusual course adopted by Mr. James, of making, in fact, an ac eountant, however talented or however respectable, usurp the functions of the Learned• Commissioner, and adjudge the case by the evidence he advanced on the occasion. He, submitted that the Learned Commissioner could only 'found his judgment upon the examination of the bank rupt himself, and not on the opinion advanced by the accountant. Mr. JAMES_ replied to the objection, which was ulti mately. overruled by the Hon. Commissioner. Th.e bankrupt was then placed in-the witness-box, and examined by Mr. JAMES.—He had no vouchers for any ,part of the 90,000/. He never had a book of bills re ceivable. The date of bills due cod/ be ascertained by . the cash-book. The dates in that book were not 'always correct, but he could not explain why they should not be so. In some cases " lumping sums" were set down to certain accounts, which might balance them exactly, Ile did not put thim down, nor did he intend that they should be so balanced. His intention was to pay General Wyndham's bills when they became due. He had not done so. They were all dishonoured. , After some further examination the matter was ad journed for two months, in order that the bankrupt might furnish vouchers, where that c.,uld be done, or give the names of the parties to whom the amounts had been given, and the dates at which those payments were made. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE end a full Bench o Magistrates) A seafaring, man, named Thnmas George Chalk, was indicted for stealing three sheets and a blanket, the property of William Green. In another indictment the prisoner was charged with stealing the same articles, being the property of the governors and subscribers of the Sailors' Home Asylum. It appeared by the evidence of several inmates of the asylum, that the prisoner gained admission to the insti tution as a casually destitute seaman, on the night of the 27th of. November, and when leaving the room in the morning where he slept, he was observed to take from off the bed the articles named in the indictment, which he tied up with a piece of tape, and walked down stairs, for the purpose of leaving the asylum. Information was, however, given to some of the officers of the institution, and the prisoner was brought back, when he endeavoured tq get rid of the property by hiding it behind a bed in the corner . of the room. The jury, after a consultation of nearly an hour, re turned a verdict of Guilty. ' The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in pronouncing sentence upon the prisoner, commented strongly upon his base ingrati tude in attempting to.rob an asylum, the objects of which were of a charitable nature, and where he had himself been relieved. The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for six calendar months. John Bamin, aged thirteen years, was indicted for stealing a till containing various moneys, which . were described as the property of Thomas Wells and others. The circumstances of the case were of rather a sin gular nature. It appeared that a person, named Sweet man, who kept a shop in Charlotte -street, Fitzroy square,- became bankrupt, when his property and pre mises were handed, over to the keeping of one of the messengers in bankruptcy. On the 28th of November the prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Sweetman, and crawled on his hands and knees behind the counter, from whence he took the till and moneys, and tried to get out of the shop. The messenger of the Bankruptcy Court, however, heard the noise, and took the prisoner into custody. Mr. O'BRIEN, on the part of the prisoner, contended that the indictment could not be supported, inasmuch as the property was described as belonging to Wells, who was only the trlde assignee, whilst in point of law the moment an assignee was appointed to a bankrupt's estate all the property became vested in the official assignee, who in this case was Mr. Groome. The earned Counsel having quoted several authorities in support of his position, The COURT held that the objection was fatal to the indictment, and desired the jury to bring in an ac quittal, which was accordingly done, and the prisoner left the bar. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, ROME ClRCUlT—Chelms f ord, Dec. 4. The commission of gaol delivery for the county of E9sex was opened on Tuesday evening, and this morning Mr. Justice Williams attended Divine ser vice, and immediately afterwards took his seat on the bench in the Court. The number of prisoners is not very great, but the charges are of the most serious description, including murder, arson, sending threaten ing letters, and indeed all the most grave offences known to the law. The Learned JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, said that with regard to a charge of murder against a man named John Young, it would be a material question for them to consider whether the cause of death was clearly made out, and whether it was established as the result of violence, or whether it might not have arisen from accident or natural causes, There was another charge of murder, against two persons named William Walton and Mary Charlotte Field Lorkin ; and there was this pecu liarity in the case, that whereas the parties were charged with the murder of an infant, of which the female had been delivered, no trace of the body of the deceased had been discovered, and for all that there appeared positively by evidence to the contrary, the infant might still be alive. It was. a case certainly involving very grave suspicion, but the grand jury would consider whether, upon suspicion only, they ought to find a true bill, recollecting, as they would do, that if the accused were sent to trial upon imperfect evidence and were acquitted, that whatever evidence might afterwards be obtained would be of no avail, as the subject would be then closed for ever, and the guilty parties, if guilty they really were, would altogether escape. He also observed a case in the calender in which two pri soners, one a boy of thirteen, were charged with firing a stack, and it appeared by the depositions that the younger prisoner bad stated before the magis- I . tratea that. he. led put fire, to a hedge to destroy .a wasp's nest. If the grand jury believed that this was his original intention, and that he, in the first instance, Lien, adjourned Riue die. The present proceedings arose I out of an order by the Chief Judge of the Court of Re view that the matter should be ref rred hack to the Court of Bankruptcy for re-examination the Huth. Commissioner. Mr. Edwin James appeared for the assignees and for a creditor named Thompson, Mr. Montagu Chambers attended fer the bankrupt, and Mr Bagley tor Mrs. An drews, another of the creditors. • Mr. EDWIN JAMES, having briefly recapitulated th leading facts which led to the adjournment of libe bank rupt's examination,, with fixing a thy for his passing, and having read the order from the Court of Review, added that it would that day be the duty of the assignees to examine fully into the correctness of the bankrupt's accounts. He had indeed filed a sheet which was par ticularly intricate, and as he (Mr. James) was instructed, anything but satisfactory. The transactions therein stated extended over a period ranging from 1823 to 1843, the date of the fiat. The debts amounted to some 121,0001.; the to 80,0011 more, making, in all, about 200,0001. But there 'were sonic of the transac tions so singularly striking, so very extraordinary, that, on first sight, they might be deemed altogether impro bable. The bankrupt had been what is termed a scrivener; he raised money for parties upon annuities or otherwise ; his transactions had been of a most extended character, 'and yet all the books pro duced by him to that Court were only two in number—a cash-book and a ledger. The ledger, how ever, was itself no voucher, but a mere echo of the cash book. Was the bare fact not a startling one, that a man supposed to carry on cash operations to an amount above a million of money, could do so with only one cash-book. He asked if it were possible to do so? .That cash-book was also grossly inaccurate in its details, and dated only from 1835, for some book which had existed before that period had been destroyed. They were not told why, but he (Mr. James) could, perhaps, assign a reason: At that time a bill had been filed against the bankrupt by Lord Glammis, and when called upon to produce the book it was discovered that it had been destroyed: That was certainly a remarkable coincidence if nothing more He (Mr. James) would now draw his Honour's attention to some of the features in the case. The bankrupt's profits appeared to have been about 5,0001 a year, and yet, when he came to that Court, there was one sum of 90,0001. ,charged for discounts and commission. They had not had one voucher for even 5/. of that amount. Not one voucher from the man who had. 5,0001. a year, and who yet charged 90,0001 in his sheet for discount and com mission. It was preposterous. But that sum of 90,0004 large as it was. had to be increased by 15,0001., which he had charged against another when he himself, and he only, was personally liable for it. The Learned Counsel then entered into a detail of the bankrupt's transactions with Lord Kensington —transactions running over a term of years, and involving accounts upon bills and annuities—the considerable sums realised, with scarcely an ex ception, having been appropriated by the bankrupt to.. his own purposes. The discount then upon the amount so appropriated by the bankrupt being 15,000/., would, if added to the 90,0001 unaccounted for, make 105,004/. There were 'Other 'transactions of a similar kind with Major-General Wyndham. The bankrupt, on the 11th November ' 1842, a time w h en h e was notoriously embarrassed, had written a letter to that gentleman, stating that he had an excellent opportunity of investing money to considerable advantage, and he persuaded General Wyndham to entrust him with bills to the amount of 18,000/. These he discounted for his own use at 40 or so per cent., and he had new got, of course, to account for the money. He also got General Wyndham to ad vance him 10,0004, in two notes of 5,0001. each, under pretence of lending them to, a man named Youde, at a large rate of interest ; but that amount also he retained in his own hand. Such was but a specimen of the, manner in which his business was trans aeted. His transactions in bills were very large indeed, but though he had a book of bills payable he had exhibited none of bills receivable. That there had been such a book was perfectly clear, for it would have been impossible to carry on such a business without it. The profits accruing from bills of costs amounted in one year to 23,000/., yet the drafts of those bills had been also destroyed. Mr. W. C. Wright, accountant for the assignees, was then called, and verified the statements advanced by the Learned Counsel. had no intention to commit 'my miichief, although afterwards the file ,preal and dune the injury rnpi: .!: not be liable to the chart:' against him The grand jury then reth ed. THE CASE OF AflsS RICHARDSON It will tw rec,iieeted th:.t a ~,nog lady, nsrned Ellen Richardson, tio- ihntJter of a gen , kinan residing, at Brent, , ,lol. comtnitted trial a short time back .4tr - in the charge of stealing - a (limn tity of silk, the property of a teadesinan at Brent wood.. The case was to have been disposed of at the quarter. sessions, but an application was then made on behalf of the accused to allow the case to stand over until the assizes, on the ground that the young lady was too ill to take her trial. The magistrates granted the application, and the charge, which has created very grk-at interest in the county. nn acconit of the respectability of thc- ricensed and I , er frierik, accord ingly stood over until tie? prf-zc,i)t. gaol &livery. Mr. RODWELL now applied to the Court for a fur ther postponement, and he produced the certificate of a medical gentleman, stating that it would he im minent danger to the health of the accused if she were to attend and take her trial at these assizes. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he could not attend to a surgeon's certificate. There must be a proper affi davit. Mr. RODWELL said an affidavit should be prepared in the course of the assizes. The trial could not come on on that day, because ilia Richardson was at large under recognisances, and she was unable to attend. Mr. RYLAND said his witnesses attended at very great inconvenience. Ike thought that his Learned Friend ought to state when he would produce the affidavit, and not keep them waiting there all the assizes. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he would not take the case that day. Mr. RTLAND said there were some peculiar circum stances in .the case—the parties came from Brent wood, and— Mr. Justice WILT ums said he knew nothing of the circumstances of the case, or whether they were peculiar er not. He had never heard the name of the accused before, and he never wished to hear it again. All he would say was that the trial should not come on that day, and any application respecting the case must be made upon affidavit. Joseph Gladwell, 44, Joseph Gladwell, 20, and Chenery Gladzvell, 18, were indicted for feloniously stealing a cabin-door, a quantity of rope, and planks, and other articles, the property of Thomas Carey. In another count the prisoners were charged with the offence of stealing property from a vessel that had been wrecked. Mr. Rodwell prosecuted, and Mr. Ryland de fended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence, that on the 9th of October a vessel called the Hazard was moored off Great Clacton, on the Essex coast, and while she was lying there a storm arose, which drove her from her moorings, and she went on shore and bra ke up, and became a complete wreck, her timbers and other ma terials being washed upon the beach. One of the Ensex constabulary was set to watch the wreck, and, , about three o'clock the following morning, he sava the three prisoners come with a horse and cart, which they proceeded to load with timber, rope, and other articles washed from the wreck, and on their being asked what they were about by the officer, they told him they were only taking " shore wood," and they considered they were entitled to it. Mr. RYLAND, in his address to the jury, said he could not attempt to defend the proceeding of the prisoners, or to contend that they had not been guilty of larceny. His Lordship had, however, intimated his opinion that the more serious charge of stealing from the wreck had not been made out, and there fore the only question. for the jury was, whether the prisoners were guilty of the minor charge. They were aware that in many parts of the country, al though happily not in Essex, there was a very gene ral opinion among persons of the lower orders that, when a vessel was unhappily wrecked, her materials became the iproperty of any person who was able to possess himself of them. The prisoners were probably impressed with that opinion, and did not believe they were committing a felony in acting as they did, al though in law they undoubtedly were so. Mr. Justice WILLIA.Nts, in summing up, said there was no doubt that such an opinion as that alluded to by the Learned Counsel did prevail in some parts of the country, and he must state his impression that it inflicted no small disgrace upon it. 10 suppose that a vessel which had been suffering, and perhaps de stroyed, by the tempest, was afterwards to become the prey of persons upon the land, was a most mischievous and illegal doctrine, and one that it was high time to put an end to. —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice W.thu,tms then sentenced the elder prisoner to be kept to hard labour for four calendar months, and the younger prisoners were sentenced to two months' of the same punishment. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 2. Jeremiah Swallow and Michael Noon were indicted for unlawfully having in their possession a die, made of plaster .)f Paris, for the purpose of coining sixpences. The jury returned a verdict et Guilty against both the prisoners. His LORDSHIP in passing sentence, said he thought the facts of the case justified a difference iv. the amount of punishment. S wa ll ow was apparently the most active party, and the one by whom the manufacture was carried on. On Noon, whose. share in the transaction was rather a cannivance than otherwise, the punishment would riot be so severe ; but sufficiently so to warn persons in such occupations as that of the prisoner that they could not connive at such transactions on their premises, without rendering themselves amenable to the law. Swallow to be transported for 15 years ; Noon to be imprisoned for 12 calendar months. Two personi. of the names of Phillips and M'Lean, were indicted for unlawfully having in their possession a die for coining shillings. Mr. hall and Mr. dill conducted the prosecution. The prisoners were not defended by counsel. The principal witness was a person of the name of Elliott, a die sinker, in the employment of a firm in Sheffield. He stated that, in the month of July last, the prisoners came to him at his house, and after some conversation they introduced the subject of dies for coining. Phillips said he wished to procure articles of that kind for coining shillings and half-crowns. The witness told him that those were dangerous things to meddle with, and that there would be a great risk to run. Phillips said there would be no danger, and that M`Lean, who had come over trom Ire land, and was working as a printer, would manage it. The witness said he could not undertake it, and Phillips then asked if he could refer them to any die sinker who could do the job. The witness replied there were many who could do it, but they would not. He inquir e d w h o had recomme n d e d the prisoners to him, and they said it was a person in .Snow- lane, Sheffield, that M'Lean would take the dies away as soon as they were completed, that he would pour some plaster of Paris over them, and then imbed them in a block of lead, in which they would be taken to Ireland. Mr. Elliott finally said he would con sider of it until the next day, and on the prisoners leaving, he communicated what had taken place to his father, and the next morning to one of his employers. The next day Phillips came again, and asked if witness had made up his mind. He replied that he had, but must know who were the parties by whom they had been referred to him, and must have an advance of money. Phillip s objected, and said he had been taken in by a fellow in Dublin about some copper dies before. Witness said it would cost nearly 2/. to procure the blank dies and letter punches for a shilling die. Phillips said he would pro cure the blanks and punches himself, and would give 12/. for the two pair of dies. The witness said he must hare 10/. for the half-crowns, and 51Safor the shilling dies. Phillips said that he could make a metal, the weight and jingle of which would be so much like gold, it could not be detected without aquafortis ; that the man who was with him could make German silver which could scarcely be distinguished from real silver, and that it was their intention to make their coin of this material, plated with real silver. Witness said he thought with so hard a metal it would be hardly possible to strike up the impres sion. Phillips said that they had arranged to get a powerful press at Drogheda for that purpose. On the 3d of August witness got the blanks from Phillips, and ls. as a pattern. The letter punches, Phillips said he had got at Mr. Osborne's, in Snow-lane. He had pre tended that he wanted them for a medal of O'Connell, to be sent to Ireland. The inscription on one side was to be " One gift we seek." On the other " Our voices will resound for repeal through the length of the land." The phrases included all the letters necessary for a ls. die. During the month of July, witness had received several sums of 10s. in part payment, and had made for Phillips a turtling scale for half-a.crown, from which he said he was going to have blank dies made. Saw Phil lips many times before the dies were completed. When they were nearly ready, Phillips called to see an impres sion. He asked witness whether he would have any objec tion to meet him (Phillips) and his man with clay impres sions from the dies. Witness declined, and Phillips then said he would:call. with his man, to see them, and would then pay the money and take them away. He after wards called with M'Lean. M'Lean sat down at the table, and asked for an eye-glass to look at them. He said they were very good on the whole ; hut there was a scratch on the nose which he wished should be removed. He said they were a few shillings short. Mr. M`Lean pulled out his purse, and said he had got Si., and would send the remainder as soon as he got to Ireland. The witness said he could not agree to that, but if they would bring 41 he would have them ready to be taken away. Phillips stated that there was a large company engaged in the business, one of whom was a captain of a ship, and that it was intended to circulate the coin in America ; and that they should want a dozen one shilling dies and a dozen half-crown dies, and that they would be able to keep witness fully employed. The next time they called they did not bring the money, but stated they would have td write to Ireland for some more. M'Lean said he did not like to have the dies longer in his possession than he could help, and that he would fetch them away - on the Wednesday following, at ten o'clock, so as to get away by the eleven o'clock coach to Manchester. They came again on the Monday to get witness to make them another turning scale for half-a-crown. and said they would be able to let him know en the . Wednesday evening whether they could fetch the dies on the Thursday. Did not see them till the Friday. That was the 28th of November. M•Lean 011e4 witness out of the house, and mid they would be prepared to takr the die, away by DWI .4. k the 'nil , r • 11 1- ;it'd r.. Lidpav b es. f . 12s. tm,-,1,-.! for a new A ,or ,• • • --:• - • and -• sk dies. :, w,-te went 0 fetch them, and (Irew ih;.• yeiw:ow-blind har-wo: uPto a siznal to the pedlce. wh o were e a t h e ws.tel*, that rr prigom-rs wo•re thrre. He ittitne 9,-,"°.'""...ere i.Ovefl the liioney, ar ddi7cred the dins, o v wrapped in a cloth, . and t;.ken away by Phillips. zess thm ran up stc.irs and pubrd the blind 'Jr whole wly as a signal they filo' O. police, who were watching in the back room of 0 Joining public-house, th en carne up and took the P l ' into custody. Verdict—Guilty. yesi Phillips to' . be transported for fifte en y ears , and , Al for twenty-one years. Joseph Scott was indicted for a burglary in the 13°1/1• • of J,,seph Brownrit-ig, the Palace Inn, at Leeds. Verdict—Guilty. Tu bc transported for fifteen yo One or two ofwr es,es were disposed of during day, of no public inter4?u. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Dec. 2 . (Before Mr. Justice COLT MAN. His LORDSHIP sat until twelve o'clock )on c.tii3g night, and dispo s ed of a variety of unimportant ei' k r leaving only six or seven, of a very trivial charaeterffi adjudication to-day. This being the -day appointedo opening the commission at Worcester, his Lordship t y proceed thither in the course of the afternoon, lir ° close of the business here. ti ° On the assembling o f th e j ury at n i ne o 'clock s t morning, they expressed considerable dissatisfseti °fl ce d the inconvenience arid detention they had experie ll ,o on Saturday, in consequence of the unnecessary l e , li b n e ls to which many of th e s p eec h es o f counse l were , in opinion, protracted, adding, as they did, in 110 us 7s degree by their prolixity to the tedium and i r ksoner sto ordinarily attendant upon the d u ty o f j nr yrnen; rile be hop,d, therefore, that this hint may not be lost oko the gentlemen of the ba r , for there is no doubt blitC o in very many case s th e i r cross exam i nat i ons as 0 1 , their addresses, might ofte n b e curta il e d w ith eclu itor p vantage to themselves, th e i r c li ents , an d t h e ir aud it and, of course, the time o f th e j u d ges an d o f the c° 11„ " would be materially saved by carr yi ng i n to effec t, 0 desirable an abridgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE U I 0 11 7 •HA L . Thomas M'Galloway, the ma s t er o f a t ra ding Leti.fe. was charged with committing a violent assault on beth Button, whose right arm was broken in conseque, of the violence used towards her. `'of The complainant stated that her husband is Ine te o l a ship, and at present abroad. That the defendant another seafaring man, both acquaintances of her husbigeo called at her house, an d s h e treate d t h em w i t h kind ne o on that account. That they had not been long iu house before they began to treat her with great rude u 7,,, and went so far a s t o a tt em pt to v i o l ate h er. She, PO ever, successfully re s i s t e d th e i r at t empts , i n d o ing 0 her arm was broken. The defendant's companion 1;01 since gone to sea. The complainant added that she been confined to her house nearly ever since. bt ii The prisoner said h e was i n t ox i cate d on t h e nig ia lc question, and that he had no recollection of wbst place. Mr. COTTENITAM said the prisoner was pro! ,-- 0 have behaved in a most brutal manner, and that ig / o f well for him he had not succeeded in his base a ttecoPtk if he had his lif e wou ld h ave been placed in jog 0 0 The magistrate then inflicted the full p ena lty of 51tb , the prisoner, and in default of payment, to two In°' imprisonment. • MARKET NE WS.-4 YESTERDA -Y) . CORN EXCHA NGE be a t" There was a fair average supply of English W,, t y both as respects quantity and quality—offering, wil" . . 01 0 demand for all descriptirms was heavy, at banclypreliiii rates. Foreign Wheat was , eld at full prices ; b tl a t i o t amount of busine,s passing in that article was trl A 'co Barley and Malt were excessively dull, and Morl7 i or quotations were barely supported. The Oat trade., steady, but in all othe r gra i n nex t to not hi ng was d°7. ARRIVAL& flou r . „ Wheat. I Barley_ Oats English.... ..... 6,530 qrs. 6,420 qrs. 2,500 . I 3.,,,..'''- 4,140 qrs. Foreign.... ..... —. E,370 3,3 W I I Malt. 3,140 QM ..... SAFELITECHLI.PEL. „„ the The supply of Meat was on l y moderate, v , ou'i ro os general demand was st ea dy, a t f u ll pr i ces . Be ef, L 0 23 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2. 8d t o 3 s 8d ; V e al, '.''o 4s ; and Pork, 2. 6d to 3s 10d per gibs by the can"" COAX, MANSE?. AO Prices per ton at the close of the market :---4- o . i Main, lis ; Buddle's West - Hartley, 18...,.% ' tin e Hartley, 19. ; Chester Main, 19s 6d ; l iss 'iijitt Hartley, 17. 9d ; Holy well Main, 19s .. Nelson o ,01 Hartley, 18. ; Old P on t o p, 16. ; Ord's liedheugb , s o Townley, 17.6 d ; W es t H ar tl ey , 17. id ; W. E., Cl ' ' it r fer and Co., 18s 6d ; W. E., El m P ar k, 20s id • "i3.l' Gosforth, 21s id ; W. E., H ea t on , 2 1 s ; W.-ri'lle, moot, 21s 9d ; W. E., East Hetton, 21s ; W. E. , @ pl. well, 23s ; W. E., Iletton, 22s 9d ; W. E., Hyttoat ''' s i W. E., Lambton, . 22. 9d ; W. E., Pemberton, g; W. E., Sherburn, 22 s 9d ; W. E., S un d er l a nd, i i ii W. E., Stewart's, 22 s 9d ; W. E., H art l epoo l, 22 5 "0. W. E., Adelaide, 22.3 d ; W. E., Seymour Tees,__ 2l. t li W. K, Tees, 22. 3d ; W. E., Tennant's, 21" .8. Cowpen Hartley. 18s.—Ships arrived since last cliti' STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Da The near approach of the Christmas holiday/y e , the continued decli ne i n th e pr i ce o f cotton a t Ile, pool, combine to di m i n i s h th e ac t iv i ty o f this reor.,o The demand both f or goo d s an d yarn yeste idaY limited ; and, in some few cases, slight reductioaso price were submitted to. Generally, however t sPil ln and manufacturers a re so b are o f stoc k, that the/li ho no inclination to relax in their demands. Tber° ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, DEC. has been eery little change in the piece market to-;„ The demand still continues limited, and prices led In the wool market th e manu f ac t urers purc h as e sparingly, at last week's prices. TRAVELLING FOR LESS THAN A FART111N ,, ,,,j6 MILK—The competition between th e F ort h an d tiv i o Canal Company and the Edi n b urg h R a il way i s so etr,.° that the Canal Company n ow carry passenge rs T O * Glasgow to Edinburgh, with p ro fi t , at l ess t h a n s t o thing a mile! So much for the benefits of oppositiooo the public, when the opposing parties are in carp 0, Since the reduction of f a i rs by t h e C ana l C o lor er about a year ago, the increase of passengers near'Yof ceeds belief, being 235 per cent. Increase upon tbe ;c o through passenger trade, and 209 per cent, by the boats. The last half-yearly report of the Con 3 ,Psss from which we glean these results, further states , 0, all this has been accomplished " at an extra expenno. exceeding thirty pounds." This great increase of ribs sengers has again been exceeded by the returns for last month, and we have little doubt that the Canal s t i s pany will find that they nev e r did any thi ng mo re f"t io s benefit of the proprietors than the reduction they made in the fares —Glasgow Saturday Post. A A bt r DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC IN STRUMENTS .-3 9 , - marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Conduc t 0• when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more un e l, of fortable nor perceptible t ha n h av i ng a sma ll Pie c ;36 wool in its place. They enable individuals at ° c o' vanced age, and of forty or fifty y ears ' stan ding °', ;013 , treme deafness, instantly to join i n genera l convero" f i and to catch the sound of a distant, low s peakel t o church, theatre, &c. They p our th e conversa tion s ec the ears to such an extent, th a t i n most sev ere e ll o r• deafness cannot be obse rve d. Al so original Ear COl nets, French, German, and Sp an i s h Artificial Ears" , : 1 4 improved Hearing Trump e t s o f every d escr i pt i o n. of those instruments have received the approbatil 3 ,4. the Royal Society and Royal I ns tit ut i on o f Grelt telt tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immen : l , ‘ 6 o , t$ they are placed before extremely imperfect visw ts te , is brought to its youthful, natural, and original ,s ico r Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, t o ph scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Snkr w itb Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connecte d .„fr a person of the same name in their i mm ediate ne l l ° o3 s bourhood, nor in any part of the country. To f i r e d tats mistakes, be cautious, and observe—O n ly to be li o lA 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly" opp At e the York BIRTHS. .1;0' On the 20th ult., at Rome, the lady of Charles 01. - Esq., of a daughter. Rile o f 8• T . On the 29th ult., at Mecklenburgh-square, the —. Lush, Esq., of a daughter. , *O 4 On the 2d inst., at Wellington-terrace, St. John''' . Mrs. Marchant, of a daughter. _4 e 00' On the 2d inst., at Greenham Lodge, Birks, the ,-- ' J. Croft, Esq., of a daughter. if r i .1. 1 ' On the 2d lust., at College-terrace, Islington, ,---' Adams, of a daughter. WiliiiPli On the 2d inst., at Slades-place, Deptford, Mrs. - Sandom, of a daughter. P ill C i. Oa the 3d inst., in Tavistock-square, Mrs. James nett, of a daughter. A ° f P l ' On the 3d met., in Old Burlington -street, the 1 / 1 4 J. H. E. Stubbs, of a son. ____---------- RRIE I Pr O A On the 30th ult., at M St. A Paul's, Liverpool, William, 6. Esq., of Threadneedle-street, to Mary, relict of the Jones, Esq., A.M., Trinity College, Dublin. On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Nathan Lowenthal, r.o2.isel, Brighton, to Sarah, second daughter of the late J. Esq., of the Exchequer. DIED. On the 25th ult., Mr. William WiPiams, aged 56. tr ot , On the 25th ult., Charles Mann, Esq., of Clou deeler° IslOn inton, aged 66. esr sa 0 g the 27th ult., John Brooke, Esq., of Shepley —i ll ' Manchester. stela On the 27th ult., at Sydney-place, Bati, William Hough, Esq., aged 66 r TtalhO" On the 28th ult., Martha, wife of David Price, 0.,., - , h .ritio On the 28th ult., at the Green Park, Bath, Mn.i Cat Harrison, aged 94. gad rits On the 29th ult., Captain Thomas Wallace , of the Army. 1 0 f ri°° On the 29th ult , at Combe Raleigh , D evon, Louisa, wife of the Rev. Charles Edward Band. Cav e ' On the 29th ult., at Bath, the Hon. Robert Otielif • M.P. of tanfrd Hall, Leiestershie. On , the S 29th o ult., George c Durant, r Esq., r o la* ill the county of Salop. ~.., Cam" On the 30th ult., John Crichton,Esq.,fßash""" - ' t o iff 9 " non-street, aged 82. the lr On the Ist inst., at Teddington, Mary Anne, Rear-Admiral Collard. 1 ,;11 SO W.' On the Ist inst., at Elm Lodge, Denmark -w-' wit Samuel Sloper, Esq. .., I , s rote On the Ist inst., Mr. John Heath, of Shepherd , 1 of Tong - May-fair, wine-merchant. _ r __, islich ° , ol l" t On the Ist inst., in Beaumont-street, Mrs. Ala' , of Co- On the 2d inst., Mr. Benjamin Baldry Ferrer , ~ Tower-street, aged 70. , T isttl, °I --- -- --- l'Ou -- 110 Loci,.; ~T, - Printed ...t3d..enbtished by .MURDO ,No. o f : , o. 112 : Stranl, Printer, at The Sias OtPGoisy Strand, ii. the Precuiet of the Savoy. in t h. Bliddlegat Putudan December 5,1 n ~ i ;;< r 1 b) e Wit M t T„„ the he to t t. g auk Dr. P. ( J o' The th 1 ,1 Dor %II