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

signed by certain seatholders and attendants at Tri nity Church. "With respect to my having sent my reply to you, I took the liberty of doing so merely on account of the position of your name upon the list. I thought it best to abide by such a rule, fearing that otherwise it might be considered that I had taken upon myself to determine who were the more influential members of my congregation, and who had taken the more active part in the measure. "In addressing to you this immediate explanation it is obvious that I cannot have had time to give due attention to the several points of your letter ; and I will therefore only subscribe myself, your faithful servant, " GEORGE B. TWINING. "To Robert Mushet, Esq." At the meeting already referred to of the sub scribers to the Wood-green Church there was a very strong expression of public opinion, and the clergy were much blamed for taking subscriptions for the building without declaring their intention not to conduct the service in the way to which the subscribers had been accustomed. The clergy having agreed to refer the matters at issue to the Bishop of London, and to abide by his decision, a deputation was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Mushet, Josiah 'Wilson, Shad bolt, A. Johnson, P. Johnson, and Windus, who had a very long interview with his Lordship, who went into minute detail as to the several changes pro posed, complaining that the sad results spoken of in the parish of disunion in families, dissent from the Church, and general dissatisfaction were produced, not by the changes, but by the parties objecting to them. He dwelt much upon this view, and said that if all the parishes in his diocese, particularly referring to Islington, and complaining much of that large parish refusing positively to conform to his recommendations, had done otherwise, all the opposition would have been prevented. He said, the forms and ceremonies complained of being ordered by the Church, no reasonable person ought to object ; and, for himself, he at once declared that he would not preach in any church in his diocese where that regarding the offertory was not adopted. In answer to a remark that it \vas not so much the forms or changes proposed that were com plained of in themselves, but that they were such as were adopted by a certain party, and would probably be stepping-stones to others, which might endanger doctrinal principles, his Lord ship replied, that he had very clearly already ex pressed his opinion, and now repeated that he was entirely opposed to those opinions, which, for short ness, he would describe--for he was obliged to use the word—as Puseyite or Tractarian; and that he would again, as he had already done, reprove or prevent any of his clergy from disseminating them. His Lordship gave the deputation his full permission to make these sentiments known ; indeed, he said he had done so already, and that he would always be accessible to any of the laity having any cause of complaint, and would immediately institute a strict and searching inquiry ; stating, at the same time, that any of his clergy who, by preaching or gesture, or any other means, exceeded the line laid down for them in the Rubric, or, on the other hand, fell short of what was their duty, would be liable to a penalty of 5001. The deputation, in the first instance, stated that their object was to get rid altogether of the changes complained of. The Bishop opposed their wishes in this respect, and suggested that if they went back to their fellow-parishioners their influence might be used to allay all unpleasant feeling on the subject, and that ultimately all might be arranged. His Lordship was informed that such a result was not likely to occur. One of the deputation (Mr. P. Johnson) then suggested that the new forms should be suspended for a year. The other members of the deputation objected to any compromise, but ultimately the Bishop intimated his readiness to accede to the suggestion as to the postponement, and promised to make a communication to that effect through the clergy. The deputatton then withdrew. In a few days after,—on Thursday, the 14th,--a further meeting of the subscribers to the Wood green Chapel was held, at which the Rev. Messrs. Winter and Twining attended, It was intimated that a letter had been received by the clergy from the Bishop, the substance of which they proposed to state to the meeting. The meeting objected to receiving anything but the original document, and at length after some extremely angry discussion it was pro duced and r e ad, th e R ev . M r. T w i n i ng flinging it down on the table. The purport of the letter was, that the Bishop had no objection to the postponement of the introduction of the new forms for twelve months, leaving it, however, to the discretion of the clergy. He still urged the importance of the changes, and hop e d i n th e mean t i me a better spirit would arise in the parish. The conversation was carried on with great warmth prior to the production of the letter ; and after it had been read, the Rev. Mr. Winter re vived the angry feeling by saying it was to be under stood that at the end of the twelve months the changes would again be put in force. This was repeated most vehemently by the Rev. Mr. Twining, with arms a-kimbo; but this was deoidedly objected to by the meeting. One gentleman observed, that there was no knowing what might happen before the end of the twelve months. The Bishop might be translated be fore that time ; or the clergy might learn discretion before then, and resolve wholly to abandon the inno vations. At this meeting Mr. Corney was reelected trea surer of the Chapel Fund. O❑ the Sunday following the subjoined paper wag posted on the church doors:— " Notice is hereby respectfully given to the mem bers of this congregation and to other inhabitants of this district, that it has been determined, under an appeal to the Bishop of the diocese, to defer for the space of one year those alterations which, in con formity with the Rubric, have been recently proposed in the order of Divine service in this chapel. " The afternoon service on the first and third Sundays of every month will be performed as already announced. " T. NEWCOMBE, Vicar. " G. B. TWIN LNG. " T. BAKER. " Tottenham, Nov. 16, 1844." Thus the dispute has terminated in the withdrawal by the clergy " for one year" of the innovations objected to. The changes objected to were—the omission of the anthem at the commencement of the service; the giving out the psalms by the clergyman instead of by the clerk; and the offertory, with collection from pew to pew on the occasion of charity sermons, Queen's letters, &c. The changes were first introduced at the parish church, and then at Wood green. They were threatened at Trinity Church also, but the energetic proceedings of the subscribers to the Wood -Freen Chapel prevented their introduction. The excitement in the parish has been very great. One gentleman, Mr. Craven, offered to build a new church at his own expense, if the attendants at the old ones were obliged to leave in consequence of the obstinacy of the innovators. Another gentleman did the like ; and one parishioner, a barrister, alluding to the offertory, said, he should search his wife and children before they went to church to be sure they had no money, and write on his pew door, " No alms given here." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A young man, named Matthew Spurdell, was tried yesterday before Mr. Sergeant Adams, at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, charged with steal ing a pair of stockings from my shop ; he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month's imprison ment. What I have to complain of is, that the Judge would not allow me to say a word, although Mr. Henry, the magistrate who committed the prisoner, requested me particularly to inform the Court that the prisoner was an old offender, and that his father had a short time sin ce i m p ose d on th e mag i strate by obtaining is. from the poor-box, on the promise that he would send his son home to Dorsetshire, but in stead of doing so got intoxicated with the money. The fellow on the second occasion tried to dupe the magistrate, but did not succeed. Tradesmen fre quently suffer themselves to be plundered rather than take the trouble of attending to prosecute; hut with out any vindictive feeling, I consider the Judge ought to have listened to the above facts before passing sen tence.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD THOMAS. 75, High-street, Whitechapel, Nov. 20, 1844. Fool. RACE roe la—Tuesday a 100 yards foot race came off near the Brecknock Arms, Camden-town, between Harry Bromley (the host of the above-named inn) and a sporting gentleman ; the attendance of spec tators was numerous, and much betting took place. The distance having been measured, the competitors appeared at the starting mark, and at the signal went away at a rattling pace. Bromley then took the lead, which he maintained, and wou easily by 10 yards. LIVE INSECT VOIDED BY THE NOSTRILS.—MISS—, tetat. 19, strong constitution, affected for the last two years with a supra-orbital eephalalgia on the left side, at first slight, but gradually increasing in intensity ; all the remedies prescribed failed in giving relief. On the 31st December, 1842, after a violent fit of sneezing, she felt something move in the left Nostril, and, on blowing her nose, a live insect escaped ; the pain ceased imme diately, and did not return, and the general health soon became perfect. The insect, which lived seventeen days, when examined, proved to belong t o th e or d er o f Myria podes of Latreille ; the genus Scolopendra ; and the species Scolopendra elec trics , itrica, of Ln wens ; it was of a b pale red co l our, with a rown ray on its back ; its body was one -tenth of an inch in breadth, and one-fifth in length. The author concludes that the ovum was acci. dentally deposited in the fosse .oasalis. and th ere deve loped itself, u n d ergo i ng its • s s. metamorpho ses , until violently expelled.—Medic a l Ti we,, Tuesday morning, about four ' 1 fire broke out in one o f the upper room s 07 e l c ' a i 6 Charles -street, Drury-lane, th e w h o l e of which N s nightly lodgings. It appears that the fire originated through one of the men having been lighting a pipe with a Lucifer match, and smoking in bed, by which the bed ding wai set fire to. The fire was soon extinguished. This was the second similar occurrence in the same house within a seek. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY—Nov. 20. THE 31ARQUIS OF HERTFORD V. LORD LOWTHER. The arguments in this case, which came before the Court upon exceptions to the Master's resort, occu pied the Court the whole day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 20. The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole day with causes of no general interest. (Before Sir J.WIGRA7.I.) COOKE V. ESTER--JUDGMENT. This case, in which his Honour gave judgment this morning, came before the Court on further direc tions. The question at issue is the sufficiency of a settlement proposed to be made by the defendant on his wife, who was the daughter of Sir Gregory F. Turner. At the time of his (laughter's marriage this gentleman was in a state of mental derangement. The treaty for the marriage between Mr. Fryer and Miss Turner was pending during the month of July 1838, when a petition was presented to the Lord Chancellor, pray ing for his sanction to the marriage, according to the Act 4th of George IV., c. 76, sec. 17. The petition stated the nature of the marriage settlement proposed to be made on the lady, and it was referred to the Master for consideration. He made his report ap proving of the marriage settlement, and the marriage took place by banns, at Southampton, in the month of August, 1838. Subsequently to the mar riage, Mr. Fryer wished to make an alteration in the settlement, by substituting another description of property as the trust, to that stated in the proposal of the petition to the Chancellor ; the alteration, how ever, making no difference in the actual value of it. The suit was instituted by one of the trustees on be half of Mrs. Fryer, to ascertain the suffi ciency of the trust property proposed to be substituted. On the part of the defendant, it had been submitted that under the circumstances re ported to the Court, there had been substantially a performance of the articles required. On the part of Mrs. Fryer it was prayed that the Court would direct the settlement to be made according to the ori ginal articles. His Hostous said, if the Southampton articles of set tlement, differing as they did from the proposals carried into the Master's office for approval, had been less beneficial to the parties interested than those first proposals, considerable difficulty might perhaps have arisen in the admitting of the South ampton articles to be properly substituted for the original proposals. But a perfectly satisfactory ex planation had been given of the case, leading to the conclusion that the parties had acted with perfect bona fides, and that the property comprised in the articles, so far as it differed from that men tioned in the first proposals, had in truth repre sented the property which was the subject of the settlement before the Master. He was there fore satisfied that, as there was no difference of benefit in either settlement, he was doing the best for all parties, by accepting the Southampton articles, especially as Mr. Fryer had imported into those articles the personal estate, if any, to which the lady might be entitled, upon a question of comparative benefit to the parties. The circumstances of this case were so special, that he thought he might safely adopt the Southampton articles for the original proposal without a reference to the Master, and in so doing he apprehended it was not likely the case would ever be drawn into a precedent. With respect to costs, it was impossible for him to say that the trustee was not justified in seeking the opinion of the Court in the case, and he was therefore of opinion that Mr. Cooke must have his costs, and that it be referred to the Master to approve of the settlement in conformity with the Southampton articles, Mr. Fryer consenting that the personal property, if any, to which the lady might be entitled hereafter should be included in that settlement. Sergeant was proceeding to cite cases in favor of this view, when— _ _ Mr. Justice MAULS observed—l suppose the last e,ate is the tine n ohiltieh th 4 tioliom magistrate laid down that a coffee-house keeper had a right to detain his guest until the bill was paid ? Mr. Sergeant SHEA. said—No; the case his Lord ship referred to was that of Dando, the oyster eater, which stood on its own authority.—(A laugh.) That was regarded as a case of " animus errandi et non revertendi."—(A laugh.) The Learned Sergeant having continued his argument to a great length, Mr. Sergeant CRANNELL replied. Their Lordships took time to consider judgment. BURGESS P. 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 argument came on this day. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd appeared in support of the demurrer, and the Court, after hearing Mr. Sergeant Ryles for the defence, resolved that the plea was bad. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 20. (Before Sir C. F. WILLIAMS.) IN RE J. A. GILES, LL.D. The insolvent, a gentleman well known in the literary worl3, and formerly head master of the London School, appeared this day before Sir C. Williams, on his final examination. He was opposed by Mr. Crew, for a builder named Mann, a creditor to the amount of 1,5001., and by a gentleman for another creditor. The examination lasted for above three hours, when Sir C. WILLIAMS gave judgment. He thought the insolvent fully entitled to the benefit of the Act, for it did not appear to him (Sir C. Williams) that, at the period of contracting the debts, he was not in a condition to pay them. He wa3 then in receipt of 1,0001. a year, as head master of the London School. His name was distinguished as a scholar, and therefore his literary exertions might be calculated upon as an additional security. He was afterwards from ill health obliged, it was true, to resign that situation, and his literary efforts did not meet the success ha had contemplated. Still that was an error in judgment, and not of the heart. There was no appearance of fraud, however much he might be imprudent; and, therefore, again he said that the insolvent was entitled to the benefit of the Act. THE SUN, LONDON, 1 1 _11,VB$DAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21. 184:. criminal law of France. He ciepoabfl t 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 iirtic.:tilarly itsto the Act, and as the person accused of fraudulent bankrufttcy 6tiid tot he committed for 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 Loan 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. Thom.; 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'clocls 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 1 1 Mavon 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) 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 sitting 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 e-nployment, 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, n ear Tower-street, where 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 MAYOR 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 treatment at another time. The prisoner was then discharged. BOW-STREET. John Smith, No. 5, Charles-street, Drury-lane, was charged with stealing a bedstead from the door of Mr. W. J. Hall, broker, No. 29, Great St. An drew-street, Seven-dials. The prisoner did not deny the offence. He had tried to get work and could not—he was almost starved to death and covered with rags, and he took the bedsteads with a double intent. The intent was to sell it and get food, if he got away with it clear, and if he was taken in the act he knew he should get a shelter in prison, and food, which he could not get outside. Mr. JARDINE said it was lamentable to see a man in such destitution and distress, but still his duty as a magistrate forced him to decide on committing him for trial. The prisoner left the bar apparently quite delighted at being committed. On Tuesday morning, an elderly man, of respect able appearance, who gave the name of Thomas Daley, described as a gentleman, residing at the Im perial Hotel, Covent-garden, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with stealing a news paper from Upton's Eating-rooms, 228, Strand, under the following circumstances Charles Cole, a waiter, in the service of the prose cutor, stated that about eight o'clock on Monday night the prisoner came to his master's rooms, where he took some refreshment, and after delaying some time, he paid the amount of his bill. After he left the room, the Morning Chronicle was missed from the table at which he was sitting, and as he was passing down stairs, witness, accosting him, demanded the newspaper he had just concealed on his person, when he drew a parcel from his pocket and deli vered up the property, saying it was through inad vertence he had removed it. He was then given in charge to a constable. The prisoner being called on for his defence, said had a magistrate been sitting when he was taken into custody he would have been instantly discharged. Was it possible that a gentleman of fortune and high birth, as he was, would steal a newspaper ! Thank God, he was possessed ot thousands a year, and could it be supposed under such circumstances that he would steal such a thing as a newspaper, the in move mos y en p en t : . b t h : in trinsic value of which was absolutely nothing. He had not read the 21fetning Chronicle nor the Times in the room, as he had seen them in his chambers in the morning, but it was the Globe he had just laid down, and was looking over an application made to him from one of his estates, soliciting that he would continue his subscription to a charitable institution, when the waiter accosted him. He was a father, and even a grandfather of many children, and he should not have gone into a place of the kind, but wee pressed en a former occasion to dine there with a very old friend, who was obliged of late years to live in a more frugal manner than he was accustomed. He had been to Gravesend during the day with his nephew, who was starting for India, and after taking dinner, in bundling up his papers he must have inad vertently put the Morning Chronicle into his pocket, under the impression that it was a provincial paper he occasionally carried about him. In answer to the Court, the witness saicklie stood behind the prisoner thesievhole of the time lie was in ttahh t t gle i ta e tisn r i , t a saht o ne m darn , er a . lsd wa he was `issiaitieesbe never attempted to take any paper of aprivate tkathre from his pocket. He could also positive swear :That the prisoner stole another newspaper on ursday night, which streng thened andy Ta another was,hoe r ish e t ehr w rao ata reason aohnioteoe for r was other watching person appris e d inthe tohfe th e former room prisoner'sa t his suspicions" on his missing the paper in o s ef o n s e u r oh s a a i d constableit thing, tool: c o u a s, l could fromhn eot wasbeh i m p possible se: well hel n e sis l. known n c g ou tol the man of ample fortune, as would appear from th out 601. in gold, with a quantity of valuable persondocu ay you know resideow yo ; at p t r h i e . Hotel,aJlannsrsE -- - - w i t s e a n y y o u s I was so shocked I did not know what address seeing such a paltry malicious charge made ARDrNE inquired what led to the supposition prisoners missed had after committed fromt the e prisonert the e r o ao room leftrobberyonTthheror room, od t ma h : kind on a former occasion ? The waiter said° e e e m ab e l d e ia h te er l stslaabbm r t i i ci uoohmob.sep The give, Imperial guiltys:rf: : i . . ... r is. articles in gr c. y e produced a parcel containing a On im st n e u veT m nh b ine er of letters addressed to Colonel Sewell, with ed wer :t the b o ak th 3g e ir r e.n d joc?AlumpThieNneEts prisoner n r e r trht replied, he who bank . house of Messrs. Ransom, of Pall-mall, where he had been known for several years. Mr. lA/trims-4 shall discharge you because I can't reconcile the conflicting circumstances connected with your case. A person of your age having such docu ments and property in your possession, could scarcely be supposed guilty of such an extraordinary act, and as there is a doubt, although the waiter speaks in the most positive terms of the circumstances, I cannot see my way clear enough to send you to be tried, as I think a jury would not convict you. Under all the circumstances I am bound to discharge you, at the same time thinking no fault was to be imputed to the waiter, as the subject was well worthy of inquiry. CLERKEIV WELL. Four fashionably-dressed young men, named Walter Safe, William Allen, William Fey, and Charles Ross, were charged with knocking at doors, ringing bells, breaking windows, and otherwise annoying the inhabitants of Brunswick-square and its vicinity, on the previous night. Ross described himself as a clerk in the office of an army agent. Police-constable Dunne, 71 E, deposed that being on duty in Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, on the previous night, he heard the prisoners, with six others, shouting and hallooing in Hunter-street. Soon after he saw Saffe and Foy knock at the door of 26 and 27, Brunswick-square. A lady came to the window in her night-dress, apparently much alarmed. Ross then rung the bell of Mr. Maddox, a surgeon, in the square, very violently. They then 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 thP New 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 them two o'clock. Mr. George WTorrall, 28, Hunter-street, Bruns wick-square, deposed that himself and family were greatly alarmed by the shouting and the smashing of glass. - A pane in his parlour window had been broken. Emma Andrews, servant to the Rev. Mr. Cum ming, deposed that Mrs. Cumming had been so much alarmed by the noise that she was still in a state of great nervous excitement. Her mistress was under the impression that the house was on fire, and jumped 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 Bs. 6d., 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. COMBE 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. Thomas Wright, a shabbily-dressed young man, was charged with feloniously assaulting Mrs. Mary Taylor, a respectable married woman, putting her in fear, and robbing her of an umbrella and shawl. The prosecutrix stated that she was residing with her husband and family, at No. 8, Queen-street, Soho square. Last night, between ten and eleven o'clock, as she was passing along Sutton-street, Oxford street, she was accosted by the prisoner, who stated that he was a gentleman's groom out of place, and in great distress. Out of charity she gave him the price of a pint of beer. He then joined another man, who was waiting for him at a' short distance. She (pro secutrix) walked on, but had not proceeded a dozen yards, when the prisoner came up behind her and attempted to snatch her umbrella out of her hand. She, however, firmly grasped it, although he struggled violently with her to wrest it from her. He then struck her a tremendous blow with his clenched fist, and knocked her down and took the umbrella from her. As she was attempting to get up, the prisoner forcibly tore her shawl off her shoulders, and set off running with it, on which she screamed " Murder" and " Stop thief!" Police-constable No. 94 of the F division stated that he saw the prisoner running, and, hearing the cries of the prosecutrix, he stopped and secured him. At a few yards from him, in the direction in which he had been running, he (witness) found the shawl which the prosecutrix had been robbed of. Mr. HARDWICK asked if the prisoner was known to the police ? The constable said he had frequently seen him in the company of known and convicted thieves. The prisoner asserted that prosecutrix had accosted him in the street ; and, while standing talking to her, he felt her hand in his pocket, and, "uf course, knocked her down." The worthy MAGI6TRATE of course, paid not the slightest attention to the defence, but committed the prisoner to Newgate, for trial. Amelia Jarvis, a well-grown girl, fifteen years of age, but looking at least eighteen, was brought before Mr. Hardwick by her own mother, and charged with robbery. Elizabeth Knox, of No. 2, Pulteney-court, the mother, said the girl at the bar had that morni ng stopped her little brother and robbed him of two six pences, which he had just received for washing. The girl had remained out the whole of the previous night, and witness had not been able to obtain any trace of her nail an hour or two ago, when she saw the prisoner in St. James's-park with a couple of girls of loose character, eating chesnuts, which she had purchased with part of the stolen money. The mother went on to say that she had been obliged to take strong steps against her daughter in consequence of indications of early and seem ingly incorrigible profligacy. Her daughter by her misconduct had nearly ruined her. She was a laundress ; but, owing to her daughter's reckless con duct, she was afraid she should soon loose her con nexion, and consequently her means of support for her family. The girl at the bar, about four months back, was a most hardworking well-conducted girl, but since that period she had got acquainted with some depraved boys and girls from Peter -street, and the result was that she had become as depraved and as reckless as her associates. She has stopped out re peatedly all night, without giving any account of herself the next morning. She had set everyb o dy a t defiance ; and when she was in want of money she did not hesitate a moment at breaking open drawers and boxes, rifling them, and pledging or selling their contents. The only way to save the wretched girl from absolute destruction was to adopt means to separate her from her companions. Mr. llAanwtot asked the mother what she in tended to do. Did she mean to press the charge of robbery ? The mother said she had no wish to deal harshly with her child. She thought if the girl had the awful consequences of her conduct pointed out to her, and if a short punishment were awarded by way of foretaste of what she must expect if she did not re form, that this might produce a beneficial result, Mr. HARDWICK asked the girl if she had ever re flected on her scandalous conduct? Was she aware that the life of infamy she was pursuing would pro bably lead to transportation ? The girl, who ex hibited complete indifference, muttered that she had no wish to keep up the acquaintances she had recently made. The mother said when she found her daughter in the Park, her daughter told her she did not intend to return home again. _ _ Mr. HARDWICK said he would remand the girl for a week to see what eff't,‘ct a short confinement would have on her future conduct. The prisoner was then removed. UNION-11ALL. 77zomal TVOodeoek, a well-dressed young man, was tharged before Mr. Cottenham with robbing several houses under the following circumstances : A few nights since he engaged a bed at a public house in the vicinity of this Court, and when the family retired to rest, he got up and groped his way into the room of a gentleman sleeping on the same floor. The gentleman being so fast asleep did not hear the noise, and the prisoner succeeded in taking a whole suit of clothes with which he got away, leaving an old pair of boots behind him. On another occasion he took lodgings for the night in the house of a poor widow, and as in the former case he got up in the middle of the night, went down stairs and robbed the parlours of a great variety of articles, amongst which were gowtiS, and tithe things, and then let himself out of the house. Two other charges of a similar description being adduced against the prisoner, he was committed. THAMES POLICE. THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT.—MY. George Walton, a respectable plumber and gas-fitt4r, of No. 5, George-terrace, Commercial-road, Stepney, and John S'ealloch, a lad in his employ, were brought before Mr. Broderip, on a charge of stealing one of Deffrie's patent dry gas meters, value 71., stated in the police-sheet to be the property of William Cor mack, of the firm of Banks and Cormack, gas-puri fiers, of Church-row, Limehouse. Air. Walton, who was much agitated, said that a few days ago he entered into an agreement with r Banks and Cormack to fit up a gas apparatus for them, and after the job was commenced Mr. Cormack requested the loan of a meter which he kept in his shop, for the purpose of trying some experiments on a gasometer the firm had lately erected. He agreed to lend them a patent dry meter, on their promising to take particular care of it, and conveyed it to their premises. Having done work and furnished mate rials to the amount of 151., and knowing very little of the firm or their resources, he waited upon Mr. Cormack that morning, and asked him for an advance of money. Mr. Cormack refused to advance any hing, and he would not pay a farthing till the job was completed. He said he could not proceed with the work till he received an advance of 51., and Mr. Cormack immediately directed his foreman to pro ceed to the nearest gas-fitter's, and bring him to the premises to complete the fitting-up of the apparatus. He then said he should take home his gas meter, and took it up and gave it to his boy. Mr. Cormack im mediately sent for a policeman, and gave him into custody for stealing his own property. Mr. BRODERIP—Then you are in custody for merely taking away your own property, which Mr. Cormack refused to give up ! Mr. Walton—Yes, Sir, I lent it to the firm of Banks and Cormack for a day or two. It is my pro perty ; and there are persons in court to prove it. I have had the mortification of being taken through the streets as a felon, pointed at by my neighbours, and followed by a crowd of persons, to many of whom I was known, in open day. It is too bad, Sir. Mr. BRODERIP—Too bad! it is indeed. (To the policeman)--You should not have taken these parties into custody at all. You should have known better than to have arrested a man for stealing his own pro perty, under such circumstances. What time did you apprehend them ? Policeman—About eleven o'clock. Mr. BRODERIP—And it is now twenty minutes past two. The man and his servant have been ille gally in custody for about three hours and a half, and no prosecutor has ventured to appear against them. The policeman said he took the parties to the sta tion-house to settle the matter amicably.—(A laugh.) Mr. BRODERIP—I must beg of you, Mr. Symonds, to mention this to the superintendent of the division. It has happened before, and must not be repeated. The liberty of the subject is not to be trifled with in this manner. Every person engaged in the detention of Mr. Walton and his servants are liable to an action, and I have no doubt a jury will give the aggrieved parties very heavy damages. Ellis, the usher, said he knew Mr. 'Walton to be a most respectable and upright tradesman. . . Mr. bRODERIP—He leaves this court without a stain on his character. It is a monstrous infringe ment of the liberty of the subject. The prisoners were then set at liberty, and Mr. Walton took home his gas meter. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Court sat yesterday for the purpose of disposing of the remaining case of felony, which stood over from yesterday. Thomas Cunningham, aged 17 years, and John Byrne, aged 14, were placed at th e bar upon an in dictment charging them with stealing a pocket hand kerchief, value 55., the property of Christopher Brown. It appeared by the evidence, which was very length ened, that the elder lad, who had all the appearance of a hardened thief, stole the article named in the indict ment from the prosecutor's pocket, and handed it to the younger prisoner, whom he induced to go with it to a well-known " fence," or receiver of btolen goods, where it was sold, and the elder lad kept the produce. The police and officers of tke prison stated to the Bench that Cunningham was a notorious thief, and had ben several times before convicted. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said ke trusted what he was now about to say would become well known. It was idle to expect anything like a diminution of crime while that worst and most dangerous of all classes, the receivers of stolen goods, escaped with compara tive impunity. The transportation of some few; of them for fourteen years would do more good than the punishment of dozens of juvenile offenders, and most certainly, in all cases which came before him, he should inflict this punishment upon receivers when it was possible. He should, in the present instance, sentence Cunningham to ten years' transportation ; and, as Byrne was evidently his dupe, he should only sentence him to one month's imprisonment. FARNBOROUGH PETTY SES SIONS.—TUESDAY. (Before Viscount SYDNEY, and Messrs. WARD and BERENS.) A young and good-looking woman, named Jane Butcher, was brought before the bench, in custody of Sergeant Leverick, of the R division of police, upon the charge of ill-using her illegitimate child, twelve months old, and with having threatened to destroy it. The sergeant stated, that on the previous evening he was sent for to the cottage of the prisoner's father at Kestor, and upon going in he found the prisoner's mother in fits, and her father, who is a hard-working labouring man, was in the utmost distress of mind, on account of the prisoner's conduct. It appears she has had an illegitimate child, and ever since its birth she has treated it in the most cruel manner, fre quently beating and ill-using it, and threatening to destroy it. On this night, after making use of very violent language to her mother, she threatened that she would do for the child before morning, and rushed out of the house, taking the poor infant, who had nothing but a shift and night-gown on, with her, and as they believed, with the intenti on o f drowning, or otherwise making away with her. He immediately proceeded in search of the prisoner, and fouud her lying with the child in the naked state above described upon a dunghill, and he took her back to her father's house. Lord SYDNEY asked the prisoner's father and sister whether they would take upon themselves to swear that they, or the child of the prisoner, were in danger of any personal violence from her ? They both appeared anxious to screen the pri soner, notwithstanding her brutality, and they said they should not like to send her to prison. The Noble CHAIRMAN said, that as that was the case, the Bench could not take any proceedings, and the prisoner must be discharged. He, at the same time, observed, that there could be no doubt the pri soner's conduct had been very bad, and he cautioned her to be very careful, for if anything happened to the child through her neglect or ill-treatment, she would most assuredly be tried for her life. The prisoner left the bar laughing, and when she got outside the court she put her fist in her sister's face, and with an oath declared that she would "give it her before she got home." The officers separated them, and requested the virago to be quiet, threat ening to take her again before the magistrates if she did not, and she then walked a short distance, when she suddenly stooped down, and picked up a large flint stone, which she was about to throw in her sister's face, when the constables seized her arm, and conveyed her again before the magistrates. The sister was then sworn, and deposed to the threats made use of by the prisoner, and also declared her belief that she was in danger of receiving some violent injury from her. The BENCH immediately ordered the prisoner to find sureties to keep the peace, at the same time ob serving that so violent and dangerous a person was not fit to be at large. The prisoner's sister asked what was to be done with the child ? It had been under her charge all night, as the prisoner would not take it, and would not give it any nourishment. The Berrcii said that as the child was of such tender age it must go with the mother. The prisoner snatched the child from her sister's arms, and at the same time tore off a little cloak that was upon it, and threw it upon the ground, say ing it belonged to " them," and she would have no thing of " theirs." The sister tried to put the cloak upon the poor child, saying that it would perish with cold, but the prisoner with the utmost violence resisted the at tempt, and it was not until the sergeant of police said that the child was now under their charge, and in sisted that the cloak should be put on, that she al lowed it to be done. The prisoner was then removed, and was eventually conveyed to Maidstone Gaol. POLICE INTELLIGENCE (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. THE FRENCH 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 proper to any to witnesses call. the Learned Counsel might think 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 thii First Instance, in Paris. M. Alphonse Dost Noel, a French votary, stated that he wall acquainted with the French law, and the NEESOM V. CLARKSON. His Homoint also gave his decision - in this case, which was a re-hearing —a decree having been made in the cause in 1843. It was contended that a mis apprehension of the decision of the court had arisen in drawing up the decree, and that the defendents ought not to be allowed to stand creditors upon the estate in question for substantial improvements effected before the year 1821. His Honour was of opinion that the petitioners were entitled to have the decree altered, and counsel agreed to arrange the minutes of the new decree to be made in the case. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the Crown paper to-day, and was engaged the whole morning in listening to arguments in a case relating to the disputed settlement of a pauper. BAIL COURT, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco.) EIPARTE Mr. liuncrnnEv moved in this case for a certiorari to remove an indictment from the Central Criminal Court into the Court of Queen's Bench. It appeared from the affidavit that the present indictment arose out of a case which went down to trial at Kingston. It was then referred to arbitration, and was now going on before the arbitrators. The defendant in the action, however, indicted the plaintiff in the action, the attorney for the plaintiff, and all his wit nesses, for a conspiracy to bring an action against him. The attorney, in his affidavit, swore he had nothing whatever to do with the cause, except as an attorney. He stated that he wished to have the case tried by a special jury, and to have the Solicitor- General as his counsel, who was also the counsel in the cause, and also that important questions of law were likely to arise.—The application was granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco.) Mr. Alexander, of the Oxford Circuit, having been appointed one of her Majesty's counsel learned in the law, was called upon by the Lord Chief Baron to take his seat within the bar. The Court then proceeded to take the special paper. SMITH V. MONTEITH. This was an action against the defendant on a pro mise to pay a sum of money on the disoisarge of a per son out of custody. The arrest was lawful and there was no allegation of fraud in any part of the plea. The substance of the plea was that there was not, at the time of the commencement of the action, any claim or demand or cause of action against Dunlop, the original defendant, in respect whereof the defen dants could or were entitled to recover in the said action. The plea also stated that the plaintiff did not by discharging Dunlop from custody give up every available remedy. _ _ _ . The COURT were of opinion that the plea was not a sufficient answer, and that the plaintiff in the action was entitled to the judgment of the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20. TFIOMSON V. SMALL. This was an action in trover in which the plaintiffs, Messrs. Thomson and Co., are wholesale tin and sheet-lead dealers, and the defendant is master of the ship Bucephalus. On the 20th July, 1843, the plaintiffs sold to a person of the name of Galbraith goods to the amount of 3991. 4s .; these goods were to be shipped on board the Bucephalus, bound for Sidney, and to be paid for before the ship started from London. On the goods being shipped, the plaintiffs received a receipt front defendant. After that, having heard that Mr. Galbraith was insolvent, the plaintiffs demand the return of the goods. Subsequently they received from Galbraith a paper authorising them to remove the goods from the ship, and defendant was served with a notice signed by Galbraith, requiring him to give the goods up to plaintiff, which, however, he re • fused to do until the whole amount of the freight to Sidney should be paid. Accordingly he took the goods to Sidney. The defendant pleaded the lien for freight. To this it is demurred that the master or owners had no claim for freight, inasmuch as Galbraith had chartered the vessel for 1,6001., and possession of her had, by the charter party, passed for the time to him. Mr. Sergeant CusassELL, in support of the de murrer, contended that the instruction of the char terers to the master ought to have been imperative on him to return the goods, whose property in them had not determined whilst they held in their posses sion the master's receipt for them as theirs, and in their name. Mr. Sergeant SHEA, against the demurrer, argued that when the captain was also owner (as in. this case), the possession did not pass to the char terers, under any circumstances, and it had moreover been ruled, that, for the purpose of lien, the possession did not pass from the owner so long as their captain and crew remained on board. In such cases the charterers had only the temporary use of the ship, for the purpose of freight. Where the charterers stipulated to have the appointment of the master, it had been decided that they had com plete possession, and the owners had no lien. But, in the present instance, the owner remained in posses sion, continuing to command his ship, and it was part of the contract that he should find sailors, with food and wages. The Learned Sergeant submitted that this charter party was merely a contract for the freight of goods, and did not give such a possession as would constitute the charterers owners pro hac vice. It had been held, indeed, that where a bill had been taken for freight the lien would not attach until after the bill should have been due and dishonoured. In this case the contract was for payment in two months after the landing of the goods in Sidney ; and it was, upon that ground, assumed for the plaintiffs that lien did not attach, and that Galbraith had control and authority over the ship and cargo at the time when he ordered the captain to return the goods in question. But he (Mr. Sergeant thypa Shea) contended that as far as th e con at a certain time was similar to a bill or note, the contract was virtually like a dishonoured bill when the defendant t set up his lien • for the charterer had been arr e s ted on a char of felony, hilas e and bad declared 9 insolvent. s • Learned BROMLEY. A ease 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 he 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 the pony was not his property, hut 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 MaatsTßATzs, 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 he 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 vertebrce 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 1501., 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 sure, 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 than be detected. The 150/. was taken without disturb ing the bed; 1001. was in a cheque on Messrs. ()limey and Co.'s bank. During the inquest a portion ofmoney, consisting of gold, silver, and about Si. or 101. 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 iAlti tint() 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 shy, empty.—Yarmouth Chronicle of Tuesday. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—NINE LIVES LOST. ..-O n Thursday, the 7th instant, a boat belonging to the Island of Eday left Kirkwall for home, about three o'clock, P.M., with Dille persons on board, viz., three brothers, named Garrioch ; two brothers and a sister. named Tulloch ; a young man, John Fotheringham ; a gift, bathed Elizabeth Garroch ; and a girl, named Hercus—all belongitig to the same island. It is thought that, finding the Storesay firth rough, the boat may lotto have returned, and that she was upset in Kirkwall Bay , DIED. c har or near the mouth of the String, off Shapinsi;ay, as the On the 19th inst., in Upper Grosvenor-street , Ilfre: out boat was found next morning near Saverock, driven Milner, relict of the late General Milner, ageci r u....4, Lo e _ .. ashore, with the body of one of the sufferers in i:. The On the 7th inst., at sea, on board the_O or r i u d ' ste p 's Eliza Lomer, youngest daughtor of R. Macd w watch found on the body had stopped at half-psu. l five, of t be when the accident had likely happened. The three Gar- son, Esq. beth widow riochs were the principal support of a feeble father .and On the 14th inst., at Ramsgate, Eliza , late Captain G. W. ourn. R.N. Dif 600 mother.—Scotch paper. On the 14th inst., Sarah, the wife of Mr. ALLEGED BURNING OP ITADDINGTON CHURCH. of Landsdowne Cottage, Old Kent-road. We are happy to contradict the paragraph that i On the ,15th inst., George Harry, son of Frederick k CAP ° appeared in our last, as to the attempted burn- Esq., of Down, near Guildford. ce, Fr an ing of Haddington Church. from every inns.. On the 15th inst., at Turnham-green - ter ro 0 • tigation that has taken place, nothing can be Belli., Esq., aged 32. Harrison, of Beading, r elict ° f brought out that would lead even to rho suspicion John 9 n i lie !6t _ a q t" 3 )f ir li s 'o . I g rove, Bray, Berks. so los , of such a diabolical act. It would apl;ear, how- On the Harris on, li o th , ins s t ' (Richaxrde3l3.-rarLe, son of B. (4' of ever, that it has been the practice for some time Lack, for Esq., of Albion-street, ' boys to climb over the church-yard wall, and enter' the On the 18th inst., Frederick Charles Rail' _,.t Rob ert eastern ruin of the cathedral, and amuse themselves Zt Fri3rn-Viace, Peckham-common. tershire, several kinds of games; but amongst the more dangerous On tt e 18th inst., at Lechlade, Glouces ! amusements is that of kindling a fire, and roasting apples ' 1-37.`thet, Esq., aged 74. Williara Marl Hyde-Park' and potatoes. It is surmised that this was done by some 06 tile juveniles in the case referred to, but unfortunately had Inkersole, aged 35. U S G' of 19th inst., at Cambridge-stree t, i - - - , . kindled the fire too near the door, and finding it getting .--'="*"'""""' low, dispersed themselves to gather more fuel to supply - - --- 0 1 - 1 1i ' it; but on returning, finding the door had ignited, took lo w i on : p, t Ited and Published Tyr DlU_R l) of f:,.,, Is t',.. of fright and ran off withopt Attempting to put it out.— f Strand: in th." Berwick Warder, --' Middlesex, Ulu:lday, Neyezuber 21, Oirs* _ '''''''' IV ' .h. rallPrePciriiienttori tahteSkavo7t ,'. in th. (,essay LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 20.—Wind S.W. RAMSGATE, Nov. 19.—The Gem, Proctor, from St. David's to London, has put in here with damage, having been in contact off the Kentish Knock light ship. OFF MARGATE, Nov. 19.—Cato. Scott, Vincent. DEAL, Nov. 19.--Wind W. to W.S.W., light.—Arrd. Commodore, St. Vincent. Sid. Elizabeth, New Orleans. OFF BRIGHTON, Nov. 19.—Orient, Wales, Mauritius, Aug. 21. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Champion, Valparaiso and Rio in freight $550,000 ; Quebec, Hebard, New York, and sailed for London. Sld. Gladiator, New York. OFF THE NEEDLES, Nov. 19.—Venilia, Scott, Quebec. BRIXHAM, Nov. 18.—A cask of spirits of brandy, ap parently about 160 gallons, marked 299, A. C., M. C. C., P. F., not long in the water, was picked up off the Start yesterday and laEded here. JERSEY, Nov. 18.—The Harriet L., Picot for Cadiz, ran fuul of the Courier, for Bahia, and carried away the latter's jibboom, &e., and was obliged to be warped into the harbour. TORBAY, Nov. 19.—Sid. Margaret, Trinidad. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Arrd. Visitor and Marl Jane, Labrador. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Lavinia, Hall, Belize, for Falmouth ; Bangalore, Nelson, Callao ; Edward, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S.S.W., moderate. Arrd. Caroline, Hughes, Callao, sld. Sept. 28. Off, Preciosa, King, Ditto, and sld. for Hamburgh. OFF THE WlGHT.—Esther and Sophie, Porto Rico, for Ham burgh. BRISTOL, Nov. 19 —Arrd. Fanny, Robe, Demerara ; Edward, Thune, Quebec. The Ranger, Duffield, from Goole to London, Blink' 15th instant, after being in contact in Sea Reach, master drowned. The Sovereign steamer, from Dundee, And Sultana, from Taganrog, in coming up the river, 17th instant, got in contact off Wapping, the former lost bulwarks, &c., the latter received trifling damage. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Wind S., light.—Arrd. chief, Manilla ; Circassian, Valparaiso ; George Can" Ding, Maranhs.m; Llama, Porto Cabello; Joseph Storey' Bonny ; Rambler, and Roger Sherman, Charleston ; Harkaway, Virginia (twenty days) ; Garrick. New York ; Royalist, St. John's, New ,Brunswick ; Ambas sador, Pugwash ; Burrell, Harmony, Messenger, and Rory O'More, Quebec. Sld. Hesperus, Hong-Kong ; Ballbur, Bombay ; Pera, Ichaboe ; Superb, and Violet. Sierra Leone ; Queen of Britain, Hayti ; Berwick, and Coria, New Orleans ; Conrad, Charleston ; Euphrsaint Philadelphia. WATERFORD, Nov. 18.—The Lucinda, from ; 10 Clyde to Bombay, which put in here 21st instant lea* has come up to repair. BELFAST, Nov. 17.—The Arlon, Gambles, of Work' ington, put into Donaghadee leaky, has been towed 0P here to repair ; cargo discharging. CARRISBAY, Nov. 15.—The schooner Advice, of Sun* derland, Bindes, was stranded this morning about twelv e miles to the northward of Wick, but is expected 0110 1 spring tide ; crew saved. WHITBY, Nov. 18.—The brig Levesham, of this Pa, with coals, ran upon Upgang Rock this afternoon, b ut got off, and is supposed to have damaged her fore keel. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. 19.—The Autumn, of Whit* and the Ranger, of Sandwich, coal laden, got ashore to the north of Flamborough Head, but were got off. The Autumn subsequently foundered in deep water, and tb. Ranger stood south. LOwESToYFE, Nov. 19.—The Jessie Alexander, Starkt,_ was assisted in here last night, with bows stove, and it expected must discharge, having been in contact with the Thetis, of Montrose. MARKET NEWS--(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. We have had a full average supply of English Vithe B4 , while the demand for that article was in a very sluggism state, at barely previous figures. The holders of Fore l g., 3l Wheat were firm, and realised full currencies in ever/ instance. Malting Barley was quite as dear; but grindi n g and distilling sorts were a dull sale. The Malt trade yr.,: heavy, yet prices were supported. Oats, Beans, lin" Peas were quite as dear as on Monday. ARRIVALS. Wheat. i t Earley. Oats. I ..... 9,00 qrs. 6,010 gm 020 0. 0 .`' Irish. - - 19,120 qrs. Foreign..." ..... 1,410 3,480 WO •-•' alt. 6.200 etta WIIITECNAPEZ. The supply of Meat on sale here was:but moderate ; yet the demand ruled heavy at late rates. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton. 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 49 ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs, by the carcass. o o COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—A- Asie ° Main, 16s 6d ; Buddle's West Hartley, 18s ; Charl ° , t a te . Main, 19s 3d ; Davison's West Hartley, 18s, 1 856 , Hasting's Hartley, 18s 6d ; la 20s 9d; orrisons Hartley, 16s; Nelson's West Hartley, 18s ; Old Pontop, 16s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 16s 6d ; Old Tanfield, 165 3 d ; South Pontop, 16s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 17s 9 d Townley, 17s 6d ; West Hartley, 18s 6d ; Wylats• 17 , g h ; , W. E. Bell and Brown, 21s 6d ; W. E., Brancen 18s 6d , • W. E., Clarke and Co., 18s •, W. E., Cle n , ne g,,' 18s ; VT. E., Killingworth, 20s 6d ; W. E., Wharn.P";s' 21s 6d ; Eden Main, 21s ; W. E., Belmont' "; 21s 9d ; W. E., Braddyll's Hetton, 23s 3d ; well, 235, 23s 3d ; W. E., Hatton, 235, 23s 3d ; Iv • 4 .„, m Houghell, 21s 9d ; W. E., Lambton, 235, 23s 3d ; P" Russell's Hetton, 22s 9d •, W. E., Sheaburn, 23s ; Vi r r" Shotton, 23s 3d ; W. E., Stewart's, 23s ; W. 8., sunder' land, 20s ; W. E., Whitwell, 21s 6d ; W. E., Cool). 211 s 9d; W . E., Caradoc, 22s 6d; W. E., Hartlepool, 2 29 ; Kelloe, E., South Hartlepool, l" W. E., West Hartlepool, 19s 6d ; W. E., Adelaide, 12s 9d ; W. E., Barrett, 20s 9d ; W. E., Cowndon Te irr el 6 20s ; W. E., Fox, 20s 6d ; W. E., Gordon, 19s ; Maclean's Tees, 19s 6d ; W. E., Seymour Tees, 2 : 45 ,: W. E., South Durham, 21s ; Hartley, 18s ; Sidner Hartley, ;184 ; West Hartley Netherton, 188.--Sil l e arrived since last day, 171. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortali% in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths f7 b , all Causes registered in lie Week ending Saturday , co 16th of November, 1844." The Table is issued from the liw of the Registrar-General : Nreek// f CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. A.yersgef, T i re Yee. Epidemic,Endemic,and Contagious Diseases 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 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3B 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 63 69 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 6 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 Diseases of the Skin, Old Age, or Natural Decay ... 69 7 1 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified . ... 1069 94 Deaths from all Causes.— 1072 ,0 1 DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES EXCLUDED 1,-- THE ABOVE READS. Ave r ~• • Total. of Five year* Consumption ll2 147 Scarlatina B4 34 Pneumonia . Dropsy ..... .. .. ..... looping Cough 2B 33 Typhus Small Pox 5l 15 Disease of the Heart Measles ... 25 28 Apoplexy .......... ... .... Diseases of the Brain 5 9 Diarrhoea.. - ..... 13 12 E.udden Deaths DISTRICTS. __ ..._____ __. Wegi.` North.. l9l 171 Central , lB3 183 East ... .... 2lB 207 South Total 1072 946 On the 17th inst., at Ashley-lark, Surrey, Lady Fletcber'l of a daughter.• v i ol" g' On the 17th inst., at Park-crescent, the Wif e o f J. Esq., of a daughter. of On the 18th inst., at Park-street, Notting - hil l, the 14c1Lr- Thomas B. Penfold, Esq., of the late: aval East India vice, of twin daughters, the last still-born. v • BO' On the 18th inst., at Putney, the wife of Anthony - • bridge, Esq., of a daughter. On the 18th inst., the lady of Louis Cohen, Esq., o(s°- 113 street, Finsbury, otwin sons. On the 10th inst., of Cadiz, the lady of Frances Lone Es On the 17th inst., at Keppel-street, the lady of CorY H. Luxmoore, Esq., of a son. On the 18th inst., Mrs. Henry Dru D rury, of Vac" of a son. f G e°fge On the 18th inst., at Buckingham, th.e w--if 6 ° Nelson, Esq., of a son. ARIED. 11 04 ' w On the 14th inst., M R ( at St. Saviour's Church, - n ote Charles Sterky, Esq., to Mary Ann, eldest daughter - Gate Samuel Bawtree, Esq., of IVhitehall, Colchester. f On the 14th inst., at Leighton, Sampson S. LloYd' of mingbam, banker, to Emma, third daughter o f the Reeve, Esq., of Leighton House, Leighton Buzzard.o. On the 16th inst., at Haggerstone Church , P erli o teP' White, of Bishupsgate, to Mary Hetherington Clarksol.l,,go daughter of W. Hetherington, Esq., of Watt's-buouh- Ringsland.