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

THE SUN,T LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1844. rt Erb Mbition GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPA,N Y. SPECIAL MEETING. (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., having 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 50,0001, which was proposed to be raised by the crea tion of 1,784 new shares of 301. each, being the same number as the original shares. 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 providing 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 half-yearly upon all moneys paid in respect of such 30/. shares, previously to any moneys being set apart for the reserved fund, and the payment of dividend upon the existing 1001. shares. " 2. That after the payment of such dividend on the 301 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 ; and if after the last-men 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 such deficiency before any portion thereof is applied to any other purpose. e 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 in anticipation of calls." The report of the directors then went on to state that it having been urged at all the meetings of the Company fur the last three years, in the strongest manner, that measures should be edopted 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 dissolution 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 by public auction ; but all had been alike unsuccessful. No offer had been made to purchaee 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 a' it did that the ship and machinery were in the hese Condition. The Government engineer not beingt satisfied as to the sufficiency of steam for the Royal Mail service, alterations %sere made for the purpose of, meeting his views, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company were requested again to send him down. After waiving his arrival ten days, during which time the ship was kept at Kingroad, manned and, ready for sea, the last post-day for writing to the United States previously to her sailing having arrived, the directors had no alternative hut 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/.—was, 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 most ear nestly to the consideration of every measure which tips peered 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 fett. They were, therefore, compelled, for the present at least, to abandon the idea of providing for the more profitable use of the works by any measure of that description ; nor were they prepared to suggest any other plan, it being their opinion that it would be more for the interest of 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 establined, and the convenience for building and repairing both vessels and machinery at 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 Government and that Company, in which the largest class of steam-vessels could be docked and equipped. Under those circumstances the directors thought that the most prudent course would be to defer the question of the disposal fur the works for the present. After adverting to some minor matters, the report proceeded to state that the completion of the hull and machinery of the Great Britain was accomplished, that she 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 proprietors to embark in the undertaking; and they (lid not hesitate to express their firm convic tion, that if such an opportunity was afforded, the re sult would be (if not a realisation of the expectations of the most sanguine) such a one at least as would be satisfactory to the proprietors in restoring their pro perty to its legitimate value. The report concluded by shoe ing what had been the yearly nett earnings of the Great Western, and then gave an estimate of her future probable returns, which were calculated at 8,2481. The net proceeds 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, ii was obvious, would not 'Ally give a fair return to the proprietors, but provi'l'• a reserve ample or every concingency, and for the ulthente 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 ne cessary repairs of these ships and the Company's works until otherwise d e t erm i ne d by the proprietors. The report was then unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks eves gives to the Directors, for the responsibility they had taken i upon th e ms e l ves i n th e alteration of th e d oc k , to ow of th e en t rance o f t h e Great Britain int o the bale given__ to the Ch a i rman, A vote of thanks was in w al h s . o c. h he had cond uc t e d the for the able manner proceedings. THE FUNDS-(C BRITISk Raßk Stock ec div. 2€B 3 per Cent. Red lOO% 3 per Cent Cons. ..... 101 per Cent. Red New 3U per Cent...- IO2 New 5 per Cent.... ..... Long Annuities to expire lan. 1860 l2 1-16 Oct. 1859............... -- Jan. ...... 1244 3i Indian 5t0ck........« ....... ,OSING PRICES.) I 'FUNDS. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 78 rim. Ditto under Xl,OOO 7B pm. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d prn. Ditto 5001 Ditto Small 53 pm Bank Stock for Acct — Consols for Opg ..... 9074 India Stock fer Acct — FUNDS. Russian, 5 per Cent Ditto, Ddetallic Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840 2436 Oat°, 1841 ...... Ditto, 1842.......... ....... Ditto, - Ditto, 1844 ..... . . Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct — French, 5 per Cent.,...... —5 c. French, 3 per Cent.... .—f Exchange ..... —5. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto,ls per Cent Austrian, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Brazilian Bonds BS3 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Chllian, 6 per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.:5, 5 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent .." Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct SHARES. Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid 2% Churnet„Valley, 2 paid Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great Western (75 paid) ............. .................. 114 Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Hull and Selby, 50 paid — Ditto Quarter Shares (12 paid) ...... Liverpool and Manchester, 100 paid 213 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon ...... ........... .............. London and York, 2% paid 3% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid ........—.. Manchester and Birmingham North Kent, 2% paid 3 14 Richmond and West Endf.Junction, I;paid 23( South .Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Ditto, New Shares. 4 paid... ............ ..... 10% York and North Midland (50 paid) .... Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid Orleans and Vierzon, 2 paid..... ..... ... . ........ .....'„ II Orleans and Bourdeaux, 1 paid .. ...... ................ 6% - Paris and Lyons, 2 paid ..... .......... .......... 3 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) 4O Paris and Rouen. 20 paid ...................... ....... .... 395 i Paris and Strasbourg, 2% paid V% MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) THE CASE OF MRS. TYRWHIT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) At a quarter to four o'clock the jury empanelled to try the indictment against this lady entered the Court, and announced that they had agreed to return a verdict of Acquittal. The moment the verdict was announced, the audience in the Court testified their approbation by loud cheers. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he could not by any means tolerate any indecorous manifestation. The jury had only done their duty, and he should do his by ordering any person who again repeated those unseemly manifestations of applause into custody. Mrs. Tyrwhit, who, as we before stated, generally manifested through the trial much firmness, became deeply affected at hearing the verdict, and expressed a wish to make a few remarks. In a voice almost in audible from emotion, she said, " Before God I declare my entire innocence." The Learned A ssxsTANT-JuDGE—Any protestation of innocence on your part is uncalled for. The jury have declared you innocent. Mr. M. CHAMBERS begged to remind the Learned Judge that if this protestation could answer no other purpose, it must be, at all events, pleasing the minds of the jury after the verdict they had come to. T - 3 rwhit then walked from the dock, and was received by a number of friends, several of whom walked down from the bench to congratulate her. . Upon reach ing the hall of the Court, on her way to her carriage, she was received with loud cheers, which were taken up by those outside on Clerkenwell-green, and were con tinued until she drove away, accompanied by her friends in their respective carriages.. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAI. . GLOBE.—Two lives were sacrificed by the recent collision of two trains on the Midland Counties Rail way. As the death of one of the sufferers took place in the county, while that of the other occurred within the limits of the borough of Nottingham, two in• quisitions were necessary. That held by the city coroner returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mr. R. Lightfoot, the station superintendent. On that verdict we ventured to ofter some remarks on Monday, which, from the observations with which they accompanied their finding, seem to have been read and considered by the county jury. Although the evidence in the two cases was precisely the same, the verdicts were opposite. The one imputed cri minal blame to the station superintendent, and thus preserved the Railway Company from pecuniary in • fiction ; the second exculpated the servants of the Company, by an unanimous verdict of " accidental death." By imposing a deodand of 1,0001. on the engines, tenders, and carriages, the jury showed that they considered the real cause of the accident was the lack of those precautions, on the part of the Directors, which are essential for the public safety. Neglect of the means which experience has shown to be the only effectual safeguards against accidents, when they lead to the loss of life, can at present only be visited on public bodies by such penalties. We hope that the present instance will operate as a salutary caution to other companies, as well as to the Midland Railway Company, through which the lesson has been conveyed. The jury say— " We are convinced the collision took place in conse quence of mismanagement and the want of a clear understanding on the part of some of the Company's servants of the directions which were given; but, owing to conflicting evidence, we are not able to de cide who are the parties individually implicated. We are also of opinion that much improvement may be made in the general management of the Midland Railway, particularly' at the Nottingham station, which would tend materially to secure the public safety. We think it important that the ser vants, especially the enginemen and guards, should be properly instructed in, and duly impressed with the importance of, the printed rules, which should as much as possible be observed to the letter. We are also of opinion that Jonathan Raven, the Beeston sta tion -master, has given evidence before this inquest which the jury can place no reliance upon, and that he ought to forfeit the confidence of the Railway Company, and be no longer retained as a public servant. The jury, in expressing their opinion that " much improvement may be made in the general management of the Midland Rail way," do but give effect to the ge nerally expressed opinion of all who have had occasion to travel by that railway, since the amalgamation of the line. The interests of the Company, no less than the convenience and safety of their passengers, impera tively demand prompt attention to this subject on the part of the directors. The allusion which the jury make to the evidence of Jonathan Raven, the Beeston station-master, is important. His evidence, if relied on, would go to fix a considerable degree of culpable negligence on Mr. Lightfoot. Supposing his evi dence to be given with another purpose than that of deposing to the facts, so far as they came within his cognizance, two objects may be assumed as tending to influence his testimony. He would exone rate himself from blame ; and, by inculpating Mr. Lightfoot, he would preserve the property of his employers from the visitation of a deodand. His evidence, under any circumstances, was to be re ceived cum gransalis ; and the contradictions and evasions with which it abounded induced the jury not only to exclude it from their regard, but to pass upon the witness the strong and unqualified condemnation they have placed on record. Every one must regret that the mulct which the jury has imposed on the funds of the Company, cannot be made available for the families of the deceased persons. The deodand is a relic of by-gone days ; when superstition, and the ignorance in which it originates, led to practices that are now abrogated, at least in this country. The deodand was assigned to the nearest monastery, and purchased for the deceased soul of the per son who had been deprived of life by accident, and was sent to his great account without the offices of the Church, those masses which were deemed to possess great influence with the Deity, and to procure his early deliverance from purgatory. The design was benevolent. Let a better-instructed be nevolence direct the deodand to be applied to the corn pensation, though vastly inadequate, of those t o w h om the deceased person's cares were devoted while he lived, and who are, probably, deprived of protection and sustenance by his death. STANDARD.—The accounts from the manufac turing districs indicate a degree of activity, enter prise, and profit, beyond any former example; these accounts are indeed so favourable as to be even alarming to all who look to the future. In some places millowners calculate upon realising a gain of fifty per cent. upon their capital within the year ; in others fortunes of 50,000/., 70,0001., and 100,0001. have been already realised, while mills are rising in all directions ; facts to which the Property-tax Cotnmissicners must be duly attentive. It is not our disposition to dash the enjoyment of present prosperity with sur mises of future evil ; in general we hold it to be the truest wisdom to make the most of the good we have, and let the future take care of itself. But this rule is extended too far, when the present good is, as in the present ease, obtained at the expense of the future; when the present gain to - a few is made at the cost of much misery hereafter to the , many, who even now scarcely participate in it; I when the very men who are now pushing enterprise beyond its due bounds, are the same who will labour to shift the blame of the ill consequences of their own lucrative speculations upon innocent parties. It is speaking very moderately to assert that the present manufacturing activity and manatee turing profit cannot be maintained at anything like the point at which they have arrived ; or, if we may be allowed to use this mode of measurement, with. 1 in ten or twenty per cent. of that point. The demand of the whole world, though all directed upon this country, would not maintain both enter prise and profit at the present standard. What, then, must be expected ? A relaxation of enter prise and a decline of profit. This would be no great harm if it concerned only the mill-owners, who are now so desperately " going a-head," for they—such of them, at least, as stop in time—will be safe at anchor, with each his 50,0001. or 100,0001. secured within the year. But what is to be the fate of the labourers— the persons by whose unnaturally-extended and pe nuriously-requited toil all this immense wealth will have been gained ? Ten or twenty per cent. of them at the very least will be turned adrift to starve or to be supported by the agricultural parishes ; the re mainder set to work at short time and shorter wages —an ample preserve for the Radicals and Chartists. This, we must contend, is the prospect before us, let it arrive soon or late—the cloud that overhangs the evenings of every particularly bright day in our commercial progress. Are these painful re ac tions necessary ? We say, certainly not in the de gree, probably not at all. It is undoubtedly a delicate affair to intermeddle in the concerns of commerce, but in cases of necessity we see finance ministers intruding into these concerns with very little ceremony. The whole process of malt making, for example, is regulated by laws as minute as the receipts in cookery book ; and we believe that in distilleries, glass-houses, paper mills, tobacco manufactories, &c., a Chancellor of the Exchequer is the virtual " master of the works." From all which examples it is pretty plain that the penetralia of trade are not absolutely inviolable. If, therefore, the protection of multi tud-s of our fellow-subjects from the last degree of suffering be as important to the Legislature as mere revenue, the Legislature may as properly re gulate the manufacture of calico as the manufacture of malt, more especially as the interference in the case of the calico needs to be but very slight, and will, in the end, greatly serve the trade with which it has to do, as well as greatly serving the country — what nobody has ever predicated of the malt duty, as far as we are informed. Before sug gesting the obvious and just guard against the frightful evils of manufacturin re ac tions, or as they are called " gluts,' let us meet one objection—the objection, namely, that enterprise must be left free in order to catch the turn of the tide. This is an objection founded upon a fallacy. There are, at least there ought to be, no tides in commerce—commerce ought to be a constant stream, and would be such were it not for rare acci dents and for the obstruction offered to its progress by gambling speculation. The wants of mankind are uniform and constant ; and if those who are invited to supply such wants would be contented to supply them only uniformly, the demand would be steady, uniform, and constant also. Are the manufacturers of 1844, however, working for the supply only of 1844? No, in the fury of competition they work for the supply of five years to come ; what wonder, then, if the demani shall flag until 1850, .or even later. The tide, the regular irregularity, if we may so call it, be gins in the furious competition of speculators, not in any thingpon fleeted with the markets If in one year they produce a supply for five years, they must expect that the bulk of the goods will lie in their own warehouses, or in the warehouses of such consignees as they have prevailed upon to take them. It is altogether an error to suppose that there can ever be danger of missing a market because of insufficient stock, the danger is that no market can be found to take the immense amount of stock always redundant. What then is the proper guard against " gluts ?" You cannot control the amount of capital to be employed if you would, and you ought not if you could. You are neither able nor justified to arrest the progress of improvement in machinery —least of all can you think of imposing regulations upon the exportation or the consump tion at home of manufactured goods. This, how ever, you can do ; you can set reasonable limits to the human labour in manufactories. You can by law prevent persons being forced to toil 16 or 18 hours a day in 1844 or 1845, in order that they may be starved for the three years following. You will thus render it impossible for speculators to anti cipate the markets of future years to the extent they are now doing, and you will get better work, because you will have a class of constantly em ployed, and therefore more skilful workmen. This is the guard against "gluts," and the consequences of "gluts'—misery, discontent, Chartism, and insurrec tion. We write this on the sth of December, 1844. We hope that we shall not have to refer to the article before the end of the next year. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH EAS- TERN RAILWAY.-TWO LIVES LOST. DOVER, DEc.—A great sensation was caused here last night, by a report that two lives had been lost in one of the tunnels between Dover and Folkstone. Upon inquiry it was found to 'be too true ; the suf ferers were G. Coveney and E. Jackson ; both have left wives, and, it is believed, families. The deceased • were employed as labourers on the South-Eastern Railway, near the Warren, and when the accident happened were on their way home from work. lhey were in the Abbot's Cliff Tunnel, and probably wee walking on the rails. The up-train which leaves here forty minutes past five, passed them ; and it is supposed that from the noise and smoke they neither saw nor heard the down train, which should reach here at twenty-six minutes past five, enter the tunnel ; in consequence of which they were knocked down by the engine, and the train passed over the bodies and killed them. The scalp of Jackson's head was dreadfully torn, and was lying on his breast; indeed, both bodies were severely lacerated. The bodies having been brought into Dover, and notice given to the Coroner, an inquest will be held this evening. PUSEYISM. It is an encouraging symptom, in the midst of so much that is discouraging in connexion with the Trac tarian heresy, that whatever progress it may be making in high places—and we rejoice to see that even there, if it is gaining on one side it is losing on the other—the common people, the lower and middle ranks of the Pro te.,tant community, seem to be heartily and unitedly op posed to it. We have had various examples of this in what has occured in other places, and in further illustra tion of it we refer to the following passage from the re port of the Protestant Operative meeting in this town on Monday night : The Rev. Joseph Baylee moved the adoption of the report, and, in doing so, said he attended Operative Pro testant meetings in Liverpool with greater pleasure than he should feel in attending meetings of the wealthy classes. They had two men on the platform that even ing who were living examples of the liberty Rome allowed:—one was a native of the city of Home (Signor Ciocci), who had been three weeks in the Inquisition because he had dared to read his Bible, and the other was Mr. Samuel Philips Day, late a monk of the Presen tation Order, in the county of Cork. He, therefore, looked not with despondency on the present state of things. A voice—What do you think of the Puseyites? Another voice—Turn him out. Mr. Baylee—No; don't turn him out. lam glad he has asked me the question. I think a Puseyite is a little worse than a Papist.—(Loud cheers, and the Kentish fire.) When I resided in the West of Ireland, we had two Roman Catholic Archbishops—Dr. M‘Hale, who said he would bring the fish up out of the sea if they would kill me; and Dr. Murray, who spoke soft thins and who sat at the National. Educati on B oar d with' a Protestant Archbishop. What we said at Achill was, that, of the two, we should much rather have Dr. M`Hale, inasmuch as we preferred the man who carried a pitchfork on his shoulder, to the man who carried it under his cloak. So with Puseyism. I would much rather have a Roman Catholic priest in my parish than a Puseyite; because the Puseyite brings Romanism into the church, while the other brings it outside the door.— (Great cheers.) I want no candles on the altar—no sur plice in the pulpit, none of the innovations of Pusey ism, none of the justificatory works of the system, none of the corrupted gospel of Newman.—(Vehement applause.) The Rev. Gentleman proceeded at much further length to show that the Puseyite was a Papist inside the church, and that it was impossible to hate Romanism more than God hated h.—Liverpool Courier. PUBLIC ME ETING OF COLLIERS. The coal miners of the Ashton and Oldham dis tricts met on Monday afternoon last, at Knott Lanes, in the division of Ashton, for the purpose of carrying out their object in connexion with the miners' union. Between two and three o'clock, a cart was brought to the place of meeting; when, on the motion of an operative collier, a man named Joseph Price was called to th e chair.i The chairman opened the pro ceedings by introducing one of the colliers' lecturers, named Welshy (who, we understand, comes from the mining districts of Yorkshire), to address the meeting. The speaker dwelt in the usual strain upon the objects of the unionists, and called upon all miners present to enrol themselves as members ; as suring them that if they forthwith unitel with their breihren in the other districts, they would obtain their just demands. Two other itinerant lecturers, Harrison, and Dixon, the reporter for the Northern Star, addressed the meeting; they advocated the propriety of the colliers uniting themselves in one bond, that they might obtain an advance of wages, and work a less number of hours. Dixon stated, that the miners in the Rochdale division had obtained an advance of tenpence upon their " quarterage," which we understood to mean thirty baskets, a basket con taining about two hundred weight. The following resolutions were agreed to :- 1. That it is the opinion of this meeting, that unless we organize ourselves we can never better our condition; and that we pledge ourselves to do so im mediately, believing that we ought to use every means in our power to obtain that which the miners so richly deserve, viz., 'a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. " 2. That it is the opinion of this meeting that we r particularly adhere to the question of working shorter hours, believing it to be the only safe way to gain our just demands." At the conclusion of the meeting it was announced that all the colliers working in the Oldham district (with the exception of the men at three pits) had sent in notices for an advance of threepence in the shilling, and those of the Ashton district for twopence in the shilling. The notices which were sent in on Saturday last, were to the effect that unless the al vance asked be granted in fourteen days the men would strike work. Coals are much scarcer than they were a few days ago. On passing the "sett," on the Oldham-road, yesterday morning, we observed upwards of thirty carts standing waiting to be filled with coals, such is the demand for them under present circumstances. Another meeting was announced to take place at Hurst Nook last evening.—Manchester paper. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 3. WOODCROFT V, REYNER AND ANOTHER. This cue which is important t o the man u facturing districts, and has occupied nearly three days, when divested of all the technicalities belonging to the process of weaving, is an exceedingly simple one. The action was brought for the infringement 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 he 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 of the same plates by merely transposing the sections, without breaking up the plates. 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 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. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 4. IN RE THY REV. DR. KENNY. The insolvent is the Rector of St. o:ave's, Southwark, and this day came up upon application for his interim order. His schedule states debts and liabilities (the latter chiefly upon accommodation bills) at from 7,000 Z to 10,0001.; but it was admitted that that statement was not to be entirely relied upon. The Rev. Doctor's living was set down at about 650/. a-year, of which he proposed to set aside 3501. a-year for the benefit of his creditors. The insolvent regretted much his present posi t i on , arid was willing to give every information in his power. After some further discussion, the further hearing was adjourned to the 24th, the insolvent in the interim to furnish the required information. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, Dec. 4. The commission of gaol delivery for the county of Essex 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 had stated before the magis trates that he had 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, had no intention to commit any mischief, although afterwards the fire might have spread and done the injury now complained of, irr law the prisoner would not be liable to the charge now made against him. The grand jury then retired. THE CASH OF MISS RICHARDSON. It will berecollected that a young - lady, named Ellen Richardson, the daughter of a gentleman residing at Brentwood, was committed for trial a short time back upon the charge of stealing a quan tity of silk, the property of a tradesman 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 great interest in the county, on account of the respectability of the accused and her friends, accord ingly stood over until the present gaol delivery. Mr. RODWEiLL now applied to the Court for a fur ther postponement, and he produced the certificate of a medical gentleman, stating that it would be of im minent danger to the health of the accused if she were to attend and take her trial at these assizes. Mr. Justice WiLuAsts said he could not attend to a surgeon's certificate. There must be a proper affi davit. _ _ Mr. Ronwfmt said an affidavit should be prepared in the course of the assizes. The trial could not come on on that day, because Miss Richardson was at large under recognisances, and she was unable to attend. Mr. RYLAND said his witnesses attended at very great inconvenience. He 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 WILLIAM S said he would not take the case that day. Mr. RYLAND said there were some peculiar circum stances in the case—the parties came from Brent wood, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he knew nothing of the circumstances of the case, or whether they were peculiar or 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 Gladwell, 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 brcke 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 saw 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 property of any person who was able to possess himself of them. The prisoners were p!obably impressed with that opinion, and did not believe they were committi ng a f e l on y i n a c tin g as th ey did , al though in law th e y un d ou bt e dly were so. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in summing up, said there was no doubt that such an opinion as t'aat 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. To suppose that a vessel which had been suffering, and p er h aps de stroyed, by the tempest, was afterwards to betcome the prey of persons upon the land, was a most nkiwhievous and illegal doctrine, and one that it was high time to put an end to. —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS 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, Dee. 3. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Edward Wright was charged with feloniously stealing a bay gelding, the property of William and Robert Shaw. Mr. Bliss condacted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. The case as stated by Mr. Bliss, and as corroborated by Thomas Shaw, was very clear and simple, exhibiting the very great gullibility yet to be met with occasionally, even in Yorkshire. Thomas, or, as he called himself, " Turnmus Shaw," was the son of Willy Shaw, and the brother of Robert Shaw, farmers and millers, of Liver ton, a small parish in the North Riding. Willy and Robert had a bay gelding, which they were desirous to disp , se of, and of all persons in the world Thomas was fixed upon as the most fitting to take the gelding to market, to treat with horse-dealers, and to make an ad vantageous bargain. Thomas, accordingly, set off to Yarm fair, and having arrived the night before, that his horse might be fresh and sprightly, in the morning he walked him up and down, and showed him off to the best advantage. In the market- place of Yarm Thomas met the prisoner riding a grey mare. The prisoner asked the poor wight what he would take for his gelding,andThomas, anxious to make a good bargain, demanded 17/. The prisoner replied, that if he could sell his grey mare he wouldn't mind purchasing the bay gelding. At this moment up came a third person, whom Thomas, with much sim plicity, designated as " a stranger," and he offered the prisoner 161. for his grey mare. The prisoner said, " Na, he wudn't tak less than eighteen pun for t'mare." On that the stranger. ceded Thomas on one side, and said, "If you can get me the grey mare for 161., give thee 10s. for 'tself." Thomas promised to try his powers of persuasion with the prisoner, and " the stranger" went away. Thomas commenced bargaining with the prisoner on behalf of " the stranger," but he was stopped short in his dealings by the prisoner saying that he had overheard what " yon man" had said, and if Thomas would give him (the prisoner) the 10s. he should have the grey mare. Shaw agreed to this, and handed over 10s. to the prisoner. Shaw and the pri soner then changed their saddles, and Shaw rode the grey mare to a public- house, where the prisoner had told him that he would find " the stranger," leaving his gelding with the prisoner. On reaching the public house, however, Thomas discovereg that he had been done, for " the stranger" was n,t, forthcoming. He re turned to losirk. for the prisoner, but alas ! he too and the gelding had alike vanished, so there was Thomas minus 10s., and enjoying full possession of an old lame grey mare in the place of his neat little gelding. Thomas then informed the police, and the prisoner was soon after apprehended. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen tenced to be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years. Henry Hargreaves was charged with having, on the let of 06tober last, at the parish of Wrfield, in the West Riding, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling. house of Ann Sharp, and feloniously stolen therein five pieces of Irish linen, 100 pairs of black worsted stock • ings, 50 pairs of men's worsted stockings, four pieces of stuff, 100 cotton handkerchiefs, six ends of muslin, and four pairs of men's shoes, the property of Ann Sharp. He waa also further charged with having, on the Bth of October, at Kirkheaton in the West Riding, burgle riously and feloniously broken and entered the dwelling house of Joseph Wild, and stolen therein 1111 b. of tea, his property. Air. Justice COLERIDGE summed up at considerable length, explained to the jury that the evidence of dis honest witnesses was not to be credited further than it went in corroboration of, or was corroborated by the evidence of others. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. A former conviction fur burglary was put in, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life. In a subsequent case which occurred, where three women were charged with stealing Is. 6d. from the per son of an old man named Lee, Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoners. The Learned COUNSEL commenced his address to the jury by observing, that something had been said to them the other night about the respectability of the police, and they were asked whether it was likely respectable men would enter the p-olice, when Mr. Justice COLERiDGE ( interrupting) said, I cannot conceal from myself, Mr. Wilkins, that you are referring to me, and I cannot allow you to make observations offensive to the Bench. Mr. WILKINS—I had no desire to be offensive, my Lord. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—If you must remark upon what occurred, do it—and you knoW well how to do it, if you choose—in a less offensive manner. Mr. WILRINS—I had no desire to be offensive. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE —I will not hare a reply made on the judge's address to the jury. I care as little for observations made with regard to myself personally, I hope, as any man can do; but I have the highest respe c t for the of fi ce of judge, ad I will not allow gentlemen of the bar to make such observations. Mr. WILKINS—WeII then, gentlemen, I will not com ment on what the Bench has said, though I am often made to put up with observations when I can't reply, and so are many of my brethren. Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE—To be sure you are, Mr. Wilkins,- ard , whilst you are at the bar, and I am on the bench, you must put up with it. Any comments that you may please to make must be made in a re spectful manner. Mr. WILKINS then proceeded in his address to the jury, and laid it down as a general rule, based upon his own experience, that polioemen were prone to exagge rate against the prisoner. The Learned Gentleman made an eloquent appeal in behalf of the unfortunate women at the bar. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up, the jury consulted for a short time, and returned a verdict of Guilty against two of the prisoners, and of Acquittal as regarded the third. Previous convictions for felony were put in, and the prisoners were each sentenced to ten years' transportation. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, Dec. 4. Wiitam Jones, servant and Henry Jones, were indicted for stealing a quantity of candles from the store of Geo. Clark, at Lymington, on the 9th of November. The prisoners were found Guilty. William Jones was sentenced to fourteen years, and Henry Jones to seven years' transportation. Very great delay and inconvenience have been occa sioned at this assize from the following circumstance : The magistrates in this county have refused to allow the expenses of briefs for the prosecution and the fees to counsel in all cases where the bills are ignored ; the con st quence is that counsel are not instructed till the bill is brought into court, and are unprepared to proceed with the case when it is called on, and much time is lost. Mr. Baron' Alderson said this was a most improper thing ; ate Government had thought it right to put the people of England to the expense of sending a judge down to try the prisoners, and the magistrates refused to put the county to the expense of employing counsel to prosecute them. He thought the magistrates would find such paltry economy a disadvantage, as the assize would probably last a day longer than it otherwise would, to say nothing of decency in the administration of justice. In addition to this, it was almost expressing an expecta tion that bills would be ignored, which was a libel on the committing magistrates, for prisoners ought not to be committed except upon a reasonable expectation-that the bills would be found. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, Dec. 3. (Before Mr. Justice CoLTNAN.) The commission for this county was opened yesterday evening. In the course of his charge Mr. Justice COLT MAN observed, that be had received hterally a mass of depositions, indeed, the largest and longest he had ever seen, against a person named Hassell, imputing to him the murder of his wife. It was a case which appeared to have created a great excitement in the county, as far as the reports in the newspapers enabled him to form an opinion. There were only two ways, consistent with the mass of evidence contained in the depositions, in which a charge could be presented to their notice against the ac cused—either that of accelerating the death by the admi nistration of improper food or liquids, or by neglecting to supply proper care and nourishment to the deceased, both of which offences would amount to the offence of manslaughter only. It was, however, an important fea ture in the case for the consideration of the grand jury, that his wife was a person very much addicted to the use of ardent spirits, and was described by the witnesses to be seldom in a state of sobriety. The calendar contains the names of 24 prisoners, whose offences may be, thus classed:—Murder, 1; bur glary, 2; highway robbery, 10; assault with intent to maim, 1; beastiality, 1; rape, 1; malicious shooting, 1; uttering counterfeit coin, 1; stealing from the person, 1; and 5 for larcenies. Among the foregoing is not in cluded the charge against Mr. Hassall, whose case con tinues to create very lively interest in the county. The bill of indictment is to be presented to the grand jury to morrow morning. Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, who is specially re tained on behalf of Mr. Hassall, arrived from London yesterday evening at the Star Hotel. Mr. Justice Coltman has disposed of four cases this afternoon, none of which presented any features of ge neral interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH-STREET. DOG FIGHTINII4—WiIIiam Benjamin, a journeyman baker, in the employ of Mr. Norris, King-street, White- ' chapel, appeared before Mr. Henry, charged by Mr. Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, with having wantonly ill treated a dug. Mr, Thomas stated that on Saturday last the defendant was, passing through White's-row, Whiteehapel, fol lowed by a black bull-terrier, and as he passed the house of a Mr,. Thompson, he made a noise which brought out a dog belonging to that person. The defendant kicked his dog towards the other, and endeavoured to set them fighting ; but as Mr. Thompson's dog was more disposed to run away than to fight, the defendant took up the bull-dog by the neck and tail, and dropped him upon the other. This proved suc cessful, and a desperate fight took place, in which the defendant's dog sadly punished the other, inflicting several severe wounds about its head and body, and under the check bit out a piece of flesh, making a hose large enough to insert two fingers. Among the crowd assem bled to witness the brutal scene was a vendor of cat's meat, who called loudly on the defendant to take his dog away. He, however, refused to do so, and threatened to knock off the head of a woman who kindly endea voured to separate the dogs. The fighting continued until the dealer in cat's meat dispatched his son for a policeman. This had the desired effect. The defendant pulled off his dog, and, having hJen compelled to give his name and address, 'A aiktA off. This statement was proved by Samuel David, of De vonshire-street, Mile-end, the Beale, referc, d to, and by the woman who endeavoured to part the dogs. Crispin, one of the constablos empToyed by the So ciety, deposed that he Ilan seen Thompson's ,'!og some days after the fight, and it was then in a miserable plight. The defendant denied the statement of the witnesses, and called a young lad to prove that Thompson's dog had bitten the bull-terrier first, and that that had caused the fight. This witness deposed to such being the case eight days before, but said that he knew nothing of the transaction sworn to by the witnesses for the pro secution. David said that he passed Thompson's Ip)use every day, and knew his dog well. It was a quiet, inoffensive animal of the mongrel breed, while the defendant's dog was a regular fighting dog, and bore evident marks about the head and body of having been engaged in many similar encounters. The de•endant said that the dog was not his, hut that it belonged to his master, Mr. Norris. He hoped that the magistrate would deal leniently with him. Mr. Hivittv fined the defeNdant 30s ; in default, four teen days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. THE TEN HOURS' BILL. MANCHESTE a, WEDNEsnav MORNING.—Last evening a meeting of the Lxicashire Central Short-time Com mittee was held in This town on the sublect of the Fac tory Bill. The operatives appear to be as determined as they ever were to prosecute their favourite measnr,, and to leave no stone unturned to bring it to a successful termination. At the meeting last night the subjoined letters were read by the Secretary " Manchester, Nov. 25, 1844. " My Lord,—At a meeting of the Lancashire Central Short-time Committee, held this day, several letters were read from the District Committee, inquiring what steps were to be taken to promote the pa-ping of the Ten Hours' Bill in the next session of Parliament. The operatives of Lancashire appear to be as deter mined as they ever were to prosecute th, it object, and to leave no means untried to bring their labours to a successful issue. In Manchester they are equally resolved. May I therefore respectfully. request, on behalf of this Committee, that your Lordship e ill be good enough to inform us, at your earliest convtnienee, what course you intend to adopt on the opening of Parliament, as we cannot satisfactorily answer the inquiries of our constituents until we have had your Lordship's advice, and are made acquainted with the course you intend to pursue ? " We fully rely on your Lordship's judgment and zeal in this good cause, and having placed our entire confi dence in your wisdom and determination, we shah be guided in our line of action by the course you intend to pursue in Parliament.—l am, my Lord, your most obe dient.servant, " tIENRY GREEN, Secretary. " The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P." " London, Nov. 27, 1844. " Sir,—ln answer to your letter, in which you desired, on the part of the operatives of Lancashire, to learn what course I should think advisable in the ensuing session of Parliament, I must reply that I see no reason why the question of the Ten Hours' Bill should not be renewed at the earliest possible period. " I will endeavour on the first night of our meeting to fix a day for bringing the subject again under the con sideration of the House.—l am, Sir, your ♦ery obedient servant, " ASHLEY. " Mr. Henry Green, Secretary." THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT NEAR NOTTINGHAM. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR. VARNELLS. VERDICT OF THE JURY. We have received the conclusion of the above inquest from our correspondent at Nottingham, as follows : At ten o'clock the jury sent for the Coroner, and in formed him they could not agree upon their verdict, and that there was no probability of their agreeing. At eleven o'clock the Coroner was again sent for, and, at a quarter to twelve, the hall doors were opened. The CORONER—Mr. Foreman, are you agreed upon your verdict ? The Foreman—Yes, Sir. The following verdict was then recorded : "We return a verdict of Accidental Death, and the jury impose a deodand of 1,0001. upon the engines, tenders, and carriages, being the property of the Mid land Counties Railway ; but in so doing we beg to re mark that we are convinced that the collision took place in consequence of mismanagement, and the want of a clear understanding on the part of the Company's ser vants of the directions which were given, but owing to conflicting evidence, we are not able to decide who are the parties individually implicated. " We are also of opinion that much improvement may he made in the gent-ral management of the Midland Railway, particularly at the Not ingham station, tend ing materially to at cure the public safety. We think it important that the servants, and particularly the engine men and guards, should be instructed in and suitably impressed with the importance of the Hinted rules, and that as much as possible they should be observed to me letter. We are also of opinion that Jonathan Raven, the Beeston-station master, has given evidence before this inquest which the jury can place no reliance upon, and that he ought to forfeit the confidence of the Com pany, and he no longer retained as a public servant." CORONER—That is your verdict, and you are all agreed in it? Foreman—We are. The inquest was then adjourned to Thursday, the 12th instant, at seven o'clock in the evening, at Mr. Pick's, the Three Wheat Shelves Inn, Lenton, fur the purpose of the verdict being signed. Thus finished, at ten minutes to twelve o'clock, this protracted investigation, the jury having been locked up from twenty minutes past three. LLOYD'S SHIPPING, COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S. In addition to a valuable set of charts presented to Lloyd's by his Majesty the King of Prussia and his Majesty the King of the French, the Admiralty, and the East.. India House, ttc., the collection of that establish ment has been rut Cher augmented by the arrival of a set 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 11th 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 assistancer 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. SEIIPPING. Arrivals—Mango 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, sailed 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 ringa, 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, Woodmansterne, 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 ; Freedom, from Ichaboe ; .John, 15th, Hone, 15th, from Ichaboe. Arrival at Sumatra—Lady Leith, July 14, from London and Cape. Arrival at Ichaboe—Claremont, from London. Arrival at Penang— Chilena, from Clyde and Singapore. Arrivals at Bombay—Stag. Oct. 12, from London ; Inglis, 13th, from China ; John Cooper, 15th, Eliza, 17th, from London. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. REASONS WHY THE ALBION, 90, AND QUEEN, 110, SHOULD HAVE BEATEN THE ST. VINCENT, 120, ♦ND CALEDONIA, 120. Ist. Because the Albion is a now ship, fresh off the slips, only two years old, recently out of dock ; her tim bers and planking hare not yet had 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 years. 2d. Because the Albion, being recently out of dock, had 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 only tried their qualities relatively with each other. It is well under stood that the Fox frigate beat the Albion most de cidedly a short time since, and we regret that some known fast ship was not sent out to test the sailing of these untried ships. The Caledonia has always been a " slow coach," since her thorough repair in 1330. We remember her the finest and fastest ship in the British navy. In 1813 and 1814 she carried the flag of Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, after wards Lord Exmouth, Commander-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 that large fleet; sailing well, and working 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 soiling, 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 bretzes, 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 1 this year she " Was the west mansgeable 444 gu y ship>, her captain had met with; but " she had been Pu r i posely kept light, her water-casks were not filled, $ 1 , ) „ she was rather short of three months' provisions" slu e ; she started. This was her trial with the surveyors friga.e Vernon, ashen it was trumpeted forth to the world that additional " laurels had been added to tb surveyor's brow " by the Qicen beating the Vernon' which was stated to be " the fastest frigate in tbo s e r vice." Now it the Queen, by heating this frigate, c° , l" ferred so much honour on Sir W. Symonds, whet t" gree of mortal praise is due to the venerable constru e ' ' of the St. Vincent, which vessel has proved no Or o , rior to the Queen ? And, allowing the Albion tm° credit of outsailing the three-deckers, it MO , i ,"; asked how shall we estimate the sailing qualities of 1." Vernon, " the fastest frigate, in the servicer 0111 we find that the old Fox, 42, frigate, beat the Albio n ' that ship, having heat the three-deckers, among th elll , the Queen, which ship was said to be superior in sail', to the Vernon ? THE 'SURVEYOR'S SAFETY VESSELS.—On two k it ! occasions, to bolster up and claim a superiority for Fi t ; " intuitive" vessels of the surveyor, the disasters'w hic befel the Acorn, and some of the old 10-gun brir were triumphantly pointed out by a morning cont e l; porary. That journal, however, would seem t° ,_, n oblivious of the loss of life and property which has sustained by the surveyor's ships, although their 1 1 % have been preserved. NV i'lout taking into considers tw n the narrow escape of the Pique, 36, from total wreck , ° e her voyege from Canada, when she was saved only by $ 1 2,,. e indomitable skill and perseverance of Capt. Rous an d R" 0 16 officers, we may allude to the mishaps of the Star p* Three times was this ve•sel thrown on her beam-ends ,1 , 1 frightful loss of life ; on en, occasion a lieutenant and ' el men—et v. hole vv,tch—were washed out of her drown( d: arid oas saved from going down by cuttilit! away thy masts, white:, fortunately, they were enabled 0 do from tl,e channels of the Star having been fitted ° r a principle to the patentee of which the sorrel and his officials have offered very great opPosit e , The Racer. 16, %%a.,4 also thrown on her beam-ends tlT'",; ( i with loss of life. The Mercury, tender, nearly drovile'i the pay clerks at Chatham-yard, and as nearly s ite, their ue.nev, off Sheerness, and afterwards raPeln i with loss of many lives, a similar specimen of her t 7 bs qualities in the Bristol Channel. On this occasion , h mate in command, by almost superhuman exertiotly saved the tender, and his meritorious service "MS fiCk o e 4 'edged by his promotion. The causes which occas On d such losses as those of the old Acorn and Martin.bts been properly explained in the House of Commons; is the above-mentioned instances will show that ther e, little reason for boasting of the safety of the " intuit"' vessels.—Herold. _ - - COURT-MARTIAL ON LIE cr . STOKES. Some little time since we were led to offer $ f e f f i remarks upon the case of Barnes, the carpent el oo mate of the Resistance, and especially with refet ell t b. to the extraordinary determiation come to by , Lords of the Admiralty, in incarcerating. that It for two years, for the commission of an o ffence•,!s cognised indeed by the articles of wa r, but WlL' if would have been scouted out of any civil court of l' ott governed by the principles of justice and COrtl et t sense. Barnes, it will be remembered, was convi c v4 of lifting an adze against the boatswain (Lee), / I `; ‘ , in a state of insensibility, the effect of Lee's YinL e° d and was sentenced to be hanged at the yard-ny such one of her Majesty's ships as the Lords of lit Admiralty might direct. We then stated, that there was a case showing the necessity for a rely of the articles of war, that of Barnes wai l , to identical one. We have, however, this weeP o il record a still greater anomaly, in the l i ds of the trial of an o ffi cer upon a charge iv, t y in a civil court of law would have involve n . o 4, liberty of the accused for a considerable Pe r ./ 0 0 An officer of the Tartarus, Lieutenant Stokes, 'ff ss d ir Tuesday brought to a court-martial upon certain bo l gusting charges, preferred ;against him by a sot named Terry, belonging to the same ship. It t f„,,i for us to question the judgment of the metnevv - t y that court who tried the prisoner, in coming t° of decision they did, but certainly the consequen ce' that decision shows a lamentable amount of 3 ° gruity in the various degrees of punishment will bi articles of war prescribe f o r o ff ence s recoglds e fa s, the service. Thus, in the one case, where A P ' n proved to have been insensible, and by conssil l ' , i o ll irresponsible, lifted a weapon in self-defence $lO to a brutal boatswain, the punishment was, accordillop these precious articles, death. In the present, l o pe the court is of opinion that an officer is guilt/ ~,05 6 1 of the most disgusting o ff ences known to ei v ' s tr man, the sentence is, we presume, by the sent t be Iles, simply dismissal from the ship in which : of offender was serving at the time of the commi" l° , o o the offence. Thus much with regard t o the ign °r- r itt and folly of rhoFe articles of war ; now for the O w of the case in question. We have said it does ne t be s come us to impugn the judgment of the mem..e. of the court on Tuesday last, but it does to come us as public j mrnalists to e xpress po e opinion as to the nature of the evt ie tbo adduced in support of the charge again" the officer, and, if possible, to discover whether i t it prisoner's guilt was rendered as conclusive A 5 to r, made by the sentence of the court. The proseeuitoo upon whose evidence alone the char g e rested' bor e proved by witnesses of irreproachable credit to bo o been anything but a good character—to have ',tit guilty of falsehood, and to have evinced not once' 00 many times, a spirit of hostility to the accused,'„ n e himself admitted that he had been punished O b o e glect of duty, and, what was of still greater e ° t he quence, that Lieutenant Stokes was o b nox ious_ 4 t ° o o crew, who desired to get him out of the ship, bi t e he was too strict a disciplinarian. These wer e , 0 portant facts drawn from the prosecutor, and w „ - ter, what jury of conscientious Englishmen would !:',O l taro such a charge after admissions of so unegs„." 4 ll a nature ? Again, it was proved that the boy , -L'oe had exulted in the belief that by his instrumental t ,f t g prisoner was " in for it," and this, too, imme dl ot , after the commission of the alleged disgustielf be- For the credit of human nature, it is not to be e lieved that an individual, under such circutnst° Ao could have acted with the gross levity which it i ot distinctly sworn the prosecutor did. The comas o ri of the Tartarus and the brother officers of th e soner gave him the highest character for mora l obi religious bearing, and the medical officer of th e ro sr entirely disproved the statement made by the Pi o or tutor as to indications of the offence having been tf mitted. Ought such a prosecutor to have bee, 11 60 0 0 dited ? Was not th e t es ti mon y t o c h a r a cter o f eo P importance, and was not the evidence of the 0 4 0 of the highest importance ? Notwithstandieg' o o court thought the charge proved, and Lient e e Stokes was sentenced to be dismissed his ship' Gilt/ of two things is certain—either the prisoner Ivo e of the imputed offence, and ought to have bei n o thel missed her Majesty's service, and subjected t° we' punishment, no matter how severe ; or he was ..., r o r z e cent of the charge—that it was a foul een l _,P - to against him, and that he ought to have been Inf./ to his previous honourable position in s°ch e Devonport Independent. n Alti A DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INSTRIntENTs.-309,„ c te ,- , made-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Co ll ` l- 0 0 0 ( when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more 12 . 13 ere fortable nor perceptible than having a =all wool in its place. They enable individuals 03 " a re• $ 1 vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing.. a - 0 0 1, treme deafness, instantly to join in general convey •/ and to catch the sound of a distant, low sPes l i▪ 0,," church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversi"' °-- ei .. J , Ol- the ears to such an extent, that in most seve'" .. , (FA deafness cannot be observed. Also original x 1 1 4. 0 0" nets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ei110 9 0 1 ( improved Hearing Trumpets of every descripti° l3 '. o o of those instruments have received the approbaus the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Gr ei ‘ o te l j tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, in ll3l • joib l they are placed before extremely imperfect /100 0 :, is brought to its youthful, natural, and originsilic7 o , Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses , wo ol ) scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. 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