The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Government organ seems to be bent upon signalising itself upon the sugar question, in the only direction left open to it by its very limited ability to deal with the subject. This morn ing we are told that the cargo of Venezuelan sugar, recently entered at Liverpool, amounts only to " a few bags," and that they " doubt whether the whole of Columbia could send us a cargo ;" and, further on, the Herald's estimate of the quantity ad mitted, growing " fine by degrees, and beautifully less," is reduced to " a few spoonsful." What miserable trilling! Is this a specimen of Con servative ethics ? Is the adherence to or the infrac tion of a principle to be :measured by the hundred weight? It is, however, admitted, that whatever the quantity, whether " a few bags" or " a few spoonsful," it is of a very doubtful character. We learn that the bags were unaccompanied with certificates of origin," and that "there is not the least evidence of the character of the sugar." And all that is ven tured to be asserted is, that the " inference" that it is slave-grown " does not necessarily follow." We are told, that " whether slavery exists in Venezuela appears to be doubtful ;" and all the aid that is offered us in solving the doubt is the informa tion that Mr. M'Culloch, in his " Geographical Dic tionary," is " silent upon it I" But we would remind the Herald of one point which in the mazes of its random assertions and counter assertions it seems to have forgotten, but which those most interested in this discussion have not forgotten, and are not likely to forget. The Government, by its professions and declarations made on the introduction of the Act in question (7 and 8 Vic., c. 28), stands pledged to the exclusion of slave-grown sugar from home consumption. The material question is—has it redeemed—nay, has it left itself power to redeem that pledge ? Foreign sugar (no matter how much for the present) has, within three weeks of the Act coming into operation, entered the market for home consumption. It comes from a slave-owning State—a near neighbour of slave-trading States, " unaccompanied with certificates of origin," and without "the least evidence" of its character in reference to slave labour. An imputation is cast upon the honour—the good faith—of the Ministry. The facts upon which the imputation is based are admitted. The evidence, what ever else may be said of it, is at least all against the Government; and, if left as it is, is, in our opinion, quite strong enough. The imputation of " the ruin of the West India Islanda"—and a resolution "to complete that ruin by maintaining slavery in Cuba and Brazil"—to those who object to the late measure, involves such a confusion of ideas that it is impos sible to answer it. As to its most obvious mean ing we can only remark, that we take no more advanced ground in favour of a free competition between slave labour and free labour than that occupied by that large section of the Anti- Slavery Party whose views have been so ably expounded by Mr. Beldam ; and that we advocate the gradual bringing about of such competition only because we believe that in a fair and full development of the capa bilities of free labour we shall find the only effectual cure for the evils of slavery throughout the world. We are told that the population of Venezuela is only 900,000—therefore it is not likely to send us much sugar. A return made to the House of Commons during the last few years states the coloured popu latioa of Jamaica as 322,421. Mr. Martin states the entire population to be only 361,490 ; and the return already referred to states that of the whole of our West India colonies to be only 798,769. This for the information of the Herald. Will it now abide by its estimate on the basis of population ? There is plenty more of the same sort of argument in the ar ticle we refer to, or, to use the words of the Herald, its " monstrous inconsistencies do not stop here." We cannot, however, at present devote further time to its " inconsistencies," and so we will conclude with em ploying the Herald's own words in declaring our de cided opinion that " the whole history of Peel and Gladstone-ism—record of continuous meannesses though it be—may be ransacked in vain for anything more despicable than this see-saw advocacy ;it is the ne plus ultra of thimble-riggery. STANDARD.—The circumstances of the times impose upon us a new and a perplexing, and even painful task. We hare the greatest possible objec tion to making newspapers the vehicle of theological or quasi theological controversy ; but topics more or less nearly connected with this most awful class of subjects are daily pressed upon us by respected and manifestly able and honest correspondents, with an earnestness and unequivocal sincerity wholly beyond our power to resist. Thus we are constantly forced to act in opposition to our own deliberate judgment, and, what adds to the vexation, compelled by the variety of communications sent to us to be for ever weighing in what degree we shall act against our judgment— an exercise that they who have proved it often, must know to be nearly the most distressing in which the mind can be engaged. In all this there is, no doubt, one great consolation. The interest so universally taken in theological questions proves that the minds of the people are seriously set upon religious sub jects. Forty years ago innovations either in doc trine or in order would have been much less re garded, but though we gratefully acknowledge this consolation, we cannot forget that while the public divide it equally among them, a very undue share of the heavy price falls upon our class, who, amid perpetual doubts of the propriety of our conduct (if we are conscientious), must keep alive the controversy. Our own clear conviction as to the main questions in dispute can be no secret to any of our readers. We stand, as to doctrine, upon the Articles of the Church of England honestly interpreted, and as they are commonly understood by Protestants; and as to order, upon the usage of the Church, as it .bas been known for nearly two centuries, and emi nently blessed with success withi n t he n time of ne,arly all men living. It is not, however, in dealing with the men who openly impug n those doctri n es, or violently invade this ordr—with the Newmans , Puseys, Wards, or the other Ro maniats —or yet with the fribhle church milliners, like Mr. Oakeley, that we have any difficulty. We know these sectarians, and we may say it without unduly boasting, that we alone knew them from the first—as poor imposters, who bed filched a character for talent by retailing tawdry paradoxes, such as any unscrupulous blockhead might prepare ; a character for learn ing by quoting—and not always correctly —books which the good sense, let us add the real piety, of true scholars, had caused to be left unread or kept in the background. These men had their day ; but it was not our fault that they had it, for we always advised to treat them with disregard and con tempt ; and surely this was the proper treatment for them. The very morning on which we write fur nishes, we think, a clear proof that it was : one of thei." number, a Mr. Ward, of Balliol College, Ox ford, f: a 5 lately published a Pop ish tract, under the title " The Lleal of a Christian Church" (whoever wishes to see this Polih t r act fully exposed, would do well to p read " Oafofd, No. 90, A Practical Suggestion by the Rev. W. Sinscox Bricknell.") Mr. Ward's tract claimed the attention of those who had any know ledge of the man and his party, and its undis guised Popery fully justified their anticipations. The learned and pious Dean of Christchurch—a man honoured throughout Europe, and wherever else %earning and piety command respect--formally com pNined of this work to the University authorities, Ina these authorities acted promptly and resolutely upon the Dean's complaint. After the Dean had eomples‘lied, and the authorities had taken their reso lution, a _number of remonstrances from bishops came in, requiring that the matter should be seriously taken up. ,Accordingly Mr. Ward was summoned to appear at twelve o'clock on Saturday before the Vice-Chancellor, Proctors, and Pre-Vice-Chancellors assembled in the JDelegates' Room, with a notary public in attendance. .Mr. Ward attended, and was th e n and there require to acklowledgith his e or to disavow the book publi d shed by him, w nam e in the title-page, and to say whether he adhered to , or disclaimed, ro med, the doctrines p 'Founded in that work. What was Mr. Ward's conduct ? What would be the conduct of an honest ingenuous man in suc h a case ? Would he not say at once the book is mine--I published it—l adhere to all its doctrines ? or, I retract them, or some of .them, as the case might be? But this was A ct the conduct of Mr. Wa rd ; he asked for two days' time to answer so plain a question, as whether he would acknowledge his own book. Any police magistrate would know' hew to characterise such a request ; he might grant the remand, but he would scarcely grant it without a comment not very complimentary to the party .soliciting it. In dealing with such p ersons as Mr. Ward there is little difficulty. Our embarrass ments come from another quarter, and they will be found sufficiently . illustrated in a correspondence be tween Mr. Gabriel Kennard and the Archbishop of 'Canterbury, which will be found in another part of .our paper. We have great doubts as to the fitness of printing this correspondence ; but Mr. Keennard's ability, his gentlemanly styl, and his manifest sincerity, combined with a kind of promise given by us to the remonstrants of East Farleigh, to do all in our power to obtain justice in their case, hive determined us. Still we are by no means pre pared to give an unqualified vote ; though confes s that, for a reason which we shall oft-r at article, our bias is to say that Mr. Kennar t d ' leigh altogether wrong.right i , l and T s 'N en e dofthis titre rector of East Far l. point, the Archbishop has distinetl de cided. If Ithe rector has been guilty of interpolation. in if the interpo he is clearly wrong and the Liturgy , lationa are the same distinctly charged by Mr. Kennard, they go a free t way to support the . the of o th e r parts of his co mp aint trite that th Upeyon cannot be subject de seaso ns, it is perfectly solely upon fended fairly against chairs f ounded E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1844. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT 07 CHANCERY, Dec. 2. This being the first seal after Michaelmas Term, the Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall, and took ap peal motions to-day, none of which possessed the slightest public importance. We could not but notice the different appearance of the old hall since our last visit. Those romants of an tiquity which hay. for centuries adorned its windows have all been removed, for the purpose, we presume, of decorating the new hall, and thereby casting the halo of former days upon the young aspirants of the present day to forensic fame. We must confess that the anxiety that has been displayed on the part of the present benchers of Lincoln's Inn to preserve these relics of their forefathers cannot be too highly appreciated. Making this statement we must not forget the name of a most eminent member of the bar, Mr. Wakefield, under whose auspices and superintendence the new hall is being built, and through whose exertions we trust—nay, we do not doubt—that it will be an honour to the Society and its future members. On the part of the defendant, Mr. Bryant, the owner of Weston Mills, against whom there was another information, was called to state various facts in connexion with his dealings with the defendant. The substance of the defence was, that the paper in question has been previously sent to a person named M'Carthy, and having been returned by him with the wrappers open, had been forwarded in that state to the defendant, by whom the wrappers were burnt. The jury, not being able to come to an immediate decision, retired, and after the lapse of half an hour, returned with a verdict for the Crown. They found one penalty on the transaction of the 28th of February, that the duty, 71. Is. 7d., had not been paid upon the 1,0791b5. of paper; and that it had been sent to de fendant without any wrappers whatever. fraud Mr. Dresser, as the public officer of the Bank. Air. Dresser was called, and produced a copy of the return made to the Stamp-office, under the 7th Geo. IV., in which he was described as a public officer. He stated he acted as such. Mr. HALL objected that this was not sufficient. It was necessary to produce a copy of the return filed, cer tified under the hand of one of the Commissioners of Stamps. That was the mode of proof specified in the statute. The rule of law as to parties acting in certain offices, being taken to be duly appointed, did not apply to the present case. That rule applied to constables and others, acting for the public and official stations. Mr. Dresser was the officer of a public company. He had no duties to discharge in that office but the one, the only one for which he was nominated to succeed ; he sued in the name of the Company, and the sole motive of his appointment to that duty, was his name being in the return filed at the Stamp-office. Of that there was no proof. There was at present no legal proof before the Court that the copy of the return made out by Mr. Dresser, and sworn to, had ever reached the Stamp office at all. _ _ _ CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman KELLY.) Joh» Ogleby, a young man, was indicted for extorting money from Mr. F. L. Meiville, a member of the Stock Exchange, by using threats of charging him with an offence of a disgusting character. Mr. Clarkson attended for the prosecution ; the pri soner was undefended. The circumstances of the cue were stated at great length by the prosecutor, but the principal facts can be given very briefly. The prosecutor had, on the 6th of October, been standing in Tottenham-court-road, waiting for an omnibus to convey him to Piccadilly, when the prisoner, who was very respectably dressed, came up, entered into conversation, and ascertaining in what di rection the prosecutor wished to go, said that his better way would be to get a cab, as no omnibus would be up for a considerable time. The prosecutor did so ; and as the prisoner expressed his intention of going in the same direction, he was requested to enter the cab. They went on as far as Half-moon-street, when the prisoner said, " I want money, and unless you give it me, I will order you to be driven to the station-house." Prosecutor said, " To the station-house, what for 7" The prosecutor after some more words had passed, got frightened, and ordered the cabman to pull up. The cabman did so, and prosecutor got out, followed by the prisoner, who said to the cabman, " You take this gen tleman to the station-house ; " and he added the parti cular charge which he inten ded to allege against him. The prosecutor lost all presence of mind, and ran away, still followed however by the prisoner, who overtook him, and !said, " Now, you give me 201, or I will not let you go." The prosecutor took his purse, containing 51. 10s. in gold, and gave it him. He also gave his watch and chain, worth about 401. ; and the prisoner then said, " You go in that direction, my way lies here." Pro secutor then got home. He was in about a month after met by the prisoner in the street, and followed to the counting-house in Angel-court. The prosecutor escaped on that occasion, and on the following morning informed his brother of the whole circumstances, and on that day the prisoner was observed lounging about the door, and at once given into custody. The evidence of Mr. Meiville's brother having Leen given, Charles Rouse, the cabman, said the prisoner and prosecutor had got into his cab together in Tottenham court-road. They got out in Half-moon-street, and he observed the prisoner running after the prosecutor. He knew the prisoner by sight ; his brother had been a cab-driver. The prisoner addressed a few words to the jury, who, before the Recorder summed up, expressed their opinion of the prisoner's guilt. The RECORDER—Then, gentlemen of the jury, I will ask you, for the sake of the prosecutor's family, if you are quite satisfied of the truth of his statements 7 The Foreman of the jury—Quite satisfied, my Lord. The RECORDER—There is another charge of a similar character against the prisoner, but it need not now be proceeded with. The prisoner threw himself upon the clemency of the Court. The RECORDER said that to a man whose nature was so depraved that he would, for the purpose of extorting money, press a detestable charge of this kind against an innocent person, the Court could entertain no mercy, and the sentence of the Court, therefore, was--" That he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his na tural life." _ _ VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dec. 2. This was the first seal after Michaelmas Term, and his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took motions, none of which were of the slightest importance. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM). His Honour was occupied this morning in taking motions, and then proceeded to the case of Mallalieu v. Miller, which has been already part heard, and the facts reported in The Sun. It comes on again on further directions. Sir K. Bruce did not attend Court to-day. His LORDSHIP reserved the point, as also one that was taken on the second count, laying the intent to defraud Dresser and others, that the Bank could not be described in that form, but only by their public officer. The prisoner was found Guilty, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A great deal of interest was excited by the details of a case of " possession of smuggled goods," upon an information charging James and Sarah Gregson, the latter of whom is a most notorious contraband dealer, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 2. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.) lOPE V. MAILMAN ♦ND OTHglitB. This was an action brought by Mr. Alexander Beres ford Hope against the executors of the late Mr. H. P. Hope, to recover possession of a cabinet of jewellery of the value of 40,0001. Mr. Kelly and Mr. Serjeant Channell appeared for the plaintiff, and Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Watson for the defendants. _ _ _ _ _ . in Barking Churchyard, with the offence. Mr. Potbury, from the office of the Solicitor to the Customs, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler for the defence. It was quite obvious, from the manner in which part of the evidence was re ceived, that a good many interested in the trade were present. The Lord Mayor and Alderman Pirie presided. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Mr. Potbury stated that the two defendants were included in the one information with having had in their possession, on the 25th of October, a quantity of tobacco and cigars, and a gallon and seven pints of brandy, and six bottles of Eau de Cologne. The pro ceedings were instituted for the recovery of the pe nalty of 1001. from each of the defandants. Coleby Atkinson Davis, a Custom-house officer, stated that between two and three o'clock on Friday, the 25th of October, as he was walking up Tower street, towards the Custom-house, he observed a child leave Mrs. Gregson's shop with a bundle under his arm. He followed the boy to Sweeting-lane, and then stopped and asked him from whence he came. The boy said he came from Mrs. Gregson's, and wit ness accompanied him back to her shop, a tobacco nist's, which had been long known to him. The boy then said in her presence that she had given the bundle to him, and that he was to deliver it to a man in Seething-lane, and she did not deny the statement. The bundle contained two paper parcels of tobacco, containing eight pounds weight, and two bottles of French brandy. The tobacco was full of lumps, and compressed. Part of it was quite warm. Witness then sent a brother officer, who was with him, to the Custom-house for other assistance. While he was waiting in the shop a fo reigner entered, and passed into the back room, and witness seeing that he had something bulky about him followed, and tried to search him, but as he was a powerful man he put witness aside and ran out. Witness then pursued and brought him back, and took from him two pounds of foreign cigars. Mrs. Gregson's brother endeavoured to prevent him from searching the foreigner, and was fined 51. for the ob struction, while the latter was fined 2/. 10s. for the possession. Witness afterwards went to search the house, and found they had locked the door of one of the rooms, which he accordingly forced. Mrs. Gregson ran with a bundle which she had in her apron to the water-closet, and witness followed, but could not pre vent her from putting something down. In the scuffle they tore up the seat between them. She then took a bucket of water and emptied it into the water closet, saying, " Do your worst and your best now." Witness took a candle and looked down, and per ceived that what had been thrown down had gone into the sewer, which was running, but he saw some pieces of tobacco about the seat. He returned to the back room, and, assistance having arrived, he pro ceeded in the search. Upon the fire he found a saucepan with boiling water and a steamer, and some tobacco ready for steaming—a process used to pre vent the article from breaking. Up stairs he found a jar containing a gallon of French brandy, and his assistant found six bottles of Eau de Cologne. In his long cross-examination by Mr. Hobler, the witness considerably strengthened the case. He stated that he had been nine years an officer, and had known Mrs. Gregson the whole time. He had never visited the house but when he was watching it. Mr. Hobler—Have you not been in the habit of smoking and drinking in Mrs. Gregson's house ? Witness—l never smoked in the house but once in It appeared that the late Mr. H. P. Hope had in 1832 executed a deed of gift, giving to the plaintiff, Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope, a cabinet of gems, which was lodged in Hammersley's Bank. Among the gems at that time in the cabinet there was one blue diamond which alone had cost Mr. H. P. Hope 13,0001.—the total value of the gems in the cabinet in 1833 was 40,0001, From 1832 to 1838 gems to the amount of 2,0001. were added to the collection. In 1138 Mr. H. P. Hope executed another deed of gift of the cabinet and its contents to the plaintiff. From 1838, up to the time of Mr. H. P. Hope's death, which took place in 1839, he was con tinually adding to the collection. At his death the ca binet was opened, and in one of the drawers was found a slip of vellum, on which was written, " This belongs to Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope." This vellum had been put into the drawer by Mr. H. P. Hope. At the death of Mr. H. P. Hope the defendants, his executors, took possession of the cabinet and its contents, alleging that the deeds of gift were invalid, and that the whole of the gems therefore came to the residuary legatee ; that, at all events, all the gems added after 1832 were the property of the residuary legatee ; and that even if the deed of 1838 were valid, all the gems added to the col lection afterward were the property of the residuary legatee. Mr. KELLY, having stated the case to the jury, pro ' ceeded to call witnesses to support his case. Among the witnesses called were Mr. Hertz, of whom Mr. Philip Hop• bad purchased a great portion of the gems contained in the cabinet. He deposed to the state of the cabinet in 1832, 1838, and subsequently. He had seen Mr. H. P. Hope deposit the vellum writing in the drawer of the cabinet, and had been frequently in formed by Mr. H. P Hope that he had given the cabinet to Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope. On his cross examination by Sir Thomas Wilde, it was elicited that, between 1832 and 1838, a great many jewels which had formed part of the collection, had been sold or ex changed. lie also admitted that a sapphire had been purchased for the collection since 1838. Viscountess Beresford stated that plaintiff was her son ; that her eldest son, Mr. H. T. Hope, hadinherited the bulk of the property of her late husband, Mr. Thomas Hope ; that the property of her late husband's brother, Mr. Adrian Hope, who died in Holland, had been divided into two parts, one part of which had been inherited by Mr. H. P. Hope (who had a great aversion to the legacy duty), and the other part had been divided equally be tween her sons, Henry Thomas, Adrian, and Alex. ander Beresford ; that Mr. H. P. Hope had left his pictures to Mr. H. T. Hope, and his chinas and bronzes to Mr. Adrian Hope ; and that Mr. H. P. Hope had asked her, in 1838, if she thought that Mr. Alex ander Beresford Hope would preserve his collection of gems intact if he left them to him, to which she replied in the affirmative ; that in April, 11138, Mr. H. P. Hope gave her Ladyship a sealed parcel to be delivered to Mr. A. B. Hope, after his, Mr. H. P. Hope's death. That parcel, by the evidence of Gibbs, the footman, and of Banks, the butler in the Beresford family, was traced into the pos session of Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope, and by the evidence of Viscount Beresford was proved to have con tained a deed of gift dated April, 1838, of the gems in question to Mr. Alexander Beresford Hope. The deed was then put in and read, as was the probate of the v, ill of Mr. H. P. Hope. The case for the plaintiff having closed, Sir T. WILDE, for the executors, contended that it was evident the deed was not intended to operate imme diately, for Mr. H. P. Hope was very fond of the jewels, and therefore was not likly to have given his nephew the power of ousting him of possession during his life time. No one knew of the existence of the deed—not even Lady Beresford or Mr. Alexander Hope— as long as Mr. H. P. Hope lived. Mr. H. P. Hope was averse to the payment of the legacy duty, and there could be no doubt but that he intended this - -- ----- The prisoner was then removed from th• bar. WINTER ASSIZES. HOME ClRCUlT—Maidstone, Nov. 30. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Richard Seward, 56, maltster, was acquitted on the charge of having feloniously uttered a bill of exchange for 401., bearing a forged endorsement, well knowing the same to be forged, and with intent to defraud William Gilbert and another, executors of John Miles, deceased. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, Nov. 29. This morning the four persons convicted yesterday, together with nineteen or twenty others, were put upon their trial for a riot and assault. The evidence was almost identically the same as that adduced yesterday. The names of the prisoners were Thomas Leigh, aged 34 ; Jeremiah Duckworth, 36 ; Georg* Wilcock, 54 ; James Leigh, 30 ; Peter Warburton Lowe, 32 ; John Dalton, 49 ; Luke Hullum, 70 ; Thomas Hopwood, 45 Henry North, 37 ; Frederick Townsend, 30 ; John Leigh, 59 ; Samuel Ledbitter, 36 ; William Green, 25 ; Thomas Taylor, 35 ; Joseph Flower; 42 ; William Watts, 34 ; James Bickley, 33 ; Samuel Merry, 26 ; Thomas Flowers, 37 ; George Flowers, 19 ; Thomas Hill, 29 ; Daniel Scriminger, 44 ; William Flowers, 30 ; Thomas Goldsborough, 36 ; Henry Wilcox, 21 ; Joseph Thompson, 42 ; Charles Butler, 33 ; and James Flowers, 26. One of the persons who had been committed (Robert Miles, aged 65) had died since such committal, of a breaking up of the constitution, and a verdict on the in quest was returned to that effect. The two women spoken of as being with the party were not to be pro ceeded against. With reference to this case the same Counsel appeared in support of the prosecution as were retained in the former, while Mr. Temple defended the three Leighs, and Hullum and Ledbitter. Mr. Spooner defended Duck worth, Dalton, Lowe, and Hopwood ; and Mr. Adams appeared for Hill and Thompson • the remainder being undefended. For the undefended portion, George Wilcox put in a written defence, which was read by the proper officer of the Court, that they had been given to understand that James Leigh was going to take posses sion of tie great Stoneleigh Abbey estates by some novel means, and that being desirous of seeing the same they accompanied him to the Abbey, but without any evil intent—that they very much regretted the step they had taken in going there at all, which had been productive of such mischief to themselves, their wives, and families, and pledging themselves to abstain from further acts of violence and annoyance to Lord Leigh. The Learned J 1 'M closed his summing up shortly after four o'clock, when the jury retired to deliberate, and upon their return into Court at half-past seven, gave a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners upon the eleventh count, alleging forcibly entry ; James Leigh, Guilty of common assault upon Hancocks and Denser, and Flowers, Guilty of a common assault upon Joseph Freeman ; and all Not Guilty of a riot. His LORDSEIP then desired the four prisoners who had been convicted the previous, day to stand forward. The present was a case of great aggravation, and he would have them believe what he said to them, namely, if William Freeman of any other person had died, he did not see how it would have been possible to have denied that the offence committed would have been murder. Considering the violent nature of the affray he must teach them a severe lesson, and to James Leigh, who had acted as ringleader throughout, he should award an imprisonment of eighteen calendar months, with hard labour ; to the other three an imprisonment of twelve ealendar months and hard labour ; while the remaining twenty-four prisoners his Lordship sentenced to an im prisonment of three months each. There was another indictment for trial, but the Coun sel for the Crown thought sufficient had been done to vindicate the law, and it was not proceeded with. Saturday, Nov. 30. my life.—(Here witness took a book from his pocke and read it.) It was on Monday, the 19th of Septem' ber, 1843, about ten o'clock in the evening. I had been watching it from seven till ten, and I went in and paid for a cigar, and lighted it. Mr. Gregson was there, and there was a bottle and glass on the counter. He said, " Will you take a glass of wine, Mr. Davis ?" I was surprised at the invitation, and I took up the glass. At that moment in walked two men, and I followed them into the back room, and said to them, " What have you there ?" They, sup posing that I belonged to the house, replied, Only a little leaf." I then told them I was Davis, and 1 called on Gregson, in the Queen's name, to go for the police, which he at length reluctantly did. The men had about them 31bs. of leaf-tobacco, and I had them convicted in the penalty of twenty shillings each. I went into the house to smoke the cigar for my own purposes. Mr. Hobler—Did you never send persons to her house to purchase brandy and tobacco? Witness— Never in my life. C. H. Sabine, a Custom-house officer, corroborated the statements made by the last witness. It was stated that the duty on the tobacco was 131. 2s. 3d., and that upon the spirits was 21.55. Mr. Nobler said he was instructed that the prin cipal witness for the prosecution, who was a deeply interested one, inasmuch as he would, in case of con viction, be entitled to a large share of the penalty, could be proved to have been on terms of intimacy in the family of the Gregsons, and used frequently to smoke and drink in the house. Mr. Potbury said the officer's character was too well known to the Custom-house authorities to be in the slightest degree affected by accusations of such a description. Mr. Hobler—Mr. Davis, do you know one Mrs. Rose ? Witness—Perfectly well. She threatened to knife me. She is one of the party. Sarah Rose (for the defence) stated, in answer to questions from Mr. Hobler, that she knew Davis, and had seen him several times at Mrs. Gregson's before that defendant was fined. Witness had been servant to the Gregson's, and had known Davis to be as one of the family, drinking brandy and smoking cigars as often as he thought proper to call. She knew sea faring people very frequently to call and ask whether they bought tobacco, and when she said " No," they said Davis had sent them. She knew Davis to bring parcels of tobacco. She did not examine the parcels, for she had no right to interfere with what belonged to Mr. Davis, but they smelt of tobacco. The LORD MAYOR asked the witness several questions, the answers to which gave the lie to her previous declarations, and convinced every person not interested for the smugglers, that every word she uttered against the principal witness for the prose cution was a fabrication. Davis's—d mosth‘ evi e v idence,nrhdhyeee,aedn w hat t against s w manner.o r did e h t t that he used Another female witness, not satisfied w ith d en yi ng the wfrTi et The truth eeGsLsr —e L o an Rug of el 3. en MAYO--Why, nnAoyaOk Re e ed doorto, e t o o r l , i a e n r d ? she was black about the place for a fortnight after wards, so help me God. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the witness's husband was not one of the persons who had been convicted in penalties elsewhere ?—She replied that he had been fined for an assault, but not for smuggling. Mr. Potbury said that her husband had been fined for assaulting a smuggler. Witness—Mr. Davis searched the house without showing his warrant, and he had no right to do so. The Lord Mayor and Sir John Pine dis charged James Gregson, being of opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to justify a conviction in his case; but they agreed that there was not the shadow of a doubt of the guilt of Sarah Greg son, whom they therefore adjudged to pay the penalty of 100/. Davis requested that, as such imputations had been thrown out against his character by the solicitor to the defendants, his Lordship would say whether he believed any part of the statements made by the females. The LORD MAYOR—No, not one word. Sir JOHN PIRIE—We are quite sure they have not spoken a word of truth, and we are as sure that you have done your duty most faithfully. The LORD MAYOR—Certainly. deed to operate as a will. In fact, it was a will and not a deed, for he had never parted with his power over the deed, or over the property, until his death. The deed, therefore, was not a perfect deed, and the party could take nothing under it. He asked the jury, did Mr. Henry Philip Hope intend that his nephew should have the power of depriving him of possession of the jewels the day after he had exe• cuted it, for, if he did not, the deed was void. He submitted that the so-called deed was not a deed at all ; that there was nothing to show that it was intended to operate as a deed. There was, be sides, an alteration made in the body of the deed in describing the cabinet, which was sufficient to vitiate it. The cabinet described in the deed was a former old cabinet ; that description had been erased, and a description of the dimensions of the present cabi net inserted in pencil. That erasure being unaccounted for, vitiated the deed entirely. The property, therefore, remained undisposed of, and passed by his will. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, told the jury that the question was, whether the delivery under the deed of gift had been so complete as to vest the property in the plaintiff. If it were not, then the plaintiff could not claim the properly. If the deed were properly executed, so that the permit witnessing the deed, or any other person knew of its contents, although the donor might not, that would be a good delivery. They would therefore consider whether he intended, at the time of executing the deed, to part with the property to Mr. A. B. Hope ; if he did, the execution was a good one. There was, however, a difficulty upon the face of the deed itself. The description of the cabinet was most impor tant. If the original description, that of the old cabi net, had stood, great doubts might arise as to whether anything was given at all; but that description had been altered. The question was, had, or had not, those altera rations taken place before the execution of the deed ? If they had been made before execution, the deed was valid ; if not, the deed was invalid. The question for their decision was Did Mr. H. P. Hope intend to part with the property to Mr. Alex ander Beresford Hope when he executed the deed ? With regard to the clause reserving to Mr. H. P. Hope an almost unlimited power over the property during his life, it was a question of law for consideration after wards what might be the effect of that clause, rather than a question for the consideration of the jury. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages, 40,0001. This morning the time Of the Court was occupied with the trial of a man for an unnatural offence, wherein an acquittal took place. Also a cue of rape, and two or three offences of a minor character, with which termi nated the assizes for this part of the county. The calendar for the other division is but light, the principal case one of arson. The Commission will be opened this (Saturday) afternoon. COURT OF COMMON FLEAS, Dec. I. If OODCROPT V. RAYNOR. The Lord Chief Justice and a special jury were occu pied the greater part of Saturday, and the whole of this morning, with this case, which was an action for th• infringement of a patent in improvements of the power loom. The details are interesting only to the parties, and could not easily be made intelligible to the public. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Nov. 29. The winter gaol delivery for this county commenced here this morning before Mr. Justice Coleridge. The Learned Judge took his seat on the bench at twelve, and proceeded to charge the grand jury. There are sixty four cases in the calendar, including eighty-eight pri soners. A large proportion of those stand charged with offences of the most serious class. There are three com mitted on the charge of murder, five for manslaughter, two for arson, two for forgery, four for rape, three for sacrilege, eight for cutting and wounding, eight for burg lary, and no fewer than twenty-two for robbery with violence. There are two prisoners who stand charged with the unusual offence of blowing up a steam-engine with gunpowder. In the city of York there is but one prisoner, who stands charged with embezzlement. His Lordship having adverted to the severa l cases, and the grand jury having retired for a short time, re turned into Court with a bill found. Saturday, Now. 30. Thomas Carter was indicted for knowingly uttering a forged order for the payment of money, purporting to be drawn and signed by Christopher Sadler, with intent to defraud John Dresser, the public officer of the Yorkshire District Bank. A second count laid an intent to de fraud John Dresser and others ; and a third, an .intent to defraud Christopher Sadler. Mr. Bliss and Mr. Blanchard conducted the prosecu tion. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Hall. It appeared that on the 20th of July the prisoner, who is a carter, went into the bank at Think and saw a clerk of the name of Johnson. He asked if Mr. Sadler, of Thornton-le-Moor, had been at the bank that day. Mr. wanted 131. Jackson said he had not. The prisoner then said he had which was, " Please t pay James l elr e d s k i a d .:B , oo J a c kso n h f wh o ne r hs b iein a ah r d l t a e h ss y ga e . oueAlnmda After a letter from him, and presented the order in question, id 13/., by order of Christopher Sadler." Mr. Johnson brewing. h r sf r.eiaompdmlli Sadler arA d ticro i N t uslo w rdrard a htnhl s eeo . asked the prisoner if his name was James Ja c k son . H e t o li b o nu n e eyr rifneraepgi replied, barley,ei e d d h M , some futher conversation Mr. Johnson refused to pay the order, and the prisoner left the bank. On the 29th of July he called again, and presented a similar order from Mr. Sadler. Mr. Johnson asked him if Mr. Sadler had sent him with it, and he said he had. The prisoner was artplir:elliersr. Johnson asked if h 3 then taken into custody, when he begged to be let off, and said he would be glad to make it up. The order was a forgery. In proof of the first count, laying tin intent to de- POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.-Some ingenious thief has managed to commit a robbery upon the Ely Post-office. A packet, containing 3501. in country notes, was posted, it appears, at March, in Cambridgeshire, some time since, and addressed to a banking-house in London, the postage having been duly paid upon as an ordinary letter. The packet was missed from the office previously to the making up of the bag, and was not beard of for five days afterwards, when, strange to say, 2901. reached the house in London, the thief having only taken 601. in Bank of England notes, which were exchanged at Messrs. Foster's ank, at Cambridge. The original wrapper was changed for a brown paper envelope, bearing upon it the Ware post-mark. e THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER OF head is now disposed of in this market through othd MR. THORN AT CALAIS. hands. As the various foreign ports will soon be lose for the winter months, the "season " f u r c l osed Sr. OMER, Nov. 28.—The business was opened by importations will be soon brought to a close. the President reading the act of accusation, which Fresh up to day, about 1,600 Beasts came to hand from charged Sallior with having wilfully committed homi - Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire ; tide by inflicting a mortal wound with a dagger on Mr. while from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge' Thorn.from sire, the receiptsi amounted to 400 Scots, &c. ; _ The names of the witnesses were then called over by the western and midland districts, 500 Herefords, De vons, the clerk of the court, and the President ordered that runts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various they should be conducted out of court, taking care that kinds ; from Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots, al the witnesses for the prosecution should be placed in one f rom I re l an d, 40 B eas t s . Th e su pply of Sheep vas pO . room, and those for the prisoner in another. There were to say large, yet it was fully equal to the wants of ti,' fifteen of the former and six of the latter. trade. The Mutton trade was tolerably steady, yet la st They were then called in separately, but the material week ' s advance d rates were w i t h diffi cu l t y s upporteei_ facts were deposed to by five, viz.,—the trumpeter and Calves, the supply of which was very limited, met ;, two privates of the National Guards, and a commissioner very heavy demand at last week's prices. Prime stlie. of the Hotel Royal. From the testimony of H. V. Bret- Porkers were quite as dear, but all other kinds of Pi g' son, the trumpeter, it appeared that he and some others were a mere drug. of the National Guards, then on duty, had observed Sal- Per albs, to sink the efaL lior and Thorn walking arm-in-arm across the Place, s• d. t• s. d. to s. d, and enter the office of Sallior, at the Town-hall, about Inferior Beasts 292 10 Second qual!t) , .di . t i to.. S!; I P one o'clock in the morning, Sallior apparently being in a Second quality ditto i : I Z a ill ie c - lo w w w n "e Nte a then : ; 4 I Prime large Oxen.-- completely drunken state, and Thorn evidently affected Prime Scots, &c 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool _.l s by liquor. That from time to time himself and corn- La . rgecear2ges ; 0 3 4 1 9 ,) Large H0 e ............. 1.re... . ; ; , : rades watched them, as they supposed, playing and s..er.le' . ma n .Pri stingt-alves, each 15 0 31 0 Quarter old Pigs:Ws:Cilia 0 ° 20 amusing themselves together. That some time after he Inferior Sheep .... returned and perceived Sallior and Thorn, face to face, and SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I sheep. Calves. 1 rigs. that, at that mcment, he saw Thorn fall backwards, upon 1 a ) 3,420 I 27.730 102 which he ranback and called for assistance ; two comrades NEVTGAT3I AND 7.2IADZNIIALLI.• came, and, on reaching the body, they saw Sallior, as if Since this day se'nnight, a fair average suppli ,c's coming out of his office, and locking the door. The wit- country-killed Meat has come to hand here, in, fo r t ", ness was asked, "What time was occupied between his moss part, good condition. With Meat killed in thwhile going for assistance and returning to the spot ?" To tropolis, we have been rather scantily supplied, f, this he could not answer, but explained that he supposed its general quality has proved inferior. Prime Dee, h. had made about twenty-four steps there and back, Mutton, and Pork have sold steadily, at full prices.; and had run all the way. On raising the body he heard but in all other kinds of Meat a very limited busin e , a noise from the deceased, but whether as an attempt to has been transacted. About forty carcases of Beg s "_.', speak, or from the effect of suffocation, he knew not. and one hundred ditto of Sheep, arrived in the first lii i They then tried to untie his neckcloth, when they found stance alive, from Holland, have been disposed of hers blood on the left breast of his shirt, and perceived a in the past week. On the whole the quality has he' wound in the breast. Sallior then came up, and ex claimed quel Inalheur !—(What a calamity !)—and g ood. shortly afterwards asked whether it was a Frenchman or an Englishman, and then desired that Dr. Boulanger should be sent for ; that the bc.dy was then carried into M. Sallior's outer office, and was placed upon the table ; that some time after M. Sallior entered his inner office, and in coming out, rested his two elbows on the body of Thorn, and said, "My poor friend with whom I spent the evening." It was further deposed that every endeavour was made to find some instrument with which the blow had been struck, but in vain. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. toe. d. I 4. to i 10 ' Beef, inferi0r........... 2 4 2¢ Mutton, inferior 2O „ ; _--middhng I 8 210 middling 3 0 0 I -- prime large ...... 3 0 32 - prime 3 4 ; --- prime small 3 4 3 6 Fork, large 24 " 3 if Veal ........ .......... ...... 2 ' lo 4 0 -small ......... - A ARRIVALS DUftIN 61 THE PAST WEEK. _ . Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I , g" 911 Ann _ 2150 Scotland Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk lB 120 60 Cambridgeshire Essex 3O 140 60 100 S urr ey 4O 230 50 15 0 De v onshire Wiltshire 30 Other parts .....-- -' Total .............. ............. 228 1,700 150 1 . 193 'Previous week's arrival ... ....... .. 141 1,230 140 --__ --- ...----. 87. 470 10 144 The Commissary of Police (M. le Blond) deposed, that he had searched the pockets of M. Sallior and the deceased, but could find no instrument ; but that he ul timately went into M. Sallior's inner office, and found the dagger produced, standing with the blade upwards against some papers on the desk. There were streaks of blood on it. He also saw a penknife on the floor, and the papers strewed about in much confusion ; that Sal lior fell asleep on a chair, and seemed quite unconscious of all that was going on. M. Morey deposed that about a quarter past one o'clock he had gone to M. Sallior's office,:to obtain a per mit of embarkation for a passenger, and that on his pro ducing the passport of the traveller, M. Sallior remarked that it was three months out of date, which having ex plained, he received a permit, but so illegible that it could not be read. M. Sallior was very drunk, and Dr. Thorn stood in the office during the whole time, having M. Sallior's cloak on his arm. That Sallior asked Thorn if he wanted a permit, and repeatedly and angrily told him to leave the office. Drs. Boulanger and Beaupri had made a post mortent examination of the body, and deposed to the nature of the wound, showing, that though possible, it was hardly probable to have been inflicted by the hand of the de ceased, and gave it as their opinion that the blow had been struck by some other hand than his own. The witnesses for the defence were then called, who deposed to their knowledge of Sallior for some years, and described him as civil in his office, honourable in principle, and not addicted to drinking. M. Villenueve then rose to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He complained much of the harsh terms in which the Procurour du Roi hLd spoken of him. He would not follow him with a detail of what he called a stain on the name of the honourable family of which M. Sallior was a member ; but he would shortly call the attention of the jury to the simple facts of the case, and show that the prisoner could not be found guilty of the crime laid to his charge ; but first he would show the high character in which he had been held by those who were in authority over him. He then read a letter from the Prefect of the Department of La Creuse, and one from the Minister of the Interior, showing that the accused enjoyed their confidence, and the respect in which they held him, M. Sallior having filled the office of Commissary of Police in the department alluded to before he had gone to Calais. He then alluded to the manner in which M. Sallior had been allured into drinking first at Maurice's Hotel, where even he had resisted the temptation offered by some English gentlemen, and lastly, at the Diligence Hotel. He then alluded to what he called the constant habit among the English of drinking toasts, and making exciting speeches. He alluded to the exertions he had made at the masonic lodge, and then entered into a short detail of the evidence given during the proceed ings. With much ingenuity he endeavoured to show the possibility of the deceased himself having committed suicide, either by a blow or falling on the dagger, which had been found in an uprigit position in the office. He spoke of Thorn as habitually spending his evenings in drinking from six o'clock to twelve or one o'clock, which was not proved in evidence. Ho sought in vain for a motive which would induce Sallior to murder the deceased, who was his friend. At first the town of Calais was filled with excitement, and every motive that malice could suggest was invented; but all had become calm, and minds had been brought to reflection, and the fatal event was looked upon, as M Sallior had at first exclaimed it to be, a calamity, and not a wilful crime. Perhaps, even it had been a mere accident. He concluded by a most impressive and pathetic appeal to he feelings of the jury, reminding them that Madame Sallior was near, perhaps within hearing, awaiting that verdict which was to restore him unstained to her arms ; and he told them that his two brothers were then present, waiting to conduct him to his mother, who had long been expecting him, and was ignorant of the accusation against him, and implored them to declare him not guilty. M. Martinex having made a few remarks on the in nocence of his client, then read a paper which was signed by a number of French and English inhabitants of Calais, which was strongly indicative of the high esteem and regard that M. Sallior was held in by them, both in his public station as an officer, and in his private character as a member of their society. The President summed up, and submitted the follow ing questions to the jury :-1. Whether the accused had or had not committed the crime of wilful homicide under extenuating circumstances. 2. Whether the accused had or had not committed the crime of wilful homicide. The jury retired, and after an absence of ten minutes, returned with a verdict declaring him not guilty as to both questions. M. Sallior was immediately set free by the Judge. Difference since our last 1130110171111 HOP 112.8.M1ZT. te, The supply of pockets has now become very li tal owing to which, the demand, is steady, at fully last wee st quotations. New bags are coming forward somevo • freely; but, as yet, the sales in them have been oelY limited extent. TALLOW. Oa This market continues steady, both as to pric e business. It is true the deliveries are less than in foil:110 years, which, we believe, is owing in a great m easure le a the large increase of home Tallow throughout the tro l bo Kingdom. The price for fine new yellow Candle on tod, spot is 40s 9d, and for the spring months 41 s to 415 " Town Tallow is 41s to 41s 6d nett cash. BOROUGH AND SPITAIMIELDO. Rather extensive supplies of Potatoes have ell' 0 . from Scotland, and different other quarters. since 14° to day last; while the demand has ruled inactive , °go quotations. About 40 tons have come to hand it 0 Holland, and produced 215 s per ton. Present rates; under:—York Reds, 60s to 70s ; Perth ditto, 551 to 6 55; Early Devons, 60s to 65s ; Cornwall ditto, 60s to Jersey Blues, 50s to 55s ; ditto Whites, 45 s to s'-':5; Kent and Essex Whites, 50s to 555; ditto Kidneys, '5O. to 60s ; Wisbeach Kidneys, 60s to 65s ; ditto Blues , to 55s ; ditto Whites, 55s to 60s ; Guernsey Blues, 5,51 to 55s ; ditto Whites, 45s to 50s; Prince Regents, MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Wheat, coastwise as well as by land carriage, up to our market last week, were tole rably good, though not to say large. Of Barley, both of home and foreign growth, the receipts were on the in crease, while nearly the whole of the latter, from the duty having receded to 3s per quarter, has been entered for home consumption. Of all other articles of Grain, the supplies were rather scanty. Fresh up, a fair ave rage quantity of Wheat came to hand from Essex and Kent, in good condition ; but from all other quarters the arrivals were very scanty. The show of samples of both red and white was moderately good, while the finest par cels were in fair request, at prices quite equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight ; while, in other kinds, only a limited business was doing at previous quota tions. The quantity of foreign Wheat on offer was but limited, while holders in general were very firm, and obtained full prices in every instance. In Wheat and other corn under lock so little was doing, that the quotations ruled almost nominal. Owing, as we have before observed, to the largo influx of foreign Barley, and to the present low rate of duty, that article was in good supply to-day. That, as well as English, was a dull sale. The finest qualities were Is, other kinds Is to 2s per quarter lower than last week, without any progress being made in sales. Notwithstanding the supply of Malt was small, the inquiry for it was heavy. The best Chevalier was held at full rates ; but the value of other parcels had a downward tendency. Oats, for the limited receipts, moved off steadily, and prices were firmly supported. Beans were a dull sale, at a decline of Is per quarter. The same may be said of Maple and Grey Peas. The Flour trade was again dull, at last week's figures. - CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. , ilingsT—Essex & Kent, I MALT—Chevalier......... 61s to 1154 red 40s to Ws Om—Yorkshire and Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin Potatoe ..... to no eoln, red ........« 3Bl to 461 Youghall and Cork, Ditto white 42s to 50s black ..... Sla to 22. Irish, red...... ...... to —s Cork, white 22. to 23s Ditto, white ftez—Old ........» VOs to 346, Blurs Tick 3ss to 37s New 35. to 36.! Pigeons 384 to 42. llARLRY—Grinding 26s to 311'Paas—Grey 35. to 37s Malting 38s to 404 White 36s to Ms MALT—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ..—....... 38s to 43e folk sBs to 621 FLOUR—Town made to 454 Brown 56. to 60sj Suffolk. ....... 33s to 35s Kingston and Ware 634 to 64.' Stockton & Norfolk 33. to 33• FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WBEAT—Dantrie 32. to 368 1 BEarts 24. to 21k Hamburgh Sle to --s PRA& ...... ..... 28. to 32s BARLEY 278 to 2os Floua—American ....AO. to —s OATS—New 17. to 18. Baltic ........«.«.».. 20s to ...s Feed lss to:17. to 65s per ton. WOOL MARKET. •acool There has been more inquiry for all kinds of - during the past week, and prices have been steadily t tla ported. The imports have consisted of 31 6 bales r":„0 Sydney, 128 do., from Hamburgh, 328 do., I,,,rvi Odessa, and 29 do., from Antwerp. The importsO fl vi first ten months of the present year have bee under : _ Colonial Bales. Foreign London 9 Liverpool Hull and Goole _........-... Totals 82,100 129, 9 '' The above is the largest importation ever knowo' COAL. MARKET. A Prices per ton at the close of the market :--5.,4 1 0 4 Main, 17s ; Buddle's 'West Hartley, 17s 6 d ; " . . 1 40 'S Hartley, 171 6d ; Chester Main, 18s 6d ; Da v 1 181; West Hartley, 18s to 18s 6d ; Hasting's Hartley, i p ; Holywell Main, 19s Nelson's West Hartley' , lo ot Old Pontop, 16s ; Ord's Redheugh, 16s ; Tanfield Butes, 16s 6d ; Tanfield Moor, 19s 6d T a ylors 1 9 a; Hartley, 17s Bd ; Townley, lis ; West Hartley, 17 104 W. E., Bewicke and Co., 21s 6.1 ; W. E., Clark suli e ll les ; W. E., Clennell, 18s 3d ; W. E., Edruom'' 6 d; 19s ; W. E., Gibson, 21s ; W. E., Heaton, 2°1,63 W. E., Hotspur, 19s 9d ; W. E., Killingworth, e , l ' r c - t' to 20s ; W. E., Wharncliffe, 20s 6d ; W. E., Iv 'ol' ington, 17s ; W. E., Eden Main, 20s 6d ; W. mont, 21s 3d ; W. E., Braddyll's Hetton, 2 25 22s 6d ; W. E., East Hetton, 20s 9d ; W. E., , 22s 6d ' • W. E., Hctton, 223 3d ; W. E.4.Lambton, W. E., Richmond, 20s 6d ; W. E., Sunderland , 2 ,,%• 5 W. E., Hartlepool, 22s ; W. E., Harvey, 19s 6 d ; "ior Heselden, 20s ; W. E., Kelloe, 22s ; W. E., South Teo; tlepool, lis6d ; W. E., South Kelloe, 22s ;W. sio nant's Hartlepool, 20s ; W. E., Adelaide, u nshipnjoS Caradoc, 21s ; W. E. Bitchburn, 19s ; W. E., (.°t Tee' Tees, 20. ; W. E., dordon, 20. ; W. E. Seymour Os' 21s 3d ; W. E.,South Durham, 21s ; E., Tees , 00 W. E., West ees, 20s ; Blyth, 15s ; Clackmaoru in 'sVe o Cowpen Hartley, 17s 6d ; Hartley, 19s 6d 1 1 ' Hartley, Netherton, 18s.—Ships arrived since lastidAP nt e4l 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadille . .—Newly-ill e fie t Spectacles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera Glasses , , 0' scopes, &c.—Patronized by his Majesty the gl if ,l / 7) eil Hanover; her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Be ir w s Cd their Graces the Archbishops of Canterbury, Y ar :,:el e ' Dublin ; the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, "Ii, 0 " Marlborough, and Manchester ; Bishops of Exet er o s j 7 coin, Cork, Elphin, and Kildare.—Messrs. S. c 6I- ne cte, Solomons, Oculists and Opticians, have invented cle Lenses upon a new construction. Immedistel9 are placed before imperfect vision, either by daYf re tbd dlelight, that mist and dulness which appear b e° r eyes is at once removed, every object becomes ciellote distinct, so that the most aged defective sight bc‘ibitili bright and brilliant, and is brought to its Y °ll o ,erf li natural, and original state. Also, the most P ° . ; sca e Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Mie r % f d e Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instrurae n :ol v relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S' Solomons, Opticians, are not in any 0 . 14 , , 03 05 nected with a person of the same name in th•l t „ - e otS' diate neighbourhood ; nor in any part of the c o o l To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe-- ( ay ir be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opP °— York Hotel. oooo , BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., at Porchester-gardens, Baysvi eter 'df Stokes, of a daughter. the ls ffi On the 25th ult., at Craigdarroch, Damfrieshire, of J. G. Jarvis, Esq , late Captain of the 52d Light .4 1 , of a daughter. On the 28th ult., the wife of the Rev. Edward F' C. ne on the 28th ult., in St. James's-square, the Arfe Sumner, Esq., of a son. -17 P,, On the 29th ult., the lady of Henry Baker, Esq ., As Gower-street, Beeford-square, of a son. the 101 On the 24th ult., at Stanton House, Wilts, Rev. John Ashfordley Trenchard, of a daughter . MARRIED. stage On the 28th ult., at Lewisham Church, Jallie e ,,, e r Wells, R.N., to Elizabeth Mary, second daugh' - Edgerton, of Southend. Or d ' ti On the 25th ult., at St. George's, Blooa/h'': j gll'' - Duthoit, of Holton-square, to Mary, the eldest 0 0 William Ball, Esq.. of Charlotte-street. Bloomsbury , DIED. I iirOl fr' On the 11th day of November, 1844, Mr. ear° 0 a ior York Cottages, Old Brompton, aged 88. On the 25th ult., Lady Bryce, the widow of the l etdi' General Sir Alexander Bryce, K.C.H. and C. 1 3 On the 26th ult., at West-square, Mrs. Sidon of DO On the 27th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth White, wif e 0 White, Esq., Harley-place, Bow- road. of O il° wi r e On the 28th ult., Emma Chapman, the or° Lund, of Fleet• street. miss On the 28th ult., at Hampton-court Pala ce, Ic , ' Boyd, aged 51. ore, On the 29th ult., in Charles-street, Berk ele r eci Moore, Esq. On the 29th ult., Mrs. Richard Wilson, of Ferrd It° Sydenham. ersh iri ' On the 18th ult., at Lechlade, Glou cest Herbert, Esq., aged 74. For the time of year, we had a full average number of Beasts on sale, while, compared with that exhibited on many previous Monday's, there was a slight improve ment in quality ; nevertheless, it proved inferior to the generality of seasons. The trade in the dead markets was very firm, and the attendance of buyers numerous. The demand for all kinds of Beasts, but more particu larly for the primest Scots, &c., was decidedly active, at an advance in the currencies obtained on this day se'n night of quite 2(1 per 81bs, 4s 4d being readily paid as a top figure ; indeed, in some few instances, the rates ex ceeded that range. At the close of the market, very few head remained unsold. With the exception of a deficiency in quality, the stock came to hand in fair condition. Rather extensive imports of livestock from abroad have again taken place during the past week ; 67 Beasts and 14 Sheep having arrived at Hull, from Rotterdam; while the arrivals for London have consisted of 43 Oxen and Cows from Schiedam, and 60 Beasts and 195 Sheep from Rotterdam. The supply of foreign stock here, this morning amounted to 35 Beasts and 67 Sheep. With respect to the former there was nothing remarkable in them, though their quality was tolerably good ; but in the latter a great improvement was noticed, the whole having found buyers, at prices varying from 36s to 41s per head. The stack in question was " jobbed " and sold by GrernAn salesmen in facet, scarcely 4 single --.,--.--- . - - - - - - - - - ---.-.------....---.- 0r , f , MONTHLY MILITARY OBlTUA`‘cotiott. el Generals—Hon. Fred. St. John ; Dunne, Ci,SB. C c ' . Lieutenant-Generals—Sir John Cameron,„ n•.p.; 9 F.; Hon. Sir R. L. Dundas, K.C.8., Co l ' 39 - ( 11(•C' ° ' Major-General—Sir L. Greenwell, K.C.1 3 . a n uest, th ijitt. (I° t: Colonel—Sir C. W. Dance. Majors—Sargent, late of 19 F., Ceylon ; '"-- eg• of 34 F.); Macpherson (late of 42. F.) 2 W. • - 00- 1• 14 ' Captains—Hansel, 16 Lane.; Jenkins, r L: 1 ie. -• Conn ° ' voo ° Gorse, Unatt. ;W. Rogers, Unatt.: C• 13 • P Fowle, Unatt.; J. T. Mackenzie, late 7 Vet iF. : l Bl ol l;.erfo' hp 11 F.; Payne, hp 9 F. White, h P 6 ,, A . F. ; A u ° r ool (e ' 96 F.; Steele, h p 105 F. • Beaumont, hP " Co; '''' h p 14 F. ; Day, h p 96 F. • Wallis, h p indep• 9 6 )7 11,11° "11P do. ; Hotzen, h p 8 Line der. Leg. 61F.; edie, Lieutenants—Morgan, 4 F.; Considine, r . v i re li Y E F. ; Tenth, 3 W. I. Rag.; Taylor, h p 12 , 1) ,- , :, Green t , e ' v , IF 7 F.; Plunkett, h p 14 F.; Gregg, b p 84 . i j oi de, . , 10 F.; Fuller, h p 4 F. , Martin, h p 35 F. ; (1, 111 ; F. ; MacDonagh, h p 4 F. wralfor, ? 1 1. - ! 'gn'''' • 'de ' g ' Comets, Second Lieutenants, and —ns l „reavisi +pa ' Wag. Tr.; Babington, ti p 1 Gar. Batt.: n en , 3 Aro. Ge roP Dr.; Andrews, h p 81 F.; Wolseley, h P (2 , ie L ight 13° ' D. W. James, h p R. Mar.; Cassan , 1 1 P 4 Leg. 0 d ° ' Paymaster—Wardell, hp 24 Dr. , sto tt. hrs s hoe Quartermasters —Green h p 1 Life G(1 9 .. ; ... 5 6 F.; , o. dj Surgeons—Cloak, hpB6 F. Go ster,_ n c 3O O o e , u, ;0 5, ' h p Queen's Am. Rang. • Jebb, h p Stan ;,' F. ; j os , Assistant-Surgeons—'3lcCarthy, DI. D , 1 ' F. ; Hunter, R. Mar. D g i I° Aio. London: Printed and Published Ty e 8" 0 No. 112, Strand , Printer, at 8" h a Cer. S:,rand, in the ?millet a the S ' i ce ' letichilliez, Undo, Desepabor 3, 1844' general impressions; but then it is equally true that a very bad sermon, or essay of any kind, taken as a whole, may not afford any particular passages against which exception can be easily taken. Propositions in themselves innocent, or apparently innocent, may, without the exercise of any extraordinary ingenuity, be made to converge, as premises, to a very mischievous conclusion, and if the so phister who employs such arts leaves the conclu sion to be inferred, it is not always possible to bring him to book. We cannot help thinking, however, that the clergyman pertinaciously misun derstood or misrepresented, in matter of doctrine, must be himself principally to blame. And this is the reason for thinking the rector of East Farleigh wrong, at which we have hinted above, and it is a reason which we would very earnestly but respectfully press upon the attention of the clergy. The busi ness of a clergyman is to teach, and to teaching to any useful purpose explicitness and a certain degree of precision is indispensable. To impart these ne cessary qualities to his discourse, a speaker must have a full knowledge and a clear and precise can ception of the subject upon which he discourses his own mind ; without them, he can only communicate very much confused and very doubtful instruc tion to his hearers. But this alone is not enough; a man must speak or write with simplicity and in earnest if he world be perfectly intelligible. He must Rot deal in those riddles to which the low ambi tion of tutors and examiners sometimes makes such people to descend—still less must he endeavour to disguise or hold in reserve his own honest convic tions. A man who observes these rules will be rarely misunderstood ; and it is not easy to see what excuse an appointed minister of the Gospel of our Lord can have for neglecting rules which, after all, enforce no more than the exercise of ordinary diligence and common honesty. If, how ever, the dullness of a congregation, or its per verseness, wrought upon by the insidious arts of enemies, cause a clergyman to be misunderstood, the misapprehension cannot last more than seven days after it shall have corns to his knowledge. It is the duty of a teacher, and it will be no less his wish, if he is honest and sincere, to be rightly understood, for if not rightly understood he cannot Sly that he teaches. When he is supposed to teach unsound doctrine, the obligation upon him to set himself right is still more urgent, because he may mislead others by the influ ence of his name, and thus teach error, which is a great deal worse than teaching nothing. The duty of a clergyman is quite plain; it is to explain himself in the most distinct and emphatical manner, so as to render doubt of his faith impossible. In such a case to yield to personal pride, were a sin of frightful magnitude. We see how the Apostles acted when they were misunderstood and misrepre sented (Romans, 3, viii.) ; and we suppose no man is entitled to more confidence than the Apostles, who always freely explained themselves, when explanation was required. If this were generally reflected upon, we are quite sure that it would put an end to most of the doubts and heartburnings by which so many con gregations are distracted. Meanwhile, we must ad here to the presumption that the clergyman who will not condescend to set himself right must be in the wrong. POST.—The result of the inquest on the body of Mr. Dean, killed on the Midland Railway, cannot but be re garded with surprise. The whole evidence certainly bears out that Mr. Lightfoot committed a gross error in judgment in the course he pursued, and, under the cir cumstances. The fact appears self-evident, that he should have driven the train from Beeston, with the probability before him that it would be met on the same line by the train from Nottingham. An accident had occurred to stop the proper line of rail, and it was his duty to take every precaution that no collision should take place. But what of the Railway Company ? The jury at the coroner's inquest are silent. No word of the delay in removing the obstruction from the proper line ; no word of the cutting down of salaries, of the substitution of boys for men on the line ; indeed, the company are passed over by the jury with the consideration due to the most innocent persons. We are afraid the public will not take the same view of the case. The company appears to us to be responsible for the efficiency of the railway with belongs to them, whatever the jury may think ; and neither their verdict, nor General Parley's letter, can alter this responsibility. The affairs of the company seem to be lirtnaged in a way not knawn certainly on any other line of rail way, and we think it is high time its affairs were in other hands. Judging from the evidence, there appears to be no person responsible for what occurs. The driver blames the guard, the guard the station master, and the station-master is nit responsible at all ; and thus are the lives of hundreds end .ngered every day. The matter is too serious to be passed over without more inquiry than has yet been gone into, and apart from She question of a deodand upon the company (about which the law seems to be very uncertain), we think this is a case which the railway department of the Board of Trade ought at once to take into consideration, and se cure the public from the danger which they daily run. CHRONICLE.—We abstain from making any ob• servation upon the verdict of the Coroner's jury at Not tingham, so far as relates to the connexion which any individual may have hail with the late melancholy oc currence on the Midland Counties Railway. That por tion of the subject will be thoroughly investigated before the proper tribunal. But the jury, in delivering their verdict, accompanied it with certain recommendations which we think deserve earnest and immediate attention, as calculated, if acted upon, to ensure greater safety to those who travel by railway. The code of signals which is at present in use would appear to be suscepti ble of one great improvement, and that. would be par ticularly applicable to the running of cart juges during the prevalence of a thick fog, when the ordinary signals cannot be easily discerned. On the day of the unfor tunate collision near Nottingham, so dense a fog pre vailed that the usual means of conveying intelligence along the line by signal were utterly useless. Now, it is evident that if a more perfect system of makin signals than that at present in use on the Midland Counties railway were adopted, namely, the electric telegraph, in telligence could have been immediately sent before each train which was about to start on the wrong line, and this would have been saffieient to prevent the less of life which occurred. It may be the fact that there is already a code of signals capable of conveying intelli gence distinctly:in a fog, and we shall not at present suggest that the adoption of an electric telegraph should be made imperative ; but we must meintain that certain, arrangements which have been omitted on this line, should be in future made peremptory on every railroad. There should be, in the first place, a clear, brief, and intelligible code of regulations for all con nected immediately with the locomotive power. No person should be so employed until, by competent examination, it was shown that he un derstood those regulations ; and all the persons so engaged should be from time to time examined by a competent and responsible officer, in order to ascertain that they had not forgotten them. This would, at all events, secure uniformity, and impress upon the servants engaged a sense of the dangers which are constantly to be guarded against, and from the risk of which the longest series of safe journeys would give no impunity. It must also be evident that there should be at every station some one who had a responsible control over the starting of the trains, and who should be required to understand and recognise that responsibility. Whenever a collision takes place on a railway, or any accident causing a shock of a similar nature to occur, the car riages farthest removed from the obstruction suffer least, and those nearest to it most—the injury and danger becoming less in the ratio of the distance from the obstruction. In the late accident a similar result followed. Why is it not made compulsory on all railways to place one or two luggage vans or trucks between the engine and the passengers' carriages? On some rail ways this is done—on others it is not. If it affords, as we believe it does, any protection, it ought to be made compulsory on all. It is worthy of remark, that all those passengers who suffered by the collision were not aware, when they left the station, that it was intended to place the carriages in which they were about to travel upon the . wrong line ; and it was only when it was too late to complain or remonstrate that they found they were to be sent to Beeston in a fog, and upon the wrong line. it is )o be regre ed that such a risk should be rendered necessary i any case; but it is manifestly most unjust to place passengers in such a position, without duly advising them that the train was not to start upon the usual line of transit. It ought to be, in future, a well understood arrangement, that no passengers should, in any case, be laced upon the wrong line, without being previously acquainted with that departure from the ordinary course. It appears that one passenger, who accidentally became awa r e that the train was about to proceed on the wrong , ine, although he had paid for his ticket, yet refused to proceed. Why should not the opportunity he given to all the passengers to save their limbs or lives by a similar exercise of prudence ? The importance of the subject, involving so largely as it does the safety of the public imperatively demands that efficient means should lae in stantly taken to enforce the raost prudential system of railway management. __— SEIZURE DY THE EXCISE OF NEARLY A TON OF Tonacco.—During the week a seizure of 2.0751b5. of tobacco was made by the officers of Excise, at Carshalton, Surrey, in the grinding-mills of Messrs. Porter and Ro bertson, wholesale tobacco and cigar manufacturers, of Cross-lane, St. Mary-at-hill, which tobaccco the officers had reason to believe had been adulterated with earthy matter and ingredients foreign to tobacco. The matter was referred to the Central Board for investigation, and Saturday, at one o'clock, was specially appointed for hearing any arguments, or examining any witnesses, that the defendants might think fit to bring forward. Mr. Commissioner Stephenson presided, and several witnesses were examined, but the greatest caution was observed, for the purpose of preventing, if possible, stni of the de tails from appearing before the public. The general tenour of the evidence of the witnesses brought forward, went to show that the tobacco was not adulterated ; and a chemist stated that he had analysed samples of it, and , if adulterated at all, it was to so trifling an extent that he was unable to detect it. Mr. Roberson, one of the pro prietors, was then sworn, and he stated that the tobacco was intended to be ground for snuff, but being of a rich and very superior description to what is generally used for , that purpose, a n d with a consequent darkness of mitalt a ii r , a . sm i i t a 1I t 0 a hundred quantity w of gh weight to give been ita introduced,lighter about and . more brilliant a -,- , , :yuastn en, 0 t evidencem . coriabine before them t i e r:: f it e oth , wi I: ..i uL o was perfeetiy ge and therefore ordered parties alp retired. n ,- , thought there ... the seizure "r t r o at a cc ' iktlern"i" ' be restored. The COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 1. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury, THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD. In this case the question was as to the applicability of the Stamp Act to certain legacies bequeathed in the will of the late Marquis of Hertford. A verdict was taken for the Crown by consent, subject to a special case for injunction in full Court.—Verdict en tered for the plaintiff accordingly. THE AT T r t O t i t u N D E B Y - O G N E E T IE R AI R E v v . w N u E s s car r. The informatio n was fil e d i n t hi s ea; ebythe At torney-General to r ecover certainpenalties from the -makerinthe city of Bristol, for d h e a f v e i n n d g an p t a , p a r paper e hia possession which had not paid the Excise duty. For the Crown appeared the Solicitor-General, Mr. Jervis, Q.C., and Mr. Wilde; the defendant was re presented by Mr. Brammell. It appeared from the plaintiff's case that th e de fendant carried on business as a paper and pasteboard maker in Pike-lane, Bristol, his private re s id ence being in Avon-street in that city. On the 28th of February, 1843, in consequence of information they has received, the Excise officers visited the defend ant's private house, when they found in his back kitchen a quantity of paper which had not paid the duty. It was ascertained by the officer that this paper had been clandestinely conveyed from the Weston Mills, which are situated near Bath, and are the pro perty of a person named Bryant. The several papers thus conveyed from Bryant's to Westcott's had never had the excise label put on them. They liad never been brought under the cognisance of f the W Excise officers; and when taken to the premises oestcott they were cut up into sizes for pound and half pound sugar papers. The evidence for the Crown was di rected to the showing that continuous frauds on the revenue had been committed from the month of May, 1842, to the 28th of February, 1843, at which time the seizures were made which led to the present in foymation. 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