The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-18 00:00:00

L 'LOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 18.—Wi n d S.W., f res h bre ez e, and cloudy. BRISTOL Nov. 17.—Arrd. J. and M. Sinnott, Que bec. Sid. Miranda, Cape de Verds. GL')ECESTER, Nov. 17.—.Arrd. Collina, Quebec. Neweoler, N ov . 16. Sld. E m p ress , Ch ar l es t on ; Af,artha Ann, Boston. EnkIITII ROA DS N ov . 15.—A rr d. Eliza Kirkbride, Liddle, Quebec; Bounty Hall, Liverpool for Ichaboe, with loss of foretopmast, sails, rigging, &c. b e B c 7 s2 4 , Ns nk Nov. 15.—Arrd. Amethyst, Carter, Que r, Tyrian, Ceylon; Jane Boyd, Cuba. if - "' E AL, Nov. 16.—A.31., Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W. ; N .W . , light ; 17. N.W to W. and W.S.W., f ight breeae.l.rrd. 16, Benjamin Greene, St. Kitt's ; M id urd, Near Orleans • John Morgan, St. John's, New Bruns wick, Ba rbadoes;Quebec; Prince of Wales, Shields for Calcutta. Sid. Mary Hastings ; , Sierra Leone Sugar Bird Tob ago; Tha , mes, Jamaica; Anne Jane,China ; Sir George, SeYtnour, Launceston. Nereid, Aden, with the greater art of th e outward•bound, the greater part of which / ave s ince put b ac k an d anc h ore d. A rr d. V o l u nte e r, ~4 o n for M aur i t i us, hav i ng been b lown i nto t h e N ort h /le 41a during the late gales. STAND A TE CREEK , Nov. 16.—Arrd. Montrose t te it 'i t l3l o . 9l. ' W ilson, Constantinople; Achiever, Taganrog, SId )OR TSMODTII, NOV. 16.—Wind W.-17. W.5.W. 7 ,- • her Majesty's ship Griffin, eastward. Nov. 16.—The Cato, of Plymouth, from r ; 411 - : 1134 . - . 1t he i r Asr, its a bandoned, waterlogged, 11th inst., 600 e s W.S.W. of Scilly; crew saved. RADIRIATE Nov. 16.—The Elise, of and for Bou tZ% " ', f rom Sunderland, struck on the Kentish Knock S morning, and foundered; master, two men, and a d r owned. e "" 8 , Nov. 16. —A rr d. M em phi s , H aman , B a hia. Pooee, Nov. 16.—A rr d. J ames , F or d, L a brador. SOFF Ta aertoss, Nov. 16.—Arrd. Ann Wise, Rio Grande. DAP.TMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Arrd. Felipa,Haagaray, i t l 'annah, for Bremen with loss of round-house, &c. an~ llt entitBs. Nov. 16.—Th e T oms , Gibson, of Shields, not th e Th omas, of Sunderland, gut on the Marp li n ei : 111 , 4 , 14th inst., but was got off this morning and pro .rit%cd. The Mayflower, of Newcastle, from Scaham to Odon, got en Sitoebury Knack Sand this morning, but assisted off this evening and proceeded. Y o C ,V .v ,_Es, Nov. 16.—The Catharina, from Gifle to New has put in bore leaky, and must discharge. ii. -- 1 1v ErtrooL, Nov. 17.—Wind S.S.W. to W., variable, et-Arrd. Peruvian, Black; Kilblain, Shaw, Calcutta; I,intlteror, Bell, Singapore ; Caledonia, Stick, Jamaica ; 1-1 117 Ann, Porto Cabello; St. Mark, Butman, Savannah; d i e j g °I Sidon, M'Carthy, St. John's, New Brunswick stdcl, Montreal ; Prince Charley, Ararat ; The Duke, ,ilSyria, Quebec ; Agneda, Jeffrey, Bombay ; Lotus, a °l Th's, New Brunswick ; Daly, Miramiehi ; Eveline, 1 1 / 10 '' „John, Quebec. Sid. Olinda, Otaheite ; Asia, R iti `, l , lo ; Richard Anderson, Baltimore ; Catherine, A. -"lx * Off, Patriot Queen, Calcutta; Duke of York. w rhooner, name unknown, said to have belonged to ek, foundered on the Bth inst., off More Head, without Apparent cause; crew saved. fro n ,, n s t h w , b EEN, Nov. 15.—The sloop James and Thomas, 1 , - ; - „u' e l,da, got on the point of the North Pier this h isr r Cg , but has since been got off, and brought into DUBLIN our, ber isei ... 14.—Arrd. Lady Walker, Cornwall, IK /N -- " o l w ; Bridget, Quebec. Coe x Z ) r, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Messenger, Pugwash. Arab, `' ° v. 1 4.—Arrd. Allan Killan,Grant, Ichaboe ; Quete Wells, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Sherbroke, Lxs i p e „ ; MarY, Newfoundland. Sid. Jaser, Niva, ditto. ,Ifo"rnie4o' Nov. 15.—Arrd. Messenger, Miller, Quebec. loand Primrose, Savannah ; Magnolia, St. al 8 9 New Brunswick. r, lyetsTronT, Nov. 15.—The R. A. Parke, from Quebec a t e . lfast, has put into Black-sod Bay, making three feet w r per hour, having sprung a leak at sea. this ELFAST, Nov. 16.—The schooner John Metcalf, of t;rtport, coal laden, is sunk at the Brigs, near Groem ; n ew saved. The schooner Orion, Gamblas, of inton, from Mulroy to Liverpool, with oats, ' has PsuuLterlitnta D onaghadee, having sprung a leak at sea, and husequently got on the rocks at the entrance of the o ur, te r and will be towed up here to discharge. A ?° ll er, from the Clyde to Liverpool, with grain, is . I ci to hav e f oundered this morning, off the South Rock ldght, after collision with a London steamer; crew reported to be saved. BRIDLINGTON, NOV. 17.—The Britania, Andrew, from Hull to Whi t b y, wh i ch was ashore near here, has been $ ()t off, and brought in here, after discharging part of er cargo. Fia.arotiTir, Nov. 16.--Wind W.S.W., fresh. 17th. Variable and light.—Arrd. Margaret Boyle, Monism, Ichaboe, attired Sept. - B,and proved for Leith; Isabella W n°d, Denier, St. John's, New - Brunswick. Off. Mer cator, Bahia, and sailed for Antwerp; Caroline, Quebec. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, Nov. 14.—T0-day the King transacted business successively with the Minister of 'War and the Minister of Fiaance. A deputation from Ghent has just arrived at Brussels, to make some representation s to the Ministers of Finance and the Interior relative to the projected free entrepots at Ostend and Antwerp. In the night of the 11th of this month there was a 'dreadful hurricane, with torrents of rain, on the coasts o f Flanders. The west and north winds caused high tides, with a very hollow sea. The rain and the strong Wind hindered for three days the departure and the arrival of the English mail packets. The frightful weather which we have had for some t ime has occasioned some damage in the environs of the Papital. The quantity of rain which has fallen most uninterruptedly gives reason to fear that our rivers will Zgiti4 overflow their bank s . The Senn e i s a lready ver y gh, and several meadows are inundated. 131inssm.s, NOT. 15.—The Chamber, at the commence !tent of the sitting to-day, voted unanimously the pro- J ec t of law f or a ll owing to the war department a credit pro ject 4'450,000f It It then continued the debate on the pro of law for increasing the salaries of the members of the several courts of justice. c D u k e and Duchess. cof Saxe Coburg will leave sceniThe Duke on the 17th, an d arr i ve at B russe l s i n t h e ter T a te family of Prince Galitz, in coming from St. Pe t._ nrg h, has been at Brussels for some days. The .flnee himself is expected to-morrow. Persons who rstekl-inforreed attach some importance to the visit of to PPr i ce to Brussels. They believe that he is likely ,Take a c onsiderable stay, and that it is connected EE Plaos affecting our diplomatic relations. Prince Borghese Aildobrandim and the Princess of A th r e e _ ilb .nrg, his consort, have come from Rome to spend winter at Brussels. .tyt ------ tiotlefo ivrivrxori or HORSES.—The collections men p -In our last as purchased by Mr. Scholfield, of oratle,et, and Mr. Riby Nicholson, for the MM. Strauss, Cxi , ' " en an, and Mr . Furstenberg, of Berlin, were itipPre,(l Cape, Saturday * last, per the . Queen of Scotland, b urgh I 1 uape,_ and Victoria, Captain Draper, for Ham frozz-ki‘Mr. Scholfield's selection, which was shipped h or —"oey's Paragon inn stables, included a splendid iiiiao named the Duke of Buckingham, bred by Mr. 1 ' of Sl edinere-field. His pedigree—by Memnon LlalJunior, out of Pu ffi n, by Pantaloon, own sister to Cardi- Pu ll. A two old colt, purchased by Sir Tatton ;Ikea k . by Hampton, dam by Lottery, g. d. by Camil sls' sand descended from the celebrated breed of the late :''' r at- M. Sykes, Bart. An arrival of horses yesterday, intended for the Helen Macgregor and others expected, will P r o bably be delayeduntil Saturday .—Hull 15. .—Hull Packet, .. I'OREIGN CATTLE. —The week's arrivals have been I _9 head of oxen and cows, and 14 sheep, by the steamers from Harnburgh and Rotterdam.—Hull Packet. BtuTli EXT RAORDINARY.-0 111 Tuesday last, at St. Iv ey, the wife of William Pegg, labourer, was delivered of three fine children, two sons and a daughter, all doing well.--Cambridge Chronicle. As there are many beautiful spots upon our coast which, from her draught of water, the Victoria and Albert yacht is unable to approach so as to behold the x__Oenery to advantage, her Majesty wrote to Sir George Cockburn, the senior naval pressing a w i sh to Lord of the Ad m i ra lty, ex have a small iron-sc rew p ro p e ll er , as a tend er to the Royal yacht and orders were, conse quently, promptly esty'v request, andtlii issull in, accordance with her Ma building in thes vt'essel is now in the progress n of Mare, at Blackvvall. duck }}_ard of Messrs. Ditchburn a d ner dimensions will be about 140 feet in length, 22 feet in breadth, and she is not to draw more than four feet six inches of water, so that she may run (where it is 'practicable) sufficiently close tothe shore to enable her Majesty to embark and lard without the aid of any intermediate boat. A stag e _ will be pre pared for that purpose.__ United Service Gazette. A man named Pierce Wynne, contiguous to Bally duff, Kerry, died last week at the advanced age of 110.— YARMOUTH. --It is said to be th e i ntent i on of Go !erninent to pr e p are the Royal hospital on Denes, iur the reception of lunatics belonging to t e h sery our ice, and th at accomm o d at i on will be provided for both officers and privates.—/Vorieich Mercury. Al. Sallior, the Commissary of Police at Calais, suspected of having murdered an English physician, all the circumstances of which we have given, is ordered for trial before the Court of Assizes for the Pas-de -Calais. Mr. Pearce, late superintending inspector of the detective police, h as b een promoted to the superinten dentship of th e F, or Covent-garden, division of the Metropolitan Police Force. TILE REV. SYDNEY SMITH.—Mr. Smith has been seriously indisposed for some weeks, and faint hopes have been entertained of his recovery. The Reverend Gen tleman's duty at St. Paul's has been undertaken for the lim few Sundays by th e R ev . T homas Dale. Mr. Joseph Samuda, the brother and partner of Mr. Jacob Sainuda, who lost his life on board the Gipsy Queen on Tuesday evening last, with nine of his engineers and workmen, having intimated that he would bear the expense of the funerals of such of them whose families or friends were unable to do so, the mournful ceremonials were conducted in a most respectable manner. The re mains of Mr. Jacob Sammie were removed on Wednes day afternoon f rom P op l ar, in a hearse, to the house of his father, in South-street, Finsbury, from whence they Were conveyed for interment oa the following afternoon at the Jews' Cemetery, in the Mile -end road. DISCOVERY OF A VAST CATACOMB. —The Austrian A mbassador, M. Prokesch, and Professor Rooz, in ex ploring the island of Milos, have discovered a vast cata comb, containing at least a thousand tombs cut in the volcanic tufa. The walls of this subterranean cemetery are covered with Greek and Roman inscriptions of from the second to the sixth century. Most part of the tombs t hemselves have been opened and are empty. This was dune, no doubt, by the barbarians of the north, who in the middle ages destroyed so many Hellenic monuments, respecting the dwelling places of the dead as little us 'those of the living; TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING- NOVEMBER 18, 184 i. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND titibitt Optnton. " Who runs may read." PDXXXtki.C. On Thursday evening their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received M. de Varennes, the French Minister at the, Court of Lisbon; Count de Bondy, and M. Odier, Peers of France ; Generals Bou genel and Dc Saint Yon ; Baron Rothschild, and M. Brogniart. Prince Elim Mitchersky, Chamberlain of the Emperor of Russia, died two days ago, aged 36, at his residence, in Paris. A Marseilles journal states that the schooner Curieux of that port has been captured by an English cruiser, on her way to Goree, o❑ suspicien of being a slaver. The journal asserts that there was nothing . on board to war rant the capture. The schooner had, it says, ten empty casks and twelve sacks of rice on board, but they were down on the manifest, and were fur the use of the crew. The vessel had been confiscated, and was abuut to be sold when the account left. By a letter from Guadaloupe of the 9th September, we learn that since the earthquake not less than 429 new houses had been built, of which 118 cost each 15,000 f. and upwards, exclusive of the purchase of ground ; 166, 6,000 f. to 15,000 f.; and 115 under 6,000 f. At the date of this account 173 houses more were in the course of construction. The following curious circumstance, says a Dunkirk paper, happened a few days ago in the burying-ground there. While the sexton was digging a grave, a skull rose from that which adjoined it, and which was also open, and as the terrified man started back, advanced towards him. lie then fled on to the road, crying aloud for mercy. Another man hearing the alarm, and being told the cause of it, had sufficient courage to go to the spot, and there saw the head still moving. Undaunted he took it up, and, on examination, found within it two moles, which had made it their retreat, and had given it motion. The Second Chamber of the States General of Hol land has come to a resolution to send back the address to the First Chamber in its primitive state, with a slight modification of the paragraph objected to. It remaits to be seen whether it will finally be adopted by the First Chamber. The following lamentable accident happened a short time ago in Piedmont. The Countess de Samaz, wife of the Grand Master of the Household of the King of Sar dinia, in opening a drawer at the top of a very high chest, drew the whole piece of furniture upon her, and was crushed to death. She was found a lifeless corpse by her son-in law, Count Maurice de Samaz, en his en tering the apartment shortly after the accident. M. Sallior, the Commissiary of Police at Calais sus pected of having murdered the English physician, all the circumstances of which we have given, is ordered for trial before the Court of Assizes for the Pas de-Calais. The Marseilles journals announce that a grand ban quet is to take place on the arrival in that city of Mar shal Bugeaud, in honour of the illustrious visitor. The price of bread in Paris, for the second fortnight of November, has been fixed at 31 centimes the kilo gramme for the first quality. GOVlLT—rAsinollAnzam. The Prince of Saxe-Coburg, Prince Albert's brother, is expected this day at Windsor, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince. His Serene Highness was to embark at Ostend early this morning, and cross the Channel to Dover in the Black Eagle steam-yacht. Earl Delawarr left town on Saturday last for Bourne Hall, near Easton, Cambridgeshire, where the Noble Earl and family are expected to remain until the close of the month, and thee' return to Buckhurst Park, Sussex. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklen burgh Strelitz, are expected to honour the Noble Earl and Countess with a visit shortly at Buckhurst. The Duke of Newcastle, accompanied by the Ladies Clinton, and Lords Robert and Charles Clinton, arrived at Clumber Park, Notts, on Wednesday last, from Brid lington, Yorkshire, where the Noble Duke and family have been residing the last month. The Duke of Leeds left the Clarendon Hotel on Satur- day for his seat Hornby Castle. The Marquis of Salisbury returned on Friday evening to Hatfield House from Burleigh House, where the Noble Marquis had been among the visitors during the sojourn of the Queen and Prince Albert at that princely seat. The Marquis of Salisbury intends shortly to receive a succession of visitors at Hatfield. _ _ The Earl of Shaftesbury has had a select family circle assembled at St. Giles's House, Dorset. The Hon. Cap tain and Lady llarriet Corry, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Sturt, having been among the visitors. The Earl of Lonsdale has arrived in town from White haven Castle, his Lordship'eseat in Cumberland. Dowager Lady Holland left South street on Saturday last for e. Brighton, where her Ladyship 'intends to pass the winter. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Ashley, and Lord Earnest Bruce, were among the nobility at tending Divine service on Sunday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. 1n11303310611111M01T5. The election of the Lord Rector of the Uni versity of Glasgow took place on Friday, Pro fessor Hill presiding in the absence of Principal Macfarlan, who was unable to attend from indisposition. The candidates were the Earl of Eglinton (Tory), and Andrew Rutherfurd, Esq., M.P., late Lord Advocate for Scotland (Liberal). The numbers for Mr. Rutherfurd were 277, and for Lord Eglinton 185—majority 92. Mr. Charles Laffitte, head of the house Charles Laffitte, Blount, and Co., has arrived in London. It is understood that the object of his visit is connected both with the French loan and with the formation of a com pany for the railway from Paris to the Belgian frontier, and that he has already received proposals from different influential parties. It is proposed to erect a lunatic asylum for Cumber land and Westmoreland, by way of a memorial to the late Earl of Lonsdale. At a full meeting of the British Archeological Asso• ciation, held on Saturday, it was resolved that the second annual meeting should be held at Winchester, in the summer of 1845. Mohun Lal, a distinguished Oriental traveller and soldier, is at present on a tour in Ireland. He visited the Bank of Ireland on Thursday last, accompanied by one of the Directors. One night in August, 1843, there were several mail bags either lost or stolen from the Dublin and Cork coach, via Cashel, and although Government at the time offered a considerable reward for their recovery, no clue to them was traced, until by the exertions of Mr. Dann, the postmaster at Fermoy, there appears now every likelihood of a discovery, which may lead to the regain ing of the property lost by individuals in the letters con tained is these bags. On Friday a Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and part of Middlesex, was held at No. 1, Greek-street, Soho-square, for the con sideration of the steps necessary to be taken for ob taining contracts on the Ranelagh and Counters' Creek districts, and for other business, T. L. Donald son, Esti , in the chair. The orders of Court, on the Ist and Bth of Novem ber, having been read, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the next business before the Commissioners was to order the payment of 2,0001. to Messrs. Bennett, the contractors, on ac count of bills to Michaelmas. Mr. LESLIE oltjected to that vote. The Court was hound to make inquiry before making further pay ments, and as Messrs. Doull and Jenkins were not pre sent, he should wish them to be called into Court that he might ask them one or two questions. The CHAIRMAN ' before calling those officers, would wish to know what specific purpose Mr. Leslie had in view ? Mr. LESLIE wished to raise the question of the measurement of the sewers. He wanted Mr. Doull to explain to the Court how that measurement was really done, and what was done. He (Mr. Leslie) would undertake to prove to the Court that the width of the digging was never measured. Now there were three dimensions necessary to be taken before arriving at the cube, namely, the length, the depth, and the idth. Mr. Doull took only one of those measure ments—namely the length, Mr. Jenkins supplied the average depth, and the third, the width, was taken not from actual measurement, but from a table by Mr. Rowley. He (Mr. Leslie) wanted to hear how Mr. Jenkins did his share, and then he should be pre pared with an amendment if necessary. The CHAIRMAN did not think the Court could en tertain the proposition of the Hon. Commissioner, unless he advanced something more grave—as that the contractor had acted fraudulently. Granting the 2,0001., would not invalidate any further inquiry, and in order not to retard the business of the Court, he thought that unless something stronger should be stated, than what the llon. Commissioner had yet advanced the Court could not attend to it. It would be a pity to stop the general course of business. Mr. LESLIE entered a motion upon the subject, and intimated that if it were overruled, he should put up an other. _ _ _ The motion that Mr. Donll and Mr. Jenkins be called into Court was put from the chair, and lost by a majority of four. Mr. LESLIE had wished to investigate the method in which bills involving an amount of 40,0001. or 50,0001 of the public money had been got up, but the Court had refused to allow its own officers to be called into Court. He would, therefore, put in an amendment ; but in the course of his experience—and he had been connected with many public bodies—he never had seen the officers of any Court refused, where the grounds of the applica tion had been so clearly stated. Captain BAGUE rose to order. That subject had been already disposed of by the Court. The CHAIRMAN apprehended that the Hon. Commis sioner's remarks were merely preliminary to putting his motion ; and, if so, he was quite in order. Mr. LESLIE—They were so ; and The amendment having been seconded by the Hon. FREDERICK BYNG, was read by the clerk, Mr. liertzlet, and was to the following effect : " That as the contracts held by Messrs. Bennett were originally obtained on tenders sent out from the office of Sewers for Westminster, in 1841, containing a bill of par ticulars of entirely fictitious quantities, the gross amount of Mr. Bennett's tender for such fictitious works, making his appear to the Commissioners in Court assembled to be the lowest and most favourable to the public, when in point of fact the real quantities show that his tenders were not the lowest by many hundreds of punds, and it having been discovered that under the contract so obtained the bills of works done contain many errors and charges contrary to the terms of the aforesaid contract, this Court do delay before it signs any further orders on the treasurer in discharge of the bills, until a full and complete investigation into the circumstances, docu ments, and vouchers be made, and that for the purpose of an immediate inquiry this Court, at its rising, do adjourn till to-morrow at ten o'clock, and, if necessary, continue its sittings on Monday and following days, until the investigation be completed." The CHAIRMAN did not see that that was an amend ment he could put. It was, in fact, a substantive motion, containing new matter, and therefore objectionable in point of form. Mr. BRANSCOMBE thought that a particular day should be appointed to investigate the subject. The CHAIRMAN would put it to the Hon. Commissioner (Mr. Leslie) if it was really an amendment he could put there? If it had indeed stopped short, and said that OURT OF SEWER the payment should be delayed, it would be a good and valid amendment. Mr. LESLIE—The Chairman was going to put to the Court that the sum of 2,000/. be paid to Messrs. Ben nett, and his amendment was to delay that order until certain investigations were made. The delay would be only till to-morrow, or a day or two longer. He (Mr. Leslie) had no wish to resist payments fur work really done. The CHAIRMAN was still of opinion that it could not be entertained, and refused to put it to the Court. The order to pay Messrs. Bennett the amount in ques tion was then carried, and signed by six Commissioners. A further sum of 9501. to Mr. Thomas Cubitt, on ac count of works in part of the King's Scholars' Pond Sewer, was then ordered ; as also a sum of 41. ss. to Mr. J. Fluin. Mr. Hertzlett, the chief clerk, then read a letter which he had received during the discussion from Mr. Jenkins, the second clerk of the works, praying leave to resign his situation. Captain BAGUE would wish to have Mr. Jenkins called into Court to know his motives for resigning. He (Capt. Bague) had learned out .of doors that that officer had been goaded into this course by an Hon. Commissioner. The CHAIRMAN thought/ it would be derogatory to the character of that Court to call upon any officer to ex plain his motives for throwing up his situation. After some discussion as to " the right" of any Com missioner or Commissioners " to goad" the officers of the Court, it was finally put to the vote, and carried, that Mr. Jenkins should b e ca ll e d i n, an d that gentle man was accordingly introduced. His own letter, and the resolutions of the Court were then read, and to questions from Captain Bague as to his motives for re signing, Mr. Jenkins replied, with great naivete, that he had got a better situation, and had accepted it. Mr. LESLIE had not replied to the remarks which had been made I.y lion. Commissioners, but now that they had had Mr. Jenkins's answer, he would ask those Hon. Commissioners if they had meant him (Mr. Leslie) as the person who had goaded that gentleman on to resign. The question was unanswered, and the subject dropped. A letter was then read from the Holborn andifinsbury Commission, expressing its satisfaction at the resolution come to by the Court of Sewers for Westminster re specting the depth of sewerage on the new line from Long-acre to St. Giles's. Mr. WILLOUGHBY moved that a resolution should be placed on their minutes, disclaiming the inference that seemed to be drawn by the neighbouring Commission, namely, that that Court, in consenting to the increased depth of sewer, had only a desire to consult the interest of that Commission, without any regard to the wants of the ratepayers in Westminster. He was the more anxious that the Court should express such a resolution, lest the concession should be urged as a precedent at any future time. Mr. BEECH seconded it, and the resolution was ordered to be entered on the minutes. The CHAIRMAN then directed attention to the neces sity of taking some measures for the immediate re-con struction of the defective parts of the Ranelagh sewer in Gloucester-road, Paddington, which had been already ordered, under the superintendence of Messrs. Tite and Rennie. He had hoped that contractors would have been named by that time, but as the parties had declined to accept the works, it appeared to him that that Court should direct Mr. Jay, the contractor on the eastern and western divisions, to proceed with the sewer, under the supervision of those gentlemen. If the matter were fur ther deferred, at least a delay of a month would take place, and rather than such should be, he thought they might with great propriety make the offer to Mr. Jay. A letter was read from that gentleman, offering to do the works in the remaining districts at the same rate that he did the eastern and western. Mr. LESLIE thought that the letter was read in the wrong place. It ought to have been reserved until the subject of the contracts on the Ranelagh and Counters' Creek was taken into consideration. The letter of Mr. Jay had reference to the districts, and not to the parti cular work in the Gloucester-road. Mr. GuTcH said that the property on the line of sewer was greatly injured in consequence of the delay in re-constructing it. Mr. WILLOUGHBY was, under the circumstances of the case, disposed to adopt the plan suggested by the Chairman. Mr. BAYLIS had heard that there was a report in one of the newspapers, that the state of the Counters' Creek sewer was exceedingly dangerous, the body of a man being found in one part of it, and a carriage and horses in another. The CHAIRMAN -supposed that the report had arisen from a person having incautiously driven a gig into it. It was determined to re-consider the subject after dis posing of the question of contracts for the districts. The CHAIRMAN having introduced that subject, and Mr. Hertzlett having again read the letter from the con tractor, Mr. Jay, Mr. LESLIE rose for the purpose of proposing that that Court should adopt the plan pursued by the Holborn and HOLBORN DIVISION. THE CALAMITOUS FLOOD AT FLORENCE.—The fol lowing account is given by an eye-witness :—" The rain began on the 3d, and continued nearly the whole day ; during the night it increased, and fell in one continued torrent. Kirly on Sunday morning the alarm was given that the Arno was inundating the town, and in about half an hour all the lower parts of Florence were six and seven feet deep in water ; so sudden was the rush of water that there was barely time to take the horses out of the stables, and several were drowned. Those persons who were in the streets rushed into the houses ; and many who were in the churches were obliged to stay there till the following morning. In Santa Croce there were two feet of water, and the Piazza was inundated to the depth of ten feet. All this happened between seven and eight o'clock. Many per sons who slept on the grohnd floors were awoke by the water forcing open the windows or doors. All this while the Arno kept rising—windows, chairs, tables, pictures, in short, every article of furniture came whirling past in the torrent. At ten o'clock a tremendous crash was heard, the upper iron bridge had given way, and the whole wood-work of it came dashing past the Ponte Vecchio, where the jewellers have their shops ; it was expected every mo ment to be carried away ; but luckily, it resisted the shock. The consternation was at its height, for here was a mother inquiring for her child, here a father asking for his son; the rain still falling in torrents, no boats to be had—all carried away. At last two were pro- cured, and rafts were made to succour those parts of the town that were inundated. Seven persons were drowned in the streets. At 2 P.M., the Arno began to subside, still no one could get to the inundated quarter; more than two-thirds of the town were without bread, and no help reached them till evening. It was dreadful to hear the cries of " Bread! bread!" from the streets that were inundated. At last the rafts were able to take bread. In many streets remote from the centre they were from Saturday evening till Sunday night without food. All the cellars are full of water; all the merchan dise iu the douane ruined; shops have been completely cleared; a picture dealer found but a mass of sand in his shop, all else swept away. At the Cascine the hares, &c., have been drowned , and the walks, &c., ruined. In the country it is much worse ; whole towns are under water, and without food. It rains incessantly, and another flood is expected every day. No English have perished. The streets are still full of water. The damage at the douane alone is estimated at 2,600,000 lire (above 100,000/.)" ALARMING ILLNESS OF GENERAL NOTT.—We have much regret that we cannot report at all favourably of the present state of Gene ral Notts health. The gallant officer has had a relapse, and is now very ill. It is con jectured that this change for the worse has been brought about by the change in the weather, the atmosphere now being very humid. It is bowel-, r satisfactory to know that the Gallant General possesses from nature a very strong constitution, and it is confidently believed, that he will not only soon rally, but be, ere long, fully re stored to health.— Welshman. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, NOV. M.—Buyers have come forward more freely this week, and the purchases have been on a larger scale than for some time past ; both refiners and grocers have shown a disposition to get into stock, and the sales in West India sorts reach 600 hhds. and tierces, at very full prices. A good business has also been done in East India descriptions, the trans actions in Bergals and Mauritius reaching 3,000 bags and mats, at prices not previously attainale. In ruin there is nothing doing.—Bristol Mercury. The very extensive cotton mills, well known as the Salford mills, the property of Messrs. Phillips and Co., have been taken as a bonding warehouse for Manchester. MANCHESTER TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND HILL—The amount received in this town now exceeds 1,400/ We should be glad if the public of the sur rounding districts, who have also participated in the plan of cheap postage, would assist in raising the sum of 2,000/ This would be a worthy gift to Mr. Hill. — Manchester Guardian, 27,716 - ;rpinning To a question from Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. LESLIE said that Mr. Roe, the surveyor to the Court of Sewers for Holborn and Finsbury, drew the plans, &c., and furnished an estimate of the expenses of any projected new work to that Court. A very important , New River, 28 feet deep, part of which was to go under the ew River, was estimated for by Mr. Roe. When the tenders came in, however, none of them were within 300/. or 4001. of Mr. Roe's estimate. The Court said, " Mr. Roe, your estimate must be wrong.l 'None of them can do the work for what you say. How is that ?" Mr. Roe re. plied, " Gentlemen, I cannot help that ; but the work can and will be done for that if you order it, and make the contractor for the division, who is bound to do so, supply you with materials and labour, and so forth." Well, then, Mr. Roe completed that work at 100/. less than his own estimate. Let them, then, observe the advantages of that plan. They had correct details before they began the work they bad plenty of time to consider what they were to do and having agreed on a thoroughly digested plan, it was open to the whole community to propose for the work in question. He (Mr. Leslie) was quite charmed with their specifi cations. He had them beside him, but would not tire the Court any further. Let their surveyors in like manner give detailed plans, and an estimate of the ex penses in each work. He would make no observation then upon their late contractors, but when he saw the Messrs. Bennett tendering some seven or eight times for works in the llolborn and Finsbury district, although only accepted twice, it proved to him, that if, as had been said in this Court, they had ever burned their fingers, they seemed very anxious again to return to the same fire. The CUAIRMAN hoped that Mr. Leslie would conclude with a resolution. • £21,224 6s. 9( 00 feet of old Sewl ' Undei Hon. Commissioner; and why then, he asked, should they again renew that discussion ? Then with respect to the two districts already disposed of, it was out of the power of the Court to adopt the motion put on the table by the Hon. Commissioner. Let them wait a year to give the system lately adopted a fair trial, and he would then be as ready as any Hon. Commissioner to try further improve ments ; but he could not consent to overturn all that they had so lately created. Any further discussion of the matter then would only have the effect of distracting the Court, and wasting the public time. The reason why contractors did not come to that Court was simply because they were afraid that some Hon. Commissioner might come down, and take from them the very marrow of their contract.—(Cries of " No, no," and " Hear, hear.") He said, yes, those gentlemen were afraid, and with good reason—he did not blame them—that the Court would play them a trick, and they said, " When you pretend to give us a whole district, you only give us the dirty part of it." They had, he re peated, come to a decision on the subject of Mr. Leslie's motion, and although three contractors had been already scared, he was glad to find that Mr. Jay was not, and would take that from which the others shrunk in dis may. He had not been an advocate for the plans which had been lately adopted, but having been once‘adopted, in the name of common sense, let them give them a fair trial. The lion. and Learned Commissioner con cluded by moving that Mr. Jay's proffer be accepted. It was seconded by Mr. GUTCH. Mr. B. BALDWIN, M.P., would endeavour very suc cinctly to _reply to the Learned Commissioner (Mr. Wil loughby). The Hon. and Learned Commissioner had said that it was out of the power of the Court to make any alteration. Mr. WILLOUGHBY thought the Hon. Commissioner mistaken. He did not say " power." Mr. BARRY BALDWIN had taken down the words. The next thing was as regarded time. He thought that time was most opportune, for the form of the sewer had no thing to do with the lion. Commissioner's (Leslie's) resolution. The form was nothing ; the contract could still be entered into in the manner desired by the Hon. Gentleman. lie proposed that he should merely take the work in the block instead of piecemeal. He pro posed that details should be placed on the table, and that contractors for the works should view them. The Hon. and Learned Commissioner said " Let us go on for one year." He (Mr. Barry Baldwin) was a young member of that Court, but, as far as he could see, the thing had been gone on with too long already on the old system.—(Hear, hear) Delays were dangerous, and it might be said at the end of that one year, " 06, let us go on for another year," and so they would never attain nearer to perfection. If a gentleman wished to build a house he would not contract for its being done piecemeal; he would contract with some one to build it out for a certain sum, and so they might do there.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the very best time for the Hon. Gen tleman's motion. lie (Mr. Baldwin) had never spoken to the Hon. Commissioner (Mr. Leslie) on the subject before, but his resolution did certainly appear to him feasible and worthy of support, and he should support it therefore. They might depend on it, they would always find men—respectable men, too—ever ready to accept their contracts if they only gave them a fair and reason able remunerating profit, and that could be done as well in the block as by piecemeal. Let them adopt the plan proposed at least in one division, and see how it did there. The system might be new, but if it promised to be of use to the rate-payers they should try it. Mr. BEECH quite agreed with the propositions so ably laid down by his learned friend Mr. Willoughby. Mr. LESLIE, after a few words, concluded with a reso lution to the effect, that all works in the Ranelagh and Counters' Creek district, excepting small day jobs, should be carefully estimated, with prepared plans and sections, including every expense, such as side entrances, gullies, &c., and that all works done should be the subject of particular contract, invited by public advertisement. The Hon. F. BYNG seconded the motion. He with pleasure supported a resoltition which would throw open their works to general competition. He was very glad to find himself in a position to sign his name to the pro position of the Hon. Commissioner. Mr. WlLLoucnnv, while giving the propounder of the motion credit for the industry he had evinced in bring ing such a mass of evidence before them, could not yet help thinking that that evidence had been brought for ward at the wrong time. Ile felt sure that a shrewd man like the Hon. Commissioner must bo aware that the end and aim of all talk was to come to some conclusion, but that seemed to be another instance of the faculty which the lion. Com m i ss i oner seemed to possess i u suc h a great degree, namely, the bringing of a proposition forward at the wrong moment. The Hon. Commissioner tried to show that by adopting the Holborn and Finsbury plan of contracting fur their works that Court would derive a eerbzin benefit, and that a beneficial result would also accrue to the rate-payers. But the Court had come to a conclusion upon the subject before that day. It had altered the form of sewers after a long discussion. It had already received public, tenders, and already dis posed of two of the districts. The Court, therefore, ought to give the system it had so very lately adopted a fair trial. Let them not then occupy the time of the Court by again considering that which had been so fully discussed b e f ore . N ot long ago when Mr. White ' s motion for an alteration in the form of sewer was before them, the subject of adopting the egg shape, as in the Hol born and Finsbury distriet,had been fully suggested by the Finsbury Commission in receiving contracts for works to 195 done ; and he was bound to express his obligations to the officers of that Commission for the very important information he had received from them—received, toe, without let or hindrance. He (Mr. Leslie) would not trouble the Hon. Commissioners with isolated cases, as re garded the practice in Holborn and Finsbury, for, by great exertion, he had prepared from their books and documents returns of works amounting to the enormous sum of 23,000/. ; and he thought he would have the support of the Hon. Commissioner, the District Surveyor for Marylebone, who was present, in carrying out the proposition he would make to the Court. The plan of the Holborn and Finsbury was not a new or mere experimental plan, for, under their able and intelligent surveyor, Mr. Roe, they had built of the new form twenty-six miles of sewer, six miles of which were only half-brick thick, in blocks firmly united with the best Roman cement, In their works none but hydraulic mortar was used, and the very best Roman cement. Every builder, every surveyor, and every man of property, was concerned in this important question of public drainage; and he hesitated not to assert, and that without fear of contradiction, that for every lineal foot of sewer put in by the Westminster Commission, the same amount of money, under their better plans, the Holborn and Fins ' bury Commission had put, in two feet. What was the cause of this mighty difference between two adjoining Commissions of Sewers ? One cause was in their Act of Parliament. About thirty years ago the Holborn and Finsbury got into debt 30,0001, and they ventured to make a shilling rate, the rate-payers rebelled, meetings were held all over the districts, and, under the advice of the present Mr. Sergeant Wilde and Mr. John Wilks, a new Act of Parliament for those divisions was obtained. They were bound under their Act of Parliament to give twenty-one days' notice to all the vestry-clerks within their district of the line intended, the day, time, and place, when the Court would assemble to consider as to the propriety of ordering the work to be done. In short, he (Mr. Leslie) said that the most complete and scientific measurement of the proposed works took place before the Court were called upon to vote that the work should be done, so that the parties who had to tender knew what they had to do. The case in this Court was just reversed. An estimate was presented by the sur veyors, often voted the moment it was read, without any time for deliberation; the works were all measured after they were done, and the Court had this day refused to allow the officers who had measured the works in Bow street, included in the accounts, upon which they had paid 2,oool—he said they refused to allow Mr. Doull, as sistant surveyor, and Mr. Jenkins, the clerk of the works, to come into Court to explain how they performed that important duty. What were the consequences to the public of the system in this Court ? The surveyors' esti mates were mostly exceeded by the actual expense, often a large amount, sometimes 50 up to 140 per cent. more than the sum the Court had ordered on those works. Why, on the Bow-street line, included in the bills partly paid to day, the estimate was 1,4001, the ac tual expense upwards of 2,0601 nearly 47 per cent. more than the Court had ordered. But to return to the more business-like plan of the Holborn and Finsbury Com mission. After the plans, estimates, &e., had been approved, public advertisements for each particular work were made. It required, first, the fullest public notice of where they intended to lay the money out ; and,- secondly, they were bound to advertise the Contracts for the works in question in a certain number of papers. He would read over not one, two, • ten, or fifteen, but twenty sewers, formed by that Commission, amounting in all to above 23,000 feet, namely, 12,185 feet of the first, and above 15,000 of the second class of sewers. He had taken the number of parties tendering. He had taken the highest and the lowest tenders, but he did not think it fair to give the names of the parties. Among them, however, he found the Messrs. Bennett, to whom they had that day paid away 2,0001, contrary to his view of the matter. T he plans and specifications, he might there state, were accurately drawn out ; the when, where, and how, the works should begin and terminate; the depths, the levels, and everything else. The parties who intended to tender paid a shilling for a printed form, which contained all the instructions and information required. It seemed , to him a sort of providential interference that the parties who had tendered for the Ranelagh and Counters Creek district should have withdrawn those tenders, for that Court might now save a vast amount of money by adopt ing the plan he was going to point out to their conside ration. The Hon. Commissioner then read the following particulars of work in about twenty sewers made under the direction of, and by the orders of, the Holborn and Finsbury district, at prices greatly under those of the Court of Sewers for Westminster. One or two might be taken as a sample of the whole. One in Museum-street, for which Messrs. Bennett contracted, came at (every expense included) 14s. 2d. per foot. Another, a first class sewer in Kentish-town, in length 3,465 feet with five side entrances, twelve junctions, twenty gullies, and at a depth generally of 26 feet, was built for 165.:7d. per foot t LI , t .. - 1 ...: 0 4 c) I .0 48 ,-; f.. 1 ~. Total. '-. zr, PLACES. 14-....rca) Highest and Lowest Tenders. t'>*&"; ;4" u ' t'-' Side entrance. *-- 1 --- a. -g I .... 0 4 8 81 s c ., - 0 0 0 E ' 1 , i4 1- 2. ..) -....-...- ._...... 1 £ s. d. Ft. In. £. s. d. l £ s. d. £. s. d. s. d. Great Russell-street and Mu- / a 1,230 0 0 scum-street s' 890 0 0 Bennett's. *lOO 1,235 2 altered 3 6 15 9 890 0 0 ..• 890 001 14 2 Kentish-town-road and Grafton- 11 4,915 0 0 ' place 2,881 0 0 Cotsworth. 3,465 •• 5 12 20 26 0 2,881 0 0 Tunnelled. 2,881 0 0 16 71 443 Batton-garden 7 , 319 00 0 0 Green. •.• 400 none None. 6 18 0 319 0 0 None. 319 0 0 15 114 Chancery-lane 'B 938 810 Hill. (Contribution 3501 by Inn) 1 - ••• 1,320 1 and 1 lowered 10 12 19 0 933 810 121 7 2 1,054 16 0 15 114 New-road and Seymour-street 7 3,188 4 00 0 Ward and Son. 2,750 600 3 8 22 24 0 3,188 0 0 104 0 7 3,292 0 7 19 7/ Charlotte-street and Bedford- 10 1,330 9 0 square .. 800 0 0 Cooper. ... 1,380 2 2 8 16 6 800 0 0 219 2 802 19 2 11 8 142 0 0 King's-road, Gray's Inn ...... ... 3 132 00 H. 185 0 1 3 13 9 135 0 0 61 3 141 1 3 15 0 •• • Ferdinand-street (115. 6d. per foot contribution) 5 392 0 0 Mutter. ... ' 786 1 1 2 12 0 392 16 2 None. 392 16 2 10 0 FINSBURY DIVISION. • Macclesfield-street South 535 0 0 460 0 0 Ward. ••• 700 1 2 10 12 0 474 0 0 None. 74 0 0 13 61 B a ttle-bridge and llolloway- ( 8 tl2 2,230 0 0 road 1,246 12 6 Wood and Probatt 300 2,200 2 6 2 16 0 1,246 12 6 None. 1,246 12 6 9 111 1,823 0 0 Collier-street, Pentonville 1,391 0 0 Hall-terrace and Windsor-place 12 6,97 6 9 Medworth. ... 1,150 1 3 16 12 r 0 697 6 9 None. 697 6 9 12 1i 4,683 0 0 Pitfield-street 7 3,190 0 0 Bennett. 3,440 580 3 5 30 18 0 3,190 0 0 ••• 3,806 4 7 18 64 1,490 0 0 Great Cambridge-street ...... . 12 1059 10 0 Green. 1,600 ••• 1 6 0 14 0 1,059 10 0 None. 1,059 10 0 13 24 , 1 960 0 0 High-street, Islington 4 771 0 0 James. 630 230 1 3 10 18 0 771 007616 11 847 16 11 19 8 Parkfield street, Islington } 8 566 0 0 384 0 0 James. ••• 640 1 3 0 15 0 384 0 0 116 7 385 16 0 12 0 Battle-bridge and Holloway- n 275 0 0 road '' 211 0 0 Threadgold. ••• 340 1 0 2 15 0 211 0 0 None. 211 0 0 12 5 , Baker's-row /"' 20 0 0 250 0 0 Johnson. •.• 300 1 2 4 16 0 250 0021 7 6 271 7 6 18 1 Brick-lane 1,294 0 0 James. -- • I 2,005 3 6 20 17 0 1,294 0 0 133 1 1 1,427 1 1 14 21 ---- - ,-- --- 12,185 1 15,531 31 81 181 21,224 6 9 12,185 k _- 27.716 - £21.224 6s. 9d. = 15s. 3111. per foot lineal, including every expense. Mr..WILLIA3t DONALDSON, the Chairman's brother, followed on the same side. The question had been mooted at the former meetings of that Court, and argued with great ability by the Honourable Commissioner (Mr. Leslie). It had then been set at rest, and it was quite impossible, he thought, that the public business could be carried on, if on every fresh opportunity the question were started anew. After some words from Mr. Baylis and Mr. Chambers, The CHAIRMAN went at considerable length into the merits of the question. He contended that the law binding on the Holborn and Finsbury Com mission was in effect the same that guided that Court. But that very contract was essentially, and in principle, like Mr. Leslie's, for he admitted that they must have a contract for " job work," and every item in these particulars was likely, at some time or another, to be called into requisition by these same job works. The lion. Commissioner had thought proper to bring for ward that information, in order to induce them to accede to his resolution, but he (the Chairman) greatly doubted the correctness of the llon. Commissioner's figures ; they were certainly very puzzling, for they were not classed so as to enable one at once to see what sewers were cheap and what dear ; and he was the more doubt ful of their correctness when he saw some second class sewers charged more than others of the first class. He (the Chairman) k new many persons who were losers from taking jobs by the lump without being well advised what they were doing, and the consequences were that the sewers were made from the pockets of private individuals, than which he knew of nothing more dishonourable, more cruel, more ungenerous. Mr. G RIFFITHS —HOW are contracts for churches taken? The CHAlRMAN—Churches were built under that system ; and it was most revolting and iniquitous that it should be so. They ought, between man and man, to give a fair price for the work of his hands, for the sweat of his brow—and not to take steps which might even tually involve his ruin. The Hon. Gentleman then went on to argue that works taken at low contract prices, as in the Ilolborn and Finsbury district, could not be well done, for the men were inclined to " shirk" the work, and the whole system induced a sort of antipathy between the officers of the Commissioners and the contractor's workmen. He thought that by ac cepting Mr. Jay's proffer they would be saving, as he was lower than the lowest of the three candidates who had resigned the contract for the district. It was sin gular, if Mr. Leslie's figures were correct, that these men, who would be enabled to make a fortune by their contract prices, should so readily let it slip through their fingers. He thought it furnished another proof that the lion. Commissioner was mistaken. Mr. LESLIE shortly replied. It had been said that it was he who had induced the contractors to resign their contracts. It was not he, for unf4tunately he was ever in the minority in that Court. But it was of the majo rity they were afraid, for they could not confide in the honour of the majority of the Court, in which he agreed with them, and from a dread of that majority, they had given up the contract. His own opiniAl was, that all the works in the district could be legally claimed by the contractor ; but their legal adviser said no, and their Chairman said no also. He had done his duty in bringing the matter before them, and he now left it in their hands. _ The amendment and the original motion were then put, when the former was carried by a majority of five. Mr. HERTZLET, the Chief Clerk, intimated that he should be ready with a precept for a new rate on the Western Division at the next Court. The Court then adjourned. IRELAND. MEETING OF THE ROMAN CATIIOLIC BISHOPS. DUBLIN, Nov. 16.—The following announcement ap pears in the Dublin Evening Post of this afternoon:— " The Prelates this day concluded their deliberations on the Charitable Bequests Act. • We understand that a resolution to the following effect was adopted, on the motion of the Primate, the Most Rev. Dr. Crolly, se conded by the Right Rev. Dr. Egan, Bishop of Kerry: —"The Prelates assembled, after mature consideration of the enactments of the new Charitable Bequests Act, having taken different views Of its operation, it was de termined that each Prelate should be left to the gui dance of his own conscience on this measure.' As Dr. Egan, the seconder of this resolution, had signed the protest against the Act, we may infer that the Prelates were nearly unanimous on the occasion. As we have already stated, the Prelates were unanimous in consi dering that modifications were required in certai❑ clauses of the Act affecting discipline, as regards the au thority of each Bishop in his own diocese. It is under stood that the Government have expressed their readi ness to amend the Act in such manner as to avoid any interference with the discipline of the Catholic Church; and it is their imperative duty to do so at the earliest possible moment. There can, we think, be little doubt that such alterations as are required will be made." MAYNOOTII COLLEGE—DEPUTATION TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. The Evening Post also contains the following:—" This dap a deputation, consisting of the four Archbishops, with some lay members of the Maynooth Board, waited upon his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, by appointment, at the Viceregal-lodge, Phcenix-park, with an application for an increase of the Parliamentary grant to that esta blishment, on the present terms. The total insufficiency of the present miserable grant has long been admitted, and the time has arrived for an augmentation to an extent commensurate with the claims of the Catholics of Ireland for a grant from the State towards the education of their clergy. Ilis Excellency received the deputation most courteously, and appeared to coincide with their views, promised to forward their memorial without delay, but gave no pledge of any sort on his own part, or on the part of the Government. Lord Eliot was present at the interview." THE STATE PROSECUTION-REVERSAL OF THE JUDGMENT. In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, in the case of the Queen r. O'Connell and others, Sir Colman O'Loghlen moved, on the part of defendants, that the judgment of reversal had in this case should bo entered upon the record, and that the recognizances of the de fendants be handed over to be cancelled. Mr. Justice CRAMPTON—Of course this application will be granted. It is regular, I believe. The Clerk of the Crown made an intimation to the effect that he never knew of a similar application being made. I Sir COLMAN O'LOGMLEN—The affidavit on which the application is founded states that there is no judgment now pending against Mr. O'Connell Judge CRAMPTON—You need not trouble yourself by reading any affidavit. The application is granted. The Clerk of the Crown made an observation to his Lordship. Judge CRAMPTON—The officer says that the formal documents have not yet been laid before him. Sir COLMAN O'LOGIILEN—We understand that the judgment of reversal was entered upon the transcript, and the transcript returned to the office. The Clerk of the Crown observed that the necessary documents were not yet returned. Sir COLMAN OTOGRLEN—I don't exactly know, my Lord, what the practice is, whether a discharge should be entered thereon, or the recognizances be vacated. Judge CRAMPTON—I believe a vacate is the usual course. But your application will be complied with as soon as the proper document is laid before the officer. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY—THE MINISTRY. The Warder, an Orange organ, has a very fiery com mentary upon the recent meeting in Cork, to establish a provincial college. That journal says—" The sword is drawn. and the scabbard thrown away, between Sir Robert Peel and the Irish Protestant Church, and the Protestant people of Ireland. One or other must be put down." The Warder adds—" The divinity students of Trinity College intend to meet publicly next week, in the Rotunda, to protest against any interference of Sir Robert Peel with the University, and the Ven. R. J. M'Ghee will be requested to take the chair. A pamphlet on the crisis of the Church of Ireland, from the pen of the Rev. Dr. Millar, of Armagh, was published yester day, making a powerful appeal on behalf of the Church against the traitor Premier." IRISII RAILWAYS. The Dublin Gazette, published last night, is the largest published since the Anti-Tithe agitation, when the peasantry, is thousands, were sued by the Crown for tithe arrears, many of them for two or three pence. Last night's Gazette consists of fourteen sheets, containing. notices of various kinds, emanating from railway and other public companies, corporations, and Government boards. Altogether there are forty seven notices. The railway notices amount to no less than twenty-two, and are as follow :—Extension of the Ulster Railway to Armagh ; Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin; Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone (two separate notices); Londonderry and Coleraine; Londonderry and Enniskillen ; Kilkenny Junction ; Newry and Ennis killen; Dundalk and Enniskillen; Branch from Dublin and Drogheda to Howth ; Waterford and Limerick; Waterford and Kilkenny; Extension from Athlone to Galway ; Kingstown and Waterford; Dublin and Cavan; Limerick and Ennis; Cork and Limerick; Coleraine and Enniskillen ; Cork and Bandon ; Dublin and Belfast Junction; Irish Great Western from Dublin to Galway; North and North-Western from Dublin to Armagh and Enniskillen. LORI) LONDONDERRY ON FREE TRADE. The Marquis of Londonderry, on Monday last, enter tained at dinner, in the Assembly-rooms, Newtownards " the clergy and gentlemen resident upon his estates, and the tenantry most distinguished by their efforts in agricultural improvement and for generally exemplary conduct." The Noble Marquis Presided. After the customary toasts, The Noble PRESIDENT said it gave him great satisfac . tion to meet them on that occasion, at a diiiaer which he was anxious to give them, as his tenantry, in order to celebrate the return among them of a man who was fondly and devotedly attached to them, Lord Castlereagh. He congratulated them on the flourishing state of the country, which, he said, was mainly owing to the ad ministration of Sir R. Peel. Sir Robert, when he ac cepted of the Premiership, bad laid the axe to the root of the evils under which the country laboured. lie set his mind to the consideration of the finances, as the first step in the legislative policy which he intended to carry out ; and he had, in consequence, instituted a property-tax, which, he ventured to declare, not withstanding all that had been said against it, was one of the most just taxes that ever was laid on the coun try; for it placed the burden upon the rich, and relieved those who were not in circumstances so fortunate.— (Hear, hear.) Other questions of moment had occupied the attention of the Government during that time, such as the poor-law, the Irish Registration Bill, and various other difficult questions ; but there was one matter above all, which had occupied their attention, and that was the great question which had taken up so much of the time of the law courts in Dublin. Those were difficult ques tions for a Ministry to manage, but he believed they had brought all to a favourable issue, and that he (the Noble President) and*they might congratulate each other on a better state of affairs than when they last met. There was one question which had agitated the country a great deal since the period to which he had alluded, and to which he felt it necessary to allude—he meant the (corn law question.—(Hear, hear.) And he did solemnly adjure them not to depart from those means to improve their agricultural position which science had opened up to them, lest the question which be had alluded to shou!d be carried. lie did not understand how any Minister who thought right to introduce into his policy free-trade at all—he did not know how that Minister could make corn an exception.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He implored them to consider that that might be the case ; and, in order to prepare for such a change, he implored them to go on cultivating the soil on which their existence depended.—(llear, hear.) They had seen during the last twenty years many changes— they had seen the Minister, by the force of circumstances, by the pressure from without, obliged to follow out a course of policy which was contrary to his mind to pursue; and having seen that, he could not sit down, without im pressing them with the fact, that similar things might take place with regard to the corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) Ile wished them to bear in mind that when everything else was free, they could not expect that corn alone would be an exception. The Noble Marquis then lauded the foreign policy of the Government, and referred to the visits to England of the King of the French, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia, and continued:—But, passing by these events—the having of those potentates among them—they had had the satisfaction of seeing their own good and gracious Queen braving the breeze—braving the difficulties and inconveniences of a sea voyage—visiting France and Belgium, and going twice to Scotland. Would to God she would come to Ireland.—(Cheers.) lie would say, though it was alto gether unnecessary, that between Mr. O'Connell and him self there was no sympaty of feeling—that they did not entertain the same political views ; but be would do Mr. O'Connell the justice to say that he believed that, had her Majesty come to Ireland, the breath of repeal would not have been heard from the heights of Ennishowen to the Lakes of Killarney —no, not a word of repeal would have been heard during her Majesty's stay in her own little island.—(llear, hear, and loud applause.) If she had come there, to see her " First flower of the earth, First gem of the sea," not one breath of repeal would have been heard.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. O'Connell had long been engaged in the agitation of the question of repeal, but he had told them on a late occasion that he preferred federalism. Now, what was his object in stating so? Why, he was simply holding out a feeler to the Protestants, to see whether they would ,join him or not. The Protestants and Pres byterians of Ulster knew him too well; they were aware what his objects were, and their answer to him would be, " Time() Danaus et duita ferentcs." —(Tremendous cheers.) He did not believe that the in telligent, influential, and commercial people of Ireland would ever join Mr. O'Connell in so balderdash an ex periment.—(Cheers, and cries of " Never.") Lord Lon donderry then congratulated his tenantry on the im provements which had taken plum in their farms and on their comfortable appearance, praised the Pour-law Act, and proceeded—With respect to the commission that had been issued to inquire into' the relations between landlord and tenant, he would state that, whatever ne cessity there might have been for such an inquiry in the south of Ireland, such a necessity did not exist on IliS estates.—(Eear, hear.) With respect to the nobleman who was at the head of that commission, he had suc ceeded to a property iu this country, but he knew nothing of Ireland. The commission, as he had ob s e rve d, could be of no use in this p ar t o f the country, and be was happy that that was the case ; fur, in his opinion, it was neither more nor less than throwing out an imi tation to any discontent and disaffection that might arise between landlord and tenant, which was the last thing in the world that should be encouraged. After some remarks on leases, and the treatment of his tenants, the Noble Marquis gave, " The Tenantry of the Newtuwnards Estate—prosperity to them, and may God bless them."—(Loud cheers.) Lord CASTIALREACII, on responding to his health being drank, said—lle had a great deal to thank them for, and a great deal to be proud of.—(llear, hear.) The mise rable-looking mud cabin was now disappearing, and the neat and more stately-looking slated house took its stead. The proudest feather in Lord Londonderry's cap was not the laurels he had won in the field, but the tenantry over whom he presided.—(Applause.) Some other toasts were proposed and responded to, after which the company separated.—Abridged from th© Northern Whig. THE SEIZURE of MESSRS. SMITH'S DISTILLERY. The seizure, by direction of her Majesty's Commis sioners of Excise, of the extensive distillery and rectify inn•-house, 6 outbuildings, plant, &c., of Messrs. Smith, of 11 hitechapel, has been carried into effect by four chief examiners of Excise, aided by several inferior officers. This further step has not only created a great sensation amongst the numerous tavern keepers and proprietors of spirit establishments in the metropolis and suburbs, but has also given rise to much conversation in the com mercial and monetary circles. From the best informa tion that can be obtained upon the subject, it appears, that in consequence of the Excise Commissioners baring for some time past suspected—upon what grounds have not transpired beyond the firm retailing spirits at a superior strength and lower price than other distillers— that Messrs. Smith have not been in the habit of ac counting for the full amount of duty payable upon their stock, the Board of Excise ordered that a most vigilant, watch should be kept upon their establish ments. Fur some time past an Excise officer had been appointed to be constantly upon the premises, and the workmen of Messrs. Smith were forbidden to hold any communication with him on pain of dismissal. The first step adopted against the firm was about three months since, when the Excise seized 20 puncheons of din, and conveyed them to the Government stores in Broad-street ; but upon the subsequent representations of Messrs. Smith, the Commissioners ordered fifteen of the number, with their contents, to be returned. The remaining five were retained for the purposes of ulterior proceedings. In the meantime reports were from time to time made to the Commissioners of the operations carried forward at the distillery and rectifying-house, and consultations were held by the legal advisers of the Board with the Solicitor-General and other eminent members of the bar, which led to the determination on the part of the Commissioners : having recourse to ener getic and decisive measures. The details of the legal conferences have not been suffered to transpire, and in all probability will not reach the public eye untill the whole matter comes on for public hearing before the Barons of the Court of Exchequer. The object. how ever, which the Commissioners had in view may be gathered from the fact that officers and others have been employed to dig up the paving-stones around Messrs. Smith's extensive premises, and pipes have been discovered concealed about three feet from the surface of the earth, connecting the distillery with the recti fying-house, which is contrary to the provisions of the various Acts of Parliament regulating such matters. The Commissioners having ordered a complete stoppage of the works, the distillery now presents a gloomy and wretched contrast to the active bustling scene which it presented when in full working order, and the deep trenches dug out in front and around it, exposing the ob jectionable pipes to view, are objects daily of increased public attraction. The loss to the firm by the stoppage of the works must be a severe one, and Messrs. Smith have been in the habit of paying to Government for duty alone between 300,0001. and 400,0002 per annum. Every portion of the monster establishment has had the broad arrow affixed to it, and not a cask, waggon, or utensil has escaped the same mark of condemnation at the Exciseman's hands. Above 60 workmen, it was stated, were discharged on Saturday night last, making the number, including those dismissed on the previous week, above 120 now out of employment. Messrs. Smith having memorialised the Lords of the Treasury on the subject, their Lordships' reply is looked for with great interest. The buildings alone are estimated to be of the value of 160,000 L, and should the Board of Ex cise succeed in the Court of Exchequer in recovering the enormous penalties for which the firm are being pro secuted, the whole of this valuable property will fall into the hands of the Crown, and a rich harvest will be reaped by the officers who have assisted in promoting the proceedings. In any event Messsrs. Smith will be put to very heavy expenses in resisting the Crown pro secutions. A NEW KIND OF CANNON.—A letter from Sweden states that Baron Wahrendoriff has just invented a new kind of cannon for fortresses. The carriage and the gun form only one piece. The space occupied is but small, and as it is not necessary to have the openings at the case ments of any great extent, the gunners are better shel tered from the enemy's balls. ONE TURNIP FOR Two LEGS OF MUTTON.—Mr. Kendal, of Sellet h all, Stainton, lately pulled a turnip, the circumference of which measured two feet five inches, and the weight of which was twenty-six lbs. eight ounces. The outside of this bulb would have held suffi cient water to boil two legs of mutton. and the inside furnished enough vegetables to serve with the meat.— Lan caster Guardian. FATHER MATHEW.—Last evening a large meet ing of teetotallers and others took place at the Temper ance-hall, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, for the purpose of adopting measures to relieve Father Mathew from his embarrassment. The chair was taken by the Rev. John A. Hearn, who, as well as the movers of the resolutions, strongly urged the meeting to exert itself for the benefit of the .‘ Apostle of Temperance." It was said that nearly 2,0001. had already been publicly subscribed, in addition to large sums privately forwarded to Ireland ; but the amount collected was as yet fax from adequate to relieve Father Mathew's necessities.. The public, said one of the speakers, ought to consider itself bound to liquidate his debts, for on its behalf were they contracted ; and not alone teetotallers, but all per sons feeling any interest in the domestic comfort of the working classes, should contribute their share of relief. Resolutions for raising funds were carried unanimously. It was resolved to collect subscriptions, of one penny and upwards, from the members of every Temperance So ciety in the country, and whoever else might feel in clined to subscribe. After the passing of resolutions„ thanks were voted to tho chairman, and the meeting separated. A SSASSINA rION BY A YOUNG FEMALE.—M. Dan brL, who keeps the large bookseller's shop in the Passage Vivienne, last evening perceived a woman stop at his doorway, and take away a book from amongst those placed outside for display. He ran out, and caught her with the stolen article, a penny almanac, in her possession. lie was taking her before the commis sary of the district, who lives in the Rue St. Pierre-. Montmartre, when, as they ascended the staircase, the prisoner drew a poniard-knife, and plunged it to the haft iu the body of the unfortunate man, who fell dead on the instant. She then fled, but was apprehended almost immediately, and taken back before the commissary, who,. after investigating the matter, committed her for trial. During the whole evening, up to midnight, the Passage Vivienne and the Rue St. Pierre-Montmartre were filled with such a crowd of persons, that it was thought advi• sable to send for a detachment of soldiers to preserve order. The body of M. Daub' t'!.e was brought home to his residence about half-past eleven. Nothing can equal the despair of his family. The woman was young and well-dressed, and held a young child by the hand. Another account states that it was in the office of the Commissary that she gave the fatal blow.—Galignani, of Saturday. MIDDLETON COLLIERY,—On Monday last the workmen belonging to Middleton Colliery and their wives, to the number of 520, were entertained at dinner and tea by Mr. Brandling, the proprietor of those works, to mark his approbation of their good conduct during a series of years past, and more particularly of their beha viour during the late strike. The speeches which were on this occasion delivered exhibited a degree of g, od feeling highly creditable both to master and men. We have received an account of the seizure of one of the largest distilleries in the City by order of the Commissioners of Excise, but for want of proper authen tication, we must defer the publication till we have an opportunity of making full inquiry.— Times. THE CONVICT ELLEN COOK.— Some circumstances having come to light, as we understand, respecting the character of the principal witness against Ellen Cook, who was transported for 15 years at the late sessions, means are now taking to endeavour to procure a commu tation of her sentence.—Hull Packet. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—A total eclipse of this luminary will take place on Sunday, the 24th in stant, at 42 minutes past 11 o'clock at night. MISS MARTINEAU.—Mr. William Howitt has pub lished a letter corroborative of the statement that Miss Martineau has been cured, by mesmerism, of a painful disorder, which was fast sinking her to the grave. PRACTICAL JOKES.—The Courrier Loir-et- Cher of the 10th states that several of the inhabitants of the commune of Villafrancceur are at this mom ent under pro secution on a charge of homicide by imPrunce. tobair They had at a public-house, by way of Joke, mixed with the wine of a man who was p resent, and forced him to drink it. The man died twenty-four hours afterwards of the narcotic effect of the tobacco. L and Lady Stratheden and family, returnedord Campbell,to Strathedene d e n House on Friday, from a tour on. the Continent. ROWLAND STEPHENSON.—This notorious personage, to whom so many persons, a few years back, owed their entire ruin, is now in Calcutta, carrying on a speculation iu railroads.—Hanipshire Advertiser. Four men have lately been "lynched" in Fannin county, America, by the most sanguinary process. Their names were Andrew Jones, Harvey 'White, L. Wray, and Mitchell, all lately from Missouri, and all notorious for their rascality before they left. The cause was, for barbarously murdering and robbing three friendly In dians. Upwards of 200 persons attended the trial and execution. 'Three others, named Benjamin Jones, Jew land, and Harris, were arrested and convicted of theft, and were made to hang the others, and ordered to leave the country in ten days. We understand from undoubted authority, that it is the intention of the Directors of the Great Western Railway to reduce the fires on the whole of the lice, in addition to the advantages of by the penny a mile train for third-class passengers. It is also in contempla tion to run a train for first-class carriages only, to per form the distance between Exeter and London in five hours.—Exeter Gazette,