The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM TRIO DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—The English must be univer sally regared as a most unamiable people, if the lan guage of the chief organs of public opinion in all the countries around us, or in contact with us, can at all be taken as an expression of general feeling. Hated in France, execrated in Spain, vilipended even in little Greece , denounced by Dr. List as the commercial prophet of the Germans, treated with every incivility by brother Jonathan, and repudiated by sister Ire land with the scowl of Nemesis—what has England done to deserve nineteen-twentieths of such hate ? We saved France from partition and spoliation, and made her a present of constitutional freedom ; we emptied our pockets of heaps of gold and our hearts of our best sympathies and life's-blood for the Peninsula; Greece Canning created, from the love he bore to Thucydides and Plutarch. Our Tories certainly have done their best to hurt the American and crush the Irishman ; but of late years the Tories have begun to show fear, cover ing their hate both to Ireland and to America, and sven their effort is to be amiable, whilst our Liberals have not ceased to be rationally so. The phenomenon of our universal execration is, therefore, a fact worth inquiring into, in order that, if it pro ceed from manner, we should learn to improve our urbanity, if from matter, that we might seriously sat about removing the cause of the world's ill humour. When with this view we seriously set to examine the causes of complaint against us, and to analyse the motives and the arguments of those'who chielly, who almost solely, raise this cry, we univer sally find that it is not people's interests that the English damage or threaten; it is their sentiments that we offend. The Spaniard, questioned respecting his grievances, tells us we ruled the country under the name of spartero. The Greek has some com plaint as trivial. Dr. List reproaches us with the dreadful crime of manufacturing cheaper than Ger many, and daring to send and sell such produce ; one should think, to prohibit ought to satisfy his spleen, 'without abusing us. Jonathan says, that in addition to all the money scandalously sunk in his State bonds, we gave sent more to bribe both ways the electors for the Presidential chair. The Irishman no longer complains of the penal laws, or the wealth of the Church Establishment, but says we have robbed him of his nationalty. It seems to him as if there was no such thing as collective glory, as if the Irish had no part in the triumphs and the might of the united em pire, and as if it would have been a far more collossal achievement to have kept in that glorious state of in dependent isolatroa: which prevailed when Brian Boroihme repelled the Danes, than to have gone on in the same historical cares:* with England ; that is, admitting strange races to sa;)erpose or interpose their vigour and variety, in order for all to blend ono day into a race and an empire dornkating the circum ference of' the globe, There is no accounting for tastes, and this is certainly a mere matter of taste and senti ment. And yet the anti-Anglican school in Ireland is little more than this. Its politics are those tact of interest but of sentiment ; and sentiment is a thing that un fortunately you cannot argue with. If we once more go the round of our abhorrers, we shall find Oat their Anglo-phobia is an antagonism purely of senti ment. The French thanderers uee precisely the same language as the sentimental politicians of Ireland. They say that we have impaired their nationality, which they, with more reason than Pat, require to be unh minded. To establish this very quality of un boundedness, they have founded a barren empire in the Pacific, almost on the only spot where we had an interest, th :ugh merely a co-religionist one; and they are quite mad that we should question the right of unbounded nationaiity to tread down our mission aries. In the same way, the abuses of the right of search are a mere matter of sentiment. Every French statesman who talks of the matter, out of public view, laughs at the sentiment of the mob on the sub ject. Thiers' cock-and-bull story of French consi deration being anwindri by the bombardment of Acre, was sentiment, mere sentiment, and sentiment, too, that no one more contemned or saw through than M. Thiers himself. But he was carried away by the current, and the French Liberal party lost power on a question of sentiment. If M. Guizot has kept it .since, it is that he has paid attention to realities, and left sentiment to take care of itself. TlMES.—There is a melancholy sort of justice in the fate which appears to await Colonel Prim, unless some accident should intervene to rescue him from the vengeance of his judges, and prevent them from making him the victim of that power which he con tributed to place in their hands. The part he took in the revolution of last year was sufficiently con spicuous to hive earned for him the very first honorary distinctions bestowed by the Moderados on their re turn to Madrid. His present conduct, in opposition to that Government, may have proceeded either from disappointed ambition, or from the tardy discovery that he had sacrificed the liberties of Spain to the " triumph of an arbitrary and sanguinary faction ; but whatever may have been his intentions or motives, they will, in all probability, earn for him the further distinction of being shot as a traitor ; and, if the statement which has been puolished as to his demea nour under examination be correct, we may perhaps add that " noth'ng in his life became him like the leaving it." That he was engaged in a conspiracy against the present Spanish Administration is not denied; and in a country where every political party plots and conspires in turn, the present state of affairs is sufficiently momentous to set on foot an army of conspirators. But the specific charge of his having taken a part in the plot for the assassination of Nar vaez appears to rest on very insufficient evidence; and it is at least equally probable that Narvaez has allowed this accusation to be preferred, an i will proceed to extremities against Prim, on the strength of a prede termined conviction, in order to rid himself of a rival whom he thinks dangerous, and to strike terror into the hearts of the Opposition at this crisis. If General Narvaez is not grievously belied, his character is stained by the most atrocious crimes of public "and private life. The perilous sup port which he is giving at the present time to what are termed the prerogatives of the Crown rests upon no higher basis than the defence of his own person and faction, and aims at no other end than the destruction of his opponents. The work of bloodshed has already commenced at Barcelona, where four men have been executed with a horrible mixture of religious pomp and political excitement; and if the dormant energies of the Spanish people are again roused to resist these acts of oppression, des tined to divert public attention from the inroads made upon the Constitution, the modes of attack and of defence will, we have no doubt, he equally ferocious on both sides, and equally fail to the re-establish ment of public order and freedom. Every day and every event renders the progress of a re-action more certain ; yet, however we may deprecate the policy of the present Administration, and abhor the unscrupu lous revolutionary character of some of these pre tended loyalists, it cannot be denied that such a re action is likely to prove more formidable to the tran quillity of Spain, and the existence of the Queen's • Government, than any of the changes which have preceded it. Whatever may have been the part as sumed by the Court of France in these transactions, of this much we entertain not the slightest doubt—that the apparent and temporary prevalence or ascendancy of the men and the measures supported by that Power, lead not to the establishment of a serious and perma nent alliance and connexion between the two States, but to a catastrophe from which France herself will be the principal foreign sufferer. In reality, the whole-course of the French policy in Spain since the fall of Espaytero has been a series of miserable fai lures ; for having, as was supposed, acquired a pre ponderating influence at Madrid by the return of the Moderados, that influence has been found totally in adequate even to protect its own chosen instruments from destruction. The true question between the re spective influences of' France and England in Spain, is not which may have the largest share in the coun sels and the crimes of the faction of the hour ; but which may be able most effectually to contribute to uphold the independence and dignity of that nation in time of danger. We have strenuously, generously, perhaps imprudently, wished to see • Spain restored to her former power and pros ' perity by a system of government purged from the vices of her absolute monarchy. But, had the expe riment been entirely successful, we have no guarantee . that this renovated power would not have been turned against ourselves ; and we have laboured enough for Spain to have learned the full amount of her gratitude. Such, nevertheless, was the policy suggested by a liberal interest in the freedom and • welfare of a people which is endeared to us chiefly by the sacrifices we have at various times made for it. '- But every succeeding year has shown that Spain is less able to maintain free institutions and less • able to understand the first principles on which her material prosperity depends. Some of our san guine Contemporaries go on to talk about a great liberal party in the Peninsula. It is a delusion. That . party has died out, and therefore we conclude that it was rot really a party, but a faction. The undeni able reality is, that the country continues to sink • lower and lower in the rank of nations. France has - invested her successively with the cast-off robes of her kings, and then with the cast-off cap of liberty of her Jacobins : but Spain herself has been the chief author of her own degradation. The soil, sterile of all true great less or manly virtue, produces only the rank weeds of revolutionary passions, of corruption, of conspiracies. GLOBE. —.By mean s of the i ncome -t ax — w hi c h fifty i r has prod uce d nearly per er cent. more than he computed, added t o a number favourable contin gencies —Sir Robert P ee l finds ;: f imself n of a large surpl us revenue. Under such n im d ) c s i s r e c s u s n - stances, the country ha s a r i g h t to ask two things : —First—that th e o di ous impost upon expect trade and professions be r emove d at the expire ; lion of the three years for which the tax was originally imposed ; and that, if continued beyond that time, in any form, it be confined to tangible, ascertained property. Secondly—a total abolition, or material reduction, of duties . which press most severely on the trade and industry of the country. Of such duties, there is one which is peculiarly impolitic and oppressive. Perhaps there is no tax a reduction or re moval of which would be more advantageous to the community than the duty upon Policies of Insurance. At the same time it might be effected without ulti mately occasioning any material loss of revenue. The great comparative extent to which the business of insurance is carried in Great Britain affords one of the least equivocal tests of our superior progress in civilization, and of the greatest diffusion amongst us of habits of providence and foresight. It appears, from the official returns, that the gross duty received on policies of insurance against fire in the United Kingdom, in 1843, amounted, in round numbers, to one million sterling, independent of farming stock, which is exempt from duty. As the duty is three shillings per cent., the property insured, subject to duty, was valued at the immense sum of nearly 667,000,000/. But, vast as this sum cer tainly is, it is still true that most buildings, with their contents, are not insured at near their full value. Even in towns, many are not insured at all ; and in the country the insurance of farm-buildings is comparatively rare. It is difficult to imagine that this disinclination to insure can be owing to any cause other than the exorbitance of the tax. It is especially the duty of governments to encourage habits of forethought, and to contribute, by every means in their power to the protection of property, and to the mitigation of the disastrous effects of those casualties to which it is exposed. But it would appear as if Parliament, when it imposed this tax, had thought that the less security there was for property and the more disastrous fires, and other calamitous visitations upon it, were ren dered, the better! The practice of insurance has grown up amongst us, not in consequence of encour agements by the Government, but in the teeth of the most formidable obstructions. The duties im - posed on it do not really seem to have been imposed for the sake of revenue, but that the business might be suppressed. The premium charged by the dif ferent offices on risks of ordinary hazard is, at this moment, Is. 6d per cent.; while the duty is no less than 35., or 200 per cent. on the premium ; so that an individual insuring 1,000/. upon a house, a shop, &c., pays the insurer 15s. to indemnify him against his risk; and 30s. of duty to Government,with Is. on each policy, whatever may be the amount in sured, for liberty to enter into such a transaction ! We hesitate not to say, that the existence of such a duty is disgraceful to the country. To enlarge. on its mischievoas influence is utterly unnecessary Its operation in lessening and preventing insur ances is universally felt and acknowledged. We are supported by the authority of every one best able to form a sound conclusion on such a point, when we express our conviction that the reduction of the duty from 3s. to Is. per cent. would occasion such an extension of the business, that the loss of revenue that would take place in the first instance would, in a very short time, cease to be considerable, or be alto gether replaced. But though this anticipation \yore not fully realised, would not the sacrifice of 100,000/. of annual revenue be compensated a hundred fold by the security afforded to two hundred millions of capital? We incline to think that Mr. Goulburn himself would pause before he determined to resist a proposition for the reduction of this im politic duty. The extreme hazard to which property at sea is exposed, rendersits insurance of peculiar consequence to individuals and to the public. Yet the insurers of ships and cargoes, as well as of houses and the property they contain; are subjected to very oppressive duties. All policies of marine in surance must be on stamped paper. Policies on vessels engaged in the foreign or colonial trade, i z.aay be as conveniently effected in Hamburgh, Amsterdam, or New York, as in London; and as policies executes in these cities are either wholly or are subject to such exempted from du - .`_egy as are nominal only, the ~,duty imposed on them in this country causes a larg.,' portion of that in surance business to be transal"ted on the Con tinent, and in the United States. That such is the case is known to every merchant. ~ i t e ins uranca of vessels in th e co l on ial an d f ore i gn tra.. 4e is gra dually, but certainly, l e a v i ng thi s country. The duty is, in fact, driving a valuable branch of indus,'"V from amongst us. Even though it had no such effect, it is clear that a tax on the security of property at sea is nut one that ought to exist in ans - country, and, least of all, in a commercial country like England. We do, Therefore, hope that Sir R. Peel will avail himself of the favourable condition of the public finances to repeal these duties. The country, so deeply interested in their removal, should, by deputations from the various ports of the kingdom, press the sub ject on his consideration. The Right Ilon. Baronet will thus be prepared for having the subject brought before Parliament early in the approaching session ; when we hope the removal of the tax on policies of fire and marine insurance will form one of the items of the new budget. STANDAIitt.—A case of' some importance was argued in the Irish Rolls Court on Thursday last, which involved the question of whether or not a be quest in Ireland of money directed to be expended "in masses for the soul's sake " be valid. The Bill alleges that such a bequest is for " superstitious pur poses, and therefore against the policy of the law." The facts of the case are these :—ln 1837 the Rev. Mr. Kearns, a Roman Catholic priest, of Rath farnham, madeC a will, granting certain legacies ; di recting a life annuity to be paid to his sister out of his property ; and further devising that any residue accruing after the death of the annuitant should be " expended for masses for his soul's sake." The will named two executors, the Rev. Mr. Dugienan and Mr. Hodgens. NVithin five years of its date Mr. Kearns died without having revoked his will, and the surviving executor (Mr. Hodgens) having taken out letters of administration, paid the several legacies, and continued to pay the annuity up to 1840, when the annuitant died, and he proceeded to dispose of the " remaining residue of the property" in accordance with the desire of the testator. Two parties, alleging to be next of kin, have since disputed, not the general validity of the instrument, the insufficiency of administration, or the manner in which the effects of the deceased were administered up to the period of the demise of the annuitant; but the validity of that portion ‘‘f the will which directs the " residue to be expended in masses " for the soul of the deceased ; alleging by their bill that the " bequest of the said residue for masses for the sake of the soul of the said testator, was void and of no effect, as being a gift for superstitious purposes, and, therefore, contrary to the policy of the law." Accordingly they seek to recover the amount of this residue from the executor. The arguments of counsel on both sides have been heard, but the case still stands over for judgment. The Freeman's Journal contends that, to refuse to permit a Roman Catholic priest to practice the doc trine of his Church—the doctrine that it is " a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead," when preparing for death himself, would be a virtual repeal of the Emancipation Act, which invested per sons of that persuasion with the right of being as superstitious as they pleased ; and that the recog nition of such an obstacle would be to prohibit di rectly the free exercise of the Roman Catholic reli gion in Ireland, and render a new agitation for emancipation indispensable. The case was ably argued in both sides, and the question appeared to be whether the law which has existed in England since Ist of Edward IV., and which was intended to restrain such bequests can be considered as applying with equal force to a country in which so large a majority of its people are Roman Catholics. The question is certainly a delicate one, but precedents for disre garding such bequests in this country are numerous and unequivocal;_ and if the law of the land be ap pealed to to establish the validity. of Mr. Kearn's will, why should not the supremacy of the Pope (a formal doctrine of the Roman Catholic religion) and the injunctions of Dr. Dens, be similarly vin dicated ? THE NEW VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS.—A meet ing of the Queen's counsel and Chancery barristers took place on Saturday, at Westminster, for the purpose of taking into consideration the great incon ven i ence w hi ch all th members of the Chancery bar are now suffering from, by reason of no efficient courts having been pro vided for the two Vice .Chancellors, Sir J. K. Bruce and Sir J. Wigram ; the former of whom has been sitting in the sessions court, Westminster, whenever that court was vacant ; and the latter has been occupying the large dining-room appropriated to the use of the county magistrates. The distance of these courts from those in Westminster-hall his been felt most severely during the late inclement weather. A deputation of three Queen's eounsel has been appointed to wait upon the Lord Chan cellor to request that, since the Government have thought proper to appoint two new equity judges, they will also provide proper courts for them within the pre cincts of Westminster-hall. FORGED NOTES AND BASE COlN.—Within the last few days, the tradesmen of Stockton, and others more or less interested in the monetary world in that town, having been informed that a considerable number of base 51. notes, sovereigns, half-sovereigns, half- crowns, shillings, and six - pences, were in circulation, a kind of a panic took place, which ended in the capture of several suspicious cha racters. Some respectable persons are implicated, and several have been already apprehended, while the police are on the alert for others, who are supposed to be the principals in this nefarious transaction. Many of the notes, as well as the counterfeits in gold and silver, have, it is generally supposed, found their way into circulation at the late fairs in the north of England. Plates of copper, steel, &c., with moulds of various kinds being every day brought to light, it would be premature to say any more on the subject at present, as from this simple notice the public will be on their guard. In addition to the above, minor robberies and depredations of almost every kind are daily taking place , and are evidently most alarmingly on the increase.-IVcvcasele Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—Nov. 11. The Lord Chancellor took his seat in his Court to day, at a quarter before eleven o'clock, for the pur pose of hearing appeals. MATTHEWS V. BRISE. The further arguments in this case, which were partly heard on Friday and Saturday, were resumed and concluded to-day. The case came before the court upon appeal from the court below, which had ordered the defendant to make good the value of a number of Exchequer-bills, which he had, as a trustee, left in the hands of bankers, who converted them to their own use, and afterwards became bankrupts. The defendant was also ordered to pay the costs. The facts of the case may be thus shortly stated :—A tes tator, of the name of Matthews, by his will appointed the defendant a trustee of considerable estates in Suf. folk, with directions to dispose of them in a reasonable time, and, at the termination of a beneficial interest in the fund, which was to be enjoyed by his widow, to divide it among his younger children, of whom the plaintiff was one. The testator died in 1834, and the defendant sold a portion of the estates, and placed the purchase-money, for a time, in the hands of Messrs. Oakes, as his bankers ; he, however, shortly afterwards, for greater security, placed the money, which amounted to 7,5001., in the hands of the Messrs. Wakefield, the bill-brokers and bankers, in Broad• street, London. Negotiations were going on, with the concurrence of the widow of the testator, for paying the money out on mortgage, and in the meantime he gave Messrs. Wakefield instructions to invest it in the purchase of Exchequer-bills. The bills were pur chased, but the Messrs. Wakefield became bankrupts in April, 1841, and it turned out that they had felo niously sold the hills afterwards, and converted the produce to their own use, subjecting themselves to the provisions of the 7th and Bth Geo. IV., chap. 59, for the fraud. The money being therefore lost, the Master of the Rolls held the defendant to be re sponsible, on the ground that he had transferred to other persons the confidence reposed in him, and that having parted with the custody of the money, he must replace it, and pay all the costs. Mr. Bethell and a gentleman behind the bar ap peared for the appellant, and Mr. J. Russell and Mr. Chandless supported the judgment of the Court below. The arguments having concluded to-day, The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judg ment till he had had an opportunity of looking into the papers and the authorities that had been cited. The Court did not rise till nearly four o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 11. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) lIUXTABLE V. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The arguments in this part-heard case were re sumed and concluded to-day. The case came before the Court upon demurrers put in to the bill by the defendants, Messrs. Magniac and Co., and Messrs. Baring, Brothers, for want of equity as against them, they having been made, by the plaintiff, defendants to the suit, upon allegations that they were the autho rised agents of the State of Illinois in this country. The plaintiff, who is a married woman, by the pre sent bill sought payment through the defendants, as such agents, of a debt which she alleged to be due to her for principal and interest, accruing in respect to certain bonds of the State of Illinois, which she had been induced, before she married, by John Wright, of the late banking firm of Messrs. Wright and Co., with whom she kept a bank ing account, and before the bankruptcy of that firm, to purchase, and that at a time when Messrs. Wright and Co. were the accredited agents of the State of Illinois in this country, for the sale of the bonds of that State. The plaintiff by her bill further al leged that the State of Illinois, through its agents, Messrs. Magniac and Co., proved a large debt against the estate of Wright and Co. in rasped of the bonds of the State entrusted to them for sale in this country, and that a sum of 15,0001. was then standing to the credit of the State of Illinois in the Court of Bank ruptcy, the amount of dividend already declared upon the debt due to the State of Illinois. To obtain pay ment of her debt out of that fund, the plaintiff filed this bill against the State of Illinois, making the defendants, Messrs. Magniac and Co., and Messrs. Baring, Brothers, as the alleged agents of the State on this country, defendants to the suit, for that purpose, and praying by the bill that the State of Illinois and the defendants, as its agents, should be restrained from receiving the fund from the Court of Bank ruptcy without first satisfying thereout her demand. Epon the conclusion of the arguments, . The VIDE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment, allowing all the u" -nwirrers, with costs, but giving the plaintiff , ucl her bill. libert y to m ' v. COULSTRING. 00ULb the Court u p r p e la husband i on a plea put This case came be. in by the defendant to t,: s ' bi the The plaintiff and the det* -_,ant ea ntiff and • some years and had wife ; they had lived together fog four children. They quarrelled a. 4 separated and n upon that occasion the defendant, husband the executed a deed, by which he alloN: r44 plaintiff, his wire, twenty-eight shillings a ..."el l to keep herself and her four children. In that deed w2..` a proviso, that if they should live together again, and thereby invalidate the deed, that upon any future separation another deed to the same effect should be executed. It appeared from the statements la the bill that the parties lived together again for about six weeks, and then separated, and the defendant refused to execrate another deed. Upon this event taking place the plaintiff filed her bill to compel him to do so, to which the defendant put in his plea. Mr. JAMES, who appeared in support of the plea, was proceeding to open his case, when The VICE-CHANCELLOR inquired who appeared in support of the bill? A little dapper female here stepped forward, and said she was the plaintiff, that she had very little to say, and she therefore thought that she could do it as well as employing counsel. The VICE-CHANCELLOR (smilingly) said he was always happy to see the ladies, but he thought it would have been much better for her if she had entrusted her case to counsel. The lady, notwithstanding the good advice, pro ceeded in a rambling strain to argue her case, and the result was as might have been expected. His Hosouu ordered the plea to be allowed. (Before Sir J. WIGRAX.) 3UDOXENT-31`GREGOR v. TOPHAM. This case was argued at considerable length in the months of June and July last, and his Honour gave judgment in it this day. Mrs. Topham, one of the parties, was the widow, and claimed to be the universal devisee under the will of the late Richard Wrightson. of Kockerton, in the county of Durham, and Mrs. M•Gregor was the sister and heir-at-law of the testator. By order of the Court an issue devisavit vel non had been directed to be tried, relative to the alleged will under which Mrs. Topham claimed. Under this order a trial took place at the last spring assizes at Durham, the hearing of this case lasting three days. The jury found their verdict for the allegeddevisee. In June last a motion was made for a new trial, and an application was also made to have the venue of such trial changed. It was on the motion so made that the lengthened argument above mentioned took place, and on it judgment was now given. His Ilosiona was of opinion, that with respect to the change of the venue there was no ground to establish iM necessity or expediency. He could not attach any weight to the allegation by which this part of the mo tion was supported, viz., that an important witness in the case (Mr. Newburn) had, from his character and position, a great local influence in the vicinity of which the trial was to take place. As to the other point, the motion for a new trial, the point in dispute was this, whether the docummt purporting to be the will of Richard Wrightson was really his will or not. As to this fact, the evidence of Mr. Newburn, the solicitor who drew up the will, was positive, that it was the testament of Mr. Wrightson, under which Mrs. Topham claimed. The evidence of the two servants, George and Jane Hind, and of the other witnesses on the trial, was not of such a nature as to outweigh that of Mr. Newborn; and he could not think, therefore, the investigation of truth, or the ends of justice, would be promoted by granting the application for a new trial. His Honour went through the evidence at great length, commenting upon it as he proceeded, and said that, finding Mr. Newburn's evi dence confirmed in every material particular, he must refuse the motion. He would make no order with respect to costs. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 11. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court heard motions in the early part of the morning. These motions were mere motions of course, and did not occupy the Court half an hour. The Court afterwards proceeded to take the cases in the new trial paper. BAIL COURT, Nov. 11. Nothing of the least public interest came before the Court this day. The Court rose at an early hour. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 11. FISHMONGERS COMPANY V. ROBERTSON AND OTHERS. This was an action upon an argument brought by the Fishmongers Company of London v. the seven defendants, for breach of contract, in respect to the draining of cer tain lands belonging to the Company, and adjoining Lough Foyle, in the North of Ireland. The damages were laid at 1,0001, but the jury found for the de fendants. - Last term a conditional rule for a new trial, and to enter the verdict fur the; plaintiffs, was obtained upon points reserved. On Saturday the Court was occupied the greater part of the day in hearing Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Ser geant Byles, and Mr. Hindmarsh, who showed cause against the rule. This day Mr. Sergeant MURPHY followed on the same aide, and Mr. Charnock replied at great length in sup • port of the rule. Their Lordships took time to consider judgment. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 11. (Before Mr. Commissioner GotTLEITRN.) IN RE WILLIAM ORIYNEY. The insolvent, who is so well known to the sporting world as a successful jockey, this day came up for his interim order, but was opposed by an attorney's clerk, on behalf of the detaining creditor, a Mr. Bradshaw. His HONOUR objected that Ive could not hear any per son saving only counsel, the solicitor in person, or the detaining Creditors, and the insolvent was, therefore, allowed to take his interim order. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN THE MATTER OE THE REV. MR. NEW LAND. In this case, which has already appeared in 7'he Sun, His HoNoun said, that as he had before observed this was a most lamentable case, and he greatly wished that the parties would settle the matter, by each paying 'salt of the sum of 4731., the damages and costs of the action against the insolvent fur trespass. He trusted that both parties would meet in the spirit of conciliation, as too much angry feeling had been already exhibited on both sides, and he (the Learned Commissioner) should ad journ his decision until Thursday next, but he hoped that in the meantime their measures would be of that character which would render it unnecessary for them to come again before him. IN RE THE REY. - NISBIOTT. The insolvent applied for his interim order, and was opposed by a Mr. Buchanan, a solicitor, and creditor. Mr. STURGEON, who appeared for the insolvent, con tended that Mr. Buchanan was not a creditor, inasmuch as his debt had been settled by the Sheriff of Tipperary, under the following circumstances :—Mr. Buchanan bad in 1840 commenced an action against the insolvent upon three bills of exchange, for an amount of 189/. 12s. 9d. It went to trial, and the plaintiff recovered for that amount, and 341. 6s. of costs. The defendant was after wards taken in execution, but ultimately allowed out of cus Cody. Mr. Buchanan stated similar facts, but added that the defendant had escaped from the custody of the sheriff's officer ; that a bill of indictment was afterwards pre ferred against him, and he was found guilty of a riot and assault in escaping as he had done. He had been paid the principal of his debt by the sheriff, but considered himself there as trustee for that official. Mr. STURGEON requested to see his authority. Mr. Buchanan produced a copy of a letter. His HONOUR'S impression was that Mr. Buchanan's claim was discharged, hut he would not deal finally with the case, under the very extraordinary circum stances, until he had taken time reconsider. Mr. STURGEON applied for protection to the insolvent, as Mr. Buchanan had introduced a policeman to that Court, who was instructed t 4 take his client into cus tody as soon as he would hare left the premises. The required protection was granted, and to ques tions from his Honour the insolvent said that he was a clergyman of the Church of England, and had property in Tipperary to the annual rental of 600/., but that there was a mortgage and other claims to the amount of 6,000/. upon it. The further hearing of the case was deferred to the 80th of December. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 11. IN RE THOMAS BEANS WHITLIT. The insolvent in this matter had been the proprietor of the Black Boy Hotel and Tavern, Sevenoaks, Kent, end the amount of his debts and liabilities was about 2,0001. His petition was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of Messrs. Lemonheart and Sons, wine-merchants. He was supported by Mr. Woodruffe. He was examined at great length with respect to the disposal of a sum of money of which he became pos sessed by a legacy from his aunt, when he stated that he paid away a large portion of it to Earl Stanhope and others, to whom he was indebted. He paid some of it to the opposing creditors. A quantity of furniture belong ing to his father had been removed from his (the in solvent's) premises at Sevenoaks previous to an execu tion being put in. Mr. Commissioner POLLOCK ordered the case to stand adjourned to Thursday, the 21st instant, in order that vouchers and other evidence might be produced with respect to the alleged payments, and also concerning the disposal of the property. IN RE JAMES CLIFFORD. This insolvent's discharge was opposed by Mr. Nicholls, o❑ the ground of having fraudulently made away with a large amount of property, consisting of furniture, horses, carriages, &c. It appeared from the evidence of one of the officers of the Sheriff of Middlesex that, upon going to levy an ex ecution upon the insolvent's premises, in Great Maryle bone, all the rooms were locked, and a large and fero cious dog tied close to the stable door, so as to render it impossible for any one to enter. He was told that all the property was claimed under a bill of sale, executed in favour of the insolvent's brother, and he was threatened with personal violence if he did not immediately leave the house. _ _ _ A proposal was made, on the part of the insolvent, by his brother, who consented to give up a certain portion of the property, to which he was entitled under the bill of sale, for the benefit of the creditors. The COURT consented to let the case stand over until to-morrow, to try if such an arrangement could be, ef fected. During the sitting of the Court this morning petitions of Robert Harris, James Law, William Gamman Clark, Henry Richard Wells, Frederick Hopkins, and James Nicholson, were heard, and the insolvents ordered to be discharged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) " MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday the new Lord Mayor commenced the Justice-room proceedings of the Mayoralty. After the cases of several pickpockets, who were charged with having pursued their calling in the streets on Lord Mayor's-day were disposed of, a case of smuggling, which caused a great deal of interest, came before his Lordship and Sir George Carroll. n old, and apparently very infirm -- man, named Knowles, was brought up in custody, upon an inforina,. 4ton charging him, under the 3d and 4th William IN , 4:-t6fhtit3, sec. 40, with having carri e d 7th of November, thre e g all o n s , and conveyed, on. ' and seven pints of brandy, upon whi c h the duty had not been paid Navin . asked the prisoner whether 140 pleaded Guilty or ot Guilty ? Mr. Goodman (the chief clerk) q* The prisoner replied, Guilty. The prisoner was then informed that he was firil' d in the penalty of 1001., and that the law did not give to the magistrates any power of mitigating the fine. Knowles having been removed from the bar, 1 Edmund John Phillips, a licensed victualler, re-1 siding at No. 41, King-street, Snow-hill, was charged upon an information, founded upon a section of the same Act, for having assisted in carrying and con veying three gallons and seven pints of foreign brandy. Mr. Podbury, from the office of the Solicitor o f Customs, attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Hobler appeared for t ro he av d i e s fen ( d c an u t s , to l' very extensive business. man n cer in ) Lobby Atkinson h - o ho is use a stated that about seven o'clock in the evening of the 7th of November, as he was watching the house of the prisoner, he observed Henry Knowles (the last prisoner) carrying into the premises, wrapped up in an old cloak, what appeared to be a long bottle, the handle of which be held. Knowles went to the back parlour, at the door of which Phillips ; was standing, and both of them went into the parlour together with the bottle or jar.l i Witnesss observed what occurred through folding doors, which were not quite closed. Knowles soon afterwards came out without anything, and proceeded in the direction of Smithfield, followed by Pattison, s, brother officer, and witness, after watching at the door, went into the house and asked for the landlord, who came down stairs in a few minutes. Witness said he was an officer of the Customs, and that. he (prisoner) had been receiving contraband goods, and asked him whether he had the article in that room (the parlour into which Knowles had been seen to go with the landlord)? The prisoner replied that there was nothing there but two small bottles of gin—nothing whatever else. Witness told Pattison, who had returned, having missed Knowles, to look in. the corner of the room, and then Pattison drew from under the seat a sealed jar. The prisoner, upon being asked who had sealed the jar, did not answer, but appeared much confused ; and when asked whether he had permits for the goods, replied that his permits had been some days ago given to the Excise-office. Witness then cut off the seal and kept it, and he found that the contents of the jar was brandy. He then said to the prisoner, "Now, I'll give you .a chance, or wait any time you think proper, if you bring proof' that this came legally into your possession, and that you have sealed it yourself." To that the prisoner returned no answer, and he ac cordingly seized the brandy and brought it away. Witness continued—" I laid the case before the Board, and received directions. Subsequently, on appre= bending Knowles in Sun-street, Bishopsgate, I found upon him some contraband tobacco, and a seal which corresponded with the impression upon the jar. He then told me"---- Mr. Hobler—Now, you know the rules of evidence well enough to be convinced that what he told you is not evidence, and cannot be heard. Witness—l went, after I took the seal tram Knowles, to apprehend Phillips. Mr. Hobler—Why did you not take Mr. Phillips into custody when you seized the brandy ? Witness —I waited to receive the directions of the Commis sioners. Mr. Hobler—You arrested Mr. Phillips on the 9th instant, in his own house? Witness—l did. • Mr. Hobler—ls not Mr. Phillips well known as a respectable publican ? Witness—He is well known to me as a receiver of contraband goods. Mr. Hobler condemned, in indignant terms, such a mode of answering his questions, calculated and in tended as it was to prejudice the case. The witness said the prisoner was well known as the keeper of a public-house, and repeated that thew prisoner was known to him in the character just de scribed by him. Mr. Hobler submitted to the Lord May or and Sir George Carroll that there was no case against his client. The Act alluded to persons carrying or con veying contraband goods, and to persons assisting in carrying or conveying contraband goods but no proof whatever had been given that Mr. Phillips had been so engaged, nor had anything been stated to show that contraband brandy had been passed from the person stated to have entered the house to the landlord of it. Mr. Podbury—l intend to call Knowles as a wit ness, Mr. Hobler. Mr. Holler—Even then you will have no case, for Mr. Phillips never assisted in carrying or conveying the goods. Mr. Podbury-1 1 11 show that the prisoner's conduct was in direct violation of the Act of Parliament. We have had numerous legal opinions upon the subject. Cobby Atkinson Davis, in continuation, deposed that the article contained in the jar was French brandy, and liable to seizure. He never lost sight of the door from the moment Knowles went in, and there was no bottle or jar on the premises so large as that which Knowles had taken in. Edward Pattison (Custom-house officer) in every respect confirmed the testimony of his brother officer, and added that Davis said to the prisoner, "If you show me the seal the brandy was sealed with I'll give you the brandy," and that the prisoner observed to Davis, " You are going to take away part of my stock." `Thomas Corhall (from the Queen's warehouse) produced a sample from the jar, the contents of which were liable to a duty of 41. 9s. 2d., and were 13 under proof, the usual publican sale strength. Henry Knowles (the man who had pleaded guilty) was then examined. He was, in consequence of ill. ness, obliged to give his evidence sitting. He knew the prisoner, and had taken brandy to him. The last time he took brandy to the prisoner was on Thursday or Friday evening. Thursday he believed it ALM lie took it in a stone bottle, which was called a four gallon bottle, and was sealed with the seal produced, which had been afterwards found is his possession by the officer. He gave the jar into the possession of the prisoner in front of the bar, and they went into the hack parlour with the jar. The prisoner had ordered the brandy, and witness received 3/. for it from the prisoner. Witness was not a licensed dealer, but sold on commission. Mr. Podbury—Did you receive directions from the prisoner to take the brandy to him ? Knowles—l did. Mr. Podbury—Have you taken brandy to him be fore ? Knowles—Yes. Cross-examined by Mr. Hobler—l was here just now a party accused. I pleaded guilty. The brandy about which I pleaded guilty is the same that I took to Mr. Phillips. The magistrates fined me M. Mr. Hobler—Did you not know, at the time you pleaded guilty, that you were going to give evidence in this case ? Knowles—Certainly not; , I had no idea of being called as a witness. The officer saw me, and what could I say ? Mr. Hobler then vigorously urged his former ob jection, and argued upon the expectation which Knowles might have entertained of escaping the dilemma in which he was placed, by criminating a man so extensively engaged in business. He deprecated the course pursued by the Custom-house officer, in going into the house of Mr. Phillips two days after the seizure was made, and taking him to a prison without warrant or other authority, especially when there was not the slightest ground for saying that he had assisted in carrying or conveying the brandy. Mr. Podbury submitted that the information had been fully borne out by the evidence. The words of the Act were " carrying or conveying, or assisting in carrying or conveying, or concerned in," &c. &c. The conduct of Knowles showed plainly that the pri soner was concerned, and most unequivocally con cerned. There were plenty of legal decisions to prove that parties removed at great distances from the place of seizure came under the meaning of the Act. As for the officer principally engaged in the matter, he had acted with his accustomed judgment and precau tion. Having some doubt upon the power he was at liberty to exercise, he applied to the Board of Customs for directions, and, having received direc tions, he at once proceeded to execute them. By the 52d section of tlie Act the officer might take a man at any time within six months from the violation of it. The LORD MAYOR—Sir George Carroll agrees with me in the opinion that the case has been fully proved, and we convict him in the penalty of 100/. Mr. Hobler called the attention of the bench to the fact that, without the evidence of Knowles, the case could not have been proved, and submitted that that formed some ground for mitigation. Sir G. CARROLL—The case is a very strong one against the prisoner. He is a publican, and Knowles swears that he brought the brandy to him at his desire. The LORD MAYOR—There is abundant evidence of concealment, too. The case is completely sub stantiated. Sir G. CARROLL—Phillips is a publican, and a man of substance, and there can be nothing stated in palia tion of his conduct. He is not in poverty, as the other may be. The LORD MAYOR—He must pay the penalty. The prisoner immediately afterwards gave a cheque upon a banking-house in Lombard-street for the 100/. GUILDHALL. Robert Thompson was charged before Sir John Tirie with having stolen 61. from a public-house in Smithfield. Mrs. Lee, the landlady of the Half-moon, Smithfield, stated that the prisoner came to her house on Thursday night about quarter-past eleven, and engaged a bed for the night. He went direct from the bar to the bedroom. She closed the house a few minutes before twelve o'clock, and placed 61. in silver, which was in a canvass bag, in a room on the second floor. In the morning she found that the prisoner had left the house, and that the money was gone. Mrs. Lee's servant swore that the prisoner was the man who slept at the house on Thursday night. Police constable 456 stated that be went to 102, High-street, Wapping, accompanied by the last witness, r where he found the prisoner. The last witness said, " That is the man that slept at my mistress's house on Thursday night." The prisoner immediately turned round, and said, "Do you mean to say that I slept at the Half Moon?" although the name of the house had not been mentioned by either of them. A solicitor who attended for the prisoner called seve ral witnesses, who gave the prisoner an excellent cha racter. His brother-in-law's servant deposed that he did not leave the house, 102, Wapping, on the night of Thursday. It appeared, however, that she had formerly b een the service of the prosecutrix, and left her in a somewhat :flvsterious manner. The solicitor tended that he had given sufficient proof that the witnessed had been mistaken in the pri soner, and that he was entities to his discharge. Sir Jou Piaui could not satisfy his own mind in the case, unless he sent it before a jury. He had no objec tion to remand the prisoner, and he was accordingly re mandad until Thursday. CLERKEN WELL. Stephen Morgan was charged With an assault under the following circumstances : Mr. John Camphine, residing at 65, Ossulton street, Somers-town, deposed that between eleven and twelve o'clock on the previous night he was re turning home along Gray's Inn-lane, when he heard screams and cries of "Police" and "Murder." He hastened to the place, and there saw the prisoner and one of his associates pulling up the clothes of two de cent-lorling poor women, and behaving in a most ob scene manner towards them. They were crying for help. The prisoner seemed to be taking a part in this ill-treatment, for when witness interfered he struck him a violent blow on the head, and seized the woman's dress. The prisoner again struck witness several blows on the head. There was no policeman near, and witness followed the prisoners into Holborn, where he and his associates turned upon witness, knocked him down, and kicked and beat him in a cruel manner. A policeman at length came up and arrested Morgan, who had previously directed his companions that were beating witness whilst pros trate in the kennel, to knock witness's brains out. Martha Kingland, the wife of a labourer, living in Clarke's-buildings, Bagnigge Wells-road, deposed that she was returning home along Gray's Inn-lane, when the prisoner and several of his companions met them. One of them knocked her down, and another pulled up her dress. She got up on her legs, but was again knocked down on the footway. The prisoner was one of the party. Saw him violently assault Mr. Camphine both in Gray's Inn•road and in King street. She was cruelly treated. Inspector Bewley stated that from inquiries made it appeared the witness was a decent, quiet woman, the wife of a carpenter, and the mother of two chil dren. She was perfectly sober, and the prisoner was not intoxicated. • Anne Whitbread, the companion of Martha Kings land on the occasion, the wife of a labourer, was then placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold pin, the property of Mr. Charles Simpson, 252, Totten ham-court-road. Mr. Simpson stated that whilst he was standing with the prisoner Morgan in Gray's Inn-lane, on the previous night, the prisoner at the bar came up, and saying to him "You knocked me down," tore away the silk stock from his neck, which he recovered, but the gold pin he did not get back. He gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in the most solemn and earnest man ner, denied the robbery. It was Mr. Simpson who pulled up her clothes, knocked her down, and rolled her in the mud; and when the policeman was coming up, seeing that she was going to give him in charge for so cruelly treating her, he gave her in charge for stealing what she never saw. Police-constable Moss, E division, stated that Mr. Simpson gave the prisoner into his charge for stealing a gold pin. The woman at once denied it, and said she had been terribly ill-used by the prosecutor, as well as by Morgan. Witness followed Mr. Simpson to his residence in Tottenham-court•road, d when at the door he said to witness, " I wish I could make it up; if she was not going to give me in charge for the assault, I would nothave given her into custody. I wish I could make it up." The prisoner was the wife of a hard-working poor man, and the mother of seve ral children. On their way to the station, a friend of the prisoner's said, " You know, Simpson, you have lost no pin." Mr. GREENWOOD--I discharge the woman. The poor creature, on leaving the dock, cried bit terly, and said that she had been locked up all night on a charge of which she was wholly ignorant, and punished by a person who had cruelly ill-used her, without having given any provocation whatever. Mr. GREENWOOD said it was a very hard case, and if Mr. Simpson had any manly feeling, he ought to r lake the poor woman some compensation. The prosecutor, however, shook his head. Mr. GREENWOOD said a fouler outrage never came under his notice. The woman seemed decent and proper, and was grossly maltreated. He verily be lieved it was Simpson who pulled up the woman's dress. He would fine the prisoner Si., or six weeks' imprisonment. —The fine was Anne Whitbread then applied for and obtained a warrant against Mr. Simpson for the assault on her, which Mr. Greenwood directed to be heard before his brother magistrate, as he might be supposed prejudiced. sIDCUP. THE GAME•LAWS.—Frederick Stacey attended yes terday before the Hon. F. Dashwood and J. Malcolm, Esq., to answer an information, charging him with having unlawfully used an engine, to wit, a snare, for the purpose of catching game, at the parish of Chislehurst, he not having a certificate, for which offence he had subjected himself to a penalty of 51. The defendant, who appear e d t o b e a weak-minded, imbecile person, was accompanied to the court by his mother, a very aged woman, who cried bitterly during the proceedings, and appeared to be dreadfully alarmed at the nature of the charge againat her son. John Ford, gamekeeper to Mr. Plaskett, a gentle man residing at Chislehurst, deposed that on the 28th of October he found a snare set upon some land in that parish. He " laid up" to see who would come to take it, and shortly afterwards the defendant came, and was about to remove the snare, when he inter fered, and took it away from him. Mr. MALCOLM—Did he say anything to you at the time ? Gamekeeper—Yes ; he said it was the first time he had ever done such a thine, and he had been very foolish; and be hoped I should not say anything about it, but 1 told him my master would compel me to take proceedings. Mr. DASIIWOOD—What is the defendant? Keeper —lle is a labouring man about the parish, and I don't think he is quite right in his head. The mother begged to be allowed to speak. She said her son worked on the roads, and was paid 16.6 d. per day, but latterly, from an injury he had received by the bite of a boar belonging to Lord Bexley, he had been prevented from working. She was sure he had never done such a thing before, and he would not do it again She h p-d, therefore, the bench would deal leniently with him. Mr. MALCOLM inquired of the police-constable stationed at Chislehurst whether he knew anything of the defendant's character ? —The constable replied, that there was some suspicion that he was given to poaching, but no charge had ever before been made :-,ga,inst him. — The MAGISTRATE inquired what was the nature of the injury the defendant had received from the boar?— The constable said he understood that two boars belonging to Lord Bexley were fightinv, and the defendant, on attempting to separate them, was attacked by one of them, and very severely bitten in the thigh and knee. The M AG ISTRATES asked the keeper whether he found any game or any other snares in the defendant's possession ?—The keeper said he had no game, and he voluntarily turned out two pockets to show that he had nothing of the sort, at the same time declaring that he had never set hut this one snare, and begging him to forgive him, which he told him it was not in his power to do. The BENCH inquired the amount of the costs. Mr. Freeman, from the office of Mr. Latter, of Bromley, who officiated as clerk on the occasion, said they were nine shillings. The mother of the defendant begged the bench to be lenient. Her son could not work. She was herself sixty-nine years old, and her husband was seventy two' and they had very littl e t o su b s i s t upon. Mr. MALCOLM, having consulted with his col league, said the charge had been made out; but as it did not appear that the defendant had been accused of a similar offence on any other occasion, the bench would deal very leniently with him, and only inflict a fine of twenty shillings and costs. The poor old woman paid the money, and she and her son left the court, both crying piteously. UNION•HALL. Lucy George, a respectable-looking girl, about 17, was placed at the bar before Mr. Traill, charged with stealing the sum of ss. 2d., the property of her mother. The mother, a hard-working middle-aged female, stated that on Saturday evening last she gave her ss. 2d. for the purpose of paying a tradesman's bill. Not returning home, she made inquiries, and found she had not paid the money ; she then gave informa tion to the police, who took her into custody at two o'clock on Sunday morning. She was sorry to say that she had frequently robbed her, not only of money but anything she could lay her hands on. She had been charged at this court on several occasions, and received the admonitions of the magistrate, who, at her solicitation, liberated her. She had endeavoured all in her power to reform her, but she was quite in corrigible, and she was now determined to have her punished. Mr. TRAILL asked the prisoner what she had to say in answer to the charge ? She replied that she had spent the money. Mr. TRAILL, observed to the mother that it was useless to deal leniently with the prisoner. She was a hardened thief, and the best vvay would be to send her to the Old Bailey for trial. He would, however, remand her until to-morrow. The prisoner, who displayed the utmost indifference, was accordingly remanded. Earl Fitzhardinge arrived at his residence, Ger man Cottage, on Thursday afternoon ; on which day the Noble Earl's foxhounds met, for the first time, at Lit combe. His Lordship's return to Cheltenham for the hunting season, was welcomed by a long and merry peal from St. Mary's bells. His Lordship, according to esta blished usage, will hunt the Broadway country yesterday. —Cheltenham Looker-on. DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FROM WINDSOR C A STLE.—WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will take their departure from the Castle for Buckingham Palace to morrow morning . , between eleven and twelve o'clock, a special train having been commanded to be in readiness at the Slough station, at noon, to convey the Court to Paddington. The Court will leave Buckingham Palace at an early hour on Tuesday morning far the Euston • square terminus of the Birmingham Railway, and thence in the state carriage of the Company, by a special en gine, to the Weedon station. From Weedon, where her Majesty's carriages and horses will be in waiting, the royal cortege will proceed through Northampton and Kettering to Stamford. The route from the Weedon station to Burleigh•house will be divided into four stages, for the first three of which relays of her Majes ty's horses have bees stationed on the road. The horses of the Marquis of Exeter will convey the Court the last .tape on to Burleigh-house. Her Majesty; and the Prince will, according to the present arrangement, return from Burleigh on Friday next. DALSTON AND KINGSLAND.—A large and influen tial meeting of the inhabitants of the above district was held at the Tyssen Arms, Dalston, on Thursday evening, the 7th instant, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the best means of establishing a Literary and Scientific Institution in the neighbourhood. The room was crowded to excess, and the utmost unanimity pre vailed. one and all agreeing that such an institution would be of great advantage. Resolutions to this effect were passed, and a number of gentlemen added their names to the previously formed Previsional Committee. We wish the above project all success. Such institutions do indeed•confer advantages on the neighbourhood in which they are established, and society in general but too little appreciates the good they produce, the evil they pre vent, Many anti many a thoughtless youth, who would have run riot in dissipation, has, by being brought within the influence of such establishm ents, been saved from degradation—from vice—from infamy. It is an almost imperative duty on all to further the advance ment of such institutions. Fathers should do it for the sake of their children—young men should assist for their own as well as their companions' sakes, and even the magistracy should reflect that" whatever does good debars evil," and hence they too should add their aid and influence. The above institution, we observe (from the circular sent to us), is based on the broadest liberal principles, and we congratulate the projectors that they have had the good sense to avoid those sectarian limits which have, unfortunately, in too many instances, ruined the best intentioned schemes. MEDICAL TESTIMONIAL—SIGHT AND HEARING. From T. J. Pettigrew, Surgeon, F.R.S. to Messrs S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly,—Gentlemen, I have no hesitation in replying to your inquiry as to the results obtained by the use of your Improved Spectacles ; being in the constant habit of reading and writing for many hours together by lamp light, it is but justice to say that your newly invented Spectacle Lenses have afforded me the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbles, I never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation in the eyes. Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer from no inconvenience of the kind, and my vision is much im proved. I shall ever feel grateful to my good friend. Dr. Blundell for having drawn my attention to the sub ject..—Believe me to be yours, eery respectfully. T. J. PETTIGREW, 8, Saville row. Also, newly invented Acromatic Waistcoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera glasses of the seine kind of Lenses.—Every kind of Te lescope of larger size and increasing powers for shooting, sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observa tions the powers are so great and the lenses so bright and brilliant that minute objects at an extraordinary dis tance is brought completely under the eyes. Sportsmen tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a great treat. Acoustic instruments of every description for deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. & B. Solomons, opti cians and aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbour hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis takes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. LADVERIISEMENT.J—A POOR MAN'S LIFE SAVED nv HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Jeremiah Laughlin, a porter about the quays of Dublin, was afflicted for years with shortness of breath, spitting of phlegm, night perspi rations, and general weakness of body, a want of appe tite, sick headaches, besides suffering much from the liver. This man was in the second stage of consump- Lion, and not expected to live three months, when he commenced the use of Holloway's wonderful pills, and by their means alone he is now as strong, as hale, and as well as ever he was in his life.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at the establishment of Professor Holloway, 224, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable ♦endors of medicine throughout the civilised world. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY CORN" EXCE/3.17GE. During the past week the arrivals of all descriptions of Grain for our market have been on a very moderate scale, but, for the most part, of fair average quality. Fresh up, coastwise, as well as by land carriage, and sample, the receipts of Wheat of home produce were by no means large, while the show . of samples was far from extensive. There was a fair average number of buyers in attendance, yet the general demand was far from active. However, the best descriptions were mostly dis posed of at prices equal to those obtained on Monday last, but, in some few instances, the out of condition sorts were ss. per quarter lower. Owing to the firmness displayed by the holders, the transactions in fine foreign Wheat were wholly of a retail nature ; but in prices we have no variation to report. The quantities cis which duty has been lately paid have been extremely small. So little business was doing in Corn under lock that the rates must be considered almost nominal. Th• show of English Barley was small, that of Foreign tole rably good. The best malting parcels supported previous figures, but grinding and distilling sorts were very dull. Although the supply of Malt was small, that article met a slow inquiry, at barely last week's quotations. The (hit trade was comparatively steady, arising chiefly from the short arrivals, and the currencies ob tained on this day se'nnight were supported. For Beans there was a ready sale, at an advance of is per quarter. In Peas a good business was transacted, and the rates improved Is per quarter, at which a good clearance was effected. The Flour trade was, on the whole, heavy, yet the rates were unaltered. There was a large quantity of Linseed offering, and which caused the sale for it to rule heavy, at barely previous rates. All other kinds of Seeds were a dull sale. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE WogAT—Essex & Kent,_ OSs to—. Oars—Yorkshire and Lincoinfh., feed ... 23s to Potatoe ... • . Ws to Youghall anciVoirk, black .'h to Its Cork, white ]9s to 9Cc Scotch, feed .... 211 to 291 00000 30s to 35s Pigeons Us to 31s PEAS.- Grey ••••••••••••••• 35211 to 3.5 s Maple •••••••••••••••••• 3as to 95+ White 37s to 391 37s to 3Ps FLouit—Town made 44a to 4t Suflol 343 to 3Sir Stockton & gorfolk 33s to Sts rD FLOUR IN BOND. BisNs •••••••••••••••••••••••• BOs to Ws 235 to 21's FLoya—American 23s to 25. Baltic 22s to las red '4O. to 46. Ditto, white ... 00. to 65s Norfolk and coin, red 39s to 46s Ditto white 4oe to 53s Irish, Ditto, white Rvic—Old liSs to 335; New 36s to 38.1 BAlLEY—Grinding 9lla to 32.4 Making Chevalier... ... ... 35s to 384; MALT—Suffolk and Nor folk s6s to 82' 1 Brown 504 to 5481 Kingston and Ware 56a to 625; FOREIGN GRAIN AN WHEAT—Dantsic 4Sa to 538 . Hamburg h 36s to 404 BAILLZY ....... 30s to 33a OATS—New 14, to Ids Feed............ 2 . 1211 11.1P1N.T.33. Compared with that exhibited on Monday last, the supply of Beasts offering was rather limited, yet it proved tolerably extensive, the time of the year considered. As has been the case for many weeks past, the quality of this description of stock was very inferior ; indeed, a large portion of it was less than half fat. The attend ance of both town and country buyers being somewhat numerous, and the dead markets being well cleared of their last week's supplies, the Beef trade here to-day was by far more active than for some lengthened period, and in every instance an advance took place on last week's quotations of quite 2d per 81bs ; the primest Scots rea dily producing 4s per Blbs, and at which a clearance was readily effected. The imports of live stock under the new tariff, during the past week, have consisted, for London and the various outports, of 150 Beasts and 160 Sheep from Germany and Holland. To-day we bad on sale 25 Beasts and 34 Sheep, in moderate condition. The above arrivals, added to previous importations, form the following totals for the present year : Beasts... ....... 3,550 head Sheep 924 The northern droves of Beasts fresh up comprised about 1,600 short horns. Those from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire were 300 Scots ' &e. ; fro m the western and midland di s t r i c t s 400 Herefords, runts, Devon., &c. ; from other parts of England 400 of vari ous breeds ; from Scotland 180 horned and polled Scots; and from Ireland 40 Beasts. The supply of Sheep wss moderately good, while the Mutton trade was steady, and last week's prices were fully obtained in every instance. Although the numbers of Calves were sm4ll, the sale for them was in a very sluggish state, at the late depression in the currencies. In Pigs, the supply of which was good, very little was doing, at our quotations. Per Sibs. to sink the eSal. s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts ..... 2 I Second qualityditto. 3 2 3 • Second quality ditto... 3 9 3 6 Coarse.woolled ditto.. 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen.... 8 8 3 1 Southdown Wethers 310 4 Prime Scots, &c. - Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Large Hogs 3 0 s Prime small ditto S 4 0 Small Porkers.... ... ,3 a 62, Suckling Calves, each 18 0 32. 0 Quarter old Pigs,eac . lll6 0 20 11, Inferior Sheep .. 0 0 u SUPPLY AT MARKET. 3.41/J ~ I 30 Shee 6 0p I . I Calve.. PIP. , S 7 437 OTEIXTGALTAI AND IMADENZEILIa. • Notwithstanding the arrivals of country-killed Meat have been very limited since this day se'nnight, we have to report a. heavy general demand, in consequence of the large supplies offering slaughtered in the metropolis. However, the primest Beef and Mutton have, in some few instances, supported previous rates; but other kinds of Meat have declined 2d per Ribs. A few carcases of foreign Beef and Mutton have sold at previous rates. At per stone by tie Carcase. s. d. to s. 1. a. to I. fl atlet. middling.....,, 2 6 2 8 middling..... 210 3 ! —..- prime largt: 210 3 9 prime 3 4 3 • - itime swain 3 2 3 4 Mork, 2 6 3 4 %%al ..... 3 0 4 0 -- 3 6 31 0 __ _....--... ARRIVALS DURIIrIi THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Ca lves, Mts. Scotland.... ......"........ 10 160 WO Yorkstiire ....... .. ..... ......... S 200 —. 3'A Norfolk ...... .. ..... ... ......... ...... 22 40 Suffolk SO 20 Cam b rid geshire Essex Surrey l6 100 SO 100 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts ....... ............. Tot.aL •••• 74 799 Previous week'. arrival ..... 143 940 Y3O 1120 280 1,160 Difference since our hut 69 142 50 240 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. The arrivals of .. .Pot:does, owing to the contrary winds, have been very limited during the week, from which the demand here is steady, and some holders have ob taiued a trifle more money for good qualities. About 40 tons have come to hand from Rotterdam, and which have sold at 353 per ton. Per ton :—York Reds, 60s to 75s'; Perth ditto, 50s to 55s ; Early Di. vonlh 55s to 60s ; Cornwall ditt,., 55s to 60s ; Jersey Blues, 50s to 55a ; Kent and Essex Whites, 50s to 55s ; Wis beach Kidneys, 60s to 65s ; ditto Whites, 45s to 55s ; Guernsey Blues, 50s to 555; Prince Regents, 55s to 11031017GX HOP MARXIST. Since our last report there has been a very active in quiry for all kinds of hops, at in some instances, further improved rates. The duty has not yet been declared► and it is nominally estimated as last week. The show of new Hops is good, that of old one's very small. 1844'5, Sussex pockets, 61 7s to 8/ ; Wealds, 71 Ss to 91 8s ; Mid Kent, 91 lOs to 121; East Kent, 101 to 121; Choice, ditto, 121 to 131; Farnhams, 10/ lOs to 13L 1843'5, Sussex pockets, 71 to 71 lOs ; Weald of Kent. ditto, 61 18s to 7/ los ; Choice ditto, 9/ 15s to 121; East Kent, 101 to 121; Mid Kent bags, 71 7s to 91 10s. • V 70026 MA&ZZT. The imports of Wool, since our last, have been un usually small, they having amounted tcPtmly 200 bales. Although the supplies offering in the private market are by no meant extensive, the demand for all descriptions of Wool is in a very sluggish state, and prices are not supported. TALLOW MAJZZET. This market is not so much affected as might be e% petted from the sudden and heavy arrivals which have come in within the last three or four weeks ; neither ha s the delivery for the past w ee k b een so l arge as was anti cipated ; yet the market ma y, un d er a ll c i rcumstances . be considered firm, prices for the spring being 41s 3d-- - rather buyers than sellers. Up to the time of our writing, the mail due has not arrived ; but there are upwards el 2,000 casks included in the stock of this day, the advices of which had not reached the parties to whom they er° consigned. Town Tallow is 4ls 6d nett cash. COAL DEARZET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 16s 6d ; Buddle's West Hartley, 16s ; Hastings Hartley, 19s ; W. E., Clark and Co., 19s 6d ; W. E.. Clennell, 19s 9d ; W. E., Tees, 25s ; Morgan's Stone, 22s 6d.—Ships arrived since last day, 6. An additional Gazette was published on Saturday , on account of the great number of notices concerning applications to Parliament for railways. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Roehampton, the lady of D. B. Char man, Esq., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Waltham-cross, Herta, the lady of A' Jearrad, Esq., of a son. On the 7th inst., at Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane, )f' Edward Thompson, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Hanover-terrace, Peckham, the 1 01 1 of A. Johnson, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Thornton Watlass, the wife of the BO' Reginald Courtenay, of a son. On the Bth inst., in Dorset• place, Dorset-square, the lid , ' of J. I'. Blunt, Esq., of a son, still-born. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., William Daniell, Esq., surgeon, Na to Emma, youngest daughter of T. L. Tiffen, Esq., ot cottage, Great Cornard, Suffolk. On the 7th inst., at Bow Church. Henry Walker, Egli., tf'': llarriet Susan, only da ug ht er o f J o h n B urnet, E sq., of ' mont House, Kensington On the 7th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington Jenner, of Reading, t o Eli za b e th L ew i s, t h e youngest Kensington, ter of the late William Fynmore, of Craven.street, Strand. On the 7th inst., at Cheveley, John Fairlie, Esq., of Choy', ley to Mary, eldest da ug ht er o f Willi am P arr Isasc' 3°- ' Esq., of Newmarket. On the 7th inst., a t th e Independent Meeting-house, —r esh Yarmouth, the Rev. George Moir, Minister of the Free Chure at New I%laehar, to Ellen, daughter of the late John Silo" Esq., of Great Yarmouth. On the 7th inst., at St. Peter's, Dublin Jolli ff e Tufibeli: Esq., 3d Drago on G uar d s , to Henrietta, relict of the late Fannin, Esq., of Dublin. On the 7th inst., at Highworth, Wilts, George Freiler iej ! Crowdy, Esq., of Faringd on , B er k s , to Maria Kate, you n g ." daughter of James Crowdy, Esq., of the former pled DIED. Ja m e S On the 31 s t u lt., i n Brunswick-square, Brighton , Blackledge Brackenbury, Esq., of Manchester. On the 3d inst., at Hackney, Mr. H. Parry, aged 64. On the sth inst., Eli za b e th, second daught e r of the 11.4 "• J. Green woo d, D.D., R ector of Collie Engaine, Essex. v . On the 7th inst., a t St rou d- green , H ornse y, Middlesex, ti v. Esq. On the 7th inst., John Clarke,Esq., surgeon, of Dean' etr eet ' Southwark, aged 43. On the 7th inst., Anne, the wife of John Ilderton Esq., aged 70. On the 7th inst., at Bedford, John H. Gow, Esq• of 31r. . 1 . In York street, Portman- square, James, the son Banks, aged 33. London: Printed and Published b MUBDO TOL''' 1 2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T L Sun Office, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, th• of M i ddlnal Tandy, lionatber 12,1544 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 1,2_ 18 4.