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Vibtrb 12bition COMMON PLEAS.-(T HIS DAY,) TEMPEST V. HOWARD. This was an action brought to recover damages for a libel contained in a letter written by the defendant, who is a medical student, in which the plaintiff was charged with being addicted to unnatural practices. Mr. Bramwell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee for the defendant. The defence was a plea of justification, and witnesses were called, and depositions of persons now abroad were read in support of it, but the facts as disclosed by the evidence were too gross for publication. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE stopped the Case in dis gust. He said there was a certain verge of decency to be . observed in a court of justice, even when they were obliged to examine into such cases as these. He thought no man of common feelings would be able to restrain his indignation at the facts now before them. Mr. BRAXWELL said if that were his Lordship's opi nion, he would consent that his client should be non suited. The plaintiff was then ordered to be nonsuited. The plaintiff, who was present in court during the trial, was followed on leaving it by a crowd of persons, who saluted him with groans and hisses of execration, and showed some disposition to execute summary justice upon him. GERMAN Y. The Kohler Zeitung states that the kingdoms of Central Germany think their existence put into jeopardy by the secret articles of the Olmutz treaty. To ward off the common danger they are forming a defensive and offensive alliance ; besides which they propose to maintain the Diet in its present state, and to insist on the Dresden Conferences coming to a con clusion at tht end of January. The soclalled Fede ral Diet is filled with the greatest distrust of Austria, especially since it has transpired, and since later mea sures have proved it, that by a convention made be tween Prussia and Austria, the Bavarian garrison is to be withdrawn from Frankfort. The head-quarters of the Prussian troops in IleFse are at llofgeismar, and in consequence of General vun der Groben's resignation the command of the 7th corps has been taken by General Tietzen. From a letter of Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the Ccmmander of the German fleet, it appears that the future prospects of that force are very doubtful. It is an answer written by the Prince to an application for an appointment as a cadet : " As I presume the younz man wishes to prepare himself for the rank of an officer, I must state that his name cainot be set down, because not only are the va cancies tiled up, but there are besides 90 names on the list as candidates for any vacancy that may occur. As is quite uncertain what extension the German Marine may receive, or, indeed, whether it may be increased at all, I s.hall, even if vacancies arise, abstain from appoint ing any new cadets tilt it is determined what increase the marine force is to receive. The placing of a young man on the list, therefore, wont" only create hopes that might not hereafter be fulfilled; for years must elapse ere those already entered for appointments can be employed, and by that time the candidate will be too old, a-, according to an order about to be issued, none are to e hereafter admitted after 16." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES A letter from Ham burgh of the 11th says—" The forced retirement of General de Willisen from the command of the Schleswig-Holstein troops has led to grave accusations being made against him by th e public. Among other things, his enemies accuse him of having, by false mcacauvres caused the successive disasters at Medt, Missund?, and Friedrielistailt. Toe Gene rai's departure took place with a certain precipitation. Nevertheless, the populations of the places through which he had to piss on his way to Prussia were informed of it. On the Kiel railway, at Altona, he was received by the crowd with marks of hostility ; at each station he was Bros-ly insulted; and at several places stones were thrown at the carriage which he occupied. The General, hoping not to be recognised, had put on plain clothe , . At Hamburgh he only remained a few hours. On taking the command of the Holstein army the General required a sum of money, said to he considerable, to be deposited in his name, in the B ink of England, at London. According to the last ac counts from head-quarters at Re ndsburg, the new Gene ral-in-Chief, M. Von der Hurst, in order to excite the ardo . arof his troops, is preparing a new plan of campaign. 'roe Gaon frigate, taken from the Danes in 1849, in the port of Eckernforde, and definitively adjudged to G2rm my by the treaty of Berlin, arrived on the 9th at Bremenhaven, and was added to the Imperial fleet. Tcere is a question of causing the troops of Holstein to occupy the Duchy of lA.uenburg, which, in 1848, rose in insurrection against Denmark, and which has since barn administered as a separate independent state. Toe subscriptions in the north of Germany in favour of the Ilessian officers who resigned become considerable. At Ilamburgh more than 10,000 f. have been collected ; and at Bremen mere than 20,000 f." A I , Ver from Copenhagen, of the 4 , h, states that the General Navigation Steam Company of London had just brought over to that city, without charge, 40,000 blankets, furnished by the British Govern ment at the request of the Danish Cabinet, for the use of the troops of Denmark bivouacked in the Duchy of Schleswig. The same letter says that the inhabitants of Christiana (Norway) have got up a subscription, to present a sword of honour to Colonel Helgesen, the defender of Friedrichstadt. TURKEY. A Fera correspondent of the Ost Deutsche Post gives some interesting details relative to the conspiracy recently discovered at Constantinople. By a singular chance the Sultan himself found certain suspicious documents in the room of one of his adjutants, the Bimbaschi Mustapha Effendi, who was arrested with twelve other persons of high standing in the seraglio. The conspiracy was directed against the Sultan and Reschid Pasha's Cabinet. Abdul Assis, the Sultan's brother, if not actually a sharer in the conspiracy, cer tainly connived at the revolutionary movements which have so f )rtunately been brought to light. The Sul tan's physician, an Austrian, was sent for by his Impe rial master, who, after dismissing his first chamberlain, conversed with the doctor for a whole hour. The same evening the latter left Constantinople for Trieste with his wife and family. The disciple of es cula plus, whose monthly salary was 9,000 piastres, was in the habit of receiving very costly presents from his munificent employer. His house in Constantinople, which is now for sale, was a present of the Empress Mother's ; it is valued at 8,060/. In an Aleppo letter of the MI November, mention is made of the defeat of the rebe's by Kerim Pacha. On a subsequent day, the insurgents having been reinforced again appeared before the city, and were again routed, leaving 100 prisoners and 3,000 sheep behind them. The garrison of Aleppo is now so strong that nothing more is to be fearcd. TIIE REV. DR. 31-NEILE AND THE ROMISII CONFESSIONAL. Sir,—On Sunday hut, the Bth instant, the Rev. Dr. M'N'eile, Canon of Chester, and incumbent of St. Paul's, Liverpool, preached a sermon on the difference between the judgment of God and the judgment of man." In the progress of this discourse the Reverend Gentlema❑ referred to the " cmfessional" as an organ used for man's judgment of his fellow-man." Ile described in glowing and impassioned terms its whole catalogue of abominations, and then demanded i❑ the name of jus tice and religion, the punishment cf all priests who wielded so fearful an organ of spiritual tyranny. There might be many modes of punishment suggested, but the only one effectual for the purpose was death. " Many good and tender-hearted men," continued the Reverend Gentleman, felt a prejudice against capital punish ment; but let them remember that banishment would only be to spread to our colonies and to other climes the pestilential influence." This sentiment caused a marked sensation, and was much canvassed'after the service. It is said that one gentleman wrote a letter immediately on reaching his house to demand a recantation of the senti ment. In the evening the Rev. Doctor did not preach, but after reading the belief he left his pew, and ascend ing the reading desk, between the curate and the Rev. Mr. Minton, ho thus addressed the congregation:--' My Christian Friends,—l generally address you from another place, but must make an exception on this occasion. I desire to withdraw the atrocious sentiment which I ut tered in the morning. I have withdrawn it before God and now withdraw it before you. Those who heard me in the morning will understand my meaning; those who were not here will please not to trouble themselves about it." I do not record all this, Sir, to find fault with Dr. llti*Neile, his handsome apology disarms any severity of my criticism. But I mention it to show that extempore preaching is very dangerous, since it leads so gocd a man to utter so fearful a sentiment ; and I also mention it to caution our No-Popery friends to temper their z .al with discretion, since the Rev. Gentleman who has thus tripped fills no ordinary situation in men's minds. He is a canon of the church, and a member of the coun cil who, under the presidency of Lord Ashley, have assuir i vl the responsibility of reforming the church an d promoting the (in their minds) purest worship o f Gcd. I remain, S r, your obedient servant, G. Liverpool, Dec. 12. The following are the more important parts of the article in the Liverpool Mercury above referred to. After adverting, in general terms, to the occurre.lce in question, our contemporary proceeds : " When the circumstance was first told to us we could not, and would not, believe it; but as it afterwards came to us in substantially the same form from several quar t( rs, we thought it best to make inquiries on the sub ject; so that, if the story should prove to be unfounded, its circulation might be stopped; and, if not, that the facts might be put forth in an unexaggerated shape. " The result of our inquiries has been that we have obtained from a hieily respectable source as accurate a version of the words used by Dr. M‘Neile as the memory of our informant enabled him to furnish, and of their substantial accuracy he has no doubt whatever. The ex traordinary- declaration of sentiment was uttered by the R 4 V. Gentleman on S un d a y morn i ng l ast , i n t h o ' course o f his sermon, and is stated to have been to the 'following effect:—' I would make it a capital offence to administer the confession in this country. Transportation would not satisfy me, for that would merely transfer the evil from one part of the world to the other. Capital punish ment alone would satisfy me. Death alone would pre vent the evil. This is my solemn conviction.' . . . The congregation, we have been told, heard the words with mingled sorrow and dread; and at the close of the service a representation on the subject was made to Dr. M'Neile in the vestry. The Rev. Gentleman declared, we believe, that he had no consciousness of having made use of such language; but, being assured that he had undoubtedly done so, he expressed his regret in most forcible terms. "In the course of the evening service the Doctor went into the reading-desk, and, as we are informed, thus addressed his congregation:—' In the excitement of an extemporaneous discourse delivered by me this morn ing, I used, I believe, a most atrocious expression. That expression I have already withdrawn in the sight of God; I have, I trust, made my peace with Him; and I now beg to withdraw that expression in the sight of this congregaticn, and to make my peace with you. I will net repeat the expression which I have referred to, for those who heard it will sufficiently well remember it, whilst I will not grieve (or inflict pain upon) those who did not hear it by repeating it.' " Dr. M'Neile, therefore bitterly repents of the grave and lamentable error into which he unwittingly fell; but if men of firm mind, of great ability and learning. of long practice in preaching and public speaking, permit so un holy a spirit to enter even for a moment into their souls, and to fashion itself in words, how great must be the charity with which we ou k bt to regard the failings of those who are destitute of such advlntages l Even this most painful incident may be productive of good to England; if, in this sad time of religious fer ment, it teach men the necessity of caution and prudence in public speaking, seeing how easy it is for even a mi nister of the Gospel of Peace to be carried away by reli gious fervour into the enunciation of sentiments as atro cious as the worst that were ever attributed to or con demned in others." DINNER TO THE AMERICAN AM- BASSADOR IN LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, — SATURDAY NIGHT.—This evening the American Ambassador, the Hon. Abbott Law rence, was sumptuously entertained at a public banquet at the Adelphi Hotel, in this town, by the members of the Liverpool American Chamber of Commerce. _ Mr. Joseph Malcomson, the president of the Chamber, presided, supported on his right by his Excellency the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, the guest of the evening ; Mr. Alexander Henry, M.P.; Mr. Thomas Thornley, M.P. &c., &c.; and on his left, by the Earl of Sefton, Colonel Cotterden, the United States Consul at Liverpool, Mr. 11. C. Chapman, &c., &c. The Vice-Chairman's table was filled by Mr. William Brown, M.P. for South Lancashire, sup ported on his right by the Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool, &c. ; and on his left by the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, Mr. Edward Rushton, stipen diary magistrate, &c., &c. There were also present, in different parts of the room, Mr. Elias Arnaud, collector of customs at Liverpool, Mr. C. B. Ban ning, post-master, several officers of the garrison at present stationed here, and about fifty of the leading merchants of Liverpool. The cloth having been drawn, and the usual loyal toasts drunk, The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the Presi dent of the United States, alluding in complimentary terms to that country, and to the intimate relations subsisting between this country and America. The Hon. ABBOTT LAWRENCE, in acknowledging the toast, assured the meeting of the anxious wish, on the part of the President of the United States, to cul tivate a friendly feeling between the two nations, to promote the harmony which at present existed be tween them, and to strengthen the bonds of unity. He thought he knew the feelings of the majority of the people of this country. He knew that he was acquainted with the feelings of the people of America, and he confidently stated that at no time had there exited a better feeling towards this country than existed at the present moment. " Sir," said the am bassador, "we are a commercial people as well as you ; we know our interests, and we believe that those interests are identical with your own, and to that end, so far as I know my own duties and posi tion, it is our desire to extend them."—(Cheers.) In acknowledging the toast of " The Bishop and Clergy of the diocese," the Venerable Archdeacon BROOKS paid a high compliment to the energy and enterprise of the people of the United States. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said he had now to propose to them, on behalf of the Liverpool American Chamber of Commerce, the health of their distin guished guest, his Excellency the Ambassador from the United States, with cordial thanks to him for affording them an opportunity of giving him a wel come amongst them. He was an able and fitting re presentative of his energetic and enterprising country men.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. ABBOTT LAWRENCE acknowledged the compliment. After alluding to the peculiar relations which existed between the United States and Liver pool, the speaker referred to the common interests existing between the two countries. Let them all remember that both countries belonged to the Anglo- Saxon race.—(Hear, hear.) They had relations in a commercial point of view, but they had still stronger relations by the ties of blood.—(Cheers.) After an exceedingly elcquent address the distinguished guest of the evening resumed his seat amidst loud cheering. Several other toasts were proposed and acknow ledged, and the company separated about eleven o'clock. DEVONPORT AND SOUTHAMP TON AS STEAM-FOR rs. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—The difference of convenience with regard to conveying merchandise, &c., respectively to Southamp ton or Devonport, cannot be put in comparison with the distance by sea between Southampton and the Land's End, and that of Devonport and the Land's End; there is not a more objectionable part of the Channel in which to encounter the westerly gales; from Devonport a steam-packet would be clear even of the dangerous Scilly Islands before one from Southampton had reached Devonport. The " extraordinary facilities of access and egress" to and from the Southampton waters by no means un f requeutly consists in a dense fog, so that the steamer finds it impossible to attempt the narrow passage of the Needles; until which fog clears away she is paddling about for hours, expending coal, and keeping passengers and mails on board, with great inconvenience to all par ties concerned, when all this might have been obviated by landing at Devonport 14 to 16 hours earlier. The rapid communication of a message by the electric telegraph renders it of no import whether it is conveyed from one port or the other. Southampton is called a " deep steam port" by " X. Y. Z.," So it is to some extent, but not sufficiently so to enable it to compete with Devonport as a steam packet harbour. I landed a few:weeks ago from a trans atlantic mail steamer. The vessel could not get within a mile and a half of the pier for want of water ; the mails and passengers were detained on board at least two hours after the vessel had anchored, and before the arrival of a small steamer sent from the docks to bring everything on shore. Certainly the passengers might have landed in boats, had they been disposed to abandon their luggage to the considerate mercy of some one or other on board, but the mandate of a Custom house officer denied even a writing-case to be taken from the steamer otherwise than through the Custom house; from the time of first anchoring till the passen gers, luggage, and mails were fairly in the small steamer, certainly three hours had elapsed, and then all were happily landed in the docks. Now, Mr. Editor, I have no interest to serve in South ampton, none in Devonport, and none in steam-ships of any kind; but the following statement will be found very near the truth, and put the question of the harbour in a fair light. The distance from the Lizard to Devonport by sea is about 45 miles, and the steamer coming from sea is in sheltered water after passing the Lizard; to run for Devonport, supposing a westerly gale to blow, the run would be about four hours. The distance from the Lizard to the Needles is about 150 miles, to which may be added about 40 more from the latter point to Southampton; supposing fair wind and weather to pre vail, this distance would occupy about 14 hours. The mails would consequently be landed at Devonport in fine weather, at the very least, ten hours before they could possibly reach Southampton, and wou ld b e i n London by the railroad about tour hours earlier than they would from the last-named port. In the event of an easterly gale, or, what so fre quently occurs about the Isle of Wight, and otherwise lovely waters of the Solent, a dense fog,;the mails would be delayed, of course, a much longer period; and if it is at all necessary, I shall adduce instances in which the royal mail steamers have actually been kept at sea by the fog nearly twenty-four hours; and in one case, one off them had to anchor off Calschot Castle, on account of the fog, from whence the mails groped their way up to Southampton in a boat, and the passengers remained on board nearly a day, abusing the port of Southampton with great zeal. The best thing X. Y. Z. can do is to say nothing about Southampton as a steam port, for its disadvantages are too heavy in the scale.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, A SAILOR. Adam-street, Adelphi, Dec. 14. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO HOLYHEAD.—The following memorial to the Dock Committee has been lying on the desk of the Exchange Newsroom, and re ceived numerous signatures : " To the chairman and mem bers of the Dock Committee. Gentlemen, we the under signed merchants, shipowners, brokers, and oth e r s , having observed that a proposal has been made to eub stitu'e, in communicating between Holyhead and Liver pool, the electric telegraph for the present antiquated and uncertain method, respectfully urge upon your con sideration the propriety of the change, which, if carried out, cannot fail to benefit this commercial community, pi a nd the trade of the port in general."—Liverpool Amen. I NT ELLIGENCE FROM A MERICA . The North American ro yal mail steam-ship Niagara, C apta i n Stone, from New York, is no w near ly t welve days out, cons equent l y we may look for her arriva l in t he Mersey every hou r . Sh e will bring advices from th at cit y t o the 4 th instant, whi c h will be more than usually interesting from th e f act that they will contain copies of the annual message d e li vered by the Members gress , t.— President of the U n it e d States to ers of Con on their assembling at Washington, on the 2d i ns t an Liverpool Albion, THE SUN, LONDON, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. PROPOSED NEW RAILWAYS. It appears from the notices of intended applica tion to Parliament in the ensuing session that Bills for several new railways and branches will be ap plied for, and judging from the produce of lines and branches of a similar character already constructed in various parts of the kingdom, it is very doubtful whether many of the new schemes, if sanctioned, will return any dividend for the outlay. Unfortunately, too many railways and branches which are now in operation were originally projected more with the view to profit certain individuals than for public benefit or to remunerate the shareholders, who were induced by all sorts of representations, and in many instances compelled to find the money. The lawyers, engineers, contractors, directors, landowners, parties who purchased land on the speculation of the lines being made, and thus obtaining three or four times its value from the company, other parties who have an interest in letting the contracts for the works by private agreement, form together an almost ir resistible influence to obtain Bills every session for lines and branches, whether requisite or not. There can be no doubt that there is plenty of room for improvement on the present system of rail way legislation, and it is believed the appointment of a Parliamentary Committee to investigate and report on the effects of past legislation on railways, with a view to establishing an improved system of legislation with regard to them, may lead to some practical ad vantages, and in some measure tend to protect the public and railway shareholders from the gross impo sitions and severe losses to which they are continually exposed by the present loose system. In dealing with the new Bills next session, it is believed that Par liament might do a great deal of good to railway property by adopting some arrangement which should have the effect of making responsible before some tri bunal the engineer in every case for the amount of his estimate, the contractor that the amount of his contract should not be exceeded, the directors for exceeding the powers of the Acts of Parliament, the lawyers for negligence in drawing up the clauses of the Bills, and thus place some check on the continual amendment of acts. The practice of sanctioning, session after sessioe, the illegal acts of railway di rectors, should, if possible, be abolished, and men so of fending should in future be held individually respon sible for their conduct, in every case where it can be proved that the Acts of Parliament have been vio lated. With respect to one of the companies intend ing to make application next session for a new Act, it has been stated by a committee of inquiry into the company's affairs that the directors had conducted the affairs of the company as if the Acts of Parliament were so much " waste paper." Another of the com panies making application raised years ago 700,0001. without any legal authority, and last session obtained the sanction of Parliament to rectify that illegal act. Some simple regulation, which should have for its object to make all the acting parties in the manage ment of railway companies personally liable for the illegal acts of the company, and the misapplica tion of the funds intrusted to their charge, would put a stop to a great deal. of misconduct in the ma nagement of railway property. There is a very strong opinion among respectable railway men that Parliament should in the ensuing session, be fore proceeding wi h any of the new Rail way Bills, pass a short Act with regard to the falsification of railway accounts, the punish ment to be fine and imprisonment. It is believed that until the Legislature declares it by Act of Par liament to be a crime to falsify railway accounts the ability to falsify accounts will be regarded by certain unprincipled railway speculators as a valuable ac quirement, worthy of the highest reward they can bestow. The passing of an Act declaring the falsifi cation of accounts to be illegal and a crime deserving of severe punishment would tend greatly to enhance the value of railway property. In one company alone the public have been defrauded in the price of the shares to the extent of nearly 2,000,0001. by means of false accounts, which showed a fictitious net re venue in one year of 108,8451. over and above the actual net revenue of the company; and the total falsification of the accounts in this company, so far as could be discovered, amounted to 328,0001. in the course of four years. Notwithstanding this exposure certain railway shareholders have lately been endea vouring to reinstate the man in power under whose management, or rather mismanagement, the prices sf the shares were thus raised so much above their value. Among the proposed new railways are lines from the Furness Railway to the Kendal and Windermere Railway, from the Furness Railway at Ulcerstone to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Cornforth, from Lowestoft to Haleswortb, from Bungay to Hales wortb, from the Eastern Counties at Forest-gate to Tilbury Fort, from the North Kent Railway at Strood to Dover, from the Croydon Railway near New-cross to Dover (the Mid-Kent line), from the Holyhead Railway at Bangor to Carnarvon, from Gloucester to Ross and Hereford, from Blackwall to Tilbury Fort, from the Royston and Hitchin at Sbepreth to Cambridge, from the South Staffordshire at Wicknor to Burton-on-Trent, from the Altrincham Junction Railway to Warrington. The Stockton and Darlington to make branches to Coundon and Westerton ; the South Wales, branches to the Forest of Dean, to Newport, Cardiff, Bute Dock, and to the Taff Vale Railway; the Sheffield and Goole, branch to Kimberworth ; the North Staffordshire, branches to Litchurch and to the Midland Railway ; the Chester and Holyhead, a branch to Holyhead har bour; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, branch to Mid dleton ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, extension to Salford ; from the Ulster Railway at A.rmagh to the canal at Caledon ; Waveney Valley, branch to Bungay ; a line from Buckhurst to the South-Eastern Railway at Tonbridge-wells ; from the Glastonbury to the Bristol and Exeter near High bridge ; the Great Northern Railway, branch to Miston ; a line from the Birmingham and Oxford to the London and North-Western Railway at Birming ham; a line from the Briton Ferry to the South Wales Railway ; a line from the Thames to the North Kent Railway. There are several other Bills for railway purposes, such as for altering the exist ing terms of guarantees and leases, for authorising companies to run engines and carriages over other companies' railways, to extend time for the construc tion of works, and to amend Acts. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 66 to 1 agst The Black Doctor 66 to 1 agst Langton 66 to 1 agst Damask 66 to I agst Wont-you•comc-out•to•night 66 to 1 agst Raby 100 to 1 agst Glauca 100 to 1 agst Cyprus DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt 35 to 1 agst Storm 40 to 1 agst Lightfoot 50 to 1 agat Balsamo ROYAL COLLEGE Or SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for diploma, were admitted members of the College, at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 13th instant : Messrs. Alexander Myall Robinson, Newbury, Berkshire; Edmund Lord Hudson, Bacup, Rochdale, Lancashire ; Francis Henry Plumptre, Queen's-square, Bloomsbusy ; John Phillipson Longhorn, her Majesty's Forest of Dean, Glou cestershire; Robert Rygate, Colet-place, Commercial-road; Henry Mound, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire ; John Davies Weaver, Chester; John Craven, York ; James Charles Dickinson, London ; George Webster, Dulwich, Surrey ; Ashby Greenough Osborn, Northampton; and Joseph Earle, Grosvenor-street West. At the same meeting of the Court Messrs. George Everest, Michael Walling, and David Lloyd Morgan, passed their examinations for naval surgeons. Those gentlemen had previously been admitted members of the College, their diplomas bearing date respectively April 29, 1812 ; April 25, 1843 ; and April 17, 1846. SUICIDE AT THE CHURCH OF ST. BOTOLPH, ALDSATE.—On Saturday night, at eight o'clock, an inquest was held before Mr. William Payne, jun., and a respectable jury, in the Committee-room, Fountain-court, ?dinories, on view of the body of John Smith, aged sixty, for many years sexton of Aldgate Church, who, on Saturday forenoon shot himself through the head with a pistol, in a vault at tached to the church.—Verdict, " Temporary Insonity." APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. W. Garry LettSOID, now Paid Attaché to the Mission at Washington, has been ap pointed, in the same capacity, to the Mission at Madrid. Mr. J. Carter, Puisne Judge of the Supfeme Court of New Brunswick, is appointed Chief Justice of that Court. Mr. R. Godlouton is appointed a member of the Legislative Council of the Cape of Good Hope. On 'Wednesday a retired tradesman, named Porter, was killed, while walking in the streets of Preston, by a skip from the upper story of a warehouse falling upon his head; the rope being unsound. BRISTOL, DEC. 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Barbara, Lovell, Africa; Mary Ann Peters, Brown, New York. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 14. ELAM V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. (Continued from our Third Edition of Saturday. ) Joseph Paul, a servant in the employ of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, proved the delivery of the goods in question on the 21st of August, consisting of eight packages, at 75, Castle-street East. Mr. T. Thompson, a clerk at the railway station, proved the entry of the goods in the railway-bill, but admitted, on cross-examination, that he had been keep ing out of the way to avoid being subpoenaed fur the plaintiff. Mr. Pollard, a clerk in the employ of the Railway Company, said he went to inquire for the plaintiff at 75, Castle-street, and at 386, Oxford -street, in Decemher last. At the latter place he saw Mr. Alfred Elam, the plaintiff, and asked him if he had any goods at the Cam den-town station. He said he had, and wanted them very much. Witness asked him on what day they left Liverpool ; plaintiff said his letter would tell that. Wit ness then asked if he ever resided at 75, Castle-street East, Oxford-street. He started, and asked why witness put that question. Witness said he had a reason for asking MONDAY it. The plaintiff then said he never did reside there, and inquired if the company had delivered his goods at 75, Castle-street. Witness said the company had done so; to which he replied, that it was nothing but a rob bery. Witness and plaintiff then went to Castle-street together. After they had made inquiries at Castle-street witness asked plaintiff if he had any suspicion of anybody. He said he did not suspect any one except a man of his named Wilkins, who had robbed him while he had been in America, and whom he had left in charge of his premises. Plaintiff also said that Wilkins was now in affluent circumstances, though he had been before in the greatest poverty. Witness asked plaintiff where Wilkins lived; he replied Hemming's-row, and he was only waiting for an opportunity to catch him. Witness asked why he had not applied for his goods before. He he had been at home only two or three weeks, and that he had been travelling in the North of England. Witness asked if there was any one in Liverpool who would be likely to know when his goods were there. He said, "No; only a young man who had crossed the Atlantic with him." Witness engaged to meet him again in the evening at Mrs. Sear's. Witness met him there, and they went together to Mr. Heather's, in Cirencester-place. Mr. Elam pointed out a marine store shop as that of Mr. Heather. Witness did not go in. He said, " Shall we go in ?" Witness said he had no orders to do so. They parted, and witness never saw him again. Cross-examined—Witness had not been keeping out of the way to avoid being subpoenaed by the plaintiff. After the examination of several other witnesses, Mr. CHAMBERS replied, and contended that the plain tiff had endeavoured to get his property out of the bands of his creditors, and there was nothing whatever to warrant the belief that he had fraudulently attempted to obtain it from the defendants. Indeed, all the evi dence tended most strongly the other way. Lord CAMPBELL summed up, and left it to the jury to say whether the plaintiff was privy to the sending of the goods to Castle-street. If he was, the verdict must be for the defendants; if otherwise, for the plaintiff. The jury retired at a quarter-past six o'clock, and, after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, thus finding that the company had wrongly delivered the goods. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 14. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) The following case was taken on Friday too late for our report : _ _ _ John ICilshaw, 31, was indicted for having, with a certain loaded pistol, feloniously shot at one Joseph Forster with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Blair prosecuted ; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins (specially retained), Mr. James, and Mr. Pollock, de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner in this case was the son of a respectable gentleman residing in Liverpool, and the prosecutor, Joseph Forster, was by profession an engineer. Upon the 10th of October last, accord ing to Mr. Forster's statement, he was at the Globe Inn, Lawrence-street, Liverpool, and was playing at cards with the landlady, when the prisoner came in and said to the landlord, "Do you see that black whiskered fellow playing at cards with your wife ?" and used other very insulting language in reference to him. As the prosecutor was leaving the house shortly afterwards the prisoner called him a thief, upon which they began to fight, but were soon sepa rated. On going out into the street the prisoner presented something at the prosecutor's breast, and a young woman who was standing by told him to run, as the prisoner had got something in his hand. He did in consequence run away, and after he had gone a few yards he felt something strike him behind. He was taken immediately to a druggist's shop, and sub sequently to the dispensary, where it was found that be had been struck near the spine and his coat acid waistcoat had been perforated. He fell when he was struck, but he was able to walk to the dispensary. On cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS, Mr. Forster said, he had not been employed profes sionally for twelve months. He had formerly worked at Mr. Robson's foundry at Newcastle, but left twelve years ago ; but could not remember whether he had given any notice previous to leaving. In answer to some questions put to him relative to his acquaint ance with a Mrs. Chaplin, who it appeared was a widow with whom he lodged, he indignantly denied that he lived with her as his wife. He said that he was supported by his father, and that he got quite enough money from him to live on. His father was a spirit merchant retired from business. The pro secutor admitted that he had had " the gloves" on occasionally ; but he had not had lessons in boxing from a man who seemed to have been known by the name of " Jackey Davy." He was quite sober on the night in question. He defended himself as well as he could, but could not say whether he had knocked any of the prisoner's teeth out. The prisoner fol lowed him out of the house, and ran up Scotland road, as soon as he saw the prosecutor come up to him. It appeared also that three sovereigns had been offered to the prosecutor by a man named Jeffers, but he had refused to take them, and had told the police of it, and he had the money now in his pocket. On cross-examination the prosecutor said, the three sovereigns had been put into his pocket by Jaffers, who bad then run away. The prisoner had said he did not know what he was doing, and was very sorry for what had taken place. A consultation here took place between the Learned Counsel for the prosecution and the defence, after which Mr. Sergeant WILKINS stated that he could not hope to do more that to reduce the case to a common assault, upon which The Learned JUDGE said, it would be better to examine one of the medical men as to the nature and extent of the injury. Mr. Leather, surgeon, stated that the injury was but trilling. He did not think that the clothes had been perforated with either a bullet or wadding. Mr. JAMES observed that, as the pistol was not proved to have been loaded, the charge of felony could not be sustained. His LORDSHIP then summed up, and directed the jury to return a verdict of " Guilty of a common as sault ;" which they accordingly did. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then said that at the last assizes he had defended the prisoner against a charge of assaulting the police, on which occasion the pri soner received some severe sabre wounds on the head, and since that time he became so excited when ever he took anything to drink that he was quite unconscious of what he was doing. His LORDSHIP then addressed the defendent in a feeling manner, and warned him to abstain from drinking in future, sentencing him to imprisonment for one month, with hard labour, and requiring him to find sureties—himself in 1001. and two of 501. each, to keep the peace for one year. The prosecutor then came forward and said, he should wish, if the suggestion met with his Lordship's concurrence, that the prisoner should be at once dis charged on his own recognizances. He did not wish the prisoner to be further punished, as he believed he had done the act with which he had been charged quite unconsciously. His LORDSHIP said, the suggestion was very cre ditable to the prosecutor, and he should certainly gratify him by discharging the prisoner on the terms he had suggested. Mr. Sergeant WILKINs then said that after the honourable conduct of the prosecutor he begged to apologise to him for any insinuations he had thrown out against his character on cross-examination. He now thought that both himself and the respectable gentleman who had instructed him had been misin formed, and he felt great satisfaction at such a ter mination of the case. The prisoner, after thanking his Lordship and the prosecutor for their clemency, was discharged. Robert Harrett was indicted for shooting at his wife, Mary Harrett, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. James prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidence of James Eaves, bar man at the Jamaica vaults, Ridley-street, Liverpool, that about half-past eight o'clock on the night of the 20th of November last, the prisoner came into the vaults, and his wife directly afterwards. He asked her to hare some whisky, which she took and drank. The prisoner then said in the hearing of the witness, " I'll blow somebody's brains out to-night before I sleep;" and on being asked for payment of the whisky he threatened the witness and put the muzzle end of the pistol towards him. Soon after he went out, taking the pistol with him, saying that he would go and buy some caps. His wife followed him. In about a quarter of an hour he returned, and called for a glass of ale. He was served with this, and soon af terwards his wife came in again, upon which he said to her "Po from my presence, or I'll shoot you." She turned round to go out, when the prisoner presented the pistol at her. She saw it, and seized hold of the muzzle end with her right hand. The witness then saw the prisoner pull the trigger, and the pistol went off and shot her in the hand. The witness then went away, and on his return found the prisoner only in the vault. He said to him, "Have I shot my wife ?" Witness told him he bad. Upon which he said, "Is she dead ?" and, upon hearing that she was not, he said, " Let her come in, then," and began to cry and said, " Take this pistol from me ;" and he gave the pistol to witness and went out. The woman was subsequently taken to the Northern Hospital, and the surgeon who examined her wounds said that her right hand was severely injured—the fore and middle fingers being completely shattered, there being great laceration of the hand. Two fin gers were amputated. The wound was a dangerous one, and it would be some time before she could be removed from under his care. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was well known in Liverpool by the name of " Mickey Free ;" and that he had engaged, for a wager, to walk 1,000 miles i❑ as many hours, at the Strawberry Gardens, Liverpool. The pistol was bought for the purpose of waking him at night. When he finished his walking he took the pistol home with him ; and he said, that since that time, whenever he had got anything to EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1850. drink, his head had been so bad that he did not know what he was doing, but that he loved his wife and children more dearly than all the world. He could not tell what had brought him to this. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended him strongly to mercy. His LORDSHIP, in sentencing him, said that he was not surprised that the great physical exertion he had been makiug had produced considerable nervous ex. citement, as he had deprived himself of sleep and na tural rest. He must, however, mark the serious nature of the offence, and accordingly sentenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) William Hugh Hannay, 57, was indicted for the manslaughter of Robert Middleton. Mr. Whigham and Mr. M'Oubrey conducted the prosecution; and Mr. Moak defended the prisoner. If appeared that the prisoner was a gatekeeper in the employment of the East Lancashire Railway Com pany at their station at Marsden. Upon the 29th of August last, about ten o'clock in the morning, when the express train from Liverpool to Leeds was due, the former was trying to push a truck along a siding which at one point comes very close upon the main line. A witness of the name of Latham, who had just crossed the line, and knew that the express train, which did not stop at the Marsden station, was shortly coming up, and perceiving that the waggon which the prisoner wes pushing along was just approaching the part of the siding which was nearest to the main line, and that unless he could immediately get out of the way into a part of the siding further off there would be a colli sion, called out to the prisoner, who was an old man, to "look sharp." Directly after he had done so he heard the railway whistle, and the train, which was ten minutes behind its time, came up, and immediately after he heard a collision. On looking round he saw that the whole train, with the exception of the last carriage, had been overturned. It further appeared, from the evidence of John Thompson, that the usual staff of the company at this station consisted of the witness Thompson, a man named Hartley, and the prisoner. Hartley, it seemed, had been ill for two days, and was so on the day in question, and conse quently absent from his work. The particular duty of the prisoner was to attend to the opening and shutting of the gate of a crossing at this station ; and Hartley's place was that of a porter to attend to the removal of waggons, and generally to what was re quired about the station. It appeared, from Thomp son's evidence, that there was a space of nine inches between the main line and the siding where they ap proached nearest to each other, and that one end of the waggon had been pushed only just past this point when the train came up. In consequence of the ap proximation of the main line and the siding the wood work of the waggon projected over the main line a few inches. When, therefore, the train came up, the waggon being in this position, the left buffer of the engine struck the left hinder corner of the waggon, the other end of the waggon being out of the way owing to the curvature of the siding. The waggon was consequently flung round upon the train, and the whole of the carriages but one upset. Mr. Middleton was travelling in a second-class carriage, the second in the train, along with another passenger. He was first seen after the collision sliding out of the carriage perfectly insen sible. The unfortunate gentleman was immediately taken into the station•house, and several surgeons, including Mr. White, of Burnley, were speedily in attendance, and every attention was paid to him, but he was so seriously injured that he expired in a few hours. Several of his ribs were found to have been broken, and one of the kidneys had been torn nearly across. The hemorrhage from the laceration of the kidney seemed to have been the proximate cause of death. Mr. Middleton was a married man of about thirty-seven years of age, but without family. The prisoner was an old man, apparently unfit for the dis charge of any duty requiring much bodily strength. Mr. MONK addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and contended that the old man was doing all in his power to place the waggon where it would be removed from any chance of collision, when the unhappy occurrence took place which resulted so de plorably in the death of Mr. Middleton, and that what took place was purely misadventure and accident. His LORDSHIP agreed with the Learned Counsel in his view of the case ; and after some short deliberation, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, accom panied by an expression of their opinion that the com pany were culpable in having so deficient a staff at the Marsden station. Mr. Baron Alderson has been engaged during the greater part of the day in trying some cases of a na ture unfit for publication. The business of the assizes will probably not ter minate before Monday. York, Dee. 13. (Before Mr. Justice PATTSSON.) Thomas Dean Calvert, a respectable looking man, employed as an overlooker in a warehouse, was charged with having wounded a mare at Morley, the property of Joshua Asqwith, on the 2d of November last. Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted ; the prisoner was de fended by Mr. Matthews and Mr. Blanchard. It appeared that the prosecutor is a woolstapler re siding at Morley, and carrying on his business at Leeds. On Saturday, the 24 of November, the pro secutor arrived from his place of business at Morley in his gig about six o'clock, and having unharnessed his mare put her into the stable, and left her there for his groom to attend to. About seven o'clock William Lassey, the groom, went to the stable to dress down and feed the mare, and, according to his account, had only just gone there, accompanied by his cousin, when he found the stable door open. The stable was dark; and on going into it he heard groans proceeding from the mare, upon hearing which he cried out " Halloa." A voice, which he recognised to be the prisoner's, immediately answered " Halloa." The groom then reached down some matches from a beam and struck a light, and then saw the prisoner standing behind the mare with his hands bloody and reeking, and his shirt wristbands dyed with blood. The mare was trembling violently, and straining and groaning, and he saw a piece of wood sticking out from her hinder parts, which he pulled out, and which had been forced twelve inches into the body of the mare. The piece of wood bad formed a bolt for the stable-door. He immediately accused the prisoner of having done this, and said "It would be a bad job for him." He then gave information to his master and the prisoner was given into custody on this charge. On being taken into custody he said he was drunk and did not know what made him do it; that he had no ill feeling against the prosecutor, and hoped it would be made up. This account of what was seen in the stable was corroborated by the cousin of Lassey, who was with him. On cross examination it appeared that the prisoner was drunk at the time; that there was some blood on the ground behind the mare, and that the prisoner was found standing holding his hands up, which with his wrists were covered with blood ; that the stick with which the mare was wounded was usually in its place, and that the groom had had some words_with his master for driving the mare out on Sunday without his leave and losing the horse-cloth; and was going to leave his employment that night. The mare was a vicious and kicking mare. For the defence the Learned COUNSEL suggested that it was the groom himself who had committed this disgusting and cruel act in revenge against his master whom he was about to leave; that he alone, in the dark stable, was likely to know where to find the stick used, or to be permitted by the mare to ap proach her ; that after committing this act he had got hold of the prisoner, who was drunk that night, and who in that state was not at all likely to have been able to commit this act, even if inclined to do so, and had knocked him down with his hands in the blood, and had then gone out, and meeting with his cousin, had returned immediately to the stable with him ; and all the rest of the evidence combining to throw the stain of guilt on the prisoner was no doubt true. At the conclusion of a most able and ingenious address on behalf of the prisoner, the Learned Coun sel called witnesses who gave the prisoner the highest character. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury Acquitted the prisoner, who was ordered to be immediately discharged. Dec. 14. Abraham Walker and Tk onzas Fryer were indicted for night poaching, along with divers others persons unknown, on the 29th of November last, at Newby with-Mulwith, on lands in the occupation of Mr. Henry Pyner. Mr. Blanchard prosecuted ; and Mr. Price de fended the prisoners. It appeared that on the night in question Robert Topham, the gamekeeper of Mr. Pyner, went about 10 o'clock, accompanied by two watchers, to a wood called Carr-wood. There they heard the reports of guns in Martin-le-Moor-wood. They then obtained the assistance of other five men and proceeded into the wood, when they heard some one say, " There are only five pheasants in the wood, and three of them are flown." They then saw five men armed with sticks and guns. The gamekeeper said to his assist. ants that they must take the poachers, and imme diately those of the poachers who had guns stepped in front of the others and swore they would shoot the first man that attempted to take them, while those behind cried out to them to " Shobt shoot !" The gamekeeper rushed in and was asseiled with stones, and fortunately the poachers did not carry their threat into execution. The watchers succeeded in taking the two prisoners into custody, the rest escaping. The evidence was, however, defective that the pri soners went into the wood with the intent to kill game. Mr. PRICE having addressed the jury, His LoRDsHIP summed up, and the jury found the prisoners Guilty of a common assault. They were sentenced to be imprisoned for three calendar months. A number of case of ordinary robbery and lar- ceny were tried in the course of the thy possessing no interest. (thfore Mr. Baron MtRTIN.) John Warren was charged with having - forged, and also with having uttered, knowing it to be forged, the indorsement of Messrs. Hult, Brothers, of Leeds, to a bill of exchange for 7441. 15s. on the 4th of November last. Mr. Hall and Mr. Hardy appeared for the prosecu tion ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that a Mr. Atkinson, a woolstapler at Bradford, being indebted to Messrs. Holt, Brothers at Leeds, indorsed a bill of exchange for 7441. 153., to them, and inclosed the bill in a letter which he sent by post to Messrs. Holt. Tne letter, in due course of post, would arrive that same evening. Messrs. Holt did not send to the post that night for their letters, but the letter appeared to have been ob tained by the prisoner at the post-office, he having been in the employment of Messrs. Holt as an errand boy some three years. On the following morning the prisoner presented the bill of exchange at the Brad ford Banking Company's bank, at Bradford, by whom it was drawn on Jones Loyd and Co., awl accepted by them. The cashier at the bank, on examining the bill, and seeing it was genuine, asked the prisoner his name ; to which he answered " William Holt," and indorsed that name on the bill. The cashier told him that he must write the name of his firm, and the prisoner thereupon indorsed " Messrs. Holt, Bro thers," on the bill. He was then paid the amount of the bill in gold and notes, one of the notes being a' Bank of England 1001. note. The prisoner on the same day called at the Branch Bank of England at Leeds, and there presented the same 1001. note for payment, indorsing on the back of it Watkin Brooke, Alfred-place. Leeds, and received twenty .5/. notes in change. The hurried manner in which the prisoner left the bank with these notes without counting them excited suspicion, and he was followed, and on infor , mation being given to the chief constable of Leeds he was apprehended at his father's house, when the notes and gold he had received at the Bradford bank and at Leeds were found upon him. It also appeared that a cheque for 4001, payable to " bearer, had been sent to Messrs. Holt, the words "or bearer" being struck out,which the Learned Counsel for the prosecution said in the country was thought to answer the same purpose as crossing a cheque. It was inclosed in a letter written in a strange hand, purporting to come from Mr. Holt. This cheque Mr. Thomas Holt had inclosed to his sons from Har rogate on the 4th of November, and the letter con• taming it appeared to have been obtained at the post office at the same time by the prisoner, as it had never reached its destination, and probably being found use less by him had been sent by him to Messrs. Holt, as the letter in which it was sent and the indorsements on the bill of exchange and 1001. note were proved to be in the prisoner's handwriting. The prisoner in his defence admitted having re ceived the money, but denied that he had forged the indorsement on the bill. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury found the prisoner There were other charges again3t the prisoner of having stolen post letters containing Post-office orders, which the counsel for the prosecution thought it un necessary to proceed with. His Lordship deferred passing sentence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- HOUSE. On Saturday Thomas Costello was brought before Alderman Gibbs, charged with having feloniously forged several orders for wine, with intent to defraud wine merchants in the City. Two men, named Smith, alias Savage, and Cor nell, had been tried and convicted at the Central Cri minal Court upon charges of having stolen some of the wine upon the orders alleged to have been forged. A wine merchant of Pudding-lane said—l produce an order written in the French language for the de livery of six dozen of champagne. It was brought to me on Tuesday, the 10th of September, by a man named Savage, now a prisoner in the name of Smith ; and I delivered three dozen of the wine to Savage and Cornell, who accompanied him. The order was in the name of William Nind of the Sabloniere Hotel, Leicester-square. Mr. Nind said, the order was not in his hand writing, neither was it authorised by him. The pri soner had lived with him, and he believed the order was in the handwriting of the prisoner. G9orge Hyde, one of the City police, said—ln con sequence of information I received, I went to Pud ding lane, and saw a truck at the warehouse door of Mr. Day, the prosecutor, and Savage and Cornell with it. At the bottom of the lane I saw the prisoner, whose eyes seemed to be fixed upon the truck. I followed Savage and Cornell and took them into cus tody. The prisoner went towards London-bridge. A clerk to Mr. Scott, of St. S within's-lane, wine merchant, said—l received an order for six dozen of champagne on Thursday, the 27th of August. Some objection was made as to the accuracy of the descrip tion. Next day a description was brought, which was considered satisfactory, and I delivered the wine to Cornell. The value was 171. 18s. The order pur ported to be signed by Mr. Verry, of Regent-street. The order was stated to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. Five other orders for champagne, amounting to 631., were also produced, and proved to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. The prisoner said the police were mistaken in his person. He was committed upon all the cases for trial. BOW-STREET. Alexander Gilles, a foreigner, described on the charge sheet as a commission agent, was charged with having obtained a picture, value 1251, from Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce, opticians and picture dealers, 203, Holborn, under false pretences. Mr. Wontner, who appeared for the prosecution, said the prisoner had had some dealings with Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce prior to the one under in vestigation, hut they were on a much smaller scale. On this occasion Mr. Chamberlayne had thought proper to ask the prisoner for some reference. He gave a false address, and stated that part of the fur niture in the house which he mentioned as his resi dence belonged to him. Upon these representations Mr. Chamberlayne permitted him to take away a picture worth 1251. Mr. Wontner added that he should to-day (Saturday) only prove the facts above stated, and he hoped Mr. Henry would remand the prisoner, in order that some inquiry might be made with regard to the picture, of which nothing had been seen by the prosecutor since Thursday last, when the prisoner took it away. Mr. Chamberlayne was then called, and said that on Monday evening last the prisoner went to his house and said he had called about some pictures which he was going to take into the country to sell. It appeared that he had had some previous conversa tion with witness's partner, Mr. Pearce, concerning these pictures, and only waited witness's acquies cence before he took them away. The value of the pictures was 5001. Witness refused to let him have them without a satisfactory reference, and he then said that he lived at 28, Great Pulteney.street, Golden-square, where he occupied the ground and first floor, the furniture in which was his own. He showed witness a bill of exchange for 250/., drawn at seven months' date upon a Mr. Newingham, and gave him the address of the manager of the London and County Joint Stock Bank at Worthing, of whom, he said, witness might make inquiries with regard to the validity of the bill, the prisoner promising to call again on Wednesday. Witness wrote to the gentle man at Worthing, but received no answer. The pri soner came on Wednesday, and said he wished to show a picture by Backhuysen, belonging to the firm to a young nobleman. Witness told him he had no objection to his taking it if he brought it back the same night, to which the prisoner replied that under these circumstances he had better not take it. He, however, called the next day and took the picture away, promising to return either the picture or the money for it that evening. It was in consequence of this promise and his statement with regard to his fur niture, that witness permitted him to take the picture. He did not see him again till yesterday (Friday), when he came to the house and said he had sold the picture for 1401., and it would be paid for in the course of the week. He declined telling to whom he had sold it. He, however, assured witness he should have his money that night. Witness did not get it, and on Saturday went to 28, Great Pulteney street, and saw the landlady, who said that the prisoner did not live in her house, nor did any of the furniture belong to him. He once lodged there, but had occupied furnished apartments. Witness then went away with the intention of giving information at a police-office, but on his way met the prisoner, who the moment he saw him ran into a pub lic-house, where witness followed and told him if he did not get the picture he should give him into cus tody, and the prisoner not giving any information he called a constable and him gave into charge. Mr. Columbine, who appeared for the prisoner, cross-examined the witness, who stated that Giles gave him a receipt for the picture, which was now produced and ran as follows : " Dec. 12, 1850, " Received of Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce a picture by Backhuysen, cost 1251, to be sold on com mission, and the profit, if any, to be divided. The pic ture to be returned or accounted for in the course of this day. "ALEXANDER GILLES." Mrs. Lye, the landlady of the house 28, Great Pul teney-street, corroborated that part of Mr. Chamber layne's evidence having reference to her. Mr. Wontner here stated that he had heard during the examination that the picture had been found at a pawnbroker's in Bridge-road. Alfred Linford, shopman to Mr. Richards, 'lO2, Bridge-road, Lambeth, was next called, and stated that the picture which he produced bed been pledged at his master's shop on Thursday afternoon last, for 12/., by a person giving the name of Franci. The prisoner was not the person. The prisoner, in his defence, made a rambling statement about his dealings with Messrs. Chamber.. Layne and Pearce, and stated that he had in fact sold the picture to a Mr. John Franci, with whom be often transacted business, and who was to pay him in the course of a few days. Mr. HENRY said, that under the circumstances he should remand the prisoner till Wednesday next, and issue a summons for the attendance of Mr. Franci. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Huron Francois was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with having committed an extensive rubbery at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Leicester-street, Lei cester square, under the following extraordinary cir cumstances : The prisoner had formerly been employed as porter in the establishment, but had left three months ago. On Saturday week he was seen to enter the hotel, and from that time up to Saturday last he must have con• trived to conceal himself in various During the week noises were heard in different rooms!. such as would be made by some person in them, but the most careful search failed to detect the intruder. places in the On Saturday about 12 o'clock the wife of the pro' prietor had occasion to enter her bedroom, when sb e , found the prisoner crouched down by the side of a chair. She gave an alarm, and the prisoner aft?. secured. An investigation was then set on foot, and it turned out that the prisoner had possessed himself of a large quantity of property, which he had concealed veral articles of wearing apparel, house. in various places. Up the chimney were found se' ja o ste: fled by the waiter. The prisoner had also dreg . • himself , in some of the waiter's clothes. In t he E ft. soner s pocket were found 3,5 large pieces of foretga gold, worth between 401. and 50/. Near the pla ce which were where he was discovered were found a gold w atch, c s i lady's chatelaine and silver watch, opera Os?' en d other property. In a bag were notes of the v alue ". 1251., which the prisoner had either overlooked or considered to be of no use. The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday nee' WORSHIP-STREET. gave theea , A well-dressed middle-aged woman, who name of Elizabeth Wayman, but who has also poissre by two ether names, was placed at the bar bs ?. Mr. Ilammill, charged with being concern ed wiL., others not yet in custody in bur g lariously b reah t into the premises of a tradesman named Thc r P e ' Turville-street, Bethnal-green, and stealing cu eee f fe s securities, and other property to the value of nes " 1401. The prosecutor, who is a wholesale walkineicskt manufacturer, stated that he left his warehose eight in the evening of Friday, the 6th inst., .e. w ith I t e e s : doors and windows all properly secured, but in ioo than two hours afterwards he received info rnot that the place had been entered and plundered ,1101. thieves. Ile immediately hastened back to gown. house, and found that a large quantity of ws l a kln a il. sticks, canes, and other articles, some of them ca e 7 ng siderable val ' ue, had been stolen, and on elan ni t he the desk in the counting house he discovered tu s ' ate a cash-box, which contained when he left it banic"r ke . and bills of exchange for more than 100/., had li o h. wise been carried away by the burglars. (The cash box and two silver-mounted canes were here prob. , by the police, and the witness at once identified they as having formed a portion of the property the night s warehouse was entered ) e in Mr. Cuminins, an umbrella and parasol Ing' e- t he Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, stated that an to morning before a man, who was a perfect strangerto him, called at his shop, and asked him if he laid purchase a large quantity of walkingsticks he 9. for sale ? He said he would sell them very- d PI r „"li s e'\ for ready money, and asked him to go to the i L"„ es s, , of an acquaintance of his to select some. "", 0 agreed to do so, and went with him to a house ' o h o bye-street at the rear of Shoreditch Ch ilr o o , where he was shown into a bedroom ; 1 . 4 4 stairs, and introduced by the man to the Pril ha tat' The woman seemed to be perfectly aware of wh at t he. stalest had come about, and the man having taken 0' o va counterpane from the bed, showed him abo ut t or dozen walkingsticks for his approbation, and th en duced renumber of ferules and silver caps. From the; it in which the property was secreted, he suspect s gr► formed part of the produce of the bueglarY , beteg: Thorpe 's warehouse, of which he had some tin e t he a fore heard, and, though much pressed to W a d '. goods, excused himself from doing so at one: , : g ee after appointing to meet the man at a beershop tu e ,," - r _sya evening, went straight to the house of the prosecal°;ea whom he gave such information as led to the pris ellY apprehension. Sergeant Teakle stated that in consequence of di r t e ; tions he had received fiom the prosecutor he W e is her, night before to the house of the prisoner, and t o a d to.". he had come to look at the walkingsticks she "T o eh • sell. The prisoner affected a total ignoranc e (4 , 30 e5% articles, and stoutly denied she had any, bu t w ' o f oo said he must search the place, and in the cou rse f the doing discovered the cashbox hidden under 00 % ° I h i es' • beds, but entirely empty, and in one of th e ,F rpe found two silver headed canes, which -gra. a -h Und identified the moment he saw them. He aT aa f t !ansa upwards of twenty duplicates for articles and rose valuables, descriptions, a silver watch, two gold rings, e e " rose valuables, which had not been stolen from the P Of tutor's, but he felt it his duty to take P e6B ,, n e" g i bt b eg them, as he had reason to suspect they, -- -i ,e„ connected with some other robbery of a sni" e ' • scription. she !:' When asked if she wished to say anything '",-„ ;es; sonar declined offering any observations, and e " - e ttr remanded till that day wee k, to afford an 0 1 9 P - l o at nity for the police t rac i ng th e remainder of t he still property. . , , SEABORNE MAILS., When made up in From what When PLACES. General Post-office port die- due* • London. patched. Africa (West coast).. America (via N. York nec. 19 ' by British packet) ..*N January 3 .. Liverpool • • - America (via Boston 2b by British packet) .. N December 20 .. Liverpo ol ...Dec ' America (by United Liverpool & 3 - States packet) .. Nl December • 20 Southampt. Daily Belgium • • .. N i Daily .. .."Dover .. Brazil .. N'4th of the month Falmouth.. Dec. 2 ' Buenos Ayres • • .. N 4th of the month Falmouth . Dec. 2 5 California( viaChagres) M 17th of month Southampt. Jan. 5 Cape of Good Hope NrJanuary 14 Plymouth.. -- Central America M2d & 17th of month Southampt. Dec. 2 0 Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Tl 4. Chili M 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20 7' France M& N Twice daily .. Dover Twicoa Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. _„., Holland .. N Wednes. & Satur. London .. M olar Honduras N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Dec. 2 cif Ireland .. 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • . IWe,, u a India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Dec, 23 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24thofinonth . Dover • • Madeira • . N Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Sonthanapt. Dec' 26 M editernatean Marseilles) . (via N 7th& 24th of month Dover • • De c. 23 Mediterranean (by French packet via Marseilles) Mexico .. 31 2d of the month.. SouthamPl. 16 Peninsular.. • • .. 7th,l7th,27th of mo'Southampt . Dee* „0 I'eru 17th of the month Southampt. Dee* ' 2 'o West Indies • . 17th of the month Southan3Pl. D ec ' West ( Havanna lndies & Nassau ) 31 2d of the month .. Sou thampt. ;Ja n ' s,,flice N signifies that the by the night—and M by I2d of the month .. mails are sent from the mornirw—dispa :Sttchohue.thoaemneprta.i!Jra. 06nt5.0,t,c6 . of [ADVERTISEMENT.]—AII Ulcerated Arm Cure 4 Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Robert Gregg , il e . ,:ero Clinkeeland, Clowes, Ireland, was sorely afflicted wit h $ jou sli gathering in his armpit, and which discharged very c°PO his for nearly three years ; another waund also broke •°' most shoulder. His father felt alarmed, having consu lted th e c a to eminent surgeons to no purpose, while his son eon s i n f u gel' waste away. At this juncture a friend advised a trial o wee' loway's Pills and Ointment, which was made, and ins, is a r e ,ths they perfectly cured him. He is now getting fat sti , oV olors sinews are restored to their wonted pliability, and no des Bolls' tion is visible.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. v GIB' APPOINTMENT OF MR. PRATT TO TIL TRACY.—The Lord Chancellor has acted on the ree ° i• r iet , " dation of the Borough Council, and has included Job° the Pratt, Esq., in the commission of the peace. W eWe, e first to suggest Mr. Pratt's appointment; wh ic ' from the belief that an additional magistrate Wa", ; u i e J wanted in Portsea, and that Mr. Pratt was well qui l :„^„. fill the post. Circumstances that have transpired $1",;b113 suggestion was made have confirmed our opinion ,„- lode' Pratt's qualifications for a magistrate.—Homps nir " pendent. • it 5r FOREIGN SWINE.—A steamer which has P r o 4i rived from 13oulogne has brought, as part of her large number of live sucking pigs, the produce of Ir Queen's -road, On the 10th inst.. at OF A SON. A the wife of J. A, Russell, Esq. : . oad, St. John's -W°°' tli ° On the 12th inst., at Chester. place, Chester - s 9 t - s quare , w ife of W. F. Higgins, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. of tbj On the 10th inst . ~ at Southfleet Rectory, the Wife - Rev. George E. Murray. . 03 0 On the 9th inst., at Sheerness, the lady f Fitiis Stuart ' MacGregor, E s R 0 Esq., .N, _... o °l MAED. On the 12th inst., at Lewish RRI ' am Kent, Alfred, fourth r s 01 1 Mr. George S e lb y , of Ravensbourne-park, to Sophia, 1° daughter of Mr. B. Smith, of Morden-hill, Lewisb a 7birl e° On the 12th inst.. at St. George's Hanover-squa re l Julien Roth, E sq ., on l y son o f Charles Roth, Egl 'Cell i ! ' grove, Brompt on , an d Old B on d- s t ree t, Pi cc adilly, _ t ree" eldest daughter of Mr. John Salmon, of Albernarla-p Piccadilly, DIED. otbs lP. On the 7th inst., at Cannes, in France, Colonel Standwith, C. 8., of the Bombay Light Cavalry, tig n " Air e. On the 9th inst., at Monk's Kirby, Warwicks hire ' Sophia Fending Farrell, aged 80. " On the 10th inst:, at Kennington, Andrew Ewbarik' late of the Custom-house. O, On the 11th inst., at the Parsonage, Cirencest er. ages 11. Jacobs, Esq , 8.A., of Queen's College, Oxford. _iviirtr 6 ", t, On the 12th inst., at Camden New Town, Robert C M.D., Deputy Inspector of Military Hospitals, aged eater On the 12th inst., at Hyde-park-square, George If o' 3 Esq., one of her liajesty's Counsel, and a Bea dier Inner Teple. - O;Ag Fe tb4t On the m 12th inst ,at Penton-row, Walwortb , Elizabeth Dorey, aged 67. ra.hesbY re ' On the 11th inst. at Manchester, Mrs. Doretby widow of the late E. Cheshyre, Esq., aged SO. L )ndon : Printed and Published by MURI3 O 'Ns ° , ' o i l ' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 0 8, .. na pti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in w e Middlesex, Monday December 16, 1850. TT, 1.„ r tu ni bth. Fo 111 G 4, that ..,...... Ti me l, th e ',-,_