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Cbtrb Ebition EXCHEQUER—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, Ix fore the LORD CHIEF BARON and Spacial Juries.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V TOPLIS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that a verdict for 1004 on the second count of this information, had been con sented to by Mr. C. B. Robinson, on behalf of defendant. At the same time, he wished it to be understood that this consent was not the result of a compromise. The Crown could claim the full penalties, and it was resolved to enforce them. THE A TTORNEY -GENERAL V. TOPLIS, JUN. The SOLICIOR-GENERAL said that Mr. Robinson had consented to another verdict for 100/. on the second count of this information. Gladstone—then a very young man—Sir Robert Peel was able to fight his battle single-handed against a majority, and not only to fight the battle, but confessedly to gain the victory, as far as the mere debate was concerned ? Will he' be less able to maintain his ground with a majority of more than one hund..ed at his back, and with the help of such seconds as Sir W. Follett, Sir J. Graham, and many others who could not render him, in 1835, the assist ance which they can now afford. The truth, how ever, is, that all this supposed necessity for a corps of debaters to support a Ministry is absurd, except in extreme cases. What has Sir Robert Peel to defend that he cannot defend ? or what proposition has the Premier to make that he cannot himself make with full force and effect ? If, however, the mere exertion of standing and speaking should be thought too much fur a single Minister, let Ili in the name of common sense remember who are the persons to be answered—Lord Pal inerston, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Macaulay. Why, there is not a Conservative Club or a Conservative Operative Society in the United Kingdom, that would not produce half-a-dozen better speakers than any of the three, whatever these Whigs may be - as writas, and even in that their pre tensions are not very high; and how can it be doubted that of the m •re than four hundred gentlemen by whom Sir Robert Peel is supported, forty, at the very lowest estimate, are qualified to make better debaters than Lord Pal merston, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Macaulay ? It has been we know the practice (more particularly of Conservative Administrations) to get through the public business in the House o. Commons as much as possible in a business-like way, and that that House has in consequence lost much of its old character of a theatre of oratorical dis play. This is on the whole a great improvement ; but out of it has grown a system of mono poly among the few men who unite some ac quaintance with official forms to the smallest pos sible amount of talent as speakers. Now this, as far as it goes; is perhaps rather convenient than other wise, but the thing becomes ridiculous when we are told that, of more than four hundred Members of the House, not more 'than half •a=dozen are compe tent to support a Minister. The next session, if we are not mistaken, will tell a different story ; or rather a week will not pass, before it shall be seen that Sir Robert reel can rally an efficient body of debaters. THE A'TTOINEY-GENERAL V. DESMOND. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that Mr. Robinson had again consented to another verdict of 1001 on the second count of this information. The jury in the first case was sworn in the other two, as their juries had not been summoned f)r to-day. We have already reported the proceedings against Mr. John Toplis, of Bermondsey street. It is out of those trans actions that these informations arose against the several parties concerned in them. Lord JocelZn and Mr. Cardwell have received in vitations for Sir Robert Peel's official dinner this day. This is an intimation that the Noble Lord and Mr. Cardwell are about to enter the public service. Lord Jocelyn will be the new Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Mr. Cardwell's office is not yet known publicly, but it will probably not be an office involving the interruption and delay of a new writ and new election.—Evening Paper. SPIRIT •f the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PION THE EYZNINQ PAPERS OP THIS DAY. GLOBE.—As the Parliamentary session ap proaches, rumours of a more liberal policy in the government of Ireland become rife. This and other scarcely less important matters of national interest have raised public curiosity—to ascertain the reality of what now rests only on surmise—to a pitch higher than has been recently manifested. The Royal Speech, at the opening of Parliament to-morrow, is therefore the point toward which the public anxiety is directed. That official programme of the Government policy will indicate, if it do not explain, the course which Ministers mean to pursue with reference to some of the great questions concerning which men have been speculating and disputing in the dark during the last six months. The few short sentences comprised in the Speech from the Throne bill shed light upon the darkness. In proportion as that revelation of the future tends to raise or depress the classes who have endeavoured to force an illiberal and restrictive policy on the Go vernment, will be the predominance of satisfaction or of discontent in the public mind. The Irish Tories have recently exhibited increased anxiety and alarm. The Anti-National Education party, which comprises the High-Churchmen, both clerical and laical, have deemed it necessary to assume a bold front, and to protest in a decisive tone, and in most explicit language, against the system of education which the state sanctions and supports—because the- only one of which _the Roman Catholic population can avail itself. 'We alludel lstely to the manifesto of the nine Bishops of the Irish Church, in which they record their, decided hostility to the Government plan of education, and appeal to the clergy and laity for their support and aid in counteracting the Anti-Protestant effects of that system. Such an appeal could not be made in vain. The Irish clergy in several districts have responded to the call. Addresses have been drawn up and signed by a considerable number of the Irish clergy, and presented to the Archbishop of Armagh. In these addresses the clergy deplore the necessity which is laid upon them thus publicly to condemn the conduct of the Government. But, seeing no other alternative, they determine to make com mon cause with the Heads of their Church ; and promise to employ their influence to counteract the dangers with which the policy of the State threatens the Protestant Church of Ireland. The Church has induced the influential members of its communion to unite with it in this movement against the Government. The leaders of the Orange and Tory party met on Thursday last in Dublin, • and agreed upon an address to the Archbishop of Armagh. In this document they pledge themselves to em ploy every means to induce her Majesty's Mi nisters to abandon the National System of Educa tion ; and to adopt, in its stead, one in consonance with the views of the clergy of the Pro testant Established Church. This address is signed by seventeen Peers of Parlia:nent, and by twenty eight of the Irish Tory Members of the House of Commons. The Archbishop has replied in grateful terms to the address ; from which he predicates suc cess in his efforts to attain the object so dear to his heart, and to that of every true Protestant. What ever may be thought of the sentiments embodied in these documents, there can be no question that the combined movement whence they emanate must 'neatly embarrass Ministers in preparing and bring ing before Parliament any measures of liberal edu cational policy for the _Roman Catholic population of Ireland. If an assault so formidable is threa tened upon the existing National System of Educa tion in that country, the same hostile influences will be brought to bear against any plans for pro pitiating the Roman Catholic population. If the Irish Tories thus object to things that are, they will yet more strongly oppose further proofs of liberality. .If the Govermneut contemplate an increase of the imam now possessed for educating the Catholic clergy, or in any other way endeavour to raise their personal character, and thus extend their social in fluence, they must prepare themselves for a deter mined and combined opposition from their own friends. The present High-Church demonstration mgainst the Government system of education is evi idently prompted •by apprehensions—whether with or without cause we have yet no means of knowing—that Sir R. Peel has become impressed with the necessity of conciliating the Irish people; and that he can on l y do this by concessions on a comprehensive scale. The tactics of the Tories are therefore distinguished by bo!dness. They have determined on a decla ration of war. Instead of waiting for further provocations, they have chosen the Govern- , ment system of education as a cases belli ; and demand its unconditional surrender as the terms of peace. It le obvious that if the Government yield to this demand, it cannot propose any new scheme of Irish policy, conceived in the same spirit, or having the same tendency ; for it would be abandoned by those on whose votes official existence is dependent. Even if the Go vernment determine to take its stand on the National System of Education, and to defend it against those vi ho Lave banded for its destruction, there will be an in disposition to provoke the Irish Protestant party by further concessions to the Roman Catholics in that country. Thus; the real purpose of the confederation will be answered. It may fail of getting the education of the Catholic people into the hands of the Church ; but they will succeed in preventing further incursions of a liberal policy into what they manifestly regard as their established, rightful possessions. STANDARD.—The Morning Herald gives an account of the Ministerial arrangements—and we have reason to believe that the account is not only correct in its details, but complete, as regards the arrangements at present determined on. The appointments speak for themselves—as many of them as have been guessed at, have met with universal approbation, and the others are certainly as free from all objection. In this, as in most other respects, the Government appears to satisfy the wishes of the reasonable men of all parties. We do not indeed remember the eve of a Parliamentary session so promising of a calm and useful Parliamentary year as the present. The Whig party has absolutely disappeared from the scene, and even the Radicals have contracted their force within a very minute circle, and seem to be improving in good sense, as their numbers di minish. It is symptomatic of the public confidence in the Government and the Parliament, that men scarcely speak, or think, or write of anything con nected with the progress of legislation. On this day, the last day of the recess, the Morning Chronicle, the great Whig organ, entertains its readers with dis sertations on the state of the Conservative party in France, and upon the proper boundaries tobe maintained between the two great branches of the profession of the law —counsel and attorneys. The . pendulous Times dis c us ses harbours o f refuge an article nearly aeon. wed, .not The to say pirated, from . a morning Cont em p o rary Herald exposes misre presentations of the ise official arrangements, and the Post engages ; .n a co n trov ersy w Russell upon the taxation o f with Lord John machinery arid the ?dal thusian theory. Th e n , matters are all very well, hut we believe that never before on the eve of a session were the public journals occupied by sub jec's so miscellaneous an d so little connected with the conflict of Parliamentary ' • parties. These in dications of a quiet and useful session may be however, fallacious ;there is n o knowing wha turn up ; another " Who is the t ra i tor ?" c t a m s may o r another " Mr. Stockd ale's case" m a y turn c up to con sume the public time—and experience shows that the House of Commons always engages with such cases the more earnestly, the more trum pery they are. Meanwhile, the enemies of the Administration affect much apprehension of Sir Robert Peel's unsupported position, as they affect to consider the situation o f t he Premier since Lord Stanley's removal to the House of Lords and Mr. Gladstone's retirement. i This tenderness to wards a political adversary s no dou bt amiable —but is it not a little too sensitive ? No one will underrate the value of such allies in debate as Lord Stanley and Mr. Gladstone, but is the session of 1835 forgotten—that session when, • altogether unai ded by Lord Stanley, and deriving little help from Mr. THE SUN, LONDON, THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 34 per Cents. lO4ll % q 1044 Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 1214 3-16 12 3-16 India Stock - 286 285 285 Consols for Account..... ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 114 d 63 65 62 64 pm. 64 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... 63 64 pm. 64 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. I'RICES. Austrian, 5 per Cent. ....... ....... 115 Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Account 901,E Ditto, New, 1829 ........ .......... 87 Cbilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • ..... ICI% Columbi in Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 14 1 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 '3s 3 0 1 , • pato Accotmt - Ditto, Deferred 16% 4 194 Ditto; Debentures 4. .• 9 • •• ' • —. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 29 14 31 3 ,- )t? - ~3 Ditto, Account — 32 3 / Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 55% 9% 58% Ditto, Account . 59 Ditto, Annuities, 1855... . 6% 7 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account 29 28% 28% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ... .. Ditto, Account 41% 3 / 4 % %14 41 Belgian Bonds, 4 1 ,4 per Cent 10 1 1,4 102 Dutch, 2 1 ,1 2 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic 98% 1 ,4 Ditto, 5 per Cent. Bonds 99 PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PRICES, Birmin and Gloucester. 100 ...127 129 1 127 130 131 Ditto New Shares ... 17% 31% Ditto 1 / 4 Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ....• 54 57 55% Cal_lionian 7 Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 4 58N% 5 Chester and Holyhead... 5 Chichester and . Brigl Brighton 5 Churnet Valley ... 2 ...11 10 1 4% 9% 10414% Cornwall - 5 3 1 ,4 1 ,4 1 / 2 Direct Northern 1 iublin and Belfast June 2 1 ,4 6 l / 2% Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 1% — Dublin and Galway..... 2% — Dublin and Mullingar... 9 % — Eastern Counties . 25 ..... 194 19 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 3% Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d... 0% Eastern Union lO . .. Ditto Extension Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ~ Great North of England..100 . Ditto New 2 — Great Western 75 179 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares 5O ...102 103 10114 103 Ditto, Fifths _ 714 Harwicii Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Binninglini (Stock)... 236 238 Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 London and Blackwall.. 16% 7 !2 London and Brighton... 50 Ditto Loan Notes lO London ar d S. Western. 41% 79 80 Ditto New London and Croy don, 131. 15s. 9d 1 8 1,4% London and'York 2', Manchester and Leeds... 70 142 40 41 38 40 Ditto % Sharea .. 30 Midland... 100 Ditto New , 2 ..... 9 1 ,4 1 ,,! ! 9 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction .. 24 ...... 69 Neweas: u• and Berwick 1 1 /_ l6 17 North British .• Northern and Eastern... 45 55!; 2 Ditto 1% Shares 12% l7 Norwich and Brandon... 8 0.41 rd and Worcester... DA 2% 3 21,E Richmond and West End Junction Rugby Shrews , Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birrn 2% 5 l/ of 5%... South Eastern & Dover 33 1 % 4 9 14 48% 49 50 Ditto, New Shares ... 4 Ditto No. 2. Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 . 28% . York and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Ditto, Selby Scrip 2O Ditto Extension .. ... 1 1 / ...... Boulogne and Amiens... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 574 Lyons and Avignon 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 1N 2q 4g 19% 12 1 4 7- 40 3 / 4 74% 8 54% 13 1 , 4 / 61 12914 1274 14 3 A 6q 111 /. ; . , 29% 109 13 3 / 4 2 3 1 0 3/4 ORIENTAL METHOD OF MAKING SCAGLIOLA. The greatest attention is paid to the art of manu facturing scagliola, or imitation marble, by the natives of the East Indies, who, for their finer cements, which are capable of receiving a most exquisite polish, use ghee (butter in its oily state), oils, jaggery, and other to us expensive ingredients. At Madras fifteen bushels of pit sand well sifted are added to fifteen bushels of stone lime; this is slaked in the common manner, and so laid two or three days together. Twenty pounds of coarse sugar or molasses is dissolved in water, and the mortar is sprinkled with the liquor, which is then beat up together and well incorporated, and after wards let to lie in a heap. A peck of gram (similar in nature to our coarse gray pea) is then boiled to a jelly, and the liquor strained and preserved. A peck of mirabolans is also boiled, and the liquor set aside ; the three waters are then added together. The mortar beaten up, and, when too dry, sprinkled with this liquor, proves remarkably good for laying bricks or stone, keeping some of the liquor always at hand for the workman to wet his bricks with. For very strong work tow is incorporated with the mortar. Of this the natives make many architectural orna ments, such as columns, arched work and imagery, besides using it for common building purposes. For finer works, to every half bushel the white of five or six eggs and four ounces of ghee,. or ordinary sa lt e d butter, and a pint of butter-milk beaten all well together; mix a little of the mortar with this, till the ghee, butter-milk, and white of eggs be soaked up ; then soften the rest well with plain fresh water, and so mix all together, and let it be ground, a trowel-full at a time, on a stone with a stone roller. When used, in case it be too dry, moisten it with some water, or the before-mentioned liquors.— The Builder. MACKINTOM OF MAcittsTosn.—The birth of a daughter and heiress to the present respected represen- Wive of this ancient family has diffused great satisfac tion and rejoicing in the north.—At Inverness, imme diately on the arrival of the news, it was resolved to commemorate the event that day, by a public dinner in the Caledonian Hotel. Parties came forward with the utmost alacrity, and, notwithstanding the shortness of time for preparation, an excellent dinner was provided. The chair was taken by C. Mackintosh, Esq., of Aber arder, and Colonel Illackintosh,of Farr, acted as croupier. The infant heiress is the first lineal descendant in the line of the chiefs of Mackintosh since the year 1704, when Lachlan, the twentieth chief, succeeded to his father. For more than a century cousins have been succeeding cousins, nephews their uncles, &c.—Cule donian Mercury. We understand that the Lieutenant Stewart, who recently so gallantly saved the life of the marine on board the Superb, is the son of Capt. Houston Stewart, C. 8., and nephew of her Grace th 3 Duchess of Somerset. THE WEATHER—T HE TEM PERATURE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Since our last the weather has continued to increase in severity, there being heavy falls of snow during Tuesday night and Wednesday night, or rather Thursday morning. The frost during Thursday night was intense, and the temperature lower than we have experienced in Manchester for a great num ber of years past. In the cold frosty weather of De cember last the temperature fell from 31 deg. on the 3d, to 20 deg. on the 6th ; and during the night of Saturday, the 7th, or rather at an early hour of Sun day, the Bth, it reached its lowest point, 19 deg. But the temperature during the last few days has declined much more rapidly, and to a much lower point. On Monday the lowest point was 33 deg.; on Tuesday, 26 deg. ; on Wednesday, 23 deg.; on Thursday evening, 13 deg. ; and yesterday morning the mercury was as low as eight degrees of Fahrenheit, or 24 deg._ below the freezing point. As this temperature is Ise unusually low, as oc curring in this town, we have been careful to make inquiries as to the circumstances under which it was observed. Messrs. J. B. and J. Ronchetti have a carefully graduated and tested thermometer, sus pended on a low wall, bounding a garden, at Higher Ardwick, and not contiguous to any house; and at midnight on Thursday this instrument indicated the temperature to be 12 degrees. Struck with the low point, Messrs. Ronchetti tried three other instru ments. They drove a piece of wood into the soil in the mi l.lle of the garden, and hung these instruments upon this wooden upright, at a height of about three feet from the ground, and they all indicated the same degree of temperature. At one o'clock yesterday morning (an hour after midnight) they again looked at all four instruments, and found them alike to in dicate 11 degrees; at two o'clock they found the temperature 10 degrees ; and at three o'clock in the morning they were again observed, and at that hour they all indicated a temperature of nine degrees. They were not again observed till an ad vanced hour in the morning; but, being all self registering, they were found alike to indicate, as the lowest temperature attained, eight degrees. We un der:tsnd, that, in this respect, they agree with other instruments in different parts of the town and suburbs. Mr. Lawrence Buchan, who resides in 113de Place, Higher Ardwick, and has for many years been a careful observer of temperature—re gistering his observations, made with excellont in struments of his own construction—found the lo west temperature registered on Friday morning to be eight degrees; exactly agreeing wall the observation of Messrs. Ronchetti, in the same suburb of Man chester. But we have received one communication deserving of attention, from the well-known scientific attainments of the writer, which certainly exhibits a much lower minimum than that just noticed. The following is the note of Mr. Joule, whose experiments and researches in physical science are well-known : " Sir,—This (Friday) morning, at half-past seven o'clock, the temperature of the air at Oak Field, Upper Chorlton•road, was four degrees and a half below the► zero of Fahrenheit, or 36A- deg. below the freezing point. The thermometer was placed in an open field, its bulb being five or six inches above the surface of the snow. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " JAMES J. JOULE." This, it will be seen, is 12.1 7 legrees below the ob servations of Messrs. Ronchetti and Mr. Buchan. But Mr. Joule's is not the only thermometer which has shown this extraordinarily,low tempE•rature. IVe have been informed that a gentleman residing at lVithington observed his thermometer, at eleven o'clock on Thursday night, at six degrees; and at half-past six o'clock yesterday morning it indicated two degrees below zero. This is not the first time that we have noticed that, in the district to the south of the town, within the range of the town fog, the observations of low temperatures have indicated a point lower, by several degrees, than in other localities about equidistant from the centre of the town. We know but previous of one occasion in which the temperature has been observed so low as on that . just noticed. On the 13th of January, 1826, the thermometer indicated 10 deg. Fahrenheit. On the morning of Thursday, the 4th of January, 1827, the lowest point observed in the town was 6 deg. above zero; but in several parts of the neighbourhood self: registering thermometers were found to have marked a temperature of 4 deg. below zero • being at that time the most intense c.,ld ever observed in this neigh bourhood by any person in the habit of regh•tering his observations. During the great frost of 1814, the lowest point was 6 deg. above zero. It is a fact worthy of observation, that both in January, 1827, and during Thursday last, the barometer was un • usua!ly low for a period of severe frost. During the whole of Thursday last, it stood at 29.11, and the mean pressure on the 3d of January, 1827, was 2945. January being the month of lowest temperature, we have taken from the registered observations of Nle3srs. Ronchetti the lowest temperatures recorded by them during that month in each of the last sixteen years : January. Degsl January. Degs 1830. 1901 1711838. 19th,Ildegs.;20th 9 831. 26th and 27th 25 832. sth 1839. 31st 1840. Gth 833. 10th 23/1841. ith, 11 dep. ; Gth 9 834. 28th 3211842 23d 83.5. 21st 2O/1843. 2d 836. 11 th £37. Ist To these we sd 1 the two lowest temperatures known in Manchester or its neighbourhood : Below Zero. 1827. Jan. 4.—Neighbourhood of the town, 4 d, g. 1845. Jan. 31. —Upper Chorlton-road 4 d g. 1845. Jan. 31.—tiithington A CHANCE FOR BRISTOL. The Great Britain has, according to the various accounts of those who went in her from Bristol to London, made a most successful experimental trip, under circumstances well qualified to test her capabi lities. True, she had only ballast on board, and was, consequently, light and buoyant as a duck ; but she steered admirably, and so conducted herself through out a boisterous passage, as to leave the impression that, under any circumstances, she will be able gal. lantly to face foul weather. The fair presumption is, that she is a capital sea-boat. Now, Government wants good sea-boats, and builds very bad ones. With Government steamers, failure appears to be the rule—success the exception. Bristol builds good steamers—witness the Great Western and Great Britain. The fair inference is, that Government cannot do better than give Bristol an order. A writer in a morning paper, evidently conversant with the subject, shows that in almost every instance Government steamers have turned out, on trial, lamentable blunders. The Gorgon, on her first trip, swam so much by the stern, that, in her passage from Sheerness to Longreach, " the lower ports on the main-deck hail to be caulked in; and, notwithstand ing thi-, the officers' cabins were filled with water." She would only go eight miles an hour, and her builders were compelled to "caulk in the ports fitted for guns." To make up for the Gorgon being so much by the stern, the Victoria and Albert swam so much by the head that 200 tons of lead ballast had to be placed aft to keep her on an even keel; and she steered badly. The Firebrand, in her experimental cruise, " rolled and jerked about to that degree in a sea-way, that it was impossible to cast the guns loose for prac tice." . Tho Cyclops, the Retribution, and other vessels, were equally failures. The Examiner, in reference to these official " mistakes," observes— " If you happen to fall in with a steamer at sea, mak. ing bad way and bad weather, you may be sure that she is a man-of-war. Slowness, awkwardness, and uneasi ness, are the certain characteristics of the man-of-war steamer. The common trading packets beat them wherever they happen to try their speed with them. It is curious, indeed, that the managers of these things in the navy have so contrived matters as never yet to have produced a tolerably good man-of-war steamer. The unifot mitt' of the failure is quite extraordinary. In so many experiments it is singular that there has been no solitary deviation into success. The surveyor, however, takes his measures so as to guard against any such irre gularity, and no one of his steamers shames the others. When they are put to shame, it is by packets with cargoes of pigs, oxen, and the like." It is not a little strange that England, so long the first naval power in the world, should, notwithstand ing her great experience, have failed so often and so signally in the construction of her war vessels. Is it not lamentable that the service should have been crowded with "Forty Thieves"—" Donkey Frigates," that could " neither fight nor run"—and gun-brigs, facetiously known as " Coffins," in consequence of the " alacrity in sinking" for which these vessels were distinguished ? It is noterious, too, that in the last war many of the best ships in the British navy were those taken from the French. We won our naval battles, not because we had better ships, but because our sailors and officers knew better than Frencliofficers how to handle them, and because our seamen were better than those of our neighbour. So well known were the superior sailing qualities of the French vessels, that it used to be a stupid boast that British ships were built to fight—French ones to run away. But, as it is well known that the superior sailing qualities of a ship frequently give her crew immense advantages in taking up a position, it is clear that in this respect, as in many others, we won our battles against odds. We mention these circumstances, because what was true of Government-built ships at that time is true of Government-built steamers in the present day; and the frequency of failure then, as now, leads to the presumption that there must be something amiss in the Government system—inefficiency, favouritism, wrong-headedness, or want of science. Now, con sidering the immense importance of the naval service in upholding the honour, interests, and reputation of this country, and considering the increasing import ance of steam-frigates as a branch of that naval ser vice, the repeated failures in the building of efficient Government vessels are worse than disgraceful—are positively dangerous. If better vessels, out of all si9. l lt, can be built by private companies than at the CCivernment dockyards, then the Government Owes it to the nation to give orders to private companies fur the co.istruction of national vessils. Government has had its agents on board, scrutinis ing the qualities pf the Great Britain. Should they report favourably, a great step will have been gained. The vessel will, no doubt, have first to go through the ordeal of an Atlantic voyage ; but should she prove successful, then we think there is a fair and reason able chance, on applications being made in th e p roper quarters, that: this city may obtain orders for the con struction of one or more Government vessels. No other place, perhaps, could bo selected pos sessing equal advantages. The dock where the Great Britain was built, and the immense machinery em- ployed in her construction, being already at hand; whilst the vicinity of Bristol to the iron of Wales gives her great facilities in cheaply procuring that material. The Great Britain, though possibly a failure in a commercial point of view, may be looked upon as a great experiment in naval science, which may yet have a national influence. Should she succeed, and should Government wish for vessels like her, surely Bristol possesses claims superior to any other city to be favoured with their construction. It is to be hoped that this subject will not be lost sight of by those who have most interest in looking after the matter.—Bristol Mercury. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, Feb. 1. HAIGH C. roWELL. The plaintiff in this case sought to recover compensa tion in damages for an injury he had sustained by fall ing down a hole, which had been carelessly and negli gently left open by . the defendant. The defendant ad mitted his liabilityto the present action, and paid 501. into Court, as s, sufficient compensation to the plaintiff. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff's witnesses, tt.at he is a hosier, elm in; on hi,- business in the neigh bourhood of Covent-garden, and that the defendant was the proprietor of a temporary theatre, erected at Green wich, and that the plaintiff had fallen down a hole close to it, which had been carelessly left open by the defendant, and had broken his leg. One of the plaintiff's witnesses stated, that he (the plaintiff) was the only man in England who could make what were termed among theatrical personages " fleshings" which gave an apparent symmetry to the shape of the legs of those whose unfor tunate defects in that particular required " the fort.ign aid of ornament," and that his artistical talents were consoquently in great request, not only among members of the theatrical profession,-but the nobility and public in general. Mr. Justice WILLIAM inquired whether the plaintiff manufactured false legs ? Mr. HumFtlEY explained that the plaintiff's talents were limited to the manufactory of false calves.—(Loud laughter.) The witness furiher stated that he - considered the plaintiff hail, by his absence from business, in conse quence of the above accident, sustained a loss of not less than 150/. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 701., being 201. more than rho amount paid into Court. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, Feb. 1. (Before the RECORDER, &c.) THE CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE NON FREEMEN—TILE CHAMBERLAIN OF LONDON V. STL'RT. This was an action brought against the defendant, a highly respectable wholesale dealer in the City, by the Chamberlain, for and on behalf of the Corporation of the City of London, to recover certain penalties in curred by the defendant by reason of the violation of the bye -laws and customs of London, in carrying on his trade or business of a wholesale dealer within the City, he not being a freeman. The case is one of many actions instituted by the Civic authorities against a numerous body of non-freemen, and the greatest anxiety as to the result necessarily prevails. It will, however, be seen by the subjoined report, that this day's proceedings in the cause were only of an initia tive character, but still possessing abundant interest to the many parties concerned. Mr. RANDALL moved, on behalf of the defendant, for a month's time to plead to the declaration. The cause was one of vast importance, involving many in tricate points of law, which called for, and required, grave consideration. It was well known that the Corporation had long contemplated these proceedings, and that being so it was not too much for the de fendant to ask for a reasonable time to prepare his defence. An understanding had been come to between the respectable gentleman to whom the defence had been confided and the City Solicitor that every reasonable facility should Le afforded in order that the question should be tried on its true merits, and he submitted that this could not be done unless the time to plead he prayed was granted. The Learned Counsel added, that the declaraticn had not been filed until the 13th ult. Mr. RYLAND, who, with Mr. Laurie, appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, at once opposed the motion. The RECORDER inquired the date of the bye-law upon which the declaration was framed. Mr. LAURIE replied that it was dated the 15th April, in the 4th year of the reign of James I. The REcozwea (to Mr. Randall)—And you think that, as the Corporation have had about 240 years to prepare to bring this action, you ought at least to have a month's time to plead to it ?—(Laughter.) Mr. RAND iLL repeated that the Corporation had possessed every facility to prepare, and that as yet the defendant had not been allowed sufficient time to place the question fully and fairly before the Court. DIN. RYLAND stated, on the part of the plaintiff, that he was only anxious that everything connected with the question should be brought before the Court in the most open manner, and that it was with that object that he and his Learned Friend (Mr. Laurie) now appeared to take the opinion of the Court as to the propriety of granting the request now made on behalf of the defendant. The RECORDER inquired whether the declaration in this action differed from those which had been pro ceeded upon against the retail dealers ? Mr. RANDALL— There are matters alluded to in this declaration which required much grave con• sideration. The RECORDER—I am informed that this declara tion contains a count which is framed on a different form from the declaration filed against the retail dealers. Mr. RANDALL—I am not aware that such is the ease. The Recounna—lt appears to me that in this re spect the form of this declaration differs from its predecessors. Mr. RYLAND said that he, on behalf of the plaintiff, should not object to time being granted to the defen dant to plead if the Court should so think fit, pro vided that his Learned Friend (Mr. Randall) would give an undertaking not to move the cause by cer tiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench until after verdict—a step which could only lead to vast delay and great expense; for, like the case o f Cl ar k e v. Denton, it would be sent back by writ of procedendo, to be tried by the jurisdiction before which it now stood. Mr. RANDALL replied that he was not in a situa tion to give the undertaking required, inasmuch as he was not aware what view the common law counsel who advised Mr. Sturt might take in the matter. lie must repeat that he only sought to be allowed. such reasonable time as to be enabled by the pleas fairly to raise the question before the Court. Mr. RYLAND said that the Corporation authorities did not object to grant a reasonable time, provided an undertaking was given that unnecessary delay should be avoided. In a fortnight's time, when the Court would sit again, the defendant would surely be in a position to say whether he would give the under taking or resist the imposition of any terms. It should not be lost sight of that the time to plead expired on the 19th of last month, and that on the application of the defendant time had been granted by the law officers of the City until the 29th ult. The RECORDER said he was not disposed to take away, or interfere with, the right of the defendant in any stage of the case to carry the proceedings of the Court for review before a - superior jurisdiction. On inquiry, he found that the case, Clarke v. Denton, which had been referred to, differed from the case now under consideration, inasmuch as the declaration here sought by the introduction of a new count to recover a penalty from the defendant for carrying on the business or trade of a warehouseman. Under these circumstances, he (the Recorder) was inclined to give to the defendant further time to plead, but not to the extent demanded. The pleas ought to be filed on or before the next sitting of !the Court. The CITY SOLICITOR (Mr. C. Pearson) remarked that the Court would resume its sittings that day fortnight. The RECORDER—Then, that will give the defen dant fourteen days to plead, reserving liberty to move the Court for a further extension of time. Mr. Rseenar.r. remarked that fourteen days would not afford a sufficient time for settling the pleas ne cessary to bring the question properly before the Court. He had not seen any other of the counsel engaged in the matter, and unless a longer period was allowed, he feared he should, at the expiration of the time, be compelled to submit a second motion to the Court. The RECORDER intimated to the Learned Counsel that if he did so he must be prepared to satisfy tt e Court that the defendant's pleader had not been allowed sufficient time to deal with this declaration. fie (the Recorder) did not think there was anything in the declaration which would require very special pleas. Mr. RANDALL observed that such might be the fact, but Mr. Kelly, who had been retained to conduct the defence, could not, with his multifarious avoca tions, give that consideration to the matter which it demanded before the next Court day. The RECORDER hinted that it would form no part of Mr. Kelly's duty to prepare the pleas, and it was almost a libel upon the pleaders of the Inner Temple to say that in fourteen days they could not prepare pleas to this declaration. Mr. RANDALL urged - upon the Court that he was et a loss to understand why this cause should be so pressed, when it could not he qw:stioncd that the trading sought to be invaded had been carried on in the Citj• of London for nearly, or more, than a century. Mr. .ItYLAND, in reply, stated that it was of the utmost importance that the question raised should be set at rett with as little delay as was consistent with the interests of the parties concerned. The ward mote inquests had presented about 1,000 non freemen e:arrying on business within the City, and of these 999 were awaiting the issue of the proceedings in this caus?. With these observations he left the mat ter in th'e hands of the Court, willing, as those by whom he was instructed were, that the defendant should have an opportunity of availing himself of the best legal assistance. Thells;coanEa, after some desultory conversation, granted the defendant fourteen days' titre to plead, with the u nderstanding that if the Cout t was, at the expiration .)f that time, oath :fled that with due dili genc.e the p leas could not have been prepared, an ap plication fo further time might be made. The ordt- rof the Court WAS then formally made, and the voceedings termina7vd. The Court was crowded w! th auditors anxious to hear the result. PO LICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN• SQUARE. EXTRAOMDINARY SCENE.-011 Saturday, as the ma gietrate way about retiring, Miss Elizabeth Osborn, a itshionablyeettired female, of about tlerttefive years of age, who getve her address Earl's-co urt , B rom p tun , an d represented' herself to he the daughter of Sir John Os born, was ph teed at the bar, charged with stealing a pot of potted meat from the shop of Mr. Edward Allurn, oil end Itali i.n warehouseman, Brampton. J. Russell, shoptuan to the prosecutor, stated that at a little after , three o'clock that afternoon he was serving a persou in his master's shop, when he was attracted by the hurried manner in which the prisoner, who was being waite,l upon by another person, spoke. He saw her take up one of the pots of meat from a little stand on the counter, and then it appeared to him that she put it under her shawl. A boy, who was then in the shop being served, informed him that he had seen the prisoner take the pot, and witness, on examination of the pots, missed one from the number. Prisoner having paid for a small piece of soap she had bought, left the shop. Witness followed her, and after she had proceeded about thirty yards, asked her it she had paid foir that pot of meat. At that moment she had a pot of meat in her hand, and said at first that she had purchased it at Archbutt's, and then at Gunter's. She then gave wit- ness the pot she held in her hand, which was a pot of tongue, whilst that she had taken from prosecutor was either a pot of beef or of game. He asked her whether she had any objection to accompany him to either Arch butt's or Gunter's, when she replied that she had not. Witness arid the prisoner then went towards Mr. Gunter's, and on arriving in Sloane -street, at the very moment she was crossing a grating, prisoner dropped a pot on the grating ; it broke, and some of it went down the grating. Witness picked up all that he could, and found it was a pot of beef, and se marked on the outside, with also the maker's initials. Witness then asked her if she had any more of them, and if so, not to drop them.' Prisoner then took one from under her arm, and said she had purchased it, and then immediately afterwards that a lady had , given it to her at Fulham ; that was a pot of game. - They then went to Gunter's, where witness ascertained that she hail purchased one pot of meat, but as she had the other lie detained her. Prisoner then said she would pay him for all the pots, if he would let her go, and she then said she would give him three times the value. lie, however, refused to let her go, and sent for a polbeenan. During • the time they were waiting for hiM, prisoner - amused herself by tearing the corers off a ream or half a ream of note paper, which witness picked up. She was given into custody; and, on her way to the station, tore np some ot the resin of paper, three or four sheets at a time. Some rice and groats were found on her person, which she said she had bought at Archbutt's. He found, on part of the covers of the paper which he had picked up, " 179, Sloane-street." Prisoner said she bought the tracts, four of which were also found upon her, at that address ; but she did not say mach about the paper. The pot prisoner purchased at Gunter's was tongue. The maker of Gunter's was the same who mad for the prosecutor. Thomas Gosmer, a lad about 15 or 16 years or age, said he lived with Mr. Edwin Faulkiner, 3, Edward street, Knightsbridge. Witness was at Mr. Allum's at a little after three that afternoon, when he saw the prisoner take a pot of meat and place it under her shawl. Witness told the young man. Thomas Rowland, 135 B, said that he took the prisoner at Gunter's door, in Matcombe-street. Prisoner said she would pay for the pots, and then there would be nothing more for witness to do with it. She started with witness to the station, when she offered him half a sovereign to let her go. Witness replied that he could not, if she gave him 1,0001. Prisoner then said that if he would let her go she would give him her address, and he could call, and she would give him much mire than she had said. She tore up some blank paper as she went alor:g. She was searched at the station by a finale, and nearly half a ream of note paper, half a pound of rice, a packet of groats, half a pound of soap, and a purse with half a sovereign and four shillings were found upon her, be sides some religious tracts. The accused attempted to h tyre the dock, and on being informed by the magistrate that he was mo-t desirous to hear any answer that she had to make to the charge, Miss Osborn handed a note to the magistrate, observing, " You ails be kind enough to look at the address on this note which I received this morning from a friend. I merely produce it to show that I am the person I repre sent myself to be." The lady then stated that when the came out f the prosecutor's shop, into which st e went, as she had been iu the habit of doing to make a trifling purchase, the shopman followed her and asked her if she had got a pot of tongue, and not, :as :twilled stated in his evidence, a pot of meat. She replied she had bout.tht it at Gunter's, which was the fact. She had been in the habit of making purchases at Archbut:'s, Gunter's, and other places in the neighbourhood, and had bought some of the thit:gs found up,in her at those places; the rest she had brought from home with her that day. as she was about to take them somewhere. As regarded dropping the pot, she assured the magistrate it was entirely accidental; and, with reference to making an offer to the shopman to pay for the pots, it was, of course, a most disagreeable affair, which she was much annoyed at. She was entirely innocent ; there was nothing proved against her, as the shopman evidently did not know his own pots, they being all alike. The lady, after a slight pause, continued, and observed that she had brought the potted meats from her own house that day, and the paper she had purchased, she believed, at Murray's. This, as also the former per tion of her defence, was given in a very incoherent manner. Mr. BURRELL asked her if she had any witnesses to call ?—The lady replied in the negative. Mr. BURRELL intimated that she must be remanded. Prisoner exclaimed, Remanded !" Mr. BURRELL repeated the observation. Miss Osborn—l bought the things. The shopman can't prove anything against me. Mr. BURRELL—He does to a certain extent. Prisoner—l am Miss Osborn; of course you will allow me to go home. _ Mr.kaaELL—l cannot ; I really cannot. IPrisoner—l have had potted meat and other things at my own house for some time. My servants can prove it. Mr. BURRELL—Have you any one here who can prove where you bought them? Prisoner—l purchased them some time ago at some of the places I have mentioned. You will, of course, Mr. Burrell, permit me to return to my family. lam Sir John Osborn's daughter. Perhaps you will come and see him in. the course of a few days. Mr. BURRELL-I cannot ; I must do my duty. Prisoner—You must take me home. My father will come and take me away. He'll not allow this. Mr. 3unamm—You must be remanded on this charge. Prisoner—lf I am hot to go home, Mr. Burrell, where am Ito go ? Mr. BURRELL—You must go to prison. I must do my ditty. It is painful = mostpainful—but I must do my duty. Prisoner—You must come home with me and soe my father. Mr. BURRELL repeated his last observation, and the lady was removed from the dock crying, and imploring the magistrate to release her. She 's . tands remanded until Thursday next. The prisoner, who was much excited, n - as accommo dated with pen and ink, and addre , sed a note to Lady Osborn and to a female friend, which she requested might be immediately conveyed. She was then removed to Tothill-fields in the prison van. [ADVERTISEMENT.] CONSUMPTION.—Ax Ex• TRIORDINARY CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT3IISNT.—Mary Gilmore, aged twenty-one, the daughter of Mr. Henry Gilmore, :residing in Church street, Shoreditch, was in the second stage of consumption, and considered past recovery, when, as a last resource, large quantities of Holloway's Oint ment was rubbed twice a day into her chest and left side, which was imbibed into the lungs, and there stopped the ravages of this otherwise fatal disease as effectually as though the remedy had been applied to an ulcerated sore palpable to the eye. The Pills were taken as di rected, and the young person was perfectly cured in three months. Sold by every medicine vendor, and at the Establishment of Professor llolloway, 244, Strand, where advice maybe had gratis. MORE ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—We believe it was never before cur hap to record, in three consecutive publications, instances of illicit distillation occurring in the North. Such appeared in our paper of last, and also of the preceding week ; and a fresh instance has just been brought under our notice. Until now we fancied that smuggling was almost entirely put down by the strong arm of the Excise. It appears, however, that there are still parties who roam about among the rocks, " where the snow-flake reposes," making a livelihood by defrauding the revenue and evading the law. Glenlivat - was, at no very distant period, one of the strongholds of smugglers. On Thursday, 16th instant, lir. Bain, Excise officer at Grantown, the officer at Tomintoul, and a party of three cuttermen, whilst going their rounds through this secluded glen, came upon a large still in full operation. The delinquents got off with the still before the arrival of the party, wl.o, upon entering the boo'hy, found that it contained the enormous quantity of 475 gallons of wash, and 51 gal lons of low wines, also 8 bushels of ground malt, a large copper kettle, 4 large tuns, a mash tun, 8 casks and 4 tubs—making IS utensils in all. The whole were de.. stroyed by the officers and their party. The country people were collecting in scores, armed with stones and bludgeons, but luckily before they arrived Mr. Bain and the party had finished the work of destruc ion, and were at a safe distance. This active officer has been survey ing the district of Glenlivat for upwards of 17 years, and this is the most extensive illicit distillation which he has discovered during that period.—lnverness Courser. MONDAY EVENING, FEERCARY -3 1 1645. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the Shareholders in the above railway- was held on Saturday, in the great room above the terminus at London- bridge, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors relative to the works in progress on the extension line to Portsmouth. Capt. Kelly, RN., Chairthan of the Beard of Directors, presided. The SECRETARY having read the report, which ex pressed the regret f, It by the Directors at the non-pro. gress of the works, but ascribed the delay to circum stances over which they had no control, The CHAIRMAN rose to address the meeting. He had to express, on behalf of himself and colleagues, their dis appointment at not being in a condition to submit a more pleasing account of the progress of the works upon the line, but they must all have seen the extra ordinary convulsions in the railway world, the number of new companies formed for carrying out schemes of the most extended character, and the consequent de mand fer engineers to prepare plans and specifications. Every engineer was engaged,. a n d among t h e num b er was Mr. llastrick, whose services were of necessity and entitely taken away from that Company. But still they had not been altogsthsr idle, for on the 30th of November, having lodged their plans, they then de v , ted their whole attention to preparing specifications to enable them to call for tenders to complete the works. On the 16th of December they were filly prepared with these, and on that day advertisements were inserted in the newspapers. On the last day of the year the tenders were opened by the Directors, and he hsd the , rest satisfaction of ir6-ming the sharehelders that two of them were accepted, with most respectable contractors, at sums much below the Parliamentary esti mate. Those contracts were for work on the permanent way. Tee Directors considered it more advantageous to separate the stations and other works for another con tract. The engineer was then engaged in preparing ape cificatioss for these buildings, and, when ready, contracts world be entered into for them. As stated in the report, their time was not altogether lost. Their solicitors bad devoted themselves to the duties which more particularly belong to their d.diartment. by playing themselves in communication with the proprietors of land on the line, and thus they were in advance of the contractors, by gettir ' s possession of such p ar t s o f th e li ne as was re (piked. Negotiations were then going on, so that the Directors hoped that as the works advanced lac d would be prepared for them. He (th ! Chairman) was not aware that he need remark upon anything else. He was, how ever, perfectly ready to answer such questions as gentle men present might choose to ask. He begged to move the aeop:ion of die report. The motion was seconded by a Proprietor. Mr. D. W. HARVEY considered it not the least ad vantage of these occasional meetings, that Proprietors had thus an opportunity of expressing any opinion they might entertain of the course adopted by the manage ment, and by their observations, perhaps, assist in pro emting the common benefit. That wes a meeting of such a character, and although the Chairman could not congratulate them on the progress made on the line from Shoreham to Chichester, where the Board of Trade had willed it to stop, yet he (Mr. Harvey) begged to con gratulate the Directors on the nice position they hail held during the last six months —(Beer, anti laughter.) The capital . orginelly proposed was 300,000/. ; but they were now toid that this calculation was likely to be di minished by the advantageous tenders made by the contractors. Their capital wits a small one when con sidered in reference to railway extensions ; but still the shareholders in little concerns were not always satisfied with little dividends.—(Laughter.) He was alWays one of those who spoke their mind; openly, and it did appear to him that a Board of eight Directors, with a salary of 1,000/. a year, was too large for so trilling a Company as their own ; and as he understood that the line was to be connected. with the Brighton Company, he did not see why their affairs should not be placed under that Board. They had a directory sufficienly numerous, and this would add but little to their labours. One thousand a year appeared to him an enormous suns for attending to a little affair of that kind—especially when the union would be a step in advance towards a common oblect. He should like to know whether it had ever engaged the attention of the Directors that the decision of the Board of Trade was final. He knew no rca on why it should be challenged, for they could not move across the floor of the House of Commons under a cost of 12,0001. He did not see, therefore, why they should attempt to fight against that decision. There was no more reason why they should have a costly Board of Directors, with all the costly paraphanalia, than that Shoreham should also hare one. It was a general principle—and he contended it was a good one—that where the business of two or three could be brought under one control—the smaller the better—because the larger the number of Directors the less the individual responsibility ; but if they gave their money to two or three men, they secured attention, there being no tie so strong as that of self-interest. It might be desirable to confer with the Board of the Brighton Directors to ascertain how rar the sugeestien would meet their views. Should this union take place, then the capital neeessary for c emplsting the Chichester line might be raised be the Brighten Directors. Another thin . ; surprised him. They, hail given notice for this session of a line from Chichester to Portmouth. That egg was, however, ad lied, for the Board of Trade had sat on it, and it would now produce no chickens._ (Laughter.) Now it occurred to him that it would have been wisdom if they had thou g ht of this before, and when (during last session) they got the Bill to construct the line from Shoreham to Chichester, they ought to have at once secured powers to exten I it on to Ports mouth. The Chairmen had told them that the railway world had been in a state of commotion, and that their engineer had so much werk to divert him from the business of that Company, that the progress of their works hail necessarily been delayed. (Hear, hear.) The Directors- ought to have tested that, and if they fund that gentlenian really so absorbed in business, it would be no matter of delicacy to congratu late him upon it, but at the same time to insist that their works should not be delayed, and unless he could give his attention to them, they must find some one who could. He threw out these remarks without any intention of giving umbrage to the directors, or to any one, but he thought that, by the arrangenient he had suggested, 1,000/. would be well saved to the Chichester .share holders in the meantime, and ulterior advantages also be derived by them. Mr. GREENFELL objected altogether to the snggestion. The Brighton Directors had already sacrificed the inte rests of that Company, and he would not like again to trust them. After a few words from Mr. Scow, Mr BRUCE expressed a hope that some arrangement would be made with the Brighton Company, for he thought such a consolidation of interests would be most beneficial to both Companies. He would, therefore, move that it he recommended to the consideration of the Directors, whether it would not be beneficial to both Companies that a proposal of amalgamation should be made to the Brighton Company. Mr. JOWLER seconded the amendment. Mr. RASTRICK (the engineer) said that some observa tions had been made respecting the delay in the progress of the works. Some misappithension appeared to exist as to the cause of that delay, from the wording of the re port. In the first place, it was well known that the whole of the line from Shoreham to Chichester was very diffPult of construction, and necessarily caused a delay in the preparing of plans and specifications. Further delay had been caused by disputes between the proprietors of land upon the line and the Directors of the Cotipany. Those disputes had now been removed, and he (Mr. Rastrick) had no hesitation in promising that the whole line would be finished in nine months.— (Hear, hear.) He had the more confidence in making this promise, that the sanction of the Board of Mini ralty had been given to the passage of the Arun, and therefore the last obstacle was overcome to the further progress of the works. _ _ _ Mr. llAavEv suggested that the proposed amendment should be made a substantive resolution, and that the meeting should afterwards adjourn to that day fortnight, to receive the result of the conference with the Board of Directors of the Brighton Company. Mr. FAITHFUL, solicitor, said it would bo necessary that the Directors should first be re-elected, as their term of ottise expired cn that day. The Act of Parliament rendered such a proceeding imperative. The Directors were then re-elected, and the resole tion, as altered, put to the meeting and carried. The meeting then adjourned till the 15th current. INTERESTING SALE OF AUTOGRAPIIEL—On Friday at one o'clock, a sale by auction of a large collection of autograph letters and historical documents, the property of a well-known collector, took place at Mr. Fletcher's Room, 191, Piccadilly. There were 275 lots, consisting of a complete series of autographs (excepting the auto graph of Geo. I.), and including some fine specimens, of the kings and queens of Great Britain from Ifanry VIII. to Geo IV., various foreign sovereigns, noblemen, states men, naval and military commanders, literary characters, poets and dramatists, scientific men, artists, &c. Two letters in the handwriting or Mrs. Jordan sold for 7s. Of statesmen,.a letter of Charles James Fox sold for Bs., and one of George Canning for the same sum. A letter of W. Pitt, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, dated Weimer Castle, May 13,1803, sold. for 153. Lot 100, a letter of the celebrated G. Washington, dated Fairfax, county of Virginia, June 24, 1771, bronght the large sum of 2/. ss. Lot 101, a frank of Lord Byron, 6th of November, 1813, very fine, sold for 11. 24. Lot 109, autograph letter of Dr. Benjamin Franklin to D. Hartley, sold for 11. 13s. An autograph letter of Sheustone (W.) the poet. to the Hon. Mrs. Knight. sold for 135., and an unpublished poem of Robert Bloomfield, in his autograph, sold for 1/. Is. The autograph of Henry VII. fetched 175.; Henry VIII., 195.; " Marye the Queene," 11. 25.; James 1., 1/. is.; Charles Prince of %Vales, 135.; a beautiful letter of Charles I. to Viscount Fadtlund sold for 11. 25.; the autographs of Charles IL brought small sums ; James IL's letter to Dr. Zouch sold for 145.; the auto graphs of William 111., Mary, Anne, George 11., George 111., and George IV.. brought sums of from ss. to 14s. each. Lot 154, ten original state letters, addressed to William 111., from Christian VIII., King of Den. mark, the Emperor Leopold, the Dukes of Saxe Gotha, and various other German potentates, sold for 21. 12s. 6.1. Lot 164, authograph letter of the Princess Charlotte, sold for 11. Bs. The next lot, " A leaf from the same lamented Princess's copy -book, the text, Fame Animates,'" sold for 11. Is. Lot 174, a beautiful auto graph letter of Margaret of Austria to the Queen of France, date 1610, sold for 21. 2s. Lot 224, Cast'. No velle Galanti, an unpublished translation of five tales into English verse, by Lord Byron, partly in the auto graph of Percy Byshe Shelley, by whom it has been prepared for publication, sold for six guineas. The next lot consisted of a folio manuscript of 358 paws, every page containing an autograph of Sir Walter Sc ott ; this sold for the small sum of 21. lOs., whilst, earlier in the sale, one autograph of the same individual brought B s . The sale excited considerable interest, the principal pur chasers being Messrs. Thorpe, Simpson, Upcott, Boone, Rutherford, &a. 20 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH SPRING MEETING, 1845. Acceptances for the Son:tersetshire Stakes. Bt. lb. St. Lawrence, agel 8 10 What, 5 yrs A 8 0 Captain Flathooker, 6 yrs 7 6 • Fausta, aged 7 4 Pharaoh, 5 yrs 7 3 Barricade, 4 yrs Roderick, 6 yrs Young Lochinvar, 5 yrs 7 0 Idleness, 4 yrs Jane, 4 yrs Yhoeman ac Knuck, 4 yrs 6 13 6 Europa, 5 yrs Strathspey, 4 yr s 6 10 Glendower, 5 y rs Pugilist, 4 yr s Votes, 4 yrs 6 7 Seaweed, 4 yrs Agriculture, 5 y rs 6 4 Comet, 5 yrs Temerity, 5 yrs Sweetmeat, 3 yrs Eclogue, 4 yrs 5 1 7 3 Bg by Mazeppa, out of Busk, 4 yrs 5 5 6 Bastion, 3 yrs ... ' 5 Pug, 3 yrs 5 4 Velox, 3 yrs .... Cabin Boy, 3 y rs 5 4 Plenitude, 3 yrs Giantess, 3 yrs Worthless, 3 y rs 4 12 Wild Rose, 3 yrs 4 7 Sister to D,vil-sm ong - t h e -T a il ors , 3 yrs 4 4 CHESTER, 1845. Acceptances for the Chester Cup. st. Alice Hawthorn, age d . lO 9 9 Faugh-a-ballagh, 4 yrs 8 Corranna, 6 yrs l2 Aristides, 5 yrs Gurhambury, 5 y rs 8 12 Zsnoni, 5 yrs 8 12 The Era, 5 yrs 9 8 1 St. Lawrence, a ge d 8 9 6 8 Winesour, 5 yrs 8 5 Trueboy, 5 yrs .... .... The Cure, 4 yr s 8 4 Paten, 4 yrs 8 4 8 Counsellor, 6 yr s 2 Mickey Free, 4 y rs 12 Sorella, 4 yrs ( 0 ) Peter the H e r m i t , 5 yrs Semiseria, 5 y rs 7 a 8 Extempore, 4 y rs 6 7 Alamode, 4 yrs. Queen of 'Fyne, 6 y rs 7 Porto Bello, 5 yr s 9 0 7 Beatrice, 6 yrs 7 Defender, aged 7 0' Polish, 5 yrs 0 Yheuman ac Knuck, 4 y rs 1)r. Husband, 4 y rs 6 19 Everton, 5 yrs 6 6 10 Portrait, aged 6 18 Cataract, 5 yr s 6 18 The Pride of Kildare, 4 yrs T'Auld Squi re , 4 yrs .. Velu:i, 4 yrs 6 Little Hampt o n, 4 y rs 6 6 7. Hemp, 4 yrs 6 9 Prince Royal, 4 y rs 9 6 The Dog Billy, 4 y rs 6 8 ` Milton, 4 yrs The Dean, ag e d Agriculture, 5 y rs Patriot, 4 yrs Intrepid, 4 yrs Seaport, 4 yrs Dr. Phillimore, 4 yrs Strathspey, 4 yrs Little John, 4 yrs ... Blue Jacket, 4 yrs Obscurity, 4 yrs Celeste, 4 yrs Susan, 4 yrs Ambition, 4 yrs April N , ddy, 4 yrs . British Tar, 4 yrs The Hermit, 3 yrs Fitssallen, 3 yrs .- Young England, 3 yrs .. Marrowmat, 3 yrs Devil's Dust, 3 yrs Robin Burns, 3 yrs Blunderbuss, 3 yrs Cabin Boy, 3 yrs Ould Ireland, 3 yrs ........................... 0 Bastion, 3 yrs ................................. 4 10 Mystery, 3 yrs ..................... .......... 4 1 0 Br fby Master of the Bolls, 3 yrs ...... 4 8 Pug, 3 yrs .... ............................. 4 1 Sinter t., D ev il- among - t h e-Tail . rs, 3 Yri 7 Extravaganza, 3 yrs ........................ WORCESTER STEEPLE CIIA CF ;he The following h orses h ave b een name d for lie pit o Birthday handicap Sweepstakes. to be run ee i ol o t e March :—The Page, Discount, Wilton, Quarterc,/,llof Cufverthorpe, Robin Adair, Harefield, The trole„,k, Brilliant, Alb.-rt, Agriculture. The Pony. Litt' of vi;slf, Peter Simple, Gaylad, Tully, The }Scarf Poi Vavguard, The Knight, The Returned , t a il !, pi. Toni Tug, Preissnitz, The Rector, The Car Toat s J6 Knight Templar, Veluti, The Scavenger , ie, pig? Shiba& Tamworth, Babylon, Heslington, Elg ee er, Sarnesfield, The N ov i ce , Lazarus, . 730 " 0 lip l, I. Swipes, Li g ht o f ot h er D ays, Duenna, ~ Daddy, Chance, Pickwick, Galopade, The -Li' Roarer, Ploughboy. 6 . 9 6 ,••• 0 6 ° 5 19 5 19 5 19 5 10 5 10 g 7 ......... ; U 5 ......... 0 ..011 1 THE STATE OF THE STREETS. Of 4 same complaint to be made respecting the i ieste o w o i condition of the foot-pavements in damper roi l % 0 g ot —There -, isit ut a They are far worse after a fall of mow, s ec lig to place on Thursday night cr Friday inorniaTtelet/fi house and shop-keepers almost in all efts," ii4sipi clean away the fi lth that is accumulated on T h ° , 0 7, 0 1 partial thaw and the successive tramping 0 1 , - p r PO' 0' pedestrians. But we wish to point out annfr" o ooh o eit requiring instant abatement. After a fall (/' o f 1 !lf . whilst it is still freezing, it is the c ustom number of slovenly shop-keep ers to attelor the frozen snow by an applica tion of salt • 001e' oi l table result is, that whilst a portion of the 811 ,,,1 5 007.0. the remainder is converted into slosh, an di ."l;ll o6 , - fe the stone pavement rendered besides mionr' t i f (ISjer, cold to the feet. This dirty practice iagr e f t b, of tie, tive not only of the comfort, but of the hea te ps trians, and it is strongly to be desired tha t „ s airtia,' be taken to compel those whom the ho v do, to clean the footways in front of their P t hinE r ati proper, efficacious, and effectual manner. A t ,t P e o r d ier allowed to remain, the poor pedestrian 11.1 _, d og hid', trudge through all the filth, mire, slosh, 0" ir e P t " which the housekeepers may choose top rePct tlls Why should the clause in the New Police l eere d bl e and repeatedly quot e d i n t hi s j ou rnal) bet e su iso l Oo g magistrates to remain a dead letter ? positively unbearable, and must be " Put u° t ie is Sir Peter Laurie about P—Times. G in ' 0 1 . 6 The galliot Phoenix, of Malines, CaPt L a ho e ;, 0 0 11 1. arrived here on Wednesday, with stem 011 _,,ge• ;to', in, bowsprit broken, and much other clah"been d l e tior, on her voyage from Liverpool to AntwerP' f f POt l ,„eoile tact with a large barque, name unknown, ° isren_s early the same morning. Also arrived 1 1 , 1 , 0 07.4 A the schooner Fanny, of Jersey, Captain harg7o r from Demerara f or L on d on rtl; , laden with doro°pO anchor, part of chain, several sails, ls si. d hull and rigging, in the gale on Sunday Chronicle. 0 0 0 DRIIRY- , LikNE THEATRE.—The entire r this establishment will be employed in,tl,3, tie 11kAaer°' the grand ballet of Les Danaides, whr ino isel le ,oo7,o duced here to-morrow evening. 3 1 a" ° : ‘ , / to t" tb frum the Academie Royale, is quite n,.` bar, w - pee„,e' but she brings a high reputation wit h v oto/t v e r mime and danseuse. The 50 sons of a,'ll) ~f ej 50 daughters of Dalian: , (100 dancers ill "- liaise of an unheard of corps de ballot , de , f11, h 6 e il f lP°4 A sow fed by Miss Palmer, of Sike s ; as f, n , last week, and weighed 41 stone. Sh e a . t he Pie short-eared breed, and only five week; 0 " _ _ _____—__— • 00 BIRTHS. of A c e Fino ol l l Ititrh3he,e.32o7tlLuluti,t.t,herdCrosunjtaenslseosl ClarenO ri 'Artill ~p4i Metcalt; ,._ Jon . * • f. r squar.!, ot a daughter On the 30th ult. at Hamilion •terrane, P' 1 0+ Mrs. George A. Kilgeur, of a son. o.raber°l4 ll F r, On the 30th ult ,at Addington .place, ,-,'-- • f fr , if , Morris, of a daughter. i fe 0 On the 30th ult. , at Dulwich-common, ti le° jil t • 0, Clarke, Esq., of a son. ' DOW - _do' On the 30th ult., at Vincent-terra ce, t o ,-- Jackson, of a son. o f O at On the 30th ult ,at Melcombe- lace , 0 01 ' DO P of s 6 lady of Captain Edward ; Heathcote Smith , o tree On the 31st ult., Mrs. J. Butler, of Began a bet of Mr. ni nani erl ens.' thet Bh 1'331 stkt lor .11ARMEM " ta i44 the 23d ult., Mr. Georges can, ...ie J daughter of Mr. James Sadd, pblican, ,1 01 Ist r od On the 29th ult., at Hanxwell, Major r.re C. 8., 13th Prince Albert's Light latailtWal .0.1,)1 daughter of the late Colonel Coore, S cl " 49 r ifi r of Yrk. , Thoul, lls :fo f ' Out e 30th ult., at F ton Socon, Be` e ' of s li a S io q i:n : st o qh: Arabella Lnui ' s ri a, fourth daughter odia t i l,fi fi v -d" li tll 30th ult., at St. George's, II titer • Charles ourtney, Esq., to Julia, daub of Grosvenor -place. „N .a3tilliCissiS'abimieanPncit:nris7oirlo::ira".l44el4 s A • 441 bo_ at re f i ta t t 4 f t D 1143- ger/O . ' At , 010 In Paris, Susanna , relict of C. g• Blackheath. aged 77. ' Str 1 porto l tor si, - A On the 24th ult., in Dorset-street, Robert Collins. por gy a at (0 0 ) n: the ee e 33 2 00 9; 11 11 . nu tt ilt ., at .Annandale L Odge' yiell tBP"- ba ud Hope Johnstone, Esq. On the 30th nit., W. Stone, B= o l. , d 00 3 " b ,st e ' DeP utf 3 A f i ao a n g ni i i s ti t nh r ge a , te for the counties of Berks 411 WO ° A. 1" , 0 • 4 Con l ,g4o o° Esq' Id fil e t Oe- ' A O On the 31st ult Thomas Butler, , a ll ° 0" - Tower-bill, aged 71 ult., at Hackney-? . p br the Ar Mr. T. J. Cole. Stl ,7 3 ., J :Ci rren ci . 11 0' 1°3, P l-1 o° ‘ On the 31st tif., at Lower Pbillituore-- itt , s r : Ifi—eel,l‘ai 3:n3cmilitotl:dhtsstoiteghoifnnutli-iht,itote.3.,;:a'aon t t r e .e.u lt. P I, awre n c se v, 0 Ep e : ig o g : l i dt , e7 ; 9:o ";;; 94.441114 On the Ist inst . , at Clayton, Ch e j' e ljiso 1 9, A - t udersgl i .1(010, if a J. L."-------° N wi r 112, Strand, Print edStran dani,antdb;NPrilittina'btneldisrs,ll;itrtiPaglrillrei:;°.c. Strand, in the Precinct of tho a - 18 , 0. • Middlesex, Monday, Febraal