The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-23 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION. About a month since the Neu, York Express stated i that lately, at Halifax, a private of the Ist Royal Regiment, then in garrison, about to return to Eng land, appeared at the police-office, and voluntarily confessed to having murdered a young woman, about eight years ago, at Norwich, in England. The man gave his name as Thompson, a native of Dumfries shire, Scotland. His victim was a young woman with whom he had been on terms of intimacy, and the crime was perpetrated by drowning her in what he termed a canal. The crime had so preyed on the offender's mind that he at length determined to give himself up to justice, and allow the law to take its course. Subsequent occurrences have confirmed the truth of the principal circumstances narrated. Thomp son has arrived in England, and is now in Winchester gaol, and one of the superintendents of that district, Mr. Hubbersty, late of the Norfolk constabulary, has been over to this city instituting inquiries. Thompson gives the name of his victim as Hannah Barber, and both he and the girl were well known to many people still living in Norwich, the crime having been perpe trated so recently as 1846. Thompson himself states that it was in the month of August of that year, and Mr. Hubbersty has learned from several sources that Thompson was at that time a private of the regiment of Carbineers then lying at Ipswich, having just left Norwich, and that a girl named Hannah Barber had shortly before been rejected by one of the band of the same regiment, in consequence of her intimacy with Thompson and other men ; that Thompson got a day's leave of absence, and came down to Norwich ; saw the girl there again, and walked out with her in the evening. It appears, also, that a Mr. J. Taylor, of Pockthorpe, well remembers that between twelve and one o clock one night in the same month, while bobbing for eels in the river, near St. George's-bridge, he heard some blows struck, and immediately after wards a splash in the water. He also distinctly heard the footsteps of a person running away. 11e un moored his boat as quickly as passible, aad hastened to the spot, tend succeeded in rescuing a young woman from a watery grave. After she recovered herself a little he placed her on the steps leading to the house of Mr. Brooks, blender. Mr. Taylor, together with Mr. Rix, a brewer, who came up at the time, attempted to learn from her her name, but she positively refused to tell, or to reveal any of the circumstances connected with the event which had just occurred. She shortly afterwards left the spot, no one knowing who she was, or whither she went. Two or three persons now state that they have seen Hannah Barber in Norwich within the last twelve months, but have no knowledge as to where she is to be found. She is said to he a country girl, and her visits to Norwich were only occasional. It is very desirable that she should be found, in order that it may be ascertained whether she is really the girl whom Mr. Taylor rescued. Under any circum stences, however, it appears probable that Thompson's victim escaped the death to which he has till now thought that he had hurried her. Shortly after August Thompson left the Carbineere and j nined the Ist Royals, who were lying in Ceneda, whither he was sent to join them ; and he has, doubtless, been living since that time under great mental suffering.— Lynn Advertiser. G REBA , TEA and its ADULTERATIONS. The Lancet, in three of its late numbers, has de voted a portion of its space to an e x p osure o f th e a dult e rations to which green tea is subjected before it reaches the bands, or rather the tea-puts, of the con sumer, a tow, it is to be feared, on which the greenness" of the public is in proportion to its want of preciee facts and information. Toe disclosures made by the " sanitary commission " of the journal will be anything but gratifying to these who prefer " Hyson," " Young Hyson," and " Gunpowdei," to Congou or Souchong, for while the principal black teas are declared to arrive in this country in a genuine state, every sample of green tea subjected to the mi croscopical test was found to be adulterated—that is to say, glued with colouring,matters of different kinds, which are employed to give a " facing " to the tea, and consist in general of Prussian blue, turmeric powder, and China clay. Not the least curious conclusion arrived at by the ' commission is, that in this country there is really no such thing as a green tea—that is, one which pos- • sesses the natural green hue considered to characterise that kind of tea, that colour being invariably arti ficialiy produced by the materials abovementioned. Oat of thirty samples to which chemical and micros copical teats were applied, not one was found pos sessed of the natural green colour ; whereas, out of several samples of Assam teas, of British and Dutch growth and manufacture, and unquestionably genuine and without any " facing" whatever, the teas were of a dull yellowish colour, without the slightest tinge of green—resembling, in fact, the leaves of the adulte rated samples of green tea imported from China, when • deprived of the colouring so much patronised and admired. We are further informed that the British fabricators of spurious tea are but little behind them in the manufacture of imitation green tea, which they prepare from exhausted tea leaves, or from any other leaves which may be picked up by the hedge-side, or in the wood, faced with ingredients of a still more poisonous description than are used by the Chinese themselves, the home adulterators thus contriving to " better the instruction" derived from the example of the foreign manufacturer. Directing their attention next from green tea, as imported, to the same article as commonly sold, the commission state of twenty samples purchased of various tea dealers in different parts of the metropolis, all were found to be adul terated. Whether any genuine green tea exists in China is held to admit of some doubt; but there is none at all as to the artificial colouring of all that is imported into this country, and consequently of all that is sold. We speak. now of the respectable dealers, for it ap pears that those of the unscrupulous class are in the habit of mixing what is termed " lie tea" (an article most fitly named) with the choice " gunpowder" they retail to the public, and which is thus made to undergo a further deterioration after leaving the honest hands of the Chinese. The " lie tea" in question is a compound of sand, teadust and clay, and is worth, exclusive of duty, only sixpence or eight pence a pound, and therefore offers the temptation of large profits to those who are unprincipled. enough to employ it for the adulteration of the superior kinds of tea. The remedy indicated is, that of a reduction of duty on all descriptions of black tea to the extent of at least one-third, allowing it to remain the same as at present on every kind of green te"a. Such reduc tion, it may be inferred, would extend the consump tion of black teas (which for the most part are found to be unadulterated) so largely as to prevent any di minution in the revenue, and at the same time proportionately tend to diminish the consumption of green teas, which as imported into this country are proved to be artificially prepared for the British market. W ACT FOR ARREST OF ABSCONDING DEBTORS. It will be remembered that prior to the passing of the Ist and 2d Vict., c. 110, a debtor might be taken on a writ of capias by the simple filing o f an affidavit of debt, if the creditor believed he was about to quit the country. The writ issued as a matter of course, and the facility with which arrests were in this manner obtained led, no doubt, to numerous cases of abuse by the creditor and of hardship upon the debtor. To remedy this a provision was made in the above statute, which limited the power of holding to bail to cases which were brought before a judge of a superior court, who had a discretion to order an arrest. But it was found in practice that this provi sion, which had been generously made in favour of the subject, was open to abuse by fraudulent debtors, who, during the interval which must necessarily elapse before the writ could be obtained, had opportunity to make away with their property,. and pass beyond the jurisdiction of the courts. With the view of ob viating as far as may be this mischief, the Legisl a t ure passed last session " An Act to facilitate the more speedy Arrest of Absconding Debtors" (14 and 13 Vict., c. 62). By that useful statute authority is given to commissioners of bankruptcy and to the judges of any , district county court, except the county court judges acting in the counties of Middlesex and Sur rey, on application by a creditor, and duo proof by affidavit that a debt of 201. or upwards is owing to such creditor, and that there is probable cause for be lieving that the debtor is about to quit the kingdom, to grant a warrant to the messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy or the high bailiff of the said county court, to arrest the said debtor, and him safely keep until he h as given bail or deposited the debt and costs of th e warrant ; prov i ded that every cre di tor so acting, and in cases where no action is pending, shall cause a writ of capias to issue, and before the issuing of the writ shall cause a writ of summons to be issued against such debtor, and such capias, if he be already in cu stody under th e warrant, shall be served on him within seven days from the date of the warrant. These warrants are to be auxiliary tc the processes now is use, and of no effect whatever as a protection to the person on whose beh a lf they are issued, unless a writ of capias be Issued or s erve d as di recte d b y this Act. The time and place of the d e bt or ' s ar r es t are to be endorsed on the warrant, an d upon i ts pro duction the sheriffs are t o recei ve ond retain such debtor. As soon as the person arrested under the warrant is taken into custody by the caries, the war rant is to expire. Any person for wh ose arrest a warrant has been granted may, either before or after arrest under the wa rrant, and before the capias shall have issued, apply to any commissioner of bankruptcy, county court judge, or judge of superior court, for a rule callieg on the creditor to show cause why the warrant should not be set aside if application be made before arrest, or why the debtor should not be dis charged out of custody if mode after arrest ; and such commissioner or judge may make absolute or discharge such rule, and make such order as to costs as to him shall seem fit. A form of warrant for ap- II la% prehension, and a warning to defendant, and a table of fees, are given in schedules annexed to the Act. Such are the leading provisions of this Act. That it will be found extremely serviceable in counteracting the designs of fraudulent debtors, cannot be doubted. Its distinctive feature is the extension of power already possessed by the judges of the superior courts to local judges, by which the delay which has operated so un favourably to the interest of creditors is in a great degree avoided.—Law Times. THE PREMIER'S NEW REFORM PLAN. Much anxiety has been expressed in all quarters to get at the details of the new Reform Bill, which will most likely prove the cheval de battaille for all parties in the House of Commons during the next session. The clerks in the office of the Board of Trade are already busily engaged, as we are informed, in work ing at the statistical papers necessary for the comple tion of the proposed arrangements, and the following, as we learn from accredited authority, is the plan which it is the intention of the Prime Minister to place before Parliament. In addition to the present constituency, a new body of electors will be constituted, consisting of all persons who can prove that they pay taxes and rates to the amount of 151. yearly. Whenever in any district or parish such electors may amount to a certain number or quorum (to be defined in the Bill), then such district or parish (as Kensington, St. Pancras, &c.) shall be entitled to proceed to the election of one representative, and re turn him to the llouse of Commons as its Member. That all votes shall be taken in electoral colleges, as in France. The 40s. freeholders to be disfranchised. _ _ These are the details of the new Bill, subject to certain slight modifications. Lord John Fussell is said to have given up, after anxious consideration, the literary or "degree" qualification, which he had originally intended to propose. The voting by elec toral colleges is a novelty which will not be very generally admired. By this means the electors will first return their member to the colleges (a fine word for polling booths), and then the member will be re turned or not, as the number of colleges or polling booths have majorities in his favour. Simple as this system may appear, it has been found in France, even with the additional protection of the ballot-urn, to give o ccasion to much c o rrupt canvas sing and bribery, and, in some instances, has even operated to throw out the Members actually having the majority of voters. The disfranchisement of the forty-shilling freeholders will narrow the rural con stituency in a manner exceedingly injurious to the friends of progressive reform, who atter having had for years to fight an u p-hill b a ttl e i n t h e count i es , h a d just obtained a point d' a p pu i f or t h e f uture operat i ons on this very section of the franchise. The Freehold Land Societies, al so , a mos t use f u l new or d er o f in stitution, by which the savi ngs o f th e arti s an classe s we re beginning to be largely invested in the land, will he nipped almost in the bud ; so that the lever that would have moved the whole fabric of aristo cratic classes and family government will be at once snatched from the hands of Mr. Cobden and the Fi nancial Reformers. What wonder, then, that a stormy session is anticipated fur the next year's Par liament ?—Sunday Paper. THE NEW FINSBURY PARK. According to the plan of the proposed park, as at present drawn out and contemplated, the following is a detail of its chief features. It will be found more accurate than any statement that has yet appeared : Tne main entrance will be at the top of St. Paul's• terrace, where, after passing over the Docks Junction Railway, it opens upon the southern portion of the park. Here it is intended to form a long piece of water or reservoir, upwards of twenty acres in extent, with walks and drives on either side, extending along the e/sst of Highbury, and occupying a large portion of the space between it and the Green Lanes. On passing Highbury Grange the park begins to assume its circular form, inclining to the right through a part of the grounds known as Mr. Crawshav's Park, and, skirting the Lord ship-road to the southern portion of one of the resiervoirs belonging to the New River Company, it ag:sin reaches the Green Lanes near the Manor H ause. It then proceeds along the Seven Sisters.- road to Bleckstock-lane, leaving Highbury Vale Righbury Park, and the Grove, as the western boun dary, the Docks Junction Railway forming the boundary on the south ; thus constituting it an entire park, the Sluice House being the only building to be removed. Approaches to the park will b 3 made from Hollo way, facing the end of Liverpool-road; from Stam ford-bill by the New Manor-road, north of Abney Park Cemetery ; from Kingsland and Do Beauvoir Town, through the road ❑ow being formed from Newington-green; and, lastly, from Islington at the railway bridge at the entrance of Highbury grove. Carriage drives through the park will be made to facilitate the approach from Stamford-hill to the West-end, and from Stoke Newington to Highbury. The area of the park will be between three and four hundred acres, including about fifty acres of water ; and from the well-wooded, undulating nature of the ground, when completed and laid out, it may be expected to surpass in general attraction and picturesque effect any park near the metropolis. It should be stated that the reservoir already alluded to will be within a mile of the parish of St. Luke. Its formation will greatly assist the New River Company in giving a purer and more abundant supply of water than is at present afforded ; and standing as it will one hun dred feet above the level of the Thames, it is capable of being occasionally used in flushing the whole of the sewers in the northern part of London. During the last fortnight Mr. Barnett, the surveyor to the Woods ;and Forests, with a numerous staff, has been over the ground, acting under the direction of Mr. Pennethorn, and accompanied by Mr. Lloyd. It need scarcely be said that the details which have been published re specting the statues and other artistic objects with which it is proposed to adorn the park, are altogether premature.—Observer. ORDINATION BY THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER. On Sunday the Lord Bishop of Worcester held an ordination at Worcester Cathedral. There was an un usually large number of candidates for ordination, and the following received the holy rite DEACONS. Birch, Fred., 8.A., New Inn Hall, Oxford. Burne, John 8., 8.A., Christ Church,pxford. Copem..n, Arthur C., 8.A., King's College, London. _Dacre, W., B . A. , Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Finch, Fred. C., S.C.L., Queen's College, Cambridge. Glover, Edward, 1.A., Jasus College, Cambridge. Harrison, Fred., S.C.L., St. John's College, Cambridge. Jolly, Martin uise, 8.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge. Kingdon, Alfred C., B.A„ Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Kite, Frederick Robert, 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cam bridge. Lo Marchant, Joshua, St. Mary Ilan, Oxford. Morton, Wm., M.A., University College, Glasgow. Peel, Alfred Lennox, 8.A., Fellow of All Souls, Oxford. Ramsden, Edward S. 8.A., Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Richardson, Frederick, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cam- bridge. Saunders, Robert Tnckey, 8.A., Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Stookdale, F.S., 8,A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Tidcombe, George Henry, 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge. - Tierney, Matthew, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Turnick, James, 8.A,, Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Faux, James Edward, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Vernon, W. Foley, 8.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Wynne, Edward Bristow Phillips, 8.C.L., Magdalen College, Cambridge. Parry, Edward St. John, 8.A., Balliol College, Oxford, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of London. _Hudson, Grenville Lieber Frodsham Elton, 8.A., Em manuel College, Cambridge; Hughes Richard Jones Gwynne, Magdalen Hall, Oxford; and Thirl wall, Thomas James, 8.A., Emmanuel College, Cam bridge, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Bath and Wells. PRIESTS. _Brown, William James Caulfield, 8.A., St. John's Col lege, Cambridge. Canning, Thomas, 8.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Cooke, George Harris, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford. 'Connor, Sandford, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Cope, William Rogers, Theological Associate of King's College, London. Cart, Jonathan Johnson, 8.A., St. John's College, Cam bridge. Daeth, Charles John Hughes, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford. Edwards, John, 8.A., St. John's College , Cambridge. Francis, Richard Sandys Lyttelton, S.C.L., Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Freeman, Frederick John, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge._ Gale, Henr, 8.C.L., Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Gooday, Robert S., 8.A., Exeter College, Cambridge. Green, William Graham, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. _Haines, Ilayter George, 8.A., Christ Church, Oxford. Hears, Thos. John, M.A., Fellow of New College, Ox ford. Hetherington, M., 8.A., Christ College, Cambridge. House, Henry R. 8.A., Trinity College, Camb r id ge . Home, John, S.C.L., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Jolly, Wm. Rowe, 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge. Jones, John Lloyd, M.A., Jesus College, Oxford. Lascelles, Francis Henry, Trinity Hall, Cam- bridge. L igh, Egerton Leigh Broughton Ward Broughton, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Lewis, Edward, S.C.L., Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Mitchinson, T. York, 8.A., St. John's College, Cam- bridge. Morton, Ralph C., BA., Trinity College, Dublin. Norton, Horton, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cambridge. Piorpoint, Matthew Aust, 8.A., Nevi Inn Hall, Oxford. Ri adore:Mart John Evans, 8.A,, Emmanuel College, Camb'ridge, Way, Lewis Albert Martin, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cambrid ge . White, Lewis Borrell, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxford. Williams, Thomas, 8.A., S 4. Edinunera Hill, Oxford. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Some of the Roman Catholic organs seem very anxious to justify the fears expressed formerly by a minority of Protestants, but now becoming very pre valent—that Roman atholies never sincerely advo cated Religious Liberty—that it meant with them liberty to act as their Church told them to do, and the power to punish all who differed from them—that Popery is essentially and unalterably intolerant. In France the Univers regrets that Luther was not burnt, and justifies the burning of John Huss and Jerome of Prague. The rancorous malignity of the ex-Quaker Lucas, in the Tablet, is notorious, and other Romanist organs, heretofore more moderate, are throwing off the mask. The Rambler, the recognised organ of the Roman Catholics in this country, in the last number assails Protestantism, and the great prin ciple on which it is founded—the right of privatejudg ment, as follows :—" Believe us not, Protestants of England and Ireland, for an instant, when you see us pouring forth our liberalisms. When you hear a Catho lic orator at some public assemblage declaring solemnly that this is the most humiliating day in his life, when he is called upon to defend once more the glo rious principle of religious freedom'—(especially if he says anything about the Emancipation Act and the toleration' it conceded to Catholics)—be not too simple in your credulity. These are brave words, but they mean nothing ; no, nothing more than the promises of a Parliamentary candidate to his constituents on the hustings. He is not talk ing Catholicism, but nonsense and Protestantism; and he will no more act on these notions in different circumstances, than you now act on them yourselves in your treatment of him. You ask, if he were laid in the land, and you were in a minority, if not in numbers yet in power, what would he do to you ? That, we say, would entirely depend upon circumstances. If it would benefit the cause of Catholicism, he would tolerate you : if expedient, he would imprison you, banish you, fine you ; possibly ' he might even hang you. But be assured of one thing : he would never tolerate you for the sake of the ' glorious principles of civil and religious liberty.' . . . Why are we so anxious to make the Church wear the garb of the world ? Why do we stoop, and bow, and cringe before that enemy whom we are sent to conquer and annihilate ? Why are we ashamed of the deeds of our more consistent forefathers, who did only what they were bound to do by the first principle of Catholicism ? . . • • Shall I foster that damnable doctine, that Socinianism, and Calvinism, and Anglicanism, and Judaism, are not every one of them mortal sins, like murder and adultery ? Shall I lend my countenance to this unhappy persuasion of my brother, that he is not flying in the face of Almighty God every day that he remains a Protestant ? Shall I hold out hops to him that I will not meddle with his creed if he will not meddle with mine ? Shall I lead him to think that religion is a matter for private opinion, and tempt him to forget that he has no more right to his religious views than he has to my purse, or my house, or my life- blood ? No! Catholicism is the most in tolerant of creeds. It is intolerance itself, for it is truth itself. We might as rationally maintain that a sane man has a right to believe that two and two do not make four, as this theory of religious liberty. Its impiety is only equalled by its ab ,, urdity." If this really be Catholicism, it is quite time that all Protes tants should be on their guard ' • and if it be not, the Roman Catholics of England, should at once, and in the most emphatic manner, disavow such fiendish malignity. SEIZURE of TWO ILLICIT DISTILLERIES. From information that had been received, Messrs. Elroy and Cartwright, detective officers of Inland Revenue, and Mr. George, an officer of Customs, proceeded to the house of Mrs. White, Brougham place, Orleans-road, Twickenham. Upon entering the place they immediately perceived a strong smell of spirits, which appeared to proceed from a cup board, which Mrs. White refused to unlock. It was eventually forced open by Mr. Cartwright, and seve ral gallons of illicit spirits, 48 per cent. over proof, were found therein. They then made a further search, and in an outhouse found a large copper still fully charged, but deficient the worm, with a quan tity of yeast, wash, and other utensils. The worm was afterwards found in a sack, concealed under the bed. An ingenious contrivance had been resorted to for getting rid of the spent water, by passing it amongst the pig -wash, so as to destroy the smell arising therefrom. Mrs. White was taken before Mr. Donnethorne, a magistrate of Twickenham, who fined her 301. On Saturday, Mr. Bridges, an officer, pro ceeded to a shop, professing to be ono for shaving and hair-cutting, in Sumner's-place, Commercial-road, Camberwell, and having gained an entrance to the house by stratagem (the display of a barber's pole and other things being merely used as a blind) he dis covered in a back kitchen a distillery completely fittcd up, but the still was not charged. It appeared to have been recently worked off. A woman, who opened the door to him, during the time that he was search ing the house contrived to make her escape at the hack. Both the above seizures were conveyed to the Inland Revenue warehouse in Broad-street. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 22. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) There was only one case in the list for a choice of assignees. IMPORTANT TO WITNESSES IN BANKRUPTCY. EX PARTE An applicatio❑ was made in a case in which a party had been summoned from Bristol to be examined at a private meeting touching the affairs of a bankrupt. The witness demurred to attend unless first paid his costs, which were refused by the solicitor to the as signee in the present stage of the proceedings. His HoNomi asked whether the party was merely called as a witness, or whether to undergo examina tion as to whether be was possessed of property be longing to the bankrupt's estate. The Solicitor to the assignees said the witness had been summoned generally to give evidence. His HONOUR said, that on the question being raised before de Lord Chancellor, his Lordship said that where any doubt existed as to the position which the witness might stand in, the witness ought not to be paid his expenses before he had given his evidence. His Honour said that the decision was founded on the proposition that the party summoned might be proved to have concealed or improperly held in his possession property belonging to the estate, in which case it would be against every principle to allow him his ex penses. The witness must be sworn, and if than had been no impropriety on his part, the expenses would be allowed, and the party bringing him before the Court must guarantee the payment. The parties then retired. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept, 22. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—IN THE MATTER 01' JAMES ELLIS. This insolvent, who had formerly been lessee of Cremorne Gardens, applied to be discharged. Mr. Cooke supported. It appeared that the insolvent had been a bankrupt, and had obtained his certificate. He was now in pri son on a bill of exchange, arising out of his bank ruptcy. He had latterly kept a refreshment-room at the Chinese Collection, Hyde-park•corner. Mr. COOKE said the insolvent had a speculation connected with the Great Exhibition, which was a complete failure. The insolvent had taken a refresh ment-room near II)de-park, by which he lost, or rather his creditors, a good deal of money. The insolvent stated that he took 1 Is. 6d., and had to pay 121. 10s. a week for the refreshment-room. Mr. COOKE referred to the schedule, in which some debts appeared on account of the speculation. The insolvent had lost a good deal of money by the Cre morne Gardens, and he also had the Flora Gardens. In a subsequent part of the day an application was made for an adjournment, to describe the insolvent as of a casino, and to re-advertise. The case was adjourned to the 12th of November, and the discharge on bail enlarged. IN RE THE REV. JOHN GRAHAM PACKER. This insolvent, the incumbent of Peter's Church, Hackney, was opposed in person by a creditor named Bird. Mr. Cooke supported. The insolvent stated that his income was 2901. a year. From the church he had 2001. a year by en dowment, and about 40/. from fees. He was chaplain at Warburton Lunatic Asylum, which brought him 501. a year. He had a family of eight children, and was a widower. Mr. COOKE informed the court that some years ago the insolvent was connected with some persons in raising money, which had involved him, and he had paid large sums for interest. The opposing creditor complained that he had lent 6101., and was now a creditor for a large amount. He denied that he had received large interest. It appeared that the insolvent had paid 1001. a year for four years for his creditors, and being sued he had petitioned the Court. The Ciusr COMMISSIONER thought that something should be done for the creditors. There might be a sequestration issued. Mr. CooKE said that there could be no sequestra tion, as it was not in the nature of a benefice. The insolvent was discharged forthwith. IN I MULES FLEAY. This insolvent, an estate agent, was opposed by Mr. Cooke for Sir John Hare. Mr. Nichols supported. An application was made for possession of some pre mises, of which Sir John Hare was the landlord, but now in the possession of a third party. The Chief COMMISSIONER declined to order pos session. The insolvent was discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Lennard, a well-dressed man, who said he was graduate of a Scotch university, was brought before Alderman Moon upon several charges. The prisoner walked into the Queen's Head Ta vern, in Darkhouse-lane, between one and and two o'clock on Friday, and dined, and stayed in the house till a quarter to five. He then coolly told the land lord that he could not pay, as he had lost his purse ; said that he lived at No. 6, Myddleton-square ; re quested the loan of 4d. to pay his omnibus fare, and declared that he would call next day and settle the account, amounting to 2s. Sid. On Saturday he appeared again in the neighbourhood, and was taken into custody for similar misbehaviour at other houses. The keeper of an alehouse on Fish-street-hill said that on reaching home on Saturday he saw the prisoner in front of the bar indulging himself with a cigar, a saveloy, and a glass of ale. Upon being asked for payment the gentleman said he could not discharge his bill, as he had left his purse at home. i The landlord told him that the shopkeepers in the City did not relish that way of settling accounts, and followedat which he had called on Tuesday three cigars, and began him to night,a cigar asked to smoke one of them, and then said he had no money about him, and that his word must answer in payment of the claim. He had subsequently called and asked the owner of the cigar shop whether she was a mar ried woman, and upon receiving an answer which was not agreeable to hun, used language for which he deserved to be kicked out of her premises. The policeman, who took the prisoner into custody found in his pocket 93. 21d. The ALDERMAN —What account ca n you give of this business? The prisoner—l am a highly respect able person in my habits and associations. lam a teacher of languages, and have been educated in a Scotch university, and assure you that I have no no tion of defrauding those persons. The ALDERMAN—How did it happen that you walked into their houses, ordered whatever you wished for, and walked away without paying any thing? Prisoner—Well, the fact is I was in liquor on Saturday and on Thursday, and I could not exactly tell what I did ; but I am positive the first complainant exaggerated the demand. I was just his house when the officer, to m y custody at his threshold. s g u O r i p i] r g i s t e o , t c o a o l k l at me into The ALDERMAN—You have committed several offences. Prisoner—l am going to a situation on Thursday, and I am willing to settle with these people if you will allow me. The ALDERMAN—You must pay these com plainants, and as you are a respectable man you can find no difficulty in procuring two sureties in 201. for your good behaviour for six months. Prisoner—l shall get two merchants of the city of London to bail me. The ALDERMAN—But as you falsely stated that you lived at No. 6, Myddleton-square, you must give 24 hours' notice of bail, lest they should prove to be like yourself.—(A. laugh.) 11/PlCay, Norton, Mackey, and Jones were brought up for final examination , upon the charge of having robbed a lady as she was going on board a steam e r. Mrs. Taylor, of North-street, Herne Bay, said— On Saturday week, as I was hurrying on board the Herne steamer, I felt a pressure from the crowd. Soon after I got on board, and when we were on our way, I missed my purse, in which were a sovereign, two half-sovereigns, andi some silver. Scott, of the detective City police, who apprehended the prisoners all together in a public-house, in Botolph lane, immediately after the robbery, having observed them trying the pockets of several on the wharf, pro duced a purse which he had taken from one of them. The lady at once identified the purse, which was found to contain the exact money she had described. The prisoners were committed for trial, and in formed that the City Solicitor should receive instruc tions to prosecute them. Robert Spencer was placed at the bar, before Al derman Moon, charged with defrauding several coun try females of trifling sums of money, under pretence of showing them the way to the Westminster steam boats. From the statement of the several parties it ap peared that yesterday morning they were desirous of proceeding from London-bridge to Westminster bridge, and not knowing the way they asked the pri soner, who was standing in Thames-street, which was the way to the boat, when the prisoner said he would take them to the proper boat to take them to Westminster-bridge, the fare for which would be 2d. each, one penny of which they would pay to him, and the other penny when they got on board. The parties believing his statement paid him the penny each. The police-constable who took the prisoner into custody said the prisoner was constantly loitering about London-bridge, and accosting country people. Alderman MOON said he would discharge the pri soner, as it appeared the parties consented to give the money, but if ho was brought there again he should commit him for 14 days. G U ILD H LL. THE CHILD AND THE TIGER. In the far east, " on a stern and rock-bound coast," the encroaching waters of the ever-restless ocean have formed an estuary, separating from the mainland a hold and beautiful promontory, called from its singu lar appearance, " The Dolphin's Nose," on whose green and richly-wooded summit man, with good taste, has erected a castellated building, with turrets and towers overlooking the sea. A covered way leads from the house to a detached building, surrounded by a very high wall, by way of protection from beasts of prey. This formed the sleeping apartment of the widowed master of the mansion, and in an inner room was the little bed on which reposed his son and heir, a lovely boy. A lamp was burning, and the light fell on a mirror which stood opposite the door, the only article of furniture to mark that woman once " had part and portion there." It was midnight—the infant slept " calm as a child's repose s" but the father could not sleep—fast thronging memories of bygone days, the thoughts of that dear partner separated from him by the hand of death, anxieties regarding the welfare of his child, and official duties, stole over him and com bined to keep him watchful. The weather was op pressive, though every door and window stood open to woo each passing breeze. His child awakes and cries, and the attention of the lonely watcher is at once arrested; suddenly he observes a dim and shadowy form creep by him, with stealthy step, into the room that held his child. Is it a dream or phantom conjured up by the me mories of the past ? The light of a solitary lamp swung from above, and glanced upon the glossy coat of a huge royal tiger, which, impelled by hunger, and attracted by the cries of the child, had sprung over the protecting wall. Oh! the intense, the breath less agony of that moment, which allows scarce time for thought, none for action. The royal brute sees his own image reflected in the mirror, to him as the image of an enemy ; scowl reflects scowl, and as he crouches for a spring, his silent enemy is pre pared also ; one wave of his snakelike tail, one indig nant growl, one bound, and the mirror falls clashing around him in countless glittering fragments Scarce two more bounds, the first through the suite of cham bers, the second over the wall, and he had sped far away to his solitary lair, far away in the deep forest, where the still night echoes the deep throbbing of his panting heart; and the father kneels with clasped hands over the bed of his child ; and when the anima tion had returned, when the mantling blood fled back through his veins, his gratitude to the Almighty hand which had willed that his child should be spared, was not loud but deep. He soon followed his beloved partner to the tomb, and they both lay buried in a shady spot side by side, unheeding the " summer sun's most piercing rays, and the vexed ocean at the topmost swell." The infant, thus pre served, has since been amidst the roar of cannon and the clang of war ; he bears a charmed life. The hand of the Qod of mercy is upon him, and has not suffered that one hair of his head should perish.—Colonial Magazine. MODEL PARENTS.—An interesting child of' ten years was yesterday taken before the Tribunal of Correc tional Police, on the charge of vagabondage. His father, a man named Berg, presented himself. "Do you claim your child ?" said the President. " No." " Why ?" " Because his mother has left me, and I will have nothing further to do with him." " Was she your wife ?" " No." " Your conduct is shameful I" cried the President. The mother, a little, hard-featured woman, then stepped forward. "Do you claim your child ?" asked the President " No." " Why ?" " Because he has beer. a bur den to me long enough already. His father may take him if he will—l have had enough of him I" Indignant murmurs arose from the auditory, and the Public Prosecutor, after de nouncing the scandalous conduct of the parents, demanded that the case should be put off for the week, in the hope that some charitable person would in the meantime undertake the care of the child, in order to prevent him from falling into misery and perhaps crime.— Galignani. CAUTION TO PERSONS HANDLING DEAD BODIES.— About a fortnight ago, a young man named Munton died in Peterborough ; he had led a dissipated life, and consequently was in a very emaciated state. Mr. English, car penter, on putting his arms round the dead body to place it in the coffin (which he had been making), felt some matter ooze from the corpse upon one of his hands : he did not take particular notice of the circumstance at the time, but a few days after he experienced an acute pain in the hand and arm, and he perceived a swelling where there had been a blister on his wrist. Being in London he went to St. Bar tholomew's Hospital and had the swelling cut; it , however , gradually got worse, and he became quite delirious. Ou his return home Dr. Walker and Mr. Southan were called in, and they pronounced the disease to have arisen from the matter which oozed out of t}e corpse. The flesh about the affected part was cut away, and he is now recovering. Fears were at one time entertained that it would end fatally.— Lincoln Mercury. In one short street in Sunderland there are seven re dealers in intoxicating drinks, one of them wholesale; Mrs. Simmons, who has for many years past there are also a. pawnbroker, a relieving-officer, a police- Sidney, station, an undertaker, and, at the top, a churchyard,— Sun hill,placedthe bar before Alderman was at sided in that abode of iniquity, Field-lane, Holborn• derland News. 1 charged with having unlawfully in her possession 5 large quantity of black silk, value about 301., sup posed to be stolen, and of which she did not render a satisfactory account. Mr. Norton appeared for the prisoner. David Hewitt, 233, said—l received information on Saturday afternoon which induced me to go to Castle-street, Holborn, with another officer of the name of Nicholls, whom I placed to watch the en trance to the Castle Tavern. I then went on to my beat in Holborn-hill, when I saw prisoner's husband go down Bartlett's-buildings. I returned to Castle street, and had not been there more than two or three minutes before I saw the prisoner come out of the Castle with three rolls of black silk wrapped in a handkerchief on her arm. I followed her through Norwich-court, Fetter-lane, into Bartlett's-buildings, and there stopped her, and asked what she had in the bundle she was carrying. She said, "It is only a bit of silk." I asked her where she obtained it, and she said, " My husband changed away some silk hand kerchiefs for it." I requested to know who the ex change was made with, and she said, " I do not know, but believe it was with a foreigner." I told her I did not consider it a satisfactory account, and wished her to accompany me to the station. She said, " Oh, yes ; I'll go with you." At the station I asked her what quantity of silk she had in the bun dle, and if it was about 10, 2.0, 50, or 100 yards. She said she did not know. It has been measured, and found to be 234 yards. Cross-examined by Mr. Norton—l had made up my mind to take her into custody if she did not ac count for the silk satisfactorily. I ,have known her husband and herself for the last ten years, but never heard anything to their prejudice. I knew he was a housekeeper. I have not yet found an owner for the silk, but I have no doubt I shall if I am allowed time. John Nicholls, 240, said—Between three and four o'clock on Saturday afternoon I saw an omnibus stop at Holborn-hill, and the prisoner alight with a bundle on her arm under her shawl. I watched her into the Castle Tavern, and then waited outside. In a short time she came out without the bundle. I inquired of a man who had been in the house, who informed me that prisoner had left the bundle to be given up to her husband, who would call for it. I communicated what I had seen to the last witness, who went into Holborn and returned in about a quarter of an hour, and we watched the Castle Tavern together. I then saw Mr. Simmons in the public house, but did not see him enter the house, as the house is situated at the corner of a court, and has two doors. I looked down the court and saw prisoner coming up, and after wards enter the tavern. We waited a short time, when prisoner came out with the bundle on her arm, and we followed her into Bartlett's-buildings. She said that her husband changed the handkerchief with an Irish hawker who was going abroad, and at the station-house she said it was with a foreigner. Mr. Norton addressed the magistrate upon the in sufficiency of evidence to detain the prisoner any longer in custody. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said that prisoner was charged with having a large quantity of silk unlaw fully in her possession, and if the evidence was not enough to prove that the property was stolen, there was, he thought, sufficient to justify him to remand the prisoner, as the onus now rested with herself to prove that she had come honestly by it. Mr. Norton then applied for the prisoner to be ad mitted to bail. the prisoner said, "It is all right," and went with witness to the station-house. Charles Rilesly, of Wellington-street, Goswell street, milkman, said that he was brother to the de fendant, and authorised him to put his (witness's) name to the acceptance, but did not think he would be called to pay the money. When the bill was presented he was not in a position to pay the bill, and stated the fact that the signature to it waa not his. Mr. HENIZY—As he (witness) postively swears that he authorised him (defendant) to put his name to the bill, that disposes of the criminal part, and the complainant can sue the witness for the amount in the county court. The defendant is discharged. Alderman SIDNEY eaid he would accept her own recognizances, on pain of imprisonment in default of her appearing, and two substantial bail in 801. each. Bail was immediately tendered, and the prisoner discharged. Ann Haman was charged with robbing a gentle man of a purse, containing five sovereigns, two half crowns, three shillings, and a fourpenny-piece, in Fetter-lane, on Saturday night. Police-constable 804 saw prisoner speaking to two gentlemen on Saturday night; he passed them, and on returning he received informatio❑ that all was not right, and he followed prisoner accordingly. He saw her walking behind the same two gentlemen, and then cross the road and run up Fetter-lane. Wit ness watched her into the Parcels' Delivery Com pany's yard, in Rolls'-buildings, and took her into custody. On the way to the station she dropped a French purse, in which he found the money described in the charge. Joseph Brown, of 14, Fetter-lane, said—While be was shutting up his shop he saw the prisoner talking to the taller of the two gentlemen. She entered the door of No. 12, while the gentlemen waited outside, and when she came out they walked down towards Fleet-street, followed by the prisoner, who was im mediately joined by a man, who whispered to her a few words and then ran across the road, and pre tended to be looking in at the window of No. 31. Witness gave information to the constable, and pointed out the prisoner to him, and she was then taken into custody. The Officer said—At the station prisoner was asked how much the purse contained, but she was unable to say, and merely stated that it contained both gold and silver. Prisoner said the purse and money were hers, and they had been given to her by a gentleman who was keeping her.—Remanded to find an owner for the money. THE OMNIBUSES AND THE CRYSTAL PALACE.— A number of omnibus proprietors were summoned before Alderman Wilson for not having the table of fares painted inside their carriages, in conformity with the Act of Parliament. All that was visible was, " To or from the Crystal Palace, 6d." This, it was stated, was done to enable the driver to stop his carriage at any part of London he pleased —turn all his customers out, stating " he went no further," and make each one pay the 6d. fare, while he would return directly for another load, and serve them the same. It was contended that every pas senger, when he got into an omnibus had a right to know where he was to be taken to, and whether he paid 3d., 4d., or 6d. Some of the proprietors contended that they had done all that the Act required of them by putting the one fare they meant to charge. Alderman WILSON said, he should not only protect the public against such tricks, but he would support the honest proprietor against the frauds of the dis honest ones; for he knew full well from the innu merable complaints, as well as from practical experi ence, that the fares were so set out inside for no other purpose than to cheat the public. The omnibuses which usually ran to the Bank—and some even much further—would, at the close of the Exhibition, and more particularly, if a shower of rain came on, stop at Charing-cross, or Temple bar, or St. Paul's, and say ing, " We go no farther," turn the passengers out in the rain, point to the fare of 6d. on the door, and im mediately return for another load of victims. The proprietors had the privilege of charging what they pleased, either 4d., 64., or as. ; but then they must at the same time say precisely what this was for, and, indeed, this was generally done, the disreputable por tion of the proprietors forming the exception. He would fine the defendants 20s. and costs in each case, and desired the police to continue their vigilance in bringing up every proprietor so offending. They had had a most profitable time of it, and as the fair was nearly ever the public must have their turn. A man in the garb of a farm labourer was brought up before Mr. Alderman Sidney, charged with having driven two cows into Smithfield• market, contrary to the City regulations, he not being a licensed drover. Police-constable No. 2 said that about half-past ten o'clock that morning he saw the prisoner driving two cows into Smithfield-market, he not being licensed so to do. There was no driver with him. The system bad been practised to a considerable extent to the pre judice of the regularly licensed drovers. The pri soner was in the habit of attending the market for his master, and was aware that he was infringing the market regulations. The prisoner said that he brought the two cows to Blackfriars, and his master gave him 6d. to get them brought to Smithfield, but as he could not get any drover to take them for 6d. he was obliged to bring them himself. Alderman SIDNEY inquired if the master himself could have brought the cows to the market ? The policeman said he might. The ALDERMAN thought that tobe a very anomalous state of things. He should have thought that if the master could do so, his servant might do so also, but he would not put his own opinion against the collec tive wisdom of the corporation. He thought, how ever, that a fine of Is. or 48 hours' imprisonment would meet the justice of the case. BO W-STREET. George Wyatt, cab-driver, was brought before Mr. incapable while charged with being dr unk and while in charge of his cab in the Strand, on Saturday evening. His 'WORSHIP said that the public were not to be run over by drunken cab-drivers, and fined the defen dant 203., or in default to be i mpr isoned 14 days. James Rilesly, formerly landlord of the Rose and Crown public-house, Drury-lane, was brought up in custody of police-sergeant Thompson, of the F divi sion, and placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with uttering a forged bill of exchange. Mr. John Rains, of Covent-garden-market, fruit salesman, stated that on the 24th of May last the pri soner prevailed on him to render him an accommoda tion by negotiating an acceptance of his (prisoner's) brother, at three months, for 101. 103. On the 27th of August, the date upon which the bill became due, it was duly presented for payment by a person named Back, whom witness sent, and who was now at Mar gate, but the acceptor said the signature was not in his handwriting, and refused to take up the bill. Police-sergeant Thompson said that yesterday be apprehended the prisoner in Great Russell street, Covent-garden ; and on stating the nature of the charge the prisoner inquired by whose authority he took him into custody ? To which witness replied that it was on the charge of Air. John Rains, when MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOPLIFTING BY A FOREIGNER.—PUZZi Montagu, an Italian female, was brought before Mr. Bingham, for re-examination, charged with stealing three French cambric handkerchiefs, the property of Mrs. Susan Roberts, 41, North Audley-street. Thomasina Goss said she was assistant to Mrs. Roberts, who keeps a baby-linen shop. On Friday last, about three in the afternoon, the prisoner came into the shop, and Mrs. Roberts showed her some cambric handkerchiefs, and she selected five, which came to 15s. 100., and ordered them to be sent to Madame Victorina, No. 7, Albion-street, Hyde--park, with a pair of cuffs she had purchased. She then left the shop, and in a few minutes afterwards, and before any other customer came into the shop, she missed three cambric handkerchiefs, worth 12s. 91, which were part of those shown to the prisoner. On the same afternoon witness went to Albion-street, and was informed that no such person as Madame Victorina resided there. On the following day she met the prisoner in Oxford-street, and gave her in charge. The handkerchiefs now produced are the same that were stolen from the shop. Crocker, 68 C, took the prisoner into custody on Saturday last, and took her to Mrs. Roberts, who identified her as the woman who had stolen the hand kerchiefs. Prisoner then offered to pay for them. Witness subsequently went to her lodgings, 18, Ra nelagh-sty Pimlico, and found the handkerchiefs produced lying on a table in the first-floor room. The above evidence having been explained to the prisoner by M. Grellier, the interpreter, she declined making any defence, - and was fully committed for trial. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday John Owen, a stonemason, was brought before Mr. Long, for re• examination, charged with an assault of a most brutal and atrocious nature upon Mr. George Bennett, the proprietor of the Ben Jon son Tavern, Harrow-road. Mr. Hobler, solicitor to the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, attended to prosecute the case. The particulars which transpired upon the first occasion have already appeared, and it will be remem bered that the prosecutor was stated to have been so seriously injured as to be quite unable to come in the first instance to the court, and, in fact, was compelled to keep his bed for several days. Mr. Bennett was now present to give evidence. He seemed to be still in a very weak condition, and his forehead and other parts of the head were strapped up with adhesive plaster. He deposed as follows :—At ten o'clock at night last Saturday week I went into the parlour, where I sat down. The prisoner was then quarrelling with another man, and some other persons who were sitting close by walked to another side of the room. The prisoner then took up his glass and went over to them, and abused them in the grossest language imaginable. I told him I could not put up with such behaviour, and that he must leave, but he persisted in his infamous conduct. I again begged of him to the leave the room, but he continued his abuse, and took no notice whatever of the remon strance which I made to him. He had a glass of gin and water in his right hand, and as I feared from his manner that he intended to do some mischief I took it from him, and went towards the parlour door, thinking that he would follow me. He did not do so, and I laid hold of his left hand and brought him out side up to the counter, upon which I put his glass down, and told him that if he behaved properly he might stay there and drink what there was in his glass, but that he must not go into the parlour again. He made no observation to this remark, and I re turned into the parlour and closed the door, when just as I was in the act of taking my seat I was knocked down by some one, and at the moment thought I was stabbed; blood flowed from me profusely, and I was for some time insensible; when I came to myself I found a surgeon dressing my wounds. Mr. nobler—Was the prisoner drunk ? Mr. Ben nett—He did not appear to me to be so ; he was much excited ; but my belief is that he was sober. Mr. Samuel Norway, surgeon, 2, John's-place, Harrow-road, and who attended Mr. Bennett, de scribed the nature of the wounds which he (Mr. Ben nett) had received; one of them was two inches long, extending across the upper eyelid ; and a second wound bad opened a small branch of the temporal artery ; there was another wound across the forehead, and two more slight wounds over the nose. The portions of a thick glass, by which the bead of Mr. Bennett was so seriously injured, were here pro duced by Pamphillon, 115 D. In reply to a question from Mr. Hobler, Mr. Norway said that a glass of the thickness of that which was broken would, from the force of a single blow, be likely to have caused all the wounds which he had described. Mr. LONG, after giving the prisoner the usual cau tion, asked him if he had anything to say ? Prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that the glass was broken before it touched Mr. Bennett's head. He (prisoner) stumbled as he was going into the room, and if he hit Mr. Bennett it must have been quite accidentally. Mr. LONG committed him for trial for the serious offence of cutting and wounding, &c., but consented to take bail, himself (prisoner) in 1001. and two sure ties in 501. each He was not prepared with the required bail, and was locked up. WORSHIP-STREET. A. well-dressed man, named Philip Smith, was placed at the bar for final examination, charged with having stolen a carpet bag containing wearing apparel and other articles, from the booking-office at the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway. It appeared from the evidence that on the after noon of Monday last a gentleman named Bunn, re siding at Ipswich, arrived at the station with the intention of proceeding to that place by the first train, and having handed over his hat-case and carpet-bag to one of the porters, who deposited them in the booking-office, he entered the refreshment-room, where he observed the prisoner, who engaged him in conversation; but after some trivial remarks about the weather, abruptly left the place. A few minutea afterwards the prisoner was seen to emerge from the booking-office with the prosecutor's luggage in his possession, with which he was hurrying across the platform, when he was stopped by one of the atten dants, in answer to whose questions he stated that the gentleman in the refreshment-room, to whom the articles belonged, was an intimate friend of his, and that he had directed him to take charge of them. The prosecutor, however, on being referred to, having dis claimed all knowledge of the prisoner, or that he had ever authorised him to remove the luggage, he was at once given into custody. In answer to the charge, the prisoner now stated that he had gone to the station to meet a cousin of his who had come up from Colchester to see the Exhibition, and that he had acted under the erroneous impression that the property in question belonged to that person. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. LIABILITY OF WATER AND GAS COA! PANIES TO PAY LAND-TAX. It has long been held that water and gas companies are liable to be assessed to the relief of the poor in re spect of the land through which their pipes are laid, and in the case of the Chelsea Waterworks Company v. Bewley, 17 Law T., 284, the question was raised whe ther they were not also subject to the land-tax. The case originally came before the Court of Queen's Bench in the form of an action for trespass, and by consent a special case was stated for the opinion of the Court. For the defendant it was contended that inasmuch as it had been ruled in many cases that these companies were liable to poor-rate upon their pipes, they were also liable to the land-tax; for there is no distinction in principle between the mode in which the poor•rate and that in which the land-tax is imposed, and that clearly theirs was a holding of land or hereditaments within the 38th Geo. 111., c. 5, s. 4. On the other side, it was contended that there was no such analogy between rate ability to the relief of the poor and liability to the land tax. The Court held that " the waterworks were not liable to be assessed towards the payment of the land tax." The reason given in the written judgment was, that the occupation by the water-works was in the nature of an easement, and not of land. " The right in question," said the Court, "when exercised, appears to us to be in the nature of an easement, and not in the nature of the possession or occupation of land or here ditaments. The right is to convey water through the land of another, whether upon the surface of the ground or in covered drains or pipes, is immaterial. This is a mere power to carry the pipes i❑ the land, and cannot be considered as land or hereditaments. The Land-tax Acts, in speaking of land and hereditaments, contem plate property to be let by a landlord to a tenant as pro perty the land-tax of which might be redeemed. The company are not owners of the land where the pipes lie, nor are they the tenants of the land, and there is no rent from which they could deduct the amount of the assessment when paid." Tho Court then en deavours to obviate a consequence likely to flow from this decision, and which we think will naturally follow it—the litiga tion of the question whether these companies are pro perly rated to the relief of the poor? " The cases," said the Court, " touching the assessment of companies to the relief of the poor, in respect of pipes for the conveyance of water or gas, as occupiers of land have been much re lied on, and they opp-ar closely in point; but we by no ree-ris feel ourselves a , lib try t.) orerruk :host, or to express a doubt whether they were rightly decided. Land, like the word inhabitants, which likewise occurs in 43 Eliz., c. 2, has various meanings, and may ,in that statute, which was passed for making a charge upon the occupier, mean the ground on which the chattel is de' posited in the exercise of an easement, although in °the! a Acts of Parliament it means a legal int erest in the so): This is the meaning which we think it has in the Lan tax Acts.—Law Times. THE EPISCOPAL INCOMES. Iler Majesty has given her assent in Council to tbe i scheme prepared by the Ecclesiastical Commissioned for regulating the incomes of the Archbishops all, Bishops of Englund and Wales, in pursuance of the A° l of the 13th and 14:h Victoria. The Commissioner! recommend that every bishop and archbishop, who OP have succeeded to his see after the Ist of Februsrp 1848, shall deliver in to the Commissio ners holf-yeari returns of the revenues of their seer; and that if slte deducting all reasonable payments and deductions there' from, the net amount for the half-year shall exceed ode the amount of the annual income fixed for such exceeds or archbishop, the surplus shall be paid into the 1,5°1 of the Commissioners; and if the net amoant shea'A' after such deductions, be less than half the income 'named, the Commissioners shall pay to the archbishop or biabeP such sum as shall make up the deficiency. No renewal of a bishop's lease, where the fine d.. e ; mended shall be more than 1001., shall be made being approved of by the Commissioners; end shot! 4 .1 1 0 1 appear that the amount of the fine exceeds hal l , !,„ annual amount of the bishop's or archbishop's 801; the Commissioners are empowered to cause the fine I° paid into their hands. Any bishop appointed to a see before the Ist ofJantl_;0110; 1848, may, if be thinks fit, enter into an agreement:ll;3s the Commissioners for regulating his inc ome seaOr to the provisions of the scheme. h she The see of Manchester not being en dowed 10 : - 5 1 1 0 lands or other hereditaments, is not included 10 regulations of the scheme. The following is the schedule of the incomes ° f tile several archbishops and bishops:— 0 0°4 SEE. Canterbury INCOME. SEE. - York 1 , ),000 Hereford"" 4,500 £15,000 Gloucester and Bri stol London ... ... 10,000 Lichfield Durham ... 8,000 Lincoln ••• 4, 2 7 W , A Winchester... 4,2,v" 7,000 Llandaff ••• St. Asaph . 4,200 Manchester Bangor ... 4,200 Norwich ••• Bath and Wells ... 5,000 Oxford 4, 50 A Carlisle 4,500 Peterborough ••• Ch ester C St. h . ic D h a e y s i te a r ,s ... 4,500 Ripon ... btAZ, 4 4 ,s ) (l f :),S ß a o l e i h ,b es tlV 5 5,0 1 Ely s,soo'Worcester ••• Exeter 5,000, THE COUNTRY MARgral fo l oW e a CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 19.—Prices to-day were d• ro d, o ld Wheat, white, old 398 to 455; new 388 to 445 ; 34s to 38s; new, 35s to 38s; barley, —s to —s to —s; grinding 20s to 265; oats 183 t o 25 2 7 s to 30s; old, —8 to 55s ; chevalier g; white, new, Ms to 56s ; peas, 27s to partri29s ; °dge,ld' 11 % to ... 0 2 —7 k 3 " . to or dun, new, 26s to 27s ; old, 27s to 293 ; beans, , P . to 298 ; harrow ticks, new 27s to 308 ; old - -0 W zagan, new 26s to 28s ; old —s to — s per qr. . redo' COLCHESTER, SEPT. 20.—Wheat, white 425 to 4 65 to iddis to 40s ; oats, 168 to 228 ; beans, maza gan 26s to .186 e ' s, 24 0° and small 28s to 30s ; peas, white 26, to 28 s , g re y' 28s ; barley, new, good quality, 27s to 30s per qr. os tiBo KIRKALDT, SEPT. 20.—The following are the for new grain : Wheat. First 398 6d Barley. 21s Od Oath. 22s 6d 20s 6d 19s Od imperial, 'he followil Beans' —s od_, —3 v.. —5 od vs od to ng are til .4 ..4 ei Second 34s 6d 1 21s 6d ...1 ,4 Third 3os Od I 20s Od , IP v w o f Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs pris e. HADDINGTON, SEPT. 19.—T' grain at our market to-day : 130 0 11 Wheat. Old. New. I Barley. Oats. 36 , .., First 4ss Od ... 40s Od I 248 Od 26s Od 343 t /° _, Second 4ls Od ... 35s la 1 22 s 9d 18s Sd oo Od Third 33s Od .. 25s Od 19s Od 16s Od 7 70 00 Total quantity of Old Wheat in market 112 qrs• 9 2 77 soi, Do. New do. 284 qr s rs " 418 so f a sol " Do. Barl do. , V 6 q" 37 rs• # Do. Oats ey do. 237 rl ' 0 4 sold 0 Do. Beans do. 49 V" COAL MARKET.—YESTIEDAT• . 165 Carr's Hartley ..... lss Od Jonassohn ........ .. .... 1 55.1 Chester Main Davison'sWest Hartley Holywell 15514 s Od od K Lam eep h i t e o r n . .. ........................ ... 164: ; Longridge'sW.Hartley 15s Od Pensher ................ 15 5 A A North Percy Hartley l4s 3d Russell's Batton ... 165 5 Redhengh Main Canfield Moor Is 3 9 d d ,c St as ew so art p 's . .......... ..... ............... 11554ri raufield Moor Butes l3s 6d ;Denison .................. ~ be s? Wylam Wall's End, &c. !Heugh Hall .......... . 151 6d Acorn Close Gosforth . Harton 5 0 oi Hebburn Eden Main ....• lss 3d Barrett .. ....... -.."'"'. kis A Bell Belmont ... 15s 3d,Birchg. Graigola ..•... os r 0 Braddyll Haswell l6s Od '1 W. E. C1iff............. Ships at market, 69. Sold, 68. T o ' RAILWAY SHARE MAltmTr-.- - F . BRISTOL, SEPT. 22. re , in/ St itt ° STOCK EXCHANGB.—The share market Was to-day, holders being firm for an advance, w hic h did not feel inclined to accede to. We have, OWN' alterations to make in our quotations. del LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 2 2 . STOCK EXCHANOM.—The share market is genet'. 0 erg': to-day, with a good business doing. The transsawd Tolf as follow :—East Lancashire, 13A—Lancashire 5 , / ?lOW shire, 52z,;—Ditto, Fifths, 8% dis.—London 900 Western, New Quarters, 2 p. —Midland, 45%--S °ll and Dover, 18%—York and North Midland, 17 % * MANCHESTER, SIPT. 22. l o s he, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done to-dB3l try tolerably good, and prices had an upward tendenc4,oll transactions were as follow :—Blackburn ( A), 447; OreA ; Counties, sj B East Lancashire, Quarters, 13 Northern, New 5 per cent. Preference, Scrip, Si. 6 54 tit, cashire and Yorkshire, 23%—Ditto, W. R. Urlet, eatirt,r a , London and North-Western, 112%—Ditto IY s p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, 11%—South-Eastern and Dover, i SEABORNE MAILS• r 0ft 441.1 [N signifies that the mails are sent from the Gen eral by the night—end M by the morning—elispateh.] by the night—end M by the morning—dispatch.) PLACES. When made up fa From NO° d 0 General Post-olllce Por t die :, London. patcl l .-' t• 92 , ScP • 44 America (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 26 Liven:s.," America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 31 LiverPcca ; s e pt• America (by U.S. pkt.) M Sept 24 Southall*. 0,3 l* Africa (West coast) " Nl4th of the month Plynloatb sect. Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover • De ilf Belgium ••• N Daily ..• Dover oct , Brazil .. • .. 9th of the month SouthaMP: pet. 1 ," 0 Buenos Ayres • • .. 9th of the month Southall:lP," Se pt. • California(viaChagres) 31 2d& 17th of month SoutliaMPD: Oc t, 3 • Cape of Good Hope N l l4th of month 'Plytnct itb* . sept', 2 ,o Constantinople* .. • • 1.7,7 th 17th 27th of mo Dover sot. •fo Central America .. 3,112 d & 17th of mon. SoutharaP; • 1 11 ' Channel Isles • • .. NIMon., Wed., & Fri. SouthamP,.. 5, t , dt , Chin .. .• . M 17th of the month SouthanlPt.. pectar France .• M& N Twice daily .. Dover se pt.L" t . Greece* • • • . • • N7th 17th 27th of mo Dov er T 05.40 Hamburgh NTuesday & Friday London •• god', Holland .. 31;Wednes. & Satur. Louden ; Honduras .. .• N'l7th of the meath!Southainl. „ Ireland .. ••M & N Twice daily .. —lHolyhead so t. 3 0 India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month'Southalar. pct, India (viaMarsoilles) N iith& 24th of mouth Dover • 92 Mediterranean (via t. sel)t. Southampton) 2i(2oth of the month Southall', Mediterranean (via I ct' Marseilles) .. N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dov er Oct. -Mexico, •• •• hild of the month.. SoutharaPt.. Oct' 1. Madeira •• • • 111 1 9th of the month Soutaaro l9 * • • f 7th,17th,19th,27th Malta .. Dover Sept. 92 I &30th of month sat' 0 Naples * • • • • • • Ni 6 th 1 5 th 25 th of me !D over • sot. Papal States* N 1511115 th 25th of reo ;Dover • wt.!" Peninsular.. •• • . Ml7th 17th 27th of moSoutilan'Pt: Oct• * g i Peru • . .. • • • • 31117th of the month SontballlP s ot. , Tuscany* .. •• N, sth 15th 25th of mo Dover 1 ! se pt. As' West Indies m 17th of the month southaaiP g o West Indies (except se pt. Havanna & Nassau ) M2d of the month ..SOnth all „„ e vere i . /41 are sal /OCt• I Dover Oct. 6 SootharaPt• Z3 G t, 16 Southa n P t ' I. Oel 4 ' I Dovet Dover " r e -pt. 90 Dover• •1 sat. 2 ° 'SOUtba nV " Oct. 6 SontbanaP ser t Dover 1 5e pt. V• 1 Soutl/AmP" ked (*) a re C 412 vatted P.- Loan PAW pf f i pg./ WHALES ON THE WEST COAsT. ----AB ,, the 10( Sonthangt• 51e;0414 Sligo gentlemen were yachting in the early Par' „ u robE. e 1 in the bays of Sligo and Donegal, t h e y wet Thep w ere„„,,, whales in pursuit of herring and their fry. ix app apPlo vast dimensions, and at one time no less than being wit er e above wat.r. one of at least sixty feet in length , b _ ee ry I f fifty yards of the Ventura, the yacht which t_ , W, 61iP se f in. It is a pity there is not a whale fishery °ll e nalb er g icl Donegal coast, as there is no doubt but that larg., es tern those valuable leviathans of the deep visit th e 4 015 north-western shores. lo g o ,11 A.,10 3‘' 001,5 rADVERTISEMENT.j—THE EARL or AND HOLLOWAIre YILLS.—An astounding cure bY %set fr ° , 0; medicine, arter every other means had failed. Seeye , 4 " vee'; Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghor n, ~ Professor Holloway—Siracquaint you that 70 .',2 - 0 th e o o os Dick , fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach vr „„ e at, eminent of the facnity, at home and all over the conn4suid been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of P il 01 1 ilder 110 a cure any disease of the liver or stomach. rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBMIOUGn.'' These 110 t, —sold (also strsO" Ointmeat) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 27 by all medicine vendors throughout the civiiiiod vrer' 12d of the month .. ountries thus marl * 6 The mails to those c French packet , rig Marsei CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to are now despatched and d and from CaliforMi We by every Amerii BIRTHS. 0 0 °rTIG' the On u t o h n e . 2 .l 4 r t s h . C ul i t iff ., or a d t VoOfiFlalanAdheelgirC°. Cinque, Alb sil° ' -0 ~..t.,,f TV' On the 19th inst. in Hereford-street, the lao.n" erri , S. Cocks, jun., Esq., ' M.P. tY 0f On the 16th inst., at Wenn - wore, Tarbert, coup the wife of Lieutenant- Colonel Kitchener. 1, rlo cl, OF A DAUGHTER . bt o.. , e On the 18th inst., at Lorbottle-house, Sort et the wife of Ada. On the 18th m inst., Atkinson, at CheEsqsham-street, BelgraCe-vici° the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell. Ile firf .iIIARBIED. J olio ;jot ( On the 18th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Ses, ,2ret,ll. Wagner, ESQ., late of the sth Fusiliers, to Ma r 5 .'" ~,,,r . of the Rev. J. Mosso aartegeceltd:r.6Holf. Jllaor,ytb,fiEesl:,. gent. A.lcl, Is .- f eG o i ed l t o , Ts. the h e G R o oedyw. daughterino Henry ,f E.s the On the 18th inst , at the parish church of 13wt s a 00" 0 : pe O nt n on th v e ju l:t a h ge i a ns 6 t B. , at Pigton, , o f 1310 0 Sp ire' DIED. of P:Temple Frere, to Sarah ISl3.l,!td..iodg Ash, forl'i On the 17th inst., at Romse;', 51r. John t elde s WO , On the d 21, Ada 18th inst., at Batheaston, age D 5 .94 daughter of W. Hale, Esq., of Bath. 'Brigg' On the 18th inst., William , at Cheltenham , . 5 01 , r late m eside. f gr. _On the 20th inst., Louisa Bramab, daughterde.,. . art , near Doctor, DerbeYoy Read, of Upper Belgrave -place, Pimlico, °ge Th i o u W as Wl° On the 21st in..t., at Kensington-square, j el W l° the elthat son of T. Collinrclon, Esq. , ge d 46. -----".. On the 14th inst., at William-str eet, -.,, Inspector of etropolitan Police, Woolwich, Of nr) /SUN London: Priri , (l arid Publfsbed by MT BL 'ica S °. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 010 0, to pe Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in tit° bliddlema t Tueaday, September 23,,1551. Derri; POO THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, lB5l. Cl of X/5 Tit, the *su et they i Contr store ; th • t, 01; Tie ?Intel girdei %sr No 4 tkt iv; y, 0 -tot nt to t 4 at by of toll s. ........... Thi tht INC; , 41'01 Chl 1. 44 a zroia 1110, Clo t Itzt, 101 tette kt tt t tirnt 8,44 I hik I tilt,