The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-23 00:00:00

Vatttion THREATENED STRIKE OF SOME OF THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN DRIVERS. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The London and North-Western trains are work• ing as usual. The drivers have for the present abandoned their resolution to strike at 24 hours' notice ; and though there is every likelihood that a strike will take place, there is reason now to hope that the better sense of the men will, at all events, induce them to give the fourteen days' notice stipu lated for in their regulations. The tone of the resolutions of the Northern Division men is so arbitrary and unseemly, that it is impossible for the directors, if any discipline at all is to be preserved on the line, to submit to demands which are alike pregnant with injury to the men and danger to the public. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.) THE LATE DARING ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED STRANGULATION IN NORTON -STREET.— William Thomp son, alias the " Black Diamond," was brought before Mr. Bingham for having been concerned with two other men not in custody, in committing a most daring robbery, accompanied with violence, on the person of Mr. Adol phus Dubois, dentist, Princes-street, Leicester••square. The particulars of the former examination appeared in this journal on Thursday last. Tho prisoner was now defended by Mr. Cross, solicitor, of Surrey-street, Strand. The evidence adduced on the former examination having been read over by Mr. Leadlop, the chief clerk, the prisoner's solicitor proceeded to examine the prose cavir as to his identity of the prisoner, but elicited nothing whatever to shako the evidence he oTered on the previous occasion, he (the prolecutor) being confident the prisoner was the man who gagged and robbed him. Several gentlemen who bad been robbed by similar means were in court, but could not distinctly swear that the prisoner was the person who had committed the offence. The prisoner, who persisted in his innocence, was fully committed for trial. SPAIN. The Bulletin de Paris annouces that a German diplomatist, who has just arrived from Madrid, is bearer of the intelligence that the Queen of SPAIN is enceinte. ITALY. The Senate of Piedmont, in its sitting of the 16th, passed the Bill abolishing the laws on primogeniture by a majority of 34 votes , to 19. The Chamber of Deputies continued the discussion on the Bill for the batter protection of lunatics, and organization of lunatic asylums. Letters from Florence, in the Concordia of Turin, state that the Tuscan Cabinet contemplates a further reduction in the Tuscan army, but that the Minister of War is strongly opposed to that measure. The Statute of Florence of the 14th states that the police of that capital had been actively engaged during the three preceding days in searching several book sellers' shops, and that Signor Bianconi, one of the booksellers, has been arrested. lONIAN ISLANDS. Tile National publishes a letter from the lonian Islands, dated the Bth inst., announcing that the Lord High Commissioner had been again obliged to pro rogue the House of Representatives, in order.to pre vent the adoption of the following seditious decree by the Assembly : " Whereas the independence, sovereignty, and nation ality of every people are natu at and iwprescriptible gets;r! Whereas the people of the Seven lonian Islands, forming an inseparable portion of the Hellenic nation, are now deprived of the enjoyment and real exercise of those rights; " Whereas, moreover, the motives for which they wero placed under British protection, in virtue of a treaty to which they never gave any sort of assent, have totally disappeared; " Whereas, finally, a portion of the Hellenic nation to which they belong—that is, independent of Greece—has already reconquered its rights of nationality and sove reignty; " For these reasons the first Free Assembly of the Representatives of the Seven Islands declare:— "That the unanimous, firm, and unalterable wish of the people of the Seven Hellenic Islands is to recover their independence and procure their annexation to their o Nn nation—independent Greece. " This solemn declaration shall be forwarded by a message of the Chamber to the protecting Power, with a request to communicate it to the other European Go vernments, in order that they may combine means fur the speedy execution of the present decree. " Greece (Corfu), Bth December, 1850." The resolution was signed by the following repre sentatives : " Gerasimos Livados, Nathaniel Domeneghinis, An geles Dossyles, Francis liomeneghinis, Elias Zercor, oseph Mon teterratos, Telemachus Paisis, John Jypaldos, Stamatelos Pylarinos, George Jypaldos, Cristodonlos Polandis." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Second Masters—Charles Tapril (1849), to the . Athol steam-ship; Cornelius Fox (1846), to the Queen, 110, flag-ship, Mediterranean, vice Youel, promoted, as already stated; Theophilus J. Jones (1848), to the Amphitrite, 24, at Portsmouth. Masters' Assistants—John Read and W. J. W. Yel land, to the Volcano steam-vessel, fitting at Woolwich; Henry W. Barnett, to the Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. The following appointments have also taken place:— Lieutenant—F. W. Turton (1850), additional to the Queen, flag-ship, Mediterranean. Chief Engineer—John Snell, from the Blenheim, Portsmouth, to the Fisgard, Woolwich. Surgeon—W. H. Bent (1847), to the Fantome. Chaplain—Rev. J. Jenkins (1835), to the Bellerophon 73, Devonport. Mates— W. C. Sullivan, to the Excellent; R. W. Fayrer (1850), late of the Wellesley, to the Fantome, 12, Portsmouth; A. 0. Sutton (1850), and E. B. H. Franklin (1850), additional to the Victory, flag-ship, Portsmouth; A. J. Grey (1850), to the Bellerophon. Asiistant Surgeons—G. M. Sidley (1845), to the Fantome; W. F. Noot (1845), additional to the Victory. COAST GUARD APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants D. B. G. Grant, from Port Sutherland to Cssemates station, vice G.J. S. Winthorp, appointed to the Victory; Robert Hopkine, from Townsbend to Fish ersgste station, in exchange with Augustus Cooper, re moving Mownshend; James Charles Robinson, from Lepe to Burnham-overt'-Staiths, vice Edward Hennah, previously removed; J. R. Thompson, from St. Cathe rine's to Glenrom station, vice William Lyons, appointed inspecting lieutenant, Achil division; C. J. Hippesley, from Haying Island to Port Sutherland, vice D. B. U. Grant. Masters—Hugh John Selater, from Reinuey to St. Catherine's station, vice Lieutenant J. R. Thompson; George Collier, to command the Lcpe station, vice Lieut. James Charles Robinson; Mr. Henry Saunders, late RN., to ammeand the station at Romney, vice Mr. Hugh John Sclater, master, R.N., instead of Bayleek, as pre viously announced; Mr. George Greig, from Blyth Haven to Grand Raloubt station, vice Mr. R. S. Golden, master, RN., on account of ill health. ROYAL MARINE CADETS.—The half-yearly examina tion for mates and marine cadets at the Iteaml Naval College at Pore mouth took place last week, and con cluded on Saturday, when Mr. John Halliday Cave having passed with whole numbers, will bee- entitled to the lieutenant's commission in the Royal navy. Lieut. F. A. Foster has passed au examination for the Marine Artillery corps, and Messrs. 11. E. W. Lane, W. P. S. Dobson, C. F. Short, F. Lean, J. B. Colwell, T. J. W. H. Rawlings, mud henry Swale, marine cadets, fur com missions in the Royal Marines. IMPORTANT Rumouro—There is a rumour afloat that it is the intention of the Admiralty, or rather the Go vernment, to supersede the Order in Council of 1846, fixing the number of captains on the active list to 500, by another Order in Council limieing the estal,lished number to 400, the list to be reduced to that number by promotions of one officer to three vacancies. We are not in a position either to affirm or deny the accuracy of t hi s re p or t, but we may remark that to alter the terms of the Order in Council of 1846, without enlarging the means of retirement for senior officers, would be must unfair and most unjustifiable.—Herald. ROYAL NATAL FEMALE SCHOOL.—Lieut. Tattnall has given an additional donation of thirty guineas to this in utitution. Athell store-ship, Lieut.-Commander Pearse, is or dered from Sheerness to Deptlord, to lead with stores for Ascension. Clarence, 84, was taken out of No. 4 dock at Devon pert on Friday morning, and the Foudroyant, 78, has been taken in to be overhauled. Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill, it was stated, had ar rived at Simon's Bay, Oct. 6. We have reason to be lieve that :his is income:a for we have letters from the Castor at Maul ilia's, Sept. 28. I). sperate screw sloop will be taken cut of dock at Slaeraeai to-day. Eurydice, 26, has bra rt taken into the basin at Ports mouth, preparatory to Leine; ducked. She will ho brought forward for commission. Faetame, I_>, Commander Benny s, has hauled off into the stream at Pot tsmouila to swing her compasses. Ladefatiw ' able, 50, Captain Smart, K. 1 1., has been taken into No. sdeck tit Devonport, to be examined. Sparrow surveying vessel is et Queenstown. Com manner Paver, Lieutenant Aird, and the master, Mr. Halts e, are ergaged in working up and mapping their sue veys. Vulcan iron screw-frigate is ordered to be taken into dock, at Sheerness, this day, in which she Kill remain about three week , . She is ordered to have Giant's dis ;i;lis,g galley, and to be rigged for commission. /0 \lV.seerwitch, 8, Commander Quin, was mustered on aaa • 3* '' - eßeidrt - last, ty Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., Superie- Yea , lent.of C them Yard, and on the fillowiug day was .01,1 , off in ada;riost creditable manner. Two of her petty ttrEars eae llailing and Robert James—were presented With rsect;coOoduct gratuities; the former with 4/. 14s. ; rind tlitsltateeViith 3!. 14s. Corporal French, R.M., was 2 N 4 : THE promoted for his gallantry whilst serving in the boats, under the command of the first lieutenant (Forsyth), at the capture and destruction of a large slaver off Shebar, on July 10, 1849. The Lords of the Admiralty have also promised David Horne, boatswain's mate, who acted with equal gallantry on the same occasion, his promo tion; as also Thomas Moore, B.M. POIITS3rOUTII, SIINDAY.—The Hogue, 56, steam-ship, Captain M'Dougall, sailed yesterday for Queenstown. The chief officers of the Turkish ships have been seeing the sights of London during the past week under the escort of Lieutenant Sir Godfrey Webster, who will shortly take them through the manufacturing districts. The Bey and his junior officers have been very hospit ably received at the Foreign-office, the Admiralty, and elsewhere, and are much gratified with the courtesy shown them. Lieutenant John Reid, First of the Frolic, has ex changed into the Caledonia with Lieutenant Nelson. Lieutenant Pidcock, late of the Frolic, has joined the Caledonia. Lieutenant E. F. Dent, Second of the Frolic, has be come First of that vessel. The Amphitrite, 24, Captain Frederick, is destined to convey assistance to the Behring's Straits Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. First Lieutenant K. Wil son and a party of Royal Marines embarked in her for service yesterday. Extract of a letter from Constantinople, dated De cember 3:—Captain Slade, R.N., is now in the Turkish navy, under the name and title of Mooshaver Pacha, with the special rank in addition of rear• admiral. The Turkish navy is in a ♦ery low condition, and will re quire much time and perseverance to elevate it. The admiral's ship blew up in the harbour on the 22d ult., as you know. The cause has been discovered to have been the firing of 35 barrels of gunpowder. Above 500 people perished in her; about 100 were saved. The wreck lies in nineteen fathoms of water, a cable's length from the arsenal. Mr. Levi, who has been the last three years fishing for brass guns at Scio and Tchesmeh, has come to Constantinople with his schooner, provided with good divers and all the necessary apparatus, including air-pumps worked by steam, for submarine operations in deep watcr. The ordinary air-pump worked by hand is unequal to supply the divers at a depth of nineteen fa thoms. The Turkish naval authorities are in treaty with kim, and are in hopes of coming to terms with him soon. Me calculates it will require two years to clear away the wreck. The ship is very valuable, having been built and fitted with true Fastern extravagance, without regard to expense. The Government offer him one half of the value of the brass, copper, and wood re covered ; 201. for each iron gun, and one-third of the value of all other articles recovered. Should Mr. Levi not agree to the proposal, it will be endeavoured to get some party in England to undertake the work, which can be carried on all the year round. In the meanwhile Mr. Levi has been creeping at the mouth of the harbour for a bag of money which a Frenchman dropped over board from a calque a few days ago, in the act of step ping on board a steamer. He has not found the money, but his divers have stumbled on three brass guns, one of which has been hove up. It is old. A Turkish line of-battle-ship went down about that spot 150 years since. Orders are given fur the Turkish frigate and brig now in Portsmouth harbour to winter in England. We hauled a Turkish frigate on shore a few days ago; it was a dead haul for 600 feet." PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate Phae ton, 50, Captain George Elliott, from Portsmouth, came in yesterday for seamen, and will leave, with the Albion, to-morrow, to join the squadron of evolution at Lisbon. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Locust, Lieutenant-Com mander Curtis, arrived on Friday from Woolwich, and went up harbour to coal; sho will sail on Tuesday for Rio Janeiro, to be under the command of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C. B. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Sprightly, Master G. Allen, arrived from Portsmouth oil Friday with seamen for the Albion, who were the same day paid advance of wages at the pay-office in the dockyard. The Sprightly left for Portsmouth to-day. The Express, 6, packet, is fitting like the "Penguin for ervice on the coast of Africa. A pension of 301. per annum has been granted by the Admiralty to the widow of Mr. Tobias Pa!mer, boa:- swain, found dead on board the Lancaster frigate in Ha moar), en the 24th of November last. Wm. Macy, a policeman, who has been 17 years with an irreproashable character in the dockyard force, was detected on Wednesday evening in the possession of five pieces of copper bolt and some sheet-copper, the pro perty of the Crown. At the examination on Thursday he was admitted out on bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties of 501. each to take his trial for the offence at the quarter sessions. This evening the merchant brig Solway, of Whitby, 300 tons, Captain Hodgson, took shelter in the port after being out seventy-five days vainly struggling to reach New York from Marseilles, which left on the 7th of October with a light cargo of general merchandise and seven passengers. After experiencing a succession of gales, the ship, on the 22d of November, when in 5S deg. west longitude, and within 700 miles of her desired port, encountered a tremendous sea, which broke bul warks and stanchions, swept away boats, water-casks, harness-casks, cookhouse, caboose, spare spars, studding• sail gear, &c., and drowned the cook, an American sub ject, and Anthony Bisset, one of the ship's apprentices. In this disastrous condition, being also short of provisions and having no sufficient cooking apparatus, the crew and passengers refused to proceed, and :he brig bore up far Europe. When scudding before the gale her steering wheel was damaged by the weather. Those on board were reduced to a pint of water each per day until hap pily relieved, on the 17th inst., by the Lady Gough, from Liverpool, the only ship speken, having seen but few after having the Mediterranean. The Greek brig Sottori, Captain Assoteri, from Odessa, with wheat for Cork or Falmouth fur orders, came in to-day, leaky. A seven-inch hawser has been washed off her decks, and the stern-boat from the davits, and her crew have been compelled to throw overboard an anchor and cable to lighten the ship, in consequence of the severity of the weather. Her cargo is heated and damaged, and part at least must be discharged. The barque Nestor, Captain Harper, belonging to this port, arrived to-day with guano from Callao. WOOLWICH, DEC. 21.—The Monkey steam-vessel will leave Woolwich on Monday morning, with a number of shipwrights, joiners, and caulkers on board, for Queenhithe, to make good the defects of the Hercules store-ship, at moorings in that part of the river. The Volcano steam-sloop, Commander Rivers, was taken out of the basin to-day, and is now ready to leave for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted and her powder taken on board. GOSPORT. SUN, " When doctors disagree who shall decide?" The good and loyal people of the equally good town of Gos- port have had lots of food for gossip provided for them during the past week, at the expense of two medical gentlemen of this town, tho friends of whom may justly exclaim, with Shakspere— " A plague on both your houses." It appears from the gatherings and siftings of very con flict-iag testimony, that Mr. Grey having taken Wiener at the imputations cast upon him by the writer of cer tain letters in this journal (which have been further erpetuated in a pamphlet), to which the names of " Clericus" and Mr. Keeley %ere severally ap pended, took it into his head that Mr. Keeley's :princi pal, Mr. Butcher, web the real incendiary in the mattes of the inflammable missives made use of to his discom fort, and accordingly having demanded from the latter individual cessation from such annoyance and received no comfort therefrom, ho threatened to horsewhip him. at the same time offerir.g him the choice of a " meeting" on the spot so fatal to the duellists who last occupied it— Browndown. As, however, Mr. Butcher did not under stand being " butchered" in that way, nor liking the possibility of being game for powder instead of powder making game for him at this festive season, declined— Whether as a matter of principle, or discretion in another sense, we do not wish to know, and the consequence of this was, that an information haying been given before the justices of the warlike intentions of Mr. Grey, a warrant was issued requesting his attendance before their worships to answer the charge of inviting Mr. Butcher to his own slaughter, and thereby putting that practitioner in `• bodily (and mental) fear," as the statute terms it. Mr Gi fly was accordingly waited upon by Inspector Martie (of the local police) and assistant:, and in due course lodged i❑ durance, and ultimately bound over, himself in 100/., and two sureties in the amount of 501. cech, te, keep the peace for the term of six month towards his brother practitioner. So ended the " fully of a day." We wonder what engines of destruction the doughty belligerents in this war of words would have used, had their views of their wrongs coincided to an extent to have determined them to face each other in - hostile strife,—we should suggest mortars as the most appro. priste; but if they did not relish that mode of " com pounding" their grievances, we would give them the op tion of " bleeding"—by the purse as well as the nose. This would bring matters to a speedy "issue."—Forts mouth 'limes and Naval Gazette. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 21. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The Rev. C. D. Kebbell, 8.A., formerly of this college, has been appointed to the curacy of Pitsford, Northamptonshire. Mr. R. R. Watts, Commoner of University College, has been elected a Math' matical Exhibitioner of that college. ORIEL COLLEGE.—The Rev. F. M. Edgell, M.A., of this college, has been appointed to the curacy of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London. NEW COLLEGE.—Mr. W. Ridding, Scholar of this college, has been admitted an Actual Fellow. BRASENOSE COLLEGE.—The Rev. H. W. Maddock, M.A., late Fellow of this college, has been nominated to the perpetual curacy or All Saints', St. John's-wood, London. CHRIST Ciruncu.— The Very Rv. the Dean will preach at Christ Church on Christmas-day. The Rev. 'l'. F. H. Bridge, M.A,, of Christ Church, rector of St. John's, Newfoundland, has been appointed the first Archdeacon of Newfoundland and Labrador. ST. JOHN'S COLLGE.—The Rev. D. Mapleton, 8.A.. of this Cellege, has been nominated to the perpetual c•.,racy of Meanwood, Leeds. NVADITAM COLLEGE.—Tbe Rev. C. C. Domville, M.A., of this College, has been instituted to the reciory of Net tleton, WORCESTER COLLEGE.—Mr. Steele Commoner of this College, has be en elected Bible eleili• and Mr. T. B. Heekc-n, Councner, under-librarian. MAGDALEN HALL. —The Rev. C. D. Reade, 8.A., for monly of this hall, has been pr esen t e d to the vicarage f Stov..-Beden, Nortolk. twenty vessels haw BLIIDLIINGTON QUAY.—Nearly been on the rocks near ,lamborough. Lighthouses during the foggy weather, wh ich has prevailed to such an extent since the commencement of the present month. There being little wind, and the sea smooth, they were eventually a ll h ove off, more or less damaged.—lorkshire Gazette. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, actual traffic when the line is completed be less than the amount calculated, and the working expenses be greater, the per-centage alluded to may become a serious charge on the various parishes. The South-Eastern Company would no doubt be very glad to have 4 per cent. gua ranteed on their 9,000,0001. of expenditure by the pa ri.hes through which the lines and branches pass; but it is evident that 90,000/. a year would prove a very undesirable charge on the various parishes, in order to raise the dividend of the shareholders from 3 to 4 per cent. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The published traffic returns of railways in the United Kingdom during the 49 weeks of the present year ending the 7th of December, shows that the aggregate receipts amounted to 12,036,170/ on 6,240 miles of railway. For the corresponding period of 1849 the receipts amounted to 10,397,6001. on 5,160 miles, showing an increase in the gross receipts of 1,638,5704, or 15.8 per cent , and in the mileage at the end of the 49 weeks of 1,080 miles. The average receipts per mile for the 49 weeks in 1850 amounted to 2,1111., and in the corresponding period of 1849 to 2,1831., showing a falling off in the receipts per mile of 72L, or only 3.3 per cent. on an increase in the mileage of 20.9 per cent. TICKETING FUR SHOPS. At Marlborough-street, on Saturday, Colonel Short, the hon. secretary of the House of Charity, Rose-street, accompanied by Miss Earl, the matron, applied for a summons against a tradesman in Oxford street, under these circumstances : Colonel Short stated that Miss Earl, having been commissioned to select a boa for a young friend, went on Friday into Oxford-street, and entered a fur shop, intending to make a purchase if she found an article to suit her. She was shown some boas, but none would suit, and, though very much pressed to make a purchase, she persisted in leaving the shop. She walked into another shop, followed, however, by some person from the shop she had just quitted, and made a purchase at the second shop. As she came out, the person from the first shop touched her on the shoulder, and asked her to go back to his shop, as a boa had been missed, which she was suspected to have sto!en. The person said there were seven boas placed on the coun ter before her, and six only were found after she had left the place. Miss Earl immediately con sented to return to the shop, and when there sent for 'he warden, a clergyman, to whom her character was known. The persons belonging to the shop wished her to go up stairs and be searched by one of the females belonging to the establishment. Miss Earl refused to leave the shop, or to allow herself to be searched until the warden had arrived. As soon as the warden came she said she was quite willing to be searched, and she did undergo some kind of searching operation, but of course no boa was found. The person belonging to the shop said, in the war den's presence, that eight boas had been placed on the counter, and that only seven were found. Colonel Short said his motive for bringing the case forward was to protect the public, and ladies especi ally, who went into ticketing shops in Oxford-street, from being either imposed upen, treated with rude ness or violence, or subjected to a charge of felony, if they would not make a purchase. Miss Earl was a person of unblemished character ; and as he was made acquainted with the facts, he brought her to the court to make an application for a summons. Mr. Hardwick asked Miss Earl whose shop she re ferrei to? Miss Earl replied the name of Stockbridge was over the shop. _ _ Mr. Hardwick said the assault was the touch on the shoulder, but, under the circumstances, he hardly thought such a charge could be sustained. The real offence was detaining Miss Earl on a charge of felony. However, if there was evidence enough to make out a case of assault, the penalty which a magistrate could inflict would hardly be a sufficient punishment. He should advise the aggrieved party to apply to an at torney, who would, no doubt, recommend an action to be brought in the County Court for damages. The parties thanked the magistrate, and left the court. A NEW MODE OF POACHING. To say nothing of the various systems of wiring, snaring, trapping, and shooting, usually employed by man, there is one mode of netting—although many are practised—that is not much known, and seems to de serve especial notice from its destructive character, and the success with which it is frequently attended. Two or three poachers, disguised in respectable attire, travel about the country in a gig or dog-cart, accompanied by a single pointer or setter. One of the party alights at the outskirts of a village or country town, and proceeding to the public room of the nearest tavern, soon falls into con versation with some of the unsuspecting inhabitants ; and passing himself off as " an intelligent traveller," or keen sportsman, about to pay a visit to the neighbouring squire, soon obtains sufficient local in formation for his purpose. The other "gentlemen" have in the meantime put up their horse and gig at an inn in a_ different quarter, and while discussing their brandy-and-water at the bar have " pumped" the landlord of all the news likely to prove useful to th , fraternity. At a certain hour in the evening the trio meet by appointment at some pre-arranged spot out side the village, and commence operations. After com paring notes, the most promising ground is selected. A dark night and rough weather are all in their favour. The steady old pointer, with a lantern round his neck, is turned into a stubble field, and a net of fine texture, but tough materials, is produced from a bag in which it has hitherto been closley packed. 'The light passes quickly across the field—now here, now there, like a Will-o' the-Wisp—as the sagacious dog quarters the ground rapidly, yet with as much care and precision as if he were working for a legitimate sportsman in open day. Suddenly it ceases to move, then advances slowly, stops, moves once more,and at last becomes stationary. Two of the men then take the net,and making a circuit until the) arrive in front of the dog, shake out the meshes,and place it in a proper position on the ground. Then standing opposite to each other, and holding either end of the string, they draw it slowly and noiselessly over their quadruped ally—whose exact position is indicated by the lantern—frequently capturing at the same time an unsuspecting covey huddled together within a few inches of his nose. When this operation is carried on by experienced hands, an entire manor may be effectu ally stripped of partridges in an incredibly short space of time. Gloucester Journal. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. The only bets laid as yet have been 600 to 100 agst Prime Minister, and 50 to 1, in fifties, agst Balsamo, for the Darby, and 500 to 10 agst Wallflower for the Chester Cup. THE SCREW V. THE PADDLE-WHEEL—The rapid strides that are making in the improved construction of screw steamers, leads to the belief that ere long they will almost entirely supersede paddle boats. The Admiral paddle-wheel steamer, of about 700 tons and 300 horse-power, left Greenock at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She was followed shortly afterwards by the Arno, a new screw boat, of 750 tons and 150 horse-power, designed and built by Messrs. Wood and Reid at Port Glasgow, and intended for the Mediterranean trade. The Admiral had a start of from two to three miles, and during the passage down the Clyde gained a little on her adversary, owing to a strong head wind whicl prevailed. On getting into more open water, under a little alteration of the course of each vessel the more ample spread of canvass by the screw boat told greatly on her speed, and she gained considerably on the Ad miral. When off the Isle of Man they were within a mile of each other, which distance was maintainer until they reached the Bell-buoy; and here they had to lay-to and tike pilots on beard, having mid , the run in sixteen hours and a quarter, a remark ably short passage. The Astrologer, from Con stantinople, hitherto considered the fastest boat out of Liverpool, arrived cff the bar at the same time, am' started for the port more than a mile a-head of tin Arno, but she was speedily overhauled before reaching the Crosby Light.hip. The Arno'a engines attaiace an average of sixty revolutions per minute. They were made by Messrs. Thomson, of Clyde Bank Foundry, one of whom, Mr. George Thom son, was on board to superintend their working. Th( Arno took a turn up the river, proceeding as far as thf Sloyne, her beautiful appearance and symmetry of mod& exciting the admiration of those who saw her. We may mention, as an important fact in connexion with the above trial, that the Arno was very: deep, !having up wards of six hundred tons dead weight of coals on board. Mr. John Wood, builder of the royal mail steam-ship Europa, was the constructor of ,the Arno.—Liverpool Albion. MANCHESTER FREE GERMAN SCHOOL.—On Wed nesday, the 17th inst., the Rev. Nicholas Germon, M.A., High Master, was presented by the scholars of the upper classical department with a handsome silver epergne. AD appropriate speech was made on the occasion by the senior scholar ( Cawley), which was duly acknowledged by the Rev. the High Master PROPOSED EXTENSION OF COTTON MANUFACTO SUES IN THE VICINITY OF LIVERPOOL.—We have received a statement of a rather curious, but interesting, character bear ing on the realization of some important commercial fruits from the Rivington Pike Scheme; to the effect, that, on the introduction of water from that district, numerous cotton manufactories Nvill be erected around Liverpool capable of employing vast numbers of her poor and young criminal classes advantageously to themselves and the community. Hitherto, it is stated, such manufactories have not existed because of the unfitness of our existing water supplies for the secondary process of dyeing goods after being spun; but with the new water this obstacle will disappear, and conse quently it is expected that capitalists from various parts of Lancashire, finding that,they may now " locate" their enter prises in this vicinity without subjecting themselves to the charges arising from the transmisiion of their productions to the Manchester dye-house, will at no very distant period seize on the great advantages offered by Liverpool in other respects.—Liverpool RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MID KENT AND DOVER. —This line is promoted by a body of landowners, who have consented to act as a pro visional board of trustees, and for the landowners gene rally along the line, who, it is said, are willing to gua rantee a minimum rate of interest on the capital, not ex ceeding two per cent., if the profits of the railway are insufficient to pay four per cent. The trustees consider that the guarantee will be merely a nominal affair, pre suming that the line will be ch. aply constructed, under special contract, and that the receipts will be more than suflicieat to cover the current expenses and interest at four per cent. It is expected that the project will be opposed by the South-Eastern Company. The land owners, it is stated, have resolved to obtain an Act for constructing the line at all hazsrds, so as to wary railway accommodation to the district through which it is intended to pass. Emissaries representing both parties are on the alert in every parish, and vestry meetings are taking place to test the general opinion of the parishioners on the subj,ct. Yesterday a meet ing took place in the retry of the parish of Bapchild, having been convened to consider the propriety cf opposing the proposed railway." A resolution, re commendirg " that the several landowners to be affected by is should dissent from the proposed plan," was put to the meeting, and lost; and an amendment, proposed by Mr. J. Lake, declaring " that no opposition should be offered, but every facility afforded," was declared by the chairman, Mr. W. Gascoyne, to be carried. Should tt e landowners succeed in obtaining 'their Bill, and ulti mately find that this railway, like all other railways, should coat a larger amount than they estimate, and the PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVEUT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20. ZOINT-STOCZ MANMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. Australasia •••••• • • • • 245. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - BritshNorth American 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon ...... ••••• • • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial . - Gloucestershire ••• • • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian ........ •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westmlnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 28 - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .•• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • • 151. per cent. 20 0 9 10 0 0 - South Australia •• •• •• , 61 , per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australla• •• • ' 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto ........ • • • • • • , GI. per cent. - 2 10 0 Jrdon. of London .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12% - Union of Madrid ..... , .-40 0 0 40 0 0 - INBIIIIS2.a.NCE COIIMP.a.NZES. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per A s. d. A 11. 4. Annum. Sh o ar f e. Paid. Price ilbion .. -••..•• •• • • 2/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Ullance Brit. and For. 7114s6d&bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 2134 Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 N Atlas . Argus Life .... .• •• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial .. Th. 64.1. 50 5 0 50 e 734 Clericl,Medis Gen. Life spr ct.Ez bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 J3unty .............. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 86 Crown •............. 14s. 50 0 0 5 A 0 14% Eagle European Life .. .. 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11 General •• -.. ...... - - 50 0 534 Globe • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 133 Guardian --..•• • • • • 51. & bonus. 100 0 0 48 0 0 55 Imperial Fire .....• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 '230 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 163 E Indemnity Marine.... 11. eh. & ba. 100 0 0 20 0 0 43 Law Fire ............ _ 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life•• •••••• •• .. 1/. 163. 100 0 0 10 0 0 4334 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 434 Licensed Victuallers - - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% London Ship ......... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17T Niarine .. ..... •..... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 Ifed.lnvlld & Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 234 National Lan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2X iational Life - Palladium Life ..... l'hcenix .. •• .. .... - - 155 Professional Life 5l. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 16e.00 Provident Life Lock Lifc se. 80 0 010 0 6 1 4 loyal Exchanle 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. - 211 tun Fire.. - - 209 Date Life . 11. 6s. - - 48 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 40 6 a% 'aiverial Life........ 10% ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ictoria Life . - 4 12 6 b WILTER-AVORIEI3. , Dividend Amount --" Name of Company. per of Paid. Annum. Share. ---- £ 8. d. X a. d. East London...—. —8/. per cent. 100 0 0 Grand Junction •• .• • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 itent................ 31.105. 100 0 0 Lambeth ............ i 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 New Myr Lndn lirdge 21.108. Vauxhall ............ 51. per cut. 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . ; 61.05. pr cnt. DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ I. d. Commercial .......... 4/. pr cent. Stock. Sast and West Int , a ... 6/. pr cent. Stock. gest Countr London. Ditto 80nd5.... •• 41. per cent. ALlCatharine .... •• • • 4 per cent. Stock. Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. Southampton .. —— 121. per cent. 80 0 0 50 0 0 BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Annum. Share. --- _ Z. 8. d. Z. a. d. Charing -cross• • •. •• •• iouthwrk .......... 100 0 0 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 358. per cent. 50 0 0 Waterloo ...• • • .... • • 100 0 0 Ditt) Old Ann. of t/. 11. 4s. Od. 60 0 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. 40 0 0 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 8 .t s. d. X 2. d. Price. Price. _ 119( Price CANALS. 41 Names of ~.. Dividend Price. Names of i Dividend Companies. A per 1 Censpanies. a \ per An nuls. Price. an Annum., so , ----- -- - - Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21.105. 50 Barnsley• •• • 160 121. 180 Neatb -•• • • 100 161. 340 grknk&Abrg 1501 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 , 201. 188 Birmingham 40, 4/. 86 Peak Fo r est. 78 31. 18e. 70 Coventry.. •• 100 251. 200 Regent's.... 33 ' 11. Os. 18% Derby ••• • • 100 1 61. 03 Rochdale.... 651 41. 42 Ellscnre&Chs 133, 355. 26% Somrset Coal 1 5 01 71.105. - irandJunctn 100, 41. 65% Do.LkFdgt 12161. p. o. - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 7% , - 8 . 4 Stffrill&Worc 140 1 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 33 5 Sh rews b ury.. 1251 - jrand Union 100, 11. 10s. 24 Stourbrldge- 145 20/. 290 Kennt& Avn 39 7s. 64. 4 Severnandl Lancaster . 100 41. 32 Wye Rail. t Leeds& Livrp 100 241. 325 Warwick& 2 6 31. Os. 24 Leicester.... 100 51. 66 Rirming. j 10C 41. 64% Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 48% Warwick& J 100 31. 42 Loughboregh 142 701. 510 N ap t on.. idonmouthsh 100 8 1. - Worcstr & 1 qntgemryshlloo - - Bi nn i ng 78 31. 4054 Nteltnillybry , 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 1 Is. 6% GAS-LIGHT AND COEE COMP.II.IITX: Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A. a. d. A. a. d. British ••••••• • •• • • •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto Provincial •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 17% Wighton ••••••• • • • •• 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. •• •• 6/. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - JontinentalConsolidat. 925. '75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable. •••••• • • • • • 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial .• .. •••• • • • • 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 Zndependent ... ••• • •• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 45 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -- - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., PaH. Preference Gl. 25 0 0 210 0 - Phoenix .••-••• • •• • • 4 %1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 28% Ratcliff .. •• -..•••• • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General •• •• •• U. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15% Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 48% Ditto, New ••••-• • • 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9% %la . : OP SCOTTISEI 0 01WPANIES' PRICIri - ---- - Divif an d Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .--- --.-.- _- - £ a. d. £ 5. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2f2 Jaledonian Bank •• .•• Pl. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 31. 2 . City of Glasgow Bank '4l. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% lydesdale Bank •• •••• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 6 13% 2ommercial Bank •• -7/. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 175 Eastern Bank.. •••• .• 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 91. Is. Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4% Exehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. ' lOO 0 0 50 0 0 1 3% National Bank 1% per cent. '5O 0 0 10 0 0 15% Northof Scotlandßant 4 / .percent . 20 0 0 5 0 ON. 115. Royalllank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 133 Unionßsuak of Scotland 91. per cent 100 0 0 50 0 0 8834 Western Bask ........ 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 21% Alliance Fire and Life 3341. pr cent 10 0 0 10 ~ .1 0 20N dritish Guarantee .... 41. per rent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 19s no Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. I7a joionial Life - . .... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 11.125. Edinburgh Life Incur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 2054 Cng. & Scot, Law Life 61. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 I 2% Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 245.0 d North British Incur... 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 26 Scottish Union Insruca. Al. pr cent. 20 . 0 0 1 0 0 245.6 d standard Life ...... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 10 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 175 6d MISCEIMAXf MOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- -- -- £. a. d. E. a. d. Assam Tea ........ .. - 20 0 0 10 0 0 414 Lucti•n Mart- -.•- 2/. 55. 50 0 0 - 28 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 1554 Australian Trust •• .. 6:. per cent. - 35 0 0 20 , 4 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20U Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0 5 British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Canala ............. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 1 32 10 0 44 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - - Ditto ditto .... 6', per cent. - -1/ 6 City Navigation Bonds 3f per cent. - - 96 Gen. Rovers. & Invest. sp. c.S; bs, 2/ 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 yo Equitable Rerersionry 5 p.c. & bs. 5 , 100 0 0 1100 0 0 108 Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 - 50% Gen.StaamNavigation 11.85. 15 0 0 14 0 0 275 Hudson's Bay.. ...... - Stock. - - ilunger ford ...... -.. 21. ss. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution .•• - - 178 15 0 - New Zealand Company - 25 0 0, 25 0 0 - Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 - Peninslr&Orient.Stm. 81. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 90 Reversionary Int. Soc. 041. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 101 Royal Mail Steam.. - 41. p. share. 100 0 0, 60 0 0 70 South Australian... - 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 Van Dieman's Land. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 - [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CompIaints of the Stomach, Indigestion, and Sick Headaches, cured by Holloway's Pills. —This extraordinary medicine will effect cures after every other remedy has been tried in vain. Persons suffering in any way from general debility, sick headaches, bile, stomach or liver complaints, may rest assured that a course of these p;Ils will effect a radical cure, however bad their cases may be, as it is confidently asserted that this medicine acts so directly upon the very mainsprings of life that no disease, however severe, can resist its influence ; every one, therefore, who is subject to any of the above mentioned disorders should have recourse to Holloway's Pills. —Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Dec. 21. (Before Lord CRANWORTH.) CHAMBERS V. TAYLOR. Mr. TAYLOR mentioned the application which be had made a few days back for the discharge of the defendant from custody,,9 4 who had been in prison for upwards of fifteen years for a contempt of the Cuurt in not putting in his answer. The contempt had been cleared by payment of costs in 1836, and since the last application all the phlintiffs in the cause had been served with notice of the motion. His LORDSHIP inquired why the prisoner had chosen to remain in custody so long, observing that it could hardly be other wise than his own obstinacy, of which the process of this court would have the discredit. Mr. TAYLOR said it was rather from the ignorance of the prisoner, and from the oversight of those who visited the prison under Sir Edward Sugden's Act. His LORDSUIP said if the defendant had been de sirous of leaving the prison it could rarely have hap p, tied that he would not have learnt from some person his right to be discharged. He made the order. DECEMBER 23, 1850. PALMER V. PALMER. Mr. BETHEL; (with whom was Mr. Fooks) moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant from vend ing candles in packages having labels resembling the parcels of metallic wick candles sold by the plaintiff. The names of the plaintiff and defendant being the same, and there being no question that the defendant s.. , ts entitled to use his own name, the only matter to be argued was whether the lables used by the defend ant were imitations of those adopted by the plaintiff, and so calculated to mislead purchasers. The defend ant by his affidavit stated that by the labels which be used his candles " were not designed, devised, or in • tended to be represented as the plaintiff's metallic wick candles." Mr. Itour and Mr. WELFOBD, for the defendant, argued that there was no ground for the injunction. The defendant had distinctly negatived any attempt at imposition. He was willing to adopt any label or description which would be satisfactory to the plain tiff, and only desired to be free to conduct his own business in his own name without danger of being involved in litigation. His LoausuiP said he remembered a case in which he had, as counsel, applied to Lord Cottenham on be half of a conveyance company to restrain other parties from using omnibuses painted with the same colours and the same in external appearance as those used by the company. The Lord Chancellor had in that case granted the injunction at his house in vacation, and the defendant, who was present in person, before leaving the house, had addressed Lord Cottenham wkh this question, "My Lord, what colour am I to pint my busses ?" That was a question, however, which his Lordship was not called upon to answer. Mr. HOLT said that in such a case the Court would, no doubt, consider that the adoption of the colour and external symbols was evidence of an attempt to mis lead. In this case the defendant had no alternative but that of using his own name ; he was also of ne cessity obliged to describe the contents of the parcels of candles and the quality. This involved the nEceu sity of introducing the words "metallic wicks." The colour of the label also was necessarily different from the outside wrapping of the parcel. In every respect the conduct of the defendant had been unexception able, and be ought not to be burdened with the ex pense of this suit. _ _ _ His LORDSHIP said there was nothing to prevent a tradesman from putting his own name or symbol upon his shop or wares. That was an early praotice in business, still preserved with regard to inns, and formerly adopted generally in other trades in this city, and if one tradesman had adopted a certain sign it would not follow that another tradesman might not in ordinary cases still adopt and use the same sign ; but if a parson bad by his skill and industry acquired celebrity in any art or manufacture, that celebrity was the reward of his exertions, and another party would not be permitted to adopt the peculiar symbol which be had attached to such productions of his la bour, and thereby deprive him of his just reward. This Court regarded it as a fraud upon the party who had given to that mark or symbol its peculiar value if another party so used it as to lead pur chasers of the article to believe that they were buy ing the goods of the original vendor of the com modity, when they were, in:fact, buying the goods of another person. It was difficult or impossible to lay down by any definition a priori what would be an adoption of the mark or symbol appropriated by another man—that could only be de termined when the circumstances arose, as in the omnibus case to which he had referred. Lord Cot tenham in that case said, " I shall not tell you how you may paint your omnibuses, but you must not so paint them as to lead the public to believe when they get into them that they are entering the omni buses of another company." In this case, if the cir cumstances were before him as a juryman, he should feel bound to say that this was such an adoption of the plaintiff's label as this Court would not permit. It might possibly be an advantage to the defendant that his name was the same as that of the plaintiff. But this did not depend on the mere name : there was the size and disposition of the words, the colour of the label—all calculated to convey the impression that the candles were the same. It was suggested that the colour was different, and this being rather alight day, it certainly did appear that the colour of the defend ant's label was of rather a lighter shade, but in this there was so little difference that in ordinary circum stances it would not be distinguishable. The injunc. tion must be granted. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 21. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord CAMPBELL and a Special Jury.) DANIEL V. CHALLIS AND ANOTHER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Several witnesses were then called in support of the defendant's case. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having replied, Lord CAMPBELL summed up the evidence. His LORDSHIP said the present was an action against the sheriffe of Middlesex, in which it was alleged that, under an execution against the goods of James Bohn, they had seized the goods of the plain tiff, Mr. Daniel, and the plaintiff sought to recover the value cf the goods so unlawfully taken in execu tion. The main question for them to consider would be, whether the plaintiff Daniel consented to this exe • cution. That the goods belonged to the plaintiff down to the time of the execution, there could be no doubt. By the deeds of January and August, 1846, they were conveyed to him upon trust to pay Captain Long, Sze., so that the legal interest in the property was transferred to the plaintiff, and nothing had been done to divert it. The counsel for the defendants had said that there had been no conversion, because Sloman had merely made a catalogue of the goods and executed a bill of sale ; but he (Lord Camp bell) should direct them (the jury) that if they believed that the plaintiff had not consented to the execution, he was entitled to the verdict, for in that case there had been a wrongful conver sion of the goods. The putting a man in possession and making the bill of sale was a conversion. The question then was, whether the plaintiff consented ; and it was incumbent on the defendants to prove that the goods were taken with the plaintiff's consent. The evidence upon that point appeared to be all one way. Hoare said he never mentioned the execution either to the plaintiff or to Captain Long, although, strange to say, the latter came to London in De cember, 1846, and passed several days at Hoare's house. It was clear, then, that Captain Long did not consent. The question then was, did the plaintiff consent ? Now, the plaintiff's examination at the Court of Bankruptcy had been put in evidence, and in that examination he said, " I did not authorise any hostile proceedings against Mr. Bohn ; but I re quested Hoare to obtain a judgment. I did not au thorise the execution. It is not my act." The money had not been paid over to Long or Daniel, so that it did not appear that there had been either a prior authority or a subsequent ratification. His Lordship then referred to Hoare's letter of the 7th of December, and observed that the writ had been sued out in the February preceding, and was sent to the Sheriff's-office on the 12th of November, before Mr. Daniel's name had been effaced from the shop front, which took place on the 11th of De cember. It was strange that in that letter of the 7th of December Hoare should not have stated in express terms what was done. All he said was, " I have taken possession of Bohn's securities." That did not convey the information that a fi. fa. had been issued, nor did the plaintiff's answer show that he understood that information had been given him of an execution having been levied. He said, "I am sorry Bohn has turned out bad. I hope you will not be a loser by him." Was that evidence that the plaintiff knew that Hoare had taken possession of the plaintiff's goods, as well as those of Bohn ? It seemed to him (Lord Campbell) that it was not; but the jury would judge of the effect of it. They would see whether that was evidence of any thing like a general authority. Of that there was very slender evidence ; but as it was a question of fact, he would leave it to the jury. Supposing their verdict should be for the plaintiff, the next question would be as to the amount of the damages. That would depend on whether they should be of opinion that Sloman was acting in collusion with Hoare, and whether or not he entered under the fi. fa. on the 12th of November, for if so, the plaintiff would be entitled to the full value of the goods seised, as well as of those sold to Sotheby and Leslie, including the property which had been destroyed. They would, however, require strong evidence before they came to that conclusion. Sloman had stated that he was not at St. James's-street on the 12th of November; but he might have made a mistake about that, as there could be no doubt that he was there. But he (Lord Campbell) must caution the jury against coming to the c onc l us i on f rom t h at circumstance that the writ was executed on that day. If he did not enter till the 10th of December, and left on the 24th, the jury must confine their damages to the goods comprehended in the bill of sale, and could not give the plaintiff damages for the property which had been removed before the 10th. The only evidence of collusion was the fact that Sloman was at the house on the evening of the 12th of November. If the jury should be of opinion that there had been collusion, the plaintiff would be entit!ed to the value of the stock on the 12th of November ; but if there had been no collusion, the damages must be limited to the value of the books contained in the bill of sale. Mr. Bohn had stated the value of the books to he 14,6001., that being the retail price to his customers. Toe books were 26,000 in number, and had been valued by Mr. Price, the auctioneer, at 1,5001. It was clear that the party einp'oa ed was not a fit per son to make the valuation, which had been made in a hasty, slovenly, and ignorant manner; and ho (Lord Campbell) was sorry that Sloman had not taken greater precautions than he appeared to have done. His LORDSHIP here recalled Mr. Bohn, who stated that the value of the property belonging to Daniel's trust in the bill of sale was 7,075/. 9s , including cer tain property which had been seized by the ground landlord. There were also in the bill of sale 4,121 articles denominated " various," which he valued at 3,9061., making a total of about 10,9821. Lord CAMPBELL (in allusion to a bill of exceptions which had been handed up by the defendants' coun sel) then said, lam told that I ought to direct you that the damages ought to be merely nominal ; but I direct you that they ought to he according to your judgment of the value of the goods. The jury then retired for about 20 minutes, and on their retur❑ into court, gave a verdict for the plain tiff, with 5,0001. damages. In answer to questions from his LORDSHIP, they stated their opinion that the defendants had wrong fully taken possession of the plaintiff's goods ; that the plaintiff had not consented to the execution, and that the execution commenced on the 10th of De cember. Lord CAMFBELL then said he had ne.thirg more to do than to wish the jury a merry Christmas and a happy new year. POLICE IN TEL LI GEN CE BOW-STREET. Mrs. Flemming, Mr. Montague (her son in-law), and others, who lately interested themselves in the prosecution of Adolphe de Werdinski, a Pole, on a charge of brutal and unnatural treatment of a child, named Mary Ann Richards, with whom he had cohabited since she was 10 years of age, now waited upon Mr. Jardine to ask his advice under the follow iec, circumstances : follow ing the committal of the prisoner from Bow-street to take his trial at the Middlesex sessions, inquiry was made respecting the persons to whom the clerks were to look for the fees due on drawing up the indictment. Sergeant Thompson, the officer who had the management of the case, stated that the prosecu • trix, Mary Ann Richards, was of course wholly destitute, and neither Mrs. Flemming, the lady who had kindly given the girl a home sinee she rsn away from Werdinski, nor Mr. Montague, who had been already put to some expense and much trouble in the matter, could be expected to make themselves respon sible for the expenses attending the prosecution. All the witnesses were present at the Middlesex sessions, and were kept there until the business was over, and the grand jury was discharged without any indict ment against Werdinski having been placed before them. Consequently the prisoner Werdinski was discharged by proclamation. An excuse was mule to Sergeant Thompson to the effect that the delay arose from some omission or error in the indictment, but it was sufficiently obvious that the non•payment of the fees was the real cause of the extraordinary occur- rence. Mr. JARDINE had every sympathy with the com plaint of the parties, and much regretted the useless result of the trouble to which they had been put in the matter. Probably Thompson, the constable, would be able to collect the witnesses together again at the next sessions to prefer the charge against Werdimki, who might again be apprehended. Mrs. Flemming inquired if anything could be done for the girl Richards, who was now thrown upon her for support. Mr. JARDINE directed that 1/. should be given from the poor-box. WORSHIP-STREET. A young woman, named Elizabeth Bate:, an inmate of Shoreditch workhouse, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with the following vindictive attack upon Mary Hawkins, another of the inmates of the same establishment : The complainant, the fore part of whose head was bandaged over with adhesive plaister, and who ap peared to be much debilitated by the injuries she had sustained, stated that about two o'clock on the pre ceding day, as she was about to leave the dining hall in the workhouse after the paupers had finished their dinners, the prisoner commenced assailing her with the most abusive epithets for accepting a quantity of fruit from a young man she had acci dentally met while out on the preceding day. She assured her that it was only a single apple that had been so presented to her, and whether from jealousy, or what it was witness did not know, but, the instant she had uttered the words, the prisoner caught up a knife from the table, and exclaiming with a horrible oath that she would stick it into her skull, immedi ately hurled it at her with such force that the sharp point of the blade cut through her cap, and, burying itself in her head, remained firmly fixed there. Seve ral of the bystanders who had witnessed the pri soner's conduct hastened to her assistance, and pulled the knife out of her head ; but the wound it had in • flicted was of so serious a description that a stream of blood instantly poured down her neck and completely saturated her clothes. The medical officer of the workhouse happened unfortunately to be absent at the time, but one of the nurses was sent for, and she having stopped the hcemorrhage as well as she could, the prisoner was taken into custody and lodged in the station. Hannah Hale, one of the inmates, who had drawn the knife out of the complainant's hand, deposed to the malicious manner in which the injury had been inflicted ; and Benjamin Elmslie, the superintendent of labour, stated that the prisoner had been repeatedly committed to prison for outrageous acts of insubordi nation and violence, and that upon taking her into custody upon the present occasion she broke away from his grasp, and, rushing ag4in at ihe injured woman, declared that she was determined to be sent to Nowgate on her account, and that if she got over that wound she would take very good care to do for her effectually the next opportunity that presented itself. When called up on f or h er d e f ence the pr i soner, who exhibited not the slightest contrition for her outrageous violence, sullenly answered that she did not wish to say anything, and Mr. HAMMILL, after giving directions for the girl Hawkins t o b e p l ace d i n the infirmary of the work house, under the care of the medical attendant, or dered the prisoner to be committed until that day week, and to afford time for ascertaining the result of the injury the complainant had sustained. ciERKENWELL. The capture of one of the " Hackett gang" was effected between two and three o'clock on Saturday morning, in Islington, by Police-constable Geoder ham, 433 N division, under circumstances which en title him to considerable praise as a brave and excel , lent officer. On Friday night, about the hour of twelve, a lady, residing in Canonbury-villas, was alarmed by seeing from her bedroom window two or three men lurking about the gardens adjacent, and, feeling conscious that their designs were evil, she sent off a message to the station•house of - the district, and several active policemen were speedily dispatched to the spot, but they were unable to make any discovery beyond the strong evidence, through footmarks, that the lady had had good reason to he terrified and aroused to a sense of danger. After scouring the im mediate vicinity, the officers were, in part, dispersed —a sufficient force being left in reserve in case of further necessity ; and, about the time first stated, the attention of Gooderham was drawn to a rustling noise in the grounds attached to Belinda. cottages, Canon bury, where lie concealed himself for about a quarter of an hour, when he observed two men throw over a wall a rope, to which was affixed a sort of grappling iron to secue it, to enable them to ascend or descend, and, without making any alarm, he boldly rushed upon them, and caught each firmly by the collar, tripping them up at the same time, and bringing them to the ground. A fearful struggle followed, the officer being almost instantly seized by his stock, and so clicked as to be incapable of calling for help. He however struggled on, enduring much suffering from suffocation, blows, and kick., until he had again succeeded in throwing them, when he lost his grasp of one of the ruffians, who escaped, minus the skirts of his coat. Gooderham now sprang his rattle, and speedily obtaining assistance, had the fel low conveyed to the station• house, and made search after his companion, but unluckily he had got clear away. In the course of the day he was taken before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at this court, where the officer exhi bited the skirts, and one of the most complete sets of instruments used by thieves that ever was seen, which latter he found on the accused ; and near the spot where he captured him there were also two life-pre servers and some gags. The prisoner is a determined athletic fellow, about twenty-five years old. As he refused to give his name and address, the worthy Magistrate had him put back until the arrival of some of the detective force of other divisions, when he was eventually recognized by Sergeant Walker, 118 M, Lockerby, of the S division, and Collins, 59 N, as o ne of the Hackett school o f t hi eves, and cs the com panion of " the Doctor," " the Cuuntryman," and Betsy Beker," the ruffians recently sentenced to transportatien for the burglary at Mr. Holforu's, in the Regent's- park. Mr. TYRWIUTT, after paying a well-earned tribute :o the gallantry of the constable, regretted that the prisoner would be so soon let loose on the public, and sentenced him to three months' hard labour in the House o f Correction. LAMBETH. Emma Smith, a girl of fifteen years of age, 028 placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, wi g a charge of taking away a little boy, of two years of age, the child of her master, a tradesman in street, Walworth, and dispesing of several articles 0 1 his dress. Two women named Allen and earthy, and man named Donohue, were also charged vvitk.ugwe implicated with the first-named prisoner. • The case occupied some time in its investigati°l4 but the chief facts are these :—On Friday week I st the girl, Emma Smith, who was in the service ef• Mr. Clark, of Hill-street, Walworth-road, was sen t by her mistress to get some sausages, and was .e ye , ll ,, half-a-crown to pay for them. She took her master e child, a fine little boy of two years of uge, with are and from thet time, until Thursday evening' tee family could not learn what had become' Of either. On Monday last Mr. Clark caalea printed bills to be issued by the police descriptive of the girl and child, and on the Thursday teoruiff following a second bill, o ffering a reward of 511;1°6 such information as would lead to the discovery missing persons. In the last bill the address of . 02 . Clark was omitted, though it was given in t he firs It; but notwithstanding this omission, the man Detwbillk on Thursday evening called on Mr. Clark, a nd to° him to a room occupied by Mrs. Allen i n Ploriall b : 3 court, Whitechapel, and there he found 'his child eg ; Emma Smith. Th e l a tt er , w h en questioned on Ilb subject, said that on Friday week, while going all Walworth-road on her way to tire pork butcher's, dragging child of her master in a small wick* n basket chaise, she was accosted by the woman All i ,' who asked her where she was going, and ing her, and showing the halfcrown, she said she tolu na v • go with her, as she had something to show her, it he took her to her lodging in Plough-court. He r° a d was . partly kept until found as before stated; r. while there Mrs. Allen had disposed of the vvic kd basket chaise and a portion of the dress of the chilcl support them. fist The statement of Mrs. Allen, on the contrarY, 'SO that on Friday week the prisoner Emma Smit" e d brought to her by another young woman, who 11", itb on her to u s. her if she could oblige her by letting her r emain e j her for a few ills. Smith, at the time, representi ier that she was the mother of the child, that its o o was a French gentleman named Palmer, r"i d ' ul t a d Brixton-hill, and that in a few days she xe p ecL ci e ed large sum of money from him. Allen aeke" l ;A g i having sold a part of the child's dress, but 581 ** - to had done so at Smith's request, and to procure food for the child until she got money, 11 . the its father, and said that she (Smith) bad w ave 03, same misrepresentations at the West London IM° de where she slept several nights, that she bad rat, to her. o Smith (in reply to the questions of Mr. A.ov the admitted that both she and her waster's child the slept in the union for several nights, but said., by representations she made were those dictated to be' Mrs. Allen. • 01 let enable bet! 00 Mr. NORTON ultimately remanded the prl', / Smith for a week, and desired that Mrs. Allen , -e. MaCarthy, and Donahue, should also be in eittendav SHIP NEWS• - NOTICE TO MARINERS. ing A ., d tr i:T t a a tc n .h n ohuansebilelegnorleeceived receipt ut ofL loyd's ..-1,11 sir PI 0 from 1 " -- t he Governor of Western Australia, in wh a i t c l h isP li 2 e ic r he q furel t 10 1 order to prevent accident 3, that notice Way be k ive ,, T3 , no light is at present exhibited on the light" —. Rothnest Island. LIVERPOOL,; DEC. 21.—Wind S., fresh b reu 7.9th Ann sail, d from Whitehaven for Maranhain on th° Jr inst. Union, hence, has arrived at Ostend. Lor' 4 co , speeddl i st 'Anton, hence, has arrived at Port Philip. e a 0 has arrived at Colombo. Rose, hence, has arri v ' •• t Gala.z. Beppo and Mercury, hence, have arriv on Malta. Mayflower sailed from Malaga for this P r st the 7th inst. Chiral:lra, from Gallipoli, has arriv :e d. this port, towed in from Studwell Roads disma-g! 0 1 Delhi, from Calcutta, arrived at the Mauritius, ' c o sailed for this port on the sth of October. Ek n i ls ; the Heape sailed from the M a u r itius for Port Philip Or ii l a' 12th of October. Steamship Astrologer , from '/ '' n i. stantinople, has arrived at Mal! a, and sailed for this, or Amy Ann, from Montreal, and the Mary An°' - Cephalonia, have arrived at Kingato A D. GRA:7E9EI , 7D, DEC 22.—Wind N. W, Arrived—Besse], from Calcutta; light, fin e : e a :ae; Ocean, Apollo, and Giraffe, from Rotterdam; Jan Ft %s' from Boulogne; City of London, from Dunkirk; ' Cr Dordt; 1; beth, from Pillar; Stadt Dordrecht , ' from line, ~,i 00 1 from Gravelises; Amable Ana ita, from DI D le l Rival, from Suo yre, Menai, from Calais; Antiquary, from Zsnte; - re, •ota from Barletta; Wave, Medemblik; Elizabeth, "• e , Wismar; Triton, from Ostend; Seine, from Bonl o o l o r; Sailed—United, for Belize; Mermaid,for Swar } ! 3 "l . 0 1 9 Liverpool, for Bremen; Seppin g s, for Manilla. lit e ; res. Albion, for Boulogne ; for Amsterd a m; William Jolliffe, for Havre„ d s ad for Jersey; • and Rainbow, for Rotterdam; City E t' Rotteraanli , o ro Dunkirk; Tiger, for Hambur -, h; Roscommon an d , -* cot John Russell, for Harlingen ; Sir Edward Banl'9" Ostend; Fame, for Calais; Antwerpen, for Marta? ; I. 9 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Earl of AU" for, Choice, of Jersey, for Buecos Ayres, Nov. 15 9 ' l3 lig N., long. 23 W. 1 tl.f William Carey, for Pernambuco, • long. 24 W. .„ 1 10 Arthur s' • nip, from Liverpool for China, July 13, I ' - 21 N., long. 25 W. io Indus - Nov. 16, in barqur, from Shields for Coquimbo , Nov. 9- 't ' Ist 7 N., long 8W . . N ov 3 Vrouw Johanna, from Newcastle for Ceylon, '" 4 list. 12 N., long 25 W. lat. 1- 0 WI di6 j. SEABORNE MAILS. PLACES. GWenheerLnaornpadodosnet..uopitticne Fpoproarratt2s_ ........: .di : . 7 ,... ..• Africa (West coast).. -- America (via N. York i ' 1 Jan by British packet) .•*.N January 3 .. .. LiverPoa * • 1 America (via Boston by British packet) .. N America (by United 1 States packet).. • . MIS ! L L s i l o v v u e e t r r hp o P : m o°l l p . ff i l orrilli 41 Belgium .. .. • • NI Daily .. .. ..IDover •• I=l .-,,,,, 5 5 Brazil .. • . .. M i 9th of the month 'Southampt• l'`',., 26 Buenos Ayres .. .. M 9th of the month Southampt• iP ran ew . jl . Calitornia(via Chagres) M 17th of month Southalndt• •• ... Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Arrl o llo i ,,E Central America .. 31 id & 17th of month SPorthlurtitbPi: Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., St Fri. Southan3Pt• Jan '.l Chili .. .. .. .31 17th of the month Southanipt.. Tv, " J.; France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover '• T uee - 1 I Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London •• „ 00 ..1 I Holland .. • • .. 31 Wednes. & Satur. London •• ' r Artv' ,iB l Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the mouth SouthainP-: ~..„io .; Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • •,:i-,40 India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month SouthainPt• •,` T ' an `" :5 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmouth. Dover •• ' .• .• Madeira .. .. .. N Mediterranean (via AS Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southaatpt. Dec' mr3 ll 3Ff l eee e rnrad d ei nri. i nt t ssec e ethri r i Irlralaaei. Marseilles)e. Mediterranean nn packet ( (via bvy.i..a.. S _ 33 N I 7th & 24th of month Dover • • ' WI' • -- Peru • • • . 5 .. .. 31 7 2 17t d iti o i,i f o7 t tf l i i ti e l2le7 m t l ii n : t ifi h mth . 0 . : ssSooouuutttiFitaastranimPpptt:• ,I li J arTrij a n ee : ; ' . : 01 6 West Indies .. .. 31 17th of the month Southaropt. A West Indies (except T . n 5 Havanna & Nassau) 3I 2d of the month .. ,SouthaniPt• i' L 6 . .eo' l' ..- by N signifies that the mails ar e suit from the General the night—and M by the morning—dispatch. nr ----- i• au. , ljan••• J O s o. • mon-I j Ani l ' Jail Tel go pee- , 5 Jan' 5 po-- 4 sot —. — LONDON IN TIMES PAST —CollSiderillg•the i clOi l t mous, and in many parts demoralized, population of gem ritY t t it is in:!rvellous there should be so little personal ins b e l i i b it°, and it is rather a rare occurrence for people in the . 01 19 /)1 8 going about town to meet with the slightest molests tl 0 3 ttl day or night, comparatively speaking, to times P aet ' o f , t °I; following instances will serve to show :—At Kensingt o to muster the people a returning Sunday evenings, inters: ill niunsgedtototobwen,ruatnlga as s t soon fat itozoif multitude had assembled sufficiently strong to insure n ;),e , protection it set off. George IV. and the late r , m t, irl; York, when very young men,stopped e 11.46 ' o r " . were on nips ,I, hackney-coach - they-coach and robbed, on Hay-hill, 8,-,rkeleYic bat To cross Hounslow-heath or Finchley-cEmoaon, 13° thel enclosed, after sunset, was a service of great dangere;4f bil e who ventured were always well armed, and so ne le ho u 9 oneevn ball-proof carriages. In those days there was)e'etvoll, Finchle.commo!), well known as the place of rel ti or for highwaymen. Fortunately these occurrences ail" matters of history.—Builder. 1--"' ----••••••—el RIRTIM Ofif OF A SOW. I ra Icif On the 19th inst., in Upper Phillimore-place , '''''' - . gt .l W ' Mrs. Henry Chatteris. A of On the 12th inst., at Martin-house, the lii4 • Floyer, Esq., of an heir. Par— dev AO , F A DAUGHTER . Ig , On the 19th inst., O at Gloucester-terrace, n ---., - Edward E. Kay. On the 19th inst., in Dev ons hi re - s treet, F" d " itild°1?1114 : Mvlif On her ge 20th inst., orn at Oxford -terrace, rs. A. fasb e. Hyde-parks tills/ of C. 11. A. Martelli, EN. On the 19th inst., at thechurch of St. Mar tin' n'°lll3 s .' t-t h e r RI ,Fviieclhd,s,Rbeyntt,her4Rneyivf.l. C. e A m h b d i d e l , rector eton o o f of St. peer's? P e 0 40, Long-at re, 13t 1 Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Wrightso n, 47 1, Fleet -street. A deo Pe" v On the 19th i ns t ., at C heshunt, Lieutenant Hem"' - 40 501 4 ' R .N., to Ra c h e l H arr i et, fifth daughter of John S. " F•% Esq., Deputy Li eutenant of Essex. the heir'On the 19th i nst. , at S t. Mary ' s, G u ildford, t"-.0 "LP'? A. Piggott, M.A., of T r i n i ty C o ll ege , Camb,idge, 4..19,, Frances Errebess, daughter of .1. H. Taylor, Esq' Guildford. IV S I On the 19th inst., a t St. Mi c h ae l' s , Highgate' tSll33ue W. Charles Willia ms , M.A , eldest son of the Rev. „,aug e ' 4 Williams, M.A., of Stonrton, Somerset, to Ellen, Y— daughter of J. Gardiner, Es q ., o f Highgate.--- _,--- MED A , !I lea' At New Saughton, on the 17th inst., the LadY "" 61 Q , 15 5/1 ' ti On the 18th inst., at Brockhamton Herefordshire, r'-'",ces, widow of John Barneby, Esq., late M.P.I for East VI °' tershire. ge l ' . On the 18th inst., at th e C row n Hotel, Blandford,_,t—l'wtotk James Venables, 45 years vicar of 13uckland ANN Dorset, aged 72. a org ° On the 19th inst., at Pei ate, Emma, the wife of —e Morrison, Esq. ,olart On the 19th inst., at Cornbro k-bank, near Mar 24 ' W. Sterling, Esq., of Drornpelier, aged 72. , .afilli 4lll. On the 17th inst., a t Forest-hill,Sydenharn, Mr. Beck, of Bishopsgat e - s t ree t With ou t, aged 47- ----- r L , ndon: Print , 3d end Pub!ished by MURDO No. 112, Rtrarid_ Printer, ut The Sun Okc e, II Strand, in the Precfr-tt 'of the Savoy, is til ° Aliddleeex, Monday, December 23, 1850 ,~ ~f, },~ 3 t 8 gle n , !ha: ito w yeti) th e 14 1 Rio antr E tor( Trip 1481 ig u T 4 P 43, 0 IL4 teat J