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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 15. PIRACY AND MURDER. Mr. Sergeant MANNING (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday) said— What would Admiral Blake or Cromwell have said ? _He would now _proceed to show how the Echo was wrongfully eaptared. The Echo, their Lordships would recollect, was taten by the Felicidade, after It was captured by the Wasp. Now the treaty provided that there should be no detention or seizure of a vessel, unless it was made by a vessel belonging to the royal navy of the sovereign whose subjects make the search ; nor should the search be conducted by a person of less rank than a lieutenant. On the trial it was attempted to show that this was a capture made by a British vessel, that the Felicidade by its capture became a British vessel, and therefore the capture effected by the Felicidade was a capture by a British vessel, and the Learned Judge used the expres sion that she must be considered " as a boat of the Wasp. It was rather fortunate, however, that there was adecision of Lerd Stowell upon this point in a casesomewhat analogous to this. It would be found reported in sth Robinson, page 41, in the ease of Melomaniac v. Coles, which arose out of a claim for a prize, captured by a boat belonging to an ad miral's ship, manned by the men of that ship, but not under commission, and it was ruled by Lord Stowell that the cap ture was made by a vessel belonging to the British navy. It was expressly provided in the treaty that a ship captured could not be considered a part of the navy of Great Britain till such time as a condemnation had taken place in the courts of Sierra Leone. The Felicidade heel never been con demned at all, having been lost in her passage to Sierra Leone ; but even if she had been, such condemnation would not have had a retrospective effect This defect in the cap ture of the Felicidade, however,did not apply to the Echo, for she had slaves on beard when she was seized. But in the capture of the Echo, there was a defect of another kind, which did not apply to the Felicidade. It was provided in the treaty that no person under the rank of a lieutenant should search a merchant ship suspected of being engaged in the slave-trade. Now Lieutenant Stupart did not search the vessel in question, but it was undertaken by Thomas Palmer, a midshipman. True, Lieutenant Stupart was in the Felici dads at the time, but he did not go on board the Echo till next morning, afterTalmer had searched it. It was not sufficient for the purposes of the treaty that Lieutenant Stupart should be on the deck of his own vessel hard by, but it was required of him that he should make the search and capture in person. He (the Learned Sergeant) therefore contended that the capture was illegal, because it was not undertaken by Lieutenant Stupart. If the latter was to be considered the seizing party, then he might as well have been half a mile distant instead of a few yards. For the protection of those engaged in commerce it was necessary that search should not be undertaken except in rigorous compliance with the terms of the treaty. Another point invalidating the capture of the Echo, was that, supposing the Felicidade had, whether rightly or wrongly, been seized and condemned, and thereby become a part of the British navy, she had no written instructions on board, she was not within sight of the Wasp when the seizure was made, and there was no evidence that the Felicidade was sent in search of the Echo. On this ground, therefore, the treaty was violated, which requires that the seizing vessel shall have written instructions. If he (the Learned Sergeant) had established any or all of those points; he maintained the seizure was as illegal as an English cruiser seizing a French merchant-ship in the Channel in a time of peace. Such a seizure being evidently unlawful, the parties so captured, without appealing to the laws of their nations, had a clear right to rescue themselves and the ship by force. He thought he had shown their Lord ships quite clearly, from the review of the facts he had placed before them, that Macherval had a right to regain his ship, and the other parties to &stain their liberty. If the seizure of the Felicidade was in the first instance illegal, then had the owner of that vessel, on the earliest op portunity, Without appealing to the Court of Sierra Leone, or any other tribunal, a right to recapture his vessel, and to use whatever force was necessary to obtain that pos session. He also contended that the men taken pri soners had a similar right to exert themselves by force to obtain their liberty; and any other means of ob taining their liberty than by simultaneously rushing on Mr. Palmer and the other seamen in charge, did not appear practicable. In the conflict that took place Palmer was stabbed and thrown overboard ; but under the circumstances there was no proof that the act in question was murder. These men in what they did had done nothing more than what had been repeatedly performed by our ships in time of war. - Many instances had been in which privateers captured merchant ships, and afterwards the crew of the latter, taking advan tage of favourable opportunities, rose up against their con querors, and obtained their liberty by throwing them over board. If this was justifiable in the case of privateer seizures, which were lawful, it was much more so in the present case, where the capture had been illegal. He now came to another of the objections he had to the conviction of these men. As foreigners, he maintained they were not amenable to British laws. The vessel in which these men were at the time of this unfortunate occurrence had never ceased to be a foreign vessel, and, therefore, in law a foreign sail ; therefore no court of law in this country had jurisdic tion over it or them. Had condemnation taken place before the slaying of Palmer, this view of the case might have been altered, supposing the capture in accordance with the treaty, but, as he had already shown, the vessel had never been con demned, having been lost in her passage to Sierra Leone. There was a case in point that supported the view he had just advanced. It was the case of the King v. Depardo, given in "Taunton's Reports," vol. 1. The case was tried at the Old Bailey on the 30th of October, 1807. Depardo was a Spaniard, engaged in the Alnwick Castle ship, who killed a person named Burn, on shore at Canton. The wound was inflicted on shore, but Burn died in consequence of it. on board ship immediately after wards. In that case it was ruled that the offence being committed by a foreigner, and beyond the jurisdiction of this realm, the courts of this country had no jurisdiction. The Learned Counsel then referred to another case of a similar character in its main treatment, that of a Maltese who killed a man at Smyrna. It was given in 2d Mudie's Crown Cases. The trial took place in 1843, at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Baron Gurney. It was then ruled, in an appeal to the Judges against the con viction, that the Court had jurisdiction, because the prisoner in the case, though a Maltese, was a British subject, and there fore subject to the-British laws. These decisions placed the question of jurisdiction in a clear:light, and with these he closed his argument, leaving the case in the hands of their Lordships. Mr. COLLIER rose to address the Court on behalf of the three other prisoners, Jas. Majavul, Francisco Serve, and Marie Jose Alves. He submitted that the courts of this country had no jurisdiction over those for whom he appeared, as they were foreigners, and had never, by any act of theirs, given in their adherence or allegiance to the Government of this country. Before any person can be subject to the laws of this country he must do that which will bring him under allegiance to the Sovereign of the country. The mere coming into the country was not sufficient to constitute allegiance, but the party must likewise become so by some act, such as the law recognised as a social compact between him and the Government. This was the view of the question taken by all eminent jurists, by Vattel, Montesquieu, Story, and others who had written on the laws of nations. Now, there had been no evidence that his clients had ever done anything that could be construed into an act of alle giance to the laws of this country. There was no doubt that Depardo, had he been an Englishman, would have been triable for murder, but not being so, he was considered not amenable to the laws of Great Britain. Even admitting that the slay ing of Palmer was an act of murder, the prisoners charged with it being foreigners had no right to be tried by the tri bunals of this country. But the case was much stronger against this jurisdiction, when it appeared, as he maintained it did, that the Felicidade was a foreign vessel at the time of her seizure. Piracy, he admitted, was a crime for which, according to the laws of nations, the perpetrators of it could be attacked by any vessel, and under any circum stances. Pirates were robbers of the seas, and subject to be destroyed by any ships that might come upon them. But the slave-trade had never been criminally considered piracy. It could alone be made such by treaty, and then an act of piracy was to be declared only when a ship was found having slaves actually on board. The Learned Counsel here went through the clauses of the treaty, showing that only ships of the navy belonging to the con tracting nations were competent to search vessels ; that offi cers of a certain standing must have the charge of such searches and seizures, and that all such ships should carry written instructions. The terms of the treaty were clear and explicit. No seizure could take place without special instructions, and then the seizuremust be made where slaves were found on board. If officers of the navy were to be allowed to capture ships merely because they were fitted up for slave traffic, or to man what ships they pleased as cruizers in pursuit of suspected ships, nothing but confusion and bloodshed would repeatedly ensue. It had been so in the present case. The stipulations had been violated by Lieutenant Stupart in the seizure of the Felicidade, and the owner of that ship, with his assistants, had been tempted to make resistance afterwards to the crew that captured them, because of its inefficient force. This fact was itself sufficient to show that the seizure must have been undertaken without sufficient force, and in a manner that could not have been intended by the treaty. The Felicidade being, therefore, an illegal capture, it followed that the using of that ship under the circumstances to take the Echo was also illegal. The Learned Gentleman then went over the points dwelt on by the previous Learned Counsel respecting the searching of the Echo by Palmer and the proceedings of Lieutenant Stupart, all of which, he contended, were in contravention of the terms of the treaty. Assuming even that these men were tinder English jurisdiction at the time, he still considered that they had been unlawfully taken prisoners, and therefore justified in endeavouring, by forcible means, to obtain their li berty. Having recapitulated the principal heads of his argument, of which the above is but an outline, the Learned Gentleman concluded by expressing, that from all the facts of the case interpreted by the laws of nations, and the writ ings of the highest legal authorities, the courts of this coun try possessed no such jurisdiction as had been exercised in the case under the consideration of the Court. This closed the argument on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. GODSON on the part of the Crown, said he was sur prised that not one of the positions urged upon the treaty had been touched this morning. It had been contended on the trial that the treaty of' which so much had been made this morning was not in existence at the time. Now, it is necessary that; the fact of the death being proved, all the necessities of the case must be proved" by the pris soners. But they say that they were confined in an im proper place—in a place to which the English have no right, and therefore used violence for escape. That is no excuse for killing. I shall prove that the Felicidade was legally taken as well as the Echo. Captain Usher having instructions from her Majesty, and sailing in those seas, sends two boats on board this slaver. The boats followed till they overtook her. While Lieutenant Stupart is on board Surkeray sub mitted. She had no slavers on board ;itis a question whe ther he therefore ought to have detained her. He argued, from the treaty with Brazil, that after 1830 it was piracy for any Brazilian subject to be taken with slaves on board his ship. It was insisted on the other side, that from 5 Geo. IV., they must have slaves on board, or have had slaves on board that voyage ; but it is clear that to be in any way con cerned in the slave-trade makes him liable to treatment as a pirate. And if so, who is so to treat him, who not? This brings . me to the jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty. Novi this is over all the seas wherever the tide flows. But without dwelling on this, here is a vessel, which, under the treaty, subjects herself to the charge and punishment of piracy. The sth Geo. IV. is, after March, 1830, applicable, as appears from the plain words of the Act, and from the construction put by Parliament on measures between Eng land and Brazil, in 8 and 9 Victoria. The concern in the trade is illegal ; but, as his Lordship on the trial found they were going for a cargo of slaves to Africa, thus subjecting themselves to the punishment of piracy. The Portuguese treaty ended in March, in the year 1820, and if any informality existed in the taking, yet the Vessel was in possession of the Queen's officers by the submission of Surkera. That Surkera did submit appears from his refusing on this account to join the plot when requested by Serve. Lieutenant Stupart, when he left the Felicidade to go on b o ard of th e E c h o , wen t w ith hi s jolly boat, and the British ensign on her, Lieutenant Stupart being in uniform. The Echo was taken he , a British vessel, under a British lieutenant, and under instructions which existed on board the Wasp, from which the boat came. The objec tions taken on the other side go for nothing. It has been said, and I agree w ith it, t h at w h en a . treaty has been WOO between two ustien,s, it ip accopury that some Act of Parliament should be passed, giving power to carry the Act out. All I contend for here is, that she was legally taken—that all the circumstances and requisites of the treaty were performed. What should be done with them ? There is no doubt of that at all. But it is not for those taken to say, while in custody, the place of custody does not belong to the person taking into custody, and, under that, make violent efforts to escape. As to the instructions, they certainly accord with the treaty, and with the Act of Parliament after 1880. Let us look at it as a case of piracy independently. Here an officer of her Majesty is in possession of a ship by her master's submission. The men on board conspire to com mit piracy, and in committing that act kill an English man. It is laid down by Lord Coke that piracy against England, or an English vessel, or that of an alien, is punish able. The case may go further. Piracy is a crime with all nations now on the waves over which the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Court extends. This vessel and the jolly-boat were floating, and on board of that vessel the crew conspire to commit piracy, to which Surkera objects, and commits murder—are they to be justified ? The counsel quoted the case of the King v. Sawyer, to show that stopping short of land on the high seas on board of a vessel in posses sion of one of her Majesty's officers, parties are answerable for their crimes. To take up the narrowest point, it is con tended that being in custody in an illegal place, then that in cool blood murder may be concocted and perpetrated against the customers. It is but necessary to state the objection to see the monstrosity of it; and no authorities had been quoted in support of it. Take the case any way we may, I think I have made out that murder has been committed. signed the deed, he was liable, as a partner, to be called open for the payment necessarily incurred in forming and conduct ing the Company. the Addiscombe delivery, the defendant was sent for imme diately, and in the middle of his bundle of letters there appeared the letter referred to, which he had no business to have, as Addiscombe was not within his delivery, and he accounted for the possession of the letter by stating that it must have got among his bundle of letters by mistake while the letters were being sorted. Upon this he was taken into custody and under went an examination before Mr. Sutherland, who admitted him to bail until this day. The letter, it appeared, had not been opened, nor its contents in any way disturbed. Mr. Ramsey, one of the superintendent of letter carriers at the General Post-office, now attended, and stated that the Post-office authorities had looked over the depositions, and they were of opinion that it was not advisable to proceed with the prosecution, as they did not think it likely that a conviction would take place under the circumstances. The defendant was consequently discharged. GUILDHALL. On Saturday a fashionably-attired, though singular-look ing female, apparently about 25 years of age, named Frances Paine, who some years since figured rather conspicuously at this court in connexion with some exchange bills ' was brought up in custody of an o ffi cer from the Greenwich Police-court, charged with having swindled Messrs. Harmer and Pearson, the distillers, in the following tory impudent style 06 4 . The prisoner had been examined at Greenwich on tWo charges of felony, upon which she stood committed, but the magistrate sent her to this court, so as to allow the case of swindling on Messrs. Harmer and Pearson to be proceeded with against the prisoner. Mr. F. Adams, the managing clerk in the service of the firm, stated that on the 10th day of September the prisoner came into tho warehouse of the distillery, and giving the name of 11liss Ann Frances Finey, said she was about to open the Half Moon Inn, at Northfleet, on an " improved plan," and wished to give an order for some spirits. She directed 29 gallons of gin, and several cordials, to the amount of 351. Bs., to be forwarded to the inn, but said she must have two gallons of gin to take down with her to go on with. She produced an invoice of Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, and Co., the brewers, of whom she had ordered beer and ale; and added, Mr._ Kineaid, the principal collector of the firm, had BRIGHTON POLICE COURT. (From the Bi ighion Herald.) Before Major A x EN, Sir G. WESTPHAL, J. BORRER, and T. I. BELLAMY, ESq.] THE ITALIAN AND HIS TORTOISE.-011 Thursday an Ltalian boy, whose soft delicate features formed a strong contrast with the hardy and dogged expression of the English vagrant, was placed at the bar. In answer to the demand for his name, he replied by a very arch smile, and Mr. Chase said he did not speak English, but that Lorenzo Loriena, an Italian lodging-house keeper, was in attendance, who would act as interpreter. Loriena accordingly addressed him in Italiar, but the boy merely smiled in reply, and looked down at some thing in his breast. " What has he got there?" asked one of the Magis trates. "It's a tortoise," replied an officer, and, going up to the boy, he took the poor animal away from hula and placed it upon the table. The people laughed as the tortoise put out its queer-looking head and dragged itself slowly and awkwardly along the table, and the boy looked at them and smiled too, and then again looked at his tortoise. A policeman deposed to seeing the boy down two areas on the King's-road. " Did you hear what be said?" inquired Major ALLEN. Policeman—l didn't understand what ho said, but he had a tortoise, and he went down the areas. Major ALLEN (to Loriena)—Does lie lodge pith you. —Si, si. And who pays for him?—himself. The boy is by himself. He came in last week. Major ALLEN—You don't know- who brought him into this country?—The man is in London . He's his uncle, and he was to have come down yesterday with a piano for the boy. Major ALLEN—Does the tortoise belong to you?— No, no, it's his tortoise. Does he deny having been down the areas? The man spoke in Italian to the boy, who smiled nodded his ht ad, and looked at his tortoise. The magistrates consulted together. " Can you take care of the tortoise?" asked Major ALLEN of Lonena. " Yes, I can take care of it." " Because we can't commit that—they won't take that in at Lewes. Tell the boy he is committed for three weeks to hard labour. The punishment—(was it not unnecessarily severe?) —was communicated to the poor boy. He only smiled again, and looked at his tortoise, which was crawling about the table. A policeman now took the animal and handed it over to Loriena; and the boy was motioned to below. , His eyes followed his tortoise, but the smile still lingered ou his soft features, as, with his head towards the tortoise, he stepped down the steps and-was lost to sight. - • recommended her to Messrs. Harmer and Pearson for spirits. ..... Thinking her statement was perfectly correct, and from the production of the invoice, they were induced to supply her with the two gallons of gin, and on the next morning they sent the remainder of the spirits and cordials by barges to Northfleet. In the course of that morning the prisoner visited the warehouse, and stated that she had been robbed of all her money and papers in an omnibus, and knew not how she could get home. Mr. Harmer then asked her if she wanted a few shillings, and replying in the affirmative, he advanced her two sovereigns. Suspicion, however, being entertained of the truth of her representation, he was induced to go down to Northfleet, when he found thatthe whole of her story was trumped up. She had not the least interest in the Half-Moon, and was not even known to the occupier. Quantities of ale, beer, wine, spirits, &c., bad been forwarded at her direction, and which, when he arrived, were about being removed back to the metropolis. In fact, she had played a complete hoax upon every person she had had dealings with in the trade, even to ordering Mr. Deacon, the pewterer, to go down to Northfleet to make some alterations in the bar. This party did so, but upon making inquiries at the inn about the re quired work, found the imposition that had been practised upon him. Mr. Alderman WILSON inquired if there were any other cases to be brought against her ?—Mr. Adam replied that there were. Mr. Alderman \\Timm asked her if she had any defence to make to the charge.—She answered, in a simpering tone, that she did not order the goods on her own account, and Mr. Harmer knew such to be the fact. _ _ _ _ Mr. Sergeant MANNING rose to reply. He was amazed that his Learned Friend should contend that the Queen can legally come into possession by a wrongful act. It is said the Sovereign can do no wrong, but these acts, though done by officers in her Majesty's service, being their acts, and not the acts of the Crown, and being wrong, can vest nothing in the Crown whatever. The Echo was not taken by a British vessel, for by treaty the Felicidade was not the property of England and Brazil till sold, when she might be purchased by either. The Echo was, in fact, taken by the Felicidade, notwithstanding that the captors left by the English jolly-boat to go on board. The lieutenant left the Felicidade to go on board the Echo, but she in being hailed, sheered off, and was not taken till the following night. She was not taken by Lieutenant Stupart, but by another person sent by him, whereas the treaty compels the taking by a lieutenant in uniform. The Learned Sergeant held there were no instruc tions on board the Wasp, and if there had been, they would not have availed. There were no instructions if those on board were bad. Now the treaty requires that instructions be put on board inhibiting the detention of Brazilian vessels by British officers, unlegs with slaves on board. But instructions were put on board to the effect that they should detain on suspicion of being concerned in the slave trade. The Learned CHIEF BARON—The objection taken was that there were no instructions on board of the Felicidade. The Learned Chief Baron understood from Mr. Godson that these Portuguese treaties of 1826 ended in 1830. By the treaty with Portugal the slave-trade was only partially put an end to. By the treaty with Brazil it was declared piracy. The Learned SERGEANT here read from Bth and 9th Victoria to show that the mixed Commissions at Rio Janeiro, and Sierra Leone, ending on the 12th March, 1845, were extended by mutual agreement of both Governments for six months longer. As to the Felicidade, there is no pretext for confound ing the provisions of the sth Geo. IV. with those of the treaty . of 1836. The words of the treaty are —the carrying on of the slave trade, under which terms he submitted the present offence could not be brought. He had no intention to differ from the dicta quoted on Homicide. One of their Lordships remarked that was nothing as to --- .....,.. ._____ .... ....., ............ Mr. Alderman WiLsoN ., then said be should remand her until Monday, so as to afford time to collect the necessary evidence to complete the other charges against her. She was accordingly removed to Giltspur-street Compter. MARYLEBONE. a. William King, cab driver, badge No. 4,739, was brought up in the custody of Sergeant Shaw, an active officer of the detective police, and placed at the bar before the sitting ma gistrate, Mr. Long, charged with having stolen 3001. worth of property belonging to Mr. Thomas Jordan, a stock and share broker, residing in Oriental-buildings, Castle-street, Liver- pool. The prosecutor deposed that he had recently been staying at the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, and on Thursday evening last he gave orders for a cab to be sent for to carry him and his luggage to the Euston-square terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, as he intended to leave town by the half-past eight o'clock train. At ten minutes before eight he was Informed by the porter that the cab with the luggage in it was waiting for him at the door. He then entered the vehicle, being at the time perfectly collected, and desired the driver, who he had no doubt was the prisoner, to go by way of Portman-square, as he wished to call upon Mr. Reeves, jeweller, No. 75, George street. On arriving at the corner of that street, he called to the prisoner to stop, which he did, and he (prosecutor) then alighted and went to Mr. Reeves's house. He remained there about a quarter of an hour, and on coming out, found, to his great surprise, that the cab and prisoner had disappeared. Without loss of time he communicated the particulars at the station-house of the 0 division of police, situated in Mary lebone-lane, the result of which was the apprehension of the prisoner. Mr. LONG—State as nearly as you can recollect, Sir, of what the property lost, and placed in the cab, consisted. Prosecutor—There was a drab cloth travelling cloak with plaid lining, and a short monkey jacket ; also a carpet bag, containing, in addition to linen, a morocco leather-case with a steel lock, and in that case was a pocket-book, which had a quantity of railway scrip, together with bankers' receipts for deposits. I consider my loss to be about 3001, none of which has yet been recovered. Mr. LoNG—Did you notice the number of the cab when you got into it ? Prosecutor—l did not. Mr. LONG—Are you certain that the prisoner is the man who drove you ? Prosecutor—l am, Sir. Mr. LONG (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to put any ques tions to this gentleman ? Prisoner—l am innocent, and, therefore, have no questions to ask. John Brown, the porter at the Golden Cross, said that when he put the luggage in the cab he was in a hurry, and, being rather foggy at the time, he would not swear positively that the prisoner was the driver, although, to the best of his belief, he was. George Johnson, a cabman, stated that he saw the luggage placed in the vehicle by the last witness, and could swear that the prisoner was the driver. Catherine Marsh, servant to Mr. Reeves, deposed that while the prosecutor was in her master's house the prisoner came to the door, and asked if the gentleman (prosecutor) was almost ready, at the same time saying, " I wish he would be quick, but if he is going to keep me much longer, I hope hen send something down for me." Witness added, that she saw no more of the prisoner afterwards. Shaw, the constable, said that as he only took the pri soner that morning, he had not as yet had tune to bring for ward more evidence. The prisoner," who again asserted his innocence of the charge alleged against him, was remanded for further ex amination on Friday next; and on the arrival of the prison van he was conveyed to Tothill-field's prison. At about three o'clock Mr. Thomas, of Hatchett's Hotel, Piccadilly, came to the court, accompanied by other persons connected with his establishment, and had an interview with the magistrate, to whom he stated he had frequently em ployed the prisoner, of whom he had a very good opinion. On the evening of Thursday last the prisoner was at his (Mr. Thomas's) door, at a quarter to eight o'clock, and after waiting a short time drove him (witness) and two of his daughters to Barnes. This statement being corroborated, Mr. Long, under all the circumstances of the case, consented to allow the prix Boner's liberation on bail—himself in 2001., and two sureties in the same amount each, making in the whole 6001. CLERKEN WELL. On Saturday John Houghton, the driver of a cabriolet, No. 408, was charged with very outrageous conduct to Mr. Crossthwaite, a gentleman residing at No. 9, Ladbrooke-ter race, Notting-hill, and to Mr. Hasluck, of Hatton-garden. The complainants severally stated that, on Friday night, at the hour of eleven, they engaged the defendant at Covent-garden Theatre, to convey them to the resi dence of the last-mentioned gentleman's father, in Hat ton-garden, where, on alighting, the prisoner, who had an other cabman on the box with him, demanded 2s. 6d. as his fare. Knowing the fare to be no more than one shilling, he gave him double that amount ; but, instead of being satis fied, he seized Mr. Crossthwaite in the most ruffianly manner, and endeavoured to throw him. They struggled together for some time, and the accused was eventually overpowered, and brought to the ground. The witness called a police-con stable, 240 G, who was on the opposite side of the street, and who saw all that occurred, to protect them ; but, strange to say, he sided with the defendant, or, from fear, did not for a long time, after seeing the complainent spit upon him more than ten times, take him in charge at their suit and supplica tion. In the confusion occasioned by the outrage, which at tracted to the spot upwards of 100 persons, the defendant's companion made his escape, after having deposited his coat and badge with the accused. Two gentlemen corroborated the evidence. They described the conduct of the constable as most unaccountable. After the complainants had repeatedly asked him if they were to put up with such conduct as an extortion, and being spat on, the defendant became more offensive in language and in con duct generally, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he could be prevailed on to remove the prisoner. Inspector Penny, G, said that the defendant was very drunk and abusive when brought to the station. His language was most beastly. Mr. GREENWOOD desired Mr. Penny to make a representa tion of the constable's conduct to the Commissioners of Police, for it required the strictest investigation, which he trusted would take place before some magistrate other than himself, for he had a very strong feeling on the subject. One of the witnesses, Mr. Winter, of Hatton-garden, inter posed on the behalf of the officer, whose extraordinary con duct was, in his belief, occasioned by the confusion that pre vailed. The mob was of the most disorderly kind, principally from about the cab-stands in Holborn, and the policeman seemed very confused and overpowered by numbers. Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that such evidence would ope rate in his favour : still, however, it was due to the public that the conduct of an officer, who had so strangely acted, should be publicly investigated ; for of all the cases he had ever heard or read of, in which a cabman was concerned with a passenger, the present was the very worst ; and to mark his sense or it, and to prove to others of the defendant's calling that the law was strong enough to check so abominable an insult, he would commit the prisoner to the treadmill, without fine, for two months, and further cancel his license as a cab-driver, and order that he never again be entrusted with one. the place where the case was to be tried. The Learned SERGEANT argued that the Felicidade was not the property of the English Government. It has been suggested that there was a locus penitentin, but that there was no evidence of any desistance from the purpose ; but the Learned Sergeant suggested that the locus penitentin did not end till the slaves were on board. Mr. COLLIER said, under no circumstance is a person subject to the laws of a country who has not, by some act, complied with them. This proposition has not been :oaken. He would not say more of the distinc• tion a 9 to prisoners of war. It has never been decided in any case that any person on board an English vessel is therefore subject to English laws. It is claimed on the other side to extend the jurisdiction of England over the high seas to the exclusion of other nations. This can never be done. Surkera's submission was to superior force, and gives no jurisdiction ; he threw his arms overboard when he surren dered. It is not shown that the jolly-boat from which the Echo was taken was the jolly-boat of the Felicidade. The capture, under the circumstances, was illegal. The boat was on board the Felicidade. Any English captain might evade the treaty by sendingea boat's crew to any number he pleased on board English merchantmen; thus giving them a legality to capture ' • that is, if the capture be in this case thought lawful. As to the instructions, those pointed out in the treaty of 1826 are by the treaty with Brazil that if these instructions are not changed, they should remain in force fifteen years after the slave trade was abolished, and these endin6 only on 13th March, 1845; and this case occurring in February, the instructions of 1826 were at the time in force. Again, it must be proved that if a captain unlawfully detain a seaman, and he kill, the case is murder. He quoted to the effect that it would not be murder. Mr. COLLIER having now concluded, the Court rose at a quarter to four o'clock. The Court will sit again on the same cause at two o'clock on Saturday next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COCKNEY UNION (EVERLEY) COURSING MEETING. The Derby (Class 1) was won by Mr. Chitty's Conrad ; Mr. Palmer's Priam ran up. The Derby (Class 2) was won by Mr. Chitty's Confidence; Mr. Long's Loadstone ran up. The Oaks (Class 1) was won by Mr. Jones's Jenny Lind ; Mr. Long's Let-me-try ran up.* The Oaks (Class 2) was won by Mr. Cooke's Careless; Mr. Miller's Mischief ran up. The Puppy Cup was won by Mr. Pyke's Pauline; Mr. Long's The Libel ran up. The Everley Cup was won by Mr. Long's Sam Slick; Mr. Ferris's Tyrant ran up. The Elston Stakes were won by Mr. Chase's Kotzebue ; Mr. Miller's Elston ran up. The Jenner Stakes were divided between Mr. Miller's My Lord and Mr. Chase's Chambermaid. THE SURREY STAG HOUNDS.—EXTRAORDINARY _ RUN. On several occasions since the establishment of the above pack, the most splendid runs have been recorded, but that of Thursday last was considered to be almost unprecedented in the annals of sporting, both as regards speed and the country rode over. The meet took place at the Swan, at Peckham , when the celebrated hind called " The Fairy . " was uncarted in Mr. Crittle's meadow. After taking a quiet survey of the field, and apparently chosen her line of country, her lady ship went away at racing speed across Hayes-common away to Hayesford, then by Bromley, Mason's-hill, Wedmore, Chiselhurst, and through Sir Samuel Scott's park. Up to this time there had been a fifty minutes' run, at a tremen dous pace, and the hounds were whipped off, and ten minutes was given to them to get their wind. The country was most severe, and a great many of the field got a puzzler. In going over a gate the horse Mr. G. Tollett was riding hit the top rail, and fell over upon his rider, who was a good deal bruised, hut fortunately escaped without any serious injury. At the expiration of the period allowed the hounds were laid on again, and her ladyship, who seemed as fresh as ever, and quite to enjoy the fun, took them away by Mottingham, Ethan], Lee, and Woolwich, travelled back to Shooter's-hill, Welling, and East Wickham, leaving Erith to the left, went away nearly to Dartford, where she headed back, and was taken at Mr. Collier's farm at North End, between Dart ford and Erith, after a most splendid run of two hours, the pace being first-rate throughout. "The Fairy " is the same hind that was taken last - year on board a vessel off the Essex coast, when attempting to cross the river after an extraorlinary run of three hours. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday Mr. John George Behrendo, of Wood-street buildings, Consul for the free city of Frankfort, accom panied by his solicitor, Mr. Finch, of the firm of Finch and Shepheard, Old Jewry, appeared before the. Lord Mayor, for the purpose of bringing under his Lordship's notice a com munication which he had just received from his Government relative to certain fraudulent transactions of very great ex tent and enormity. The communication was to the following effect :—Two Englishmen, of the names of Henry King and George Neale, at least representing themselves to be so named, dwelt for some time at Weisbaden, near Frankfort, and established for themselves, by the exercise of skilful address and high apparent respectability, considerable credit in the latter town. At length, by ingenious management, they succeeded in obtaining in Frankfort, from various jewellers and other shopkeepers, a large quantity of dif ferent sorts of goods, chiefly consisting of jewellery, diamonds, pearls, Ecc. This property, together with some foreign bank notes, which they contrived to get into their hands, proved to be worth about 20,0001. A few days after they obtained possession of the valuable mass, they suddenly disappeared, taking with them bag and baggage. The precipitate departure of the two partners in inquity, under such circumstances, con stituted what was considered, according to the laws of Frank fort, to be a "fraudulent bankruptcy," although unfortunately for the ends of justice and those concerned in the vindication of the law by the punishment of desperate criminals, the vali dity of that law was not recognised in English courts of justice, and the authorities of Frankfort issued a request to all the continental Governments to arrest the parties, and seize all or any of the property described which might be found in their keeping. Notice was also given to the British represen- ' tative at Frankfort, who promised to inform the English Go vernment, in order that they might assist in procuring for the plundered the restoration of their property, if the offence which had been perpetrated did not come within the limits of British authority, so far as to sanction the interference of the police in apprehending the delinquents should they be found in England. The Loan MAYOR was of opinion that immediate infor mation should be given to the police force, and he was con vinced that the press would most willingly lend its co-ope ration in such a case. The police of this country, when cent to any part of the Continent, uniformly received the most ready and important assistance from the foreign authorities, from the highest to the lowest, and no doubt reciprocal aid would be rendered, particularly in a case involving so serious an amount of property. Mr. Finch said the details of the whole of the property which bad been thus fraudulently procured had been handed to the police, and the plundered parties had promised, through the department of police at Frankfort, a reward of 25,000 francs (1,0000 for the restiution of the whole amount, and a proportionate sum for any part of it. King, who is believed to be a Jew, is between fifty and sixty years of age, of short stature, sallow complexion, and pointed nose, has a short neck, and takes short steps in walking. Neale is between twenty-six and thirty years old, and rather tall, has very black thick hair, a large tongue, and fresh complexion, and generally appears to be heated. The LORD Mayoit--I am convinced that the most public and satisfactory statement of the fraudulent transactions will be made, and I hope the sufferers will receive some benefit from the exposure, to which I most heartily give my consent. The consul and his solicitor then withdrew, after having thanked his Lordship, on the part of the High Senate ofFnuik fort, for his very prompt and anxious attention to their request. RAILWAY ROMANCING.—A gentleman of the name of Baylis, who resides in St. Paul's churchyard, appeared at the table, and said the Lord Mayor would very Much oblige him by informing him whether the authority of a magistrate extended to cases in which the conduct of cer tain individuals who were connected with railroads was such as to leave an imputation of a serious kind upon the motives by which they were influenced ? The Loan MAYOR said his interference would entirely de pend upon the particular circumstances of the complaint. Mr. Baylis stated that having seen an advertisement in the newspapers announcing a railroad called " The Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway," he made a written application for shares, which was answered by an allotment. In the allotment letter he was informed that he was to pay into a banking-house the sum of 2/. 2s. per share ; that he was then to receive a receipt, and that, upon signing the deed he should be put in possession of the scrip. He had complied with all the forms, according to the written directions, but when he had signed the deed, and thus made himself respon sible as a shareholder in the concern, instead of the scrip a sort of acknowledgment that he had performed the necessary ratification was put into his hands, and he was informed that on a future day the scrip would be ready for delivery. As be was anxious that the Company should perform their part of the duty prescribed to all, he called again and again for the promised scrip, but all his attempts proved unavailing. At last he was given to understand that on the preceding day the managers had determined to proceed no further in the business, and the speculation -was to be abandoned. He thus remained in statu quo, without the money he had paid upon the shares, amounting to 6.3/., without the scrip, and merely holding the bit of paper acknowledging that he had signed the deed. The LORD MAYOR—You would no t, I suppose, have signed the deed, if you did not at once exp ect to receive the scrip ? Mr. Baylis—Certainly not. I would not have performed any of the acts required by the letter of allotment if I had sup posed there would have been any delay. The LORD MAYOR—It would have Been an awkward thing if you had sold the shares at a preminni, and been obliged to deliver them.—Mr. Baylis said he did not speculate upon a premium in applying for the sharer„ and that he merely wished to have them, or the money he laid paid as the deposit. The LORD MAYOR, after consulting-n ith Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, said he could not see how .he could render any assistance in such a case. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cambridgeshire lids., Mon., Childerley Gate; Fri., Potton Wood-10i. Oakley hds., Mon., Kenhold Village; Thurs., Kivotting Fox ; Sat., Sherrington Toll Bar-10i. Tin6ale hds., Mon., Riding Mill; Thurs., Garret Hott. Mr. Watson's lids., Mon., Pigdon ; Wed., Lindon ; Fri., Longhirst-14 York and Ainsty lids., Mon., Elvington ; Tues., Dring house ; Thurs., Copgrove ; Sat., Strensall-14. Sinnington hds., Tues., Cawton ; Fri., Catterbridge-10. Whitecross harrs., Tues., Betloe Lane-10. Findon lids., Tues., Applesham ; Thurs., Kennel; Sat., Patcham. Haydon hds.,Wed.. Dinnetley Wood ; Sat., Judas's Crag. Brushford harrs., Mon., Stream Common ; Wed., Gutter hole; Fri., Windsford Hill-10. Surrey stag hds., 'rues., Ripley, Sat., Nutfield. Baron Rothschild's stag lids., Mon., Meritmore ; Thurs , Hardwick-11. Holderness Tues.. Londesbro-gate, York-road ; Thurs., Brandesburton door ; Fri., Hatton Cranswick toll-bar ; Sat., Bessington-hall-10i. Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Spacer house ; Wed., Becca-hill ; Fri., Tadcaster-bar- 10 i Hurworth lids., Tues., Middleton Onekow ; Sat., Northal lerton. Raby hds., Mon., Walworth Castle ; Wed., Kennels ; Fri., Mansfield-14 Mr. Roe's hds., Tues., Babland-gate ; Fri., Creycombe village. Duke of Rutland's lids., Tues., Belton-park ; Wed., Croxton-park ; Fri., ClaythorPe ; Sat., Piper Hole. F. B, hds., Mon., Trazoning, in St. Ewe ; Fri., Pelean cross. Pytchley hunt, Mon., Stanford - hall ; Wed., Finedon ; Fri., Lamport • Sat., Lilburne village. Mr. S. Lowndes's Lids., Mon., Swanbourne ; Wed., Wol verton Great Ground ; Sat., Melbrook (Beds), Dur ham county ; Mon., Thorp ; Wed. , Mainsforth ; Fri., Stots fold-101. Cleveland hds., Mon., Kitton Mill; Thum, Roseberry— I 0-1. Berkshire hds., Mon., Uffington Village; Wed., Tar Wood; Fri., Coleshill House. Bedale hds., Mom, Constable Burton; Wed., Wood End; Fri., Streathrm Village-10. oroughbridge harrs., Tues., Windmill Inn, Hutton Moor; Fri., Albrough-10. Eastbourne harrs., Mon., Friston Mill ; Thurs., Willingdon Old Mill-10i : Glyndebourne harrs., Mon., Newhaven Barn ; Fri., Broyle. Fowleseombe harrs., Wed., Buller's Arms, Dean; Sat., Hanger Down. Mr. Morrell's hds., Mon., Goosey Green; Wed., Kennel; Fri., Gibraltar-11. Norfolk harrs., Tues., Billingford ; Fri., Baeonsthorpe. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hds., Mon., Midealder ; Tues., Barton House; Wed., Dundas Castle; Fri., Bangour-104. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Saturday Edwin Power, a youth 19 years of age, was charged before Mr. Burrell with being disorderly and threat ening the life of his mother, Mrs. Rose Rosina Power, the proprietor of the New Grenadier, Crescent-mews, Be'grave square. Mrs. Power said that defendant, who was a youth of most ungovernable disposition, resided with her, and if at all thwarted in his wishes. resorted to extreme vio lence. On Friday afternoon he was particularly so, because she objected to give him five shillings to buy two rabbits, and took up a carving knife and said he would do for her and his sisters. With a view to have some peace in the house she informed defendant that she would give him some money if he would go away and get himself some situation, and upon his agreeing to du so she gave him two sovereigns, and he left the place. After passing a very restless night in consequence of her son's misbehaviour, she was informed at ten o'clock on that morning that he was in the house, and had showed a pistol to tha pot-boy, and that the police had been sent for. In consequence of what she was told she gave the defendant into custody. Escot, a policeman of the B division, produced a pistol, powder, and flask, which he had found in prisoner's pos session. Defendant made no reply to the charge. Mr. BURRELL considered this an extreme instance of bru - tality on the part of defendant, and called upon him to find good bail.—lle was locked up. Mr. Baylis observed - that he thought •the interference of a magistrate might be sanctioned by the tei'rcumstances, as the proceedings appeared to him to have allv - he essentials of the offence of obtaining money under false pra tences. The LORD MAYOR said, that the false Inretences, in order to constitute an offence in law, must api ply to an existing fact ; but if in this case there were any , false pretences, it referred to a future fact, if he might use th, language. He thought that a court of law, or the Court of Chancery, would be the place in which reparation could be obtained. The alternative was a disagreeable one, and the re would be, la r - and by, in all probability, abundant cases . foi the occupa . % of the time of the lawyers, as well as the Tfer . stn. functie ,na `• ri i°_n of the profession. Perhaps the complaint pot mae would tend to an adjustment, especially as there were ye - " ..ey respect able names in this list of managers. Mr. Baylis expressed his apprehension that , there existed h aire ank ad ful ‘, ne n4 ss v :;:; no chance of restitution, but expressed his 4 . the Lord Mayor, who added to the pforniati( jrt W Blr. Baylis, the comfortable I gl oll leraCe, 4 -• 1 41 0 4 Y-bi g • 1' 11 STIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING , NQVEMBER 17, 1845, tempt any large purchaser to buy. The winter pros pects for the power-loom weavers are gloomy enough, without any addition in the shape of dear food. Many manufacturers are only working their machinery in the day. Spinners, too, find it difficult to effect sales at last week's currency ; indeed, the prices are the turn lower. NEW RAILWAY SCHEMES. The London Gazette of Saturday consisted of 584 pages, being occupied, for the most part, with notices of new rail ways intended to be applied for in the approaching session of Parliament. The following are 'Contained in it : Worcester and Porthdynllaen. Trent Valley, branches. North Union, branches. u nction with, at the Sutton Ch e ster and Birkenhead , j station, Eastham, the North Wales Mineral at Ruabon. Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction. Trent Valley and Derby Union. Berks and Hants, j unc tion with at Hungerford , to Felt ham. bridge, Somerset; from Easton or Burbage to Marlborough; from Devizes to Salisbury. Liverpool and Derby Direct, and Liverpool and Manches ter Grand Junction and Midland Counties Junction. St. Helen's Canal and Railway, to amend and enlarge powers. North Staffordshire, with ship canal. Lancaster and Carlisle. Manchester, Wigan, and Southport. Birmingham and Manchester Direct. Lanarkshire and Lothians. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (Extensions No. 2). Direct East and West Junction. Lincoln and Great Grimsby. Reading and Reigate Atmospheric. Brighton, Lewes, and Tunbridge-Wells Direct (Hallett's line). Metropolitan Railways Junction. London and Windsor. Shrewsbury and Birmingham. Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction. M anc hester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway. Sheffield, Buxton Leek, Potteries, and Crewe. Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct. Wrexham, Nantwich, and Crewe Junction. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield. Midland Extension (Newark and Gainsborough). Buckinghamshire (Harrow to Aylesbury). Surrey Iron Dissolving (Wandsworth to Croydon), to re peal or amend. Buckinghamshire (Tring to Banbury). North Wales Mineral, and the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction (amalgamation). Lynn and Fakenham, London and Blackwall, to enlarge provisions. Holborn Terminus. North Wales Mineral, to enlarge powers. Portbury Pier and Railway. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Banbury line; Worcester and Weedon, with branches to Droitwich and Al cesthreer S .) wsburv, Oswestry, and Chester Junction. Falmouth, Helston, and Penzance. Lancaster and Carlisle, Junction with at Penrith to Under skiddaw. Cockermouth and Workington, junction at Cockermouth to Underskiddaw or Keswick. Bideford and Tavistock. Malton and Driffield Junction. Direct West-end and Croydon. London and Brighton, junction with Shoreham branch to Stnin. Southern Counties Union and Bristol, Bath and Dover Direct. Midland—To enlarge powers. London and Brighton—Amalgamation with the Croydon Company. Windsor, Thames Valley, Great Western, and City June- tion. London and Birmingham, and Grand Junction—to enlarge powers. London and Birmingham (Coventry and Nuneaton line). London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham —To consolidate powers:and provisions. Bristol and Gloucester, Birmingham and Gloucester, and Midland—To enlarge powers. Cambridge and Oxford. Midland (Birmingham and Gloucester branches). Birmingham and Bristol (Malvern line). Leeds, Midland, and Lincolnshire Junction. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Ashchurch). London, York, and Midland Junction. London and South Western—To enlarge powers. Rugby, Derby, and Manchester (Macclesfield to Derby). Great Western and Falmouth Junction. Bristol and Birmingham (Gloucester and Stonehouse). Grand Junction—Branch from Crewe to Portland Wharf, Mansfield. Lyon and Ely—To enlarge powers. Ely and Huntingdon—To enlarge powers and to make branches. Northern and Eastern, Junction with, or with Eastern Counties at Ely to Bury St. Edmunds. York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction. Fleetwood-on-Wyre to Clitheroe. Canterbury and Herne Bay. West End and Southern Counties. Taff Vale—To enlarge powers. London and Birmingham—Junction with at Blisworth and Banbury. London, Staines, Ascot, and Reading Junction. Colchester and Cambridge Direct. ' Axholme, Gainsborough, Goole and York, and York and North Midland Junction. Southampton and Dorchester, junction with at Galton or Moreton-heath to Weymouth. Porthdynllaen to Portmadoc. Aylesbury and Theme Junction. Newcastle and Leeds Direct. Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction. London and Manchester Direct Independent (Remington's line). Great Northern and Southern Direct, from Huddersfield to Derby. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings—Junction with at Hail sham to Eastbourne and Southbourne. Newbury and Hungerford. Great West of England, or South Western and Exeter. Warwick and Birmingham Canal Railway, with a branch from Knowle to Hampton-in-Arden. Warwick and Worcester, with a branch to Droitwich. Lincoln, Wainfleet Haven, and Boston. Termini, additional in London. North Cornwall. Brighton and Chichester—Junction with at Woodgate or Bognor station, to South Bursted, Sussex—from Littlehamp ton to Rushyngton, with other branches. Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Great Grimsby Junction. Direct Exeter, (Plymouth and Devonport). Hull, Melton, and Northern Union. Bristol and Birmingham (Bath line). Devizes to Bridgewater. Tring and Reigate. Bradford to Manchester and Leeds, at Wakefield Ings Road, with branches. Wolverhampton, Bridgenorth, and Ludlow. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole ( Shuffieton Bight Branch and port, &c., of Goole). Leeds and Thirsk (Nidderdale Branch). Leeds and Thirsk (Wharfdale Branch). Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth. Leicester and Swannington—Junction with at Desford, to Poleswortb, Warwickshire. East Riding Junction. Buckinghamshire (Oxford and Bletchley Junction). London and Brighton_ Junction with at Three Bridges to East Grinstead. Midland—Junction with at or near the Kegworth station to London and Birmingham line at Coventry. Direct London and Exeter. Reedham and North Walsham. Enfield and Edmonton. Northampton to the Bedford and London and Birmingham. Fleetwood-on-Wyre to Thornton. Somersetshire Midland. Macclesfield and Lichfield, or Churnet and Blythe Junction. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Talley. London and Birmingham—To enlarge powers. Rugby, Derby, and Manchester. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction, formerly called the Wakefield and Harrogate Junction. Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield. London and Birmingham, several branches. Nottingham Mineral. West Riding Union, and branches. Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Direct. South Wales, Haverfordwest, and Milford Junction. Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown. Pilbrow's Atmospheric Direct London and Gravesend. East and West of England Junction, from Northampton to Cheltenham. Great North and South Wales and Worcester, terminating at Aberystwith ; ditto terminating at Pennal, near Ma chynlleth ; ditto terminating at Bala. Shrewsbury, by a Junction with the Shrewsbury and He reford, Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, New town, and Aberystwith, to Wem. Teen and Dove Valley and Eastern and Western Junction. Isle of Wight. Great Western, Brentford, and Central Terminus. Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction. Grand Junction—Junction with at Castle Church, Stafford, to Sawley, Derbyshire. Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Independent Extenskel, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction. Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Independent. Grand Union. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and (direct) Glasgow Junction. Bucklerabury (City of London) station at. Stroud, Cirencester, and London. London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire. Spalding and Brandon Junction. Edinburgh and Peebles. Leicester, Melton Mowbray, and Boston Direct Union. Gainaborough and Nottingham. City of Exeter to Ilfracombe. Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke. Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales. Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil Junction. Oxford and Rugby—Junction with at Ladbroke to Coventry. Southampton and Dorchester, with branch to Poole, to artiettd prbVisione. Nottingham to Birminginitil. Cambrian and Grand Junction. Leeds and Bradford—To amend provisions. Regent's Canal—Conversion of intoArailway, with branches, Thames Embankment and Railway Junction. Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester. London, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hereford. Leamington, Warwick, and Cheltenham Junction. Chelmsford, Maldon, and Blackwater. Manchester and Southampton Extension, or Droitwich, Wnlitehairip4on and Trent Midlands Junction. Ive's, Wished:, Spalding. st: Wislyeeh. Spa diEg acid Lincoln. Eastern Counties (York Extension) ; Lincoln to York ; Cambridge to Lincoln ; Tottenham and Barnet Branch ; Tottentitini and Farringdon-street Branch ; Hertford and Huntingdon ; Gainsborough to Belper. Great Western—Junction witb i at Didcot station to Andover. Southampton to Andover. Buxton. Macclesfield, Congleton, and Crewe. Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester. Bristol and English Channels Connexion, with branches. Welsh Midland Continuation from Carmarthen to Car digan. Rugby and Huntingdon Junction. London and York (Great Northern), Stamford and Spald ing Branch ; Wakefield and Leeds Branch. Welsh Midland Extension—Kidderminster to Birming ham; Leominster to Stourport and Kidderminster. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire. Leicester and Bedford. Gloucester and Hereford Canal and Worcester, in connexion with the Welsh Midland. Radnorshire, Aberystwith and Welsh Midland Junction. Welsh laidlnd) with luguicheu. Brecon and Merthyr Junction, in connexion with the Welch Midland. Avon and Severn Valley. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—Junction with at Comberton (Kidderminster), to the new line at Wribben hall. Leeds and Bradford Extension Branches. Welsh South Midland, or Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Extension. Leeds and Carlisle. Eastern Counties—To aMend powers, with branches. Lincoln and Oakham. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Wakefield Extension). Sheffield, West Riding, and Midlands' Junction. Grand Junction, Great Western, and South Western Junction. Midland and Eastern Counties. Gloucester—Junction with at Gloucester, to terminate by a junction with the Abergavenuy and Hereford Tramroad at Abergavenny. Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction. Eastern Counties—Junction with at Brentwood, to Tilbury Fort ; Finsbury Extension. Manchester and Leeds—Branches. Kent and Essex Union. Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction. ' Bristol and Exeter—Junction with the Yeovil Branch of, at Martock, Somerset, to Crewe, Kerne, or Misterton. Cheltenham, Oxford. and London Junction. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, and Nottingham and Gran tham Junction. Halifax—Junction with West Riding Union to Leeds and Bradford Extension Line at Keighley. South Metropolitan. Furness and Windermere. Plymouth and North Cornwall. Direct London and Dublin. _ •Croydon to Hastings. Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and Deal and Dover Junction. London, Hastings, and St. Leonard's Direct. Syston and Peterborough—Junction with at Melton Mow bray to Paddock Grove, Lincoln. Chester and Holyhead—Junction with at Llandrille Rhos, to Ormeshead Bay. Mellorn to Blackrock, Cornwall, Plymouth and North Cornwall. Direct London and Liverpool. Newcastle and Darlington—Junction with at Victoria bridge, Durham, to Hartlepool. Kensington and Fulham—Junction roads at Knightsbridge to Staines. Oldbury (Worcester) to Shrewsbury. Gloucester and Dean Forest. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, with a branch to Burnley. London to Southampton—Extensions. North Staffordshire, Liverpool Extension, main line through the Pottery district, Churnet Valley line. Southampton, at or near Battlodoun-bridge, Southampton, to Sutton Bingham, Somerset. Poole, to a junction with the line of the Southampton and Dorchester, with other branches. Cornwall, with branches. Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool. Fisherton, Wilts, to Yeovil, Somerset. London and Croydon—Junction with at Deptford or Lewis ham, to Ashford on the South-Eastern. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. Staffordshire and North Midland Junction. Shropshire Union Railway Canal (Chester and Wolver hampton). Richmond (Kew branch). Staines and Richmond. Midland (Burton -upon-Trent to Nuneaton). West London Extension. Richmond and Staines—Junction with at Staines to New bury. Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, and Stockport Direct. Direct London, Portsmouth, and Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham. Great West of England, or South Western and Exeter Extension. Mold Junction. Manchester and Birmingham, and Chester and Holyhead respectively—To raise additional capital. Harwich to Northern and Eastern Counties, at Cambridge. Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction—To make branches. Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Thirsk and Inalton branches). Devizes to Salisbury, with branches. Andover Canal—To sell the same to the Manchester and Southampton Company. Darlington and Hartlepool. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings—Branches. Newcastle and Berwick—Branches. Norfolk—Norwich branch. London and Edinburgh Direct, and Darlington and Har wich Junction. Sheffield and Rotherham—Branches. Manchester and Rugby Direct, via Macclesfield. Bristol and Gloucester—To enlarge powers. Northern and Southern Connecting. Guildford Junction—Branches to Petersfield, Itchenor, &c. Dover and Bristol. Northumberland Dock and Percy Branch. Direct Western. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth—To enlarge powers. Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction. London and Birmingham Extension—Northampton, Da ventry, Leamington, and Warwick, with branches to Rugby and Fenny Compton. Birmingham and Oxford Junction. Birmingham and Gloucester and Stour Valley Junction. Great Western, Southern, and Eastern Counties, or Ips wich and Southampton. Trent Valley Junction, with Colton or Rugeley, with other branches. Newcastle and Darlington Junction (purchase of Durham and Sunderland). London and Birmingham Extension, Northampton, Da ventrv, Leamington, Warwick, Worcester, and Birmingham Canal (with branches to Droitwich, Hampton-in-Arden, Rugby, and Fenny Compton). North Western. Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, and Stockport Direct, The Thames Valley, Oxford, and South Wales Union Railway, or Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Extension Railway. Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Tamworth Junction. Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton. Eceston and Wyre—To sell. SwritTham, Narborough, and Watlington. Cambridge and Colchester Junction. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby. North and East Riding Junction. London and Birmingham (City Extension). London and Birmingham station (enlargement). Liverpool and Bury and others, to lease to the Manchester and Leeds. Epsom to Dorking. Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction. Fleetwood- on-Wyre to Burnley. York and North Midland (East Riding branches). Boston, Grantham, Leicester, and Midland Counties Junction. Bristol and Dover Direct Junction. Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester. East Lancashire. Great Western, Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction. London and Nottingham. Chester and Holyhead—Branches.l Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Junction with at Worcester to Hereford, with branches). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne. and Manchester (Junction with at Sheffield to Stoke-upon-Trent). Direct London and Manchester. Salisbury and Swindon Extension. Hull, Sheffield, and Midland Direct. North Gravesend. Midland Railway—Leicester and Swannington Railway purchase and branches. Rochdale, Heywood, and Manchester. Hull and Selby—Branches. Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction, with extension to Blackburn, and branches to Southport and Wigan. Direct Northern. Exeter (Great Western). Clitheroe Junction. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Barnsley Branch). York and Lancaster. Durham Lines (Branches). Leeds and Thirsk (North Eastern Extension). Hayle—To make alterations. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (Extensions, No. 1). Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow. London and Holyhead. Bristol and South Wales Junction—Junction with at Compton Greenfield, Gloucestershire, to Henbury, with other branches. Eastern Counties Extension---Junction with at Bedford to the present junction of the North Midland and York and North Midland, at or near Normanton, in the county of York, or by a junction with the York and North Midland, at or near to Water Fryston, York, together with branches from the said intended railway, from a certain point or place thereon, near to Crosswell Bishop, in the county of Notting ham, to or near to the town and county of the town of Not tingham, and from a point or place on the said intended rail way near to ?,,Blidworth, in the said county of Nottingham, to or near to the town of Chesterfield. Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct. Lancashire and North Yorkshire. Manchester, Southampton, and Poole. Keighley, Halifax and Huddersfield Junction, vie ERand. London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct. Dunstable Junction Bill—To join the London and Birming ham near Leighton, to terminate at Maldon, Essex. Ashbourne and Derby Junction. Re to mouth of harbour. Blackburn and Preston. Lancashire, Weardale, and Hartlepool Union. -wcastle, Durham, and Hartlepool Union. Dire , ....." , .nsom and South London Junction. Wolverham; 2. ton, Birmingham, and Nottingham. Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough, Midland Counties and Birmingham Junction. ck, and Midlands' Junction. Manchester, Buxton, Mat:!) ROMANCE or REAL Lirr.- - .A young American planter named Da Costa, of immense-fox-lune, recently came over to this country in search of a wife, and after visiting some of the most fashionable cities and " spending his money like a prince," without meeting the object of his search, he paid a visit to Birmingham, and was standing one day at the door of the Hen and Chickens, when, as old wives would say (and circumstances in this case proved the truth of the say ing), the very person he came to England to look for warkad across New-street, nearly opposite where he stood. Struck with her appearance, he followed the lady, and with much politeness expressed a wish for a better acquaintance, and a desire to see her home. The young lady, a Miss Rimmer, of Alcester, was at that time on a visit to Mr. Heely, Bristol road, to whose house the stranger accompanied her; but his partner in the walk not quite liking such a romantic visitor, referred him to her parents. The traveller was not to be diverted from an object in search of which he had travelled so far, and the little town of Alcester was shortly after well nigh frightened from its propriety by a carriage and four driving up at full speed to the house of Mr. Rimmer. After many wonderings among the inhabitants who it could be, it turned out that it was Mr. Da Costa come to request of the parents permission to pay his addresses to their daughter. Advice was asked of those with whom they usually advised, and consent was given ; and the stranger gave such evidence of the strength of his attachment, that he was not long in finding his way to the heart of Miss Rimmer; .and though many tales were afloat of what the modern " Blue Beard" would do, he married her at Alcester Church on Saturday week, three carriages and four conveying the parties who graced the nuptial ceremony with their presence. The per sons whose daughter has thus become a wife are worthy people in moderate circumstances; the lady poisessiug good sense a. well as personal attractions; and the stranger has shown himself; by his munificent presents, to be really what he passes for, a man of vast wealth, and a gentleman. We uAderstand that the eldest brother of Miss Rimmer is to ac company her to her new residence across the Atlantic, when hil fortune, as wen el b,ere, will be made.—liiriningitani ardor. • - CROYDON. On Saturday Win. Ful'er, one of the letter-carriers attached . to the Croydon district, attended before Messrs. Reid, and Sutherland, the presiding Magistrates, at s . l ..ie Town hall, in discharge of his recognisances, to ar— wer a charge of having unlawfully embezzled and a letter containing a sovereign, the property of her..fgaj,t3„.*'s Postmaster-Ge neral. The charge was mad .. against the defendant under the fol lowing circumst:-. nets appears that for a considerable time there :Ave been - complaints of the loss of letters, con taYli" money and other valuables, sent to Croydon, and 14 :,,n a view to detect the depredator, the Post-office authori ties made arrangements to send four letters, each containing money, upon a certain day, to addresses within the four different deliveries comprising the Croydon district. One of these letters, containing a sovereign, was addressed to a gentlemen at Addiscombe-house, and this letter formed the subject of the present charge. The four letters arrived in due course at the Croydon post-office, and the defendant and the three other letter carriers employed in the establishment sorted them -as usual. The letter in question not being 01 1 44 4 1 110 Pg the PAICei ci letters that ware tit be Ie tit STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Nov. 14.—There has been only a limited amount of business done in Fo reign Wools this week, and no apparent variation in prices. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Nov. 14.—The sales of combing and clothing wool this week have been limited, and rather lower prices have been submitted to than could be obtained a month ag,t). WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Nov. 14.—There is no relief to the dull state of the trade both for short and long wools noted in our last week's report, but on the other hand an increased degree of flatness, and in order to effect sales lower terms must be submitted to. LEEDS.—There has been rather more business done at the cloth halls this week than for the last two or three weeks. More goods have also been delivered to order to the shipping-houses, than for some time past. Not withstanding the dull markets of the last few weeks, there has been no material accumulation of stocks, and prices are firm. The shipping houses are a little more busy than of late, and on the whole a fair amount of business, considering the late period of the season, is doing in the warehouses. BRADFORD MARKET, THURADA . Y.--WO cannot add anything different to the monotonous description of the wool market for many weeks past 1 the most rigid care is manifested by the spinners to buy only for present wants. Notwithstanding the great (limb:titian in the consumption, there is no giving Way lit the country as yet to enable the stAplcm to meet the prices offered here. Since last Th'fsaay, a great number of highly respect able 7 , l)inners and manufacturers have commenced run -111;4 short time besides, a large additional quaistity of machinery is Wholly StOPrOdl fli amt iifii of piodue tidti Mitt fitYsV, i l eum the prevalence of short, time, and the total stoppage of machinery in various directions i be fully 0 plr cent, lees thati timesand al= though this state of things presses heavily upon the working classes, yet there is no other means likely to bring business to such a point that it can be carried on profitably either to masters or men. In pieces there has been quite as much business done as for several weeks past, and by the precautionary measures adopted in re ducing the quantity brought to market, increased stock cannot now take place, and the chances of an early amendment are rendered more probable. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENiNe—mr, h..ve to report a very heavy and still declining cloth market. The demand is really small in comparison with the healthy demand some two months ago ; nor is there the least appearance of the slightest improvement. Even a PX1119004 Q/A the loud mat clutcd to -day would not - ....... • ------ ---- ,, 3 SHREWSBURY AND HEREFOI'm RAILWAY. A new prospectus of this Company, which is under tire sanction of the Great Western Company, and of w hicu. _, Robert Price, Bart., M.P. for Hereford, is Chain:l3oc, II; just been circulated. The prospectus states that 3 c' s !..,. derably portion of the line will form part of the WoreS,s!.. and Portdynllaen line, for which the Great Western (-7st pany are also to apply to Parliament next session, and that shareholders in the Shrewsbury and Hereford C om Plore to be entitled to advantages in the Wordester and ___,, Os Pw dynllaen Company. The following passage s of spectus will also be satisfactory to the shareholders :—• co d " That the community are fully alive to the importall4 i the line, may be inferred from the fact, tha t there s B oa u ? the usual amount of opposition from the prop r ietors al I' its course. ter , "The entire plans being now in the hands of thatng",, it is matter of certainty, and not of conjecture , will be executed under the average expense , an d c° y: derably within the advertised capital of the CornPatning throughout the whole of its course there are no engin* it difficulties; in fact, with the exception of Diulno r ," s 'od may be stated to pass through a continuous va". e P so d affording gradients which will ensure quick travelling less than average working expenses. the line dered " A deposit of 10 per cent. has been called for, as tell _ ds necessary by the new standing order of the House of Ji°,r iist and the Committee are able to assure their shareholde;bilhot,ho every condition required by the standini orders of. t o Houses, to enable the Company to go to arliamenie next session, is, or will at the proper time be, compile" " DUTCH MAIL. GRONINGEN, Nov. 10.—We learn from good a uthority, t ry license has now been given for' the execution of„ r e .,. s set through our province, in connexion with that of u v tlate We are rejoiced that this license has been given St or k, sod of the year when many labourers will be out af tr . It must begin to look out for employment during the vin opera' is to be wished that it may be possible to coninien ne ,„:„vest tions speedily. Accounts from Emden say that the who le in the province of East Friesland is considered on the _ ot go he l T dit i o s as good, in regard to quality. In consequence o f t disease, all kinds of corn are high in price, and th e e n re beir of the poor in the approaching winter is a subject of arL ec ts. sion. Old wheat is in the hands of persons who, is the_e 3- 01 F ar vt• tion of higher prices in England, do not send any t ° Old rye is quite cleared off, partly for borne consultor. and partly for exportation. The stock of winter sn, ' re d off mer barley is small. Old oats are almost .entirely els n o t are by large exports to England. The oats of last hart ha ve abundant, and of good quality. Green and grey PeT go od, produced a good crop ; but, in respect to quality, is tones and not fit for exportation. The failure of the pots tne' - much distress in some parts of the province. statae nim HAGUE, Nov. 14.—Second Chamber of the o j e cO General. A royal message was received with fiftee! Wr e of law, and an explanatory memorial relative to tu! et , cution of article 6of the fundamental law. These 100_,„ ° bera law are to be printed and distributed among the 34°' and referred to the section. ofisl The central section made its report on the projee ths for the augmentation of the budget for 1845, end ° modifying article 27 on the law of the stamp duties' discussion was fixed for Friday the 14th. d o n THE linoun, Nov. 144—1 n the sitting of the See°, o a tg" ber to-day, the central section brought up . its rePe",ooo l, project of law for encouraging the importation of pre; os on which the debate was fixed for Tuesday n, ° ,, t of I ,sl Chamber then proceeded to the debate on the proJ e ,', wn(' for increasing the budget of the expenditure for 1 84 ,1 0 difr was unanimously agreed to. The project of law of tot') ing the stamp duties was, after a long debate, agr e a majority of 33 to 13. DUTCH FUNDS.—ADISTERDISI, Nov. 1 5 • Mona. 6014 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent... •. • • 60% 14% 1 4 ,itto, 3 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent.•.. ...... ......... 96% , Amort Syndic, 454 per Cent.. • • .... 99% 904 Ditto, 3 per Cent.. 90% 1594 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • . 158%, 91 East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • 9 6 )4 3 0 Exchange on London, at sight •-•• • • • • 12 50 Two months... ••• • • • .. 12 On Hamburgh, at sight •• •• 36 60 Two mouths.• • ... . On Paris Two months. • . ..... -Dutch Papa s, Nov. 12. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Nov. Bu ll• y; St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent .. • . • • 9814 Pruss.English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent. • Exchange on London, 3 months• • • • • • • • Universal Prussian Gazette, Nov. 11. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov; 71.4 5 per Cent. Metalliques• • 01 I 4 per Cent. ditto. •••••• • • • • • • •• • • '- 3 per Cent. ditto. . /6). . ••••••••••• Loan, 1834 ......... ..... ............ • • 16 1 1601 Bank Shares •• • • . • ••.• • • • • • • • •••• • • •• Esterhazy's Loan • •• • • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .• •• • • • • •• • • 142 Vienna—Milan • • •• D; /y, 6 0 84 •• •• •• •••• •• 95% Leghorn •• Pesth ..... Grosetto Pestoja • ............. —Allgemetue Zettung. Nov. 9. CLERICAL DELINQUENti.L 10` An exceedingly heart-rending case of seduction cirell cently occurred in the neighbourhood of Leeds, the,.00.010 stances connected with which are of the most rthAtti.', kind. What adds to the blackness of the crinle2 t het, ° `ol ' perpetrator is a clergyman, married, and thei ot a/10 family of children; the victim is a young ladyl l ,° r esP ec S excellent character, the member of a family hignu„,,,,o3S o, by all who know - them. It seems that the elert r arce introduced to the family while the mother lay on '` - dePr o oli bed, and it was while he was engaged in regularb r Aca tering the consolations of religion that the seellic7 i t place. The young lady became enceinte, and a ll° ,ig itS ° Y months ago suddenly left her home, none of her friel' - es silf o d ing whither she had gone. Their distress ni s l,se; "10 imagined. Suspicion, however, fell on the clergni ee tl s, ,,d the circumstances becoming known to the vicar 0 1 ,'",, c Ke was suspended until the matter could be satisfact orw ad v up. In the meantime the gentleman caused AI „„ sto m to ment to be published in the Times, a few weeks ats'Lecl ' t yff that " —'s family and friends have been Pi ti ,„Thi, the deepest mourning (and one gentleman in d e !Ye' into the greatest trouble, his prospects for ` e ' re t s (l' threatened by it), on account of her le 'wi tt y parture from home on —st last ti on 01,4.4 vertisement proceeding to give a minute descriptlc'efine lady, and inviting information as to her ir,l ier B o l4 ,,ef' Numerous replies, some of the most ludicrous kinu.„' aril ceived to this advertisement, but none from the Y - t self, for this sufficient reason, that the advertisenlet rerof mere blind, and the clergyman himself was secretly lie., correspondence with her, both assuming feigned 11 1.7ut T;1 course he sternly protested his innocence to those ai i - e lorf and daily and hourly called God to witness tha t f r iell e if deeply injured man. By accident, however, the 0 4 6 4 the young lady last week discovered the place or . " - o f 1"'0' and the whole affair was cleared up. A number - to es a o were discovered, which exhibited a system of the r t lfer_; o l,' ordinary hypocrisy and profligacy that has perhal' s brought to light. It seems that the seduce r braves the opinion he has outraged, and has dese,,,r t h e e aq,;oo t and family to live with the woman he has ruined. es le which this affair has caused to a large circle of relativsioe. be described. It may just be added that this is th e . ,dg i ob gyman who, a few months ago, refused to allor 0101 person to offer up a prayer at the bedside of a din div v ief; insisting that none bat he, and such as he who Nyt',, e ,0,07 appointed, and exercised the true apostolic r''ffbnV competent to officiate on such an occasion. last his appearance in the neighbourhood of the v -e ie from which he had been for some time absen, t 'J 13, 1 1 0 0 occasion of a serious disturbance. So fiercely ritsbal)/ famous conduct excited the indignation of the 'll o of,,etif that they gathered round him as he passed elotvo, streets. and assailed him, not only with abusivaoety but with still more formidable marks of their , e giv i , t ,o o We understand that they even went so far as .„os r ife, scoundrel a ducking. However this may be, 4 ,01 1 1„;", to such extremity by his pursuers that he ac the compelled to fly for refuge to the house in which 00,00,e(,t of the injured lady resided. Here his appearancew es c o d excited so much exasperation, that he narrelV t ere off' being shot. He contrived, however, to r emain olicCeji° information of his position was forwarded to their rely' at Leeds, and seven or eight policemen were sP;oPresiell,l two coaches to rescue him from the violence o f the to tif l i The coaches were driven closed up to the hous e . ti.ieelgity as much as possible the people getting betweetl, to ost' c li ( the door • and in this way the skulking villain "i t , e out of the house into one of the vehicles. As i e sh°' however, drove rapidly away, vollies of stones 11 ,e A gtA upon them, and they narrowly escaped serious na7 o ,sr ie f hear that the same clergyman has, since hi s sti ly added still further to his infamy, by committing assault upon his maidservant. —Leeds Times. off FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT A PRINTING --ua 0- 0- On Saturday, a frightful accident occurred to ""icle John Morris, aged twelve years, whose parents lteriti Waterloo-road, Lambeth, which it is supposed i l l o gs„,,F t 1 ); fatally. It appears that the unfortunate lad wa'9,,nd the machine- room, belonging to Messrs. Cloves ;list '„dcl printers of Duke-street, Stamford-street, and lv-ed roof tie on the sheets for some new publication , he torrlhsecl s ad speak to another boy,' when the cog-wheels or " twe eeia machine caught his head, which was drawn / 0 ,,,;,- c°l , portion of the wheels, ;and before the raaell' tl "„"i'id stopped, he sustained a dreadful lacerated Wir)hic“, scalp, extending from the base of the skull of s calV po, the neck to the forehead, which portion of the 3° r ot torn from the skull and hanging over his eY 4 .e s ; ',litisl t 1, 1 " 0 fellow was removed in great agony from his j ob r e . tion and carried to a neighbouring surgeon's , ty v it, deemed advisable to remove him with all sPe7 w hio k i i, the accident ward of St. Thomas's Hospitals 6ol"„iertj he was immediately put under the care of 01,7 30 reev r house-surgeon, who gave but very faint hopesg,cout.°l.ence:, We understand that Mr. Fsargus f c ll 9 ,, e b sl ' . Mr. Joshua Hobson have split upon some pololorthe' and that the connexion of the latter with the , , has, therefore, altogether ceased.--Leeds 2liereurYvo - p ee; A SHORT CUT !—The cutting of $ 6 1 1 0° 5 0% only a mile and three-quarters in length, througoioioit't of the peninsula 'of Cantyre, in Argyleshire , Wi ll tr aii ce ,,(l, l/° length of the voyage from Glasgow to the ,e ll s c otis - Caledonian Canal and the western islands or fewer than 140 miles. - 11 4 0 11, o f BIRTHS. 0. Cr 64 Of On the 11th inst., at Wargrave, the lady of N' ~,, 1 , o C r a daughter. ,3_,1 I, P . ef oo On the 11th inst., at Leominster Lodge, near Artu) .1. F f, the It,n. E. H. Ravenhill, of a son. 30 1. Et e •O. the 12th inst., at Lawn-place, W P ef' of a son. On the 13th inst ., at Beech House, Pendleton, Itu'"' 5 ~ if • 41' the lady of Francis Martin, Esq., of a son. Wife of , r On the 13th inst., at Bloomsbury-square, the , v 4 _,, i 0) Esq., of a 8 , n. the l' w On the 14th inst., at Rotherfleld-street, Islingtorl, liam Golding, Esq., of a daughter. North Brixton, cv to 14 MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Guildford, R. G. Ffarmer, OnivteoP dauhter ef the late J. Houghton Esq Ol the 13th inst., at the Rectory Church , AfarYle— °stow' ter of S. Turner, Esq., of Milton-street, to Charles mont-street, Marylebone. e ll° ' DIED. .e 04' 1 t ( On the 13th inst., in Hans-place, John Backheu--' Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.a ll-r 01 0 On the 11th ult., Mrs. Mary Horan&ile , a+, Porgy ware-road, aged 55. b s °lb 1 . On the 7th inst., in Artillery-place West, - ri—n the late John Smith, Esq., surgeon. J. 8. i , rfoeie,ti o e On the 11th inst., at Harlow, Essex, Captain 5. r • fv- On the 13th inst., Henry, the fourth son of Mr. fr. 6.. 00 Ou the 13,h inst., at Seething Wells, Kingst"',,,,,VlS On the 14th Mrs. Catherine Carter, °- Mark-lane, aged 60. or f r: l°' c l'° C .4 London : Printed and Published by hitTßDo22„dallSlik(litl/7,°'Ol' Strand. Printer at The Sun °face No. 112, by "'ltiffr icetba.TOir thb CQUIltr Of o°3/ 1 +tad be T 1 fe e ,tNe t or h is or t„