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Th thl/4thenthe fca'2., and that they wou,d not move r , • sad thy, , ia•nt attack to pall down the fence , thy,`.Y ituruediately tak e n into custody one of Poltueoien named Dick. kr L ' -AUxs h av i ng replied on the defendant's evidence,.,„, AMP BELL Kurumed up, and The % ages 50/ jury found a ver di ct f or th a pl a i nt iff "41-tiFF' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) rtu"'TUN (Before Mr. limier Sheriff BURCHELL.) V. SCOTT.—ISIPORTANT QUESTION UNDER TE E AMENDED COUNTY C OURTS ACT. fOr "18 aCt i° l l was brought to recover the sum of 61. 15s. n ot 4l .'oy lout. Th e defendant had pleade d t h at h e was 0 1.11 ', bt ed, but had admitted his signature to two kr. 6 • to , Al, the pl a i n tiff ' s a tt orne y, th en s aid he wished 4 4 : I evirionce in ord e r to groun d an application to the i of ed Under -Sheriff to g ive a certificate on the back tun re cord that this was a proper case to be tried in a rerinr co T he urt. L J f .NDER-SHEnI FF sa id h e s h ou ld not interfere._ 'AY said it wou ld save expense, and he founded Cop p Pliteation o n th e 12th section of the amended ch,„l t Y Court s Act, which gave any judge or judges, at eptiT i ue ri. or presiding officer, to give such certificate to suoid e t he Plaintiff t o costs. In this case the action they t i have b een b roug h t i n any C oun ty G fuirc, or 1 46, 1 , 4 : not know d e f en d an t' s r es idence, and he was "S ay " m t he Admiralty, and it had been held in a case toed v• Seafe," that a clerk in a Government-office obo e , net be considered to be carrying on business at the Th e giet f ° 1 1 , 1) Eit-SHERIFF directed the jury to give a ver -4 , °Pied - ,: n . 15 5., and held that interest c mild not be al "nd said he would take a note of then pplication. otre oth er cases were undefended. Sh eri t ir l ' "v at —This morning a County Co.irt of the *ere Middlesex was held, when several persons meel a go re outlawed. opt l :L ic ' N ' To DEBTORS.—In the City Small Debts be e otatbiL u il morning several persons wore ordered to net tt „"A for seven and fourteen days, for contempt m i'Pe • ar ing to their summons. 44 ;, 'ION-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.) `4,oroinl'Plieation was made to Mr. Alderman Gibbs this e ,°se of 4 he the following circumstances:—At the Did ta'iitue sessions which have just been held at the ° n eer -. ); e3 ' , an application was made to the Recorder by „ 4:1 yie,, t- ',..Pettv juries, on being discharged, to be allowed d,ed: l‘ ue interior of Newgate. To this the Recorder s "re could not be the slightest objeJtion; A th „ ° Pa - r e t e in lin glY this morning was appointed, and i'er H i "' met at Newgate for the purpose of going . °ae(,-,"8 interior of the prison. After waiting i;nsiderable time, they were at last conducted over d r sai o two wards by the governor, but the remainder . an t o 4 0 Portio n of the building he unceremoniously declined Ptisie!;hunder these circumstances the gentlemen corn l'ase°,:.° Party betook themselves to the Mansion c'4de ' 1 ,7 4 stating the case to the sitting magistrate, Mr. ' 4 th r , - 7, 11 Gibbs, requested him to grant them an order Alder inspection of the prison.' 4 11 thi ; e a „„ an GIBBS said that he could not interfere Sil trifr — "el'. The proper quarter to apply to was the Th e 3 O f London. 41 111 I)ar ty then ..th ti dre on. w, much dissatisfied with the tor• with •'; ther ap p li ca 414 kIti " 2 : -4 -011 0' -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) h a er ti I `, SOLICITORS.—John Fisher and Robert L - Meit n i r -w ° g 3 ntleraen, who described themselves as ( I. rn `s-.0 1 - i s b ' ,esiding Bingham,Aldersgat-.2-street, were titu rb °Tore Mr. charged with creating a i r , On eo in St. Martin's-court. (loloeCe'constable, 35 C, stated that about half-past one ° Nit ~,,t his morning h e was on duty in St. Martin's- Jne o i f "'leo his attention was attracted to the defendants, 4. ettfie' *he al (Robert Fisher) was rather drunk, and e ttr (a ,gp great disturbance. He went up to-them and °f Qiurt .e h '' tthem to . desist, as the inhabitants of the be; -a " made many complaints at the station °Merli,rlP; disturbed from th e ir slumbers by dis 4er, f P e oPle. The defendant Robert Fisher, how sted:,'"t4erpd to go quiet!y, and witness took him into d' The other defendant then laid hold of him 'ro a h.heoulder, and attempted to rescue his brother ' J olt constable's) custody. Witness, with the Jolt th °I a tradesman residing in the court, then wiwom both to the station. Nyed ial33 Morris, tobacconist, 21 St. Martin's•court, ja g tk_the disturbance and assisting the constable in tak- Thge', &readouts to the station. tesaes def end ants d en i e d t h e c h arge, an d ca ll e d t wo wit railed ;to proof of their innocence. They, however, eiteb, ll . sl o doing, and Mr. Bingham fined them 20s. naieh was immediately paid. gn a L YCEUM THEATRE. , orn aa „ 4- aPtation of the Enfant de Paris, the per ?f which was p roh ibit e d i n F rance on ac - Produced its supposed democratic tendencies, was Vlt e i . ere last evening under the title of A Day %P.. c r„ %", and achieved a most triumphant sue- The been admirably adapted by Mr. Planche. ultra.v°lne of the piece is a Countess, married to . an honest icious husband. The fashionable and clis hou-e .13- ig , .cles of the latter drive her from his t rY, ' Nv 1 6 4 Paris to an estate of her own in the coun who h as 're she takes into her service a young man hi s vainly sought a debt from the Count due to sggared father, and who, in a moment o f exas the house to help ,"7 has broken into . se if to his own by violence. Discovered the t ' h is saved by the Countess, tell a s e to , hi e s recital of the villany of her has • 4 ;. 'cl . with shame and commiseration, and inducts a i n n a to b th e e employment alluded to. The Count is reduced to perilous exigencies by his ex travagances, and is scoundrel enough to seek re '64iption from his wife by urging her to sign , e u 6kper which comprom i ses h er reputation, on _tn ength of an unlu c ky i n t erv i ew which s h e bas with a lover of early d a y s . F rom thi s strait her is, however, released by the intervention of oltgrateful se rvan t, w h o fi na ll y entraps the Count nao lone place on the se a - s h ore , on the pretence 41(r tang the man whom he suspects to be the pars r.uar of id h s wife, and wh o m h e has challenged: The is p o Lot, having now th e destroyer of his family in h tL,7 1 % slay s hi m i n t h e duel which he . provokes, and w orks out the " reckoning" which the roue so s Iviv:%deserves. The acting of Mr. Charles Mathew 1 4 , - ,'C inimitable. He pourtrayed the heartless repro. , W ith consummate ability ; the polished . ease, and °l3l , i tfp 'Perturbable effrontery, belonging to that class 4_,int the dis it t -etci ulition in which it is his privilege to excel. Had iti v it been for the supreme excellence of the body ;erce.ly gusting features of the part would have e been "durable through the three acts of which the t 1 , 4 °6 13 Comp o 4 ed . The character has not a single u g n l_ t ik e i e4lin g Point of goodness : it is a passage o Cl4,iiited depravity throughout ; nevertheless, Mr. aytims Mathew s contended with the tide of a with ezq 'ilt:llY te which set against him at the outset 'aih address. Madame Vestris, as the Countess,d. 14 1 ,,,, h er, but little to do, but in that little she his ar usual tact and propriety. Mr. R. Rox the t rieu s d e ` t "beaded and flaxen-whiskered banker, tn t he Count, in whose infamy he. shares,. kangapei,auather of those amusing sketches of foppish , Nv, il 'Y in which he is unrivalled. His " make•up 4 atth erfen tiou. Mr. George Vining and Mr. Frank r. 10h11 47 s were included among the dramatis pe of th ar i "le latter demonstrating his usual percept i on ' 4 R:b e : by his graphic portraiture of a P n a a ris w ia a n s pit, ri d of the lowest order. The melodrama heo:tiettihoseuccucerstsafiunl: The principal actors appeared be ard the piece was announced for re - 4n:iid universal applause. , 'eq'g LOGICA L S O CIET Y . —The usual monthly 1, It ~ CAL i' m r this society was held on Monday evening; G. and t r „., ll '• T e f ile 'use, Esq. p esident in the chair. embers (xray„he - ; , ty .- % 4 Y were balloted for ' and elected m? de ' ‘ 4 lro 'lr. Evans exhibited a . . Lampyris, taken at Rio ,ktiibi-teidWhile in the act of emitting ligh . t. Mr. S. Stevens tti 'l .`` 4 4( t Trne fine specimens of the variety of Ornithoptera fir, gut sy 44 7 1 _ at_Richmond River New Holland ; and . a . lsi! eotisNint o ,.." - ZP!lppterous insect,. Pitlyrniecopsis Eumeneahesi.s aord4cry, and exhibited five species . of Tineidos, new . to this floi,, k, of a read an extremely interesting notice by A. r. in, - Mo n , ,Braall Lepidopterous larva (probably of the genus 1, 6 4 ..' 4,1 411, 4 ,?' which fed on the flowers of Ortganum vulgare, 'l , ' l ttlir e taely resembling an unexpanded flower-bud , of Aar ut- ellll / . i n ' t r. Douglas read a letter from Mr.. E. Wilson, L'al ' ThiWhich it was stated, that in the United . States it ar t k' s ' e ciar l3° i 33 4 , - ; e , t e o pres w erv as ecoll e t r ionsof insects, as in some owing to a peculiar state tove4rea4t4,ll3lterv:ry hot t w h eath , that was shut up became tf.T:l3:l°;leßtWWi'titils atenwtillreill - mis f. t- in a ell pb oa e e L d e a rY r, a i n n d g that from this cause a pair Id become as white as snow.. d Ed er was iiiscus z l i l i . ew to e g ...Ne wh Peak r would all the members, and elicited coM a knowledge of the facts of the 17t ut -`e of 'i t We saY, that circumstances will transpire in the Ortl e , I , " or twelve days, perhaps sooner, which will R4r tin`cies religious world, accustomed though it has been to bnlethin see very strange things within the last few months. t f ,Prq „,, resemblin a regularly organized conspiracy will 0 -a t T i • v `" to have beg entered into by a number of influen 'Alltlr laetarian clergy n men, with the heads ode the Romish `' t lfili c e 't l this country with the view of stroying the N414'1 Establishmen't. We believe that documentary 4 4s e i a c e of the fact will be forthcoming before a fortnight No elapse o ,, Ps . e ,d• We do not think it would be judicious to say e - '-oe subject at preset.—Advertiser. berBl:(2l4TY RATEs.—Yesterday a deputation of Me.m krottli. arliament, and representatives of the metropol . itan *. haited n 4l boards and members of provincial poor-law unions, , ( r1 ~,- „ ,km Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey,. at the Ztetieur,-'ee, D owning -street for the purpose of drawing the I . 7.easiii;: ll ,° l ' Government to the necessity of introducing some ;ge ,-,,,- "ring the ensuing session of Parliament, whereby ihrolliet,r,:°:...e,sfitative prineiple might regn late the boards c9n qtroat7n kio administering the county rates. The deputation, 4i vtd ` ed bY Mr. Wilson Patten, was most courte_ r ousjy tu r n e e - , 4 h -l•A k bY his Lordship and Sir George G . rey. It ll l l . 11 I ,ik,Z, r• 'Milner Gibson 1i1.P., Mr. Williams, r. Charles .. t 'req c , ° al eadow-hall, ' Rotherham, Mr. John Livesay,. of '.:.4°l*(lsl anti Severa l other gentleinen, having addressed his LA th t. ''P, Lord John Russell said that although he concurred rs Z4k4l.lltifou"so very generally expressed, that ratepa3c te. h Yttirsti 4 i rithild he placed-tin: thesame footing as the ra t-e hp;' —uor Oughs , :t 4 ) . tbti'Mithieipal' Act, which was . on it -nci - -"/ - ' - . n yet •it did not o , P of taxation and representatio , " had been ' 41 4(1 .1 .(Pl ' i thi:llltitala ~,..` tit:axial' " 111 1 , Vefil d er -" tu i v , tilart : Ittl i ; / i 1 1 1 ' 11/4444149 g , t, Z."' 4 L lnea a t ir :p,"exlir r e - iis p ion lae:‘‘-'jmove 't sass 41} ' r t tcl-4,l3.am,tl;f4litau paribh . e... i i i ,. and, r t , h ia a . t k i, tetii. er • e isundated wit petit ions . t * . OttlX)y 9 1. 14 ' )1113 ;, (44!net" ne s t Tile deputation .... - - RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND BIRMING HAM JUNCTION.—It appears that the Railway Com missioners have signified their approval of another portion of this line, extending from Islington to Carnden-town, and it is accordingly intended to open that portion on Saturday next. By arrangement with the Blackwall Railway Company, the East and West India Docks Railway conveys passengers from Camden-town, Islington, Kingsland, and Hackney, to the station at Fenchurch-street, the Brunswick-pier at Blackwall, 0r . ,. any other station on the Blackwall line. From Islington the railway has been working about two months as an omnibus line, at the fares of 6d. end 4d., and appears to give great facilities to the inhabitants of the districts through which it passes. When the junction of this line is made with the Lon don and North" Western Railway at Camden-town, passengers will have the opportunity of booking for that railway in the City, or at any of the stations on the East and West India Dock line, without the ne cessity of a journey to Euston-square. On the com pletion of the junction at Camden-town, the goods traffic from the London and North-Western Railway will be conveyed over the line to the river Thames. At present the Dock Railway is worked as for pas senger traffic only. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—It is stated that ad vances will again be probably made to this railway, if not by the Great Western, by some other parties. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—It is expected that the recent decision, adverse to this company, instead of being injurious to the shareholder, will prove beneficial, inasmuch as the effect of it will be to facilitate arrangements between them and the London and North Western Company. DIRECT BIRMINGHAM, OXFORD, READING, AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—His honour Master Brougham has just instructed Mr. Hutton, the official manager, to appeal forthwith, at the expense of the estate, against the order of Vice-Chancellor Rolfe in the case of \Valstab, the effect of the decision of the Vice- Chancellor being to remove all allottees from the list of contributaries as liable, and, consequently, forming 3ne of the most important decisions hitherto oome to under the Winding-up Act. Owing to the impor tance of the principle involved in the case an oppor tunity will be taken to obtain a hearing at the earliest sitting in the ensuing session. LONDON AND SOUTHEND RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the Master the Hon. Sir George Rose erased from the list of contributories Mr. Scratton, one of the pro visional committee, in conformity with the decision of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, in the case of Brewitt,' but retained on the list the executors of Mr. P. Skipper, on the ground that he had attended several meetings at which a variety of expenses were ordered to be incurred. RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER RAILWAY: On Monday his Honour Master Richards allowed the claim of Messrs. Hall and Smith, the solicitors to the company, amounting to 500/. Mr. Wryghte, the official manager, reports the assets of the company to consist of about 3,0001. in the hands of the Account ant-General, and the liabilities to be discharged at about 7,0001. There is a claim on the part of the Northamptonshire Banking Company of 3,3001. About 20,000 shares in the company were allotted, and 40,0001. received as deposit ; 5,600 shares were bought up by the directors at a premium in the market, and 9,000 shares were reserved, as alleged, for landowners. The 40,0001. were spent in " Par liamentary preliminaries," and the last rendered ac counts of the company exhibited a balance of 21. S U N. ()N MR. HUDSON'S EVIDENCE AT YORK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—A letter has appeared in your columns to- day signed " John Henry Doyle," which has a tendency to involve me in the very disgrecetul imputation of having attempted to corrupt the Weekly Chronicle. That letter does me gross injustice. With what has taken place between Mr. Russell and Mr. Doyle I have nothing to do, nor is it neces sary that I should express my private belief on one side or the other ; but I do solemnly and unreservedly declare that I never, by act, word, or suggestion, held out any hope, or led Mr. Russell to expect, or autho rised him to offer, any consideration or reward, pecu niary or otherwise, for the insertion of any article having reference to Mr. Hudson, or any one else, in the columns of the Weekly Chronicle. That I wrote a short notice of Mr. Hudson's evi dence at York, which appeared in that newspaper on the 15th of September, is true. I wrote it at the in stance and request of Mr. Russell, and, as I then believed, with the entire sanction and concurrence of his partner, Mr. DoylQ. That I asked Mr. Russell to direct Mr. Dillon, the publisher, to forward '2OO copies of the paper con taining my article to the addresses mentioned in Mr. Doyle's letter, is equally true. That I wrote a second article, concluding and in completion of the former (but not a "panegyric on Mr. Hudson," and merely a review of his evidence), is also true—but I did no more. That is the head and front of my offending ! I never suggested—l never offered a bribe. The idea never crossed my mind. It is true that the second article did not appear, but I myself insisted on its being restored to me, and destroyed it with my own hands rather than accede to the terms upon which it was offered to be inserted —an offer which did not come from Mr. Robert W. Russell. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Wm. DIGBY SEYMOUR. 2, Inner Temple-lane, Dec. 4. [As the strange and, it now appears, utterly groundless charge of an attempt having been made to corrupt the Weekly Chronicle for Mr. Hudson's pur poses, has led to a public acknowledgment by Mr. Digby Seymour, that he is the author of the review which appeared in that paper on Mr. Hudson's cele brated evidence at York, it may gratify our readers to peruse that learned gentleman's views, of which he now takes the responsibility on himself. We, there fere, reprint the article in extenso.—ED. Sun.] MR. DIGBY SEYMOUR'S FIRST REVIEW OF MR. HUDSON'S EVIDENCE AT YORK. (From the Weekly Chronicle of September 15.) When Mr. Hudson had left the witness-box, during a late remarkable trial at York, there was a movement among the bar, many of whom hurried forward to con gratulate him upon the manner in which he had passed through the difficult and unsparing ordeal to which he had just been subjected. The tone and gestures of his friends told that a triumph had been gained, while his more immediate accusers either found a different exit, or " Astonished stood and blank!" As this scene was going on outside the court, an acute and gifted Member of Parliament, who remained behind, and whose fame as a senator is only equalled by his reputation as an advocate, turning to those who stood near him, somewhat roughly, but forcibly, re marked—" Mr. Hudson has shaken off a great deal of dirt during these last two hours." We are jealous, as a nation, of the character and " good report" of our public men. We know that their biographies must go some day to make up our history. They represent us in the eyes of foreigners; and we desire to see none conspicuous who are not respectable. We feel, too, that they who are in high places should continue worthy of their good fortune, and that their virtue should be firmer in proportion to their eminence. We are especially vigilant about those who have been raised by a rapid prosperity and the concurrence of unforeseen events. Taken from among the people, they are to a greater degree identi fied with the people; many entertain doubts as to how they will demean themselves in their new position; and many envy whom all are forced to applaud. When we add this consideration to the circumstances of the times through which we have of late years passed—amongst other things, the wild fever of speculation which so dis turbed the national mind, and which his unusual success only tended to encourage—referring, too, as we must do, many losses and much ruin to railway invest ments and expenditure—without being driven to assume that Mr. Hudson is guilty of all that his accusers allege, we may sufficiently account for the fact that his condemnation was so general and his fall so preci pitate. His position, when assailed, was extremely cri tical; it was no time for a cool trial; and it is not to be wondered at that evidence of alleged misconduct, which, two years before, might have been laughed to scorn— which would not have provoked a local inquiry—should have flung him from the height to which he had risen, and injured so deeply his public character. Nor should we feel much surprise that one who, in the midst of his success, and while his influence was felt widely abroad, was pointed at as an instance of what good talents and great energy can accomplish in a free country, should, at such a commercial crisis, when every man was panic stricken, tall before an accusation of delinquency. But as with individuals, so with us as as a nation— where we have acted most by impulse, we are most dis posed to be afterwards forgiving—if we have in hash done a partial injury, when prejudice and passion have cooled down, the reaction is as sure as the infliction was sudden, and all will listen to his vindication whom many condemned without a hearing. We have been led to make these observations from our attention having been called to a full report of Mr. Hudson's evi dence on the trial above referred to, and which politics —e t w, h h i be n aeveimna t ug h as e koef:te la nt st few days issued from the everhem o severelypt the more censured ee m nd s o u r t ro e e cheerfullyd r.him—personallyuHudson s i o n n t h i n s wholly unacquainted with him, they will, we believe, be received by our readers in the spirit in which they are offered—a spirit of " fair play," and from a desire to see done to every man, but especially to one whose name is so connected with great public undertakings, ample and impartial justice. We confess, too, that the explanations Mr. Hudson gave so recently upon oath, and in a court of justice, of those transactions which have drawn upon him the greatest share of discredit and blame, are calculated to pave the way for his regaining to a considerable extent the place in public confidence ho seemed to have lost so hopelessly. One transaction, indeed, appeared hitherto so utterly disgraceful, that had its truth been admitted, or had it been left unanswered, and no explanation offered, Mr. Hudson's character would have still remained under a cloud which no sophistry could brighten and no ingenuity could clear away, We allude to the circumstances connected with the contract for the supply of iron by . Messrs. Thompson and Forman to the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company. The charge egainst Mr. Hudson was, that the company, of which he was a director, requiring to purchase 20,000 tons of iron, cognizant of this, and knowing that tenders must shortly be advertised for, he bought from the above gentlemen professedly on his own ac count, but at the real risk of the company, 10,000 tons, at 6/. 10s.; that when these gentlemen subse quently sent in their tender to supply the required quantity at 121. per ton, Mr. Hudson being chairman it was accepted; that of these 20,000 tons 7,000 were, as between him and Messrs. Thompson and Forman, treated by Mr. Hudson as his own; and being " under the blind " of Messrs. Thompson and For man's name sold to the company, he became thus a gainer to the amount of 38,0001. Such is the charge, and viewing it in its " naked deformity," Mr. Hudson's conduct is wholly inexcusable. What is his answer ? It amounts, in effect, to this:—" In October, 1844, the Newcastle and Berwick Railway was a mere project. It had not yet gone before Parliament. It had immense opposition yet to surmount. In that month believing that iron would rise, because I foresaw a great and coming demand for it, I thought it a good specula tion to purchase iron. I invited many friends to join me at the time. Finally, I bought 10,000 tons of Messrs. Thompson and Forman, wholly on my own individual account. I alone was respon sible to them, whatever happened. In March, 1845, the Bill, for the first time, went before Parliament. The company then advertised for tenders. I had bought at 61. 10s. and upwards. Meanwhile, iron had risen to 12/. 109. and upwards in the market. Messrs. Thompson and Forman's tender was accepted. They supplied 20,000 tons, of which 7,000 tons were a portion of my purchase. I gained nothing by sell ing it to this company. Others would have bought it; Messrs. Crawshay offered me 50,000/. for my bargain." Were the company losers? No. Was the price above the market price? No. Was it bought in the name, or on account, or at the risk of the company. No. If iron fell, who would be the loser? Mr. Hudson. Iron having risen in price, and Mr. Hudson having made a profit, what was his crime? That he did not make the company a present of 38,0001.! We have not space to notice this evidence further. We have said enough if we have, as far as lay with us, pro voked a disposition for a more calm and impartial exa mination of the charges against Mr. Hudson. Our aim is not to vindicate him. We do not seek to be his apo logists; but a public journalist assumes no unbecoming attitude when an effort is Made to secure a fair and pa tient hearing for one who was condemned almost un heard. Often of necessity the advocates of a party, we may sometimes of choice prove the minister of justice. " Audi alteram partem" is a heathen precept, but should not a Christian practise it? If further inquiry into Mr. Hudson's conduct leads to clearer proof of his criminality, it is well—his sentence will be snore severe, and the pause we have recommended in public opinion would bo followed by his more indig nant condemnation. But if—and " charity hopeth all thinge''—further inquiry teads to restore him even par tially to public favour, it is better—for then at least dishouour and disgrace will not for ever attach to a man whose name must go down to future ages associated with some of the kreatest and most enduring monuments of British art and genius which England in her palmiest days has exhibited to the world! - - The Westminster Freehold Land Society held a public meeting at the Railway Tavern, Richmond, last Wednesday evening, for the purpose of making arrangements for the transmission of stbScriptions from members in that locality ; Mr. Gringell in the chair. Mr. Steere was unani mously elected agent for the district. Mr. G. E. Downes having explained the objects of the society, a number of shares were taken, and a votes of thanks to the chairman I closed the proceedings. PAPAL AGGRESSION. THE BISHOPS. The following is a copy of an address from the Archbishops and Blshopi (except Exeter and St. David's) to her 11,19,j€sty TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Yobserve that you, as well as other papers, use the term " Catholic" when speaking of the Roman Catholics. Now, certainly this is a m i snome r, for we of the Church f England call our faith the Holy Catholic Church. Now, the Romanists delight to call themselves " Catholic," because that implies the universality of their faith; and the inference, therefore, is that those who are not Catholics are heretics, which is the impression they wish covertly to convey ; and it has its weight. They therefore ought, in all the Protestant prints, to be called what they really are — viz., "Roman Catholics," or "Romanists," or " Pa pists," which last is their proper designation, because, as the Pope is their spiritual head, they are strictly and undeniably Papists. Your use of this term in your talented and widely-circulated paper would render a service to Protestantism, and gratify yours respectfully, ZETA Liverpool, Dec. 4, 1850. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH NOTTS.—NOTTING HAM, WEDNESDAY.— Mr. Bromley, the recently.elected M.P. for South Nottinghamshire, is about to retire into private life, in consequence of long-continued ill health, and a desire on the part of his constituency to be more efficiently repre sented. Mr. W. H. Barrow, of Southwell, and Lord New ark, son of Earl Manners, are talked of as likely candidates; but the latter is unpopular, in consequence of his noble father having, at the recent audits, demanded "every penny of the rent," although the example of the Dukes of Portland and Newcastle, and others, were urged in favour of some sub stantial return, ROYAL FREE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the governors and subscribers was held in the board-room of the institution, in the Gray's Inn-road, for the transaction of general business. The Rev. Dr. Rice in the chair. It appeared from the medical report that during the past year there had been 850 in, and 27,339 out-patients ; making a total of 28,190 sufferers, and a grand total of near 40,000 since the institution was founded in 1828. TUE PORTPATRICS BOATMEN. - -A sum of 203/. 45., chiefly raised in Glasgow, has just been dis tributed among the Portpatrick boatmen who saved the lives of the passengers at the wreck of the Orion. Dr. Ro bertson was presented at the same time with a silver snuff box and 10/.—Glasgow Constitutional. FOREIGN Hops.—Two arrivals, of twenty-five bales each, of hops, have taken place from Antwerp, the growth of Belgium, which are officially declared to have been imported in transitu to another foreign country. No impor tations of hops from abroad into this country, for home con sumption are taking place at the present time. DESPOTISM VERSUS LITERATURE.—The Araldo, weekly journal of Naples, announces the fact that the Nea politan Government has prohibited the sale of the works of the following authors :—Shakspere, Schiller, Moliere, La martine, Lucretius, Lucian, Sephocles, Sismondi, 'Tiers, and Humboldt. Amongst the works of the latter especial prohi bitive mention is made of the "Cosmos." Workmen are now occupied by the city of Paris in planting trees along the inner and outer boulevards, in the Champs Elysees, and along all the double line of quays from Bercy to Passy. The quay along the poultry market is now planted for the first titne.—Galignani. l'he restoration of the Porte St. Penis, which has been in progress for some time, is now completed. It has been thoroughly cleaned and repaired, and the fine pieces of sculpture of Francois Auguier may now be seen in all their origing,l beauty. Tins monument was erected in 1762 by the city of Paris, from designs by Francois Blondel, in memory of the passage of the Rhine by Louis XIV.— Galignani. A HIGH PRICE FOR A MORSE. --The Essex Herald states that overtures have been made to Mr. Raiford for the purchase of Prime Minister, his Derby crack, and that only last week the large sum of 9,000/. was offered for him with Mr. Merryman and Harriet thrown in. THE DUKE'S" ORIENTAL TUTOR.--A Hindu) g ian e to n ßo t n l ow e s t i n ibe a ca n yt , ofinrS,:nieranAddiennygusuutrlomperreeei4 Wellesleyho ( s m th e i leg f p o ri r iu t i y lkaeg ): ,e 7 t r No s ya fi s go l w te a ly s a. Though now somewhat is described Jik . fiall of alecritypad h;:e 'a ry r ation. in °e the - .. sere and yellow le j : . t i :1 1111r e k : BINGILLAIE; „ ATAL family of. Henry Slaughter Three of .his fathei's I)xothers we e r . ron S..knguttr fatality in the and a sister was barnt to deatbi— of the drowned rixe4: - was frozen to death at aea; e droWned, another brothel Rrighton Gazette. I E SPORTING IN TELLI GEN CE. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Worcester Grand Annual Steeplechase Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft , , and 5 only if tkelarod, with 100 added; the second to save his stake, and the win ner to pay 20 sovs. towards expenses. Four mileE. Mr. Mountford na Miss Collingwuod, agal, lOst 41bs (Archer) 1 Mr. Tollitt's Tipperary 6 yr,t, lOst ...(Ablet) 2 Mr. Carew's British Yeoman, agi.d, list 2lb (Mason) 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Vevers's Vainhupe, 5 yrt , , llst 21b (Darling) ; Mr. Storey's Victim, aged, lOst 10. b (Taylor) ; Mr. Staf ford's St. Helier, 5 yrs, 10st 71b (Bradley) ; Mr. Wil liainson's Shinrone, aged, 10. t 41b (Holman) ; Mr. Middleton na The Young-un, aged, lOst 41b (Land) ; Mr. Elmoro's Mulligan, aged, 10st 416 (Frisby) ; Mr. S. Mason na Thurgarton, aged, 9st 1216 (011iver) ; Mr. Cartwright na Maurice Daley (Boyce) ; Mr. Tait's Sum Hood, 5 yrs, 9st 7ib (A. Sail) ; Mr. MansfiAd's Limping Kate, 6 yrs, 9st 71b (Thrift) ; and Mr. Wil son's Souvenir, 9st 71b.(Maley), Betting, 3 to 1 agst the British Yeoman (t), 5 to 1 agst Vicaini (t), 6 to 1 agst Maurice Daley (t), 8 to 1 agst St. Heller, 9 to 1 agat Miss Collingwood (t) 10 to 1 agst Tipperary Boy, 12 to 1 agst the Young-un, 15 to 1 agst Vainhope (0. Won by half a length, after a fine race. The Worcestershire Hunt Stiles, of 5 sus, each, and 50 added, over the Steeplechase Course. (5 Subs.) Mr. R. Jones's bg, by lon, 6 yrs, list 71n (Archer) 1 Major Ciowes's Salute, 6 yrs, list 71b (Darling) dis Mr. Herbert's Plaintiff, 5 yrs, list (Thrift) dis The Free Handicap (hurdle-race), of 5 soya, each, and 30 added. The second saves his stake. Two miles over six hurdles. (14 Subs.) Mr. Oakes's Half-and-Half, aged, lOst 101 b (Sly, jun.) 1 Mr. Tresham's Cogia, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Archer) 2 Mr. Phillips's Tally Ho, aged, lOst 71b ( Weaver) 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Knowles's Vesta, aged, lOst 101b—Mr. Hamp's Miss Burns, aged, lOst—Mr. 011iver's Rescue, lOst—Mr. Land's General, aged, lOst —Mr. Giles's Gaffer Green, aged, 9st 101b—Mr. May's Rein Deer, aged, 9st 101b—Mr. Gain's Lammermoor, 9st 41b—Mr. Ramp's Bacton, 3 yrs, Bst 41b—and Mr. Harvey's Sampler, 3 yrs, Bst. DEPTFORD•INN COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY (CONCLUDED). The Deptford Stakes. Mr. Jenner's Fundholder bt Mr. Biggs's Endurance. Mr. Esdaile's Bandit bt Mr. Ingram's Interlude. Lord Sefton's Syntax bt Mr. Biggs's Energy, Mr. Miller's Myrra bt Mr. Graieger's Grace. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. CHESTER Cur.-33 to 1 agst Rhesus, 50 to 1 agat Clarissa, 50 to 1 agst Brother to Dough, 59 to 1 agst Langton, and 1,000 to 15 agst any other. DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Grecian--15 to 2 agst Prime Mi nister, 12 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt, 23 to 1 agat Teddington, Newminster, or Lamartine, and 35 to 1 agst any other. TH LT lIS IIAY EVEN ING, DECEMBER 5, lESO. "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The humble Addreis of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England. "May it please your Majesty,—We, the Arch bishops and undersigned Bishops of the Church of England, approach your Majesty with sentiments of veneration and loyalty at a time when an unwar rantable insult has been offered to the Church and to your Mujesty, to whom appertains the chief govern ment of all estates of this realm, whether they be ecclesiastical or civil. This our country, whose Church being a true branch of Christ's Holy Catholic Church, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the Sacraments are duly administered according to Christ's ordinances, is treated by the Bishop of Rome as having been a heathen land, and is con gratulated on its restoration, after an interval of 300 years, to a place among the Churches of Christen dom. The return of our people is anticipated to a communion the errors and corruptions of which they deliberately renounced, and which continues to maintain practices repugnant to God's word, in culcates blasphemous fables and dangerous deceits, and prescribes as necessary to salvation the belief of doctrines grounded on no warranty of Scripture. " It is part of the same arrogant assumption that in defiance of the law which declares that no foreign prelate or potentate shall use and exercise any manner of power, authority, or jurisdiction, spiritual or eccle siastical, within this realm,' the Bishop of Rome has pretended to exercise spiritual dominion over the people of this country ; and, in nominating certain Romish ecclesiastics to particular places or sees in England, has re-asserted his claim of supremacy over the kingdom, and has interfered with a prerogative constitutionally belonging to your Majesty alone. " We consider it our duty to record our united protest against this attempt to subject our people to a spiritual tyranny from which they were freed at the Reformation; and we make our humble petition to your Majesty to discountenance by all constitutional means the claims and usurpations of the Church of Rome, by which religious divisions are fostered, and the labour of our clergy impeded in their endeavours to diffuse the light of true religion amongst the people committed to their charge. (Signed) "J. B. CANTUAR, T. EBOR, C. J. LONDON, E. DUNELM, C. R. WINTON, R. BATH and WELLS, J. LINCOLN, C. BANGOR, G. ROCHESTER, H. CARLISLE, J. H. GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL, C. J. RIPON, E. SALISBURY, G. PE FERBOROUGH, 11. WORCESTER, J. LICHFIELD, A. T. CHICHESTER, T. ELY, S. OXON, THOMAS YOWLER ST. ASAPH, J. P. MANCHESTER, R. D. HEREFORD, J. CHESTER, S. NORWICH, A. LLANDAFF, and J. SODOR and MAN." SIR B. HALL'S LEI:TER. TO THE ARCH BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. A letter has been addressed to his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury by Sir B. Hall, in which the Hon. Baronet treats at considerable length of the causes of the Pope's late usurpation. If Puseyism be one of the causes, he asks, why have the bishops " been so careless and so indifferent as regards the welfare of our Church and the maintenance of Protestantism as to allow Puseyism to gain so great an ascendancy, by permitting those clergymen who are now desig nated as traitors to the Established Church' to con- tinue ministers of the reformed religion of that Church ?" After some observations on the Bishop of London and Mr. Bennett, he says—" I am, however, of opinion that the Pope has been induced to issue his last bull not solely in consequence of the ad vances of the Puseyites, but of the general dis content with regard to the Established Church which exists in this country, arising from the very unequal, very unjust, and most improvident distribu tion and management of ecclesiastical preferment and l ecclesiastical property." On this theme Sir Benjamin dilates. He suggests to the dignitaries of the Church the propriety of consenting to such a re duction and re-distribution of their incomes as would enable the working clergy to receive not less than 2001. a year each. The lion. Baronet then contrasts the incomes of the Frcnoh and English Bishops, en ters into lengthened details of the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commission, speaks in terms of strong animadversion on the state of the Collegiate establish ments, and concludes by giving his opinion that if (as is the case in Scotland, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden, and the whole of Germany) the people in Great Britain were allowed a voice in the election of their pastors, such a course would speedily replace the Established Church on a basis too firm for any further cause of apprehension from the disciples of Pusey or the aggressions of Rome. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 4. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds around the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, acco m p an i ed b y Vi scount H ar di nge and Viscount Palmerston. C o l one l t h e H on . C. B. Phipps, Colonel the H on . Ch arles Grey, an d C o l one l Bouverie, were in atte n d ance on his R o yal Viscount and Vi scountess Palmerston l e f t th e Castle to-day. Highness. Her Royal Highness the D uchess of Orleans visited the Queen and his R o y a l Hi ghness Prince Albert this morning, and parto o k o f l uncheon with her Majesty and the Prince. Viscount and Viscountess Hardiage and Lieut.- Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, had the honour of joining the royal dinner circle to-day. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the Castle during dinner yesterday (Tuesday) evening, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Jean de Paris" Boildeau. Valse, " Wild Flowers" ....... „ Jullien. Grand Selection, "Figar o , ' Mozart. Polka, " The Jetty Treirz" Carl Buller. Pas Redoubl6, from Jullien's "Exhibition Quadrille." Her Majesty's private b an d afterwar d s a ttended, and played the following pi eces : Overture, "Die lustige n W e ib er von Windsor" .................... Otto Nicolai. Quartett in C, No. 9 (d e di cated to Prince Rasoumoffsky)—Andaute con moto, allegro vivace, andante, minuetto and trio, allegro molto— two violins, viola, and violincello —Messrs. Sainton, Cusins, Hill, and H. Chipp Finale, Ist Act " Zauberflote" ... • Mozart. A deputation on the subject of steam communica tion with Australia had an interview with Lord J. Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. His Lordship was accompanied by Earl Grey and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The de putation consisted of Lord Monteagle, Hon. F. Scott, M.P., Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. De Salis , Hon. W. Wrottesley, Mr. Ch ar l es Logan, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. R. Tod, Mr. Henriquez, and Mr. Davidson. Lord Chichester, Air. Fearon, and the Attorney- General, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of In land Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. H. Baillie, M.P., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday, at his official residence in Dawning -street. The Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Present—the Earl Gran ville, Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. Cubitt, and Mr. T. F. Gibson. Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Exe cutive Committee, attended. The Corn Department removed on Tuesday from the Board of Trade, Whitehall, to the new office in Old Palace-yard. A deputation respecting the Liverpool station had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. The deputation included Mr. Louis (solicitor to the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company), Mr. T. Grundy (solicitor to the East Lancashire Railway Company), and Mr. lletherington. Mr. Hume, M.P., Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. Milner Gibson, and a deputation on the subject of county rates, had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey. The Earl of Carlisle left town yesterday for Leeds. Mr. Brickwood had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. IMPORTATION OF BRITISH COAL INTO FRANCE.— On Tuesday a meeting of persons interested in the trade of Newcastle was held in that town for the purpose of taking into consideration the oppressive duties levied upon the im portation of British coal . into France. The meeting was aind.edrdeisssaeddvbanytaAgire.ouLiiicyldell; M.P., Mr. Bell, M.P., Mr. I hitt, M .P., and others, and t affectedeolu ti obnyli the w r were presentadopted ratesto otlfideuettlyeocnt "That the commercial and shipping interests of this .disti-ict coals imported into France, and the mode in which those du ties are levied, whereby the intercourse between the two countries is limited, and the natural expansion of trade ob t rueted." EXTRAORDINARY POISONING CASE. The trial of the AI 1)6 Gothland, cure of Saint Germain, near Angoule:ne, and Mme. du Sablon, wife of a physician, of the same place, for having Foißon.d the widow Deguisa], servant of the former, commenced on Thursday before the Court of 'Assizes of the department. The case excited the most intense interest, and the court was crowded to excess, a vast crowd assembling in the streets to see the prisoners pass from the prison, which is at some distance from the court. The family of the female prisonerlad solicited that she should be allowed to go in a car riage, but this was refused. Madame du Sablon walked first, elegantly dressed in black, and wearing a long veil; she leaned on her husband's arm, and was accompanied by her sister rind brother-in-law. The cure walked alone, but was followed by groups of his parishioners. Both were in custody of police men and gendarmes. They were placed side by side in the dock, And the male prisoner stated his name to be Laurent Gothland, his age 29, and his pro fession that of a priest; the fe m al e , th a t her name was Marie Laure du Sablon, and her age 30. Madame du Sablon's features were thinned by a long sickness and anxiety, but were delicately beau tiful ; the cure is a short thickset man, with rather a sensual cast of face; he was dressed in plain black clothes. On a table were vases containing the bowels of the deceased, and the arsenic which had been ex tracted from them. The indictment was read. It stated that in the evening of the 2] st of December last Widow Deguisal died at the house of the cure of St. Germain, after an illness of six days. At six o'clock the next morning the cure went to the mayor to demand an authoriza tion to bury her at once, as he said the body was in a state of putrefaction. The authorization was granted, and the cure caused the body to be interred on the same day. On his return from the ceremony he wrote to deceased's son to say that she bad died of congestion of the brain. Surprised at the sudden death and hasty burial of his mother, the son, Edmond Deguisal, suspected that there had been some. foul work, and on the 28th he communicated his suspi cions to the Procureur of the Republic at Angouleme. That functionary went the next day,to St. Germain, and bad the body taken up. On examination by medical men and chemists, arsenic was discovered, and it ap peared probable that it had been administered at different times. It thus became evident that de ceased had either committed suicide or been poisoned. But she had no reason to feel disgust of life, as she was in no danger of losing her place (the cure having just increased her wages, and written to her son to say that he was much pleased with her), and besides the place was of no consequence to her, as both her son and daughter were tenderly attached to her, and were in a position to supply all her wants. It was, moreover, shown that she had never on any occasion procured poison. Thus, then, said the indictment, she could not have committed suicide, and conse quently she had been murdered. But by whom ? Evidently only by the cure Gothland and Mme. du Sablon, for they alone had approached her in the sickness of which she had died, and they alone had interest in her death. This interest arose from the fact that the honour of both was in her hands, she l i having discovered that an adulterous connexion existed between them. Gothland, it appeared, had at I first been curate at Semur, but had been interdicted by the Bishop of Autun, on account of immoral con duct. On the prayer of the superior of the seminary, the bishop consented to appoint him to the cure of Charolles ; but he there caused such scandal by his relations with a Madame Allier that he was expelled. After a while he presented himself to .the Bishop of Angouleme, and having deceived that prelate as to his past conduct, was appointed by him cure of the parish of St. Germain. At St. Germain Mme. du Sablon was his nearest neighbour, and they soon became very intimate. This lady was of rather light conduct, and it appeared that some time before she had sent some licentious verses to a young man of nineteen. A criminal connexion having been established between them, it appeared that almost every day they indulged their passions at the par sonage, and besides they constantly exchanged letters. The widow Deguisal suspected what was going on, but to convince herself she enlarged a hole which happened to be in the ceiling of the cure's bed room, and placed herself in the garret above. Peeping through the whole, she distinctly saw the parties on the bed. Greatly shocked, she notified to her son her intention of leaving the cure's service, bnt he told her to take no notice. After a while she had a quarrel with the cure, and he threatened to beat her. " Take care, Monsieur le cure !" said she, " I know something !" " What do you know ?" cried he, " tell me—tell me !" " Well, then, I know that you carry on a criminal connexion with Mme. du Sablon ! Through that hole I saw you! " On this the cure became calm; he offered her money, which she refused ; and he then wrote to her son to say how pleased he was with her, and that he had increased her wages. Whilst he was thus engaged with Mme. du Sablon, he kept up his correspondence with Mme. Allier at Charolles, and he protested to her that he loved her better than he did Mine. du Sablon, and that he had to resist the advances of the latter. lie once, on pretence of visiting his family, went to Chit rolles, and for 15 days was secreted by Mine. Allier in her house. During his absence, Mine. du Sa blon was jealous, and opened letters which arrived for him. On the 16th December, the widow Deguisal was suddenly seized with violent vomitings after dinner, and these continued on the following days. Mme. du Sablon sent her broths and medicines from her own house • the cure prepared her sugared wine, and sat up with her. She took nothing except what passed through their hands ; and during five days they kept administering poisonous substances. The way in which the poison was procured was this : —Dr. du Sablon had a collection of medicines in his house, in his professional capacity ; among them was a phial containing 60 grammes of arsenic ; of these, 14 had been employed in killing rats ; when the phial was examined.by the magistrates only 25 grammes re mained; consequently 21 grammes were missing, and they could, it was asserted, only have been taken by the female prisoner, as she alone had the key of the chest in which her husband kept the poison. The indictment dwelt on the fact that the accused had the strongest possible interest in getting rid of the de ceased, inasmuch as a word from her would have caused the former to be ignominiously expelled from the Church, and the latter to be dishonoured as a wife and mother. The interrogatories of the accused then commenced. Gothland, in reply to the questions put to him, maintained that he had not been dismissed from S6miur and Charolles on account of conduct, but because he had from different causes excited the of the cure to whom he was assistant. He attempted to explain away his intimate relations with Mme. Allier, by stating that they were of a mere friendly kind, such as she maintained with fifteen or twenty other priest 3; he also observed that her age was forty.- eight when he first knew her, and fifty. three now; but his letters to her, of which several were read, were decidedly of an amatory character. He gave a general denial to the charge of having been too inti , mate with Mme. du Sablon, and declared that he had refused little presents which she had wished to make him. He said that he had resolved to dismiss his servant on account of her violent conduct. He denied that he alone had attended her, after she became indisposed, and said she first became ill after eating the same dinner as he had done. Dr. du Sablon, on seeing her ill, recommended her to take tea, and had sent her some drops of laudanum. He admitted having given her some sugared wine. He said that just before she died "he heard her pronounce the holy names of Jesus and of Mary, and that was a great consolation to him, and that he immediately administered the sacraments." He added that Ma dame du Sablon and her husband had come to the bedside of the deceased. Madame du Sablon, in answer to the judge's ques tions, said she had been married eleven years, and had a son. She had sent some songs to a young man. She had known the cure Bisette, the predecessor of Gothland. She had visited him sometimes, but never alone. Had never been in parties with him. On the arrival of Gothland, her husband forbade her ever to enter his house; but that did not cause her to re flect on the causes for which Bisette had left the parish, neither did she know for what cause he had left. Al though her husband had forbidden her to visit Gothland, she had taken him for her confessor. She had gone to the parsonage when the cure's servant was ill, but on other occasions had always been accompanied by her husband. It was not true that she bad opened any letter of Gothland ; as to the little presents which had been referred to, she had sent them with the knowledge of her husband. She did not know that her husband had arsenic in his possession. He did not leave his keys with her, though he sometimes left her medicines to distribute to his patients. She had, however, seen a phial containing arsenic. It was her servant, not she herself, who waited on and prepared things for the deceased. She had never theless prepared a soup for her, but she denied that she had given orders that a basin used by deceased should be broken. Some days after the death of the servant were you not taken ill, on hearing the death alluded to at a dinner party ?—I was indisposed, but I did not lose my consciousness. When the authorities made a descent into the cure's house, were you not seized with terror, and did you not send to seek your husband ?--Any other person would have done so. But although your husband said, " After all, if the Abbe Gothland be arrested, that does not concern us," did you not continue to feel fear ?—The accused re turned no reply. Some proces-verbaux and documents establishing the poisoning, and the circumstances which acconapa- Tied it, were read. Extracts from the preliminary in terrogatories of Gothland were also read ; they con (4radicted several of his assertions now made ; they also Ai 4 ,, • stated that the soups, &e., taken by the deceased were prepared by Mme. de Sabloa. This, it will be seen, is in contradiction with the statement of the female. When Dr. de Sablon heard that his wife was ac cused of the double crime of murder and adultery, be proposed (as has already been stated in the JL'essenger) that both should commit suicide, and that their child should be made to die with them. They all three fastened themselves in a room with pans of charcoal, and would have died, had not the husband's courage failed him on seeing his son struggling in the agonies of death. Letters written by the doctor on this occa sion to his sister and his parents were produced. The letter to his sister was as follows : " My dear sister,—You know that, in my last letter, I said that if God reserved me more terrible trials than those I had supported, I should require greater force ; well! the misfortunes have arrived, and the force fails me. I see my wife and myself, perhaps, although per fectly innocent, menaced with an infamous condemna tion. I know not, why we, innocent—as we swear we are by our hope of salvation, which our act will compro mise,—should give ourselves as asight to the stupid po pulace, who would not fail to rejoice at seeing us sect to the hulks or the scaffold. A voluntary death appears to me preferable, and I hope that I and mine will be deli vered by it from an execrable world, in which calumny is so powerful that no honest man can be sure of not sharing our fate. I die with the conviction that my wife is pure and innocent—my resolution proves this. I have only one regret, and that is, to be obliged to sacrifice with us a being who is so dear to both. But re-assure yourself, although very young he has firmness, and accepts our s proposition with courage. Strength fails me; I can only tell you that I regret you all, and that I beg of you to pray God for me. I desire that out of the little we leave behind, a sum destined to say a mass every year for the repose of our soul shall be taken. Bo more happy than we! Adieu for ever. . " COQUET DU SABLON." The following was the letter to his parents : " My dear Parents,—Preferring death to infamy, and seeing that I cannot avoid the latter, I have recourse to death. I regret to abandon you thus in your old age, but the conduet of the magistrate proves that my wife is judged in advance, so I prefer to make an end. I give to Edmund, my nephew, all that I may leave after me. Remember, this is the wish of a dying man, and respect it. I owe nothing to any one, except what follows: (Here he gave some details on his affairs.) lam very unhappy at being oblig ed to take such a deter mination, especially as regards my poor child; but I hope God will pardon us. We are innocent, and we can swear that at the moment of appearing before God, who sees our conduct, and who I hope will be merciful to us. I request that we may all three be interred in the same grave —my wife and I side by side, and our child placed on us. Poor creature! my heart breaks on thinking on the lot which I have brought on him. But I prefer it to that which would otherwise be reserved for him as well as for his mother. If he lived, infamy would follow him everywhere—at least, we prevent that for him —he will not support it. God pardon us, and you also! But courage failed us in seeing ourselves so over whelmed, although innocent. The enemies who have driven us to this sad necessity will not fail to rejoice and to call us guilty. But what will that matter to us ? I embrace you all, and beg of you to believe that I suffer greatly at having recourse to such a remedy.—Your son, " COQUET DU SABLON." _ . The Court then proceeded with the examination of the witnesses, and was so engaged when the report was sent off on Friday.— Galignani. JURIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As a servant of the public, occupying a position of great responsibility, which requires the daily superintendence of two partners, I venture to call your attention to the following facts, exhibiting a state of things which manifestly calls for some reform. One partner is summoned on the following causes : —" Barber v. Ward," Queen's 'Bench; " Way v. Hemet," Common Pleas ; " Moore v. Haines," Ex chequer. A second partner is summoned on " Queen v. Curtis," Queen's Bench. A third partner on " Walker v. Eldre," Common Pleas; " Way v. Har i net," ditto; all in one week, and as the result proves all will be required to attend on the same day. How, let me ask, can the important business of a banking-house be efficiently conducted where, as in our case, there are only three acting partners ? Let me add, that upon the circumstances baing represented to the judge presiding in the Court of Common Pleas, his Lordship's reply was, that he had no jurisdiction in the case, and that all must attend or pay the penalty. I take this opportunity of thankfully acknowledg ing the contributions this day'forwarded by you, amounting to 11. 155., on behalf of the widows and orphans of the Worthing boatmen. Your obedient servant, 217, Strand, Dec. 4. J. D. PAUL. PA TENT-LA W REFORM. The committee appointed by the Society of Arts held their third meeting yesterday. The members present were the Right lion. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P. (in the chair), Mr. Henry Thomas Hope, M.P., Messrs. Henry Cole, Richard Prosser, of Birming ham, R. S. Newall, of Gateshead, Professor Solly, and Captain Ibbetson. The resolutions unanimously passed are as fol lows : " 1. That a collection of all the specifications be made, calendered, and indexed, and deposited for public in• formation in the British Museum. " 2. That it is highly desirable that such a collection should be printed and published. "3. That an annual report of all specifications re- gistered, with proper indexes and calendars, be laid before Parliament. " 4. That it should be permitted to commence actions for infringement of the rights of inventors in the County Courts. "5. That inasmuch as contrary to expectation very little litigation has been created by the rights conferred by the Designs Acts of 1842 and 1843, the Committee is of opinion that a fair trial should be given to the working of the proposed system of registration of in ventions before any special tribunal to determine inven tive rights be substituted for the existing tribunals." IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SCREW-PROPELLER. No body of men has been more enterprising and indefatigable than the General Screw Steam-shipping Company in working out the advantages of the screw propeller, and of that body none have been more happy in their suggestions and adoptions, and assidious in carrying them out to a successful issue, than Mr. Laming and Captain Ford, the active mem bers of the company above-named, and we may add that among the most eminent engineers of the Thames, and we may say of the world, including Miller and Ravenhill, and Penn and Co., probably no firm has devoted more time, or spent more money, or have in terested themselves in useful, if not profitable experi ments, than Maudeslay and Field. With this intro duction we may briefly state that, under the auspices of the company before-mentioned, Messrs. Maudes lay have fitted a new kind of screw-propeller to the Bosphorus, the ship destined to be the precursor of the regular steam communication between England and the Cape of Good Hope ; and yesterday the ship, having been completed, was taken on a trial trip down the River so far as the measured mile in Long Reach, several of the parties interested being on board. The ship has always maintained a good cha racter with the old fixed screw, and although there was no lack of confidence in the success of the new patent of Maudeslay's, some natural anxiety was manifested on its account. To the utmost gratifica tion, however, of both company and engineers, all nervousness was dissipated almost at the first starting, and, at the measured mile, the mean speed of 91 knots, or nearly 10 2.3 statute miles, with an easi ness of steering that was very remarkable, esta blished most conclusively the triumph of the new principle. We have not space to•day to give any detailed ex planation, and must confine our report to the state ment that this improvement on the old propeller is termed Maudeslay's patent self-acting feathering screw, which of itself assumes such a position that, when the vessel is under canvass only, the least pos sible amount of impediment is offered to its being drawn easily through the water ; and when the ship is under steam power, it again takes spontaneously, on the engine being put into motion, the right angle for propelling. In fact, to all intents and purposes, in form and reality, with this new screw the vessel is, at the will of the navigator, either the perfect sailing ship or the auxialiary steam-ship; for the screw is so fitted that, when not required to propel the ship, it may be said to form a portion of the lines of the after portion of it. The important advantages of this new plan of screw are almost self•evident, and when it is stated that it is constructed in component parts, the im proved facilities it affords for stowing or repairing will at once be seen and acknowledged, and, we venture to predict, will be generally adopted in all services in preference to those at present in use. — Herald. REGENT'S CANAL.—The half-yearly general meet ing of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, City-road, the Marquis of Salisbury in the chair. The report stated that during the last six months the traffic of the canal had progressed favourably, the instal ments on the new shares had been well paid up, the profits of the half-year had been 13,4991., allowing a dividend of Ils. 6d. per share on the old and newly-created shares, and leaving a balance of 1201. for the next half-year. The ex cavation for the enlargement of the company's dock at Limehouse was going on under a contract of 2,75 W. The necessary preliminaries had been observed in order to apply to Parliament for power to extend the new reservoir in the Valley of the Brent. The report was adopted against only two dissentient voices. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--A collision took place at Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon. The South Staffordshire train from Walsall, due at 4.30 in Birmingham, approached Vauxhall at its appointed time, but owing to a coke train " shunting" over the main line a collision took place. The fireman jumped from the engine, but came in contact with the next carriage and was killed instantly. Several persons were slightly injured. Richard Lalor Sh e ll an d hi s l a d y were The Right non. passongers in the train, but *soaped umiujurag. CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. 0.!...- 4 - r) I Yesterday a very respectably and numerousl i fP:, *cir,. c tended meeting was held in the rooms of the me ' -t- 1 ,-tZ I '4 bury Association at which many ladies were ,oht.'-- , z , . The chair on the occasion was taken by .--......- ,r A . i t L ,- . ) 7 : -: : :i l Y.--- t•i',,„, Captain SIMEON, who, in opening the proceimi ,y - t.,..*,,^410i v i ;.) reminded his auditors of the distinction betweeT - .4" ''‘`A.,aVs . 7l PI el nization and emigration, and that the Cant Ili settlers went out as colonists, not as squatters) 1.4 went to for m a d aguerreotype m i n i ature o f E ni an• complete in every respect in religious princip educe& - . - .. .:cation, and in all social influences; and only in complete in the reproduction of those vices which, most unfortunately, crept into an old country, and that pressure from without which fell so heavily upon all classes of society here, from the highest to the lowest. To carry out such a scheme as theirs it was necessary that they should become ac quainted with each other while in England, and on this account it gave him the greatest pleasure to see ladies present, because it proved the superiority of the new society which they sought to form. At the meetings to promote other emigration schemes men only were present, but their colonists regarded their wives as more than their better part, and as giving the whole colour to their domestic enjoyment. The main point which he had to submit to their consideration, then, was twofold—the development of a scheme for taking out the commencement of the main body of colonists, to sail on the Ist of June, 1851.—(Hear, hear.) With that body he trusted would go those who would take the highest position in the colony, and the second highest position in the Colonial Church. This pro posal would not prevent other ships sailing at different times, so that colonists, when they went, would find there people to work for them at prices which were not ruinous. The second object which they were met to consider was with reference to an addition to the privileges conferred on purchasers, in allowing those whose land had been purchased by the agents, and who were not pleased with the purchase, to be enabled, under certain stipulated agreements, to ex change their land, or sell it, or add to it by a re-pur chase in the colony.—(Hear, hear.) Captain Simeon concluded by introducing to the meeting Dr. ROWLEY, Dean, and head of the Chapter of the new Diocese of Canterbury, who also congratulated the association on the presence of so many ladies. If they could make their settlement an abode for highly educated and right-minded women, it would do for men—for husbands, fathers, brothers, and lovers.— (Hear, hear.) They had sent out seven ships, with the one now sailing, but hoped that before 1851 ex pired the labours of the association would be re warded by seeing many more ships sent out.— (Hear, hear.) Something must be done to provide for the large departure of colonists which was expected to take place next summer. (The Rev. Doctor here proceeded to read a lengthened correspondence which had passed between Captain Simeon, on behalf of the council of the society of Canterbury colonists, and Mr. Alston on behalf of the committee of manage ment of the Canterbury Association. The purport of these documents is embodied in the following resolu tion of the joint committees : "That the measures of both parties shall be so framed as to promote and facilitate the proposed simultaneous departure of a large body of colonists in the first week of June, 1851. In the meanwhile every purchaser of land, intrusting the selection thereof to the Association, will be entitled, on reaching the settlement either before or along with the main body emigrating in June next, to exchange the land so selected on his behalf for other land to be selected by himself, or, if he should prefer it, to keep or sell such land, and, in any case, to purchase, by paying for it in the settlement, a second quantity of land equal to the first, with the same privileges of pas turage and prior right of purchase as by the present terms of purchase are secured to all buyers in proportion to their freehold purchases, It is to be understood that the rights of transfer and nomination secured to pur chasers by the present terms of purchase will be in no degree diminished with regard to exchanges or second purchases in the manner above set forth.") The Rev. Doctor then proceeded to say, that the question had been raised, whether the Canterbury Church had been made.for the colony, or the colony for the Church. He said that they were made for each other. If there were no colony the Church would be nothing, and without the Church the colony would lose its distinctive character, and only re semble those headless, heartless communities, which were a disgrace to the country, and were of no good to themselves, either in time or in eternity.—(Hear.) All their efforts would be in vain unless they sought for unity. They must cultivate those good tempers which belenged to men who were really in heart and life members of the Church.—(Hear.) They must be kindly affectioned one to another in brotherly love, and they must get rid of that hot and fiery disposi tion which the right of private judgment, carried to such a length in this country, produced.—(Hear.) Lord LYTTELTON expressed his confident hope that in all respects, civil, ecclesiastical, and social, in which they desired that the association should be an improve ment and a model, _every one of the principles laid down by them would be carried out. It was his con viction that the idea of the colonists going out in large bodies was one of the highest value, and ought Ito be encouraged. He hoped that the contemplated departure of a fleet in June would prove but the first of a long succession of swarms from the native hive. —(l.lear, hear.) Alluding to the Church organization of the Canterbury Settlement, he said, that the asso ciation thought it might venture to take upon itself to fill up such vacancies in the Church there as might seem practicable, and to send persons out at once with the recommendation that their appointments should be ratified there by the proper authorities. A 3 to the question of local self-government, it was not less a subject of anxious consideration with them now than it was some months ago. It would be their business, and his in particular, to press that subject on the at tention of the Colonial Secretary and the government as early as possible, and he could not but b e li eve th a t they had improved hopes on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) He anticipated that they would be able to show an amount of progress made by the colony to entitle them to a representative constitution as a dis tinct province.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. C. WYNTEN read the draught of a dis patch addressed to Bishop Selwyn, putting him in possession of the ecclesiastical arrangements of the colony contemplated by the association. Mr. ADDERLEY read extracts from two letters which he had recently received from New Zealand, and which he believed would be interesting to the meeting. One was from Bishop Selwyn, who said that he was preparing a plan of Church government, by which he hoped to be released from the position of a Church despot, a position which was as contrary to his inclinations as to his principles. The Hon. Mem ber then proceeded to pass a warm eulogium upon the character of Mr. Godley, and to explain his views upon the subject of colonization. He held in his hand a letter from him to his mother, in which be stated, on the authority of the best Australian and New Zealand journals, that his opinions " had touched * chord in the better class of colonists." Mr. Adderley then proceeded to declare the deep personal inte rest which he took in the welfare of the settlement. Had he not been fixed in England by ties which he could not break, he would have had no hesitation him self in embarking in the enterprise. Many of the labouring class in his county, Warwick, were now taking a deep interest in the subject, and some had already gone out. In conclusion he could only express his hearty hopes and wishes for the success of the Canterbury Settlement.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. ROWLEY then proposed the following resolu tion : " That the arrangements made for the simultaneous departure of a large body of colonists in June, 1851, give entire satisfaction to this meeting, and appear cal culated to insure the comfort and prosperity of those who will form the expedition." The resolution having been seconded was unani mously agreed to. A letter was then read, announcing that the route from Nelson to Canterbury was now open for cattlo, after which a vote of thanks having been passed to Captain Simeon for his conduct in the chair, the pro ceedings terminated. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—This popular exhibition will offer increased attraction for vistors this year The entries of stock very far exceed any previously made in former years, in consequence of which the committee of the Smithfield Club have required the proprietor of the Bazaar to provide the necessary accommodation for nearly fifty more than the usual number of oxen, and a correspond ing enlargement of the•space occupied by sheep and pigs. The extent of the Bazaar premises has enabled this to be done without interfering with the convenient arrangement of the animals, while the extension will give greater facilities to the increased number of visitors who may fairly be ex pected to view the exhibition. The list of exhibitors in tho cattle classes is again headed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Leicester, the Earl of Hardwicke, and several other noble men entering the lists as competitors. The Duke of Riph mend and Mr. Jonas Webb will contribute several pens of sheep, and Mr. Fisher Hobbs and the Earl of Radnor will again contend for priority of excellence in the porcine tribe. In addition to the increased space to be occupied by animals the agricultural implement galleries have also been greatly enlarged, iu order to afford room for the many new and im proved machines lately introduced to facilitate the science of husbandry. The committee of the club will meet on Monday next to award the prizes. The exhibition will be thrown open to the public on Tuesday morning, and finally close on the following Friday. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM COLD• BATH-FIELDS Paisox.—Yesterdsiy morning a daring attempt to escape from this prison was made. It appears that it is customary to allow the prisoners to go into the yards for a short time after rising for the purpose of exercising, and during this period a prisoner, sentenced to a long terns, con• trived unobserved to leave the general muster, and go back to the dormitory, from Which by great stratagem he cli►tibed to the circular windows, and having got out of one, he scrambled to the roof, making his way to another dormittwys to reach which he was compelled to leap. After which lie passed along other roofs, but finally fell a distance of abo.ut 20 feet on to the top of some workshops in the yard, and how he escaped without loss of life is almost a miracle. By thi I time he was missed from his place,. and a search being me.de, he was discovered near to thr spot on which he had fallen. He was taken back with, we belh sve, some injuries, art.t NI ill, t no doubt, be closely watched for the future. in -