The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-13 00:00:00

supPlY oe - exte (1- alto. f Meld 16 sled Wee' The el c i r 8110., " ?rag- nee' r me of yea r -crewel " 1 ;Ives were last w e . ek vas a °wg. co 141 t° 1 O. d. t0 $ ' 3' 9 210 3 3 • 3 4 1 11 8 , 4 4 0 0 0 0 11 2 6 4 0 0 8 00 0 6 ro. ri c, 01/Ing d.tog• 2 4 4 1 3 6 " 6 4 3 4 equal 11 owe. t l to 5". to 70, iill 9. se in 4til e : ,A to • fur D mod I'S oproi ed 383 t° ,, big gre' • h er; 40s 61 ood 43 , 6d. r lo g VI cery-lane, stated that she had charge of Mr. Todd's chinahers in th e T em pl e . Sh e k new ' the girl, and had frequently spoken to her. She had frequently seen P.. Sloane beat her. She saw her vio eritlY beating the girl on a Sunday morn 10g, about three months ago, with her bands, and pulling her out (~f a room by the hair of her head. She 34 W this from Mr. Todd's window, whose chambers were opposite those of Mr. Sloane. The girl then ap peared to be in a weak low state. She bad known her by eight ever since she had been in the Temple. When she first saw her about two years ago she seemed to be robust and in good health. The girl never complained to her. Cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson—She could not tell the distance between Mr. Todd's and Mr. Sloane's win dows, but s h e was qu it e p os i t i ve s h e c o u ld see across. Mr. Sloane was not there. Alderman lIUMPHERY thought the guardians of the West London Union ought to prosecute this case. Mr. Pontifex, their legal adviser, said the guardians h ad applied to the Poor law Board to Lave the expense s of the prosecution allowed. Alderman Ilumenear thought the matter of expense e nAht not to weigh in a case like this, but he was quite sure the Corporation would not refuse to allow the ex penses in a case like this. Mr. Pontifex was quite certain that, after this ex pression of opinion, the guardians would readily take up the matter. They were extremely desirous to have it sifted to the very bottom, and he should be very sorry if !t went forth that they were at all indisposed to move it the affair. He must, however, state that he was not sufficiently familiar with the facts to enable him to take up the case at that moment. , Mr. Th omas Ald r id ge , o f 50, Warwick -street, Pitr 'ico, an official manager's clerk (Mr. Hutton, of Moor ' gate-street), stated, that one Sunday morning, while he was living at Mr. Todd's, about three months ago, be 'ward a shriek ; and went to the laundress to ask her What caused it. Mr. Alderman HUarPHERY—Never mind what you asked the laundress. What did you see ? Witnee—l eave nothing. ,Mr Alderman EIUMPHERY—You only heard a shriek ? W itness—That is all. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—WeII, did you tell Mr. Todd W hat you heard from the laundress, or did you keep it all to yourself ? Witness—l did not tell any one of it. Mr. Parker, the late master of the East London Union school at Edmonton, stated that she was admitted J uly November, 1839, aged five years, and discharged in About the middle of July, 12th, 1849, a lady came to the establishment and stated her name to be Mrs. Sloane, of 6, Pump-court, Temple, and that she was the Fife Mr. George Sloane, a special pleader; that she was 111 Want of a servant girl, and that she had been recom mended to apply to the establishment for one. They called a number of the biggest girls for her to take her Choice,L and she selected Jane Wilbred, because Ehe was th e healthiest-looking g i r l o f t h e w h o l e l o t an d b ecause s h e ad no friends to come to bother her. She said she would h U 0 a girl who had no friends, as she could bring her tip it her own way. She agreed to give a shilling to be- Will with, and wished to have the girl as early as possible ~Pat day week ; in fact, witnes s w rot e to the relieving ° ulcer, and having obtained money to buy her clothes itth she was furnished with two complete suits, and on we 19th of July he took her to No. 6, Pump-court, Mple where he saw Mrs. Sloane and a young lady, Whom she represented to be her niece. Before he left Se girl he requested her to write to him, and Mrs. do ate said she would not only allow her to so, but at the end of a month or so she should 4v ea holiday to see her friends. She, however, neither W rote nor came. She was in good health, and having I ra his own h ousema id h e cou ld state t h at s h e was m e e au in her h a bit s a nd a goo d wor k er . H e saw h er at 4(3 hospital for the first time since then yesterday week, but he did not know her. She was in bed, and the mo rent sh e caug h t s i g h t o f me s h e b urst i nto tears, an d tßed that I would take her home to Edmonton again. tho t i t Marsden abated that the girl was present, and he U gh that she was sufficiently strong to hear the evidence taken to-day read over. The depositions taken at the former examination Sl ing been rea d over , T he girl w as carr i e d i n t o c o u rt. She look e d wea k 4„ R . 7 feeble. H er c h ee k s till b ore th e h ec ti c fl us h t h at ner nlie accompanies consumption, and her features W e re thin, haggard, and careworn; but on the whole her tenor presented a considerable improvement upon her taearance when she was last in court. Her evidence, to, ela on Saturday last, having been read over and sworn Mr. Clarkson declined to cross-examine her in her rh e " e nt state, nor should he say anything in answer to an c harge now, but leave the defence to be urged in motltar place and a higher tribunal. Ile might add that Sloane's friends were sanguine of being able to give ▪ vary different complexion to the case before it be finally disposed of, and in the mean th i his client wou ld b ea r patiently the prejudice which 8 evidence had raised against him, being satisfied in e mind that, when the girl was sufficiently re tio;red to undergo a strict and sifting cross-examina all j; la he would come out of the inquiry exonerated from esti n , tr io, and be restored to his former position in the If a tion of his friends and the world. tiek t a i l Alaertnan HUMPHERY thought the Learned Gen updQ pursuing a humane and judicious course, sh oul d all the circumstances, and intimated that he 81 04 , B ead the case for trial at the Old Bailey. Mr. here would be liberated on bail, but a warrant must 0 „, (1r the apprehension of his wife, in coniequeuce of Th:aPpearanee to-day. e de fendant was then fully committed for trial. IRELAND. Tin?, COUNTY LIMERICK ELECTION. DUB LIN, THURSDAY. The polling co mme nc e d Y ""daY Morning, in the midst of heavy rain. The attendance heir p r i - was s lack 7 usualin s ueh::a st s Y . and violent, as of, vote rs while that of the mob leaders was large At half -past five o'clock the po lling for the da y closed, a t w hi ch hour the high sheriff result to be— Goold ...... 66 - declared the ............. Dickson ........... 65 Ryan ........... 58 of The number already polled, out of a constituency 1 , 0( : ) , amounts to 189, somewhat less than half. _ general impression is that Mr. Ryan, the 4 _ °lllinee of the Tenant League, will be beaten ; but 11 ,.; ) ion can be formed as to w h e th e r Mr. Goold or k'aPtaill Dickson will be elected. A N I eio -ELICIT DISTILLERY.—One of the most exten w:cseizures that has been mad e f or so me years was on aernesday effected by Messrs. Benjamin J. Elmy and Fre ., partnc P argeter, detective officers of the Inland Revenue Do ,llev:l,,el2t• From information received, the officers having of k i f i t - 1 - 41 . y received the assistance of a body of the K division tithe bi te, Proceeded to a large building, until within a short Vetith7 3e d as a sugar bakehouse and refinery, but more re sti i t for carrying on the business of a molasse , s-maker, or, Itr ee l t 3 te chnically called, that of a " scum-boiler, 'in reorge i;; ll ospital-lield Bethnal-green. Having got into the 14 5 1 " t story, they found the process of molasses-making 'ek eit g i ", and also in the floor above.. They made a minute Iletta ill ation of this part of the building, but discovered tr a eg that could lead them to believe that any contraband wall e wa s • within. They then returned, and 3 , going on a n , descended to the cellar, a place without wlndo i ws , , fou nt ( opening for light whatever, and in this , t ,sap ro a large square brick building, which cfasteneu. otnd 'thi s Sehedf only by a strong iron door, securely _Mier °r rnet•l a serious obstacle to their further progress, but, Taie s C °ll .!iderable labour, it was eventually forced, and Tt- Icar ia n gained. The officers soon ascertained that their m iler ,7,1 °11 was well founded, for they discovered a large cop expensively fitted up, and at full work, with a • Ihg ,` I , 4 Y ef spirits and molasses fermented wash for continu lhe operation. A communication for the discharge of torri th -Is te wash was made by means of lead piping with the pre -0 n sewer, so that no odour should arise from it in the Stab —es. The whole concern was on a most extensive th e and some idea may been formed of the magnitude of 11 :ei z i t i lings when it is stated that one iron pan, of several tons 't4 f ,` ; , employed 12 men for several hours to remove it from ton 3l :"Pgs• The officers thereupon seized the whole plant, Cp l , ng of an immense number of tubs and utensils, and ~14 1 3 Yea several waggonloads to the Excise warehouses, ro ad -street in the course of the day. Two Germans, ,Were tisiind on the premises, and gave the names of € . l ?' 4 and Ton Spia! kt, were riven Into custody. it n i , I JLTANEOUS DISCOVERIES.-- 4, it never rains, but • viers," is an old saying, which seems to have a pretty the a pplication, and nowhere is it more apparent than in . 1 a1 )0 ,!glon of discoveries. It is very seldom that one man is ,iu e n ' rl og along an untried path of thought, unless another, tll n fle distant locality, is all unconsciously to both, strug ten ' by his side, or treading close upon his heels; and it 'l)4 „,m,aPPens that when a wonder is announced in one place, 4 i l t ,,"'Lei wonder turns up at about the same time in another. and 's though laws and facts had been working in nature, roa r , , e zlaibit ng themselves for centuries, wooing the eye of tho u ' and silently asking to be recognised, till, suddenly, as o,, i vah by some elevation of the general mind, not one man ti n i/2 but several men, become aware of them at the same 114,,;; and so for the first perception of a new principle we ;each se oth veral claimants, who have never communicated with 44 er, and the same phenomena are simultaneously ob. to 7 ' 4 , in several places. A few instances of this will serve la b 4l) lain our meaning. At the same time that Leverrier, zatilaris, was calculating the elements of a new planet, or existence a very old planet, as old an any of the others, but the t i ence of which for ages had been unsuspected, Adams, at lieZ lri age, was engaged in the same task; and indepen atvY of each other, they came to the same conclusion so oi,"Y at the same time, that they may be regarded as co eo7,l°,verers, and no sooner were their laborious investigations 8l tided than a German astronomer sweeping the sky with ),rdelescope saw on an oft-examined spot, for the first time Itlj: 4 the material eye, the member of the starry family, otl4 ch had already been announced to the mental vision of pei r r • While Daguerre was involved in the labour of com a'', p fi the sun to become man's portrait painter, Talbot was " I lknown to hi m , p ursu i ng t h e same li ne o f investigation, lak:.% arriving at the same goal from another direction ; and aard~no sooner are the discoveries of vast mountains of atad rivers so rich in the yellow metal that Midas might dlPped in them, announced from Califcrnia, than we ar the voice of the fear west echoed from the farthest south, , th e i_gre told of Austral i an bushmen, who find the wat e r s o f an r s treams rich in the same commodity ; and the St an d ar d t i_ l i_ ou nces that it has been favo ur ed w ith a s i g h t o f aur if erous '"I 3 from the neighbourhood of Arnatto Bay,Jamaica, which a il2Pears almost one compact mass of gold and silver,' con -1,1,7b1y richer than any Californian specimen. These things th" s ).it tempt one to believe that riches are as contagious us b y _Plague, and that eten ascend the mountain of knowledge of apparent ot the genera iiiter:;pe,sed by long intervals repose. —Eliza Ci n ch's Journal. thet6l,o'ESS'il THEATRE.--The First Part of Henry pitrlarth will, we understand, be produced at this then tre on y evenin g , w i t h the same cast, one or two very trifling ,7 e xcepted. as before her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, 'QT. QT. B rtin ' VV . eng wing. ALBRoori - .—This sir of m a g nificent ciristophe AL I T„ O,I, it; a ,f6y .Zs of be fil r Q e: g op e tn m e s d for public worship, Vitt iipprove ' ments and .alterations, fait, view resthre'the Church to that state in which the _ L it9ct 9 1-1 4inally left it ' • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE Express, 6, Falmouth, packet brig, was paid off r.t Derouport yesterday morning. Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmot, was paid ad vance on 'Cuesday, by Mr. Henderson, and sailed on Wednesday morning with the African mails. Penguin, 6. was commissioned at Dcvonport, on Monday, by Mr. Edwards, acting-master fur Com mander Etheridge. Sprightly, steam-tender, Master Commander Allen, arrived at Devonport on - Wednesday afternoon with supernumeraries from Portsmouth for the Al bion, 90. PORTSMOUTIT, THUIZSDAY.—The Waterwitch, 8, Commander Quin, sailed this morning from Spithead for Chatham, to he paid off. Fantome, 12, has been put in comtnission this day at this port, by Commander G. Gennys (1844). Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliot - , was towed out to Spit head this morning:by the Thsilisk .steam•frigate, after her refit. Hogue, GO, Captain Macdougall, after refit, steamcd out to Spithead this afternoon. Electra and Ripid brigs are to be re-coppered and painted, and will bo taken out of dock on Saturday TILE SUN, ArrOINTMENT3. WOOLWICff, DEC. 12.—Commander--John Gennys (1845), to command the Fantome, 12 sloop, at Portswoutn, for service on the New Zealand station. Lieutenants—Charles Talbot Compton (1844), to the Fantome; George T. S. Winthrop (1846), to the Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth. Master—Charles J. Polkinghorne (1849), to the Fantome. Paymaster and Purser—Robert E. Malone (1847), to the Fantome. Mate- 7 11. P. Da Kantzow, to the Volcano steam vessel, at Woolwich, for the coast of Africa. Master's Assistant—F. L. B. Williams to the Fantome. Clerk—William L. G. Drew (1847), to the Fantome. Beats wain—W. Neale, to the Fantome. Carpenter—Timothy Runyard, to the Fantome. Commodore henry Eden left Woolwich this morning for Ireland,lhaving obtained six weeks' lee of absence. The Jasper and the Monkey steam-vessels left Woolwich this afternoon for the Yore, to tow the Hercules store-ship, Master- Commander Robert Fulton, to Greenhithe, where she will unload her stores from the Mediterranean. The Advice steam-vessel left for Cork yesterday in change of Air. Petley, master of the Lighting, The Advice is to be made a tender to the Ajax steam guardsbip, at Cork. The Vulcan, 14, steam-frigate, at Sheerness, is ex pected to be made ready for commission immediately. SPORTING IN TEL LIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASE. 5 to 2 apt Mr. Cunningham's Peter Simple—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. W. Vevers's Vain Hope—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Morgan's Catherine—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Maurice Daley —taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Storey na Victim—taken HURDLE RACE. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Stattirci's St. Helier—taken 7 to 2 agst Mr. B. Land's The General 6 to 1 agst Mr. Drewe's Vesta DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken to 2001. 7 to 1 apt Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken and acerwards offered 13 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken 45 to 1 agsc Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Sir J. Hawley's Buleamo—taken to 2001. The room thinly attended, and business very dull. We understand that there is every prospect of a match being concluded between The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur. The Epsom Spricg Meeting will hold forth unparal leled attractions for Friday, 4th April, 1851, with seven fixtures and 650 soy's. of public money, including the Great Metropolitan Stakes and its 350 soya., and the new and excellent idea of devoting the other 150 sous. raisad by Messrs. Beam), Dorling, and other gentlemen in committee, principally from the liberal licensed vic tuallers of the metropolis and its adjacencies, to a new race of 15 soya, each, 10 and 5 ft, to be run on the last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course, called the City and Suburban Handicap. As Mr. E. W. Topham, of Chester, has been selected by unanimous consent to affix the weights for the Groat Metropolitan, the entrits for which are to be made to the Messrs. Weatherby, on or before Monday next, the subscribers to the bonus have not only every right to place unbounded confidence in the construction of the handicap, but have given sub [.,4,antial proof of it already, by pouring in their contri butions with unprecedented alacrity. COLOURING the INTERIOR of he GREAT GLASS CASE. I would (says a correspondent of the Builder) hero humbly suggest to.the attention of the Commissioners a mode of colouring the interior of the great building, and which would at least have the claim of novelty and ease of execation. The system I propose is shortly this. To paint the whole of the iron-supporting columns in pure white throughout tho building; and then each aisle throughout its whole length one uniform colour, com mencing in the centre avenue with yellow (yellow being the central and brightest colour of the spectrum); the aisles or avenues on the one side being then in orange, red, and purple, and those on the other side green, blue, and violet; thus seven of the aisles, including the central avenue, would make up together the colours of the solar spectrum, and Le arranged in the same order—this sys tem being of course continued throughout the building to the lateral walls. The next thing would be to blend them together us in the spectrum. . . This would, in the long perspective, and consequent distance and air, produce, I cannot but think, an almost magical effect; and all the colours being in the distance seen together, the harmony, at least, would be perfect,—this arrange ment being the same as in nature. It could, too, be ex ecuted by ordinary workmen, and as rapidly:as if painted o ne uniform tint; but its complete success—and it could n ot be otherwise then successful—would much depend upon the artist's choice of colours, as the colours should not be crude. The effect of this mode of colouring the great building would be to a spectator, near and imme diately around him, that of a room or hall whose general hue i s yellow, or green, or purple, with spaces or halls immediately round, oran ge , or% b lue, or red, but it would be in the far distance that the wonder of the thing would be found, as the air and distance would blend all the colours into one perfect and harmonious whole, and the vast numbers of spectators, and the piles of wealth would appear as if covered with a rainbow. This, upon re it2ction, will be found to be (if any decorative colour at all is used) the cheapest and most expeditious mode con ceivable of accomplishing it. PArliament will meet for toe dispatch of business on Tuesday, the 4th of February, 1851. ANOTHER CONVERT TO THE CHURCII OF ROME.— It is with feelings of the deepest regret we announce that E. R. I'. Bastard, Esq., of Kaley, wa s rece i ved into the Church of Rome ou Saturday week. — Exeter Paper. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.— A_ most lamentabl e occur rence took place at Bristol onWednesday afternoon last, by which three men unfortunately lost their lives. It appears that a number of men were crossing Marydyke Forry, in that harbour in a boat, after their dinner, to resume th e i r wor k, when about half-way across one of the deceased (Robert) suddenly rose from his seat, and in doing so caused the boat to lurch so much that she filled, and the whole were preci pitated into the water. goats put , off . to their res cue , b u t three poor fellows were drowned. rhea . names were John Probert, William Roberts, and Robert Mills ; they have all left wives and large families. a ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS.—Aa a meeting of the council of this institution yesterday afternoon, th e fol lowing members of the college were admitted fellows, having undergone the necessary examinations on the 3d and sth inst. : Messrs. William Rutherford Aucram, Talparaiso, South America, diploma dated October 11, 1839; John Ors born, Bitterne, near Southampton, January 10, 1840; and James Robert Lane, Grosvenor-place, May 2.3, 1847. MID-LOTHIAN PROTECTIONIST SOCIETY..—We un derstand that at the meeting of the Mid-Lothian Protectionist Society held at Dalkeith last Thursday, it was agreed to defer proceedings till some future period, and that, in the mean time, a canvass should be carried on for the return of a cer tain baronet near Dalkeith, as mem b er f ur th e coun t y . This baronet, it is understood, is to advocate a fixed duty on corn " as a source of revenue" in place of the present income-tax and "other burdens affecting land."—Scotsman. THE IMPERIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—Yesterday another inquiry, which occupied from ten o ' c l oc k t i ll four, took place before his Honour Master Farrer, upon the liabi lity of the third class of contributories in this company, con sisting of those who, on shares being all o tt e d, pa i d Is. per share, and took up their scrip. Mr. Pryor conducted the case for Mr. Soulby, the official manager; and Mr. Glasse, Mr. Little, Mr. Hare, and others appeared as counsel for the various persons summoned to appear. The day was occupied in the discussion of the general question as to whether, owing to the variations that had taken place in the form and constitution of the company, a large number of the share holders could be made liable, they having, it was contended, joined the original undertaking under a totally different state of things to that which existed under the deed of settlement executed under a subsequent constitution of the company, and which constitution was the only one had in vi ew b y t h e Court of Chancery in decreeing that the company should be wound up. His Honour said that he would read over all the evidence and weigh all the arguments that had been adduced before him, but his present impression Ivas that he could hardly place these persons on the list as liable as contracti ng parties us respect of the particular company the Co ur t h a d referred to him to wind up. . Pals.—About six weeks ago great sensation was caused in the English circles of this city by the melancholy suicide of a young lady of highly respectable family, who had recently arrived with a married sister and her sister's husband from Dieppe. She had, it seems, gone to the house of an English physician, with whom, though much her senior, she had been on terms of intimacy. In consequence of something which took place between them, she swallowed a dose of opium which she had brought with her in a phial. She, however, was able to walk home, and the poison, it seemed, was not likely to have any dangerous effect ; but the next morning she sent out for another larger dose, and this c,:used her de a th i u a f ew h ours.—Bi ighton Gazette. SCHOOL FOR. THE INDIGENT BLIND.—A general meeting of the subscribers and patrons of this charity took place yesterday at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, the Right Hon. Lord Itadstock in the chair. It appeared from the statements laid before the meeting that this institution had answered the most ..sangitine expectati o ns of its fends both in the tifeourageuient whi.Ch it had . received from the publiC and m the results which had been produced. On Saturday, an old noman named Elizabeth Proper, age~f 2, resident * rigton Li nco l ns hire, who was an habitual opi tt reeaiir„ -- .1:9h0 4 2;exa q ic .w ith 411 acei -4%144 atrerdnze. u LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1850. TII E PRI V Y COUNCIL. Wripsor., THURSDAY.--The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at one o'clock this afiernuon at the At the Court Mlnsieur Tricoupi was presented to the Qucen at au audience by Viscount Palmerston, G-. 0 8., her .111:jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and delivered his credentials to the Queen as Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of (>4-reece. The Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil was presented to the Queen at en audience by Viscount Palmerston, kissed hands on being appointed her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Florence, and took leave of the Queen on his departure on his mission. The Duke of Richmond had an audience of the Queen, and presented an address from the hop planters of Sussex and of the Weald of Kent, praying her Majesty to prevent the levy of the remaining moiety of duty of IS4B until after the meeting of Parliament, when their case will be brought before the Le gislature. The Noble Duke also presented to her Majesty the followng addresses against Papal aggression : Signatures. From inbabitants of the city of Chichester 322 From ministers and congregation of Provi dence Chapel, in the city of Chichester 215 From minister and congregation of Zion Chaps-1, in the city of Chichester From inhabitunts of Worthing, and parish of Broadwater 391 From ladites in Worthing From inhabitants of the parish of Little hampton From parishes of Stinton and Binstead Viscount Ponsonby was presented to the Queen a an audience by Viscount Palmerston. Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord John Russell. The Queen's Privy Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Post master-General, the Secretary-at-War, and the Master of the Horse. At tho Council Parliament was ordered to be fur ther prorogued from Tuesday, the 17th of December, until the 4th of February ; and a Proclamation was ordered, summoning Parliament to meet on the 4th of February for the dispatch of business. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Her 'Majesty was attended by the Vice-Chamber lain, the Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting, and Cap tain the Hon. Joseph Denman, Groom in Waiting. The Greek Minister, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, the Duke of Richmond, Viscount Palmerston, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Fox Maule, Lord g. Howard, and Mr. C. Greville travelled from town, to attend the Court by a special train on the Great Western Railway. Lord John Russell arrived from Richmond-park ; and Mr. Labouchere from Stoke. . _ After the Council luncheon was served to the Mi nisters and officers present. At a quarter before three o'clock the Ministers took their departure, most of them returning to London by a special train on the Great Western Railway. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 12. The Earl of Liverpool and Sir James Clark ar rived at the Castle to-day, on a vi:dt to the Queen and the Prince. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance in the Castle yesterday (Wednesday) even ing, and performed the following selection during dinner : Overture, " Iphigenie" ... Gluck. Selection, " Don Pasquale " Donizetti. Waltz, " Caroline" Tinney. Introduction and Chorus, "Antigone"... Mendelssohn. Galoppe, " Hugo" ••• ••• ••• Kuhner. RAdetzky March ... ... Strauss. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and played the following pieces : Overture, " D 45 Wunderwasser " Flotow. Le P.re.:he Anabaptist, " Le Propheto" Meyerbeer. Adagio and Polonaise, " Gruss un Wintermann. VaterlAnd " Finale, Ist Act, "Oberon" ... ... Weber. Mr. Seadding (Hon. Sec.) attended at the Home office yesterday with an address from the vicar, churchwardens, and inhabitants of St. Pancras, against the Papal aggression, 16,630 signatures. COURT THEATRICALS :AT WINDSOR. Last evening the Queen gave the first of a series of dramatic entertainments at Windsor Castle. A temporary stage had been erected in the Rubens room, which was elegantly fitted up for the reception of 11(.1. Majesty and the Prince and the distinguished circle honoured with invitations to witness the per formances. The whole arrangements were, as before, under the direction of Mr. Charles Kean. At the conclusion of the play, her Majesty was pleased to send a most gracious message to Mr. Charles Kean, through Colonel Phipps, expressing the gratification the royal party had received from the whole performance, with particular mention of the efforts of Mr. Charles Kean and Mr. Bartley. H,r Majesty was further pleased to notice the com pleteness given to the cast by Mrs. Charles Kean's ussurning the comparatively unimportant character of Lady Percy. (FROM THE COURT CIRCULAR.) At eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Princ?. of Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Howard, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Liverpool, Viacount Canning, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord Edward Howard, Sir James and Lady Graham, Sir David Dundas, Sir James Clark, Lady Fanny Howard and Baroness de Speth quitted the state apartments, and were con ducted to the temporary theatre. The Ladies in Waiting'to the Queen, and the Gentlemen in Wait in to her Majesty and the Prince, attending her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The following were also honoured with invitations to witness the dramatic representations :—the Mar quis and Marchioness of Downshire, the Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray, the Hon. and Rev. Henry and Lady Anna Maria Cust, and the Misses Cust, the Hon. Peregrine Cust and Miss Cust, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C.B. and Mrs. Phipps, and Miss Bathurst. the Provost of Eton and the Hon. Mrs. Hodgson, the Rev. Dr. Hawtry, Sir George and Lady Cooper, Miss and Mr. Couper, Hon. Henry Ashley, Major-General Scott, Mrs. Bouverie, Mr. and Mrs. Henry ,Seymour and Miss Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. Birch, Mr. Gl.)ver, the Commanding Officer and two Officers of the Coldstream Guards, the Commanding Officer and two Officers of the Royal Horse Guards, and Com mander Forbes, R.N. The Queen and Pripce Albert being seated, and the distinguished visitors and the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household having also taken their seats, the performance commenced. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in an ante-room immediately adjacent during the evening. The following was the programme of the royal entertainment : (By command.) Shakspere's historical play of King Henry the Fourth, Part I. King Henry the Fourth Mr. COOPER. Henry Prince of Wales 1 sons to the I Mr. ANDERSON. Prince John of Lancaster j King I Miss DALY. Earl of Westmoreland 1 Friends to the f Mr. C. FISHER.. Sir Walter Blount . 1 King IDI r. 1,..r. B ELTON. Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester Mr. RYDER. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland Mr. KING. Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur (his s!on) ............................... ..... . M r. C. KEIN. Archibald, Earl of Douglas .. Mr. P. CooRE. Sir Richard Vernon Mr. J. P. CATHCART. Sir John Falstlff Mr. BARTLEY. Poins ...... Mr. J. VINING. Gadsbill ....................................... Mr. R. CAT/ICART. Peto ......... • - ..... - - Bardol ph ........ Francis fMr. KEELEY. Carriers Sheriff -Mr. PAULO. Ruby ... Mr. STAC EY . Travellers......Mesirs. WYNN, DALY, STOKES, and HAINES. Lady Percy, Wife to Hotspur ..... Mrs. C. KEAN. Mrs. Quickly, Hostess of a Tavern in Eastcheap SCENE England. Di: ector .... Mr. CHARLES KEAN. Assistant Director... Mr. GEORGE ELLIS. The Theatre arranged and the Scenery painted by Mr. THOMAS GRIEVE. LAMBETH NATION AL SC IIOOLS • —Wed nesdey after noon the first stone of the Holy Trinity National Schools, Carlisle -street, Lambeth, was laid in presence of a large number of the principal inhabitants, by the Rev. C. B. Dal ton, M.A., rector of St, Mary's, Lambeth. The site was given by his Grace the Primate, being the south-west angle of Lambeth Palace Park, which during the late Dr. Hawley's time suffered equal encroachment for the erection of the Holy Trinity district church. The schools are intended for 200 boys, 200 girls, and 100 infants. The merit of this va luable addition to the parochial institutions is due to the in cumbent of Trinity Church, the Rev. James Gillman, M.A., through whose perseverance the necessary funds have been obtained. Previous to the ceremony Divine service was per formed at Trinity Church; after which the clergy and con gregation, preceded by a large number of children, repaired to the ground; and, after an appropriate address, the Rev. Rector laid the foundation stone, with the customary forma- lities, and the proceedings terminated with the Doxology. CULTIVATION OF FLAX IN IRELAND.—Further satisfactory accounts have been received of the exertions of the gentry in the south to extend the cultivation of flax. Even in Kerry some progreSs has been made by the newly formed Farming SoCiety at ListoWel, where subscriptions are increasing, and arrangements will be made to procure from the Ulster Society an instructor' qualified to teach the far mers in the north of Kerry the best mode of cultivating and preparing flax. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. HERE FORD, ROSS, AN D GLOUCESTER. On Wednesday last a public meeting was held at the Shire-hall to take into consideration the best means of promoting the extension of the Forest of Dean Railway to Ross and Hereford. The meeting was convened by the High Sheriff, James Cheese, Esq., in compliance with the requisition which had been presented to him, very numerously signed by the nobility, gentry, agriculturists, tradesmen, and others of the county. Shortly after twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for the'meeting, a large number of persons assembled in the Crown Court of the Shire-hall, which soon became so crowded that it was deemed expedient to adjourn to the music-room. The meeting was one of the most numerous and influential ever witnessed in this city, and was characterised by the greatest unanimity of feeling. Among those present we observed the High Sieriff, in the chair ; the Earl of Oxford, Lord Bateman, Viscount Hereford, Sir R. Price, Bart., M.P., Sir Veiters Corne wall, Bart., Sir E. F. S. Stanhope, Bart, Right Hon. Sir T. Frankland Lewis, Bart., M.P., G C. Lewis, Esq., M.P., Colonel Clifford, M.P, F. R. Wegg Prosser, Esq, M.P., T. W. Booker, E sq ., M.P., John Ark wright, Esq., Rev. Archer Clive, J. K. King, Eiq., J. F. Vaughan, Esq , D. P. Pcploe, Esq., Rev. It. D. Murray, John Edwards, Esq., Rev. T. P. Symonds, I. K. Brunel, &q., (Engineer of the Great Western Railway Com pany), Rev. Canon Morgan. The Bidet SEIERIFF having opened the business of the meeting in some very able observations, advocating the neceesity of a railway communication from Gloucester to Hereford, Lord BATEMAN, in an excellent speech, moved the first resolution, pledging the meeting to support a railway from the Forest of Dean Railway to the terminus of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway at Hereford. He was most ably seconded by J. F. VAUGHAN, Esq., of Courtfield. Mr. BRUNEL then rose, and said that the flatter ing manner in which his name bad been introduced to the meeting might probably occasion some little disappointment. He would endeavour, however, to the best of his ability to fulfil the task imposed upon him, though the dry details which it would be his duty to bring before them would fall heavily on their ears after the exciting—the usefully exciting—and elo quent appeals of the Noble Lord and the Hon. Gen tleman who had previously addressed the meeting. He must appeal to their indulgence, not as a matter of form, but as a matter of reality—as he felt incom petent to address them in a manner which would be interesting, because the object was one which, ap pealing as he must to facts, did not admit of being laid before them in an amusing form. He must fur ther appeal to their kind consideration, on account of the peculiar circumstances under which he addressed them.- He had never in the course of his career been previously called upon to address the meeting in favour of a railway. He had often, as a professional man, been called upon in public meetings and else where to detail the engineering circumstances of various lines, and to furnish data upon which a judgment might be formed ; but he had never before the present occasion been called upon to advo cate the cause of any railway.—(Hear, hear.) He had never been mixed up with any of the railway speculations of the day, whether good or bad, but had simply appeared as a professional man, to lay before others the results of his labours and inquiries. But, as Mr. Vaughan had so truthfully observed, times were materially changed—(Hear, hear)—and he must remind the meeting that everything had occurred to alter the view in which they m ust l oo k at railway projects. Those railways only which pro mised a fair return for the capital would be embarked in ; and such a one he felt assured was th e present undertaking. This he had said was a f avoura bl e opportunity for the construction of this line, because it would give the persons engaged in the construction of the works an opportunity of employing their capital and material, which were now lying idle; and it would also find employment for all descriptions of labouring men, who were now, many of them, without work.—(Hear, hear.) This opportunity had been seized in many instances during the past twelve months ; and many railways and public works, which had been abandoned for want of money, had since been carried out at a far less cost, and with advantage to those who invested their capital in them. Seeing this opportunity occur, he wrote to his friends, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Bodenham, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Hall, expressly stating his opi nion. He saw a few months back that if the peculiar aspect of the times were taken advantage of, that which they all so much desired might be effected under the most favourable circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) These were times when moneyed men were not disposed to hazard their money, as was the case a few years ago, merely upon speculation of shares bought for the purpose of being sold again ; but large capitalists were disposed to invest their money in a sounder and more useful mode, that of executing works where there was any sort of security for their receiving a fair interest for their capital invested.— (Hear, Wear.) A short time ago, during the rage of railway speculation, scrip was bought and sold for money, and it was the purchase and sale of this paper money that formed a source of p'rotit and of ruin to many. At the present time, however, it was only those who really desired to hold the shares, and expected a fair return for their capital, who would embark in this undertaking. The estimate for that portion of the Monmouth and Hereford line which was embraced in the line he now proposed, at the time the Great Western Company had obtained their Act to make the Monmouth and Hereford line (but which Act wns now expired), amounted to the sum of 440,0001. The change, however, in the times had now enabled them to enter into a much safer contract, with wealthy and responsible men, who had entered into such contracts before, for the sum of 230,0001. This difference did not result wholly from the difference in the prices of labour and materials, but in some mea sure from the more sober views which were now taken in the formation of railways. Formerly, everything was constructed on a more extravagant principle ; but poverty had taught them wisdom.— (Hear, hear). The construction of single lines of railway now made a considerable difference. The promoters of railways were now contented with a much more business -like and more useful set of works than those which were considered necessary by Parliament and by the public a few years ago. For these reasons they were now enabled to construct a railway immensely below the amount which was ex pended a few years since.—(Llear, hear). He had put himself in communication with contractors, and would state, on his own authority, that the moment they were prepared to enter into a contract, he would find a contractor ready to construct the line for the sum stated. The meeting, therefore, had now to determine whether or not they would have a railway from Hereford to Ross and Gloucester.- -(Hear, hear.) As to the advantages of such communication, he need not say much, as they must be well acquainted with . them. But with circumstances connected with more remote districts they might not be so con versant. By the letter which had been read from Mr. Ormsby Gore, they would see that the Shrews • bury and Hereford line—which had struggled ord about being through difficulties gr ea t er or qu ite as great as the Gloucester and Hereford—was com menced immediat e l y .—(H ear, h ear .) This p os iti on bid been obtained by the adoption of the principle which he had laid down, and which was the only means to ensure succes: , , viz., an unremitted exertion of landowners and all other classes.—(Hear, hear.) By these exertions the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company had succeeded in being in a posi tion to commence the formation of their line, which would open an extensive communication with the north by the line from Shrewsbury to Chester, and thence to Birkenhead, Liverpool, Manchester, &c. The promoters of the Shrewsbury and Hereford line were very well aware of the advantages which would be likely to result from the formation of the line he now proposed before the course of traffic were settled down. They must all be aware hoW very dif ficult it was when traffic fell into any particular course, to alter it. And this was no less the case with railways than with turnpike roads: it became them, therefore, to take the tide at the flood, and to seize a favourable opportunity when it offered.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) By the information of the Shrewsbury and Hereford line, a great deal of traffic must take place between the north and the south districts of the country. The inhabi tants of this district would be placed in direct com munication with Birkenhead, which was now likely to become a rival port with Liverpool, competing with it for the trade of the world. By the way of Holy head, the most direct communication would be opened with Ireland, and by various railways all parts of the north of England would be easily gained. A com munication would also he made with South Wales, and it would be as good a communication with those districts, and nearly as good with the metropolis, as any other line in existence.—(Hear.) The opporttn: nity of opening extensive communication to Here fordshire was now offered, if the inhabitants would embrace it—the food was put into their mouths, if they would only swallow it.— (Hear.) They had now an opportunity of placing themselves in as good a_posi tion with regard to railways as any c oun ty in Eng land. He would earnestly beg of them to rely on nobody but themselves.—(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say that in that room alone, or in the go to Parliament could b e ra i sed ; city of Hereford, the whole sum of 275,0001. necessary to but a large portion of it might be raised if they would exert themselves, and have a little more courage to embark their capital in works o f such great utility.—(Hear, hear.) He did not ask them to enter into it as a speculation—to buy and sell shares with a view to profit—.but to consider the advantages which the railway offered to themselves. —(Hear, hear.) His opinion was, that as an invest ment it would he a perfectly safe one. It was an im portant link of communication; and he did not know where there would be more traffic, more carriage of agricultural produce, coals and minerals, than upon this short piece of line.—(Hear, hear.) And there were not many lines which could be made much cheaper, if they refrained from all works of an ex pensive character.—(Hear, hear.) He hesitated not to recommend this line to the meeting, and he was ready to enter into the speculation himself, and take a considerable number of shares.—(Applause.) He did not, however, do this with the view of creating work for himself; but in the firm belief that it would I prove a good undertaking, and that it was a line which ought to be made. 'We regret that we have not space for a full report of Mr. Brunel's speech, which made a most lively and convincing impression on the meeting, and was re ceived throughout w ith th e most marked attention and with great applause. The meeting was afterwards addressed in support of the proposed undertaking by Viscount Hereford, the Rev. Archer Clive, Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Colonel Clifford, M.P., Mr. Wegg Prosser, M.P., Mr. Cornewall Lewis, M.P., Sir Velters Cornewall, the Rev. 0. Symonds, Mr. James King King, Mr. T. W. Booker, M.P., Mr. James Davies, and Captain Pep loe, in support of the various resolutions; and full directions were given that the Act should be applied ibr in the next session. A large amount of shares was afterwards sub scribed for. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM COMPANIES.— We understand that immediately after the recent decision of the Lord Chancellor in favour of the London and North-West ern Company, the result of which has placed the latter in a position, if they think proper, to enter upon a race of competition that would be most inju rious to the former, the authorities at Euston-square, through their chairman, renewed their offers for a friendly settlement of the unfortunate differences that have so long existed between the parties. It is stated that no answer has been returned to this offer. Upon the answer returned the policy of the companies will, no doubt, in a great measure depend. RATING OF RAILWAYS.—There has been a meeting of the general committee of representatives of railway companies on the question of railway rating, and, following the policy determined upon last year, it has been decided that a strong appeal to Parliament, in the shape of a declaratory resolution, shall be made, and, if necessary, a Bill is to be introduced for the purpose of obtaining relief from the peculiarly heavy burdens under which railway property so unjustly labours. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.—A special meeting of the proprietors of this company took place yesterday, at the offices of the South-Western Rail way Company, York-road, for the purpose of receiv ing the report of the committee appointed at the last meeting to confer with the directors of the London and South-Western Company; Mr. E. Woolmer in the chair. The chairman having stated the terms of the agreement, it was unanimously resolved that the offer of 395. per share, which had been made in full of all demands, should be received. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 11. Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Baron Martin ar rived at York yesterday, and immediately opened the commission for the winter gaol delivery. This morning their Lordships, having attended ser vice at the Minster, proceeded to the Castle about twelve o'clock. Mr. Justice PATTESON presided in the Crown Court, and charged the grand jury, in the course of which he noticed the great number of prisoners op posite to whose names in the calendar was a note showing that they read and wrote imperfectly. This was some indication that the great prevalence of crime which the calendar showed was traceable to deficient education. The calendar is very heavy, containing the names of no less than 117 prisoners, and 17 persons on bail to answer charges to be preferred against them at this assize. Of these----2 are charged with murder, 30 with robbery, 12 with rape, 20 with burglary, 8 with manslaughter, 18 with cutting and wounding, 4 with perjury, 2 with horse-stealing, 4 with sheep-stealing, 4 with arson, 2 with concealment of birth, 2 with bigamy, 3 with poaching, 1 with forgery, 1 with em bezzlement, 4 with stealing from a dwelling-house, and the rest with other offences. CROWN COURT—(Before Alr. Justice PATTESON.) Richard Petty was charged with having on the 9th of August last, at North Bierley, in the West Riding, assaulted John Wright, and stolen from his person two sovereigns, a bill of exchange for 301., another for 751., and a third for 3501., and four Si. notes of the Bradford Commercial Bank. Mr. Bower prosecuted, and Mr. Dearsley defended ;he prisoner. It appeared that on the evening of the day in ques tion the prosecutor, who is a respectable manufac turer, and a fine looking old man, of great bluntness of manner, while on his way home, called at a public ' house called the White Swan, in North Bierlev, and there had three glasses of gin and water; after which, about eleven o'clock, be set off home. The prisoner and a companion, named Greenough, were in the public-house, and the prisoner was there heard to say that he had no money. On the prose cutor leaving to go home they followed him, and when he was about a field's length from his house he heard, as he described it, a pattering coming behind him ; he looked round, and was immediately seized by the coat collar, and pulled down slap on his hick. The prisoner and Greenough each got upon him, and he (the prosecutor) cried out " What's up, lads? Come, drop it." The prisoner, whom the prosecutor called that "little gentleman," then d—d him, and told him to make a less noise, and " liver" up, and " pawsed" him full in the head. He was then robbed by the prisoner and his companion of the money charged in the indictment. Oa cross examination he was asked if he were quite sober at the time. His answer was, that men are nevei quite sober after they have had three glasses of gin and water. He was also asked if Greenough was not a relative of his. The prosecutor said he should have to go a long way back to find it—his (prosecutor's) wife's grandmother and Greenough's grandfather were half cousin's.—(A laugh.) On information being given to the constables a search was made, and the pocketbook of the prosecutor, containing the bills of ex change, was found. The prisoner was soon after taken into custody, and lodged in a cell at the gaol at Brad• ford by himself. On his removal from that cell it was searched, and in the water-closet were found two 51. notes of the Bradford Commercial Bank. Mr. DEARSLEY having addressed the jury for the prisoner, His LORDSHIP summed up, and The jury retired, and after an absence of three hours found the prisoner Guilty. His LORDSHIP sentenced him to be transported for ten years. (Before Mr. Baron MARTIN.) Join Bayley and Robert Mahon were indicted with stealing a watch and other articles ' above the value of 51., from th e d we lli ng -h ouse of Sarah Isherwood, at Leeds. Mr. 0 verend appeared for the prosecution; the pri soners were undefended. It appears that the prosecutrix, wbo lives in Cross street, Leeds, on Sunday afternoon, the 3d of No vember last, went out and left the key of her house with a neighbour, who, about 6 o'clock, put the shut ters up and locked the doors. The two prisoners were observed soon afterwards loitering about, and being watched were seen to open the door, and enter the house. Information of what had been seen was given by a boy to the neighbours, who, to the num ber of a dozen, or more, turned out and surrounded the house, and succeeded in taking Bayley into cus tody. Upon him were found various implements of housebreaking, and some lucifer matches, with some of the stolen property. The other prisoner succeeded then in making his escape, but was afterwards arrested. Bayley pleaded " Guilty"; the other prisoner wa• found Guilty. _ _ His LORDSHIP sentenced them each to be trans ported for 15 years. Liverpool, Dec. 12. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) THE QUEEN V. SMITH AND CASSON. It appeared from the additional evidence which was given after our report left, that on the Wednesday after the fire Smith went to the house of a man named Ed win Rowe, who had formerly worked for him, and where Casson, the other prisoner, lodged, and having sent Mrs. Rowe on a trifling errand to some distance, proceeded, with the assistance of Casson and Rowe, to empty a large box which was in Rowe's bedroom. A person named Lawrence, who lived next door, shortly after saw a cart arrive at the door of Rowe'a house, and a large box having been placed in it, it was driven away. It further appeared that on the same day Smith took a lodging for Casson at the house of a man named Hardeastle, and in the course of that day a large and apparently very heavy box was brought there. The following day Mrs. llardcastle, in at tempting to move the box, broke off a piece of the lid, and she saw that it contained cloth. Casson was told of this when he came to the house again, but he said it did not matter. Very shortly after, however, he came, along with another person, and took away the box. This was on the 19th of July, and upon the same day Casson, Edwin Rowe, and a man named 'William Rowe, took a lodging at a Mr. Taylor's, and left in the room they engaged a large and heavy box. 'William Rowe remained at Taylor's with the box up to the second of August, on which day he left and did not return. On Sunday the 4th, Casson went to inquire for Mr. Rowe, at Taylor's, and was told that ho had gone away two days previously, Awl had sent for tho bi fao_rfoiriag after he left, but it had not been given up. It then appeared that Mrs. Taylor and her husband, having some suspicion that all was not right, opened the box, and on discovering the cloth and other goods which it contained, gave information to the police, and within a few days the prisoners were apprehended. The two Rowes were also taken, but afterwards dis charged. Smith appeared, previous to his appre hension, to have gone by his own accord to the police-office to inspect the box, upon which occasion he produced the two invoices previously alluded to, and which the police detained. Smith declared, when at the police office, on the box and its contents being shown to him, that he knew nothing about them, and that the cloth did not belong to him, yet they turned out to be the identical goods sent to him by Messrs. Lewis and Ellis, as appeared from the two invoices, and entered by Smith in his claim against the company for loss by the fire. With this evidence the case for the prosecution closed, and at seven o'clock the court was adjourned. Immediately on his Lordship taking his seat this morning, Mr. JAMES addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the conduct of Smith had through out been that of an innocent man, and urging that the box and its contents were not at all satisfactorily identified, and strongly reprobated the conduct of the prosecution in not putting the two Rowes into the witness-box; and he could only account for it by the supposition that, had they done so, their evidence would have tended to show that Smith had nothing to do with the transaction about the box. With regard to Cesson, even though he might have been concerned in it, unless the jury thought that they both acted in concert, neither of them could be convicted of a con spiracy. He commented also upon the fact that the prosecution had given no evidence, as it was usual to do in similar cases, of the actual state of the stock just previous to the fire, such evidence having been easily obtainable. It was not improbable either that property had been abstracted, as was fre quently the case, either during or after the fire. With respect to Smith's statement that the value of the stock was 1,6001., he could only say that it was not correct, and if this circumstance should tell against the prisoner in the result, bitterly would he have hereafter to rue the fact of his having, for some purpose he could not explain, swerved from the plain and simple truth. He did not ask the jury, were they satisfied that the prisoners were innocent, but were they satisfied that they had conspired together to defraud the insurance company ? Were they satisfied that there was not property on the premises previously to the fire amounting to 8701. ? The Learned JUDGE summed up, remarking that the case must be looked at under two aspects, the first being that of a conspiracy, in which only both pri soners could be convicted ; the second, as a case of false pretences, in which either both or one might be found guilty. His Lordship then went through the evidence at considerable length, and on his con. eluding, The jury retired, and shortly came back into court with a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners on the whole charge. Sentence was deferred. THE PLATIC ROBBERIES. William M'Cauley, 40, was indicted for burgla riously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Fisher, and stealing therein various articles of silver plate; and Thomas Charles Sirrell, 59, was in. dicted for receiving the said property, well knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Blair and Mr. M'Oubrey appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Pollock and Mr. Simon defended M`Cauley ; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Bodkin (specially retained), and Mr. Aspinall defended Sirrell, Mr. BLAIR, in opening the case for the prosecution, told the jury that the charge against M'Cauley was a double one of stealing and receiving ' • that against Sirrell of receivin g on ly. H e b egge d them to dis miss from their minds all that they had previously heard of this case, which had created very great in terest, and to confine their attention strictly to the facts proved. It appeared that the burglary in ques tion, was committed on the night of the 29th of Sept. last, at the house of the Rev. James Fisher, Catholic priest of Great Crosby, to whose house was attached a small chapel, whence, as well as from the house, some of the property was taken. The house was locked up on the night of the burglary by the person who had charge of it, and no one slept there upon that night. On going to the house on the following morning, it was discovered that an entrance had been made by the back of the premises, by means of holes cut in the door, through which an arm could be in troduced so as to allow of the bolts being pulled back. Part of the property taken was missed from the kit chen, and on Mr. Fisher going to his house and mak ing an examination of the chapel, two silver piles and sonic holy oil stocks were gone. Tile next place in which these articles were heard of was Sirrell's shop in London, where they were found on the 2.1 of October. They were traced there by the police, and indeed they were seized by them even in•fure Sirrell had had time to examine them. It would also he proved that on the same morning upon which these articles had been received at Sir rell's, Sirrell had got a letter bearing the Liver pool postmark, and dated the 30th of September last, which would be proved to be in the handwriting of M'Cauley, informing him of some silver to arrive. On further inquiry a number of letters in M'Cauley's handwriting were found on a file on Sirrell's pre mises, and it would be laid b..fore the jury to say whether, looking at the relations existing between the prisoners and the nature of the articles received, so rarely in the market, they could come to any other conclusion than that Sirrell must have been aware of the person from whom the parcel was coming, and of the suspicious nature of the transaction. It would also be shown, in addition to this evidence, that a por tion of another robbery, in the neighbourhood of Li verpool, which had taken place about the same time, was found on Sirrell's premises. The first witness called for the prosecution was, Ann Smith, who proved that she was, on the 29th of September last, a servant to the Rev, James Fisher, who lived at great Crosby. She fastened up the house on the night in question, about six o'clock. She left the house soon atter, and no one was left within. She had fastened the back door, and the cellar door also was shut. She returned about half-past seven on the following morning, when she found the back door open, and the panels cut out. The cellar door also was open. She afterwards examined the house, and found the drawers open in the kitchen, and she missed five silver spoons, three being teaspoons and two tablespoons, from the kitchen cupboard. She had seen them safe about five minutes before she left the house. The tablespoons had been borrowed from Mr. Maury's house. She saw those articles yesterday . . The Rev. James Fisher, Roman Catholic priest of Great Crosby, recollected the night of the 29th of September. He left the house about half-past four, and returned on the following day. He found two large circular holes in the back door, large enough to admit a man's hand, so as to allow the bolts being drawn. There was a chapel attached to the house, the door of which was usually locked. It was open on the Monday when he went, and, on examination, he missed from a drawer two silver pixes, some holy oil stocks, and from the house a silver incense -boat, and some copper, in addition to the silver spoons. By the Junoa.—There is an interior communica tion between the house and the chapel. Lawrence Kehoe, a detective officer of the Liver pool police, went to London on the night of the Ist of October. Sirrell's place of business is at 54, Bar bican,s,whither he went between 11 and 12 o'clock on the day after. He saw a man, apparently a railway porter, with two parcels, go into the shop. In spector Lund went in after him, and the witness followed. He saw on entering two brown paper parcels lying on the counter, or on the desk of the counter ; he could not say which, but they were on the further part of the counter. Witness went into the counting. , house and saw Sirrill there, and told him two parcels had come from Liverpool for him that morning. He said he did not know whom they were from. The parcels were afterwards shown to him, and opened in his presence. Sirrell said " You can open them yourselves." He asked him if he had any letters (A brown paper parcel was here produced, and the address, " Mr. T. C. Sirrell, 54, Barbican, Londoe,' was on the paper. It contained nine spoons, two piles, two holy oil-stocks, and some other articles of silver.) Sirrell asked what witness wanted his pri vate letters for, and said, " You shan't come here." He told him he must be quiet, and, after the parcels were opened, be asked him if he could account for the property. Sirrell said he could not; he did not know the men, but if he were to see them he might know them. Witness asked if any one in the shop would know them, and they said " No." Witness then produced a letter which Smith had given up to the police, dated the 30th September, 1850, from 4, Hope- street, St. Jude's, Liverpool, and signed by M'Cau ley, informing Sirrell that he had forwarded some silver to him, and begging his attention, as usual. Several other letters were produced, which were taken from a file in Sirrell's counting-house. A post-office order-book was also produced. The letters were from M'Cauley, and all related to transactions in business between the prisoners, and contained various memo randa as to the mode of payment by Sirrell t.) M'Cauley for the goods forwarded. On cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant Winiuss, the witness said that four other officers, two of them in uniform, came into Sirrell's shop shortly after him. He produced a card he was in the habit of carrying about him to Sirrell, to inform him who he was. He heard Lund ask for letters, a n d ha produced them. On re-examination, Kehoe said Sirrell was very rough, and wanted to put him out. John Lund, an inspector of the London police, proved that he went to Sirrell's shop on the morning of the 2d of October. He had previously seen a per son going in whom he knew to be in the employ of the Railway Company at Euston-square. Whe)a he - went in Sirrell was standing close to the cou stet, and he saw the parcels handed to bim. He lo.)ked at them, and then gave them to a person he called " John," whom he directed to pay 2s. for the carria i p of one of the parcels, and told him to sign the de livery-book, which he did accordingly, and handed the book back, with 2s. to the porter, and placed the par cels on the counter. Sirrell then went to the count. ing-hotne, and at that moment Kehoe entered, accom panied by two sergeants of the London detectire farce. Witness then leaned over the counter and took possession of the two parcels, pointing out to Kehoe, at the same time, where Sirrell had gone. He told Sirrell he must be present when he opened the articles, but he said—" No, no. have nothing to do with it ; one of my young men will do." Witness insisted on his being present when they were opened, and Kehoe then fetched him back, and the parcels were opened. He identified the two parcels. The witness then spoke to the production of the letters, in reference to which Sirrell said, "I don't know the party, but I dare say I have had 20 transactions with him." He was then apprehended. On cross-examination by Mr. BODKIN, he said it was previously arranged between him and Kehoe that they should act in concert. There was a stock of great value on the premises, which were very exten sive. He heard the railway porter say when became in that there was 23. to pay on one parcel ; the other was paid for. This witness heard Sirrell say, " I'll call in the police," and said there seemed to be some roughness between Kehoe and Sirrell. There was not the slightest hesitation on the part of Sirrell to produce the letter. He also desired his people to give every facility in removing the rest of the stock, which was taken possession of by the police. Ann Smith was called to identify the articles taken from her master's house, and spoke to those which were missed out of the kitchen. The articles taken from the chapel were identified by Mr. Fisher. Mary Jones was called to identify some spoons which she had lent to Ann Smith on the 28th of September. Patrick Brown, railway porter, proved taking a parcel out of the late parcel-box on the morning of the Ist of October': last, which was directed:to Mr. Sirrell, London. There were no others in the box that morning. John Garland, railway clerk, spoke to receiving the parcel from the last witness on the morning of the Ist of October, and, on looking at a cover shown to him, said, he believed it to be the same address as was on the parcel in' question. A book was produced i t which an entry of the parcel was made of the same date. The parcel would reach London early on the morning of the 2d of October. George Sleigh, clerk in the Money-order-office, Post-office, Liverpool, produced three money -orders of the date of the Bth Aug., amounting to ill. 2s. 2d. ; two of the 13th of September, amounting to 71. 2s. 4d.; and one of the 27th of September, of 81. 9s. sd. They were signed in the name of " William M'Cauley." George Stafford, silversmith, proved the handwrit. ing of M'Cauley. The case for the prosecution was proceeding when our reporter left, but was drawing to a close. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The trial of Sirrell and M'Cauley concluded shortly after seven o'clock. Sirrell was Acquitted, and M'Cauley was found Guilty. Sentence deferred. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE-SHOW. This exhibition has been crowded with company during the past two days, and was even more thronged last evening than on any previous occasion since its opening. Notwithstanding the enormous enlarge ment that has taken place this year, so great has been the increase of visitors that the committee of the club, at their annual meeting yesterday, unanimously agreed to a resolution requesting Mr. Boulnuis, the proprie tor of the Bazaar, to add considerably to the present area occupied by the show before the next exhibition, some such arrangement being absolutely necessary for the accommodation of the spectators. The show was visited yesterday by a large number of distinguished visitors, among whom were—His Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands, the Austrian Charge' d'Affairs, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Earl of Leicester, Lord Feversham, Major-General Wemyss, Sir Walter Stirling, Colonel Francis Seymour, Etc. At one o'clock the adjourned annual meeting of the club took place in the committee-room. Lord Port man (in the absence of the Duke of Richmond) took the chair, and was supported by a very numerous at tendance of members of the club. The various notices of motion given on Tuesday came on for discussion in due course, and terminated in the appointment of a committee to take into consideration the revision of the prize -sheet, with the view of ascertaining how far an arrangement of the animals according to breed, instead of, as at present, according to age and weight, would meet the wishes of the members of the club. A suggestion on the subject of an enlargement of the exhibition before next Christmas was unanimeu.ly carried, and the proprietor of the Bazaar having been appealed to, that gentleman informed the committee that, if necessary, he could increase the present area nearly as much again. It was also resolved, for the convenience of visitors, that for the future no artists should be allowed to sketch the animals after twelve o'clock at noon. A resolution limiting the weight of all implements admitted to the show to one ton each having been passed, the proceedings terminated. Among the animals which have excited more than ordinary observation on the part of the visitors, has been the cross-bred heifer belonging to his Grace the Duke of Wellington. This animal, which is between a Scotch Highland cow and the Bramah bull, is one of a small herd of the same description of cattle of which the Noble Duke keeps at Strathfieldsaye. They are excessively wild generally, and the herds men has great difficulty in keeping this one under control, the more so as the crowd are continually pressing around it. This beast is not sent for the purposes of sale, but merely as a curiosity, the Noble Duke, in giving permission to his steward to send it, having added strict instructions that the animal should be brought back to Strathfieldsaye. Several very tempting offers fur its purchase have been made ; but, as a matter of course, all are refused. The sale of the stock has proceeded very languidly during the past two days, and in some cases the owners have exhibited the prices upon their cattle with the view of enticing purchasers —a plan never before adopted at this show. The country butchers have mustered rather strongly again this year, and several of the finest animals in the show are destined to travel long distances, as will be observed from the following list of sales :—Mr. Aldworth's Hereford ox, fed at Frilford, Berkshire, has been bought by Mr. Thompson, of Peterborough; Mr. Chamberlain's Hereford ox, fed near Liecester, by Mr. Holmes, of Newmarket ; Mr. Brown's Durham ox, ted at Derby, by Mr. Bailey, of Derby ; Mr. Stewart's cross-br e d steer, fed at berdeen, by Mr. Aintre, of Barnett ; Mr. Bond's Devon steer, fed at Taunton, by Mr. Waite, of Teddington ; Mr. Timm's white Durham ox, fed at Farnborough, by Mr. Farrer, of Reading ; Mr. Capel Banbury Leigh's short-horned steer, fed at • Pontypool Park, by Mr. Naish, of Maiden head ; Mr. Harvey Combe's short-horned ox, fed at Cobham Park, by Mr. Alder, of Esher; the Earl of Radnor's short-horned and Hereford steer, fed at Coleshill, by Mr. Brain, of Ox ford ' • Kiri Spencer'a short horned ox , f e d a t Al t h orp Park, by Mr. Fitshugh. of Northampton; Mr. Strat ton's short-horned steer, fed at Salthorp, near Levin don, by Mr. Rarer, of Reading ; Mr. Hurst's short horned steer, fed near Aylesbury, by Mr. Elliot, of Bicester ; the Hon. H. W. Wilson's short-I:orned steer, fed at Keythorpe-hall, near Leicester, by Mr. Stafford, of Leicester; the Earl of Radnor's Hereford steer, fed at Coleshill, by Mr. Brain, of Oxford ; Mr. Stewart's cross-bed ox, fed at Aberdeen, by Mr. Withers, of Guildford ; the Earl of Leicester's North Devon ox, ted at Holkham-hall, by Mr. Gates, of Chichester; Mr. Kuowles.'s Aberdeen s hi re and short horn cross ox, fed at Aberdeen, by Mr. Lambert, of Croydon ; Mr. Tucker's pure North Devon ox, fed at Stratford, by Mr. Elphick, of East Moulsey ; Mr, C. H. Leigh's short-horn cow, fed at Pontypool Park, by Mr. Benny, ot . Maid-tone ; Mr. 13rown s Durham heifer, fed ;it I)E:rby, by Mr. INEoples, ~1A : the Earl of RAnor's Hereford and 1:111;;-;'•,1 (.41 W , fed at Coleshill, by Mr. Wilson, of Newbury, &c. The exhibition finally closes this day. MURDER 1N PLYMOUTH.—A reward of 501., with the promise of a pardon to any ae.complie who shall g i ve in formation other than the actual perpetrator of the crime, has been offered by her Majes'y's Government f o r th e appre hension of the persons by whom a young man, 25 years of age, named William Brown Ambrose, a builder, was mur dered on the night of Saturday, November 16. The deceased had risen from bed to accompany a friend of his named Thomas, with whom he remained drinking in a public house till nearly two o'clock in the morning. On passing the end of Stonehouse-lane, a part of the town inhabited by the migratory population. Ambrose and :llamas were both struck by two men. The blow given to Thomas felled hint to the ground and stunned him. The blow given to Ambrose resulted in his death on the 28th of November. The deceased objected to making the police or magistrates aceplainted with the circumstances, and when they were in attendance he was incapable of making a declaration. At the inquest a verdict of " Wilful :Murder/ against. some person or persons un known," was returned. Three men —named Bartholomew Harrington, James Mahoney, and Timothy Donovan, all Irishmen—have been apprehended, but nothing positive has yet been brought against the prisoners, who were on Wed nesday remanded till Saturday next. l'orAstt ADDRESS.—The Lords of the Treasury having received an application :from:a Noble Lord, repre senting the circumstances under which an address of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland to the Poles has been printed abroad, there being no opportunity of get ting it printed in London in the Polish language, and re questing that the duty chargeable thereon may be remitted, and their, Lordships being of opinion that this request should be granted on the ground of the necessity which existed for printing the work abroad, and of its being intended for a charitable object and not for sale, and for circulation not only in this country but also in different parts of the world where Poles may be resident, have granted permission for the admission of the work under the circumstances free of the duty IThich would Otherwise be charged thereon. r lbo P e to iaien Oro ,a ) 4 o a 0 000 0001" r ios P bs" Y.) ~yF' 11 i ii° de•