The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-21 00:00:00

Tfi2 St N, LONtON. tictiDAit MoANTINiq, guidance of the meeting, and which was hung up in the room, had dealt somewhat unfairly with a very im portant part of the London and York line, known as " the loop." Several material advantages which would result to Cambridge, Lincoln, and other towns, were thus thrown into the background, and would render it quite im possible for the meeting, without previous information, to arrive at a proper decision with respect to that project. He (Mr. Pym) was very well aware that he had undertaken a bold part in coming into Cambridge to advocate the London and York line, inasmuch as it had come to his knowledge that many gentlemen of influence in that town had been decried as inimical to the interests of Cambridge, simply be cause they had supported that scheme. One word with respect to the advantages which the town of Cambridge would derive from the construction of the London and York line. He thought that the public would admit that in rail way "speculations competition was desirable, and likely to conduce to the general interests. The London and York was a line of that character, and therefore ought to be en couraged. It had already obtained the sanction of one branch of the Legislature. They were aware that a line had been granted from Cambridge to Huntingdon ; if that line were not carried out by its projectors, the London and York Company would adopt it in compliance with an assurance they had made to Parliament towards the close of the last session--(Cheers)—thus offering the greatest advantage to Cambridge in this respect. The Cambridge and Oxford line, if carried out to Ilitchin, would there join the London and York, and would form a shorter route to London than at present existed. He knew, as he had pre viously stated, that the London and York was not a popular line in Cambridge, and he would not therefore, on the pre sent occasion, eek for a vote in its favour. Mr. Pvm then entered into a long statement to show that the London and York would be ad , ;antageous,. in a variety of respects, to Cambridge. After which he adverted to the speech of Mr. Hudson at a late meeting of the Eastern Counties, at Lon don, and said that gentleman had stated publicly that there was not a tingle individual of experience in our direction. Surely the Hon. Gentleman had not seen our list ; fur it con tained the names of persons of the greatest experience. But as he had said there was not one in the directory of any ex perience, he would name a gentleman who had worked upon several ines under Mr. Hudson's own management—he alluded to Alderman Meek, of York. He hoped, therefore, that Mr. Hudson would reconsider his statement. The Lon don and York line would be nearer by thirty miles than the present distance, and ten nearer than the contemplated Cam bridge and Lincoln. Mr. Hudson at the Eastern Counties meeting had said he intended to make an offer to the London and York Company. He (Mr. Pym) had only to say that he had not vet heard of one having been made. Mr. Hudson had a!so overrated the expense of carrying oat the London and York. in conclusion Mr. Pyin complained that the cost of forming the line from London to York had been overrat ed. Mr. IlteDsoer then rose, and was received with loud cheers. He said—The Hon. Gentleman who last addressed you began his observations by saying that in offerieg this line to the public he offered them a great boon, inasmuch as he offered them a competing line. Sir, if I thought competition in railway matters a boon to the public, I would then feel with him that it would be a great advantage to the public to con struct another line from north to sonth.—(Cheers.) But, as the Committee of the house of Commons, after a most care ful consideration of the subject , have almost unanimously determined that a competition in itself is not good, but the contrary, and that the application of such powers as Parlia ment possesses, for the regulation of railways and the pro tection of the public, is much better than competing lines, I am of opinion that the circumstance of the Hon. Gentle man's project being a competing one will be no recommenda tion of it whatever when it comes before Parliament.— (Hear, hear.) But if the Hon. Gentleman be consistent in his advocacy of competing lines, I would, with all due respect and regard "to what he said, asi him why the London and York Company commenced their proceedings by anni hilating competition, by purchasing the Witham and Foss ds-ke Navigation, thus showing that they thought competi tion not so very desirable, and not Of such great ad vantage to those Companies ?—(Cheers.) I think that they were not favourable to competition is a fair inference from such conduct.—(Cheers.) I have been charged with over rating the estimates for the construction of the London and York line, and for this purpose the Hon. Gentleman has referred to an address of mine to the Midland share holders at Derby in January last. I did then, on the autho • rity of one of the most eminent engineers of the day, give a statement of the probable cost of that line, supposing the whole line to be of the same character as that pert going to Grantham. If any gentleman has heard or read the evidence of Mr. Cubitt, I appeal to him whether my statement has not been borne out by the evidence of that engineer —the engineer of the London and York. His evidence before Parliament was that the cost of the line, including the carrying stock and station, would be B,soo,oool.—(Cheers.) Task you, then, as fair and impartial men, whether I have been guilty of any exaggerated statement ?—(No, no). At the Eastern Coun ties' meeting I said that I knew, from my own knowledge of those works, and from the information I possessed from having made large contracts latterly, that since tho estimates were made there was an advance in the price of labour, materials, and everything connected with the' making of railways, of twenty-five per cent. Is not that so, gentlemen C—(llcar, hear.) The estimate of the engineer of the London and York for his rails was 101. a ton. I can testify that the other day I was obliged to con tract for rails at 121. a ton—(Hear, hear)—and Lord Worsley told me that he had contracted for them at 121.105. a ton. The wages of stonemasons and bricklayers were estimated at 1/. Is. a week ; they are now estimated at 30s.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I should be ashamed of myself if I exaggerated the probable cost of the London and York line, but my be lief is that it will be 12,000,000/. In my career through life I have endeavoured that all my statements should be based on truth, and on truth I am ready to stand in this case.— ( Applause.) Gentlemen, I know the taunt of the Hon. Gentleman respecting the Board of Trade having adopted a great part of the observations which I made at Derby. If the Hon. Gentleman means that I bad anything to do with the report of the Board of Trade, I hurf back the imputa tion. The nobleman who presided over that department of the Board of Trade is incapable of adopting the opinions of any gentleman without clue consideration. But be lieving my statements to be founded in truth, surely he could not be expected to reject them because they fell from an humble individual like myself. But there is no reason for supposing that the Government of the country adopted those observations because they were mine. Because there were bad gradients on the London and Brighton Rail way, was that a reason why this London and York line should be constructed ? I appeal to the whole world—l ap peal to any person acquainted with railway matters—whether that was not the most egregious of engineering blunders ever committed in this country?—(Cheers.) I tell the parties promoting the London and York line that it will be as great a blunder as ever disgraced a railway management. — (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman tells you his line will effect a saving of ten miles ; but he ought have measured that ten miles by time, and rot by distance. A railway ought not to be measured by distance, but by the time it takes in accomplishing that distance.—(Cheers.) Any one know ing anything of what railway travelling is must be fully aware of what it is to get bad gradients and a large quan tity of tunnels. There may be a parallel case (but I hope there are not any) in which there is a tunnel having gradients of one in a hundred.—(hear, hear.) I have not an opportunity of referring to the speech I made at Derby, in which speech I went more particularly into this question; but to the best of my recollection, my belief is (and I do not believe there is any great passenger line in this country furnishing a parallel case), that you have one tunnel in which the gradients are one in a hundred. Well, gentlemen, that is an evil which I am sure cannot be over rated. I have no interest in any hue that may be made be tween London and York, except as a citizen of the world, nor do I care, if the line be advantageous to the public, whether the line be constructed by the London and York Company, or by the Lincoln and Cambridge Company. I hope my sole object hitherto, and in appearing here connexion with these railways, is to get a good line, and one that will prove advantageous to the country in every respect.—(Cheers.) I do say it would be unfair fur this large district—it would he unfair for the whole north of England, and not treating them and Cambridge properly, to put them on a branch rather than on the main line.—(Cheers.) As to the dis tance, I dare any engineer of reputation, or any manager of experience to deny that we can perform the distance to London by Cambridge, in conjunction with the Eastern Coun ties line, sooner than they can by the London and York.— (Cheers.) By going in the way we proposed, you avoid tunnels, and you have a fine, open, plain country ; and if you wish to get another communication with York, the metropolis of the north, and Scotland, let us have a line of such gra dients that the journey may be performed, under all circum stances, and in every description of weather, with perfect safety and advantage to the public. As to mercenary feelings, I deny their existence on our parts. I appeal to any gentle man if it would not be a vast advantage and honour to the country to bring distinguished foreigners direct from London to Cambridge, instead of taking them round by a number of small branches, as proposed by the London and York Corn ptsny. As to the population, 1 believe that the population of all the towns between Peterborough and London is not so large as the population of Cambridge. Then what have you beyond Peterborough ? to which we go off as to a common point. Why, Doncaster becomes the next in extent of population. Then there is another argument iu our favour, which I think a fair one for the invested capital of the country, and that is, that by adopting the London and York line, you put Cambridge and Lincoln at a greater distance from the Midlands, and all the towns—Grantham, Newark, and Bedford included—will be only supplied by the lateral branches, and Bedford by one of the most direct communications that can possibly be made. Gentle men, I thank you for the kind hearing you have given me. I have only just now been connected with the Eastern Counties.—(Cheers.) I became connected with that Company on public grounds, and with an anxiety, I can assure you, most unfeignedly, to benefit the shareholders of that Company ; and I feel that, in benefiting them, I can also benefit the town of Cambridge and the country at large. —(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pym) says I said there was not a gentleman connected with the Board of the London and York Railway Company! that had any expe rience in railway undertakings. Ido not recollect using any such language. I believe the exact words which fell from me were, that I scarcely knew a man on that board who had any experience in railway matters. The Hon. Gentleman referred to my excellent friend Mr. Meek ; but if the lion. Gentleman'had left the decision of the point at issue to my friend Mr. Meek and me, it would be soon settled that we Should come to Cambridge.—(Cheers.) I know my friend Meek's sensible views on those matters, and that he cannot plunge intagreat works that cost such vast sums without great deliberation. He would not sanction a line which would occasion a deviation of ten miles to accomplish a distance of 210 miles. According to the statement of the Hon. Gentleman, the loss in distance was not compensated f or b v a sav i ng in tim e and other advantages. However, we save that time by the po sition of our station. Mr. Kennard, who is perfectly well ac quainted with these matters, is ready to bear me out by calculations, that time alone, and notrlistance,bym is time, there to y measur e railways. He says that, measuring will be a saving of twelve miles on our line, as compared with the London and York. I had the honour to see the first sod turned up of the . feciit Valley Railway. On that occa sion I listened with pleasure to some observations which fell from the Right lion. Baronet. the Premier. These obse m e tiors made, as every observation which fell from that distin gnished individual should make. a deep impression on my mind. I could not help, when I heard him descant on the advantages Tamworth would derive from being put in a direct line, running through it rather than eighteen miles from it, as the line advocated by the Hon. Gentleman does from Cambridge—(Cheers)—when I heard him descant — and] I wish every gentleman here had heard him—with a force and a power which it would be impossible for any per son here to endeavour to imitate or attain, on thegood advan tages that would accrue to Tamworth from being put on the main line, I couldnot, I say, help thinking that the arguments the Right lion. Baronet employed in favour of a direct I ine from Tamworth were peculiarly applicable to our line. Is it not an advantage to the town of Cambridge to be placed on the di rect line?—(Hear, hear.) Are you to be committed to a branch line ei g h teen miles from your town, rather than to a direct line passing through your town ?—(No, no.) Are we to lose the advantages of tie great and south of England, taking place between the north forsooth, to please the whim and fancy of the projectors of some imi nary lines—(Hear.) Are we t o b e ta k en eighteen miles out of our way to subserve such a project ?—(et •.' of nee) But the Honourable Gentleman nay; he got a decision of the HOll4O of Commons in his favour.—(Laughter) Does the Honour able Gentleman think that that decision carries any weight with the public mind ? I think not. Was that decision unanimous, gentlemen? I assert that it was obtained by the casting vote of the chairman.—(A voice—" Two and two out of four.") Listen, gentlemen. Do you imagine that the House of Lords are the mere registers of the edicts of the House of Commons? I say what has properly been said before—" Thank God, there is a House of Lords."— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the public sympathies will go with the sympathies of Cambridge ; and if Cambridge will only arouse and exert itself, I have no hesitation in saying that the project of the London and York Company will never pass into a law, but that a main grand trunk line will pass through the town of Cambridge.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSHIRE, M.P., appeared to point out the merits of the Cambridge and Oxford line. The line would connect the two Universities, which was a very important circum- stance; and it would do more than this, it would connect the eastern and western coast, an advantage which, in case of a war, would be incalculable, and it 'Would put Cam bridge into immediate connexion with many places of great trade, traversing also the great malting country, including Royston, Baldock, and putting those places into immediate connexion with the London markets. All the directors were gentlemen connected by property with the line, and their engineer, Mr. Locke, bad paid great attention to sur veys, which with the plans and estimates are all most care fay made, end are now ready to be deposited. Two places had been named as desirable for the station at Cambridge, viz., Coe Fen and Mr. Hazard's premises in Mill-lane. One of these places will probably be selected, but the directors were anxious in all matters of this kind to consult the wishes of the inhabitants. After thanking the meeting for the pa tience with which he had been heard, the Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers. Mr. WiexixsoN then laid before the meeting the several bearings of the Midland and Eastern Counties (from Cam bridge by St. Neot's and Northampton to Worcester), which, as a comprehensive line, he argued, was invaluable, espe cially as regarded the Rugby and Huntingdon. No line more than the one he advocated was of easier construction through out the country. It was direct from east to west. From the nature of the produce you get access to the mineral districts of England. Yon pay dear for coal, which you would get at a cheap rate. The manufactured goods also would be gained with great facility from Birmingham, and such places; salt, necessary for manure, would be easily accessible from the Droitwich mines. In fact, this railway gave to Cambridge the key of England, opening to it most important districts and places. We shall carry you direct from Cambridge to Worcester. We have received great local support, and we supply Cambridge with a nearer central station; for it must be allowed that the present one was at too great a distance from the town, and we seek to give you one more in the heart of it. He trusted he had sufficiently pointed out the mani fold advantages of the line he advocated, to entitle him to ask the inhabitants of Cambridge for their warmest support. Mr. T. J. GREEN appeared to advocate the claims of the Bedford and Cambridge Extension, No. 6, which was in tended to join the line from Bedford to Bletchley, which latter line was continued to Oxford. The line was a very easy one, the capital was subscribed, and they had every reason to hope they should go to Parliament next session with success. They would also proceed to Northampton ; so that they would connect by one line what four and five proposed to do separately, and which combined the advan tages of both ; and, if each of their lines paid, the line he advocated must pay double. The distance was nearly the same in each case, and being a single line, could be more economically worked; and, soliciting their patronage for the line, he begged to thank the meeting for the patience with which they had heard him. Mr. PRYME also spoke in favour of this line, and pointed out the benefit which must arise by affording an immediate connexion with the manufactures of the north, and the iron of Birmingham and Sheffield. It is true it did not go to Worcester, but he never heard that there was or was not likely to be any connexion between Cambridge and Worces ter, and the only benefit would be to allow learned Cantabs to make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Shakspeare at Strat ford-on-Avon. But as to the salt works of Droitwich, this line would equally put them into communication with the salt of Cheshire. Mr. ARLETT complained that the diagram was, from its omission, more injurious to the Cambridge and Oxford than any other; and strongly advocated that line as a link con necting a great communication. It would be the direct line for eastern and western communication. Mr. TYRRELL, as representative of the Newmarket and Chesterford, with a branch to Cambridge, said that it was not intended in the first place only to have a line from Newmar ket and Chesterford ; but it had since been thought expe dient to have a branch to Cambridge ; and from the surveys and prospects of traffic, there was every reason to believe that it would be found a very profitable undertaking, and of great public utility. Mr. COBBOLD, who represented the Bury St. Edmunds and Eastern Union Extension line, next addressed the meeting, and said that the line was intended to be taken south to Newmarket, and making the distance from Ipswich the same as it was at present by the turnpike road. He then pointed out some of the incongruities of the diagram. By this line any gentleman could breakfast in Cambridge and dine at either France, Belgium, or Holland. In 1836 a plan was be fore the public, and received great support, which was the same as the one now before them, viz., from Northampton through Cambridge, Bury, Ipswich, to Harwich. In conclu sion, he said in the line be advocated the capital was sub= scribed for, the Parliamentary deeds were signed, andthe de posits paid up. Mr. Anams SMITH said he appeared on behalf of the Har wich Docks and Birmingham Central England Railway Company. He stated that although this was their till e their Company having made a friendly arrangement with the Northampton and Bedford amalgamated lines, the line of the Harwich Docks Company would not extend beyond Cambridge. He then proceeded to say that the line of which he was the humble advocate fulfilled all the conditions which could be required to claim the support of the public—namely, cheapness, directness, and existing traffic, traffic that could, under the circumstances, be confidently anticipated and cal culated upon ; for the first, cheapness, they have the word of their able surveyor, that few, if any, lines could be accom plished at a less cost. For the second, directness, the map before them would show its merits; for the third, the position of Harwich with respect to the manufacturing districts of central England and its most important ports in the west, as they related, in point of distance, to the ports of northern and central Europe, would establish the claims of the Harwich Com pany to the attention and support of that meeting. The Hon. Gentleman, the representative of the Ipswich and Bury line had spoken of the advantage that the Ipswich Docks would be to the line to Cambridge. Mr. Smith, without wishing to detract from the merits of the Ipswich Docks, would venture to say, that whatever advantages Ipswich had in this point of view, Harwich possessed them in a ten-fold degree. Mr. Smith then read the following extract from Captain Wash ington's report to Government upon the harbour of refuge : " It is well to bear in mind what this port was during the last war, and what it must again become for another North Sea fleet. It was from Harwich that the Hollesley Bay fleet was always watered by transports; it was here that all vessels, from a frigate downwards, in case of need, came for a partial refit at the naval-yard still in existence ; here no 1 less than sixty ships of war have been built, fifteen of which 1 were two deckers, while the tonnage of the vessels em ployed in the North Sea fishery belonging to Harwich, a few years since, web estimated at 3,000 tons, employing five hundred hardy seamen. These considerations alone would more than justify any small outlay to preserve this port from farther damage, but in addition, it should be remembered, that this may shortly become the packet-station for all our mail communications with northern and central Europe ; that as soon as the railroad already open to Colchester is completed to Harwich, letters dispatched from the General Post-office might be delivered in three hours direct on board the mail steam-packet lying waiting alongside the pier; that passengers could walk on board, and in less than a quarter of an hour be clear out at sea, in aft weathers, and at all times of the tide, and sixty miles ahead, even in fine weather, of those mailed at the same time in London, which would probably make the difference of a whole tide in arriving off Ostend or the Bridle, or other bar harbours, while in north-easterly gales and fogs steamers would Often make their passage before those starting from London would get clear of the shoals and currents of the deep gulph which forms the estuary of the Thames ; in proof of which, twenty-eight steamers, carry ing mails, in spite of strict orders to the contrary, have been compelled to put into this port for fuel, or to land their mails, after contending for upwards of twenty-four hours against strong head-wines, which prevented their making their voyage. Under these points of view, then, but chiefly as a packet station for all northern and central Europe, the pre servation of this port appears to be of national importance." On reference to the map it will be seen that the railway, besides accommodating the important and populous districts through which it will pass (as yet unprovided with railway accommodation), opens upon, by means of existing and pro jecting lines, direct communication been the port of Harwich and every part of England ;—by the Eastern Counties Railway. direct with London ;—by its connexion at Blisworth with the London and Birmingham Railway, with all the manufacturing districts of Staffordshire ;—from the same point, by means of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham line, with the West of England • and by the South Midland and Midland Countie s Railways, and all the northern and manufacturing towns. It may not be generally known that Harwich is nearer than Hull to the Elbe by forty miles, whilst its situation, as re gards the opposite ports of Holland, places it in immediate communication with all the railroads of Germany, being nearer, even than London to Rotterdam and the adjacent ports, !by one hundred miles. Mr. Smith then showed that their project ought to have the support of the inha bitants of Cambridge, as well as of the public, as a whole, not disjointing the docks from any part of the line, as was proposed, nay, insisted upon, by another com pany, intending to take a line from Manningtree to Harwich. Other plans might possibly make Cambridge the centre of a great passenger traffic, but the Harwich Dock project would not only accomplish this, but would, at no very distant period, make Harwich the channel, if not the centre, of a great commercial as well as passenger traffic. Mr. Smith further stated that no extensive commercial traffic could be brought into the district of Cambridge without docks at Harwich, as without these docks the trade north of Birmingham would go to Hull, whilst that south of Birmingham would go to London, omitting Cambridge in both cases. Mr. Smith then instanced Southampton Docks as a proof of their value to the neighbouring districts, and he concluded by calling upon the meeting to lend their aid to the plan which stood singular and alone in the advantages which it offered both to the shareholders, the districts through which it passed, and the nation at large. Mr. J. FAIRLIE, of Cheveley Park, attended on behalf of the Thetford, Bury St. Edmunds, and Newmarket, which, be said, though it would not enter the town of Cambridge, yet it would be advantageous to it from its proximity to it. The line he advocated had the support of the landowners through whose property it proposed to pass. As the line was a com peting line, he begged it might be put on the notices. He also said that the line Mr. Cobbold advocated was strongly opposed by the landowners, and he thought the criterion to be taken with respect to lines was the opposition or the sup port they met with from the landowners and localities through which they were proposed to pass. Mr. COBBOLD said he was taken by surprise, and knew of no competing line. his object was the advantage of the Public; that, he could say, was the feeling by which the Company he represented was actuated, and he would mention the circumstance on his return to the Company, and see if any arrangement could be entered into with the competing Company, so that public advantage should be the result. Mr. FAIRLIE reciprocated the feelings of Mr. Cobbold, and also stated that the Company he represented was actuated solely on public grounds. Mr. Rrcita.upsost attended for the Cambridge and Col chester Junction, which he said would connect Cambridge with a great agricultural district. It would not enter the town of Cambridge but at the Thetford station. The following resolutions were then proposed, and carried unanimously:— " That the following gentlemen be a Committee to make further inquiries respecting the different .railway projects in immediate connexion with the town of Cambridge, and to report thereon at a future public meeting. " That the Committee be empowed to taste into theiir tee_ aideration the practicability of having. a et ntral ettition i n the town of Cambridge. " That the Committee be requested to apply to the secre taries and solicitors, and all other parties conn ected with f' different railway projects for such infprcaittlQU as OD' consider it requisite to give. "That the Mayor be requested.to convene another public meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Cambridge, to take into consideration the report of the Committee, and deter mine thereon." After some further discussion, in which Mr. Alderman Fawcett, Mr. Alpen, and others took part, a Committee was appointed to make further inquiries into the merits of the various lines, and to report to a future meeting, with power to consider the practicability of a central station in Cam bridge. THE GREAT BRITAIN. At a meeting of the cabin passengers of the steam ship Great Britain, held on Monday, in the dining-saloon, on the. motion of William B. Wedgewood, Esq., of New York, Henry ' Cocker, Esq., of Derbyshire, was called to the chair; and Mr. George Tames, of New York, was appointed secretary. On the motion of G. F. Orde, Esq., of Canada, Captain Robertson, 82d Regiment, and W. B. Wedgewood, Esq., with the secretary, were appointed a committee to draw up a state ment expressive of the sense of this meeting. The meeting then adjourned, to meet to-morrow, at two o'clock. (Signed) GEO. TAMES, Secretary. Great Britain steam-ship, at sea, 14th November, 1845. At the meeting of this date, in accordance with the above, the annexed document was submitted by the committee : " On the motion of Mr. C. Tuckness, of Demerara, seconded by Lieutenant Cuthbert, of 65th Regiment, the said state ment was adopted, and signed by all present. " On the motion of Mr. C...Whii ley, of Canada, it was unanimously carried, that the minutes, &c., of the proceed ings of this meeting be presented to Captain Hosken, with a request to publish the same in such of the daily journals as he may think proper.", (Signed) GEO. TAMES, Secretary. Steam-ship Great Britain, at sea, Nov. 15, 1845. Circumstances attending the late passage of the steam-ship Great Britain render it a pleasing duty on the part of the un cle signed cabin-passengers to submit the following brief statement to the public : The Great Britain left New York on the 28th ult., with every prospect of making a good passage. It is true that on her outward trip she met with an accident to her propeller, which rendered important repairs necessary before leaving on her return to Liverpool, and these were done in a manner which was hoped to be efficient and substantial. Scarcely, however, had she been at sea forty-eight hours, when an accident occurred similar to that which befel her on the previous passage--the loss of one of the arms of her pro peller. Again, and when but a few days longer at sea, two more of the arms of the propeller were carried away, and the ship was now so far disabled that her commander deemed it prudent to discontinue the use of the engines, and to depend entirely fur the remainder of the passage on the good quali ties of his ship as a sailing vessel. Favourable weather soon gave us the opportunity of testing her ability in this charac ter, and from what we then experienced, we have no hesita tion in saying that in our opinion her ability as a sailing vessel is not inferior to any ship afloat. We overtook several vessels at sea, sailing the same course, all of which we passed. This fact we deem as the best evi dence of her qualities as a sailing ship. On tho 10th instant we experienced a very heavy gale from the north-west, which continued for nearly twenty-four hours, and we then had an excellent opportunity of judging of her strength and ability as a sea boat. Far from encour wring any of the ill-founded prejudices • against the Great Britain, she on this occasion strengthened our confidence and won the admiration of all on board. Those of us who have experienced severe weather on the Atlantic cannot refrain from expressing the opinion of the superiority of the Great Britain in a heavy gale; and we venture to predict, that if she should ever encounter worse weather than she has already, she will sustain her character as one of the ablest triumphs of modern marine architecture. In conclusion, we take pleasure in making üblic the state ment, that we are well pleased with the Great Britain in every respect. For safety, speed, and comfort, she is, in our opinion, unsurpassed ; and during this passage of unexpected length, we have not suffered the slightest diminution of com fort, and, in particular, our table has been as good and well supplied as if we had been only the usual period. We must now express our high opinion of the commander, Captain Hosken, R.N., under the trying circumstances of such a passage, and we gladly bear testimony to his perse verance in difficulty, and his good judgment and skill throughout. (Signed) HENRY COCKER. W. S. HODNETT. J. A. ROBERTSON, Capt. 82d El). HOPE. Regt. W. COCKERCROFT. W. B. WEDGEWOOD. WM. KING. C. A. CUTHBERT, Lieut. 65th Thos. O'Coitxou. Regt. CHAS. 'DIMNESS. J. A. GUNNING, late Hon. GEO. TAMES. E.I.C.S. D. WHITLEY. G. F. ORDE. J. DICALL. H. J. IBBOTSON. J. DAVIS, Lieut. R.N. We subjoin the log of the Great Britain, some of the ex tracts front which bear a prior date to that of her sailing for Liverpool : Oct. 18. Saturday noon, went on Sectional Dock ; found 7 two arms gone close to the boss, and one blade; shifted the blade of one remaining arm to the opposite side, and secured the other blades ; the rivets were nearly all loose ; came off the dock. 22d. Wednesday afternoon, commenced coaling imme diately, and cargo next day; all coals. 26th. Near 1,000 tons in by two o'clock Sunday morning; cargo all in on Monday night. 28th. Started at two, nat., Tuesday, with low steam ; cut off at 13 inches; ship in good trim, 18 feet 8, 17 feet 6 inches; and going very well until eleven P.m. 30th, when we found something wrong with the propeller, and striking the stern post very hard ; reversed the engines, and, after two or three good thumps, the arm broke off; went with very low steam ; cut off at 12 inches ; steered by the sails ; wins N.B. ; ship making ver good way, seven to nine knots, until Friday, the Ist, about three p.m., when another of the arms of the pro peller broke, leaving only one. I think they repaired one and the arm of another with a small plate we had put on the end of it; wind hauled to the S. and S.W. ; made the best of our sails, and very fair way, just keeping the propeller from dragging, at times making ten knots. Nov. 3. Wind fell to a calm on the evening of the 3d; making five knots; and in the course of the night came ahead a moderate breeze from the eastward and little swell; ship making three and a half knots against it. 4th. Have been economising water and provisions since we broke first arm off, and estimate we have, at least, thirty days from to-day of everything, without going on short al lowance. sth. Very fine weather, with N.E. swell ; wind veered round to the N.W., and squally; then to N.E. and E. 6th. Made use of her sails whenever there was a chance within three points:of her course. She feels them immedi ately, and has, I think, very superior sailing qualities. Every appearance of westerly winds the last three days, but have been disappointed so far; yet we have made, under the cir cumstances, very good way indeed. The propeller, or what is left of it, has done wonders, at times making four knots against a moderate easterly wind and N.E. swell ; rather high wind hauling from eastward to southward this morning, and I think looks well for a S.E. very soon ; making eight and-a-half close as she can lay, with fore and aft sails, reefed topsail and mainsail. This is good, decidedly. About a quarter past five the remaining arm of the propeller broke, having only the half arm and the small piece of another, about two feet from the centre ; cut down steam as low as possible; going all night with a fine southerly breeze. Bth. At 1.20 P.m. stopped the engine, with the half-arm vertical ; moderate S.W. winds ; all sail we can carry set ; wind freshened gradually to a gale from the westward; reefed topsail and off bonnets and spencers; sea rising fast; increased breezes to fresh gales and hard squalls, and high sea; mainsail, topsail, and one spencer set; ship scudding and steering beautifully, taking a spray on larboard quarter and beam occasionally, but as easy, or easier, than any ship I ever knew, 10th. Passed a large ship hove to, with maintopsail and foresail; dirty and rainy weather; dead lights all closed; scuttles, &c. well seeured. 11th. Wind moderating and hauling . to the northward; made all sail on her ; wind to the N.E. and E. ; noon, saw two ships a-head, and came up with them at the rate of two miles an hour close-hauled. This is wonderful with our little spread of canvas, and more than I expected, well as I thought of her sailing qualities; wind variable and getting light. 12th. Light breezes, inclined to the N.W. again ; a ship in sight that we are coming up with as fast as those yesterday. 13th. A light breeze from the S.W., increased to a mode rate breeze, and fine weather ; a ship astern at daylight ; ran her out of sight at noon ; wind fell light again in the evening. 14th. A breeze sprung up from the S.W.; made all sail; noon, increased to a gale ; double-reefed topsails and off bon nets and spencers; dirty, rainy weather, and sea rising fast; moderating and hauling to the N.N.W. in the evening. 15th. Moderate and cloudy ; high N.W. swell ; made all sail ; half-past eight lighted fires ; increased to strong breezes and squally, southerly; very thick, dirty, rainy weather. 16th. Daylight cleared off, and saw mizenhead ; a fine breeze all day; running ten and eleven knots. 17th. At half-past one passed the Tuskar ; eleven, off Holyhead; one r.m., off Point Lymas ; eight PM., got a pilot and steam-tugs off N.W. light vessel ; waiting for water.-.. Liverpool Paper. About a month ago, a farmer at Reigate lost a load of hops, through the manoeuvres of a London sharper. The farmer had sent the hops to a factor in the Borough by his carter, an old and trusty servant ; who, when near the Elephant and Castle, was met by an elderly gentleman in spectacles, and accosted with, " Well, my man, where are you going with those hops?" The unsuspicious carter re plied to this and a few other questions, when the gentleman stated that the hops were intended for him, and Inquired with apparent displeasure why they had not arrived earlier? The carter scratched his head, and said he couldn't tell, but he had brought 'em as soon as his master had sent 'em. Follow ing the gentleman, the carter headed hie waggon through a variety of streets to a warehouse, where the hops were un loaded and the horses put up for the night ; and in the morn ing he started on his return h o m e . " Well, John," said the farmer, "you have god rid of your hops, I see." " Yee, sir, no trouble about that," replied the carter; the gentleman met me in the Borough, and we soon unloaded the hops, and here I be again." A week elapsed, and no letter arrived from the consignee. The farmer thought it strange; but he waited another week, and still receiving no answer, ques tioned John again. Still all appeared to be right; and the farmer, wondering much at his London dealer's silence, waited still another seven days. 'Then he wrote for an answer byreturn. It came. and of course apprised him that he had tegyrsr seen the hops. Forthwith the farmer and his man proceeded to London; but the thief, by frequent turnings and twistings from street to street, had so completely con founded John's ideas of locality, that the warehouse where he had left the hops could not be found; and the farmer re turned home lamenting his loss of goods, valued, on a low estimate, at nearly 4001.—Brighton Gazette. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—AiI examination of eighteen candidates for admission to at,ndy at the Royal Mili tary Academy at Woolwich, te qualify them to become officers of the Royal Artillery and 'Engineers, took place at the Academy on the 10th inst., and twelve out of that num- Ler passed their examination in a satisfactory manner. The names of the successful candidates have been submitted to General Sir George Murray, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Master- General of the Ordnance and Captain of the Cadet Company, and hav;.ng been approved, they Will join at the Academy as Gentlemen Cadets on its opening after the approaching Christ mas vacation. The following are the names of the cand'.dates who passed thei; examination for admission into the Royal Academy :- 7 Mr. Moutray Anketell ; 2, Mr. Rielard George Hann' coc k ; 3, Mr. Gilmore Burtchaell ; 4, Mr. Charles Edtrand Walcott ; 5, Mr. Reginald Curtis; Mr. Henry R abe Saunders ; 7,Mr. Francis Gerald Webber; 8, Mr. Frede'...ick Close ; 9, Mr. William French lO, Mr. E. Adorus Seymour; 11, Mr. E. Shakespear Allardyce; 12, Mr. n'..imas Edward Byrne. I ...NOTHER ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE FROM A STEAMER. - -On Monday evening, as the steamer Waterman No. 12, which left W oolwich at half-past four o'clock, was passing th e London Docks, a young female, apparently about eighte elateiea years of age, who was in a state of intoxication, r .apted to leap overboard. She had got her leg over the " Xing near the after gangway, when a gentleman, who was v'ianding by, caught hold of her and dragged her down. Several times afterwards she attempted to leave the seat and jump overboard, but the gentleman held her back till she : 1445 reached London-bridge, where a passenger accompanied her "I ll Y and her companion (who was also batexicated), on chore, W ale 01,133 Tiatc. p z ruswg• • LAW INTELLIGENCE. BOLLS' COURT, Nor. 20. Several unopposed petitions, praying that money in Court to the credit of certain calms should be paid to thepetitioners, were heard. FoRTYYCE V. Silt H. IIItYDOER, UGC. Mr. KINDERSLEY applied for an order, to the effect that an affidavit of a bill of service having been filed in the Coi:. 11 , should be taken as an actual service. It appeared that the matter had reference to a Scotch entail, and there were no less than 150 witnesses. Leave was granted to mention the case on Tuesday next. LANGLEY V. FISHER. This was a cause in which the plaintiff sought to set aside a fine, which he alleged had been unjustly imposed on pro perty to which he was entitled. Mr. MATINS (in the absence of the senior counsel. Mr. Finney) stated the case. It appeared that Mr. Berjamin Langley, the plaintiff, claimed as heir-at-law, to certain estates in Somersetehire, as heir-at.law to Susan Langley, daughter of Robert Langley. On the marriage of 3fr. Robert Langley these estates were settled on the child or children that might result from . that marriage, and Susan Langley, who was admitted to have been the only child, died in 1788. By the law at the time, the father could not be heir-at-law to his child, but his brother became the heir, when, at his decease, as in this case, the niece was at an age that she could have no offspring. Mr. Benjamin Langley was the uncle of the deceased infmt, Susan Langley, and died in 1815, leaving an only child, the present plaintiff. Mary Langley, the plaintiff's mother, died in 1820, and the only knowledge of his claims which plaintiff possessed was de rived from the information of his father, who frequently told him that, at the death of his (plaintiff's) uncle, he (the father) would become entitled to the property in question. Plaintiff at that time was resident at the Cape of Good Hope, and had been so for many years, but in September, 1421, he returned to this country for the purpose of asserting his title to the property. He had at that time a brother carrying on business in England, to whom he committed the transaction of his affairs, from a conviction that he was more conversant with such matters ; and that gentleman accordingly made inquiries as to his right to this estate. It appears that the uncle of the plaintiff had devised by will all his real pro perty to three trustees, of whom a Mr. Grenville Prideaux was one, and to this gentleman Mr. Robert Langley, the brother of the plaintiff, applied for the necessary information. Mr. Prideaux was solicitor to defendant, and at that tim e carried on businesss at Bristol. in partnership with a Mr. Bush, where Mr. Robert Langley had an interview with him, and where he was assured by him that the plaintiff had no right to the estate. Relying . on this information the plaintiff did not prosecute his claim. The statement made by Mr. Pri deaux was to the effect that by the deed of settlement of 1784 this property was so arranged as to give the wife of plaintiff's uncle a testamentary power over it in the event of there being no issue, and that she had devised the same to George Dyke Fisher, who was one of the trustees under the deed of settlement, and to whose eldest daughter Mr. Prideaux was married. Now it was a fact that this will had been made by Mrs. Langley; but the plaintiff contends that under the deed in question she had no such power, and that Mr. Fisher, who was her brother, had no claim whatever to the estate, inas much as the property was vested in her child, who died. The plaintiff at length employed two respectable solicitors, be tween whom and Mr. Prideaux a correspondence (which the Learned Counsel here read) ensued, and which ending in their being only able to get an imperfect abstract of the deed of 1784. from which no information could be ascertained. Mr. TINNEY here entered the Court and proceeded with the case, recapitulating several of the facts already detailed. It also appeared that a fine had been levied on the estate for the purpose of preventing the plaintiff obtaining possession ; under these circumstances he conceived that the Court would have no hesitation in acceding to the application of his client. The case occupied the remainder of the day. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Nov. 20. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) WHITEHEAD V. BENNETT. The arguments in this case, which came before the Court the other day upon motion for a receiver of certain estates in the neighbourhood of Manchester, were resumed and concluded to-day. His Hoxonn, without calling upon Mr. James Parker to reply, gave judgment, referring it to the Master in the terms of the notice of motion to approve of a proper person to be the receiver of the estates in question. In making this order, his Honour wished it to be understood that he did not intend to insinuate that the defendant Mr. Bennett had acted wrong wilfully, but his Honour felt bound to state that Mr. Bennett seemed to have greatly misunder stood the duties he was bound to perform in the management of the estates. It had been said in his behalf, that he had improved part of the property by turning a farm into a race-course. His Honour was at a loss to con ceive of what benefit that could be, except to enable the de fendant, or any other person, to ruin them more easily. The COURT then ordered it to be referred to the Master to appoint a receiver. His Honour then proceeded to hear motions. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) EXPARTIS HUTCHINBON. This case came on for further hearing and judgment. The petitioner, William Hutchinson, brother and clerk to the bankrupt, had had his claim for wages disallowed by Commis sioner Goulburn, and a further claim to prove on the bank rupt estate for a sum under 201. ; implying a belief on the part of the assignees that there had been something ap proaching to fraud and collusion between the two brothers. His Hosoun, in giving judgment, said the case was not in any substantial sense an appeal from the judgment of Ser geant Goulburn ; the case had been conducted in a mode, sad on evidence, different from that before Mr. Goulburn, so that his conclusion would, on the same materials, possibly have been that of his Honour. Amidst much conflict one thing was clear, that during the year 1844, and up to the early part of July, 1845, William acted for the bankrupt, his brother Robert, as his assistant ; oc casionally as clerk, occasionally as traveller. Obscure doubt on the part of the assig,nees could not affect the evidence which established this connexion of master 'and servant between the brothers before the bankruptcy. The point did not arise whether the connexion existed at the time of the bankruptcy. If such connexion existed before, there is a prima facie title to three months' salary, not ex ceeding 301. His Honour did not think this claim to salary had been displaced, and made order for payment of the same. But the reasons which had prevailed with him to make this order led him to disallow the other claim to prove on the estate for 200/. His Honour would be understood as ex pressing no opinion on the character of the petititioner or his brother • if he had, it would rather be in favour , for h e did not think that fraud had been established against them. The petitioner's costs were allowed out of the bankrupt's estate. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, N0v.20. The Court was occupied for a considerable portion of the day in hearing an application in reference to the validity of a lease, and the arguments of counsel as to which of two leases was the valid one, or whether the last-made lease was to be held to be the governing lease. BAIL COURT, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice ParrEsax.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rule to show cause why Mr. Billing, an attorney of this Court, should not an swer an affidavit. In April last Mr. Billing brought two actions against a Mr. Mackenzie, who not receiving the usual notice of declaration searched the office and found a notice of declaration filed upon an affidavit of service by one John Smith, stated to reside in the Bethnal-green-road. Mr. Mackenzie at once instituted inquiries, and 'found that no person named John Smith re sided at the address mentioned in the affidavit, and no person of that name had resided there for many months previous. An application was made by Mr. Mackenzie to stay all fur ther proceedings, but in consequence of some delay on his part it was dismissed with costs. Another action against the same party had since been entered by Mr. Billing, who again filed an affidavit of service by the same John Smith. An application was made to Mr. Justice Wightman, who ordered all proceedings to be stayed on the ground of irregularity, and Mr. Billing had to pay the costs. On the first application to stay the proceedings Mr. Billing produced a sheriff's officer, who swore that he saw John Smith serve the notice of declaration, but Mr. Justice Wightman did not seem to put implicit reliance on that statement. Mr. Justice PATTESON said that the affidavit of service might have been made by a person bearing the name of John Smith, although he might not live at the place described. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that that doubt constituted their only difficulty, as in the event of the affidavit not being made by John Smith it would be an indictable offence.—Rule granted. THE QUEEN V. -- Mr. WORDSWORTH moved for a rule to show cause why a certain attorney should not be struck off the rolls, or why he should not answer a certain affidavit. The Learned Gentleman stated, that the proceedings in this case arose from an action on two bills of exchange for 150/. each, in the case of Wood v. the Earl of Portarlington, which was tried in the county of Sussex, before Mr. Justice Coleridge. A verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff, for Mk The present case arising from it was one of a flagrant nature, such as seldom came before the Court, being an offer of a bribe of 101. from an attorney to a witness to swear to that which he knew to be untrue. The facts on which this application were founded were briefly these :—ln the action he had before mentioned the two first counts in the defendant's declaration pleadedlhat he did not accept the bills, and the other set forth that the money was given to play at unlawful games, and that the bills were given to secure the payment of money lost by defendant to plaintiff at unlawful games and by gambling. The cause was fixed for trial on the 29th of July, but did not come on until the fol lowing Wednesday, and at the conclusion of each day Mr. Richards, the attorney for the plaintiff, and a witness named Wallace, went to Brighton, and put up at an hotel called the White House. Mr. —, the attorney for the defendant, asked permission to join them there, which was allowed. One morning they all breakfasted together, and Mr. Richards went up stairs, leaving Mr. -- and Wallace in the coffee room. What took place there would be best learned from the affidavit subsequently made by Mr. Wallace. The Learned Counsel then read the affidavit, from which it ap peared that, on Mr. Richards leaving the coffee-room, Mr. handed a paper under the table to Wallace, which papa purported to be a proof of his evidence to be given on the trial, and told him at the same time to read it when he should be unobserved. Mr. Richards came into the room at that time, and they all started in a carriage for Lewes, where the cause was tried. On their arrival at the Court-house, Mr Richards got out, and Mr. -- then said to Mr. Wallace that he had better read the paper, and he would engage Mr. Richard's attention while he did so. Wallace then read the paper, which stated that he would prove that when the bills became due Mr. Wood had called upon Mews. Pine and Richards, the defendant's solicitors, to whom he (Wallace) was clerk, and had threatened to institute proceedings against the defendant, and that be, as clerk to Pine and Riehards,•informed him that the defendant had instructed them that the bills were for a gambling debt, and that if he was pressed for payment he would plead that fact on the trial. He was further to state, that the plaintiff at once ad mitted that fact, and did not press for payment for some time afterwards. At the bottom of this paper was written in pencil 5, "Q. 5/.," thereby intimating that such a sum would be given for swearing to the document. Mr. Wallace expressed his astonishment that Mr. should wish him to swear to that which he knew to be untrue, and Mr. increased his offer to 101., stating that money was no object if that statement could be sworn to. On Wallace's refusing, he begged that he would not tell any person of what had occurred. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Such an offence would amount to a misdemeanour. Mr. WORF.SWORTH said that it would do so no doubt, but it did not follow that, because it was an indictable offence, that application should not be made to the Court of Queen's Bench. That impression once existed, but it had been clearly decided by a Learned Judge that in such a case an application to the Court of Queen's Bench could be made. The remainder of the affidavit was then read, and it ap peared that the attorney for Mr. Wood (Mr. Richards) had been instructed to make the present application, and had in formed Mr. of his initruction, and Mr. had reqnested that it should be referred to some gentleman at the bar, but that was declined by Mr. Wood. The Learned JUDGE then grant a rule to show QAUSO wby tts 'Witt should aotbs taiwered. OVtIVIIIER 21, —•---- EIIIIATITM.--In our report of the proceedings in the Bail Court yesterday, read " Symonds v. The Mayor of Caernar von, instead of Symonds v. The Mayor of Caermarthen. EX-PARTE MEADOWS. Mr. ILsyEs moved for a rule to show cause why Thomas Meadows, now a prisoner in Warwick, in consequence of the result of a coroner's inquisition, should not be allowed to bail. From certain affidavits it appeared that at a fair near Warwick a fight occurred, and the police inter fesed. The persons fighting resisted and threw stones, one of which struck a policeman, and caused his death. An inquest was held, and in consequence of the verdict returned the applicant 1,765 taken into custody. The case was judi cially examined while the occurrence was tveshin the minds of the parties, and the charge was dismissed. He was, how ever, still in custody on the coroner's inquisition. Several affidavits were read, which set forth that the ap plicant, so far from assaulting the police, had helped them in suppressing the disturbance.. Mr. Justice Pssrrissox said it would be better to have a certiorari to remove the inquisition, and afterward! , show cause why the applicant should not be admitted to bail. NICHOLLS V. BLACICZURN. Sir Joiss Barfasv moved for a rule for a sheriff's officer to show cause why he should not return to the applicant the surplus of a sum of money, the proceeds of a sale of his goods, and why he should not return certain sums which he hact extorted as fees. The Learned Counsel said that the present was one of the most cruel cases he ever knew. It appeared that the applicant was indebted to Mr. Blackburn in the sum of 891. 17s. 10d., and as he was unable to pay it at once, it was agreed that he should pay 21. 10s. on the Ist of December, and 51. on the let of every succeedin g month. A paper was tendered to him, which, being an ignorant man, be signed without examining, but there was every reason to believe that it was a Judge's order for the creditor to sign judgment and issue execution, in the event of any irregu larity in the payment of the instalment.. He paid V. 10s. on the Ist of December, and he did not pay the next instal ment until the sth of the fallowing month. He handed it over to Mr. Nayler, the creditor's attorney, who gave lihn a receipt. On the 6th a sheriff's officer came and took pos session of applicant's goods and handed them to the creditor on the same day. The sum for which the writ was issued was 98/. 4s. 74., being just 17/. 17s. for costs. The sale of the goods realised 2511. 11s. sd. The debt and costs were paid, as was also 73/ due for rent, leaving a balance of 801. 6s. 10d. Instead of handing it to the owner, the officer charged 501. 2s. 3d. for the ex penses of the levy on the goods, and handed the balance, 25/. 4s. 7d. to :Nayler, who charged 21/. 7s. 4d. for his trouble, and handed the applicant 3/. 17s. 3d., and also the sum of 5/. paid on the sth. The Ist Victoria chap. 55, empowered the Court to enforce repayment in this case, and enacted, that in these cases the costs of the sheriff's officer should be taxed. In this case the sum they were entitled to charge for expenses was only 131., and some few shillings. lie sought to recover from the sheriff's officer, because he had no right to deliver the money to Nayler. Rule granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco.) WILLIAMS V. NEWTON. This was an action of debt brought by the plaintiff, who is a Trinity-house pilot, to recover 351. 14s. 6d., for the pilot age of a certain vessel, the property o f the deendant, which the defendant controverted, and on the ground of privilege ultimately succeeded in obtaining a verdict. Subsequently a rule nisi was obtained by Mr. Jervis, calling upon the de fendant to show cause why the verdict for the defendant should not be set aside, and the same entered for the plaintiff. Mr. sergeant SHEE now showed cause against the rule, and from the statement of the Learned Sergeant it would appear that the defendant was the owner of a vessel trading between London and Madeira, and on a recent occasion he piloted this vessel up and down the Thames without calling in the assistance of a Trinity-house pilot. The plaintiff, who was the pilot belonging to the corporation of the Trinity house, who tendered his services to the defendant, who re fused them, considered this act an infringement of his own rights or privileges, and brought the present action to recover his pilotage, which amounted to 351. 155., but the jury on the trial found for the defendant. The Learned Sergeant argued that they had done so correctly, for by the grants and charters from the Crown, made at various periods, and after wards confirmed, ratified, and sanctioned by Acts of Parliament, which entitled the Cinque Port pilots to navigate vessels within the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports up and down and upon the Rivers Thames and Medway, the residents of the Isle of Thanet had the privi lege of piloting their own ships and vessels, without going to the expense of a Trinity-house pilot. It mattered not, the Learned Sergeant contended, whence the vessel sailed, or with what port she traded for, provided the master, who was the owner, or part owner, was a resident in the Isle of Thanet, he had the right of piloting his vessel up and down the Thames and Medway without having recourse to the as sistance of a Trinity-house pilot. Mr. JEnvis, on the other hand, argued that the defendant had not the extensive right lie claimed, for as he construed. the terms of the Act of Parliament, a resident in the Isle of Thanet could only pilot his own vessel when she sailed from one of the Cinque Ports for London, and back again, and had not the power of piloting his vessel when she sailed from London for Madeira, or any foreign port. The LORD CHIEF BARON said it appeared to him that the principal question for the Court to decide was from what places a resident in the Isle of Thanet could navi gate his own vessels without calling in the assistance of a pilot of the Trinity-house, and he gathered from the terms of the Act of Parliament, that the Legislature meant these places to be Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet. He was clearly, therefore, of opinion, that the rule in this case must be made absolute, and a verdict entered for the plain tiff for the amount claimed-351. 14s. 6d. Mr. Baron PARKE remarked that the Act of Parliament said " The residents of the Isle of Thanet were to navigate their vessels up and down the rivers Thames and Medway from the places aforesaid, &c." Now, those places being Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet, it was evident that the sentence was grammatically incorrect, for it was quite plain that a vessel could not be navigated from Dover, Deal, or the Isle of Thanet, down the rivers Thames and Medway. It was clear to'him, therefore, that the Legisla ture intended that the residents of the Isle of Thanet should have the privilege of navigating their vessels from any of the Cinque Ports to London, and back from London to any of the Cinque Ports, w ithout going to the expense of a Trinity house pilot. Now, as the vessel in this case sailed from London to Madeira, he was clearly of opinion that the verdict ought to be entered for the plaintiff. The remainder of the Court concurring in this opinion, the rule was made absolute accordingly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco.) ettGISTRATION APPEAS.S.—MTCIIINS V. BROWN. The appellant in this case objected to the vote of the re spondent, on the ground that the claim made by the latter did not contain a sufficient description of his qualifica tion. The Revising Barrister was of opinion that the de scription was sufficient, but yet, made an alteration in it to render it more clear. It was now represented that the descrip tion was not sufficient, and that the Barrister had no power to make any alteration in it. It appeared that the respondent's qualification consisted of two houses. In one column of his claim, under the head "Nature of qualification," was the word "house," and in another, the locality of the two houses was described. The objection was, that the word " house" was not a sufficient description of two houses, and that the w v. ord ought to be "houses. " The case of " B Gibbs," which came before the Court last year, was cited in support of the abOve view. In this case the respon dent in his claim had stated that his qualification consisted of a house in East-street, when it appeared that his qualifi cation was made up of two houses, one in East-street and one in West-street. It was held that the description was not sufficient, as it only stated a p art of IlLs qnalification. The LORD CHIEF JU STICE was of opin:on that the descrip tion was sufficient. The word " house,"' under the head " Nature of qualification," must be taken to n:can, not " a house," but ' house qualification," which was a sufficient description, especially as in another column there vc.as a de scription of the two houses so that no man who could yead, and was not so old and infirm as to be led about, such a in.'n as the appellant must be supposed to be, could hardly make any mistake in reading it. The case of " Bartlett v. Gibbs" did not apply to this, as in that case the claim contained no mention of any house but that in East-street, whereas it ought to have de scribed that in West-street also ; and in this case both houses were mentioned. The objection that the barrister ought not to allow the description of the qualification was of no value, as the restriction was, "that the Revising Barrister shall not alter any description of a qualification, except for the pur pose of rendering the same more clear and distinct," which was the object in this case. The other Judges agreeing with the Lord Chief Justice, the decision of the Barrister was affirmed. NEWTON V. THE OVERSEERS OF M OBBERLY.—THE SAME V. THE OVERSEERS OF CROSELEV. These two cases, which depend upon similar questions, were postponed for the convenience of the appellants. In the former case, it was said that the respondent had agreed to waive certain notices, but no proof of this waiver could be brought forward, and as the respondents did not appear, it was necessary that the cause should be postponed in order that the appellants should cause these notices to be served. ASHMORE V. LEES. The appellant in this case claims a vote for the northern division of Nottingham, on account of a share in certain property in the counties of Nottingham and York. The Revising Barrister was of opinion that the appellant was not entitled to vote. The appellant is an inmate of the Earl of Shrewsbury's Hos pital, and as such receives a weekly stipend of 108. 6d. per week and certain quantities of clothes, food, and fuel. The stipend, &c., distributed amongst the inmates of the hospital are derived from certain lands belonging to the hospital, in the counties of Nottingham and York. If the amount of stipend, together with the value of the clothes, &c., received, be divided into parts proportionate to the values: of the estates in the two counties from which they are derived, that which the appellant would derive from NottinghaM would be sufficient to entitle him to a vote for that county, but a proportion of the stipend only would be insufficient. It was represented, however, that the appellant was not entitled to a fixed stipend of 10s. 6d. per week, as the amount varied with the resources of the hospital and the number of inmates. The inmates were at all times entiticd to a stipend of not less than 3s. 6d., but that no one of them had life interest above that amount, which was not sufficient to entitle him to a vote. This was one of five objections, but it was upon the above that the Court decided. Their LOIIDSIIIPS were of opinion that the decision of the Revising Barrister was right. The appellant had no life in terest to arty fixed sum above 38. 6d. per week, and, there fore, was not entitled to vote. KNOWLES V. BROOKING. The appellant in this case made an objection to the vote of the respondent, who rep:esented that the notice of objection was incorrect in its form. It appeared that the address of the objector as given in the Hs,: of voters was incorr correct. ect, Thebut in the notice of objection the addre.qs given was respondent represented that the address ought to the be the same as that on the list of voters ; a nd, on the part appellant, it was contended that the address ought to be the actual address of the objector at th e time of making the objection. Their Lordships took time to consider. The Court rose shortly before four o'clock. This being the last day for hearing the appeals, those which have not been entered into will not be heard till next term. 845. the lever watch. Had been a watchmaker himself. The watch was not worth more than 51. Mann, foreman painter—Had heard defendant say plain tiff had claimed of him. but he (defendant) did not consider he owed plaintiff anything ; but to make all things comfort able, he could pay 2s. 6d. a-week, or 51. in three months Plaintiff sold watches to the men on the line. A watchmaker was called, who said a good lever watch was worth 101. ; it was only the worst that were for 51. Mr. THOMAS said the evidence only went to one watch, and that had been valued at 5/. ; 21, 10s. bad been admitted to i be paid.—Verdict for the plaintiff for V. 10s. THOMAS V. WALKER. The plaintiff is a painter in Judd-street, New-road, and I the defendant a gentleman in the New-road. The action was brought to recover the sum of 71. 4s. for work and labour. The defendant admitted a debt of 31., and pleaded a tender to that amount. The principal witness was a person named Tribe, a painter, in Middlesex-street, Somers-town, who did part of the work. He considered the charge moderate. He further said that defendant called upon him two or three times and said he had tendered 31., and if witness would get out of the way when the trial came cn he would give him 103. a-day while it lasted, or a sovereign to go to Hampstead. He afterwards said he would give the 21. or 3/. down if he would promise. By Mr. TitonAs.—Plaintiff treated him with gin, and they walked about together. Witness said to the defendant " Give me the money down first." Did not mean to keep out of the way, but to produce the money in Court t::-day. He went about to get out of defendant all he could about the case. Two witnesses were called for the derendant,and estimated the work at from 50s. to 3/., and a female was called to prove the tender. The jury, to the evident surprise of the audience, gave a verdict for the full amount. The list was very heavy, but the cases were principally on bills of exchange, except two or three postponed by consent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday W. Child, a beadle employed in the neighbour hood of Trinity-square, was summoned before the Lord Mayor for having unlawfully used abusive and insulting language towards James Welch, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace. The complainant, who described himself as a dealer in fish about Billingsgate, said that on the 10th of November, as he was in Queen-street looking at the moyoralty procession, the defendant walked up to him, called him a lazy thieving vagabond, and told him to go about his business. Witness said to Child, " Mind what you are saying of ; don't accuse me wrongfully," and:Child went away. Yesterday morning, in Billingsgate-market, where witness was about his business, Child watched him all over the market, and in fact was con stantly following and accusing him of being a thief, and did all he could to prevent him from earning bread for his wife and three children. Child had, about seven months ago, pulled him before the Lord Mayor upon a false charge, and he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, but he solemnly declared that he was completely innocent. The LORD Mayon—When were you convicted ? Com plainant—On Whitsun Saturday. The LORD MAyou—Were you ever in any kind of trouble before ? Complainant—Never in my life, and he always alludes to that when he sees me. Child—What else did I say to you on Lord Mayor's day ? Complainant—Nothing else. Child—Yes I did; I told you you were in custody before, and if you did not go away I should apprehend you again. Arthur Frazer, a blacklead pencil-maker, residing in Brick lane, said that he was present on the Ioth instant when he heardChildC call the complainant a skulking thief. The com plainant asked the officer's reason for saying so, but no an swer was returned. W. J. Johnson, a porter in Billingsgate-market, said he was standing at his master's form in the market, when the complainant came up to him; and pointing at Child, there, said, " Isn't it too hard that that man won't let me get a morsel of bread for my wife and children? I am afraid to go anywhere for fear of his attacking me wrongfully, and accusing me as he did before." Child continued to watch him still. Child said that there were great numbers of thieves about at the time, and as he knew the complainant, and had brought him up in the late mayoralty, when he was con victed, he told him that he must go away, or that he should go to the station-house. He (defendant) did not consider that he exceeded his duty in cautioning the complainant to be gone. W. Collier, policeman 455, was called by Child as a witness on his behalf. He said, that while standing at the corner of Queen-street, he heard Child say to the complainant, " If you don't go on, I shall take you into custody, forlliknow you to be a thief." There were a great number of bad cha racters about. Child—My Lord, there was a regular hustling going on, and several thieves had been taken out of the crowd. I saw the complainant amongst the mob, and, knowing him, I told him my belief. The Loup MAyon (to Child)—l wholly disapprove of your conduct in calling the man a thief. Taking it for granted that he had been impri-oned for the commission of an offence, he had paid the penalty, and it is inhuman to re proach a person under such circumstances in a manner cal culated to interfere with his chance of becoming better, and getting his bread by honest industry. Let me hear no more complaints of this description. I dare say your fault is to be attributed to over-zeal, but it is particularly censurable in an officer to hunt out of honest labour those who may have committed errors which they may be sincerely regretting. His Lordship then directed that the expenses of the sum mons should be paid back to the complainant, and desired him to go back to his occupation, in the honest course of which he should certainly be protected. The observations of the Lord Mayor gave great satisfaction to the hearers. GUILDHALL. On Wednesday Mr. Barrett, a solicitor in Doctors'-commons, appeared before Alderman Musgrove, for a summons against a sharebroker, named Goldzier, under the following circum stances :—His client, during the railway mania, hearing so mane people were making money, went to the broker and asked if anything could be done in the way of (speculation, confining his risk to 20/. or thereabout. The broker assured him of the practicability of the thing, and with 201. made a purchase of some shares, which were speedily sold at 103. premium. By this he was lured into adventuring more money, and 901. was altogether advanced. Alderman MUSGROVE said he could not issue a summons to bring parties before him merely to arbitrate disputed stock-jobbing accounts. To give him jurisdiction there must be criminal conduct ; there must be a using of false pretences. Mr. Barrett thought he could show the case was just of that description. The false pretence used in this case was, that after the first 201. had been laid out, the broker asked him to advance a further sum of 257., promising that the 45/. - would be placed in cash at his disposal next week, besides the profits which would result from a prudent investment for that short time. This was a false pretence, for the money was never repaid and no profit resulted. On the contrary, his client iYas beguiled into advancing more money, and the broker, ilestead of keeping to his instructions to limit his client's risk to 30/. or 40/., entered into transactions to the amount of 401;1.; and now presented a bill showing a loss of 1101., which his client was called upon to pay, in addition to the 90/. already lost. Alderman MuseereovE said the charge of obtaining by false pretences could not be made as to representations that pro fits would accrue and purchases would be made. The false pretences must be, not ae to a future but an existing fact. The broker might himself be deceived as to what would hap pen. If it could be shown that the money had not been laid out in such shares, it would be another thing. Mr. Barrett said he had no opportunity of going through the account step by step. The account did not set forth from whom the shares were bought, or to whom they were sold. His client had no shares delivered to him. Alderman MUSGROVE asked if his client directed what kind and what number of shares should be bought ? Mr. Barrett said no. It was left: to the skill of the broker. Alderman MUSGROVE said the money was givon to the broker to speculate, and the venture had been unfortunate. He saw nothing that crimicated the broker, and a magis trate could not be appealed to with the view of obtaining more specific accounts, and the exhibition of vouchers and books. Mr. Barrett said the broker had exceeded his authority, are a: had induced his client to part with 90/. on worthless thingee He would look more closely into the case, and per haps troeble the magistrate again. Mr. Barlett and his client then retired. CLERKEN WELL. Thomas liamtamd and Benjamin Bay, low-looking fellows, were placed at the bar, charged with being drunk, and using obscene language in the lobby of Sadlers Wells Theatre. It appeared that on . Wednesday night last, the prisoners made their appearance in the lobby, between the pit and leox entrances, whilst they were drunk. They were refused admission, when they became violent and abusive to the officers and authorities of the theatre. Their language was most disgusting, and they made a violent resistance on being taken into custody. The prisoners said in their defence, that they were drunk, and did not know what they did. Mr. GREENWOOD fined them seven shillings each, or five days' imprisonment.. The prisoners paid the money, and were liberated. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Barton and John Barton were brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with having committed a robbery at the Red Lion public-house, Crown. court, Pall-mall. On the 15th of last month two persons went into the club room of the Red Lion, and called for a pint of beer. One of the men put down sixpence to pay for the liquor, and while the servant was procuring change at the bar it is supposed that the men contrived to get into an adjoining room, and to break open a box with a "jemmy," and to possess themselves of a quantity of wearing apparel belong in g to the servant, Sarah Ann - Houghton. Information of the robbery and a description of the supposed thieves were forwarded to the station-house, Vine-street, and this circu.enstance afforded means to Langley, one of the detective force, of apprehend ing the prisoners. The constable, by the description, imme diately recognised the suspe c t ed p arties to be well-known bad c haracters, who had committed offences in public-houses, and who had been in custody before for felony. Mr. Markwick, the landlord of the Red Lion, and the ser vant, recognised the two prisoners as the men who were in the club-room on the day of the robbery. The priioners were remanded for further inquire'. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—Wm. Wood, po rter to the Horticultural Society, Regent-street, was brouetht up for further examination on suspicion of haying stolen from Mr. Peck, Lower Belgrave-street, coal merchant, the sum of 1201. in Bank notes. The circumstances of the alleged robbery . are briefly these : —Time prosocutor, in October last, about eight o'clock in the morning, was drinking brandy and-water at the bar of the Royal Standard public-house, Piccadilly, where the pri soner and some cabmen were also assembled. The prosecutor ' took oat his money to make good a bet on a horse-race which was offered to him, and this circumstance gave the prisoner and his companions an opportunity of seeing his money, • and where he kept it. Shortly after leaving the , public-house the prosecutor missed his money, but, though he offered a considerable reward, he was not able to obtain any clue to his property until a few days ago, when he as certained that a 5/. note of the lost property had been changed by the prisoner. The reply of the prisoner to the charge was, that he had volunteered to get the note changed for a stranger whom he heard apply for change to the landlady of a public-house. ____ ___--------- He had done all he could to assist the prosecutor to recover S HER IFT S' COURT, Nov. 20. his property, and he thought he was very hardly dealt by in bell accused of any participation iu the robbery. (Before Mr. Undersheriff BURCII.ELL.) nsi , ;.lARRETT. r. Peck said he had traced a 20/. note to Messrs. Swan s a watchmaker in Lemon- and Edgar's, but as he was not quite prepared with evidence The plaintiff in this action . 1 defendant is a carriage- he hoped the magistrate would reman d the case for a week. street, Good man 's-fields, and the Birmingham Rail- The prisoner asked to be admitted to bail, and the prose painter in the e mploy of the London :nd. to recover the sum tutor said he had no objection to this, if the magistrate con way Company. The action was brought •,s and jewellery Ben t e d. of 9/. 135., the balance of an account for watcti , M supplied to defendant. r. MALTBY declined to admit the prison er to bail, and Mr. HAWKINS stated the c ase. In Ma y , 1842, p lain .. 4 , , ` ;ff sold ordered aim to be again broughs up on Tuesday ne xt. a silver lever watch to the defendant for 91, of which the .... THE ANONYX 71 8 _. SOUTHWARK. fendant paid a portion, leaving a balance of 4/. 10s. He then , LETTER CASE. —Henry Kellerby, the had another watch and small articles, to the amount of 71. 105.,, violen.`anonymous letters, containing making a balance of 121., of which defendant had paid 2/. 10s. i • charged ivi, h sending . youth , a - - nature, threats o. The plaintiff's witnesses were persons in the Company's • __ isb e, to se ,77 for final _, and in some instances also in al o the parishioners of St. George's, employ. closing do's exam ination. smti r ox , James Drain, carriage - painter — Had seen defendant with ----- • ' -:ois to tin 6t v - tor a lai ' k 14° bfr " B " .ll Ti t l u en p go ONCIy 140111004 Miliallt the IA 41;141 4 ,. - • 4- "."..'....."""........1......••.•...................................... prisoner, was that of Mr. Humble, a hop-nierchant, of Balha ra " bill, to the followine - effect:—About the period the anour• mous letters were sent to several of the inhabitants of bt George, Mr. Humble had a brother of the prisoner liviug as footman in his service. That gentleman was included an the number of persons to whom anonymous letters Were. sent ; and the first he received was dropped in the letter. box of his office on St. Margaret's-hill, near the Town-111 It purported to be written by a person well acquainted with all his domestic. affairs, and the writer threatened to vityt: and murder him if he aid not immediately disch ar g e ; 3 R Kellerby, his footman, from his service. M first . 2 Hwnhle paid no regard to the anonymous communicant: but baying received three others of a similar tendency',.''" was at length induced to dismiss the young marl , supposition that ro more letters of a similar descripti _ . a would be addressed to him on the subject, but in this he vt b ' it a ' a disappointed, for no sooner had he got rid of his ser vant „tlio another letter was sent through the post in language " 1, 0 most infamous nature, not only threatening his life, but *_ the members of his family, and condemning his conducttforf having discharged a servant without having auY seert the complaint to urge against him. With a view to dcte , writer, a policeman was stationed near the letter-bOdlia which most of them had been dropped, but this Plahntlist under 1100,_ not succee 1, for no more letters were reeei7ed througe , medium; but a day or two afterwards a letter INIIS addreraa to Mrs. 11:imble, her husband being out ,of towu , a u 1 ?,. 1 opening it, there was a quantity of arsenic fo'snd ade liP e i ss a small package, which the writer, who assumed ode en . _ .. y: Mr. Humble's clerks, said he was directed to Wanstnit to .. 11 and that she was to take it in water or any other liqsto, and it would have a beneficial effect.—(The lettef all e \ de gr. and the arsenic it contained, were produced in Humble added, that be never recollected havei)ingurat.eieumtaoe prisoner until in Court that day, and that the Yua e g i . - , - ,see: whom he understood was his brother, and lived in his a . , e b i n s was of very good character, and that he dischargeo bop. solely on the account of the anonymous letters, in t he / that that such a step would prevent any further annoyance ° description. Another mlness, named Lott, belonging to the rost-ofreiel was examined, and several of the anonymous letters, 35 g a ge as the prisoner's writing, having been shown to hire , same it as his opinion that they were all written by it 0 a ' the, copse person. The witness added that he was in the hab ea paring handwriting, ai;d that he had frequently to PP on trials to give evidence of that nature ha d alres d i Mr. COTTINGHAM said that two witnesses - Oa ihdaenndti,fiteodtthheebleesttteorfstphreoidr übetel'ideft,oalniadveollesentadeto,nB bY t ue s-siott i v . coun c ` t i e d, with the other circumstances alleged against the a c made___ it necessary to send the case for trial. gi ld 0; The prisoner's father, addressinj the Magistrate, do e 01 he was convinced of his son's inne . cence, and that s i arge i tahgeaipnasrtthieismwllvioerheatdhegvoteruypretrhseonpsreziniot w u e n r f e oun deu of tl' a offence.a.. In3ief, - e that he had no professional ender-Lin. c eo ptrto. rr heee t ee N da c si t en lA o silt thatti n h interrupted part rrup manner,toe ha tl ni i sgd e father,that is e, ' led Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, having read eve r the Wil° eir the depositions relating to the case, and wfi ids Wes.osfi cos siderable length, the prisoner was committed for tri loC l' is Magistrate, however, having accepted of sureties , j ots appearance at the Central Criminal Court on the 24 , t ; , 0 Sill on which day the sessions commence. The In oa c ee t. n 'aoorg e, be instituted by the parochial authorities o 1 '- Southwark. rinratettenteddowr 0 cenocoiiiiitruo. ~... WANDSTT'ORTIL rossil' o to THE RICITMOND RAILWAY.—SUMMONS FOR r -- -- ` 003 . , IVednesday was appointed for the hearing of f e s tresPri t against the promoters of the Richmond Railway i°' l it, ,'-' It will be recollected that on Friday , the 7th ifisq , t the Jhn Aitkens, a solicitor, obtained a mo agal/3,teri promoters of the Richmond Railway for unlawfully ed:cso/ upon and taking possession of a certain piece of It tli s ,bottil the Panmar Close, situated in the f Barlies'elsrlotj'" on the east of Barnes-common, theproperty of I ‘ lr , s ; obt o3 ,: e f Chapman, of the Terrace, Putney, without hav A _"' o f OP the permission of that lady, or paying the su'' - claimed for the land, viz., 1,400/. i acf When the case was called on, there were 73 , e- .., th 6 ": plainant nor defendant present, nor their atoll A t was intimated by a note to the sitting magist rate of case had been settled. no ife._,r4 This is the second time that the MagistratelLo tr.,," granting summonses in cases of this nature ba.4n-siel'' advantage of a.; a forcible inducement to this rioi%es- try pany to comply with the demands made by Pa lands it was necessary fur them to pass through. 01/14 HAMMERSMITH. . 1 1 sr a M ATRI MONIAL MISERIES.—On Wednesday, 01-111 P James Hards was charged, before Mr. T. faynter, saulting Mrs. Mary Herds, his wife. .A.B to Mrs. Hards, who appeared with one eye blacknbe,b6 patch on her cheek, and her arms bared to the e show the bruises on them, stated, that on Saturdaf d u) et went to the place where her husband was empl:toldl> him whot time he would be home to supper. $ll half-past ten o'clock; and as she returned hom e - $11 4, 6 ( with her half-a-pound of rump steak for his supPerboolin a-pound of sausages for her own supper. Just as ,0 1) ; was cooked the defendant came in, and she anticipate be s ot fortable meal, but on his looking into the frying - el:08 claimed " D—n you, where is the gravy ?" She as ks e a 14 gravy he could expect out of half •a-pound of , st t e i tel'a which he demanded the onions, and on her citn!" ) 0 10 _, him that she had brought none home with her,,P e a seized the handle of the frying - pan , and sprea u l t f, tO e tents over the room, commenced attacking her l'."--boceier beating it about her head, and causing the injuries OP • fl scribed, the bruises on her arms being caused by ja ° l lB yours to save her head. Fortunately she ,succeedelie 10, bo big the door of the room, and getting out of While the defendant was beating her, he threateneu 0 d 0 1 would send a bushel of bullets through her bodY' and to !.0 pi up a knife, said he would drive it through her bodY,,;.'oet;(o shoulder, and that he would tear her heart and liill'tlp;tisi" twist them round his neck. He was always 0 90 and she would never live with him again. to tee", The defendant, in answer to the charge, began 00 his wife's qualities. They might, he said, live a u' 0s• fortably together, but she was continually getting - i 1 pawning his clothes. Mr. PAYNTER said the defendant had been t 6" 405. t its most brutal assault, for which he should fine bin:o do costs, or a month's imprisonment; and as his wif e , : o 0 14 , she went in danger of her life, he must also find ~i ; sft P in 101. each, to keep the peace for three mo nths liberation. dte u. The defendant, not having the money, was 0111" 41) ,evEy- MARKET N. 6 W s.—(YEOT_DA" 2VIGEAT rexa.FramTs. 'O% Isr 4 SountALL, Nov. 19.—The supply of fat stock An 017j6; the general demand ruled active, and prices beiuocito..4o tendency.—Beef from 3s to 4s 4d;: Mutton, 33 ' to Y''" Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4 s to 56 per 81b°' - r offal. deo l lo llt° ROMFORD, Nov. 19.—We had a very stead): 2 0 , yr: A stock to-day, :on the following terms:—Beef t°--Aso„f',oP 4s 4d; Mutton, 3 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d; Veal, 4 s to 45 &A n ; ti sm - 0 111 4s to 5s per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mileh Cows, with tti° Calf, 161 to 191 each. ?1 3 , 4 , 10 4 LEWES, Nov. 19 —Beef, from 3 s to 45 to' 3s 6tl to 53 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Palt , r per 811)3. A moderate supply, and a steady alAe. Cl ° ot NAV ratllt=.ET , a. 1 . / 011 SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, from 31 103 to ; ditto, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 11 14 s to 1/ 11`,1011,3 Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 18s per load. Trade rather Cl 3 to off $ above quotations. 39 ; , 9 4 CumritcrrAiw.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 5 1 i sg; ditto, 4/ 8s to 6/ ;. Oat Straw, 11 16s to 11 0 0 Straw, l / 18s to 2/ per load. A fair averag e aitt°' CW y er it C P a steady demand. WiIITECHAPEL.—MeadOW Hay, 3/ lOs to 5 1 ;.,Thes 41 lOs to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 168; " - Cie t i* 1/ 16s to 1/ 8 18s per load. Supply moderate, ao d dull. %I' t 6 O il e 3 NEWGATE AND LEAD3EI4'r. m elt ;15 We had a full average supply of each kind Tirol for" ' general demand was steady, at full prices. • $ ll 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal„4s to 46 4s to 5s 4d per Sibs by the -:arcsse. CORN AVERAGES• &PA; GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISIIOtOta ly For the Week ended Nov. 15, 1845, made up from the _j* , Inspectors in the different Cities and Town s in .ErlglP".- per Imperial Quarter. --------------. - -.'' il v ,414 0 ; 10, 0 WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I ATE. I 1 ' ..-- 513 1 , PRICE •..I 58a 6(1. 1 35s Oil 26s 3d 38s 2d 94 3 eds DUTY ... 14s lid 1 Is Oil 4s Cd 75 6d f ee t' 1/ 1 11 ,0 ill BRITISH IRON COMPANY.—The ha,lf-Yeit::o9f,r irg of this Company took place yesterday, a t ,_ l '' .. ir ~ I . ° Old Broad-street. The chair was taken Or„tiv.,..oil° Larpent, Bart., who read the report to the 111 `b0e,r$14 report of the receipts and disbursements of the the ~ 4 1 0 ; the half-year ending in the 30th June last, an d , 4 15 5. ` sheet of that date, both signed by the a udite, t t it i r e , : o fit upon the table. The state of the CompanY' s a ,: o s. - niky , period was as follows: Debts due by saneCei eit, missory notes 33,000 L, interest on the 7 ".}:er ` r ol'i other creditors 4,243/. 13s. 10d., making . teg et tstlo 18s. 6d. ; against which were the following enne 4 1 A cash and bills on hand 14,541/. 12s. sd. debtsio,,,4 Company 3,481/. 15s. 5d., together 18,02'3/. ~7 , :coulrf Y t y deducted, leaves the balance of debt due by t„ n ce io • the 30th June last, 19,986/. 10s. Bd. As the barctioof ,If il , on the 31st December ,last was 107,502/., the re,ltti„,s' of ~. half Tear was 86,843 t. 15s. ld. Since the, • - •i - 6,otTelt i i . V 2,920/. 19s. 2d. had been received on calls, and * 0 . 10„s o •,s debt of 33,000/. on promissory notes had heettieetgaio ducing the sum to 17,000/. which was th, e 0 11 3 10:0' standing in notes. Although the amount 0 1 , a bo',"bis 0 , was considerable, the Directors had a c0nfi,.." e .",0 0_, 1* , 1 011 IL per share at the utmost would close the atyk l i r , D. 1 . 00.4 fortunate Company. After a few words front ' 01 0 ek' ..,,, 0 0 Mr. Stewart, and others, a vote of thanks s""" the A O passed to the chairman and directors, wile° I, v Ur le . separated. 4 I,lbo o .0 0 4 O f [ADvEansEmENT.]—The Earl of''' • 01 0. big so 9 1 # Holloway's Pills.—An astounding Cure hY see eD. • f Medicine after every other means had failed- bo ot toed his Lordship's letter dated Villa Messina, t o i ept '0 1845. "To Professor Holloway. Sir,- 1 bf g a'sol'r e i co l ,o ll yGtl that your pills have effected a cure of P f t i bo ' - t oe - 01) liver and stomach which all the most eminent 0 o ble s iot d home and all over the Continent had not bee bad. t 00 . 0 Nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marie/ ' o y ill el ,OO Aldborou;xh."—These wonderful Pill s will cure 011 pf the liver and stomach. —Sold (also Holio" r ):: 4 th $1) Professor Holloway's establishmen t, 244, St l medicine vendors throughout the civilised w orl it° On the 14th inst., at Paris, R t i h ß e T l i a l d s y . her Majesty's Secretary of Legationta the Sli ClOtr, ,ser, ° c of a son. 9 4.' On the 15th inst.. at Ghent , Be l g ium, Mrs. Fleury a , ~,, fi e On the 17th inst., ar Southse a, the ladY of G. ard, daughter. of Newtonisrooo.- b oo; f j. 11. I On the 17th inst., at Cheltenham, the wire °- o 0 44 0 0- ' of a son. Anisott ' 9f 11 Jo oe On the 18th inst., at Clapton, M. J. J. --- - rtes. On the kith inst., in Palace street, Pimlico, e 6 06 i of a son. grs. , o on the 16th inst., at Orsett House, Esser' 0/00 , nachie, of a son. MARRIED. dst O of 0" - On the 15th inst., at St. Mark's, Williarn, el dn e io ntoo an , W the late A. J. Sash, Esq., of Hyde Douse , . 139 : 0 1,,. O'''' youngest daughter of the late Benjamin Fait nington. ote eft e y, 0 0 n n the the 1 1 8 811 1 1 inst., tnst.. aattllGtdrigneg,t_enotin:, I) n t e , a li r O an x . f ° ,s o . a ;Lt I" ;r elet ' llFl° O f' vloc° °46.. e r wife of Dr. Brewer. On the 16th inst., at Clifton, near Bristol, ,--. vilett , ~,,oft, terbury. ~,,,v pa lle'r O r ~,_ 4a 10pu...-. ,r J. On the 17th inst., at Cheltenham, t`u - ,1- 8 Of '' ~ Admiral of the White, C.D. and K.C.11. Anne' the W- - rot ., On the 13th inst., in London, Mar/ ,,r,,fi• 0.4 Esq , of Liverpool. _ „rife ot „ ob it On the 14th inst., at alsto, Albertille, tiv"....treet, „obi lid On the 16th inst., 'Mr. J. Brown, President 7 a 14 , ....r.gek, fie _--------- Ivy-- tjie .--rts.oo a f irt 4 London: Printed ana Publish ed by IV,' . 1 t „,60104,1, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ottice, dol°.- Nol ia , of the Savoy s In tho County of gi 31, 1845, 1 .4 1 t a re Ss p 11 ha ne teav 6e,:tibmeclef Of .Sdfi:' t