The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 9, 1853. taken before his lordship, and appeared at the justice room to give evidence on the occasion. Sir R. W. Carden—l thought it right to give this child into custody for having asked alms of me to-day, at about half-past one o'clock, in Finch-lane. She said that her mother had sent her out to beg. Of course it is not my object to have the poor child p un i s h e d, b u t t o assist her and to have justice done to those who have sent her out to beg for their support and comfort in their idleness and vice at home. She is, as is evident, well fed, but ehe has been placed in the street in this state of almost nudity, to excite sympathy amongst those who never think upon the injurious consequences of giving money to street beggars. The Lord Mayor—The evil is one of the most deplor able description, and requires the active interference of the magistracy, and I shall, during my year of office, upon all occasions pay especial attention to every case of the kind. This mode of begging is, I regret to say, now generally and effectively pursued. The idea of children crying for charity in the streets has an effect upon all who are not aware of the extraordinary arts used by the profligate for their indulgence in abandoned courses. Sir R. W. Carden—The result of my experience con vinces me that the public must exert themselves for the reform of this desperate evil by the easy process of re fusing to give to the value of a farthing to one of these artificial objects of charity. Those wretched children, who are regularly brought up as beggars and thieves, are furnished by their parents or those other profligate wretches who derive a profit from their exposure to wet and cold, with lucifers or flowers, or other trifles, as a protection against the charge of begging, and I find that the practice is adopted by the very worst order of mendicants. The people who pass along cur crowded streets suppose that their little petitioners are doing all they can to get an honest livelihood. Never was a greater deception practised. The Lord Mayor perfectly agreed with Sir R. W. Carden in the views and opinions expressed upon the subject. It was indispensable that the public should join the magistrates. There was a difficulty in the law to connect the acts of the parent and child in cases of mendicacy, and he trusted that some remedy would be found for so serious a defect. Sir R. W. Carden observed that the public fancied the police ought to put a stop to the evil ; but that was impossible. The children ran off the moment they saw a policeman, and wherever they went, continued to beg with an earnestness which none but the experienced could resist. The monsters who sent them out were always in readiness to take from them what wrong headed charity entrusted them with, and their must, if steady and resolute exertions were not made, be a constant supply of infant traders in mendicancy. The Lord Mayor then said he would send the child to the union, and order that the parents should be sought for and brought before him. When the police had made the necessary inquiry, the child was again brought before his lordship. The officer said that a woman whom he believed to be the mother, but who said she was the aunt, of the little girl, was present. The Lord. Mayor asked her how it was that the child was found begging in the streets ? The woman said, " Oh, then, the Lord knows, I don't know anythirtg about it. Sure she is my niece, and its bard for me to support so many of them. My husband is a poor labouring man out of work, barring now and then." The policeman said he had long known the woman as an idle, drinking woman, and he had every reason to believe that she was the mother of the poor little creature at the bar, but he could not prove that to be the case. The woman—Oh, then, the Lord knows I ai'nt. The Lord Mayor--I shall not give the poor child into the care of such a wretched woman as this. I shall sen tence her to fourteen days' imprisonment. The prison is a better place for her than the place to which she must otherwise, go. I shall take care to have her parti cularly attended to, and see by and bye what can be done about hex. Sir R. W. Carden uponaiearing of the adjudication of the Lord Mayor, expressed his satisfaction at the result, and said he was gratified to be able to state that since the publicatiom of what took place at the Guildhall three days ago respecting begging children, there had not been one instance of the kind in the neighbourhood of the Bank and Royal Exchange. GUILDHA_IL.—Robert James Smith and Eliza Wil kinson appeared before Alderman Copeland to answer a charge of keeping a common brothel at No. 6, Caven dish-court, Devonshire-square, Bishopsgate. The depositZons of Kilby, he keeper of Devonshire square, were then read over, from which it appeared that he had been in the receipt of from ss. to 10s. per week from the defendants for the last 12 years, for the purpose, as he stated, of keeping the passage to the brothel quiet mind orderly. Alderman Copeland (to Kilby)—Do I understand you rightly, that you were the porter of Devonshire-square ? Kilby—Yes„ sir. Alderman Cc peland—What wages did you receive ? Kilby-255. per week, sir. Alderman Copeland—And you have been also re ceiving ss. per week from the defendants for prevent ing any nuisance from the loose characters using the brothel ? Kilby—l have, sir. Mr. Warwick said—l am one of the inhabitants of Devonshire-square. On the last examination Kilby said he had told Mr. Town and myself all the circumstances connected with the brothel in Cavendish-court. In answer to this I beg to say that Kilby never men tioned them •to any of the inhabitants until at the meeting convened on the receipt of a communication from the commissioners. I have a family of grown up daughters resident with me, and when I first went to live there I was informed there was a custom among the inhabitants to pay a servant of their own to keep the square free from immoral and disorderly charac ters, on hearing which I expressed great willingness to subscribe to it. Accordingly Kilby called a few days afterwards with a book for my signature, and I gave him a cheque for 0., the amount of the annual subscrip tion paid by all the other inhabitants individually. My surprise was therefore very great on entering the square some days afterwards, accompanied by my daughters, and seeing a crowd collected round Cavendish-court, in consequence of a row among some of the girls using the brothel. The language used was most disgusting and obscene, and after hurrying my daughters through the crowd I returned and asked Kilby why he allowed such a scene to occur, and his answer was that every thing had been tried to put down the nuisance and nothing more could be done. Alderman Copeland—This house is in my own ward, and at any time I would, on hearing of a complaint of this kind, go into the ward and inquire into it there. I used to be required there frequently, and as many as from 300 to 400 summonses have been brought before me to dispose of ; but from some cause I am not ac quainted with my attendance for such a purpose is only required now about once in the year. However, I re gret such a house should have existed in my ward, and I should be glad to assist the parish in every way in my power to suppress it. saying you wanted to go to the workhouse, and I sent you there. Prisoner—l'm that same, your worship, but I never said I wanted to go to Ireland. - Several witnesses to the character of the house having been examined, Mr. Lee, one of the clerks to the guardians, said part of my premises adjoin the house in Cavendish-court. I know the defendant Smith. He keeps the house, I believe, and resides in it. Alderman Copeland—ls he rated ? Mr. Lee—He is, sir. Alderman Copeland—ln what name ? Mr. Lee—The rates are paid regularly, and no name iv given. I have called several times, but never could ascertain his name. I have seen him when disturbances have occurred present himself at the door as the master. I have often been disturbed by bearing cries of " mur der" issuing from the house, and have called the atten tion of the police to it, but they have said they could not go into the house. Alderman Copeland—What ! Do you mean to say the police have no power to enter a house when they hear the cries of "murder " coming from it ? Inspector Howard said—The instructions to the police were to enter any house under such circumstances, and it was only a short time ago a policeman got his leg broken by going into a house of that description. Alderman Copeland—l am sorry for the man, but it is important that the police should interfere in such cases, and I am surprised they have not done so in Mr. Lee's case. Mr. Hall—Well, I shall seud you to prison for a month and see how you'll like that. Committed accordingly. Mr. Eee said—Perhaps the constable did not 124.ar the cries that I heard. Cross-examined---I have paupers constantly applying to me for relief, and among them some of the moa t idle and dissolute characters ; but loose characters ar•e not continually applying. I have been solicited to accom pany such characters to the house in question, but of course never availed myself of the invitation. T. have never seen the female there that I am aware of. TILE STRIKES. ( From the Times.) Considering the passions 'as well as the punishment which must be at work in the North in consequence of the "strikes," it is undoubtedly credible to the national character that disturbances of the public peace should have been so comparatively rare. We feel bound, how ever, again to call attention to the utterly inadequate provision made in those parts of the country against those contingencies of riotous outbreaks to which they are notoriously subject, and which the protraction of the present disputes, combined with the pressure of the ap proaching season, may very probably augment. Last week we published a memorial which had been forwarded to the Home Secretary by certain manufacturers and merchants of Preston who had been hunted off the Blackburn Exchange, while in pursuit of their lawful calling by the operatives of that town. We do not in vestigate the origin of this outbreak. It is quite enough to know—what could not be denied—that the persons in question, being engaged in their lawful business, were forcibly driven from the place where such business was usually transacted. In other words, the town of Black burn was at the mercy of a mob. As it happened, the mob proceeded to no further acts ; but we are assured that "the safety of the persons and property in the principal hotel in the town could only be secured by al lowing six delegates from the mob to search every room in the house for those whom they wish to attack ;" and it is plain that the peace of the borough depended absof lutely on the forbearance of the street rioters. For al the protection that could be given by the authorities o the town, every house in it might have been sacked and burnt. Alderman Copeland—How is it that the parish have neglected to take any steps in this matter before Mr. Town—The fact, is sir, the guardians are tho roughly disheartened at the failure of all their effarts to suppress the nuisance, for as soon as the last conviction took place, the house was opened again by ether par ties, and the only hope they had of putting an end to it entirely was by reaching the landlady of the house, Mrs. Rachel Levy. Alderman Copeland then committed the defendants to take their trial at the London Quarter Sessions.. The same bail was offered as before, but Harrison, the plumber and glazier, of Bevis Marks, was objected to, and Mr. Robert Carr, a stationer, of 101, Houndsditch, was offered in his stead, and also rejected. Mr. Penson, the landlord of the "Ben Jonson," in Houndsditch, who was already accepted as one bail, offered to become bail for the defendants in 200/., and no objection being made to such an arrangement, it was agreed to, and the defen dants having also entered into their own recognisances in 1007. each, left the court. The offie;er, Kilby, was appointed by the inhabitants of the square, and not by the guardians. In the same impression of our paper which recorded these particulars appeared a report from Blackburn, an nouncing that " a new era was about to dawn upon the borough." The new Mayor, it was said, had addressed the Town-council to the effect that " he was determined to make the preservation of the peace paramount to every other duty, and to effect this without regard to cost." Nothing could be more promising than such a declaration ; but, when this redoubtable resolution came to be exemplified, what did we find ? Let the reader remind himself that Blackburn contains at least 46,500 inhabitants, with proportionate resources and obliga tions. "It was the Mayor's intention," continued the report, "with the concurrence of the Watch Committee, to raise the numerical strength of the police to "—what? To "thirty men, besides 13 firemen, who would be able to act on emergencies !" After this illustration of the Blackburn notions of a police force, the reader will not be surprised to hear that the Mayor was understood to have written at the same time to the Home Secretary, and represented that, as the " public peace was liable, under present circumstances, to be interrupted sud denly, and on the least excitement, by mobs which no civil force would be able to suppress, it was the opinion of the justices that it would be desirable to have a com pany of soldiers stationed in the borough during the ensuing winter." The requisition thus made seems to have been com plied with, but we must take leave to inform the justices of Blackburn that the ideas of municipal obliga tions generally approved in this country differ most materially from those apparently prevailing in their thriving borough. Military force is not the agency by which the peace of English towns ought to be preserved ; and, though it may, of course, be kept in reserve against extremities, it should never be employed except where the emergency is too severe for the strength of the civil power, adequately maintained. It is all very well to allege that "no civil force" would be able to deal with a Blackburn riot, but before we attach credit to this as sertion weldesire, at any rate, to see what a civil force, when properly concentrated, can really perform. The Mayor asks for a company of infantry—that is to say for 80 soldiers. Before invoking such assistance he should have tried what 80 constables would do. Let him raise his police force, as so magnanimously projected, from 30 men to a hundred, and then it will be time to ask for bayonets in aid of staves. As for the "13 firemen," they, like all men impressed from one service to another, will be of comparatively little use, not to mention that in "emergencies" their hands might possibly be needed in their own department. Everybody knows, and every magistrate ought well to consider, that the real power of a police force is commensurate with the numbers of its regular members What gives a policeman's arm such strength is the might of the law—of that unseen my sterious agency which he is supposed to represent. But these attributes are wanting in l" firemen" and su pernumeraries. "Special constables," as everybody is aware, carry no' more weight than ',so many indivi duals. It is the sworn professional policeman, attired as such, and acting in a known and recognised capa city, who exerts the strength of a dozen rioters, and paralyses opposition by the power which is felt to be at his back. This is the kind of force, well-disciplined, well-organised, and available at a moment's notice under skilful command, which the justices of Blackburn are bound to employ. Let them make this experiment on an adequate scale, and they will discover, we think, that the "civil force" will be " able to suppress" more serious riots than they imagine even in a manufacturing town. At any rate, the trial should be made. When it has failed, and when a police force, calculated accord ing to the known exigencies and means of the borough, has proved insufficient to preserve the peace, it will be quite time enough to apply to the Horse Guards for the extraordinary aid of ball-cartridges and bayonets. The workman thus gets into bad habits which he cannot easily shake off; he falls into the hands and under the guidance of bad men, who lead him on from bad to worse ; for the first time, perhaps, in his life he gets drunk, and for the first time transgresses those laws which the finger of God has written on the heart of mall ; and when the Rubican is thus once passed the descent is easy, and the decent and industrious workman may become an outcast and a villain, full of remorse and un happiness, at war both with his better nature and with the rest of society. THE POLISH REFUGEES. ( From the Times. ) The address of Prince Czartoryski to his fellow-refu gees on the occasion of their anniversary will win more interest for that unfortunate nation and cause than could ever be worked out of ordinary minds by angry decla mations. The Prince calmly points to the openings that now present themselves in the political heavens, and hails a long-delayed restoration at hand. That he should see better days for Poland in the proud infatua tion of Russia and the obstinate courage of Turkey, that he should welcome the re-opening of a game which closed before with the annihilation of his country, is nothing but natural. There are conditions under which men of honour will not love peace, and all the talking in the world will not make it more lovely. Of the great commonwealth of nations, as well as a society of men, is it true that danger is to be apprehended where there are many, as sometimes there are many, quibus utile bellum. Nobody ever thought the worse of a Pole or a Magyar for desiring a war that might weaken and divide his enemies, and that might rouse and unite his friends. But what the people of this country, not less than the veriest despot on the continent, will not endure, is that alliance of public sympathy and private plotting that the Poles and their brothers in distress have been too apt to make with wanton revolution. The Pole of modern politics is not the man who is haunted by the shades of a noble ancestry and the vision of a shattered monarchy, but the bird of ill-omen that ever reappears on the eve of confusion, and lends a new hor ror to anarchy itself. It is on Poland, as a magazine of univeral mischief, that the statesmen of Europe observe a gloomy silence, and suppress alike their compassion and their terror. There is no one, unless it be the all grasping, all-devouring Russia, that would not rather see a peaceful and happy kingdom than an oppressed, but still groaning province, where, according to the maps that amused our infancy, there once was Poland. Prince C;artoryski does not overstate the recollections or the humanity of the civilised world. But it is possi ble to love, and even to pity, with terror, and to stifle per force every softer suggestion, from the certainty that it is ruin to indulge them. The exiled noble of romance, the wounded bandit of the picture-gallery, the Gracchi, and the last of the Tribunes, are beings to be admired as we see them at the distance of centuries on the other side the abyss that shall never be passed. But nevertheless, charged as we are with the peace of the world, the progress of civilisation, and destinies that cannot be appreciated or traced, we tremble to evoke auxiliaries who begin with the destruction of society, and promise to do everything by first undoing all that others have done. That, is the prejudice that hems in the remnant of the Poles, and hunts them that are scattered among the Nations. Men would aid them if they durst, and if the cost were less than the sacrifice of themselves. Wise by long experience, as well as the promptings of a brave and calm bosom, the Prince urges his fellow countrymen to keep their hands out of mischief and bide their time. Nor is it by any means a preposterous idea that a nation may still expect to rise again from a trance of but two or three generations. What is the sleep of Poland to the long oppression of Greece, to the hated dominion of the Moots in Spain, to the corrupt tyranny of the Bourbons, wherever they have rei g ned, or to many other evils of long proscription and intolerable hardship ? To peoples, as well as to kings, we may apply the maxim that time never effaces their rights or bars their vindication. So long as the Poles are a nation —a nation, too, extraordinary for its heroism and its genius—their fate is not wholly sealed, and a splendid destiny may still be before them. Why should Provi dence suffer them to survive, and even foster their national sentiments by unparalleled misfortune, except for some such purpose, unless, indeed, we are to take the gratuitous supposition that they pay the penalty of some great national sin ? Everybody is asking,—What is to restrain the violence of Russia ? Where is this in undation to end ? Is it wholly impossible to surround that common enemy with some barriers of independent and constitutional states ? May not the Danube as well as the Rhine be at once a highway and a defence of nations ? Such questions are in everybody's mouth, for the necessity cries to Heaven, and the complaint is that no answer can be found. But what answer so ready as that which is found in the mysteriously protracted existence of ancient and honourable races, that seem the very instruments left for the pur pose ? Here are the very men, the very names, the very clauses, the arms, the sceptres, the altars, and the whole human material for the construction of the barriers we desire. But, if the enemy is too great for barriers, too proud for limits, too autocratic for law, then, perhaps, still grander conclusions are to be tried, and we are fated possibly to witness once more the old spectacle of bloody conquest recoiling on its authors, and an empire falling at the very moment when it seemed to menace the liberty of the world.' • Had the Poles alway had the benefit of such counsels, and been content to be known as an injured, without attempting to involve every nation in their quarrel, and to ally every state with their foes, no one can say but what so grand a spectacle would ere this have persuaded the world. Instead of seeming to be at the bottom of every trouble, those very troubles would have seemed the Heaven-sent opportunities of their redemption. At this moment it is impossible to deny that the aspect of Eastern Europe is more in their favour than could have been imagined by the most fervid political romancer last year. Who would then have ventured to predict that a day might arise when the fleets and battalions of Eng land and France might be co-operating with Magyars and Poles to impose terms on Russia ? That we still most fervently desire that such a crisis may not arrive, in our time at least, is nothing to the question. It is enough that such a crisis is now quite conceivable, and that the very politicians who a few years ago would have recoiled with horror from so revolu tionary an association might now feel compelled to acquiesce in it for the peace of the world and the interest of humanity. After all, statesmanship has only a limited range in these terrible issues, which one en thusiasm may provoke ag a i ns t another. If Russia chooses to appeal to the fanaticism of a sect against, not the intolerance, but the very existence of an infidel in truder ; if a crusade is to be preached, not against the profaner of holy places, but the long occupiers of their own lands, then the example of one madness cannot but raise up another. In a good or bad cause nothing is so contagious as zeal, and nothing men so readily emulate as the example of devotees rushing to death for some object of religious or patriotic regard. If the space be tween the Danube and the Balkin, the still more memor able plains of Pharsalia and Philippi, are to be the arena of a long struggle between a heady autocrat and a bigoted communion on the one hand, and a desperate race on the other, then we may be sure others will join the bloody fray, which will hardly terminate till every na tion within reach has tried its opportunities and ex hausted its powers. Who shall tell the end of so fearful a i ,tournament, when every stranger is invited to the lists, and the most noble personages are compelled to try their prowess with every new stranger? Such wars have never left things as they found them. But if there is a power that is interested in keeping things as they are, and letting well alone—in trusting to the inertness of human power, and the finality of political arrange ments—that povAr is Russia, which has now taken the lead in re-opening the compromises that bind not simply two neighbouring nations, but all the three continents of the Old World. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The following classical subjects have been selected for examination in this Uni versity for the year 1855, viz. :—For the matriculation examination : Xenophon, Hellenics, Book L ; Cicero, Pro Milone. For the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts : Demosthenes, Speech' against Lep tines ; Tacitus, Agricola Germania, Histories, Book I. 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I've no call to be in Ireland, so I ran away. Mr. Hall —Why, you are the same man, I think, that came to me with a long pitiful story a week or two ago, since, and have seen the plaintiff's wife there. I have also seen Susan and Mary Cohen, the servants, and John Lee, the plaintiff's wife's brother. Cross-examined by Mr. Crowder—The action was brought last March, and this took place in June. lam a shoemaker. The plaintiff worked at Salisbury-ter race when he slept at the defendant's. The plaintiff's wife had been living in the service of the defendant for eight years. The plaintiff was first in his service three or four years ago. My brother's wife acted as defendant's assistant and housekeeper, and attended to the female patients. I know Mrs. Robinson. My bro ther visits her, I believe. I dont know that my bro ther lives with her. He sometimes lives at Salisbury terrace' I have been at two o'clock in the morning at Mrs. Robinson's, and then left him there to finish the night. lam not aware that Mrs. Robinson is a wo man of the town. 1 knew nothing about her before the last two months. The plaintiff has other means of existence beyond what Mrs. Robinson gives him. lam not aware that they live together as man and wife. He sleeps with her. I first knew of his connexion with her last March, since his separation from his wife. I per suaded my brother to leave the defendant's house. The plaintiffand his wife slept at the top bf the house in Bruns wick-square. The servants slept in the rooms below them, and the defendant down stairs. After plaintiff left the house, his wife remaining there, he continued to make boxes for the defendant until February last. When the plaintiff's wife lived at Salisbury-terrace I did not hear her complain of his visits to Mrs. Robinson. I re commended my brotherltaointriffnghathdisnaocton connexion with Mrs. Robinsonaction. Re until examined—The plaintiff months after his wife left him. Mr. Meadows —I am a hairdresser at 25, Lloyd's row, St. J ohn's-street-road. On the 27th June I went with ray friend Bradshaw to Hornsey. Near the River Cottage, at five or six in the evening, I saw plaintiff and his brother, and some others. They are all disin terested parties to me—complete strangers. An alter cation was going on. There were two females present. Plaintiff's wife pointed to plaintiff, and said, "You are my husband, I know." He said he had found her out at last. The witness corroborated :the account given by the last witness as to what had taken place, but said that the defendant, a gentleman in spectacles, had not come out till the end of the conversation, when he told them not to make a disturbance, and said the plaintiff must take his remedy. Cross-examined—The plaintiff explained to me there and then what were the names of the different persons. They said an action had been commenced, and asked for my name and address. Mr. Bradshaw, a watchmaker, was called, and spoke to the same facts as the last witness. Vv Mr. Desborough, a locksmith, who had done some work at the River Cottage, proved that he had seen the plaintiff's ,wife there. Mr. Crowder then addressed the jury for the de fendant, and characterised this as one of the most disgraceful actions ever brought into a court of jus tice. It had been said by his learned friend that evidence would be given as to what had taken place in Brunswick-square, but neither the brother of the plaintiff's wife, nor any one of the servants, had been called, although one of them, at least, had been sub pienaed. The action was commenced in March, when there was not the slightest proof of any criminal intercourse between the defendant and the plaintiffs wife, except the story told by the plaintiff's brother as to what had taken place more than a twelvemonth before. Not the slightest familiarity, except on that occasion, had been noticed between them, and even this circumstance had not been mentioned by John Beare to his brother for several months. Either, therefore, it was an abominable falsehood, or he considered that it amounted to nothing. In this action, neither the plaintiff nor the defendant could be called as witnesses, and thus it was impossible to contradict what John Beare had stated. But, after the communication had been made, the plain tiff left the house, and permitted his wife to remain behind. If he was not to be considered a disgrace to society, no suspicion had, therefore, been raised in his mind. In June, 1853, the occurrence had taken place at Hornsey, to which John Beare had spoken. With regard to what he had said had taken place in the morning, it was so perfectly absurd that he submitted they could place no reliance on it. Then came the occurrence of the evening. He could not see why it should be supposed that it was more wrong for Mrs. Beare to go down to Hornsey than the servant Cohen. As she was living separated from her husband on ac count of the repeated misunderstandings between them, he might perhaps have acted more prudently in not re ceiving her, although she had been a useful and atten tive servant to him for many years. It was impossible that the defendant could have been so foolish, while this very action was pending, to make admission which had been spoken to as having been made on the evening of the 27th June. Mr. liaise had merely said, according to the statement of the witnesses called to corroborate John Beare, that they must not make such a disturb ance on his premises, but must seek their remedy else where. Mrs. Beare's brother was still in the service of the defendant, and it could not be supposed that he would countenance his sister's living there in a state of prostitution. He submitted, on all these grounds that the defendant was entitled to their verdict. No evidence was called for the defence. Lord Campbell summed up, telling the jury that they had to consider whether upon the evidence they were convinced that before the 30th of March, when the ac tion had been commenced, the defendant had committed adultery with the plaintiff's wife. Setting aside what had taken place on the 27th of June, there would cer tainly have been no evidence to that effect, except what John Beare had seen in February 1851. He must say, he thought evidence as to indecent liberties having taken place between the parties in such a case as this, at a time when criminal intercourse was supposed to have been already committed, was exceedingly improbable. If they believed, however, what John Beare had said with regard to what took place on the 27th of June, it amounted to an admission, on the part of the defendant, that he had been guilty of adultery ; but his evidence varied from that of the two other witnesses, who were present on the same occasion, as their account of what passed would not prove any such admission. They must consider whether, under all the circumstances of the case, the criminal conversation alleged to have taken place had been made out; and if it had they would give the plaintiff such damages as they considered he ought to re ceive, if not they would find a verdict for the defendant. The jury retired, and in about half an hour returned and gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 25/. damages. BUSINESS OF THE COURT. Py the rising of the court to-day all the cases in the list had been disposed of. The London sittings will com mence on Monday next. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER WINTER ASSIZES. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 7. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Alderson.) MURDER. Thomas Copeland was placed at the bar for the wilful murder of Richard Sunderland, a police officer, on the Ist of November last, at Liverpool. From the deposition of several witnesses, it appeared that on the day iu question an election of Aldermen took place for the borough. At Shaw's public house in Cavendish-street, where there were a number of voters, a mob of about a dozen assembled, and threatened that if they did not get drink they would break the voters' heads. In conse quence of the excitement among the crowd, two of the voters went for the assistance of the constabulary. On their arrival they went to the opposite side of the street when they kept shouting and hissing. The prisoner was observed to take a prominent part in the mob. He was heard several times exclaiming, "they must have drink," and " we won't let the car go," refering to the car which the voters had stopping on the outside of Shaw's house. The crowd was very soon dispersed, however, and Welsh, one of the police, followed pri soner up to the c orner o f C aven di s h- stree t , s h ov i ng hi m and telling him to get home. At the corner of this street prisoner became very furious, when Welsh ar rested him to brin g hi m to the Br i dewell. Pr i soner made a sudden dive under his arm, and struck Welsh on the back part of the head, at the same time making off. Welsh pursued him, followed by Sunderland (the de- ceased) to a court where he resides. On passing through the room on the ground floor, prisoner was obse rve d lifting a large knife off the table, and running up stairs. Before he got to the top of the stairs, Welsh had over taken him, and a scuffle ensued, which lasted some minutes. Deceased then came to his assistance, and they endeavoured to get prisoner as far as the front door,' holding him by the throat, when h e p u t his right hand into his trousers pocket , taking therefrom the k n if e and stabbing the unfortunate man in the groin. De ceased exclaimed, " Oh," and then fell. He was removed to the Northern Hospital immediately, w h en death put an end to his sufferings in about ten minutes after. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Atkinson, who ad. dressed the jury in an eloquent speech on his behalf. The jury retired, and after an hours' consultation returned into court with a verdict of " Manslaughter." Lord Campbell—Do socialists believe there ought to be a community in women ? Witnees—l never heard of it. ' Examination continued—l never heard him say that men and women ought to live promiscuously together. I have not heard that Mr. Halse forbad him to sleep at Brunswick-square because of his late hours. He left on account of his wife's conduct. I work as a journeyman in Regent-street. John Beare—l am brother to the plaintiff, and now live with him at 2, Salisbury-terrace, where he has lived tor the last year. In January or February, 1851, I !ant to Brunswick-square. My brother was ill. I saw " 1 Y brother's wife and the defendant in the lobby as I k i t f i going up-stairs to my brother. I saw defendant brothee; and place his hand on her. I told this to my house in3;en or eight months afterwards. He left the H is wife c o a bruary, 1852, and went to Salisbury-terrace. gether in oeto nle b l e xtek to him there. She left him alto- Susan and mar; 1852, and went to Brunswick-square. and used to coniteoheU were the defendant's servants, • 4 lisbury-terrace nearly every night, (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) asking my brother's w i fe vitSarah come to Biunswick-square. She ultimately IeftSTABBING. s _e_9h Lee, her sister, who had been in the defendant's Edward Gay was charged with assaulting, with intent Her brother has been in defendant's service for 'r er i i r c e e to do bodily harm, to Anne Gill, on the 26th November. 27th 'Tune, I went to the e efen. , e orf?ur years. On the It appeared that the prisoner and the prosecutrix were at River Cottage, nornsey, witr t h e country residence , elfin king in a public house in Old Hall-street on the ,cys plaintiff, early in I the morning. harles Thoma s evening referred to, when prisoner and witness had some and zith es , H e is ! words which arose out of some frolic. She then left, now out of thew ay. I went hedge facing the door of River Cottag e , In e Y a se lf by the and prisoner followed her as far as the entrance to wife come out at the door and look round „I h P l aiu L tifrs Thompson's-court, where he struck her, and knocked was suspicious. She r eturned to the holnie, aad ong " she sh , e her down, but could not say what the wounds were ;in defendant then came ou t to g ether, and remainedinatnild le flicted b garden for an hour and a half. He picked a fl ower ana l The prisoner said that she kissed and kicked him seve gave it her, and kissed her hands. He also pl ayed 1 her w ith any i nstrument, b ut mere l y hi s hand. ral times during the evening, and that he did not strike with her dress, she resting:. on his I sa w 11 , 1 one else. At about half - pas t. Twelve n i ne the defend ant months' imprisonment, with hard labour. took the train up to town, and the plaintiff'sl GAROTTE ROBBERY. wife went intu the house. In the evening, 1 1 1 Charl es Richards was sentenced to five years' penal about half-past five, I watched the defendant return to T re Pr o i l soarneet for one of those garotte robberies, which River Cottage. Thomas rang the bell, which was : lard, v ery frequent occurrence in this part of Eng answered by plaintiff's wife. He inquired for Mr. ' litet. on a person named Cross, on the 29th September liaise, who came out. Thomas slid--" I saw you two this morning dressing in the room together, and saw you undressing there last evening. You slept together last night." She said, " Yes, I did sleep with him in 1 - ----e---- N - S' - that room." The defendant said, " i e had slept i 111 A, , ION HOUSE.—/fary there with her, and my brother might get his remedy peered to be about sevenyears of age, was brought before where he thought proper." Thoma s was th en wor king the Lord Mayor in order that her ca se (a charge of beg for me. I have made every effort to find him. While ging) might he adjudicated upon by his lordship. The we were standing together three gentlemen passed, two facts are as follow :—Sir Robert W. Carden on Monday of whom are here to-day. I have frequently been there caused the child, who was ragged and barefooted, to be .--. His Lordship in passing sentence said that the preva lence of the use of the knife in Liverpool required an awful example to be made. The sentence is that you, Thomas Copeland, be transported for the term of your life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the Morning Post.) Before the Anti Corn-Law League was taken in hand and fully organised by those gentlemen whose names are now identified with it, smaller associations, out of which the larger one sprung, had been formed in Manchester, and some of the neighbouring towns, for the same object. The leaders of these associations were sharp and discon tented men of low rank, who drove a flourishing trade at that time, and afterwards, as anti-corn law agitators and lecturers.• When the corn laws were repealed their vocation was gone ; but they have since found means to resume their old trade of agitation in the factory dis tricts ; for it is reported in South Lancashire that the men who are at the bottom of the present strike, who planned the scheme of demanding an increase of wages in the different mills in succession, whilst the operatives who remained at work in the other mills were, in case of a strike, to support the turn-outs by their subscrip tivs, are, many of them, the same men who planned the League, and lived for many a day on the wages of anti-corn law agitation. It is this interference of stran gers between master and man, which at once shows the present strike to be no legitimate demand for increased wages, but a conspiracy of the employed, under self elected leaders, against their employers. At the com mencement of the strike, when the masters sought interviews with their workmen, and offered them terms, the men in the several mills could give no answer without consulting a body of delegates from other towns, with whom the masters naturally refused to treat. The disappearance of these delegates, and the absence of any reference to them, is one of the good signs to be ob served in some of the towns where the workmen have struck. At Wigan, for example, we find that the " overlookers," men who are regularly employed in the mills, who are no strangers to either party in the dis pute, no delegates from other towns, have originated a movement amongst themselves which will tend to recon cile the two parties. They have appointed deputations to wait upon the masters, to ascertain the terms upon which they will re-open their mills, each deputation consisting of an overlooker in each department of the mill belonging to the employer waited on. At one of their meetings, the overlookers decided on presenting a memorial to their employers, requesting them to call a meeting of the Master's Association, to consider and decide when they would open their mills if the hands consented to return to work on their terms. All this shows that the operatives are beginning to find out that professional agitators are not the best advisers, and that a strike is a losing game. Amongst those who feel the effects of the strike most severely, and gladly hail the prospect of its termination, are the retail dealers and small shopkeepers, who sell a large number of articles which may be considered as the workman's luxuries. When wages are low, or when, by a strike, a large sum of money is withdrawn from circu lation amongst the workmen, the means of their cus tomers are reduced, perhaps barely sufficing for the pur chase of the mere necessaries of life, so that nothing re mains to spend on any other articles, and those who supply them lose all their trade as long as the strike con tinues. When the workman is unwilling to discontinue the use of articles to which he has become accustomed, but can no longer afford to pay for, and can only pro cure on credit, the small shopkeeper is placed in a very unpleasant position ; if he refuses to allow his former customers to have what they require on credit, he runs a great risk of losing their custom afterwards when they are able to pay—of incurring present odium and dislike, with the chance of being mobbed and maltreated—a thing not unlikely to happen when large numbers of men with uncontrolled passions sympathise with each other, and suppose they have a just ground of complaint. If, on the other hand, through fear of these results, he sells them on credit, some time must elapse before he can get his money, and he cannot turn over his capital in so short a time as before ; and, as strikes are usually failures, and the workmen seldom gain their ends, their wages, after the strike is over, are seldom higher than they were before, their wants and requirements remain the same, so that the small shopkeeper has often great difficulty in obtaining payment for the articles sold to them on credit during the continuance of the strike. The very fact, also, of the workman's obtaining the same comforts when he has turned out, as he enjoyed when in the receipt of wages, prevents him from seeing the actual state of the case, and feeling the misery of his condition ; and, if he ever gives a thought to the debt which is daily increasing, the expectation which, in nine cases out of ten, is never fulfilled—effectually soothes any qualms of conscience. In a strike, the money which the operative actually pays down at once goes in a worse channel than at other times. The man on strike becomes in many cases a public-house frequenter and a tap-room politician ; he sheers glib and sophistical speakers, smashes short clay pipes is rapping the tab e to the tune of " Ten per cent. and no surrender," and totters home late at night to his wife and children, reeking with the fumes of tobacco and intoxicating liquors. More money is spent in ale and tobacco every day during a strike than at any other time, except an election. The beer-sellers are the only class in the community who profit by a strike, and they certainly reap a rich harvest whilst the workman is un derming his physical strength—which is of the first im portance to those who work mainly with their hands —and is becoming debased both in mind and body. W INTELLIO ENCE.— Dec. 8. EQUITY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) LUD V. COLVIN. This suite was instituted to determine the rights of various claimants to the estate of the late P. Cockrane, formerly a surgeon of the Hon. East India Company. The amount of the fund now standing in court is said to be about 200,0001. Mr. Welford, on behalf of one of the parties claiming an interest in the fund, applied to the court for further time, in order that a communication might go out to India to examine witnesses. The circumstances under which his client claimed were as follows :—ln the year 1790, Mr. Cockrane, being then in India, married, in the Mahommedan form, a native Indian lady, by whom he had one daughter. This daughter was the person on whose behalf the present application was made, and it was for the purpose of proving the fact of this alleged marriage that the commission to India was required. In support of this application, the learned counsel read a statement, on oath, made by a gentleman holding a govern ment appointment in India, which set out a conversation between the deponent and the lady alleged to have been married according to Mahommed law to Mr. Cockrane, in which she gave an account of the circumstance of her marriage with that gentleman, and said that she never had any proofs of the facts except the marriage certifi cate of the native priest, which however was, at the time of the conversation almost destroyed by the white ants. The Vice-Chancellor said that the white ants were a very common receptacle for missing Indian doctiments. Mr. Anderson and Mr. George Collins opposed the application, on the ground that a great length of time had already elapsed since the claim was first made, and • that the claimant ought not to be permitted to keep the matter in its present uncertain state for an unlimited length of time. Mr. Norris appeared for other parties. The Vice-Chancellor thought that the matter had etter stand over until the next seal, when a commission could be asked for in the ordinary way. The other side , • should be at once served with a notice of motion for a commission. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.) • IN RE THE IMPERIAL SALT AND ALKALI COMPANY, AND IN RE THE WINDING UP ACTS. A company was formed in 1836, for the purpose of manufacturing soap and alkali from salt. By the con stitution of the company, it was provided that its capital should consist of 56,000/. divided into shares of 121. 10s. each ; that there should be six directors with power to add to their number, and that the directors should have power to borrow money, and to manufacture and t r ade, and to have power to enter into all contracts and engage ments for those purposes on behalf of the said com pany. It was also agreed that the company should purchase an estate in Worcestershire for the purpose of carrying on therein the works of the com pany from a Mr. Richard Parker, at a price of 45,0001., of which 20,000/. was to be paid down in money, and the residue in shares of the company. It appeared that ' Mr. Parker had previously contracted to purchase the property for the sum of 13,0001., and had paid 1001. deposit on the purchase. It appeared also that about 16,0801. had been subscribed by the shareholders, of whioh 15,0001. was paid by Mr. Parker on account. The directors borrowed from Messrs. Morrell, bankers, at Ox.- ford, a sum of money which in 1837 had amounted to about 20,000/. A memorandum was given to Messrs. Morrell, charging the amount advanced by them on the . property purchased. This memorandum was dated the 25th of February, 1837, and was signed by five direc tors, who were the only acting directors at the time, the Messrs. Morrell being two. Mr. Garrett was the sixth director, but he was at the time abroad, and his name was added to the memorandum by one of the five directors assuming to act for him. The purchase money was paid, and the purchase completed in April, 1837. The property was conveyed to the Messrs. Morrell and Mr. RainQford, three of the directors, in trust for the company, and the whole legal estate had become by sur vivorship vested in Mr. Morrell. Messrs. Morrell advanced altogether about 90,0001. to the company. Mr. Morrell, as the survivor, was solely entitled to this amount. Linder these circumstances Mr. Morrell went in before 'the Master Mr. Tinney (to whom the winding-up of the affairi of the company had been referred) and sought to be admitted as a creditor of the company for the amount which he and his deceased partner had advanced to en able the company to make the above purchase and other wise, and a declaration that he was entitled to a lien upon the property purchased for the amount advanced to enable the purchase to be made by virtue of the above memorandum of the 25th of February, 1837. Master Tinney, however, by a special report, dated the 11th of July, 1353, found that Mr. Morrell took no lien on the estate so purchased. This was a motion to discharge that report. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. 13eavan appeared in support of the motion. Mr. Malin, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. Hetherington ap peared for the official manager. The case Svae.argn ed at great length during yesterday and to-day. ' • The Yice-Chancellor tirsol44 . 3rery elaborate review of the circumstances of the case. Ile said he felt himself obliged to differ from the Master.. It appeared to his - Honour that at the time when the amount was borrowed there were only five acting directors, one being abroad. In that respect the direction was imperfect ; but the purchase of the property had been agreed on as part of the arrangement on which the company had been estab lished, and it was clearly necessary that the property should be purchased, and the doing so was within the scope of the partnership authority, otherwise the coin - pany could not have proceeded ; the assets of the part nership having been otherwise expended the loan be came necessary. In the present case he could not per ceive how the company eould at one and the same time repudiate the contract and yet claim to retain the money which they had obtained under it. Now here Messrs. Morrell had advanced the money, by means of which the partnership had obtained the estate, and the share holders had adopted, or at least they had not questioned, the transaction. Under these circumstances it seemed to him that Messrs. Morrell had acquired a lien on the estate which they claimed, and he thought the memo randum valid.. A declaration to that effect was made. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH (Sittings at Nisi Prins.—Before Lord Campbell and Common Juries.) BEARE V. HALSE.-CRIM. CON. This was an action brought to recover damages for criminal conversation which was alleged to have taken place between the defendant and plaintiffs wife,. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Serjeant Thomas, with Mr. Cooke Evans, ap peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Crowder, with Mr. Pete's dorff, represented the defendant. Mr.. Serjeant Thomas, in opening the case, stated that the plaintiff was a tailor, carrying on business at Salisbury-terrace, Islington, and the defendant was a medical practitioner, residing at 22, Brunswick-square. The learned counsel then proceeded to detail the facts of the case, as they are afterwards proved by the following evidence. The first witness called was, Samuel Beare—l am a brother of the plaintiff I produce a certificate of the marriage between my brother add his wife, which took place in 1840, in Devonshi re . The plaintiff, after his marriage, resided in Dev ons hi re, . where I also resided. He lived there about three y ears with his wife. They lived happily and comfortably to gether. They came to London afterwards. Cross-examined by Mr. Crowder—l know nothing o f them after they came to London. They lived i n Brunswick-square with the defendant for two or three years ; that was four years ago last June. I visited lay brother there. He carried on his business of a tailor, and was also employed by defendant to make boxes. He slept at defendant's, and carried on his business at another place. The last time I knew them there was in June, 1852. I don't know that my brother came home late at night. I can't say whether lie and his wife lived happy in London. I never heard my brother talk to her in contrary manner. 1 don't know that his wife accused him of lying with another woman, named Robinson. I don't know the person. J have heard my brother speak of her through her going to Brunswick-square to be galvanised. (Laughter.► don't know that my brother is a socialist. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-THURSDAY. THE DERBY.—So strong a current of opposition set in against Hesse Cassel that after 40 to 1 had been booked to 1251. he was driven to 1,000 to 20, laid three times, and finally to 2,000 to 35. Most of the money was betted by one• party, and taken by one party. In the course of his retrogression 500 even was laid between him and Corin. 1,800 to 200 was taken about King Tom, 750 to 25 twice about Boiardo, 40 to 1 to 2251. about Knight of St. George, and 1,000 to 25 Meteora, the current price against the last named, however, was only 1,000 to 30. Autocrat, Dervish, and Ruby were untouched. The Great Northern Handicap and the Chester Cup were merely talked about. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE- CHASE. 20 to 1 agst Peter Simple (taken). DERBY. 9to 1 agst King Tom (taken). 30 to 1 agst Boiardo (taken). 33 to 1 agst Meteora (1000 to 25 laid once). 40 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). 2000 to 35 agst Hesse Cassel (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Middlesex (offered). 2000 to 20 agst Alembic (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Reel colt (taken). Very few members were present. LIFE IN ROME. We cull the following interesting particulars with respect to Rome, its manners, and its people, from an occasional correspondent of our cotemporary (The Times) : " The last three Sundays here have had each its own attractions, the two former in the shape of the beatifica tion of two saints, and the latter (after the ascent of a balloon, which attracted an immense crowd of all classes of Romans) a sermon preached by Cardinal Wiseman in the church of St. Andrea delle Frati, near the Propaganda. Among other topics, his Eminence con gratulated the. Roman Catholics on the schisms among the various dissenting bodies in England, and especially on the difference of opinion in the Church of England on the sub ject of baptismal regeneration, which he considered be tokened the speedy dissolution of that establishment, adding, that more converts had been made to the Roman Catholic Church in England during the last ten years than in 300 previously. He then enlarged on its immutability, and the delight be experienced on re turning to Rome after an absence of ten years, during which time the whole world had been shaken by revolutions, but without any effect or alteration being produced here ; forgetting the presence of a French garrison, without which Pio Nono would probably have remained the guest of the King of Naples, and to whose bayonets the Roman Catholic religion`owes its present existence, even in its own capital. He con cluded by drawing a parallel between the incredulity of the Greek sceptics in the rites of the Jewish, and that of the Protestants in the ceremonies of the Roman Catho lic religion, and said, that however strangers might de spise and misunderstand them, the poorest Roman Ca tholic fully comprehended their meaning and beauty. " It is said here that the question of receiving an English Ambassador has been lately discussed by the authorities, and that the Cardinal is anxious to have it settled in the affirmative. " The unfortunate aeronaut who ascended from the Piazza de Termini was found, two hours after, frozen to death in his balloon, which had descended in the neigh bourhood of Mount Soracte, about 25 miles distant from this city; he was an old man, and a native of Bologna. " Rome is as much infested with beggars as ever, not withstanding the improvement Cardinal Wiseman pro fesses to have found. The only one I can see is the establishment of an English company for lighting Rome with gas, and which promises to be in operation on Christmas-day. The Protectionist party here are much afraid that the price of oil will be lowered, and, in con sequence, have not encouraged the undertaking." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. S. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Sleepmer, from Christiania ; Nlyrtha, Memel ; Heuriette, Soderham ; Elise, Altona ; Brave, Cronstadt ; Effort, do. ; Bee, Caen ; Mercurins, Schien ; Fear Not, Zante ; Kate, Archangel ; Oscar, Fre - derickstadt ; Nonsuch, Smyrna. ; Sampo, Gamla Carleby ; Salomon Heine, Bjorneboro• ; Alice, St. Michael's ; Sir John Ogilby, Cronstadt ; 'Paragon, do. ; Mutual, do. ; Waterwitch, do. ; Acorn, do. ; Calypso, Sundswall ; Anna, Odense; Jonge ntje, Worcum ; Letitia Lawson, Ham burgh ; Tre Sostre, Horsens ; Gutteridge, Antwerp ; Ca roline, Riga ; Emel, Aarhuus ; Gogslandsminde, Dram ; Favourite, Seville; Karen Martha, Sundswsll ; Jarlen, Gefle ; 13da, do. ; Emerald, Messina • Merton, Dantzic ; Eleanor, Memel ; Gazelle, Newfoundland ; Wm. Bayley, Ceylon ; Cleopatra, Demerara ; Acorn, Cronstadt ' • Elvina, Havannah ; Villa de Napoli, Naples ; Emma and Theresa, Stockholm ; Victor, Caen ; Fulmar, Riga ; Avon, Cal cutta ; Ann, Bombay. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Peninsula, for Cadiz ; Surge, Hong Kong ; Euphrosine, Havre ; Salt roda, Gothenburg ; Lady Franklin, Constantinople ; Ca nadenone, Dunkirk ; Clotilde, Rouen ; Skulda, Stavenger ; Albert Louise, Fecamp ; Hedrika Barvina, Leer Ageno ria, Abbeville ; Alpha, St. Vincent and Trinidad ; Helles pont, Algoa Bay ; Spheroid, St. Vincent ; Guyon, Mel bourne ; Cleopatra, Demerara ; Minerva, Rouen ; Light of the Harem, St. Helena. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Parrock for St. Kitt's ; Minerva, Rouen ; Ann, Sydney ; Barrack pore, Port Philip ' • Agenoria, Abbeville ; Hendrick Hud son, New York ; Liverpool, Leghorn ; Sarah, Antwerp ; Lieut. Bellot, Bathurst, R.G. ; Apollini, Jamaica ; Maroon, Bombay. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 8. Wind, S., moderate, and thick. The Royal William (steamer), which went ashore near the Red Noses, came off on the evening's flood, without injury. The flat, Marys, reported Dec. 6 to have been run into by a steamer, off the Clarence Dock, was merely driven from her moorings, did not sustain any d amage , an d no person was drowned. The Alfred, of Guernsey, for St. Michael's, was spoken, Nov. 2, lat. 51, long. 13, with loss of main boom, and fore and aft foresail. Arrived—The North Star, from Bombay ; the Golden Fleece and the Rosalie, Pernambuco ; Saldanha, Quebec ; Chimborazo, Callao ; Parliament, Boston ; Granada and Chasca, New Orleans • Waltham, Charleston ; Lanca s hire Witch and Cormorant (s), Rotterdam ; Majestic, Arch angel • Alarm, Laguna. Sailed—The Jhelum, for Valparaiso ; Tapley, Africa ; Intrepid, Azores ; Belle and Martha, Africa ; Fernandes, Lisbon ; Vertumno, Genoa ; Harmonie, Dordt ; Surat, Bahia ; Homy Nesmith, Virginia. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Jabez, of Scarborough, from Londo n to St. Helena, Oct : 18, lat. 7 S., long. 15 W. , The Othello, of Greenock, for St. John's, Newfoundland, Nov. 23; lat. 48 N., long. 34 W. The Blonde from Rio Janeiro to Cowes, Dec. 2, lat. 50 N., long. 9 W. The Guiseppo, bound W., Nov. 16, lat. 41, long. 67. The Kitty, from Callao to London, Sept. 13, lat. 55 S., long. 59. The Carnatic, from London to New Zealand, Oct. 16, lat. 18 S., long. 27 W. The Dores, for Cowes, Nov. 22, lat. 39 N.. long. 33 W. The Covenanter, of Liverpool, from Bombay, lat. 33 N., long. 36. Lady Sale, from Havannah to Plymouth, Nov. 3, hit. 36 N., long. 59 W. The James Kingston, from Demerara to London, Nov. 9, lat. 35 N., long. 54 W. The Robert William, of Liverpool, for Pernambuco, Nov. 29, lat. 49 N., long. 3 W. THE LONDON 110§PITAL.—The annual General Court was held on Wednesday in the board-room, for the re ception of the report, and upon other business ; Captain Pelly, RN., in the chair. Mr. Nixon, the secretary. read the quarterly statement, which showed the number of in-patients discharged during that period to have amounted to 776. Of this number, 424 had been cured, 296 had been relieved, and 56 had died, Th e number of in-patients now remaining in the house is 238, and the number of out-patients now on the books is 1,954. It was stated that the number of in-patients had been con siderably less during the past quarter than in preceding ones, in consequence of the hospital being under repair. The officers for the ensuing year having been elected, the meeting separated. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.—The half-yearly general meeting of proprietors in this undertaking was held on Wednesday at the offices of the company, City-road ; the Most Noble the Marquis of Safi-bury in the chair. The report stated that the traffic of the canal in the half-year ending the 30th Sept. last amounted to 680,269 tons, the gross tolls charged being 23,7911. 19s. 6d., and the net profit 12,244/. 19s. id., making, with the balance of 1251. 13s. 3d. remaining from the last account, an amount of 12,3701. 12s. 4d., which was sufficient for a dividend of 9s. per share, and would leave a surplus of 2121. 10s. 4d. towards the next half-year's dividend. The committee also reported that the important junc tion with the river Lee was now so near perfected, that the navigation would be opened before the meeting was held, and that the Brent reservoir had been completed, and would hold 10,000 locks of water. A lengthened discussion took place with re ference to the desirability of expending 50,0001. upon the purchase of warehouses and land to facilitate the traffic on the canal ; 'lO,OOO/. to be taken from the reserve, and 40,0001. to be borrowed for five years at 44- per cent, interest, and ultimately a resolution to that effect was carried unanimously. A dividend of 9s. per share for the half-year was then declared, and after a vote of thanks to the noble marquis for presiding, the meeting separated. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A dissipated female termi nated her existence by taking a quantity of laudanum on Monday night last. Though respectably connected, and once moving in a good sphere in society, for the last few years she has been leading a dissolute life. She was brought before the Southern Police-court on Satur day last, and convicted of causing a disturbance in the house where she lodged, and although sentenced to go to prison, the sitting magistrate ordered her discharge on the morning of Monday. At eight o'clock on the evening of the same day she entered the spirit shop of Mrs. Miller, in Bridge-street, where she called for a glass of ale. Having drank it, she let fall some expression that led to a belief that she had taken poison. She be gan to sink, and the police being called in, she admitted she had taken poison, and produced two phials, labelled " Laudanum, Poison." She was immediately conveyed to the police office, where she was attended by three medical men, but in spite of all their exertions to counter act the effects of the drug, she died about half-past ten o'clock. —North Blitish, Mail. SHOCK TO RUSSIAN CREDIT.—There has been a hard run on the Banks of the Danube. It is said to be owing to a panic in the Russian army.--Punch. i COUNTRY MARKETS• DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEC. 7. There was a more plentiful supply of fat beasts 01' yet the demand was fiat, and several lots were left tios°! The sheep pens well filled, but few wanted. Fa t P igs numerous. Fat calves a heavy sale.; The following were the quotations : — Be ef, 5d toiej,:; mutton, 6d to 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 6d to 0, 1 7)4 lb. ; pigs, Os to 9s 6d per score ; rough fat, 58 3d t° per 141 b.; hides, 2d to 21d per lb ; calf-skins, Sid W per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 7. Wheat on the top 2s, and the average 3s 10d, down. P ; ley on the top 2s, and the average ld, down. °3t/ty, the top is 4d up, and the average 6d down. Beals °D top 3s, and the average 2s 4d, down Top of Wheat 0 1 Barley._ .................. ......... 57 lb 42 5 C 4 _, Oats * 3 Beans . , 62i lb 58s oa Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 636 qrs sold 403 (1 11 Barley 1'577 qrs sold 1141 4 Oats 921 qrs sold 801 Beans 94 qrs sold 55 V° Average of wheat x3 7 6 3.12t 110 Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats -12tbs Ditto of Beans . ....... .... ..... WARK—DEO. 7. (10 1. At our Corn-excNhan E ge to-day we had a good atten.,,.o and a plentiful supply of grain of all descriptions. 141,i was a good sale f or th e b es t sam pl e s of wheat and D•w at late rates ; inferior is to 2s lower. • n e Od Prices :—Wheat, white, 7.'s Od to 80s Od ; 36e to SBN 775. Barley, malting, 38s to 42s ; grinding , OA , Oats, 23s to 365, and 21,3 to 28s—the former being t o and the latter 22st. Beans, 56s to 58s. Pea s, , 525. Malt, 56s to 60s. Tares, 54s to 56s per qr. BOSTON—DEC. 7. k lijal We have again to report a moderate supply of of grain, and a very dull market. The b es t-seleeteu,„ol pies of wheat sold slowly at barely last week's depir;st currency, whilst damp and inferior qualities were'ffled cheaper. Barley, oats, and beans and peas del' value is to, in some instances, 2s per qr. 66 00 Prices :—Wheat, red, 60s Od t o 67 s Od ; 69s Od. extra, 71s Od. Barley, 29s Od to 37s ua• . il l a 6 o 22s to 275. Beans, 40s Od to 57s Od. P e as, 44s `,".`-- per qr. LOUGHBOROUGH—DEC. 8. - A O The supply of wheat and other grain to-day ism , 11°P f elf than last week. The chief portion, however, be l l, eir rough and ill-conditioned met a slow sale at 0 01 " ,osti dine, whilst fine qualities realised late ratio. things at abolik former prices. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEO. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is quiet to - ww d l o about the rates of yesterday. Caledoni an 284 ;. n and Belfast Junction, p. ; Eastern 'C o untiest, • Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68 7i ; London and I ' l° o Western, 10.31 3; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 0 ,1 Midland, 64 3i ; North British, 811 ; South-Safeo Dover, 18A ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 161;,.00 (Extension), 8i d. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lille°fj (10/. shares), 104 ; York and North Midland IL P " . Pur., d. LEEDS, DEC. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been no —uc-- kab tO the share market this morning, except in Midlands,! jo ts at the first meeting were do ne a t 63a, and at tbe,.. no ' meeting at 641. Lancashire and Y or k s hi res w ere '''l -- 68A ; Dovers at 182 ; and Caledonians at 281. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this ra' oti si to-day were chiefly in local stocks, in which a fair $ of business was done. MANCHESTER, DEC. 8. 11 ..as. lll „% STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was not muc h businoit prices wore again higher Bla c kb urns , 5 9-16; - I ""l t iiik 18 9-16; Sheffields, 246 ; Ditto New Preference, i ' o w lands, 64 ; Leeds Stock, 68; East Lancashire, 16i donians, 28 7-16. DUBLIN, DEC. 7. ( 561 STOCK EXCHANGE.—Cork and Band on Railvig, 46 1; paid), 15; Dublin and Belfast Jun c ti on (451. Irish South-Eastern (121. paid), 6i ; Mid. Great w and Railway Canal (501. paid), 50i. SEABORNE MAILS. °6l (N signifies that the mails are sent from th e General Yest 4 by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made tn. From what %rQ4 lti l dut a g, , COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London.* Dispatched. Fob 9 . ---- sg # America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Eac h , America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Dec. 13 .......... Edverpool ... Dec. S i America (by U Stated packet) .........N ••.•• . .. .. Southamp to, Australia (via South- Jr ampton) ..........M Jan. 4 .. .... • ..... Southampton Dec. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan. 8.. ........ ... Dover ...... Dec' - Ditto (via Cape of Good, Up cart ° Hope) ...... • • • . . .N,Feb. 4 .. .... .. Liverpool ..• -_,. 0 gil Africa (West Coast) ..2 9 .3d of the month.. Plymouth . 216 Alexandria .. ........ NlB, 9, 24, &30of m. Dover .....: D e c. `'..,, - 10 Alexandria ..........M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton w''' 0 Bahamas ........... 5117th of the mouth Southampton afar 5.......... ..N1 Daily.... .... .... Dover .... • • P ai 4 16 Brazil ..........., ..Mi9th of the month.. Southampton ec• 2 6 Buenos Ayres ........Mi9th of the month.. Southampton Dec. 0 Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month Plymouth .• No`' 0 Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month. Southampton De c ' 0 Cape de Verds ... .../ 4 I 10 " 9th of the month.. Plymouth .• Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the mo n th Ply mou th .• •, , c- ~.., .' 90 ,ss - Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed.,&F r id. S ou th am pt o n TIL.IO Chill— ... .. • .......M 2d & I7th of month Southampton Dee' China (see India) LO Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. D0ver...... e c "50) . ,, Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mo n . South am pton ec•_,O, Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ....., Tvtly'' Egypt (see India) I 6 0 Prance .. .. M& N Twice daily__ Dover ...... Tw c 0 Gibraltar .. .... ....M 4,7, 17,20, 27 of m. Southampton Dee' Greece (see India) OA; Greytown .. .. ..M 2nd & 17th of mo n . South am pton ec' or - Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Ttiesi : , Havannah ..... M 2nd of the mo n th So u th am pton .Bl ll ' Iptg Holland .. m l Honduras ......... 17th of the month. Southampton 1 1 ec•,1 India (vlaSouthampt.)M,4tla & 20th of mon. Southampton Dec', India (via 3farseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover ...... D ec "l9 lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 o f mon D0ver.....• Dcy,'ool/1 Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... H o l y h ea d .. Tw' 16 Lisbon—. ... • • • ....M 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton Dec• 1 6 Madeira .. .. .. .. ..M 9th of the month Southampton e c * 0 Madeira ............N 23d of month .... Plymouth .. Dec' • Malta (see India) 1 0 Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover Dec' Mauritius (see India) ~,.,.... 9 6 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth ... ,, .."'t Mexico .. .... ..M 2nd of the month.. Southampton, xi' 0 Naples .. .... ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover P ee ' 0 New Granada ......31 2d & 17th of month Southampton New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various ports 1 1 ) 0 ,,, 0 Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthoftnon. Dover IP!: 16 Peninsula .... ...... M 7th 1 7th2Bthohnon. Southampton Dec' 16 Peru .. ••..•• . . .. ..M Id & 27th of mon. Southampton Dec g 6 Port Nata1..........N 14th of the month Plymouth l lqC„',' 0 Sicily .............././sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover Dn' 0 Tuscany .. ~........Nlsthlso2sthofmon. Dover Dec. ;6 Venezuela .. Al 201 & 17th of month Southampton'iTh'" Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. West Indies ... ..... 11 Id Sc 17th 01 month Southampton .---__:„." * When any of these dates ia7l on a Sunday, th e mails d , dispatchei on the following day, with the exception of the Di u :A O w Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatch *" day preceding. STATUE OF COIUR DE LION IN PALACE-YABD. --- , lo s. llo terday workmen commenced e n c l os i ng a consic_t l 49' Vi r area in Palace-yard, opposite the en t rance to _ t c' — tbo ster-hall, on the site of which it is i n t en d e d to er' statue of Coeur de Lion. 0 Jai° ANOTHER GREAT UNKNOWN.—A.midst the pi. North America, some powerful nation, w hi c h 10 4 0 appeared, constructed c i rcu l ar , square , and onteg ro w clif fortifications ; walls, 6,000 t o i ses i n l eng th ; t from 700 to 800 feet i n di ame t er , an d 140 tit height, sometimes round, sometimes with ° TI T O storeys, and containing thousands of skeletons• pre' skeletons are less slender and more squ a t than t u c so' sent inhabitants of those countries. On a vast or - 00 ground at the Lower Orinoco, as well as on the of tli e of the Cassiquiare, and between the sources vote Essequibo and Rio Branco, there are rocks of >:livotr e covered with symbolic figures. These sculpture ° dier that the extinct generations belonged to n ation! rent from those which now inhabit the same rue Humboldt's Travels. MARRIED. t Inci iBll ,.; On the 22d of September, at Subathoo, x: l °,4 (0. - A Lieutenant Henry Knightley Bnrne, 2d Regli n _sirbil i " nadiers) 8.N.1., Deputy JuitgeAdvoc,ate - Ge neo rovdi viy ' Division, and late Military Secretary to Ge,n erl r Bath,L eldest son of the Rev. Henry T. Burne, Ben Fanny, daughter of the late Thomas Spew , -' 6 ` 2 " Medical Service La the 134.. On the 6th inst., at Trinity Church. Marg 6— g u ases , f Edward Bos Ellman, rector of Berwick , bter, ° Georgina Frances Plummer, second surviving "i• t n do!) , the late John Plummer, Esq., of Bedford-0(1"re' and Fort-lodge, Margate. DIED. . I ,; n ion, Pq . ' On the 6th inst, at Chesterfield, John Hilt , .. - agcseodnnfitt7hh,eec:trthho,niejaft7atthhuitiudsrseedll.osfaSucsarers,driza• betb,oreJicolf of John Atkyns E 15, •• b Russell•squarer , • Eiiz the con o re Esq. 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OF A DAIIGNTER. 13 0 r • 13 ' On the 3d inst., at Kensington-house, Bnsling t° AO Bristol, the wife of Richard Poole King, Esq' the On the 7th inst., at Holbr oo k- co tt a ge, Suffolk, of Robert Bacon Longo, Esq. _..-----"''' a t lir: 'qv 14 oftlle .