The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

r N N. l ast --„,„......-..-_____,......-......--• ' Self aPee e L, aria and Selina. Megadore. gld. Sultana, 8 1 1 cide r i, L astie ; Japan, Mauritius ; Candblate, Barbadoes ; 4 04 0 , A l 4oa Bay ; Fortitude, Bombay ; Alpha, Rio 34, Do tto, Hayaiinali ; Cl ara , Vi rg i n i a . idAuritiesvEß, JAN'. 1 7.-Wind E.-Charles Carter, Broad, itsill)Qtty'r,a-torr It, ' I AN. 17.-Arrd. Edwina, West, New Y or k ; t , tbi, ' i ce, Mauritius ; H.M.S. Sphinx, from Plymouth ititiaprt, run on the Rocks off Brooke, Isle of Wight, 16th Op p ,`,,` has since become a wr ec k ; crew saved. the ISLE OP Wider, Jax. 16.-Nautilus, Mauritius. Th e _r A RR IVAL OF THE LISBON MAIL. ip t6 rival of the Madrid steamer, with the Lisbon mail, iVe‘,,ethampton water at half-past n i ne, was annou nced ." 1 8 this morning at half-past ten. ‘t „.... ....,-,....................----..... A. , ,, 18 -ET NE WS.— (T HIS DAY.) CD v ...... Coa s o t „ - - EXCHANG-E-1110NDA V. ktri oc ,se, as well as by land carriage and sample, the It 1,, - °` English Grain of all descriptions, for our market 4 0. ' e eki, were on a very limited, scale. Those of Flour, 147,: v " ~,,,,‘, ~ , , ere somewhat on the increase, particularly from h 'Tetip t „ . " o Oats came to hand from Ireland ; while . t e !u4tre,triltio..gititroßniarSiec3o,Lland were unworthy of notice. The receipts Barlow-upwards of 12,000 quarters-were liberal ; `4 4‘ , ' 4 of all other articles were unimportant. Fresh up ti lilel,,' ~° 4IY a moderate supply of Wheat of home produce Itivf, - ",,,"nd • but its ualits was extremely good. On the l one :"ee slaoi ' v ofsain I c es wai limited ' • vet the demand was by 4 s so active as f P or some time pas't'; notwithstanding the te rner a o nce of both town and country buyers was rather itiq 4ti ti t Although a total clearance was effected, the i ghe r Tills may be called Is, in some instances 2s, per quarter `4Ppli.l an on this day se'nnight. We were rather scantily t,if at ,,,,with free Foreign Wheat. Fine dry parcels moved '41,1 1 4 " 11 , at an improvement in value of Is per quarter. t o a e prices of the middling and inferior kinds, in which a 1 1 , ). 41° , 11 a of business was doing, we can notice no altera bv 4 hoot 4,000 quarters of inferior bonded Wheats found Ail e o rs, for tl„ , of to Ireland, at Is per qr. extremeoy la i t - ':`r liinds of grain under lock were held at rates. Clow l ' h Pretty generally understood Government is about to 4 ter,,'" e use of Molasses in the various breweries, we had t kits' t l, ° N: inquiry for all . kinds of Barley ; hence, in some 110 / ,, r value of that grain had a downward tendency. The Fly ~,‘'` foreign sa m pl es was g ood ; but of English, the sup kt ti 4 very scanty. The same cauLes which operated upon tt ct arley trade, had considerable influence upon that for it ' which ruled dull ; yet we can notice no decline e th I %0E e rotations. Scarcely any fresh Oats . tilletw,eins trade Ile , , was fir, at a in w t e he Le paid on Monday therefore last of fully 35 per rise quarter. l'e l , 'ate for Beans was active, at rather more money. li t - Wer 'S e quite is per quarter dearer. Flour steady, at We prices. h,,, CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEAURE '--Essez. & Kent, Malt-Che vali S er..... 84s to 88s •„ Red, New •• • • 68s to 79s Oats -Yorkshire and VVit o' White, New 745 855 Llncolnsh. , Feed. 33 s 36 r Ortolk and Lin- Potatoe 36s 39s I m „ ln, Red. •• .. 69s 7 7 45 Youghal and Cork, i - ":•11'hlte •-• • • 7 53 93 Black .••• • . • 383 403 .4sh . • Red .. .. .. .. ....., -a Cork, White .•• .• 39s 415 Ith bitt e,White ••• • • • -s -3 Scotch, Feed. •• .. 385 36s -- i Ola ... ..... .... __ 2 , - s Beans-Tick ......... 44s 483 %kn. t'iv Malting 42s 46s Pease -Grey. ...... .: 4 4 84 5 50 4 3 'elatin g , , r ' .. ~ ,54 s 575 Maple. kcehevalier •• • • 563 623 NS 52s 565 uffolk and • Nor_ 775 805 Flour ß -L) l T le o r :vn • -m - a .d.e• • . ...• -a 56 _585 t folk., . Suffolk . • t r ir n • • • • •• •• • • 728 74s 52s gnenand Ware 80s 825 Stocktn & Norfolk 48s , 1 ,, SMITHFIELD. I ) '.. ttt l i ‘ j e t his day se'nnight, the imports of foreign stock have tie;"-lof 3 Oxen, 11 Cows, and 253 Sheep from Harlingen ; tow s lv c s and 850 Sheep from Boulogne; and 57 Oxen and Itl ' r °rd Rotterdam. As the largest portion of the above On krot es found buyers on arrival, the numbers . shown in this af) o: t t have been very trifling. In addition to the . above,. n Ifki h "I have been landed at Southampton from Spain , chiefly l 'otr -ea d of Beasts and Sheep at the northern ports,_ havoc, Rolland. 3 , sea, from Ireland, 208 Sheep and , 1 Cows tit e l orne to hand in iddling condition. According to the , IN returns, the following were the imports of live stock 444—,rigland, ' from abroad, during the first eleven months of ' 84 5, and 1846 .- 1844. 1845. 1846. r ' l34en . I 663 ... 9,088 ... 15,740 '-vws ''''''''''''''' '' 2 5,891 ... 21,238 ettives .............. 1,1053 ..... . 574 ... 2,344 S4 ela .. 0686' 11,866 ... 77,221 l't,inb3 ............................ ° ... 112 ... 2,622 't ' iga 2-1 • 1 144 ... 3,293 o.da,. ............... D ••• , tOg eth . ), We had on offer about 100 Foreign Oxen and Cows, tatio, it r With 200 Sheep. The whole were in middling l tisli I TI ; while the sale for them was in a s ug kielb State, at but little variation in prices. The eir ti Nk e a rs o f ho on offer morninye th bly g oo d , me-fed tiittincluality. and there ßeasts was a decidedthis e improver g improvement in Prime Scots, &c., moved off readily at a ;thert advance in the quotations ; while the value of all :toed 4 ,m was well su ported. At the close of business I r% r,e,,e.arance was effec p ted. From the northern counties tr iosf -trv ed about 1,000 short-horns; from the eastern dis- Ifeat t i„ 40 0 Scots, short •horns, &c.; from the midland:and 0% 4 ' 4 ditto, 900 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; and from * t ~,,,,Parts of England. 600 of various kinds. With She? A P ,- ,4! scantily supplied owing to which, and the evai - tlir re - n " `'; weather, the Mutton trade was firm, at extreme d 15 "81P' ea-- the primest old Downs readily producing 5s 2 ff t eltdii 3 Calves the supply of which was small, moved o the Y. at hia e i r h Pork trade was steady, and tarreacies had a r n at upward t e endency. t ri Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to 9. d. %),',,' Re a. ... 3 s• d. 3 a. 6d d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 rrl4lltrilality ditto . . 3 8 4 310 Coarse-woolledditto 4. 6 0 Sl9 1.4 4 : e Fice • t' s °Z en • • 4 0 4 2 SoutlidownWethe- 5_ 5_2 °e co ar • ..... 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool 310 4 6 . 11 111 s, , e Calves 4 2 4 8 Large fleg 3 ••• " • 5 0 I_" , kii 'nail ditto 410 5 0 Small Porkers ste t 't calve s •• ter old Pigs •• l6 0 19 0 : "" P '• ' I I I 10 29 4 0 Quarter old Pigs l6 0 10 0 10 4 0 Lambs ..••.. • • • • 0 0 0 0 - caste, SUPPLY AT MARKET. 3 ,159 t Sheep. I Calves. II P 2l ig O s. 19,620 72 th t'At' 1 : 311 „7 44 Pitt ATE AND LEADENUALL. Cleat -"t faEl n r ' „"e- week the arrivals of country-killed meat for ,f it - i e ‘ have been considerably on the increase, but with : 11 ,PPlied j g.titered in the Metropolis we have been scantily i!adilv • Prime Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork have sold 'los. •;', '• at an improvement in the quotations of 2d. per Port e n bile the value of all other kinds has been firmly sup tl SO About 40 carcases of foreign Beasts, and 300 ditto "V, have been disposed of. At per stone, by the Carcase. ... erior..... I, r.inf S. (L to.d. s I. d. to s. diddlin g • i 2 .... 2. 3 0 3 102 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8 -- middling.. 310 4 \ 2 5....., prime large .. 3 4 3 6 ---- prime ••• • 4 2 : AnneVtc small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.. • • .... 3 S 6 _ .. ••••• • • • 4 0 5 0 - 511)111 ........48 5 0 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. htl e , o as a t : i ft e OUGH AND SPITA.I.FIEZDS. the arrival of potatoes have been very small ; 41‘es,frona France about 2 . 5 1 0 tons have come to hand. The C 34 ,„ owing to the big i. ppc , demanded, are trifling, " P3 w 3 i-York Regents, 1, Os to 200 s; Lincolnshire and t o 4ra bridgeshire Regents, 150 s to 170 s ; Ditto Kidneys, 140 s 4 1 , 16 ° 3 ; Kent and Essex Regents, 170 s to 200 s; Ditto ''''eY 3 , 160 s to 200 s; French Whites, 130 s to 160 s. ZOILOUGH HOP MARILET. On the wh o l e , th ere i s rather more business doing in this market, an d, i n some i ns t ances , t h e quo t a tions have an l arge. tendency. The supply on offer is by no means +ire, Sussex pockets, 76s to 87s ; Mid and East Kent, ditte, 90s, to 130 s; Weald of Kent, 82s to 925. WOOL. , TI e imports of wool last week were very small - wiz., `,,° o bales, chiefly from Russia. Privately, there is an im ',„tuved feeling in the trade ; but we can rep o rt no improve "fti.. in the quotations. TALLOW. Ca tions market is very firm, at a further advance in the quo kittions of 3d er cwt. P. Y. C., on the spot, 51s Bd, and 'own Tallow, 52s to 52s 3d per cwt.-the latter net cash. tiltro Xl4)ttton ItOLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This ROBINSON V. NORTH. der W as a motion for an injunction to restrain the endant from proceeding on a verdict which he had def endant at th e l ast Y or k A ss i zes . I t a pp eare d that the was a prov i s i ona l comm i tteeman i n a d e f unc t „ehenl e (the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Harford Rail e), a n d employed the pla i ntiff who was a Tk•broker at Leeds, whom he directed to purchase Z u sh ares in that railway, which was subsequently tt . T sed in a no th er ra il wa y sc h eme f or t h e West Riding Y orkshire. He afterwards directed the plaintiff to th the sa— me and a misunderstanding arose between parties, which ended in the defendant bring tisZ_ an action against the plaintiff for 1,1321., difference between the price of the shares t the time o f th e p u r c hase and at the time they 1° e re sold. The injunction was obtained, and the case t 10 toe before th e Court again on a motion for a dissolu -4 of the injunction, which his Lordship granted. „Before the rising of the Court, his Lordship stated 'list it was not his intention to sit to-morrow, as the 4 1 ,cise in the streets consequent upon the opening of Par gikizent would prevent any business being transacted. WEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY HILTON V. LORD GRANVILLE. This case has been before the Courts—both common f e w and equity—since 1841. Both the plaintiff and de erldant are dead. It was an 'lotion brought by the Plai ntlff against the defendant to recover compensation h„ A l l uzages for certain injuries which the plaintiff alleged 44 d sustained i n consequence o f the careless and im • pro per 4 manner i n w hich cert a in mines at Newcastle- Ti; 4 " - Lyne, b e l ong i ng t o th e d e f en d a nt, were worked. Newcastle- The "se was tri e d a t St a ff o rd, and the verdict went for a: Plaintiff, when the jury awarded a certain amount of a h r d ea gQs• The c ase was carried before the higher courts, du ringthu s Y r proceedings had been taken from time to time, of which both, as we have said, died, SA; Sui t was continued in revival by their descendants, b e , a rule for a new trial obtained, but the trial had q O ll delay e d from severa l causes . Th e Attorney phtl•ll e r,al had o b ta i ne d a ru l e ca lling upon the present th e -4 ti ~,ff to sho w cause why so much of a rule made or. de at i -L h of July last as directed that in the event of the they' of the defendant no advantag(‘ should be taken i lls . e6 f, should not be rescinded, unless the plaintiff ,itatited a suit in Chancery. l tr e now came on for argument. ()11 • ' ° dson, Q.C., and ,dr. Stammers were heard at f•,,,, ld erable length in opposition to the rule, and in car } he proc ee di ngs b e i ng continned in their ordi - . 1 eeu • 1140 The Attorney-Gen era l, Sir F. Thesiger , Mr. Purv is , ittn el ' ir •Elli , , follow e d i n support of the rule b ein g made tin e _ ut e• They d we l t upon the i mpor t a nce of bringing whole matter under the revision of the Lord Chan ttt°l:, in or d er to ascertain the mean i ng w hi c h h e p r , l nled to c ertain ord e r s ma d e by him in this case at a Zietius period. COURT took time to consider the application 134,‘ -IL COURT.—(TIIIS DAY.) o urtf+ case of any public i m p ortance occu rred iu this wring the day. EXC HEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) ,This SPRY V. GARRATT. foes case , which was part heard on the 27th of mber last, now came before their Lordships in the ,A_bi n g a special case, by order of the late Lord Da r y l ir.staheauit instituted by Dr. Spry, the Rector of St. 7-Lovarylebone, against the guardians of the parish, to re- PaYment of certain fees for the burial of re- Paupers within the parish. 4 . , S~ AY' ) , s or Mr. WATSON was heard at considerable length for the plaintiff, Mr. MARTIN for the defendant. - The COURT took time to consider. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) REGISTRATION APPEALS. The Court this morning took the list of registration appeals left over from last term. ALLEN v. GREENSILL.-THE BOROUGH OF BEWDLEY. This was an appeal from the decision of the revising barrister of the borough of Bewdley. The point raised was respecting a notice of objection served on the re spondent, and turned on the construction of the Act of Parliament bearing on that question. The respondent, it was stated, occupied an office and wharf in Lichfield street, in the borough, while he was alleged to reside in a place called Lower Mytton. The notice was served at the latter place, which the Barrister decided could not be construed as his usual place of residence within the meaning of the Act. He therefore rejected the notice as bad; hence the appeal. Counsel having been heard on both sides, The COURT took time to consider the point. POWELL V. PRICE.-BOROUGH OF BRECON. This was an appeal from a decision of the revising barrister for the borough of Brecon, who had struck off the name of the appellant from the register, on the ',round of imperfect qualification. It was alle g ed that 'the appellant, who is a baker, had a bake-house separate from his dwelling house, and that, though the two were of a rental sufficient to give a qualification, neither of them could do so separately, while jointly they were not so situated as to constitute what was meant in the Reform Act by a " continuous qualification." Mr. Sergeant Kinglake appeared for the appellant, Mr. Peacock for the respondent. Their Lordships, after consulting together for a con siderable length of time, said they would look further into the matter before they gave their decision. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) The petition was opposed by several memorialists, amongst whom was a clergyman. Mr. VENABLES, for the petition, stated that the me morialist wished to withdraw his opposition, and pro duced a notice to that effect addressed to the agent of the memorialist in support of his statement. Mr. C. PARKES, who had been retained by the memo rialist, said he would have nothing to do with a man who could memorialise against the petition one moment and support it the next. The next memorial against the petition was that of the Bristol and Exeter Rail wa y Company, who com plained of detects in the plans and sections, and inac curacies in the books of reference. Several allegations of minor importance were sus tained, and the case was adjourned till to-morrow. NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. ---- PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The statement of a Con temporary, that Captain Pasco, of the Victory, is ordered " to enter 800 additional seamen on the books of that ship," is not correct. Captain Pasco is merely ordered to complete the complement of the Victory (700), and not to enter one " additional" man. When men board the Victory for entry, and Captain Pasco shows them the Admiralty order, which renders men who enter that ship liable to be drauglated, without notice, into any craft that may want hands, the men immediately decline to enter, saying, " Ot,, no, Sir ; I like to know who and what I am likely to sail with ; general service won't do for me." This tact is strikingly illustrated in a letter of Nelson to his friend Captain Lockyer, in which he thus expresses himself as to the practice of entering seamen for " general service," which then existed:—" The dis gust of the seamen to the navy is all owing to the infer nal plan of turning them over from ship to ship, so that men cannot be attached to their officers, or the officers care twopence about them." The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander J. C. Caffin, left this afternoon for Bristol, to load with meal for Ireland. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander West, arrived at St. Helena on the Ist ult., from Kabenda. The Mutine, 12, Commander Tryon, arrived in the night at Spithead from her cruise down channel, whither she was dispatched on the 4th to relieve the homeward wind-bound traders with provisions and water. A court martial is ordered upon her Seeond Lieutenant, Mr. T. C. R. Gill, for alleged drunkenness. The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, left to day for Ireland with meal, calling en route to render what assistance she may be able to the Sphynx. WOOLWICH, JAN. 16.—Rear-Admiral J. W. Deans Dundas, C. 8., and the Hon. William F. Cowper, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and Captain Ellice, comptroller of steam machinery, returned in the Black Eagle steam-vessel, from Sheerness, on Wednesday afternoon, and landed at Woolwich Dockyard. The Hon. Henry G. Ward, Secretary to the Admiralty, did not join their Lordships at the ports visited, as was expected. The Centaur steam-frigate went down the river on Saturday last to try her engines, and brought up at Greenhithe for the night. Early on Sunday morning she proceeded to sea, and went to the northward as far as the Maplin Sands, and near to the Mouse Light, pre vious to turning. Her engines (by Boulton, Watt, and Co., worked remarkably well, and she acquired a speed of ten knots per hour. She returned on Sunday after noon to her moorings at Woolwich. On Wednesday she was taken to Deptford, to be laden with meal and provision stores for Ireland. The Tartarus steam-vessel bas been refitted at Wool wich, and is now ready for sea. Forty seamen, from the Excellent, came round from Portsmouth yesterday, to navigate the Tartarus to Ireland, where her services are required. The Porcupine steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, left Woolwich yesterday for Ireland, to convey meal and provisions from one port to others in that country. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander Petley, towed the Cockatrice victualling transport ship from Woolwich to Sheerness yesterday. The Avon steam-vessel, Commander Otter, was tried down the river yesterday, having completed the refitting she required on her return from the coast of Africa, and was found to answer very well. The Charon steam-vessel is to be undocked to-day, and the Medea steam-vessel, Commander Graham E. W. Hammond, will be taken out of the basin on Tuesday next (to-morrow). Major Pester's company of the Royal Artillery, under orders for Malta, and a large detachment to fill up the companies at that station, were medically inspected at tho Ordnance Hospital on Tuesday morning last, and are ex pected to proceed by railway to Portsmouth, to embark in the Athol troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, for conveyance to the Mediterranean. Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, has been placed under orders to pro ceed to Spike Island, to take the command of the Royal Marines in Ireland. CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM COAL, AND SWANSEA AND LOUG HOR RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) An extraordinary general meeting of the shareh older of this company was he ld at their offices, 2, Nloorgate s s treet, to declare a dividend for the half-year ending 31st December. N. PRICE CAMERON, Esq., having taken the chair at one o'clock, said that the statement of the accounts laid before the directors enabled them to recommend that a dividend should be declared for the six months ending the 31st December last, at the rate of 12-i per cent. per annum. A resolution to this effect was proposed by the Chair man, and unanimously passed by the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then declared the meeting dissolved, and called on Mr. HOWDEN, the Secretary, who read the advertise ment, calling a special meeting of the shareholders to receive the report of the directors. The SECRETARY then read the report of the Directors. The report stated that since the last general meet ing of the shareholders, in October, the directors had given their best attention to the expediency of taking measures to commence the construction of the line, with the value and importance of which they were increas ingly impressed, not only for the transit of their own coal to the port of Swansea, but also for the large amount of mineral and traffic which must pass over it ; that the directors anticipated that it would become, by means of its extensions, the trunk line of communication between Swansea and the large mineral properties lying to the north and east, as well as the manufacturing districts of the Midlard Counties of England ; that they fully anticipated large and in creased profitable advantage from the floating docks at Swansea, where their line would terminate, and for which a Bill was before Parliament during the present session ; that the value of the undertaking would in no long time be universally acknowledged by the public ; and, finally, that the directors, in their future operations, would consider economy at the same time that they endeavoured to secure the most immediate means of transit for theircoals to the market at Swansea. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report of the directors should be adopted. The resolution was put to the meeting, and unani mousl) passed. An HoN. PROPRIETOR begged to ask the chairman whether anything was going forward with the railway? The CHAIRMAN said that overtures had been made to the company with respect to the railway ; but the direc tors, considering the nature of them, had not thought it prudent to meet them. He said the railway would turn out to be one of the most valuable parts of the company's undertaking, as forming a communication with the docks at Swansea, which, when made, would add great value to the line , and to the rest of the company's works ; and not only that, but it would become, ere 'minlong ain trunk line from the foot of Swansea, and the ral districts to Manchester and the manufac turing country about. Mr. B. SALOMONS wished to know what the overtures were. The CHAIRMAN thought he must, in common prudence, refuse answering the Hon. Proprietor's question. Certain overtures had been made to them, but he did not think it prudent to say anything about them, so as any way to compromise the company. The CHAIRMAN then informed the meeting that ano ther company had been formed for the construction of docks at Swansea, for w hich the y were to apply to Par liament this session, and the members of this company were to have the preference if they chose to take shares. The Rev. Mr. SHERMAN moved a votes of thanks to the chairman and directors, which was . unanimously passed. The meeting then broke up. IN RE SPICER AND rouvrox. To-day was appointed for these bankrupts, who were paper manufacturers at Alton, Hants, to pass their last examination. Mr. WiLxitisoN tendered a proof on a bill of ex change discounted by a Mr. Cunliffe, of the firm of Cunliffe and Co., bankers and brokers. It was drawn by the bankrupt Spicer, and addressed and accepted by a person named Ward, indorsed by Spicer to the firm of Spicer and Poulton, and discounted for them by Mr. Cunliffe, who now sought to prove under the separate estate of Spicer, and also against the joint estate. The SOLICITOR to the assignees contended that the holder of the bill could not prove against both estates, but must make his election. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that if a person was liable, both as an individual and also as a partner, there was no doubt a claim agaiast him in both capacities. Mr. WILKINSON said it was clear that in an action, brought against Spicer, he could not plead in abatement and a joint actiou would also lie. The LEARNED COMMISSIONER did not see how one claim merged in the other. 'The discounter comes to prove having advanced money on tha bill to the firm ; with reference to Spicer and Poulton, Spicer is only a security. Mr. WILKINSON said Spicer was not only the drawer but indorser in his individual capacity. The Learned COMMISSIONER, having looked over se veral cases, said that they went to show that when there was a claim against two estates the claimant was driven to his election. Mr. WILKINSON said ho was aware that there were several cases to that effect, but he was not aware of one to the present point. In this case there was no privity between Mr. Cunliffe and the parties—no joint dealing, or cross account—but the bill was discounted on the faith of the security by the names on it. It was not to be assumed that he was aware that Spicer was one of the firm ; but, on the contrary, it NN as more likely he would be considered a relative. The bill had been dis counted in the ordinary way of business. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that altered the case. ➢lr. WILKINSON said he was quite willing to prove on the separate estate, without prejudice to any claim on the joint estate hereafter, as it was a case of very great importance, and should be discussed when all parties were prepared to argue the point and obtain a decision. The Learned COMMISSIONER said there could be no objections to such a course. The last examination was adjourned for further ac counts. -------- BOW-STREET,—(THIS DAY.) Charles Gifford was charged with uttering two orders for goods, purporting to be signed by Henry Fulkestone, knowing them to be forged. By means of these orders the risoner had obtained from Mr. Whiting, a cutler in Sevepn-dials, a great number of knives and other articles, which he had pawned. Policeman F 24 arrested the prisoner in Paris-street, Westminster -bridge-road. He acknowledged the fraud, and gave up the duplicate of the knives pawned with Mr. Luxmore. Witness found on hint the penknife pro duced, and a number of duplicates relating to a set of fire-irons, a tea urn, and various other property, chiefly ironmongery. The prisoner said he got the things from Mr. Whiting, because he was in want. The prisoner, who made no defence, was committed for trial on the charge of forgery, but Mr. Hall ordered him to be brought up again on this day week, in order that any additional charge, relating to the property of which duplicates were found on him, might then be entered into. LOSS of MAJESTY'S STEAMER SPRY N X. This fine ship, on her passage from Plymouth to Portsmouth with seamen, run on the Back of the Wight, near Brook, in a thick fog, on Saturday morning. Her bottom was stove in on the rocks, as was ber stern, and there is every reason to believe that she will become a complete wreck. The crew and passengers landed in safety, exceptinz the commander's lady, who received a serious injury in the boat, being struck on the head by a plank which fell from the steamer ; she was conveyed to the parsonage at Brook,• and medical assistance sent for from Newport. The Sphynx was commanded by J. B. Cragg, was 1,050 tons, 500-horse power, and had a crew of 160 men, besides part of the crew of the Tyne. She had been in commission only six months. The wind is off the shore, but there is always a heavy swell on in foggy weather with the flood tide, and a worse berth could not have been found for her, nor a situation but to which assistance could be better given. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 14.—We receive complaints of pauperism and its ravages from both sides of the Rhine. The Breslau Gazette states, that the Roman Catholic priests of Cracow have given up their revenues for six months, in order that they may be app li e d to the relief of the distress which prevails among the people. The distress occasioned by the scarcity of grain, and the high price of provisions bas extended itself to numerous other districts. Letters from Pesth state that the distress is so great in Hungary, that the poor are grinding nutshells to make into bread. We learn from the Augsburg Gazette, that the aboli tion of tithes and corvees will certainly be carried throughout the provinces of Austria, by the month of April next. The decree relative to this measure will be carried on the 30th of April. The Altona Mercury states that the Danish Govern ment does not intend to convoke the States of Holstein this year. From a lefter published in a German journal, we learn that an imperial ukase is about to increase the poll tax from 4-8 to copecks per head. BRUSSELS, JAN. 16.—Many complaints continue to be made on the subject of the irregularity of the convey ance of passengers on the railroad between Brussels and Paris, which seem to be attributed to various accidental causes, which it is not always easy to prevent, especially during this unfavourable season of the year, and at night time.o'clockThe Centhtiegmrandrening thermometer w was seven yesterday deg. below at noon, at five and at f ou r o ' c l oc k, a t f our d e g. below Zero. The continuation of thi s i n t ense co ld, and the 15th)six at Zero, want of employment, have greatly increased the hard ships among the labouring poor in the neighbourhood of Brussels, and especially in the country. The establish ment of a night patrol has proved very benefi cial at this critical moment. The various chari- WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A man named Dowling was this morning brought before Mr. Broughton, by Sergeant Saunders, of the N division, charged with having iu his possession a large number of duplicate pawn-tickets relating to watches, clothing, linen, and other valuable property, under the following very suspicious circumstances : It appears that the wife of the prisoner was, on Satur day, charged with having stolen several articles of wearing apparel and a ♦aluable gold pin from the house of a gentleman at Homerton, and was committed for trial. Upon searching the prisoner's room Saunders found the duplicates, consisting of in number upwards of sixty. Many of these tickets related to property pledged so lately as December, and, among others, were two watches, one pledged for 11. 5i., and the other for 11. Is. The officer said he had not had time to make the necessary inquiries, but he had no doubt whatever that the whole of the property which the tickets related to had been stolen. The prisoner, who said that the watches and the other property were his own, was then held to bail, in order to give time for the necessary inquiries to be made. A double suicide, under the most extraordinary cir cumstances, took place at Gondreville, in the Loirot, last week, Some- time ago, the daughter of a farmer of that place, only seventeen years of age, and of great beauty, tell in love with a journeyman gardener, fifty-three years old, and of rather disagreeable person. On the sth instant, this man not having joined his comrades at breakfast, they went into his room, and there found him and the girl dead in the bed, having suffocated themselves with the fumes of a quantity of charcoal, which they put into a flower-pot, which was in the middle of the room. In different parts of the room were the love-letters which had passed between the parties. amounting in num ber to 183, and whic h g ave convincin g p roof that their love had constantly been pure There were also found a letter from the man, and one from the girl, both addressed to the parents of the latter. In the man's letter he reproaches the parents with having, by chon fining her; too closely t o the house, prevented c o n y fining from forming any acquaintance, and an engagement of the heart with some you n g man. He had, he said, re sisted her attachment for a long time, and reasoned with her on its unfitness, but at length , his amour propre being excited, he began to love her for the preference she had shown him, and, by degrees, his love had become as vio lent as her own. Knowing that there was not the re motest chance of obtaining the consent of Bea arents to their marriage, and resolving that they d not be separated, they had agreed to commit suicide ; and ave. he i en treated that their bodies might lie in the same gr In the girl's ,letter she makes no reproaches to her resses p are nts, bids them an affectionate farewell, and exp the happiness she felt in dying with her lover. stormy D ISADVA NTAGES OF POSITION.--The late weather has greatly interrupted the communication in the north. Five mails from Orkney were due in Caith - n ess on Friday, and the storm still continued. All intelli gence of the island of St. Kilda has been cut off for some time, owing to the tempestuous weather, an d fears entertained for the condition of the p o or inhabita nts. The whole population of the island is about 120; r rent m oney almost unknown amongst them, at they Pay (about 601.) by means of the feathers of sea birds. Mr. thei Wilson, in his " Voyage Round Scotland," says the islanders are frequently very ill off during stormy weather, or those periods of the year in w hich the rocks are deserted by their winged inhabitants. Their slight supply of oats and barley would scarcely s uffice fo t he maintenance of life, and such is the injuriou el ation, f h spray in winter, even on their hardiest yeg. savoys and German (or curly) greens, which with sthaaret improved by the winter's cold, almost invariabiy. ye p soon after the close of autumn.—lnverness Courtier: three CANADIAN PRODUCE.—An arrival of barrels of cheese has taken place by a vesselw a r riv e d tla.l from d No ar- Montreal and Quebec, the produce of T! rival of this particular description viously taken has come under our notice as having of fCooacittfrom Canada r r are much place. It is remarked also, that the sPurpeptreies of butter which are now taking place from this greater than was previously the case, one and Quebec quart er vessel having arrived from the Canadian ports of Moss board; another respectively, having 324 packages °gild from the same from Montreal, 167 packages; port, the large quantity of 471 caaskthsc._oefebsuet;ter, and this and several vessel also brought five barrels of h y . taken place. The other arrivals of lesser extent . arrivals of vessels from Ameriockha,a leaden with grain and have comprised more provisions, during the past we from Montr.e.al and . Quebec, than an average number, with flour and every description o f provisions the growth and produce of Canada. raveal THE YEAR 1760 TO BRITISH PREMIERS, 1846.—The Right Bon. N in. Pitt,_ 1760 . ; Earl of Bute, from 1761 ftonolo7l!itigi?seme,rglemratonvill7le6,6 ;17D82oktee 1765 ; Marquis o Addington, of Grafton, 1766 to 1770 ; Lord North, 1770 to 1782 Earl of Shelbourne, 1782. to ~., 1 0 7 o 8 . 4 ; Right Hon. W m. Pitt, 1784 to 1801; Right II Hon. Henry W .. m..Pitt,lBo4 to 1806; Right 1801 to 1804; , 1810 to 1812; Lord Grenville, 1806 to 1807; I)_u e lie . of Portland, 18 08 Right Hon. George to 1809; Right Hon. SpenceyB2l'7.rcival Earl of Liverpool, 1812 I Canning, to Goder ' ' - 1827; Viscount to Ich, 1827 to 1828; Duke of Wellington, 8 of wellington 1830; Earl Grey, 1830 Robert Peel, 1835 to to 1834 ; Duke (pro t em .), 1835; ' 1836 to 1841; Sir Robert Viscount Melbourne, 1 , 1836; Viscount Melbourne, feel, 1841 to 1846; Lord John Ruasell General Pepe has 1846.—Illus trated London Almanack. _ MEMOIRS or GENERAL r_EFE.— against his native Government closely connected with N9politan affairs, from his his final ve first taking up arms with the French a r t hmayt underperi o d the he reign rose Government in the year 1800 until .. of banishment to from Naples in 1821. se high rank in the Neapolitan the unfortunate Murat ; was promoted t o a still higher position after the restoration of Ferdinand, and, at last movement as the leader of th e constitutional in 1820, became Commander-in -Chief of the a rmy, and held the fate of Naples in his hands. When to this we add, that he was a brave and skilful commander, that h active service both in Italy and Spain, that h? saw much bears evidence of scrupulous veracity, and that,s narrative of his political views, there is no room in spite to doubt the in tegrity of his character, it may be conj e ctured memoirs cannot be w antin g in interest, that his nor in sterling merit. It is of such m aterial s that authentic history is made up. The book is, in every respect, production, and must not be confounded w it h a genuineh the fic titious or semi-fictitiou s military mem o irs narra tives that are continually issuing from and opinion is, General Pepe s statement the presc. Ours a and that he has fairly related the story of hi s even tf u l life.—Br iteinnia. Sown' DEvon.—The price of co cial markets has again advanced corn in our provin price. Wheat is los. to 10s. 3d. per to an extraordinary to ss. 6d. ditto ; Potatoes, ls. .to bushel ; Barley, ss. state of affairs at present is causing great 21. per 201bs. This is greatly on the inereaisegreat alarm. Sheep many of the manufacturing towns h • The labourers in ment, and numerous poor families have h a ve not half employ dent to exist on. We trust the L not food sufa egislature will at once row open the port` for the 5c1e2431911 %A corn, &c. table societies established in the capital continue to make large contributions of bread, fuel, &c. Great exertions are also making for the respectable poor, who are not inserted in the list of paupers. The treasurer of the garrison of Namur has with the most praiseworthy humanity given ten fine pictures to bo disposed of in shares for the benefit of . the . poor, especially among the soldiery. Eggs are selling in the market at 10s. 9d. the 100; Ne have never known them so dear. ANTWERP, JAN. 16.—Our manufacturers, and espe cially those at Ghe nt, have received much encourage ment by the information that Valparaiso presents a excellent market for the sale of white and unbleached cotton and printed muslins. A large house here has during the past year made very great and successful transactions at that place. This morning (the 17th) at about eight o'clock the cold at Antwerp was 9 degrees below Zero; the frost each day increases in intensity. We learn from a letter from Vienna of the 9th, that the Archduke Palatine of llungary died at Ofen at the age of 70, after a very long and trying illness. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN'. 9. 5 per Cent. Metalliques.... • . • • 4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • • • • 3 per Cent. ditto.• • • • • • • • • • • • 72% Loan, 1834 .. • • • • • • • • • • .• Ditto, 1839 .. • • • • • • •••• •• • • Bank Shares •• • . • • ..... ••••• • • • • 1592 Estarhazy's Loan .• •• •• •• • • •• • • •"• •• MARYLEBONE —(THIS DAY.) Thomas Smith was charged by John Forbes Steven son, a baker's man living at 92, Montague-street, with taking two loaves from his barrow, which he had left at the corner of Brunswick. place, while he went to serve some customers in Ulster-terrace. As scarcely a day passed without his losing bread he kept an eye on his barrow, and observed prisoner take the loaves and run off, but on being pursued he ran back and threw them in again. He said hunger induced him to commit the robbery. Complainant told him in that case one loaf ould have been sufficient. The prisoner, who had nothing more to say, was corn. mitted. CLERKEN WELL-(THIS DAY James and Thomas Harborough, Henry Jones and Mary Goddard were placed at the bar, the first three charged with breaking into the house of Mr. Lavesieur, in Coram street, and stealing from it three valuable watches, a gold chain, four gold rings, a coral necklace, and other articles ; and the female with receiving the property and disposing of it, well-knowing at the time that it had been stolen. It appeared that, on the night of the 10th instant, the back of Mr. Lavesieur's premises had been broken into, and the above articles taken by the thieves, who effected their ingress and egress so dexterously, that it was not until a long time afterwards that the persons in the house were cognizant of the robbery. LTpon information of the robbery being conveyed to the station-house, Sergeant Morris, of the E division, suc ceeded in tracing a portion of the property to a pawn broker, at the top of Tottenham-court-road, and, by in cessant exertion, he discovered that the whole had been pledged with a number of pawnbrokers who resided in the lino of streets between the New-road and the Ele phant and Castle, At the request of the police Mr. GREENWOOD re manded the prisoners to Tuesday. GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AMERICA. —ln Mr. Featherstonthaugh's most am using " Canoe Voyage up the Minnay-Sotor," just publ ished, geologists will revel. The geologist, like the botanist, is the hap piest of tourists. The observer of men and manners is often in want of subjects to observe , so, in a lesser degree, is the naturalist who directs his attention to sen tient life, unless an entomologist. The botanist is often overwhelmed by an embarras de richesses, and mast as often employ himself on minutiae. But the geologist is occupied with grand features and grander results. Sitting at his case in boat, or coach, or on horseback, he can observe the forms of hills or valleys, the 'strata of arti ficial cuttings or natural channels, and while noting the facts before him rise to the largest speculations on the formation of the world. This character of the interest and largeness of geology for the traveller is better im pressed by Mr. Featherstontug h than by any other writer we have met with. The a general speculations of the author are of a popular charac ter, embracing geolo gical operations on the large scale —s pectator. The I p ia a n l d ae s e om G e ar n d e e w ns e t n o tr t a h n e L e (nearly opposite the Earl of Ca r lisle ' s) is Grosvenor-place ie ,s)through Buck ingham from Greenr Park, is now com pleted, and will be thrown open to the public in a few days.S AlinUßTorr.—Two brothers, named French, the eldest about fifteen years old, took a gun from over the chimney-piece,oadewhen, `shocking s o h n kiß Saturday to re l ate, h last, not being aware it was loaded, is b the brother that had the gun presented it towards his brot her, and, snapping it, it went off, and the load was lodg e d ret in the arm and expire irlEed. LACE MAINEFACIit R en E t . side of o t o f n th k e p u l a n e f e o , r b tu n n t a Le e lliitntlgeered out four hours, and fellow. 70P w h i ch e r h a p Amputation of the s th f e ew lace trade is head of our readersnarreiadrennawinartehnotfowthn of Hamilton. Under t he e extent of the lace ma nufacture is included veils and dem i -veil s, na g n i d vie ngeighbourhoo employment to man d, chiefly lace dresses , p elerines, capes, scarfs, and muslin robes the t h i s meanstow n of wome n and girls, wh o oth e rwise might be very destitute This thousands trade is s n and a burden upon others. On a gross average, about 7,000 derai-veils are manufactured in Hamilton and the neighbourhood per week. A good lace-worker will earn from about 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per week. At present the demand f o r the " Hamilton lace" is, perhaps, not quite so pressing as it has been for the last two years, still it can scarcely be said that the manufacturers are getting burdened with a heavy stock, nor is there any redu ction of wages at somepresent past or in prospect, to occasion any alarm. Foryears the demand for goods, in the larger houses in the trade, was greater than they at times could well answer, and hence arose a secondary class of lace manufacturers ated , who, after the Paisley fashion, have been denomin wee corks (small masters) , who, f r om their needy circum stances have driven the t rade somewhat out of its natural ' channel, and are begin nin g to feel the conse quences of their own inexperience and recklessness. The consequence is, that the small streamlets which at first broke off from the main channel are beginning to return to it ; but although the wee corks are meanwhile giving up, the trade is, upon the whole, in a thriving enough condition.—Hamilton and Clydesdale Advertiser. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) The Examiners resumed their sittings at the usual hour this morning. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH, and Mr. As sistantrExaminer FRERE.) UNOPPOSED LIST. The following petitions being unopposed, the cus tomary formal prcofs were put in, and the standing orders declared to hare been complied with:— GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (WEST LONDON BRANCH). GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (EGHAM, STAINES. BRENTFORD, AND TWICKEN HAM BRANCH). REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY RAILWAY. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (HUNGERFORD, WESTBURY, AND DEVIZE). I MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE RAILWAY. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH RAIL WAY. LONDON, BRIGHTON, XND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, A 'MOCK, AND AYR, AND GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY (No. 3). This case was then resumed, and occupied the re mainder of the day. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY:and Mr. Assistant• Examiner G UNNELL). OPPOSED LIST. YEOVIL, BRIDPOItT, AND EXETER. This petition had been put down in the opposed list, but the opposition was withdrawn ; and the customary proofs having been put in, the Examiner declared the standing orders to have been duly complied with. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAIL WAY. This was the petition of the above company for leave to bring in a Bill to construct a railway from Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, to connect Salisbury and Yeovil, an d also Blandford through Burton, Shepton Mallet with Wells and Bleadon, and thence by the Bristol and Exeter line to Bristol. The length of the line was ninety miles, and the estimated cost 1,600,000/. Mr. I. K. Brunel was the engineer. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,_ JANUARY 18, 1847 THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. Lord John Russell will give a grand full dress Parlia mentary entertainment this evening, at his official resi dence in Downing-street, to Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, as members of the Cabinet holding seats in the House of Commons, and the mover and seconder of the Address, the Hon. C. Howard and Mr. J. L. Ricardo, as well as the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Lord Edward Howard, Lord Alfred Paget, and other Members of Parliament con nected with the Government. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord President of the Council, as Ministerial leader in the house of Lords, will receive a numerous circle of Peers to dinner :at Lans downe House this evening, including the mover and seconder of the Address in the Lords, the Earl of Cla rendon, the Earl of Minto, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl Grey, the Marquis of Claricarde, the Duke of. No rfolk, the Earl Spencer, the Earl Fortescue, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of Zetland, the Earl Fitzhardinge, the Earl of Auckland, &c. It will be a full dress party. As usual, on these occasions, her Majesty's Speech to be delivered to-morrow at the opening of Parliament will be read by the Noble Marquis. Lord Stanley, as the recognised leader of the Protec tionist opposition in the House of Lords, gives an enter tainment to his political friends this evening at his private residence in St. el-Men-Square. In the course of Saturday and yesterday a great many noblemen and gentlemen connected with either House of Parliament arrived in town from the country. Among the arrivals may be mentioned the Duke of Montrose, Lord George Bentinck, Mr. A. Stafford O'Brien, Earl Spencer, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord De Mauley, Lord De Ros, Lord Forester, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl Fortescue, the Earl of Arundel, Viscount Ebrington, the Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Eglinton, Mr. Alderman Thompson, the Duke of Buckingham, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Norreys, Lord Hatherton, Lord Carew, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Alfred Paget, Viscount Villiers, Viscount Gage, Lord Edward Howard, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Disraeli, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Gran ville, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Prudhoe, Colonel Sibtborp, Viscount Combermere, Mr. R. M. Milnes, and Lord Monteagle. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. —Yesterday her Majesty walked in the Slopes in the forenoon, attended by the Mar chioness of Douro, Count Schimmelpenninck, the Nether lands Minister, the Saxon Minister, and the Baroness de Beust. Viscount Palmerston, and Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour took their departure from the Castle yesterday. The Marquis of Douro arrived yesterday at the Castle, and had the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner. The band of the first Life Guards attended during dinner at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had an evening party yesterday at Frogmore House. The Queen and Prince Albert were present, and also the fol lowing ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite:—The Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro, the two Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Ducie, the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, the Equery in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, and the Eqnery in Waiting to Prince Albert, Colonel Seymour. The Marquis of Douro, Major-General Bowles, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps also at tended. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, took walking and pony exercise in the grounds around the Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay offi ciated. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at three o'clock this (Monday) afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Satur day afternoon, at the Foreign office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right lion. H. Labouchere. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town from Windsor Castle previous to the meeting, The Council sat two hours. The Bishop of Tasmania had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Sir George Gipps had also an interview with the Noble Earl on Sa turday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Tufnell, M.P., Secretary of the Treasury, has left town for Wrotham Park, Barnet, to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Byng on Monday. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Sermon was preached by the Rev. Sir J. Seymour at the daily Ser vice ; the Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Haden, and the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Sir J. Seymour. The anthem was, " I will magnify thee," (Palestrina.) Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Duke of Montrose, the Marquises of Salisbury and Anglesey, Lady Leveson Gower, the Bishops of Hereford and Ely, Lords Sand wich, Listowel, Prudhoe, Norreys de Manley, and W. Graham, were among the Nobility present. Lord Hatherton will move the.Address'to the Throne in the House of Lords, in answer to the Queen's Speech at the opening of Parliament, which will be seconded, as already stated, by Lord Carew. SINGULAR ESCAPE FROM WRECK.—On Monday se'nnight a fine new schooner, of :about 140 tons bur then, named the Catherine, of Ayr, Captain Robert rotten, struck upon the Cefn Sidan sands at the en trance to Carmarthen Bar. She was laden with bar iron, and was bound from Newport to Ayr, being on her return from her first voyage. The sea making a com plete breach over her, and the vessel being in imminent peril, the captain and crew took to the boats, and got safely to the Ferry Side. On Tuesday they rowed out into the bay to see what had become of their vessel, and great was their astonishment, as the Irishman said, " to see that she was nowhere to been seen." After look ing about for some time, it was discovered that the vessel had floated off in the night, and with her sails up, na vigated herself safely into the Laugharne river, where she was taken possession of by the Llanstephan fisher men, under the command of Captain Daniel, who caused her anchor to be let down, and thus secured her from b e ing dashed to pieces against the rocks. Great credit is due to Captain Daniel for his promptitude in taking care of the vessel, and preventing her from being plun. dered by wreckers. The Catherine is a beautiful vessel, and it is supposed that she got into this perilous predi cament in consequence of the captain mistaking the Worm's Head for the Bishop's, as the vessel was pro ceeding up the North Channel towards Scotland.— Cambrian. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 16. FISHER V. OLIVER. The arguments in this case having been conluded to-day, His LORDSHIP said ho had not the least hesitation in stating that he could not interfere in this matter unless the plaintiff undertook to establish the validity of his patent at law. That undertaking being made, he should read the affidavits, and consider the propriety of grant ing an injunction to restrain the defendants from acting so as to infringe the patent until the issue at law should have been tried. Parrott did cause the advertisements of the com pany to be inserted in the newspapers, and that be had paid for them to a much larger extent than the sum which be sought would cover. The Learned Counsel for the defence had raised a number of objections, for which he had apologised to the jury, but it was his bounden duty to protect his client in every way, and he had shown considerable learning and inge nuity in doing so. The question which was mainly for their consideration was, whether the defendant had given sufficient authority to the p rovisional committee to act in his absence. The mere fact of his being on the provisional committee list would not render him liable, but on the 24th of September a resolution was passed in the defendant's presence, which would necessarily inPUT the expense of advertising and the costs of the solicitor , The defendant had in this case not been merely a dor mant committeeman, but he acted with the rest, and therefore as being a member of a body, uniting to act for one purpose, he was to a certain extent liable. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the evidence briefly, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 1,100/. VIOE•CfIANCERY COURT, Jan. 16. BALDWIN V. DAMES. This;was a motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants, who were twenty-two of the members form. ing the provisional committee of a project, called the Great Munster Railway, from receiving out of Court a sum of 21,600/. ; or, if they should already have received it, then to restrain them from employing it in paying off the liabilities of the company. The undertaking, which has now been abandoned, was for the formation of a railway from Tralee to Dublin. The advertisements stated that the capital was to be divided into 22,000 shares, of 501. each, and that a deposit of 21. 10s. was to be paid upon each share. It appeared that the directors had reserved to themselves 4,000 shares, that they had also reserved 4,000 shares for general purposes, and 900 for, the solicitor to the company, 650 for the engineer, and 300 for the secretary. They then contrived, by selling 3,000 shares, and purchasing them again at a premium, to raise the quotation in the market. The bill charged the directors with gross misconduct, and with having improperly managed the affairs of the company. The defendants, in their affidavits, stated that they had not any knowledge of these transactions, but had offered every opportunity to the shareholders to investigate the accounts, and it was contended that an in junction ought not to be granted to restrain them from paying off the just debts and liabiliti es of the com p an y . The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, if the injunction had been asked to restrain the defendants from improperly dealing with the funds of the company, there might have been some reason in it; but this was to restrain them from applying the money in any manner whatever. It was very possible that some of the directors had acted wrong in the management of the affairs, but the funds could not be disposed of without the sanction of all the directors, amongst whom were some gentlemen of the highest respectability. Ho did not think it right that so sweeping an injunction should be granted, which would include the innocent as well as the guilty, and it was evi dent that there were liabilities which ought to be dis charged; he should, therefore, refuse the injunction. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 16. I3IDDEIt V. FITZGERALD. In this cause, which was tried before the Lord Chic f Baron, at the last sittings at Westminster, as an unde fended cause, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff was a country solicitor, and brought his action to recover a sum of money, alleged to he due to him for professional services rendered on behalf of the Birmingham and Daventry Junction Railway, of which the defendant was one of the provisional committee. At the time of the jury giving in their verdict the Lord Chief Baron took occasion to remark upon the reckless mode of their giving the verdict for a sum larger than even that claimed by the plaintiff's counsel, and which was not supported by the least evidence. Mr. PEacocit now moved to set that verdict aside. The reason the cause was not defended arose from the fact of the solicitor, who was instructed to defend the cause, having left the country, and the brief which he had prepared, and which had since been found in his offices, had not been handed to any counsel. The LORD CHIEF BARON—The jury seemed to have been very greatly infected with the popular mania against provisional committeemen, the verdict was a most unaccountable one.—Rule granted. BARNARD V. COLES. This was an action against the late proprietor of the Rainbow Tavern, to recover the amo unt of a bond given by Argent, the defendant's successor and alleged partner, the plaintiff, and since the execution of which Argent had become a bankrupt. The case was tried at the Guildhall, and a verdict returned for plaintiff. Mr. BRAM WELL now moved for a rule nisi for anew trial on the ground of misdirection ; also, because the verdict was against evidence. Argent on taking the business, at a rent for furniture, &c., had covenanted with defendant not to order more than five pounds' worth of wine without his knowledge, and not to accept bills. This deed was to the plaintiff; but, in summing up the case, the Lord Chief Baron told the jury that it did not follow that plaintiff had read the whole of it. This was the misdirection complained of. The Learned Gentleman also contended that the verdict was against evidence. Rule nisi granted. BAIL COURT, Jan. 16. LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEEMEN.—PARROTT V. FRELE. This was an action to recover the sum of 1,5001. due by the defendant to the plaintiff for certain newspaper advertisements inserted, and for work and labour done. Mr. Keene appeared for the defence, and Messrs. Humphries and Wordsworth for the plaintiff. Mr. HUMPIIBIES stated that the plaintiff in this case was a newspaper agent, and the defendant, the Hon. Percy E. Freke, was a gentleman of fortune, and the son of Lord Carberry. The question of his liability did not rest upon the mere fact of his name appearing on the provisional committee of any railway, but on other facts which he should prove, and which would leave no doubt on the minds of the jury that their verdict ought to give the plaintiff his claim. The Learned Counsel then called The Secretary of the London, Birmingham, and Buckingham Railway Company, who stated that the first meeting of the promoters of the company took place in September, 1845. The defendant was present, and was, with others, made a member of the provisional committee. At a subsequent meeting, on the 10th of October, the defendant was present. On the 3d of October, a resolution that the company should be adver tised, was passed and acted on. The defendant was not present. Papers, containing these advertisements, were -laid on the table on all occasions. The defendant was often present. On the 24th of September the solicitors to the company were empowered to solicit the co-opera tion of gentlemen, and to publish their names, " should it be deemed necessary." The defendant was summoned to attend at all the meetings of the company; at least, witness put a letter, containing a summons, into the post-office for him before each meeting. On the 3d of October the name of the company was altered, and several names were added to the provisional committee. By Mr. Justice ERLE—The name of the company was changed from and after the 3d of October. Mr. KEENE objected to any evidence being given of facts which took place while the defendant was absent. Mr. Justice ERLE said that there was evidence that, though the defendant was not present when certain re solutions were made, he was present when they were acted upon, and thus identified himself with them by confirming acts done in his absence. This fact was, therefore, admissible as evidence of his consenting that the company should be extensively advertised. A resolution of the 3d of October, authorising the solicitors to publish the prospectus of the company, was then read. Examination continued —By the instructions of Messrs. Forbes and Drake he took some prospectuses to Mr. Parrott. Witness directed him to advertise in the Times, Herald, Morning Chronicle, and The Sun, besides several of the local papers. Mr:Parrott sent in an ac count in the month of February. It was laid on the table for further consideration, but no objection was made as to its incorrectness. Mr. Pritchard, of the Joint-Stock Company Regis tration Office, produced the registration of the London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Railway Company. Mr. Freke's name is there. The company was first registered on the 23d of September, and afterwards on the 29th of October. Has Mr. Freke's written consent to be on the committee. The secretary identified the handwriting as that of Mr. Freke. Mr. PRITCHARD said that the first prospectus ever re gistered contained the name of Colonel Fr( Ice. Mr. KEENE objected to any evidence of proceedings prior to the 29th of October being given. As it was only on that day Colonel Freke gave his written con sent, he could not be made liable for anything before that period. The Secretary of the company was then recalled and cross-examined by Mr. KEENE—OnIy knows Mr. Par rott as the advertising agent. Shares in the company were allotted, but cannot say whether Mr. Parrott had, or applied for any. First saw Mr. Freke on the 24th of September. He was introduced by Mr. Drake, and afterwards gave his name to witness. Has not any of the original prospectuses taken to the advertising agents. Mr. Wm. Grogan, clerk to the plaintiff, stated that his employer resided in Alderman's-walk. The advertise ments mentioned in the account produced were inserted from time to time. The advertisements are inserted in the newspapers produced. Mr. KEENE objected to them unless the original ad vertisements sent to the newspaper-offices were produced. Examination continued—The charges made are quite reasonable. The amount of the bill is 1,558/. 17s. 2d. The Secretary was here recalled by Mr. KEENE —He stated that there was a managing committee appointed on the sth of November. Colonel Freke was not a member of it. It was appointed by the provisional committee. Mr. HUMPIIRIES stated, that in order to obviate the objection to the managing committee, he would ask for nothing which was inserted after the sth of November. All the charges after that date should be struck out. Mr. Thomas proved the payment by Mr. Parrott of various large sums for the insertion of forsadvertiements. All the advertise me nts charged were paid by Mr. Parrott. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. KEENE submitted that there was no proof of any one fact to render ColoneVreke liable. Besides, there had been no proof given that the prospectus had ever been advertised. He wished that the original prospectus sent to the newspaper-offices should be produced; that the fact of its being printed should be proved, and the' authorised copies of the newspapers from Somerset House. Every piece of paper covered with print could not be proved to be the Times for a legal purpose. He re quired that the paper produced should be legally proved to be a newspaper. He also wished that the advertisement should be proved to be in conformity with the registered prospectus. The secretary was then re-called, and he proved that the registered prospectus and the printed advertise ments were in conformity with each other. Mr. Justice ERLE inquired if Mr. Keene would admit the conformity of the prospectus and advertisements? Mr. KEENE said he could not. Mr. Justice ERLE then re-called Mr. Pritchard, who proved that certain prospectuses were registered from time to time. Mr. KEENE said that he would admit that there was a conformity between the prospectus produced and the ad vertisements in the the printed documents produced, and purporting to be newspapers. He objected that the prospectus registered and published in the advertisement was not the one authorised by the committee. He also objected, that the papers produced were not proved to be newspapers. Mr. Justice ERLE—You have not got the printer to prove that the papers are copies of those printed at certain dates. Mr. HUMPHRIES—No, my Lord. Mr. Thomas then produced a copy of the Morning Herald, which he stated came from the Herald office, and a copy of The Sun from the Stamp-office. Thue.l).t.ifeer! produced by the name of the T imes are papers 13 named on and circulated by that name on the dates na them. By Mr. KEENE—Applied for a copy of The Sun in writing. Has not got the le tter. Mr. KEENE then objected to the production of the paper. Mr. Grogan recalled, and examined by Mr. Justice E RLE --Saw the secretary of the company deliver cer tain prospectuses to Mr. Parrott. He has also given them to witness. Witness gave these prospectuses to Mr. Thomas for insertion in the newspapers. Gave the identical ones brought by the secretary to Mr. Thomas. Mr. Justice ERLE then stated his opinion that there was a case to go to the jury. It was,. however, subject to the objections of Mr. Keene. Mr. IiEENE then proceeded to address the jury, and contended that there was no proof that the defendant was present at any meeting which authorised the in sertion of advertisements. Th e resolution of the 24th of September did not authorise the expenditure of one farthing of money, as it only authorised the inviting of the co-operation of certain gentlemen, " and to publish their names if necessary;" and therefore all the work done by the plaintiff had been done without competent authority—at any rate no assent by the defendant was proved. Mr. Justice ERLE then summed up the evidence, and remarked that there could be no doubt that Air. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan.l6. DAVIS V. LOWNDES. This is the celebrated writ of right case, in which Mr. Sergeant Manning, the other day, obtained • rule nisi to change the attorney of the demander. Mr. Sergeant BYLES showed cause against the rule, contending that the object of the change was merely to defeat the arrangement which had been entered into with the sanction of the Court. Mr. Sergeant MANNING having been beard in reply, The COURT directed the rule to be discharged. PATER V. BAKER. In this case, which was an action for slander of title, brought against a survey appointed under the provi sions of the Metropolitan Building Act, and in which the verdict was for the plaintiff, The COURT ordered the rule nisi for a new trial, which was obtained the other day on behalf of the de fendant, to be made absolute. The circumstances have been frequently fully reported. THE MUMMY Hod.—At the police-court, on Wed. nesday, a diminutive Irishman , named Francis, minus an eye, was charged with g to to th k e e different colleges with a forged ord g er7 d p m ur i p ss o i r o t n in signed by the Vice-Chancellor, granting him permission g which displayed he had a to show to the students a mummy " embalmed." The fact was that Francis ho novelty to some collegians at a private house, who were so well pleased with it, that they li gave k him the note, which, of course, was a hoax. e of a t s h ed h a man to read the note to him when he came out the house, ()use, who ex claimed that his fortune was made, and told him the great privilege granted to him. The forgery . was, how ever, soon detected, and Francis was given in custody. When the charge was stated to him, Vice. Chancellor being present, the unhappy man rop e pedo his knees, and bursting into tears, exclaimed, " Pm innocent, your honours—as innocent as my poor mummy hog in, this here box, and which can be seen for the small charge of twopence, for ladies and gents.; and poor people for one penny I This mummy hog, gents., has a double body, eight feet, and two heads ; it has been scientifically embalmed, and is one of the greatest wonders of the animal creation. Were it n for my mummy, I should certainlyl was starvoet. Gents., I have been very unfortunate. keeper of wild beasts ; I came to this town with my a my menagerie ; but they have all died since I've been here. My poor tigers, that bounded so cleverly through the hoop, died of hooping cough ; my Polar bears, that climbed the pole, caught violent fen agues, and followed the tigers ; my wolves grew dainty, and wouldn't eat ; my noble lions roared with pain, and we knew not their complaint ; my monkeys, that dressed so primly in scarlet jackets, died of scarlet fever ; my elephant, my panthers, all have gone - my boa constrictor was suffo cated swallowing a rabbit ; my birds, too, all died, and left me scarcely a feather to fly with. I have only my mummy hog now ! Would you like to see it, gents.? I astonishes all who behold it. I won't !charge you anything." Mr. Skrine said—No ;we don't want to see your mummy hog. You may go,- you have evidently been imposed upon. The Vice-Chancellor said that those who had played the hoax upon the poor man de served punishment for having brought him into trouble so unnecessarily. The man jumped from off his knees, shouldered his mummy, rushed down stairs, and then began, " Hoy, hoy, hoy—only a penny ! the real mummy hog !" and customers eagerly thronged around him. — Cambridge Independent Press. ALARMING FIRE.—On Saturday night, shortly before seven o'clock, a fire that caused considerable alarm, broke out u p on the premises belonging to Messrs. Moses Brothers, situate in Goodman's-yard, Minories. The flames commenced in one of the upper floors, but from what caus London not be ascertained. The engines of the parish, brigade, and West of England promptly attended, and there being plenty of water at hand, a powerful stream was scattered over the flames, which had the effect of extinguishing them, but not until several hundred pounds worth of property was either destroyed or damed by fire. The apprentice, who was ers on on the premises, stated that when he the last p left, a short time before the outbreak, everything ap peared safe. ATITEN/EUM AT SHEFFIELD. —On Tuesday evening last a large and important meeting was held. at the Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, for the establishment of an Athenaeum in connection with the Mechanics' Institute. The meeting was presided over by the Mayor, and the principal speakers were John Parker,M.P.; H. G. Ward, Esq., ALF.; S. Bailey, Esq.; and lir, PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(SATURDAY.) (Committee Room No. 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH and Mr. Assistant-Examiner FnERE.) UNOPPOSED LIST. The following petitions for Bills were unopposed, and the customary formal proofs having been put in, the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. . ----. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY BILL ; LOWESTOFF RAILWAY AND HARBOUR BILL; DRAINAGE OF CROWN LAND BILL. ADJOURNED PETITIONS. The adjourned petitions were then resumed. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAIL • WAY. AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMAR NOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY. The petitions against this Bill were proceeded with, and some of the allegations as to trifling inaccuracies, either in the plans and sections or books of reference, were sustained. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE, AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY (No. 3). This was the petition of the above company for leave to bring in a Bill to make a branch from the Crawick branch of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway to the main line and other small branches. The length of the whole was forty-six miles, and the estimated cost 900,0001. The customary formal proofs were completed, but there was a petition containing 60 allegations against the plans, &c., the hearing of which was adjourne till Monday (this day). (Committee Room No. 23, before Mr. Examiner T. E. MAY and Mr. Assistant-Examiner GUNNELL.) UNOPPOSED LIST. The following petitions for Bills being unopposed, the customary formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders declared to have been complied with : EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY BILL ; BIRKENHEAD AND HERCULANEUM DOCKS; MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE RAILWAY; BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT BILL. OPPOSED LIST. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLILSE RAILWAY, and GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY (No. 2). This was the petition of the above companies for leave to bring in a Bill to make certain extensions and branches. extending to upwards of 36 miles of railway. The esti mated cost was 660,000/., and the engineer Mr. John Miller. The customary formal proofs having been put in, Mr. GRAHAM opposed the petition on behalf of a Mr. Wemys, who complained of inaccuracy and defects in the plans, sections, and books of references. Some of the allegations were sustained in a qualified form, and the case closed. READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE RAILWAY. This was the petition of the above company, for leave to bring in a Bill to make certain deviations in their line, and to repeal the restricting clauses contained in the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Act of 1846, so far as they related to the construction of a particular portion of their line. The deviations were only two of a trifling nature, one extending to a mile, and the other three quarters of a mile in length. The petition was opposed by Mr. Charles PARSES, on behalf of several owners, lessees, and occupiers of land, and the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Com pany, on the ground that the company were seeking for powers which would seriously injure both the land holders and the railway company. One portion of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway will pass over the same ground as the Direct Portsmouth ; but the latter company by their Act have the option of making this part of the railway, provided they do so and pur chase the land for the purpose within a given period of time. The present petition was for a Bill to repeal that restriction, to enable the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company at once to complete their line in tact. The landowners, however, object to this, on the ground that their land would be cut up twice where Parliament had already decided that it should only be disturbed once. Mr. Examiner MAY said, it did not appear to him that the standing orders had been violated in any re spect. The question raised did not come within the province of a standing-orders tribunal.--Standing orders complied with. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. This was the petition of the Bristol and Exeter Rail way Company, for leave to introduce a Bill to make a branch from Taunton to Castle Cary, 22 miles in length.._ r The estimated cost was 35 2 , 0001 ., and the engineer, M Charles Hatton Gregory. The petition was against the pearing to support it, the customary to be complied sent in, and the standing ordersdeclared with. plans, but pp sent AYR RAILWAY A IC ir ILA (N A o. R S N ) O . KILMARNOCK, AND This was the petition of the above company for leave to introduce a Bill to make a new entrance and station in Glasgow. The length was one mile and s. t be ee d n ef s e e c r t v iv e e d , half, and the es r t i to m ho ef a s t n e wo d et i c re o ee s s t f 0 3 hu fi an O dd ,00 nt 0 00 l t . mu l c 'h h e a f s or o m ne al o P f the time specified by the standi ng or d ers. Mr. GRAHAME oppo se d th e pet i t i on, on behalf withinoifnathso Caledonian Railway Company, and succeeded in sus taining one or two allegations as to inaccuracies in the [ plans and sections. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYE (No. 4.) This was a similar petition to the last. It was opposed by the Caledonian Company, and a few unimportant allegations were sustained. The inquiry was adjourned till Monday (this day). BUSTS FOR ETON COLLEGE...—EI addition to the busts of the celebrated men educated at Eton College which have already been put up in the school-room and in other parts of this ancient edifice, there are now in the studio of Mr. Bebnes, in Osnaburgh-street, three busts, which will be shortly added to the collection. They are those of Lord Chancellor Camden, presented to the col lege by the present Marquis of Camden ; of Admiral Lord Howe, presented by the present Earl ; and of the great Lord Chatham. These three posthumous busts have been modelled from pictures, in the possession of the decendants of the originals, by Mr. Behnes, and are considered accurate likenesses. It gives us much pleasure to state that a Queen's letter will shortly be issued for the relief of the distressed population of Ireland.—Observer. 7371 i -. .0- Pi sN tiN -- 3'4 .-- 22if 13Y0 —. 43; 1 4 d- ij 36 384 .% 1,,r •Ii 11 14 174 , r 11; 5 1 4 12 1 , 6 ..#ll4 i 2 6 4 4 ■