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LA W INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 7. EQUITY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.) HUGHES V. LIIIILEY. Mr. Bolt and Mr. Freeling moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant from surrendering or doing any act whereby the lease of her Majesty's Theatre. -might become forfeited. They admitted that since the filing of the present bill, and the notice of motion, an affidavit had been sworn by Mr. Lumley, denying that he ever had any such intention, but they contended that the plaintiff, who was a creditor to the amount of 9,9001., and had no other security but the lease in question, bad ample reason to imagine that such had been Mr. Lumley's intention ; and if so he ,was entitled to the costs, even if the court should not makeany order on the motion. Besides the plaintiffs claim there were judgments entered up against him by other persons, the whole amounting to 40,0001. And, in June, 1853, an action of ejectment . was brought by the plaintiff, and other creditors, and in Nov. 1853, a verdict given for the plaintiffs in that action, subject to some questions reserved as to the invalidity of the deed on the ground of usury, the allegation made being, that some of the aivancee were at 600 per cent. The plaintiff, in his first affidavits, alleged that a threat had been made by the professional adviser of Lumley, to the • effect that if Hughes succeeded in retaining that verdict, lid would lose his money, which he construed into a threat of intention to surrender the lease. The Defen dant and his solicitor, in the affidavits in answer, denied ever having made any- such threat, and it was then stated that the person alluded to was Lumley's leading counsel imthe action at law, That gentleman had re ' fused to make any affidavit, but sent a letter to the counsel who appeared for Mr. Lumley, stating his readiness iio., attend, and answer any ques ti ons that might be put to him, and explaining the circumstance alluded to by saying, that after the trial, as he was leav ing the coon, Hughes came up and spoke to him, and that he said to him that he was sorry for the course he had taken, as it might end in his losing his money, but h? denied Wit he ever intended to intimate that Lumley thought of surrendering or forfeiting the lease, and that he had never heard such a thing hinted at ; but he al luded to, thecitiestion of usury which would arise on the security. It was, however, contended, that looking at the perilous eituation in which the plaintiff stood as to security, a v,eryyslight thing . would be sufficient to arouse his suspicion, and, justify him in coming to the court. Mr. James and 'Mr. Chas!. ROuPell, for the defend an t, contended that there was no ground whatever for the application,' that the whole thing was a malicious at tempt to injure Alie defendant in the eyes of the world ; that the allegations contained in the affidavits on the other side, as to the insufficiency of the security, and as to the non-payment of the rent and rates and' taxes, and as to the defendant having allowed insurances to drop, so as to work a forfeiture, were untrue, the fact being that the plaintiff himself was now in possession, and had paid these sums. . The Vice-Chancellor said, the only question about which he had ever felt any doubt was about the costs ; lie could certainly make no order on statements so vague as those in the original affidavit. He was quite satisfied that Mr. Lumley - had neve r expressed or authorised any one else to express any such intention as was im puted to him. But the question of the costs depended on the reasonableness of the plaintiff's application, or the evidence that he had. Looking at the insufficiency , of the security, and the other circumstances surround ing the , case, he considered that very slender evidence would. be sufficient to justify the plaintiff. He was not surprised at the counsel refusing to make any affidavit, and he had. wished to hear the contents of the letter for his own satisfaction, with a view of considering whether any further evidence was likely to be produced. Under all the circumstances he should reserve the costs ; pro bably in the end the plaintiff might have to pay them, but still he might establish his case. He regretted the mass of irrelevant matter that had been introduced into the affidavits. LTJMLEY V. HUGHES. This was a bill filed by the defendant in the last case against the plaintiff in that case to be relieved from the securities which had been given. Mr. Freeling, on behalf of the defendant, now moved that the plaintiff might give security for costs on the ground that he was described in the bill as of " Her Majesty's Theatre that not being his proper residence. It appeared by the affidavits, that on inquiries being made there, the answer was that Mr. Lumley was not there, and on asking wheth er papers left there would reach him, it was said that a man called sometimes for letters, but that he had not been for a fortnight ; and it was further, stated, that the plaintiff.was keeping out of Ole way ta f avoid his creditors. The affidavits on the other side stated • that the plaintiff occupied a house No. 1, Pall-mill,"*hich formed part of the theatre ; but, in reply, it was stated that that was a separate house, held at a separate rent, under a separate lease, and it was ad- Milted that he had not been there since the Opera was closed, which was a year and a half ago. - .Mr. James and Mr. Charles Roupell, for the plaintiff, relied upon the case of " Hunt v. Padwick," before Lord Cottenham. The theatre was the place where the plaintiff was beet known, although he might not have been there lately, ,and all the securities made to the de fendant described him as of Her Majesty's Theatre. 150. 1 ~ Pall-mall„, was in fact, a part of the theatre, and it was Mr. Lundey's residence, although he might not have been there lately. The Vice-Chancellor, said, what he should have thought, but for . the case of " Runt v. Padwick," it was not necessary to state ; but, on the authority of that case, he must refuse the motion, but without costs. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. • THE QUEEN V. DUNCOMBE. • This was an indictment instituted by the Society for Suppression of Vice against the defendant, for the pub ication of obscene publications and indecent prints. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Watson and Clarkson appeared for the plaintiff; the defendant appeared in person. The purchase of an indecent publication at the defen dant's shop, 7, West-street, St. Martin's-lane, on the 9th November last, baying been proved, Mr. Duncombe addressed the jury, stating that the witness Taylor; who had purchased the book in question bad made repeated applications to him before he con sented to sell it, and had offered to pay almost any sum for it.. Lord Campbell :eft it to the jury to say whether the charge had been proved. The Foreman of the jury said they found the defen dant guilty, but recommended him to mercy. Lord Campbell (with much warmth)—To mercy !On what ground 4 Let me hear the ground on which you recommend him to mercy. For God's sake—for the sake of trial by jury, let me not hear such a recommen dation. Some of the jury said they had not concurred in the recommendatio n . Lord Cam pbell — Recommend to mercy a man who is selling poison ; I am shocked by what I hear. The Foreman sa id solos of the jury considered . the defendant had been entrapped into the sale. Lord Campbell deferred passingsentence until the next case had been di s p osed of. - THE QUEEN V. CANNON. This was an indictment charging the defendant with exposing for sale and selling indecent prints, and obscene publications. Mr. Watson and Mr. Clarkson representing the " So ciety for the Suppression of Vice," appeared, as in the above case, as counsel for the prosecution. The defendant pleaded guilty. Formal proof of the offence was then adduced ; and the defendant was found guilty. Duncombe, the defendant in the first case, then ad. dressed his lordship in mitigation of punishment, a n d put in affidavits in support of his object. Counsel for the prosecution then adduced evidence to show that the defendant had, some years ago, been found guilty of the same offence, and that 94 prints, 64 books, 1173 songs, and 601bs. weight of letter-press of the same abominable and infamous character had been seized at his shop. At the shop of Cannon, the other defendant, 3,205 prints and 24 books had also been seized. Lord Campbell then proceeded to pass sentence upon both defendants. They had been convicted, he said, upon the clearest testimony. If Duncombe had, in truth, been entrapped merely to sell one of the abominable pub lications, and if this had been a solitary offence, as the jury seemed at first to imagine, there might be some ground for mitigation of punishment ; but that it was not so, had been clearly made out ; and it was clearly shown, in proof, that they were both regular dealers, and had been so for many years, in the abominable traffic of which they now stood convicted. His lordship, then addressing himself directly to the defendants, said—You are sellers of poison —you are corruptors of the morals of the youth of this country, and you try to earn your bread by this most detestable traffic. The moral guilt that you have incurred is, in my opinion, much greater than if you were actually guilty of housebreaking. But, as the law now stands, you are only guilty of misdemeanour, and Sou can only be punished by imprisonment and hard 4bou r . For the offence of which you have been found !lcuilt, the sentence of th e C our t i s th at you b e respec % confined in the House of Correction for Middlesex f ",,„_tw seers, and kept to hard l a b our . .fl e - tody of the ndants were accordingly remo ve d i n th e cus proper officer. tRT (Sittings C O OF COMMON PLEAS. justiee 'e Prins in Middl esex, b e f ore Ch i ef rvis and a Common Jury.) malc it v. fiu The plaintiff in this LLY AND OTHERS. ~:ree r il recently kept a betting street, in Cranbourne damages for a libel, which i i ; .d. a ,nd he sued to recover Wee/et/primes, attributin g di' s} ren published in the practices to him. The libel was contained in an artirest atiiirtiliaited and in which which a letter from "A Dupe w si gned. " Flibinite," had i been to merited upon. The " Dupe" stated he was w a a t s ia t l, old the plaintiff's and asked the odds a ga i nst e for the Queen's Plate :.t Leicester ; that 4 -to •1 ; that he took it for a crown, and got for 255. That he presented it for payment, but that the -et pliiintiff•would not pay him, but said it was for th e Bedford race, at which place the horse was not entered. This alleged conduct " Flibinite" denounced in the strongest terms; hinting at the virtues of an ash stick, and alluding to "a host of others whom betting-house keepers had fleeced in the same manner." 'The defend an t s , in answer to the action, plea ded, firstly, not gu ilt y ; and secondly, they asserted in justi cation that the statement was in substance true). Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Cooper appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Serjeant Byles and Mr. Tom linson were counsel for the defendants. The following evidence was given :-- Thomas Waugh said, I was manager of Milne's Bet ting Office, and I ma d e ou t th e t i cket referred to i n the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1858. libel. Baron Rothschild's horse, Hungerford, was to I run for the Queen's Guineas, at Bedford, on the 21st of September. In the morning of that day we were betting 4 to 1 against him, but afterwards it was evens. He was also to run at Leicester the day after the Bedford race, and the ticket I gave to the plaintiff by mistake omitted to state the race upon which it was given, but the bet was made upon the Bedford event, and was so entered in the book at the office. The bet was made by a per son named Hodson, who betted 55., and took the odds 4to 1. At this time we were betting even upon the Leicester event. C r oss-examined—The office was shut up last week. I will swear that the entry of the bet in the book was made all at one time ; and that the mention of Bedford had not been put in since. I omitted to put Bedford on the ticket in the hurry of business, having taken 80 or 90 bets within the hour. Hungerford did not run at Bedford, but he ran and won at Leicester. The day after the Leicester race, Hodson offerep the ticket ; but I said I would not pay it, as the bet was on the Bedford and not the Leicester race. Mr. Rogerson, the clerk of the course at Bedford, proved that Hungerford was entered but did not run. Henry John Milne—l am the plaintiff. I have shut up the office, and have returned all the money which I t h h a e v e o d received w u 4 p t o n n l f u n t g u a r i e n r s a t c H e s n . n On g er f t o h r e d 2 o l n s t the September,Bedford, and on the Leicester race its was even betting ; and in some instances it was 2 to _1 in his favour. I have been a draper at Newcastle-on-Ty . n 9. Cross-examined —I am nothing now ; paid W a u g h my clerk it a nhseallla Marley a o r f le 2 y oo w l as . a c i all ea e r d . , but not qu es ti one d by the Mitchell plaintiff's counsel. In cross-examination he said, he being out of business, and knowing the plaintiff,- was generally at the " office," though he had no particular duties there. He was not a touter or a tipper. The Chief Justice—When I was at Westminster school a tipper was a gentleman who came and gave a boy ss. (A laugh.) Joseph 'Andrews Etches said, he kept a betting office next door but one to the plaintiffs', and he understood the libel to refer to the plaintiff. The plaintiff was always ready to pay if any body called for money, and his name was over the door. Witness had been a corn merchant at Newcastle, and so'knew the plaintiff. The betting office was very profitable, but he did not know that a person who bad kep to betting office for two years Ihad made 30,0001.2 The owner of a horse at the-Cesare with made 30,0001. on the race. Witness had returned to the public all the money he had received upon future 1 events. Mr. Sergeant Byles then addressed the jury for the defensive, and said that Mr. Hodson had sent a written statement to the Weekly Times, and detailed the, facts of his case as stated in the alledged libel. The paper had always been opposed to betting-offices, and when the statement was received the defendants did their best to get him justice ; and he submitted that the article complainedof instead of being a libel, was a just, neces sary, and pialseworthy exposure. The learned serjeant then commented upon the evidence which had been given and detailed the facts which he should be able to prove in support of the plea of justification. John Hodson was called, and he said—l live at No. 4, Leigh-street, Red Lion-square. On the 22st Septem ber last I met a person named Reece, who said "It you have ss. to spare, I can put you up t o a goo d thi n g, I I . have a letter from Leicester which says that Hunger ! ford will run for the Queen's Plate to-morrow, and he is sure to win." This was opposite Milne's, and I went there and asked the man behind the partition the odds against Hungerford for the Queen's Plate at Leicester, and he said 4 to 1, and I took it for a crown, ; and got a ticket for 255. Bedford was not mentioned at I all. On the Saturday after I saw by the paper that the horse had won at Leicester, and I went for my money, but th e man refused to p , y it, and said the money was betted I upon the Bedford race. There were three persons there who put some impertinent questions, and one of ! them said " D-- you get out"—that person was Milne. I threatened to go to the County Court for a summons, and 1 went, but they would not grant me a summons unless I knew the Christian name of Milne. I went to the "office" to try to get this name, and I met a man who, I think, kept a betting-office, coming out. His name is Nicholson, and he laughed at me, and said, "Oh you'll get nothing ; the place belongs to Etches." Upon this I gave up the idea of a summons, and I wrote .a letter to " Flibinite," of the Weekly Times, instead. Cross-examined—l have an annuity, and I have also a commission from Hill and Co., of Glasgow, to sell ale and whisky. The last person hom I can recollect sell ing any to was named Hodson, and that was about three months ago. I bet occasionally, but only two or three crowns a year, on my own account, though I sometimes make bets for other persons. I have heard that Reece has a commission from the officers of the 2d Life Guards. It was admitted that the horse Hungerford was at Leicester. The Chief Justice, in summing up, said that what had been published was no doubt a libel, and upon the second plea there was no evidence to justify two portions ,of it. Reference was made to " a host of others whom they have fleeced in a similar manner," and that was not justified. It was also alleged that the horse was not entered at Bedford, but it had been proved that it had been in fact entered. When he was law officer of the Crown there were betting lists, and he was successful, with Ithe assistance of some newspapers, and among others of the one iti question in - putting them down ; for having discovered that' they were an' illegal thing, and that those who kept them Were rogues and vaga bonds, he took' proceedings against them as such. After the Running. Rein case, the late Lord Bentinck had ob tained a committee, and it was thought advisable to alter the statute of Anne, which made betting illegal, and simply to enact that bets should not be recoverable in a court of justice. Thus, persons who kept lists ceased to be rogues and vagabonds, and the law officer was disabled from proceeding against them, and the " offices " spoken of sprang up. As the justification did not extend to all the libels, the verdict must technically be for the plaintiff, and the amount of damages was the only thing which the jury would have to consider. The jury retired, and they were absent from court for about two hours. At the end of that time they came into court and gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 405., and they stated their belief that Waugh had taken the bet upon the Bedford race. SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. G. W. K. Potter, Secondary.) HARPER V. WILLIAMS. This was a writ of inquiry to assess damages in an action for an assault. Mr. Sergeant Miller and Mr. Miller appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Locke for the defendant. It appeared that on the day after the race for the Derby in May last, the plaintiff and the defendant met at the Canonbury-tavern, Islington, which they wero in the habit of frequenting, and some conversation of a spe culative character took place as to the probable losses of the Leviathan of the betting world, W. Davies, on that event. Some angry words were exchanged, the de fendant taking the initiative, and subsequently, the differences being smoothed down, they tossed for a glass of brandy and water. A dispute then took place, as to whether the defendant had called right, the coin tossed with being a smooth worn sixpence. It was referred to a third party, who decided against the de fendant, who thereupon lost his temper, and said, they (the company present) were all a pack of fools and thieves together. The plaintiff retorted, and when the defendant was about to leave the room the plaintiff stood up to prevent him, and said he should not go until he had apologised for the bad names he had called him and his friends. The defendant refused to make any apology, and on the plaintiff persisting, he seized a poker and struck him across the bridge of the nose, the effect of which stupified him, and he was led home. A doctor was sent for, under whose care he remained some days, and the bill for his attendance amounted to 121. 15s. 6d. The medical man was called as a witness, and he stated that the blow caused concussion of the brain, that serious consequences might result from any future injury on the same part of the face, and that the plaintiff's memory would be affected for the remainder of his life. Mr. Locke, in addressing- the jury in mitigation of damages, did not justify the assault and urged that the plaintiff had to thank himself for what had taken place. One was as bad as the other, and the plaintiff had no right to prevent the defendant leaving the room. The jury assessed the damages at 201. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER WINTER ASSIZES. LIVERPOOL, Dee. 7. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Alderson.) STABBING. TVilliant Gallasby was placed at the bar, charged with stabbing Thomas Clayton, at Orrell, near \Vigan, the 22d Sept. last, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. On evidence, it appeared on the day in question the parties together had been drinking in a public-house in Orrell. Gallasby became quarrelsome, and would have fought but for the interference of Clayton, who com pelled him to sit down. On the latter leaving the room, Gallasby obtained a sickle from another person present, went out after Clayton, and cut him severely on the head and shoulder with the instrument. Clayton threw him down ; but the prisoner, after getting up, followed him into the house, and repeating the attack in a fero cious manner, disabled one of the fingers of his right hand. Guilty. Sentence deferred. STABBING. David Irwin, a beer•shopkeeper, was charged with a felonious assault upon police-officer Thompson, in Broadv&ay-street, Liverpool, on the 9th October. • - The prosecutor deposed that he was on duty in Broad way-street on the night referred to, and going over the Boundary-bridge, about ten minutes to twelve o'clock, lie heard a noise, and turning hack saw the prisoner, with three others, advancing. The prisoner, who was stripped, was using a bayonet. WI en he came he struck witness in the left side with the weapon. He again stirack him on the head ; but a police-constable coming up he ran away, or the consequences might have been fatal. Irwin, it appears, had been attacked some time Previously in his own house, which put him into such a state of great excitement. Several witnesses were ex amined, all of whom bore testimony to the prisoner's Toute r good character up to the time of this transaction. Sentence deferred. having, on the 6th September, h Reuben ep li t 'i e / m_a /i b a oe n r i. , .Slater were the Old indicted lv for ymb, as saulted Henry Buckley ; Mossley, and that he went to the Be a llev I for robbery. It appeared from Buckley's evidence that s he is carrier living t the neighbourhood of Manchester on the morning of the Bellevue Gardens in a sth, where he remained until the evening. Witness left Bellevue with two other friends, and stopped at Hun t r ter's tavern on their way home, wnere trey got some . ' drink. Witness saw the two prisoners in the house at the time, which was nearly twelve o'clock. He and his two friends then left for Mossley, and called at the Old Wymb Tavern, where they had some beer. Witness left his friends behind hint when he found they would not go any further. When prosecutor got about 40 yards from the house he was attacked by the prisoners, the orie holding him by the throat, while the other took 103. 10d. in silver, 20. in copper, and two shoeties from the pockets of his pantaloons. Several others were examined, but nothing further elicited. Guilty ; to be imprisoned for 8 years. 0 - CW AN ST M ERV At the meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, held last week—James Meadows Rendel, Esq., presi dent, in the chair, The discussion being resumed on " Ocean Steamers," it was contended that the statement of a supposed wave pressure of 85,000 tons of water, or even of 40,000 tons, to which it had since been reduced, by a modified esti mate' was inadmissible ; it would be manifestly impos sible for any vessel to withstand such impact from a body of water ; and if the position was admitted, it must be evident that any of the ordinary coasting steamers would constantly be liable to a pressure of 1,000 to 1,500 tons, which would suffice to utterly destroy them. The comparison of the qualities for safe riding, when lying-to, between a line-of-battle ship and a privateer, was not to the point, as the former was encumbered by the enormous weight of her armament, and by her top hamper : in short, the whole misconception had arisen from confounding the wave of oscillation with that of translation • this was exemplifi e d by th e case o f a dis abled vessel; as long as she remained afloat she was comparatively safe, but as soon as she touched the ground, and the wave of oscilation became one of trans lation, she was immediately knocked to pieces by the impact of the waves. Next, as to the proportions of 6 to 1, which had been derived from as ancient a type as Noah's Ark,—now, as far as was known, as that construction had not been de signed either for sailing or steaming, but only to float with a very large cargo, it afforded no analogy for vessels buiit for speed, however propelled ; and, in fact, modern fast-sailing vessels had abandoned those proportions, which had only been perpetuated by the old tonnage laws, under which merchant vessels were enabled to be constructed to Carry enormous cargoes, but they were unable to attain any considerable speed. It was further argued, that as steam propulsion was employed, the analogy became still less apparent ; and, as an instance of the advantage of lengthening ships, the case of the vessels belonging to the North of Europe Steam Naviga tion Company was mentioned. The City of Norwich, 183 feet long, 26 feet beam, 471 tons burthen, and 200 H. P., could carry, as cargo, 220 head of cattle, at a speed of 10 knots per hour, but she rolled considerably with a beam Bea ; .whilst the Tonning, 222 feet long, 27 feet beam, 734 tons burthen, and 200 H. P., carried 360 head of cattle, at a speed of 12 knots per hour. She was a remarkably easy vessel, and had proved her sea worthy qualities by coming safely round the coast of Scotland during the late gale in September. Thus, with the same engine power, by merely altering the propor tions from 7 to 1 to 8 to 1, nearly 60 per cent. more cargo space was obtained, and 2 knots per hour were gained in speed, with improved sea-going qualities. It must be remarked, also, that the relative proportions of the Tonning were almost identical with those of the pro posed iron vessel for the Eastern Steam Navigation Com pany. - Taking the Wave Queen as an extreme case—her length being 213 feet, with 15 feet beam, and proportions of 13 to 1, with a daught of water of only 5 feet, and compar ing her performances with those of the Christiania, a good vessel ? about 170 feet long, and with a b ou t th e proportion of 6to I—it was found, that whilst the latter, in a moderate head-sea, continually shipped the waves, the former, in a similar sea, was perfectly dry. This evi dence was given from the personal experience of the speaker. The Wave Queen had since been running between Newhaven and Dieppe, and it was to he expected—in deed it had been predicted—that, from local circum stances connected with the entrance of the harbour at Newhaven, she would meet with some casualty. She was not stranded in consequence of any inefficiency in the power of the rudder,' but after a very bad passage across the Channel, in the trough of the sea, which was running very high, she arrived off Newhaven, when there was scarcely depth of water over the bar. fox her to cross, she touched the ground heavily, and hung by her " heel ;'' a beam sea catching her at the same moment, swung her round and threw her broadside on the beach, where all the passengers were safely landed. It was a good proof of the strength that could be given to iron ships, that though she was thrown broadside on the shore, by the waves of translation, she was safely got off and brought round to the Thames without material damage. _ _ As to the elaborate calculations entered into, with re spect to the three great navigation projects; before ad mitting the correaness of those results, it must be clearly understood, that the Rattler, which had been used as the type, was built during the most depressed period (scientifically), of construction in H. M. Dockyard. Her dimensions were 176 ft. long by 32 ft. 6 in. beam,—a proportion of about 51 to 1, and from what had been published, it must be ev'dent that she had just performed what might have been anticipated from such propor tions. At the time of the construction of the engines of the Rattler, marine engineers had scarcely adopted, and rarely practised, the use of the steam at a certain amount of pressure, and expanding in the cylinder, whereby such a vast economy in the consumption of fuel was now realised. Now, if the calculations of fuel required for long voyages were based upon the old scale of consump tion, instead of the present rate, which, in good ships, did not exceed 3i lbs. per real H.P., the deductions from the calculations must be still more unacceptable. It was then contended, that all arguments based upon calculations of the speed and other qualities of such a type, must be utterly fallacious. It had been shown what increase of speed and of carrying qualities had been produced by lengthening the Tonning without in creasing her power, and, by analogy, it was only rea sonable to presume, that if the proportions of the Rattler had been altered from 51 to I—to nearly 8 to 1, there would have been a still more striking ameliora tion, and she would have been a more trustworthy type for the calculations and arguments as to the prac ticability of constructing, and of commercially working large ships. It was argued, that with all these, and other examples to the contrary, it was evidently incor rect to attempt to assume that 6 to 1 was the best pro portion for vessels of any kind. It was assumed, that when it was stated a large steamer was intended to run to India, or Australia and back without re-coaling, it was only meant, that she would carry enongh coal to avoid detention at the inter mediate ports, as, (unless it was ascertained that she could not procure a more profitable cargo), it would evi dently be more economical to send coals to the ultimate and distant port by sailing vessels, who would convey them cheaper than she could do. It must not be supposed, that the meeting received for granted the results of calculations based on such a type as the Rattler, nor that the Institution could pretend to do mere than offer a field for the investigation of the scientific portion of the magnificent commercial expe riments about to be tried, and for the success of which all must unite in offering their best wishes. En gineers, unless especially called upon to give opinions on the prospects of commercial success offered by undertakings, were only expected to consider the best means of 'executing given works at the cheapest rates, compatible with security and durability, but the ultimate remuneration for the outlay must be mainly a subject for the consideration of the speculators. The advantages of employing a smaller number of large ships, rather than a greater number of small ships, for a given trade, especially for long voyages, was be ginning to be generally admitted by shipowners. A return was published in the Times of November 22, 1853, copied from the Liverpool Albion of November 21, which presented the results of that experience in a re markable form. • "The following table shows the average number of days occupied on the passage by the vessels of different tonnage, ranging from 200 tons upwards, despatched from Liverpool to Australia, in the years 1852 and 1853 : 1852. 1853. Average num. Average num. of days. of clays. 137 133 122 122 123 113 118 112 113 112 107 103 108 101 103 100 102 95 96 91 91 90 - Under 200 tons' From 200 to 300 tons 300 to 4 00 ~ „ 400 to 500 „ „ 500 to 6 0 0 ~ „ 600 to 700 ~ „ 700 to 800 ~ ~ 800 to 900 „ „ 900 to 1000 „ „ 1000 to 1200 „ „ 1200 and upwards "From the above table it will be seen, that in almost every instance, the average is in favour of the largest ships, the 600 ton ships having an advantage of 24 days, on the average in 1852, over the 200 ton ships, and the 1,200-ton ships having an advantage of 22 days over the 600-ton ships. In 1853, also, it will be seen that the results are much the same." But even with this evidence, it would not be wise to rush to the conclusion, that vessels of enormous size would be applicable in all circumstances ; in fact, that which determined the expediency of using a large ship was the co-incidence of a great amount of traffic and great length of voyage. For example, it might be ques tioned, except for some special branches of commerce, which appeared now about to be greatly developed, whether a very .large ship would be likely to be com mercially beneficial, between any two ports of Great Britain. It must be evident, that for each length of voyage and description of trade, there was a particular size of vessel that would be most suitable ; and, indeed, as. in most other engineering works, the circumstances of the traffic, would of 'themselves mainly determine the pro portions of the structure ; take, for example, the trade between England, and America, as originally opened by the Great Western ;" that vessel, as first designed, al though much the largest ship of her day, was of the smallest size by which such a trade could be conducted ; and her length was actually increased, during her con i struction, to a point then generally considered dangerous. Since that period, all vessels on that station had been successively augmented in dimensions as the trade in creased ; but even those vessels were too small for the Australian voyage of 25,000 miles, and the necessity of increasing the length was shown, by calculating how much.coal would require to be carried, beyond that needed for an American voyage, in order to do the Australian or the Indian voyage equally well. Such calculation demonstrated that a vessel similar to the Great Western would require to be lengthened to 520 feet to accomplish that voyage. This argument showed that the conditior.s of the case compelled the adoption of vessels of extraordinary length, for steam voyages of extraordinary distance. Then as to the commercial question ; the merchants engaged in the Indian and Australian trade, had calcu latedfrom the data afforded by their own business, what amount of freight and passengers would require accom modation, and it was found that the quantity was greater than could be received by the ship just calculated. The dimensions, therefore, required to be enlarged, to meet the demand of the existing trade. Thus the traffic itself did actually fix the dimensions of the proposed large class of vessels. As to the mechanical strength of such vessels, there .was , - no difference of - opinion on that point, among engineers, provided the structure was of iron. Ships of wood, on the contrary, were limited in size, by the nature of the material, which was grown, and not manu factured, and therefore the produce was of limited size ; whereas plates of iron could, on the other hand, be rolled of any required dimensions. It must be observed, also, that the strength of wood across the fibre, was so small, that two planks could not be so united as to be equally strong in all directions, whilst two plates of iron, ri vetted together, were of nearly uniform strength. Further, as to the resistance of large vessels to waves, it was evident that the waves of the Atlantic, being of the same size, whether the vessel was small, or large, their proportional magnitude would be decreased, as the size of the vessel was increased, so that the large ship, in a gale, would merely encounter waves of the same pro portional size as a ship of half the dimensions in half a gale ; and it should be remarked that the largest ships which had been proposed were only double the lineal dimensions of existing vessels. As to the impact of waves upon ships, it should be remembered that a vessel riding •on a wave became, virtually, a part of that wave, and moved along with it, as the mass of water, displaced by its bulk, had pre viously moved. The large Atlantic waves, observed by Dr. Scoresby, did not strike the ship, but made her rise and fall in a gentle oscillation, each of which lasted 16 seconds, a period of too long duration to admit of any approximation to violent collision between bodies. It was only the small wind waves, or crests which moved at a different velocity from that of the ship, and the proposed vessels were so much higher out of the water than the observed altitude of these waves that the decks would never be more than wetted by the spray. It was explained that H. M. Ship Rattler had been assumed as a type or good example of locomotive effi ciency, because the formula ( v 3 ) gave the Indicated H P highest result of any steamer examined by that rule. It would be seen that the formula merely embraced the relations of velocity, displacement, and working power. It was stated, that a vessel, which from any fault of construction, or from imperfect steering power, was liable to fall off into the trough of the sea, would in that position be liable to fearful accidents ; and instances were cited of two vessels, of 800 tons and 1,200 tons respectively, being struck by waves which had carried away all the upper works and swept the decks clear. These practical facts were given to show that the gentle oscillation of heavy waves must be received with some qualification. In answer to this, it was explained, that in a storm there were generally two sets of waves, the long low oscillating wave, and the smaller waves, which were much shorter, rising under the action of the wind. It was these short waves which struck the smaller ves sels, with so much force, when they got on the crest of a large one, but the deck of a very large ship would be too high for such wind waves to break upon it, except as spray. _ _ Returns were presented of the performances of pad dle-wheel ocean steamers, for a period of twenty-two years, tending to prove bow greatly the velocity had been increased. This was shown to have arisen from the augmented size and better build of the vessels, and the greater power of engines and other engineering improvements. These tables showed the necessity of a careful selection of the period from which a mean aver age of velocity was deduced ; for example, the " Hugh Lindsay," H. E. I. Co.'s steamer, gave in 1830 a mean average of 51 knots per hour ; whereas the best of the Cunard and of the Collins' lines of steamers gave a mean average of 125 knots per hour, for the last three years. It was explained, that the average of 7 9-10th knots per hour had been derived from the Admiralty returns extending over 1848 to 1851,—which were the only re liable returns hitherto published. Members were urged to supply the present evident want of information on this subject. As to the question of measurement for tonnage, after discussing the present method, describing that proposed by the Parliamentary Committee, and those by the prac tical men who had been consulted, the system indicated by the author of the Paper was examined with care, and was admitted to possess novel features worthy of con sideration, in fixing a legal standard of measurement. It was, however, contended, that for scientific purposes the displacement to the load line was required, and for fiscal purposes it was submitted, that the light and other dues wo e uld be more equitably imposed an ad valorem, duty on cargo, rather than on the bulk or form of the vessel. In winding up the discussion, the dimensions were given of a great raft ship, called the "Baron of Ren frew," which was built at Quebec in the year 1825, by the late Mr. Charles Wood, of Port Glasgow. Her ex treme length was 304 feet; extreme breadth, 61 feet; clear depth, 34 feet; registered tonnage, 5,294. j tons ; and cargo of timber, 8,500 tons. The draft of water at the end of the voyage, when water logged, was 31 feet. She had four masts, and the sails of a 36-gun frigate. Her greatest inclination under press of sail was about 20 degrees. Her greatest speed before she became waterlogged, but with 19 feet of water in the hold, was 84 knots, which was reduced to 6 knots when she was quite full of water. She made a passage from Quebec to the Isle of Wight in 48 days. It was due to Mr. Charles Wood to mention this daring innovation at so early a period. It appeared that if the dimensions of vessels had been increased it was evident that there had not been any increase of danger, nor was any to be anti cipated. The hesitation in receiving new propositions, of startling projects, was very natural, and, therefore, their discussion was valuable and really useful in elicit ing opinions which might otherwise probably not have been given. The feasibility of the Britannia Bridge had been quite as much doubted as that of very large iron ships, and yet it had been executed, and the result was before the world. It appeared evident that in future Engineers must look even further forward than they had done, and, in their maritime constructions, must adopt dimensions for their docks and harbours to ac commodate the increased sizes of the vessels they were destined to receive, but which some years since would have been. deemed visionary. BIRMINGHAM INSTITUVON FOR THE BELIEF OF DEAFNESS, On Friday last the annual meeting of the subscribers connected with the above society, was held in the rooms of the institution, Cherry-street, the chair being taken at one o'clock by James Baldwin, Esq., mayor. There were also present, Rear-Ad m i ra l Moorsom, W. Lucy, Esq., Aldermen Ratcliff and Wynn, Councillors Chance, Upfill, John Allday, J. R. Boyce, D. Barnett, Esq., &c. Mr. Dufton, the surgeon, was unavoidably absent. The Mayor, in opening the proceedings, observed that the town had its hopitals, and an institution for those afflicted in the eyes, and he thought it was equally im portant that they should have a society for relieving those diseased in the ears. Indeed he had not been aware that such an institution was in existence until a few days previously, or he should gladly have subscribed to it. Mr. Councillor Chance, the honorary secretary, then read the following report :—" In presenting their annual report to the members of this institution, your committee have pleasure in recording the results of its proceedings. During the year 261 patients have had the advice of the surgeon, and a very large proportion—more than half— have received a cure ; while 88 have benefited from the treatment, though not perfectly restored. Your com mittee are strengthened in the conviction that it is a society which merits the attention of those who are in terested in alleviating the sufferings of the poorer classes. Deafness is a common complaint with them, from the employments to which many are subjected, and, by careful advice and treatment, this evil may be obviated. While, therefore, your committee acknowledges with thankfulness the prompt • and liberal support it receives from the present members, it beseeches them to er dea your to enlist others in the cause, and to aid in circu lating more widely the knowledge of the existence of the society. Your committee intend to send to each of the members a certain number of reports, hoping that they will thus induce others to join. Your committee do not urge this for the purpose of raising larger funds —for the services of the medical gentleman who de votes himself to the duties of the institution being gratuitous, the charges are small—but they would like to see its benefits more generally extended. The sub scriptions during the past year have been increased by two new subscribers of one guinea each, and it is with pain, in which you will sympathise, that your committee have to record that the names of our early supporters, Messrs. J. and H. Bourne, no longer appear in our list of subscribers. Your commiltee keep their eyes upon the economical working of tfie society, but they have indulged in a small expense this year for the cleansing of the rooms by painting and papering, so as to render them more comfortable for the patients, and sufficiently respectable to entertain the subscribers. The committee cannot conclude without expressing a wish that every subscriber would become an occasional vi sitor to the rooms on the days when the patients attend, that they might verify for themselves the benefit re ceived, and the skilful and kind treatment of the sur geon." The report concluded by stating that of the 261 patients, whose cases had been brought under the notice of the surgeon, 137 had been cured, as fol lows : 56 whose deafness was less than 1 year's standing. 38 33. 5 4 and 1 had been deaf for 25 years. 137 Of the cases relieved— 26 had been deaf under 5 years. 30 15 13 4 making a total of 88. The cases incurable were as fol lows : 14 had been deaf under 10 years. 7 8 6 1 or a total pf 36. The number of 2290 patients were, from the commence ment, attended, and received gratuitous advice and assistance. The treasurer's statement sheet showed that the balance in hand last year was 791. 9s. ; the subscriptions for the past year had amounted to 50/, ls. 6d. ; and the interest on moneys, in the banker's hands, 21. 19s. 2d. ; making a' total of 1321. 9s. 2d. The expenditure had been 501. 15s. 7d. ; leaving a balance of 811. 14s. id.—Mr. Chance, on laying the report on the table, remarked that the in stitution was in a very prosperous condition, and they had great reason to feel thankful for the amount of good which it was the means of accomplishing. They had had little difficulty in organising it, and their funds were amply sufficient to meet their requirements. In. deed, it was not so much for subscriptions that they appealed to the public, but that they might obtain an ac- cession of supporters, so as to extend the usefulness of I the institution.—Th e Mayor moved the adoption of-the report, which was seconded by Alderman Lucy, who at tributed the success of the society to the gratuitous and skilful services of its surgeon, Mr. Dufton. He (Mr. Lucy) knew of no institution which had been attended with such beneficial results with so small an income. The resolution was then adopted.—Admiral Moorsom moved the next resolution, recording a vote of thanks to Mr. Dufton, which the speaker said were eminently due, for the subscribers as well as the whole town went indebted to him for his benevolent exertions. This mo tion, with several others, were then put and carried, after which a vote of thanks was accorded to the chair man, and the proceedings terminated. —Birmingham Mercury, Dec. 3. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. ADJOURNED MEETING. An adjourned meeting of the shareholders in this company took place yesterday, shortly after 12 o'clock, at Hawkstone-hall, Waterloo-road. The meeting was very thin. On the motion of Mr. PUNCHER, seconded by Mr. AUSTIN, Mr. Sergeant Gaselee was called to the chair. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE (who was alone on the plat form) stated that he had obtained the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and other eminent counsel, to the effect that the adjournment of the former meeting, on the dictation of Mr. Scott, was illegal. It is his opinion that that adjournment was illegal, and it was on that account that the present meeting had been called. Circumstances had occurred which rendered the meeting important. A division had taken place in the direction, and five of the directors had retired, but although he agreed with kthe policy, he had not re signed. In the selection of your new directors you have to takelcare that proper persons representing the pro prietary should be appointed. They had obtained two great victories against the extension principle, and it was for them to say whether that victory was to be fruitful or unfruitful'. The learned gentleman then en tered very fully into the question of the extension of these lines, upon which previous speakers at former meet ings spoke very fully, and were reported very fully. Mr. ASHMORE wished to know how the officers of the company voted. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE—The engineers gave 95 votes against, and in all, the officers gave 180 votes against you. _ _ Mr. SNELL thought they should dissolve themselves as a special general meeting, and declare themselves a meeting of South-Western shareholders. Mr. EDWARDS seconded the resolution in a speech which was repeatedly interrupted and the speaker called to order. Mr. SAINSBURY complained of the manner in which Mr. Scott, the chairman of the company, had dissolved the former meeting. The motion for the dissolution of the meeting was then agreed to, and Mr. Snell was appointed to the chair. The meeting being constituted into a meeting of the shareholders of the South-Western Railway, Mr. HENDERSON moved the following resolution : " That this meeting, considering it to be of the ut most importance, to prevent future contention in the company, and to insure the adoption of a prudent and pacific course towards other companies, and referring to the announced resignation of five of the present board, resolves to support such candidates only whose opinions accord with the general feeling of the company, and are opposed to a branch-making policy, which has been so decidedly condemned in two successive years by majori ties of the shareholders." Mr. ASHBOIJRNE seconded the motion ; and the reso lution was carried unanimously. The meeting . then adjourned. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 7. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, left early this morning for Lisbon ; will look in at Plymouth to pick up a dozen good hands who are waiting to join. The Russian corvette, Aurora, 44, left Spithead this morning for the Pacific, after saluting the national flag and the port•admiral, which courtesies were duly acknowledged. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., attended by Flag-Lieutenant Han key, proceeded to Osborne to-day in the steam-tender Fire Queen, Master-Commander Paul, to pay his respects to her Majesty. The Frolic, 16, Commander Nolloth, bent sails on Monday, and on Wednesday received her crew from the hulk and hauled into the stream to have her compasses adjusted. The Medea, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Pbillimore, having coaled, hauled into the stream to adjust her com passes to-day. The Caesar, 91, screw, is to undergo the same opera tion which has proved of so much service to the Agamem non, that of giving her additional false keel, from twelve inches aft to a feather edge forward. She was shored, and lifted off her blocks to-day, and commenced taking off the bottom part of the old false keel. PLYMOUTH, Dno. 7. Letters have been received from her Majesty's frigate Arethusa, 50, Captain T. M. C. Symonds, dated Con stantinople, 20th of November, which state that her re pairs bad been completed, and her guns and other stores taken on board. The Agamemnon, screw steam-ship, 91, Captain the Hon. W. EL Mends, was daily expected. Captain Mends is to take command of the frigate on her return to Eng land. Yesterday, at 12 p.m. a screw steam-frigate, was ob served hauling in towards the mouth of the harbour from the south-west ; she was under steam only. Early this morning an American paddle-wheel steamer, barque-rigged, with painted ports, under steam and can vas, passed down Channel. At 4.30 p.m. yesterday, a Dutch paddle-wheel steamer, with black hull, coloured paddle-boxes, red floats, and a woman figure-head, was spoken with off the harbour. She was 80 days from Batavia, with invalids, soldiers, and seamen for Amsterdam. The fittings of the engines in the Nile, 91, screw, are progressing very slowly ; two of the boilers have been put on board, and the other two are landed in the dock yard. It has been a work of much trouble, the parties having been obliged to erect shears for the purpose. WOOLWICH, DEC. 7. APPOINTMENT. Surgeon Walter Lawrence (1852) to the Buzzard, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, North America and West India station. The Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel, steam troop and store vessel, Master-Commander Belam, will be ready in about three weeks from this time to proceed to the Mediterranean station. • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 7. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Furet, from Gravelines ; Marie, do.; Jeune Alfred, Bordeaux ; Aurora, Saone sund ; Rudolph, Frederikshald ; Eton, Rotterdam ; Anna Sophia, Malmo ; Eteerine and Maria, Money ; Rouen, Sannesund ; Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Sophia Charlotte, Windau ; Daylesford, Quebec ; Purina, Fohr ; Oden, Gefle ; Uncle Billy, Hamburgh ; Lady Mansell, Terceira ; Theresa, Iquique ; Salvia, Cronstadt ; Dublin, Bremen. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Murray, for Dunkirk ; Alexander Malta ; Countess of Zetland, Cape of Good Hope ; Union, Antwerp ; Juanita, Seville ; Emelia, Cadiz and Malaga ; Burgh Castle, Boulogne ; Georgiana, Hobart Town ; Julia, Cherbourg ; Carlos, Go thenburg ; Lord William Bentinck, Valparaiso ; Marianne, Malta ; Islander, Barbadoes. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Heinrich, for Hamburgh ; Burgh Castle, Boulogne ; Murray, Dunkirk ; Jacobs Hazewaekel, Antwerp; Islander, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, DEC- 7. Wind, S. fog, and frost. The Royal mail steam-ship Canada, hence, has arrived at Boston. The steam-ship Pacific, from New York, has arrived here ; she left on the 26th of November. The Jesusa, hence to Para, has put back from Holyhead. The Royal William (Dublin steamer), went ashore at New Brighton this morning, but was expected off at flood tide. LIVERPOOL SHIPS AT FOREIGN PORTS.—The lonian and Hibernia, at New York ; Carnatic, at Charleston ; St. Petersburg, at New Orleans; Canada (Royal Mail steamer) and Shawmut, at Boston ; Helen, at Prince Edward's Island ; Herald and Three Sisters, at Newfoundland ; Alps (s. s.), at Havre ; Teneriffe, (s. s.), for Constantinople, and Genova (s. s.), at Gibraltar; Lydia, at Manzanilla. SAILED FOR LIVERPOOL.—The Julio, from Malaga, Nov. 24 ; Zete, from Santander, Nov. 29. ARRIVED.—The St. Olaf, from Smyrna ; G. A. Hopley, Charleston ; Ark, Carthagena.; Industrie, Ostend ; Pacific, U.S.M.S., New York. CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The Dorisanna, for Singapore ; Antje, Dordt ; Fanny Giffney, New Orleans ; Castries, St. Lucia ; Blossom, Barcelona and Malta ; Favorite, Guern sey and Jersey; L'lndustrie, Havanna ; Tempest, Phila delphia. ENTERED FOR LOADING. —The Tell Tale, for Azores ; Chariot of Fame, Boston ; America (steamer), ditto and Halifax; Neptune, Buenos Ayres; Ganges, Constantino ple and Odessa ; Terpsichore, Copenhagen ; Indian Queen, Melbourne; Den Sjetta Juli, Marseilles ; Phoenix, New Orleans ; Emma, ditto ; Industrie, Ostend ; Henry Ne smith, Rio Janeiro ; Calpe, ditto ; Prince of Orange, Sa vannah ; Conway, Geelong, entered 17th November, for Melbourne. SAILED.—The City of Manchester (s. s.) for Phila delphia ; Flora, New York ; Snowden, Charleston ; Lady Hobart, ditto ; Tamilers Haab, Bergen ; Scotia, Balti more ; Conqueror, New Orleans ; Salem, Melbourne ; Cleopatra, Charleston ; Galeed, Azores. Off Port—The Chimborazo, from Callao ; the Rosalie, from Pernambuco; the Saldanha, the Garland, the North Star, and the steamer Cormorant. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH The Shenandoah, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Nov. [2, lat. 43 N., long. 57 W. .... The Ann Mari&, from Clyde to Boston, Nov. 13, IM. 33, long. 60. _ _ _ The Condor, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Bel fast, Nov. 7, lat. 42, long. 52. The Brewer, from New York to London, lat. 34, long. 68. The Eliza Pirrie, Oct. 21, lat. 4 N., long. 20 W. The Corneliszoon, Dec. 1, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W. The Boykett (s), from Cape Town to the Alauriturs, Sept. 8, lat. 27 S., long. 56 E. The Success, bound E., Sept. 10, lat. 29 S., long. 51 E. The Antonio, bound E., Sept. 27, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Ameer, for Port Philip, Oct. 29, lat. 7 N., long. 21 W. The Pakenham, from London to the Mauritius, lat. 30 N., long. 13 W. The Adolf Nassau, from Liverpool to Sydney, 74 days out, lat. 37 S., long. 12 E. The Yoe', from Newcastle to Hong Kong, Sept. 25. The Aunt Mary, from Bombay to London, 30 days out lat. 24 S. long. 58 E. wort, The Phcenix (Dutch ship), from Hartlepool to Singapore' Sept. 10. • I , The Elizabeth Eliza (a), of and for Liverpool, froin paraiso, Vale Nov. 5, lat. 41 N., long. 39 W. , • The -ossypium, bound south, Oct. 17, lat. 14 ; 28 W. The Harbinger, of Girvan, from Melbourne, Oct` lat. 14 S., long. 28 W.' The Garland, of Liverpool, from Australia, Oce:7, le; N., long. 32 W. The Canada (s), Nov. 24, lat. 43 N., long.•fk The Niagara (barque), bound East, Nov. 28, , lat,,fr a q s, k long. 47 W. Lio The Kitty, from Callao, Dec. 4, lat. 51 N., long , . The Saldanah, from Quebec, same day. • The Asia (s.), same day. '296; A schooner, with 2d dist. pendant, No. 76 Oct. 21, lat. 2 S., long. 19 W. ff l'J A ship, Ist dial. pendant, No. 961 (Bermingham). , A ship, Ist dist. pendant, No. 4,307 (John j A ship, Ist dist. pendant,. No. 6,710 (Eingfisilfr ), 2. three Nov. 1, lat. 7 N., lung. 21 W. The Premier (ship), steering south, Nov. 12, 11.1 t;?! long. 14. The Grofleman, whaler, July 27, long. 130 W. The Anexa, from Singapore to Port Phillip, Allo 3 ' - Gi in the Straits of Sunda. The Borneo, August 24, lat. 13 S., long. 77E. ' The Thomas Forrest, from Singapore to London, 9, lat. 29 S. long. 37 E. lat. 6 04 The Elizabeth Wood, of Liverpool, Oct. 10, • long. 28 W. The Amazon, from Limerick to New York, Nov. 3, 1°1 ' 40, long. 40. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor upon taking his seat said, I wish to state in order that public notice may be taken of the fact that I have received several communications relative to making Monday, the 26th instant, a general holiday, on the ground of Christmas day falling upon a Sunday. I believe that the day will be generally observed as a holiday by commercial firms in the City, and by other persons engaged in trade ; but I fear the Bank of England and the other monetary establishments of the City may find it impossible to cease entirely from business operations. I therefore as chief magistrate feel a difficulty in interfering further iu the matter, beyond the expression of my opinion that the Monday will be generally observed as a holiday in the City, and from information which I have received from the principal provincial towns, I feel persuaded that the day will be kept from general business throughout the country. Frederick Hammond, Sarah .F7aney, and Bridget Taney, were brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination upon the charge of having.feloniously and knowingly in their possession in the City of London, two moulds, adapted and intended for the counterfeiting of shillings and sixpences. Mr. Powell attended for the prosecution. The evidence was in substance as follows : Inspector Brannan, of the G divison of the metropo litan police, said—From instructions I received I pro ceeded, in company with Evans, Nevelle, and Neale, constables of the G division, to No. 10, Reeves'-rents, Angel-alley, Bishopsgate, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon. The street door was open. We went up to the first floor, the door of which was locked, and I burst it in with a sledge hammer. On entering I saw the three prisoners at a table near the fire, on which was a galvanic battery charged and appa rently at work. The male prisoner kicked the table and the battery was kicked on to the floor, and the contents of the jar were spilt on to the floor. At that time I saw a number of counterfeit sixpences on the table, and with the assistance of the other officers we picked up seventeen as soon as we could. On .my entering the room a dog sprang at me which I kept away with the hammer, and he immediately fastened on Neville and tore his trowsers, and also seized Evans and tore the leg of his trowsers. We secured the prisoners and began to make a search. My hand was slightly burned with the acid from the battery jar. On searching on the table and the floor we found seventeen counterfeit sixpences. I picked up the battery and the battery jar, and in the corner of the room I found the two moulds I pro duce wrapped up in a rag, one for casting sixpences and the other for casting shillings. There was a file on the table. We took possession of the articles, and took the prisoners into custody. Cross-examined by Hammond—You knocked the table and the battery sprang out of the jar and fell on to the floor, the jar remaining on the table. A broker came in after we were there searching, and I left him there. In answer to Sarah Flaney, the witness said it was not the force with which I forced open the door that knocked over the table. Neville (metropolitan 152 G)—l went with Brannan and the other officers to the house. I took Hammond into custody, and threw him on the bed and held him there some time, and whilst I had him on the bed I saw four counterfeit sixpences on the bed, which I picked up. I found some white metal at the further corner of the room, very near to the foot of the bed. I produce the sixpences and the metal. The prisoners were all three standing round the table when we entered the room. I saw Hammond kick the table, and the battery 'fell on the floor, and part of the solution flew on to my coat and hand. Neale (metropolitan 204 G)—l accompanied the other witnesses. I saw Sarah Flaney going towards the win dow, and I took charge of her, and I found on the floor six counterfeit sixpences, and in the cupboard near the fireplace I found some Plaster of Paris in powder in a piece of rag. Thomas EvAns (metropolitan police 145 G)—l took Bridget Flaney into custody. I found three counterfeit sixpences and one good one, some on the table and some on the floor. The table the younger female prisoner was standing at was before the fire. Hammond, upon being asked whether he wished to say anything, replied, "Nothing more, my lord." Sarah Flaney said exactly the same words, and Bridget Flaney, who is a mere child, apparently not more than 12 years old, said, " No, my lord." The prisoners were then committed for trial. THAMES.—Benry Wiggins, sailor's boarding-house keeper, of No. 3, Johnson-street, Back-road, Shadwell, was charged with having unlawfully detained four 51. Bank of England notes, the property of John Hall. Hall said he was paid off at Green's Sailors' Home in Poplar, and received a balance of 271. 16,. Sd. for his services, which included five notes for Si. each. Mrs. Wi gg ine was erf, the Home. and after he was paid off took him to her house in Johnson-street, and said that sailors were taken in and done for there in a proper manner. He delivered to her care the whole of his notes. Mr. Yardley—Did you count them over to her ? Hall—l did, sir. I was reluctant to deliver my money to her at first, but she told me I bad better let her have them, and that she would put them in a drawer and lock it up, and let me have the key. She went up into her bed-room with the money, and gave me a key from a bunch, and said that was the key of the drawer where my money was. She would not let me see the place where she had deposited the money. It was in her bed room. The same afternoon she took me out, and I told her to bring one of my 51. notes, as I wanted to make some purchases. She gave it to me and took me to a jeweller's shop and selected a brooch, which she asked me to pay for ; I refused to buy it, and she was very angry with me. I never received the other notes. On Thursday morning I told Mrs. Wiggins I wanted the rest of my money, and she looked at me, and said, " What money ? I have none belonging to you." I said you know very well you have ; I have not lost my senses. I showed her the key, and said that was the key of the drawer in which the money was, and she laughed at me, and said she never had such a key. He demanded his money of the defendant and his wife when they were both together, and they told him he was dreaming, and said they had none of his money. The complainant then produced the key given to him, and handed it to the magistrate. The defendant cross•examined Hall, alleging that he asked Mrs. Wiggins for is. on Friday morning, and another on Saturday morning, but the sailor said he re ceived a shilling on Thursday morning, when he had two sovereigns in his pocket, which he did not wish to change, and another shilling on Friday. Wiggins in his defence, said his wife never had the money. The 25/. never came into her possession at all. Mr. Yardley—Then how came you to advance money to him in the course of the week ? Wiggins—l gave him that as an advance on his note —his advance note for the next ship. Mr. Yardley shook his head, and said that won't do. Do you think you can impose such a story as that upon me ? What, advance him money upon an advance note before he obtains one or is shipped in another vessel ? It does seem to me very extraordinary that you know ing that he had 251. should advance him a few shillings in expectation of obtaining an advance note. I don't want to anticipate, and you have no right to answer my questions unless you please, but you know I punish hoarding-house keepers for frauds on seamen with great severity, Wiggins—l never had the money, and my wife never had any money at all. _ Hall was recalled by the magistrate and strictly ques tioned. He said that all he had said was true. Mr. Yardley looked at the clause of the Merchant Seamen's Protection Act, and said he had no doubt whatever Mrs. Wiggins received the five 51. notes, and unlawfully and fraudulently withheld four of them, and they had been under the defendant's control. He asked the defendant if he would refund the 20/. or take the con sequences ; but on his still declaring his wife never had the money, the magistrate made a formal order upon him to return it, to pay a fine of 10/. in addition, &nd in default to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months. The wife of Wiggins, from the back of the court, here called out—l never had the money, ibis a shame to rob us. Mr. Yardley—Oh, you are the wife. You had better not be talking there, but go home and get the 201.. If it is not here by five o'clock I will commit your husband to hard labour for six months. The wife took the hint, and in the course of an hour returned with 201., which was banded to the sailor, and the prisoner was liberated, but not before the magistrate had read him and his wife a severe lecture, and advised them to be very cautious. The woman, who impudently l a u g h e d a t th e magis trate whil e he was talking to her, demanded 125., which she said was owing to her by the sailor. Mr. Yardley —Go about your business. You intended to plunder the sailor of 201. Leave the court instantly. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Sunday ni g ht ; last a child was killed in Manches t er, by having fallen I from the bed into which it was placed, and between set of drawers, by which the little cre a t ure h ung on i t : Company' s s t eamer ch F in A u T n A t L il Aitc(CliefD(ElN—T./2Trtlhteeron Oriental ' Madrid is undergoing repair in the Southampton graving dock. Mr. Colebrook , the seco nd engineer of }lor, fell, on Monday last, from a stage outside the ship into the dock, a hoight of 16 feet, and was so injured that he died in a few hours afterwards. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointm entand Pills for the Effectual Cure of Bad Legs.—Extract of a letter from H. Watkinson, Esq., proprietor of the Spalding Free Press, dated Dec. 15, 1852 :—" Dear Sir,—A cot tager, residing at Moulton, has requested me to send you the particulars of the almost miraculous cure effected by using your ointment and pills ; the sufferer's name is Hewctle, who injured his leg about 14 years ago, arid although he was under medical treatment for weeks tote • ther he derived no benefit. At the age of 60 another accident happened to the already injured leg, which left ' it in a fearful condition. However, by the use of your medicineo alone, his leg has been perfectly cured.—Sold by all druggists ; and at Professor Holloway's Estah ishraent, '244, Strand, London, COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MART`. DECEMBER 6. There was a large supply of straw of all deseriPti °l46 the market. The prices were as follow : .thatO o Oat straw, from 7s Od to 9s Od per kemple of 1 6 .L tron ; wheat do., 6s 6d to 8s Od ; barley do., 45 9d to Hay from 1k to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per 042 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—DEO. 6 - There were in the market to-day, 28 sacks oatmesio n os, weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold th us ,:-28 at and 0 at 01. Os Od. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—DEO. 5. 10 est There were in the market t o -d a y 87 b ags oa tm „. of barleymeal, and 2 of p o t-b ar l ey . S a l es w ere The top price of oatmeal same as la s t mar k e t and " - of quality same, and third als o s ame , as l as t m ar ket. 1 0 leymeal is down 2s on the top. Pot-barley is doti n the top price. Thi Oatmeal, n- sack of 2801bs First , I Second. I Qi* ? pe imperial Barleyic eal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto 395 6d 385 6d 381 28s Od Od pi —s Od. s Od —s Od --s Od 7, 0 3 36s Oct —a Od NEWCASTLE—Dze. 6. of To-day wheat was is to 2s lower, and a fair ara° tot business was done. Oats were quiet, and barley slow Other articles as before. LEEDS, DEC. 6. Wheat and barley are both is to 2s per qr. lower.,..l3eig are offered at a reduction of 2s per qr., without purchasers, and oats are id per stone cheaper. '.-DEC. V. ,ho dome of the market :"" Wallsend, ifr Lum1ey.................... Plummer .................... ! Richmund ............ . ... . Stewart's .................. , Cassop ..................... go ! Caradoc ..................••. . Eleugh Hall . ............... Kelloe .. .............. ! South Hartlepo ol ........ 0 0 ! South Kelloe ................ 4 ! St. Helen's Tees ......... # 3 O Watney's Anthracite... - - '5 Gwaen Cae Gm-wen ........... w Perkin's Anthracite ..... 42 Sold 42. COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at tl 8. d. Buddle W. Hartley 26 Davisoa's West Hartley 25 6 Holywell 27 West Hartley 26 0 Wylam 27 0 Wallsend, &c. Lawson 27 0 Northumberland 2B 0 Northumberland E. 25 6 Bell's Primrose 22 0 Eden Main 29 0 Belmont 29 0 Braddyll 39 0 Hetton 3O 0 Haswell 30 0 Ships at market RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEO. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has show-00 buoyancy, and quotations are reduced from to I P e e fjor from the currency of yesterday. Blackburn, 54; njek nian, 28i ; Chester and Holyhead, 17 ; Dublin altd fast Junction, 1i p. - Eastern Counties, 131; L lo 'lo and Yorkshire, 67i; London and North•Wester l4 oo Ditto Quarter shares (C), Ip. ; Ditto Eighth t a ge 5-16 d. ; Midland, 63i ; North British, 8 5-16; ,O Eastern and Dover, 18 7.16 ; Blackburn (6 per Cent)' LEEDS, DEC. 7. e l a° STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been on the W— hol ter a4l activity in the share market this morning than yes / 44 and prices may be quoted a shade lower. The foIIO H . are the closing transactions : Lancashire and YortsMi4 634 ; Midlands, 64i ; North British, 84 ; Leeds No Fifths (41. paid), 3s. 9d. dis. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 7. O W STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was flat ~o--- goads busieess, but prices were steady. MANCHESTER, DEC. 7., v . le STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was on l y a mode--,te ness, but prices were again slightly higher. cashire, 14 ; Leeds Stock, 67i ; Sheffields ;i lands, 63k ; Manchester and Birmingham C'Qrs,",pie Blackyarns, 5i ; Dovers, ; Sheffield Fr°"*" 10 3-16 ; London Stock, 103 i. SEABORNE MAILS. mu , (N signifies that the mails ar e sent f rom t h e General a --t ' by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] ....—______...-..--„ ...3 Day when male up From what :;14 k ., COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port ..,5. Office, London.* Dispatched. r- -- ~,,, ---- ..,,,4, y America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... e'""" 7- . . America (by United Sts. ~.....0 packet) ..........N Dec. 13 - - ... Liverpool ... v vv " America (by U States sof. * packet) .... • ....N •• • • ..... .Southampton Australia (via South- f ampton) ..........M Jan. 4.. . . .. Southampton Dec. 0 eo• Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan. 8.. . Dover ...... Ditto (via Cape of Good, Hope) ............N Dec. 4 .. Liverpool ... EX nc li Africa (West Coast) ..N.l3d o f th e mon th .. Pl ymout h .. Off' 0. Alexandria .......... N!8, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover .....• ~,, 0, Alexandria........ - 31'4th & 20th of mo n . So u tha m pton p la . Bahamas ..... - .... 31'17th of the month Southampton Belgium .......... - 31 ! Daily.. _ ., Dover .... • • D I " - 0 . Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton Ll 4 Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. Southampton 2.7 0: Capo of Good Hope ..Nll4th of th e mon th Plymouth .. lz , ! a l, Cape of Good Hope ..N!l4th of th e mont h . Southampton •X: Cape de Verds ...... N 9th of the mo n th.. Piymoutu .- l'''i., 0 Ceylon (see India) 504..84 , 1 Ceylon ..............N 14th of th e mon th Ply mou th .. _ CChannel'l 151e5........N Mon.,Wed.,&F r ld. So u th am pton .. „.„. if Chill-. ............. M 2d & 17th o f mon th S out h amp t o n 1 " - China (see India) • • 0 Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 Om. Dover .....• „.. Ind Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton i i tv i r c o cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily .. _ _ Dover .... • • " _ n ly Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover .....• P ti . ef li Gibraltar ..........M 4,7, 17,20, 27 of m. Southampton . • Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th o f mon. Southampton Dee t e e. l fr "66 ' Hamburgh ..........Ni Tuesday & Friday London ..... !L t . L i f Havannah - ... ... .. 31,2nd of the month Southampton Holland ....... ..... M s Wednesday & Sat. London ..... &, il Honduras ..... _ ..3117th of the month. Southampton 0. it. India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon . Southampton ~I , „. If, India (via Marseilles)3l Bth& 24th of month Dover ...... r:"1511 , lonian Isles (see India);7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.... •• Ireland ........3I & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead ..• Dec' 1! Lisbon ..............M 7,9, 17 , &2 8of m. Southampton 1* Madeira ............M 9th o f th e month S out h amp ton L'l.7, 0 .. Madeira .... .. ......N 23d of month .... Plymouth .. u' - Malta (see India) 1 0 ee Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 o f m. D over ...... l ' 6 Mauritius (see India) Not.' q 6 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. I. Mexico .... ..... ...M,2nd of the month., SouthamP.4o o o rgi, !; j Naples . - . .. .. .. _ N ibth I 5tb25 thofmon. Dover '.. •• • • , oe. ,'„,s New Granada ......31i2d & 17th of month SouthithlPtol t _ ‘ , opceti New Zei1and.......... day private ship .. Varietts poi".. r u i d,; . .., Papal States .......-Ni s thisth2sthofmon. Dover ..... .7 0 .. Peninsula .. .. . ..... M 7 thl7th2Bthofmon. Southamp ' ' , c a ln Peru ............ „hr 2d & 27th or mon. SouthanWW' 44 1 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Sicily ............ „N sth l sth2sthormon, Doveri....• , I: • Tuscany ........_ „N 5 thlsth2sthohnon. Dover' .4... 'oac. i v Plymouth ...... '','•.. Venezuela .. - .. _ ..111 , 2d & 17th of month Southingdon Van Diemen's Land (see . I; > # West Indies ) 3t ........ 2d .'lc llth ol month SoutharnitO n • . • When any of these dates la:l ou a Sunday, the dlii ii Ww til dispatched on the following day, with the exception of 0 %00 1 Southampton), and the Malta, both of whi c h will be di* day preceding. BIRTHS. , Or A SOir. • ai On the 18th of October, at Bombay, the "a° Archibald ;ht r ' 31411. 9. Pym, Esq., 2d Regiment LigL On the 4th hut., at Chesaington, the wife 0 ' B. Lewis. Of 07 A DAUGHTER. the WV , On the 3d inst., at Pittodrie, Aberdeenshire , Major Knight Erskine. On the 6th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Parnell• _..........." MARRIED. mo o , tbs h 0 1 On the 17th ult., at All S a i n t s , by the Rig h t Oo Lord Bishop of Quebec, the Rev. Gerald Pe c , ho loti s O'Grady, A.M., i ncum b en t o f H e mmingford, t 4 g s rasol i ° Knox, youngest d aug ht er o f the Rev. W. -A-P r ade- —ft D.D„ chaplain to the Legislative Council of Can 13,00v-_, On the sth inst., at St. James's Paddin&li'to Fll Collum, Esq., M.D. of the H.E.1.C.5., D3'3ll'lls' 000 Nightingall, seconddaughter of H. F. Sandel n— Sussex-square, Hyde-park. Sees , '004.,,,, On the 6tb inst., at H amm y ch urc h, n jo si.- Henry Cazalet, Esq., of Cheltenham, hat e C of i l ''' 33d Regiment, to Emma Gertrude, eldest clang P. Philpott, Esq., of Offham-house, lianuerf _____ 4 J , DIED. ' h . r'Of 16° On the 4th inst, Miss Elizabeth, second dau 4, o f E. Turner, of Prin cess - s t ree t, Spitalfields, eV: the vrif° 4 , On the sth inst., a t Sittingbourne, Maree.too, ICen the Rev. W. J. B rewer , M.A., curate of l' im- siged 27. On the Gth inst., at Ramsgate, Char t I• , the youngest y' son of Lieutenant-Colonel Brciok, '-,.. t . c hn e, On the 6th i ns t., at Penton-house, Rugb, ‘-/- wife of Captain Robert Tryon, R.N. • CIP g171°43 'l'o°W/ LONDON : Printed and Published by „ office, ' ll : . m -- tar . of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The oiT ui ib il rogo7 . Strand, in the Precinct of the filaTot i a, 0 1 Middlesex, Thunday, December 6, . 69. " °., ) 1 ji , iallerebyAglNZE°ll •••• Six per eel able t o the i „ after the sth T °. 7. en and Fout No tr u ,, ex 43 the books 7, St. I CHEST To St, or. The 1) Provided the of ves sels aloe _ 1,, arran em PASSENGER i n England. ina tlager's oftli zi. : l l o4 es ir t , er, N be TUAIN 811°A for c TRA3I 0] Ateketa taken .hat day or on or the same d rall Padd ington Ticket s d n i g n a t g re n t 1 1 LL otbyiTe. r A NOTICE p re l M CERT n dent, NV. Q TY, and Cant. t o the c of : %IP May i' It ees oft he co The Report' ttoa of the minc ° E I*4l ,, ti °nfil, may i nallows C I ROVII tiOtai ts rasa gating, A t.r. u Uank T r eltSnrer of th be mitY-Vila a l rn rn ~ l e Board of jublic to the the Tax in rest i it r e : l !ereto this policies rz ~ IA o at ) 1;e 1 lbe 11:1 t: o t eeari s i rec'll' r s r l en lle i risn I . 4 t e: r e f %Nal totonr::::;epPsti:C:ht:(l ;Tans are gran All Policies are k 8 Assurins derive very EXE To 10 Ten Capital, l'r eUminary de 4:4 - ; llar r iares t a ll ti o .ara n ci ou ti i th r of QIII 0:::lia.,017: Captain erugu nope Colorp nelaorc,f r rge resident— . pi s rd,iabd t eo,ra d le aueLE e n vgb i f xit aeen t_ .i. L,: lc JC. Clark, Es .01, " • "p r r g e lleffoi • Ir * 4 . to lztl ' J unes Peard Ley, 7,": 11 7 Morris, Esq eya Carnae Morr ,i7ortire Norton, Es *Mies Gipps Pro -4 1) Twells, Esq (AV 4 4 SECEITTA 4L SacitETAß4 "..11,01/EBS-11 ;a:a; ~..: r., ; a1ft..7_,.. t‘ ti4 l -- ::: '1 ....0 .- z....10 Res S ost etse: l) O ex li t i3e ndtye t hs il l e r t aa iyee Messrs. li t t Makin i rtr is f ST t ob evil le qt r Es kan e i t .lir t, ~autentsry and h a ll-Meng the evils I,:Mance of many 1t....tp1e. and imposi CZ" maned to tl 431,taPerience wit ci t Z_ll can be mi -- 7.1.!e and than] ea D MIII the Court 410 1 ' 4t leat. and the tkise....society oft] lit] . -wq ritY of a st It wi — wi ll be Pal D a s n dlTru 4/ 111 Z Itddi o U r ° , 3 ally l4 Ptiblic col nee raanagem aptat paid rixa d er Prelimins ko ra ' ue mediate ba the coa l . 44 4 dition too gel ' IV pro te d by the i k ti, else fits are 1 1 .111 3 ,,,tnited Ki ng : 3 / 4 1a t. . 3 ,.. 1 e, Sucre; iZt:ianfnlYuTalla ~ ,. .4.,,,,,,- In trustees areci„ - uarged by tl tl tiligd• Addi kob,: ‘ ,..lig tbe x n p g ) 4earl suffl e cier d at a_ 01 1 a paid -t es, co w er will be 4 D u r , 3 ,,the Govern •l, -,,,eations for ht o. roll iir rad ll (the ers, No. :14:0141141,4;4 :rhele:linheyateniinu:tsntihdvl Z; ) b it o4 ::tecute the • A ik„ Irt a return ‘ki" no essay In 1850, 45,: A R. HON 44 1t 411 4, ,L ET - : , 9r ligatures `40 , 3 , -, o be disting any te ^2ll b e aver ch 11 4ti o rn or v ro e o r t is•ef 44 4Lteth that 'aci 0 I / ?