The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-08 00:00:00

tions to be prepared for the management of the normal r FOOD DISTURBANCES IN THE carried forward this measure for the relief of their des- 1 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, school, and of the practising schools as connected with it, NORTH. i titnte fellow-townspeople. i IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM as well as for the pauper school of industry and the penal ‘ (From the Inverness Courier.) BURGHEAD.-Several riots have taken place here r PANIES' STOCK. school. Within the last fortnight, we are sorry to say that the . during tho week. On Tuesday, the Ceres loading meal --000-,-_ he for Leith, was attacked, and her cargo re-landed. On That an area of at least ten acres is desirable for t he $ peaceable districts of the north have, at least in From tie Official List, and ten Wednesday, the fishermen from Hopeman and Cum normal school, ten acres for the pauper scho ol, . the towns and villages, been disturbed by riots and ex g citements of a very disagreeable nature. Speculation in mingston arrived in great numbers, and attacked an- VELISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENLNG. for the penal school, in order that training in garde nin g LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, and the management of a cottage farm may be succes s- the south has increased the price of grain to a v ery other vessel loading meal, re-landed her cargo also, and fully pursued. extent, and that increase, with the fact of dall y lodged it in the granary. The authorities from Elgin, JOINT-STOCH RAMIS. estimate of outlay on the g rievous Y with a force of special constables, apprehended three of Dividend Amount That the following general _ :.... shipments being made, has very generally alarmed the the ringleaders on the latter day, and lodged them in Name of Company. per of Paid. Price buildings and of annual expenditure, be approved least informed classes on the shores of the whole the Grant Arms Inn, the windows of which were im- Annum. Share. BUILDINGS. northern counties, In Banff, Moray, and Ross, there mediately demolished by the crowd. The Sheriff ' - ........... The buildings of the Normal School ... £lO,OOO have been riotous demonstrations to induce dealers having remonstrated with the people, the prisowere • ners tustralasia .. •••• •• •• 61. per cent. £ s. d. X a. d. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - The buildings of the Pauper School ... 5 ,000 The buildings of the Penal School ... 5,000 to keep th e corn a t h ome . Whil e we regret that liberated. The fishing has not been prosecuted since BritehNorth American 51. percent. 50 0050 0 o - Annual charge of Normal School, 3,5001. such a spirit should be manifested, w e a re afraid these disturbances commenced. commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 o 20 0 0 - !:lolonial • - That it be referred to the Lord President and Secre. 1 that the blame does not al w ay s r es t w ith the crowd. LOSSIEMOUTH.-On Wednesday, several carts laden Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0020 0 0 ;In Macduff, for instance, it is complained that, before with oats arrived in the village, and were immediately London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 5o ooto o o - tary of State for the Home Department to direct the se lection es t' the buildings required for the temporary ma- ithe rioting-and when the extensive shipments and surrounded by a mob, who escorted them to the store- Metropolitan •• • • _ - 25 0 0 710 0 Pr j r i r aZlr . e . l . an .. d . :: :I L . I:rr cent. li t i t 3 ( 0 ) 0 0 25 0 0 - i rising prices had ftlarmed the people lest all the grain house, and after seeng the grain safe* deposited there, nagement of the normal school, and to determine the ;in Banffshire should be carried off-a portion of the in- locked the door, and carried off the key. Union of NA o eu f ; l .r r .a l e . l i a n a. .. d .. ... ... 56 5; ... per rr cent. 50 5 ; 0 2 0 0 0 0 2:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- number of o ffi cers which may be required during the gradual growth of the establishment. i habitants offered money or security for a certain quan- FINDHORN.-On Tuesday, four carts with grain for Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0035 0 0 - That the qualifications of the candidates for the offices tity of meal to supply themselves, and were refused. In shipment at Findhorn were stopped by the people, and of teachers in these schools be subjected to a careful ex- 1 Evanton (Ross-shire) also, mea l in such quantities as taken back to Forres. On Wednesday, a quantity of Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. 50 0 o I ?.05 0 0 0 - 12% amination, under the direction of the:Lord President ; working men could afford to buy was not to be had. The m e a l an d fl our f or th e sout h was a l so se i ze d. and that the several schools be from time t o time in demand, in short, for large quantities was so great, that F, eitABERS.-All along the coast the fishermen are nesustarecz COMPANIES. spected. by her Majesty's inspectors, and a report th e reo n ' the retail market was not cared for. We are glad, how- labouring under the utmost excitement. On Wednesday , submitted to the Committee of Council, and transmitted ever, to understand that th e d ea l ers th emse l ves are now the fishermen of Kingston (Garmouth), Pert-Gorden, Dividend Amount by their Lordships to the S ecre t ar y o f St ate f or th e anxious to keep at least the oat crop in the districts. In and Buckle, ma rc h e d w i t h fl ags to F oc b a b ers Name ef Company. , to demand An p n Share. er . of Paid. Price Department. . Caithness, we mentioned some time ago, that the mete from M r . B a l mer , comm i ss i oner to t h e D u k e o f Ri c h- MINUTE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANTS chants were refusing orders; and one of them, Mr. D. mond, an unlimited supply of meal at 20s. a boll, £ s. d. £ a. 4. FOR THE SALARIES OF MASTERS AND MISTRESSES 'Mackay, Thurso, has, we are informed, refused to enter threatening to raze his house. After some time spent . I Al l i ancei i . Brit. .a . n . d . F . * Or . . 6 per cent. 512 0 0 115 0 0 75 OF SCHOOLS FUR PAUPER CHILDREN. 1 into contracts for no less than 18,000 quarters, supply- in consultation, they returned to their homes, under the Ditto ......6!.• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 O OO - 534 The Lord President brought under the consideration ; ing only some ten or eleven hundred quarters for meal impression that their wants would be fulfilled. British rc c c ommer e c n iat .. e 75_ . . pe o r r ahar e 1 50 0 0 50 0 734 Atlas .•••• • • • • .... •• • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 t!, O e their Lordships a letter received from the Secretary and seed to Lewis and Skye, these districts being, when FRASERBURGH.-The report brought to town by of State for the Home department, dated November 18, 1 the shipments were made, in a destitute condition. At private letter last week, that a meal-dealer bad been 1 o e unt l y' m .. Lt - ti . - - - 1 : I f - 51 p 31. ce nt. 100 0 : : 10 1 : : I a meeting of the principal merchants and proprietors murd ere d a t F raser h urg h, h as not b een con fi rme d ; an d C rown .............. 10s. 50 0 0 50 0 - granted in the l a t e sess i on o f P ar li amen t t owar d s defray -1846, calling th e i r a tt en ti on to t h e f ac t th a t 15,0001. w a s of Morayshire, held at Elgin on Friday last, the w e are h a ppy t o say t h at t h e r i ot was no t o f t h e d ea dly Nagle •• • .ls scot. Law •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 dealers pledged themselves that sufficient grain for kind supposed. The authorities, in consequence of the K F tug the expense of salaries of masters and mistresses of European Life ••• • • • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 pauper schools, a nd t o the i m portance of rendering the wants of the community would be retained in turb u l en t s pi r it man if este d, t h oug h t it p ru d en t t o send Frm eeasons' .•• •• • ... 51 . per cent. 20 0 0 a o o grants for this purpose in future years conducive to the the county. A similar feeling, we believe, is general. to Ab er d een f or a party o f so ldi ers . A por ti on o f th e Globe - 132 ad Guardian .... ••-.. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48 4 The great question is , what is the amount of food in the 76th regiment were, accordingly, dispatched on Satur- Imperial Fire ........ 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230 increased e ffi ciency of such schools. country? It is confidently stated that there never was a day in coaches ; but the efforts of the magistrates to imperial Life •.•• • • • • 12s. 100 00to 0 0 - ships Th e Lord President also communicated to their Lord time when there need b e l ess f ear o f famine. In the prevent an outbreak being successful, the party was met indemnity Marine- •• 111 1 1 bs. 100 o o 513 1 31 a paper, prepared at the request of Sir George Law Life •••••• • • • • • • 3. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - shipping ports of the south, granaries are choked full. on the road by an express to that effect, and the vehicles Grey, on the administration of these grants. Jegal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 63i In Morayshire, Sir John Macpherson Grant, in a letter were immediately turned. - ,andon Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15 From these documents it appeared that there were to the Elgin meeting, states that there is abundance for MACDUFF.-On the 15th ult. a mob barricaded the •ondon Ship •••• •• •• 51 103. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 upwards of 700 workhouse schools, and that little the local wants and to spare for the destitute. Of oats quays, and prevented a number of carts from discharging id e arin f e •,.• .1:178 a ka. 12 g o i 2 g o - progress had hitherto been made in the establish- II d daring.. & G - e . n . . the quality was unusually good, and the crop in many meal into a schooner-the Deveron-and another ment of schools of industry for districts of unions, National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 o 0 210 0 -- owine , to the limitation of the radius of such dis- instances a third more than in ordinary years. Sir John small vessel. They also stripped the ship's sails_to pre- National Life.... says, that he, for one, had given orders that none of his vent them leaving port. On Monday, the magistrates Conadium Life ...... tricts in the Act of Parliament authorising their creation which t h e grain should be sold out to any person for the southern took measures to supply the labouring classes with meal l' ,ni : r h ro ce tector - iife.... .... 31 1. et. cent.. 20 - 0 0 1 ; 0 2 1 4 r Od and also to the limitation of the expense for markets. Another letter, from an extensive dealer, to at prices to suit their circumstances, whenithe inhabit , Provident Life .. rate-payers under this Act might be rated towards the same meeting, stated that three-fourths of the oats, ants themselves removed the barriers on the quays end Rock Lire..........., 43. 5o o 010 o 43( the erection of the requisite buildings. Their Lordships were of opinion that it was expedient to employ inspec- two-thirds of the wheat, and a large quantity of the bar- retired peaceably to tiler homes. A dealer has offered Royal Exchange SL per cent. Stock. tors for the examination of workhouse schools, in order ley , were still in the farmers' hands. Other proprietors , 500 bolls of meal to the working classes at 24 s a boll. s Di - - 2 - 10 tto Life ....•.• I/ 61. . 6s. - - 49 we know, have acted as Sir John M. Grant has done; Th e E ar l o f Fi ee , an d th e Fi ve T rus t ees h ave o ff ere d t o Universal Life .. that by their suggestions to the guardians, and upon 10341. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 - their reports, measures might be adopted in the adminis- and if a little fellow-feeling is shown by the merchants open their stores. tration of these grants to procure the improvement of in the villages, in retailing such quantities as the people BANFF.-On S a t ur d ay even i ng wee k, a num b er o f LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, these schoals. can afford to buy, there will be no disturbance. Riot lads forcibly put the booms across the new harbour to pre- Resolved-That it is desirable to train the pauper has been prevented in Nairn, Forms, and other places, ren t th e sai li ng o f t h e sc h ooner B oyne w i t h mea l. Name of Company. Di per Amoofunt Paid. Price. children now in workhouses in habits of industry , the authorities having kindly taken steps to insure meal On Monday one hundred special constables were sworn Annum. Share. That with this view, for the purpose of improving being sold out at a reasonable rate-the difference be- in, a posse of whom paraded the quays while the workhouse schools, four inspectors be appointed, with tween such a rate and the market prices being paid by vessel put to sea. No farther disturbance took place: Bank of Scotland 100 0 0 . d 67. per cent. - 100 0 17634 authority to examine the condition of schools for the subscription. High prices are no doubt to be expected 7 41 . 16s. 6d. have been subscribed for a meal fund for Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. p er cent. 100 0 15634 education of pauper children ; and to ascertain the cha- this season; but speculation has unduly increased the the poor here, and 581. 16s. 6d. for a soup kitchen. British Linen Company 81. per cent. N u o a t i o i o n n i3 a a l n ß k a o n f - 100 0 0 220 GARDENSTOWN.-The sails of the schooner Boyndie, Commercial Bank ...• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 meter and qualifications of the persons employed as rates, and we expect that lower prices will soon prevail. 6/. per 10 0 0 18/. 6s schoolmasters and mistresses, in order that unfit and INvansiEss.- On ,Monday the disposition to riot magi- loading meal for the destitute Highlanders, were forcibly k Seotland NI. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91 ye fested itself here. For some time back, we learn that a taken away by a mob on F r id a y n i g ht. The quays, also, Western Bank incompetent persons may no longer be employed in that 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 8434 capacity, and that measures may be taken for awarding difficulty of obtaining meal in small quantities was felt, during the night, were barricaded. On Saturday th e NorthofScotlandß an k SI. per cent. - 50 0 7% the retailers , especially in the Merkinch finding it out of authorities succeeded in restoring peace and the vessel Clydesdale Bank • ... • • 61 er cent - 10 0 0 1334 salaries, according to the qualifications of the masters or their prover ' to purchase . or sell is . ith 'profit, from the got to sea. Three of the rioters were ' apprehended and Eastern Bank - ... •• • 51: per cent. - 10 0 0 124 City of Glasgow Bank. Si.per cent. - Caledonian Bank mistresses, and the extent of the duties they have to greatly increased price. The principal.dealers, however, taken to Banff. Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 71. os perform. had stocks on hand, and sold meal to all who came at PORT-GORDON.-From a proclamation issued by thelo 0 0 13/. 7s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. Od That instructions be prepared for the guidance of 17d. per peck-a rise of a penny having taken place a Lord-Lieutenant and the Sheriff of Banff, we observe r a n e , r ur cul . C es o l . n o s f ur sc a e n t le n Co. V. per cent. 100 0 0 Al t r 0 144 such inspectors. few days ago. The magistrates, further, had on Satyr- that the justices of the peace assembled at Port-Gordon, __ RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. day arranged with the dealers that they should sell meal on Monday, invaded • were and obliged to desist from North British Incur 5541.pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2734 d Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 931 LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN in the smallest quantities to all w ho wi s h e d. Th e difli- h o ldi ng t h e i r sess i on, b y the " outrageous conduct of a Caledonian Fire Incur. 101 . per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2234 Edinburgh Eciio.as L g ill i i i i w su a r. 1 6 1 /. 1 per cent. 100 0 0 g gto g g RAILwAys.-We are authorised to state-and we do so cult}-, however, of getting timely supplies, and the lawless multitude." The meeting was held for the pur ween prospect held out by the sellers that prices would soon pose of swearing in special constables, and a man named Y . 73. 0Lp p e . r s e .. 50 with very sincere regret-that all negotiations bet Ditto, ts Shares... 12 10 0 All paid. 113, 1' 4 the London and North-Western and Great Western be higher, excited the poorer population of the town; Thomson having refused to be sworn in was apprehended Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 1934 Railway Boards are at an end, and are not likely to be and as the Morayshire, a Leith trader, was lying in by the coest-guard, but was only retained by the fixing Glasaw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6934 Glasgw & Greenek Rail 21 percent. 25 0 0 All paid. iey, renewed.-Railway Record. the harbour to take in grain, they determined to prevent of bayonets and loading with ball. A corn-merchant 91sgw& Garnkirk Ralf. 51: per cent . 25 0 0 All paid. 39, MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.-The half- year l y the shipment, under the impression that such a manifes- found it necessary to place himself and property under Dundee&Arbrothßall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 tandard LifeAssernee.l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9 meeting of this company was lately held at Derby, for Wiwi would induce the merchants to lower the price of the protection of the coast guard; two of whom, with 8 the transaction of g eneral business. George Hudson, meal. About eight o'clock in the morning the dis- Captain Davies at their head, and with loaded guns, kept CANALS . Esq., M.P., preside d on the occasion. The report, turbance commenced, and five carts with grain, from a rabble of a thousand at bay for nearly two hours, who which was of great length, included those of Mr. Burton, Bunchrcw, were turned at the harbour. From that finding the guard undaunted, retired. Aparty of soldiers 4 I i si Dividend the resident engineer, and of Mr. Kirtley, the super- time to mid-day, the mob keeping watch, various from Aberdeen have arrived at this port. Names of L e Dividend, n „, Names of 2.,) Per Price. Companies. 11 per "."' Companies. A Ai l n ' urn. intendent of locomotives and earriaeei and contained ihe attempts to ship were frustrated ; and about one o'clock Iltnener.-Huntly was only preserved from riot by Annum. CD ,-, '9 .. _....... following passages:-"1 he balance in hand, after pay- an attack was made upon the house of a meal-dealer, and the arrival of a detachment of soldiers on their way to ing, in addition to the former payments, the fixed inte- the windows broken. The mob consisted solely of boys, Port- Gordon ; and (says the Ban f fshire Advertiser) by I £ - Monmouthsh 100 81. - rest on the Leicester an d S wann i ng t on R a il way St oc k, but a number of women were eager in encou r a g ing th e m. a rumour th a t "th e agents o f t h e D u k e o f Richmond As ht . 97 53 1a z 1 13 51' 41 . . P c Mntgomryah 100 Si. - and the rent due to the Leeds and Bradford Railway From Kessoek-street the party proceeded round the had been buying up corn and meal to be laid up in store Barnsle 160' 121 Macclesfield. 100 - - Company, will enable you to deelare a dividend of town, visiting the various dealers, and throwing stones for the use of the town." A few effigies were burned, Ilasingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• . • • 100 171. - MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was lately held at Derby, for the transaction of general busineis. George Hudson, Esq., M.P., presided on the occasion. The report, which was of great length, included those of Mr. Burton, the resident engineer, and of Mr. Kirtley, the super intendent of locomotives and carriages, and contained ihe following passages:—" "I he balance in hand, after pay ing, in addition to the former payments, the fixed inte rest on the Leicester and Swannington R.ciiway Stock, and the rent due to the Leeds and Bradford Railway Company, will enable you to declare a dividend of 3/. 10s. upon each 1001. of the Midland Consolidated Stock; of 3/. 10s. upon each 100/. of the C.nsoliclated Preferential Stock, and after the same rate of 71. per cent. per annum for five months, upon 10/. of each of the 401. shares; of 21. 16 s . 3 d . upon each 1001. of the Birmingham and Derby C onso lid ate d Stock, and leave a balance in hand of 13,0401. Bs. ld. The increase in the gross receipts from traffic, over the corresponding half of last year, fr om var i ous sources specified (in eluding 29,4801. 9s. 6d. from pa;sene- b ers) amounted in the gross to 53,898/. 2 s . 10d." TheChtirman gave a most elaborate detail of the proceedings, and the report was received, ad.pted, and confirmed. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—At the half yearly meeting of this company, held at York, on Mon • day last, George Hudson, Esq., M.P., in the chair, the report of the directors was read, which stated that, after paying interest at the rate of 5/. per cent. to the holders of the (guaranteed) shares in that railway, a surplus of 2,637/. 14s. 7d. will remain to the credit of the New castle and Berwick Railway Company; that the portion of the line which extends from Newcastle to Morpeth will be ready ibr opening on the Bth instant, and a por tion of the northern end of the line, exceeding twenty miles is length—viz., from Tweed Mouth to Chat llill, is in such a state of forwardness that the requisite month's notice of its opening will be forthwith given to the Board of Trade. The report was unanimously adopted; and it was further resolved that interest at 51. per cent. per annum be paid on the 16th day of February instant to the holders of shares in this company in re spect to the North Shields capital; and that in order to raise an additional capital of 775,0001., the directors be empowered to issue scrip for new shares, in the pro• portion of one new share of 25/. to every two original shares, at such time as they might think expedient. SOUTH-EASTERN NORTH KENT LINES. —The Morn ing Herald states—"We are informed that the last con tract for the construction of the North Kent line was yesterday (Tuesday) let by the directors of South- Eastern Railway Company to Mr. John Brogden, jun. This contract extends from the Grand Surrey Canal to Erith ; from thence to Rochester the line had been pre viously contracted for—viz, from Erith to Gravesend, to Messrs. F. and T. Tredwell ; and from thence to Rochester, including the filling of the canal and widen ing of the railway, to Mr. Brogden, jun. There is little doubt that the entire Hie from London to Rochester will be opened for public traffic within a year. We under stand that there has been great competition among the contractors for these works, which are under the super intendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. George Bidder. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—We hear that, a few days ago, an order was issued from Mr. Macgregor to the effect that, should a passenger take out a day-ticket for (say) the third-class, and on his return, at any part of his journey, be driven by stress of weather, or any other cause, into a superior class, the charge is to be, not the added increase between the classes for the up train, but the addition both w a ys—going and returning.— Railway Record. LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND RAILWAY CO3IPANY.—On Thursday Cockburn Curtis, Esq., a surveying officer from the Admiralty, attended at the Court House, Wakefield, to examine into the above pro p' et, so far as it interfered with the Aire and Calder Navigation Company. Mr. Webster attended on behalf of the Railway, and Mr. John Hope Shaw on behalf of the Navigation Company. The proceedings occupied but a very short time, an arrangement having been come to between the two solicitors to settle any differences between themselves ; but if they could not agree upon any given point, then to leave it to the decision of Mr. Curtis.—Leeds Mercury. FARES ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—As the high fares on the Midland Railway have been often and justly complained of, it is right to state that at the beginning of the present year the fares were greatly reduced. The first-class fare to London, which was formerly 47e., is now 40s. 6d. —Leeds Mercury. CHILD-STEALlNG.—Thursday afternoon, as a little girl named Ann Edwards was nursing a female infant three months old, the daughter of Mr. Laidlaw, of No. 49, Wellbank-street, Dover-road, Southwark, when opposite St. George's Church she was accosted by a tall lady-like female dressed in deep mourning, who, after inquiring the child's name and address, took it from her arms to nurse it, and walked towards London-bridge. On passing a confectioner's shop she asked the girl to partake of some pastry, and they both entered the shop. The lady tendered a sovereign in payment, saying to the girl that she would walk on to wards the church, and she was to overtake her with the change. Some time elapsed in procuring it; when the girl reached the appointed place no trace of the lady was to be discovered, and it was ascertained that a lady answering the description was seen to enter a cab with an infant which was driven towards Westminster-bridge. ..... ..... - __ _ EDINBURGII, JAN. 30.—The north of Scotland is nearly in a state of insurrection. At Burghend, two vessels laden with meal for export were deprived of their cargoes. At Lossiemouth and Findhorn several carts laden with oats were seized, ant the captured victuals lodged in storehouses. The other places in the neighbourhood being in a similar state of excitement, forty soldiers from Fort George have been stationed at Elgin; and a company from Aberdeen has been sent to Port Gordon, intowhich the inhabitants of Keith Passin g inland town, are said to be pouring in large numbers. over intermediate districts, the food riot folly has also reached became twb ra ttle south. In Stranraer, disturbance was raised per atone. C e a a rr l- o dealers would not sell their meal at 2s. 6d. promptitude of the ! s lu and loaves were also stolen, but the any great height, The prevented the riots from reach ingto ‘,4 o, The Edinbugh Destitution Fund amounts to-day 9/. 68. 2d. The Scotsman's "com missioner" to the Highlands High landers are by far too me;instances appea rs to think that the indolent, and that the distress, al though severe, has in so . time SECOND TROUGHTS. so ances been exaggerated. for having exhumed of Violaineq (Pas-de-Calais) wa n s le t ago a physician his deceased wife, three weeks after interment, in order to make a skeleton of her. lie was guilty. and con demned to three months' i m Tyri si°fil: pnirei:nuot:dina.(einteohnifisrined with f ew days ago, against this judgment, it w pPe, a to the thre e the addition of three months months already awarded.—Galignani's Alesse7 Ter. An operation, preceded by the inhalation of e th er was performed on Sa turda y , at the militar y hospital o f t h e Val-de-Grace, on a non-commisi , ioned officer, named Geffine, who conducted himself with so much bravery in Africa, taking a standard, although wounded in several places, and offering his own horse to a dismounted officer. The amputa tion of an arm having become necessary, the ether was ad ministered. He uttered plaintive cries during the opera tion, but declared when it was over that be had felt no pain. He had, he said, been dreaming that he was about to be amputated, but bad felt no sensation except something like a scratching. (This was the action of the saw.) Geffine was for several hours after the operation under the effect of the ether, like a man who had become intoxicated by drinking. On the following day he cornplainedof a violent headache. at their windows—attacking also the stores of those small retailers who only sold out as they bought in, and some of whom had not a boll on hand. While assaulting a store at the shore, the sheriff and the magistrates cause down unaccompanied, and the mob retreated to the other side of the water. About live o'clock, five carts, with grain, were turned on the new bridge, and in an hour afterwards, the driver of a cart having, at Clachnaharry, demurred to obeying the mob, they threw out the barley sacks, unyoked Vie horse, brought the vehicle to the new bridge, and there pitched it into the river. About eight o'clock a considerable crowd assembled at Castle -street, but on being remonstrated with they dispersed ; at nine a second attack was made on the wooden store at the quay. The lock was forced, and some meal strewn on the floor. An outside stair, leading to a loft, was also destroyed. The magistrates, however, arrived, and put an end to the assault. No further disturbance occurred. In the afternoon the Town Council held a meeting, and at seven o'clock the tire brigade, and a number of others, sworn in as con stables, assembled in the Town• hall. The pensioners, also, were called together, but as no disturbance took place, and all seemed quiet, they were dismissed about midnight. Today (Tuesday) no disposition to repeat these unfortunate excesses had been shown, and all is quiet. The committee for managing the local subscrip tion here has opened a meal store at the Shore, which promises to be highly useful. A soup kitchen has also been established, and other measures of relief adopted. GRANTOWN.—The authorities have succeeded in re storing peace at Grantown. Two apprehensions were made—one for rioting and the other for deforcing the officers. The prisoners have been sent to Inverness. EVANTON (floss SHIRE.)--On Thursday two or three hundred persons assembled at Fowlis Point, from Evan ton and the neighbourhood, to prevent the shipment of grain for the south. A few days previously several car goes of b irley had been dispatched, and a vessel was ex pected on the day in qaestion, and the crowd expressed themselves strongly to the effect that they would allow no grain to be put into her. The expected ship not making her appearance, a fire was kindled on the beach, where a great number of people stayed all night. Next day five carts of grain were met near the Waterloo, and turned. On Saturday, the sheriff proceeded to the Point to expostulate with the people. The vessel had now arrived, but the result of the proceedings was, that the vessel sailed again without any grain. No person was injured in this outbreak ; and when the object was accomplished the band marched back to Evanton with flags and a piper, and quietly dispersed. The people ap peared to have only acted from necessity, in a manner, because, for a length of time, they had had no meal of their own, and at the mills they were refused, it is said, even a handful for money. ELGIN.—In Elgin considerable excitement prevailed during the week on the subject of the supply of food. On Tuesday evening the younger portion of the popula tio❑ paraded the streets, and made demonstrations before the doors of the principal grain merchants. On Wed nesday the sheriff and magistrates issued a notice that measures were being taken to secure to the populace an abundant supply of meal. That measure, fortunately, had the desired effect ; though the officials deemed it prudent to secure the services of a detachment of mili tary from Fort George, in case of an emergency. A meeting of the proprietors and corn-dealers was held on Friday forenoon, in the Court-house, at the request of Sheriff Cameron, for the purpose of allaying apprehen sion by giving an assurance that there was abundance of grain in the county. Admiral Duff took the chair ; and we learn, by a second edition of the Elgin Courant, that the meeting was numerously attended, and that resolutions to the following effect were agreed to :-- Ist. That the meeting, having the best means of knowing, were perfectly satisfied that the alarm of scarcity as regards Morayshire is altogether groundless. —2d. That the meeting were convinced that the farm ers and shippers have no intention of shipping more grain than will fulfil a few small contracts, while seve ral extensive growers present expressed a determination not to sell oats for exportation.-3d. That while they could not fix the price of grain; the meeting-4th. Would open a subscription for laying in a store of meal to be applied to the use of the really deserving.-sth. That the lawless conduct complained of had the effect of preventing a ready supply of meal in a few districts, producing the distress complained of. At the meeting a letter was read from Sir John Macpherson Grant, of Ballindalloch, and one from the factor to the Earl of Moray, recommending the retention of the oat crop— but the oat crop only—in the county, as it was amply sufficient for the wants of the county. NAIRN.—On Thursday last a circular was issued, set ting forth that the Lord-Lieutenant, Sheriff-Substitute, and Provost, finding that it had become almost impos sible for the poorer classes in this district, even when provided with money, to get meal in pecks and half.. pecks, met on that day, and originated a subscription for the establishment of a " Town and County Retail Store," for the accommodation of the people during the next three or six months. Such an institution, it was be- PORT-GORDON.—From a proclamation issued by the Lord-Lieutenant and the Sheriff of Banff, we observe that the justices of the peace assembled at Port- Gordon, on Monday, were invaded and obliged to desist from holding their session, by the " outrageous conduct of a lawless multitude." The meeting was held for the pur pose of swearing in special constables, and a n.an named Thomson having refused to be sworn in was apprehended by the coast-guard, but was only retained by the fixing of bayonets and loading with ball. A corn-merchant found it necessary to place himself and property under the protection of the coast •guard; two of whom, with Captain Davies at their head, and with loaded guns, kept a rabble of a thousand at bay for nearly two hours, who finding the guard undaunted, retired. A party of soldiers from Aberdeen have arrived at this port. IluNTLv.—Huntly was only preserved from riot by the arrival of a detachment of soldiers on their way to Port. Gordon ; and (says the Ban f fshire Advertiser) by a rumour that " the agents of the Duke of Richmond had been buying up corn and meal to be laid up in store for the use of the town." A few effigies were burned, and the gas turned off, leaving the town in darkness. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. ACCESSION of the KING of SAXONY to the CONVENTION CONCLUDED MAY 13, 1846, between GREAT BRITAIN and PRUSSIA, for the ESTABLISHMENT of INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. SIGNED at BERLIN, AUGUST 24, 1846. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of Prussia, having concluded at Berlin, on the 13th of May, 1846, a convention for the reciprocal protection of copy right against piracy, and it having been stipulated in Article 8 of that convention, that those German States which, together with Prussia, compose the German Union of Customs, or which may hereafter join that Union, should have the right of acceding to the said convention, their Britannic and Prussian Majesties have addressed to his Majesty the King of Saxony the invita tion to accede thereto ; And his Majesty the King of Saxony being desirous of availing himself of the opportunity thus afforded to him of acceding to the said Convention ; The respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say— On the part of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. John, Earl of Westmorland, Lord Burghersh, a peer of the United Kingdom, a member of her Britannic Ma jesty's Privy Council, a Lieutenant-General Commander of the Military Order of the Bath of England, Grand Cross of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover, her Bri tannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to bis Majesty the King of Prussia: On the part of his Majesty the King of Prussia, the Sieur Erasmus Robert, Baron de Patow, his Privy Coun cillor of Legation, and Director of the Department for Foreign Affairs, Knight of the Orders of the Red Eagle of the third class with the clasp of Prussia, and of the House of Ernest of Ducal Saxony: And on the part of his Majesty the King of Saxony, the Sieur John de Minckwitz, his Minister of State, a Lieutenant-General and Aide-de-camp-General, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to their Majesties the King of Prussia and the King of Hanover, Knight of the Military Order of St. Henry, and Grand Cross of the Orders of Civil Merit of Saxony, of the Red Eagle of Prussia, of Leopold of Austria, of Civil Merit of Bavaria, and of the White Falcon of Grand-Ducal Saxony; decorated with the Medal of Military Merit of Grand-Ducal Saxony, Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Ernest of Ducal Saxony, Knight of the Order of St. Anne of the first class of Russia, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour of France, Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Benedict d'Aviz of Portugal: Met together, for thelpurpose of recording in due form the accession of his Majesty the King of Saxony, as well as the acceptance, by her Britannic Majesty and his Prussian Majesty, of the said accession on the part of his Saxon Majesty. The plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Saxony in consequence declares, in virtue of his full powers, that his said Majesty accedes both to the convention of the 13th May, 1846, containing ten articles, and of which a printed copy is annexed to the present act, and to the special provisions contained in section 1-4 of the separate protocol signed on the same day, of which a copy is hereunto annexed; promising that the sti pulations of the said convention which shall come into operation in the kingdom of Saxony, from and after the Ist of September, 1846, as well as those of the separate protocol, shall be carried into execution by his Majesty the King of Saxony in all points, so far as they may be applicable to the relations which subsist between the Saxon Government and the British Government and its subjects ; subject, however, to the express reservation, that Article 11. of the Convention shall be modified, with regard ... to Saxony, in the follow ing manner, that is to say : No person in either of the two countries, either in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in the kingdom of Saxony, shall be entitled to the protection stipulated by Article I. of the Convention, unless the work to be protected against piracy shall have been registered by the author or his agents, in the following manner lieved, would have a salutary effect upon prices, and avert consequences from a wide-spread, though unfounded, fear of scarcity. A sum of 1191. was immediately subscribed, and Mr. R. Anderson, corn-merchant, at once sold to the committee seventy quarters of oats, stored for ship ment, at current prices. The meal-store was opened on Saturday last, and has already had the effect of prevent ing a rise of twopence on the peck of meal. On the Wednesday previous some thoughtless boys attempted to stone a corn-dealer, some inflammatory placards having been posted early in the morning. By the prompt interference of the sheriff substitute, and instantaneous apprehension of one of the offender; the emcute was checked in the bud. FORRES.—The judicious measures of the magistrates have allayed excitement here. The Provost having summoned a Council meeting, recommended that 200 bolls of oatmeal should in the meantime be purchased, and sold to the working elassess in small quantities at 16d. per peck, the difference betwixt the cost price (325.) and the selling. price to be made up by public voluntary subscription, and he proposed that the list be headed by a subscription from the town of 201. Each of the ma gistrates followed, as well as every member of C ounc il, with su ms varying from a guinea to five guineas. The town was divided into districts, the Magistrates and Council canvassed these districts for bs a c n ri c r i ons, and f workingh daysav e expectalready nha t inhabitants t realisedaran tas raise init s m ump e uw a c l a , hr a da t ss t the low suffice al ;r c i e c e t m o e k n tle t e i o ap n the e e ( w i till harvest. The plan adopted is the p m ro o v s o t s j t u a d n ic d io h u i s: which could be devised, and the worthy zealous colleagues are deserving the highest praise for the energetic and generous manner in Which they have 1. If the work has first appeared in the dominions of his Majesty the King of Saxony, it must have been registered in the register-book of the Company of Sta tioners in London. 2. If the work has first appeared in the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, it must have been registered in the register• book kept by the Royal Direction of the Circle (die Biichrrolle) at Leipsig. Nor shall any person be entitled to the protection aforesaid, unless the laws and regulations of the re spective States shall have been duly observed in regard to the work to be protected ; nor, in cases where there are several copies of the work, unless one copy of the best edition, or in the best state, shall have been de livered gratuitously to the authorities appointed for tha purpose by the laws of the respective countries. A certified copy of the registration in the aforesaid register-book of the Company of Stationers in London, shall be valid in the British dominions as proof of the exclusive right of publication, until a better right shall be established by any other party before a court of kis. tice ; and the certificate given under the laws of Saxony, of the registration of any work in the:aforesaid register book at Leipzig, shall be equally valid in the dominions of his Saxon Majesty. The plenipotentiaries of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of his Majesty the King of Prussia, in virtue of their full powers, accept the acceszion of his Majesty the King of Saxony, promising that the stipulations of the conven tion of the 13th of May, 1846, as well as the special provisions which are contained in the protocol of the same date, and those which form the reservation above mentioned, shall be carried into execution by their re spective Sovereigns in all points, with regard to the Saxon Government and its subjects, in the same manner as between the British and Prussian Governments and their subjects. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present act, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. _ . Done at Berlin, the twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. (Signed) WESTMORLAND. PATOW. DE MINCKWITZ. (L.S.) (L.S.) (L.S.) Ashtn& Oldb 97!51.55. pe - 3fonmouthsh 100 81. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113' 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley • • • • 1601 121. - Macclesfield. 100 - - Basingstoke 100 1 - - Neath • • • • • • 100 171. - Brknk&Abrg 150 1 5/. - Nottingham . 150 121. - Cromford 100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's .... 33 11. ss. 20 Derby • • • • • 100 61. - Rochdale .... 85 41. - Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. b 5 Shropshire • • 125 81. - E:ewash • • • 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. - Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - GrandJunctn i 100 71. - Stffrd &Wore 140 281. - Grand Unionllool 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh 1721 13%1. - Stourbrldge 145 201. 315 (41.1tr&Brkly 100 i - - Strtfrd on A, 79 1/. 10s. - Grantham - Severn and / 26 11. Bs. Huddersfield 571 - Wye Rail. j - sey, sh. - L iC an emi cas t & ter A .7. l 4 3 7 9 1 7 1 5 1.. 105.6 d 5 Trnt & Mr- '1 50 30/. Leeds&Livrp 1001 341. 522 1 4 ;Tharns &Med 19 - - Leicester .. • • 140 3 1 101. 105 Worcstr & Leicstr &Nth 8 41. 52 Birming. 78 21. 43 Loughborogh 142 701. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. - Potatoes are now selling at Sunderland at a guinea a load of 20 stone, which is ahout three tittles the cost iu ordinary seams. SMALL-Pox HosvrraL.—On Friday the half yearly court of the governors of this Institution, took place at the hospital at King's-cross. John Soward, Bag , pre sided. The metrop o li s , during the past year, has been sin gularly favoured in respect to epidemic malaria, but from email-pox in particular it has been exempt to an almost un paralleled degree, the total number of deaths from that disease, out of a population of nearly two millions, had been only 247; not more than 1,235 had been attacked with that malady, being at the rate of 1 to 2,626 of the entire popula tion. The total number admitted to the hospital during the past year who were affected with small-pox was 147, of whom 29 died. The labours of the medical officers in the vaccina tion department had been very successful, 2,783 baying been vaccinated at the hospital, and 2,013 by medical practi tioners supplied with the pure lymph, which the establish ment provided. WM. BUSFEILD, ESQ., M.P.—The Hon. Member us Bn s du i Tt e r oi s e Nh. pleasur e p h o ped d h he e t R o w ei a lf d lo d r ms , t oe h nr s a t b t eo h fc o e t nh v a last beaccountshLset hailea dt for Bradford has been seriously indisposed in London; but it e is him to have experienced a decided improvement for two givesd yA-s,s Mercury. with satisfaction the noble call which the Reformers of the borough of Westminster, have come to, in soliciting Charles Lushington, Esq., to stand for that at borough the next election. Mr. Lushington was the representative for Ash burton ;;about ten years since he first contested the borough with Mr. Utten B rown, the Conservative of Norwich, but was returned by a large majority at the next 1 • e ection :we believe in 1837, a sharp contest took place between M r . L us hi ng ton and Mr. Horsley Palmer,Pal mer when again Mr. Lush ington was returned. During the period he represented this borough, he was a zealous and unflinching Reformer. He ably advocated the cause of Reform, and won the greatest respect and esteem both from the constitu ency ever and all the ne n-electors of the borough, who have since bailed the name of Charles Lushington, as a Reformer and a friend to the great cause of Reform. GIGANTIC BRIDGES.—The Emperor of Austria has just ordered the erection of a suspension-bridge over the large (combined) arm of the Danube, near Vienna, being about the breadth of the Thames at Woolwich. As, however, several small islands and sandbanks intersect this stream of water, pillars, with stupendous freestone and granite founda tions, will be erected thereon. This bridge will be a very essential complement of the great Austrian north line, and an ornament to Vienna and its environs. Mr. Schrin, whose superior skill has been attested by the erection of the suspen sion-bridge over the Moldau at Prague, is the architect of this new structure. The estimated cost, to be borne by the public purse, is 5,500,000 florins_equivalent to 1,000,0001. English sterling value. Another bridge of similar dimensions, will be that over the Vistula, on the Prussian Eastern-Line from Berlin to Konigsberg. It will be the most extensive bridge structure in the world,—that over the Lagunes, at Venice, not excepted. The estimated cost will be 4,000,000 dollars—equalling , as well, 1,000,0001. of English currency. —The Builder. COUNTY OF LEITRIM.—BURGLARY AND BAR BAROUS MURDEB.—Wednesday last, the 27th ult., a party of lawless ruffians surrounded the dwelling of an industrious farmer named Duffy, on the lands of Drumsbambo, in the parish of Cloone. Duffy and family were in the act of re peating the rosary, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic church, when the degraded ruffians arrived to per petrate their nefarious purposes, and (as given in evidence) remained quiet outside till this religious ceremony termi nated. Three of the wicked gang immediately broke into Daffy's house, one of w h o m carried a gun, demanded arms, and struck him violently. A severe and unequal contest ensued, in which Brien Duffy, son to the former, eighte en years of age, received such a mortal blow of a loaded cudgel on the side of the head, that a fe w hours put an end to his life and sufferings. A verdict of wilful murder was brought in against a certain person, aided and assisted by other per sons yet unknown. AN OLD TRICK REPEATED.—The following trick is as old as the gipsey tricks by which credulous people are often duped, and only find out the deception after they have lost their money. On Thursday, the 14th instant, a woman named Ellen Stevens, called at the shop of Mr. Joseph Sellers, a grocer in the village of St. Blazey. She stated— of course in a very cautious and secret manner—that she had some tea and tobacco to sell that Was smuggled; he should have some of it very cheap, but she could not sell less than 40 or 50Ibs. A bargain was made, the goods being so cheap, and she was to come again the next day. She failed to do so, but appeared on the Saturday, and excused herself to the shopkeeper by saying that Friday was a wet day, and the " parties" were gone in another direction with goods the tea and tobacco were, however, now ready, and if he would go to Par with her, he should have the parcels. After dark they set out, the shopkeper, his brother, and the woman, and on arriving at the place, there indeed were the goods, and a smuggler with them. It appeared thus far to be all right, but to satisfy the grocer beyond every doubt and fear, the woman took his hand and put it down upon one of the parcels, where, the paper being torn, the grocer could feel and smell some very excellent tobacco. He had a sack with him, and the :woman proposed that the parcels should be emptied from her sack into his as quickly as possible, for fear the prowling officers of ex cise might come and catch them. This was no sooner said than done, the grocer's brother assisting, and the bag being thrown across his shoulders, he marched off with it. The grocer then t o ok th e wom an to a neighbouring beer house to se ttl e accoun t s w i t h h er , a nd paid her about 71. 13s. for the smuggled tea and tobacco!' He then hastened home to take care of hia prize, but being rather in a hurry to see the whole extent of his good luck, he opened one of the parcels the same night, and found the interior contained nothing but sawdust ! Only the to p of t he parcels consisted of tea or tobacco, and that, as may be supposed, in as small a quantity i as would possibly cover the saw -dust. O n the next day inquiries were made about the neighbourhood, but the woman was not to be found; and on Monday the shopkeeper came to Truro, where he gave information to the police, and in the course of the day she was apprehended by policeman Fitzsimmons. She was subsequently charged with the offence before C. Carlyon, Esq., and, after a lengthened hearing, was committed, on Thursday, the 21st instant, to take her trial at the assizes for misdemeanour. A man said to be the woman's husband, and known by the name of" Jack the Darning. needle, was charged with being an accomplice with the lady smuggler, but the requisite proof not being forthcoming, he was discharged. We understand that tricks of a similar kind / have been lately practi • sed upon grocers at St. Austell and elsewhere. — West Briton. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY 8, 1847. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S B CH, Feb. 6. PERJURY-.-THE Q CAREN V. MARY DIXON. This was an indictment for perjury alleged to have been committed by the defendant in an affidavit in the Court of Chancery with respect to certain proceedings stated to have taken place at a public house called the City Arms, Millbank, Poplar, on the 28th of January, last year. The house was kept by a person named Newman, who, it appeared, lived with the defendant, and on the day in question, as he was about to part with the house to Messrs. Reid and Co., the brewers, Mrs. Newman, who had separated from him the preceding month, went there with her solicitor, Mr. Masterman, for the purpose of defending her inte rests and those of her child. She found her husband inebriated in the bar parlour, in the company of Mrs. Dickson and her brother, whose name was Banks. Mr. Noble, who was related to her by marriage, shortly after wards came in. A deal of recrimination ensued. Shortly after Dixon and Banks left. Mrs. Newman afterwards received a cheque of 560/. from the brewer's clerk, on the understanding that it was to be paid on the following day. They came at one o'clock, and left about eight in the evening. It was not, however, paid, as Messrs. Reid declined to cash it without her husband's sanction. A bill was subsequently filed in Chancery by Mr. Noble, as .&s. Newman's next friend, seeking that Court to interfere its authority to prevent the payment of the money to Mr. New man, on the ground that he was not in a fit condition to ma nage his affairs—but the bill was dismissed with costs, principally on account, it was contended, of the affidavit filed by the defendant. It stated that on the day in question, Mrs. Newman poured neat spirits down her husband's throat with the view of making him insensible, and that she ( Mrs. Dixon) knocked a glass of spirits, which she had drawn for that purpose out of her hand, and that Mrs. Newman whispered to Mr. Noble to let her husband have whatever drink he wanted. Mrs. Newman positively denied the truth of these state ments, and added that Mrs. Dixon poured neat spirits down her husband's throat, and that she knocked a glass of spirits out of her hand which she bad drawn for that purpose. Mr. Noble, a linen-draper, in Shoreditch, stated that New man was in an insensible state, and that Mrs. Dixon poured some gin down Newman's throat ; she held his head back, and some went down his throat and the remainder on his clothes. Mrs. Newman did not whisper to him in the way mentioned. Mr. Masterman, and Mr. Filmore, the brewer's clerk, cor• roborated this evidence. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Sergeant C. Jorms then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the defendant. He said he hoped his Lordship would excuse his imperfect knowledge of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery. Lord DENMAN—I don't know that you ought to state that. You ought to know, and I am sure you do know, the pro ceedings of that Court. Mr. Sergeant Jones consulted the attorney. Lord DEN3rAx—That is not the proper way to conduct a case; it is very improper for a counsel to receive instruc tions from an attorney in Court. It is a very growing practice, and a very improper one, and it is one that the gentlemen of the bar ought to put down. I have frequently seen them spoil the case and ruin the cases of their clients by so doing. They don't understand that it is a great liberty. When a gentleman of the bar is addressing the Court, somebody tells that gentleman something which prevents him from going on with his address. Such conduct is quite inconsistent with decent manners and pro per conduct ; it is easy to give suggestions without doing this. Mr. Sergeant JONI% after apologising, addressed the jury and contended that even the statements in the affidavit, sup posing them to be true, could have had little influence on the suit, and that it was possible the defendant might have been mistaken. They had failed to prove that New man was unable to manage his affairs. It was equally possible that Newman asked for the spirits, and that Mrs. Dixon bad simply supplied him with them ; but he should prove that the defendant did all she could to induce Newman not to drink, as the parties had come there pur posely to intoxicate him, and to get the money from him. Aperson named Harris, who was formerly in the service of Newman as a barman, swore that he did not see Mr. Dixon pour spirits down his throat, and that both Mrs. Newman and Mr. Noble did all they could to induce Newman to drink. The defendant knocked a glass of spirits out of Mrs. New man's hand, which he had drawn for her husband who was quite sober, and who was not in the habit of taking more drink than other gentlemen. Newman himself deposed that he was quite sober at the time, that Dixon did all he could to induce him not to drink, and that both his wife and sir. Noble did all they could to induce him to take brandy and water, in order to get his money from him. Mrs. Dixon knocked a glass of spirits out of Mrs. Newman's hand, and Mrs. Newman one out of hers, with which she was serving a customer. She took 8001. from him, and had him left at the Three Nuns, in Ald gate, with 11 1 ,4 d. in his pocket. He admitted he was in toxicated at that time. the hands of Semple, or that of his solicitor, Wilson, at the time the present action was commenced on the 15th Decem ber, that he much regretted that the last case had been dis posed of without their having been more time given to enable the defendant to make his appearance. Now the bill became due on the 17th of August, and on the 18th the clerk to Wilson states notice was given of the dishonour to the plaintiff and the other parties. Everything was admitted by the defendant except the fact of the presentment and the notice of the dishonour. All the issues but those, then, must be found for the plaintiff. But the question really was this: the defendant said the plaintiff had brought his action too soon; that he was not the holder of the bill at the time, and at a time when he was exposed to an action at the suit of Semple, the real holder. The counsel for the defendant was not there, and an indulgence was therefore to be extended to parties when they were left without their aid, and without those whom they had instructed to perform a particular duty. In such a state of things there ought not to be any dispo sition to stifle inquiry into the truth, nor to refuse any sug gestion from any quarter. The solicitor had suggested the defence, and upon finding that it was necessary, he had di rected Wilson to be called, and then it had appeared, upon the papers being placed in the hands of his clerk, he was en abled—and he repeated he had done himself great honour by speaking out the truth—to prove that the plaintiff was not the bolder of the bill when he had commenced the action. It was quite clear that that was the truth of the matter. He had been perfectly astonished that the Learned Counsel should have addressee: them, and asked that, in the face of this fact, they would give a verdict for his client. If, however, they thought, as reasonable men, after what they had heard from the clerk, that the bill was in the hands of the plaintiff, then they would give a verdict for that party. If they thought that it was, on the other band, true that it had at that period been in the hands of Wilson, as the attorney of Semple, then the detpdant would be entitled to their verdict on that issue. The Jury instantly gave a verdict for the defendant. Mr. ARCIIAOLD applied for speedy execution in the former Case. The LORD CHM , BARON—Certainly not, Mr. Archbold. The Solicitor said he should move the Court to set the verdict in the former case aside. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Yes, you can if you think pro per next term. The court was in a state of much sensation during the proceedings. COURT OF COMMOA PLEAS, Feb. 6. The Court was engaged to-day with a special jury case, arising out of a dispute with the Sun Insurance Company as to the amount which ought to be paid to an insurer for damage done by fire. The case presented no point whatever of any interest to the public. A Mrs. Gillham, who had been in his service, corroborated this evidence. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 6. IN RE GILLIAM. This bankrupt had darried on business as a jewel-case maker, in Frith-street, Soho, and having filed his own petition, came up to pass hi s last examination. His HONOUR observed, that in this case the balance-sheet, if such it could be called, commenced on the Ist of January 1844, with a capital of 436/. ; his debts 5041., liabilities, 1611., the assets not being enough to pay the expenses of the fiat, his property consisting of pawnbrokers' duplicates, the official assignee stating that he bad net bees able to collect any of the debts, nor likely to do so. This was, as of nine out of ten of the cases which now came before the court —a case in which the bankrupt filed his own petition, and had not a single farthing for his creditors. In such a case he would not grant the certificate. On this subject, and in cases of insolvency where the insolvent had no assets, he had to make some observations on the application hitherto of the statute in regard to them. His Honour then proceeded to say that a petition had been filed by a person named Baum, and lie had not any estate to be administered by this court. and it was such a case as he had alluded to. His Honour said the frequency of petitions of this kind, and the mischief which arose induced him to look carefully over the Acts, and he had been assisted by the suggestions of his friend and brother Commissioner, Mr. Ellison, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, who had adopted in his Court the course he (his Honour) would now point out. His Honour then read the petition, which was in the form prescribed in the schedule of the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, in which is a clause in which the in solvent says that he is desirous that his estate should be administered under the direction of this Court, and that the same amounted to not less than Now in this, as in a great many other cases, the blank was filled up 0 0 0, this was a gros s p ervers i on of the Act, and a mere mockery. How could the Court distribute "nothing." It was not within the meaning of the Legislature that persons who had not a farthing for their creditors should come before this Court, which had not the power of inflicting a direct and intelligible punishment, for by these acts the eights of the creditors were taken away without an equivalent. In such cases be should refuse, unless good reason was shown that he was wrong, granting in solvents the relief they sought, but leave them to apply to the Court of Insolvency, which had the power to punish the guilty and acquit the innocent. His Honour then referred to the cases in which the petitions were tiled by the bankrupts who had no assets, and said that in those cases the object of the Act was departed from, the principal of the bankrupt law being the fair and equal dLtri bution of the bankrupt's estate and effects ; and the bank rupts appeared to think that in going through the necessary forms he acted in " conformity with the law, but he had only half done so, not having placed any assets for the benefit of his creditors, but had either squandered it away or given it to some favoured creditor. Under those circumstances, also, he should hold that the statute had not been complied with, and should leave the parties to seek the relief and meet the punishment which the Court of Insolvency could, ac cording to its opinion, inflict. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said Mr. Noble was to blame for filing the bill in Chancery, as it appeared that Newman, instead of being insane from drink, was an acute and sensible man. It seemed very remarkable that Newman so easily parted with the cheques. The jury found the defendant Guilty. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Alexander 3PLeish was indicted for violently assaulting Mary Woods, at Camberwell, on the 26th December, with the Intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Robinson was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantyne defended the prisoner. Mr. ROBINSON, in opening the case, said the effects of this assault were so serious that they were nearly fatal, and in that case the prisoner would have been indicted for murder. It appeared from the examination before the magistrate, that on the 25th of December (Boxing-day), the prisoner, who is a journeyman baker, had received the usual gratuities from his customers, and that on his return home, being in a state of intoxication, lie began to quarrel with his wife. Mrs. Woods, a lodger in the same house, endeavoured to pacify him, and with a view to allay his excessive rage advised Mrs. M'Leish to go to bed. She did so, and Mrs. Woods, returning to the sitting room, the prisoner, mistaking her for his wife, struck her a violent blow upon the head, by which the temporal artery was seriously wounded, and her life was placed in danger. Mrs. Woods, on being called upon, was absent, and the Recorder ordered her recognizances to be estreated. The principal witness being absent, Mr. King, a surgeon, at Camberwell, was called. He said, that on the evening of the 26th of December, he was called in to attend Mrs. Woods, who was bleeding violently from the head. He succeeded in stopping the haemorrhage, but for several days her life was in great danger. The inspector of the P division, by whom the prisoner was taken into custody stated that he had confessed that he had struck Mrs. Woods by mistake. Mr. BALLANTYwE said that no one regretted the conse quences of the violence which had been used towards Mrs. Woods more than the prisoner himself. It was perfectly true that he had returned in a state of excitement on the evening of the day in question, but that excitement arose from a far different cause than spirituous liquors. The fact was, the prisoner at the time was suffering from a state of ill health, and his medical attendant had that morning given hint a box containing eight pills, with some saline draughts, one of each to be taken every day. Instead of following these directions, he took the whole of the eight pills at once, and as they con tained henbane, he became almost in a state of derangement, and hence the accident resulted. ➢lr. RoIINsON recalled Mr. King, who stated, that when before the magistrate, the prisoner had acknowledged that he was so drunk at the time the offence was committed that ,he did not know what he was about. The RECORDER summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Edward Abbott, 36, engineer, was indicted for stealing a watch, value 301. the property of Joseph Sparkes. Mr. l3allantyae prosecuted, and Mr. Mellor detende I the prisoner. The robbery, it will be remembered, was committed in the Bencher's room of Lincoln's Inn, but as the facts have been very recently in the police reports, it will be unneces sary to repeat them on this occasion. The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be tran sported fur seven years. John Meares, 20, Patrick Sealby,l9, Dennis Sullivan, 18 and James Callaghan, 17, four well known thieves, were in dicted for assaulting Thos. Richards, a police•constable, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, and also with the intent to prevent him from apprehending a man named Meares, the brother of one of the prisoners, who had com mitted a felony. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark conducted the prosecution, which was instituted by the Treasury ; Mr. Deane and Mr. Baldwin defended two of the prisoners. It appeared that some segars had been stolen from the shop of a person named Baker, and upon the officer attempt ing to take the thief into custody, he was assailed by the pri soners, and a number of other bad characters, and very much ill-treated. All the prisoners were proved to have taken part in the assault and the attempted rescue. They were convicted and sentenced to be transported for seven years. Philip Connell, 23, was convicted of assaulting another con stable under the same circumstances above detailed, but as he was not known to the police, he was only sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Francis Olifieres, who was convicted on Wednesday of the offence of obtaining two valuable brooches from a jeweller named Linnet, under the pretence that he intended to sell the articles to her Majesty, was brought up for judgment o n Friday, before Mr. Baron 'Alderson, and sentenced to be trans. ported for seven years. An intimation was at the same ti me given to the prisoner, that if he was in a position to make out any favourable or mitigating circumstances , he might a p p l y to the Secretary of State for a remission of the sentence of transportation. NEW COURT. Henry Gerhard and Elizabeth Baker were placed at the bar, indicted for conspiring to defraud and cheat sundry persons of their property. Tho case has already excited a good deal of attention in public as the detection of a daring and bold system of fraud practised by what would appear to be a gang of individuals, who, in leasing dwelling-houses and shops, and fitting them with goods from respectable tradesmen, mutually make each other referees for credit. William Burbidge, hatter, 25, Bridge-street, Southwark, said the prisoner Gerhard called on him in November last, and said he had opened a hat shop at the Triangle, Ken nington, and wished to purchase goods from the witness. The prisoner referred him to a Mr. Maymott, 13, (2harles street, Northampton-square, who gave the prisoner a high character, and goods were sent to a considerable amount. Witness having received no money, went up to the pri soner's shop about the 6th January, but it was shut up. Thomas Cotter, clerk to Keene and Son, proved having sent goods to the prisoner's shop to the value of 40/. 14s. 9d., of which about only twenty hats had been recovered, and tour more at the house of the female prisoner. Rachael Cohen, 7, Ann. place, Commercial-road, said she was cousin to the prisoner Gerhard's wife. She knew May mott, and said he went also by the name of Walker; and the female prisoner, Mrs. Baker, was known as Mrs. Bennett. She had often sees Gerhard, Maymott, and Mrs. Baker to gether, and once she heard Maymott ask Mrs. Gerhard, whether her husband had sent for any more hats from Bur bidge? she said, no, and he shall not send for more. Oh, said Maymott, he should, for Burbidge is very sweet. A month before Christmas she heard Gerhard say he had sold some of the hats to Levi, and Mrs. Gerhard said they were to have more hats, and Maymott and Mrs. Bennett were to be references for which they were to have some of the hats. T. J. Tasker, a stock and collar maker, Great Tower-street, Borough, said the rrisoner by representations which he made to him sent him a quantity of goods to his shop in December, for which th: rec ice l Maymott's viii nr :t month; ho' early in January witness went to the prisoner's shop, and found it .........x closed ; he presented the bi .............. ll for payCler it at kta Y illeAfabal I"' Charles-street, but found it also closet,' .;,,,, evid6 °Ca Other witnesses were called, who ga " --a tt., of being defrauded by the prisoner to sund ' l 7 a m ' , the said that on a.:, James Gilmour, broker, Morah-place, to his place • " o ' f 27th December the prisoner Gerhard sent . shop-fittings, counter, shelves, &c., which ' he I t t . i t t g . , him for 41 there some `z I' 4s. ; and were besides 4 ''' . ----eS _ containing hats, which he would not buy. John Archer, sergeant of the metropolitan p Ake, 114 4 ," went to 22, Barclay's-buildings, Holborn, an( was m 4 '7 admission ; but he broke into the house, and f. iund the Fa, soner, Mrs. Baker, who attempted to escape fr oar one found in the same house part of the goods iden tided by of the prosecutors. the pri him, and The jury, after a short consultation, found I uth Boners Guilty, and the Court sentenced Gerhard to ment for twelve months, and Mrs. Baker for n ineingornthns, in Westminster Bridewell. sov ll e l r o e n i s gn . D s e underL oe i s fa m is 'a e s p i r n e d te i n et c e e d s, flo,;:vih:gvirnegpreesbet ntatiedne dhieraigseuh_i,t as Captain Carnegie, alias Count Be eutriont. jui • Clark'Mr. Mr. Ballantyne and Mr. Carteen vir w ee' ; • son conducted the defence. Andrew Smith, engineer, Wellington-Mace, ane rciti a road, said he became acquainted with t be prise' le r Il e coffee-ruorn in Coventry -street, in S .ptenther 18s ' 4 ; D „,i. prisoner called himself Captain Car neg i e , o f the Roy a' neers, first cousin to the Hon. Captain Carneg le. of 0 us R . q u a d Navy, and first cousin to the Hon. F ox Nlaule,, and to the Countess of Beaumont. On the 30th N ovenebe r.Lr t ai (St. Andrew's day) the dinner for the Scottish 1: 105 P t took place, and witness was requested by the prisoner to him a ticket, and a gallery ticket for the Cow itess. wblchase did. At the dinner the prisoner sail he had for; Totten his P.,••,. that day. and asked the witness for three sovereigns °fr a ms to the charity, which witness gave him. After w.tiless met the prisoner in Lisle-street on the 2(1 JamuliP 1845, when he was introduced to the Countess. On this nn" casion, also, the prisoner had forgotten his purse, and t r o . rowed five sovereigns, that the C o untess might gee, shePP,w4; which the witness, still giving him credit fcr the truth er A . representations, gave him. He never got any of it b ack again. The Hon. Captain Carnegie, R.N., and the lien. , F .. hil °s 3Ltule, were both sworn, and denied any knowlolge of 7 1 i prisoner ; and a clerk from the Ordn ance °ace Pr° l %., that there was no Captain Carnegie in the Royal op` • Sergeant Cummings took the prisoner into custodYfis Weduesdey eve fling last, and produced letters found ill his lodgings addressed to his wife as Madame De Levis. The jury, after a short consultation, found the 1 01. '" - ilty. • The prisoner was again put on his trial on a second in; dictment, charging him with obtaining wine and m oney and false representations. It appeared from the evidence that the prison er, having seen Mr. Smith addressing a letter to a Monsieur wine merchant, went off to this Monsieur Holch and Wiwi' out leave obtained used the name of Mr. Smith,' and in duced himself and his lady under their assut ae d naafi whereby he obtained a quantity of wine and 80L, from 4 `" Hokhe.—The prisoner was found Guilty. Holchts&S Mr. Turner, a jeweller and siva still, being e; so of the prisoner had obtained plate and jewels to the em nottnt 216/., engraved with the coronet of the Countess;of ‘ fieli e e e ll : mont, and the name of Captain Carnegie, and .that 'n' Turner almost in consequence became bankrupt. The prisoner was sentenced to seven years' The prisoner and his countess were then put tv charged with misdemeanour, but Mr. BALLANTY. le 21Q " " an acquittal without calling evidence. tray eportatio: POLICE. IN TELLIGENCI 5. CLEIIKENWELL. PULLING NOSES IN COURT.—A young man of I dgli,, J l l nr e spectable appearance, named Harris, was charg( "'„" Mr. Greenwood w ith assaulting Mr. Robert It i bbs pulling his nose in the passages of this court. If to From the evidence of the prosecutor, who stated b sm be a private gentleman residing upon his own it Calthorpe-street, it appeared that on Monday last at eP a c i l was preferred by him against the defendant 'for boll" ch knocked at his door, and, as is often the case in s t r e charges, the usual threats of indictments for perj urs / t o t bandied between the parties before they left the prevail' 6 the Magistrate. The moment they got into the pos-1 r close by the door, and almost before it was closed,, ;the fendant stopped short suddenly, and after callin g bI 1/1a number of opprobrious names, caught him by the nos e 4 gave three or four sharp twinges, which nearly Drag tears into his eyes. The defendant denied having pulled the compb in h id nose, but acknowledged that after he (the complainas " called him a - liar and scoundrel, and paid biro. " m r, e : similar compliments, he shook his hand in his face, bu t touched him. After evidence was called for the defence, Mr. GREENWOOD said it had been proved that A„ serious contempt of the Court had been committed. 1 „„" w it a great presumption on the part of the defendant to (1)— ( 1 he such an act almost in the presence of the magistre tut , a n en t, should fine the defendant 405., and in default of 'soi l° commit him for a month to the House of " C"recticin. plid $ll4 The fine, as a matttr of course, was immediately the defendant left the Court. MARKET NEWS.—(SATURDA Y " ) covairr-GARDEN Pine Apples, 61 to 7s; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 6 $ P ditt o, Dessert Apples, 6s to 8s per half-sieve ; Kitobea 4s 6d to 6s per bushel; Oranges, 8s to 15s; and Lertl o obs; to 15s per 100; English Filberts, 100 s to 105 s per ", 4 ,00; Cabbages 8d to is '2d ; Red ditto, 2s to 4s. per "idle; Potatoes, 9s 6d to 12s per cwt ; Horse-radish, 2s to 48 per likl,ooo Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; and Carrots, 4s 6d to 7s pe li ss e bunches; Celery, is to 2s 3d per bundle; Onions , per bushel; Mushrooms is 9d to 2s per pottle; Sea 'I. . . - to 3s per punnet. HUNGERPOED. were ni ode. The supplies of most articles on sale to-dAY he at rately extensive. On the whole the demand rule. late rates. IIrENITPOSIT. to 45 6a ;• Beef, from 2s Bcl to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d Veal, 4a 8d to 5s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 811)5. MENVO.A.TIII EL AM 7.13.A.DE1NFJER.A.3.16. Each kind of prime meat, the supply of which was good, moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was somewhat inactive .—Beef, from 2s 8d to Be 8d: Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys, s g l to 95; Geese, 4s to 6s; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d; Tam* Rabbits, Is 6d to 2s; Wild ditto, 10d to ls 8d; and Pigeont , 6d to 10d each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s; ditto Chickens, 4$ to 6s ; and Barn-door fowls, 3s 3d to 6s per couple. Ege 12s to 13s per 100; Fresh Butter, is ld to is 3d per lb Pheasants, 3s to 4s ; Partridges, is 3d to 2s 6d; Hares, 2 ° to 3s; and Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 9d each. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 6s to 17s ; Brills, 2s to 5s 6d ; Cod-fish, 3$ to Os ; Haddocks, 9(1 to is 6d ; Whitings, Gd to 8d ; and Lobster* Is 3d to 3s each; Soles, 8d to 3s per pair; Smelts, is 8d W 3s ; and Thames Flounders, is 6d to 2s per dozen ; Eels, 9 d ~,t ° is; and Crimped Scats, 8d to led per lb; Mackerel, 22 5 1 ' 31s per 100. WHITECUAPEL. 413 • Ve al ' Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s I 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Sibs. HIDE MAXILET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2 3 / 4 d to 3d per lb ; do. alb t !... 721 b, 3 1 4 d to 3 1 Ad ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3t u d to 3 3 / 4 d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3 3 / 4 d to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 1 7 id to sd; do. 9 6 , 1 b 1041 b, 5 1 / 2 d to 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; f6f, Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Kent and breds, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Downs, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. BREAD. *OS The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are 91ici to 10 1 / 2 d; of Household ditto, 8d to 9d per Albs lost, HAY IVIAtt z-lTb Sminimu).— Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 15s; Clover ( led 31 5s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 9s to 1/ I3s per Trade dull, at but little alteration in value. CUIaIBERIAND.-Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 15s ; Clover di f t .if t e' 315 s to 41 14s ; and St raw , 1/ 8 s t o 1/ 14 s p er l oa d. It" average supply, and a steady demand. IVitiTEcii.trim.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 14s; Clover, ditto, 3/ 5s to 4118 d ; an d St raw , 1/ 8 s t o 11 13s per 10346 Supply good, and trade dull. RE -APPEARANCE ('F THE POTATO DISEASE P - ; 15 :: the ordinary meeting of the Botanical Society of Lonci ° 7 , held, Friday even ng, at the Society's rooms, Bedford-stre7 Covent-garden, J. tieytioids, Esq , Treasurer, in the OW Mr. Barnes, of Sidmouth, exhibited numerous specirneti.,o (4 . , diseased potatoes, which were of this ,year's early crop- A r ; Barnes could find no potato free from the disease, and was afraid it would be more serious than last year. THE DEER IN WINDSOR GREAT PAWL—POW/ Id TATIONS TO THIS POOR OF WINDSOR.—It has just been deter. mined by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as the Rang'L t , of Windsor G reat Park, to cause a considerable decrease the number of de e r i n th e roya l d oma i ns at Wi n d s or; th e- quantity which is intended to be killed and given to t he poor of the five parishes surrounding the Park being 76. LEICESTER TRADE.—The general trade is fiat. II! Spring gloves and cott on hose there are orders in the marke t at old prices; but we believe that the new rates of thread and cotton could not be realized. Wools and yarns remain fir l34 but without alteration.—Leicestershire Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE STAMFORD BRA SC t OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES R AILWAY .—A II inquiry, wil ic 7 was adjourned from the previous Thursday, was r e s umed 11' Stamford, concerning the death of John Bowley, aged 42, fireni n, who lost his life at the station under the followiog circumstances :—lt appears that on the morning of Flid o. week the deceased went to light the fire DI all engine for al early train. He was accompanied by a youth nam e ,. Mitchell, whose duty was to clean the engines. There we'i two of them in the shed, one of which Lisa come in ab out three o'clock in the morning. The fire had been raked oll. t but it had sufficient steam to set it in motion. The boy O a upon it, and proceeded to play with the gear; the deceos e had occasion to meddle with the coupling chain, when at o same moment the youth touched the rod that set the ong h i p e d in motion, and the unfortunate man was severely crits'„; between the buffers. The jury returned a verdict of " AG'" . dental death." ORANGE PEEL ON THE FOOT PAVEMENT.—Yes t ., er : day afternoon, about three o'clock, as Dr. Sanderson, of -' 1 1 ; 10, Larrock-terrace, Somer's-town, was walking throttg,. Munster -street, Regent's-park, he trod on a piece of oral p on the foot pavement, and falling heavily to the grot te fractured his right leg above the knee. cog' [ADVERTISEMENT BILIOUS AND STOMACH- PLAINTS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Perhaps half the bu — i a a . race suffer from disorders of the liver ; few are aware that the,' di, bear under bilious or liver complaints, consequently often take 02 t eine that is injurious, and so go on until past all cure. From gret„to pet-is:lce it is known that no remedy was ever found to act so pr o " 3- Dy upon the liver and stomach as Holloway's celebrated Pills. A t ' ore d their means even persons of shattered constitutions are soon IS., or to perfect health. Deli , ate females, either at the turn of 11 - 1 `; re . when approaching to womanhood, may derive from their use q l d quired benefit, the liver at such periods being at fault. all dru.2gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, mod, London. 7S. escort. On the 31st ult., in Albert-st BIR 71 reet, Montington-erescent, 3IrS• •-• Baker, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Londondery, Mrs. John Allen, of a datlghtero't On the 2d inst., at Warner, the wife of H. T. Siff ken, 800 daughter. On the 3d inst., at Bleak Hall - villa, New Park-road , ''"` park, Mrs..Janies Maitland Dods, of a daughter. of a On the 3d inst., in Great Trinity-lane, Mrs. J. W. Nine,. daughter. MARRIED. Matilda. On the 27th of November, 1 84 5 , at Landeur, East Indies, t wed third daughter of tha late Dan Ramos Di Castilla to Lieu tenan Ise ,. derburne, of the Hon. East India Comp an y' s t i9th Regim ent of gal Native Intantry. DIED. ' On the 25th ult., the Rev. Charles Claude Clifton. 3 ''' A '''' Rector O f Llaigan and Llnvrynach, Northreco, age 44. Coe l " 3/2 ' On nv the 31st ult., Sarah Maria, the wife n of Mr d . Thelma. ,„. ir u i ; o f the e of Cumberland-place, Addington-square, Camberwell, aged On the sth inst., at Baches-row, City-road, Agnes, the Rev.aged 31. st chil d 0f On the 2d inst., at Clifton, Henrietta Louisa, the youngc Captain Homy B. S av ill e Rura l A r tillery. —'—..-..----...---,....—.. t ,, I,TTHDO I'OCINO, of No. ' , ,fr..rid. In the PrecincS 01 savvy, In the County o f MiddleileX. Monday'. " *quail 8, 1847. EXCHEQUER CRAMBEI?, Feb. 6. (Sittings in Error, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, Mr. Justice PATTESOII, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, Mr. Justice MAULE, Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN, Mr Justice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) . _ _ Their Lordships sat for the purpose of hearing Exchequer causes ; no case, however, of interest to the public wa* de cided upon. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Feb. 6. TOOVRY v. BROWN. Mr. Parry appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Whateley for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff, a bookseller in Pall-mall, sought to recover a sum of money for books sup plied by him to the son of the defendant, who was a student of King's College, and preparing for the university in order to obtain admission into the Church of England. Mr. PARRY, in opening the case, said that the books were supplied to the son, a youth of 19 years of age, but who had been somewhat extravagant in his habits, and who was at present at sea. The books were taken by the son to the residence of his father. Mr. WHATELEY, on the part of the defendant, contended that the books supplied for the use of the son were not of such a nature as were required by him in preparing for the Church of England. Among the works supplied were those of Pusey, Newman, Ward, Christie "On the Holy Virgin," Carey's Translation of Dante, Romish Missal and Breviary, and other works of a Catholic tendency. From the evidence of the Rev. John Brewer, one of the tutors of King's College Hospital, it appeared . that several of the works were not such as he would recommend to be placed in the hands of a youth preparing for the Church of England ; and further, that the youth in question, in consequence of reading such works, and having contracted , habits of intimacy with a Catholic gentleman, had been induced to leave the Church of England, and go over to the Romish Church. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that in his opinion there was no evidence to go to the jury of the original liability of the defendant, or of any authority having been given to the plaintiff to supply his son with the books in question; he thought, therefore, that the plaintiff ought to be called. Plaintiff nonsuited accordingly. - ABSENCE OF COUNSEL.—BAKER V. LACK. This was an action for a bill of exchange upon 1001. When the case was called on, The solicitor for the defendant said that Mr. Corrie was his counsel, and he would go and fetch him. The counsel, how ever, was not forthcoming, and the case was therefore treated as an undefended cause, and a verdict given for the plaintiff for the amount sought. Mr. ARCIIBOLD, the counsel for the plaintiff, applied for speedy execution. The Loup CmEr BARON—I see there is a similar action, the next in order ; let that be disposed of first. BAKEII_I7. E J LACK was then called on. The Solicitor—My counsel. Mr. Corrie, is not here. The LORD CIIIEV BARON—Then if you have a defence for your client, you shall be at liberty to call your witnesses. The Solicitor—My Lord, Mr. Corrie has ,sot the brief and papers, and I have only a few memoranda with me. The LORD CHIEF BARON—WeII, you must do the best you can. If you have your witnesses here they will prove your defence, if you have any. Mr. Ancimom—My Lord, there is no defence; it is idle to say there is. The LORD CHIEF BARON--We must see that, Mr. Arch bold. Now, let the solicitor call his witnesses. This was done, and the first witness was a Mr. Pattison, who said he was the clerk to a Mr. Wilson, the solicitor of a Mr. Semple, who was the holder of this bill at the time it be came due. The present plaintiff was one of the parties to the bill, and therefore; he and the others were served with due notice of its dishonour. The plaintiff even tually took it up. He could not say exactly, from recollection, when the bill had been paid and then handed to the plaintiff. Mr. Semple was next examined, and he proved having ultimately, some time in December, as we understood, re ceived the checks for the bill from the present plaintiff. The solicitor now said that he proposed to prove through Mr. Wilson, the solicitor to this last witness, that the plain tiff was not the holder of the bill at the time he had brought the action. Mr. ABM : MOLD—No, you can't do—it is a most disgraceful proceeding —you can't do that. The Loan CatEr BARON—Mr. Archbold, I must do justice in this matter; and when a party is left without his counsel we ought not to press too severely against a gentleman who is endeavouring to supply that information which he had in structed his counsel to place before the jury. Mr. ARCHBOLD— But, my Lord, he cannot do it. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Mr. Archbold, I am here to do justice, and I must let this gentleman place the jury in pos session of the truth of this transaction. There is a plea on the record which lam bound to try, and I must do it. Has the solicitor to the last witness subpoenaed Mr. Wilson? The solicitor replied in the affirmative; but he . is not here, I find. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Then call him on his subpcena. Cornwall Baron Wilson having been called, The solicitor said that, before r. Wileon had gone away he had M said that his clerk would give all the information he could. The clerk here said he might be able if he had the books or the papers, but from recollection he could not. The SOLICITOI3.—Here are some of the papers. Mr. ARCHBOLD—No, no, Sir; we cannot have that. We cannot have any of your papers here. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Mr. Archbold, we must have the truth, and if the solicitor to the holder of the bill at the time it became due thinks proper not to attend to his sub poena, we must get it from his clerk, who says that, by re ference to the papers, he may be able to give us the real his tory of this matter. The jury must know the truth, Mr. Archbold, if it can be arrived at. The papers were then handed to Mr. Patteson, the clerk to Mr. Wilson, who then clearly proved that at the time the present action was lost the bill was in the possession of Wilson, and not in that of the plaintiff, and remained there some time afterwards. Mr. ARCHbOLD then, on behalf of the plaintiff, with great warmth of manner, animadverted upon the defence which had been set up on this occasion, the more so as the defen dant had admitted the handwriting. But where was Mr. Wilson ? The LORD CHIEF BARoN—That is the question, Mr. Arch bold —where is Mr. Wilson? Mr. Wilson thinks proper to go -- ,out of the way when be ought to have been here, and then it is left to the clerk, who, to his great honour, I say it, has given us the true history of the matter, al _hough that state- Inuit has told against themselves. It is highly creditable to his branch of the profession that there are some of them who have some true sense of justice. He has done himself much honour and credit. Mr. ARCHBOLD proceeded to contend that the defence was most disgraceful, and that the plaintiff was, of course, enti tled to a verdict. The LORD CHIEF BARON told the jury that the only mat ter for thsai to consider, was, what was the v:-.rdiet were to return as sensible 'men, and as men who were alive to the truth of the case and to their own truth. The question then was, whether this bill had been in i ft z r A