The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

••• r 74 ,y of the Philippe lrs o f the fford mp :o relieve rt of our measures , that by erty an d mple and 'fficientll mitiga te Les visits rs afford ,he world Duke de nfanta of satisfee' Ls vouch• )e a fresh as which cl e for the the tWO ',vs of Li' mably t° concert ►r the re' rcial re' Russia A us, by with tha t to US t° state of treaty of dependen t with th e t this in' e patio ht hal e and re" se. The ,re to' / 01 ' nd adult' I to your re u nder' . 110 1 ice w with the of public ,entior) to posse s ', internal ;toyed is ur arTl l 9' ant que s presento sates 116' ad to the d al reek' pobq material, y and the F its deg' )atriotis o the .tic' ssist will reap w. aining 1 0 : last Plib last pos t ' 3ulated „ w e adoPr kids, it I: ssert tbg i , iers mai°, ion of tPe Isisting ;ile chief] y force ; ,4 indoubte t thatto the oonfiroi with th„ D be tb ati artered have oil pute, would 1 % ie vicini t y / the Ch l i e o 8 runs, - A comp a n d iorses 0 witS aB )assa, MeS S ",i he could and Ti° or he ,ent to " , _ r chila re ! it prof ths at :a ses, • 'e are I n tl § ro fesiio% de of th ' ; Stock er ho dent ed e colony' the Gf of s °" e he defe o the 01 Ise vib ie j is locat e iea o °, o eo ple g)- id, wh i" , t re tendilt ie Britis .st ; that' d all WO to return assertbo that the ;round. engage d Lave shel' ave to be vernor ig to outd o wesllsls the 1 01 '; 5 bete' 9 . ay . abO ti i IditiODSH '4— he i n d WI II • • le arcel e f ;t from e cglir ~--~~ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, and prices were declining. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales, aiAmerican selling at 6d. to 7id , and Surat at 4:N. to d. per lb. R a il way Shares Were rather heavy. To a very large class of individuals, who have ad l'aleed money upon the faith of foreign Governments Whether monarch i al or otherwise, will b e afforded much ' solace from the legal opinions obtained from her Ma j"tra Advocate, Sir John Dodson, and the Admiralty Advocate, Dr. Phillimore, who declare, in terms 11 ot be di s p ute d, that t h e propos i t i on or r ▪ ende ring: o n nugatory the Mexican conversion scheme, W contrary to t h e l aw o f nations. The cre ditors o f other foreign stat es b es id es M ex i co , ma y ,ow ask o ur F ore i gn Minister to claim their rights from delinquent Governments. The case and the opinion is thus couched : °PINION OF THE QUEEN'S ADVOCATE, AND DR. R. PHIL- Your opinion is requested, whether the Mexican Go. Zrntnent after the final 'ratification of the conversion of e Mexican Debt, as shown by Documents No. 12 and 43, is justified in withdrawing that ratification for the Purpose announced in Document No. 14. • It appears f rom t h e papers l a id b e f ore us t h at a con of of the most important character has been solemnly rncluded between an independent state, on the one orand certain public creditors, the subjects of a d' country, on the other. We find, moreover, that "'a arrangement has since received the full and un qualified ratification of the state which set on foot and authorised the negotiation. o n We ar e o f op i nion that by the law of nations o- _ither f the cont rac ti ng part i es, w i t h out the consent off the other, can recede from thi s engagemen t. W e a re „,,°P i niun that no sub sequen t c h ange i n t h e i nterna l policy of the state which has so entered into such con- Zra k or in the opinion of h e r ru l ers , can en title her to 'steak the faith thus so l emn l y pl e d ge d ; an d th a t t o d o !_es‘vould be a flagrant violation of the must sacred and Est established principles of international law. (Signed) " JOHN DODSON. "Docto rs ' 44 PHILT,IMORE. Commons, Jan. 11, 1847." to t Fill be n ecessary to call attent i on more part i cu l ar l y hla important document as occasions may serve. The S peech of Louis Philippe on the assembling of the a% C ha mbers is c ons id ere d sat i sfactory i n most o f i ts po i nts; events, it is hoped that the desire expressed to maintain peace, w ill b e sacre dl y o b serve d . Th e on l y l now to be untied in political matters appears to be _Mat relative to the annexation of Cracow. Our Govern ?°lent, as well as that of France, has done, perhaps , . all it will do, Viz . , remonstrated against the whole affair. We have no later arrivals to-day from any quarter, . 1 !! 1 (1 there is nothing expected from America until the uslifax steamer, due about Thursday. ;„ Tax English Funds have been quiet again to-day, and the floating debt there is a sudden "drop" of 35. . to u s i: in consequence of some of the holders having i i `en advantage of the improvement to sell out. abi l e quotations have been reduced to 108. and 95., nt if the directors of new railway schemes con -o,e insteadaccou ntant-General, of the market must necessarily LSIY, and may poss ibl y go hi g h er . I n man y t7 o ,„ an ces however, a preference may be given t m one y deposits, in order to avoid a loss upon the e sale of securities, when the companies require their 1 1 : 1 13 ney back. The value of Consols is 931 and of the ot Three-and-a-Q uar t er p er C en t s . 951 1. B an k ock is firm at 2051 to 2061. The Foreign Bonds have been dull. Spanish Three r Cents. are not higher than 351; Portuguese Old ve per Cents. hav e b een 83 t o 844 !• and Mexican are at 234, Equador Stock is worth 3 to 3/. Dutch "e-and -a-Half per Cents. are worth 59 to 59i. , Share s are flatter this morning, and we quote them lower generally. - OsE CLOSING /.1 , , s ICE sOF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES. * roik Stock 206% 205% 205% Per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 94 94 ii a ier Cent. Consols Annuities 93%% 93% n W 31 / 4 per Cent. A nnu iti es 95%% 95% n g Annuities to e x pi re J a n. 1860 9% 13-16 9% lia Stock — 254 SbLith Sea Stock Co nsols for Openi ng 103% 103% 93%% 93% India Stock for Account.... 254 254 Exchequer Bills, 1000/.1%d.... 11 10 12 9 p 12 p Ditto, 5001 ... 15 11 —— p 11 p Ditto, Small ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O ' CLOCK PRICESCLOSING Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 19% 19 3 4 Ditto, Deferred 3' 31 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 231, 23 Portuguese 5 per Cents. B3 84% 84 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent 3B Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . — Ditto, Deferred — Ditto 3 per Cent. 3 5 3 /4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 3 9 1 /4 Ditto Deferred _ 11!i 25% 17 353 A 39 1 A 11% -:- Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 2% per Cent — 53 3 Dutch 2 1 ,E 591 % 591 per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 92 3 / 4 92 3 4 , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ~, ,__PRIcEs OP uIAVAY SHARES F "'"'" AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES A ber deen tuber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% 2 34% 2% V-Ifast & County Down 4 3 / 4 — ' l rlin. and Glencester..loo l3O 129 129 Ditto New 17% ••• •••• 00000 41to angham and Ox fard Junction 161 rnlingha RI , Wolver t.hampton, and Dudley 425. ... ... 6 ,13 1 4 p 6 14 p ' rul ing, Wolverlepton, B a nd Stour V a 11 e y..... 425. ......4 p 3 3 /4 P irkenhead, Lancashire, / , a nd Cheshire J un e.... 2 3 / 4 — f a sten, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — tiristol and Exeter Ditto N 10 kist ' ew B acking l d Gloucester 32 ... amshire i sledonian Ditto Half Shares-- 2% •••• •••• ••••• Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 theater and Holyhead... 27% 25% C heltenham and Oxford 2 .. ••• . Cla rence lOO . ... Do. Ist Cass, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% l l /a ..•• Direct Northern Scrip.. 2% 2% y s Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine ._Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 kdsternConnties 141. 165....,., 22% Ditto New l2l. 16s — Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d — Easter Do.,n Union York Extension.. 4 2 0 ...... 3% % Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 «— D O . Exten.(Harwich) 1% — •,, )0., Camb. and Ely.. 2% ...... .r.ast Lancashire Ditto, New .. no., do., New Scrip 1 . 1 / 4 .c.ast Lincolnshire ...... 1 i d , ... .. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• ......... ••• '' " _ Ditto Half Shares ... 10 _ Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% Ditto, New Ditto, Newport _ , Ditto, ditto, New .... •1% — ' 4 „.„ l : llll burgh and Perth... 3 ...... ',,'Y and Huntingdon ... 12%...... 13% 13 .c4t eter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% 41asgow Dumfries, and Carlisle 5 Qlf sgow, Kilmer., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .. 15 . Do., Ili Shares (5 per ~. cent. guar.) ... 12%...... Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2 l / 2..... 3 1 74% 3,i Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) .. ... 3 3 / 4 - 4 1 / ... 41 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Northof England..loo Ditto New Ditto, New . 15 Ditto, New Great W e5 t ern ............ 85— Ditto Shares. ....... .50 Ditto Shares ........ 121 ............ 20 • Ditto, New ......... .. 4% ... .... 30% 3 / 4 30% % Hudders fi eld &Manches. 13 ••• ". - 17 17 Ditto, Extension ...... 3 .. ... Bull and Selby 5O .. ..... -- . Do. Half Shares 25 ...... __ .... .. ...... 107% ........... -- , Ditto 1 4 Shares 4 Pawich & Bury St. Edm. 14 .... .......... .... 13 Do., do., and Norwich 5 — . ............. Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ............ ... Do. New 77% ............... 7? ' Leeds and Bradford 3O ~.°l .c aster and Bedford... 16s. toleds, Dewsbury, &c..„ 27% — ......... ...,. - ..... 1 : 10 ., Branch 1 /,, Shares 2 1 ,x.• 4'0 ., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — ..... • Do. E xte n sion( Green) 24 ••• Dds and Thirsk 17%•••••• ••• itto, New y . 1 - 10 ., Prefer., 6 'per Ct. 3% 47 g ..lverpool, Crosby, and LiSouthport ..., ... ve rP., tlnchstr&New cas tle Junction. . 2%...... ••• ...... '' Lono . N don and Blackw .. ell. 16/. 133.4 d 8% ‘, I) ew Ditto Extension.., ... .... 71 / 14011 don, Brighton, and --••-- .. — South Coos_ .t . 50 58 Ditto, Fifths ................... 40 58 47% bo Consol. Eighths.. 10 ••.••• •• —De G 9 % xd Londe uarant. 5 per ct. 9 ...... ——- -- irsu.qoo.n_anred_ Greenwich 12/ 15s 4. to f • r f!rence ...1 8 / 1 7s 2d.. . . .. , 196 1 / 001110.`and I %T. Wt steraloo ••• •• 197 1,12 197% 196% ...... 2 I.,•Quarters 2 4 'o. , do, N e ......... 15 14% ... ..... 1.1 % Ditto Fifths vf .. .... :: .. .. . 2 2 DO •h/.BSilhararesesN3 10 ... —. o• 40/. rl. &8.. 40 O. 10/. 81. & 8.1 A — . 5 ••• too. 10L M. & B.) B 5 - ............... --- -- ............... -- 1.01)o.i. 101. M. & B.) C: 1 Lo- CJ'2Oll, Oxford, and I . i e l.teilli_ . ___am ... ......... 2 .. O..SS Western 41/ 6s 10d '' AIM V 91494 etti 40 .... 13 1 / 4 P 29% 25% 23 22% 3% 17 1 ,4 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ETENING, JANUARY 12, 1847. Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto 4 L 'radon an:. York Scrip Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil L)ndonderry&Ooleraine 15 Loadonderry and Ennis rillen Lynn and Ely 2O Lynn and Dereham l5 — • •••• Manchester and Leeds 82 Ditto U. Shares . 33 Do. Quarters l2 ••••, 3 1 4, •• • ..... •- . . 17% 111/4 Do. Fifths 5 .. . 11 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Extension 425....... 1 1 / 2 % p........ 1% p Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths 1 Manthester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... 1 1 A p l4 p Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 - ••• — Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2% Ditto and Grimsby.... 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2% Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1% Midland lOO 127 128........... Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish 2O Newcastle wad Berwick 20 NewcastleandCarlisle...loo Ditto New 2O ...... ......... . .... Ditto Quarter Shares 6 1 4 Newmrk et &Chesterfrd 5 Do. Extension 2l. 12s — Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 ,6,...... 1 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk .. ... .. .. 100 - ••• ••• ...... Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% l l / 2 3 14 North British . ....... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ll ...... 15% 5 1 4..... ...... Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 Northern and Eastern... 50 37% 6% 34 3 / 4 11% 1% 13554 3 / 4 3% 64 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 / 2 — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 ...... 87 8 % North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2 l /2 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..... l% Portsmouth Direct 334 Preston and Wyre Do. 1/2 Shares - Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. Royston and llitchen ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland l 2 l /2 . .... ....... - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 2% — .. . 3% Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. VA 2 14 2 l,g Shropshire Union South Devon 40 South Staffordshire June. 1/. 13s. 4(1 1% p l% p •:•outh Eastern & Dover. 33% 39:li 40 Do., No. 1 2G Do., NG 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 . South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca _ 8% 34 12% 17 :_ll/4: meron's St h. C0a1.... 2 — ... ...... .. Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Trent Vdlley, Midland, & Grand Junction 425. Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 3 2 1/ ... ......... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . . ..- Waterford and Limerick 27 1 ,E Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin Wexford, v aterford, and V alentia West Riding Union 42s. 2 % 14 -24 p West Cornwall — Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Ditto New Do. Preference ...... 2 York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares..." ... 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension Ditto, Preference ...... 2 Do. East and W es t Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. . _ _ 3% ____ .. _ ..,_ Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ...... 15% 1 A Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. .. Do. (Espelete's) Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ..... Central of Frcnce (Or leans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... . ... 2 — Ceylon .. .... as Demerara Dendre Valley ... ...... Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 — East Indian ... ..... .... 5 8 . Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular 5s Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... Jamaica S.And. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ... Luxembourg 6 Lyons and Avignon 2 Al adras Madras, Nellore, and 18M 15% -% Arcot %— Madrid and Valentin 2 ... .. Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Northern of France 5 .. ... 10% North Jamaica... ... 1 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... .. .... ...... Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 Paris and Orleans 2O Parrs and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 43 8 54% 4% Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes.-- 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 National of Ireland 22% ............ ... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London lO London & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 Colonial 25 •• •••..•••• MINES. Real del Monte lJnregd. 31.4 3 1 4 101/6 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 12.—Wind this day at noon N.E., light breeze, and fine clear frosty weather. DEAL, JAN. 11.—Wind S. to S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Hugh Walkers, Cameron, China ; Kelso, Hudson, Calcutta ; Belle Creole, Muirhead, Demerara ; Norfolk, Boston, and sailed for Bremen. Std. William Wise, Byron, Cape of Good Hope and Swan River; Wanderer, Priest, China; Elizabeth King, Rio Janeiro ; Marys, Forrest, Berbice ; Mary Ridgway, M'Kenzie, St. Vincent ; Henry Tanner, Russel, Jamaica ; Charlotte Drewry, Norfolk, Nova Scotia ; Abertins, Walsh, Boston. OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 10.--.Surinam, Vander Way, Su rinam, for Antwerp. OFF PORTLAND, JAN. 9.—Mississipi, Harvey, Baltimore; Prince Regent, Chambers, St. John's New Brunswick. OFF BRLXLIAM, DEC. B.—William Goddard, Potter, Mo bile for Havre. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. George Canning ; Harward, Harward, Savannah ; Colossus , M'Donald, Charleston ; Alphina, Currie, Halifax ; Ann Eliza beth, Christie, Prince Edward's Island ; Margaret, Parker, Newfoundland. Off port, Canton, St. John, New Brunswick ; Sld. Kingston, Dwyer, Honduras; Monument, Trott, New Orleans; Maryland, Raines, Virginia. The Indiaman, Mar seilles to Cuba, was spoken 23d ult.; with loss of rudder, bear ing up for St. Michael's, by the Monarch, Percival, arrived here. The Richmond Lass (brig), timber-laden, was passed waterlogged and stranded, off Cape Clear, by the George Canning, arrived here. CARDIFF, DEC. 9.—The Henry Alexander, of Bideford struck on the Wolnes, Ist inst., and must discharge to repair., KIRKCUDBRIGHT, DEC. 9.—The Roy, Roy, went on the rocks yesterday, is bilged, and otherwise damaged. The Druid, of Maryport, has run on the sands, and will probably become a total wreck. BROADIIAVEN BAY, DEC. B.—The Emerald, of Port Wil liam, from Liverpool, run OR a rock, 6th inst., and is a total wreck —crew saved. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Caroline, Quebec. South NEATII, JAN. 7.—D ammar i s , Th ompson, P r i nce Ed war d' s SWA Tucker Island. m A EA cle ' laid j e lq , . 10.trrd. —Australia h W n d E . l A d S Mary L . W G h o i d e ! smid, Att, Cuba. OFF TIM lIIIZEisT HEAD, JAN. s. —Orion, Charlotte Town. CROOKII - ANEt• , JAN. I.—Arrd. Spartan, P,rowse, Prince Edward's Island. MARKET NEWs.—(THIS DAY). FL &It MAIMETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3115 s ; Clover ditto, 315 s to 4115 s ; and Straw, 11 7s to 1/ lis per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERIAND.—MeadowHay, 218 s to 3/ 17s ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4115 s ; and Straw, 118 s to 1112 s per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. WHITECHAPILL. — Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 5/ ; and Straw, 11 7s to I/ Ils per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his court at Westminster to d:ly, and heard cause petitions, none of which pos sessed any points of public interest. His Lordship rose at an early hour to attend a Cabinet Council. VICE-CHANCERY.—(rins DAY.) (&fore the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) INSOLE V. F E ATHERSTONHAUGH—JUDGMENT. His Honour the VICE•CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him some time since. At the time of the arguments we gave our readers a statement of the facts, which we will now shortly repeat. The plaintiff was a farmer in Worcestershire, and requiring some years ago to borrow money, he I consulted with his son, who was a solicitor in partnership with a Mr. Corbett. The plaintiff was then introduced by Mr. Corbett to the defendant, who had been a chemist at Worcester, and was in the habit of lending money; and in July, 1839, a bill for 1001 was discounted by the defendant for the plaintiff. A great number of transactions of a similar nature took place between the plaintiff and defendant, from that period down to the month of March, 1841, when the plaintiff,having become indebted to the defendant a considerable sum, executed an indenture, whereby he assigned his life interest in 1271. 10s. per annum (left him by the will of his uncle) for the purpose of securing the sum which was then owing to the defendant, and all such further sums as the defendant might advance, up to 1,0001. The plaintiff, shortly afterwards, became much involved in his cir cumstances, and was obliged to sell his farming stock, which produced, with the crops upon the farm, a sum of 1,176/, A bill of sale on this property had been given to the defendant, who received the proceeds, and a memorandum was executed between the plaintiff and defendant, by which it was acknowledged that all ac counts were settled to that period, with the exception of particular sums, for which the assignment of the plain tiff's life interest was to remain as a security. The de fendant subsequently claimed to be entitled to the whole interest assigned by this indenture, whereupon the plaintiff filed his bill, alleging that the assignment was intended only as a security for the moneys remaining due to the defendant, and praying that the defendant might be declared a trustee for the plaintiff as to the surplus beyond that sum ; and the bill farther prayed that certain documents and bills of exchange in the de fendant's possession might be delivered up to be can celled, and that the defendant might be ordered to render an account of all money due to him and received by him. His HONOUR in giving judgment, went at some length into the case, stating his opinion that there was no evi dence of, or any appearance of fraud on the part of the defendant; that the evidence was clear, that the assign ment of the life interest was ratified and confirmed by the plaintiff ; and, his Honour's opinion, therefore was, that the only just course for him to pursue, would be to dismiss the plaintiff's bill with costs. Bill dismissed with costs. COOPER V. WEBB.—JUDGMENT. His HoNouß also gave judgment in this case, which came before him shortly before the Christmas vacation, upon a demurrer filed by a gentleman of the name of Douglas Cooper, on behalf of himself and all the other shareholders in the York and Lancaster Railway, a pro ject which failed to pass the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Commons, charging, that the undertak ing had been prosecuted after the defendants, who are the committee of management, knew that it was imprac ticable, by reason of an insufficient number of shares having been allotted. A release had been prepared, which the shareholders were invited by advertisement to sign, bringing in their scrip certificates ; and by this document the defendants were to be generally indemni fied, and at liberty to retain 10,0181., to discharge exist ing liabilities, repaying to the shareholders a portion of the deposits paid, until such liabilities were ascertained. The bill, therefore, prayed a declaration that the project had failed through the neglect and misconduct of the de fendants, and that they might account generally for all payments and receipts ; not being allowed to retain such moneys as had been expended since the project had become impracticable ; the plaintiff and the other share holders contributing only in such proportion as the shares allotted bore to the whole number forming the capital of the company ; and for a receiver and injunction in the usual way. To this bill a general demurrer was put in, but the chief question argued was as to want of parties, the plaintiff charging that the shareholders were so numerous, that it was impossible to bring them forward by name. The COURT was clearly of opinion, that the de murrer ought to be overruled, and made an order ac cordingly.—Demurrer overruled. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. GAMBLE AND NOTT. The further arguments in this part-heard motion for an injunction, occupied the Court the remainder of the day. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) LETTS V. THE ELACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a bill filed by the plaintiff, who is incumbent of St. Olave, to obtain compensation for the loss of tithes, &c., caused by the above company. who bad not only injured the property in his parish, but actually re moved thirty-three of the houses. The plaintiff was allowed 2s. 9d. in the pound, and from the property affected by the railway in question derived an income of 2501. per annum, with a power to augment the same to over 4001. a year, as well as several incidental advan tages. A mass of documentary evidence was adduced to prove the extent of injury alleged by the plaintiff, His HONOUR deferred judgment. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE.) IN RE BUXTON SCHOOL. The question at issue in this case was whether the trustees of Buxton-school, in Derbyshire, were (em powered to displace the schoolmaster at their pleasure, or without assigning any ground, provided they gave him six months notice. It appeared that a gentleman, named Holland, was appointed master to the school in 1842, but in the year 1845 was removed, the six months' notice having been previously given. The only evidence of the endowment of the school, which took place in the reign of Charles 11., was a document bearing date 1694, with a deed dated 1811, which had been executed by the Duke of Devonshire, and which vested estates in the present trustees, who acted under this deed, and the power to do so was denied, it being alleged that the Duke of Devonshire had no authority to execute the deed in question. The arguments having concluded, his HoNoun went through several authorities, and said, as it did not ap pear that corrupt or improper motives could be attri buted to the trustees, he did not think they were bound to assign any reason for their removal of Mr. Holland. He could not, therefore, decide in favour of that gentleman, on the evidence before him. He was, however, inclined to think that the evidence was incom plete, and he was willing to give them an opportunity for the production of further evidence, which might lead to a more diligent search, for documents relating to the charity which might itself be benefited by a successful inquiry. next seal was appointed for the fur T T tl h r e e r C fih o res ur :ri t dnga r y o o s f e of at nthe se halt-past one o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(T HIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) RICHARDSON V. PERKINS. This was an action to recover the value of a quantity of wine, which was alleged to have been destroyed through the negligence of the defendant It was tried here during the last sittings after term, before Lord Denman, on whose direction the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, with leave to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. The defend ant leased a house to the plaintiff, Mrs. Richardson, and agreed, previous to her tenancy, to fit up " wine bins of brick and stone." She found the bins inadequate, and sought the defendant to add another. He at first de clined, contending that he had fulfilled his contract, but ultimately directed the stone-mason who waited upon him, to make the required alterations. The stone of which the slab was made was too thin, and when the vine was placed upon it broke and smashed the bottles. Mr. KNOWLES, Q.C., now availed himself of the per mission of the Learned Judge, and moved accordingly. He based his application on the evidence adduced, which went to show that the defendant had fulfilled his con tract before the additions were made. Besides. the slab was intended for empty, and not full bottles. The point was a novel one, and he trusted their Lordships would grant his application, in order that it might be :argued. Rule granted. THE TRING AND REIGATE RAILWAY.—ELM SLIE V. BAGSTER AND OTHERS. This action was tried at the last sittings after term at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 120/, who hed sought 1401. The plaintiff was the engineer to the company, and the defendants Messrs. Bagster and Co., artd Messrs. Dixon, Overbury, and Co., its joint solicitors. He claimed 1201. from them jointly, for preparing several copies of the books of reference. They pleuded non liability, with the exception of the 701., 30/. of which they had paid to the plaintiff, and the remainder into Court. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN now moved for a new trial— first on misdirection by the Learned Jude; and, secondly, on the admission of improper evidence on be half of the plaintiff. The misdirection, he contended, consisted in the Learned Judge stating in his charge to the jury that the payment into court of thie money showed that they considered themselves liable for something; but the plaintiff failed to prove t heir joint liability; and the improper evidence, in the ex, troination of the secretary of the company with respect to a resolu tion passed by the committee laudatory of Ole services of the plaintiff, and on its production, the ina.tter, he held, being wholly irrelevant, and likely to prejudice the jury. Mr. Justice PATTESON adverted to the fact that the defendants at the trial moved for a nonsu it, on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to show that there eTwhaats ampl oppc ts e it e i v o i n de w ne e e s tvoert showy properly defendantsio joint nt refused,liability. t ebecausejointly. t i I d tyll. not consider I ho admis sion of the laudatory notice im p ro p er ; and, therefore, t h u e rb e e o d n . sidered that the verdicts oug ht not to be dis- Mr. Justice COLERIIIGE was of the same opitnion, and Lord DENMAN considered that a plaintiff had a per fect right to refer to the record, in order to rel tat the de fence set up to his claim. He considered that there was no misdirection.—Rule refused. --- BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAX.) The Ccurt sat in Banco in the early part of this morn ing, but no case of any consequence occurred. COTTON V. WAY. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 301. 10s., for work and labour done by the plait tiff for the defendant. Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Ball appeared! for the plaintiff; and Mr. Lush for the defendant. It appeared, from the statement of the .Learned Counsel, and from the evidence, that the plaiptiii is an auctioneer residing in tie City, mid the defendant is a chemist. In July last the defendant wished to dispose of kerne house property, and he employed the plaintiff to sell it, agreeing to give him 2 per cent. if the pur chase money exceeded 2,0001., and 1 per cent. for any sum under that. 101. was to be iven for the sale, if the plaintiff sold by m eans of advertisements, and 5/. if the plaintiff succeeded in raising money by mortgage on some other property. Mr. Cotton contrived to sell the property, which consisted of sixteen small houses at Bermondsey, for 1,5001., and an increased ground rent of 601. per annum to a Mr. Cole, who wished to purchase such property. He also succeeded in raising money on other property — the deeds were prepared and the money ready, when the defendant broke off the affair. Under these circum stances, the plaintiff soughf the sum of 11 per cent. on the 1.5001., and Si. for having performed his part of the agreement with reference to the mortgage. It was the fault of the defendant's own arrangements that the money was not raised upon the remaining property. Mr. LUSH, for the defence, urged that, according to the evidence of Mr. Cole. who had seen the advertise ments inserted by Mr. Way, the purchase was brought about by that means instead of the agency of the plaintiff, who was, therefore. only entitled to the 101. agreed upon in the event of a sale taking place under such circum stances. With regard to the sum of Si., it was clear that Mr. Cotton was not entitled to it, as!Mr.Way himself sold the property without any intervention by the other party. Under these circumstances he submitted to the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to more than 101., although Mr. Way, in order to avoid litigation, offered to pay into Court the sum of 22/. 10s. The Learned JUDGE having summed up The jury returned for the plaintiff—Damages, 30/.los. SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY. The third half•yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate cet. William Parry Richards, Esq., President, in the chair. _ . The SECRETARY read the report, which stated, inter alia, that the works had been, during the last half-year, advancing with vigour. At the present time, about 3,000 men are employed on them, the greater portion en the first section of the line, which it was the great object of the directors to open at the earliest possible moment. In order to adapt the railway to more extended traffic than was at first calculated upon, Monsieur De Grandvoir, the engineer in chief, had, from approved plans and sections, by great and unremitting exertion, completed a careful and detailed estimate of the cost of the entire line. His estimate results in a sum of 23,000,000 francs, or 92,000/, including 64,0001., originally estimated for carrying stock, for which latter item it will be prudent to add a further sum of 80,0001., to keep pace with the extraordinary development of the traffic of the district; and when the original project was compared with that under execution, taking into account the large quantity of land required for the double line, the greater extent of station ground, the conversion of the branch lines from horse-power to locomotive, the larger bridges and works of art, the ad ditional quantity of rails and chairs for the double line, and, finally, the heavier earthworks to which the im provement effected in the curves and gradients through out the line will give rise, looking at all these important changes, the additional cost of 300,0001., which was the difference between that originally contemplated and M. de Grandvoir's estimate, was not matter of surprise. Arrangements had been made with the contractors which would render it unnecessary to deal with the question of raising the increased capital required until after October, when the first portion of the. line would be opened for traffic. The funds in hand, with calls payable during the present year, will suffice to open and stock the first section, enable the directors to advance the works south of Walcourt, and to complete the whole of the land purchases for the main line and branches, a point of great importance. From a statement prepared by M. Magis, the Government engineer, and derived from authentic sources, the amount of traffic was expected to produce a return of 180,1471., from which if they deducted 50/. per cent., or 90,073/, for working expenses, there would be left a balance of 90,0734 or 91. per cent. on the contemplated expendi ture of 1,000,000/. sterling. The prospects of the under taking were most satisfactory, and the directors were convinced that the traffic on the first section would exceed -the ordinary results obtained from partial openings, and bear out their anticipations of the whole ;, but some idea might be formed of them from the report which the directors had obtained from Mr. Thomas Bonehill, of Marchiennes, an Eng lish irommaster, in connexion with one of the principal works in the vicinity of Charleroi ; and he calculatei the quantity of coal, coke, and iron ore, which would necessarily come upon the first section of the railway, at nearly 1,000 tons daily. Looking at all the circum stances of the case, the directors were confirmed in their opinion of the solid merits of the undertaking. The calls made on the proprietors had been answered with great regularity, and the Belgian Government had shown its 4nb7 3dya 237,4601.1, 01 r e 4e n 4 t sex t r. • e en confidence in the proceedings of the company, on i fl n d s g ew sd. which t i3 hr deposited. ldhe ee . leaving aiah fi ndse f g t h dbs a s tee ape tbno o eas f mli rat eteenhcnseet received, oeaifdftuh, accounts t la i 3 o tnho n de, 0 m 1380 0 57 n el sel4ghly2:sl, Belgian r i lGBh g Bdos i s. - :: e verni The report and statement of accounts, on the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr. Flood, having been adopted, a vote of thanks was passed to M. De Grand voir fo: r his able engineering services. A similar com plim en t having been paid to the Chairman and the Board of Dinactors, the meeting separated. TI LE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The proprietors held their first annual meeting osi Wed n esday last, at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate stree t,. The meeting was very fully attended, and the Rev. CHARLTON LINE, M.A., having been called to the chair 7„ stated at length the various steps taken by the boar , 3 to place the affairs of the society in a position to merit; the flattering encouragement and gratifying sup port it, had received from its friends and the public. The direc tc had already granted 187 policies, the annual prem ims on which amounted to 2,3001., and the board had 4 eclined 24 proposals, for an aggregate sum of 16,050 1.; thus the total number of proposals to the board witbit t the last year was 211. A. vote of thanks to the directors for their highly sati sf actory and efficient management was then unani mot is ly passed, the mover remarking that he had been at som te pains to ascertain the experience of twenty-five of the :leading old life offices, and he could assure the meet ing that the City office had effected its full average share of business in its first year. Colonel ROWLAND, R.A., returned thanks for him self: .and his colleagues in the directory. )17. BENNETT, the Physician of St. Thomas's Hos pit: II and of the society, in acknowledging the vote of than ks to the medical officers, which followed, offered son u 3 very pertinent remarks on the constitution and pro s;pects of the Society, and observed that no death had. yet taken place among the assured. I lI r. J. M. RAINBOW, the society's Consulting Aetuary, con g ratulated the society on the gratifying and encou rag.k ng state of their affairs. He could speak with some litt b 3 authority in these matters from an active experi enc e of twenty-five years in the working of life offices. :r. G. FARRANCE responded to a vote of thanks to hin2l 'elf and brother auditors. Encouraging as the nui.n ber of policies issued the first year was, he consi de re d it only as an instalment of what may be effected du ring the current year, when the society's 220 local ag et icies, recently established, would come into operation. lie- would impress upon all interested in the society the weal e and importance of their personal exertions. .A cordial and unanimous vote of thanks was then pat is , ed to Mr. Leeks, the Secretary, for his exertions as the -originator and the zealous and indefatigable promoter of ti he interests of the society. . DOWDESWELL, Esq., barrister, then addressed the me to ting at some length and with much effect, dwelling str o ugly on the special advantages and conveniences of the. , accumulative assurance system, introduced by this so ci ety. II was then resolved that a dividend of four per cent. on the subscribed capital should be paid, leaving the qt to stion of increased interest to another year. The retiring directors and auditors were then unani m o usly re-elected, and other routine business having bi ;en gone through, concluding with a cordial vote of th tanks to the Rev. Chairman for his gratifying conduct in. the chair, the meeting separated. :MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—This morning, at St. Pa: , al's Church, Knightsbridge, Maurice Drummond, }is q., was married by special license to the Hon. luclelaide Lister, daughter of the late and sister to the pill !sent Lord Ribblesdale. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. William Bennett. There were present jGo rd John Russell, Lord Ribblesdale, Mr. and Mrs. oie, and Mr. Charles Drummond. Lady John 11.1.issell was prevented by indisposition from attending a‘: the church. DEATH 01' MR. CRIPPS, LATE M.P. FOR CIREN cs sTER.—We have to record the death of another ve t* -an legislator, Joseph Cripps, Esq., late M.P. for Cir ,cester, who died on the Bth inst., at Ashcroft, near ths st town, aged 81. In 1807 he was elected for Ciren c et ;ter, and continued to represent it until 1841, when he z 'et ,iced, and was succeeded by his son, one of the present Ai embers. When England was threatened by a French in vasion, this gentleman commanded a body of volun ti tre. HIGULAND DESTITUTION.—The collection made -4n Sunday last for the destitute Highlanders, in the scotch Church, Crown -court, Covent-garden, after a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cumming, am o unt e d t o th e .'liberal sum of 3061. is. sd . RAIN IN LONDON.—The metereological register kept at the gardens of the Horticultural Society at Chis wick, for the last six years, from 1841 to 1846 inclusive, gives the total quantity of rain as 151.14 inches, being an annual average of 25.19 inches. Of these seasons the greatest quantity of rain fell in 1841, being 30 . 97 inches, and the least in 1844, when there was but 21.34 inches ; , the others being in order, according to quantity, 1846, 1 21.71 inches ; 1843, 25.4 w ; 1845, 23'33 ; and 1842, 122.31 inches. The most rainy month in the whole period was October, 1845, when the quantity that fell was 5.54 .inches ; the next being in May, 1843, when there was • •5•26 inches ; whilst the least was April, 184 9 , when the quantity was only 0 15 inch. RESPONSIBILITY OF HOTEL-KEEPERS.—An inte ' resting cause, as regards the responsibility of hotel keepers for the property of persons living in their hotels, was decided three days ago by the Royal Court of • Amiens. In the month of June, 1840, Mr. Arthur Har ris, a London jeweller, arrived from Paris, where he had purchased some diamonds, at the Hotel du Nord, at Boulogne, of which M. Mulberghe is the proprietor. Whilst there he gave some clothes to one of the cham bermaids to get brushed, and they were brushed by one of the porters named Mezier. When they were brought back to Mr. Harris, he discovered that 70 carats of dia monds, which he had left in one of the pockets of a waistcoat, had been taken out, and a complaint being - made to the commissary of police, Mezier was arrested, and eventually brought to trial, and sentenced to im prisonment for the theft. Mr. Harris then brought a civil action for the recovery of the diamonds against Me zier and his master, the former as being the person who lhad robbed him, and the latter as civilly responsible for the acts of his servant. This action was tried at Bon k )gne. Mezier was condemned to pay to Mr. Harris the , c) stinrated value of his diamonds; but the suit against N.l. Mulberghe was dismissed, as the plaintiff had lost his property by his own negligence, and M. Mulberghe hat I put up in all his rooms a printed recommendation to per sons arriving at his hotel to place any property re spa cting which they might be anxious in his hands. Mr. Ha rris appealed to the Royal Court of Douai against flu , decision, and in 1842 the Court confirmed the judg ment of the tribunal of Boulogne. Mr. Harris then api pealed to the Court of Cassation, on the ground that the Royal Court of Douai had decided contrary to the Easy . . On the 6th of May last the Court of Caseation *lashed the judgment of the Court of Douai, and or dered a new trial before the Royal Court of Amiens. This Court has decided against M. Mulberghe. It has &dared M. Mulberghe to be responsible for the act of his servant, even in the extraordinary circumstances of this case, and sentenced him to pay Mr. Harris the sum \ of 6,229 f,, the estimated value of the diamonds, in the event of its not being paid within the delay allowed by law by Mezier the thief. M. Mulberghe is also con ,dernned to pay all the costs of the different suits.—Ga lignane. . 1 The penny omnibus system is about to be put in i operation by a company in the cities of Bristol and l3ath. FREEMASONRY and the PRESENT DISTRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—Permit me through the instrumentality of your widely-circulated journal, to remind my brethren, the freemasons of England, that it behoves them in the pre sent time of extraordinary distress, to do something for its alleviation. I would suggest that a collection be made in every lodge on their next meeting night. In a society so extensive and so well to do in the world, I feel certain the call upon their charity would be responded to in a manner worthy of the principles on which the order is founded The popular world seeing their good works, will then believe that masonry is indeed something more than a name. CATO. 16 1 4 4% EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY.) ORMEROD V. CHADWICH. The LORD CHIEF BARON gave judgment in this case. The question turned upon the interpretation to be given to the word " door." The Court were unanimously of opinion that it was the intention of the Legislature to substitute for the old verbal parochial notices during the performance of divine worship, a public written and more permanent notice, upon the doors of all churches and chapels where divine worship was celebrated, and the Court was of opinion that the door referred to in the Act meant the principal, chief, or usual entrance to such place of worship, and not to all the doors of the build ing. With respect to the objection urged before the Court to the validity of the rate, in consequence of no notice having been posted at the door of the church, the Court was clearly of opinion that as no divine service had been performed in that place for upwards of twelve years, it was not such a building as referred to by the Legislature in framing the Act, and that there fore there was no necessity for affixing any notice to the doors of such building. The third point was whether the warrant was informal in consequence of its not containing the evidence given upon oath before the magistrate. The Court was of opinion that there was no necessity for giving the evidence upon the warrant, and that, therefore, upon all these grounds the Court was of opinion that the defendant was entitled to a verdict. PILKINGTON V. COOK. Mr. Baron PARKE gave judgment in this case. The Court were of opinion that the Ist Victoria, c. 55, for regulating the amount of remuneration to be paid to sheriffs and their officers, and which repealed the sta tutes of Edward 111. and Henry I. upon this subject, constituted an exception to the statute of Elizabeth, and that therefore the declaration was good in law, and the verdict should be for the plaintiff ; but that if the de fendant procured affidavits to show that nothing more than the charges allowed by law had been made for the levy, he should be at liberty to amend on payment of the costs. PRIME V. PRICE. Mr. Baron PARKE gave judgment in this case in favour of the plaintiff. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) GREGORY V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND ANOTHER. In this case counsel moved for the interference of the Court, either to stop the proceedings of a writ of error, if any such existed, or to allow execution against the plaintiff to be commenced. In 1844 an action was brought by Mr. Gregory against the Duke of Bruns wick and another party, and the case was tried on the 20th of February, 1844, when a verdict was given for the defendants. A writ of error was subsequently issued from the Exchequer Chambers, which was tried on the 4th of August, and the verdict again went for the defendants. The plaintiff then took steps to carry the case by a writ of error to the House of Lorde. Parlia ment was prorogued on the 28th of August following, up to which time, from inquiries made by the defendants' attorney, it was discontinued. No steps had been taken, and no such writ had been issued, nor did the officers of the Court of Chancery know anything whatever of the matter. The Learned Gentleman, therefore, moved, on affidavits setting forth these facts, that on account of the informal proceedings of the plaintiff, the writ, if any such had been issued, should be quashed, and that ex ecution against the plaintiff be allowed to proceed. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court had no power to quash such a writ of error if it had been issued, and if it had not, they were not in possession of sufficient facts to warrant their ordering execution to proceed on the verdicts previously obtainad. The Learned Gentleman then withdrew his motion, in order to bring it forward in another form. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) _ The January Quaker-sessions for the county of Mid dlesex commenced this morning at ten o'clock, before the Assistant-Judge and a full bench of Magis trates. The number of prisoners awaiting trial was 139, only thir teen of whom were misdemenants. During the delivery of the charge to the grand jury, which was of the usual character, a document was read from the chaplain of Westminster Bridewell, stating that there were 138 boys, 38 adult male, and 39 female prisoners under instruction in the convict department of the prison. Since the last reportlwas submitted to the visiting justices, 21 persons had been discharged,, all of whom had learned to read and write during a period of imprisonment varying from two to six months. It also wont on to state that eight of those prisoners had been admitted to asylums of reform upon their discharge from prison, and that they , as as those referred to in former reports under similar cir cumstances, were evidences of the utility of the system adopted. James Haman was indicted for stealing a purse, con taining ten sovereigns and a quantity of silver, the pro perty of Henry Davis. The prosecutor was in the Pantheon on T uesda y , the 22d ult., when, feeling a tug at his round, and saw the prisoner standing close to him n the act of dropping the purse. The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to six months' impriso nment and hard labour. pocket, be tu rned i s S smo Tß n p w E h T o Rz i :h O ard W i 1 inst. on a charge of stealing various articles of property, and some money from letters which had passed through his hands as messenger in the inland department of the General Post-offic e , BOW —STREET, 2d was again brought before Mr. Jar dine this morning. The first case entered into was the c harge of stealing a letter and its contents, posted by Miss Emma Bentley, of Hertingfordbury, near Hertford, who being examined, as said that, on the 31st ult., she was in London, and w stopping at Mrs. Bardsley's, 103, Tottenham -court-road. Oa that day she wrote a letter, which she directed to " Ed. Rails, Esq., 33, Commercial -street, Newport, Monmouthshire," and in• which she inclosed a blue silk purse, with steel beads, made by hers elf. She gave that letter to her brother to post. The letter produced by the witness Thorns at the last examination (signed " Emma" was the same, and the purse produced by the officer Pea ) ke, as having been found on the prisoner, was • that inclosed in the letter. Robert Bentley, brother to the last witness, said that he was in the service of Mrs. Bardsley, who kept the Post- office Receiving-house, 103, Tottenham.court-road, an d assisted her in the managem ent of the post office business. He weighed the letter that was given to him by his sister, and found that it required five postage stamps to frank it. As it was inclosed in a stamped envelope, he added but four adhes ive stamps, and sent the letter off by the next (the three o'clock) collection. A clerk in the General Yost-office was next called, and said that the prisoner was a messenger in the inland de partment, and it was part of his duty to carry letters from the sorting table to the division where the bags were made up. A letter posted in Tottenham-court-road, at three o'clock, would pass through his hands in the course of the same clay. It ought to be dispatched by eight o'clock. The witnesses Peaks and Thorns were re-called and repeated their former evidence. This completed the case, upon which the p r i soner was committed for trial. He was also committed on another charge of a letter directed to Mi s s Maria Luke, stealing Charlestown, Cornwall, which letter contained a miniature and a locket. n ewly-appointed mag i strate at this court,for the first ti me , a id ed by Mr. ug WORSHIP-STREET. — (THIS DAY.) Air Arnold, nt Bingham, who proceeds to Maribor eh - street Police office, to supply the pla ce of Mr. Maltby, who h as resigned. sthis the morning was charged with having • Mary Riley, aged 45, in her possession, at the early hour of three o'clock this morn ing, a large bundle, co ntaining a mackintosh an d several other articles of wearing apparel, besides some sheet ing, a portion of which had the Government mark upon it, supposed to be stolen. Police-constable H 70 stated that he was on duty in the Whitechapel-road at the above time, and observing the prisoner with the bundle in question upon her bead at such an hour, he questioned her, and not receivinc, a satisfactory answer, he conveyed her t o the station house. The prisoner, in answer to a question from the Ma gistrate, said that the articles were given to her by some female in the street to be disposed of. Mr. BINGHAM—What, at that hour ! But it s th e old story. I shall remand you in order to give the officer an opportunity of inquiring into the case. In th e mean time I would advise you to render him what facility you can to enable him to find out the person whom you say gave you the bundle. Saturday, announces to M rs. Butler ( Mi s a announces that Mr. RETURN OF MRS. BUTLER TO T HE S TAGE. —Th O ' has is m J a o d u e r a na m l, f liosot Fanny Kemble) for acting a certain nu m b er o f n i g h ts a t Drury-lane Theatre, but the negotiation is still pending It is, however, Mrs. Butler's positive intention to return: to the stage. BunnFine COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yester day morning in Claremont Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards enjoyed the sport of shooting, attended by some of the gentlemen of the royal suite. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and riding exercise yesterday morning. The Hon. and Rev. C. :Leslie Courtenay left Clare mont yesterday. In the afternoon her Majesty and her Royal Consort promenaded in Claremont Park, and the Royal Family took their usual airings. A deputation from the Irish Railway Companies, con sisting of Mr. J. G. Frith, Mr. W. H. Thomas, Sir John Campbell, Mr. T. Tyrell, and Mr. F. H. Hemming, bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. T. Erskine May and Mr. Samuel Smith bad an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, yester day, at the Office of the Commissioners of Railways. Mr. Parker, M.P., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. The Rev. George Smith had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Sir Joshua Walmsley had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial. office from the Governors of New Zealand, Ceylon, and the Cape of Good Hope. FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Frederic Lemaitre commenced his engagement here last evening, in the character of Don Cesar de Blasi]. He was the original Don Cesar, and he is decidedly the best. Between Lemaitre and Wallack, the English re presentative of Don Cesar, it is almost impossible to institute a comparison. Wallack makes him a gentle. man, in difficulties it is true, but still such a joyous, effervescing, high-spirited gentleman, that although the spectator feels an intense interest in his adventures, he feels no great interest for the Don himself. For in stance, in the scene in the condemned cell, as acted by Wallack, it is impossible to doubt for a moment but that some means will be found to rescue him from his impending fate ; it is impossible to doubt for a moment but that he himself believes that his shrewd mother-wit will be sufficient to save him. Curiosity as to how he is to be saved is excited in a high degree, because the Imbroglio is perfect ; but interest in the fate of the Don is not excited, because it is impos sible in Wallack's version of the part for the spectator ever to bring himself to believe that Don Cesar is in danger. In the Don Cesar of Lemaitre, on the con trary, the most intense interest is excited in the fate of the man. Lemaitre is a reckless dare devil, it is true, but he has no sense of enjoyment, he is l'homme blase— careless, to a oertain extent, of life, because he has well nigh exhausted it, but yet there is an under current of deep feeling, although apparently careless of life, he does not wish for death. He would rather live than die, although, when death comes, he is prepared to meet it. Wallack gives the lights of the character. Lemaitre the shadows. Wallack's picture is a brilliant Turner—Lemaitre's a rich Rembrant. Which is right? The spectator must judge, and the auffragcs will be nearly equally divided. Wallack makes Don Cassar the hero of high comedy, Lemaitre of high melo drama, and each is perfect in his version. Mdlle. Clarisse, who also made her first appearance for the season, was the Maritana, and she acted the charac ter in the most fascinating style imaginable. It would be an act of injustice to close this notice without men tioning the Lazarille of Mdlle. Val!e.?. Her Lazarille is the best we have yet seen. She made up and acted the character perfectly. All other Lazarille's have been evidently girls masquerading. Her looks, her actions, her dress, were those of a boy. Her voice alone be trayed her sex. The House was crowded to excess in every part ; so crowded that it was warm, notwithstand ing the severity of the weather. A PLEA. FOR THE SUFFERING HIGHLANDERS. BY MRS. CHARLES TINSLEY. Forget them not, the sufferers By glen and mountain side, The thousands that now pine in want, Where crowds in want have died ; They send no loud complainings forth—,- They work no deed of wrong, Nor tax a nation with the woes In silence borne so long. They pour not forth, as did their sires, In headlong foray bands, Leaving the track of lawless war On cattle-pilfered lands ; They keep within their fastnesses, — We scarce have heard the cry That tells us how they daily live, And how they daily die. Think of those homes that lie apart, Some on the wide bleak moor, Some bedded in the mountain clefts, Where snow wreaths hide each door; The hearths within are dark and cold, The meal-tubs empty lie; And children there, to anguished hearts, In Tian for succour cry. Their wants are simple, frugal, few, No luxuries they crave; They waste not time or substance, yet They have no means to save; And stern indeed is that distress That pileth up the way Whence men are wont, for daily bread, To look from day to day. Those unfrequented solitudes No chance relief afford; The scattered dwellers there are wont To lean upon the Lord: Pastor and flock alike are bowed Beneath one common ill, For in those regions lone, remote, All men are brothers still. They suffer not the less because They send few wailings forth; Alas! life's ills fall heaviest On hearts of quiet worth! oye that for imagined woes , Can boast the power to feel, Turn to these living wastes of earth, Where there are woes to heal! And ye that in the summer sheen Have wandered with delight, Amid those old, song-haunted hills, Now crowned with sorrow's night,— Remember how, by Highland hearths, Ye still found welcome true; And let the hearts that hailed ye then Find meet return from you. So when ye seek those scenes again, In brighter days to come, A right good welcome ye shall find In every Highland home! And may be then ye'll hear some tale Shall make your hearts rejoice, Not having coldly turned away From sorrow's earnest voice! WINDSOR, MONDAY tVENING.—The Court, it is fully expected, will return from Claremont to Windsor Castle on Thursday next, the 14th instant. Orders have been issued to the proper officers to be prepared for its return on that day, and the whole of the Royal Family will remain at the Castle until the 17th or 18th instant. After the opening of Parliament, her Majesty and the Prince will return to Windsor Castle, and there remain, with the exception of occasionally proceeding to Buck ingham Palace, for a day, as the business of the state may require ; and, about the middle of March next, the Queen and Royal Family, with their Court, will. again take up their residence for a time at Osborne House, in the Isle of Wight, to resume their superintendence of the improvements they have projected there both in planting and building, and which have been entirely suspended for many weeks by the inclement weather. Prince Albert, since the Court removed to Claremont, has almost every day been shooting in the preserves there, attended by Lord Alfred Paget and the Hon. Colonel Phipps. They have had great sport, and as pheasants are very rare birds in Belgium, the whole of those which have been shot in the preserves of the King of the Belgians at Claremont, have been duly forwarded to the Palace of Lackeu at Brussels. FIRE AT LAWSHALL.—About half-past six o'cicek on Sunday morning, a fire was discovered on the farm of Mr. Smith, of Lawshall, which, in spit e o f every effort to subdue it, resulted in the total destruction of a barn, containing 30 coombs of wh ea t an d a quantity of peas, the produce of six acres ; a stable, with harness, all the tools, a good quantity o f straw, and the upper portion of a dwelling-house, which was so injured about the roof and walls that it is feared the whole will have to come down. No cattle were lost, but the utmost diffi culty was experienced in blindfolding a horse to get him through the flames. Suspicions are entertained that this, like many an act of the same kind, is the work of an incendiary; but as yet there are no traces of the culprit. This is the fifth fire that has taken place within a mile of the same spot in two years—Mr. Nunn's. Mr. Cadge's, Mr. Reaman's, Mr. Smith's, the brother of the present sufferer, and that we record Cambridge Paper. s ix SPORTING INTELLIGEN (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) EPSOM SPRING MEETING. • Weights for the Great Metropolitan Handicap each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or befo] next, J,n,19. Alarm, 5 yrs, 9st 12th—Sweetmeat, 5 yrs, 9st dog, 5 yrs, 9st 31b—Dulc , t, 5 yrs, 9st lib—AL yrs, Bst 131b—Morpeth, 6 yrs, Bst 121b—Sting, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Iago, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Doleful, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb— Queen of Tyne, aged, Bst 91b—Queen blab, aged, Bst 91b— Akbar, 6 yrs, Bst 91b—Counsellor, aged, Bst 81b—Pine Apple, aged, Bst 71b—Intrepid, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Red Rover, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—The Comet, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Dexterous, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—The Premier, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Arthur, 5 yrs, Bst Ilb—Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs, Bst Ilb—Laundry- Maid, 4 yrs, Bst llb—Wit's End, 4 yre, Bst I lb—Refraction, 5 yrs, Bst—Campanile, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Clumsy, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—Roebuck, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—Boarding School Miss, 6 yrs, 7st 131b—Giselle, 4 vrs, 7st 131b—What, aged, Tat 131b—Best Bower, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b -- Gannet, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—The Lamb, 4 yrs, 7st Illb—Mildevr, 5 yrs, 7st Illb —Mosque, aged, 7st 111b—Plaudit, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Roderick, aged, 7st 101b—Tom Tul lock, 4 yrs, ist 101b—Little Jack, 5 yrs, ist 101 b— The Duke of Richmond, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Ukraine, 4 yrs, ist 91b—Dio med, 4 yrs, 7st 911—The Magnet, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Gwalior, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Driffield, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Queen Anne, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—My Mary, 5 yrs, 7st 9:b—Alliance,, 4 yrs, 7st 81b— False Report, 4 yr s , 7 st 81b — R ufus, 4 yrs, ist 81b—Bourton 4 yrs, 7st 81b—M arqu i s of Conyngbam, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—: Ajax, aged, 7st 81b—Banana, 4yrs, 7st 71b—Buttress ' 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Icicle, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—B m b y Samarcand, out of La Fille-malsgardee, 4 yrs, 7st 7 1 b--Shelforth, 4yrs, 7st 71b— Duc-an-Durras, 5 yrs 7st 71b—Sir Si mon , 4 yrs, 7st 71b— Binnacle, 4 yrs, 7st 71 b — Finvaragb, 4 yrs, 7st 71b-Flahow lagh, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Jenny Wren, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Lynceus, 4 yrs, 7st 51b— Sheraton, 4 y rs , 7st 511--Farthing Candle, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Secundus, 6 yrs, 7st 51 b---Nyvern, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Punch, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Flitch, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Camera Obscura, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Buscot Buck, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Hyd rangea, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—The Little Vulgar Boy, 4 vrs, 7st 31b Satyr, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Lady Sarah, 6 yrs, 7st 316 —Sir Peter Laurie, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Guarach, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Miss Shirley, 4 yrs, ist lib—Tit-bit, 4 yrs, Est 13—Cherry, 4 yrs, Est 13Ib Headsman, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—The Correct Card, 5 yrs, Est 121 b —Geraldine,4 yrs, Est 121b—Polka,4 yrs, Est 121b—Pimento, 6 yrs, 6st 121b—Ally Croker, 6 yrs, Est 91b—Hannah Raine 4 yrs, Est 91b—Ferney, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Cossack, 3 yrs, 6st 31b— Projectile, 3 yrs, Est 31b—Crozier, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Devil me-care, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Queen Mary, 3 yrs, sst 101 b Ccmme it faut, 3 yrs, sst 101 b—bf by Theon, out of Hippona's dam, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Halo, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Moodkee, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Mirmillo, 3 yrs, sst Jlb—Meanee, 3 yrs, sst 11b— So' Nice, 3 yrs, sst 11b - -Pink Bonnet, 3 yrs, sst 11b—brother to Stitch, 3 yrs, IA 121b—Yampyrs, 3 yrs, 4st I 21b—c by Euclid, dam by Taurus, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—b fby Elis, or Veni son, out of Odessa, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Emerald Isle, 3 yrs, Oat 121 b. N.B. If the highest weight accepting is under Bst 71b, it will be raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. TATTERSALL'S.— MONDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. The only bet worth notice was 300 to 10 r4, - st Mr.Cuth bert's Queen of Tyne. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Captain Pettet's Newcourt—taken 2000 to 40 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Antler—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Crim. Con. 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch—taken 50 to 1 was laid to 30/. agst Newcourt, and two or three parties endeavoured to get on at the same price, but failed, all the books being full. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 16 to 1 aget Mr. Mostyn's Planet—take 17 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 33 to 1 aget Lord Calcdon's Wanota—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port 45 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy— taken 45 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken 45 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher—taken 50 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Bingham—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt—takes 66 to 1 agst Mr. Bouwerie's War Eagle—taken 130 to 1 riot Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken. 13 to 1 was taken in three or fJur quarters about Epirote, and afterwards 12 to 1 ; a further advance may be looked for. Planet was backed at 17 to 1, in hun dreds; Glentili at 25 to 1, Allertonian at 40 to 1, 35 to 1, and 1,000 to 30, to between two and three hundred pounds—ail decidedly in force. 1,000 to 30 was laid against Wanota, 45 to 1 each, to about 501., against Conyngham and Red Hart ; 1,000 to 20 each, two or three times, against Projectile and Christopher; 50 to 1, in fifties, against the Marpessa colt ; 2,000 to 25 and 2,000 to 30 against War Eagle ; 1,000 to 10, twice, against Oxonian, 4,000 to 40 against Limestone, and 450 to 10 against Van Tromp and Epirote. OAKS. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Farmer's Daughter 16 to I . agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami—taken. 12 •to 1 was taken eagerly about the Farmer's Daugh ter ; 250 to 25 each about the three favourites, and 160 :o 10 about Miami in one bet, and 800 to 50 about the latter singly. The was well attended, but the betting on the whole was dull. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir C. Constable's staghds. meet Wed., at West Newton Sir J. Gerard's stghds., Fri., Black Brook-11. Al brighton hds., Thurs., innington ; Sat., Chaddesley Valley, South Berkshire hds., Fri , Bradfield. Sir J. Cope's hds., Wed., Bulmerst Court; Fri., Silchester Dials-10%. Craven hds., Wed., Bedwin Brail ; Fri., Heathangers ; Sat Great Shefford-10. Goggerdon hds., Fri., Aberaggon. Hambledon hds,. Wed., Idsworth Park ; Fri., Upham Pond —IOIA. Thurs., Chilton Old House; Sat., Sutton Common -10 i. East Kent lids., Wed., Elham Park; Fri., Sunnyfield Park -10 i. Ludlow hds., Wed., Oaker Wood; Fri., Hopton Park. Lord Southampton's hds., Wed., Stoke Plain; Fri., Whistle Wood; Sat., Biddlesdon Park-1.1. A KNACKER'S TRICK. SUFFOCATION OF HORSE.—At the Chelmsford petty sessions, on Tuesday last, Edward Bentley, of Runv.-011,, knacker, was charged with killing a horse, the property of Mr. Thomas Stock, of East Hanningfield. Mr. Duffield, solicitor, of Chelmsford, appeared in support of the charge. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that on Monday night James Mason, a labourer, in the employment of Mr. Stock, and who lives at his farm, had been attending his club, about four miles distant, and on his return home, about twelve o'clock, when within a few rods of his master's yard, he heard a groan, and on getting over the gate into the yard he saw the prisoner kneeling down close to the horse's head, and on calling out to him the prisoner ,immediately jumped up and ran off so quickly that Mason could not stop him. Mason then went and procured a light, and on going into the shed found the horse dead, and four pieces of hay twisted up very tight, and a halter lying close to the horse's head. Mason then went and called up his master, who lived half a mile from the farm, and also a neighbour, who proved finding the horse dead and the pieces of hay and halter as described. The witnesses stated that from the shape of the hay found, and also from the fact of their being damp, they believed them to have been forced up the nostrils of the horse, and which, with the assistance of the halter, had produced suffocation. The witness Mason spoke positively as to the identity of the prisoner, having known him many years, and it being a very light night. Mr. Du ffi eld requested that the prisoner might be remanded, when he should be able to produce further evidence, and he was accordingly remanded until this day (Friday), when the whole of the evidence will bo gone through. During the last few weeks several horses belonging to farmers in the same neighbourhood which had been turned out at night apparently in perfect health, have the next morning been found dead, and the cense of death remained a perfect mystery, until the discovery of the above diabolical act has given grounds for the belief that they had been subject to the same cruel death, especially as the prisoner was in several instances very early on the premises to purchase the carcase.—Essex Standard. FALL OF AN AEROLITE.—The inhabitants of Min (lethal, in Bavaria, were scared from their Christmas festivities and yule-logs on the 25th ult., by the unex pected arrival of an aerial visitant. We subjoin a tex • tual recital of this meteorugical phenomenon from the Augsburg Gazette. "On Christmas-day, at 2 o'cloel in the afternoon, a noise was heard in the environs of Min dethal, in a circumference of at least IS leagues diameter, resembling, in the first instance, a distant cannonade. After 20 almost uniform discharges, this noise changed to a rumbling, the sounds of which strikingly resembled those of a kettle-drum, tuned in F, and ended with sounds like those of distant trumpets. The whole phenomenon lasted about three minutes , and was district. hert in the same manner throughout the entire head, but nothing Every auditor imagined that he heard theo7itsileeopvehrenhois. a e m ve a n l t i persons remarked, above ward of Mindetha , m enon. In the vi)Taagsseesvoceefrlicebxoniennbaurct:grY. however, wes t rraarpdiednl.y ( T le i s ] c e en n d ew in s g, of an th d e saw this ball fall into 1., the houses, a black ball was soon spread abroad, and all the inhabitants, aban doning.their firesides and family festivities, ran to the spot pointed out. They found an opening in the earth which emitted a sulphurous vapour. On digging. with great %eat a stone was discovered two feet below the sur face, in the form of an irregular, truncated pyramid, with four narrow lateral surfaces, and a fifth somewhat wider ; the base is smooth enough. The summit is prismatic, and the corners rounded. It weighs almost 8 kilogrammes (441 b. and upwards). Its dimensions are 8 inches in height, 7 in breadth, and 3 in thickness. This stone bears marks of volcanic origin, and resem bles a grunstein (greenstone). The fracture is grayish white, spotted with white, and several trystallizeia me tallic fragments were remarked on its surface, especially some octahedral crystals of iron which attract the mag netized needle. It is thought that other similar stoner have fallen in the vicinity, but hitherto none have been discovered. THE ORDER OF QUEEN ISABELLA, THE CATHOLIC. —lt is a curious fact, says one of our contemporaries, that the Order of Elizabeth the Catholic, which has jest been conferred by the Queen of Spain on Baror Anselme de Rothschild, of Frankfort, was founded in honour of the expulsion of the Moors and Jews. OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—Yesterday information was forwarded to the metropolitan and city police that a lady named Blencorn, residing at Chelsea, whilst riding in ar. omnibus which plies between Chelsea and the City, dis covered, on her arrival at the Bank of England, that she had been robbed of her purse, containing ten sovereigns The Earl of Vernlam has given the munificent do nation of 1,5001. towards the endowment and building of the proposed new church at Lavistock-green, St. Al ban's. The Noble Earl has also given a piece of land as the site for the church. 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