The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

_ AWFUL EFFECTS OF A THUN- DEKBOLT, A t 'h., ••• y, -s n aril y expect to hear f.f tt.under, mach less r f any •r•ii.a damage tram its • if-1[1.4, vet it ca. pa:4l 1.15 &mi.. flying v,its t r the last A t + .fr tw , a, , d .in was aft, nde:l with t h, trghr ut r. lz-. t fi. Fr d,y if ernoon, Mr. and Mr , . 11.1m`.1 f, Q;a.r• -,...ttage, Idle, were with Mr. Ryland. ti t!. I. their dining ro , m, and w " • u ,- 4, , p li,S - 111t" t if•r that had r •; rt. 'll ail iiist air, a eras • , eee r ' 'oe ' 'l-- •e 4 of the house, and sin •k- end fled , ;i •'-- land itn medisteiy opt•nori the ti r ••poe-ee e tire piece round ie he.h they had be.e eeetef, and, f 'oy Mr. and Mrs Hunatil.. e.l, threugh itiecessive doors, the hall entrap P, the ether side of the house. Hardly knowine how er volatile y had escaped, they hurried to the kitchen, which thee found envelop- d in sulphurous vapour, and strewed with rl,i, but the servants, like themselvee. most miraculously saved. On returning to the dining-room. their own escape seemed perfectly in credible. They had been seared about the middle of the room's length; the lightning had penetrated at a lofty corner cupboard at cue end; and, in ire passage to the window opposite. had carried its upper door over them, and deposited it on the fluor between them and the window; the lower door was thrown against the fire place, chairs near the cut board were thrown down, a piece of solid mahogany torn of f one, and thrown to a distance; plaster torn frees the cupboard side, and from the ceilirg adjoining; the window (reachin to the grourd) was bent outwards both in the upper and lower sash, and almost every pane blows, far out to the lawn. The cupboard, whence the electric fluid had thus en tered the room. aea:: immediately behind M. Ryland 's chair; and its passatre was, eimest of n ecessit y , full in the face of Mr. and Mrs. Htinahle. How they escaped is a mystery indeed. As they stood at the window look ing at the wreck, yet ,till scarce able to breathe from the stiff eating fumes. a mos t brilliant and perfect doubl rair.bow spanning the lawn, had something in it like the promise of the first. In the kitchen , the lightnirg had taken diagonally down a side-wall; then bursting, out some yard of plaster just above the floor. seemed te have escaped directly aceoss to the window, whieh.was entirely smashed. Pre cisely in its course was the younger servant, a child of twelve years old, cleaning the he a rth- s to ne . In the same direction utensils of in anl copper were thrown to the window. Behind her, the crockery-frame fell from the wall; )et she, too, escaped, and that through the great fail of ruins which must rimultaneously have taken pl•tce at the garden door, through which she ran. The elder servant, who had been standing by the window, escaped by another door into the yard. Toe escape, both in parlour and kitchen, was the more mar velleue, as they are neither of them of great dimensions. IRELAND. FUNERAL OF THE I,A rE LORD-LIEUTENANT. DUBLIN, MAY 22.—Yestertay being the day appointed for the removal of tht=, body of his late Excellency from the Castle to the family burying, place, at Besborough, countylcrikenny, immense numbers of the citizens con greicateti tow.: her in the streets through which the pro cession was to pas,. At half-past two o'clock rrecisely the prucessi'n the Ca3tle chapel in the order pre scribed by Sir Witham 11,tharn, Ulster King at Arms. The nearae was a light opal vehicle, o , nstructed for the occasion, surmounted by a canopy of black, and orna mented on the sides with b+-wrings. The horses were covered with ru , itrnitee, clothes, to which were a _open led escucheons fu-artng the arms of the Ponsonby famly. It was naturally an obj,ct of attraction, and so great was the crowd that pre s sed forward to view it, a b.)dy of polio •in-n wet p stationed a' door of the stab-es to allow only a 6-w I:),..r,Aans in et a time. Mute.' wer, stati , 11w1 tiro zraNti and priv::t, er , trancp3 thf, chap Pi The first cuin.% r.:i.;ed upon '2, treqle r.Par the door. It +' - as very massi ve. seven feet long, two 'ect in, depth, and two and a h:li . feet wide. com,is c) on inside shell, made of cedar wood, lined wirh white satin, and cushioned with a pTow of the some mar. riat. Tor sec ind was a pon derous lea :en codin, the whole encl,sed in a solid tnahoganv ease, covt-red woh rich crimson velvet, the edges &tadded with 3 treble row of very rich gilt and the handles, side plates, and other mountings 8 , 141 and massive gilt brass. The pipit, c , )lntnunion table, reading des.ks, and the organ gallery, were hung with black. At either side attic:coffin banners wire suspended, upon which were painted the armorial bearings of the house of Ponsonby, tog,ether with those of the illustrious order of St. Patrick, of which the late Ea:l was ex officio Grand Master. A few persons only were permitted to visit the Chapel Royal. A public and formal funeral prone sion should nut interfer,i with, or obstruct the seclusion and sacredness of the domestic sorrow, and the Dean very properly restricted the admission to a few, lest the immediate family and relatives might be intruded noon in toose momenta of grief and meditation which afford a inuurnful consolsti ni to the afflicted heart, ere the remains of him whom they honoured a , :d revered were removed for ever from t ,eir eyes. This windows in the different offices of the Castle were filled with spectators—and save upon the entry of the Vice• roy into Dublin, when he came accomp-inied by all the pride, pomp, and circumstance of royal splendour—we have not seen such a concourse of persons in the streets, nor the windows of prisate houses and public buildings so densely crowded., Essex bridge was almost blocked up by carriages and patisengcrs, arid those who found ir itnpossib!o to make way tbrcaigh the multitude in that 11 cality, were obliged to go roand by the Metal-bridge. or drive hastily upon cars down to Carlisle-bridge, in order to reach the procession from the north side of the river. The conduct. of the populace was respectful and becoming; and we did not hear of any accident except the fall of a cavalry otli,:gr from his horse, in the Lower Castle yard, and some trifling Injuries sustaire , by a child near the Great Southern and Western Rail way, kali corning in contact with a restive horse. bet no serious damage was dope in eitner case. At half past two o'clock the procession left the Castle. At this moment the guns from the Wellington Testimonial com menced firing sixty six reumis in minute time, the num ber correspoieFng with the age of the late Viceroy. The fine• tuned hell of the R tyiil Hospital pealed forth its solemn knell at the same time. The course taken was through tae Upper Castl•ayard, down Cork hill, through Parliament•street, and from thence onwards to the railway. Atnong.t th -ise who lett their cards with the Cheeihr-itin and j 'inert the pr icessien, were— The ChefJit tiee, Barn Pennefather. the Master 01 the Re Is. this Feat and Second Remernbrancer, Lord Talh it. Sir Th mai WE: unity. Sir Randolph Routh, the High Sh riif, t' e Hen. Mejor S iuthwell, Sir George NI; irris, Colonel L •wis, Morgan J. O'Conntll, the Prescient • f the Q•feee's Cellege of Belfast, Sir Thomas Usher, M ester Litton, Dr. Kennedy, Sir Jehn Pew.ir. tee fI •J!. Plunket, Major Deane, Right Hon. S•r H in Patrick Plaiiket, the D-an of Areiiiert, S r Georee Cockburn, Sir J. Dom t-sen, Mej Coi.tin, t h ua. Rv. W iron, Hon. St. Jelin Butler. Sir Ni.o Feieltteir,. Sir Thomas Es mieide. Dr C ' ~Sr, R fiber; K ne, Liird Arran, C ioeel A - Ore.:or, R v. Dr. Ll•ail. Se. J. K. Jana e. s , Bart, Lee! Geed -meet, sir ry-Nlersh, Sir tieni . y . Meredyth. Sir Philip Crain ten, Dr. Stokes, Sir Thomas Steele-, Jo Igo Keeette.te, Sir Richard Langrishe, Chief Justice ut ihe (),o,,eii's Bench, Justice Ball, Attorney- General, General, &e .8, y 'rhe street- w.ire lined by the Royal Artillery, the 4th Light Drag ions, 13 h Light Dragoons, the 17th Lancers, the 3.1 iir buffs, the 13in L;g'it, Infantry, the 26th Came romans, tee 68th Liget lefantr,, and the depot of the 7th Fusileers. The bands of the 4th Light Dragoons. the 13th Light Dragoons, and the 17th Lancers attended at the Create ar two o'clock. and played the usual solemn airs, which impart to such an occurrence as that of which we write, much of the moral and beneficial effect which it is c•dcelated ei hue upo i the public mind. One of the b •st points of view from which the procession was witnessed wee frnm the Knie's-!iridge near the railway. The glittering arms of' the infantry, the nodding plumes and brilliant lances of the cavalry, and the showy equi pages, forming a strong contrast to the melancholy sym• bids and trappings of death as the precession moved slowly and solemnly on, presented features of mournful interest to the s; eciatiee as he lucked upon them from the peacefu' placid river. The private carriages of his Excellency's fenaily,whice were conspicuous in the group, were the most elega•it and must suited to the solemnity of the scene. )'he coaenmen and footmen were dressed in deep ne , urniiig, and the absence of all appearance of ostentation and pomp in the equipments contributed greatly to render the ceremony impressive. We cannot omit referring to the very excellent manner in which the bands iischarged their part of the duty. The sacred music which they played, chiefly The Dead March in Saul" was well chosen and admirably executed. When the funeral cortege arrived at the terminus of the Great Southern and Western Railway, the band of. the 13th Regiment formed under the covered way, and cont i nue d to play the solemn air of " Thu Dead March in Saul," while the necessary preparations were being made for the traiisferenee te' the coffin, &c., to the hearse intended for its reef-rein, which was fixed upon one of the railway truffle carriages. The private carriages of tee household, as well as the mourning coach , . e were els° fixed up in similar machines. At a qiiiiirter beFore four, the special train was set in mutton, and moved al-ng to Carlow, where horses were stationed to cov e y the funeral appliances to their ulti mate destination, Fidilown churchyard. The di, ector s of the ra il wa y were in attendance, moat anxious in evil.), way to promote that order and deco rum befi , tiug the solemnic • casiin—'t r D. Roche, Bart., George. Ree, E-q., g Sheriff ; Edward M‘Donneil, Esq., Deputy Chierm ee ; Haughton, Esq. ; Thomas Me.beey, ; R. Guinness ' the eng,ire•er-in c'aie', Jiihn Macneill, Esq. ; as also prori-ress of erection, was filled The new terminus in :tvhiretaigh the courtesy procession, with persons anxious to obtain tA ii a o t u r rtesy of se e every faeilee Wes off irdwi the Mes'rs. Willia Os ill 4.r-etin,, temporary so far ranS" Lo aceeina e slate the meshes in this respect, he limited space :ill 'Med. tr,,,.1,:ct of the funeral reflected much credit neon Niet. was its every way befitting the NARROW ESCAPE PROM DROWNING OPR. DOTIBLE DEE, THE CELEBRATED OARSMAN.—Sunday morning an unfortunate accident happened to Robert Doubledee, the celebrated waterman, and coxswain of the Sons of the Thames Club, which doubtless would have ended ‘ . titally had it not been for the activity of the captain of the Starlight iron steam-boat. It appears that Double dee was out on the river, practising in one of those cockleshells, miscalled wager boats, when his boat was struck by a heavy surf, which instantly filled it. Find ing that the boat was sinking, Doubledee shot head fore most out into the water, with the intention of swimming ashore. At that instant the Starlight steamer came along, and h , id it not been for the captain stopping the vessel and dropping astern, Doubledee would have been cut in two by the wheels of the steamer, for when he jumped into the water the boat was within a couple of feet of him. As it was, his wager-boat had her bottom stove in; but Doubledee was kept from sinking until a waterman came along, who pulled him into his boat and took nim ashore. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT CROYDON.—Sunday morn ing, shortly before two o'clock, the town of Croydon was aroused from its usual state of quietude by the outbreak of a most fearful fire, which was not extinguished until a considerable amount of property was consumed. The flames were first discovered by a police-constable of the P division raging in the premises belonging to Mr. New ton, a carpenter and builder, situate at North End. The usual alarm was sound d by the officer, and as soon as assistance arrived an attempt was made to subdue the fire, but, unfortunately, without success, for it having obtained such &strong hold of the premises, not many minutes elapsed before the building became fired from the bottom to the top, and for some time the destruction of Archbishop Tennyson's charity school, and Mr. Charles Tasker's ladies' seminary, on each side of Mr. Newton's, appeared quite eertain. The parish engine was soon at the scene of conflagration, and was with as little delay as possible set to work. The games, however, continued to travel with the greatest impetuosity, extending to the roof and upper floor of Mr. Tasker's property. Seeing that the fire was increasing in violence, a mounted policeman was dispatched to the London fire-stations for additional assistance. The moment the news was resew, d in town, Mr. Hen lerson, the foreman of the D section of brigade, started with an engine to the spot, and so did Mr. Connert ,, n with the West of England engine. By the time, however, they reached the plate, the wholi , of Mr. Newton's stock-in trade was destroyed, his furniture and other effects consumed, and the pre mii.es levelled with the ground, not so much as the walls were left standing. The roof of Mr. Tasker's nano , r. ;Ito were most seminary is also burned off, the top floor destroyed, and appro. e remainder of the building severely damaged by fire , ),-,na- ‘-•1. Patrick, his late eoropri and Water Archbi.hop Tenn sun's school has also ie . Ex ...II Le y, Tiley wire executed by Mr. A cf Blake,ut some e l' tn: but not to any great extent. Mr. , „, 4he, .-iupeiintendeuce y aee han niasivr, however, has lost a deal of his • . Newton and Mr Y . &c. Unfortunately Mr. of 1.1- ',Voltam GES.Blake writis as Tasker was insured in thweerLeo uninsured ; but Mr. disaster and U n Union occurredF re A correspondent t Ereniug Ma ll e gor 20 :—`` A Offius. How or by what meanandtohl E TO ST. r dme, Inrlotwoloore, m , .11 fro m (4110/ay a t tac ked the meal carts could nut be ascertained. state Torn o rn TRINITY TERM.—VISIT Or Tim going out never - Nrit•ughmore, on Tu-sdaY, the 1 1 th, and plan :ered several tons of meal ; on the ; Paun's.—Sonday being- the first Sunday uDG i n S ity 18 h ag the mob were mast au -) oacittus, going I Term, the Judges, according to custom, we j u i St. P a ul's Catheoral. Long before the time anno to unced tacking the town, and in presence of the military escort, at- tacking the c The Prtt 4 ."Ple PirTies were women and • for opening the doors f the cathedral, several thousands with 2 ' l ' 4 " 1 a r e hoci)::=in, p:r4o! , 1 - .ld as,embled in fr.,nt of the sacred edifice, dexterous at their trade, it la very uithcult to evade audit was with difficulty that they could force their way them. The convoy had a kind of a skirmishing fight to through the gates. The sermon was preached by the Hon. sustain for upwards of ten miles, in the course of which and Rev. Mr. Villiers, from the Bth chapter of RODAUS, some parties were apprehended and others wounded by 9th verse. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1847. the --0 •rt, but still a considerable quantity was taken. A ve: lar.:er force will be indispensamle to main tarn the eou2rrunications; end par:icularly now that this new systvin require such cunsidereble imports every fertnight, Government must keep the roads open at whatever cost. The country is becoming very much disturbed, several additional regiments must be sent to preserve the peace." RoBBERy vF A MAIL CAR.—CAHIRCIVZEN, MAY 17. —lt is to me a most painful task to ha ve to acquaint you that the in-eoming In a car to this town was robbed this morning, about one o'clock, at Bowler's-hill, about a mile to the west or Kell-, by two armed men, and six bags of letters taken; and though the police and others are out in search of the rubbers, I greatly fear they will nut be traced. Unfortunately there were no passengers on the car, and the driver not bring armed no resistance could be made.—Cork Examiner. STATE of THE CouNTRY.—The accounts from the provinces this morning are fearful beyond all former pre cedents. Fever is rapidly on the increase, and, it is to be feared, will continue to increase with the advance of summer. In the Kilkenny Union more paupers have died within the last three months than during the preceding fire years. la the parish of Castlemain there have been 420 deaths, of these upwards of 300 acre caused by famine. In this locality there was a lendlord clearance in the month of April, by which 128 individuals were rendered house less and homeless. In Kilinain, county Cork, the mortality presents an increase of 300 per cent. over that of last year ; and here, too, the disease is to be seen at work every day. In Kilcreest, county Galway, there has been an in crease of 1,400 per cent. In Ardfort there have been 910 deaths, of which 416 were caused by famine. Instances such as the foregoing could be accumulated without number or end. One mere will suffice for the present. In Crookhaven, Cork, the Southern Reportr; says, the people in the neighbourhood have perished — are perishing still from sheer want of any kind of nu triment. There are deaths from pure starvation. A woman, whose father and family died of hunger, has prolonged her own miserable existence on dog's flesh. She has drunk dog's blood ! ! Merchil Providence ! why should these horrible expedients be al.owed by Christian men ? THE DISTILLERIES. The reduction of the duty on ram, consumed in Ire land, has put a stop to distillation at a much earlier pe rigid this year than us....tal. The North Distillers «ill discontiue distillation for the season atter thi, week, and will be quickly followed by that of John street. All the Cork dis illeriea will then have ceased working at an unusually early period of the year. The , discontinuation of those distilleries will throw a con siderable number of poor men, all labourers, out of em ployment. It will be bad tco for the dairy farmers re siding near Cork, who were enabled to supply thei. eattle with grains and wash during the dearth of fodder this spring. It appears that the heavy stocks of whisk) in the hands of the retailers, purchased some month: since, when that article was expected to reach half ti guinea per gallon, and not yet disposed of, have tender , to check the demand at the distilleries; and rum bei.:e .row sold at little more than the price of whisky. ha, also contributed to cause a stagnation in the trade,which it is not likely to recover for some cansiderabl time tny apprehend that it ‘s ill be long before retailers get rid of their stocks, the dram drinkers being more likely to give a preierence to rum than their native whisky. Of course the Itieh price of barley must have consider able influence with the distillers in causing them to cease working their concerns. IF lSl[ LANDLORDISM. The Kilkenny Jownul of this day states, on the luthority of a correspondent, that the bailiffs of tht R; ht Hon. W. F. T.ghe were out on Tuesday, for the ' porpse of distraining tor rent. They commenced, it it. , aid, at the side of Brandon Hill, determined to sweet the entire Hoer property before them; hut, happily, some of the tenants hold land from the excellent Lord Mount garre-, and having had some presentiment of " Bob' visit," they drove the cattle for security, into the pro perty of thi. nobleman. The same correspondent speaks in high terms of praise of the conduct of Lords Mountgarret and Cliftlen; he latter, who is a nephew of Lord Nlorpeth, has given employment to a great number of men for the last three years—distributed food and clothes before—treated his tenants with the greatest indulgence. in this season of famine and of death, and no man under him need fear for his cow. The Goth Examiner of yesterday says, the Patent Saw Mills at King street, the largest establishment of the kind we b , lieve' in the land, have been at full work, with from 16 to 20 pair of saws going at the same timi from morning to night. for the last six or eight months, :aating planks for coffins ! The other orders to the cam' establishment were planks and scantlings for the furniture of berthing in emigrant vessels, and for the erection of fever sheds in all parts of the country. THE NEW LORD-LIEUTENANT. It is said that. the new Lord-Lieutenant will arrive in Dublin on Wedne day, when a Privy Council will be held, and his Excellency sworn into office. There is no truth in the rumour that Mr. Labouchere is to leave Ireland. The Right Hon. Gentleman con tinues here as Chief Secretary. TRINITY TERM. This day being the first of Trinity Term, the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and the Judges of several Courts, opened term with the usual ceremonials. At two o'clock the Lord Chancellor entered the Court Chancery, and having taken his Seat on the Bench. , the following gentl:men having been previously sworn by Judge Perrin, in the Court of Queen's Bench, were called to the Bar :—Francis Evans, Esq , only son of Francis Evans, of Mallow, in the county of Cork, Esq.; John Hickson. Esq., second son ofJohn James Hickson, of Trah e. in the county of Kerry, Esq.; John Hatch gynge, E.q.. third son ofJohn Synge, hoe ot Glanmore, in the county of Wicklow, Esq., deceased ; Samuel M'Gouran, Esq., only son of R. M`Gouran, late of Cumber, in the county of Down, deceased, who took the Catholic oath, MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER IN THE CITY GAOL. About it fortnight since a woman, named Margaret Lynch, was committed to gaol for stealing watches be longing to a man named Crowley, of Fishamble lane, in company with a soldier of the 47th Regiment, both nartiet being of known bad character. On Sunday Lynch was delivered of a child, which she smothered next night in the cell, and threa - ened to " brain" two female prisoners who were with her if they di-closed what she had done. Some intimation, how, ,'ver, reached the ears of the prison authorities; and an inquest having been held yesterday, a verdict of " wilful tniirde-" was returned against the unnatural parent.—.Southt ne Reporter. C iRN EXCHANGE. Our arrivals t'us weex have been moderate, and as a demand from the interior continues to increase our stock of bread stuffs is much reduced, and prices exhibit a strong upward tendency l'hia day's market was will attended, and holders commenced by demanding higher prices than were actually realised. We note, however, an advance in wheat of 25., oats Is., and barley ls. 6d. since last Friday; while for Indian corn 6s. to Bs. more mon.?y was paid. Corn meal is fully 3s. dearer, peas 25., and b-ans about 15. The sale of flour is improved, sucks and barrels being 2s. and 3s. respectively higher. Oat meal without change. Coarse flour meets inquiry. Starch extremely scarce, and high rates demanded. INSTRUCTIONS AND RECEIPTS FOR THE USE OF INDIAN CORN. The following are extracts from a pamphlet published for the Government at Dublin, and show the various modes of cooking Indian corn in America : METHOD OF GRINDING INDIAN CORN.—The grain of Indian corn is sometimes very hard, and is called flint corn, but all the mill stouas used for grinding other grains may be used for Indian corn. This grain being larger than wheat, it is necessary that the stones should be kept wider apart and not driven too rapidly, for when the motion of the stones is too rapid the meal becomes heated and injured, and the cause of injury to the meal is its being eround too fine—" it kills or deadens the meal." VARIOUS MANNERS OF USING INDIAN CORN AS HUMAN FOOD. SUPPAWN OR PORRIDGE—That is to say, boiling milk, broth, or water, thickened with Indian corn meal, in the same way that people in the south of England thicken them with wheat flour, and the people in the north thicken with oatmeal. Put into water, this is a break fast, supper, or dinner for little children ; put into mils or broth it is the same for grown peopl. It is excel lent in all disorders arising from bad digestion. In milk or broth it is a good strong meal sufficient for a man to work upon. It takes about 3ilb. of Indian corn flour to make por ridge for 10 persons, less than half a pound of corn flour tor a meal for one man, and a warm comfortable meal that fills and streng hens the stomach. Three pounds and a half of wheaten flour would make 41. b. of bread, but it would be dry bread, and bread alone, arid not affording half the sustenance or comfort of tie porridge. MUSH.—Put some water or milk into a pot, and bring it to boil; then let the corn meal out of one hand,genti) into the milk or water, and keep stirring with the other, until you have got it into a pretty stiff state ; after which let it stand ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, or less, or even one minute, and then take it out, and put it into a dish or bowl. This sort of half pudding or tali' porridge, you eat either hot or cold, with a little ,alt or without it. It is eaten without any liquid matter, tut the general way is to have a basin ot milk, and 'eking a lump of the mush you put it into the milk, and eat the two together. It is a great convenience for the workmen in the field that mush can be eaten cold. It is, , n fact, moist bread, and habit soon makes it pleasanter than bread. HOMINY is made of the broken grain, broken by the .feel mills. It is soaked over night in warm water, ,hanged in the morning to clean cold water, and boiled ;ently an hour and a hall. Warm it over when cold ; ,at it with milk, or molasses, or salt, or bacon, or alone. Wheaten bread, with one third Indian corn meal, is lecidedly improved by it, and is preferred at all the tables of the first American faailies. It acquires by this ,edition a sweetness in flavour, and a freshness that we al vain look for in bread made entirely of wheat. INDIAN CORN AND VI HEAT FLOUR BREAD.—Tkke .ne quart of corn meal and a little salt, and one quart of -Jailing water. Wet the meal, let it stand until it be blood-warm, then add two quarts of wheat flour and half t pint of yeast, and let it Ilse. This quantity will make wo loaves Bake it one hour and a halt. BROWN BREAD.— fake one quart and a pint of Indian neal, otie quart and a pint of rye flour, and a little salt,. llix well together; then take a half pint of yeast, a part and half a pint of blood-warm water, and let it rise; bake it in an iron stand in the oven all night. RYE AND INDIAN BREAD.—There are many different proportions in the mixing of this bread. S,.me put one oird Indian with two ot rye; others like one-third rye and two of Indian, others preter it half and half. If you use the largest proportion of rye meal, make your dough stiff, so that it will mould into loaves; when it is two-thirds Indian, it should be softer and baked iu seep earthen or tin pans, after the following rules: — Take four quarts of sifted Indian meal: put it into a ;lazed earthen pan, sprinkle over it a tablespoonful of fine salt; pour over it about two quarts of boiling water, .tir and work it till every part of the meal is thoroughly vet. Lydian meal absorbs a great quantity of water. When it is about rnilkwarm work in two quarts of rye neal, half a pint of lively yeast, mixed with a pint of warm water; add more warm water if needed. Work ,he mixture well , ith your hands. It should be stiff, nit not firm as flour dough. Have ready a large, d. ep, well buttered pan; put in the dough, and smooth the top by putting your hand in warm water and then patting lown the loaf. Set this to rise in a warm place in the winter; in the summer it should not be put by the fire. When it begins to creak on the top, which will usually be in about an hour or an hour and a half, put it into a well-heated oven, and bake it three or four hours. It is letter to let it stand in the oven ail night, unless the weather is warm. Indian meal requires to be well cooked. The loaf will weigh between seven and eight lbs. There is another mode which many persons think pre ferable. Scald a quart of rye and another of Indian , neal with a small quantity of boiling water. Boil a easpoonful of salt in a pint and a halt of milk, mix the rye and Indian meal together, and pour the milk over Asem ; add half a pint of fresh yeast, but not before the meal is cooling. The mixture must be well kneaded and placed in a deep pan by the fire to rise. When it has risen sufficiently, take it out of the pan, make it into any shape you like, and put it into an oven well heated. if the fire is too brisk the crust will brown and the inside remain heavy. It shout- bake from two to three hours. To MAKE EXCELLENT BREAD WITHOUT YEAST. — Scald about two handfuls of Indian meal, into which put a little salt, and as much cold water as will make it rather warmer than new milk ; then stir in wheat flour till it is as thick as a family pudding, and set it down by the fire to rise. In about half an hour it generally grows thin ; you may sprinkle a little fresh flour on the top, and mind to turn the pot round, that it may not oake to the side of it. In three or four hours, if you mind the above directions, it will rise and ferment as if you had set it with hop yeast ; when it does, make it up in soft dough, flour a pan, put in your bread, and set it -efore the fire, covered up, turn it round to make it equally warm, and in about an hour it will be light enough to bake. It suits best to bake it in a Dutch oven, as it should be put into the oven us soon as it is light. Be careful to observe that Indian corn in all its pre paration requires thorough cooking. If not sufficiently boiled or baked it loses its flavour and becomes indi gestible. The following recipes are extracted from Dr. Bart lett's admirable pamphlet : GRIDDLE CAKES —Use milk altogether and no water. Two eggs, yellow and white, to be allowed for a pint of corn meal, the milk to be a little warmed, and the whole to be well beaten up with a spoon. There must be milk enough used to make the whole so liquid that it will pour out of the saucepan on the griddle, and a spoonful of wheat flour and lard (pure butter is better) the size of a walnut. The griddle is a flat round iron concern, standing on three legs, and of any size ; it must be made not very hot, as it would then burn the cakes, and it must be well cleaned and greased while warm, that it may be perfectly smooth, so that the cakes may be easily turned, that they may be done brown (not burnt) on both sides; to promote their turnini, easily itsthei object of adding the wheaten flour. The'daugh, or rather the batter, must be well beat up, and prepared directly before being cooked, though it Might' set an hour, but it would not bear to be mixed over night. The cakes are usually poured on until they spread on the girdle to the size of the bottom of a breakfast plate. INDIAN MEAL BREAKFAST CAKE. Pour boiling water into a quart of era .meal ; stir it until it is wet ; then add two well heaten ,eggs, and milk enough to make it thick batter ; Measure a small tea-spoonful of dry saleratus, and dissolie it into some warm water, and put it into the b4tter . with a small quantity of salt ; butter square tin pins ; fill them two-thirds full, and bake in a quick oven when done cut it in squares, and serve hot. • ~,, i INDIAN Mtrtfins.--J•our boiling water into a quart of corn meal ; stir it well, let it be a thick batter ; when it is cooled a little, add Wit .a.table-spoonful of yeast, two eggs well beaten, and „a ; pa-spoonful of salt ; set in a warm place to rise for two hours ; then butter square tin pans, two-thirds fill Olen], and Lake in a quick oven; when done serve hot Oreat . in squares, or bake as wheat muffins. BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.—One quart of milk boiled, stir in seven spoonfuls of meal while it is boiling hot, mix it quite thin ; when it is moderately warm add mo lasses, a little ginger and salt, four eggs, and a lump of butter the size of an egg,' 7 BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.—One tea-cup of molasses, one piece of suet the size of two eggs, chopped fine, three spoonfuls of meal ; scald the meal with boiling water or milk ; mix it quite thin ; when it is nearly cold add four eggs well beaten. It recinires three hours boiling in a strong cloth. INDIAN GRUEL.--TD one quart of boiling water stir in two table-spoonfuls of Indian meal, mixed with a little cold water, boil ,fifteen or twenty minutes, add a little salt. -t• In conclusion, it will be found on trial that everything which can be made with wheaten flour may be made with Indian corn meal, and_that the latter is mere whole some and more nutritious. e The following are recipes and instructions which are at the present time extensively used, and with great advantage and economy. in the town and neighbourhood of Carlisle, and were furnished by Mr. Jonathan D. Carr, of that town:— . ~ PLAIN BOILED HOMINY, OR INDIAN CORN SHELLED.— Tie one pound of crushed hominy in a cloth, allowing plenty of room to swell, and boil three hours. This pudding may be eaten with sugar and melted butter, or treacle sauce. One pound of hominy will make a pud ding sufficient, as a meal, for five or six persons, at a cost of not more than 2rl, when Indian corn is selling from 56 , . to 60s. per quarter. HOMINY MILK.—Soak half a pound of crushed hominy in water twelve hours, and then boil it in milk over a slow fire two hours. It must be about the consistence of rice milk when brought to table. RICE lIO3IINY PUDDING.—MIX the hominy, which has been previously boiled, either in milk or water, with eggs, a little sugar and nuttneg, a little suet, and with or without currants and raisins, as preferred. Tie up in a basin, and boil two hours. It is excellent, either boiled or baked. To prepare hominy as a vegetable, boil whol • hominy in plenty of water four hours, and strain it through a culander for the table. This is a beautiful looking dish, and forms an excellent substitute for potatoes. Equal parts of Indian and English flour make excellent household bread and cakes. THE LATE ARCHDUKE CHARLES OF AUSTRIA. — The states of Bohemia have decided on erecting a monument at Prague in hon , ur of the late Archduke Charles. Some members proposed that the other pro vinces of the Austrian monarchy should be invited to join Bohemia in constructing a monument to the hero on the &Mot' battle, Aspern ; bat this, after a long de bate, was overruled. A CoNTRAST.--The top price tor white wheat at Gloucester market this week was 13s. 6d. per bushel, with a tendency to rise. The top price in this week last year was 7s. 3d. per bushel, with a tendency to fall THE MIRFIELD MURDERS. [ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.] It was stated in our last that on the morning of Fri lay week a second prisoner was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned with the former pri soner, Michael M'Kabe, in the dreadful murders com mitted on an entire family at Mirfield, in open day. The capture was made in consequence of information received by Mr. John Howarth, the constable of Mirfield. , As the prisoner resided with his father, who keeps a lodging-house at Daw Green, near Dewsbury, access was gained under the pretence of looking for two females, when Patrick Reid was found in bed with his wife, two men (brothers, as is supposed) being in bed also in the same room. He was told that he was wanted on a charge of felony; when the only observation he made was - a question :—" Had they taken any other persons on a charge of felony ?" Since then the officers of Mirfield and Dewsbury have been unremitting in their exertions to collect such evidence as would either bring the horrifying crime home to the persons in custody, or to otters, the guilty parties. The result of those exertions so far has been to greatly strengthen the original suspi cions against both of the men in custody. Before we detail such of the discoveries and addi tional evidence as it will be prudent in this state of the inquiry to publish, it will be well to state how it came about that suspicion was originally directed towards Michael M'Kabe, the man first apprehended. A. ter having visited the house of the Wraiths (and being concerned, as it is supposed, with the dreadful deeds there committed), he called with his basket of pots at the King's Head Inn, and at one or two other places in the neighbour hood ; receiving at one house a bundle of rags which he had left in charge that same morning. With these rags he went to the house of Mr. Charles Flint, a pot dealer, at Robert Town, from whom he wished to borrow a small sum of money on the rags he had with him, for the purpose, as he said, of "purchasing some pints and glasses for the wh lord er a e n dl e h had the d f to c S a h r o r u y l dethre them f A t l h u a t t t o d n a y I Inn, Mirfield,according rdiog to promise ;" but as Mr. Flint was not at home his wife refused to advance any, so he said "he must wait till Charley came in, for as he promised to carry these pints and glasses he should like to keep his word." Accordingly he waited nearly an hour in Flint's house before Mr. Flint's return ; and during all that time he never breathed a word about what he had "seen" or " heard" at Mirfield. As soon as Mr. Flint returned he immediately asked in the house, " Good God ! have you heard what there has been to do at Mirfield ? three persons murdered." On which M'Kabe in stantly rose to his feet and made a statement to the effect that " he had been there, and hal heard and seen" cert'iin things, which induced the suspicions in Flint's mind that he was a party concerned. He had the presence of mind, however, to disguise his suspi cion from M'Kabe, but let him have the sum of money he asked for, that he might procure "the pints and glasses" for the Mirfield landlord. As soon as M'Kabe had departed on this errand, Mr. Flint dis patched a messenger off on horseback to Mr. John Howard, the Mirfield constable, to apprise him of the suspicions he entertained, and the cause of then ; and Mr. Howard, acting on the information he had thus received, immediately set off in pursuit, and appre hended M'Kabe at the Shoulder of Mutton, whither he had repaired with the "pints and glasses." Be then made to Howarth the statement as to what he had seen and heard at the house of the Wraiths, which Howarth deposed to at the inquest. M'Kabe had been at his residence, at High Town, in the interim between leaving Mr. Flint's, at Ro bert Town, and being again in 'airfield. When he reached home he had with him a quantity of flour, which he left. He also informed his wife of the " news" of the murders, accompanying his informr tion with a question as to " what would she think if he had done it ?" It can be conclusively proved that both the pri soners were in the neighbourhood of the house where the Wraiths lived about the time that the murders were committed. They were seen approaching the dwelling within sight of each other. Indeed, they both admit having been at the house—M'Kabe in the statement before made pub!ic, and Reid in ac counting for himself and his doings on that day. Since the apprehension of the second prisoner, the constabulary have become possessed of a fact which seems to bear very materially on the case. . On the afternoon of the day on which the murders were com mitted, and before the horrifying news had reached so - car, a woman found in a privy, situate in a small wood at Ravenswharf, an old shirt all covered with blood. The breast of this shirt was all bespattered, the sleeves the same, while the wristbands were as though they had been steeped. The body of the shirt also bore marks as though bloody hands had been wiped on it. This garment the woman showed to her neighbours, and, unfortunately for the ends of justice, one of them (in ignorance of what had happened so near), and believing the marks to have been produced from a far different cause, burnt the garment, and thus rendered inquiry fruitless as to whether it could have belonged to either of the prisoners charged, or to any other person. Ravenswharf is on the high road from Mir field to Daw Green, where the prisoner Reid resided, and he was seen in the, neighbourhood of the place that very afternoon. The constables have also caused the water in the draw-well belonging to the dwelling of the murdered parties to be pumped out, and the well searehed. In it was found the kitchen-door key, which, it will be remembered, was missing, the miscreants who enacte.i the bloody tragedy having closed the house on their victims, by putting too the curtains and shutters, and bolting and locking the doors. In this well was also found an instrument which it is more than likely had been used in the perpetration of the dreadful deeds. It is a tool known to the trade of tinners and braziers by the name of " copper-bit," used in the soldering of tin and copper. It is a formidable instrument if used in beating on a skull ; and it is more than probable, from the stains, as if of blood, on the instrument in question, that it has been so used. It seems better calculated to have produced the punctured wounds found on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wraith (and which it will be remembered had been inflicted after „death) than the poker left in the room with the old sgetath?lpan t lids certain that_the instrument cannot have 'teed in the well for alfflengtWeriedWlCid; Tor the iron portion of it is not corroded. It is not un likely that this instrument will be of important con sequence in fixing the crime on the proper parties. As may be supposed, the dwellings of the two prisoners have been minutely searched. In that belonging to M'Kabe has been found a trifling article, which, may, however, turn out to be no trifle in the end. When the body of the deceased, Caroline El lis, was being stripped, prior to being laid out, it was observed that one of her garters was gone ; that she had but one remaining. The missing one was not laid about, nor found anywhere in the house. In a box in M'Kabe's dwelling was found a pair of stockings similar to the pair he wore when appre hended ; and with these stockings was found a piece of a garter similar to the one that remained on the the 'leg of the murdered young woman. The sensation which this most awful affair has pro duced throughout the entire district is truly deep. It pervades all classes. A feeling of alarm is exten sively ascertained—and no wonder, for here is an en tire family knocked on the head in the open day ! Among the mass the feeling experienced is one of deep indignation ; and which has manifested itself in a most unwise manner. Because the two parties ap prehended are Irishmen, so strong a feeling has been excited against the race that in some parts of the neighbourhood breaches of the peace are apprehended in the shape of endeavours to drive out the Irish.— Manchester Guardian. 1 ROBBERIES AT EPSOM.—lnformation has been given that on Ne ednesday a gentleman was robbed on the Epsom Race-course of a gold skeleton lever watch, with gold dial and seconds hand (No. 52,038), and a small gold chain and key, with a cornelian stone top. On the same day Mr. John Gibbons, of the Angel Coffee-house, City-road, was hustled on the Epsom Downs by four men, who robbed him of 501. in gold, a silver double bottomed hunting watch (maker's name " Straw, Tor rington"), a void ring set with blood stone, and a pair of o tt f ip a bo l o a t ars s. One of the men who knocked him down was tu g dressed in a blu e j ac k et an d d ir ty white trousers and cap . At the Londo n -b r id ge - ra il wa y terminus, on the sem . day, Mr. Bly t h e , o f L eat h er -l ane , IL lborn, was robbed turned (maker's e w e i s th n l a e ui ve e r ,c ~ escapement,lliamgBoointi dial engine , No. 1,807.") FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A POSTI LION IN OXFORD -STREET.—On Saturday afternoon, be tween one and two o'eleck, an accident of a most fright ful character, and, indeed, which has been attended with fatal consequences, occurred to a postilion named John Mitchell, aged thirty-one, lately living in Margaret street, Cavendish-s O uare, xford-street with a couple of who, it seems, was at that period proceeding a lo ng horses, when th e one on w hi c h he was seated s hied at something in th e roa d, an d , i n e ndeavouring to kee p the other one n ear hi m h e was di s l o dged and pit ched on to his head, th e an i ma l tramp li n g o n him, whilst the loose horse dart e d o ff at a flying pace , a nd ran over a lad named King, w h o sust ai ne d a broken arm. The unfortunate man, Mi tc h e ll, was pi c ked up in a per fectl y insensible state, an d t a k en at once to the Charing - c ross Hospital, where Mr. Steghall. the resident medical officer, ascertained that he had received a broken leg and a fearful wound on the forehead, besides a fracture of the skull, and other extensive injuries, so that, in fact, his case was hopeless from his Admission, and death terminated his sufferings at two o'clock yesterday (Sun day) afternoon. The lad, King, was conveyed into a neighbouring surgeon's, and from thence to his home. The occurrence was seen by a rson named Thompso n, who will give evidence at the inquest. Mr. David Salomons has reeigneil his appointment as returning officer for the borough Of 11arylebone, con sequent on his having become a eendidsite for its repre sentation, in the room of Sir Charles Napier, at the en suing election. Mr. Salomon's successor, as returning officer, has not yet been named. LAW IN TELLI GEN CE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 24. The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day. THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ELY V. BLISS. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied his Lordship the whole morning. ROLLS' COUia; May 24. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE DRAPERS' COMPANY. This was the petition of the defendants, praying that a decree made in this cause might be set aside, on the ground that the Master's report, upon which the decree was made, was based upon erroneous information, 133 which the defendants were charged 1661. 10s. more than they were liable for. The decree in question directed that the defendants should pay into court the rents of the Kendrick Charity, of which they were the trustees, derived from the house property in Fleet-street and Fetter-lane, and the grounds upon which the Master formed his report were two affidavits of an officer of defendant'b, who now by affidavit denied the accuracy of his statements. Mr. KINDERSLEY and another Learned Gentleman appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. Horace Twiss re presented the Attorney-General. The petition was dismissed with costs. VICE•CHANCELLOKS' COURT, May 24. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) BIRCH V. JOY.—JUDGIIENT. At the sitting of the Court this morning his HONOUR delivered judgment in this case, which was distinguished by the multiplicity of its cross-pleadings. In order to reduce the whole to some degree of order, the Learned Judge disposed of the more extraneous matter which had been allowed to encumber the original cause, and then stated that it appeared to him that by the original bill of February, 1812, a Mr. Colquhoun had agreed to sell an en cumbered estate for a sum to be taken as 95,5001., the purchase money to be paid in periodical instalments of 16,0001., 4,0001., 25,0001., and two of 16,5001., extending over a period of six years, a mortgage bcirg granted for the balance. A subsequent agree ment was entered into in October, 1813, and it was on this agreement that the present question turned. His Honour, after referring to the neglect which was exhibited by the principals and their solicitor in the framing of the agreement, proceeded to say that he did not see how it was legally possible for the Court to do other than to affirm this agreement, although he would personally have been glad if he could have come to any other conclusion. He should therefore affirm the Master's report, at the same time, he did not consider this a case in which he would be warranted in ruling that the defendant should pay the costs of the action. (Before Vice• Chancellor Sir Kuroter BRUCE.) IN RE SHEFFIELD AND DONCASTER RAILWAY COMPANY. His HONOUR made an order .his morning upon peti tion presented by five of the directors of the company for the repayment out of Court of 22,0001. This sum was paid in under the Act 9 and 10 Viet., but the Bill having been withdrawn from the House of Commons, the order upon certificate from the Speaker was made as to matter of course. COURT OF QUEEIVN BENCH, May 22. ~. POLICY 07 INSURANCE ON A SHIP.-BOYD V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY. This partly heard ease was reutned this afternoon and the remainder of the depositions taken in the colon, and at the trial having b en read, Sir FREDERICK THESIGER (who with the ATTORNEY GENERAL appeared for the defendants) proceeded to show cause against a rule which had betn obtained by his Learned Friend Mr. Sergeant Shee, which called upon the defendants to show cause why the verdict which they had obtained should not be set aside an i a new trial had, on the ground of the re jection of evidence, misdirection by the Learned Judge, and that the verdict was contrary to the evidence ad duced at the trial. He said the action was brought upon a time policy upon a ship called the Seahorse, from the 28th February, 1843, to the 27th of August in the same year. It was a value policy upon the ship for 11.2501., and upon the machinery, which was valued at the same amount, making a total of 22,50001. The pleas were—in the first place, the payment of 1,2501. into Court, and 251. per cent. upon the value of the ship, pleading, at the same time, that as to the residue the plaintiffs ha I broken their covenant ; 5,6251. was paid by the under writers, and the whole amount paid upon the policy was 8,4371 ' • but the plaintiff contended that there had been a total loss of the ship, and that he was entitled to re ceive the whole amount for which the ship was in sured. The vessel was a trailer between Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. On the 6th of June, 1843, being within the period mentioned in the policy. She was proceeding on a voyage from Launces ton, in Van Diemen's Land, to Sidney, in New South Wales. She bad proceeded down the river Tumor as far as George-town, where she came to anchor. She soon after weighed anchor, but had not pro ceeded far down the river when an ebb tide took her, cast her upon shore, and threw her upon her starboard " bilge," by which she was consider ably strained ; but when the tide flowed, and, as there had been fine weather during the whole time she was aground, she was got off without any assistance—with out even removing her deck load. After some trifling repairs to her machinery, and atter some oakum had been put into the seams which had started, she sailed on the 9:11 of June from Georgetown to Sidney, where she arrived after a voyage of three days, or three days and a half, the ordinary passage being completed in three days; but she took in coals on her way, and, consequently, some delay took place. On her arrival at Sidney on the 13th of June, there was a protest made, and on the 15th of June a survey was made, which was not, however, at tended by the captain, by the mate, carpenter, or engineer of the vessel, and upon that survey the owners determined upon abandoning the vessel the next day—namely, the 16th of June, and a letter to that effect was transmitted- by him to the under writers, and claiming the full amount of the policy. The protest was extended to the 28th of June, so that this was due twelve days before the expiration of that period. After the survey, the vessel remained in the possession of Mr. Boyd for two years, during which time he entertained a number of his friends in board; but no means were taken to ascertain the real nature of the injuries she had received. Under these eircumstances the plaintiff came before a jury, claiming the value of the policy as for a total loss; but the jury, after bearing the case of the plaintiff (uo witnesses were examined on the part of the defendant), and the case lasted the greater part of two days, finind a verdict for the defendants, on the ground that there was not a total loss, and that the plaintiff could net recover the whole amount of the policy. His learned Friend contended that the evidence rejected consisted in the 10th and 11th interrogatories, and that their admission was most important ; but it appeared that he dopted the 11th for the 10th by mistake, which was to this effect—Was it practicable to heave down the bottom of the vessel at Sydney, in order to ascertain whether she was in a fit state to proceed on her voyage ? He eldmitte4 that, this 13te.„rsoKatory.,,yvas rejected, I;nt , it, vas rejected because it was not asked from a perg:in who could treat it in a scientific manner, and because it was an im portant question, on which it was the province of the jury to decide, and that their minds ought not to have been biased by having it answered. The Learned Gen tleman here quoted a number of cases to show that this view had been taken by the Courts with reference to questions of this kind. Then with respect to the alleged misdirection of the Learned Judge (Lord Denman) who tried the case. Here his Learn-d Friend had fallen into an extraordinary error as to the proposition which he (Sir Frederick Thesiger) was alleged to have maintained, and which his Lordship was supposed to have adopted. That where a person abandoned a vessel hastily, after injury to it, and without examination, and brought his ic:ion, and showed upon the trial that the vessel was in such a state, or that the eircum.tanc , s of the Mace were such that she could not be repaired, except at an ex• pense which would have exceeded her value, that the assured was not entitled to recover in consequence of having abandoned her hastily. The short hand writer's notes would show that he did not make the proposition in this way, and that his Lordship did not adopt it. What he said was this—that those cases of constructive total loss upon the value of policies were cases which required to be strictly and narrowly watched—chat where the parties had the opportunity of ascer taining the real nature of the injury the vessel had sustained, that it was their bounden duty to adopt those means to ascertain the nature of those injuries ; and that they had no right to speculate in the matter, and to come before the jury with a speculative case. These were the words he used, and the whole burden of his argument was, that it was the duty of the plaintiff to use every means in his power to inform the jury of the real nature of the injuries ; and that in this case, that nothing had been done by him, and that the case he presented to the jury rested merely upon speculation - ; and that the ves sel, at the moment the trial was proceeding, might have been perfectly sea-worthy. This was a fair and proper way to put the case, because it was the duty of the plain tiff to show this to the satisfaction of the jury, and he con ceived that their Lordships would be of the same opinion. Then with respect to the other point—that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. Let their Lordships bear in mind that the whole of the evidence on which the jury decided was adduced by the plaintiff, and sthat the jury was a special one, and there was no hurry, no cursory view taken of the case by which the jury might possibly have been misled. Their Lordships knew how difficult it was for underwriters to obtain a verdict, and they must also see how strong a case must have been pre sented to the jury to have induced them to decide in the way they did. His Lordship did not express himself dissatisfied with the verdict, and now the plaintiff came forward and sought them to revise their verdict. Lord DENNAN—We will hear the arguments of the ether side on the point, and if we are not satisfied we will call upon you to resume. Sir F. THESIGER said his arguments were, therefore, at an end. Mr. WILDE followed on the same side, and reiterated the main arguments of Sir Frederick Thesiger. He dwelt perticularly upon the sudden abandonment of the ship. Mr. Sergeant SHEE then proceeded to address the Court in support of the rule. He said the rule to which he referred, and the rejection of which he considered most important for the plaintiff, was to the following effect :—What do you think would have been the best thing to have done with a view to the interest of the assurers and the assured, considering the state of the vessel and her machinery at the time in question ? It was true there was not a total loss of the ship in the common interpratationof the word, because she was visible to the eye; but the great important questions were,_ was or was not the vessel, a total wrec k, utterly value less from the want of proper means for her repair at Sydney; or if th-re were, would or would not the ex ppmie have been grea ter thins her value? Was there usufficient dock room there? Was there at jeauufactory in which a cylinder such as the one broken cotl.l be made? Was there a " patent slip?" and could or could not a " hogged" ship proceed safely to some neighbour- ing port where all her repairs could have been done? Could she safely have undergone a voyage to Bombay? It was therefore quite impossible for the jury to form a correct opinion upon all these questions unless this ques tion were asked and replied to. Every one of the cir cumstances to which the attention of the jury was neces sarily directed partook of a scientific nature; and it was quite impossible that they could form a correct opinion without the evidence of competent persons in the matter on which they were called upon to decide. It was not sufficient to say that a number of questions had been asked of other witnesses, and that the jury had an ample opportunity of arriving at a clear and decided opinion, from the evidence adduced, and it was the duty of the defendants to show that the question was one which was improper. This they had clearly failed to do, because it was just possible that they might have learned from the question that the ship might have been economically and satisfactorily repaired at a neighbouring port. Then with respect to the misdirec tion of the Learned Judge—abandonment of a vessel consisted in writing a letter to the assurers, and they had done nothing more in this case ; they had acted fairly and honourably, and had afforded the agents of the As surance Company an opportunity of surveying the ship, and of ascertaining whether the survey of the owners was correct. Formerly, persons could not abandon a ship soon enough, and the Learned Sergeant cited cases to show that ships had been abandoned immediately after the survey. The survey was made by the Port Master. Lloyd's agent, the agent of the Australian Bank, and others, and abandonment having been decided upon, she was ac cordingly abandoned next day; therefore it could not be ,aid that tho plaintiff acted precipitately or impru dently, and that he had not done all that it was his duty to do under the circumstances; and an opinion cif that kind from one in the high position of the N , ble Lord could not fail to prejudice the jury against the plaintiff. The Noble Lord left it to the jury to say whether the plaintiff had or had not acted pru dently, and the jury in the face of the most of the evidence of competent parties, that the plaintiff had acted fairly and prudently, decided against him. The Learned Counsel then addressed himself to the third point, namely, that the verdict was against the evidence and referred to an abstract of the evidence of the different witnesses, who agreed in stating that th?re was no dry dock at the place, that the patent slip there was too small for her, that a new cylinder could not be cast for her in the colony, and that it would have cost 16,000/. to have ascertained her injuries and to have conveyed her to the nearest place where she could be repaired. It appeared, further, that the accident had corrugated her copper, and completely altered her buil 1. Then the defendants had sent out a commission to the colony, and had had an ample opportunity of investigat ing the condition of the ship ; evidence had been taken by them. Mr. WILDE said they had seen no evidence. Mr. Sergeant SHEE said it was unlikely that they would have paid 6,5001. into court, unless they believed that the ship had sustained some serious injuries. He submitted, on these grounds, that the rule should be made absolute. At the conclusion of the Learned Sergeant's case, the Court rose, en the understanding that the further argu ments should be resumed and completed to-morrow. May 24. (Sittings in Banco.) HILTON V. LORD GRENVILLE. In this case,Clich was in action in the name of the Crown, to recover compensation in damages for curtain injuries sustained to some house property belonging to the plaintiff by the works carried on in a mine in StaiThrd shire, belonging to the defendants, the Attorney-General had obtained a rule to remove the venire from Stafford shire into Middlesex, and for a trial at bar here on the 21st of June. Mr. Godson, Q.C., Mr. Stammers, and Mr.. Brown were now heard at considerable length in support of an application to rescind the rule on the ground that justice would not be done unless a jury were had from the spot, and that the Crown did not, possess the prero gative, though he admitted it had till power of doing so before a case was tried. The COURT considered that the rule in this ease might to be rescinded, as the prerogative or the Crown d:d not extend to this case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL handed in affidavits to show that a fair tr.al could not take place in Stafford ;shire, and intimated that on a future day he should move for a new trial on this groun(4. BAIL COURT, May 24. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice CoLEniDoE.) Judgment was given this morning in several cases of no public importance. LAYDON V. PLATT. Mr. PEARSON moved for a rule calling upon William Wilks to show cause why a n attachment should not issue against him for not attendii:g to a subpcena. The affidavit stated that the sub ! cena was served upon the defendant, and it being within the bills of mortality shilling was handed to him for expenses, to which no objection was made. He stated at the time of receiving it that he should not attend to it. When the cause came on for trial Wilks was in Court, but stated that if called upon his subpoena he should not attend, as he was afraid of certain disclosures which he should be cianpelled to make if put into the box. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Take a rule nisi. The other cases heard hero to-day were utterly de void of interest. - - ray 24. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, (Sittings in 13anco.) HAMPiON V. HARRISON. Mr. M. SMITH moved in this Case that the rule should be made absolute for obliging the payment of c, , sts, which had been adjudged in a suit insutuied by Mr. Harrison against a person for whom Mr. Hauipson was the executor. A suit tor ejectment had been brought by Mr. Harrison at the last Spring Assizes, in which the verdict was for the defendaat in that action. The Court, however, took time to consider the judgment, and it was finally decided on the Ist of February that judgment should be tottered tr) for the defendant, to whom costs were adjudged by the Court. On the 26th of March Mr. Justice Erie gave an order for execution nun° pro tune. In the meantime, however, between the trial and the ultimate decision of the Court, the d fen dant in the first action had died, and the lessor of the plaintiff, who indeed had become the actual plaintiff, re tused to pay. It was now sought to make the rule ab solute, in order to compel him. Mr. BUTLER. Q.C., appeared for the defendant. In the present case Mr. Harrison contended that us the de fendant in the previous action had died, that the power of recovery was lost, for the only mode for ensuring it was by attachment, and it was therefore clearly evident that such a process could not issue. Mr. M. SMITH conceived that if attachment could have been issued against one person, the power for obtaining its effect was equally applicable to the other. There were some cases in which it was beyond the power of the Court to interfere, and in that now beiOre them there was, he allowed, no direct remedy, but they eould grant a writ ofseiere ficias, on which a suit could be instituted the recovery of the costs by the executor, and fur this he prayed, The COURT, after deliberation, took time to consider the points which had been raised. COURT OF EXt-lIEQUE , Y, May 24. (Sittings in Banco.) The cases heard to-day were taken from the peremp tory, paper, but no case presenting any feature of public interest was brought before the Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-S7'REET. William Johnson and John Hulbert, two well-dressed men, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a roll of silk, measuring 354 yards, the pro perty of Mr. Henry Absolum, tailor, No. 3, Hay market. Edward Weaver, shopman to the prosecutor, stated that about eight o'clock that morning the prisoners came into his employer's shop and reqnt.sted to be shown a waistcoat which was banging in the window. The pri soner Johnson asked him if it would fit him, and it he would allow him to try it on. Witness allowecl him to do so, but the prisoner trembled in such a manner that he could not button it, and asked witness to do so fur him. Whilst he was buttoning the waistcoat he ob served the prisoner Hulbert standing against the counter, on which w ere several rolls of silk, apparently examin ing the texture. The prisoner Janson then made some remarks about the price of the waistcoat, and said it was too dear. Witness then noticed the prisoner Hulbert leave the shop in a hurried manner, with his coat drawn close round him. The other prisoner imme diately followed him. Directly they were gone witness went to the counter and missed a roil of silk, containing 354 yards. He went in pursuit, and came up with them in Suffolk street, and taxed them with the robbery, which they indignantly denied. Witness, however, being positive that they were the thieves, calle d a con stable and gave theta in charge. charge Police constable 149.0, proved receiving of the but did riotriot find any pro prisoners and searcebuitnogr,sthuepmon; perty of the prose them. lhey had plenty of time to put away the property prior to their being given into custody. In answer to Mr. Bingham, the prisoner . Johnson said or where he was employed. Hulbert said he he was a cabinet-caaker, but declined saying where be resided,was a " Gentleman," and both denied in the strongest terms the charge ot the robbery. Th e prisoner s were rem,nded till Wednesday. Cathef Lyons, g•rl about 14 years of age, was charged be fore M r. Bingham with rubbing a lady's g, about pocket ipQpfea purse, containing 6 ared from :die evidence of Mr. Nicholay, fur i. rier, 82, Oxford-street, that on Saturday evenin live o'clock, as he was standing at his door, he saw the prisoner running towards him, pursued by a l a d y, who was calling out " S to p thief." lie stopped the prison er an d held her till t he lad y came up, who informed h:m that the prisoner had p icked her pocket of a purse con taining six shilling s. He took the Fig ner into hi s house,. w h en she admitted t he ro bbery , and handed to him the purse contain in g the mone y ; on searching her pockets he found another purse and a quantity of silver. Th e prisoner cried , and so wor k e d upon the lady's feelings as to induce her not to appear, but, for justice esaaksiel,yl,leas thoughtno doubtth e t p a r e i s o o t n h e e r r p ought urse nut an to money e l y e t f o oun s d o upon her were the proceeds of some other robbery. He, therefore, appeared this morning to press the charge. The prisoner admitted stealing the purse, and said the e y w d e t r h e e herown. constable to make further oth i‘ e i r r . p ß ur iN se G a n n A. d m in d o i r n e t inquiries about her, and remanded her till to• morrow. WORSHIP STREET. William Rich, otherwise Brown; with a number of otiwr aliases, vas brought before Mr. Broughton, ehargßo with breaki;ig Into the premises of .34,:!51 - s. Goothogs, cab proprietors and . ^.Nneelwrights, Great Manchester-street, Waterloo-town, Bethnal green. James Gunnel, an officer belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway, stated that he was on duty at' About ••• twenty minutes past five o'clock that morning near the. place, when he observed the prisoner entering the pre-•. raises, but being what is termed a signal man upon the , line he could not possibly leave his post. Fortunately.. however, in a few seconds afterwards he perceived a man named Cousins, to whom he communicated what he bad • seen. The latter entered the premises, and captured the. prisoner, who was busily engaged in packing up valuables tools. evi Cousins corroborate' the latter part of the above deuce, and Mr. BROUGHTON orderei the prisoner to be brougb, up again next week. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTE RDAY;.) CORN EXCHANGES During last week the arrivals of English Wheat up to our market, coastwise, were on the increase, and of very prime quality, but those of all other article's of home produce, including Flour, were extremely small. From Ireland upwards of 1,200 quarters of Wheat,vi and a few parcels cf Oats and Flour, ca me to hand , the general receipts from t'cotland were larger thran for 3 of many previous weeks. From abroa d u p ward hile 32,000 quarters of Wheat, 11 , 000 ditto of Barley, 000 ditto of Oats, and 9,000 barrels of Flour came to. latod ; while the imports of other grain were on the wholD good. Fresh up a vary moderate quant it y of Wheat of home produce came to haw!, coastwise or by land carriage and sample. The show of that grain being larger than for sometime past, Ike attendance of buyers, both town and ceulltrie by no means large, the country markets c oming considerably lower, the favourable state of the weather for the growing crops, and the alone° of foreign orders, produced considerable heaviness in th! English Wheat trade, and to effect sales the factors sea e holders were compelled to submit to 2. decline' in the qualations obtained on Monday last of from s irti " SEVEN SHILLINGS PER QUARTER, and a lart we rt of the supply remained unsold at the close of t ' The large arrival of foreign Wheat, above Iloticed,in duced much caution on the part of the n.,il.ters in effecting purchases. On the whole a goo& ness was pasting in that article, at a dectin! FlV'' in the currencies of last week of ful ly SHILLINGS PER QUARTER. Previously to the ,con clusion of business, some of the importers offering their cargoes in bulk at a further reduction ill value. We had a very small quantity of English Bark/ on offer ; but that of Foreign was tolerably goo L. Selected parcels of malting and grinding sold at barely previous rates ; while all other kinds were is to 2s per quarter cheaper, with a very heavy trade. The supply of Malt was very small, nevertheless, the Malt trade was' in a very depressed state, and, to effect sales, Is to 211 per quarter less meney must have been accepted The quantity of Oats on offer was by no means large, yet the Oat trade was in a very depressed state , and the currencies declined 6i to is per quarter. In Beans Yell' little was d ping, at Is to 2s per quarter less money. Peas of all kinds were heavy, and Is qer auarter lower. Indian Corn was dull, but mostly held at full prices Flour was a slow sale, at last Friday's prices . . CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE", Wheat—Essex & Kent, l a lt—Chevalier ...... 805 to 8 45 lied, New .... 888 to 98s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 97s 108 s Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... ".• 383 .• coin, Red..... 95s 98s Youghal and Cork. Ditto, White. •• • 96s 105* Lincolnsh., Feud, 32s •If i t Black. •• i s 3 5 : Irish, Red...• • • —s —s Cork, White. •• •• ••' 5 393 Ditto, White .•..—s —a Scotch, Feed. •• • • 375 c o Rye—Old .. •• • • —s s Beans — Tick . ........ 47s • 500 " 6 New... • • 60, 63s Pi geons ...... ••• • • b6i, Barley—Grinding . .. 44s 47* Peas—Grey ..••• • • • •• 63. Malting ... • ..... 58s 60s Maple. •••• • • • • 65 8 1 - • - 608 Chevalier •• • • 608 6is 6:3 Malt— folk .• •• • • .... Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •••••• • • • "- sup • . 73s 75s Flour—Town - m ade .• . 785 685 7 35 Brown .• • • • • . 77 8 Suffolk • • • • • • • • • • Kingston and Ware 755 AO Stocktn Sc Norfolk 635 • ••• The imports of live stock into London last week were a: under:— From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Rotterdam 60 ... 189 ... 62 5 ... 22 Harlingen 64 Haren 134 ... 274 ... 2 5 7 98 3 50 6 Nieu Diep 150 Total ...... -. 251 476 942 120 At the various outports, nearly 1,000 head of Begs% Sheep, Lambs, and Calves have been landed from land and Germany in excellent condition. There were d (1 2 11 0 , sale about 250 Beasts, 380 Sheep, 20 LuMbs , , an f u ll Calves, the whole of which were dispose tl ~ s d °I a n t d prices. Ihe arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were seasonab ly 3.orgfoolk and of excellent quality, especially those freni tte dance and the we: tern and midland counties. The 4 .,: wh i c b,. of buyers was by no means numerous, rie win v L,ri o WO& and the prevailing warm vreather , m at w hich th day Beet 813' not so active as on Friday last, on obtained on this day se'nnight were firm 55 4d every instance, the primest Scots readily roducinegfect vanced in value quite 4d per Sibs; yetlythesupcupoTtendcliens per Sibs, and at w hick a good clearance was p readily ea-e r F e r c o e m i t il Norfolk,about Suffolk. 1 Scots, Essex, a :m a e c . b e r m e d b s r , i d horns ; from the Western and Midland counties, 600 llerefords, Runts, Devons, &c.; from other parts of Ear Inn I, 800 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 380 horned and polled Scot:. The numbers of Sheep were on g an es d hi s re h , ort. the decrease, yet the Mutton trade was somewhat iliac• t w iv h e o , le a o t f a t h h e o out hleaespt aw;eeei'ntoswcuorurteonis retehe. wool,As Ileu itm rly ust th be e observed that our quotations solely refer to those shorn. The best old Downs were selling at 5s 8d per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight about 300 Lambs came fresh to hand ; and the arrivals from other qaarters were tolera bly good. The Lamb trade was firm, at fully Friday's advanced rates, the best qualities producing 7s per Bibs. The Veal trade was very steady, at last week's prices. In Pigs, only a moderate business was doing, at about stationary figures. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. - d. to Lai. Inferior Beasts-- 4 0 4 I; Second qualityditto 4 8 410 Second quality •.. 4 410 Coarse-woolleddi tto 52 5 4 Prime large Oxen.. 5 0 5 2 AoathdownWether 5 6 5 Prime Scots • • • 5 2 5 4 Dittooutofthewool 0 4-- 8 Lar g e coarse Calves 4 8 5 2 Large Hogs ...... rime small ditto .. 4 5 8 Small Porkers ••.. 4 10 5 • 4 P tickling Calves ..20 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs -1 6 0 8 92 Inferior Sheep •. .. 4 6 4 8 Lambs •• • • SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. I rige. 18,7 A 119 3.25 Measts. 3,047 xvs.v GATE .a.rzro ZOELELDENECALL. From Scoaind and all parts of England, the arrivals of slaughtered meat for “ur markets since Monda yeast,lot have been on a v er y limited scale ; but the supp li slaughtered in the u.etropolis have been seas onably l'he attendance of buyers having been large, the g pet al demand has ruled somewhat brisk, at higher currencies. About 500 carcases of fo reign meathave appeared on sale. At per s tone by the Carcase. s. d. to a. s. d. to s. d. ' Beet, inferior...• .. 4 0 4 2 Mutton, in f er ior .. 4 4 4 8 - middling .... 4 4 4 6 ---- m iddling.. 410 5 I - prime large .. 4-6 4 8 ° ---- prime • • 5 5 2 5 4 - 4 8 4 Pork, large ••••• • • • 4 6 •• •• ...... 4 8 5 10 4 --• -• vii r- 4 prime small .. Lamb. 6a lid to Gs 10d 313071.017G11 .a.ND spiTALFIELMS. Since Monday last about 320 tops of potatoes is c o me to hand from Holland. Fr om our own coasts th arrivals have been small. The best parcels are in mo derate ri-quest at lull prices, but all other kinds are a mere drug. York Reds, 240. to 260 s ; ditto Regents, 240 a to 280 s ; ditto Shaws, 200 s to 220; Li nc oln a nd Cambridge Regents, 200 s to 2705; ditto Kidneys, 2005 to 2205; Dutch, 120 s to 140 s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The accounts which have come to hand within the last day or two are to the effect that the fly has mad e its appearance in various parts of Kent aad Sussex, yet that the vine is growing rapidly. All kinds of ll°P s moved off slowly at about last week's quotations. Sussex pock, ts. 3/ 18s to 41 18.; Weald of Kent ditto, 415 s to 51; Middle and East Kent ditto 41158 to 6/ 10s. WOOL. - - During last week the imports of Wool into London were extensive, viz., 100 bales from the Cape, 220► ditto flow Monte Video ; 90 ditto from Hamburgh ; 499 ditto from Port Beaufort ; 2,400 ditto from Sydney 2,600 ditto from Launceston ; 1,500 ditto from Hobart Town ; and 500 ditto from various quarters. In the private contract market very few transactions have taken place in any description, and prices are with diffi culty supported. TALLOW. The market is rather higher for Tallow on the spots and even f o r forward delivery the market is firm, as . imports are likely tD be la ter than usual. By . le_tt'e rs from St. Ntersburgh this morning the navigation was open, and most of the vessels there were engaged o bring corn. Town Tallow in demand, and rather scarce. Rough fat Ls std per 81bs. HER MAJESTY'S BIRTLI-DAY.—Monday wag the anniversary of the birth-day of her Majesty, who at tained her 28th year. 131 R THS. On the 28th of March it;i,atliathurst, River Gambia, the lad)' of Thomas Francis Quin, Esq, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Geneva, the wife of T. E. Preston, Esq., of a son. On the 17th inst., at Yarmouth, the lady of Nathaniel Suttees, Esq., of a (laughter. On the 17th inst., at Brixton-hill, the lady of Thomas Thornton, Esq., of a son, still-born. On the 18th inst., at Edinburg h, the lad y of A. K. Wlll4 Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst., at East Ham House, Essex, the llid' of Frederick Francis, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at All Souls' Church, dangham-place, George Leslie Lee, Esq., to Eliz a Anne, only daughter of G. A. Brown, Esq. On the 19th inst., at Colwich, John Thompson, Esq., of Tamwortli, to Mary filattdaletie, daughter of William flan. burv, E.q., of Moreton aouse, S:affordshire. Cin the 20th inst., at St. George'e, Bloomsbury, William Curtis Hagman, Esq., of Great Ormond ood-steet, to Elizabeth, seconi da. , ghter of William Bions W, Esq., b o f Bloom ury- square. DIED. On the 24th of January last, at Melbourne, Port Philir, John Wyberg Shaw, Bs(1- On the 18th of February-, a t sea, on board the Gloriana, Alethea Duke, the wife of Major Edward Bon d, of her ga• jesty's 39th Regiment, aged 28. On the 26th Ult. , at Canterbury, Captain William William'', paymaster of the 16th Lancers. On the 19th ins!., at Cheltenham, Louisa Dacres, the wife of Colonel Jatncs Jones, N.H., unattached. On the 20th illst., at Ringwood, George Henry, eldest son of Captain F A. Griffiths, R. A., aged 21. On the 20th inst., Mary Ann Lamb, aged 83. AL Colton, Barnstaple, Rebecca, second daughter of Car -----------_ tam littt ,ol . ------------ . Lon .ton: ! ' tinteditriu eubiisim.i by IV-UE.I)O YOUNG., of N o. 11P, strand, Printer, at The Sun (Vice, o. Nll, Strand, in the is of of tae Savor. in t he County a Middlesex, Tuesday, MaY 261 1847.