The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY,_Nov._S. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat only for a short time this morning. No caso of any importance came be fore his Lordship. The Court rose early. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 5, LA SONNAMBULA.-BOOSEY t'. DAVIDSON. This was an issue to try whether the defendant had or had not infringed the c o py r i g ht o f severa l songs in Bellim's well-known opera of La Sonnam bula. Mr. Boosey, a music seller in Holles-street, Oxford-street, had published the songs in the opera. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Erle during the last term, and the jury found for the plaintiff, he having established his property in the music to their satisfaction. The declaration set forth that the music had been first published and printed in England, and the defendant pleaded thereto, first, that the plaintiff did not possess the copyright ; secondly, that he was not the pro prietor; thirdly, that there was no copyright, even supposing the songs to have been first printed and published in England ; and, fourthly, that they were not first printed in England. Of course this raised the question, whether in point of law the plaintiff, a resi dent of England, could possess the copyright of a foreign work which had been assigned to him by a foreign author residing abroad. The Learned Judge who tried the cause considered this matter of sufficient importance to come under the review of this court in banco. The only proof given by Mr. Boosey of his proprietorship was a certificate from Stationers' Hall, setting forth that the music was first printed and published by him on the 10th of June, 1831; it gave no other account of the matter. The question whether the plaintiff could set up a claim to the copyright had been decided by the Lord Chief Baron in the case of Chappell v. Purday, as that Learned Judge had decided that a publisher in England could have no property like copyright in the musical compositions of a foreigner residing abroad, although the author might do so if the work was originally published here, and he were a resident in the country. Mr. Sergeant SHEA applied for a rulo nisi, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why there should not be a new trial on the grounds stated above, which was acceded to. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov.s. (Sittings in Banco.) MORLEY V. ATTENBORONIM. This was an action tried on the second day of the present term before Mr. Baron Platt, in which a ver dict was taken by consent for the sum of seven guineas, with leave for the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. Mr. MARTIN accordingly moved for a rule nisi in the case, on the ground that the defendant, a pawn broker, did not by sending his unredeemed pledges to any rooms for sale by public auction give title to the pqrchaser. The COURT intimated their opinion that they were not disposed to accede to the argument of the Learned Counsel. They would not, however, refuse the rule applied for.—Rule granted. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PLATT and Common Juries.) TESSENMETER V. ADCOCK. This case was again resumed to-day, and occupied tho attention of the Court during the whole of its sitting. The further hearing of the case was ad journed till to-morrow. • COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 5. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF D. C. H. LOMER. The bankrupt, a merchant in London.street, came up on the question of certificate, supported by Mr. Lowrance. The debts and liabilities were about 35,0001. It appeared that he made a considerable profit upon his general trading, but heavy losses by speculations in wheat and in Indian corn were the causes of his failure. There was not the slightest imputation of fraud. The books were well kept, and the assignees expressed themselves satisfied with the bankrupt's conduct.—Certificate granted. THE SALISBURY BANK. In this matter, in which a fiat was opened a few days ago before Mr. Commissioner Evans, we are authorised to state that the Messrs. Brodie, the pro prietors, have surrendered to the jurisdiction of this court. We have been further informed that Mr. Knapp, the proprietor of the Abingdon Bank, who it was alleged had absconded, will also, in the course of a few days, surrender to his fiat. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 5. The new courts attached to this tribunal were opened to-day for the first time, the Chief Commis sioner and Messrs. Law and Phillips severally hblding sittings. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) ILE . WILLIAIII, PHILIP MASTERS CROFT. This insolvent, who had kept the Head Tavern, Windmill-street, Haymarket, was opposed by Mr. Nichols, for Messrs. Cannaux, who complained that their debt had been contracted fraudulently, the insolvent representing that he had paid 2001. for a lease of his house, which now turned out to be untrue. The insolvent denied, however, making such a state ment. His HONOUR decided that the debt had been frau dulently contracted, and remanded the insolvent for a period of six calendar months from the date of his vesting order. IN RE JOHN BENTON. This insolvent, a " gentleman," was remanded for three months from the date of the vesting order for incurring a debt by means of false representations. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT, Nov. 5. (Before Mr. H. B. HEATH.) COLLINGRIDGE v. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a case in which compensation was claimed for an alleged breach of contract to carry certain goods from Northampton to Euston-square. Mr Lewis, attorney, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. J. A. Russell for the railway company. Mr. LEWIS stated that the plaintiff, Dionysius Col lingridge, who was a journeyman currier, had taken his passage by the train which left Northampton for London at twenty minutes pas seven o'clock P.m., on the 6th of October last. He had three packages, a box nearly empty, a carpet bag, and a writing desk. The two latter he had in the car riage with him ; on his arrival at Euston-square station he requested the porter in attendance to take care of them while he went in search of the box, which had been put into the luggage van. On his return the carpet bag and writing-desk were gone. The action was brought against the company for compensation in their capacity as com mon carriers, whose duty it was to carry goods safely, unless loss occurred through the act of fro vidence or the king's enemies. The Act 1 William IV., chap. 68, commonly called the Carriers' Act, limited their responsibility in respect of gold and silver coin, jewellery, &c., when the value of the packet exceeded 10/., unless at the time of the de livery the value and nature of the article were de clared, and a higher charge was paid for convey ance ; but otherwise the Act did not affect the liability, any public notice professing to limit such liability notwithstanding. The contract to carry the luggage safe was as clear as the contract to carry the passenger. The goods were lost on the platform, to which the company would not admit any porters except their own. If the liability at common law were found to have ceased at the time the goods were lost, the company's liability for the negligence of their servant still remained. The amount claimed was 191. 10s., and in consequence of the loss of his luggage the plaintiff had been detained from proceed ing on his usual journeys since the 6th of October. Mr. Collingridge was then examined—He paid 53.3 d. third class fare from Northampton. On reach ing Euston-square he sent the porter to look for his box. The porter could not find it, and wanted him to see whether he could not recognise it among some parcels. Witness said he could not leave the carpet bag and desk for fear they should be stolen. The porter told him that they were perfectly safe under Ins M teL 'tiOn and that the company were responsible for them. When he had found the box, he returned, Lut the carpet-bag and desk wer e gone . an d th e p or t e r was gon mo e l ie saw the p or t er a ft erwar d s , an d next rnin ._ g went with a friend to the office of Mr. Jones who ask e d the porter rt e r why h e did not t a k e care of the luggage ? porter c said, w it ness h a d given the lugga ge i nto his charge, but denied ne x t day that he had tak en charge of the things. Th e carpet bag contained one dozen , ‘o suits of sre. rvh clothes, eight silk handk erc hi e f s, e desk, a plain wooden one, contained half-a -dozen books, 2s. 6d. worth of postage stamps, a six pocket-k n i ves, watch, shirt studs, three shirt pins, &c. On cross-examination by Mr. RussELL, the witness stated that the bag and desk were in the carriage w ith him ; he had put them in himself ; he took thew ou t himself and put them on the platform ; be the box after he had lost his luggage. The carpet bag and desk _he might i weigh 501bs. together ; th e b ox 1 albs. or Gibs. watch cost 71. 105.; the guard id. ss. ; the three gold pins 7s. 6d. each. The gold shirt studs were worth thirteen shillings. There wer e six silver pencil - ca ses worth thirty shillings, and eight silk handkerchiefs worth three shillings apiece. These were what the articles had cost ; he valued the watch at 31. 10s. examined—Had Henry Horace Elsdon was next accompanied plaintiff to Mr. Jones'skodffi, ce. ow Plaintiff " H came identified the porter. Mr. Jones as e the luggage to be lost ?" The porter sai i d . he had turned his back to go to look for Mr. Coi ingridge's box, thou g h on ly f or a moment, when the bag and desk aisaPPeared. Mr. Jones asked him what he did ? The porter said he ran to the gate directly, and an om• 0 145 DM or poster said he had seen the luggage placed in a cab ; he went to stop the cab, but found it was not one belonging to the company, but a night cab. Mr. Jones directed the porter to inquire about the cabman, and asked them to return next day, ad vising them to give information of the loss at Chaplin and Horne's, and also at the Hackney Carriages office, in Broad-street. They got no nformation at either place. Next morning they went again. Mr. Jones sent for the porter to see whether he could find the man. He said, " Not at present." A note was then written to Mr. Creed, who referred them to Mr. Brookes. Mr. Brookes sent for Mr. Jones and the porter. The particulars as to the bag and desk were then repeated. Mr. Brookes said, if they are placed in our custody we are liable • if they are not, we are not liable." He then asked if the cabman had been found. He then said something about it, such as that he could not be bothered; he treated them very coolly indeed, and they left. Mr. RUSSELL, for the defendants, contended that as the evidence stood the company were not liable. There was, in the first place, no bailment, the plain• tiff from the beginning having taken the exclusive control of his luggage ; secondly, if the goods were bailed they were safely carried according to the con tract of the company to the Euston-square station, and there safely delivered to the owner. Whatever might have happened after that could not render the company liable as carriers, though they might be so as warehousemen. But the complaint against them here was for a breach of contract to carry certain goods from Northampton. The defence under the Carriers Act' was, that the luggage contained ex empted articles above the value of 10/. If there was that amount of exempted articles among goods worth 1,0001., and the package were lost, the carrier was not liable for a farthing. Lastly, the luggage car ried by the plaintiff was 571 b., and he paid no addi tional charge. The Act incorporating the company provided that passengers travelling in the third class might take their luggage not exceeding 401 b. ; but the plaintiff had carried 571 b., and, therefore, the company incurred no liability. No evidence was heard for the defence. Mr. HEATH inquired whether, considering the im portance of the case, the parties wished the case postponed, in order to allow of an application to a superior court ? Mr. RUSSELL stated that such was the course his clients would prefer. Mr. LEWIS objected to a postponement. The case had been heard, and his client could not bear to enter into an expensive contest with a wealthy company. He doubted whether the Court could postpone the case for such a purpose. Mr. HEATH then addressed the jury. The plaintiff had to prove a contract on the part of the defendants to carry the goods, and that there had been a breach of contract. The jury would have to consider whe ther the contract of the parties was to carry from Northampton to the end of their stations, or only to the place where the carriage happened to stop when the break was put on. If the jury were of opinion that the company were bound to carry further than the latter point, then they had to consider whether the plaintiff released them from that liability by taking the luggage into his own charge. If they believed it was true, as mentioned by Elsdon, that the luggage was lost when the porter was engaged in looking for the plaintiff's box, the goods might then be con sidered as not being in their custody ; but if they be lieved that the goods were left in charge of the porter, the question would be whether, when the plaintiff left the goods with the porter, these were still in the company's custody—whether the fact of their passing through the plaintiff's hands in their transit to the platform ended the Rompany's custody. The com pany contracted to carry only the passenger and 401 b., and the jury would have to consider whether the goods were over or under that weight. The plaintiff' valued them at 191. 10s. The amount of the cost of the watch, &c., was stated by the plain tiff at about 12/. 133., but he reckoned the watch as now worth much less. If the jury considered the value of those articles as above 101., they must deduct it from the value of the goods. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, esti. mating the compensation at 10/. Mr. LEWIS remarked that the company's time. table mentioned 561 b. as the quantity of luggage al• lowed. It was explained to the jury, in reply to Mr, Heath, that they thought it most probable the lug gage was under 401 b. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. George Phipps, who was some days ago charged with having committed a forgery upon the Bank of England by signing the name of " Thomas Rance" to a dividend warrant for the payment of the half-yearly interest upon the sum of 2,918/. 43. 9d., was brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination. A gentleman from the office of Messrs. Freshfield, the solicitors to the Bank of England, attended for the prosecution. The prisoner had been apprehended at Enfield, by Daniel Forrester. Mr. Thomas Rance, of Hatfield Beverell, in the county of Essex, said—l have been an innkeeper, but have retired from business. lam the surviving exe cutor under the will of my late sister, Elizabeth Griffith, of Chelmsford, and have been in the habit of coming to town twice a year to receive the dividend upon 2,9181. 4s. 9:1. Three per Cents., standing in her name. I know the prisoner George Phipps, and his wife ; she is my niece. The dividends were received by me for her benefit. The interest upon that su n was left to her by will. By the direction of the prisoner and my niece I turned over the interest since the year 1838, when he was a bankrupt, to a gentleman named Addington. I was authorised so to do in writing, and Messrs. Freshfield have the authority upon which I acted. The principal is to be divided amongst the children upon the death of my niece. I called at the Bank on the 26th of October to receive the dividend, as usual, but I found that somebody else had received it. The name of Thomas Rance, written upon the dividend receipt, is not my writing—neither is that name in the dividend-book, of that date, my writir.g. I never authorised anybody to receive the dividend or to sign for me. Mr. James Emery, of Herningford• cottages Rich mond-road, Islington, said --I resided at Enfield for 22 years, and was a schoolmaster there. I know the prisoner, who was a saddler there. His children were at my school,'and I know him merely as a tradesman. I have been in . the habit of lending him small sums of money, but never lent him mire than five shillings at a time in my life. I remember that, in last Oc tober, he asked me if I would lend him thirty shil lings. I did not accede to his request, and have not seen him since that time until he came to my house in company with Forrester. I never lent him any bank-note. (Here the Bank of England note for 51., which it will be recollected the prisoner stated to Forrester he had received from the witness as a loan, was produced.) I never lent or gave him this or any other bank-note. The prisoner said he was very anxious for the assistance of a solicitor, and that, with good legal aid, he had no doubt of getting out of the apparent dif ficulty. The clerk to the Bank solicitor did not object to a remand ; but the depositions were ordered to be made out for Saturday, the Lord Mayor being of opinion that the arguments of a solicitor would not weigh down the evidence by which the case was supported. Edward Probert, the secretary to the Silk Hatters' Trade Society, held at the Black Bull public-house, was brought up for final examination, upon a charge of having broken open and plundered their box of 201. ls. For the greater security of the society's money it was determined by the members that all cash should be kept in a box, to which three different locks were attached, one of which was unlocked by the presi dent, another by the vice-president, and the third by the secretary. In the absence of the two principal officers the secretary contrived to get two of the members unconsciously to assist him in his plan of robbery, they not being at all aware of his object. A blacksmith was provided, who, upon the representa tion of the secretary, of whose integrity the slightest suspicion was not entertained by anybody, broke open the box, the contents of which thus fell into the possession of the prisoner, who had pretended that the keys were lost, and that he should be obliged to pro vide new ones. The two members who witnessed the breaking open of the box stated what took place in their presence, from which it was quite evident that they and the landlord, in whose custody the box had been left, were altogether blameless. The prisoner had spent 151. of the money in smok ing and drinking at Bristol, where he was appre hended in the midst of his enjoyment. He was committed for trial. CLERKENWELL. Henry Martin Ilannigan was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged by Jane Denny a poor woman, residing at No. 17, Lumley-court, Strand, with having obtained from her 10s. under false pre tences. The prosecutrix deposed that her son was charged with an assault, and committed for dlesex S ess i ons on Wednesday trial came on s h e was waiting ee i k n I the.a st ha fo e r f e t t h h e e ll Sessions house, Clerkenweilayw w - it g h reen, when the prisoner entered int o conversation her on th e na t ure o f her bu s i ness , on sin r e tei n she wanted counsel. si t ie ng whi c h h e as k ed her if counsel, and said she onlyelressed her wish to have said " We wish to do thesethia4 half-a-guinea. He ble." He agreed to take the zis f as quietly as Rossi duce her to a counsellor, when he tookil i l e e r a . and intro- and a gentleman in a counsellor's wig and a r p r o was introduced to her whom she understood t o b; - 1 11 Horry, the barrister, and she paid to the prisoner four. half-crowns. The prisoner had previously told her that a guinea was the usual fee, and that half-a-g u i nea would not do, and she signed a written paper, pro mising to pay the prisoner 125, 61 by instalments of 2s. 6d. per week. Her son was tried and convicted, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, but no counsel appeared to defend him. The facts she com municated to the judge of the court, and she saw no more of the prisoner until she traced him and gave him into the custody of 95 F division, who took him to Bow-street, where he was ordered to be brought before the magistrate of this court for examination. Mr. Mould, the clerk, said there were a set of scoundrels lurking about at the sessions to take advan tage of poor ignorant persons in their misery, from whom they obtained money under pretence of feeing counsel, &c. Mr. TYRWHITT said that any person might give counsel a brief, but the proper course was for it to be done by an attorney. He asked the prisoner if he would put any questions to the prosecutrix ? The Prisoner—l will put no questions to her. He referred the Bench to the Times newspaper, in which allusion had been made to the affair, and said that Mr. Horry was to meet Mr. Sergeant Adams on Monday next, by appointment, to have the matter explained by that gentleman. Mr. TTRWHITT—Pray, what are you ? The Pri soner—l am clerk to Mr. Arthur Joseph Head. Mr. Mould—Of course he is on the law list ? The prisoner replied in the affirmative, and said that on the day in question he was with Mr. Wooler, who had some briefs, when a man came up to him and introduced the prosecutrix to him, saying her son was to be tried for an askult ; she was a poor woman, and would he employ counsel for her ? He agreed to do so, and in consideration of her poverty he explained to her that counsel's fee was one guinea, but he re ceived a half-guinea from her, and took her I 0 U for the remainder at 2s. 6d. per week, and he intro duced her to Mr. Horry. The constable had the I 0 U in his possession. Mr. TYRWIIITT said he must discharge the prisoner, and leave the prosecutrix to her remedy in the county court for the recovery of her 10s. He regretted that such practices were adopted in the metropolis ; and after some remarks on the impropriety of such pro ceedings, he told the prisoner he was discharged, and to go away. Prisoner—l have two brothers who are barristers, and I am well acquainted with the practice. Mr. TYRWHITT—I am very sorry for it, and that such practices should take place. The prisoner then left the court, followed by the prosecutrix. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVERING, NOVEMBER 6, 1847. THAMES. Mr. Robert Anderson, master of the British Mer chant, was summoned by Joseph Wilkins for a ba lance of 9/., and by William Henry for 11/., for ser vices on a voyage from St. John's, New Brunswick, to London, under articles of agreement for 71. a month, and 71. extra if discharged in the port of London, for each man. They received an advance each of 71. currency at St. John's and payment of the respective balances was refused. Mr. Pelham, for the master, was prepared to resist payment of the wages ; Mr. Fearnley to support the claims of the seamen. In answer to questions by the Magistrate, Wilkins said he went out in the William Payne from Liver pool, and was paid off from her. Ile did not receive a certificate of service and discharge, and had not got his register ticket. He went out for 8/. per month. Mr. BALLANTINE—And deserted. You go out for 31. per month on a contract to return to England. You desert, and come home in another ship for 71. per month, and 71. extra if discharged here. Mr. Fearnley submitted there was no desertion charged here, nor was it to be assumed. The dis charge from the William Payne might be suspended for many reasons. The wages were certainly very high ; they always were from St. John's : but the master was bound by the contract. Mr. BALLANTINE said, whether the men were charged with desertion or not, he would not order any wages unless they could produce their certificates of service and discharge. Henry was then questioned by the Magistrate, and he said he went out to New York in the packet-ship Patrick Henry, from Liverpool, and from New York he went to St. John's and joined the British Merchant. He was not an American but a British seaman. He never obtained a register ticket. Mr. Pelham said, that Henry shipped as " waister," and that both were deserters from other ships. Nearly all the crew that brought the ship home were deser ters from other vessels. Mr. BALLANTINE said, Henry would have had a register ticket if he was a British seaman, and as neither of the men had produced their certificates of service and discharge from the ships in which they last served, or their register tickets, he would order no wages. They had forfeited their wages to the owners of the ships from which they had deserted, if they were deserters, of which he had little doubt. Mr. Fearnley—Yery well, sir ; I bow to your de cision, though I must confess I was never more sur prised in my life. Five seamen, who have just come home in the ship Mary, of Newcastle, applied for summonses against Mr. Doubleday, the master, for refusing to pay their wages. They shipped at Quebec, each for 131. per month. Mr. BALLANTINE asked the men if they had their discharges from the vessels in which they served be fore they joined the Mary ? They all answered in the negative; on which the magistrate said, he would grant them no summonses. Mr. Pelham said, the men quitted the Mary di rectly she was moored, and had each forfeited a month's pay for quitting the ship without leave. He was concerned for Mr. Doubleday, the master. The seamen said, the master surely did not want to keep them in dock and pay them Us. per day and their provisions. The summonses were refused, and the men retired quite astounded. POLICE INVESTIGATION. Mr. Broughton was occupied the greater part of the day, at Marylebone Police-court, with the inquiry re specting certain proceedings on the part of Mitchell, the gaoler of the court, and Mr. Robinson, a gentle man connected with the legal profession. Mr. Walesby and Mr. Halsewell, two of the visit ing magistrates, were present throughout the pro ceedings. Mr. Wolff was in attendance, and Mr. Robinson, who appeared to refute the allegations against him. It will be remembered that on the 29th ult. another charge was entered into, in which Mitchell was stated to have improperly received money from Anne Simons, for the purpose of obtaining the attendance of the above-named legal gentleman, and with also having, contrary to regulations, conveyed some spirits into the cell in which she was locked up. The evidence in this case was taken at some length, and from the explanations given it was generally considered that :hev were of a satisfactory character, as it appeared that what was taken in was a glass of gin and pepper mint, which was required by a woman of the name of Mitchell who was suffering from a spasmodic attack, and for which he (Mitchell) from a kind feeling, paid out of his own pocket. The inquiry into the case of Mary Wright, which was referred to in the report of the visiting magis trates, was then commenced, when it was shown that Wright, one of the witnesses in the case, being a pri soner in Westminster Bridewell, could not attend, and that Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Barton, the other material witnesses, although summoned, were not then present, nor could they be found, although searched for. Much discussion ensued, in which Mr. Robinson declared that the imputations which had been cast upon him were utterly groundless. Mr. Broughton, who had bestowed a great deal of care and attention on the above case, ultimately came to the conclusion that the charge against Mr. Robin son and Mr. Mitchell had fallen to the ground. With regard to Anne Simons's case r .it did not remain with him to give a decision. The inquiry here terminated. THE HOUSE IN WHICH HENRY BROUGHAM WAS BORN.—The birth and existence of the illustrious orator depended upon a chance circumstance, which will strike every one with wonder. The father of Mr. Brougham, it is well known, was proprietor of Brougham Hall and a fine estate in the north of England, which still form the patrimony of the family. He was about to be married to a lady in his own neighbourhood, to whom he was passion ately attached, and every preparation had been made in their nuptials, when, to Mr. Brougham's great grief, his mistress died. To beguile himself of his sorrows he deter mined to travel, and came to Edinburgh, where wander ing on the Castle-hill to view the city, he happened to inquire:of a fellow idler where he could find respectable and convenient lodgings. By this person he was di rected—not to the New Town or to any fashionable hotel, for at that time no such thing existed in the Scottish capital—but to Mrs. Syme, sister of Principal Robert son, widow of the Rev. Mr. Syme, minister of Alloa, who then kept the largest and most genteel boarding and lodging establishment in town, in the second fiat of M'Lelland's land, Head of the Cowgate (marked No. 8), the front windows of which look straight up the Candlemaker•row. Here Mr. Brougham forthwith proceeded to settle himself, and though he did not at first contemplate a permanent residence in this city, he soon found occasion to make that resolution; for, falling in love with Miss Eleanor Syme, who was a young lady of great merit and beauty, he abandosed his early sorrow, and, espousing her, lived all the rest of his life in Edinburgh. He resided, for some time after his marriage, in Mrs. Syme's house ; and thereafter removed to No. 19, St. Andrew's-square, where Henry e tt b t 0 o d Brougham first saw the light.—Traditi ons o f Edi n b urg h. I: e?t y he a re v i f s o i r t THE QUEEN AND THE I SLE OF M AN . —lt is rumoured that it is her M a je s ty' s i n t en ti on no t on ly once more a to portion the I ofsle th of e e M em an m , e b r u s t ea to se t e a . T keu h p e h rumour r _further asserts that C as tl e M ona i s t h e res id ence chosen for the future occupation of royalty, and that a person high in authority i for the purch ase th ereof. snow, or has been l a t e ly, in specting the premisesfor his royal mist ress , an d treating FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 5, 1847. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Hickman Bacon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warner, who retires ; Cornet Frederick Aston Oakes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bacon ; Arthur Wellesley Williams. Gent. (Riding-master) to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Oakes, Nov. 5 ; James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, Nov. 6. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Edward Hare Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires; Cornet Thomas Gabriel Leonard Carew Gwyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rice Croker, Nov. 5. 15th Light Dragoons—Captain Thomas J. Kearney, from 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who ex changes, Nov. 5. Scots Fusilier Guards—Brevet Major Lieutenant and Captain the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Colonel Yorke, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant John Wil liam Hay to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hood; George Thomas Francis Shuckburgh, Gent., to be Ensign .and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay, Nov. 5. _ 4th Foot—Captain Hercules Atkin Welman, from 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice flawkes, who exchanges, Aug. 13. 7th Foot—Second Lieutenant Clinton Francis Berens Dawkins, from 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tupper, who retires, Nov. 5. 9th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Bissell Harvey, from Inspecting Field-officer of a Recruiting District, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Barnwell, appointed Inspecting Field-officer of a Recruiting District ; Major Henry Horatio Kitchener to be Lieutenant. Colonel by purchase, vice Harvey, who retires ; Brevet-Major Franklin Lushington, C. 8., to be Major, by purchase, vice Kitchener, Nov. 5. 17th Foot —Major Freeman Murray to lie Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Croker,. who retires; Cap tain Edward Barry Owen to be Major, by purchase, vice Murray; Lieutenant John L. Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Owen; Ensign Edmund ' , John Gar diner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker Nov. 5. 20th Foot—Charles Frederick Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gordon, who resigns, Nov. 5. 25th Foot—Ensign William Thomas Potts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Robert Barclay, Bart, who retires; Standish Grady Maunsell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Potts Nov. 5. 28th Foot—Captain George Butler Stoney, from 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mayers, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 38th Foot—Surgeon Frederick Foaker, from 97th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Wlllree, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 43d Foot—Charles Lord Lurgan to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shaw Kennedy-, promoted in 63d Foot, Nov. 5. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Steele to be Adjutant, vice Campbell, promoted, Nov. 5. 55th Foot—Lieutenant George King to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires; Ensign Robert William Torrens to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bing ; Thomas Planta Denne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Torrens, Nov. 5. 60th oot—John Du Cane, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Dawkins, promoted in 7th Foot, Nov. 5. 63d Foot—Ensign John Shaw Kennedy, from 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodyatt, who retires, Nov. 5. 68th Foot—Colour-Sergeant James Falconar, from 92d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, who resigns, Nov. 4; Charles Edmonstone Kirk, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Falconar, appointed to the 74th Foot, Nov. 5. 69th Foot—Captain George Abercrombie Robertson, from 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Kearney, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 731 Foot—James Whittaker Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Kellar, who resigns, Nov. 5. 74th Foot—Lieutenant James Duff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Munns, who retires ; Ensign Charles Breton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duff ; Ensign James Falconer, from 68th Foot, to be Ensign, %ice Breton ; Ensign James Falconer, to be Adjutant, vice the Hon. Francis W. H. Earle, who resigns the Ad jutancy only, Nov. i. 75th Foot—Captain Balcarres Dalrymple Wardlaw Ramsay, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Stuart, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 76th Foot—Ensign George Wardlaw, from Id West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Young, deceased, Nov. 6. 79th Foot—Lieutenant John Cornes, from 2d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Thomas William Blewett Alountsteven, who has retired on half-pay, Nov. 80th Foot—Captain Robert Hawkes, from 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice Welman, who exchanges, Nor. 5. 85th Foot—The Hon. Cavendish Bro One to be En sign, by purchase, vice Studdert, who retires, Nov. 5. 86th Foot—Captain John Perkins Mayers, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stoney, who exchanges, Nov 5. 91st Foot—Robert Henry Crampton, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Baylis, appointed to the 9th Foot, Nov. 5. 97th Foot—Surgeon John Drope M'lllree, from 38th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Foaker, who exchanges, Nor. 5. 99th Foot—Ensign E W. Isdell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seymour, who retires; Ensign Robert Baylis„from 91st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Isdell, Nov. 5. 1 West India Regiment—Captain George 'walla... Conynghaea Stuart, from 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ramsay, who exchanges; Lieutenant Arthur Duggan, from half-pay 96th Foot, to b 3 Lieutenant, vice Bolton, nppointed to 16th Foot; Ensign Edward Conron to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duggan, who retires; George Wardlaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Conron, Nov. 5; John William Poole, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Wardlaw, appointed to 76th Foot, Nov. 6. Cape Mounted Riflemen —Major Alexander Boswell Armstrong to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Nov. 5. To be Majors, without purchase—Captain Henry D. Warden; Captain George Thomas Conolly Napier, vice Armstrong, Nov. 5. To be Captains, without purchase—Captain Frederick Philip Glubb, from half-pay Unattached, vice Warden; Lieutenant Lewis Chamberlayne Irwin, from 27th Foot, vice Napier, Nov. 5. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment--Captain Phillpotts Wright Taylor to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Macpherson, who retires ; Lieut. James Nicol Holmes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Taylor; Ensign William King to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Holmes; Kenneth Mackenzie Moffat, Gent., to ul be E George Ernest Bulger, a v , ie w e i liig tho n ut ; purchase, vice B Fortye, deceased, Nov. 5 . Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant John g s e i n g t. n : by to p b u o rc E h n a s s i e gn , Gillespie to be Adjutant, vice Jenkins, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Nov. 5. BREVET. Captain Jamas Kennard Pipon, half-pay 63th Foot (.i.sistart Military Secretary to the Lieutenant-General commanding at Malta), to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9. MEMORANDUDI. The date of the cornmissio a of Lieutenant Robert Alexander Dagg, as Adjutant of a Recruiting District, is the 17th, not 11th, September, 1847, as previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 2. Royal Regiment of Artillery —Second Lieutenant George Cecil Henry, to be First Lieutenant, vice Stubbs, resigned, Oct. 23. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 29. Corps of Boys' Marines —Captain and Brevet Major Robert Ford, promoted to Lieutenant• Colonel; First. Lieutenant Edward Fownoll Snowe, promoted to Cap tain; Second Lieutenant Henderson Ward, promoted to First Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Sheriff Jackson, ItobeitJolin Jackson, and Joseph Hankes, factors, Milk -street, London, to sur render Nov. 19, at half-past twelve, awl Dec.:l7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. James Archer, baker, Deptford, Nov. 19, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Sandon, Duke-street, Southwark. Thomas Clifton, plate glass silverer, Lawrence Pount ney-lane, City, Nov. 12, at half-past one, and Dec. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assig nee, Basingball•street; Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate street, City. William Bird Brodie and Charles George Brodie bankers, Salisbury, Nov. 23, and Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings, London; Brundrett, Randall, and Co., Temple, Lond on . Robert Swan, catt l e d ea l er , Wi nc hmore-hill, Middle sex, Nov. 12, a t two, and Dec. 9 , at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assigne e, Basinghall street; Bliss, Shepperton-cottages, Low er - road , Islington Anne Beetso n G ra h am , milliner, Park - street , Gros venor•square, N ovem b er 15, at half-past twelve, and December 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, BasinghalLstreet. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Fry and Co., Cheapside. Lauret Holmes, stone mason, John-street, Edgeware road, Nov. 12 and Dec. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. James Carter, draper, Saint Ives, Huntingdon, Nov. 12, at half -past eleven, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Sole and Co., Aldermaubury. Joseph Clarkson, retailer of beer, Charlton, Kent, Nov. 17, at twelve, and Dec. 22. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; G. and C. Corner, Deen- street, Southwark. William John Cormack, seedsman, New Cross, Dept ford, November 17, at half-past twelve, and December 22, at half -past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Simpson and Co., Moorgate-street. assignee, e c e, it A y. bchurch-lane, City; Gatty an John Smith, surgeon, South -place, Finsbury, Nov. 19, , An gel -court, I. at half-past two, an d D ec . 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, ami h o a l Garth, Solomon Riley, co tton manufactu r e r, Chapel - field, Lancashire, Nov. 22, and Dec. 13, at elev e n, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, M an . chester • Atkinson, Saunders, an d Atkinson, Manches te ; Abbott;Charlotte-street, Bedford -s q uare, London. William Butcher, cap-manufa cturer, Bell Sauvage yard, Ludgate-hill, Dec. 14, at twe lve, at th e Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, o ff i cial-assignee , Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Billings, King - st reet, Chea pside. Christopher Hughes and Georg e Eastwood, fustian manufacturers, Manchester, Nov. 17 and D ec. 14, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Norris, Allen and simp. son, Bedford. row, London ; John and William Norris, Manchester. James Andrew, calico printer, Dean Water, Cheshire, Nov. 18, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple; Slater and Heelis, Manchester. James Waddell, wine merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 17, and Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hall and Co., Veruiam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London; Neal, Liverpool. John Phillip, grocer, Llanelly, Breconshire, Nov. 16, at twelve, and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Blower and Co., London ; Leman, Bristol. Thomas Storry, printer Scarborough, Yorkshire, Nov. 18, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Moody, Scarborough; Blackburn, Leeds. William Astill, ironmonger, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, Nov. 26, and Dec. 17, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Buttery and Son, Nottingham. Joseph Carter and James Baines, merchants, Liver pool, Nov. 23 and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ;' Humphreys and Co., Gray's Inn-square; Forshaw and Co., Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basiughall-street. W. Mattingley, W. Kent, and B. Kent, Abingdon and Wantage, bankers, Nov. 27, at two—T. Hubert, Hun gQrford street, Strand, and High Holborn, lighterman, Nov. 26, at eleven—R. Haylock, Cambridge, chemist, Nov. 26, at eleven—J. Richardson, Union-street, Spital fields, dealer in glass, Nov. 26, at half-past eleven. In the Country. - S. Brown, Sunderland, common brewer, Nov. 30, at twelve, at tbo Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Martin, Darlington, Durham, plumber, Nov. 30, at half-past ten, at"the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—B. Gisburne, New castle-upon-Tyne, bookseller, Nov. 30, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Sorby, Sheffield, scrivener, at ten, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. F. Benton, Hornchurch, Essex, farmer, Bs. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. R. K. Aitchison, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, wine merchant, ss. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. H. Worthinton, Eccleshill, Lancashire, cotton manufac turer, 3s. 8-411. in the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, and every following Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. W. Raven, Lancaster, joiner, ls. 7d. in the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, and every following Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. A. Beattie and F. Macnaghten, Nicholas-lane, Lom bard-street, merchants, Is. 3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman street. Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company, New Broad-street, City, 20s. in the pound, and four per cent. interest, any Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. J. Dodge, Cumberland-row, Walworth-road, iron monger, Is. 4d. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder manbury. E. Walker, High-street, Peckham, oilman, 2s. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. W. Lowe, Bristol, ivory turner, lfd. in the pound, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and any subsequent Wednesday, between ten and twelve, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. Sarah James and T. Herbert, Brynmawr, Brecon shire, grocers, as. id. in the pound, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and any subsequent Wednesday, between ten and two, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. B. Larkman, Wellington-terrace, Wandsworth road, coal merchant, Nov. 26, at eleven—G. Maddison, Swaffham, Norfolk, grocer, Nov. 26, at twelve—W. G. Boucher, Stepney-green, merchant, Nov. 26, at two—H. Monson, East-street, Manchester-square, builder, Nov. 27, at half-past one—E. Pettet and W. Newton, Lancas ter-place, Strand, army agents, Nov. 26, at eleven. In the Country!_ S. Brown, Sunderland, brewer, Nov. 30, at half•past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Gis burne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bookseller, Nov. 30, at half-past one,: at the Court, Newcastle• upon-Tyne— R. Peck, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, Nov. 30, at past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Sperring, Chippenham, Wiltshire, car penter, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. C. Buchanan, Dursley, Gloucestershire, money scrivener, Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—E. Rogers, Great Whitley, Worcestershire, surgeon, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court. Birmingham—J. Gardiner, Bir mingham, provision merchant, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Hurley, Halesowen, Worcester shire, victualler, Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—W. C. Warden, Birmingham, corn dealer, Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, Nov. 26. C. Fox, Kingston-upon-Hull, victualler—W. Sharr jun., Pudsny, Yorkshire, brewer —J. Glue, Derby, victual ler—W. Jennings, Bungay St. Mary, Norfolk, maltster. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Dudgeon and J. Fleming, Love-lane, Shadwell, engineers—W. Brown and E. Alexander, Speenhamland, Berkshire, ironmongers—J. Wilde and W. Robinson, Hulme, Lancashire, tallow-chandlers—H. A. Greaves and Elizabeth Ness, Kirkhcaton, Yorkshire, manufactu rers of fancy goods—J. Ogden and B. Gartside, Man chester, attorneys—J. C. Abbott and C. Corfield, Bir mingham. chemists—W. Cullingiord and J. C. Smith, Woodbine-cottage, Camberwell, woollen drapers and tailors—B. Johnson and J. Heynes, Bromsgrove, Wor cestershire, nail factors—G. Hemming and S. Hemming, jun., Aston-juxta- Birmingham, maltsters—J. Jepson and D. Hardy, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, grocers—J. E. Robbins, J. Mead, and I. Mead, Langport, Somerset shire, victuallers—J. Hodgson and W. Blain, Liverpool, ship builders—H. Green and W. Green, Birmingham, metal dealers—C. Wood and C. H. Wood, Manches ter, attorneys—W. Bolton and A. Vaughan, Man chester, tool makers—T. Hopkins and W. Ilaucox, Dudley-port, Staffordshire, chartermasters—J. Wil liams and T. Griffiths, Dudley-place, Clapham-road, linen drapers—B. Clark and S. Myers, Leeds, corn factors —H. White, J. G. Blake, E. Tylee, J. Fawkener, and E. Thompson, Essex-street, Strand—G. Ward and T. Ward, Fillongley, Warwickshire, flour dealers—W. J. Holliday and E. H. Graveley, Eling, Southampton, soap boilers—R. Surtees and A. Windle, Deepcar-mills, Ecclesfield, corn-millers—F. Marshall, G. Marshall, and J. Laverick, North Hilton, Durham, chemical manufac turers—S. J. Keeble and W. Kirby, Leeds, farriers—T. Wilkin and G. Wilkin, Liverpool, pawnbrokers—T. W. Welsh and W. Gaskill, Manchester, sisers—l. Ridoutt and 11. Hutchens, Portsea, Southampton, brick makers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Hannah Baker, Union-street, Southwark, milliner. James Howard, Chertsey, Surrey, bricklayer. Thomas Edward Fraser, Lower Tranmere, Cheshire, commission agent. James Henry Fox, Bromborough, Cheshire, book-keeper. Joseph Kent, Tranmere, Cheshire, clerk. Thomas Howard, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, beer retailer. Benjamin Bailey, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, manufacturer. Paul Mills, Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire, baker. Edward Gasket!, Woolton, Lancashire, omnibus pro- prietor. John Hargreaves Liverpool. Maurice Jones, Liverpool, saddler. William Fisher, Otterton, Cheshire, surgeon. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Buchanan and H. Lamont, Greenock, brewer, to meet Nov. 8 and Nov. 29, at one, within the office of J. Black and Son, Greenock. W. Johnston, Rockfield, Ross, fisherman, to meet Nov. 9 and Nov. 30, at one, within Ellison's Hotel, Tain. J. D. Ewing and A. R. Ewing, Glasgow, chemists, to meet Nov. 9 and Nov. 30, at twelve, within the office of J. Clark, Glasgow. R. Aikman, Glasgow, merchant, to meet Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at one, within the chambers of R. Jameson, Glasgow. A. M'Ewan, Inverness, farmer, to meet Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at one, within Robertson's National Hotel, Dingwall. H. Crabbie, Edinburgh, merchant, to meet Nov. 10 and Dectl, at twelve, within Cay's Rooms, Edi n b urg h. Sir W. C. Anstruther, Bart., Westraw House, Lanark shire, timber merchant, to meet Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at twelve, within the Clydesdale Arms Inn, Lanark. T. Anderson, Glasgow, contractor, to meet Nov. 11 and Dec. 2, at twelve, within the office of D. Jeffrey, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending November 2, 1847, is 223. 6d. per cwt. A NEW SCLIOLAR.—At one of the best schools in Manchester, I stood by whilst the master admitted a fresh scholar, a very fair specimen, he said, of the ma terial of which the school is composed. I should say that the lad was about ten years old. He came without a parent; had no shoes, stockings, or cap; was very dirty; a wire-haired, wild-looking animal. The fol lowing colloquy took place :—" Who are you ?"—" A new 'en." " What are you come for ?"—" I've got the brass." " What is your father ?"—" Overlooks." "Does he go to church ?"—A shake of the head. "Does he go out most of the day on Sunday ?"—A nod. " Have you been at school ?"—" Ay." " Where ?"—" Scotch school." " How long ?"—" Five weeks." " Can you read ?"—" Ay, a bit." " Can you read well ?"—" Not so well." " Do you know the Lord's Prayer ?"—" Noa. ' Poor lad ! he plainly knew nothing about it, or, I should suppose any other prayer. And he probably would not remain in the school more than five or six months, and then go elsewhere, or probably give up " schooling " altogether.— Report of tie Rev. F. Watkins, Inspector of Schools.. FATAL CASE or STABBING.—On Wednesday last a man named Thomas Ridehaler, a railway labourer, between thirty and forty years of ago, was brought be• fore the presiding magistrate at Bradford, Yorkshire, charged with the wilful murder of James Hudson, a man about the same age as the prisoner. The evidence went to show that the prisoner and the deceased met on the highway, near Bradford, leading to Wakefield, on Tues day night about eleven o'clock. Both were the worse for liquor, and some angry words ensued between them, which were followed by blows on both sides, and in the course of the encounter the deceased received several stabs in the chest with a pocket•knife, and died almost immediately. According to the evidence of one of the witnesses, the prisoner acknowledged that he committed the fatal deed, and he gave up the knife with which he did it. No ill feeling hud previously existed between the two men. They were both married, and the de• ceased has left a wife and four children. The magistrates committed the prisoner to York Castle for trial for wil ful murder. SUSPENSION BRIDGES. At the last meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, held at Birmingham, the following im portant paper by Mr. A. E. Cowper, of the London Works, was read, and deemed highly important and deserving of further consideration : " DESCRIPTION OF AN IMPROVED SUSPENSION-BRIDGE FOR CARRYING A RAILWAY, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. "In bringing before the Institution of Mechanical Engineers a paper on a peculiar form of bridge, I ought, perhaps, to apologise for introducing matter which may by some of our friends be thought to be long more strictly to our civil brethren ; but possibly before the conclusion of the paper, I shall have anti cipated any objection which might have been made on that score by showing, in point of fact, that I have only been explaining a piece of boiler-maker's work, and which may certainly be considered to be far enough removed from civil engineering. The object of the present paper is to call the attention of engineers and railway directors generally to a mode which I have invented of constructing suspension-bridges in such a way that they shall not be thrown out of shape, or in any way distorted, by the weight of a pass ing load, whether it consists of a railway train or only of the ordinary traffic of a common road. It is well known that suspension-bridges are decidedly less costly than any stone bridges, and we may add than most iron bridges, when the span is at all above the length of an ordinary girder ; and although many persons have turned their attention to them, particularly with regard to their use on rail ways, I am not aware that any suspension-bridge has ever been made, or proposed, that was at all com petent to carry the weight of a railway train in motion, or in other words, that should be safe as a railway bridge. My attention was particularly called to suspension -bridges by the proposal of carrying a railway over the Hungerford-bridge, or over a bridge placed alongside of it; and it appeared to me that the weight of a passing train would so move and distort the chains as to cause the road very soon to get out of order, if not actually to give way, and I then schemed the plan of making a chain of such depth as to include any alteration in the curve of the strain that might take place. The curve which the chains of an ordinary suspension-bridge takes is well known to be a catenary, or rather a curve between a catenary and a parabola; it would be a true parabola if all the weight were in the platform, and a true catenary if all the weight were in the chain. As, however, the ' difference between the catenary and the parabola is very slight indeed in that portion which would be used for a bridge, we may assume it to be a catenary for all practical purposes. Now, on loading an ordinary suspension-bridge with even a small weight, it at once assumes a different curve (unless the weight be equally distributed over the bridge), and if the weight be large, it will assume a very different curve ; so much, indeed, will the form be altered as to injure or strain the material of which the platform or road is composed. Now, it is evident, that if the road has to distribute the weight, it must be a very strong and stiff beam, or in fact, a girder of the full length of the bridge ; and the strength of this girder would very nearly be equal to carrying a quarter of the weight of the load in the centre ; it is, therefore, evident that the plan of forming a stiff platform or road for a railway suspension-bridge, although by no means impossible, must be at least half abandoning the sus pension principle, and be the cause of greater out lay. The plan of keeping the road in shape, by distri buting any weight that might come upon it, by means of strong diagonal ties, was the first idea that I had ; but it will be found by calculation that these diagonals would have to be very strong, and of considerable height, thereby causing the total depth of the bridge to •be much greater. But the plan on which I pro pose to construct suspension-bridges capable of car rying railway trains without being in any way injured thereby, is simply to construct the chain of such depth as to include the curve of strain when the weight is placed on the bridge in the most unfavourable posi tions. With this object I construct the chains of boiler plate of considerable depth —say three or four feet, or more—and rivet the whole well together without any moveable joints, or separate links, and at the top and bottom edges of the chains (I still call them chains, that I may be clearly understood) I rivet or otherwise attach bars, either fiat, half-round, or angle iron, so as to give an accumulation of metal at those parts, and at the same time to render the edges of the chains perfectly secure against any tendency to rip or tear. In the drawing you will observe that there are two chains. each four feet deep, which support the ends of cross wrought iron girders, in the position of sleepers, each chain being composed of four boiler-plates, riveted together in pairs, each plate being three-eighths thick, and at the top and bottom edges there are securely riveted strong angle irons. The suspension bars hang between the two pairs of plates forming the chain, and are supported by a small saddle, which bears on the top edges of them. The ends of the cross wrought iron girders are firmly secured to a light rib of boiler-plate, which runs along each side of the bridge, as shown in the cross section of the bridge ; the lower ends of the suspension-bars are secured to the ends of the girders, with means of adjustment, so that the road may be trimmed per fectly level when the bridge is fixed. There are also light diagonal ties introduced, for the purpose of more perfectly staying the road to the chains, particularly in case of the breaks being applied whilst the train is passing over the bridge. The rails, either of the ordinary form placed in chairs, or of that form commonly called the bridge-rail, are supported on balks of timber scarphed toge ther, which run longitudinally throughout the bridge, and these are supported by short balks of timber running from girder to girder, immediately under the first. There are a series of diagonal ties placed in the platform, as shown in plan in the drawing. These act as a means of stiffening the platform, and pre venting any vibration or shaking of the parts. The long red lines indicate stay rods, by which the bridge is prevented from moving or swinging sideways. They are attached to the piers, and are very similar to some used by Mr. Brunel, sen., in a bridge at the Isle of Bourbon. The drawing before you is of a bridge 200 feet span, having the cross girders eight feet from centre to centre, and the chains four feet deep, which depth has been arrived at by actual experiment ; the weight of the road for one line of rails and one chain is one ton per foot run, and the weight of a train of locomotives I have assumed at one ton per foot run, and this is allowing some margin for the continued growth of locomotives ; and 1 have taken as a proof load, two tons per foot run ; thus the weight of the load, or disturbing cause, will be just double the weight of the bridge. I find the greatest distortion of the curve strain takes place when the bridge is only half loaded, i. e., from one end to the centre ; the curve then approaches the bottom of the chain, very nearly in the centre of the loaded half, and approaches the top of the chain in the centre of the unloaded half, whilst at the piers it approaches the top at the loaded end, and the bottom at the unloaded end. Again, if the same load be placed in the centre of the bridge (covering one-half of the length), the curve of strain will approach the bottom of the chain in the centre, and will approach the top of the chain at very nearly one-fifth from each pier, whilst at the piers it will be near the centre of the chain, but rather above it. Take one more case, and we shall have disposed of all the heavy disturbing tendencies viz., that of the ends loaded, and the centre left unloaded : the curve of strain will then approach the top of the chain in the centre, and the bottom of the chain at about one• sixth from each pier, whilst at the piers the strain will be slightly above the centre. I may add, that when the bridge is fully loaded throughout, the curve of strain is in the centre of the chain, throughout its length. I propose to call bridges made on this plan inverted-arch bridges.' " A brief conversational discussion followed the read ing of this paper, in the course of which Mr. Stephen son and others stated that if the invention could prac tically carry out the intentions of Mr. Cowper, it effected a most important desideratum in railway engineering. On a motion for an adjournment of the meeting, Mr. HUMPHRIES remarked on the good likely to accrue to railways from the discussions of that so ciety, and considered that the authorities of these companies should pass the members free along the lines. Mr. M'CoNNeLr. felt convinced that if the subject was brought under the notice of the directors, the suggestion would be acceded to. Mr. CHARLES GEACH remarked that the whole of the business that had come before the meeting tended to show the great advantages which the institution would confer on railway property, not only directly, but indirectly ; for while the members were de voting their attention to the practical improvements, their discussion also removed the idea which the public and the public press had got hold of—namely, that defects had only to be known to be remedied. The discussion of that night on railway signals showed the complication and difficulty of this subject ; and that fact would go far to exonerate the railway companies from indifference to the safety of the public. On these grounds he considered that the members of that so ciety had a fair claim to the privilege sought. Mr. STEPHENSON, and several other gentlemen, promised to bring the subject before the respective companies. In the course of the evening it was intimated that forty-three members had recently joined the in stitute. A motion for an adjournment to Wednesday, the 24th of November, was carried, and the meeting separated soon after nine o'clock. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.—The vessel Morayshire arrived i n the docks, from Launceston, Van Dieman's Land, has brought the large quantity of 3,849 bags of wheat, and 541 bags of flour, the production of that distant.colony. LATEST FROM MEXICO. - - The Blarney Castle has arrived at Liverpool. Her dates are from New York the 15th, Boston the 16th, and the day previous from the seat of war. She brings specie to the amount of two millions of rupees, and files of the New York papers. The correspondent of the Locofoco says :—" General Growdy's division yes terday came up with the main body of the Mexican force under General Cabanas, at Rionogo, where tiW New Orleans Picayune informs us that a severe etts-• gagement took place. Both parties won the victory% and were repulsed with severe slaughter. Santa Ant?, was present in the action, in the course of which his. head was shot off He subsequently addressed ft , heart-stirring proclamation to the Mexican n ation, in which he described the action of the 27th, which ended in the utter defeat of the Americans, whose victory, however, cost them dear. Immediately after their success they proceeded to evacuate the town, which they bombarded the next day. The Arne ricarr troops were annihilated after a trifling skirmcsh, in which Santa Anna lost his leg, which was ampu tated on the spot, before the retreat of the Mexicans upon Cacapulco. It is reported that he has y i e lc led the presidency to General Nosotros. General Wbac brigade is at Sangarbanzos, hotly pur s ued by the Mexicans. In this disaster the i n d e f a ti ga ble Santa Anna was wounded severely, a cann on ball f.roin a howitzer taking off his right hand. From this places after the operation, he wrote a pathetic appeal to the Mexican Senate, and complained bitterly of the cowardice of General Pumpanillas, who wa-4 at Nossa Senhora de las Podridas, harassing the fit nks of Major Cowitch's Allegheny Rangers. Gent ral Scott was unwell; but it is not true that he has been compelled to take Jalapa. Major Bung's .ar tillery is at Todododos. A deserter from the enet ny came in yesterday. He says that President Santa Anna received a twenty-eight pound e r thr o ugh .his body, after which he renewed the action. Sh a bombardment of the Los Leperos is not confifraet i t Santa Anna received a congreve rocket in the. left knee there, and has ordained the formation a a similar corps. I shut up, as the courier is go,u3,* The Legion of Saint Nicholas, under O'Scravg.S performed prodigies of valour on both sides. Flux ing into the thickest of the melee at Pickapockatic. l 4 , O'Scraggs engaged personally with General Rag,gt whose pocket-handkerchief, after a severe struggle, ho succeeded in carrying off. It has been hung up 1 11 the cathedral of Mexico, amongst the other color taken in the campaign. In the engagement at Santos; Ladrones, so creditable to both sides, O'Scrag; ; 1. whose legion was then acting with the Americ army, had almost taken prisoner Santa Anna, had both legs shot off by our brave bombardiers; his silver snuff-box, however, was captured out of the General's coat pocket, as he fled from a field where 110 had covered himself with so much glory. Capt ain Scraggs used the snuff-box on the last day of hi s brilliant existence, when he died the death of a ero, being hanged before the American lines, to the de1 4 ,0 of both armies."—Punch. STATE OF TRADE. The cut-up cotton hose branch has suddenly be' come much worse, and numbers of hands have been discharged. This depression has, to some ex tent , reached the wrought hose branch in some of the ' 6l ' lages, who are suffering severely, but not to tho tent of the town hands. In the midst of so mum real depression, the evil is much aggravated by rill: mours, which we find, upon inquiry, to be wit`ll o °' foundation. The drawer branch, with some of the firms, has felt a depression, and rumour has much in .. creased this evil also. The cotton glove trade has 1 1 improved, and is not likely to do so, as the hosier- . Leicester are discharging glove hands in great numbers ; the panic in the Leicester trade which had subsided a few months since, bas recommenced. The silk glove branch is muc h worse, and the hands are in a most deplorable state. We have heard of a few knotted hands having been set on upon a " stint." The (lotto:111 bobbin net trade has again as suddenly recoNrered, as it unexpectedly fell, and the bags are again set n . upon the move. This proves upon what a sligh t foundation this business is placed, as the slightest occurrence raises or depresses the manufacture. 1 , 11 . ° silk bobbin net is yet in the best condition, and is likely to be so, as these articles are quite the vogue i n Paris, and of course in London, and in southern Eu rope. We find a good number of eight-quarter cir culars have been removed from France to Spehh principally to Catalonia, Arragon, and Biscay fe w ' Englishmen manage them. If these machines are t° make silk nets, to supersede Spanish made point net, the speculation will be a complete failure, as bobbin: net is utterly unfit to be ornamented in the sane manner that point net has been so long done in Spy'' The cotton warp net is certainly a little gaintlig ground : a new machine, called a Mule, has been started at New Lenton, with great advantage; it combines the frame needle with the bobbin and car riage. This may appear strange to mechanics. It i 4 kept a profound secret, though several machine owners wish to obtain the method; the inventor having no faith in protection from patents , keeps his shop doors fast, and the hands ear n i ng goo d wages 9 . 1 : e as anxious to keep the secret as their master.—N o '' tingham Review. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, NOVEMBER 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,. 14 dis.—Ditto, New, 6% dis.—Great Western, Quarters , 01 1, p.—Ditto, New, 1 p.—South Devon, 21 dis. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in our S har :- Market to-day have been more numerous, and at big"' prices than were current for some days F ast. The sales a re Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Sh ar `"' dis—Ditto (late C. and B. 144 C.—Eastern Cou nties ' 64—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), 7% dis., Ditto, Fifths, IA dis—London and North-Western, I" ; —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, ,„' par—Ditto, One-Eighths, 3% dis.— Midland Stock. lu'_,„. 7 " c.—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 41 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 1% du' North British, Quarters, dis.—Preston and Wyre, 54 1 Shropshire Union and Canal, 2 1 , 4 dis.—South-Eastern Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 2V4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and B°* - wick, 2 p.—Ditto (N. and 8., Extension), No. 2, 34 York and North Midland, Preference Guar., 4% p. MANCHESTER, Nov. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Countie°' 16 1-16—East Lancashire, 54 dis.—Ditto, New, 5 dis ;i7. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 41% C.1,2L —Huddesfield and Manchester Railway and Canal " t ". to , paid), 4% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire„ 10 dis. Fifths, % dis.—Ditto, 321. (Extensions), 6 1 ,4 - ( West Riding Union), 2 3 4—Leeds and Thirsk, 181 6. ` s " A ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. —Ditto, Preference, par—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnsblin. 5% dis.—North Staffordshire, % dis.—North Union (";; 200—Shropshire Union. 2 1 ,6 dis.—South-Eastern and D(lie, No.l, 5% dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 2 9-16 dis.—York, Neal and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, % p. LEEDS, NOVEMBER 5. 5 1 4 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—E as t Lancashire , dis.—Ditto, New, 4% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 17s. 6d. Great Northern, 2% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire , F l '.,„" d les. dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 525. dis.—Leen s Thirsk, 17 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 31s. dis.—Lomas. Brighton, and South Coast, 404—North British, 1 131 6 d. 111—Ditto, Thirds, 3s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 1 20 ' A g dis.—North Staffordshire, 3s. Gd. dis.—North- Western , :c: dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, (New' Re wicks), % p. SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, ham, and Boston, 2 dis.—London and North-Western ( 0 • 11 ., r . chester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 3 1 / 2 Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Q uar t ers , N o . 1, . dise rt h (Sheffield and Lincoln), Preference, Is. 6d. c. • British, Thirds, 1 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwic k - , Ditto, Extensions, No. 2, 3 / p. HULL, NOVEMBER 5. „wen, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn , and Bolton, Preference, No. 1, par c.—Hull and Se _ri Half Shares, 48 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Iti' llt , 4c , Union), 565. dis.—North British, Quarters, 10 5 . dis Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), is,,;;;; There is more firmness evinced to-day, holders being disposed to effect sales. h We e regret being called on to announce the do t of of J. A. Napier, Esq., Comptroller of Customs r Colombo. He died yesterday at two, p.m., having ne'r e . i recovered the injury sustained on being thrown from carriage at Gallo, about two months ago.—Ceylon Pap e" Sept. 16, 1847. In these times of monetary pressure, it is pleasing to have occasion to introduce to the notice of st/..- 0 readers an article in which their pecuniary well as their comfort and convenience are concer,a e h y and in briefly noticing the Wellington Surtout, Inaa a ., ( l M. Foug,)re, of 6, Conduit-street, Regent-street , 7iis 80A, Cheapside, we feel justified in saying tha t „" to already very popular garment will be found b esd b - lic. interest, a; the respectable, but economising, portion of the PO Although patronised and worn by Prince Albert not of the nobility in general, it comes within the r ead p ot those enjoying but limited means, and we dou bt co l will, ere long, become and continue to be the g enet favourite. 13Y [ADVERTICEMENT.]—A CURE OF A BAD Ls d a ted HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—Extract of a letter The Northampton, April 2, 1847. "To Professor Hollowan—S if tnial following cure I feel bound to acquaint you with, that other s iri have an opportunity of making a trial of your Pills and n e this analogous cases. Catherine Owen, residing in Bridge-street, ~n ed town, suffered from a bad leg that was covered with s eres,, char g in g immense quantities of humo u r. Ths agony octet l ve ral was so great as to prevent her getting a moment's repose, Pills and Ointment cured her though sh e had been under ?uvsop em i ne nt surgeons. (Signed) S. H umphrey , c hemist, 3 1. ?r: 40 11- ton."—Sold by all druggists, and at P ro f essor H o lloway's l ' 3.- mont, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 21st ult., at Burford Rectory, Worcestersbni:::: wife of the Rev. J. Wayland Joyce, of a daughter. gal On the tat inst., at Durham, the wife of the Re v ' Jonkyns, D.D., of a daughter. On the 3d inst ., at Northwich, the wife of the A -- Maxwell Wilde, of twins. _....------". MARRIED. La o bi n tsk th y e , t 3 o d m iuslst Gordon,., at th e of pfpraornisthpecilhieurrfrho,aßdighton, Comet DIED. On the 30th ult., at Whit c hurch, Oxfordshire, rteorge Kinderley, Esq, 78. Oa the Ist inst., Sir N. L. Peacocke, Bart, age .ondon : Printed and Published by MURDO YOu-n2 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. d Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the countY Middlesex, Saturday; N9Tember 6, 1847.