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Lordship then ordered the motion to stand over, in order to give the plaintiff an opportunity of bringing an action upon the covenants on the lease. MASTERMAN V. LEWIS.—JUDGMENT. The LORD C HANCELLOR a l so gave j u dgment in this case, the question in which related to the costs of an interpleading suit. His Lordship, after stating that great irregularities had taken place in the pro ceedings in this suit, and that it afforded an excellent specimen of the evils arising from not strictly adher ing to the established practice of the Court, observed that as thetquestion was now confined to the costs of the proceedings before the Master, and the costs of Price, whose claim was disallowed, :and who did not appeal, the usual order in cases of interpleader ought to be made between the parties, and nice being the Party who made the claim, ought to pay Lewis his costs, no order being made between the plaintiff and the defendant. MORRISON V. MORRISON. The Loan CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this ease, which has been in Court thirty-two years, and Which was argued before his Lordship for several days some time since, upon a petition of appeal from the decision of Vice-Chancellor Wigram, who had permitted the taking over again a consignee's ac counts, on the ground that they had been taken in the absence of an interested party. It appeared that, by a settl e m e nt m a d e i n th e y e ar 1813, and a will in 1814, the testator, George Morrison, settled certain large estates in the island of Tcbago for the benefit of his four children. The defendants, Edward Ellice and George Ross, are the surviving trustees, and on a bill being filed to administer the testator's property, the usual decree for that purpose was made in the year 1817. Settlements were made on the marriage Of the four children, reserving a life interest to the parents, and remainder to their children, and in the case of Mrs. Wyllie, her husband's interest was to determine on bankruptcy. In 1819 Edward Ellice was appointed consignee of the estates, and continued in such office till the year 1830, when he obtained his discharge. Various pro ceedings were had in the cause, and in the year 1831 a petition was presented by all parties interested, com plaining of everythi ng th a t h a d prev i ously been done since the decree of 1817, and praying that all the ac counts might be tak en over aga i n . M r. El l i ce, con ceiving that his character was impeached, submitted to an order for retaking the accounts ; eleven of such accounts were accordingly taken and passed, and the twelfth and last was only postponed, owing to some unavoidable delay. Notwithstanding that these ac counts were strictly investigated, the present William Morison Wyllie applied to the Vice-Chancellor to °Pen these accounts once more, on the ground that they bad been taken in his absence, he being a party i nterested in their correctness. The Vice-Chanc e ll or , Without entering into the merits of the accounts, made the order now appealed from, on the ground that Mr. Wyllie had not the opportunity of attending before the Master. His Lordship, after going at considerable length into the case, stated his opinion clearly to be, that no relief ought to be given upon the petition. The petition must, there fore, be dismissed with costs, and those who had taken exceptions to the Master's report must bring them (observed his Lordship) before the Court in the regular course. CROCKETT V. CROCKETT. The farther argument in this appeal, the facts of which we have already given, occupied his Lordship the remainder of the morning. V ICE -CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with hearing demurrers, of no interest except to the parties concerned. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The further arguments in this case are postponed to Friday next, for the convenience of Sir Fitzroy Belly and Mr. Bethell. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) MOODY V. HIRBERD. This wa s a motion to discharge an order of the Court, under the following circumstances : The plaintiff, who sued in forma pauperis, had been served, through his solicitor, with a notice to put in an answer to a supplemental bill filed by the de eadmt, and upon his neglecting to comply with the tEotice, the consequent order which it was now sought he i n aside had been granted by his Honour during long vacation. The ground of the present appli cation was inaccuracy in the descripton of the plain tiff's solicitor, who had been named in the notice John ° , B ePh, while his actual name was John James. - "is Floxoun granted the application, and the order Was discharged, but without costs. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) The C ourt took the Crown paper this morning, but I t ° case of public interest occurred. The Court rose "e o'clock, in order to be present in the Exche error quer . Chamb er d uring the arguments in a writ of BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) CLIANTER, b. TIIE WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. Mr . OGLE applied direct ors for a rule, calling upon the of this company t o s h ow cause w hy th e y sh ou l d um not immedi a t e l y h an d over to the pla i ntiff the s . i of 2,5001, the balance of an award in his favour, - ' OOOl . of which had only been paid, together with the costs incidental to this motion ; and also that the service the of the ru l e on the secretary, or solicitor, to l c ompany, s h ou l d be deemed sufficient notice. The earned Counsel sa id t h e plaintiff was about to leave the the co untry, a n d was anxious, before leaving, to have matter settled. —Rule granted. jc. "‘ C HEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) The C ourt (Sittings in Banco.) reri was occupied with cases in the pe s, of publi c ei,ory pap er , none of which presented any feature mportance. j.A.t ng "e 'clock th e C ourt rose for the purpose of oom hear the other j u d ges in the Exchequer Chamber, circuit, t ar g um ents in C rown cases reserve d upon the IVORS HIP-STREET .—( THIS D AY.) iddle-ag e d woman, of very scowling and for soverei bidding P aspect, was charged with swallowing four Moses Sovereigns andhillips two half sovere i gns , th e p roperty o f . the Commercial Phillips deposed that he was pr ocee di ng a l ong Comtnercial-road last evening, at about six o,c mck, when h e was accosted by th-, prisoner, whom he acc ompanied into a house in one of the branching streets, lie had not, however, been there two minutes ere he felt her hand in his pocket, and, a lthough he distinctly heard the clinking of the gold in her band, and aw her put it i n h er mou th, s h e proved too adroit for him, and the coins disappeared. The prisoner denied all knowledge of what she was accused. Mr. ARNOL D desired that the prisoner should be kept in a cell by herself, and that a surgeon should be immediately sent for to attend her. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY RACES.—FRIDAY. The Astley House Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Parr's Declaration, 4 yrs ...Whitehouse 0 1 1 Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, aged ••• 12 3 Mr. Price's Gaffer Green, aged ... 03 2 Mr. Dawson's Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs ... and •20 dr The Abbey Stakes o f 3 sous. each, and 20 added. Heats, one mile. Mr. Parr's Rosin- the- beau, 4 yrs ( Whitehouse) 0 1 1 Mr. Slower's Little Fan, 4 yrs ••• 1 0 2 Mr. Hughes's Pyefinch, 3 yrs 0 2 0 Mr. Staplef3rd's Carissima, 5 yrs ... ... 2 0 0 The Sal , q) Hack Stakes of 2 sous. each, and 15 added. Heats, three-quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Minor's Augustus, 4 yrs (G. Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Moore's Rochester, aged ... 0 2 Mr. Kirby's Monsier Perrot, 4 yrs ... 0 3 Mr. Tallyho, 6 yrs „, ... 2 4 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Hildyard's harrs., Mon., Westernhopo Burn; Wed., Woodcraft; Fri., Fawn Lees-101. Lord Lonsdale's harrs., Tues., Broughton Farm; Sat., Cow Roast-12. Hay don hds., Wed., Gunnerton; Sat., Kennel. Hurworth hds., Tues., Moor Bank; Sat., llurworth. Earl Fitzhardinge's lids., Mon., Dumbleton; Tees., Litcomb; Sat., Broadway. Mr. Furze's lids., Slon., Stafford Barton, near Dalton; Fri., Buckland Filleigh-10. Mr. Watson's; hds., Mon., East Choppington; Wed., Meldon Park; Fri., Widrington— York and Ainsty lids., Mon., Linton; Tues., Street hoases; Thurs., Whisley ; Sat., Crockey Hill-101. Cleveland hds., Mon., Grinkle Park-9; Thurs., Rose be rry— 1 0 I. Cambridgeshire lids., Mon., Potton Wood ; Wed., Ickwell Green ; Fri., Hartley Wheatsheaf-10i. Devon lids., Mon., Storer Lodge ; Thurs., Bagter. Durham County Stotfold ; Wed,, 'Ash burn ; Fri., Whitton-10i. Lord Parker's lids., Tues., H i atton Wood ; Chequers Court. Tindale hds., Mon., Great Whittington ; Thurs., Shaft°. Mr. Roe's hds., Wed., Kingstone Village ; Sat., Nihon. Mr. Selby's hds., Mon., Brandon ; Thurs., Ottorburn. Raby lids., Mon., Windlestone ; Wed., Manfield ; Fri., Winston Bridge-10i.' Sinnington hds., Tees., Marton ; Fri., East Newton Gate -10, Mr. Brand's hds., Mon., Eaton ; Fri., No Man's Land. Mr. S. Lowndes's lids., Mon., Shenley ; Wed, . S wan bourne. Oakley lids., Mon., Bletsoe ; Wed., Sherrington Toll bar ; Sat., Shelton Village-104. Puckeridge lids., Mon ,Tholey; Wed.,Langley Green; Sat., Layton. Carlisle harrs., Tues., Mrs. Graham's, Red House, KirkUnton ; Fri., Whiteclose-gate—s. Eamont harrs., Mon., Hatton End; Wed., Nacre; Sat., La4loaby....lo*, Berli,hEro hds., Mon., Coleshill House; Wed., Fox comb Lill ; Fri.. Hilton 1 - I(Alse-ill. Baron Rothschild's stag-hds., Mon., Liscombe Park Bedale hds., Mon., Salutation Inn, Leeming-lane ; Wed., Busby Stuop ; 'Fri., Seorton-101. FATAL ACCIDENT-EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP. It is our painful duty to record another disaster of a fatal character, resulting from an explosion of fire damp, which took place at the colliery of John Russell, Esq., Risca, near this town, on Sunday last. The accident, by which one unfortunate indi vidual has lost his life, and three others have been more or less injured, it will be observed, from the evidence taken at the inquest, was caused by aninad vertence on the part of the poor fellow who has fallen a victim to the explosion. It appears that he re ceived the injury on Sunday last, between seven and eight o'clock, and lingered, in a state of great suffer ing, until Thursday morning, when death put a period to his torture. The other men who were injured, one of whom (Wheeldon) is in a very dangerous state, are still suffering severely from the accident. The inquest was held at the Albert Inn, Risca, on Thursday (last) evening, before W. Brewer, Esq., Coroner, when the following evidence was adduced : George Wilson, collier, who, from the injuries he received, was obliged to be examined at his residence, said—l went down the Black Vein pit, in Wain Vawr Colliery, on Sunday morning last. Thomas Crook, and Stephen his brother, and Thomas: Wheel don, a farrier, William Waller, and Abraham Carter, went down at the same time. I went with Stephen and Thomas Crook, for the purpose of opening the doors and changing the course of the air. After reaching the bottom of the pit, I went with Stephen Crook to the side known as the mountain side, and Thomas Crook and Thomas Wheeldon went to the river side. They came back to us, and w e sat d own a few minutes. At this time we saw no fire, nor any sign of it. Wheel don, the farrier, and Crook went on towards the stable, where there was a sick horse. They had gone about fifteen yards, when I saw an explosion. I felt the fire strike me, and I was much burnt on my arms and face. Stephen Crook was much burnt, and Thomas Crook came near us, and said he was burnt to death. In a minute or two we were drawn up by an engine, and all taken to our homes, where we were attended by a surgeon. All th e men h a d D avy ' s lamp s w ith them ; but the wire gauze was not on when they left us. I worked in that pit on Friday night; and on Saturday, when I left off, there was no sign of fire-damp, neither did I think there was any risk in the pit. We are all supplied with lamps, if we ask for them; but the lamps do not give such good light as a candle. We can earn more by the light of a candle than that of a lamp. Joseph Green, agent at the Wain Vawr Colliery, said—Thomas Crook was the day fireman at the pit, and was expected to see to the safety of the pit. Stephen Crook was the night fireman. They always performed their duty satisfactorily to the master and men. I was in the pit on Saturday, when everything appeared to me to be as it ought to be ; there was no appearance of danger. The two Crooks went down the pit on Saturday evening about six o'clock to try to turn the draft, which, in consequence of the great draft of the upcast shaft, they were unable to do. They, therefore, left the pit until Sunday morn ing. On Sunday morning, at seven o'clock, the Crooks went down the pit, in company with other men, and soon after they had gone down, a man carne to my house to say the fire had gone off in the pit. I immediately went to the top of the pit, and saw Thomas and Stephen Crook and another man, who had just been brought up from the pit. On learning that Thomas Wheeldon was still in the pit, I went down and soon found him ; he was much injured, but not so much as the Crooks. There were two men walking about with oil lamps in their hands. I brought him up, and after having seen the other men who were injured, I tried to ascertain the cause of the accident. There was no great quantity of bad air in the pit, and it would not have exploded had the men kept the gauzes on their lamps. The men were not aware of the gas having accumulated, or, of course, they would not have taken the tops off their lamps, for they were very careful men. No other witnesses were called, and the coroner addressed a few observations to the jury, who, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." [We understand that Thomas Crook, the deceased and Stephen Crook, his brother, were firemen, who had been employed for the last five years in inspect ing the works, for the purpose of detecting accumu lations of the explosive gas, and cautioning the work men in cases of danger.] We have heard that five brothers and two grandsons of Thomas Crook have lost their lives by explosions of fire damp in collieries. ANOTHER ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held at the Albert Inn, Risca, on Monday last, on the body of John Coleman, aged 10 years, nephew of Thomas Crook, the unfortunate man whose death is recorded above. This poor lad, it appears, also met his death in the Black Vein Pit, by a mass of coal falling upon him while he was at work. After an enquiry into the circumstances, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."—Monmouthshire Merlin. Yesterday se'nnight a boy, named Earl, whose parents reside in Everton-court, Norfolk-square, picked up a brown-paper parcel which was lying on the pave ment on the east side of :_\'orfOlk-square, took it home, and gave it to his father, who did not open it till the following Sunday evening, expecting every day that it would be cried; but not hearing anything further about it, he removed the brown paper, and a small box was exposed. On taking off the lid there was some wadding, and under the wadding a dead female infant, which was wrapped iu an apron stained with blood. He imme diately took the box and its contents to Superintendent White. On one side of the box the words " Piqued Cloth" were marked in pencil. There was a figure son the lid, and a figure 4 on the other side of the box, with the letters " Cqua." On Monday a coroner's inquest was held on the body, before F. H. Gell, Esq., when evi dence of the above facts was given. It appeared also that Mr. J. Cordy Burrows was called in to examine the body. He could discover no marks of violence. He had tested the lungs; the whole, with the heart and separate portions, floated in water; and he believed that respiration could not have continued for any length of time. He could not undertake to swear that the child had been born wholly alive. From the appearance of the mouth he had no doubt it had been pressed to pre vent its breathing, but this might have taken place be fore the child was fully horn. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the child was found dead in the box, but by whom it had been there placed there was no evidence to show, nor was there any evidence to show that the child had been born wholly alive.— Brighton Gazette. WI.REEIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—We have to-day a good arrival of wheat and barley. There is a fair consumptive demand for wheat at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per quarter. Barley meets a slow sale at Is. per quarter decline. Oats are more inquired for at id. per stone more money; and shelling at is. per load. Beans and other articles without alteration. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH DEVON LINE, BUT UNATTENDED BY ANY PERSONAL INJURY.—A collision took place near Weir ,Engine Houle, between Teign mouth and Newton, on Wednesday morning, about half past two, but which was fortunately unattended with any injury to the men employed. The ballasting trucks which had left Newton, and the contractors' night train coming down with materials—in consequence cf some misunderstanding with the parties who had the night occupation of the line —came in contact with each other. The train was heard approaching at some miles distant, and a man was sent on from the trucks with the red signal, but, from the dense fog which prevailed, it was not seen, and the engine ran into the trucks, forcing one under, and the engine was also thrown off the line by the concussion. No accident occurred tothe persons engaged, although the engine was considerably damaged, and one of the trucks was grea tly injured. The driver and stoker were not shaken from their position. A great number of men were soon obtained, and the line was cleared for the 7,50 a.rt. train. The London mail train was stopped at Teignmouth, by telegraphiccommunica tion, and the bags and passengers were posted to Totnes. —Plymouth He; aid. A - STRANGE PETITION.—A person at Ulverston, who was fined by the magistrates for nothing, as he says, has been hawking about the following not very flattering petition, which was written by a quizzical friend of the petitioner, and is said to have been very successful : " Dorn vivimus vivamus.—Ulverston, Nov. 2, 1847. The bearer, J. M—, is one of the most confirmed drunkards in Ulverston, and therefore highly deserving the charity of those individuals who procure a subsist ence by the vendure of Bacchanalian potions." The heaviest gooseberry grown in England in the year 1847 was of the red species. The following is a correct statement :—Red, London, 28 dwts., grown by Mr. B. Holland, Huddersfield, and Mr. J. Jones, London, same weight at Torporley. Yellow, Leader, 27 dwts., grown by Mr. Abel Slack, Deighton, and Mr. James Rodes, of Oldham, seedling, also to the same weight. Green, Thumper, 25 dwts., grown by Mr. John Winter bottom, Glodwick. White, Tally-ho, 23 dwts. 10 grains, grown by Mr. J. Coppoek, Tarporley.—Cowity, Herald. We announce with regret the death of Mr. Mat thew Coleman, of the War-office, a gentleman long known to the :ervice as the editor of the " Army List." The good•service pension at the disposal of the Government by the death of Captain Willes, has been conferred on Sir John Ross. SCOTCH LEGAL ArPOINTMEN rs.—We understand that E. F. Maitland, Esq , advocate, has been appointed Advocate Depute, in room of Archibald Davidson, Esq. now Sheriff of Kincardineshire. And that under the new service of Heirs Act, which comes into operation on the 15th instant, Patrick Shaw, Esq., advocate, has been appointed Sheriff of Chancery.—Caledonian Mer- SUICIDE OF COUNT BRESSON. i (ADDITIONAL PA RTIC ULARS.) We copy the following details of the suicide of Count Bresson from ditierent Paris papers. The Debuts says— " We have received very few details on the fright. ful event which has deprived France of one of her most noble children, the King's Government of one of its most distinguished agents, and a family, honour able in every respect, of a brother, of a husband, who justly formed its glory and its happiness. It is, however, certain that M. Bresson has destroyed him self. What can have been the cause of this fatal re solution ? Those who have known M. Bresson, those who have been able to appreciate the affection so true and so tender that he bore to his worthy father, to his wife, so distinguished in every respect, to his brothers—those who know how much he was the slave of his duties, are obliged to evoke their souvenirs, and to call to mind that some years ago he nearly died of a brain fever, and that after this terrible malady he remained subject to intermittent attacks which caused at times violent paroxysms of the brain. Everything, however, caused it to be hoped that the end of these crises would shortly be seen, every one appearing to lose in intensity. On 31st October M. Bresson was received in solemn audience by the King of Naples, who treated him with peculiar grace and distinction. The next day, after having occupied himself in his study in drawing up the dispatch which gave an account of his reception, he went to pass the evening at the theatre of San Carlo, returned to his hotel about midnight, and went to bed. It appears that about the end of the night he was seized with an attack of brain fever, that he rose, took a razor, and cut his throat before the chimney-glass. The noise of the fall of his body on the floor awoke the Countess Bresson, who ran to the spot, w h ere s h e f oun d h er husband bathed in his blood. Our readers may judge of the dreadful grief of Madame Bresson. All assist ance was useless—M. Bresson was dead." The Conservateur says— " A telegraphic dispatch, addressed to the President of the Council by the Charge d'Affaires of France at Naples, leaves no doubt a s t o th e cause o f the me lancholy death of Count Bresson. This dispatch is thus worded : " 'Naples, Nov. 2. " Count Bresson died last evening in a fit of brain fever. The Countess will embark, in three or four days, on board the Magellan, with the mortal remains of the King's Ambassador.' "It results, besides, from the folk wing extracts of letters from Count Bresson, that he felt himself for several days attacked with the malady of which he was so unfortunately the victim. Count Bresson wrote from Naples, on October 25, to the President of the Council :---` I arrived here the day before yes terday. I cannot say whether it is the effect of the fatigue or of the Pontine Marshes, but I have expe rienced some symptoms of fever, and I have not yet been able to recover my sleep. Fortunately my wife and my son are well.' On the 28th, after having written a letter, in which he treated of a number of subjects with great clearness of intellect, he added, I have been constantly suffering since I entered southern Italy. From the time I left Florence I have had neither appetite nor sleep. It is a nervous over-excitement, which will be necessarily followed by a great loss of strength. I see now how wrong I was to complain of the climate of Madrid ; it did not treat me so ill.' The letter written to the President of the Council by M. de Montessny, our Charge d'Affaires, informs us that from the time of the arrival of the ambassador at Naples he was really ill, but that he always refused to pay attention to his health." The Constitutionnel says— " We have sought with the greatest care for details calculated to throw some light on the tragic end of Count Bresson. We can guarantee the exactitude of the following :—Count Bresson, after having accom plished the Spanish marriages and returned to Paris, made known to M. Guizot that he could not return to Spain as ambassador; and that he considered the influences which surrounded the young Queen as powerful and lasting. Count Bresson did not the less insist with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on his claims to an eminent political position, He demanded the embassy to England, but this was refused him from political motives easy to understand. M. Bres son then went to London, and saw Lord Palmerston, who gave him an excellent reception. M. Bresson on his return again claimed the embassy at London, and dwelt on the favour which the English Minister had shown him. The pretensions of N. Bresson were again rejected, and he was obliged, notwithstanding his very great reluctance, to accept the embassy to Naples. M. Bresson had no fortune. On arriv ing at Rome he learned the revolution which had been accomplished in the circle of the Queen of Spain. He then greatly regretted having consi dered his return to Madrid impossible. He even wrote immediately to M. Guizot, asking him to be allowed to return to Spain as ambassador. He at the same time wrote to several of his friends at Madrid to announce his early return. Vain hope ! M. Bresson received a formal order to proceed to Naples. All the letters written by M. Bresson since his departure from Paris display great excitement. The persons who have seen Count Bresson in private, and who have had long relations with him, concur in saying that he was of a violent passionate character, and easily discouraged. It is certain that at Madrid he was attacked by a somewhat intense brain fever. Still his suicide has not the less profoundly surprised and afflicted all those who have had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with his rare qualities and his great intelligence. M. Bresson leaves a father of an advanced age, for whom he entertained the most tender affection. M. Bresson leaves a widow and a young son, who, after the celebration of the Spanish marriages, was created a grandee of Spain. The brother of Count Bresson is Advocate General at the Cour Royale of Paris." MEETING OF -PARLIAMENT. The following circular has been sent by Lord John Russell to his supporters in the House of Com- mons : " Downing-street, Nov. 8, 1847. " Sir,—l take the liberty of informing you that the House of Commons will proceed on the 18th inst. to the choice of a Speaker, and that the Address, in answer to the Queen's Speech, will be moved on the 23d inst. " I hope it may be consistent with your convenience to attend on those days. " I have the honour to be your obedient servant, " J. RUSSELL." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Royal Family took wa!k ing and pony exercise this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Prince Albert rode out on horseback this forenoon, attended by his Royal Highness's Equerry in Wait ing, Captain the Lion. A. Gordon. The Earl and Countess Spencer, Sir Robert and Lady Gardin er , an d t h e Rev. Dr. Philpott, took their departure from the Castle to-day. Mr. Moon, this morning, was honoured with her Majesty's commands to Mr. Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., to engrave the " Royal Family Picture," by Mr. F. Winterbalter. Sir William C. Was, R.A., by command of her Majesty, is in daily attendance at the Castle, taking the likenesses of their Highnesses the Prince cf Wales and Prince Alfred, in full length, in the beau tiful Highlaul costume. Mr. MlD"nell, G overnor of the G am bi a, h a d an interview w i t h E arl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial office. ffi Lord Ashley had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood return e d to their residence in Downing-street, on Thursday night, from Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire. The Rev. Thomas Eyre Poole, D.D., Colonial and Garrison Ch ap l a i n of Sierra Leone, had an interview, yesterday, with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office. The nomination of Sheriffs for the ensuing year took place yesterday, in the Court of Exchequer, before the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy C ounc il . The Lords present were—the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Ex chequer ; th e L ord Chancellor, the Right Hon Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home De partment ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy . of Lanc as t er; L ord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of Queen's Bench ; the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chi e f J ust i ce of the Common Pleas ; and theßight Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The other Judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and the Exchequer, also assisted at the nomination. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Privy Council in Waiting. AILWAYS IN J THE WEST OF ENGLAND. (From the Plymouth Herald of this day.) The'South-Western Company have wisely - Allan• doned the " Devon and Cornwall Central Scheme," but they intend to renew the application to Parlia ment for the Yeovil and Exeter line, and they fur ther mean to apply for permission to make a line from Exeter to Cowley Bridge, to join the Crediton line. The Bristol and Exeter Company will also renew their application for the Taunton a n d C ast l e C ary branch, the Bill for which passed the Committee of the House of Commons last session. Thi s w ill g i ve .the public a broad guage line from Exeter to London, shorter than the one contemplated by the South- Western Company, the latter having to ma k e near l y 100 miles of their road, provided they get their Bill while the former have but about thirty m il es to com plete the entire line. The Bristol and E xe t er di rectors have further given notice of their intention to apply for a Bill to make branches from Bleaion t o W e ll s , Glastonbury, and Street. This measure received the sanction of the Committee last session. THE SOUTH DEVON LINE. In the course of a few days the ti m b er f or t h e rails will be permanently laid down to within a f ew hun dred yards of the intended station at Laira, the erec tion of which, we learn, will take pl ace f ort h w i t h , the earth w o rks for the site being fi n i s h e d . Th e works at Laira—the turning of the turnpike road, and the formation of a new road to Saltram, carried by an elegant bridge over the railway —are rapidly approaching completion. The enterprising and zealous contractors, Messrs. Carpenter, are doin g a ll th ey possibly can to expedite this part of th e roa d, . which we have no doubt be finished, as far as they are concerned, by the time specified. The via ducts near Ivy-bridge are to be partially laid with American oak, a stronger and firmer material than fir, and a short delay has taken place, we learn, on that part of the works, in consequence of the timber not being prepared. The line from Totnes to Ivy bridge is rapidly proceeding towards completion, and we learn from good authority that, if not ready as early as was hoped, viz., Christmas, that a short time after we shall witness the opening of the line to Laira —a mere omnibu s ride of a couple of miles from the heart of the town of Plymouth. THE ATMOSPHERIC MODE OF TRACTION We have much pleasure in stating that, on Tuesday last, the first experimental train was run to Newton, and though it was but fair to anticipate that some difficulties might arise in the trial, from water which must have accumulated in the pipes and from other causes incidental to a first attempt, yet the distance was accomplished in grand style, without the least difficulty or delay. The carriage was started from Teignmouth at five minutes before ten, A.M., and at eight minutes after ten it arrived at Newton, having stopped at Wear engine -house four minutes. The train came back in twelve minutes, having stopped four minutes at Wear on returning. The distance is five miles. Our readers who take an interest in the progress of practical science wilt also be glad to hear that the trains from Teignmouth to Exeter—four each way— propelled by atmospheric power, ran most admirably, keeping their time far more regularly than those driven by locomotives; and the most perfect confi dence is felt as to the system finally superseding the now common mode of traction. The power is exceedingly great, and it is said that light trains could be propelled without difficulty at 60 miles an hour. The engineer who ran for the first time to Newton had the breaks on down and up. We trust to be enabled to announce, in a short time, that the locomotive eng i nes are to be dispensed with on the South Devon line as far as Newton. The engine -houses on the line towards Totnes, and at the stations, will soon be finished, and, as we stated a few weeks since, the tubing, of a large calibre, is being laid,—aud not the least doubt is entertained that the steep gradients on that part of the line will be run over at a swift pace with much ease. If these expectations be realised, of which we see no doubt, the triumph of Mr. Brunel and Mr. Samuda will be complete, and another " great fact" will be estab lished in the scientific world—the triumph of air over steam. cul y. DEPRESSED STATE OF MANUFACTURES,-"We re gret to be informed that this week two or three exten sive band-loom weaving establishments in Glasgow ceased working, and in consequeP.ce several thousand people are thrown out of employment. The cessation of operations in these large factories is likely, we under stand, to be followed by the stoppage of others in the -Glasgow Argus. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) As we feel assured that the inhabitants of these towns are deeply concerned in the progress of this system of propulsi on , we su bj o i n some f urt h er parti culars, obtained from another quarter, which corro borate the above statement : " You will be pleased to hear that the first atmo spheric trip was made from Teignmouth to Newton on Tuesday, leaving the former place after the twenty minutes past eight o'clock A.M. train had passed up. The piston carriage ran down without the slightest interruption, with a vacuum of eighteen inches, which was exceedingly good for a first trip. It came down in about fourteen minutes, including four minutes stoppage at Weir engine-house. The car riage was brought up at the Newton station with great exactness. The breaks were kept on the prin cipal part of the distance, fearing what might be en countered in the tubes. The engines worked well, and all concerned were highly delighted. It is ex pected that the traffic trains will be worked by this system to Newton in the course of a few days, as the preparations are nearly completed in the Newton-yard station. The atmospheric trains between Teignmouth and Exeter are so regular that any comment is quite unnecessary. If the locomotive trains are a quarter of an hour after their time, the atmospheric can make up the loss for them." With the rece i pts of the same RAILWAY RETURNS waysß►forLw areAtTheTpitasAFtirwlce.e—t—Ththeafotlilsowtoinlgay, th t e . T t o h t e al d ß at e e ce to ipts of Rail which the together iirlpleEcitnivtehreeptrurevnisouasreyemara:d—e, Week ending NOT. Oct, Nov. THE vine, a where Rochef Tuscar the Gu line, THE SUN, LON DON, SATU'RD A Y EVENING NtOVEMBE'II. 18 1 1847. AN ARTFUL WIDOW. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. At the Borough Court, Manchester, yesterday (having been remanded from Saturday), a middle aged fe ma l e , h a bi ted in widow ' s weeds, who gave the name of Mary Jane Lloyd, was charged by Mr. Chief Superintendent Beswick with obtaining goods under the following extraordinary and false pre tences : On the 14th of August, the prisoner, in com• pany with a lady, whom she represented to be her sister, called at the shop of Mrs. Cameron, up holsterer and furniture-dealer, of 8, Albert-place, and th ere b oug h t a sofa, for which her sister paid. In a day or two afterwards, the prisoner visited th e same s h op alone, informed ' Mrs. Cameron that she was about to settle in Manchester, and that she would r equ i re h er h ouse furnished throughout. She stated that she was a Mrs. Lloyd, widow of Captain Lloyd, late of the 10th Hussars, who had fallen in Afghanistan ; adding, that as her friends resided in this neighbourhood, she and her daughter had determined to settle near them. She spoke most affectingly of her sufferings in the East, informing Mrs. Cameron that she had shared in the captivity of Ladies Sale and M Naughten, and along with her husband had experienced the vicissitudes of that sad and disastrous campaign. She also represented her self as in the receipt of a pension of 70/. per ar.num as a captain's widow, and stated that her (laughter had been allowed a pension of 50/. Added to this, she said she was entitled to about 7501. prize money due to her deceased husband. She told Mrs. Cameron that she was not just then in possession of any money beyond what would suffice for her imme diate wants, and, under these circumstances, asked for credit. She produced a number of papers and documents in support of her story, stating that she had been recommended by Mr. Maude, stipendiary magistrate, who had himself bought some chairs there, and thought them exceedingly cheap. On the faith of these representations Mrs. Cameron under took to furnish the house, when the widow selected and gave orders for furniture, &c., to the amount of 1501., Mrs. Lloyd undertaking to pay half the amount in a given time, and the remainder when she received the amount of her husband's prize -money. A great portion of the order was exe cuted, the goods being sent to a house taken by the widow in Withington-street, Pendleton, and in order to be assured that all was correct, Mrs. Ca meron went to the residence of Mr. Maude to make inquiries. Unfortunately that gentleman and his lady just then happened to be out of town, and the servant was unacquainted with the precise period of their return, when, fearing that any delay might offend Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Cameron did not await their return, but continued to send in goods until F her account amounted to about 125/. When the time arrived for payment of the first instalment of the debt, Mrs. Cameron, wanting money, applied for payment; but the widow, it appeared, was fertile in expedients, and contrived to put her off. At length Mrs. Cameron's rent-day arrived; but in consequence of her having sold so largely to the widow on credit she was unable to pay it ; and she told her landlord, Mr. Fleming, when he called in his carriage, that the non-payment arose from Mrs. Lloyd's having disappointed her. Singu larly enough Mrs. Lloyd happened to drop in at the time, and by some means fell into conversation with the landlord, when she contrived so to impress him with the truth of her story, that he left quite satis fied. About the same period another creditor of Mrs. Cameron's became pressing —Mr. Kearsley, timber-merchant, &c., of Stevenson-square, which, coming to the ears of the officer's widow, she volunteered to give him his quietus, as she had already done the landlord. Nothing loath, Mrs. Cameron assented; the widow and herself paid Mr. Kearsley a visit; and a pressing creditor (if not a ruthless one) was bewitched by the " cap tain's widow " into a most obliging and kind friend. Such magic influence did the widow seem to exercise that Mr. Kearsley ceased to press for his money, and positively, on the strength solely of what she had told him, allowed Mrs. Cameron more goods. Unfortu nately, all things have an end, and so it turns out have the spells of the " captain's widow," for though she contrived to blind both the landlord and the timber-merchant, she could not effectually calm the uneasy qualms of Mrs. Cameron. Naturally enough, she (Mrs. Cameron) began to yearn for a sight of the widow's money, not a mite of which had ever blessed her eyes, and a restless conviction that in some way she was victimised, led her to seek an interview with Mr. Beswick at the police office. From that gentleman she was doomed to receive little comfort, as he recognised the " cap tain's widow" at once, not as the companion in captivity of the heroic Lady Sale, but as the wedded wife of a humble bricklayer, now living ! He had, it appeared, had the widow to deal with before, and knew her from the description given by Mrs. Cameron, and on seeing her, for he paid his de voirs at her residence, recognised her as an old ac quaintance. When apprehended and told the charge against her, she no longer assumed her title to be a captain's widow, but confessed, as she said, to save Mr. Beswick trouble, that all her representations were false. When brought up in the dock witnesses were called to disprove her story, amongst the rest Mr. Maude, disclaiming her acquaintance, and she was fully committed to the sessions to answer the charge before a jury. We should state that on Saturday she sold the whole of her furniture in her house for 441. to a broker from Bolton.—Manchester Courier of Wednesday. HERRING TRADE.—WICK, Nov. 4 —Four vessels are presently taking on board cargoes of herrings at Putteney-town harbour—three of which are destined for the Baltic, and one for Ireland. There are still a good many cargoes to ship, and vessels for charter arc in demand. Stettin and other continental markets con tinue to manifest a healthy tone. The entire stock on hand by the various agents in the former is compare tively trifling, and the extent of further shipments, at this advanced period of the season, cannot now be great. As a consequent, prices will not be expected to decline in the least. A good many vessels arc now on their passage there, but ere their arrival the quantity presently on hand will be either entirely exhausted, or diminished to a mere fraction. Irish markets are not falling, but are, nevertheless, low, although they pre sent considerably higher quotations than at the same date of last year.—lnverness Courier. A NEW ANGLING FEAT.—A blacksmith, living at Belladrum-bridge, had occasion, the other night, to fetch in a bucket of water. After setting it on the floor he went to bed, but was awakened in a short time by strange noise in the room. Lighting a candle to enable him the better to battle wilh the evil spirit, he discoverd to his surprise, that the noise was occasioned by the at tempts of his cat to capture a large trout which had been caught in the bucket.—lnverness Courier. WESTMINSTER COURT OF SEWERS. A special Court of Sewers was held yesterday at the Court house, Greek street, Soho-square, Captain George Bague, R.N., in the chair. The clerk, Mr. Hertslet, re ported that he hal waited upon Mr. Wingfield, the se cretary to the Lord Chancellor, to remind him that a petition had been sent to his Lordship for a new com mission for the Westminster jurisdiction of sewers, as the present one expired in December next, and to hear his determination. That gentleman, in reply, said that it was not the intention of the Lord Chancellor to renew the commission until the Metropolitan Sanitary Com mission, sitting at Gwydyr House, had made their re port. The clerk said that unless the commission was renewed by the sth of December, the present one would then run out. The effect of this determination will be, to throw the business, after the expiration of the com mission, into the hands of the county magistrates. GOLD FROM RUSSIA.--HAMR U R GII ' OCT. 9.—On Saturday the stea mer N as l e d n ik arrived at Travemunde, and landed here nearly 300,0001. sterling in gold, of which we sent yesterday nearly 100,0001. by the extra steamer Wilberforce, and a similar sum by the mail steamer which leaves to. day for London. A similar sum was sent from St. Petersburgh to London, by way of Hull, by the Rob Roy steamer, and a considerable sum is still expected by way of Lubeck, by the steamer Nicolai, likewise for transmission to London. MURDER AND SUICIDE.—READING, Nov. 12. The following are the facts of a horrid attempt at mur der and suicide which was committed here this evening, about five o'clock:—A man of the name of kiercey, a smith, residing in East street, in this town, from jea lousy, struck his wife on the head several times, and dreadfully fractured her skull, so much so that there are no hopes of her recovery. He then cut his own throat, and died. About two months ago he was taken before the magistrates for ill-treating his wife, and was bound over to keep the peace. For the last four days he had not been to work, having been abouthome watch.. ing his wife, and no doubt premeditating the dreadful deed. THE LATE D. NDELSSOUN.—The Algemeine Preussische Zeitiaig of Tuesday contains a report of the funeral of the late Dr, Mendelssohn in Berlin. The mortal remains of this Mozart of the 19th century arrived in the Prussian capital from Leipsic by special train, at six o'clock on the morning of the Bth instant, in order that they might be interred near those of his sister, in the family vault. In Leipsic the greatest grief prevailed, and all kinds of funeral honours were paid to the memory of the departed. At the various stations on the route between Leipsic and Berlin the hearse was received with musical solemnities by the arthtes of the locality. Arrived at the place of destination, the bier was adorned with palms and chaplets, and escorted by a numerous procession to the old church of the Holy Trinity, where a funeral sermon was preached by M. Berduscheck. Solemn music accompanied the affecting ceremony of interment. .110SPiTAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND D . ISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the committee of management took place at the board room of the hospital, for the transaction of general business. It appears to be a source of considerable re gret that the amount at present subscribed does 11 , 4 warrant the immediate erection of the proposed new chapel, as by th is means a large war d at present appro priatifd for divine service would be available for the in. creasing number of patients. The guardians of the Witham Union are about to build sixteen rooms for the use of married paupers oyer riltri) Vbttion THE CHARIN G:CROSS BRID dE COMPANY.—(IIIIS DAY.) A Special Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held to-day, at their offices, Villiers street, Strand,:at one o'clock, for the purpose of con. firming the resolutions passed at the last meeting, for raising 20,0001. by the creation of new quarter shares. The resolutions to-day submitted for confirmation were those which have caused so many protracted, violent, and adjourned discussions, and which were at one of the former meetings rejected altogether. Mr. W. Hawes occupied the chair. The attend ance of shareholders was not large. The advertisement having been read, The CHAIRMAN simply intimated that the meeting was a special one, called for the purpose of confirming the resolutions agreed to at the last meeting. Mr. BROWNE stigmatised the conduct of the chairman and directors in the whole proceeding as totally opposed to the interests of the company. The chairman by endeavouring to sell the bridge had put several of the shareholders to considerable ex pense in opposing what they considered a wanton act, and one instituted for the purpose of depriving them of their property, and although they had sent a copy of their bill to each of the directors, none of them had had the courtesy to acknowledge its receipt, or to propose any mode of liquinating it. Mr. Browne repeated the statements which he had made at the last meeting with respect to the affairs of the company and the conduct of the directors, and concluded by blaming the shareholders for succumbing to the chairman and directors in the way they had. The resolutions were then confirmed. Mr. ELKINS wished to be afforded an opportunity of perusing the reports of the committees on which the chairman and directors had based their recommenda tions, and which had induced the shareholders to accede to the propositions contained in them. He also wished to know whether the solicitor of the company was there ex ollicio, or as a shareholder ? He asked this question, because it ap peared to him that the business they had been called together to transact did not require his presence, and therefore they ought not to be put to the expense of his attendance.—(Hear, hear.) The act was deroga tory to the character of a professional man. It was true there had been occasions on which the atten dance of a solicitor was necessary, but this was not one of them. It further appeared to him that the accounts should be further investigated. He wished the directors, however, success in their endeavours to obtain the money they had been compelled to raise. Mr. STITTELEY, the chairman of the Market Com pany, regretted extremely that the chairman had allowed this conversation to take place, because it was altogether irregular. The meeting was merely a special one, and the simple and only question the shareholders had been called together to decide was whether they should or should not confirm the reso lutions referred to. Beyond this they could not proceed, because the new matter had no reference to the business of the day. It would, however, have been otherwise if the advertisement had stated " and for the consideration of other business ;" but as this was not done, and prcperly so, and as no second meeting had been called of a general nature, the gentleman who had spoken was clearly out of order. It was unne cessary for him to make any remarks on the demand made by them to have the accounts further investi gated. Such a demand should have been made at an ordinary general meeting, and not at a special one. Besides, the small attendance showed the shareholders considered that no extraneous subject like this was to be discussed. He felt bound in honour, after what he stated at the last meeting, to attend to-day to support the confirmation of the resolutions. He came to transact no other business beyond this; and if any other matter had been submitted to the meeting, he should have been taken by surprise, and could not, therefore, have given it his support. He felt it his duty to rise and protest against the proceedings which had this day taken place on the part of the two gen tlemen who had addressed the meeting being con strued into a precedent.—(Hear.) If it were so construed, motions might be brought forward with out any previous intimation, and carried without the consent of the body of the shareholders. Mr. BROWNE wished to explain, in reply to Mr. Stuteley, who.had characterised his conduct as irre gular. He begged to state that he conceived he had a right, as a shareholder, to ask any question of the directors, though the subject to which it had re ference might not be set down in the advertisement calling the meeting. If he had had anything to ask with respect to the Market Company-- The CHAIRMAN—That is not in order. You have explained. Mr. BROWNE-I have not yet done. The CHAIRMAN-Will you terminate what you have to say at once? Mr. liaowNE—l conceive you have no right to dictate to ins the nature of my explanation. The CHAIRM t - Undoubtedly, s henever you, or any one else, steps beyond the strict line of expla nation, it is my duty, as chairman, to put an end to it. I appeal to the meeting. I am in your hands. If you think this gentleman has entered sufficiently into his explanation, you will be good enough to say so; if you think he has not, it is my duty to hear him. ➢ir. BROWNE—Do not take his advice—do not believe him; he wishes to keep you under his foot as he has done for year;.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") The meeting voted that Mr. Browne should not be heard. The CHAIRMAN then said, as the business was over, he might merely say, in adjourning the meeting, that during the whole period he had had the plea sure of holding the office of deputy chairman of the company it had not been his lot to have such gross statements and charges made against him, to be exposed to so many undeserved insinuations and aspersions, as those to which he had been subjected at the last two or three meetings— charges which all who were acquinted with him and his colleagues who surrounded him knew to he unjust and untrue. He did not trample upon his colleagues —for that was made a charge against him—because they were too independent to truckle to him or any man. The shareholders were not wanting in independence also, for they had out-voted him on more than one occasion. This proved to demonstration that they supported him when his opinions coincided with theirs, and that they did not hesitate to oppose him when the contrary was the case. On such occasions he, as their deputy chairman, felt in duty bound to succumb to their opinions, and to carry them ou t t o t h e b est of his ability, and neither he nor his colleagues wished to possess any power but that which they derived from the shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) He felt, therefore, called upon in his own defence to deny the truth of the charges and insinuations so improperly indulged in by the gentleman who had spoken. In reply to the demand of Mr. Elkins he begged to state that the reports to which he referred were merely that of sub-committees, which were not in a state to be presented to the proprietors. 11e must, therefore, seek them o n some other occasion. With regard to the solicitor, he had to state that that gentleman was a shareholder; but if he were not he (Mr. Hawes) contended that the legal officer of a com pany generally attdnded its public and other meet ings.— (Mr. Brow:: e—" No, no ; it is too bad.") But he took it on broader grounds : the directors had had an important meeting which was attended by the so licitor, and it naturally followed that he should attend the meeting of the shareholders also. Besides, since the commencement of the company, the presence of the legal officer had always been recognised at the meetings. With respect to the accounts, and in reply to the statements made respecting them, he bad to refer the shareholders to the ample financial statements laid before • them at previous meetings in which:it was stated that the law and Parliamentary proceedings, and with the Market Company, would be about 1,0001. That sum would cover the ex penses incurred. lie pointed to these statements, as a reply to the charge that the directors had never rendered an account of the law charges. They all regretted that they had been put to such expenses, but he trusted that the support the company was now receiving from the Market Company—and the in terests of the two bodies were identical—would pre- vent any similar expenditure. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair man and directors, the meeting separated. CO.IIIIIION PLASTHIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nis i st P ice ru C s 'RESS WELL.) a —( iGuildhall, before Mr. J E i LODER D o E f li t A h N is D a A c N ti O o T n :lE w ß hVi.cl'hUßWDaAsr brought to recover . The trial damages for the alleg e d i n f r i ngement of the in 'At of a musical comp os i t i on, called " Pestal" copyright of this morning. Mr. Sergeant BYLES, fir the defence, said the de fendant (Mr. Purday) had never before been charged with pirating the copyright of any person, and in the present case he was confident that he should clear his character from any imputation, if the jury, would give the statement he should make, and the evidence he should produce, the favourable consideration with which he was satisfied they had heard the case of the plaintiff. It had already, h e presumed, been pr ove d almost beyond dis that the melody, or a i r of Pestal, to which the pute words and the accompaniment were adapted by the plaintiffs, was not a matter of copyright. The statement of the plaintiffs' counsel, therefore, that the melody was a mere stray thing about the world when Mr. Bellamy adapt e d it t o a song, was entirely incorrect been known by its prese n t name , an d was ect; and h should s h ow t h at for many years it had the same key and o n th e sam e not es . It with piracy, arranged w pr as ec al is l e e l g y e o d n , as one reason for accusing the d efendant TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In an article in your journal of Thursday, November 4, headed Marlborough-street, allow me to contradict two or three statements, it mentions " that my employer went to my lodgings, and, found a number of duplicates, and, that I got tipsy, with a portion of the money, and spent the rest." As for the duplicates, I have not had one in my possession, or, at my lodgings, for upwards of twelve months ; and I can solemnly swear I never pledged any article belonging to my employer, neither was there a single ticket, found at my residence, or any other place. The other portion of the paragraph re lating to my spending the money, is also not correct, I paid the expenses twice to and from Windsor, and also for one lot, which I purchased at the sale of St. Leonard's Dale, and the r(mainder I was robbed of, which I can positively affirm. I was discharged on Thursday, the 11th November. By the insertion of this it will greatly oblige, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN BENTLEY. Any other journal having published an article of a similar description, I hope the editor will do me the favour to copy this. 10, East-street, Manchester-square, Nov. 13, 1847. FOR POLITICAL DER OI ' OFFENCE S TLIr R E A SI T D c EN R T B. ll a E rlon C 7 o , U a J. R a T z S_ PRESIDENT kowski, President of the Courts for . t o P o l itical Offences, was shot on the evening of the 4th was returning to his house at eight o'clock at Cracow. He in the even ing, when a bullet laid him dead in the street. Two men were observed to run off in contrary directions, but the darkness prevented them from being PRISONS.—CIe r k s o f justices are c recognised. ailed upon to make a return to the Home Secretary of State f h number and situation o f p l aces of confinement in e t ' e petty sessional distri c t s , s t at i ng whether they are ltheocki r up or otherwise. This is with a v i ew, no doubt,toth improvement in those descripti ons o f places ofconfine ment, some of which (in different parts of the country) are not fit for any human being to be put into —scarcel y for pigs. WINDSOR CASTLE, FRIDAY NIGHT, Nov. 12.--The preparations making for the reception of the King and Queen of the Belgians were suddenly suspended this morn ing, intelligence having reached the Castle in the course of the night of the postponemer.t of their visit for the present. The reason has not transpired officially, but it is said that her Belgian Mr.jesty is suffering from indis position 'contracted during her recent visit to France to take leave of the Duchess d'Aumale previous to her no) al Iliglinegs's departure for Algeria. No time has been fixed for the intended visit to the Queen of England, the postponement being indefinitely " for the present." GAME LAWs.—According to the Nottingkam Review of yesterday (Friday), it appears that no less than thirteen persons had been convicted at the last petty sessions at Mansfield. It is observed, what a nice picture for the ratepayers to gaze on ! So we say. It is time, indeed, that the game preserving and the game laws were altered. Every day shows the necessity in many respects. TRENT SIDE.—From inquiry which we have made this week, respecting the progress of the disease among potatoes on the Trent Side, we are happy to say it has received a decided check. Those which were good when taken up, and which were pitted, have received no deterioration; and the diseased ones have not got worse. The shipments fur the different markets con tinue, but not on so large a scale as formerly.—Lincoln Mer cur y. NAME OF RAILWAY. Amiens and Boulogne . Arbroath and Forfar Chester and Birkenhead Dublin and Drogheda • • • .. ......... Dublin and Kingstown • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ Eastern Counties and North Eastern .• East Lancashire • • • • Eastern Union • ..... • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Glasgow and Greenock•........ Great Southern and Western. • Great Western, &c • . • • • • • Kendal and Windermere.......... • • Lancashire and Yorkshirc......... • • Lancaster and Carlisle ...... • •• . ..... Londonderry and Enniskillen... London and North Western, fcc • :• • • London and 81ackwa11.....1 • • London and Brighton • • • • • • • London and South Western .:• • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincel11:1;.• Maryport and Carlisle n Midland, Bristol, and Itirtningik.t•n• • • • Midland Great Western (Irish) . 1. • • • Newcastle and • • " North British • • • • • Paris and Rouen. • • • • •• Preston and 'Wyre ................ Rouen and Havre. • • • Shrewsbury and Chester South Eastern and !trenches ........ South Devon • • • • • • .• • • • • • • • .. Ulster. Whitehaven Junction .• • .... York and Newcastle . • • • • York and North Midland. .......... List week. 63 214 683 879 846 3,476 11,173 843 1,141 2,608 1,087 1,936 17,897 100 8,997 1,195 113 29,257 789 8,849 7,G42 2,140 531 21,481 q M O b. C.) .5: 88. 2,070 1,984 2,231 6,885 283 3,863 9,153 439 2,105 903 989 17,580 2,624 520 8,946 1,273 1,738 772 9,536 311,180 829 7,775 6,4351 1,841 515 18,037 2,213 1,457 1,126 5,663 11,418 8,180 7,759 761 1,192 835 5,71.2 :5,948 FRENCH SQUADRON.—The Prince de Join ter remaining three or four days at Leghorn, he had continual conferences with Count de la 'oucault, the French Minister to the Court of iy, had resumed the command . of the sq u ad ron i n ilf of Spezzio, which connate of Ave ships of the id threo steam-frigates. that he had made a colourable imitation of the title fpage of the plaintiffs' edition, so that the public might mistake it for the original. That, however, had nothing to do with the present action, which mu for the infringement of a copyright; and, if the plaintiffs had been injured, they might make it the subject of a separate action. The plaintiffs were no more entitled to claim the melody than any other publisher, for he should prove that is 1836 and 1837 the very same air, to which was at tached the same name and a similar anecdote, was played by the Artillery band at Woolwich. The master of that band would tell them that the air " Pestal" was well known, that it came originally from abroad, and that it was played by the band, and he would produce the book from which the band thin played. The anecdote which preceded the music in the book was in these words :—" This air was com posed by Captain Pestal, a rebel, who wrote it with his chains upon the wall of his dungeon the night before he was executed." Now that, he conceived, was an improvement upon the plaintiffs' anecdote. He had also another copy of Pestal, which was yes terday handed to one of the plaintiff's witnesses, who stated that it was almost exactly the same ; and he should prove that it was given by a gentleman of the name of Jeffries to a Mr. Glover in 1842 or 1843, in order that he might compose a song to the melody. The anecdote prefixed to that copy stated that "the air aas composed by Colonel Pestal, a rebel, who scratched it with his chains on the dungeon wall the night before he was executed in Russia. He would further show that the air had been in existence nearly twenty years, and that it was contained in the piece called " The Prisoner's Dream." It was then next alleged by the plaintiffs that the words of their song had been slavishly copied by the defendant. He, however, contended not only that there was no general identity, but that it runs totally different from beginning to end. The person who wrote the words had never seen the words attached to the plaintiff's copy. The defendant was next charged with copy ing the accompaniment to the song. Now, there was no great merit in in writing an accompaniment, for it was as easy to do that as to commit the alleged pi racy itself. The gentleman who wrote it would prove that it was an accompaniment entirely invented by him from a melody laid before him for that purpose. The Learned Sergeant then submitted that there was no greater similarity between the two than would 9* cessarily arise from two composers being engaged la preparing an accompaniment from the same melody Then with regard to the title of the composition, they would see that it was as old as the melody itself. It was only known by the name of Pestal, when played by the Artillery at Woolwich, and it was also the name -prefixed to the MS. given by Mr. Glover to Mr. Jefferies. The Learned Sergeant then submitted that, upon these facts being proved by the evidence ? he should give, the defendant would be entitled to the verdict of the jury. The following witnesses were then:called. Mr. W. Collins, the Master of the Royal Artillery band at Woolwich, said the book A produced be longed to the regiment. He was well acquainted with the air called " Pestal," and never heard it mentioned under any other name. The band was in the habit of playing it as many as seven or ten years ago. They played an accompaniment with it; and the accompaniment was almost note by note the same as the plaintiff's. Has compared the plaintiff's and the defendant's accompaniment together, and they differed very materially from each other. The band had played a Russian melody for twenty years, which was nearly the same as tne plaintir "s. Cross-examined---Never saw the air of " Pester adapted to a song until the summer of 1846. Was quite certain the first six bars of the defendant's ac companiment were not the same as Mr. Loder's. Re-examined—Could not say who the author was that wrote the music of " Festal," as played by the band at Woolwich. His impression was that it had been brought from some part of the continent of Europe by one of the officers of the army. Mr. Thomas Gilbert, who had been twenty-two years in the cavalry band, said he copied the music of " Pestal,' . which was used by the band, about nine years ago, from a MS. provided by the then master of the band. Mr. Coombes, also one of the band, said, about eight or nine years ago he copied, on the front of the music used by the band, the following words, which he obtained from a MS. This air was composed by Colonel Pestal, who scratched it with his claims on his dungeon walls the night before he was executed. Mr. Glover, a composer of music, said, in August, 1843, he received from a young lady a MS. of the music of " Pestal," together with the above anecdote, and he requested his friend Mr. Jeffries to write a song to accompany it. Mr. Charles Jeffries said, he received by post the MS. of the music referred to by the preceding wit ❑ess. He published an edition of "Pestal " in Jan., 1846, and the words somewhat resembled the " Pri soner's Dream." He preceded it by the anecdote which he received from Mr. Glover. The plaintiff's words as much resembled those of the " Prisoner's Theam" as his own. Mr. Charles Purday, brother of the defendant, gave evidence to the same effect as the previous wit ncsses, with respect to the difference between the plaintiff's and the defendant's compositions. Mr. Wiliam Grantham, a musical composer, pro duced a M.S. of the accompaniments which he had prepared for the defendant's edition of " Postal," and sated that when he wrote it he had not seen the plaintiff's copy. Mr. E. J. Gill stated that he was the author of the song attached to defendant's edition of " Pt star He had not copied it from Mr. Loder's edition. Mr. Henry Oakey, and other witnesses, were then called, and they agreed in stating that there was no greater similarity between the productions of the two parties than would arise from their taking the same melody as the groundwork of their compositions. This concluded the case for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant TALrouay replied at some length, Mr. Justice CaEsswELL having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, 40s, damages, and stated that they found the similarity betwee❑ the two compositions was not accidental but designed, and that the defendant's was a colourable imitation. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiffs, with leave reserved by the Learned Judge for the defend ants to move the full Court to enter the verdict for the defendant upon certain points of law that arose in the course of the trial. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 12.—The market is improving, and a steady consumptive business is being transacted at an advance of fully IE.. on previous rates. —Bristol Mercury. HALF-YEARLY PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS AT SAND HURST.—The usual half-yearly public examination of the officers and gentlemen cadets studying at the Royal Military College took place on Tuesday, Wednesdry, and Thursday, before a collegiate board. At the close of the examinations the following officers were presented with the usual certificates of qualification:—Captain A. Seton, 74th Foot ; Captain H. W. W. Wynn, 7th Foot; Captain J. W. Fox, 13th Foot ; Lieut enant F. S . Dau beney, 44th Foot ; Lieutenant J. W. Doyly, 11th Foot. t d ai t n sp F la o y x e , d an h) d , In consequence of t Lat h st e iiecha p anti r u s b p e e n c e i y a . l in ho t n h o e ra h r i y ghe s b Ct I ; a a ep n t c as l i t un e p s eS o rei f to° m rn a t ta h an e l edmn e d o ns fi ca c a in i e C e tn q n cl i l e e) i y a, r e o rn f C ent a l l ad ditions were made to their certificates, and the high qualifications in military surveying of all these officers were also particularly noticed. And the following gen tlemen cadets, who had completed their qualifications for commissions were recommended to his Grace the Commander in. Chief for appointment to ensigneies in the line without purchase :—Henry C. Wise, Richard L. 0, Pearson, William 11. Newenhani, Julius G. M. Strode, William R. B. M'Guire, llopton B. Scott, Simpson Hackett, William T. Baker, John R. Turn bull, William Bell, Henry E. Jerome, Walter L. Ingles, Augustus F. Smith, R. Carter, Charles W. St. John. A GREAT UNKNOWN.—Some curiosity has been excited in the musical circles at Paris by the report of the approaching visit of a new singer from Russia. Sho is said to have a most extraordinary compass of voice, combining the most tender and agile soprano with the lowest barytono. No ow has hitherto been able to dis cover who she is, or what tie country which has gircn b h e e f r o r b e i r t t II . e E S m h p e e r h o a r s o sun t g u s a s i t a : the i Cn botho u r t of cases, bu v a i e;r: : It is stipulatingthu s to se that psrheerve insistshe r features i n appearing By some she is believed to be a noble Russian lady who had been for years confined in durance vile by her hus• band, who was married again ; by other s th at s h e is nit Italian nun, esc a p e d f rom a reigious lite to get a peer, at this wicked world. Others so have declared again that wh ialthoughwhiteness , s , her e r a 7: face Senegambia, which belief is mare of b the h most snow . " in wearing the domaailinliddo bhhoeoaoddare those of a negress of very form of her head and throatv'.confirmedh ifcrhoconceals seer observation. even opersistencen ltheri England she will immediately be suspected of being no other than the pig -faced lady. She persists in signing no other name to her engagements than that of La Maschernta, by which she is already famous in many parts of Italy. THE CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT AT WOOLWICH.---" On Wednesday an enteute of a very serious character occurred On board the Warrior convict hulk, which is attached to the dockyard at Woolwich. It appears that, in Consequence of the treatment of the convicts bein. rather more severe than it had been previous to Ale. Duncilmhe's inquiry, the prisoners refused to obey an order that had been issued by the guards. One of ti:e prisoners threatened to stab a guard, and the othtra were almost in a state of mutiny. D unr.ey.—We deeply regret to have to announce the death of the Rev. Mr. Montgomery, the late respected clergymanon Sunday lamentedgentleman died Borneo as a missionary. 'lfi Towns' Messenger. who , was about to proceed to day night, after about a fortnight's illness. —Teri. tanledhg3itlhr. Sapedneete,prl)T.illntaelrle,:odt• PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—On Wednesday evening a large and influential meeting was held in the Asseni.. named as in which bly•roogis, Maidstone, upon this important subject. e ft 2 audience. O tendedO personaEandsg A. a dlocal)fd enrolled rLeosns eddon their a,society was nearly members and sub. scribers,