The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-10 00:00:00

ELECTION MOVEMENTS. CITY OF LONDON. On Thursday a large and influential meeting of the electors of the city of London was held at Anderson's I Hotel, Fleet-street. Mr. William Carpenter presided There were present Mr. Pattison, M.P., Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., Baron Rothschild, Sir George Lupine Bart., Mr. D. Salumens, Mr. J. Travers, Mr. J. Gurney, Mr. J. Lew., Mr. William Hawes, and a great number of the C o urt of Aldermen and dommun Council, and influential gentlemen. The room was ' crowded to cuff -cation. The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings by bride' adverting to the object of the meeting, which he t said was to enable the canuidates for the next election to explain the grounds on which they seek the suffrages of the electors at the ensuing election, Mr. Parrssost rose. He said that as their present representative perhaps he had better address them first. He did not know that he could say much. He had been their representative for ten and a half years, and his votes were before there. Whenever he had been called upon to give a vote, or to speak on religious subjects, he had always given it in favour of civil and religious liberty. With respect to the ballot, he hoped that in the next Parliament it would be made an open question He was every day more convinced of the necessity ot some change in that respect, as it was only that day that a person told him that he had lost a gentleman's custom of mere than 1001. per year through voting for a person against his will. He (Mr. Paulson) hoped his past votes would he a guarantee for the future. With re apect to the suffrage, he would vote tor the fullest ex tension of the household suffrage, but he could not say that he would go to the futlest extent at present with the suffrage.—(Hear, hear.) Baron ROTHSCHILD said, he thought that general pledges were better than any specific pledge. He eh jected to specific pledges. Their inutility had been clearly shown in the last session of Parliament. He should be happy to answer any questions which might be put to him, and this he thought was the best way of eli citirg a knowledge of his intentions. With regard to the suffrage, a question which had been mooted by the pre vious speaker, he should certainly vote for any possible extension of the rights conferred by the Reform Bill. He would not say that he could further extend its opera tion at pre ent, bat the should do so whenever he found that it could safely be done. On the subject of taxation he thought that any reduction of the revenue of the country which a better apportionment of the na tional burdens might require, could be soon made up, as the resources of the country were so great. He cer tainty preferred direet taxation to the present indirect taxes on commodities in general use. He would support any measure that aught be brought forward for a re duction of the duties on tea, for he considered tr.at the tea duties pressed very heavily on the poorer classes, and certainly ought to be abolished. On the subject of civil and religious liberty he considered that there ought not to be any intervention by the State to restrict perfect liberty of conscience. During the past year the Government had broken through the prescribse bounds, and of course it would require time to see how such an experiment would wot k. With respect to greets and endowtmints for religious purposes, he thought that circumstances might occur where it might be neces . 3ary to concede giants. The subject was a very delicate, • one with him, and therefore he would not say any more on that point. With regard to free trade he should certainly support its full developasent. He did not think that the strongest Pretecti..nists would cay that we could in the difficulty which be hoped we had just got over, have supported tne people for any length of time, if we had not been supplied with corn from foreign couti esees.--(Hear, hear.) He concluded by saying that he hoped that he should have the support of the meeting et the ensuing election.—(Loud cheers.) In answer to a question Baron ROTHSCHILD said, that he thought the state of the Excht quer would not allow the repeal of the income-tax at present. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., said he rose with con siderable difficulty after the two gentlemen who had preceded him. He hoped, however, he was sufficiently known to the gentlemen present to claim a patient hear ing.—(Hear.) On the subject of the suffrage he thought that every difficulty ought to be removed, and that every person who gas intended to have been enfranchised by the Reform Bill ought to enjoy that privilege, and not be kept out of his vote, and dis qualified by any subterfuge. He would vote fur the extension of the franchise as far as it was safe to extend it at the present time with prudence. On the subject of taxation, he could only say that he had been chair men of the committee on the income-tax in the City. He had seen the working of that tax, which pressed very heavily on the working classes. He regretted to see that it was likely to be made a permanent tax. On the sub ject of the tea duties, he begged to assure the meeting that he had taken a great interest in it; he had urged on both Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel the cruelty .of this tax on the poorer classes; he believed that they were both impressed with the necessity, but the state of the Exchequer would not then admit of a repeal. If he were returned, he would endeavour to procure an altera tion in the Customs and Excise laws. After adverting to the subject of free trade and some minor matters, the speaker sat down. Mr. LEE would ask the gentlemen their opinions and intentions with regard to the window duties. Mr. Perrnsoe would vote for the abolition of the tax, which he considered pressed very heavily on the poor. Baron ROTHSCHILD would do the same. Sir G. LARPENT would vote for the abolition if a sub stitute could be found. Mr. WILLIAMS (Common Councilman)—lf it was the intention of the Government to endow the Roman Ca tholic Church, how would the gentlemen vote? Mr. PATTISoN would oppose it. Baron ROTHSCHILD would oppose any endowment tailless it was extended to every sect. Sir G. LARPENT would never consent to endow any church unless ureter very peculiar circumstances. Mr. GALLoWAY, having heard with satisfaction the declaration of the Liberal eandtc'stes, would propose a resolution for tee consideration of the meeting, when The CHAIRMAN sail, that as he observed Mr. Alder 1113/1, Johnson present, it would only be :air to give that gentleman an opportunity of addressing the assembled electors.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman JOHNSON would not waste their time. • lie liked plain dealing and sincerity; he had beet. a man of candour all his life, and he honestly told his three friends opposite that he woull go to the poll, and fight them to the lase—(Cheers.) An ELECTOR—WiII you support any motion for the reform of the Corporation of London? /tr. Alderman JOHNSON—No, I will not.—(Hear.) e' , -Now-don't mistake me; I den's want to have your votes is ; if you ,lon't like it. I say that the city of London is tbe only corporation in the country that dues not require e rr reform.—(Shouts of laughter). I say it again, fearless of the conssquences.—(llear, and cheers.) Thank God, your diabolieal Reform Act, one of the worst Bills that was ever passed—(klear, cheers, and laughter)—has e not been able to destroy the privileges of the City of London. I have lived in it from my boyhood, and I ask if there's any °tilt!. place where the people have the power of electin s their own magistrates ? Why I can go down, if I like, to my own borough of Plymouth and put up for mayor; and if I please I can be made mayor of the borough or mayor of anything else.— (Great laughter.) Before a man can be made Lord .Mayor he must go before the L very and obtain the suffrages of his fellow-citisens, which is a delightful deal teetter than the operation of your Reform Bill, because if he is of doubtful character you have an opportunity - of rejecting him. Look at my friend Mr. Salomons, he was elected by the people, though he could not take his seat ; and I hope the law will be altered, to give him esqual privileges with the rest of us.—(Cheers.) A Voice—That is the best thing you have said to-night. Alderman JOHNSON—No, it is not, I don't think so.— (Great laughter.) I've told you my sentiments; I shall ' stick to them, you may depend on it. You shan't find any deceit in me. If any man wishes to ask me a ques tion he shall have a straightforward answer. The worthy .Alderman here resumed his seat, amidst a burst of un eeontrollable merriment. Mr. BOYLE thdught the meeting had heard quite enough of Mr. Johnson's views to enable them to make up th.eir minds as to his fitness to represent them in Parliainen t.—(Cheers.) The worthy Alderman was engage' in a great work at Plymouth; would he employ, to superintend ;it, a man who was not only averse to the task, but who had prophesied that the work would hear.) He would not detain them, for .further remark was needless, but at once propose the ful lowing resolution That this meeting is of opinion that Mr. Alderman Johnson's views are not such as to entitle him to the confidence o f t h e Mr. J. Lxvy electors of the city of London." seconded the motion. hi A GENTLEMAN p t . ' l4 meases he could obtainJohnson,because, a knowledge of the real views of Saturday es.* lane, ho declared that although he h n a ig d h o t' nc in e b ß ee ri n de a s; Tory, yet le anxious to see the full mea n se g e e : oaf party man, and was the Reform Bill, placed within franchise, pr om i se d by es.— (Hear, and cheers.) What was p t r o h e i Fe l h di ° ,n t e a i l e l etlha: case? Was he to appeal from the to the Philip now present g A er i s d ' er e m e aa i n i ter.) m a serious to the al :,•rman merry ? frl p ne L o a f t u n C e: efra Johnson had et' course vertect right to g the electors in a double cheracter. as he 1121352; wiliing to take the consequ, noes ; and What these woulde ' • ,be it needed no gift ef prophecy to foretel. He would eoFdially support the res,lmiun. the question was then put and carried without a single dissentient. mr. J. A. GAL ewer then moved, after a brief but emphatic introduction, the next resolution, which was as follows: " That having heard Mr. Pa'tison, Baron Rothschild, and Sir George Larpent, expound their opinions upon the vario u s subjects that are at present betore the pub lic, and those likely to be brought forward during the next Parliament, and these opinions and sentiments .being in accordance with those of this club, we pledge ourselves to support the above gentlemen' to g ether with Lord John Russell, at the ensuing election." Mr. DEAN seconded the motion, which was adopted without a single dissentient vice. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Sir William Molesworth, which was received with much applause. yir NlTullam MOLESWORTH replied, and in comment ng upon the claims which the four Liberal candidates itad upon the electors of the City, took occasion to a avert in eloquent terms to the peculiar position of B 'axon Rothschild, who came forward as the representa tir of a great principle—the universal toleration of reL 'gious opinions.—(Cheers.) He felt satisfied that no - bet, or choice than the gentlemen who stood before them c ol a t have been made, and cordially wished that they mi g h t triumph in the ensuing contest. Sew vinyl cther questions having been asked and sans factoric, mof wed,. a vote of thanks to the Chairman dosed t he' ie"9"ciii2gs. TilE SUN, LONDON,'" COLONEL THOMPSON'S COMMITTEE TO THE LIBERAL LLECTORS OF BRADFORD. Gentlemen,—We congratulate you upon the improved position of the liberal cause in this borough. An election committee has been formed, which numbers more than three hundred and sixty electors, pledged to secure the return of a ‘,„entieman whose name and character are a watchword in all places where the principles of corn merci.l freedom and of general liberty are understood and appreciated. This number is a guarantee of success; but to render assurance doubly sure, the numbers will yet be increased; and electors who wish to see the borough represented by a gentleman whose writings have powerfully contributed to unshackle that commerce by which it lives and prospers, are respectfully invited to tak, part iu the work and the honour, that they may share in the reward. We not only congratulate you, but the inhabitants generally, on the prospect of returning Colonel Thomp son to Parliament as the representative of this eminently commercial community. He is not a merchant or a manufacturer ; but he has demonstrated to the world that he thoroughly understands the principles upon which alone merchants and manufacturers can conduct their operations so as to promote " the greatest happi ness of the greatest number." Our own Legislature has at last admitted the soundness of these principles, by repealing the great monopolies of corn and sugar. The man who taught Legislatures and statesmen to under stand and appreciate the true principles of commerce, is put forth as a candidate for the suffrages of men whose hopes and interests are inseparably connected with commercial principles, in their practical operation. The result cannot be doubtful. We congratulate not only you, not only the inhabi tants of Bradford, but the nation generally, in the prospect of your returning Colonel Thompson to the British Parliament for though the hon-ur will be s ours, the gain will be the nations. That Colonel Thompson would zealously attend to the local business and interests of the borough, there cannot be a doubt ; but while he would be your special representative in all local matters, he would, in all imperial questions, be the able representative of the new truths, principles, and policy which mast henceforth guide British legislation. In returning him to Parliament, therefore, you will not unly secure a good local representative, but you will have the proud satisfaction of sa)ing that your repre sentative is, not only in courtesy, but in truth and reality, the representative of the truths and opinions which are uppermost in the minds of the people of 1 England. Think of these things. Give them your calm atten tion. Think upon the commercial struggle in which you were engaged for seven long years. Think of the benefits you reasonably expect to reap as the reward of your labour and the fruit of your victory. Think of him who waa the pioneer of the little band of commer cdal reformers. And when you think of difficulties en cou❑tered and triumphs won—think of gratitude, and chink of Colonel Thompson ! Gentlemen, we will no t add another word. We have full confidence that yuu will do your duty. ROBERT MILLIGAN, Chairman. Here follow 369 names. LAW of SETTLEMENT and RATING. That a vast amount of legalised injustice is inflicted on the industrial portion of British Society, by the pre sent Law of Settlement and Rating, for the relief of the necessitous poor, must, we think, be apparent to every one from statements we have already advanced, showing so clearly the huge disproportion between the amount levied on property in one locality, for the maintenance of the poor, and that which is levied in another for this olsj ect. Could it be shown that the inhabitants of those districts peculiarly burdened with the relief and main tenance of the indigent poor of the land, whether en gaged in agriculture, manufactures, mining, or any other industrial pursuit, were exclusively, or,, even prin cipally, benefited by the labour so directed, why then there might be some show of justice, at least. in compel ling a provision to be made by the property of such districts exclusively for the support of the aged, the maimed, the imbecile, the destitute, the orphan, and the widow residing among them. But such it is well known is not the case. The labour of the country—whether employed by sea or land— whether engaged in agriculture, in manufactures, or how else, is a mighty portion of the general property of the country : is that, indeed, which gives value to all the rest ; and exerted in any way, eventually confers a benefit upon all, whether situated proximately or re motelyfrom its own immediate sphere of action. - , The labourer then, we say, in tne outset, ought to be well taken care of; his wants ought to be sufficiently provided tor; and the widest field possible opened to him, in which to exert his skill and industry; first for his own benefit and that of his family, and next, for that of society in general. Should disease, however, or accident, or any of those other casualties to which his station in life so peculiarly renders him liable, overtake him, he ought to be legally entitled to prompt and sue ci,.nt relief, on the spot where his necessities arise, from funds levied on the property of the nation at large for that specific purpose. The " Law of Settlement," then, by restraining the spirit of enterprise and free exertion, on the part of the labourer, condemns him to a species of serfdom which is alike debasing to his mind and injurious to his circumstances—whilst the system of Parochial Assess meat, ostensibly established for his benefit, is made to work—through the temptation it presents to the great territorial proprietary of the country to promote their own selfish objects by ejecting him from their estates, or preventing his residence thereon—injury alike to him and the holders and occupiers of property in other parts of the country, We have, in two recent numbers of our publication, shown how extensively this principle is at work, and has been for a number of years, in certain parishes and townships in the northern part of the country, and shall now proceed to furnish our readers with a few more instances. This we do from a conviction that no por tion of our domestic policy requires a more thorough and speedy reform than the laws relating to " Paro chial Settlement" and " Assessment for the Relief of the Poor." The first parish, or lordship, for we scarcely know how to distinguish it in this respect by name, to which we beg leave to draw attention, is Rufford ; the seat of the Earl of Scarborough, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county. This lordship comprises nearly 10,000 acres of land — a princely mansion, which has in ancient times enter tained royalty itself—and about 80 dwellings, principally good farmsteads, with a few cottages. The whole pro perty of this magnificent lordship, including the Abbey and its appurtenances, along with the farm-houses and 9,820 acres of land, contributed to the fund legally esta blished fur the relief of destitution in this country, on the average of six years, 1835 to 1840 inclusive, 223/. per annum. There is not on this vast property either church, school, or public-house. But though there are no public facilities for religious, intellectual, or social improvement, or enjoyment, there is a fruitful source of social evil and rcoral depravity, existing in every part of it, in the shape of a game preserve, which cannot but prove of the most injurious nature both to the occupiers of the land and the peasantry of the adjoining hamlets. We have heard it stated, on what we cannot but deem satis factory authority, that the destruction of grain on this estate by the game amounts to, at least, 500 quarters an nually; and that the damage done to the green crops by the hares and rabbits is fully equal in value to that of the grain consumed ; for which loss and damage the te nancy receive no compensation whatever. We heartily wish that it was in our power to ascer tain with any dgree of accuracy, what expense this mighty game preserve has entailed on the county during the last twenty years, in informations, prosecutions, maintenance of poachers in prisons, and their families in workhouses ; but it is not. Whatever it may have been, however, has mattered little to the great feudal proprietor of the estate. But it is stated that his Lordship himself, though by no means a wasteful or extravagant man in his general habits, expends little less than 2,0001. a year out of his own pocket in the preservation of this game. So that here is an annual expenditure on one estate, by the joint operation of damage sustained by the tenantry and payments made by the proprietors, to the extent of nearly five thousand pounds, in the rearing and pre- serving of game. Now, we will venture to say, that were even the half of this sum of money laid out , yearly in additional labour on the farms, in irrigating that portion of the estate which is capable of being brought under such process of management, and in en closing the parts most susceptible of cultivation, not only would the noble proprietor himself derive consi derable benefit from the outlay, but his tenantry would be richer and happier, and the country at large consider ably advantaged, by an increase in its stuck of agricul tural produce. We hope, therefore, that the Noble Earl. whom we believe at heart to be a liberal and patriotic man, will be led, ere long, not only to see the impolicy and injus tice of "game preserving," in the sense in which that phrase is generally undet stood, but that he will likewise be induced, as a Member of the Imperial Legislature, to lend his aid to a thorough amendment of the laws at pre sent in force in reference to parochial settlement and rating for the relief of the poor. We will not insult the patriotic feelings of the honest yeomanry who occupy the lands on the RuffOrd estate by asking whether they would not willingly take their chance with the rest of their countrymen in an equable national rate, for the maintenance or relief of the aged, the widow, the orphan, the maimed and the destitute among the labouring populatio❑ of the land, in preference to being charged with the support of ! the myriads of hares, and rabbits, and pheasants, and part ridges, by which their farms are at present overrun, be cause we are certain that, as Christian men and English men, they would take the alternative with pleasure *'ere it offered to them. Indeed, were no higher motive than self-interest present to their minds, they could have uu hesitation which evil to prefer—the relief of the poor, or the maintenance of the Earl of Scarborough's game.' Supposing a national poor-rate established, and even confined as now to real property, the average annual charge on land would, in all probability, not exceedi for England and Wales, more than ls. 6d. per acre. ißut we would ask the tenants of " preserved" estates, !and more especially where they are preserved with the rigour which marks the Raiford system, how muchness than 10s. an acre the maintenance of the game costs them ; saying nothing of the mortification of mind which every industrious man must endure, at witnessing a promising crop of grain, or early succulent herbage needed for his sheep and lambs, entirely destroyed before his eyes by a host of vermin, without even being allowed the privilege of fraying them from his grounds. The poor-rates may occasionally be ft-lt to be a burden by the farmer, but we are certain they neither entail the expense upon him, nor awaken in his bosom a tithe of those angry or resentful feelings which arise from the loss he incurs by the maintenance of game for the amusement of his landlord, and a host of lionourables and Right Honourables, who are in vited to the Hall during the shooting season to seek amusement mostly at his expense. The length to which we have run these remarks on the Rufford estates, precludes us from entering upon an examination into the condition of any other of the virtually extra-parochial parishes, with which this county abounds ; we shall however, resume our work in our next publication.—Nottingham Mercury. i [Nottinghamshire may be justly called "` a game hot-bed." j EXTRAORDINARY COURAGB.—On Saturday morn ing, a youth about 18 years of age, son of a gentleman well known in this town, was proceeding along Bury New-road, when he was either met or overtaken by a dog which bit the little finger off his left hand. He im mediately made after the dog, which bore every appear. ance of being in a rabid state, and killed it ; then, re: membering the fatal consequence from the bite of a mad dog, and thinking he might have imbibed the hydro phobic poison, he deliberately took out a penknife and I cut off the finger by the first joint. After this he went to the office without taking further notice of the matter, and went about his usual business without giving inti mation to any one of what had happened. At last, however, a quantity of blood which oozed from the wound led to detection, when he was sent to Mr. Jor den, surgeon, of Bridge•street, who, on examining the extremity, found it necessary to amputate the finger at the second joint. This the youth bore with the same indifference as he did the pain which he must have caused himself whilst practising the surgical art upon his own person ; the operator in the latter case , :eclaring he had never before met with a patient who showed such great indifference to pain. After the opera tion was over he went to business as usual, and told us yesterday that his finger was again " all right."—Man thesfer Courier. AMERICAN PROVISIONS. An American line of packet ship, arrived in the London Docks from New York, has brought 195 barrels of pork ; 549 barrels, 1 bags, and 23 tierces of peas ; 333 barrels 1 7 tierces of ant tierces of beans ; 11,100 bushels of wheat ; 307 bnrrels of flour ; 168 barrels and 240 bags of corn meal : 554 bags of oats ; and 80 bales of bacon ; with a variety of other articles, the production of the United States of America. The American line of packet ships trading between London and New York toruterly brought no m frt e n a nrn t s s o , tfn c ea h l e ul i tia n tns t ad e t rF a s l t e i o n grain of any kind, being principally laden, in addition to the usual descriptions of merchandise, with salted it forms, as in the instance under notice, by far the position it is cheese, other articles. Now it will be seen greater proportion of the entire cargo. There is an a a d n d d it v io k n il t: dt t , : p e i l. vast supplies of grain and provi stuns of ineludin g to. eo t. n k c des l s u :ns sion deducible from this fact—viz., iuhtnar numerous t c ti e h emrs ,a, pour ontergl yAa into armrrliedvr aiecl f xs h a t 7 ean p wt s o i i tt r vhh t ei is o y f pco,which,nr tn efcfrrt o,o, Liverpool idmn, instrumental a n ce'tiunidrendering assistance for the introduc tionthis country. la every, available means of con meal food from the United States into i g passenger packet ships, are made or grain CONSERVATIVE MEETING. A meeting of Conservative electors took place on Thurs day at the London Tavern, Mr. - Thomas Baring, M.P., in the chair. The meeting was called " for the purpose of adopting measures for securing the return of four Conservative canditates ;" but only three have yet been nominated, ana it appears a fourth cannot be obtained. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hichens, Mr. F. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. Russell Ellice, Mr. J. Horsley Palmer, Mr. Colesworth, and other gentlemen ; and resolutions were adopted expressive of confidence in Mr. Maiterman, Mr. Alderman Johnson, and Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, the three present candidates on the Con servative interest ; and on the motion of Mr. Russell, Mr. Baring was invited to stand as a fourth candidate, but he at once declined on account of his engagements to ❑is present constituents. Lord Ashley's name was mentioned as a candidate; but after some discussion a committee was formed for the purpose of deciding upon some person who will consent to enter upon the forth coming struggle. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE PETERI3ORO' AND ELY RAILWAY. PETERBOROUGH, TatmanAv.—An accident of a very serious character, terminating fatally to one person, and with injury we understand to one or two others, hap pened early this morning, on the above line of railway, near the " Hundred Feet" bridge, twenty-two miles distant by the 6.10. express train running off the rails. The train consisted, - on leaving the stal'ion,of two pas senger carriages, a first and seoond class, a break van, tender and engine, driven by a steady and experienced driver, named Staples. In all these were about twelve passengers, two or three being picked up at intermediate stations, up to Manea station, where it arrived at ite fixed time, 57 minutes past six o'clock. After a brief delay it restarted, and proceeded with every apparent steadiness until it arrived about 100 yards on the Ely side of the above bridge (the Hundred Feet), where there is a descending gradient of 1 in 250. It had not gone down the incline many yards before the engine was thrown off the rails, and was, with the tender, hurled completely round, and then fell down an embank ment to the edge of a waterway, which runs for some distance along that portion of the I,ne. Fortunately the carriages broke away from the tender, and brought up a few feet from the spot, owing to the wheels being embedded or fixed in the gravel of the permanent way, the rails being torn up or displaced by the engine. How the passengers escaped seems very remarkable; yet the writer is assured that all were unhurt save a few trifling bruises on one or two of them. The stoker was found apparently much hurt, while the engine-driver was discovered crushed on the rails by the break iron, quite dead. The poor fellow's death mast have been in stantaneous, as that portion of his body on which the iron rested was nearly ti ittened. A young man engaged in the telegraph office of the company is described oy an eye-witness to have been badly bruised. Tne beeessary signals were placed to stop the up and down trains, and the company's principal officers were Immediately telegraphed for. On their arrival a strict ir,quiry was entered upon as to the cause of the accident, at:d o❑ examining the soils, one was found fractured in three p:aces. Whether these arose from the sinking of the soil ur permanent way, which, it should be observed, passes over the treacherous fens in this part of the country, or from the metal being defective, is diftle.th to ascertain. The engine is one of the small four-wheelers used by the company, made by Braithwaite, marked No. 7, and was considered a very steady and safe traveller. It is thought that a slight subsidence or unevenness in the road would naturally give the engine more or less a bumping movement, and that coming upon a defec tive rail, would be likely to fracture it in the way the one in question is. THE LATE THUNDER STORM. The destruction of property on the Surrey side of the water and other places, by the thunder storm on Tuesday night last, has been fearful, and from inquiries wade, it seems that several individuals have met with serious in juries. At the time the storm was raging most violently a man named George Watkins, residing in Vauxhall. street, Lambeth, was proceeding along Broad -street, when he was struck to the ground by the lightning, the head and right arm being both dreadfully scorched and, blackened. lie was discovered by a policeman, who re moved the poor fellow to his home in a weak and de plorable condition. The landlord of the Rising Stn, Mr. J. Keene, Port land-street, Walworth, has been a great sufferer. The signboard in front of the house was shattered and scorched by the electric fluid. The window frames and glass in various parts of the house were destroyed, and even portions of brickwork may be seen broken to pieces by the violence of the storm, in fact there is scarcely a whole pane of glass in the street above-named. Various buildings around Kennington were much in jured. The district church of St. Mark, facing K,-n -ntagton-common, was consid era bly d amage d by the fluid. The clock was shaken and stopped. Melly ofthe florists at Battersea, Wandsworth, Mortlake, and Barnes were great losers by the destruction of some of their choicest plants. A large quantity of valuable pigeons were killed on the premises of Mr. James K ing , N ew - cross, Deptford, by the lightning, which struck the roof of a building, dislodging a portion of the tiling, which was hurled with great violence into the street. The feathers of the birds were scorched up, and presented a very remark able appearance. At Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, and other places the in habitants have suffered to a very serious extent. SLAVERY in the UNITED STATES. ( The following is an extract of a letter from a gentle- Man in New York—an offiee-bearer in a Presbyterian church:— " The Bible Society has declared that it will not give the Bible to slaves even where they are able to read. The Tr ict Society has positively refused to publish any tract against slavery, and the other societies stand aloof fro m the subject. I would say further that the slave holders have declared that they will not tolerate the cir culation of any hook or tract if it contains a word against slavery. Therefore the Arn.sican Tract Society, the . Board of Publication, exclude Methodist Tract Society, Baptist Publication So c,lety, and Presbyterian 'r e o r tn y. th_r_ir lists every book that has a word against sla htieonciorefuLated. Thus, crouching to the slave power, they ex tinguish all light o which might otherwise n the subject were they in obtaining in the tree states, if not among the popula tion the chluers c ; : u e t s la, w 1 d would find any difficulty question put to an applicanttey to apply. o not believe that slaveholders (except by admission to any by a minister or member 0 a sla S :ely i°ll ? And when myself)lha Are you connected with looked as l if ne l v h er d knew the put the question, the other mm: of the session have ve very improper question. In all the churchesa churches th a e sk s e a d me a or distinctionole south. T prevails h.,y a tilt hinavethtehe pro-slavery pewkbers atter the ; all admi measspsousing the nister the sacraments to the coloured r° whites. A large majority of the ministers here have opposed ed h t o not opposed public opinion by honestly cause of the slave. They find the of their churches throughout the states so violently the abolition of slavery that their charactrsn livings would be at stake. Nor is this all ; the greater part of the ministers themselves are opposed to the r freedom of the slave, and being linked together by ec clesiastical bodies, it requires a much larger share of in der,ndenee of character than falls to their share to take a manly firm stand against the crime of elaveholding. They have quite, enough light and quite enough con science to feel its deep iniquity, but they have too much regard fur their reputation, and too much fear of offend ing their colleagues , to risk the honest expression of their opinion."—coisman. SATURDAY MORN lIN 6, JULY 10 2 1847. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUERNS BENCH, July 8. ;Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a Special Jury.) FISHER V. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. Watson, Q.C. (with whom were Mr. Phinn and Mr. Rew), appeared for the plaintiff, who declared on two time policies, ono from the Bth of June, 1842, for 12 months, and the other from the Bth of June, 1843., for 12 months, by each of which a vessel called the Mary Wal laby was assured at a sum of 3,000/. On the first po licy the demand was for an average loss, and on the se cond for a total loss. The vessel was commanded by the plaintiff, who was the owner, and sailed from the Mauritius to trade in the Persian Gulf, and part of the cargo was insured as specie to a considerable amount to certain underwriters in India. When the vessel was in the Indian Sea, and on the sth of June, 1843, a storm came on, and she suffered considerable damage. Or. the 25th of June, however, she arrived at Muscat, and was repaired. On the 14th of July' the plaintiff sailed from Muscat for Bunder-Abb as , in the Persian Gulf; and while between the island of Ormuz and Builder- Abbas, was overtaken by another storm, by which the vessel was eventually driven ashore, and sustained fur ther damage. This induced the plaintiff to abandon her. As soon as the vessel had struck, two boxes containing the insured specie were brought up from a part of the ship called the lazaret, and placed in a spot convenient for removal. By the next morning the two boxes had dis appeared, and had, it was stated by the plaintiff, been stolen by Arab wreckers. Actions for the amount had been commenced against the underwriters in India. Evidence was then given, chiefly documentary, in sup port of the plaintiff's case. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Martin, Q.C., Sir John Bayley, and Mr. Bovill appeared for the defendants, who had pleaded that they had not broken their covenants. The Learned Counsel then opened a defence, which in substance amounted to a charge that the Mary Mallaby had been unnecessarily and fraudulently abandoned for the purpose of obtaining the amount of the insurance on her and the specie; that the vessel had not any specie on board, for two boxes, believed by one of the crew to be the same as those placed in the Mary Mallaby as con taining specie, had been found in the Persian Gulf, near a lost anchor of the Mary Mallaby; and on being opened on board her Majesty's ship Clio, were found to contain only the metallic dross of the island of Ormuz. The Learned Counsel then stated that the Mary Mallaby, having been sold for 2401., was repaired at Muscat, and afterwards put to sea ; and though eventually lost at Madagascar, had proved seaworthy for 25 days, which would have sufficed to take her to Bombay. If the vessel had been take❑ to Bombay, it might have under gone a thorough repair at that place ; but the plaintiff' had refused the offer which had been made to him by Commodore Porter, of her Majesty's ship Euphrate , , to get her off the beach, saying that he would sell her for the benefit of the underwriters. The boxes were produced in Court, and were found to contain stones of great weight, of the colour of copper. Commodore Porter and Lieutenant Foullerton were also examined in support of the defendant's case; and, after the reading of an immense mass of documentary evidence, which protracted the trial to a late hour, Lord DENMAN summed up the evidence, and The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. July 9. (Sittings in Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN.) COLLETT U. CURLING. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a milliner. in Waterloo-place, to recover from the defendant a sum of 1801. for rent of rooms occupied by him as offices. Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Yardley appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Humfrey for the defendant. The case had been marked as a special jury one by the defendant, but no special jury having been struck by him, it was tried by a common jury. It appeared that in March, 1844, defendant agreed to rent for the term of the plaintiff's interest in the pre mises, 4, Waterloo-place, certain rooms for offices; that he himself drew up an agreement, which plaintiff signed, and that having entered upon, and occupied the premises up to September, 1846, when the interest of the plaintiff ceased, he had never paid one farthing of rent. By the terms of the agreement, plaintiff could only claim rent yearly, and in this action, although brought for one year and a half, plaintiff on►y sought a verdict for 120/., and would be compelled to bring a fresh action for the second year's rent. Sir F. THERIGER commented in very severe terms on the conduct of the defendant, and having proved his Case, _ _ The jury at once gave a verdict for the amount claimed. —Jwigment immediately. We recommend ladies who have apartments to let, not to sign agreements drawn up by any lawyer seeking to become a tenant, unless seen by their own solicitor— let them remember " Collett v. Curling." The other special jury cases not being ready the Court rose, and the City sitting terminated. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 8. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) POWELL v. BRADBURY AND ANOTHER. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins (with whom were Mr. Huddle ston and Mr. H. Hill) conducted the case for the plain tiff; and the Attorney-General (with Mr. Wells) ap peared for the defendants. The plaintiff had been engaged as one of the sub editors of the Daily News la , wspaper for two years, from December 20, 1645, at a salary of 154 a week ; and the present action was brought against the defen dants as representing the proprietors of that paper, to recover damages for the dismissal of the plaintiff trim the establishment, without any reasonable cause, before the expiration of the period for which he was so en gaged. The defendants had pleaded—first, a denial that they made the contract ; secondly, a denial that the plaintiff was dismissed without reason able cause ; and, lastly, a plea of justification for the dismissal, on the ground that the plaintiff; whilst sub-editor, had, at the request of one William Alfred Wearing, who was also employed on the Daily News, written to the correspondent of the paper at Bris nil for a report of the proceedings in the Bankrupt Court there in the matter of one William Henry Smith, a bankrupt, the plaintiff at the time well knowiaz that a personal hostility existed between Wearing and Smith. The plea then stated that a report of the proceedings was sent up from Bristol, and also that Smith wrote a letter to the proprietors of the Daily A ews, stating that Wear ing had boasted he would publish an account of Smith's difficulties, and asking the proprietors not to allow the newspaper to be used for such an object. The plea fur ther stated that the plaintiff delivered this letter with the report to Wearing, and permitted him to take away the letter tlnd prevent its coming to the knowledge of the proprietors, and in abuse of his employment suffered a garbled and unfair abridgment of the report, prepared by Wearing, to be inserted in the paper. It appeared as engaged on th e p a per to re• sub-editor, was was personally hostile to Mr. examined in th e B r i sto l B an k rte t Smith, h it it e t i t underhlli the. Comm and that the plaintiff had, at the request of Wear ing, written to the correspondent of the Daily News at Bristol, requesting his attendance at the Court there when the proceedings in the matter of Smith should come on, and to send up a fair report of such proceeding:. The report was accordingly sent up on the 4th of August, 1846. On the same day Smith wrote a letter addressed " I nave discovered that Mr. W. A. Wearing, the person whose name is disreputably associated with the s to a the c op p y ro spli eto r of the Daily news, of which the follow accompanying memorial, addressed the editors of the several Bristol newspapers for the purpose of inducing then to report the proceedings in my case, which was brought before the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday. He has also boasted that, 43 editor of the Daily News. he will publish in extenso the account of my pecuniary difficulties, not only in the Daily News, but in other London papers with which he has influence. I feel confident that you will not, by your permission, assist a private and vindictiv e ob j e ct by unreasonably and givinguntie trict publicity to proc ee di ngs w hi c h too k court of bankruptcy, and w hi c h, involving no point o f p ublic interest or justice , can have no additional pain a n d r jnu i a t r t tyc h er effect nwho to a m position in w place e ril i y n adis On and unavoid a bl e circumstances have placed him. 7, On the other side of the p a p er which containe d this letter a than that which iacsh of hpmerg addings esuuffied from th e unfor tunate was a printed memorial by Smith to the benchers of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, reflecting en the charac ter of Mr. Wearing. The Beuchers, however, had sub sequently dismissed this memorial, and called Mr. Wearing to the bar. The plaintiff as sub-editor opened this letter, and handed it over, together with the report, to be abridged, to Wearing, who afterwards took awn) the letter. Th e r e p o rt as abridge d was in s et ted i n the Daily News, and s e emed to have been fairl y abrid g e d , omitting nothing in favour of Smith, with the exception of so much as had reference to Wearing himself, being that part in which the bankrupt complained of the con duct of his detaining creditor, Wea rin g . Mr. John Di c k en s was examin ed, and p roved the agreement, and Messrs. Hodgkin, Beard, an d Black, described the M`Diarrnid, Bunt', Griffin, Moran, Morgan, Serle,Soutar, duties and aut h or i t i es o f sub-editor. lii their opinion, on his becomi ng aware of the exam ination of the bank rupt at Bristol, if h e cons id e red it an importa n t matter , it was his duty to wr i te to the correspondent at Bristol tor a report. A su b- e di tor had authority to open all ' communications, whether they were addressed to the proprietors or not, he being, in his office, the representa tive of the proprietors. They did not consider it the duty of Mr. Powell to have forwarded the letters in question to the defendants, although some of the wit nesses thought th ey s h ou ld h ave done so. Mr. John Gov erPowell, the Bristol corres p ondent of the limes, st ate d that he was prese nt at the examination of Smith, o n t h e 4th August l as t, a nd sent a report up to his paper. The report in the Daily N ews was much condensed, b ut he did not consider it garbled. There were matters making against the bankrupt, and also cir cumstances in hi s f avour, which were omitted. The ATTORNEY-IiENERAL contended that the plaintiff ought not, 111 co mmon p ru dence and honour, to have handed thi s report and letter to W ear i n g, whom he knew was personally the hostile creditor of Smi th, and that after tau prop r i etot s became acquain t e d with this, they had no oth er course to pursue than t h a t o f dismissing the plaintiff as t h ey did; for if it became kno wn that the , paper might b e used as a means o f grat ifying personal malice, it w ou ld be highly injurious to i ts character.g witnesses.— He then call e d the folloWin • ' Mr. Geor ge P owell the tortes p News, at Bristol, who sent up the report in question, was examined, and stated that he received a letter rrem Mr. Powell, on dent of the Daily requesting hun to attend to the examination of Mr. Smith, whi c h it termed " a case of some impor tance, In which a gentleman in our establishment is concerned," and concluded by requesting " a fair re port of the proceedings." Previous to the day of hear ing he received anot h er l etter, rem i n di ng him of th e subject, and he attended, and seat up his report. Mr. Dilk, the manager of the Daily News, proved that he investigated the matter. He had an interview with Mr. Powell and Mr.'Wearing, in the presence of the editor, in his room. 'Witness asked the plaintiff if he knew of a feeling of hostility between Wearing and Smith, and he acknowledged he did. He said he had written for the report. Witness then asked the plaintiff if he had received any letter from Smith? Mr. ;Wearing answered the question. He said there was n• letter re ceived, there was a printed statement. Witness appealed to Powell, and he said there was a letter; he had given it to Wearing, and Wearing acknowledged that he had taken it home, and went and fetched it. Cross-examined—When he was appointed manager, his instructiocs were not to reduce the expenditure. His opinion was, that at first he rather increased it; but it wis subsequently reduced, particularly by publishing a single sheet. He did not know Count D'Orsay was ever a contributor. Mr. Foublanque, Mr. Fox, Mr. Scott Russell, and Mr. Costello had contributed much; they had now retired. Mr. Wills had succeeded Mr. Powell at a less salary. There was a gentleman named Elliott on the Express. He was a brother•in-law of Mr. Smhh's. Mr. John Foster, the editor, gave similar testimony to that given by the last witness, as to the investigation. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS having made a very eloquent speech in reply. His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence to the jury, saying, tht question was in what respect the plaintiff had fail d in the discharge of his duty as sub-editor. The proprietors considered that the sub-editor ought to see that nothing was done calculated to reflect on the cha racter of the paper. No complaint was made that the letter had been opened by the plaintiff, but that he had *aft red it to be taken away so as to prevent its coming to the knowledge of the proprietors. The question es to whether the plaintiff had so acted improperly was for the jury to determine. They were to consider whether it was not a report of a case which would not have been published unless it had interested some person connected with the paper. Supposing it should be considered one fit for publication, then was the report a garbled and unfair report? His Lordship said that it did not appear to him to be an unfair account of the proceedings as abridged. The jury were directed to say whether, in the language of the second el ea , there was reasonable cause for dismissing the plaintiff, and whether, in the language of the third plea, the matters therein alleged had beensubstantially proved. His Lordship also wished the jury to say whether in their opinion the report as published was a garbled one or not, in order to assist the Court in case of its being necessary to go before it here after on the pleadings. With respect to the damages, the plaintiff was entitled to be indemnified for his loss if the defendants had not made out a reasonable ground for the dismissal. The jury having retired for an hour and twenty-five minutes, returned a verdict tor the plaintiff—Damages, 5001., and stated that they found the report was not a garbled report. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice MAULE). Charles Pollard was placed in the dock this morning, charged with stealing two bills for 1,0001. each, the ac ceptances of the Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Humphries, Q.C., and air. Russell were retained for the defence. The facts of this case have been so lately detailed in the columns of The Sun that it is not necessary to give the evidence at length. It appeared that' the prisoner, hearing that the Prince was in want of money, introduced himself, on the 11th of June, as a man of business, who was in the halyt of procuring money for noblemen, and said he would readily lend the prosecutor 3,0001. or 4,0001, and only charge 51 per cent. By appointinew he returned ou the 14th current, and produced for the acceptance of the Prii,ce two bills at two months' date, for 1,0001. each. The Prince accepted the bills, and the prisoner signed his own name as drawer, adding that he had now made himself responsible it the rince did not meet them when due. When the Prince told him that he would riot consent to the bills leaving nis hinds, the prisoner said they would certainly remain in his strong box till due. He then lett, promising to bring the money on the morrow ; on the morrow, however, he returned with tin apology, btr, not the money, and wrote some gibberish, neither English nor French, which the Prince could not understand, and therefore the latter drew out a form in English, acknowledging the receipt of two " cheques" for 1,0001. each, and promising the money on the 16th at the latest. ..The.prispner.copied this receipt with this mistake as to . the proper word to describe the instru ments, and signed it, an ,1 was not seen again till h e was in custody. lie, however, wrote the Prince on the 16th that business compelled him to leave town, and he could not see him with the money. On the 26th he called un Mr. Alexander Symmons, wine merchant, and endea voured to get one of the bills discounted at 10 per cent., the bill at the time being said to be in favour of a silver- smith in the Strand. Ml'. HUMP/IMES, for the prisoner, argued that the crime of larceny had not been established, for the Prince had had no property or possession of the bill. lie had it in his hands merely fur the purpose of acceptihg it, and no more. Baron ALDERSON said there could be no doubt of the Prince's property in the bill. But the question for the other side was whether the Prince had parted with that property. Mr. CLARKSON submitted that the prisoner was to be in possession of the bill till it was due, and that it was for the jury to say whether the proceedings origin:kted from an intent to defraud; for it so the case laid in the indictment was proved. Baron ALDERSON said there could be no doubt of the fraudulent intent of the p,irty; but the books said that the fraudulent intent of the party was immat, rial. The Prince, supposing he was dealing with a respectable roan, imprudently parted with his property in the bill. He was sorry for it; but, as the law stood, he must uirect the jury to find a verdict of aNlittal. The jury then returned their verdict, and the prisoner left the dock. POLIuE INTELLiciENCE. MANSION fsOUSE. William Simeon Oppenheim, of Great Synagogue House, was summoned by ;he churchwardens and over seers of the parish of St. James's, Duke's-place, for two pours'-rates, to the amount of 201. Bs. 4d. Mr. Blatchford, the vestry-clerk, appeared to support the rate ; Mr. Atkinson, of the bar, attended for the de fendant. The vestry clerk said it must not be supposed that he appeared with any hostile feeling in the case. It the Lord Mayor entertained the opinion that the whole of buildings rated were used solely for religious purposes, the exemption from the poors'-rate and tl - e church-rate would be immediately and most williegly re .ognised. It', however, the whole, or part of one of the buildings were appropriated to other purposes, in fairnes, to the other parishioners, it became the duty of the authorities to rate the inhabitants in proportion. To esta blish his claim to exemption, it would be necessary that the buildings should be entirely appropriated tv ec.jlesiastical purposes, and that they should be certi ficated. The buildings consisted of the great synagogue, 'which he believed was certificated, and another build ing of inferior dimensions, but whether such process was extended to the latter he was nit prepsred to state, and he submitted that the onus probandi lay upon the de• •endant, in answer to the chilli to show that there wa, no appropriation of the buildings to any other than re ligious purposes. Mr. Atkinson contended that the onus probandi upon the par ichial awhorities. Tne LORD MAY lit decided upon that p int in favour of the latter. All the preliminary matters connected with the ques tion were then waived, and that of liability was -tee only one in which his Lordship's decision was called for. Mr. Atkinson then pn.ceeded to argue that the se cond builiting had unquestionable claims to exemption from the rates, and described the several rooms as it was afterwards stated in writing, to be used upon occa sions connected with the religious observances of the Jews. On one of the floors, however, he admitted that a person resided, but he merely kept the keys, and was allowed upon the premises by sufferance, and without having any clerical connexion with the great synagogue which the Learned Counsel contended embraced every part of the two buildings in its designation. He obe. jeeted to the at.empt to make Mr. Oppenheim, who merely attended to superintend the distribution of the charities, liable. Mr. Blatchford said the summons had been servtd upon Mr • Oppenheim, as secretary to the very respect. able b ,dy, who presided, in order to prevent unneces sary trouble. Mr. Atkinson then proposed to call Mr. Oppenheim to give evidence , but The LORD MAYOR said he was willing to hear that gentleman's testimony, but could nut allow him to be sworn, as he was the only defendant before the Court. Mr. Atkinson said he should call other evidence. Mr. Lewis Jacobs, a member of the great synagogue, t St. James's, Duke's place, nsayt d ar e nni: p , taeteiva u gdti deposed dggofdswoouchtrtehtothoohenv were %srlev2w t :earslhes t odt w l (e •t iittp t lsdahw . etes g eroAraira r isbne e or(ud) a c.nrt t on iGsie.ovytoeenler( ,crro deo,every syna gogue was a building by itself and used only for reli ous worship. There was another building attached to it; the ground floor was used for keeping the sacerdotal robes and distributing alms to the poor. The first fluor was partly used as a vestry, and in it once a montn charity was dispensed to the respectable poor of the Jews, and Mr. Oppenheim sometimes sat there. The third floor was used as a synagogue, with all the paraphernalia kept there, in the wanner of the great rooms e s n tyhen synagogue, occupied p d a i e i s i d i d d side by Mr. y t upon sufferance, wit uahl h :a o lwagt u tirdee e rut h ehh irge and having nothing to keysd i do with o t hf the t e greatgreat y s ep,d y ioeetodi • isd n nsanna a ggrti" g uoedistl, g o see g hud u eet w. e t . 00 parts. t l rhe r te . sw. considered ß ph a uo Barnett building h k eo e t thewas which tha r s pcmot Good man, nitrmo; charity,t u t. h n tei Blatchfordha: communication ht distinctly : it o e we n il. ol ebsali showed se t Lu : t,sukiwha • synagogue, t h s, hi e cdc r taeh a mn t uac e et en . ty there de r parts f rel_ t mgoc h itae t .(3. ; li'alniti s 'nth'r e die. c en‘ i vAg i bLte n hutr r O l )kilßid b i leDgti u xshnr : Me l ege d ra fromliaA i gi t p i Bir g iUtles°:bacß't washe nnam eroom and in Barnett, in certain rooms in the second lcpl'ha)niem b t hh u cee il a) u d pr i ald n r g tbe , evoi h fmd e :Ai d dr i er d : nut know the strength of the case, which tie now con sidered to be irrestible. The LORD MAYOR, in order to set the question at rest, went to the synagogue to examine an parts of it, and then decided in favour of the rate to the extent of 501. per annum, which his Lordship directed should be as sessed upon the apartments occupied by Air. Barnett. MARLBOROUGH S7REET. James Horner, a well-known thief; was placed before Mr. Hard wick, charged with picking a lady s pocket of a purse, containing two sovereigns. Mrs. Sarah Harris, of 25, Exmouth-streot, stated that on the previous afternoon as she was proceeding along Oxford-street, she saw the prisoner in company with some other lads who were sounding the pockets of several females. Witness watched them for some time, when her attention was called to a sharp tug at her dress. On looking round she was surprised to find the prisoner with her purse in his hand. She laid hold of him and detained him till a constable arrivd, into whose custody she at once consigned him. The prisoner did not deny the charge, and begged the Magistrate to send him to the Old Bailey, as he had, been previously convicted at the Middlesex sessions. _ _ Mr: HARDWICK said that was a very sufficient reason that he should be sent there again. He should there fore commit him to take his trial at the ensuing ses sions. James Latchin, a diminutive urchin, was charged with stealing a silver milk ewer, the property of Mr. James Barnet, tailor, No. 32, Maditox-street. _ It appeared that on the preceding afternoon, about three o'clock, the prisoner was observed to sneak up the area of the prosecutor's house in such a suspicious manner as to cause the prosecutor to follow him and bring him back to his house, where he was searched, and the milk ewer found in his pocket. . The prisoner, who admitted the charge, was com mitted for trial. CLERKEN WELL. John Fen Son, who stated himself to be a licensed hawker, was charged by his wife with being drunk and incapable, under the following singular circumstances:— It appeared from the statement of the wife that the prisoner came to London on Wedne , day to purchase goods, and went out on Thursday with 301. in his pocket, and remaining out longer than she expected, she went to look for him, when she found him in Golden-lane, followed by a crowd of boys, and flourishing a bag con taining twenty-nine soverfigns and a quantity of silver. Finding her entreaties in vain in bringing him to reason, she called %policeman and gave him in charge. Mr. BROUGHTON said, under all the circumstances, he should let him go, but he hoped this would be a warning to him on his next commercial trip to London. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From de Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON. 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A ct: Annum. v., --4- X 1 X tshtn& Oldh 97'5/.55. pc 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - Isliby-d-la-Z 113, 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley .• .. 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - Basingstoke.. 100' - - Neath ...... 100 201. 340 Britiik&Abrg 150', 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - .Iromford.... 100, 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley ....• . 1001 41. - Regent's •• • • 33 1/. 4s. 20% Derby .•• • • 100' 6/. 63 Rochdale.... 85 4/. 54 Eilsmre&Chs 133; 4/. 51 Shropshire .. 125 81. - E:ewash •• • 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 North & Clyd 100, 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - iirauulJ unctn 100 1 6/. 79 Stffrd &Worc. 140 281. 275 ',rand Union 100. 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - .ilainorgnsh. 172; 13381. - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 305 4istr & Brkly 'OO - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 105. - .a*anthani .. 150, 121. - Severn and 26 IL 88. B uddersfleld. 57. - - Wye liail. I Trilt SL M - rKennt & Avu 39 7s. bd. 5 50 301. -- ;.ancaster .• . 47 1/. 10s. - sey •• • • Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 505 'Mama &Med "19 - ___ I,eicester ..• .1140 101. 78 ,Worcstr 1 78 2/. 41 Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 36 Birming. Loughboreghl42 701. 530 Wilts k Brks 67 11. 11 DOCILS. St;inia'Or Dividend Anitoun; per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. 1 X s. d. X h. d. :onirnercial •• • East and West India , 61. pr cent. , Stock. East Country 1 andon St. Katharine .• —• . ion thampton • • 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Priet Annum. Share. Xs.d. I s. d. Albion •• • • 31. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - • • 138.6 d. pr sh. 50 0. 0 , 5 0 0 15 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 , ilericl,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20% jounty .............. 31. • 100 0 0 10 0 0 ~ rown •• •• •• • • 12 s. 80 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle • 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Eng. Scot. •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life •• •• • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' ..... • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 a 0 0 1 :lobe .. •.• • • • 61. per cent. Stock. 127 Guardian • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47% Imperial Fire ........ 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 212 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 125. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - C..1.w Life.. • ......... 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - egal and General Lite 50 0 0 2 0 0 - .3ndon Fire .••• • . • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% LondOu Ship 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% Matte.. •... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 4 Med. Invlid& Oen. Life 4% /. per ct. 50 0' 0 2 0 0 2% National Lean Fund• . W. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life. . - I alladium Life.. 3/. p. ct. & bs. - 185 'rotector Life.. 'rovident Life •••• • • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Lock Lite •••••• • • • • • • 45. 50 0 010 0 4% toyal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 180 suit Fire • • ••.• • • • • • -6/. 10s. Ditto Lite ..... • • .•• Li. 6s. - -7- Universal Lite ...-• • 10%i. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICZS Dividend Amount' Name of Company. per of ' Faid. i Fric(. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Set:Aland - 100 0 0 168 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 151 British Linen Company Si'. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank • • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 164 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14l 2s. Union Bank of Scotland 734 pr sent. - 50 0 0 88 Western Bank •• . 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 84 Northof Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 6% Clydesdale Bank.... •• 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Eastern Bank.. .. - 10 0 0 11/ Its Caledonian Bank ...• • 7%1. pr cent. - 210 0 41. 9s Edi n b.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Icottish Union Ins. Co. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1234. 0(1 tlercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 1254 Incur. Co. of Scothid 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 Borth British Insur.. • 5 34 1 . pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 26 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% o: , linburgh Life Insur. 6!. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Railway 11.10 s. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Ditto, % Shares 7s. 6d. p. 5. 12 10 0 All paid. 17 -Ain., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 'JO 0 0 20% .Ins w & Ayrshir 7/.per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6t) dasgw & G'reenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. w & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 15 0 0 Ali paid. 39',4, •undee& Arbroth }tall. 6!. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 ,t.indard LifeAssience.l N. per cent.l 50 0 0 I 2 10 0 1 9 MARKET NEWS.:-(YESTERDAY, CORN EXCHANGE. - Since Monday the emirate of English Wheat for our market have been on a very limited scale, and the show of samples here to-day was small. Although the at tendance of buyers was by no means large, there was more firmness on the part of the factors, and, in some few in stances, the best qualities of white Wheat sold at a trifling improvement in value—say is per quarter; but the amount of business transacted was trifling. From abroad, 16,350 quarters of Wheat have come to hand this week. On the whole, there was rather more doing in this article, but we can notice no actual advance in the 'quotations. We had a very limited quantity of Barley oa offer; yet the sale aas heavy, at the late de pression in value. In Malt next to nothing was doing; yet the holders would not sell except at lull prices. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Fiour, the supplies of which were good, were very dull. English • • • . • . Irish. ........ Foreign ...... Wheat. 1.1120 qrs. 1,130 16,360 ARRIVALS. I Barley. 620 vii. Oats j Flnur 280 qrs. j 2,210 skp. and 6,800 j 12,920br1r 1,580 Malt, 690 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts brought forward here was tole• rably good as to number, but very deficient in quality. The attendance of buyers being small; and the weather untavourable to slaughtering, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at, in some ipstances, a decline in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. There were on offer 8 Oxt.n from Spain; 350 Oxen and Cows, 1,220 Sheep and Limbs, and 180 Calves, from Holland and Germany; as also 212 Scots from Scotland. With Sheep we were fairly supplied; yet the demand for that description of stock was firm, at Monday's currency. There was and an increased amount of b us i ness d o i ng i n L am bs, t best Down qua li t i es so ld at an improvement in value of per Sibs. 2d per Sib s , t h e hi g h est fi gure b e i ng 6s 2d Although the supply of Calves wil Pigs mov ed yery great, the Via! off :lowly, trade ruled firm, at full prices. at late rates. Milch Cows may be. !4u_oted at from 16i to 1111 5s each, including their small C_ a_ Per albs , to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. inferior Beasts.-- 38 4 0 iecond quality ... 4 2 4 4 Prime large Oxen . • 4 Prime Scots • • • • • • 4 10 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 0 6 4 Prime small ditto • • 1 ( 1 ) 29 0 74uckling Calves .. 18 4 4 Inferior Sheep • - • 4 2 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 6 4 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 410 5 2 Southdown Wether 5 4 5 6 Ditto out of the wool Large flogs .• .. 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers .... 4 8 5 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 22 0 Lambs • • •.•• • . 5 0 6 2 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Iteasta , Sheep.• Calves. 1,092 I 13,290 I 646 N VW GATE AND LEADENNALL. The supplies of meat on show were small ; yet the general demand was by no means active, on the follow. ing terms : I Pigs. 320 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 3 6 3 8 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 10 4 0 4 0 4 2 prime .... 4 2 4 4 Pork, large ........ 310 410 I -small ..... Lamb. 4e 10d to 6s. BOROUGH HOP IVIALRICBT. t, inferior.... • - middling •• • • $. d. to s. d. 310 4 2 44 4 $ 410 5 0 310 4 4 $ 4 3 prime large • • prime small .. Veal .............. Notvkithstanuing several untavoin7l;7;counts re• spectilig the appearance of the growing bine have agai n reached us this morning from parts of Kent and Sussex, our market continues in a very inactive state for all kiuds of hops at barely lest week's quotations, which, though very low, appear to offer bat few inducements to speculators. A few bets have been laid that the duff will not exceed 140,000/.—Sussex pockets, 4/ to 41 101 1 ; Weald of Kent ditto, 4/ 10s to 5155; Mid and East Kent ditto, Si 12s to 71 7s per cwt. (From the London New Price Current ofJu A SOGAR.—To-day there was a s t r on ger desire ly evince" to operate in all kinds of Raw Sugar, and for all Vl' poses, whilst a rise in the value generally took Plo e ' and some merchants have withdrawn their samples fro ll 2, the market; that they should have resorted to this roign' have been expected. West Indian biluseovado was in excellent request, the purchases privately amounting t° 830 hhds and tits, at an advance on yesterday's rates 0 ' 6d per cwt, so that prices close the same as on Fridsl last. REFINED.—To-day there was a better demand from the home trade for Refined goods; brown grocery Lump s at 565, and Standard Lumps 575. Bonded Crushed Suga r sells freely at 32s to 32s 6d for fine. FOREDeN.—To-day there was no public sale of all kind of Foreign Sugar, whilst privately there was more business transacted, and at rather higher rates. The market is decidedly looking firmer. ALtunrrins.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Mauritius, and privately the operations were upon e more extended scale, and rather higher rates wer e obtained for all sorts. _ _ EAST INDLL—This afternoon thero was a brisker demand for Bengal Sugar, and 1,721 bags at public sa? were sold at full rates; 400 bags fine strong white Coss, l i pore were taken in at 565, which is above the value. Madras, 3,937 bags were offered, and nearly all sow at the full value. COFFEE. This afternoon there was little • passi n g privately in Coffee for home use or export, but price° are unchanged. At public sale 121 bales 14 half-bales Mocha sold—middling pale greenish at 60s to 613, - fill long berry 75s to 80s, mixed peas 65s 6d to 660 6 : 4 ragged 45s 6d, broken 29s 6d to 36 s 6d, 409 bags - 1 1 Guayra in part sold ; fine bold. g r e y 43 s t o 45 5 , d a mag ed 266 to 355, low middling sound bold was taken in at 5 0s * 30 casks Jamaica in part sold at 48a to 60s, middling bought in at 86s to 88s. TEA.—No further advance can be quoted in the valu e of black; but holders display firmness, and offer ofilY,_ 6 moderate quantity for sale. The trade continue to n° inclined to increase their stocks, and a good businesS been transacted in all kinds of Congou this week, at f 0 former rates. In Green Teas a good business has be!, done, but not at higher rates; still the quan tity pressin g for sale is less than it was. At public sale yesterday 4,500 pkgs were offered, of which 2,000 were sold, chiefly small boxes. There have been no arrivals since this dal week, whilst the deliveries for home use have been 111 0 a large scale since that time. RICE.—To-day East India Rice met with little atter Lion, and at the public sales prices slightly gave waY' but the whole offered sold. SPICES.—For Black Pepper former rates are requiret but few sales have been made privately in any sort, 611 24-€1 to 2id is the value of Sumatra. At public sale 0 small parcel only of 2,760 packets Malabar found Wel; White has been operated in with caution, and can obtained upon the low terms of aid to sd, according 11 quality. Pimento is not so much in request, and a sl a r a decline in the value occurred, whilst privat e ly f e w ,`",. have been made. Cinnamon is offering rather an former rates, but without much attention, as the VI; City that will be offered at the next quarterly sales Wll l large, and of Ceylon is expected to be 3,000 bales. The:; continues to be ready sellers of Cloves, and a t a pub l i c sale of 681 pkgs Zanzibar prices d ec li ne d id t o id per lb ` but the whole sold. 10 bags Bourbon were takenan 9d. Nutmegs have been operated in with caution Pr ; vately, although th e r e are se ll ers even at rat h er unue former rates. Mace is dull of sale and a little cheaper; few purchases have been made privately. Cassia Lir. is held with firmness, t h e supp l y b e i ng sma ll ; b ut Ist- h: desire has been shown to do business privately, anclenl" was offered at public saie. Gi nger i s not muc h require' COCHINEAL. — This afterno o n th ere was a goo d "", mand, and full rates were obtained. At p u bli c sa le 3" bags Mexican black sold at 53 3d to 5s 6d, and 50 bsg s silvers 5s to 5s ld. SALTPETRE.—There has been a strong desire rasn i. felted to purchase rough for home consumption and poriation, bat holders insisting upon an advance n; former rates of 6d per cwt o p era t e d a ga i nst busineit ,, privately, and at auction 1794 bags of Calcutta We'- only in part disposed of. Serarts.—There is a very unfavourable opinion en . tertained by all parties tow a rd s Runt, and which is to be ascribed to the smallness of the deliveries, and the larg e quantities that are y et to arr i ve. H o ld ers h ave be an eager sellers of a ll ki n d s t hi s wee k upon f urther re dun" 6 terms, still with out i n d uc i ng exporters or the trade to operate with more freedom. Although it duction on former rates of 3d to 4d per gallon 1 1 1 has been submitted to f or a ll k inds of Jamaica; s till the amount of business t ran , :acte d h as been to a smal l extent only, aid the total purchases made for boa!: consumption and exportation this week do not We': 250 puns. Le sward Island suffered a further reduelitg of Id to 2d, and the purchases made have been trifling; Although East India can be obtained at 2s 6d to 26 proof with certificate, still there are few buyers to "- met with. Demerara has been operated in with eau' Lion, and can be again obtain e d upo n l owe r terms' There is a large quantity of all kinds of Rum pressi l l for sale, and an opinion exists that prices have not arrived at their lowest point. Brandy has met Wit h more attention this week, but no improvement in t he value. Oils.—The demand has been active for Southern 0, of all kinds this week, and an advance in the value ten . : place of lOs to 15 4 per t un . A t pu b lic sale 140 tto"' were all sold. For Cod there are few buyers, and th e general quotation is still 271. For Pale Seal the demon' has much increased whilst a rise in the value of los to 20s per tun to o k p l ace. By private treat,' ng: considerable busi ness h as b een done at 271 Iri to 28/. at which hold ers are firm. In other q uail ties the operations are upon a more extended scal e. Sperm prices do not improv e , b ut the operat i ons are upon a more extended scale priva te ly, and at si xties 80 tuns were sold. There are further arr i va l s o f Fisb Oils, but the deliveries continue on the increase. Rae' seed Oil has been extensively dealt in, and a further rills in the value took place. The supply i s l ess p l en tiful whilst the consumption is lane For Palm prices te n downwards al though a good d eman d ex i sts privately.Cen"' Nut is less wanted, still prices rule high. There are ser a ral ord. rs i n t h e mar k e t unexecute d . For Linse ed Oil t he market has a s s ume d a qu i et appearance, and a dec line i n the v a l ue too k p l ace, although the supply continues.to be small. On th e spot t h e home trade operated With . l tl, , caution, whilst th e quant i ty taken by exporters 0 been trifling. 168 DE MIRFIELD MURDERS.—A Government rem ward of 1001. has now been offered to any person sh-uld give such information and evidence as w ill lea to the conviction of the murderer or murderers of tbs late Mr. Wrai t h, hi s w if e, and servant, at :Airfield; fin also stating that the Secretary of State would advise tb • grant of her Majesty's most gracious pardon to any : a C: complice net being the actu a l p er p e t rates o f t h e de Ott Monday last, says the Yalifax Guardian, Mr. Wa tta : g appeared before the sitting magistrates Dewsbury, to request that his client, M•Cabe, mfg d have the full benefit offered by that advertiscment, an stated that M•Cabe was ready to tender his (widen; through him. The magistrates retired t o t h e i r privy room with Mr. Watts, but what transpired has not bee t having, public. The general opinion appears to be th at iVt•Ca e will not be put upon hi s t r i a l , haviu, through hid attorney, communicated most important informs' ii ( T' and that the story told by him to the constables will Id the main be true; that his own way of telling it, a n f what he is prepared to add, will bear evident marks truth, and leave no doubt on the mind of any oness tc) the party w h o comm i tted the horrid deed. There ar e : inauy rumours afl oa t respe c t i ng this murder, but tv which we attach very little 'cre•iit. It is generally sa" ported that the statement of M'Cabe implicates one of more women in the atrocious affair, and that he was ill° fellow who watched at the door of the house whilst the' unfortunate inmates were being murdered by Manchester paper. ADvEurisEmENT.j—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUO II AND HOLLOWAY'S l'im.s.—An astounding cure by this nitraculsg. medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from his Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina. Leghorn, -Feb. 211 MIS - Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pfili have effected a sure of a disorder in my_ liver and stomach all the most eminent of the facnity, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or 31 _1 1 rienbad. • (Signed) " Aunioaouoa." These wondertul. cure ally disease in' the liver or staraach.—SOld (else , Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Est a bli s h men t 24 4 , "hand, 4 ,1 ' by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised wad. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Spalding, the wife of Charles Bonner, Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Westbourne Tillas, Paden/ion, , the wife of Francis Henry Deane, E , q., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Wellclose-squarep Mrs. Thoma* SOD* of a daughter. On the 6th inst., in Tavistoek-square, Mrs. : s a m e., Pluck' nett, of a son. On the 6th inst., at the Vicarage, Che s h ara, the lad 4 0 of the Rev. A. F. Aylward, of a daughter. • On the 6th inst.. in Harley-street, the wi2a of , Clinton Murdoch, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., in Hereford-road, Weeth'ourne.gra ye, t he wife of E. Benham, jun., Esq., of _`a daughtAr. MARRIED. .On the 23d ult., at St. Helier's, Jersey, Alban 1139nuf Jones, Esq., of Bilboa, to Marie Margarita de Ynchustegw , of Albia, Biscay. On the sth inst., at Dawlish, Devo'a, keter John, margarel , Esq., to Emma, widow of Theodore Monro, Esq. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Robert Glasso nli of Bride Kirk, Cumberland, to Elizabeth ;an°, eldest l o ugh ter of the late Joseph Collins, of Coleman -street, London. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's, Uaggerstone, John, shpt' son of Mr. Sheppard, of the 11 .ingsland-road, to Emily,AW 3 o second daughter of W. A. 'Tomlinson, of the Strand. Oa the 7th inst.,, at Sr. George's, 131°01110m.y; (3eorge, Coer, Esq., of E. l .y-place. to Jane, youngest daughter of Dirt' A. Lockey, of Oxford. DIED. On the sth inst., at Pentonville, after a 'short 4,11ne eso Helenus Melville, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. J:tatty, Xreivii and Co., 174, Aldersgate-street, in the 73d. Year of hie age. • On the 27th ult., at Paris, Major Loci yer Willie a" r '' 22d Regiment, B. N. I. On the Ist inst., at Waterford, the P,ev. C. Hardeastle On the 2d inst., at Dessin's Hotel, Calais, Eliza, daughter of Colonel Ch eney, C. 8., and relict of the late John Errartv Esq., of Liverpool. On the 4th inst., Mr. Joseph Curtisisurgeon, of Camderl4 , town. On the sth inst., in the Tower of London, Jane, third daughter of John Cooper, Esq. On the sth inst., James Turner Bostock, Esq., of Newinr ton place, Kennington, Surrey. aged 72. On the 6th inst., In Cannon-place, Brighton, Mary, the wife of Richard Herve Giraud, Esq., aged 61 On the 7th inst., at Hoxton, Alban, youngest ohild •f th• Rev. William Scott. Lon,,on : Printed tuna Publlsnen by AtURDO YOUNG. of No. lit -t• and. Princer;At The Sun Office, No, 11z. Straii. in the Precise% of the Sevoy, in tb• CCollity Of Iflchnens, lktnv4ay, July 14 1547. 3 ~ ~ ' 103% ~. , i t . F. r