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

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 5. Tile LORD CHANCELLOR sat only for a short time t Is morning. No case of any importance came be fore his Lordship. The Court rose early. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 5. LA SONNAMBULA.—BOOS EY V. DAVIDSON. This was an issue to try whether the defendant had or had not infringed the copyright of several songs in Bellini's well-known opera of La Sonnam hula. Mr. Boosey, a music seller in Holles-street, Oxford-street, had published the songs in the opera. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Erie during the last term, and the jury found for the plaintiff, he having established his property in the music to their satisfaction. The declaration set forth that the music had been first published and printed in England, and the defendant pli?aded thereto, first, that the plaintiff did not possess the copyright; secondly, that he was not the pro prietor ; thirdly, that there was no copyright, even supposing the songs to have been first printed and published in England; and, fourthly, that they were not first printed in England. Of course this raised the question, whether in point of law the plaintiff, a resi dent of England, could possess the copyright of a foreign work which had been assigned to him by a foreign author residing abroad. The Learned Judge who tried the cause considered this matter of sufficient importance to come under the review of this court in Lance. The only proof given by Mr. Boosey of his proprietorship was a certificate from Stationers' Hall, setting forth that the music was first printed and published by him on the 10th of June, 1831; it gave no other account of the matter. The question whether the plaintiff could set up a claim to the copyright had been decided by the Lord Chief Baron in the case of Chappell v. Purday, as t hat Learned Judge had decided that a publisher in England could have no property like copyright in the musical compositions of a foreigner residing abroad, although the author might do 30 if the work was originally published here, and he were a resident in the country. Mr. Sergeant SHEA applied for a rule nisi, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why there should not be a new trial on the grounds stated above, which was acceded to. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov.s. (Sittings in Banco.) MORLEY V. ATTENBOROUIIIi. This was an action tried on the second day of the present term before Mr. Baron Platt, in which a ver dict was taken by consent for the sum of seven guineas, with leave for the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. Mr. MARTIN accordingly moved for a rule nisi in the case, on the ground that the defendant, a pawn broker, did not by sending his unredeemed pledges to any rooms for sale by public auction give title to the purchaser. The COURT intimated their opinion that they were not disposed to accede to the argument of the Learned Counsel. They would not, however, refuse the rule applied for.—Rule granted. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron PLATT and Common Juries.) FESSENMEYER. V. ADCOCK. This case was again resumed to-day, and occupied tho attention of the Court during the whole of its sitting. The further hearing of the case was ad journed till to-morrow. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 5. • (Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF D. C. H. LOMER. The bankrupt, a merchant in London street, came up on the question of certificate, supported by Mr. L wrance. The debts and liabilities were about 35,0001. It appeared that he made a considerable profit upon his general trading, but heavy losses by speculations in wheat and in Indian corn were the causes of his failure. There was not the slightest imputation of fraud. The books were well kept, and the assignees expressed themselves satisfied with the bankrupt's conduct.—Certificate granted. THB SALISBURY RANK. In this matter, in which a fiat was opened a few days ago before Mr. Commissioner Evans, we are authorised to state that the Messrs. Brodie, the pro prietors, have surrendered to the jurisdiction of this court. We have been further informed that Mr. Knapp, the proprietor of the Abingdon Bank, who it was alleged had absconded, will also, in the course of a few days, surrender to his fiat. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 5. The new courts attacked to this tribunal were opened to-day for the first time, the Chief Commis sioner and Messrs. Law and Phillips severally hblding sittings. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE WILLIAM PHILIP MASTERS CROFT. This insolvent, who had kept the Bull's Head Tavern, Windmill-street, Haymarket, was opposed by Mr. Nichols, for Messrs. Cannaux, who complained that their debt had been contracted fraudulently, the insolvent representing that he had paid 2001. for a lease of his house, which now turned out to be untrue. The Insolvent denied, however, making such a state ment. Ilis HONOUR decided that the debt had been frau dulently contracted, and remanded the insolvent for a period of six calendar months from the date of his vesting order. IN BE JOHN BENTON. This insolvent, a " gentleman," was remanded for three months from the date of the vesting order for incurring a debt by means of false representations. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT, Nov. 5. (Before Mr. H. B. HEATH.) roLLINGUIDGE V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILwA:r COMPANT. This was a case in wilich ec.,,p,”,..ti0n was claimed fur an alleged breach of contract to carry cei - Cain goods from Northampton to Euston-square. Mr. Lewis, attorney, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. J. A. Russell for the railway company. Mr. LEWIS stated that the plaintiff, Dionysius Col lingridge, who was a journeyman currier, had taken his passage by the train which left Northampton for London at twenty minutes pas seven o'clock P.M., on the 6th of October last. He had three packages, a box nearly empty, a carpet bag, and a writing-desk. The two latter he had in the car riage with him; on his arrival at Euston-square scatip he requested the porter in attendance to take care of them while he went in search of the box, which had been put into the luggage van. Ob his return the carpet bag and writing-desk ware gone. The action was brought against the company for compensation in their capacity as com mon carriers, whose duty it was to carry goods safely, unless loss occurred through the act of Pro vidence or the king's enemies. The Act 1 William iv:, chap. 68, commonly called the Carriers' Act, limited their responsibility in respect of gold and silver coin, jewellery, &c., when the value of the packet exceeded 101., unless at the time of the de livery the value and nature of the article were de clared, and a higher charge was paid for convey ance; but otherwise the Act dial not affect the liability, any public notice professing to limit such notwithstanding. The contract to carry the luggage safe was as clear as the contract to carry the passenger. The goods were lost on the platform, to which the company would not admit any porters except their own. If the liability at common law were found to have ceased at the time the goods were lost, the company's liability for the negligence of their servant still remained. The amount claimed was 191. 103., and in consequence of the loss of his luggage the plaintiff had been detained from proceed ing on his usual journeys since the 6th of October. Mr. Collingridge was then examined—He paid ss. 34. third class fare from Northampton. On reach ing Euston-square he sent the porter to look for his box. The porter could not find it, and. wanted him to see whether he could not recognise it among some ParCels. Witness said he could not leave the carpet hag arid desk for fear they should be stolen. The sorter told him that they were perfectly safe under his protection, and that the company were responsible ft•r them. When he had found the box, he returned, Li l t the carpet-ba g and desk were gone. and the porter was gone too. tie saw the porter afterwards, and next morning went with a friend to the office of Mr. Jones, who asked th e porter why he did not take care ' of the luggage ? The porter said, but w d i e t n n i e e s d s had given the luggage into his c h arge, day that he had taken charge of the things. 1 ;e xt car pet bag contained one dozen shirts, twhoesdueistus,of clothes, eight silk' handkerchiefs, &c. The phin wooden one, contained half- a-doze n b ooks a , 0 4• 0 a l. worth of postage stamps, six pocket-k n i ves , w atch, shirt studs, three shirt pins, &c. On cross-examination by Mr. RUSSELL, the witness stated that the bag and desk were in the carriage with him; he had put them in iiiLoself ; he took them out himself and put them on the platfora: he found the box after he had lost his luggage. The c1i724.4t hag and desk might wei g h 501bs. to g ether ; the box 51b - 4. or 61 bs. The watch cost 71. 10s.; the guard a as. ; the thre e gold pins 7s. 6d. each. The gold shirt studs were worth thirteen shillings. There were six silver pencil-cases worth thirty shillings, and eight silk handkerchiefs worth t ree shil h l e in v g a s l a u ' e p d ie t c h e e . These were what the articles had cost; at 31. 10a. Henry Horace Elsdon was next examined l — la accompaniedM iff d plaintiff to r. Jones's office. identified the porter. Mr. Jones asked, "How the luggage to be lost ?" The porter said he had turned his back to go to look for Mr. Co mgridge's box, though only for a moment, when the bag and desk disappeared- Mr. Jones asked him what he did ? The porter said he ran to the gate directly, and an oni• :.nibus man or porter said he had seen the luggage ' SU N, placed in a cab ; he went to stop the cab, but found it was not one belonging to the company, but a night cab. Mr. Jones directed the porter to inquire about the cabman, and asked them to return next day, ad vising them to give information of the loss at Chaplin and Horne's, and also at the Hackney Carriages office, in Broad-street. They got no nformation at either place. Next morning they went again. Mr. Jones sent for the porter to see whether he could find the man. He said, " Not at present." A note was then written to Mr. Creed, who referred them to Mr. Brookes. Mr. Brookes sent for Mr. Jones and the porter. The particulars as to the bag and desk were then repeated. Mr. Brookes said, if they are placed in our custody we are liable; if they are not, we are not liable." He then asked if the cabman had been found. He then said something about it, such as that he could not be bothered ; he treated them very coolly indeed, and they left. Mr. RUSSELL, for the defendants, contended that as the evidence stood the company were not liable. There was, in the first place, no bailment, the plain tiff from the beginning having taken the exclusive control of his luggage; secondly, if the goods were bailed they were safely carried according to the con tract of the company to the Euston-square station, and there safely delivered to the owner. Whatever might have happened after that could not render the company liable as carriers, though they might be so as warehousemen. But the complaint against them here was for a breach of contract to carry certain goods from Northampton. The defence under the Carriers Act' was, that the luggage contained ex empted articles above the value of 10/. If there was that amount of exempted articles among goods worth 1,0001., and the package were lost, the carrier was not liable for a farthing. Lastly, the luggage car ried by the plaintiff was 571 b., and he paid no addi tional charge. The Act incorporating the company provided that passengers travelling in the third class might take their luggage not exceeding 401 b. ; but the plaintiff had carried 571 b., and, therefore, the company incurred no liability. No evidence was heard for the defence. Mr. HEATH inquired whether, considering the im portance of the case, the parties wished the case postponed, in order to allow of an application to a superior court ? Mr. RUSSELL stated that such was the course his clients would prefer. Mr. LEWIS objected to a postponement. The case had been heard, and his client could not bear to enter into an expensive contest with a wealthy company. He doubted whether the Court could postpone the case for such a purpose. Mr. HEATH then addressed the jury. The plaintiff had to prove a contract on the part of the defendants to carry the goods, and that there had been a breach of eontract. The jury would have to consider whe ther the contract of the parties was to carry from Northampton to the end of their stations, or only to the place where the carriage happened to stop when the break was put on. If the jury were of opinion that the company were bound to carry further than the latter point, then they had to consider whether the plaintiff released them from that liability by taking the luggage into his own charge. If they believed it was true, as mentioned by Elsdon, that the luggage was lost when the porter was engaged in looking for the plaintiff's box, the goods might then be con sidered as not being in their custody ; but if they be lieved that the goods were left in charge of the porter, the question would be whether, when the plaintiff left the goods with the porter, these were still in the company's custody—whether the fact of their passing through the plaintiff's hands in their transit to the platform ended the company's custody. The com pany contracted to carry only the passenger and 401 b., and the jury would have to consider whether the goods were over or under that weight. The plaintiff valued them at 19/. 10s. The amount of the cost of the watch, &c., was stated by the plain tiff at about 121. 135., but he reckoned the watch as now worth much less. If the jury considered the value of those articles as above 101., they must deduct it from the value of the goods. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, esti mating the compensation at 101. Mr. LEWIS remarked that the company's time table mentioned 561 b. as the quantity of luggage al lowed. It was explained to the jury, in reply to Mr. Heath, that they thought it most probable the lug gage was under 401 b. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. George Phipps, who was some days ago charged with having committed a forgery upon the Bank of England by signing the name of Thomas Rance" to a dividend warrant for the payment of the half-yearly interest upon the sum of 2,9181. 4s. 9d., was brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination. A gentleman from the office of Messrs. Freshfield, the solicitors to the Bank of England, attended for the prosecution. The prisoner had been apprehended at Enfield, by Daniel Forrester. Mr. Thomas Rance, of Hatfield Beverell, in the county of Essex, said-2I have been an innkeeper, but have retired from business. lam the surviving exe cutor under the will of my late sister, Elizabeth Griffith, of Chelmsford, and have been in the habit of coming to town twice a year to receive the dividend upon 2,918/. 4s. 9d. Three per Cents., standing in her name. I know the prisoner George Phipps, and his wife ' • she is my niece. The dividends were received by me for her benefit. The interest upon that sum was left to her by will. By the direction of the prisoner and my niece I turned over the interest since the year 1838, when he was a bankrupt, to a gentleman named Addington. I was authorised so to do in writing, and Messrs. Freshfield have the authority upon which I acted. The principal is to be divided amongst the children upon the death of my niece. I called at the Bank on the 26th of October to receive the dividend, as usual, but I found that somebody else had received it. The name of Thomas Rance, written upon the dividend r,,ce;pt, is not my writing—neither is that name in the dividend-book, of that date, my writing. I mayor authorised anybody to receive the dividend or to sign for me. Mr. James Emery, of Hemingford• cottages Rich mond-road, Islington, said —I resided at Enfield for 22 years, and was a schoolmaster there. I know the prisoner, who was a saddler there. His childre n were at my school,:and I know him merely as a tradesman. I have been in the habit of lending him small sums of money, but never lent him mare than five shillings at a time in my life. I remember that, in last Oc tober, he asked me if I would lend him thirty shil lings. I did not accede to his request, and have not seen him since that time until he came to my house in company with Forrester. I never lent him any bank -note. (Here the Bank of England note for 51., which it will be recollected the prisoner stated to Forrester he had received frost the witness as a loan, was produced.) I never lent or gave him this or any other bank -note. The prisoner said he was very anxious for the assistance of a solicitor, and that, with good legal aid, he had no doubt of getting out of the apparent dif• ficulty. The clerk to the Bank solicitor did not object to a remand ; but the depositions were ordered to be made out for Saturday, the Lord Mayor being of opinion that the arguments of a solicitor would not weigh down the evidence by which the case was supported. Edward Probert, the secretary to the Silk Hatters' Trade Society, held at the Black Bull public-house, was brought up for final examination, upon a charge of having broken open and plundered their box of 20/. is. Old. For the greater security of the society's money it was determined by the members that all cash should be kept in a box, to which three different locks were attached, one of which was unlocked by the presi dent, another by the vice-president, and the third by the secretary. In the absence of the two principal officers the secretary contrived to get two of the members unconsciously to assist him in his plan of robbery, they not being at all aware of his object. A blacksmith was provided, who, upon the representa tion of the secretary, of whose integrity the slightest suspicion was not entertained by anybody, broke open the box, the contents of which thus fell into the possession of the prisoner, who had pretended that the keys were lost, and that he should be obliged to pro vide new ones. The two members who witnessed the breaking open of the box stated what took 'place in their presence, from which it was quite evident that they and the landlord, in whose custody the box had been left, were altogether blameless. The prisoner had spent 15/. of the money in smok ing and drinking at Bristol, where he was appre hended in the midst of his enjoyment. He was committed for trial. CLERKENIVELL. Henry Martin Ilannigan was placed at the bar befor e Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged by Jane Denny a poor woman, residing at No. 17, Lumley-court, Strand, with having obtained from her 10s. under false pre tences. The prosecutrix deposed that her son was charged with an assault, and committed for trial at the Mid dlesex Sessions on Wednesday week last. Before the trial came on she was waiting in th hall of the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, when prisoner entered into conversation with w h w e ' r h w o i ti i n the nature of she er bwuaseitenedsse,eounnsa.eslc.ertaishneinefp ressiechdaihfe.re wasil;hedtehheravief u a:g t t i nn ea. He counsel, and said she only had said " We wish to do these things as possi ble." He agreed to take the half - guinea quietl y intro duce her to a counsellor, when he took her into a room, and a gentleman in a counsellor's wig and gown' was introduced to her whom she understood to be Mr. lorry, the barrister, and she paid to the prisoner four half-crowns. The prisoner had previously told her that a guinea was the usual fee, and that half-a-guin ea would not do, and she signed a written paper, pro mising to pay the prisoner 12s. 6d. by instalments of . - LONDON, 2s. 6d. per week. Her son was tried and convicted, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, but no counsel appeared to defend him. The facts she com municated to the judge of the court, and she saw no more of the prisoner until she traced him and gave him into the custody of 95 F division, who took him to Bow-street, where he was ordered to be brought before the magistrate of this court for examination. Mr. Mould, the clerk, said there were a set of scoundrels lurking about at the sessions to take advan tage of poor ignorant persons in their misery, from who►n they obtained money under pretence of feeing cvansel,&c. Mr. TyawnlTT said that any person might give counsel a brief, but the proper course was for it to be done by an attorney. He asked the prisoner if he would put any questions to the prosecutrix ? The Prisoner—l will put no questions to her. He referred the Bench to the Times newspaper, in which allusion had been made to the affair, and said that Mr. Ilorry was to meet Mr. Sergeant Adams on Monday next, by appointment, to have the matter explained by that gentleman. Mr. TYRWHITT—Pray, what are you ? The Pri soner—l am clerk to Mr. Arthur Joseph Head. Mr. Mould—Of course he is on the law list ? The prisoner replied in the affirmative, and said that on the day in question he was with Mr. Wooler, who had some briefs, when a man came up to him and introduced the proiecutrix to him, saying her son was to be tried for an assault ; she was a poor woman, and would ho employ counsel for her ? lle agreed to do so, and in consideration of her poverty he explained to her that counsel's fee was one guinea, but he re ceived a half-guinea from her, and took her I 0 U for the remainder at 2s. 6d. per week, and he intro duced her to Mr. Horry. The constable had the I 0 U in his possession. Mr. TYRWIHTT said he must discharge the prisoner, and leave the prosecutrix to her remedy in the county court for the recovery of her 10s. He regretted that such practices were adopted in the metropolis ; and after some remarks on the impropriety of such pro ceedings, he told the prisoner he was discharged, and to go away. Prisoner—l have two brothers who are barristers, and I am well acquainted with the practice. Mr. TYRWHITT—I am very sorry for it, and that such practices should take place. The prisoner then left the court, followed by the prosecutrix. _ _ _ THAMES. Mr. Robert Anderson, master of the British Mer chant, was summoned by Joseph Wilkins for a ba lance of 91., and by William Henry for 11/., for ser vices on a voyage from St. John's, New Brunswick, to London, under articles of agreement for 71. a month, and 71. extra if discharged in the port of London, for each man. They received an advance each of 71. currency at St. John's and payment of the respective balances was refused. Mr. Pelham, for the master, was prepared to resist payment of the wages ; Mr. Fearnley to support the claims of the seamen. In answer to questions by the Magistrate, Wilkins said he went out in the William Payne from Liver pool, and was paid off from her. He did not receive a certificate of service and discharge, and had not got his register ticket. He went out for E. per month. Mr. BALLANTINE—And deserted. You go out for 3/. per month on a contract to return to England. You desert, and come home in another ship for 71. per month, and 71. extra if discharged here. Mr. Fearnley submitted there was no desertion charged here, nor was it to be assumed. The dis charge from the William Payne might be suspended for many reasons. The wages were certainly very high; they always were from St. John's : but the master was bound by the contract. Mr. BALLANTINPI said, whether the men were charged with desertion or not, he would not order any wages unless they. could produce their certificates of service and discharge. Henry was then questioned by the Magistrate, and he said he went out to New York in the packet-ship Patrick Henry, from Liverpool, and from New York he went to St. John's and joined the British Merchant. He was not an American but a British seaman. He never obtained a register ticket. Mr. Pelham said, that Henry shipped as " waister," and that both were deserters from other ships. Nearly all the crew that brought the ship home were deser ters from other vessels. Mr. BALLANTINE said, Henry would have had a register ticket if he was a British seaman, and as neither of the men had produced their certificates of service and discharge from the ships in which they last served, or their register tickets, he would order no wages. They had forfeited their wages to the owners of the ships from which they had deserted, if they were deserters, of which he had little doubt. Mr. Fearnley—'fiery well, sir ; I bow to your de cision, though I must confess I was never more sur prised in my life. Five seamen, who have just come home in the ship Mary, of Newcastle, applied for summonses against Mr. Doubleday, the master, for refusing to pay their wages. They shipped at Quebec, each for 131. per month. Mr. BALLANTINB asked the men if they had their discharges from the vessels in which they served be fore they joined the Mary ? They all answered in the negative; on which the magistrate said, he would grant them no summonses. Mr. Pelham said, the men quitted the Mary di rectly she was moored, and had each forfeited a month's pay for quitting the ship without leave. He was concerned for Mr. Doubleday, the master. The seamen said, the master surely did not want to keep them in dock and pay them 9s. per day and their provisions. The summonses were refused, and the men retired quite astounded. POLICE INVESTIGATION. Mr. Broughton was occupied the greater part of the day, at Marylebone Police-court, with the inquiry re specting certain proceedings on the part of Mitchell, the gaoler of the court, and Mr. Robinson, a gentle man connected with the legal profession. Mr. Walesby and Mr. Halsewell, two of the visit ing magistrates, were present throughout the pro ceedings. Mr. Wolff was in attendance, and Mr. Robinson, who appeared to refute the allegations against him. It will be remembered that on the 29th ult. another charge was entered into, in which Mitchell was stated to have improperly received money from Anne Simons, for the purpose of obtaining the attendance of the above-named legal gentleman, and with also having, contrary to regulations, conveyed some spirits into the cell in which she was locked up. The evidence in this case was taken at some length, and from the explanations given it was generally considered that hey were of a satisfactory character, as it appeared that what was taken in was a glass of gin and pepper mint, which was required by a woman of the name of Mitchell who was suffering from a spasmodic attack, and for which he (Mitchell) from a kind feeling, paid out of his own pocket. The inquiry into the case of Mary Wright, which was referred to in the report of the visiting magis trates, was then commenced, when it was shown that Wright, one of the witnesses in the case, being a pri soner in Westminster Bridewell, could not attend, and that Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Barton, the other material witnesses, although summoned, were not then present, nor could they be found, although searched for. Much discussion ensued, in which Mr. Robinson declared that the imputations which had been cast upon him were utterly groundless. Mr. Broughton, who had bestowed a great deal of care and attention on the above case, ultimately came to the conclusion that the charge against Mr. Robin son and Mr. Mitchell had fallen to the ground. With regard to Anne Simons's case,. it did not remain with him to give a decision. The inquiry here terminated. THE HOUSE IN WHICH HENRY BROUGHAM WAS BORN.—The birth and existence of the illustrious orator depended upon a chance circumstance, which will strike every one with wonder. The father of Mr. Brougham, it is well known, was proprietor of Brougham Hall and a fine estate in the north of England, which still form the patrimony of the family. He was about to be married to a lady in his own neighbourhood, to whom he was passion ately attached, and every preparation had been made in their nuptials, when, to Mr. Brougham's great grief, his mistress died. To beguile himself of his sorrows he deter mined to travel, and came to Edinburgh, where wander ing on the Castle-hill to view the city, he happened to inquire:of a fellow idler where he could find respectable and convenient lodgings. By this person he was di rected—not to the New Town or to any fashionable hotel, for at that time no such thing existed in the Scottish capital—but to Mrs. Syme, sister of Principal Robert son, widow of the Rev. Mr. Syme, minister of Alloa, who then kept the largest and most genteel boarding and lodging establishment in town, in the second fiat of M'Lelland's land, Head of the Cowgate (marked No. 8), the front windows of which look straight up the Candlemaker• row. Here Mr. Brougham forthwith proceeded to settle himself, and though he did not at first contemplate a permanent residence in this city, be soon found occasion to make that resolution; for, falling in love with Miss Eleanor Syme, who was a young lady, of great merit and beauty, he abandoned his early sorrow, and, espousing her, lived all the rest of his life in Edinburgh. He resided, for some time after his marriage, in Mrs. Syme's house ; and thereafter removed to No. 19, St. Andrew's-square, where Henry Brougham first saw the light.—Traditions of Edinburgh. THE QUEEN AND THE ISLE OF MAN. —lt is a f or ', the rumoured that it is her M a j es ty' s i n t ent i on not on l y once more to p a y a v i s i t to the Isle of Man, but to take up her chosen bo deth e r e futurefor u portion cc u at occupation the of f roya l ty , summer season. and t h at The a person high i n authority isP rumour further asserts t h at Castle Mona is the residence specting the premi ses for his no rwo;al or mis ha tr s e b ss e , e anuldatt reating lately, ' for the purchase thereof. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 5, 1847. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Hickman Bacon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warner, who retires ; Cornet Frederick Aston Oakes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bacon ; Arthur Wellesley Williams Gent. (Riding-master) to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Oakes, Nov. 5 ; James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, Nov. 6. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Edward Hare Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires; Cornet Thomas Gabriel Leonard Carew Gwyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker, Nov. 5. 15th Light Dragoons—Captain Thomas J. Kearney, from 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who ex changes, Nov. 5. Scots Fusilier Guards—Brevet Major Lieutenant and Captain the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Colonel Yorke, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant John Wil liam Ilay to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hood; George Thomas Francis Shuckburgh, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay, Nov. 5. 4th Foot—Captain Hercules Atkin Welman, from 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hawkes, who exchanges, Aug. 13. 7th Foot—Second Lieutenant Clinton Francis Berens Dawkins, from 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tupper, who retires, Nov. 5. 9th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Bissell Harvey, from Inspecting Field-officer of a Recruiting District, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Barnwell, appointed Inspecting Field-officer of a Recruiting District ; Major Henry Horatio Kitchener to be Lieutenant. Colonel by purchase, vice Harvey, who retires ; Brevet-Major Franklin Lushington, C. 8., to be Major, by purchase, vice Kitchener, Nov. 5. 17th Foot —Major Freeman Murray to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires; Cap tain Edward Barry Owen to be Major, by purchase, vice Murray; Lieutenant John L. Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Owen; Ensign Edmund John Gar diner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker Nov. 5. • 20th Foot—Charles Frederi c k T urner , G en t,, t o b e Ensign, without purchase, vice Gordon, who resigns, Nov. 5. 25th Foot—Ensign William Thomas Potts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Robert Barclay, Bart., who retires; Standish Grady Maunsell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Potts, Nov. 5. 28th Foot—Captain George Butler Stoney, from 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mayers, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 38th Foot—Surgeon Frederick Foaker, from 97th Foot, to be Surgeon, rice Mlllree, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 43d Foot—Charles Lord Lurgan to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shaw Kennedy, promoted in 63d Foot, Nov. 5. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Henry,Steele to be Adjutant, vice Campbell, promoted, Nov. 5. 55th Foot—Lieutenant George King to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires; Ensign Robert William Torrens to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King ; Thomas Planta Denne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Torrens, Nov. 5. 60th Foot—John Du Cane, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice awkins, promoted in 7th Foot, Nov. 5. 63d Foot—Ensign John Shaw Kennedy, from 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodyatt, who retires, Nov. 5. 68th Foot—Colour-Sergeant James Falconer ' from 92d Foot, to be Ensign, w ithout purchase, vice Jones, who resigns, Nov. 4; Charles Edmonstone Kirk, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Falconar, appointed to the 74th Foot, Nov. 5. 69th Foot—Captain George Abercrombie Robertson, from 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Kearney, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 73d Foot—James Whittaker Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice 31`Kellar, who resigns, Nov. 5. 74th Foot—Lieutenant James Duff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Munns, who retires ; Ensign Charles Breton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duff ; Ensign James Falconer, from 68th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Breton ; Ensign James Falconer, to be Adjutant, vice the Hon. Francis W. H. Fano, who resigns the Ad jutancy only, Nov. G. .... . 75th Foot—Captain Balcarres Dalrymple Wardlaw Ramsay, front 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Stuart, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 76th Foot—Ensign George Wardlaw, from id West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Young, deceased, Nov. 6. 79th Foot—Lieutenant John Cornea, from 2d Wes, India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Thomas William Blewett Mountsteven, who has retired on half-pay, Nov. IS. 80th Foot—Captain Robert Hawkes, from 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice Welman, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 85th Foot—The Hon. Cavendish Browne to be En sign, by purchase, vice Studdert, who retires, Nov. 5. 86th Foot—Captain John Perkins Mayers, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stoney, who exchanges, Nov 5. 91st Foot—Robert Henry Crampton, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Baylis, appointed to the 99th foot, Nov. 5. 97th Foot—Surgeon John Drope M'lllree, from 38th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Foaker, who exchanges, Nov. 5. 99th Foot—Ensign E. W. Isdell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seymour, who retires; Ensign Robert Baylis, from 91st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Isdell, Nov. 5. 3d West India Regiment—Captain George William Conyngham Stuart, from 75th Foot, to he Captain, vice Ramsay, who exchanges; Lieutenant Arthur Duggan, from half-pay 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bolton, appointed to 16th Foot; Ensign Edward Conron to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duggan, who retires; George Wardlaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Conron, Nov. 5; John William Poole, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Wardlaw, appointed to 76th Foot, Nov. G. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Major Alexander Boswell Armstrong to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Nov. 5. To be Majors, without purchase—Captain Henry D. Warden; Captain George Thomas Conolly Napier, vice Armstrong, Nov. 5. To be Captains, without pc rchase—Captain Frederick Philip Glubb, from half.pay Unattached, vice Warden; Lieutenant Lewis Chamberlayne Irwin, from 27th Foot, vice Napier, Nor. 5. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain Phillpotts Wright Taylor to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Macpherson, who retires ; Lieut. James Nicol Holmes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Taylor; Ensign William King to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Holmes; Kenneth Mackenzie Moffat, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice King; George Ernest Bulger, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fortye, deceased, Nov. 5. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant John Gillespie to be Adjutant, vice Jenkins, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Nov. 5. BREVET. Captain James Kennard Pipon, half-pay 68th Foot (Assistant Military Secretary to the Lieutenant-General commanding at Malta); to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9. MEMORANDUM. Tho date of tho commission of Lieutenant Robert Alexander Dagg, as Adjutant of a Recruiting District, is the 17th, not 11th, September, 1847, as previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 2. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant George Cecil Henry, to be First Lieutenant, vice Stubbs, resigned, Oct. 23. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 29. Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Major Robert Ford, promoted to Lieutenant• Colonel; First Lieutenant Edward Pownoll Snowe, promoted to Cap tain; Second Lieutenant Henderson Ward, promoted to First Lieutenant. SATURDAY I?,VENING, N'OVEMTIER 6, WY. son, Bedford-row, London ; John and William Norris, Manchester. James Andrew, calico printer, Dean Water, Cheshire, Nov. 18, and D,c. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple; Slater and Heelis, Manchester. James Waddell, wine merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 17, and Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hall and Co., Vernlam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London; Neal, Liverpool. ,John Phillip, grocer, Llanelly, Breconshire, Nov. 16, at twelve, and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Blower and Co., London ; Leman, Bristol. Thomas Storry, printer Scarborough, Yorkshire, Nov. 18, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Moody, Scarborough; Blackburn, Leeds. William Astill, ironmonger, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, Nov. 26, and Dze. 17, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Buttery and Son, Nottingham. Joseph Carter and James Baines, merchants, Liver pool, Nov. 23 and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Humphreys and Co., Gray's inn-square; Furshaw and Co., Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. _ _ W. Mattingley, W. Kent, and B. Kent, Abingdon and Wantage, bankers, Nov. 27, at two—T. Hubert, Hun gerford street, Strand, and High Holborn, lighterman, Nov. 26, at eleven—R. Haylock, Cambridge, chemist, Nov. 26, at eleven—J. Richardson, Union-street, Spital fields, dealer in glass, Nov. 26, at half-past eleven. In the Country. S. Brown, Sunderland, common brewer, Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Martin, 13.,r iagton, Durham, plumber, Nov. 30, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Gisburne, New castle-upon-Tyne, bookseller, Nov. 30, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Sorby, Sheffield, scrivener, at ten, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. F. Benton, Hornchurch, Essex, farmer, Bs. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. R. K. Aitchison, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, wine merchant, ss. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. H. Worthinton, Eceleshill, Lancashire, cotton manufac turer, 3i. 81d. in the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, and every following Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. W. Raven, Lancaster, joiner, ls. 7d. in the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, and every following Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. A. Beattie and F. Macnaghten, Nicholas-lane, Lom bard-street, merchants, Is. 3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company, New Broad-street, City, 20s. in the pound, and four per cent. interest, any Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. J. Dodge, Cumberland•row, Walworth-road, iron monger, Is. 4d. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder manbury. E. Walker, High-street, Peckham, oilman, 2s. in the pound, any Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. W. Lowe, Bristol, ivory turner, 14d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and any subsequent Wednesday, between ten and twelve, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. Sarah James and T. Herbert, Brynmawr, Brecon shire, grocers, ss. Id. in the pound, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and any subsequent Wednesday, between ten and two, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. B. La►rkman, Wellington - -terrace, Wandsworth road, coal merchant, Nov. 26, at eleven—G. Maddison, Swaffham, Norfolk, grocer, Nov. 26, at twelve—W. G. Boucher, Stepney-green, merchant, Nov. 26, at two—H. Monson, East-street, Manchester-square, builder, Nov. 27, at half-past one—E. Pettet and W. Newton, Lancas ter-place, Strand, army agents, Nov. 26, at eleven. In the Country. S. Brown, Sunderland, brewer, Nov. 30, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Gis burne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bookseller, Nov. 30, at half-past one,: at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— R. Peck, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, Nov. 30, at past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Sperring, Chippenham, Wiltshire, car penter, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. C. Buchanan, Dursley, Gloucestershire, money scrivener, Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—E. Rogers, Great Whitley, Worcestershire, surgeon, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court. Birmingham—J. Gardiner, Bir mingham, provision merchant, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Hurley, Halesowen, Worcester shire, victualler, Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—W. C. Warden, Birmingham, corn dealer, Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, Nov. 26. C. Fox, Kingston-upon-Hull, victualler—W. Sharp, jun.,Pudsey, Yorkshire, brewer —J. Glue, Derby, victual ler—W. Jennings, Bungay St. Mary, Norfolk, maltster. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Dudgeon and J. Fleming, Love-lane, Shadwell, engineers—W. Brown and E. Alexander, Speenhamland, Berkshire, ironmongers—J. Wilde and W. Robinson, Hulme, Lancashire, tallow-chandlers—H. A. Greaves and Elizabeth Ness, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, manufactu rers of fancy goods—J. Ogden and B. Gartside, Man chester, attorneys—J. C. Abbott and C. Corfield, Bir mingham. chemists—W. Cullinglord and J. C. Smith, Woodbine-cottage, Camberwell, woollen drapers and tailors—B. Johnson and J. Heynes, Bromsgroye, Wor cestQrshire, nail factors—G. Hemming and S. Hemming, jun., Aston-juxta- Birmingham, rnaltsters—J. Jepson and D. Hardy, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, grocers—J. E. Robbins, J. Mead, and I. Mead, Langport, Somerset shire, victuallers—J. Hodgson and W. Blain, Liverpool, ship builders—R. Green and W. Green, Birmingham, metal dealers—C. Wood and C. IL Wood, Manches- ter, attorneys—W. Bolton and A. Vaughan, Man chester, tool makers—T. Hopkins and W. Hancox, Dudley-port, Staffordshire, chartermasters—J. Wil liams and T. Griffiths, Dudley-place, Clapham-road, linen drapers—B. Clark and S. Myers, Leeds, corn factors —R. White, J. G. Blake, E. Tylee, J. Fawkener, and E. Thompson, Essex-street, Strand—G. Ward and T. Ward, Fillongley, Warwickshire, flour dealers—W. J. Holliday and E. H. Graveley, Eling, Southampton, soap boilers—R. Surtees and A. Windle, Deepcar-mills, Ecclesfield, corn-millers—F. Marshall, G. Marshall, and J. Laverick, North Hilton, Durham, chemical manufac turers—S. J. Keeble and W. Kirby, Leeds, farriers—T. Wilkin and G. Wilkin, Liverpool, pawnbrokers—J. W. Welsh and W. Gaskill, Manchester, suers—l. Ridoutt and H. Hutchens, Portsea, Southampton, brick makers. INSOLVENT' PETITIONERS. Hannah Baker, Union-street, Southwark, milliner. James Howard, Chertsey, Surrey, bricklayer. Thomas Edward Fraser, Lower Tranmere, Cheshire, commission agent. James Henry Fox, Bromborough, Cheshire, book-keeper. Joseph Kent, Tranmere, Cheshire, clerk. Thomas 'Toward, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, beer retailer. Benjamin Bailey, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, manufacturer. Paul Mills, Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire, baker. Edward Gaskell, Woolton, Lancashire, omnibus pro- prietor. John Hargreaves, Liverpool. Maurice Jones, Liverpool, saddler. William Fisher, Otterton, Cheshire, surgeon. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Buchanan and H. Lamont, Greenock, brewer, to meet Nov. 8 and Nov. 29, at one, within the office of J. Black and Son, Greenock. W. Johnston, Rockfield, Ross, fisherman, to meet Nov. 9 and Nov. 30, at one, within Ellison's Hotel, Tain. J. D. Ewing and A. B. Ewing, Glasgow, chemists, to meet Nov. 9 and Nov. 30, at twelve, within the office of J. Clark, Glasgow. R. Aikman, Glasgow, merchant, to meet Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at one, within the chambers of R. Jameson, Glasgow. A. M'Ewan, Inverness, farmer, to meet Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at one, within Robertson's National Hotel, Dingwall. H. Crabbie, Edinburgh, merchant, to meet Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at twelve, within Cay's Rooms, Edinburgh. Sir W. C. Anstruther, Bart., Westraw House, Lanark shire, timber merchant, to meet Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at twelve, within the Clydesdale Arms Inn, Lanark. T. Anderson, Glasgow, contractor, to meet Nov. 11 and Dee. 2, at twelve, within the office of D. Jeffrey, Glasgow. BANKRUPTS Thomas Sheriff Jackson, Robert — john Jackson, and Joseph Hankes, factors, Milk-street, London, to sur render Nov. 19, at half-past twelve, and Dec.:l7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. James Archer, baker, Deptford, Nov. 19, at half•past eleven, and Dee. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Sandon, Duke.street, Southwark. Thomas Clifton, plate glass silverer, Lawrence Pount ney-lane, City, Nov. 12, at half-past one, and Dec. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assig nee, Basinghall. street; Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate street,City„. f ina e n C -s o tr u e r e t t- o bfu ß ild an in k g r s u , plc o y n . gnee ' °°e and . I William. Bird B ro di e an d Ch ar l es G eo r ge B ro di e bankers, Salisbury, N ov . 2 3, an d D ec . 30, a t e l even , at th Co., Temple, L ondon. d B on; e 1 13 , r o u ffi n c d i r a e l t Randall,t a , "i Robert Swan, cattle dealer, Winchmore-hill, Middle sex, Nov. 12, at two, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Bliss, Shepperton- cottages, Lower-road, Islington Anne Beetson Graham, milliner, Park-street, Gros venor. square, November 15, at half-past twelve, and December 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Fry and Co., Cheapside. Lauret Holmes, stone mason, John-street, Edgeware road, Nov. 12 and Dec. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. James Carter, draper, Saint Ives, Huntingdon, Nov. 12, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Sole and Co., Aldermanbury. Joseph Clarkson, retailer of beer, Charlton, Kent, Nov. 17, at twelve, and Dec. 22. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; G. and C. Corner, Deen-street, Southwark. William John Cormack, seedsman, New Cross, Dept ford, November 17, at half-past twelve, and December 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Simpson and Co., Moorgate-street. John Smith, surgeon, South -place, Finsbury, Nov. 19, at half-past two, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, City; Gatty and Garth, Angel-court, City. Solomon Riley, cotton manufacturer, Chapel-field, Lancashire, Nov. 22, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester ; Atkinson, Saunders, an d Atkinson, Manche ste ; Abbott Charlotte-street, Bedford -square, London. William Butcher, cap-manufacturer, Bell Sauvage yard, Ludgate-hill, Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official-assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Billings King-street, Cheapside. Christopher Hughes and George Eastwood, fustian manufacturers, Manchester, Nov. 17 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Blanchester ; Norris, Allen and Simp- PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed From the returns made in the week ending November 2, 1847, is 225. 6d. per cwt. A NEW SCHOLAR.—At one of the best schools in Manchester, I stood by whilst the master admitted a fresh scholar, a very fair specimen, he said, of the ma terial of which the school is composed. I should say that the lad was about ten years old. He came without a parent; had no shoes, stockings, or cap; was very dirty; a wire-haired, wild-looking animal. The fol lowing colloquy took place :—" Who are you ?"—" A new 'un." " What are you come for ?"—" I've got the brass." " What is your father ?"—" Overlooks." " Does he go to church ?"—A shake of the head. " Does he go out most of the day on Sunday ?"—A nod. " Have you been at school ?"—" Ay." " Where ?"—" Scotch school." " How long ?"—" Five weeks." " Can you read ?"—" Ay, a bit." "Can you read well ?"—" Not so well." " Do you know the Lord's Prayer ?"—" Noa. ' Puor lad ! he plainly knew nothing about it, or, I should suppose any other prayer. And he probably would not remain in the school more than five or six months, and then go elsewhere, or probably give up " schooling " altogether.— Report of the Rev. F. Watkins, Inspector of Schools. FATAL CASE OF STABBING.—On Wednesday last a man named Thomas Ridehaler, a railway labourer, between thirty and forty years of age, was brought be fore the presiding magistrate at Bradford, Yorkshire, charged with the wilful murder of James Hudson, a man about the same age as the prisoner. The evidence went to show that the prisoner and the deceased met on the highway, near Bradford, leading to Wakefield, on Tues day night about eleven o'clock. Both were the worse for liquor, and some angry words ensued between them, which were followed by blows on both sides, and in the course of the encounter the deceased received several stabs in the chest with a pocket- knife, and died almost immediately. According to the evidence of one of the witnesses, the prisoner acknowledged that he committed the fatal deed, and he gave up the knife with which he did it. No ill feeling had previously existed between the two men. They were both married, and the de ceased has left a wife and four children. The magistrates committed the prisoner to York Castle for trial for wil ful murder. SUSPENSION BRIDGES. At the last meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, held at Birmingham, the following im portant paper by Mr. A. E. Cowper, of the London Works, was read, and deemed highly important and deserving of further consideration : " DESCRIPTION OF AN IMPROVED SUSPENSION•BRIDGE FOR CARRYING A RAILWAY, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. "In bringing before the Institution of Mechanical Engineers a paper on a peculiar form of bridge, I ought, perhaps, to apologise for introducing matter which may by some of our friends be thought to be long more strictly to our civil brethren ; but possibly before the conclusion of the paper, I shall have anti cipated any objection which might have been made on that score by showing, in point of fact, that I have only been explaining a piece of boiler-maker's work, and which may certainly be considered to be far enough removed from civil engineering. The object of the present paper is to call the attention of engineers and railway directors generally to a mode which I have invented of constructing suspension-bridges in such a way that they shall not be thrown out of shape, or in any way distorted, by the weight of a pass ing load, whether it consists of a railway train or only of the ordinary traffic of a common road. It is well known that suspension-bridges are decidedly less costly than any stone bridges, and we may add than most iron bridges, when the span is at all above the length of an ordinary girder ; and although many persons have turned their attention to them, particularly with regard to their use on rail ways, I am not aware that any suspension-bridge has ever been made, or proposed, that was at all com petent to carry the weight of a railway train in motion, or in other words, that should be safe as a railway bridge. My attention was particularly called to suspension-bridges by th e p ro p osa l o f carr yi ng a railway over the Hungerford-bridge, or over a bridge placed alongside of it; and it appeared to me that the weight of a passing train would so move and distort the chains as to cause the road very soon to get out of order, if not actually to give way, and I then schemed the plan of making a chain of such depth as to include any alteration in the curve of the strain that might take place. The curve which the chains of an ordinary suspension-bridge takes is well known to be a catenary, or rather a curve between a catenary and a parabola; it would be a true parabola if all the weight were in the platform, and a true catenary if all the weight were in the chain. As, however, the difference between the catenary and the parabola is very slight indeed in that portion which would be used for a bridge, we may assume it to be a catenary for all practical purposes. Now, on loading an ordinary suspension-bridge with even a small weight, it at once assumes a different curve (unless the weight be equally distributed over the bridge), and if the weight be large, it will assume a very different curve; so much, indeed, will the form be altered as to injure or strain the material of which the platform or road is composed. Now, it is evident, that if the road has to distribute the weight, it must be a very strong and stiff beam, or in fact, a girder of the full length of the bridge ; and the strength of this girder would very nearly be equal to carrying a quarter of the weight of the load in the centre ; it is, therefore, evident that the plan of forming a stiff platform or road for a railway suspension-bridge, although by no means impossible, must be at least half abandoning the sus pension principle, and be the cause of greater out lay. The plan of keeping the road in shape, by distri buting any weight that might come upon it, by means of strong diagonal ties, was the first idea that I had ; but it will be found by calculation that these diagonals would have to be very strong, and of considerable height, thereby causing the total depth of the bridge to be much greater. But the plan on which I pro pose to construct suspension-bridges capable of car rying railway trains without being in any way injured thereby, is simply to construct the chain of such depth as to include the curve of strain when the weight is placed on the bridge in the most unfavourable posi tions. With this object I construct the chains of boiler plate of considerable depth—say three or four feet, or more—and rivet the whole well together without any moveable joints, or separate links, and at the top and bottom edges of the chains (I still call them chains, that I may be clearly understood) I rivet or otherwise attach bars, either flat, half-round, or angle iron, so as to give an accumulation of metal at those parts, and at the same time to render the edges of the chains perfectly secure against any tendency to rip or tear. In the drawing you will observe that there are two chains. each four feet deep, which support the ends of cross wrought iron girders, in the position of sleepers, each chain being composed of four boiler-plates, riveted together in pairs, each plate being three- eighths thick, and at the top and bottom edges there are securely riveted strong angle irons. The suspension bars hang between the two pairs of plates forming the chain, and are supported by a small saddle, which bears on the top edges of them. The ends of the cross wrought iron girders are firmly secured to a light rib of boiler-plate, which runs along each side of the bridge, as shown in the cross section of the bridge ; the lower ends of the suspension-bars are secured to the ends of the girders, with means of adjustment, so that the road may be trimmed per fectly level when the bridge is fixed. There are also light diagonal ties introduced, for the purpose of more perfectly staying the road to the chains, particularly in case of the breaks being applied whilst the train is passing over the bridge. The rails, either of the ordinary form placed in chairs, or of that form commonly called the bridge-rail, are supported on balks of timber scarphed toge ther, which run longitudinally throughout the bridge, and these are supported by short balks of timber running from girder to girder, immediately under the first. There are a series of diagonal ties placed in the platform, as shown in plan in the drawing. These act as a means of stiffening the platform, and pre venting any vibration or shaking of the parts. The long red lines indicate stay rods, by which the bridge is prevented from moving or swinging sideways. They are attached to the piers, and are very similar to some used by Mr. Brunel, sen., in a bridge at the Isle of Bourbon. The drawing before you is of a bridge 200 feet span, having the cross girders eight feet from centre to centre, and the chains four feet deep, which depth has been arrived at by actual experiment ; the weight of the road for one line of rails and one chain is one ton per foot run, and the weight of a train of locomotives I have assumed at one ton per foot run, and this is allowing some margin for the continued growth of' locomotives; and 1 have taken as a proof load, two tons per foot run ; thus the weight of the load, or disturbing cause, will be just double the weight of the bridge. I find the greatest distortion of the curve strain takes place when the bridge is only half loaded, i. e., from one end to the centre ; the curve then approaches the bottom of the chain, very nearly in the centre of the loaded half, and approaches the top of the chain in th e cen t re o f t h e unloaded half, whilst at the piers it approaches the top at the loaded end, and the bottom at the unloaded end. Again, if the same load be placed in the centre of the bridge (covering one-half of the length), the curve of strain will approach the bottom of the chain in the centre, and will approach the top of the chain at very nearly one-fifth from each pier, whilst at the piers it will be near the centre of the chain, but rather above it. Take one more case, and we shall have disposed of all the heavy disturbing tendzncies viz., that of the ends loaded, and the centre left unloaded: the curve of strain will then approach the top of the chain in the centre, and the bottom of the chain at about one sixth from each pier, whilst at the piers the strain will be slightly above the centre. I may add, that when the bridge is fully loaded throughout, the curve of strain is in the centre of the chain, throughout its length. I propose to call bridges made on this plan `inverted-arch bridges.'" A brief conversational discussion followed the read ing of this paper, in the course of which Mr. Stephen son and others stated that if the invention could prac- tically carry out the intentions of Mr. Cowper, it effected a most important desideratum in railway engineering. On a motion for an adjournment of the meeting, Mr. HUMPHRIES remarked on the good likely to accrue to railways from the discussions of that so ciety, and considered that th• authorities of these companies should pass the members free along the lines. Mr. M'CONNRLL felt convinced that if the subject was brought under the notice of the directors, the suggestion would be acceded to. Mr. CHARLES GEACH remarked that the whole of the business that had come before the meeting tended to show the great advantages which the institution would confer on railway property, not only directly, but indirectly ; for while the members were de voting their attention to the practical improvements, their discussion also removed the idea which the public and the public press had got hold of—namely, that defects had only to be known to be remedied. The discussion of that night on railway signals showed the complication and difficulty of this subject; and that fact would go far to exonerate the railway companies from indifference-to the safety of the public. On these grounds he considered that the members of that so- ciety had a fair claim to the privilege sought. Mr. STEPHENSON, and several other gentlemen, promised to bring the subject before the respective companies. _ In the course of the evening it was intimated that forty-three members had recently joined the in- stitute. A motion for an adjournment to Wednesday, the 24th of November, was carried, and the meeting separated soon after nine o'clock. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.—The vessel Morayshire arrived i n the docks, from Launceston, Van Dieman's Land, has brought the large quantity of 3,849 bags of wheat, and 541 bags of flour, the production of that distant colony. LATEST FROM MEXICO. The Barney Castle has arrived at Liverpool. Her dates are from New York the 15th. Boston the 16th, and the day previous from the seat of war. She brings specie to the amount of two millions of rupees, and files of the New York papers. The correspondent of the Locofoco says :—" General G rowdy's division yes terday came up with the main body of the Mexican force under General Cabanas, at Rionogo, where the New Orleans Picayune informs us that a severe en gagement took place. Both parties won the victory, and were repulsed with severe slaughter. Santa Anna was present in the action, in the course of which his head was shot off. lie subsequently addressed $ heart-stirring proclamation t o th e M ex i ca n nation, in which he described the ac ti on o f th e 27th, which ended in the utter defeat of the Americans, whose victory, however, cost them dear. Immediately after their success they proceeded to evacuate the town, which they bombarded the next day. The Aire ' rican troops were annihilated after a trifling skirmish, in which Santa Anna lost his leg, which was ampu tated on the spot. before the retreat of the Mexicans upon Cacapulco. It is reported that he has yielded, the presidency to General Nosotros. General Whack s brigade is at Sangarbanzos, hotly pursued by the Mexicans. In this disaster the indefatigable Santa Anna was wounded severely, a cannon ball from howitzer taking off his right hand. From this place, after the operation, he wrote a pathetic appeal to the Mexican Senate, and complained bitterly of th e cowardice of General Pumpanillas, who waq at Nossa Senhora de las Podridas, harassing the flank s of Major Cowitch's Alleghany Rangers. General Scott was unwell; but it is not true that he has been compelled to take Jalapa. Major Bung's ar tillery is at Todododos. A deserter from the enemy came in yesterday. He says thet President Santa, Anna received a twenty-eight pounder through hi s body, after which he renewed the action. The bombardment of the Los Leperos is not confirmed. Santa Anna received a congreve rocket in the left knee there, and has ordained the formation of a similar corps. I shut up, as the courier is g oing. The Legion of Saint Nicholas, under O'Snragg s9 performed prodigies of valour on both sides. Plung ing into the thickest of the melee at Pickapockatickl , O'Scraggs engaged personally with General Raggt whose pocket-handkerchief, after a severe struggle, b e succeeded in carrying off. It has been hung up in the cathedral of Mexico, amongst the other colour§ taken in the campaign. In the engagement at San" Ladrones, so creditable to both sides, O'Scraggst whose legion was then acting with the American army, had almost taken prisoner Santa Anna, wh o had both legs shot off by our brave bombardiers ; h is silver snuff-box, however, was captured out General's coat pocket, as he fled from a fi e ld where he had covered himself with so m uc h g l ory . Captain Scraggs used the snuff-box on the l as t d a y of his brilliant existence, when he died th e d ea th o f a hero , being hanged before the American li nes , t o th e delight of both armies."—Punch. of the STATE OF TRADE. The cut-up cotton hose branch has suddenly be come much worse, and numbers of hands have been discharged. This depression has, to some extent, reached the wrought ho se b ranc h i n some o f the / 11 " lages, who are suffering severely, but not to the ex tent of the town hands. In the midst of so muc h real depression, the evil is much aggravated by ru" mours, which we find, upon inquiry, to be without foundation. The drawer branch, with some of t he firms, has felt a depression, and rumour has much in" creased this evil also. The cotton glove trade has n ot improved, and is no t lik e ly t o d o so , as t h e hosiers o f ~ Leicester are dischar g i ng g l ove h an d s i n grea t numbers ; the panic in th e L e i ces t er trade which had subsided a few months since, h as recommenced. The silk glove branch is mu ch worse, and the hands a re i n a mos t d e plorable state. We have he a rd of a few knotted han ds having been set on upon a " stint." The c otton bobbin net trade has again as suddenly recovered, as it unexpectedly fell, and the bags are again !ea upon the move. This pr oves upon w h a t a slight foundation this business i s pl ace d, as th e slightest occurrence raises or depresses the m anu facture. silk bobbin net is yet in the best condition, and is likely to be so, as these articles are quite the vogue irt . Paris, and of course in London, a n d in southern E ll rope. We find a good numb er o f eight-quarter cir culars have been removed from France to Spain , principally to Catalonia, Arragon, and Biscay--a few Englishmen manage them. If these machines are tow make silk nets, to supersede Spanish made point net, the speculation will be a complete failure, as bob bin net is utterly unfit to be ornamented in the same manner that point net has been so long done in Spain. The cotton warp net is certainly a little gaining ground : a new machine, called a Mule, has bee n started at New Lenton, with great advantage; i t combines the frame needle with the bobbin and ear: riage. This may appear strange to mechanics. It I° kept a profound secret, though several machine owners wish to obtain the method; the inventor. having no faith in pr o t ec ti on f rom patents, k ee ps Ws shop doors fast, and the hands earning good wages Are as anxious to keep the se cr e t as th e i r mas t e r.--N°' tingham Review. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, NOVEMBER 5. der, STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales a re —B r i s t o l and Ex 14 dis.—Ditto, New, 6% dis.—G rea t W es t ern , Q u arters, lA' p.—Ditto, New, 1 p.—South Devon, 21 dis. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 5, chars STOCK EXCHANGE.—The t ransac ti ons i n our Sh are Market to-day have b een more numerous, and at big"' prices than were current f or some d ays cast. The sales are.-- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shays* 014 dis--Ditto (late C. and B.), 14 c.—Eastern 6 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), 7% ' 1 K 15 :0,4 Ditto, Fifths, 1 A dis—London and N or th-W estern , —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, ffie,„• par—Ditto, One-Eighths, 3% dis.— Midl an d S toc k, c.—Ditto, 40L Shares, 41 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 1% North British, Quarters, 3 4 dis.—Preston and Wyre, od Shropshire Union and Ca n al, 214 dis.—South-Eastern ' O r . Dover, No. 4, Thirds. 2% di s .—Y or k, Newcastle, al,,d 11e wick, 2 p.—Ditto (N. an d 8 ., E xtens i on), No. 2, 14 York and North Midland, Preference Guar., 4 3 / 4 p. MANCHESTER, NOT. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern CoUnt ielh 16 1-16—East Lancashire, 5 1 4 dis.—Ditto New , 5 _ Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 4 1 4 C . 2/, —Huddesfield and Manche s t er R a il way an d C a nal ( 2 2 paid), 4 3 / 4 dis.—Lancashire and York s hi re „ 10 dis --A" 0 Fifths, 5 / 8 dis.—Ditto, 32/. (Exten s i ons ), 61 dis.--Dlt" (Nest Riding Union), 2 3 / 4 —Leeds and Thirsk, 1814 d ie :; Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No• 1 ' r —Ditto, Preference, par—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshil 5 1 dis.—North Staffordshir e , % dis.—North Union O t .,' 200—Shropshire Union, 2t 2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dov er, No. 1,5% dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 2 9-16 dis.—Y or k, Newcas tle ' and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, % p. LEEDS, NOVEMBER 5. 1 ,4 5 STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—East Lancashire , dis.—Ditto, New, 4 1 X, dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 17s. 64: 1 . Great Northern, 2% dis.—Lancashire a n d Y or k s hire, nit a 10s. dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 525. dis.—Leeds an Thirsk, 17 dis.—Ditto. Preference, 31s. dis.—Lond on ' Brighton, and South Coast, 40 1 4—North British, Halv, e c t 11 1 / 2 —Ditto, Thirds, 3s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 12s• dis.—North Staffordshire, 3s. 6d. dis.—North- Westernc,' l7 e dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber w i c k, N o. 2, (N e w P e " wicks), S i p. SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting' ham, and Boston, 2 dis.—London and North-Western (Man chester and Birmingha m ), Q uarters (C), 31/, p.—Ma ncheste,',', Sheffield, and Linc o l ns hi re, Q uarters, No. 1, % (Sheffield and Lincoln), Preference, Is. 6d. c. 13.- 1 11• British, Thirds, dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 31 Ditto, Extensions, No. 2, 4 p. HULL, NOVEMBER 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, De rvie T and Bolton, Pref erence , N o . 1 , par c.—Hull an d Se'th".s,; Half Shares, 48 14—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 565. dis.—North British, Quarters, 10s. dis Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 3 / 4 ,„. ‘ 16 There is more firmness evi nce d t o -d a y, h o ld ers b e ing disposed to effect sales. We regret being called on to announce the death of J. A. Napier, Esq., Comptroller o f Customs e, Colombo. He died yesterday at two, having ne v % recovered the injury sustain e d on b e i ng thrown from i. carriage at Galle, about two months ago.—Ceylon Pa p er ' . Sept. 16, 1847. In these times of monetary pressure, it is pleasill to have occasion t o i ntro d uce to the notice of e n readers an articl e i n w hi c h their pecuniary interest , 1 s ; well as their comf or t an d convenience are concern ed' and in briefly no ti c i ng the Wellington Surtout, made "a M. Fougere, of 6, Conduit-street, Regent-street, al,. s 80A, Cheapside, we f ee l justified in saying that t m to already very popular garment will be found a boonc. the respect a bl e , b ut econom i s i ng, portion of the Publg Although patroni se d an d worn b y P r i nce Albert an d o f the nobility i n genera l, i t comes within the rea ch those enjoying but limited means, and we doubt Ir s i will, ere long, b ecome an d cont i nue to be the g enera favourite. BY [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A CURE OF A BA D LEG te d HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTHENIA — Extraet of a letter, d t ,6 B Northampton, April 2, 1847. "To Professor Hollows ,—Sir, following cure I feel bound to acquaint you with, that others 1 , xo have an opportunity of making a trial of your Pills and Ointraenttuls analogous cases. Catherine Owen, residing in Bridge-street , in town, suffered from a bad leg that was covered with sores, dis nea charging immense quantities of humour. The agony "e rt l YZ was so great as to prevent he r ge t t i ng a moment's repose, y Pills and Ointment cured her though she had been under se a ,„. eminent urgeons. (Signed) S . Humphrey, chemist, ton."—Sold by all druggist s , an d at Professor Holloway's F A ' tab h eh meta, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 21st ult., at Burford Rectory, W orces t er shire, t he wife of the Rev. J. W ay l and Joyce, of a daughter. , evr y On the lot i ns t., a t D urham, the wife of the R ev .." Jonkyns, D.D., of a daughter. On the 3d i ns t., at N orthwich, the wife of the Bev Maxwell Wilde, of twins. MRRIED On the 3d ult., at the A parish . church, Brighton, Count. Labitsky, to Miss Gordon, of Montpellier-road, Brighton. DIED. On the 30th ult., at Whitchurch, Oxfordshire , Geo r g e Kinderley, Esq, On the Ist inst., Sir N. L. Peacocks, Bart, aged 78. _ London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOITNG, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112? Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count)" ° Aliddle§ex, Saturday, Noyember 6,1847. V 1