The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

ettrb Mtitionl SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco after Term.) CASS U. MULLER. This was a declaration on promise, charging the de fendant, who is the lessee of the plaintiff; with breach of a contract, in which the defendant undertook within a month to build and complete a coach-house and stable for the plaintiff. The defendant excused himself by way o f plea, which was now demurred to, that he was unable to complete the contract in consequence of a severe frost, which stopped the progress of the building. Mr. ATHERTON, in support of the demurrer, said that inasmuch as the defendant had entered into an express contract, he could not plead the act of God for non-performance of his contract, because in so under taking he must be supposed to have taken the act of God into consideration. The COURT said there could be no doubt that the plea was a bad one, and judgment should, therefore, be entered for the plaintiff. Mr. WARREN, for the defendant, said that his client had wished him to come there, but that he felt that it would be absurd to argue the point. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack shortly after Five o'clock. IRELAND.—COERCION BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice that he should, to-morrow, move for a return of the number of persons who had been tried under the provisions of tile Coercion Act introduced by Lord Grey's Government. Lord FARNHAM presented a petition from Sun derland (as we understood) praying their Lordships to adopt immediate measures for the restoration of tranquillity in Ireland. He did not consider the measure introduced by the Government of a suffi ciently stringent nature to put an end to the system of murder which was the disgrace of Ireland, and he besought their Lordships and the Government to adopt measures of such a stringent character as should effectually put an end to the system of terror at pre sent existing in Ireland. DEFENCES OF THE COUNTRY. The Earl of HARD WICKE gave notice of a motion after Christmas on the state of the defences of the country. CHIEF POOR-LAW COMMISSIONER. Lord BROUGHAM asked when the Chief Poor law Commissioner would be appointed ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to say that the subject was under the consideration of the Government. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the Decent commercial distress, and how far it has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of bank-notes payable on demand. In bring ing forward this motion, he might be permitted to preface • it by some observations on the causes of the existing distress. It had pleased Providence to destroy a large portion of the produce of the earth, and it was not in the power of any Government to supply the loss ; that fact was ge nerally admitted. Another source of that distress bad been the reckless speculation which had been indulged in during the last three years—specu lation which had gone far beyond anything which the capital of the country would warrant and which no Government could be expected or could benble to supply. Two years ago he had been asked whether he .was prepared, under all circum stances, to maintain the Bank Charter Bill ; he had said that he was not prepared to commit himself on the subject at that time, neither was he prepared to commit himself on the subject now any more than he should be prepared to say, that because a vessel of a certain particular construction had come safe into port under certain circumstances, that, there fore, it was a construction best fitted to cope with circumstances entirely different. It was a matter for inquiry; and, therefore, he moved for the ap ntraent of this Committee ; but he thought it right, in order to prevent any misapprehension, that he did not propose to abrogate the law, under which the currency had been regulated for twenty years, and which enf orce d a me t a lli c s t an d ar d. I t s t ruc k him that the main subjects of inquiry would be, Ist, what were the provisions of the Act of 1844? 2dlv, what were the circumstances producing the present distress ? and idly, w h a t e ff ect h a d t h e A ct o f 1844 had in producing these circumstances ?—(llear. It had been the opinion of many that the Act of 1819 would be sufficient to establish the currency upon a secure basis, but it appeared that under cer tain circumstances an over issue of paper had taken place, and that on some occasions the lank of Eng land had been on the verge of being unable to comply with the requisites of the law. The Bill of 1844 had been introduced to bring about a state of greater safety, at the same time securing to the country the advantages of leaving as much paper to perform the offices of gold, as could be left with safety to the system, and Kith safety to the country. The Bank was permitted to issue 14,000,000 of notes, but for every note beyond, it must have gold in their coffers ready to meet it. Such were the provisions of the law of 1844. At the beginning of last autumn the commercial world was suffering from a panic unequalled in intensity. The demand for capital was enormous—the demand of capital for railways in 1841 1842, and 1843, was four millions and a half; in 1844, 6,000,0001.; 184.5, it had increased to 14,000,0001. In the first half of 1846, the demand was 9,800,000/. ; up to the second it was 26,000,000, making 36,000,0001.; and, in 1847, it was 63,777,000, thus doubling the demand for capital of the preceding year. Where was all this capital to come from, which there was no visible means of sup plying? He. knew not it he si.ould be told that there was some inexhaustible mine of wealth, the ac cess to which had bean cut off by Sir R. Peel's Bill, lie believed in no such mine, and it had only existence in the heated fancies of speculators! This demand for railways had been aggravated by the deinand for capital to pay for foreign corn. In 1846 Mils demand amounted to 5,139,000/. In 1847 we had to pay for foreign c-rn 14,184,0001. It was these great demands upon our capital that he attributed the pressure, and that pressure would have existed whether the Bill of 1844 had existed or no. It, perhaps, had caused the pressure to be felt somewhat sooner, but he believed that the value of that Bill had been proved, by bringing on the pressure gradually, instead of sud denly, and thus avoiding a sudden and abrupt oonvulsion, which it is the objenct of all Legislation to obviate. He was not, however, prepared to say in what manner the existence of that law may have aggravated the panic which was itself a great calamity independently of the pressure. With respect to the pressure, he did not think any Act of Government could relieve it, but he thought that the Government might act upon the panic. The panic induced persons to hoard the precious metals which produced great inconvenience, and he believed that the panic had been greatly miti gated by the measures adopted by the Government. The effect of the letter of the Prime Minister to the Bank had been highly satisfactory, and had restored confidenee without any infringe ment of the provisions of the Act of 1844. It would be for their Lordships to determine how far they would maintain the principle of that Act or how far they would be inclined to modify its provisions. The operation of the Act of 1844 'would form one most important subject of inquiry before the pro posed Committee. He had in 1844 given a silent vote in favour of the Bill, because, admitting the defects of the measure of 1819 he was willing to give this measure, which professed to remedy those defects, a fair trial. It had had that trial, and it - would be for the committee to inquire how the mea sure had worked. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. o'cl The Sp osisaa tcok the Chair shortly before Four ock. Several A new -,, i , e mbers took the oaths and their seats. MP' Report c omblro,u,g LIGHTHOUSES s h_t up and laid on the table. for 1846 was of the Commissioners ' of Lighthouses petition from th Mr. J. CLA - i' v " " re lAL DEPRESSION. dent, vice-presidents, a memberse o p f r resi dent, e ratzon Chamber of Commerce o7Turl'' Pi%lying the House to depression of take into its immediate consideration inquiry into the the country, and to institute the monetary Jaws, in order that sunciiin be devised as might seem expedient. remedies might SOAP. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Normandey, as we understood , stating that he Dr. h invented an import ant im p rovement in the manu facture facture or soap , of which he wished to give the public •the benefit, that he manufactured a quantity which 'had been seizt d by the Excise as liable to duty. The Hon. and Learned Member stated after the recess, if a Committee on the Excise-laws were appointed, that he should move that this petition be referred to them. IRELAND. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire against coercive, and in favour of ae medial, measures, such as the reclamation of waste lands, for Ireland. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition, agreed to at ~-, oublic meeting recently held at Ashton-under -1 ..1, se, t praying the House to adopt measures which , w, il , , they would repress assassination in Ireland, :: 01.14 restore peace and tranquillity to that unhappy THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _ EVENING, country—measures of a strictly remedial character, such as a law to place the relations of landlords and tenants upon a better footing than heretofore, and the reintroduction of the Bill to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS (IRELAND). Lord BRACKLEY presented a petition from a place in Staffordshire praying the House to construe the denunciation of individuals at the altar of the Roman Catholic priesthood into felony, and that the person so acting might be punished accordingly. EDUCATION. Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition from De vonport, praying that the grant for education might be increased. JEWS. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from a place in Connaught against the admission of Jews into Parliament. CURRENCY. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce, of Edinburgh, in favour of the repeal of the currency laws of 1844. IRELAND. Mr. 0 -13ORNE presented a petition in favour of remedial measures for Ireland. CURRENCY. Mr. BLEWITT gave notice of his intention, when the House had decided whether the resolution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer or that of Mr. Wilson should be adopted, to move that it be an in struction to the Committee to consider and re port to the House, before they made their final report, whether a Bill should not lie introduced forthwith, for the purpose of enabling the Bank of England to extend their issues beyond 14,000,0001, as specified in the Act of 1844. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. J. O'CONiv ELL gave notice t la', on ti e motion for going into Committee of Supply, he would move that the House do resolve itself into a Com mittee of the whole House, on Wednesday, the Bth instant, for the purpose of considering the existing distress in Ireland, and the means which the existing laws afford for the amelioration of that distress, and what measures ought to be adopted to meet the emergency. CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would postpone bringing forward his Bill upon this subject till the 16th inst. CONVICTIONS AT POLICE-COURTS.; Mr. C. PEARSON gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable magis trates of the various police-courts to erdorse on the warrants of committal of prisoners in certain cases that it was not necessary to prefer a bill of indict ment against such person, and in such cases to allow the clerk of such court when the prisoner was sent for trial to file an information, which would be of equal effect to the finding a bill of indictment by the grand jury. POOR-LAW UNIONS. Mr. P. SCROPE gave notice of his intention to bring forward a measure for the purpose of affording facilities for the unions of England and Ireland to give employment to the able-bodied poor, as prescribed by the poor-law. SOLICITORS' FEES IN POLICE-COURTS. Mr. CHARLES PEARSON gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the fees of solicitors practising at the metropolitan police-courts, and to provide a cheap and efficient mode of taxing the same ; also a Bill for regulating the acquittal of prisoners upon the ground of insanity, and making provision for their subsequent treatment ; also a Bill to provide the means of profitable employment for prisoners, and to enable the judges to pass sentences of task labour upon the prisoners ; also a Bill to explain the unaltered common law of England, which pro nounces as a rule that children under age are in capacis doli ; also to make provision for such children, in conformity with the common law. REVENUE RETURNS; Dr. 130 WRING moved for a return of all amounts not paid into the Excheqner, but deducted for costs of collection or any other purpose, from the gross receipts of the various revenue departments; and of all amounts received by departments of expenditure from any other source than Parliamentary grants or issues from the Exchequer (in continuation of the return of session 1646, No. 6.s4.)—Agreed to. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. RICARDO wished to know from her Ma jeety's Government whether it was their intention to bring in any measure upon the subject of the navi gation-laws, as alluded to in her Majesty's Speech ? Lord J. RUSSELL stated, in reply to the Hon. Member, that it was not the intention of Government to introduce any measure on the subject until after the Christmas recess. DISSOLUTION OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. _ _ _ Mr. CARDWELL wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with any Bill relating to the winding up of joint-stock com panies. Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that a Bill for that purpose was introduced in the last session, but, in consequence of the lateness of the period, aril the opposition it then met with, it was withdrawn; the subject had been since carefully con sidered, and he entertained a hope that a measure would be matured which should accomplish the ob ject in view, without any of the objections urged against the last measure. CONVICT PRISONERS. Mr. PAKENHAM wished to know from the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department in what manner the prisoners sentenced to transporta ition had been disposed of, and what course was in tended to be adopted with regard to them in future ; and also whether any steps had been taken with a view to the formation of a convict establishment at Portland. • Sir G. GREY said that a considerable increase had taken place in the number of prisoners employed un der the control of the Admiralty, and in connexion with the various dockyards and arsenals of the country. An increase in the number had also taken place at Bermuda. Inquiries had been instituted at Gibraltar, with a view of ascertaining whether any increase might be made in future in the number of convicts which might be employed there. He would also state that 400 prisoners under sentence of trans portation had been sent to Bedford Gaol under strict regulations. A large number had, as usual, been sent to Pentorville ; and the Government were taking active measures in granting tickets of leave to those prisoners whose sentences were nearly expired, to enable them to leave this country for Van Diewan's Land, under the provisions of the Act passed last year. With respect to Portland, the Government had not lwen able to obtain possession of the laud to erect the necessary buildings for the establishment, in conse quence of a dispused claim which had been set up as against the Crown by some persons who had a lease hold interest in the property. Lord MAHON wished to know what had been the increase in the number of convicts confined in the hulks, as well as those employed in the dockyards and arsenals. Sir G. GREY explained, that when he stated that a large increase had been made in the number of those employed in the dockyards and arsenals, he wished to be understood to refer to prisoners confined in the hulks. He could not state exactly the increase which had taken place in the the numbers of such prisoners. AGRICULTURAL STATISTI3. In answer to a question from Mr. HINDLEY, Mr. LABOUCHER,E stated that it was the inten tion of the Government to introduce a Bill for faci litating the collection of agricultural statistics. It was important to know what amount of provisions there were in the country, and particularly in Ire land, and this Bill would afford the Lord-Lieutenant the means of collecting a large mass of information on the subject at a small expense to the public. Mr. S. O'BRIEN wished to know if the Right Hon. Gentleman would have any objection to the ap pointment of a Select Committee to consider this question previous to the introduction of the Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought the appointment of a Committee would be highly inconvenient. BANK FAILURES. Mr. MACGREGOR gave notice that on a future day he should move for a return of the banks that had failed in Scotland since 1783, stating their lia bilities and assets, and also a similar return of the banks that had suspended payment in England during the same period. ELECTION PETITIONS. Petitions were presented. against the returns for Kinsale, Abingdon, and Lyme Regis.: IRISH EXPENDITURE. return of the number, nature, and expe departmentsnditure n of fo t r h a e various branches of the Government departments in England, from Ireland transferred to and consolidated with the e e cor responding,earlBoo to the present time t ; he th la e st case to he the average of years inofe3atchhe establishment in Ireland, and the dates of the transfer expenditurethree to be given, stood first on the list, but did he not think that there ought to be full discussion into the state of Ireland before they resorted to coercive measures, he should have been strongly inclined to postpone it, in order that the adjourned debate, in which the House and the country took so much in terest, might be proceeded with. He had, therefore, endeavoured to get a promise from Government that an opportunity should be afforded him for raising such a discussion, but he had failed in doing so, and were it not for the representations of the Irish Members with whom he acted, that it would be impossible for him to obtain a fair hearing from English Mem bers until th e adjourned debate had been disposed or, he s h ould cer tainly have gonei of his friends he sh ou l d on with his motion. I n d eference, e however, to t a b sta i n f ro m opiniondoing so, and he hoped his example would be followed by other Hon. Members who had notices on the paper, in order that the monetary question might be got rid of without delay. The motion for the postponement was agreed to, LAW CHARGES AND FEES. Mr. ROMILLY moved the re-appointment of a Select Committee, to inquire into and report to the House on the taxation of suitors in the courts of law and equity by the collection of fees, and the amount thereof, and the mode of collection, and the appropria tion of fees in the courts of law and equity, and in all inferior courts, and in the courts of special and general sessions in England and \Vales, and in the ecclesiastical courts and courts of admi ralty ; and as to the salaries and fees received by the officers of those courts, and whether any and what means could be adopted with a view of superintending and regulating the collection and appropriation thereof. The motion having been seconded, Sir G. GREY said as the motion was simply for the re-appointment of a Committee agreed to last session there was no objection to it. He wanted that opportunity of stating that the Home-office was t present engaged in collecting information on the subject of the fees charged in County Courts, with the view of introducing a measure to regulate and render uniform the fees to be taken in all the County Courts throughout the country. The motion was then agreed to. POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION ACT. Mr. BANKES, in rising to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Poor-law Adniinistration Act, by reducing the amount of charge to which the public are liable under the existing provisions of that Act, said it would be remembered that last session a Committee of that House sat for many months upon this subject, and at the end of the inquiry they re ported that the Poor-law Commissioners hay: issued rules for carrying out the law in a way that was contrary to the intentions of the Legislature. The Act to which he referred was passed in June last, after much discussion ; and as he, and others with whom he acted, considered that its operation would prove expensive, they opposed it. It was, however, carried; but from that time to the present its provisions had not been carried into effect ; he therefore called upon the Government to explain to the House why they had allowed the Act to fall into abeyance dur ing so long a period. The Commissioners, save one, had resigned their posts ; one was a Member of the House and the other had been appointed to a high official situation, and those con versant with the law, whom he had consulted on the subject, agreed that one Commissioner could not carry on the business of the office to which the carrying out of the new Bill was to be entrusted ; for instance, how could one con stitute a board ? He wished to see the Bill carried out with the least possible expense; and, therefore, he wished to know if the Government in tended to carry it out with one Commissioner • or, in fact, whether they intended to abrogate the Bill alto gether? It was proposed that there should be a President, with a seat in the House of Lords, one paid secretary in that House, another out of it, and an unlimited number of sub-inspectors and clerks, the total cost of whom was as yet unsettled, for the Government had given them no information on the point. If they had thought better of the measure, and wished to save expense, he would support them. At least the conduct of the Govern ment presented no other view to him.—(Hear.) lie judged them by their acts. He had no desire un necessarily to occupy the time of the House, and thereby to retard the discussion on the affairs of Ireland, but if he were compelled to do so he should only imitate the example of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, who had mixed up coer cion with other matters foreign to the question. Such conduct might, by causing delay, destroy the effect of remedial measures ; and if the Bill with respect to Ireland were put off from week to week he shouid ft el it his duty to withdraw his support from the Government in respect to it. Lord J. RUSSELL thought when the House was informed of the whole of the facts in relation to the subject which the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had introduced, they would see there was no reason for taking the hasty step which he had suggested. It had been arranged that each of the Commissioners should receive 2,0001. each, making a total of 6,0001. a year for the three. What they proposed was, that instead of three heads of that office there should be but one—namely, a president, with a salary of 2,000/., and that there should be two secretaries, with a salary of 1,500/. a year each—making 1,0001. less than the expenses of the original commission. He had been in communication with various individuals, many of whom had expressed great unwillingness to take upon themselves the onerous duties of the qffices. The Hon. Gentleman was mistaken when he said that but one Commissioner had of late trans acted the business of the commission. The Ilon. Member for Hertfordshire resigned when he became a candidate ; but Mr. Nicholls and Sir Edmund head had carried on the business since. The house would see that although two might carry on the business for a short time by great toil, and a denial of the usual recreation, that such an ar rangement would be detrimental to the public service. —(Hear, hear.) In a week or ten days the ' entire arrangements would be completed, when he should be happy to state their nature to the House With respect to the statement of the Honourable Member relative to the Bill introduced the other night by his Right Honourable Friend at the head of the Home Department respecting crime in Ireland, he (Lord J. Russell) thought it vs ould not have been fair on the part of Minis ters, or just to the Irish Members, to have appointed the second reading of that Bill for an earlier day than Monday next.—(Hear, hear.) He could assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that her Majesty's Government had no intention whatever to postpone the measure in any stage, and that it was their fixed determination to proceed with it on Monday next. Mr. DISRAELI did not think her Majesty's Mi nisters were the parties who ought to depre ciate the labours of Parliamentary Committees. Al though the Noble Lord had not virtually approved of the decision of the Andover Union Committee, he had acted upon it. After her Majesty's Government had acted upon the report, he thought it would have the appearance of vindictiveness to pursue the subject further. Mr. F. FRENCH thought that the Irish Members had a right to complain of the manner in which places connected ssith the administration of the Irish Poor-law were filled up.—(Hear, heir.) Almost every situation was supplied by Scotchmen. Sir G. GREY would only remind the Hon. Mem ber that Mr. Twisleton, who well understood the subject, was at the head of the Board, and that two gentlemen who were resident in Ireland, were also members of the Board.—(Hear, hear.) Captain PECHELL had no hesitation in asserting that the course pursued by the Government led the public to believe that the decision of the Andover Union was considered by them to be correct. Mr. BANKES presumed that the Government would not object to his second motion. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that he had no objection to offer to it, Mr BANKES said that in that case he would not divide the House upon his first motion, and begged to withdraw it The Hon. Mamber then moved for a return of the names of all persons who had acted as Commissioners of the Poor•law from the Ist of January last up to the present time ; distinguish ing the periods during which such Commissioners had held such appointment. LANDED ESTATES IN IRELAND. Mr. OSBORNE moved for a return of all landed estates in Ireland under the management of Receivers of the Courts of Chancery and Equity Exchequer in Ireland ; stating the names of the receivers, their profession or occupation, and residence ; the situation and extent of property under each receiver, the annual rental, the number of tenants, the amount expended on each pro perty for improvements since the said properties came under the management of a Receiver of the Court of Chancery, and the arrears which have been allowed to accumulate. He did not know whether the Government had any objection to offer to that motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he would prefer the Hon. Member's resolu tion if it were worded in accordance with the recom mendations of the Earl of Devon's Commission. Mr. OSBORNE said that he had anticipated the wish of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and would therefore place in the hands of the Speaker a motion in accordance with the wishes of the Right Hon. Baronet. The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he understood that there were some words in the motion of the Hon. Member which he felt he must oppose. Mr. OSBORNE said that he had appended to the resolution which he had placed in the hands of the Speaker, the words, " also return of the amount expended on each pro perty for improvements since the said properties came under the management of a Receiver of the Court of Chancery, and the arrears which have been allowed tl accumulate." He considered these words as the most important part of the resolution, and if the Government opposed him, he should feel it to be his duty to divide the House upon the question. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it was not acting perfectly fair towards the G lr o o. v vi e e r in n A i ni t: iL Government append any words to an unop posed motion without g i v i ng no ti ce o f th e same t o TON suggested that the better cours e to adopt wou ld b e for the Hon. Metnber to I withdraw bis motion, in order that he might have an opportunity of giving notice of his intention on the subject. Mr. GUINNESS said no subject of greater im portance could possibly come under the consideration of the House, and he trusted it would not be disposed of in a hasty manner. For 25 years he had been a receiver in the Irish Ccurt of Chancery, and no one was more competent to advise the House upon the abuses connected with the management of pro perty under the control of the Irish Court of Chancery than himself, and he sincerely hoped this matter would be postponed. To show the necessity for not disposing of this question hurriedly, he would just mention three cases of abuse which had come under his own knowledge. For twenty-one years a large and valuable property in the county of Cork had been under his charge as Receiver, during which time not one single shilling had been expended to improve the condition of the tenantry living upon it. The second case was a property yielding 4,500/. a year. It had been nine years under his care, and during those nine years the sum of 1681. was all that had been expened in cultivating the condition of the property or improving the property. The third case was one of a property in the county of Meath, yielding 1,6001. per annum. Upon that pro perty, during the ten years it had been in the Court of Chancery there had only been 6001. ex pended for the benefit or improvement of the tenantry.—(Hear, hear. He hu m bly su b m itt e d th a t these three cases, which were only a few he had se lected from a large number of a similar character, constituted good grounds for asking the interference of the House, and now that they were so anxious to ameliorate the condition of the sister kingdom, he hoped they would not lose sight of the large amount of landed property that was unfortunately placed under controul of the Court of Chancery, but they would teach that Court that property which came within its jurisdiction had its duties as well as its rights.-- (Hear, hear.) The results of the expenditure upon the property he had last mentioned were so remark able that he must beg the patience of the House while he related them. The 6001. had been ex pended during the last three years at the rate of 2001. per annum, and the result of the expenditure of the first year, namely 1845, was that he received 1,000/. over and above the annual rent, in liquidation of arrears. In 1846 he also received 1,000/. sbvve the rent, and in 1847, during all the distress that had pervaded the entire country, he had received 6001. over and above the rent in payment of arrears.— (Cheers.) Sir GEORGE GREY could assure the House that there was no objection to giving the information asked for, and all that his Right Hon. Friend had required was simply that the motion should be put in such a form as was best fitted for obtaining the in formation.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. OSBORNE said, under these circum stances he would not press his motion in its present shape. The motion was then withdrawn. GOLD AND SILVER COIN. Dr. BO WRING was understood to postpone his motion for returns relating to the gold and silver coin, bullion, and bank notes in circulation, issued from the Bank of England since January 1845, and other returns connected with the bank. RAILWAY BILLS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. Hayter and Sir Thomas Birch were added to the Select Committee on Railway Bills. ADJOURNING DEBATES. Mr. BROTHERTON postponed the following motion until Wednesday :—" That when any new business is brought on after twelve o'clock at night, if it be moved and seconded, that the debate on such question be adjourned, Mr. Speaker shall immediately declare the debate adjourned, without putting the question to the vote. COVICTION OF INNOCENT PERSONS. Mr. EWART rose, he said, to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet, which he conceived of the greatest importance, as it affected the administration of justice in this country. Several cases had recently occurred of persons being found guilty whose innocence had subsequently been proved. A girl, named Mary Ann Turpin, was recently convicted at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to six months' impri sonment, for stealing a watch. A person was after wards convicted of the same offence, and the girl re ceived a free pardon. The next case was that of Thomas Whalley, who was sentenced at the Stafford Assizes to 1.5 years' transportation. After lying in prison eight months, his innocence was made manifest, and he was liberated. The newspapers had recently furnished another case—that of a person named Charles Butler, who having been wrongfully convicted, also received a free pardon. There were, he believed, many other cases. Three men, who had been for years in Van Dieman's Land, are proved to be innocent, they were vardoned, and received 101. each as compensation. 'lo him it ap peared a solecism in language to say that a man who was innocent should receive a free pardon ; because he was entitled to his liberty without its aid. Sir Samuel Romilly introduced a Bill to give compensa tion to innocent parties who were convicted ; but he did not live to see his benevolent purpose carried out. lie (Mr. Ewart) considered that a Court of Appeal should be established for criminal as well as civil cases. It was true a writ of error might be instituted in a criminal case in a point of but such a court could not entertain any criminal question which vested upon facts alone. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who was not now in Parliament, had intro duced a Bill to effect so desirable an object; but it did not meet with the support of the House. He wished now to know, looking at theses, to which he had called the Right Hon. Baronet's attention, whether the Government intended to establish such a tribunal ? Sir G. GREY said, in simply replying to the ques tion, it w mid be unnecessary for him to enter into the whole question with reference to the necessity of establishing a tribunal like the one suggested. He considered, however, that if a tribunal of the kind had been in existence it would have Worded no re medy in any one of the cases brought under review. So unfavourable an opinion did Sir Fitzroy Kelly entertain with respect to a court of criminal appeal, that whilst he sat in Parliament from 1444 to 1846 he did not re-introduce his Bill. With respect to the case of the girl Turpin, if a court of appeal had been in ex istence she must have waited to the ensuing term before an appeal could have been lodged; and if a new trial were granted it could not have taken place until a future session. The Recorder wrote to him on the 24th of October, stating that a person named Walsh had been convicted of the same offence, and that consequently the girl was innocent. On that very day an order was sent from the Home office to the prison ordering her immediate liberation. —(Hear, hear.) Her liberation could not have been effected more speedily. Then with respect to the case of Thos. W hal ley for which he had received much blame. After a proctracted trial he was convicted ; for three months that case never came under his (Sir G. Grey's) attention, and he never heard of it until a memorial was presented to him in June. The usual course was then taken. On the 16th of June he referred that document to Mr. Sergeant Gaslee, who heard the case. Some considerable time elapsed before he (Sir G. Grey) heard anything further of the matter; but in the month of August, at his suggestion Mr. Sergeant Gaslee was reminded that he ought to make his report; on the receipt of the letter, Mr. Sergeont Gaslee stated that he had delayed making his report in conequence of the writ of the prisoner's counsel.--(Hear, hear.) On the 22th of August he (Sir George Grey) read Mr. Sergeant Gaslee's report, but it was of such a nature as to require fur ther consideration. The first was upon the evidence that had been adduced. Sergeant Gaslee was satisfied of the correctness of the verdict, but further facts coming to his (Sir G. Grey's) knowledge, he referred the case to one of the Barons of the Exchequer, who also con sulted with Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, and on the 9th of October he received their report, both of them unanimously considering that the verdict was wrong, and that the prisoner ought to be discharged ; and immediately upon that report being re ceived the man was discharged.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the case of Charles Butler, he was discharged upon a medical certificate that his further confinement would endanger his life. With regard to the three prisoners transported to Van Diemen's Land improperly, it was true that they were brought home, and had 101. each. With respect to the court of appeal to which the Honourable Member had referred, in criminal cases, he for one should be glad t o get rid of the responsibility that attached to th e office he had the honou r to hold, but as to the establishing of such courts, he would not then go into the policy of the adoption of such a course. Mr. DEERING enquired of the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it be his intention to enforce the discretionary power vested in him by the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 126, where an asylum for pauper lunatics shall not have been begun upon before August next in any county of England, the funds for defraying the expense of the same being forbidden by the same statute. as well as by the Act 9 and 10 Victoria, c. 84, to be raised at a higher rate of interest than five per cent.; or whether be means to reserve such exercise of his in tention until moved to do so through the medium of presentment by the local authorities. Sir G. GREY said that if it appeared that the jus tices in any county failed in the execution of their duty, he should not fail to exercise the discretion vested in him. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day being read for the ad journed debate for the appointment of a Select Com mittee to inquire into the causes of the late monetary pressure, Mr. URQUAHART rose and said that the Par liament were met at this period for the pur pose of onsidering the cause of public dis- tress, and they Trere now informed by the Government that it was their intention to move for the appointment of a Committee whose inquiries were to be confined to a consideration of the affairs of the Bank of Eng land. He believed that the evil lay far deeper than in the state of that establishment. The Legislature were alone to blame for the state of the country. The evils were traceable to the abrogation of useful laws, and the pressing of of her measures having a tendency to reduce the circulation of the country. The only remedy for those evils was to be found in the abrogation of these: laws, which had been passed upon the subject of the currency.—(Hear, hear.) The only effect to be expected to result from the operation of a law regulating commerce, was an effect for evil. The effect of such a measure were to be found in the disruption cf the affairs of the country. It had been found that a reduction of the rate of in terest had been instrumental in promoting the prosperity of the country, but under the operation of this law the rate of interest was raised, and the present distress was the consequence. With respect to the arguments which had been brought forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a previous evening, he considered that they were only brought forward for the purpose of rendering abortive the inquiry to be instituted, and leading Hon. Members to suppose that the Bank Charter had nothing whatever to do with producing the ex isting distress. (LEFT SPEAYINO.) FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 30.—The Chamber of Representa tives was again occupied to-day in discussing budgets of Foreign Affairs and of the Marine. In the general discussion Messrs. Osy and Delahaye vehemently in sisted that reductions and the utmost economy should be be exercised, and for that purpose introduced as soon as possible into the departments of personal diplomacy and of the Military Marine. M. Delehaye de clared that unless these reductions were proposed by the Government in the budget next year, he should be forced to vote against this budget. M. Castian went further and declared that from this year his vote should be neutral. M. D'Hoffschmidt endeavoured to shew that the salaries enjoyed by diplomatic persons were not too high, but he promised at the same time that he would not consent to any augmentation, which is being solicited by several of the agents. TILE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.—On the Ist of December the Emperor of Russia completed the twenty second year of his reign ; in three years, therefore, he will have arrived at un epoch, which has not bean attained by any of the Czars before him. A fundamental law exists in Russia which dates before the time of Peter the Great, and by which the Emperor of Russia cannot reign more than twenty-five years. After this period he is obliged to abdicate in favour of the heir presumptive of the Imperial Crown ; or, if he wants to maintain himself on the throne he does so at the risk of braving all the aristocracy of Russia, and of being stabbed or strangled in his own palace. Such at least were the customs of the Czars, for a long period has elapsed since any attained the 25th year of his reign. The reso lution which the Emperor will take for this important period has been deeply engaging parties at St. Petersburg. Many suppose that he will abdicate in favour of the Prince Royal Alexander Nicoleviwtsch, who is now twenty-nine years of age, and that he will retire into Germany, but the more general opinion is that he will convoke the Senate, for the purpose of hav ing this barborous law revoked, and thus be enabled to continue his reign without fear of the Nobles. The Emperor himselt avoids all allusion to the sub ject. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS OF RusslA.—The St. Pe tersburgh Journal of Manufactures publishes the follow in details relative to the commercial statistics of St. Petersburgh for the year 1846. At the close of this year there were in Russia 860 merchants of the first class, 2,283 of the second class, 37,651 of the third class, 34 foreign commercial houses, 7,147 peasants en gaged in commerce. The capital employed in com merce amounted to 11,603,400 silver rubles (660,303,800 franci); in 1846 82 ships were built of from 16 150 lasts, and 56 foreign vessels were bought. During this year 44 Russian ships were wrecked, The four insurance companies of Odessa have insured to the amount of 3,354,852 s. r., of which 75,634 s. r. were re claimed for accidents. The number of Russian ships which left the ports of Russia during the year were 1,012 with cargo, and 33 with ballast. The number of ships which entered the port was 683 with cargo, and 314 with ballast. 203 fo reign vessels were admittted to patent under the Rus sian flag. EARLY APPROACH OF WlNTER.—Letters from the East Sea Parvenues of Russia say we hare had com plete winter, and in the last four weeks, during the latter half of October, snow has every where fallen, al though it has between while melted away. In the year 1829 winter set in at about the same season. Already, on the 13th of November, it was necessary to remove the fhating bridge at Riga, so that the town is severed into two parts. CAIRO, Nov. B.—Mehemet Ali arrived here a few days ago, and will probably not break up for Upper Egypt for some time. The inexhaustable nature of this veter►i, who still moves about with astonishing celerity, seems to promise a long life. The Viceroy has for years been so regular in his course of life, that it is really a matter of surprise that one word from the phy sicians will induce him to exchange the gardens of Shorsbra for the citadelle. The Government is doing all in its power to abate as filth. as possible of the long-standing monopoly of trade; hence the constant squabbles with all the Consulates. The Minister of Commerce is, as is well known, an American, and therefore by birth and from principle a secret, and, if circumstances call for it, an avowed enemy of all European repre,entatives; the only one who has yet arrive 1 here is M. Barrot from France. From Abyssinia we learn from a well informed European, who has been long resident there:—" We are now at war. Übije, the governor of Tigrsi, has again taken the field against Ras Ali, the nominal Emperor of Gondar, or rather has challenged him; for Übije is in Sernen, and Ras Ali as arrived in Wagnera from Semen, where both parties were gazing at each other for the last six months with immense forces, without offering offering battle. Each seems afraid of the other, for the battle will be decided by the life or death of one or the other of these chiefs. It is, however, by no means im probable that after the six months activity, hunger and fatigue may bring about peace—for such is Abyssinia. DUTCII FUNDS.—AmiTiIDAX ien N e 7 . . 29. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cont.. •.•••• •• • 54 541 A Ditto, 3 per Cent •• .• .• •• 65% 66 Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••••• • • • • •• •• 544 84% Amort Syndic, 3% per Cont....—. 53% 84 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent 162% 163 East India Loan, 4 per Cent• •..•• •• • • Exchange on London, at sight ........12 15 Two months... •.• • • • • . 12 On llamburgh, at sight •• .. 35 37 Two months.... ••••••• • • • • 34 74 On Paris • ••••••• • • • • • •• 5 6 50 Two ineuths. • • ..... ••• • • 55 GREAT PARLIAMENTARY FEAT.—George Bea - tinck, alias the Stable Mind, alias the Protectionist Pot, can be backed for any amount, to perform the following feat: —lle will pick up with his memory four octavo pages of unconnected statements, trundle a theory over a dozen great facts, contradict himself fourteen times, swallow a score of full-sized absurdities, and conclude by his celebrated figure•dance blindfold, among three pare phletfuls of statistics, without ever touching the real point of the case, all in one hour. His money will bo ready at any of the sporting houses, and he can alway s be heard of at the Carlton, where he is ready to mak o the :above match, if he can be accommodated with a customer.—Punch. We are most happy in being able to state, tha Government has recognized the claims of the families of those humane and brave officers who perished in this town from fever while in the discharge of the duty o f relieving the sick and destitute. Early in the year Mr. R us ht o n, with his usual active benevolence, made strong representations to Sir George Grey, and his endeavours did not want thesupport which Mr. Austin, the Poor law Assistant Commissioner, could officially give. The re sult has been, that Government has placed at the dis posal of the two rectors and Mr. Rushton (with whom Mr. Austin forms a committee), a sum equal to one year's salary for each of the officers and surgeons who died in the discharge of a sacred duty.—Liverpool Journal. A RE-MARRIAGE.—" We are about," says a Frank fort letter of the 27th, "to witness a marriage of a very singular description. Mdlle. de Reichenbach, daughter of the late Grand Duke of llesse-Cassel by a morga natic marriage, was divorcid from her first husband, Count de Luktner. She then married M. Wolzdorff, a Councillor of State, who died two years ago. She is now about to re-marry her first husband, the political differences which led to their divorce no longer existing." THE MONSTER MOTION.—Mr. Chisholm Anstey has In ado the nearest approach to the discovery of per petual motion that has ever yet been arrived at. It oc cupies four pages of the Votes of the House of Com mons; extends through the whole history of England; comprises the whole of the known, and three parts of the unknown world ; and refers to every communica tion, " either secret or ostensible," that has ever passed between any persons upon any subject whatever. To comply with this motion we should require another Raleigh, to write another History of the World; another Cocker, to invent another system of arithmetic capable of making the calculations and returns that Mr. Chis holm Alistev demands; and it would be necessary to examine all - the chiefs of all the tribes with which this ln country ,uch. h as ever communicated, by treaty or otherwise. A peasant, in cultivating the ground at Bouaierea aux-Claus, in the department of the Meurthe, lately found a seal of the Emperor Henry 111., called " the Black." It is in massive silver, clumsily made, weighs about twenty-five grammes (nearly an ounce), and has 3. 11. S., signifying " seal of Henry III." inscribed on it. The Emperor was son of Conrad 11., and cousin of Brunon, Bishop of Toul, whom he mailed to be electe 1 Pope at the Diet of Worms, and who afterwards became Saint Leon IX. Henry 111. was born in 1017, succeeded his father in 1039, died in 1056, and was buried at Spire. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The corporation of Swan sea, where the British Association are to assemble next year, have most liberally voted five hundred pounds to wards their accommodation and entertainment. It is expected that this sum will be doubled by private dGna tions, so that the local fund will be more than ample to provide all the essential requirements, so ably ar ranged annually under the experienced guidance of the assistant-general secretary. But the spirit evinced by such a fund, conbined with well-known Welsh hospi tality, and with the attractions of Swansea and its neigh bourhood, afford good promise for the meeting of 1848. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT, Dec. 1. THE MARY.-COLLISION. The Po, a schooner of 74 tons, belonging to Yar mouth, and the Mary, a brig of 161 tons, of Ipswich, the latter in ballast, bound to Sunderland, came In collision off Foulness, on the night of the Bth of June last. The wind was W.N.W., blowing strong. The schooner was closehauled on the starboard tack; the Mary was work ing to windward on the larboard tack. The vessels being in such a position as to be likely to meet, it was the duty of the Po to keep her conrse, and that of the Mary to give way. The simple issue, therefore, was, whether the Mary did bear up, and whether the Po kept her course, the owners of the Mary alleging that the schooner first starboarded her helm and then ported it. The Court was assisted by Trinity Masters. After hearing the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Bayford for the Po, and Dr. Addams and Dr. Twisa for the brig, Dr. LUSIINGTON said there were two questions for the Trinity Masters to decide—namely, whether the Mary did really give way, and whether she did so in due time. The questions were purely nautical, and he left them to the gentlemen who assisted him, without ex pressing any opinion of his own. The Trinity Masters considered the blame to be attri butable solely to the Mary; and The COURT pronounced for the damage claimed by the Po, and dismissed the cross action by the Mary. THE SHANNON.- SALVAGE. This was an action by two steam-tugs, the Tiger and the Joseph and IVilliam, fora remuneration on account of salvage services rendered to the Shannon, a vessel of considerable burden, laden with coals, which, whilst waiting for some of her crew outside the harbour of Shields on the 23d of February, got upon a sand. The master, though in his affidavit he declared that he was is no danger, and that by letting go an anchor and waiting for half an hour he could have got off with the tide, yet accepted the services of the two tugs. The value of the property was 1,6001. Dr. Addams and Dr. Curteis were for the salvors, and Dr. Bayford and Dr. Deane for the owners. Dr. LusEuriaToze, looking at the general aspect of the case, and considering that th e ve sse l was on a sand on which the wind was beating, and that the accident oc curred in the month of February, could not regard the situation of the vessel as one free from the chance of peril, and from this it had been rescued by steam power, which, in the first place, was more efficacious, and, se condly, more expensive, than other power. Taking these circumstances into consideration, he should allot 30/. for the service performed, and as the owners had made no tender, he gave the salvors their costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW- STREET. Mr. T. Spencer Hall, whose name was identified with that of Miss Martineau a few years: since, in connexion with certain mesmeric results ' applied to Mr. Henry, the sitting Magistrate, to aid him in suppressing the public sale of an offensive pamphlet, in which his own name, and that of the lady above referred to, were used in a manner extremely annoying and repulsive. Mr. hall produced a packet of the publication referred to, having, as he stated, bought up all the man had in his possession, and promised him more creditable em ployment for the future. The pamphlet purporting to contain certain " astonishing revelations," and startling " exposures" concerning the practice of mesmerism by " libertines and hoary-headed debauchees," and other evil professors of the art, and the outrages committed upon female virtue by means thereof. Extracts from Miss Martincau's letter in the Athenceum were given relative to the command which the mesmerist was en abled to exercise over the actions of his patient, and inferences most offensive to morality were sought to be established therefrom. Mr. Hall, who was formerly a professor and lecturer on mesmerism, added, that he had now no connection with the science, but was identified with another subject. lie also held a public situation, and was on that account the more annoyed at the manner in which his name had been put forth in these pamphlets. Mr. HENRY said his attention had been already called to the publication by the Society for the Suppression of Vice; but, although it was, doubtless, a most objection able production, and very offensive to the parties whose names were mentioned in it, still it did not appear to contain ob,cene or profane matter, such as to bring the vendor under the laws for the suppression of vice. The party might be indicted under another clause, for sel• ling i❑ the streets, for which he was liable to a penalty of 405., but probably the man would desist if an officer were sent to him from the Court. At any rate, he would not recommend Mr. Hall to buy up these prints, or re compense the party for not selling them; or he might be treated like the gentleman who, having given sixpence to an organ grinder to keep away from his house, was afterwards continually pestered by others, who wished to be got rid of in a similar way. Mr. Hall said, the man who carried them about had a large placard, which was even more offensive than the books. His worship sent an officer with a caution from the, bench, and the applicant then withdrew. MARYLEBONE. A considerable degree of excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of this court in consequence of its having been known that Thomas Duch, a labourer employed by the parish of Paddington, was to be brought up for re examination on the heinous charge of having attempted to poison Jane Duck, his wife. She occupied a miserable apartment in White Lion place, and the prisoner had for a long time past ill used her in a most shameful manner. On Wednesday after noon, the 24th ult., she poured out three cups of tea, one for herself, the second for the prisoner, and the other for her child; she sent the latter out fur a small quan tity of milk, and having waited at the street-door till she came back, they both entered the room and sat down; she put milk into each of the cups, when the prisoner, either by accident or otherwise, upset his, upon which she poured out another fur him, and he drank it; she then drank her own cup, which had about it a very strange taste, so much so, as to induce a belief that poi son had been mixed therein; she emptied what remained into a basin, and finding something still adhering to the inside of the cup, she took both of the utensils to a che mist, who, upon smelling them, expressed a belief that they had in them opium. Other evidence was gone into upon the first inquiry, stating that Pollard, 125 D, took into custody the pri soner, w ho, on bring told what he was charged with, de clared his innocence, at the same time asserting that if any poison was in a cup, it must have been put in by his wife for the purpose of destroying him; and he also al leged that a short time ago, as he bad every reason to believe, his wife had put poison into a herring, of which she was extremely anxious that he should partake. At the station-house he feigned illness, and he wished to have the stomach pump applied to him, but it was quite apparent that. there was no necessity for any ope ration of the sort. Yesterday the following additional evidence tending to criminate the prisoner was adduced:— William Lee, shopboy to Mr, Moore, chemist, Brown street, Edgeware road, deposed that on one day last week, a man whom he believed to bo the prisoner, came to the shop and asked for a pennyworth of opium for the purpose of smoking. He was not served with it, and he went away. Witness watched him, and saw him go into the shop of Mr. Grant, another chemist, in Nut ford-place. Prisoner—.l never saw that boy before. Mr. Howard, assistant to Mr. Grant, said that upon one occasion last week a man came in and asked for a pennyworth of opium, which he said was for a pain in the head. He was served with about eight or ten grains, and he thee went away. He could not swear that the prisoner was the person. Mr. BROUGHTON—WouId that be sufficient to de stroy life ? Witness—lt might in some cases of deli cate constitution. The wife (a poor sickly woman with an infant in her arms) went into many particulars relative to the un happy lire which she endured for a long while through the ill usage of her husband, and mentioned various fasts not give❑ by her at the first inquiry, mahy of which had a tendency to show his (prisoner's) guilty in tention. Thomas, 60 T, (one of the officers attached to Ham mersmith Police•court), said, that upon several occa sions while the parties were: located in the districtiof the eourt in question, the poor woman had complained of being cruelly treated by the prisoner, for the ap prehension of whom a warrant (here produced by the officer) had been granted. The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say, denied his guilt altogether with regard to any attempt to poison his wife, but admitted that he had not behaved well to her lately; he launched out into bitter invectives against his former landlord, who had sold his bed from under him. The Magistrate, after carefully reviewing the whole of the evidence adduced in this as yet very mysterious case, remanded the prisoner till next Wednesday, at the same time giving directions to the constable to take th• cup and basin t• Dr. Leeson, at St. Thomas's hospital, in order to ascertain if by analyzation at the present period further information may be gained. WORSHIP -STREET. George Freeman, a porter in the employment of the Eastern Counties Railway, was charged with commit ting a series of deptedations upon packages and parcels transmitted through tho goods' department of the above company. Mr. John Phillips, warehouseman in the service of Mr. Thomas Buxton, a commission agent in Wood street, Cheapside, stated, that for some time past various hampers of goods they were in the habit of receiving from the house of one of their principals, at Norwich, named Geary, had been found, upon reaching their warehouse, to have been broken open in the course of their transit by railway, and robbed of part of their contents. Repeated complaints of these depredations had been made to the railway authorities, but they bad been unable to obtain a clue to the offender until "about three weeks since, when a bale of goods, consisting en tirely of gloves and braces, was also discovered, upon being received fr om N orw i c h, t o h ave b een previously opened, and that the whole of twelve parcels it contained had been broken into and a quantity of the goods ab stracted from each, and one parcel stolen altogether. lie had since been shown a pair of braces by one of the railway officers, and he felt satisfied, from their make and appearance, that they had formed part of one of the parcels in question, with the remainder of the contents of which they exactly corresponded. James Sparks, inspector of gatekeepers at the goods' station, deposed, that having been directed to keep a vigilant eye upon the porters as they left the premises, he watched the prisoner as he was going through one of the gates, and having noticed that his jacket . protruded much from something bulky beneath it, he iisisted upon searching him, and found him in possession of a dress coat, which had never been worn, and had the maker's label still attached to the collar. Ho afterwards searched the prisoner's lodgings, and there, amongst other articles, discovered t he braces identified by the ( last witness. Francis Edwards, packer to Messrs. Hyams an Cs., clothiers ofColchester, identified the coat produced, which he stated had formed part of a truss transmitted by the railway to their establishment in town, on the 24th u*. When called upon for his defence the prisoner, who had at first protested his innocence, and declared that the articles were his own property, honestly purchased, said he should reserve what he had to say for another opportunity; and Mr. HammiLL ordered him to be brought up again for the depositions to be completed. CLERKENWELL. _ . Marlin Bozeman, a well known thief, was charged by Mr. John Burdett Gibbons, of 45, Hatton-garden, with stealing a quantity of silver plate and other property. On the 26th August last the prosecutor's servant was employed cleaning same mats in front of the house, and whilst thus engaged some thief entered the house, and, proceeding to the drawing-room, stole the property end made his escape. On the same day the prisoner called at the house of Mr. Collingridge, refiner, of 27, Wil derness-row, and presented a quantity of silver plate and gold watch cases, all of which were broken, and offered them for sale, saying that his master, Mr. Ander son, of Hatton-garden, had become security for a loan of 50/., and wanted to sell the articles to make up the money. Mr. Collingridge told him it was very strange that Mr. Anderson should make such a sacrifice, and break up such valuable property, but he weighed the articles, gave the prisoner a memorandum of the weight, and detained them, telling the prisoner he would not part with theta until Mr. Anderson called himself. The prisoner lefts and had not been since seen or heard of until ho wag apprehended on Tuesday night last by Sires, of the G. division. Mr. Collingridge produced the property, and identified the prisoner. Mr. Gibbons identified the articles as being his pro perty. Sires deposed, that he had received information of the robbery and a description of the prisoner, whom be knew. He met him on Tuesday night last in Charles street, Hatton-garden, and told him he wanted him for, a robbery. The prisoner asked, " What robbery ?' Witness said, At Mr. Gibbons', in Hatton-garden, in August last." The prisoner said, " How can that be, when I have been in America for the last seven or eight months past ?" The prisoner being asked if he wished to say anything to the charge, denied all knowledge of the robbery, or that he had offered the prop, rty for sale. On the 4th of June last he went to New York with his uncle, in the Fidelia, and ho remained there two months, when they disagreed. He received a letter (now produced) from his mother, informing him that she had separated from his father, and wishing him (the prisoner) to return io England ; he worked his passage back to Liverpool on board the Sardinia, when Captain Woodward gave him 30s. to come to London by the railway. In answer to a question, the prisoner said the Sardinia was now lying in Waterloo-dock, Liverpool. Inspector Perry said, that on the 11th of August the prisoner was brought to this court charged with having entered the house of Dr. Wakefield with intent to com mit felony, when he was sentenced to fourteen days' im prisonment in the House of Correction by Mr. Tyrwhitt• He was released from prison on the 26th of August, the very day of the robbery at Mr. Gibbons'. The prisoner had been several times in custody, and was well known. Moss, G, also identified the prisoner. The prisoner still denied being the person, and posi tively adhered to his denial of the robbery, and that he was at the time in America. He said that, when outside the court, Mr. Collingridge said he could not swear t° , him, and the officers told him h e mus t d o so , or it would be no good. His mother was in court, and she could prove that he was in America at the time of the robbery at Mr. Gibbons'. Mr. COMBS asked Mr. Collingridge if tte prisoner was the person who offered the property for sale? Mr. Collingridge—l believe he is. Mr. COMBE—Have you any doubts? Mr. Collingridge—l have no doubts. Mr. COMBE said, he should remand the prisoner for week. The officers were instructed to make every possiblehine-r quiry during the interim, and it i s pr o bable that ot charges may be brought forward against the prisoner. He was then conveyed to prison. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 1. &root EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Bi r kenhead , 1 71L_ shire, and Cheshire 31/. Shares, (late C. and 13 ' ) Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, Prefer; ence. No. 1, c. p.—Eastern Counties, lei 47 c-•-• Lancashire, New, :!/ 4 dis.—Edinburgh and Great Northern, c. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. 8., and 8.) , , Fifths, 1 4p.—London and North-Westers;; 155 c.—Midland, 110 c.—Ditto, Halves, 114 die.--Itch Staffordshire % dis.—Preston ad Wvre, Halves (A) , 913 P. c.— Eas —Ditto, (B), Y EI p.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, N°' 4 dis.—Ditto, No. 4,2% c dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber,. wick G. N. E. Purchase), IN p.—York and North Bi land (East and West Riding Extension), 8 1 ,4 p.—Bel fast an Ballymena, 11 dis.—Dutch Rhenish, c. dis. MANCHESTER, DE.c. I. MICA* STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead , shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 9-16 dis.—North Stafforu shire, 1-16 c.—South-Eastern and Dever, No. 2,1% dia.- - Ditto, No. 4, 1: 7 , dis. BIRMINGHAM, DECEMBER I. STOCK ExcirArram.—The sales are—North British, Quar" ters, par ex int.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 1% dis. —North Staffordshire, ls. 3d. dis.—ShrewS bury and Birmingham (A),3 dis.—Ditto (B), 41s. 3d. dig* —Shropshire Union, 46s 3d, dis. LEEDS, NOVEMBER 30. STOCK ExcUANOIE.-At the following prices a good lad' ness has been done-East Lancashir e . 3 dis.-Ditto, New, 3 ' dis.-Ditto. Quarters, % c. dis. -East and West York shire, 5% dis.- Great Northern, 6 1 ,43 n. dis.- Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par-Ditto (West Riding Union), 24 dis.-Leeds and Dewsburv, Halves, I: 4 l 'i dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 14% dis.-Ditto, sew, 12:34 dis.-Midland, Prefer ence, 1% dis.-North British, Halves, 12 1 / 2 -Ditto, Thirds, ss. p.-Ditto, Quarters, Is. dis -Ditto, Extension, par-- North Staffordshire, Is. 3d. dis.-North-Western, 4 V. 2 dim.-- York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 1% p.-Dit to, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 2% p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NovunnEtt 30. Nan , STOCK EXCHANGL-The sales are-East Lancash ire, Quarters, % dis.-Edinburgh and Northern, 1714-Gra% CI WCAS I Northern, 6 dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Junction, 9s. 6d.-Newcastle and Carlisle, 98-North t.Bri tish, Thirds, 435.-Ditto, Extension, 13 s. 6 d. -North Star fordshire, 6s. 3d. dis. -York, Newcastle, and Berwick , New , No. 2, 2 p. YORK, Nov. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The *ales are- Great Northern, 4% North British, Thirds, 21. 45. 6 d. n. -Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 14F. -Ditto, Extension, 12s. 3d.-York, Newcastle, wick, No. 2 (late New Barwicks), 12%-Ditto, G. N. t;• Purchase, 9%. En 30. and 13 20 :TO 6d c . K -E E a x st ota L ti ot o h lc ia .- n EDINBURGH, N0CE14173 . u ghLeith, and Granton, Preference, 161. 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh, 8 0 :: 2/117:ECdailnedbonrian,,_ iCaenw., Northern, 17/. 3s. 9d.-Ditto (Newport), New, 34 '. (da l_ T C h e e n :r n a l l e , 3 and Ayr, (401. Shares), 421.-Great Northern, 89s. .R .. 6d North British, 27/. '25. 6d.-Ditto, Qtaarters, 9 3 5. • and New, 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 435. 6d. -Shrewsbury Chester, Preference, 6/. 17s. 6d. -vittn, STORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR.—Mr. Colburn has just rendered an acceptable service to the public by printing in a cheap single volume a Complete History et the Peninsular War as a companion to that of the Battle of Waterloo. It is founded on the celebr ated narrative of the Marquis of Londonderry, who, it will be recollected took so active a part in the great struggle, and who from his near relationship to the War Minister of the day, had opportunities of acquiring ke i,edge which perhaps, no other individual (the co forces of the forces alone excepted) could enjoy. The present publi• cation, as completed by its able editor. is certainly emi nently calculated to satisfy all who take to b an inte regarest rde in the glorious period to whic h it refers, and e d as a worthy and indispensable companion to " The Story of the Battle of Waterloo." [AuyeaTisEmuNT•l s P ILLS AND OINTMENT—IisEumATIsa.—In the West Indies where this excruciating complaint is very prevaleit, and the severity of the disease is much increased by the na ture of the employment of the inhabitants, no remedy has been tried with such excellent results as Iloilo way's pills and ointment. All persons afflicted 'frit h rheumatism should have immediate recourse so tholi! invaluable medicines which are so certain and safe, quently when every other remedy has failed) their effects. They are also equally efficacious Or' of all descriptions of wens, tumours, unnatural enlarge' meats, and glandulous swellings, as likewise contracttono and stiff joints. Sold by all druggists and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. in the cure BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., at St. Leonard',-on-Sea, the I'...dy of R• H. Gall, Esq., 14th (King's) Light Dragoons, of a ri.e.n.„,. On the 27th ult., at Liverpool, the lady of the B . ti Lawrence, of a son. On the 28thl ult., at Brandon-house, Walvrorth , I k lll. ( " 1. M. Glass, of a sen. On the 29th ult., at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, the lady of G. T. Bulkeley, of a Yordaughter. On tbe 29th ult., at k-gate, Regents's-park, the of W. Hughes, Esq., of a son. On the 29th ult., at Carlton-villas, the lady of A. Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th ult., at Russell-square, the wife of Richard Baggallay, Esq., of a son. g r° ' On the 27th ult., at P ec kh am-grove , Camberwell' Frederick Evitt, of a eon. t h° On the 28th ult., at Connaught-place, Hyd e- p ark Hon. Mrs. M of a daug. On the 28th ather, ult., at Cookha h m ter Dean, the wife of the 14°1'. T. E. Powell. of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Norland-square, Notting-hill , Ijr°. Schroder, of a daughter. L. , Mrs . On the 29th ult., at Stanley-villas, Kensing ton- p erh G. Hayes, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Saturday, the 20th ult., at St. Mary's Church, Dote by the Rev. Mr. Leeper, Edward , eldes t son of the la s;33r: Winckworth, Esq., of Cowley Hall, Hidingden,of to Theodosia, second daughter of T. Wheeler, Esq. , m and-q the Ref. uay. W. On the 30th lt., at .HSt. Clemnt ,by 11. Jones, M.A. O John Gawkins,e Danes to Esq. Esther Elizabeth, only daughter Of the late Mr. Nash, of 'Wymondloy, lifiddle DID. Sara On Monday, in Ponsonby E -place, Millbank, Mr s ' , c.O., h _lenderson, formerly of Dumfries and Langhohne, upwards of 80 years of age. ?dr. K., On the 25th ult., Mary, daughter of the lat. Homr, of Solull, Warickshre. Bartholomew's the 28th ih ult., Mr. w J. T. Weston, the steward of St. Hospital, aged 44. •31r• J ' On the 29th ult., at 'Willow-terrace, Canonburn Cope (late of the Bank of Englan, aged 72. ; h's 8 15 t On the 29th ult., at Shacklewell, d) Mr. I'. Croy, . 3 I year, late of Westbury House, Barking, Essex. xrewing' On the 30th ult., at Union-road , Trin ity-squ are, h. , ton, Mr. R. R. Price, in hiss 7, ~.„7.0, fat London : Printed and Published by MURDO ° .t . 11g , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, i' ° .: o , of t h e cou. , Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Middlesex, Thursday, December 2, 1847. S'