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

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PIPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The recent history of the British West Indies, and our dealings with the slave and his mas ter, remarkably illustrates a truth which the moralist knows in the abstract, and the practical man by ex perience—that doing good is not simply undoing. It begins to be pretty well understood that it seldom or never is enough to remove what may happen to be objectionable. Something more, not es say every thing, remains to be done. It must be confessed that of late years philanthropy, and every form of what is called enlightenment, has too exclusively taken a de atnictive course. Concentrating itself against some gi eat abuse, which perhaps it rather exaggerated, it proceeded from a protest to a crusade, which merged every other consideration in a struggle for one single victory. "A house swept and garnished" was the end 3f its aspirations. The abolitionists marched under h inPeter the Hermit to the rescue of their sacred ity, as it the negro once free, all would go right. They w2re as confident of the finality as they were of the justice of their measure. The result shows that we have something more to do than roam over the earth, like knights of romance, performing acts of deliverance. The knight, indeed, was occasionally embarrassed by finding a beautiful maiden, after her rescue, thrown upon his hands. In his case there was generally a method of extrication from this inte resting perplexity. But when the liberated negro and the unslaved colonies were thrown on our hands, it was not so easy to say what we should do with them. Experience has opened our eyes ; and we dis cover that emancipation, instead of being the end, was only the beginning of national difficulty and duty. Indeed, the difficulties consequent on that act, which redounds so much to the glory of this empire, have increased continually up to this very hour. The question of apprenticeship, the question of the slave coast blockade, the question of colonial protection, the question of " foreign free" and " foreign slave " sugar, the question of Cooly and of African emigration, and twenty other questions, have contended for :painful, and even disastrous pre-emi nence. At the present moment our position cer tainly is comparatively clear. It is as clear as that of the sailor who, after the anxieties of an intricate and perilous navigation, finds his vessel a wreck and him self safe on shore. Nearly all these questions have been answered. Protection is abolished. The pro duce of slavery will soon be admitted on equal terms with the fruits of that freedom which has cost us so much. To the peculiar misfortunes of the planter is now added the common lot—want of capital and ruinous discounts. The pressure has told with tre mendous effect on a trade peculiarly dependent on the system of credit. The Colonial-office is besieged with anxious proprietors, who no longer prophesy evil, because, as far as they are concerned, all is over. " Advance money, remit taxation, release us from the navigation-laws, and, above all, give us labour ;" is the universal cry of the merchant and the planter. That problem is now brought to a comparatively narrow compass ; and remedies will be quietly tolerated now, the bare mention of which would lately have roused a storm of discussion. The very able and lucid dispatch from the Colonial-office to the Governor of Jamaica, which we publish to day, announces a much bolder and more positive step than any yet attempted since the eman cipation. The want of labour being now incontro vertible, and Coolies having been found unequal to the climate and the work, the return ships of the West India merchants are now to be allowed to call at such ports of the African coast as are free from the slave trade, and carry to the West Indies negroes under under voluntary contracts of limited service. The principle of such a supply has been already admitted, but on a small and experimental scale. Her Majesty', war-steamer the Growler has been tediously travers ing the Atlantic, conveying small driblets of labour, amounting probably in the year to not 1 cent. of the moving mass transported by the slavers, many of which have Low the advantage of steam. The exper iment of supplying our West India colonies with a single war-steamer can only be paralleled by the crazy old bark which in classic mythology was all the means of transit for souls to their eternal destina tion. To make the matter worse, the Charons of the Growler do dot seem to have liked their em ployment so much as their ferryman of Styx. The officers of her Majesty's Navy, who are generally squeamish of freight particularly disliked their employment as drivers and cads of a floating " nigger" omnibus. No one expected an adequate supply from means so scanty and agents so unwilling. The ex periment, however, is entirely successful in proving the adventurous spirit of the Africans, and the work will now be thrown open to the West Indians them selves. With proper superintendence and securities they are to carry as many as they please; aril, cer tainly, as far as we can see, it must be their fault if they are not now supplied. The only objection to new arrangement is one entirely superficial, and which does not touch the real merits of the case. Of course, we are prepared to hear it decried as a legalized slave trade. The more successful it is, the greater the number of emigrants, the more they take to work, and the more extensive and lasting the revival of industry and production, the more shall we be told we are returning to our old abomination, and have only learned by experience to disguise it with a thin veil of hypocrisy. That such a calumny will be not only circulated, but implicitly believed in almost every city of North and South America, is very probable. It is some com fort, however, to reflect that it must be shortlived. A few years will serve to decide whether we are, or are not, re-establishing slavery in Jamaica and our other possessions. The gradual increase and social progress of a great free population will be a fact of splendid and momentous significance, that will excite not only the admiration, but the alarm of every American slaveholder. The day may come when our Cuban and Brazilian rivals will be too deeply and personally alive to the facts of the case, to amuse themselves in misrepresenting our policy, and calling it a covert revival of slavery. To this objection, therefore, we do not attach very much weight at present, indeed, it is well to avoid even the appearance of ill, still more any circumstance of actual tempta tion. To freqaent the depots of the slave trade, or to redeem slaves from the grasp of the kidnapper, - would be both unseemly and dangerous. The time, however, may come when the purity of our inten tions, and the soundness of the results, as exhibited in the real condition of the emigrants, will be so undeniable, as to allow a wider range to our mer chants on the African coast, and, perhaps, even a removal of official checks. It is always safe to doubt the success of a novel expedient. In this instance, however, it is neither an expedient nor a novelty that we have to deal with. It is simply the partial re moval of a prohibition. From a well-founded, though perhaps excessive jealousy, we have prohibit e d be tween Africa and our West India islands that spon taneous flow of population which we permit between all other countries in our power. The present con dition of those islands is itself a proof that a real and lasting benefit is conferred on the negro brought under our institutions and laws. With a constant intercourse between the opposite coasts, with much in Africa to drive out its teeming population, and much in the West Indies to invite it, we see no reason to doubt a sufficient supply. The docility of the negro, and his aptitude for any employment, no one denies. Though apt to consult his own convenience as to times, he can work, and does work hard. With free labour the West Indians are increasing their exports. The yearly increase of imports itself demonstrates that, whatever the present diversions and distraction of his industry, the enfranchised near°, in one way or another, is earning his share of the luxuries as well as the necessaries of life. The planter does not complain of the free negro, nor does he grudge him the :present rate of wages. lie will be quite content to pay the same wag es to m ore o f such labourers. We could almost look further. We have, indeed, a strong and cheerful presentiment that posterity will see the reward of our national sacrifices and exertions. An increasing population, not to say an extending empire of free negro subjects, taking refuge under our laws from their native or their en forced homes, is a spectacle sufficient to compensate for all the costs and ill-successes of our national generosity. It is i m p oss ibl e t o li m it the beneficial conseque nces o f suc h a result on b ot h s id es o f t h e Atlantic. The banner of negro liberty, raised by this empire mnti ay be Transatlac • bn come the great rallying point for ? dage and African de gra d a ti o n and disq u i e t. we Christendom t have don e more t h an a ll t h e rest o f may still be ou reverse tovearse " the curse " o f H am , an d i t ccomplish that noble design. NAPOLEON'S ' carried from 'lttuT AT;: ---- ~, ~ " From the time of my `Jo:um about nescslcia," " I had constantly SUICIDE said he, portion of ledpoisonousraY powder , in a little silken bag, a when I was in fewahrich Ivan had prepared by my orde rs, carried off by the Cossacks , to my country ; the events of the life no longer ‘ ...)f• being again rendered me master of it the last few du:longed .so much suffering? and who kn. Why should IYs had ows that my endure not place the crown on the head of my , n , de ath may was saved—l hesitated no longer, but - 1 s p - *e from bed mixed the poison in a little water , anddrank-oinrny with a sort of happiness. But time had taken strength ; fearful pains drew fcrth some groaanwsa); ita zne ; they were heard, and medical assistance r"a arrived. It was not Heaven's will that I should die so soo n , S L Helena was in my destiny !"—Blackwood. =The Earl of Digby has come forward in the most munificent manner with the donation of 2,500/. towards the necessary repair and restoration of the ancient abbey church at Sherborne, Dorset. The venerable fabric was founded in 704, andj it is computed that 5,000 L will be required for its restoration. We much regret to learn that Mr. Campbell, of Islay, has been obliged to suspend payment. The amount of his liabilities we do not know; but we learn that the Property of the respected gentleman is suffic ient ulti ltely to discharge all his debts, and leave a very hand some reversion.—Scottish Guardi an. [Mr. Campbell was formerly M.P. for Argyllshire.] TILE SUN, LONDON, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10.—The greatest activity prevails in every department of this dockyard to get through the large amount of work which it is so pressing to have out of hand. We have the Bellerophon, 78, fitting for conveyance of troops ; the Birkenhead steam-frigate, fitting for like ser vice ; the Terrible steam-frigate, ditto ; the Retribu tion steam-frigate, fitting for service again; the Comet steam-sloop, fitting for service on the Lisbon station ; the Fire Queen steam-yacht, fitting for service in the Archipelago; the Tartarus steam-vessel, completing for sea; the Prince Regent, two-decker, fitting for commission; the Ajax steam guard-ship, fitting for service ; the Firefly steam-sloop, refitting for service, &c. Total amount of tonnage, 12,829. The Terrible steam-frigate was removed from her rather awkward position in Clarence-creek last night ; but the artisans had been unable to get at the damaged part, owing to her not having been grounded high enough. It was, therefore, necessary to lay her on the ground again to-day, which has been accordingly done, and she now lies nearly in the same position, but a little further up the creek. The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieutenant Command ing Sir Godfrey Webster, went out of the harbour to-day, and was paid wages in advance. She sails this evening for Devonport, and thence for Malta. The Belleisle troop-ship, Captain John Kingcombe, arrived this afternoon from Quebec. She is ordered to refit at Spithead immediately. The Earl of Dalhousie, with his family and suite, will embark to-morrow, at half past twelve, in the Sidon, for Alexandria. A small steamer will take him to Spithead. The Asia has not arrived here as yep, though she is expected every instant. The Undine steam-yacht, Master Commanding George Allen, returned last evening from Jersey. Wind S.W., moderate breezes and fine weather. Letters have been received from her Majesty's ships Herald and Pandora, dated Guayaquil, September 16. They left Callao on the 23d of July, and after calling in at Payta on their way up, arrived at the River Guayaquil on the 31st, and commenced their survey at the island of Poonah. About 12 miles up the river there is a bar, which can only be crossed at the spring tides. The river is about a mile and a half in width, very rapid and muddy, the banks of slimy mud, dotted in every direction with alligators. The ships continued moving up the river by six and eight miles at a time, in order to allow of the boats returning to the ship every night, as the mist and smell would.be highly injurious to the men if sleeping in open boats. The scenery is very like that of the rivers on the coast of Africa, and almost as productive of fever. About ten miles below Guayaquil the river is not more than half a mile wide, and the banks dense mangrove swamps. All breezes are excluded, and the air is insufferably hot, although it is now called the " cool season." The town presented a very pretty appearance at the time, being built on the bank of the river, with windows all lighted up for the evening visiting parties. A promenade runs the whole length of the town between the houses and the river. The officers of the ships received great attention and kind ness from the inhabitants. The town is chiefly built of wood, and the French possess most of the retail trade. Cocoa is shipped here in large quantities for Spain and the United States. The water for the use of the town is brought from a considerable di,tance up the river, in earthern jars, from a hundred to a hundred and fifty of which are packed on a Lois° (logs cf very light wood lashed together with vine), and floated down. The river opposite to the town is fresh at the last of the ebb, but the water is considered unfit for drinking, passing as it does through a mass of poisonous mangroves. The mosquitoes are so trou blesome that the ships lying opposite to the town are obliged to send their crews on shore at night. On the 25th they had completed their survey, and de scended the river, and anchored on the 29th at l'oonah, outside the bar, where the captain and 60 of the officers and men, in two divisions of three boats each, proceeded to survey the island, which would occupy them ten days. They expected to quit the neighbourhood on the 16th, and proceed upwards to Esmeraldez, so as to arrive at Panama about the end of November, then returning southward to survey from Point Garrachino to Cherambirar ; then to the Sandwich Islands in March, and to be at Mazatlan or San Blas in June. They will then again proceed northward, to the Gulf of California, and be again at San Blas in November, 1848, when they expect to receive orders for home. The Pandora has been sent, by order of the Admi ralty, to the Gallepagos, to look after coal, as the surgeon of a Yankee whaler had reported that he had seen some in those islands. She had just returned when our letters came away, but we are unable to learn the result of her visit. Saw-mills are rapidly finding their way out here, so that a discovery of such valuable mineral would be inestimable, when it has now to be brought across the Atlantie. The Grampus, Collingwood, and Carysfort were at Valparaiso on the 27th of August. The Constance is daily expected to arrive there from the northward, whither she had gone to collect freight. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The market to day has not exhibited much change in the general state of business. Although the accounts from London speak of greater facility of obtaining discounts, we believe the pressure here has not abated in the slightest degree; and business continues much depressed, especially in the goods market. For yarn, there has been decidedly more demand, and a tolerably large business has been done during the last two or three days, but without any advance in prices. We do not learn that there is any material change in the condition of the workpeople in the town or the neighbouring districts, except that the spinners at Mos slily, who turned out a few weeks ago, in consequence of a proposed reduction of wages, have generally sig nified their willingness to accept the terms then offered to them, and several of the mills are conse quently resuming work this week. At Ashton under-Lyne, the turn-out still continues ; but there are various indications of a desire on the part of the work-people to return to their employment, and we feel convinced. that the strike will be of very short duration. The returns of the employment of mills and work people, within the borough of Manchester, made up to yesterday, are rather of a more favourable cha racter, inasmuch as the declension, in the week end ing the 2d instant, is almost neutralised with regard to the number of mills working what is called full time, whilst there is a slight increase in the number of persons fully employed. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The demand for flannels continues limited, and the business transacted is less than last week. A failure has been announced to day—that of a small manu f ac t urer , w h ose li a biliti es are variously stated as being from three to five thou sand pounds. The principal creditors are the wool staplers. In the wool market there has been very little doing, and prices remain much as they were last Monday. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.--A few of the fancy houses have rather more to do, but the improvement is by no means general, and is not expected to be perma nent. Plain goods remain as dull of sale as ever. The demand for yarn continues as last week, much below the power of production. The spinners pref er further reducing the time of running to making stock. In some few cases rather lower rates are submitted to. The wool trade continues in the same state of languor, nothing coming to hand, and small quanti ties only purchased to assort stock and supply abso lute need. Some sales are effected for cash, at a small reduction. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—More buyers have at tended our market to day than last week, but the transactions have been very limited. But little has been dune in wool during the week. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The slight amendment in the money market has not yet produced any improve ment in the general state of trade. There certainly is a better feeling gaining ground, and people begin to think that the worst of the panic is over ; but as toapositive rev i va l o f con fid ence , or an ythi n g like spirit for commercial transactions, no symptoms what ever are yet perceptible. The fact is, money is much too dear, and credit still too limited for business pur poses, and this day's market afforded sufficient evi dence to that effect; very little has been doing, and that little for actual wants. Sellers have submitted to lower prices, to equalise for the buyers the high rate of discount.—lllanchester Guardian. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING. This morn ing. soon after the Prince Consort returned from walking with her Majesty in the Home-park, the septon was ordered into the quadrangle, and his Royal Highness, accompanied by his Excellency Count Dietrichstein, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Jersey, and attended by Captain Berkeley Drummond and Captain Gordon, rode to the covers on the Rapley Farm, Bagshot-park, to shoot ; from whence Count Dietrichstein went on a visit to Colonel Challoner, at Potnall-park, and his Royal Highness and party returned to the Castle at two o'clock. Her Majesty in the mean time, walked in the Home•park accompanied by her lady-in-waiting, theP and tho Countesses Spencer and Jersey. After lun cheon her Majesty again walked out, accompanied by 1 IL:ogreett_r_oßuesyea;l Hwilagililsntessthtehe . hrince Consort, crossing the Home-park, and visit- CDouuenhtee:sseos of oKfenjterasteyFraongd :veneer went with the C on her Majesty, and ountess Desert, lady-in-waiting of the Queen's pony landaus, Lady Clementina Villiers, in one Schools in the Great park, to visit the Queen's Frograore. The dinnerl given by the Royal Gardens at domestic establishment at t:ell e b a Y her Majesty to the bration of the Prince of Wales'sat last night, in cele spirited affair, several ladies of their:tar"' svu a very Lord Alfred Paget, the Hon. c aptain t , ttended by Colonel Berkeley Drummond, gracing Gordon,,, and with their presence. The music was contributed by seven or eight exce ll e nt violinists, members of the band o f the Royal Horse Guards, and country dances , with Highl and reels we re danced with much spirit until nearly midnight. , LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 10. VANDELIEUR V. ELAGRAVE. WRIGHTSON V. MACAULAY. FORDYCE V. BRIDGES. This part-heard appeal was this day resumed and brought to a close. The LORD CHANCELLOR reserved his judgmen COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 10. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. PRIMA PPS AND ANOTHER.-THE DIEMINGINAM NEWS-ROOM. This was an appeal against the decision of the defendant and another gentleman, two justices of Warwickshire. It appeared that the Birmingham Lti ews - room had been rated by the overseers of the parish in which it is situated in the usual manner ; but it also appeared that Mr. Tidd Pratt had certi fied that the institution came under the provisions of the Acts lately passed, by which literary institutions are exempt from the payment of rates. This certifi cate was appealed against by the overseers, and the defendant, acting as magistrate at the sessions, de cided in favour of the institution, and confirmed the decision of Mr. Pratt. Mr. MILLER contended that the rate was a good one ; that the certificate of Mr. Pratt was not final, and that it might be set up, where two persons sat down together in a building, and talked on scientific matters, that the building was exempt. Mr. MELLOR, on the other hand, contended that this was clearly a case within the meaning of the Act, and therefore that the institution was exempt from rates. The COURT took time to consider the matter. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 10. (Sittings in Banco.) BADDELEY, CLERIC, V. GINGELL. This was a special case, which came before the Court for its decision, upon a question of rating. It appeared that the defendant was the occupier of certain premises in a court called the Kent and Essex yard, opening out of the High-street, Whitechapel, and it was contended that the houses in question were liable to be rated by the Commissioners of Paving, under a local Act referring to High-street, White chapel, inasmuch as the inhabitants derived a benefit from the expense incurred in cleansing and paving the High-street. On the part of the defendant, it was contended that the Legislature never intended to include the occupants of courts or yards in the provisions of an Act having reference to High -street alone, because some of the houses in the court abutted upon a por tion of two streets which adjoined each side of the court, called Commercial-street and Castle-street, and if such an interpretation were to be put upon this Act, then the owners of those houses so abutting would be liable to be rated under any Acts affecting those streets. The parties would therefore be liable to a double or even treble rating. The COURT ruled that the defendant was liable to be rated. The case turned entirely on the question whether the court in question came under the opera tion of the Act for regulating High-street, White chapel. If it was not the intention of the Legisla ture to rate those houses, it was clear, upon the other hand, that it never intended to let them off altogether. The parties derived benefit from the expenses in curred, and he thought that, under all the circum stances of the case, the defendant was liable to be rated. Judgment for the plaintiffs. (Before Mr. BARON PLATT and Common Juries.) HARRIS V. POWELL. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 251. upon a bill of exchange accepted by the defendant. The defendant put in a number of pleas averring that he had never received any consideration for the same, and that the plaintiff himself had never received any consideration for the same. Mr. Crowder, with whom was Mr. Willmore, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Humfrey was retained for the defendant, but he was engaged in a case in the Common Pleas, and Mr. Ball was, therefore, sud denly called upon to conduct the defence. On the part of the plaintiff witnesses were called to prove the handwriting of the plaintiff. Mr. BALL, on the part of the defendant, stated that no consideration had passed to the plaintiff for the bill, neither had any consideration been given to the defendant, the acceptor of the bill, and proceeded to call William Coyle, residing at Kennington-oval, who described himself as a general agent for raising money for gentlemen. The bill produced was drawn by him upon the defendant. It was given to him for the purpose of getting it discounted. Not a shilling had been paid by him to the acceptor as consideration for the bill. He took the bill to the office of his brother at Craven. street, requesting him to discount it. He gave it to his brother in the presence of Mr. Gadderer. His brother declined to discount the bill, who thereupon handed it over to Gadderer, telling him that the bill would no doubt suit him. The bill was endorsed by him at the time he handed it over to his brother. Gadderer said that he would make inquiries upon the subject, and if sa tisfied he would discount the bill. Witness after wards applied upon several occasions to Gadderer for the money for the bill, and was put off by him upon the excuse of money being scarce. He never received any money from Gadderer, and could never get the bill out of his hands. Witness succeeded in finding the present plaintiff at 33, Weston-street. He had never seen him before. Cross-examined by Mr. CROWDER—The defendant formerly carried on business as a wholesale hatter ; he sold his business, however, previously to his be coming acquainted with him, and a consid era bl e portion of the pr ocee d s had been lost in speculation. Witness was to have received the usual commission, 5 per cent., upon obtaining the discount for the bill. He had not acted in violation of any trust reposed in him by the defendant, who gave him the bill to get discounted. He had not succeeded in the object for which he was employed, in consequence of his not being able to obtain the money or the bill, either from his brother or Gadderer. Mr. H. Coyle, brother to the last witness, was next called, who stated that he handed the bill over to Gadderer; his brother was not present at the time, to the best of his recollection. The last witness, his brother, requested to have the bill back again. He applied to Gadderer and obtained the bill back again from him, and returned it to his brother, who brought it back again to him the next day. He did not re collect that Gadderer was present upon that occa sion. He handed the bill a second time to Gad- derer, for the purpose of having it discounted. He then borrowed 151. from Mr. Gadderer u p on the security of this bill, the principal portion of which, viz. 101., he handed over to his brother, the remaining 51. he kept for himself. He kept the Si. because there was money due to him upon a previous account between him and his brother. His brother :old him that he wanted the money for the purpose of getting a house furnished. William Coyle recalled, and examined by the COURT—The bill was accepted by the defendant for the purpose of obtaining the sum of 251. upon it. Mr. H. Coyle cross-examined by Mr. CROWDER— After receiving the sum of 151. from Gadderer he afterwards received 71. 10s. upon the bill. Re-examined by Mr. BALL—He had advanced 241. upon the present bill, and upon another one of 551. He advanced a sum of 141. 103. upon another bill. The remaining sums which he bad received from Gadderer he had put into his own pocket. William Coyle was again recalled, and examined by Mr. BALL—He called upon Mr. Harris at his resi dence, in Weston-street, Somers Town. He asked him if his name was Harris, and was answered in the affirmative. He asked him if he knew either Gad• derer's or his address ? Harris said that he did not. He then asked him if he knew Mr. Arthur Henry Powell, to which question he made a similar answer. He said, you must surely know the person whom you are now suing upon a bill of exchange for 25d. He said, he knew nothing of any bill i o nr f eoptil e iced x e c t h hth a i n sa g t e, he or any law suit in which he wag engaged with Mr. Powell. He then said to a friend who was present, "I wish you would this took place convers a t ion Uw I u world. w the hi ch The e ll t i o c f i t h as h then i eifn November.pt h a : elio"tishee; The Lord Chancellor this morning gave judgment in this appeal from the Master of the Rolls, argued some time ago. The facts are briefly, that the defendant, Mrs. Bla grave, granted an annuity of 5001. to the plaintiff, through the agency of a person of the name of Yates, redeemable on six months' notice. In May, 1830, notice was given to repurchase in November, and in the month of August the defendant intrusted Yates with the money necessary to redeem the annuity. In October Yates prevailed on the plaintiff to execute the deed of re-assignment without receiv ing the purchase-money, but the plaintiff did not sign any receipt for the money. Yates afterwards produced the deed to the son of the defendant, to satisfy him that the money had been paid, but the deed itself was kept by Yates, who acted in the transaction as the agent of both parties. Yates retained the money, and, to deceive both, paid the annuity, and afterwards died insolvent. The ques tion was, which was to be the loser of the 2,5001., the purchase-money of the annuity ? The Master of the Rolls held that the defendant was bound to pay to the plaintiff the repurchase-money so pocketed by Yates ; and this appeal was the consequence. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after going through the facts as above, affirmed the judgment of the Court below. This was an appeal from a decree of Vice- Chancellor Wigram, relating to the will of John Heber, dated 1775. The facts are of such a lengthy and complicated nature, that we must refer such of our readers as are interested in them to the report in 4 Hare. The LORD CHANCELLOR affirmed the decision of the Vice-Chancellor. _EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1847. PSI URSDA V Mr. CRONVDER wished to know whether the Court would receive this as evidence. Mr. Baron PLATT said that he thought it was evi dence to prove that the plaintiff in the action was a mere puppet. Mr: iSowley was next called, who corroborated the account of the circumstance deposed to by the last witness. Mr. Lewis was then called, and cross-examined by Mr. CRowDER—Mr. Gadelerer brought the bill to him requesting him to discount it. The plaintiff had upon several oceamons advanced money upon bills which he had taken to him. Plaintiff gave witness 231. 10s. for the bill, which sum he handed over to Mr. Gadderer. It was about three weeks after the date of the bill that he got the money for it. At the request of Mr. W. Coyle, he consented to wait for three or four days after the bill was due before he took any proceedings upon the bill, upon the re presentation of W. Coyle that the bill was given to him by the defendant as an accommodation bill, he having previously assisted hi m w ith money, i n con sequence of his being in some way or other mixed up with the frauds in the Custom-house. Mr. Baron PLATT thought that this last evidence if received by the jury was decisive of the case, as it clearly proved that consideration had passed for the bill from the plaintiff. With respect to what had taken place previously to the bill coming into his possession, he had-of course nothing to do, and there was no proof that he had any notice of the parties having become improperly possessed of it. The simple question for the Jury t o d ec id e t h ere f ore was, whether they considered the evidence of Mr. Lewis, the attorney, correct or not. With respect to the de fendant not having received any consideration for his acceptance, he must look to the parties by whom he had been defrauded for restitution. The jury, after consulting together for a short time, gave it as their opinion that the whole of the evi dence was of such a conflicting character, that they could not believe any of it, with the exception of that I of Mr. Lewis. A verdict was accordingly returned for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 10. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice CRESWELL and a Common Jury.) CATTLIN V. DARKER. Mr. E. James and Mr. Lush were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Willes for the defendant. This was an action brought by Mr. Thomas M. Cattlin, an attorney, residing in Ely-place, Holborn, to recover from Mr. Charles Barker, an advertising agent carrying on business in Birchin-lane, 2691. 18s. sd. for work and labour done under the following circumstances :—During the period while so many railway speculations were so rife, the defendant appears to have been very extensively en gaged in his business in inserting the prospectuses of many of those speculations in the different news papers. Among other companies for whom he acted in this capacity was the Northern and Eastern Counties Junction Railway, by the provisional com mitteemen of which he was employed to procure the advertisement of their prospectus. In this way he expended, on behalf of the company, 7971. odd. Like many other kindred bubbles, the Northern and Eastern Counties Junction Railway project died away, the provisional committeemen, one by one departed, leaving the creditors to fix on whom they might for the liquidation of their claims against the company. It having been ascertained that the liabi lities of the company might be discharged if each of the provisional committeemen contributed the sum of 251., several of them contributed each that sum, but others of them refusing to do so, Mr. Condell, an attorney residing in Copthall-court, the solicitor to the company, prevailed upon the defendant Barker, in consideration of his large demand upon the provi sional directors, and with the view the more certainly and speedily to insure its liquidation, to sue the de faulters for the payment of their respective contribu tions. Accordingly, in 1846, actions at the suit of the present defendant were brought, and tried at the Maidstone Assizes. severally against Messrs. Thomp son and Stead, two of the provisional committeemen. In the action against Thompson the present defendant obtained a verdict, which, however, has not yet brought any meney into his pocket, whilst he was nonsuited, and had costs to pay in that against Stead. The plaintiff Cattlin was employed as the attorney to conduct those actions, and it was for the recovery of his bill that the present action was brought. For the plaintiff, it was proved by his managing clerk, to whom the management of the business had been intrusted, that while the actions were pending the defendant called and conferred with him several times thereupon, and instructed him from time to time in the business ; that the defendant paid to the plain tiff's clerk the cost of the nonsuit in the action against Stead, and that on being applied to subse quently for payment of the present demand, the de fendant called at the plaintiff's office, and said he could not give the latter any money then, owing to so large a sum of money standing unpaid by the different railway companies who were indebted to him. On the 22d of June last, the day before the present action was brought, a further application was made to the defendant for payment of the plaintiff's bill, when he shrugged his shoulders and told the plaintiff that he must not apply to him again, but must look to the company for payment. For the defendant, on cross-examination, it was elicited from the plaintiff's clerk, that Mr. Condell, the solicitor to the company, in the first instance, gave th e plaintiff, who was an old friend of his, in structions for bringing th e act i ons, and not the defen dant, though they were carried on in the defendant's name, and though the latter afterwards went to CO3- suit with and instruct the plaintiff in the business re lating to them. Mr. HUMFREY, for the defendant, stated, that he w h (the defendant) had intrust e d t h e company to the i for advertisementschwasmoneyactuailnly serted in the daily and the o th er d i fferent newspapers. The defendant had been l e d b y Mr. Condell, the apmaidount out of of 7 h 9 i 7 s t o Wl of pocket solicitor to the company, to believe that if he would only allow the company to sue the defaulting coin mittemen in his (the defendant's) name, employing Mr. Cattlin, the plaintiff, as their attorney, that they would get more than enough to pay all the creditors, and the defendant among the rest. The defendant was in this situation :---His own bill against the company, amounting to 7971. 17s. 6d., remained unpaid ; he had been compelled to pay the costs in Mr. Stead's action ; the present action for 2691. was suspended over his head; and he was suing Lord Beauclerk and Mr. Harrison, two of the provisional committeemen, at the same time. He (Mr. Humfrey) submitted that Mr. Condell was the real defendant to the action ; that it was he, and not the defendant, who employed the plaintiff in the business for which payment was now sought from the defendant. The question was, whether the work had been done by the plaintiff for the defendant in the ordinary course of business, looking to the defe n d an t as his client, and expecting him to pay. If that were so, then the defendant must pay, however hard it might be upon him. But if, on the other hand, the plaintiff never did look to the defendant, but, on the contrary, had his instructions from Mr. Condell, as the solicitor of the company, in that case the de fendant was not liable,_ and the pl a i n tiff oug h t to l oo k to his " old friend," Mr. Condell, who employed him, for payment. Mr. JAMES briefly replied; and His LORDSHIP proceeded to sum up the case. The question, he said, was simply whether Mr. Cattlin, the plaintiff, brought the actions in question upon the authority of Mr. Barker, the defendant, or whether Mr. Barker, after they were brought, had, by sanctioning what had been commenced in his name, undertaken to be responsible for them, so that they proceeded as his actions. In the first instance, the first instructions for the actions had been given, not by the defendant, but by Mr. Condell, the attorney to the company. His Lordship was proceeding to recapitulate the evi dence, when The jury, by their foreman, intimated that their minds were made up, and gave a verdict for the de fendant. EDMONDS AND OTHERS V. CHALLIS AND ANOTHER. Mr. Baines Q.C., and Mr. Massy Dawson were counsel for the plaintiff's, and Mr. Bramwell for the defendants. This action was brought against Messrs. Thomas Challis and R. W. Kennard, Sheriffs of Middlesex, for a breach of duty on their part, in taking an in sufficient replevin bond. The plaintiffs are owners of the house No. 24, Assembly-row, Mile-end Old , town, which was in the occupation, and had been for some years, of a person named Roe, at a rent of 401. a year. Roe had got into arrear with his landlords, who, on the 29th of March last, put a distress into his house for the rent. One Kitty Gladman, a sister of Roe's, claimed the furniture in the house as her property, and on the Ist of April last she replevied the goods. Under those circumstances, the sheriffs took a replevin bond, and then the goods were given up to Kitty Gladman ; thus the plaintiffs parted with the possession of the goods on the faith of the sheriffs taking a sufficient replevin bond. It turned out, how ever, as was alleged by the plaintiffs' counsel, that the replevin bond which they had taken was worth nothing, by reason of the operation of the law constituting the new County Courts, which takes away from the old County Courts the jurisdiction which they had over replevin suits, and vests it in the new tribunals established by the Act for the Recovery of Small Debts. Regard less of this change in the law, the sheriffs in this case had taken their replevin bond in the old County Court of Middlesex, whereby it was alleged, on the part of the plaintiffs, that they had altogether lost the distress and the fruits which they expected to de rive from it. The distress was made on the 29th of March, and the replevin bond on the Ist of April. Before that the district County Court of WhitechaPel had been constituted, within the jurisdiction of which the premises in question lie ; and it was contended that the replevin suit ought to have been brought in the Whitechapel District Court, and not in the old County Court of Middlesex. His LORDSHIP suggested that, as the question whether the jurisdiction as to replevin suits had been transferred by the recent Act from the old to the new county courts was a difficult one, and af fected not Middlesex alone, but every other county in England, it had better be discussed before th© full Court. This suggestion was agreed to by the counsel on both sides, and eventually The jury found for the plaintiff for 371. 165., damages and expenses, with leave to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit on the sufficiency of the bond. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday an unusual number of pickpockets were brought before Alderman Lucas, charged with committing, or attempting to commit, depredations in the crowd assembled to see the Lord Mayor's show. George Morden, Thomas Sheers, and Thomas Cummings, were charged with stealing a silver watch and silver watch-guard in King-street, Cheapside, about half-past 11 in the forenoon. Mr. Hibbs, of Bere Regis, Dorsetshire, butter factor and draper, stated that, being in London on business, he went to see the proc ess i on , an d h av i ng walked down King-street, nearly to the Guildhall Coffee-hou se , his hat was knocked ove r hi s eyes b y the prisoner Morden, and he was jostled by some of his comrades. He kept them off with his walking stick, but they renewed the attack with greater strength, and Sheers led the attack by butting at him with his head. The rest followed, and he was buffetted down. He got up again, and was driven back and pinned against the wall. He felt his watch go immediately after Sheers had butted at him. He was dragged into a house to protect him from further violence. He had purchased a new butter-tasting knife, and used it in defending himself , by which he slightly wounded Sheers in the face and on the back. Sheers came in with a constable to the house where he had taken refuge, and complainant immediately gave him in charge. They went to the station-house in Moor lane, and in the crowd that followed them he noticed another of his assailants, and gave him into cus t o dy. This was the prisoner Cummings. On reaching the station-house he found Morden, who had committed the attack, already in custody for another robbery. He identified him immediately. The watch was not found. Several witnesses identified the prisoners as being the persons who were engaged in the attack. They had previously knocked off and destroyed the hats of many respectable persons, as if by way of diversion only. There was a gang of about twenty young fellows. Mr. Bestow, an artist, residing in Vernon-place, Pentonville, stated that he was standing near Mr. Hibbs when the rush was made by Sheers. Witness was knocked down as well as Mr. Hibbs, and Morden tore witness s coat-pocket out, and carried it off with the contents. He saw the pocket in Morden's hand, and kept his eye on him till he had an opportunity of giving him into custody. Witness lost his purse, containing 4s. gti. a knife, and ha n dk erc hi e f. The prisoner s all protested they had nothing to do with robbing the two complainants. Mr. Alderman LucAs said the evidence to the con trary was so strong that he should send them all to trial. They were committed to Newgate. John Stevens, the ringleader of a gang of fifty young desperadoes, who were insulting or assaulting every respectable person who passed near them, was committed for three months as a rogue and vagabond. About twenty of the gang were know to be thieves, and they amused themselves with " bonnetting" men and women, that is knocking off or spoiling their hats or bonnets. Their numbers nude it difficult for the police to cope with them, but Haydon, the officer, secured Stevens as as the ringleader. The prisoner stated himself to be a labourer at the docks. Some handkerchief stealers were committed to Newgate for trial. MARYLEBONE. Ann Simons, Mr. Hickman, a merchant in the City, and occupying chambers at 18, Lincoln's Inn-fields and Benjamin Simons, the father of the female pri soner, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton ; the woman charged as being the thief, and the other two as being receivers of the stolen property. The particulars of what transpired upon the former exa minations have already appeared in this paper. The only additional facts adduced in the coarse of the inquiry were, that Elizabeth, the sister of Ann Simons, had pawned some shawls and other valuable articles at the shop of Mr. Smith, a pawnbroker, in South- street, Manchester-square. These things were produced, and two of the shawls were valued by Mr. Marshall at twelve and a half guineas each. Several letters were produced which were found in the boxes of the prisoner Ann, which, on perusal by the magi strate, although not put in as evidence of the case, established beyond a shadow of a doubt the fact that a close intimacy had subsisted between her and Mr. Hickman. The Learned Counsel engaged on either side ad dressed the worthy magistrate at some length upon the whole bearing of the case; Mr. Ballantine con tending that Mr. Hickman, his client, could not be looked upon as having a guilty knowledge of the property alleged to be stolen from Messrs. Marshall and Co. being in his possession ; and in proof of his innocence he (the Learned Counsel) impressed upon the magistrate the fact that, immediately upon his client, who, he must admit, had formed an immoral intimacy with Ann Simons, learning that she was in custody for robbing her employers, he had afforded every facility to the police while searching for the property. He (Mr. Ballantine) therefore submitted to the magistrate that there was no evidence what. ever showing guilty participation with respect to the plunder. The Learned Gentleman dwelt at some length upon the high character of his client, and left the case with the worthy magistrate, in full confidence that he would consider that Mr. llickman was not a guilty party in the transaction. Mr. BROUGHTON came to the conclusion that, in the absence of some parties who were required to complete the case, a remand must take place. The whole of the prisoners were accordingly re manded until Tuesday next. Mr. BROUGHTON signified his willingness to ac cept bail, as heretofore, in the case of Mr. Hickman, himself in 4001. and two sureties in 2001. each, for his being forthcoming at the next examination. The court was crowded during the inquiry by many of the noblity, amongst whom was the Swedish Ambassador. WORSHIP-STREET. William Newton Allnutt, a boy twelve years of age. was charged with having stolen a gold watch and ap pendages, a gold eye-glass, and other articles of jewellery, of the value of seventy guineas, the pro perty of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Nelme, widow of the late Mr. Nelme, of Grove-place, Hackney, re specting whose mysterious death, by poison, a pro tracted investigation is still proceeding before Mr. Baker, the coroner, and in the diff erent stages of which the name of th e prisoner has been more than once mentioned under circumstances of some sus picion. The Rev. Mr. Goodchild, Rector of St. John's, Hackney, attended with the solicitor of the deceased to watch the proceedings. Inspector Waller, of the N division, stated that in consequenc e of havin g ascerta i ned that the valuables before mentioned had disappeared from the residence of the deceased gentleman shortly after or about the time of his death, be h a d b een engaged for several days past in superintending a search of the various cesspools about the premises for the missing property, but could get no trace of it until the preceding after noon, when he received a message from Mrs. Allnutt, the prisoner's mother, and who is also a daughter of the deceased, requesting his immediate attendance at the h ouse, as her son had just made a confes sion of some impo r t ance . U pon reach i ng the house the prisoner, who appeared to have expected him, at once acknowledged that he had stolen the watch and other articles from one of the drawers in his grandmother's bedroom, and that he had afterwards thrown them from the parapet of an upper room into the gutter of an adjoining house, in which they had ever since remained. He accordingly took the boy up to the roof of the house in question and there, in a recess which the prisoner pointed out, found the whole of the property wrapped up in a piece of bedticking. He thereupon told him that he must take him into custody, when the prisoner begged for forgiveness, and said that he had been tempted to commit the act, and did not expect that it would be ever found out. The inspector added, that the pro perty had since been identified by the widow of the deceased and the pri sone r' s mother, but that neither of them was in attendance, as they had not suffi ciently recovere d f rom th e e ffects of the poison they had taken ( w hi c h it was stated was arsenic mixed up with pounded loaf-sugar), and the mental distress consequent upon the occurrence, to allow of their ap pearance, and he therefore wished the accused t o b e remanded to afford an opportunity of completing the evidence in the robbery. A constable of the same division corrobo ra t e d t h e inspector'stestimony, and the prisoner, upon b e i ng asked if he w ished to offer anythingp in answer, burst out crying, and said, "It s all tr ue: b ut I was t em pted to do it, and will never do s o aga i n. " Mr. HAMMILL (addressing the so li c i tor) inquired whether he was i nstructed to offer bail for the future appearance of the prisoner, as he thought he might accept it, and, considering the extreme youth of the accused, that appeared the most advisable course to pursue. The solicitor, however, in reply, stated, that both the family and friends of the boy were averse to his liberation at present, for reasons which it was ob. viously unadvisable then to state, and would prefer his being detained in safe custody until the whole matter had been finally disposed of. The Rev. Mr. Goodchild was understood to sug gest the same course, and Mr. HammiLL having immediately assented, the prisoner was removed in the van. SOUTHWARK. Mary Ann Rogers, a brothel housekeeper, in Her bert's-buildings, Waterloe-road, and .Eliza Wiggins, a woman of the town, were charged with stealing 101. from Mr. Robert Thompson, who described himself as collector in a mercantile house in the City. The complainant stated, that having been at a party the preceding night he indulged in too much wine, and on the way home had the misfortune to meet with the prisoner Wiggins, by whom he was induced to take more, which rendered him incapable of knowing what he was doing, and in that condition she accom panied him to the house of the other prisoner in the above locality. That in the morning when he awoke, on finding himself in such a place, he immediately examined his trouser's pocket and missed a consider able sum of money, and accused Wiggins of stealing it. She however denied the charge, and he called a policeman into the house, where be had not been long before Rogers, the other prisoner, handed him a 10/. note, which she said she had picked up in the room where the parties had slept. At this stage of the examination the complainant fell down in the witness box in a fit, and was obliged to be carried out into the open air, where he soon recovered, but on again entering the court he had another attack, and it was found necessary to send for the police surgeon, who pronounced that the symptoms under which he la boured were produced either by the immoderate quantity or bad quality of the drink he bad taken the previous night. The complainant, however, re covered from the second attack, but he appeared to be in a state of great nervous excitement. The policeman, Coombs, who was called into the house, was next examined, and he stated that on hearing the complainant give the alarm that he had been robbed he entered the house where he had not been long before the prisoner Rogers said she had found a 10/. note in the room where the complainant and the other prisoner slept, and gave it into his hands. That he (the policeman) made a further search himself, and in the yard, covered over with loose gravel, he found four sovereigns and some silver, which had all the appearance of having been recently concealed there. The policeman added, that he then took both the prisoners into custody. The complainant said that he missed six sovereigns more, and that he could not state with accuracy what sum he had when he first went into the house, but he knew that it was considerable. In answer to some questions by the magistrate, the complainant said he was collector in a mercantile house in the City, and that a portion of the money of which he had been robbed belonged to his employer. He added, that he was a married man, but that he declined to give his address or to disclose the name of the firm by which he was employed. He again became so exceedingly ill that it was found necessary to have him taken into the yard at the rear of the court for fresh air, and as he continued in the same condition, Mr. COTTINHAM considered it the most advisable step to have him taken home by a policeman in plain clothes, in order that his family might not be alarmed When this was proposed, the complainant at once assented, and they had scarcely quitted the Court before the complainant attempted to run away from the policeman ; but being overtaken, he was brought back again, and on the way frequently exclaimed that he was determined on destroying himself. The ma gistrate having been made acquainted with what had transpired, questioned the complainant, and his answers were of such a nature as to induce the sup position that he was labouring under mental delusion, for he expressed a determination to put an end to his life the first moment he had an opportunity, and ad mitted that he had given both a wrong name and ad dress, adding that nothing on earth should induce him to disclose either. Mr. COTTINGHAM said, in that case he must be under the painful necessity of committing him to prison. The complainant doubted the magistrate's autho rity, and slapping his own forehead uttered several incoherent expressions ; on hearing which, Mr. COTTINGIIAM directed that, for the com plainant's safety, after the threats he had made against his own life, he should be committed to the county gaol in default of bail. The two prisoners were ordered to be remanded until Friday. LAMBETH. Alfred Marsh, the young man who has been in custody since Saturday week, on a charge of wilfully and maliciously setting fire to the dwelling-house of Mr. Bailey, a commercial traveller, residing in Swan place, Swau-street, Old Kent-road, was again placed at the bar. The prisoner, who is respectably connected, was in custody in June last on a charge of firing a loaded pistol at Miss Louisa Ralph, the step-daughter of Mr. Bailey, a young woman to whom he was vio lently attached, and to whom he was a short time before about to get privately married. The parents of Miss Ralph having discovered the object of the young couple at once frustrated it, and this led to a bad feeling between the prisoner and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey. On the evening of Tuesday fortnight the prisoner met Miss Ralph by appointment in Shoreditch, and rode with her in an omnibus to the Borough, where she was to have met her mother ; there he got out, and in a few minutes after met Mrs. Bailey. This was about nine o'clock, and soon after the prisoner was seen in Swan-place, close to the house of Mr. Bailey, and at ten o'clock the house, which had been broken into by the back way, was found to be on fire in two places, the one having no communication with the other. The flames were, however, fortunately extinguished, after doing damage to the amount of about 201., and before they had reached the adjoining houses. In addition to the evidence already given, Mary Ann Buller, a married woman, deposed to having seen the prisoner close to the house of Mr. Bailey a very short time before the fira was discovered. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that he had carefully read over the whole of the evidence in the case, and found in it many points to strengthen the very strong sus picion against the prisoner. In the first place, his meeting Mrs. Bailey and her daughter must have satisfied him that both were from home. Again, his being seen quite close to the house of Mr. Bailey im mediately before the discovery of the fire, though he had denied the fact when apprehended, and his sleep ing from home on the night in question, were cir cumstances of a highly suspiciou s character. The case, however, requir e d th e f u ll est inquiry and inves tigation, and in order, therefore, to give the officers the fullest opportunity to make that inquiry, he should remand the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. Yesterday Edward Canfield was charged with being concerned, with others, in a desperate attack upon Mr. Fitzgibbon, the proprietor of the Elephant and Castle, Great Peter-street. On Saturday night man named Reardon was making a great disturbance in Mr. Fitzgibbon's house, when he requested him to leave, and on his refusing to do so laid his hand upon him to put him out. Reardon resisted violently, and threw Mr. Fitz gibbon, and on his attempting to get up inflicted a very severe blow under his right eye, and followed it up with others in rapid succession. Mr. Fitzgibbon succeeded in getting him out of the house, and was preventing his again entering, when defendant (Caul field) dragged the landlord out of the house, and he was furiously attacked by the two men, and some others of their party. lle was repeatedly knocked down, and whilst on the ground was kicked on the body and head in the most brutal manner by Reardon, Camfield, and the others. The firstnamed was taken into custody upon the spot, and, at the request of Mr. Fitzgibbon, was held to bail to answer an indictment at the sessions. A warrant was then applied for by the complainant, upon which the defendant Camfield was apprehended. On the occasion of Mr. Fitzgib• bon's first appearance his face was much lacerated and swollen from the injuries he had received. Defendant denied the charge, and said he could call a witness. Mr. BRODERIP said an opportunity would be afforded him of doing so at the sessions. It was the wish of the complainant that the case should be dis posed of there, and defendant must find bail for his appearance.—Bail was put in. COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. Yesterday money was easier, business somewhat more lively, and the re opening of the Royal Bank was looked forward to as a matter now beyond doubt. Shares in that establish ment, under the arrangement described in the proceed. ings of the meeting on Saturday, were in request ; and if a popular character could be given to the manage ment, there is no conceivable amount of support which would m t be forthcoming it' required. There is a strong feeling against depositors expecting six per cent., or even five, any longer than their money is wanted for purposes immediately subservient to present movements, for which time the higher rate may be justifiable ; but the bank should always hold the option of paying off the amount as soon as practicable, or paying only ordi r:ary interest, as it is deemed impossible for trade ever to flourish again till discounts return to their accus towed level. Every day brings proof, of the evils of inordinate speculation, —one of the most dangerous forms of avarice, and the lesson ought not to be lost on the mercantile community.—Liverpool Mercury of Tuesday. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY E VENING,•—• THE ROYAL BANK.—No positive report has yet been received from the deputation to London, but it is understood they aro progressing favourably. A considerable number of the preference shares have been taken up by the proprie tary, and to morrow the remainder will be thrown open to the public, probably by advertisement.—Manchester Guardian. DREADFUL GUNPOWDER EX- PLOSION. CARDIFF, TUESDAY.—A most serious accident, re sulting from gross carelessness, took place on Satur day, at the works of the Dowlais Iron Company, at Gallifaelog, near Merthyr, by the explosion of a quantity of gunpowder, whereby two unfortunate persons lost their lives, and many others, it is ra• ported eleven, were shockingly burnt arid injured. It apix ars that it has been the practice of the managers of the above mentioned ironworks, to sup ply their miners and others for blasting, with an adequate allowance of powder, it is said, for a week or a longer period.; that in case the miner should be employed, it was taken by the wife, and frequently they were to be seen with kegs on their shoulders carrying them to their respective homes, a proceeding at all time attended with more or less danger. The powder-house of th e com p an y i s s it ua t e d ne ar Gelb.- faelog• bridge. Here on Saturday a number met and carried away their allowance, and on reaching the tram-road at the bridge they waited for the arrival of the iron trams. At three o'clock they came up, wh en the powder was carelessly thrown on to the waggons' So slovenly, indeed, that one of the casks rolled of i on to the ground with s uc h f orce as t o burst t : The train being in motion, the powder which hal, become strewn over the rail s , i mme di a t e ly explode" with terrible violence, and the whole of the unfor tunate persons standing near, were either blown . o l struck away. Already had s o me o ld ma tting which had been temporarily thrown over the powder in the waggons, ignited in several places, and, but for the presence of mind and intrepidity of a woman In dashing a bucketful of water over it, a more awful catastrophe would certainly have ensued, as the qu„,ar tity of powder amounted to nearly h a lf a ton. T he clothing of those standing by caug ht fi re , and severa l were severely injured. On Monday an inquest was held before Mr. Davies, on the remains of one of the sufferers, Maria Evans 17, daughter of one o f th e m i ners , an d a veruic of " Accidental Death" was returned. Another is said to have since died. The other un: fortunate creatures continue in a bad condition 111 ' Penydaran and Pontnurlais. The sad affair is entirely attributable to the loose way the powder was conveyed about by the labourers. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, Nov. 10. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, No" .li t: ham, and Boston, V% dis.-Eastern Counties ( York Il e , sion), 24 dis.-East Lancashire, 5% dis.-Ditto, New , '; dis. Huddesfield and Manchester (22/. paid), 4% dis. %.4 4 Di tto,Thirds, 17-16 dis x. i-Lancashire and Yorkshire,Fi" • Blanc hes dis-Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 11-16 dis.- ~T nrt h ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1-16 n. 1 1- 7, t h- Staffordshire, 7-16 dis.-North Union (B), 137-S o : ar f. Eastern and Dover, 28 1 / 4 -Ditto, No. 4, 2 11-16 dis.--fib dale, 2 dis.-York, Ne wcas tl e , an d B erw i c k , P re f ere nce (g`''" 6 per cent. till 1850),' p. LEEDS, NOVEMBER 10. STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sales are-East Lanca shir* Si. 3s. 9d. dis.-Ditt o , New, 5% dis.-Ditto, Quarter* 1 ,.. 95 a dis. -Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (late Hud. a":„ Sheff.), 10 n. dis.-Ditt o (W es t Ridi ng U n i on ), 525. disai s . Leeds and Thirsk, 17 1 /, dis.-Ditto, Preference, 31s. -London and North-Western (Manchester and Biralit'4 ham), Quarters (A), 3/. 6s. 3d. p.-Midland, Pre f ere nce, L., c. dis.-North Briti s h, Thirds, 6s. dis.-North Staffords 6s. dis.-North-Weste rn , 4/. 13s. 9d. dis.-York, Newc ast "' and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 20s. p. SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 10. • ing" STOCK EXCHANGE..-The sales are-Ambergate, ham, and Boston, 17 di s .-G reat N ort h ern, 6 dis.-" 701), chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Line °. Preference, par-North-Western, 4 1 4 dis. EDINBURGH, Nov. 9. 26 1 ' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen , , ar , - Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 7 s . 6d.-A r b roa th and v ° " 6 d, 261.-Ditto, Halves, 13/.-A yr an d G a ll owa y, V. 25 - 04 -Caledonian, 351.-Ditto, New, 1/. 55.-Caledon!„, and Dumbartonshire, 1/. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction , ~73 : -Deeside, 31. Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, -Dundee and Arbroath, 341.-Ditto, New, No. I, 2 ' rk . Ditto, New, No. 2, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 55.-Dul. dee and Northern Junction, 1/. 10s.-Dundee and Perth, 10s.-Ditto, New, 131. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 21 ,..Arn: -East of Fife, 2/. 155.-East Lothian Central, 1/.---v•" burgh and Bathgate, 51.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 931.15 f' ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 121. ex div.-Ditto, New 1-larres,„... 155.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 151.-Ditto, Fr ei . ... renee, 151.-Ditto, New, 3/. 145.-Ditto, Quarters, 3 .•, 3 •„, Edinburgh and Northern, 17/.75. 6d.-Ditto, New, 1/. -Ditto, Newport, 5/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, IL 3s. -Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 15&-Ditto, Halm' ss. -Glasgow and Ayrshire, 991.-Ditto, New Stock, 391. 5.g Ditto, Halves, No. 1,5/. 5 5 . -Di tto, Halves, No. 2%'d 2s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 74-Glasgow„7,.. Garnkirk, 38/. 155.-Glasgow General Terminus, 101. l a n, Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditte, Halves, ,'" Ar Ditto, Preference, 71. 1 95.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, anu, 3 s; drossan, 31. 95.-Great North of Scotland, 17s. 6d.-Glare Northern (late zDirect Northern), 11. 175.-Ditto London and York), 21.-North British, 251. 5 3 -I coo Halves, 11/. 10s.-Ditt o , Q uarters , 3/. 195.-Ditto, bre/ f ir: gi 00 b* tern (scrip), Bs. 3d.-Ditt o , Thi r d s , 1/. 11 x . - Ditto, R h 5/. 55.-Scottish C en t ra l, 21/. 15 s. - S cott i s h G ra nd Jutic; or d, 65.-Scottish Midland,los.-Shrewsbury and lird r ilog 10s.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 18 1 . -- f is bo and Dunfermline, 3L-Stirling and Midland, 61.-- 7 4 ! of. and Coltness, 441.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 3 ",,, T0 , -Ditto, Extensions, No. 1, 11/. 58.-Ditto, 10/. 10s.-Direct Bombay and Madras, Is. 9d.-East ' ll OO l3 1/. Os. 3d.-Great North of India, ls. 3t1.-Great Sou of Madras, ls.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, ls. 6cl - Nov. 9. A AP STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dundee an d 93.,' broath, New, No. 1, 24-Edinburgh and Glasgow' Ditto, Halves, 12-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and M. 4.39,4 Ditto, 5 per cent. guarantee d , 1 1 0 -Ditto, 401 . Sbarl CO: -Ditto, Halv es , N o. I 5-Glasgow, Dumfries, a° yo d sc lisle, 71. 45.-Great sNorthern, 868.-Manch'ester ot Southampton, Bs.-North British, Thirds, 3 15 ' Central, 221. CCU ."- ANOVEL M ODE OF S MUGGLING Too-, 4 ,,. the Amongst the vari ous s t ra t agems resorte d to '7, ho at purpos e o f pass i ng tobacco into this countrY.",, ,. 'l - gi payment of the leg a l d u ty, an d t o e l u d e t h e prYing iao ls lance of the Custom-house officers, the following Pilicer the latest novelty. Mr. J. Wakeham, t he t :nierr appointed to inspect the cargo of the Magnet S i f i eSiv just arrived from Rotterdam, in the course of b• 9„, 011 mination saw some earthen jars, containing, ' ip, appearance, a q uan tity o f b utter, b ut, whether froln o , formation or suspi c io n did not transpire, d ee d the y ' more minute ex am i na ti on necessary, he pie rc- t de' butter, and soon f oun d t h a t an art i c l e of a differ en - .er hno,seription lay belo w , an d th a t t h ere was on ly , tb in of butter at th e t op on a s ki n, an d t h e res t was t t: st sns pressed closely into the ars. Of course y, was found for the jars after this unexpected (s e- f to and in lieu of one Mr. Wakeman took possession 0 es , same, and lodged them in the Custom-house warehouso [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A NEVER-FAILING 11131"Ecoa gr. Wellingio FOR DROPSY ARE HOLLOWAY'S PILLS:- Leake, chemist, St. Vincent's, who has sold an in 3ine „„ i a quantity of Holloway's Pills, certifies from hi' ; t l i st knowledge of a most extraordinary cure of DropsY, 0 has been effected on a person residing in that is ; ' 11 0 by their use. The patient was so dreadfully of the that though he obtained the best medical advice c . to place, yet ho derived no benefit—nothing sc one''' . so reach the seat of his complaint—until he took th o rn celebrated Pills, which so effectually eradicated it : l %o his system, that he is now as well as ever he was 11/ f 'l life. Sold by all druggists, and at P ro f e ssor Hollo vvk establishment, 244, Strand, London. —,--------/ ' • de but the 7th inst., Mrs. T. Tea BIRTHS pe . , of a son, who s uryiv a few hours. On the Bth inst., at Fentiman-r oa d, Claphaill-roa d, the wife of Mr. James B. Tomalin, of a son. d f W illie° On the Bth inst., in Bedford-square, the la d y° Bovill, Esq., of a daughte r . Eivingt a ' On the 9th inst., at Sydenham, Mrs. John of a girl. n need' On the 9th inst., th e w if e of Mr. Thomas Germa n of Regent-street, of a daughter. Ir ,/, of the On the 2d inst., a t Davenham, Ch es hi r e, the sv -- late William E c cl es , R eq., of a son. oath, the On the 7th inst., at South T own Great Ya rn, lady of Henry R. Ilarmer, Esq., of a d aug hter. the wife On the 7th i ns t ., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea' of Dr. Maclachlan, of a daughter. _____--------- MARRIED y theOn . 10th lust, at All Soul'; Lan ~ord Bish op of Rochester, Sir William Payne 3 d to Emily Ann, daug ei hter of Sir Robert Frank lau Bart., of Thirkleby-park and Chequers Court. Chary On the Bth inst., at St. Ni c h o l as Ch urc h, Brighton, tilda Smith , Esq., of the Western • hton te I"— nS Sarah, only daughter of Benjam m i a n d• D ß ay n , g ESq." °f Wrgrre- Romford, Essex. Mr. On th© 9th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Thorne late . 14 ' ks Broo, to Frances Emma, eldest daughter of th 6 to A Brine, Esq., of Clifford' s I nn . uneP At St. George's, J. Patrick, Esq., of Londo n, daughter of the late Thom as llayter DIED. 0f the On the 6th inst., George Francis Barlow, E S q" Manor House, Hampton, Middlesex aged 74. On the 6th inst., in Montague-pla'ce, Russell-x(l"re' 311.6* Savag e. he 7th inst. . Alfred Suckling, o f B ars h am Rectory, ne ar Re O v nt, Catharine Webb, secon d dauglatel3recofeieget Suffolk. Luke, On the 7th in s t., J o h n, eldest son of the late John Stockwell, ku t -e h l e l, Esq., of Camberwell, Su Riley' On the 9th i nst . , i n F enc h urc h -stree t, Mr. Sam ne aged 65. agedlth 6 in B s . t., M rr rs e . y S a u g s e an Slur, of Stockwell -place, williara On the 9th inst., in Bedford row, Islington , M r ' Fradgley, aged 67. On the 9th inst.. at Lockeridge, near Marlborougb, beth, wife of mr William C. Merriman. Walkr , On the 9th inst., at Greenwich, the Rev- . 0 Trio" A.M., Chaplain to the Right Hon. Corporation of th House, and Lecturer at St. Paul's, Deptford, E. - e, y nt', Barer On the 9th inst., at Brixton•rise, Surrey, Esq., aged 60. Elizs- — th; at London: Printed and Published by MURDO Yu ljo. Nu. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , a - ty OS Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in t he Thursday, November 11,1847% LI'VERPOOL, NOVEMBER 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The demand for shares is hardly brisk to-day as en yesterday, at the same time the oer s t e d closed firmly. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, „. Boston, 2 dis—Birkenh ea d, L ancas hi re , and Cheshire Ju n"A B, .) tion, 311 . Shares, 6L lls. 3d. di s .—D i tt o (l a t e C. 0n.A. 0 - 271. 10s. Shares, 14Y 8 —Ditto, 221. Shares, 6% Lancashire, 5 1 / s dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire Halvee , ' .. dis.—Ditto, Fifths, % dis.—Ditt o , 321. Sh ares (late Eate n sion), 6th dis.—London and No r th-W es t ern , 152 c.---D lt,„ ; (L. and B.), Fifths, 10 p.— Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 371 4 c. 1, Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincolnshire, Q u a r ters, . o ' 4 l c. p.—Midland Stock, 108 1 4 c.--Ditto, 40/. Shac t l ' ;oo —Ditto, Birmingham and Gl ouces t er , 118—Sh rops hire L' l3 ' 2 B Railway and Canal, 23 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover , d c.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 2 3 4 dis.— York, Newcastle, ' I I, Berwick (Orig. New. and Ber.), 29—Ditto, (N. and 13'410 tensions), No. 2, 3 / p.—York and North Midland, 147-- ,1„ (East and West Riding E x t ens i on ), 6% p .—N or th Halves, 11%.