The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-16 00:00:00

. 1 i I I tor perusal during- the day, which circumstance was fresh in his recollection. lie nerfortned this office in the presence of the ina ,, ter and a Mr. Swear. Mr. Gutteridge alleged that Mr. Foste:. the master, was so disgusted w ith th e con du c t of kr. Lee that he left the room. His affidavit stated that he was soli- Cited by the master to attend the sick bed of the boy, that out of delicacy to the clergyman, in whose parish the school was situated, he suggested that he should be sent for to attend, but that he proceeded, from his residence, with Mrs. Foster to the room in which the boy lay. Mr. Foster was present. He proceeded, he went on, to the school room where Mr. Foster read prayers to the boys ; and that seeing Mr. Foster rather nervous and ex periencing some difficulty in addressing them in his presence, he stood up, and addressed them for him. Two ladies, teachers in the school, and two gentle men were present. One of the ladies swore distinctly that he addressed them in hi 3 usual manner, and that there was not the slightest indication that his conduct differed from that which ordinarily characterised him, and that there was not the slightest appearance of intoxication. Mr. and Mrs. Foster, in consequence of some inquiry, had left the school, and though they bad b een applied to they had declined to make affidavits on one side or on the other. The next charge had reference to his conduct in the summer of 1844. It was alleged that having to attend one of the churches of Birmingham during the absence of the curicular bishop he did so in a state of intoxication. Mr. Lee be lieved that he had only performed service in that church twice, but he happily possessed the best means of refuting this scandalous charge. Both the minister and the curate were indisposed, and Mr. Lee at tended at the request of the curate, and performed service during the morning and evening of that day. It was alleged that he was intoxicated during the evening service. Two clergymen in the neighbour hood, who had heard of the illness of the minister and his curate, kindly came to the church, and offered their services ; they were in the vestry, and conversed with him, and were also present during the perform ance of his sacred duties ; and they, with the curate and clerk, distinctly stated that Mr. Lee read the service in a nervous manner, as was his habit, but that there was nothing in his whole conduct to induce the slightest belief that he was intoxicated. There was not the slightest appearance of anything of the kind. These were the charges against him. They were repeated in December, 1845, and in 1846, at a meeting held at Birmingham, they were again repeated, by Mr. Gutteridge. Feeling aggrieved at these repeated as persions, Mr. Lee consulted the Bishop of his diocese, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rural Dean, and a number of clergymen and others with whom he Was acquainted, and they agreed in thinking the proper course for him to adopt was to take no heed of the charges, and to rely upon his v.ell-known character for the best refutation of them, as any pro ceedings would only give them further publicity, and perhaps perpetuate them. He (the Attorney-General) had the affidavit of the Bishop of 'Worcester, and of various gentlemen, who concurred in this advice whilst the matter was simply of a local character, all of whom spoke of Mr. Lee in the highest terms. He had also the affidavits of those who were on terms of the utmost familiarity with him, stating that they had visited him repeatedly with and with out giving any intimation of their intentions, and they agreed in stating that instead of indulging in intoxicat log drinks that he was singularly abstemious. Happily he had the affidavit of his medical attendant, who be that if he had indulged in such stimulants that n e Would certainly have been afflicted with inflama ticn of the eyes, a complaint to which he was parti cularly subject; and further, that his habits were Of the most temperate kind. Looking at the whole of the circumstances, at the importance of the matter to ‘ l ?ttr- Lee—seeing that during a long period he had ° ee,..2 1 subjected to persecution, misrepresentation, and a 'ader, and that at last, for the reasons he had itt.ated, he had felt bound to avail himself of the me-. 1 11 .!_lm which this Court afforded for clearing _ 44 character from the imputations cast upon it, which were utterly unfounded, he trusted the Co urt weuld accede to his application, and thus compel th e p erson f rom w h om th ese slanders had e manated to come forward, and either substantiate them or admit that they were devoid of truth. Lord DENMAN—Take a rule. The ATTORN E Y-G ENERAL -My L or d, we s h a ll hand„ over copies of the affidavits to-day to Mr. Gutte tuge• There w ill, therefore, be no ground for un necessary delay. We trust the matter will be dis -1)°"d of without delay. Lord DENMAN bowed assent. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Whateley, Q.C., were with the Attorney-General. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) MONTAGU V. PAYNE. Air. M. CHAMBERS applied for a rule to set aside an order made by Mr. Baron Platt, calling on the Plaintiff; to amend the particulars of his demand. The plaintiff in the action, it appeared, was the seeretary of Mr. Payne, the late candidate for the Ci ty of London, and was employed by the defendant full o rganise the plan of proceeding for bringing him Y before the electors of the city of London. Actin g in pursuance of these instructions, the plaintiff had expended a considerable sum of money in the 13 „ r , i nting of pla ca rd s , the hire of " boardmen," and t e er means of giving publicity to the fact that defendant was a candidate for the suffrages r 8 the e l ectors o f the c i ty o f L on d on . Th e -2 , 11 e of the contest proved unfavourable to the d J te ndant. The plaintiff, soon after the close of the " 4 )11_, made a d eman d f o r the settlement of the ex 'lenses he had incurred on behalf the defendant. In S upport, of th e accuracy o f hi s c h arges , h e gave t o th e d efendant a book, in which entries were made of all the gulps he had expended. Defendant did not con lSider th at the charges were sufficiently explicit in the natter of dates, and required further vouchers for the *erns alleged to be exp en ded. An action was corn tleeeed by the plaintiff against the defendant, who had obtained an order from Mr. Baron Platt calling Pori the plaintiff to amend his particulars. Set M. CHA MBERS now moved to have this rule aside, on the ground that the only book containing e entries and vouchers was in the possession of the '_?fendant, and it was impossible for him to demand Ina particulars unless the book were restored to him he were allowed an opportunity of inspecting the book and vouchers.—P,ule granted. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) HERAND V. LEAF. The COURT delivered judgment in this case, which Nva3 a motion f o r a new t r i a l on th e groun d of mis dir.ection, and al so th a t th e ver di c t was against the evidence. The action was brought to recover compensation for certain articles furnished to a publication called the Foreign and Colonial, and New Quarterly Review, of which the defendant WaS the proprietor. The circumstances of the case have b een repeatedly before the public. The C ourt having carefully considered all the cir- euialstances of th e case , were o f op i n i on th a t th e di rection of Mr. Justice Coltman at the trial was correct, and th a t t h e j ury were fully warranted in finding that the articles were not received under a contract that th ey were to be paid for, and that if they had there was such a fraud in suppressing the ;lame of the author that such contract would not have effect. They were therefore of opinion that there was no ground for a new trial.—Rule refused. FIELD IL MACKENZIE. The Tule whi c h h ad been obtained in this case, and Which relates t o th e Newcastle - upon -T yne Joint Stock Bank, was discharged with costs. BANKRUPTCY.—(THI6 DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE MAUDE AND co. These bankrupts had carried on business as cement manufacturers, at Northfleet, and this was an applica tion for certificates. Mr. LAWRENCE, who appeared on behalf of the assignees, said, that the firm consisted of four per sons, and existed for fifteen months only ; their debts to creditors, not holding security, 10,1341., and to those holding security, whilst the assets were only 3001 ., and goods 722/. Their expenditure had been very great, the machinery a nd p lant h aving cost the large sum of 13,3231. 7s. 4d., and was mortgaged, whilst their didprofits had only been 4971. 10s. ld. The assigneesno., com plaint of the amount drawn out by the p . artners, the total being 751/. 6s. 7d.; out o f which theworking partner, Mr. Aspdin, had drawn hadcapital,l" anddrawnonly Air. out 1121. With regard to him he was entirely exempt from all blame, and on the whole the o nl y charge was been most improvident dealing, the result of whi ch had most disastrous. His HONOUR, asked what was the cause of the failure ? Mr. LAWRENCE said that it arose from want of suf ficient capital to complete their arrangements. The fact was, that of the capital guaranteed by the Messrs. Maude, 4,0001., had not been paid, and the stoppage htid been mainly caused by the great excess of the estimate for the plant, which, instead of being 6,0001., amounted to 13,0001. Mr. ROBERTS appeared on the part of Aspdin, and said that he was taken into the firm entirely as a working partner, and had not drawn out more than he would have earned as a superintendent of the works. Messrs. Maude were not represented by any pr.)- fessional gentlemen. His lloNoun said, as., far as Jones and Aspdin were concert - id no blame attached to them, and their certificates would be granted forthwith. The case of the Maudes was somewhat different, as they had riot put in the capital they had agreed on, and which ~, -_____ _ _ had, to a certain extent, led to their failure, their cer tificatei; would be suspended fur three months, but pro tection would be granted. MARLBRU-STREET—(THIS DAY.) There was not a single charge of the least interest to the public before the Court this morning, the whole time of the magistrate being occupied in disposing of a few drunken charges. BENEVOLENT DONATIONS.—The following note, enclosing a Bank of England note for 101., has been received from Mr. Clack, the manager of the Union Bank, Argylle-place, for the use of the poor-box at this court :—" Miss I).'s respects to Mr. Clack and requests he will appropriate the enclosed in any manner he thinks most useful for the relief of the distressed." The receipt of the above the donor begs may be acknowledged in The Sun. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Three powerfully-built seamen, who gave their names Frederick Bryan, Edward Walker, and Ralph Towell, with a woman named Sarah Bryan, were charged with violently assaulting and i njuring Mrs. Elizabeth Kaines, landlady of the Moon and Seven Stars public-house, St. George-street, Ratcliffe highway. It appeared that between twelve and one o'clock last night, just as Mrs. Kaines was about to close her house, the four prisoners entered and wanted to he supplied with a pot of porter. This Mrs. Kaines refused, when they became very abusive, and Walker forced his way round the counter, and seizing Mrs. Kaines by the shoulders, he dealt her several violent blows in the face, and with the toe of his boot in flicted a kick on her stomach, from which this morn ing she was suffering severely. The other prisoners then rushed on her and knocked her down, and with savage exclamations beat her about the head most severely. She screamed out " murder" and " police," and two men came to her assistance and rescued her from their violence. This statement having been corroborated, Mr. YARDLEY observed that it was a most cowardly and aggravated assault on a defenceless and unpro tected female. Walker appeared to have been the worst, and he should fine him 405., or fourteen days' imprisonment. The others he should sentence to pay a fine of 205., or eight daya' imprisonment. They were locked up in default. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Marian Laycock, late a servant in the employment of Mr. Slater, silk mercer and draper, of No. 17, North-place, Kingsland-road, was brought up for final examination, charged with robbing her master of silks, satins, shawls, &c., &c., the particulars of which appeared at the time in the " Evening Sun." Since then, the officer Linzay, had traced a great portion of the goods to the prisoners mother-in-law, Charlotte Wallsby, at No. 3, Essex-street, Commer cial-road. These were also identified by Mr. Slater, as his property, in addition to those found in the pos session of the prisoner Laycock. The depositions were now ordered to be made out, in order for the full committal to Newgate for trial of Marian Lay cock, for robbing her employer Mr. Slater, as also, for that of Charlotte Wallsby, her mother-in-law, as a receiver of the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT I'ERSALL'S.—Y ESTERDAY. NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLECHASE. 5 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Switcher 7 to 1 agst Captain Little's The Chandler 8 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's St. Leger Bto 1 agst Mr. J. Bruce ns The Curate—t to 751. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ouseley lliggins's Pioneer 12 to 1 agst Captain Barnett's Marengo DERBY. The only bets to our knowledge were 1,000 to 40 agst Nil Desperandum, 1,500 to 50 each agst Cervus and Beverlac, and 9,000t0 200 agst The Sheriff. SALE OF LORD E. RUSSELL'S RACING STUD! The prices realised this day by Messrs. Tattersall were as follow:—Sting, 600 guineas (for the French Government)—Stingo (a foal), brother to Sting, 400 guineas Fergus, 320 guineas Reminiscence, 340 guineas—Cracow and Dulcet, 150 guineas each—and Rainbow (late Brompton), 82 guineas. TFLE SUN, COURT CIRCULAR. LON DON, THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The royal mail steamer Cambria, Captain Judkins, with the usual mails and ninety passengers, arrived here this evening. She left Boston on the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d instant, and has been delayed by severe weather rather longer than usual. The Cam bria has brought 60,000/. in specie ; she met the Caledonia at Halifax on the 2d instant, all well. It will be perceived that there is no later news from Mexico than that received a week ago by the West India mail steamer ; the intelligence from that city reached only to the 29th September, and from Vera Cruz to the 14th October. The New York Courier of the 31st ult. says— Our last European paper of the 15th instant failed to impart what this one in like manner will fail in, any official dispatches from General Scott concerning his recent operations and actual condition in Mexico. Owing to the interruption of communication between Vera Cruz and the capital, either these dispatches have not been sent, or have been intercepted. But the main occurrences of the severe fighting that took place previously to the occupation of the capital, and the actual undisturbed possession of it by the Ameri can army, we know, as well from Mexican accounts, as from many private letters which have reached this country. The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 29th ult., when all was quiet there. The orders of the day of General Scott, whose available force in the midst of that hostile city is known not to exceed seven thousand men, indicate the greatest desire to spare the vanquished, and to insure the safety of his own soldiers. There is no example known to us of such self-restraint of soldiers flushed with vic tory, and outraged, after the event, by those they had subdued. Puebla is known to have fallen- into the hands of the Mexicans, but the American garrison under Colonel Childs had retired with all their materiel, and occupying neighbouring heights, held the city under their fire. A reinforcement under General Lane, uniting with Colonel Lally, who was at Jalapa on the 30th ult., and thus amounting to some 3,500 men, has, before this, it is possible, reinstated the American garrison in Puebla, and proceeded to join General Scott in Mexico. Another force of some 2,000 men had marched from Vera Cruz to open the route, and it now will be the effort of the authorities at home to garrison the 'chief places on the route, and keep it permanently open. Of the present whereabouts of Santa Anna or of his purposes, there is no definite information, nor is it easy to say where resides or is to be found any por tion of the Government of Mexico. Under such circumstances peace is impossible, if for no other reason than that there is no administra tion in Mexico with which to make it. The plan now in favour at Washington is to rein force all the armies—to hold what we have conquered —to levy heavy subsidies and military supplies from the Mexicans—and, forbearing any further offer to negotiate, to await until Mexico shall sue for peace. This seems to be the determination of the President, who has undoubtedly caused Mr. Trist to be recalled, and it remains to be seen whether it will be ratified by Congress, which is to assemble in the first week of December. Meantime the country is contented and prosperous, at ease in its money atrair3, and thriving in all its pursuits. - _ The harvests have been abundant, yet the prices keep up. The exports, however, are small to Europe, and so also is our stock of bread stuffs on hand. Exchange in Europe may be quoted on England at from 9-1 to 4 for 60 day bills of well-known City houses. On France 525 a 5 22. There has been an export of silver from this port to France within the last fortnight of about half a million of dollars, as follows Dollars. Per Philadelphia lowa Missouri 65,500 Havre WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk to-day. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise on the eastern terrace and Slopes. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness was accompanied by Earl Grey and the Earl of Desart, and was attended by Lord Alfred Paget and the Hon. Captain Gordon. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenham left the Castle to-day. A deputation from the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall, had the honour of an interview, on Saturday last, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to submit a proposal for erecting a public memorial to the memory of the late Dr. Mendelssohn. The Queen and his Royal Highness were pleased to ap prove of the above object, and to subscribe SOL in its aid. There will be an export by the Cambria of gold, variously estimated at from 200,000 dolls. or 400,000 dolls. It will not be short of the lowest sum, but will, so far as we can obtain information here at this writing, not reach the larger sum. These shipments are the result less of the rate at which bills of exchange are selling, than of want of confidence in any bills—for even when sellers here are undoubted, such is the distrust of English houses brought about by the recent failures in that country —and hardly less by the indiscreet and, as we deem them, unjustifiable surmises transmitted from Lon don, by men who should know better, about expected failures, and crashes that were to shake the commer cial credit of the whole country—that remitters who want to be sure of their funds being available in Eng land ship gold, though it cost them from 1 to 1 per cent. more than good bills.: The royal dinner party this evening at the Castle will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl and Countess Grey, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Desart, and the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey. The band of the Grenadier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. If the export of gold should continue to any con siderable extent—which, however, we do not look for —it would, in combination with the drain constantly in operation of the Sub-Treasury law—cause our banks to hold up in their discounts. As a matter of fact, the quarterly return which will be made by the banks of this city on the Ist proximo will show a diminution of specie on hand since Ist August (the date of the last return), of between three and four millions of dollars, leaving them now with something less than seven millions in their vaults. Much the largest portion of these millions have been withdrawn from the banks by the operation of the Sub-Treasury law, which requires the payment of all dues to the Government in coin, and of this coin a good deal has been sent to Mexico. If to this drain should be added, by reason of any rise in exchange, or growing distrust of bills, a drain to Europe—a pressure for money, of which other wise, or from other causes, there is no danger —must ensue here. But of such a drain, we repeat, we have little expectation, if the Caledonia, which will be due in a few days, shall bring less discouraging accounts from England, and especially if she shall disprove the forebodings of evil of the London letter writers, to whom we have alluded. We look upon it as certain that England will need supplies of bread-stuffs from this country in the spring, notwithstanding her good harvest—and if so, the tendency of coin will be to and not from us. The New York canals this year will yield over three and 'a half million of dollars in tolls—the re venue from the Pennsylvania public works will also be larger than heretofore, but unhappily the destruc tion occasioned some weeks ago, by the overflow of various streams consequent upon long-continued rains, has interrupted the use of these works at this the most active part of the year—and hence the amount of receipts will be diminished, while a large extra outlay for repairs will be required. In all the other states the public works are pros perous and productive, and such is the condition of the whole country. It was rumoured that Major Lally's escort had joined Colonel Childs, and that they had defeated the guerillas and recaptured Puebla. The report that General Rea was at Puebla is fully confirmed, and the Genius of Liberty of the 27th ult. says, " Our troops under Col. Childs were bombarding the city from the surrounding heights." The same paper of the 2d instant has the following : —" General Santa Anna, never so badly discomfited, was, at the latest accounts, at Puebla. His force, after its junction with that:of General Rea, amounted in infantry and cavalry to 3,000 men, and was quar tered in the Convent of St. Carmen. The Americans, under Col. Childs, strongly fortified in a massively built and very capacious convent belonging to the same city, conscious of the stre ng th o f th e i r pos iti on , were awaiting reinforcements in the utmost security and tranquillity. Guerillas were assembling near Puebla, and on the road." A deputation of the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes, consisting of Wm. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Joseph Toyn bee, Esq., John Wm. Tottie, Esq., A. Kilgour, Esq., and Mr. Charles Gatliff, had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the subject of the window duties, at the official residence of the Right Hon. Baronet, in Downing-street. His Excellency the American Minister had an in terview with the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, yester day, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Wm. Ord, M.P., Mr. T. E. Headlam, M.P., the Mayor of Newcastle, the Sheriff' of Newcastle, Mr. Alderman Donkin, Mr. Alderman Hodgson, the Town Clerk of New castle, Mr. Moreton, Mr. N. Wood, Mr. Brocket, and Mr. Armstrong, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Lord Hatherton had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The late Mr. Henry Brown, of the Horse Bri gade Artillery, has left five hundred rupees for the poor of Bangalore, to be distributed by the minister of the district. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood, K.C.8., G.C. Tower and Sword, late of Torquay, Devon, who died in September last at the advanced age of 83, had executed his will in the month of February preceding, and appointed his wife, thellon. Lady Dashwood, his sole executrix and residuary legatee, who has just adminis tered thereto. The personalty was estimated at 9,0001. Be leaves to her the dividend* of his stock for her life, and his plate, jewels, pictures, books, horses, and car riages for her own use absolutely ; the principal of his funded property at her decease to be divided between his son, John de Courcy, and his grandson, Charles, the son of his deceased son, Francis. On the marriage of his son Charles he secured to him an equal portion of his property with his two other sons, and has left him his residence, situate on the Braddons Torquay, on the decease of the Hon. Lady Dashwood. TIIE LATE LIEUTENANT.. COLONEL HIBBEET, C. 8., 40TH FOOT.—This distinguished officer, who commanded the 40th Regiment during the sanguinary campaign in Affghanistan when the gallant corps was almost cut to pieces, died on the 12th instant, at his residence in St. George's-place. He was connected with the army for a period of thirty-two years, having entered as Ensign in 1813. For his services in Affghanistan ho was promo ted to a Brevet Lieuterant-Coloneley, and was made a C.B. In 1814 this distinguished officer joined the Penin sular army. He afterwards proceeded to America, and on his return home in 1815, he joined the Allied Army, and took part in the battle of Waterloo. His Excellency Chevalier Bunsen entertained Mr. James Brooke (Raja of Sarawak) and a select circle to dinner last evening at the Prussian Legation. We understand that the committee of shareholders appointed to investigate the affairs of the Union Bank, having daily before them cases evincing the necessity of forming a new banking establishment to meet the re quirements of this district are seriously turning their attention to effecting that object. The general business of the Union Bank is found to have been lucrative, and it possesses not only at the parent establishment, but at several of its branches, a valuable and highly respect able connexion. It is understood that the committee are desirous to retain these connexions, feeling that by so doing the interest of the existing shareholders will be better protected, and an increased accommodation afforded to the public generally.—Neweastle Chronicle. THE EARL AND TIIE FA EMER.—A farmer called on Earl Fitzwilliam and complained that, in his bunting excursions with his hounds, he had trodden down a field of wheat so as to do it damage. The Earl told him that if he would procure an estimate of the loss he would pay it. The man informed him that he had done so already, and it was believed the damage would be 504 The Earl paid it. But as spring came on, the wheat which hhe ad rne t ty ns. The farmer honestly retu been trodden down grew up, and became th fi e t bes!p octu in field. what an.” I A l i k f t e e . r ni T a h k i t s a o S m l e t ought to be between man inquiries " Ah," said the Earl, gave the man a ches, Jor Olle "th i a s nd is room, and returning, about his family, the Earl went ifito: : 4 ll4l it etoester atul te Take care of this; 'and when: . ) ic bim, Mercur y. ll him o u r d r e e l d d e spto son s, s o t?: egge, present" L the occasion that produced t • ACCIDENT WITH Saturday morning two of the railway om nibuses p l y in g T wo RAILWAY OMNIBUSES.— = On came into frightful collision, by between the Edmonton and which the driver of one the . Marsh lane stations of them was thrown from his seat, and sust l ained, in con sequence a compound fracture of his righteg, and many _ others were severely injured, Paredes is mentioned in most of the Mexican papers as being mixed up in some scheme or conspiracy to establish a monarchy in Mexico. Mr. Trist is re called. No official dispatches had been received at the War department from General Scott. The po sition of General Taylor is likely tope a precarious one, a Mexican rising having taken place on the Rio Grande, extending from that river to th e Si erra Madre. General Urrea was said to be at the head of 12,000 men. The Mexican Congress was to meet at Queretaro on the sth November. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1847. THE INCOME-TAX. (Abridged from the liampshire Telegraph.) A public general meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Portsmouth on this subject was held at the Society's Hall, Portsea, on Friday evening, the worshipful the Mayor, T. E. Owen, Esq., in the chair. The Right Hon. F. T. Baring, one of the representatives of the borough, and H. C. Compton, Esq., one of the Members for the county, were present. Mr. SHEPPARD moved the first resolution—" That while this meeting recognises it to be the duty of the people of this country to bear a fair share of the taxa tion necessary for the maintenance of good govern ment, they are of opinion that a tax on income is open to serious objections, inasmuch as it is destructive of industry, of a highly inquisitorial character, and often very arbitrarily enf orce d. Th ey are therefore of opi nion that a graduated property-tax would be less ob jectionable and more equitable." They were assem bled, he said, to consider what was thought to be a vexatious and arbitrary impost. Unfortunately the people of this country had been too much occupied by the strife of party, and the real interests of the country had been often sacrificed and neglected. The necessity for the income-tax arose from the shame less expenditure of former years; they were now paying for long and ruinous wars, more calculated to sustain the privilege of certain classes than for the benefit of any country on earth.—(Hear, hear.) Until this year he had been taxed for a great deal more than his profits, and nearly double what he re turned at the present time.—(Hear, hear.) This ought not to be. If a man took a false oath as to his income, the Commissioners would indict him for per jury. The only way to remedy the evil was to come to a graduated property-tax, which would screen the poor man, who had only the means of providing for his subsistence.—(Cheers.) Mr. H. SLIGHT seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. RICHARD BATCHELOR read a letter from Sir George Staunton, stating that he had just returned from a five weeks' tour in Switzerland, and that he was unable to attend the meeting from fatigue and the pressure of business ; but that he would not fail to keep in mind the wishes of his constituents when the subject came before the House of Commons.— ~... ..... (Cheers.) He concluded by moving the second resolution—" That the vexatious spirit in which the income-tax has been enforced in this district is calcu lated to create dissatisfaction and distrust, both to wards the law and its administrators, and it is there fore desirable a memorial should be sent to the Lords of the Treasury, stating the grievances in this locality and the propriety of adopting a graduated property tax in lieu thereof, and that if necessary the memo rial be followed up by a petition to the House of Commons." Mr. THOMAS HOSKINS said he had much pleasure in seconding the resolution. Dr. ROLM supported the second resolution. Mr. LEGGATT then read a letter from Lord Charles 'Wellesley, regretting his inability to attend the meeting. Mr. li. J. HOGG then moved the third resolution —" That the presentation of such memorial, and the subsequent petition, be entrusted to the care o f M r . Baring, and that he, with Sir George Staunton and the county Members, be requested to support the prayer thereof." SHEPPARD seconded this resolution, which was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. BARING then rose, and was much cheered. He came there, he said, simply to hear what they had to say, as he was anxious to know what their feelings were on this important subject. He would first al lude to the local grievance. He had heard great complaints of the way in which the tax was here ad ministered ; but as an old official servant they would forgive him for not giving an opinion until he had heard both sides ; this much, however, he would say— he would take care that their memorial had a proper hearing ; he would see that it was fairly looked into ; and, if not redressed, he would present their petition to the House.—( Hear, hear.) Something clearly required alteration, such as this great population being dragged to Fareham, for instance.—(Hear.) If one of the two must travel, Fareham ought to come to Portsmouth : people ought not to be inconvenienced in addition to having to pay their money.—(Hear, hear.) He must tell them, however, very fairly, that great part of the grievances was in the nature of the tax and concomi tant to it. It was well known that he opposed this tax.—(Hear, hear.) He was afraid at the time that it would prOduce great dissatisfaction and discontent when worked out ; but he had no hesitation in saying that the opinion of the country was in favour of the imposition of the income-tax. He always felt it to be his duty when the law was settled, not to throw difficulties in the administratio; of the government of the country; and just at the present moment he was least of all disposed to do so.—(llear, hear.) He was afraid that it was in the nature of the tax that it must be accompanied by very disagreeable and inquisitorial powers for the purpose of carrying it out. The prin ciple of it was that people should be taxed according to their income ; but huw was that to be got at ? Ile felt quite sure that all his constituents returned their incomes correctly—(Laughter)—and no doubt his friend Mr. Compton would tell them that in South Hampshire, however it may be in the North, that you could trust the word of every gentleman.— (Laughter.) But there were other places and parties who would not be scrupulous as to the way in which they made their returns, more especially if you tell them beforehand that you will take their words for it. —(Laughter.) If you are to tax people according to their incomes you must ask questions and turn to their accounts ; if you:would charge according to their incomes, you must have this inquisitorial power. He could not hold out to the meeting any expectation that any human wisdom or ingenuity could get them out of this dilemma. There was a necessity for new taxes when the new tax was levied in 1842, and the coun try then preferred the income-tax to any other mode of taxation.—(Cries of " No, no.") If the borough of Portsmouth had objected to it, he received no petition against it from them.—(Hear.) There would not be a surplus of the revenue this year; the question was whether they would not have an addi tion to the income-tax or not. The Government of the country must make some call or other for addi tional revenue. The same reasons that led him to oppose the income-tax would lead him now to prefer some other tax to it ; but still if the income of this country was not able to pay its expenses he would not be one to repeal the tax without a substitute. He would, however, oppose any addition to the income tax.—(Hear, hear.) It was a temporary expedient to last three years, but if it was to be increased and become part of the permanent taxation of this country, he could not defend the mode in which it was now taken--he could not defend the fact of life incomes and incomes derived from trade paying the same amount.—(Hear, hear.) The Government ought to get over this difficulty. If they were going to charge permanently on the tradesman or professional man the same amount as they now charged on the gentle man or the fundholder, who has his entire realised property, he was not prepared to justify that taxation. Mr. COMPTON said he came only to listen to their complaints, and he should be happy to do all in his power to relieve them. He was averse to all taxes of this description. He did not think direct taxation the best to which we could be subject. He was fully aware that direct taxation must be resorted to if free trade principles were to be carried out.—(Hear, hear.) Whether free trade would ever be carried outor not was quite another question ; he firmly believed it never would. He was more in favour of duties on imports and indirect taxation versus free trade and direct taxa tion. He should be most happy with his Right Hon. Friend to do all in his power to prevent, if possible, the heavy and oppressive mode in which the tax was levied.—(Cheers.) _ _ _ After some observations from Mr. DART in favour of the extension of the elective suffrage, Mr. LEGGATT then moved that a committee of thirty persons be named to prepare a memorial and petition in accordance with the foregoing resolutions. Mr. MARK seconded the resolution, which was also carried unanimously. A committee was then nominated, and Mr. BARING having moved, and Mr. COMPTON seconded a vote of thanks to the Mayor, the meeting dispersed. The hall was densely crowded throughout the pro- , ceedings. RVURIDGE AND G. COOK.— The race in which these men were engaged, distance 120 yards, for a stake of 25 sovs. aside, Cook receiving two yards' start, was decided yesterday at Mrs. Emer son's ground, the Old Hat, Ealing. At half-past three the men showed in racing trim, and after about a dozen false starts, went away, Cook obtaining a still further advantage on going otf. Rubridge never could catch his man, and Cook ran in a winner by a bare yard. The stone match between Tucker and Hunt did not come off. HOWARD AND CREENEY.—The trial of speed between these runners, 150 yards, for Si. aside, was also brought to issue. Howard is well known as " The Kensington Racer," and Cheeney has his own local fame as a clipper of Clapham. The race was never in doubt. After eighty or ninety yards of level running, Howard, self contained, shot ahead and defeated Cheeney by a couple of yards. Hunt, who was engaged in the stone match, which was a disappointment, then ran a novice for a sovereign, and defeated him by half a yard, giving two yards' start. ENON CHAPEL.—Yesterday Mr. Farquharson, sur geon, and assistant to Mr. G. A. Walker, was engaged disinfecting the burying vault under Enou Chapel, by chlorine gas, preparatory to its being cleared of the dead bodies, human bones, and empty coffins, lying there. It is the opinion of Messrs. Walker, Simpson, and Farqu harson, that tho removal cannot take place before January without endangering fhe public health. THE LATE DR. FELIX MENDELSSOIIN BARTHOLDT. —A deputation from the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter llall, had th e h onour o f an interview, on Satur day last, with his R oya l Highness Prince Albert, to submit a proposal fo r erect i ng a public memorial to,the memory of the late Dr. Mendelssohn. The Queen an d his Royal Highne ss were pleased to approved o f t h e above object, and to su b scr ib e bO/, iu its IRELAND. ANOTHER ATROCIOUS MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK. DUBLIN, Nov. 14.—There are further accounts of crime and disorganization from the counties of Lime rick and Clare. The Limerick Chronicle of yester day (Saturday) contains the following account of the most revolting murder, the victim being the wife of a steward of Sir Matthew Barrington, who lost her own life in endeavouring to save her husband from the bullet of the assassin : " Last evening, at the early hour of seven o'clock, two armed men, whose faces were blackened to escape recognition, suddenly entered the house of John Ryan, steward and bailiff to Sir Matthew Bar rington. Bart., within a quarter of a mile of the village of Murroe, and in the neighbourhood of a police-station. They cried out, when inside the door, ' heads down,' and swore they would have the life of Ryan, at whom they immediately presented. He caught hold of a friend of the name of Tucker, who happened to be in the house, and placed him between the two armed men and himself. A short struggle ensued, and when they had forcibly disengaged Tucker from Ryan, the latter grasped a chair to de , fend himself, and the faithful wife throwing herself between to save her husband's life from the deadly weapon, received the contents of a gunshot close under her left breast, which : passed out through her back, and killed the poor woman on the spot ! The distracted husband rushed to the adjoining room, where a gun was kept for his protection, and when he came out found the murderers had disappeared, and the only object before him was the bleeding corpse of his unfortunate partner. The horrors of this atrocity are aggrevated by the circumstance of three young children being left motherless, the youngest not four months born, and which Mrs. Ryan had only put from her breast when rushing to save her husband. Ryan's house, at Murroe Wood, was burnt down by incendiaries last year, and he had also received threatening notices. An inquest was held this after noon upon the body, and a verdict of wilful murder returned against some person or persons unknown." Accounts have just reached town that yesterday (Saturday) evening, at about five o'clock, as Mr. Bailey, a deputy-lieutenant of the county of Tipperay, was driving in his gig from Nenagh to his residence at Ballyclough, a distance of about seven miles, he and his friend Mr. Edge, by whom he was accompanied, were fired at from behind a ditch, and Mr. Bailey was dangerously and Mr. Edge slightly wounded. Up to the time the Lime rick mail was passing no further particulars had transpired, except that it was feared Mr. Bailey's wounds were mortal. Yesterday evening one of the labourers employed on the Great Southern and Western Railway, at Bal lybrophy, was found murdered on the railway works ; his head having been pierced through as if with a single blow of a pickaxe. The following are taken from the list of outrages in the Limerick and Clare papers : "At an early hour on the morning of Monday, the house of John Hayes, at Gurtroe, near Ballingarry, was surrounded by an armed party, who feloniously entered the same, and deprived the owner of civil bill decrees, also of his fire-arms ; from which they went to a neighbour's house and there got forcible possession of a musket. The party were going off with their prize, and fortunately, as day was break ing, three farm labourers of William Cox and Mr. Massy, going to work, observed the fellows, whom they at once suspected, and went in pursuit. The guilty fugitives quickened their pace, and the honest labourers gained fast upon their track. One of the Whiteboys turned round and fired, to deter his pursuers. It had not the effect, and the brave fellows gained upon them, who then, in utter despair, successively threw back a gun, a pistol, and eventually shook off the shoes from their feet to facilitate their flight, and embarrass their pursuers. The three farm servants gathered up the spoil, and the Whiteboys for the present have evaded detection ; but we sincerely hope the example we record of sin gular regard in this class of life for the rights of property and the sustainment of the law, will obtain for these honest men the substantial praise of Govern ment, as it must the approval of the public. "On Tuesday last a party of several armed men burned the dwelling-house of a poor man named Carney, residing at Kilmastulla, near Birdhill. The incendiaries are unknown. C UNIVERSITY INTELLIqENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. SECOND EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGRE 164' EA 611ELOR OF MEDICINE. 1847. '-'-‘' FIRST DIVISION.—Beck, Thomas Sn ;'miniver- ~:-=' , 0 \__,""? sity College • Bose, Bholanoth, UniversitY--Otiltwei-,OLY Brinton, 'William, King's College ; CriSii, r 4 - ienry, L\ 24, King's College; Eade, Peter, King's College; Forster, John Cooper, Guy's Hospital ; Fotherby, Henry Isaac, Guy's Hospital ; Greenwood, William Henry, Guy's Hospital ; Hix, John Braxton, Guy's Hospital; Holman William H enry, London Hos pital; Johnson, 'Walter, Guy's Hospital; Littleton, Nicholas Henry, University College; Alonckton, Stephen, King's College; Ramskill, Jabez Spence, Guy's Hospital ; Ramson, 'William He nry , Univer sity College ; Rygate, John James, London Hospital ; Seal, Gopal Chunder, University College; Wiggles worth, Henry, University College. SECOND DlvisioN.—Green, Thomas, Royal:College of Surgeons in Ireland; King, George Henry, Guy's Hospital. BACHELOR OF LAWS. FIRST DIVISION. - Farrer, William, Homerton College. SECOND DivisioN:—Spicer, Thomas Trevethan, University College. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A comic drama, which appears to be a literal adaptation from the French, entitled The Roused Lion, was pr o d uce d at t hi s theatre last evening with considerable success. This is a production which brings before our mind's eye, France in the costumes, the eccentricities, and the follies of the memorable days of the revolution, and the gaiety and frivolity of France of the present day. Ayoung gentleman Ernest de Fonblanche (Mr. Howe), falls desperately in love with Leonie (Miss Reynolds), who lives " over' the way." He gives a supper to his acquaintances, 'and invites, amongst the number, his inamorato. The young gentleman's godfather,' Stanislas de Fonblanche (Mr. Webster), a wealthy, ancient gentleman, from whom he has high expectations, suddenly ar rives, and, in order to appease any choler„ which might be induced in the old man by his imagining that the sumptuous preparations were for somebody else, he is persuaded that they are in honour of his visit. Suzanne Grassett de Vil ledieu, a el-decant opera dancer (Mrs. Keeley), with whom Leonie resides, waits upon the host to refuse the invitation on the part of her lodger. She meets the old gentleman ; and being persuaded from his respectable and benevolent appearance that nothing is to be feared, consents to accompany Leonie to the entertainment. The young gentleman's friends send him an epistle, declaring that the old gentieman is a iperfect fright; that he is parched like a mummy, and that his man ners are unpolished. Stanislas gets the letter by mis take, the lion is roused within him, and he vows revenge. The visitors assemble ready to twit the old gentle man to the quick, when, to their unutterable astonish ment, he presents himself arrayed in the very highest fashion. He snacks of the customs of the old regime, with a dash of the frivolities of the modern empire. He is redolent of wit, courts the ladies, and, in short, eclipses the younger guests, finishing his exploits by a successful encounter with an opponent. Leonie, however, embitters his thoughts. The sight of her reminds him of a desperate duel, which caused the most acute misery to one whom he fondly loved. She proves to be his daughter, and after saving her from the libertines who surround her, proclaims her his heiress and marries her to his godson. Mr. Webster played the character—which presents,lights and shades always difficult to enact by one individual and to command the sympathies of the audience—with ex cellent effect ; whilst Mrs. Keeley created roars of laughter by the way in which she acted the danseuse. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICE CONSTABLE.—On Sunday night a most desperate attack was made upon a police constable, named Ward, of the L division, which, there is no doubt, would have re sulted in death had there not been prompt assistance. It appears that the constable had been called to quell st disturbance in the Westminster-road, at nine o'clock on the night in question. He had no sooner got up to the parties than he was thrown down by two men, who com menced kicking and jumping upon the unfortunate officer. The persons standing by, apprehensive that the constable would be killed, shouted " Murder," which brought another constable (No. 102 L) to the spot. The moment the fellows observed the approach of the second officer they flew at him, gave him a knock in the mouth, which forced out two of his teeth, and they then succeeded in making their escape, leaving the first, named constable on the ground apparently dead. Without delay he was removed to the station-house, and the divisional surgeon was promptly in attendance, but owing to the serious nature of the injuries he had received, it was deemed advisable to have him removed to the hospital, which was accordingly done. It was generally reported yesterday that the constable had expired from the effects of the violence he had received, but from inquiries made last evening, it was ascertained that the man was still alive, although he remained in a very precarious condition. " Sunday night, while on patrole, Constable Corri gan and party arrested, in an unlicensed public-house at Six-mile Bridge, county Clare, five suspicious characters from the mountainy districts of Trough and Knockrue, supposed to have been concerned in the recent attack and robbery of arms from the houses of Messrs. Frost, at Meelick. When the police entered the fellows were in private conclave, and on being questioned as to their business, replied they were arranging about cattle. They denied having fire-arms, but on being searched a pistol, heavily loaded, was found with one of the party, named John Grady, and subsequently identified as the property of Mr. James Frost, from whose house it was taken the night of the outrage. The five prisoners —Michael and Thomas Howard, John Grady, Michael M‘Na mare, and Daniel Mulconry, who are accused of con spiracy to murder certain gentlemen in the district (one of whom, it is alleged, was to have fallen a victim the same night), were brought before Mr. O'Brien, R.M., at Six-mile Bridge, next morning, and committed to Ennis Gaol to abide trial at next assizes. On Monday night Sub-inspector Donovan, of Newmarket, with the police, arrested nine other bad characters from Trough and Knockrue, in whose houses fire-arms, powder, ball, &c., were found, and against whom private information was given to the sub-inspector, as principals in various outrages per petrated in the district." SHARP PRACTICE.—A poor man, of nearly 70 years of age, and who has brought up a large family, it is said ten children, is now in Aylesbury gaol, at the suit of the parish officers of Burnham, in conse quence of his inability to pay three poor's rates of Ss. each. ASPHALTE STONE.—After a considerable lapse of time there have recently been some arrivals of this article from France. The vessel Berengaria, from Rouen, has brought 85 tons weight of this description of stone for paving purposes. AN ELEPHANT ' S REVENGE.—At the Lutterworth fair, on Thursday, among other holiday :exhibitions provided for the amusement of the visitors, Hylton's menagerie was conspicuous. A party of young men purchased a quantity of apples, and amused themselves by pitching them into the elephant's mouth, apparently to the gratification of both parties. A labouring man, an inhabitant of the town, who had evidently been de voting too much to Sir John Barleycorn, picked up a stone, which he also threw into the open mouth of the elephant, but the latter had no sooner dis covered the imposition, than he raised his trunk, and bringing it down on the offender with great violence, instantly prostrated him. The animal was proceeding still farther to mark his sense of the indignity, but assist ance being promptly afforded, the party was rescued, and it appeared that he had not received much injury.— Leicester paper. THE PoLisn BALL.—We beg to remind our readers that the ball at Guildhall for the benefit of the unfortu nate Poles takes place to-morrow evening, and to ex press a hope that their :sympathies will be enlisted on behalf of so laudable an undertaking. The English public are ever alive and ready to aid the oppressed and unfortunate, and we hope they will show their determi nation to uphold that character by attending the ball to morrow evening. By expending a few pounds in the support of so excellent a charity, the heads of families will insure to themselves a delightful evening's amuse ment, and the pleasure of which will be enhanced by the reflection that they are supporting the cause of the op pressed. STRAND THEATRE.—This little theatre continues to attract crowded audiences. Last night the romance of The Blood Red Knight was revived; by the exertions of Mr. Archer, Miss Love, Miss J. Coleman, and Miss Terry, and a good supply of red fire, it was successful. The Bottle increases in attraction, although this is the seventh week of its representation. The interesting drama of The Dxmb Man of Manchester closed the evening's entertainment. The part of Tom, as played by Mr. Broadfoot, was worthy to rank after that of one of the greatest Beni of the stage—the late A. Ducrow. Parliament opens on Thursday, and the Observer will publish, on Sunday morning, the 21st November, a gratuitous half-sheet stamped supplement. The exten sive publication of the Observer commences at six, and concludes at ten on Sunday mornings. The Monday edition, which contains markets, is best for the country and abroad. Price of the Observer, with supplement, Sixpence. _ DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER.—The name of Lieutenant-Colonel Dorville, C. 8., who so nobly distinguished himself while in the command of the 40th Foot, during the Affghanistan war, is numbered with the dead. He expired two days since at his residence in Hyde Park. It will bo recollected that the regiment which he commanded in the Affghan territory under General Nott, suffered severely from privation and treachery. For his services during these scenes he was rewarded with a brevet majority and a C.B. During his early career the deceased officer served in the Waterloo and Peninsular campaigns. DR. KAYE SIIETTLEWORTIE—We are sorry to un derstand that this gentleman, the secretary of the Education Committee of the Privy Council, since his arrival in Edinburgh, has been afflicted with indisposi tion to an extent preventing, or at least greatly inter rupting, his transaction of business. W e b elieve we may state, tti vi isensltiekorefvliyetwht to however, o w e v e nt r i , go wt a bo s arttf t hhb h ao e tdany r n e o.d_ s a u rr l ser t apc some nor o teg f :ememnaf,e ial: b b e e parochial t come ween f D o schoolmasters, h rd u i t A LEGAL 's JILT.--Ther e is a rumour that a bar rister, who is not a very old member of the northern circuit, will have to appear most untowardly as a de fendant at the ensuing assizes, for " being on with a new love before he was off with the old." About s hundred of his love letters are, we have heard, to appear very shortly in the form of a pamphlet. They arere markably piquant, w e h ave a l so b een t o ld, equal to w hite \l, heat ha f o r w a i l f l o , r p t3 e , r - b v o u I p c s r m o a p k o e w e t r h i e n m t e more ndern e a % a u n hsi d u, w armth.to h i s before the public, brethren of the bar is that the fickleness of grammar. heart l,h i o on dit adds, that when the case comes is at least equalled by the badness of most t.e r h e m a r o t u l e e s y s instances ever brought before a jury. Some hot-brained relati ons to be ofit will bea übteyfeamundd wortho b n e e in o g f j th il e ted the offender in his,wig and gown before the assembled of anticipating the law, and horsewhipping rt b a a r r e tal k in g W e hope they will do no such thin g . Ama tha could e s h ou ld always be found guilty before puni s h ment, and then the law should punish him. If the case really be andh o barristers as it is represented, we trust to see thin g etxhpeosed' indignant N v m e g e r d a d o e u t hoifmtshe the f circuit thor by f o ugb l the e themselves. We do n o t g i ve the alleged l • eu prit's name, for the best of rea sons , b ecause it 1 3as not been commu nicated to us. It must, however , drummed d pool Chronicle. , soon come oat—Liver- COTTON IN INDIA.. --A parliamentary volume of more than 500 pyres, called issued, cont a i n i ng a mass o f a "return, ". was yesterday s of information on the cultiva tion of cotton in Indi Sir W. Cl a y, and oro a , The return was moved for b y Aered to be printed shortly before the prorogation of last Parliament. TROTTING. --"RELIANCE AND GREY JONATHAN FOR FIFTY Sovs, A-sIDE. The two-mile trotting match, for the sum mentioned in the heading of this paragraph, was decided yesterday near Hounslow : the grouud, Selected was from the 10th mile-stone on the Staines-road, to the 12th. It is known that in this match Mr. Pardy backed his grey hunter to trot in saddle against Reliance in harness. This advantage seemed to weigh with the betting fraternity, who sported 6t04 on th em at start i ng—a conf id ence whiehthebee e vent proved by no m eans un f oun d e d. At a q u ar ter three the nags c ame t o th e star ti ug pest, e an d m ade a very Grey evidently fair start ; th e spee d was mo d era t e ; tk. holding the race in hand, and event Liau winner by 30 yards. The time, as we Y t r otting in s took it, was by those nearly seven minu tes , but we were assur ed con cerned that it was 6 min. 20 sues. —The vacancy among the eiTHE CHARTER dratirr.-house occasioned by the de governors of the of York, ' will be supplied by cease of the Archbishop the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (Sir Thomts Wilde) who succeeds to the governorship by virtue of his office. The remainder of Francord's troupe- of equestrian. performers arrived in Lond'on yesterday by the General Steam Navigation Compa,ny's stea m - s hi p C olum bi ne , from Havre, and proce e d t'ais'clay to Liverpool, MERTHYR.—The depression in the state of trade is we fear about to operate upon the iron works in this neighbourhood, as we find that notices have been given in Cyfarthfa and Plymouth,preparatory it is conjectured to a lowering , of the wages. Hitherto the works have been carried on steadily in this neighbourhood, and em ployment was easily attainable. It is feared that the example thus given by these two large works will be followed by the other works in the neighbourhood, which, as it will take place in the depth of winter, must be the means of causing considerable distress. The stoppage of the various railways is supposed to be the chief cause of this notice, and it is only to be hoped that the depression will not last a considerable time, but that the opening of Parliament will again cause such an impetus as will give steadiness of demand and remu nerating prices to all our staple manufactures.—Mon mouthshire Merlin. The Llynvi Iron Works are at a stand for want of coal. The colliers having left on account of the pro posed 25 per cent. reduction in the wages, are now employed at other works in the neighbourhood. Four hundred pudlers and other workmen that were dis charged from Cwm Avon, have since beem employed in the Dowlais Works.— Welshman. o i L y W o o i I C: ri c I T _ e ation. It appears A EfirielmbroAke THE in G t A h ß e ß G le tt O r N ri C on liA C b P u hrp fn e r l, l t V u a n ° t ately to warm the put out withoutyesterday,durin a g la d rm iv i i n n g e s th er e v n ic n e n , gr g . chapel, and a sapper and minerfollowing day, until the it was the stove is lighted on Saiirda r y la e n v e e d ni i : - i s h e d. The sapper with, observed issamexetidnigiruing the night an .w d -as proceeding . . yes terday, while the serviceer and min nn e g r eh o a i r t d e uty of fithr ee smoke issuing not n t o obtain assistance the roof of the buildiag, and had the as s i s congregation, tanee t o cheek having the progressProvost sergeant of f f m ih i o nd fi fr r n o e, d . nf i n g g t aid, and Captainand his which was effected by the several of the men to assist in best s p o r r e g s e e a n n e consideredte on it d hetoburning rafters. The con gregation did . not . know what had taken place during the cutting Adjutant ü ß t en s n e u , v t e y o r r a c l e o ordering time of service, until they left the chapel. DEATHS AMONG `THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST, mooD.--,The loss of life among tha Catholic prieats, during the last six or e i g h t months, from fever , con tracted in the discharge of their spiritual duties, has been fearfully great. No fewer than twenty, besides a bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Riddle, have fallen victims to fever alone, all or most of them in the of life and distin gu i s h e d f or their exemplary zeal prime and charity. , Ten have died at Liverpool, five at Leeds, and on Wed nesday last Bolton added one to the number, in the per son of the Rev. L. Toole, formerly of Weld Bank, near Chorley.—Preston Chronicle. THE HONITON BANK.—People of all classes sym pathise with Messrs. Flood and Lett, whose stoppage is attributable to the extraordinary crisis which has pre vailed. The tradesmen of the town hare publishe i d in a declaration that they will take the notes of the s ba n i n i , c ing payment of accounts, or for money to the bank may pay it in the n ' getting 20,. in the pound.— Water T goods, and persons also.son is no fear as to every note-holder IV i l v. e other creditor There COMMERCIAL. NEW Yoi u OCT. 30.—We have no improvement to notice in the general aspect of the markets, which, considering the time of the year, are more than usu ally inactive. There is much anxiety for later advices from abroad, and the delay for a few days past of those expected by the French steamer tends to increase it, Many operations being in abeyance on this account. zf The Money Market has become somewhat strin gent, owing, it is believed, to the movements of the -banks consequent upon the making up of their quar terly returns. Gold continues to be shipped to England and Yrance,_about half a million of doll ars go i ng f orwar d , from New York and Boston in the packets and steamer of the Ist proximo, being by many preferred , o bills in the present unsettled and uncertain state of 'commercial credit in Europe. Cotton—ln our last summary of the Cotton Mar ket we noticed the prevalence of much dullness, with a decline of lie. after the arrival of the Cambria, which, with that previously established, made a re duction since the beginning of October of three cents per lb. ; subsequent to that notice, say to Tuesday, the 26th of October, a further reduction of three quarter a of cent was submitted to ; but for the past three days the business has been to a fair extent, and chiefly for export, so that no further decline is ob servabe ; but, on the contrary, the market has the appearance of firmness, and on some descriptions a shade advance has been realised. Our quotations are varied in conformity. The receipts at all the shipping ports are 112,180 bales, against 95,401, to the same dates last year—an increase this season of 7,079 bales. The total foreign export this year is 55,192 bales more than last, say 38,065 i ncrease to G rea t Britain, 14,712 increase to France, 6,579 increase to North of Europe, but 4,164 less to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 1,559 bales less this season than last; but there is an excess in stock of 42,399 bales. The sales since our last are 4,600 bales. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool, we notice engagements of cheese at 255. Cotton id. for square bales; and apples 3s. per barrel. There is no flour offering. To London, there are large quantities of cheese going forward at 355. per ton, and other goods at our quo tations. To Havre, 4c. is demanded for square cotton, with some engagements ; there is little else offering. To Antwerp, cotton continues to be taken at ic., and ashes at 30s. To Rotterdam, lc. for cotton, and 355. for ashes is obtained. A barque has been taken up to load salt at Turk's Island, for New Orleans, at 121 c. per b us h e l . EXCHANGE.—The transactions in Foreign Ex change for the next steamer have been very small, buyers and sellers mostly waiting the receipt of later news from abroad. Sales of bills on London have been made at 84 to 91 per cent. premium, and on Paris 5 dolls. 23hc. to 5 dolls. 224 c. ; on the other places there was but little done. We quote bills on Amsterdam 40ic. to 401 c., Hamburgh 351 c. to 354 c., Bremen 784 c. to 7Eqc., and Antwerp 40c. to 40Ic. FUNERAL OF OF YORK. The interment of the late Archbishop of York took place on Saturday, in a large vault beneath a portion of Stanton Harcourt Church, in Oxfordshire, called the Harcourt Aisle. The body of the late Archbishop was conveyed on Saturday morning from Aylesbury, to which place it had been brought from Bishops thorpe, where the late Primate died. It reached Ensham soon after eleven o'clock. The funeral pro cession then proceeded to Stanton Harcourt, which is about three miles distant. Soon after two o'clock the chief mourners reached Ensham, immediately upon which the funeral procession, which had been pre viously arranged in the market square, moved on, and consisted of mutes, about eighty of the tenantry on horseback, with hatbands and scarfs, the clergyman in his carriage, the hearse drawn by six horses, fol lowed by five mourning coaches and the late Archbishop's carriage.l !In this order it proceeded, being joined on its way by numbers of per sons who were waiting by the road side. On reaching the village of Stanton Harcourt the whole population appeared to be anxiously waiting to pay their last tribute of respect to one wh o h a d so endeared himself by his kindly intercourse with them. The Rev. W. Walsh met the corpse at the church-yard gate, the tenantry forming themselves on each side till the mourners had passed into the church. The service was then read, and everything was conducted with the greatest solemnity and pro priety. The coffin, which was covered with bl ac k velvet, trimmed with gilt furniture, with a silver shield, bore on it the following inscription, " Ed ward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, born October 10, 1757 ; died November 5, 1847, in the fortieth year of his primacy." The body was deposited in the family vault, where no less than eleven of his ancestors repose. In the same vault were deposited, after the funeral, the remains of the Archhishop's lady and his eldest daughter, which had been disin terred, and brought, agreeably to his desire, the former from York and the latter from London. The rela tives who attended the funeral were five of the sons of the Archbishop, namely—Rev. Leveson Vernon Harcourt, Captain Frederick Vernon Harcourt, Cap tain Octavius Vernon Harcourt, Rev. Charles Vernon Harcourt, Egerton Vernon Harcourt, Esq. ; three nephews of the late Archbishop, namely—Granville Egerton Harcourt, Esq., Rev. Evelyn Harcourt Vernon, Rev. F. B. Booth ; and two sons-in-law of the late Primate, Sir J. F. B. Johnstone and Lieute nant-Colonel Malcolm. Rev. Mr. Baker, of Nune ham, also attended. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The followin g extract, which I believe has not been pointed out since the discovery of the electric telegraph, may not ;prove uninteresting to many of your readers ; the number is attributed to Addison. " Strada, in one of his prolusions, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such virtue in it that, if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though at never so great a distance, moved at the same time and in the same manner. He tells us that the two friends, being each of them possessed of one of these needles, made a kind of dial plate, inscribing it with the four and twenty letters, in the same manner as the hours of the day are marked upon the ordinary dial plate. They then fixed one of the needles on each of those plates in such a manner that it could move round without im pediment, so as to touch any of the four and twenty letters. Upon their separating from one an other into distant countries they agreed to withdraw themselves punctually into their closets at a certain hour of the day and to converse with one another by means of this their invention. Accordingly, when they were some hundred miles asunder each of them shut himself up in his closet at the time appointed and immediately cast his eye upon his dial plate. If he had a mind to write anything to his friend, he directed the needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for, making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence to avoid confusion. The friend in the meanwhile saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent pointed at. By this means they talked together across a whole continent, and conveyed their thoughts to one an other, in an instant, over cities or mountains, seas or deserts."—(Spectator, No. 241, Thursday, Dec. 6, 1711.) I beg to subscribe myself your obedient servant, Nov. li. L. L. ETON COLLEGE.—The examination of the compe titors for the prize of 501. given by Prince Albert for the promotion of the study of modern languages, was termi nated on Saturday last. The examiners were M. Manl ier, of Sandhurst College; the Rev. Dr. Danke, and Signor,Mariotti ; and the names of the successful candi dates were announced as follow:—In French (23 compe titors), Ist prize, Wilson; 2d, Tarver, K.S., and Boileau; the next four in point of merit were Chapman, Evans, K.S., Manlier, K.S , and Wayte, K.S. In German (12 competitors), Ist prize, the Hon. Mr. Byng; 2d, Stratton; the next four were Lambton, Mitford major, Mitford minor, and Wheatly. In Italian (11 competitors), Ist prize, Herbert Coleridge ; 2d, Marquis of Lothian; the four next were Hare minor, James, K.S., Vernon and Snow. The original compositions in French and German were highly extolled; they have been copied out in order to be presented to Prince Albert by the Rev. Dr. Hawtry. COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATHAM.-- The officers comprising the court of a general court-martial, of which Colonel Charles Menzies, LH., of the Royal Marines, was president, assembled at eleven o'clock, A.M., on Saturday, the 13th inst., at this garrison, for the trial of Private Robert Carter, No. 2,344, Ist Bat talion Rifle Brigade, for desertion. The president said, Prisoner, you have heard the charge read against you, are you guilty or not? The prisoner hung down his head and refused to answer, when the president told him that if he refused answering he should take it as a plea of guilty. The prisoner commenced sobbing, and pleaded guilty, saying that he had committed a henious offence, and that they might hang him if they liked. The prisoner has been in the corps fifteen months, out of which time he has been in prison seven months ; he is a native of Canterbury, and previous to his enlistment was a shipwright in Woolwich Dockyard. This is the second desertion of the prisoner, and when he found that he was to be tried by a general court martial he made a confession that he was an accessory to the murder of George Clark, one of the metropolitan police s at Dagen ham, in Essex, in May, 1846, and that it was he that in flicted the wound in the policeman's skull. The pri soner's confession was laid before Sir George Grey, and, after an examination by the proper authorities, the con clusion is that the prisoner has merely stated that he — h on e Y h e t a h s was the murderer to get out of the service. DEPLORABLE SUICIDE .—Yesterday Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, received information of a suicide having been committed in the Red Lion Camberwell-g ate, Ready, and It appears that the unfortunate deceased was named e years lived as barman there. On Sunday evening, after taking his tea, he went up stairs, as Was supposed to clean himself f or t h e even i ng, but shortly a fte rwards 3 a strange noise was h ear d to proceed from his bedroom. -room. which excited suspicion, and on Mr. Potter goi • room he found the door lo c k e d on the insidellge toc haltlecel once or twice without receiving any answer, and on forcing the door a most distressing sight presented itself. The young man was found lying in a pool of blood, with his head dreadfully shattered. A p i stol was close by his body, which evidently had been recently dis charged. A surgeon was immediately sent for, who, upon his arrival, pronounced life quite extinct. From the examination made by the surgeon, it is quite clear that the deceased must have placed the mouth of the pistol to his left temple, and have fired the contents into his skull. The Jenny Lind, of and from Prince Edward's Island, Drody, master, arrived at Southampton on Satur day. She reports that she met, on October 28, the barque Amity, of and from Liverpool, from Richebucto, water-logged. Succeeded in saving Captain Allan and eleven of the crew, who had been three days and four nights on the wreck, lashed in the mizen rigging. Six persons were unfortunately drowned :previous to the re mainder of the crew being taken on board the Jenny Lind. Six of the seamen cared were afterwards put on board the brig Rebecca, bound for Glasgow.