The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

DREADFUL ACCIDENT NEAR lIALSHAW MOOR.—FOUR PERSONS KILLED. (From the Manchester Times.) An inquest was held yesterday (Thursday), before W. S. Rutter, Esq., coroner, at the Unicorn Inn, Kersley, on t i h ij e s bodies of James Cowsill, aged forty, William Cowsill son, Peter Harrison, aged thirty-eight, and William John son, aged thirtv, all bricksetters, whose deaths had Leon caused by suffocation whilst at their work in a coal-pit on Tuesday evening. The particulars of this melancholy event are as follows : The trnstees of the late Mr. Fletcher had engaged the above named, with other workmen, to sink a new coal-pit at Spindle Point, in the tow nshi p of Kersley. The pit had ben excavated to the depth of sixty-one yards, and two sets of workmen were employed eight hours alternately, the miners in the day-time, and the bricksetters in the night. Oa Tuesday evening the latter workmen descended the pit, and continued to work till half-past nine o'clock, when they suspended their employment for half an hour for refreshment, add resumed their work about ten. At that hour it was expected that the miners would renew their work, and they were on their way to the pit for that purpose; but in consequence of the dreadful storm of thunder, lightning, and wind which was then raging, they were compelled to return home. The bricksetters, therefore, were lowered down into the pit by William Howarth, the banksman, and nothing occurred till half-past one o'clock, when Howarth heard a loud rum bling noise, like thunder, from the bottom of the pit. Imme diately afterwards au immense flame issued from the mouth of the pit, ascending from six to eight yards above the surface of the pit-bank. Such was the force of the flame that Ho warth, who was standing near the pirs•mouth, was thrown three or four yards distant. Immediately afterwards, on re covering from his alarm, he heard another noise from the bottom of the pit, as if from the fall of a heavy substance, and ran to an adjoining pit for assistance. He instantly returned, and shouted with all his might to the men in the pit, but obtained no answer. Ile then sent for the over-looker, John Wallwork, who descended about two o'clock into the pit, and there discovered the dead bodies of the four men. Wall work found all thescaffolding removed except twosidebearers and a single plank. His brother afterwards went into the pit ; and on closely examining the dead bodies they were found to be dreadfully burnt. In his evidence, John Wall work stated that he had been in the pit at nine o'clock, when everything appeared to be safe. He had learnt that last week, whilst the . workmen were boring through the rock, they discovered a slight fissure, from which a small quantity of gas escaped. To this circumstance no importance was attached by the men, who proceeded with their work as usual, and shortly afterwards reached a bed of metal. Mr. Wallbrook added, that stormy weather had always consi derable influence on the air in coal-mines; that the scaf folding was so tightly fitted within the pit as to prevent the free escape of air ; that, in his opinion, a collection of gas had formed under it, a slight issue from which had come in con tact with a lighted candle used in the pit, and thus caused the explosion. Nathan Walker, a sinker, with other workmen, stated that they had fired two or three side-shots in the pit between twn and three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and at that time did not apprehend any danger. A verdict was returned by the jury of " Died from suf focation." FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday an inquest was held at the Punch Bowl, Woodborough, before Mr. C. Swann, on the body of William Jalland, aged 24, of that place, joiner. John Burton, framework-knitter, said the deceased was his son-in-law. On Friday afternoon he came to witness's house with some hose ; he had a gun with him ; he often had a gun, and witness used to complain, but he took no notice. In about half an hour after he had gone away witness heard the report of a gun, and in about two minutes a neighbour (Mr. Taylor) called to him, and said, "Jalland has shot himself." Witness immediately went out, and saw Wm Smith (another son-in-law) running towards deceased, about forty or fifty yards from his house. Ile perceived the deceased lying upon the road, rolling about as if in great pain ; a gun was lying near him ; he was bleeding from his left side, and he said, "The whole charge of shot is in me." While being carried to witness's house blood ran down his trousers. Mr. Osborne, of Epperstone, surgeon, was sent for, but Jalland died at about seven o'clock in the evening. He told witness that he had shot himself. William Taylor, of Woodborough, farmer, said on Friday afternoon about half-past four o'clock, while in his house, he heard the deceased calling, and he went to the door, when he heard him crying out that he was shot; he was then running up the road towards his father's house. Witness went to Burton, and told him that Jalland said he bad shot himself; and then went back and saw him with the gun in his left hand; he suddenly fell on his face, and lay till his father and sons went to him ; he thought he had run about 150 yards from the spot where he was shot to where he fell.—William Smith corroborated the above evi dence. Upon hearing that Jalland was shot, he had run to the road, and seeing _deceased lying on the ground, had gone to him, and said, " Whatever have you been doing?" and he replied, " Inn shot 1 I'm shot, lad; I shall be dead in a few minutes." He saw a smoke coming out of deceased's clothes, and asked him whence it came? but he made no answer. He turned his coat aside, and said, " Bill, you are in flames ;" and he said, "Am I ? put it out." lie turned hie trousers' waistband aside, and saw his shirt was bloody. A gun, which appeared to have been recently discharged, was lying near him.—John Henry Osborne, of Epperstone, surgeon, said, about five o'clock on Friday afternooon, he saw the deceased at Burton's house; he found a considerable hemorrhage oozing from a wound in his left side; it had the appearance of a gun-shot wound, and was five or six inches deep ; the shot had entered in a lump, and then spread into his body; he could distinctly feel the shot sad wadding in different parts of the abdomen ; they had penetrated as far as the right side. Deceased told him, that in getting over a hedge, coming towards home, lie had the muzzle of the gun in his left hand, and was dragging it after him, it being on full cock at the time, when a twig caught the trigger, and caused the gun to be discharged into his side.—Verdict accordingly.— eVotts Journal. A VETERAN MARINER.—On Monday, the 25th inst., the mortal remains of Captain Levi Preston, aged 96, were interred in the church) and of Grantham, in which town be had resided during the last forty years, being the oldest inhabitant of that place. lie was born at Whitby, in York shire, and in early life had the reputation of a skilful, enter • prising, and intrepid sailor. When commanding an armed transport, the Admiral Barrington, in 1782, she was the first ship that arrived to the relief of the starving garrison of Gib • raltar at that memorable siege. On several subsequent cc casions he performed essential service by conveying secret dispatches in cases where nauticall skill, promptitude, and confidence were essential to success, receiving high rewards and public thanks from the authorities. He finished hie career as a master mariner by making an unprecedented voyage from the Downs to St. Petersburgk and back to Southampton in 1793, when his ship, the Acorn, was taken into the transport service, and he retired to enjoy the just reward of his persevering exertions. ACCIDENT AT SEA.-IVe have the painful duty to record a most melancholy catastrophe, which occurred on board the new ship Lady Valiant (of London), on the 28th of November last, whilst taking her departure from the Land's-end of England for the Mauritius, as advised by Cap tain Hay, of the said ship, to Messrs. Myth and Green (of London), the owners, per their ship John liullett, just ar• rived in the West India Docks :—" On the 28th of November the Lizard bearing N.E., about 40 miles distant, at 6h. 15m. A. 31. , while in the act of setting a foretopmast studding-sail, the chief mate got entangled with the sail, and was taken overboard. The people called me immediately, and I pnt the helm down, and brought everything aback, lowered the boat and five men in her, but, after pulling about for two hours, they came back without seeing anything of him." Mr. Richard Isemonger, jun., of Littlehampton, Sussex, was the chief officer above alluded to. He was universally respected, an excellent navigator, assistant-astronomer, &c., of her Majesty's late Antarctic expedition, on board the Pagoda. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY. There was yesterday issued, by order of the House of Commons, an account of all moneys recieved and disbursed by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty during the year ending 31st of December, 1845. It appears that the receipts in that year amounted to 210,385/. 13s 5d., and the disbursements to 204,9121. 2s. 6d. Of the latter, the following are several of the chief items : Loans on mortgage, to build, &c , glebe houses, 58,947/. ; cost of stock purchased for general purposes, 49,1321.; to the clergy, being interest and dividend of money and stock ap propriated to their livings, 53,013/. ; erection of residence houses out of appropriated money, 15,2435, &c. The total amount of first fruits and tenths received in the year was 13,758/. 135., anti there was a sum of 41/. in arrear of first fruits due, and of yearly tenths, 82/. The Humber of prefer ments charged with tenths. was 4,946 ; the number of prefer ments received from, 4,915; and the number of preferments in arrear, :it. The report is dated from the Bounty-office, the 30th of November, 1846. LATEST VERSION OF ALI BABA. On Monday the following audacious attempt was made at a small esta minet, near the Boulevard :—ln the course of the day two men in blouses entered with an enormous case, on which was inscribed in large characters " Vin de Champagne," " Fragile." Having each taken a cu p of coffee, they requ es t e d the mis tress of the house to permit them to leave their case, as they had a long way to go before they delivered it. She gave her consent, and they took their departure. Midnight came, but the men did not return. The commander of the patrol coming in to enforce the regulations for closing the house for the night, and being made acquainted with the history of the case, conceived suspicions that all was not right, and insisted upon having the case opened. The lid was taken off, and instead of being filled with bottles of champagne, a man armed with a poignard was brought forth. Finding resist ance or evasion hopeless, he at once confessed that in the middle of the night he was to come out and open the door to his comrades, and then rob the house of the 6,000 f. or 7,000 f. it was believed to contain. Reinforcements were sent for from the post at the Chateau d'Eau, and measures were so well taken that four men were at last secured, three of them being well-known old convicts.— Paris paper. DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT REMAINS AT BRANDON.— On Tuesday last Mr. Baldwin, tenant to Mr. Bliss, began to level a hill in a field called the Third Close, adjoining the meadows belonging to the Chequers Inn, and within five minutes' walk of the church paths, and upon raising the earth about the depth of a spade, they discovered the bones of a human being. Since then, the work being continued , seve ral hundreds . of skeletons have been found about a foot from the surface, and there is no doubt that, as the removal of the ground proceeds, many others will be brought to light. To all appearance the bones are those of young men of athletic frames and most probably, from the imperfect and shattered condition of some o f th e s k u ll b ones , th e discovers' of a mus e tball, a piece of a helmet, and a spear, at one time belong ing to some gallant fellows who there fell, reaping the har vest of a dreadful glory. Around the hill where these remains were found, formerlythere is a moat or ditch, which it is sup posedenhverred Brandon Castle, at which William the Conqueror baffled in gaining council of war when he was was cem_pelled with his possession of the Isle of Ely, and hence time. This was in the ye roo ar ll, to retire to Ely a second ries have already been attracteCriitheSospmoet,caunridouhsavaenstticriuucak neighbourhood of upon the foundation of a wall, in the e on some rare relics. which they make no doubt of hitting The bones were re-interred in pits dug for the purpose by order tines about of Mr. Baldwin. A fork also has b past times as long as a man's finger, but very short ound d w th it ick. 'We have little doubt that the spot where these rem an • have been discovered was the scene of oneelonfstoj that fed the earth with slain during the contest, the conflitts Par liament and the Roundheads, or may be of an earlier o The neighbourhood of Brandon, we believe, especallyfray. to wards Thetford, has furnished a " a clear st age " f or many a hot encounter, in which not only the Briton has been en gaged, but the Roman, the Norman, the Saxon, and the Dane. The discover}' of the bullet will hardly fix the d ate ff of such an event. —Burg and Su elk Herald. CAUTION TO JEWELLERS. -011 Saturday infor mation was received by the police that Mr. Lascelles, of Berwick-street, Soho, a private jeweller, had been plundered of a valuable gold chain by a lady who called at his residence in a brougham, and mentioning the name of a customer, re quested to look at some gold chains, eventually departing without making any purchase ; and shortly afterwards a chain worth 151. was missed. During the week a gold pillar chain was stolen under similar circumstances from Mr. Greenwood, of Hanwav-yard, Oxford-street ; and a gold tat t mivial chain from a jeweller's near the Mansion-house. The A. - supposed thief is about forty years of age, dressed in black satin mantilla, trued ?fah far, and velTet bonnet r • • NEWGATE. The following interesting document has been ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the City:Magistrates by the Court of Aldermen: — A statement of the number of prisoners in her Ma jesty's gaol of Newgate on the Ist of January, 1846, and the number committed during the year; r Iso show ing how they hare been disposed of. Males. Females. Total. In custody on Jan. 1, 1846 ... 96 19 115 Committed to 31st Dec. inclu- sive, under 17 years of age... 255 41 ? 2733 Ditto above that age... ...1,911 326 S ; Total ... ... 2,848 283 of whom have been in Newgate before. Of whom there hare been executed ... •• • 2 Removed to Millbank Prison ... „. ... 483 Removed to Horsemon;er-lane Gaol . . •.• 11 Removed to the House of Correction for London 245 Removed to the House of Correction for Middle- sex ••• ••• ••• ••• ..• ••• Removed to the House of Correction for Essex Removed to the House of Correction for Kent ... Removed to the House of Correction for Surrey Fined and discharged ... ••• ••• ••• Discharged, having been imprisoned pursuant to sentences Discharged upon bail ... ••• •.• Removed to Lunatic Asylums ... ••• Discharged, having been acquitted ••• Discharged, bills not found ••• ••• Discharged, having given evidence ... Pardoned and discharged...... • Remaining in custody on the Ist January, 1847 (males 86, females 21) ... ..• • ... Committals increased this year, 142 ... .• 2,848 A statement of the number of persons convicted at the Central Criminal Court in the year 1846, specifying their offences and sentences:— Accessory before the fact ... ... ... ... 3 Arson 9 Assault to rob •.. ••• ••• ••• •.• 5 Bigamy ••• ••• ••• ••• •• • ••• 10 Burglary ... ••• ... ... ... ... 45 Coining ... ... ... .. ... ... 3 Coin (feloniously uttering , counterfeit) ... ... 21 Curtilege breaking and larceny ... ..• ... 1 Cutting and wounding, with intent to murder, &c. 1 20 Embezzlement Forging and uttering forged intruments ... ... 35 Horse stealing ... ••• ••• "II ••• 7 House-breaking and larceny 41 Larceny, larceny person, and larceny servant ... 1,313 Larceny in a dwelling-house above 51. ... ... 74 Letter stealing from Post-office ... ... ... 5 Letter, sending a threatening ... .•• ... 2 Manslaughter •8 Menaces, demanding money with ... ... 7 Receiving stolen goods ... ... •.• ••• 33 Register, making false entry of births and death Robbery ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 Shopbreaking and larceny ... ~. ... ... 2 Stamps, having in possession forged ... ... 1 Warehouse breaking and larceny ... ••• •• • 3 Of whom there were sentenced — To death* ... ••• Death recorded ... ••• ••• Transportation for life ••• twenty years ••• - fifteen years ..• - fourteen years - ten years - seven years ~. IMPRISONMENT IN NEWGATE AND THE HOUSES OF CORRECTION. For three years ... • • For two years ••• •.. For eighteen months ••• For one year ... For nine months ... For eight months ... For six months For four months ... For three months ... For two months ... For six weeks For one month and under ... Fined ... ... ... .. Discharged on recognizances Judgment respited ... .. . 2,050 W. WADHAM COPE. ` Of whom one has been executed. Total THE DUKE OF ORLEANS AN THE FORTUNE-TELLER. A little more than sixty years since, a fortune-teller I in Paris was roused from his bed at the dead of night by a loud knocking at the door. On opening it he perceived standing before him a man muffled up in an ample cloak, with a large hat slouched over his face. " What do you want ?" said the fortune-teller, somewhat alarmed. The stranger answered sternly, "If you are what 3 ou profess to be, you can tell me that—" " I can tell nothing vt ith ont my cards," replied the other. They both walked in, I and the fortune-teller having shuffled his cards. and laid them out, after a pause, observed with a tone of deference, " I perceive lam in the presence of an illustrious person." " You are right," said the stranger ; " and now tell me what it is I wish to know." The fortune-teller, again consulting the cards, answered—" You wish to know whether a certain lady will have a on or a daughter." "Right again," said the stranger. After another pause, the fortune-teller pronounced that the lady would have a son. On which the stranger replied, "If that prove true, 3ou shall receive fifty pieoes of gold—if false, a good cudgelling." A few weeks after about the same hour and in the same manner, the stranger re-appeared, and before he could speak, the fortune-teller exclaimed, "You find I was right." I do," said the stranger ; " and I am come to keep my promise." So saying, he produced a purse of fifty louis and departed. The stranger's mode of proceeding seems to have been designed to put the fortune-teller's skill to the severest test. The circum stances of his coming alone, and at such an hour, make it probable he had not communicated his intention to any one ; whilst his carefulness in concealing his person and face, and his extreme caution to afford no clue to the discovery of himself or his object by conversation, were admirably calculated to render imposition impossible. The history of the case is this. I have heard it about seventeen years since, from a gentleman in Paris, who learned it from Volney, the celebrated traveller in the East. Volney had it from the fortune-teller himself, who applied to him for some Syriac expressions. On being asked for what purpose he wanted them, he con fessed his trade ; and Volney finding him a remarkably shrewd person inquired of him the story of his life. He said that when he was young, he had a great turn for expense, very slender means, and an inveterate repug nance to anything like drudgery. After long puzzling himself to discover some mode of life by which he could unite certain profit with continual amusement, he deter mined to set up as a fortune-teller. He commenced by taking a lodging in the obscure quarter of the Manes, and practising in a small way in that neighbourhood, where the blunders of a beginner would not be of much consequence. At the same time, he never failed to be in daily attendance about Court, and spared no pains to make himself familiar with the personal appearance and private history of every person of the least note there. After two years of practice among the small, and of study among the great, he thought himself qualified to commence business on a grand scale ; and haying, by bribery of a servant procured a proper customer, he tried his art in his new sphere with great success. his fame, and of course his gains, increased rapidly, and it was when he was in his zenith that the adventure above re lated happened. He explained it thus :—Whilst shuffling his cards, he purposely let two or three fall, and, in rising from picking them up, he contrived to catch a glimpse of the stranger's countenance to discover that he was no less a person than the Duke of Orleans, afterwards Philippe Egalite and the father of the present King of the French, who was actually the child in ques tion. He took not the least notice of the discovery he had made, but pretended to ascertain the fact by the contemplation of his cards. Having overcome this diffi culty, his practised acuteness made the rest easy to him. It was publicly known that the Duchess was near her confinement, and he had heard the Duke was anxious to have a son ; he therefore confidently guessed the object of his visit, and after the manner of his tribe hazarded the prediction which he thought would insure him the most liberal pay. He did not expect the proposed alter native, which obliged him to be on his guard, and he had actually only just returned from learning the news at the Palace, and was scarcely in bed, when the Duke arrived, whose faith must have been confirmed by the fortune-teller's anticipation of his intelligence.—The ENROLMENT OF TUE DOCKYARD WORKMEN AT PEMBROKE FOR THE DEFENCI OF THE PORT AND ARSENAL. —The code of regulations from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty was received at Pembroke Dock-yard last week by the Captain Superintendent, by which all the workmen between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five are invited to enrol themselves in a corps to be called the Royal Dock-yard Battalion, and the Battalion is to be trained to the use of the small and heavy guns for the defence of the arsenal, and drilled for that purpose for two hours each day from the Ist of April to the Ist of Sep tember. All riggers, lightermen, hoymen, and sailmakers, to be trained, in addition, to the use of guns in the dock yard launches and Stn-boats. In furtherance of this object Cap tain Superintendent Falcon issued an invitation to ar tificers, labourers, and apprentices, to come forward at once to enrol themselves for this patriotic purpose. He energetically called upon all having the character and feel ingsso much importance p e o n rt em an ie ce e of Britons, to be ready to enlist their best energies to emooneuf. t l r l y o , cc as asions, every attempt, whether from foreign thousands who ared n o t 0 00 the o p p r r e o s o; rldestroy safety, honour of o th rP e ll) well as of such essential benefit to the in the most satisfactory manner, Mo nday tunate as to be employed in these enrolling himself as last this call was responded to snlici m te anner, almost every man readily national Works. very few exceptions, who 1. TAhefreercewherses, thushow ebveeenr, raised nimn o course can expect no favour at the o i. n p hands ward s o of f t hBe5OG menover an invading foe, etnheprimeof li f e, not sh n attacks of ready on any htered. 100 sheep for it is invaders.— Welshman. oth erwise act than in repulsing andy meanstaken to EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS.--Mess oitetr s. Boustead, but for the London market. Eighty shee ail 4 the Blue Bell yard, Penrith, on the 23d inearte.slaugh tered in the London market on the same day. Thus railways, the agricultural districts of the North ~,, of ....o u m c p ul actca with the juotropvl4..!Carlige 'Mond, THE SUN, LONDON", MO RESULTS OF ASTRONOMY. • According to a conjecture first made by the great Herschel], and afterwards further developed and ren dered intelligible by Madler, the entire system of fixed stars forms, if we may use the expression, a single lens-shaped canopy. That is, we, with our sun, are situated nearly in the middle of a space, having the form of two watch-glasses, placed with the concave surfaces towards each other. The surfaces of this canopy are studded tolerably equally with fixed stars. But as we are a thousand times nearer those situated above and below than those at the edges of this hollow lens, so the distances between the stars immediately above us seem greater, whilst the legion of those dis tributed at the edge are seen in densely crowded masses We may consider the Milky Way as] the edge arid furthermost limit of this set of fixed stars, where the infinitely distant crowds of stars are collected in such masses, that their light flows together into a whitish cloud, and no longer permits us to isolate one star from 783 23 77 280 2,74 2,050 24 47 318 92 1,594 9 4 another. Beyond this our lens, Herschel and the most recen, astronomers imagine that the spots of clouds which appear like oval flakes in the sky, are other entirely dis tinct and independent systems, which float at such an immeasurable distance from us, that the light has to wander millions of years in reaching to us. It is, however, as we before remarked, sufficient for our purpose to take into consideration only the stars of the twelfth magnitude, from which the light can travel to us is four thousand yqrs. From what we have al ready said, viz., that the ray of light meeting our eye is not sent forth from the star at the same moment, but arrives here according to the corresponding and requisite number lof seconds, minutes, or years, it follows that we do not see the star as it is, but as it was at the time when the ray of light was emitted. Thus we see the star in Centaur as it was three years ago, Vega as it was twelve years and one month ago, and so on to the star of the twelfth magnitude, which we look upon as it shone four thousand years ago. Hence follows the conclusion which has frequently been made by astronomers, and which in its result has become popular, viz., that a star of the 12th magnitude may have been extinguished, or set four thousand years ago, whilst we, nevertheless, continue to see its light shining. This conclusion, when applied to each of the former positions, gives the following results. We do not see the moon as it is, but as it was a second and a quarter before; i. e., the moon may already have been dispersed into atoms for more than a second, and we should still see it entire and perfect. We do not see the sun lks it now is, but as it was eight minutes befere; Jupiter as it was fifty-two minutes; Uranus as it was more than two hours before; the star in Centaur as it was three years ago; Vega as it was nine and a quarter years; and a star of the 12th magnitude as it was four thousand years ago. These propositions are well known, and have already been published in popular works upon astronomy. It is really marvellous that nobody has thought of reversing them, and of drawing the very remarkable and astonishing conclusions which pour upon us in a full stream from the converse; and it is our intention hero to examine the converse and the inferences which may thence be drawn. The following is the relative view of the matter : as we have before remarked, we see the disc of the moon not in the form in which it now is, but as it was five quarters of a second before the time of observation. In exactly the same way an imaginary observer in the moon would not see the earth as it was at the moment of observation, but as it was five quarters of a second before. An observer from the sun sees the earth as it was eight minutes before. From Uranus the time between the reality and the perception by the e) e being two hours and a half apart ; if, for example, the summit of the Alps on a certain morning was illumined by the first ray of the sun at six o'clock, an observer in this planet, who was provided either with the requisite power of vision, or a sufficiently good telescope, would see this indication of the rising of the sun at half-past eight of our time. An observer in Centaur can of course never see the northern hemisphere of the earth, because this constella tion never rises above our horizon. But supposing it possible, and that an observer were standing in this star with such powerful vision as to be able to distinguish all particulars upon our little earth shining, but feebly luminous in its borrowed light, he would see, in the year 1843, the public illuminations which, in the year 1840, made the cities of our native country shine with the brightness of day during the darkness of night. An observer in Vega would see what happened with us twelve years ago, and so on, until an inhabitant of a star of the twelfth magnitude, if we imagine him with unlimited power of vision contemplating the earth, sees it as it was four thousand years ago, when Memphis was founded, and the Patriarch Abraham wandered upon its surface. In the immeasurably great number of fixed stars which are scattered about in the universe, floating in tether at a distance of between fifteen and twenty bil lions of miles from us, reckoning backwards any given number of years, doubtless a star could be found which sees the past epochs of our earth as if existing now, or so nearly corresponding to the time, that the observer need wait no longer time to see its condition at the re quired moment. - .LAW INTELLIGENCE. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE.) MOXIIAY V. INDERWICK. This suit was instituted by the plaintiff, who is the well-know n proprietor of the Flail of Commerce, for the purpose of enforcing a contract :for the sale of the in closure in_ Leicester-square. In 1839 the inclosure was put up fe r sale on behalf of Mr. Inderwick, by Mr. Robins, at id was purchased by a Mr. l iyams, for the sum of 450/ 9 . Hr. liyams then entered into a contract with Mr. Most iay for the sale of his purchase. It appeared that at the time of the auction it was stated in one of the particulars that there was a covenant in the criginal lease to pre vent any purchaser from building upon the land. The defendant being now called upon to complete the contract, refused to do so unless the purchaser would enter into a covenant similar to what he had himself entered into not to build. It appeared that the purchaser had now delayed the completion of the contract for three years, but having recently been informed that the covenant not to build did not run with the land, and could not be enforced against him, he had now commenced these proceedings. It was obvious that there would be a very material difference in the value of the land, since, if it were built upon, it would be worth several thousand pounds, instead of the pur chase-money, 450/. His HONOUR thought that there was sufficient evidence to show that the purchase must be completed. He did not see that there was any case made out of abandoning the contract, or of lashes in coming for its completion. lie should, therefore, direct a reference to the master to approve of a proper conveyance under the contract, as to whether the covenant not to build could now be en forced. That would be a very difficult question, and ) would require much argument. At a future time it would be necessary to try that question in a court s of law. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Jan. 30. (Sittings in Banco.) After the motions had been brought to a conclusion, the Court ordered the "new trial " paper to be called on. EGLINTON V. RUCK AND OTHERS. The arguments in this case, which had been com menced on Friday, were the first. Mr. Martin was about to continue his arguments is opposition to the rule for a new trial, when The LORD CHIEF BARON, in interrupting him, said there must be a new trial. There appeared to be no chance of the respective counsel agreeing upon the facts, so as to have a special case drawn. Mr. MARTIN had a great objection to the case going to a jury. He had seen the manner in which a jury had treated just such a case as this. The LORD CHIEF BARON said he thought juries ought to be spoken of more respectfully ; their duties were of the highest importance, and ought not to be spoken of so slightingly. Mr. MARTIN said he had nothing to say against juries individually; but he had seen hundreds of wrong ver dicts given by juries. In the present case an agreement had been made between the parties that the Court of Exchequer should, upon the facts proved, draw such conclusions as the Court might think proper, and either party objecting might have a special verdict, and might take the matter to the Court of Error. The LORD CHIEF BARON said, to enable the opinion of the Court to be taken, the parties must agree as to the facts, and that had not been done. After much discussion upon the subject, Mr. Baron ALDERSON said that, in his opinion, the matter could be settled by the Lord Chief Baron, in the same way as the late Lord Tenterden had been accus tomed to settle cases where counsel could not agree upon the facts. Each counsel sent in a list of the facts he ad mitted and those he rejected, and then the case was settled upon such facts as to his Lordship deemed pro per and just. Mr. MARTIN said he would be quite content with such a course. The LORD CHIEF BARON said the Court were anxious to carry out the objects of the parties in such a way as that justice should be done. He would therefore make another effort to settle a special case. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 20. rilE LATE CASE OF MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW. rHE QUEEN, ON THE PROSECUTION OF MR. WAKLEY HEALEY AND COOKE, THE PROPRIETOR AND PUBLISHER OF TIIE " MEDICAL TIMES." In this case a rule had been obtained by the Attorney- General, at the instance of Mr. Wakley, M.P., and Coroner for Middlesex, calling upon the defendants to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them for the publication of an article in that periodical of the Ist of August, last, which charged Mr. Wakley with having conducted the well-known inquiry at Hounslow into the death of White, a thet haenimsdi manner,Dir. pisoldiers taaco hmc withitic capacity Kabei ngnwtoiufol lennioonNs coroner, private in the 7th Hussars, in an improper and disgraceful having,otclinha Q.C. 76ei with hh: awi. hinted, sbb:iaetrf:o. 0 (with Eftneharsttnahwhbds sharing whom ucnmhso gaubv,W ilson, trsuggested, habit 3,t and ooferegrsa.i voef p s o il post-mor tem - o m r evidence,noerd_ I) B whom p i l i n a l n i h n t e i g: c t i ) l oi make such examinations. showed cause against the rule. He said these proceedings arose out of a matter which would, no doubt, be still in the recollection of their Lorehips, namely, the inquiry at Houns low into the death of a soldier named "White, a private of the 7th Hussars, who died after receiving corporal punishment in the barracks in question. The punishment was inflicted on the 15th of June, and he died on the 11th of July. The in quest was commenced on the 15th of that month, and was adjourned from time to time, for intervals of about a week each, until the jury arrived at the opinion that the man had died from the punishment to which he had been sub jected, Several articles appeared at that time in the Medical Tim2s, commenting upon the conduct of Mr. Wakley in con ducting the inquiry. Lord DENMAN said, if he recollected rightly, the article in question was much more than a mere comment—it attributed conduct to Mr. Wakley out of court in connexion with the inquest, which certainly could not come under that defini tion. It contained comments on what happened in court. Mr. COCKBURN said, no doubt the article complained of consisted of comments on Mr. Wakley's conduct in prose cuting the inquiry. Although he did not mean to set up that all the expressions used were justifiable, yet he intended to contend that there was so much irregularity in the way in which the inquest was conducted, that many of them were perfectly so. Besides, the whole matter had been freely commented upon by Mr. Wakley in the House of COM MODS, and at a public meeting at which he presided, Having read the :ll t e h g e ed affi lib da el vi a t t i l i e le n d g b tl y i, show ins that the defendants had a perfect right to comment in a like manner, not only on the policy of opinionsry which were in r c e lu o d f e t d he in in t q h u e iry arti a c n le d , the punishment, but on the way in which Mr.' Wakley con- The course adopted medical testimony, was d an u d a t e b d e t m he ed in ic q a u l i a h tlshtf e ert w .hc i ev n uia t snek o qi n oue fye read,stsh,weiNlvarious,), iie hi a t n dr d eest p t aa o eidlci c ,3to o du m trton m h mee thene comment t o t, su n . completely at variance with the Act of Parliament—namely, the 6th and 7th Win. IV., c. 81--which detailed the course still adopted at inquests with respect to such evidence. Mr. Wakley had held a vast number of inquests, and therefore could not be ignorant of the line of conduct, which the Act pointed out. That Act enacted that it should be lawful for a coroner to issue his order to compel the attendance of the surgeon who attended, or two was p resent at the death, of the person on whom the inquest was held, or if no one so attended, or was present at the death of the person on whom the inquest was held, then some medical gentleman residing in the vicinity ; and that if the jury were dissatisfied with his or their testimony, that the jury should supply the coroner in writing with the name or names of any medical practitioner or practitioners whom they might wish to attend, either for the purpose of giving evidence, or Wheilsognavien ththeme firstthe for the purpose of making a . post mortem examination. Now when he told their Lordships that the surgeons were of the first class, and sent down by Sir John Macgregor, and that Mr. Wakley must have known that their testimony " go by," and took the evidenceb had acted in direct contravention of the Act. Instead Lt • of Mr. Day, who was called in the first instance, they could not but eof opinion that Mr. Waklev ought to have been takenfirst,aonfdi‘tihra.t hearing the evidence according to his own state instance to examine the body, and who made that examina tion, and who being unconnected with the army was an un alqdleicYs'tion, and because he was not m bi e a b ss t e , d as w k i e t d n7 i s r ,. M Da r y . W a r satisfied with the way in which he had performed the cross examination, he thought proper to suggest to the jury the appointment of another medical gentleman, and he appointed Mr. Wilson, who had been his pupil—a protege of his their evidence in the ordinary and legal way, no imputation thrown, as he contended there Huron their own. If the gentlemen so sent had been allowed to give would have been testimony , and credibility in the minds of they. The that the inquiry was adjourned on the 27th, for the purpose of affording another medical gentleman time to make an Learned Counsel then proceeded with the affidavit. It stated ex amination. On his way home, in his carriage, he met Mr. Wilson in Oxford-street, and after informing him that Mr. Day had omitted to examine the man's spine, ha desired him to do so, and to make a report to t he jury; that examination was made, but the medical gentlemen connected with the army the ' the affidavit concluded by a positive denial of charges shared the pro were excluded. After detailing the qualifications of Mr. Wilson conveyed in the article, that he had never . I l h in conducting the inquiry he was actuated ao e „.. y e 3;_a con acientious desire to promote the ends of justice. affidavitria ttlk: t pro ceeds of post-mortem examinations with Mr. Wilson and that of Mr. Wilson entirely corroborated the of Mr. Wakley. The 'Learned Counsel then proceede comment on the affidavits filed in reply. Thed to read and affiyadits of Mr. Healey and Mr. Cook stated that they believed that the statements in the articles in question, with a few a xceptions, were true, and that they were written and published solely for the public benefit, and not for any other o bject whatever, the inquiry having been one of the utmost importance team to medical gentlemen. The'words " partner in the post-mo fees" were not susceptible of the interpretation which had been put upon them, and were not intended to convey that they shared the proceeds of such examinations. It meant that the frequency with which Mr. Wilson was so appointed, adding that he had em and the fees which he received in that capacity, and Mr. Wakley, as coroner,looked -in post-mortem like a partnership e l n va as ki f e r y eq , frequently. examinations on account of this frequency , and not that Mr. Wilson handed Mr. Wakley part of the proceeds. Mr. and had been under g r il a o t e e d3 b l nl i Wakley admitted havin lowed Mr. Wilson 25 times, Dr. Hall sought the publication of the medical testimony in the Medical Times, as he and the other medical men had not a fair opportunity of adducing Mr. Wilson had been for some time sub-editor of the Lancet, he (Mr. Healey) thought was calculated to bias his opinion, and to render him an unfair witness. Then Mr. Wakley other gat ions medical t o Mr.m presided at a meeting at Exeter-Hall, which was called for the purpose of forming a society to promote the abolition of corporal punishment. Several privates of the Guards were w prea c ent. The Learned Counsel read a report of the speech stigmatised h Mr. Wakle made from the Morning Chronicle, that the infliction ofcorporal punishment as most un civilized and brutal in the highest degree, and recommended that a subscription should be set on foot to liberate the two • privates Cook and Mathewson, who gave evidence at the inquest, and produced a cheque which Mr. Collett, M.P • ~ had sent with that view. He also stated that the warrant under which the punishment was inflicted was . signed before the meeting ofthe t t . l that it was moat improbable thatofficer, a . commanding under whose direction it was called, would modify the punish ment which considered they ought to be inflicted. He also replied to the various re articles fieetib(r u which his had conduct.been lished in the newspape rs he (Mr. Cockburn) did say th a t such lnanguage and suCh ow a proceeding on the part of Mr. Wakley disentitled him to the interposition a the Court. After the inquest had been held —immediately after—he came and • forward presided at a public meeting, an d i n an inflammatory speech, froah from the CZOrCi4O of his public fauctious, ad.* AN ARAB POTENTATE. I learned from Captain Hamilton that among the va rious costly presents sent to the Sultan of Muscat from England was a splendid yacht called the Prince Regent. ' It was built and fitted by order of George the Fourth. The basso-relievo work in the cabin did not suit his highness, and lie took umbrage at it. The King offered to repair or alter it in any manner that the Sultan might suggest. Syed Syed, however, would not accept it tin der any other terms than that he should be allowed to idispose of it as he pleased. Permission being granted him, he sold the yacht to the residency at Bombay, and laughing in hisi sleeve at the simplicity of his English friend, deposited the gold in his coffer. A mag nificent set of silver plate was also sent out from England to his Highness. After keeping them a sufficient time to elude suspicion, the sultan disposed of them to his neighbours and officers. Some, who were able to purchase them, got the silver spoons ; others the plate ; and an old Arab in Muscat, was for tunate enough to obtain possession of one of the im mense head dishes, which he now uses for his paddee. Queen Victoria sent him a splendid carriage, and with it a letter, stating that, as his Highness would per ceive, it was a very superior article, constructed pre cisely on the model of her own carriage of state ; and she had no doubt his Highness would appreciate it all the better when she informed him that it was con structed by her own artisan, and was peculiarly adapted, in ease of motion, tp the smooth and beautiful roads of Zanzibar. She homed his Highness's footmen and drivers would display it to the best advantage, 1 and she enjoyed the belief that his Highness would I ride out often in his delightful parks. The whips, harness, cushions, trimmings, &c., were of the finest workmanship and mast costly material. The whole affair was built at the expense of 9,000 doll. When the Sultan received this present, he was in raptures; but he very soon had the richest of the ornaments taken off to convert into money. Her Majesty's knowledge of the dominions of his highness being altogether drawn from works of an imaginative character, she was of course quite excusable for not knowing that there is no such thing as a carriage road in the jungles of Zanzibar, or on the sun-burnt heights of Muscat."• The idea of presenting a splendid carriage to the Sultan, when he could make no earthly use of it as it was designed to be used, was about as ridiculous as addressing him in verse. I saw this carriage myself; and it grieved me to think how pearls were tikrown before swine. It is now boxed up, after having been defaced by the natives, the beautiful ornamental work all destroyed, and the whole affair rendered unfit for use, even it there were roads. The moths and vermin have destroyed all the embroidery and inside trimmings, and the wood-work is ruined by worms. As it stands now, it is not worth fifty dollars. The articles presented to the Sultan by the Government t o h f e the a ll e n h i c t k ed ,a S s t i a s t e s t s a f t a e r d e d hy n b R o h se e h t e t e a r h . e r g H e e r, r a e s c w e iovredd and altaga with gold scabbards and mountings, Tanner's Map of the United States, a set of American coins, several rifles, a number of cut-glass lamps, a quantity of American Nankin, known as Forsyth's Nankin, &c. Now, the merchants who have resided at Zanzibar for years, and who know.Lexactly everything said and done by the Sultan in relafin to our Government, say that his Highness treated these gifts with perfect contempt, how ever well pleased he may hav3 expressed himsalf to the value it is commander and officers of the Peacock. The intrinsic r haspy resent, not the friendly feelings with which smallis o a f given, v a e withha set i m. of It trifles wa ifle s s o cer tainly business to send this kind to a foreign Sovereign; but it was not very honourable in the S u l tan to ell the greater part of them to his subjects, for it is well known in Zanzibar he did so. I was witness myself to a this kind. It is ve r y generally known thattransaction of a splendid boat worth three thou san d d o ll ars was l sent out to the I i Sultan by our Govern men t. His Highness suite of officers, met with an accident gthneessa y it was with his first tried at Zanzibar. Owi ng to the awkwardness of the boatmen, it upset in th e b ay , and completely ducked the royal party. The Sul tan , ast as b z t h e blame to the boat rather than to the nwkwardness of the men, had it carried on board his frigate, the Sha- Halm, where it remained neglected and unused till the trimmings were totally ruined, and the fine mountings stolen or sold by the seltan's officers. His Highness offered it as a present to the American consul, who of I course, was bound to decline the gift. Ho thee tried to sell it to some of his subjects, bnt they preferred their native craft. Finally, he made a bargain with the British Consul (which I witnessed per sonally) to this effect. The Consul had a common six-oared boat, worth about six hundred dol lars, which the Sultan received in exchange for his three thousand dollar present. By his oath of office, the Bri tish Consul is bound neither to transact business on his own account with the Sultan, nor to receive any present or presents. The difficulty was thus obviated on both sides :—The Sultan wished to get rid of his fine boat, because, through awkwardness, it had once upset ; and the British Consul quieted his own conscience, in violat ing the spirit of his obligations to his Government, by receiving ' it as a mere matter of excha n g e—an accommo dation which politeness required him to extend to the Sultan ! So much for making presents to an Arab po tentate."—Brownc's Etchings of a Whaling Cruise., 1 EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Saturday, between half-past twelve and one o'clock at noon, the office of Mr. Wright, superintendent of•the engineering department of the Hull and Selby Railway, in the depot at this town, was entered, whilst he was at dinner, and about 2001. in gold, which he had receive( only a few minutes previously for the purpose of paying wages; was stolen. About 251. in silver and 71. in copper were left untouched. The money was locked up in a drawer, which was broken open by the thief, by means of a chisel, which was afterwards found in the klice. Entrance to the office had been obtained by a latch y, at a door within a workshop in which fi fteen to twenty men are at work during the , _ . A reward of 501. has be=, offered l9 rtil° discovery 9C tllo — etfender.—.Lluil Advertior. 17DAY EVENING,''FEBRITARY 1, 1847. verted to the circumstances under which that in quiry was made—the circumstances which occurred at it, and questioned the authority of the court martial, and those who sat at it—a line of conduct most reprehensible in one filling a judicial situation. Therefore, he repeated, that he was not entitled to the protection of the Court. The affidavit went on to set forth that an advertise ment had been published in the Lancet, which he (Mr. Healey) believed was inserted for the purpose of raising subscriptions for Mr. Wakley, for the way in which he had conducted the inquiry. Ile might truly say, that Mr. Wakley was the proprietor of the paper. Then Mr. Wak ley had adopted an excellent plan to combat the statements put forward in the Medical Times, as, in reply to a question from Mr. Craven Berkeley in the House of Commons, he stated, no doubt well knowing that it would find its way to the public that the alleged libel " was written by a stupid lawyer, who knew as much about medical matters as the Hon. Member, judging from the way in which he had read it." The next affidavit was that of Dr. Reid, who was one of the army medical staff, and who stated that the man had died from pleura, or inflammation in the lining membrane of the heart, and complaining that the conduct of Mr. Wakley had caused the evidence of the medical gentlemen to be looked upon with suspicion. Next there was the affidavit of Mr. Day, who was the surgeon first appointed by the jury. He stated that he examined the body with Mr. Wilson, and that they agreed as to the cause of death ; and that, remembering that concurrence, he was surprised at the testimony which ,Mr. Wilson gave at the inquest, namely, that the contraction of the muscles during the punishment had caused inflammation, which ultimately led to the unfortunate man's death. He also complained that Dr. Warren and the other medical gentleman were not treated with that courtesy which they had a right to expect from a court of justice. The medical gentlemen were not allowed to be present in the court during the last day, thus again acting in opposition to the usual practice, and casting suspicion on their testimony, whereas Mr. Wilson was ushered in with a sort of flourish, as a most competent person to speak to the nature and ap pearances of the human skin ; he was first asked if he had not published some books on the subject. He said he had, adding that they were out of print, and that he could not recol lect their titles. Might it not be affirmed, with considerable truth, that Mr. Wakley knew the opinions of Mr. Wilson on the subject of corporal punishment, and that he employed him in order to destroy the testimony of the other medical gentle men ? After some further remarks, he concluded by trusting that the Court would discharge the rule. Mr. BALLAWTINE followed on the same side. Ho referred at length to the summing up of Mr. Wakley at the inquest, and held that his conduct, in the whole matter, was more like that of an advocate than of a judge ; that he had influenced and prejudiced the minds of the jury, and that his great object was to create for himself popularity, and not the promotion of the ends of justice. When he read the report of the meeting at Exeter Hall, it struck him that the address which he delivered placed him wholly beyond the interposition of the Court. Dr. Hall, from whom an affi davit could not be obtained on account of his being at the Cape of Good Hope, agreed with the other medical gentle. man that Mr. Wakley bullied them, and completely nullified their testimony in the minds of the jury. Then the speech at Exeter Hall contained terms as strong as those of the article of which he complained. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proceeded to address the Court in support of the rule. He said he was more inclined to believe that the sentiments of his Learned Friend (Mr. Ballantine) were those of his !client than sentiments in which he could participate with any sincerity, because he had charged Mr. Wakley, if not with having committed perjury, with having sworn jesuitically. A direct attack had been made upon Mr. Wakley in his capacity as coroner; but he should show that the conduct of Mr. Wakley, in this re spect, was above reproach, and he should prove this by the . " work," Dr. Wilson; and with seeking popularity in order to help his fortunes at the next election? Did Mr. Healey mean very tests which his Learned Friend (Mr. Ballantine) had applied, as he should refer in proof of it to the reports of the proceedings which the defendants had had verified on oath. Now the libel was p u bli sh e d t wo day s be fore Mr. Wakley had arranged to su m u p t h e evidence, and to bring the inquiry to a close. On first meetin g the j ur y , Mr. Wakley stated that the line o f investi g ation he should pursue was this—first, to inquire into t he man's health at the time he was punished ; and next , into the p unishment itself. The inquiry proceeded, therefore , i n its natural course—in the course laid down at the comme ncement. On that occasion lie stated that he considered it m ost im p ortant that the s p ine should be examined, as the man's le g s had been p aral y sed two days before his death. Mr. Day was appointed, but on being ex amined he stated that he could give the reas on of his his death without such an examinati on . But the j ur y con sidered that the spine ought to be examined, and desired the coroner to nominate a proper person to do so , and the in q uir y was adjourned. Lord DENMAN said it was admitted that the inquiry was properly conducted, and that the summing up of the coron er was proper and temperate. The proceedings were be fore the Court, and were verified by affidavits. Now, he did not think that there was a n y thin g in these proceedings proving misconduct of any kind. He thought, therefore, the Court might save t h e Learned Counsel a deal of trouble by informing him that they consi dered his conduct in that particular respect unimpeachable; therefore the question would turn upon the conduct of the coroner towards the medical witnesses. The ArromarEv-GENEnar. thanked the Court for this inti mation, and proceeded to deal with that part of the subject. After reading the alleged libel at length, and commenting upon the various expressions used, he asked what they could think of the conduct of the defendant in publishing such an article on the very eve of the close . of the Inquiry to which it referred — an article which charged Mr. Wakley with hinting conjec tural replies to private soldiers, with wishing to bring a charge of murder to the door of a respectable medical practitioner (Dr. Warren), and, failing lain ) , the commanding officer, and, failing him, the farrier ; with traducing the cha racter of a justice; with dividing fees with his man of all to set up that he did not know who wrote the article which imputed such motives? Mr. BALLANTINH said he had sworn that he did not. The ArroaNET-GENERAL said much stress had been laid upon the speech which Mr. Wakley had delivered at Exeter Hall. It was very natural for Mr. Wakley to have adopted such a mode of making his sentiments known ; few, he apprehended, in that court would like to retract such expressions as those used by Mr. Wakley on that oc casion. Then, the medical gentlemen were excluded from the'inquest and from the post-mortem examinatien, by the wish of the jury. But even if that was indiscreet, did that fur nigh Mr. Healey with any pretext for publishing such a libel ? He apprehended also that the Act referred to with respect to the examination of medical men had not been unheeded but complied with. He concluded by expressing a hope that the Court would make the rule absolute. Lord DENMAN said lie was at loss to understand why the medical men who had first seen the body, and who were ignorant of the fact that the man's legs had been paralysed two days before his death, were excluded from the last ex amination were excluded body. ne w that paralysis had taken place. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the m e di ca l gen tl emen who The jury considered that the examination should be made by a medical man from London, and that none save Mr. Wilson should be present. Mr. BRAMWELL briefly addressed the Court. The COURT took time to consider their decision, and desired to have the affidavits on both sides, which were handed in. The LORD MAYOR—Have you any acquaintance with Mr. Disraeli? The Poet—No, my Lord, but I know the sort of writing which he admires, and I think I can hit it off to perfection. Ile and Mr. Briscoe took seve ral volumes of a work which I published seventeen years ago; in that book I did justice to Mr. Briscoe, the Member of Parliament, for his humanity in perse vering till he succeeded in abolishing the cruel system of the treadmill in the case of poor unhappy females. The LORD MAYOR—But if you have been so unlucky as not to have made a livelihood by the use of your peu _ in poetry, you must have had some trade, or profes sion, or occupation by which you have been enabled to live? The Poet—l am by trade a hoot-closer, but my eyes are bad, and that sort of game is unprofitable. The LORD MAYOR-But it is better than that which produces nothing? The Poet—Scarcely; all I could get by it was six or seven shillings a week, and that vi ithout hope. But what is that compared to 1,5001. a year, with hope in the extreme?—(Laughter.) • The LORD MAYOR said the applicant was a very re markable instance of a persevering spirit under all the discomfiture of hungry labour and aggravated disap pointments, anti requested his, acceptance of some silver for his present exigencies. Ths poet was grateful fur the donation s but it was quite evident that the advice of the Lord Mayor to prefer a positive to an imaginary good, passed away with the breath that uttered it. It was impossible to help smiling at the resolute determination of the poor fellow to con tinue in the service of the muse, hard and unthankful as that service evidently was. Those who witnessed the scene were struck with the fact that the applicant, although one of the genus irritabile, was a remarkable retainer of patience under the most afflicting disappoint ments to which a poet can be subjected. " What am Ito do, my Lord, if I cannot get the copies of my poetry ?" said he. " Shall I go into the Shoreditch workhouse ?" Mr. Goodman—l am suae that Mr. Roberts will treat such a man as you with kindness, and that the guardians will not neglect your application if you make it through him to them. CHARGE OF STEALING COPPER.—John Moore, ware houseman in the Copper Mines Royal Company, was charged with having stolen a quantity of copper, the property . of the company. The prisoner had been in the service of the .prosecutor between thirty and forty years ; and Louisa Moore was charged with having re ceived the copper. Suspicions having been attached to the prisoner Moore, Mr. Kirkman, one of the directors of the company, instructed Hayden, a very active policeman of the City force, to watch his movements. The officer accordingly went to work, and was almost the companion of both prisoners in a coffee-shop and a public-house, and a but cher's shop, into all of which they went. He saw the male prisoner give the copper to the female prisoner ; and all the other evidence necessary having been given, both prisoners were committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. CONVICTION UNDER THE FACTORY ACT.-011 Satur day, William Roberts, apparently a mechanic, appeared before Mr. Broughton, to answer an information at the instance of Mr. James Bury, a sub-inspector of factories, charging him with having altered a certificate of bap tism, with intent to defeat the provisions of the Act of the 7th and Bth Victoria, for the registration of infant labour in factories, whereby he had incurred a penalty of 20/., or six months' imprisonment. It appeared from the evidence gone into, that the defendant being anxious to obtain employment for Abel Roberts, his son, a boy of twelve years, in the factory of Mr. James Austin, the proprietor of the steam cotton and flax mills iu Princes-street, Finsbury, and knowing that the boy would not be employed unless he was thirteen years of age, went on the 24th of November last to Mr. Foster, the vestry clerk of Wandsworth, whose wife (Mr. Foster being from home) he asked for a copy of the certificate of baptism of his son, who was born in that parish, and having told her the object for which he desired it, asked her if there would be any harm in his altering the date, so as to enable him to get the boy off his hands; on which she cautioned him that such a proceeding might probably subject him to trans portation. The correct certificate was sent him the next day, and on the 28th of November he obtained employment for the boy in the factory on the faith of the certificate which he had altered so as to represent his son to be upwards of thirteen years old. The boy remained there until the 18th inst., when Mr. Bury visited the factory, and the discovery took place which led to the present proceedings. The Defendant pleaded poverty and distress in ex tenuation of his offence. lie was fined in the mitigated penalty of 405., or 14- days' imprisonment. SOUTHWARK. Mr Osbaldiston, the lessee of the Victoria Theatre, was summoned a second time by Wyatt, the informer, for selling spirits in the saloon. Mr. Games appeared in behalf of Mr. Osbaldiston and pleaded Not Guilty. The Court was crowded with theatrical people. Wyatt, the witness, proved having been served on the morning of the 6th instant, with sixpenny worth of gin in the saloon of the theatre. Mr• Col-axonal% the magistrate, asked Mr. Games whether he denied the fact ? Mr. Games said he did not, but his client had been fined 265. at that Court so late as the 15th instant, at the suit of the same parties for a similar offence on the sth, and he pointed out the injustice of the present proceedings. Mr. COTTINGHAM said Wyatt ought to have laid the ' present information at the time he did the former one. It appeared to him that he was endeavouring to get money from the defendant. Such proceedings were un fair to the magistrate and to Mr..osbaldiston. He would, therefore, on the present occasion, dismiss the summons on the defendant paying one shilling and the costs. UXBRIDGE PETTY SESSIONS COMITTAL OF A RELIGIOUS THIEF. - Saturday, a young man named Charles Shell, respectably connected, late shopman to Mr. Jesse Jones, draper at Uxbridge, was brought up for final examination, before Messrs. T. Tfagnail, 12. H. Cox, C. Mills, and T. T. Clark, the sit ting magistrates in that town, on a charge of having, for a lengthened period, robbed his master. The case ex cited the grelitest interest, the magistrates' room at the King's Arms Inn being crowded in every part during the examination, which occupied three hours. From the depositions taken it appeared that the prisoner, previous to his entering Mr. Jones's service, was a member of an Independent chapel at Woolwich, where he instructed the children on Sundays, and by such an ostensible show of true religion, he su ingratiated himself with the mem bers of the congregation, that he was universally re spected. When he came to Uxbridge he courted the society of the dissenters, and by them was considered a fit person to assist in their schools. He also preached oc casionally in the neighbouring villages, and was a pro fessed despiser of evil associates. Eventually, however, from some extravagant purchases the prisoner made, Mr. Jones began to suspect that he was more hypocrite than saint, and the fact was established by the admission of the prisoner himself, who acknowledged that he had frequently robbed his master. He was, however, al lowed to go away from Mr. Jones's in the first instance, but the prosecutor, finding subsequently, that he had been robbed to a great extent by the prisoner, the latter was taken into custody at Woodford, in Essex, where he had got into a new situation. He was fully committed for trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. complainwho THE stated POOR oo R POET.—An old man of diminuti ve s t a t ure , g h a i i s ns n t a m me r. t i o lo b b e ert T s, h o o n m e as o A f f t i b ll e s, re a l p ie p vi appeared oiedrtio. cers of the East London Union. The officer was not present at the time, but the Lord Mayor wished to know why the complainant attended, as he had not the evi dence of pauperism about him. The complainant said ho complained against Mr. Roberts, because he refused to endeavour to prevail upon the guardians to advance him 21., for the purpose of re deeming 1,000 copies of poetry, which he had written some time ago, and the appearance of which before the public would certainly fix him in an independent, as well as an elevated position in society. '1 he rejection of his appeal not having core from the proper authority, and having no means of approaching the guardians, be un derstood the Lord Mayor was the most likely person to give him satisfaction. The Loan MAYOR said the law had undergone a corn - plete alteration, and taken the power of interfering with the poor wholly out of the hands of the magistracy. The Applicant—The poetry, of which a stationer in Bethnal-green has 1,000 copies, is worth a considerable sum. I redeemed fifty copies from him some time ago, and he compelled me to pay 30s. for them. It is very injudicious in the officers of the union to reject such an application, for if they do not assist me to procure my verses, they must have myself and my wife to support in the workhouse. The LORD MAYOR asked what led the applicant to suppose that at such a time he could get such a good sale for poetry, which his Lordship considered i lvas not exactly the sort of composition from which a n in_ epend • ence was to be obtained, except it was poetry of a very peculiar kind. were moral and rural, and upon such subjects I. He to him to be calculated to do much public gooc of was well able, although upwards of seventy years age, 1,5001. a year. The poor poet replied that the verses heha a d s written t ? The Poet— No, I know that Lord. If so be I get these copies, to T ea b r e n L b o y ß h p is m p l en yo a n t_aily v my by the public with great avidity. they will be picked up subject of the extensive One of them is on the popular and others comprehend the use of use of granite stone, likely to gain additional cele brity from to them. LORD ALAYOlt—But have you derived much pe Thethe philosophircaatl? writing which have given ev to er g y etle . Lord.—(Laughter.)been particu- Never, my but that is no reason I larly unfortunate in that respect, as well able as ever to A rite, and cuniary advantage from your poetry? lb, The Poet— Never, despair. lam Besides p p e r i i s e r n a c e e li patronage of the Qtiecn And Prince Albert fox me. o p f ro a m d' i l s it e io o n i tl M e r x . havetheltril:a'avnetatgbee LAMBETH. A LADY THIEF.--THE PLEA OF INSANITY.- Mrs. Caroline Hay was brought up for final examination on two charges of stealing umbrellas. Several witnesses were called, whose evidence esta blished both cases quite clearly, and the prisoner was fully committed to take her trial upon each. In the course of the investigation the constable in• formed the magistrate that he had ascertained that the prisoner had been tried at the Old Bailey on a charge of stealing a shawl. Mr. Games said it was his intention to have informed his worship of this fact, and to add that she had been at once acquitted on the ground of insanity, a defence which he should urge in the present case. He then called the prisoner's husband; who stated that his wife had been tried in June for stealing a shawl from the grounds of .the Duke of Northumberland, at Isleworth, during afete given there, and added that she had been acquitted on the ground of insanity. He also said that after the trial one or two of the jurors had called on him, sympathised with him, and said that they should hare taken the shawl themselves under similar circum stances, Mr. Emden' remarked f hat from this it would appear that insanity was not alone the grounds of acquittal. The question of insanity was one for the consideration of the jury, and he should certainly send the case for trial. Application was then made to the magistrate foi the restoration of 61. odd, which was found on the prisoner when taken into custody, but he only allowed it. of that amount to be returned. WANDS WORTH. William Barber and D. Stazzmer were charged with stealing a quantity of wooden sleepers from the experi mental railway on Wimbledon-common. It appeared that three years ago the scheme of a wooden railway was carried out at Wimbledon, under permission of Earl Spencer, the lord of the manor, It was in the form of the figure nine, and a mile in length, extending to the mill at Wimbledon-common. Guard wheels were used in addition to the wheel of the ordi nary railway carriage. It ultimately proved a complete failure;and recently the wooden sleepers were sold for firewood, Barber was observed by Police-constable Cowper to convey away a number of the blocks in two sacks, and these were afterwards found in Stanmer's yard. Mr. PAINTER said there was no proof of a guilty re ceiving on the part of Stanmer, and he must be dis charged. He should commit Barber for trial, but would accept bail. APPREIIENSION OF A SUSPECTED MURDERER.— On Tuesday last a person named Charles Foley, alias John Cal laghan, was apprehended in Wigan by an Irish police-officer, on a charge of a murder' committed a considerable time ago at a place in the county of Mayo. It appears that the officer was provided with a bench warrant, under the hand of one of the Irish Judges, granted at the county assizes upon evi dence against the prisoner, Who was proved to have been the perpetrator of the crime with which he is charged, viz., the murder of a man unknown to him, whom he was in structed to punish in consequence of a family difference. The officer had been in this town in pursuit of the prisoner about twelve months ago, when he met an Irishman, to whom both he and the accused were known, and who, on his being questioned, stated that Foley had prepared to depart for America. The officer held out a strong induceme.it to the man to disclose the accused's abode, but he would not, and the officer departed without success. The officer was again in this town a fortnight ago, 'and again saw the man, who then stated that Foley was in America. The man, ac cording to his own statement, shortly afterwards went over to Wigan, to acquaint Foley of their still being in quest of him, a matter which Foley made light of, and, in fact, even hesi tated to give his informant any refreshment. The man, mortified at this reception by Foley, returned to this town and informed the officer of the residence of the person he was in quest of. On receiving the information the officer promptly went to Wigan with his informant, and having got his warrant countersigned by Mr. Joseph Acton, was assisted by some of the officers of the borough police, and on Tuesday night, at half-past 11 o'clock, proceeded to the house where Foley, under the name of John Callaghw, by which he has always been known there, resided, which was at a small re tail shop, at that time closed. The informant was directed to knock, and ask for some articles, which he did, and was admitted, on which he inquired for Callaghan, and on being informed that he was in bed, the officer entered, and on pro caring a light proceeded up stairs and apprehended the pri soner. He did not say anything further than that they were mistaken; but he was identified by the informant, before Mr. Thomas Cook, borough magistrate, on Wednesday, after which he was conveyed to Ireland in custody of the officer.- -Blackburn Standard. TREMENDOUS BUN OF GROUND AT BALLESWID DEN.—A large run of ground took place at the above mine on Friday night last ; in extent it is, perhaps * the largest that ever occurred in this neighbourhood. On the surface, it resembles the effects of an earthquake; in length, it is about 45 fathoms; in width, varying from 7 to 10 fathoms; and in depth or height, from 2 to 3 fathoms. Fortunately the agents had long foreseen that it must fall away, and every precaution was taken to prevent loss of life, and also to se cure the mine itself frotn danger. In these, they have been eminently successful—not a single individnaal has been in jured (although many were frightened at the noise, and the current of air rushing through the levels and shafts in other parts of the mine)—and the mine has not received the smallest amount of damage. The agents, and the minerst themselves are rejoiced that it has occurred, as they have not been stopped from their occupation one hour; and its also satisfactory to the workmen, that, by following the advice and recommendation of the agents, not one of them hito notaiaed the Alighted cutialty.—renzanco Gazette. SNOW STORM. DETENTION OF THE IRISH MAIL.—FIINERAL OB STRUCTED BY THE DRIFT, &C.—One of the most exten sive obstructions of the public road by snow drift, that has happened for many years, occurred last week on the road tram Ballantrae, by Glenap, to Stranraer. The whole of the road from Auchairne entry to the head of Glenap was rendered impassable, the snow in many places being lodged from eight to ten feet deep. The i'ortpatrick mail, on Thursday, which should have reached Girvan at seven in the evening, did not arrive till next day, and the Friday's mail the same. The mail going south was even longer detained, as in both cases the road had to be cut through. A hearse and funeral party were also blocked up by the snow, not far from Aucheucrosb. The party, finding further progress impossible. lefs the hearse in the snow till the roa should be cleared. The hearse, therefore, remained blocked up in the snow, from nine in the morning of Thursday, till three in the afternoon of Friday. Mr- M'Call, our excellent road surveyor, on receiving notice' of the obstruction, was promptly on the ground, and set, thirty men to work to clear the way, which was im passable for above three miles, and this the) effected itk the course of Friday. One of the drivers of the Irish. mail, when, informed at the Cairn of the obstruction, vowed he would drive through the snow though it were thirty feet deep, and valorously plunged on for a short , distance; but his career was speedily stopped by the horse running into the ditch, as, in the drift and white-. ness all around, it was impossible to keep the road, ea. both he and the horse were completely smothered up. He with difficulty extricated himself, and, being fortu nately near Kilantringan-toll, managed to repair thither and obtain assistance in extricating the horse ; both. horse and driver were obliged to stay at the tollhouse= all night. Next morning the mail from Girvan reached. the Auchairne end of the obstruction, and the bags were transferred from theione gig to the other. The snow did not lie very deep on the moor, as there was no great fall; but the wind being high caused the snow to dangerously, both on the public road and for the " outliers" that seek sheltered places. At Lord Ork ' ney's Lodge the snow was at its greatest depth, about ' ten feet. The whole scene, with the melancholy dark plumed hearse stuck up in the white and glistening snow, . was singular and impressive. The funeral party were hospitably accommodated for the night at Auchencrosh. —Ayr Observer. • A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and VIGOUf• • of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. 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