The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-29 00:00:00

btrb Minn SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock , I,Y I PERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. rne Earl of SIIAFTESBTJET took his seat on the )01sack, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, I:4lKirtly after Five o'clock. INDIAN RAILWAYS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGLI gave notice that he intended on some future day to move for returns of the sums of money advanced for the formation of railways in India, and for certain documents connected with the proposed pl ans f o r e n co uraging railway com munication in that country. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SrsmiEn took the Chair at a Quarter to Four o'clock. Ten Members took the oaths and their seats. IRLELAND. Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented petitions from societies bearing the titles of the Irish Confedera tion, the Finsbury, Torquay, Blandford, Leicester, Westminster, and Bethnal-green Chartist and Irish Societies, praying the House to adopt remedial instead of coercive measures towards Ireland, and to afford employment for the people by an extensive scheme for reclaiming waste lands. Mr. PETO presented a petition from Norwich, stating that the petitioners had heard of the recent outrages upon life and property in Ireland with con siderable alarm, and praying the House to resort to coercive measures, in order to compel the people not to outrage the law. THE COTTON TRADE. Mr. A. HASTIE presented a petition from Glas gow praying the House to take into consideration the threatening state of the cotton trade, and to devise remedial measures. THE RAJA. OF SATTARA. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from Westminster in favour of the claims of the ex-Raja of Sattara. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from Maryle bone to the same effect. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOPS. On the motion of Mr. J. O'CONNELL, the three petitions presented by him, from the Roman Catholic Archbishops of Ireland, were ordered to be printed with the votes. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. BAINES wished to know whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to Introduce any measure for the improvement of the health of towns, and if so, at what period might such measure be expected to be brought forward ? Lord MORPETIL in reply, stated that her Ma jesty's Government hoped to be able to introduce a measure on that subject upon an early day on the re assembling of Parliament after the Christmas recess. • Dr. BOWRING—I beg to ask the Noble Lord whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to include the metropolis in the provisions of that measure ? Lord MORPETH—I would rather not answer that question at present.—(Laughter.) RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE POOR IN IRELAND. Mr. FRENCH wished to know from the Chancel lor of the Exchequer what course her Majesty's Go vernment meant to adopt for the recovery of the moneys advanced to the several unions in Ireland, under the provisions of the Act 10 and 11 Vic , c. 7, for the relief of the destitute poor, and how much of the money so advanced it was their intention to in sist on the repayment of ? Whether or not it was the intention of Government to have completed those works undertaken in Ireland, under the provisions of the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 21 ; and if it should not be the intention to complete these works, whether or not they intended to ask from the grand juries repay ment of anv moneys expended by them on such works ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, said, that he had stated early in the year what the amount he expected would be that would be required of the several unions in Ireland. He was happy to say that the amount required had been found to be much less than had been expected. The vote he took was for 2,200,0001., but he was happy to say the whole cost of the relief, including the fever hospital, was only 1,673,0001. The whole sum, therefore, to be repaid was much less than'was supposed. With respect to the said question, as to what was to be done with reference to certain works, that must depend upon what the grand juries of Ireland chose to do. The works referred to had been continued as relief works, and as the neces sity for them was now at an end, it was not his inten tion to propose to impose any further upon the people of this country for the purpose of carrying on those works ; but when the sums that hid been advanced were repaid, he would be ready to appropriate that amount to the carrying► on of other works. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. MITT gave notice of his intention, on an early day after the recess, to submit a motion to the House relative to the expediency of maintaining thp existing system for the suppression of the slave trade. SICK 'POOR. Lord ASHLEY gave notice of his intentiln, after the Christmas recess, to call the attention of the House to the evidence taken before the Committee with respect to sick poor. SCOTCH AND IRISH BANKS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to a question from an Hon. Member, stated that the notice he had given with respect to banks was sufficiently extensive to include Scotch and Irish banks. SWITZERLAND. Mr. URQUHIRT gave notice of his intention to pat a question to the Government to-morrow to the effect of whether it was their intention to interfere in the affairs of Switzerland except as a mediator invited by both parties. THE STEPIIEN WHITNEY. Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention, on Wed nesday next, to move for papers connected with the loss of the Stephen Whitney. _ _ HOP DUTY. Mr. FREWEN wished to kt:ow whether i;; was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in revising the Excise laws, to repeal the duty on hops ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. observed, that when he stated he hoped to be enabled to make a revision in the Excise laws he had stated that it would not have the effect of interfering with the revenue. Such being the case, the lion. Member must excuse him if he declined answering his ques tion further. RAILWAYS BILL. Mr. JACKSON said he was afraid the House had not been in possession of the Railways Bill a suffi eietlt length of time to enable Hon. Members to con alder its provisions ; and he therefore had to as , of the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to postpone the second reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. sail it was quite right that time should be given for the consideration of the Bill, but it was important that the measure should be pushed forward as soon as possible, and he trusted the _House would take the second reading as a matter of course, on his promising that time should be afforded for its consideration before it well into Committee. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Bill was subsequently read a second time, and ordered to he committed on Friday. SUPPLY. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply; Mr. BERNAL in the chair. :Mr. HUME inquired whether it was the int, ntion of her Majesty's Government to propose the ap pointment of a Committee to consider the Gohjeet of the general taxation of the country in all its branches, with the view of ascertaining if the taxes could not be raised in a manner that should he less troublesome and less expensive to the country than tinde r the present system. L ord J. RUSSELL replied, that it was not the intention to propose any Committee, either on the general altation of the country, or in relation to the e xpenditure s of the country. The un an ,u then went through Committee pro a' form, theßouse resumed. CRIME IN IRELAND. Sir, GEORGE GREY — a ft er th e ' passage i n h er majesty's Speech relating to Ireland h a d b een r ea d from the Chair— hi it was with deep regret that in ac cordance with the reco mmendati on ndatio n contain e d i n th a t passage of her Majesty's Speech which had j us t b een read, and in discharge of an imperativet duty, th a t h e ros e to ask the House for permi ss i on table of the House a Bill for the better lay ay upon the of crime and outra g e in certain districts prevention Ireland. The attention of Parliament of e cen tly been largely directed to the ( s i ff a i r-- " of that portio n of the United Kni g dom thr ough a visitation of Providence, which, perhaps, was unpi e „. dented in its severity and extent, for while it inflicted severe privations on the inhabitants of most countries of Europe, it fell with peculiar intenseness and severity on the people of Ireland, on account of the unfortunate dependence of the great majority of the people on that article of food, which, from causes which hitherto had baffled all the resources of science, was almost totally destroyed. In consequence of the intense severity of this calamity successive Governments—the Right lion. Baronet Opposite in the first instance, an 4 his Noble Friend afterwards —felt it, to be their duty to propose to Parliament measures for the relief of the sister kingdom ; and he had, unti l recently, been in hopes that this dreadful visitation would at least have .drawn the people of the two kingdoms in bonds of good-will, which would have inflicted upon all the important lesson of the advantages, if not the indispensable necessity, of the mutual co-operation of all classes of society in discharging those functions which devolved upon the highest and the lowest, for the maintenance of the laws of the land.—(Hear, hear.) He regret ted, however, to state that in this respect he had been greatly disappointed, though he was not yet prepared to abandon the expectation that Ireland might be restored to a state of peace and prosperity, in which all classes of society should be united in denouncing the criminal, and promoting the general prosperity of the conntry. The crimes and offences to which he should have to make reference, he was glad to say,:only applied to a small portion oilreland, and he was glad to take that opportunity of repeating what he said on the first night of the session, that in the greater part of Ireland crime had diminished, while the crimes which existed in other por tions were held in the highest detestation and abhorrence by the great mass of the people. He was happy to state that the general re sults of the tabular statement of the statistics of crime which were transmitted from time to time from the constabulary force of Ireland showed a great diminution in the extent of the whole crime of Ireland as compared with corresponding periods in the last year. In October, 1846, the amount of crimes was 1,483 (as we understood), but in Janu try, 1847, this remark able fact presented itself—the amount of crimes was 2,885, whilst in October, 1847, it had been re duced to 1,033. He wished at the outset to state that the proposition which he now rose to submit was not an indictment Bill against the people of Irelani, as the Government had been taunted. He did not come there, as the Hon. Member for Cork had taunted him, to propose a measure as if " the whole country was looked upon as a country of assassins." Those who knew the details of Ireland would at once admit that such an imputation was quite unfounded, because he was prepared to show that there were districts in which there was, so to speak, a concentration of crime, and that the crime which had broken out within the last few years was of a peculiar character, and quite appalling. The reports which he had receive I showed that secret associations and secret conspiracies of and against large and small holders abounded in certain districts. That men were impugned for merely acting on their ordinary rights, and murdered whilst exercising those rights with wonderful forbearance. Was it a wonder, then, that the crimes which had been perpe trated had spread terror through certain districts, and though these crimes were not numerically great, com pared with former periods of Ireland's history, yet their confinement within narrow limits, and their dastardly nature, had spread dismay amongst all the peaceable inhabitants of these districts. He thought, therefore, he had a right to call upon Irish Members to support the Government in the determination to which they had come. The character of themselves and of their constituents were implicated; other nations looked on in wonder, and he therefore called upon them to assist him in arresting the hand of the assassin, and of giving that proteetion to life which the peaceable and well-disposed subjects of her Majesty had a right to claim at the hands of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) The crime of which he spoke had not, he was glad to say, extended to those districts which were still suffering from famine. This fact was stated by the Secretary for Ire land on the first night of the session. The perpetration of the outrages to which he was adverting could not set up the excuse that they were driven to desperation and madness by the pressure of poverty and want— (Hear, hear)—because these assassinations were committed in districts in which there was both money and food, as when pressed by the strong arm of the law money for holdings had been forthcoming, and no pretence set up that the funds had been raised with difficulty. Attempting to enforce those rights had led to much of the crime which had taken place. He might be taunted by some Hon. Members with attempting to enforce the oft-tried expedients of coercion, whilst the evils under which Ireland laboured were left untouched.— (" Hear, hear," from Mr. F. O'Connor.) It would be for the Hon. Member to show that it would be unjust to deal out a measure of coercion to Ireland ; but if he could not show that such a measure would be unjust, he should claim his vote in support of the proposition he now rose to submit. No doubt the Hon. Member wished as much as any man to prevent bloodshed by the assassin lurking behind a wall; whilst the unhappy object of his aim was uncon scious that he had given offence he in a moment was laid low on the highway by the hand of the ruth less assassin. He did not pretend to propose this measure as a cure for the evils which had existed from year to year in Ireland.—(llear, hear.) It would be short-sighted policy on the part of the Government if it were to think that the re pression of crime was the only measure they should devise. On the part of the Government, he disclaimed that - this short, this limited Bill, would be any panacea to the evils of Ireland; they believed that they should discharge their duty to tlit inhabitants of that country by passing such a mea sure.—(llear.) It was the duty of a wise Govern ment and Legislature to look to the causes of the yds, but they could not wait, they could not dis regard the symptoms which had manifested them selves. Crime and outrage must be repressed, and the encumbered estates, the grand jury, and other pro positions, must come under future consideration. They must meet the present emergency. It was not in the power of Parliament to do all for Ireland that had beer, said, but he trusted it would be able to place the relations of the landlord and tenant upon a better footing ; but he disclaimed the Utopian idea of those who thought that the land should be held in perpetuity by those on whom no more than a tenant's right descended. Neither could he agree with the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. F. O'Connor) that they " should take the idlers off the land." He did not think the House would confer a land lord's right upon the tenants.—(Hear, hear.) But, while the Government called upon gentlemen to discharge their duties upon boards of guardians, to carry out the laws passed for the relief of the desti tute poor, called upon all men to co-operate with the Government in their endeavours to discharge the duties of their position. Those persons had a right to call upon the Government, if they were willing to discharge their duties, for ample protection against the hand of the assassin, and for security of life, so as to enable them to remain resident upon their property, for 'he purpose of cooperating with the Government in carrying out those laws which might be passed by t)e Legislature for the common good of all.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to crime, there were four classes which, he regretted to say, had within the last six months considerably increased. Those four crimes were homicide, attempts upon life by firing at the person, robberies of arias, and firing into d welling-houses. A great increase had taken place in the amount of those crimes. lie found that, in the six months ending Oct., 1845, the returns were as follow : Homicide Attempts upon life by firing at the person 55 Robberies of arms 207 Firing into dwelling. houses For the six months ending October, 1847, the num bers increased to— Homicides ... Attempts upon life by firing at the person . 126 Robberies of arms Firing into dwelling-houses It would thus he seen that there was a fearful increase in the amount of these four classes of crime. The whole of Ireland was implicated in the shame and disgrace consequent upon this large increase of crime. Looking at the police returns for the month of October (for from that period it was that those crimes commenced to increase at such a fearful rate), he found the following results for the whole of Ireland :- 1 lomicides Eirmg at the person Firing into dwelling-houses Robberies of arms .. llB Making a total of Looking at the districts in which these crimes were committed he found that the total number of all those crimes committed in three of the counties of Ireland, i. e., Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary, was to the whole of Ireland as 139 to 175, or that 71 per cent. of the whole amiunt of crime was committed in those three counties, which did not include more than 13 per cent. of all Ireland. Looking to these three counties, he found the number of crimes committed in them to be as follows : Clare. Limerick. Tipperary. Homicides ... ... 3 5 2 Firing at the person ... 9 5 6 I , firing intodwellinghouses 1 9 10 Robberies of arms ... 20 .50 19 From which it would be seen, that in those three counties the homcides had amounted to 10 out of 19 cases of the whole of Ireland ; firing at the person 20 out of 32 ; firing into dwelling-houses 20 out of 26; robberies of arms 89 out of 118. It ap peared that 42 per cent of the crime was committed in the county of Limerick, with a proportion of only 4 per cent. with respect to the whole of Ireland It was to those three counties which he had named only that his observation would apply. He regretted to u s r a i y n thatg county the o peaceable Fermanagh ihha bi had t an t been e e o n f the thr e a n t e e i ngehd bo t those h owhichoutrages hfads h e a r d etfee t ir a : k be e ed n r. unties middle too the o w p lt la w ce •as i a n bo th u o t last that these crim es assumed their present type. Thtsy were, for the most p ar t, di rected not against the landlords as a class, but they were directed in almost all the cases against the class of landowners, some of whom were possessed of only small portions o f property, and the c ri mes g enerall y arose out of waives of revenge , in consequence of circurn. Tall SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV stances in connexion with the possession of land. [he first case to which he would allude was one that occurred on the 16th of September last, that was, the case of a small farmer, where the party was shot dead while attaching a rope to a hay stack, and the )oly reason for it was, that there having been a dis tress on the estate of which he was tenant, the landlord had returned some of the property to the man. [here was a man employed on the same field who was not supposed to be a party to the murder; the , nurderer was well known, but he would not mention names, and he had not yet been tried for that and several other murders he had, it was supposed, committed, but such was the height to which intimidation was carried that the man in the field denied all know 'edge of the murder, and declared that he had never heard the firing of a shot. This was no case of sym pathy with the assassin, but it showed the difficulty that existed in obtaining evidence of these murders in consequence of the great extent to which .ntimidation was carried.—(Hear, hear.) The next case to which he would allude was that of Michael Kelly, which occurred on the 17th of September. A loaded pistol was discharged at him, which wounded Aim in the hack, and the inference was that the same party committed the crime who had murdered the ,ndividual in the last case to which he tad alluded. In that instance Kelly had aken the farm of which the party charged with the offence had been dispossessed. On the 23d of Sep ember John Kelly, a brother of Michael Kelly, was, in the presence of his family, shot through the heart, and seven bullets were left in his body. This was one of the most awful of the cases to which he had to allude, and was a disgrace to the country is which it took place. Why was it, he would ask, that such crimes as these took place with such impunity ? Because it was well known that such was the extent to which intimida tion was carried that no one would interfere except the police.—(Hear.) That would account for the fearful crimes that took place in those parts of Ireland to which he adverted. He thanked God that such a state of things did not .xist in this country; in England and Wales, when crimes were committed, the people did not wait for the interference of the police, but went in search of the offender themselves.—(" Hear, hear," from Dr. Uowring.) His lion. Friend the Member for Bolton cheered him in that statement. Why, it was only the other day that the Honourable Member and his brother were robbed by two of their own workmen in %Vales of a large sum of money, ,n the true Irish fashion, or rather, he should say, in he fashion in which these things were conducted in Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary. They gave up the Honey ; they were threatened to he shot immediately if they did not; there was no resisting such an appeal. One of the men, on getting the money, pulled ,ut his pistol, and shot the horse that was in she gig dead, in order to prevent pursuit. [he Hon. Member for Boltcn ' however, went to a house near at hand, got another horse,rcdetc the works, ind immediately gave information of what had taken place, and what was the result ? Not such as would havo taken place in Tipperary, Clare, and Limerick, but the whnle inhabitants of the district, and all the workmen at the works, went out in search of the robbers and soon secured them. He wished he could see the same spirit existing in Ireland, ind one object of the measure he was about to propose was to promote the growth of ,uch a spirit, awl to teach all the inhabitants of that country that it was their duty to assist those who were bringing guilty persons to justice, and to render the refusal to do so criminal oi.l the part of the persons refusing.—(llear.) fie would next draw the attention of the House to Another case: he held in his hand the report of the sub inspector of police respecting the murder of Mr. Roe. That murder was committed on the 2d Oc►ober —committed in the broad daylight, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. this murder was not committed in a desolate place. There were houses within gun shot of the place of the assassination. Mr. Roe was o n the high road walking from his own residence to the residence of his agent, when he was shot dead, and the assassin was not discovered in consequence of the shelter afforded by the persons residing in the neigh bourhood. The irurderer had been protected by the population of the district, wh3 ought, for their own sakes, to have delivered him up to justice. The person who was supposed to have murdered qr. Roe had held about six acres of land under !lira, for which he ha I paid no rent fur upwards of six years. He had been asked to bring only one year's rent, which he had refused to do, and he had set the landlord at defiance, who had served him with an ejectment, and had been in :•onsequence shot dead by this man, who was ;ir•e or six years rent in arrears.—(Hear, hear.) In the county of Limerick, on the 4th October, James M'Emreny was murdered. In Tipperary, on the loth October, a Mr. Hanley, a steward of Mrs. Ot way Cave, was shot. In Limerick, on the 11th Oc tober, Mr. Peter Nash was fired at as he was passing along the high road, and killed. lle next came to the :murder of Mr. Lucas, which had been perpetrated in the King's county, on the 18th October he had been lired'at as he was walking on the high road accom panied by a policeman as a guard, and had been mor tally wounded by slugs. The shot had been fired r'rom a plantation, and although the policeman had proceeded to the station-house close at hand, and the police had turned out within half a minute of time when the shot had been fired, yet the murderer has escaped. This gentleman had ejected fourteen tenants. In Clare a person named Reid had been fired at, and had been wounded in the head. On the 24th of October, in Tipperary, Patrick Ryan had been shot dead. On the 30th Oct., in Clare, 'Michael Walsh had been shot dead. In the same county a man, named O'Callaghan, had been fired at and killed in the high road, and money, to the amount of 171., had been taken from his person by the murderer, who had never been discovered. lle now came to the case of Major Mahon, who had been murdered in the county of Roscommon. This was the only case, with one exception, which had happened in the county of Roscommon, but he regretted to say that, owing to the perpetration of this crime, and to the state of the adjoining counties, such was the terror existing in the county, that no person possessing property felt that his life was safe. (The Right Honourable Gentleman ten proceeded at some length to detail the cir cumstances attending the murder of Major Mahon.) There were no circumstances which could in the 'lightest degree extenuate the crime of murdering Major Mahone, and he would not therefore allude to certain documents which he had received from the r'riends of the deceased gentleman farther than to state that no later than last Spring he spent no less sum than 6,0001. in enabling many of his unfortunate to emigrate to America. The vessel which he fitted up for that purpose was unfortunately los during the heauy storms of October, and to this circumstance tt would seem was to be attributed the foul and bar barous murder of Major Mahon.—(Hear, hear.) He would not insult the understanding of the (louse by reading to them documents, to prove that the parties who had the charge of fitting up this vessel were in no way negligent in the perform ance of their duty, and he should therefore reserve these papers till it became necessary to resort to them, for the porpose of replying to any statements that might be made in the course of discussion, with the view of tracing the cause of the murder. The next case he came to was that of Mr Keely, of the county of Limerick, whose house was attacked on the 4th of November last, and serious injuries inflicter'. on several of his friends. But it did not appear that the culprits were desirous of committing murder, but only of pos sessing themselves of the arms they might find upon the premises. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") The next was the case of a person named Darcey, whose house was entered, and who, with a person ; named Mead, mniek s gallant Jefvnen assailants. They were obligee to surrender, but not, however, before one of them had been thrown on the: floor, his body covered with a coat, and his body dreadfully beaten. Two guns had been levelled at them, but they both missed fire, and the inference was, that they had been rendered unwork able on purpose. One had his skull frac tured, his thighs beaten, and he was dangerously de- The object of the party was the robbrry of arms. This extract showed the state of that society, in which armed men went about for such a purpose. The next was the case of a person named George Garby, wbo had been fired at on a farmer occasion, because he had assisted in obtaining the arrest of some person. He was a magistrate, and was returning from the Mullington Sessions about 3 P.M. on the day in question, with a constable named Dobin, and a police-constable. The con stable, who was in adyance on the public road, observed two men in a ditch. He challenged them and was fired at, the shots lodging in his heart, shoulders, and thighs. His jacket was perforated with shot, and he was lying dangerously ill. Then a person named Smith was' shot at with a pistol in Limerick by three men, who supposed he had done him some injury. They were arrested on the 6th, and he died on the 21st. On the 7th of April a man named Daniel Harvey was shot at; he (lied on the 9th—none of the party are known. This showed that armed men went about the country firing shots with hands utterly reckless of the conse quences, and simply for the purpose of infusng alarm, and intimidating those who might be disposed to defend their legal rights.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet enumerated other cases— that of a schoolmaster, who was shot at from a grudge it appeared some one e n t e rtained against him whilst he was an ov erseer ; an d th a t of a person named Ryalls, whose wife lent, t e th, we had a s t (l e nshoanontltysi, been defending her husband. The neighbours did no t sympa thi se w i t h h er . Sh e was d w ee h n o, pt t oo ho e u edd though they owedtior one y r for the hitherto peaceable county of Fermanagh, crimes had also, he regretted to say taken place. In none of the cases, however, had it been possibl. to discover the perpetrators of the detestable deed In the case of Mr. Bassey, meetings of the inhabitants and of the magistracy had been held, denouncing the conduct of the assassins, and regretting that the law was not of such a nature as to lead to the dis covery of the perpetrators of such crimes or to the protection of life-and property. The Right lion. Baronet proceeded to read the resolutions passed at the meetings in question, and stated that from the communications which the Govern ment had had with the magistrates of the county the latter had pledged them selves to ca-operate with the Government in car rying some measure adequate to the repression of crime. The course of conduct pursued by the Lord LieutEnant had been such as to give general satisfac tion to tne parties interested in preserving the peace; and resolutions approving of his conduct had been pissed at several meetings held in different parts of Ireland on -the subject of the disturbed state of the country. A number of letters and reports from the constabulary were read by the Right Honourable Gentleman, all tending to show the fearful state of the country, and the inadequacy of the penal law for the suppression of these outrages. The next case, which was on the 17th of November last, was the murder of Mr. Ralph Row, in the county of Limerick, the daring atrocity of which crime was not auspassed by any other crime that occurred in the county. It appeared that the unfortu nate gentleman was murdered, to enable some of the tenants on his estate to evade paying their rents, but he was glad to say that the administrator of Mr. Row had had recourse to the strong arm of the law, and forced these lawless tenants to pay their just debts and teach them as well as their neighbours that the law could not be vio lated with impunity. The last case he had to refer to bad occurred within the last few days. It was the case of Mr. Kelly, a poor-rate collector, who was fired upon while in the discharge of his duties. (LEFT SITTING.) EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Lord CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) REVENUE CAGES.-ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GOODWIN ; SAME V. BRADRIDGE ANiz__ApoTuEli. In both of the above cases verdicts were taken for the Crown by consent. (Before Common Juries.) VIRTUE V. IBBONSON. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 1031. 1011. 7*d. for work and labour done, and money paid to the use of the defendant. Mr. Watson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr, Hawkins for the defendant. The plaintiff was, it appears, employed as an agent to do certain repairs to some hcuses situated in Hampstead, which were the property of the defendant. The defence to the action consisted of several letters from the plaintiff to the wife of the defendant, pur porting to contain an arrangement, by virtue of which the payment for the work done should be made out of the rents arising from the property. The defendant also pleaded that the orders for the work were given by his wife, and that he was not consulted in the matter. On the part of the !plaintiff several letters were, how ever, put in from the defendant, admitting his lia bility, and also taking the agency out of the hands of the plaintiff and placing it in the hands of another party, who was, from that period, to rective all the nuts arising from the property. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Priu!;, at Westminster, before Chi, Justice WILDE.) CIIAMBERLAYNE V. WEST. In this action, which was brought to recover the amount due upon a bill of; exchange endorzed by the plaintiff, a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 251. Is. 6d. KENDALL I. WATKINS. In this case Mr. L ish appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Humfrey for the defendant. It was brought to recover the sum of 301. upon an I 0 U, given by the defendant to the plaintiff, and it arose out of the disposal of a fishmonger's business, which was carried on in White Rose court, Coleman street. The particulars of the case were entirely devoid of any general interest. A verdict was found for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT 7 -(THIS DAY., (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Stinton, the other partner, was then examined a, some length by the Attorney-General in corroboration. lie was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, who endeavoured to elicit from him that he had written letters to Anne Sitrnons,:and that when her boxes were being searched, he called her into the bed-room, and beg ged of her, for God's sake, to give hint up alt the notes he had mitten to her. The witness vehemently and indignantly answered, " Upon my soul, I never wrote to her a note on any subject in my life." Mr. Sergeant Witness—You are not here to swear upon your soul. The only soul you are upon here is the sole of your foot.—(Great laughter.) The Arroarmt-GEuguss, protested against the in decency of the observation, and said that the witness had only exhibited a natural resentment at an insulting imputation. The cross-examination proceeded, in which the wit ness solemnly denied that he gave Simons the ,dress in which she went to the ball at Cricklewood, or that he wrote a note to her, requesting she should wear a blue dress. A sister of the prisoner Simons was called, but she only proved that Hickman sent money and legal assist. ance to the prisoner when she was taken into custody. The ATTORNEY GENERAL endeavoured to elicit from the witness that she obtained her living in a disreput able way. Mr. Sergeant WiLiciNs protested against the indecency of the Attorney-General disparaging so vilely his own witness. After some discussion, the question—".Do you live under the protection of any gentleman ?" was allowed to be put, the Judge informing the witness that she wa. not obliged to answer the question. She accordingly declined to answer. She had repeatedly seen Mr. Stinton walking in Regent -street and elsewhere at night. He always passed witness without speaking. The laundress of the chambers occupied by Hickman was called. She merely proved that he occupied the rooms for four or five years—that Simons visited him, seemed to possess his entire confidence, and had exclu sively the keys of the chest of drawers, as well as of the boxes in which the goods of the prosecutor's were found. Ile might not know anything of what they costuitied. Nothing was ever removed from the chambers by Mr. Hickman during:the year s th a t h o was The witness's servant C , nfirmed this, and added that Hickman was out of town when the boxes were brought to his chambers by Simons. Several other witnesses were examined for the prose cution, hut added nothing material. Mr. Sergeant WILKI:xs addressed the jury at great length for the prisoner Shnons. He complained of the conduct of the counsel for the prosecution, and said that the jury must have perceived from the questions put to Mr. Stinton, that the defence which he was instructed to offer would implicate him in this case, although the intimacy with the prisoner, al'eged to have subsisted be tween them, was carried on in secrecy, and not per fectly capable of proof. The sister, however, had sworn to meeting them walking at night about the streets, under circumstances which gave some colour to her allegation, when it was considered that he was a married man. It was evident that the prisoner's statement that Stinton introduced her to the establishment was true, because Mr. Marshall swore he never saw her until she was in the house; and the sister swore positively that it was ho who gave her the place. The Learned Counsel also dvri It at great length on the circumstance that Mr. Stinton had the control of the affairs of the establishment, the management of the books, purchases and sales, and of the taking of stock. It was strange, too, that whilst he denied that ho gave the dress in which Simons went to the ball, ho could not recollect the dress of any other lady whatever, not even of his own wife. He contended also that the defence of the prisoner was corroborated by Mr. ‘. anklet 4b.s was nrongod until she wisa commit tad. sasu notesing upon the subject when the charge was first made in his presence—he never reproached the prisoner, never spoke to her, although she stood beside his desk. Mr. Stinton also admitted, in contradiction of his partner, that Barber was discharged for saying that he (Stinton) was too intimate with Simons. It was strange also that both partners admitted that not one of the articles found in her possession had ever been missed, and they ad mitted that the persons employed were allowed to pur chase goods at cost price over the counter. lie pressed the latter admission upon the consideration of the jury, in connexion with Mr. Stinton's saying, that he believed her to be a young woman of some property, and her allegation that she had the property with his know ledge. Sir FREDERICK TBESICER then addressed the jury for Mr. Hickman at considerable length. The Learned JUDGE then summed up, when The jury, at half-past six o'clock, returned a verdict of Guilty against Simons, and Acquitted Hickman. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) TIM LATE CASK OF MATRICIDE, AT HACKNEY.—This being the day appointed by Mr. Harnmill for the final examination of the prisoner, Willia►n Stewart Sheridan, for the alleged murder of his own mother, Mrs. Frances Sheridan, widow of an officer in the army, and late of Mare-street, Hackney, who, it will be remembered, expired on the 29th ult , after a few days illness. The office was crowded by some of the most influential per sons residing in the neighbourhood of Hackney. The prisoner, on being ushered into the dock, made a slight obeisance to the Court, and displayed similar coolness and self-possession as he had hitherto done. Mr. Humpheys, the prisoner's solicitor, was in at tendance, and re•examined some of the witnesses upon certain points of their evidence as it was read over to them by Mr. Houlston, one of the clerks, but Mr. Hum phrey's method of cross-examination did not appear, in some instances, precisely to suit the prisoner, as he exclaimed on one or two occasions, although cautioned by Mr. H. not to do so, "if my solicitor will not cross-examine the witnesses, I will." The depositions of the various medical gentlemen, IN. G, NOVEMBER 29, 1847 who had attended the deceased prior to and after her death, and others, which were exceedingly voluminous warn then read, and occupied between two And three hours. The prisoner, who was cautioned not to say rmything, wal now full• committed to take his trial at the 01(1 Balky Sessions, for the Wilful Murder of his mother, Mrs. _Francis Sheridan. T►iRRItBLE GUNPOWDER ACClDENT.—Yesterday (Sunday) a fearful explosion of gunpowder, by which two persons were severely injured, occurred at No. 124, High-street, Borough, in the occupation of Mr. llarris, a till for. It appeared that Mr. Barna was engaged in the first floor front amusing his children, by discharging sms:l trains of gunpowder on the table—a reprehensible pra,tice; whilst he was so employed, the contents of the powder in a flask which he was holding suddenly ex ploded, making a noise like the discharge of a cannon, at the same time terribly injuring one child in the face, blowing off the flesh of Mr. Harris's right hand, and forcing the windows of .the room out. Several persons who were passing by at the, time, imagining that the house was on fire, sent for the engines. Mr. Henderson, the foreman to the I) district of the London Establish ment, quickly attended with two engines, when, upon entering the place he found Ur. Harris bleeding most cnriously, and the flesh from his hand sticking upon the ceiling. Owing to the dreadful injuries the unfortunate man had received, and the great loss of blood sustained, he v as obliged to be placed on a shutter and removed to the hospital, where he at present remains in a dreadful stag• of suffering. The child was also so injured as to be eb , iged to have surgical assistance. Fortunately the house► escaped destruction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Messrs. Ilawke, builders, in Billiter-street, attended before Aldermen Hughes Hughes and Musgrove, to an swer an information filed by Mr. Woodthorpe, the dis trict surveyor, for neglecting to comply with an award made by the official referees under the Metropolitan Building Act, in respect to a house rebuilt by them, No. 8, Cullum-street, Fenchurch-street. The matter was slightly touched upon in the begin ning of August, but the magistrates forbore to proceed, that the defendant might obtain a rehearing before the official referees - , and an amendment of their award; but no alteration was made, and the surveyor now pressed that the defendants should enter into a recognisance •to amend the building as required. The information set out the breaches of the Building Act complained of, via., that the party wall being built between two houses of a different rate, should, in respect to thickness, have been adapted to the largest of the two houses. They were both of the same height, but as one covered a greater space of ground than the other, a stronger wall was required to support the roof and fabric. The wall was only 14 inches thick, where it should have been 171 inches thick. A chimney-breast pro, • •eted 13 inches beyond the wall, instead of not ex err ding 411 1 inches. The ends of certain joists sad girders were placed 'soarer than 9 inches' to openings in the chimney-breasts; and, lastly, a hole had been left in the top of the wall that the water might bo carried off the two houses by the same gutter, instead of being carried up in solid brickwork two feet above every gutter. Mr. Hopgood, the solicitor for the defendants, ob jected that no conviction for the disobedience of the award could now be made, as more than three months had elapsed since the making of it; that the order pre sumed a control over the adjoining premises, to enter and make alterations which the defendants did not po seas; and that the district surveyor ought to have constantly watched the progress of the work, and pointed out the deviations as soon as they were com menced, and while they were remediable; and not after the party wall had been finished. Mr. Woodthorpe replied, he had done hit duty as re quired by law, and he was not out of time, as tho pro ceedings were commenced within three months. After some discussion, in which it appeared that the adjoining house was deemed ruinous, and an opportu nity of cG►nplying with the law might arise, the Alder men agreed to adjourn the hearing to a time of which the defendants would have notice. Mr. Alderman Musouovic suggested some modes of amt•nding the faults complained ot. Charles Carr was brought up for further examination, charged with stealing a number of elegantly bound Bibles, Prayer-hooks, and Church Services, from various suburban churches. At one of them it was stated that he went to the parish clerk for the keys, pretending that he was an officer under the Commissioners for Building Churches, come to take the dimensions of the accommo dation afforded. The keys were given up to him, as he had the appearance of a gentleman, and he succeeded in carrying off a number of books. Charles Chambers, the assistant gaoler at this court, stated that after the prisoner's last examination he called him, and expressed concern for the anxiety shown by an old lady, the pew opener at Hornsey Church, who was brought to the prison to identify him, and who was grieved by the loss of a Bible bound in velvet, with a gilt cross on it, belonging to a parishioner. He said he thi•ught that book was at a pawnbroker's named Towns end. Two days afterwards he sent for deponent to the prison, and made a further voluntary statement, that two handsome books belonging to a Mr. Casson, and with that gentleman's name lettered on them, which he had taken from Hanwell Church, were pawned at Bassett's, in Great Queen-street. Witness went there and found them, but they proved to have been stolen from Acton Church, in August last. At r. Bassett's assistant produced the books. Mr. Casson, a retired gentleman, residing at Acton, identified the books as his property. They were stolen from Acton Chard', with a book belonging to a neigh bour, on a Sunday in August, and he gave information to the police. The prisoner declined making any defence to this charge. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said, he must send the else to a jury. Persons wore in the habit of leaving their books at church, believing they would be safer tit, re than at home ; and it was lamentable to find that they had been sacrilegiously carried away by a person whos e superior education should have restrained him from such a crime. The prisoner was committed on a second charge of steii!ing a Bible from Cripplegate Church. Chambers produced a handbill, showing that a number of handsome books had been stolen from llenvvell Church by a person answering the description of the prisoner. Ile Also handed in a letter from the V division of police, that such a person had stolen a number of valuable books from Teddington Church. Thu prisoner, who is supposed to have given a false na►ne, and appears to be very contrite, was remanded for further examination on the Sth December. Andrei, Wyness, a hairdresser, in Gray's Inn-lane, the reputed father of the child with whom Mary Ann Ilio4, the capital convict now in Newgate, is pregnant, attended to answer a complaint that he was the fathergof an illegitimate child of which Elisabeth Cape is the mother, and which is now three years old. The defendant stopped the case in limine by produc ing Cape's marriage certificate, showing she had married since the birth of the child. he admitted she was married a year ago, but her Ip , band had deserted her. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said this objection was certainly fatal. The defendant offered to take and keep his child, but the mother refused to part with it, and the parties were dismissed. The driver and conductor of Couling's Kennington omnibus were summoned, on the complaint of Mr. Al derman Wilson, the former for loitering on his journey, and the conductor for refusing to show his metal ticket, and for not wearing it conspicuously. Mr. Alderman Wilson stated that on Wednesday afternoon he f, and the omnibus standing in St. Mar tin's-le-Grand. He asked if there was room? The conductor said there was. He got in, but could scarcely find room to sit down. He then said to the conductor, "You are full now; aro yo u g oin g on?" The conductor said he was; but ho did not move for a considerable time, and not till another omnibus came up. As he had loit , reel so long, witness got out of that omnibusinto the other. The conductor came and looked in after bim, and exclaimed, " You aro a pretty gent., to get out of 'one omnibus into another." Witness looked for his number, but could not see it. The two vehicles moved on directly, the defendant evidently dodging and loiter ing to annoy its opponent. This was a hindrance; and, when they got to Bridge-street, witness asked the con ductor to show him his metal ticket. He said, " Yes, sir," but jumped up on his board, and called out, " Drive on." The driver did so, and when he had got so far that the number could not be seen, the defendant drew the ticket out from under his coat, and held it up fur inspection. 1 he driver urged that he was not liable for loitering. The conductor said he 4,4 bo eatniP his time was not up. The alderman asked to show him the number while he was letting out a lady, and lie could not do two things at once Mr. Alderman Wilson said he asked him after he had set the lady down; and as to the driver's plea he should know he must obey the law, which prohibits loitering in preference to obeying the conductor, or he must take the consequences. Mr. Cowling begged to say it was the driver's first day, and that the lowness of the fares was a justification for loitering. Mr. Alderman H. Hughes said he was afraid the fares were too low, but it would not excuse loitering, and he was sure it was bad policy to loiter. Who would ride a short distance to save time, knowing that upon the cheap fare and loitering system any one could walk as far in a quarter of an hour as an omnibus would take him in the same time ? Many customers were lost in this way, and the low fares were made less remunerative. He agreed with Mr. Alderman Wilson, that he who had the control of the horses, must bo answerable for loitering, and he had no doubt the other defendant had been guilty of the conduct imputed to him. The charge was !not rebutted. He was glad to find that there were Aldermen moving, as other portions of the public d d, and becoming per sonally acquainted with the annoyances they were sub ject to, He had often been annoyed too, and had tlirea!ened to complain, but he had not the moral cou rage, like Mr. Alderman Wilson, to take the trouble of doing so. The defendants, luckily, did not know they were carrying an alderman, and an active alderman, too, who had frequently d one the public the set vice to com plain of the misconduct of cabriolet and omnibus drivers. lie adjudged the driver to pay a fine of 55., and the conductor of 10s., for the offences laid to their charge. Mr. Couling paid the fines. BOW-STREET. Mr. H. Upton, of the Grecian dining-rooms, was charged under the game-laws with selling a pheasant without a license. The information was prosecuted at the instance of the Game-dealers' Protection Society; Mr. Lewis at- tending for the complainant, and Mr. Duncan for the defendant. Evidence was given by the secretary to the society that he purchased the pheasant of a young woman in the defendant's shop, having previously seen it suspended svith other game from the hooks outside. Ile gave her ss, for it. A waiter proved that the complainant was told that there were orders given to them not to sell any of the game, but the latter begged to have the bird as a favour, as his lady was ill and had fancied a pheasant. The defendant was not at home at the time. Mr. llEratr held the master responsible for the acts of his servants, and so fined the defendant 405., or one month's imprisonment. SANITARY CONDITION OF NARYLEBONE. _ _ On Saturday a very fully -attended meeting of the Marylebone vestry took place at the Court-house, for the purpose of considering the important report of the committee on the sanitary condition of the parish. John 'Williams, Esq , M.l'., churchwarden, pre sided, and both Members for the borough, Sir Ben jamin Hall, Bart., and Lord Dudley Stuart, were present. _ Mr. G. DANIVI,L, chairman of the sanitary com mittee, moved the adoption of the report. Ile said he was happy to say that he believed the report, from the facts it embodied, completely disproved the state ments which had gone forth to the public, to the effect that Marylebone, both with regard to health and the cessation of its roads and streets, was one of the worst in the metropolis.—(Hear.) It was true that in some of the out districts the vestry had great difficulty with the ground landlords in the enforcement of proper sanitary regulations. Portland Town was a disgrace to the parish. Through the conduct of the ground landlords one of the finest situations in the environs of London had been created into a nest of pauperism, disease, and filth.—(Hear.) And this was consequent on the limited powers of the vestry, from circum stances over which that board had no control. He admitted that the state of the parish, with regard to sewage, was disgraceful ; but here again the matter did not rest with the vestry, but with that irrespon sible Government commission which he hoped and believed was now nearly on its last legs.—(Hear.) There was Bowling-street, although it had been built twenty-one years, had no public sewer. Although there were drains made to the houses, there was no sewer for them to run into. . Again, with regard to that most important necessary of life, water, there was no control. Water, which was the necessary adjunct to cleanliness and sanitary improvement, was in the hands of a set of monopolists bad parcelled out the metropolis amongst theth selves, and charged most exorbitant and disgraceful prices, realising, in some instances, as much as 87 per cent. It had been proved that a rate• of lid. in the pound would be quite sufficient to give adequate supplies of water to the upper stories of every house, instead of the ruinous charges for high service. To such an extent was the monopoly carried, that every one of the seventy-two original shares in the New River Company of 5001. was worth 20,0001. each. The question of the water monopoly in a sanitary point of view was, therefore, deserving the serious consideration of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) After again declaring that no sanitary measure could be perfect which did not repeal the taxes on light and air, Mr. Daniell observed that he had no doubt that with reference to this subject, a great struggle was at hand in voting the question of the maintenance of local independence.—(hear, hear.) Mr. HicKmAN seconded the resolution, and in doing so flatly contradicted the mis-statements put forth in " The Poor Man's Guardian Society," as to the state of certain portions of Marylebone, particu larly in Cambridge-court and Suffolk-mews. With regard to water, the monopoly in Marylebone was so disgraceful that the people had to pay for it at the rate of 15d. in the pound.—(Shame.) Mr. WirsoN (the surgeon) expressed his regret that the report made no reference to the question of disinfect ing fluids, which he considered a most important part of the sanitary question. The cholera had, without doubt, already made its appearance in Europe, and in all probability would extend itself to this country. It was essential, therefore, in order to counteract the influence of cholera, to render it as pure as possible, and for that purpose disinfecting fluids, poured into any places from whence noxious vapours were found to arise, would have a most beneficial tendency. Ile had hoped that the committee would have turned their attention to this most important part of the sanitary question._ . _ _ _ Mr. HENRY CHARLES WILSON considered that there ought to be no mistake made by the poorer classes in this matter. The poorer classes of the country should he let to know that their health de pended mainly on themselves.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. C. ELLIOTT (Deputy-Lieutenant of Middle sex) said, if any steps were to be taken by the vestry and rate-payers for the annihilation of the West minster Commissioners of Sewers, now the Lord Chancellor had refused to sanction their continuance, was the time to do so.—(l-lenr, hear.) After some further observations, Mr. G. DANIELL, in reply, said the committee had thought it better to leave the disinfecting part of the question to a committee, to be composed chiefly of practical and scientific gentlemen, and if this report was adopted, it was his intention to follow up the matter by moving for such committee. The resolution was then put, and the report was adopted unanimously. Mr. DANIELL, then moved the appointment of a committee to inquire into the best method of pre venting impurity of atmosphere, arising from collec tions of noxious matters, &c. This was also seconded and adopted, and after disposing of some routine business, the vestry sepa• rated. THE GERMAN HOSPITAL. A special mooting of the governors of this institution was hell on Saturday, at the London Tavern, to re ceive the report of a committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of Dr. Freund, the directing physician, whom the house committee had suspended pre lent. alleging that the affrirs of the hospital could not be carried on with advantage, owing to the doctor's violent and uncourteous deportment to the committee and officers of the establishment. This misunderstanding had already formed the subject of much discussion at two previous courts of governors, Dr. Freund and his friends contending that the charge originated in a cabal formed for the purpose of ousting him from the oilier, of directing physician, an insinuation which the house committee repudiated with equal warmth; whils' the neutral party (including a large majority of the scribers) regarded the misunderstandi ng as p t institu- e-' Oll5 to the utility, if not to the existence o f this ir "' ti-m, of which Dr. Freund was th e dr i p •`'l fulind e r • At the last meeting the matter was ref,- i - ed to a committee of ten governors, five nominated oy 1)r. Freund's party, and five by the house comanttee, who were requested to report the result of their investigation to a general court of governors. At the meeting on Saturday it was remarked that his Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge, and his Excel lency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, were not present, their absence being accounted fur by the strife and bitter personal feeling evinced on former occa sions. The chair was taken by B. B. Cabbell, Esn, M.P , who was supported by Ernest Bunsen, G. Staunton, Burt., M.P., Samuel Gurney, Esq., and several others interested in the dispute. The reading of the report was followed by the greatest confusion. Hardly one ispeaker for or sce ne of against Dr. Freund was able to obtain i It was intimated thut if Dr. Freund continued would inued the King of Prussia and his Ambassado lto set, with draw from the institution. At length Staunton, M.P.,Bart.,and the adoption of the report was moved by Sir G. carried unanimously. .After threea hours ) that Dr. of discussion , r. Freund shoul d Alderman Sidney next m oved tli he continued in office, and ,this was seconded by Sir G. Staunton. After many vain a ttempts to procure a recon ciliation, an amendment was _molved, that Dr. Freund be requested to resign. Dr. licPa3s, Mr. Prelim . , Mr. Bach, Mr. Taylor, Alderman Sidney, and others, took part in the discussion. The end was, that the original resolution was carried by 37 to 33 . The meeting then dispersed. - - Coreatt CoIN —A parcel of copper coin of these realms recently arrived from one of the European states, consigned to a metropolitan firm for circulation in this country, and the parties made application to the revenue authorities for its free delivery for that purpose. The terms upon which goods, the manufacture of the United Kingdom, are, after having been exported to foreign countries, re-admitted here free of duty as British re turned goods, are, that they are actually the same as were exported from this country and have not changed hand, as it is termed, or been disposed of while abroad, but h a y,' remained the property of the original exporter during the entire period. This requirement could clearly not be fulfilled with respect to this coin, it being neces sarily an article for general circulation, and any limita tion in regard to its disposal would have prevented its adaptation to its ligitimate purpose. It therefore be came, on its return to this country, strictly liable to a duty of ss. per cwt. and five per cent. thereon ; but, with reference to an order of the Treasury some four or five years since, admitting a parcel from one of the British North American provinces free of duty, on a memorial to that effect by the parties interested, the. same privilege has, under the circumstances, been con ceded in the present instance. AL &LIMING FIRE AT BLICKWALL. —Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, Inspector Leonard, of the Thane: police, while passing up the river in his galley, discovered flames issuing from the extensive premises belonging to Messrs. Miller, Itavenhill, and Co., ship builders and engineers, Orchard. wharf, Blackwell. The inspector and his men immediately rowed to the shore, and on getting to the premises they found the black smiths' workshop in a general body of fire. Having aroused the workmen they all set to work, but they were unable to get the fire extinguished before the building in which the outbreak commenced was levelled with the ground, and an adjoining one severely injured by fire. The Brigade engines from town quickly d. attended, but fortunately their services w ere not require Consieer ing the immense magnitude of the property the damage done is comparatively t r ifling. The firo was from some hot cinders, which ignited the woodwork of the smithy. THE. ATTEMPTED .MURDER .0F,—..... SUPERINTENDENT HILL. . . - N WEsTON. SUPER-MARE, SATURDAY, Nov. 27.—The ') Magistrates brought the examination of the man Thos. Cann, for robbery, with intent to murder the Surer- intendent of Police, to a close yesterday evening. Th facts deposed to were as f o ll ow , an d will be see to differ in many respects from the statement of the case originally put foeth. Cann, who was a journeyman smith, had some time ago been suspected - ' of stealing an iron pot from a sale room, and having forined an opinion in his mind that the superintendent had originated the accusation (which the latter de- nieS), had long owed him a grudge. The officer was • -, lira called in, on the night in question, to eject the pril3oner and another man from a house where they :.: had been quarrelling. After this he had occasion to inthrfere with the sar.ie parties several times, in con- . sequence of their making disturbance in different parts ' of the town. He last saw Cann at the bottom of Gas-- . - strbet, when observing he was about to return for the .: pufrpose of renewing a quarrel, he ordered him to go holm.. and pointing towards home, said, "that is your wity." He made no attempt to strike him with his staff, as incorrectly ;stated, and had scarcely spoken • the words, when Cann drew a clasped knife, and r4hing upon him in a very savage manner, stabbed . ' hi kh twice in the breast, near to the heart, after Odell he ran away. 'The superintendent was picked • inin a bleeding state and carried into the Plough , when some surgeons were called in and his unds dressed. One of the witnesses examined was • police constable, belonging to the Railway Com .ny, and he stated that at about the time of the of- .. ce he saw the prisoner run. away and hide himself • a field. He afterwards heard some one any he had bbed a man, and believed he had killed himself, 'd if he had not he would do so ; but as heceuld not ' r it was the prisoner, his evidence was not admitted. nn was fully committed to Shepton Mallet Gaol 'eke his trial for the capital offence: a pay fe in }RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. ! LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 27. rinOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lance r°, and Cheshire 31/. Shares, (late C. and B.) 17 1 ,4- - burgh and Glasgow, 47—Great Western, Quarters ,. .—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. 8., and B.) 8 dis.— tto, Fifths, 1 4 dis.—London and North-Western, 154 tto, Fifths, 10 %p.—London and North-Western, Wenches-, , and Birmingham, 60—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln re, Quarters, No. 1 Iguaranteed 7% per cent. till 1853), p.—Ditto, Eighths, 3 1 4 dis.—Ditto, Prefercnce. %P. — dland, 110—Ditte, 40/. Shares, 4'2 c.—Ditto, Halves, dis.—Newcastle and Carlitile, 100 1 4—North British, irds, 3s. 9d. p- —Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, eference (guaranteed 8 per cent.), 365. 3d. pr.—s 4lll k" stern and Dover, New, No. I (issued at 18 dis.), 41% dia.-- tto, No. 4 (issued as One-third Shares, at 6 2-3ds dis.),. 35.• 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, (N. and 13.), ln. 2, 2 1 4 p.—York and North Midland, 1.53. ', MANCHESTER, Nov. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting", km, and Boston, 115.16—801t0n, Clitheroe, &C., (A), 4 is 72, .—Eastern Counties, 16k—East Lancashire, New , ' 7B O.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, tto, Fifths, 3.16 n. dis. --D xteenths, 6 1 4—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle June n,i 2 1-16 dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters 8), 4 1 / 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshir e, Pre i'ence, 3-16 p.— Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln/shire), 5 die. -North British, Extension, 1-16 p.—Ditto, T 41 1 hirds, . orth Staffordshire, 5-16 dis.—South-Eastern a nd Dover, • o. 4,21 i, dis.—Yerk, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, o. 2,13 i p. BIRMINGHAM . , NOVEMBER 27. STOCK EECHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham, W° lver. tmpton, and Stour Valley, 31s. 3d. dis. —North Stafford- lire, Bs. 9d. dis.—Shrophire Union, 2/.65. 3d. dis.—Eastern ounties, 16%. EDINBURGH, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANOK.-The Share Market has again im ,,koved. To-day most stocks were in eager demand. and A cbasiderable rise on the prices of yesterday was the conse quence. At the close of business, however, the demand was scarcely maintained. The sales are--Aberdeen, 24 1,- "" 4irdrie and Bathgate, 31. 75. - 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 261. -I-Ditto, Halves 134-Ayr and Galloway, 21 . 2 a . 6d.-- Oaledonian, 361 .-Ditto, New, IL 65.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, I/. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 594 -Ma side, 31. Bs.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 11. 68.-Dun" • dee and Arbroath, 346-Ditto. New, No. 1, 251.-Ditto , New, No. 2, 34/.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 55.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 1/. £s.-Dundee and Perth, 301 Sew, 131. 10s.- Ditto, Quarters, 21. Bs.-East of Fift. 155.-East Lothian Central, 14-Edinburgh and Bath -931. diva gate, 4/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, es -Ditto, Halves, 121. ss. ex div.-Ditto, New Halv es, -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 154-Ditto, Preference, 15/. 155.-Ditto, New, 21. - Ditto, Quarters, Reg., 43.-- Edinburgh and North ern , _ 17/. ss. ex int.- Ditt o, New ' Keg., 2 /. Os. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 5/. 158. ex in t.-Ditto, ditto, New, Reg., IL 11s.-Edinburgh and Perth (NW Co.), 15s. 6d. -Ditto, Halves, 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1031.-Ditto, New Stock, 411.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,7/. 59; . 1 -Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 71. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, Carlisle, 71. 95.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 38/. 158.-Glogol" General Terminus, 104 10s-Glasgow and Greenock, /64 Ditto, Halves, 81-Ditto, Preference, 71. 195.-Glase ff ' Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 34 95.-Great North of laud, 17s. 6d.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern), L 8 (late London and York), 21.-North British, 28'41,. -Ditto, Halves, 12/. ss. ex int.- Ditto, Quarters, 5L 18. ex int.-Ditto, New Quarters, Its. 3d. scrip-Ditto,Thirds, Reg., 2/. 10a.-Ditto, Fifths. 5/. 65.-Scottish Central, '231. 10s. ex bonus- Scottish Grand Junction, IN.-Scottish Midland, 151. ex int.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-- Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester, 181. 5s. -Stirling an d. Dunfermline, 3L- Stirling and Midland, 64-Wishaw and Coltness, 431.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 3:3 Extensions, No. 1, 131. 10s.-Ilitto, ditto, No. 2, 121. 7 ,4 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras. Is. 9d.-East Indian, 14 os. 3d.-Great North of India, Is. ad.-Great Southern of Madras, 6d.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. GLASGOW, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGS.-The sales are -Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 103. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 195.-Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 5/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 11. 1 1,9.-Edin" lan b h and Porch, ].'3s.-wasgow, Kilmarnock. anti AV" (404 paid). 71.155.-Midland, naives, No. 1,;421.158.-Di t to . Halves, 9/. Os. 9d.-North British, 27/. 10a. -Ditto Mar e " , . 121. 10s.--Ditto, Quarters, 41. 17s. 6d. -Scottish ' Ge' n trai, 2:3/. 55.-Yotk, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purch•), 91. 10s. TEMPLE•BAR i N FlRE —Yesterday morning, about one o ' clock, considerable alarm was occasioned 11l the itnruntdiate neighbourhood of the Strand anti }lest street by the springing of policemen's rattles, and general cry that T em p l e - ba r was on fire. In the spac e of a few minutes two esca p es of the loyal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, with five brigade engines, were in attendance. The firemen then found that the outbreak had occurred in the hairdresser's shop belonging to Mr. Tanner, adjoining the foot entrance on the northern side of the bar, and from the strong hold the flames had obtained, there is little doubt that a fear ful conflagration would have taken place had the fire not been so opportunely Aiscovered. Mr. Tanner's loss is * inconsiderable , SIIERE.—DyraL DESTUCTION or NErr.!sa: of -Nd . By F mc. ____TLis fine mansion, formerly theict,rty of J. round Sb ..set Lomax, Esq. , i now , t he of the late Ed- F razer 4 , 5 q., who mn-. l ct. a oattGe•. e d t oy fi re on the mi ,_.l Lomax, lisl., was totalle -•- the alarm was given, a man rode off to 1 .ioreing of ‘Vednesday, the 2.4!ii itist‘a'3t!t..(Sifo::rniaff,ticrr tho assistance of an engine, but after going to the town, be an engine which is not a110w,,,,! to leave inquiry . trotted home again without nedung any further sto, u tt l the 'fireman of An eng ine was dispatched at noon, at the rope r vice. The interior of the house had undergone gre another messenger, of coarse too late to be of any ser a ; improvement, and was decorated at a vast expense eve. hear about 3,0000 The house, w as in the entir e care of Mr. Cubits s men, and not a servant was left in it.-- Surrey Standar& COURT OF LIEUTENANCY OF THE CITY OF LONDON. —The Commission for holding a Couroti,oefraLioefuti,ieuwt)e-: and a List of her Majesty's Commis7 the Commission. At the conclusion of the last mayor naney, of the city of London, have i i een just issued to altv, tho Commissi oners assebeimbled in i the Council 01 - amber, for the purpose of ng sworn n. The Comtnission, which revokes all fora or Commissions, states, that the Commissioners have been appointed for suppressing all insurrections and rybellions, and repelling all invasions, which may happen in the c ity of London a nd its liberties, and all p roes rivi leged places wit hin the limits and precincts of the s as they may happen, according as they from time to time receive directions from her Majesty. And that the Commissioners are to have full power and authority to call together the Lon don militia, at such times, and to arm and array them , a nd form them into con troops, and regiments ; and in case of insurrectio s rebellion, or invasio n, lead and conduct them for the quelling of the same. Sir C. S. Hunter is the Colonel .0° _1 - the Court, of which th ere are 230 members, according t the new Commission. On M •RDEII. OF A WOMAN DT TIER HfignA" - ' . fo r Saturday, a warrant was issued by the Corone r h o s Kent. wr Mc apprielienslen of William Evrington, i Brown, who has made his escape, charged with,. IP : wilful murder of his wife Anne, at Higham, in hen ' where he kept a blacksmith's shop. The unfor tonst9 man, who was in a very excited state, was traced by tho police to Rumford, in Essex, from whence h e took t'Ll railway to London, and is now supposed to be c onceal ' in the metropolis. anon DEATH FROM WANT.—On Saturday, in form was received by the police that the dead body of . to 3 about 40, had been found lying in a state of nudity ('" er . the exception of a ragged pair of trousers) in Billit,t, square, in the city of London, and removed to the vaults abou t ~... beneath All Hallows Church. The unfortunate t he ceased has for some time past been wandering city and borough of Southwark in the above deploralow state. BIRTHS. On the 22d inst., at Ne wton-cotta g e, Tipperary, the 10 Y of Major William O'Grady Hely, 47th Regime nt, of a sons.iti, On the 2bth inst., at Wi n dlestone-hall, county of Doh Lady Eden, of a son and heir MARRIED. On the 23d inst. , at St. Giles, Camberwell, Mr. Sehnes, of Mortlake , to Elizabeth Buchanan, only deeg n ' e " of the late Barnard Howard, of Camberwell - gr een. On the 25th inst., at Lewisham Church, Francis Ilea" _ Brockman, Esq., youngest son of the late James Dratce. Brockman, Esq., of Beachborough, Kent, to Ellen, relict 0 the late James Laidlaw, Esq., of the isla ofd DID. On the 22d inst. , at Chat h am, Commander George El" rington, aged 64. On the 24th inst., at Shepherd's bush, On 11811 Esq., in his 80 th year. On the 26th inst., Mr. John Harborolv of Panton-streeto aged 57. On the 26th inst., at Upper Mall , Hammersmith, Captain Robert Cogan, of the Ind London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y011NG;11!: No. 112, Strand, Printer, at the Sun Office, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ccul l v Aliddleeex Dlenday, November 29, 1847. • , . r i i' .~,~~ s ~ i~ azr d.._ f t `~l • •< . 41 Ntzit