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

6PtRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The recent history of the British West Indies, and our dealings with the slave and his mss ter, remarkably illustrates a truth which the moralist knows in the abstract, and the practical man by ex perience —that doing good is not simply undoing. It begins to be pretty well understood that it seldom or never is enough to remove what may happen to be objectionable. Something more, not to say every thing, remains to be done. It must be confessed that of late years philanthropy, and every form of what is called enlightenment, has too exclusively taken a (le st eucti7e course. Concentrating itself against some gi eat abase, which perhaps it rather exaggerated, it proceeded from a protest to a crusade, which merged every other consideration in a struggle for one single victory. " A house swept and garnished" was the end sf its aspirations. The abolitionists marched under h iiPeter the Hermit to the rescue of their sacred ity, as if the negro once free, all would go right. They were as confident of the finality as they were of the justice of their measure. The result shows that we have something more to do than roam over the earth, like knights of romance, performing acts of deliverance. The knight, indeed, was occasionally embarrassed by finding a beautiful maiden, after her rescue, thrown upon his hands. In his case there was generally a method of extrication from this inte resting perplexity. But when the liberated negro and the unslaved colonies were thrown on our hands, it was not so easy to say what we should do with them. Experience has opened our eyes; and we dis cover that emancipation, instead of being the end, was only the beginning of national difficulty and duty. Indeed, the difficulties consequent on that act, which redounds so much to the glory of this empire, have increased continually up to this very hour. The question of apprenticeship, the question of the slave coast blockade, the question of colonial protection, the question of " foreign free" and "foreign slave " sugar, the question of Cooly and of African emigration, and twenty other questions, have contended for :painful, and even disastrous pre-emi nence. At the present moment our position cer• tainly is comparatively clear. It is as clear as that of the sailor who, after the anxieties of an intricate and perilous navigation, finds his vessel a wreck and him• self safe on shore. Nearly all these questions hav, been answered. Protection i= abolished. The pro duce of slavery will soon be admitted on equal terms with the . fruits of that freedom which has cost us so much. To the peculiar misfortunes of the planter is now added the common lot—want of capital and ruinous discounts. The pressure has told with tre rnencloos effect on a trade peculiarly dependent on the system of credit. The Colonial-office is be.4egeil with anxious proprietors, who no longer prophesy evil, because, as far as they are concerned, all is over. " Advance money, remit taxation, release us from the navigation-laws, and, above all, give us labour;" is the universal cry of the merchant and the planter. That problem is now brought to a comparatively narrow compass ; and remedies will be quietly tolerated now, the bare mention of which would lately have roused a storm of discussion. The very able and lucid dispatch from the Colonial-office to the Governor of Jamaica, which we publish to day, announces a much bolder and more positive step than any yet attempted since the eman cipation. The want of labour being now incontro vertible, and Coolies having been found unequal to the climate and the work, the return ships of the West India merchants are now to be allowed to call at such ports of the African coast as are free from the slave trade, and carry to the West Indies negrces under under voluntary contracts of limited service. The principle of such a supply has been already admitted, but on a small and experimental scale. Her Majesty's war-steamer the Growler has been tediously travers ing the Atlantic, conveying smal driblets of labour, amounting probably in the year to not I cent. of the moving mass transported by the slavers, many of which have now the advantage of steam. The exper iment of supplying our West India colonies with a single war-steamer can only be paralleled by the crazy old bark which in classic mythology was all the means of transit for souls to their eternal destina tion. To make the matter worse, the Charons of the Growler do dot seem to have liked their em ploy ment so much as their ferryman of Styx. The eflicers of her Majesty's Navy, who are generally squeamish of freight particularly disliked their employment as drivers and cads of a floating " nigger" omnibus. No one expected an adequate supply from means so scanty and agents so unwilling. The ex periment, however, is entirely successful in proving the adventurous spirit of the Africans, and the work will now be thrown open to the West Indians them selves. With proper superintendence and securities, they are to carry as many as they please; and, cer tainly, as far as we can see, it must be their fault if they are not now supplied. The only objection to new arrangement is one entirely superficial, and which does not touch the real merits of the case. Of course, we are prepared to hear it decried as a legalized slave trade. The more successful it is, the greater the number of emigrants, the more they take to work, and the more extensive and lasting the revival of industry and production, the more shall we be told we are returning to our old abomination, and have only learned by experience to des rise it with a thin veil of hypocrisy That such a calumny will be not only circulated, but implicitly believed in almost every city of North and South America, is very probable. It is some com fort, however, to reflect that it must be shortlived. A few years will serve to decide whether we are, or are not, re-establishing slavery in Jamaica and our othor possessions. The gradual increase and social progress of a great free population will be a fact of splendid and momentous significance, that will excite not only the admiration, but the alarm of every American slaveholder. The day may come when our Cuban and Brazilian rivals will be too deeply and personally alive to the facts of the case, to amuse themselves in misrepresenting our policy, and calling it a covert revival of slavery. To this objection, therefore, we do not attach very much weight at present, indeed, it is well to avoid even the appearance of ill, still more any circumstance of actual tempta tion. To freqaent the depots of the slave trade, or to redeem slaves from the grasp of the kidnapper, would be both unseemly and dangerous. The time, however, ynay come when the purity of our inten tions, and the soundness of the results, as exhibited in the real condition of the emigrants, will be so undeniable, as to allow a wider range to our mer chants on the African coast, and, perhaps, even a removal of official checks. It is always safe to doubt the success of a novel expedient. In this instance, however, it is neither an expedient nor a novelty that we have to deal with. It is simply the partial re moval of a prohibition. From a well founded, though perhaps excessive jealousy, we have prohibited be tween Africa and our West India islands that spon taneous flow of population which we permit between all other countries in our power. The present con dition of those islands is itself a proof that a real and lasting benefit is conferred on the negro brought under our institutions and laws. With a constant intercourse between the opposite coasts, with much in Africa to drive out its teeming population, and much in the West Indies to invite it, we see no reason to doubt a sufficient supply. The docility of the negro, and his aptitude for any employment, no one denies. Though apt to consult his own convenience as to times, he can work, and does work hard. 'With free labour the West Indians are increasing their exports. The yearly increase of imports itself demonstrates that, whatever the present diversions and distraction of his industry, the enfranchised negro, in one way or another, is earning his share of the luxuries as well as the necessaries of life. Th e planter does not complain of the free negro, nor does he grudge him the [present rate of wages. He will be quite content to pay the same wages to more of such labourers. We could almost look further. We have, indeed, a strong and cheerful presentiment that Posterity will see the reward of our national sacrifices and exertions. An increasing population, not to say an extending. empire of free negro subjects, taking I ,efuge und er our l aws f rom th e i r na ti ve or th e i r en t_ reed hom es , i s a spectacle suff i c i ent to compensate or all the costs and ill-successes of our national 6 curi t ° MitY. It i s i mposs ib le to lim i t the b enef i c i al sequence s of such a result on both sides of the eAmtlpainrtei,e.maTyhehebanner of negro liberty, raised by this Transatlantic bote:lme the great rallying point for di-quiet. hav :g t e i and African degradation and Christendo m to revel:en! more than all the rest of 4 the curse" of Ham, and it may still be ours to accomplish that noble design. APO he ATTEMPT ` v UICIDI, cc Trz e th on e s te tiy of To ilowde r li v ttL c r ) r ' i retreat r fr e : t xrr h az , portion of a n:_cl:3:,s a said he, 1 11,1 Prer"L'l by my order P : 'l ‘ s ,:i nc '' s carried off by th‘f CusFaeks'. "'as in fcar of thyatsl!ould I endure to my country ; the events of ' th . : sonmydays leaping Er n anee bed mixed the poison in a little water, L I' S drank frotmy t with a sort of happiness. But time had taken away • i strength ; fearful pains drew forth some groans ft 2 me ; they were heard, and medical assistance arrived. It was not Heaven's will that I should die so soon, st. Helena was in my destiny !"—Blackwood. The Earl of Digby has come forward in the most munificent manner with the donation of 2,500/. towards the necessary repair and restoration of the ancient abbey church at Sherborne, Dorse t. The venerable faric was founded in 704, and) it is computed that 5,000 Lb will be regoired for its restoration. , \Ve much regret to learn that Mr. Campbell, of Islay, has been obliged to suspend payment. The amount property t liabiluies we do not know; but we learn that the inttei r , y of . the respected gentleman is sufficient ulti y to discharge all his debts, and leave a very hand some reversion.—. Scottish Guardian. [Mr. Campbell was formerly M.P. f or Argyllshire.] THE SUN, LO DON, THURSDAY EV:ENING,_ NOVEMBER 1L 1047. Mr. CftownEat wished to know whether the Court would receive this as evidence. Mr. Baron PLATT said that he thought it was evi dence to prove that the plaintiff in the action was a mere puppet. 15owley was next called, yaw corroborated the account of the circumstance deposed to by the last witness. Mr. Lewis was then called, and cross-examined by Mr. CRowDER—Mr. Gadelerer brought the bill to him requesting him to discount it. The plaintiff had upon several occasions advanced money upon bills which he had taken to him. Plaintiff gave witness 231. 10s. for the bill, which sum he handed over to Mr. Gadderer. It was about three weeks after the date of the bill that he got the money for it. At the request of Mr. W. Coyle, he consented to wait for three or four days after the bill was due before he took any proceedings upon the bill, upon the re presentation of W. Coyle that the bill was given to him by the defendant as an accommodation bill, he having previously assisted him w ith mone y, i n con sequence of his being in some way or other mixed up with the frauds in the Custom-house. Mr. Baron PLATT thought that this last evidence if received by the jury was decisive of the case, as it clearly proved that consideration had passed for the bill from the plaintiff. With respect to what had taken place previously to the bill coming into his possession, he had of course nothing to do, and there was no proof that he had any notice of the parties having become improp er l y possesse d o f i t. Th e simple question for the jury to decide therefore was, whether they considered the evidence of Mr. Lewis, the attorney, correct or not. With respect to the de fendant not having received any consideration for his acceptance, he must look to the parties by whom he had been defrauded for restitution. The jury, after consulting together for a short time, gave it as their opinion that the whole of the evi dence was of such a conflicting character, th a t th ey could not believe any of it, with the exception of that of Mr. Lewis. A verdict was accordingly returned for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 10. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice CRESWELL and a Common Jury.) CATTLIN V. BARKER. Mr. E. James and Mr. Lush were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Willes for the defendant. This was an action brought by Mr. Thomas M. Cattlin, an attorney, residing in Ely-place, Holborn, to recover from Mr. Charles Barker, an advertising agent carrying on business in Birchin-lane, 2691. 18s. sd. for work and labour done under the following circumstances :—During the period while so many railway speculations were so rifts, the defendant appears to have been very extensively en gaged in his business in inserting the prospectuses of many of those speculations in the different news papers. Among other companies for whom he acted in this capacity was the Northern and Eastern Counties Junction Railway, by the provisional com mitteemen of which he was employed to procure the advertisement of their prospectus. In this way he expended, on behalf of the company, 7971. odd. Like many other kindred bubbles, the Northern and Eastern Counties Junction Railway project died away, the provisional committeemen, one by one departed, leaving the creditors to fix on whom they might for the liquidation of their claims against the company. It having been ascertained that the liabi lities of the company might be discharged if each of the provisional committeemen contributed the sum of 25/., several of them contributed each that sum, but others of them refusing to do so, Mr. Condell, an attorney residing in Copthall-court, the solicitor to the company, prevailed upon the defendant Barker, in consideration of his large demand upon the provi sional directors, and with the view the more certainly and speedily to insure its liquidation, to sue the de faulters for the payment of their respective contribu tions. Accordingly, in 1846, actions at the suit of the present defendant were brought, and tried at the Maidstone Assizes, severally against Messrs. Thomp son and Stead, two of the provisional committeemen. In the action against Thompson the present defendant obtained a verdict, which, however, has not yet brought any money into his pocket, whilst he was nonsuited, and had costs to pay in that against Stead. The plaintiff Cattlin was employed as the attorney to conduct those actions, and it was for the recovery of his bill that the present action was brought. For the plaintiff, it was proved by his managing clerk, to whom the management of the business had been intrusted, that while the actions were pending the defendant called and conferred with him several times thereupon, and instructed him from time to time in the business ; that the defendant paid to the plain tiff's clerk the cost of the nonsuit in the action against Stead, and that on being applied to subse quently for payment of the present demand, the de fendant called at the plaintiff's office, and said he could not give the latter any money then, owing to so large a sum of money standing unpaid by the different railway companies who were indebted to him. On the 22d of June last, the day before the present action was brought, a further application was made to the defendant for payment of the plaintiff's bill, when he shrugged his shoulders and told the plaintiff that he must not apply to him again, but must look to the company for payment. For the defendant, on cross - examination, it was the frien fi d rst of instance, his, in. elicited from the plaintiff' s c l er k , that Mr. Condell, gthaevestohlieciptolarintotiff,thewchoom.wapasny, in an old structions for bringing th e act i ons, and not the dfen dant, though they were carried on in the defendant's name, and though the latter afterwards went to con sult with and instruct the plaintiff in the business re lating to them. Mr. HUMFREY, for the defendant, stated, that he (the defendant) had intrusted the company to the amount of 7971., all of whi c h was money actually paid out of his own pocket for advertisements in serted in the daily and the other different newspapers. The defendant had been l e d b y Mr. Condell, the y, to b e li eve t h at i f he would to sue th e d e f au l t i ng corn defendant's) name, employing onlyrs n o i l t i t c ei allow t me r n to i ntt the e e sc company o(mthp (the 's) Mr. Cattlin, the plaintiff, as their attorney, that they would get more than enough to pay all the creditors, and the defend ant among the rest. The defendant was in this s it uat i on :—His own bill agai unpaidnstthecopany, amounting to 7971. 17s. 6d , remained ; he had been compelled to pay the costs in Mr. Stead's action ; the present action for 269/. was suspended over his head; and he was' suing Lord Beauclerk and Mr. Harrison, two of the provisional committeemen, at the same time. He (Mr. Humfrey) submitted that Mr. Condell was the real defendant to the action; that it was he, and not the defendant, who employed the plaintiff in the business for which payment was now sought from the defendant. The question Was, whether the work had been done by a the plaintiff f or the defendant in the o rdinary course of busi ness, looking to the defendant as his client, expectin g hi m to pay. If that were nd ao, then the defendant must pay, however hard it might be upon him. But if, on the other hand, the plaintiff never did look to the defendant, but, on the contrary, had his instructions from Mr. Condell, as the solicitor of the company, in that case the de fendant was not liable, and the plaintiff ought to look to his " old friend," Mr. Condell, who employed him, for payment. Mr. JAMES briefly replied; and His LORDSHIP proceeded to sum up the case. The question, he said, was simply whether Mr. Cattlin, the plaintiff, brought the actions in question upon the authority of Mr. Barker, the defendant, or whether Mr. Barker, after they were b roug ht, h a d, by sanctioning what had b een commenced in his name, un d erta k en h to be resp ons ib le for them, so that they procee d e d as his acti ons. I n the first instance, the first instructions f f e o n r d t a h n e t actions had b een g i ven , n ot by the defendant, but by attorneyCo w i a le s ll, pr t o h e e eeding to tore recapitulate te compa ny. the His Lordship eviden ce , when The jury, b y th e i r f oreman , i n timated that their minds were made up, and gave a ve rdict for th e de .EDMONDS AND OTHERS V. CHALLIS AND ANOTHER. Mr. Baines Q.C., and Mr. Massy Dawson were counsel for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Bramwell for the defendants. This action was brought against Messrs. Thomas Challis and R. W. Kennard, Sheriffs of Middlesex, for a breach of duty on their part, in taking an in sufficient rep l ev i n bond. The plaintiffs are owners of the house No. 24, Assembly-row, Mile- end Old town, which was in the occupation, and had been for some years, of a person named Roe, at a rent of 40/. a year. Roe had got into arrear with his landlords, who, on the 29th of March last, put a distress into his house for the rent. One Kitty Gladman, a sister of Roe's, claimed the furniture in the house as her property, and on the Ist of April last she replevied the goods. Under those c ircumstances, the sheriffs took a replevin bond, and then the goods were given up to Kitty Gladman ; thus the plaintiffs parted with the possession of the goods on the faith of the sheriffs taking a sufficient replevin bond. It turned out, how plaintiffs' counsel, th a t th e ever, as was a ll ege d by the replevin bond which they had taken was worth nothing, law constituting the n ew by reason of th e operation thea County Co ur t s , w hi c h takes away from the old Count y Courts the jurisdiction which they had over replevin suits, and vests it in the new tribunals established by the Act for the Recovery of Small Debts. Regard less of this change in the law, the sheriffs in this case had taken their replevin bond in the old County Court of Middlesex, whereby it was alleged, on the part of the plaintiffs, that they had altogether lost the distress and the fruits which they expected to de rive from it. The distress was made on the 29th of March, and the replevin bond on the Ist of April. Before that the district County Court of Whitechapel NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH', WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10.—The greatest activity prevails in every department of this dockyard to get through the large amount of work which it is so pressing to have out of hand. We have the Bellerophon, 78, fitting for conveyance of troops ; the Birkenhead steam-frigate, fitting for like ser vice ; the Terrible steam-frigate, ditto ; the Retribu tion steam-frigate, fitting for service again; the Comet steam-sloop, fitting for service on the Lisbon station; the Fire Queen steam-yacht, fitting for service in the Archipelago; the Tartarus steam-vessel, completing for sea; the Prince Regent, two-decker, fitting for commission ; the Ajax steam guard-ship, fitting for service ; the Firefly steam-sloop, refitting for service, &c. Total amount of tonnage, 12,829. The Terrible steam-frigate was removed from her rather awkward position in Clarence-creek last night ; but the artisans had been unable to get at the damaged part, owing to her not having been grounded high enough. It was, therefore, necessary to lay her on the ground again to-day, which has been accordingly done, and she now lies nearly in the same position, but a little further up the creek. The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieutenant Command ing Sir Godfrey 'Webster, went out of the harbour to-day, and was paid wages in advance. She sails this evening for Devonport, and thence for Malta. The Belleisle troop-ship, Captain John Kingcombe, arrived this afternoon from Quebec. She is ordered to refit at Spithead immediately. The Earl of Dalhousie, with his family and suite, will embark to-morrow, at half past twelve, in the Sidon, for Alexandria. A small steamer will take him to Spithead. The Asia has not arrived here as yet, though she is expected every instant. The Undine steam-yacht, Master Commanding George Allen, returned last evening from Jersey. Wind S.W., moderate breezes and fine weather. Letters have been received from her Majesty's ships Herald and Pandora, dated Guayaquil, September 16. They left Callao on the 23d of July, and after calling in at Payta on their way up, arrived at the River Guayaquil on the 31st, and commenced their survey at the island of Poonah. About 12 miles up the river there is a bar, which can only be crossed at the spring tides. The river is about a mile and a half in width, very rapid and muddy, the banks of ,limy mud, dotted in every direction with alligators. The ships continued moving up the river by six and eight miles at a time, in order to allow of the boats returning to the ship every night, as the mist and smell would be highly injurious to the men if sleeping in open boats. The scenery is very like that of the rivers on the coast of Africa, and almost as productive of fever. About ten miles below Guayaquil the river is not more than half a mile wide, and the banks dense mangrove swamps. All breezes are excluded, and the air is insufferably hot, although it is now called the " cool season." The town presented a very pretty appearance at the time, being built on the bank of the river, with windows all lighted up for the evening visiting parties. A promenade runs the whole length of the town between the houses and the river. The officers of the ships received great attention and kind ness from the inhabitants. The town is chiefly built of wood, and the French possess most of the retail trade. Cocoa is shipped here in large quantities for Spain and the United States. The water for the use of the town is brought from a considerable di,tance up the river, in earthern jars, from a hundred to a hundred and fifty of which are packed on a bolso (logs ( f very light wood lashed together with vine), and floated down. The river opposite to the town is fresh at the last of the ebb, but the water is considered unfit for drinking, passing as it does through a mass of poisonous mangroves. The mosquitoes are so trou blesome that the ships lying opposite to the town are obliged to send their crews on shore at night. On the 25th they had completed their survey, and de scended the river, and anchored on the 29th at Poonah, outside the bar, where the captain and 60 of the officers and men, in two divisions of three boats each, proceeded to survey the island, which would occupy them ten days. They expected to quit the neighbourhood on the 16th, and proceed upwards to Esmeraldez, so as to arrive at Panama about the end of November, then returning southward to survey from Point Garrachino to Cherambirar; then to the Sandwich Islands in March, and to be at Mazatlan or San Blas in June. They will then again proceed northward, to the Gulf of California, and be again at San Blas in November, 1848, when they expect to receive orders for home. The Pandora has been sent, by order of the Admi ralty, to the Gallepagos, to look after coal, as the surgeon of a Yankee whaler had reported that he had seen some in those islands. She had just returned when our letters came away, but we are unable to learn the re,ult of her visit. Saw-mills are rapidly finding their way out here, so that a discovery of such valuable mineral would be inestimable, when it-has now to he brought across the Atlantic. The Grampus, Collingwood, and Carysfort were at Valparaiso on the 27th of August. The Constance is daily expected to arrive there from the northward, whither she hqd gone to collect freight. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The market to day has not exhibited much change in the general state of business. Although the accounts from London speak of greater facility of obtaining discounts, we believe the pressure here has not abated in the slightest agree ; and business continues much depressed, especially in the goods market. For yarn, there has been decidedly more demand, and a tolerably large business has been done during the last two or three days, but without any advance in prices. We do not learn that there is any material change in the condition of the workpeople in the town or the neighbouring districts, except that the spinners at Mos sky, who turned out a few weeks ago, in consequence of a proposed reduction of wages, have generally sig nified their willingness to accept the terms then offered to them, and several of the mills are conse quently resuming work this week. At Ashton under-Lyne, the turn-out still continues ; but there are various indications of a desire on the part of the work-people to return to their employment, and we feel convinced that the strike will be of very short duration. The returns of the employment of mills and work people, within the borough of Manchester, made up to yesterday, are rather of a more favourable cha racter, inasmuch as the declension, in the week end ing the 2d instant, is almost neutralised with regard to the number of mills working what is called full time, whilst there is a slight increase in the number of persons fully employed. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The demand for flannels continues limited, and the business transacted is less than last week. A failure has been announced to day—that of a small manufacturer, whose liabilities are variously stated as being from three to five thou sand pounds. The principal creditors are the wool staplers. In th e woo l market there has been very little doing, and prices remain much as they were last Monday. llAnirax, SATURDAY.—A few of the fancy houses have rather more to do, but the improvement is by no means general, and is not expected to be perma nent. Plain goods remain as dull of sale as ever. The demand for yarn continues as last week, much below the power of production. The spinners prefer further reducing the time of running to making stock. In some few cases rather lower rates are submitted to. The wool trade continues in the same state of languor, nothing coming to hand, and small quanti ties only purchased to assort stock and supply abso lute need. Some sales are effected for cash, at a small reduction. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDIY.—MOre buyers have at tended our market to day than last week, but the transactions have been very limited. But little has been done in wool during the week. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The slight amendment in the money market has not yet produced any impr?ve inent in the general state of trade. There certainly is a butter feeling gaining ground, and people begin to think that the worst of the panic is over ; but as to a . positive r ev i va l o f con fi dence, or anyth i ng l ik e spirit for commercial transactions, no symptoms what ever are yet perceptible. The fact is, money is much too dear, and credit still too limited for business pur poses, and this day's market afforded sufficient evi dence to that effect; very little has been doing, and that little for actual wants. Sellers have submitted o lower prices, to equalise for the buyers the high rate of discount. —Manchester Guardian. wmalokrinng after the Prince Consor t ing. soon T fro h m is WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVE t N re ni tu G r . n — ed vith her Majesty in the 1 and his Royal Highness, irdered into the qutdrang e, . Home-park, the septon was ey, and attended hy .sari Spencer, the Rirl of j'-'-3 : Captain Gordon, rode ecompinied by his Exceiloric!, , C , Count Dietrichstein, the ,- laF,tain Berkeley Drummond and went on a ihoot ; from whence Ccunt Dietrichstein ,n the covers on the Rspley Farm,Bshot-park, to visit to Colonel Challoner, at Potnall-p rk, and his Royal High ness an d party returned to the a Castle at ,:1%,, O'clock. Her Majesty in the mean time, walked . in the H ome - park accompanied by her 1 atly. in- waiting, .4nd the Cou ntesses Spencer and Jersey. After lun the on h er Maje s ty again walked out, accompanied by Prince Consort, crossing the Horne-park, and visit ing her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frog more House ; whilst the Countesses of Jersey and Spencer went with the Countess Desart, lady-in-waiting on her Majesty, and Lady Clementina Villiers, in one School u- the Q n ueen's Great p, given and b t y her M a j esty to the he R oya l Gardens at domestic establish ment at the Castle last night, in cele bratiGn of the Prince of Wales's birthday, was a very spirited affair, several ladies of the court, attended by Load Alfred Paget, the Hon. Captain Gordon, an d c o l o nel Berkeley . Drummond, gracing it with their contributed by seven or eight members of the band of the R o y a l excellent violinists, dances, with Highland reels, and country pre:;enco. The music was Iforse Guards, we re danced with much spirit until nearly midnight. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 10. VANDELIEUR V. BLAGRAVE. The Lord Chancellor this morning gave judgment in this appeal from the Master of the Rolls, argued some time ago. The facts are briefly, that the defendant, Mrs. Bla grave, granted an annuity of 5001. to the plaintiff, through the agency of a person of the name of Yates, redeemable on six months' notice. In May, 1830, notice was given to repurchase in November, and in the month of August the defendant intrusted Yates with the money necessary to redeem the annuity. In October Yates prevailed on the plaintiff to execute the deed of re-assignment without receiv ing the purchase-money, but the plaintiff did not sign any receipt for the money. Yates afterwards produced the deed to the son of the defendant, to satisfy him that the money had been paid, but the deed itself was kept by Yates, who acted in the transaction as the agent of both parties. Yates retained the money, and, to deceive both, paid the annuity, and afterwards died insolvent. The ques tion was, which was to be the loser of the 2,5001., the purchase-money of the annuity ? The Master of the Rolls held that the defendant was bound to pay to the plaintiff the repurchase-money so pocketed by Yates ; and this appeal was the consequence. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after going through the facts as above, affirmed the judgment of the Court below. WRIGHTSON V. MACAULAY. This was an appeal from a decree of Vice- Chancellor Wigram, relating to the will of John Heber, dated 1775. The facts are of such a lengthy and complicated nature, that we must refer such of our readers as are interested in them to the report in 4 Hare. The LORD CHANCELLOR affirmed the decision 01 the Vice-Chancellor. FORDYCE V. BRIDGES. This part-heard appeal was this day resumed and brought to a close. The LORD CHANCELLOR reserved his judgmen COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nev. 10. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. PHILLIPPS AND ANOTHER.-THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS-ROOM. This was an appeal against the decision of the defendant and another gentleman, two justices of Warwickshire. It appeared that the Birmingham News-room had been rated by the overseers of the parish in which it is situated in the usual manner ; but it also appeared that Mr. Tidd Pratt had certi fied that the institution came under the provisions of the Acts lately passed, by which literary institutions are exempt from the payment of rates. This certifi cate was appealed against by the overseers, and the defendant, acting as magistrate at the sessions, de cided in favour of the institution, and confirmed the decision of Mr. Pratt. Mr. MILLER contended that the rate was a goad one ; that the certificate of Mr. Pratt was not final, and that it might be set up, where two persons sat down together in a building, and talked on scientific matters, that the building was exempt. Mr. MELLOR, on the other hand, contended that this was clearly a case within the meaning of the Act, and therefore that the institution was exempt from rates. The COURT took time to consider the matter. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 10. (Sittings in Banco.) BADDELEY, CLERK, V. GINGELL, This was a special case, which came before the Court for its decision, upon a question of rating. It appeared that the defendant was the occupier of certain premises in a court called the Kent and Essex yard, opening out of the High-street, %Vhitechapel, and it was contended that the houses in question were liable to be rated by the Commissioners of Paving, under a local Act referring to High-street, White chapel, inasmuch as the inhabitants derived a benefit from the expense incurred in cleansing and paving the H igh- street. On the part of the defendant, it was contended that the Legislature never intended to include the occupants of courts or yards in the provisions of an Act having reference to High-street alone, because some of the houses in the court abutted upon a por tion of two streets which adjoined each side of the court, called Commercial-street and Castle-street, and if such an interpretation were to be put upon this Act, then the owners of those houses so abutting would be liable to be rated under any Acts affecting those streets. The parties would therefore be liable to a double or even treble rating. The COURT ruled that the defendant was liable to be rated. The case turned entirely on the question whether the court in question came under the opera tion of the Act for regulating High-street, White chapel. If it was not the intention of the Legisla ture to rate those houses, it was clear, upon the other hand, that it never intended to let them off altogether. The parties derived benefit from the expenses in curred, and he thought that, under all the circum stances of the case, the defendant was liable to be rated. Judgment for the plaintiffs. (Before Mr. BARON PLATT and Common Juries. lIARRIS V. POWELL. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 251. upon a bill of exchange accepted by the defendant. The defendant put in a number of pleas averring that he had never received any consideration for the same, and that the plaintiff himself had never received any consideration for the same. Mr. Crowder, with whom was Mr. Willmore, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Humfrey was retained for the defendant, but he was engaged in a case in the Common Pleas, and Mr. Ball was, therefore, sud denly called upon to conduct the defence. On the part of the plaintiff witnesses were called to prove the handwriting of the plaintiff. Mr. BALL, on the part of the defendant, stated that no consideration had passed to the plaintiff for the bill, neither had any consideration been given to the defendant, the acceptor of the bill, and proceeded to call William Coyle, residing at Kennington-oval, who described himself as a general agent for raising money for gentlemen. The bill produced was drawn by him upon the defendant. It was given to him for the purpose of getting it discounted. Not a shilling had been paid by him to the acceptor as consideration for the bill. He took the bill to the office of his brother at Craven. street, requesting him to discount it. He gave it to his brother in the presence of Mr. Gadderer. His brother declined to discount the bill, who thereupon handed it over to Gadderer, telling him that the bill would no doubt suit him, The bill was endorsed by him at the time he handed it over to his brother. Gadderer said that he would make inquiries upon the subject, and if sa tisfied he would discount the bill. Witness after wards applied upon several occasions to Gadderer for the money for the bill, and was put off by him upon the excuse of money being scarce. He never received any money from Gadderer, and could never get the bill out of his hands. Witness succeeded in finding the present plaintiff at 33, Weston-street. He had never seen him before. Cross-examined by Mr. CROWDER—The defendant formerly carried on business as a wholesale hatter ; he sold his business, however, previously to his be coming acquainted with him, and a con s id era bl e portion of the proce e d s had been lost in speculation. Witness was to have received the usual commission, 5 per cent., upon obtaining the discount for the bill. He had not acted in violation of any trust reposed in him by the defendant, who gave him the bill to get discounted. He had not succeeded in the object for which he was employed, in consequence of his not being able to obtain the money or the bill, either from his brother or Gadderer. Mr. H. Coyle, brother to the last witness was next called, who stated th a t h e h an d e d the bill over to Gadderer; his brother was not present at the time, to the best of his recollection. The last witness, his brother, requested to have the bill back again. He ;applied to Gadderer and obtained the bill back again from him, and returned it to his brother, who brought it back again to him the next day. He did not re collect that Gadderer was present upon that occa. siun. Ile handed the bill a second time to Gad- derer, for the purpose of having it discounted. He then borrowed 151. from Mr. Gadderer upon the security of this bill, the principal portion of which, viz. 101., he handed over to his brother, the remaining 51. he kept for himself. He kept the Si. because there was money due to him upon a previous account between him and his brother. His brother :old him that he wanted the money for the purpose of getting a house furnished. William Coyle recalled, and examined by the COURT—The bill was accepted by the defendant for the purpose of obtaining the sum of 251. upon it. Mr. H. Coyle cross-examined by Mr. CROWDER— After receiving the sum of 151. from Gadderer he afterwards received 7/. 10s. upon the bill. Re-examined by Mr. BALL—He had advanced 241. upon the present bill, and upon another one of 551. He advanced a sum of 14/. 10s. upon another bill. The remaining sums which he had received from Gadderer he had put into his own pocket. William Coyle was again recalled, and examined by Mr. BALL—He called upon Mr. Harris at his resi dence, in Weston-street, Somers Town. He asked him if his name was Harris, and was answered in the affirmative. He asked him if he knew either Gad derer's or his address ? Harris said that he did not. He then asked him if he knew Mr. Arthur Henry Powell, to which question he made a similar answer. lle said, you must surely know the person whom you are now suing upon a bill of exchange for 2';)1. He eriesnadid: ho he was kn p e r w e.sen n t o , nothing of any bill notice this -conversation which has " I ta w k i e ni w f as exchange, or any law auit . Powell. replied that he w w o i u t l h d. house th en ; wish place e•ohouiec would h .., h h e e said to engaged M T r te y left thee e L this took place upon the fat of November. This suggestion was agreed to by the counsel on both sides, and eventually The jury found for the plaintiff for 371. 16s , damages and expenses, with leave to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit on the sufficiency of the bond. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday an unusual number of pickpockets were brought befcre Alderman Lucas, charged with committing, or attempting to commit, depredations in the crowd assembled to see the Lord Mayor's show. George illorden, Thomas Sheers, and Thomas Cummings, were charged with stealing a silver watch and silver watch-guard in King-street, Cheapside, about half-past 11 in the forenoon Mr. Hibbs, of Bere Regis, Dorsetshire, butter factor and draper, stated that, being in London on business, he went to see the procession, and having walked down King-street, nearly to the Guildhall Coffee-house, his hat was knocked over his eyes by the prisoner Morden, and he was jostled by some of his comrades. He kept them off with his walking stick, but they renewed the attack with greater strength, and Sheers led the attack by butting at him with his head. The rest followed, and he was buffetted down. He got up again, and was driven back and pinned against the wall. He felt his watch go immediately after Sheers had butted at him. He was dragged into a house to protect him from further violence. He had purchased a new butter-tasting knife, and used it in defending himself , by which he slightly wounded Sheers in the face and on the back. Sheers came in with a constable to the house where he had taken refuge, and complainant immediately gave him in charge. They went to the station-house in Moor lane, and in the crowd that followed them he noticed another of his assailants, and gave him into custody. This was the prisoner Cummings. On reaching the station-house he found Morden, who had committed the attack, already in custody for another robbery. He identified him immediately. The watch was not found. Several witnesses identified the prisoners as being the persons who were engaged in the attack. They had previously knocked off and destroyed the hats of many respectable persons, as if by way of diversion only. There was a gang of about twenty young fellows. Mr. Bestow, an artist, residing in Vernon-place, Pentonville, stated that he was standing near Mr. Hibbs when the rush was made by Sheers. Witness was knocked down as well as Mr. Hibbs, and Morden tore witness s coat-pocket out, and carried it off with the contents. He saw the pocket in Morden's hand, and kept his eye on him till he had an opportunity of giving him into custody. Witness lost his purse, containing 4s. 6d., a knife, and handkerchief. The prisoners all protested they had nothing to do with robbing the two complainants. Mr. Alderman LUCAS said the evidence to the con trary was so strong that he should send them all to trial. They were committed to Newgate. John Stevens, the ringleader of a gang of fifty young desperadoes, who were insulting or assaulting every respectable person who passed near them, was committed for three months as a rogue and vagabond. About twenty of the gang were know to be thieves, and they amused themselves with " bonnetting" men and women, that is knocking off or spoiling their hats or bonnets. Their numbers made it difficult for the police to cope with them, but Haydon, the officer, secured Stevens as as the ringleader. The prisoner stated himself to be a labourer at the docks. Some handkerchief stealers were committed to Newgate for trial. MARYLEBONE. Ann Simons, Mr. Hickman, a merchant in the City, and occupying chambers at 18, Lincoln's Inn-fields and Benjamin Simons, the father of the female pri. soner, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton; the woman charged as being the thief, and the other two as being receivers of the stolen property. The particulars of what transpired upon the former exa minations have already appeared in this paper. The only additional facts adduced in the course of the inquiry were, that Elizabeth, the sister of Ann Simons, had pawned some shawls and other valuable articles at the shop of Mr. Smith, a pawnbroker, in South. street, Manchester-square. These things were produced, and two of the shawls were valued ny Mr. Marshall at twelve and a half guineas each. Several letters were produced which were found in the boxes of the prisoner Ann, which, on perusal by the magi strate, although not put in as evidence of the case, established beyond a shadow of a doubt the fact that a close intimacy had subsisted between her and Mr. Hickman. The Learned Counsel engaged on either side ad dressed the worthy magistrate at some length upon the whole bearing of the case; Mr. Ballantine con tending that Mr. Hickman, his client, could not be looked upon as having a guilty knowledge of the property alleged to be stolen from Messrs. Marshall and Co. being in his possession ; and in proof of his innocence he (the Learned Counsel) impressed upon the magistrate the fact that, immediately upon his client, who, he must admit, had formed an immoral intimacy with Ann Simons, learning that she was in custody for robbing her employers, he had afforded every facility to the police while searching for the property. He (Mr. Ballantine) therefore submitted to the magistrate that th ere was no ev idence what. ever showing guilty participation with respect to the plunder. The Learned Gentleman dwelt at some length upon the high character of his client, and left the case with the worthy magistrate, in full confidence that he would consider that Mr. Rickman was not a guilty party in the transaction. Mr. BROUGHTON came to the conclusion that, in the absence of some parties who were required to complete the case, a remand must take place. The whole of the prisoners were accordingly re manded until Tuesday next. Mr. Bnotra EITON signified his willingness to ac cept bail, as heretofore, in the case of Mr. Hickman, , himself in 4001. and two sureties in 2001. each, for his being forthcoming at the next examination. The court was crowded during the inquiry by many of the noblity, amongst whom was the Swedish Ambassador. WORSHIP-STREET. William Newton "Matti, a boy twelve years of age, was charged with having stolen a gold watch and ap pendages, a gold eye-glass, and other articles of jewellery, of the value of seventy guineas, the pro perty of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Nelme, widow of the late Mr. Nelme, of Grove-place, Hackney, re specting whose mysterious death, by poison, a pro tracted investigation is still proceeding before Mr. Baker, the coroner, and in the different stages of which the name of the prisoner has been more than once mentioned under circumstances of some sus picion. The Rev. Mr. Goodchild, Rector of St. John's, Hackney, attended with the solicitor of the deceased to watch the proceedings. Inspector 'Waller, of the N division, stated that in consequence of having ascertained that the valuables before mentioned had disappeared from the residence of the deceased gentleman shortly after or about the time of his death, be had been engaged for several (lays past in superintending a search of the various cesspools about the premises for the missing property, but could get no trace of it until the preceding after noon, when he received a message from Mrs. Allnutt, the prisoner's mother, and who is also a (laughter of the deceased, requesting his immediate attendance at the house, as her son had just made a confes sion of some importance. Upon reaching the house the prisoner, who appeared to have expected him, at once acknowledged that he had stolen the watch and other articles from one of the draviers in his grandmother's bedroom, and that he had afterwards thrown them from the parapet of an upper room into the gutter of an adjoining house, in which they had ever since remained. He accordingly took the boy up to the roof of the house in question and there, in a recess which the prisoner pointed out, found the whole of the property wrapped up in a piece of bedticking. He thereupon told him that he must take him into custody, when the prisoner begged for forgiveness, and said that he had been tempted to commit the act, and did not expect that it would be ever found out. The inspector added, that the pro perty had since been identified by the widow of the deceased and the prisoner's mother, but that neither of them was in attendance, as they had not suffi ciently recovered from the effects of the poison they had taken (which it was stated was arsenic mixed up with pounded loaf-sugar), and the mental distress consequent upon the occurrence, to allow of their ap pearance, and he therefore wished the accused to be remanded to afford an opportunity of completing the evidence in the robbery. A constable of the same division corroborated the inspector's testimony, and the prisoner, upon being asked if he wished to °Nr anything in answer, burst out crying, and said, " It's all true: but I was tempted to do it, and will never do so again." Mr. HAsts,tira, (addressing the solicitor) inquired whether he was instructed to offer bail for the future appearance of the prisoner, as he thought he might accept it, and, considering the extreme youth of the accused, that appeared the most advisable course to pursue had been constituted, within the jurisdiction of which the premises in question lie; and it was c, Wended that the replevin suit ought to have been brought in the Whitechapel District Court, and not in the old County Court of Middle et. LORDSIIIP suggested that, as the question whether the jurisdiction as to replevin suits had been transferred by the recent Act from the old to the new county courts was a difficult one, and af fected not Middlesex alone, but every other county in England, it had better be discussed before the full Court. Mr. COTTINGUAM said, in that case he must be under the painful necessity of committing him to prison. _ _ The complainant doubted the magistrate's autho• rity, and slapping his own forehead uttered several incoherent expressions; on hearing which, Mr. COTTINGFIAM directed that, for the com plainant's safety, after the threats he had made against his own life, he should be committed to the county gaol in default of bail. The two prisoners were ordered to be remanded until Friday. LAMBETH. Alfred Marsh, the young man who has been in custody since Saturday week, on a charge of wilfully and maliciously setting fire to the dwelling-house of Mr. Bailey, a commercial traveller, residing in S wan place, Swan-street, Old Kent-road, was again placed at the bar. The prisoner, who is respectably connected, was in custody in June last on a charge of firing a loaded pistol at Miss Louisa Ralph, the step-daughter of Mr. Bailey, a young woman to whom he was vio lently attached, and to whom he was a short time before about to get privately married. The parents of Miss Ralph having discovered the object of the young couple at once frustrated it, and this led to a bad feeling between the prisoner and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey. On the evening of Tuesday fortnight the prisoner met Mi ss R a l p h b y appointment in Shoreditch, and rode with her in an omnibus to the Borough, where she was to have met her mother ; there he got out, and in a few minutes after met Mrs. Bailey. This was about nine o'clock, and soon after the prisoner was seen in Swan-place, close to the house of Mr. Bailey, and at ten o'clock the house, which had been broken into by the back way, was found to be on fire in two places, the one having no communication with the other. The flames were, however, fortunately extinguished, after doing damage to the amount of about 201., and before they had reached the adjoining houses. In addition to the evidence already given, Mary Ann Buller, a married woman, deposed to having seen the prisoner close to the house of Mr. Bailey a very short time before the fire was discovered. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that he had carefully read over the whole of the evidence in the case, and found in it many points to strengthen the very strong sus picion against the prisoner. In the first place, his meeting Mrs. Bailey and her daughter must have satisfied him that both were from home. Again, his being seen quite close to the house of Mr. Bailey im mediately before the discovery of the fire, though he had denied the fact when apprehended, and his sleep ing from home on the night in question, were cir cumstances of a highly suspicious character. The case, however, required the fullest inquiry and inves tigation, and in order, therefore, to give the officers the fullest opportunity to make that inquiry, he should remand the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. Yesterday Edward Camfield was charged with being concerned, with others, in a desperate attack upon Mr. Fitzgibbon, the proprietor of the Elephant and Castle, Great Peter-street. On Saturday night a man named Reardon was making a great disturbance in Mr. Fitzgibbon's house, when he requested him to leave, and on his refusing to do so laid his hand upon him to put him out. Reardon resisted violently, and threw Mr. Fitz gibbon, and on his attempting to get up inflicted a very severe blow under his right eye, and followed it up with others in rapid succession. Mr. Fitzgibbon succeeded in getting him out of the house, and W 1.19 preventing his again entering, when defendant (Cam field) dragged the landlord out of the house, and he was furiously attacked by the two men, and some others of their party. lie was repeatedly knocked down, and whilst on the ground was kicked on the body and head in the most brutal manner by Reardon, Camfield, and the others. The firstnamed was taken into custody upon the spot, and, at the request of Mr. Fitzgibbon, was held to bail to answer an indictment at the sessions. A warrant was then applied for by the complainant, upon which the defendant Camfield was apprehended. On the occasion of Mr. Fitzgib• bon's first appearance his face was much lacerated and swollen from the injuries he had received. Defendant denied the charge, and said ile could call a witness. Mr. BRODERIP said an opportunity would be afforded him of doing so at the sessions. It was the wish of the complainant that the case should be dis posed of there, and defendant must find bail for his appearance.—Bail was put in. COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. Yesterday money was easier, business somewhat more lively, and the re opening of the Royal Bank was looked forward to as a matter now beyond doubt. Shares in that establish ment, under the arrangement described in the proceed ings of the meeting on Saturday, were in requeq ; and if a popular character could be given Jo the manage ment, there is no conceivable amount of support which would n( t be forthcoming if required. There is a strong feeling against t!epositors expecting six per cent., or even five, any longer than their money is wanted for purposes immediately subservient to present movements, for which ti me th e hi g h er rate may b e j ust ifi a bl e ; but the bank sh ou ld a l ways h o ld the opt i on o f payingofr the amount as soon as pract i ca bl e, or payin r g ordi nary interest, as it i s d eeme d i m possible f to flourish agai n till di scoun t s return to o their fra d onlye ever to c cu s toured level. E ver y d a y b r ings F ie o most r i ofof an th d ee g vi e l r s ou o s f inordinate spe cu l a ti on ,— o ne of o h o ll - m th s e of oi a e v ro a e r o ic t e il , o und oora te lesson m h ooity._L c z ) . t v ig er h p t oo n i ot m t c o be lost iruryof Tuesday. EVENING.--TILE ROYAL LIVERPOOL, TUESDA Y t has •et been received fr om BANK.—No positive report the deputation to London, buttisu number nderstoodthoeyf the progressing favourably. A considerable preference shares have te been taken will nu l p i be h by tthreowpnroopprieen tary, and to morrow the to the public, probably by advertisement.—Mundester Guardian. The solicitor, however, in reply, stated, that both the family and friends of the boy were averse to his liberation at present, for reasons which it was ob • viously unadvisable then to state, and would prefer his being detained in safe custody until the whole matter had been finally disposed of. The Rev. Mr. Goodchild was understood to sug gest the same course, and Mr. Haaram.r. having immediately assented, the prisoner was removed in the van. SOUTH WARK. Mary Ann Rogers, a brothel housekeeper, in Her bert's-buildings, Waterloo-road, and Eliza Wiggins, a woman of the town, were charged with stealing 101. from Mr. Robert Thompson, who described himself as collector in a mercantile house in the City; The complainant stated, that having been at a party the preceding night he indulged in too much wine, and on the way home had the misfortune to meet with the prisoner Wiggins, by whom he was induced to take more, which rendered him incapable of knowing what he was doing, and in that condition she accom panied him to the house of the other prisoner in the above locality. That in the morning when he awoke, on finding himself in such a place, he immediately examined his trouser's pocket and missed a consider able sum of money, and accused Wiggins of stealing it. She however denied the charge, and he called a policeman into th e h ouse , w h ere he had not been long before Rogers, the other prisoner, handed him a 10/. note, which she said s h e h a d picked up in the room where the parties had slept. At this stage of the examination the complainant fell down in the witness box in a fit, and was obliged to be carried out into the open air, where he soon recovered, but on again entering the court he had another attack, and it was found necessary to send for the police surgeon, who pronounced that the symptoms under which he la boured were produced either by the immoderate quantity or bad quality of the drink he had taken the previous night. The complainant, however, re covered from the second attack, but he appeared to be in a state of great nervous excitement. The policeman, Coombs, who was called into the house, was next examined, and he stated that on hearing the complainant give the alarm that he had been robbed he entered the house where he had not been long before the prisoner Rogers said she had found a 101. note in the room where the complainant and the other prisoner slept, and gave it into his hands. That he (the policeman) made a further search himself, and in the yard, covered over with loose gravel, he found four sovereigns and some silver, which had all the appearance of having been recently concealed there. The policeman added, that he then took both the prisoners into custody. The complainant said that he missed six sovereigns more, and that he could not state with accuracy what sum he had when he first went into the house, but he knew that it was considerable. In answer to some questions by the magistrate, the complainant said he was collector in a mercantile house in the City, and that a portion of the money of which he had been robbed belonged to his employer. He added, that he was a married man, but that he declined to give his address or to disclose the name of the firm by which he was employed. He again became so exceedingly ill that it was found necessary to have him taken into the yard at the rear of the court for fresh air, and as he continued in the same condition, Mr. COTTINHAM considered it the most advisable step to have him taken home by a policeman in plain clothes, in order that his family might not be alarmed When this was proposed, the complainant at once assented, and they had scarcely quitted the Court before the complainant attempted to run away from the policeman ; but being overtaken, he was brought hack again, and on the way frequently exclaimed that he was determined on destroying himself. The ma gistrate having been made acquainted with what had transpired, questioned the complainant, and his answers were of such a nature as to induce the sup position that he was labouring under mental delusion, for he expressed a determination to put an end to his life the first moment he had an opportunity, and ad mitted that he had given both a wrong name and ad dress, adding that nothing on earth should induce him to disclose either. 1) RE ADF6L « GUIPC) WD ER T EX- PLOSION. CARDIFF, TUESDAY.—A most serious accident, re' suiting from gross carelessness, took place on Satur day, at the works of the Dowleis Iron Company, at Gallifaelog, near Merthyr, by the ex-plosion of a quantity of gunpowder, whereby - two unfortunate persons lost their lives, and many others, it is re ported eleven, were shockingly burnt and injured. It app , ars that it has been the practice of' the managers of the above mentioned iron wor ks, to sup ply their miners and others for blasting, with an ladequate allowance of powder, it is said, for a week or a longer period . ; that in case the miner should be employed, it was taken by the wife, and frequently they were to be seen with kegs on their shoulders carrying them to their respective homes, a proceeding at all time attended w ith more or l ess danger- The powder-house o f th e com p an y i s s it ua t e d near Gelli: taelog• bridge. Here on Saturday a number met and carried away their allowance, and on reaching the tram-road at the bridg e th e y wa it e d f or the arrival of the iron trams. At three o'clock they came UP, w hen the powder was carelessly thrown on to the waggon s. , So slovenly, indeed, th a t one o f th e cas ks rolled 01 on to the ground with such force as to burst it; The train being in motion, the powder which haa, become strewn over the rails, immediately explode with terrible violenc e , an d th e w h o l e o f the unfor tunate persons standing near, were either blown struck away. Already had some old matting wh h ie 4 had been temporarily th rown over th e p o wder in be waggons, ignited in severa l pl aces , an d, but for tn. presence of mind and intrepidity of a woma n 1 1 clashing a bucketful of water over it, a more aw' a catastrophe would certainly have ensued, as the qa, 811 1 ; tity of powder amounted to nearly half a ton. clothing of those standing by caught fire, an d sevei. were severely injured. On Monday an inquest w a s h e ld b e f o re Mr. Da vie ' s q ' on the remains of one o f th e su ffe rers , M a ria Eva n aged 17, daughter of one of the miners, and a ve rdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. Another is said to have since died. The other 0 ; fortunate creatures con ti nue i n a b a d condition Penydaran and Pontnurlais. The sad affair is entirely attributable to the lo se ers• way the powder was convey e d a b out b y t h e labour RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 10. SO STOCK EXCHANGE.—The dem a nd f er shares is hardbi o t brisk to-day as en yesterday, at the same time the illa r s id closed firmly. The sales are—Ambergate, N tfisighel J m o pc - Boston,2 dis—Birkenhead, L ancas hi re , an d Cheshire 1 0, tion, 311. Shares, 61. 1 ls. 3d. dis.—Ditto (late C. efi ci f o st 27/. 10s. Shares, 1474—Ditto, 221. Shares, 61 h di t s :„4% Lancashire, 5 1 / 8 dis.—Lancashire an d Yorkshire liaten' dis.—Ditto, Fifths, dis.—Ditto, 32!. Shares (late - sion), 6 1 ,/ e dis.—London and North-Western, 152 e-1,, (L. and B.), Fifths, 10 p.—Ditt o , Q uar t ers (G. J.), 3' 1, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, 41 I A 3 c. p.—Midland Stock, 108% c.—Ditto, 40/. S ll . ll ll o ' ion —Ditto, Birmingham and Gloucester, 118—Shropshi re , 28 Railway and Canal, 2A dis.—South-Eastern and Dei," — ' B od c.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 2 3 4 dis.— York, Newcastle' Berwick (Orig. New. andßer.), 29—Ditto, N. anci a u_Lpitto tensions), No. 2, 3 % p.—York and North Midland, 1 1 1 vt " ri tisll, (East and West Riding Extension), 63/ n —NOM 4 r • Halves, 11%. MANCHESTER, Nov. 10. Notting ; STOCK EXCHANGE.-The s a l es are -A m b er gate, • teir ham, and Boston, 1 1 7 8 dis.-Eastern Counties York s c. sion), dis.-East Lancashire, 5 1 ,, dis.-Ditto, 14 , 8 , 11 '. c dis.-Huddesfield and Manchester (221. paid), 4% ut s 'e , " - :fthS, Ditto,Thirds, 17-16 dis x. i-Lancashire -and Yorkshiiare,n.elhes.. dis-Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 11-16 dis. N o rth ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1-16 0. 1 ) ." - a ° ti th- Staffordshire, 7-16 dis.-No r th U n i on (B), 137-,,„.- 7 110 1- Eastern and Dover, 281 A-Ditto, No. 4, 2 11-16 dis. - "" o r. dale, 2 dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference (g 6 per cent. till 1850), p . LEEDS, NOVEMBER 10. hit* STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East L011°5190. 5/. as. 9d. dis.-Ditto, New 5% dis.-Ditto, Qua rters, so d dis. -Lancashire and Yorkslire, Halves (late Nu d * Shell.), 10 n. dis.-Ditto (West Riding Union), 525. t d ir d i .g . Leeds and Thirsk, 17 1 / 2 dis.-Ditto, Preference, 315.6,ing -London and N or th-W estern (M anc h es t e r and Dir - ham), Quarters (A), 31. 6s. 3d. p.-Midland, Preference,. c. dis.-North British, Thirds 6s. dis.-North Stafford 6s. dis.-North-West ern , 4/. 13s. 9d. dis.-York, Newcastle' and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 20s. IN SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 10. Wog' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergatel N° Dian. ham, and Boston, 1% ''. dis.-Great Northern, 6 'u s ' In), chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Liu° Preference, par-North-West ern' 4, dis. EDINBURGH, Nov. 9. 26 1 ' STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, -Airdrie and Bath ate 3/. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Fort;d: 261.-Ditto, Halves, 134-Ayr and Galloway, '2/. 2 %i s ii -Caledonian, 351.-Ditto, New, 55.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 11. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, -Deeside, 3/. Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and 2 Callender , It 5L -Dundee and Arbroath, 344-Ditto, New,NO'p a w Ditto, Now, No. 2, 344-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31 . dee and Northern Junction, 11. IN.-Dundee and Perth, 5 3. IN.-Ditto, New. 13/. 10s.- Ditto, Quarters, 21% ~ -East of Fife, 21. 155.-East Lothian Central, 11.--baui burgh and Batligate, 51.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 9 34 1 ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 12/. ex div.-Ditto, New Hale'et cr 155.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 151.- Ditto, It, rence, 154-Ditto, New, 3/. 145.-Ditto, Quarters, 'a s , Edinburgh and Northern, 174 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, -Ditto, Newport, W. 78. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, I kri c . • 61 -Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 15s. -Ditto, rit e* ss. -Glasgow and Ayrshire, 991.-Ditto, New Stock, : 391. ,"" .... r4 Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 51. 55.-Ditto, Halves, N°' 2s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71.-Gls s eljo i f-• - Garnkirk, 381. 155.-Glasgow General Terminus, lu" Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 10s.-Ditte, Ditto, Preference, 71. 195.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, all7;tre• at drossan, 3/. 95.-Great N or th o f Scotland, 178 . 6d--- lee Northern (late kDirect Northern), 11. 175. London and York), 21.-North British, 251. ~.2 * nor' Halves, 11/. lft-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. tors (scrip), Bs. 3d.-Ditto, Thirds 1/. 11s.- t. t !: Dint Junctio* 5/. 55.-Scottish Central, 21/. 158.--,Scottish Gran d Her 65.-Scottish Midland. 15/Aft-Shrewsbury su 10s.-Shrewsbury, Os westrY, and Chester, 181. _r.e.so -Dit to L 6 (4 and Dunfennline, 3L-Stirling and Dlidland, 15 9 . and Coltness, 444-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, ' 5 gt -Ditto, Extensions, No. 1, 11/. 55.-Ditto, ditto,lo.odijob 10/. 108.-Direct Bombay and Madras, Is. 9 1-Eas s o utbern 1/. Os. 3d.-G rea t N ort h o f I n di a, I s . 3e1.--Great of Madras, IL-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 15. 6d. GLASGOW, Nov. 9. sod At.. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dunuee v, broath, New, No. 1, 24-Edinburghand Gla s g ° 98' ri are,, 39 t' Ditto, Halves, 12-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, un- sh,fre, 3 e 9 ;, Ditto, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 110-Ditto, 404 -Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 5-Glasgow, Dumfries' Shand sad lisle, 71. 48.-Great Northern, 863.-1 601 f t:1es g r e ottisiz Southampton, Bs.-North British, Thirds, 3 ' s ' Central, 221. -- _.— cco.'"" A NOVEL MODE OF SMUGGLING Touafo Amongst the various stratagems country withoutigi. purpose of passing tobacco into this payment of the legal duty, and to elude the Prrug fan is lance of the Custom-house officers, the following P jficer the latest novelty. Mr. J. Wakehani, the _, er, appointed to inspect the cargo of the Magnet siell e u o „ just arrived from Rotterdam, in the course Of h iS ., o il mination saw some earthen jars, containing, i" ia , appearance, a quantity of butter, but, whether from 0 formation or suspicion did not transpire, deemingt" resorted to more minute examination necessary, he pierced rte de butter, and soon found that an article of a different or scription lay below, and that there was only a thin lel o of butter at the top on a skin , and t he rest was tobaec i pressed closely into the .jars. O f course no clainA t was found for the jars after th i s unexpected disceeeffir; and in lieu of one Mr. Wakeman took possession of " same, and lodged them in the Custom-house warehousel' [A D VERTISEMENT.]--A NEVER-FAILING RE . Ai ng 2 f o f 3 VillC e R! Pills,'S ~.1 who certifiesha ssol f d ro a m n ir: e toh n vis fi n e s FOR DROPSY ARE HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. Mr. Welli Holloway'skcif.nneoaanwktelielydcgheenmfofista,mSto. has been effected o s n t e a x tr personaordi n residingar cur e o inf Dropsythat to 1 d The patient was so dradfully afflicted by their use. reach the seat of his complaint until be that though he obtained the best medical advice ° , l l til t: place, yet he derived no benefit—nothing so me— 0 celebrated Pills, which so effectual) eradicated it : f o b re ° l i s Ts his system, that he is now as well as ever he " 5 ire% life. Sold by all druggists, at Professor establishment, London.atid ----------.- nollow-- eab lit a BIRTH'S. fe h. On the 7th inst., M r s T. T eape , o f a eo n, who sniurrild, the On ours the Bth inst., at Fenti man - roa d, Clapha- - ro wife of Mr. James B. Tomalin, of a son o f ~pilha~ On the Bth i ns t., in Bedford...pare, the lady Bovill, Esq., of a daughter. giv . ng toDr On the 9th inst., at Sydenham, Mrs. Jel in of a girl. gee-, On the 9th inst., the wife of Mr. Thomas Gerrasil i r of the of Regent-street, of a d aug h ter. latOenvvtihileiam2d Einesetie,sa,tEDa:eonfhaamso,n. Ch es hi r e, the isr'" ° On the 7th inst., at South Town G rea t Yann°lltb, the " lady of H enr y R. H armer, Esq of a daughterh.eisea, the Wife On the 7th in s t., a t the Royal H os pital, c of Dr. Maclachlan, of a daughter. MARRIED. by A to g On the lath inst , at All Soul's, Lanham-plece, ' ~ Lord Bishop o Rochester, Sir William Payne Gall/r e - 1 ' 13 0e% to Emily An daughter daughter of Sir Robert F ra nkland 10 Bart., of Thirkleby-park and Chequers Court. charlee ssial O iriat n thi t : h oE e ns B lqy t . h inst. at St. Nicholas Church, Bright elb tratild 4 'daourg h tl te e r N o V f e ß st e e n r i n . • m ro i a n d, D ß ay ri , g r, ht s o ci n . : o t f c Var ' reo e ' Romford, E 9 ise. Brooks, 0 n t 11 et to Trances x eldest Pancras ldestda u C g h h u t e r r e h of , M t h r' T a P:t e 111,351 Brine, Esq., of Clifford's Inn. to ..- A plief At St. George's, J. Patrick, Esq., of Londo n, daughter of the late Thomas llayter, Efit ... _______.----- ----- _ _ On the 6th inst, Georg D e LE F ß ra • ncis Barlow, Esq" of tilB Manor House, Hampton, Middlesex, aged 74. . Mn.eOn the 6th inst., in M on t ague - p lace, Russell -0 1" r " SaOn ve. Rev. Alfred the 7th inst., C a th ar i ne W e bb, second daught.r occtese, Alfred Suckling, of Barsham Rectory, near Pe Suffolk. f. o kay On the 7th inst., John, eldest son of the late John ...• Esq., of Camberwell, Sur 3 aged 26. 1 ee, On the Sth inst., Mrs . Susan of Stockwell -Pal Stockwell, aged 68. On the 9th inst., in Fenchurch-street, Mr. S a muel Kiley' ag O ed n 6 t s h • e 9th inst., in Bedford-row, I s lington, fr. Fradley, aged 67. On• the 9th inst.. at Lockerid re near .11.1arlborl50-u-;:, Ell::: beth, wife of Mr. William C. Me l i•;itnan. , w a lkr, On the 9th inst., at Greenwich, the Rev. J. F. - - iti A.M., Chaplain to the Right Hon. Corporation of the Trip House, and Lecturer at St. Paul's, Deptford, Kent. B 0, On the 9th inst., at Brixton-rse, Surrey, lien r Y - " Esq., aged 60, __....- London : Printed and Published by 111 - 111W 0 t No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, .., eE Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , i n the couftv Middlesex, Thursday, November 11, 1847. Si