The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

AWFUL EFFECTS OF A THUN- DERBOLT. At thi.; early season of ;h..) year we hardly expect to hear of thunder, leach if any serious damage from its effects, yet it has pr: i us some flying visits for the last week or two, and on Friday was attended with the most frightful results. On Friday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Humble, of Quarry-cottage, Idle, were with Mr. Ryland, of Bradford, sitting in their dining roam, and were just remarking upon the distant thunder that had ocenrre 1 a few minutes before; when, in an instant, a crash appe,red to be tearing down the side of the house, and smoke and flame tilled the room. Mr. Ryland i....,- mediately opened the doez pposite the fire- place round wh ch they had been seated, and, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Humble, reached, through successive doors, the ball entrance, on the other side of the house. Hardly knowing how or what they had escaped, they hurried to the kitchen, which they found envelop-d in sulphurous vapour, and strew::.l with ruins, but t!.e servants, like themselves, most miraculously saved. On returning to the dining-room, their own escape seemed perfectly in credible. They had been seated about the middle of the room's length; the lightning had penetrated at a lofty corner cupboard at one end; and, in ita passage to the window opposite, had carried its upper door over them, end deposited it on the floor between them and the 'rvindow; the lower door was thrown against the fire rlact, chairs near the cupboard were thrown, down, a pi.=ee of solid mahogany torn off one, and thrown to a distance; plaster torn frors the cupboard side, and from the ceiling adjoining; the window (reaching to the ground) was bent outwards both in the upper and lower sash, and almost every pane blown far out to the lawn. The cupboard, whence the electric fluid had thus en tered the room. sva4 immediately behind Mr. Ryland's c h a ir ; and its passage was, almost, of necessity, full in the face of Mr. and Mrs. Humble. How they escaped is a mystery indeed. As they stood at the window look ir, at the wreck, yet still scarce able to breathe from the suffocating fumes, a most brilliant and perfect double rainbow spanning the lawn, had something in it like the promise of the first. - In the kitchen, the lightning had taken diagonally down a side-wall; then buntin,g out some yard of plaster just above the floor, seemed to have escaped dirz-crly across to the window, which was entir.4y smashed. Pre cisely in its course was the younger servant, a child of twelve years old, cleaning the hearth-stone. In the same direction utensils of tin and copper were thrown to the window. Behind her, the crockery-frame fell from the wall; yet she, too, escaped, and that through the great fall of ruins which must simultaneously have taken place at the garden-door, through which she ran. The elder servant, who had been standing by the window, escaped by another door into the yard. The escape, both in parlour and kitchen, was the more mar vellous, as they are neither of them of great dimensions IRELAND. i the e,e , rt, but still a considerable quantity was taken. A very much larger force will be indispensable to main tain the communications; and particularly now that this new system will require such considerable imports every fortnight, Government must keep the roads open at whatever cost. The country is becoming very much disturbed, several additional regiments must be sent to preserve the peace." ROBBERY OF A MAIL CAR.—CAHIRCIVEEN, MAY 17. —lt is to me a most painful task to have to acquaint you that the in-coming mail car to this town was robbed this morning, about one o'clock, at Bowler's-hill, about a mile to the west of Kells, by two armed men, and six bags of letters taken; and though the police and others are out in search of the robb , rs, I greatly fear they will not be traced. Unfortunately there were no passengers on the car, and th, , driver not bring armed ❑o resistance be made.-=Cork Examiner. STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—The accounts from the provinces this morning are fearful beyond all former pre cedents. Fever is rapidly on the increase, and, it is to be fearer', will continue to increase with the advance of summer. In the Kilkenny Union more paupers have died within the last three months than during the preceding five years. In the parish of Cattlemain there have been 420 deaths, of these upwards of3oo were caused by famine. In this locality there Was a landlord clearance in the month of April, by which 128 individuals were rendered house- ~ss and homeless. In Kilrnain, county Cork, the mortality presents an increase of .300 per cent, over that of last year ; and here, too, the disease is to be seen at work every day. In Kilcreest, county Galway, there has been an in crease of 1,400 per cent. ' In Ardfort there have been 910 deaths, of which 416 were caused by famine. Instances such as the foregoing could be accumulated without number or end. One m:>re will suffice for the present. In Crookhaven, Cork, the Southern Reporter says, the people in the neighbourhood have perished — are perishing still from sheer want of any kind of nu triment. There are deaths from pure starvation. A woman, whose father and family died of hunger, has prolonged her own miserable existence on dog's flesh. She has drunk dog's blood ! Merciful Providence ! why should these horrible expedients be al-owed by Christian men ? THE DISTILLERIES. The reduction of the duty on rum, consumed in Ire land, has put a stop to distillation at a much earlier pe riod this year than usual. The North Mall Distillery will discontiue distillation for the season after this week, and will be quickly followed by that of John street. All the Cork distilleries will then have ceased working at an unusually early period of the year. The discontinuation of those distilleries will throw a con siderable number of poor men, all labourers, out of em ployment. It will be bad too for the dairy farmers re siding near Cork, who were enabled to supply their cattle with grains and wash during the dearth of fodder this spring. It appears that the heavy stocks of whisky in the hands of the retailers, purchased some months since, when that article was expected to reach half a guinea per gallon, and not yet disposed of, have tended to check the demand at the distilleries; and rum bei.ig j now sold at little more than the price of whisky, has also contributed to cause a stagnation in the trade, which it is not likely to recover for some considerabl , time. Many apprehend that it will be long before retailers get rid of their stocks, the dram drinkers being more likely to give a preference to rum than their native whisky. Of course the high price of barley must have consider able influence with the distillers in causing them to cease working their concerns. IRISH LANDLORDISM. The Kilkenny Journal of this day states, on the auth rjry of a correspondent, that the bailiffs of the Right Hon. W. F. Tighe were out on Tuesday, for the purpose of diatraining for rent. They commenced, it is said, at the side of Brandon Hill, determined to sweep the entire Roer property before them; but, happily, some of the tenants hold 'aril from the excellent Lord Mount gtrre-, and having had some pr--sentiment of " Bob', visit," they drove the cattle for security, into the pro perty of this nobleman. Tne same correspondent speaks in high terms of praise of the conduct of Lords Mountgarret and Clifden ; the latter, who is a nephew of Lord Niorpeth, has given employment to a great number of men for the last throe years—distributed food and clothes before—treated his tenants with the greatest indulgence. in this season of famine and of death, and no man under him need fear FUNIERAL OF THE LATE LORD-LIEUTENANT. LJuai cx MAy 22.—Yesterday being the day appointed for the removal of the body of his late Excellency from ;.lie Castle to the family burying-place, at Be7borough. county Kilkenny, immense numbers of the citizens con eaeated together in the streets through which the pro c ession was to pass. At half-past two o'clock precisely the procession left the Castle chapel in the order pre scribed by Sir William Betharn, Ulster .King Arras. The hearse was a light open vehicle, constructed for the occasion, surmounted by a canopy of black, an d orne mated on the sides with armorial bearings. The horses were covered with mournior clothes, to which were appended escutcheons bearing the arms of the Ponsonby family. It was naturally an object of attraction, and so great was the crowd that pressed forward to view it, a body of policemen were stationed at the door of the stables to allow only a few persons in at a time. Alutee were stationed at the grand and private entrances of the Chapel Royal. The first coffin was raised neon a trestle near the door. It was very massive. SP 7en feet long, two :ee,t in (teeth, and two and a hal , feet wide, consisring of an inside shell, made of cedar wood, hoed with white satin, and - cushioned with a of the. same material. The second was a pon derous leaden coffin, the whole enclosed in a solid mahogany case, curs red with rich crimson velvet, the ii edges stndded with a treble row of very rich gilt nails, and the hantliel, side plates, and other mountings solid and massive gilt brass. The pulpit, communion talk., r.:4ing desks, an d th e organ ga ll ery , were h ung w i t h tdack.At either side of the coffin banners were suspended, upon which were painted the armorial bearings of the house of Poneouby, together with:these of the illustrious order of St. Patrick, of which the late Earl was ex officio Grand Master. A few persons only were permitted to visit the Chapel Royal. A public and formal funeral procession should not interfere with, or obstruct the st , (•!u3ina and sacredness of the domestic sorrow, and the Dean very properly restricted the admission to a fin.", lest the immediate family and relatives might 'be intruded upon in those moments of grief and meditatioe which - afford a mournful consolation to . the afflicted heart, ere the remains of him whom they honoured argil revered were removed for ever from teeir eyes. Tie windows in the_ different offices of the Castle were filled with spectator—and save upon the entry of the Vic., roy into Dublin, when he came accorap.inied by all the pride, poop, and circumstance of royal splendour —we have not seen such o. concourse of persons in the streets, nor the windows of private houses and public building.: so densely crowded. Essex bridge was almost blocked up bycarriages and passengers, and these who found it impossible to make way through the multitude in that leeality, were obliged to go round by the Metal-bridge, or drive hastily upon cars down to Carlisle-bridge, in urger to reach the procession from the north side of the Jiver. The conduct of the populace was respeetful and becoming; and we did not hear of any accident except the fall of a cavalry officer _from his horse, in the Lower Castle-yard, and some trifling injuries sustained by a child near the Great Southern and Western Rail way,from coming in contact with a restive horse, but no serious damage was done in either case. At half- - pa.st two o'clock the procession left the Castle. At this moment the guns from the Wellington Testimonial coin- M• silenced firing sixty-six rounds in minute time, the num ber corresponding with the age of the late Viceroy. The fine-toned bell of the Royal Hospital pealed forth its solemn knell at the same time. The course taken wee through the Upper Castle-yard, down Cork hill, through Parliament -street, and "from thence onwards to the railway. Amongst these who left their cards with the Chamberlain and joined the precession, were— The Chief Justice, Benin Pennefather, the Master o' the Rolls, the First and Second liemembran:.t - T, Lord Talbot, Sir Thomas M'Kewaey, Sir Randolph Routh, the High Sheriff, the Hon. Major Southwell, Sir Ueorge Morris, Colonel Lewis, Morgan J. O'Connell, 1 M.P., the President of the Queen's College of Belfast, Sir Thomas Usher, Master Litton, Dr. Kennedy, Sir John Fewer, the flop. Mr. Plunket, Major Deane, i .Fight Hon. Sir J. Kennedy, Hon. Patrick Plunket, Dean of Arrntgh, Sir George Cockburn, Sir J. Dorn- brain, Major Cottingharn, Rev. Dr. Wilson, Hon. St. Joan Butler, Sir Nicholas Fitzsimon, Sir Thomas Es t:amide, 1)r. Corrigan, Sir Robert Kane, Lord Arran, Col gel MSGregor, Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Sir J. K. Jamee, Ban., Lord Charlemont, Sir Henry Marsh, Sir Henry Meredyth, Sir Phili p C rampton. Dr. Stokes, Sir Thomas Stlple Judge Reatinge, Sir Richard LLogrisho..Chief Juetke of the Queen's Bench, Justice Ball, Attorney- \ Gene!al, &c., The streets were lined by the Royal Artillery, the 4th Light Dragoons, 137 h Light Dragoons, the 17th Lanceree! the 3d ,se buffs, the 13th Light Infantry, the 26th Came ronis,ns, the 6Sth Light Infantry, and the depot of the 7th Mincers. The bands of the 4th Light Dragoons, the 13th Light Dragoons, and the 17th Lancers a:tended at the Castle at two o'clock, and played the usual solemn I ails, which impart to such an occurrence as that of which n - e write, much of the moral and beneficial effect which it is ckliculated to have upol the puoiic mind. One of RECENT D ISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA. In our last we reported the return of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and suite from a voyage to the head of Spencer's Gulf. We are now enabled to kive some particulars of an examination of the various harbours in that gulf which have hitherto been only partially known to the public, and the •liscovery, if we may so call it, of a new harbour ituated close to Mount Remarkable; in which the largest ships can load and discharge in perfect secu rity. After a careful examination of Port Germain ia lat. 33 3, it was ascertained that that harbour is not only very difficult of access but is not available for shipping drawing more than 12 feet water. Port Ferguson, also, did not appear to be available for large ships ; but it was found that that portion of the gulf immediately north of Point Lowly, lat. 32, long. 57, extending to the latitude of Mount Remarkable, 32 43, contains a fine harbour with a depth of from four to seven fathoms. It is sheltered on the south by a sand bank, which runs from the point (not named) opposite Point Lowly, and close to the latter point there is a channel of seven fathoms leading into the harbour, to which therefore there is an easy ac cess. On the west side of the Gulf, near Point Lowly, the depth of this harbour is seven fathoms, and it shoals gradually towards a sandy beach on the eastern side, distant fifteen miles from Mount Remarkable. At one mile and a half from the shore, there is an excellent well-protected anchorage in four fathoms water. The land close by the Gulf at tills part was traversed by Mr. Eyre in 1839. From his report we should consider it a country favourable for land carriage. On the Mount Remarkable range the prevailing rock is a very hard white sandstone ; on the west coast a coarse red sandstone prevails. 1 The Governor was of opinion, from the nature of the I (,ountry, that the range of mountains, as far as Mount I Arden, abounds in minerals.—From the South Austra -1 lian, Dec. 8. . the hest points of view from which the procession was witneasetl was from the King's-bridge near the railway. The glittering ti-ins of the infantry, the nodding plumes anal brilliant lane , soft:: ,- cavalry, and the showy equi pages, forming a strong c.,.:trast to tho melancholy sym bols, ,ax,cl trappings of death as the procession moved slowly and solemnly on, presented features of mournful interest: to the spectator, as he looked upon them from the peaceful pl ac id r i ver. T he private carriages of his Excellency's faniily,whicti were conspicuous in tho group, were the most elegant and most suited to the solemnity of the scene. £he coachmen and footmen were dressed in deep mourning, ant: the absence of all appearance ostenlation and pomp in the equipm,mts contributed greatly to render the ceremony.impressive. We cannot omit referrinc , to the very excellent manner in which the bands iisalarged their part of the duty. The sacred music which they played, chiefly " The Dead March in Saul" was well cho-en and admirably executed. When the innee.Al cortege arrived at the terminus of the Great Southern and Western Railway, the band of the 13th Regiment formed under the covered way, and continued to play the solemn air of " The Dead March in Saul," while the necessary preparations were being made for the transference of the coffin, &e., to the hearse intended for its reception, which was fixed upon one of • the railway traffic carriages. Thg!privat e carr i ages o f th e h ouse h o ld, as we ll a s the mourning coaches, were also fixed upon similar machines. At a quart er hfore four, the special train was set in motion, and moved along to _stationed to co n y Carlow, where horses were .on 7 . the funeral appliances to their ulti mate desti ttlown churchyard. The directors o . l wa e railway were in attendance, most anxious in every promote that order and deco rum befitting the sol3eniten George Roe, Esq., R igt :riou—Sir D. Roche, Bart., macinness, Esq. ; Esq., Deputy Chair man . ; Edward ili'Donnell, Thomas Mooney, Esq R. Guinness Houghton, Esq. as also the engineer-in -chief, Air John The new terminus in progress of with persons anxious to obtain a View erection, was filled every fseility was afforded, through th e e Pr°cession sisfo Mescrs, Williams in erecting temporary platforms of nrn,.rynnotlet? the public in this respect, P so far r a m s s t litnitPd space nfr,rded. The counnet of tie funeral reflected much credit steon Z.V. Williams —'t wits iu every way befitting tho The, b. ..ers wed on the occasion were most appro. t riato. co "uprising the Order o f St. Patrick, his late :xcy.ell•incy 's Arin 6, &c. They were executed by Mr. and Mr. Ciaro:Tton, under the superintendence ot Sir Bethatn. for his cow. The Cork Examiner of yesterday says, the Patent Saw. Mills at King-street, the largest establishment o! the kind we b-dieve in the land, have been at full work, with from 16 to 20 pair of saws going at the same time from morning to night, for the last six or eight months, cutting planks for coffins ! The other orders to the same establishment were planks and scantlings for the furniture of berthing in emigrant vessels, and for the erection of fever sheds in all parts of the country. THE NEW LORD-LIEUTENANT. It is said that the new Lord-. Lieutenant will arrive in Dublin on Wednesday, when a Privy Council will be held, and his Excellency sworn into office. There is no truth in the rumour that. hir. - Labouchore is to leave Ireland. The Right: Hon. Gentleman con- tinues here aa Chief Secretary. TRINITY TERM.. This day being the first of Trinity Term, the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and the Judges of several Courts, opened .term with the usual ceremonials. At two o'clock the Lord Chancellor entered the Court of Chancery, and having taken his seat on the Bench, the following g.::ati.:talen having been previously sworn by Judge Perrin, in the Court of Queen's Bench, were called to the Bar :—Francis Evans, Esq , only son of Francis Evans, of Mallow, in the county of Cork, Esq.; John Hickson, Esq., second son of John James Hickson, of Tralee, in the county of Kerry, Esq.; John Hatch Synge, EN., third son of John Synge, late of Glanmore, in the county of Wicklow, Esq., deceased ; Samuel M'Gouran, Esq., only son of R. M'Gouran, late of Cumber, in the county of Down, deceased, who took the Catholic oath. MURDER OF • AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER IN THE CITY GAOL. 4hr),:t a fortnight since a woman, named Margaret Lynch, was committed to gaol for stealing watches be longing to a man named Crowley, of Fishamble lane, in company with a soldier of the 47th Regiment, both parties being of known .bad character. On Sunday Lynch was delivered of a child, which she smothered next night in the cell, and threatened to " brain" two female prisoners who were with her if they disclosed what she had done. Some intimation, how- I ever, reached the ears of the prison authorities; and an inquest having been held „yesterday, a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against the unnatural pa,rent.—Southern Reporter. CORN EXCHANGE. Our arrivals this week have been moderate, and as a demand from the interior continues to increase our stock of bread stuffs is much reduced, and prices exhibit a strong upward tendency. This day's market was well attended, and holders commenced by demanding higher prices than were actually realised. We note, however, an advance In wheat of 2 3 ., o a t s I s ., and b arley is. Gd. since last Friday; while for Indian corn 6,. to Bs. more money was paid. Corn meal is fully 3s. dearer, peas 2a., and baana about le. The sale of flour is improved, sacks I slid barrel's being 2s. and 3s. respectively higher. Oat meal without change. Coarse flour meets inquiry. I Starch extremely scarce, and high rates demanded. OUTRAGES. A correspondent of the Evening Mail writes as fllows, under eau?, Turloughmore, May 20 :—" A vi-)lent im , l3 fr• nil Galway atta c k e d the meal carts going nut near Turictighmore, on Tuesday, the 1 lth, 'zed plundered several tons of meal ; on the j .13. h again, the mob were most audacious, going j Into the town, ai36 l , in presence of the military escart, at- I tacking the c.irts. The principle parties were w omen an d . bo7s, with b?,gs and knives, and they are becoming so d..xterot.'s at their trade, it is very difficult to evade A HINT FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS TO THE CORPORATION of LONDON.—A proclamation was issued icy the Governor of Pabu, on the 23d November, which INSTRUCTIONS AND RECEIPTS FOR THE USE OF INDIAN CORN. The following are extracts from a pamphlet published for the Government at Dublin, and show the various modes of cooking Indian corn in America : METHOD OF GRINDING INDIAN CORN.—The grain of Indian corn is sometimes very hard, and is called flint corn, but all the mill stones used for grinding other grains may be used for Indian corn. This grain being larger than wheat, it is necessary that the stones should be kept wider apart and not driven too rapidly, fot when the motion of the stones is too rapid the meal becomes heated and injured, and the cause of injury to the meal is its being around too fine—" it kills or deadens the meal." VARIOUS NIANNERS OF USING INDIAN CORN AS HUMAN FOOD. SUPPAWN OR PORRIDGE—That is to say, boiling milk, broth, or water, thickened with Indian corn meal, in the same way that people in the south of England thicken them with wheat flour, and the people in the north thicken with oatmeal. Put into water, this is a break fast, supper, or dinner for little children ; put into milk or broth it is the same for grown peopl. It is excel lent in all disorders arising from bad digestion. In milk or broth it is a good strong meal sufficient for a man to work upon. It takes about 3ilb. of Indian corn flour to make por ridge for 10 persons, less than half a pound of corn flour for a meal for one man, and a warm comfortable meal that fills and streng hens the stomach. Three pounds and a half of wheaten flour would make 4ilb. of bread, but it would be dry bread, and bread alone, and not affording half the sustenance or comfort of the porridge. MUSH.—Put some water or milk into a pot, and bring it to boil; then let the corn meal out of one hand gently into the milk or water, and keep stirring with the other, until you have got it into a pretty stiff state ; after which let it stand ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, or less, or even one minute ' and then take it out, and put it into a dish or bowl. This sort of half pudding or halt' porridge, you eat either hot or cold, with a little salt or without it. It is eaten without any liquid matter, but the general way is to have a basin of milk, and taking a lump of the mush you put it into the milk, and eat the two together. It is a great convenience for the workmen in the field that mush can be eaten cold. It is, in fact, moist bread, and habit soon makes it pleasanter than bread. Elomnre is made of the broken grain, broken by the steel mills. It is soaked over night in warm water, changed in the morning to clean cold water, and boiled gently an hour and a half. Warm it over when cold ; eat it with milk, or molasses, or salt, or bacon, or alone. Wheaten bread, with one third Indian corn meal, is decidedly improved by it, and is preferred at all the tables of the first American families. It acquires by this addition a sweetness in flavour, and a freshness that we in vain look for in bread made entirely of wheat. INDIAN CORN AND WHEAT FLOUR BREAD.—Take one quart of corn meal and a little salt, and one quart of boiling water. Wet the meal, let it stand until it be blood-warm, then add two quarts of wheat flour and half a pint of yeast, and let it rise. This quantity will make two loaves. Bake it one hour and a half. BROWN BREAD.—Take one quart and a pint of Indian meal, one quart and a pint of rye flour, and a little sal:. Mix well together; then take a half pint of yeast, a quart and half a pint of blood-warm water, and let it rise; bake it in an iron stand in the oven all night. RYE AND INDIAN BREAD.—There are many different proportions in the mixing of this bread. Some put one third Indian with two of rye; others like one-third rye and two of Indian, others prefer it half and half. If you use the largest proportion of rye meal, make your dough stiff, so that it will mould into loaves; when it is two-thirds Indian, it should be softer and baked in deep earthen or tin pans, after the following rules:— Take four quarts of silted Indian meal: put it into a glazed earthen pan, sprinkle over it a tablespoonful of fine salt; pour over it about two quarts of boiling water, stir and work it till every part of the meal is thoroughly wet. Indian meal absorbs a great quantity of water. When it is about milkwarm work in two quarts of rye meal, half a pint of lively yeast, mixed with a pint of warm water; add more warm water if needed. Work the mixture well ith your hands. It should be stiff, but not firm as flour dough. Have ready a large, deep, well buttered pan; put in the dough, and smooth the top by putting your hand in warm water and then patting down the loaf. Set this to rise in a warm place in tor winter; in the summer it should not be put by the fire. When it begins to eraek on the top, which will usually he in about an hour or an hour and a half, put it into a well-heated oven, and bake it three or four hours. It is better to let it stand in the oven all night, unless the weather is warm. Indian meal requires to be will cooked. The loaf will weigh between seven and eight lbs. There is another mode which many persons think pre ferable. Scald a spurt of rye and another of Indian meal with a small quantity a boiling water. Boil a teaspoonful of salt in a pint and a half of milk, mix tile rye and Indian meal together, and pour the milk over them ; add half a pint of fresh yeast, but not before the meal is cooling. The mixture must be well kneaded and placed in a deep pan by the fire to rise. When it has risen sufficiently, take it out of the pan, make it into any shape you like, and put it into an oven well heated. If the fire is too brisk the crust will brown and the inside remain heavy. :It shoal. bake from two to three hours. To MAKE EXCELLENT BREAD WITHOUT YEAST.— Staid about two handfuls of Indian meal, into which put a little salt, and as. much cold water as will make it rather warmer than new milk - then stir in wheat flour till it is as thick as a fa m ily pudding, and set it down by the fire to rise. In about half an hour it generally grows thin ; you may sprinkle a little fresh flour on the top, and mind to turn the pot round, that it may not bake to the side of it. In three or four hours, if you mind the above directions, it will rise and ferment as if you had set it with hop yeast ; when it does, make it up in soft dough, flour a pan, put in your bread, and set it before the fire, covered up, turn it round to make it equally warm, and in about an hour it will be light enough to bake. It suits best to bake it in a Dutch oven, as it should be put into the oven as soon as it is light. Be careful to observe that Indian corn in all its pre paration requires thorough cooking. If not sufficiently boiled or baked it loses its flavour and becomes indi gestible. The following recipes are extracted from Dr. Bart lett's admirable pamphlet : GRIDDLE CAKES.—Use milk altogether and no water. Two eggs, yellow and white, to be allowed for a pint of corn meal, the milk to be a little warmed, and the whole to be well beaten up with a spoon. There must be milk enough used to make the whole so liquid that it will pour out of the saucepan on the griddle, and a spoonful of wheat flour and lard (pure butter is better) the size of a walnut. The griddle is a flat round iron concern, standing on three legs, and of any size ; it must be made not very hot, as it would then burn the cakes, and it must be well cleaned and greased while warm, that it may be perfectly smooth, so that the cakes may be easily turned, that they may be done brown (not burnt) on both sides; to promote their turning easily is the object of adding the wheaten flour. The dough, or rather the batter, must be well beat up, and prepared directly before being cooked, though it might set an hour, but it would not bear to be mixed over night. The cakes are usually poured on until they spread on the girdle to the size of the bottom of a breakfast plate. INDIAN MEAL BREAKFAST CAKE. Pour boiling watertaekn make it addintoitk ek t a quart of corn weal ; stir it until it is wet ; beateneggs,and mi a lt po e o no n u i g u h l to m h f ) two wellbatter ; treasure a small teaspoonful dry saleratus, and dissolve it into some warm water, b h u a t k t e er in square c quick oven pansen ; two-thirds full, arid and put it i n t o t h e b atter with a small ' quantity of salt ,• eat- it in 2 - quires, and w ; h fille done tle Il serve hot. INDIAN Murprus.—Pour boiling water into a quart of corn meal ; stir it well, let it be a thick batter ; when it is cooled a little, add to it a table. spoonful of yeast, two eggs well beaten, and a tea-spoonful of salt ; set in a warm place to rise for two hours ; then butter square tin pans, two-thirds fill them, and bake in a quick oven; what' done serve hot or cut in squares, or bake as wheat muffins. BIKED INDIAN PUDDING.—One quart of milk boiled, it stir in seven spoonfuls of meal while is boiling hot, mix it quite thin:: when it is moderately warm add mo lasses, a little ginger and salt, four eggs, and a lump of butter the size of an egg. BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.—One tea-cup of molasses, one piece of suet the size of two eggs, chopped fine, three spoonfuls of meal ; scald the meal with boiling water or milk ; mix it quite thin ; w h en it i s nearly cold add four eggs well beaten. It requires three hours boiling in a strong cloth. - INDIAN GRUEL.—To one quart of boiling water stir in two table-spoonfuls of Indian meal, mixed with a little cold water, boil fifteen or twenty minutes, add a little salt. In conclusion, it will be found on trial that everything which can be made with wheaten flour may be made with Indian corn meal, and that the latter is more whole some and more nutritious. The following are recipes and instructions which are at the present time extensively used, and with great advantage and economy, in the town and neighbourhood of Carlisle, and were furnished by Mr. Jonathan D. Carr, of that town.— PLAIN BOILED IJOMINY, OR INDIAN CORN SHELLED.— Tie one pound of crushed hominy in a cloth, allowing plenty of room to swell, and boil three hours. This pudding may be eaten with sugar and melted butter, or treacle sauce. One pound of hominy will make a pud ding sufficient, as a meal, for five or six persons, at a cost of not more than 2d., when Indian corn is selling from 565. to 60s. per quarter. HOMINY MILK.—Soak half a pound of crushed hominy in water twelve hours, and then boil it in milk over a slow fire two hours. It must be about the consistence of rice milk when brought to table. RICE HOMINY PUDDING.—MIX the hominy, which has been previously boiled, either in milk or water, with eggs, a little sugar and nutmeg, a little suet, and with or without currants and raisins, es preferred. Tie up in a basin, and boil two hours. It is excellent, either boiled or baked. To, prepare hominy as a vegetable, boil whol hominy in plenty of water four hours, and strain it through a culander for the table. This is a beautiful looking dish, and forms an excellent substitute for potatoes. Equal parts of Indian and English flour make excellent household bread and cakes. „ tates that complaints had been made of the leading of wild cattle through the streets of Honolulu, and this dangerous practice is attributed to the custom of i 'lnmeht , ring the animals on or near the wharfs. This 7: e f, :r b b . icl rt, de r n ofefi l tt or etil,s the futur e , an d "all beef slaughtered ii i:,:rm.vi:natt,i°annd three one-fourth shall, on proof of du, upport of the police fourth to the benefit of the in ourths to the Government, fur the i j.‘,l' EPRESEoNfTakTvlaOceNalreo:s.°6! Hon olulu." I oc WESTERN curring DIVISION OF " learn that there is no the representation dissolution of Parlia- I ColtswALL.—We are h a pp y 5 probability • of this division at the approachinn4l ( went. Both our respected Meij er on Tuesday last, in anticipation of a Muntz's motion touching the Copper is about were in the H ouse Or:astir:” Mr. which was pbstponed ; and although Mr. Pendarreessi 1 to visit Cornwall during the Whitsuntide recess, ' private business, and the electors will have great satis faction in learning. that the health of their lonz-tried re presentative is so much restored as to afford them the fullest assurance that the county will not be deprived of ilis -valuable services.— West Briton. THE WEATEIER.—Since our last the weather has been variable. On Saturday the wind veered to the north-east, and there was, consequently, several nipping cold days, with a good deal of snow on Monday. On Wednesday a favourable change took place, and, though the weather is by no means settled, the last two days have been favourable, while the weather has not been very fostering for vegetation ; still the crops look healthy and promise an abundant return. The farmers are preptring th e l an d for turnips, of which an unusual breadth will be sown this season. All the accounts of the potatoes are fl attering.--Ross-shire Advertiser. 1 - hem. The convoy had a kind of a skirmi=hing fight to s te-viain for 'upwards of ten miles, in the course of which ' me Parties - were apprehended and others wounded by THE STIN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1847 THE MIRFIELD MURDERS. [ IDDITI %L PART IcuLArts.:l It was stated in our last that on the morning of Fri lay week a second prisoner was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned with the former pri / soner, Michael M'Kabe, in the dreadful murders corn ! mitted on an entire family at Mirfield, in open day. The capture was made in consequence of information received by Mr. John Howarth, the constable of Mirfield. As the prisoner resided with his father, who keeps a lodging house at Daw Green, near Dewsbury, access was gained under the pretence of looking for two females, when Patrick Reid was found in bed with his wife, two men (brothers, as is supposed) being in bed also in the same room. lie was told that he was wanted on a charge of felony; when the only observation he made was a question :—" Had they taken any other persons on a charge of felony ?" Since then the officers of Mirfield and Dewsbury have been unremitting in their exertions to collect such evidence as would either bring the horrifying crime home to the persons in custody, or to others, the guilty parties. The result of those exertions so far has been to greatly strengthen the original suspi cions against both of the men in custody. Before we detail such of the discoveries and addi tional evidence as it will be prudent in this state of the inquiry to publish, it will be well to state how it came about that suspicion was originally directed towards Michael M'Kabe, the man first apprehended. Alter having visited the house of the Wraiths (and being concerned, as it is supposed, with the dreadful deeds there committed), he called with his basket of pots at the King's Head Inn, and at one or two other places in the neighbour hood ; receiving at one house a bundle of rags which he had left in charge that same morning. With these rags he went to the house of Mr. Charles Flint, a pot dealer, at Robert Town, from whom he wished to borrow a small sum of money on the rags he had with him, for the purpose, • as he said, of "purchasing some pints and glasses for the landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, Mirfield, where he had to carry them that day according to promise ;" but as Mr. Flint was not at home his wife I refused to advance any, so he said "he must wait till Charley came in, for as he promised to carry these pints and glasses he should like to keep his word." Accordingly he waited nearly an hour in Flint's house before Mr. Flint's return ; and during all that time he never breathed a word about what he had "seen" or " heard" at Mirfield. As soon as Mr. Flint returned he immediately asked in the house, "Good God ! have you heard what there has been to do at Mirfield ? three persons murdered." On which M'Kabe in stantly rose to his feet and made a statement to the effect that "he had been there, and had heard and seen" certain things, which induced the suspicions in Flint's mind that he was a party concerned. He had the presence of mind, however, to disguise his suspi cion from M'Kabe, but let him have the sum of money he asked for, that he might procure "the pints and glasses" for the Mirfield landlord. As soon as M'Kabe had departed on this errand, Mr. Flint dis patched a messenger off on horseback to Mr. John Howard, the Mirfield constable, to apprise him of the suspicions he entertained, and the cause of them ; and Mr. Howard, acting on the information he had thus received, immediately set off in pursuit, and appre hended M'Kabe at the Shoulder of Mutton, whither he had repaired with the " pints and glasses." He then made to Howarth the statement as to what he had seen and heard at the house of the Wraiths, which Howarth deposed to at the inquest. M'Kabe had been at his residence, at High Town, in the interim between leaving Mr. Flint's, at Ro bert Town, and being again in Mirfield. When he reached home he had with him a quantity of flour, which he left. He also informed his wife of the " news" of the murders, accompanying his informr tion with a question as to " what would she think if he had done it ?" It can be conclusively proved that both the pri soners were in the neighbourhood of the house where the Wraiths lived about the time that the murders were committed. They were seen approaching the dwelling within sight of each other. Indeed, they both admit having been at the house—M'Kabe in the statement before made public, and Reid in ac counting for himself and his doings on that day. Since the apprehension of the second prisoner, the constabulary have become possessed of a fact which seems to bear very materially on the case. On the afternoon of the day on which the murders were com mitted, and before the horrifying news had reached so far, a woman found in a privy, situate in a small wood at Ravenswharf, an old shirt all covered with blood. The breast of this shirt was all bespattered, the sleeves the same, while the wristbands were as though they had been steeped, The body of the shirt also bore marks aNtWoughibloody hands had been wiped on it. This garment the woman showed to her neighbours, and, unfortunately for the ends of justice, one of them (in ignorance of what had happened so near), and believing the marks to have been produced from a far different cause, burnt the garment, and thus rendered inquiry fruitless as to whether it could have belonged to either of the prisoners charged, or to any other person. Ravenswharf is on the high road from Mir field to Daw Green, where the prisoner Reid resided, and he was seen in the neighbourhood of the place that very afternoon. The constables have also caused the water in the draw-well belonging to the dwelling of the murdered parties to be pumped out, and the well searched. In it was found the kitchen-door key, which, it will be remembered, was missing, the miscreants who enacted the bloody tragedy having closed the house on their victims, by putting too the curtains and shutters, and bolting and locking the doors. In this well was also found an instrument which it is more than likely had been used in the perpetration of the dreadful deeds. It is a tool known to the trade of tinners and braziers by the name of " copper-bit," used in the soldering of tin and copper. It is a formidable instrument if used in beating on a skull ; and it is more than probable, from the stains, as if of blood, on the instrument in question, that it has been so use d. I t seems b etter calculated to have produced the punctured wounds found on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wraith (and which it will be remembered had been inflicted after death) than the poker left in the room with the old gentleman. It is certain that the instrument cannot have been in the well for any lengthened period, for the iron portion of it is not corroded. It is not un likely that this instrument will be of important con sequence in fixing the crime on the proper parties. As may be supposed, the dwellings of the two prisoners have been minutely searched. In that belonging to M'Kabe has been found a trifling article, which, may, however, turn out to be no trifle in the end. When the body of the deceased, Caroline El lis, was being stripped, prior to being laid out, it was observed that one of her garters was gone ; that she had but one remaining. The missing one was not laid about, nor found anywhere in the house. In a box in M`Kabe's dwelling was found a pair of stockings similar to the pair he wore when appre hended ; and with these stockings was found a piece of a garter similar to the one that remained on the the leg of the murdered young woman. The sensation which this most awful affair has pro duced throughout the entire district is truly deep. It pervades all classes. A feeling of alarm is exten sively entertained—and no wonder, for here is an en tire family knocked on the head in the open day ! Among the mass the &cline. experienced is one of deep indignation ; and which has manifested itself in a most unwise manner. Because the two parties ap prehended are Irishmen, so strong a feeling has been excited against the race that in some parts of the neighbourhood breaches of the peace are apprehended in the shape of endeavours to drive out the Irish.— Manchester Guardian. THE DOG AND THE ANTELOPE. — The ship Syria, Captain Symonds, which arrived on Friday last, from Bombity, brought to Liverpool a very fine antelope, which was readily disposed of to Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, for 181. The animal would have been imme • diately removed to the gardens, but not having been en tered at the Custom House, some objection was made to its leaving the ship, and it was allowed to remain. On Sunday night, as th e wa t c h m an belonging to the dock trust—the vesse l b e i ng i n t h e Alb er t D o ck—was going his rounds, h e b oar d e d t h e Sy r ia, accompanied by his dog, whi c h was considered to b e a very qu i e t an d inof fensive an i mal. On passing the cage, i t i s suppose d t h e antelope put his bead out, and the dog instantly flew at the poor animal, seized him by the jaw, and held on stoutly. , This probably being the first time that the dog had tasted ven i son, he seemed to relish it, for no b eat i ng having decided or kicki ng h ad any effect upon him, and he did not loose his hold t ill his eye was burst out. The owner has made a clai lowed.—Liv Mercury. m on the d oc k comm i ttee f or t h e cost o f the ante lope, les s t h e value of the skin and carcase, which are worth about 2/ . that the claim is valid, it has been al and the legal adviser of the dock estate Sat Lean, R.N., SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS ' BENE VOLENT SOCIET Y.— Th e eight annual meet i ng o f t hi s society was held on Friday in the London Tavern. Major G eneral Sir James Cockburn in the chair. Mr. secretary, read the report, which stated that the society was successfully progressing, and that not only had its number of subscribers and supporters in creased,widaws n b r u p t ti t a h: s t , a t g h e e d sp p h a e re re nt o s f its b ene volent operations had also been en l arged. S i nce t h e formation of the society, i n 1839, it has relieved 14,8 34 persons , includin g and shipwrecked mari ners. The residue of the funds of the " Yorkshire Fishermen's Refuge," amounting to 6931., was added to the funded property, and the late Andrew Macklew, Esq., ,bequeathed 5 00 1 . to t h e c harity. The receipts figured 6,3641., an d the exen di tu re left a balance of 7921. 16s. Th e funded prop erty amounted to 11,530/ . The report was adopted, and the vacancies on the com mittee wore filled up. After which, and a vote of thanks to the gallant chairman, the meeting separated. A CONTRAST.—The top price for white wheat at Gloucester market this week was 13s. 6d. per bushel, with a tendency to rise. The top price in this week last year was 7s. 3d. per bushel, with a tendency to fall. , LAW INTELLIGENCE. 2.1. POLICY OF uN A o e. EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY. This partly heard case was resumed this afternoon; and the remainder of the depositions taken in the colony and at the trial having been read, Sir FREDERICK THESIGER (who with the ATTORNEY ' GENERAL appeared for the defendants) proceeded to show cause against a rule which had be, n obtained by his Learned Friend Mr. Sergeant Shee, which called upon the defendants to show cause why the verdict which they had obtained should not be set aside an a new trial had, on the ground of the re jection of evidence, misdirection by the Learned Judge, and that the verdict was contrary to the evidence ad duced at the trial. He said the action was brought upon a time policy upon a ship called the Seahorse, from the 28th February, 1843, to the 27th of August in the same year. It was a value policy upon the ship for 11,2501., and upon the machinery, which was valued at the same amount, making a total of 22,50001. The pleas were—in the first place, the payment of 1,250/. into Court, and 251, per cent. upon the value of the ship, pleading, at the same time, that as to the residue the plaintiffs had broken their covenant ; 5,6251. was paid .by the under writers, and the whole amount paid upon the policy was 8,437/ ; but the plaintiff contended that there had been a total loss of the ship, and that he was entitled to re ceive the whole amount for which the ship was in sured. The vessel was a trader between Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. On the 6th of June, 1843, being within the period mentioned in the policy. She was proceeding on a voyage from Launces ton, in Van Diemen's Land, to Sidney, in New South Wales. She had proceeded down the river Tamur as far as George-town, where she came to anchor. She soon after weighed anchor, but had not pro ceeded far down the river when an ebb tide took her, cast her upon shore, and threw her upon her starboard " bilge," by which she was consider. ably strained ; but when the tide flowed, and as there had been fine weather during the whole time she was aground, she was got off without any assistance—with out even removing her deck load. After some trifling repairs to her machinery, and after some oakum had been put into the seams which had started, she sailed on the 9th of June from Georgetown to Sidney, where she arrived after a voyage of three days, or three days and a half, the ordinary passage being completed in three days; but she took in coals on her way, and, consequently, some delay took place. On her arrival at Sidney on the 13th of June, there was a protest made, and on the 15th of June a survey was made, which was not, however, at tended by the captain, by the mate, carpenter, or engineer of the vessel, and upon that survey the owners determined upon abandoning the vessel the next day—namely, the 16th of June, and a letter to that effect was transmitted by him to the under writers, and claiming the full amount of the policy. The protest was extended to the 28th of June, so that this was due twelve days before the expiration of that period. After the survey, the vessel remained in the possession of Mr. Boyd for two years, during which time he entertained a number of his friends an board; but no means were taken to ascertam•the real nature of the injuries she had received. Under these circumstances the plaintiff came before a jury, claiming the value of the policy as for a total loss; but the jury, after bearing the case of the plaintiff (no witnesses were examined on the part of the defendant), and the case lasted the greater part of two days, found a verdict for the defendants, on the ground that there was not a total loss, and that the plaintiff could nut recover the whole amount of the policy. His learned Friend contended that the evidence rejected consisted in the 10th and 11th interrogatories, and that their admission was most important ; but it appeared that he -telopted the 11th for the 10th by mistake, which was to this effect—Was it practicable to heave down the bottom of the vessel at Sydney, in order to ascertain whether she was in a tit state to proceed on her voyage ? He admitted that this interrogatory was rejected, but it was rejected because it was not asked from a person who cool] tre.st it in a scientific manner, and because it was an ins , portant question, on which it was the province of tin jury to decide, wad that their minds ought not to have is , en biased by having it answered. The Learned Gen tleman here quoted a number of cases to show that this view had been taken by the Courts with reference to questions of this kind. Then with respect to the alleged misdirection of the Learned Judge (Lord Denman) who tried the case. Here his Learned Friend had fallen into an extraordinary error as to the proposition which he (Sir Frederick Thesiger) was alleged to have maintained, and which his Lordship was supposed to have adopted. That where a person abandoned a vessel hastily, after injury to it, and without examination, and brought his action, and showed upon the trial that the vessel was in such a state, or that the circumstances of the place were such that she could not be repaired, except at an ex pense which would have exceeded her value, that the assured was not entitled to recover in consequence of having abandoned her hastily. The short-hand writer's notes would show that he did not make the proposition in this way, and that his Lordship did not adopt it. What he said was this—that those cases of constructive total loss upon the value of policies were cases which required to be strictly and narrowly watched—that where the parties had the opportunity of ascer taining the real nature of the injury the vessel had sustained, that it was their bounden duty to adopt those means to ascertain the nature of those injuries ; and that they had no right to speculate in the matter, and to come before the jury with a speculative case. These were the words he used, and the whole burden of his argument was, that it was the duty of the plaintiff to use every means in his power to inform the jury of the real nature of the injuries ; and that in this case, that nothing had been done by him, and that the case he presented to the jury rested merely upon speculation ; and that the ves sel, at the moment the trial was proceeding, might have been perfectly sea-worthy. This was a fair and proper wey to put the case, because it was the duty of the plain tiff to show this to the satisfaction of the jury, and he con ceived that their Lordships would be of the same opinion. Then with respect to the other point—that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. Let their Lordships bear in mind that the whole of the evidence on which the jury decided was adduced by the plaintiff, and that the jury was a special one, and there was no hurry, no cursory view taken of the case by which the jury might possibly have been misled. Their Lordships knew how difficult it was for underwriters to obtain a verdict, and they must also see how strong a case must have been pre sented to the jury to have induced them to decide in the way they did. His Lordship did not express himself dissatisfied with the verdict, and now the plaintiff came forward and sought them to revise their verdict. Lord DENMAN—We will hear the arguments of tl,e ether side on the point, and if we are not satisfied we will call upon you to resume. Sir F. THESIGER said his arguments were, therefore, at an end. Mr. WILDE followed on the same side, and reiterated the main arguments of Sir Frederick Thesiger. lle dwelt particularly upon the sudden abandonment of the ship. Mr. Sergeant SHEE then proceeded to address the Court in support of the rule. He said the rule to which he referred, and the rejection of which he considered most important for the plaintiff, was to the following effect :—What do you think would have been the best thing to have done with a view to the interest of the assurers and the assured, considering the state of the vessel and her machinery at the time in question ? It was true there was not a total loss of the ship in the common interprQta.ionof the word, because she was visible to the eye; but the great important questions were, was or was not the vessel, a total wreck, utterly value less from the want of proper means for her repair at Sydney; or if there were, would or would not the ex pense have been greater than her value? Was there sufficient dock room there? Was there a manufactory in which a cylinder such as the one broken could be made? Was there a " patent slip?" and could or could not a " hogged" ship procecel safely to some neighbour ing port where all her repairs could have been done? Could she safely have undergone a voyage to Bombay ? It was therefore quite impossible for the jury to forma correct opinion upon all these questions unless this ques tiou were asked and repli«l to. Every one of the cif.. cutnstances to %villa: the mieeiiiiee vF bt.h jaiy was neces sarily directed partook of a scientific nature; and it was quite impossible that they could form a correct opinion without the evidence of competent persons in the matter on which they were called upon to decide. It was not sufficient to say that a number of questions had been asked of ocher witnesses, and that the jury had an ample opportunity of arriving at a clear and decided opinion, from the evidence adduced, and it was the duty of the defendants to show that the question was one which was improper. This they had clearly failed to do, because it was just possible that they might have learned from the question that the ship might have been economically and satisfactorily repaired at a neighbouring port. Then with respect to the misdirec tion of the Learned Judge—abandonment of a vessel consisted in writing a letter to the assurers, and they had done nothing more in this case ; they had acted fairly and honourably, and had afforded the agents of the As surance Company an opportunity of surveying the ship, and of ascertaining whether the survey of the owners was correct. Formerly, persons could not abandon a ship soon enough, and the Learned Sergeant cited cases to show that ships had been abandoned immediately after the survey. The survey was made by the Port Master, Lloyd's agent, the agent of the Australian Bank, and others, and abandonment having been decided upon, she was ac cordingly abandoned next day; therefore it could not be said that the plaintiff acted precipitately or impru dently, and that he had not done all that it was his duty to do under the circumstances; and an opinion of that kind from one in the high position of the Noble Lord could not fail to prejudice the jury against the plaintiff. The Noble Lord left it to the jury to say , whether the plaintiff had or had not acted pru dently, and the jury in the face of the most of the evidence of competent parties, that the plaintiff had acted fairly and prudently, decided against him. The Learned Counsel' then addressed himself to the third point, namely, that the verdict was against the evidence and referred to an abstract of the evidence of the different witnesses, who agreed in stating that there was no dry dock at the place, that the patent slip there was too small for her, that a new cylinder could not be cast for her in the colony, and that it would have cost 16,0001. to have ascertained her injuries and to have conveyed her to the nearest place where she could be repaired. It appeared, further, that the accident had corrugated her copper, and completely altered her build. Then the defendants had sent out a commission to the colony, and had had an ample opportunity of investigat ing the condition of the ship ; evidence had been taken by them. Mr. WILDE said they had seen no evidence. Mr. Sergeant SHEE said it was unlikely that they would have paid 6,5001. into court, unless they believed that the ship had sustained some serious injuries. He übmitted, on these grounds, that the rule should b; onart roSP, on the understanding that the fur r meats should be resumed and completed to-morrow. (Sittings in Banco.) HILTON V. LORD GRENVILLE. In this case, which was an action in the name of the Crown, to recover compensation in damages for certain injuries sustained to some house property belonging to the plaintiff by the works carried on in a mine in Stafford shire, belonging to the defendants, the Attorney-General had obtained a rule to remove the venire from Stafford shire into Middlesex, and fur a trial at bar heie on the 21st of June. Mr. Godson, Q.C., Mr. Stammers, and Mr. Brown were now heard at considerable length in support of an '..pplication to rescind the rule on the ground that justice would not be done unless a jury were had from the spot, and that the Crown did not possess the prero gative, though he admitted it had the power of doing s before a case was tried. The COURT considered that the rule in this ease oagh to be rescinded, as the prerogative of the Crown did no extend to this case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL handed in affidavits to show that a fair trial could not take place in Stafford• shire, and intimated that on a future day he should move for a new trial on this ground. BAH, COURT, May 24. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Judgment was given this morning in several cases o no public importance. LAYDON V. PLATT. Mr. PEARSON moved for a rule calling upon William Wilks to show cause why Ln attachment should not issue against him for not attending to a subpoena. The affidavit stated that the subpoena was served upon the defendant, and it being within the bills of mortality a shilling was handed to him for expenses, to which no objection was made. He stated at the time of receiving it that he should not attend to it. When the cause came on for trial Wilks was in Court, but stated that if called upon his subpoena he should not attend, as he was afraid of certain disclosures which he should be compelled to make if put into the box. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Take a rule nisi. The other cases heard here to-day were utterly de void of interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 24. (Sittings in Banco.) HAMPiON V. HARRISON. Mr. M. SMITH moved in this case that the rule should be made absolute for obliging the payment of costs, which had been adjudged in a suit instituted by Mr. Harrison against a person for whom Mr. Hampson was the executor. A suit for ejectment had been brought by Mr. Harrison at the last Spring Assizes, in which the verdict was for the defendant in that action. The Court, however, took time to consider the judgment, and it was finally decided on the Ist of February that. judgment should be entered to for the defendant, to whom costs were adjudged by the Court. On the 26th of March Mr. Justice Erie gave an order for execution nuns pro tune. In the meantime, however, between th , trial and the ultimate decision of the Court, the defen dant in the first action had died, and the lessor of the plaintiff, who indeed had become the actual plaintiff, re fused to pay. It was now sought to make the rule ab solute, in order to compel him. Mr. BUTLER, Q C., appeared for the defendant. In the present case Mr. Harrison . contended that as the de fendant in the previous action had died, that the pow( r of recovery was lost, for the only mode for ensuring it was by attachment, and it was therefore cle ar ly evident that such a process could not issue. Mr. M. SinTli conceived that if attachment could have, been issued apinst one person, the power for obtaining its effect was equally applicable to the other. There were s , rue cases in which it was beyond the power of the Court to interfere, and in that now before them there was, he allowed, no direct remedy, but they could grant a writ of sciere f..cias, on which a suit could be irrititut, for the rt covery of the costs by the executor, and for this he preyed, The COURT, after deliberation, took time to consiler the points which had been raised. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 24. (Sittings in Banco.) - The cases heard to-day were taken from the peremp tory paper, but no case presenting any feature of public interest was brought before the Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A young man, who gave the name of Joseph Squires, was placed at the bar, charged with b e i ng concern( d with others, not in custody, in picking the pocket ot Captain Mervyn Archdall, M.P., of the Enniskilien Dragoons, under the following circumstances Captain Henry Dalrymple White, of the same regi ment, stated that about four o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday he was proceeding to the Hungerford-mark-t Pier with his friend, who was in advance of him, v, hen he saw the prisoner, who was accompanied by others, put his hand into the prosecutor's coat pocket, up •u 'Which he called out to him, and laying hold of the pri soner he held him fast until a constable came up, to whom he gave him in charge. Previous to taking him to the station ,the captain's pocket-book produced was found at a short distance, where it was possible he might have thrown it to an accomplice. Constable Thompson, F division, proved that he found 3/. upon the prisoner, together with a valuable diamond ring, having a private mark upon it, which he attempted to swallow. Tne prisoner was well known to him as an associate of convicted thieves, and he resided in the neighbourhood of Shoredttch, although he refused to give his address. The diamond ring was ordered to be detained, and the witnesses being bound over, the prisoner was directed to stand com m itt e d f or trial. • MANSION. HOUSE. Mr. Goidham, the clsrk of B i lli ngsga t e - mar k e t, ap peared before the Lord Mayor for the purpose of maki,:g a representation, at the ttquqst of some highly respect able dealers and several of the inhabitants of Billings gate, involving a question of much importance to the poor. An Act had lately passed. which had the effect of repealing the statute of the 10th and 11th of William IV., which permitted the sale of mackerel on Sun days, between the hours of divine service. Now the Act which repealed that statute presented some serious difli• culties as to the constructions to which it was liable. It appeared, in the opinion of some, that the recent Act ex • tended to the prohibition of the sale of mackerel gene rally through the metropolis, while others thought that it affected the sale of the perishable commodity in Bil lingsgate market alone, and that mackerel might be sold on the premises of salesmen which were not connect& d with the market. The market was, of course, completely closed against the vending of mackerel as well as of other tish on Sundays; but two salesmen who resided in the immediate neighbourhood, and who pat the latter con struction upon the Act, had opened their premises, an,l sold away by wholesale on the Sunday, to the great chagrin of the great body of the market salesmen, and the annoyance of the inhabitants, who looked for the enjoyment of peace and quietness on the Sabbath in that locality. The partial operation of the Act, under these circumstances, was an evil which was very severely felt. Mr. Goldham, the chief clerk, upon being referred to by the Lord Mayor, said it appeared to bini, judging from the words used in the Act, that the market and the regulations of the market were only meant to be affected, and that the prohibition did not extend to the premises of salesmen, or others throughout the metropolis. There was, however, such remarkable ambiguity in the phraseology of modern Acts of Parliament, that it appeared to be indispensably necessary to consult the framers of Bills themselves on the accurate construction of them. The LORD MAYOR—It is my wish to give the most liberal construction of the meaning of all Bills which tend to interfere with the comforts of the poor. To prevent the s•tle of so perishable a fish as mackerel, the very pe rishableness of the nature of which makes it imperative upon the dealers in it to sell it at a rate practicable to the poorer classes, is what I should be very sorry to be called upon as a magistrate to give my sanction. We all know that a very few hours will, in such weather as oe yesteraity, uecompose mackerel, Emu it was an that account that the sale of the article on Sundays was le galised. Ido not know how we can be considered act hug justifiably by doing away' with the cheap luxury of that fish upon the only day on which the poor may be able to enjoy it. Mr. Goldttam repeated, that as far as he was capable of understanding the Act of Parliament, it merely re. ferred to the supply of fish to the market, and the regu lations of the market. But perhaps it would be advisable to have the advisers of the measure before the Lord Mayor, in order to ascertain what they really meant by repealing the Act of William which sanctioned so ex cusable a practice. His LORDSHIP adopted the suggestion of Mr. G o ld. ham, and directed that the gentlemen who framed the Bill should be requested to attend at the justice room, and intelligibly express their meaning. Tun OVERLOADING OF STEAM VESSELS.—A gentle man a ppeared to complain of the conduct of the persons who exercise an authority in the Greenwich steam vessels. His object was, he said, to prevent the destruc tive accidents which, if the magistracy did not interfere, must take place in the river in consequence of the ras cally system acted upon by those to whom the manage ment of the boats was entrusted. The LORD MAYOR expressed his gratification at the determination of the public to seek for the protection of the magistracy in cases in which their authority was no longer questionable. . The applicant said that he got into No. 12 Waterman steamer at Greenwich, having under his care a little boy. Immediately after he gut in such multitudes fol lowed as completely prevented the possibility of his re turn to the shore, and there he was penned up with hundreds until the arrival of the vessel in London. The greatest alarm prevailed on board, particularly amongst the females, many of whom were in tears, and making appeals to the persons who seemed to have authority, hut who wholly disregarded, and indeed ridiculed com plaint, although the water was coming in upon the deck. No effort whatever was made at the place of embarka tion to prevent a greater number from entering beat ,at than the C our t o f Ald ermen ' s regu l at i ons authorised, so that there rewained no alternative to those who got on board but to stay on board, and to run all the hazard and to endure all the annoyance of the terrific crowd. The LORD MAYOR—Have you ascertained the master's name? The applicant—lt was quite impossible to get near the master. We were all crammed together, and could not get a foot beyond the position in which we were either way. When danger was spoken of, the officials laughed at those who complained. The LORD MAYOR —YOU must apply to the clerk of the Watettnan's Company for the name of the master , and summon him h ere . Th ere i s plenty o f ev idence of the commission of a serious offence; but a Tad deal de r ends upon the determination of individuals to follow up • • e.e t T l t!rat T shell efeze to y du ty by en foreing the highest penalties for any infringement of the ee law. I very much tear that the necessary impression will not be made until we hear of some dreadful eatas trop:le in the river. Toe applicant said that on the continent policemen were stationed at the several places of embarkation t• prevent more persons from embarking than there ap peered to be room and accimmodation for. It was his intention to follow up the complaint. Sir PETER LAURIE stated to the Lord Mayor that he had just received from Holland the following letter, re lating to that indefatigable nuisance to society, "Jos e p h Ady," the Quaker. The correspondence of Ady now extended to all parts of the world, and as the Britisn, hew could not touch him (a defect certainly disgraceful to the statute-te.ok) his impositions were altogether without bounds. " To Sir Peter Laurie, Deputy Lord Mayor of Lond on. "My Lord—l have received a letter from Sir Joseph Ady, of London, of which I do myself the hon our to send you a copy herewith, because your name is foal at the head of it. I hope you will not take it ill that am so hold as to address you, and ask you to be so kin . as to inform me, as agent of my mother, the widow 01 my late father, Gerard Cornelius Vladeracker--first, I myself, 9r whether it is requisite or necessary that somebody authorised by me, shuld go to London,lBl order to fetch personally the sum o of 1,000/. and uPwar ° ,__ awarded to my late father; or whether I can trust t; , .. providing of it, without any obstacle or large costs, t . 6 Sir Joseph Ady. the author of the enclosed note, who unknown to me? " Second. What documents are demanded in the last mei:aimed case? and, ‘• Third. Whether yo u , s ir, the Deputy Lord May ° T ' for will be so kind as t o t e ll me w h e n it was p ossible, what reason, and by wh a t p ers on, the sum of 1,000/. vas given or bequeathed to my late father? in " I feel great interest in making these inqui flp ere order that I may return my thanks, if possible, they re so justly due. for " I request you will excuse me, my Lord Mar l. ' d the liberty which I, who am unknown to England nu ignorant of the British customs, take in addressing °Y . self to you, and in recommending my interests in the affair Beggingi n),questionou to honourtoyour m L e o a w d i s t h h i pa'n at s per the greatest respect, your servant, " G. C. VAN VLADERAC OI/. " Alkmaar, May 16, 1847. "My address, G. C. Van Vladeracker, ondegrach i° Alkmaar, Province Nard, Hollanpowerful . pro 1 ana teevriti° d." °. Joseh Ady's Cication. " Sir,—' As yo p u would that men should.do to you de you even so the.' Sir Peter to Lauri m e, Deputy Lord Mayor of Londie% on. —The undersigned is able to inform you of soineth considerably to your advantage (value I,OOOL and" 13 1 ) ;' wards), on receipt of twenty shillings by ororder hitechapel Post-office, as an equivalent for his troub W le and wi costs generally, which money you or your lega tee . II lose unless immediate attention is paid theretoe: and should you find any difficulty the gent' t b f: named will frank you from all expenses except pos.'". ,e* which you must pay both ways.—Respectfu ll y , " JOSEPH ADY, Accounts " York-street, Cha r lott e street,. quarter o f a mile ea" of %Vhitechapel Church, London, May 8, 1847 * " The reading of these documents caused some laughter in the justice-room. Tne Loup MAYOR—I have been just considering, propriety of summoning Mr. Ady to the Court o quest for twopence, which I have been charged fort.! communication of his to me, and I think I shall try ,a, a , case with him. I apprehend that his success mus t 7. considerable, or he would not so pertinaciously a dhere w his old plan. is a dr eism S g i er r adc l y ;. I LEU stuh a ce i h E la — awn l ao c bf a ut n she n is o a t sc h ,:h e u lp repeating that it his letters to all countries, Albert lithographed at the top, as a security for genuineness of the article. of fist. t h ry Athd th ye at he th w e l r e n e : i r sts rolunt : urg il e i n e tl law show us that the only remedy appears to hei a li t ea press, to which I am constantly obliged to ePPe a ' urgently pressed. MAYOR—The decisions oil:these:9u:: nu:: pressg(i. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) ___ - Co T ur h t i e s GRO UP XLVIIL GLASGOW', AIRDRIE, AND mornsuassio n C a o y m i n m i t t h t e e e c h m a e i t n yesterday at twelve o'clock; Lord (COWLAIRS SEANCE.) This Committee was engaged all the day in settli . ng the clauses of the Bill, and after considerable discus ersl stoo clauses were introduced, giving the Monkland R,ilways running powers over the main line of the Airdrie, and for the protection of the interests of M . and Mrs. Reid, who bad petitioned against the Bill. The ComMittee then adjourned at five o'clock. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, "cor V.—ERTPhOereOLi,s an t MA T STocx EXCHA share market to-day. and prices range higher than last quoted, with a better business doing. The sales are—Birker head, Lancashire. and Cheshire Junction, 2 dis.—Bir mingham and Oxford, 6 1 / S p.—Buckinghamshire, 17 (Us.'" East Lancashire, New, 2% dis.—Ditto, New (scrip), '§ diL Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 644 p.—Fleetwood, Prep ton, and West Riding Junction, 1 1 , dis.—Great Northern' 1:! dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal , dis. ex int.—Ditto, :Extension, Bs. 9d. ex int.—Leeds; and Dewsbury, Halves, y, dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference" par—London and North-Western, 169 1 / 2 —Ditto, Qum ° (G. J. ), 15 1 4 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 3 1 / 4 „ V*: Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), dis.—Ditto, neLvy' ( late L. and B.), 1 4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), % dis—Midland Stock, New,ll4—Ditto, New' r t p.—North British, New Quarters (scrip), 1 4 1:). —No Staffordshire, 1 3 / 4 p.—York and Newcastle (late N. and I.), Preference, 2 5 / s p.—Belfast and Ballymena, 11 dia. EDINBURGH, MAY 21. STOCK ExcglNGE.—The sales are—Dundee and North Junction, 29 3 .—Dundee and Perth, Q u a r t ers, 52s.—Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 103. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 555. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth, 28e.-- Ditto, Halves, 6 s. 6 d. —Great Northern, 38s. 6d.—North British, Quarters (scrip), 13s. 3d.—Ditto, Thirds, 43e. 6d. GLASGOW, MAY 22. STOCK E X CHANGE, —The sales are—Edinburgh art, Glasgow, Quarters, 16%' —Edinburgh and Perth (New Co -) 30s. 6d.—Glasgow, il ma rnock, and Ayr, 115/ . —Dian.an. Halves, No. 1, 84—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 125.—Ma' chester and Southampton, N. 3d. —Stirling and Dun foar line, 5/. PORTLAND HARBOUR OF REFUGE AND BREA-K: WA TER —The works at Cherbourg were opened in greet. pomp in the presence of the French Empress, tic., If her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria would please to condescend to be present at Portland on theb commencement of the great national wo rk theretc!: would be a great satisfaction, and becom e an historl fact worthy of Britain's Queen. —Bath Journal Bill received Portland the r H oy a a r i b o u s u s r e notf onR e t f h u e g e l 1 t a t t l i d lust. B r e a w k w e g s e vs f et this welcome news, and think it is now time to segg! . .„ that, as Mr. John H arve y, p os t mas ter, of Weymouth, 07 a claim on the p ress , to state t h a t his exertions ha " been very instrumental in this great cause of hutnttnitYi and naval and commercial interests of the nation a t n g p fr u o o m n s be Weymouth. opened in large, and that he thereby has a just claim of grat,"" d „ from i the public, especially in the line of railroads lea sub seri •manner hisW e h b e e h g al ft,o in suggest similar that as for Mr. Rowland On the 15th and 16th of May, 40,000 mackerel were caught in the west bay, Weymouth, of the best quality, in excellent condition.—lbid SALMON FISUINGS ON THE CONON, &C....T1343 0 1 ' ings on the Conon, which have throughout the season been rather unproductive, is now, we are glad to learn , rapidly improving, upwards of forty excellent fish having been tak n during the last eight days. From the au incrons spawn that have during the last six weeks been daily seen passing downwards to the sea,—far more numerous than the oldeet fisherman on the station has ever observed before—it is confidently expected that by the next high tide, the fishing will begin tog y et very flourishing. The same may be said with regar d to the 13:>azily and Chanonry Point stations, which are a lso still backward. We trust these anticipations may be rea lized to make up for the deficiency experienced during th e earlier part of the season.—Rosshire Advertiser. BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., the wife of Mr. William Foard Tribe, of 4) Worthing, solicitor, of a son. On the 21st inst., Mrs. James Butler, of Regent-street, of daughter. On the 19th inst., in Dublin, the wife of Charles Tapper, Esq., 7th Royal Fusiliers, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., the lady of S. K. Scott, Esq., Devon . shire-place, Brighton, of a son. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Hubbard, of Queen-street -place' City, of a son. On the 20th bast., at' Melville Castle, North Britain, the lady of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Dundas, of twine, a 8012 and daughter. On the 21st inst., in Devonshire-place, Brighton, the WV of J. Y. Vernon Shaw, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at Thoby Priory, Essex, the lady of T. Helms. Esq., of a daughter. Esq oonkltehotir eb22gdhi:sttre.,etth, of a the wife .; Edward C os t s Banks,' me of M of O a n so t n h . e 22d inst., in Cadogan-place , the : f. eof Charles th e Morgan, Rev.e. At the Rectory, South Hackney, P. Lockwood, of a scn. MARRIED. On the 20th of April, John Sicklemore, Esq., Lieutenant Royal Navy, to Augusta Charlotte, daughter of Rear-Ad miral Searle, of Kingston, Hants. On the 20th inst., at St. James's Church, Exeter, Frederic Roberts, Esq., Surgeon to the Forces, to Katharine, daughter of Lieutenant-General Herbert. On the 22d inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, the Re v. J. Wood, of the Church Mi-sionary College, Islington , t o Sarah Anne Spencer, of Til•bertcn-street, DIED. On the 17th inst., at Brighton, Major Theophilus Drinaley Butler, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards, aged 54. On the 17th inst., at Greenwich, Mr. Henry Potts. On the 17th inst., at Charlton, near Dover, Marianne , ti" widow of William Sprakeling, Esq. On the '2oth inst., at Islington , the Rev . S y dne y Ha Beresford, Chaplain to the British residents at the Hague- o On the 19th inst., at Torquay, Mrs. Cumberbatch, relict the Rev. Edward Carleton Cumberbatch. On the 20th inst. , at Old , Northamptonshire, Elizabeth Bund Willis, eldest surviving daughter of Mr. and MO' Wao Iple Willis, aged . On the 20th inst. 6, - Samuel Worthington, Esq., of th e Mount, Whitchurch, Salop, aged 86. - - Lon4.un: :41141 Published by MTIRDO YOITMG, of No. strand, :'tinter, at The Bun Office, No. 112, Stran d, in the Pr esdal ecinct of the Savoy, in the Coun t y of Middlesex, Tu. 269 1847. 112, *lt / IN 110 44. or Itfj 3 6t1 .. 14 111 44t VI I 4 tv, l NI ) Pri IL