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RALIt of OLD fil'Ofik`l Admiralty, Aonlerset-plane, Deoember 9, IRO. The Commissioners for executing the (Mice of Lord High Admiral • of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give r, notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the sth January next, at Eleven o'clock . in the F orenoon , t h e C a pt a i n Superintendent will put up to Sale in the Royal William Victualling-yard at Plymor.th, several Lots cit . OLD STORES, consisting of Provi'ions; Biscuit-bags, Staves, Heading -casks, Slop Clothing, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of gale may be had here anel at the Yard. i OFFICE OF ORDNANCE• December 3, 1847. The Principal Officers of her 'Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give rietice, that they will SELL, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Tower, on FRIDAY, the 17th ins ant, at Eleven o'clock in ,he Forenoon pre sundry Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Great Coats, Cranes, Fire-engines, Hose-pipe, Tools, Grates, Steel, Iron, Fire-wood, Musket -stocks, and various other articles, the whole of which may be 'viewed at the Tower, four days previous to the Sale (Sunday ex cepted), from Ten to Four o'clock, upon application to thef Principal Storekeeper's Office at that place, where Catalogues of the Lots, and Conditions of the Sa a will be delivered to those persons who may ap ply for the same By Order of the Board, F.. BYEA.II, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. g, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London ; 97, George street, Edinburgh; 12, st. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College Green Dublin. (Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.) In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of he next division of profits in 1848, should make immediate appli tation. When the insurance is for life, only oue-half the annual premium need be paid for the first five years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resieent Director, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall•nall, London, where prospec tuses, &c., may be had. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. CIIAIRMAY—Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P. 121ZprTIC CHAIRMAN—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society : Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other office, which en title the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. A Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre ; Velum, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. Three Bonuses have been declared out of three-fourths of the pro atm, the last of which, in 1844, averaged 361. per cent. on the pre , trauma paid. In future the whole of the profits will be divided among the Assured. . The next division of profits ;will be made in 1649. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. . NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON, . December 9, 1897. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET ING of PROPRIETORS will be held at the Office of the Society, Poultry, Mansion-house, London, on MONDAY, the 27th day of De cember instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely. Every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate for the office • of Director or Auditor must signify the same by writing under his hand to be left at this Office five days at least previously to such general Meeting. Notice is also hereby given, that a DIVIDEND of FIVE per CENT. per Annum for the year ending 3ist December last, on the Proprietors' Stock, will be paid on application at this Office, between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock, on and after the 10th of January next. By order of the Directors, J. JONES, Actuary. N ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE. LONDON. Empowered by Special Aet of Parliament. nice rose. ROBERT WILCOION, Dist., Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and CO.) George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trowel). George Moore, Esq. (Groucoek, Copeetake, and Moore). William Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redntayne, Esq., New Bond-street. Peter Bolt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Rolt). David Waddington, Esq., M.P. Among ether advantages offered by this Society, are : Security without liability. Economy in the management, and low rates of premium. Claims promptly paid. Profits to policy holders. Bonin declared July 1,184 g. I r 4 L k 'V 5 %4 • 1 tio . 0 g., 2 -i' .i. it .I,' CA* 3 ti in . S i,: , .. enemy ivi = a : I 5 ft 2 — x E .. 5:. .-• 2, : q. f's r 5. ?,it " ol!. 4 2 55cr, .il — "o in a • 5 , • la • t . 1 ............ 1 --------- -•-.- £ IZ.I. d. X. 8. d. A 1836 1,000 62 15 0 24 15 6 248 40 7 60 1834 7 48 1,000 39 15 0 14 7 3 244 36 1839 6 69 1,000 60 0 0 26 118 224 33 1839 6 43 2,000 68 0 0 21 0 7 474 31 1840 5 44 1,000 35 0 0 96 0 20 2 27 1641 4 49 2,000 82 10 0 18 10 0 341 23 1 848, 1882. Parties sending in proposals for Assurance before January 1, ill be entitled to participate in the profits to be declared In J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. ' N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £.500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This illenallea embraces important a nd substantial advantages ith respect to life assurances and deferred The assured 83 . 00 all occasions, the power to borrow, withou t t expense or for feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); !Mao the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION 0F PROFITS. __The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors !Ae annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fi ft h bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. AXAMPLEIS. .4 Annual Policy Bonus is Perms, Sum th e C nent Ite- Assured Age.o Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction of may nor ; mium. out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premiums. Policy. X a. 4. 1 X a d. £ a. d. X s. d. r 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 X a. d. 1838 218 4 8 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 X GO 1000'74 3 4 1839 192 1 10' 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 8 10 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2' 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8, 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 - • The Annual Report, with tables of rates , &c. , may be had at the "tee, or any of its branches in the coantry ; o r, on applicati on, will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CANROUX, Secretary. CIGARS FOR CHRISTMAS —A large quan tit of the choicst , consisting of Penetel, Regalias, L i tPrensado y an s, Comea, e qualities &c. A box containing 100 Cigars as ( as packed " L tile Havana), 236. ; a box containing 200, 455. Post-office Orders Foinplied with. On hand, a large quantity of prime Cigars, adapted for hunting, shootiag, &c. The above boxes are well adapted for klristmas Presents. 4:IEORGE COHEN, Dealer in Havana Cigars only, 41, St. James's lureet, Two Doors from Piccadilly. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. 'IC PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A CITY, .AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. dew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. Gd., er by Post, direct from the Establishment , 3 s. Gd. in postage s tam p s, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex "'sive inehtlgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis "antleations. Illustrated by 96 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L • = Eltity and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. 01 -jilted by the Authors : sold by Strange , 21, Pa ternoster-row ; H annay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford - street ; Starie, 23, Titehberne " ....ect, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. faux I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. ....hair 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indal tuce, and their lamentable egects on the system, producing mental r d bodily weakness, nervous excitemt, and E ngrav e nerative incapacity. illustrated by Three Explanatorygs. l'ia'r 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in th e , romari or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and if the abuse rnercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustra ted 7 Seventeen Coloured Engravings. which IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of Zhich the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines 'with tits Virus caemically, and destroys its power en the system. Pawr T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its rities. The ceases of unproductive union, are also considered, and The whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TR/ 'CM/DIAL BALM OF Svilacum is exclusively employed in trest 1i no and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 115 .and 335. per :au The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic 4 _7 4 "d7. for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp- Vint, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. 'erry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 3d., 45. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy in gonorrhtee.gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to Obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, IL bl. Packets with advice to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 11. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, /ler isers-street, front Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to One. DR. LA'MERT ON TILE SECRET INFIR lIITIE4 OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, it a Sealed Envelope, 20. ed„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION ; a M e di ca l Tr ea ti se on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Yonth and Ma turity, usually acquired at au early period of life, which enervate the physisal and mental powers, diminish arid enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practica: O bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tr° l 4l eal climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis eretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating tho AUatelny, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, r l Plaining their structures, noes, and functions, and the various ° Juries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 9 . BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD•SQU.ARE, LONDON. Otter of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin bargh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, honorary Member Of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Mar riage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it en may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the which revere the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its trite source in every instance disclosed, in how many oould It e. traced tophysical disqualifications and their attendant disap - Dolntre„ ti . Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when t o taed. the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or lee s In j ur y Lee constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on s ' a 'Mare and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, tre p r oductive of greater severity of misery to the lemma frame, an any other to whi c h it i s s ubject. „Jig's work contains as accurate and complete account of the their t ° al nY and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and if r relative conditions in health aud disease. It deservedly b e Q q'll ra s the closest attention and study, for what subject can o t mere importance than thu preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should vi ,„,pos s ossed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy i r ,` 4 : l l of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired ic,„!_arly life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering 1,1; their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap rren gto a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so 4 o ae nt l 7, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are for assistance the reach of art, alike restrict him mad prevent his seeking i or ,"_, !stance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, ho d:Za that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of riablye sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva rw.,,,,aciharacterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the man who can show by hi.; posse.sion of the requisite legal w o n ations that ho is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes- L,Putsuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. RT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas ge,„" , , and the great extent of his practice for many years is a soled its for his professional experienee, which has reference ahnost `ti.Yl,lo_.the treatment of these diseases. t 2, p,, t sn ed by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, stre et er noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne rtrir:ie ; Mansell, 115, Fleet street ; Gordon, 14t, f t r i e eff 'l e i t h e 14-111ati London; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, or by who may be andconsult these disorders personally refill. ter, daily, from Ten till Two, from Five till Eight at his qtee, 9. Bedford-greet Bedford-senare Loudon. = r 4 : r4 L , \* 1(111 /0 1 1 , 4 /J 1? • kl f `C , #4 /( g ,_ fi n • , , ' No. 17;228.] LON DON, SATURDAY E E G R OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the Patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly for a Commercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the - Nonni, it is hoped will he found complete in every respect. The BED•ROOM3 (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a style which must ensure the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOWY ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Hsill, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the same management. The Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. &IL) LECTURES on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, by F. H. Holmes, Esq., Daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Nine o'clock, except Saturday Evening. TWO LECTURES by Dr. BACHHOFFNER —one on the Laws of Nature, in reference to the important subject of SANITARY MEASURES; the other on the various modes of VENTILATION, in which the PHYSI CAL PROPERTIES of a JET of nTEAM will be exhibited, with Novel and highly" Interesting Experiments, Daily at Two and at Eight o'clock in the Evening. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS worked. Tho WORKING MODELS, explained. DISSOLVING VIEWS. The CHROMATROPE. DIVING BELL and DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS for CONVERSING under WATER, ttc. ' Admission, Is, ; Schools, Half-price. Just published, in One very large Volume, Bvo., uniform with Mess. s. Longman and Co.'s Series of " One Volume Encyclopaedias," price Si. 13s. 6d. cloth, AN . ENCYCLOPZDIA of CIVIL EN GINEERING, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical. By E. CREST, F.S.A., C.E. Illustrated by above Three Thousand En gravings on Wood. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Of whom in Qr lee had, price 21. 12s. 6d., MR. GWI LT'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHITECTURE. T HE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. London, 345, Strand, September 1, 1847. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPH.. The works of the Lines for commercial communications between the places enumerated below, embracing a system of Telegraphs for commercial purposes only, and distinct from that reserved for the special use of Railways, being so far advanced as to admit of their completion by the commencement of the coming year, the Directors think tkat the time has now arrived when it becomes their duty to make known the arrangements which they contemplate for the ac commodation of the public. stations will be opened in central situations in the Principal Towns, whence Messages and Dispatches will be forwarded to and received from all the other Stations of the Electric Telegraph Company. In order to give to Merchants, Rankers, Manufacturers, and all connected with trade, the greatest possible amount of information, a Room will be reserved in each of the Company's Stations for Sub scribers, in which will be received, tabulated, and exhibited, all intel ligence of commercial or public interest ; for instance— Ship Lists from the various Ports. Share Lists from the various Exchanges. inicee Current. Stock Exchange Lists, Corn Markets from the various Toirns. Prices of Live Stock, &c., &c., &c. In London, a Central Station, suited to the importance of the Me tropolis, is in course of erection in the immediate vicinity of the Bank and Royal Exchange ; In this Station the whole Telegraphic News of the country will be concentrated and forwarded in every direc tion ; and here, as in other Towns, a Room will be reserved for Sub scribers. The Subscription to these Rooms will be Two Guineas per annum, paid In advance, which will entitle Subscribers to the right of en trance to all the Subscription Rooms of the Company, including the Central Station at London. The foregoing details some of the advantages of the Commercial Telegraph to Subscribers,—but the requirements of the Public in ge neral will be provided for by the Establishment of Offices, which will at all times be open for the reception or transmission cf Messages and Dispatches, while Messengers will be kept at the various Stations, by whom dispatches may be sent out to any part of the Town where the communication has been received by Telegraph at the Com pany's Station. Subscribers' Names are received at the Commercial Telegraph Of fice, where any further information may be obtained. The following are the Towns to which the Commercial Telegraph will be first extended:— London Barnsley Peterborough Chelmsford Margate Wakefield Yarmouth Ipswich Ramsgate Leeds Huntingdon York Deal Halifax Hertford Darlington Dover Rochdale Manchester Newcastle Folkestone Hull Leicester Berwick Canterbury Maidstone Derby Edinburgh Northampton. Tunbridge Nottingham Glasgow Coventry Gosport Lincoln Scarborough Birmingham Southampton Chesterfield Bridlington Wolverhampton Winchester Sheffield Stamford Stafford Dorchester Bradford Norwich Chester Bristol Wisbeach St. Ives Liverpool Gloucester Lowestoff Ware Rotherham . -Cheltenham Cambridge Colchester J. LEWIS RICARDO, Chairman. 31 A I A G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em sitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an comprosing harry ; but the treth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set dement. Honour end Justice demand that health should form an item in the compact ;it alone dignities the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little NIEMOIRS `On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, ls. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively -ailed, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but or the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or tegether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other little publications claim your attention (same price is. each, by post it. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet•street ;Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street ; and all Booksellers. [ADVERTISEMENT.] DEBILITATED CONSTITU TIONS, DISORDERED LIVER, BILE, AND INDIGESTION, CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—The good effects pro duced by this salutary medicine are really extraordinary and speak volumes in favour of its excellence in the cure of impaired digestion, bile, diseases of the liver and chest. The benefits derived from the use of Holloway's pills in these complaints are permanent, as the whole system is completely renovated, by inducing a healthy action of the liver, strengthening the organs of digestion, and promoting a free respiration. Persons suffering from sny of these disorders should immediately have recourse to this established remedy, to insure a safe, certain, and speedy cure. Sold by all vendors of medicines; and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE SANITARY QUESTlON.—Thursday a meeting of the vestrymen of St. Anne's, Limehouse, was held at the Town-hall, to consider what measures should be adopted for the removal of a nuisince complained of with reference to the sewer, which empties itself into the Limekiln-dock, and to consider the propriety of addressing a memorial to the commissioners at Gwydyr house, in reference to the defective state of the sewerage in that parish.—Mr. Rugg, upper churchwarden, in the chair. Dr. Adolphus Barnet said the first case of cholera that took place in that parish when the country was visited by that calamity a few years ago, was that of an old woman, who was a tt ac k e d w hil e emp l oye d at h er avocations at the mouth o f thi s sewer. M any of the inhabitants stated that the eman a ti ons f rom t hi s sewer wereinjurious to their trades. Butchers could not keep their meat, which soon became tainted. He had taken the trouble to analyse the water of the Lime kiln-dock, and he found the principal ingredients of it to be sulphuretted hydrogen, a deadly poison, and a gas liquor. These two gases, taken together, were quite sufficient to produce all the various forms of f ever , and to assist cholera in producing fatal results. The sewer complained of was one of the main sewers und er the control of the late Commissioners of Sewers of the Tower Hamlets, and accumulated the sewage from Bethnal green, Mile-end Old Town, and part of Spital fields. lie thought that its course might be carried through New Poplar and under the river Lea to the marshes, where it might be applied for the purpose of irrigation to the la n d. li e moved that a committee be appointed to dr aw u p a memor ial on the defective sewerage of the parish, and the existing nuisance com plained of with ref erence t o th e sewer w hich empties itself in the Limekiln-dock, suggesting the most prac ticable means of obtaining its removal, and that the committee form a deputation to present the said memorial to the Commissioners of Sewers. The resolution was unanimously agreed to, when thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. THE BURMESE THRONE. - -Thursday afternoon the celebrated Burmese Throne, or Rath, - belonging to Mr. Batty, of Astley's Theatre, left that establishment, drawn by the team of enormous camels en route for Liverpool. The novelty of such an equ i page attracted a vast crowd, which increased as it p rogressed. The animals becoming alarmed at the shouts of the people when in Parliament-street, started off at full gallop, the camel-drivers having much difficulty in keepi ng up with them. Opposite the Horse Guards the f oremost an i mals fell down, and the entire team rolled o ver th em , t h e Burmese throne narrowly escaping destruction. After a time the unwieldy creatures were extricated, and reached the railway at Euston-square without further mishap. THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME.—We are informed that Mr. John Cooke, of the Chase, near Ross, has sold the Snigsend estate, at , Corse and Staunton, near Gloucester, to Mr. Feargus Connor. The estate com prises about 250 acres, and the price was 12,0001. — Worcestershire Chronicle. ExEMPLARY CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE.- 7 lt IS worthy of remark, that notwithstanding the distress which prevails in Bolton, and the great number out of p cieplonent, the business of the police-courtis con siderably diminished. Ou Monday there was not a single charge of felony at the Borough court, nor yet a warrant case. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 10. :Sittings at Nisi Prius before the LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE and Common Juries.) RUSSELL V. BRIANT. In this case Mr. Sergeant Talfsurd and Mr. Lock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lush and Mr. Fitz patrick for the defendant. This was an action brought under the statute the 3d William IV., chap. 15, for the infringement of the plain tiff's copyright in a musical composition. The declara tion stated that the plaintiff had the sole liberty of re presenting and performing a certain dramatic piece or musical composition, called " The Ship on Fire," which the defendant had wrongfully " caused to be represented" at the Horns Tavern Assembly Rooms at Kennington. There was another similar count, charging an infringe ment of a certain other musical composition, called " The Gambler's Wife." The defendant pleaded " Not Guilty." Mr. Sergeant TALBOURD, in opening the case, said, he had the honour of representing Mr. Henry Russell, who had performed an entertainment composed for the most part by himself, in the metropolis, and in many parts of the United Kingdom. The plaintiff sought to obtain compensation in damages fora piracy on his musical compositions for the purpose of repressing such piracy. On two occasions the plaintiff had visited America, and had obtained there not only much popularity, but had de rived thence a portion of the materials with which his entertainment was interspersed. The plaintiff's enter tainment consisted of a series of songs and anecdotes of negro life. Mr. Russell had composed the music of one of these songs, bearing the name of " The Ship on Fire," in which the various incidents of such a calamity were set to appropriate music, and represented by the gesture and action of the person singing it. He had sub sequently composed another musical piece called " The Gambler's Wife," and beyond controversy he had the sole right of representing this composition. Some time ago the plaintiff found that a gentleman named Smith was tracking his steps, and taking upon himself to re present considerable portions of his entertainment, tak ing the title, the music, and the words of his composi tions and adopting them as his own. Mr. Smith pre sented himself as Mr. Henry Smith from America, and became a competitor of the plaintiff in representing his own compositions. Mr. Russell thereupon deter mined to assert his right to those compositions, for which he had obtained considerable fame and profit ; and also to prevent the loss of character of which he ran some risk, in having his songs plagiarized by an inferior performer. The action was brought against Mr. Briant, of the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for having caused this representation to take place at his house. In February last a programme of Mr. Smith's perform ances at the Horns Tavern Assembly-rooms, Kenning ton, was issued by Mr. Smith, announcing that the two songs of the plaintiff would be performed by him. The Assembly-rooms were capable of accommodating from 1,000 to 3,000 persons, and had a raised moveable stage adapted to performances of a dramatic character. The defendant on the evenings of the performance sold some of the tickets, and took part of the money. It a person so finding accommodation for a performer, and so acting, was not to be considered as a person who " caused or procured such representations,' the Act of Parliament might be entirely evaded, as the person put forward to represent a performance might be a man of straw, paid night by night for acting. Before the statute of the 3d of William IV., chap. 15, a wrong of this kind was without remedy, because, although a copyright existed in books, it was very doubtful whether it existed in musical or dramatic works. The sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 45, extended the period of copyright in dramatic works to be the same as the copyright in books. The two songs mentioned in the declaration wore dramatic in cha racter, and clearly within the protection of the statute. The plaintiff sought to recover a penalty of 40s. for each infringement of his right. The Learned Counsel then said he should proceed to prove his case by calling his witnesses. _ The copyright of both songs was admitted. William Last was called to prove that Mr. Russell publicly performed both pieces of music. The perform ance was of a descriptive character. There was a reci tative of some length before the " The Gambler's Wife." The music described the striking of the hours past mid night whilst his wife was sitting up for him.—(The wit ness here imitated the gesture used in the performance, amidst a pod deal of laughter.) The Learned JUDGE--Is that dramatic ? On cross-examination the witness said " Tho Battle of Prague . ' was not a dramatic piece, it had got no words to it. _ _ _ The Learned JUDGE—There is firing and clashing of swords, and wounding. The witness's examination resumed—" The Har monious Blacksmith" was not a dramatic performance. In witness's opinion a dramatic piece consisted in the words and the music being taken together. His LORDSHIP—Then every song is a dramatic piece? Witness—" The Sea" was not a dramatic piece, it had no descriptive matter about it; that was how he distin guished it. Mr. West, composer, gave similar testimony. He had heard Mr. Russell and Mr. Smith sing the songs named in the declaration. The music and words were the same. A witness named King proved that he knew Mr. Briant's rooms, and that he had seen various perform ances there, the same as at some of the theatres. He had seen and heard the Ethiopian Serenaders and the Bosjesman Indians there. _ _ _ Mr. F t o a x k Cooper. e the Horns managerthe Rooms for forStrandtheatrical Theatre, h tried to a perform ances.d Had seen the Bayaderes perform there. Cross-examined—What makes a piece dramatic? Witness—The passion, gesture, and working up of the soul of the performer to represent to the audience the composition. The clerk to the plaintiff's attorney proved having sent a caution to Mr. Briant not to permit the perform ance of Mr. Russell's songs. Cross-examined —There was another action against Mr. Smith for this performance. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Lusx, on the part of the defendant, objected, first. that a musical composition was not within the Act. Se condly, that this case was not within the statute, because only the music was the plaintiff's and not the words. And, thirdly, that the Horns Tavern was not a place for dramatic entertainment within the meaning of the Act. His Lonostur took a note of these objections, and Mr. Lusx then addressed the jury for the defendant. He contended that the defendant had nothing to do with the performance, but had an expensive room which he was glad to let, and which he let to Mr. Smith on his application. The Learned Counsel then read several letters, setting forth an application for and agreement to take the defendtint's room by Smith. On the receipt of the plaintiff's caution, after this agreement had been entered into, the defendant wrote to Mr. Smith, and re ceived an answer from his attorney threatening him with an action it he did not fulfil his agreement. The LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE said, this was no answer. The defendant had no right to let his room for au un- lawful purpose. Mr. LUSH submitted, that under the circumstances the defendant had no more to do with causing and pro curing the representation of Mr. Russell's Smith than any of the jury. All that Mr. Briant was to let his room, and afford such acco mmodation as under the circumstances he was expected to afford. The Learned Counsel then called sgs did by Mr. IL Smith, the performer. He sang the songs without gesture or dramatic action. He had no music before him. He did not sing Mr. Russell's music. He might venture to say that ho had made the song of " The Ship on Fire" his own. Cross-examined—The words were in substance the same, but the music was essentially different. He had not a copy of his own music. He played from memory. Mr. N. Briant, the son of the defendant, proved re ceiving the threat of action if his father did not fulfil his contract with Smith. Mr. Sergeant TA.LFOURD, in reply said, it would have been more creditable in the defendant not to have called Mr. Smith, the pirate, who sang what he was pleased to call " his own music." Though he had none of his own, he sat down voluntarily, and his thoughts volun tarily fell into harmonious numbers, and be happened to hit on the same music and the same words as the amf thet tieidiseptltesnodtitoai had aided i i n m sel summing plaintiff's songs. M r . S m ith h a d b een ma ki ng unwor thy i o n f t hthoesuelpa,h attempts. o sa u i r d s , o t f h a e n other, and witnessfi plaintiffr n ddsi‘t i w art h .e whether tmhei thatrt h the pieces were rp i e ei c e e ct s ehse w , were sa e mp performed performed. iorTinheed jury .w bY i nf tn Otu e be One Smith said of the music of one of the pieces, " He might venture to say he had made it his own." There suss no evidence to show how far Smith's music differed from the whether the whole or any part of it, or whether ho had made it his own in the words of the adage— " Jack stole his discourse from the famed Dr. Brown, But reading it damnably made it his own." Secondly, they were to be satisfied that the c'tefendant caused and procured the performance within the: meaning of the statute. If the defendant had sanctioned by per mitting and finding accommodation for an illegal per formance, he must take the consequences. And, thirdly, was this a dramatic performance? It it were , it was enough to support the action, for the defendau t's rooms were then used for the purposes of a dramatic entertain ment. The jury, after a short consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff on both counts. Damages 401 ;. on each count. Mr. Lush asked his Lordship to put to them the three questions he had left to them separately. His LORDSHIP did not think it necessary. had drawn their conclusions from them. `The jury COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec.. 10. (Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.), THE DIAMOND TRADE.—IN RE EDWARD TAMMY. The bankrupt, who was a diamond morchaut, Frith-street, Soho, came up for his certificate. Mr. Cooke opposed on behalf of the assignees, t ,o whom Mr. Teague was the solicitor; Mr. Lawrence so pportet 1 the bankrupt. The balance-sheet, which extends from F. !bruary, .846, to the date of the fiat, in April, 1847, cont sins the following items:—Sundry creditors, 11,2411.; li 3,1261.; creditors holdiug securities, 6,5561; profits, 2,8471. Upon the credit side the debts are estimated at 201.; the property, 1,8001.; there are houses mortgaged to tke extent of 1,0481.; losses, 3,1451.; trade expenses, 1,037 L Upon the same side of the balance sheet there is an item—balance, 7,l62l,—explained during the progress of the case. Mr. Cool E opened the case by stating that the bank rupt was originally a seal engraver, and subsequently carried on business as a diamond merchant, in Frith street. In February, 1846, he fell into a state of ad mitted embarrassment, and then he made an application to his creditors with the view of effecting an arrange ment. On that occasion Mr. Blogg, of the firm of Blogg and Martin, Diamond brokers, was applied to for the purpose of assisting him in inquiring into the state of his affairs, and makini , an arrangement with his creditors. The bankrupt then drew up a statement of the position of his affairs, in which his debts and liabilities were set down at 8,1121., assets, 8,850/. ; thus showing him more than solvent to the amount of 7381. Ho proposed to pay off his full bills pf six, twelve, and eighteen months, in equal instalments. All the credi tors consented to this proposition, with the exception of three, Messrs. Hammel, Posus. and Casto, who re quired security for the payment of the last instalment at eighteen months. The debts of those three gentlemen, in the aggregate, amounted to 3,3601., and to meet their request Tibbey promised to give them a promissory note for 1,2001. from Major Moore, his father-in-law. This note, which was to secure the payment of the last instalment, was to have been lodged in the hands of Mr. Blogg, but that gentleman dying soon after, on the con tinent, it was found that the security of Major Moore had never been deposited with him, but that the bank rupt had lodged it as security for advances at the London and Westminster Bank, behind the backs of the creditors ; only the first instalment of the com position was paid, and Mr. Posus hearing that Major Moore's note had not been deposited in Mr. Blogg's hands, insisted upon security, and finally got a 600/. bill from Major Moore to secure his oWn debt. Messrs. Casto and Hammell had, at the time of the arrangement held bills of the bankrupts, and It was understood that by giving the security of Major Moore for the I,IOOL, that he should be furnished with funds by the creditors to retire them from circulation as they arrived at matu rity. Messrs. Hammell and Casto supplied those funds, and the bankrupts allocated them in themanner proposed without a word of dissent; but when all the bills had ....... been — returned, the bankrupt said, " You have not pro vided me with funds to withdraw the bills at once, and _ _ therefore I will not give up the 1,1001. security of Major Moore." The Learned Counsel then detailed various transactions in which the bankrupt was engaged at the end of 1846 and beginning of 1847, showing his embar rassment, and the exertions he made, by pawning jewels and other property, in order to procure from the West minster Bauk the 1,1001. security, and three bills of 5001. each, which had been lodged in the bank, and which had been given to Tibbey, a man who had been a bankrupt, as the renewal of an old debt. He had also to call his Honour's attention to the removal of the bankrupt's furniture to Major Moore's dwelling —a removal which the bankrupt did not disclose until after the choice of the assignees. But there were circumstances still more heinous in the bankrupt's conduct. He would first mention the case of Mr. Ham mell, who was one of the assignees. In August, 1846, the bankrupt applied to Mr. Hammell, to purchase some diamonds for him, and Mr. Hammen sold him 2601. of diamonds, for which he gave his bill, payable in December. A few days before the bill arrived at ma turity, the plaintiff waited upon Hammell, and said he could not pay it. Mr. Hammell expressed his surprise, and remarked that he had sold the goods at cost price. The bankrupt said he had not sold the goods, and showed them to him. Mr. Hammell, upon the receipt of 1001., consented to take two bills for the balance of his debt, which were unpaid. The Learned Counsel at tempted to show that the bankrupt had not accounted for the diamonds sold to him by Mr. Hammell, and that he had, in fact, concealed the property, but failed to establish his charge. The next charge regarded Mr. Price. Mr. Price is a jeweller and diamond merchant in Hatton-garden. In August, 1846, Mr. Price called on the bankrupt, who showed to him a large stock of precious stones, such as diamonds, emeralds, rubies, opals, and turquoises, pricesomhimg o oo f d g s re t a o t value. theamoun l t n o of9 c o to t b ; e a r, nd l , B a 46, da y Mr. or two after, precious atones of less value; and on the 6th of December, in the same year, the bankrupt again called on Mr. Price, and obtained diamonds " to show a French man." Two days after the bankrupt brought back the goods, and finally bought them at 1891. 10s., but never paid for them. After this last transaction a person went into Mr. Price's shop, and offered to him for sale a por tion of the very same diamonds he had sold to the bank rupt. The next case was that of Mr. Johnson, from whom the bankrupt obtained, in January, 1841, 300 pearls, with other goods, value 87/., upon the promise that he was to pay in cash. Subsequently the bankrupt declined paying in cash, but asked Mr. Johnson to take a bill for the amount. Seeing that Mr. Johnson was not inclined to pursue this course, the bankrupt produced a letter, which he said was written to him by Mr. Clark, the manager of the Union Bank, and holding it in his hand, so that Mr. Johnson might see the signature, said that the letter contained an assuranee from Mr. Clark, that he would discount the bankrupt's bills to any amount. Mr. Johnson thereupon agreed to take the bankrupt's bill. It turned out, however, that no such letter had been written by Mr. Clark, who, when asked about the mat ter, said he would not lend Tibbey to the extent of a single shilling. Mr. Clark had written to Tibbey, but to quite a contrary effect. The Learned Counsel next called the attention of the Court to the non-appearance of a diamond necklace, value 1,000/., which the bank rupt had shown to a creditor some months previously to his bankruptcy, viz., in January, 1847, and which was nowhere to be found, an d quite unaccounte d f or . An other instance of th e b ankrupt ' s m i scon d uc t was his having pawned a large quantity of jewellery, &c., and which was, in fact, the property of the creditors, for the purpose of depositing such an amount of property in the London and Westminster Bank as would enable him to withdraw from thence the 1,100/. security of Major Moore, thereby relieving his father-in-law of that re sponsibility. The Learned Counsel concluded by ob• serving on the impropriety of those compositions, which generally ended in a manner most unsatisfactory to the debtor and to the creditors, and by calling on the Court either to refuse or suspend the certificate altogether. The Learned COUNSEL then called several witnesses, who established the cases of Messrs. Johnson and Price, and that the bankrupt had, by false representations, and whilst in a state of insolvency, induced those gentlemen to give him credit. me and dealer i proposition, which the bankrupt who certificate. In the had dudAment as follows :—ln this case After an able defence e al - T Ilia H oNouß gave . from ....r.,,AWRENCE , losses, and applied carried on the trade of a diamond ma de it appear that he year precious stones, applied for his have a surplus of several ? o h er 1846 he sustained some severe . was incorrect, both agreed to his pro th© di. charging his debts ° creditors to give him time for By his statement at that time he to have examined cse elvdepnot,ordds.tThahteheerowdiotuolrds nd s( r ) instalments, at six, 'en, which was to pay, by three amount of their claims,twelve, and eighteen months, the The creditors did not appear accounts, and it appears to me the bankrupt the a as to the amount of debts due by him, an d avoid expressing ssets he . had to pay them. I can notare ..generally my opinion that such arrangements creditor. The disadvantageousdebtor both to debtor and is generally . obliged _ , after years of struggling credir,ors, who appear become . a bankrupt, and the to such arrangements, 1: in some cases to agree would satisfy their claim the hope that the debtor debts, must find upon the whole, in full, by incurring new such proceedings. The ole, they are not gainers by three grounds. First, that bankrupt was opposed upon Thole of his propertyhe had not delivered up the This point was pressed but at concealed a portion of it. w as not satisfied with the the l as t examination, but I The fact that the bankrupt proofs tendered and I still con tinue of the same opinion. values his stock at a large snna c annot obtain one-fourth of the amount,and that the assignee g rounds for suspicion , but notsuthF. affo and if such rds, no doubt, concealment can be p roved, the ient; I therefore dismiss that point from certificate is nugatory. second objection was, that w hi lst lin my attention. The circumstances, he incurred debts witht: knowingly insolvent Mr. Price. Although creditors who Mr. Johnson and arrangement could not complain of the wore parties to the incur ring debts with them, yet I consider bankrupt's after such an arrangement, is not justifieder that . the debtor, such debts without disclosing his.. in contracting at the time the debts to Mr. jon position. However, were contracted, the bankrupt, as and Mr. Price must have known that he was h 3 it appears to me, hopelessly ' y insolvent, and in these cases he appears to have told hoods, in order to induce those person deliberate false dit. It was also objected to hire that he sto give him ere of his creditors to give them additional promised . three order to enable Lim to do so, he security, and in father-in-law to give security for 1,10(11.,131.evai1d . upon his using the security for the purpose spec. and instead of with his bankers. I lay no stress on i ed, he lodged it applying the note to the purposes of histh bankrupt not ought to have taken care that the security creditors, who was not only given but properly lodged. There i s he committed any fraud upon his noevidence that father-in-law, but it does appear to me that the bankrupt groat dereliction of duty when he pledged s guilty of a all his valuable goods to his brother-in-law to free from his responsibility in the 1,1001. does appear to me to me to be a fraud on security. This an offence deserving punishment. Undernn the creditors, cir cumstances of the case I think justice will all the..be adminis tered by adjourning the bankrupt's certificate for twelve months. Protection for one month was granted, on the appli cation of Mr. Lawn ence. IN RE THOMAS. The bankrupt came up to pass his last n mina exa ' tatherine 'on I • He was a publish er and advertising agent ' , i C street, Strand. The meeting was further adjourned, as the accounts were not in readiness. ►VESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, Dec. 10. (Before Mr. D. C. MOYLAN, Judge.) MILLER v. LORD -DUDLEY STUART, M.P. This was an action brought by John Miller against the Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone, to recover tho sum of 51. for loss of time and services rendered to his Lordship at the recent election. STOVES. WALKER'S PATENT PHCENIX STOVES, for Churches, Halls, Shops. &c. The most powerful, safe, economical, and convenient Stoves made. Prices from 21. 2s. to 161. 163. each. Small Stoves, iSs. each. Requiring no Chimneys. 302, OXFORD-S MEET, LONDON, and bB, OXFORD-STREET, BIRMINGHAM ; and of all the Ironmongers in the Kingdom. JOYCE'S PATENT FUEL, THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT is prepared in every colour, for selection, at Messrs. SWAIN and CO.'S, Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-street. Price 21. S N. DECEMBER H I 1847. 7 Mr. P. BANKES, who appeared as counsel for the noble defendant, on the case being called on, said Mr. Ronalds, his Lordship's attorney, had that moment re ceived a letter from the plaintiff, which he would read: " 6, Northampton-square, Dec. 8. " My Lord,—This is to inform your Lordship that as an acquaintance of your Lordship has promised to come forward and settle the little pecuniary matter of 51. be tween us,:it now will not be necessary for your Lordship to attend to the summons at the Westminster County Court on the 10th inst. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant, "JOHN MILLER. "Hight Iron. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., &c." The pliiintiff having withdrawn from the case, he (Mr. Bankes), on the part of the Noble Lord for whom he had the honour to appear, had to apply to the Court for costs, as he should show that there was not the slightest foundation for the claim, but that it was one of the most impudent attempts ever made to obtain money from his Lordship. He made the application for costs, although there was every probability of their never being paid, more for the purpose of deterring other persons equally unknown to his Lordship, from harassing him with these attempts, than to punish the plaintiff. The plain tiff was totally unknown to his Lordship, and, from his letters appeared to have no settled place of abode, as they were addressed from several different places. He (Mr. Bankes) would read some of theletters to show that whatever services were rendered they were gratuitous. The first letter was dated 48, Cromer-street, Gray's-inn road, August 3, 1847, and was as follows : " My Lord,—Permit me to state that when I heard your Lordship intended to put up for Marylebone, and that Mr. Harvey intended to do so also—knowing no thing of your Lordship's character but what was most honourable, and a countryman of which every English man ought to be proud of—having so nobly stepped for ward out of the common course of an idle aristocratic life and selfishness to aid the oppressed and to relieve the distressed, and that you, well deserved the honour you sought for; knowing also from my own individual experience that Mr. Harvey was a man unfit to be trusted . . . . I determined with myself to exert all my humble powers in influencing all my friends in the bo rough to serve your Lordship, exhibiting to them and many others beside Mr. Harvey's character in contrast with your Lordship's. And Ido think my humble ex ertions in your Lordship's behalf placed your Lordship at the head of the poll, as well as have drove Mr. Harvey from the field of election for ever. But, my Lord, I did this at some little pecuniary sacrifice, which I am sure your Lordship, after I state what my present circum• stances are, will not suffer me to lose. Just at the cri tical moment of the Marylebone election, I declined to accept of 10s. a day to be employed on the City election, which employ for sixteen days would have been 81., pre ferring, without any specific engagement from Mr. Ronalds, to go into the field and work at once for your interest, which I believe he knows I did, and Mr. Ramsey knows also. Mr. Ramsey knows that I worked for the ballot, as well as working for the poll. But I should be ashamed of myself, as a Reformer, to expect anything from your Lord ship for my services on Buchan occasion, when "England expects every man to do his duty" free.—(Laughter.) But, my Lord, now I haie no property. I have been made to sacrifice more than 20,0001. by the enemies of liberty, persecuting me to the utmost, and I should like your Lordship to hear my tale on some future occasion. I have neither funded property, freehold property, or household property, though I had all these once, with carriages and horses. Time alone is the only property I have at present, and having spent that in your Lord ship's interest, stating this, I hope—l more than hope, I know—from your Lordship's generous disposition, I may expect a favourable answer to this letter. Waiting your Lordship's favour, I have the honour to be, &c., " JOHN MILLER." Upon the receipt of this letter, his Lordship, thinking it would be as well to avoid the plaintiff's importunities for the future, for his alleged services in driving Mr. Harvey from the field, ordered Mr. Ronalds to pay him 51. This was done on the sth of August to the great gratification of the plaintiff; but on the 7th another letter was re ceived, in which he acknowledged the receipt of the 5/., but " Never for a moment supposed that a less sum than 101. would have been offered, when I can give ,indis putable proof of the fact that had it not been for my ex ertions Mr. Harvey would have gone to the poll and been returned; consequently, your Lordship would not have been placed in the present honourable position." With respect to the power and influence of the plaintiff he (Mr. Bankes) begged to say that he was not an elector of the borough, and had not the slightest influ ence. In another part of the same letter, alluding to his only property being " time," the plaintiff went on— " All my friends (electors) say that I dishonoured my self and the cause too for accepting so trifling a sum for rendering such important services, and it is at their re quest. my Lord, to further benefit myself, that I make your Lordship further acquainted with the fact, as they are all certain that such a sum was never contemplated to be given by your Lordship. I have done this, leaving the matter solely in your Lordship's hands for further consideration, and I am quite certain the result will re dound to your Lordship's honour and to the honour of the cause your Lordship espouses." The result was, that his Lordship referred the plaintiff to Mr. Ronalds. To that gentleman, and also to his Lordship's secretary, several letters were written, in which he spoke of his Lordship's proud position in Marylebone being due to him, for he only had caused the retirement of Mr. Harvey. Finding it impossible to get any more money out of Lord Dudley Stuart, another letter was sent to his Lordship on the 24th of November, in which the plaintiff says he has no alternative but to appeal to the county court for justice; winding up the letter with a pathetic appeal in these words:— "Your Lordship's kindness is known to the whole world—reaches from pole to pole; let then this kindness not be tarnished by my making an appeal to the laws for a small mite of justice to one who has devoted his life and fortune for the benefit of his fellow countrymen." This feeling address had no effect on his Lordship, for on the next day Mr. Ronalds wrote back, informing plaintiff that he would appear to any process that might be issued against Lord Dudley Stuart. The plaintiff, however, issued process against his Lordship personally, solely for the purpose of annoyance, and in another letter said— " His Lordship had not a leg to stand upon in a court of justice, that ho could bring forward many of the elec tors who would prove that the quality of his services ren dered alone gave his Lordship the victory, and that in the course of a day or so he should wait upon Ser geant Shee (one of the candidates), and get him, if he could, with all his witnesses, to maintain his action ; proceedings which he greatly regretted being driven to, as he was sorry the Liberal cause would suffer by the exposé." The Learned JUDGE said he thought the Learned Counsel had stated quite enough to entitle him to the costs, for it was not right that Lord Dudley Stuart, or any one else should be brought their at their own ex pense, and the plaintiff withdraw from the action. Ac cording to the statement of the Learned Gentleman, he supposed it did not matter wheter an order was made for the payment of costs that day week or that day twelve months. Mr. BANKES said it was more for the purpose of pre venting annoyances that he asked for the costs. The JUDGE—Then he will be ordered to pay the costs of counsel, attorney, and one witness in a month. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Before Mr, Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) Tho Court sat this morning for the purpose of hear ing the appeals which had been entered for the Decem ber general session. The court was much crowded by parties who are connected with steam-boats from its having been understood the Bench would give judgment in two of the cases wherein the defendants had appealed against the decision of Mr. Yardley, the magistrate at the Thames Police-court, who had convicted certain persons for having acted as the commanders of steam boats without having taken out the necessary license. w. J. PATTISON V. THE CONVICTION OF E. YARDLEY, ESQ. At a former sitting of the Court this and another case of a similar character were argued, and the Court took time to consider its judgment. The defendants had been convicted of having acted in the capacity of captains and commanders of steam-vessels without having obtained the requisite license according to a bye-law of the Court of Aldermen. The defendants appealed, and The Learned JUDGE now gave judgment, and said that this was an appeal by William John Pattison against a conviction of Mr. Yardley, the effect of which was that the appellant had been condemned to pay a penalty for having acted as the captain and commander of a steam-vessel plying between Yantlett Creek and Windsor, he not being at the time duly licensed according to the provisions of a certain bye-law for re gulating steam-boats plying on the river Thames. The Court had most carefully considered the arguments which had been advanced by the Learned Counsel who had appeared on behalf of the corporation on the former day when the appeal had come before him in support of the conviction, as well as those which had been sub mitted by the Learned Counsel in opposition to the con viction, and in maintenance of the appeal. The Court had also carefully perused the bye-law upon the subject which had been framed by the Court of Aldermen, and the conclusion to which it had arrived, as regarded that bye-law, had been that that bye-law was illegal and contrary to the law of the land. By that bye-law it was enacted, " that any person acting as commander of any lighter, wherry, or other craft," plying for hire between certain points not having a license as directed by that bye-law, should be liable to the payment of a certain fine for every trip performed in such " lighter, wherry, or other craft." Now the Court of Queen's Bench had decided that " steam- vessels " came within the statute for regulating watermen, and that Court was therefore bound by that decision; but except for that decision he should have entertained great doubts upon the point. It was, however, quite clear that a "steam-vessel" was not a "lighter," nor was it a " wherry ;" and notwith• standing the Court of Queen's Bench had held and de cided that a" steam-boat was within the comprehension of, and was comprised within the term ' vessel,'" yet [PRICE SD. ' that Court was unable to arrive at the conclusion that the term "craft" meant and included " steam-boats. ' In the cases which were at present under consideration and before the Court it happened that the appellants were freemen of the Watermen's Company; but the Court was furthermore of opinion that the Court of Aldermen of the city of London were net armed with any power, without fresh bye-laws and regulations, to compel the captains and commanders of " steam-boats" plying on the Thames to be freemen of the Watermen's Company. It was not upon that one point only that the Court was about to decide the present cases, because these appellants were in reality freemen, and, therefore, the conviction had been, not for not being freemen, but because they had not possessed a license to use that privilege in commanding steam-boats. The bye-law in question had made it imperative that the captain or commander of a steam-boat should not only hold a license, hut that no such license should be granted unless the sum of Is. was paid f or it. N ow , the Court of Aldermen, which had thus exacted this fee, clearly had no authority whatever to do so. The statute under which this bye-law had been framed gave no power to the Court of Aldermen to issue licenses upon any such terms ; and in framing such a bye-law the Court of Aldermen had manifestly forgotten that without the direct authority of an Act of Parliament no body, cor porate or otherwise, had the power to impose a tax upon any of her Majesty's subjects. The only power to levy taxes was vested in her Majesty and the louses of Par liament, and thus in demanding the payment of this one shilling the Court of Aldermen, it might be humorously said, were reviving the old qnestion of " ship-money," which was so celebrated in the days of Charles 1., although in the present time that matter would not be attended with the mischiefs consequent upon it at that period. A freeman of the Watermen's Company might, under the statute, be compelled to take out a license to navigate a steam-boat on the river Thames as a captain or com mander, but it did not follow that he was compelled to take out such a license as this bye-law of the Court of Aldermen required. That bye-law was clearly illegal; and, therefore, as the appellant had been fined for not having that license, it was impossible that the Court could confirm such conviction. The bye-law was clearly defective, and therefore, supposing that the judgment which the Court was now expressing was correct, it was quite apparent that new bye-laws were required for the regulation of the Thames. The question which was in volved in the matter was, without doubt, one of too great and general importance to be finally determined in that court. It was important to the Court of Aldermen, inasmuch as it affected their powers and jurisdiction; it was important to the Watermen's Company, it was im portant to all those persons who acted as the captains and commanders of steam-vessels, and it was of im portance, especially to all those who had a large capital embarked in the steam-navigation of the river and the traffic of steam-boats. Taking the point, therefore, as to the mode of granting license as the main ground of its decision, the Court made an order for quashing the conviction. STEPHEN MACKLEY V. THE CONVICTION OF E. YARDLEY, ESQ. This case was the same as the above, and the ruling of the Court was, therefore, held to be applicable to both. Convictio❑ quashed. This decision, if we remember rightly, is in direct op position to that delivered a week or two since at the London Sessions by the Recorder. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A young married woman, named Elizabeth Gardner, was charged with violently assaulting and threatening to stab her husband, Henry Gardner, with a knife. The husband, who was evidently in great apprehen sion of the prisoner, though a very little woman, stated that he had only been married to his wife a short time when he had the misfortune to get into some trouble, which led to his being confined for a considerable period in the House of Correction, and that about a fortnight after his incarceration commenced he received a letter from the prisoner, in which, while protesting the most devoted affection for him, she stated, that the whole of their goods having bee❑ seized upon, she had had been compelled to apply for support to the parish officers, who had afforded her two nights' shelter in the workhouse, and that, as she had received an offer of - - protection from a male friend of the witness's until he was liberated, she hoped he would not object to her ac cepting it. lie felt very indignant at such an extra ordinary communication, and refused to answer it, the result of which was, that the prisoner took his silence for consent, and although she had accepted the other man's offer, and lived with him as his wife, she never theless wrote him five or six other notes (which he handed up to the bench), all of them filled with the most affectionate protestations, and in the last of which, re ceived the day before he was liberated, she expressed her intention to quit the other man, and meet witness next morning on his discharge at the prison-gate. Punctual to the moment he found the prisoner there to receive him, when she pointed out so forcibly the destitution she had been thrown into by his imprisonment, and so pathetically appealed to him for forgiveness, that, thinking she bad been driven to misconduct by necessity, he reluctantly agreed to receive her, and accompanied her to some lodgings she had hired in Spitalfields. There, however, some cir cumstances came to his knowledge which induced him to revoke his resolution, and he expressed to her his determination never again to acknowledge her ; upon which she became dreadfully excited, smashed the win dows to pieces, held him by the throat till he was nearly black in the face, kicked him furiously on several parts of his person, and finally declaring that she was resolved no other woman should possess him if she could not, and that she would " finish" him to prevent it, seized a table-knife, and attempted or threatened to stab him with it. A violent struggle ensued between them, in which he was obliged to use her roughly to escape her violence, and having succeeded at length in wresting the weapon from her, he applied to this court for pro tection. A woman named Montgomery, who was present at the time of the contest, described it in nearly the same terms as the husband, but added, that the latter struck his wife two very severe blows across the face in the course of it. When called upon for her defence, the prisoner, who had been sobbing hysterically from the commencement, said that although she knew she had so acted that she could scarcely expect to be forgiven, she had been forced to act as she had done, as her husband returned her no answer to her letters, she was in a state of the utmost destitution while he was in prison, and had no home to go to or friends to receive her. The instant the com plainant was liberated she hastened to meet him, and begged for his pardon, which she thought he had granted her; but he suddenly changed his mind, and ordered her out of the house, and told her to go to the workhouse, an order that so hurt her feelings that, in her despair, she scarcely knew what she did, but she certainly did not attempt to injure him until he had several times struck her cruelly. The complainant expressed a wish that his wife should not be severely punished, but he wanted security from her uncontrollable temper, and the Magistrate, therefore, after forcibly animadverting upon her conduct, ordered her to put in two substantial sureties for her peaceable behaviour for the next six weeks—a virtual sentence of imprisonment for that time, as she could not find them. On hearing the decision the prisoner rushed towards her husband, flung herself upon her knees, and implor ingly entreated his forgiveness, but the complainant was inexorable, and it was with the greatest difficulty that Alderman, the gaoler, could release her husband from her grasp, she clung to him with such tenacity. LAMBETH. John Simpson, alias Scott, and Mary Ann Simpson, alias Taylor, who have been in custody for nearly a month on a charge of stealing a silver tea service and va rious articles of jewellery, of the value of 1001., the pro perty of Mr. John Edwards, a gentleman residing in Camberwell-green, were placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for final examination. In addition to the evidence already published in The Sun, from which it appeared that the property had been stolen from the bedroom of Mr. Edwards on the evening of Sunday, the 31st of October last, while the family were at church, and two days after was seen in the pos session of the prisoners, one of whom, the woman, had been in the service of Mr. Edwards. _ _ _ The first witness yesterday was Mr. John Peters, a superintendent of police at Kidderminster, who deposeel that between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock on the night of Friday, the 12th of last month, he apprehended the prisoners at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Kidderminster. He found them in bed together, and told them that he took them in custody on a charge of stealing a quantity of plate and other property, belonging to Mr. Edwards, of Camberwell•green, upon which the male prisoner ex claimed, " Well, I suppose we'll be both sent over the water for it." The woman said nothing. He (wit ness) told the servant at the inn to examine carefully the bed in which the prisoners bad been, and on the following day he received the mourning-ring he then produced, from Harriet Hill, now present. Ho also re ceived from the mother of the female prisoner eight rings, two brooches, a pair of ear-drops, a broken seal, and a small silver knife, which she said she had received from her daughter, all of which were identified by Mr. Edwards as his property, and stolen from his house. In reply to a question from Mr. NORTON, the witness said ho had known the female prisoner from childhood, an d was not aware that she had been before guilty of any offence. Hill, chambermaid at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Kidderminster, stated that on the night of Friday, the 12th of last month, about eleven o'clock, the prison ers c ame to her master' s house and engaged Theyabed.otn retired to rest almost inamediatelyaae r, but were n the house more than h a lf an hour whensior being that M no person taken Peters o u t of the bed-room w it ness locked n their e came and apprehend e d them. o it up had access to it until the following day, when she went there, and o to that which nexamini she had seen the male ngthe bed she found a mourning ring similar pri soner wear on the night before. Inspector Campbell, in reply to the questions of the Magistrate, said he had communicated with the autho rities at Liverpool, where the prisoner had been three ' times convicted, and where he was at present charged with a daring attempt at highway robbery, and that he I expected the presence of an officer at the Old Bailey to t prove these facts. r.tho daftalisions wort pand oet.r4 e1e..1 the. 04.4i44.144 were fully 00.,giuittc,.a for trial. WESTMINSTER. Mr. Thomas Chisho!in Austey, M.P. for Youghal, at tended at this court to prefer a charge against George Lamb, a cat-driver, under the following circumstances: — Mr. Anstey stated that he hired defendant's cab at Temple-bar at about 4 o'clock on the previous after noon, and ordered him to drive to the House of Com mons. As be was rather late, he alighted hastily at the Members' door, and as a gentleman who had ac companied him, and who had some books with him, was to be conveyed back to Temple-bar, he left him to pay the fare. Complainant told the cabman at the time he was set down that he was late, and that the gentle man would go back with him, but he did not remember whether he told the defendant that the gentleman would pay him. About three hours afterwards, on going into the cloak-room, he found the books belonging to the gentleman before alluded to, and on leaving the House with some other Members at half-past twelve o'clock, complainant found the defendant waiting, and he de manded 12s. us his fare. Complainant asked to see his badge, expressing his willingness to pay him if he would produce it, as, in the event of its turning out upon inquiry that anything was wrong, he might have his remedy. Defendant asked the gentleman for his card, when . ho told him that he would prefer paying him and taking his number to giving it. Defendant said ha had not goo his badge, but if he would come with him to where his cab was standing, he could take the number of it. Com plainant told him that he did not want the number of his eab, but the production of tha badge only would satisfy him ; upon which defendant repeated that he had not got it, adding, that he d id not conceive he wanted it, as he was not then driving. Complainant had some papers of importance in a bag, and as it was raining hard, he walked on to get a cab, lest they should be wetted. Complainant w as ab ou t placing the bag in a cab when the defendant shouted to the driver, " I give you notice, you cannot take that gentleman, he is my fare." Defendant then thrust himself between complainant and the cab, and prevented his getting in by laying his hands upon him, but not striking him. Complainant had to ward him off, and it cost him some effort to put him aside. Defendant resisted him with great force, and finding it difficult to get into the cab without a personal struggle with de fendant he gave him into custody. Complainant, on concluding his statement, said that if the defendant had shown him his badge he shculd at once have paid him. In reply to an inquiry from defendant, Mr. Anstey said he told him that he would pay him 51. if he demanded it, if he would show his badge. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said the gentleman got out, and the constable on duty at the Houses of Pa: liament ordered him to draw over to where cabs stand. He (defendant) found the books in his cab, and asked the policeman what was to be done with them, when he referred him to the superintendent of the lobby, who said he thought they belonged to complainant, and he sent a clerk to inquire. Defendant waited till complainant came out, and asked him to pay him, when he replied that he never told him to wait, but would pay him :501. if he demanded it. He, however, never offered to pay him anything. He told complainant that the badge was in his cab, and he would fetch it, or he (complainant) might if he liked. Defen dant admitted that he followed the gentleman, and got before the cab door to prevent his entering. The constable who took defendant proved soeing him take his badge from out of his cab as he.passed on his way to the station. Mr. BRODERIP inquired whether Mr. Anstey knew whether the fare had been paid by the other gentleman ? Mr. Anstey replied that he was unable to say, as he had not had an opportunity of seeing the gentleman since. Mr. BRODERIP observed that he was not at all sur prised at a gentleman refusing to give a cabman his card, as it was impossible to say to what use it might be put. lie remembered an instance where very unpleasant cir cumstances resulted from a gentleman having done so. If Mr. Anstey prayed the judgment of the Court against defendant fur his misconduct, he would give it at once, or adjourn the matter if Mr. Anstey vvished . to see his friend first. Mr. Anstey having expressed a wish to inquire of his friend, with respect to the fare, before the matter was decided, Mr. BRODERIP ordered defendant to find bail for his appearance on Monday next. STORM IN THE FRITH OF FORTH. The storm which visited this coast on Monday night and yesterday morning has left traces of its effects which will cause it to be long remembered at Leith, and along the southern shores of the Frith. It was felt also very severely in the streets of Edinburgh; but, beyond the fall of a few chimney cans, we have heard of no da mage in the town. By 8 o'clock P.M. the wind, which had been for some time increasing, was very violent, and, with the rise of the tide, became in every sense a complete storm. The tide rose to an unprecedented height, about eight to ten feet higher than usual, and the waves ran thirty feet further in shore than they ever were known to reach before. Many, if not all, of the vessels in Leith Roads drove with their anchors, while some of them set sail, and with much difficulty, and at great risk, succeeded in gaining the harbour. A stone stair at the upper drawbridge has been so shaken, by a vessel having come in contact with it, that the stair, along with a part of the masonry of the quay, will require to be rebuilt. To the eastward of the town, the tide, driven up through the avenues at the glass-houses to the public road, inundated many of the dwelling-houses, and deluged the soap-works and other establishents with sea water to the extent of three or four feet in depth, causing cousidarable loss to the tenants. Indeed, so impetuous was the gale, that the water was lashed with irresistible force over the high railway embankments opposite Seafield to the public road. To the westward of the town matters were, if possible, still worse. A complete embargo was put upon everything in the shape of pedestrianism on the road between Leith and Newhaven. The embank.. ments at various places have been literally ploughed up and washed away, more especially at the foot of Albany-street, near the Fort, a great part of the bul warks and embankments have been carried away. The place, too, generally called the " Murder Trap," which was repaired lately, has also suffered a good deal ; for, although the piles are still stand ing, the surrounding earth, in which they wore im bedded, has been washed away, as also a part of the stone bulwark near the same place. The effects of the storm at Newhaven were truly disastrous. Yes terday morning the beach, all the way from the Stone Pier at Newhaven to Granton, was strewn with the wrecks of fishermen's boats and yawls; the remains of those which been lying on the beach before the tido engulphed them. Judging from the appearance on the beach, there must have been from thirty to forty of them complete wrecks. Besides, we un derstand that twenty-six boats left Newhaven in the course of Monday afternoon for the herring fishery. The sea was perfectly calm at the time, but, fortunately, they had not proceeded far when the squall was observed, and the boats, it is believed, with the exception of two, which are missing, ran with all possible speed, some for Granton, others for Newhaven, and another portion for Burntisland, where they remained safe till the gale began to blow from the north, which deprived them of all shelter. The result is, we regret to say, that out of the twenty six boats which put to sea, twenty foundered and went down, many of them with their nets, inflicting a loss upon the unfortunate owners averaging in each case from 601. to 701. This catastrophe could not be avoided, as fishing boats are uninsurable. To the industrious fishermen and their families such a state of things is indeed very lamentable and distressing. Three sloops, which were riding at anchor off Granton, have been cas t ashore ; two of them have gone to pieces, one of them named the Tontine, of St. David's. An other, called the Ann, of St. David's, is lying on the beach with her bottom out. The sea-wall of the rail way from Trinity to Granton Pier is, the greater part of it, washed down. Here and there portions of it remain standing, but, more especially towards Gran ton Pier, it is a mass of ruins. One of the jetties at the eastern side of the pier, as also a slip or low water pier, which has been in course of erection at the same side, together with the stage for the diving bell, have been completely washed away. The sea-wall to the westward of Grantors Pier, extending as far as the Duke's Quarry, has also been nearly wholly destroyed, the quarry being tilledwi L th eit s h ea l w ase t n er. wiit large barque, named the Georges, of Pier timber, from America, drove on t he bank, betweenl her and the beacon,ost er extremity of Leith wit l l ii i ,e wa r t e e g r r , et bu to t l i t s ar e n x , pd be r n u e d g d ( e ) r t , oft an n d ex fi t ll t e i d de. belonging to the pla ce the pier at Cockenzie, about twelve miles east, has been destroyed, and all boatsthe have been swamped except two. The steamers in the Frith did not make their usual trips ou Monday, and fortunately the Aberdeen boats had just discontinued plying on Mondays. We fear we have mentioned only a few of the lamentable casualties attending this dread ful storm. Earnestly is it to be hoped that the disaster at sea may not prove to be so great as the severity of the tempest in this quarter may naturally have led many to anticipate. DUNnAR, DEC. 7.—Last night was a perfect hurri cane. It is said we have not had such a storm for these six years. Great damage is done to all property lying along the coast. The number of wrecks spoken of is fearful; but it would be wrong to give particulars until authentic accounts have been received. It is said fifteen wind-bound vessels left Eyemouth yesterday, none of which have yet been heard of. A Belgian sloop, Le Rodeur, from Bruges for Glasgow, laden with apples, is ashore at Skateraw; crew saved. A coal keel lies near her ; crew saved. In the Cove Bay, the schooner Agenora, of Berwick, on shore, all hands lost. At Siccar Point, a foreign barque is on the rocks, crew, to the number of thirteen, on the rig ging, seen from the shore. The Preventive men have left by the train, with Manby's apparatus, in the hope of getting them on shore, as it is impossible to get near ..e them by boats in the present state of the weather. barque is to pieces, and crew lost. —Edinburg h Evening Post. The Observateur des Pyrenees relates the following amusing anecdote of Mme. Dorval, the celebrated actress: —" The diligence, after stopping at the Hotel de la Dau rade, at Pau, was about to start again for Tarbes, when a crowd was collected at the door of the coupe. It ap peared that two lofty dames of the chief town of the department were exclaiming with indignation at the idea of being obliged to travel side by side with an actress, and protested against her being admitted, although she had engaged and paid for her place. Mme. Doryal treated their pretensions with contempt, saying, Well, ladies ! you shall have the honour of riding with rai servant, whom she immediately seated in the conpi, contenting herself with taking the seat of the servant, on the op of the diligence." On Saturday, •the 18th December, will be published, in One Volume royal post Bvo., half bound morocco, N W .A N D THE N. A TALE. Ily SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., P.R.S. Author of " Ten Thousand a Tear," and " The Diary of a Late Physician." WlMani - Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Orders received by all Booksellers.