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d fendant could not therefore complain of his being b, ought into court by the plaintiff. He did not think that there was any evidence to warrant any suspicion, and the judgment of the Court would therefore . be for the plaintiff—Damages, 20/. and cogs. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLI) (,0 Iliti: (Before the COMMON• SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE.) PLACING STONES ON A RAlLWAY.—Wiiliant Ask c:.oft, alias Jameson, described as a cooper, aged 39, v, as indicted with having, on Monday last, placed sf me large stones on the line of the Eastern Counties silway, so as to endanger the safety of persons travelling upon it. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Ballantine attended for the prosecutor, and the prisoner was defended by Lr. Mellor. Mr. Charles Johnson, an independent gentleman, living at Leyton, Essex, stated that on the 25th of October he was fishing in the river Lea, and about bllf-past four o'clock in the afternoon lie noticed the prisoner doing something on the line. He laid down Lis rod and watched him, when he found that he was Ea - owing large stones upon the line. The prisoner then left the railway and came up to him, and he a - ked him whether he was clearing the line ? He re;died that he was not. Shortly afterwards the half p ;st four o'clock down train came in sight, and as soon the prisoner saw it he walked hurriedly away. lie vas engaged altogether about a quarter of an hour on t}.3 line. When the train arrived at the spot it was 6' mpited by the guards, and witness pointed out the pisoner to them. Cross-examined—The prisoner was rather fresh in liquor at the time, but knew what he was about. Edward Kilburn, the guard on the train, said the driver of the engine made a signal to apply the breaks when the train reached the river Lea, which %as done, and the prisoner was pointed out to him as the person who had placed some stones on the line, and he was then taken into custody. The prisoner was running away at the time. On examining the line, twenty-two stones were found upon it, some of which were placed on the up and some on the down-line. Several were crushed by tie " life-guards," which are placed in front of the engine to clear the line from any obstruction. Cross-examined — The prisoner appeared to have been drinking. _ _ _ Thomas Davison, the stoker, said the train was going about twenty-five miles an hour, and when it strived at the river Lea he noticed six stones on the ui-line, and the train was immediately stopped. He got off the engine, and ran back to look at the line, 's% ben he found twelve stones also on the down line, some of which were crushed by the train. Mr. John a,n, the first witness, then pointed out the prisoner, ho was pursued. Wm. Youn g , th e d r i ver, corro b orate d th e a b ove evidence, He said he heard a crushing noise under the engine, and made a signal to the guard to apply the breaks, and the train was stopped. The depositions were here put in, from which it appeared that the prisoner, in reply to the charge, a , imitted he bad placed the stones on the line, but skid he had no motive i i doing so. Mr. MELLOR addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Several witnesses were called, who gave the pri s(ner a very good character for steadiness and re spectability. The COMMON SERGEANT having summed up, the eilirY found the prisoner Guilty of a misdemeanour. The COMMON SERGEANT, in passing sentence, said a man wlio committed an act of this sort, by which hundreds of lives might have been sacrificed, ought to be punished as severely as the Act of Parliament allowed. The plea of drunkenness was no excuse ""hatever for a man being guilty of such a serious charge, and in order to protect the safety of the Public he should sentence him to two years' impri• 80firnent and hard labour. BURGLARY. --Joseph Pemberton, aged 30, described as a muffin-baker, was indicted with entering the d yelli ng h ouse o f Mr. George Hodson, Augustus square, Regent's-park, and stealing therefrom a l ooking -glass, four pair of trousers, a pair of boots, 131, e coat, &c., the value of 101. It appeared that on the 25th of September the wife of the prosecutor, on returning home in the evening, found the house had been broken into, and that the to ticks in question had been stolen. The prisoner had been seen loitering about the house. He was take n into custody, and some of the articles were iound in his possession. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. A police-constable stated that the prisoner was convicted of felony in 1839, and sentenced to seven Years' transportation. Transported for ten years. Charles Sylvester, 28, and Thomas Collings, were ]ndicted with feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Morris, watchmaker and s ilversmith, in the Harrow-rand, and stealing there eight watches, one watch-case, and one chain, I s 'lle 201. , The p rosecutor, it appeared, on entering his shop aD.Jut midday, there found the prisoner Sylvester, ?sho struck him, and ran out of the shop. Ile was Im mediately pursued, and on coming up to a cart, in which k the o th er p r i soner (C o lli ngs ) was s itti ng , h e t hrew the property in question into it. It was proved that the prisoners had been pre viously convicted. Th e sentence of the Court was that Sylvester should be transported for ten years, and Collings for Well years. lIARLBRO'-STREET-('PHIS DAY.) John Eaton, a notorious thief, was charged with ding found concealed in the house of Dr. Leonard )I.ecker, No. 5, Conduit-street, with intent to com b:lit a felony. • Ann Paget stated that she was servant to Dr. •Koecker. On the previous evening, about seven o'clock, she had occasion to go into her master's bed -1.13(n, when she was alarmed by hearing the bed curtains rustle. Thinking the cat hed got into the I' l ' 4 n she took no further notice of the circumstance, ut• went on with her work. She, however, was still 4urther frightened by seeing the valance of the bed Shak e in a ver y remarkable manner. Thi s so a la rme d " that she shut the room door, and ran down stairs d a 'old her f e llow servant what she had seen. B e i ng the " 1 Y persons in the house at the time, they both an to the street door, and having procured the as zietar,e, of two men from the cab stand opposite, proceeded to search the house, and found the prisoner ken,ricealed under her master's bed. The men pulled " 11 out and took him down stairs and gave him into tf en - stn aY• She subsequently searched to see if any a ', ni g had been taken from the room, and found that -- ;;„ r ",sing-case drawer had been opened, and several taken away.defene the prisoner said he was passing along stre et, when he was suddenly taken ill. Seeing the u°r a No. 5, open, he went in for a certain pur but heari ng some p erson on th e s tairs he r an u p a'se nd hid himself under the bed. ✓ Ihe prisoner was committed to l ab o r. e of Cor ection for three months, with hard ou b / I nn Jone s was p l ace d b e f ore M r. B i ngham c h arge d " I ,h uttering a counterfeit halt'-crown. 84 1d Alt% William Cross, dairyman, 64, Jermyn-street, , on Satarday night the prisoner came into his withBll°ith te P a h n d Purchased three egg s , w hi c h s h e p a id f or than half-crown produced. He gave her the that and after she had l . H eft the shop he discovered l t was a counterfeite went after her, and saw her go up to a man in the street and give him some Money. The man ran away directly he saw witness, but he managed to detain the prisoner till a constable came up, when he gave her in charge. The prisoner said she met a man who told her to go for the eggs. Mr. BINGHAM discharged her. A middle-aged woman, who stated her name to be Amelia Matilda Georgiana Horatio Nelson Augustus " il teggs, was charged by Constable Byron, C 39 with bei ng drunk a n d di sor d er l y. , The cons t a bl e said he was on duty in Regent street, about twelve o'clock last night, when he saw the defendant in a state of intoxication, surrounded by a mob of people, to whom she was relating a long tale about her noble pedigree. lie dispersed the mob, and requested defendant to go about her busine ss . She refused to do so ; he th en took her to the station. The defendant said she was an injured woman. She was the widow of Lord Nelson, to whom she was married at Devonport. She h a d s i nce that been married to Prince George of Cambridge, and had a Particular liking to Prince Albert. Her p roperty, Which she was justly entitled to, had be en take n from her, and she wished to see herself righted. Mr. BINGUAM said the unfortunate woman was decidedly insane. He thought he had better commit her to prison fora short time, and he would direct the priso n surgeon t o l oo k t o h er s tate of mind. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A pretty-looking girl, about fifteen years of age, Who stated that her father and mother were dead, and that she gained her livelihood by selling fruit, was Charged by a constable of the G division, with ob structing the foot-pavement, and leaving her basket Unattended. It appeared that the poor thing came out without eating anything in the morning, and as soon as she made a f ew pence ran to an a dj acent cook shop, leav ing' her b as k e t b es id e th e fl agway, when the police an came up and seized upon herself and it. COMBE discharged the prisoner with a caution. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) A middle-aged man, of somewhat revectable ap olarance, who gave his name W in . J ones, was charged with obtaining a Codrington great coat and horse cloth, the property of Mr. John Kellan, pro prietor of some extensive saw-mills in Whitechapel, by means of a false pretence. It appeared that on the 24th of September last, about a quarter to seven in the evening, the prisoner went to Mr. Kellan's private residence, 12, Rodly terrace, Mile-end-road, and stated to the cook, who opened the door, that he was a servant in the employ of Mr. Dixon, horse dealer, Barbican, and that Mr. Kelian had been there to look at some horses with the view of purchasing one, but as Mr. Dixon did not possess an animal that suited him, they were both going down to another establish ment of Mr. Dixon's, at Ilford. He added that Mr. Kellan had sent him in all haste to get his great coat, also he was to bring a horsecloth and a bridle to fetch the horse home with. The servant asked him why Mr. Kellan had not sent a written authority for her to deliver the articles? To which he replied, " Mr. Kellan would have done so, but he had not time, as he was afraid of missing the train." Oa the faith of this she let him have Mr. Kellan's great coat and a' horsecloth. The bridle she could not find. On Saturday night as the servant, Julia Joyce, was going up Whitechapel, she again saw the pri soner, and he had Mr. Kellan's great coat on at the time. She followed him till she met a policeman, and gave him into custody. Mr. Kellen identified the coat produced as his pro perty. He had never authorised the prisoner to obtain it, or deliver the message he had done. In his defence the prisoner declared that he had bought the coat five months since. He was fully committed for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. SATURDAY. Match, 100, h ft. D.I. Mr. Shelley's Tarella, Bst 71b (F. Butler), beat Lord Glasgow's fby the Provost, out of Miss Whip, 7st 121 b. Betti❑g-3 to 1 on Tarella, who made all the running, and won by a length. Run in 4 min. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Mostyn's Fisticuff, Bst .51b (F. Butler), beat Mr. Payne's Dromedary, 7st 101 b. Betting-7 to 4on Dromedary. Fistieuff made all the running, was never caught, and won by - half a length. Run in 1 min. 10 secs. THE SUN, LONDON, Match, 200, h ft. First half of Ab.M. Duke of Bedford's Villiers, Bst 21b (F. Butler), beat Mr. Payne's Clementina, Bst 41b. Betting-3 to 1 on Clementina. Villiers made the running to the Dip, when Clementina went up, and a severe race ensued, ending in favour of Villiers by a neck. Run in 50 secs. Match, 100, hft First half of Ab.M. Mr. Goddard's Vanessa, Sst 7lb (S. Mann), beat Lord Glasgow's f by Hetman Platoff, dam by Actaon, 7st 51b. Betting-6 to son Vanessa, who made a waiting race to the cords, and won very easily by half a length. Run in 53 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71h; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Mr. Lowther's Chapelgorie Mr. Shelley's Remembrance ... Mr. Stephenson's Whipper Snapper ... Betting-6 to 4 each agst Chapelgorie and Whipper Snapper. Remembrance had a slight lead to the cords, where they all closed, and a fine race ensued, Chapel gorie winning by a head, and Remembrance beating Whipper Snapper by a head. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Houghton Handicap of 15 sovs each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c.; for three yrs old and upwards. (16 Subs., 7 of whom declared.) T.Y.C. Lord Stradbroke's Coningsby, 3 yrs, 7stl2lb (S.Mann) 0 Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (J. Sharp) ' 0 The following were not placed :—Lord Clifden's Prussic Acid, 4 yrs, 9st—Mr. Conway's Christopher, 3 yrs, Bst 11b—Mr. Penrice's Asch Asch (Barb.), 7st 101 b Colonel Peel's Vert Vert, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth, 3 yrs. Betting-2 to 1 agst Cosachia, 2to 1 agst Coningsby, 4to 1 agst Vert Vert, and 6to 1 agst Christopher. Co sachia made the running, followed by Kimbleworth and Vert Vert. On entering the cords Kiinbleworth de clined, and Coningsby joined Vert Vert. A fine race home ended in a dead heat between the two favourites, Vert Vert being defeated a neck only, Christopher we!l up. Run in 1 mins. 16 secs. Deciding heat-6 to 4on Coningsby, who won by a length. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Match, 100, h ft; Bst each.. T.Y.C. Mr. G. H. Moore's Watchdog (F. Butler), beat Lord Glasgow's Discontent. Betting-6 to 4on Watchdog, who made all the run ning, and won by a head. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, Est 71k three, Bst 71b; four, 9st; five and upwards, 9st 41b, The winner to bo sold for 2001., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Mr. W. Arnull's f by Sheet Anchor, 2 yrs ... Colonel Peel's Isis, 3 yrs ... ... Mr. Mostyn's Tamarind, 2 yrs ••• ••• The following were not placed:—Mr. Elliott's Not tingham. , aged—Mr. Clifden's Spider, 3 yrs—Mr. Shel ley's c by The Colonel, 2 yrs. Betting-7 to 4 agst Spider, 7to 2 agst Sheet Anchor filly, 7 to 2 agst Tamarind, and 4to 1 agst Isis. The Sheet Anchor filly made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. The winner was claimed. ... (S. Rogeri) ... 1 Selling Handicap of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old and upwards. The winner to be sold for 70 sovs., if de- nianded. A h.M. T.Y.C. Mr. Dawson's John Harris, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b... Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, aged, 9st Duke of Rutland's Bella Donna, 3 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. Newton's Redwing, 3 yrs, Bst Betting-2 to 1 agst The Rhine, sto 2 agst The Flitch, 4 to 1 agst Redwing, and 5 to 1 agst John Harris. The Flitch took the lead to the bushes hill, where John Harris went on to the end, and won easy by a length. Run in 1 rain. 50 secs. ... 1 ... 2 ". 4 Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st 91b; four, Bst 71b; five, Sst 121 b; six and aged, 9st. The winner to bo sold for 120 sot's., if demanded, &e. Ab. Mr. Mostyn's Winchester, 5 yrs Mr. I)rew•ett's Colleen Bm‘n, 5 yrs ... ... (F. Bue.er) 1 Colonel Peta's Oration, 3 yrs ... ... 3 Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 5 yrs ... 4 Betting-6 to 4on Winrihester, and 3to 1 agst Ore gun. Won cleverly by half a length. Run l min. 46 secs. Match, 2001, h 11. T.Y.O. Mr. Payne's Woodcraft, Est 51b (J. Prince), beat Lord Exeter's Circassian Maid, 7st 71b. Betting-2 to lon Woodcraft, who waited on the mare to the cords, hung upon her near the finish and forced her out of her track, and won by a head. Run in 1 min. 12 secs. On returning to the scale Lord Exeter's jockey lodged a complaint. The case was brought before the stewards after the race, and decided in favour of Mr. Payne. Sweepstakes cf 5 sows. each; for two yrs old, 6st 71b; three, Bst 51b ; four, 87,t 101 b ; five and upwards, Sit 121 b. The winner to be sold for 25 sows., if de- mantled, &c. First half of Ab.M. (12 Subs.) Mr. l'edley's Lady Mary, 2 yrs ... (F. Dewsbury) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Keeley, 6 yrs . . 2 Mr. Hyde's Will-o'-the-Wisp, 3 yrs ... ... 3 The following were not placed :—Mr. Francis's Little Red Riding-hood, 2 yrs—Mr. Gratwicke's Awkward, 2 yrs—Mr. Thorpe's Outpost, 3 yrs—Mr Shelley's I by Erymus, out of Peeress—Mr. Boyce's Jollity, 3 yrs— Mr. Cheshire's Ellen Horne, 3 yrs—Mr. Drewitt's Free trader, 3 yrs. Betting-5 to 2 agst Keeley, 3to 1 agst Lady Mary, and 4to 1 agst Will-o'-the. Wisp. Won by a length. Will-o'-the-Wisp a good third. Run in 49 secs. The winner claimed. Match, 2001, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Betiforl's Fistiaua, 7st 21b (Pettit), beat Mr. Merton's African, Sst 71b. Betting-5 to 4on Fiitianit, who made all the running, and won in a canter. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Match, 200. A.F. Lord Exeter's St. Demetri, Bst 71b, received 25 sous. 'rom Sir J. Hawley's Vanity, 7st 641 b. Match, 200. First half of Ab.M. Colonel Anson's Blaze, 7st 71b, received 1001. forfeit from Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth, Bst 71b. Match, 300. B.C. Owners to ride. fiord Strathmore's The Switcher, 12st 61b, received 25 of Mr. Crawford's Humdrum, 13st. Match, 200. A.F. _ _ Duke of Bedford's Bridle, 7st 21b, received 50 sovs. from Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First, Bst 21b. The short time allowances were again adopted this afternoon; and, as the majority of the races were matches, a great deal of business was got through with out the confusion and fatigue that the " working classes" bad so much reason to complain of on Friday. Strict punctuality, however, was impossible. Although there was no event of striking importance in the card, the sport altogether was excellent; and it will be seen, from the subjoined programme, that the November meeting is likely to prove a good wind-up to the season. 1 1 tlootll—aatBs DERBY BETTING ON 500 to 100 agat Scott's Jack --t to t t ae o :satriad 20 w t 0 0 e 11 to 1 agst Surplice t 20 to oaboutithdlaS,:tooollo:eil: t l 1 25 t agst Assault—t I t t for Springy roi Glendower— backedno gl.y ATCH-DOG AND R Th match : " Th o steward s of the th theJockey Club_ are of opinion that the pri nc i pa l s havn e i match betwe en W atc h-d og and Rough -and-R ea d y agreed to c omprom i se the same, and th e owner of r a e t t ch-dog having re ce i ve d the or e forfeit notwithstandingfei the is e entitled to rec e i ve an y e that the horsesa respect t o b ets, ran by mi s t a k e , i agreed and Watch-dog came in n firs n t : that W the the stewards are of opinion, Captain Rous, who was a party t o the compromise, and must abide by special arrangements between themselves, and that all othsr bets are off. " The stewards are of opinion, that this being a match where all the parties to the engagement are parties to thi: compromise, the case is not analogous to that of a sweepstakes, where parties are concerned who have not been parties to the compromise. PROGRAMME FOR MONDAY'S RACES. handicap Plate of 1001, for three yrs old and upwards. Clermont Course. Sheraton, 4 yrs— Pimento, 6 yrs Palma, 3 yrs— Lady Wildair, 5 yrs—The Widow, aged—Lady Lure well, 3 yrs—Captain l'epper, 3 yrs. SATURDAY NIGHT. 25 to 1 agst Stinger—t 27 to 1 agst Backbiter—t 30 to 1 agst Sesostris—t 40 to 1 agst Cervus—t 40 to 1 agst Rosslyn—t 50 to 1 agst Oscar—t 50 to 1 agst Fowler—t 1,000 to 10 agst Weather cock—t OT.IGH-AND READY. he following decision in this Junior Nursery Stakes, a free handicap of 20 sovs. each, for two yrs old. t ".13rabridgeshire Course. Sampson, Bst 21b—Distafli: is, Bst 121b—Duplicity, Bst 21b—St. Ann, 7st 121b—Cont 'ess a, 7st 111b—Fandango, 7st 91b. Swaffnam House Sakes of 25 Tsc vs. each. Cosarewibh Cours( Lady Wildair, 5 yrs—The .Widow, aged—Alboni, 3 yrs—Sheraton, 4 yrs—Wa: tc ta, 3 yrs—Rough and Ready, 5 yrs—Doctrine, 3 yrs- -3 !: other), 3 yrs—Tarella, 3 yrs—Watch Dog, 4 yrs—l fy drangea, 4 yrs—Fis• Liana, 3 yrs—Lady Cecilia, 4 3 ra—Captain Pepper, 3 yrs. Handicap of 15 sovs. oacl T.Y.C. Vice-Consul, 3 yrs—Duc-an,-Da rras, 5 yrs—Bow string, 3 yrs—Christopher, 3 yrs-1 las. 5 yrs—Jollity, 3 yrs—Oregon, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes for two-year-oleis and. a tpwards the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. La at 't ,alf of Ab.ll. Bella Porn, 3 yrs—c by Don J( phi t out of Gameless, 3 yrs—Outpost, 3 yrs—Peeress fill y, 2 yrs, Jollity, 3 yrs —Whipper-snapper, 2 yrs—Vil Lica s, 3 yrs—Moodkee, 3 yrs, Match —lOO h If, T.Y.C. Lora Exeter's Cosachia, Bst 71b, egst Mr. Goddard's Vane: st., 7st 21b. Match-200 h ft, Bit 71b each, ' C.Y.C. Mr. Moore's Watchdog, 3 yrs, agst Colonel An son's Blaze. Match-100, h ft, D.M. Lord ( laledon's Wanota' Bst 71b agst Mr. Moore's Watchdog, 8 t 31b. Match-100, T.Y.C. Lord Che si erfield's Distaffina, 2 yrs, 6st 11b, receives 50 forfeit t h ;al Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth, 3 yrs, ist 131 b. Mr. Moore has sold Wolfdog for 1,0 10 guineas, to go abroad, and Woodcraft is also sold to g o abroad. NEWMARKET NOVEMBER MEETING. ENTRIES FOR lIIONDAI ". Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 FI . T.Y.C. Due•an-Durras, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Bo' string, 3 yrs, Bsl 71b—Christopher, 3 yrs, Sst e-Consul, 3 yrs. Bst 21b—Idas, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Oregcm, 3 yrs, 7st—Jol lity, 3 yrs, 7st. Handicap Plate of 100 sovs. Clot aaont Course. _ _ Lady Wilciair, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Th(h Widow, aged, Bst 71b—Sheraton, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Pime1rt 9, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b —Captain Pepper, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Dix trine, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Lady Lurervell, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Ptill ma, 3 yrs, 6st. Sweepstakes. Last Half of Ab. M. la inner to be sold for 50. Bella Donna, 3 yrs—Villiers, 3 yrs— Jollity, 3 yrs— Moodkee, 3 yrs— Whipper Snapper, 2 yrs—Game Lass colt, 2 yrs—Peeress filly, 2 yrs. The Junior Nursery Stakes. Cambrid ;eshire Course. Sampson, Bst 121b—Distaffina, Sst if o—Duplicity, Bst 21b—St. Anne, ist 121b—Contessu, 7te . 111 b, Swaffham House Stakes. Cesares itch Course. Hydrangea, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Lady 'ecilia, ist 81b— Watchdog, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—Doctrine, ; yrs, 7st—the res pay forfeit. . _ Match, 100. T.Y.C. Distaffina receives from Kimbl, -sworth. _ HUNTING APPOINTME. NTS. _ Her Majesty's staghounds meet on I\7, ed., the Twyford station; Fri., Woking station—ll. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Stowe -woe); 1; Fri., Ibstone House. Lord Lonsdale's harrs., Tues., Asto..it Clinton; Sa Long Marston-12. Air. Drake's lids., Tues., Charlton_ Town; Thurs., Grendon village; Sat., Fenny-Comptorw wharf-10f. The Warwickshire lads., Tues., Mitford-bridge; Thurs., Stoneleigh Abbey; Fri., Wroxia a Abbey; Sat., Church Tysoe —loi. The York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Red: House; Thurs., Copgrove; Sat., Melbourne Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Mon., Birds. IP House; Wed., Aldby-park ; Fri., Scampston House-10:?. The Sinnington lads., Tues., Helanslo . y; Fri., Dial stone Inn-10. The Earl of Harewond's hds., Wed., Ear ewood bridge; Fri., Ribston-moor-103-. The Ilolderness lids ., Tues., Everinghas -park; Thurs., Beeford; Sat., North Dalton-101. The Bedale lids., Wed., Blow's Hall,, Hutton-moor; Fri., Pepper Hall-101. The Hurworth lads., Tues., Croft-briitgo; Sat., Leven • bridge. The Raby lids., Thurs., Wakerfield; eat., Middleton Tyas-10i. Lord Yarborough's lads., Wed., Riby Cross-roads; Fri., Wotton House-11. Lord H. Bentincles hds., Thurs., E:urton Hall-12; Sat., Tile-house Beck-11. The Cleveland hds., Fri., Gisborough The Durham County hds.; Wednesday, Mainsforth; Friday, Great Stainton-10i. The Badsworth lads., Tuesday B rodsworth-hall ; Thurs., Womersl , y-park ; Sat., Aketou-:hall-101. Mr. Lumley's lads.; Tues., North Carlton ; Thurs., Wickersley- bar ; Fri.. Scooby-inn-10i. The Rufford hds.; Thurs., Ossington ; ;Sat. Thoresby park-10i. Mr. Brand's hds.; Fri., Warden-bills. The Puckeridge lids.; Wed., Elsenhanr; Sat., Cum belo w. The Cambridgeshire lids. Wed. Bteak-hall ; Fri., Morden-heath-10i. The Oakley lids.; Thurs., Sherrington. 'Toll-bar; Sat., Bushmead—i to 11. Earl Fitzwilliam's lids.; Wed., Buckworth village ; Fri , Sawtry : gorsc—at 10. The Suffolk hds.; Tues., Euston-hall Fri., Silverley Tower. The F. B. hds., Wed. Bochin-101. Mr Hornden's hds. ; Thurs., Chapmares-well, . The Northmolton and Exmoor Forest; Club, Mond., Fairleigh's grove ; Tues., Yard Down ; Wed., Hole's water ; Thurs., Lanase-bridge ; Fri., ..Northmolton village. The Carlisle hars. ; Wed. the Trough (Scotby) ; Fri., Gatesgill—at 11. The Brighton hare.; Wed., Thunder-barrow ; Fri., Dyke—quarter to 11. trD ition NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Match.—Cosachia beat Vanessa. Match.—Blaze beat Watchdog. Match.—Viranota received forfeit from Watchdog. Sweepstakes. Last half of Ab.M. Villiers Gamelass filly lianciicap. T.Y.C. Bowstring Idas ... The S►vaffham Stakes. Doctrine... *** ••• ••• ••• 1 Watchdog ••• ... ••• - ... 2 Hydranger ... ••• ..• ••• Lady Cecilia ... el, ••• ... 3 ••• ••• 4 CHEAP STEAMBOAT TRAVELLING.-011 Saturday morning the original London, Westminster, and Vaux hall Steamboat Company commenced running their boats every ten minutes between Nine Elms and London Bridge at the reduced fare of a penny. INSTALLATION OF A MILITARY KNIGHT OF WIND• sox.—The installation of Ensign Lamb, on being raised from the lower to the upper foundation (the vacancy having been created by the death of the late Quarter master Johnson), took place on Saturday, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Ensign Lamb, having taken the oaths in the chapter room, before the Rev. Frederick Anson, the canon in residence, entered the choir by the west gate, during the performance of the morning service, supported by Captain Cochrane and Major Clarke (the senior and junior military knights in attendance), by whom he was introduced to his stall, on the south side of the chapel, with the usual cere monies. The installation would have taken place a fortnight ago, had it not been for the patent having been lost after it had been transmitted from the Home Office to her Majesty, for the Sovereign's signature, in Scotland. We understand that Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood is likely to succeed to the office of clerk to the magis trates at Guildhall, vacant, or about to become so, by the resignation of Mr. Teague.—Sunday paper. PRIVILEGES OF ATTORNEYS.—At the Westminster County Court, on Saturday, an action was brought to recover the sum of 71. 10s. from an attorney named Lewis. The defendant pleaded his privilege of being sued in a higher court. After hearing eounsel on this point, the judge decided that the 67th section of the Act abolished the privileges of Attorneys. A NEW FIVE-SHILLING PIECE.—A model of a new five-shilling piece has been presented, it is said, to the Mint. In size it is not larger than the new penny piece,-but instead of silver and brass, the centre is to be composed of gold, and the outer belt of silver. MICHAELMAS TERM.—To-morrow will be the first day of Michaelmas Term, when the Judges of the Equity and Common Law Courts at Westminster Hall will re sume their sittings about one o'clock, after the usual meeting at the Lord Chancellor's dejeuner to the , judges, the superior law officers of the Crown, the Queen's Counsel, Sergeants, &c., whence they will proceed in costume to Westminster. THE BANK or ENGLAND.—OH Saturday notice was given at the Bank of England that this day, being the Ist of November, and the Feast of All Saints, would be kept as a strict holiday in the Transfer Offices and Divi dent Offices. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-011 Saturday the directors of the East India Company gave notice that the books of transfer of the company's stock would be closed OR the 2d of December next till the 13th of January, 1848, and that the dividends would be paid on the 6th of January. A Quarterly Court was also appointed to be held on the 22d of December. ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—The vessel Manuela, - which has just arrived in the West India Docks from Callao, has brought, in addition to a cargo of guano, 38 bars, 5 boxes, and 40 other packages of specie, consigned to several different houses. THE FIRST ENGLISH B A NKING-lIOUSE.—The Ce lebrity of the first banking-house belongs, by common consent, to Mr. Francis Child; the books of the firm date buck to 1620; Messrs. Iloares' to 1680; and Messrs. Snows' to 1693.—Civil and Mercantile Journal James Stephen, Esq., one of the Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies, is about to retire from the duties of that office, which he has discharged for so many years with unsurpassed zeal and ability.—Observer. BRUSSELS, O CT . 27 . —Th e C omm itt ee f or the 1. Affairs of Flanders h e ld i ts s i tt i ng yester d ay , w h en d'Elhoungne was chosen President, and M. Keroyn, Secretary. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. , By an agreeable sympathy in name, the first article for November (" The Navigation of the Antipodes") is suggested by the narrative of the surveying voyage of J. B. Julies, the naturalist of the expedition, in Torres Straits, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, irdler Majesty's ship Fly, under the command of Captain Francis Blackwood. This expedition, one of the most remarkable and interest ing of late years, has already elicited the disquisition of one of the quarterly reviewers, and now receives a favourable consideration in the pages of Maga. The induction to the article is a rapid and succinct, bat clever reminiscence, of the different efforts made by English and foreign travellers, navigators and others, as to the peculiarities and resources of the eastern continent and archipelago, as well as into the inte riors of Africa and Australia. The thirst for dis coveries of more recent date is regarded by Black wood as having been first evinced by James Bruce, a disappointed lawyer, some. time Consul at Algiers, and ulti ma t e l y the pilgrim to the source of the Bahr-el-Azreli (a branch of the Nile) through the unexplored regions of Abyssinia. Then comes the daring, but unsuccessful, exploration of the source of the Niger by Mungo Park—in 1805 the victim of his own enterprise. Mungo Park is followed by Den ham, Clapperton and Oudnev, and in 1830, Richard Lander, their more fortunate successor, " sailed down the Niger from Baossa, and reached the Atlantic by the river Nun, one of its branches"—having thus ac quired for himself the glory of having realised their aspirations. Meanwhile the northern and eastern countries of the Mediterranean had been penetrated, and described by the German Burckhardt, by Hamil ton, Leigh, Belzoni, Salt, Lane, an d Wilkinson. Sir George Staunton, who in 17 ' 92 had accompanied the emba ss y of Lord Macartney to Pekin, had in his writings divulged some of the hitherto unimagined facts revealed by an inspectio n o f the southern outskirts of the Chinese dominions. Macleod and Basil Hall subsequently extended the knowledge of those -remote territories by depicting the appearance of the clusters of mag nificent islands situated along the coast of Corea. On the cessation of war consequent upon the down fal of the Emperor Napoleon, expeditions to the North Pole were succ essively fitted out by the Ad miralty under Parry, Ross, Back, and Franklin. Having glanced at these memorable and laudable proceedings, the writer in Blackwood refers to the charter granted by the Legislature on the 20th of last May for establishing a steam communication between this country and Sydney, along a distance of 12,730 miles, and in a period of 64 days. He then enters into an examination of the voyage made by the Government vessels the Fly and the Bramble. Those vessels, it will be remembered, under the command of Captain Blackwood, sailed from Falmouth, April 11, 1842 ; touched at Tene rife, at the Cape, reached Van Diemen's Land in August, and Australia shortly afterwards ; started on the 19th December from Port Stephens to commence their survey, first of the Capricorn Group, then of the northern part of the great barrier reef up to the Murray Islands ; in the following year raised a beacon on Raines Islet, and surveyed Torres Straits, returning to Europe after an absence of three years, and anchoring at Spithead in the June of 1845. The historian of this voyage is its naturalist, Mr. Julies, and the reviewer of Mr. Jukes is the writer of the first article in the November number of Backwood for 1847. The paper is a beautiful elucidation or commemorative illustration of the book. "American Copyright" is a pleasant continuation of the corre spondence by the author of the letter in the number for October, entitled " Maga in America." Those who coincide with the views entertained upon this subject by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd will read the com munication with interest. The se con d i nstalment of " Evenings at Sea" is a story called "Henry Mey nell," end is narrated by a military„ofTicer, who had afterwards become a settler in South America. "Was Rubens a Colourist ?" is one of the boldest instances of artistic scepticism we can call to recollection. It has not, however, the preposterous and almost silly rashness of the " Historic Fallacies" not long since adventured upon in the Oxford and Cambridge Review. " The American Library "is a peep into the story-books of the United States, and while commenting upon the effusions of Margaret Fuller and Nathaniel Hawthorne, will startle the reader with some extraordinary quotations from the fictions of Edgar A. Poe. Mr. Poe to our thinking seems to be perpetually tottering on the frontier line dividing the regions of the sublime and the ridiculous. His writings are almost both, and yet neither. " Units, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands," is a capital anecdote about a love-match and a "bit of blood ;" Units being a black horse, Tens a bay mare, Hun dreds a bay horse, and Thousands a gray—the whole the property of one Frederick Felworth. " Research and Adventure in Australia," a comment on the re cent publication of the journal of Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt, is intelligent and graphic as a piece of criticism, It contains some beautiful stanzas by a Mr. Lynd, of Sydney ; and there are immediately afterwards a passionate ballad, called "Magus Muir," by W. E. A., and "A November Morning's Reverie," by Delta. The latter is a seasonable fragment of blank verse ; the former is a powerful specimen of versification on the tragical death of James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's and Primate of Scotland. " Valedictory Visits at ,Rome," and a consideration of " Highland Destitution," terminate a valuable and entertaining number of the Patriarch of the Ma gazines. FRA SLR. - Fraser opens this month with an admirable article on the " Sanitary Commission and the Health of the Metropolis," in which we are happy to see a tardy justice is rendered to the great merits of Mr. Chad wick. The writer thus sums np, in a few words, the object of the sanitary movement The object of the sanitary movement may be summed up in a few words,—a sewer in every street of every town and village ; a drain for every house ; a constant and unlimited supply of good water to every family ; pure air at any cost ; the application of the refuse of towns to the purposes of agriculture ; and, lastly, to secure these blessings, the removal of every impediment, physical and moral, and the destruction or reconstruction of every form of local administration which does slot work well towards these righteous ends." An admirable object, and one which will be attained ere long in spite of the interested opposition of local jobbers and Paving Commivioners and Sewers Boards, which are aptly enough styled by Fraser " the ITep tarchy of foul waters." The other political article of the month is entitled " Thoughts on Jewish Disabili ties," from the pen of the Rev. Professor Maurice, of King's College, and advocates the removal of those " Sam Slick" continues his glorious Nova Scotia stories. The subject of the present paper is a " Pippin," a genuine Yankee horse dealer. " i ßecent Poetry" isareview of th e re cently published poems of Mr. Chevenix Trench, Sir Aubrey de Vere, and the author of " State Trials ;" and " The Guerilla," is the comm encement of what prom i ses to be a spirt-stirring tale of th e war o f i n d epen d ence in Spain. We have here t wo c h a pt e rs only in which we are introduced to the then celebrated Guerilla chiefs, the Manco, the Medico, and the Empecinado. " Hints upon History" contains some amusing anecdotes of Nelson and of Sir W. and Lady Hamilton, and this is followed by an elaborate review of" neck's Vittoria Accorombona." We have, in addition, a short paper on the Education of Officers in the Army—a gastronomic prolusion of the days of Napoleon, before the " cheap and nasty" sys!em of dining had found its way from London to Paris—a well-told narrative of a visit to "the bed of St. Kevin"— "By that lake whose gloomy shore Skylark never warbled o'er," in the county of Wicklow—a review of Mr. Burton's recently published "Biographies of Lord Lovat and Mr. Duncan Forbes, of Culloden," and several other articles of merit. On the whole this is an excellent number of Fraser. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS.—yesterday (Sun day morning) about four o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable oestruction of property, broke out in the extensive manufacturing premises belonging to Mr. Robert Savage, furniture dealer, No. 146, Whitechapel road. When first discovered, the flames were raging in the workshops immediately behind the dwelling, and owing to the strong hold they had previously obtained, coupled with the inflammable nature of the stock in trade, their progress was unusually rapid. The police at once raised an alarm, and having succeeded in arous ing the neighbours, they dispatched almessenger to the engine stations. The fire, however, burned so fiercely, that in the space of a few minutes the entire district became brilliantly illuminated, and a general turn-out of the engines took place. Notwithstanding the immense quantity of water that was thrown into the flames the firemen were unable to get them extinguished until nearly half-past five o'clock. The damage done is very considerable, and is thus officially returned to the in surance-offices :—" The whole of the back workshops and their contents destroyed, and the roof burned off. The upper floors gutted, and the stock in front shop under the same considerably damaged by fire and water. The cause of fire unknown. Insured in the was disco vere d b urn - Atlas Fire-office for stock in trade. — The same morning, .to M. Juli en M ar i e , at a quarter before six o'clock, a fire, nearly a tt en d e d b urn ed out, and the valuable stock and parlours were dres in those compartments consumed. Th e total loss is con igut h r court verysd t m hi seaakspet premises mu s s i i t sc u : a sn t e sbee n qi t ou ne l gll l4 iene , gs' l 'I ccadi I ly. Th e s h op si Jerable, but fortunately the house and its contents were insured. ADMIRALTY ESTABLISHMENTS ABROAD.—Their Lordships are about to make more important alterations in the Admiralty establishments abroad, The first step decided upon is an increase of artificers to all the sta tions. Volunteers have been called for to proceed to Bermuda, Jamaica, and the Cape of Good Hope. At the latter establishment especially an increase of dock yard men will be immediately made.—United Service Gazette. MON v IDAY EVENING:- NOVEMBE'It 1, isiy. NATIONAL EDUCATION. (Prom the Kent Herald.) One of the important questions that will undoubt edls- come under the early notice of Parliament is that of national education. The amendments introduced from time to time into the Minutes of Council have !removed many objections entertained by the consci entious friends of public intelligence who yet fear the effects of a state education mainly directed by a State Church. There is certainly a growing feeling that popular knowledge is so inestimable a boon that we should not be too captious as to the medium through which it is offtred ; and under a Liberal Ministry we ought not to expect that an undue preference will be shown to any religieus sect in the arrangements deemed necessary for carrying out the educational measures. We trust that all is but preparatory to a state of things in which instruction purely secular shall be alone imparted at the national expence— smything short of this involves more or less of op wression to some individuals. The question meanwhile cannot be too fully clis ',cussed in all its bearings, and in referenc e t o th e sub iect we h ave pleasure in laying before our readers the :tbllowing extract from the Hull Advertiser, in which • testimony is borne to the merits of a truly liberal and enlightened clergyman of Kent, the Rev. J. Dufton, Rector of Warehorne, a notice of whose pamphlet on the subject of Nat:onal Education some time since appeared with extracts, in our columns : "In the Advertiser of last week a paragraph ap • reared to the effect that, on the previous .Monday evening, a•meeting of the friends of Voluntary Edu cation was held in the school-room of Fish -street Chapel, for the purpose of considering a motion, which was not then brought forward, in favour of an application to the Government for a partici pation in the Government grant for the endowment of :Schools. This meeting was attended by the Rev. Thomas Stratten, the Rev. Ebenezer Morley, the Rev. Newman Hall, Mr. Hill, Mr. Tapp, and several other of the supporters of the Dock green and Holderness-road Schools, who had op posed the Government measure when before Parlia ment, but whose hostility, we are happy to say, has dwindled down to some vague misgivings, destined to disappear altogether in the course of a few months. We give these gentlemen great credit for having the moral courage, thus early, to enter upon a retracing of their steps in a wrong direction ; and it will afford us sincere pleasure if, when the question is next brought forward, an unanimous resolution be adopted for accepting all the support that can be obtained from the Board of Privy Council. We know no question which has gained so much by public discussion, and even by the strong and earnest opposition made to it, as that of national education in conjunction with the State. As is well observed by the Rev. John Dufton, Rector of Warehorne, in Kent, whose pam phlet, 'National Education ; What It Is, and What It Should Be,' was circulated by order of the town council of this borough among its members in June last, ' Our prisons have the extent of palaces, because our schools have been li m it e d t o sheds.' Tor is it a question between Education and Non-education. In the language of the eloquent and reverend author of this, the best pamphlet yet published on the Educa tion question, ' vice opens schools as well as virtue; crime has reward s f or th e zea l ous, an d punishments for the refractory, quite as effi cacious as those at the disposal of rectitude. The thief is educated, the poacher is edu cated, the pickpocket most sedulously educated. There is no school in the world where more heed is given to the progress of the pupils than that in which a Fagin acts as master, and an Artful Dodger as head assistant.' ' Education i 3 a question of religion, a question of morality, a question of health, a question of finance, and a question of, police. To what ulti mate power do we refer all questions of public morals, public health, finance, and police ? Every one knows that the decision of such questions is the proper func tion of the State, and that the State has been con stituted to discharge such functions. What is the State but society in its jural capacity—a capacity assumed to secure social rights and to prevent social wrongs. • There are important rights to be secured in education, and there are grievous wrongs to be prevented; and if the State interferes not for both purposes, those to whom the conduct of the State is entrusted are guilty of a gross dereliction of duty.' The same able advocate of the National System con tends, with a force of truth of which we believe the members of the Hull School Committee will adm the invincibility, that it is in the nature of voluntary school subscriptions to drop off, and to be so irregu larly and reluctantly paid, as to compel the having recourse to artifices, not always of the most worthy or laudatory character, for the purpose of 'keeping up the steam.' We are far from insinuating that any such practices have yet been resorted to in the case of the Hull Schools; but, unless we are very incorrectly informed, their present financial state is such as to call for very urgent measures of relief. Of course, an application for Government aid is not intended either to prevent voluntary subscriptions, or to limit the power of the Schools Committee in regulating their management. This is admirably put by Mr. Dufton in the pamphlet from which we are quoting. Great as i 3 the extent of private benevo lence in England,' he observes, 4 it has not been found possible to dispense with poor-laws; interested as we all are in the preservation of our persons and our property, we are obliged to seek the aid of a police force; and, with all the excellence of our Saxun system of juries, no one has yet declared himself an advocate for a voluntary administration of justice in England. Now, for the same reasons the State in- tervention is necessary in the dispensing of national charity, in establishing national security, and in enforcing general rights, we hold that State inter ventlon is necessary in national education, not to supersede but to aid individual and voluntary exer tion. The strongest advocate of poor-laws never recommended the destruction of asylums, hospitals, and infirmaries ; the firmest supporter of a police force would not advise us to dispense with bolts, bars, watchdogs, and watchmen; the greatest admirer of law will not withhold his praise from private arbi tration ; and, in the same way, the advocates of State intervention would not recommend a single individual to withhold his subscription or contribution from the erection and maintenance of schools.' We trust that these observations, from the pen of one of the ablest of all who have written on the Education question; will be well weighed by the members of the School Committee. We quote them in a spirit the most conciliatory, and with wishes the most sincere for the advancement of the voluntary support hitherto given to these schools. To err is human, but to seize the earliest opportunity of acknowledging error has something in it almost divine. We are ourselves vet, far from wishing to cherish the memory of involun tary error, and the gentlemen whose names we men tioned at the beginning of this article are not of a creed to claim for themselves the merit of infallibility." —Hull Advertiser, Oct, 15. We fully agree with our contemporary that the Rev. Gentleman's essay is the best that has appeared on the subject, and the friends of National Education in Canterbury and other towns of Kent, will do well to follow the example of the town council of Hull, and circulate it widely in their respective localities. [We trust the excellent example set by the town council of Hull will be followed by the other town councils of the kingdom. The treatise of Mr. Dufton is one of the most valuable ever published on the subject of national education. —En. Sun.] ASTURIAN MINING COMPANY. —An in this adjourned annual meeting of registered shareholde rs Offices, under taking was held on Saturday, at the c omp any's . chairman . of th The report submitted on r S sz am pr u e e s l idi P n r g a . tt, the occasion stated that at the previous meeting the 9, board A u s o t e i n d f i r r i c a c r directors, di rectors were in hopes of being enabled to name an early day for the payment of a dividend, but in this expecta tion they had suffered disappointment, owing to delay caused at the mines by the failure of a clay retort, the death of one of the Spanish workmen, and the illness of others, which induced the alcade of the village to put a step to the whole mercurial operations. It had since, however, been ascertained that the man died from natu ral causes, and the board were just in possession of the fact that the injunction had been withdrawn. The effect of this delay was, that instead of being able to deliver to the Spanish Government three or four thousand pounds' worth of mercury, as might reasonably have been expected, not more than two thousand pounds' worth was sent in. In the mean time the produce of the mines has been accumulating, and the accounts re ceived from them went to show that the ore increased and the mine deepened. The chairman having given it as his opinion that the shares would in a short time be worth 100 per cent., the meeting separated. PRINCELY MUNIFICENCE.—The parish church of Ewell, Surrey, being in an extremely dilapidated and ruinous condition, besides being insufficient for the accommodation of title increasing population, a parish meeting was held some time since to take into considera tion the propriety of repairing the old, or erecting a new one, when Sir G. L. Glyn, the rector, offered to pay e supposed the whole expense in the first in s t ance ( t h - cost about 6,0000 if the parish would agree • to raise 1,0001. out of the above sum in twenty • years, to which they agreed. Sir G. L. Glyn also gaze an acre of land upon which to erect it, and a spacious and hanthome edifice is now rapidly in progress from Henry Clutton, Esq., 1 arcaitect, the the designs of contractors for the work being Mr. Myers, of L on d o of Ewell. The sum of 3001. i n,.and Mr. W. Killick, Building Society. The present building given by the Church 600 persons, being double the will hold about about one-third of the who! number of the other, and e_population. RIILWAY ACCIDFNT. four o'clock, en accident .1 esterday afternoon, about occurred at the Bt. Leonard's .iepot of the Dull:pith Rainl carriages ay, in consequence of two accidentally co '' ming in coatict, whereby a person of the name ov Thomas Valiance got his leg broken. He was rem moved house, Pleasance.— A ,: th ' 13 b y the r , olive ri!ish Mail of Friday. THE LATE ' ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASTER AND CARLISL E P ).AILWAY.—Th eowner of the cattle lately killed by the railway accident,Nr orpe has been near L ilnth , paid the full value Of his stock . thereb y destroyed, by t he . Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company.—Carlisle Journal, ;~="~i * - 4 MYSTERI LTS - 6Ar. On Friday an inque ' - was coil_ eneed at the Cock, Hackney, before kr. IlAer,ihe coroner of the district, on the bod - of Samuel Nelme, Esq., tei aged 74, a gentleman of nidepetident property, whose death took place on the pfevions Wednesday. The suddenness of Mr. Nelme's death created a very . great sensation. The facts whichtiianspired at the tittirg of the jury were as follows :—About three weeks ago the deceased and his grandson were in the garden at the rear of the premises, when the deceased heard the report of a pistol as if it had missed fire, at the back of his head. He immediately turned round, and his grandson exclaimed, "Grandfather, some person has attempted to shoot you." On the following morning a pistol was discovered lying upon the ground in the garden. The police succeeded in tracing the pistol to the grandson. The matter was hushed up by the relatives, and no further proceed ings were taken by them. Deceased was greatly terrified. The deceased was always considered a very hearty man, and enjoyed very good health until Fri day, the 22d instant, when he complained of sickness. On the following morning he remained in bed, and in the afternoon his wife left the room, considering that he was asleep. A surgeon arrived shortly afterwards, and pronounced life to be quite extinct. A juror said that when the deceased was shot at, he heard the snapping of a pistol several times, as if some person was firing it off without any percussion caps. The circumstance had created great suspicion in the minds of the jury, and they could not return their verdict unless there was a post mortem examina tion of the body. The coroner considered the re marks of the jury very proper, and directed that the contents of the stomach should be analysed. The in quest was then adjourned. On Saturday the inquest was resumed at four o'clock. The first witness called was Francis Doulnsari, surgeon, who stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased. Found a dark appearance round the mouth. The lungs were slight], affected. There were diseases of the heart sufficient to cause death. Had not analysed the contents of the stomach ; there was not time for that—lnspector Waller, of the 71 division of the Hackney police, deposed that deceased called at the station on the 10th instant, and stated that himself and grandson were at the back of the house in the garden, and that he heard an explosion similar to that of a percussion cap, when his grandson said that a man had just run away, adding, "There he goes." Deceased said he did not see the man himself. His grandson said he climbed up a tree and escaped over the wall. De ! ceased said he was tolerably close to his grand son it the time. Witness then directed an in telligent officer to sift the matter to the bottom. On the day following the deceased and the officer came to the station, bringing a small pistol, a hand kerchief, and some gunpowder and shot. The con stable said that these articles were found in a copse in the garden, and that the handkerchief was identi fied as belonging to the deceased's grandson. De ceased, in answer to a question put to him - said that he felt convinced the boy had fired the pistol, but not for anything serious, but for a lark. W. Spinks, the constable referred to by the preceding witness, said —The wall which decea'sed's grandson represented the man alleged to have fired the pistol to have escaped by was upwards of sixty feet high —too high o fb f r sh a o n t a y, one well as the pistol netohavedroppe and the flask, from. a Foundsk!o a r quantity p in a handkerchief. The pistol was loaded ; there were seventeen shots in it. The handkerchief was covered with blood. The boy's mother said the handkerchief had been taken from her a month before, and that the blood upon it had come from her nose. She thought there was a conspiracy against her boy, and that the things found in the garden had bean placed there with a view of carrying out their pur poses. Deceased, after the boy's mother had stated this, said he did not think the pistol had been fired by his grandson. Some of the Jury here suggested the absolute necessity, to further the ends of justice. that the contents of the stomach should be analysed, and that the jury should adjourn until such time as a competent chemist should be able to lay the results before them. The inquest was then adjourned till Tuesday next. EE TI G OF PARLIAMENT. (From a supplement to the London Gazette of Friday night.) At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of October, 1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain do issue Writs for further proroguin, the Parliament, from Thursday the 11th day of Nch• vember next, to Thursday the 18th day of Norem.:- ber next. BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday the 11th day of November next, we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said 11th day of November next, to Thursday the 18th day of November next; and we have have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom i called Great Britain to prepare a Writ Patent for proroguing the same accordingly : and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday the 18th day of November next, assemble and be held and sit for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby re quired and commanded to give their attendance ac• cordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday the 18th day of November next. Given at our Court at Windsor, thin 30th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and forty-seven, and in the eleventh year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. COURT CIRCULAR. WrNoson, SIINDAY.—The Queen held a Privy Council at one o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President), Lord John Russell (First Lord of the Treasury), Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the Home Department), Earl Grey (Secretary of State for the Colonies), Sir Charles Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer), the Earl of Auckland (First Lord of the Admiralty), Lord Campbell (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster), the Right Hon. Henry La bouchere (President of the Board of Trade), the Marquis of Clanricartle (Postmaster-General), Earl Spencer (Lord Chamberlain), and the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse). At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be fur ther prorogued from Thursday, the 11th of Novem ber, unto Thursday, the 18th of November, and a proclamation was issued summoning Parliament to sit for the dispatch of public business on the said 18th of November. Mr. James Stephen was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the. Board. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audience to the Marquis of Lans downe. The Earl of Morley and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Marquis of Cranricarde, Earls Auckland and Spencer, Lord Campbell, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the lion. William Bathurst travelled from town to attend the Council by a special train on the Great Western Railway. The Duke of Norfolk travelled from his seat, Arundel Castle, Sussex. Earl Grey arrived from Datchet. A dejeune was served to the noblemen and gentle. men present at the Council. After the Privy Council, the Marquis of Lans downe left for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts, accom panied by the Marchioness of Lansdowne. The Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Hon. W. Bathurst left, and returned to town by a special train on the Great Western Railway. Lord John Russell took his departure for his residence, in Richmond-park. The Duke of Norfolk returned to Arundel Castle. Earl Grey, Earl Spencer, Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. James Stephen also left the Castle. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive yester day afternoon in an open pony carriage, the Prince driving. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Seymour, attended on horseback. His Excellency Mons. Vau do Weyer left yester day morning. Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfrtd, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena took their usual airings yesterday. The Bishop of Oxford arrived yesterday evening at the Castle, on a visit to the Queen. A portion of a gold service of plate for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands was submitted to his Royal Highness Prince Albert by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, yesterday. His Royal Highness was pleased to express his approbation. This mor,,ning her Majesty and Prince Albert walked on the Eastern Terrace and slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise to day. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning, in the private chapel of the Castle. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay reading the prayers. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday, to honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit, at his residence, near Newmarket. His Excellency Mr. Mosquera, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of New Granada, transacted business with Viscount Palmerston on Friday evening. THE COURT, &C.—WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING This afternoon there were a great number of respectable persons in the Queen's parterre, but in consequence of the death of Count Mensdorf (intelligence of which melancholy event reached the Castle yesterday evening), the military bands were not in attendance. The royal children rode and walked in the Home Park, and passed some time with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and at the close of aft ernoon prayers her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Princess Royal, walked across the Home Park to Frog more House, and paid a visit of condolence to her loyal Highness. To-morrow Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Bouverie come into waiting as the equerries in attendance on her Majesty and His Royal Highness. The Committee of the Society of the Attorneys and Solicitors of Ireland held a special meeting on the 27th ult., at their committee-room, Four Courts, Dublin, for the purpose of electing a President in the room of Josias Dunn, Esq., deceased, their late President, when their vice-President, William Goddard, Esq., was unanimously elected. PETER BORTHW/CK AND HIS CREDITORS.—Satur day a meeting took place at the office of Mr. Pennell, the official assignee, of the creditors of Peter Borthwick, Esq., Member of the Legislature. The proceedings were instituted under the provisions of the Debtor and Creditor arrangement Act, and it is stated that his debts amount to above 27,0001. The cause of the insolvency is attributed to the expense he has been put to in de fending his seat as a Member of Parliament, and in canvassing the electors ; he offered to set aside 1,5001. per year tor the benefit of his creditors, and it was re jected in the first instance, but on Saturday the creditors consented to accept the terms. Mr. Borthwick describes himself as a barrister of May-fair, and after the meeting at Mr. Pennell's an application was made to Mr. Com missioner Goulbourn, who presided at the bankruptcy Court on Saturday, for protection, and that Learned gentleman granted the same. MR. ROBINSON AND THE VISITING JUSTICES.-- Yesterday (Saturday), pursuant to appointment, the v i s i t i ng justices assembled specially in Tothill Fields Prison for the purpose of investigating the case with reference to Mr. Robinson, the particulars of which have have been so fully laid before the public in the news papers, in the reports of the Middlesex Sessions, during the past week. Mr. B. Retch was in the chair, and a full attendance of the magistrates took place. A search ing investigation ensued, the result of which, it appears, was most satisfactory to the magistrates, who intimated to Mr. Robinson that he was free from imputation in the matter. The prisoner Wright was examined at great length, and he positively denied that his wife ever had any children, and that the whole story she had told was fabricated for the purpose of exciting commiseration, and to cause a commutation of his sentence. The ma gistrates assured Mr. Robinson that, in justice to him, they would prepare their report for publication, in order to give the charge the fullest and most satisfactory con tradietion.— Observer. TIDAL HARI3OUR BOARD.—We understand that a new department of the Admiralty is about to be created, namely, that of a Tidal Harbour Board. Captain Drink water Bethune, RN., Captain Washington, RN., and Captain Veitch, R.E., are to be the members of it.— Uni'ted Service Gazette. ARBROATH CATTLE DISEASE.—A most virulent distemper is at present raging here amongst our cattle, which baffles the skill of our most experienced veteri nary surgeons. Some byres have been Completely emp tied.—Dundee Advertiser. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday a very fully attended meeting of this vestry took place, for the purpose of considering a notice of motion, of which Mr. J. F. Standford had given notice last week, relative to the influx of Irish paupers. Mr. STANDFORD, in bringing the subject before the vestry, said, if he felt himself justified in bringing this subject under the notice of that board at their previous meeting, the information he had since re ceived tended more than ever to show that he was right in doing so, and that the matter was worthy of the most serious consideration. He was prepared to prove, that so far from the evils arising from the emi gration of Irish paupers being likely to diminish, they were frightfully on the increase. He had ob tained his data, not from any newspaper reports, but from the high constable of Liverpool, who proved that the influx of Irish paupers was daily increasing. —(Hear.) During the present week no less than, 3,133 persons of thi s c l ass h a d arr i ve d a t Liver- pool; the numbers who so arrived in September were 10,369, and during the present month the number amounted to 11,772. These parties not only brought with them filth and disease, fever, diarrhoea, and other contagious disorders, but they were for the most part pilferers and plunderers, even in the open day. Mr. Standford then proposed that a memorial should be presented to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, setting forth the evils arising from the great increase of Irish paupers, and urging upon him the necessity of renewing the precautions adopted in the spring of the y ear , o f i nst i tut i ng, under the protection of the Custom house officers at the several ports, a system of quarantine, so as to prohibit the entrance of those paupers who were dis eased. He farther proposed that a resolution should be passed by the vestry, to be respectfully transmitted to the board of guardians for their consideration, by which resolution the vestry should express its wish that all the Irish poor who had rut became settled for five years in the parish should he roruoved—that those poor who had applied for relief should first be searched, to ascertain whether they had sufficient means of supporting themselves—that none should be relieved without also being made to work—and that no relief should be given in money. He (Mr. Standford) thought if such resolutions as these were adopted the example would be followed by other parishes. Thry would act as an effectual check upon Irish pauperism in the metropolis. Mr. Lewis rose to object to the resolutions, on the ground that no notice of them had been previously given. The notice given last week did not extend so far. After some discussion Mr. STANDFORD withdrew his motion, and gave notice that he would bring on the memorial and resolutions on Saturday. THE LIGHTING OF MARYLEBONE WITH GAL The VESTRY CLERK read the memorial from the Western Gas theLiight permissionCompate of the vestry stablishedatliea to lay sall green, requesting their mains throughout the parish of Marylebone. Mr. CARR rose to move the appointment of a corn. mittee. He considered this subject one of great im portance to the public. The high pri ce o f gas i n the metropolis had long been a matter of housand complaint. Whilst in London they had to p ay 7s. per t h ousand cubic feet, in Birmingham an d Manchester it w per was ob tained at from 3s. 6d. t o 4s. th ousand cubic feet, eannadblaeldthtoougphay a that dividend en th d e of ca t s e e n th ecompim c ies hes w pe e e re London the co m p an i es w h o sold gas the per cent. Even t in paid the largest dividend. Mr. GLAZIER seconded the motion. Mr. SOD E N su p p ori edt he committee, as be thought the most beneficial effects might result to the rate payers by their putting themselves in communication with the managers of the Western Company. Mr. BELL had expressed his doubts last week as to the satements put forward by the deputation, that the gas proposed to be supplied by this "West ern ea e inh asitaatrirnigved that at Gas Company" was both purer and stronger than that supplied by any other. He had since made it hi s business to investigate the data upon which th e che mistsand he mentioned hare d pleasure their conclusions were correct. their conclusion, whose n a m a e n s After some further obser va ti ons , ,the resolutions were put and carried, and a committee was appointed. IN respectablegt s : al e ar _ . c w aoog a nne s nde h t hx e t e l iv % d o, enb b r is o y t ydi M y.nfi r ve . l le 1. 7 0 anT. Monmouth shire, SUICIDE i S mAn a ad t nw ti m n r o d hsr a i t y hle \ci e rgri v ohi e ci n ysa i .n I n s t i I Richards, i p r r E i inquestsc onn ss-sT R n n 'r Panort.—On shire, and formerly a clerk in the Post-office, who com mitted a frighful and determined act of suicide, by cutting his throat with a razor and then throwing him • self out of the window. From the evidence of several wit nesses it appeared that the deceased became an inmate of the prison on the 10th of June last, at the suit of a Mr. Sayer, for 102/.125., and on the 12th a detainer was lodged against him by Mr. Temple, of Furnival's Inn, for 105/. At first he seemed in good health and spirits, which, however, gradually declined, and he became at intervals greatly depressed. On Friday week, being evi. dently more diseased in mind than body, he was ad milted into the infirmary, when he rallied ; his recover being gr ea tly acce l erate d b y b e i ng made acquainted_r B __ urdenwith the praisewo r thy exert i ons i n hi s b e h a lf of M f a the governor, who, on account o f hi s perturbed sta: to mind and ill-h ea lth, h a d e ff ecte d an arrangementt,avo taken with his creditors for his di s ch arge , which would place on Saturday last. Oa Friday afternoonhe wits in bed, and left alone in his room in the infirmary rai was lying ap parently asleep, but shortly atter of blood. foundi)oc Decease on his back in the yard in m a pool hs f family, and his wife, bad been long estranged . t a ro may i 1846, in her evich-net, to whom he was married i from the commencement she bad not seen him . said that The jury having math, some ob servationsof the ofthe deceased, and the eireurn on the yout h connected with his melancholy end, retutued a srtearndcicets of . Temporary insanity." ~Y"~~: