The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-28 00:00:00

Nov. 28, 1848 LAW INTELLIGENCi COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 21, hit A 'Miivn T h , "er-GENERAL V. SIR J. WALMESLEY O 602 Att orney -General showed cause against a rule to irtf.a verdict for the defendant in this case, which was th' e Trlnation for money had and received to the use of 4411%.,_r0wn under the following state of things : One sh,...Y_tage being indebted to the Crown in certain duties heCt, became a bankrupt at the time that the defendant ifty large quantity of his property in his possession by Ita l ‘ :security for advances to nearly £3,000. The malt fig ge ,., l2 .. ed, but the defendant's claim being set up, an ar the a ccPl was made that it should be allowed, and that ilkin e d e , r ns should sell and pay him the amount, if scer !itNi! be correct. This step was not taken, but it was Sini so :nat the defendant should sell the whole ma l t, pay kb ee :' whatever was due to him, and hand over the ba tlieb the Crown. After the sale, however, but before t a h un lce was paid, the officers of the excise discovered ten t i a „ e l were wrong in a point of law in allowing the de kidut lien against that of the Crown, and withdrew sanction to the bargain. The defendant afterwards tlet e rer the balance to the sheriff for the Crown, and . re llbittthe demand of the Crown for the amount retained 11 11 0 , 0 55 the ground that though his lien might be bad Vt ohl , Yet that the arrangement in question amounted to Ithe n t, tal ? Payment by the Cro*n under a full knowledge "e's; and it was now contended by % at Telly and Mr. Crompton, for the defendant, that 'll,7.altlie true construction to be put upon it. kit ` th naron Parke, however, was decidedly of opinion e e r Te was no payment at all contemplated or effected g own under the circumstances of the case. There flittictinditional arrangement, indeed, or order to the 41 1, e i a ,f as the agent of the Crown, to pay the defendant I St th lt ? when the amount had been correctly ascertained ; l e§d i t ` Step had not been taken before they wrote to re 'h'that the fact of pm ayent could not be sus and the rule ought to be discharged. rest of c rule was the Court concurred, and so ,--` discharged. COURT OF CHANCERY Nov. 22 ei l l i e tt T v , : WALSH V. GLADSTONE. and Mr. Wray supported a petition in this Ample an order of the Vice-Chancellor of England, Atia! l egacv of £4,000 to be paid to the President N ei , forth Yollege, in Yorkshire. The bequest was 1 / 4 0%9' the lat er , c Mr. Blundell, of Ince Blundell; as also It etti ue same amount, for the benefit of Old Hall oo p °ll ege, in Hertfordshire. The learned gentle the two u o the two establishments alluded to were esta sl44 Catholic of them a century ago, for the education of k e youth, and they suggested that som ti! ec,heme should be drawn up for the appropri -0,40„-18 Dequest. The Court must have further in ." as to the constitution of these bodies, so as to itr.,,vie due employment of the gift. g:!edb n neY said, the President of Ampleforth, as ap tlise Ltbe affidavits, received and paid all sums for i n the establishment' ; but if the Court required The e o e rmation, he prayed for time to supply it. tile Nt leter rd Chancellor said, he made no remark on the Co or , 4 ad discipline of these establishments. What f or had to lo o k a t was the security of the fund, F til e 'flat purose he wished further information as otth. Per manent p character of the College of Ample- Qtt Ce_ti, iii ,;lNN, Nov. 22.—The undernamed gentlemen /1 1 L — u,a3 , called to the degree of Barrister- r at -Law by 1) - "' 'Society of Gray's Inn, viz., 'Mr. W m. Payne, t o %glass Finney, and Mr. John Barber, M.A. 4 %1 41) W. PAG ET AND L ORD CARDIGAN.—Thi s titter alleged Crim. Con. has een set down for trial in 0144:cnou Pleas f o r the ensuing sittings after term. t„ 41 11 thee lintl ertnentioned gentlemen were on Saturday called 4 46 bar by Hon. Society of the Inner Temple e arleati eth,Percy Macauley Ashworth, l ale s g l3 rge H e e a witt, E s s q q " ., and John Walter de Longue luard, E sq. m .A. 414/lee-Chancellor having decided the case between /I , a htret, (4) „ ,9.a executors and the corporation of Gloucester, }7/e ne dismissed the claim of the corporation to Fe .9ok ,Te legacyof £200,000, a meeting of the corporation , Nli,Tace, at which it was unanimously resolved to ap the ouse of Lords against his decision, and £lOOO IttlithorizHed to be immediately paid towards the expenses 1 6 2 1 Ppeal. ItlibteSHlßE WINTER ASSIZES.—We undeptandth i Lt been definitely settled that a winter Assizeshall I. th e ,! . , ,e _Castle of York, early in the mayi mouth, be then 4tzit'ortital of the criminal prisoners who at least eighty. It 4 .04 ,? ,b,ren determined we believe' that eighteen other 11 1 41 ; "le kingdom,where the number of prisoners . for given amount, shall also be delivered by for which purpose six of the judges 1/41 th e Uircuits. 4 %e llti one iL d 't TEMPLE, Nov. 25.—This evening the after ttiltislenleto k the customary oaths before the honourable o society, and were thereupon 814 :ailed to the degree of barrister - at-law James St. e ' l re l[3l3wl iug Sydney, New South 1 ' 44 -lO 3 d urke, Gower-street ; George Frederick Fowle, ii: , %y es n i N d yiltsVre ; Joseph M k Isaacs, Tor- Amherst, Kenilworth, biZekehire : es tiober m t George Stapylton, Brompton )qtiobee;,, John Christian Cowley, Heathfield, Surrey ; John g lk ile.ii r t,?eorge, Denmark-hill . , Camberwell ; Alfred unt, Purley, Berkshire , William Langford "tiet Wrexham, Denbighshire ; John Angus Homes, It.ih„.ieai;DGeorge utters. Sidmouth, Devonshire; Na alia,`,„°rte, Barbadoes • George Herbert. Plymouth ; Erel'lthrle‘.n.rey Adams, Of Normancross, Huntingdon tires Al bolas Charles Radiger, Brompton, Kent, v tic NC I : 7 N st OP BILL TRANSACTIONS.—In the Court lie,\tl3on Pleas on Wednesday, a case (Smart ; 44 tou - as tried, Which illustrated the blessings of bill -11107'ng• It a eared that the plaintiff, who was „I'wn in the sporting pp world, having amassed a large Veto"' ruone employed it in discounting bills. The 44 4 ' " bein Y g' inwant of money, about two years since. t q tj t l l ing been introduced to the plaintiff, it was agreed loath: Plaintiff should lend him £4OO on his bill at two 1 17, 1 10 - I ', f °r Which accommodation for which accommo l'4,lge was to charge £lOO. This bill, when it became t ti .. l 4; ' f hv ing been - honoured, it was renewed th:Pp ear _w ‘ ruch renewal made it amount to about £lOOO. °r eared that the defendant shortly afterwards paid hlit'gulal bill of ZIOO, and the £lOO interest thereof . ] ; trlit t : ri e s _nTiy contended by him, that having paid this, itste4w..torbitant interes b t, he was freed from the charges tA t iled ; I t , attempted to e made by the plaintiff. The dat length, the jury re ? 4 f°r uge having summed up d a verdict for the de tildiip half an hour, and returned t. T AE HERMIT OF CHARLESTOWN 1 \ \'e d (From the Fifeshire Journal.) 1 1 ' th,,"are say that few of our readers will be prepared i ti ' l re th' e extraordinary narrative which we have to lay be- Ltlij a ,wi, or to believe, what is undoubtedly true, that an ee '\ingdom of Fife, and in the present day, a man a N4 living, for a quarter of a century, in the hole of 4?fe for erfectiv secluded from the world, and leading ,Ili a lt :g,_. I like that of a tortoise or toad than of a human li va " Ilk o ,:eent occurrences have fully attested the fact, Dte s. „,, t wei . t a „ B Banib, a native of Charlestown, has t ha l .t - milil'five years'in a state of solitude, during which st ole Illat:%tiot been seen by mortal, unless it was once keti t a ,g)i toh r ' who was repairing the roof of the house, Ltan,,, l2 e w as ' B ,e of him through his window ; but in a mo ihp—s Of I "iti under his bed.— Considering the circum lift,-{: 4 YO u ' t i k is Parents, he has had . a good education. !ea , il t ilk " he had a great predilection for a sea-facing fqq t atid , i; P.arents were strongly . opposed . to his going to i ll e ea ei ng th , h Li s y ear , warted in his inclinations, when about ,N l l 3 a t ,2 of a,sullen mood, he shut himself . p 'li -41 ^ '- ' - "ent which( we mic , ht from that time call his healat c he) au "' It was entered by ,t o *uncomfortable garret. t a, way a d which he ascended by a small ladder, which ~,Nt„iti p re s Z up after -him. His father died a few years uli,',re ll e ,, -- t hat period his mother has been in very indi- NtZ'q to"' st anees so much so, that lately she had been " e s t ‘ - t r Oke rn o ;ke, al; plication ici Poor'S Board for the N., is ou her son, when she received an aliment L..'' pi B to I.l) Pse• Mr. Pearson, the manager for the i ,ll,7rct i a ruy thought inquiry should be made into 'tit i ' ll e ca - ',: ta nces conne^,tecl with this individual, and 9 1 , .a a before the board at a recent meeting, when I )l a l4, l,tli g r r y e e i ll ri - that . Mr. .Pearson should make particu lt,.ae , to his condition, and that for this pur -4i7104 fo'unuld be accompanied by Dr. Currie, the k t a t :114 i i ; the board ; and that if it were practicable, 1 4 :ith removed to the Poor's House. In compli etled this resolution, Dr. Currie and Mr. Pearson h i o 4° Charlestown on the afternoon of Wednesday, I of Chas They first made inquiry into the circum villas individual at Mr. Blyth's, teacher,. and 'the . "'en sent for his mother and communicated i t , i n. d e , : _ n. n '. l g She said they would have the greatest ,* 0 f,, -e enig him, but described her house. It con / 4 1 0 4 ,7 apartment, in which were two beds; between I lt tll ' o tr ) , "thset[l:ll rece:s concealed by a curtain (the en vea, of garret was from this recess), and in it, on o,e l l Th r , a Small barrel which served for a table, she 'l'"lti " r uaa's food , which he came down and took. t d ,(1,0, 0 4 , _ would t . 4 b,. i l i i u n e be there just now, as she had lately L.Vo th ' tea. Dr. Currie and Mr . Pearson then lOrtni i . e h ouse. Dr. Currie drew aside the curtain. 4 1p,'I i. a la;*• Instantly endeavoured to get beneath the bed, . 1 1ij a ' 1, 1 1te: 7 ented by the hold of the doctor. He appeared 11 4 04 11 ° uraiig-outang than a human being ; the hair 'evii ti nd . beard was of prodigious length. He hid it 115 t ai n ., "is hands, and appeared greatly disconcerted. ,:4 til cl i.ost i n a state of nudity, having nothing but 4 4 1t, s t NoO n u ,nd his body. They then left the house to i'th,‘-on, should next be done. It was agreed, after k‘d p'„ Po o w r t 4 V,Oll, that it would be best to remove him 011 4 -4 1 , e Q : a , tiouse that night, but the solitary inmate 16 4 'ty ,`" what w goin on, and made his escape. 114 14 1 ,1 1 4t rah ' :li n r searchi a n s g . in a g n old byre, touched the ob -0414, 4 a By the aid of the quarrymen he . was soon qtg74l cart . On the way to Dunfermline he . was I to dl4i would give no answer to various questions 4 0 1 ' S' t a ii ch Since his arrival at the Poor's House he e l ltin ll eii , 141 the Bible and has evinced little of that t :it tl ,eci 4,,,ltnich formerly , characterised him. He has not 4t lP t i , 4 4 `„ c ,, e ssary visiters, but conversed with them. He T.„ ` l lle o - 1 4 . uPright—the effects of his long unnatural h e 4.0 `2,............ ,L • 0 n a low_ roofed, unlashed garret. 1 . rfol ace s' ; all the ` k Chro ni work of c* contains the details which of four have ex tOt 41%. 4r be different farms in Thetford and its vicinity Ut rife in hat diabolical and destructive spirit is district. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY STEAM NAVIGATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE RAILWAY TIMES Sitt,—My attention has been called to a paragraph in your paper of the 11th instant, page 1,223, alluding to re solutions passed at a meeting of a few of the shareholders in the Glasgow and Ayr railway, in which you express a wish to know the names of the directors declining to join in the Guarantee Fund referred to in these resolutions. Permit me, sir, to state that I am not only a director of the Glasgow and Ayr railway, but also chairman, and have been so since its commencement, aad that I have not agreed to pay ls. per share to a Steam-boat Company, for the purpose of inducing them to ply between Ardrossan and Fleetwood. My reasons for not doing so I stated at the last general meeting of the Company, and they ap peared to me then to be perfectly satisfactory to the pro prietors, otherwise it would have been my duty as well as inclination to resign my situation at the Board, without considering whether the proposed project was beneficial to the proprietors or not. The reasons I gave to the pro prietors I shall briefly state to von. Soon after the open ing of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway the Directors for the purpose of benefitting the said c( ncarn, purchased the Fire King steam-boat, for which they paid £23,500, to ply between Androssan and Fleetwood. She was placed on that station, and continued to run, on account and risk of the directors, for a considerable period, at a ruinous loss. The Fire King Company left to me and another proprietor, and then director of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, to make an arrangement with Messrs. Burns, proprietors and managers of steam-boats between the Clyde and Liverpool. In consequence we went to Mr. Burns, and stated to him that we felt it would be for his interest and that of his concern to purchase the Fire King, as the reduction of fares, &c., arising from a com peting company was, we knew, injurious to his Company ; that the Fire King owners had no wish to continue steam boat proprietors, their sole object being the benefit of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway ; that if his Company had pur chased the Fire King, they must give the stations between Ardrossan and Fleetwood a fair trial. Messrs. Burns and Co. purchased the Fire King for £23,500, the price which had originally been paid for her, agreeing to keep her on the station for one year at least, provided my friend and I, who had made the arrangement, did not feel satis fied before the expiry of that period, that they, Messrs. Burns and Co. were carrying on a bad trade on the sta tion. The arrangement was made with perfect good faith by both parties, the true spirit being that my friend and I would give up competing with Messrs. Burns and Co. ; and that they should give the stations a fair trial. As far as I could see, Messrs. Burns kept to the letter of their agreement. _ _ Messrs. Burns and Co. ran the steam-boat Fire King between Ardrosson and Fleetwood for six months and up wards, and we did not release them from their agreement to run the specified period till we were satisfied that they were losing largely by keeping her on the station, and until I was informed by the Engineer of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, that the Company were losing money by a special train, which, according to the agreement with Messrs. Burns and Co. they were bound to run to carry passengers to and from the Fire King, the number of passengers not being sufficient to pay the expenses. I shall now merely say, that the gentleman who made the arrangement with me, not now a Director, is a pro prietor still, and has not agreed to pay Is. per share to the proposed Steam-boat Company, feeling, as I do, not only that it would not be honourable, but that it would not be honest conduct on or towards Messrs. Burns. I am, respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES M`CALL. Glasgow, November 14th, 1843. . . , P.S.—I have no interest in any steam-boats, or any other concern, that could by possibility be injured by the railway communications to Fleetwood. A line through Wales, to cross the Severn, uniting with the extension at Worcester, and joining the Taff Vale and Birmingham and Gloucester, is said to be again in contemplation, at a cost of £1,500,000. The Directors of the Newcastle and Darlington Junc tion Railway Company have contracted to purchase the Durham Junction Railway for £88,500, and at a meeting of the former, held yesterday week, at York, it was stated by the chairman, Mr. Hudson, that the line throughout will be opened for general traffic on the Ist of next July, when the first class trains will go direct from Newcastle upon-Tyne to London in 12 hours. A NEW TRADE IN DARLINGTON.—During the past month vast numbers of sheep have been slaughtered by the Darlington butchers, and have been sent per railway to London.—Great Northern Advertiser. The Manchester and Birmingham Railway directors have reported favourably on the subject of the branch to Macclesfield. The money required for this purpose they say will be £130,000, and the revenue derivable from it, after paying working expenses, £13,520, or rather more than ten per coot. per annum. The sale of surplus pro perty in the hands of the company will, it is said, be found sufficient to raise the necessary means. At the meeting of shareholders of the York and North Midland Railway, held last week, power was given to the directors to apply tp parliament for the extension of the line to Scarborough, with a branch to Pickering, and also to make arrangements for the purchase of the Leeds and Selby line. It is stated that the extension will cost £260,000, allowing for all contingencies ; the money to be raised by the issue of £25 shares, while the revenue is calculated at 10 per cent. No opposition is expected in parliament. 507,500 is the purchase money for the Leeds and Selby Railway, and from the working of the two com panies, it appears to be considered that a permanent divi dend of 10 per cent. will be secured to th proprietors. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.—The public opening of the extension line to Dalkey, from the Dublin and Kings town Railway, is now only postponed for a few days, to admit the laying down of Cooke's electric telegraph. In the mean time, numerous experiments have taken place— increased loads have been placed on the line—and every means adopted to test its efficiency, power, and safety. Among the gentlemen who have visited the line during these experiments, which took place in the past week, were M. Edmond Teisserinc (a Member of the Corps de Ponts et Chaussees), sent over by the French Govern ment, and whose report is favourable to the system ; M. Mallet, Lord de Grey, Major-General Pasley, General Sir Edward Blakeney, and Mr. Brunel—who all appeared perfectly satisfied with the capabilities and safety of the principle. More extended trials must take place to de termine its economy. PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS ON RAILWAY STOCK. — We copy the following statement from the weekly circular of Messrs. John Hailton and Son, sharebrokers :—" 1 he capital paid up by calls for eighty-one railways was £45,508,656 at the end of October, 1843, when the pre miums, amounting to £16,340,629, exceeded the discounts, amountiug to £8,638,492, by £7,702,135, or £l6 Bs. 6d. per cent., being an improvement of £lO 3s. 6d. per cent. upon the previous six months. Towards the premiums above mentioned, the six following works contributed about 86 per cent. of the whole, viz. :—London and Bir mingham, £7.348.492; Grand Junction, £2,390,593 ; Liverpool and Manchester, £1,296,966 ; South Western, £1,231,615 ; Great Western, £1,209,375 ; and York and NorthMidland,X629,Boo—making together X 14,106,789." The great improvement which has taken place during the last twelve months in railway stock may be judged of from the fact, that at the corresponding period of last year, the discounts exceeded the premiums by about three millions sterling; making an advance altogether in the twelve months of nearly eleven millions sterling. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—A meeting of land pro prietors and gentlemen connected with the county of Haddington was held on the 17th instant, to consider the subject of the proposed railway. Resolutions were passed confirmatory of those passed at similar meetings on the 22d of April, 1836, and 31st January, 1842, viz., that the line of railway by Haddington, instead of going north of the Garleton Hills, would he of the greatest advantage to the public, would pay the shareholders a larger rate of in terest, and could be executed at a considerably less ex pense. Mr. Davidson went at considerable length into the history of the originally proposed line, and the seve ral surreys which had been made—all recommending the route by Haddington, while the proposal for going north was only made last year, and which could not be carried out, he contended, without an increased expense of £114,236, and then the line would not be of such public utility as the former. A general feeling of surprise seemed to pervade the meeting as to the motives for alter ing the route, as recommended by the survey of 1836, and subsequent ones, and a determination was expressed to follow the matter up with energy, so as to place Had dington in that situation, with regard to railway commu nication, which her position demanded. FURTHER CESSATIONS OF THE HIGHER DUTY ON COALS.—Recent Treasury Orders direct compliance with two requests :-1. That vessels under the flag of the Grand Duchy of Meclenburgh-Schwerin be put on the same footing as to the duty on coals exported as vessels of the Hanse Towns. 2. That this privilege is to be ex ter.ded to vessels belonging to Oldenburg in the same manner as to Hanover; that is, as we take it, that all vessels belonging to these " reciprocating" countries may export coals either to their own or any other country on the same terms as British vessels. SUDDEN RISE AND FALL OF THE SEA.—Another of those singular phenomena to which attention has been recently called by Mr. Edmonds, of Penzance, occurred on Monday evening, the 30th ult., at Penzance and Ply mouth, at the beginning of the flood tide. It appears that between four and five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, some men who had just returned from fishi n g saw their boat at Penzance pier left quite dry by the sea; imme diately afterwards the sea returned with great swiftness, and within six or seven minutes she was again afloat in from two to three feet of water. This occurred four or five times in the course of an hour. It was observed, likewise, two or three times by two branch pilots of Pen zance, who communicated the information. About the same time a small vessel came into the pier, and after lying aground five or ten minutes was suddenly floated, and carried out of the pier directly against a strong breeze from the north-east to a distance of 40 or 50 yards from the spot where she lay ; she was then carried in again by a second influx, and left aground, when she was secure by hawser. Afterwards she was floated and left quite aground twice in less than half an hour. In addition to these facts, it has been stated by the master of a vessel which was lying in Plymouth Pool on the day mentioned, that towards the evening a most extraordinary flowing and ebbing of the sea occurred there, the velocity of which he estimated at eight knots an hour. The Charlestown, of that port, Captain Jenkins, was then also lying there, and her boat with a boy on board was whirled by the current to a considerable distance, and then caught under the bows of the vessel, so that it was with considerable diffi culty that the boy was rescued from his p erilous situation. —West Briton. I UCCESSFUL SWINDLING AND EXTRAOR DINARY CREDULITY. On Saturday, at the Borough Court, Manchester, Mr. Beswick, chief superintendent of police, brought under the notice of the magistrates a case of swindling, the de tails of which furnish one of the most extraordinary in stances of credulity, on the part of the persons on whom the fraud has been practised, that we ever remember to have heard of. Mr. Beswick (addressing the magistrates) said, " I have to apply to you for a warrant against a per son who takes upon himself the title of " Sir John Ma ther," for obtaining money under false pretences. It ap pears, that about two months ago, he called at the house of Mr. Jonathan Holt, who then lived at No. 40, Cam bridge-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, and was a furni ture broker. That business was managed by Mr. Holt's wife, the husband being employed by Messrs. Birley and Co. at wages of 245. per week. The first time Mather went to the house, he sold Mrs. Holt a two-foot rule ; and after that be frequently called at the house. He re presented that he was heir-at-law to the estate of Sir Andrew Chadwick, a person of immense wealth, and whose property was situate in the neighbourhood of Preston and Bury; and that he should come into possession of the property on the 26th of October ; and that he was wishful to engage several respectable persons to perform various duties when he came into possession of the property. He stated, that Colonel ltawstorne was residing at the man sion attached to the estates, at Preston, and that he had been receiving the rents for a very considerable number of years; that government had undertaken to put him (Ma ther) in possession of this property ; that Colonel Raw storne and a man named Watts, being afraid that they should have to return the rents they had received for a number of years, had absconded to America ; and that 'government were sending officers after them. At this time Mr. Jonathan Holt had a son named James Holt, who was a journeyman grocer, in the service of Mr. Sheldon, of Swan-street, Manchester ; and " Sir John" being wishful to see Mr. Holt's family, a day was fixed, and James Holt was duly introduced to him. " Sir John" then stated that, on the 26th of October, he should be en titled to money, to the amount of £1,400,000, and he pro posed to take James Holt into his service, at a salary of £l3O a-year ; his younger brother at the same salary, and the father at 30s. per week. James Holt was to take the ma nagement of a mill for grinding corn upon the estate ; the father was to be his assistant; and his brother was to be an under-steward. These offices were accepted, and it was then arranged that " Sir John" and James Holt should proceed to Preston, for the purpose of viewing the estate ; and, in the course of one or two days after this, which would be about the 2d October, they left Manches ter by railway, and went to Preston. About a mile from the terminus of the line, " Sir John" pointed out a gen tleman's residence, and stated that that was the place he intended to occupy on the 26th, and that Colonel Raws torne had occupied it before he went to America. He pointed out several farms, and they went over a consider able quantity of ground, all of which " Sir John" said was his property. James Holt expressed a wisb to go to the mansion, but to this " Sir John" strongly objected, stating that he was bound by parliament not to go near the premises till the time came for taking possession. They then went to the Bear's Paw Inn, in Preston, where they refreshed themselves for some time, and then re turned to Manchester. In the evening of that day an agreement was drawn up by " Sir John," to the effect that he engaged Mr. Jonathan Holt, James Holt, his son, and a younger son of Mr. Holt's, for the situations, and on the terms, before mentioned. The agreement was signed by each party, and Mr. Holt was desirous to keep possession of it ; but " Sir John" said it would be invalid until signed by the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Earl of Wilton, who were the trustees appointed by parliament; that he was about to have a map drawn of his extensive estates ; 'and that he intended forthwith to go and see those noblemen. He then stated that he was unable to get any money until the 26th October, and induced Mr. Jonathan Holt, and his son, Jas. Holt, to lend him money amounting altogether to about £29. They were not in very good circumstances, and, in order to raise this money, Jonathan Holt sold his broker's stock, and went to a smaller house. On the 16th or IBth October, Jas. Holt left his situation with Mr. Sheldon, who had paid him £2O a year and boarded him ; and Jonathan Holt also left the employment of Messrs. Birley, in order that they might be at liberty to undertake their situations with " Sir John." After James Holt had left his situation, he went to his father's, and was told that " Sir John" had gone to Preston the day before. He followed him by railway; and, on arriving at Preston, forthwith proceeded to the neighbourhood of the mansion that had been pointed out to him by " Sir John" as his property. He went to the hall for the purpose of making inquiry ; but, owing to an obstruction, was unable to get to the door ; on which he turned back and went to a public-house, but was asto nished to find that " Sir John Mather" appeared to be unknown there. He, however, was impressed with the belief that the parties knew the party, but were unwilling to give information respecting him ; and, accordingly, he left the public-house and went to a mason, whom he saw working at a wall in the lane, and from whom he inquired who the party was that occupied that large mansion. The man informed him that Colonel Rawsthorne resided there. " Oh," said Holt, " but Colonel Rawsthorne has run his country." " Well," replied the man, "he is running, it is true, for I have just met him; he has just gone down the road here with a lady in his carriage." Holt did not believe the statement at first, but, on going a little fur ther, he saw the carriage, and then begun to think be had been imposed upon. He returned to Manchester, saw his father at the railway station, and mentioned his suspicions to him. The father could not believe anything of the kind, and observed, " I have received a letter from Sir John this morning, and he is now in Bury. He was taking the dimensions of some of his farms, and fell, and dislocated his ankle ; and he wants you to go over there." The same evening James Holt proceeded to Bury, and found " Sir John" in a small, low, dirty-looking cottage. At the request of Mr. Holt, " Sir John" consented to re turn to Manchester. A coach was procured and he was taken to the railway;' and, upon his arrival in Manches ter, another coach was procured, in which he was taken to Mr. Holt's house, in Hulme. He remained there for several days, and expressed much surprise that he had never heard from either his agent, steward, or banker; and that he expected to receive £l7O or £175. He stated that Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer had earnestly requested him not to take the £1,400,000 on the 26th, which was then very near at hand, but to take only half that sum, as taking the whole would shake the banks. He then requested James Holt to write him a letter to his banker, and another to his steward, in London ; and two letters were written and put into the postoffice, one addressed to " Mr. T. T. R. Pugh, Ed ward-street, Scotland-road, Bank 772," and the other to " Mr. G. W. Wilson, Vauxhall-road, Isle of Dogs, 2, Wilwick-street ;" but the only address given in the letters was " Manchester," so that they could not be returned if the parties were not found, as would, of course, be the case. The letters were sent off on the 24th October, and, on the following day, " Sir John" said he must pro ceed to London, for the purpose of receiving the money, and getting an order to take possession of the property. He accordingly left Manchester, promising to send £3O or £4O, for the purpose of enabling James Holt to follow him, in a few days •, and, from that time to within the last fortnight, they had been confidently expecting to hear from him. His wife had been living with him at a short distance from Mr. Holt's house, and had given birth to a child, which died, and she absconded on the 15th instant ; since which time nothing had been heard of either of them. Mr. Beswick concluded by stating, that he be lieved the man was now in Bury, and that lie had swin dled other parties in a similar manner. He (Mr. Beswick) now proposed to call James Holt, tocorroborate the state ment made to the court.—Mr. Maude (to James Holt :) Is the statement Mr. Beswick has made substantially correct ? Holt : It is, sir.—Mr. Maude : Did you never consult any of your friends ? Holt : Yes ;he brought forward letters from the premier with his signature.—Mr. Maude : Did you not bring this thing before your friends ? —Holt : Yes.—Mr. Maude : Well, were your friends as credulous as yourself ? Holt : Well, sir, if you had heard all the proceedings you would almost have credited it yourself. (Laughter.)—Mr. Beswick : The man has not only given up his situation, but has sold all his goods. —Mr. Maude : What was the particular pretence which induced you to part with your money? Holt: Why, that he was to come into possession of this property.—Mr.Bes wick : I think there was something about a will ? Holt : Oh, yes ; there was a will, and the property he was to come into possession of; and he was to give me a salary of £l3O a year.—Mr. Maude granted a warrant. laviNE.—Two LIVES LOST. — An accident of a very distressing nature occurred at the bar-mouth of Irvine on Wednesday morning. John Ritchie, and his sons, James and John, having been out as usual fishing in the bay, on returning about nine o'clock, encountered a strong swell on the bar; and while struggling through the surge, a heavy sea struck and filled the boat, which instantly went down. The accident was seen by the people on the quay, who immediately sent off assistance, and succeeded in picking up one of the sons, (John,) who managed to keep himself afloat by clinging to two of the oars, but his father and brother met a watery grave. The body of the father, who, we believe, is a native of Newton-upon-Ayr, and cousin to the Rev. Dr. John Ritchie, of Edinburgh has been since found. We understand the young man who has been saved, and who is now quite recovered, strongly urged his father and brother not to risk the heavy sea at Irvine bar, but to put back to Saltcoats ; bat unfortu nately, his advice was unheeded as unnecessarily cautious. FATTIER FROUT.—The sudden and unexpected return from Malta of Frank Mahoney (the father Prout of Frazer's Magazine), has caused considerable surprise in the literary circles of the metropolis. Father Prout is one of the most accomplished scholars of the day ; he was educated for the Roman Catholic priesthood ; for many years past he has contributed largely to the perio dical literature of the day. Thus accomplished—a wit, and of a social turn—his company was much courted. He was by no means a bigoted Catholic, but was, in all he said and wrote touching polemics, free in the expression of his sentiments. Lord Stanley recently appointed him to the head of the Roman Catholic Institution at Malta ; such appointments, though conferred by the minister here, must be ratified by his Holiness the Pope. Mr. Mahoney, therefore, hied him to Rome to get the ratifi cation and blessing of his Holiness in due time he ap peared at the Vatican, but the Pope refused his toe, and would not ratify Lord Stanley's act. Mr. Mahoney, as may well be conceived, was confounded ; the Pope, how ever, remained inexorable, and his humble applicant had to leave Rome without gaining his object. Mr. Mahoney went to Malta, thence to Egypt, and home again. Lord Stanley, it is understood. will not interfere with the Pope's non-ratification. The cause of the refusal is in volved in mystery. Perhaps Father Prout was more witty than wise, and in the confidence of his social intercourse may have forgotten that the Pope has agents in London as well as elsewhere. —Edinburgh Weekly Register. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE (From the Morning Herald.) " The Anti-Corn-Law League f ' 9 said, on Saturday, a contemporary journal, remarkable for its rat-like pro pensities in forsaking what it conceives to be a falling house, "is a great fact." Assuredly it is ; but where fore make it a greater fact ? Why add to its import ance ? Why increase its strength ? Why augment its power ? The Anti-C orn -L aw L eague is, in its simpli city, radicalism under a novel combination ; it is, in re ality, a new manifestation of that democratic turbulence which seeks to accomplish a revolution once a year—it is, to use the late Lord Sydenham's expression, " a new flag to tight under." The success of such a confederacy would be another step towards those great organic changes in the main timbers of the constitution against which even Lord John Russell hath protested ; its tri umph is the death-blow to " finality." And yet who dare predicate that it will not succeed ? Nay ; who will deny that a deep and distinct shadow of future triumph is not now passing over the face of the land ? But are they who believe its immediate object to be injurious, and who are convinced that the ultimate consequences of its successes therein must be dangerous, to he af frighted by its annual festival at Manchester,—or to quail because in the place of its birth twelve thousand pounds were alleged to have been subscribed in the course of two hours ? Are they to precipitate the evils of the future by yielding to the ills of the present ? The Anti-Corn-Law League " is a great fact ;" but it is not yet a national fact ; it is important, but it is not all-im portant ; it is powerful, but it is not irresistible. If its success be inevitable, it is because they who are opposed to it will not exert their strength ; if its triumph be cer tain, it is because the Conservative party has sunk into indifference. * But the manifest and dishonest inconsistency of that journal [the Times] is unimportant in comparison with the present strength and future prospects of the League. That confederacy is powerful ; its inherent power is in creased by the supineness of those whose great interests it assaults ; and its success is certain unless vigour and unanimity be re-infused into the Conservative party. The sincerity of its leading men is testified by their sub scriptions; and the determination of its moving men is certified by their indomitable perseverance, their inces sant activity, and their remorseless unscrupulousness. Flushed with triumphs at London and Kendal, the League now assails Salisbury, threatens to invade every vacated borough, and has a'n organised correspondence in every town and village. It has its corps of reporters who note down every syllable that falls from the lips of its spouters ; it furnishes gratuitously elaborate reports to the Whig and Radical papers of the metropolis and the provinces ; and it gains their editorial assistance by the community of its opposition to Government, and still more by the lavish purchase of the papers containing the reports of its proceedings. Two or three years ago Ac land and Smith were its itinerant orators ; this year Cobden and Bright are its travelling agents ; then the former were kicked out of agricultural towns—now the latter address large audiences therein without interrup tion, end, we fear, with applause ; then the farmers were indignant—now they are listening ; then the landlords were, comparatively speaking, active—now they are quite supine ; then there were few men of wealth or re spectability, without the circle of Manchester and its satellite towns, subscribers to its funds—now our Jones Lloyds and Raikes Curries contribute to its rent ; then it raised £50,000 —now it is demanding £:00,000 ; and those who were then ashamed, are now proud of their membership. Neither can it be denied that a change of opinion on the subject of the Corn Law has been wrought in the minds of many who were the warmest advocates of protection to domestic agriculture ; men who, ten years ago, thought the then Corn Law was insufficient, are now content with the present reduced sliding scale ; men who then looked on total abolition as positive ruin, now only regard it as highly injurious ; men who then regarded a Corn Law as excellent per se, now defend it as necessary only because of the interests it has created. It would he treason in us to hide or understate these changes in the position of the League and in the state of public opinion from the agricultural classes whose confi dence it has long been our pride to enjoy. To be fore warned is to be foreartned. If they seek to maintain the present Corn Law, they must be up and doing ; if they still think protection necessary to their welfare, they must no longer remain quiescent or indifferent ; if they are not content to let the League have an early triumph, they must put their own shoulders to the wheel ; if they do not think that agricultural improve ment and science are their best security against foreign corn, they must extend their activity from their farms to county meetings. But county meetings or agricul tural petitions against the present law must strengthen the League ; we last year warned the farmers that by their adoption of Earl Stanhope's excitement against the sliding scale of 1842, they were playing into Mr. Cobden's hands; and we now repeat the advice we then gave them—that in union to support the present Corn Law and the present Ministry alone is their safety. If the present law cannot be maintained, substan tially all protection is abandoned ; if the present Cabinet cannot he sustained in power, that law cannot be main tained. In expressing dissatisfaction with ministers, far mers are lessening the power of their only friends ; in assisting to overturn the present Cabinet they are striking away the plank beneath their own feet. In Mr. Cobden's triumph there is ruin to the Conser vative party. Will not, then, the rapid progress he has lately made recompense its differences and reunite its ranks in earnest and cordial support of the Government ? The League triumphant, " other alterations," said Friend Bright lately, " will quickly follow !" - Who doubts it? The aristocracy ? The fundholder ? The Church ? C. W. WILLIAM'S ARGAND FURNACE, AND PINS FOR BOILERS. At the Society of Arts, on Wednesday evening, a paper was read by Mr. Whishaw (the secretary) on the above subjects. Having alluded to the generally deleterious effects of an atmosphere loaded with smoke, it stated that so long since as 1661 attention was called to the nuisance, which must have been, indeed, trifling, compared to the present day ; yet even then it was recommended that no manufactories should exist in or near towns, and the gold medal of the society has been offered for the last sixty years for the best plan for perfect combustion, and the consequent prevention, of smoke. By the plan recom mended by Watt, in 1785, and persevered in by eminent men of the present day—viz., the passing the gases over heated fuel on the bars—they were proved to be only de composed, and not consumed ; to show this, it is only ne cessary to pass olefiant gas, or bicarburetted hydrogen, to tubes heated to above a red heat, when half the carbon will be deposited on the sides in the form of soot, and the gas escaping at the end will be converted into carburetted hydrogen; if the process be several times repeated, fur ther decomposition will be effected, the remainder of the carbon deposited, and the gas escaping will be pure hy drogen. The paper then went on to describe the princi ple of Williams's Argand furnace, a full statement of which has so often been before our readers. It is founded on the true chemical laws of combustion, as laid down in Mr. Williams's able work on that subject (the only one in the English language)—viz., that as one cubic inch of gas requires ten cubic inches of atmospheric air to supply sufficient oxygen for its combustion, it requires a much larger admission of air than ever takes place in the com mon furnace ; and, as it requires that the gases and the oxygen should be intimately mixed, he admits the air in films or jets. upon the same principle as the Argand bur ner admits the gas in jets to the atmosphere ; and, among the various furnaces in London and the manufacturing districts, as well as on board steam-vessels, to which it has been applied, we believe, in every instance, it has completely answered the purpose—viz., that of perfectly consuming the gases as they are produced from the coal, causing greater heat (and, consequently, increased evapo rative powers), a considerable saving of fuel, and the en tire absence of black smoke from the chimney shaft. — Mr. Dircks (of Manchester) clearly explained the various models and diagrams by which the paper was illustrated. The conductor pins for boilers, also an invention of Mr. Williams, was next explained. They are rivetted or screw ed, into the boiler in any numbers, projecting into the flues, and, by presenting a greater conducting surface, cause more rapid evaporization with less fuel ; to show the properties of these conducting pins, water in a small tin vessel was boiled by a spirit lamp in a few minutes, and although, in this case, the pins were only fastened on the outside with common solder, such is their conducting powers of heat, that not one had melted off in numerous experiments, and it was stated, that at the Liverpool and Manchester Railway stationary-engine, the boiler did not give sufficient steam for the daily performance of the engine ; Mr. Williams was applied to, and he had inserted 120 pins, since which the boiler has supplied all the steam the engine can require. —Several experiments, illustrative of the correctness of Mr. Williams's principles, were shown, and the business of the evening gave evident sa tisfaction. THE DAILY PAPERS.—The proprietors of the daily papers have it in contemplation we understand, to raise the price of their papers from sd. to 6d. Considering the increased size of their sheets, and the enormous expense incurred in the procuration of intelligence from all parts of the world—an expense which is hourly on the increase —we are only surprised the resolution has not been adopted sooner.—Observer. --- ----- - SOUTHAMPTON. —LOYAL PROPOSITION. — we were not a little astonished on Thursday last, during the debate in the Town Council, to hear a magistrate gravely propose that the guns on the platform should be returned to the Ordnance, in order to save the expense of firing salutes to Royal and noble personages ! Really we scarcely know whether we are living in a loyal town, or are surrendered to levellers and Republicans. 11 hat next ?—Hampshire Advertiser. The private banking-house of " Bryant and Son," New market, has suspended payment. Mr. William Bryant, who is the only representative of the firm, is said to be possessed of great landed property, and at a meeting held at his office on the 20th, his creditors, after expressing their high satisfaction at the honourable manner in which he had rendered his accounts, declared their belief that he was perfectly solvent, and would be able, after paying 20s. in the pound with interest, to retain a considerable sur plus to himself. His banking business was very limited, and the stoppage is supposed to have arisen from the cir cumstance that too much of his money was locked up in landed property. GENERAL MISCELLANY, The Farmer's Journal says the malt tax will be repealed in the next session of Parliament. A. man called Westwood, has died of poison near Lich field, and his wife stands committed on the charge of murdering him. _ Mr. Toplis, the surveyor to the Sun Fire Office, has estimated the cost of restoring Luton Hoo, the seat of the Marquis of Bute, at between £30,000 and £40,000. Another extensive rum contract has been taken for 100,000 gallons : the price agreed upon is, we understand, ls. fild. for proof strength, not less than one-half to be from British possessions in America. We are happy to state, that by a recent convention ar rangements between the Postoffice of England and Hol land have been established, which secure to both countries a liberal reduction of postage. THE TEA TRADE, Nov. 20.—The deliveries last week were 468,2571 b., being rather lower. The trade has been very dull, and prices have remained about the same. There are public sales to-morrow. PRESERVING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Thursday last Lord Wenlock and five friends beat a cover about six acres in circumference, and killed 272 head of game.— Hull Packet. BONDED WAREHOUSES.—On Tuesday last, the Cor poration of this town disposed of four plots of land on the March for the erection of warehouses for bonding. We believe the buildings will be commenced immediately. Preston paper. The adulteration of guano is said to be carried on in this country to it dangerous and unwarrantable extent ; One amongst the numerous methods by which the efficacy of this valuable manure is materially impaired is the ad mixture of stone, ground into fine powder. TYPHUS FEVER.—This frequently fatal disease has become epidemical in Huddersfield, and last week the town-crier went round denouncing the sale of apples, turnips, and other cool country fruits and vegetables, as being considered promoters of the malady. Clara Novello, the celebrated vocalist, was married on Sunday to Count Gigliucci, of Fermo, in the Roman states. The happy couple left London for the Continent immediately after the ceremony. It is understood that she quits the profession of which she has so long been a distinguished ornament. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE.—On three and a quarter acres of land on Chat Moss, near Manchester, there has this season been dug 595 loads of potatoes, of 2591b5. each, equal to 671 tons, and worth 455. per ton. This land is under the superintendence of the Guardians of the Manchester Union. On Thursday morning a labouring man belonging to this town left for the metropolis, to take possession, as report says, of an immense amount of money, to which he has proved himself heir. Report farther saith, that the sum is £3,000,000, and that the case has been thirteeen years pending in the Court of Chancery.—Berwick Advertiser. THE LAST OF THE COACHES.—On Saturday last the Golden Path coach, which was started by Messrs. Clary and Shuttleworth, on the discontinuance of thr Old Wel l►ngton, from Colchester to London, ceased running, leaving no other public conveyance between that town and the metropolis than the railroad trains.—Norfolk Chronicle. THE POLISH BAIL.—The number of admission tick ets sold for the ball and concert given at Guildhall, on Thursday last, in aid of the funds for the relief of the Polish refugees, exceeded 1,500. The expenses for refresh ments, quadrille band, &c., amounted to about £450; and after deducting all necessary outlay, a surplus of £470 remains to handed over to the association.—Globe. On Wednesday, a cotton mill at Johnston, which has been worked only a few years, and which contains about 4200 mule spindles and nearly 1200 throstles, with an en gine of thirty-horse power, was sold in the Royal Exchange here, by auction, for £3910. There was also included in the sale a machine-shop, &c., which has been let at £9O a-year.----Glasgow Guardian. VAN AMBURGH AT BURY.—Singular as it may ap pear, it is nevertheless true, that at twelve o'clock at noon on Friday, the petty session was adjourned for half an hour, in order to allow the solicitors, county police men, overseers, and other officials, an opportunity of wit nessing the entrance of Van Amburgh, with his large col lection of wild beasts.—Blackburn Standard. A NEW MANURE.—A cargo of seal fish was delivered at Beauly last week to Mr. Colin Chisholm, from Shet land, to be used for manure. Another is said to be ordered by Mr. H. Mackenzie, Phoineas ; and the carcases of seals are getting into repute as well adapted, in certain soils, for agricultural purposes. It is mixed with earth as compost manure.—Rossthire Advertiser. LIEUTENANT MUNRO.—The following is an extract of a letter dated Inverness, Nov. 18 :—" Lieutenant Munro passed through this town yesterday, on his way to visit his venerable father in Tain, previous to surrendering to take his trial at the forthcoming sessions of the Central Crimi nal Court, in reference to the late unfortunate duel with Colonel Fawcett. He arrived at Hull by one of the Hamburgh steamers on Friday last." A number of shopkeepers of Sunderland, were brought before the sitting magistrates of that borough on Saturday last, charged with having in their possession a spurious article used in the adulteration of pepper, and some with having pepper in an adulterated state for sale. The par ties were fined in the mitigated penalty of £25. They in tend, however, to petition the board of excise for a reduc tion of the fine. REPLIED TEA LEAVES.—On Thursday last, Mr. Jas. Byram, of Gildersome, shopkeeper, appeared before the sitting magistrates, at the Leeds court-house, to answer to an information preferred against him by the excise, for haying in his possession, and offered for sale, 401bs. of spent tea leaves, which had been redried and coloured in imitation of black tea. The magistrates convicted the defendant in the highest penalty of £5 for every pound of the composition ; the fine was, therefore, £2OO. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. WARREN. -0 O Sabbath evening Mr. Warren, the blacking-manufacturer in the Strand, having been dining with Mr. Archbutt, in West minster-road, went to look at the fire then raging at the spermaceti-manufactory, in Paradise-street, Lambeth. He was in good health, but on his return home he sud denly fell to the ground, in Bishop's-walk, and was con veyed to the surgery of Mr. Cory, at the corner of Stand gate, where he died in a few minutes. MURDER. — On Sunday se'nnight a shocking affair oc curred at a lodging-house, in Spittal-street, Oldham-road, Manchester, where a woman, named Catherine Ripping ham, was so brutally treated by Nicholas Clarke, a hand loom weaver, with whom she had unfortunately cohabited, that she died on the sixth day afterwards. The deceased was about thirty years of age. An inquest was held on the body on Thursday, when a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against Nicholas Clarke. DUEL.—A hostile meeting took place on the sands, near Haverfordwest, on Tuesday se'nnight, between Capt. B—y, an officer who very gallantly distinguished him self in the wars in Affghanistan and Scinde, and a Mr. T. J—s, in consequence of some language spoken by the latter highly derogatory to the most illustrious personoge in the realm, in the presence of the captain, who resented it by a personal attack upon the disloyal subject, and a meeting ensued, in which Mr. J—s was very severely wounded, so much so that his life is despaired of. EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING. — On Friday afternoon an extensive seizure of tobacco was made at the warehouse of a most eminent merchant in the Minories, and a more cleverly-concerted scheme for carrying on a contraband trade has not been concocted for many years. The weight of the leaf seized is 4,4801b5., the duty upon which would amount to about £1,400. All parties found upon the pre mises, including the head of the firm, and engaged in the illicit trade, were taken into custody and conveyed to the station-house, and were brought un for examination on Saturday, at the Lambeth-street Police-office, when they were remarried to a future day. A. PLAGUE OF RATS.—There are, at the present time, in and about the fens around Ely, such quantities of rats that their number cannot be reckoned. Great efforts have been made to exterminate the vermin ; but still they are not sensibly lessened. Many acres of wheat must be sown again, and this again may fall a prey to their incur sions. Poison is laid in large quantities, which must take effect, as the bait has disappeared by the morning. Mr. W. Harlock has had men employed on his farm for some time. past to take these animals, and they have destroyed the almost incredible number of above 2,ooo.—Bury Post, _ _ SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Saturday, the 11th instant, while James Rankine, gamekeeper to William Forbes, Esq., of Callender, M.P., was hunting on the Denovan estate, two snipes rose—one taking the right, the other the left direction—both of which he imme diately brought down. His dogs soon after made a dead stand, when two birds rose; a hare at the same time starting from its den ; the dexterous eye of the sportsman catching one of the birds and the bare in a straight line, fired, when both fell, and then wheeling on his heel, brought the other down also.—Stirling Journal. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday week a very extensive conflagration broke out in the premises, formerly Bra mah's, but now belonging to Mr. Robinson, engineer, and situate in Eaton-lane, Pimlico. The official superintendent reports the entire destruction of the engineering and pat tern shops, with their valuable contents. No. 1, Belgrave street South, the school of industry of St. George's parish has the roof of its workshops burned, and has its back part extensively injured by fire. Nos. 3,4, 6,8, 10, and 11, in Upper Ranelagh-street, have their back premises more or less injured. The house No. I , Eaton-lane, is also much damaged at the back. Mr. Robinson is insured. The amount of property consumed cannot yet be correctly calculated. Some estimate it at £15,000, others at £20,000, and others again at double that amount. The truth lies probably between these two estimates. AFFRAY WITH PoAcHERS.—We regret to learn that a serious affray, between Lord Galloway's gamekeeper and a party of poachers, took place on the farm of Penkiln, in Sorbie parish, on Monday night week. It appears that on that night Mr. Wright, his lordship's head game keeper, while on his rounds with five assistants, fell in with a party of eight poachers, engaged in " netting" hares. They were armed with pitchforks and sticks, and had a double-barrelled gun among them ; part of them having also their coats turned, to prevent detection. The keepers having captured one of them, his companions made a desperate attempt at his rescue, in which they succeeded, having, we regret to learn, struck down and severely wounded Mr. Wright on the head and different parts of the body. Heron, another of the keepers, was also knocked down by the poachers, who eventually made off, leaving a hare and four rabbits. None of the party', owing to the late hour (it being midnight), were identified, though there is little doubt they must speedily fall into the hands of justice. Superintendent Clelland, of the Wigtownshire Police, was immediately despatched by the authorities in search of the offenders.—Galloway Register. *1 A MAN DROWNED IN BED.—On Friday night a lighterman, named David Augin, moored his barge, which was heavily loaden, close to the Temple, and went to bed in the cabin. Upon the tide turning, the barge having become firmly imbedded in the mud, did not rise with the water, which flowed into the cabin where Augin slept, and in the morning he was discovered a corpse, having been suffocated in his bed by the water. Th e lifeless body of the deceased is now awaiting the coroner's inquest. The poor fellow has left a wife and family.—Observer. LANDSLIP AT BRIGHTON, WITH LOSS OP LIFE.—• On Wednesday morning several hundred tons of earth and chalk slipped into the sea, near Kemp Town, Brigh ton, and, we regret to add, carried with it two men and a boy, one of whom was killed on the spot. The three had gone to the top of the cliff to look at the sea. When the immense mass separated, Holden, the man nearest the edge was thrown forward, and immediately buried in the falling material, while the other two were carried on the top of the foot of the cliff. They were rescued by some of the coast guard, but it was nearly an hour before Holden was dug out, when he was found to be quite dead. A WHALE IN THE DOWNS.—During the last week one of these monsters of the deep has been visiting our coast in search of herrings, its favourite food, and was distinctly seen on Sunday morning in the Downs, sending up its natural fountains. On Tuesday it was seen off Dover from the shore, and some men who were in a boat just as it was approaching, had a narrow escape of an upset ; but they luckily got on board a galliot which was passing at the time, and saved themselves from a watery grave. The finny giant is supposed to be upwards of 60 feet in length. The herring fishery is progressing very slowly on this part of the coast.—Dover Telegraph. RESTITUTION.—On Thursday morning last, Mr. J. H. Stephenson, draper, Oldham-street, received a letter, bearing the Hull post-mark of November 15, and dated that day, which is in the following terms;—" Dear Sir, — God has brought me to an awful concern for my soul. There is a wonderful revival spreading through this town at present. Restitution has been insisted upon. Between five and six years ago I robbed you of two pair of black stockings. I have been sorely distressed about my wickedness. Accept 55." The letter enclosed a post office order for ss. Mr. Stephenson says he was in bu siness in Hull, as a draper, five or six years ago, and he supposes the theft referred to to have been committed by some person shoplifting ; but he has not the slighest idea of the party.—Manchester Guardian. WHOLESALE CATTLE STEALING.—At the Eton Petty Sessions, Mr. Larkins, an active constable of Iver, ap plied to the magistrates for a warrant to apprehend a well known calf-jobber, upon a charge of being concerned in an extensive robbery of cattle from the Marsh Meadows, at Upton, near Slough, on the night of the 12th inst., when one red and six black heifers, worth from £lO t o £l2 each, the property of Mr. Joh n Pocock. an extensive far mer of Burnham, were driven clear off. Four of the beasts have been traced from the meadows over D itchet and Staines bridges, through Hounslow, up to Smithfield market, where they were disposed of to a butch..r from Canterbury. Two of these heifers, which were purchased through the agency of a salesman at Smithfield, have been given up to the owner. The man against whom the magis trates issued their warrant is supposed to beim extensive gang who have been for some time past carrying on their vocation in the neighbourhood of Sloug and Maidenhead. A reward of 30 guineas has been offered for the apprehensian of the theives. LEVEN.—EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF TOBACCO. the morning of Sabbath last, a great quantity of smug gled tobacco, amounting to some tons in weight, was dis covered lying on the sea beach adjoining our harbour. Such a discovery has naturally created a good deal of ex citement in this place, but how or where it came from re mains to be proved. However, it is generally believed that the stock had been secreted in a house in town, and that the parties, afraid of being discovered, had got it conveyed to the shore in order to save themselves. The whole has been taken possession of by the Custom-house officers, and carted to a cellar in town, where it no w li es under Her Majesty's keys. Since writing the above, other two discoveries have been made. Th e first, consist ing of six bags of leaf tobacco, was found secreted in the sands between this and Largo ; the other was made this morning (Tuesday) in the houses of two individuals residing in Leven, and, it is said, consists of about 10 cwt. of the best Cavendish ; making the seizures already ef fected somewhere about 3 tons, the value of which would amount to about £1,320. An examination of the parties implicated is just going on before the officials of the Cus tom-house.—Edinburgh Witness. THE LATE MINISTRY.-At a dinner at Bristol, a few days since, the liberal Earl Fitzharding thus spoke of his friends, the late whig ministers :—" Everybody recollects when a charge was brought against the late administration, of whom the right hon. baronet at my side (Sir John C. Hobhouse) formed a part—(cheers)—by Mr. Stanley, with considerable ability. He charged Mr. Littleton, now Lord Hatherton, with shoplifting—(a laugh)—and went on afterwards to accuse the whole government of thimblerigging. (Cheers.) Now, no man deplores the loss of Mr. Stanley more than I do. His high character, his splendid talents, his descent from one of the noblest and most patriotic families in England, made men look up to him as a leader, and I, as well as many others, would have been glad to serve under him as common soldiers. I can only now say for our party that we deeply deplore his loss. (Cheers.) What comes, therefore, from such a quarter must be necessarily worthy of attention. Mr. Stanley charged them with thimblerigging, and it was clear they did not like it. Nay, I must say, Ido not think they very well got out of it. (Cheers and laughter.)" EXTREMES OF AFFLUENCE AND MISERY.—It appears from a report of the proceedings of the Marlborough -street police-office, that there is an average number of fifty hu man beings, of all ages, who huddle together in the parks every night, having no shelter than what is supplied by the trees and hollows of the embankments. Of these the majority are young girls, who have been seduced from the country by the soldiers, and turned loose upon the world, in all the destitution of friendless penury, and all the recklessness of early vice. This is truly horrible. Poor there must be everywhere. Indigence will find Its way and set up its hideous state in the heart of a great and luxurious city. Amid the thousand narrow lanes and by streets of a populous metropolis, there must always, we fear, be much suffering—much that offends the eye—much that lurks unseen. But that the precincts of wealth, gaiety, and fashion, nigh the regal grandeur of St. James's, close on the palatial splendour of Bayswater, on the con fines of the old and new aristrocratic quarters, in a district where the cautious refinement of modern design has ab stained from erecting one single tenement for poverty; which seems as it were, dedicated to the exclusive enjoy ment of wealth—that there, want, and famine, and disease, and vice, should stalk in all their kindred horrors, con suming body by body, soul by soul! It is indeed, a mon strous state of things.—Times. A NOBLE INSOLVENT.—At the London Insolvent Debtors' Court, on Tuesday, the Duke of Normandy was brought up for examination. The schedule of this insol vent is a most extraordinary document, from which it appears that his aggregate debts amounted to £5200 3s. 2d., of which £4959 3s. 2d. were debts for which he had re ceived consideration, contracted since January, 1839. He attributed his insolvency to the non-completion of a war like invention for the English government, and to his property being seized by Mr. Jackson. From 1839 to 1843, he stated that he had received from friends gifts amounting to £4OOO. He had pledged plate and jewellery amounting to £685. For his assets, he stated, that he gave to his creditors " all his right and interest in the castles of St. Cloud and Ramboullet, near Paris, in the kingdom of France, which were purchased by his mother, Marie Antoinette, who paid 80,000,0001. for them, and they were her property; all his right and interest in the hands of the English government, being the value of cer tain ships of war which were, by the authorities of the city of Toulon, deposited in the hands of Admiral Hood, about the year 1794, in trust, on account and for the be nefit of Louis XVII., Dauphin of France ; being about the value of £262,000 ; and all his right and interest to the throne of France, as lawful son and heir of Louis XVI., late King of France." WATER-SPOUTS.—EASDALE, NOVEMBER 18.—About two o'clock this afternoon, two large waterspouts passed this island. The day was very boisterous ; wind south west, with frequent and heavy showers of sleet and hail; thunder and lightning. They were first observed about eight or ten miles to south-west. As they approached, they caused a good deal of alarm for the safety of the village, as it appeared to lie in their course. We consi dered the rate of their motion about double that of a good going steamer. They both kept the same tract, about two miles separate. Their appearance was grand and terrific, such as no description can do justice to. Passing about half a mile's distance, they appeared like two inverted cones suspended from a dark cloud. To wards the top or broad end, they differed but little in consistence from the cloud above ; but increasing in density downwards, and passing into a thin tube of water, increasing in thickness as the tube decreased in diameter, till within a third from the point, they appeared quite solid, and shining like a large icicle. We considered them to be, in appearance, about 200 feet in length, and their lowest points about 300 feet above the sea ; which was, right below them, much agitated by a violent whirl wind, raising a column of spray up to each of them like the steam blown off from an immense steam boiler. This spray appeared to feed the waterspouts, as it disappeared as if condensed on arriving within range of their attrac tion. They continued their course unbroken after pas sing, till they were lost to us in the distance.—Glasgow paper. GRAVES OF THE FORGOTTON DEAD.—Several gentle men assembled on Eston Nab, one of the Cleveland hills, on Thursday, the 9th instant, and, with the permission of the Lord of the Manor (Martin Stapylton, Esq.,) pro ceeded to lay open two tumuli, or sephulcral mounds. No thing was discovered to gratify their curiosity, but an empty excavation. The exploration, however, was very imperfect, the workmen being afraid, from the ticklish position in which they were placed, to encounter the peril of great muscular exertion, in removing a large stone which presented itself in their way. Th e secon d tumu l us was explored with greater success. A fine Roman urn was found under a flat stone, containing a quantity of hu man bones—several portions of the skull, small bones, and teeth : the teeth were in excellent preservation, after being embedded in the earth upwards of half an inch in thickness, and in colour resembling a common tile: it had a broad rim round the top, and its sides marked in a instrument. On manner by the point of some sharp themselvesvdinvestigations,er yards e i occupieda north s a xatonthfn this encampment, prhreaottvuenmso position,ug great the Romans be a shield of grotesque character. In turning over the wasOn t a h e r aunder device,pt of representing stone wh which atwcovered consideredthe mound, innumerable heaps of burnt wood, or charcoal of a semi-circular form, and of considerable extent. The hitherto w n u ae p axrl o,s no bsoAefpbme posted as u ht c y t ee o sdi s l considered distance res ult,Rom thougha ns I f ho r hew o a m deSv this place of rendezvous. whatw re thharso e'" • O . ' ! 5 ( 101 0 3 ' 0 , 11- pr ,Af