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London, England, 1840-08-24 00:00:00

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WESTERN CIRCUIT—BRIsroL, Are. 22.
SNELL V. oNvEN.
This was an action to recover 481., being the amount
paid by the plaintiff for ten shares in the Bristol and
Exeter Railway Company, for which he had received
no value.
Mr. Erle and Mr. Butt appeared for the plaintiff ;
and Mr. Sergeant Bompas and Mr. Cockburn for the
defence.
It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff, in
the year 1836, had bought the shares of Mr. Richard
Hall, a broker, who was authorised by the defend-
ant to dispose of them ; but then, when the transfer
was made, the name of the purchaser was left blank,
and Mr. Owen's name still remained on the books.
This practice was adopted by the brokers, in
order that the shares might pass through a num-
ber of hands without the expense of stamps on each
transfer ; but in this case, the defendant wishing to get
rid of the responsibility of paying up the calls, and the
plaintiff declining to have his name registered, Mr.
Hall himself bought the shares, and had them registered
in his owo name, and paid up the calls. Subsequently
he sold them again at a loss of Si., which the defendant
made good. In 1838 the plaintiff determined to become
a registered proprietor, and went to the office to have
the transfer completed, when he discovered that Mr.
Hall had had the shares registered in his own name.
Verdict for the defendant.
BRIBERY.—BARTLETT V. HUNT.
This was an action to recover 50/. for bribery at the
last municipal election for this city and county.
Mr. Erle, who, with Mr. Crowder, and Mr. Green-
wood, were retained for the plaintiff, stated the case to
the Jury. Hunt was charged with having, on the
night of the 21st of October last, gone to the house of
Mr. Wilson, who was a registered voter, and promised
him thatiMr. Webb's, the Conservative candidate, Com-
mittee would, if he would vote for that gentleman,
give him 5/. in exchange for a drinking glass of the
value of sixpence.
William Wilson, the voter attempted to he cor-
rupted, swore that the day before the election the de-
fendant, whom he had slightly known before, called on
him, and having been ushered in, began to talk about
" polling money" of 7s. 6d, per man which had for-
merly been paid by the candidates at parliamentary
elections. He then observed that the election of Town
Councillors took place on the following day, and on
his (witness) telling him that he had made up his mind
to remain neutral and not vote at all, he remarked
that it was the bounden duty of every man to do the best
he could for his family, and to provide all he could for
them honestly ; he then struck his knuckles two
or three times upon a rummer glass which stood on a
sideboard, and asked if he ( Wilson) would sell it ?
Wilson said he did not wish to, as it would be no object
to him, and Hunt then asked if he would take Si. for it.
He replied that he would not, as he had made up his
mind, let Hunt do what he pleased, to stick to his text.
The latter then went on to remark further that Si.
would be a good help to a poor man, and would enable
him to pay his rent, and upon witness assenting to the
remark he took his leave, proposing first to call in the
morning, and afterwards saying be would be back in
half an hour. At a late hour of the evening he called
again, and he then said he had just come from the Com-
mittee for Webb, who could not offer him the Si. in a
direct manner, as that would be considered to be bribery,
and would subject them to a penalty of 2501., but they
(the Committee) invited him (Wilson) to breakfast with
them at half-past seven o'clock the next morning, and
then it should be all right.
After some further evidence, Mr. Justice Coleridge
summed up at great length ; and the Jury, after con-
sulting rather better than an hour, returned a verdict
for the defendant.
The case excited considerable interest.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—LzrE.ftroor,, Aua. 22.
THE QUEEN V. PRENTICE AND ANOTHER.
This was a criminal information filed in the Court of
Queen's Bench, against Messrs. Prentice and Catteral,
the proprietors of the Manchester Times newspaper, of
the Itith of November last, for an alleged libel on Sir
Robert Holt Leigh.
Mr. CRESSWELL, in stating the case to the jury, ob-
served that there was at Wigan a free grammar school,
for some time time has
ofb weenh, iachtrtuhseteper.oselctuwtoarsiist; andthat
capacity that the libel
was directed against him. In the year 1812 an Act of
Parliament was obtained to enable the trustees of the
school to sell some part of the property, of which Sir
Robert became the purchaser, and the gist of the charge
was, that he had jobbed with the trustees to obtain an
add tion to his grounds. The object of the article in
question was to show that the school, if properly con-
ducted, was capable of being made much more bene-
ficial,
but that, owing to the trustees being a clique of
Tories, it had been grossly mismanaged, and the object
of the institution perverted. A passage from the re-
port of the Commissioners relative to the school was
quoted—" Paid R. Grimshawe 91/. for obtaining an
Act of Parliament for alienating the school property,
and serving the interests of Sir Robert Holt Leigh."
This article was followed by another in next week's
paper, by way of explanation, in which it was stated,
that so far as Sir Ih. H. Leigh was concerned, there
was no intention of charging him with collusion ; but
that the appropriation of the funds of the school for ob-
taining an Act of Parliament to enable the trustees to
tranfer a portion of the property to Sir R. H. Leigh
was an alienation of those funds : this was styled " a
fact and an inference," leaving, the Learned Counsel
observed, an imputation that Sir R. H. Leigh bad
l) •, and disgracefully trafficked with his co-
" •in to himself, to the detriment of the
basely, mean
trustees tor gain
charity, which he ought to have protected. The de-
fendants had not justified, and he tailed upon the Jury
to do justice to the character of the prosecutor by their
verdict.
The formal proof of the publication being gone
through,
Mr. PRENTICE addressed the jury. He expressed
his regret that he was prevented from examining Mr.
Gaskell and his clerk, who, if put into the witness box
by the prosecutor, would have shown how far he had
gone to mike any reparation in his power for the injury
which Sir R. H. Leigh might have sustained. He
complained that he and his partner had been harshly
dealt with by this mode of proceeding, when an action
would have served the purpose ;
witness-box, the whole, truth might have been elicited.
or had an indictment
been preferred, and Sir It. H. Leigh been put into the
lie referred to the affidavit of the prosecutor in the
Court of Queen's Bench, which, though true, did not,
be said, contain the whole truth, and proceeded to show
that the statement in the paper respecting the school was
sbietiy correct, and concluded by appealing to the jury
to do him the justice which he felt himself entitled to
at their hands.
The Learned JUDGE summed up: the case, and the
Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.

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.or amber spectacles Lein 7 now
mand there is for them ;rid the patronage they have and
daily continue to receive. The illesars. S. and B. Solo-
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•same
name, and the sale of aml,er spectacles ; the pernicious
well known to the
public, and the vendor beieg aware 6 of it, he has therefore
altered their name hy leayin, out the word " Amber,"
and calling them .4 Patent Spectacles." Dr.
.Andrew
Ure,
}:'' a i', - m ..., iA
~ I:, R. S., &c., states amber is most
powerfully electrical by friction, very hot, to such an ex-
tent as to explode into fragments. The workmen, too, are
subject to a nervous tremor in their lyrists, arms, &c., they
encounter great danger by handling such dreadfully-ex-
cited electrics. Amber is of such a soft and sticky na-
ture, that it is apt to take fire • and when exposed to
warmth it swells bubbles u and will burn away with
Time. This statement is further confirmed by Sir D.
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Brewster and Pliny, and also by Parks and Ilearns on :
chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a i
material for spectacles to imperfect vision may be ascer-
tained at any respectable optician's in London. 1

THE FESTIVAL OF REUBENS AT

ANTWE RP.

ANTWERP, AUG. 20.—0 n my arrival in this city,
by the steam-ship Archimedes, I found that the bad
weather which had prevailed for the last four days had
effectually prevented the contemplated regularity of the
Ides—a circumstance I had ❑o reason to regret, inas-
much as it afforded me the opportunity of witnessing
their real commencement this day. On the arrival of
the vessel at the quay, immediately in front of the
town, the numerous spectators collected to witness the
extraordinary powers of the screw-propeller welcomed
her with hearty cheers, which were responded to by
discharges of artillery, both from the 7essels in the river
and the contiguous forts.
I landed under a most agreeable sunshine, and found
Antwerp and the whole of its inhabitants in their grand
holiday attire. The bells were ringing from every part
a merry peal, and the streets were literally choked
up with vast crowds running to and fro, in search
of the numerous and ever varying amusements of
the occasion. All he principal streets were lined
on both sides v; ith fir-trees planted in the stone
pavement; and although these " alleys of verdure"
were composed entirely of limbs or branches cut from
the original trees in the neighbourhood, their evergreen
quality appeared to have suffered but little from the
rootless transplantation. From these trees festoons of
ribbons, silk, and coloured calico were suspended, inter-
spersed at regular intervals with artificial pilasters,
which acted as additional supports, and on the tops of
which were wreaths encircling the letter R. ; so that
the whole town was, in some sort, bound together by
these fragile but excessively pretty and certainly very
novel draperies. Across some of the principal streets
vast triumphal arches were thrown, most elaborately or-
namented with statues, paintings, and allegorical symbols.
The first thing I heard was, that the statue of Reu-
bens, which was to have been unveiled at an early
period of the fete, had not yet been sufficiently repaired
after the accident it recently sustained, and that its in-
auguration would not take place until Monday next,
when King Leopold is expected to be present. The
Belgians have erected a most magnificent pavilion im-
mediately opposite to the spot where it is to be placed
for the exclusive accommodation of the Royal party.
The situation is happily chosen. It is a large °pea
space on the broadest part of the quay, immediately in
front of the river, on which a massive pedestal has al-
ready been erected. The pavilion is covered with in-
numerable flags of the Belgian colours, to which the
streamers and ensigns of all nations, with which the ri-
ver-covered boats are decked from stem to stern and
from topmast to deck, impart a❑ unusual degree of
flaunting gaiety.
I have just returned from seeing one of the funniest
processions that ever entered into the mind of a panto-
mime-maker to conceive; or that the hand of man ever
executed. Anything which a past Lord Mayor yet
did in the way of amusing his fellow-citizens was in-
, comparably inferior, both in design and execution, to
this extraordinary pageant. Preceded by a band of
music, and guarded by a detachment of cavalry, there
came, in the first place, the representation of a mighty
dolphin or whale, big enough to have swallowed a dozen
Jonahs and their ship as well. This huge monster
was borne upon the backs of several horses ; and
astride his head sat a long-legged Cupid, dressed
apropos, according to the most orthodox mythological
costume, his stirrups extending half down to the eyes of
the fish, through which a tackle was passed wherewith to
lash the son of Venus firmly in his position. The jaws of
this marine devil were wide apart ; what the horrors of his
vasty deep " may have been I cannot even guess at, for
I was prevented by a dreadful double row of teeth
(every one of which was as long as a handspike) from
peering beyond their threatening barrier. As soon as
this monster had passed, two others of a similar but
much smaller genus followed him, each having, like
his great predecessor, a heathen god upon his back.
The❑ came a male and female giant, the latter armed
with smiles and curls, and the former with a club, and
both being a quadruple edition of the Guildhall Gog
and Magog. The lady carried herself with becoming
dignity. She was dressed a la Minerva, her magnificent
head bearing an equally magnificent helmet, her
right hand supporting a spear, and her left resting
on the invulnerable /Egis. The point of the spear
overtopped the houses, the face of the lady reaching
above the third floor windows. Nothing, however,
could tempt her to give one kind look to
any numerous admirers, who lined every aperture in the
fronts of the buildings before which she was paraded.
Her ladyship strictly preserved the "even tenour of
her way," until she was finally deposited in the ware-
house which is to have the honour of retaining her in
custody until another great occasion shall call her to
the field again. Not so with her lord and master. It
was thought proper that he should be invested with at '
least one of the attributes of gallantry so peculiarly ap-
priate to his sex, and his head was consequently made to
revolve in solemn dignity, in order that the great ma-
jority of his fair spectators might obtain a full view of his
majestically -condescending features. But by one of those
hitches which occur in well-regulated giants as often as
they do in well-regulated theatres and families, he unfor-
tunately got a " stiff neck," the efFect of which was to
fix his head in an angle of forty-five degrees with his
shoulders„over one of which both eyes were leering at
the spectators below. Nothing could be more gro•
tesqua and laughter-provoking than this immensely odd
monstrosity ; and when he was finally sent to keep
company with his lady love in the warehouse, the
Antwerpians and their visitors lost a gigantic por-
tion of their fun. Immediately succeeding the giant
came one or two smaller specimens of the same papier
machee race, followed by a cal riage, the most interesting
personage in which was an official throwing money to
the crowd ; and then, " though last not least," ap-
peered a really beautiful thing, which closed the pro-
cession. This was called the car of Reubens ; it was
a sort of triumphal chariot, very high, and filled with
living models of allegorical personages, and others
wearing the costume in use at the period when the
great painter flourished. This was by tar the most
attractive item in the procession, in the list of which,
however, I had almost forgotten to mention the repre-
sentation of a man of war, the bowspript, masts, and
yards of which were manned by forty or fifty boys in
appropriate dresses.
'rhe foregoing is a rapid sketch of what I have seen
to day, if I except some uninteresting boat races, and
two good concerts, at which M. Haumann, the violin
player, and Mademoiselle Janssens made a great and
well-deserved sensation.

I cannot close my letter without referring to a ludi
crous circumstance which occurred on board the Archi

suedes. When the vessel arrived at the ordinary land-
ing place in front of the town where the river is very
narrow, the English mate belonging to her took the helm
from the Dutch pilot who had brought her from Flush-
ing, and immediately put her about, although a tier of
vessels at anchor wet e so close that no other steamer or
sailing boat of the same size would have attempted it,
or could have performed the manoeuvre with success.
When the Dutchman saw what was about to take place,
he rushed to the tvheel for the purpose, as he supposed,
or preventing the mate running the ship aboard of the
others at their moorings, but heing kept back by force
front interfering, he lifted up his hands in despair, pro-
testing by all that was holy that it was not his fault.
To his amazement, however, the vessel performed the
evolution in about one half the space allotted to her.
Still unconvinced, he requested the Captain to order
the same thing to be repeated. It was immediately
granted, the execution, if possible, being neater and
closer than before. Unwilling to disbelieve the evi-
dence of his senses, and equally disinclined to give cre-
dence to what his previous experience had taught him
to be an impossibility, he bounded over the side of the
ship into his boat alongside, exclaiming to the men as
he hurriedly bade them sheer oti, " She is the devil
herself."—Morning Pest.

MR. GREEN, TILE AERONAUT.-Lord Dud-
ley Stuart has been unremitting in his attention to Mr.
Green since his late severe' accident on the occasion of
the late PoHill fete, and has sent his own physician
to render the assistance in his power. Mr. Green, we
are happy to say, is much better, and in hopes of being
able to fulfil his engagement at Nor wick.
DINNER TO THE EARL OF STAIR.---On
Tuesday the tenantry of Cie Earl of Stair, in Mid- Lothian,
entertained his Lordship at dinner, at Blaeltshiels Inn,
Fala, with a view to congratulate him on his accession to
the titles and fortunes of Stair. Upwards of 80 sat down
to dinner, Mr. Hunter, Oxenford Mains, in the chair, and
Mr. Anderson, of Whitburgh, croupier. On the right of
the chair we observed the Earl of Stair, Professor Wilson
North Dalrymple, Esq., Mr. Dundas, of Dundas, Sir Tho-
mas Dick Lauder, &c. ; and on the left, the Hon. Bouve.
rie Primrose, the Lord Provcst of Edinburgh, the Rev.
Mr. Harkness, Mr. Oliphant of Condie, &c. And among.
the other visitors present were Mr. Pringle of Blegbie,
Edward Horseman, Esq., M. P., Mr. Fletcher, of Dunansi
George Giey, Esq., Rev. Mr. Ramsay, of Gladsmuir,
Rev.. Mr. Cooper, Fala ; Rev. M. Elliot, Fens • Rev'
henry Scott Riddel, Caerlanrig : J. T. Gordon,
James Craufurd, Esq., and James Moncrieff, Esq
advo-
cates; tEneas *Bean, Esq., W.S. ; Dr. Otto, Pa'thhead,
&c.—Caledonian Mercury.
On Saturday morning, between ten and eleven.
as Mr. Joseph Tornsey, many years a resident in St.
Marylebone parish, was walking along Duke-street, Man-
chesler-square, with his son, in apparently excellent health
and spirits, he suddenly exclaimed, " Oh, Lord ! my
head," and instantly fell' lifeless on the pavement. The
body was removed to the infirmary.
CONSECRATION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC
BISHOP.--The consecration of the Right Rev. Dr. Brown,
as V,car Apostolic of the Northern District, will take
place at St. Anthony's Chapel, Scotland-road, on Monday
next, the 24th inst , at nine o'clock, and the public will
be admitted by tickets. It will, we believe, be the first
public consecration of a Catholic Bishop that has taken
place in this country since the Reformation.—Licerpoo.
Mercury.
GRAVESEND, AUG. 18.—A detachment of the
54th Regiment of Foot, front India, was landed here this
morning, and marched off to Chatham immediately. At
first sight we took these brave fellows for men of colour,
so sun-burnt are they from their long stay abroad. An
unusual number of invalids followed, together with several
baggage. waggons