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London, England, 1847-11-15 00:00:00

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_LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 15, 1847.

mouth on board a vessel from the Black Sea, in the fol-
lowing terms :—" We beg most unequivocally to contra-
dict the statement, and to assert not only that nothing
of the kind has occurred, mld that no epidemic whatever
prevails in this locality, notwithstanding the large influx
of strangers by recent arrivals. No vessel has been sub-
jected to quarantine through sickness, and only a few
have been placed under temporary restraint from their
not being provided with clean hills of health."

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY

CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY

The arrivals of English Wheat and Malt op to our
market last week were somewhat on the increase—those
of all ether articles of grain of home produce small. From
Scotland very little Corn came to hand, but upwards of
10,000 quarters of Oats, of the present year's growth
were received from Ireland. The imports from abroad
were comparatively small. viz., 7,544 quarters of Wheat,
5,285 ditto of Oats, 1,983 ditto of Beans, 1,960 ditto of
Peas, and only 496 barrels of Flour. No foreign Barley
came to hand. The receipts of English Wheat fresh up
to-day, by land-carriage, were small, but those coastwise
were somewhat extensive, and of very inferior quality.
On the whole the stands were well filled with
samples of both Red and White ; but as
the condition—arising from the prevailing damp
weather—was bad, the demand was in a very
sluggish state at a decline in the quotations paid on
Monday last of from 2s'to 3s per quarter, and at which
a clearance was not effected. We attribute the fall in
value to day more to the dampness of the parcels than
to any other circumstance. With foreign Wheat we
were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied.
Selected qualities of both red and white were a slow
sale at is per quarter less money, while all other kinds
were very dull, and quite 2s per quarter cheaper. Very
few parcels changed hands for export to the continent.
Notwithstanding the show of Barley: was small, that
article met a very slow inquiry. The best qualities
were mostly disposed of at last weeks prices ; but all
other kinds suffered a decline of Is. per quarter. The
supply of Malt being more than adequate to meet the
wants of the buyers, the trade was in a very depressed
state, at a fall, in value of quite 6d per quarter, and
several small parcels remained even at toe close of busi-
ness. There were very few Oats on offer. Selected
parcels of English and Irish were very firm, at full
rates of currency. In all other kinds a moderate
amount of business was doing, at late rates. Beans,
though a moderate supply, moved off slowly, at but
little alteration in value. The sale for Peas was slow;
nevertheless, previous rates were well supported. In-
dian Corn and Meal were rather dull. The Flour trade
was slow, at barely stationary prices.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 649 to 65s
Red. ........ 46s to 51s Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto,'White, New Ms 49s Lincolnsh., Fesd. 22s 21s
Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... .... 27s 283
coin, Red.— 465 515 Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White .... .. 52s 57s Black . .... •• 18s 21s
Irish, Red • • .... • • —s —s Cork, White ..... 21s 24s
Ditto, White .. .. .. —s —s Scotch, Feed... • • 25s 28s
Rye—Old ............ —8 s Beans—Tick ..... •• • • 378 46s
New. .... .... 323 35s Pigeons ...... .... 38s 458
Barley—Grinding. •• .. 25s 30s Peas—Grey .... .•• . 448 473
Malting . ........ 32s 33s Maple. ... •• • 443 478
Chevalier .... ... 34s 35s White ...... • •.. 52s 545
(Halt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .... ••• • • 55s 583

folk .. .... .. .. .. 62s 66s
Brown ... .. .. .. .. 60s 63s
Kingston and Ware 62s 64s

Flour—Town-made... 4ls 46,
Suffolk •••••• •• .. 36s 403
Stocktn & Norfolk 36s 40s
EIVIITILFXELIE

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor did not take his seat in his
court at Westminster to-day, till half-past eleven
o'clock, in consequence or having to come from
Windsor this morning, where his Lordship had been
on a visit to her Majesty.

WARE v. ROWLAND.
The further arguments in this part-heard appeal
occupied his Lordship the whole morning. The case
possesses no interest except to the parties concerned.
RO

LLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
GIBBINS V. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT NORTH-EASTERN

DISTRICT ASYLUM.
This was a cause which came on for re-hearing. It
appeared that the plaintiff sold the defendants a piece
of ground at Mile-end for the erection of an asylum.
The defendants disputed the contract upon the
ground that it was not completed, the plaintiff not
having made a legal title, which, however, the plain-
tiff had offered to do.

The arguments having concluded,
The MASTER or THE ROLLS considered that the
contract must be vitiated by the negotiations that had
taken place with reference to the question of title.
His Lordship granted a decree for the specific per-
formance of the contract, with a reference to the
Master to inquire if the plaintiff could give a good
title.

VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England heard
causes to•day.

WASTELL V. LESLIE.

This case came before the Court to-day, upon the
question whether the sum of 8211. Gs. 6d. ought to be
allowed for the expenses of an accountant in making
out the accounts of the estate of the testator, who
previous to his death kept a lunatic asylum in the
neighbourhood of Hoxton. The Master had reported
against the allowance of the amount, but no exceptions
had been taken to his report.
His Hosouß thought the amount ought to be
allowed, and ordered accordingly.
(Before Sir J. WIGRAM.)
JONES V. THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.
This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the
defendants from proceeding with a portion of their
works, till the decision of a court of law had been
obtained, as to their exact powers, and the rights of
the plaintiff under the General Act.
His HONOUR delivered judgment this morning.
The plaintiff was the occupier of a public-house,
back of which was a small cutilege, bounded by a
wall, and having no entrance or exit, except by the
house. The defendants, under the powers of their
Act, proposed to carry their railway, back of the
house, at an elevation in no part exceeding thirteen
feet. The plaintiff contended that the defendants
were bound to purchase the cutilege, which they
denied, and claimed to have the question decided
by law ; to facilitate which they admitted that the
messuage, or yard in question, was a cutilege. The
only point he had then to decide was as to what
way he should deal with the case in the mean-
time. Plaintiff said that the railway would obstruct
the light, deteriorate his store of liquors, and destroy
his trade, and therefore that he ought at once to be
paid for his house, and to be placed in a position to
remove to some other place and there establish him-
self in business. The plans and models showed clearly
that the works of the railway would deteriorate the
light and air of plaintiff's premises, and there was no
evidence to show that the defendants would be im-
peded in the construction of their line if they post-
poned their works at the plaintiff's premises till after
the trial. The conclusion to which he came was
that the injunction should then be granted, with
liberty to the defendants to apply to dissolve it before
the question at issue was decided, in case the opening
of the railway should be prevented, or any other in-
convenience sustained by them. He believed in this
case he acted according to the authority laid down
by the Lord Chancellor.
The decree was accordingly made.

grounds, but after a short discussion the further
hearing of the case was adjourned for a week, in
order to enable the defendant to add to his affidavits.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
THE QUEEN V. THE GUARDIANS OF SHEPPY.
Mr. PASULY applied for a rule calling upon the
guardians of the Sheppy Union to show cause why
an information should not be filed against them for
improperly discharging their duties. Some time ago
Jane Nightingale and her child became chargeable to
the parish, her husband having left her destitute at
Minster. She was married at Plymouth, and having
expressed a wish to be passed to her parish, the
guardians had, her before them, and, it appeared gave
instructions to the relieving-officer to see her re-
moved. The master of the workhouse accompanied
her to the pier, and gave her fifteen shillings to pay
her passage with, telling her that, as soon as she got
to London, she would find a Plymouth boat. Her
passage to London, food, and a bed for herself and
child, nearly consumed the whole of the money, and
the poor creature was compelled to walk to Stone-
house, near Plymouth, and to beg her way along, the
journey occupying her six weeks ! The next affi-
davit on which he moved was that of Lucy Ingram,
now an inmate of the Medway Union. She, under
similar circumstances, received 2s. 6d. to pay the
expense of her journey. She applied for admission
into the Chatham Union, although at first refused,
because no order had been sent with her, she was
directed, in fact, to proceed there and demand ad-
mission. The Learned Counsel said be grounded his
application on the affidavits of the clerk of the
Medway Union. Mr. Edmead, the clerk of the
Sheppy Union, had stated that the directors, finding
the settlement of Ingram to be at Chatham, requested
that union to receive her from them without the ex-
pense of an order.
The COURT granted the application.

EXCHEQUER,(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in banco.)
The Court was occupied during the day with ar-
guments in special cases.
The majority of cases brought before the court were
sent from one or other of the chancery courts, and the
details were utterly devoid of interest to any other
parties than those immediately interested.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
The Court was occupied during the day in hearing
cases of appeal under the Registration of Voters Act.

TOMS, APPELLANT V. LUCKETT, RESPONDENT.
Mr. ROMPTON stated that the appellant in this
case, Moses Toms, was struck off the last register for
the city of London, by Mr. M'Christie, the revising
barrister.

The particulars of the case, as stated by the
barrister for the opinion of the Court were to the
following effect. The appellant occupied the first
floor, consisting of two rooms, at 21, Milton-street,
City, for which he paid a rent of 55. 6d. a week, and
had resided there for the last year and three quarters.
The landlord occupied a shop on the ground floor, but
did not sleep there, and three other persons who had
distinct apartments, li▪
ved upstairs. Each of the
parties who resided in the house had separate keys,
and were at liberty to lock and unlock the front
door whenever they pleased. The door was never
bolted or fastened insi▪ de at night, and during
the day it remained open. The question there-
fore was, whether, under the circumstances stated
the occupation of the appellant was such an occupation
as entitled him to vote under the Reform Act. On
behalf of the appellant, it was contended that as he
had a key of the outer door, and as the landlord did
not reside in the house, but merely occupied a part of
it, that the landlord's occupation did not prevent the
appellant being enfranchi▪
sed. On the other hand, it
was urged that as the appellant had not the exclusive
control of the outer door, he was a mere lodger, and
was not entitled to vote. The revising barrister held
that the objection had been sustained, and expunged
the appellant's name from the register. Mr. Cromp-
ton now submitted that the appellant had a distinct
occupation of the premises, and was entitled to have
his name on the register. In support of his argument
he referred to the cases of Wright v. Town-clerk of
Stockport, 5 Manning and Grainger, p. 33 ; Pitts v.
Smedly ; and Score v. Huggett, 7 Manning and
Grainger, p. 95. In the latter case it was decided
that the occupier of part of a house, who had the key
of the outer door, and where the landlord did not
occupy any portion of the premises, was entitled to
vote.

MARLBRO%S TREE T—( TH IS DAY.)
Mr. John Brewer, a gentleman of independent
property, was charged before Mr. Bingham with
assaulting Mr. Thomas Archer, carver and gilder,
No. 3, Queen-street, Oxford-street.
The complainant stated that on Saturday night,
about half-past ten o'clock, as he was entering his
house with his supper beer, his attention was called
to the defendant, who appeared to be attempting to
commit a nuisance down complainant's area. He told
him that he must not commit a nuisance there, but if
he walked a little way down the street he wouldifind a
proper place, away from the public gaze. The de-
fendant went away, but shortly after returned, and
spoke to two females who were in the street. Com-
plainant thinking that the defendant had merely pre-
tended to go to the proper convenience, walked up to
him and told him so, whereupon he (defendant)
knocked him down and broke the jug containing the
beer. Complainant called out " Police," and after
some time a constable came up and took defendant
into custody.
In [reply to the charge the defendant said, on
Saturday night he was waiting in Queen-street for a
lady and her servant, who had been to the Princess's
Concert Rooms, when the complainant came up to
him, and in a very abrupt manner asked him if he
intended to commit a nuisance ? He said " Cer-
tainly not; why do you ask such a question ?" Com-
plainant replied your eyes, if you do intend
"D n
to do so I will give you in charge." Defendant at
that moment saw the lady whom he was waiting for,
--
and went up to speak to her, while doing so, the com-
plainant came up, and seizing hold of his collar, called
him a d—n liar. He expostulated with com-
plainant upon his strange conduct and desired him to
leave hold of his coat collar. Complainant
refused, and a struggle ensued, the result of which
was the downfall of complainant. A constable
shortly after came up, and, by order of complainant,
took him into custody. Defendant had several wit-
nesses who witnessed complainant's strange conduct.
Mr. Harry Burke, 30, Half-mcon-street, was then
called, and proved that the complainant's conduct
was violent in the extreme. He saw him holding
defendant by the collar, and heard him apply several
foul epithets to him.
The servant of the lady mentioned by defendant
also proved seeing complainant first strike defendant.
She also heard him call defendant by several foul
names.
Mr. BINGHAM said complainant had, acted very
unadvisedly, and without the least provocation on the
part of defendant. He should therefore discharge
him.

Wm. Walker, an assistant to a chemist and drug-
gist, was placed at the bar charged with assaulting
police-constable E 103.
It appeared that complainant was on duty in Ox-
ford-market about four o'clock on the previous after-
noon, when he saw the prisoner and another man
knocking at the door of a public-house. As it was
Divine service at the time he requested them to desist
and to go away. They promised to do so, and com-
plainant proceeded round his beat. When he re-
turned, they were still knocking at the door, with
more violence than before. He told them to go away
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Mary Ann Geary was charged with stealing a vo-
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her and gave her in charge.
Police-constable 14 E, said he took the • prisoner into
custody, and found the book in her possession. He
also found a tin teakettle in her possession, which
contained a large piece of soap and a quantity of
stay laces, the whole of which he had
ascertained she
had stolen.
The prisoner was remanded till Thursday next.
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The Ministers will have a meeting on Wednesday
next; the day previous to the meeting of Parliament,
Lord John Russell having issued invitations tothe
Cabinet Ministers to dine with him on that day, at his
Lordship's private residence in Chesham-place, Bel-
grave-square.
Lord and Lady John Russell received at dinner on
Saturday evening the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Dietrichstein, the Belgian Minister, Viscount
Anson, Lord Glenelg, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Hon.
G. Elliot, and Miss Lister.
Mr. Cobden, we understand, has announced his
intention of retiring from business in favour of his son ;
and will take up a permanent residence in the metropolis.
Mr. R. Coombes, coal-merchant, Wheeler-street,
Vauxhall, requests us to state that he is not the person
of that name charged at Bow-street, on Tuesday, the
2d instant.

WRECK OF THE NEW YORK
PACKET-SHIP STEPHEN WHITNEY.
LOSS OF NINETY-ONE LIVES.
(From the Liverpool Albion of this day.)
We regret to announce the total loss of the New
York packet-ship Stephen Whitney, off the south-
western coast of Ireland, on the night of Wednesday
last; and the disaster, it appears, has, unhappily, been
accompanied with the loss of ninety-one lives.
The details of this lamentable disaster, attended
with a loss of life so extensive, are not yet fully in
our possession ; but from the subjoined letter received
from the Comptroller of Customs at Skibbereen, and
kindly placed in our hands by Messrs. Smith and
Co., of Water-street, it will be perceived that of the
main facts mentioned there can be no question.
"Skibbereen, Nov. 12, 1847.
" I send you a very bad account of a wreck, as
you may know some of the merchants concerned.
The packet-ship Stephen Whitney, from New York
to Liverpool, totally lost on the West Calf (an island
of Scull), on the 10th inst., at ten rad., the master
(Popham) drowned. She had on board a general
cargo; crew and passengers, 110 ; 91 lost; viz. :
passengers, 76, and the master and crew, 15 ; 20
were females, and 3 children. The names of the
cabin passengers lost were Mrs. Thom, English ; Mr.
Roberts, New York, merchant; Mr. M'Cabe
American ; Dr. Sweeny, Irish ; Mr. Robinson,
Liverpool."

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.--ARRIVAL OF THE
CONCH D'ELIRE.—At length this long expected docu-
ment has been received. It reached Manchester through
the post, oh Thursday evening last, and was delivered to
the Very Rev. the Dean. The canons at present in town
are the Revs. C. D. Wray and Oswald Sergeant. We
believe it is likely that a chapter will be held on Wed-
nesday next, for the election of the first bishop of Man-
chester. The conge d'elire is a royal license, under the
great seal, granting permission to the dean and chapter
to proceed to the election of a bishop. It is accom-
panied by a letter-missive, which contains the name of
the person they shall elect, and they may not legally
elect any other. It is needless to add that the name in
this letter-missive is that of the Rev. James Prince Lee.
The consecration of the new bishop will take place in
the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, on the 28th inst.—Man-
chesser Guardian.
A HINT TO THE LADIES.......The Nottingham Journal
states that a singular fraud has been successfully at-
tempted by some laceworkers, who have given to cotton
the appearance of silk. Silk thread is dissolved by a
chemical process, and after the cotton thread has been
drawn through the solution thus obtained it has the gloss
and appearance of silk,thread, from which the eye can-
not distinguish it.
The Observer, of yesterday, Nov. 14, gave a sort
of programme of the intended performances at Covent-
garden,
on the 7th of December, in aid of the Shak-
spere House Fund, with the names of twenty talanted
performers, who have already volunteered their valuable
services. A copy of the Observer will, at all times, be a
great treat to country cousins. Price of the Observer
(40 columns) 6d. There is scarcely a Club House, In-
stitution, Library, or News Room, in all England, Sect-
land, Ireland, the Continent, East and West Indies, &c.,
in which the Observer is not taken in, and frequently
duplicate copies. The extensive publication of the
Observer commences at Six and concludes at Ten
o'clock on Sunday morning. A Monday edition of the
Observer, best adapted for the country, and abroad, is
regularly published at Four o'clock on Monday after-
noon.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE " OBSERVER," Nov.
14.—Upwards of 6 folio columns of monetary affairs up
to the latest hour of Saturday, including Messrs. Laing
and Bruener's circular ; two columns of Marylebone
important meeting at Vestry Court-house ; full parti-
culars of the suicide of Count Bresson, the negotiator
of the Royal Spanish marriages ; death and a memoir
of Mendelssohn Bartholdy ; art and artists, &c.
HULL, Nov. 13.—Last evening a meeting of the
Liberal electors took place in Market-place Wares, for
the purpose of selecting a fit and proper person as coun-
cillor, in the room of Mr. Forrester, lately elected an
alderman. There were two candidates proposed, but
the large majority of hands held up for Mr. Thomas
Mitchell places his election for the office beyond a doubt.
Indeed, it is a compliment Mr. Mitchell richly deserves
for his straightforward and unflinching conduct during a
churchwardenship of ten years, held to the satisfaction
of the greater portion of the parish of Holy Trinity.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—Last evening, about
five o'clock, the clerks at the Manchester station of the
Commercial Electric Telegraph received by the instru-
ment the gratifying announcement that the wires were
all connected, and that the communication was now
quite completed, and ready for the transmission of in-
telligence throughout to the metropolis; and the best
proof of this was given immediately afterwards, by the
transmission to Manchester of the closing prices in the
money market and the share market up to four o'clock,
and also of the corn market, Mark-lane, to its close.
The route of the telegraphic wires would be called
circuitous, if the swift elemental fluid did not virtually
annihilate distance. From Manchester, the wires ex-
tend to Normanton, where there is a telegraphic station;
thence along the North Midland I;ne to Derby,
where also there is a telegraphic station; thence
by the Midland Counties to Rugby, where there
is another telegraphic station; and thence by the London
and North-Western line direct to Euston-square, where
this and other northern lines of telegraphic communica-
tion are conected with those extending to the south end
south-eastern coast. Of these, the principal now open
are those having telegraph termini at Dover, at Gos-
port, and at Southampton. With these ports, we, in
Manchester, may now communicate in a few minutes.
As the telegraph stations are now open day and
night, of course any important intelligence can be
transmitted throughout the kingdom with a speed sur-
passing every need of even this railway age.—Munches-
ter Guardian.

NORTH AMERICAN MAIL.—On Saturday, notice
was issued and affixed at the General Post Office, St.
Martin's-le-Grand, that the Britannia would convey the
mails of the evening of the 18th instant for British North
America, Bermuda, and the United States, which would
be the last semi-monthly mail dispatched till the month
of April, 1848.
THE APPROACHING POLISH BALL AT GUILDHALL.
—Au unusually full meeting of the committee for con-
ducting this entertainment was held on Saturday last, at
Guildhall. After an address from Lord Dudley Stuart,
M.P., expressive of his confident hope that the present
meeting would exceed all which had preceded it, Mr.
Carr, the honorary secretary, announced that, notwith-
standing the late pressure in the money market, the sale
of tickets was proceeding much better than in former
years, and that the present arrangements far surpassed
all the previous ones in splendour. It is expected that a
great number of the patronesses will be present upon
the occasion.

HANDLING " FILTHY LUCRE."—At the City
Police Committee, on Saturday, a number of Jew sales-
men, carrying on business in Duke-street, St. James's-
place, &e., in the vicinity of Houndsditch, were fined in
sums varying from five shillings and costs to the
amount of expenses for having casks and fruit baskets
placed upon the foot-pavement. The defendants said
they could not pay the fine that day, being their Sab-
bath. If the officer called they might get it, or if the
bench allowed they would send the amount on Monday.
Sir P. Laurie—Not pay, indeed, on the Sabbath ! Will
you receive any money on that day ? One of the de-
fendants—Ah, your worship, that s quite a different
thing. Of course we do.—(Laughter.) Sir Peter
Laurie—l thought so—receive all, and pay none. Mr.
Alderman Wilson—Well, I do not wish to interfere
with your form of religion. Pay the fines on Monday,
at the Guildhall justice-room.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—Mr. Mills held an in-
quest on Saturday at the Sir Isaac Newton, Union-
street, Marylebone, on Henry Dymark, aged fifty-
eight. It appeared that the deceased, who had been a
servant in the employ of Mr. Schweppe, mineral and
soda-water manufacturer, Berners-street, for thirty
years, had lately, through family quarrels, indulged in
drunkenness. On Wednesday night he returned to his
lodgings, 4, Union-street, where he cohabited with a
woman, having deserted his wife. That woman was
not then at home, and he went in search of her. After
some time he found her in a public-house drinking,
and asked her to accompany him home, which she re-
fused doing. He then left her, and returned to his
lodgings. Shortly afterwards, his son, a young boy,
went into the room, and seeing something
,white as he
thought standing in it, ran down stairs and continued
playing in the street for an hour afterwards, and then
returned to the room and struck a light, when he found
that the object in white was his father, who had hanged
himself from a staple that ho had fastened in the ceil-
ing. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning Mr. John Mills,
a master baker, in Short's-buildings, Clerkenwell,
hanged himself in his bakehouse. The unfortunate
man was much respected, and at present no reason is
assigned for the dreadful act.

J. Drinkwater Bethune, Esq., some time Parlia-
mentary Counsel at the Home-office, is appointed to suc-
ceed Charles Hay Cameron, Esq., barrister-at-law, as
President of the Indian Law Council, and Member of
the Supreme Council at Calcutte.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 12.—The marke
is improving, and a steady consumptive business is being
transacted at an advance of fully ls. on previous rates.
—Bristol Mercury.
TIIE CITY COUNTY COURT.—On Saturday Mr.
Commissioner Bullock had no fewer than 102 cases to

dispose of, and, by his decisions and impartiality, gave
much satisfaction in almost every case, the oppressive
creditor and the dishonest debtor being the only parties
to find fault.

REPRESENTATION OF STOCRPORT.—We again 'Deg
to assure our townsmen, that as soon as a vacancy shall
be declared, by the resignation of Mr. Cobden., it is the
intention of the Conservative party to brint! forward a
gentleman whose claims to the suffrages of the electors
will, we think, be not only unquesticiable, but unde-
niable.—Stockport Advertiser.

Forgeries Of the 250 f. notes of the' Bank of Lyons
have been made, but they aro so clumsily executed that
they may be easily recognised. They are printed on a
sheet of white paper, on which a greasy substance has
been passed to make the paper transparent and of a
greenish yellow colour. The words " Deux Cent
Cinquante Francs," and " Bank de Lyon," disappear
when the note is held up to the light. Again, in the
genuine notes, it is as easy to read on the back as on the
front, whilst on the forgeries it is not so. And, finally,
the paper of the forgeries is soft and yielding.—Galii.
The Earl of Yarborough rill mo-e, and theananEarl
of Besborough second, the address in the Lords. Mr.
James Heywood and Mr. A. Shafto Adair will be re-
spectively the DIOVer and seconder in the Commons.

THE CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE
COMPANY.
A SFecial Meeting of the Shareholders of this
Company was held on Saturday, at their offices,Villiers •
street, Strand,:at one o'clock, for the purpose of con..
firming the resolutions passed at the last meeting, for
raising 20,0001. by the creation of new quarter-
shares.

The resolutions to-day submitted for confirmation
were those which have caused so many protracted,
violent, and adjourned discussions, and which were
at one of the former meetings rejected altogether.
Mr. W. Hawes occupied the chair. The attend-
ance of shareholders was not large.
The advertisement having been read,
The CHAIRMAN simply intimated that the meeting
was a special one, called for the purpose of confirming
the resolutions agreed to at the last meeting.
Mr. BROWNE stigmatised the conduct of the
chairman and directors in the whole proceeding
as totally opposed to the interests of the company.
The chairman by endeavouring to sell the bridge
had put several of the shareholders to considerable ex-
pense in opposing what they considered a wanton act,
and one instituted for the purpose of depriving them
of their property, and although they had sent a copy
of their bill to each of the directors, none of them had
had the courtesy to acknowledge its receipt, or to
propose any mode of liquinating it. Mr. Browne
repeated the statements which he had made at the
last meeting with respect to the affairs of the company
and the conduct of the directors, and concluded by
blaming the shareholders for succumbing to the
chairman and directors in the way they had.
The resolutions were then confirmed.
• Mr. ELKINs wished to be afforded an opportunity of
perusing the reports of the committees on which the
chairman and directors had based their recommenda-
tions, and which had induced the shareholders to
accede to the propositions contained in them. He
also wished to know whether the solicitor
of the company was there ex officio, or as a
shareholder ? He asked this question, because it ap-
peared to him that the business they had been called
together to transact did not require his presence, and
therefore they ought not to be put to the expense of
his attendance.—(Hear, hear.) The act was deroga-
tory to the character of a professional man. It was
true there had been occasions on which the atten-
dance of a solicitor WAS necessary, but this was not
one of them. It further appeared to him that the
accounts should be further investigated. He wished
the directors, however, success in their endeavours to
obtain the money they had been compelled to raise.
Mr. STITTELEY, the chairman of the Market Com-
pany, regretted extremely that the chairman had
allowed this conversation to take place, because it was
altogether irregular. The meeting was merely a
special one, and the simple and only question the
shareholders had been called together to decide was
whether they should or should not confirm the reso-
lutions refei;ed to. Beyond this they could not
proceed, because the new matter had no reference to
the business of the day. It would, however, have been
otherwise if the advertisement had stated " and for the
consideration of other business ;" but as this was not
done, and prcperly so, and as no second meeting had
been called of a general nature, the gentleman who
had spoken was clearly out of order. It was unne-
cessary for him to make any remarks on the demand
made by them to have the accounts further investi-
gated. Such a demand should have been made at an
ordinary general meeting, and not at a special one.
Besides, the small attendance showed the shareholders
considered that no extraneous subject like this was to
be discussed. He felt bound in honour, after what he
stated at the last meeting, to attend to-day to support
the confirmation of the resolutions. He came to
transact no other business beyond this; and if any
other matter had been submitted to the meeting, he
should have been taken by surprise, and could not,
therefore, have given it his support. He felt it his
duty to rise and protest against the proceedings which
had this day taken place on the part of the two gen-
tlemen who had addressed the meeting being con-
strued into a precedent.—(Hear.) If it were so
construed, motions might be brought forward with-
out any previous intimation, and carried without the
consent of the body of the shareholders.
Mr. BROWNE wished to explain, in reply to Mr.
Stuteley, whojhad characterised his conduct as irre-
gular. He begged to state that he conceived he had a
right, as a shareholder, to ask any question of the
directors, though the subject to which it had re-
ference might not be set down in the advertisement
calling the meeting. If he had had anything to ask
with respect to the Market Company
The CHAIRMAN—That is not in order. You have
explained.
Mr. BRowNE—I have not yet done.
The CHAIRMAN—WiII you terminate what you
have to say at once ?
Mr. BROWNE—I conceive you have no right to
dictate to me the nature of my explanation.
The CHAIRMAN Undoubtedly, whenever you,
or any one else, steps beyond the strict line of expla-
nation, it is my duty, as chairman, to put an end to
it. I appeal to the meeting. I am in your hands.
If you think this gentleman has entered sufficiently
into his explanation, you will be good enough to
say so ; if you think he has not, it is my duty to hear
him.

Mr. BROWNE—Do not take his advice—do not
believe him ; he wishes to keep you under his foot as
he has done for years.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.")
The meeting voted that Mr. Browne should not be
heard.

The CHAIRMAN then said, as the business was over,
he might merely say, in adjourning the meeting, that
during the whole period he had had the plea-
sure of holding the office of deputy chairman
of the company it had not been his lot
to have such gross statements and charges made
against him, to be exposed to so many undeserved
insinuations and aspersions, as those to which he had
been subjected at the last two or three meetings—
charges which all who were acquinted with him and
his colleagues who surrounded him knew to be unjust
and untrue. He did not trample upon his colleagues
—for that was made a charge against him—because
they were too independent to truckle to him
or any man. The shareholders were not
wanting in independence also, for they had
out-voted him on more than one occasion.
This proved to demonstration that they supported him
when his opinions coincided with theirs, and that
they did not hesitate to oppose him when the contrary
was the case. On such occasions he, as their deputy
chairman, felt in duty bound to succumb to their
opinions, and to carry them out to the best of his
ability, and neither he nor his colleagues wished to
possess any power but that which they derived from
the shareholders.—(llear, hear.) He felt, therefore,
called upon in his own defence to deny the
truth of the charges and insinuations so
improperlyindulged in by the gentleman who had
spoken. In reply to the demand of Mr. Elkins he
begged to state that the reports to which he referred
were merely that of sub-committees, which were not
in a state to be presented to the proprietors. He
must, therefore, seek them on some other occasion.
With regard to the solicitor, he had to state that that
gentleman was a shareholder; but if he were not he
(Mr. llawes) contended that the legal officer of a com-
pany generally attended its public and other meet-
ings.— (Mr. Browne—" No, no ; it is too bad.") But he
took it on broader grounds : the directors had bad
an important meeting which was attended by the so-
licitor, and it naturally followed that he should attend
the meeting of the shareholders also. Besides, since
the commencement of the company, the. presence of
the legal officer had always been recognised at the
meetings. With respect to the accounts, and in reply
to the statements made respecting them, he had to
refer the shareholders to the ample financial
statements laid before r them. at previous meetings
in which:it was stated that the law and Parliamentary
proceedings, and with the Market Company, would
be about 1,0001. That sum would cover the ex-
penses incurred. He pointed to these statements, as
a reply to the charge that the directors had never
rendered an account of the law charges. They all
regretted that they had been put to such expenses,
but he trusted that the support the company was now
receiving from the Market Company—and thein-
terests of the two bodies were identical—would pre-
vent any similar expenditure.
A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair-
man and directors, the meeting separated.

of Englr.nd and France are at
The Governments
this moment engaged
may at length pr?ve ofotirattihone s,
settlementwhich we eoftrtuhset
protracted
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and mischievous,inraisinsgtrutghgele i n
blockade the River
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both mischievous and ineffec-
tual, which waa
moror:liinehthhee spiritfeared ofto hisvio 11-.
with Lord oir er
structions. .fie
he
would
hishtr7c(lt letter of
Lord Tlowden, on the other hand, acted with spirit as
,v6l as sense, anti in a way which will tend, we trust, to
teal,
bring the settlement of affairs in that quarter to a
speedy and satisfactory issue.—Observer.
MILITARY FLOGGING AT WOOLITICII.--011 Friday
morning, at the early hour of seven o'clock, the whole. ul
the Royal Artillery off duty were mustered on parade,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bent, and
marched to the and r. to witness the sentence of
a court-martial executed on a
9th battalion. The culpritgunner and driver of the
John Smith whose name is said to be
, was , gunner
of stealing money, to the
amount of id. 18s., from a comrade, and was senvenced to
receive fifty lashes, which were promptly inflicted in the
Riding-school. At its conclusion, the punishment being.
it is said, unusually severe, the prisoner was so exhausted
that he had to be removed to the Royal Ordnance Hos-
pital in a sedan chair. The punishment was carried out
so secretly that the fact was almost unknown beyond
the walls of the barracks.
We regret to announce
of the of
i daughter Marquis
Ailesbury. Her ladyship
d at
Copenhagen on
p
ex
lrefter a very few days'
the death of the Countess
Danneskiold de Sams6e,
the 6th instant, of inflammation, after
illness. •