The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-12 00:00:00

RADCLIFFE-CLOSE READING-

MOON.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
On Saturday evening, the 6th of November inst., the
members of the reading-roota in connection with the
works and tenantry of Mrs. M. Bealey and Son, Rad-
cliffe, held a tea party, to commemorate their first anni-
versary. Afterwards James Booth, Esq., treasurer, was
unanimously called to preside, and opened the meeting
by an appropriate speech, when Mr. F. Gooden, the se-
cretary, read the report of the past year, which was
very interesting and encouraging. The meeting was
then addressed by several of the members, on the ad-
vantages to be derived from such institutions, and at in-
tervals was .enlivened by select pieces of vocal music from
Handel, Mozart, &c. &c. About ten o'clock the meet-
ing brcke up, highly gratified with the proceedings of
the evening, and with increased respect to the worthy
family, to whom must be attributed the existence of the
institution.

About fifteen months ago the reading-room was fitted
up with everything necessary for the accommodation of
the members, by Messrs. M. Bealey and Sons, and has
since received the additional present of a splendid set
of maps.
The'reading-room is governed by a Committee chosen
annually by the members from among their own body.
The adult members subscribe 3d. a month ; boys under
sixteen years of age, 2d. The periodicals at present
received are six in number, which, with two daily and
nine weekly newspapers, selected from among the most
respectable of all parties, forms a very good assortment
of reading.

OFFICERS ON HALF-PAY.
TO THE EDITOR Ok THE SUN.

Slit, I must beg to plead, through the public Press,
for a class of men who, strange to say, are neglected
and forgotten—whose services appear to have escaped
those who have most deeply benefited by them, and who,
uninfluential and insignificant themselves, have little to
hope, except from the love of justice and fairplay in the
British people.
The late most joyful event, in which every loyal Eng-
lishman exults, holds forth to the British army the
prospect of an extensive Brevet. In this all grades
will participate except one—the Subalterns placed on
half-pay at the close of the war.
Many of these men have lavished their blood in those.
victories that reward their leaders with honours and dis-
tinction. Many have suffered from sickness and dis-
ease in unhealthy climates. Many have purchased their
commissions, and been twice reduced. They have been
warned that their half-pay was a retaining fee, not a re-
ward for past services. A strict espionage. has been held
over them, and any attempt to add to their pittance has
been followed by an order to accept a commuted allow-
ance. Thus have these men been held inactive for more
than a quarter of a century, waiting until called upon by
their country.
Surely something might be done ? The Brevet of
Captain, with an extra shilling a day, would not ruin
the country, and would prove to them that they were not
forgotten. I leave this to your able advocacy, Mr.
Editor, and am your obedient servant,
Nov. 11, 1841. A LIEUTENANT OP 1813.

We have pleasure in stating that on Sabbath
the 31st ult., a collection was made in the Rev. George
Lawson's Church, Selkirk, in behalf of the unemployed
weavers at Paisley, amounting to 18/. 6d. sterling, a sum
alike honourable to the congregation and their respected
pastor, who pled with heart-touching eloquence, the
cause of the sufferers. We think it right to mention,
that Mr. Campbell, the parish minister, intimated to his
people the object of the collection, a circumstance worthy
the imitation of Christian Ministers of all denominations,
to co-operate with one another in every good work.—
Edinburgh paper.
THE LATE AUSPICIOUS EVENT.—The form
of prayer and thanksgiving for the safe delivery of the
Queen and the birth of a Prince of Wales, has just been
sent to us in a very elegant form. It is printed in golden
letters on a bronze ground, with the crest of the Prince
of Wales, beautifully executed, immediately over the
prayer. It is executed by a young tradesman of Fore-
street, who deserves praise for :the beauty of the design
and the desintch which he has shown in bringing it out,
and the trifling price at which it can be sold.
,We regret to have to announce thefd:e,liel.oatuhenotf
eloquent
Peter Burrowes, Esq., long the well-known an
member of the Irish Bar, and who, up
tlooniamissioner of
since, discharged the duties of Chi
the Insolvent Debtors' Court, Itrheelaiinn,ll,,stCin 'which he was
succeeded by the son of one of
his own day and party
in Ireland, Mr. Curran..
this
country, resided in
Burrowes, who had for ;:onieop
country, chiefly for the sake Mr.
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with the supposed amount of their liabilities, but we have
dit advisable to withhold the particulars. In the
deemed
meantime we may observe that these failures have added
greatly to the existing apprehensions in that important
commercial mart.—Chronicle.

EVENING SUN`-

THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND. -‘1
The month of November has impro7ed vastly on its.*
predecessor ; and the prevalence of dry, sunny weather', 1
has enabled our hill farmers to gather in their long out-
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standing crop with comfort and advantage., Illselatt4 '
part is indeed better than the for'
--:rowi)*,-t,,: e
favourable turn of the weather, which-44A and ven-
tilated the stooks, and permitted the whole to be
housed in tolerable condition. A few patches of beans
May still be seen in the -field, but the corn harvest is
over. Wheat sowing will now be in progress ; but,
as we have before remarked, the uncertain nature
of this grain in our variable climate has greatly
abridged the quantity sown, and oats, or barley, are
found to be a more sure and profitable crop. A gen-
tleman in Fifeshire writes us—" We have enjoyed for
the last ten days a tract of very favourable harvest
weather. The outstanding corn will now be secured,
and the greater portion of the potato crop got up. 1
learn from Perthshire that the crop has not suffered any-
thing like what was feared."
Potato-lifting is now the order of the day, in all our
rural districts. The accounts are contradictory as to
the effects of the lite frost. In a field near this town,
' some women observed to us that their potatoes
were much damaged ; that they had lifted a boll,
and that one-half of them was scarcely worth taking
home. On mentioning this to a farmer in the
immediate neighbourhood, he remarked, that the
women knew nothing of the matter, and that he
did not conceive the crop would be any thing
the worse ! Of course, much will depend on situation.
A farmer, near Cromarty, said to us the other day—
" My potatoes are all secured, and though we bad
much frost, they have sustained scarcely any damage ;
they are of good size and quelity, but rather deficient
in quantity." That this is not generally the case, even
in the more exposed Highland districts, is proved by
the following agreeable intelligence, conveyed by a gen-
tleman who has just returned from Strathglass :
" I was paying our friend, Mr. Robertson, of Aigas,
a visit last week. On my arrival I found his servants
raising the potatoes, and I went to the field to look at
them. I never saw such a crop, either as to size or
quantity. The field contained oLly two acres, and there
were upwards of ninety bolls raised from it. I weighed
two of them, and the largest was lib. 12oz. . I am cer-
tain there was a cart-load of them which would ave-
rage in weight 260 z."
Of abundant produce, the following is a remarkable
instance :—Two potatoes of the Rohan kind were
planted last season in the garden of Ballindalloch ; the
produce of the two has been 1191bs. 14oz.
In Glengarry, and the neighbouring districts, the
harvest is completely over ; the oat crop is the-principal
one, and it is fay an average. The potatoes are plen-
tiful, though in some instances, to a trifling extent,
touched with frost.

The accounts from those fertile districts, the Carse
of Gowrie and Strathmore, are nearly the same as our
own. Rain—rain ; but at length partial fine weather,
and the crop secured, though not always in the best
condition. Of Strathmore, the Dundee Advertiser re-
ports

" The lifting of the potatoes, and the getting-in of
the wheat see.d, where the ground is already cleared,
is now the burden of out-door labour; but the seve.e
nocturnal frosts prevectirg the commencement of these
operations until the day is considerably advanced, and
the difficulty in many places tf procuring a sufficiency
of hands, renders the progress-making much more
tardy than we could eeire. The p tatoes, upon the
whole, are a good return, and not so much in-
jured by the sJperabundance of moisture as might
have been expected. The turnips, however, have
been more seriously inkirel by the protracted rains;
and, although in general they appeared to come away
fairly during the early part of the season, a lack of
sunshine, together with the excess of moisture, has
prevented them swelling fret:ly into bulb, and conse-
quently they will be rasher a dt fieient return. It would
be premature at present to speculate much upon the
quality of the different sorts of grain, although it will,
without doubt, be inferior, 53 well as in quantity. The
prices of all sorts of grain are at present on the advance,
whilst those of the various sorts of catee, but especially
wintering, would appear to be declining."—lnverness
Courier.

PORTSMOUTH,
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The result of the municipal elections on the Ist No-
vember, 184 I, Was the return of—Reformers, 14; Tories, 1.
The only ward-that was contested was among the Re-
formers themselves fur St. Thomas's, being the town of
Portsmouth. The result was—

Mr. Warn (Radical) I7IIM r. Hawkins (Radical) 60
Mr. Bramble (Whig)., 13'4 Mr.- Iluish (Whig), a
Mr. Childs (Radical) 133; candidate forthe office
Mr. Burne (Whig) l23i of Mayor 6l
Mr. Miller (Whig), ex- .1

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churchwarden ... -
116
The: first four elected.

On the 9th Mr. Howard (a Whig) was elected Mayor,
having carried the election in opposition to Mr. Casher
(a Whig). The Ward of St. Thomas's was entitled to
the Mayor, but the chance-of the birth of a Prince of
Wales, and the bauble of Knighthood, was so great a
temptation to the " Griflinites " as could not be with-
stood, and they came primed to the brim to do any act
of injustice to another Ward, so that they could grasp
the bauble for themselves. If such had not been the
case, and the only objection had been to Mr. Casher,
they would have proposed Alderman Carter, or Mr.
Hoskins, or Mr. Slight. The Griffinites entered into a
compromise to elect a Tory Alderman in the room of one
of the seven going out of office (who was disqualified),
to get their great " Dan " (not Daniel O'Connell) elect-
ed Mayor. Dr. Thompson is the first and Only Tory
Alderman.

Mr. C. Baldwin, the Conservative M.P. for
Totnes, is now in Ireland, where he has proceeded for
the purpose of visiting his estates. Mr. Baldwin is at
present staying with Lord Charleville.

CURIOUS-ROBBERY.—On Lord Mayor's Day,
as the procession was passing the Mansion House, the
thieves were, as might be expected, very busily employed.
Amongst the persons robbed was a French gentleman.
The way in which the robbery was committed had a good
deal of coolness and comedy about it. The gentleman had
his watch, to which there was a guard, in one waistcoat
pocket, and a purse containing 15 sovereign. in the other,
and he kept his arms down so as to protect the property
in both pockets. As he walked along a well-dressed
person, who had noticed him for some time, said to him,
" Oh, Sir, if you carry your arms in that way,
you will have your pockets picked as sure as ever
you were born." " All," said the French gentlemin,
'
"Sare, I shall thank you let me know how I carry my
arms." " Why, this way to be sure, replied the polite
adviser ; and taking hold of one of the Frenchman's,.
raised it up, and, with amazing quickness, whipped out
the purse, while the grateful foreigner passed along,
saying, " Sare, I thank you vera much for showing me
how not to be robbed." The gentleman did not ascer-
tain that he had lost anything till he got into Wood-
street, where he visited a family and mentioned the ad-
venture pretty nearly as it is stated above. The state-
ment of this robbery at the .Ml.lansion House brought to
mind an impudent robbery 'which was committed on
Ludgate-hill in the mayoralty of Alderman Thompson.
Upon that occasion a little elderly dressy man, who had a
diamond pin in his shirt, stood nut of the crowd upon the
steps of a hall door, and was enjoying the procession with
great dignity. The sparkling gem in his shirt, hOwever,
soon attracted the attention of a gang of thieves, who
went over to the place on which he stood, and held him
by the arms, while ono of the fraternity quietly took.the
pin out of the little fellow's shirt, and fixing it in his
own, said, " I say, old fellow, don't it look a precious
sight better where it is now, eh ?" It WAS in vain the
loser cried out. The gang drowned his voice by their
vociferations; and, getting among the crowd.
in their work without any interruption from him.
COACH ACCIDENT.--On Thursday morning,
about ten o'clock, as the Birmingham mail was proceed-
ingtiner
along Barr's-lane, it came in contact with timber
waggon waggon unloading at the yard of Mr. Trapn:_.,
concussion was so violent that the coachnuftnwhnouint";:a's
of the passengers were thrown off,
one
eonoveyed to Mr.
severely injured. lle was immediately proceeded
and Macdonald's, surgeon, in St. James
was promptly attended to by
that gentleman,
the plane of his
imme-
diately afterwards proceeded to Iterative _
ct some slight
residence. One of the horses
no further injury
bruises, but we are happy to add that
was clone.—Slicrborne Journal.
A mason of LaMarche,
MURDER WILL OUT.
1.,
for a reward of 10f., to
in the Nievre, lately undertook, a
poor neighbour to the
ntlencmarar where he
carry the illegitimate I
Hospice at Autun, the body of the infant
t day
river. The unfortunate mother,
was found drowned in a
future
day she might be able to re-
claim her child, hat
hoping that at somei written its baptismal name and the
name of its godmother n a piece of paper, and sewed it
to part of the dress. This remained unobliterated by
the water, and led -
nd led to the ascertainingf
theidentity of
the child. TIT man has not yet been arrested, but the
pursuit of him.—Paris paper,
officers
of justice are in
GREAT MINDS IN SMALL BODIES.—It WOW('
cost little exertion of memory to swell the list of
great minds in diminutive frames, who, " ingentes aninios
a:rgusto in corpore versant." The names of David.Alex-
ander, Pepin, Tamerlane, Napoleon, are best known
among the rulers of the earth ; and in private eminence
those of Horace, Pomponatius, Fracastor, Vida, Galli-
leo, Sarpi, Pope, Rousseau, Wilberforce, Grattan, Cur-
ran, Gibbon, Erskine, Sir Humphrey Davy, the Ven-
dean chief Charette ; and so many more, among whom
are some living statesmen—Guizot, Thiers, and Lord
John Russell, who resemble the honiuncio exilis staturGe,
of Demosthenes.—Gentiernan's Magazine for November.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.--A few days ago, a
gentleman of the name of Gibbs (of London) was riding
a very, beautiful and spirited horse, on the road about a
mile and a half out of Dartford, at the turn of two roads
the animal took fright at a pointing-post, and galloped
off at a dreadful rate clown the hill till he came to the
chalk-pits. The animal gave a plunge and fell near 90
feet over the cliff. Mr. Gibbs being•
warned by two or
I three persons, who witnessed his frightfuPsituation,
had the presence of mind to throw himself from his horse.
He was immediately taken up, and it was found he had
broken his arm in two places. The horse was killed on
the spot.
On Thursday last about thirty,individuals of
the labouring population left Melksham as emigrants to
the island of Jamaica, whither several had before gone,
; who are doing well. They are employed on the coffee
plantations on the hills.— Wiltshire Independent.

EVENING SUN

EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS '
OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON ON
THE BIRTHS OF GEORGE 111. AND IV.
The following is an exact copy of the proceedings of
the Corporation of London, as stated in the journals of
that body, in the year 1738, upon the birth of George 111.
" A Common Council holden is the Chamber of the
Guildhall, London, on Wednesday, the 7th of June, 1738,
and in the eleventh year of the reign of King George IL,
of Great Britain. &c., before Sir John Barnard, Knight,
Lord Mayor of the said City, &c.
" A motion being made that this Court do address his
Majesty to congratulate him on the happy increase of the
Royal family by the birth of a Prince, the same was re-
solved in the affirmative, whereupon the Court doth
nominate and appoint Sir John Eyles, Bart., &c., a com-
mittee to withdraw immediately and prepare an address
for that purpose.
" And the said Committee withdrew accordingly, and
soon returned and presented to this Court an address by
them prepared, pursuant to the above resolution, which,
being read several times, was agreed to, and follows in
these words
" To the King's Most Excellent Majesty,
" ' The humble Address of the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common
Council assembled :
" May it please your Majesty,—Your most dutiful
and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons, in Common Council assembled, do with hearts
full of joy approach your throne, and humbly beg leave
to offer our congratulations on the happy increase of
your Royal family by the birth of a Prince, and therein
the strengthening and establishing the religious and
civil rights of this country, and the liberties of Europe.
" We are so sensible of the many blessings of your
Majesty's reign, that from interest, as well as duty, we
wish it long and prosperous, and when, in course of
time, this Prince shall come to reign, may he, by the ex-
ample of his Royal predecessors, have learnt to rule a
free but obedient people, and become the guardian of
those liberties which, by their precepts, he will have
been taught to protect.
" We should be wanting in that duty we owe to your
Majesty, if we did not take this opportunity of testifying
our joy, and assuring your Majesty of our fidelity and
affection.'
" And it is ordered that the said address be fairly tran-
scribed, and signed by the town-clerk, and presented to
his Majesty by the whole Court.
" It is ordered, that Messrs. the Sheriffs, attended by
Mr. Ramembrancer, do wait on his Majesty, to know
the Royal will and pleasure when the Court shall attend
him with the said address.
" It was reported that his Majesty received them very
graciously, and was pleased to make this most gracious
answer, viz :
•" I thank you for your congratulation on this occa-
sion, and for this mark of your duty and affection to me
and my family. The City of London may always depend
on my favour and protection.'
" A motion being made that this Court (loth agree to
compliment their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
eiss of Wales on the increase of the Royal Family and
birth of a Prince,
" The same was unanimously resolved in the affirmative.
" A Committee presented a compliment in writing by
them prepared for the purpose aforesaid, and the same
b!ing several times read, was agreed to in the following
word.; :

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM VIZ DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The congratulations addressed by Lord
Lyndhurst to the company at the Lord Mayor's din-
ner, taken with the history of the " legislative .pro-
vision" with which his Lordship connected them, sim-
ply means, that the Tories " struggled" successfully to
prevent the public from deriving from it the advan-
tages it proposed to confer, by facilitating the adminis-
tration of justice in that Court, which had become a
nuisance rather than a beneSt, in consequence of the
tardiness of its proceedings—until they should be able
to select the additional Judges from their own party
ranks, and provide for the son of Lord Abinger in the
way we have described, by fastening him—as a recom-
pense for a few months occupancy of an enormously-
paid office about to be abolished—a pensioner upon the
public revenue ! So much for the subject-matter of
Lord Lyndhurst's laudatory oration—the "WE have
at length been able to obtain," to which the citizens
were expected to respond with suitable " cheers."
Lord Lyndhurst is egregiously mistaken if he sup-
poses that the newly-appointed Chancery Judges, or
the newly-issued Chancery Commission, will remove
" the standing reproach on the Court of Chancery."
The evils in which that "standing reproach" originated,
sink deeper into the system than they will venture to
sound, and rise higher than they will presume to soar,
in search of their origin, or the patronage which pro-
tects and fosters them. The Court of Chancery, to
be worthy of, or worth anything to the country, must
be so constituted as to be placed in a condition to ad-
minister justice at a cheap and easy rate to all suitors,
be the value of the property in dispute 500,000/.,
or only 50/. To palliate the evils which abound
in the constitution of that Court, is rather to retard
the crisis which assuredly awaits it, and - which can
be postposed only to the period when the institu-
tions of the country are adapted to the improved spirit
and character of the age. The additional Judges, 'and
the newly-issued Commission, may serve to ward off the
dreaded catastrophe from those of the present genets-
lion who batten upon the harassing delays and ruinous
expenses to suitors in that " standing reproach" upon
the public justice of the country. -
STAND A RD.—The happy birth of the Heir Ap-
parent, and the safety of a beloved Sovereign, are still
the engrossing subjects of interest, and we should feel
shame for the degeneracy of Englishmen if any other
subject rivalled them ; hut there is no cause for appre-
hension of such an occasion to blush. Englishmen
are what they always were. Their public virtue has
its root where only national virtue can ever flourish—
in the reverence for domestic duties and domestic
affections ; they are the best citizens, because they are
first the best sons, husbands, and fathers ; but al
their highest domestic affections are now awakened
in sympathy with their Sovereign and her family.
It is almost to desecrate the love of which Queen
Victoria is with so many millions the object, to
mingle with it any consideration of loyalty, still
more to alloy it with a sense of personal interest ; but
were it not indeed an unnecessary task to reinforce the
feeling of personal affection by considerations of loyalty
and of interest, the birth of an heir to the British
Crown and to the House of Hanover sw,rgests such
considerations in ample profusion. The Crown of
England is held by older, more numerous, and
more sacred titles than any crown in the world.
Its tenure is of the extent of ore thousand years at
least ; and though that tenure has been in early times
broken by interruptions, these interruptions have been
brief, and the possession has constantly reverted to
the family of her who now adorns it. This proves no
Divine right—but it proves the general virtue of the
family to which the glorious inheritance has constantly
been reser% ed, and the indelible loyalty of the British
nation. The dignity of the Crown of England is in-
deed transcendent, and it has been so guarded by Pro-
vidence to the family holding it for a thousand t cars,
that there is seine excuse for the votaries of Divine
right. It is, however, upon the lat a 13 of the Ha-toyer
branch of the Illustrious House of England that the
British Crown has beamed with the greatest brilliancy
—a brilliancy not less sp!eadid because mild and
beneficent.
COURIER.—There is nit a quarter of the British
dominions, widely extended as they are, in which
the birth of a Prince of Wales will not be hailed
with an equal degree of vivid and joyous enthu-
siasm, es that which ha:led the auspicious (vela on
Tuesday throughout the knth and breadth of
this va:t metropolis. Tire birth of the Heir appa-
rent to the throne of thess realms has been ever
signalized in British history as an occasion for the
outpourings of gratitude and thankfulness to the All-wise
Disposer of all human events as well as for the ma riles-
tations of that ardent and affectionate loyalty which so
prominently marks the character of Englishmen.
With us, tha•rk heaven lo)a!ty is not a bare ab-
straction ; it is a vivifying principle, inspiring senti
ments of reverence and love for the person of the
Sovereign, of obedience and attachment to sovereignty
itself, and if ever the nation was permitted to give way
to its joyous and generous impulses wholly and unre-
servedly--:if ever there was an event connected with the
occupants of the British Thi ono which may be celearatsd
by all classes, ranks, and conditions of people, as not
only a present blessing but the promise of innumerable
future ones—it is that which thrilled all loyal and faith-
ful hearts with joy on Tuesday last. The nation re-
joices in it -as- filiing up the measure of her Gracious
Majesty's happiness—as gladdening the heart of
her Illustrious Consort—not more illustrious by ex-
alted station, than by the sublimest virtues, and as
realising the fondest hopes of an anxious and grateful
people. Our beloved Queen has eudesred herself to the
hearts and affections of every class of her subjects, by a
combination of the rarest moral and intellectual attri-
butes. In every quality that dignifies the woman, and
becomes the Queen of a free people, our present Gra-
cious Majesty stands alone and unapproached, the per-
fect model of every womanly and queenly virtue, And
therefore it is, that even on personal grounds she com-
mands the dutiful affections of her people. During her
short reign (may it be long and glorious) she has in
every act of her life shown herself a truly constitutional
monarch—benevolently anxious to promote the welfare
of her people, to consult their wishes and be guided by
heir legitimately and constitutionally expressed advice.

May it please your Royal Highnesses,
"‘ We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common
Councilmen of the City of London, beg leave to attend
your Royal Highnesses to express our joy on the increase
of your family by the birth of a Prince, and on the re-
covery of her-Royal Highness.
May your Royal Highnesses become the happy
parents of a numerous offspring to be a delight to his
Martsty and your Royal Highnesses, give joy to his
M.jesty's subjects, and strengthen every part of our
Constitution.
We doubt not but by your Royal Highnesses' care
this young Prince will be early taught those virtuous
rnaNims which alone can make a Prince and people
happy, and that by the example of his Majesty and your
Royal Highnesses he will learn that the glory as well as
security of the throne must be founded in the hearts
Lnd atitions of the people.'
• It is resolved that the said compliment shall be
made to their nova! Highnesses by the whole Court; and
his Lordship, now informing this Court that his Royal
Highness bad rppointed Tuesday next, between two and
three o'clock, at Norfolk House, in St. James's-square, to
receive the said compliment, this Court doth resolve to
attend accordingly, and (loth desire the Rccorder,in their
names, t-_.) make the same."
On the 12111 of July, 1738, the Journals have the ful-

lowing:-- •
" Th,7 Right lion. the Lord Mayor acquainted the
Court, that on Tuesday, the 27th of June lust, they did I
attend their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Waies, according to his Royal Highness's appoint-
ment, at Norfolk-house, with their compliments on the
increase of the Royal Family and birth of a Prince ; that
their Royal Highnesses received them very graciously,
and his Royal Highness was pleased to return this most
gracious answer (t:iat is to say):—
"• My Lord and Gentlemen—l return you my thanks,
and those of the Princess, for this new instance of your
duty to the King and of your ati;_!ction to me.
My son, I hope, may conic in time to deserve the
gratitude of a free people which his Majecty now enjoys,
and it shall be my constant care to instruct him that true
loyalty can only he the result of liberty.'"
The following is the account of the City proceedings
upon the birth of George IV. (The Court of Aldermen
used not at that period to go up with addresses to the
Sovereign of themselves, but accompanied the Court
of Common Council, of which the Aldermen were also
members) :
" A Common Council, holden in the Chamber of the
Guildhall of the City, on Friday, the 13th day of August,
1764, and in the second year of the reign of our Sove-
reign Lord George 111., King of Great Britain, &c., be-
fore Sir Samuel Fludyer, night and Baronet, Lord
Mayor, &c., .and the greater part of the Commons of the
said City, in the same Common Council, then and there
.assembled.
" A motion was made that an humble address be pre-
sented to the King to congratulate his Majesty upon the
safe delivery of the Queen, and the birth of a Prince.
The same was unanimously resolved in the affirmative.
Aid the Committee presented unto this Court an
address by them prepared, which king several times
read, and an amendment made thereto, the same was
agreed to in the following words:—
" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" The humble address of the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common
Council assembled.
" ' Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's
ever dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Commons of your City of London, in Com-
mon Council assembled, humbly beg leave to embrace
the earliest opportunity of congratulating your Majesty
upon the safe and happy delivery of the Queen and the
auspicious birth of a Prince.
" So important an event, and upon a day ever sacred
to liberty and these kingdoms, fills us with the most
grat.)ful sentiments of His divine goodness, that has
thus early crowned your Majesty's domestic happiness,
and opened to your people the agreeable prospect of per-
manence and stability to the blessings they derive from the
wisdom and steadiness of your Majesty's victorious reign.
" May the same gracious Providence now restore
your Majesty's most amiable and beloved consort, and
gio perfect health and length of days to the Royal infant.
Long, very long, may your Majesty live the guar-
dian and protector, the ornament and delight, of Great
Brittn, and by your instructions and example to form
the mind of your Royal son to the government of a free,
brave. and generous people ; and, in the fulness of time,
ausy that son succeed to the virtues as well as the throne
of his Royal father, and preserve for a long succession
of years the glory, happiness, and prosperity of this
country.
On the Ist of October, 1762, the journals state as
follows:—
"The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor acquainted this
Court, that on Saturday, the 14th of August last, his
Lordship mid this Court did attend his Majesty a St.
James's, =cording to his Royal appointment, with their
address which was agreed to at the last Common Coun-
cil, that his Majesty received them very graciously, and
was pleased to make this most.gracious
44 • I receive, with the greatest pleasure, the very af-
fectionate expressions of your duty and attachment to
my family, and thank
me and to You for your
e,with which my
congra-
tulations upon an event so l interesting to me,
and to the
people,
future welfare of my own happi-
vess upon this and every other occasion is inseparably
nneeted,
The
City
of
London may always depend
.."
t tion:" upon my
cora:ant favour and proec_
[I Y. another part of The Sun is given a very different
address to George 111. by the City
versitit, both of the
of Lon don, and of his
Majesty s answer ; but, as the
from the Jouals of the
account
preeedill is copied
resume it is the snore
Co:Torah n of London, we p
correct.]

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM
RICHARD HOWITT.
AUSTRALIA FELIX, FEB. 14, 1841.
I wonder hog these new emigrants will like Austra-
lia-102 in the shade, as it has been this last week ;
there's a climate for you ? The whole country glowing
and glimmering like one furnace. Twice the bush has
been accidentally set on fire near us, and we and our
neighbourhood have had to thrash out the flaming grass
with green boughs. If fires arc not almost immediately
discovered, the whole land is in flames—grass, bushes,
trees ; myriads of insects flittering about the fire and
smoke, with svvallows, martins, magpies,crows, hovering
around to catch them. In a abort time the country, in-
stead of a brown, is a blackened wilderness. Go where
you will there are on the trees traces of fire. There are
also, on the trees, marks cut in them by the natives.
These I first saw in Van Diemen's Land, and was much
interested by them there—marks left by natives, who
had themselves disappeared :
Wherever human foot has been
I love the faintest mark to trace ;
I love to linger near the fire,
Extinct of any race.
Whatever lives of dark or bright
Is there with its intensest power—
Is with me in the open light,
And haunts me at the midnight hour.
The universal soul of song
Is round me spread, above, below :
All mysteries that to life belong—
Crowd on me wheresoe'er I go.
So far, but no further with off-hand verse. Writing
to you opens old fountains of the mind and heart, and
the waters of poesy gush forth. Very few poems have
I written in this alien country. One longish poem in
praise of the River Yarra, and a few others ; a sonnet
I will copy :
Blow from the Northern regions of the earth,
Etherial winds, one point from out the west :
Awake in me what fancy loves the best,
That ye come from the country of my birth.
oBwu,
ht
dins
ers!
Toss not in tempest, dance not in wild mirth,
But breathe of
stohfi heaven
been,etiarvben calm, and home-felt rest—
ajogr nhfaeisrs, andis u
n
Death of the soul, P
thisssestdearth
friendlytof the heart and mind!
Whence now may
sfrwohmetrheeceaanrtlhfiwnhdinh
conversed ever flow ?
In this strange region friends
Save flowers,God's grow ?
Then from the Northernb
region
sun br(e)athe thou wind
Shine from the North, thou shine and
s blow !
Now, is not this a complaining sonnet?
gh
lit ix, and ought not to have been penned inutrhe'en"
excellcot country. What are kindred, or friends, or
nleasmuit society, or books ? To havelonging or
r • • , any after mien
things,bow.4ol) , You arc now looking forward to spring,
that will be past ere this reaches you ; nor will the set
son have been so I, easant your sight as in my me-
How vividly lives site consciousness of
mory.
such a time. The first swalluw--the cry of the
r
cuckoo—the sky all melody wii!i skylark,:—viokts,
snowdrops, primroses, but above all things the x.resh-
springing, deep, and deliciously tender emerald grass ;
I see the head of the skylark just peei.,ing above it, and
the cowslip nodding in the wind. You Lye many other
blessings that we have net ; you :lave win:er,tax
gatherers, poor-rate collectors, the great priv,2ege of
building 00,030/. workhouses—povertyprisoess for 51es-
titute wretches to thank God in. Remember to be es-
pecially thankful for these.

KENDAL, Nov. 10.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Yesterday-John Wakefield, Ebq., banker, was elected
Mayor. The following gentlemen retired as Aldermen:
—John Wake field, Dr. Proudfoot, Tory ; and William
Geldard. Tel following were elected Aldermen
John Wakefield, James Marshall, and John Whitwell,
all Liberals.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sra,—Permit me to suggest to you an idea, whicl
may do good to commerce by your recommending, as a
now pfttern for numerous manufactured goods, the
Prince or Wales' feathers It will look handsome either for
ladies' wort or gentlemens' waistcoats, &e.,jewelry,.&e.
Y.-ntr obedient servant.
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.

DISMISSAL OF MR. TIGHE HAMILTON.—
A report has been in general circulation in Dublin during,
the last few days, to which, were it not that we are as-
sured that it has originated in a quarter certain, from its
olitical connection with the Government, to be well-in-
ormed, we should, ill as we are disposed to think of our
present rulers, have at once, and without hesitation, de-
nted credence. Such of our readers as have nut yet heard
it, will be startled at being informed that it has been de-
termined by the Government to dismiss Mr. William
•Tighe Hamilton from the office which he holds of head
clerk in the Chief Secretary's Office. But so it is. The
Even lig Mail has not threatened for nothing, and we
hasten to acknowledge, with the deference always due to
those who have made their power felt, the position
which the Grange organ has at last arrived at, of con-
troller of the Castle Councils. This, then, is the com-
mencement of the " sweeping out"—the first of the
series. We arc really Shocked and disgusted, and at a
loss fur words in which to express the feeli is which as-
sail ps at this unprecedented injustice.—Dabla Evening

On Tuesday last, some fishermen off Saint
Helens, a few miles from the shore of the Isle of Wight,
observed a floating mass some little distance from them,
and on their nearing it it suddenly disappeared, and
shortly afterwards reappeared on the surface of the
water ; beiro sufficiently close at the time to see it dis-
tinctly, they discovered it to be a whale, of about thinzy •
to forty feet long—it bore away to the westward
h wiqg up at times a vast quantity of water, until the"',
test sigt of it.--Hants Advertiser.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 11.
BARBER V. SWANN.

Mr. TURNER, with whom was Mr. BIGG, stated that
this case came before the Court upon exceptions to the
Master's report. A gentleman named Barber was seised
Wee of the property in question, and in January, 1832,
agreed to sell a certain portion of it to two gentlemen
named Buddel. On the 9th of February, 1832, Messrs.
Buddel agreed to sell the property to a person named
Wollason, and on the 22d May, in the same year, the
Buddels authorised Mr. Barber to receive the purchase
money that would be due to them from Wollason. On
the Bth February, 1833, Wollason became a bank-
rupt, and the defendants, William Swan and
Samuel Timmings, were appointed his assignees. The
bill was filed by Mr. Barber and Messrs. Buddel
against Messrs. Swan and Timmings as the assignees of
Wollason, and against Samuel William Haynes, the
petitioning creditor and solicitor under the commission,
who claimed a lien on the property, upon an agreement
for a conveyance, by way of mortgage, made to him by
Wollasan on 18th September, 1832. The cause came
on to be heard in July, 1838, and a decree was made
for a specific performance, but the right of con-
veyance of the property being in question between
Haynes and the assignees, it was ordered to be referred
to the Master to inquire to whom the conveyance
ought to be made, and on the 10th of February, 1841,
the Master reported that conveyance of the property
ought to be made to Mr. Haynes. Two exceptions were
taken to this report—first, that the Master ought to have
found that the conveyance ought to be made to the
assignees ' • and secondly, that he ought not to have re
ported that it ought to be made to Mr. Haynes.
The Learned Gentleman said that under the circum-
stances of the case there was strong ground to pre-
sume that there never was any valid conveyance from Wol-
lason to Haynes ; and, moreover, that if there were Mr.
Haynes had concealed it, notwithstanding many occa-
sions had occurred in which it was his duty to have
brought forward his claim, and had permitted the as-
.signees to lay out upwards of 1,0001. on the property in
building without informing them of it, and, therefore, if
the mortgage subsisted, it was not competent for him to
set it up against their title ; and that if Haynes was en-
titled to a conveyance, it was to a conveyance by way of
mortgage only, and that still a conveyance should be
made to the assignees, subject to the mortgage to
Mr. Haynes.
Mr. KINDERSLEY, on behalf of Mr. Haynes, contended
that his client was entitled to a conveyance of the fee
simple and inheritance of the property, by way of mort-
gage, than which neither then, nor at any other time,
hid Mr. Haynes made any other claim. The bill al-
leged that Mr. Haynes had no claim at all, and that the
assignees were entitled to the conveyance of the pro-
perty, on the ground of the money they had
laid out upon it ; but, in their own state-
ment of facts, there was no suggestion that
they had expended the money in ignorance that
Mr. Haynes had a lien on the property; they only said
that Mr. Haynes had not communicated it. The equity
they attempted to set up was such as no one would dis-
pute if it existed ; but there was nothing in the affi-
davit to show that they were led into the expense they-
had incurred on the estate, without being aware of a
charge upon it. The reason it did not appear
in the balance-sheet of the bankrupt's accounts
was, that it was not thought necessary to in-
clude that or the other liens on the estate.
Up to the moment at which the proceedings commenced
Mr. Haynes had no reason to believe but that the as-
signees were perfectly well acquainted with his claim. It
was stated that on one occasion Mr. Haynes stated it to
Mr. Timmings, who said that it was of no effect, and that
subsequently Mr. Haynes wrote, offering to submit the
validity of his lieu to arbitration. The money expended
on the property by the assignee was not laid cut until
after they had received fail notice of the lien ; and, there-
fore, if they, nevertheless, thought proper to expend
money on the property, Me. Haynes was entitled to the
benefit of it. He, therefore, asked of his Lordship to
overrule the exceptions, and when the case should come
on for further directions to deal with it as he should
think fit.

Now, he thought he could show their Lordships very
conclusively, that the parties never made such an order
within the meaning of the Act of Parliament.

Lord DEN3IAN thought the order was a sufficient pro-
tection to the surveyor. He could not be supposed to
examine with special pleading accuracy that the order
was in the precise terms of the Act of Parliament. It
was only necessary that the thing should be substantially
correct, and then the surveyor was boand under a penalty
to do it.
Mr. KELLY submitted that the real question was,
whether the order was legal or not ?—and to answer
that, they must look to the framing of the Act of Par-
liament. If the defendants in the present case had
not complied with its provisions, the verdict could
not be supported. Now, the order directed the
surveyor to cut and prune these trees, but it did not
state the object for which that act was to be performed,
and that was an express contravention of the terms of
the statute. The Learned Counsel having referred to the
other points in the case,
The COURT said it was impossible not to lament that
when the wording of the statute was so clear that
it had not been adopted in the order of the Ma-
gistrates, and thereby have saved the very long
argument that had taken place upon the question.
The objection on that point appeared to the Court to
be a good one, because when a party was called upon to
exercise a discretion his attention should be called to the
object for which that was to be done. On these grounds
the Court was of opinion that the rule for a new trial
must be made absolute.

JONES V. GURDON.

This was an action for an assault and false imprison-
ment, brought against the defendant, a Magistrate of the
county of Suffolk. The case was tried before Mr.. Jus-
tice Patteson, and the plaintiff was nonsuited, with liberty
to move for leave to enter a verdict for 101.

Mr. ANDREWS now appeared to show cause against
the rule. The facts of the case were as follows :—The
plaintiff was brought before the defendant and the officer
of Excise of the district on the 25th October, 1839, and
charged with having on the 22d October, 1838, shot at a
hare, without a game license, and thereby incurred a
penalty of 201. It appeared that shortly after the alleged
offence took place, the plaintiff left his home, and did not
return for six or eight months afterwards, and that would
account for the delay that had taken place in the com-
mitment. For the plaintiff it was alleged that the con-
viction not having taken place within three calendar
months after the date of the offence, the :party could not
be convicted in the penalty of 201. under the 52d George
111., c. 93, but that he should have been convicted under
another Act, the 43d George 111., which limited the pe
nalty to 51. He submitted,- however, that Mr. Gurdon
had good defence to the action, because, where the Ma-
gistrate acted erroneously it was held that an action or
trespass could not be maintained against him, but only
an action upon the case, and even an action on the case
could not be maintained unleAs it was averred and proved
that the Magistrate had acted maliciously.
Mr. BYLES followed on the same side.

Mr. KELLY submitted that there was no legal authority
for the proceedings taken in the present case, and that
the Magistrate had no jurisdiction in the matter. By the
Act the Magistrate was bound to issue a summons, and
bring the party before him; but that had never been done
—no opportunity was given him of bringing forward his
witnesses and meeting the case, and without any previous
inquiry a warrant was issued for his apprehension. That
warrant was not put in force for six months after his re-
turn home, and he submitted that there never was a
grosser violation of all law than the apprehending the
plaintiff under such circumstances, and sending him to
prison for 33 days. Independently of the want of juris-
diction in one Magistrate to adjudicate upon an informa-
tion laid before another, he submitted that the conviction
was a direct violation of the statute, which provided that
it must be laid within three months after the offence had
been committed. . .

The COURT took time to consider its decision.

Lord L.tNGDALE, after hearing Mr: Turner, in reply,
said that it appeared to him that the evidence before the
Master on the part of the exceptants did not establish that
distinct equity, byyirtue ofwhich he could establish that
conveyance such as was sought ought not to be made
to Haynes. He, therefore, thought be must overrule
the objections, and decree that the conveyance must ba
made to H:.ynes, subject to being redeemed by the as-
signees. The only difficulty he might have on fur-
ther directions was one which he owned he
might try to get over. He did not think that
it was as clearly made out as he could desire, that
the assignees had full and complete knowledge of
this lien, though they had some knowledge, no doubt.
Ile should therefore try and so frame the decree, as to
leave it open to the assignees to try other means to esta-
blish their equity, if they should be so advised.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 11.
ALEXANDER V. BURCHFIELD.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of 901.,
the amount of a cheque upon the bank of Young and
Co., given by the defendant in payment for two horses
bought by him from the plaintiff at an auctiOn in the
" Repository," Barbican. The sale took place on the
10th of March, and on the morning of the 12th, shortly
before the cheque was presented, the bank stopped pay-
ment. The defence wa.-. that the cheque had not been
presented within a reasonable time ; the plaintiff's case
being that, he took the cheque with the un-
derstanding, that, as it was too late for presentation that
day, he should cross it to his own banker, and hold the
defendant liable. Conflicting evidence as to the hour
when the cheque was given to the plaintiff, and as to the
conversation which then took place between the parties,
having been adduced at the trial, the Jury found for the
defendant. Sir T. Wilde obtained a rule nisi fora new,
trial, chiefly on the ground of surprise, alleging that if
he had known the defence which was to be set up, he
should have been prepared to rebut it, and to prove
more completely the lateness of the hour when the sale
took place.
Mr. Sergeant CUANNELL this day showed cause against
the rale ; and after hearing Sir T. Wilde in reply,
Their LORDSHIPS said it was a very important case to
the mercantile world, and they would take time to con-
sider their judgment.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 11.
(Before Vice .Chancellor KNIG UT BRUCE.)
SEASSLE V. COLT AND OTHERS.
The parties interested in the cause were the plaintiff,
Edward Searle, the personal representative of a person
named Andrew Searle, to whom the defendants Mr. and
Mrs. Colt granted an annuity of 1221. per annum,
charged upon certain freehold premises in Bushbury, in
the county of Stafford. Sir John Dutton Colt was the :air-
riving trustee of th:: marriage settlement of Mr. and Mrs.
Colt'; and in him the legal fee of the premises was
vested, and Robert Abraham, the legal personal repre-
sentative of a subsequent grantee of an annuity which
was charged on the same premises as the original an-
nuity, and also upon certain leaSehold premises in
the county of Herts. Both the plaintiffs Edward
Searle, and the defendant, Robert Abraham, claimed
representatively. Abraham had also vested in trust for
him, as upon legacy, an old mortgage term for 500
years, which affected those freehold premises at Bush-
bury, and which term was created in June, 1749. The
object of the bill filed in the cause was, in sub-
stance, to insist that the annuity granted to the in-
testate of the defendant Abraham was in effect void for
want of proper enrolment, and to obtain for the plaintiff
the benefit of 500 years, which term, either in whole or
part, was vested in a person named Bevon, for
the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Colt. The plaintiff
claimed the assignment of that term as a fur-
ther security for the payment of his annuity.
The facts of the case were these. On the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Colt in March, 1804, a marriage settlement
was executed, by which the freehold premises at Bush-
bury were conveyed to two trustees, the survivor of
whom was the defendant, Sir John Dutton Colt, upon
trust during the life of Mrs. Colt, so as to vest the legal
fee in those trustees to pay the yearly rents, profits, &c.,
of those premises to such person or persons, or for their I
use, as Mrs. Colt should from time to time direct, or for I
want of such directions then to pay the rents and profits
to Mrs. Colt during her life to her separate interest.
The legal fee in those premises, therefore, by that set-
tlement became vested in the trustees ; and long
antecedent to the execution of that settlement
the mortgage before-mentioned, for the term of 500
years, was created on those premises, and vested in trust
for Abraham in the following way :—At the time of the
assignment, there was due upon the mortgage of that
term, a sum of 4621., to a person named Smith, who,
upon the occasion of granting the annuity to the. de-
fendant Abrahams, intestate, assigned that term to
Bevon upon trust, for the purpose of securing the annuity
to Abrahams, subject to any trust for Colt and his wife.
Part of Abrahams' consideration money for the purchase
of the annuity went to pay the mortgage to Smith.
Long antecedent to those transactions Mrs. Colt granted
an annuity of 1221. per annum to Andrew Searle,
the plaintiff, intestate. That was an annuity during the
life of Mrs. Colt. The consideration money for it was
' 7931.• and the date of the deed granting that annuity
was April, 1810. It was charged upon those freehold
premises of Bushbury, and by the same deed those pre-
mises were conveyed by Mr. and Mrs. Colt to a person
named James Thorpe, for the term of 99 years, if Mrs.
Colt should so long live. For the better securing that
annuity, and by the same annuity-deed, Colt, the husband,
covenanted with Searle for the due payment to him of it.
The annuity was paid from time to time by Colt or his
his wife to Searle. It was paid, according to the plaintiff,
down to some time in the early part of the year 1820.
That point was one of those as to the satisfactory proof
of which a question was raised by the defendants. The
bill was filed in November, 1839. It appeared that in
October, 1820, the plaintiffs had arrested Colt the hus-
band for two quarters of the annuity then due, obtained
judgment against him, and charged payment in execu-
tion. Searle, in whose favour that annuity was granted,
died in the year 1835, and it does not appear that any
part of the annuity was paid since the year 1820. Searle
died. intestate, and the present plaintiff had taken out an
administration to his estate. It was upon that state of
facts, the plaintiff founded his title.
The arguments in the cause had not been terminated
when the Court rose, shortly before four o'clock.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 11.

BRADSHAW V. BRADSHAW.

This was an action brought to recover 55/. 19s. Bd., an
excess of composition paid to the defendant. The plain-
tiff was insolvent, being indebted to the defendant. A
compromise for los. per pound was entered into with his
other creditors, but the defendant refused to come in.
The father-in-law of the plaintiff thinking it would prove
his son's ruin, gave the defendant 551. 19s. Bd. to induce
him to sign the deed of composition. This was done
without the knowledge of the plaintiff. As soon as he
became aware of it he brought his action for the recovery
of the excess. It was tried bethre Lord Abinger, who
nonsuited the plaintiff. Mr. Erie had obtained a rule
nisi to enter a verdict for the plaintiff, or for a new trial,
cause against which was now shown by
Mr. THESIGER, who contended that as the father-in-law
had paid the money voluntarily, as there was no pressure
upon him, he could not maintain an action for its recovery;
and as he could not give the plaintiff a title which he had not
himself, the nonsuit was right. The Learned Gentleman
cited many cases in support of his view of the case, and
also to show that the transaction having been concluded,
no action was maintainable. He admitted that had the
defendant been seen seeking to enforce an agreement
which was clearly in fraud of the other creditors, he
as its illegality would have
could not ngentndhdaevfeenee. recovered,
Mr. ERLE and Mr. BRAMWELL appeared in support of
the rule, and contended that a fraudulent preference was
in itself illegal, even although the money was not that of
the debtor. As the defendant could not enforce any
such an illegal agreement, could he do so indirectly by
circulating the bills given him for such preference ?
The COURT were of opinion that there should be a
further inquiry, because no evidence had been given of
the payment of the bills. Neither did it appear that
they were in the hands of third parties, when they were
paid. They would therefore make the rule for a new
trial absolute, the costs to abide the event.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 11.
BROOKE V. JENNY AND °TAMES.
(Confirmed from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
• Mr. KELLY was heard in support of the rule. It
would certainly be a matter of much surprise and regret
to him, if their Lordships should be of opinion that a
surveyor proceeding under the Highway Act would be
justified in destroying the property of one of the Queen's
subjects in the manner that had been shown in the pre-
sent case. He -would remind the Learned Judge before
whom the case was tried, that a portion of some of the
trees was produced at the trial, and they were of a
height and thickness which,' in the eyes of any fair.
Jury would have at once put an end to the
case. Their Lordships would be of opinion the
case must 'go down for a' new trial, inasmuch
as the verdict was against the evidence given on both
sides. He was satisfied that when he had called their
attention to the terms of the Act of Parliament, and the
defects in the order of the Justices, they would be of
opinion that these proceedings could not be maintained.
He was surprised at the argument of his Learned Friend,
that because the plaintiff in the first instance sought to
obey the order he acquiesced in what was done after-
wards. That was an argument which would have
very little weight with the Court. He would now
refer to the language of the 65th section, because
upon it the whole • question turned. Ndw the
effect of the section ,;ae., that where a manager alleges
before Justices that the o,:'ner of certain hind or hedges
next adjoining the highway hut fgiled to cut it, and that
2j
n ctnct , sun and wind were prevented fr coming to the
road w iereby it was inured, then the iblsti9Ps might
,
determine -t,;:e question between the parties, and might
make an order u
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vindictively, he had been proceeded against in a vindic-
tive manner, as he should prove in another place.
Sir H. JENNER said, it had been clearly proved that
the defendant had occupied the farm in question, or had
held himself out to the promoter and to the world as
the tenant ; that he had paid parochial taxes, and had
had an allowance made to him, as the occupier, fora dog
employed to watch sheep. The Court therefore pro-
nounced for the value of the tithes doe to the rector,
and subtracted by Mr. Fife, at the rate of 551. a-year ;
and it was bound, under the circumstances, to condemn
Mr. Fife in the costs occasioned by his opposition to
the demand (the moderate demand) on behalf of the
rector, in this Court and in the Court below.

THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY BURDER
AGAINST LANGLEY.
The Rev. W. Langley appeared, and gave a negative
issue to the articles admitted last Court day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Anne Finden, alias Creasy, alias Payne, the young
woman who was charged on Friday last with swindling a
great number of coffee-house and tavern-keepers, a re-
port of which investigation appeared in 771 e Sun of that
day, was again placed at the bar before Sir P. Laurie for
re-examination. _

Sir P. LAURIE inquired of Mr. Clarke, one of those
whom the prisoner had victimised by her specious repre-
sentations, whether he had any further evidence to offer?
Mr. Clarke replied that he had not.
Sir P. LAURIE said he was sorry that he could not
deal with the prisoner as a felon. One good, however,
would result from this investigation, namely, the publi-
city given to the facts by the press, which, he entertained
little doubt, would effectually prevent the success of her
future schemes.

The prisoner is low in stature, with hard features,
and speaks with great fluency and volubility. Her man-
ners are rather lady-like. After soundly rating several
of the simple persons whom she had deceived, she walked
from the bar with an air of injured and dignified inno-
cence, saying they were "quite mistaken" as to her real
character and position in society.
An interesting and modest-looking girl, about 16
years of age, was charged with attempting suicide. In
reply to Sir Peter Laurie, she stated that yesterday
evening she was induced to enter a house of an improper
character with a gentlemanly-looking- person, but whose
name she was unacquainted with, but when she found
what description of place she was in, she endeavoured to
escape, but he used violence to detain her, and other-
wise brutally ill-treated her, until her cries brought the
owner of the house to her assistance, when the police
were called, but the ruffian got off. She was afraid to
return to her parents, anti consequently meditated sui-
-cide. She refused to give the slightest information as to
her name or connections. _ _

Sir P. LAURIE desired the constable to try and find
out her residence, and remanded her to the Compter in
the meantime.

QUEEN-SQUARE.

A REPENTANT SINNER. Margaret Dodds, a young-
woman about 23 years of age, was charged with at-
tempting
to drown herself at Westminster-bridge, as
also to strangle herself in the station-house.
Policeman 126 B proved that at an early hour that
morning he found the prisoner on Westminster-bridge.
She was crying, and appeared to be in so low a state of
spirits that he watched her narrowly. In a few minutes
she ran down the steps towards the water. Be ran after
her, and caught her at the water's edge. The prisoner
implored him to let her go and do as she wished, for she
was tired of life, and had nothing to live longer for. He
then took her to the station-house.

Policeman 188 B said he had charge of the cells, and
‘Lbout half an hour after prisoner had been locked up he
went to look at her, and found her lying senseless on the
floor, her cap and bonnet strings were tied tightly round
her throat, and her face was black ; he cut the strings,
and the prisoner, after some time had elapsed, was re-
stored to a state of consciousness.

Mr. BURRELL asked the prisoner if she had any rela-
tions ? The prisoner said she had a sister married to a
coachmaker, at Norwich ; she was respectable, but as for
herself she was an unfortunate woman.

Mr. BURRELL--Whatever troubles you may have,
you must not be allowed to commit the crime of self-
destruction. I shall hold you to bail.
Prisoner,--Oh take the from the life I've been leading.
Send 'me to some asylum. I'll do any thing rather than
again lead such a horrid life.
Mr. URRELL—I am glad to hear you say that ; you
are desirous of again becoming a respectable member of
society. You will go to prison for the present, and
something shall be done for you.
The prisoner fervently thanked the Magistrate as she
left the bar.