The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-18 00:00:00

PAIRS.

AGAINST.
Pendarves, E.
Denison, W.

TOR.
Round, C.
Fuller, A. E.

Collett, John Codrington, Sir W.
Marsland, Henry Houldsworth, T.
Villiers, lion. C. Hornby, J.
Johnson, General Hampden, Renn
Langton, Colonel Buck, L. W.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES,
No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose
consumption is large, and study economy, will derive
considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni-
form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade.

Black Tea 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., ss.
Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45. 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 78.
Coffee. 9d., Id., Is., Is. 211., ls. 4d., ls. 6d., is. Bd.
One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from
the country forwarded the same day; and when the
quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is
paid to any part of England.—MANszu, and Co.
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH•EASTERN RAM*
WAY.—TENBIUDGE, TUESDAY.—Last evening about twenty-
five minutes past six o'clock, a frightful occurrence took
place on this line, by which an old man named John Seal,
upwards of ninety years of age, met with a horrible death.
The engine-driver of the passenger train, which leaves Dover
for London at a quarter-past three o'clock, after passing Pens-
hurst station, saw a man whom he supposed to be a plate-
layer walking between the two lines of rails in the direction
of Edenbridge. He was then more than a mile in advance,
and as the train approached the driver sounded the steam-
whistle to apprise him of the train searing him. He appa-
rently, however, took no notice of it, and continued walking
between the lines until the engine had reached him within
f..rty yards, when to the amazement of those in charge of the
train be stepped on to the line on which it was travelling.
The driver instantly shut off the steam, and the firemen ap-
plied the break, the whistle going all the time, but it was im-
possible to save the man's life, for in a few seconds he was
struck down and the entire train passed over him. On it
being stepped the guards found the poor old man to be
dreadfully mutilated, and quite dead. In the course of
the night the body was identified to be that of John Seal,
residing in the village of Four Elms, in the parish of Blax-
ted, a few miles from Edenbridge.. He was not employed
on the line.

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house-street, East Smithfield, 3,820: and the Western Asy-
lum, Ogle-street, Marylebone, 4,455; altogether amounting
to 13,342 individuals, amongst whom have been distributed
145,707 rations. The average number received nightly is
1,200.
DESTITUTION IN IRELAND.—A public meeting
was held at the Eastern Institutisn, Hackney-road, on Mon-
day, the 15th instant, on behalf of the famine-stricken Irish
peasantry. Mr. H. Mender May, chairman, J. Wilson,
Revs. B. Isaacs, Boasfield, Harris, E. Gibson, and Black-
more, addressed the meeting. Resolutions were passed,
ing on the humane public to contribute.
The mercantile community of Liverpool has been
deprived of an important member by the death of Mr.
Stephen Gair, the resideat partner of Messrs. Baring Bathers
and Co., Liverpool branch. This gentleman has been rapidly
carried off by a violent attack of typhus fever, and his loss
has excited much sympathy. His private character wee
most estimatile, bat, being of a:quiet and retired disposition,
he took no part in any public movements here, and did rm.
fill that prominent position which his rank in the mercantile
world entitled him to.
PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES.--The
Frederica, Leonore, Islam, and Edwin, from New York;
Meteor, Arabian, Kilbv, Albatross, Lord Seaton, and St.
George, from New Orleans; Hibernia, from Boston, Den-
mark, from Norfolk, and Rhone, from Baltimore, which were
reported at Liverpool on the 15th inst., bring 14,558 barrels
flour, 29,352 sacks and 39,582 bushels Indian corn, and 466
barrels Indian corn meal.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS ACTIVE.—Yesterday morning,
a letter, of which the following is a copy, enclosing a half-
sovereign, was sent per post to Mr. A. Parley, hosier, haber-
dasher, &c., 31, Market-street :—"Sir,—about 17 years ago,
kr a few Months More, I Stole from your Counter a Packet
of Goods, Value about 5 shillings. I Was a Boy at the time,
and I consider it right to Make restitution to you now,
though it be so long ago, five Shillings for the Goods, and
5 Shillings for the Interest for the above time."—Manchester
caminer.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COIIIIT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 17.
(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.)
FOSTER V. IRELAND.

This was an action for the recovery of certain sums
due for commission for the superintendence of certain
buildings at Walworth.
Mr. Montague Chambers appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Sergeant Bylos for the defendant.
It was shown in evidence that the plaintiff had been
engaged to make plans for two cottages at Walworth,
the amount of the expenditure being restricted to 400/.;
but the plaintiff brought in a plan which would involve
the spending of more than 6001. On that account the
services of the plaintiff were repudiated, and it was now
sought to recover the amount for the work actually done.
The defendant had ne objection to pay it ;,but the damages
ought to be limited to that point. From the documents
submitted to the Court, it appeared that the charge
made would give 441. 10s. to the plaintiff: There was a
commission beyond this for a few pounds, but the whole
amount did not exceed 5L or 6L On these grounds the
Learned Sergeant submitted that a verdict should be
given for his client.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the jury
returned a verdict for 1941. 4s. 6d.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 17.
(Before Lord DENMAN.)
NIGHTINGALE V. NIGHTINGALE.
Mr. Crowder appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant
Shee for the defendant.
This was an action brought for a breach of contract. It
appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff had sold to the
defendant the use of the road, so far as he was concerned,
between Merton and London. After the contract was com-
pleted the defendant had broken its covenants. The engage-
ment was entered into on the 22d of February, and the
breach of contract complained of did not occur until the 29th
of July. Respecting the breach of contract there was no
doubt, but there was a question as to what the injury in-
curred really was. it was very evident that the omnibuses
were plying on the road up to the 29th of July, and that con-
stituted the ground of the present action.
The witnesses to prove the case having been called,
Mr. Sergeant SHER replied.
The LORD CHIEF JUIITICE summed up.
The jury, being divided in opinion, retired to consider their
verdict, and, after some time, returned for the plaintiff—
Damages, Six guineas.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

John Gibbs, Henry Chandler, John .Richards, and John
Bowen, were placed at the bar, having been remanded several
times on a charge of attempting to pick pockets.
They had been seen by an officer named Dunn, and by Mr.
Grosvenor, the box--keeper at the Lyceum, loitering about in
Wellington-street, and trying the pockets of several ladies.
Not less than a dozen policemen from various divisions
were in attendance to give the prisoners" a character." They
were all known and suspected. Chandler, Richards, and
Bowen had been frequently summarily convicted, but Gibbs,
though known as an associate of thieves, was not proved to
have ever been in custody.
Mr. Robins, who appeared for the prisoner Chandler, sub-
mitted that there was not sufficient evidence to convict,
inasmuch as there was no evidence to show that they fre-
quented the place for the purpose of committing a felony,
as required by the Act.
Mr. HENRY said that what the Act required was, that
they should be proved to be "suspected persons frequenting
any place of public resort with intent to commit a felony."
Now, it was proved that they were suspected persons—three
of them convicted persons—and as to the " frequenting with
intent," Ise., the best evidence of the intention was their
conduct, as they did actually attempt to pick pockets. He
would, therefore, convict them all; but as Gibbs had never
been in custody before, he would make a distinction in his
case. He would sentence Chandler, Richards, and Bowen,
to three months' imprisonment each, and Gibbs to one month.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

On Tuesday, when Mr. Elliott had disposed of the business
of the day at Lambeth Police-court, and was about to leave
the bench, a respectable man, accompanied by his wife and
two constables belonging to the V division of police, entered
the court, and applied for the magistrate's advice and assis
tance to obtain possession of his son, a lad of fifteen years of
age, who was kept from his home under the following extra-
ordinary circumstances:—From the statement of the appli-
cant and his wife, it appeared that their son had a situation
in the office of a merchant in the City, and had unfortunately,
as they said, been taken particular notice of by the widow of
a very distinguished officer, recentlydeceased, when that lady
called to see her nephew, who was employed in the same
office. About three weeks ago the lady in question invited
the lad to spend some days at her house at Clapton, with two
or three youths from the west end of the town; and they (his
parents) feeling flattered at the time at what they conceived
to be a great mark of kindness and condescension, gave their
consent to the acceptance of the invitation. Nis visit to the
lady was prolonged beyond the time originally intended ; for,
instead of returning to their (the parents') house at Lea-
bridge, he proceeded to Clapton-hill. There was not the
slightest suspicion of the existence of anything improper,
particularly as the two youths from the west end of the
town continued to remain at the lady's house. On Saturday
last, however, the nephew of the lady had brought them a
letter, which had been received oa that day front their son,
and in which he tendered the resignation of his situation,
and stated that he should not again return to his office.
Astonished that her son should have written such a letter,
and give up a situation that was likely to lead to a perma-
nency for life, the mother hurried off to the residence of the
lady before alluded to, where she found her son, and, upon
demanding an explanation of his extraordinary conduct, the
promising youth coolly replied that he was in a fair way of
being made independent for life, or something to that effect.
His tone and manner were, however, such as to leave no
doubt that a more than ordinary and more than proper inti-
macy had taken place between him and his lady patroness.
This being the opinion of the mother, she at once demanded
an interview with the lady, when the latter, who is verg-
ing on sixty years of age, unblushingly admitted the
truth of the mother's suspicions, made the most fervent
avowal of her passionate attachment for the boy, and de-
clared it to be her intention at once to marry him ! The
mother, shocked and disgusted at this disclosure, insisted
upon taking her son home with her, and after much difficulty
she succeeded in getting the lad away. On Sunday the two
boys who were staying with the lady called at the house of
the parents in a cab, and requested that, as the lady was
going out of the country; he (the son) would pay her the
last visit. This the parents consented to, but accompanied
him themselves to the house, but after the interview he re-
fused to leave. On the following day (Monday) the lady
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her, and having seen their son they endeavoured to prevail
upon him to return with them; but he refused to do so, and
they now wished to know how they were to act to get him
away from the woman.
boy home, not to have kept
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Mr. Ensiorr remarked, that the parents had acted very
foolishly, got
flogging, and keep him at home.
Bent, one of the constables who accompanied the parties,
said, that on the day before the son of the applicants and the
other two lads, one of whom appeared to be eleven and the
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other twelve, while out had picked up a little girl, whops they
took home to the lady, and the latter at once engaged her as
a servant. In the morning the lady ordered an expensive
dinner for five, including herself, the three lads, and the ser-
vant last-mentioned ; but Mr. Howse, the proprietor of the
hotel, refused to prepare it. The constable also said, that he
ascertained Mrs. Boys had presented the son of the applicant
with the most expensive rings, a splendid gold watch, and a
massive neck chain ; and further, on that morning, she
handed him 131. for pocket money.
The mother of the youth here observed, that these costly
presents from a lady whose hair was perfectly grey and cer-
tainly old enough to be his grandmother, had, she doubted
not, turned the head of her poor boy.
Mr. ELLtorr thought the father would be perfectly justified
in taking away his son and giving him a good flogging.
The parties left the court, declaring their determination to
have him one way or the other

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TESTIMONY TO THE MEMORY
Among the testimonials of grateful admiration which th
death of the venerable and beloved Thomas Clarkson hase
OF THOM:F.:SaiI
called forth, none, perhaPs,
following, from the President of Haiti, General Riche
" To the Members of the Committee of the British and Fo-
reign Anti-Slavery Society,.
" Gentlemen,—The news of the death of Thomas Clarkson
has struck all the true friends of human liberty with con-
sternation. His Excellency the President of Haiti, who
echoes the sentiments of every Haitian, has commanded me
to write to you, to express the deep concern he feels at the
great loss which the cause of emancipation has just sustained
" Time are, Gentlemen, some men whom Providence has
raised up for the especial purposes of carrying out his great
designs in reference to mankind. The mission of the vener-
able Thomas Clarkson was Clearly pointed out to him and
that devoted man performed his duty with all the fidelity and
zeal of an apostle. Even in this world his perseverance and
his virtues found their reward; and after a long series of la-
bours and trials, he was permitted to enjoy the sweet satis-
faction of seeing the slave-trade abolished, liberty proclaimed
throughout the whole length and breadth of the British em-
pire, and the spirit of emancipation struggling for the deli-
verance of the people yet afflicted with the leprosy of 31,
very. He was allowed to anticipate the time when,
from one end of the earth to the other, all men shall
FREE. He was allowed to die in peace, giving glory to his
Creator, who Lad designed him to be the means of so much
happiness and security to a class of men who, for so long a
period, had been devoted to the most degrading slavery.
" But if anything can mitigate the sorrow felt at so great
a loss, it is the fact, that his Excellency the President feels,
in common with all Haitians, that the work of the venerable
Thomas Clarkson is ably carried on by the society over which
he presided, and in whose labours he took a part more active
than his advanced age would have seemed to allow. All of
you, the Haitians, well know, are animated with the same
ferveat zeal as the virtuous man whom we now regret. He
has often aided you with his counsels and his experience; he
has often talked to you of better times to come for the
African race. That the wishes of this holy apostle of eman-
cipation may be realised, we fervently hope. Both blacks
and whites, we all will work for the accomplishment of this
end, each one in his own circle; for the cause of liberty is
the cause of God. You will labour for the completion of
that noble temple which the venerable Thomas Clarkson de-
sired to raise to the honour of God, who had so often assisted
him in his painful exertions, by the destruction of slavery in
every country where it has raised its execrable head. In the
dwelling-place of the just made perfect, whence Thomas
Clarkson now contemplates your philanthropic effort, he will
take delight in remembering that be has left behind him dis-
ciples worthy of himself, and worthy to fulfil the mission that
he had undertaken in the spirit of love.
"Ibis Excellency the President of Haiti has ordered me
further to express to you, Gentlemen, the high opinion lie
entertains of you personally, and the interest that he takes
in your labours. His Excellency regards with an attentive
eye the progress of this great and noble question, and his
heart sincerely rejoices at each new triumph that the cause
to which you have so generously devoted yourselves, obtains."
(Signed by the Secretary of State for Justice, Public In-
struction, and Religion.)

THE LATE FIRE IN THE MANCHESTER LYING.
IN HOSPITAL.—On Saturday last, a general special board was
held at this institution, when the praiseworthy conduct of
Joseph Moody, the cab-driver, who gave the alarm, and
afterwards was of great assistance during the fire, was
brought under the notice of the board, and it was unani-
mously resolved—" That this board, highly approving of the
humanity and promptitude with which Joseph Moody
exerted himself on the late distressing occasion of the fire at
the Lying-in Ho=pital, think it right hereby to record their
grateful thanks for his assistance and their cordial apprtival
of his coaduot."

BAN
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7ictoria, 32, of the Average Amount of Bunk
Au Account, (pFurr°s
Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in Englant 1 and
aunant the ettOtrotfNiA.
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending iatur-
day, the 30th day of Jan., 1847 : Ai -erage
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bauk, Abingdon—Knapp and Co 24,274
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 15,798
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,210
Aylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copetnan 5,587
Aylesbury Old Bank, Iylesbury—Bickford
and Hunt 42,456
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
flank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 35,005
Barnitapie Bank, Barnstaple—Dzake and Co. 12,558
Basingstoke and Odihan. Bank, Basingstoke—
Cole, Seymour, anii C,
Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—
app, Halfhead, and Co.
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and
Uralic
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co 26,425
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 22,993
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Binning-
hara—Lewis, Moilliett, and Co .... 17,549
Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak . 9,700
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 67,890
Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 11,863
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 8,999
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Ca 41,178
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 25,277
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co. ......
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 41,355
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... 50,315
Batt-. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 35,783
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0...
Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. Worlledge and Co.
Broinsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromagrove—Rufford, Biggs,
and Co.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
CO

7,634

12,147
61,310
21,970

32,494

12,292

2,953

16,310

23,729

48,734