The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-09 00:00:00

E 13 N., ION DON, sATURODAY, JANUARY 9, 1441.

SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND

PART OF MIDDLESEX.

The Commissioners of Sewers for the City and Li-
berties of Westminster, held their ti7st ordinary meet-
ing for the present year, at their office, Greek-street,
Soho, yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock.
T. L. DONALDSON, ESq., was in the Chair.
The Court waited a considerable time in conse-
quence of there not being a sufficient number of. Com-
missioners present to form a qeorum. The account
of the progress of the works in hand was real and
signed by the Chairman. The cheques for the [Hy-
tuent of the Officers' Salaries, amounting to 6531. 154.
were signed, and also the cheques for the Collector's
poundag„es.
Mr. BIRD stated that he had tendered the Gos
Company 1,6961. 13s. id. which -had been refused, in-
asmuch as the rule had been drawn up, for the pa)-
went of that sum and costs to the Gas Company.
This was contrary to the decision of the Court, which
had said not one word about costs. The Clerk of
the Court, when the subject was mentioned to him, ac-
knowledged his error, and gave them a correct rule.
This the plaintiffs refused to abide by, and stated that
they wonld take the opinion of the Judge on it. To
this of course 'they could not consent without applying
to the Commissioners, and therefore the money ha
not been paid.
The SOLICITORS read their report on the question
proposed to them as to the powers of the Court to
alter the names of persons by the Jury as liable to be
rated, which stated that they were of opinion that the
Court, in cases where it was clear that such alteration
was necessary for the purposes of preventing the doing
an injustice, did possess such power, and that the duties
of the Jury were distinct from those of the Commis-
sioners. The Juries presented the property liable to
he rated, and the Court determined the amount of the
rate ; and the Court, being a Court of Justice and Re-
cord, had a power, and were bound to administer jus-
tice to all parties ; and might, in proper cases, correct
the presentment of the Jury. The Jury possessed only
the power of inquiry ; they had no power to mak.
rates ; that belonged exclusively to the Court.
Mr. LESLIE said ho totally dissented from tho doc-
trines laid down in the report. He would move that
it be printed, together with the report of Messrs. S.nith,
of the 4th November last, and circulated among the
Commissioners.—Agreed to.
Various applications for new sewers were mado and
granted, and warrants granted for the payment of money
for works done.
Letters of thanks from the different parishes ; also
from the Librarian of the British Museum, for the
copy of the plans presented to them by the Commis-
sioners, were read.

The CHAIRMAN stated that he had also sent a copy
of the plans to the Prefect of the Seine, at Paris ; to
the Commissioner of the Pouts et Chaussees of the
same city, and also to the authorities in Berlin.
Mr. WHITE suggested that a copy should also be
sent to the Library of the House of Commons.
J. Frisby, the proprietor of certain small cottages in
Perrin's-place, was summoned for irregular drainage,
and stated that what he had done had been done through
ignorance, and that if he had violated the regulations of
the Court, he was very sarry for it. Having heard
what he had to say, he was ordered to withdraw, and the
Chairman suggested that the authority of the Court
had been sufficiently vindicated by bringing him before
it, and that all that would be necessary would be that
be should be warned as to his conduct for the future.

The Court agreed to this suggestion, and he wca
called in and warned accordingly.
Various appeals of no public interest were heard and
decided.

Shortly after two o'clock the Chairman retired, the
election of Chairman for the ensuing year having been
fixed to come on at two.

Sir G. FARRANT was called to the chair pro tem.
Mr. WHITE, in a neat > peecli, moved a vote o 1
thanks to Mr. Donaldson fOr his services as Chairman
during the past year.
Mr. BEACH seconded the motion, which was put and
carried nem. con.
Mr. T. H. JOHNSON moved that Mr. Donaldson Le
requested to take the chair for the ensuing year.
Mr. WILLOUGMBY seconded the motion.
Mr. LESLIE considered that no such motion could Le
entertained before three o'clock, according to the rules
of the Court, which absolutely prevented any such
motion being put before three o'clock, inasmuch as it
was perfectly competent to any Commissioner before
three o'clock to propose any other person for Chairman.
He apprehended there was no occasion for any motion
for the re-election, inasmuch as the rule stated, that if
no new Chairman were proposed before three o'clock, the
old one should be considered as Chairman for the
ensuing year.
Mr. ADEY considered it quite clear that no person
could be declared elected as Chairman before three
o'clock.

Mr. LESLIE said that at some future occasion it might
be requisite to consider whether they ought not to
have some men of very high legal attainment in the
chair. Ho did not mean that as any objection to Mr.
Donaldson, nor had he at present any intention of op-
posing that gentleman. He thought it was undesirable
Mr. Donaldson should have quitted the chair at all.
and had he had any objections to state to that gen-
tleman's re-election, he would much rather make them
in his presenco'than in his absence.
Sir G. FARRANT considered the rule badly warded,
and hoped it would be altered.
Mr. HAKES considered the rule an excellent one,
and hoped it would not be altered. He thought there
was no necessity for the Chairman leaving the chair
before three o'clock.
Mr. LESLIE said he could see no reason why the
business of the Court could not go on until three
o'clock, with Sir George Farrant in the chair.
Mr. MULLINS wished to ask the Clerk whether any
circulars, other than the usual ones, had been ever
sent out to certain of the Commissioners, and not to

others?
Mr. ADEY thought :the Clerk ought not to answer
the question.
Sir G. FARRANT could not put the question, as.it
had no reference to the business 'before the Court.
Mr. FRANCE wished to know who had received the
letters ?
Mr. MULLINS—Mr. France has, as I have been
told.

Mr. LESLIE thought that it was very wrong for any
one to interfere between an efficer of the Court and a
Commissioner. He (Mr. L.) would ask the question
of the Clerk.
Mr. ADEY objected to Mr. Leslie attempting to put
a question to the Clerk which the Chairman had rL-
fused to put. It was an insult to the Chairman.
Mr. HAWK ES considered it very wrong to interfere to
prevent the Clerk answering.
S G. FARRANT would put the question in his own
way. Do you, or not, send out the regular notices to
all the Cemtnissioners ?
Mr. LESLIE was glad the ice was broken, for Sir
George P.arant's question had no more to do with the
business now before the Court than Mr. Mullins'.
Mr. BEACH considered that as Mr. Mullins had only
asked his question upon hearsay, it ought not to be
answered.
Sir GEORGE FARRANT.—Mr. Mullins do you accuse
the Clerk.
Mr. MULLlNS—Certainly not, I ask for information.
Mr. LESLIE said, that the moment the ChairtuAn
was appointed he should ask the question of him, It
it were answered No, there would be an end of it ;
if Yes, an inquiry ought to be instituted. It would
be putting a Commissioner in an invidious situation
to propose him as Chairman, and if he were to do so,
he should do it merely for delay, but he considered it
disgraceful that such a fence should be attempted to
be thrown round that Clerk.
Mr. ADEY would, if he were Chairman, refuse to
answer.
Mr. LESLIE wished Mr. Mullins would speak ou'.
Mr. MULLINS said that lie had been informed that
if the question were put an answer would be returned
in the affirmative. It they wanted evidence lie would
summon up all the Clerks, and ask them if such no-
tices hod bean issued.
It was a anounced that three o'clock had arrived ;
and the motion for the re-election of Mr. Donaldson
was then put and seconded.
On KT. DONALDSON entering the room,
Sir GEORGE FARRANT communicated to him the
vote of thanks which had been passed, and announced
to him his re-election.
Mr. DONALDSON, on resuming the chair, acknow-
ledged the compliment which had been paid him, end
returned thanks for his re-election.
Mr. LESLIE said it had been reported that Mr. fleas-
let, the clerk, had been in the habit of sending private
letters to certain members of the Court. He gave no-
tice that at the next Court he should ask whether the
Clerk had sent out circulars to select members.
The CHAIRMAN would rather answer the question at
once. When he knew there was important business
coming on he wasin the habit of sending to the Cone
missioners to whom he could send, being his private
friends, requesting them to come early to form the Court.
On this day he could not do so, and the consequence
had been, that they had had to wait.
Mr. MULLINS thought the answer satisfactory.
Mr. LESLIE could not but admire the plain, straight-
forward way in which the Chairman bad answered the
question, but he thought the practice objectionable.
He always carne to his time, and not for the purpose of
particular motions. He regretted the course which had
been adopted, and hoped it would not be continued, as
it was liable to ab ase.
Mr. ADEY always attended to defeat vexatious mo-
tions brought forward, rather for public notice than
public good.
Gen. ALEXAS DER believed the Chairman's object
solely to be to ensure an early attendance.
Sir GEO. FARRANT said letters were coestaetly
written to secure attendance in the House of Commons.
Mr. LESLI E would ask if such letters were issued by
the Speaker ;sod the Clerreof the House)?
The CHAUtMA.N would take care that for the future

t notices should not he issued by the Clerk of the
Court but by his own clerks.
Mr. LESLIE would, had such an avowal been made an
hour ago, have opposed his reelection.
Mr. FRANCE would have answered Mr. Mullins's
question, had he not understood that that gentleman
proceeded on anonymous information.
The CHAIRMAN interfered to order, and calved
the Court to proceed with the regular businesy.
A communication from the Marquis of Normanby,
Hating to the sewers in the neighbourhood of Buck-
ingham Palace, was read, and ordered to be referred to
the surveyors.

Various notices of intended sewers were read.
Mr. LESLY4E—With reference to the motion of which
he had given notice, he wished to ask Mr. Heftslet whe-
ther any such private notice had been sent out for to-day
The CLERK--Nona, Sir.
Mr. LESLIE —Then I withdraw my notice of motion.
A letter was received from a person who had sus
teed injury in consequence of his falling into a sewer
in Chelsea, which was left in an unfenced state. The
attention of the parochial authorities had been called to
the subject, and they had undertaken to do what was
necessary.
Mr. Combes, the Individual in question, was called in,
anil described the nature of the accident, and was in-
formed by the Chairmai❑ that the parochial authorities
had had their attention culled to the subject.
Mr. FULLER reported that he had examined the
books of accounts, and found them correct. They were
thereupon ordered to be signed by the Chairman in the
usual manner.

The account of Comtniasionerb' was.es was laid n
the table.

Mr. LESLIE said that some received the wages, and
some did uot. Now he thought that it ought to appear
in the ledger.

The CLERK said that they would be obliged to open
150 new accounts in the ledger. At present. they had
one account of Commissioners' wages in the ledger, and
tho particulars appeared in a subsidiary book.
Mr. LESLIE—There was an item of 254/. 4s. for
general attendance. Was that fur the whole ?
The CLERK—Yes. _ _

Mr. LESLIE—Then you have received my wages-
Suppose Ido not receive them. They were received by
you, and applied to the others' dinners.—(Loud cries of
Oh, oh.")
The CLEII6—The account was debited with it, but
the money was not drawn...Ll
,have not received the
money.
Mr. LESLIE—There is a balance of 701. for attend-
ance, which you have carried forward. You have re-
ceived that, and therefore you have received my wages.
The CIIAIIMAN—Mr. Hertslet you must say yea or
nay. Have have you received Mr. Leslie's wages.

The CLERK—N,), Sir.
Mr. LELSIE—The balance on the account is 701.,
and having received that, Mr. Hcrtslet has received
my u ages. I will appeal to Mr. Fuller, who has exit•
mined the accounts.
Mr. FULLER—It is in the nature of unclaimed divi-

lends.
Captain PAYNE said that Mr. Leslie had confused
himself with the accounts, and now wished to get out of
the mire by appealing to Mr. Fuller.
The CHAIRMAN said that the book which he bald in
his hand explained the real state of the accounts, and
that, if the Commissioner wanted his wages, he could
draw them at any time.
Mr. LESLIE—Then you have charged my wagc3
against the public, eversince I have been a Commissioner.
The CLERK—I am obliged to do so. The rule is,
that the Clerk shall charge the Commissioners' wages,
and retain it until the Commissioners, in writing, shall
direct what is to be done with it. ,
Mr. LESLIE—Then the fact is, that the Clerk has
received my wages.
The CHAIRMAN—It is retained as a balance, which
cannot be appli, d to any other purpose ; and he must
snow to the Court your receipt, to discharge him.
General ALEXANDER—The Commissioner's com-
plaint is that the Clerk has it instead of the rates•
Now be can, if he likes, order the Clerk to pay it to
the rates.

Mr. LESLIE would do so, and would advise the
Clerk to apply it to that purpose. He should like to
sec the account closed every year, and those who had
received the money should give a proper account for it.
The CLERK--1 can give Mr. Leslie his wages from
December, 1837. 1 will have a regular account made out.
Mr. LESLIE—And when 1 receive it, at the next
Court 1 will give 3ou an order to pay it to the Western
Division of Rates. _ _ _

Various tradesmen's bills were ordered to be paid.
Certain bills of various expenses were laid on the table.
Mr. LESLIE said that 4.4. a day, their wr.ges, was to
pay all their expenses. Now, they had gone to ex-
penses for views.'
The CHAIRMAN said they must have a
Mr. LESLIE—YOU must pay for it out of your wages.
If you arc determined to have your 4s. you must have
it, but I will endeavour to prevent your having Bs. Ile
objected to these accounts being kept open, and ba-
lances carried IC rward. They ought to be closed.
The CLERK s d he was obliged to have a balance on
hand, or else to advance money out of pocket.
Mr. LESLIE should like to trace one rate In order, if
possible, to ascertain what had been done with if e
incney. \Vus it the cash balance with the western
ciiiision up to Dec. 1840, 5,0001. in favour of the west-
ern divi,icn.

The CLERK—Yes, Sir.

Mr. LusuE—And you had the money from u 3 in
1838. It is a notorious fact, that our money is lent 10
other districts.

The CiIAIRMAN—And before that period other
tricts had lent money to thst one.
There being no other business before the Court, it
lircle up shortly alter five o'clock.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, JAN. B.—Wind this day at sour light, N.E.
air:, with a sharp frost and dense fog.
PORTSNIOUTII. JAN. 7. Wind N. E.— Arrived the
Eagle, Craig, trom St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed
the Aurora, Sandmark, for Rio .lineiro ; the Christine,
Louise, Moritzen, from Gale to Valparaiso, in going out
of the harbour to-day, got on shore on Hamilton Bank,
and remains, with a considerable list. A royal mast-
head, painted a light red colour, about four feet out of
water, was passed to-day, Nab Light, S S. W. Second
buoy of the Dean, N. by H. E., about three-quarters of
a mile from the buoy, in about twelve fathoms water, sup-
posed to be the brig Alert, of Chichester, coal laden,
which was off that port, 31 inst., during a violent squall,
and has not since been heard of.
SALCOMBE. DEC. 6.—Sailed Speedy, Wells, Azorc..
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind Variable.—Sailed the
Orestes, Cook, for Sydney, New South Wales ; John
Knox, Forrest, Calcutta ; Santon, Iluxtable, do. ; At-
week, Robinson, Bahia ; Lee, Boness, Jamaica ; South
America, Lowber, New York ; Speed, Puntreath. Mc-
bile; May, Brown, Africa; Post Boy, Sovering, Azores;
An iceberg was seen on the Bth ult. fat. 37, 24 S..
lon. 13133, E. Another on the 9th, by the Inglehorough,
from Bristol to Bombay.
BRISTOL, JAN. 7.—SailedAnson, O'Neil, New York.
WIIITHAYEN, JAN. 6.—Sailed the Campbell, Wilson,
Antigua ; Martha, Cowman, St. Thomas.
LEITH, JAN. s.—The Sarah Jane, Maitland, from
CuLa, on shore at the back of the Docks, is discharging
with little damage, and is expected off in a day or two.
CLYDE. JAN. s.—Sailed the Prince Albert, Banks, fcr
Calcutta; Dalhousie, M•Kellar, Trinidad; Eliza, Itmltin,
Honduras; Fironia, M•Lellan, Havanna ; end New York
Packet, Crawford, Havanna.
kvitacosinF., JAN. 6.—The Zena and Harriet, White,
from Newport to Barnstaple was totally wrecked yesterday
morning—Crewsaved.Arrived the Piinee Alb !rt, GAF,
froth icli. 2.
CAI DII F,
MtLFORD, JAN. s.—lt hasblown very hard the last two
JAN.i(ll..3elrs; c —The
reports the elo—ssTole L
fr a
scehroowicnk,
er arrivedan here
dallba fndiroir:
Stud well Roads.
JAN. N.N.W.—Arrived the
Ana, Kultiye, from New Orleans: and Lady Constable,
Lawson, Richebucto. The ice in the Humber has accu-
mulated during the last twenty-fours to an extraordinary
extent, and it may be considered that all inland navigation
is concluded for the prescr.t.
ABERDOVEt, JAN. 7.—The Robust, Meadows, from
Newfoundland to Liverpool has been got off and into
Aberystwith.
Off the Oid Head of Kinsale, Jan. 1, the Canton, Gib.
from -Nuebec.

10 W., by the Alliance, Harper,
son, Q--_
Chill steamer, London and Rio oe
VESSELS SPOKEN VVITIL —Tile Wetherell, Liverpool to
aß.arivaevdia,inlatth.e4r6iveNr..,
Chili
tjhaenelrt°rats of tioVaiParaisSept. 23, at the caster!, entrance of
Magellan; a steamer, supposed the Pere,
from London to Valparaiso, 24; Lady Harvey, St. Ulie's
!o Mente Video, Nov. 15, lat. 8 N., lon. 23; Woodbine,
for Philad.lphia, Nov. 14, lat. —9ft, . i
on. 66 ; St. Cloud,
Liverpool to Philadelphia, 15, lat. 39, lon. 64; Lucilla,
of Richmond, 15th ult., lat. 50, lon. 20; Ann and
Margaret, Bay of Fu„dy to Hull, and supplied with
provisions,
Eagle, Grey, arrived
at Portsmouth. SYrninetq, Quebec to Southampton,
Gill ult., lac. 42, 1011. 50, by the Breeze, arrived at Bide-
ford.
n(dlvicissi,"9s3', 1Ia8;. 49, lon• 13, by the Ea_ lat. 51, lon. 19 ; Calypso, Clyde to West

inatihll-chhappened to express the
ill-chasm word, though with
A STARVING KING.7When the House were
in a Committee upon the civil list, there were some re-
flial ee
goodcc te
i snsgi
t yi nt o:
t .unent 1 ihl nee: .f,
arnaja‘tyllY4 Smith
that the King was in a starving
condition. Mr.
Grenville took a fancy to repeat the word
very often ; and if the King were starving, why then were
such grants made of crown-lands, and why such grants end
great peesions, and why foreigners enriched and made
lords.—James's Court and Times of William 111.
MADAME LAFFARGE.--:
rhe Audience states
that Madame Laffarg,e is to undergo her confinement for
life in the prison of Cadillac, in the Gironde, and is there
to be placed in the yell which was occupied by the woman
Baneal, who obtained t.ueli horrible celebrity in the Fualdes
case. The servant who has never quitted Madame Latnrge
m i
fr a her first arrest is not allowed to accompany her.
" The prisoner," it adds, " appears to be resigned to her
Ifate, but shows some little repugnance at the idea of being
obliged to wear the prison dress of gray cloth. She has
addressed an affecting letter to the Queen, thanking her
, Majesty for saving her from being exposed on the pilloiy."

MAIL TENDERS.

The Post-office has recently issued Tenders for
carrying the letter-bags in the London District Post.
They differ from all previous Tenders in intimating a
readiness to permit the carriage of the mail bags
by conveyances of any description whatever, as well
those taking passengers us those taking only parcels.
It appears, also, that such conveyances whilst carry-
mg the bags are to enjoy the privileges of the mails, in
being exempt from tole, and having their conductors
'quipped in the Post-otlice uniform. No doubt such
conveyances will be permitted to call themselves mails.
l'nese terms seem very well worth the attention of the
respectable Proprietors of Oninilm,es., which are rune-
,ual in their journeys, but which the public at pre-
sent have no means of distinguishing from the slow
tad loitering Omnibuses. The insignia of the Mail,
itauips the convevance with the character of speed and
punctuality, and the public prepossessions have long been
en fisted on the side of Mail Coaches.

The Post-odice Tenders seem also to offer a good
unity for establishing single horse carriages to
.arly two or three passengers and parcels requiring
leepatch besides the letters.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(OLD COURT.)
(Before Mr. Justice MAULF.
Jawes Stevens, a Post-office letter-carrier, was charged
upon two indictments, with robbery, while employed in
that capacity, at the General Post-office.
Mr. SHEYHARD and Mr. ADOLPHUS conducted the pro-
secution. Mr. PmLurs and Mr. CLARKS9N defended the

prisoner.
'inc first charge aas that of stealing a 51. note, from
A letter, and the second was for stealing a gold medal, also
in a litter. The facts of both the cases have been fully
eiven within the last few days, and it will therefore be
unnecessary to repeat them.
The prisoner was acquitted upon both charges.
William Summer, 40, was indicted for stealing a quan-
!ity of copper, the property of the Master and Assistants
of the Royal Copper and Zinc Company.
Mr. CLARKSON conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
BALLANTINE the defence.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutors have
e warehouse in the City of London, and they have mines
It Swansea, and an establishment at Harefialdi in Middle-
sex; where the metal is manufactured. The course of
business was to transmit the metal to London, and it was
then scot to Brentford by the river, and from thence to
Harefield, in barges, on the canal. The prisoner was the
Captain of one of these barges, and he took advantage of
pis connection with the establishment at flarefield, to ab-
stract a large quantity of copper, in which act he was
assisted by a young man, named Bignall, who was com-
mitted for trial with the prisoner, but who was subsequently
admitted as a witness in support of the prosecution.
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the Jury for the prisoner,
end call several witnesses who gave him a good character
for honesty and general propriety of conduct.
Mr. Justice Mauut having addressed the Jury, they re-
turred a verdict of guilty, but at the same time recom-
, mended the prisoner to mercy ton account of his previous
good character.
The prisoner oat sentenced to he imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for eighteen calendar months.
Mr. CLARKSON stated that there were other indictments
against the prisoner and another person, who was not yet
in custody. and who was charged with feloniously receiv-
ing the property that had been stolen by Summer. The
witness Bignal would give material evidence on the pro-
secution of that indictment, and he had to pray that he
should be kept in custody until the next session.
The Corn . ordered that I3ignal should be kept in cus-
tody until next sessions, unless he found sureties for his
appearance to give evidence.
(Before the RECORDER.)
John Wingfield, 22, and William Kennedy, 24, the two
young men who xere convicted on Wednesday evening,
the former for robbing his employer, Mr. Simpson, a silk-
mercer in Regent-st!ect, and the latter for receiving the
property, knowing it to have been stolen, were again
charged upon another iaadictmont, Wingfield with robbing
his employers, Messrs. Hepwell and Goodgames, silk-
mercers, of gloves, cloth, silk, and other articles; and
Kennedy for feloniously receiving the property. The pri-
soner Wingfield pleaded guilty, but Kennedy abided his

Mr. C. Jens appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Pnisiars for the defence.
The evidence exhibited a most extensive and impudent
system of robbery carried on by the defendants. Wing-
it appeared, obtained a situation with the prosecu-
tors, who have extensive establishments at Polton, in Bed.
fordshire, and St. Nects, Huntingdonshire, as a shopman,
and it seemed that, from the moment of his entering the
situation until he left it, he robbed his employers of pro-
perty of all descriptions, which was immediately packed off
to the other prisoner in London, where it was disposed of
by him. Wingfield remained in the service until the
17th of December, when Mr. Shrosberry went from
home on business : and directly he was gone, Wingfield told
a.sother shopman that the country was too dull for him,
and he should leave; and, without giving any notice, he
packed up his things and left the place. Mr. Shros-
berry returned in a day or two, and the sudden disappear.
auce of Wingfield created some suspicion, and an exami-
nation of the stock took place, when it was found that a
quantity of property had been stolen. The prosecutors
proceeded to London, where it was ascertained that Ken-
nedy and Wingfield had been lodging at a house in John-
street, Blackfriars-road, where a box was found, in which
were a number of letters in Wingfield's writing, addressed
to Kennedy. These letters clearly showed the conspiracy
to plunder which existed between the prisoners. The ob--
ject of the prisoners, in disposing of the property in Lon
cot, appeared to be to avoid a chance of the stolen
ai tidies being traced, and earnest injunctions were gi•cn
in all the letters written by each of the prisoners to the
other, to destroy bin letters, au injunction which, fortu-
nately for the ends of justice, they both disregarded, and
this led to the apprehension of the prisoner Kennedy, and
to the ultimate conviction of both.
Mr. Puisstes addressed the Jury, and said that, after
the facts which had been disclosed in evidence, it would be
hopeless for him to attempt to combat them, and he must
therefore leave the prisoner in the hands of the Jury and
the Court. There was no reason to doubt that the pri-
soner, before this trtsnsaction, bore a good character, and
that fact would, no doubt, have its due weight with the
Court.
The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury found the
prisoner Guilty.
There were other indictments against the same prisoners
of a similar character, but the Court intimated that it was
unnecessary to proceed with them.
The prisoners were then called up for judgment, and
the Recorder, after commenting upon the enormity and the
the utter heartlessness of the system of plunder that Wing-
field had been carrying on upon his employers, sentenced
both the prisoners to be transported for fourteen years.
Mr. JONES then addressed the Court, and said,
that the prosecutors in this case had been kept in
London at a very great expense, and be hoped the
Court would think that under the peculiar circumstances
of the ease, the roost liberal scale of allowance in the
shape of expenses should b.: given to them.
The RECoRDER Sal& Was a most proper prosecution,
aid he did certainly think that the prosecutors ought
to be allowed liberal expenses. It was a case of the
very greatest importance, not only to persons in trade,
but to the public in general, and it was very essential
to the interests of justice, that persons who could be ca-
pable of carrying out such a system of fraud and plunder
upon their employers, should be prosecuted to convic-
tion. It was a melancholy case, but it afforded another
instance to those already, unhappily so very numerous, that
education—mere intellectual education—without a moral
and religious one, had very little hold upon the human
mind.
Both the prisoners were gentechlooking young mc n,
and it was stated that the relations of Wingfield are highly
respectable, and that at the death of ono of them he would
be entitled to the suns of twenty thousand pounds.
Charles Beddle, alias Preddle, aged 24; was convicted
of a burglary, and stealing several, pairs of shoes, and
was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard !abet's,
fur one year. A man named Walker, who was tied
tt ith the prisoner was acquitted.
This case cohcluded the business of the Session, and
the Court adjourned to Monday, Feb. 1.

SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS.
The Session haying terminated yesterday, we subjoin
the principal sentences passed upon the prisoners.
Transported for Seven Ycars—Thomas Williams,
Frederick Dunbar, Thomas Andrews, John Jones, alias
Burnham, Patrick Norey, Mary Ann Marsh, William Hut-
ton, William Hutchinson, Sophia Cooper, Thomas King,
Daniel Daltun, Mary Sullivan, Peter Gann, John Smyth,
John Brown, John Mot ton, George Brandon, John Oakley.
Fur Ten Years—Wiiliam Miller, John Froter, William
NeedhAm.

For Fuurtc:en Years—Martha Williams, Thomas Spiek.

INIPRISONNIENT AND HARD LABOUR-

For Two Years—J. Smith.
F,,r Eighteen Months—Joseph Powell.
In. ,r One Year—Henry Dickens, James Cann, Mary
Lanbeth, Thomas Smith, Peter Brown, Ellen Moriarty,
Peter Collins.
For Nine Months—Charlotte Kay.
For Six Months—Caroline Hughes, Mary Ann Woods,
Henry Frederick Powell, John Healey, Sarah Towers,
J..ihn Stafford, William Parsons, alias Green, Henry
Day, Juhn Oxley, Ellen Day, Samuel Swift, John O'Dart,
Mary Murray, J. Harris.
For Four Months—Philip Samway, William Harwood,
Thomas Smith.
Fur Three Months—Ellen Moriarty, sen., Patrick San-
tree, Ann Williams, Sarah Giles, Michael Hunter, Tho-
mas Harrison, Frederick John O'Chadlin, Charles Jones,
John Smith, Joseph Matthews, Thomas Mixon, Samuel
Jordan, Alfred King, Thomas King, William Jones,
Johanna Connor, Patrick, Mahoney, Daniel Donovan,
J. Henry, John Allen, Eliza Davis.
For Two Months—Samuel Clifton, Sophia Watts.
For One Month—William Smith, Eliza Ferris, George
' Kirby, Richard Freeman, John Brown.
Fur Three Weeks—J. Clark.

HEALTH OF THE AlETnoPorAs.—The parish
authorities of Whitechapel have extensively circulated no-
tices, calling upon the inhabitants, under a wholesome
clause of the new Police Act, to thoroughly cleanse end
whitewash their houses, or otherwise
.threatening them
ith the penalties of the law. In nu parish was this pre-
caution more needed, particularly in the wretched and ill-
ventilated street in the neighbourhood of Wentworth-street
and Brick-lane, where small-pox and fever of a low typhoid
character have latterly been very prevalent. The circulir
solicits information from any party on the existence of
nuisances which may prove detrimental to the public health.
Although the period of the year is not very conducive to the
spread of contagious diseases or the propagation of miasm,
yet in unhealthy and ill-ventilated houses and apartments
the danger is greatly augmented.

EXAMINATION OF MR. STANTON

AT CANTON.

Mr. Stanton, it will be remembered, was kidnapped
by a party of Cninese trhile bathing near Macao, ant:
carried up to Canton. His ex linination by the Chinese
authorities, at the head of whom was the redoubted Com-
missioner Lin, will be read with some interest. The
account is taken fr,:in the .Bombay Courier:—
Mr. Stanton artived early on Frido), the 7th, and
was delivered i'ito the custody of the Nainhoy-yune,
auel though one wou!d think the capture of a solitary
foreigner, nu:Accused of any crime except that of his
birth, to be an event of very slight importance, great
preparations were immediately made for his examination
in the public hall of the Viceroy's palace. The prelimi-
naries for this mighty business were concluded at about

„ .
one o'clock, and at two the Kwang-chow-feo, the Pwan-

yune, rNarnhoy-yune, and four other officers of hieli rank
made their appearance, taking their selts, the Kwang-
chow-J.oo in the centre, in a row, on chairs adorned tt ith
scarlet cloth, and the tables usual on such occasions be-
:Ore them. Behind the chairs of these functionaries was

a partition which screened his Excellency Viceroy
Lin from the looks of the profane. All the Hong trier-
,diants and linguists were iLI attendance, standing during
the whole of the examination, which lasted from two
o'clock in the afternoon until past nine at night.

A number of lower officers, police runners, lietors, exc.,
were also present, when Mr. Stanton, under the charge
of two linguists, was brought into cour2 with chains on
ais bare feet, and dressed only in a shirt and trosysers,
the former somewhat discoloured by the blood, from a
wound in his shoulder, which though not deep ap-
peared as if inflicted by sonic sharp instrument ; his
head and face were also bruised on one side. In spite
of his evident exhaustion, lie being very pale, Mr.
Stanton was made to kneel before this august assembly,
which posture, in the course of the examination, he
!hanged by sitting on the floor. A little food was given
Aim before the examinatioAegan, which was conducted
by the Kwang-chow-foo, the linguist Atom acting as inter-
preter. The first questions put to the prisoner were," Who
are you ?" " What is your name? What your nation?" To
which the reply was, that his name was Stanton,
Ault he resided in Macao, and that he was an
Englishman. " now can you be an Englishman,"
replied the Kwang-chow-foo," when it is well known
that all the English have lung since been ordered away
from Macao, and that we have the assurances from
our officers there that they are all gone ?" To which
Stanton answered that so far from his countrymen
•raving all left Macao, there were upwards of a hun-
dred living there. This answer seemed to create a good
deal of astonishment in the judges, and the Kwang-chow-
too was seen to whisper first to his right side neigh-
aour, thin on the left, and these again commu-
ideated with the next in the line, all of which pro-
luced a good deal ofgrave nodding, of shakes of the head,
tnd so on, and the Kwang chow-too got up to com-
mune with his master behind the screen, whence he
returned after a short absence. These low whis-

pers among the judges, and the conferences be-
tween the Viceroy and Kwang-chow-foo, were rather
frequent, and happened whenever anything appearing
to them extraordinary was said by the prisoner.
Owing, it is suppossd, to the presence near the
tsung-tuck of several Chinese who well under-
stood English, the interpreter was observed to discharge
his duty with considerable fidelity, which is a rare
occurrence, Chinese interpreters generally preferring
to give the story they wish the mandarins to receive to
giving the real meaning of the deponent. It is on this
account chiefly that the mandarins heard several things,
which must have astonished them not a little. The
Rwang chow-foo then asked Mr. Stanton whether he
was not aware of the existence of the Proclamations
offering rewards for the taking and killing of English-
men ; which being answered in the affirmative, he was
asked why, such being the case, he had been walking
about, well knowing he subjected himself to being snade
prisoner. To which Mr. Stanton replied that he was
walking peaceably towards the beach to bathe, when he
was sunrised by Chinese, who hurried hint into a boat,
tso of which were at Casill a Bay apparently waiting for
him ; but, said Mr. Stanton, though now a prisoner, I ad-
vise you to liberate me without delay, for I am certain
that within three days my countrymen will demand
me, and if refused, their ships of war will open their
fire upon you. This bold speech occasioned a good deal
of surprise, which having subsided, the examination was
continued. The prisoner was asked what his business
was, and where he lived, to which ho replied, he wis
a teacher, who had come to this country with Mr. Tur-
ner's sons as their tutor ; that he was in no way con-
nected with trade, and was then living in Mr. Turner's
house. To this it was objected that Mr. Turner was dead,
and inquiry made of the present abode of Mrs. Turner,
and her sorts, the Kwang-chow-foo was told, had re-
turned to England. He was next asked, how many
ships of war had arrived on the coast of China, and how
many troops, to which the prisoner answered that about
43 ships had gone to the northward, that five re-
mained in Macao ; that there weres,ooo troops on board,
aNd that a❑ equal ❑umber was expected to arrive soon.
It was then asked why the English had sent an arma-
ment to fight the Chinese, to which answer was made
that the English had not come to light the Chinese, but
to obtain redress for injuries suffered. It was objected,
if they had not come to fight, why they had fired
on the forts at Amoy, and why they had taken
Chusan. Answer, that at Amoy it was the Chinese
who first fired on a boat bearing a flag of truce, and that
in consequence of that the English ships destroyed
the forts ; that Chusan was taken because the letter
which the English wished to have sent to the Emperor of
China had been refused ; that the object of the English
was to complai❑ of the treatment they had received to the
Emperor himself, but that their letter had been every-
where refused ; had it been received and forwarded no
hostilities would have ensued ; that the English had
only occupied Chusan until a satisfactory answer shall
have been received from the Emperor, when they will
return the island to his government. The Kwang-chow-
foo also asked, why, if the intentions of the English
were pacific, they had captured so many salt junks?
To which it was replied, that the salt junks, being
considered Government property, had been seized and
would be detained until restitution shall have been
made for the property of which the English have been
despoiled by tins Chinese.
These arc the principal points in the examination ;
to till up the seven hours a great many more things
were said, which it is unnecessary to repeat.
Mr. Stanton now remains in custody of the Nam-
hoy-yune, but is not shut up, we are told, in the com-
mon prison, but in a room in the Nainhoy-yunes house,
in which generally such prisoners only arc confined as
can afford to pay handsomely for this indulgence.
In the same prison with Mr. Stanton is a Lascar, who,
by his own account, was also seized in the neighbour-
hood of Macao ; we know not who this tna❑ may be,
not having heard of any missing ; his seizure, however,
has drawn a poor Chinaman into great trouble, who,
when he saw his countrymen approach the Lascar,
warned him of his danger, exhorting him to run away.
This warning was overheard by the minion of the law,
and he was seized, and may possibly lose his life for
treasonable practices.

I'RINCE ALBERT'S MUNIFICENCE,
OR A THOUSAND POUNDS FOR A FIFTY-
GUINEA HORSE.

A gentleman residing upon his estate, not a hundred
miles from Canterbury, lately rode his own horse to
town ; and during his temporary stay in the metropolis,
more than once made his appearance in the Park,
mounted upon his handsome and gallant steed. On one
of these occasions it was his good fortune to be observed
by the Prince, who, with his attendants, were riding in
the park at the time, and who was so struck with the
beautiful figure of the animal which our friend rode,
that his Royal Highness immediately dispatched one
of his attendants in the direction in which our friend
was then cantering off the ground in fine style, in
order to ascertain whether he would "part with
the splendid animal he rode." The servant of his Royal
Highness was successful. He presently overtook the
gentleman in question ; and, after respectfully making
known the nature of the command of his Royal master,
begged to know whether our friend would be pleased to
pa :t with the horse in question ? The reply was a
negative one. His Royal Highness's servaut's re-
joinder was remarkable. " If," said he, " you
should think proper to sell, the Prince commanded
me to say you have only to name your own price."
The owner of the horse was not to be tempted
The servant returned to the Royal party with a negative
answer to his Royal master's proposition. Prince Alb,:rt
was not to be thus disappointed. Our friend had very
properly sent h s card of address hack, which was punc-
tually presented to the Prince by the messenger. The
Prince gave orders directly to the effect, that the owner
of the " crack animal" he had so niuch admired,
should
be written to. Accordingly on his return home, our friend
i
received a letter from one Seymour, stating his
Highness's anxious desire to possess himself of die % ele-
gant horse he had seen him ride in the Park, &e.,
this very significant peroration—" mention your own
figure ; money shad not prevent the Princefrom making
a purchase." The gentleman returned for answer h e was
not disposed to sell. Another letter followei this second
negative. A second letter from Seymour almost as soon.
arrived. A third refusal followed on the part of our friend.
A third communication was ultimately received from the
amanuensis of the QUCCrl'i Consort. Our friend, as
a favour, was requested to consent to sll A
", an, name
his price. He did not consent to sell, hut sent for
'answer, that a thousand pounds alone could purchase
the said horse. Of course, he determined to adopt this
line of conduct, not out of any d:srespect to his Royal
Highness, but simply to put an end to fur ther importuni-
ties. The reader will be astonlshed to hear the next
post nut only brought our friend a reply to his last,
from the same party, but also a "cheque" for 1,000
pounds ! \‘' e need not say the horse was delivered—
and to whom ? Why, to ono of the Prince's grooms,
who had been sent from Buckingham Palace purposely
to take charge of the same, and conduct it safely to
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