The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-17 00:00:00

BOURSE-PARIS, TUESDAY.

THREE O'CLOCIC.—The firmness manifested for some days
back has continued to-day, and the French Rentes are
again higher. The Three per Crnts. opened at 81f. 30c.,
and after seme variations, during which they touched
81f. 10c., they closed at the opening price. After the Bourse
they were done at 81f, 35c. Railway Shares were
exceedingly firm, and are somewhat better. This
being the reponse des primes for the half-monthly settlement
for the railway market, almost all the primes were taken up.
The continuations are moderate, though decidedly higher
than for some settlements past. With the exception of
Paris ard Orleans at 2f. 25c. to If. 75c., Rouen at lf. 75c.
to lf. 50c., and Avignon to Marseilles at If. 50c. to If. 25c.,
the continuations for the other lines are below If. Nothing
was done in Spanish. lAA. the Account, the French Three
per Cents. have risen sc. Five per Cents. 20c. Loan not
quoted. For Money the Three per Cents. are unchanged.
Five per Cents. have fallen 26c. Loan not quoted. Gouin
Bank I,ooof. Shares, Belgian Bank Shares, Roman, and
Rothschild's Receipts, are all unchanged, the latter being
102 f. 55c. Neapolitan Bonds and Portuguese Five per Cents.
not quotkl. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25f. 45c.;
ditto (Linty days), 25f. 30c. Railway Shares for the Ac-
count, settling of Dec. 16 : St. Germain, Avignon to Mar-
seilles, Rouen to Havre, and Orleans to Vierzon, having risen
sf. each; Itouen,3f. 75c., Paris to Orlears, Versailles (Right
Bank), Strasburg, Northern, and Orleans to Bordeaux,
21. 50c. each ; Boulogne, If. 25c.; Nantes, Lyons, and Ver-
sailles (Left Bank), are unaltered. For Money, Rouen
have risen 10f.; Northern, 7f. 50c.; Versailles (Left Bank),
3f. 75c. ; Orleans to Bordeaux, Strasbourg, and Nantes,
2f. 50c. each. Lyons are unvaried. Paris to Orleans have
fallen 2f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 16.

Luxembourg, :%—Northern of France Constituted, 10%
—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 51/8 ex d.—Rouen and
Havre, 25%—Tournay, Jurbise, Lander, and Hasselt, 51/2.

THE: DREADFUL FIRE AT
SALONICIII.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

The following particu!ars are furnished by the Impar-
tial of Smyrna, of the dreadful fire at Salonichi, in
Macedonia :

A dreadful catastrophe has just plunged our city in
despair, and reduced an immense number of the inha
bitants to the utmost distress. Fire, that frightful
scourge which has so often and so cruelly visited us, has
again spread its ravages in the midst of our population.
No ext rtions were able to check it. The day before
yesterday (Tuesday), at eight o'clock in the morning, a
gun fired from the fortress gave the alarm, but at that
time, in broad daylight, but few persons entertained any
serious apprehensions. Wl.o could foresee what has
happened ? Tht fire had begun in the Jew's quarter, in
a small bazaar situated between the palace and the
mosque of St. Sophia. The fire had broken out in a
small old house, the proprietor of which was absent.
In an instant the surrounding habitations were enve-
loped in flames, and when the fire- engines arrived the
devastation had already spread to a fearful extent, the
furious wind, which increased to a hurricane, spread the
devouring element.
Yacoub Pacha and the begs of the surrounding country
were the first to come to the scene of disaster. The
houses passed away, the men were exhausted with
fatigue, and a want of water was experienced, and
unhappily the cold was intense. Turks and Christians
were praying in the mosques and the distant churches,
but the fire, far from decreasing, became every moment
more furious, and was burning in four or five quarters
at once. The crow of the Ottoman brig and that of
the steam-boat, the artillerymen, &c., laboured in demo-
16hing some houses, which was the only chance of
setting a limit, as far as possible, to the extent of the
fire. At length the wind abated, at nine o'clock in the
evening, and the workmen succeeded in extinguishing
the flames, which had raged with the utmost fury for
some time. 860 houses are,,
_destroyed, among which
and and St. Elerupa, i5OO families are I;ouselea.
The misfortune has fallen this time on the lower classes;
most happily the merchants have been spared, and have
been able to relieve the most urgent wants of the poor
sufferers. The day after the disaster a committee,
composed of the most respectable merchants, was
formed, and made an eloquent appeal to the public bene-
volence. In one day 70,000 piastres were subscribed ;
but however great public charity may be, it can afford
but slight relief' to so much misery. We therefore
appeal with confidence to the other cities of the empire,
and to foreign countries, in favour of our unhappy
population.
The committee having waited on the Governor, he
promised that two large camps should be furnished for
four days with bread and fuel, at his expense, and his
Excellency further promised to do for them in the sequel.
The members of the municipal council have subscribed
13,000 piastres. The Europeans, Greeks, Turks, and
Jews have all manifested a like sympathy and ardour in
relieving the urgent distress occasioned by this fearful
calamity.

THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.
The Conde de Montemolin left his residence yester-
day, at half-past two o'clock, and proceeded to the Old
Bailey, where, according to invitation, he was received
by Mr. Sheriff Kennard and his attendants. The Conde
was conducted over the two prisons, in the management
and arrangements of which he expressed great interest.
Returning to the Old Bailey, the Conde de Montemolin
was invited to take his seat on the bench. The Conde
observed the proceedings with minute attention, and ad-
mired the mode of administering justice which they
exhibited.
At five o'clock the Lord Mayor, the judges, several of
the aldermen, and ether gentlemen, were presented in
the ante-room to the Conde de Montemolin, who was
accompanied by his Excellency the Marquis de Villa-
franca and Colonel Merry. The whole party then pro-
ceeded to the dining room, where a sumptuous banquet
was served up. The cloth being removed, the
toast of " Church and Queen" was drunk with great
applause. " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal
Family," and other loyal and patriotic toasts, having
been duly honoured, the Lord Mayor propostd the
health of the Prince who was their illustrious guest.
To this toast the Conde de Montemolin replied in the
following terms:—
" My Lord Mayor, my Lords, and Gentlemen,--
" I pray you to pardon me if, when I attempt to
m coirretuunme-.
ex-
press my thanks in your language, I find it impossible to
speak all that I feel.
touchedeun country, and
people
en dtshoiefntke mysoftens
sd hospitality with
my actualmisfortune.
s tact' ce':4,rmy frommy
heart
s
Thankfulwhich a
mteatghnaat
nimous
people,p and to the gracious hand that
rules them, I have heartily joined with you in drinking
may God long preserve
the health of her Majesty the Queen Victoria, whom
In a country whose institutions guarantee so surely
the observance of the laws, the rights of liberty, the
protection of arts, of industry, and of commerce (and as
iss
neugnc
chtehl
at least,
:1 mu ierae taahnffdoorfrespectmyself it), I hope I may, in this pre-
e
tdh gratificationezda),
or th e
Sheriffs, of pro
thepos-
Aldermen, and Corporation of the city of London, and
of the Learned Judges of the realm.' "
At the conclusion of this
speeeh the party separated
with every expression of mutual good feeling.
P--

_ ORTUGAL AND HER STREET.—lnsolvency has
Long been associated with the name of Portugal, from
the Court of the former being situated in the street of
the latter. Now that the Portuguese arc in a state of
bankruptcy, the location of the Insolvent Court in Por-
tugal-street appears singularly appropriate.—Punch.
SINGULAR DEATH.--Yesterday Mr. Mills held an
inquest at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of Owen
Murray, an Irish labourer, formerly living at 11, This.
sell-place. It appeared, that deceased, while dining on
Sunday week, swallowed a piece of bone of considerable
s;ze, and suffering much from the accident, became a
patient at Middlesex Hospital. The bone was found to
bo fixed in the larynx, and on Monday last the inflamma-
tion and oppression of breathing increased, and an ope-
ration was recommended ; but this he refused to un-
dergo, and died the same night. In consequence of in-
jurious accusations made by some Irish friends of the
deceased against the hospital, the governors thought it
advisable to prove to the jury that the operation might
be performed with perfect safety, and a patient was
brought in who bad met with a similar accident, and
having submitted to the operation was now doing well,
respiration being carried on through a silver tube inserted
into the larynx through an incision. The jury appeared
satisfied, and finally returned a verdict that deceased
died from suffocation," caused as above described.
A regiment of rats, who had made choice of a stack
of corn upon the premises of Mr. Graham, of the Hos-
pital, near Penrith, for their winter quarters, were very
unceremoniously ejected from their well lined domicile
on Saturday week, by the servants of that gentleman.
There were ample outward and visible signs in the stack
that a lodgment had been made within by a numerous
and destructive company, and it was therefore deter-
mined to house it as the only means of getting rid of the
plunderers. This step having been decided on, all the
terrier dogs in the neighbourhood were accordingly
mustered in the stack-yard, and h( fore tilt. half-dk_stroyed
pile had been rculuved, i.o les4 titan 200 joungrats, um'
75 old ones, had been numbered with the dead !—Cum-
berland Pacquet.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were not
so large, being 10,000 bales, 5,000 of which were on sPentl-
lation. The market was firm. There were 7,000 bales
of American taken at sd. to 71d; 500 of Pernambuco and
Maranham at 71d. to Bd.; 200 of Bahia at Bd.; 600
of
Egyptian at 7P. to 9d.; and 1,400 of Surat at 4d. to
51d. per ound. Shares were rather heay.
The intelligence received relative to they surrender of
Tampico to the, United States forces has caused much
anxiety among the merchants, the bondholders,
and others connected with the trade with that
republic. Should, however, any treasure, the property
t
of British capitalists and others, be taken cossession
by the invaders, a full and satisfactory account mast
undoubtedly be rendered to our Government. VP°
this score, therefore, very little apprehension ought.
exist, although serious delays may occur in maawg
remittances.
The Cotton and Corn markets of the United Sat
appear to have ben active, and money was easy. .°
doubt we shall do a good spring tradekwith brother
Jonathan in our principal manufactures for part psi
ment of his les.
It is stated tphat—" The Atlantic and St. Lawrell
Railroad is fast progressing, and will, when completr
be one of the most important and profitable roads in !ie.
country-280 miles; and Portland is in connexion lath
the lakes, grasping the whole wester* trade. It Ifih,t,
ahead, with rapid strides, of Boston, and will I)?
in
principal depot of the Atlantic steamers the
year or two. No city in the union has 475
same natural advantages. New York
miles from the lakes ; Boston, 525 ; Portland lia%
noble harbour, but three miles from the broad AtisAele
No pilots are required to enter or leave her port, anumn- t
.
will undoubtedly become one of the nsos, sge
commercial cities in the Union. The Bostonian ;t
not willing to believe that this road will be naadee_'ss„,,e
,u dead against the city of Boston, which roust ee
ide awake or be beaten." sear
The weather in the United States and Canada w intended
cidedly wintry, and most of the shipping is e before
.hich
to leave the latter country for England had left
the close of November. orieSl
We have received, in common with our conteroPo be
the following extract relative to Customs' frauds fro'n
London Me; cautile Journal : nest li°t.
We have this week to expose a fraud et a eat iverr
tensive character, committed in one of the larg; nipenff
houses belonging to the St. Katherine's Dock cue
by the connivance of the Custom's officer in tient of
of that warehouse. We understand the am°
S iegie
which the revenue has been defrauded is iond
instance, to be between twenty and thiry tb°
pounds. hae been
" Sugar is the article by which this fraud - this:
effected, and the way it has been done is ainirdeneeri
—Upon the presentation of warrants for the. the
of goods, to the Company's clerks, it locket'
practice to present the document to the,ho be
911 the premises, for him to certify 'coon)
has received the necessary order from the the de
House that the duty has been paid, before:oo
livery is allowed to take place. In this ,no-f the
the locker asserted that he was in recaiPt daii
order' when such was not the case,. ne,,i the
having been paid. The Dock Campany case. ad
sugar, and, we presume, stands exonerated. Tnet to
has decamped with, we suppose, half the amain ,eanke
pocket, which may be considered not a bad el-oelloca
for a poor fellow whose duty commences at seveolodia
in the morning, who is the lickspittle O he t mode
waiters and surveyors, with a salary of ninetf P"
year, without the chance of preferment. e
" Of course it will be supposed that this yein.7,l,yert`•
method of plundering wholesale, Was at one(' 41.1,:;;60er
by the fat, well-paid functionaries in Lower
lei boo
:,treet ; but oh ! no I for them it w,„°: y
mained —as we unhesitatin 1 —l3- It-
g y
ui
as gross are at present—undiscovered. Zrought
was a SPLIT among the actors which ' tbst
this affair tear Sight, and it is to similar diffeeel7 of the
the public are mainly indebted for all they lulthe Er-
frauds upon the Customs, and the Chancellor oi_hape of
chequer, for all he may have received, in tbe
verdicts, from fraudulent traders." k weetig
There was not a syllable said at the Ban otters.
held this morning, relative to any otonetarl 1001
However, it is still the opinion of some peoPs.„creasett'
rate of interest on discounts, will shortly be IP robehlf
The profits of the Bank of England would P_3, were
increast d thereby, thcugh less extensive busine
done than at present. "ho t alteratioo.
The English steurities have bees w"--,-esehequere
Consols are 931 for the January account;
913,,de lor
r.
The
realise 10s. to I3sh
premium, bele, bring 952 '
The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cell stoat is 207. „
and the Three per Cents. 94 to /. Deepurchases of
The effect of one or two hascoveiderab ebepen Partialfoli
Mexican stock made festerdaf the „,
counterbalanced by the ietelligence 231 to .1.
of Tampico. The Bonds are
Spanish have not been dealt in. Dutch Two-
se Four per Cents. have beelin°qYfuotedsati.3ast
per Cents. are 60-1- 1. is not mach
Railway Shares are steady, although there
doing in them.
rIitITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOO5i
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9414
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
India Bonds 1,000/.....
114.. --a-- .. ........ --
T
South Sea Stock 22 p
Ditto Old Annuities 9334
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills.
11%d.
10 13 Pelkee
5001.

Ditto Small
I It:CE OF FOREIGN FUNITS";T.
10 N
13
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. 233/ 2
0E 0 --
Lvi -uv il:
23%74
Ditto for the Account .
Portuguese 4 per Cents 37.14 37 3154
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in Lon.
.a f,
c
Dutch 2% per Cents
.clout
BUSINESS
ONE BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT .
Pao SoAll ....
RAILWAYS. PAID. tO
Aberdeen - .•••••• to
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 2% ...... - ..... to ''''
Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush 196 ...... --- ...... to
Belfast and County Down - ...... to ,
Birmingham and Dudley 425.....• -- ..... to -
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... -- ..... to -
Do. New (iss. at 71/2 dis.) l7l/...- --, ;2 . to -'
Birmingham & Oxford Junc 2
....... 97$ A"
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and . to --
Cheshire Junction 23/4 --• ".: to
___"...
Boston, Starnf , & Birming... 225. -
Bristol and Exeter
...... ..... ........ to
.:
Do~ New
....
Bristol and G10uce5ter......... 30
Bristol and Liverpool Junc... 2% - ...... to
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 - ... to
Chester and Holyhead... 27% - ..... :to "
Cburnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2 - ••••• .to '--
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford ...... ...-
2 ...- -- •
..
..,,, to
Clarence. lOO - •
••• to
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - ' ''' .to
Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - .... to *--
Do.,Loan, Gov. 4 per Cent. 10 - ......
to
....
Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. - • to
....
Cork and Killarney -
.... - •...... to
Cork and Waterford ..... ...-
1 h . .to
'.....
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares
Direct Lincoln, East Retford, 2% -
and Sheffield Junction 2% - ..... to '..'
Direct Northern - • ..... to '
--
Direct Norwich 1
. to "-
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% - ...... to "
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2,4 - • ... .to ""
Dublin and Galway 4 ...... --- ..... to
Dundalk and Enniskillen - ......
to
.....
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22%4-*" to •-••
Do. New l2/. 16s 7%P". ---
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,61. 13s. 4d - ••.. . to
to
Do., do. N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d - •••• to
Do., York Extension
...... 3%...." ....
to
East Dereham and Norwich 1 - .....
to
....
Eastern Union
..
Ditto, Quarter Shares - ..... to to
......
Do. Extension to Harwich 13 - ••"'. 0
Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% - ... '.to -
East Lancashire
- .... .t°
Ditto, New...... 0
....
Do. ( late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 - .... to "
Do., do., New Scrip - .... •-••
East Lincolnshire ... 1%
East and West of England... IA -234 ............ to •-•••••••
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - ......
.....
Ditto, Half Shares - •• ••• to ---•
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - ...... to
to --•
Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% - ...... to ...-
Edinburgh and Perth a - ..... ...-
Ely and Huntingdon ... 121,6 - ....... to ...-
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21,% - •*'' .to
Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 5% - •-•" .to ---•
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ...... -
to
Ditto, New - .....
to -
Do. % Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% -•'' to "
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2
to ,
Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% - - to -
Great Eastern and Western... 2% - -*" .to •••••
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% - •...... to •""
Great Munster ••• 21/2 - ..... to
Great North o Scotland •21h...... - ....... to .--
Great North of England 100 ......237 .... to .-
Ditto, New
. .
.. ... : .. . .
.-.- •.. :. .......•
ttt 000 :
Ditto, New
Ditto, New
Great Western
-' . to
Ditto, Half Shares - ..... .to '
Ditto, Quarter Shares lO - ..... to '
Ditto, Fifths 2O - .... to
Do. New
•
Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .....• - ...... to '
to
Dittc, Extension 3 - ......
.....
[lull and Selby 5O lO7 •-• •.
.. to --•
Ditto, Quarter Shares ..12% - ": .to ---'
Ditto, Half Shares - ....
to '
to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% ...... 103‘ .......
Do. do. and Norwich - ..... to ''''....
Lancaster and Carlisle - .....
50 ....... to ...O.
Do. New 6 - ...... to -'
Leeds and Bradford 3O ..... 75%..•.. to "-
Leizester and Bedford 225....... - . to
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches 221/ ...... - ..... to '''''
Ditto, Branch (Blue)
Ditto, Extension (Green) 2% ...... - ........ to '
Leeds and Thirst:l7% •...... - ..... to .....
Ditto, New - ..... to -
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. --. .... - .....
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2%
London ,Fl/4; Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d --214 .. .. ....... tot
5....
Do. New .
Do. Extension - :r.„ to '
!..-,,. '., Eri,;i: , & SuittV,juaSt :it)
......00;::4:: . to
...:
Do. Consolidated i Mils.. 40
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10
.......... . to ~..5
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ..,•,• 1

1'
0
nd-....••••••••a1iiim.0...4r - A.- ..' • •••••.•••ociffkl•J
t DittoedGreenveich... 12/.155. 4d... -
Preference
.......,,181 17s 2d... - -
/.0%, dso_N iio
unslow.&Westem •
2 - **
to -
ifeu:ftand North Western..loo : ....
•• • •195
1)0. ..cfna rt er Shares -
124); NeFifths - -*• •••• ...... 2
.
bo. . de -
bo. Nue rtera ......... G. J. 5
•
ew. Shares
.....L. & M. 8 - to -
1),o. 101.1:hares...M. and B. 40 ...... - to -
~e. 101
. .. M. and B. (A.) 5 . .... - ..... . to -
47. lot
... M. and B. (B.) 5 - to -
, Men 0•• 1.1 and B. (C.) 1 -
4sdn'aj,fold, and Cheltm. - - ...... to -
bx a S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d - to -
it t;,:er consolidatedBths.. 40 -****
t
•••••• ..... - -
bit Tr ........... .. ..... .. .. 18 - to -
Ditto ,f,enths 5 ... 5% to -
Ditto lentils 4 - to -
Ditto ScrlP 5 .... 5% to - (e.. ditto 4 -
;;_!tOn and York.. 2% to -
tent° Em. • .... ...... 2%
4...,9.012, sz,non - to -
41°nder urY, & Yeovil 2% - ...... to -
1,
eder,de itY and Coleraine... 15 - to -
en uairrZ and Enniskillen 15 - to -
t411.441beY -
e 1,..... rehana - to -
I)itt--,,er and Leeds
82 ..... - -
bitk, (\Flair Shares
pitto rarters - to -
2 ...... 614 to -
Ditto . Sloths -
uteieenttis ... ... 6 IA
Liver~,,4te n
ii.L00,.,0l and Bury 24 - . ... to -
1:4, "0., tifths
1 Butt°
kitszer _
.11, & Matlock 425. - p .... to -
h.r
.................. 2
Ditto
tin.
h..e. ................... 100 127 -
2 -
K.lO, New
31%4... to -
irueN..,_ .................... 24
It'iB,l.eui, Er .: ................ 2 - to -
A
41.Gre.'132_! and Derby...loo ..... -
ht
eutleitan‘
clViStern (Irish) 15 - -
Do
N., North s . Berwick -
4 castle Shields...... ... 25 ...... - ... .. to -
tiZteuke:ind Carlislo l® ..•••• - -
4Port ateluld Chesterford 5 - to -
cry ~,a ?,Abergavenny. . 2%... . -
1:t1.....-tnniskillen ...... 7 - to -
V
strevor.'renpoint, and
41.1 k 5 ..... 8 ... to -
ll 4a"11: ..
- 100 - to -
4,„1t0 p.,,,,_ hares -
t'leriir.,_ionsion
'''A B ."antie u • 21
% V. .. .. tt
oo
---- .
-
Di s Union ••••
25h
37 -
uo n'BBlf
bii,ztnerte Shares.
oitto-Axtelron ll4 4 .. .. to 33/4
ktlie I*. % 1%.5,i... to -
bi, tn Lad ~. .......... ..••• 1
blitotok,ip(r-ift.aatero 5O - to -
„bits... Route at 5 dis.)... 45 - to -
B•tit*",,m New
•*hares - to -
.- ... to -
°taff ......
Itttith W, 0rdeh.:•........... 1
5 ...... 8%5A to -
keetit er'uese . '..
to -
rieratt„, 801;th. . ••••••••••••• 3% ..... -
"• Connecting 25
7artl,"Vate4l ..... . .... -
I}4. eetpll.,
potercliester, ..................
12,71 - -
to -
ro' Wit •••
l'Blo neY & to -
00th oth bir Cheltnham 1% - to -
114.1141z,iend ~,„ rises -
'to, ja„•,' yre - to _
ki g lur She - to -
lltelnao ' 1111dfd re('
ki •, & Reigate 3/. 125.... - dis. to -
kkt toll ....... . . -
ht!ili !9,l(l.lditclen- ........
1%...... 15/8'
....... 15 - • to -
111tifi8244dllitralanud •••• ................ ... 12% l5 -
rn sand ~,..Lanchester _lOO -
~ .441,9rtuares ............ 8 -
tiloo.l4,•dr colnshire Jun Ct. 11/ - to -
1.•• do. eat Grimsby 1 4 ......
-- .to •—•
kb- do. 7 ... 0
to -
littoittto, at). _ _ _Extension...irm. 425. -
5% to 4%
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4141,8%4°1n the St. Lawrence, from the eastward, 20th ult.
litril::B.le4,l7an, Jamieson, for this port, went on the Rock off
ikwe Was forced off, and sunk in deep water; one man
St .ft.„." Marquis of Wellesley, from Quebec for New
iet, otili,' a4lstnasted off St. Simon. As several ves-
tt..feu.luanbarged their pilots on the 19th, it
07811.30 Watt that further disasters would be re-
a_mbria, Birnie, and Favourite, Craw-
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411,144(1.411thf.re111
llovst2o v 19th 111 ~ with a fair wind, in company with
7.11,...0uit easels,. some of which had been at anchor in the
,te:oo.. at tOr a fortnight. The Caledonia steamer, Lott,
tet4 I %le_ Halifax, took off the crew of the PrincessCbar-
teNittatitenT_ey, from Lisbon to Cork, which was after-
ceeh:? end gfito Waterford a derelict. The Marion, for
0,1i7, wit,‘,ppatra, for Devonport, have put back to
241.,•?. thi,u_ouniage. The Zenobia, Kenney, from New
ild ZLI., leaeurt, put into Newport, Rhode Island, on the
,7;tiptc ouldhavingßar of Sandy Hook,
•,Y, struck on the
Nt, leek, frroeturn to New York. The St. Petersburgb,
Nl/444zrky, ,julth Roston ty this port, put back on the 29th
te_l.oa,r Cargoy.s shifted, and part thrown overboard.
S;thotit'clijEc* 14.--The Belvoir Castle has been got off
1. 1., °I., D„a.nlage•
t... is!us„ pam 5.--The Mayflower (schooner), of Liver-
Oka: mgt., , ed, abandoned, with loss of rudder, hatches,
~,rt, A 16th, 7 the Highland Lad, Prewett, arrd. at Bor-
N.01,..,.,,e,adi.
„re d. Miranda, Margrete, Cape de Verd. Off
`otirs.W ."oase, Quebec.
4rIZI•Inr Anrit' plc. 15.-lielen M'Fielden, Willis, New
', az, , werp,
el %gm, ..-,Ec. 1
,oa -,o be 4.-Wind N.E.-Acrd. Sarah Botsford,
- Ile- '•• to- merata ; Torn and Jessie, Porto Rico.
.le,eBeth: 07 It --Wind N.W.-Sld. Ireland, Morton, Ha-
1, \Pt. sails, an rt, Finella Jones,. Africa, for Liverpool, with
d oh
°.k 44 b art of '
eL, rsl,4;, zc„ 16_,,, provisions.
porn..
ti.,h id
it 7 and
ashorerter. 01.1 the Woolpaek Sand, with lo of
__.czleveltmled, with the exception of
Wivlt°l3BEncul
161:flittout
illayez:t4rt.
quarters of linseed, taken

out of a brig whilst on shore on the Gunfleet, 13th instant,
have been landed here by the Benevolence, of Colchester.
The Caledonia steamer is frozen up at Altona.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
azzr ivrivan,zrre..
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 41 ; Clover ditto,
8153 to 41175; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ Ils per load. Supply
but moderate, and trade rather dull.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow' Hay, 21 8s to 4/ ; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 41165; and Straw, 11 lOs to 11 13s per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.
WHITECIIAIIi L.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 41; Clover
ditto, 3/ 8s to 5135; and Straw, 11 8s to I/ lOs per load.
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
MEAT 0111.35LKEiTS.
SOUTH A LI„ DEC. 16.—We had a very large market to-day.
Hence the demand was heavy, on the following terms:—
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Veal,
4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Sibs.
ROMFORD, DEC. 16.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in
good request; but all other kinds of fat stock ruled dull.
Beef. from 3s to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to
4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves,
18s to 30s ; and quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and
Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each.
LEWES, DEc. 15.—The prize animals sold at high rates,
but all other stock hung on hand. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s
4d; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s
to 4s 6d per 81ba.
NERTGATE AND X.1311DENEL8.361..
We had a steady trade, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d
to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d;
and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcass.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Dec. 17, 1846, :nade up from tho Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

I WHEAT. 1 BABLET.
41
NOATS.
42s I
i BYE. i
4BEANS. (4 PEAS.
PRICE .. 60s 3d 3s Id s sd2s ld 5s OdBs 7d
DUTY... 4s Od 2s Od Is 6d Od 2s Od 2s Od

CHANCERY-(THIS DAY:)

The Lord Chancellor took appeal motions and appeals
to-day.
His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with
the appeal motion of Rugby v. Strongways.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took
causes to-day, but no case calling for a particular report
came before his Honour during the morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
The Court sat in Banco to-day, for the purpose of
giving judgment in several cases. The Judges present
were—the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Patteson,
Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Wightman.
THE QUEEN V. THE PARISH OF ST. PAUL'S, COVENT •
GARDEN.—JUDGMENT.
Lord DENMAN gave the judgment of the Court in this
case, which related to the settlement of a pauper of the
name of Ann Sheridan. A rule nisi had been obtained
for setting aside the order made by the magistrate.
Their Lordships were of opinion that the order of settle-
ment was correct, ordered it to be confirmed, and dis-
charged the rule.
THE QUEEN V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR
WESTMINSTER.—JUDGMENT.
Lord DENMAN also gave judgment in this case, in
which a rule nisi had been granted for a certiorari to
bring into Court, for the purpose of its being quashed,
the presentment of a jury called by the Commissioners
of Sewers, which amerced a gentleman of the name of
Jenkins in a large amount, in consequence of his not
carrying a sewer in the neighbourhood of Westbourne-
road, to the exact orders of the Court of Sewers.
The COURT ordered the rule to be discharged, and
with costs.
THE QUEEN V. GOMPERTZ AND OTHERS.—JUDGMENT.
Lord DENMAN also gave the judgment of the Court
in this case, which was argued sometime since before
their Lordships upon a motion on arrest of judgment,
and also for a new trial. Their Lordships were of
opinion that no ground had been made for arrest
of judgment, th it the verdict with respect to Gompertz
was correct, but entertaining some doubt with respect to
its propriety as to the other defendants, they thought
a new trial ought to be granted.
DOE ON THE DEMISE OF PENNINGTON V. BARBELL.—
JUDGMENT.
Lord DENMAN also gave the judgment of the Court in
this case, which came before their Lordships upon a
motion for a new trial of an ac ion of ejectment. The
Court was of opinion the verdict for the defendant was
correct, and ought to stand, and ordered the rule to be
discharged.
BLACK V. THE BISHOP OF NORWICH.—JUDGMENT.
Lord DENMAN also gave the judgment of the Court in
the case, discharging a rule nisi obtained by the plaintiff
for a prohibition, with costs.
FORD V. BEACH.—JUDGMENT.
Lord DENMAN also gave the judgment of the Court in
this case. Their Lordships were of opinion that the
defendant's pleas had answered the whole case made by
the plaintiff, and that the verdict should be entered for
the defendant, on the plea of set off.
BUSHELL V. BOORD.—JUDGMENT.
Mr. Justice PATTISON gave the judgment of the
Court in this case, which had been argued before his
Lordship during the last term, upon a motion to make
a rule absolute which had been granted, calling upon the
plaintiff to show cause why the judgment and the exe-
cution should not be set aside, and parts of the money
levied returned.
The Court ordered the rule to be discharged with
costs.

BOLAN V. STIAW.-JUDGMENT.

Lord DENMAN gave the judgment of the Court in this
case, which came before their Lordships upon motion for
a new trial. The action had been brought by the plain-
tiff against the defendant upon a special agreement
that he would instruct the son of the defendant
in farming, for 100 L a year, to be paid half-yearly.
The money bad been paid regularly till the last halt-
year, when the defendant took away his son, and de-
clined to pay the money.
Their LORDSHIPS were clearly of opinion that no
sufficient ground had been bronght forward to induce the
Court to disturb the verdict which had been pronounced
in favour of the defendant.

-
DIURRIETTA V. OLDFIELD.—JUDGMENT.
Lord DENMAN gave judgment in this case, ordering to
,he rule that bad been granted to be discharged.
The Court then broke up.

COMMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Westminster.)
DAVIS V. LOWNDES.—TRIAL AT BAR..
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and Mr. Justice Msur.E.)
This cause, the last wrifitxoefdrifgohrttttoiablethtirsiemd
nurnndienrgthaet
old state of the law,
Williams, having been ,
Westminster.
nsaenld
inMtrh.eJeuasutiscee,
onforgfourteen years, did not sit,
so that the bench was.
t of this mode of trial, now at an
going
reduced to the two judges named
abo v whiche . hasT hb
earrilfl'of the county from whence the
end, is, that the sheriff
1 ts four knights of the shire, as the
cause proceeds,
eeepneculi
_).
with them, making
,sewelico choose twelve recognitors to sit
differ materially from
jury
joufry itnbitahe
.case
not
do sixteen in all. The functions
jury, empannelled to return
thes ro*arding the property dis-
a verdict those
of the party in the clause
.r.
the preponderance of evi-
bein
to them as to the rights
verdict for demand-
pefe2iicalts submitted
he other a
dente on the one side or the other puted, finding, according to
demand-
ant or the tenant in possession.
Wm. Selby Lowndes,
Davis, and the party in possession_
ire.
The claimant to
of Whaddon Hall, Buckinharnsh
In the present cause the demandant is Elizabeth
tenant in possession a
ing in Pembrokeshire, and the .
e have already
There the property is a lady in moderate circumstances, resid-
gentleman of extensive property.
been two trials, and the present Was arranged as a final
trial of strength. t Bylea sergeant
for Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Sergenn-
Mr. Sergeant
for the demandant; Mr. Martin and
Channel fur the tenant.
eared,
On the call of the jury only three knights app
one of the four having died, since they were selected.
girt Each knight, as required in this form of trial, was girt
with a sword. Five recognitors having been selected,
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURI) said he was happy to in-
form the Court that yesterday an arrangement had been
come to which would put an end to the case, and avoid
a tedious and protracted. investigation. It had been
agreed with the claimant to the property to allow a ver-
dict for the tenant in possession, in consideration of some
compensation which the defendant had consented to
give; not because the defendant considered his title in
the east degree in danger, but because the claimant was
in poor circumstances, and thought she had a good claim
to the property, and to save a course of litigation that
might last seven years longer.
Under the direction of the Court, and with the con-
sent of counsel on both sides, a verdict was returned,
finding that the defendant Lowndes had a better right
to the estates in question than the claimant Davis.
The Court then broke up.

would consent to a verdict, and it was accordingly re-
corded.

GLEN V. METHOLD.

This was an action brought to recover the amount of
a baker's bill. The defendant pleaded coverture.
It was not stated who the parties were, and Mr.
THOMAS said he should put the defendant's mother in
the witness •box to prove the marriage.
Mrs. Clarke, of Mount Pleasant, Lewes, was then
called, and said—l know the defendant. She is my
daughter. She is a married woman. She married a
Mr. Methold. I was present at the marriage at the sub-
deanery of Chichester on the 16th of May, about fourteen
or fifteen years ago.
In cross-examination she said she saw defendant's
husband last August. He was then in company with
defendant, but he had not lived with her for eight or nine
years. He made her an allowance.
The Learned UNDER. SHERIFF 'Said that could not
affect the plea, which was, whether or not the defendant
was married.
The plaintiff's Counsel said he disputed the marriage,
or that there was any evidence to go to the jury as to
the identity of the defendant.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF—The witness says,
" defendant is my daughter;" that leaves a matter of
fact for the jury.
The jury said it would have been more satisfactory if
the certificate had been produced.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said that there could not be
better evidence of identity than by the mother.
The plaintiff elected to be nonsuited.
WICHELO V. SCALES.

This was an action to recover damages for false im-
prisonment. The plaintiff is a costermonger, and sued
in forma pauperis, and defendant is a tradesman in Lam-
beth-walk, and suffered judgment to go by default.
The facts of the case were these:—About twelve o'clock
on the night of the 2d May, a pane of plate glass, in the
plaintiff's window, was broken, and several persons hav-
ing pointed out the plaintiff as the person who had
thrown the stick, be was given into custody, and was
locked up at the station-house for upwards of an hour,
until he found bail, but on the case being heard the next
day by the magistrates, it was dismissed.
To prove the plaintiff's innocence,
Thomas Waters was called, and swore that he was
standing in Lambeth-walk on the night in question,
when a man named Knight took an orange out of his
basket, which made him very " wild," and he threw a
stick after him and it broke the window. Witness "cut

3% to ---

it " as quick as a shot. He was frightened, as he had
no money, and he got out of sight as soon as he could.
—(Laughter.) He wore a drab coat on that night similar
to one worn by plaintiff. Was a general dealer.
The UNDER-SHERIFF—What is a general dealer ?
Mr. PARRY—Selling a little brandy, cigars, razors, or
anything else which ought to be done in the dark.
Witness—No, I never sell brandy, cigars, or razors by
night ; only poultry, fish, and such like.
Knight was called and admitted his share in the trans-
action, and that it was Waters who threw the stick ; it
missed him.

Mr. PARRY—Certainly ; or you would not have been
here. (The stick was five feet long and three inches in
circumference.) Witness did not hear the crack of the
window, as he ran too quick in order to get out of the
way of the stick.—(Laughter.)
Other witnesses weio called as to the apprehension of
plaintiff.
Mr. PARRY addressed the jury, and said this was a
case of great hardship on the plaintiff. It was clear that
the plaintiff and all the witnesses were in the habit of
" larking" about to the annoyance of the inhabitants.
Under the declaration it was impossible for the defendant
to plead a justification, for whatever the damage done to
the window, if it was done by accident, the defendant
was not justified in giving the plaintiff into custody. He
would, however, show that he was morally justified in
acting as he bad done for the offence had in fact been
committed by the plaintiff, and if he proved that the
jury would no doubt think that the smallest coin would
be more than sufficient damages. If Knight had
been hit on the head with the stick, the person who
threw the stick would, in all probability, have had to
answer a charge of felony at the Old Bailey, instead of
bringing an action for being charged with throwing a
stick ; besides the loss of 3/, for the glass, he narrowly
escaped serious personal injury. The Learned Counsel
urged that the witnesses had sworn to clear the plaintiff
and obtain damages and costs.

Two witnesses-were called on behalf of the defendant,
who proved that although the crash was very great,
plaintiff walked along close to the shop very coolly, and
did not take any notice ; but one of them swore he was
the man who threw the stick. The plaintiff was taken
into custody some time afterwards, and denied he had

been near the place all day, but the policeman said,
" Ob, yes you have ; I saw you larking in the after-
noon, and told you to leave off."—(The officer, in his exa-
mination, however, now said he was not confident as to
the identity).
Mr. PARRY said he was labouring under difficulty, as
so many counsel had been engaged in the case.
The UNDER-SHERIFF—OnIy one at a time, however.
Mr. PARRY—Just so, Sir ; it has been one down, the
other come on.

The UNDER-SHERIFF summed an, and the jury gave
—Damages, One Shilling.
Mr. Robinson opened the case, Mr. Pearson examined
plaintiff's witnesses, and Mr. Hawkins addressed the
jury in reply.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

- -
Henry Ford was indicted for a burglary in the house
of William Sellers.

R. Knight, policeman, said that ho was on duty in
Bread-street, Cheapside, on Wednesday the 2d Decem-
ber, where he observed the prisoner very early in the
morning passing with a box under his arm, and that he
followed him into Cheapside, where be stopped him.
The prisoner said that he had a box which bis master,
Mr. Hazlidine, a bcokseller, had given him the previous
evening to take to Mr. Jones in Clerkenwell early the
next morning, but he did not know what it contained.
On taking hold' of the box to examine it, he found that
it was unlocked. This excited his suspicions, and he
detained the prisoner. On searching him at the station-
house he found upon him the articles produced.
Sarah Sellers said that she is the wife of William
Sellers, who keeps the Farnham Castle, in Little Trinity-
lane in the City, where the prisoner was employed
as a potboy. She let him out to go home to sleep about
half-past ten on Tuesday night, the lit of December,
and then retired to bed, leaving the doors and windows
fast, and the cupboard in the parlour, where she kept
her box and the other things stolen, locked. On coming
down in the morning she found the windows open and
the cupboard door forced, but did not discover her loss
until the policeman came to ask her whether anything
had been stolen from the house. On looking into the
cupboard, she perceived that the things now produced
had been taken away, although she had left them safe
when she went to bed.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY,
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
_ NICHOLSON AND ANOTHER V. 'WALKER.

The plaintiffs in this action are carpet manufacturers
in Holborn, and the defendant is a house decorator in
Blackfriars-road. The claim was for 71. 2s. Sd , for
goods sold. The defendant had pleaded that he was
not indebted, but a judges order was now put in, re.
quiring him to admit his handwriting to a letter sent to
the plaintiff, in which he acknowledged the debt, and the
excuse he made for non-payment was a heavy loss by
the severe storm a few months since.
The plaintiff's attorney said the object of putting in
the sham plea was to obtain time, and put the plaintiffs
to additional expense.
The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
GREEN V. HAIG.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of 8/.
for work and labour done for the defendant, who pleaded
that he was not indebted. _

William Brookes, a chimneysweeper, who lives in
Little Trinity•place, at the back of the Farnham Castle,
deposed, that on coming out of his house to go to work
between five and six o'clock in the morning of Wednes-
day, he saw the prisoner standing near the Farnham
Castle, and asked him what he was doing there so soon?
to which the prisoner replied that he was waiting to get
in. The parlour window was at that time open. On
getting to his work in Watling-street he heard the clock
of St. Paul's strike six.

Mrs. Sellers, on being recalled, said that there
was
a
broken pane of glass in the window, through which a
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prisoner,
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who
much distressed, was called by him to prove that he did
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and the jury returned a ver-
diet of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be im-
prisonedjoseff forrontweye,lv2e2m,
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was indicted for assaulting Elizabeth Edwards, in Hyde-
park, with intention to rob her.
Mr. Clarkson was retained for the prosecution ; the
prisoner .was undefended. As he was ignorant of Eng-
lish an interpreter was sworn.
Elizabeth Edwards stated that as she was passing
through Hyde•park, from the Bayswater-road, about six
o'clock on the evening of the 25th November, and when
she had got near the trees, the prisoner took hold of her
arm and assaulted her in an indecent manner. On her
resisting he threw her down, and told her that unless she
gave him all her money, and yielded.to his wishes, he
would murder her. She resisted with all her power, and
at length her repeated cries of murder brought the park-
keeper and a policeman to her assistance, by whom the
pri.r the keepers whose duty it is to
watch that part of th© park which lies between the
jsoanmeers wasEm earpyp,eh oneenodfed
of
Magazine and Grosvenor-gate,
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in question, he heard violent
he took no notice, but these
cries of murder, and he i
proceed. When he got
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a yard apart from each other,
in a state of disorder.
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stated further that on his arrival at the spot he saw
Mrs. Edwards evidently in a state of great alarm, and
much exhausted. Her dress was torn, her hair in dis-
stcwueteraixa
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her bonnet and cap
injured as to be unfit for further use.
The •
prisoner made the usual defence in those cases,
.
viz., that the prose was a consenting party. He
lying on the ground so
The LEARNED itrnoE, in summing up, explained the
with intent to rob.
The jury returned
but not with an intentiao on assault and an assault
verdict of guilty of an assault,
sentenced to be ' rob, and the prisoner was
for eighteen months. imprisoned and to be kept to hard labour

--------- _
GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.)
A boy, about 14 years of age, named Aldridge, was
charged before ➢lir. Alderman \loo❑ with unlawfully
entering the house of Mr. Beloe (the keeper of the
well-known fish dining-rooms in Gresham-street), and
stealing therefrom property to a considerable amount;
and a boy, somewhat older, was also placed at the bar
charged with receiving part of the stolen property.
Mr. Beloe stated, that the prisoner, Aldridge, was
recommended to him by an old lady in Leaden-
hall-market for the situation of errand-boy, and
was an object of charity, in being without father or
mother, or any relative. The witness accordingly em-
ployed him, gave him a suit of clothes, board, lodging,
&c. For some time the boy went on well enough, but
about a fortnight ago, being sent to purchase some ar-
ticle for cooking, he absconded with the money. On
Friday night last, the house was closed, and the street-
doors fastened and bolted as u .1161, but at bix o'clock in
the morning Mr. Beloe was aroused by the police in-
forming him the street-door was open. It was found
40me person must have secreted himself in the house till

The plaintiff is a carpenter in Seymour-place, and de-
fendant is a smith and engineer. In February, 1845,
he went to plaintiff and took a smith's shop, of which
plaintiff was tenant. Defendant said at the time that he
was taking it for a person named Medhurst, but after he
got possession of the premise:, lie said that he was in
reality the person whu was to carry on the business, al-
though the name of " Medhurst and Co." was over the
door. During the earlier part of the tenancy a person
of the name of Medhurst was there, but only acted under
the orders of the defendant, who gave orders for the
work which was now charged, for, although the plaintiff
had made out the bill in tile name of " Medhurst and
Co."
Witnesses were called who- proved that defenclantgave
th:.) ();(1:1":;, 4ntl it %as c01.&,4.tiA that there rio part-
nership, alai that if there iitt.4 Veen it ought to have been
pleaded.
Mr. WRQN.4.B said, after. the evidence the defendant

ITHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1846.

the family were asleep, and then unbolted the street-
door and decamped with the plunder, which it must
have required a thorough knowedge of the place to find,
and a good deal of patience and care to collect, without
alarming the house. It further appeared that the thief
had regaled himself with a basin of cocoa, which he
took time to make before he departed. Amongst the
property carried off was a diamond ring, of the value of
twelve guineas, a pair of silver-gilt spectacles, and
seventy-nine shillings. Last night the prisoner
was discovered concealed in the dust-bin as the
house was about to close, and being conveyed to the
station-house, he confessed that he had concealed him-
self in the house on Friday night and committed the
robbery. lie gave such information respecting the dis-
posal of the property as led to the arresting of the other
prisoner, upon whom, however there was only found a
penknife, which he said he bought of Aldridgefor a half-
penny. However, at the request of the police they were
both remanded for a week.

BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY).
William Pigeon was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall,
having been remanded from time to time since the I3th
July, on a charge of riding over James Denham, a cab-
driver, and breaking his leg. (The defendant had been
at liberty the whole time, his own recognizance having
been taken for his appearance.)
The injured man was now for the first time able to
appear, or even to leave the hospital. He walked on
crutches, and appeared very weak.
Two witnesses were called to prove the facts of the
case, which are simply as follows :—On the 13th of
July the defendant was riding a horse at a furious rate
through Holborn, and not being able to see, knocked
down and rode over the prosecutor, and broke his leg.
Defendant immediately stopped on being desired to
do so.
Denham, being himself sworn, said that he was
standing by his horse's head and heard the cry of
" hoy,' but before he could turn round he was knocked
down and trampled on. lie did not hear the horse gal.
loping, as there was wood pavement there.
The defendant denied that he was riding very fast.
He was not going at more than eight miles an hour.
The horse would not have hurt the man so much but
that he was newly shod, for he had just brought him
from the farrier's.

Mr. HALL said, that what astonished him most in the
whole case was the audacity of the defendant's asser-
tion, that he was " only " going at eight miles
an hour ! Eight miles an hour was a scandalous
pace to go at in such a crowded place as Hol-
born. He (Mr. Hall) had power to commit the
defendant to prison at once, without a fine, but he
would not do that, as Denham would then get no com-
pensation for the injuries he had suffered. He would
fine him 21. for the furious riding,. and order him to
pay Si. as compensation to Denham (101. in all), or in
default sentence him to two months' imprisonment.

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Tom Ready, the prize-fighter, was charged with com-
mitting an indecent assault on the wife wife of Sydney
Taylor in the public street.
Mary Ann Taylor, the complainant, living at 28,
New-street, Covent-garden, said about ten o'clock on
Friday night last she was in Cranbourn-street, Liecester-
square, with her nurse, looking in at a shop-window,
when the prisoner came along the street and laid hold of
her by the shoulder, and; pulled her violently round.
She remonstrated with him, when he commenced
abusing her in the most obscene and disgusting lan-
guage, still retaining his hold, and continued to be
grossly abusive, till she said she would give him into
custody, when he assaulted her in a most indecent man-
ner, and tore her dress. He then moved off, but she
was determined not to leave him without giving him
into custody, and followed him along Cranbourn-street
into Castle-street, where the prisoner became very
abusive, seized her by the wrist, twisting her about, and
then raised up his fist to knock her down. Just then a
policeman came up, and she gave him into custody.
The prisoner did not seem very drunk; at least he
knew what he was doing.
Maria Wyse, the nurse, corroborated the complainant's
statement.

Thomas Charrington, who keeps a coal-shed in Castle-
street, heard the prisoner abusing the complianant, and
at the request of the nurse, went for a policeman.
Police-constable, F 37, took the prisoner into custody.
In reply to the prisoner's agent, the policeman stated
that the case came before the magistrate the following
morning, and was dismissed because the complainant was
late in coming; but the magistrate having heard his
evidence, said if the complainant came, she might
have a warrant to bring up the prisoner, which was ac-
cordingly applied for and obtained that same day.
The agent for the prisoner called two witnesses, to
show that the complainant was the aggressor, but their
evidence bore only on the latter part of the case, when
the lady was following the prisoner to give him into
custody, and corroborated the statement made for the
prosecution.
The solicitor submitted, on the part of the prisoner,
that he was drunk when he committed the offence
alleged against him.
Mr. HARDWICK said the evidence produced by the
prisoner had not shaken that of the complainant, who
of course took every means in her power to obtain re-
dress
for a most aggravated assault. The excuse of
drunkenness was absurd. The prisoner must pay 51., or
go for two months to the House of Correction.—The
money was paid.

THE WEATHER-THE STORMS.
THE CONTINUED FROST AND CONDITION OF THE
RIVER.—The settled severity of the weather is an evil
augury for those whose means of existence are dependent
on the river. The poor fishermen are deprived of their
scanty means: of living, and we fear we shall soon have
to add that numerous class the lightermen, &c., as being
also thrown out of work, for so dense was the collection
of ice that only one barge throughout yesterday suc-
ceeded in passing through Richmond-bridge. The river
did, indeed, present a most gloomy and wintry appear-
ance. The Upper Pool, from the Tunnel to Cherry-
garden-stairs, on the Rotherhithe side, was a vast field
of ice, expanding nearly half across the river, and
affording an impenetrable barrier to the egress of ship-
ping and other craft. The ice drifted principally to the
Surrey shore, and the boats were compelled to abandon
the pier at London-bridge, Surrey-side, the Lambeth,
and other piers. After passing Vauxhall-bridge there
was no clear water to be seen, and the steam-boats had
to make their way as best they could through the
masses of ice, which are not yet very dangerous op-
ponents, by reason of their want of substance. At
Chelsea several of the pit rs became blocked in together
with the boats lying alongside, and in the latter part of the
afternoon the Citizen boats were unable to perform their
downward trips. Battersea-bridge had very ft, wof its
arches open to navigation, and the few craft that ven-
tured through could with difficulty reach Wandsworth.
This place, with the Fulham marshes and osier beds,
has always been a favourite resort in severe weather fur
wild fowl, and since Sunday last a very large number
have been seen in the neighbourhood. Many wild geese,
ducks, and seagulls have been shot by parties from boats,
and on Tuesday no less than three braces of wild ducks
were shot in lass than two hours by Mr. Rough, jun., of
Wandsworth-common. Several of those beautiful and

scarce birds, the sea swallow, have been killed, as also
many other birds, whose species are unknown in this
country, but are believed to belong to Norway and other
northern countries. On Monday afternoon two of those
rare birds, the wild black swan, were observed flying
about Wandsworth, and several persons pursued them in
boats, but had not the chance of a shot. Recurring to
the state of the river, we should remark that Putney-
bridge is now wholly impassable; Kew-bridge is in the
same condition; and the bridge at Richmond, although
it has wide arches, will probably be by this time in a
similar state. It is stated that nothing can pass down-
wards through the locks at Teddington, and that at Sun-
bury the ice is firm enough to enable pedestrians to cross
the river.

DREADFUL SNOW STORM IN THE NORTH.
NEWCASTLE. ON-TYNE, MONDAY NIGHT.—This town
since Saturday has been like a city besieged. There has
been no communication, or very little at least, outward
or inward since that time, and I now write in haste to
dispatch my parcel by the only train which has left for
the south since Saturday night.
The barometer had been gradually descending for
some days till on Saturday morning it stood at 29.716,
and little variation took place till Monday morning,
when it stood at 29.400.

On Friday morning the ground was covered ; on
Saturday nearly every street was impassable, and on
Saturday night,the ploughing force of the locomotive
engines was completely resisted, and the trains brought
to a stand-still. This occurred on all the lines conveying
to this town. The five o'clock train from Carlisle met
with little snow till it reached Hexham, and it had pro.
needed little further till it was completely blocked up.
Five or six trains on this line shared a similar fate, and
the passengers had to suffer the greatest privations, su-
peradded to intense cold, during Saturday night and
nearly the whole of Sunday. This morning the line was
opened, and the trains have run regularly since.
The North Shields line, which has been peculiarly for-
tunate since its opening, was likewise obstructed, the
train which left Shields at half-past eight in the evening
being stopped about a mile short of Newcastle. There
was, fortunately, but one passenger, and he made the best
of his way on foot along the line to the terminus. There
was no traffic on the line on Sunday, but on Monday
morning the line was cleared, and the trains have run as
usual since.

The most serious delay took place on the York and
Newcastle line. The mail train for the south left Gates-
head as usual at 3.15 P.M. on Saturday, and met with no
interruption, though the velocity was somewhat impeded
by the swaying of the engine. The local trains ran
some hours afterwards. The 7•30 P.M. cheap train,
south, which generally conveys a considerable number
of market people, started from Gateshead as usual, but
got no further than Leamside, where it was completely
blocked in with snow, and the passengers had no alter-
native but to remain with the train exposed to the in-
clemency
of the weather, or make the best of their way
in the dark, through the pathless snow, to the nearest
villages, between three and four miles distant. The
suffering of many of the passengers was intense. The
mail train, which left Gateshead at 11 P. 51., the same
evening, but with only a few passengers, shared the
same fate, it having been blocked in by the snow, at
Leamside. Since then no trains have been sent south
from here till the one that conveys this dispatch.
The only information relative to the state of the
country where the obstruction exists, that is possessed
hete, was brought by the London mail train, which was
due in Newcastle at 11 P.M. on Saturday, but has only
this moment reached its destination. It was blocked in
at Shincliffe, about three miles south of Durham, and
remained there till this afternoon, when it was brought
down along with the mail train due on Sunday morning,
and which bad been blocked in about the same place.
Five engines coupled together were sent out from Gates-
head to plough the line on Sunday, but they got no fur-
ther than Warlington, about six miles north of Leamside ;
they were sent out again this morning, between 400
and 500 men having been employed in the meantime to
cut away and remove the snow, and they succeeded in
reaching the trains at Shineliffe, and opened out the line
through the snow drift. The train about to leave will be
drawn by three engines. No communication yet with
Sunderland or South Shields.

RUGBY, DEC. 15.—Considerable anxiety has been felt
by the officials et this station for the last four days, in
consequence of the non-arrival of the mail-train, due at
Rugby from Newcastle, at two o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing, but which had not reached the former place at the
middle of the day on Tuesday, Upon inquiry as to the
cause of this unprecedented delay, our correspondent was
told that there had been a fall of snow on the Newcastle
line, which, in some of the " cuttings," reached to a
depth of seven feet. A number of engines had been
dispatched to get the mail-train through if possible ;
but the snow offered too great an obstacle. At the time
we are writing no less than three mails are due from
Newcastle alone, a circumstance unprecedented since
railways have been established. The London mail due
at twelve o'clock night did not arrive till seven o'clock
this morning, and similar delays have occurred to the
other trains. The frost in Leicestershire and Warwick-
shire (southern divisions) has been more severe during
the past week than has been known since 1820-21 ; but
very l►ttle snow has fallen. Hunting is brought to a
complete check, and Leamington steeple chases, which
were to have come off to-day, have been further post-
poned.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH
COAST RAILWAY.
A special general meeting of the proprietors of the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, was held
yesterday, at the London-bridge-station, for con-
firming the agreement of peace come to with the South-
Western Company, and authorising the directors, to
apply for certain lines, branches, and extensions in the
ensuing session of Parliament. Mr. Charles Pascoe
Grenfell, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN having opened the business of the
meeting, said, the first scheme was for lines of railway to
Tunbridge, Maidstone, and Canterbury, to be called
the Kent Railway. There was another scheme for ex-
tending the present line to London-bridge, and, jointly
with the South-Eastern Railway to enlarge the London-
bridge station. The third Bill would be for autho-
rising a joint amalgamation of the Direct London
and Portsmouth Railway with this company,
and also to enable the South-Western Com.
pany to participate in the part of the Direct
Portsmouth Railway lying between Dorking and Ports-
mouth. The fifth Bill was to enable this company and
the South-Western Railway Company to purchase,
jointly, part of the Chichester and Portsmouth Exten-
sion of the Brighton and Chester Railway, situate be-
tween Ilavant or Cosham, and Portsmouth. The capital
for the Kent Railway, it was proposed, should be
1,000,0001., and raised in stock to be called Kent Stock,
the holders of which should participate only in
the profits arising from such railway, one moiety
of stock, in shares of 201. each, to be offered
to the Kent Atmospheric Company. Another
Bill would give them power to increase the capital,
if it were necessary, of the Kent Railway. Those were
the schemes the Brighton Company would submit to
Parliament next session if the proprietors desired. The
policy of the company might be comprised in the
simple word "Peace." Struggles had hitherto been
going on between this company and its neighbours,
which had always resulted in disappointment and loss,
and therefore the directors had determined to protect
themselves (Parliament taking good care, by restricting
tolls, to protect the public) by, effecting amicable ar-
rangements with other companies. They were at peace
with the South- Western Company, and they might confi-
dently expect good results would arise from the agree-
ment which had been come to with that company. He
wished he could say as much with regard lo the South-
Eastern Company ; but, although they had made over-
tures to the South-Eastern Board, they had been met
with so little show of friendship on their part that terms
of peace could not be come to with them. Still
they were prepared to hold out to the South-
Eastern Company the olive-branch ; but if they
insisted, the meeting might depend upon it the
fight would be conducted, on their parts, so as to inflict
as little injury on their proprietory and the public as
possible. He concluded by moving a resolution approv-
ing of the schemes he had already specified.
Mr. L. LEVY depricated in the strongest terms any
show of fight w hat ever.—(Hear, hear.) He would recom-
mended that further attempts should be made to nego-
tiate a peace with the South-Eastern Company.
The CHAIRMAN said they were quite ready to shake
hands with the South Eastern Company, but they could
not do so and be cudgelled at the same time.
Mr. M‘LAITREN said the South-Eastern Company was
perfectly justified in the policy they were pursuing. He
objected to having another fight with the South-East-
ern Company. How could they expect that company
to be at peace with them while they were promoting
parallel lines to the South-Eastern's ?
The CHAIRMAN said the lines the Hon. Gentleman
had alluded to had been called into existence by the
attempts of the South-Eastern Company to extract
20,0001. worth of traffic from their main line.
Mr. SMITH said the only way to bring about peace
was to give the directors the power they asked for.
Mr. LEVY moved an amendment, for the purpose of
recording the objection of the proprietors to fight the
Parliamentary contentions between neighbouring corn.
ponies.

began to visit her. His visits commenced, I thin; c,
April. He visited about twice a week, and generally
the evening. He often took tea with her, and Ineverknc w
the hour that he left. We usually retired to rest about
o'clock, and I never knew him leave before. The room
we occupied as a parlour was below Mrs. Robson's bed-
room. I cannot recollect having heard the footsteps of
wo persons in the bed-room at the same time. The ser-
vant, Smitb, generally opened the door for the defendant,
and showed him up stairs. I do not recollect having
remonstrated with Mrs. Robson in the presence
of the defendant. I had a letter from Mr.
Rudinci's solicitor, but I have had no interview with any
one on account. I have seen the person who called
himself Mr. Ruding a great many time-s at my house,
perhaps a hundred times in all. I recollect Mrs. Rob-
son being very ill one night in 1841. A pair of addi-
tional sheets were ordered that night. Emma Smith,
the servant, ordered them. Prior to that I had
noticed a great increase in the size of Mrs.
Robson, but I did not, however, make any ob-

Mr. WISITAW seconded the amendment.
Mr. ScuEwsrEß a director, said they had invited a
conference with the South-Eastern Company, which
subsequently took place ; and at that conference the
Brighton deputation stated that all they wanted was to
maintain their own existing lines from further attack,
but the South-Eastern Company refused to give such
undertaking unless the Brighton Company would con
sent to their making another line to Croydon, which of
course they could not give, and therefore the negotiation
fell through.
Mr. Cesti suggested that the matters in difference be.
tween the two companies should be referred to the arbi-
tration of some disinterested person.
Mr. BROGDEN said Mr. Schewster had only told half
the story. The Brighton Company required that the
South-Eastern Company should pay the same toll as
they did at present, notwithstanding they might get
their Mid-Kent line, and in addition to that, it was re-
quired of them to give up the Tunbridge and Hastings
Railway. _ _ _

The amendment was then withdrawn, and the original
resolutions put from the chair, and carried with only
three dissentients.

A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman,
and the meeting terminated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 16.
CRIB' CON.-ROBSON V. RUDING.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Colonel McDonald, examined, said—l have known the
father of Mr. Robson for twenty years ; I also know the
plaintiff, and have seen him and his wife together oQ
several occasions, but cannot speak as to anything be-
tween them. During the plaintiff's absence in India I
called twice on Mrs. Robson, at the house in Edgeware-
road. I called there as a friend of both the plaintiff's
father and himself.

servation to Mrs. Robson about it. A nurse was
called in. Some time before this a surgeon, named Mr.
Rugg, had attended her, but on the present occasion Mr.
Pead, Lisson•grove, was called in. He was sent for at
two o'clock in the morning. The gentleman named
Ruding called nett day. So I was told
by the servant. Shortly after this illness ' Mrs.
Robson had a fainting fit ; the defendant had just come
in, and he assisted me, with the servant, in undressing
her and getting her to bed.. He called her by the name
of Marian at the time. After she was put to bed I
and the servant went out and left him there. I
remarked at the time, to the servant, in de-
fendant's hearing, that " I did not consider him
a proper person to attend a married lady, and that I
was a more fit person to do so." He made no answer.
Shortly after ho went out, and returned with some
medicine for her. He visited her after- during her ill-
ness. She kept her bed .for about nine days, and he
visited hen in- her sleeping- apartment. On other occa-
sions, when Mn., Robsonsr*tis. •well, I :have seen him
from theiTarden standing '.at :her bedroom window,
save seen him-often there.. Once subsequently to the
illness. MP. Ruding invited: me to accompany him, with
Mn..i Robson, to the theatre, but I refused. Mr. Rudiug
continued his visits till the latter end of 1841, when Mrs.
Robson left. About a year after this, when Mrs.
Robson had gone to Italy, we received a letter from
Mr. Ruding about a portrait that was- in their
possession, and wishing it to be forwarded. I know the
handwriting of Mr. Ruding, and have a note from him in
my pocket; it is an answer about an application made
for a situation to my nephew. The postcript in answer
to the first letter was addressed to Mr. Ruding,
Salvador House, Bishopsgate-street, and the letter
of application, to which the second letter
is an answer, was also addressed in the same way. My
servant cannot read, but I have seen letters lying on
Mrs. Robson's table addressed to Mr. Ruding. I have
afterwards seen those letters in the' hand of my servant,
she having brought them from the drawing-room to the
parlour, in order to be posted. They were in Mrs. Rob-
son's handwriting.
Emma Smith, the servant, proved the posting the
letters.

Cross-examined—l believe that on several occasions
Mrs. Robson gave lessons in music. I was also told
that Mr. Ruding was very fond of music. I never knew
Mrs. Robson to be very short of money, though I knew
that she sold an outfit she had purchased to go out to
India. I do not recollect Mr. Pead or Mr. Wilkinson
visiting.

Harriet Kearney said I am the sister of the late Major
Robson. Major Robson died in 1836. He married Miss
Patten, the aunt of Miss Middleton. I was present at
the marriage of the plaintiff and his wife. She was then
living with her aunt, the widow of Major Robson. The
latter is now Mrs. Cox, having married since. Mrs.
Robson had apartments in Regent-street, and I used to see
Miss Middleton there. She also visited me occasionally
at Stoke Newington. I knew some time before the mar-
riage of their engagement—l think about August. The
marriage took place in October. Just before the mar-
riage Miss Middleton came to my house, and she lived
there after the marriage. I think they lodged with me
till the following January. They seemed very devoted to
each other. After that they went to live at
Mr. Timewell's, in Edgeware-road. I often saw them
there, and they seemed greatly attached to each other.
They had a dispute with Mr. Timewell, and removed to
another lodging in that neighbourhood, from which they
subsequently removed to my sister's, in Maddox-street.
In November, 1833, Mrs. Robson had a child, to which
she became much attached, as did also the plaintiff. I
saw them from time to time down to his joining the regi-
ment, and they still seemed very much attached to each
other. On parting with her husband at Chatham, she
showed much feeling, and addressed a letter to me, in
which she expressed herself in that manner.
The letter was put in and read.
Witness, in continuation—l expected she would have
remained with me during her husband's absence, but she
left. At any time she might have had a home at my
house. I knew she went to lodge at Mrs. Greene's, in
the Edgeware-road, and she remained there, as she
stated, because they treated her kindly. She, some
time after went to another lodging. I did not see any-
thing more of her till my nephew's return in March,
1845. In the meantime Mrs. Robson had been to
Italy and returned. My nephew went to lodge at
Hampstead, and she was lodging in Islington. About
this time she called on me, but she could not be pre-
vailed on to come in. She said she might be seen at
4, Aiddleton-square. I subsequently called on her with
my nephew, and had tea there. Her conduct on that oc-
casion was very strange, as after tea she said to the plain-
tiff, "Are you not going to Hampstead, sir?" He seemed
much distressed at this, and left the house along with
me. I saw her at Hampstead shortly afterwards, and
her husband was there. Her manner there also was
quite ohanged towards the plaintiff. After that her
husband went to join his regiment at Chichester, and he
wished her much to go with him, but she refused.
[ was not present at any time, either at Middleton-square
or Hampstead, when letters from the plaintiff were found.
Cross-examined—Knew that some time prior to the
marriage Miss Middleton clandestinely left Mrs. Robson,
and came to live with me. I admit also that Mrs.
Robson came to me about three weeks before the
marriage, inquiring for Miss Middleton, and that I said I
did not know anything about her. She was at the time
under my roof, and said that the banns of marriage were
ordered to be proclaimed, I never at any time commu-
nicated with Mrs. Robson about the marriage of her
ward with the plaintiff. I received after the marriage a
sum of money for the board and lodging of the
plaintiff and his wife, but I cannot say whether the board
for Miss Middleton prior to the marriage was included.
I recollect, in settling the property of Miss Middleton
before marriage, that it was agreed she should live with
me, and that I should be allowed 801. a year for board.
Both plaintiff and Miss Middleton were under age at the
time of the marriage.
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Captain Blair, of thel 3d Buffs, examined—At the
time the plaintiff joined the regiment it was in India
lle joined it the latter end of 1839, as ensign. The.
regiment was not on active service at the time, nor till
some time after, though it had orders from time to time
to be ready. In 1842 the regiment was en •
gaged in Sinde, and was present at Ferozeshab.
It was not possible, during this time, the re-
giment being in the upper provinces, for an ensign
or lieutenant to save much out of his pay. I know this
as a married man. In 1840 I recollect the plaintiff ob-
taining leave of absence to go to Calcutta, in expectation
of his wife coming out. Ilia distance is one thousand
miles, and is considered a three months' journey. He
rejoined the regiment at Karnaul, and continued with it
till it was ordered home.
Mary Ann Green examined—My husband is Thomas
W. ho,mas
W. Green, a rope and matting warehouseman, in en-
church-street, and resides at Michael-square, Hackney-
road. We formerly lived at 10, Portman-place, Edge-
ware-road. Mrs. Robson, the plaintiff's wife, came to
live with us in 1839. Her husband came with her, and
arranged to pay 501. a year. Mr. Robson left in about
six weeks. I and my husband accompanied them to
Chatham on the embarkation of the plaintiff to India.
Their parting was very affectionate. Mrs. Robson con-
tinued with me up till June 1840. While residing with
me her child died, while she was on a visit at Roehamp-
ton. It was buried from our house in February, 1840.
She was, during the time she lived with me, visited by a
family named Allan, also by a Mrs. Boldon, from Pad-
dington. She liven at first a very retired life. On leav-
ing us she went to lodge with Mrs. Kearney. During
all this time Mr. Ruding never visited. Mrs. Robson
catne back to lodge with us in January, 1841, and
took the first floor, consisting of a sitting• room and bed-
room, communicating by a single door. She partially
boarded with us. Shortly after her return Mr. Ruding

Mrs. Green re-examined—l have heard Mr. Ruding
speak about the Buffs, and state that Mr. Robson was
expected home in March in the year following Mrs.
Robson's illness.. I often heard Mr. Ruding speak about
the five baths he had in Nottingham-place. Mr. Ending
represented himself to be Mrs. Robson's friend and
benefactor, and had nursed her when a child.
After the examination of several other witnesses,
Sir F. THESIGER, in addressing the jury for the de-
fendant, said it was very much to be regretted that by
our law it was impossible for a husband to obtain a
divorce without going through the ordeal of a public
trial before a jury. This was the anomalous—he had
almost said degraded—position in which a man was
placed who sought to be divorced from his wife. He
was obliged to lay before a jury all those feelings which
he ought to keep closely within his own heart, to prove
the injury he has sustained, and to ask for compensation
in damages. It unfortunately happened on some occa-
sions that, , from the eagerness with which a husband
pursues .his object, circumstances may be accumulated
together to attach suspicion to a particular party, and
that upon such foundation may be built a case of cri-
minal intercourse, which it was essential on the part of
the husband should be made clear to the jury, in order
to enable him to carry out his ultimate pews. The
circumstances of such cases as the present varied ma-
terially in their extent, and in some instances the facts
were of a much more serious nature than in others.
They were now dealing with a case in which there were
no aggravating circumstances, nothing to excite any
feeling of indignation against the defendant ; no hospi-
tality violated, no friendship injured, no domestic peace,
as far as the home was concerned, invaded—nothing but
the simple case of the defendant's having, as was alleged,
indulged in a criminal intercourse with the plaintiff's
wife, on which fact the plaintiff had a right by law to
found his charge against the defendant, and to obtain the
verdict of the jury with damages. He (Sir F. Thesiger)
thought they would be of opinion that if, in the ultimate
dihcharge of their duty, they should find a verdict un-
favourable to the defendant, they would feel that there
were many mitigating circumstances in this case, and
that the plaintiff was not entitled to substantial da-
mages. If, as his Learned Friend, Mr. Sergeant
Tallourd, had stated, a divorce was the ulti-
mate object of the plaintiff in bringing this action,
nominal damages would be sufficient for that purpose.
Considering himself deeply aggrieved, he had resolved
to obtain redress, and had selected the defendant for
his aim. It behoved the plaintiff, therefore, to bring
forward the most clear and cogent evidence of his guilt,
before he could expect a jury to find a verdict against
him. The jury would now see what these parties were.
The plaintiff was the illegitimate child of a brave sol-
dier, and he was left in a dependent condition, having
no means of advancing his fortunes in life. In order to
facilitate his means of getting forward, an intimacy was
effected between him and Miss Middleton, a young lady,
who had been left to the care of his stepmother. The
result was, that a marriage took place under circum-
stances which reflected discredit upon those members of
the plaintiff's family who had conducted themselves in
the manner detailed in evidence. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to comment upon the evidence, and con-
tended that there was no proof that the adultery had
been committed by the defendant ; but that if the jury
should be of the contrary opinion, the plaintiff was not
entitled, under all the circumstances of the case, to more
than the smallest amount of damages.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up the case,
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, 501.