The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-15 00:00:00

COPY HOLDS.

The following is a copy of the fifth report of the Copy-
hold Commissioners to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Act 4 and
5 Victcria, c. 35, s. 3:—
"Copyhold Commission, Aug. 3.
"Sir,—We have the honour of presenting to you our fifth
report. The number of enfralichisements have again consi-
derably increased.
" For the details of the business done we beg to refer you
to the list which is appended.
"Some of the transaczions included in it are large and im-
portant.

" Enfranchisements in manors held by ecclesiastics are
steadily increasing, and in those manors there is a fair pros-
pect of copyhold tenures being ultimately extinguished
voluntarily.
"In manors held by laymen the progress is slower. Ter-
mini of railroads, and the increasing population of the towns,
lead to building speculations. Builders find that they can
rarely sell with a copyhold title, and the number of enfran
chisements from those causes will almost necessarily increase
steadily.
" We believe, however, that it would be a public benefit if
the Legislature were to sanction a compulsory extinction of
some of the copyhold incidents, more especially of heriots.
" We have the honour to be, Sir,
"Tour faithful and obe bent servants,
" W. BLANIIRE.
."T. WENTWORTH BULLER.
"R. JONES.
OTo the Right Hen. Sir UM &
: MI BLP., eFc."

IRELAND.
DESTRUCTION OF THE POTATO CROP.
DUBLIN, AUGUST 12.—The calamity is univeral. A vast
amount of the potato crop has already been destroyed in
every county, and the remnant is rapidly decaying.
It is stated by the Limerick Reporter that Professor John-
ston, who is arrived in that city to lecture at the cattle show,
"counted upwards of 140 fields between Limerick and Dub-
lin in which not a single stalk escaped ; and the same de-
struction has been observed between Belfast and Dublin by
Dr. Rogers, and other gentlemen coming to the cattle show."
In the county Of Mayo the crop has suffered terribly, and
the people are in a state of consternation. The following
letter is from an intelligent and experienced agriculturist :
" WESTPORT, AUGUST 10 —There is an end of the potato
for this season. From the Killory to this town-18 miles
both by sea-board and by mountain, between this and
Newport—in fact, on every side, this country presents
a most awful appearance. Judging by their looks,
the fields, one would think, had suffered from a severe
frost ; aid, worse than that, all vegetation is at an end. To
add to the misery of the poor, we were visited on last Friday
night by a most dreadful fall of rain, and many houses in
town had their cellars filed with waver. In the country the
effects have been most serious, roads cut up, and crops along
the river sides c‘tversd by the mountain fl,tods with stones
and vravel. Nothing can equal the dismay amongst all
classes; such a visitation as this no person living recollects,
and how the famine is to be averted God only knows. Our
fair was held on Thursday last, and cattle could not be sold
except at a ruinous sacrifice. Even rnilch cows fell 30s a
head, chiefly owing to the attempt to force sales at any
price, to raise funds to meet the coming evil. Oatmeal ad-
vanced at Castlebar, I understand, to 18s. per cwt. from 145.,
and potatoes to 6d. par stone. There is a dreadful calm—a
feeling of despair—mind and energy are prostrated ; and I
have no dsubt, if means be not adopted by Government to
meet the evil in time, a loss of life by starvation will ensue
which it is tearful even to contemplate. A whole country
starving cannot be relieved by individuals."
At an extraordinary sessions, held in Castlebar on Friday,
the following resolution was adopted:—
" That we, the magistrates and cess-payers assembled at
special sessions for the barony of Carra and county of Mayo,
cannot separate without expressing our unanimous opinion
that the almost total failure of the potato crop of tne present
season, and the destitution which must consequently ensue
amongst the labouring pspulation, renders it absolutely
necessary that timely precaution should be taken by the
Government to prevent the awful sacrifice of life and property
which must result therefrom.
" JOHN C. GARVEY, Chairman."
The Rev. Robert Potter, a clergyman of the Established
Church, in a letter dated "The Glebe, Louisburgh (Mayo),
August 6," makes the following remarkable statement :
" The potato crop in this place has become so much worse
since my last communication, that I now feel bound to assert
in this public manner, and without the least hesitation or
doubt, that nothing but speedy and well-sustained exertion
can save the people from all the horrors of famine. It will
require fony thousand pounds sterling to avert this
calamity, with all its attendant evils, in the parish
of Louisburgh alone. The early crop is such, that
in some cases you will find one stone of potatoes out of
three (the remainder rotten); in others not one out of
six; and every day growing worse. In some fields
the proportion is not yet quite so bad; but they are
very few. Some people, hitherto very comfortable, de-
scribe themselves as quite wearied in digging potatoes so
as to get so much as will be sufficient for one meal for the
family, and that all rise from breakfast and dinner almost
as hungry as when they sat down. This is the condition
of the people as to the early potatoes, but as for the large or
late crop, there will not be any potatoes whatever to -be
found. I assure you most positively that already many are
suffering hunger. In another week the number will be
greatly increased, and in the course of one month or
two there will be absolutely no potatoes at all,
unless, perhaps, with two or three families out of
one hundred. It is the mere necessary that all prepara-
tion should be made without delay, because, if not, this
whole district will be a scene of the most horrid confusion,
every kind of fraud will be carried on in the management
of the public works, a system of injustice and favouritism
will prevail, and the most feeble and destitute will be
trampled down, and left to perish. I can say for the people
of this parish, with whom I have lived on the most kind
and friendly terms for twenty years, that it would be no
easy matter to exasperate their minds against their natural
protectors, but I very much fear that means may be taken
to kindle up unkind and bitter feelings. Let the people,
therefore, see that the Government and such of the nobility
and gentry as are placed over them will not be slow to
attend to their calamity at this awful crisis. The first thing
to be done is to make a searching inquiry into the real state
of these people. This cannot be by circular letters to a few
clergymen and others; that is all nonsense. Other steps
should be taken."
The Tipperary Vindicator, in describing the rapid progress
of the disease in that county, says :—" The leaves and stalks
appear tainted as if with a corroding mildew, or as if vitriol or
some caustic material was thrown upon them. We learn
that linen left out to bleach near Puckawn, last week, was
found much injured, in almost a similar manner, next
morning."
From numerous other districts the same gloomy reports
are made. Meantime great progress has been made with the
corn harvest. Wheat is described as a very good crop gene-
rally; but in various places oats has turned out a short crop.
*DISTRESS IN CORK.—OPEN-AIR MEETINGS.

Referring to the projected open-air meetings in the county
of Cork, the Cork Reporter of yesterday deprecates such
assemblages, and warns the peasantry to consult their clergy
before attending them. But still that j ,urnal considers those
contemplated meetings of the labouring classes as the effect
of "the utter annihilation of the whole potato crop of the
district." That failure, with the stoppage of supplies from
the depots, has driven the people to the unwise courses upon
which they seem bent. The linnets' and the labourers'
wives wait by the ditch sides in despair, looking on while
their husbands break up the ground, in the vain labour of
seeking for the day's sustenance.
IRISH MUNICIPAL REFORM.
At the meeting of the Corporation of Dublin yesterday,
Mr. O'Connell said—" He thought himself safe in announcing
that a •ery considerable change in the constitution of the
Corporation would take place at probably an early period
of the next session. As matters stood at present it was ex-
ceedingly likely. This was not a thing that would pro-
bably operate in a party way; on the contrary, he trusted
hereafter to see more of the gentlemen who differed with
him in politics in that assembly. It was most material to
the working out of the new system that all the citizens of
Dublin should have confidence in the Corporation—that
there should be a body established for the supervision of
taxation which would give satisfaction to every class. It
was time that there showd be an end of party distinctions.
He thought• that they were in better temper towards each
other now than they were at the beginning of that Corpo-
ration. That was a spirit which he was sure the gentlemen
on the other side would be ready to cultivate—for his part
he would be ready to de so. The powers of the Corpo-
ration would be increased, and it would be then for them
to show that they were really a reformed Corporation, and
that the citizens of Dublin were to be benefited by their
exertions."
ILLNESS OF THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD —The Marquis
of Waterford is dangerously ill. The Surgeon-General lett
yesterday by express for Curragbmore, county of Waterford,
the seat of the Noble Marqui..
PARTY PROCESSIONS.
On Monday last Mr. Steele left town for Ballyhaise,
county of Cavan, where the Orangemen had determined
upon a procession, and the Catholic peasantry threatened to
havo a counter procession. Al r. Steele has been quite suc-
cessful in inducing the Catholic party to abandon their in-
tention ; and it appears by the following that the Orangemen
have also abandoned their exhibition
" ORANGE MEETING AT BALLYHAISE.—At a meeting of
the district masters and masters of Orange Lodges, held
in Cavan this day, the following resolution was unanimously
passed :
" Resslved, That in obedience to the recommendation
of Lord Farnham and other friends, to whose opinion we are
bound to defer, we have come to the determination of
having no procession to-morrow. We have come to this
decision solely because it is the conviction of those influential
friends that such a meeting could not take place without
great risk to the public peace. (Signed)
" ARTHUR PATTERSON, D.M.
66 6 WILLIAM MAGEE, D.M., Arva:
" August 11, 1846."

BROMLEY UNION WORKHOUSE.
liettirns have just been printed, pursuant to order o;
the House of Commons, relative to the diet table now in
use in the Bromley Union Workhouse, &c. The follow-
ing are extracts therefrom :
DIETARY, •kLTERATION OF.

Brom], y Union, January 17, 1846.
Gentlemen,--I am dir,et.d b the Bus.rd of Guardians
to ihform you that they resolved at their meetmg yes-
terday to make the following alteration in the existing
dietary of the union workhouse :
Wednesdays and Saturda) s, for dinner, one and a half
pint s,up and four ounces bread, in lieu of seven ounces
bread and one ounce chrese ; ail classes. _

Thursdays, for children's dmucr, meat pudding, in
lieu of br, ad and chrese.

The Board of Guardians request that you will sanc-
tion this arrangement.
I subjoin a copy of the report from the medical officer
of the union workhouse on the subj..et. I have, &e.
(Signed.) HENRY NOTTINGHAM.
Clerk to the Guardians.

The Poor-law Commissioners.
To the Committee on the Dietary.
St. Mary Cray, Dec. 10. 1845.
My Lard and Gentlemen—Having been requested to
offer my opinion on a proposed alteration of the diet
tables ter the able-bodied and children, by the substitu-
tier', two days in the week, of soup and br,-ad tor bread
and cheese, I beg, at your request, to repeat in writing
the substance of what I have stated verbally.
During my six or seven years' attendance (id est, from
the first foi illation of the union), upon the able-bodied
pour at the Chislehurst House, my attention was much
directed to the diet of the inmates, anti I always found it
sufficient to preserve a healthy person in health; and I
am, moreover, of opinion, atter seventeen or eighteen
years' observation of the agr,cul.ural poor at their own
dwellings, that an able-bodied labourer, having a wife
and two or three children, does not obtain more, if so
much solid refreshment as the diet table affiirds; but I
am of opinion that the f :rm in which 'hat solid nourish-
ment is given in the diet table is not the best, though I
believe it was chosen from its approximation to that of
the labourers of the district. There is nothing warm be-
tween breakfast and supper ; the solid food is not insuf-
ficient, but in the winner especially some warm dunk is
desirable, and in the Chislehurst Heuse was to a certain
extent atrirded, though not named in the diet table; I
therefore strongly advise the alteration proposed.
The above is equally or more applicable to the chil-
dren. I have, &c.

(Signed) THOS. H. SMITH, Surgeon.
On the 12th February, 1846 (atter some correspond-
ence had taken place on the subject), the following let-
ter was sent from the Poor law Commissioners to the
clerk to the guardians of the Bromley Union :
Poor-law Commission-office, Somerset House,
February 12, 1846.
Sir,—l um directed by the Poor-law Commissioners
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth
instant, on the subject of the proposed change in the
dietary table of the workhouse of the Bromley Union.
I am now to state, in reference to this matter, that
the Commissioners agr, Q in opinion with the committee
of the guardians, a copy of whose report was forwarded
with your letter, and consider it inexpedient to make
the proposed change, always keeping in view, however,
the power of making temporary alterations in the diet
of the inmates, on the r, commendation of the medical
officer, which is vested in the board of guardians by the
workhouse rules. I am, &c.
(Sigued) E. CII4.I:AVICK, Secretary.

TARIFF OF THE PAPAL STATES.
It would seem that his Holiness the new Pope, in addition
to the many other claims his clemency and liberality have
given him upon the affections of his subjects, is about also to
appear in the character of a commercial reformer. Th
following translation of an cacial notice, publb.hed on the
2d ult., will be found to a nnounce some important• reductions :

SUFFOLK PETTY SESSIONS.

GROSS AND INSULTING MISCONDUCT OF A

GAMEKEEPER.

At the Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, Edward
F.-!"-man, gamekeeper, of Hengrave, charged George
o, a stout and respectable-looking labouring
man, with having assaulted him.
On the 30th ult. the plaintiff was passing on his pony
a field, when he saw some men cutting barley in what
he thought an improper manner, and he accordingly got
off his pony and went into the field to remonstrate with
them, when the defendant came up to him, tripped him
up, and he fell backward. Plaintiff never spoke to de-
fendant, except asking him, after being thrown down,
chat he meant ; and the question was scarcely out of
his mouth when Herrington up with his fist and
knocked him down a second time, and when on the
ground shoved his knee into his body several times.
Edward Herrington, brother of defendant, John Holmes,
Abraham Spalding, Thomas Partridge, and Joseph Fir-
man stood close by.
Defendant said, the fact was, his brother having some
beer he went to him to partake of it, and hearing the
gamekeeper talking to the men in an insulting manner,
said, it talked to by any man in such a manner he (de-
fendant) would knock him down. The gamekeeper
then came up to him, shook his whip over him and spat
at him, whereupon, he would confess, he knocked Mr.
Foreman down. He had plenty of witnesses who would
convince the magistrates that he was not to blame.

John Holmes. an old man living at Flempton, deposed
that he saw Foreman come by the field where he was at
work, on his pony, just before the men left in the even-
ing of the day mentioned. He stopped, got off, and came
into the field, saying, if thcre was anybody who wished
to drum him out of the field, he was there, and they
might take it out of him if they could. Witness said
nothing, but kept on mowing, and Mr. Foreman then
came up to him, took his scythe from him, and com-
menced immitating mowing, but he seemed in such a
state that he couldn't mow. Took the scythe from Fore-
man, and the latter then went to the men and began
flourishing his whip over them. G. Herrington came
down the field for some beer, and said, looking at Fore-
man, who was still swinging his whip to and fro, " Why
do you stand it, ? I wouldn't stand it." Foreman then
said, " 0, it's you, is it, that won't stand it," and went up
to Herrington, brandishing his whip. Herrington said,
"If you do so to me I'll knock you down." Foreman
Replied, " Then I'll see," and went up to Herrington and
spat at him. Herrington immediately knocked him
down. Witness could not believe the gamekeeper was
sober, for he was a good mower enough at other times,
but on that evening he only seemed to be imitating
mowing. Foreman whisked his whip over the other
men also.

A man named Spalding deposed it was getting on for
sun-going-down when Forman eagle it to the field and
addressed them by saying—" Well, poachers."- Wit-
ness asked him what he meant by calling them poachers?
they NA ere hard working men, and no such thing as
poaching was ever proved against them. Foreman then
brandished his whip over witness, and he (witness) was
just about striking him, but forbore.
The BENCH said there was no occasion to carry the
case further. It was evident that the complainant bad
brought the castigation on himself. If he chose to go
into the fields where men were working, and flourish his
whip over and spit at them, he must expect to be knucked
down, and he well merited what he received.
The case was dismissed, and Mr. Foreman had to pay
th© expenses.— Bury Herald.

A MURDER THIRTY YEARS AGO.
The following romantic narrative appears in the Kilkenny'
Moderator:—" During the last week a circumstance was
brought to light in this country, which in horrific interest vies
with, if does not exceed, the celebrated case of Eugene Aram,
nd requires but such another cordial fictionist as Sir ft. Bulwer
to weave it into a tale most supassing in romantic kffect and
tragical excitement. It appears that on Tuesday, the 4th
inst., some labourers were engaged in removing a large heap
of stones which had remained piled together, beyond the
memory of man, in the demesne of Lossenarra, the residence
of Mr. William Morrell Reades, when they discoveted con-
cealed within the heap, the perfect skeleton of a man, whose
flesh and clothes were entirely rotted away, with the excep-
tion of a pair of brogues that were upon the feet, and which
are stated to be of a fashion and construction not in use for
the last 25 years. On the following day an inquest was held
on the remains at Kilmagannv, by Mr. T. hod, county
coroner, when it appeared from the evidence of Dr. Peile that
the deceased had been murderd by a blow inflicted on the skull.
No ether positive testimony could be procured, but amongst
the country people the extraordinary circumstances of the case
are accounted tor as follows :—lt appeal s that about 30 years
since, three men named Cornelius Cahill, his son John. and
L—y were committed to our county gaol on a charge
of being concerned in the burning of a farmhous-t. Cornelius
Cahill escaped condemnation by becoming an approver, and,
if the story of the peasantry be correct, his evidence
actually hung his son, but L—y was acquitted
for want of sufficient evidence. The tradition goes on
further to state, that a man named Bratty, known by the
,obrigriet of ' the Tresher'—a Tipperary boy, who did occa-
sional handy jobs' for the people of the district—had been
engaged by the before-mentioned parties in burning the house.
Shortly after the escape of old Cahill and L--y, he came to
the neighbourhood for the purpose of demanding a reward
previously promised to him by them for h 4 services. The
hushed-up story amongst the peasantry at the time, and still
well-remembered, was, that the parties having refused the re-
ward, the man threatened to become King's evidence and hang
them, whereupon they murdered him, and according to one
report, burned his body in a limekiln, whilst another, and, as
it now appears, more correct rumour, pointed su! the very place
in which the skeleton has been now found, as the spot where the
murdered remains were secreted. Old Cahill died some time
since at the age of 100 years, but L—y is a small farmer,
still living in the neighbourhood, and bears the character of
having since the occurrence alluded to, conducted himself
very properly. Strong, however, as the evid nee of tradition
is upon the subject, it is not probable that sufficient tight will
be thrown on this singular tragol to bear out furtier its re-
sembluce to the case of Eugene Aram, by the bringing of
the perpetrator of the deed to condign punishment. The ver-
dict of the jury was That deceased was murdered a long
time since by some person or persons unknown. That the
injuries affecting life were a heavy fracture on the left temple,
and the left nutter bone; and that the skeleton had shoes or
brogues on, and was discovered under a heap of stones, on
Tuesday last, on the demesne of Rossenarra in this county.' "

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT WELLTRORPE, NEAR BRENT-
FIELD.—On Wednesday morning, shortly before daybreak,
a policeman of the Wellthorpe, division whilst going his
rounds near the mansion of Major P. F. Henderton, of
Hadley Lodge, Wellthorpe, observed a bright glare from
one of the house windows; he immediately alarmed the
inmates, and on the servants proceeding to examine the
premises it was ascertained that a room on the first floor
adjoining the library was on tire. In the alarm and hurry
that ensued the doors of the various rooms and passages were
thrown open, and the large plate glass of the ignited room
was broken in order to admit the water from a garden engine,
but unfortunately the draught caused by the admission of air
increased the volume of fire, which quickly communicating
with the adjoining library, spread with fearful rapidity.
Several enginesfrom Brentfield and other places were brought
into requisition with every possible dispatch.'buttheir united
efforts, combined with a plentiful supply of water, were un-
availing in arresting the progress of the fire. In less than
an hour's space the entire of the left wing of the building
was envelopes in flames. A number of the country people
assisted in removing such articles of furniture and valuables
as could be come at. By half-past four o'clock the fire had
extended to a large portion of the main building, where it
continued to rage until the whole was almost entirely con-
sumed. By great exertions the fire was prevented from
communicating with the remaining wing of the mansion, con-
sisting of the servants' offices, stables, &c. Several accie
dents occurred during the progress of the fire. A fireman,
attached to the Wellthorpe parish engine, fell from a ladder
placed against one of the windows and fractured one of his
legs, One of the female servants, in endeavouring to save
some valuable property, became surrounded by the flames in
one of the rooms. The woman rushed to the window, from
which she dropped, but her person coming in contact with
an iron verandah below, several of her ribs were dreadfully
fractured, and her person otherwise injured. Another of the
servants is missing. The property is supposed to be insured,
but in the absence of Major Henderton, who is at present on
the Continent, nothing certain is known about the matter.
ASCENTS OF MONT BLANC.—AcCoUntS from Cha-
mounix inform us, that the very fine weather which has pre-
vailed there for some weeks past has led to several attempts
(most of them successful) to explore the summit of Mont
Blanc, and the even more perilous assent and passage of the
scenery in all the glory of its wild grandeur. On the 30th
of June a French Count Alfred crossed the Col du Geant,
with five guides, to Cormayeur, without accident. On the
13th of July Count Bouille reached the summit of Mont
Blanc, haying experienced rouul weather. On the 16th of
July, another French gentleman, in attempting to cross the
Gikint, with five guides, was caught in a snow storm, and,
after wandering about the ice and snow for 14 hours, the
party fortunately got back to the Montanvert, where
great apprehensions were entertained about them. On
the 2nd of August Messrs. Greene, Popham, and Dutton,
with eight guides, crossed the Col du Geant in 17 hours,
having nearly lost one of their guides, who was precipitated
headtoremost into a crevice in the ice, from which he was
extricated by lowering down another guide by a rope, his
further fall having been stopped by his mountain pale catch-
ing luckily in the ice. A large mass of the Glacier du Tacul
also fell in close to the party during their passage. On the
St h of August Messrs. \Volley and Hurt reached the summit
of Mont Blanc, with six guides, led by the veteran Coutet,
who thereby performed his 17th ascent, 12 of which suc-
ceeded. The weather during their ascent was so clear that
the party were distinctly observed from Chamonuix arriving
at the summit. The courage and skill of the guides in all
these expeditions. and their considerate attention for the
safety of the travellers, are highly spoken of. Professor
Forbes, who has been staying for the last fortnight at the
Montanvert, engaged in scientific researches, is about to ex-
plore the Tacul Glacier and the Col du Geant, for the same
purpose. It is also currently reported that Mr. Robert Peel,
son of the late Premier, is daily expected in Chamonnix,
with the intention of ascending Mont Blanc.
THE LATE STORM—MELANCIEOLY OCCURRENCE AT
Mallow HousE, Peamico.—On Wednesday, Mr. Bedford,
the Coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at Albion
House, Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico, on the body of William
Mawby, aged 25, whose death took place under the follow-
ing
circumstances :—lt appeared, from the evidence,
,iarwickshire, that the
deceased, who was the son of a farmer in
had been in the service of Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the
above establishment, for a period of four months. During
that time he had slept in one of the rooms on the basement
floor. On Sat urdey week, owing to the heavy storm that
visited the metropolis, the lower floor of Mr. Smith's pre-
mises was laid upwards of twenty-nine inches under water,
in consequence of which the deceased was obliged to occupy
a room at the top of the house. Not feeling satisfied with
the apartment, he returned to his former bedroom
on Sunday last, where he slept for the night. The
following day he complained of having a bad cold, and
it was agreed upon by his mistress, that a charcoal fire
should be made up to air the room. On Monday afternoon,
some charcoal was placed by the cook in a patent stove, and
put in the deceased's apartment, and at half-past eleven at
night he retired to bed, but whether he was aware of the
stove being in the place, or knew the danger of the same,
coald not be learned. On the following morning, on the
cook going to deceased's bed-room to call him,
coushld
obtain c ld
obtain no answer. Having obtained assistance, the door
was forced, and deceased was found in bed, apparently
in-
sensible, with a violent movement of the whole frame..
Bay nton, a surgeon, was called in, and he did all that was
possible for deceased, but without effect, and he died the
same day at one o'clock. The cause of death was congestion
of the brain, brought on by inhaling the carbonic acid gas
generated by the charcoal. The jury, after hearing the
evidence, returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from
inhaling a noxious gas, generlited by burning charcoal
incautiously placed in bii bed-room 11' a tellow-servant,"

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 14.
The House sat to-day at Three o'clock, for the purpose of
giving judgment in several appeals.

BOYLE V. FEERALL„
Their Lordships gave judgment in this case, sffirmirg the
judgment, of ►he Court below, with costs.

THE MARQUIS OF SREADAT,BANE V. SII4CLAIP..
Their Lordships also gave judgment in this case, reversing
he judgment of the Court below.

ALLAN V. GLASGOW.
Their Lordships also gave judgment in this apr eal, affirm-
Lng the interlocutors appealed from.
MAUL! V. SIR TIIOI2AS ISIONCILIEFFE.
Judgment was al o given in this case, affirming the inter-
locutors of the Court below.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WeIIs, Aug.ll.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Eut.z.)
W. Cowley Catterell was indicted for stealing a post letter,
the property of the Postmaster• General, containing a cheque
for the payment of 29/. 2s. 6d., the property of Henry Davis.
By other counts the charge was varied.
Mr. Poulden and Mr. Prideaux conducted the case for the
prosecution, and Mr Stone and Mr. Bailey defended the
prisoner. _

The prosecutor, Mr. Henry Davis, was a solicitor, residing
at Western-super-Mare, and the prisoner had been for three
years his managing clerk, but left him on the 13th of June to
go into the service of a Mr. Smith, at Walsall, in Stafford-
shire. On Monday the Bth of June Mr. Henry Davis drew
a cheque on Messrs. Stuckey's bank at Wells for 291. 2s. 6d.,
in favour of Mr. Horatio Davis of Bath. The cheque was put
in a letter, which letter was copied by one of his clerks, and
on the 9th of June the letter in which the cheque was inclosed
was put into the post-office at Weston.. It was addressed to
Mr. Horatio Davis, at his residence in Bath. On the 16th
of June Mr. Henry Davis, not having heatd of the receipt
of this letter by Mr. Horatio Davis, made inquiries re-
specting it, and be then found that it had never been re-
ceived by Mr. Horatio Davis. Upon this Mr. Henry Davis
wrote to the post-office and also to Messrs. Stuckey's bank at
Wells. He was told by Captain Giles, the manager of the
bank, that the cheque had been paid on the 11th of June.
Captain Giles gave a very minute description of the party to
whom it had been paid, which description exactly corres-
ponded with the appearance of the prisoner. Further in-
quiries were instituted, and then it seemed that on the
evening of Tuesday, the 9th of June, the prisoner and two
other clerks left the office of Mr. Davis shortly before seven
o'clock. The up-train left Weston at ten minutes after seven,
and the prisoner, accompanied by another person, went by-
that train that evening, and if he had asked for the letter
addressed to Mr. Horatio Davis, at the Bath post-office, it
would have been delivered to him, because the place where
Mr. Horatio Davis lived being without the 'district which
was within the evening delivery, the letter would not have
been delivered where it was addressed until the next morn-
ing, unless it had been asked for at the office. The down
luggage train arrived at the Weston station about two o'clock
in the morning, and immediately after its arrival the pri-
soner was seen on the platform, accompanied by the person
with whom he had been seen in the train on the previous
evening. On the Wednesday the prisoner was at Mr. Davis's
office, and he said to his two fellow-clerks that he wanted to
go to Bristol the next morning, but he did not wish Mr.
Davis to know of it, and he therefore requested them not to
mention it to him. On that day he was absent from Mr.
Davis's office, but-at ten o'clock in the m ruing he went to
the Greyhound. Broadmead, Bristol, and there saw Mrs.
Slocomb, the landlady, and Miss Williams, the barmaid, and
lie then stated that he wanted a horse and gig to go to Wells
and one was procured for him, and a man of the name of
Richard Jones drove him to the Swan Inn at Wells. The
prisoner told Jones he would go to the bank and do his busi
ness. He was absent ten minutes. Captain Giles, the ma-
nager, and Mr. Gill, the cashier, were at the bank. The
prisoner went in and presented the cheque in question. Mr.
Gill asked him if his name was Davis? Ile saiu it was, and
the amount was handed to him. He returned to the Swan.
and Jones then drove him back to the Greyhound at Bristol.
He ordered a bed there, and then went out, but did not re-
turn till the following morning. He had another conversa-
tion with Mrs. Slocon.b, and he paid for his bed and refresh
ment, and went away. He returned to Mr. Davis's, and on
the following day they settled all their matters, and he left.
fur Walsall.

Mr. STONE, for the prisoner, contended that the jury could
not say it w.s a post letter, because there might have been a
mistake as to its having been put into the post-oflice , but
that as regarded his having stolen a piece of paper, for it was
no cheque, not having been drawn within fifteen miles of the
bank, he would not insult them by saying a word.
Mr. Justice Emit having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of .stealing the letter
from the post-olliee.—Sentence, seven years' transportation.
Martha Plummer was indicted for stealing 20 gold rings,
the property of Thomas Crouch ; and Mary Wallis and
Martha Candy were indicted for feloniously receiving the
same, knowing them to have been stolen.
Mr. Prideaux was counsel fur the prosecution, and Mr.
Saunders for the prisoners.
The prosecutor was a travelling jeweller, and on the 17th
July he dropped a small casket containing these rings out of
his pocket in a road. It was not long before he discovered
his loss, and he immediately gave notice in the villages
around, and particularly in the village of Writhlington, near
which he thought he had met with his loss and he offered a
reward of a sovereign. He, however, heard nothing until
the 26th, when he fouiAl several of the rings had been
pledged by the prisoners Wallis and Candy, and it was ad-
mitted that they had received them from Plummer, who also
admitted that she had found them.

Mr. SAUNDERS, for the prisoner, submitted that this did
Lot rmount to a larceny, because it had been laid down that
a person finding property and, being ignorant of the owner,
yet keeps it, could not he guilty of a felony.
Mr. PRWEAUX said the question was, whether Plumtner
had a knowledge of the owner, and whether she intended to
convert th' property to her own use.
Mr. 311.tice Eici_x considered that if a person fiund pro-
perty, and knew that there must I,e an owner for it, but in-
tended to appropriate it to her own use, she was guilty of a
larceny ; and the Learned Judge, in summing up the case,
said the question for the jurywas, whether Martha Plummer
intended to convert this property to her own use, and wile-.

ther she knew that an ownercotilu be found, and then would
arise the question whether the two other prisoners knew that
these rings were in the possessioa of Martha Plummer un-
lawfully.

The jury found all the prisoners Guilty, and they were
sentenced to one month's imprisonment, the Learned Judge
stating that persons who found property and did not take
any steps to discover the owner, were guilty of a want of
common honesty as well as of a felony.

NORTHERN ClRGUlT.—Lancaster, Aug. 12.
The assizes fur the northern division of the county of Lan-
caster commenced here to-day. Their Lordships sat fur the
dispatch of business at twelve o'clock • Mr. Justice Cresswell
on the civil side, and Mr. Justice Vightman in the Crown
Court. Thirteen causes are entered for trial ; one of these,
an issue directed to try the sanity of a testator, will, it is
expected, occupy two days. The calendar contains the
names of eleven prisoners, of which five are charged with
burglary, and one with feloniously cutting and wounding.
Nothing of public interest occurred on the Civil side.
Three causes relating to a disputed right of water were re-
ferred, and the Court was engaged the greater part of the
day with a question of disputed liability for some timber,
the ‘'etails of which were not such as to call for particular
notice.

(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN
George Kelly was indicted for burglary in the house of
Edmund Sharpe, at Poulton, on the 7th ut August.
Mr. Drinkwater appeared for :he prosecution. _ _

The prisoner is a man of rather respectable appear.
ance, and conductedhis defence with a good deal of clever-
ness and self-possession.
The prosecutor, it appeared, had been absent from home
on the 6th of August, and the other inmates of the house re-
tired to rest about ten o'clock. They were not disturbed
during the night, but, on the servant going down stairs on
the following morning, it was found that the house had been
entered by one of the windows, the shutters of which had
not been fastened. A drawer iu the room had been broken
open, and two telescopes, a pencil-case, a waistcoat, and
other articles, taken away. The two telescopes, which were
now produced and identified, were on the following morning
seen in the possession of the prisoner, at Lllel, near Poulton,
about eleven o'clock. He was then offering them for sale to
a person r. tom he met at the public. house. He was offered
4s. 7d. for them, which he at that time refused ; but late in
the evening he was again met by the same parties at the
same house, and agreed to take the money offered. He was
apprehended the following day, at the Lancaster races.—
Verdict, Guilty.
His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said that the prisoner
was evidently a person of more than ordinary: intelligence,
and apparently not inexperienced in courts of justice.. The
offence of which he had been convicted was a very serious
one, and he was too dangerous a person to be permitted to
remain in this country ; and sentenced him to be transported
for seven years. . _ _

Several other cases were disposed of during the day, which,
however, presented no point of public interest.

ENLARGEMENT of BUCKINGHAM

PALACE.

An estimate of the sum proposed to be voted in the
year 1846, on account of works required for enlarging
and improving Buckingham Palace, her Majesty having
been for some time past subjected to sy,reat inconvenierce
from insufficient accommodation which it affords to her
Majesty and her family.
The cost of the several works required for enlarging
and improving Buckingham Palace (agreeably to the
plans submitted to the commissioners appointed for that
purpose, at a meetiug held on the 6th of August, 1846),
including
New East Front to the Palace, clearing out and
re-arranging rooms in south wing, altera-
tions in the north wing, new kitchens and
-other offices, with ball-room over, decont•
tions and painting, taking dower the marble
arch, alteration of drains,
On account of which
it is proposed to
&c., is estimatedvoatre an; £150,000
20,000
the present year . ..... .

provided in future year 5........ £130,000
Leaving
iier mtao b 3
esetyhasbeen graciously pleased to signify
her consenth to
B
with the grounds and buildings attached to
should be offered for szle, and the produce
th e same, Brighton,
appliedsa towardse the expenditure to be incurred for alte-
rations and improvements at Bockingham Palace, in
diminution of the sums to be voted in future years.
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DIED.—On the 13th inst., at his h
Ebbs, of Nos. 14 and 15, Great Thomas No. 3, Tufnell
Mr. lliam Hawkins
Park-road, Upper Holloway,
etd. 40,house
seN'Ti
THE MAYOR OF -LIVERPOOL
th AND THE AposiitloeN, City.
THE
or
KNIGHTIIOon —On Wednesday Lorde
J.layor of Liverpool re-
ceivedh e had
her
e r Majesty's communication
dignity tßou:atelal,ccsetapttiaongceththaet
commandsfl.orn to offer
of knighthood, and requesting to know if it would
bued3a.groreweaebolteutpo him to have it conferred upon him. The
to London, where he had business, the same
evening, and having waited upon the Premier, and expressed
his
sense of her Majesty's kindness of making him the offer
of such an honour—at the same time his worship intimated
to Lord John that if it could be done 'without impeaching
his own loyalty and that of the town, or offending her Ma-
jesty, it would be more agreeable to himself to remain in his
private station. Her Majesty has since signified to the
Mayor, through Lord John, her pleasure, under the circum-
stances, to waive pressing the offer.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—PALPITATION OF THE HEART,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND GENERAL DEBILITY, CURED BY HOL-
LOWAY'S gentleman of the name of Spencer, residing for
the present in Sackville-street, Dublin, and Who was for many
S'ears in the East India Company's service, fell into 111-health, and
was even at death's door, the action of his heart being frequently so
violent as to cause, when lying down, the very bed to shake; and, again,
from shortness of breath and debility he could scarcely walk twenty
yards. This gentleman may now be seen out hunting, in the fullest
enjoyment of health, having been cured by the surprising virtues of
Holloway's justly celebrated Pills, which are sold by every chemist,
Mid a% Prvressor Holloway's stsblifilaaorit, 244, Itrimu,Quec.