The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-20 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1846

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LINES FOR DORSET AND SOMERSET.

BY THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN.—A line
from Salisbury to Yeovil. A line from Blandford to
Burton.

BY THE LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL.—A line
from Salisbury to Yeovil, with branches to Shaftesbury
and Wincanton.

BY THE EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.—A
line from Exeter to Yeovil, with branches.
BY THE BRISTOL AND POOLE.—A line from Bristol to
Poole, connecting the Bristol and English channels.

A committee of the shareholders in the Richmond line
have resolved on presenting Mr, Chadwick, their chair-
man, with a service of plate, as a testimony of the sense
they entertain of his service.
A GOOD RESOLVE.—The Great Western have given
notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for powers
to erect bridges over the line where the public roadways
cross on a level.

CONTRACTS FOR WORBS.—The London and North-
Western, and Stour Valley Companies, have this week
entered into contracts for works connected with the new
central station at Birmingham, and executing the cut-
tings, and laying the rails of the Stour Valley line be-
tween Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The terms are
such as will enable both companies to complete the works
at considerably less than the Parliamentary estimate.
To enable the Stour Valley Company to open early, the
London and North-Western are to lend a supply of loco-
motives and other plant.
The Norfolk Company are about to erect a slaughter-
house at their Trowse Station, about a mile from the

Norwich Cattle market, for the purpose of slaying the
bullocks there, and taking the slain meat, instead of the
live bullocks, to the London market. This (says a cor-
respondent) is to obviate the complaints so constantly
made of the beasts being bruised so much upon the rail
in their journey.
THE PROPOSED CENTRL TELEGRAPH.—The original
intention of fixing the central subterranean telegragh
office in the Strand, uow in course of formation under
the streets of the metropolis, has been abandoned, for
what is conceived to be a more suitable centre, the
Royal Exchange. A large portion of that edifice, the
north-western, adjacent to the captain's room at Lloyd's
is available for the purpose. The Gresham Committee
and the authorities at Lloyd's have offered every
assistance to carry out the undertaking. Workmen are
now actively engaged laying the pipes down, in con-
nexion with the telegraph to Gosport and Portsmouth,
via the South-Western Railway. It is expected to be
completed to the city in the course of a fortnight. The
attention of the Company's engineer will then be directed
in uniting the Eastern Counties by the same means.
On this line of route they are hourly " talking" with
Yarmouth, Norwich, Cambridge, Ely, Peterborough, •
Blisworth ; on the other line with Colchester and the
intermediate towns, and it is rapidly being extended to
Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, and Stowmarket. Prepara-
tions are also being made for extending the South-
Eastern telegraph, in conjunction with those above
named, to the general termini. The railway companies
have no control over, nor do they derive any profit from
these extensions. The Electric Telegraph Company
have the entire management.
SOUTH-EASTERN COMPENSATION Case.—Yesterday
a jury was empanelled before the City Recorder and
Alderman Johnson, at the adjourned Southwark Ses-
sions, and at which a bill of indictment was preferred to
try a compensation case case of " the Carpenters' Com-
pany v. the South Eastern." Mr. Montague Chambers,
Q.C., and Mr. Bodkin, were counsel for the claimants,
Mr. Alexander and Mr. Mereweather for the defendant,.
Mr. Chambers, in stating the case, said the property in
question is situated in Bermondsey-street, and was be-
queathed to the Carpenters' Company nearly two
hundred years ago, and the property comprised
a public-house (the Cross Keys) and three small tene-
ments, and which was held by the present tenant on an
unexpired term of lease of fourteen years, subject to
twenty guineas per annum rent, and which was now re-
quired by the South-Eastern Railway, in order to widen
a portion of the Greenwich Railway, for the purposes of
their scheme, and the sum claimed by the trustees of the
Carpenters' Company was 2,730/., and the sum offered
by the railway company was 1,3001 Several public-
house auctioneers were called as witnesses in behalf of
the claimants, who stated that upon their calculation the
premises were worth in present money 3,2001., and that
the sale being a compulsory one, the plaintiffs were en-
titled to a further remuneration of twenty-five per cent.
on the amount of the purchase money, and which, in ad-
dition to the value of the premises was 2,7301. Mr.
Alexander addressed the jury for the defendant, and
witnesses were called who estimated the full value of the
premises in question at I,2sol.—Verdict 1,800/.
ORLEANS TO BORDEAUX RAILWAY.—The whole line
betwein Orleans and Tours (says our Paris corres-
pondent), the.. communications on which had been sus-
pended owing, to the late inundations, are now again
open to the ptlblic. On Friday a goods train of twenty-
eight waggons, filled, with cattle, merchaedis-,
passed over the whole line without the slightest hinder,
ante. Baron de Richemont, one of the directors, Mr.
Harrison, the head of the locomotive department, and
Mr. Woodhouse, the head 'engineer, accompanied this
train, in order to ascertain by personal inspection that
everything was in perfect order for the conveyance of the
public.
BISHOPSTORE AND SALISBURY BRANCH OF THE
SOUTH-WESTERN. BISHOPS r Another serious
slip of earth, says our correspondent, on this branch,
took place yesterday, to a greater extent than the one
which occurred about three weeks ago, and within a
short distance of the same. It was fortunate no men
were at work near the place at the time. There is not
the least probability of the opening taking place on the
Ist of December next, as has been reported ; nor is it
likely it will be in a fit state for traffic for six months
from the present time. To remove the carried-in earth
cannot be accomplished in less than three month 3, even
if the weather permits ; but should wet and frost suc-
ceed, many apprehend further fallings in, from the
nature of the soil in some parts of the digging.

DuTCa Whazturs.—The supply of walnuts from
Rolland' still continues to take place, even at this very
late period of the season, when the supplies of home
growth are very nearly exhausted, the Batavier steam-
ship from Rotterdam having brought, on 11,.~r last pas-
sage, the large number of 675 bags, and the Giraffe
steam-ship, from the same port, 310 packages of the
cle.
SINGULAR ROBBERY BY A POREIGNER.Yesterday
information was forwarded to the police, that Auguste
Lepiere, a Frenchman, who had hired the upper part of
,• house, No. 244, Regent-street, had removed the
10We:of thp,furniture during the temporary absence of
She
ratnllOrdrilikd no clue at present can be obtained
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ether to hinior the goods, their value being 2001.

The publication of the parliamentary notices gives us
some little idea of the intentions of the two great compa-
nies of the West of England, with regard to the hotly-
disputed districts between Exeter and London. It is
quite evident that the battle between the Great Western
and London and South Western is to be contested as
stoutly as it was last year, when 100,000/. are supposed
to have been expended by each company upon what, as
far as the public is concerned, turned out a nonentity.
But it is by no means clear what the respective compa-
nies are driving at in the event of a direct line from
Exeter to London being refused. To lay upon paper, or
trace upon a map, the various projects which we are
about to enumerate, it would appear that the railway
mania of last year is still raging furiously in the west.
Places that are hardly known to the traveller, and are
not honoured with a notice on every map, are made the
termini of projects which may be intended to bear here-
after a portion of the important traffic between London
and the Land's-end; and the branches from projected
lines are so numerous, that it might puzzle the
clearest-headed calculator to plan anything like a
" time- table" to give general satisfaction. There
is one feature in this year's contest quite novel,
and that is, that the Great Western, the Wilts,
Somerset and Weymouth, and the Bristol and Exeter
(lines that formerly were expressed by the title of the
first-named) are each in the field in apparently antago-
nistic attitudes. It has long been known that the Bris-
tol and Exeter were desirous of forming a directer line
from the latter terminus to London ; and a notice is now
given for a line from Durston, near Taunton, to Street,
near Glastonbury, and from thence running into the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, at Ansford, near
Castle Cary. This is friendly towards the latter com-
pany ; but it is curious that the Wilt- and Somerset
propose a line nearly identical with one projected by the
Bristol and Exeter from Bleadon to Wells. The Bris-
tol and Exeter project turns off to Glastonbury, and ends
at Street. The Wilts and Somerset passes on from
Wells to Shepton Mallett, into Dorset, finding a termi-
nus at Blandford. A portion of this latter ground is also
fixed on by the South-Western, who have a distinct plan
for a line from Blandford to Burton. It is also.run over
by a proposed company (Bristol to Poole) irrespective of
either of the two great competitors. The London, Salis-
bury, and Yeovil have issued notices, but it is under-
stood that they abandon their intention to make a line,
and leave the South-Western to fight this part of
the battle with the Great Western. The Exeter, Yeovil,
and Dorchester, stand forward as a distinct scheme, but
with power to sell to the South-Western ; and in oppo-
sition to these schemes for the direot communication,
the Great Western propose a line from the Wilts and
Somerset at Yeovil, to St. Thomas, Exeter, there joining
the South Devon. There is also a notice for an exactly
similar line to be made by an independent company
(really emanating from the Great Western). Between
these projects will the great battle for the communica-
tion from London to the Land's-end be fought. There
are various branches from the Great Wes tern, which
we include in the following recapitulation :
Br THE BRISTOL AND EXETER.—N branch from the
southern bridge of the Uphill cutting, in the parish of
Bleadon, through Uxbridge, to Wells, Glastonbury, and
Street. Another branch from the Durston branch of
that railway, from Durston (near Taunton) to Street,
thence to Castle Cary, and terminating by a junction
with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, at Ansford,
near Castle Cary. A line from Crediton to Launceston.
BY THE WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH.---AR
alteration of line from Pitcombe, near Bleadon, to Roo-
den, near Frome. Another alteration from Bradford
(Wilts) to Bathampton. A railway from Bleadon to
Wells, Shepton Mallett, Henstridge, Sturminster, and
I3landford. A branch from Wells to Glastonbury. A
line from the Wilts and Somerset, at Trent, near
Yeovil, through Sherburne, Gillingham, Donhead St.
Mary, ending at Fugglestone St. Peter, in Wilts. A
branch from out of the last-named line from Motcombe
to Gillingham.
BY THE GREAT WESTERN.—A line from the Wilts
and Somerset, at Yeovil, to Exeter, there to join the
South Devon. A branch from Ottery St. Mary to Sid-
mouth. A branch from Chard to Ilminster. A railway
by a junction with the Wilts and Somerset, at Brad-
pole, near Bridport, to Chardstock. A railway from
Marshwood to Lyme. A line from Yeovil to Exeter,
embracing all the above-named branches, and dependent
lines to be constructed by a new company. _

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TRINIDAD RAILWAY COMPANY.
A special general meeting of the shareholders in this
undertaking, was held yesterday afternoon, at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving
a report from the directors upon the progress of the
scheme ; Mr. Thomson Harkey in the chair.
The report stated that the number of shares applied
for was 128,717, but, as there were on'v 12,000 to be
issued, only that number was allotted, and the deposits
were paid upon 11,245, yielding 28,1121. 10s. The
lines surveyed, with the branches, &c., were much
longer than was contemplated in the first instance; but,
on the other hand, however, the traffic was found to be
very much greater than was estimated, and amply
compensated for the increased outlay, while the
cost of the lines would not exceed 9,400/. It was pro-
posed to apply for an act of incorporation from the
Crown, and negotiations would be entered into with the
local government for obtaining commensurate advan-
tages in return for the benefit to be conferred by the
railway on the island. The receipts amounted to
28,642/. lls. 6d., while the expenditure reached
14,0621. 7s. 2d., leming a balance of 14.062/. 7s. 2d., of
which 13,516/. 13s. Bd. was invested in Exchequer-bills.
Dr. BoWRING said he highly approved of the report
and should therefore move its adoption.
Mr. MoxoM seconded the motion ; but he thought
some explanation ought to be given as to the negotia-
tions going on with the local government.
After a tew words from the Chairman,

The resolution was put and unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Moxom then moved, " That, in the opinion of the
meeting, unless some concession, either in the shape of
grants of lands or of a guarantee of a minimum rate of
interest, were made by the colony, the line ought not to
be proceeded with;" which was carried unanimously.
A vote of confidence in the chairman and directors
was then agreed to, and the meeting terminated.

STATE OF FRANCE,
(From the Esprit Public.)
Public spirit in France has great qualities; it is prompt,
alert, generous, and even penetrating: but it has also its
defects; it is too often wanting in reflection and fore-
sight. Let a Government only save appearances and
surfaces, and all is saved! We rarely dive, in France,
to the bottom of things ; we are not fond of foreseeing
the next day ; and thus no nation has been more fre-
quently deceived than ours. But when the hour of re-
velation arrives, its astonishment is betrayed by terrible
shocks. One would say that it neither fears convulsions
nor crises, because it can display all the resources of its
character, and all the energy of its patriotism. At the
same time, it proceeds in this manner by somersaults, by
revolutions; and progress is the price of a thousand ef-
forts and a thousand griefs; whilst a consistent conduct,
—a sustained attention to our interests and our affairs,
would conduct us to the goal with less labour and more
security.
For instance, serious and reflective minds have long
warned the Chambers and public opinion of the wretched
state of our finances. We spend right and left ; we
waste our money unproductively on all sides, and our re-
ceipts, whatever they may be, can never attain the level
of our expenditure. Even last year one of the reporters
of the budget expressed his lively alarm at this spirit of
prodigality and improvidence; he was answered by ano-
ther reporter that these acts of imprudence well became
the greatness of the system, and that it was a fine thing
to be rash in peace as well as in war. These paradoxes
are delightful when prosperity smiles, when by dint of
squeezing the taxpayer and exhausting credit the Finance
Minister succeeds in filling immense chests of treasure.
It is easy to discount the future for the profit of the present,
and to put off to some years hence the result of the follies
of the day. But, when the elements cease to favour and,
in a manner, to justify improvidence,—when the pres-
sure begins to be felt, and when, at the same time, the
state has placed its expenses on an exaggerated footing,
and has only chosen to see the advantages of the hour
without examining the difficulties of next day, woe to
the day in which all this artificial wealth vanishes ! It
is very probable that we are on the eve of this day.
Railroad shares are falling with a continuity which does
not fail to be alarming. The harvest has been a bad
one, and the inundations have plunged in misery an
immense portion of our fellow citizen's. The next
budget will certainly be presented to us with a remark-
able deficit ; the extraordinary expenses are accumu-
lating every day ; all our reserves are exhausted, and
credit itself is lightened by the immense capital absorbed
in these railroads thrown upon the market without any
kind of prudence or moderation.
The sums expended sinco 1830 are incalculable. And
yet our frontiers are badly armed ; our coasts are open
to the enemy ; the majority of our ports are defenceless,
and we saw in 1840 in what degree of penury we were
surprised by a menace on the part of Europe. Are we
better prepared now ?
We doubt it. Yet our Government has just committed
an act of unequalled gravity. It has all at once broken
its only alliance—it has destroyed the entente cordials.
Has it acted rightly or wrongly ? Let us not examine
here ; but, at all events, Governments do not try similar
revolutions in their policy without having made their
arrangements, prepared their means of resistance, or as-
sured themselves of their points d'appui. In so suddenly
deciding upon the Montpensier marriage, has, then, the
Government resolved to resist England to the last ?
Well and good. Bat where are its arms, its finances,
and, above all, its fleets ? We are, navally speaking,
in a complete state of disarmament, and whilst England
is arming on all sides, with a fleet at Gibraltar,
and another off Sheerness ready to set sail, we remain
in an attitude of the most contemplative placidity.
Has even the good will of the continent been secured, to
say nothing of its friendship ? Not a whit. Conjec-
tures, commentaries, and feigned hopes are thrown
away, for it is perfectly well known how few sympathies
are to be expected from the northern Courts. But does
it, at least, turn towards the supreme resource of isolated
or menaced Governments—towards the nation and
public opinion, reassured and satisfied ? No. It is a
constant system of governing by distrust, the mother of
corruption, and power is directed by the hands of the
most unpopular men in France.
Nevertheless, the act which ,has so deeply complicated
our external situation is considered with indifference in
certain circles.
" We have played England a trick," say some of these
optimist spirits. Possibly; but that is insufficient.
When these paths are pursued, you must not only ac-
cept, but foresee all the consequences. It may be well
to play a trick sometimes, but it is good for nothing if
it costs more than it secures. Now, we affirm that the
Government is already beginning to pay dearly for what
its friends call its skill, and the English its knavery.
We must not deceive ourselves. England is seriously
irritated, and her resentment is manifested in all sorts
of ways. Was this foreseen? Or, has the Government
condemned itself to a situation worse than that of 1840,
in order to gain a dowry, and the poor glory of showing
that it is an adept in point of diplomatic duplicity?
The political horizon is darkening ; we have reason
to believe that England is not so badly received as is
supposed in her overtures to the Northern Powers. If,
in the face of disdainful Europe and irritated England,
the Government soon finds itself disarmed and isolated,
without alliances abroad or rational strength at home,
who will dare to say that the Montpensier marriage is an
act of skill? This opinion, however, was adopted by
many, because they did not reflect on the results.
We said from the first, and we now repeat it, that
the Montpensier marriage, with all its attendant cir-
cumstances, is the most enormous blunder that has been
committed since 1830. Those who doubt it will see
at a later period.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 19.
HAYNES V. TAYLOR.
This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the
Western Gas Light Company from proceeding with the
erection of their works on the south side of the Grand
Junction Canal at Kensal-green.
Mr. KINDERSLEY, who appeared for the plaintiff,
L stated that his client had been for the last twelve years
possessor of a piece of freehold ground at Kensal-green,
L part of which was in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea,
and part in Kensington; and he also purchased a piece
of ground adjoining his freehold. lie had erected a house
on this property, which was situated on the Surrey side of
the Grand Junction Canal, a site peculiarly favourable in
point of salubrity, as well as on those other points which
are usually regarded in a residence. Upon this mansion
and its appurtenances Mr. Haynes had laid out 15,0001.,
but since its erection Mr. Jenkins, a large proprietor in
the neighbourhood, had granted leases of certain lands
under him, upon which a number of small houses had
been erected, a circumstance which, it would be seen,
was pertinent to the present case, and which had been
called Kensal New Town. llowever, hitherto the
neighbourhood was exempted from any nuisance. At a
short distance from the residence of Mr. Haynes was a
small piece of ground which had been purchased in 1844
by the proprietors of the proposed gas company. Mr.
Taylor was the chairman of the committee of thecompany.
A prospectus was issued by the committee of that com-
pany, which after stating the amount of shares, &c.,
set forth ; that the directors had secured a most excel-
lent piece of freehold ground, describing the same so as
to leave no doubt that it referred to a piece of ground
distant about 88 yards from the house of the plaintiff.
A search had been made in the registry office, and it
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to the use of any material in the manufacture of their gas,
so that it might be made from tar or the most disagree-
able and noxious bodies suited to the purpose. On the 3d of
August, 1846, the defendants proceeded to lay out the
ground at Kensal-green for the erection of their manu-
factory, and workmen were now digging the foundation.
On the sth of August, 1846, a meeting was held of the
inhabitants of Vauxhall, and resolutions were carried, to
the effect that the establishment of this manufactory was
very dangerous to the salubrity of the neighbourhood.
In consequence of the expression of this feel-
in the Company discontinued their works at Vauxhall.
Bu l near Mr. Haynes's there were none hut the poorer
classes resident, and these had been induced to came
forward and express themselves favourable to the erec-
tion of the proposed manufactory, saying that it would
lead to an expenditure of money in the neighbourhood,
and would consequently be most beneficial to those resi-
dent there. The Learned Gentleman cited the opinions of
Mr. Cooper, Dr. Dew, &c., to show that decomposition of
coal by heat must necessarily produce most disagreeable
effluvia, and be productive of certain diseases, arising
from impurity of atmosphere.
Messrs. Turner and Roupell followed on the same side.
The case for the defendants was not entered into, and
the Court rose shortly after three o'clock.

COURT OF XCREQUER, Nov. 19.
The LORD CHIEF BARON gave notice, at the sitting of
the Court, that the Court would take the cases on the
special paper in the order as set down, commencing with
the one part heard, on Monday next, Nov. 23.

SUN, LONDON,

The cases disposed of to-day presented no feature of
public importance.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov 19.

BOUCHER V. THOMPSON.-THE COUNTY OF WESTMORE.

LAND.

This was an appeal against the decision of the Re-
vising Barrister for the county of Westmoreland, and
the point raised was the nature of the tenure of appel-
lant.

Mr. Cockburn appeared on behalf of the appellant,
and Mr. Arnold for the respondents.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the sole question to
be considered in the present case was, whether the
party claiming to vote had a freehold tenure. It ap-
peared the rent of the property was sufficient to consti-
tute a freehold, but not sufficient to give a qualification
under any other qualification. The property, it seemed,
was held by a burgage tenure, under which the appellant
paid a rent to a certain individual, but the amount was
not stated. There was, however, no manor or superior
lord. Now, the party being in possession of the pro-
perty, and there being no superior lord, the presumption
was, that the freehold was in him, and they had now to
consider whether there were any circumstances to cut
down that presumption. On inquiry, the Court found
that the party was not only in possession of the pro-
perty without a superior claimant, but also that he had
voted in respect of the property at several elections.
The only objection that had in reality been urged
against the validity of his tenure was, that the
mode of conveyance was not a freehold admitting
of conveyance in common law, and that the
freehold must, in consequence, rest in some superior
lord. To that, he (the Lord Chief Justice) would
answer, there was in the present case, the entire absence
of all baseness; there were no manorial rights or copy of
roll, none of the ordinary evidence of copyhold. Under
such circumstances, though the mode of conveyance
might not be in consonance with common law, the
property had been coveyed by a local custom in operation
from time immemorial ; he considered the Court was
bound to give effect to the freehold, and to hold that the
proper legal inference was, that the property was siesed
and in possession of the appellant. He considered, there-
fore, the decision of the Revising Barrister was errone-
ous, and ought to be revised, and that the name of the
appellant should be placed on the register.
The rest of their Lordships concurred, each assigning
at considerable length their reasons for so deciding.
Decision accordingly reversed.
NIX V. FIELD.-THE BOROUGH OF WARWICK.

This was an appeal against a decision of the Revising
Barrister, for the borough of Warwiek. The case is a
consolidated one, and the point raised was, whether a
scot and .lot voter having once allowed himself to be dis-
qualified by the nonpayment of the rates for one parti-
cular year, could, under the provisions of the Reform
Act, on the payment of rates during any subsequent
year claim to have his name placed on the register. The
respondent in the present instance had failed last year
to pay his rates, on or before the 31st of July, and had
had his name struck from the register. This year he
paid up his rates and made his claim, which the Revising
Barrister allowed ; heace the appeal.
Mr. Hayes having been heard in support of the appeal,
and Mr. Mellor for the respondent,
The COURT gave judgment. It would be a very hard
construction of the Act if it was held that the man who
had received parish relief should be considered qualified
to vote, while he who contributed to support others, but
failed for one year from poverty to pay his rates, should
be permanently disfranchised for life. From a careful
construction of the Act, their Lordships were clearly
of opinion that the failure of the payment of
rates in 1845 by :the respondent only disqualified
him for one year, and that he was perfectly at liberty to
place himself on the register the following year by pay-
ing up his arrears. The present party had not been off
the register for two years, and did not come under the
disfranchising provisions of the statute. The decision
of the Revising Barrister must, therefore, be sustained,
and the appeal be dismissed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBONE.
John Lester, clerk to Messrs. Deacon and Co., White
Horse, Cripplegate, and who, as carriers, have extensive
warehouses at the Camden-town station of the London
and North-Western Railway Company, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Long, on the charge of having com-
mitted numerous robberies.
Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution, and
Mr. Robinson for the prisoner, whose connexions are, it
is said, highly respectable.
The court was much crowded, and owing to the fact
of many acts of plunder having been perpetrated at the
above and other railway stations by porters, carters, &c.,
the proceedings excited considerable interest. The case
was first brought up on Friday, the 13th inst., when,
after a few facts had been gone into, the prisoner was
remanded, in order to afford time for Hillsden, 62 S,
a very active officer, to make further inquiry. The in-
vestigation now occupied nearly three hours, but the
whole history of the affair may be thus briefly narrated:—
The prisoner, who was night clerk, was, at seven
o'clock in the morning of the 12th inst met in the
Hampstead-road, at which time he was coming in the
direction from the station, and had with him a brown
paper parcel. Information was given to the foreman, and
on the prisoner being spoken to he denied having car-
ried away any parcel at all. It was at length decided
that he should be given into custody, and he was ac-
cordingly conveyed to the police-station. His apartments
in Hartland-terrace, Kentish-town, were subsequently
searched, and in them were found two handsome shawls
of Norwich manufacture and a new hat. The articles
alluded to were now produced, as were also six expen-
sive half shawls. The latter were picked up shortly
after the prisoner was taken in charge, and were lying
wrapped up in paper in the path along which he (pri-
soner) was taken while in custody, and the supposition,
therefore, was, that he bad dropped the said parcel,
which at the period in question he had in his possession.
The property was identified as having been sent from
various houses in the City to customers in different parts
of the country, and it was stated that some persons to
whom the goods were consigned had missed numerous
articles from their packages.
Mr. Robinson cross-examined the majority of the wit-
nesses, but did not in any very material particular shake
their evidence.
The prisoner stands committed for trial upon three
distinct charges.
Charles Sreeves, a master-carpenter and builder, was
placed at the bar, charged with the following robbery.
Mr. Robinson attended for the prisoner.
It appeared that upon many occasions lately a very
large quantity of bricks, the property of Mr. Fergusso■
and others, belonging to the Marylebone and Paddington
Joint-Stock Building Association, had been stolen. On
the previous evening, from information which had been
received, a look out was kept, when 49 D saw the pri-
soner go to a large stack of bricks, from which he took
six, and was making off with them, when the officer
took hint into custody.a,He offered to give any money
if he might be allowed io go.
He was committed for trial.
Mr. Robinson applied for his client to be admitted to
bail; sureties would be given to any amount.
The magistrate refused to accede to the request.
THAMES.

Mr. Joseph Sanders, landlord of the Blue Anchor
public-house, Parsons-street, Ratcliff-highway, appeared
to answer a complaint under the Mutiny Act for refusing
to receive two soldiers billetted upon him.
It appeared in evidence that the soldiers arrived here

in a Dublin steamer at a late hour on Saturday night,
the Bth instant, and were billetted upon the defendant
by inspector Ellis of the H division. A police-constable,
60 H, accompanied them to the defendant's house at half-
past one o'clock on the morning of the 9th. The landlord
was aroused from his sleep, and looked out of the win-
dow, but refused to open his doors, and returned to his
bed. The soldiers were under the necessity of quarter-
ing themselves in the station-house for the night.
Mr. Sanders, in defence, said he was obliged by the
law to keep his house closed from twelve o'clock on
Saturday night until one o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
and he was not aware that there was any exception in
favour of the military.
Mr. BALLANTENE said the defendant would be liable
to a penalty for keeping his house open for the sale, of
beer and spirits during the hours mentioned, but there
was nothing in the Alutiny Act which said that pub-
licans were not to receive soldiers billetted upon them at
any hour,
Mr. Sanders expressed his regret that he should have
acted in ignorance of the law, but all manner of strata-
gems were used on Saturday night, after 12 o'clock, to
make him open his doors by various persons who wanted
refreshments, and he had been put to much trouble and
inconvenience by persons knocking at the door after be
closed his house, and representing they were the police
or soldiers with a billet. On the Saturday night in
question a trick of this kind was played off upon him.
About half-past 12 o'clock the bell was rung, and some
persons called out, " The police. We demand admis-
sion to see if the house is cleared." He opened the
deor, and immediately several persons rushed into the
house and demanded beer and spirits. He had great
difficulty in clearing the house. An hour and a half
afterwards, and just as he had fallen asleep, the bell was
again rung. He concluded, at such an unseasonable
hour, that he was being hoaxed, and shut down the
window. He had been a licensed victualler 15 years,
and no complaint had ever been made against him before.
Inspectors Donegan and Scott, of the H division, said
the Blue Anchor was the best conducted house in thedis-
trict, and that Mr. Sanders was a highly respectable man.
Mr. BALLANTINE believed all the defendant said was
true, but he was bound to convict him ; in consideration,
however, of the excellent character given of him, he
should inflict the lowest penalty of 40s. and costs.
TV ES Tllll NS TER. _

A middle aged gentleman, who stated himself to be
the Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley, came to this court, and
addressing Mr. Burrell, the presiding magistrate, said—
I present myself here in consequence of having seen in
newspapers an ex parte statement of an accusation made
against me by persons of the names of Woolfe and
Lait. Although I have received no summons, I am
here to state my readiness to meet any charge such
persons may bring forward, at such time as the magis-
trate may appoint. In the meanwhile, if any gentlemen
of the press are present, I trt.st they will report pre-
cisely what I have stated, and that they will refrain from
making any remarks until the case is properly before the
public.

The Hon. Gentleman then bowed to the magistrate
and withdrew.

John Reid was charged with knocking at the lodge
of Charlotte-street Chapel, Pimlico, without lawful
excuse.

Mary Rhodes, who resides at the lodge, said that the
defendant came there twice on the previous evening, and
insisted upon having an interview with Mr. Kelly, the
minister of the chapel. Upon being told that he could
not see him, defendant, who was intoxicated, declared
that he would remain there until he did, and, as Divine
service was about to commence at the chapel, she called

a policeman and gave him into custody. Witness knew
of no reason for defendlint's troubling Mr. Kelly, but
knew that Mr. Kelly visited defendant's daughter when
she was dying. Mr. Kelly had told witness that he
would not see defendant.

The constable who took the accused into custody
proved that he was intoxicated.
Defendant, who appeared to be labouring under con-
siderable excitement, said that Mr. Kelly, the minister
of the chapel, came to see his daughter whilst she was
on her deathbed, and got her to make a will, leaving all
her property to his (defendant's) wife. Mr. Kelly after-
wards told him that she had made a will, but positively
refused to show it to him. As he (defendant) was
legally entitled to any property she possessed, he consi-
dered Mr. Kelly was bound to show him the will.

Mr. BURRELL inquired the nature of the property.
Defendant replied that it was household furniture,
some part of which had been removed by Mr. Kelly's
directions, and, added defendant, " the rest my beau-
tiful woman of a wife, that belongs to his congregation,
has got."
Defendant's landlord said he could offer some explana-
tion. Although the will had been prepared, it bad never
been executed by the deceased woman. Mr. Kelly and
another person, however, on the strength of the will,
were parties to the removal of the furniture.
Mr. BURRELL said, that on the hearingof one side of the
matter, the conduct of Mr. Kelly appeared at present to
be very unjustifiable. He should discharge the defendant,
and, as he appeared very excitable, would recommend
that the landlord, or some other discreet friend, should
see Mr. Kelly on the subject of the furniture.
HAMMERSMITH.
An Irishman, named Francis Smith, was brought up
before Mr. T. Paynter, the sitting magistrate, for fur-
ther examination, on the charge of having, on the 27th
of June, 1841, feloniously stabbed Redmond Barry, with
intent to murder him, whereby his life had been in im-
minent danger for several weeks.
Mr. T. Madden, relieving officer for Kensington, at-
tended to prosecute on the part of the parochial autho-
rities.

Redmond Barry, who still appeared in a very weak
state, deposed that he was a labourer, residing in Jen-
ning's-buildings, High-street, Kensington. On the
evening of Sunday, the 27th of June, 1841, the prisoner
and one Hayes were fighting in Jenning's•buildings,
and witness went up and put himself between them to
part them. The prisoner then struck witness, who de-
fended himself, and they dragged each other along some
distance. They were then forced against the wall by
the mob that had collected, and witness there tried to
throw the prisoner, but failed in doing so. The pri-
soner left witness for a moment or so, and then ran at
him and gave him a violent thrust in his side. Witness
felt at that moment as if a needle had run into him, and
called out, " Oh, I'm stabbed." The prisoner ran away
and witness fell to the ground with the blood gushing
from his side. Witness was carried home, and on being
stripped found part of his bowels protruding from the
wound. Witness was subsequently conveyed to St.
George's Hospital the same night, where he remained as
an in-door patient for ten months, and had never since
recovered the effects of the injury he so received.
The foregoing evidence was corroborated by several
witnesses, but the hospital surgeon was at present in the
country.
Mr. Madden produced a certificate from Mr. Guazza-
rone, the Kensington parochial surgeon, showing that
Barry had since the occurrence been seriously ruptured
from the effects of the injury, and therefore was unable
to work much for his livelihood.
The prisoner was then remanded until Monday next.
The Court was densely crowded during the examina-
tion of the prisoner ; and a few minutes after it was
somewhat cleared,
Inspector Havell brought before the magistrate a wo-
man who was stated to be the cousin of the prisoner
Francis Smith, who, he said had, outside the Court, used
threatening language to Mrs. Barry, the wife of the in-
jured man.

Mr. PAY WEER told her that if she repeated such im
proper conduct, or in any way interfered with or inter.
rupted the witnesses, he would immediately issue a war.
rant for her apprehension, and inflict on her the severesi
punishment the law allowed.
_ _

Mr. Madden introduced to the notice of the magis-
trate a young girl, neatly dressed in mourning, who, he
said, was Catherine Casey, aged 12 years, only child of
James Casey, who was killed by the fall of three houses
in Alfred-place, West Thurloe-square, Old Brompton,
on Thursday, the 12th instant. The girl was previously
motherless, and by the unfortunate accident was now an
orphan, and without a relative or friend in the world.
Since her father's death she had been taken care of by
Mrs. Bryan, a poor woman living in Jenning's-buildings,
who was herself a recipient of parochial relief. He had
advised her to take the girl to Messrs. Emmens, the
builders, in whose employ her father was, to see if they
would not do something for her, but all they had done
was to take her to a shop and give her a pair of shoes.
He had, therefore, brought her before his worship to
see if he could enable him to get her into some asylum
where she would be taken care of and put out in the
world.

The poor girl appeared an intelligent child, but quite
broken down by the calamity which had befallen her in
the death of her only earthly protector.
Mr. PAYNTER commented on the kindness of the
woman Bryan, who was present, and advised Mr. Mad-
den to try Manor-house establishment, Fulham, which
he promised to do. The worthy magistrate also ordered
Mrs. Bryan ss. from the court poor-box, which, he said,
was in reality a " poor box," being, at the present mo-
ment, empty.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH PAPERS.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 16. —The Chamber of Representatives
began to-day the general debate on the proposed address.
The first speaker was M. Delfosse, who complained
that the proposed address, instead of stating the real
situation of the country, contained congratulations to
the King ; he expressed an opinion that the Ministry
would strive in vain to defend the independence of the
civil power, against the domineering and increasing
spirit of the Episcopacy; finally, after having repro-
duced the arguments which he lately made use of against
the Cabinet, he announced that one of his colleagues
would propose an amendment relative to the middle in-
struction, and that his vote would depend on the adop-
tion of that amendment. M. de Monckere succeeded
M. Delfosse ; he complained that the Minister had not
prc s anted a programme--that every political idea was
wanting in the speech from the Throne ; he then cen-
sured the delay which the Cabinet had manifested in
seizing certain publications, as well as that of the delay
which it now manifests in adopting the measures
relative to public functionaries who were members of
political societies ; he also warmly censured the manner
in which this measure had been taken. The Hon.
Member declared that he had not taken any decisive
part against the address, and added that the felicitations
which it offers to the King ars the expression of his well-
known sentiments. The Minister of the Interior, in a
clear and concise answer, replied successively to the
arguments of the preceding speaker, and announced that
his explanations would be completed by the Minister of
'Aee tlhnatneriMinister
and Foreign Affsauicreseaednd?dofthJeumst.Tnei.steMr. llof
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explained e,luasintieedthe motives which the Minister had, not to
be precipitate in its resolution respecting the caricatures,
articles in the journals, and songs lately seized. The
Ministry, not to depart from the line of moderation and
prudence followed
i in such cases, since 1830, was un-
willing to act, till t saw that the efforts of the malevo-
lent to extend -these publications more and more,
not only in Brussels, but
hbiucht in
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bthlaempedro,vainsedesil,atfoarryf,rtohme
relaxing, seemed to increase. M. Verhaegen closed the
;.He also reproached
the mendicity of the
while they every day
condemn
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osrohspfeaewtvewhiec caricatures,tehhhnonbone tgeepfd ru?t
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necessity.
The King transacted business to-day with the Minister
of War.
An English priest is to preach a sermon in English
every Sunday, after the morning mass in the Church of
Saint Jacques-sur-Candenburg, in the Place Royale.
He commenced yesterday, and preached to a numerous
congregation.—Brussels Papers, Nov. 17.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 16.—This evening his Royal
Highness Prince Charles of Prussia arrived here from
Amsterdam, at half-past six o'clock, by the train. His
Royal Highness was received at the station by the
Prussian Minister at the Court of the Netherlands,
where one of the royal carriages was in waiting to
convey him to the Old Palace in the Noordeinde, where
his Majesty the King was ready to receive him. His
Royal Highness Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar has
likewise arrived.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 16.—According to a private letter
from Batavia of the 29th of August, at ten o'clock, P.M.,
boats were at that moment sent off to the ship India,
Captain J. A. Pronk, which has just arrived, to bring
off the passengers.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 17.—According to letters .from
Niel, of the 6th of November, her Majesty the Queen
and his Royal Highness Prince Alexander, were still in
that city. They had removed from the Hotel de France
to the fine villa of M. Aviger, the banker, ono of the
principal persons of that place. It is not known how
long they intend to remain there.
A letter from Konigsburgh of the Ist says, "4. cabinet
order, dated Sans Souci, confirms the ministerial
decree, by which M. Strachowsky had been declared
excluded from the deputation to the States, because he
had been a member of the Catholic Dissenters. This
conclusion is founded as the article of the organic law,
which requires as a condition, to be eligible as a member
of the States, that the candidate shall belong to one of
the Christian sects, which would not be the ease of a dis-
senting Roman Catholic.—Dutch Papers, Nov. 18.

THE
ROYAL STAGROUNDS.—The meet on Wed-
nesday, which took place at Palo Hill, between Hayes
and Hillingdon, was attended by the Earl of Granville,
the Hon. Mr. Denman, Captain Seymour, several officers
of the Ist Life Guards, and a field of upwards of one
hundred. The Highflyer stag, upon being uncarted,
went away to Gutteridge Wood, through Mr. Cox's
grounds, at Hillingdon, to the Common, thence on to the
West Drayton station, where it doubled to Cawley ;
thence crossing the country to Uxbridge, it faced right
through the town over the Colne into Bucks, away to
Long Coppice, and doubling across the Beaconsfield
road to Denham. The stag again crossed the river,
making away in the direction of Harefield Church, on to
Ruislip, where it was headed back to the village of
Harefield, and there taken, after a run of between three
and four hours. The Earl of Granville and a large field
were up at the finish.
FIRE AND NARROW EscArEol-Yesterday morning,
at an early hour, a fire happened in the house of Mr.
Lewis, Devonshire-street, New North-road, Islington,
attended with considerable damage. Some children who
were sleeping in bed narrowly escaped. Fortunately
the inmates had not retired to rest, and by their united
exertions the flames were subdued, but the contents of
the room were destroyed.

THE LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
WARWICK, Ocr. 19.—Yesterday a writ of inquiry
was executed before the Sheriff of this county, at the
Shire-hall, to assess the damages on judgment by default,
in an action brought by Mr. Haywood, attorney of Bir-
mingham, and Mrs. Haywood, his wife, against the
directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany, for injuries sustained by the wife, in conseqnence
of the alleged gross negligence, want of skill, and default
of the defendants, through their servants. The damages
were laid at 5001.
Mr. Sergeant Allen was retained by the plaintiffs, and
Mr. Macaulay for the defence.
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN having opened the case to the
jury,
Sylvanus Partridge was sworn—l am a wholesale
dealer in London. On the 2d of June, 1845, I happened
to be a passenger from Leamington to Birmingham, by
the railway, in a first class carriage. I there met with
Mrs. Haywood. We proceeded in safety to the station
at Coventry, and while there, after stopping a short
time, preparatory to being moved on to the London
and Birmingham line, a tremendous concussion took
place; a blow came as from behind us. That was oc-
casioned, as I was informed, by one of the servants, by
some carriages being forced against the points. Our
carriage bounded into the air. There was a second blow
in a few seconds, from the same cause, I presumed,
as occasioned the first. Mrs. Haywood was forced
against me with great violence by the first concussion.
After that she recovered her seat ; she had time to do
that before the second shock, and then her bead took an
oblique direction, and fell in the direction of one of the
a outien arms which separate the seats. In the course of
a minute I assisted her. She was in a state of con-
siderable excitement at first, and in a fainting condition.
She was fearfully stunned. When helped out of the
carriage I gave her my arm into the waiting-room, and
she quite tottered. Her face and forehead appeared to
be cut, and the side of her head was covered with blodd.
The eye on the left side was much injured, and covered
with blood. She was bordering on insensibility. She
was in a very distressing condition. As we were going
over the platform at Coventry there was a considerable
number of persons, some of whom exclaimed, " Shame!"
" Carelesssness !"
Mr. MACAULAY objected to this line of examination,
and the Under, Sheriff ruled that it was irregular.
Witness resumed—On the occasion of the collision I
saw one of the superintendents of the London and Bir-
mingham Company. He was on the platform, and as-
sisted Mrs. Haywood into the room. I don't know his
name. He expressed strongly his regret at what had
taken place, and said it was sad carelessness or blunder-
ing, and should be looked to immediately.
Mrs. Lord examined—l am the mother of Mrs. Hay-
wood. She was married in the year 1840. She is now
31 or 32 years of age. Up to the 2d of June, 1845, my
daughter had enjoyed good health ; she was a strong
robust young person. I have been constantly with her
since, with the exception of a short absence. lam sorry
to say there are effects of the collision to be seen now.
She has not the proper sense of seeing from that eye
which was injured; she has lost her sense of smell. I
perceive—and that is the great grief—that there is a de-
terioration of the mind; she can't write without feeling
exceedingly ill afterwards for the whole day. It is quite
out of the question, also, for her to superintend her
domestic affairs. It has been necessary to engage another
person to take charge of them. She sustained an aliena-
tion of mental power which exists up to this time. She
complains at times of a peculiar pressure on the nose,
and then voids blood from the nostrils; that is accompa-
nied by fainting. Independently of this, she has com-
plained of general incapacity, arising from pains in the
bands and arms, and a pressure on the brain. Since
that time I have been obliged to accompany her from
place to place, it being advised that she should be carried
about.
Cross-examined—Mrs. Haywood has been confined
since the accident, and suffered very much. She was
confined in July last. When I say that her mind is
affected, I do not mean to state that she is incapacitated
from attending to her household affairs—l mean that
she is suffering from both mental and bodily infirmity.
She cannot sit down now to write a letter. When she
sits down to read or write, it occasions great pain in
her head, and she cannot do either.—ls there any ten-
dency to mental imbecility?—She cannot concentrate
her thoughts to write a letter. I do not know that I
can give you a better answer than that. After reading
a page or two of a book she is obliged to put the volume
down.

Mr. Dickenson Crompton sworn—l am one of the
surgeons of the Hospital at Birmingham. [Witness de-
scribed the injuries sustained by Mrs. Haywood.] She
has since been in a very excited state. Is easily
alarmed. Complains of great pains and noise in the
head, and has difficulty in doing the slightest thing. Is
better than she was, but still complains of many of the
same symptoms.
Mr. Richard Jones sworn—l am a medical practi-
tioner, residing at Leamington, of many years' standing.
I knew Mrs. Haywood before she was married; during
her girlhood, in fact. She was a strong and healthy
person. I saw her the day before she left Leamington
—that would be on the Ist of June; she was then in a
good state of health. I consider she is in a nervous
excited state now. She yesterday complained to me
that her memory was affected; so much so, that in
writing a common letter she experienced the greatest
difficulty. Her whole nervous system is much dis-
arranged. It is impossible to say that these symptoms
will be permanent; they will wear off in time; some
modifications have taken place, and, in all likelihood,
still greater modifications may occur; I think this may
be done by amusing her mind, under proper treatment,
especially as she is unequal to the usual recreations of
reading and writing. I believe something in her con-
stitution has been radically injured, and I think that it
is very probable all the symptoms have come on since
that period.
Mr. MACAULAY, for the company, put in a mass of
correspondence, with a view to show that the plaintiff
had never made a specific demand upon the directors, or
they would have been willing from the outset to make
any fair and reasonable compensation.
The basis of the defence was the following letter, ad-
dressed by Mr. Creed to the plaintiff:—
_- _

" July 28, 1845.
" Sir,—Having laid before the directors your letter to
me, of the 9th inst., on the subject of the injuries sus-
tained by your family by the collision which occurred at
the Coventry station on the 2d inst., I am directed to
confirm officially all that I had stated to you in conver-
sation, as to the sincere regret of the directors for the
sufferings of the passengers who were hurt, and their
desire to do all fairly expected from them in their cha-
racter of trustees for the proprietors.
" As respects the servant who had care of the points,
there was much to induce the directors not to visit his
offence too heavily. He had served the company from
the year 1838, without having once been reported for a
failure of his duty, and has always borne a uniformly
good character. His conduct on the 2d, although very
blameable, was rather the result of an error in judgment
than one of negligence, since it was from the belief that
he had time to do two things instead of one, which
required his whole attention. Weighing all the circum-
stances of the case, they thought that, to a man in his
station of life, a suspension of ten days, and a farther
fine of a week's pay, being seventeen days in the whole,
with a severe censure, was, though a comparatively
lenient punishment, as much as the services and cha •
racter of the individual called upon them to inflict; and
I am much mistaken in my opinion of your feelings, if
you would, under similar circumstances, have done more
than was necessary for the sake of example, and that
you, like the directors, would have felt that it was im-
portant, for the sake of example, that weight should be
attached to previous good conduct as that negligence
should be uniformly punished.—l am, dear Sir, your
obedient servant, " RICHARD CREED, Sec.
"J. Haywood, Esq., 1, Spencer-street, Leamington."
The jury retired, and afterwards came into court with
their verdict for the plaintiff, 3001.
In a second case, in which Mr. Haywood alone was
plaintiff, to recover expenses to which he had necessarily
been put by the illness of his wife, such as medical at-
tendance, travelling, &c., a verdict was taken for the
plaintiff, by consent, for 701.

MANNING THE FLEET.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES.

Sir,—The vital question of providing men for the floes
in the event of war deserves the most anxious considers.

tion of every Englishman, particularly of those who
exercise a powerful influence over the public mind. No
Government can propose efficient measures until the pub-
lic is awakened to the perilous deficiency. Hitherto
there has been an astonishing apathy on the subject, and
in the House of Commons any naval question is the
signal for a holiday, and great difficulty is experienced
in getting together enough Members to form a House.
Yet it is a question that does not require any know-
ledge of seamanship, and Mr. Ward was just as fit to
grapple with it while in opposition as since he has be-
come Secretary to the Admiralty. During 30 years of
peace no single step has been taken towards the aboli-
tion of impressment—a system which all who have pro-
fited by it condemn, and which never can again supply
the means of defence in the hour of need.
The alarming deficiency can only be supplied by a
steady and consistent line of policy persevered in for a
course of years, during which our resources may be
gradually organized, and the safety of the country esta-
blished.

The evil is too deeply rooted to be remedied in a few
weeks or by any single measure; and that leads me to
what is at present almost a fatal obstacle—the constitu-
tion of the Admiralty, which is entirely changed with
every Administration; and no new Admiralty can be
expected to see with the same eyes as their predecessors.
Hence is the right arm of the country paralysed; and
there is scarcely a possibility of a remedy for evils so
deep-seated as to require, not a single Admiralty cir-
cular, but a firm and steady adherence to a wise and
far-seeing course of policy.
I believe the present Admiralty to be composed of ex-
cellent men, well disposed to give attention to this sub-
ject; but how long will they hold office? and if they
commence a system of the character I describe, they
full well know that it will be thrown overboard by their
successors. Thus is the navy a political shuttlecock,
bandied backwards and forwards by party; and a fatal
inconsistency marks the whole conduct of naval affairs.
Until the country realises the dangers to which she is
thus exposed, there is little hope of remedy; and it is
earnestly to be hoped that the Times will not cease to
urge it on the mind of the public.—Yours, &c.,
Nov. 18. A CAPTAIN, R.N.

DISPATCH OP THE AMERICAN MAILS,—LIVERPOOL,
THURSDAY EVENING.—The royal mail steam-ship Cale-
donia, Captain Lott, which arrived here on Sunday, has
again departed for Halifax and Boston. She sailed this
morning, being only four days in port, and carries out
fifty passengers, and the semi-monthly nulls for Canada
and the United States.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter,
New, 9-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 83/4-Caledonian,
New, 2%-Great Western, New, 71. Is. 3d.-Manchester,
Buxton, and Matlock, 1% p.-York and Newcastle, Prefer-
one., 5% p.
EXETER, NOVEMBER 19..
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Exeter and Crediton,
p.-Exeter, Dorchester, and Yeovil, 3%-Ambergate,
Boston, &c.. 3-South Wales, 334-EasternsCounties Exten-
sion, 3%-Bristol, Thirds, 8%.
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 19.
Brom. EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate and East-
ern Junction, 6s. 3d. p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire 1% p.-Birmingham and Dudley, 6% p.-Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, and
North Western, 114 dis.-Buckinghamshire, par-Chester
and Birkenhead, 51-Ditto, Halves, 251/2-Eastern Counties,
223/4 -Ditto, York Extension, 1% p.-East Lancashire (late
Blackburn and Preston, 414 p.-Ditto, 514 p.--Ditto, No. 1,
New, 43% p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Ormsirk and Preston), ex
add. sh., 41/ p.- Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, par-
Glasgow and Dumfries, p.-Goole and Doncaster, par-
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 41,E dis.-Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, ex int., 5-Ditto, Extension, ex int., p.-
Leeds and Dewsbury, 144 p.-Ditto, Branches (blue), 81/2
p.-Liverpool, Manchester,: and Newcastle Junction, ls. 3d.
, p.-London and North-Western, 195%-Ditto, New, Quar-
ters, 133/4 p.-Ditto (Grand Junction), Quarters, 21% p.-
London and York, 1% dis.-Manchester, Midland, and Great
Grimsby, 1 dis.-Manchester and Southampton, % dis.-
Midland, 127 ex new-Ditto, New, 4% p.-Newcastle and
Berwick, 14% p.-North British, Quarters, 3 p.-North
Staffordshire, 3% p.-North Union (A), 220-North Wales
Mineral, New. 1% p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, y 8 dis.-
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3,3% dis.-Shrews-
. bury and Hereford, dis.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Cheshire, 365. 3d. dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A),
p.-Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford-
shire, 4 dis.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, %
dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, lls. 3d. p.-
Trent Valley Midland and Grand Junction, 114 p -Wharf-
dale (late North-Eastern ), i 4 dis.-West Riding Union,
p.-York and Newcastle, 394 ex new-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 5% p.-York and North Midland (Selby), 38% p. ex
new-Ditto, Preference, 10% p.-Newry and Warrenpoint,
1% p.-Demerara,
d 114. p.-Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis.-Great
Luxembourg, 3% is.-Jamaica and South Midland, p.
MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, Boston, &c., 5-16 p.-Birkenheard, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, % p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 7% p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 114 dis.-Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, par-Caledonian, Half Shares, %
dis.-Churnet and Blythe, % dis.-East Lancashire, New,
434 p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk, &c.), 4 p.-
East Lincolnshire % p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West
Riding, 1-16 dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, % p.-Goole, Don-
caster, Sheffield, &c., % p.-Great Grimsbv and Sheffield,
334 dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
47 p.-Ditto, Thirds, 134 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 11% dis.
-Ditte, New, % p.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester,
131'p.-Ditto, New Branches, 814 p.-Ditto, Extension,
134 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1-16
p.-London and North-Western, New 1334 c. p.-Manches-
ter and Leeds Extension, 1 c. p.-Manchester and South.
ampton, dis.-Midland, 501. Shares, 4% p.-North Bri-
tish, Quarter Shares, 2% -North Staffordshire, 3 9-16-North
Wales, 234 dis.-North-Western, p.-Oldham Alliance,
3-16 p.-Oldham Districts, % dis.-Oldham, Birkenhead, lq
dis.-Preston and Wyre,34-Ditto, Halves (B), p.-Shef-
field and Lincolnshire, 7/8 dis.-Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarters, No. 3, % dis.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, % dis.
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 7-16 dis:-Trent
Valley, Midlands, 1 p.-Whitehaven and Furness, 2 11-16
dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCRANOE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York
Extension, 375. p.-East Lancashire, 54 p.-Ditto, No.
2 (late Liyerpool, Ormskirk, &c.), 41 p.-East and West
Yorkshire, 6s. dis.-Huddersfield and Blanchester, 514
Leeds and Dewsbury, 13% p.-Ditto, Branches, 8% p.-
Ditto, Extensions, 31s. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Ditto,
New, a% p.-Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 1% s. p.
-Newcastle and Berwick, 14 p.-North British, Quarters
(late Carlisle Branch), 58s. p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip),
1% p.-North Staffordshire, 31% p.-Wharfdale Junction, 4s.
dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.-York and
North Midland Preference, 9% p.-Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, ss. p.-Glasgow and Dumfries, par -Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 158. dis.-Liverpool, Manchester,
and Newcastle Junction, ss. p.-Landon and York, 7s. 6d.
dis.-North-Western, 13s. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole, Bs. p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 1% p.-Shrop-
shire Union, 7s. 6d. dis.-West Riding Union, 4.-Yorkshire
and Glasgow Union, 40s. dis.
SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 3% c. dis.-Ditto, Extensions, 28s. dis.-Midland,
New, 4% p.-North-Western, 14s. 6d. p.-Sheffield and
Lincoln, 34 dis. -Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. 6d.
p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 21. Bs. 6d. dis.-
South Yorkshire Coal Railway, dis.
HULL, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market, which has been rather
drooping for the last few days, has to-day recovered its
buoyancy, and a large amount of business has been done at
generally improved rates. North British, Hull and Selbys,
and Newcastle and Berwicks, were much inquired for. The
sales are-Hull and Selby, 1084-Ditto, Half Shares, 53-
Leeds and Bradford, 75%-North British, Half Shares, 17%
c. int.-Ditto, Quarters, 82s. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters, scrip,
225. 6d. p.-York and Newcastle, New, 8% p.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 54 Bs. 6d. p.-York and North Midland (East and
West Riding Extension, 23% c n.-Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, 21. 16s. 6d.-East Lancashire, 1914-Ditto, No.
2 (late Ormskirk), 51. Is. 3d. ex n. cash-East Lincolnshire,
Bs. 9d. p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, Is. dis.-
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2%-Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 355.-North-Western, 14s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire,
p.-Northern Counties Union (York and Glasgow), 10s.
6d. scrip.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Edinburgh and North- I
ern, Newport, 345. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, par-Newcastle
and Carlisle, 112 cum new-North Staffordshire, 665. 6d. p.
YORK, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCMABOE.-Our market has been for some days
past unsteady. Prices have, however, upon the whole, ad-
vanced, bnt no great amount of legitimate business has been
transacted, speculative bargains constitutjpg the greater por-
tion. The quotations, in some instances, indicate rather the
necessities of the Bears (between whom and the Bulls a
fierce battle has been raging) than the actual and bond fide
value of the stocks. Intending investors would do well to
bear this fact in mind, and, previous to purchasing, institute a
comparison between the position and prospects of those un-
dertakings, the shares in which now bear a high premium,
and the probable position two or three years hence of those
undertakings, the shares in which are at an inconsiderable
premium, or at a discount. The sales are-Eastern Coun-
ties, York Extension, 3%-Leicester and Bedford, 16s. 6d.
-London and York, 214-Ditto, Halves, 134-North Bri-
tish, Half Shares, 16%-Ditto, Extension, IL 15s. 6d.-
North Staffordshire, 5%-West Riding Union, 4/. 45.-York
and Carlisle. %-York and Newcastle, New 13% -Ditto,
Preference, 71. 6s. 3d.-York and North Midland, Selby,
79 ex new-Ditto (East and West Riding Extension), 18%
ex new-Ditto, Preference, 12%.
GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 905.-Caledonian, 23%-Ditto, New, 445. 6d.-Caledo-
nian and Dumbartonshire, 305.-Clydesdale Junction, 344--
Cornwall and Devon Central, 355.-Direct Northern, 395.-
Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 101.-Dundee and Perth,
251.-Ditto, New, 934-East Indian Railway, 12s. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 761.-Ditto, Halves, 213%-Ditto,
Quarters, 194-Edinburgh and Northern, 1534-Ditto, New-
port, 87s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 694-Ditto,
Halves, 7%-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 485.-Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 335.-Great North of India, 4s.
-Great Southern of Madras, 65.-Lanark and Lothians, 435.
91-Manchester and Southampton, 325.-Midland, Halves,
6%-North British, Quarters, 85-Ditto, New Quarters
(scrip), 365.-Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 525. 6d.-South-
Eastern and Dover, New (isa. at 15/. ), No. 4, 635.-
Strathem Junction, 84s. 6d.-York and Newcastle, Prefer-
ence, 7%.

ACCIDENT TO THE STEAM-SHIP TIDER.--SOUTH-
IMPTON, Nov. 19.—The Tiber, Captain Russell, which
sailed from this purt on the 4th instant, en route for
Genoa, Naples, &c., met with an accident to her machi-
nery while crossing the Bay of Biscay, which compelled
her to run into Gibraltar, where she arrived on the 10th
inst. On the following morning the Montrose, Captain
Burney, came into harbonr on her return voyage from
the above places. After consulting with the engineers,
it was deemed expedient that the passengers, mails, and
cargo of the Tiber should be transferred to the Montrose,
while those of the latter ship should be removed to the
former vessel. This being done, the Montrose retraced
her voyage to Naples, &c., leaving Gibraltar on the 13th
inst. The Tiber, on the same day, left for this port, to
undergo the necessary repairs; she arrived here at four
P.M. yesterday, and landed the Genoa and Naples mails.
The passengers, fifty in number, on leaving the Tiber at
Gibraltar paid the highest compliment to Captain
Russell, his officers and men, for their excellent seaman-
like conduct, and in particular to Captain Russell for his
very gentlemanly and cool behatiour under such trying
circumstances. As proof of the excellent sailing quail-
ties of the Tiber, it is only to mention that the Achilles
steam-ship left this port at three P.M. of the 3d, and did
not reach Gibraltar until twelve hours after the Tiber.
The Achilles left Gibraltar for Malta on the same day.
REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER.-A very nu-
merous meeting of electors of the borough of Manchester
was held on Wednesday evening, at the Free Trade Hall,
to which Mr. John Bright, M.P. (the gentleman proposed
to succeed Mr. Mark Philips as representative of Man-
chester at the next election), was invited. From 3,000
to 4,000 persons were present. Mr. G. Wilson, late
chairman of the League, presided. Mr. Absolom
Watkin (a borough magistrate) proposed the following
resolution:--" That this meeting of the Liberal electors
of the borough of Manchester, gratefully acknowledging
the distinguished services of ..r. John Bright, M.P., in
the recent struggles for‘commercial freedom, and enter-
tertaiting a high sense of his talents and public conduct,
resolves that he is peculiarly qualified to represent this
borough in Parliament, and pledges itself to take all
requisite steps for securing his return." Mr. Alderman
Bird seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously.
Mr. Bright then addressed the meeting in a speech
which occupied nearly an hour in the delivery. If he
should be elected, he could only promise them a zeal
which few could surpass him in the support of those
principles with which he was count cted, and which he
had espoused. The only question put to Mr. Bright
was by a working man named George Lax, who stated
that he had been connected with the working of a fac-
The question he wished to put was,
tory for 40 years.
" If a Bill be introduced into the House of Commons to

limit the labour of females and young persons to ten
hours a day, would Mr. Bright support it?" Mr. Bright
said, that the Bill of the past session was a Bill to limit
the hours of labour of young persons and females—that
is, young persons from 13 to 18, and women of all ages.
It must be clear that such a rePtriction would put an end
to all labour. If men were not included in such re-
strictioni., he should, on principle, oppose such a mea-
sure. A committee of upwards of 300 gentleman was
appointed to carry into effect the foregoing resolution,
when the proceedings terminated.
NEAPOLITAN MAIL PACKET.— A first-rate steamer,
called the Capre, the property of the Neapolitan Steam
Navigation Company, formed for the purpose of convey-
ing the mails and passengers between Malta, Leghorn,
Sicily, Naples; Genoa, &c., will leave the East India
Docks in the course of to-day for the Mediterranean.
During the last few days she has been visited by a large
number of persons, and she is one of the most hand-
somely fitted steamers that ever left the Thames.