The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1849.

late member for the ward, was opposed by Mr. Simons,
also a Conservative, who coalesced with Mr. Clifford, the
late Whig-Radical councillor for the ward. The result
was that Mr. Shackel and Mr. Clifford were elected, the
first-named gentleman by a large majority.
WORCESTEL—Yesterday being the day appointed
under the Municipal Reform Act for the election of
town-councillors in the place of those retiring in rota•
tion, the occasion called forth an unusual activity and
bustle among the several political parties in this city.
Hitherto the municipal elections here have gone off
with little display of opposition or party spirit ; but on
this occasion there have been contests in three out of
the five wards. St. Nicholas Ward—ln this ward,
Messrs. Jones and Harding (Liberals) were the retiring
councillors, and in their stead have been elected, Messrs.
F. Hall and James Corbett, of the same party; Mr. West,
a Conservative, was put in nomination but rejected.
St. John's Ward—Mr. Ward (Liberal) was re-elected,
A feigned opposition on the score of economy was got up,
' but no other candidate was polled for than Mr. Ward.
St. Peter's Ward—ln this ward Messrs. Hood and Lucy
(Liberals), and Chamberlain (Conservative), retired.
They were again put in nomination for re-election, to-
gether with Mr. E. L. Williams (Liberal). The three
Liberals, Messrs. Lucy, Williams, and Hood, were re-
lected, the Liberal party thus gaining one vote in the
ward. Claines Ward—Three Liberals, Messrs. Hughes,
Southan, and Walter, retired, and Mr. Hughes was re-
elected ; Messrs. Goodwin and Kinder (Liberals) being
chosen in the room of Messrs. Walter and Southan. All
Saints' Ward—The great contest of the day was in this
ward, and proved one of the closest struggles for local
representaion that has ever taken place here. The Con-
servatives supported Messrs. Stallard, Read, and H
Webb ; and the Liberals nominated Messrs. Southan,
Jones, and Mountford. It was not until after five o'clock
that the numbers were declared by the assessors as fol-
lows :—Mr. Stallard (Conservative), 117, elected ; Mr.
H. Webb (Conservative), 117, ditto ; Mr. Mountford
(Liberal), 115, ditto ; Mr. Read (Conservative), 110 ;
Mr. Southan (Liberal), 109 ; Mr. Jones (Liberal), 106.
A large majority of the council are Liberals.
DOVNE4—Yesterday came off the election of six coun-
cillors for this borough, in the room of a like number
who go out by rotation. The out-going members were
5 Tories and 1 Liberal. The affair, for the first time
for many years, passed off without opposition, and the
result is the return of 4 Liberals and 2 Tories. Pre-
viously the Liberals had a large majority, and the num-
bers in the council now are 18 Liberals and 6 Tories.
Hum..—Little interest is now taken in the election of
fit and proper persons to fill the responsible situation of
town-councillors. The different ward meetings are but
thinly attended, and even the few that do attend cannot,
although Liberals, agree amongst themselves. Out of
the seven wards in Hull two have been contested by men
professing the same political creeds, one by the Tories,
and five uncontested; but of those five, one respected
councillor has been surreptitiously superseded by an-
other person, through the instrumentality of the clique
having the confidence hitherto of the Liberal section of
the ward. Such conduct, though gratifying for the mo-
ment to the perpetrators of the juke, must brine. its own
punishment. The result of the election is to place one
Tory in one ward, and displace one in another; thus, as
regards politics, leaving the council same as last year.

THE WEATHER.

REMARKS ON THE WEATHER DURING THE QUARTER
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1848. BY JAMES GLAISHER,
ESQ., OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH.
With the exception of a few days in July, and the
period between the 9th and 23d of September, the wea-
ther during the quarter ending September 30, 1848, was
wet, with very little sunshine. The month of August
was extremely wet, and in many places the falls of rain,
both in July and September, were unusually great. So
much rain falling in a period immediately following the
previous bad weather, renders the season and the year
very remarkable. On July 1, the mean temperature of
the air was 8 deg. 4 min. below the average value of the
same day in the seven preceding years, and on the 6th
it was 12 deg. 2 min. in excess above the average ; on
the former day the mean temperature was 46 deg. 7 min.,
and on the latter day it was 74 deg. 0 min. On the 9th
it was three degrees below the average; and on the 14th
it was 9 deg. 4 min. above the average; and on the 15th
it was again below the average. These changes were
great and abrupt. From July 11 to September 19 the
temperature of the air was almost always below
the average value, and particularly so between the 11th
and 15th of September; on the 12th, the departure from
the average was 12 deg. 6 min. From the 20th of
September to the end of the quarter the temperature of
the air ranged somewhat above the average value. The
hottest day in the year was July 6, and this day was the
hottest all over the country. On an average of seven
years, the hottest day is July 5.
In pursuance of the arrangement hitherto followed, I
will speak of each subject of investigation separately.

or three seconds only; on August 22, there were storms
at Exeter, Hastings, Stone, Saffron Walden, Cardington,
and at Leicester. At Greenwich, on August 23 and 24,
between the hours of 8 P.K. and midnight, on both days,
many flashes of lightning were seen. On August 31, at
Greenwich and at Stone, there were thunder storms; at
the former place the thunder followed the lightning at
intervals varying from 1 sec. to 12 sec. On September 5,
there were storms at Greenwich, Stone, and Leicester.
On September 22 lightning was seen at Greenwich and
at Stone, and again at Stone on the 25th.

Hail fell at Slone and Cardington on August 22, and
at Empingham on August 5; the hailstones at Carding-
ton were of very large dimensions.
Gales of wind took place all over the country on
August 20, 21, and 22, but more particularly on the 21st.
At many places trees were blown down, and a great deal
of injury was done. Coasting vessels and fishing boats
generally suffered very much.
LARGE AND CONTINUOUS FALLS OF July,
at Greenwich, rain fell to the depth of 0.3 inch on the
15th, 23d, and 31st. On the 14th, at Latimer Rectory,
rain to the depth of half an inch fell in half an hour.
In August, rain was falling, more or less, at every part
of the country, on every day. At Greenwich, the
amount collected exceeded 0.3 inch on the Ist, 3d, Bth,
10th, and 21st, and the falls exceeded 0.7 inch on the
14th and 31st. On the 14th a large fall occurred at all
places. In September, on the 24th at Thwaite, between
4 A.M. and 9 A.M., rain fell to the depth of 2.12 inches,
a greater fall within the same interval of time than has
occurred at Thwaite within the preceding forty years;
and on this day at Leeds, the fall within nine hours was
2 inches. On the 28th, 29th, and 30th days, rain was
falling almost continuously over all parts of the country.
At Cardington the fall within 60 hours was 2.6 inches.
At Leicester, the amount within 72 hours was 2.25
inches, and this was the amount which fell on these days
at most places. This fall, extending over so large a por-
tion of the country, is most unusual.
The approximate mean monthly values of the several
subjects of research are shown in the subjoined tables ;
but, as they have not been corrected for diurnal varia-
tion corresponding to the time or times at which the
observations have been made, the values generally are
not in a state of comparison for each other. This remark
does not apply to the approximate mean monthly tempe-
ratures of the air, because the same correction is appli-
cable to all places.
The mean monthly temperatures of the places in Corn-
wall and Devonshire, in these three months, are about
the same values as those of other places, but the extrenaea
of daily and monthly temperatures are much less than
elsewhere.
The reading of the barometer was low at the begin-
ning of July, being 29.403 inches at 6 A.M. on the Ist ;
this reading increased to 29.740 by 6 P. M. on the 2d, de-
creased to 29.611 on the 3d, andincreased quickly on
the 4th, and reached 30 inches before midnight on this
day. The reading ranged above 30 inches on the sth,
and decreased to 29.635 by midnight on the 9th. During
the 10th the value increased 0.539 inch, having passed
the point 30 inches, at about 1 P.M. on this day. The
reading continued about 30 inches till the 17th ; the
highest value was 30.344 on the 12th. From the
17th there was a gradual decrease to 29.146 on the 20th,
at 3 P.M.; at midnight on this day the reading was
29.467, and increased to 29.781 on the 24 th ; during the
25th the decrease *as 0.3 inch; the reading at midnight
was 29.480; it then gradually increased to 30 inches by
the 29th. On the 30th the change was considerable,
amounting to nearly half an inch during the day, and at
the end of the month the reading was 29.313 inches,
and still deoreaiing. On August
1,6 h. A. 31. the
reading was 29.244 inches; after this time it turned to
increase,' and was 29.581 at midnight, and reached
29.817 on the second day. On the 3d it decreased, and
was 29.582 at midnight; during the 4th the changes were
small; on the sth the decrease was 0.190 inch, and the
reading at midnight was 29.33.5 inches. During the
6th and 7th there was a slight increase; from this time
to the 20th the changes were small, and at midnight on
the 20th the reading was 29.846 inches. The decrease
on the 21st was 0.334 inch, and at noon on the 22d the
reading was 29.423 inches, when it turned to increase,
and was 29.528 at midnight; the increase con-
tinued till the 25th at Oh., the reading at this
time being 29.947, when it turned to decrease, and the
changes atter this time to the end of the month were small.
In September, till the 4th, the reading was above 30
inches; during the sth it decreased 0.2 inch, and was
29.638 at midnight; from the 6th to the 9th the changes
were small; on the 10th, by 6h P.M., the reading de-
creased 0.219 inch, and the reading was 29.496 inches:
it then turned to increase quickly; on the 11th the read-
ing at midnight was 30.091 inches. From this time till
the 18th the reading was always above 30 inches; the
highest value was 30.345 on the 16th; on the 19th it
began to decrease, and on the 24th the reading was
29.223 inches, and from this time to the end of the month
the changes were small, and chiefly about the mean read-
ing of 29.6 inches.
The reading of the barometer at Stone, till the 20th,
was not very fluctuating. On July 21st, at 9 A.M., the
reading was 29.424 inches; it gradually increased till
the 24th, and was 29.681 inches at 9 r.m., it then turned
to decrease; the reading on the 25th, at 9 A.M. was
29.476. On the 26th, at 9 P.M., it was 20.459, and then
turned to increase till the 28th at 9 P.M., when its read-
ing was 29.880. On the 30th, at 9 A.M., the reading was
29.730, and at 9h. P.M., on the same day. it was 29.247
inches. On August 1, the reading was 29.133 at 9 A.M.;
this value increased to 29.732 inches by August 2, at 9
P.M.; it then turned to decrease, and was 29.200 on the
sth at 9 P Bt.; from this time till the end of the
month the changes were small. On September Ist, at II
A.M., the reading was 29.968 inches ; on the 3d, at 9
A. 31., it was 30.156; on the sth, at 9 A. 31., it was 29.358;
on the 7th, at 2 A M., 29.840 ; on the 10th, at 3 P.M.,
it was 29.408; on tho 16th. at 9 1 M., it was 30.210; on
the 20th, at 2 A.M., it was 29.490; on the 21st, at 9 A.M.,
it was 29.588; on the 24th, at 3 P.M., it was 29.100; on
the 27th, at 9 A.M., it was 29.482. and the changes after
this time were small.

The great prevalence of rain during the quarter, to-
gether with the very short periods of sunshine, has
harassed the farmer in gathering in the crops. The
month of July was about its usual character, but the
constant rain in August impeded the farmer in his ope-
rations, and in many of the southern counties injured
the crops considerably, causing the corn to sprout, and
seed leaves to appear of fully an inch in length by the
middle of August; the greater coldness of the northern
counties prevented the sprouting of the corn, but it other-
wise was seriously injured. Between the 9th and 23d of
September the weather was generally fine, and this pe-
riod was the only good interval of time for harvest work
during the quarter, and the wheat gathered within this
time was in good condition. The heavy falls; of rain at
the end of this month flooded many parts of the country,
and the roads in some places were deeply trenched.
Tho observer, at Whitehaven, says—" The harvest in
this neighbourhood was completed by September 20,
somewhat earlier than usual ; the crops were abundant,
and secured in excellent condition,"
The observer, at Leeds, says—" The harvest has been
most protracted, and there is yet much both of barley
and cats out in the fields, which I fear is seriously in-
jured, There is, in fact, much more corn out in the
northern districts than is generally supposed. On Sep-
tember 25 I observed in the East Riding of Yorkshire
hundreds of acres of corn and potatoes, with water to
the depth of a foot upon them. The wheat and barley,
which were housed between the 9th and the 23d of
September, were without damage and in good condi-
tion ; that which was housed before this time was in a
bad state from not being dry. Wheat in this neigh-
bourhood had not sprouted generally. Wheat and barley
yielded badly, and both crops are under an average.
Both oats and beans are average crops. Potatoes are
getticg worse ; the winter or late varieties of this_ vege-
table are now attacked, and rotting very fast ; where-
ever the tops have been luxuriant they are the worst. I
have observed that the disease, which I have no doubt
is attributable to meteorological causes, seems to have
been immediately:preceded by a white frost."
Sheep stock has not been healthy; the deaths among
the limbs have been very numerous, even in the driest
districts.

Samuel Charles Whitbread', Esq., says—" My harvest
began on the 28th of July; it continued forty-two days,
and rain fell on twenty-eight of these days depositing
4.75 inches of water; on the whole the crops suffered
no damage." This remark has reference to the crops in
Bedfordshire. _

The observer, at Stone, says—" Speaking of the crops
in the vale of Aylesbury, those of hay and clover were
abundant and good, but were not well gathered; wheat
was below an average of many years, but was well
housed; both barley and oats were average crops, and
they were well housed." The observer speaks of the
potato crop as being generally bad.
The observer at Southampton has kindly procured me
an agricultural report from John Clark, 14:sq., of Fins-
bury Farm, near Ronasey, Hampshire, which .1 have con-
densed as follows:
" The South Hampshire farmer has has
.been subjected,
during the past quarter, to more trying dispensations of
Providence than I have known within a period of twenty-
five years' practice."
This gentleman further observes,—
" That the almost constant wet weather has injured
every kind of crop, and that but little has come to matu•
rity. The occasional short periods of sunshine have
frequently induced the hope that a season would come
for haymaking and harvest work, but the expectation
unfortunately has never been realised. A large quan-
tity of hay has been consequently- rendered useless, and
turnips have been very much injured. The wide range
of prices of new wheat affords the best evidence of the
extent to which this crop has been harassed. On lands
which have been well farmed and well drained, or on
those which would readily part with. an excess of mois-
ture, the crops are an average (with the exception of
potatoes, which are almost a failure). On heavy, cold
soils, the crops are below the average. In consequence
of the exceeding wetness, cattle have done badly.'
The recent heavy rains now (Oct. 6) excite fresh
anxiety with respect to seed time. On wet lands a great
deal is needed to be done to prepare them for sowing,
which operation must be late, and therefore, to a certain
extent, more precarious than if performed under the
more favourable circumstances of a good seed season.

THE YOUNG CouNTEss.—Mrs. Trollope's new no-
vel, " Tho Young Countess," just published, is likely to
prove one of the most successful of her clever fictions.
.Hitherto Mrs. Trollope has contented herself with amus-
ing traceries of the working-day follies of the world, but
in her present work she has ventured to plunge into the
darkest abyss of its passions. It is a tale full of start-
ling incident—an actual romance of p3,sion—the con-
ception of which is as masterly as it is original, and the
more effective from its popular style, which leads us on
so unsuspiciously into scenes and incidents, not less novel
than romantic, in which the two powerful passions, love
and jealousy, alternately predominate and hold humanity
in bondage. Altogether the work may be considered as
one of Mrs. Trollopo's most finished productions.—Eve-
ning Paper.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)

John Jennings Smith, Daniel Reid, Jehn James, Da-
vid Gillis, John Payne, John Gillis, Robert Barclay,
Edward Sorrell, and John M'Donald, were charged with
felony in having, while acting as mariners on board a
vessel called the Lion, upon the seas, and within the
jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, feloniously
endeavoured to make a revolt on board the said ship.
A second count charged the prisoners with actually
making a revolt.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Shee conducted the prosecu-
tion. Mr. Huddlestone and Mr. Metcalfe were for the
defence.

Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case to the jury, said
that the question which they were about to consider
was one of very great importance to the merchants of
this country. The facts, he believed, would not be
disputed, but it was probable that a difficulty might
arise with regard to the law as applicable to the
particular charge. The prisoners were indicted
under a statute of the 11th and 12th of William
111., which made it a felony for any mariner to make, or
to endeavour to make, a revolt on board a ship, and the
statute made no distinction between mariners on board a
King's ship and those engaged in the merchant service,
and upon this point, therefore, no difference would arise.
The prisoner Smith acted as principal engineer on board
a steam-vessel of 600 or 700 tons burden, which traded
between London and the port of Harlingen, in Holland,
and the cargoes she carried principally consisted of pro-
visions, and it was hardly necessary for him therefore, to
remind the jury of the importance of such goods being
delivered with regularity and dispatch, and in a condi-
tion to be consumed by the public. On the 13th Sep-
tember the Lion left London and arrived at Har-
lingen on the following day, and at once proceeded
to take in a cargo of cheese, oil, bullocks, sheep, and
also some horses and cows. She was quite ready,
and arrangements were made to sail on the morn-
ing of the 16th, at half-past nine o'clock, and the
fires were got up, and the vessel was nearly ready to
depart. At this moment the captain saw several
baskets containing fowls brought on beard the ship, and
on his inquiring whose they were, he was informed they
belonged to Smitb, the chief engineer. The captain
ordered the fowls to be taken on shore, and when this
was done, Smith went up to him, and clenching his fist
in his face said, " So you won't allow my fowls to go in
the ship." The captain replied that he would not, as
the vessel was sufficiently laden already, when Smith,
making use of a filthy expression, offered to pay freight
for the fowls. The captain still refused, and Smith then
went to his companions, the other defendants, in the en-
gineo-rre. T
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heard to say that he had been thinking of doing this
for some time, and he would teach the captain to refuse
to allow his poultry to be taken on board the ship.
In consequence of the proceeding of the defendants
the vessel was detained in the port for three days,
and it was found necessary to unship the whole of the
cargo, of course at a very considerable expense as
well as inconvenience. It would be quite unnecessary,
he said, for him to comment upon the mischievous cha-
racter of this proceeding, or to urge that the prisoners
had morally committed a very serious offence; but the
question that remained was the legal character of that
offence, and whether the act they had committed
brought them within the statute. Ho had already stated
that there could be no doubt that a merchant seaman
was in exactly the same position as a seaman on board a
King's ship, and he believed that his Lordship would
also direct' them that it was not necessary to show any
design to take the vessel away from the captain in order
to make out the offence now imputed to the prisoners.
The facts, therefore, he apprehended, would be quite suf-
ficient to support the charge of making or endeavouring
to make a revolt on board a ship; but it would be neces-
sary for him, in the discharge of his duty, and with the
view of calling his Lordship's attention to the point,
to enter a little more fully into the position of the par-
ties with reference to the engagement under which the
prisoners entered on board the vessel. He did not think
say difficulty would arise with regard to the question
of the prisoners being mariners, but under one of the
provisions of the Merchant Seamen's Act a question
would arise whether the prisoners were tunenable to the
present charge. By the second section of that Act it was
enacted that it should not be lawful fur the master of a
registered British ship or vessel of any description
trading to foreign parts to take to sea any of his crew
unless the master of such ship should first make and
enter into an agreement specifying the amount of wages
to be paid to each seaman, the quantity and quality of
provisions that were to be allowed, and also the voyage
on which the ship was bound, and that the nature of the
employment of every seaman should be distinctly
stated. This section also required that every
seaman on board the vessel should sign this
agreement, as well as the master of the vessel,
and likewise that the signatures should be at-
tested by one witness. The same section likewise
directed that the master of the vessel should not pro-
ceed to sea without first obtaining the register ticket
of every seaman, which he was to give a receipt for, and
deliver up at the end of the voyage. The Learned
Counsel went on to say that, by a subsequent section,
the master of a vessel subjected himself to a penalty of
10/. in every case of omission to conform with the pro-
vision of the section to which he had alluded. Now,
with regard to this part of the case, the facts were
these :—The prisoners had all signed that which was no
doubt intended to operate as an agreement, and which
made them aware of the amount of wages they were to
receive, and also their place of destination; but, he must
admit, it did appear to him that the instrument was cer-
tainly incomplete and imperfect. The specific matter
required by the statute to be introduced into such an
instrument was omitted—much of it was in blank, and
the date was also omitted, and there was no witness to
it. The question under these circumstances was, whether
the Act of Parliament had been so far complied with as
to render the prisoners amenable to the present charge,
and upon this point they would hear his Lordship's opi-
nion after the evidence had been laid before them.
The RECORDER asked Mr. Clarkson what had been
done in accordance with the 7th and Bth Viet., or Mer-
chant Seamen's Act.

Mr. CLARKSON replied that they had got a list of the
names of the seamen engaged on board the vessel, and
had also taken their register ticket and given receipts
for them. He then handed up the paper to which he
referred.

The RECORDER, after looking at it, observed that the
document, which was represented to be an agreement
detween the parties, did not even state the destination of
the vessel, but merely that the men were to go on a
voyage from London and back.
Mr. CLARKSON said perhaps it would be as well if his
Lordship should hear some of the facts before he decided
the point.
Mr. W. H. Neville, the captain of the Lion, was ac-
cordingly examined.—He proved that the Lion was a
steam-ship of between 600 and 700 tons burden, and she
was employed in trading between Lender! and Friesland.
The prisoners were part of the crow; Smith was the first
engineer, and Reid acted as his assistant. Tho other
men were all employed in the engine-room as stokers
and coal trimmers. The vessel sailed from London on
the 13th of September, and arrived at the port of Har-
lingen on the following day, where they took in a cargo
of sixty beasts, seven or eight hundred sheep, a quantity
of butter, cheese, and flax, and a few horses and cows.
The vessel was ready to sail on the morning of the
16th, and the fires were lighted and everything pre-
pared with that object. Tho witness then proceeded
to detail what occurred when he refused to allow
the poultry to be brought on board. He said that
Smith wag very violent, and. repeatedly put his
first in his face, and that he exclaimed, " You--, I have
got you. This is what I have been scheming. I'll stop
the ship, and teach you and your Mr. Robinson (the
agent of the company at Harlingen) a trick." He then
clapped his hands, and told the other prisoners to rake
out the fires, and although he (the captain) cautioned
them and warned them of the consequences, they did as
they were requested, and the whole of them left the ship.
He repeatedly urged them all to roturn to their duty, but
they refused, and Smith challenged him to fight, and
jeered at him, asking why he did not take his ship away.
He added that he was compelled to hire a steamer to
proceed to Amsterdam, to get an engineer to take the
Lion home to England; but they could not leave the
port untill the 19th, it being necessary in the interval to
have all the live stock removed from the vessel and taken
on shore, at considerable expense. The vessel ought to
have arrived in London to be in time for the Monday's
market; but it did not arrive until two days afterwards.
The RECORDER asked the witness whether, before ho
started he had entered into an agreement with his crew,
in which the amount of wages, the nature of the provi-
sions, and the destination of the ship, were stated?—
The captain replied that ho had made no such agree-
ment. The men signed their names to a muster roll,
and that was all that was done. He added that he be-
lieved tho first mate had instructions to draw up the
necessary agreement.
The RECORDER asked him whether he ever executed
such an agreement as he knew was required by the Act
of Parliament?—The captain replied that he had not.
Mr. CLARKSON here observed that there were some
other facts that might be proved, but he considered
enough had already been stated to raise tho legal
question.
The RECORDER said it appeared to him that, not only
were these men not legally taken on board, but the
master of the vessel was actually
The
from taking
them under such circumstances. The question here was
whether as mariners, legally employedin that position,'
they had endeavoured to make a revolt, and he was of
opinion that upon the evidence that had been adduced
they could not be convicted of that offence.
Mr. CLARKSON intimated that he felt the difficulty
that existed in the case.

Tho RECORDER said he did riot wish it to be inferred
that the prisoners might not be amenable to seine other
form of charge, but with regard to the offence now al-
leged against them, there was no proof of their having
accepted
legal trust whatever. There was no agree-
ment in any
conformity with the statute, and all that ap-
peared upon the face of the document handed to him
with regard to the destination of the vessel was, that the
men were to sail on a voyage from London and back.
The Learned Judge added that they might have com-
mitted a very wicked act in a moral point of view, but
this indictment charged them with having, as mariners,
attempted to make a revolt on board the ship, and that
charge, he con.idt.red, could not be maintained upon the
facts that had been addnced.
After a few observations from Mr. CLARKsoN,
The RECORDER said ho felt an objection to reserve a
point which might have the effect of raising a doubt
with regard to the course that should be pursued in
hiring seamen, and which might induce a departure from
carrying out the important provisions of the statute,
which was especially intended, not only for the protec-
tion of merchants and masters of vessels, but also to pro-
tect their seamen.

The jury then, under his Lordship's direction, re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Mr. CLARKSON said there was another indictment
charging the prisoners with misdemeanour, and he was
desirous that it should be permitted to stand over till
the next session, to give an opportunity for further con-
sidering and deciding what course should be taken re-
specting it.
The RECORDER said he considered the application not
an unreasonable one, but he thought the prisoners ought
to be allowed to go at large upon their own recognizances,
without finding any sureties.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE urged that the prisoners might be
allowed to enter into a recognizance to appear it they
were called upon to do so, and that they might not be
compelled to appear at the next session, as it might hin-
der them from getting employment in their vocation as
seamen.

Mr. CLARKSON observed that for a sailor to enter into
a recognizance to appear when called upon, appeared to
him very much to verify the old adage of looking for a
needle in a bottle of hay.
The RECORDER then said he hoped this case would be
a warning to the masters of vessels in future to take care
to carry out the intentions of the Legislature as evinced
by this statute, which they must see was of the utmost im-
portance in protecting a vessel, and the property it con-
tained, and the lives of all on board.

Mr. CLARKSON having made some observation which
was not distinctly heard,
The RECORDER replied that if he wanted his opinion
it was that the master of the vessel had behaved very ill,
and had neglected his duty in not complying with the
terms of the statute.

Mr. HIIDDLESTONE said that he had rendered himself
liable to a penalty of 10/, and it was only when the
men appeared before the Lord Mayor to complain of his
conduct that ho turned round upon them and made this
charge.

The prisoners were then ordered to be liberated upon
their entering into their own recognisance in 401. each.
An application was subsequently made for the costs of
the prosecution, but the Recorder refused to allow any
more than the amount actually expended in obtaining
the indictment, &c., and that only upon the usual and
ordinary scale. _

One or two other cases of a trifling character were
then disposed of, and this concluded the business of the
session, which was then adjourned.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
CHARGE OF ENREZZLEMENT.—James Frost, a car-
man, was indicted for embezzling and stealing several
small sums of money, which he had received for and on
account of his master, Mr. Frederick Blogg, a brewer,
in Somer's Town.

Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Prendergast for the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner had been is the prose-
cutor's service about ten years as a carman, and it was
his duty to receive payment of bills from the customers,
the rule being for him to account at night for all moneys
received by him during the day. It appeared that three
sums of money had been paid to him by customers, but
he had neither paid nor accounted for the money to his
master; who, having discovered the omission, charged
him with it. The prisoner, after two days' absence, pre-
sented himself at his master's counting-house, and said,
" Well, here lam with all my faults. We're all fallible,
and if there's any deficiency in my accounts I'll make it
up." However, he was given into custody upon the
charge of embezzlement. In cross-examination it was
elicited that the cause of his absence was his having dis-
covered that be was watched, in consequence of its being
suspected that when out with the dray he was in the habit
of changing barrels of strong beer for barrels of weak;
that on one occasion he found a pocket-book containing
900/., which ho advertised and duly restored to the
owner, receiving 61. reward; also that he had found a 101.
note, which he endeavoured to give up to the loser, but
he did not give it up, because the party who claimed it
could not distinctly identify it; and that it had fre-
quently occurred that in settling his accounts he had
pail more money to his master than he had actually
received.

The defence was, that it was not a felony, but a mis-
take on the part of the prisoner, who was proved by the
evidence brought against him to be an honest man rather
than a thief.

Mr. Marks, one of the directors of the poor of St.
Pancras, stated that the prisoner had borne hitherto a
most unexceptionable character. Ha was treasurer to
two societies in Somer's Town.

Eight or ten other witnesses, all tradesmen, spoke in
similar terms of the prisoner.
The Learned CO3IIISSIONER having summed up, the
jury found a verdict of Not Guilty, adding, that they
considered the deficiency a result of mistake, not design.
The prisoner was tried on a second charge of like cha-
racter, and a similar verdict was returned.

THE BILL STEALING CASE:—James Gardiner, alias
Higgins Green, was placed at the bar upon an indictment,
charging him with stealing a bill of exchange for a large
amount.

A suggestion having been made that as the case was
likely t• occupy a considerable time, and was of consi-
derable public importance, it should be postponed till
the first day of next session,
Mr. PARRY, who appeared for the prosecution, said
that he thought that course would Ise.% desirable one to
take, for tho whole case depended upon the view the
Court might take upon some legal points involved in the
matter, and it would be more advantageous were the
discussion to take place as suggested, at the next session.
Mr. BALLANTINE concurred in this view, and also the
COMMON SERGEANT, who said that the judges would
then be in attendance, and it might happen that they
might have to be consulted on the points raised.
The case was then postponed till the third day of the
November session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
mARYLEBONE.

ARTYUL AND IMPUDENT SYSTEM OF ROBBERY BY A
FE3llLE.—Yesterday a tall well•dressed young woman,
named Margaret flora's, was charged with robbery.
Margaret Dixon, in the service of Malcolm Corry,
Esq., No. 1, Clifton- place, Sussex. square, Hyde Park •
gardens, deposed that on the previous day the prisoner
came to the house and asked if Mrs. Corry had suited
herself with a cook. Witness went to her mistress to
make inquiry, and on her return told her (prisoner) that
an engagement had been entered into with a female a
few days ago, upon receiving which intimation prisoner
requested to be allowed to speak to Mrs. Barrett, a lady
residing in the same dwelling. Witness accordingly went
up stairs, and on her return found that the prisoner had
absconded from the hall. She missed from a table a
shawl, and immediately gave an alarm with regard to the
robbery in question.
Thornton, the officer, stated that he saw the priso-
ner running at a rapid rate, and feeling satisfied from
her manner that there was something wrong, stopped
her. He was made acquainted with the particulars of
the theft directly afterwards, and on searching her (pri-
soner) he discovered a shawl concealed beneath the
upper part of her clothing, a quantity of lace, and
two pairs of ladies' drawers fell from some portion of
her apparel, and in her hand was an umbrella. She had
also two glasses in one of her pockets. Witness took
her back to the house of Mr. Corry, and, on Dixion
asking her why she had stolen the shawl, she said that
drink caused her to do it. Thornton added that, on
examining the prisoner's lodgings, he found therein nu-
merous duplicates relating to the pawning of shawls,
dresses, &c.
The umbrella produced was identified by Dixon as
belonging to Mr. Corry; it was stolen from the hall.
The shawl and lace had been left at his (Mr. Corry's)
house on the previous day by mistake, and it was not as
yet known from what shop they had been brought.
Mr. Ratcliffe, landlord of the White Lion, Bayswater,
swore to one of the glasses as being his. He had also
reason to believe that the drawers had also been stolen
from his house. The prisoner was there with a man on
the previous day; and they partook of something to
drink.
The prisoner, being asked what she had to say, replied
that she gave one shilling for the drawers and glasses,
and that if she took the shawl in which the lace was
wrapped up, it was by mistake.
Thornton, thinking it likely that he might, if allowed
a little time, be able to bring forward other cases, the
prisoner was remanded till to-morrow (this day) week.
LAMBETH.
PASSING FORGED NOTES.—Yesterday, Thomas Dale,
William Davis, and John Harley, all of whom are well
known to the police, were charged with passing several
forged V. notes.
On Thursday last, the prisoner Davis passed a forged
note to Mr. Addis, an ironmonger, in East-street, Wal-
worth, in payment for a fender. Mr. Addis, not having
change in the house, sent the note to Mr. Elgee, a publi-
can iu the Kent-road, and got change for it. Mr. Elgee
passed it to his bankers, but on Monday it was returned
to him as a forgery, and this led to the apprehension of
the prisoners, who are part of a gang who have been
very successful in passing off forged notes. The notes,
which purport to be of the Newcastle branch of the Bank
of England, are so well executed that it requires more
than an ordinary judge to detect them, and, as a proof of
their perfect imitation, one of them that had been passed
to a respectable publican at Peckham had passed
through the hands of five respectable tradesmen without
the slightest suspicion being entertained of its genuine-
ness, and it was only on its being presented at the Bank
of England that its worthlessness was discovered.
The prisoners, who offered nothing satisfactory in
defence, were remanded until Monday next, whin it is
expected that a number of charges will be proved against
them.

WORSHIP-STREET.
CHARGE or VIOLATION. Yesterday Mr. David
Wilson, a respectable-looking elderly person, of large
property, owner, it was said, of nearly 600 houses in
the district, was charged with committing a criminal
assault upon a pretty-looking little girl, under eleven
years of age, named Sarah Ann Serle, daughter of a
coal dealer, occupying part of one of the defendant's
houses in Gloucester-street, Ilaggerstone.
From the evidence of the child it appeared that she
was usually sent to the defendant to pay him the weekly
rent, and on Thursday se'nnight (last Thursday she
called it) went to him at his counting-house, near the
Vinegar-ground, to pay him 7s. She had to wait, she
said, till a lady was gone who was paying rent, and she
then gave the defendant the 7s. and the rent book, upon
which he kissed her two or three times, an I gave her
6d., telling her to go and spend that, and that when sho
came back he would give her something nicer. She ac-
cordingly went and laid out the 6d. for fruit and sweet-
meats, and returned in about ten minutes. The defendant
then shut the outer door and locked the counting-house,
door, and she described what then took place, fully
making out the charge against the defendant. When
he began his misconduct she said she told him she would
tell her mother, but he frightened her by saying that he
would call a polic..‘man to her. He afterwards took a
bottle from his cupboard and gave her throe little glasses
,of gin mixed with water, and he drank a glass himself,

after which he opened the door and let her out, but
.what she bad drank so affected her that she could hardly
get home, and being then questioned by her mother she
related what had occurred.

The mother confirmed the latter part of the statement,
and said she examined the child's person, and afterwards
took her to a medical gentleman. She afterwards saw
the defendant passing near the house, and called him in
and reproached him with his misconduct, upon which he
became very much excited, and went away, saying that
ho would see about it.

Mr.Vaun cross-examined the mother, who said they were
some weeks in arrear with rent, and when the defendant
called at the house, after this alleged occurrence, to ask
if they had not got any money for him, she asked him
how he could look her in the face and ask her for any-
thing. The husband (not now present) then followed
the defendant, and she went after them, but did not hear
what passed between them. Tbey next went into a
public• house, and were together about half an hour, and
her husband became drunk. She also went in and sat
during that time, and was treated with drink by the de-
fendant.

The child herself was subjected to a long and search-
ing cross-examination, which, however, only tended the
more strongly to confirm her first evidence.
Mr. HAMKILL, after a very long inquiry, remanded
the case, consenting to admit the defendant to bail, but,
under the circumstances, he required sureties to a large
amount, two for 2501. each, and the defendant's recog-
nizances for double that amount.
The bail not being ready, :the defendant was in the
evening conveyed with the other prisoners in the police
van.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Nov. 1.
STOCK EXCLIANGE.—The market was rather brisk, ant
the sales ware:—Great IVestern, 414 dis.—Ditto, 171. Shares.
33p die.— North Staffordshire, 6 dis.—Birmingham and Derby
Stock, 54.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have hardly so good a demand
for shares to-day, and several of the leading stock prices have
receded, so that London and North-Western is now quoted
at 117, Midlands 80 for cash. The transactions were limited,
and the market closed tamely at the following prices :
Caledonian, Preference. % c. dis. great.' Northern (A.
Shares), Deferred, 41A—Lancashire ancl Yorkshire (late
Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters, 7c. dia.—Ditto,
Fifths, 4% c.—Ditto, 101. Preference, 14 p.—London and
North-Western, Quarters, I p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 10 c.—Ditto (late Great
Grimsby and Sheffield), 29 dis.—Midland stock, 81 c.—
Ditto, New Halves, 101 A dis.—North-British, 151,4—North
Staffordshire, 5Ts —Scottish Central, 2414—Shrewsbury and
Chester (late N. W. M.), 5 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover,
Nc. 4, Thirds, 6% c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (IY.
N. E. Purchase), 1% dis.
MANCHESTER, Nui,,;-1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales afe—Caledonian, Prefer-
ence, 1 dis.—Newcastle, Prefereece, 43 dis.—Leeds, Prefer..
ence, p.—Huddersfield, Thirds, 71,4—South-Eastern and
Dover, No. 4, 6 9-16—North Staffordshire, 64 dis.—
West Riding Union, 5 15-16 dis.—Great Northern (A), 4
Sheffield, No. 2, 10.
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was still less animated,
and prices dropped. The sales are—North Staffordshire,
614 dis.—Shropshire Union, 314 dis.—Great Northern,
334 die.
YORK, Ocr. 31.
STOGK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows : —Great Northern, 41,4—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 261,4—Ditto (Extension ), No. I, 141,{ —Ditto (G.
N. E. Purchase), 7'4—York and North Midland, 5054.
NE W CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Ocr. 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 19--
North British, 15—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds,
6%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2614.

GLASGOW, Om 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Prefer-
ference, 755. Dundee and Perth, 21—Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, Halves, El-A—Edinburgh and Northern, 12—Ditto
(Newport), 7—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4%--
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 51—Ditto, 5 per cent.
guaranteed, 971,x—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 50s.—Ditty, No. 2,
65—Glasgow and Greenock, 123—Ditto, Halves, 6%—
Ditto, Preference, 614—Great Northern, 75s.—North British,
15—Ditto, Thirds, 725. 6d.—Scottish Central, 24.2—Scottish
Grand Junction, 38.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.
Lieutenant-Generals—Hon. George Murray, London;
Sir M. O'Connell, K.C.11., Colonel 80th Foot, Sidney.
Lieutenant-Colonels—Strickland, 10th Foot, India;
Erskine, 45th Foot, Cape of Good Hope; James Thom-
son, Unattached, Paris.
Majors—Higgins, 56th Foot, Gibraltar; Hawker, re-
tired full pay, Bth Veteran Battalion, St. Servans; G.
Wolfe, retired full pay, Royal Marines, Plymouth.
Captains—Creighton, 36th Foot, Cephalonia; Donald
Campbell. retired full pay, 2d V eteran Battalion, Isle of
Man; Grant, half-pay Independent Cos.; Gleichen,
half-
pay, Ist Light Dragoons, K.G.L.
Lieutenants—Dodwell, Ist Life Guards, Stornaway,
Isle of Lewis; Holmes, 66th Foot, Barbadoes; Reed,
78th Foot, India; Swinny, Royal Artillery, Mauritius;
John Campbell, retired full pay, Bth Veteran Battalion;
Hewetson, half-pay 3ith Foot, Liscard, near Liverpool;
Rogers, half-pay Delancey's Regiment; Heise, half-pay
3d Line Battalion, King's German Legion.
Cornet, Second Lieutenant, and Ensigns—M'SßY.
half-pay Ist Foot; Pearce, half-pay 18th Foot; Loftin,
half-pay Royal Marines; Cleve, half-pay 3d Hussars, I
King's German Legion; Garvens, half-pay 2d Line Bat-
talion, King's German Legion.
Paymasters—Macdonald, 92d Foot, Limerick;. Blake,
93d Foot, Dublin.
Quartermaster—Richardson, 48th Foot, Windsor.
Assistant Commissary General—Lister, Newfound-
land; Thomas White, half-pay,
Deputy Inspector:General of Hospitals—Robinson,
half-pay Staff, Jersey.
Surgeon—Malcolm, 9th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeons—De St. Croix, half-pay Staff,
Prince Edward's Island; Galland, half-pay Staff.
Veterinary Surgeon—Eicke, half-pay 2d Hassan,
King's German Legion.

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POLISH BALL AND CONCERT AT GUILDHALL, 0111
THURSDAY, THE 16TH INST.—The committee for eon-
ducting the, annual fete in the City of ,London held
another meeting at Guildhall on Tuesday last. Mr•
Deputy Peacock occupied the chair, and informed the
members present that the preparations for this enter-
tainment are progressing with great prospect of success.
Independently of many distinguished names of patrons
announced by Lord Dudley Stuart, another abiding
proof of the sympathy felt for the condition of the un-
fortunate exiles can be founi in the grateful alacrity
with which the most eminent artistes now in the me-
tropolis have tendered their gratuitous services at the
concert; their names are Mrs. Weiss, Miss Poole, Miss
Bassano, the Misses Williams, Miss Messent, Miss Miraer
Miss Ransford, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. I•
H. Harrison, Mr. C. Braham, Mr. Whitworth, and Mr•
Frank Bodda. Mr. Benedict and Mr. Lindsay►: Slope
are the conductors. An unusual attraction will be added
to the excellent concert by the performance of the cele-
brated pianist, Mr. Chopin, who will, for the first timer
be heard in the City of London. All the gorgeous de-
corations used at the Lord Mayor's banquet will be pre-
served for the ball, and several new arrangements con-
ducive to the comfort of the company and the magnifi-
cence of the splendid hall, have been determined upon
by the committee. A most efficient band, led by Mr.
Adams, who gave such universal satisfaction on Jormer
occasions, has been engaged. Many applicatiOns are
being made for tickets, which will be issued at the end of
the week.

The Hon. Robert H. Clive, owing to the failure of
the potato crop, has remitted to the whole of his allot-
ment tenants a moiety of their annual rents.
[ADVERTISEAIENT.]—A Wound in the Leg Cured
by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter
from Mr. Edward Nicholls, 34, Rose-street, Covent-gar-
den. "To Professor Holloway, Sir,—For years I had a
bad leg and about fouryears ago an abscess formed which
the treatment adopted by several medical men failed to heal,
and I despaired of a cure; lately my friend recommended
your medicines and by their use alone I soon found a
great improvement, and in a few weeks my leg was per-
fectly cured. I can now walk ten miles a day with as
great ease as when I was twenty years old, and now I
am fifty." Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Hollo-
way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
EXTENSIVE THEFTS IN EDINEHRGII.-•-•TWO eaten-
sive cases of theft or embezzlement took place here ou
Thursday. The first was the case of a young WO
named William Dickson, employed as a clerk to a firm
of writers to the signet, who has absconded with mope)"
to the amount of 555/., belonging to his employers. The
money taken consisted of five bank notes for 1001. each,
nine of 51. each, and twenty of 11. each--all of the Union
Bank. It is said that Dickson changed one of the 1001.
notes in the refreshment rooms of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway hefore leaving the city. The other
case is that of a youth, apprentice to a hosier in George'
street, Edinburgh, who has absconded with 38/. in bank
notes, 3/. in sovereigns, along with a quantity of fancy
neckerchiefs, &c. The police are on the alert, but as
yet these parties have not been discovered.—Caledonian
Mercury.

BIRTHS.
On the 29th u1t.,1 at Puddington, Bedfordshire, the wife Of
the Rev. J. Brereton, of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., the wife of the Rev. W. Mitchell, of St•
Bartholomew's Hospital, of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., at Thames Ditton, Surrey, Mrs. Dunn'
the wife of W. Dunn, Esq., of a son.
On the 29th ult., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, the lady of G•
M. Ogilvie, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., at Rutland-gate, Mrs. Lewis‘Burnall4
of a sen.

On the 30th ult., at Eltham, the wife of Captain Arthur
Gossett, late Royal Artillery, of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., at Connaught-square, Mrs. Henry Wood'
of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 26th ult., at Strontian, Argyleshire, by the Rol%
M. M'Vean, Lauchlan Cameron, Esq., Procurator Fiscal 01
Fort William, to Ann, daughter of Mr. A. Cameron, Strontian.
On the 31st ult., at the parish church, Clapham, Benjamin,
son of Benjamin Field, Esq., of Txlse-hill, to Ellen, third
daughter of H. Street, Esq., of Clapham, Surrey.
On the `26th ult., at Amershani, Buckinghamshire, William
Smith, Esq., of Liverpool, to Emily Eliza, only daughter 01
the late Thomas Cox, M.D., of London.

DID-
At Craigentinny -house, near Edinburgh, on the 31st nits
William henry Miller, Esq., of Craigentinny, and of Britwall.-
house, Buckinghamshire, after a short illness.
On the 12th ult., at Cowes, Isle of Wight, William Dawson,
Eq., Comptroller of Customs at the port of Cowes, aged 54*
On the 28th ult., at Oxford-street, Mr. C. Bowser.
Oa the 29th ult., at Dinder-house, near Well, James 15'
Somerville, Esq., aged 80.
On the 30th ult., at St. Leonard's, Hastings, the lion*
Mrs. George D. Darner, the wife of the Right Hon. Colonel
Darner.
On the 30th ult., William Hindle, eldest son of W. B•
Robinson, of Shacklewell-lane, West Hackney, aged 31.

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