The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVEN,ING, NOVEMBER 2, 18-16

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—Your admirable and most just remarks on the
cause which led to the wreck of the Great Britain are
so convincing, so unanswerable, that not another word
is required to explain the case; 'but there is one part of
Captain Hosken's letter which I cannot understand.
He has stated that he took the light on St. John's
Point for one of the liehts on the Calf of Man, and that
he stood on the N.W. by N. course from eight o'clock to
about half-past nine, when the ship was discovered to
be in shallow water, with the view of getting on " the
right bearing for rounding the Hen and Chicken Rocks,
lying off the Calf of Man." lie then continues--" I
then hauled the ship up to north gradually, and to N.
E. ultimately, when I was surprised to find, on in-
quiring the time, that it was a quarter past nine. I ran
down for a moment to look at my chart and back to the
helm, when I heard a loud hail from the forecastle, and
at the same moment I saw what appeared and proved to
be shoal water alongside; I instantly sung out, ' Hard
a- port; stop her.' This was done."
Now, Sir, it appears to me, that as the danger which
had been apprehended by Captain Hosken was the Hen
and Chicken Rock, and that when he altered the course
to north and N. 1- E. to round them he considered these
dangers were on his starboard bow, he would, I should
have supposed, order the helm to be put hard a-star-
board, instead of hard a-port, when the shoal water was
first diseovered, in order to put the ship's head from
those supposed rocks; and, had he done this, although
the shoal water proved to be on the coast of Ireland,
yet, had the helm been put hard a-starboad the instant
the breakers were seen, the probality, if not the cer-
tainty, is, that she would have wore round clear of the
shore.
Here it might be asked, what marks he took for al-
tering the course from N.W. by N. to N.? Did he see
a second light, or how did the St. John's light (as it
proved to be) bear when he hauled up to N,? It
could not, I imagine, have borne E.N.E. by compass,
which the Calf light should have borne before he altered
his course to have rounded the Hen and Chicken Rocks,
which lie -off the Calf of Man.
Captain Hosken observes, that at a quarter past 9 he
ran down to look at his chart.
The question has naturally been asked, how often did
he consult his chart during, the passage over? and did he
calculate the distance run upon it at any period before
9 o'clock?

mation.
This is the first trip of the Pottinger to Alexandria.
She is a new iron boat, and her engines were built by
Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill. It is a very remarkable
coincidence that Captain Cooper, her commander, who
is brother-in-law to Captain Lapidge, of the Cyclops,
should have the misfortune to get on shore almost at the
same moment, and within so short a distance of each
other. The Cyclops left Spithead early in the morn-
ing, but lam not aware of her intend destination.
It is gratifying to be enabled to add, that the whole of
the passengers, without a single exception, are unani-
mous in absolving Captain Cooper from all blame. That
gentleman did all he could under the circumstances, and
it is the general opinion of all that had the ship's engines
properly worked at the moment she struck, the vessel
would have been got off at once.
I have also to report the fact that the Prussian Eagle,
a large steamer trading between Southampton and Cork,
got on shore yesterday morning, at half-past eight
o'clock, off St. Alban's Head. The first officer was im-
mediately dispatched for assistance in one of the ship's
boats, and after some little time had elapsed, it was
obtained, and the cargo having been shipped, the vessel
was got afloat, and ultimately arrived at Cowes in the
evening.
MONDAY MORNING, ONE O'CLOCIL—The steam-tug is
not yet returned from the island; I am not, therefore,
enabled to give you any additional particulars to the
foregoing.—Chronicle,

TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE.
The following is a Telegraphic Message received by
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany, from their agent at Southampton, at twelve
o'clock noon this day :
" The Tiber, arrived in dock, brings news of the Pot-
tinger being off, without sustaining any damage, and is
expected to be in dock this tide. Three craft have been
loaded with corn to lighten her."

ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON. Nov. I.—The Peninsular Compan's
steam-packet Royal Tar, Captain Hamilton, dinarrive
the river last evening, but from the very dense fog was
prevented coming up to the decks. The mails were,
however, landed, and forwarded to London by the one
A.M. train this day.
The Tar left Gibraltar on the 21st of October, Cadiz
on the 22e1, and Lisbon on the 25th. She has 36 pas-
sengers and a full cargo of fruit, and 17 fine oxen.
The Poitinger, Captain Cooper, is hourly expected at
the Motherbank. By advices received she has a lull and
valuable cargo, end above 80 passengers.
The Montrose, Captain Burney, will be due on the
sth instant, from Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, &c.
The Tiber, Captain Russell, will leave the port on
Tuesday or Wednesday next for Naples, &c., with carp
and above 50 passengers.
The Royal West India mail packet Medway, Captain
Andrews, will to-morrow proceed on her voyage with
the Gulf and West India mails, a general cargo, and 110
passengers.

If he had done this, he must have known that the
light seen at eight o'clock bearing N.N.W. could not by
any possibility have been the light on the Calf of Man ;
and why he did not refer to his chart and the log-board
half a dozen times at least during the preceding eight
hours, he alone can explain, more especially as the wea-
ther lac came so thick and hazy after five o'clock. Although this magnificent ship lies imbedded in the
sand, it surely cannot be intended to abandon her with-
out some further trials to get her off.
miande floating
to
My sincere belief is that she can be got off without
much difficulty.
Why have not the largest sized empty casks been al-
ready
some a
ttried p
attempts
so
been
assist
bottom in different parts ? Six-inch oak plank might, I
think, be got under her bottom in different parts by
plaee her ? Why have not "
ways " under her
digging away the sand at low water, whereby she
would
be the more easily moved by purchase. Certain it is,
that so splendid a ship ought not to be suffered to be
abandoned without every effort being first used to get
her again afloat ; and I yet hope to see her once more
crossingkilbas
pthreodueed......
Atlantic,
am,p rousclilry,
yshouowrsi,ngscow..hat England's
s
Oct. 28.
TRIDENT.
Th

- The Achilles, Captain Wilson, will go out of the docks
on Tuesday naxt, en route for Alexandria, with the East
India mails, a full cargo, and passengers.

CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO.
The conquest of California and New Mexico extends
the boundary of the United States on the west coast
from the 42d to the 32d parallel of north latitude, and
produces a great alteration in the territorial possessions
of the belligerent Powers. The comparative size of
Mexico and the United States, in 1836, was as follows:
Acres.
United States territories ... ... 1,408,000,000
Mexican territories ... 1,081,600,000
We have now to deduct from Mexico
and add to the United States :
Upper California ... 240,860,160
New Mexico ... •• • . 137,472,000
Texas ... 123,904,000

le plan proposed by Mr. Mackintoili for floating the
Great Britain steam-ship, is, it is said, to be tried. It
has been thus explained :—There is to be a ridge of
stones in a half circle, placed at a short distance from
the stern of the vessel, and some hollow iron shells in
a like circle, charged with gunpowder, besides a few
smaller charges placed along the course to which the
ship is expected to be driven. Upon the semi-circular
train being fired by means of the usual galvanic appli-
ances, the water at the stern of the ship will be lifted
with such force as to loosen the sandy bed, and imme-
diately set her afloat, the continuance of the wave being
accomplished by the firing of the smaller charges, while
the tug steamers are towing in advance. It is calculated
that the water will be agitated to a given extent, not
more than equal to the force already withstood by the
Great Britain when at sea, and that a certain number of
casks deposited in the engine-room will give hersuffl-
cient buoyancy. The grand point must necessarily be
to ensure such a precise arrangement of the explosive
materials as to prevent any untoward injury to the ship,
and at the same time to accomplish a simultaneous action
of the tug steamers, should the auspicious event come
off, and the noble ship be once more afloat. We have
seldom known any nautical occurrence excite more in-
terest here than this does, and certainly none since the
trial of Warner's Long Range. It is hoped that the
Great Britain will not become strained or damaged in
any way not easily reparable.

502,236,160

Left to Mexico ••• ••• 579,363,840
In 1836 the poss:-ssions of the various Powers on this
continent were as follow: Acres.
Russian:
••. 480,000,000
British . ... 1,792,000,000
United States . 1,408,000,000
Mexican ...
.. 1,081,600,000
Central American .. 119,040,000

---
Total (7,626,000 miles) 4,880,640,000 acres.
Deducting from Mexico and adding to the United States
502,236,160 acres, and deducting from the United States
and adding to the British possessions, 32,000,000 acres
which the United States claimed, but ceded to Great
Britain by the Oregon treaty, the possessions of the
various Powers on the North American continent now
stand as follows:
1846. _

Accounts have been received from Malta of tFe
B. J. Eaton, E-o .m.P
the representation for the county, Childers,
Cambridgeshire. A. Aracan" "
death of
of Stetchworth Park,
Mn
arm.
eTd Townley, nlliekye,ly
Manners, Lord Cantalupe, and
nAadveea
beenn e , We hear Mr.
cy has thus been occasioned in
that
Mtor.solicit the suffrages of the
_ Lord George
Lord Cosine Russell
electors. The names of Sir Culling Smith and Captain
Peyton, son of Sir H. Peyton, have also been mentioned.
—Front a Correspondent.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE YEordANßy.—Her Majesty
on leaving Hatfield was escorted by the liens Yeomanry'
to Rickmansworth, where a party of the Uxbridge Yeo-
manry, under the command of Mr. Cox, relieved them,
and escorted her Majesty to Uxbridge. At Uxbridge a
troop of the Uxbridge Yeomanry, under the command of
Captain de Burgh, formed a guard of honour, and re-
ceived her Majesty, the band of the regiment playing
the National anthem during the time they were chang-
ing
the horses of the royal carriages, and upon her
Majesty proceeding a party of the corps had the honour
of forming the escort to Langley, where it was relieved
by the Ist Life Guards.
FATAL ACCIDENT YESTERDAY ON THE MAN-
CHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—An accident, by which
two men lost their lives on the above railway, took place
yesterday between the Brighouse and Elland stations.
It appears that two plate-layers heard a luggage-train
upon the up-line,
' and unfortunately stepped on the down
line out of its way. At that instant the express train,
which leaves Manchester at a quarter-past eight, came
down, and both of the men were killed before they could
get out of the way. The morning was very foggy and
it is thought the men did not see the express train in
time, and that the noise of the luggage-train prevented
them hearing it.— Wakefield Journal, Oct. 30.
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE,
—The Lord Mayor gave a most splendid entertainment
on Friday, in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house, to
between 180 and 200 guests. The Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress will give a grand ball at the Mansion• house on
the sth instimt. The grandest preparations are being
made for the occasion, and some of the first people in
town are invited.
A NIGHT ON A ROM—During the stormy
weather last week, a clergyman at Scarborough set out
with the intention of walking to Filey by the sands and
rocks. Having got a considerable distance he found it
impracticable to proceed further, and attempted to re-
turn; but the tide had flowed so high he could not suc-
ceed. Finding himself surrounded by. water, he took
up a position, where he remained during a bitter cold
and stormy night, and although thus exposed, returned
safe to hia lodgings the next dad at nvoll.-14411 Packet.

Russian ...
British ... •.•
United States ...
Mexican '...
Central American

Miles. Acres.
... 750,000 480,000,000
... 2,850,000 1,824,000,000
... 2,934,744 1,878,236,160
... 905,256 579,363,840
... 186,000 119,040,000

7,,000 4,88,640,00
By the conquest of New Mexico 626
and Santa F 6 there haso been added to this union a population estimated at
300,000 souls, mostly Indians. We estimate California at
100,000, and New Mexico at 200,000. New Mexico
contains the best gold mines on the continent ; also,
silver, copper, and iron mines. Agriculture is carried
on by extensive irrigation, for which the mountain
streams afford great facilities. California is said to con-
tain valuable mines of coal, iron, zinc, gold, and quick-
silver, but for agricultural and grazing purposes its im-
portance has been overrated, the protracted droughts of
summer having thus far baffled the skill of the American
people.— .New York Sun.

ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS CHAISE.—On Satur-
day last a serious accident occurred to Clayton's Great
Western express while turning the corner of a street
near the station at Paddington. The horse shied at
some object and ran the chaise against a post, when the
vehicle was overterned and the driver thrown many
yards over the horse's head, but providentially escaped
without loss of life or limb, though much bruised. His
companion, a young man in the employ of Messrs. Marl-
borough, who was also thrown out, unfortunately pitch-
ing on his head, received a concussion of the brain. He
was immediately conveyed to St. George's Hospital,
where he remains in a precarious state. The accident
occasioned a disappointment to many renders of the
morning journals, who expected their copies by the '
early train from Paddington. From the Strand to the
Paddington station of the Great Western Railway is
considerably over three miles, this is frequently accom-
plished in twelve or thirteen minutes. Taking into
consideration the number of turnings and the darkness
of the mornings at this season, this performance is quite
equal to many of the extraordinary feats paraded in the
columns of the sporting newspapers.
MR. P. M. STEWART, M.P.—We regret to learn,
from letters received from Carnock House, N. 8., on
Friday last, that the above honourable gentleman con-
tinues in a most precarious condition, and that but little
hope is given of his ultimate recovery. 1
Lord Brougham arrived at Paris on Friday from
Cannes.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CYCLOPS FRIGATE AND THE
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—The Sappho, 16, Commander STEAM-SHIP POTTINGER ON SHORE. Gambier, was paid off yesterday.
The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, left Spit-
head this morning at half-past eight for Portugal, taking SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT.
out Colonel Wylde (Equerry to Prince Albert) and his I regret to communicate the above disasters during
the fog this morning off Cowes. As yet very imperfect
intelligence has reached me respecting the Cyclops. I
two sons, upon an important mission ; also supernume-
raries for the squadron in the Mediterranean, and dis-
patches for Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., the have, however, seen one of the passengers by the
Commander-in-Chief, The Cyclops lay with her steam Pottinger, who has very kindly furnished me with infor-
up, and ready to start at a moment's notice, the whole of mation as to the grounding of that ship.
yesterday.
I
The Mariner transport, Lieutenant W. Still, agent, It appeared that she neared the Needles very early
arrived this morning from Deptford, bound to Bermuda, this morning, but ie consequence of a very thick fog
with convicts.
prevailing, and having no pilot on board, Captain
The Mercury tender, Second Master Scarlett, sailed Cooper, her commander, deemed it expedient, as a
yesterday for Plymouth, with the Marines of the Sappho, matter of safety, to stand off, and reduce the speed
belonging to that division.
The Manceuvrer lighter arrived this morning from of the vessel. The weather, however, ultimately
clearing up, the steam was again put on, and the
the eastern yards, with stores.
The Crocodile troop-ship, Commander Lowe, has been Needles were passed without accident—immediately
surveyed and found unfit for service as a troop-ship, but after which the weather again became hazy,
it is considered that she would yet make a good trans-
so much so that it was impossible a pilot could descry
p
allor
ant commander,t for other purposes.
who has only had her foroses. If she is paid- off, we hope her the vessel. The speed was consequently again reduced,
g a few and the ship merely glided along, not progressing more
months, will either be promoted, or have the command of than two knots an hour. In this manner she neared
another and a better ship.
Cowes, or at least within three miles of that place, when
The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir T. Thomeson, Bart., is
hourly expected from the Pacific, with freight. the vessel suddenly grounded. So slight was the shock
that only the commander, the chief engineer, and one or
Wool:mien, OcT. 30.—The Geyser steam-vessel was
commissioned at Woolwich to-day, by Commander two others, were aware of the circumstance. Orders
were immediately given to reverse the engines, and the
Francis T Brown (1840),
order was with the utmost alacrity attempted to be
The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, with screw-propeller, obeyed, but without the slightest effect : there was some
has hoisted the pendant of Captain Williams, of the defect in the machinery, and as it was impossible to get
Avenger; and the officers and crew of the latter vessel
will be transferred to the Amphion.
the engines to work, the steam, as a precautionary mea-
sure, was blown off. It was now nine o'clock, just at the
The Kite rte red
was towed to Deptford yester- tut nof high water, and as there was not the least chance
surveying service.
day by the Charon steam
vessel, to be refitted for the of getting the vessel afloat, Lieutenant Brady, Admiralty The Dwarf steam-vessel was taken into dock this agent in charge of the mails, started in one of the ship's
afternoon, to have some alterations made, the speed of boats to the Motherbank for assistance. There he found
her recent trials being only between three and four knots the Pearl, a small steamer, with her steam already up,at anchor, awaiting the Pottinger's arrival, to convey her
per hour on the first, and about five knots on the second mails to Southampton. Lieutenant Brady took her to
trip, with screw propellers.
The Philadelphia _North American notices a valuable
the Pottinger, and got the whole of the passengers out,
with a portion of their luggage, and brought them, toge-
nautical invention, which is attracting much attention. Cher with the mails, to Southampton.
It is an invention of R. C. Holmes, agent for the under- Soon after the tide had partially receded, the vessel
seamen the greatest improvement ever accomplished in
writer of Captain May, and is pronounced by the first
slightly heeled over, but not so much as to cause any the machinery of steering vessels. The greatest difalarm. She rested on a mud bank, but Captain Cooper
fi- took every precaution to prevent further mischief, by
culties under which the steering-gear of ships labour are
causing her to be properly shored up.
completely obviated by it. The making slack of the Soon after the above mishap, the Cyclops, her Ma-
vibration of the tiller and the change in the tiller-rope jesty's steam-frigate, got on shore about half,
a mile be-
are prevented. By the fixed position of the machinery, low the Pottinger, on a bed of shingles. As far as I
the ropes always lead fair through the blocks and wind
regularly, avoiding all chafing of one part against the can learn, her situation is somewhat critical. She heeled face of the other. All danger of accident to the steers- over considerably after she struck ; but as the weather
man, too, in strong currents, from the slacking of the is exceedingly fair, with scarcely a ripple to disturb the
image.
to be hoped that both ships will be got off
s
rope is rendered impossible. So taut and yet so simple
without water, it
ut damage.
of the machinery, that instead of the constant watching
of the wheel heretofore required, and the freuentl on the arrival of the Pearl at South-
harassing labour of the helmsman a child almost couldlmmediately
ampton, with the passengers of the Pottinger, informa-
tion was at once dispatched to Captain Sparkes, the su-
manage it in the heaviest sea; and in a gale of wind a perintendent of the Oriental and Peninsular Steam Com-
vessel would almost lay to itself. The principle is two pany, as also to Mr. Lamb, the superintending engineer,
barrels, or drums, instead of one; As fast as the rope and those gentlemen at once started to the scene of the
accumulates upon the upper one, it is carried off by the disaster in a powerful steam tug to render assistance. •
lower. The invention is a new feature in mechanics,
It was high water at half-past nine, and should
nothing like it having been discovered in the books at the vessels be in a favourable position, it is to be
the Patent-office.
hoped that both were got off without material damage.
Up to the present moment (half-past twelve, A.)!.,
Monday morning) they have not returned. I will keep
my parcel open until the departure of the mail train for
town, at a quarter past one, and should the tug have
returned by that time, I will add some additional infer-

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAN.)
This being the commencement of Michaelmas Term,
the Queen's Counsel appeared in full dress. Among those
present we observed the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-
General, Sir Frederick Thesiger (the late Attorney-
General), Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Andrew; Mr.
Watson, Mr. Whateley, Mr. Stuart Wortley, and Mr.
Alexander. The attendance of the bar was unusually
large, and the Court was very crowded, a great number
of ladies being present.
The Loed Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Coleridge,
Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle, took their
seats on the bench shortly before two o'clock.
APPLICATION FOR A CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST
W. B. FERRAND, M.P.
Sir F. THESIGER said he had to apply for a criminal
information against Mr. William Busfeild Ferrand,
M.P., on account of two lettters which he published in
the Times newspaper of the Bth and 11th of August last.
Mr. Ferrand had admitted writing and publishing the
letters. Before he proceeded to refer more particularly
tothe letters themselves, it would be necessary that he
should shortly detail some matters which took place
some time before they were published, and which it
was absolutely necessary their Lordships should be in
possession of. In the West Riding of Yorkshire there
was a poor-law union entitled the Keightley Union, of
which Mr. Ferrand was, and probably then was, the
chairman of the board of guardians. At the beginning
of the year 1842, the Poor-law Commissioners received
information that various irregularities were practised by
the guardians of the union, and that the new Poor-law
was not properly carried out by them. In consequence
of this Mr. Lewis wrote to Mr. Mott, an assistant-com-
missioner, in whose district the Keightly Union
was situated. It was dated the 22d of Fe-
bruary, 1842 and stated the nature of the
information which had been received, and desired him
1
I not to make a special examination, or to let it be
known that he came there for a special purpose, and to
draw up a report with respect to the allegations brought
against the guardians of the union. On the following
dray Mr. Lewis wrote a letter to the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, saying that he believed there was too much
truth with respect to the irregularities in the Keightley
Union, and adding that similar charges might be made
with considerable truth against other manufacturing
I unions. Mr. Mott, it appeared, visited the Keightley
Union and made a report on the 23d of
April. Mr. Mott reported that he attended a meeting
of the guardians on the 13th of April, and that he found
they conducted their proceedings in a very irregular
manner ; in short, that they entirely set at variance the
provisions of the Poor-law—that all the errors of the
old Poor-law were carried on, the poor claiming out-
door relief as a right, and that the rates were conse-
quently very fast increasing ; and the guardians, on the
23d of April, issued an order for an out-door labour test,
and for abolishing the payment of rates in certain
cases. On the 26th'of May Mr. Ferrand gave notice,
in his place in Parliament, to move for an
address to her Majesty to rescind the order
of the union of the 23d. In order to test the
accuracy of Mr. Mott's report, Sir John Walsher was
sent down to make an inquiry, and the report which he
made confirmed it in its most material points. A Com-
mittee of the House of Commons was appointed on the
28th of June, 1842, to inquire into the allegations con-
tained in the reports. The Committee, after examining
witnesses, also held that the reports were correct in all
the material allegations, although they stated they con-
tained some expressions which required qualification.
Now, in the course of last session a Select Committee was
appointed to inquire into the condition of the Andover
Union, and Mr. Lewis was summoned to give evidence
before it. Immediately afterwards the letters referred
to appeared in the Times. The first letter, which bore
date the Ist of August, stated that although ill health
had prevented him from attending to his Parliamentar)
duties, he had watched the proceedings of the Andover
UniOn with intense interest. It went on to say, what must be the feelings ofevery Hon. Member of the House of Coin-
mpris vtho had read the evidence taken before the com-
mittee on the preceding Saturday with respect to the
statement which he made in the House of Commons on
the 6th of April, 1844, that Sir James Graham took
him
steps to procure a report for the purpose of crwhini,,t,
(Mr. Ferrand), a Member of the House
of Commons, and which the House, in Sir James
Graham's simple denial, voted " calumnious and un-
founded?" Now, on Saturday the denial of Sir James
Graham was proved to have been false. Mr. Parker and
Mr. Manners Sutton, Sir James's private secretary, had
done all they could to make it appear that he had not
procured an " infamous and false report." Sir
George Grey had promised next session to sanction
the appointment of a Committee on the subject of the Poor-
law, when neither Mr. Manners Sutton nor any one else
would be able to screen him, for he (Mr. Ferrand) should
prove that Mr. Lewis knew that the report of Mr. Mott
was false, and that knowing it to be false he carried it
to Sir James Graham, and that Sir John Walsher's re-
port was also false. Sir James Graham handed the
reports to Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons,
who upon the strength of them made a charge against
him, and that he (Mr. Ferrand) still maintained that
the whole proceeding was a false and infamous
conspiracy between Sir James Graham and
Mr. Lewis, for the purpose of crushing
him. He (Sir Frederick Thesiger) considered that on
this letter alone Mr. Lewis was entitled to his applica-
tion. When Mr. Lewis was examined before the An-
dover Committee he did not know that he would be ex-
amined with respect to the Keightley Union, and he was therefore not so fully prepared to reply to the questions
which were put to him as he otherwise would have been, and
he mistakingly said, in reply to a question, that Mr. Mott
was sent down from the Home-office to Keightly,
whereas Sir John Walsher was sent down, but he sub•
sequently rectified the mistake, which was not, however,
a material one. The second letter, en the
10th of August, said that the bursting of
the Poor-law Commissioners was "a great fact;" that
Mr. Manners Sutton, who was a member of the Com-
mittee, was in the habit of calling Mr. Lewis out of the
committee, and consulting with him, and afterwards
calling him in and examining him ; and that he would
now prove that Mr. Lewis was guilty of the most delibe-
rate falsehood, for the purpose of deceiving the House, and
thereby preventing the Arch-Commissioner, Sir James
Graham, from the infamy which awaits him. It then
went on to say that Mr. Mott's report was dated the
13th of April, 1842, whereas the order for out-door relief
was not issned until the 30th of that month, and that his
motion to the House for the withdrawal of it was not made
until June, so that it was untrue that Mr. Mott received
instructions in consequence of the order ; and that
were a witness at the Old Bailey to utter such a false-
hood he would be packed off in the prison van, and in-
dicted for perjury ; and yet such a person was the confi-
dential friend of the Arch-Commissioner. He asked if there
was no Member of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons who would move that Mr. Lewis be called to the
bar of the House of Commons, in order that he might
receive condign punishment, for having deliberately pre-
pared the evidence in order to deceive the House of
Commons, and that if it was overlooked the proceedings
of the Committees of the House would become
a farce. He (Sir Frederick Thesiger) thought it unne-
cessary to read any other document. Mr. Ferrand had
admitted writing the letter. He had the affidavit of Mr.
Lewis and the affidavit of Sir James Graham,
denying the truth of those parts of the letters
which were directed against them, and both positively
denied that any instructions whatever were given to Mr.
Mott for the purpose of obtaining a partial report for
any purpose whatever. It was positively denied by them
that when the motion of Mr. 'errand was before the
House on the 26th of May, that the report of Mr. Mott had
been communicated to Sir James Graham, and they, in
the most positive and direct manner, stated that the state-
ments with respect to the verdict.were utterly unfounded.
Mr. Lewis, knowing that the charges were false, and
that they were likely to injure his character, and render
it impossible for him, while they remained unexplained
and uncontradicted, to pursue his duties, he had felt it,
his duty to apply to the Court for a criminal information.
Lord DENMAN—Take an order to show cause.

SIR ROBERT PEEL.—We understand that the
Right Honourable Baronet has been suffering from an
attack of gout during the last week at Drayton Manor,
Staffordshire. On Saturday last Sir Robert was con-
sidered to be improving, but was then unable to leave
his room.
GRAND POLISH BALL AND CONCERT.—Lord
Dudley Stuart, Messrs. Peacock, Carter. Bedford, Evans,
Baker, Marriot, Thompson, Hayes, Eagleton, Carr, Holt,
Kemp, Hardy, and several other gentlemen, constituting
the Polish Ball Committee of the City of London, as-
sembled at the Guildhall on Wednesday and Saturday,
to make some preliminary arrangements for the above
ball and concert, which are to take place on Wednesday,
the 18th instant. Mr. Wilkinson read letters from Al-
derman Farebrother, Mr. ID. Salomons, and others, en-
closing subscriptions, and begging to be added to the
number of the managing committee. Lord Dudley
Stuart announced the favourable answer of the Lord
Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect, and the Sheriffs to the
deputation of the committee, ',and their desire in every
way to patronise and advance the objects of the ap-
proaching ball. Mr. Carr, the honorary secretary,
stated that already a number of tickets were disposed of,
and that never had the kindness of professional gentle-
men been more marked than in the present instance by
the early tender of their valuable and gratuitous services.
BRIGHTON, OCT. 31.—The Baroness de Thosen and
family arrived here yesterday from Paris, in the steamer
Menai, from Dieppe.
DARWEN.—BOY KILLED IN A COAL•I'IT.-011
Saturday morning last an accident occurred in a coal pit
belonging to Messrs. Brandwood, at Over Darwen, by
which a boy about nine years old, named James Rain-
forth, was killed. The deceased was assisting a drawer,
another boy about ten or eleven years of age, with a tub
full of coals, which they bad brought to the bottom of
the pit, and hooked on to the rope. By some means the
full tub, while being drawn up, caught an ',empty one
which was descending, and carried it some distance up
the shaft, when the empty tub fell to the bottom and
struck the deceased on the head, fracturing his skull.
lie died on Sunday night. An inquest was held at the
Millstone, Over Darwen, on Wednesday last, when a
verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned.—Preston
Chronicle.
THE ESSEX POISONINGS.—The adjourned inquest
was resumed on Saturday before C. C. Lewis, coroner
for Essex, and the jury empanelled to investigate the
death of Solomon Taylor, the illegitimate offspring of
Lydia Taylor and Thomas Newport Fames, of ciaver-
jug, at the Cocks Inn, Maunden. The woman Sarah
Chesham, against whom a verdict of wilful murder was
returned on Friday week for poisoning her own children,
was in the first instance detected putting salve, or some
other poisonous substance, into the deceased's mouth,
and upon the charge of attempting to poison was appr.e-
Sarah Chesham 's two children.
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of the glands, but whether it arose from natural causes
or otherwise there was not sufficient evidence to show."
ABSCONDING OF A CLERK WITH 6801.—The fol-
lowing particulars of the absconding of Mr. Cowop, the
cashier of Wingate Grange Colliery, have been ascer-
tained. It appears that ho purchased a gratoiopildehtc w
hthoeaagLinl and
ring, a pair of moustaches imperial and wig, and then
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tained that he had been to a house of ill fame and young woman for Hull. On
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that he had sailed for Antwcrp only about an hour be-
fore they reached the place. To Antwerp, then, they :
have followed him, bat up.to Friday no further tidings
have been received respecting him.
The remains of the late Mrs. Broadhead were re-
moved from Great Stanhope-street, on Tuesday last to be
interred in the family vault at Hendon. The hearse was
followed by three mourning coaches, containing the sons
and sons-in-law of the deceased lady, and the Rev. James
Murray, late Minister of St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Mrs.
Broadhead was the daughter of William Macdougall;
Esq., of the ancient clan of Macdougall of Lora.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
At half-past ono Mr. Justice Patteson took his seat on
the bench, and several applications were heard, but none
of them possessed any feature of public interest.

EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY )
(Sittings in Banco.)
Barons Parke, Alderson, and Rolfe took their seats on
the bench at half-past one.
In the course of the day Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and
Mr. Sergeant Manning were appointed Queen's Ser-
geants, and were called within the bar, and took their
seats accordingly. Mr. Sergeant Murphy received
a patent of precedence, and was also called within the
bar.

Mr. J. Bacon, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Roll, and Mr. lluna •
phrey were appointed Queen's Counsel lamed iu tho