The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN IN:G, DECEMBER 21, 1848.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 21.—Wind this day at noun E., mode-
rate brt ze, and fine clear frosty weather. Pressure of
the wind 411 b per foot. Barometer, 30.42. Thermo-
meter, 34.
WIND AND WEATHER, THIS DAY, 9 A.M.
Cola ester S.E., tine.
Gosport N.N.E., frosty.
Lt wes:ntt
Portsmouth
Southampton N., hard frost and fine.
Yarmouth,. ....... E., fine and frosty.

WEXFORD, DEC. 19.—The Ewaha, Demiton, from
Constantinople, was on shore on Bannoro Bay yester
day and went to pieces, and not the Aspasia,as reported.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sld. L'Union,
Guadeloupe; Allen, New York, with most of the out-
ward bound. The Foam, late of London, has arrived
hire from the Cape de Verds, under charge of an officer
of her Majesty's ship Racer.
PENZANCE, DEC. 19.—A gaff, with part of the main-
sail attached, identified by the maker's name on it,
•` Jennings, St. lies," to have belonged to the James
We arne, has been brought in here.
FISHGUARD, DEC. 18 —The Royal George barque, of
Milford, foundered in Broad Sound 17th inst.; crew
drowned.
LOWESTOFT, DEC. 20.—Wind E., strong.—The Al-
bion has been got off the Carton Sand, after throwing
part of her cargo overboard, and discharging a portion
of remainder.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 20.—Sld Washirgton steamer,
New York.
DARTMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind E.—Arrd. Rhyn,
Brandlight, Cuba. Sld. Fairy Queen, Algoa Bay; He-
lene, Havannah.
WATERFORD, DEC. 19.—The Jenne Vincent, from
Bordeaux to Cork, reported on shore in Tranmore Bay,
has entirely broken up; crew saved. The Little Queen,
of Youghal, in running in the harbour, between Creden
Head and W oodborough, was abandoned by the crew,
and has become a total wreck.
KINSALE, DEC. 18.—The Berenice, of and from Havre
to Genoa, was stranded yesterday on Gam thtown
Strand, Conrtmashery Bay, and has become a total
wreck; four of the crew drowned.
DINGLE, DEC. 18.—A vessel was stranded on Jack
Island,; and is now high and dry.
CLYDE, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Rowallan, Bolton, Porto
Rico. Sid. Pollock, New Orleans; Actaeon, ditto, 19th,
Christian, Jamaica; Helen, Newfoundland.

OFF THE WIGHT.—FIott, Havighorst, Porto Plata, for
Bremen.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Masonic,
llarthorn, Savannah; Louisiana, Barstow, New York;
China, Attridge, Quebec. Sid. Aden, Hong Kong;
Crossede, Calcutta; Judith, Lima; Astarti, Buenos
Ayres; Liverpool, Rio Janeiro; Ann, Maranham; Ma-
truchia, Demerara; Arena, Jamaica; Partan, Vera Cruz;
Laetitia, Akbar, Parthenon, Princess Royal, Monument,
William Pirie, Achilles, Alice Wilson, and Kentucky,
all for New Orleans; Virginia, Mobile; Challenge, Wil-
mington; John Marshall, Alexandria, United States;
Gondor, Lotus, and Caledonia, Savannah; George, St.
Thomas; North Carolina, Charleston; Oxford, New
York. The Minton, reported under the head of Kinsale,
18th Dec., as wrecked near Oysterhaven, is supposed to
be the Milton, from Palermo to this port. The Musco-
norno, from Baltimore (discharged) took fire this morn-
ing in the Albert Dock, which was extinguished with
trifling damage.
ST. IVES, DEC. 19.—The Welcome Return, off and
for Falmouth, from Wales, got in contact with a vessel,
name unknown, off the Landsend, and ran into this port
in a sinking state; mate missing.
BELFAST, DEC. 19.—The James Clark, of this pat,
Sligo to Liverpool, drove on shore at Larne, is expected
off. The Elizabeth, of this port, is also on shore, but is
expected off. The James, of this port, on shore 15th
inst., has been got off. The Ruby, of this port, drove on
shore at Larne, 15th inst., is expected off. The Edward
and James, Liverpool to Glenarin, drove on shore in the
gale, 15th inst., but is expected off. The Liberator,
Liverpool to Westport, has put into Donaghadee, with
cargo shifted, &c. The Francis and Mary, of White
haven, for Dublin, put in here, 16th inst., with loss of
bowsprit and other damage, having been in contact with
the Perseverance of Maryport, which received consider-
able damage.
MARGATE, DEC. 20.—Wind E., strong breeze.—The
schooner Sophia, on the Foreness Rock, makes but little
water ; cargo discharging.
HARWICH, DEC. 20.—Wind S.E., strong.—The barque
Gaz!lle, of Bremen, Hamburgh to Dublin, has just put
io here very leaky, pumps choked, and part of cargo
thrown overboard in a heavy gale off the Texel. Must
discharge. The barque Sylph, of Shields, is on shore on
the Pye Sands.
DEAL, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E., strong.—Arrd from
the river and sld. Duke of Norfolk Jamaica. Arrd.
Pollux, Batavia; Isabella, China, for London; Cairo,
Hogg, Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind E., fresh breeze and
fine.—Arrd. George Wilkinson, Brown, Quebec, for
London; Samuel, Dixon, London. Sld. Victoria, New
York. Off port, Douglas, Montreal, for London.
FaLmouGn, Aug. 20. Wind E., moderate breeze and
cloudy.—Sld. Jupiter, Santa Martha; Mary and Ellen,
Boston; Lady Flora, Cape and Madras.
PENZANCE.—Wind N.N. , fresh breeze and fine.—
Arrd. The Josephine, from Nantes, and last from
St. Ives.

SCILLY, DEC. 18.—Wind S.W., strong gale.—Off port,
Cicero, of Whitahaven, from Trinidad; captain and
steward dead.

BIDEFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Secret, Quebec; The
Kathleen, of St. Andrews, New Brunswick; Cardiff, for
Quebec, has put in here from stress of weather. The
V andalia, Newport, for Boston, has put in with cargo
Shifted.

lIITEHA.VEN, DEC, 20.—Wind, S.—Sld. British
Queen, Antigua.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

317 SIXTGATE AWI) ENH
These markets were heavily supplied with each kind
of Meat, yet the general demand, owing to the favour-
able change in the weather, was firm at extreme curren-
cies. Beef. from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d;
Veal, 35 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d
per 81bs, by the carcase.
MEAT MARKETS.
SOUTHALL, DEC. 20. For must kinds of prime
stock, the supply of which was seasonably good, we had
a steady but by no means a brisk demand, at fully last
week's quotations, and at which good clearances were
effected. Beef, from 3s 6d to 45 4d; Mutton, 4s to ss;
Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink
the offal.
ROHFORD, DEC. 20.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Pigs
moved off stesdily at very full prices. Otherwise the
demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 6d to
45 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Veal, 4s to 43 8d; and
Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; Suckling Calves, 18s
to 245; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s each.
lIAILSHA3I, DEC. 20.—Our market was well supplied
with meat for Christmas consumption. Generally speak-
ing the demand was firm, at moderately high prices.
Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal 4s 2d
to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 44 10d per 81bs.
ARUNDEL, DEC. 19.—We had a steady trade to-day,
on the following terms :—Beef, from 4s to 43 8d; Mutton,
4s 4d to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 45 to 4s lid
per 81bs.
CHICHESTER,
.DEC. 6.—Beasts and Sheep sold at full
prices. Other kinds of stock were rather dull in sale.
Beet, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 4s to .5s 2d ; Veal,
4s 2d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. Suck-
ling Calves, 183 to 24s ; and quarter-old Store Pigs 16s
to 21s each.
HAY MARKETS.

.SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s; Clover
ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 93 per
load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 108 to 31 15s ;
Clover ditts, 8/ lOs to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 11 3s to
11 lOs per load. Supply but moerate, and trade rather
dull.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s ;
Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 8s
per loud. Trade dull, at the above quotations.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Dec. 21, 1848, made up from the Returns of the
Insdectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
I WHEAT.' BARLEY.' 1
1 OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS.
PRICE • . I 47s 6d I 3ls 4d I 18s Ild I 29s 8d I 34s 3d 38s id
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I
C.
I BEANS. PEAS.
7s Od 2s Od 3s Od 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT'.

AnsoN.—Henry Cook, 26, pleaded Guilty to an in-
dictment charging him with setting fire to au outhouse
and other premises, at Plumstead, in Kent, and was
sentenced by Mr. Commissioner Bullock to seven years'
transportation.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.-7hornas Powell, 22, a
mariner; Guildford Hyde Watts, 24, a sailor; and James
Lewis, 54, also a sailor, were indicted with stealing, on
the 11th of August last, nine packages of gold dust, con •
taining 1,700 ounces, of the value of 7,0001., the pro-
perty of Andrew Swanzy and others, in a vessel calls d
The Lemuel, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of
the Admiralty of England.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Clarke conducted the prose-
cution, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Parry defended the
prisoners.
Mr. BALLANTINE stated the case for the prosecution
to the jury, and from his statement it appeared that the
prisoner Powell was chief mate, and Watts and Lewis
were seamen on board the Lemuel ; that Captain
Vickerman, the commander of that brig, had received
for delivery in England several packages of gold dust
frean merchants in Africa, and that the three prisoners
had, in the absence of the captain, in consequence of
illness, broken into the place in which the property wus
deposited, stolen the packages and other property, and
escaped in the gig of the vessel to a part of the coast ;
that one of the packages was the property of Mr.
Swauzy, an African merchant, who immediately went
in pursuit, and captured the thievts amongst many of
the natives, who had taken possession of the gold dust.
Swanzy was fortunate enough to recover the whole
of the gold dust with the exception of about five
ounces.
The Learned Counsel then called the following wit-
nesses:—
Mr. Goodman, the clerk at the Mansion-house, who
produced a box of gold dust that lie had received from
one of the superintendents of the Thames Police.
George Vickerman, was master of the brig Lemuel,
of Bristol, which anchored in the roads of Elinina on the
27th of July in the present year. On arriving there he
caused notice to be given to several of the merchants of
the Gold Coast, Western Africa, that he intended sailing
for England on the Stli of August, sad that all gold

freight should be delivered to him on or before that day,
and he received from several parties eight boxes gad pack
ages, stated by them to contain gold dust, one of a hich
war. from Mr. Andrew Swanzy, a merchant residing at
Annamaboe, to be conveyed as freight to England. That
parcel contained 150 ounces, and was directed to Messrs.
Foster and Smith, London. As he received them he
placed them in the corner of his bed-room, in Elmina,
to which he was then confined by illness, but he did not
leave the room while any part of the property was there.
On the 9th he delivered eight of the packages to his
second mate, Thomas Price, to take on board and de
la, sit them in the state-room. Next day he delivered one
other package to Price to deposit in the same place, being
too ill to go himself, and he rtceived the key of the
room. On the 11th he received from Price the following
letter:—

" Sir,—l am sorry to inform you of what occurred
this morning. The mate, Watts, and old Lewis went
away this morning at about half-past three o'clock,
taking with them all the gold, two chronometers,
cabin-dial, fire-arms, cutlasses, &c. They went in one
of their own boats, in which the mate came to me to
wish me good-bye. I then roused all hands, but they
had all things ready in the boat. They went to sea, and
I have had the ensign hoisted, union down all the morn
ing. I could not let you know before. They have
broke all the lockers. I hope you will be able to come
on board.— I remain 3 our obedient,
" T. PRICE."
Witness then applied to the Governor of Elmina for offi-
cers of police to accompany him on board the ship,
where they found the panel of the starboard state•room
burst in, both lockers broken open, and that all the
be xt s of gold dust, the value of which was about 7,0001.,
the whole weight being 1,760 ounces, were missing. lle
also missed a small box which had contained two watches,
from the same locker. and his two chronometers from
the library, and other articles, amongst which were four
cutlasses. Price, the second mate, gave him a portion
of the box which had contained the watches. The three
prisoners, who bad been on board till he left the ship,
were all absent, but without his permission, neither had
they any authority to go to a place called Corman-
tine, nor had he told any one of them that any-
thing had been forgotten there, nor had they authority
to take any portion of the gold dust or the other articles
to which he had referred, from the ship. He also missed
the boat called the " captain's gig" from the vessel.
They had no permission to take that boat. In three
days after the robbery he went to Cape Coast Castle,
near Elmina, and found the three prisoners in custody
there; and he also saw there his two chronometers and
other property of his own, and the gold dust in bulk,
which was not in the state in which he had received it.
The gig bad been brought up to Cape Coast from An-
numaboe. When the prisoners were examined at Cape
Coast Castle he heard Powell say before the magistrates
that he was so drunk that he did not know whet he had
done; and he heard the others say that they were drunk.
Powell also said, upon going into the cabin, that he had
taken the gold dust.

The witness underwent a short cross-examination by
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Parry, but his evidence in chief
was not shaken by it.
.. ..._ . _

Thomas Price, the second officer on board the Lemuel,
was entrusted, on the 10th of August last, by Bicker-
man with nine boxes of gold dust, which he locked up
safe in the state cabin, and saw them safe on the night
of the 10tb. He was called up in the night by Powell,
to wish him good-bye. Powell was then on the quarter
deck, and witness asked him where he was going? He
made no answer ; and by the time witness got to
the gangway Powell was in the boat, and Watts and
Lewis with him. He saw in the boat the boxes he had
locked up. Witness then called to the people on board,
and afterwards called to Powell, and said " You are
very foolish, for you will be caught;" to which he re-
plied, " We hare begun with it, and we will go through
with it." Heard one of the prisoners say they had no
water on board, but it was no use to go back after it.
Witness had no boat to go after them; and on going
down to the locker and state room he found it broken
open, the panels of the state-room broken in, and the
property gone. He then wrote to the captain, and he
came on board about nine o'clock the next morning.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—CouId not say
that Powell was thoroughly drunk, but he had been
drunk a good portion of the time.

Benjamin Catchpole examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I
am master of the brig Tweed, of London. On the 11th
of August my brig was lying off the Gold Coast. The
Lemuel was lying at Elmina, and I was 24 or 25 miles
off. At about eleven o'clock the watch gave me
information, and I went upon deck and found Powell and
Watts on board my vessel. The gig of the Lemuel was
lying alongside, and the prisoner Lewis was in the gig. I
asked the chief mate into my cabin, but before he went
down he said he was bound to Cormantine,which was about
two and a half miles or three miles from where I was
lying. When be came to the cabin, he said all the
things had been left behind at Cormantine, and he had
been sent for them. He thought of leaving in about an
hour to go, but as the sea was very heavy I persuaded
him to stop till the morning. He did not appear other-
wise than sober; but I did not exactly like his manner.
It was not as if he was in liquor. They stopped till
about six in the morning. I observed a bag of some-
thing in the boat, which .1 took for clothing and provi-
sions. Having observed when they left the ship that
they pulled in shore, and as they got in they edged
away to go in a different direction from Cormantine, my
suspicions were excited, and I lowered one of my boats
to pursue them ; but upon second thoughts I went to
Mr. Swaozy, and told him what I suspected, and steps
were taken to follow the prisoners, and I saw them in
custody of Mr.Swanzy about the middle of the same day.

Mr. Andrew Swanzy, examined by Mr. BALLANTINE,
said, lam commandant, and also a merchant, residing
at the Annamaboe Fort, on the Gold Coast, Africa. On
the 12th of August I received a communication from
Captain Catchpole, and in consequence I ordered my
canoe to be manned, and went with him on board the
Tweed, and sent a man to the masthead to look out for
the gig of the Lemuel, but it could not be seen. I then
pursued in the direction Captain Catchpole informed me
they had taken, keeping a distance from the shore, so as
to see on shore and out to sea ; and about half-past
eleven I got sight of a boat, with the aid of my teles-
cope. close to the serf—as near as shecould be with safety,
and I immediately had my boat pulled to her, and found
it was the gig of the Lemuel, and that Powell and
Lewis were in the gig, lying on their oars. When I
got within about forty yards of the boat, t hey pulled in
shore towards the beach, and I did so also, and landed
about forty yards from the gig, which was then lying
close to the water's edge. Powell and Lewis were
standing close by, and immediately afterwards Watts
appeared with a great number of the natives. Some of
the natives had possession of a large clothes bag, and
one had two boxes containing chronometers in his hand,
and two or three of the others had cutlasses in their
possession, which they gave up directly upon being
ordered by me so to do. I said to the prisoners, " You
are my prisoners;" and one of them, I cannot say
which, said the bag contained valuable property;
and Watts said that the mate's jacket had fallen
into the hands of the natives, and that there
was a small quantity of gold dust in it. I after-
wards got the jacket, but not the gold dust. I tied up
the bag, and gave it into the charge of canoe teen. I
also found a small trunk, containing fish-hooks, &c. I
took the prisoners and property on board the canoe, to
the Fort of Annamaboe, and next day I took them to
Cape Coast Castle, where they were examined before a
magistrate. I found amongst the other property three
packages of gold dust, of 50 oz. each, which I sent to the
Lemuel, and which I had valued at about 5901. They had
alsomy seal uponatct
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found,
and Mr. Vickerman, in my presence, and in the presence
of the prisoners, identified them as belonging to him.
The box, which had been produced by Mr. Goodman,
the clerk at the Mansion-house, was then opened by
Forrester, and Mr. Swanzy identified several of the
packages of gold dust contained in it as his property.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. CLARKSON, who was counsel for the prisoner
Powell, did not feel himself justified in saying anything
to the jury on his behalf.
Mr. PARRY then addressed the jury for the other two
prisoners, contending that they had acted under the
orders of Powell, that he alone was the guilty party, and
that had they disobeyed his orders he might have put
them in irons immediately, he being at the time, in con-
sequence of the absence and illness of the captain, master
of the vessel.

Several witnesses gave Powell a good character.
Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up.
The jury found all the prisoners Guilty; and
Mr. Baron ROLFE sentenced them all to seven years
transportation.
Lewis, on leaving the dock, declared, in a most ener-
getic manner, that he was as innocent as a lamb.
THE EMBEZZLEMENT AND ARSON AT THE CAM-
BERWELL BREWERY.—SamueI Smith Michleburg, who
was convicted yesterday of embezzling the money of his
master, Mr. Fleming, the brewer of Camberwell, was
then placed in the dock to receive the sentence of the
Court, the Learned Judge not having sentenced him
yesterday.
Mr. Baron ROLFE, after a feeling address to the pri-
soner, sentenced him to seven years' transportation.

NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
William Richards and John Arlvright, one a labourer,
and the other a grocer, were indicted for unlawfully
conspiring together to obtain from Louis Vandell the
sum of 201., with intent to cheat him thereof.
The prosecutor, a Scotch sailor, came to town 0112 the
9thinstant, for the first time, and while he was admiring
the architectural beauties of Buckingham Palace, the
first prisoner entered into conversation with him, and
seeing that the prosecutor was a stranger in the metro-
polis, he invited him to go and see the Wellington sta-
tue: Subsequently they adjourned to a public-house, and
whilst they were there the second prisoner came
in and asked the way to Chancery-lane, adding that a
brother had left him an estate in Demerara, and as he
had borrowed 100/. to commence a law-suit for the re-
covery of the property, he was going to see a lawyer
about it. Richards advised him, if he had possession of
the 100/., to have nothing to do with lawyers; and, turn-
ing to the prosecutor, he said, " There is a friend of
mine, who has just come from the West s; perhaps
he can tell you something about the estate." Ark-
wright, after congratulating himself upon being so fur-
tunate in meeting with a person who knew something of
the West Indies, described the property which had been
left him as a slave estate, which excited the
suspicions of the prosecutor as to the character of his
companions, and his suspicions were confirmed upon
Arkwright expressing his determination to take
Richards's advice, and have nothing to do with the
lawyers. But then, what was he to do with the 1001.?
Richards suggested that he had better lend his friend the
prosecutor 501. of it, at 51. per cent. interest. He had no
objection, ho said, to do this, but before he advanced the
cash he required that the prosecutor should satisfy him
that he was a man of substance by producing 20/. The
prosecutor replied that he had riot so much with him,

but he was going to receive his pay on the Monday, and
if his friends would meet him in the course of that day
at the White Hart, in Union-street, Borough, he would
be prepared with the 20/. The prisoners con-
sented to this arrangement, but in the meantime the
prosecutor consulted a police-officer on the matter, and
it was agrt ed that tho appointment on the Monday
should be kept, but instead of the 20l being produced
the prosecutor was to exhibit the cheque for the amount.
On the Monday, however, the prisoners required that
the 20/. should be in gold, and one of them produced a
purse which seemed to be filled with bank-notes, which,
when examined after they were paid to the prosecutor,
were discovered to be Hash." _

The RECORDER regretted ihat tho case did not go far
enough to constitute a conspiracy. The prosecutor
should have allowed some money to pass between them,
and then they might have been transported. In the
absence of that proof, however, there was no evidence of
a conspiracy, and the prisoners must be acquitted.
The jury accordingly Acquitted the prisoners.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THISDAY.)
James Rogers, a young man of respectable appearance,
was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with at-
tempting to utter a brass medal purporting to be a so-
vereign.
The prisoner, it appeared, went into the house of
Mr. Cator, a licensed victualler' in Park-street, Gros-
venor-square, about ten o'clock last night, and called
fur a glass of brandy, in payment for which he ten-
dered the medal produced, and demanded bis change.
The trick was, however, discovered, and as the defen-
dant persisted that the medal was a genuine sovereign,
he was given into custody.
Police. constable G 97 proved taking the prisoner into
custody, On their way to the station the defendant
dropped two shillings on the pavement, which witness
took possession of.
The defendant denied all knowledge of the coin being
a counterfeit. He was highly respectable, and would not
be guilty of such an act as that imputed to him.
Mr. BINGHAM said he could not let him go till some
further inquiries were made about him. He could not
help fancying that the defendant had been practising
similar tricks prior to this. He should, therefore, re-
mand him till Tuesday next.

CITY ELECTIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
This being St. Thomas's Day. according to annual
custom wardmotes were held by the several Aldermen in
their respective wards, for the purpose of electing Com-
mon Councilmen and other ward officers for the ensuing
year. In several wards the old members, being unop-
posed, were consequently re-elected; and in those wards
which are contested there is a total absence of that ex-
citement which has been apparent on similar occasions.
CORNHILL WARD.—(RETURNS Six MEMBERS.)
Sir J. Pirie, Bart., Alderman.
The following were re -elected :—Messrs. E. Harrison,
John Carter, Robert Deber, James Waterlow, R. Ran•
dell, John Hunter.
ALDG ATE WARD.—(EIGHT MEMBERS.)
J. Humphery, Esq., M.P., Alderman.
The following gentlemen were returned:—Messrs.
Lake, Massey, Fisher, Clifton, Turnley, Bucknell, Free-
man, Whiteside.
PORTSOKEN WARD.—(EIGHT MEMBERS.)
F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman.
The following gentlemen were proposed to serve as
Common Councilmen:—Messrs. Wright, Kilbee, Hay-
ward, Danford, Christie, Thompson, Barker, Jutsum,
Vile (new member).
LIAIE•STREET W RD.--(FOUR MEMBERS.)
C. Farubrother, Esq., Alderman.
The following were re-elected:—Messrs. D. Cook,
(D. puty), J. B. Simpson, T. Symonds, W. Simpson.
BROAD STREET WARD.—(Erour MEMBERS.)
The following were re-elected :—Messrs. T. Corney
(Deputy), R. W. Jupp, C. Wharton, T. W. Foster,
S
T. Gadsden, W. Marriott, S. Baker, H. Brown.
COLEMAN STREET WARD.—(EIGHT MEMBERS.)
W. Hunter, Esq., Alderman.
The following gentlemen were returned:—Messrs.
Allen, Hill, Hall, Johnson, Davis, Bracher, Perkins,
Webster.

BISHOPSGATE WARD.
W. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., Alderman.
The following gentlemen were returned:—Messrs.
Stevens
fatten,(Dep rutyi
ti
er:odn
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(ditto),, Carr, Johnson,
Ashby,
Thomas, Jones,
Sharland, Gilpin, Hopgood.

CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN.
T. Challis, E•q., Alderman.

_ .
The following were returned;—Messrs. Dixon, R. E.
Jones, W. King, J. Johnson, T. Eldred, Meadway, F.
Sadler.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the plea-
sure grounds at an early hour this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
other Royal Children took pony and walking exercise
to-day in the adjacent rides and walks.
The Court will, it is expected, leave Osborne to-
morrow (Thursday) morning for Windsor Castle.

His Excellency Mehemed Pacha, Ambassador from
Turkey, who arrived here on Saturday last, paid his
official visit to Lord Palmerston at the Foreign-office,
and was introduced by Prince Callimaki.
Prince Callimaki, a ho, for two years arid a half
has occupied the post of Ottoman Envoy Extraordi•
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at this Court,
leaves London in a day or two for Paris, where he is
accredited in the sime capacity.

Mr. J. Abel Smith had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Rome-office.
Lieutenant Waghorn had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial• office.

Lori Campl;ell left town yesterday for Hartrigge
House, Roxhurghshire.

On Monday and Tuesday the royal alms were dis-
tributed, under the auspices of the Lord High Almoner
(the Bishop of Oxford) and the Sub-Almoner (the
Rev. Dr. Jelf), by Joseph Hanby, Esq., the Secre-
tary and Yeoman of the Royal Almondry, to upwards
of 900 poor and aged persons, who received a crown
each.

The Royal Gate Alms were also paid to 168 aged
and infirm persons, each receiving thirteen shillings,
being sixpence per week for the past half• year.
The ages varied from 60 to 100 year, and many
were relieved under those ages, who were suffering
from blindness, paralysis, and severe bodily infirmity.

THE PALACE OF THE ELYSE' BOURBON.—The
Palace of the Elysee National (formerly the Ely tee
Bourbon), which has just been placed at the disposal of
President Bonaparte, bore the name of the " Hotel
d'Evreux" at the commencement of the last century
having been built in the year 1718, by Lieutenant-Ge-
neral the Count d'Evreux, Governor of the royal chateau
of Monceaux. Madame de Pompadour, the infamous
mistress of Louis XV., purchased the palace from the
Evreux family, and retained possession of it up to the
period of her death in 1764. The Hotel d'Evreux then
passed into the hands of the financier Beaujon, who sold
it, in 1786, to Louis X.VI. The revolutionary Govern-
merit converted it into national property, and it remained
untenanted under the Republic; but under the Empire
it came into the possession of Murat, the King of Naples;
and at the period of the second restoration it was an-
nexed to the State domains. The law, which, in 1830,
settled the civil list of the ex-King Louis Philippe, as-
signed the Elysee Bourbon as the residence of the ex•
Queen ArcAS ie, in the event of her surviving her hus-
band. The Elyse i Bourbon is the last palace inhabited
by the Emperor Napoleon. It was hero that he resided
after the battle of Waterloo, and it was there that a few
(lays afterwards he abdicated in favour of the
King of Rome. tip to the present moment the
palace has been one of the " lions" of Paris,
and a sort of show-place to strangers. It is en-
tered from the Rue Faubourg St. HonoriS by a
spacious quadrangular courtyard. After ascending a
lofty flight of steps, the visitor is conducted to the suite
of apartments on the first story. They include the bed-
chamber occupied by Napoleon during the 100 days, and
the council- room in which the Emperor Alexander trans
acted business during the occupation of Paris by the
allied armies in the spring of 1814. These rooms are
furnished with some splendour, and are adorned with
several fine paintings. The garden at the rear of the
palace extends as far as the Champs Elysies.
ANECDOTES OF THE ARISTOCEACY,BY J. B. BURRY'
Esq., Author of "The Landed Gentry,„ "The Peerage,, '
&c.; 2 Vols.—We are requested to state that the above
work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be
had of all booksellers. Also, 2, Adventures in Borneo,
Dedicated to his Excellency Sir James Brooke, K.C.8.,
&c.; 1 vol., 7s. 6d. bound. 3. Chateaubriand's Memoirs
of Ills Own Times, Part 2, price only 2s. 6d. 4. The
Castlereagh Letters and Dispatches; 2 vols., 28s. 5.
The 11th and 12th volumes of Miss Strickland's Lives of
the Queens of England, completing the work. 6. The
4th volume of the new edition of Pepy's Diary and
Correspondence, 10s. 6 I.; to be completed in one more
volume. 7. A second edition of Mr. Ross' Yacht Voyage
in Lord Rodney's cutter The Iris, 1 vol., 105. 6d. bound.
And, 8 (just ready), Sam Slick's new work, The Old
Judge; or, Life in a Colony; two vols.
DEATH OF JOHN DAVENPORT,
,ESQ., FORMERLY
M.P. FOR THE POTTERIES.—Died, OR the 12th instant,
at his seat, Westwood Hall, in this eounty, aged 84,
John Davenport, Esq., a Deputy-Lieutenant of the
county, and late Member for the borough of Stoke-upon
Trent. Mr. Davenport commenced his career towards
the close of the last century, when the manufacturing
interests of the country were beginning to devolve their
greatness. He entered the Potteries an almost friend-
less youth; but he had resolute determination and perse-
vering industry on his side, and he lived to attain com-
mercial eminence and a large fortune. He commenced
business in 1794, and was remarkably successful in all
his undertakings. Mr. Davenport was one of the Mem-
bers for the Potteries from the passing of the Reform
Bill in 1E32 to the dissolution of Parliament iu 1841,
when he was induced, by advancing years, to decline the
request of his friends for a renewed offer of his services.
As a politician he adhered to the Conservative party,
and was a warm admirer of the Duke of Wellington.-
IVolverhampton Chronicle.
LINE OF PACKETS BETWEEN DUBLIN AND NEW
YORK.—We are happy to state that a regular line of
packets, to be called " The Shamrock Lint," has been
started, to run direct between Dublin and New York.
We need not point out the benefits of this arrange-
ment; for, although the projectors cannot, perhaps, ex-
pect at present much outward freight beside the emigra-
tion of the poorer classes, the saving of time, expense of
transhipment at Liverpool, and other more enterprising
ports, with brokerages, shipping charges, &c., in bring-
ing goods here, will be a large profit in itself, to say
nothing of the advantages to the port of Dublin from
the regular visits of these vessels.—Dublin Pilot.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Another version of the Cutlas for Two of the Prin-
cess's was produced here yesterday evening, under the
more catching title of Your Life's in Danger. The inci-
dents are precisely the same, and the dialogue nearly
identical, some slight changes in names and localities
being all the recognisable difference. As we gave an
outline of the Princess's plot in our notice of yesterday
it will be unnecessary to repeat it here. All we shall
say is, that the Ha)mgrket version, with Keeley for its
hero, went off most triumphantly, and was announced
for repetition amid thunders of applause. The Hay-
market version is from the practised pen of Mr. Madison
Morton.

FRAM CE.

_The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night]:—
The bureaux yesterday examined the Bill relating
to the responsibility of the President and the Minis-
! , ters. In general it was considered that it would not
be prudent to insert in the Bill too many details and
definitions, particularly in what concerned the cases
of treason, attempts at infraction of the Constitution,
&c., on the part of the President. M. Vivien declared
himself to be of that opinion, and mentioned in sup-
port of his views, that the American law dealt alto-
gether in general terms as to reprehensible acts on
the part of the President of the Republic, making use
of the following expression :—" And all other acts
of bad conduct." M. Tassel declared, that whilst
he agreed with the opinion just put forth, he
thought Art. 4 of the Bill brought forward by M.
Cremieux ought to be preserved, enumerating, as it
did, as a case of high treason, and drawing with it
the immediate downfal of the President, any attempt
to prorogue the Assembly, or to throw obstacles in
the way of its exercising its right to act and delibe-
rate. Several other Members appeared to share in
this opinion.
According to the last accounts from Lyons the
price of silks has considerably increased, and busi-
ness, which was suspended during the election for
President of the Republic, has resumed activity. At
Lille also, and indeed throughout the department,
there has been a marked improvement in business in
general since the middle of last week, and particu-
larly in the beet. root sugar manufactories. The rise
in prices is said to be about ten per cent.