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THE si% LONDON, TUESDA Y MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1846

that the exceptions must be allowed generally, and that
a venire de novo do issue."
Sir P. LAURIE, asked whether the judgment was final
or whether the subject might not be matter for other
judgments ?
Alderman WOOD replied that the judgment was final,
upon the new trial which had taken place, and in which
the verdict had been returned for the plaintiff. He felt,
as well might be imagined, the deepest anxiety on the
occasion, for the most desperate prejudices had been
raised against him. The full report from which he had
made the extracts for the convenience of his brethren
would, upon strict examination, show that he was com-
pletely exonerated from a participation in anything like
fraud. The Alderman entered into a long detail of the
circumstances attending the difficulty in which he be-
came involved by his connexion with the Talacre Com-
pany. The particulars differed in no respect from those
which have appeared already before the public; he denied
in the most solemn manner the mostremote knowledge of
any intention of fraud upon the part of those with whom
he was concerned in the transaction ; but he declared
that he with others had been the victim of fraud, and
upon his head had fallen all the obloquy.
Sir P. LAURIE said he was no lawyer, but he should
be sorry to take the dictum of a judge as evidence of the
incorrectness of the verdict of a jury. He had not seen
nor heard of, except from Alderman Wood himself, that
the second trial had taken place.
Alderman WOOD said the second trial had taken place
and been decided by a verdict for the plaintiff. Be had
not the notes of the trial, but he should be able in a few
days to produce . them. He had the information upon
the most unquestionable authority.
Sir P. LAURIE said it was necessary, not only that the
Court of Aldermen should be pure, but that, like Caesar's
wife, they should be free from the imputation of impu-
rity. He should feel the utmost gratification in taking
Alderman Wood by the hand upon the removal of the
ground of the imputations against him ; but he could
not see that the papers just presented to the Court were
calculated to accomplish that object.
Alderman WILSON did not consider that the case thus
brought before the Court had anything to do with the
great questions shown by the Committee to be involved
in the charges of corrupt conduct brought four or five
years ago against Alderman Wood.
Alderman HUGHES HUGHES wished that the findings
of the Committee to which Alderman Wilson alluded
should be read.
Alderman FAREBROTHER said, that he had evinced
the greatest and most sincere desire to assist Alderman
Wood in getting out of the difficulty in which he had
been placed by his connexion with the company. He
wished Alderman Wood to go to the Livery and state
to them his anxiety to clear up everything—to show
that the charges and suspicions which had been accu-
mulated against him were unfounded, and to assure them
that until there was not the slightest apparent founda-
tion for accusations he would not claim their suffrages.—
(Hear, hear.) By such a course the public sympathy
would 'be most powerfully engaged, and upon the proof
of the groundlessness of the charges, the triumph of the
accused would be indisputable. It was not too late to
adopt that course at the present moment. The produc
tion of the papers which had been laid before the Court
was not, in his opinion, an answer to the charge, having
been privy to the stratagem of sending to Ireland coals
taken from an established pit as coals the produce of the
Talacre Mine. He did not say that Alderman Wood
was concerned in that project, but upon finding that such
a fraud had been perpetrated, he ought to have indig-
nantly come forward and exposed and denounced it.
The TOWN CLERK here, by the desire of the Court,
read the findings of the Committee of the Court in the
year 1843, upon the examination of the evidence in the
Talacre case. The document stated, amongst other
things, that it appeared that Alderman Wood had acted
in the Talacre Company as vendor, and purchaser, and
chairman, and director, and secretary, and solicitor.
Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said, he had that mo-
ment heard for the first time that document read, and
he could not help saying that the evidence produced by
Alderman Wood did not in the slightest degree affect
the serious charges contained in the simple enumeration
of the different offices held by him in the company.
How could such an imputation be removed by any pro-
ceedings taken in Alderman Wood's ward ? He would
most willingly devote any period of time to an investi-
gation, with the view of removing from a brother alder-
man the heavy imputations against him, but it was
quite impossible to give a vote in opposition to the re-
port of the committee without rational grounds. There
were other things, too, which it would be necessary to
clear up. It was necessary for a Lord Mayor to have
a local habitation. It was necessary, too, to have an
explanation as to a certain sum of money which Alder-
man Wood, in connexion with others, was in honour
bound to pay to the present chief magistrate.
Alderman WOOD.—What money ?
Alderman H. HUGHES said, report stated that the
present Lord Mayor had been obliged to pay a large
sum of money which ought to have been defrayed by
several persons, of whom Alderman Wood was one.
Alderman WOOD.—It is paid.
The Loam MAYOR.—I have not received it.
Alderman WOOD said that some delay had taken
place in consequence of the want of punctuality in
others, but he had certainly paid the amount for which
he was pledged, to the last farthing.—(Here some per-
sons in the Court, as well as below the bar, stated that
the money had been paid that day.)
Alderman COPELAND expressed deep regret that the
question had been thrust upon the Court of Aldermen.
He had expressed similar regret three years ago, and
since that period there had been brought forward other
cases connected with the matter in which the name of
Alderman Wood had been treated with as little cere-
mony as it had been in connexion with that which had
first given cause for complaint. He implored Alderman
Wood, for the sake of his own character, for the sake of
his family, and for the sake of his brother aldermen, to
pause before he determined to make another experiment,
until he should have used every effort to wipe away the
stain which at present attached to him.
Alderman SIDNEY said, he did not consider that any
imputation attached to Alderman Wood, except one of a
pecuniary nature. He had voted against Alderman
Wood upon a previous occasion, because he considered
that Alderman Wood's pecuniary circumstances were
not such as would justify him in taking the office of
chief magistrate at that time. The imputations of
another kind against him were such as might be made
against others of the Court.—(A laugh.) He (Alder-
man Sidney) believed that he and other members of the
Court might be charged with having been connected
with companies, the characters of the concoctors of
which they had now reason to suspect. He had been,
he was ready to acknowledge, imposed upon, and he did
not see why Alderman Wood should not have suffered
from the base conduct of others.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON—SATURDAY.
At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. ARNOLD
delivered judgment in the following cases, which had
been standing over some days:—
Edward Meyrick, on the list of voters as a freeman
and liveryman of the Company of Dyers, was objected to
upon the ground that he had not resided for six months
before the 31st of last July within seven miles of the
Guildhall, as required by the 32d section of the Reform
Act. He was described in the list as residing at No. 41,
Brown's-lane, Spitalfields. The facts proved were as
follow:—Mr. Meyrick resides principally at Windsor,
beyond the seven miles, with his sister, and has a regular
establishment there. The house, No. 41, Brown's-lane,
is in the occupation of a Miss Alford, who lets two
furnished rooms—a bed-room and sitting-room—to Mr.
Meyrick, for 101. a year. She does not let any other
part of the house in lodgings, and she only lets these
rooms to Mr. Meyrick as being an old friend. Mr.
Meyrick hires the rooms for the purpose of protect-
ing his vote for the City. During the six months
previous to the 31st of last July he has slept there
just five times—once in the month of February,
three times in April, and on one other occasion
the date of which was not ascertained. The rooms are
not generally used during his absence for any other pur-
pose; but they have been so on ono occasion during the
six months in question. Mr. Meyrick generally calls at
the house once a week, and frequently takes his meals
there, but he does so as Miss Alford's guest, and makes
no payment in respect of them. His sister sometimes
comes to town, and sleeps at the house as a friend, in a
spare room. Mr. Meyrick has no servants in the house.
The question is whether these facts constitute a resi-
dence by Mr. Meyrick at 41, Brown's-lane. It is not,
perhaps, possible to give a definition of the term " resi-
dence" which shall be applicable to every case. The
residence required, for example, under the settlement
law is very different from that sufficient to confer the
franchise. Some of the cases decided by the Com-
mittees of the House of Commons have extended the
doctrine as far, perhaps, as it oould be legitimately car-
ried; but I think it will be found that in every case
where the voter was considered to have a sufficient resi-
dence he had a fixed and permanent place of abode,
though he may not have resided there continuously.
The present case, though distinguishable in some of the
facts, falls, I think, within the principle of Whithorn and
Thomas, decided upon appeal by the Court of Common
Pleas (Bor. and Am. 259). In both cases there was a
substantial, that is a fixed and permanent residence
at a place more than seven miles distant from the
borough ; and also the possession or occupation of a
place within the borough, where the party might, per-
haps, if he liked, have resided permanently, but which
was used rather for the purposes of a temporary accom-
modation. In both cases too the place was taken and
retained with a view of enabling the party to vote,
which, though not decisive in itself, is, as was observed
by Mr. Justice Coltman, in the case referred to, an im-
portant ingredient in ascertaining whether the place was
taken or occupied with the intention of residing there.
The infrequency of the occasions of sleeping there is also
a striking fact in both cases, though taken by itself it
would also not be decisive, as a party might retain a re-
sidence in a house, though, in fact, he had not himself
slept there once during the prescribed period ; as where
he had gone away with the intention of returning, and
had left his family or servants residing there. But in
both these cases the party had no servant, nor any sem-
blance of an establishment, at the house in which he is
alleged to have had a residence. Upon the whole,
therefore, I think that Mr. Meyrick did not reside at the
house in question within the meaning of the 32d section,
and that his name must consequently be expunged.
Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether Mr. Brown intended
to appeal against the decision?
Mr. Brown—lf I give notice of appeal, subject to the
sanction of Mr. Meyrick, will the Court allow me to
withdraw it afterwards if Mr. Meyrick does not consent?
Mr. ARNOLD—Yes.
Mr. ARNOLD then delivered the following judgment in
the case of George Smith, of the Girdlers'Conapany, who
was objected to upon a similar ground as in the case
of Mr. Meyrick. He was described in the list as resid-
ing at 15, Gough-square. His general residence with
his wife and establishment was at Colney Hatch, more
than seven miles from the City. The house in Gough-
square was the place where Mr. Smith formerly lived
with his family, and carried on his business, and he still
holds the premises under a lease. But some time ago
he gave up the premises and business to his sons under
an agreement, not an assignment of the lease, in which
there is a proviso " that the said George Smith and
his family shall and may at his pleasure occupy the
said house, No. 15, Gough-square, and use and occupy
the same at all times, as he has hitherto occupied the
same." Since this agreement the sons have paid the
rent and taxes of the premises. Mr. Smith continued to
sleep there sometimes, but he would not undertake to
say that during the six months previous to the 31st of
July he had slept there more than three times. lie had
no servants there, but he took his meals with his sons
two or three times a week, but without paying for them.
I do not consider the case so clear as that of Mr. Mey-
rick, but still I am of opinion that Mr. Smith has not a
legal residence at the place in question. The fact of his
having previously resided in the house, and his having
reserved to himself and family the right to occupy it
again in the same manner at his pleasure, are un-
doubtedly strong circumstances in the case, but I think
they only amount to this—that the party may, if he
thinks fit, renew his residence there whenever he pleases,
and as he is not in point of fact occupying the house
now with his family in the same manner as he did for-
merly, they do not show that he is now residing there.
I am of opinion, therefore, that in this case also the
occupation is a temporary and casual one, and does not
constitute a residence as required by the statute.—Name
expunged.
Mr. Wansey, in reply to a question from Mr. Arnold,
said he did not intend to give notice of appeal in Mr.
Smith's case.

Alas ! alas ! for the days of the original drama. A
new drama (at least what in these degenerate days is
called new) was produced here last night under the
name of Clarissa- Harlowe. It is a transla-
tion from a French adaptation of a French
abridgment of Richardson 's celebrated novel.
It is in three acts. The first act sets forth the
loves of Clarissa and Lovelace, and ends with the
elopement. The second act represents the attempt at
the seduction of Clarissa by Lovelace and her rescue
by Jack Macdonald; and the third act represents the
death of Clarissa. The following is the cast :
Mr. Harlowe Mr. Ryder
Mr. Anthony Harlowe Mr. Paulo
James Harlowe
Mrs. Harlowe Mrs. Fosbroke
Clarissa Harlowe
Arabella Harlowe
Lovelace
Macdonald .. Mr. H. Hughes
Mr. Smith
Joseph Mr. Oxberry
Mary
Mrs. Smith Miss Somers.
Charles Mathews was evidently overweighed in
Lovelace ; in the serious scenes his failure was pain-
fully apparent; and in the more joyous scenes, as, for
instance, the scene in the second act with his roue
companions, when it might have been expected that
his success would have been certain, there was no
buoyancy ; he was weighed down by the sense of
what he would have to do in the subsequent scenes,
and in those scenes his pathos was burlesque minus
the fun. Wallack is the only man on the stage who,
in the present day, could act Lovelace decently.
To do justice to the character would require an Ellis-
ton. Mrs. Stirling's Clarissa was beautiful exceed-
ingly. Throughout there was great power. In the
earlier scenes she was the simple trusting girl—in the
latter ones the indignant, yet light-minded woman.
Circumstances acted as a forcing bed, and the girl
became a woman at once. It was a beautiful, a per-
fect, piece of acting. Her honours were shared
with her by Mr. II Hughes, whose Jack Mac-
donald was very very fine. In the earlier scenes, as
the scamp about town, he exhibited a devil-me-care-
ism which was perfectly true to the character ; and
when the scamp discovers he has a heart—that the
scheme in which he is engaged is too bad even for
him—and that he, the rejected of all decent society, is
a more honest, a more true-hearted man than the
polished Lovelace, Mr. Hughes left nothing to be de-
sired. From what we have seen of Mr. H. Hughes
at the Surrey, whenever he has had a part worthy of
his talents, we had formed a high opinion of his
genius, and now that he has a field opened to him in
which he may prove himself an actor, he has
not disappointed us. We are rejoiced to see him at
the Princess's, and if he has a fair field, we venture to
prophesy that Mr. H. Hughes will prove himself, in
his own peculiar line, one of the first actors of the
day. Miss Marshall, as Mary, had little to do, but
that little she did excellently well. The piece was
admirably put on the stage, and was announced for
repetition every evening amidst the loud applause o
a crowded house.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—You stated in your paper of Friday evening
that the person charged at the Police-court at Clerken-
well by Mr. 'Wright was named James Rice, whereas
the real name was James Russ. As I work on the same
firm I wish you to contradict it, as the mistake might
cause me a serious injury.—Yours, obediently,
JAMES RICE.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING,
LONDON, SEPT. 211—Wind this day at noon south; light
breeze and 9 hazv with rain.
LIVERPOOL, -SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd.
26th, Joseph Wheeler, Port Philip, South Australia; Adam
Lodge, Joy, Calcutta; George Glen, Perry, Para; Wasp,
Grave, Camaroons ; Britannia, Bell, Benin ; Barbadian,
Morris, Jamaica ; 10, Barnes, Cuba; Francis, Corkill, ditto ;
Lima, Redmond, Porto Cabello ; Excelsior, Williams, New
Orleans; Milo Graer, Mobile ; Arethusa, Morris, New York ;
Plutus, Hannah,: St. Andrew's ; Orbit Larkin, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Margaret, Brest, St. Stephen's, New
Brunswick ; Glide, Halifax ; Ariel, Pictou ; James Kerr, ditto ;
Cumberland, ditto; Asia, Gallile, Richibucto ; Eliza, Gobat,
Paimboquf. 27. Ann, Wiseman, Rio Grande; Adelaide, De-
merara; Sophia, Honduras ; John Willis, ditto; Alliance,
Tucker, Charleston ; Industry, Prince Edward's Island ;
Mary Bibby, Archibald, Montreal. Sld. 26th, Columbus,
Cowing, St. John's, New Brunswick; New Hampshire,
Chase, New York. 27th, John R. Skiddy, Luce, New York ;
Jane, Milligan, New Orleans; Roger Sherman, Nichols,
Charleston. The John M'Lellan, for Quebec, has put back
leaky, and with pumps choked. The hull of a ship, 600 or
700 tons, waterlogged, and bowsprit only standing, no head,
carved stern, painted white, gilt drops between the cabin
windows, round house for cabin on deck, was passed 15th
inst. by the Milicete arrd. here. Off port, 27th, Cynosure.
TORBAY, SErr. 25.—A beat, with round bow and stern,
full of water, was passed 24th inst. off Salcombe by the
Susan, arrived here.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AT PALERMO.
Extract of a letter from Lloyd's agent at Palermo :—" The
late quarantine regulation respecting vessels passing through
the Straits of Gibraltar has been recalled."

DEAL, SErr. 26.—Wind S.W., 27, W., moderate.—Arrd.
26, Flowers, of Ugie, Armand, Calcutta • Argyra, Reed,
Bombay; Prince of Wales, Alexander, dobija • Standard,
Fawcett, Demerara ; Vesper, Montreal ; Ophelia, White,
Busk Island. 27. Mary Laing, Ellison, Honduras; Lord
Stanley, Peters, Honduras ; Thomas King, Livingston,
Grenada ; Science, Grenada ; Susan, Cuba ; Medora, Halifax.
Arrd. from the River, Thomas Jones, Hamilton, Mauritius;
Malviva, Stanton, Prince Edward's Island.
COWES, SEPT. 25.—A life-boat, name " Edwina," and
builders' name " R. and J. Fish, N. Y.," has been picked up
20th inst., twenty leagues S.W. of the Scilly Islands. Arrd.
26th, Barnholm, Rio Janeiro.
BELFAST, SEPT. 26.—The Lord Duffrier, Ransy, of and
from this port to New Orleans, put back yesterday, with
considerable damage from contact off Tory Island 21st inst.
wih a schooner, supposed the John Lloyd, Mitchell, of this
port, from Archangel, which foundered, with three of the
crew ; the master and remainder saved by a vessel bound to
the Clyde.
PORTSMOUTH, SErr. 27.—Sld. Natalia, Mqvan, Valparaiso
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W. fresh.—Arrd. 26th,
Galway Aik, Dawson, Monte Video, &c• ; Magdalene, Jorde-
son, Port Wallace, and sailed for Shields. Off port, 25th,
Janet Paul, Costa Rica and Valparaiso, and sailed for Liver-
pool; Ganymede, Cloed, Patagonia; Lancaster, Wright,
Laguna, and sailed for Liverpool.
Oar PORTLAND, SEPT. 21--City of York, Campbell, Clyde,
for Quebec, leaky, and with ballast shifted.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHTHOUSE ON GOTHLAND.
Swedish and Norwegian Consulate General,
2, Crosby-square, Sept. 25, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to communicate to you the follow-
ing translation of an ordinance, issued by the Royal Navy
Board, at Stockholm, the 27th August, 1846 :—" The Royal
Navy Board hereby makes known, for the information of
mariners, that, in accordance with the ordinance of the 2d
February last, a stone lighthouse has been erected on the
South Point of Gothland, about an English mile north-east
from the furthest point of Hoborg, or Refuldden,' in lat.
56 deg. 56 min. N.,and long. 36 deg. 19 min. E. of Terro, or
11 deg. 9 min. E. f Greenwich. The tower, which is flfty•
eight feet high, shows a revolving light, consisting of twelve
polished reflectors, three of which are placed on each side of
a revolving square frame ; and during each revolution ex-
hibits four similar flashes, each of about thirty seconds' dura-
tion, illuminating the horizon in all directions from E. to N.
round, through S. to N. by E. on the compass. Standing
about 170 feet from the level of the sea, the light ought to
be seen from a ship's deck in clear weather at a distance of
about four geographical miles.
" It will be lighted on the 30th of September, and be sub-
ject to the same regulations as the other Swedish lights as to
beiug lighted sod extinguished.
(In the absence of the Consul-General),
" W. TOTTIE, Vice-Consul.
" To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's."

The lists of householders for the parishes of St. Helen
and St. Ethelburga were then gone through, after which
the Court adjourned until Wednesday next, when Mr.
Arnold will proceed with the parish of St. Botolph,
Bishopsgate.
The following was the result .of the revision of the
householders' lists at the rising cf the Court :

Failed or
Sustained. Withdrawn.
Conservative objections 197 ... 214
Ditto claims
Liberal objections
Ditto claims
• •
The double ohjections are included in each party's ob-
jections.

According to the statement of the Liberals, the fol-
lowing is the result of the revision, including the Livery

Alderman WooD entered at considerable length into
a reply to the observations made by the several speakers
who wished him to postpone his intention to become a
candidate for the mayoralty for another year. He had
been, he said, assailed by the most atrocious slander.
He had been selected, from the position in which he
stood as the head of the company, to be aimed at with
all the shafts of malice, although he was as free from evil
intention as any man in the Court. He had, single-
handed, overcome all the charges with which
he had been assailed, and that day he produced
evidence to show that the only accusation which
had not been fully answered upon former occasions
was completely removed by the reversal of the
judgment, which was considered to reflect upon
him. He had done as much as man could do to
prove that there was not the slightest foundation for a
charge. It had been stated that he filled five or six dif-
ferent situations in the company. Why there were seve-
ral members of that Court, whose names had been used
without their authority, in connexion in various ways
with companies ; and was he, because he had been treated
in a similar manner, to be accused of a participation
which was not only absurd but impossible. He denied
that such a sale of coals as had been imputed to him
had taken place, or that in any trensactions with
the company he had derived the slightest pecuniary
advantage. He wished that all the members of the
Court acted with such candour as Alderman Hughes,
who in a manly manner had openly stated what others
were whispering about. He had answered one of those
charges, and he was able to prove that he was a resident
householder in the city of London, and therefore that he
had a local habitation. He had been, as others had been,
most grossly duped, but in no one instance had he done
any act which he had cause to regret. Under all the
circumstances, he begged to say that, although so
strongly solicited not to stand for the mayoralty, he cer-
tainly should beg leave to be excused from declining to
act upon the suggestion, and come forward the next day
on the hustings to ascertain whether the public would
not sympathise with a man who bad been most grossly
wronged. (Several parts of the speech of Alderman
Wood were applauded by the strangers behind the bar.)
No motion being before the Court,
Alderman H. HUGHES moved the adjournment of the
Court.

ists

Liberal objections
Conservative ditto
Double ditto ....
Liberal claims
Conservative ditto

128
... 252
115
40

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S

STATUE.
On Friday and Saturday a number of persons visited
Mr. Wyatt's studio to inspect this extraordinary statue
previous to its being placed on its pedestal. The time
appointed for the removal is Tuesday morning, at ten
o'clock, when" 40 dray horses will be employed in trans-
ferring it to the portico at Hyde Park-corner. The
Duke visited Mr. Wyatt's studio a few days ago, for the
purpose of inspecting an equestrian statue of the Queen,
now in the hands of that distinguished artist, when he
also inspected his own statue. He expressed his ad-
miration of that of her Majesty, but delicacy prevented
him saying anything of his own. The statue is forty
tons in weight. What the amount of labour is which
has been expended on it may be inferred from the fact,
that nearly six years have elapsed since the artist re-
ceived his commission for its execution. It is a
magnificent production of human ingenuity. Its ex-
traordinary dimensions have an overpowering effect, but
it will appear considerably reduced in size when it is placed
on its pedestal, which is to be eighty feet high. Mr. Wyatt
has no apprehensions of any difficulty occurring on Tues-
day in carrying the statue along the streets or in raising
it to the elevated place destined for its reception. It will be
recollected that much discussion took place in the House
of Commons, previous to its prorogation, upon the pro-
priety of selecting this position for the colossal statue,
the chief objection being, that it was contrary to every
principle of good taste and every rule of architectural de-
sign, to place one of the largest figures ever cast upon one
of the smallest arches ever constructed. The site, how-
ever, was clung to with great tenacity by the committee
who have superintended the work, and the Government
gave their consent to the statue being placed upon this
arch for a limited period, in order that the best opinions
might be taken upon the advantages of the situation.
The committee appear to be perfectly confident of ap-
probation from every quarter. All the necessary ar-
rangements have been perfected with admirable preci- •
sion. On Saturday se'nnight the great statue was placed
upon the vehicle intended to convey it to Hyde Park-
corner. This machine is a most ponderous affair, and
weighs no less than twenty-three tons. The procession,
it is thought, will pass through the Harrow-road, the
Edgware, and Hyde Park. It is worthy of observation,
as showing the veneration with which the Duke is re-
garded by the soldiers who fought under him, that great
numbers have applied to Mr. Wyatt to ascertain if they
would be allowed to form part of the procession on
Tuesday.
The group is understood to represent the Noble Duke
as he appeared at the battle of Waterloo, mounted on
his favourite horse Copenhagen, and in the act of direct-
ing some important movement. The costume is that of
a field-marshal, but the warrior also wears his custom-
ary short desk, which the artist has skilfully draped.
In order that the legs of the horse should be capable of
bearing the great weight they now sustain, it was found
necessary to cast them in solid. The other portions of
the work vary from one to three inches in thickness,
with strong ribs internally, to give additional strength.
Some of the dimensions are as follow:—The height ap-
p., aches 30 feet; girth, round the horse, 23 feet 8
inches; arm of ditto, 5 feet 4 inches; from the horse's
hock to the ground, 6 feet; and from the horse's nose
to the tail, 26 feet. The head of the horse measures
six feet, and the knee joints of the animal are as large
in circumference as tke body of an ordinary man. Tile
eyes of the horse are burnished, as are also the spurs,
reins, and metal appointments, &c. The estimated cost
is about 30,0001.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—We have much pleasure id
recording the liberality of managers towards their faith-
ful and attached servants. Mr. Emden, the indefatigable
stage director of the Princess's Theatre, has been pre-
sented with a silver snuff-box from Mr. Maddox, the
lessee, as a token of esteem for his attention and assi-
duity. Mr. Emden has been three years in his present
capacity, and is universally respected.
A MAN FOUND WITH THE BODY OF A DEAD
WOMAN IN UIS ARMS.—A tall man, named James
Butler, was brought before the Mayor, George Good-
man, Esq., and Thomas 'Kenyon, Esq., at the Leeds
Court-house, on Tuesday, to answer to a charge of hav-
ing been found in the street with the body of a dead
woman in his arms. Policeman Joseph Lees said that
about twenty minutes past twelve on the preceding night
he was passing along York-street, and found the prisoner
sitting upon a step with a woman beside him, on whose
shoulder he was resting his left arm, and was holding
one of her hands in his own. The woman was -then
quite dead. Witness had previously seen them together
twice the same night in Call-land Kirkgate, and had
ordered them out of the street, owing to the disorderly
conduct of the deceased female. The prisoner, on being
asked by the Mayor to give some account of tile matter,
said he met the young woman (deceased) a little after
dark. They had two pints of beer together, one of
which she paid for and he for the other. When sent from
Kirkgate by the policeman they went down Marsh-lane
to the bottom end of York-street. Just as they were
passing by a door she said she felt ill, and at that
moment she would have fallen deadly on the flags,
had he not prevented her and kept her in his arms.
Lie thought she was in a fit,. and he put his arm under
her neck and took hold of her hand, and held her in
that position until the policeman came. A woman who
had been to them previously said she was in a fit. Police-
man Rycroft said he saw them together in the position
described, and went over the street to them. The woman
appeared to be in a lit. Witness told them they had
better go home, and took hold of one side of the woman,
and the prisoner took hold of the other, in order to hold
her up. But it was of 110 use. Witness also went for a
glass of water, but that was of DO use. The Mayor
said that he did not see that the prisoner need be kept
in custody. Mr. James said Mr. Price, surgeon, had
examined the body of the woman. At present he could
not say there was anything amiss with her. Prisoner--
lam a stranger; .1 never was in Leeds before. The
Mayor—What are you? Prisoner--I have been in the
army. The Mayor—You will be remanded until the
inquest on the body of the dt ceased is over. The pri-
soner was then removed from the dock. An inquest
was held on the body of the deceased female on Wed-
nesday morning, at the Leeds Court-house, before J.
Blackburn, Esq., the Leeds borough coroner. It trans-
pired that her name was Caroline Clarke, and her age
from 25 to 26. She was from the neighbourhood of
London, and had for some time cohabited with a travel-
ling conjurer, at a house in Marsh-lane. In accordance
with the evidence of the surgeon, the jury returned a
verdict of "Died of an affection of the heart." The
man who was found with her was of course liberated.

Alderman COPELAND gave notice of a motion for an
application to Christ's Hospital to know whether there
was any foundation for an imputation against one of the
Court contained in an article in the Morning Herald,
attributing to that member the corrupt bartering of a
presentation to the hospital.
Adjourned.

DEATH IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—Mr. Charles
Fitzpatrick Schreder, about thirty-two years of age,
died in the Queen's Prison on Friday. The deceased
had stated that he was with the late Marquis of Wel-
lesley at the time of his Lordship being Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland, and that afterwards he resided with Lord
Wellesley at Richmond, and was treated as ono of the
family. Mr. Schreder was brought into the prison only
eight days since, and was then in the last stage of con•
sumption, and it is thought by the medical gentlemen
(Messrs. Coulthred and Jones) who attended him, that
death was accelerated by the fatigue of removal. Every
attentiou was paid to him by the governor and deputy-
governor of th• prison ; but he never rallied after en-
tering his room, We understand that Mr. Schreder was
brought to the prison at his own request, being anxious
to prevent his bail from becoming responsible for heavy
sums which he had lost, and been swindled of, in betting
and gambling transactions. The deceased, we hear was
a married man, and has left a widow and several children
BURSTING OF A WATER •rn-E.—The inhabitants
of Acton-green were alarmed, on Saturday, by the burst-
ing of one of the large water-pipes which convey water
from the 13rentford water-works to the Regent's-park
and neighbourhood. The noise was that of a frightful
explosion, and a large rent seven feet in length was made
in the ground above the pipe. The accident is supposed
to have been caused by the force with which the large
volume of water is impelled through the pipe.
FIRE AT PORT GLASGOW.—We are informed by
a passenger who came up by the last train from
Greenock, that a large ship, from which a cargo of hemp
was disloading, had taken fire at Port-Glasgow harbour,
that thz. masts were burned down and the hull on fire, and
thatpart of the sheds hadbeendestroyed.— Glasgow con-
. altittional.

DEATH OF SIR EDWARD SMITH LEES, K. 8.--
We regret to state that Sir Edward Lees, late Secretary
to the Postmaster-General in Edinburgh, died very
suddenly on the morning of the 24th inst., at his cottage
at Broughty Ferry, near Dundee. Sir Edward had
suffered for years from a complaint of the heart, and it
is supposed that he died in his sleep without a struggle.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.---A few days ago Mr.
Kennifrez, brother- in-law of Mr. Pierce Muhuny, dropped
dead from his jaunting car as lie was driving through
Sackvillo-street,

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
The accounts received yesterday from the scene of the
disaster to this noble vessel are satisfactory, and an-
nounce that up to eleven o'clock yesterday morning the
steamer lay upright and uninjured on the sands in her
original position. The following communications, from
Lloyd's agent at Tyrella, contain the most authentic
report we have yet seen.—
" Great Britain steam-ship, Dundrum-bay,
Tyrella, Sept. 24.
" I arrived here yesterday at three o'clock P.M. from
Warrenpoint, and wrote to you a few hurried lines,
which I forwarded by express to Warrenpoint, to reach
the Hercules to leave fur Liverpool last night at nine
o'clock, acquainting you of the stranding of the splendid
ship Great Britain on Tuesday night, about ten o'clock.
She now lies upright on the sand, and apparently has
received no damage to the hull, with the exception of
the rudder. In consequence of the wind shifting to the
north-east last night the vessel did not alter her position,
and must now remain until the next springs. Meantime
Captain Hosken is arranging to sell all the coal on board,
and otherwise to lighten the vessel as much as possible
previously. I suppose the cargo will be landed, and re •
shipped for Liverpool.
" We will require considerable assistance in the way
of steam-tugs. All will depend on the state of the wea-
ther. Ido not apprehend the vessel can receive any fur-
ther injury. A steam-tug arrived this morning from
Belfast, and is now employed securing out a bower
anchor and chain -the whole length to the E.S.E. in
order to hold the vessel, and prevent her getting further
on shore. Every exertion is making in order to preserve
and save this fine vessel. Captain Hosken wrote fully
to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., yesterday. Captain
Hosken speaks in praise of his crew since he left, and
have no doubt they will continue to do their duty. I
have nothing further to communicate on this truly un-
fortunate occurrence.—l am, Sir, &c."
" Tyrella, Friday, Sept. 25, 11 A.m.
"I refer to my letter of yesterday's date, and have
now great pleasure to inform you that the Great Britain,
I as she now lies, does not appear to have received any
damage. She was nearly dry,all around this morning's ebb.
"I would strongly recommend an anchor of three tons,
with a chain 100 or 120 fathoms to correspond, to be
forwarded over and to be ready to run out, and also ad-
ditional hands on board the tug steamers, in order to have
sufficient strength on the next rise of tide. However,
we cannot depend on the hands to assist from the shore.
" To-day we commence discharging a portion of the
coals from the centre of the vessel. Captain Hosken is
preparing to get the rudder to act. The vessel will now
remain quietly until the tides put up.
" I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
"L."
A powerful steam-tug has left thisONARD
port f W
or the BATSON
ay to
render assistance. The Dreadnought has also left for the
coast.

(From the Liverpool Journal.)
We have been favoured with the following particulars
by a gentleman of Montreal, who was on board the Great
Britain when she went ashore:—
He says that he was in bed and asleep at the time the
vessel struck. He was awoke by the concussion, and,
on jumping up, heard loud screams from the ladies'
cabin. He ran on deck. The night was stormy, and the
sea was breaking over the ship, which still continued
drifting, and it drifted, he thinks, fully a mile.
There was a light visible, and Captain Hosken said it
was about a mile and a half distant, and, in reply to a
question, said that they were near Ardglass.
An officer of the ship was examining the compass, and
the Rev. Mr. Tucker, of Bermuda, seeing that it did not
work, asked him the reason. He replied, after some
time, to the effect that there was something the matter
with it. The same officer then examined the compass in
the fore part of the ship, and an opinion prevailed that
the compass was the cause of the disaster. On hearing
this, Captain Hosken solemnly declared that there was
nothing wrong with the compass.
On the vessel striking, and during the remainder of
the night, blue lights were burnt and guns fired, and
the scene on board was most distressing. The great
majority of the passengers were very ill; the Viennoise
children kept crying violently around Madame Weiss;
and several passengers, who ought to have shown firm-
ness, betrayed lamentable weakness. Captain Hosken
continued cool and composed, and several times referred
to his charts. No one retired to rest—all were full of
fears; but it was found next day that one passenger had
never awoke until morning.
At four o'clock in the morning boats came alongside,
and several persons went ashore, and as the tide receded
men waded alongside and carried passengers ashore on
their backs; several, however, wished to remain on board,
but Captain Hosken insisted on their leaving the vessui.,
as he could not be answerable for their lives.
In reply to a formal application he advised them to
repair at once to Liverpool, and apply to the agents;—he
could give them no money, guarantee nothing.
Hundreds of men appeared to act as porters; but as
several American passengers refused to pay them, re-
ferring them to Captain Hosken, dispute and confusion
were the consequence. The coast guard behaved admi-
rably, protected property and passengers, and the wife
of the watchhouse-keeper (the watchhouse was within
one hundred yards of the vessel) not only cooked for the
ladies, but gave them all the provision she bad, and re-
fused to accept one farthing in return. The passengers
purpose rewarding her.
The country people around showed equal kindness,
but the porters and carters were most exorbitant in
their charges. The coaches charged only usual fares,
and the hotel-keepers and publicans were equally mode-
rate, but the housekeepers in Downpatrick charged a
guinea for a bed