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

balance from Addison. Witness had beon sued, and 1104
pay 71. 13s. for costs. Addison had not been sued.
For the insolvent it was urged, that it was clear
bean a collusion with Addison, and that he ought to n'
been sued

The interim order was granted.
CRIMINAL COURI'.—(THI5 BAY.)
The fourth session of the present mayoralty g mitts
'ins morning, with the usual forms, by the flight
„:0„of.„0:
Lord Mayor (Johnson), the Recorder, Alderman au°me-
Marshall, and Alderman Sydney.
The grand jury having been sworn, the REcoinaptjoila;
dressed them as follows :—Gentlemen of the Grena_ober
the calendar contains a list of 178 prisoners, but thi4:oooi.
will probably be augmented to above 200 before rh, rin it,
ua ion of your labours. There is one charge of inue,e,n tbe
and the offence is alleged to have been commttV2'.
high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the AdnairstrY__.iov,
case WaS the subject of observation in the former. 70,e,
It was however adjourned to the present session ilL'ecery
quence of the illness of the person accused, but ther!'l witb•
reason to expect that the case will be now proceeclna!'n'otless
There are several bills of indictment preferred rrery,
than three distinct charges of murder on board of the
twelve
which the accused was commander. There are alserioner.
charges of cutting and wounding against the :Ireelooter
The whole case is one of the most extraordinarY,h'e del;
and will involve many weighty considerations• l
Judge
pb
Lions are at present in the hands of the Learnedsuciot re*
is expected to preside at the trial, but I retain 1" episi-v,
collection of the leading circumstances to express ToY that the
that ti.e purposes of justice imperatively require .nd the
ease shall be put in the way of the fullest inquiry hire
strictest investigation. The jury are to ig
if a murder has been committed, 90Wbether
then remains with the prisoner to prove
_ceos
necessity, infirmity, or other mitigating ciretonsta neor
be urgea in extenuation. In the present case it ca est that
no good end to enter into details, and I will only rePtot tbB,
the impressson or the Court is that it is necessale nniesd i'itt
case shallbe put into course of further inquiry. TII.I ca
contains many other serious charges. There are 5 f 001
forging and uttering forged instruments ; One ease ° cbstg,
arid wounding ; two charges of unnatural offences
of uttering counterfeit coin; and charges of houseucline
and larceny. There are not less than thirty-eigiat whit
of larceny against servants. There is another uhelpert"
as it is somewhat out of the usual course, I o2ayo. god b 1!;
more at length—l mean the charge of falsely selunbed sr'
ing in possession forged stamps. This crime is provij to
by an enactment of the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., c• 97, „AesStlo6
Act to prevent the Selling and Uttering of Forg-,. bell;
By the Act a person in possession of forged stinue.-recei,i
be guilty of the forgery, if he cannot prove that in. e''
those stamps from a licensed distributor. The ps co;
stringent, that even the person holding these false sini-itie
not be (although licensed to sell stamps) screenecirr°-eree-
sequences of possessing them, unless he proves that h Jet;
them from a person authorised by the Commissioner etot
ing this proof he affords at least prima fade eviden
was not conscious that the stamps were forged'..n cii;
also a provision in the Act against the possesEsi'deedit
By the former law a person in possession of I°rPth des,,"
or stamps, or stamped vellum, was punished w.!.ospor'„;
which is now, however, commuted into at`",, sec,'
Lion for life, or for a period not less "Atialta
years : or imprisonment for four or not 1e55
tiop of
years, the intermediate terms are left to the disereooll'.o
Court. No less than four depositions have been
,htri; Att
to me this morning, and the parties charged with' the Pio'
are committed on two indictments, one for se gato
stamps ; the other for the possession of false, ads.
There are a variety of cases under each of these '`E.l3tr.,7;;
remarking on one head of crime, namely, that °,,,0n0
committed by domestic servants, I cannot help obe„e"g arwe,
employers have not always the power of gueri.calPe;it
this offence, and the persons charged are theme' The:ir
that necessity does not compel them to the crime' It,
an impression abroad on the public mind that tberethe
crease in crime, because the number of committals oe4'l.,;ei
of Newgate have somewhat diminished. lam e.a-core
sorry to tell you that this is not the case. I have janli[it;
statement of the number of prisoners on the Ist
1845, as also the number committed during the ri gcd
mknner in which the charges were isp osed o'._a
deed, that the committals have decrease" for'd
year,
comp
but the ared with the
fact same
must peberiod
remin
eatbbeeredifie:il
a great proportion of minor offences have heeiot'nes'
Hick's Hall, before the Judge of the MiddlesextheN7-310(41:0
and that the total number of committals up to " 4100
cember was 2,678, exhibiting indeed a • decrease" tiellif
compared with the former year, but this decrease c:re
than accounted for •by the circumstance I ha:„,eore,O,
stated to you. I think there is nothing of cousel.„dl7
maining to which I need call your attention, 1-
WO
therefore at once dismiss you to your duties.
The grand jury then retired, and the petit
sworn in. . f

vy
CORK AND WATERFORD
WAY COMPANY.—(THIS D fb▪ r:,l
A meeting of the shareholders of this CoraPenlio rer;l'
this day at one o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree,porli,
a report of the terms of amalgamation with the
dleton and Youghal Railway Company. C. B. BALDWIN, Esq., M.P., having taken the 'lore
upon Mr. Layard, the secretary, to read the ads
calling the meeting.
104
Mr. LAYARD then read the following report sal ,itt
" The Committee of Management of this Cale to,
great pleasure in informing their proprietors that,,
succeeded in effecting an amalgamation with the '-';3 *"
dleton, and Youghal Railway Company upon ferrtie.
they consider equitable and advantageous to allrzioy
" The capital of the Cork and Waterford ffi4:o
originally placed at 1,000,0001., divided if1"5,,,v
shares of 251. each, upon which 1/. 10s. per .fou,
been paid—that of the Cork, Middleton, ans:l pre4l3;
Railway Company was 500,0001., in 10,000
50/. each, upon which 21. 15s. per share had Fe 13tilos
and it having been considered advisable by Nr•ed
their engineer, that a larger capital should be reislitt'V
been resolved that the two capitals should be n
The shareholders of the Cork, Middleton, and -roue b • 4
way Company being called upon to pay on their O,S
additional sum of ss. per share, and to receive ia,ebe
fur each share of 501., two shares of 251. each in ,/
`
gamated company. one
" The two companies are henceforward to f°,,irTlynil
namely, The Cork and Waterford Railway Cenkiig tv,of
Boards are to be united, the line to be adopted
of
the
C
the Cork and Waterford Railway Company, that ° d.
Middleton, and Youghal Company being abandeee_self4
The Committee are likewise happy to avail tho'co,o9
this opportunity of informing the shareholders of Seotertlx,
don which they have received from the Great 1/
South Wales Railway Companies, who have sever,eot. 4d
an interest in the undertaking to a considerable el-` orde'o'
committee have only to add, that the standieg ta• d
Parliament have been complied with in every 114oiel
press their unabated confidence in the security and
of of the undertaking; and that they look forward • ,
deuce to a successful issue of their labours." ia9l
At the conclusion of the report the Chairing' "ott'''of
in the absence of their Chairman in Ireland he ar t°
happy to give all the information necessary in l'uls‘ Pt/
questionwiaich the shareholders might puti tool
As no gentleman rose, the Chairman then At
adoption of the report.
0.0
Hr. H. P. SMITH seconded the resolution,
carried without opposition.
Mr FRITH moved a vote of thank to the r
nafl SCE
ANDREW ALISON, M.D., seconded, the motion;
meeting then broke up.
, I'nig
14
'11)

His Excellency Mr. M`Lz.ne, the Americo°
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen fijorif
last, at Argyll House. The conference lasted
ft
hours.
te
„ fv,
RESIGNATION OF LORD ASHLEY, f
announce that Lord .A.Zihley has resigned his seat c'con'y
shire. The Noble Lord, there is reason to believe, coon
cated the fact to his leading supporters in the de
Saturday last.
obt
We hear, from a source which leaves no d° rise/P.A.
truth of the statement, that the most illustrioeualoeftb,Z.
the kingdom takes a lively interest In the rep i„ flj",,te
laws ; and has, on more than one oecasion, j
the measure, against the opinions of certain Noble tstc,
are as strongly opposed to it.—Morning Paper. AlO, 40-
The Hon. Miss Isabella Plunket, third 'l,Ol
Lord Plunket, was married on Wednesday, at Old(/' oer
Wicklow, to Henry Quin, Esq., of Wingfield. iselheyil
A respected correspondent, residing at Chelies wig
tions, that, in consequence of the City authori etc
Chandler's Pier on Millbank, Mr. Cubitt is n°lcvl, nO°
splendid pier opposite his factory in Thames 13° t,,"014"
MIDDLE TEMPLE, JAN. 31.—A second c9' nit P.,01
bar in Hilary term.of members of the Middle Tonrie Ontoa+.lol,ll
been made, the undermentioned gentlemen 11;
sworn in and admitted—namely, Frederick -10110
Roberts Thomas Campbell Foster Henry
Randall' M'Donnell, John Henry Druery, °"",,bei'entr't
Smith, Hugh George Robinson, 'William Camp I"
Edward Kemble, John Burgess Kerslake, Fron'res, t the
James Stephen, and Henry David Erskine, Eaclutle f
Accounts from Cherbourg of the 27th ste"ociett°do.
country round that place presented the apperose':,.so,.°ol
immense lake. The lower part of the town Is 1001,!110
the depth in many parts of five feet, and all coo de Oleo tbe
is interrupted. At Liege the inundation has 11411 tb
progress ; the waters of ithe Meuse had risen as,t, ue 04;
centre of the town, and all circulation in the stretgieleil
tb
river had been stopped. The communication bet ;01tj
and Namur has been cut off, the diligence tie to io'
former place on the 27th not having bees eu,neow
destination. Namur was in the same deplorah 0'
Liege.
701.09
DEATH OF SIR FREDERICK WILLIA3I fegi
K.C. H.—The above gallant officer expired a bflaigl'illtaai
at his seat, Charlton-park, near Canterbu
The deceased was in 1792 appointed First
fit at '9O
Royal Engineers, and was subsequently pre: 179,„7,11,0neeil
hard-fought actions. He served in Portugal sodt/
and was at the taking of Minorca and in the ld
,e $
in 1799, 1800, and 1801. From 1812 to 1817 " orio
the engineers in the Mauritius, and filled beieso srj
appointments both at home and abroad.
c 1 be
ers SOk
Lieutenant-General in 1888, previous to li,bifeginl trasst
pointed Colonel-Commandant of the Royal,uce,as' son r
Inspector-General of Fortifications. The "'"ejaest„t is"„e„
Deputy-Lieutenant of Kent. He was the bis n'" tint
Major- General George Frederick MulcastertlTorriedei jol'of
riage with Wilhelmina de Brehm, and was f Colon ter
firstly, in 1801, to the youngest daughter °, dough
Montresor, and, secondly, in 1822, to the only 01;
Wls
Harris, Esq. 00
SIR PO' ,iP, 00
GLASGOW SATISFIED WITS io SS. reef
SURES ?—Welhave no hesitation whatever noe 0.,4
the great measures propounded by Sir st agrOs'oecuoji
Tuesday, have come upon us with the noted to tifct!‘iir
prise: and we, further, feel quite warrant teat b,lso op, that, on on the whole, they have given the ?city,
,stir ear
to the intelligent inhabitants of this van' have Xcou telt '-
Robert !--go on, and proper I—when Ytart.---' vat
try's weal thus fairly and obviously at
tP
.former's Gazette. ALps.-.4„,r1 10 re-
EXTRAORDINARY MIGRATION or exi°- bf
some days past considerable excitement Eux"-change:cti
neighbourhood of the Stock and Royal railway sPOOO
,a110)30
port that several aldermen engaged in failitie,s. of •
have been served with writs for their he bides riikra 33
it is said, has received 175 ofhtand_e_6tsehfieasxicihstivea:ft_tle that
Doe and Richard Roe"—another has
The rumour goes, that several civic sr_ot, ~oare_ni
theretheir waarey
etothmereererewadayrmtbranadn
early
will be known, wh n the judges
bleb 1' 0 RP'
BCouullr.t require the attendance of the CltYl'4„cuteAhniot°rfri;tlll"--2'e-'11:5:::**;
, bee.onyeeo
RAILWAY IRON.—The paragraphalvivvgy. iron i"d
the round of the papers resP"tingcralculatedt° gsupPlies are'
sent from France to Newport, is
France for use in this country.
re
ro° that e
that the iron was originally shipr , with the re.
the slu gie sent
t..
pression that such article had been
flaitcetrsatoZteeouderostu...ft.efro:::
France ; during the voyage .t hen on hot
and on the arrival of the vessel sent
had become unfit for use, and it was
melted.—Bristol Jourtuaor e
atilsuti
City
eft