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that he was seen to mix some white stuff in a cup, and
give it to the deceased, who afterwards died. The de-
fendal t was a sort of quack, and he administered spi-
rit..al, as well as bodily, consolation to the deceased. On
these grounds, they sought to found a charge of admi-
nistering drugs to cause death.
Mr. Justice PATTESON—You may have a certiorari
and a rule to show cause why the defendant should not
be admitted to bail in the country.
THE QUEEN V. LORD.— CONTRACTS BETWEEN MASTER

of the metropolis requited that alterations in the powers
vested in constables, so far as cases of assault were con-
cerned, should be made ; and it was consequently
thought necessary to vest a discretionary power in
them, so far as what were termed aggravated as-
saults were concerned ; such as where the party
bore evidence of personal violence, or other indica-
tions of having been attacked. He (the Assistant-
Judge) considered that a constable would have no
right in the greater number of cases to interfere, if two
or three hours intervened between the alleged assault
and the time of the application to him, his duty would
then be to refer the party to a magistrate; but when the
application was made immediately after the commission
of the assault, and the offending party was adjacent, and
that other circumstances were present to indicate an ag-
gravated assault, upon which the jury would be the
judges, he thought the constable justified in making the
arrest, and the parties violently resisting were guilty of
an assault. With respect to the female prisoner, al-
though her conduct had been very violent, he felt in-
clined to look leniently on her, because in her class of
lite some allowance might perhaps be made for her feel-
ings towards her husband.

The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, the
Learned Judge said, i❑ consequence of the long confine-
ment they had already undergone, he would only sen-
tence the prisoner to three weeks' imprisonment, and
the female to one week, the latter to be without bard
labcur.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Margaret Howe, who described herself a " Congreve
match seller," was charged before Mr. Hall with
stealing a shawl, value Is., the property of Mary Ann
O'Bryan.

The prosecutrix stated that she and her husband slept
last night at a Ithiging house in Wild-street, where the
prisoner and her husband also slept. They were in the
same room. This morning witness missed her shawl,
which she had left on the back of a chair, and as the
prisoner and her husband were in the next bed she im-
mediately suspected them. Their bed, and all the beds
in the room were searched, but the shawl was not found.
A young woman, who slept in the other end of the room,
then proceeded to search the prisoner, and found the
shawl round the prisoner's waist, under her clothes.
Mr.. HALL—Why, how many beds are there in this
room ?—The witness replied, there were a young man
and his wife occupied one, the witness and her three
children another, this prisoner and her husband next,
and then two young women.
Mr. HALL—What, all in one room ? Witness—Yes,
your Honour.

EASTERN INSTITUTION, COM-
MERCIAL-ROAD.
A grand vocal and instrumental concert was given on
Tuesday evening, in the great hall of this Institution,
which is one of the best adapted rooms for musical en-
tertainments in the metropolis, and was completely
crowded by a fashionable and judicious audience. The
programme was rich and varied, and the selection did
great credit to Mr. Lee, whose own performances during
the evening proved his admirable fitness for the office
which he holds in .the establishment, as director of the
vocal music class. Of his fair and gifted coadjutors on
the present occasion, Miss Rainforth, Miss Dolby, and
the Misses A. and M. Williams, whose charming powers
are already well appreciated by the public, and gave the
greatest brilliancy to this concert, it will be superfluous
here to offer any elaborate praise, but it is barely justice
to mention that the gem of the evening was Haydn's
canzonet by Miss M. Williams, the words from Shak-
spere—

" She never told her love—
But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek—
She sat like patience on a monument,
Swilling at grief."
Her sweet, clear, full, mellow treble, in some tones de-
seending to the tenor, and the very rare purity of her
style, are admirably adapted to give the finest effect to
the combined morceaux of the two masters. The gen-
tlemen whose talents contributed to the eclat were, Mr.
Lockey, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Seguin. They acquitted
themselves to perfection, and were much applauded.—
Mr. Cohan produced a new fantasia on the pian'oforte,
one of his most masterly compositions, in the perform-
ance of which he displayed powers of execution equalled
by few, if any, of the masters of that instrument. The
theme of tho fantasia is " The Huntsman's Chorus,"
(Der Freischutz), with which, in the variations, the ce-
cleoburnatteerd
p(w)inaltrz from
inthe same opera is combined in har-
mony with extraordinary skill. It is a masterpiece of
encored, w Mn,ro.
nCtohhea,n, C
substituted
o
f
another new fantasia
Venice," of equal brilliancy, but of less length. Both
pieces were rapturously applauded. Mr. Macfarlane's
performances on the cornet-a-piston, and Mr. Dando's
on the violin, also elicited great and merited applause.
Mr. L. Emanuel, late of Vauxhall Gardens, who is already
appreciated by the public for his merit as a conductor,
presided at the pianoforte, and adequately sustained his
previous requtation.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES.
Sir,--The great number of ineffectual schemes that
have been proposed for floating this magificent vessel,
and the length of time she has already lain upon the
beach, induce me to make the following remarks upon
this important subject.
Having received instructions to survey her, and report
on the geological strata of the bay, the tidal flows, her
position, and the mode of floating her, and having as-
certained. as near as possible the equinoctial or highest
spring-tides, the mean springs and neaps, and relative
level and strata of the shore and position of the vessel, I
hope I may be allowed to doubt the practicability of any
of the plans already before the public, and consider that
many of them are ridiculous in the extreme.
The following particulars I hope will be of service
to those practical men who are desirous of proposing
designs and contracting for floating this unfortunate
Bar any,
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etowuee
n the
twosand re
es
fso n
vessel.
ex-
tend a considerable distance into the sea, about 1,000
D uBnhder u isms t
ofthreocknso,rtwhhsicirlheof
yards asunder. Her position is north-west, with her
stern to the sea, and about 130 yards above low water,
and her stem 300 yards from shore.
The sands average from 1 foot to 3 feet deep, upon
blue gravel from 9 inches to 20 inches thick, resting on
blue mountain limestone rock, on which the hull now
rides. The bay is frequently very rough, and the vessel
difficult to board during. high tides. The sands vary
very little in this part of the bay, and whatever accu-
mulation takes place from the Southerly winds is removed
when the winds blow eastwardly, which increases the
facility of floating her.
On the starboard side the plates have been bulged,
and the rivets sprung. to a considerable extent, which
admit freely the flowing ebbing of the tide ; and
several holes, about If inch diameter have been drilled
through the bottom in order to prevent her from lifting
or beating.
At g sprin
' tides there are from 16 to 17 feet of water
in her hold, and at low water she is left dry, with the
exception of a small quantity of water in the dock she
has naturally formed
for herself in the sand and gravel,
and about two feet in her bottom, and she oscillates
freely during high tides. She appears much sprung and
strained, has lost her rudder, and the screw propeller is
slightly damaged. The cylinders, pumps, &c., and part
of the driving gear, are covered at high tide, and exposed
to the action of the salt water. Her weight is about
1,600 tons (without masts, &c.) and the accumulation
of wreck about 200 tons more.
The sands on the beach at low-water are very flat,
with an inclination towards the sea of about 1 in
750, and the coast barren of materials, except lime-
stone.

The young woman who found the shawl corroborated
;his statement.

Mr. HALL—What do you pay for a bed here ? Wit-
ness—Sixpence, Sir.
The prisoner said that she did not take the shawl.
Mr. HALL—The shawl was found on you, and you
have not accounted for your possession of it. It is quite
clear that you have stolen it. I will send you to prison
for fifteen days fur having it in your possession, and not
being able to give any account of it.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY)
Charles Crowley was brought up this morning charged
with taking a purse containing 25 sovereigns from John
Stead, engineer, Durham.
The complainant, who lodges in Bond-street, Oxford-
street, went into a dram shop at the corner of Bird-
street last night, where he saw the prisoner, with two or
three more, drinking at the bar. He called for a glass,
and took out his purse to pay for it, but the defendant
caught hold of the purse, which he snatched out of his
fingers and handed to one of his accomplices. Com-
plainant immediately seized him and gave him into
custody.
The defendant denied having had anything to do with
the purse.
Police-constable 33 D said he had taken the defendant
into custody this morning.
Mr. HARDWICKE—Was the man not taken into cus-
tody at the time?—The police constable said the pri
soner was taken to the station-house at half-past eight
last night, but the complainant would not charge him,
and he was set at liberty. He met the complainant
again this morning between two and three o'clock, and
asked him if he would know the man who had taken
his purse. The complainant, who was then sober, said
he would though he were among a thousand. The con-
' stable, therefore, took him to a coffee-house, 264,
Oxford-street, where there were between thirty and
forty persons in the room, and the complainant pointed
out Crowley as the man who took away his purse.
John Green, an engineer, who was not sworn to-
day, said he heard the man Crowley say in the coffee-
house that it was another man who had the purse, and
not he.
The defendant said he was a plasterer by trade.
The police constable—But has not worked for several
years as a plasterer. The purse has not been found.
Mr. HARDwroK remanded the prisoner for a week.
Campbell Goldschmid was charged with assaulting
Edmund Carey, a police-constable, this morning, in
Regent-street.
Edmund Carey, Tothill-street, Westminster, said he
was passing up Regent-street this morning, at one
o'clock, and the defendant, the worse for liquor, was
coming down in the company of three ladies. One of
the ladies laid hold of complainant by the coat, but on
his advising her to let him alone, the defendant imme-
diately ordered him to be off or he would give him some-
thing- for himself. Complainant in answer asked him
" what ship ?" The other then threw off his coat, fol
lowed him into a doorway, struck him several severe
blows about the eyes, and kicked him out into the middle
of the road.
Police-constable C 96, said he heard the cries of
" murder," and went up and found the complainant
bleeding profusely at the nose, and swollen about the
face. The complainant gave the defendant into custody
for assaulting him. The defendant requested time to
put on his coat, which he allowed him, but as he made
no effort to do so he collared him. The defendant
escape d and ran a few yards, and when caught again
struck him.
The defendant said the complainant gave him provo-
cation, but notwithstanding that, had he seen he was so
miserable a wretch he would not have struck him.
Mr. ITARDWICKE—IN hat is your position ? The de-
fendant—A chief officer on board an East Indianian.
Mr. HARDWICKE said he could ndt suppose that the
assault on the first complainant had been committed
without provocation, but to strike at all, unless in self-
defence, and to strike such a man as the complainant,
was a serious offence. But much more serious than the
other, was the assault which he had committed on the
constable, while in the execution of his duty. He ought
to have known better than resist a person acting under
authority, whether on sea or land. He must pay forty
shillings for the first assault, and 3/. for the second, or
go to the House of Correction for six weeks.

CLERKEN WJ LL.—(T HIS DAY.)
James Judd, a young man of very respectable ap-
pearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood
charged with stealing 130 sovereigns, the property of
Charles Marlborough.
The prosecutor said that he and the prisoner resided
at No. 3, Woodbridge-street, Cleikenwell-green, and
occupied the same sleeping-room. He (witness) had
1301. in sovereigns and half-sovereigns in his box in the
bedroom, which latter he always kept locked, and on
coming home last night he found that his box had been
forced open, and the money, which he kept in two
bags and a purse, taken away. The prisoner had also
two boxes in the room, both of' which were broken open.
and a portion of the contents of one strewn about the
floor. Hearing that the prisoner had gone out in the
evening to a coffee-house, he sent for him, and upon his
return he (the prisoner) said, •` Oh! I have been robbed
myself, too ; my watch, coat, two waistcoats, and two
pair of trousers, have been taken away by the thieves."
The prisoner had latterly been in distressed circum-
stances, and the witness had supported him for nearly
two years.
Inspector Penny, of the G division stated that, owing
to the latter circumstance, and the fact that the prisoner
had yesterday been seen with 40/., and that he bought
some new dresses for a stylish-looking female, in
Theobald's-road, a strict watch was kept upon him by
four constables who lodged in the house. On searching
him, 40/. in sovereigns and halt sovereigns were found,
and amongst the latter was one of a peculiar descrip
tion, which the prosecutor identified us having been
made, an
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made, and the policeman found the trousers and coat
and waistcoat, which the prisoner preten. ded had been
stolen from him, concealed under the roof of the house,
and the watch was found at his sister's.
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Inspector Penny said they had not as yet succeeded
in tracing the balacce of the money stolen, and requested
that the case might be adjourned for a short time.
Mr. GREENWOOD said he would give the police until
this day week to make further inquiries, and the pri-
soner was accordingly remanded to that day.

From the practical survey I have taken, I am fully
convinced that the difficult task of floating her can be
accomplished, and that respectable and experienced con-
tractors may be found who will undertake to float her at
a moderate cost.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
W. BILLINGTON, C. E.
Dundrum Bay, Nov. 4.

EXPERIMENTAL STEAM TRlP.—Yesterday the
Capri, a new iron steam-boat, built for the Neapolitan
Steam Navigation Company, by Messrs. Ditch burn and
Mare, left her moorings at Blackwell on an experi-
mental voyage down the river. The Capri is fitted up
by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, with their patent
double-cylinder engines, tubular boilers, and feathering
wheels. She is of 220-horse power, builders' tonnage
605 tons, is 180 feet in length between perpendiculars,
and 26 feet 6 inches breadth of beam. The vessel left
Blackwell at half-past ten o'clock, and after performing
the distance between Woolwich Church and Gravesend
Church in lb. lm. 10s., she rounded the Nore Light at
a quarter past 1 o'clock, having had a strong head wind
against her all the way down. At thirty-five minutes
after three the Capri arrived at Blackwall on her return,
the average speed of nearly 17 miles per hour having
been attained throughout the voyage. Thisifine vessel is
intended to ply between Marseilles and Malta, calling at
Civita Vecchia and Naples. She is fitted up in a style
of great elegance and
comfort, Her quarter-deck ex •
tends nearly to the mainmast, and beneath it is the
grand saloon, under which, again, are roomy berths for
the cabin passengers. The saloon is pannelled with
American maple, and decorated with carved mahogany
and a white and gilt cornice. The ladies' cabin is fitted
up in tke same tasteful manner. The Capri has sleep-
ing accommodation fur 180 passengers, and stowage in
her holds for 250 tons of merchandise. Her internal ar-
rangements reflect great credit on M. Boni, the Neapo-
litan Steam Navigation Company's agent, under whose
superintendence the Capri has been built. About five
or six years ago the company had two vessels fitted up
with Messrs. Maudslay and Co.'s patent double-cylinder
engines and tubular boilers, and they have recently
ordered two new iron boats to be built, with the same
engineering improvements—the Vesuvio and the Capri.
The difference of speed between the company's wood
and iron boats, both having the same description of en-
gines, is such, we are informed, as to :how a striking
difference in speed in favour
of the iron boats. The
Capri is expected to sail for Naples on Saturday next.
FIRE AT BERMONDSEY. Last night, •at eleven
o'clock, a fire broke out in the leather factory of Messrs.
Collison and Co., Star-court, Bermondsey. It originated
in the basement, and, having forced its way through,
extended to the floors above. The firemen exerted them-
selves to prevent the flames attacking the top floors, in
which the stock was deposited, and were fortunately
successful; the flames being entirely extinguished by
half-past one o'clock this morning, but not until a very
serious amount of property had been either burned or
extensively damaged by fire and heat. It was stated
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Cowley on Saturday morning, accompanied by
Lord Charles
Wellesley. Lord and Lady Cw afnodr thethe H
Miss Wellesley have closed their visit to the Noble and
Gallant Duke, and gone to Boulogne
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The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Rome, at the
departsmade
arrangements for
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to wh p
end of last month, from Milan, and contemplates a
sojourn of about five weeks in the " eternal city," from
w
proaching winter.
Gracehis
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On Monday last J. M. Carter,
theh whence
eble D
Esq., was elected, for
the fifth time, Mayor of the borough of Hertford.
SLOP-WORK. AND DE6TiTuTioN.--Yesterdav Mr.
Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Wellington, Lime-
house-fields, on the body of Julia Fitzgerald, aged 16
years. The body lay in a small back room at No. 17,
George-street. The room presented bare walls, no fur-
niture but a single chair, and a few broken articles of
crockery. It appeared, by the evidence of several wit-
nesses, that the mother of deceased, a Widow,
and two
other children, of whom deceased was the eldest, obtained
their living by making slop waistcoats, and were in great
distress. Not being able to pay 12s. 6d. for five weeks'
rent, the landlord distrained, and took away every y article
of furniture they were possessed of ; nn which occasion
a row took place, and the son and two married daughters
of the landlord beat the deceased saying
, ,"you
take that." She subsequently fainted. Mr. Horton,
surgeon, said he had attended deceased. She died from
•
pleurisy, which might have been accelerated by violence.
The Coroner said the case assumed a serious aspect, and
adjourned the inquiry.
REPRESENTATION OF CAIIIDRIDGE.—Judging from
present appearances, we are disposed to believe that in the
event of a vacancy for this county the Marquis of Granby
turned.—Cambridge Advertiser.
is likely to be re
An extra Gazette was published last night, extend-
ing to sixteen sheets, containingannounc
which announcements of Rail-
way and other Bills,
will be applied for in the next
am
session of Parlien . similar Gazette will be pub-
lished this day (ThursdaA y) .
THE TRAFALGAR-SQUARE FOUNTAINS.---Yesterday
the play of these fountains was suspended during the
cleansing of the basons. When the water was drawn
off many eels were discovered.
DON-BRIDGE.—The London
NEW STATION AT LON
and Brighton and South Coast and South-Eastern are
making preparations for the erection of a large station
incommodious one. The enlarge-
mentin lieu of the present
e street and
will extend from Joiner New-street, on
the west; Maze-pond and Wells-street, on the south and
Greenwich Railway on the
and
south-west, to the London
'
north of Crucifix-lane. The streets at present passing
bloeked up.
under the station are to be

ny stated
driving T S?'
Thomas
dlcurlictllalljc7- cab
-driver,
horse.c
A policeman of the Dover Railway Company
habit of at the
1-(THIS
with furiously
cthoantduccotnotifnuthaleccoamb-pdlraiivnetrsswinertehme made, owing
plyingo the mis-
terminus. On this occasion the defendant drove up
rapidly at the moment of the arrival of the Dover train,
and absolutely endangered the lives of the passengers,
on their alighting and proceeding to leave the terminus.
That in his anxiety to procure a job he was quite care-
less as to the result of his furious driving, and when re-
monstrated with only made use of abusive language.
The defendant said he only did as others did to get a
fare, and that the railway policeman had a spite against
him for not treating him to gin.
Mr. SECxER said it was benefical to the public that
persons such as the defendant should be punished for the
reckless mariner in which they endeavoured to obtain
fares at railway stations. He should inflict a penalty of
40s. on defendant, and at the same time he was desirous
that it should go forth to other cab-drivers frequenting
the various termini, that on all occasions when they
misconducted themselves in a similar manner, punish-
ment would be awarded.

PRIVY COUNCIL. - Yesterday
issued for a Priv summonses were
y Council to be holden at Windsor Castle,
at half-past two on Saturday next. A special train,
ordered for half-past one o'clock, is to convey the several
Ministers to Slough.
TUE
stables DAGENHAM MURDER.—The three police-con-
, named Butfoy, 'earns, and Stevens, who have
been under surveillance in consequence of the contra-
dictory evidence they gave relative to the murder of the
policeman Clark, at Dagenham, have been dismissed
from the force, of which notice was yesterday given.
The Attorney and Solicitor-General were of opinion that,
as the policemen were not sworn at the time they gave
lase evidence, they mid not b 9 iris:U.44d for perjury.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1846,

THE BELGIAN CHAMBERS.
OPENING OF THE SESSION OF 1846.
THE KING'S SPEECH.
Gentlemen,—ln opening the course of your labours
I am able to congratulate myself at seeing my relations
with foreign powers preserve a pacific and amicable cha-
racter.
The treaties concluded with the United States, France,
and Holland, have for their object the consolidation and
extension of our commercial relations. The discussion
of these treaties, the law of general responsibility, the
laws upon depots and upon sugars, have rendered your
last session happily remarkable.
The manufacture and the trade in sugars resume their
ancient importance, and the Exchequer retains the pro-
fits which you have wished to secure it.
Among the propositions which it remains for you to
consider, I would point out especially the law respecting
secondary instruction. This project, which has received
some new developments, still complete our system of
public education. My Government recommends this
great question of social government to your enlightened
consideration. It expects with confidence its solution
in the present session.
The prosperity of the principal branches of commer
vial wealth is generally maintained and developed. The
next national exposition will enable us to appreciate the
success of our manufacturers. Unfortunately, in spite
of our progress and our hopes for the future, other in
terests, to which I have devoted all my sympathy, are
suffering in a portion of our country under a crisis of
which it is impossible to misunderstand the importance.
The state of the population which is employed in the
linen manufacture requires immediate measures of relief.
To encourage and to render effective labour, with a view
to the increase of wages, to organize industry, so as to
render the products more in harmony with the necessi-
ties of commerce, to increase the exports—such are the
principal cares of my Government. The means for an
active intervention on the part of the State in these re-
spects will be proposed to you.
The measures taken to secure the alimentation of the
country, the numerous works of general utility, public
and private succour have powerfully assisted the neces-
sitous classes in supporting the privations resulting from
the defective crop of potatoes in 1845. This year the
crop of potatoes has been satisfactory ; but the high
price of provisions, and particularly the failure of the
rye harvest, demand the serious attention of the Cham-
bers and the Government. The prorogation of the law
relative to subsistence,—the allocation of the necessary
subsidies for public works and exceptional aids, which
circumstances may require,— will, no doubt, produce
fortunate results.
The canalization of the Campine advances with entire
success. The irrigation, which may henceforth be con-
tinued and extended, the construction of roads, and
other measures which will be proposed to you, will
insure in a few years the clearance of this part of our
territory.
The projects of law relative to agricultural and vete-
rinary instruction will be immediately submitted to your
examination.
The operations of the census proceed with regularity.
The returns already collected, although incomplete,
establish a remarkable increase of population. As the
political situation of the country is calm, I am now en-
abled to announce to you the presentation of a project of
law for the augmenting of the number of members in
the two Chambers. This law will have, with respect to
its operation, an urgency referable to the period of the
approaching elections.
In conformity with the aim of the constitution, deli-
berations having for their object the revision of different
portions of the legislation have been continued. Projects
respecting the tribunals of commerce, personal arrest,
delays, bankruptcies, have been transmitted for the opi-
nion of the judicial body and the universities. I hope
that they may be presented to you in the course of the
present session. The modifications projected in the
code of criminal instruction, as also in the new discipli-
nary code for the merchant sea service, will shortly be
laid before you.
The attention of the Government has also been directed
to the regulation of the lunatic establishments, of the
Monts de Pike, and to the creation of agricultural co-
lonies. Propositions will be submitted to you for the
realisation of those ameliorations which humanity and
the state of society require.
I desire the prompt discussion of the project of law
relative to the penitentiary system.
The state railway traffic has received, in 1846, a fresh
and remarkable extension. The completion of the double
lines now in course of execution, and of the railways
conceded, the works of which are begun at several points,
will likewise react i❑ a favourable manner on a state of
things already very prosperous.
It has become possible to endow with a legislative
organization this grand national enterprise, and propo-
sitions will be submitted to you for determining the
bases of the charges, and for the regulation of the rail-
way system.
The most important public measures remaining for
examination relate to the management of navigable
waterways. Various projects are under consideration,
and the means of execution will be asked of you suc-
cessively as the condition of the Treasury will permit.
In order to increase the resources of the working
classes, my Government will give a powerful impulse to
the construction of the roads already decreed, and to the
amelioration of the cross-roads.
The army, one of the firm supports of the indepen-
dence of the country, and of its institutions, continues
to render itself worthy of my entire confidence and of
the interest which you manifest for it. The efforts of
my Government are directed to maintain in its ranks a
useful emulation, and the sentiment of its duty towards
its country. All the measures calculated to advance it
and to secure its well-being will, I doubt not, obtain
your hearty concurrence. The modifications of the law
respecting the militia, the reforms proposed with re-
spect to the system of' penalties, and the law relative to
the service de sante, will powerfully contribute to efTec
this end.

In spite of exceptional circumstances, affecting the
produce of certain sources of public revenue, the equili-
brium between the receipt and the expenditure of the
State can be maintained without imposing fresh sacri-
fices on the taxpayers.
The greater part of the budget of expenditure for the
year 1847 has already been presented to you : the
budget of reeeipt and the completion of the budget of
expenditure for that year will be immediately laid before
you. In the course of the session, and as soon as esti-
mates can be formed, you will have communicated to you
the budgets of expenditure and of ways and means for
the year 1848.

Gentlemen,—Belgium, in the bosom of peace, has de-
veloped the germs of a fruitful activity. In reflecting on
the results already obtained, we are enabled to contem-
plate the future with confidence. The accord of the
great powers of the State,—the support which you have
given to my Government, and on which I continue to
depend, will enable us to preserve and consolidate our
institutions. The aspiration breathed by our country
for agesothat she might have an existence for herself,
and the disposal of her numerous resources, is realised
in our days. It will always be a source of great happi-
ness to me to reflect that my efforts have contributed to
insure to Belgium the precious advantages of free and in-
dependent existence.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
am truly sorry to trouble you upon a matter
of so little importance, but I really trust you will as
hitherto stoop to do an act of justice.
In the account (reported in The Sun of yesterday) of
the examination of a young woman at Brentford for
robbery, you state that a Miss Warren, of Hanway-
street, identified the prisoner as a person who had pur-
chased stays, and to whom she had given change of the
stolen note. Now, Sir, being certain that there is only
one Miss Warren in Hanway-street (that is, Miss
Harriet Warren, in the employ of Mr. Stone, stay-
maker, &c.), I am requested by Miss 11. Warren to
inform you that she is not the person mentioned in your
report. I can assure you that Miss H. 'Warren was in
my company on Saturday last at Gravesend.
Trusting you will do me the favour to publish this
contradiction, I am, Sir, yours, &c.,

WILLIAM TIPTON.
1, llanway-street, Tottenham-court-road,
Nov. 11, 1846.

INDIAN NEWS.—Yesterday a Court of Directors
was held at the East India House, when Mr. George
Russell Clerk was unanimously appointed Governor of
the Presidency of Bombay.
IMPERIAL AND CONTINENTAL GAS ASSOCIATION.—
Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of proprietors in the
above association was held at the offices of the company,
7, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Sir Moses
Montefiore, chairman of the board of directors, presided.
The secretary read the report detailing the operations of
the association since the last meeting, by which it ap-
peared that the affairs generally were in a healthy state.
The association had expended in furtherance of the
object for which it was established the entire amount of
paid-up capital (150,0001.) authorised to be raised by the
Act of Incorporation, and a greater sum might be in-
vested with advantage. After some discussion and sug-
gestions by honourable proprietors as to the most
advisable mode of extending the operations of the asso-
ciation is the various continental towns of Europe, a
dividend of 21. 2s. 6d. per share for the half-year was
declared, and the customary vote of thanks to the chair-
man having been passed, the proprietary, a large num-
ber of whom attended, separated.
FIRE CAUSED BY LUCIFER MATCHES.—Yesterday
forenoon a fire, caused by children playing with lucifer
matches, broke out in the first floor of the premises
occupied by Mrs. Hood, No. 31, Union-street, Somers-
town. The cries of the children brought up Mr. Flin-
dell, the landlord of the house, who succeeded in saving
them from being burnt to death. With the aid of a
few buckets of water the fire was extinguished, but not
until considerable damage had been done.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHELSEA PENSIONER.—
Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the
Rising Sun, Charles-street, Grosvenor- square, on the
body of Hugh Galagher, aged 60. The deceased was an
out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, having formerly be-
longed to the 27th Inniskillen Regiment. On Thursday
last he received his pension, and in the evening went to
a public-house, which he left at nine o'clock quite sober.
He was in the act of crossing the road, when a cart be-
longing to Mr. Carr, butterman, Bishopsgate-street
Without, came along, driven at a fast pace, the horse in
which knocked him down, and the wheel passed over his
head, killing him instantly.' The driver, Charles Barker,
was taken into custody, and stands remanded till this
day (Thursday) from Westminster Police-court. The
evidence having been carefully gone into, the jury re-
turned a verdict of accidental death.

The ancient and noble abbey of Dissentis, in the
canton of the Griscns, was entirely consumed on the
night of the 28th ult. Its magnificent church, its trea-
sure, and its rich and splendid library, were completely
destroyed. The friar who discharged the functions of
cook perished in the flame&

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
OLL S' COURT, Nov. 11.
PERRY V. MEADOWCROFT.
This was a case which came before his Lordship on
an exception to the Master's report. The Master had
found by his report there was no male lineal descendant
of a William Meadowcroft, who had been left a property
by Mr. Meadowcroft, a solicitor, of Gray's-inn, who
died on the 7th of July, 1821. The testator left his
property under a condition that it should accumulate for
twenty-one years. It was alleged that the decree was
obtained by collusion and fraud, and that the excep-
tant was the male lineal descendant of William
Meadowcroft the younger.
Mr. WALPOLE, who appeared for the plaintiff, stated
the case, from which it appeared that William Meadow-
croft the younger, in 1813, came to London, and
entered the office of his uncle, the testator, as clerk. Ile
then took lodgings in the house of a Miss Lewis, where
he became acquainted with another lodger, a Mrs.
Gregory, the widow of a lieutenant in the navy. An
attachment grew up between the parties. The
uncle having expressed himself extremely op.
posed to his nephew forming an alliance with
Mrs. Gregory, it was agreed that a marriage
should take place without the knowledge of the
uncle. The banns were published shortly after, but the
following mistake occurred. It appeared that the fe-
male, Gregory, who acted for Air. Meadowcroft, he
being a minor, gave in the names, when the word
" Widowcroft" was entered in mistake for " Meadow-
croft," which was one of the grounds upon which a
decree had been obtained in the Consistory Court.
The Learned Counsel was proceeding with his state
ment when the Court rose.
His LORDSHIP, however, ordered the case to be in,
serted on the list for to-morrow.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 11
(Sittings in Banco.)

RYALLS V. THE QUEEN IN ERROL-AMENDING THE

FINDING OF A JURY IN CRIMINAL CASES.

This was an indictment for perjury. The case was
tried at York, and the plaintiff, Joseph Naylor Ryalls,
was found guilty. A rule was subsequently obtained to
show cause why a certiorari should not issue from this
Court, calling upon the Commissioners of Oyer and Ter-
miner of York to send in the indictment and the record
thereto, in order that the finding, which was stated to be
incorrect and invalid, might be amended. The mistake
consisted in the jury finding the prisoner guilty of the
perjury," and the clerk of the Court endorsing the bill
" guilty of the perjury and of the misdemeanour afore-
said."

Mr. Rurnimi showed cause 'against the rule, and
held, on the strength of numerous authorities, which he
cited that the Statute of Amendments did not apply to
criminal cases, and that the Court should not, therefore,
accede to the application.
Mr. BLISS followed, and contended that such an
amendment could be made, either by this Court or the
Court below, and quoted the authority of Lord Mans-
field and older authorities, to show that such amend-
ment might be made in both civil and criminal cases.
The prisoner was found guilty on all the counts, the
verdict was a general one, and the Court could amend
the endorsement. If the Court considered that the mat-
ter ought to be brought before the Court below, he
trusted they would subsequently grant a certiorari to
bring up the amended indictment and record, and grant
time for doing so.
The COURT acceded to an enlargement of the rule, in
order that the matter might be brought before the Court
below, and before this Court early next term. The Court
ex officio granted costs, the plaintiff having brought the
matter before the Court in forma pauperis.
The remainder of the day was occupied in the hearing
of cases of disputed pauper settlements, which involved
no points of interest.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 11.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PLATT and
Common Juries.)
MACLEAN V. WING
This case, which was in part heard yesterday, was
again proceeded with to-day.
Mr. Chambers and Mr. Lush appeared for the plain-
tiff ; Mr. Whitehurit and Mr. Mellor for the defendant.
This was an action brought to recover possession of a
cabriolet, some harness, and other articles required for
the stable, which the defendant refused to give up. The
plaintiff was a gentleman who was residing at Brett's Hotel,
Holborn, and being in want of a temporary supply of cash,
requested defendant to advance the sum of 304 upon the
cab, and other articles, to which the defendant acceded,
and he gave a receipt accordingly for the money, to
which receipt was attached an inventory of the goods
offend as security for•the loan. Subsequently the plain-
tiff tendered the amount of the loan, with interest, and
also the expenses of the standing of the cab at the
livery stables, but the defendant refused to give up pos-
session of the goods, contendingthat the sum of 301., as
paid by them, was for the purchase out and out of the
goods in question.
On the part of the plaintiff several witnesses were
called, among others the groom to the plaintiff, who
stated that his master had frequently been out in the
cab since the date of the transaction, and also that he
was originally engaged by him to attend to his cab, and
that he had continued to -do so after the alleged sale had
taken place.

A coachmaker was also called, who had offered 70i
for the cab.

Mr. Baron PLATT, in summing up, thought it highly
improbable that the groom of the plaintiff should be
kept by him to wash and keep in order the cab, if the
plaintiff had actually sold it to the defendant, and also
that it was unlikely that the plaintiff should have sold
for 301. that for which other persons had offered him at
least double the sum.

The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plain-
tiff, dama,;es 641. 65., to be reduced to one shilling on
payment by the defendant of the sum of 35/., the latter
sum including interest on the money advanced, and also
the expenses of the cab at livery.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 11.
BRYSON AND ANOTHER V. GIBSON AND ANOTHER.
The plaintiffs in this case were merchants in London,
the defendants the assignees cf one Jones, a bankrupt,
residing at Cardiff. Jones was indebted to plaintiffs in
4001., and gave them a bill of sale on the ship Eliza
Jane, his property, redeemable at any time on payment
of 400/. This bill of sale, not having been registered at
the Custom-house, Cardiff, as required by law, was sent
down to Jones to be so registered. The receipt of this
bill of sale was acknowledged by Jones on the 25th of
January, 1844. On the 30th of January following a
fiat in bankruptcy was issued against him, the act of
bankruptcy having been committed on the 28th, and the
assignees having taken possession of the vessel, the
plaintiffs brought this action of trover.
Mr. Sergeant Channel was heard for the plaintiff and
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd for the defendants.

The COURT took time to consider its judgment.
DAVIS V. LOWNDES.

TRIAL AT BAR.—In this heavy case, which has been
some time under litigation, and respecting which, appli-
cation for a trial at bar, has been made,
The COURT said, that on account of the winter assizes
not yet being arranged, the appointment cf the day must
stand over. Their Lordships would, however, endeavour
to fix some day before Christmas.
THE VENTILATION OF THE COURT.—III the course of
the day Mr. Sergeant Channel grievously complained of
the ventilation of the Court.

The remainder of the sitting was occupied with argu-
ments on demurrers, of no interest, except to the parties
concerned.

NEWMARKET and CHESTERFORD

RAILWAY COMPANY. --
An extraordinary general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Lord George
Manners in the chair, for the purpose of obtaining the
sanction of the shareholders to an agreement with the
Eastern Counties Company, entered into since the last
general meeting, on the 14th of August, to lease the line
in perpetuity, at five per cent. interest on the Parlia-
mentary capital of 350,000 t, with the understanding
that should a dividend of more than seven per cent. be
shared by the Eastern Counties shareholders, the holders
in the Newmarket and Chesterford Company shall
receive a return less by two per cent. than those to whom
the line is to be leased.

The Cuernmarr called upon the Secretary to read the
report.
The report comprised what has just been stated, with
the addition that the Eastern Counties Company were to
pay the interest of all moneys borrowed for the purposes
of the Company, together with that over the capital of
350,0001. already subscribed, as well as an allowance for
establishment and expenses. The amount of establish-
ment to be settled by Mr. IL Stepenson, the engineer.
The Eastern Counties are also to take the extension
lines to Thetford, Bury St. Edmund's, and Ely, when
any or all of them shall be obtained, the Eastern
Counties to allow 4 per cent interest on the calls already
paid, or which are in future to be paid.
The CHAIRMAN said that the shareholders had heard
the terms of the agreement from the report, and when
he entered the house this morning he fully expected
that it would be carried out, but only this morning the
directors had received a communication from the Eastern
Counties Company, stating that it was possible the New-
market and Chesterford Company might have misunder-
stood the terms of the agreement. It should be recol-
lected that this agreement was fully considered and
settled by the respective solicitors of the two companies.
The understanding of the Newmarket and Chesterford
directors was, that the basis of the dividend was the
14/. 16s. shares of the Eastern Counties Company, but
they had now been informed that the basis was 20/., as
that was the value of the shares, with the bonus on
these shares to the Eastern Counties York Extension
shareholders. To this the directors could not assent,
and he (the Chairman) therefore should say that be could
net take any notice whatever of
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J. V. SHELLEY, Esq., in seconding the adoption of
this motion, said that he had been with Mr. Hunt as a
deputation to the Eastern Counties Company, and
could express his firm conviction that there was no justi-
fication whatever for the interpretation put upon the
agreement by them. In the agreement there was not a
word respecting 20/. ; the terms of the agreement speci-
fied only the York Extension shares, and had no refer-
ence whatever to the whole of the consolidated stock of
the company. (To prove this Mr. Shelley read a clause
of the agreement containing an explanation of the terms
which specify the rate of interest.) The respective soli-
citors of the two companies had, when these terms were
agreed to, perfectly understood each other, and bad seve-
rally taken copies of the terms, that they might have the
same apprehension of them.
_ _

Mr. hum' had been present at the previous meeting
with the solicitors, and they had quite understood the
terms as now interpreted by the Newmarket and Ches.
terfcrd Company.