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London, England, 1846-12-23 00:00:00

THE SUE, toNDoN, WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 23, 1846

WIIITEHAVEN, DEC. 21.—The Minerva, of Ramsey, 1.M., was certain that the jury would consider it a case in : BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY).
has been wrecked on the coast of Diiggs (Sylcroft); clew sup- which they would award large damages to the plaintiff. James Edwards was charged by one of the beadles o
posed to be drowned.
Own, DEC. 19.—The ZeA number of witnesses were called, who gave evidence the Lowther Arcade with interrupting him in Lb
phyr of Hull
, , from Pillau to corroborative of the above statements. execution of his duty, and assaulting him.
Dundee, struck on the Island of May, this morning, but Mr. WATSON, on the part of the defendant, contend, d The beadle stated that the prisoner and some other
floated off and was run on shore near Rome, much damaged
and very leaky. that the defendant had done no more than his duty in young men. were passing through the Lowther Arcade
FALMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind N. to N.W., strong gales
giving the plaintiff into custody ; and
that he was right last evening, when the prisoner began to "whistle and
and squally.—Arrd. Mavbrough, Stephenson, Kertch for
was evident from the fact that the magistrates thought it i hoot," to the great annoyance of persons passing through
Antwerp, leaky, sc. so suspicious that they refused to discharge him on bail. the Arcade. Witness went up to him, and told him that
SCILLY, DEc. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 15, Eagle, Hayes, His Learned Friend, for the plaintiff, had dwelt at some it was against the rules to make noises of that kind.
11Bramichi, for Liverpool. length upon the hardship of his being deprived of his The prisoner took no notice, but continued to whistle
CORK, DEC. 20.—Wind S.S.W._Arrd..sessie Miller,Crow- liberty for four days : that was an act for which the de- and hoot, upon which witness again spoke to him, telling
ther, Patagonia; velocity, Darrell, Cuba ; Lord William fondant was not liable, it was the act of the magistrates. him he should be obliged to turn him out of the Arcade.
13entinck, Allen, Honduras; Solon, Moody, St. John's New It had been said that the forging of railway scrip was The prisoner said he would not let him,
_and taking his
Deunswick ; True Blue, Oliver, Miramichi. not a forgery under the statute, but a forgery at common pocket handkerchief from his pocket, slapped kiln
LIMERICK, DEC. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. California, Re-
Tbertson, New York; St. Lawrence, Butter], Quebec. The law, and that therefore the plaintiff ought not to have (witness) in the face with it. Witness proceeded to
Maria, of Dublin, O'Mealy, has strained at the quay, and is I been arrested without a warrant and previous deposition take him in custody, and he resisted, and somebody
making water.
on oath before the magistrate ; but whatever might be struck him, but he could not swear that it was the pri-
the opinion of the court of law at Westminster upon soner. With the assistance of some of the bystanders,
that point, still he would contend that in moral he took the prisoner in charge, and carried him off to
turpitude one was equally as bad as the other. the station-house.
The plaintiff refused to give any reference as to his The prisoner denied the whole charge. It was not
character - then called upon to do so, he was not known himself, but a friend that was whistling. He did not
as an established broker on the Exchange, and the de- use his handkerchief as stated by the beadle, and he did
fendant was perfectly justified in what he had done, and not strike him. The blow must have been given by
the smallest damages were all that the plaintiff was en- some one else. In proof of these assertions, he called
titled to receive. one of the gentlemen who was with him, who said that
Mr. Barber, clerk to Mr. Robins, stock broker, stated he himself, and not the prisoner was whistling, but he
that the plaintiff was introduced is
their house hy Rich- denied the hooting. The prisoner did not slap the corn-
ards, that they had purchased several quantities of scrip plainant with his handkerchief, nor strike him. Wit-
in the Buckinghamshire Railway from Richards which ness could not tell who it was that struck complainant.
turned out to be forged, and which they had since been Witness was himself struck by some one in the crowd.
obliged to make good. Mr. HENRY severely rebuked the witnesses for con-
Mr. Harding, solicitor to the Buckinghamshire Rail- tinning to whistle after being told by the beadle that it
way Company, gave evidence of the forging of the 'scrip was not allowed. The witness attempted to excuse him-
in question, and identified some produced by the de- self by saying that he would not have done so, but for
fendant which had been purchased from the plaintiff, as the pompous manner of the beadle, but Mr. Henry said
forgeries. that his proper course would be to complain to the
Mr. Edwards was present at the time the plaintiff' was owners of the arcade, if the beadle misconducted him-
given into custody, and the plaintiff offered to pay down self, but in passing through private property, by permis-
-101., and to deposit some Indian scrip as security with Sion, he became a trespasser the moment he infringed
Mr. Robins for the payment of the remainder, but upon any of the rules.
the arrival of Mr. Newsom (the defendant) who came in Mr. Marsh, the inspector, who took the charge said,
at the time when the offer was made, he (the defendant) that the beadle stated to him that the prisoner was the
said, " No, no, this will not do ; it is necessary for the person who struck him, and if that statement had nut
character of Mr. Robins, and due to his position on the been made he would never have taken the charge.
Exchange, that the affair should be publicly inves- Mr. HENRY questioned the beadle on this point, and
tigated, and that he would be no party to any private ultimately decided that as he could not positively swear
arrangement of the matter.' Witness also attended at that he was struck by the prisoner, the latter should he
the Guildhall during the hearing of the case. The de- discharged. The magistrate then proceeded to make
fendant did not in the least degree oppose the release of sundry observations on the beadle's uniform, which he
the plaintiff from custody on bail ; it was entirely the contended, should be more easily distinguishable from a
decision of the magistrate, who refused to accept bail. private dress, to point out the qualification which a beadle
There was no angry feeling on the pert of the defendant, ought to possess, and the defects which would disqualify
fled the plaintiff did not in any degree complain of his him for the office.
being given in charge.
Sir F. THEsiGent having replied,
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said, that
in point of law, if the defendant was guilty, he was only
to be held liable for that portion of the injury complained
of which arose from taking the plaintiff from the
office to the station-house, and thence to Guildhall; but
after the arrival of the plaintiff at Guildhall he was en-
tirely out of the hands of the defendant, and what took
place after was clone under the law; and if he (the
Lerd Chief Baron) had been in the situation of the
plaintiff, and had b, en the instrument of uttering
forged documents, and was taken, as stated by one of the
witnesses,• without complaint on his part, and with all
possible courtesy on the other ; before a magis-
trate, who, acting upon his own opinion, had con-
fined him for four days, he certainly would not
have brought the present action ; and upon the part of
the defendant, he thought he ought certainly to have
obtained a warrant for the apprehension of the plaintiff,
which, from the subsequent conduct of the magistrate,
no doubt he could have obtained at once.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
Leave was then given to the plaintiff to move to enter
the verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of one farthing
damages, should the Court be of opinion that the forgery
of the scrip did not amount to felony.
The Court then rose for the Christmas vacation.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY

'CORN-EXCHANGE.-WE DNESDA Y
This week's fresh arrivals of English Wheat have been
moderate, though of fair average quality. To-day the show
of samples of that article was by no means large, yet the de-
mand. was rather inactive at Monday's quotations. Selected
qualities of free foreign Wheat sold freely; other kinds
Slowly, at late rates. In Wheat under lock a few transac-
tions were concluded for shipment to Ireland. The demand
for Barley was steady, but we can notice no improvement in
value. In Malt comparatively little was doing. Oats, Beans,
Peas, and Flour were quite as dear.

I Wheat.
English •• —• • 1,580 qrs.
Irish .....
Foreign .....• 870

ARRIVALS.
IBarley.
1,040 qrs.

Oats I Flour.
360 qrs. 1,540 ski
5,720 I
2,850

4,720
Malt. 1,050 qrs.
VTIIITECILELPEZ.
Very large supplies of Meat were on sale here ; yet,
?wing to the prevailing wet weather, the general demand was
Inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton,
tki to 4s 8d ; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to
43 10d per 81bs., by the carcase.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Ann Wright was charged with creating a disturbance,
and assaulting M. A. Harringtoa, at her house, 4, Rid-
ing-house-lane.
The complainant said the prisoner came to her house
last night, about some money which one of the lodgers
in the house owed her, but that person being out, the
prisoner was told so, and that she would not return till
it was late. That, however, did not satisfy the prisoner,
who, as soon as the door was closed, began to use the
knocker with vehemence, and continued pulling the bells
very violently, till all the lodgers in the house came
down stairs to ascertain the cause. Some of them opened
the door to the prisoner, with the intention of remon-
strating with her ; but as soon as she had the opportu-
nity, she burst in, and seized upon complainant, whom
she struck with closed fist, and struggled with, and was
not satisfied till she tore every part of her dress and
bad beaten her till she was insensible. The prisoner was
very tipsy at the time.
One of the lodgers and the policeman corroborated
complainant's statement.
The prisoner said the sum owed her was only ss. 4d.,
but she had been obliged to call for that again and again,
and as often as she went the landlady had denied her
lodger.
Mr. lannwica. sentenced her to a fine of 10s. or a
month's imprisonment.
Mr. Walter Jones, J.P., was brought up by the owner
of Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, who said hej was
in fear of bodily harm in consequence of the threats of
the defendant.
John E. Lovegrove said that in consequence of a no-
tice to quit his apartments in the hotel on Monday last,
the prisoner came down about eleven o'clock on Sunday
night, to where he was sitting in the bar, and after
abusing him grossly swore that, but for a promise he
had made his wife, he would have smashed him and
broken every bone in his skin.
Henry Joyce, a waiter in the hotel, corroborated the
evidence.
John Hinsh Webber, solicitor, 3, Caroline-street, Bed-
ford-square, solicitor for the plaintiff, said he had been
applied to by the defendant, who wished hime to inter-
fere in order to prevent a breach of the peace, for if ever
he met Mr. Lovegrove, without any third person being
present, he would certainly do him some bodily injury.
The defendant begged the magistrate to put the case
off until he could bring witnesses who would put a very
different colour on the matter, for ho had received great
provocation from the complainant, and the quarrel was
one entirely originating in family affairs. He said he
was married to a sister of the complainant, whose father,
notwithstanding the kindness he had shown him, had
died leaving all his property to the complainant and
their younger children.
Mr. HARDWICK said witnesses were unnecessary. The
defendant himself had admitted the existence of provo-
cations, and therefore he must bind him over, himself in
1001. and two householders in 501. each, to keep the
peace towards the complainant for the next two months.
Respectable hail was shortly after put in.
A donation of Si. to the poor-box, being part proceeds
of a private concert, in Hanover-square Rooms, on the
10th Dec. ; and the second half of a Si. note, No. 53,472
rom E. C., were received this morning.

BANKRUPTC Y.-(THIS DAY.
IN RE FARREIt.

This insolvent, who was a cabinet-maker in Finsbury,
came up for his interim order. There was only one
creditor inserted in the schedule, Mr. Wildbore, a sur-
geon, for a debt,,and costs in an action brought against
him by defendant for unskilful conduct.
Mr. CooKE opposed on behalf of Mr. Wildbore, on the
ground that the action was vexatious. The action was
tried in June, but judgment not having been signed at
that time the certificate obtained under his bankruptcy did
not clear the debt, and the insolvent had therefore filed his
petition. The Learned Counsel contended that the in-
solvent hid not afforded sufficient opportunity for effect-
ing a perfect cure, his wrist having been badly injured,
and Mr. Liston, Mr. Bransby Cooper, Mr. Sony, and
other witnesses, were so strongly of opinion that there
had been no neglect that a verdict was given for the
defendant, the jury actually stopping the case.
The insolvent said that arose from the negligence of
hisipttorney, who had not secured the attendance of Mr.
Aston Key and others who would have given evidence
in his behalf.

The Learned COMMISSIONER said it was a case of
very great difficulty, and to come to a sound conclusion
on the merits he must go into the evidence to ascertain
whether there had been such neglect as to justify an
action. It was not to be supposed that all surgeons or
medical men were infallible, and that in the absence
of success the conclusion was to be come to that
there had been gross misconduct. It appeared to him
that the insolvent had been ill, advised in bringing the
action, but he could not say so to prejudice the bankrupt
without further inquiry, and should, therefore, grant the
interim order to go into the evidence when the insolvent
came up again.
Mr. CooKE said Mr. Wildbore did not wish to oppose
the insolvent if he would make an order.
The COMMISSIONER said perhaps Mr. Wildbore would
become assignee, and look after the future affairs of the
bankrupt. At present there was nothing to administer.
Interim order granted.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Mary Costello and Thomas Peile, who have been
several times before convicted of robbery, were charged
with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the pro-
perty of Mr. Righeth, of No. 1, Richmond-terrace, and
of Mr. Hill, who resided close to Mr. Righeth.
It appeared that a constable of the N division met the
female prisoner carrying a large bundle, and inquired
what the bundle contained, when her answer being un-
satisfactory, he took her to the station-house, where
the articles were soon afterwards identified by the ser-
vants of Messrs. Righeth and Hill. Upon the prisoners'
Todgings being searched a quantity of other property in
a wet state, as if taken from a line after washing, and a
pair of shoes which the male prisoner had on his feet
corresponded exactly with the foot-marks in the gardens
of lessrs. Hill and Righeth, from whence the property
had been stolen.
At the request of the police, Mr. COOMBE remanded
the prisoner for a week, in order that further inquiries
might be made as to the property found at the prisoners'
odgings.

SECONDAktIES%—(THIS DAY).
GOLDSMIDT v. COHEN.
This was an action to recover 71. 11s. for goods sold.
The case was of no interest, being a dispute between the
parties, who reside in Houndsditch, as to the value of
some plated articles sold. The only point in the case
arose from the defendant's wife having ordered the goods
without the authority of the defendant. It appeared she
had agreed to the price, but in consequence of the disap-
probation of the defendant, his wife endeavoured to in-
duce plaintiff to take them back at an allowance of 1/. or
21., but he refused.

It was now contended by Mr. HAWKINS, that a wife
could not bind her husband to pay more than the real
value.

The SECONDARY was of opinion that defendant was
bound by the agreed price if defendant's wife had autho-
rity, if she had not, the value must be proved, but ho
would not decide, but reserve the point.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY).

'ITY ELECTIONS.-(THIS DAY.)
This being the last day for polling considerable acti-
vity and excitement prevailed in the contested wards, in
consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather,
notwithstanding the distance to the hustings in no in-
stance exceeded a quarter of a mile, no expense was
spared in bringing up electors, cabs and other vehicles
being provided for their accommodation.
LANGBOURNE WARD.—(Returns 8 Members.)
FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.
The polling commenced this morning in the Ward
School-room, Lime-street, and continued until half-
past twelve o'clock, when it finally closed, the numbers
being for—
Dixon
Unwin
Howard
Snelling
Frodsham
Gibson
The LORE MAYOR, who presided in the absence o
Sir J. Key, declared the first eight duly elected.
The wardmete was then addressed by the successfu
candidates, and dissolved.
CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT.
FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.

RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—John 111urrall and Robert
Enunerton were indicted for stealing a quantity of t( a,
the property of the London and North- Western Rail-
way Company. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prose-
cution, and the prisoners were undefended.
John Batt, a constable in the employment of the Lon-
don and North-Western Railway Company, deposed
that the two prisoners were also employed by the Com-
pany as labourers or porters at the Camden-town
station, and on the evening of the 12th instant he ob-
served them about eight o'clock standing between two of
the carriages attached to a luggage-train which was
about to start, and his suspicions being excited he
watched them for some time, when he saw Murrall's
right hand working backwards and forwards in a chest
placed on the front part of one of the waggons, and soon
after Murrell handed something to Emmerten, which
the latter tied up in a handkerchief, when he (the con-
stable) came
hmiee up, and told the two prisoners he should
takedk tof h
e thefo
asotda t iiotn -ehoonut saei
n. e
d a quantity
O n looking
of the
tea,h
and he also_ observed that the side of the chest in which
he saw Murrall's hand bad been broken in, and that it
contained tea of the same_ quality, a large portion of which
was scattered over the bottom of the waggon. While be
and another railway
to the lock-up, Murrall said,d " Well,
constable were taking te prisoners
atllileorweeids
hniomutsoe
go to tboeginel his coat,
make his escape, but was scoooaht,earted." The witness
it can't be helped ;
when he attempted to
afterwards taken into
custody at his lodgings in Kentish-town.
The prisoners, in their defencti,itoeswanid- that they saw
theysome
swepttea sp
ii
tl t
up,upon
thinking the si diet ewoafa 0 f
nowaggon, and that
charge
bwuitt
with
thefirnodm-
ing that this excuse seemed to prevail but value
;
Court, they endeavoured each to shift the lit
rYsu2epaotennethede
himself by criminating the other,
The jury having returned a verdict of Gnilt
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, after commenting
to hard
wnatureher
where so
o offencesm ae
h porfotpheirst
y is descriptiondepo si
deposited,
dli
a t serious
places servants
the prisoners to be each imprisoned and kept
labour for six calendar months.

78
57
53
49

The poll-books were reopened this morning in the
Ward Schools, Red Cross-street, at one o'clock, when
they were finally closed. The numbers were—
Jones l9B Johnson l6B
Dixon 192 Gilbert
Sadler lB9 King l2l
Meadway lBB Read l2O
Eldrid .....................174
Alderman CHALLIS declared the first eight returned
to sere in the Court of Common Council.
BASSISHAW.

w
Michaels
the followingg gentlemen
the esta.djourned, trhdamrcoht,e,B.haseilnd
hinallt.hstereNe'et:ttrhya-
proroaAsmitding
ARD.—(I4 Members.)
BISFIOPSGATE W
and
this morning, declaredjduamlyese.lected:—Messrs. Bretton, Lister, Wilson, and
The polling commenced
Alderman
con-
tinued with great spirit
poll- books were closed, and ehreneumo'bcleorcskd,ecwlahreend the
follows :
Stevens 279 Johnson 253
Peacock 298 Ashby
220
Owden
9
. 86
Jones uptotht
Hall
Pitcher 230 Ta g .............. 150
.
Carr
Bennett
After the declaration the newly-elected members ad-
SThoagzrelra .......................................
..... 11 9
2
ad-
dressed the wardmote, which was then dissolved.
CORDWAINERS' WARD.—(6 Members.)
The polling was resumed this afternoon in the vestry-
room of Bow Church, Cheapside, and closed finally at
three o'clock, when the numbers were—
Muddell 45 Joliffe 45
Croucher
Joyce 45 Joseph
Lott
Alderman WOOD having 4
men duly elected, they seve
after which the wardmote wi

George aged 16 years, was indicted for steal-
ing a portmanteau, containing two coats, and a large
quantity of other articles of wearing apparel, the pro-
perty of Matthew Rogers. Another count laid the ar-
ticles as being the property of the Great Western Rail-
way Company.
Mr. CLARKSON, who also appeared on behalf of the
Great Western Railway Company, in stating the case
to the jury, said, that on the evening of the 10th inst., a
third class train arrived at eight o'clock from
Bristol, when the prisoner at the bar walked
from the platform to 'one of Bolton's omnibuses,
and handing a portmanteau to the conductor, who placed
it behind the driver's seat, got upon the roof himself, and
said he wished to be put down at the Bank. When the
omnibus arrived at the King and Keys public-house, the
prisoner took up a large carpet bag, which lay amongst
other luggage upen the top of the omnibus, and said he
wished to get down there, but a gentleman who sat next
to him said it was his, and then begged pardon, saying
he had made a mistake. The omnibus then proceeded '
as far as Blacktriar's-bridge, when the prisoner again ex •
pressed a wish to alight, but owing to his previous con.
duct and other circumstances, the conductor, judgingthat
all was not tight,asked him Wile could produce the key of the
portmanteau he was about to take away, which the pri-
soner was unable to do. The conductor then put further
qucs!ions to him, when he stated that he had come by
the train from Bristol, and the portmanteau had been
carried for him from amongst other luggage on the plat,
form by one of the railway constables. The prisoner
was then taken back to the railway station, when it was
found that the portmanteau was the property of Mr.
Rogers, and had been stolen on the night in question
from the platform at the time the train arrived.
Evidence having been adduced at considerable length
in support of the Learned Counsel's statement,
The jury willow, a moment's hesitation, returned a
verdict of Guilty against the prisoner, and he was sen-
enced to six months' imprisonment with bard labour.

declared the first six gentic-
'rally addressed the electors,
'as dissolved,

Lord John Russell arrived in town this morning,
from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The Gazette of last night contains an Order in
Council directing that the county of Cumberland shall
be divided into two districts for tLe purpases of the
" Act, to amend the law respecting the office of County
Coroner," and that the said districts shall be similar to
and co-extensive with the present Parliamentary divi-
sions of East and West Cumberland.
THE ALLEGED REMOVAL OF THE WELLINGTON
STATUE TO THE PARADE, ST. JAMES'S PARK.—What-
ever may be the ultimate destination of this statue, its
final resting place will seemingly not be here, the recent
excavations said to be for that purpose on the Parade,
fronting the Horse Guards, being yesterday filled up and
abandoned.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
A s udden hoarseness of Mr. Harrison prevented the
new opera of the Bondman being performed on Satur-
day night, and The Maid of Artois, with Madame
Anna Bishop as Isoline, was substituted in its
place. It was only at three o'clock that the
prima donna received the intelligence, and not-
withstanding the short space for preparation,
we have never heard this charming vocalist in better
voice. She was enthusiastically greeted upon her ap-
pearance, and received three rounds of applause after
the allegretto of the cavatina, The third act, the chef-
d'ecuvre of the opera, was listened to with breathless
attention, interrupted only by genuine applause, or by
those murmurs of approbation so cheering to the true
artist. The final rondo was re-demanded, and Madame
Bishop called before the curtain to receive her accus-
tomed floral compliments. The triumph was complete,
for the cast was necessarily mediocre, and the
public, though disappointed in not hearing Balfe's new
opera, instead of exhibiting the usual ill-humour, testi-
fied their entire approbation by continuous applause.
In consequence of the continuance of Mr. Harrison's in-
disposition, and the consequent inability of the manage-
ment to continue for the present the representation of the
Bondman, Madame Bishop, who has consented to delay
her departure for the provinces for a few days, again re
peated the character of Isoline last evening, and added
another laurel to her wreath. She was rapturously re-
ceived throughout, the enthusiasm which she excited
surpassing, if possible, even that elicited by her appear
auce on Saturday.

THE DEP fia RTURE OF SIR G.
GIPPS. THE NINTH GOVERNOR OF NEW
SOUTH WALES.

(From the Sydney Spectator of July 11.)
To-day, after administering the government of this
colony for eight years, Sir George Gipps embarks for
England. Valedictory addresses from Teetotal Societies,
the Mechanics' School of Arts, from certain of the citi-
zens of Sydney and settlers in one or two country dis-
tricts, have been moved, adopted, and presented on the
occasion. A subscription for a testimonial to his Ex-
cellency (which, at the time we write, amounts to
1,0101.), has been got up by the Very Rev. the Vicar-
General and a few other zealous opponents of the Local
Legislature's earnest endeavours to establish a compre-
hensive system of general education in the colony. And
in so far as the applause of these parties is concerned,
Sir George Gipps will embark with "all the honours."
That many highly respectable persons have joined the
clergy in their demonstration, will be seen by reference
to the subscription lists; but that it represents the bulk
of the colonists of New South Wales, we are compelled
in the most unqualified terms to deny. Of the money
subscribed nearly one-half has been given by officials,
Crown nominees, and others indiract connected with
the Government,;and we look in vain. through the list
for the names of our principal land and stockholders,
the real representatives of the property and intelligence
of the colony. The officials, of course, save and except
the Chief Justice, who peremptorily refused to become a
party to the priestly demonstration—gave, each his ten
pounds to the Testimonial Fund—some have candidly
confessed that ;hey can ill afford it. Newly.created
magistrates have also subscribed the same mystic sum,
and the Vicar- General who, on his pale horse in their
streets, has recalled to the astounded citizens a vision of
the Apocalypse,* has truly had cause to boast that "he
went forth conquering and to conquer."
When we see (says Lord Brougham) the most amiable
men, fast friends of liberty, champions of popular rights,
dazzled by comparatively trivial accomplishments and
services, exalt a ruler as a benefactor of his subjects
without duly reprobating the darker shades of his cha-
racter, we aro unavoidably led to blame the eulogists as
well as their hero. They do not reflect when they
palliate the misdeeds of men whose merits in some par-
ticulars they may record, that their very virtues suffer
by the association with errors ; and he who permits a
Governor's encouragement of I terary institutions., his
example of temperance, or his conciliation of religious
differences to abate his dislike of despotism, forgets that
such merits do contract a stain by being found to ally
themselves with the dangerous propensities of our nature
instead of keeping us above such contamination.
The attempt of clergy to commemorate the &par
ture of Sir George Gipps may mislead the people at
home, but it misleads no one here. His Excellency and
the colonists are directly at issue in regard to the prin-
ciples which should guide the most important function
of the Government's authority—the administration of
the waste lands of the colony—the solemn protests and
resolutions of the Local Legislature, the petitions and
addresses of the representatives of the landed interests--
have been disregarded, or treated with unseemly levity in
a Downing-street dispatch. Yet the parties who have been
the chief sufferers by Sir G. Gipps 's determined adher-
ence to Lord Stanley's wild land theories, were unwilling
to commemorate the termination of his own and his
Lordship's administration by any mark of exultance.
They knew that the " bold irresponsible despotism " of
the Colonial-office was a power to which prouder men
than Sir George Gipps had been compelled to succumb.
They felt that a reform upon constitutional questions
concerning the colonies must be begun by reforming the
Colonial-office. They knew that in examining that most
difficult question, the possibility of discovering a suffi-
cient price for our waste lands—the to Mon, as Mr. Pou-
lett Scrope calls it, of this branch of economical re-
search—Sir George was influenced by those darling
conceptions which once flourished so fairly in Adelphi-
terrace. They were aware that ' the Governor' must
be influenced by the inclination of the metropolitan legis-
lature and government to retain a branch of eominion
which the colonists contend ought to be confided to the
colonial legislature and government. They were almost
inclined to forgive Sir George's contempt of the axiom
that a pervading and permanent interest exists recipro-
cally between the mother country and her colonies."
And, above all, they were not unmindful of the state of
his Excellency's health—shattered as it is said to be by
his laborious application to the details of office.
But the attempts of the bigoted ' Denominational.
ists' to commemorate the departure of the ' professed
fr:end,' the ' real opponent' or General Education, ha,
compelled those who (in the same spirit as that which
influenced the Legislative Council in its late adjourn-
ment) desired to avoid any angry demonstration, to
record in the most unqualified manner their dissent from
the fulsome eulogies of the priesthood, the ten-pound
tribute of the colonial bureaucracy.
A subscription for the erection of a column to cons
memorate the retirement of Lord Stanley and the rem'
of Sir George Gipps has been made by the landed in-
terests. A site for the column, upon one of the most
commanding positions in the harbour of Port Jackson,
has been already granted for the purpose; and (as we
understand) the following is the inscription by which
the subscribers propose to record their opinions of the
administration of Lord Stanley and the government of
Sir George Gipps:—

CANADA.—COPPER MINES.
The history and present position of the infant mining
enterprise of Canada is briefly
as follows :—When at-
tentiun was drawn about a year ago to the rich mineral
depot its on the Canadian shores of Lakes Huron and
Superior, licenses to explore were in the course of De-
cember, 1845, issued by the local authorities. New re-
gulations were promulgated on the 9th of May, 1846, to
the effect that no more should be granted. In the early
part of the present year, Mr. Logan, the provincial geo-
logist, was dispatched to Lake Superior, to make sur-
veys and locations for license-holders. Parties, too, who
had been lucky or favoured enough to get licenses, were
early on the spot with a view to select locations. Com-
panies had been formed to exercise the privileges con-
ferred upon the license-holders, of which the most pro-
minent are the Quebec and Montreal Mining Companies.
In reply to an application from the latter, the Colonial
Secretary intimated by letter, on the Bth of October last.
that the Commissioner of Crown Lands had been in-
structed to acquaint the license•holders that they will
be permitted to work mines under their licenses, with
the option at any time within two years to purchase
the location of ten square miles in which they are
situated, at the rate of 4s. per acre, payable one-fifth part
i n hand, and the balance in five yearly payments, with
nterest. When the licenses are all located, the lands on
Lakes Superior and Huron are to be thrown open for
sale at the minimum price of 4s. per acre, in blocks of
ten square miles, on the same terms. On the 7th of No-
vember last, a public notice was issued from the Crown
Lands department, embodying the substance of a minute
in council, adopted on the 2d, confirming the minute of
7th October, with the addition that " each license-holder
whose location shall be designated by the provincial
geologist, shall be entitled to a certificate of location
from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, upon the pay-
ment to that officer of the awn of 1501. to cover the cost
of survey and other contingent expenses." All other
applicants for licenses shall be entitled to them on the
same conditions as soon as the deputy provincial sur-
veyor shall have reported the boundaries of the locations
to the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The sum of 1504
is to be placed to the credit of the license-holder as part
of his first instalment, and to be forfeited to Government
and the land again offered for sale, if payment of the
whole instalment is not made good within the two years.
All grants are to be made subject to such regulations
as may hereafter be enacted by the provincial Par-
liament to ensure the working of the mines.
It is also intimated in the public notice that
no further reply can be given to applicants on
Lake Superior until the receipt of Mr. Logan's report and
Mr. M.Naughton's return of survey, and that a surveyor
will be appointed to lay out the ruining lands on Lake
Huron whenever the applicants have complied with the
above requirements. The progress known to have been
made by the Quebec :Mining Company in this state of
affairs is as follows:—The exploring expedition left
Soult Ste. Marie in the beginning of May, and is the
course of a week explored and took possession in terms
of the license of a location at Maimouse, forty-five miles
north of the falls. The subsequent discoveries of this
body have not been published, but from another of its
locations an experimental shipment of two cargoes of
copper ore has been made. In July last the discoveries
of the company were confirmed to its agents by Mr.
Logan, at Fort William. On the 17th or 18th of May
the exploring expedition of the Montreal Company left
Soult Ste. Marie, under Mr. Forrest Shepherd. The lo-
cations explored and acquired on behalf of this body ap-
pear to be principally on the north shores of Lake Supe-
rior. The richest is said to be at Nipigen. Surveys have
been made, and interim titles obtained to eighteen loca-
tions, embraeiug numerous harbour and mill sites, with
extensive woods, of spruce, birch, cedar, firs, and pines.
Ground has been cleared for gardens and brick-fields;
wharves for boats and schooners; and thirty cabins,
houses, and blacksmiths' shops have been erected, with a
view to commence operations next spring. Specimens
of the ores on the company's locations have been ana-
lysed by Professor Silliman Along with the ores, spe-
cimens of native copper and native silver, both remark-
ably fine, were exhibited to the professor. The ores
submitted to him were chiefly what are called "grey sul-
phurets," which are, in fact, the vitreous sulphuret of
copper. They are mostly in trap or basalt rocks. The
foreign admixtures are iron, iron-lime, silica, and sul-
phur. The ores yield from 40 to 63 per cent. of metallic
copper, and Professor Silliman thinks they may probably
be depended on to work in the large way from 30 to 50.
The amount of silver in its metallic state, and amalga-
mated with the copper, appears to be considerable. A
meeting of the company was held at Montreal on the
16th of November, at which Sir George Simpson pre-
sided. The Hon. Mr. MofLt stated, in the course of the
proceedings, "The trustees had resolved to be:no parties
directly or indirectly to any influencing Of the price of
shares. They have never desired to see the shares rise
in price. If the explorations were to turn out unsuccess-
ful, it was right that the original parties to them should
bear the loss."

This column is erected by
The colonists of New South Wale?,
To commemorate the
Retirement, or rather the dismissal, of
The Right Hon, Edward Geoffrey Lord Stanley
Prom office as Secretary of State for the Colonies;
And also the recal of
Sir George Gipps, Knight,
From the government of this Colony.
Individuals by whose acts every interest
In New South Wales has been sacrificed,
And whose exercise of arbitrary power
Has done more to alienate the
Affections of a loyal people from
Monarchical institutions than
Many years of good government
Can redeem.
We are not disposed to examine, at this presse l mo-
ment, the tactics of either of the contending partie3. We
simply desire to record, as a "great fact," another signi-
ficant result of a system which the Home Government
must speedily reform.
It was formerly said that if the advantages of colonial
dominion were fairly inquired into, they would be re
duced in every case to the profit accruing to the officers
dispatched to maladminister the affaira of the colonists.
We think that in the modern cases of the Canadian and
Australian Governors, this axiom as to profitable satrap-
ship must be modified. Death appears to be the penalty
of the vicegerents' sins, and in reviewing the acts of a
Durham, a Sydenham, a Metcalfe, and a Gipps, the
future historian will refer with mingled feelings of pain
and indignation to the system by which so many victims
to " bureaucracy " were sacrificed.
That we differ entirely from Sir George Gipps in
his proposals for the future administration of the lands
of this colony, we need not remind the readers of the
Spectator. Whether as regards his Excellency's pet
ideas in regard to a " precise proportion between land,
labour, and capital ;" or, "the abstraction of our land
funds for emigration purposes ;" or, " the mathemati-
cally sufficient price for our waste lands," we have en-
tered our compromising protest against the transfer of
the " Adelphi-terrace conceptions" to this " unviatered
wilderness." We have attempted to illustrate the fal-
lacy of determining by the Wakefield rule the " precise
proportion of the three great elements of colonization."
.We have endeavoured to prove that the economical ad-
vance of the colony has been in every respect retarded
by the appropriation of its land funds to emigration pur-
poses. We have submitted our belief that the calcula-
tions made by Sir George Gipps and the " Clerks of
Downing-street," in order to ascertain that imaginary
standard of price which will secure the presence of labour
in the best proportion to land, have been formed on in-
sufficient premises. And we have entered our protest
against that unconstitutional, that un-English system of
" Taxation by Proclamation," which it is the main prin-
ciple of Sir George Gipps's Pastoral Code to establish
in a British colony.
As regards his policy in respect to the Administration
of the Lands—the most important function of his au-
thority—we, therefore, are entirely at issue with his
Excellency, and although we do not go the extreme
length of desiring to commemorate by a columnar monu-
ment his recal from the seat of government, we sincerely
believe that the real revival of the prosperity of New
South Wales will be dated from this, the day of his de-
parture from its shores.
The " only theory" of the Colonial-office was confided
to Sir George, and be has brought it up with all the ten•
derness of parental affection. That he imagined his
patronage of the pet bantling to be conscientious we really
believe. Sir George, in his zeal, tried to carry out
Lieber's famous axiom, that wherever the application of
a principle or rule is required, whenever an abstract
principle passes over into practical life, conscientious
action is required, or it will fail to attain its object. But
in place of endeavouring to ascertain by what moral
principles he ought to be guided in the specific case
before us, and what it was that experience pointed out as
the wisest course for a conscientious man under the law
and in relations established by political science, Sir
George Gipps clung to the red-tape prescriptions of the
Stephens and the Gairdners of Downing-street, and made
their dispatches serve as the substitute for that essential
element of action which he professed to exercise.
But the reign of Lord Stanley and Sir George Gipps
is over, and England sees that a new and great colonial
career is fast opening to her. The necessity of a re-
form in the Colonial-office, to render it equal to the task
of suitably taking the lead in such a career, and of in-
troducing a system worthy of an enlightened people in
an enlightened age, is denied by none; and we scarcely
think it necessary to recapitulate the calamitous results
which seemed to threaten us when the ignorance of a
Minister, and the servility and obstinacy of a Governor
formed the main basis of England's colonial system of
administration.
That Sir George Gips quits the scene of his long
government with impaired health, we do sincerely re-
gret: and liact it not been for the injudicious attempt
of his friends to commemorate his departure in a
manner that may tench° .itncrtss the people of Eng-
land with the ;idea that Abe peculiar ethical theory of
Downing,-str et is approved of by the colonists of
New South Wales—had- it not, we say, been for this
injudicious attempt, wo.'should have had far more
pleasure._ ill,reviewing,, the
.brighter passages of his
career than ip pointing out its darkest shades. His
generous yielding to the-protest of the Patriotic Asso-
ciation in regard to the proposed exclusive clauses of the
Sydney Corporation Bill of 1840, and his cordial re-
cognition of the principle of giving equal political
rights to all classes of :this community, must not be
forgotten by those who„pen the records of his reign.
His assent to the Local Legislature's measure for the abo-
lition of imprisonment for debt, and various other acts

THE MO-1010141TES.

MURDEROUS ATTACK.—The day before yesterday
being fine, I took the gun on my shoulder and walked
out to look for some snipe on Oman bog, and went on
from one bog to another, until I came out on the road,
close to where Mr. Bates is building a new mill. I then
saw between twenty and thirty people, employed on the
hulloing, running up the road, and as they passed
some of them said, " You had better take care, for
there is a man coming with a drawn sword, and he
will murder some one." I took no notice, but walked
on along the road, and in a few minutes heard the
pattering of feet behind me, and the most horrid
imprecations. When I turned round there was an atro-
cious-locrking ruffian, stripped of coat and waistcoat,
with a heavy ship's boarding cutlass in his hand, swear-
ing he would cleave my skull. I called out to him to
know what he meant, and to stand back, bringing the
gun to the recover, having both barrels loaded. I had a
moment's reflection within myself, whether I would fire
at his right hand, to disable him from using his weapon;
but seeing several women and children (who had run out
of the house) in the line of fire, and fearing to hurt
some of them, I thought it best to take my chance of
closing, and grapple with him. He delivered a down-
right cut at my head, which, had it taken effect, would
have killed me. I watched his eye, parried the
blow with the barrels of the gun (which are cut
into the bore), closed with the ruffian, and in doing so I
threw the gun from me on the bank of the ditch, fear-
ing an accident in the struggle. After a desperate en-
counter, in which he attempted to shorten the weapon
and stab me, I wrested it from him, and threw him with
his head into the hedge. I followed him to the ground,
put my knee upon him, and got a good grip of his
windpipe. After I got the sword from him, he made
a great effort to reach my gun, which was in the ditch,
but I succeeded in preventing him getting hold of it.
While the grapple lasted, not one of all the fellows
employed at the mill, and who were looking on,
ever put hand to help me; but as soon as I had got him
down, and had throttled him, they came. When two or
three of the fellows had got a secure hold of him I let
him up. A decent sort of man, who appeared a kind of
steward at the mill, came forward, and got the ruffian
secured. He turned out to be a carpenter, who mistook
me for one of the pay-clerks of the public works, against
whom he had some enmity. I have lodged informations
against him. The steward said, if I had not been mer-
ciful, I would have shot him, and I wondered I did not.
—Correspondent of Northern Whig.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—The good-conduct warrant,
so beneficial to the non-commissioned officers and men
of the ordnance corps, cavalry, and line regiments of her
Mejesty's service, which was promulglaatsete,lwlahsetnyeitare,aamnde
intotook
operation,
terno,m m
atdhee
the
et of fa
y January
corporals, having three
a Lof a sergeant. On
I w n
to the gthoiosdd-eiffoenrdeuncetesetrfippatT ebxetcnegedmthaedep
autho-
rities, they have taken the subject into consideration,
and it is now understood from good authority, that in-
stead of reducing the amount of pay to well-conducted
corporals, it is to remain as stated in the good-conduct
warrant, and an addition of 3d. per day is to be added
to the pay of sergeants in the Royal Regiment of Artil-
lery, and that amount, in addition to what they have
already received, will be paid them, calculating from the
time the good-conduct warrant came into operation, on
the Ist of January last.
r
SMITHFIELD LATTLEmARKET.—The next cattle
market (Friday) at Smithfield, falling on Christmas-
day, businesi_ will be held as usual, but limited to the
early part of the day. The sale of beasts and sheep,
c , will be permitted till eleven o'clock, and the market
police have orders from the City authorities to clear the
market of cattle by twelve o'clock. The horse market
allowed to be driven through metropolis after one
Ypuebstleicr:datyhe
carriage
i a
gee entire
bridge in the afternoon w:11 notbeheltdh,eandcattle will not be
o'clock.
bridge was t
description of vehicle • to-morrow evening.
pas-
sage of every
TA The
THE THAMES REGAT amount of is being macadamized, and will be re-opened for the WEsTmihNrseTwEnit
sub-
scriptions received for this annual regatta, exceeds 6001.;
and among the donations are the following :—Prince
-oßpilein"toEtTh e
Albert, 101.; the Duke of Buccleuch, 10/.; Duke of
The Vice-Chancellor of England,
51.; the Lord Mayor, 5 guineas ; Oxford University Boat
Northumberland, 51.;
Club, 301,;._ Cambridge University Boat Club, 25/.
THE SUICIDE OF MAJOR EAMES.—The inquest
,•on the body of Major Eames, which had been thrice ad-
journed, was last evening brought to a close by a ver-
ict of " Temporary insanity."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
RECEIVED THIS DAY.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAT.
CHESTER Cur (ENTER OR NOT).
50 to 1 agst Crim Con—offd 1000 to 15 agst Antler—taken
50 to 1 agst Erin-go-bragh— and afterwards offered
offered 1000 to 15 agst Fitz-Allen--t
1000 to 15 agst Mikey Free— Offers to take 1000 to 15 about
offered Punch.

8 to 1 agst Van Tromp—ofl'd
16 to 1 agst Epirote—taken
18 to 1 agst Planet—taken
25 to 1 agst Glentilt—taken
33 to 1 agst Old Port
Even on the fi,

35 to 1 agst Lunedale
40 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong
40 to 1 agst Miss Martin colt
40 to 1 agst Red Ilart—taken
6 to 1 agst Scott's lot
1d agst twelre.

EXTRAORDINARY RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—
Yesterday a very simultaneous rise in the price of bread
took place throughout the metropAis; the household
quality being advanced from 7eT., to aid., and the best
wheaten from 9id. to Mid. In the market, on Monday,
flour rose 3s. per sack; and it is stated among many of
the most experienced bakers, that, before the expiration
of the week, the 41b. loaf will reach the price of 11d.
The venerable Member for East Somerset, Colonel
Gore Langton, entered on his 59th year.last Saturday.
Bath Journal.

• "And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name
that sat on hith Wft3 Deittb, kid 'hell ;followed With him."—
Rev. yi. 8.

of his administration will be cited as favourable con
trasts to the harsh edict's against Nthich the colonists
have so loudly appealed. That the resistance of the
colonists to these edicts has offended Sir George, and
most probabiy aggravated the illness under which he is
now suffering. is not very surprising. "Itis a psycho-
logical truth," says the philosopher, " that all power.
being resisted, the first feeling in those intrusted with
it, is not that of regret at this resistance on account of
the object they had in view, but of offence at the oppo-
sition itself." And so with Sir George Gipps. lie con-
ceived that, however unconstitutionally acquired, the
action of his power ought to have obtained-homage. He
sought his rules of government in the precincts of prero-
gative ; he endeavoured to legislate by proclamation,
and was chagrined and offended at the colonists' resist-
ance
to his stern appeal to that "never-ceasing fountain
and last resort of power, the ' summon imperiunz,' the
' summa potestas nulli subjecta?"

THEIR PERSECUTION AND RECENT EXPUL
SION FROST NAVOO.
(From the Philadelphia Correspondent of the Economist).
As the Mormonites have, from time to time, occupied
much of public attention, and especially of late, I have
thought that perhaps a short shetch of their history and
of their recent expulsion from Illinois, might not prove
uninteresting or unwelcome to the majority of your
readers, and I have therefore ventured to present them
in this letter, with as candid and as correct a narra-
tive as I can in so small a space.
The Mornomites, although they have been greatly per-
secuted, have, ever since their origin, by their great ig-
norance and credulity, their peculiar religious creed and
distinct organisation, invariably become disagreeable and
obnoxious to their neighbours. The bulk are the con-
fiding dupes and tools of a few shrewd, de-
signing, profligate men, with some half-crazed fa-
natics, whom they follow as their leaders and
high priests, in the full belief that they are
chosen by God to teach the true religion, that they are
the favoured people of the Almighty—that, like the early
Christians, they must and will suffer for the sake of the
truth—and that they will increase and flourish, and ulti-
mately cover the earth as the waters cover the s'ia. They
took their rise about the end of the year 1827, in the vil-
lage of Manchester, six miles from Palmyra (where the
writer has been), in the western part of the state of
New York. Four or five years ago might still be seen
an excavation in the side of a hill, from whence, accord-
leg to the declaration of Joe Smith, the original prophet
and leader, the golden bible, or metallic plates, were
disinterred. Joe Smith and his father's family were
poor, partially educated, and followed the occupation of
spade labourers, or money diggers, as they called them-
selves, Joe himself being of indifferent character, and
they' resided in the vicinity of Palmyra.
The accepted version of the Mormon revelation is,
that an angel visited Joe Smith in a dream, and astured
him that he was sent by God to declare to him that he
(Joe) was the chosen prophet and priest of Jehovah to
all the world. The angel then disclosed to him the ex-
istence of a golden bible, whereupon, or wherein, was
written the new revelation, where he would find it, and
how he was to dig for it; and, when he had found it, to
make it known to all mankind. Joe obeyed the instruc-
tions, found the metallic plates, alias golden bible, and
in due time promulgated the new and only true religion,
Before I proceed, I would here remark that not the
slightest doubt exists, or ever did exist, in the minds of
sane and intelligent persons, that this book of Mormon,
alias metalic plates, alias golden bible, was devised and
manufactured by some skilled, unprincipled Bible read
associates and friends of the family of Smiths, and brought
to the light when the play was ready to be performed,
and the actors initiated into their respective parts and
duties. This Book of Mormon, or the new revelation, is
ingeniously contrived, and adapted to gull and charm
the superstitiously ignorant, and also to gain proselytes
amongst the uneducated portion of professing Christians
of almost every sect ; for, whilst it admits the authen-
ticity and truth of the Old and New Testaments, it also
reveals new lights and truths, by which all the obscu-
rities and difficulties of the Bible that hitherto hung
over religious communities are explained and cleared
away.
The Mormon priests and elders profess to prove
that the Book of Mormon, published through the
instrumentality of their prophet, by divine authority
and direction, contains a historical and religious
record, which was written in ancient times by a
branch of the house of Israel who inhabited America,
and from whom the Indians descended ; that this
record is the golden bible found by Smith, and that
it not only confirms the truth of holy writ, but also nar-
rates the history and events of ancient America as far
back or beyond the period of the flood. They persuade
the deluded multitude that they have the gift of tongues,
of healing the sick, and the exclusive privilege of inter-
course with the Almighty, from whom they directly ob-
tain new revelations, and the power of working miracles.
Soon after Joe Smith and his coadjutors had promul
gated the new religion, the disciples located themselves
in a body at Rutland, in the state of Ohio, when they
soon received an accession to their number ; and, by a
special revelation received by the prophet from God,
they built a large and beautiful temple. Here they at
tempted to establish a bank, and being unable to obtain a
charter from the legislature of Ohio, they took the power
into their own hands, and made a beginning. They ma-
naged to get out a considerable amount of bank notes of
their own manufacture, by purchasing goods at high
prices, and distributing their notes at a great discount ;
but the pay day came ; there was no specie forthcoming
to replace the notes with; differences ensued amongst the
saints and their leaders, which ended in a division, a very
large proportion of them migrating to the town of Inde-
pendence in the state of Missouri. Here they became
disliked by the previous settlers, and at length, in 1839,
they were forcibly expelled, with much suffering and
loss of property. Nevertheless, they kept 'together,
firm in their faith in the Morman creed; they travelled
on, enduring many privations for conscience sake, and
again fixed themselves at the village of Commerce, in
the state of Illinois. Probably the persecutions they
had experienced in leaving Missouri, and the patience
and fortitude they exhibited procured for them a large
share of Sympathy and passion, for here they gained
fresh strength; their numbers rapidly increased, and
they became possessed of a considerable extent of beau-
tiful country; they built the city of Navoo, or holy city,
and invited all the saints from every quarter, by pro-
clamation, and through the press, to join them, and as-
semble in that land of promise. Being industrious, and
simple in their way of living, they prospered; their
numbers continued to increase till, in 1843, the popula-
tion of Navoo was reckoned at 16,000 souls, and in all
their ramifications they were estimated at more
than 100,000, many of whom are from Europe, and
not a few from the manufacturing districts of England,
A city charter was now obtained from the legislature of
Illinois, by which the limits of Navoo were defined, em•
bracing about six square miles of territory, and convey-
ing the accustomed municipal rights. Joe Smith was
unanimously elected Mayor of the city. A military force
was also established, with the designation of the Navoo
Legion, and Joe Smith was appointed Commander-in-
Chief, by the title of Lieutenant-General. He was, in
fact, what Moses was to the children of Israel—their
spiritual and temporal head, their military leader, their
prophet and revelator. His will was their law, for they
felt sure that he was divinely inspired. Such was their
faith in their prophet and the priesthood, that they con-
tributed largely of their small means, and gave their
skill and labour to build another temple and houses for
them. The location of Navoo is described by a gentle-
man, who has lately been there, as delightful ; the tem-
ple is one hundred and thirty feet long and ninety feet
wide, and it is built of white hewn stone. In the
basement story is a baptismal font, resting upon
twelve oxen, hewn from granite, with iron horns ; and
the temple may be seen from several points on the river,
at the distance of fifteen miles. But I must be brief:
The holy city is now deserted, and the temple is no
longer in possession of the saints. They have been
driven from their fire-sides and their church by an
armed, reckless mob, calling themselves Anti-Mormons,
but who are, in reality, a number of the worst characters
from various states, with some vagabond preachers of
different denominations, who have invented some accu-
sations, and exaggerated any faults they could lay hold
of against the Mormons as a pretext to seize their pro-
perty, and drive them from their homes. They have
accused the Mormons of thefts and depredations which
they did not commit, got legal processes against them,
and then volunteered their services in assisting to execute
them, under the plea that they would resist the laws,
for the sole purposes of aggression and robbery. They
have by this means taken and retained the city of Navoo,
have established Lynch-law, and are plundering and as-
saulting such of the population as remained. Much blame
is attributed to the Governor of Illinois for laxity of
duty, for not displaying more promptitude and energy
in maintaining the supremacy of the law. It is undoubt-
edly a blot upon this land of equal rights that a whole
city of sixteen thousand inhabitants, or more, should
have been driven out upon the prairiet and wilderness
on account of their religion ; for, though deluded and
fanatical, they are not the less entitled to their natural
rights and protection from the law as American citizens.
Governor Ford is now acting with cnergy ; he is on his
way to Navoo with a hundred soldiers and two pieces of
cannon, and it is fully expected that he will soon be able
to expel the insurgents and restore order. Two things
are self evident in reviewing this affair and the state of
society in Illinois. One is, the great want of right edu-
cation amongst the population, to keep them from be-
coming the dupes of Mormonite, Millerite, or any other
ite leader ; and the other, the great inefficiency of the
executive portion of the government of the state.

COURT OF QUEEA'S BEACH, Dec. 22.
NEWTON AND co. v. sTEwART.—THE CANTERBURY AND
HERNE BAY RAILWAY.
Mr. Crowder, Q C., and Mr. Ball were for the plain-
tiffs, and Mr. Keane for the defendant.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs.
Newton and Co., the well-known advertisement agents
of Warwick-square, against the defendant, Mr.
John Stewart, one of the provisional committee
of the Canterbury and Herne Bay Railway, and a mem-
ber of an opulent firm in the City,, to recover 2341. 13s.
4d., for advertisements which they had inserted in vari-
ous newspapers by the orders of the company, which
was registered on the 16th October. The offices of the
company were at No. 158, Strand, where the secretary
(Mr. J. Wilson), who, with Mr. Daniel Keane, the soli-
citor to the company, were its registered pro-
jectors, but carried on the business of an engineer
and patent agent. The defendant joined the company
on the 15th of November, and stated on that day, ac-
cording to the testimony of the secretary, that he had
given a Mr. Bayn authority to place his name on several
provisional committees, and justified the placing of his
name on that committee. The " panic" cut off the pro-
ject in its bloom. The accounts were audited, and the
sum for which the action was brought was audited
as due to the plaintiffs. It was arranged that each of
the provisional committee should contribute 721. for the
purpose of defraying the debts incurred by the concern,
351. of which was to be paid in the first instance ; but it
appeared the defendant alone had contributed his quota.
The orders for the advertisements were given by the
plaintiffs in the ordinary manner, through the secretary
who had received orders to that effect from the com-
mittee. The defendant attended the various meetings
of the committee, and took an active part in the ma-
nagement of its affairs. The secretary, it appeared,
waited upon the plaintiffs, and handed them a prospectus
of the company, and asked them to open an account
with them, to which, after examining the names, they
assented. The defendant's name, amongst many
others,
was in the prospectus, and it was proved, that he signed
the usual form of consent, and conseqently allowed his
name to be registered.
Mr. Alexander, a clerk in the plaintiff's office, proved
the receipt of the orders, and the insertion of the adver-
tisments in the various newspapers.
Mr. KEANE objected to this proof as insufficient, and
held that the papers filed at the Stamp-office were the
only admissible evidence, and quoted the 6th and 7th
William IV. in support of kis objection.
Mr. CROWDER said the whole of the papers in which
the advertisements appeared were in Court, and offered
to put them in evidence. He would not undertake to
produce the certified copies filed at the Stamp-office, as
those he proposed to produce were manifestly sufficient.
Mr. KEANE asked Lord Denman to take a note of his
objection.
Lord Deefmate acceded, and intimated that he consi-
dered the plaintiffs had proved enough.
Mr. KEANE, in addressing the jury, contended that
those who allowed their names to be put on provisional
committees did not pledge themselves to pay all the
expenses which the officers of the company might
think proper to incur in endeavouring to obtain an Act
of Incorporation. It could not be supposed that a rational
man would delegate this indefinite authority to others.
He should show that Mr. Bayn had placed the defendant's
name on the committee without his consent. They
would have to decide whether the putting down of his
nameliablemem member
rr thefth
e com-
mittee claim,
a
whetherthe
e thehin defendantaleitaholfem becomingfandre him
all
a the antecedent debts of
the company and those which might afterwards be
n d
by
m
incurred. They must look at the intention of a man in
taking such an office. No one who took such an office
in the autumn of last year ever intended to be respon-
sible for the whole debts of the company with which he
became connected. This he held was the proper meaning
of the Registration Act.
Mr. Bayn was called, and stated that he was a friend
of the defendant's, and that he gave his name without
his consent to Mr. Keane as a provisional committee-
man for the railway. This was on the 16th of October.
He did not write to the defendant for some time after.
He had placed his name, and the names of others, on
committees without their consent. Some had repudiated
his acts.
Mr. CROWDER replied, and held that the defence set
up was perfeetly inconsistent with the facts eltcited, as
the defendant voluntarily became a member of the com-
mittee, as he had acted in that capacity, and as he had
confirmed the correctness of the plaintiff's bill in direct-
ing the secretary to annex it, after it was audited, to a
letter which was sent by his direction to the other mem-
bers of the committee respecting the debts of the
Company. His consent was conclusive. Not-
withstanding the statements of Mr. Bayn,
he
ut
theoi thought
defendant
to he was justified in saying that he had
h
add his name to the committee—at any
rate
took upon himself the office. Great
atohrht
stress
was laid upon the fact that the defendant did not
join the company until Nov. 15, and that he could not
be held responsible for debts incurred before that period.
But he made no objection to the amount of the claim.
The advertisements after that period were simply renewals
of those which had been given, and were necessary for
the proper carrying on of the company.
Lord DENMAN left it to the jury to say whether the
advertisements were necessary for the purpose of esta-
blishing the company, and whether the defendant had
made himself liable, by the part which he had taken in
the management of its affairs. There could be no doubt
that he was a provisional committeinan. If they thought
be was liable, but not before the 15th of November, the
amount could be arranged amongst the parties.
The jury retired, and after an absence of two hours
and a half, returned into court with a verdict for the
plaintiff for 2341.
FEARON v. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
The jury were called in this case, which was expected
to havMr.ecobeerienßuaapN, rotzo.teadppo(naer,e, for the piaintifi, inti-
b" i
mated that the record had been withdrawn.

REDUCTION IN CAD FAKE--Yesterday several
cabs, with placards announcing that they were running
at 6d: a mile, were conveying passengfirs at that rate in different parts of the metropolis, much to the chagrin of
the rest of the fraternity, who greeted the drivers of
those vehicles, as they passed the different cab ranks,
with jeers and shouts of derision.
Wild fowl was never so abundant or cheap as at
present.. The country " boys" are engaged every day
at the pastime of shooting game, but the largest field day
is the Sabbath, when shots may be Beard popping in all
directions. The consequence is, that fowl are hawked
about the town for sale in the greatest plenty.—
Linstrick Chronicle,