The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

"MOVEMENTS OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STITES.

Bales.
Receipts at port since Sept. 1, 1850 ... 951,500
Corresponding dates last year ... 963.000

Du. do. year before 987,000
Exports from the U. States since Sept. 1, 1850 480,000
Corresponding dates last year 400,000
Do. do. year before 504 000
Exports to Great Britain since Sept. 1, 1850 ... 278,000
Correspondirg dates last year ... 275,000
Do. do. year before • • 352,000
Stock in New York and ports of receipt ... 463,000
Corresponding dates last year ... 466,000
Do. do. year before 460,000
Receipts at this port since Jan. 1, 27,000. Exports,
6,000. Taken by spinners, 5,000. Taken on specula-
tion, 8,000. Amount on sale, 10,000. Whole stock in
city, 35,000.
The aggregate value of foreign dry goods put upon
the New York market during the week, was 1,866,4'0
dolls. This shows an enormous increase on the week
previous. The payment of duties at the Custom House
have, for the past week, been large, and it was expected
that the daily receipts for some time to come will
amount to between three and four hundred thousand
dollars. This will draw heavily on the banks, and ra-
pidly swell the deposits in the Sub• Treasury.
The report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
of Pennsylvania, gives some very important and inte-
resting facts connected with the operations daring the
past year. During the year ending Dec. 31, 1850, the
money received into the State Treasury, applica-
ble to the Sinking Fund, amounted to the sum of
199,605 dolls. 65c., whichovith the balance of 12,534 dolls.
65c., due to the fund on the Ist day of January, 1850,
constituted an aggregate for the year of 212,140 dolls.
30c. Of this aggregate the commissioners received from
the State Treasurer the sum of 193,166 doll. 24c.,
leaving a balance due to the fund, on the Ist of January,
1851, oil 8,974 dolls. 60. The sum thus received from
the State Treasury was invested in the five per cent.
loan of the Commonwealth, in May, October and No-
vember, 1850, constituting the third, fourth, and fifth
purchases of State Stocks since the creation of the fund.
The weather in Canada had been very severe.
Accounts from Antwerp state that the branch of the
new National Bank bad commenced operations there, and
would give great facilities in discounts.
The report of the North Stafford Railway Directors
has been issued this morning, and contains the following
interesting paragraphs:—
The accounts of the past half year show a steady in-
crease in the traffic of the line, and, as the directors
anticipated, without a corresponding increase in the
charges against revenue. After adding largely to the
reserve fund, and after the payment of the interest upon
the borrowed capital, and the amount due upon the
Canal Shares, a chear available balance of 29.1671.
9s. 10d. remains, which the directors recommend should
be divided at the rate of 3s. 6d, per share, free of in-
come-tax, leaving a small amount to the credit of the
company, and a reserved fund in hand, amounting to
19,576/. 3s. The directors have entered into a contract
with Messrs. Brassey, subject to the confirmation of the
proprietors, by which the construction of the Ashbourne
branch will be ii.sured,with a guarantee of a return equal
to the interest which will beeome payable on the deben-
ture debt representing the cost of the branch. The
policy which has guided the directors in the work now
proposed is, while adhering to their determination to
avoid increasing their share capital by a further call, to
enter upon no undertaking the interest upon the cost of
which is not economised or insured. This condition
being fulfilled, they consider it wise to extend the ac-
commodation for the local traffic, and to incur a certain
outlay in order to bring additional income on the main
line. The question of the reduction of the number of
directors has also been before the board. It has been
couc:uded that, consistently with the efficient conduct
of the affairs of the company, it would not at present
be advisable to diminish the strength of the direction.
It is proposed however to diminish the payment made to
them, from 2,500/. to 1,2501. a year, to date from the
period of the last half-yearly meeting. The local trade,
notwithstanding the difilcultiee which have been thrown
in its way by the impediments offered to the through
trade has increased; and when these obstacles shall have
been removed by a more economical access to Derby,
and reasonable facilities on the London and North-
Western Railway, will doubtless be more rapidly ex-
tended. The mineral traffic is flowing in almost heyond
the means at the disposal of the company fur its accom-
modation, and will receive a great impetus from the
opening of the line to Ashbourne. The through traffic
is altogether undeveloped, and must considerably increase
with the proper accommodation which the directors have
taken measures to secure. On the other hand, every
increase in the traffic will diminish the per centage
of the working expenses, while the charge
against revenue may be considered to have nearly at-
tained its maximum; and will be diminished with the
removal of the temporary liabilities of the company, and
the reduction now in progress of the rate of interest on
the debenture debt.

The English Stock Market has been a little firmer to-
day, and although speculation has been extremely inac-
tive, one or two money purchases have contributed to
give a better tone. The nature of the intelligence
from Paris seems to he more satisfactory, and
there is yet a hope that the steady and constitutional
policy of the President will render the Assembly more
trrctable. Consols have been quoted 964 for Transfer,
and 96$ for Account. The supply of money is
more abundant than of late and the letters
from Amtrica justify the assumption that specie
will, for the present at least, continue to flow in hare.
One writer conjectures that the " old country" will re-
ceive even more of the Californian gold than the United
States, The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been quoted 98} to 99, sad the Three per Cents.
97i to 3. BAnk Stock is firm at 2143. Exchequer-bilis
remain at 575. to 60s. premium.
Foreign Securities have been better supported.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 18f. The Two-and-a-
Qiarter per Cent. Venezuela Stock has been done at
304. Mexican Bonds have been at 33e lex div.
There is no news From Mexico via New York. Russian
Stock is worth 1123 to 1133. Belgian Four-and-a. Half
per Cents. are 903, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents, 58 to i.
Railway Shares have been flatter in respect to some
lines, with moderate transactions.

QUARTER TO TFIREE
Consols .. ... ... 961
Ditto Account ... ... ... 96i i
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITItsEt FUNDS O'CLOCK, PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 pe• Cent. Reduced Anna.
8 per Cent. Consuls Annuities........ 961,434 9 6 :!_i
Si ~, w 314 per Cent. Ann- ... .. ...... 99 9874 98%
imng Anne. to expiresJun.lB6o 7 13-16 73/4 73,,
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. iO, 1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 7-16 7% 7%
India Bonds, 1,0001- 7O p 70 p
Console for Account ' 96% 963 A
Exchequer Bills. 144 d. & 2d
1,000/. June
5001. June
Small. June 57 60 p 60 p

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds —
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... 87
Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. ..
Do., 5 per cent
Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds. 4% per Cent —
Ditto Deferred
Russian Bonds ,... 113% 112% 112;4,
Ditto, 4% per Cent,
Spanish 5 per Crint. 1840 —
Ditto Account .....
Venezuela Bonds, 21,4 per Cent
Ditto, Deferred ll4
yablo in Lot den. 11 4
lividfinds on the above Ph
Belgian, 4% per Cent.
Ditch .24, prr Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto, 4 rim Cent. Certificates 9OJ/4 904 91tig

ILLNESS or LORD NEWRY.—Very unfavourable
aceounts have been received of the. state of health of Lord
Newry, son of the Earl of
resigning the representation of the
borcugh of Newry. It is stated that there is little hope of
his recovery.

THE REV. JOHN BURNETT.--We regret to state
that this well-known dissenting preacher has experienced a
very severe attack of paralysis, and that his friends enter-
tain considerable fears as to his recovery. It appears that
Mr. Burnett was, on Thursday afternoon last, walking near
to Camberwell-green, apparently in the erjovment of his
accustomed good health, when he was observed to falter in
his footsteps, and almost immediately afterwards fell to the
ground. Medical assistance was promptly at hand, when
he was removed in a state of insensibility to his own resi-
dence, which was situated at but a short distance from the
spot where he fell.
We understand that he still lies in a
yery precariettAlgate.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS Dstl:')
LOND('N, JAN. 28.—Wind thi's day at EOOll S.V7',l'gh;
airs, and
NEW YAn c ear weather.
oRK
JAN. 14.—The Gipsy, British sch°l3rci
St. Andrew's to bum, wvnt asi,ort. at South POrt°
o t
ult., and since boon sold. The _dome, Fall liiver tl
port, was on shore on Hog Island 23(1 ult., but °
27th without damse.
ST. JOHN'S, NEW BituNswies., JAN. 14.—The nerlel‘ri
of a vessel of about 150 tuns, 1.1,11 loss of trowsPret,
masts by the board, copper-bottomed. painted tilt l
with a white streak, and with five men on deck, silt °:g
flying for assistance, was passed during a heavy gale;
S.W., 90 mils N.E. of Cape Hatteras:bv the Harro°t3J;
urrivid here from Savannah, which could render no 1,90
aistance; on the 25th the st ecither being moderater...of
went in search of the, wreck, but could see nothing
her, and she is suppoard to have foundered. i OS,
CZUEENSTowN, Jeri. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sid.
Jamaica ; Avon, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Ansdale, ditto'

Pallindor, Boron. ,
o'
MARGATE, JAN. 24.--10 40, A.M.—The
rend, of Groningen, Dordt, to Belfast, is totally alt
on the Lung Sand. Part f cargo Witted. voles
DUMFRIES, JAN. 96.—The Daring, schooner'
to the Clyde, has been got off Blackshaw Bank' io
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 27.—The Pceiel, Sea',3" t the
London, struck on the liestel, and drove again'.
Cross pier, received consid, table damage and sunk-d
e
DOVER, JAN. 27.—Wind W.--Arrd•
Paz, Santander. Off port, Devonshire, New 1°1117.."
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind tO S ,

Sld. M-agaret Evans, New York.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. OceB'i°ll3:
P_ ampol; Niagara, Demerara; James Wright, Ne,wiltaarS'
Revere, Boston ; Niagara steamer, Boston. SI".
mina, Rio J .ueiro; Duchess of Lancaster, Shse''h-i3cb
The Connaught Ranger steamer, for Waterford, shish
had been put on shore below E remont got to
the flood last evening, without gan apparent loievrit
d
the hull. The Whitehaven, from Cardiff, bas,er,;;l:3,o
here leaky, and with damage, having been
Burbo, and been assisted off. The Jane, from `"'h Ts
has arrived here in a sinking state, having beet' el-i°;b•
on East Hoyle. The Ann and Mary, of AberYstwe at
reported ye: terday on shore in Carbo, wagi°enbea.
anchor off the Rock Light this morning, strikiDgtne la
vily, and abandoned; was brought up:ff the mags4.-alO
safety by a boat from hence. The Harmony,
bo
Naples, which put back to Melfurd, is leaky. Arrci•
DEAL, JAN. 27.—Wind N.W. to W.S.vv,,•---,rald,
from the River, Apprentice, Bussorah ; Em Cal'
Antigua. Al rd. from the River and sld• , Cotfiew,'Doeel
cutta; Viceroy, Bombay; Gambia, Sierra
Emily, Bahia; Bolivar, Sr. Vincent; Appoline, ig°"-51d,
Patrick llenry, New Yurk; Helena, New Yeth,iia e'
Cleo, Demerara; Helen, Trinidad. The 1-ev--o:b°
of Bilboa, from Havannah, for Antwerp, Put
Downs last night, with damage, having been in c°
off &achy Herta.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arra., 7, for
Rouen, for Glasgow, to stop a leak. Elda. 114"
Bordeaux, leaky and will discharge.
JERSEY, JAN. 26.—Wind S.—Sid. Messenger' 1301'
ails; Sultana, Cape C, ast, Castle. titS'
Waarzwormr, JAN. 27.—Some logs of Al:aeries° id
—a ber, marked V. W.—O. M. C. 48 —and V. B. 27'
V. W.-15, have come ashore. tic!:
HALIFAX UNITED STATES, JAN. 16.---1°L„fir,bo-,
Vera, Canso to this port, went on shore near tAtu
28th ult., and is a total loss. The Liberia, of and e,,eeireSl
this port, from Port aux Bausgues, Newfoundlalm
on
CHARLESTON, shore near Marie
JAN. Joslo.—eph 29th
The u TAy $b ow
how
lt. r.!
to this port, went on shore on the South Breaker
yesterday, and assisted off. , al
MOGADORE,— the llnzard, arrived here Stu
ob
from London, was beached on the 10th lest she s
sink in the Bay. artle t°
GENOA, JAN. 22.—The Constantino, wds4i
Genoa, ran on a sand bank, and sprang a leak, at
'-1:1
15th inst. shiP'
PVILLIIELI, JAN. 27.—The after part of a larcgem
supposed to be North American built, bas
e-
shore. 013°14
CARDIFF, JAN. 27.—The Noel (new brig) i 6 e
on Breakaca north tp
POOLE, JAN. 27.—The Swallow, from the ye
this port, drove un shore in Studl'and Bay duringd
terday's gale; the cargo is being partly disc
order to get her off next spring tides. ools
CARDIFF, JAN. 27.—The Noel brig, of LiVetPoo,
Appledure to this port, gut ashore in Four Acres oda
near Abuthaw yesterday'; she is lying on her beau:
soot
with keel gone and other damage, and it the vVietaa
does not prove favourable it is feared'
she will bee'
wreck; her materials are being got on shore.. ~ro
A
GRIMSBY, JAN. 27. The Flora Beaton, ea': dDO
Lynn, went on shore near Kilnsey on SaturdaY, a"beillg
since become a wreck; crew saved; part of etge
Dd
saved. e
, f
YARMOUTH, JAN. 27.—The Lord Howie., e sit-
for Ipswich, from Sunderland, has sunk on th
„Doi
bank off Palling. bedr;-
COURTMASHERRY, JAN. 25.—Two cases Of see ad
looking-glasses, mahogay veneered, were °Pea filj;
sea off Seven Heads, by two boats from that pia 'cosi
130 of them delivered into the care of thee t/19
guard, the sea being too heavy to stiV, 111°
cases ; no marks or numbers known• f*"„tasst
same time the heels of a lower and
18 !set each, were seen; a pooprail and stanoltit/;hite'
outside,. yellow inside; a topgallant yard, Paiute:o,lY tei
iron jackstay, 21 feet long; topgallant sail, nT Ai era
paired with inferior canvass, marked John 13',6ivio
Co., rope and sail makers, Glasgow"—trysail, l',"'"c 0u;
marked "Glasgow, bleached," blue line aowni se:1-eV'
of each cloth; also several shook oil casks, ut
this harbour on the 19th. 001
BEA.UMARIS, JAN. 27.—The Srd, Live -13 g "°
Messina, has put in here leaky, and
the fo
crew ref°
proceed.

A)
MARKET NEWS.—(THIS -1-, n
V.off
EMY itra.A.s.,:aLalsats• 2 Cl°
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Ha), 2/ 5s to 3, 100
31 Os to 41 Os ; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 63 P"
31 144
Supply tolerably good, and trade dud.
to'
CUMBERLAND. Meadow liay, 2/ Ss per I°l`j
Clover, 3/ Os to 4103; and Straw, 1/ 1s to 85 II;
Trade heavy, at about last week's prices. 31
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Flay, 2/ 6i tor lob
Clover, 3/ Os to 4/ Os; and Straw, 1/ Os to 1163 Pe
A full average supply, and a dull trade. yed
COLONI.A.Z. nvea, aOO
SUGAR.—British Plantation slightly ialPr"
about 400 hhds have been sold at firm rates`, olP^
bags Mauritius, and 3,500 b,,gs Bengal, sold Wittilti,a.l
ut in soa.e instance:, 6d easier; 2,100 bags
brought fuller prices, white grainy 463 to 47,,5',2t05ii
ditto, 43s 6,1 to 44s 6d, low to good yellow Bstl.
Cd, and low brown 305. Of 120 chests brow°3o63:l
offered, only 40 chests damaged sold at 343 Gcl tsclsi of
Privately 500 cases brown BaLia were sold at tiat'itid
900 baskets ord brown Java at 37a 6d. 11)e qufso :05
British Plantation lauded last week at the
~,,ce
West India Docks was 1,409 hhds 106 `;,,aliv.:.
barrels; there were taken for home consun3Pth oew
hhds 113 tierces 369 barrels. The stock in
places is 7,174 hhds 724 tierces 1,022 barrels' is ti
COFFEE—Li in improved demand, and abouAt fine
~130
6d dearer. Native Ceylon realised 483 6ci,anere
•-#
ord Plantation 56s to 575, about 500 bsgsh'cl3 r
together. Some parcels also have changed till
vately on similarly improved terms. r. qv 00
Rux.—A fair business has been done. •1•11-„,a-ito
lauded last week at the East and West lodis e e'ri;
648 puns 16 hhds. There were taken br ",,-o°3ans,!4
sumptionbds 257 puns 47 hhds, and exported 9 rrj
. Ttie stuck tu the same places 14P34
1,266 hhds. 104
SALTPETBE.-600 bags Ben al refraction tei-
cent.,lwere taken in at 27s 6d,g being above the P
ill
gioti
warlkAellovawlu.—e. P.Y.C. is 37s 6d to 37s 9d Per c'.uP
spot,lE Aan.liTbown 39s 6d.. The market is 100kii,40;°9.1
veries tor cone
s unima rpktieotnisinst:r-aedayse,da.nd last wee
MIS Price°
COTTON.—Thery has not been much doing',
are firm.
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QUEEN'S BENCI-I.—'(THIS J'A
(Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAltraunt )
COLERIDGE, PATTESON. and IN 101111%."•1,'
THE qUEEN V. THE OVERSEER. of 3"141C
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JUDGMENT.
Lord CAMPBELL delivered the judgment 0. the Oro'
in this case this morning. He said the C'll„.ct Ofse
opinion that the case could not be slistiegtnn"
rially from this case of the Birmingham lustLttittp°'lo
porn d in the 10th Queen's Bench Reports, the a-ojefloti
of which was not disputed on the part of the resPh°oo7ca
The Royal Manchester Institution appeared t° 14
cief3lli
to be established exclusively for the urposes ledcl °e/11°.ii
literature, and the fine arts. It wasr suPP°r;,ilsri:ill'
by annual voluntary contribution • and, hf,`,4; d, F.O
might not, while it subsisted, make any dived
°.
or bonus of money, m n,
members. The memnberasuyseem,maendnetor hbaevteweiel3 131.alfj°3101;'
they seriously and disinterestedly professed,
have for their chief object their own reere,--„Il il
argeo
amuasment. The building was erected by
scribed by the shareholders, and those fun& is' %or ;
in trustees upon trust, to be expended for oi%!
f literature, science, and the fi
delivered from time to time on subjects 0' -,113 arid'
science,bar and the fine arts, to which officers la "weer° ef'
mitrteisdters,a gratuitouslyp d literary
ob and scientific pertshls,?brieot•h9ociito
application to
Rooms in the institution were devoted to the of
of paintings, and artists were assisted in the sa.ef tbeje
works without any view to profit on the parl,„°hiellti4o
ftety. The expenses of the institution were rr' 120 vv ye
rayed by the subscription of the members. A'nt
a society prima facie within the scope of the 15;'- 3051
liament, the Court had to examinePthe Ohieetjed eOl
to the exemption claimed. The first was Wl' vi
power vested in the trustees to let eff,/ell',b4l
the building not required for the use of the Br-ior
might be that a part was let off to tenants, ba''tt obar,
part the exemption was not claimed. The4rje-tne.:
Lion was made on the fact that when paintiog- eft P-ieff
a distance and were sold at the exhibition, t'7o; ref',
deducted five per cent. from the price, which etiii
sented as a commission, and evidence of estrli iage
trade for profit. But the society paid the, esikeidd
those paintings, and the commission was arri°l.4vl
defray the expenses of the carriage; ankt",aaonfr'ff
ment was evidently made with a view to the -afia
ment of the fine arts. The Learned Jtidge ti
the arPf
viewed several other objections urged during, °
by I'l
° ment to the exemption claimed, concludeu;ai 11'
ing that upon the whole the Court was of °Ph.. rate
the Recorder decided properly in amending of
striking out the assessment made resPeaer
society,
and that the rule f qor uashing the n--
sions ought to be discharged.
THE QUEEN V. BRANDT —JIJDOIENI't r)
were „,;
Lord CAMPBELL said Di this C 3311 Lnj Ct. liable
opinion that the Manchester Concert Liall

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rated to the relief of the poor. The Couri; did not
tbi:lk that the society by whom it was occupied could bc
cxnsidered as established exclusively for the purposes of
science, literature, and the fine arts. The Court did not
doubt that music was one of the fine arts; but the prin-
cipal object which the members had in view was their
Own recreation and amusement. The Concert Hall was
built at the expense of 8.000/ by the Manchester Con-
cert Society, the money being borrowed fur
that purpose. The . society had 600 members,
consisting of Members of Parliament. barristers,
bankers magistrates,
, and many of the wealthiest in-
habitants of Manchester, with a peer of the realm
at its head. The members were admitted by
ballot and paid an anntal subscription, of which there
were several rates. The Court had to determine whether
this was a society which the Legislature intended to ex-
empt from the payment of poor-rates. Although the
Object of the society was innocent and laudable, and the
art f music was encouraged by the devotion of the
members to it, the Court could only look at this as the
claim of six hundred gentlemen associated for the amuse-
ment of themselves and their families. It was certainly
found by the sessions that the art of music had been pro-
moted in Manchester by this society, and that a professor
of music had been induced by the society to leave thr,
metropolis and to settle at Manchester. The Court
wished and trusted that the society might long flourish,
Paying its porn-rates.—(Laughter.) The Court thought
that on the broad grounds of the case the Recoi der
("tight to have held that the rate was properly imposed,
and though they differed from that gentleman in his
ration° decidendi, the Court confirmed his decision, and
the rule for quashing the order of sessions would still be
discharged.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr. Baron
MARTIN and a Common Jury.)
MITCHELL AND WIFE V. CHRISTY.
This action was brought to recover damages for in-
usies sustained by the plaintiff's wife, through the
aileetd negligence of the defendant.
11 r. E. James and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the
Plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Prentice fur
def,ndants,
It aared that the plaintiff was a small farmer at
Cudham, near Westerton, in Kent, and the defendant a
1°,1,111,1. man, a hatter in the Borough, whose family kept a
country house near Westerton. On the 9th of January last,
Wl:is. Mitchell, who was nearly eighty years of age, was
'king, according to her usual custom, along the road
towards Brom!ey, to meet her husband on his return
from market. The defendant was driving a dogcart
On the same road, and through his negligence, as was
ellFged, the vehicle came in violent collision with her,
and knocked her down. In consequence of the accident
her leg was broken, and she was otherwise so severely
injured, that she was confined to bed for 16 weeks, and
1.8 still a cripple. On these grounds the plaintiff sought
to recover compensation for the injuries inflicted on his
Wife, and also for the loss Of her services.
For the defence, it was contended that no blame was
attributable to the defendant, as he was driving at a
moderate speed, and gave timely warning to the old
44, but she appeared to be deaf and confused, and ne
giected to get out of the way.
The evidence on both sides, as usual in such cases,
Was extremely contradictory.
Mr. Baron MARTIN having summed up,
The jury retired, and after a brief absence, returned
into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 25/.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

This case was resumed this morning.
_ The SOLICITOR GENERAL (with whom were Mr.
Alexander and Mr. Gray) now showed cause against the
rule for a new trial which had been obtained by Mr.
Before entering on the circumstances of the
ease, he wished to set the Court right on a point which
had given rise to much animadversion both in court and
out Of court—he meant the fact that Mr. Keating had
oFnn forced to open his defence at ten o'clock at night.
This had been made one of the grounds of the present
application, when the fact was that Mr. Keating had act u
kallY volunteered to go on with his case at that
"unr• The Learned Judge had thrown himself upon the
counsel, and so far from protesting against being forced
on, Mr. Keating had gone on willingly, that public con-
venience might not suffer. Passing over this, he con-
plaintiff,
tended that a very strong case had been opened for the
which might be divided into two branches.
First, the general incapacity and madness of the testator,
and secondly, that at the particular time when the
will of 1818 was signed he was totally unable to
make a will. Looking at the evidence, if they remarked
the extraordinary eccentricities of Mr. Bainbrigge, his
!!sllen State, from that of a gay gentleman mingling in
the p 1 asures of the world, sunk down into a common
country boor, filthy in his person, obscene in his conver-
sation, drunken and dissolute, it was impossible to say
that he was not a dangerous madman. As to the
second point, the capacity of the testator to make a will,
he confessed that there was conflicting evidence; but he
contended that the weight of the evidence was strongly
On the side of the plaintiff. They brought forward three
witnesses who were present at his illness, who spoke to
his utter prostration of mind and body, being totally unable
to attend to any kind of business. They had spoken to
lui and endeavour,- d to draw him into a conversation,
but could get nothing from him but a few inarticulate
These witnesses were the medical man, Mr.
"i'", the nurse who attended Mr. Bainbrigge, and her
hhusband, who was continually passing to and fro out of
tuo luens---all witnesses of unimpeachable character, who
all declared that the testator during the whole of his ill-
ness WEIg in such a state of exhaustion as to be totally
unable to understand the contents of a long
',ills Now in a case of this sort, it was
Important to ascertain whether the will which
Wag produced was one which was in conformity
With the generally expressed intentions of the testator.
a thing was clear: from the time that his daugh-
ter bad married Arnold the testator never mentioned
her without oaths and revolting epithets, and constantly
expressed his determination of never seeing her again,
and that she never should have a farthing of his money.
This same state of mind towards the At nolds continued
till the time of his death. The witnesses who were
called to contradict this statement were all
persons interested for the parties who wished
received
to support the will of 1818, and who had
support from them. The deposition of
Allan, one of the attesting witnesses, which was read to
trove the sane condition of mind at the time, was after-
, ards contradicted expressly by himself, in a second
deposition, which was produced at the trial. The same
7aa the case with the testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Raw-
ils• With regard to these two, it was proved
that Mr. Arnold, twenty-five years after, had found
out these two living many miles off in comparative
Indigence about the time when it was becoming neces-
sary to inquire into the will, and had brought them to
the estate, and made the man fArm-bailiff, with many emo-
luments attached to the office. It was quite impossible to
50y that the evidence of these persons was not materially
damaged, and he contended that it was not sufficient to
destroy the evidence which had been produced by
the plaintiff of the insanity of the testator.
The Solicitor•Goneral had not concluded his argu-
ment when we went to press.
This case is expected to extend over to-morrow.

BAH, COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
CRIMINAL INFOIiIMATION.—THE QUEEN V. WILLIAMS.
Mr. WATSON applied to the Court for a rule to show
cause why a criminal information should not be filed
against Mr. Owen Gattey Williams, a magistrate for the
county of Anglesea. He made the motion on behalf of
lar. Lloyd, the high bailiff of Llangweny, in the same
County, and the circumstances disclosed in the affidavit
were these:—A person named Hugh Thomas filed his
protection in the County Court, in May last, but
the petition was dismissed, and in the following
'1 y one of his creditors obtained a judgment against
m for 181. debt, and 2/. costs. A fi. fa.
was issued on this judgment, and Mr. Lloyd
went to Thomas's house and seized the goods that
were there; but it afterwards turned out that a cart, a
?Ow, and a horse belonging to Thomas had previcusly
been removed to Mr. Williams's premises under an as-
signment, and the execution was withdrawn. In the
succeeding September another judgment was obtained,
and S. fa. issued, but before executing the latter Mr.
"Id applied to the constabulary for assistance, as
Thomas had threatened to get up a riot if he came in
again. Mr. Williams, however, interfered again
and prevented the constabulary rendering the
County Court officers any protection, and the
?°flscquence was, when they entered Thomas'.
's ouse on the 11th of November, they were forcibly
ejected and assaulted by Thomas, his wife, and another
Men. Mr. Lloyd then applied to Sir Richard Bulkeley.
another justice of the peace for the county of An-
glesea, for a warrant against the Thomases for the
assault, which was granted, but on the matter coming
on for hearing, at the Palatine Hotel in Anglesea, Mr.
Williams again made his appearance and produced a
cross information against Mr. Lloyd for assaulting the
Thomases, which he demanded should be gone into first.
Mr. Lloyd protested against this mode of proceeding, and
thclared that neither he nor his men had ever been
served with any notice or summons. Upon
hearing this Sir Richard Bulkeley declined to
have anything to do with this cross warrant, and Mr.
Williams was proceeding to hear it himself until he was
told that only two magistrates could take cognizance of
it. Sir Richard Bulkeley then, at the request of Mr.
Lloyd, went into the assault upon the County Court
officers, which he had power to do under the County
Courts Act, and ultimately, after patiently hearing both
bides, he convicted the Thomases. Upon that Mr. Wil-
liams took up the second information, and, abruptly
leaving the room, said he would go no further with
the affair. Now it was contended, on the
Part of Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Williams had been
guilty of a breach of duty in thus attempting
to prevent the due course of justice, and as it was of
importance that he should be protected from violence
while he was performing the office of bailiff to the
County Court, he was anxious that Mr. Williams should
be made to know that he could not play such antics with
impunity.
Mr. Justice ERLE thought it was just possible that
Sir. Williams had ground for thinking Mr. Lloyd was
in the wrong, but still sufficient bad been stated for a
rule to show cause, and he would therefore grant one.
Rule nisi accordingly.

specting a composition on the seine a statement wa
:nude in the schedule. He had been three times before
the court. He had received from his wife, who had an
income c f 3,8001. a year, 3001. in the last six months,
and tied spent about 6/. per week in visiting places of
amusement.
His HONOUR granted the final order.

I%IARLBRO.-STREET.-(THISDAY.)

DARING STREET-ROBBERY.— IV itiicint Tanner, a re-
turned transport, belenging to the Hackett vng, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Hingham, charged with
having been concerned with a woman, not in custody,
with the following daring robbery :
Mr. Henry Dinter, tailor, 13, Thornhill-place, Cale-
donian•road, deposed that, about nine o'clock on the
previous night, he was proceeding down Portland•road,
on his way from Devsdashire• street, when a woman
passed him and touched him on the shoulder and spoke
to him. He took no notice of her and passed on. After
he had gone ten or twelve yards from her he heard some
one run after him, and on turning round he saw it was
the same woman. He, however, did not speak to her,
but pursued his way towards home. The women
then came up to him again, and placed her arm within
his and began talking to him. She asked him where he
was gein-4; he said he was going home. She then pulled
trim into a gateway and tried to get him inside, but did
not succeed; and as he was trying to get away from her
ho felt a jirk at his watch•guard, and at the same time
found that his watch (a gold-repeater worth sev.nty
guineas) was gone. He immediately caught hold
of her by the neck, and said, " You have stolen my
watch." He called out Police," and at that moment
two men, ono of whom was the prisoner, pounced upon
him and held him down, and tried to g,t the woman
away. He, however, had too firm a hold of her and
would not let her go; and she then said, " Here is your
watch." He took the watch and put it in his pocket, and
the prisoner and the other man held him while the
woman made her escape. He struggled with the two
men for some time, and the other man, not in custody,
contrived to get away. A constable at that moment
came up, and he gave the prisoner into his charge.
The prisoner, who is known to the police as one of the
most expert " nobblers" (or head breakers), was re-
manded for a week.

APPREHENSION and COMMITTAL
OF MRS. SLOANE.-(THIS DAY.)

The statement that appeared in 7he Sun of last week,
of the belief that Mrs. Sloane was residing in seclusion
at Boulogne under a feigned name, has turned out to be
correct, and would appear in some measure to have led
to her apprehension. Superintendent Hodgson, of the
City Detective Police, and Sergeant May, of the same
body, to whom the person was well known, last week
proceeded to Boulogne, and there it is believed ascer-
tained that the fugitive had been residing in France, and
from inquiries they made succeeded in learning that she
had left France, and was in the neighbourhood of Folke-
stone, whither they followed her, and yesterday suc-
ceeded in apprehending her in that town, and ar-
rived in London, bringing with them Mrs.
Sloane in custody this morning. They immediately
communicated with the Messrs Phillips, the solicitors of
Mr. Sloane, and Messrs. Pontifex, the solicitors of the
West London Union; but it is understood, in conse-
quence of the near approach of the Central Criminal
Court Sessions, it was not intended to put in bail; in
consequence of that determination, Mr. Sergeant Hodg-
son conveyed Mrs. Sloane to Westminster-hall in as
quiet a manner, walking through the streets, and enter-
ing by the Judge's private entrance into the Judge's
room, when Mr. Justice Erle, who had been engaged i❑
court, left for the purpose of signing the committal.
On being introduced to the Judge, and the necessary
evidence being given, Mr. Justice Erle asked the pri-
soner if she was prepared with bail, when she replied in a
feeble tone that she was not. The Learned Judge then
signed the order of committal to Newgate, whither she
was immediately conveyed, and is now safely lodged.
The reporter has since ascertained that the officers found
her residing at Boulogne, and at their intercession the
French authorities compelled her to leave, and they
followed and apprehended her at Folkestone.

DRURY LANE THEATRE.
Last evening, after Mr. Sullivan's most amusing
comedy of The Old Love and the New, which still
continues to run a❑ uninterrupted career of triumph-
ant success, a new one act operetta (the music
by S. Nelson) was produced, entitlod The
Caries Daughter. It is a lively pleasant trifle,
full of incident, and interspersed with some ex-
quisite ballads by Mr. S. Nelson, which were
excellently sung by Miss E. Nelson (who was en-
cored in a very pretty ballad " There are Gownsmen")
and Mr. Rafter, whose tasteful rendering of a very
pleasing melody, "I saw not her face," was also
honoured by an encore. The scene is laid at
Bagdad, where two jovial bachelors, Ab-
dallah (Mr. Rafter), a young merchant, and Saltk
(Mr. J. Chester), a barber, publicly proclaim their
contempt for all womankind, by irbcribing, the first
over his wareroom—

‘• There is no cunning equal to that of man,
It surpasseth even that of woman."
and the second over his shop—
" Man is paramount."
Zephira (Miss E. Nelson), the Cadi's daughter,
and ber attendant, Vistna (Miss Fanny Mordant)
determine to tame these uncivilized barbarians,
and to teach them the danger of contemning
the fair sex, and so well do they succeed that Ab-
dallah asks the consent of the Cadi to marry Zephira,
and Salek to wed with Vistna. The consents are given,
and they are introduced to their respective brides,
whom they find, to their horror, to be not Zephira
and Vistna, but two ancient damsels as ugly as they
are old. They are, however, soon after visited by
Z-phira and Vistna, who promise to extricate them
from their dilemma if they will reverse the inscrip-
tions. Having made this amende to the sex, Ze-
phira and Vistna explain that they were the two old
women who had assumed this disguise to punish them
for their contumely, and all ends happily. The music
is light and pleasing, and the piece was exceedingly
well acted. Mr. J Chester, who sustained the part
of Salek, is en admirable Buffo, and elicited shouts of
laughter. The Cadis Daughter was perfectly suc-
cessful, and will no doubt have a run.

LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The annual meeting
of the subscribers and patrons of this charitable institution
took place yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. Alderman
Thompson in the chair. The report stated, that since the
last general meeting sixty-one children had completed their
time, and had left the institution, four had died, and sixty-
seven had taken their places; so that at the present time,
with the thirty to be elected, the entire number amounted to
410, making the total number since the establishment of the
institution 1,902. The legacies bequeathed during the past
year had amounted to 1,550/. The general health of the chil-
dren had been very good. The receipts for the past year
amounted to 8,9801. 16s. 4d., and the expenditure to 8,7231.
165., leaving a balance of 2571. The amount of stock now
possessed by this institution was 53,3831. 18s.
THE TEA TRADE, JAN. 27.—There was an in-
crease last week in the deliveries of tea in London, the
quantity being 589,7621 b.
SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—On Saturday Mr. H. M.
Wakley, the deputy•coroner, held an inquest at the Bull
Inn, Whetstone, on view of the body of Mary Moss, aged
34, a married daughte of Mr. Moulton, t
r he landlord of that
house. The jury proceeded to view the body of the de-
ceased, which presented a sickening spectacle, the head being
nearly severed from the shoulders; and afterwards the evi-
dence was proceeded with. It appeared that in consequence
of some misunderstanding with her husband, the deceased
had left him, and taken up her residence with her father at
the above tavern. She had been very low spirited and de-
sponding of late, but made no complaint. On Tuesday last
while sitting at dinner, she suddenly rose from the table and
left the room. Some time having elapsed, and the deceased
not returning, search was made for her in her bedroom, but
she was not there ; and was subsequently found on the floor
of her father's room, lying in a pool of blood, which had
flowed from a wound in her throat of such magnitude as
only to leave her head hanging at the back of the neck, and
an open razor, taken from her father's case, was lying by her
side clotted with blood. A surgeon was immediately called
in, who pronounced life to be quite extinct, and expressed an
opinion that death must have been almost instantaneous.
Verdict—Temporary insanity.
EXHIBITION OF 1851.—IIer Majesty's Commis-
sioners have decided, in order to prepare for the reception of
foreign goods in the ensuing week, that the public must be
altogether excluded from visiting the building after Monday
next, the 3d of February.
RIDDLE FOR ENGLISHMEN --Scene, a Draper's
Shop.— Old Woman (looking at a piece of cloth) to the shop-
man—Aw oo? Shopman—Oo i, aw 00. Woman—Aw ae
co? Shopman—Oo i, aw ae 00. Explanation.—Furchaser
—All wool? Shopman—Oh yes, all wool. Purchaser—All
one (kind of) wool? Shopman—Oh yes, all one wool.—
Scottish Press.
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—We are happy to
find that the funds of this useful institution have been in-
creased by a legacy of 5001. under the will of the late Mr.
Thomas Ansaldo Hewson. As all legacies are funded for the
benefit of the hospital, this will make but a small addition to
the annual income, which just now, from the increasing
number of applicants, requires all the assistance which the
benevolent can give.
GUILDHALL.—DECREASE OF CRIME IN THE CITY•
—From a return made of the number of cases committed
from this court for trial at the Old Bailey, within the last
three years, it will be seen that in the year commencing
January 1, 1848, there were 262 cases of felony and misde-
meanour sent for trial, 219 of which were convicted and 43
acquitted, the proportion of those acquitted being about
one iu six. In 1849 there were 178 cases sent for trial, out of
which 146 were convicted and 32 acquitted, showing a re-
duction in the total number of 34, and in proportion of one
in rather more than five. In 1850, there were 155 cases sent
to the Old Bailey, 133 were convicted and 22 acquitted,
showing a decrease in the number of the previous year of 28,
and the proportion being reduced to one in rather more than
seven. This appears a very small number to be sent for trial
during 12 months; but it is not so astonishing when we con-
sider that there are a great many cases committed from the
county police courts that are acquitted at the Old Bailey, but
which at this court are dealt with summarily, rather than
give them the chance of escaping altogether by some quib-
bling of counsel.
In accordance with the recent notice, 'Change hour
commenced yesterday afternoon at a quarter to four o'clock,
for the first time. There was a full attendance, and the new
arrangement gave very general satieaction.
THE BREAK-DOWN I F THE AMERICAN MAIL
STEAMER.—The United States' mail steam- ship Atlantic
having become disabled, the agents in this country have
chartered the British steam-ship Cambria, for the purpose of
proceeding with her cargo and passengers.