The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1856,

third order. The light is placed at an elevation of 203 ft,
above the mean level of the sea, and should lze visible in
clear weather at a distance of 2. miles. _ _ _

The light tower stan7ls-Zntl;;;Eaein point of the hill
which overhangs the city of Maceio, on the spot where a
powder magazine formerly stood, in lat. 9 deg. :39 min. 18
sec. S., long. 35 deg. 11 min. 21 sec. west of the meridian
of Greenwich.

Ey command cf their Lordships.
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office Admiralty, London,
21st Oct., 1856.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
South America, East Coast, Sheet 5, No. 529 ; Maceio
Port, No. 539 ; also South Amelican Lighthouse List, No.
1.-1 a.
-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
. _ _

The United. States Lighthouse Board has issued the fol-
lowing notices :
Fixed Light at Absecum, New Jersey.
On and after the 15th day of January, 1857, a light will
bkexhi hited from the light tower recently erected at A.bse-
cfm, New Jersey.
The light will be a fixed white light. The illuminating
apparatus will be a catadioptric lens of the first order. The
light will have an elevation of 167 feet above the mean level
of the sea, and should be visible from the deck of a ship in
ordinary weather at a distance of about 20 miles.

The fight tower is of brick, unpainted, and will be sur-
mounted by an iron lantern painted black. Its approximate
position as deduced from the coast survey charts is in lat.
39 deg. 22 min. N., long. 74 deg. 25 min. west of Green-
wich.

Beaver Tail Fixed Light, Newport.
On and after the 20th day of Oct., 18,56, a light will be
exhibited from the new tower recently constructed at
Beaver Tail, on the south end of Conanicut Island, at the
entrance to Newport Harbour, Rhode Island.
The light will be, as formerly, a fixed white light. The
illuminating apparatus will be a Fresnel lens of the third
order. The light will be placed at a height of 80 feet above
the mean level of the sea, and should be visible from the
deck of the vessel in ordinary weather at a distance of
14 miles.

The light tower is of granite, of the natural colour, it is
square, and 55 feet high from base to vane, and stands 33
yards to,the north of the old tower. The keeper's dwelling-
house is of brick, whitewashed, of two stories in height,
and joined to a tower by a one story connecting room.
On the same day the former light will be discontinued,
and the old tower will be demolished.—By command of
their Lordships,
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
October 24, 1856.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts ;
North America, East Coast, Sheets V. and VI, Nos. 268,
269 ; Block Isbni to Great Egg Harbour, No. 2,483 ;
Bay of Fundy to Long Island, No. 2,492. Also United
States Lighthouse List, Nos. 178, 102.

MUIVICIPAL ELECTIONS-117E TV MAYORS.

TAR New LIVERPOOL Tows tiousciL.—LiveßrooL,
Monday.—At 12 o'c:ock to-day the new council met for
the first time ; the Mayor, John Stewart, Esq.. presid-
ing. There was a very full conned. The first business
was the tlection of a mayor for the year ensuing. Mr.
Charts Turner nominated as a candidate for that office
Mr. Francis Shand, a gentleman esteemed by all of them
—of an old and much respected family in that town—a
merchant of high standing, and a valuable member of
the council--(hear)—one who, filling the important post
of chairman of the pilots' committee, and deputy-chair-
man of the dock committee, had rendered very valuable
services to the trade of the port, and had also occupied
the chair of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tobin
seconded this nomination, and Mr. Shand was elected
unanimously. The council next proceeded to the elec.
tion of eight persons as aldermen to supply the places of
the following gentlemen who retired under the Municipal
Corporation Act :—Mr. Edward Langsdale, Mr. Wm.
Bennett, Mr. Wm. Parker, Mr. James Lawrence, Mr.
Thomas Dover, Mr. Thomas Robinson, Mr. J. Hay-
wood Turner, Sir John Bent, Kut. The members of the
council having twirled in their voting papers, the scru-
tiny of votes was proceeded with, and the result was an-
nounced as follows :—Messrs. Houghton, 19 ;
29 ; G. H. Horsfall, 31 ; Robinson, 39 ; Dover, 44;
Bennett, 45 ; J. H. Turner, 44 ; Preston, 49 ; J. Stew-
art, 19 ; R. Gladstone, 19 ; Beckwith, 20 ; Woodruff,
21 ; Holt, 1 ; Tobin, 4 ; Brancker, 2 ; Tinne, 2 ;
1 ; J. Holme, 1. The first eight gentlemen were
elect ed.

MANCHESTER.—James Watts, Esq., merchant, re-
elected unanimously.
SALBORD.—Stephen Heelis, Esq., solicitor, re-elected
unanimously.
BIRMINGHAM.—Mr. A lderman Ratcliffe was yesterday
elected Mayor of Birmingham. The new mayor is the
first Conservative elected to fill that office. Politics had,
however, nothing to do with this election, the Liberals
being in a large majority in the Council.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—Mr. Edward N. Grace,
land agent, was elected mayor ; and Mr. Joseph Arm-
strong, printer, sheriff, without opposition. Mr. Arm-
strong is one of the proprietors of the Newcastle Cowrant.
GATESHEAD.—Mr. George Crawshay, iron merchant,
was unanimously elected mayor.
PORTSMOUTH.—Mr. Charles Croswether, alderman,
was elected mayor yesterday, in the room of G. C.
Stigant, Esq.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 10.—At a meeting of the Town
Council to-day, held pursuant to custom, Mr. Richard
Andrews waft elected Mayor of the borough of South.
ampton for the ensuing year. This is the fifth time that
Mr. Andrews has filled the civio chair.

OIFORD.—For the third time since the passing of the
Municipal Corporation Act, the Council of the city of
Oxford have elected a Nonconformist to the office of
mayor. On the present occasion Alderman John Towle,
papermaker, a Radical Nonconformist, was unanimously
elected mayor, and Mr. E. T. Spiers, bookseller, also a
Radical, was unanimously elected to the office of sheriff.
At the same time Messrs R. J. Spiers, J. C. Dudley, J.
S. Browning, and G. H. Warburton, four of the retiring
aldermen, and Mr. William Ward, councillor, were
elected aldermen for the next six years.
NOTTINGHAL—At the To Wn Council meeting on Mon-
day Mr. John Bradley (Whig) was chosen mayor for the
ensuing year upon the nomination of Mr. Councillor
Felkin, seconded by Mr. Councillor Smith Fowler. Mr.
Alderman Callen proposed Mr. Charles Felkin as sheriff,
which proposition was carried.

LA GT7 TELLIGENCE,—.Yov. 10.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lcrd Chancellor.)
ALEX INDER V. ALEXANDER.

The appeal in this case was from the decree of the
Vice-Chancellor Stuart. The question involved in the
appeal was simply as to the construction to be given to
the will of the testator in the cause, and which pos-
sessed interest only to the parties to the cause.
On the conclusion of the argument,
The Lord Chancellor gave judgment reversing the de-
cision of the Court below.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
EX-PARTE HORRY--.CRIMINAL INEORMATIOI%.T.

Sir F. Thesiger was instructed by Mr. Hurry, the
barrister, to apply for a criminal information against Mr.
Jas. Anderson Rose, formerly one of the under-sheriffs
cf London and Middlesex, for a libel reflecting seriously
upon Mr. Horry's professional conduct and character.
The libel complained of was an assertion by Mr. Alder-
man Rose, whilst under-sheriff, that Mr. Harry had
improperly obtained fees from the relatives of prisoners
and neglected to defend them. It appeared that Mr.
Hurry had replied to these statements in a letter which
was subsequently published in the Tinto denying the
truth of the assertion.

Lord Campbell said, if this last letter had not been
written, he should have been disposed to grant a rule,
but they must now leave Mr. Horry to the public tribu-
nal which he had selected. It was too much to first
appeal to the public and then to ask this Court for re-
dress. The role must, therefore, be refused.

. ,
Sir F. Thesiger hoped their lordships would say that
their decision did not prejudice Mr. Horry's right to
avail himself of other means of redrese.

Lord Campbell said he was entirely at liberty to pro-
ceed, either by indictment or action, if he thought pro-
per.
Rule refused.
IN BE SILL, AN ATTORNEY.

Ii this case, Sir F. Thesiger, Q.C., obtained a rule to
show cause why Mr. Richard Sill, an attorney (who, it
will be recollected, was struck off the rolls of this Court,
and imprisoned, in connexion with matters arising out
of "the Brighton card case") should be reinstated on
the rolls.

The Attorney-General said he had been instructed by
the Wolverhampton Law Association, and by a person
named Bellew, to oppose the rule. The Association oom-
plained that Mr. Sill, since he came out cf prison, bad
misconducted himself, in practising at Wolverhampton,
as a solicitor, without taking out his certificate.
Lord Campbell expressed his opinion that Mr. Sill
was not actuated by any malus animus in not having
taken out his certificate ; and, having intimated that it
was desirable that he should pay the arrears of certificate
duty due of him, his lordship said that the opinion of
the Court was, that the rule should be made absolute.
Rule absolute accordingly.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

WHITE ♦. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.-

ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE.

This was an action t 3 recover damages, upon the
ground that the railway company had, by their negli-
gence, caused delay in the delivery of goods. This ca,:e
was tried in Somersetshire before Mr. Sergeant Chan-
nell, who nonsuited the plaintiff.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake now asked leave to move for a
new trial. The papers in the cause had been erroneously
endorsed "In the Exchequer of Pleas," and the motion
for a new trial had been made in that court, and had
been granted.

Mi. Justice Creswell said that the motion might,
under the circumstances, be made.
The learned sergeant stated that the plaintiff on a
Monday sent a quantity of cheese to the railway station
at Bath, to be carried to Bishopstoke. It was not for-
warded from Bath until Tuesday afternoon, in conse-
quence, it was said, of the engine not being sufficiently
powerful to take the whole of the trucks. On Tuesday
the cheese arrived at Reading, and remained there
two nights and a day, the only reason for the
delay being that there were not sufficient rail-
way servants at the station to transfer the goods
from one train to another so as to enable them to be sent
away earlier. One of the conditions upon which the
sompany took goods was, that they would not undertake
to send them by any particular trains if there were an
insufficient number of trucks at the station, or the trucks
could not be conveniently used for the purpose. Mr.
Serjeant Channel! was of opinion that that condition ex-
empted the company from liability ; but it was now sub-
mitted that that opinion was wrong, and that it should
have been left to the jury to say whether there hid been
negligence on the part of the company.
Rule granted.

grounds, you vagabonds, or I will fetch something that
will make you. If you do not get out at once, I will
shoot yeti. You have no right on my ground, and so I
w►ll show yon." A short time after this, as the com-
plainant WAS leaving the ground, a report of a gun was
heard. Poulson was shot in the neck and face, and tie
prisoner was seen standing at his bcd-roorn
with a gun in his hands. Poulson gave the prisoner
into custody, and after he had been seen by a surgeon,
attended at this court to prefer his charge, but the nature
of the wounds was such that he was unable to articula e,
and Mr. Corrie remanded him until Saturday, at the same
time refusing to admit the prisoner to bail, although Mr.
Wakeling, who then attended for the defence, made a
most earnest appeal, and said be could put in sureties to
any amount, r.nd of the greatest respectability. On the
present ocea9ien,

Mr. Le-.vi9, jun., said he understood that the com-
plainant did not wish to press the charge. He Wa3
prepared with evidence to chow that his client did not
fire the gun.

Mr. Corrie said it was a very serious charge, and be
could not think of disposing of the case without hearing
the evidence of the prosecutor.
Jordan William Poulson was then sworn, and stated
that he had now quite recovered, and 'felt very well.
He did not believe that if the defendant did fire the gun
he intended to injure him in any way. He believed it
was an entire accident.

Mr. Corrie said that, under such circumstances, he
must discharge the prisoner. It he was to commit the
prisoner for trial no jury would •onvict him.

MARYLEBONE. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.--George
White, a determined-looking man, said to be on " ticket-
of-leave," was placed atl the bar before Mr. Broughton,
charged with the following outrage, with intent to rob,
upon Mr. William Turpie, a printer, residing at 29,
Little George-street, Hampstead-road.
The proceedings excited some interest, in consequence
of its having been reported that the attack made was
upon the "garotte" system, and that the prosecutor
had been seriously injured.
Prosecutor, who is about 60 years of age, and whose
face was, on the left side, much swollen and bruised,
owing to the injury inflicted upon him, said—Last night,
between 11 and 12 o'clock, while on my way home, I
saw a man leaning against the wall of the Reservoir.
There was no other person near. Immediately after I
had passed him I heard footsteps close behind me, and
they continued till I got to the end of Coburg-street,
Little George•street. There is' an inlet down to where
I live, but no thoroughfare at the other end. When I
got within a short distance of my own place I received
a tremendous blow upon my head which felled me to
the groend. I felt a man pressing heavily upon me,
and I called out "Murder" and "Police" as loudly as
I could. A constable directly came, when the man,
hearing him approach, ran away in the direction where
there was no outlet. I saw the policeman lay hold of
the man and take him into custody.
Mr. Broughton—l shall send you for trial, but you
will be brought up again for the completion and reading
over of the evidence on Monday next. In the meantime
the officers will have an opportunity of instituting some
further inquiry respecting you. Toe assault, which it is
clearly proved you committed, was one of a most atro-
cious character, and but for the prompt arrival of the
constable complainant might have received a second
blow which would have launched him into eternity.

E 0 UTH WARK.

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BERMONDSEY. —Richard
Burchell, Abraham, Burchelll and Patrick Ryan were
again remanded for another week, for maliciously stab-
bing Patrick Griffin, with intent to murder him.
Inspector Reed produced the following medical certi-
ficate :

"I certify that Patrick Griffin, though much improved,
is still in a dangerous condition.
"J. F. GRAY, House Surgeon.
"Guy's Hospital, Nev. 10, 1856."
Bail was refused.

LAMBETH.—PLUNDER BY A CONFIDENTIAL SER-
VANT.—RECEIVER OF THE STOLEN PEOPERTY.—John
Latchford, a shopman and confidential servant in the em-
ployment of Mr. Robeit Eden, glass and china dealer,
12, Commercial-place, Brixton, was charged before Mr.
Elliott with plundering his master to a considerable ex
tent ; and George Burgess and Tina. Knight, omnibus
men in the employment of Mr. Balls, and John, Byers,
jun., a timekeeper, were also charged with receiving the
stolen property with a guilty knowledge.
Mr. Elliott said he should commit the prisoners for
trial, and accepted for Burgess and Knight two sureties
in 201. each, and themselves in 40/. ; but for Byers be
should require two sureties in 401. each, and himself in
801.

NOTES OF A VISIT TO THE MERRIMAC.

Merriman than between the Guerriere' and Constitution.
A very large proportion of the crew of the Mlrrimac,
I may add, are English seamen, and many of thorn served
in the Baltic and Black Sea fieets.—Afechanici 11 fagazine.

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CHEMISFORD—Nov. 7.

The wheat trade to-day was very dull, and inferior quali-
ties roust be quoted is. lower, the best samples barely
maintaining last week's prices. Second rate barleys were
Is. cheaper; all other kinds of spring corn without altera-
tion.

Wheat, white, old, per s. a. 8. 8.
qr. 42 76 Oats, per qr. . 25 31
new.... 5 75 Peas, Partridge .. 44 46
red, old 40 6; White 42 49
new.... 40 67 Boiling 43 50
Barley 31 4: Dun 38 42
Chevalier 38 51 Beans, Tisk 37 41
Grinding '3 42 Harrow ticks 41 43
Malt 72 76 Mazagan 'lB 49
Chevalier .... 74 73 I Ditto, new... 37 40

Official Statement or the Quantities of Corn, &c., i t:ceive
in the port of London, from the following ports, iro
Nov. 3 to Nov. 8, both inclusive.