The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria and their
Royal Highnesses' household attended Divine service yester-
day in the chapel at Kensington Palace. Prayers were read
by the Rev. Mr. Jackson, and an impressive sermon was de-
livered by the Bishop of London upon " Confirmation," pre-
paratory to the confirmation of the Princess Victoria, as her
Royal Highness is to be confirmed at the Chapel Royal, St.
James's Palace on the 30th of this month.

The Duke of Cumberland went on Saturday to his resi-
dence at Kew. In the evening his Royal Highness had a
small dinner party. The Royal Duke entertained a select
party at dinner last evening.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria honoured
the King's Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening
to witness the performance of I Puritani.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the
Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John
Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, Mr. Spring
Rice, Lord Auckland, Lord Holland, Sir John Hobhouse,
Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Council
sat near three hours.

The Earl of Gosford and the Right Hon. Sir Charles
Grey, two of his Majesty's Commissioners for the affairs of
Canada, left town on Saturday to attend the King at Windsor
Castle. Captain Gipps (one of the Commissioners) left town
on Friday evening for Portsmouth. Sir Charles Grcy had
an interview with Lord Glenelg in the afternoon at the Colo-
nial-office.

The Earl of Durham has left town for Cowes, to proceed
on his Embassy to St. Petersburg.
A deputation of the trustees and Managers of the Hackney
Savings Bank, including the Rev. Archdeacon Watson (Pre-
sident), the Rev. H. H. Norris, Messrs. Wilson, Simson,
Green, Davison, and Rutt, attended at the Treasury on
Saturday.
Mendizabal had an interview with the Right Hon.
Poulett Thomson, on Saturday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Dospatches from the Hague were received yesterday at the
Foreign-office.
A :meeting was held at the Treasury, on Saturday, which
WR.S .%itcriticd by the Chancelloc of the Exchequer, the Chief
Secretary for Ireland, and the Attorney and Solicitor-General
for Leland.

A deputation from Nottingham, accompanied by Sir Ro-
nald Ferguson M.P., Mr. Denison, M. P., and Mr. Heath-
cote, P., had an interview on Saturday, with the President
and Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Sir John
Hobhouse.

Lord John Russell had a dinner party last evening, at his
residence in Wilton crescent.

Several of the Cabinet Ministers were present at the dinner
given at Blackwall, on Saturday evening.

THE MARKETS.

uOUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Cats. licaq,. Pease
s.
Per Quarter. I s.' to s. s. to s. s. to s. 8. s s. to s.
45 3.7 31
Hesitant 31 44 32 33 25 26
M ,rpeth !38 41 V 6 29 24 27 32 34 31 34
Penrith 41 27 41 33
4:11 25 44 40
Winchester 31 42 29 34 25 26 42 44
Per Bushel. s. L E, 1. s. (1. 8.d.; s, d. s. d. s. tl. s. d. sd. s. d
Carmarthen.,......., 56 60 32 6; 2 0 28 00 0t! 00 00
00 76 28 OtY 26 00 56 00 00 00
Newcastle (Stan.) iBO 89 46 5 30 34 50 53 00 0 0
Nortilallerton 7 0 9 3 3 6 461 3 3 4 0 5 6 (1 0 0 0 0 0
8 0 8 6 4 0 48, 3 0 3 4 6 0 6 7 0 0 0 0
Swansea ,56 59 36 3 9 2 6 29 00 00 00 0 9
Warwick ; ;8U 90 3 U 46 2 0 3 56 6U 00 00
Per Roll.
Ilarnardcastle 9 6 11 6 8 0 8 6 4 8 5 0 6 6 10 t 0 0 0 0
Durham 06 106 69 80 49 73 77 9(! 70 83
Richmond ....--. 96 130 80 86 44 81 96 10 ti 00 00
Stockton 9 0 10 0 8 6 9 0 4 U 5 4 8 0 84, 0 0 0 0
\VA I,EFIELD CORN MARKET —July 17.
Wheat, Red, Nort:-.lk and Sutlblk ...... —B. :365. to —s. line 435.
.. Lin. and Cam.
Yorkshire s. 375. to —s. fine 435.
------VChite 40s. to —s. tine 565.
Foreign, tied s. to —s. fine —s.

NVAKEHELD CORN MARKET .July 17.
Wheat, Red, Norf.:lit and Surlolk ...... —s. :36,. to —s. line 43,
.. Lin. and Cain.
. . Yorkshire —s. 375. to —s. fine 435.
------ White ~_ --:s. 40s. to —s. tine 5Cs.
------- Foreign, Red —4. —s. to —s. tine —s.
White —s. —s. to —s. nne —e.
Barley, Norfolk and Su:l6lk 30;. to 323. tine 345.
Lincolnshire
--- Yorkshire NVold
Foreign . —s. to —s. fine —s
Beans, Old 34s to 41s. tine —a.
New
Oats, Potato —s. to 2*. fine ‘...fli.
--- Poland —s. —s. to 21s. line 28s.
Frieziand and Small
Meaiitig
Shelling
Malt ...,i 265. line 423. per Load.
Rapeseed

SCOTCH

HKETS.

DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE.

( Further Particulars.)
The following particulars 9f the appalling loss of life
caused by the sudden falling.in, on Thursday last, of the
superincumbent earth upon the men engage,' in forming the
tunnel of the Birmingham rail-road at Watfora, near St.
Alban's, were obtained on Saturday on the spot. The 101n-
her of lives ascertained to be lost is ten. The names of nine
are known, and the tenth, whose name is unknown, was
only engaged on the works upon the afternoon preceding
the dreadful calamity. Those known to be lost are :
Thomas Jordan, the overlooker, who was a widower, and
has left two orphan children ; Joseph Barker, foreman of
the miners ; T. Evans, bricklayer ; Sylvanus Ruhens, ditto ;
John Betts, ditto ; W. Byrd, ditto ; George Platt, ditto ;
James Darwill, labourer ; Thomas Winmill, ditto.
The " banksman," whose busineas it is to work the gin-
pulley at the mouth of the shaft, had a most miraculous
escape. He was sitting with his legs down the. shaft, his
dog seated on his right, and his provision-bag lyog on his
left, when the earth suddenly " caved in." The m;,-;hty
crash of earth was so sudden thst escape appeared impossi-
ble. His dog, his bag, and the hat off his head, were in an
instant carried into, and lost in, the fearful abyss. Himself
was following ; his seat had slipped from beneath him, and
all hope of escape appeared gone, when a beam, connected
with the pulley, fell across the pit's mouth, and catching
him by the thigh, arrested his fall, and gave him time to
scramble beyond the danger.
The railroad works, which have been for many months
carrying on at Watford, are on a most extensive scale, the
natural difficulties to be overcome there being greater than
at any other point of the intended line. According to the
original plan the railway at this part would have been car-
ried through the Earl of Essex's park, parallel with the
Grand Junction Canal ; but his Lordship strenuously op-
posing this it was deemed advisable to conciliate him,
by making a diversion of the road, at nearly right angles,
from its general direction ; thus crossing the valley of the
Colne, on an embankment of 800,000 yards, cubic measure,
and coming then to rising ground, to make an open exca-
vated road of about half a mile in length, and of an extreme
depth of 65 feet. At this depth, with a rapidly rising
ground for nearly a mile in front, it became cheaper to tun-
nel, and four shafts were sunk in the intended line under
the hill, about equal distance, for this purpose. That at the
bottom of which the awful catastrophe took place, was the
last of the four. It was 90 feet deep, and Well timbered
throughout ; and was, in common with the others, intended
to be bricked at the sides, and permanently kept open for
for the purpose of ventilation. At the bottom of each of
the shafts the bricklayers and miners were busily employed
night and day in forming portions of the tunnel, which would
be rendered complete by the common junction of these
parts. In all about 450 yards, out of 1,715 yards, the re-
quired length of the tunnel, had been thus formed. A
communication of heighth and breadth for a man was formed
at the bottom of each shaft, so as to connect the different
portions of the work together. These passages, are called
the " heading," or " drift-way."
Of the cause of the dreadful accident nothing certain can
b e known, for not one beneath the shaft has survived to
tell the awful tale. The last surviving person who was in
this portion of the tunnel is Mr. Croper, the sub-contractor
for the brick work. This gentleman left about half-past
eleven o'clock on Wednesday night. At that time, the
tunnel northward from the shaft had been completed for a
length of three yards, and south, or London-wards, for six
yards. The intermediate portion, under the shaft was
being formed. The shaft opening in this part of the tun-
nel being intended to be permanent, the arch could not be
" keyed " in the usual manner, but would have been per-
fected in an iron collar or ring, consisting of four segments
of a circle, each weighing 18 cwt. The bricklayers are
supposed to have advanced nearly to the point of receiv-
ing this collar, and that in removing the last, or almost the
last spar of timber, a " run in " of gravel and sand unex-
pectedly took place, and filled the tunnel so rapidly that
none had time to escape into the driftway. In the course
of Saturday and Friday, several of the Directors, and Mr.
StephensOn, the principal engineer, visited the spot, and
are understood to have declared themselves satisfied, as
well from personal observation as from information obtained,
that the melancholy event was purely accidental.

On the same day on which the above deplorable occur-
rence took place, another accident of a similar nature hap-
pened at the tunnel of the same railroad, between Prim-
rose-hill and Kilburn. A• mass of earth fell upon a la-
bourer named Wihiani Bruton. His leffleg iv-as shattered
and he received other dreadful injuries, so that his life is de-
spaired of. Six others narrowly escaped destruction.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

AD VICES, ARRIVALS, AND DEPARTURES AT

THE SCOTCH WHARFS, JULY 19.

HoaßE's WHARF.—No advices. Arrival : the Hope, James
Elder master, from Banff, with cattle, &c.- No departures.
DOWNE'S WHARF.—No advices or arrivals. Departures :
the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's smack
Elbe, Peter Lowson, master, for Dundee ; and the Inverness
and London Shipping Company's smack, London, John
M'Kenzie master, for Inverness, both with general cargoes.
CARRON WHARF.—Advice : the Carron Shipping Compa-
ny's smack Oberon, Andrew Walker, master, arrived at Car-
ron the 15th instant, after a very quick passage of three days,
from this port.. Arrival : the Carron Shipping Company's
vessel Minerva, Andrew Graham master, from Carron, with
a general cargo. Departure : the Carron Shipping Com-
pany's smack Penelope, John Nicoll master, for Carron, with
a general cargo.
MILLER'S WHARF.—Advice : the Aberdeen and London
Shipping Company's smack Superior, John Leslie, master,
sailed from Aberdeen the 14th instant, fur this Wharf, with a
general cargo. No arrivals. Departure : the Leith and
Edinburgh Shipping Company's smack Pilot, George Howie
master, for Leith, with a general cargo.
ABERDEEN STEAM WHARF.--Departure : the steam-ship,
Queen of Scotland, John Pearson commander, for Aberdeen,
cith a general cargo of merchandise, and upwards of forty
passengers.
LEITII AND GLASGOW WHARF.—Arrival : the Lei h and
Glasgow Shipping Company's vessel Eagle, George Dodd
master, sailed from Leith the 14th instant, with a general cargo
for this Wharf. No arrivals. Departure : the Leith- and
Glasgow Shipping Company's steam-ship, Royal Victoria,
James Mill commander, for Leith, with a general cargo of
inerchandize and several passengers.
LEITH AND BERWICK WHARF.—Advice : the Lendoa and
Leith Old Shipping Company's smack Ocean, Henry Johnson
master, sailed from Leith the 14th instant, for this Wharf. No.
arrivals. Departure : the London and Leith Old Shipping
Company's smack Walter Scott, William Dick master for
Leith with goods and passengers.
LEITII STEAM-SHIP FROM BLACKWALL. —Departure : the
Soho, R. Fraser commander, for Leith.

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS-

TOM-HOUSE, JuLv 17.

William Joliffe Downie, from Hamburg ; Oreston, Waters,
Venice and Malin ; Sea Nymph, Smith, Buenos Ayres';
Jonge Egerica, Gerget, Emden ; Sarah Burry, Distant, South
Seas ; Catharine, Balleter, Brake ; Concord, Cobb, Peters-
burg; Caspian, Duvard, Petersburg; Fame, Stebbins, Ali-
cant ; Marys, Dyer, Guernsey ; John and Catharine, Hord,
Guernsey ; Johanna Gcsina, Brane, Brake ; Dart, Ormston,
Madeira; Catharine, Fenn, Calcutta; Mountaineer, Jackson,
Quebec.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, JULY 18.
Unicorn, Brier, for Rouen ; Belfast, Middleton, Calais ;
William Henry, Argus Whittle Honduras ; Mary Ann, Tar-
butt, Madras; Joven Ricardo, de Talleche, Malaga, Alicante,
Valencia, and Barcelona.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, JULY 18.

Columbia, Pilcher, for St. Mary's, Gambia; Dart, Le La-
cheur, Malaga; St. Leonard, Witnall, Dunkirk; Alert, Hare,
Lisbon ; Julie, Praeger, Calais; Belfast, Middleton, Calais;
Brockleank, Middleton, Bologne ; Embavis, Lund, Chris-
tiania ; Augustine, Sellus, Rouen; Dart, Block, Ostend;
Tourist, Bridge, Antwerp • Ganges, Sinclair, Elsinore and
Petersburg ; Batavier, Dunlop, Rotterdam; Albinia, Curry,
Demerara ' • Brothers, Davis, Madeira.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, Juts 18.

.Justitia, I3altzerson, for Norway*; Familiens Haab, Holst,
Norway; Miramichi, Ilutchinson, Quebec; CEolus, Falcon,
Faro; Jonge Jan, V. D. Wall, Worckum.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Irving, Hamburg to St. Thomas's, 15th ult., lat. 21., long.
36. Twee Cornelisscm, Batavier to Amsterdam, Ist inst.,
lat. 52., long. 21. Horace, Cardiff to Smyrna, 14th inst.
Harriet, of London, for Sierra Leone. Mulgrave Castle,
from Liverpool, 18th ult., in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. En-
chantress, Roxhy, Lendon to N. S. Wales, at St. Jago, Cape
de Verds.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday
afternoon, between four and five o'clock a young man, appa-
rently between sixteen and seventeen years of age, met with
his death in the Thames, a little beyond the Red House at
Battersea, on the Surrey side. He was bathing, with a great
many more young men, and, being no swimmer, suddenly sunk
in one of the numerous holes to be found in that part of the
river. Two or three young men dived after him immediately,
Lut without effect ; and the drags were procured in a few mo-
ments from the Red House, but the body could not be found.
Some boys were in a boat within a yaid• of where he went
down, but made no attempt to save him. His brother was
standing on the shore, and his cries when he saw him sinking
were truly distressing.

SEDUCTION.-•--KNOWLES V. COMPIGNE.
Mr. CROWDER stated the case, and called witnesses in
;upport of it. The evidence is not fit for publication.
Mr. ERLE addressed the Jury for the defendant.
Mr, Baron GURNEY summed up the case.
The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001.
CROWN Coufl'T.—John Blake was indicted for having on
the 13th of June maliciously stabbed his wife, Louisa Bliake,
with intent to murder her, at Southampton.
Blake and his wife were married seven or eight months
since, and in May they had agreed to separate. On the
evening in question the prisoner called. at one Cully's,
where his wife, was living. She was out, but returned in
about a quarter of an hour. The prisoner then asked her
to sit by him ; she refused. He then rushed at her with
a knife in his hand. He stabbed her in the breast. He
attempted to cut her throat. He then bent her head down
nearly. to the ground, and inflicted several stabs on the back
of her neck. She got the knife from him. He then got a
large pole and knocked her down with it, and jumped upon
her, and then took up a large earthenware washing-pan and
dashed on her head ;he did the same with another pan,
the whole saying that he came there for the purpose
of murdering he:.
The jury found the prisoner' Guilty, and the Learned
Judge passed sentence of death ;vim him, holding out no
hope of mercy.
SATURDAY, JULY 18,
William Warder and Walter Woodward were indicted
for hexing assaulted Thomas Compton on the 21st of Feb.
near Andover, putting him in bodily fear, and robbing him
pf 1261.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up the case,
Tho Jury found the prisoners Guilty.—Death recorded.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Buerrxam.or, Jinx 17.
DUPRE Ci:ERK, V. CAMPBELL.
This was an action for a libel on the plaintiff, the master
of a free school in Hertfordshire, to which the defendant
pleaded several justifications, alleging that the matters men-
tioned in the libel were true in point of facts.
There is in the town of Berkhamstead St. Peter, in
Hertfordshire, a certain school, ealled " the Free-school of
King Edward V 1.," altisime, in fact, it was founded by
Henry VIII. The school is. liberally endowed with the
rcnts and profits of certain estawsleft by' individuals forits
maintenance. The King appoints the master, and that situ-
ation the plaintiff, who is rector of a parish in Lincoln-
shire, has held since 180.5 ; the present salary is 2,501. per
annum. There is also an usher belonging to the s.^ hoof
who has a considerable salary. For some time before
the publication of the libel in question, the public attention
had been called to the state of the school, and the manner
in which it was conducted, and a Committee had been ap-
pointed to investigate the matter. In November, 1833, a
report, purporting to be an account of a meeting held at
Berkhamstead, upon the subject of the management of the
school, was published in a paper styled the Bucks Herald,
and on the following week the Herald contained the libel
complained of in the present action. It was proved by the
editor that the defendant was the author of the libel. Mr.
Campbell, the defendant, was formerly an army agent and
banker, in London, but about four years since he met with
a severe accident in being thrown nut of his carriage, and
shortly afterwards he left town, and went to reside at Berk-
hamstead, St. Mary. ' Having a large family of 'sons, his
attention was naturally drawn to the state of the free
school of that town, and to the prospect of procuring admis-
sion to it for some of his children, and after several at-
tempts to reform what were considered abuses in the
management of the Institution, he published the libel com-
plained of, the material parts of which were as follow
" With reference to what was said last week respecting the
Berkbamstead school, we arc now enabled to state that the
letters patent founding the school in 1541, and the Act of
Parliament which governs it, direct and enact that 144
boys shall be taught therein free of all expense for ever ;
and in order to insure that being done, very large landed
endowments, &c., were made, and the master left sole
trustee, it being considered that he would be more in-
terested than any other in seeing the intentions of the Le-
gislature performed. The master was ordered to be for
ever appointed by the King. Time and infamy have tin-
' fortunately baffled these good intentions, for the present
master and his usher (or rather nominal usher) have not,
since their appointment upwards of a quarter of a century
ago, taught one boy, although they have drawn their large
salaries : indeed, they abandoned the noble and spacious
houses erected for their accommodation, as well as the
splendid school premises and grounds. They neglected
them, and allowed them to get into that state of dilapida-
tion as to allow them an excuse, when called into residence,
of there being no suitable accommodation. But this pre-
text now avails.them not, as the visitor has seen into their
drift or deception, and knowing these premises ought to
be kept in repair by the master out of the first part of
the revenue of the school, has forced him at length from
his retreat in Lincolnshire (a valuable church living
which he purchased for himself out of his lucrative
sinecure at Berkhamstead) to his post ; but he has not
succeeded in bringing the usher there, because the nominal
usher never intended to come there, and is (as he has al-
ways been known to be) incompetent to the situation.
The master, though dragged to his proper place, contrives
to render his being there useless, as he has, contrary to the
letters patent and Act which govern the school, drawls
limits for the reception of boys, which excludes the public
from
the benefit intended, and confines the number ad-
mitted to half a dozen instead of 144. He also,,in order
to disgust and annoy the gentlemen who wish to put an end
to such tu:principled and highly improper conduct, has in-
stilted them. The worthy rector and curate of Berkham-
stead, who wei.e zealous in the good cause, have come under
his scorpion fangs, but honour and principle protect them.
We understand that the whole of this unworthy and de-
ceptive conduct hiss come before the visitor of the school,
the Warden of All Souls, Oxford, most explicitlY."
To this libel the defendant pleaded a justification, alleg-
ing.the truth of the several charges it contained.
In support of the pleas of justification, the rector,
curate, and church-clerk wore called.
It appeared that, from 1005, when the plaintiff was ap-
pointed -to the mastership, he wa.s resident at the school,
and served a curacy in the neighbuurhcod, but that there
was not a single scholar during that period educated at the
school. The plaintiff was, boWever, ready to teach any
boys who should apply to be admitted to a participation in
the benefits of the establishment, but it did not appear that
there was any application for admission during that time.
In 1529 he left Berkhamstead, and went to reside on his
living Lincolnshire, and during his absence it was that
the attention of the town and neighbourhood was called to
the unprofitable state of the school. Soon after the defen-
dant went to reside at Berkhamstead, he called upon the
plaintiff and re4uested admission of his sons to the benefit
of the school. it appeared, however, that he was at that
time residing in Berkhamstead St. Mary,'and the plaintiff
declined to receive them, on the ground of the non-resi-
dence of the deferui'.,tnt in the parish of Berkhamstead
St. Peter ; and this refusal was founded upon an opi-
nion of • Sir Charles Watherell, who had advised that
non-residents in St. Peter )sere not entitled to the pri-
vilege of sending their sows to the school. In conse-
quence of this, the defendant 1`0,11( a house in St. Peter's.
and afterwards made a fresh appi'eation to the plaintiff
for admission for his sons ; and u)."'on this occasion the
plaintiff said, "be would neither recce ve nor refuse them,
but he would inquire into the matter." ').".he curate stated
upon his examination that he understood Imo!ant,
the defend-
ant, that the plaintiff had afterwards offered to receive the
young Campbells, but they were not sent. Silo rtly after
this, 40 boys from various parts of the county were Admit-
ted into the school under 'certain conditions, but that they
all left after a short probation. There are now nine boys
at the school. With-respect to that part of the libel which
imputed to the plaintiff that he had allowe,d the school a
-
rooms and premises to fall into decay, in order to afford
plausible pretext for not having any scholars, no evidence
was given on the part of the defendant ; but it t:PPeared
that the plaintiff had from time to time petitioned the Court
of Chancery (in whom the funds of the school are vested)
for grants of money for the repair of the premises, and that
he had himself no control over the funds. That part also
of the libel which stated that the plaintiff had insulted acl
annoyed gentlemen who wished to put an end to the non.
educational system, was not proved.
The Learned BARON having summed up the evidence
the jury retired, and ultimately found for the plaintiff, with
251. damages, upon certain of the issues raised by the pleas,
and for the defendant upon two of the issues—namely,
that
which asserted that the right of admission was in the pub-
lic generally, and was not confined to the inhabitants el
Berkhamstead, and that which alleged that for 25 years:
there had not been a scholar educated in the establishment.
This case excited very great interest in the county, in
consequence of the frequent discussions which the subject
has undergone, and from the fact of two petitions having
been so recently before Parliament upon the matter. A
petition praying for inquiry was lately presented by Lord
Grimston, one of the members for the county, and another
was presented on the day upon which this trial took place;
by Mr. Thomas lluneornhe, from the plaintiff in the action,,
justifying his conduct.
CLERKE, GENT., ONE, &C., V. CHETWODE, CLERK.
This was an action brought to recover damages for an
alleged false imprisonment.
The Jury, after hearing the charge of the Learned
Judge, found a verdict for the defendant.

The Independent Chapel, Great thiffield, being►
burdened with a debt of 841., the congregation worshipping'
there were determined to make an " effort" to clear it off.
Accordingly 7.5!. ss. was collected.--Fork Courant.

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