The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-16 00:00:00

TURKEY.

A l'era correspondent of the Ost Deutsche Post
gives some interesting details relative to the con,piracy
recently discovered at Constantinople. By a singular
cbance the Sultan himself found certain suspicious
documents in the room of one of his adjutants, the
Bimbaschi Mustapha Effendi, who was arrested with
twelve other persons of high standing in the seraglio.
The conspiracy was directed against the Sultan and
lteschid Pasha's Cabinet. Abdul Assis, the Sultan's
brother, if not actually a sharer in the conspiracy, cer-
tainly connived at the revolutionary movements which
have so fortunately been brought to light. The Sul-
tan's physician, an Austrian, was sent for by his Impe-
rial master, who, after dismissing his first chamberlain,
conversed with the doctor for a whole hour. The
same evening the latter left Constantinople for Trieste
with his wile and family. The disciple of fillt;cula-
pins, whose monthly salary was 9,000 piastres, was in
the habit of receiving very costly presents from his
munificent employer. His house in Constantinople,
which is now for sale, was a present of the Empress
Mother's ; it is valued at 8,0001. In an Aleppo letter
of the 9th November, mention is made of the defeat of
the rebels by li.erim Pacha. On a subsequent day,
the insurgents having been reinforced again appeared
before the city, and were again routed, leaving 100
prison,,rs and 3,000 sheep behind them. The garrison
of Aleppo is now so strong that nothing more is to be
feared.

7:4HE REV. DR. IVPNEILE AND THE

ROMISH CONFESSIONAL.
Sir,—On Sunday last, the Bth instant, the Rev. Dr.
M'Neile, Canon of Chester, and incumbent of St. Paul's,
Liverpool, preached a sermon on the difference between
totie " judgment of God and the judgment of man." In
the progress of this discourse the Reverend Gentleman
referred to the " confessional" as an organ used for
`• man's judgment of his fellow-man." He described
in glowing atni impassioned terms its whole catalogue
of abominations, and then demanded in the name of jus-
tice slut religion, the punishment of all priests who
wielde3d so fearful an organ of spiritual tyranny. There
Inieit be many modes of punishment suggested, but the
on'.y one effectual for the purpose was death. " Many
F',,od and tender-hearted men," continued the Reverend
'Gentleman, felt a prejudice against capital punish-
ment; but let them remember that banishment would
only be to spread to our colonies and to other climes the
pestilential influence." This sentiment caused a marked
sensation, and was much canvassed-after the service. It
is said that one gentleman wrote a letter immediately on
reaching his house to demand a recantation of the senti-
ment. In the evening the Rev. Doctor did not preach,
bat after reading the belief he left his pew, and ascend-
ing, the reading desk, between the curate and the Rev.
Air. Minton, he thus addressed the congregation My
Christian Friends,—l generally address you from another
place, but must make an exception on this occasion. I
desire to withdraw the atrocious sentiment which I ut-
tered.in the morning. I have withdrawn it before God
and now withdraw it before you. Those who heard me
in the morning will understand my meaning; those who
were not here will please not to trouble themselves
about it."

I do not record all this, Sir, to find fault with Dr.
M'Neile, his handsome apology disarms any severity of
my criticism. But I mention it to show that extempore
r reaching is very dangerous, since it leads so good a
man to utter so fearful a sentiment ; and I also mention
it to caution our No-Popery friends to temper their
*mi. with discretion, since the Rev. Gentleman who has
thus tripped fills no ordinary situation in men's minds.
iy) is a canon of the church, and a member of the coun-
e'.l who, under the presidency of Lord Ashley, have
Issurn„il the responsibility of reforming the church and
promoting the (in their minds) purest worship of Gcd.
I remain, S r, your obedient servant,
Liverpool, Dec. 12.

The following aro the more important parts of the
ticle in the Liverpool Mereury above referred to.
After adverting, in general terms, to the occurre_ee in
question, our contemporary proceeds :
" When the circumstance was first told to us we cculd
not, and would not, believe it; but as it afterwards came
to us in substantially the same form from several quar-
ters, we thought it best to make inquiries on the sub-
ject; so that, if the story should prove to be unfounded,
its circulation might be stopped; and, if not, that the
faets might be put forth in an unexaggerated shape.
" The result of our inquiries has been that we have
obtained from a highly respectable source as accurate a
w?rsion of the words used by Dr. IP:Celle as the memory
(if (tsar informant enabled him to furnish, and of their
'substantial accuracy he has no doubt whatever. The ex-
traordinary declaration of sentiment was uttered by the
Rev. Gentleman on Sunday morning last, in the:course of
Ilia sermon, and is stated
,to have been to the following

effect:—' I would make it a capital offence to administer
the confession in this country. Transportation would
not satisfy me, for that would merely transfer the evil
from one part of the world to the other. Capital punish-
ment alone would satisfy me. Death alone would pre-
vent the evil. This is my solemn conviction. . . .
The congregation, we have been told, heard the words
with mingled sorrow and dread; and at the close of the
service a representation on the subject was made to Dr.
Arlieile in the vestry. The Rev. Gentleman declared, we
believe, that he had no consciousness of having made
use of such language; but, being assured that he had
undoubtedly done so, he expressed his regret in most
forcible terms.
"In the coarse of the evening service the Doctor
went into the reading-desk, and, as we are informed,
thus addressed his congregation:—' In the excitement of
nn extemporaneous discourse delivered by me this morn-
ing, I used, I believe, a most atrocious expression. That
expression I have already withdrawn in the sight of God;
I have, I trust, made my peace with Him; and I now
beg to withdraw that expression in the sight of this
congregation, and to make my peace with you. I will
net repeat the expression which I have referred to, for
those who heard it will sufficiently well remember it,
whilst I will not grieve (or inflict pain upon) those who
did not hear it by repeating it:
" Dr. M'Neile, therefore bitterly repents of the grave
and lamentable error into which he unwittingly fell; but
if men of firm mind, of great ability and learning, of long
practice in preaching and public speaking, permit so un-
holy a spirit to enter even for a moment into their souls,
and to fashion itself in words, how great must be the
charity with which we ought to regard the failings of
those who are destitute of such advantages I • . • •
Even this most painful incident may be productive of
good to England; if, in this sad time of religious fer-
ment, it teach men the necessity of caution and prudence
in public speaking, seeing how easy it is for even a mi-
nister of the Gospel of Peace to be carried away by reli-
gious fervour into the enunciation of sentiments as atro-
cious as the worst that were ever attributed to or con-
demned in others."

DINNER TO THE AMERICAN AM-

BASSADOR IN LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT.—This evening
the American Ambassador, the Hon. Abbott Law-
rence, was sumptuously entertained at a public
banquet at the Adelphi Hotel, in this town, by the
members of the Liverpool American Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr. Joseph Malcomson, the president of the
Chamber, presided, supported on his right by his
Excellency the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, the guest of
the evening ; Mr. Alexander Henry, M.P. ; Mr.
Thomas Thornley, M.P., &c., &c.; and on his left,
by the Earl of Sefton, Colonel Cotterden, the United
States Consul at Liverpool, Mr. H. C. Chapman, &c.,
&c. The Vice-Chairman's table was filled by Mr.
William Brown, M.P. for South Lancashire, sup-
ported on his right by the Worshipful the Mayor of
Liverpool, &c. ; and on his left by the Venerable
Archdeacon Brooks, Mr. Edward Rushton, stipen-
diary magistrate, &c., &c. There were also present,
in different parts of the room, Mr. Elias Arnaud,
collector of customs at Liverpool, Mr. C. B. Ban-
ning, post-master, several officers of the garrison at
present stationed here, and about fifty of the leading
merchants of Liverpool.
The cloth having been drawn, and the usual loyal
toasts drunk,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the Presi-
dent of the United States, alluding in complimentary
terms to that country, and to the intimate relations
subsisting between this country and America.
The Hon. ABBOTT LAWRENCE, in acknowledging
the toast, assured the meeting of the anxious wish, on
the part of the President of the United States, to cul-
tivate a friendly feeling between the two nations, to
promote the harmony which at present existed be-
tween them, and to strengthen the bonds of unity.
He thought he.knew the feelings of the majority of
the people of this country. He knew that he was
acquainted with the feelings of the people of America,
and he confidently stated that at no time had there
existed a better feeling towards this country than
existed at the present moment. " Sir," said the am-
bassador, " we are a commercial people as well as
you; we know our interests, and we believe that
those interests are identical with your own, and to
that end, so far as I know my own duties and posi-
tion, it is our desire to extend them.”—(Cheers.)
In acknowledging the toast of " The Bishop and
Clergy of the diocese," the Venerable Archdeacon
BROOKS paid a high compliment to the energy and
enterprise of the people of the United States.
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said he had now to
propose to them, on behalf of the Liverpool American
Chamber of Commerce, the health of their distin-
guished guest, his Excellency the Ambassador from
the United States, with cordial thanks to him for
affording them an opportunity of giving him a wel-
come amongst them. He was an able and fitting re-
presentative of his energetic and enterprising country-
men.—(Hear, hear.)
The Hon. ARROTT LAWRENCE acknowledged the
compliment. After alluding to the peculiar relations
which existed between the United States and Liver-
pool, the speaker referred to the common interests
existing between the two countries. Let them all
remember that both countries belonged to the Anglo-
Saxon race.—(Hear, bear.) They had relations in a
commercial point of view, but they had still stronger
relations by the ties of blood.—(Cheers.) After an
exceedingly eloquent address the distinguished guest
of the evening resumed his seat amidst loud cheering.
Several other toasts were proposed and acknow-
ledged, and the company separated about eleven
o'clock.

DEVONPORT AND SOUTHAMP-
TON AS STEAM-PORTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.

Sir,—The difference of convenience with regard to
conveying merchandise, &e., respectively to Southamp-
ton or Devonport, cannot be put in comparison with the
distance by sea between Southampton and the Land's
End, and that of Devonport and the Land's End; there
is not a more objectionable part of the Channel in which
to encounter the westerly gales; from Devonport a
steam-packet would be clear even of the dangerous
Scilly Islands before one from Southampton had reached
Devon port.
The " extraordinary facilities of access and egress"
to and from the Southampton waters by no means un-
frequently consists in a dense fog, so that the steamer
finds it impossible to attempt the narrow passage of the
Needles; until which fog clears away she is paddling
about for hours, expending coal, and keeping passengers
and midis on board, with great inconvenience to all par-
ties concerned, when all this might have been obviated
by leading at Devonport 14 to 16 hours earlier.
The rapid communication of a message by the electric
telegraph renders it of no import whether it is conveyed
from one port or the other.
Southampton is called a "deep steam
,port" by
"X. Y. Z.," So it is to some extent, hut not sufficiently
so to enable it to eowipete with Devonport as a steam-
packet harbour. I landed a few:weeks ago from a trans-
atlantic mail steamer. The vessel could not get within
a mile and a half of the pier for want of water ; the
mails and passengers were detained on board at least
two hours after the vessel had anchored, and before
the arrival of a small steamer sent from the docks to
bring everything on shore. Certainly the passengers
might have landed in boats, had they been disposed to
abandon their luggage to the considerate mercy of some
one or other on board, but the mandate of a Custom-
house cfficer denied even a writing-case to be taken
from the steamer otherwise than through the Custom-
house; from the time of first anchoring till the passen-
gers, luggage, and mails were fairly in the small steamer,
certainly three hours had elapsed, and then all were
happily landed in the docks.
Now, Mr. Editor, I have no interest to serve in South-
ampton, none in Devonport, and none in steam-ships of
any kind; but the following statement will be found very
near the truth. and put the question of the harbour in a
fair light. The distance from the Lizard to Devonport
by sea is about 45 miles, and the steamer coming from
sea is in sheltered water after passing the Lizard; to
run for Devonport, supposing a westerly gale to blow,
the run would be about four hours. The distance from
the Lizard to the Needles is about 150 miles, to which
may be added about 40 more from the latter point to
Southampton; supposing fair wind and weather to pre-
vail, this distance would occupy about 14 hours.
The mails would consequently be landed at Devonport
in flue weather, at the very least, ten hours before they
could possibly reach Southampton, and would be in
London by the railroad about tour hours earlier than
they would from the last-named port.
In the event of an easterly gale, or, what so fre-
quently occurs about the Isle of Wight, and otherwise
lovely waters of the Solent, o dense fog,;the mails would
be delayed, of course, a much longer period; and if it is
at all necessary, I shall adduce instances in which the
royal mail steamers have actually been kept at sea by
the fog nearly twenty-four hours; and in ono case, one
off them had to anchor off Calschot Castle, on account of
the fog, from whence the mails groped their way up to
Southampton in a boat, and the passengers remained on
board nearly a day, abusing the port of Southampton
with great zeal. The best thing X. Y. Z. can do is to
say nothing about Southampton as a steam port, for its
disadvantages are too heavy in the scale.—l am, Sir,
your obedient servant,
A SAILOR.
Adam-street, Adelphi. Dec. 14.

TUB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH 10 lIOLYHEAD.—The
following memorial to the Dock Committee has been
lying on the desk of the Exchange Newsroom, and re-
ceived numerous signatures: " To the chairman and mem-
bers of the Dock Committee. Gentlemen, we the under-
signed merchants, shipowners, brokers, and others,
having observed that a proposal has been made to sub-
stitute, in communicating between Holyhead and Liver-
pool, the electric telegraph for the present antiquated
and uncertain method, respectfully urge upon your con-
sideration the propriety of the change, which, if carried
out, cannot fail to benefit this commercial community,
and the trade of the port in general."—Liverpool
INTELLIGENCE FROM AMERICA. The North
American royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Stone,
i
from w York, s now nearly twelve days out, consequently
we may look for her arrival in the Mersey every hour. She
will bring advises from that city to the -4th instant, which
will be more than. usually interesting from the fact that the",
will contain copies, of the annual message delivered by the
President of the United States. to the Members of Congress,
on their assembling at Washington, on the 2d instant.—
Liverpool Albion.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
PROPOSED NEW RAILWAYS.

It appears from the notices of intended applica-
tion to Parliament in the ensuing session that Bills
for several new railways and branches will be ap-
plied for, and judging from the produce of lines and
branches of a similar character already constructed
in various parts of the kingdom, it is very doubtful
whether many of the new schemes, if sanctioned, will
return any dividend for the outlay. Unfortunately,
too many railways and branches which are now in
operation were originally projected more with the
view to profit certain individuals than for public
benefit or to remunerate the shareholders, who were
induced by all sorts of representations, and in many
instances compelled to find the money. The lawyers,
engineers, contractors, directors, landowners, parties
who purchased land on the speculation of the lines
being made, and thus obtaining three or four times
its value from the company, other parties who have
an interest in letting the contracts for the works
by private agreement, form together an almost ir-
resistible influence to obtain Bills every session for
lines and branches, whether requisite or not.
There can be no doubt that there is plenty of
room for improvement on the present system of rail-
way legislation, and it is believed the appointment of
a Parliamentary Committee to investigate and report
on the effects of past legislation on railways, with a
view to establishing an improved system of legislation
with regard to them, may lead to some practical ad-
vantages, and in some measure tend to protect the
public and rail way shareholders from the gross impo-
sitions and severe losses to which they are continually
exposed by the present loose system. In dealing
with the:new Bills next session, it is believed that Par-
liament might do a great deal of good to railway
property by adopting some arrangement which should
have the effect of making responsible before some tri•
bunal the engineer in every case for the amount of
his estimate, the contractor that the amount of his
contract should not be exceeded, the directors for
exceeding the powers of the Acts of Parliament, the
lawyers for negligence in drawing up the clauses of
the Bills, and thus place some check on the continual
amendment of acts. The practice of sanctioning,
session after session, the illegal acts of railway di-
rectors, should, if possible, be abolished, and men so of•
fending should in future be held individually respon-
sible for their conduct, in every case where it can be
proved that the Acts of Parliament have been vio-
lated. With respect to one of the companies intend-
ing to make application next session for a new Act,
it has been stated by a committee of inquiry into the
company's affairs that the directors had conducted the
affairs of the company as if the Acts of Parliament
were so much " waste paper." Another of the com-
panies making application raised years ago 700,0001.
without any legal authority, and last session obtained
the sanction of Parliament to rectify that illegal act.
Some simple regulation, which should have for its
object to make all the acting parties in the manage-
ment of railway companies personally liable for
the illegal acts of the company, and the misapplica-
tion of the funds intrusted to their charge, would
put a stop to a great deal of misconduct in the ma-
nagement of railway property. There is a very
strong opinion among respectable railway men that
Parliament should in the ensuing session, be-
fore proceeding with any of the new Rail-
way Bills, pass a short Act with regard to
the falsification of railway accounts, the punish-
ment to be fine and imprisonment. It is believed
that until the Legislature declares it by Act of Par-
liament to be a crime to falsify railway accounts the
ability to falsify accounts will be regarded by certain
unprincipled railway speculators as a valuable ac-
quirement, worthy of the highest reward they can
bestow. The passing of an Act declaring the falsifi-
cation of accounts to be illegal and a crime deserving
of severe punishment would tend greatly to enhance
the value of railway property. In one company
alone the public have been defrauded in the price of
the shares to the extent of nearly 2,000,0001. by means
of false accounts, which showed a fictitious net re-
venue in one year of 108,8451. over and above the
actual net revenue of the company; and the total
falsification of the accounts in this company, so far as
could be discovered, amounted to 328,000/. in the
course of four years. Notwithstanding this exposure
certain railway shareholders have lately been endea-
vouring to reinstate the man in power under whose
management, or rather mismanagement, the prices
of the shares were thus raised so much above their
value.

Among the proposed new railways are lines from
the Furness Railway to the Kendal and Windermere
Railway, from the Furness Railway at Ulverstone to
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Cornfortb,
from Lowestoft to Halesworth, from Bungay to Hales-
worth, from the Eastern Counties at Forest-gate to
Tilbury Fort, from the North Kent Railway at
Strood to Dover, from the Croydon Railway near
New-cross to Dover (the Mid-Kent line), from the
Holyhead Railway at Bangor to Carnarvon, from
Gloucester to Ross and Hereford, from Blackwall to
Tilbury Fort, from the Royston and Hitchin at
Shepreth to Cambridge, from the South Staffordshire
at ,Vicknor to Burton-on-Trent, from the Altrincham
Junction Railway to Warrington. The Stockton and
Darlington to make branches to Coundon and
Westerton ; the South Wales, branches to the Forest
of Dean, to Newport, Cardiff, Bute Dock, and to
the Taff Vale Railway; the Sheffield and Goole,
branch to Kimberworth ; the North Staffordshire,
branches to Litchurch and to the Midland Railway ;
the Chester and Holyhead, a branch to Holyhead har-
bour; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, branch to Mid-
dleton ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
extension to Salford ; from the Ulster Railway at
Armagh to the canal at Caledon ; Waveney Valley,
branch to Bungay ; a line from Buckhurst to the
South-Eastern Railway at Tonbridge-wells ; from
the Glastonbury to the Bristol and Exeter near High-
bridge; the Great Northern Railway, branch to
Miston • a line from the Birmingham and Oxford to
the London and North-Western Railway at Birming-
ham; a line from the Briton Ferry to the South
Wales Railway; a line from the Thames to the
North Kent Railway. There are several other Bills
for railway purposes, such as for altering the exist-
ing terms of guarantees and leases, for authorising
companies to run engines and carriages over other
companies railways, to extend time for the construc-
tion of works, and to amend Acts.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.

SIX O'CLOCK.

CHESTER CUP.
66 to 1 agst The Black Doctor
G 6 to 1 agst Langton
66 to 1 agst Damask
66 to 1 agst Wont-you•come-out-to-night
66 to 1 agst Raby
100 to 1 agst Glauca
100 to 1 agst Cyprus

DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt
35 to 1 agst Storm
40 to 1 agst Lightfoot
50 to 1 agst Balsamo

ROYAL COLLEGE 'OF SURGEONS.—The following
gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations
for diploma, were admitted members of the College, at the
meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 13th instant :
Messrs. Alexander Myall Robinson, Newbury, Berkshire;
Edmund Lord Hudson, Bacup, Rochdale, Lancashire ;
Francis Henry Plumptre, Queen's-square, Bloomsbusy ; John
Phillipson Longhorn, her Majesty's Forest of Dean, Glou-
cestershire; Robert Rygate, Colet-place, Commercial-road;
Henry Mound, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire; John Davies
Weaver, Chester; John aven, York ; James Charles
Dickinson, London ; George Webster, Dulwich, Surrey ;
Ashby Greenough Osborn, Northampton ; and Joseph Earle,
Grosvenor-street West. At the same meeting of the Court
Messrs. George Everest, Michael Walling, and David Lloyd
Morgan, passed their examinations for naval surgeons.
Those gentlemen had previously been admitted members of
the College, their diplomas bearing date respectively April
29, 1812; April 25, 1845; and April 17, 1846.
SUICIDE AT THE CHURCH OF ST. BOTOLFH,
ALINIATE.—On Saturday night, at eight o'clock, an inquest
was held before Mr. William Payne, jun., and a respectable
jury, in the Committee-room, Fountain-court, Minories, on
view of the body of John Smith, aged sixty, for many
years sexton of Aldgate Church, who, on Saturday forenoon
shot himself through the head with a pistol, in a vault at-
tached to the church.—Verdict, " Temporary Insonity."

APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. W. Garry Lettsom, now
Paid Attache to the Mission at Washington, has been ap-
pointed, in the same capacity, to the Mission at Madrid.
Mr. J. Carter, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New
Brunswick, is appointed Chief Justice of that Court. Mr.
R. Godlouton is appointed a member of the Legislative
Council of the Cape of Good Hope.
On Wednesday a retired tradesman, named Porter,
was killed, while walking in the streets of Preston, by a skip
from the upper story of a warehouse falling upon his head;
the rope being unsound.
BRISTOL, DEC. 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Barbara,
Lovell, Africa; Mary Ann Peters, Brown, Now York.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 14.

ILAN V. THE LONDON AND NORTY-WESTERN RAILWAY

COMPANY.
(Continued from our Third Edition of Saturday.)
Joseph Paul, a servant in the employ of Messrs.
Chaplin and Horne, proved the delivery of the goods
in question on the 21st of August, consisting of eight
packages, at 75, Castle-street East.
Mr. T. Thompson, a clerk at the railway station,
proved the entry of the goods in the railway-bill, but
admitted, on cross-examination, that he had been keep-
ing out of the way to avoid being subpisnaed for the
plaintiff.
Mr. Pollard, a clerk in the employ of the Railway
Company, said he went to inquire for the plaintiff at 75,
Castle-street, and at 386, Oxford-street, in December
last. At the latter place he saw Mr. Alfred Elam, the
plaintiff, and asked him if he had any goods at the Cam-
den-town station. He said he bad, and wanted them
very much. Withess asked him on what day they left
Liverpool ; plaintiff aid his letter would tell that. Wit-
ness then asked if he ever resided at 75, Castle-street
East, Oxford-street. lie started, and asked why witness
put that question. Witness said be had a reason forsaking

it, The plaintiff then said he never did reside there,
and inquired if the company had delivered his goods at
75, Castle-street. Witness said the company had done
so; to which he replied, that it was nothing but a rob-
bery. Witness and plaintiff then went to Castle-street
together. After they had reade inquiries at Castle-street
witness asked plaintiff if he had any suspicion of anybody.
He said he did not suspect any one except a man of his
named Wilkins, who had robbed him while he had
been in America, and whom he had left in charge of
his premises. Plaintiff also said that Wilkins was now
in affluent circumstances, though he had been before in
the greatest poverty. Witness asked plaintiff where
Wilkins lived; he replied Hemming's-row, and he was
only waiting for an opportunity to catch him. Witness
asked why be had not applied for his goods before.
He said he had been at home only two or three weeks,
and that he had been travelling in the North of England.
Witness asked if there was any one in Liverpool who
would be likely to know when his goods were there. He
said, "No; only a young man who had crossed the
Atlantic with him." Witness engaged to meet him again
in the evening at Mrs. Sear's. Witness met him
there, and they went together to Mr. Heather's, in
Cirencester-place. Mr. Elam pointed out a marine store
shop as that of Mr. Heather. Witness did not go in.
He said, " Shall we go in ?" Witness said he had no
orders to do so. They parted, and witness never saw
him again.
Cross-examined—Witness had not been keeping out
of the way to avoid being sub!. ceaaed by the plaintiff.
After the examination of several other witnesses,

Mr. CtiAmßEas replied, and contended that the plain-
tiff had endeavoured to get his property out of the hands
of his creditors, and there was nothing whatsver to
warrant the belief that he had fraudulently attempted
to obtain it from the defendants. Indeed, all the evi-
dence tended most strongly the other way.
Lord CAMPBELL summed up, and left it to the jury to
say whether the plaintiff was privy to the sending of the
goods to Castle-street. If he was, the verdict must be
for the defendants; if otherwise, for the plaintiff.
The jury retired ata quarter-past six o'clock, and, after
an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned with
a verdict for the plaintiff, thus finding that the company
had wrongly delivered the goods.