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that day. The character of the line was so ably delineated
in that report, that it was entirely unnecessary for him to
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metropolis and Exeter with the western parts of Devon and
wmotasyherwmliinhreeitwo.—nhich had yet been projected for connecting the
-4Cheers.) Mr. Julian
Cornwall was most strongly marked.
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eedcCute neattirsoaanlV iilnnigntethineand that better gradients
would be obtained throughout.—(Hear, hear.) Time would
thereby be saved as well as money, and time, as they knew,
was money in railroad affairs. The line now under their
consideration was one which connected the existing and pro-
jected broad gauge lines from Exeter, westward, throughout
the whole of the dis,rict of Devon and Cornwall, and it in no
way competed with any line, existing or projected,
u at pre
insde-
ent
before the public.-4 Cheers.) Instead of taking pan
pendent position at Exeter, and running down in competi-
tion with the line which was authorised by the last session
of Parliament to be constructed between Exeter and Crediton,
and, instead of also competing with another projection from
the same great commanding and influential body, the Great
Western Company, and the other parties who projected
the North Devon line, with an arm to Crediton, this
line proposed to connect itself only with the western
point of that junction somewhere near Hatherleigh, and
to pass on to Falmouth, without competing with any line
projected from ,Truro to Penzance.—(Hear.) It had been
considered necessary, in the absence of any defined plan for
a connection between the North Devon and Crediton lines,
to survey the whole country up to Crediton, so as to be in a
condition to deposit their plans for an entire line from Cre-
diton to Falmouth, showing on the plan a complete connec-
tion, which they could not do if they assumed the course of
the line from a point on the North Devon line. There had
been a line projected last session for the accommodation of
the whole of Cornwall—the coast line—and which ran
from Falmouth by the coast to Plymouth, and then proposed
to be united with the South Devon line. That bill had
been on its own demerits rejected by the House of Lords,
and in: an amended shape it bad not yet made its appearance
before the public. A prospectus had been issued by that
company, which stated that Mr. Brunel had been autho-
rised, in compliance with the recommendation of the com-
mittee of the House of Lords, to complete a new survey of
the whole district of country between Plymouth and Fal-
Mouth, and he had also been instructed to survey the dis-
trict between the coast line and the proposed north Devon
line, with the view of effecting a junction between those
lines, and so to perfect something like a direct communi-
cation between Falmouth and Exeter. Hitherto no project
hed appealed of the sort, and the only line which met the
necessities of the country, and which united instead of con-
flicting with existing interests, was the Great Western and
Falmouth Junction line, now under discussien.—(Hear,
hear, hear.) Another line had been projected to pass
from Exeter over a similar district of country to Fal-
mouth and Penzance ; but the line was what was com-
monly known :as a narrow gauge line, and being in
connection with the existing interests of the narrow
gauge, viz„ with the South Western Company, as far as
Basingstoke, and with other narrow gauge projects to
Salisbury and Exeter, it could scarcely be consi-
dered as entering into competition with a broad gauge
line, which Was simply an extension of the existing Bristol
and Exeter line from Exeter westward. The Great Western
Company had lately published some statements, and had
declared their intentions to be to construct a direct line from
London to Exeter, by the extension of certain lines autho-
rised to be made by them to Hungerford, and by a new line
from Exeter to YeoviL That line would of course be a
broad gauge line, and the whole district of country below
Exeter, being clearly occupied by broad gauge projects and
broad gauge lines, it appeared reasonable to suppose that no
narrow gauge independent line could be carried down from
Salisbury and Yeovil and Exeter westward, to compete with
existing and projected broad gauge lines, when it was
known that the great object& of Parliament were first to
see that proper railway accommodation should be secured
to every district requiring it, and in the next place, that
that communication should be carried out, if possible, by
existing interests. And assuming that to be probable, he
regarded the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil project, the
Yeovil and. Exeter, and the Cornwall and Devon central line,
as standing no chance whatever of succeeding in obtaining
any Parliamentary authority for their schemes. It was
very clear that to one or, the other of the existing broad
gauge schemes the present project must be a matter of con-
siderable interest.—(Hear, hear.) There had lately been, as
they were aware, a disagreement—a very considerable disa-
greement—between the Bristol and Exeter, and the Great
Western Companies, as to the terms on which the one
should cede, and the other obtain the entire possession of the
former railway. The Bristol and Exeter Proprietors deter-
mined that the terms upon which the Great Western Com-
pany desired to purchase the line were not such terms
as they either could or ought to accept.—(Hear, hear.) It
appeared to him (Mr. Harvey) that if the Bristol Exeter
Railway was at present worth to the Great Western Railway
Company six per cent., which was the sum offered by
them at the expiration of the lease—if it was worth
six per cent. to them, with the full knowledge which they had
of the traffic passing over it=information which he believed
they had not thought fit to disclose to the Shareholders of
the Bristol and Exeter Company—he said, if they were
willing to give this per tentage, with a full knowledge of
the amount of the traffic over the Bristol and Exeter line,
and notwithstanding their determination to carry out a
direct line of railway by Hungerford, the Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth line, and Yeovil, why then there could not
be a doubt that if the Bristol and Exeter Company main-
tained an independent course, and assisted in promoting
the legitimate extension of their own line, they might
reasonably ask 10 per cent. They might thereby secure the
whole of the traffic now carried from Cornwall by water,
but which they now lost. He believed that the Bristol and
Exeter line, even if a direct line should be carried out
between Exeter and London, would ultimately realise a
greater traffic than the Great Western Railway itself—
seeing that the Bristol and Exeter Railway was the key-
stone to the great highway of traffic to the north, to the great
manufacturing districts, and to Scotland. There was another
important point to be remarked upon here—that was the
proposed extension of the line from the Bristol and Exeter
Railway to the extreme north and north-west parts of Devon
and the northern districts of Cornwall.—(Hear). A very
large portion of traffic also would find its way by Taunton
to London, even if the Great Western Company should con-
struct a direct line from Yeovil by the way of Exeter.—
(Hear.) One very singular circumstance in connexion with
the railway amalgamation of the districts in the west of
England was worth mentioning. He (Mr. Harvey) found
that the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company, the
Yeovil and Exeter, and the Cornwall and Devon Central
Company, had become identified in interest to some
extent with another company having a directly ad-
verse interest—he meant the Manchester and South-
ampton Company.—(Hear, hear.) This was the most ex-
traordinary amalgamation of interests he had ever sesn—
(Hear, hear)—for the Manchester and Southampton Com-
pany had been projected, not insidiously, but with the
avowed purpose of taking a certain amount of traffic away
from the western part of England; indeed, for the express
purpose of diverting the whole of the West and East
India and China trade into the channel of Southampton.—
(Hear, hear.) He said that their stated purpose was to
take the trade, the export trade of the north, to South-
ampton, and prevent any of it going by the way of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway, and by the direct line to Fal-
mouth, the best port in the English Channel.—(Hear, hear.)
He took it to be an extraordinary exhibition of weakness,
when they saw men joining with their opponents, and pre-
tending to have a community of interests, when they really
had the most adverse interests to promote. He might, before
he sat down, advert to the traffic carried on from Hayle to
Bristol. It was very considerable, and would never belong
to the Great Western Railway. It was the legitimate
traffic of the Bristol and Exeter line.—(Hear, hear.) There
were now three steamers from Hayle to Bristol twice a
week, carrying on the average ninety passengers each, in ad-
dition to large quantities of goods, vegetables, &c. Con-
siderable time was occupied in making the voyage from
Hayle to Bristol, compared with the rapidity of railway
transit. Time saved was money gained, and although
it would cost more money to travel from the western
part of Cornwall by railway to Bristol than it would by
steam-vesselsz still the saving of time would more than com-
pensate any man whose time was of any value what-
ever to him. He assumed, therefore, that a great
portion of the traffic now carried by steamers would be
taken by railway from Cornwall over the Bristol and
Exeter line. It seemed 'to him that the Bristol and
Exeter Railway Company need not trouble themselves by
entering into an arrangement three years before the ex-
piration of their lease, for it must be obvious that those who
sought to propitiate them by promises on the one hand, and
to intimidate them by threats on the other, must have in
view an object which they had reasons for not disclosing, but
which the Bristol and Exeter Shareholders would do well
to look to.—(Hear, and cheers.) The Bristol and Exeter had
a right to ask complete amalgamation, or to determine
that they would be altoe•ether independent of the Great
Western Company.—( Hear') The drift of these observations
was just this—that at present it was the interest of the Bris-
tol and Exeter Company to promote the extension of an in-
dependent line from Exeter through Devon and Cornwall.
If a complete amalgamation should take place between the
Bristt 1 and Exeter and Great Western Railway s, then the
interests of those parties would be to promote the best line
between the metropolis and Falmouth. It seemed to him,
on a review of the whole subject, that no narrow-gauge line
stood any chance of success. He took it, then, that the best,
the shortest, and the least expensive broad-gauge line would
be the one most likely to meet with Parliamentary support.
No competing line with the Great Western and -Falmouth
Junction had yet been put before the public, and therefore
they had a right to expect, from the position they held with
respect to their surveys of the line, and other necessary
arrangements, that they should be enabled to go to Parlia-
ment with every reasonable prospect of success.—(Cheers.)
The meetingwas also addressed by several other gentlemen.
Mr. W. HILL then moved "That the report of the engi-
neer be adopted and published, and circulated among the pro-
moters of the undertaking."
Mr. RtcnArtns having seconded the resolution, it was put
and carried unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who briefly ac-
knowledged the compliment.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—British and Irish
Union, 4—Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 27—Glasgow,
Paisley, and Greenock, 201 A—Ditto, Half Shares, 10—Grand
Junction, 230—Ditto, Eighth Shares, 2034—Great Western,
150—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 9—Leicester and Bed-
ford, 176—Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle Junction,
44—Liverpool Ormskirk, and 'Preston, 44—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland, 54—Midland, 140—Ditto, Half
Shares, 204—Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby,
108—North Western, 3:34—Sheffield and Manchester, Quar-
ter Shares, No. 2, 124—South Midland, -s%—Welsh Mid-
land, 2%.
MANCHESTER, Nov. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and! Cheshire, 714—Boston, Newark, and Shef•
field, 3%—Cambridge and Lincoln, 4 1-16—Eastern Comi-
ties (Perpetual), No. 2, 3—Fleetwood, Preston, and. West
Riding Junction, 234—Halifax, Huddersfield, and Bradford,
74—Leeds and Thirsk, . 13—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and
Preston, 4—Liverpool, Warrirgton, Manchester, and Stock-
port, 2%—London and York, 4%—Manchester and Bury
Atmospheric, 1 5-16—North Staffordshire, 54—Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 17—Preston and Wyre
Extension, 2—Sheffield and Manchester Quarters, No. 3,
6—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 64—South-Eastern
and Dover, Halves, 3%—Watert'ord, Wexford, and Valen-
tia, 2%,
EXETER, Nov.. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are-,-Exeter and Credi-
ton, - 54—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % p.—North
Devon, p.- Central Cornwall and Devon, 4 p.—Bristol
and Exeter, New, B—South Wales, 5.
BRISTOL, Nov. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and South
Wales Junction, 2%—Great Western. Quarter Shares.] 6 --
Maneheker and Southampton, 31/4—Puri bury Vil-r and Rail-
way, 2 Liti—Vale of NeaLli, 3%.
SHEFFIELD, Nov. 11.
S ExCHWIGE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Man-
-0404ter, meter ages? 55—Derby and Giti4s-

Forough, I%—East Lincolnshire, 23/4—Liverpool and Leeds
irect, 234--Maachester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction,
'34—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3 IA —Sb effield, Buxton, Leek,
Portsmouth. and Crewe, IL Bs. 6d.—Wakefield and Harro-
gate, 214—Welsh.
- -

LEEDS, Nov. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Midland, New, 19%—
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 12%—Ditto, Quarter Shares,
3%—Huddersfield and Manchester, 13%—Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 21%—Leeds and Bradford, 43—Ditto, Extension,
3814—Leeds and Dewsbury, 19 c. n.—Leeds and Thirsk,
1334—Newcastle and Berwick, 13—North British, New
Carlisle Branch, 394—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 45
London and York, 4 %—Sheffield and Lincoln, 3%—Direct
Northern, 2—West Riding Union, 814—East Lincolnshire,
276—Grand Union, 7s. 6d. p.—Lancasbire, Yorkshire, and
North-Eastern, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct,
2s. 6d. dis.—Leeds and York, par—Leicester and Bedford,
10s. p,—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 p.—
Manchester and Southampton, 3%—North Western, 3%—
Nottingham and Boston, 12s. p.—Nottingham, Erewash,
and Ambergate, 21. 165.—South Midlands, 3% p.—Wakefield
and Bradford, 6s. p.—Wakefield and Harrogate, 16s. p.—
Welsh Midlands, 2%—_-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2s. 6d.p.

COURT OF EXCISE-YESTERDAY
(Before the lion. Captain PERCY, T. lanntsoN, Esq., and
C. J. HERRIES,
EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF ADULTERATED TOBACCO.—
George Crofton and Abraham Crofton, of No. 61, Bartholo-
mew-cloSe, Smithfield, tobacco manufacturers, were charged,
upon information, with manufacturing, and having in their
possession, tobacco adulterated with alkaline salts, contrary
to the late Act for the regulation of tobacco manufacturers,
which provides that nothing but pure water shall be used in
the manufacture of tobacco.
More than half a ton of the tobacco had been seized, and
the case was looked forward to with considerable interest.
The defendants had given notice that they would defend
the case by counsel, and it was believed Mr. Clarkson had
been retained by them, but on the case being called on this
day neither counsel, solicitors, nor defendants appeared. The
usual notices having been proved, the following evidence was
taken. _ _

Mr. Austin, surveying examiner general of Excise, said he
visited the manufactory of the defendants on the 9th of
August last, accompanied by Messrs. Smith and Phillips,
also officers of Excise. He examined the whole of the pre-
mises. In a small room he found several women stripping
tobacco. A large quantity of the leaf was lying on the floor,
and some of it was quite wet. He was induced to taste it,
and found it exceedingly salt, with a solution also of lime.
He also found in the room two pails full of a liquid solu-
tion, and, upon tasting it, pronounced it to be that of
common salt. Upon seeing the foreman he questioned
him as to whether he was the person who superintended
the business of that establishment, And was answered in
the affirmative. Witness then asked him whether the
tobacco he saw damped down was to be sold for
tobacco or snuff, and was told for tho best returns. Wit-
ness then asked him to taste the solution in the pails, which
he did, and said that he did not taste anything the matter
with it. Upon inquiring for the proprietors, the foreman
said he would send for them ;and, upon Mr. George Crofton
coming in, witness directed his attention to the tobacco on
the floor and to the contents of the pails, and asked him
whether he considered that the contents of the latter were
salt? " Salt !" said Mr. Crofton, "no ; if it is salt it must
have come from the pimp so. He tasted the water from
the pump, and found it perfectly pure. Beside the pump, in
a pail, he found a solution like brine, and asked Mr. Crofton
what it was for? Mr. Crofton replied, "It was for the
tobacco ; it was useless saying it was for snuff, as they must
know it was for tobacco." He then seized the stock of
tobacco, and conveyed it to the chief office of the Excise
department. The following day he submitted four samples
to Mr. George Phillips, practical chemist to the Board of
Excise, for analysation.
Mr. George Phillips, professor of chemistry, said that he
received four samples of tobacco from the last witness, which
he had submitted to various tests of analysation. One of the
samples of the damped leaf he found adulterated to the extent
of 13.67 per cent. with common salt ; a sample, No. 2, of leaf,
5.41 of salt; the first pail of solution contained 3.75, and the
pail No. 2, 19.80 per cent. of adulteration. The other tobacco
found on the premises was of a very pure character.
Mr. Davis proved that the defendants were entered manu-
facturers of tobacco, and were so on the 9th of August last.
An entry to that effect was made in his survey-book.
The COURT ordered the whole of the seizure to be con-
demned, which is equal to a penalty of nearly 2001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
Peter Battie, a foreigner, was brought up for further exa-
mination on the charge of having violated three little girls
under twelve years of age, at his lodgings in Newman-street,
Oxford-street.
He was defended by Mr. O'Brien, who cross-examined
the witnesses at great length, in order to show that there
were some grounds for the suspicion that the parents of the
children had offered tohush the matter up for a consideration.
The prisoner had written a letter to one of the parties, re-
lating to the charge, which was considerably strengthened by
its production by the officer, Pocock.
He was fully committed for trial.
A cab-driver, named George Hull, was brought up by war-
rant (having failed to attend upon a summons), to answer
the charge of having behaved in an irsolent manner to Mr.
Albany Fonblanque, of 48, Connaught-square.
The complainant stated that he had occasion to call upon
Mr.' Pavey, of 47, Holywell-street, Strand, on the Ist of
November, and while standing before the door (being him-
self on horseback) the defendant drove up behind him. The
narrowness of that part of the street prevented his passing,
and deponent consequently asked him to wait a moment
until he had addressed a few words to Mr. Pavey, with whom
he was "anxious to make an appointment for another day.
The defendant, however, abused him in impertinent language,
and, although no one was in his cab, persisted in driving
forward. Mr. Fonblanque was compelled to submit, in order
to prevent an accident either to his horse or to himself, and
was accordingly driven to the end of the street in front of
the defendant's cab.
Mr. Pavey corroborated this evidence.
The defendant expressed his contrition for the offence, at
the same time urging that he used no offensive language to
Mr. Fonblanque, whom he thought was intending to proceed
forward. He appealed to the constables of the division to
testify to the respectability of his character.
Mr. JARDINE thought that the conduct of the defendant
was clearly such as to render him amenable to the Act, his
apparent contrition being the only circumstance in his favour.
His Worship fined him 10s., or ten days imprisonment, in
default of non-payment.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A Jew, named Hyam Abrahams, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Bingham, charged with having, by the following
artful scheme, obtained the sum of 31. ss. from Mr. Simon
Lazarus, a general dealer at Mile-end :
The prosecutor stated that about a month ago the pri-
soner, with whom he had had some previous business trans-
actions, called at his house and stated that he was acquainted
with a tradesman who had for sale a large quantity of gold
washings from picture-frames, for which he demanded only
31. 55., and that if witness would advance that amount they
would divide between them the profits, which he knew to be
considerable, as he had had numerous transactions of a si-
milar kind before, and they had always turned out excellent
speculations. Witness reluctantly acceded to the proposi-
tion, and the prisoner conducted him to the house of a pic-
ture-frame maker, named Moseley, in Leonard-street, Shore-
ditch, from whom he received a jar containing the supposed
gold washings, for which he paid the 31. ss.' at the request
of the prisoner, and took it away with him. On the
following day he sent the jar to Mr. Cyrill, a gold
refiner in Barhican, to have its contents melted, and on call-
ing afterwards for his golden deposit, be wars Informed by
the refiner that it was a mere compound bf worthless rub-
bish, and that there was not a particle of gold in the whole
mass. He immediately went in search of the prisoner, who,
upon being apprised of the result, expressed great astonish-
ment and indignation at the imposition which had been
practised upon them, and at once proceeded with him Co the
house of Moseley, to whom he abruptly intimated that
unless he produced the person from whom he had received
the spurious article they should expect their money to be
returned. Moseley appeared completely astounded at such
an announcement, but Promised to see the prisoner further
upon the subject, and they accordingly went away; but all
his subsequent efforts to meet with the prisoner having
been unsuccessful, the witness went alone to the shop of
Moseley, and was then informed, to his great surprise, that
the prisoner himself was the person who had left the jar of
spurious gold under the care of Moseley, with directions
to deliver it to the witness, and to receive the money for
him which the witness paid for it, and which money he
had subsequently paid to the prisoner. On being apprised
of these facts witness gave immediate information of them
to the police, and the prisoner was ultimately taken into
custody.
In cross-examination by Mr. Vann, who appeared for the
defence, the witness admitted that he had received from
Moseley a written engagement to refund the amount, but said
that 111oeeley had since, under the advice of his solicitor, re-
fused to fulfil its conditions.
Mr. Moseley proved that the jar and its contents had been
left with him by the prisoner under the circumstances de-
scribed, and that the latter had afterwards called on him,
and received the mom, the prosecutor had paid for them.
The witness nisavowcil :111 Lnowledge or participation in 'the
fraudulent part of the transaction, and declared that he had
only been induced to give the undertaking referred to from
an apprehension that he might be himself involved in the
charge.
Mr. Vann contended that the prosecutor's acceptance of
Moselev's promise of indemnification amounted to a condo-
nation of the alleged fraud, and effectually precluded any
criminal proceedings.
Mr. Heritage, on the other side, submitted that no ar-
rangement the prosecutor might have made with third par-
ties could shield the prisoner from the results of his own
fraudulent conduct, which had been more than sufficiently
proved to justify a commitment.
Mr. BINGIIAM was clearly of opinion that a primci fade
case of fraud had been established against the prisoner, and
therefore called upon him to find substantial bail to appear
on a future day, that the requisite formal evidence might be
produced for the completion of the case.
LAMB E TH.
Mr. Keene, the Governor of Horsemonger lane Prison,
waited upon Mr. Narton, to inform him of the suicide, during
the preceding night, of Thomas M'Namara, a prisoner under
his care, who had been sent there on the evening before by
the Hon. Magistrate.
It will be recollected that M'Namara, who had been in
custody since the lit inst., had been re-examined on Monday,
on a charge of inflicting as many as twelve or thirteen wounds
upon the person of his wife. The wife attended and gave
her evidence upon the occasion, and upon her own showing,
it was evident she was a person of the most profligate habits,
having left her husband three different times to live with
different men. The accused, notwithstanding her scandalous
conduct, was much attached to her, and sent a friend to
bring her back from Tunbridge. wells, were she was living in
adultery with the last person she left home with. On the
night after her return, she declared her intention to rejoin
ber paramour, and her husband in his rage and jealousy, and
being also much intoxicated at the time, inflicted twelve or
thirteen wounds with a sharp instrument upon different parts
of her person. The offence, notwithstanding the strong pro-
vocation, was of so serious a character, that Mr. Norton felt it
to be his duty to send the prisoner for trial, and the evidence
of all the witnesses in attendance being taken, the prisoner
was remanded until Friday next, and was sent off by the van
to Horsemonger-lane Gaol.
Mr. Keene said the prisoner had been removed from this
Court with the second batch of prisoners, and was conveyed
to his cell. He was subsequently supplied with bread and
gruel for his supper, and there being nothing in his demeas
nouror manner to excite the least suspicion, lie was locked up
in his cell at eight o'clock, agreeable to the gaol regulation.
Yesterday morning,
on the turnkey unlocking the cell door,
he found the unfortunate man suspended by his handkerchief
from one of the bars of the cell window. Medical assistance
was promptly in attendance, but it was found that the body
was quite cold, and that life had been extinctfor several hours.
Mr. Keene added that the unfortunate man had drunk the
gruel and eat a portion of the bread, but had not gone to bed.
Mr. NORTON, who appeared evidently affected at the fate
of the wretched man, remarked that he did not observe any-
thing whatever in the manner of the poisoner, when before
him, to lead to the slightest suspicion or apprehension that lie
meditated the act of seltldestruction.
Mr. Keene said, the Prison Act required him, in all cases of
suicide in his prison, to
communicate the fact personally to
the nearest relation of the deceased, where it was practicable,
and as the wife was in the present case the nearest relative, he
requested her address, that he might see and communicate to
her the fate of her unfortunate husband.
The address of the
Keene, and he left the Court for the purpose he bad stated.
Cook, the gaoler attached to the Court, informed the Ma-
gistrate that though profligate wife was supplied to Mr.
M'camara was somewhat affected while
his wife was giving her evidence against him, he (Cook) felt
quite certain he did not intend to commit suicide when leav-
ing for Horsemonger-lane Gaol on Monday. His (Cook's)
reason for being so certain WYS this, that he requested to bo
permitted to take with hits to prison a loaf of bread to last
witls his allowance, until he was brought up again °--
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had not been premeditated.

THAMES.
About halt-fast twelve o'clock yesterday, Mr. ClA'6on,

the barrister, entered the Court, and, apologising for
the imperfect statement which he was about to make,
said he. was . anxious as early as possible to ap-
prise the sitting magistrate (Mr. broderip) of some facts
of which he (Mr. Clarkson) was just informed, and
which perhaps before the close of the day would be
brought under the cognizance of this Court :—The im-
portance of the case would, he was sure, excuse the abrupt
manner in which it was introduced. The facts were simply
these :—The crew of the Tory, while on her homeward
voyage from Hong-Kong, rose on the captain, and in a pira-
tical manner attempted to seize and carry off the vessel, but
though the attempt was frustrated, more than one murder
had been the result, and the present application was to have
officers in attendance to take the prisoners into custodyim-
medidtely on the arrival of the Tory in the river.

Mr. BuonEmr—Then I am to understand that there is no
person yet in custody on this most serious charge ? -
Mr. Clarkson—No, Sir. I have not made myself clear.
Some of the parties are in irons on board the vessel, which
is now on its way from Deal, and hourly expected in the
river. As lam informed, she is a vessel of 608 tons, com-
manded by a Captain Johnstone, and having a crew of 30
men. The act of piracy was attempted whilst she was off
Ascension Island, when the crew, headed by the mate, rose
upon the captain, threatening to take his life and possess
themselves of the ship. The mutiny had extended to
such a degree, and the project was so far ripened, that only
two or three of the hands stuck by the captain, and the
determination of the mutineers was so great that it was
found impossible to foil their intent without several
serious acts of violence. When it was repressed, the
mate, anticipating the consequences of his attempt, seized
the first opportunity which offered, and jumped overboard.
A man, named Mars, who had been one of the first to
join in the mutiny, repented of his conduct, and exposed
the whole plot to the captain, on which the other muti-
neers brutally murdered him. Another man, named Rea-
sons, who had also given
,information to the captain, died
suddenly, and, as it was supposed from the symptoms, by
having poison administered to him. On arriving at Deal,
the captain applied to the authorities there, and assistance
was afforded to put the refractory parties in irons. Apolo-
gising again for his hasty andimperfect statement, the
Learned Gentleman repeated his request that some officers
should be directed to look out for the arrival of the vessel,
as she was hourly expected, and it was highly probable that
the master, together with the owner, Mr. Duncan Gibb, of
Liverpool, would be in attendance, and enter into fuller de-
tails of the events which had taken place:
Mr. BRODERIP said the Learned Gentleman had stated the
dreadful circumstances with sufficient clearness to awaken
the utmost attention. He (Mr. Broderip) had not the di-
rection of the police force, but he was sure that on the
slightest intimation to the river police the most active steps
would be taken, and every facility afforded.
Mr. Clarkson then read the following letter, addressed H.
H. Lindsay, Esq., East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street,
London :

" Deal, Nov. 9.
"Sir,—You will have heard by this time of the horrid and un-
precedented mutiny on board the ship Tory, belonging to Mr.
Duncan Gibbs, of Liverpool, on her voyage from Hong-Kong to
London, in which three lives have been sacrificed—viz , the first
and second mate, and one seaman. We now write to you
by desire of Captain Johnstone to say that the ship has
arrived in the Downs, with three of her crew in irons, ai.d a strong
guard of a revenue cutter on board, the other portion of the crew
being still in a mutinous state. We have consulted with the Com-
mander of the Coast Guard here, as well as with the magistrates,
and it has been thought the better course to place the remainder of
the crew (seven ir: number) under arrest, the whole of them being
more or less connected with the mutiny, to keep guard over them
on board, and to hire men to work the ship up to London, taking
the first opportunity of engaging a steamer. We thought this
course better than landing the men here and having them taken
before the magistrates, which would necessarily cause a detention
of the captain and probably the ship. We hope the Tory will pro-
ceed early to-morrow for the River. Captain Johnstone has, under
our advice, noted his protest, and we trust you will consider we
have taken the best and most prompt measures under the unfortu-
nate circumstances of this case. We write you hurriedly to save
post.—We are, Sir, your most obedient,
" GODWIN, CURLING, and Co.,
" Agents to the Liverpool Association of Underwriters."
_ _ _

Mr. BRODE-RIP said he had no doubt that it the case had
been taken bdore the Magistrates at Deal they would have
given it the consideration which its importance deserved.
With that, however, he had nothing to do ; but if it were
brought within his jurisdiction it would command the utmost
attention.

Mr. Clarkson was quite satisfied on that point, and he was
happy to think that a case of such importance would be
heard at a tribunal so peculiarly competent to take it into
consideration.

The Learned Gentleman then left, with the understanding
that if the Tory arrived in the river in the interval the per-
sons charged would be brought up for primary examination
this day.
The excitement occasioned by the application was most in-
tense, and the result of the inquiry is looked forward to with
the deepest interest. When a judicial investigation is se close
at hand, it would be highly injudicious to give publicity to
the vague and contradictory rumours which are afloat upon
the oubj ect.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
,TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 114 per
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s.
100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
25 44; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25 57k, it follows that gold is 0.53 per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris.

By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 430/
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s.
104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 13 84 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at
short being 13 9/, it follows that gold is 0.35 per cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
One of the leading features of railway enterprise, which is
manifesting itself at this moment with an extraordinary de-
gree of activity, is the employment of the vast numbers of
persons who have any pretension to be called members of the
surveying and engineering professions in the preparations
for the 30th instant, when the plans, sections, and
books of reference must be ready for deposit with the
clerk of the peace. All of them receive the most liberal or
extravagant pay, and the merest novices receive engage-
ments, for which they throw up, with or without the consent
of their principals, their regular employment, and nearly all
ordinary and routine business is at a stand. Of the extent of
occupation which has devolved upon these professions in con-
sequence of the prevailing excitement, some idea may be ob-
tained from the useful statistical tables published in the
Railway Almanack for 1846 ; and, as really eminent men are
not numerous in those departments of professional skill, it
necessarily follows that the whole work is in comparatively
few hands. From these tables it appears that one engineer
is engaged on 11 of the new lines, another on 14, a third on
16, a fourth on 17, and a fifth on 21 lines. The
same may be, and no doubt are, engaged on other
lines ; for many of those on the list have no en-
gineer's name attached to them, and it may be
safely assumed that the execution in a proper
manner of such a quantity of work is beyond human
power. This is not labour, it should be observed, which will
admit of careless or imperfect execution. The fate of the
Cambridge and Lincoln line last session, the Bill for which
was lost in consequence of a mere clerical error connected
with the surveys, shows how important it is to the success of
a new line that they should be made with the utmost care
and accuracy. Men of honour will, doubtless, in many cases
throw up their engagements, under such a total impossi-
bility of execution, and this to many of the new companies
will furnish at the same time a decent excuse for withdraw-
ing altogether' when they could not otherwise have devised
one. Letters from the northern counties, received in the
City this morning,:describe the activity and excitement as
universal, with regard to the engineering and mapping move-
ment; and notice is especially taken of the class of persons
who are so employed, one letter remarking that " lads
who have only just left school are permitted to take
particulars which require experience in some of the
nicest questions of real property." It may easily be antici-
pated what a figure some of them will make when the time
for the great ordeal arrives. The death of Mr. Irving is an
event which belongs to the history of the commerce of Lon-
don, and it has formed to-day one of the principal topics
on 'Change. For honourable conduct, strict fidelity to his
engagements under the most adverse circumstances, and • for
a kind disposition to those who have had their way to make
in the world, he has had few equals in mercantile life. The
importance of the house of which he has been so many years
a partner is well known. Their transactions have extended
to all parts of the world, though they have lain more par-
ticularly in the West Indies. Mr. Irving was a stanch sup-
porter of the colonial interests, and took the lead in forming
the Colonial Bank and Royal Steam-packet Companies.
More than once he received the thanks of the inhabitants
of Mauritius for his attention to their welfare. For nearly
forty years he was a Member of the House of Commons,
where he sat for the last two Parliaments as representative
of the county of Antrim. In politics he was a steady and
consistent Conservative. His loss is as much regretted by
his private friends as it is by those who, during a long
course of years, have had business to transact with him.
HERALD.—The approach of the period for the with.
drawal of the fractional notes for 255. and 305., now in cir•
culation in Ireland, is likely to be attended with some unto-
ward consequences, which could not have been anticipated
by the framers of the measure to abolish notes of these de-
nominations. The circumstances strikingly illustrate the
state of society in many parts of that benighted county.
The poorer class of occupiers, who are the principal holders
of the fractional notes, have become alarmed, under the im-
pression that they will be of no value after the 6th of De-
cember next, when the new banking law comes into opera-
tion. In the south and west of the kingdom these frac-
tional notes have been presented at the banks for payment
in considerable quanties, and a smart run has been felt,
principally for silver, and even the bank of the great Agi-
tator has not escaped the effect of the popular delusion on
the subject. All persons acquainted with the character
of the Irish peasantry are aware how easily they are
misled in matters connected with the paper circula-
tion, and will readily comprehend how they have come
under the influence of a panic without any just ground. From
what we have learned, the Irish press has been negligent in
not setting the people right on the subject without a moment's
delay, and the more especially at a time like the present,
when the reports about the potato disease will have rendered
the people more than usually susceptible to bad impressions.
The commercial letters received by the West India mail
were dalivered this morning, but they contain few details of
much interest in addition to the extracts which appeared in
the Herald this morning. All parties writing to their con-
signees dwell chiefly on the subject of railways, and no doubt
seemed to be entertained, even by the most sceptical, but
that, if judiciously constructed, they will afford a remune-
rating return on the capital invested, as well as be of incal-
culable benefit to the colonies by promoting improvement.
The merchants connected with Mexico are at length gra-
tified with the account og the settlement of the tariff, which
they consider will give no inconsiderable stimulus to trade,
if the executive Government has sufficient strength and
energy to carry it out in good faith. Much, however, re-
quires to be...done to check the oppressions and peculation of
the subordinate officers of the Customs, who were thoroughly
corrupted under Santa Anna's regime.
The official account of the Committee of South American
bondholders states that the receipts by the packet, on account
of the Mexican dividend, amount to 80,895 dollars. The in-
tentions of the present Government are undoubtedly honour-
able, and all that appears requisite is that they be supported
by the country. There are, however. still latent fears that
thepartisans of Santa Anna are intriguing to excite dis-
turbance.

HEALTU OF ToWNs.—A preliminary meeting was
held at the Committe-room of the Town-hall on Thursday,
for the purpose of considering the expediency of forming a
Company, to be called "The Devonport Water and Sewer-
age Company," for carrying out, in connexion with Lord
Francis Egerton's " Water Supply, Drainage. and Towns'
Improvement Company," the chief recommendations of her
Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry on the means of ifri-
7crinfr the health of largo tovap, by securing an improved
41,pr economical supply- of water; an efficient street
aid ;Km. drainage; the removal of all refuse, and its appli-
cation to the increase of agricultural production. A variety
of useful information on the subject was afforded the meeting
by the town clerk, and eventually a resolution passed autho-
rising
the formation of a provisional committee..-Deponporr
Independent.

OPENING TILE PORTS.
NEWCASTLE TOWN COUNCIL.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Moxrar.—The Town Council of
this borough met this day, according to the provisioris of the
Municipal Reform Act, to elect, the Mayor and the Sheriff
for the ensuing year, when there was a full attendance of
members.
Mr. Alderman HODGSON having nominated Dr. Headlam
as a fit and suitable person for Mayor, the motion was se-
conded by Mr. Alderman T. Dimx, and carried with accla-
mation ; and the new Mayor was duly invested with the in-
signia of office, and installed accordingly.
Mr. M. R. Bigge, a managing director of the District Bank-
ing Company, was elected Sheriff by a majmity of votes, Mr.
M. L. Jobling, a solicitor of the town, having also been put
in nomination.
Sir J. FIFE then moved the suspension of the standing
orders of the Council, in order to introduce a memorial to
the First Lord of the Treasury in favour of opening the ports
for the free importation of foreign corn.
Mr. Alderman Crawhall, Mr. Preston, and Mr. Armstrong
opposed the motion, which, after a short discussion, was put
and carried by a large majority.
Sir J. FIFE then moved the adoption of a memorial in
favour of opening the ports, and expressed his opinion that
such a measure was absolutely necessary. lie concluded
by reading the memorial as follows :
" TO THE HON. THE LORDS OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.
" The Memorial of the Town Council of the Borough of New-
castle-upon-Tyne,
" Showeth,—That with the prospect of distress among the
humble classes of society in the United Kingdom, and more
especially in Ireland, from the result of the late harvest, your
memorialists are convinced of the expediency of opening the
ports of the United Kingdom for the free importation of
grain. And your memorialists therefore respectfully entreat
your Lordships to adopt those measures which the Legis-
lature has prescribed for that purpose."
Mr: L. HARLE, in seconding the motion, observed that
after the opinions expressed by Lord Ashley, Mr. Justice
Coleridge, and Mr. Escott, he might say the fate of the corn-
laws was sealed; and the highest authority to which he
could appeal, the most influential organ of public opinion
in modern times—the Times newspaper, representing as it
did the 'great commercial interests of the country, had said
that to hold by the corn-laws a day longer might be injurious
to the country. He hoped and trusted that memorials from
such bodies as this was would convince the Ministry that the
ports must be opened. He was convinced the corn-laws;
sooner or later, must go, and he believed Sir R. Peel was
himself of that opinion.
Mr. PRESTON deprecated the introduction of political ques-
tio-ns into meetings of the council, as they were calculated
to make their discussions degenerate into the mere squabbles
of a debating club.
Mr. ARMSTRONG saw no advantage to be derived from the
opening of the ports, and should, therefore, oppose the motion.
The duties were nearly at the lowest. On oats the duty was
ss. a quarter, and in a few weeks it would be as low as 2s. or
3s. a quarter, so that there was no necessity to interfere in
respect to that article. The duty on barley was coming
down every week, and would unquestionably be as low as 3s.
or 4s. very shortly. Then in respect to the great article of
consumption, wheat, he Would say that the only effect of re-
moving the duty on wheat would be to cause our merchants
to pay an advanced price of the same amount for it abroad.
The very agitation of the question had already caused an ad-
vance in the Baltic market of 2s. 6d. a quarter. The price
there was higher than it was in England at this moment.
Unless they could show that we would get more wheat by
opening the ports, he could not see the slightest advantage
that would arise from the proposed measure ; and, therefore,
though an opponent of the corn-laws, and though by voting
against the present motion he voted against his own interest,
he should give it his decided opposition.
Mr. CHARLES RAYNE thought the arguments of the pre-
ceding speaker supported quite a different view of the subject
from that which he had taken, and instead of proving that
the ports should not be opened, showed the absolute necessity
there was for such a measure. What was the cause of the
present high price of corn, and the consequent low duty, but
the anticipation in the public mind of a deficiency in the
produce of the present year? No one supposed or dreaded
the approach of famine during the next two or three months,
though a scarcity might be created thus early by holders of
corn keeping their produce back, in the hope of a better
market ; but they could not shut their eyes to the fact, that
before the next harvest came round a serious deficiency of
bread-stuffs would be experienced ; and was it not the most
prudent course to provide against the evil now, when all
the information they had obtained showed it to be inevita-
ble? This was a question that came home to every mem-
ber of that body, and it was therefore unnecessary for him to
enlarge upon it. He quite concurred in the propriety of
the proposed course, though he considered it was not act-
ing justly to our neighbours on the continent. We made
laws, and other countries, calculating on the permanency of
those laws, entered into arrangements accordingly; and the
sudden abrogation of those laws could not but be attended
with inconvenience, by introducing us as competitors in a
general scramble. Though he admitted the opening of the
ports to be an act of injustice to other countries, it was yet
our duty to look at home, and he considered self-interest
ought to sway us iu the present instance.
Mr. A. G. GRAY supported the motion, which was opposed
by Mr. CRAWHALL, who thought there was no necessity for
such a measure; and, besides, as the subject was under the
consideration of the Cabinet, who were in possession of the
best information on the subject, and had shown themselves
prepared for the emergency, it would be best to leave the
subject entirely in their hands.
Sir JOHN FIFE replied ; after which the motion was put
and carried by a considerable majority, the Council having
first negatived " the previous question, which was moved as
an amendment by Mr. Preston.
The memorial was thereupon engrossed, and the Corpora.
tion seal affixed thereto, preparatory to its being forwarded
to London for presentation to the Privy Council.

GATESHEAD AND THE CORN-LAWS.
Some years ago when Mr. Alderman Brockett brought
before the Town Council of Gateshead a motion for the repeal
of the corn-laws, it was negatived by that body. On Mon-
day last, at the annual meeting, the standing orders were sus-
pended, that the same gentleman 'might move, without pre-
vious notice, a memorial to Sir Robert Peel for the opening
of the ports, and the following memorial was unanimously
adopted :
" TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., FIRST LORD

OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY.

" The Memorial of the Mayor, Aldermea, and Councillors of

the Borough of Gateshead, in Council assembled,
" Showeth,—That your memorialists have every reason to
believe that the corn harvest throughout the United King-
dom has been most unfavourable, both as to quantity and
quality ; and that the potato crop, particularly in Ireland,
has been a deplorable failure.
" That the consequences to be apprehended from such sad
circumstances are fearful in the extreme, and can only be
averted, in the opinion of your memorialists, by an immediate
sanction from the Queen in Council of an unrestricted impor-
tation of foreign corn.
" That the admission of foreign corn, duty free, into the
United Kingdom, would not only materially relieve the pre-
sent wants of the country, but would tend to render perma-
nent the employment, and consequently the contentment, of
the people.
"Your memorialists therefore earnestly entreat that you
will advise her Majesty in Council to order the immediate
opening of British and Irish ports to the free admission of
foreign corn ; and that you will recommend the Parliament,
on its re-assembling, to abolish every duty and restriction to
which the importation of food is at present exposed.
"And your memorialists, &c."

This memorial was not only adopted nem. con.,but the show
of hands in its favour was general, and not a whisper of dissent
was heard. A similar memorial has also been adopted by the
Newcastle Council, but not unanimously.

NEW FRESCO BY RApHAEL.—The Academie des
Beaux-Arts at its last sitting, had an interesting piece of in-
telligence communicated to it by M. Raoul-Rochette, its
perpetual secretary, and received by him from Jesi, the
celebrated engineer. It was that an immense fresco by
Raphael, in admirable preservation, has been discovered at
Florence, in the refectory of a convent, suppressed at the
close of the last century. This work, which represents the
" Last Supper," was generally attributed to Perrugino, but,
on its being lately cleaned, Raphael's name was found on the
robe of one cf the apostles, with the date of 1514, when the
great painter was in the 21st year of his age. This is the
period of his life of which Vasari and other writers on art
seem to know least, and this discovery fills up the chasm
which has hitherto been felt in Raphael's careen—Galignani.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—In consequence of the new
improvements taking place in the City, the parish church of
St. Benettink, at the eastern corner of Threadneedle-street, in
the rear of the Royal Exchange, and which was built in
1675, is to be forthwith pulled down, and the parish will be
united to the adjoining one of St. Peter-le-Poore ; some of
the families interred in the family vaults have already been
removed. Those whose remains lie under the body of the
church, will, it is said, be placed in the churchyard. The site
of the church when taken down (together with old houses at
the back), it is contemplated, will be formed into an orna-
mental piece of ground, surrounded with iron palisading.
When the whole is completed the Royal Exchange will, both
in front and rear, be free from impediments to a full view.

THE PILCIIARD FISHERY.—We have great plea-
sure in stating that since our last publication large
quantities of pilchards have visited our coasts, and that
several thousand hogsheads had been taken in the
seins On Sunday afternoon, seven seins were shot
at Newquay, but in consequence of the boisterous state
of the weather, only three of them could bring their nets
together; and of these, two only secured fish—viz., " The
Rose," 400 hhds., and " The Speculation," about 500 hlids.
The quantity of fish that passed Newquay during Sunday after-
noon and Monday morning exceeded anything of the kind be-
fore witnessed. At St. Ives, on Monday morning, several shoals
of fish were observed passing to the westward, but too deep
for the seins to approach them. About one o'clock, how-
ever, other shoals made their appearance, and between that
time and the evening nine seins were shot : of these, we
regret to say that four missed the fish, and the other five in-
closed as follows :—Tremearne and Co. (2), 1,700 hogsheads;
Wearne and Co., 500 hogsheads; Hocking and Co., 700
hogsheads; Victoria Company, 100 hogsheads; total, 3,000.
Yesterday, at the same place (St. Ives), several shoals of
pilchards again presented themselves, and although many
passed in the morning in deep water, about midday Messrs.
Wearne and Co. shot one of their seins, and inclosed about
500 hogsheads, and in the evening one sein belonging to the
Messrs. Bolitho, inclosed a very large shoal, but what quan-
tity is not yet accurately known—report, however, says
nearly 1,000 hogsheads. On the same day,' a sein was shot
at Pendean Cove, -and inclosed a large shoal of pilchards,
but we are sorry to hear that,from some cause, they escaped.
A sein was shot at Sennen yesterday, but the quantity of
fish taken we cannot ascertain. Last night (Tuesday) there
was a fire on the hills at Mullion, and it is therefore conjec-
tured that the fishermen there have also fallen in with pil-
chards.—Penzance Gazette.

CHINESE GINGER.—A novel description of article
was introduced last season from Canton, to a small extent,
in the shape of ginger, candied or preserved With sugar, both
in a dry and moist state, and it having been found to answer
the purpose and expectations of the importers very well,
and eagerly sought after, the article has recently been
brought in much larger quanities, and will no doubt be-
come a staple article of importation and be of very consi-
derable importance to persons engaged in the Chinese trade.
Having tasted some which has just been imported, we can
recommend it strongly as being most excellent, both in its
qualities and properties, and a capital stomachic, without
possessing the biting qualities of raw ginger, or the excessive
richness of that usually brought from the East and West
Indies in a preserved state, and it will no doubt, when its
excellence becomes sufficiently known, become an article of
very general consumption.

MURDER.—The following announcement appeared
in the Government Police Gazette, of Monday :—" A man named
Patrick M'lntyre, on the morning of the 9th instant, committed
an atrocious and wilful murder -upon the body of his wife at Hull,
Yorkshire, and had succeeded in effecting his escape. He is de-
scribed as being a bricklayer, a native of Ireland, from thirty to
thirty-five years of age, about five feet five inches high, fairish
complexion, hair inclined to be sandy and curly, face slightly
freckled, dark eyes, small sandy whiskers, and round made,
dressed in a round.firnaan Picket, supposed fustian vest and trots.
Pi% •and cloth cap.