The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-20 00:00:00

RECALL

STR ROBERT PEEL.

ri he formation of a Ministry by Lord JOHN Rus-
F.E.T r 1.1, for the present, at an end, and the Court
IlTewsman will announce the departure of the mem-
ber= if the rnight••hive• been Cabinet, for their country-
seeri, instead of chronicling their arrival in Downing-
F tr.et.

With them will go the tribe of sucking statesmen,
anti expectant placemen, who have haunted BROOKES'
and the Reform Club for some days past, full of
pleasing visions of power and of self-importance.
The break-down of the Whigs, in attempting to
form a Government, will, we hope, prove a lesson
t,-; the narrow •minded aristocrats of the LANs-
DO wrin class, that they cannot move without the aid
of the true Liberals and free-traders.

The desire to extend the basis of the Administra-
tion, and to give Mr. COBDEN a place in it, or rather
to OFFER hill one, with some minor disputes about
particular offices, have been the rocks upon which
the wreck took place.

Lord JOHN has done his duty in all, save in dis-
carding his ancient drags. The IVhiggism of 1830
will not do in 1845.

The people have gained by the last ten days.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL may lead the van, but he must
not put his heavy artillery in the front.
Sir 'ROBERT PEEL may try to govern—he can
only do so, by adopting free-trade measures.
The QUEEN has been throughout in favour of the
people and of popular measures ; her words and
actions have been most cheering, and it is gratifying
to know that a Liberal Administration would have
found a firm friend in her MAJESTY.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Sir ROBERT PEEL received this morning a com-
munication from Lord Jourr RUSSELL, and imme-
diately summoned
_together to his residence all the

Ministers in town.

After the meeting, messengers were dispatched to
such !umbers of the Cabinet as are out of town, re-
quiring their immediate return to the metropolis.

As soon as Sir ROBBILT PEEL returns from Windsor
C atle, it is expected a Cabinet Council will be held.

the Corporation, and the town-clerk, only according to
the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, which,
as I have already stated, I do not think sufficient. They
farther add that these books and repertories contain, as they
are advised and believe, entries which form most mate-
rial evidence of their exclusive right of metage, and which
they intend to use in support of their right : but this will
rot entitle them to withhold the documents, unless they
also deny with sufficient certainty (which they do not?, that
they contain evidence in support of the case of the plaintiffs.
It was further objected that the bill only charged that these
books related to the matter in question, and that it
was not alleged that, if produced, they would establish the
case °rale plaintif, and that it was only admitted by the answer
that the accounts related to the matters in question in the
cause. But this admission alone will, prima facie, entitle
the plaintiff to inspect them. Smith v the 'Duke of Beau-
fort, Storey v. Lord Lennox, Tyler v. Drayton, and others
cases have decided that point. It is not necessary that more
should be stated in the bill, or that more should be admitted
by the answer. It was also said that the documents were re-
quired merely to negative tbe case of the Corporation of London,
and that the plaintiff had no right to require the production
for that purpose; and the case of Bolton v. the Corporation of
Liverpool was cited as establishing that position ;
but the ground upon which the production was there
refused seems to have been, that the documents were re-
quired merely for the purpose of ascertaining whether they
contained anything] tending to disprove the title
of the Corporation, not for the purpose of
.proving,
as in the present case, the facts alleged in the bill, and
which, if established, would defeat the plaintiffs' claims.
Here the plaintiffs charge affirmatively that the pay-
ments have varied at different periods, that they,
will be shown by the accounts when produced, and the state-
ment is not positively denied, but only according to infor—
mation and belief in the answer. When documents are charged
and admitted to be in the defendant's possession relating
to the matters in question, it must depend upon the suffi-
ciency of the answer whether the Court will order the pro-
duction of them. The remaining question relates to the
charters of the 4th James 1., and the charter of Charles 11.
The charter of the 6th of James the First, either the original
or a copy. but as I read the answer, the original, and the
charter of Charles the Second, are admitted by the defendants.
the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty, and the town-clerk, to
be in their possession, and they clearly relate to the matters
mentioned in the bill; that may be material to the plaintiffs'
case, for they tend to show that the right is confined to corn,
&c., imported for the purpose of sale. In one part
of their answer the defendants say the charter of the 6th of
James I. was not necessary to their case; but in a subse-
quent part they state that the Charter of Charles 11., in
which the Charter of the 6th of James I. was
recited, fOrms part of the evidence of their title to the ex-
elusive right of metage, but they nowhere, as far as I
can discover, state that they do not afford evi-
dence in support of the plaintiff's case. Beyond the
facts which I have stated there is nothing relied upon as a
reason why the charter should not be produced. There is no
ground therefore for discharging any part of the Vice-Chan-
cellor Knight Bruce's order, and the motion must therefore
be refused with costs.

conveniently be prepared; care being taken that recruits
joining in the meantime are not provided with trousers
of duck or linen.

Although specially adapted for wear during the sum-
mer months, worsted trousers are to be worn on the
march at all seasons, but must be changed for cloth ones
immediately on the arrival of the troops in their quar-
ters, at the termination of each day's march. Soldiers
proceeding by railway or by steam-vessels are, however,
to wear cloth trousers throughout the year.
The sashes or girdles of the pattern prescribed for
sergeants of infantry by the memorandum of the 6th
of August last, being only half the price of those hitherto
worn, are to be furnished, if neees•ary, every third year,
an arrangement by which colonels of regiments will not
be subject to any expense beyond what they have hitherto
been liable to on that account.

By command of
Field-Marshal the DUKE of WELLINGTON,
Commander-in-Chief.
(Signed) JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General.

METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS
JUNCTION COMPANY.

A meeting of the shareholders of this Company was
held yesterday, at the Offices, No. 11, Clement's lane,
Cornhill, to take into consideration what steps it was
necessary to pursue under existing circumstances. The
chair was taken at half-past two by Major Croft.
The business was opened by the Secretary reading the
advertisement calling the meeting, when
The C/SAIRMAN rose to address the meeting. He
said that he wished to inform them that negotiations for
an amalgamation with the Northern and Southern Com-
pany had been commenced, and a communication had
been received from them on the 11th of the present
month. The communication was signed by Mr. De
Bourg, and they, in consequence, called a meeting of the
Board next day. From that date they (the Company)
had no doubt that the amalgamation would have been
carried out, but the future prospects of the negotiation
would be better told by the report which would now be
read.
The Secretary then read the following report :
" The Directors are most anxious to lay before you a
full and explicit report of the resources and prospects of the
Company, being fully aware that in the present agitated
state of the railway interest, nothing but the most perfect
confidence and co-operation between all parties con-
cerned can bring any project to a successful termination.
Commencing under the most favourable auspices, and
supported by a numerous and highly respectable provi-
sional committee, the applications for shares amounted
to about five hundred thousand, and were declared by
the allotment committee to be the most respectable they
had ever witnessed. Of these 118,865 were applied for
either personally or by letter to the Provisional Com-
mittee. The panic occurred at the time when the allot-
ment took place ; and, as under the circumstances it
would have been unfair, as well as impolitic, to
press the applicants, it was deemed advisable
to allow a reasonable time to pay up the depo-
sits. The 20th of November was named in conse•
quence for that purpose ; few, however, had availed
themselves of that extension of time; still it was thought
that the best course for those who had paid would be to
perfect the plans and sections, which was accordingly
done. The engineer had completed his survey in time,
the plans, &c., had been deposited, and the whole had
been calculated to be completed at a cost of 1,200,000/.
In fact, everything had been done to perfect the scheme,
and nothing was wanting but for the committee to take
at' the necessary number of shares to which they were
p!edged, so as to go forward in the ensuing session of
Parliament. The report further set forth that the pre•
bable reprns on the line had been estimated at 6i per
cent. on the capital subscribed, and that nothing now
was wanting but the co-operation of the provisional se-
cretary to carry the project to a successful termination.
The report concluded by stating that the Company had
decided to amalgamate with another company that
almost took the same course, and that the sanction of
the shareholders was only wanted to carry out that ar-
rangement."

After the report had been read,
The CHAIRMAN said that, perhaps the meeting would
like to hear Captain Moorsom, the engineer of their own
Company, and a statement of Mr. Gibbs, from the rival
line, as to the prospects of their Company.
Captain Mooesom then came forward, and said that,
when he first looked over this line, he thought that the
scheme was not one that would be of public advantage ;
but he found, upon a more careful scrutiny afterwards,
that the'line under consideration would be of great pub-
lic advantage. lie found, on examination, that there
was a series of valleys extending from Gravesend to
Reigate, and again, from Watford to Hertford, which
would allow them to construct a line with a due. regard
to economy. A very considerable extent of the line
could 134 constructed at 7,0001. per mile, but other por-
tions required a larger amount ; still no portion would
be so expensive as the Eastern Counties, the London
and Birmingham* or the lower portions of the Great
Western, towards Chippenham. It was intended that
the capital subscribed should be reduced, as the
peculiar circumstances of the line would war-
rant ; and, without troubling the meeting with
any mysterious expressions as regarded gradients
and other matters connected with the engineer-
ing department, he would endeavour to give them
a plain statement of the matters as connected with the
CompaUy. As they then stood, they had many cir-
cumstances to consider in treating this matter. They
could not flatter themselves with the expectation that
‘• long " passengers would go by their trains through-
'out the entire distance ; but it might be supposed that,
from such a town as Birmingham, they might expect
that a portion of the passengers would require to go on
to Chippenham. When they looked at the towns that
lay upon the line—Watford and the intermediate towns
to Hertford on the one hand, and St. Alban's and
Chelmsford on the other—they might properly appre-
ciate the importance of the line. They looked for large
traffic on a hundred miles of distance, and he knew no

line of an equal distance that would be equally remu-
nerative for " short " passengers. He wished them
thoroughly to understand what he meant. Supposing,
for instance, that a passenger were coming up from Bir-
mingham, if he wished to go to Southampton he should
go to Watford; thus saving a journey round by London.
ble thought, therefore, that this line was worthy of
every support in the forthcoming session of Parliament,
because it afforded every convenience to the district it
was intended to supply.
In answer to several questions, it was stated by
The CHAIRMAN that 250,000/. was the capital sub..
scribed, and that it was intended to be a double and not
a single line. There were no peculiar difficulties
throughout the line, and the money subscribed would be
quite sufficient to construct a double line. After paying
every preliminary expense they would have enough to
spare for the purposes of the line.
To a question from a Shareholder with respnt to
amalgamating with another company,
The CHAIRMAN stated that the Metropolitan Railway
Junction had lodged their plans and sections with the
Board of Trade. It was added, that after paying all
expenses there remained 11,0001 in the banker's hands,
and the outstanding debts amounted to 3,000/. The
Company with which they were going to amalgamate
were richer in funds than they were, but as the present
Company had lodged their plans, and as the rival Com-
pany had not done so, they were in an equal position.
A resolution was then passed for the amalgamation of
the two Companies, and a vote of thanks being given to
the Chairman, the meeting separated.

Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re-
gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our climate,
forming, as it now does, net only the sine qua non of the
railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for any gentleman
taking out-door exercise. It may be said distinctly to mark
the costume of the nineteenth century, if that is rightly
called marked which is only conspicuous for an unpretending
and graceful bearer, the wearer feeling se muck at ease.
Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised highly, and is also
a general public favourite, being so peculiarly English, and
avoiding all foreign extravagance of style. It must be ac-
knowledged as a vast improvement ever the old great boat,
associated in oar remembrance with an uncomfortable sensa-
tion of tight buttonings, which, from its very clumsiness,
defeated its object, the warmth of the person, as interfering
with the proper circulation of the blood. The principal hues
are black, blue, brown, and olive; also the clerical mixture
called Oxford, and can be had of the patentees, or only of
the most respectable clothiers out of London. Every winter
paletot is thite guineas, and is stampted in the lining with
the words, "Registered 6 and 7 Vic., ear. 65. H. J. and D.
Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, London.
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her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, their Graces the
Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes if
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Messrs. S. and B. Solomon!, Oculists and Opticians,
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mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once
removed, and every object becomes clear and distinct, so that
the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant,
and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also
the most Powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses,
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for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B.
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nee in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes be
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Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—CURB OF FEARFUL ULCER-
OUS SORES, IN MALTA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS •NO OINT-
MENT —Mrs. Duncan, whose husband is employed in her Ma-
jesty's dockyard at Malta, suffered for more than two years
from ulcerous sores in her feet. She formerly resided at
Corfu, and was treated by the best practitioners there, from
whom, however, she derived no benefit whatever, when, after
using five or six boxes and pots of Holloway's Pills and Oint-
ment, a perfect cure was effected. The truth of this state-
ment is so notorious at Malta, that the editor of the .3falta
Nail newspaper was induced to insert the particulars of the case
in his paper of October 31, 184.5.—501 d by all druggists, and
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.

SIMPLE METHOD OF RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS.-
Captain Manby, of the Royal Navy, has addressed a letter
to Lloyd's, upon the subject of a simple and economical
method of raising sunken vessels, and removing channel ob-
structions

THE FARMERS AND THE REPAL OF THE CORN-
LAWS—We have heard from several quarters where informa-
tion of the kind was most attainable, that the farmers who
usually visit Canterbury market did not on Saturday
last express any other feeling on the Ministerial changes
in progress than a wish that some permanent deci-
sion should be immediately arrrived at, and seeing that
repeal of the corn-laws must sooner or later take place, they
would prefer the accomplishment of such a measure at once
to state of continual uncertainty and alarm. The farmer is
wise in this—there can be no ease or security or indepen-
dence for him until this takes place. The sooner that total
repeal of this landlord's law occurs, the better uuquestinn-
ablY fn every Dlltivattv Uf tt's ~il.~Ke+zt Herald

THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,I DECEMBER 20, 1845.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dee. 18.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London, before the LORD CHIEF
liazox and a Special Jury.)
CASTLEMAN r. CAPPER.

This part-heard case was resumed this morning. It was an
action of assumpsit, brought to recover the sum of 1,000/. on
a policy of insurance, effected on the brig Alarm with the
Marine Insurance Company, of which the defendant is deputy-
chairman. The defendant had pleaded, denying his liability,
except as to 5001., which he paid into Court.
Mr. Crowder and Mr. Cleasby appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Jervis, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Wilde, for the de-
fendant.

The plaintiff was a gentleman of property, residing in Dor •
setshire, and the defendant the deputy-chairman of the Ma-
rine Insurance Company. In August, 1842, the plaintiff,
being the mortgagee of a brig called the Alarm, effected a
policy of insurance with the defendant's company upon the
vessel for 1,0001., the sum he had advanced upon her, which
was to extend over and remain in farce for a period of
twelve mouths. The Alarm was engaged at the time
in the coasting trade of South America, and continued
in the same trade till the subsequent June of 1843, when she
sailed on a voyage from Monte Video to Paraguay, a small
place lying between Monte Video and Rio, and in the course
of this voyage she encountered some very severe and bois-
terous weather. She was struck several times by the sea, and
once touched upon a bank on the coast, known as
the English Bank. On her return to Monte Video it was
found that she had received so many injuries as to render
her not sea-worthy, and past all repair. She was, therefore,
sold as a condemned vessel to a Spanish ship-breaker for
2001., and the plaintiff ultimately brought the present action
to recover the amount of insurance he had effected upon her.
The master of the Alarm was called to • prove
the manner in which she had received her injuries,
and one of her Majesty's Marine Surveyors, named
Hodges, spoke to the nature and extent of the
injuries. She was, he said, so much damaged, that it
would have cost more to repair her than she would after-
wards have been worth. Had she been in England the cost
of her repair would not have amounted to more than one-
quarter; butboth labour and materials were cheaper here than
in South America. The carpenters of Monte Video received
double and sometimes treble the wages of an English carpenter,
and one of the latter would do the work of four of the former.
Besides, the Monte Videan carpenters and artisans were quite
independent of their employers, and if the latter happened to
sae an angry word to, or remonstrate with, them upon their
idle habits, they would eollect their tools and leave the work
they were upon undone.
Mr. JERVIS, for the defence, contended that the injuries of
the Alarm were not so great as to justify her condemnation,
sinoe the expense of her repairs might have been most extra-
vagant in Monte Video, but she might with safety have
been brought over to this country at a very moderate out-
lay, and then made equal to a new vessel at a trifling cost,
compared with what it would have been in South America.
The injuries, therefore, of the vessel must be taken in
the light of a partial loss, and not considered as being suffi-
cient to entitle the plaintiff to recover the same damages as
in the case where a total loss had ensued. The plaintiff had
been amply remunerated by the money paid into Court for
the partial loss, and he submitted that the verdict ought
to be for the defendant.

Witnesses were called to substantiate this defence, after
which Mr. CRowDER replied, and
The LORD Cum, 13Anolt summed up, explaining that a con-
structive loss did not mean that. the vessel was totally de-
stroyed, but that it had become utterly useless to the owner,
and leaving it for the jury to say whether a prudent man,
who was not insured at all, would have sold the vessel
for 195/, under the circumstances related by the two wit-
nesses for the plaintiff. In point of law, a vessel could not
be condemned on speculation, or, as in this case, where the
actual damage had been guessed at, but not ascertained.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 18.
(Before Mr. Secondary JA.szirs.)
GEAR". t'. LATTER.
The plaintiff in this action is an ironmonger, in Holies-
street, Clare-market, and the defendant, a surgeon, in the
Adelphi-terrace. The action was brought to recover the
sum of 8/. Os. 6d. for goods sold and delivered.
The defendant pleaded that he never was indebted.
Mr. CRoss, for the plaintiff, said that the delivery of the
goods was unquestionable, and the only defence which could
be anticipated was, whether the plaintiff, who carried on
business under the firm •f Geary and Son, was in partner-
ship or not.

H. Fox examined— Was formerly foreman to Mr. Geary,
sen., deceased. Went in June or July last to do some trifling
jobs at defendant's house, when defendant desired hina to
make him a pattern of some wire screens for his approval.
Witness caused one to be made, but it was aot approved;
two others were made, neither of which pleased his taste, but
they were ultimately left with him. The charges were fair;
the master was entitled to charge one-third more on wages,
as well as profit on the material.
Cross-examined by Mr. CHARNOCK—Mrs. Geary had two
sons. Witness was consulted about their being taken into
partnership, and he objected that one son should be set be-
fore the other, and the bills were made out " Geary and
Son." He always looked on Mr. Atlas Church (Mrs. Geary's
sou) as master; he hired and paid the workmen and ser-
vants. There was a common cash-box between the two,
and each had a key. The bills produced were signed Geary
and Co., and he kept the book.
Mr. Atlas Church was called, and swore positively that he
was not a partner, but a servant, at 225. a•week, and that
there was no cash-box; as described.
Mr. CHARNOCK addressed the jury, and said it was a painful
case. On either side one party or the other was guilty of
deliberate perjury, but the only one interested in supporting
the action was the last witness. He called

A witness, who estimated the value of the work at 41. 15s.
The SECONDARY left the case to the jury whether there
had been a partnership. If so, the verdict must be for the
defendant; if not, then the jury would estimate the value of
the goods. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5/.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 19.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Farm.) •
IN RE SAMUEL ELPILICK.
_

The bankrupt in this case was described as of the Green
Dragon, Bermondsey, victualler, and this day applied for
his certificate. His debts are about 6001.

He was supportod by Mr. Duncan, counsel, and opposed
by Mr. Pyke, solicitor to the assignees, upon the grounds of
untradesman-like conduct, and disposing of assets to favoured
creditors, instead of allowing them to be distributed by the
Court.

It appeared that the untradesman-like conduct was founded
upon the fact of his not giving notice, as is usual in the line
of business that the bankrupt had carried on, to the whole-
sale tradespeople, that he was going to dispose of his stock
on the 29th of May last, which he did for 20/.; and giving
a preference by paying certain persons, and absconding the
day after he sold his business, and also residing at Brighton,
expending part of the 200/. he received from the sale of his
business, instead of coming to the Court and allowing it to
be fairly distributed among the general body of creditors.
Mr. Duncan, in reply, said that certain individuals had ad-
vanced the bankrupt certain sums of money, which had been
used in his business, and, therefore, such creditors were en-
titled to have the preference ; and that at the time he gave
the preference he did not contemplate bankruptcy, and had
not kept anything for his own purposes.
Mr. Commissioner FANE was of opinion that the bankrupt
had not conducted himself in a way to entitle him to the
benefit of the bankrupt law; that he had acted in an under-
hand distributingand with the remainder living in
the major part of his assets
among
the country. It was impossible for this Honour to say that
this bankrupt had acted fairly, and, therefore, under all the
manner
favoured n
creditors,
circumstances of the case, he must mark the censure of the
Court upon such conduct, by suspending the allowance of the
certificate for two s ears from the date of the fiat.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
OLD COURT.

(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Baron
ALDERSON.)
TUE FORGERY ON THE BANIE of NORWAY.—Knot
Bull, 29, described as an artist, and Peter Schmidt, 39,
who was stated to be a merchant, were jointly indicted
under the statute for having unlawfully in their posses-
sion a block of brass, upon which was engraved a por-
tion of a promissory note or order for the payment of
money, purporting to be a note of a foreign state—to wit,
the kingdom of Norway.
There were upwards of thirty counts in the indict-
ment, varying in different respects the precise form of
the chsrge, and in some of the counts there was given
an impression from the alleged fraudulent engraving.
Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Bodkin, conducted the prose-
cution ; Mr. Doane appeared for the prisoner Bull, and
Mr. Ballantine defended Schmidt.
The trial occupied the Court a great many hours, but
as the facts have very recently, been detailed, it will not
be necessary to give the evidence of each witness in
full. It appeared that the prosecution was instituted by
the Bank of Norway, which corporation, it was alleged,
was attempted to be defrauded by the act of forgers'
imputed to the prisoners. It would seem that the com-
mencementofthe transaction was at Stockholm in August,
in which city the prisoners were seen together, and
gull was there seen in possession of a Norway bank-
note for one hundred dollars, which, it would appear,
was the amount of the notes that were intended to be
forged; and Bull was then traced from the city of Stock-
holm to London, where he arrived in the beginning of
September, and took an apartment in Gloucester-street,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury. It was then proved, that
immediately after his arrival in England, the prisoner
Bull exerted himself to get paper of a particular descrip-
tion, such as was used for the genaine Norway bank-
notes, and that he also employed a wire-maker to pro-
vide the necessary apparatus to make the water-mark ;
and, in order to lull the suspicions of those who were
engaged in the transaction, it was cunningly contrived
that the ward " lottery" should be introduced, but in
such a manner that it could be omitted when the plate
was finally worked off. To show the connexion the pri-
soner Schmidt had with the transaction, it was proved
that when he was taken into custody, a letter was found
in his possession, signed Henry IClemford, which very
clearly came from the prisoner Ball, and in which he
addressed him in the most familiar terms, and detailed
all his proceedings in England, of c3urse in ambiguous
terms, but very clearly referring to the particular trans-
action. He expressed himself very anxious to see his
friend, for he said that " London was very dull, and

be could not tell how Englishmen amused themselves,"
and evinced great anxiety for his friend (Schmidt) to
come to England to join him. An answer to this letter
was found in the possession of the prisioner Bull, and it
appeared that, very shortly afterwards, Schmidt arrived
in London, and took up his abode in another part of the
same house occupied by Bull. It was then shown that
the prisoners went together to the engraver's, and the
other parties concerned in providing the plates and the
paper, and upon the final proceeding, when Bull ob-
tained possession of the plate upon which a portion of
the note was engraved, they were both taken into cus-
tody by John Forrester and his brother, and upon
searching Bull, several portions of a genuine note were
found in his p ssession, as well as the plate in question ;
and upon searching the lodgings, a genuine one hundred
dollar note was found, but some portions had been cut
from it, and the omissions were supplied by the pieces of
paper found upon the prisoner Bull.
The Learned Counsel for the prisoners addressed the
jury on their behalf, but did not call any witnesses.
Chief Justice TINDAL summed up, and the jury re-
tired at a quarter to seven o'clock. They were absent
about ten minutes, when they again came into Court,
and returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners.
Mr. I)OANE said, on behalt of the prisoner Bull, he
believed the prosecutors would say that he was the least
guilty party in the transaction.
Mr. BODKIN could only say that it was believed that
Schmidt was the principal in the transaction.
Chtef Justice TINDIAI slid lie could citry Iobk• It the

appeal, he did not wish to act with severity against the
defendant by pressing for his commitment. He would
like Mr. Newbon undoubtedly either to pay the money
in fourteen days, or to appeal.
The undertaking was at once given.
Mr. Newbon, who complained of so great an array of
legal talent and personal influence as had appeared
against ,his unassisted advocacy, then stated that the
Company herepresented laboured under very considerable
hardships from the course the Corporation had pursued.
They had favoured the rival company by allowing them
to ply at the new pier at the precise period when the
Waterman's boats had been in the habit of calling at the
old pier. He denied the right of the Corporation to
erect the new pier and to make these regulations.
The LORD MAYOR—I do not sit here to try the ques-
tion of right.
The City Solicitor trusted his Lordship would permit
Mr. Newbon to state his grievances, whatever they
might be. That learned gentleman had indulged very
freely in his observations upon the Navigation Committee
upon a former occasion at the Mansion-house, when no
one was present to answer him. It would have borne
a more manly aspect if his learned friend had apprised him
(the City Solicitor) of his intention to cast these imputa-
tions upon the City authorities. He would have found
him (the City Solicitor) prepared with an answer. The
City Solicitor hoped Mr. Newbon would be allowed to
proceed, as it was not improbable that a little discussion
might lead to a termination of those disgraceful conflicts
which were day by day repeated, in consequence of the
attempts of this Company to violate the wholesome regu-
lations of the Corporation, and to establish for them-
selves a close monopoly bs preventing other vessels from
approaching the pier. The object of the Waterman';
Steam-boat Company throughout the affair was quite
apparent. Before the erection of the new pier, boats of
a large capacity, like the other Woolwich boats, could
not get alongside the pier. The consequence was,
that the Waterman's Company had established a close
monopoly. They had been acoustomed to go to the old
pier as often as, and no oftener than, their own conve-
nience dictated, without reference to the accommodation
of the public residing in that locality. Sometimes they
went every twenty minutes, at other times every half-
hour, and sometimes only once each hour. The other
company started from Hungerford pier regularly every
half-hour, and Mr. Newbon's Company wanted, by run
ning their own boats alongside, in the manner the wit-
nesses had detailed, to drive their competitors out of the
field, and so restore the close monopoly which had existed
in the days of their own inconvenient and unsafe land-
ing-place.
Mr. Newbon said that Mr. Pearson's statement was
founded altogether in error. The Waterman's Company
only wanted to have an opportunity of keeping their
own time at the pier, of which privilege the Navigation
Committee had deprived them, by giving it to the Wool-
wich Company. He denied the right of the Corpora-
tion, and desired to have an opportunity of trying it, if
the Corp ,ration would bring an action against any of
the officers of the Company.
The City Solicitor said he would at once put that
statement to the test. He could but condemn, in the
strongest terms, the conduct of the advisers of the Com-
pany, in endeavouring to effect their objects by force, and
by that means placing their more humble instruments in
a situation which rendered them liable to fine and im-
prisonment for acts for which their principals ought to
be made amenable.
Mr. Newbon—That is what I want to try. Don't be
alarthed about the men we employ ; they shall be suffi-
ciently protected.
The City Solicitor—You, Mr. Newbon, were, I under-
stand, on board one of the Waterman steamers, exciting and
urging the passengers and crew toinvade the pier in spite
of the force then prepared to resist the aggression. If
you really wish to try the question of right with the Cor-
poration, and you will make an appointment to come up in
the steamer to the pier in half-an-hour, or at any time
you please, I will be there to receive you, and if you put
your foot en the pier, I pledge my word that you shall
meet with no resistance, but, within an hour afterwards,
an action shall be brought against you personally to put
the question of right in course of trial.
Mr. • Newbon—No ; I decline to do so. I offered it
a fe.v days ago ; but now I shall bring an action myself
for the treatment I then received.
The Chairman of the Navigation Committee said that
if the Waterman's Company really suffered any incon-
venience, it was their own fault for not coming before
the Committee to state what it was they desired. Per-
haps some accommodation might be devised which would
suit the convenience of all parties. .
Mr. Charles, jun., the Chairman of the Company, said
the directors were anxious to confer with the Naviga-
tion Committee, and write to them to that effect, but
received no reply.
Mr. Joyce said he had himself made a communication
to Mr. Charles, which, if attended to, might have pre-
vented ail the confusion that had occurred. As a large
shareholder in the Company, he felt that his pro-
perty was being injured by these contests, and was
anxious for their termination. The Navigation Com-
mittee would meet the next day at twelve o'clock, and if
the Company wished to confer with the Committee, it
would be easy for them to attend.
The City Solicitor said he was afraid that would not
suit either his Learned Friend, Mr. Newbon, nor him-
self —( A laugh.) The present bellicose aspect of affairs
promised a plentiful crop of law suits actions, indictments,
and law proceedings in all forms. It their clients got to-
thi-r and talked over the matter as gentlemen and men
of busin ss, it was to be apprehended that these suits
would vanish into thin air.— (Laughter.) It was very well
to vapour about trying the question by a case in the
superior courts, and very tender and sentimental
to express pity for the poor men who were put in
jeopardy by the violent course now adopted ; but it was
quite obvious that that pity could not be sincere on the
part of himself or his Learned Friend, or means might be
readily found to give effect to their generous and judi-
cious feelings upon the matter. If his Learned Friend
would permit his very respectable clients, the directors,
to meet the Navigation Committee next day, and if he
would do the City Solicitor the honour to pair off with
him into the next room, where the preliminary arrange-
ments for the actions against Mr. Newbon and himself
might be settled, he made no doubt that their respective
clients would improve the opportunity and end their dis-
putes, and they might rely upon ir, there would be no
litigation amongst the inferior actors in the scene.
Mr. Newbon did not assent to the proposal, and an
appointment was made for hearing the other informa-
tions on a future day.
The LORD MAYOR then expressed his determination,
by every means at his command, to preserve the public
peace, and, in case of any violation of the law, he was
prepared to sit and hear the cases as often and as long as
circumstances might render it necessary.
CLERKEN WELL.
AN TRISE WAILE,—Mr. Goodman, landlord of the
Ship, in Saffron-hill, was charged with having had his
house open for the sale of spirits at an unlawful hour.
Police-sergeant Wilkinson deposed that on passing the
Ship, at twenty minutes to four on Sunday morning last,
he heard sounds of merriment proceeding from the first
floor. He knocked, obtained admission, and on entering
the front room on the first floor saw several persons sit-
ting round a table drinking.
Mr. COMBE—What was on the table? The sergeant—
Several, pewter pots containing beer.
Mr. COMBE—What else? The sergeant—A coffin, in
which the corpse was. They were all drinking round the
body.
Mr. CoMBE—Did the man die there? The landlord
admitted that he did not.
Mr. COMBE—Then it would appear the corpse was
brought there for the purpose of selling the beer.
The landlord denied that such was the case.
Here an Irishwoman, " in weeds of woe," vociferated
from the body of the court " I am his wife," and at the
same time flounced up to the witness table.
Mr. Curiae—Whose wife are you ?—My husband's.
Mr. COMBE—The defendant's ?—No, the dead man's.
Mr. Comnn—What do you mean ?—The lady, in a
stentorian voice, went on to say that she brought the re-
mains of the deceased there because she had no place
else " to wake him decently in."
The defendant was fined 11. and costs.
The widow left the Court vowing vengeance against
the police.
John Peters, a strong built, powerful man, was charged
with assaulting police-constable 432 N, in such a manner
as to place his life in danger.
About twelve months ago the prisoner was convicted
and punished for a very brutal assault on the com-
plainant, against whom he has since harboured a
grudge. On the night of the 7th ult., the constable
was quietly standing at the corner of Southampton-
street, Pentonville, when the prisoner went up, and
in an insolent manner directed the constable to give
him a light for his pipe. The constable replied, "I
have not got one, sir." The prisoner, who was sober,
said, " Then gu up the lamp- post and fetch it." The officer,
of course. refused ; whereupon the prisoner attacked
him, knocked him down, and kicked him violently in
the groin and abdomen. At this moment Police-con-
stable 333 came up : he was lifting the prosecutor,
when the prisoner, with his hob-nailed boot gave the
nnfortunato man another kick on the stomach, from the
effect of which he became insensible. The police-con-
stable 333 N then attempted to secure the prisoner, who
beat him severely. The constable, however, clung to
him, and, with brutish ferocity, the prisoner fastened his
teeth in the officer's hand, producing four wounds. As-
sistance came and the fellow was secured. Police-con-
stable 432 N (the prosecutor) was for several days in a
very critical condition, and is still weakly, and looks
ghastly.
For the assault on police-constable 333 N the pri-
soner has undergone a month's imprisonment. He was
now sentenced by Mr. Combe to another month's im-
prisonment without fine.
Prisoner—" I'll sky the beaver ;" and so saying
threw up his hat to the ceiling of the Court, catching it
on its fall with great adroitness.

SUBSTITUTE FOR POTATOES.—Perhaps the best sub-
stitute for potatoes is the Swedish turnip; the best method
of preparing which, though well understood by agriculturists
and cowkeepers, is not generally known to housekeepers in
town, who are apt to complain of the intolerable length of
time the root takes in boiling. This is really the case only
when the Swede is cut into lumps or slices; the proper way
being to boil the root entire, afterwards divesting it of its
outer integument. In this way the smaller-sized roots are
reduced to a fine pulp ; and the flavour is so much improved
as to be preferred uy many to the white globe. Those who
wish to keep a stock of Swedes for family use should choose
the middle-sized, cut off the collar straight with the bulb
lay this end downwards in a cool but dry situation. Do net
place them in heaps.—Brighton Gazette.

Some of the coal proprietors in Lancashire have
raisel the price of coals one shilling per ton.

On Monday, the 15th December, the Rev. John
Vane, M.A. &c., of Dulvrich College, distributed the annual
rewards to the boys of Mr. Walton's school, Albany-house,
Kent-road. The old scholars will read with delight that
their respected friend still continues to watch over the beat
baterosts of the pupils. - •