The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

NAVAL -INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 21.—This being the 40th anniversary
of the battle of Trafalgar, the Victory, 104, Captain G. Mott-
braY, was dressed in wreaths to commemorate the event. Gar-
lands capped the jack staff, main, fore, and mizen trucks, and
the ensign staff, the " main brace" was " spliced," and mirth
and jollity prevailed on board.
Captain Moubray was at the battle of Trafalgar senior
lieutenant of the Polyphemus, and gave a dinner to a select
party of officers on board the Victory, some of whom had
shared with him the honours of that ever-memorable day.
The memory of the departed hero was drunk in silence.-
The officers' wives and relatives were invited, and a ball ter-
minated the festivities of the day.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, late flag-ship of
the experimental squadron, returned to Spithead this morn-
ing, where she brought up and saluted the flag of the Com-
mander-in-Chief. The St. Vincent's term of commission
having nearly expire.l, she will be paid off and re-commis-
sioned by Captain Sir Richard Grant, Flag-Captain to Sir
Charles Ogle. It is expected, however, that ultimately one
of the new 120 gun ships at this port will carry the chief flag,
and the St. Vincent take the place of the Victory as ordinary
guardship. Her performances in the late trial sailiugs have
caused considerable surprise, as upon the cruise last year
'with the Caledonia, Queen, and Albion, she did wonders in
beating, by "long chalks," h=r competitors, and that under
circumstances of every disadvantage, and most particularly
that drawback to every ship's speed, a very foul bottom.
How it is she has behaved so differently in the late trials is
therefore perplexing, as she underwent an entire refit below
and aloft.
The Varguard, 80, Captain Willes, has completed the re-
pair of detects, and is re-trimming in the basin. It is ex-
pected she will not leave this port before Friday.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral
Dacres, appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral the Hon. J.
Percy in the command-in-chief on the Cape station, begins
to look very handsome. She is painted, and will bend sails
in a few days.
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Martin, arrived this morning
soon after the St. Vincent. She proceeds to the Nore as flag-
ship of Vice-Admiral Sir E. I). King, Comnunder-in-Chief.
The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown, is nearly ready
for s::a. She will bend sails in a day or two, and drop out to
Spithead, whence she proceeds to the coast of Af ica.
The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander West, was spoken
with 15th August, on the Line, cruising in long. 10 W.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander 31'llonnell, is or-
dered to be docked, to repair some damages to her rudder, &c.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 20.—Her Majesty's steamer Rattler ar-
rived here during the night from Portsmouth.
Yesterday Rear-Admiral Sir S. Pym, G.C.8., struck his
flag (red at the mizen) as Admiral of the Fleet, on board her
Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. F. Rowley.
This morning Admiral Sir John West hoisted his flag (blue
at the.main) as Port-Admiral, on board her Majesty's ship
Queen, 110, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker. At nine in the
forenoon the red flag, fur unloading gunpowder, was hoisted
on Voard the same ship.
At ten o'clock her Majesty's ship St. Vincent got under
weigh in the Sound, and with three topsails and foresail
sailed through the Eastern Channel outside. She hove to at
the backof the breakwater, where she was signalled by her
Majesty's ship Trafalgar, 120, Captain Martin. At twelve,
with a fresh northwester, she bore-away for the eastward.
At two o'clock the TrafAlgar weighed anchor, and also
sailed to the eastward ; her destination is supposed to be

SURREY SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. Pumr-E, and a full Bench of Magistrates.)
THE LATE PIC-NW TRIP NO NORWCIOI3.—OH Tuesday,
Mrs. Rosetta Ann Robinson, who had falsely represented her-
self to lie the wife of a barrister of that name, and who
was described in the calendar to be twenty years of age,
was placed upon her trial upon a bill of indictment charging
her with feloniously stealing two yards of satin, of the value
of seven shillings, the property of Mr. William Mabley, the
proprietor of the King's-head Inn, at Norwood.
The prisoner, who was elegantly dressed, upon being
placed in the felon's dock appeared excessively affected, and
during her trial was seized with such violent fits of hyste-
rics that it required the united exertions of three of the
prison-keepers, and two of the female attendants, to control
her. Her screams and sufferings were of a painful character,
and.caused a deep sympathy in the Court.
Mr. Lilly was engaged fur the prosecution, and Mr. Bagley
for the defence. The former gentleman stated the case to
the jury, the brief facts of which were these :
On Wednesday afternoon, the Bth instant, the prisoner
and two others set out from her residence in Gloucester-
street, Queen-square, the former mounted on a pony and
the two latter in a gig. On leaching Blackfriars-bridge the
pony tumbled down with the prisoner, and was so injured
that they put it up to livery at the Horse and Leaping Bar, in
the Blackfriars-road. The prisoner being a good deal alarmed
and shaken by the_ fall, called for a bottle of sherry at the
Horse and Leaping Bar TaVern, and she and her friends bay-
ing tinish«l its contents, started for Norwood in a gig. On
arriving at the King's head Inn, they desired the ostler to put
up their horse, and requested to be shown into a private room.
This was done by the chambermaid, and they called for half
a pint of gin. They remained there for three quarters of an
hour, when they left, as tl:ey said, to have their fortunes told
by a well-known gipsy in that neighbourhood. On return-
ing to the house they were shown into the erdinary parlour
on the ground floor, when they called for a second half pint
of gin. Some time after, Mrs. Mabley, the landlady, fancied
she heard some noise on the stairs, and immediately after ob-
served the prisoner come down stairs and go out of the front
door. She suspected all was not right, and instantly rushed
up stairs, when she missed from the drawers in her bed- room
four pieces of satin which she had placed there that morning,
with a piece of paper over them. On making this discovery,
Mrs. Mabley sent her pot-boy first, and then her daughter, to
bring the pro oiler back, and upon being told the landlady
wished to speak to her, she threw the pieces of satin into the
ditch. On her return to the inn she was met by a policeman,
who accused her with stealing the pieces of satin, and her
reply was, that it she stole it she must have been dreaming

DUBLIN, Ocr. 20.—The weekly meeting of the Association
held to-day was very much crowded. Mr. O'ComEll entered
the hall at one o'clock, and was received with the warmest
demonstrations of applause.
Joseph Henry Dunne, Esq., was called to the chair.
The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last day's pro-
ceedings, after which he proceeded to read the following let-
ters from Lords Clanricarde and Morpeth
_ Portumna, Oct. 14, 1845.
_

" Sir, have had the honour to receive your letters, and
the volume of essays, upon the question of a Repeal of the
Union to which it referred, and I have to express my thanks
to the Repeal Association for their kindness in presenting me
with this book, which appears to contain much useful and
interesting information.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
most obedient, humble servant,
T. 31. Ray, Esq."

" CLANRICARDE."
" Castle Howard, Oct. 16, 1845.
" Sir,—l beg to return you nty best thanks for the hand-
some copy of the Repeal Prize Essays, which you have so
obligingly forwarded to me on the part of the Loyal National
Repeal Association of Ireland.—" I have the honour to be,
Sir, your very humble servant,
"fi. M. Ray, Esq." " MORPETH."
Mr. O'CoNNELL said that out of respect to the noblemen
whose letters had been just read, he would move that tdey

be inserted on the minutes.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. O'CoNNELL read a letter from the Very Rev. Dean
Burke. He had great pleasure in moving that this letter be
inserted on the, minutes. The sentiments of the Very Rev.
Dean Burke were likely to be re-echoed by the youth of
Tipperary, and he (Mr. O'Connell) did not fancy that
single one of them would resort to those colleges if they were
constructed, and it was quite clear that they would not be
constructed, ru.lesA, indeed, they were forced on by some of
the venerated Catholic prelacy of Ireland. It would be a
fearful thing in Ireland if the people were told that when
nineteen of their prelates had declared that a certain pi:bli:•
measure was dangerous to faith and morals, that any one
prelate should call on the people to disregard their advice
and to listen to him alone. He trusted that such an unhappy
day was not in store for Ireland, and that all the Catholic
prelates having declared unanimously against the College,:,
13111, and nineteen of them having reiterated their disappro-
bation of that measure, the people of Ireland would not be
called upon to' disregard their guides, and the tdvice of a
majority, of the Catholic prelates on a subject of so important
a nature connected with the interests of their religion
(Cheer s.)
The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that, oa the next day of
meeting, he would bring before the notice of the Association
the subject of the Infidel Colleges Bill—in the absence of the
question of " mixed education," upon which there was some
difference of opinion—in order to obtain an expression of the
opinion of the Association with respect to it.
Mr. O'CoxNELL brought before the attention of the
Association the differences at present existing amongst
the Repealers of the towns of Limerick, Loughrea
Sligo, and Waterford. It was deplorable, in his opinion, to
think that domestic division, to which was to be attributed
• •

at time.
Mr. BAGLZY, after cross-examining the witnesses at some
length, addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, with
much point and feeling. He described his client as a mem-
ber of a highly respectable family, said she had up to the
present unfortunate transaction borne a most unimpeach-
able character for honour and honesty, and added that
her means had placed her far beyond the temptation of
stealing the paltry articles charged In the indictment, which
was valued at seven shillings, but which he (the Learned
Counsel) did not think worth half that sum. The question
before the jury, and that on which they had to give their
verdict, was this—Had the prisoner taken the paltry pieces
of stuff with the felonious intention of applying it to her
own use? At the conclusion of his address the Learned Gen-
tleman called several witnesses who gave the prisoner an
excellent character. . _ _ _ .

...
the manifold evils of the country, was again springing up.
Let the people recollect that it was by union they compelled
the Ministry, which declared that "...Concession to Ireland
had reach its limits," to withdraw that declaration, and to
announce that they were prepared to concede anything
short of the repeal of the union. It was his intention to
proceed to Waterford, for the purpose of adjusting, if pos-
sible, the differences existing in that city; and he trusted
that, with the ass:istanct of the Right Rev. Dr. Torau, Sit
Benjamin Wall, and other influential persons, to be able to
effect this desirable object. Whilst in Waterford he would
not accept of any public compliment, but would confine him-
self solely to the object cf his mission—the endeavour to
bring about a reconciliation among the Repealers of that
city. Mr. O'Connell expressed his astonishment that the
Government had made Lord Rosre a visitor of Maynooth, and
alluded to the opinions which that nobleman expressed with
respect to the moral and religious character of the Irish
people, at a meeting of magistrates en the cccasion of the
murder of the late Lord Norbury. On that occasion several
Catholic clergymen attempted to address the meeting, but
were instantly stopped by Lord Ross, who said that no per-
son except a magistrate should be allowed to address the
meeting. That of course shut the mouth of the Catholic
clergymen, and Lord Ross made a speech declaring that the
Irish people were worse than the Turks and the Arabs, and
that the Catholic clergy were culpable for many eft he crimes
which were committed by their flocks.—(Hear.) And yet
that was the man who was made a visitor of the Catholic
College of Maynooth. If Lord Ross really believed what he
asserted about the Catholic priesthood, why did he consent
to become visitor to a college- where such men as the priest-
hood of Ireland were educated ?—(Hear, hear.) But he
knew, at the time he made those assertions, that he was
uttering a base falsehood and calumny against the people
of Ireland and their revered clergy. he would not dilate
further on that subject. but would merely move the insertion
on the minutes of the passages he had read from Lord
Ross's speech, for the purposes of reference, if necessary.

Portsmouth.
The two-deckers, Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby, C. 8.,
Albion, 92, Captain N. Lockyer, Rodney, 92, Captain Col-
der, and Superb, 80, Captain Corry, will shortly go to sea
for a six weeks' cruise, and will most likely visit the Me-
diterranean. Captain Moresby, of the Canopus, is appointed
Commodore.

Mr. LILLY replied to their evidence, after which,
The CHAIRMAN summed up the case, and the jury, after a
consultation of ten minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty,
with a strong recommendation to the merciful consideration
of the Court.
Mr. B.iGLEY hoped the Court, in pronouncing judgment,
would take into its consideration the fact cf his unfortunate
client having already been three weeks in prison.
The CHAIRMAN sentenced the prisoner to 28 days solitary
confinement in Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and the unfortunate
woman was carried away in a very exhausted state.

TIDAL HARBOURS. CONIMMISSION
LANCASTER.

The first place visited in England was Lancaster, at which
town Mr. Godson M.P., and Captain Washington, R.N.,
two of the Commissioners, sat en Monday last.
The meeting was held in the Borough Court, and was very
numerously attended by the inhabit-ants.
The examinations continued from 10 o'clock in the morn-
ing until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The inquiry embraced
two objects: first, the improvement of the port; and se-
condly, the best mode of expending the 10,0001. paid by the
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company for leave from the '
Admiralty to place the piers of their bridge near the town in
the bed of the river.
Mr. Walker, Secretary to the Quay Commissioners,
who are the conservators of the river; Mr. John Brockbank,
a shipowner; Mr. E. Dawson, a land proprietor; Dr. James
Johnson; Mr. Richard Gerrard, a ':Out; and Mr. Alexander
Kennedy, master of the steam-vessel trading between Liver-
pool and Lancaster, were examined on the first point.
We have not room for the details. It may be suffi-
cient to state, that it transpired that the conservators
are 17, and have but one person amongst them who ever
sailed a vessel • that they never attempted to improve the
navigation of the; river except by having a survey made by
Mr. Stevenson, whose highest estimate was 15,0001, and
lowest 7,000/., upon which they never acted ; that they
receive about 1,2001. a year„ but are of course in debt,
which has been reduced to 4,0001. ; that the river Lune
might be improved, as Mr. Stevenson had recommended, so
as to make it two feet deeper all the way from the sea to
the quay below the railway bridge ; that the freshes in the
river are very great, but that they are impeded by weirs, &c. ;
that several lights and many buoys are wanted ; and that a
dredging-machine is absolutely necessary. On the second
point there was a great diversity of opinion, Mr. T. Higgin
insisting that the 10,0001. should be laid out in dredging the
river ; Mr. E. Sharpe, in impounding the river, so as to
make a basin in it for the ships, to be brought from the pro-
jected dock at Poulton by a ship canal, to lie in. Several pro-
jects were also brought to the notice of the Commissioners :-1.
Adock at Poulton, in *Morecombe Bay, with a ship canal of
three miles to Lancaster quays. 2. A dock at Thorn Bush.
at the entrance of the Lame, with a railway 'to the Lancaster
and Preston Railway. 3. A railway from Fleetwood to Lan-
caster. 4. A railway from Yorkshire, called the North-
Western Railway. 6. A railway from Newcastle to Lan-
caster ; and 6, toe York and Lancaster Railway. It seems
that th railway speculators, having monopolised the carry-
ing trade on land, are determined now to seize upon the
ports, and destroy the coasting trade. Irrespective of all rail-
way speculations, we think that the Lords of the Admiralty
are likely to expend the 10,000/. in buying a dredging ma-
chine, and employing it according to Mr. Stevenson's plan,
and in placing lights, beacons, and buoys in the Grange
Channel of Morecombe Bay and in the parts adjacent, and
after that is done, it is to be hoped that the conservators of
the river will keep the river in that improved state.
FLEETWOOD.
The two Commissioners visited this port, which is a sub-
port under Preston, on the 14th of October, and examined
Mr. S. Burridge, the receiver of the dues ; Mr. Head, the
harbour-master ; Mr. S. P. Bidder, the resident engineer ;
Mr. Robert Gerrard, a pilot ; Mr. A. M'Neiledge, the master
of a steam-vessel trading between Belfast and Fleetwood ;
and Mr. Kemp, the secretary to the Company.
It appeared that the port is under the management of the
Preston and Fleetwood Rail Way Company; that a dividend
is now paid out of the combined profits of the railway and
the port; that the river Wyre is constantly dredged, and
that there will be ten feet of water from the lighthouse to
the wharf; that the Wyre lighthouse, built on Mitchell's
screw piles, is not only of the greatest benefit to this port,
but to Lancaster and to all mariners passing along the coast;
that the wharfs are very commodious, having thirteen cranes
upon them ; and that a dock is about to be built.
It seems that this'port cannot be made fit at all times for
the entrance of sailing vessels, the channel being only 200
feet wide at ordinary low spring tides, but there are two
steam tugs kept to assist them. There were complaints of
the Walney light, which takes more time (five minutes in
the revolution) than any other light in the kingdom ; also
that another beacon and some more buoys are wanted. The
dues paid are remarkably low, and there is no difference in
.the dues levied on foreign and home vessels. A vessel can
be brought into the Wyre one hour and a half sooner than
into the Lune.
There are several projects for railways. One from Fleet-
wo A to Lancaster, and another from Knot-end to Clitheros,
' with a direct line to Leec'.s.
Oa the whole, this new port gives great promise of being
a very excellent steam-vessel harbour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHAL (..

John Knight, who formerly carried on business as a
tobacco List in Pahce-row, ew•road, appeared to an-
sa er th charge of obtaining some goods fraudulently
fr im Mr. Crowder, an importer of tobacconists' fancy
goods in Cripplegate.
Mr Justins (from Mr. Hobler's office) conducted the
prosecution, and a solicitor att(•nd al also for the defendant.
Mr. Crowder stated that in May, 1844, the prisoner,
who was then 301. in his • debt, applied for some snuff-
boxes, as he was going to receive a legacy of 3001., and
wished to present the executor with a handsome box.
Mr. Crowder told him he could not allow him to increase
the debt. The prisoner, howercr, persuaded him to let
him have a dozsn boxes, one to be kept, and the rest
returned that evening or the next morning. The defend-.
ant kept the whole, and left his premise;.
The solicitor for the prisoner produced an invoice
which complainant delivered with the goods, in which
he was credited with ilia value of the whole,- with no
intimation that they were delivered on approbation, or
simp'y for inspection. S ,me similar invoices where the
goods had been sold were produced.
Mr. Alderman Wo thoug'st this palm was inem-
sistent with the testialony of a conditional sale, and dis-
'missed the case. _ . _

,
The motion was carried.
Mr. O'CoNNELL observed that a Committee of the Fine
Arts had been appointed to inquire what statues it would be
proper to have placed in the new Houses of Parliament.
They had recommended that one should be erected to Ste-
phen Langton, the Catholic Primate of England, who said
mass for the assembled Barons on the morning of the day
they compelled King John to sign Magna Charta ; but they
refused one to the Archbishop of Dublin, because his see
was not in England.—(Laughter.) They also refused ore
to Thomas a Beckett, the man who protected the liberties
of England from the tyranny of King Henry 11., and at
whose shrine one hundred thousand Englishmen assembled
in homage, because they regarded him as the protector of
their liberties. But this Committee of the Fine Arts had re-
solved on giving a statue to Cromwell and General Monk.
Why, they might as well erect a statue to Judas as General
Monk. Indeed, they only wanted a third to make the
trio complete—they should have added the devil, and
then the group would be perfect by the presence of their
master.—( Laughter.) Ile (Mr. O'Connell) considered that
they might have spared Ireland the insult of erecting a sta-
tue to such a man as Cromwell, and yet the Morning Chro-
nicle, the organ of the Whigs, had been the chief instigator
of that statue to Cromwell. If they were to have a statue
to Cromwell at the other side of the water, they would have
representations of his deeds on this. They would have paint-
ings representing his deeds of blood at Drogheda, Wexford,
and other places. He had been accused by the vile portion
of the London press with fabricating these enormities, but he
would prove to them from undoubted authorities that what
lie asserted was true. The Hon. Gentleman then read ex-
tracts from Carte Lingard, and the Parliamentary Register,
dated October, 1G49, which stated that public thanks had
been returned to the Protector for his services in Ireland. It
would be a subject for consideration whether these pictures,
when painted, should not be exhibited somewhere in, the
neighbourhood of Westminster. And if the plan were ap-
, proved of, he would undertake to procure a prominent place
for their exhibition.
Mr. O'CONNELL again addressed the meeting, and said,
that as he had so often addressed them upon matters of de-
tail, lie would confine himself on the present occasion to
two or three topics. The first of these was the feeling of
exultation which he felt at the three magnificent repeal de-
monstrations at which he had lately been present. The first
of these demonstrations took place in Kerry, and he could
confidently assert that 15,000 persons attended that meeting
to record their unalterable attachment to the cause of re- '
peal, and to express their intention never to desist in their
exertions until their country was once more a nation.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Hitherto the county of Kerry had
been rather backward in advocating repeal, and it was not
much to be wondered at, when it was considered that the
proprietors of the land in that county were for the most part
opposed to repeal ; but the late demonstration in Kerry
afforded ample proof that the spirit of nationality ex-
isted as strongly in that county as in other parts of Ire-
land.—(Cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then
alluded to the monster meetings which were held in Castle-
bar and Sligo, and expressed himself delighted with the
spirit which was displayed at them. He then proceeded
to say that he considered it advisable that no more monster
meetings should be held until after the next session of Parlia-
ment, but that the attention and the energies of the people
should be directed to the registries, and also to the prepara-
tion of petitions for repeal to be laid before the British Par-
liament. The registries were peculiarly important at the
present period, and the return of sixty or seventy repeal
Members to Parliament would be most important in facili-
tating the achievement of repeal. No statesman could resist
the demands of sixty or seventy Members of Parliament,
backed by the entire Irish nation, and the declaration of the
late Earl :Spencer, that if the entire Irish people demanded
repeal it must be granted to them, went far to corroborate his
(Mr. O'Connell's) assertion. The lion. and Learned Gen-
tleman, after some further observations, in the course of
which he inculcated peace, perseverance, and an abstinence
from secret societies on the part of the people, sat down
amidst loud cheers.
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Q VEEN- SQ UA RE.
James Taylor, art omni bu was charged with the
following unprovoked assault :—At about three o'clock
yesterday afternoon a young man named Harding, who
was driving a cart heavily laden through Parliament-
street, had occasion to stop for a minute, defendant, who
was immediately behind him—both being close on their
proper side—ordered the young man to go on, although
there was not the slightest necessity for it, as there was
plenty of room for defendant to pass on the off side, and
offended at his non-compliance with his request, the
fellow drove round in front of complainant and whipped
him severely. The young man endeavoured to reach
defendant with his whip, but was unable, when defend-
ant suddenly jumped down from his driving box and
felled the young man to the ground with a desp rate
right-handed blow.
A gentleman, who witnessed the transaction, was of
opinion that the omnibus driver's c.mduct was so brutal
that he felt it his duty to come before the Magistrate
on behalf of complainant.
Defendant said that when the cart stopped and backed
upon his pole, some ladies were getting out of his omni-
bus an•l were much endangered, as there was another
omnibus immediately behind him. It would all have
been prevented had the young, man gone on as he desired
him to do. The chief usher could speak to his good
character.
The chief miter said he had always considered de-
fendant a cia well-conducted man.
Mr. PAYNTER (who sat for Mr. Bond) said that there
was nothing whatever to justify defendant in cam mitting
the assault. He should fine him 505., and in default
commit him for a month.
GREENWICH.

John Snasell, a bricklayer, residing at Sydenham, was
brought up for final examination, charged with violating
the person of Catherine Porter, aged 15 years, a pretty-
looking girl, the daughter of John Porter, a gardener, in
the employ of Dr. Clutterbuck, of Dartmouth-row, near
Sydenham, under the following circumstances :
Ann Porter deposed that she is the mother of the pro-
secutrix. On Monday evening, the 29th September, the
prisoner called at the cottage and asked witness to per-
mit her daughter to accompany him to visit his wife.
After some hesitation she consented, and they left for
that purpose.
Catherine Porter deposed that she went with the pri-
soner, and on the way the prisoner laughed and joked
with her. On passing through a newly-made road, be-
tween Beckenham and Sydenham, the prisoner took
liberties with her person, and threw her on the bank.
She fainted away. The details are unfit for publication.
On recovering herself she went forwards towards Syden-
ham, and on reaching the Crooked Billet public-house,
she went in, accompanied by the prisoner, who entered
the tap-room. Witness went to the bar and acquainted
the landlady's niece with the prisoner's conduct, and
then went home to her father's house.
Ann Walton, barmaid and niece to the landlady, de-
posed that on Monday, the 29th of September, between
seven and eight o'clock, the young man and last witness
came together. Prisoner went into the taproom, and
afterwards into the club room. The prosecutrix then
came to the bar and related what the prisoner's conduct
had been towards her. She had nothing to drink, and
went sway immediately. The prosecutrix made light of
it and laughed ; she did not cry. Witness is not ac-
quainted with the prisoner.
Mr. JEREMY cautioned witness, who replied that the
girl was not crying and agitated.
Henry Roberts, surgeon, deposed that he had exa-
mined the prosecutrix's person. There was complete
evidence of recent connexion.
James Jenkins, police-constable, 10 R, deposed that he
apprehended the prisoner on Tuesday, the 30th. Wit-
ness went with prosecutrix and her mother to the bar
of the Crooked Billet, and asked Walton, the barmaid,
what prosecutrix had said to her. Walton related the
circumstances, and said prosecutrix cried at the time.
Mr. JEREMY asked Walton why she told one story at
home, and another at court. He much doubted her
statement, particularly as she had refused to come for-
ward unless compelled. Walton said she did not re-
member telling the police so. The girl seemed excited,
and laughed.
Mr. JEREMY said the evidence was very strong against
the prisoner, and committed him for trial..
WOOLTVICH.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Maidstone Journal.)
MAlDgroNE.—Hopping has now almost universally finished.
The yield of Mid-hent is decidedly short, while the Weald
and Sussex have not not much to boast of. On the hill the
average is about six. cwt. per acre, below from eight to ten.
The quality is much better than was expected, there being
more condition in the sample than was at one time considered
possible.
A correspondent, speaking of the Yalding district, says :--
" The Goldings came down very short ; mary grounds set at
from four to live bags per acre yielding only two. I think at
the end of Igpping I never knew the growth in this neigh-
bourhood fall so short, or so much disappoint the planters,
both as to grape and golding. Some grounds are really not
worth picking. The quality is good."
WEYHILL 110 P FAHL—Waggons loaded with hops con-
tinued t.) arrive on the hill until Tuesday morning, from the
backwardness of the season it having been impossible for the
growers to store their .hors in the rows on or before the 12th
of Octob:r, which is the last day allowed according to
ancient usage, and consequently an extension of time was
unnecessarily conceded. The hop fair commenced on Mon-
day, when the town of Andover was thronged with visitors
from all parts of the kingdom. Upon the samples of hops
being drawn, parties appeared anxious to know the quality,
and we are pleased to learn the condition was found much
better than was anticipated, although the crop falls very
short of previous expectation. One grower in the Farnham-
row, who last year sold hops which produced 2,0001., has not
grown a pocket this year. Business commenced early on
Monday—a rather unusual circumstances, as buyers usually
occupy the first day in taking a general view of all the hops
previous to making purchases. Owing to the late arrivals,
the number of pockets could not be ascertained on Monday, but
on the following day they were found to be as under :—ln
the Farnham-row, 1,500; country ditto 2,000 ; being about,
2,090 pockets less than Fast year. From a general expecta-
tion that prices would advance, buyers were rather anxious
to do business without delay, and very satisfactory prices
were obtained, Farnham hops selling very freely at from 10/.
to 10 guineas, and country hops obtained 9/. to 10/. Bents
were offered at 81. Bs. to 9/. On Tuesday morning the trade
in hops still continued brisk, and prices stationary, holders
being firm and unwilling to take less prices. Considerable
'ousiness was done this day upon nearly similar rates to the
day preceding, and very many pockets remained unsold.

HALIFAX AND HULL DIRECT RAILWAY, AND
HULL, GOOLE, GRIMBSBY, AND YORK, AND
NORTH MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

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The Provisional Committee cf this lice of railway field
their first general meeting at the Normanton Hote near
Wakefield, on Monday; a large number of gentlemen at-
tended.
NORTON, Esq., presided, and in a speech of considerable ,
length and ability explained the objects the company had in
view, which were to furnish Halifax and the densely popu-
lated' and improving manufacturing towns and villages in its
neighbourhood, with a direct and convenient outlet towards
York, Selby, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, and the east, and in
conjunction with the West Riding Junction, the Liverpool
and Leeds and other projected railways, to form the most
direct communication, as well between the great ports of
Liverpool and Hull as between the great manufacturing
districts of the west and the agricultural districts of the
east.
The reports of the surveyors employed on the line having
been received, the meeting unanimously determined that
application should be made to Parliament in the ensuing
session; the various speakers expressing their conviction
that the project would not onlytbe favourably received by the
noble and other landed proprietors through whose land the
proposed line would pass, but also by the public generally,
and that it would eventually receive the sanction of Par•
liament.
The executive committee and other officers having been
appointed, and a vote of thanks passed to the chairman, the
meeting separated.

George Cooper and Thomas J.Veavy, two labouring men,
were charged with wilfully destroying a sign-board at
the house of Mr. Hammond, the landlord of the Navy
Arms, Powis-street, Woolwich.
It appeared from the evidence of Police-constable
Brooks, R 50, and another witness named Handcock,
that on Sunday night, between one and two o'clock, the
two prisoners, in company with two others, whose names
were unknown, passed them in the street. Shortly after-
wards Mr. Handcock heard a noise like the breaking of
a sign-board, and, seeing no other person near the spot
but the prisoners, who he was sure from that circum-
stance must have committed the offence, he immediately
gave information to the police-constable, Who at once
apprehended the prisoners. They confessed that they
had committed the damage, and offered to make good
the same to Mr. Hammond.
Mr. Hammond deposed that he did not know any-
thing of the circumstance, till the police-constable in-
formed him of it that morning. The sign-board, when
it was new, cost 3/.
There was another charge against the prisoners, of
wilfully breaking down a fence belonging to Mrs. Bar-
bara Oldfleld, but in this case the evidence was not suffi-
ciently strong to bring the case borne against the pri-
soners.
Mr. JEREMY sentenced the prisoners to pay the sum
of 31., being the amount of the damage committed, or in
default to be committed for one month each to the House
of Correction, with hard labour. It was monstrous, he
added, that while persons were sleeping in their beds,
their property should be destroyed by a set of lawless
midnight prowlers.

SHIPWRECK OF TTIE MARY FROM SYDNEY.—
LivF.RPoor,, MONDAY.—By the arrival here to-day of the
Bucephalus, Captain Small, from Bombay, we learn the total
loss of the above vessel, and seventeen of her unfortunate
passengers, women and children. The Mary left Sydney,
New South Wales, on the 19th May, and all went on well
until the 24th., when the vessel, about midnight, struck on a
reef in Bass's Straits, and immediately went to pieces; the
passengers and crew, with the above exceptions, saving
thetnselves with much difficulty, and ultimately reached
Flinder's Island in safety, whence they were conveyed to
Launceston, New South Wales. Capt. Collins, a passenger,
has written a long narrative to one of the Sydney papers, in
which he deprecates in strong terms the unseaworthy state
of the vessel, as it appears she began to leak shortly after
leaving Sydney; he also says, that from the striking of the
ship to her parting and going d,own, only seven minutes
elapsed. We subjoin a list of passengers saved and lost :
Saved : Captain Collins, 13th Light Dragoons ; Mrs. Collins,
Miss Elizabeth Collins, Miss Emma Collins, Miss Strathallen
Collins, Sarah Sarson, Mrs. Newby, Mr. Reeves, Mrs. Reeves,
Mrs. Stanbury, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Heffernan, Mrs. Hefferman,
Stephen Dwyer, Mr. Thomas Newman, Mr. James Abbott,
Mr. J. Jones, Mr. Joseph Wilkinson, Mr. Heather, Master
Arthur Heather, Michael Nicholson, George Hempson, Pa-
trick Gardiner, and all the crew. Lost: Mrs. Heather, and
two children, Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Turnbull, two daughters of
Captain Collins, three. daughters of Captain Newby, Sarah
Fowkes, and six children of Mrs: Evans. The Bucephalus
received
her report from the Indian, bound from Launceston
London, which vessel she spoke on the 6th instant, in
lat. 37 N.

COURSE OF EXCHA:
Amsterdam CF. 12 10
Ditto, at sight l2 7
Rotterdam 2U. 12 10i
Antwerp 26 15
Hamburgh ...... M.B l3 14
Altona —
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 26 5
Marseilles 26 10
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 1221
Petersburgh, 3 Us..

GE.—(YESTERDAY.'
Leghorn .......... 30 70
Genoa ...... ,
Milan ...... .......
Venice
.....
Naples
Palermo, per 0z...... 119 i
Lisbon s3i
Oporto
RlO Janeiro • 234
Bahia .....
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldyesight
Philathlpl
pßws..s .7.17 BULLION, rErt OZ
Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9
Portuga'. Guld Coin 3 17 5
New Foubloons..... 0 0 0
New ;Dollars 0 4 9j
Silver in Bars 0 4 11/

Berlin —
Vienna, effee. Po. 10 6
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36IL,
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville

PORTRAIT OF EARL SPENCER.—We have been fa.
voured with a view of a beautiful medallion portrait o

honest Lord Althorp," which has been recently published
by Freebaim. The engraving has been made by Freebairn
(by means of Bates's patent Anaglyptograph), from the ori-
ginal model for the medal by Wynn. It is dedicated to the
Agricultural Society and the Smithfield Clnb. The likeness
is excellent—not a mere lifeless fac-simile of the features—
but a characteristic portrait, mirroring, as it were, the mind.
As a work of art, too, this portrait is exceedingly beautiful.
It is perhaps the most perfect specimen of medallic engraving
that has been yet given 0 the -public.

WICK, OCT. 14.—Since Monday week we have
had a severe gale of wind, and almost incessant rain. It
blew a terrific, gale from S.S.E. on Tuesday night and all day
Wednesday. The " Tom of Preston," with coals, was upset
on Wednesday in Pentland Firth, at a place known by the
name of " the Bores of Duncansby," and all hands perished,
the boat was driven ashore, and the body of one of the
crew. There is still a good deal of corn uncut in can.
nem. The damage from the late gale is thought not to be
areg AlltiClPlo4l—Aon'thirc aVertifore

BISHOP OF ELY'S ORDINATION.—The ordination
o f the Bishop of Ely, which was to have taken place last Sunday,
bm pm postponed until Sunday neat.

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SUPPLEMENT To HI E EVEN CXG SUN, WEDNESOAY, OCTOBEE 5.2, 1845.

HOLBORN PETTY SESSIONS.
(Before Messrs. WHISKEN (Chairman), PowNALL, and
P. DiscoN.)
APPLICATION OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND
FORESTS FOR A LICENSE.—At these sessions for the Holborn
division, held yesterday before the above magistrates, at the
Holborn Union Workhouse, Little Gray's Inn-lane, after the
ordinary business of transferring licenses was disposed of, Mr.
Pennethorn, solicitor for the Commissioners of Woods and
Foaests, attended on their behalf, to make application for a
license, which they were desirous of obtaining, for one of
the houses which had been erected in St. Giles's, near the
new line of street between Oxford-street and Holborn.
The clerk of the magistrates read a letter, dated the 9th
of October, 1845, signed by Mr. Mills, one of the Commis-
sioners, and which was addressed to the chairman. In that
it was stated that the Commissioners were about to dispose
of, by lease or sale, a house at the corner of George-street
and Broad-street, St. Giles's, to be called " George the
Fourth," for which they requested the magistrates would
grant a license. They also wished for one in favour of the
Buckeridge Arms, which was then standing (this not having
.been pulled down for the improvements).
The CHAIRMAN observed, that several licensed houses had
been removed to form the new street, for which the proprie-
tors had given heavy premiums, and for which the Commis-
sioners had given very large sums to get possession of. The
Commissioners had selected certain houses that they wished
to be licensed. The question, - therefore, was, how far they
(the magistrates) could pledge themselves' in the event of
the houses being sold.
Mr. POWNALL remarked that they could not deviate from
the general practice, and that the magistrates could not do
that for a public body which they would not do for an indi-
vidual. It would also, he thought, be contrary to the Act
of Parliament.
Mr. Pennethorn said that the Commissioners would only
ask them to grant a license to a respectable person, and that
they wanted to put the house up to public competition.
They have bought sixteen public-houses in that locality, at
an enormous sum of money.
The CHAIRMAN stated that there were ninety-six magis-
trates, and that the magistrates present could not answer for
the opinions of their brother magistrates on licensing day.
Mr. POWNALL said he would decline giving any opinion, and
that the utmost inconvenience the Commissioners would
suffer, would be to wait till the licensing day in March.
Mr. Pennethorn stated that when advertising the house,
the Commissioners only wanted permission to state that the
magistrates would grant a license for it, and that they con-
sidered the Commissioners had a prior claim.
The CHAIRMAN stated that they could only pursue the
usual course. Let a respectable person attend for the license,
and they would consider the application. With respect to
the Buckeridge Arms, that was already licensed, and had
only to be transferred.
In answer to questions, Mr. Pennethorn said that the Com-
missioners had lost 160900/. by the improvements, and a por-
tion of which they wont to recover in the mode of his pre-
sent application; that the ground on the nerth-side of the
new street was let at three and a half guineas per foot, and on
the south-side at 3/. per foot; as the area was of greater
depth, and that it was not intended to remove the remainder
of the " rookery."
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RICHMOND RAILWAY COMPANY
Yesterday Mr. Chapman, the solicitor to the Railway
Company, attended at Wandsworth Police-court to answer a
summons which had been issued against the promoters of
the said railway, charging them, on the complaint of Richard
Beckett, with " having unlawfully and wilfully entered upon
and taken possession of a parcel of land, of the length of 108
yards, and the breadth of 44 yards, situate near Frying-pan
Meadow, in the parish of Wandsworth, and in the possession
of the said Richard Beckett, and required to be purchased and
permanently used for the purposes of the Richmond Railway,
without lawful consent, and without having made lawful
payment for the benefit of the parties interested in the Said
land, and without having made a deposit by way of lawful
security ; and have done damage to the said land by reason
of such entry and taking possession as aforesaid, to the
amount of 50/."
Mr. Chapman, on behalf of the Company, pleaded not
guilty.
Mr. Wright, a solicitor, appeared for Mr. Beckett, and
called upon Mr. Knill, the contractor, whom he had sum-
moned to produce the plan of the Richmond Railway.
Mr. Henry Knill was then sworn, and produced what he
said was a plan of the railway.
Mr. Chapman said it was with great reluctance that the
promoters appeared before the magistrate in a case of com-
pensation, for it was their wish to make handsome amends
to all whose property they interfered with; but in this case
they considered an attempt at imposition had been made by
the complainant, far whilst the company gave Earl Spencer
only 801. for the fee simple of the land in question, the com-
plainant, who was only a yearly tenant, wanted the large
sum of 2051. They had offered good terms, indeed double
what he could have obtained any other way, and be refused
to accept of the offer; consequently the Company were de-
termined to resist his demand and defend themselves against
the charge of trespass. He contended that they had kept
strictly within the limits of the power given them by the
Lancia' Clauses Act. They had paid 2051. into the Bank of
England, and had given a bond under the Company's seal
to Mr. Beckett.
Evidence was then given at great length, but the points
of the case are sufficiently indicated in the magistrate's de-
cision.
Mr. Clive here observed that he would go and personally
inspect the place, and he left the court for that purpose.
Mr. Clive, on his return said, with regard to the first ob-
jection, he could not see that the 84th section of the Lands
Clauses Act permitt,A them to go on lands even for the pur-
pose of surveying unless they gave three days' notice, and
this they had not done.
Mr. Chapman said the consent of the occupier had been
asked.
Mr. Clive—Yes, and refused ; but lie was merely told that
you were going on. You shculd have given him a formal
notice in writing. With respect to the argument that the
complainant was still in possession, he considered that the
company's Acts proved that they consider themselves the
owners of the property. From what he had seen he was
clearly of opinion that more trees had been cut down than
were required to obtain a centre line; and with regard to
the culvert, it was I.y no means what it had been represented ;
it was a wide cut directly across the land. With respect to
the third objection, that of having paid the money into the
Bank of 'England, and so by that means getting rid of the
penalties, he was of opinion that the 85th section of the
Lands Clauses Act, taken in connexion with the 84th section,
and to that section it most certainly referred, only freed
them from any penalties provided the money was
paid or deposited prior to entering upon the land. There-
fore, taking all the circumstances into consideration, and
after carefully reviewing the evidence, and maturely consi-
dering the various clauses of the different Acts, he was bound
to say that he considered that the complainant had proved
his case. He should therefore order the company to pay the
amount of damage, 3s. each for twenty- four trees, as these
were all that had been spoken to positively. Then came the
question of the penalty; he had power to mitigate it, under
the Police Act, to any extent he liked, and as the money
had been paid into the bank, he should or.ly inflict a nomi-
nal one of ls. and the costs, the amount of which the com-
plainant's attorney would doubtless make them acquainted
with.
Mr. Chapman said the company considered the case of so
much importance, especially in reference to certain clauses,
that they had instructed him to appeal in the event of a con-
viction. He at the same time would tender the thanks of the
company to the magistrate for the very candid and careful
manner in which he had conducted the inquiry.
Notice of appeal will be given in a few days.

THE ROBBERY AT ROCHESTER.

Louis Aarons and Barnett Aarons, brothers, who were
remanded on suspicion of committing a robbery in Bank
notes and gold to the amount of upwards of 2201. at the
Three Post Boys, High-street, Rochester, underwent an
examination on Saturday before the Mayor, Edmund Buck,
Esq., and six borough magistrates. The prisoners were
professionally assisted by Mr. Pelham, of Aubour-square,
Commercial-road East. The first witness examined was
the niece of the landlady, named Harriet Watts, who
deposed that the two prisoners came to the house together
on Monday morning, the 13th instant, and inquired of her
if they could be accommodated with a bed-room. Finding
they could they went into the parlour and ordered break-
fast. They bad two carpet bags with them and two pic-
tures. Both prisoners slept that night together, and had their
property in the room with them. The next morning, after
taking their breakfast, they went out, and returned again
between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, and ordered
tea. She then went to her aunt's bedroom at the top of the
stairs. The door was locked and the key in it. After she
had changed her dress she came down stairs about six o'clock,
leaving the key in the door, and took her tea in the bar.
She went again to the same room ; the door was shut and
the key out of the door. She called to the savant to ask
her aunt for the key, and, finding that her aunt had not got
it, she came down stairs to the bar to look for it, but could
not find it. She returned again and found the bedroom
door open, and the key lying inside the room on the floor.
A drawer was open of a chest of drawers ; the papers were
lying on the top, and a work-box and tea-caddy were re-
moved and thrown on the bed. She immediately alarmed
her aunt, who came up stairs. Her aunt's bedroom is on the
same floor of the room occupied by the prisoners. After she
had given the alarm, and told the ostler to go to the station-
house, she went into the bar and found the two prisoners
there sitting. Some other persons were also there.
Alexander Beattie, an artist, and who has been lodging in
the house for the last three months, said that about seven
o'clock on Tuesday evening, as he was sitting in his
adjoining the landlady's, writing a letter, he was suddenly
interrupted by a rumbling noisy as if persons were moving
the furniture about. He then, after a few minutes, heard
footsteps cross by his door and enter a room opposite to his,
which he knew the two prisoners to he occupying ; and when
the alarm of the robbery was given the two prisoners came
as if from their room into his and sat down on his bed, and
one of the two observed that he was sorry to hear of what
had occurred, and that he would not have had it happened
for any money. The prisoners having left his room he went
down stairs, and found the prisoners in the bar. He left the
house then, and returned again about half-past eleven o'clock,
and both the prisoners were gone.
Mary Kennard, servant at the Three Post-boys, saw the
two prisoners at tea about six o'clock in the evening of the
robbery. She suddenly missed them, and saw no more of
them until after the alarm was given, and then saw a man,
with dark whiskers and a light coat on, standing at the
bottom of the stairs leading to the bed-room.
Mr. Tuft; the superintendent, said he could not carry the
case any further. On searching the prisoners, he found on
one of them a bunch of keys, and one key in the build' un-
locked the drawer. The pocket-book found in the back-
yard, which had been dropped by the thieves, was found to
contain 181. in bank-notes. It was evident that there was
a receiver standing ready to receive the property, and left
by the back yard into a lane that leads into the main
street.

The MAYOR, after consulting with his brother justices, and
finding that no further evidence could be obtained against
the two men, discharged them.

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