The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

STATE OF THE FACTORIES IN
SEVEN COUNTIES.

In a report addressed to the Secretary fur the
Home Department, and dated the 20th of Ja-
nuary last, Mr. Horner, the Chief Inspector of
Factories, states the results of some inquiries which he
caused to be made by the superintendents of facto-
ries in his district. Mr. Horner's district compre-
hends the whole of the counties of Lancaster, West-
morland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham, the
North Riding of Yorkshire, and a part ( f the West
Riding. It appears that in the latter part of 1841,
the perisd of the investigation, the number of cotton
mills in the district was 1,164, and of these 887 were
in full work, employing 142,063 ; 139 were working
less than 69 hours a week, employing 27,764 persons,
and 138 were not at work.
The total number of woollen and worsted mills in
the district was 271, of which 139 were working full
time, and employing 8,811 persons; 96 were working
less than 69 hours a week, and employing 2,473 per-
sons ; and 36 were not at work.
The total number of flax mills in the district was
78, of which 41 were working full time, and employ-
ing 5,548 ; 15 were working less than 69 hours a
week, and employing 636 persons.
The number of silk mills in the district is 28, of
which 15 are in full work, employing 4,937 ; nine
were working less than 69 hours a-week, employing
1,271 persons, and four were not working at all.
The following is a general summary of all the mills
in Mr. Horner'sdistrict

At the time of the investigation 1,082 milts were
working full time, or 69 hours a week, and employing
161,359 persons ; 259 were working less than 69
hours a week, and e:nploying 32,144 persons; and
200 were not at work.

The Grand Duchess Elizabeth, the daughter of the
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, is about to bestow
her hand on Duke Adolphus, of Nassau.—Dusseldorf
Gazette.
FIRE AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On
Saturday night, about a quarter before ten o'clock, as
one of the constables of the Eastern Counties Rail-
way was going his rounds, his attention was directed
to some premises, situate near the Shoreditch station,
belonging to Mr. Curtis, the contractor of the works,
by observing a dense mass of smoke issuing from the
same, and upon gaining that part of the premises he
found that they were on fire. The premises were
used as stabling, and owing to the inflammable nature
of their contents, the fire spread with such amazing
rapidity, that in less than ten minutes after the
outbreak the place was one body of fire. A mes-
senger having been dispatched in the interim to the
various engine stations with intelligence of the fire, in
an incredibly short period the West of England and
several brigade engines were on the spot, and, not-
withstanding that they arrived so shortly after the dis-
covery of the fire, their services were of very little
use, as the place was completely levelled to the ground
in less than twenty minutes after the alarm was
raised ; and we regret to state that, besides the total
destruction of the premises, a valuable horse also
perished in the flames. The fire was caused through
some boys discharging fireworks, which fell into the
stable, and set fire to the hay, &c., which shortly
after communicated to the building.
LADIES FORMERLY IN PARLIAMENT.—Gurdon in
his Antiquities of Parliament says, " The ladies of
birth and quality sat in council with the Saxon
Wita's." "The Abbess Hilda (says Bede) presided in
an ecclesiastical synod." In Wighfred's great coun-
cil at Beconceld, A.D. 694, the abbesses sat and
deliberated, and five of them signed the decrees
hAobpbs,eyanodf
nofobtlheast
:,"KingcouncilaloEndggani,isththe 1
charterd ntog't hbeis
with the consent of
Crowland, A.D. 961, was
the nobles and abbesses, who subscribed the
charter." "In Henry the Third's and Edward the
First's time four abbesses were summoned to Parlia-
ment, viz.—of Shaftesbury' Berking, St. M. of
Winchester, and of Wilton." "In the 35th o f
Edward 111. were summoned Eartiuguruc to
appear there by' their proxies, viz.—Mary Countess
of Norfolk, Alienor Countess of Ormond, Anna Des-
pmser, Phillippa Countess of March, Johanna Fitz-
Water, Agneta Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St.
Paul Countess of Pembroke, Margaret de Roos,
Matilda Countess of Oxford, Catherine Countess of
Athol. These ladies were called ad colloquium et
tractatum by their proxies, a privilege peculiar to the
Peerage to appear and act by proxy."
During a violent storm on Thursday at Aire, Pas
de Calais, the lightning entered the manufactory of
fecula, of that place, but passed through without
doing any material damage, and went along the
streets and the border of the Lys, to the barracks,
which are occupied by Cuirassiers. Here it made its
way in, and ran from room to room, breaking every-
thing before it. In the Salle de Police it found two
men in confinement, both of whom were affected, but
not seriously. A stable was its next attraction. Here
it knocked down five horses, but did not touch a sol-
dier that was with them. At length it escaped by the
main gates, and disappeared in the Rue du Doyen.
Powerful and extensive as was the current of the fluid,
it is surprising that the damage it did was so small.
Woonwicu, Nov. 4.—This morning a court-mar-
tial was held on board the 'William and Mary, Royal
yacht, on a sailor of the Dee steamer, for threatening
to take the life of one of the lieutenants of that vessel.
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to
transportation for life.
lIADDINGTON.—SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—The fine
41b. loaf is now selling here at 6d., and the household
loaf at sd. ; beef 5d., mutton 4d., and lamb .
3d. per
lb.; American pork 3d. and . per lb
W
per dozen ; fresh butter 11d. per lb.salt di , eggs Is.
tto 9 id. to
lid. per ditto ;
oatmeal 9id. to 10d . per stone ; pota-
toes, Neo .rt .H ; E apples
u RN P l
I sK.
E GrATE.—Yes-
TILE ELEPHANT per boll of t
4 nrgallon.
terday se'nnight, as Mr. Van Alnburgh's
was going to Wellington, ready for elephant
the next day's
performance, on coming to the
which was shut, the turnpike gate,
gate-man refused to
open the gate unless the conductor paid extra toll,
which he refusing to do,
Wentthrough
saying to the elephant, °' Jack
the side wicket,
ack, I must go without
you. But it was not to be so; for Jack would be
as good as his master •
so, without any ceremony,
Jack applied his proboscis
itself of the hindrance to the gate, and just eased
by prostrating the gate in the
road, to the no small amazement of the gate-keeper.
We understand
there was some injury done to the
gate, the expense of which the keeper cheerfully
paid.—Saloplan Journal.

THE VIRTUE of RICH and POOR.
Cant as we may, and as we shall to the end of all
things, it is very much harder for the poor to be
virtuous than it is for the rich; and the good that is
in them, shines the brighter for it. In many a noble
mansion lives a man, the best of husbands and of
fathers, whose private worth in both capacities is justly
lauded to the skies. But bring him here, upon this
crowded deck. Strip from his fair young wife her
silken dress and jewels, unbind her braided hair, stamp
early wrinkles on her brow, pinch her pale cheek with
care and much privation; array her faded form in
coarsely patched attire ; let there be nothing but his
love to set her forth or deck her out, and you shall put
it to the proof indeed. So change his station in the
world, that he shall see in those young things who
climb about his knees—not records of his wealth
and name, but little wrestlers with him for his
daily bread—so many poachers on his scanty meal
—so many units to divide his every sum of com-
fort, and farther to reduce its small amount.
In lieu of the endearments of childhood in its
sweetest aspect, heap upon him all its pains and
wants, its sicknesses and ills, its fretfulness, caprice,
and querulous endurance; let its prattle be, not of
engaging infant fancies, but of cold, and thirst, and
ee
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‘tvean;sero;f
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hunger ; and if his fatherly affection outlive all this,
al
eahnidldhr
sorrows ; then send him back to Parliament, anZi
pit, and to Quarter Sessions, and when he hears fine
talk of the depravity of those who live from hand to
mouth, and labour hard to do it, let him speak up, as
one who knows, and tell those holders forth that they,
by parallel with such a class, should be High Angels
in their daily lives, and lay but humble siege to heaven
at last. _

Which of us shall say what he would be, if such
realities, with small relief or change all through his
days, were his! Looking round upon these people ;
far from home, houseless, indigent, wandering, weary
with travel and hard living; and seeing how patiently
they nursed and tended their young children ; how
they consulted ever their wants first, then half supplied
their own ; what gentle ministers of hope and faith the
women were ; how the men profited by their ex-
ample; and how very, very seldom, even a moment's
petulance or harsh complaint broke out among them ;
I felt a stronger love and honour of my kind come
glowing on my heart, and wished to God there had
been many Atheists in the better part of human na-
ture there, to read with me this simple lesson in the
book of life.—Dickens' Notes.

The Attorney-General, and Mr. Bond, the newly
appointed Magistrate of Queen-square police-office
(in the room of the late Mr. Gregorie), transacted
business at the Home-office on Friday.
AN OPIUM EATER.-Mr. Higgs held an inquest
yesterday evening in the Red Lion, Portland-street,
Poland-street, upon the body of John Ford, aged 48,
who died from the effects of opium. It appeared in
evidence that the deceased was a native of Ireland,
and had held rank as a petty officer in the Marine
Service, from which he was discharged with a pension
of 201. per annum. He, for the last three or four
years, took no breakfast or dinner, his only food in
the twenty-four hours, being a little tea, with half a

slice of bread; and, for fourteen years, he was in the
habit of taking- three or four doses of opium daily,
sometimes taking as much as a drachm in one dose.
Latterly his stomach rejected all food, and, as felt his

constitution declining, he tried to leave it oft; but
his mind was so depressed, and his sensations so
horrible, that he was compelled ultimately to fly for
relief to larger doses, and he died on Tuesday. The
landlord of the deceased said, that for the last nine
Years he invariably went to bed at twelve, and rose at
five in the afternoon, thus taking treble the quantity
of sleep usual to most men. The Jury, after a
lengthened, and rather stormy consultation, returned
a verdict of " Natural Death I''

CHARGE OF SMUGGLING.—OnFriday last, a dec,,nt-
looking female, a native of Scotland, was charged at
the Police-court with smuggling 141bs. weight of
tobacco, with which she had been stopped by police-
officer 176. The Prisoner, in her defence, stated that.
she had just arrived in this country in the ship
Rochester, with her child ; that her husband had died
in New York ; that she was very poor, and that the
sailors in the vessel had made up the tobacco for her
from their own stocks, so that she might dispose
of it for her support on landing. She had left
her infant child on board the vessel. An

officer was sent on board the vessel to make in:

quiries, and it appeared that she had come by the
vessel a returned emigrant, and that her child was
there. Mr. Rushton kindly sent a communication to,
the Collector of Customs, to ascertain whether, under
the circumstances, ha would abandon proceedings
against her ; but the reply from that gentleman was,
that he had no power to mitigate the penalty in such.
cases without directions from the Commissioners is

London. Mr. Rushton informed the prisoner of this
fact, and stated that he was under the necess;ty of
imposing the penalty „fixed by the _statute of 1001., or,
in default, imprisonment; but he should represent
the case to the Board, who, he hoped, would mitigate
the penalty, in which case she would be liberated
after a few days' imprisonment. Mr. Rushton or-
dered that her child should be brought from the ship
and given to her while she was detained.—Licerpoof
Mercury.
MAcßETies WITC ns.—The place where Macbeth
met with the three weird sisters, is in the county of
Moray, about seven miles westward of Elgin, and five
miles on this side of Forres. It is nearly a mile its
length, and in some parts more than half a mile in
breadth. It is a singularly bare, desolate place, with
range of high hills on the south side, and a large open
space of country, now generally cultivated—with the
Moray Frith and the Caithness hills in the distance. Nor
is this all. Not only is the moor itself, atwhich the meeting:
in question took place, still a " blasted heath," but,
from its peculiar soil, it must ever remain so. The'
progress of cultivation can never reach it. It mar
farther be mentioned, that so desolate and barren fs
the place, that people have a great dislike to travel
through it in dark nights. The road to Forres, and.
thence to Inverness, lies now, as in Macbeth's time,
through this large tract of moor, still covered over
with the " heath" so common in the mountainous.
parts of Scotland.—Joseph Jenkins, a new Work; by-
the Azdhor of "Random Recollections."

The works for the construction of e
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battle of Lp
commencedeois on the
and have+
since been continued with the greatest
~
under the superintendence of the- Director of Fortifi-s
catNioonsieVssotnhPairlitlt4w2 geitz.
ntlemen have applied to be mit-
mitted attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench dur u.
ing the present term ; and h
application for re-admission toareeprractic nine notices Of
practice.
THE LATE SIR M. 0, LOGHLEN.—A meeting ;cd'
attorneys was held in Dublin on Wednesday to cont..
sider the most suitable means of expressing their regrt st
for the loss of the late Master of the Rolls, and they a•
admiration of his character. Mr. Josias Dunn, fathe ir
of the profession, was in the chair. Several gentle -
men delivered their sentiments respecting the lat e
lamented Judge, which bore the most ample testimon. r
to his public and private worth, and a resolution we s
adopted, appointing a committee to collect subscrip- •
tions, to be laid out on a statue or some other perm-•
nent proof of their feelings towards him. Within 20,
minutes after the meeting terminated, upwards oC
200/. were subserihod
MEETING OF COLONEL FERGUSON, M.P., WITIU
1 HIS CONSTITUENTS.—CoIoneI Ferguson delivered an
address to the electors of Kirkaldy, in the Town-hall,
on Monday evening, Provost Swan in the chair. lie
briefly detailed the proceedings of the late session of
Parliament, and stated the reasons for the votes
he had given, which appeared satisfactory to the electors
given it
present at the meeting. He said that during the.
in favour of free trade
party
course of the session he had been unbiassed by
feeling, and that although he had in general been
csoonsiniedeirnesdtal instances, given
but
hos-
tile to the policy pursued by the present Administra-
tion,
some gllooceiwou d result to the
hisvi oh ni
c,siuhi
peppoash had nevertheless, nlea,kethrestehsmeslieensanss„uhrinesn
had supported a great
opinionip`:::a,'aaurrstn:otarflyntehi:yt ;thaenidr
aaldtohpotui adoption.
measures
st
Proposed
by
he could not conscientiously
vote for universal suffrage,
Crawford's motion for he had supported Mr. .
the Liberal party in
elector present interrogated
inquiry on the subject. No
the Colonel, with the
informed how th
nfort the
afio
exception of A William
e Lockhart, who wished to be,
existing difficulties of the country
could be removed. The Colonel said he could easily
answer
question,
et. s ton, but would refer Mr. Lockhart
fori •
on ofconfidence to Sir Robert Peel and the Ministry.
A motion
in Colonel Ferguson as the re-
presentative of the burgh was afterwards proposed and
unanimously agreed to.—Fifeshire Journal.
INQUEST SEAR CHESTERFIELD.—ConsiderabIe ex-
citement was caused in Chesterfield, on Saturday
morning week, by a rumour that a gentleman.
had been fhat morning found lying on the Mans—
field road, between Hasland and Normanton, in ,
a dying state, having evidently been thrown out:
of his gig. On investigation, it turned out that;
such was the fact, and immediate inquiriesi
were made at the different inns, &c., in Chester-4,
field, to ascertain whether any one answering the de—i
scription had called at any of them on the previous
evening. From those inquiries it transpired that the,
unfortunate gentleman was Mr. George Styr ing.
- ng„
aged 36, a coach-proprietor of Nottingham. Every-
thing calculated to restore consciousness
was done,
but he never rallied, and died the same evening. An
inquest was held, at which the Jury returned a ver-
dict of " Died from
from the gig."
Five young men were, some days ago, sailing on
the Seine, near Mantes, when, by a sudden gust
wind, their little boat was upset, and they were all
plunged into the water. Four of them saved them•
selves by
swimming to shore, bid the fifth, a very fine
youth of 19, was drowned.

LOSS OF THE ROYAL MAIL
STEAM-SHIP ISIS.
Fal.3rotiTir, Nov. 4, EIGIIT A.3l.—We have but a
fe•w minutes to spare to announce the arrival of the
fedway steamer at Penzance last night, with the
West India and other mails, not being able to fetch
this port. She brings intelligence that the Isis
foundered off Bermuda, but that all the crew and pas-
sengers were saved (with the exception of one boy)
by the Medway, which vessel was in company at the
time.

The Tay steamer, with the West India and Mexi-
can mails, proceeded yesterday, and the Ranger packet,
with the Brazil mails, sailed this morning. The wind
is now from NX., fine weather.
The, following relates to this unfortunate event.
The Isis got on shore on the N.E. point of Porto
Rico, on the morning of Monday, Sept. 12.
R. M. S. Packet Isis, Port lloyal Harbour,
17th September, 1842.
Sir-L-Thinking it probable that a variety of exag-
gerated reports may get in circulation relative to this •
ship.having taken the ground off the IN.E. point- 9f
Porto Rico, on the morning of the 12th inst., I beg
to transmit you. the following particulars :
The Isis left St. Thomas's on the evening of Sun-
day, September 11, at 7 p.m., with the outward Eu-
ropean mails far St: Juan; Porto Rico, Turk's Island,
&c. All.went on well, until midnight, when, not seeing
the land, and by the distance the ship had ran suppos-
ing her to be off the pert, she was hauled in towards
the land, which -was observed at 30 min. a.m., on
Monday morning. I'Ve continued our course along,
shore until 45 minutes a.m., when, to our great asto-
nishment, the ship struck the ground, goine, at the
time at the rate of 10 knots. Boats were itnniediately
lowered to sound round the ship ; the water being found
deep astern, the engines were reversed, and at 1 30
succeeded in backing the ship into deep water. Find-
ing the water again shoaling, and not being certain of
our position, I deemed it most prudent to anchor until
daylight, when, to our astonishment, we found that al-
though the ship had run 54 miles by the log, she had
grounded on the N.E. point of Porto Rico, and
scarcely 40 miles frau) St. Thomas's.
Fortunately, at the time of grounding, there was
but little wind, but the swell caused her to strike
heavily, by which her bottom is no doubt injured.
The ship making much water we were induced to
proceed to this port, on my arrival at which I have re-
ceived such kind aid and assistance from the naval
department, that I trust with such repairs as they will
be enabled to assist in affording us 1 shall be enabled
to proceed to England with the mails of the Ist of
October.
The passengers for • England, the Havana, and
Vera Cruz were transferred to the 'ray, and those for
Jamaica brought on in the ship.
It may not be unsatisfactory to annex a copy of a
letter addressed to me by the passengers, whom we
conveyed and transferred to the Tay, at Turk's Island.
—I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
humble servant,
(Signed) J. F. LONEY, Commander.
Samuel Anderson, Esq.
H. M. S. Packet Isis, Sept. 14.
Sir,—As passengers in this steamer, we.consider it
not improper to make seine allusion to the accident
which occurred by the veseel taking the ground off
Port Rico shortly after the night of Sunday, Sep-
tember 11.
As an accident, it is one we all much regret, and
our object in addressing you at present is, to convey
to you this written acknowledgment of our satistivetion
at the cool and prompt manner in which you issued
your orders at a moment of extreme danger, and with
the successful efforts made by yourself and the other
officers, as also by the crew generally, to relieve us
from the very perilous position in which we were for
a time placed.
We take advantage of this opportunity to offer you
our best thanks for the consideration you have on all
occasions shown to us.—We are, sir, your very
obedient servants. (Signed by nine Passengers.)
Captain Loney, &c.
After taking the ground, the Isis proceeded to Turk's
Island, when, from her state, it was deemed prudent
to send her to Jamaica for repairs, the leaks during
the passage from Porto Rico having obliged her to
• keep all her pumps going—and here the passengers
protested against proceeding to Nassau in her ; accord-
ingly the mails, &c., were removed to the Company's
steamer Tay, and tose for !Jamaica carried on in the
Isis. The leaks did not materially increase during
• the passage to Jamaica (51 hours), where she arrived
on September 17, and assistance was immediately sent
from her Majesty's dockyard, as well as from the
men-of-war then lying at Port Royal. By the 27th
• September, all the repairs that could be afforded at
this port were completed, and a trial trip was made
outside the harbour, from the result of which the Isis
• was deemed sufficiently sea-worthy to proceed to sea
With the mails. Accordingly, she left Port Royal on
that day, and arrived at Nassau, N.P.. on the 3d
October, where she Was joined by the Medway, and
after arrangements were entered into, and the mails
and specie transhipped to . her, both ships took their
departure in company for England, ilia Bermuda and
Faval.
weathtT for the first few days was fine, but on
the 7th October a breeze sprung up from the E.N.E.,
which gradually increased to a gale, with a heavy sea
running. From the time of the breeze freshening the
leaks increased, and it was found necessary to set all
the hand-pumps going, which, for a time, kept the
• water • under. During the night of Saturday, the
Bth, the gale and sea had increased so much as to
cause the Isis to labour very heavily, the water all this
time gradually gaining on the pumps, which were now
rendered unserviceable from constant use. At 7 30.
a.m., the engines from some cause stopped, and the
crew was now reduced to the alternative of baling
with buckets as the only means of keeping the water
under. The ship now became unmanageable, and
fell off into the trough of the sea, when the main
trysail was set, but from the violence of the wind it
was of little use. It was now thought prudent to
inform Captain Smith, of the Medway, of the dis-
tressed situation of the Isis, but from the prompt
manner in which the signals had been observed
and answered by that ship, all on board had the
greatest confidence in the assistance that would be
rendered in the event of their being obliged to aban-
don the Isis, and therefore they detrmined to remain
on board while there was a hope of saving her. By
this time (eight a.m.) the chief engineer had disco-
vered the cause of the engines stopping, and after
much time and trouble they were again set in mo-
tion, but only for a few minutes, for the water had
gained so rapidly as to extinguish the fires. The
ship's company seeing the engines again stop, went
off in a body to know what was to be done
with the
ship. No hopes now remained ; the fires were out,
• and being deprived of all means of keeping the
water under, which was ;gaining so rapidly that it
was feared she would go down before there was
a possibility of leaving her in the boats. The signal
of distress was therefore made to the Medway, which
was immediately answered, and she bore down to our
assistance in the midst of a heavy squall. The life
boats were now with much risk and difficulty got
into the water, but from tl te heavy sea running, and
from the ship being now Wider-logged and rolling so
heavily in the trough of the sea, little hopes could be
entertained of saving the lives of those on board, ex-
pecting every moment the boats would be either
(lashed to piece ;.:;.!.??-rTorl alongside. Fortunately
at this moment a heavy squall of rain lulled the wino
and sea, and by great cart: and difficulty the boats
were hauled under the lee quarter, and the passengers
and half the ship's company lowered themselves by
ropes into the first, and she was cast off and allowed
to drift towards the Medsv:iy ; the remaining part of
the ship's company and of icers then lowered them-
selves into the oilier boat, and she was .also cast off,
and the Isis left to her fn.te.
From the great exertions of Captain Smith and
officers of the Medway, and the excellent qualities of
the life-boats, in so hear y a sea, which no other boats
neollu,lld.erbe afayseey
lencountered with such numbers on board,
got on board the Medway, with the
exception of one boy, (a n apprentice), Wm. Williams,
who was unfortu
mained as close to hnattel7 drowned. The Medway re-
_ e wreck as the violence of the
gale would allow with safety, and the following morn-
ing the wind and sea having considerably moderated,
afloat,
and the Isis being sal boats were sent to as-
certain if a possibility remained of towing her into
Bermuda, about 40 -miles distant but a few moments
sufficed to convince them that such anh attempt would
be useless, as the water was now rus
sa-
loon, and the lower deck was alreadyll rs into the y
noon the ship had sunk so deep in -thensvatte ulla.s to
Bboa'soblige all the boa to leave her. The Med_w_sracy kept
near the spot until daylight, when ittlievasni
discovered
o a ved
fre
that the Isis had gone down during
spars and hencooa a, &c., being seen flowing on thew
Water, the only f ernains of this noble but ill-fated

rißr. IN THAIIr.S..STaLET.—A fire h.oke out on
I~ti~ jay afternoon in I Tpper Thames -str pet, Opposite
All-hailows Church and Calvert's L revery, on pro-
Inigel occupied by M 3 druggist, and
Messrs. Ramsey,
na-
Messrs. Dawson and Bolt, drysalterr—
From the
ture Of the materials, the appearance. was. for ner.rlyi
an hour, of a terrific description ; I ,te, by the arrivu
of several engines,
and a plentiful rift. speedy supply
of water, the fire was shortly maste.:ed, though not
Until the whole of the building. Earl been entirely
destroyed. The origin of the fire'isnot exactly known ;
but it is generally believed to havecarboy bet n caused by the
. of turpentine, ' upon which the
spark from a candle had fallen, ail iich immediately
ignited, and spread with the most fearful rapidity.
The damage is estimated at 24000/.
BROCKETT HALL, HERTS.---17 be° out Melbourne
.is going on favourably, and, in eons equence of his
'Lordship's improved health, no f irther bulletins have
been dispatched to South-strei It since Tuesday last.
Dr. Holland, however, occasfc ~Wally visits his noble
ithent.

. LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COYRT OF CHANCERY. Nov. 5.
COTTRELL V. SIMMONS—JCDGMMNT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this
case. The matter came before the Court sometime
since upon motion for the re-sale of certain property
sold under the decree of the Court. The sale took
place as far back as August 1838, soon afterwards that
sale was confirmed, and the purchase money had been
paid into Court. Under such circumstances, and after
such a lapse of time, the Court would require a strong
case to justify it in ordering are-sale. The application
for that purpose was made in the name of the heir-
at-law, Henry Flecknoe, who was an infant at the
time of the sale, but had since come of age. He had,
however, made no affidavit in support of the motion,
and it might well be doubted from the state of the
funds, in the present case 'whether he had any inte•
rest at all in the matter. It was admitted that Man-
ning, the purchaser, did not make the purchase on
his own account, but for some of the defendants.
There was much conflicting evidence on the points
for whom the purchase was made; in one instance, it
I):As said, it was made for Edward Simmons alone, while
on the other hand it was said it was for Edward
Simmons and his wife. Manning stated in his affi-
davit that he made it for Simmons and his wife, but
that point was not at all settled by the affidavit that
had been filed. Then it was said that the transac-
tion was altogether irregular, as the previous sanction
of the Court to the biddings had not been obtained;
but that, in his Lordship's opinion, was not a suffi-
cient ground for setting aside a sale. It was then
said the price was grossly inadequate, that the
transaction was fraudulent, and on that ground a
re-sale was asked. It was further suggested
that at the sale a report was circulated that it was for
the benefit of the widow and children, in order to
prejudice and damp the sale. That objection, how-
ever, was sufficiently answered, it was contradicted
by the auctioneer and by Mr. Manning, the latter of
whom stated that it was supposed he was bidding for
a relation of his own, a wealthy grazier. As to the
inadequacy of price, it was sworn that every step
had been taken to make the sale public, that
it was well attended, and that the biddings were
numerous, and that good prices were offered. On
the other hand, several persons had made affidavits,
farmers and others, in.which they stated that the pro-
perty was sold grossly under its value, that it was
worth 801. an acre free of incumbrance; and some
stated that if it had been put up again, more might
have been obtained for it ; but there was no direct
statement by any of the parties that they would give
such a price. It was also not to be forgotten that
this was the sale of a reversion, the purchase of which
was a species of lottery, and if the sale as stated
was well attended, and there were many bidders, his
Lordship could not help thinkipg the result of the sale
was the fairest test of the value of the property in
the market, and the probability was that the property
would not sell for more if put up again. His Lord-
ship, after considering all the facts relied upon in
support of the motion, had come to the conclusion
that no sufficient case had been made out
to justify the Court in setting aside the sale; such a
course would be unjust to the creditors, and the ap-
plication therefore must be refused. The plaintiffs
would have their costs, but the parties who had in-
fringed the rules of the Court must not have theirs.

the COURT then procceded with the hearing of
bankrupt petitions.

EX PARTE SMITH V. BAILIN.

This case came before the Court upon a special case
in the nature of an appeal from the decision of the
Court 'of Review. The appeal was on behalf of Mr.
Smith, a solicitor, who had acted professionally for the
petitioning creditor, and also under the fiat in the
matter of nallin. A petition had been presented to
the Court of Review against Mr. Smith, praying,
that he might be ordered to pay to the official assig-
nee a sum of 951. which he had received in his cha-
racter of solicitor, on the ground that he had wrong-
fully detained it. The Court of Review was of
opinion that Mr. Smith was not entitled to retain
the money, and ordered . him to pay it ac-
cordingly, and from that decision the present
appeal was brought. From the statement of the
Counsel on behalf of Mr. Smith ; it appeared that he
claimed to keep the money on the ground of his hav-
ing given an indemnity to the Sheriff, and also as a
lien for certain costs. The circumstances out of which
the claim to retain the money was made, were as fol-
lows :—Shortly after the bankruptcy of Hallin, a
doubt arising as to the validity of the fiat, an execution
was put into the house of the bankrupt. The Sheriff
upon taking possession refused to allow the as-
signees under the bankruptcy to take the goods ;
upon this Mr. Smith, with the consent of the
assignees, gave the Sheriff an indemnity, upon
which he released the goods, which were sold under
the bankruptcy, by an auctioneer in Chancery-lane.
That auctioneer, being Mr. Smith's landlord, the
value of the goods was not given to Mr. Smith in
money, but it was allowed him in the settlement of
accounts between him and his landlord, and Mr.
Smith had expressed his readiness to pay over the
money to the official assignee, provided he had given
to him a counter-indemnity; but this being refused,
the present proceedings were taken.
Mr. Anderson appeared in support of' the appeal,
and Mr. James Russell was counsel for the parties in
whose favour the judgment below was.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, after the facts stated
in the special case were properly set forth, the appel-
lant had no locus standi in the Court, but he would
carefully consider the special case before he pro-
nounced
his judgment.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 5.
(Sittings in Banco.)
ROSE V. THE. EAST INDIA COMPANY.

The plaintiff in this case was the owner of a vessel
called the Fleming, which had been taked up by the
defendants for the conveyance of troops from this
country to India; and the action was brought to re-
cover a balance of 4281., alleged to be due to the
plaintiff, being one-third part of the sum agreed to be
paid by the defendants for the hire of the vessel. The
case was tried before Lord Denman at the last London
sittings after Term, and the Jury found for the plain-
tiff for the full amount claimed.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved for a rule
nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict
was contrary, if not to the whole, certainly to the
greater portion of the evidence. This was a question
involving matters of great importance as regarded the
health, comfort, and convenience of troops during
the period of their passage from one part
of her Majesty's dominions to another. The facts of
the case were the: e. The East India Company had
engaged a vessel, called the Fleming, of which plain-
tiff was sole owner and master, and which was of 600
tons burthen, for the conveyance to India of 103
soldiers, 3 officers, and 2 women. The Court was
aware that by various Acts of Parliament the East
India Company was compelled to employ in their do-
minions in the East at least 20,000 troops belonging
to the Crown ; and that they were bound to convey
those troops from, and bring them back to this coun-
try. The Government, in order to secure the health
of the troops on the passage, had made it a regulation
that no troops should be embarked' on board any' ship
which had any dogs on board. Th
awarge of the regulation, and alsoe poflaitnhtieff
fact,was
that the troops for the conveyance of which his ship
had been taken up were Queen's troops. The Fleming
had been inspected by Major-General W. Ward,
who
rcFne4 0,0. she was in a fit state for the recep-
tion of her Majesty's troops. At the time of this
examination there were no dogs on board. On the
troops embarking, however, the commanding officer
perceived a most offensive smell, and on inquiry
found it proceeded from a pack of fox-hounds, which
were kennelled under the long boat. The plaintiff,
notwithstanding the remonstrance of the officer, re-
fused to land the dogs. The matter was reported to
the Horse Guards, and the authorities ordered that
the troops should be disembarked, and should proceed
to India in some other vessel. The agreement of the
defendants had been to pay the passage money in two
portions—one-third when the ship had been at sea two
months, and the balance on her arrival in India.
The defendants, under the circumstances, had refused
to pay any portion of the money, and, as soon as the
ship had been at sea two months, the present action
had been brought. At this trial some of the highest
medical authorities gave it as their opinion, that it
would have been extremely prejudicial to the health of
the troops to hare gone out in a vessel which had dogs
on board. The vessel had since arrived in India, and
the plaintiff had brought another action to recover the
residue of the passage money.
Lord DENMAN suggested that it would be better to
await the issue of that trial before making an applica-
tion for a new trial in the present action.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL adopted the suggestion
of his 11,3rdship, and withdrew his application for the
present.

COOK V. THE AYLESBURY RAILWAY COMPAIIY.I.7.
This was an action brought by a farmer occupying
lands abutting on the line of the Aylesbury Railway,
to receive damages for certain cows which had strayed
out of Ins field upon the line, had been run over by a
train, and destroyed. The cause was tried at Hert-
ford, before the Lord Chief Baron, and the Jury had
returned a verdict for defendants.
Mr. Sergeant SHEA applied for a rule nisi for a
new trial, on the ground that the verdict was
against the weight of evidence. By the. Aylesbury
Railway Act the Company were hound to erect gates
which should open inwards on all lands abutting on
the line,
and to keep those gates in repair. On the part of
the plaintiffit was shown that the gates were intended to
swing, to, and shut of themselves, but that their con-
struction was so bad that the wind would blow them
open. There was evidence on the other side to show
that the gates were properly constructed. The
was the duty of the compan—
Learned Judge in summing up told the Jury that it.) to keep the gates in
repair The Jury retired, and de!ivered their verdict
in the absence of the Lord Chief Baron. The verdict
was in the following terms —" Verdict for the de-

fendant ; at the same time the Jury consider the pre-
sent condition of the gates capable of improvement;
the condition of which they specially recommend to
the Aylesbury Railway Company." If it had not been
for the language used in the verdict, and the summon-
ing up of the Learned Judge, the present application
would most probably not have been made; but he
submitted that the language of the verdict proved that
the Jury were of opinion that the gates were not pro.
perly constructed, and that therefore their verdict for
the defendant was against evidence: -
Lord Di MAN—The question seems to me to be
whether the Lord Chief Baron was satisfied with the
verdict. The language appended to the verdict seems
to me to be language without meaning. A Jury has
no right at all to interfere in such things. It only
tends to keep up litigation.
The COURT took time to consider its judgment.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 5.
MORTIMER AND ANOTHER V. CRADOCE.

The plantiffs in this ease are the eminent jewellers,
Mortitner and Storr, New Bond-street, and the de-
fendant is a coffee-house-keeper in King-street,
Covent-garden. The circumstances out of which the
action arose were, that in the spring of 1840 the
plaintiffs.missed out of their stock a diamond neck-
lace, antique, and valued at 5001. About the same
time the defendabt sold a large brilliant for 901., eight
diamonds of a peculiar cut for 301., and 14 small fcr
70/. to certain dealers of respectability in the City of
London. The large brilliant and eight smaller were
Sold to Messrs. Blogg and Martin, who, upon hearing
of the plaintiff's loss, and comparing these jewels with
the advertised description• of those which composed
the missing necklace, were convinced of their
identity. 1 hey accordingly took the stones which
they had purchased to Messrs. Mortimer, who imme-
diately recognised them as component parts of the
necklace. Of the large stone there was said to be no
doubt ; and although it had no fault or peculiar mark,
it was said by all the witnesses on the trial to be such
a stone, that it could be recognised amongst any num-
ber of diamonds. The lesser brilliants were also
found to have been of the same cutting and quality as
those that had formed part of the necklace. They
were not all of one size, but graduated, and set in a
fashion which might be " from fifty to five hundred
years old." The defendant was then applied to for an
explanation of the manner in which he became
possessed of them, when he said that he
had been employed to dispose of them by
a person named Wilson, of whom, however, he knew
nothing more than that he travelled a good deal on
the Continent, and had some dealings with the defen-
dant when he was in the watch and jewellery busi-
ness, in the, New-cut, Lambeth. The plaintiffs
brought this action for the value of the lost necklace,
on the ground that so many of the richest stones be-
longing to it were traced to the • defendant, and that
the latter could not show that he had purchased them
legally in open market. The Jury found for the
plaintiffs in the full amount-5001.
Mr. Sergeant CIIANNELL now moved for a nonsuit
or a new trial, on the ground that if the plaintiff's
case were true, and the diamonds traced to Cradock
were really theirs, they could have detained them when
they were produced in Court, leaving those who had
purchased from the defendant to their remedy against
him for the moneys paid to him.
The COURT held that the plaintiffs could not have
detained the jewels, as they had been purchased ac-
cording to the usage of the trade, and in open mar-
ket ; nor could they (were it otherwise) take any
course to obtain repossession of the property without
separate actions against the several holders.
Mr. Sergeant CIIANNELL, after the opinion from
the Court, would content himself with asking for a
rule to show cause why the verdict should not be re-
duced to 1901., being the fair value of so much of the
property as had been traced to the defendant.
The COURT would grant such a rule on a condition
only, that the defendant should pay into Court that
sum of 190/., together with the taxed. costs in the
cause up to the argument on the rule.
Mr. Sergeant CIIANNELL took the rule on this condi-
tion, and then put in affidavits (not, he said, for any
legal effect, but to justify his client's conduct), and
from these it appeared, that jewels of the same cha-
racter with those which formed the subject of this ac-
tion had been seen in the possession of Wilson, in
Paris, and afterwards in that of another dealer, named
Katz, in London, and dealings of a prior date were
shown to have passed between these persons and the
defendant.

BAIL COURT, Nov. 5.
BAINBRIDGE V. BOOTH.
Mr. BYLES in this case moved for a rule to show
cause why the award made should not be set aside,
on the ground of the improper refusal of the
arbitrator to hear evidence on the last plea in the
action. The defendant, it appeared, gave a cup, value
40 guineas, to be run fur at the Bedford races on cer-
tain conditions, which it was alleged had been won by
the .plaintiff, who had fulfilled the necessary con-
ditions, but the defendant refused to give up the cup.
A difference as to the right of the cup having thus
arisen, the parties agreed to refer the subject to
whatever arbitrator should be appointed by the
Duke of Bedford. Two gentlemen were ap-
pointed by his Grace, namely, Colonel An-
son and George Bayne, Esq., who decided against
the defendant. This was the subject of the last plea,
to which the plaintiff replied that the cause of action
was not referred to the arbitration of persons chosen
by the Duke:of Bedford, which became a material issue
in the cause. Before it came to be tried, it was a
second time referred—on the part of the
the plaintiff to Mr. Cromlyn, and to Lord Charles
Russell on the part of the defendant, who disagreed
on the subject. It was a third time referred to the
Hon. Capt. Rous, and three affidavits were sworn as
tothe manner iu which he acted as umpire. The first was
by Mr. Booth, who swore that when the action took
place the Duke of Bedford was in Devonshire, and
that he applied for an adjourned hearing of the case, to
have the benefit of his Grace's testimony, to
which Captain Rous replied, that though his respect
for the persons named by the Duke of Bedford was great
yet he would pay no attention to them; that he had a
sort of compound of sea-faring and racing in his head,
and would cut the matter short.—(Laughter.) He
(Captain Rous) also stated that there would be no use
in hearing the case, if he was guided by other people.
There was also an affidavit made by Lord Charles
Russell, who stated that he was present on the 22d
of June at the place of hearing, and that Captain
Rous refused to hear evidence of the fact that the
question of dispute was before decided by per-
sons chosen by the Duke of Bedford, and
that in his (deponent's) opinion, the defendant
was thereby deprived of a meerial part of his
defence. '1 he decision of the umpire was adverse
to the defendant. He (Mr. Byles) submitted that
such a decision should not have been given when the
umpire refused to hear any evidence on the part of
the defendant.
Mr. Justice PATTEsoN—He does not appear to have
understood his duty at all. Take a rule.
BOSANQUET AND OTHERS V. GRAHAM.
Mr. THESIGER applied for a hearing in this ease,
which is that of the Westminster Bank against an
officer of the Southern Banking Company As the
case was one of a peculiar nature, and likely to occupy
a considerable portion of time, his Lordship said that
it would be better it should stand over till Monday.
Mr. THESIGER—The circumstances are pressing,
and perhaps your Lordship would hear it in chambers.
Mr. Justice PATTESON—That would be still worse,
for when I go there at three o'clock, there are gene-
rally 30 or 40 short cases to be heard. If I cannot
hear it to-day, it must stand till Monday.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius.)
defTenhdals BARBER V. LYNN.
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umbrellafor false imprisonment. The
living
he
in Exmouth-street, Clerkenvvell, put in a manufacturer,
vdistress
for rent on the goods of a p
North, residing at No. 12, Northamptoenr-sroonw,
where
the plaintiff also was. The plaintiff was named
seen coming
out of the house about ten o'clock, after the distress
was made, with abed in his possession, and was met by a
police constable named Taylor, who made him go back
with the bed, and went to inform Mr. Lynn of the fact.
Mr. Lynn caine with the constable and gave Barber to
the policeman for a felony in stealing the bed, who
took him to the station-house, where he was confined
in a cell till next morning, when the charge of folcmy
was dismissed by Mr. Coombe, the Magistrate.
The Jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, 5/.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, .Nov. 5.
IN RE HENRY. ELLIS.

The bankrupt was described as a horse-dealer. The
amount of debts in -his schedule was 4,7501., and the
assets were comparatively nothing. It appeared that
he had had at one time several contracts for horsing
coaches upon the North-road, but one by one, as the
railways became the general mode of travelling, the
coaches were taken off the road, and in one instance,
where a Leeds coach was given up, he had to sell no
less than 37 horses by auction, whereby he lost a
large sum. The only property which it was consi-
dered would be made available to his estate was a re-
versionary annuity, to which his wife would become
entitled after the death of her mother, which consisted
of certain freeholds in Chelsea, amounting to about
3001. a year. There were also lodged in Court some
bills of exchange, drawn by the, bankrupt, and ac-
ceptel by the well-known Goodered, the former pro-
prietor of the Piccadilly Saloon, but these were al-
most valueless, from the fact of oodered himself being
a probationer in this Court.
The further examination was adjourned t# the sth
of December.

The toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" is gene-
rally dropped at the agricultural dinners this year.
The omission is very natural. Should the distresses
both of the farmers and of their customers continue,
as they seem likely to continue, and to become yet
more aggravated, perhaps next year the vacancy thus
left may be filled up by " Free Trade."