The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

MESMERISM.
TO THE TDITOR OF THE LEAMINGTON SPA COURIER.
Sir,—On Thursday night last, Mr.,Spencer T. Hall, at the
close of the lecture, made, I undo stand, a very violent and
vulgar attack upon me during my absence. The cause of this
attack was, that I bad publicly exposed the hollowness of
some of his pretensions to Mesmerism, and that I called in
question the honesty of the two boys who itinerate with him,
and perform at his exhibitions. As it was only towards the
close of his philippic, about eleven o'clock, that I returned to
the room, I -had not the pleasure of hearing the more furious
portion of his address; what I did hear, however, seemed to
me rather the spasmodic violence of a weak mind, convulsed
by rage and shame, than the indignant utterance of an honest
man, who haS been traduced. I have no personal dispute
With Mr. Hall, nor with any man of his character and mode
of life. I have no objection to Mesmerism, fairly inquired
into, whatever; that there are certain phenomena belonging
to the art well worthy of the attention of men of science, is an
opinion I have long entertained and expressed ; but the im-
posture by which the art is surrounded—and by which it is
retarded far more than by the apathy and opposition of
medical men—this I felt compelled to condemn. My only
object in interfering in this business at all was to advance
truth, or rather to retard error, by exposing imposture; and
it is in further pursuance of the same object that I now

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ragged very bold triage 23s to 23s 6d, bold pale triage 255, 00
BUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. good bold triage mixed with black Iss, sea-damaged I2s vu
to 25s 6d. Of Rio 73 bags and 37 casks went at moderate aft
...-.....--.. rates, middling blue bright at 595 6d, fine ordinary brown sot
BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) 473 to 48s, sea-damaged 465, fine fine ordinary dull sound 38s c,
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) 6cl to 39s 6d, and fine ordinary 36s per cwt. an
Tna.-To-day Tea was purchased with caution and former ci,
THE QUEEN V. HOOKWAY, rates were barely supported, 91/2d to 10d being taken for th
Mr. ATHERTON applied for leave to exhibit articles of the
common sound Congou, and ,tofor common
101/2d lid good
peace against Johnilookway. The Learned Counsel statedPo
The rate of ord Twankay is Is 2d, and Hyson ditto is 10c1 m,
that the exhibitant in this case was Charles Arthur Pulley,
an attorney, who was engaged in some legal proceedings on to 2s per lb. bs
SPIRITS-Jamaica Rum of all descriptions has been in ex- '
behalf of a Iceman named George, the sister-in-law' of the m
-client request for home consumption and exportation since wi
defendant. On the 25th of October last the exhibitant at-
Tuesday last, and prices have risen ld to 2d per gallon : the a
tended at the house of the defendant for the purpose of
purchases amounted to 500 puns. The supply at market in
serving him with a copy of a writ of summons, and also
with a detlaration of ejectment, with a view to the recovery has much diminished, especially the better kinds. Leeward ;0
Island is greatly wanted, and prices are still on the ascendancy. at
of some lands claimed by Mrs. George. Exbibitant ex- For D the demand has been active, andadvance '
or emerara
plained the nature of the proceedings, and on hearing them
the value of 2d to 4d per gallon has taken place for strong re
he called to his wife to briug him his gun, as he would shoot
cles •_ • 34d 3s 6d h • been paid
criptions, 5 to having for 200 puns ro
him. He then entered the house and came out again with a
33 to 39 per cent over proof; common has fetched stiffer 01
blind roller, with which he aimed a blow at the head of the
rates, 2s 3d having been paid for 500 puns proof strength.
x.hehiLbli,tia.nt,,aenmd bruised his hand, and destroyed the papers tr
H abreirepeated blows at the exhibitant, saying, Calcutta is still much wanted, arid even further advanced it
" I will kill you, by G-d.." The exhibitant got away, and rates would be paid, but the supply at market is insufficient a,
proceeded to a magistrate rained Patterson, who issued a for the demend of exporters and the home trade. The
warrant, on which the defendant was apprehended. He was deliveries of all kinds of Rum are still far exceeding c,
fined 20s. and cosfS, or fourteen days' imprisonment. He paid the arrivals ; prices are lower than they were last (A
the money. and then followed the exhibitant for half a mile season ; and stocks much the same as they were at a,
along a lonely road, using the most violent threats and the that time. Brandy is little wanted, and prices continue on pi
most obscene language; until he was taken into custody by the decline for all kinds. Geneva is wanted for exportation, re
a policeman. The exhibitant was in bodily fear of the de- and common brings 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and fine for home con- t(
fendant, as he was of ungovernable temper, and did not con- sumption 2s 7d to 2s 10c1, Notwithstanding the continued t(
eider his life safe. advance in the value of British Corn Spirits, still the demand ti
The application was granted. has been active at lOs 9d per gallon, net cash, and there is ai
not more being made than is required. For Gin the demand ri
COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) has been active at 9s 2d for 22, and at 9s 7d for 17 per cent F
under proof. I'
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) RICE.-Bengal has met with less attention, and although h
EMERY V. RICHARDsON. the market has been but moderately supplied, still a decline h
This was an action of debt for money had and received, in prices of 6d per cwt has taken place. Of Java the market if,
which the defendant contested, and the case was tried before is without a supply ; large parcels would find buyers if a
the Sheriff of Middlesex, and a verdict returned for the plain- offered, and at stiff rates. Cleaned Rice is wanted, and prices
tiff. Mr. Gill subsepuently obtained a rule nisi to show cause rule very firm . h
why there should not be a new trial, on the ground of mis- SPICES.-To-day at public sale 104 barrels of Jamaica d
direction. The action arose out of a disputed bet, which the Ginger were only in part sold at previous prices, good quality 2
plaintiff deposited with the defendant, but afterwards brought went at 414 s to 5/ 15s, good middling 31 to 31 15s, middling r
the present action to recover back the amount, on the 56s to 58s. 211 pockets 200 bags of Bengal went at moderate I
ground that the bet had been illegally made. rates, fine scraped at 43s to 50s.
Mr. Malaise, Q.C., now appeared to show cause against
COCHE4EAL.-This afternoon the market was more liberally 1
the rule nisi, and remarked that the question which had to be supplied, buyers were not much inclined to operate. At public I
decided upon the trial was whethersta bet of 10s. upon a foot- sale 129 bags were brought forward, and the chief part sold, (
race of 5/. a•side was a legal or an illegal contract but at a decline on former rates of Id to 2d per lb.
Mr. GILL-No; the question was whether a party deposit-
Hors.-The official duty for the kingdom is at 160,0001.
ing money in the hands of a stakeholder could recover the Prices keep up for Hops, but there are not many purchasers
money back in a certain event. at present ; there is not a large quantity offering for sale.
Mr. Manias concurred in the view of his Learned Friend. Olis.-There has been a limited business transacted in 1
The action was brought to recover 10s., which had been de- Olive Oil this week, and prices have slightly given way. For j
posited with Richardson ; and by a recent deci- Linseed Oil further reduced rates having been taken, tempted ,
sion of the Court upon this point, the plaintiff had a the trade to come forward more freely, and a good business I
right to recover before the event transpired which has been transacted. Rape is wanted, and brings firm rates. 4
was to determine the bet, on the ground that it was illegal. For Cocoa Nut former rates are insisted upon, but i
In this case, however, the defendant refused to refund the the demand has been less active. Prices rule firm I
money, and one of the parties having walked over the course for Palm, and there has been a good business doing. ,
for the race the money was paid to him. Now, he con- Holders of Seal having submitted to a further reduction in
tended that the bet was illegal, and therefore the defendant prices, tempted buyers to operate with more freedom. In I
had rendered himself liable to the action in not refunding Southern the operations are upon a more ext ended scale, but -
the money when it was demanded of him. The at low rates. Sperm has been purchased with increased
first statutes relating to gaming were the 16th of Charles 11. freedom, and stiffer rates have been given.
said the 7th of Anne, chap. 114 the 3d section of the.first Act Tattow.-ePricea for Russian are not so firm, but on the
. kavalidated Aid .hills of exchange, and ,bets above 1001., spot a good business has been trausaeted.. ;Town Tallow has
. where the consideration depended upon the result of any met with, a ready sale at 428. nett. cash. ,In other descrip-
kame, horse, or foot-race ; and the 2cl section rendered lion's -there has been a good bueiness transacted, and the
' illegal all . bets which ~had been won by fraud or colli- -. public sales generally went off at prices rather above those
sion. . The statute of. Anne reduced the amount 'previously quoted.
filen' 1001.:.t° 10/,
rendered all debts upon tie or COURSE
credit illegal, and declared certain races and games fraudu- ' OF EXCUANGE-- (THIS DAY.)
lent, giving power to parties depositing money with stake-
Amsterdam CF.. 12 104 .Gibraltar.... ...-..... -
lioklas, as bets upon such games or to demand and Ditto, at sight l2 7 Leghorn ... .. ..... -.. 30 75
' reco...er back '
•the. amd,. provided tiles-demand was made Rotterdam • 2 IL- 12 11 Genoa 26 16 '
within three months of the deppsit, or. before the race came Antwerp 26 15 Milan ..... .. s-- -
off. He did not, however, contend that the race in Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice .... ....... ..... -
the present instance was illegal ; but be relied
Altona - Naples .... 39/
upon the case of Applehard r. Colley, registered in 10 Meeson
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Palermo, per 0z...... 1191
rid Wailsby, which was A decision upon the statute he had Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon
tr tioned last, and which confirmed the Ist section of the 7th Marseilles
of Anse, chap.ll, declaring all bees and wagers, the considera- Bourdeaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro -........ 24
tion for which depended upon gaming. horse or foot-racing, Frankfort on Maine 1224 Bahia ............. ...... -
so be null and void. He might remied their Lordsbips that Petersburgh, 3 Us.. - Buenos Ayres -
(0R Legislature in the past session had been guided by.this Berlin - NewYork,2ldyssight -
dcelaion while dealing with and amending the law of gaming. Vienna, effee. eo lO 8 Philadelphia 6.• -
Mr. GILL relied top upon the case of Applehard Trieste, ditto
v. Colley, and directC:.a. t•heir Lordships' attention Mad 36t Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9
to the fact that by !he statute of Anne Cadiz
bets and wagers under 101. were lea: But his Learned „Ai_ - New Poubbons..... 00 0
Friend raid the decision in Applehard v. t7:11"... - New Dollars OO 0
wagers and bets illegal, but if their Lordships wOulu. .
mean all IT;reev7ona
'!'°‘ to Sevilla - Silver in 8a55..... 00 0
Ike closing of the judgment, they would find that it was al. r -
wagers and bets upon credit that were illegal. Here, bow- LA 1, PRICES F SHARES
ST O
ever, there was no credit; the stakes had been deposited a -
on the spot, so had the bet, and he submitted N BANKS, ASSURE._ PANIE.4 NCE,_ -.rig
ANT) OTHER COM-
therefore, that the rule ought to be made absolute.
SI k_,,,---.
The Lorin CHIEF BARON agreed with the Learned Coon- S'
sel for the defendant, that this was not a bet upon credit, for
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From etc Official List,
It was admitted that both the bet and the stakes hadheen
paid down. Upon looking at the statute, it was clear that runusuED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
the Legislature wished to put an end to betting upon tic or LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18.
credit, but not to betting under 10/., where the stake and
701NT-STOCZ. BANKS.
the bet were deposited in the hand of some stakeholder on
the spot. In his opinion the rule ought to be made absolute.
Dividend Amount
Mr. Baron P AnnuARKE was clearly of opinion that there ought Name of Company. perm. Share.
of Paid. Price
to be a new trial ; and he apprehended the case of Apple.
hard 11. Colley justified such a step, for the decision in that X so. d. X s. d.
ease acknowledged the validity of bets and wagers under 101., Australasia ••• • • • .... 6L per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32
where the money was produced and deposited in the hands of Brash North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 0 0 0 47
a stakeholder on the spot. Commercia lof London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 00 0 24
Mr. Baron ALDFitsoN and Mr. Baron Rotez concurred in colonial.- •• • ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
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this opinion, and the Court ordered the rule to be made rt..,onniinmailodilnVatmocirt.r. rt.. perr cent.
.nt. ir, 0 0. 2.
10 0 0 1414
absolute. Metropolitan ..... •• • • per
25 0 0 7 10 0
................ Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 47%
THE LoNDON GAZETTF. Ditto, view.........a10f Ixeland .Z: 1133:rr cent.eent r 0 0 0 10
0 0 .11
(THIS EVENING.) Nat. Provricial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New.• •, • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
__-...,.....--. Union of Australia.... - 25 002500 , 24 N
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 14, 1845. Union of L0nd0n..... 1 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' 13
Royal Regiment of Artillery-First Lieutenant W. B.
G-'rduer to be Second Captain, vice Airev, deceased ; Second WATER-WORKS
Lieutenant L. G. Paget to be First Lieutenant, vice Gardner, -
Oct. 29. Dividend Amount ,
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.-
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R. R. Coxwell, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, Oct 25.
X s, d.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. -
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Michaelmas Term.-9th Victoria. East London... ••• • • 81. 100 0 0 - 230
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Grand Junction •...... 31.
17th November 1845. 46 13 4 - 1,2
Kent ................ 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 -
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This Court will, on Wednesday the 3d, Thursday the 4th,
Vauxhall ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 - -
Friday the sth, Saturday the 6th, Monday the Bth of De-West Middlesex .• •• • • 41. 16s. pr ct. 63 12 9 -• 130
-ember next. and the three next following days, hold sit-
- Ling., and will proceed in disposing of the business in the INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Special Pdper and New Trial Paper, and in giving judgment
Dividend Amount
in cases that may then be pending.
By the Court Name of Company• per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
x s. d. X s. a.
Michaelmas Term.-9th Victoria. - -
Monday, Nov. 17, 1845. Almon .............. 31. 10, 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
This Court will, on Monday, the Ist day of December next, Alliance Brit. and Fer. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
bold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business Ditto Marine.. .....
16:;.p6ej cernst 10050 0 0 :0 o 6%
then pending in the Special Paper on the said Ist day of 123_:
lrtitisn.•C•o•nnm•e•r•c•ia•l• :•. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 o 0
o 0
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December Lext, and on the five following days, being the Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6A
2d, 3d, 4th, sth, and 6th days of December next. County .. .•.••• • • • • • • 31. 100 0010 0 0
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The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas C.onyngham Tindal, Knt, Economic Life .•
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Lord ChielJustice of he:Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
appointed Edward Swinborne Chalk, of Chelmsford, in the Europeaa Life.• • • • • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All pal d. 20
county of Essex. Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Com- !_reoemasons' --•••• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
missioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be ut
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more aim* modes of assurance, in and for the county of Indemnity Marine •• -1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 .
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address you.
Though I had said nothing discourteous of Mr. Hall, I
could not be surprised at his vehemence and venom. He had
come here looking for fame and fortune, and found, instead,
detection and disgrace. It. was his intention, 1 am told, to
pursue his mesmeric practice here for some period.; but the
reception he has met with will, I venture to predict, ma-
terially shorten his stay. Had these lectures been permitted
to pass uncriticised, there would have been numbers of pa-
tients belonging to the town sent to sleep before the public,
and we should have been once more deluged with mesme-
risees ; whereas, it seems now impossible to procure one.
Had Mr. H., whom I have beard called the Eagle among
mesmeric fowls, not been marked down at first, he would
have soared aloft in triumph over us duringthe whole winter;
but he finds his wings clipped now, and, as that noble bird
is said sometimes to do, is insanely dashing off his beak
against his cage.
The chief of his charges against me on Tuesday evening, I
have been informed, was, that the means I had used vs in-
duce the four boys exhibited at Mr. Donovan's Lecture on
Mesmerism, in March last, to confess their trickery, were
unfair. Now there were gentlemen of high respectability
present who will vouch for the fairness and candour with
which the whole was conducted; you, Sir, the editor of this
paper, were present taking a report, and know that there
was no doubt whatever of the guilt of the boys ; and they
are, moreover, still in the town, and adhere to their confes-
sion.- It is quite absurd to say, that because these boys con-
fessed for fear of justice, therefore their confessions are in-
valid. Supposing that Mr. Hall himself were, either from
conscientious fears, or fears of justice, to confess that he had
been long imposing on the public—that he had, at first, been
himself deceived, and at last ended by deceiving others,
does he think any one would doubt the sincerity of his con-
fession? Perhaps "little Henry" and his companion might
doubt him, and declare that this was all done from " fear of
the policeman," but no one, whose virtue had not been ex-
alted and purified by mesmeric influences, would have any
doubt of it whatever.
The other charge against me was, that I have taken away
the character of these boys. I confess I think it would be
very difficult to take away their good character; I am aware
it has often been attempted in various towns, but as, ex nihila
nihil fit, uniformly without success. The time, I have no
'doubt, Will shortly come/ when they will be much obliged to
any one who will take away their present character. Mr.
Hall's mesnieric predecessor in Leamington, Mr. Donovan,
urged the same ,argument in, the case of his four young
friends,-and the public sympathised with the whole five until,
the deception was discovered. Mr. Donovan had the no-.
&sty to decamp without attempting explanation or defence)
and think it would have been quite as sound policy had'
, Mr. Hall follewed his example. Mr. Hall, I hear, talks, on
'talked of an action at law to be brought against me.on ad
eant of '"'little Henry." It would be amusing te learn
what dainagea twelve Englishmen would award "for loss of
wages as a public somnambulist," or "for injury done his
-character as a clairvoyant."
Only one Scotch professor, and one distinguished English
physician, are believers in mesmerism—and these are consi-
dered authority sufficient to weigh down all other professors
and physicians; but, unfortunately, there is no mesmeric
judge, so that I suspect it will be prudent to defer the action
until " the science" is further advanced.
The reasons why I, and many others besides myself, look
upon the whole of the conduct of these boys as trick are the
following Many itinerant mesmerisers and platform
boys have already been discovered to be imposters ;—so
much so that Dr. Elliotson, Miss Martineau, and the more
respectable believers, will not recognise in any way these
wandering advocates of the science. To suspect them from
the first, therefore, is reasonable. 2d. They exhibit nothing
but what any boys awake could easily show. The rigidity of
the muscles, as shown by the little boy, is easily learnt, and
any common posture boy, or dancing girl, performs much
more difficult feats than those boasted of as wonders by Mr.
H. Yet it is upon the fact that these feats are beyond the
power of a boy in his natural condition, that we are asked
to believe in them. Bd. The exaggerations of the per-
--e.nauee. These boys have in Leamiugton for three nights
11.1... •
• and elsewhere innumerable times, gone
successively,
~,,vies--thrown themselves into the
sthamroeugtahuetahuesze
vinivaannte:!'graspc,_
each others' hands in good
fellowship at " Auld 'Lang Syne," and exhibited the same
ridiculous grimacing and fiddli at " Such a getting up
stairs." Whatever was thought of the mere eerious portions
of the performance, this part was always leaked npon es mere
trick and absurdity even by most believers. Any one who
has read an article on "Natural So:nnambalisni," which the
mesmeric is asserted to simulate, can scarcely be deceived, but
will at once perceive that the drama. is grouping, and the
reiteration, night after night, of the same figures and fool.
eries, is totally inconsistent with any other belief than one of
previous arrangement and trick,
The playing at chess, under the pretence of their eyes being
closed, was too ridiculous even for comment. It was felt
even by a mesmeric audience to be "too bad." And this
brings me to notice other reasons for feeling convinced that
there is error and deception in the whole affair, and as one
consequence, among others, that the boys are deceiving the
public. Mr. Hall said he did not bring these boys forward
as cases of clairvoyance. But as it was understood distinctly
by the audience and by those gentlemen who peered
" scrutinisingly " under their eyelids,—who, in newspaper
phrase, " carefully tested the experiments," that the eyes
were closed, and that they were playing by mesmeric
means alone,—what was the case, if not one of clair-
voyance ? Either the eyes of the boys were open, and they
saw what they were doing, or if—as the audience
was induced to believe—their eyes were shut, then it was
clairvoyance. This led to an inquiry as to Mr. Hall's
present assertions respecting clairvoyance, and to an offer
that he should have 1001. if he could prove what he and all
other mesmeric writers assert to be the fact, viz., that clair-
voyants can be had who can read without the aid of vision.
How Mr. IL shrunk from this test the public is aware ; and
when we find a man thus practically proving his want of
belief in one of his most confident assertions—how Stan we do
otherwise than doubt him in others ? In his book, "Mes-
meric Experience"—and which, by-the-by, is the weakest
and most contemptible book of some eighteen or twenty
which I have read on the subject, done in the true Morrison 's
Pill style of literature—he says, speaking of Clairvoyance,
p. 87 :
" It must not, however, be inferred, that because so few ex-
amples of this or any other class of phenomena have been
introdnced. that such cases are rare. On the contrary, great
numbers of them have occurred under my immediate obser-
vation." Then again of "little Henry," the second day that
he was mesmerised," he was perfectly- lucid, and described the
internal structure and economy of the human frame, and the
di-eases of several strange parties with whom he was brought
into proximity, as clearly and correctly as could have been
done by a regular professor of anatomy," Fee. ; and further
on, of the same boy, he says, " he can read and run about,
and occasionally give the prognosis of a disease when in the
sleep ;" of course if the " reading" means anything here at all,
it is "reading" as he read the "internal structure" and
"diseases," by some power independent of vision; in short,
clairvoyance. Again, at p. 17, he mentions the case of a
phreno-mesmeric patient who became " more susceptible and
clear as the experiments proceeded, until he distinctly read
the papers as they were handed past the back of his head,
and soon afterwards gave with intense effect the natural
language of any organ my coadjutor thought of, even before
he had time to write the name of it !"
Clairvoyant patients, then, according to Mr. Hall, are
quite common, and so says almost every other mesmeric
writer ; but what can we consider their statements worth,
when they shrink from public proof, even with the prospect
of receiving a premium on their veracity?
One more quotation from Mr. Hall, though not from the
same book :
" J. F., on being thrown into the mesmeric trance at
Liverpool, as we sat side by side, described to us, as accu-
rately as any eye-witness could have done, what was then
transacting in a particular room in Sheffield, though he had
never been in it. not a leading question being put to him.
At Wolverhampton he described anything held behind his
head as accurately as though he had observed it with his
eyes; and, late on Saturday evening, read verbatim two let-
ters then coming to him by post, one from London, and the
other from Sheffield, which were not delivered to him till the
following day at Walsall."
Mr. Hall tells us he kept the post-office of his native town.
Should he ever return to that department, I trust that Sir
James Graham will engage him and "J. F." in his own
private office, by which means he may arrive at the contents
of letters without breaking their seals or creating national
discontents.
Believing, after much inquiry and reading on the subject,
that clairvoyance is a mere delusion, I shall leave the pro-
uosal I made to Mr. Hall open to all mesmerists (viz. to give
1000, and promise to fulfil my portion of the engagement,
if any clairvoyant,' from any country, can be found to read a
line of written or printed words shut up in the commonest
way from the usual organs of vision, provided the candidate
will suffer the forfeit if he fail.
When Mr. Hall excused himself from showing clairvoy-
ance on account of the " atmosphere of incredulity," lie
illustrated his incapacity to perform these feats before scep-
tical persons, by drawing a parallel between himself and our
Saviour, when in "his own country " the apostle Matthew
says, and Mr. H. quoted, as applicable to himself, " And he
did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief."
When this allusion was condemned by me, it was asserted by
Mr. H. that he bad made the reference in no improper spirit.
I imagine that no allusion whatever can be made to this sub-
ject in connexion with mesmerism, except one which is
impious,
Many mesmerists' assert that the miracles of our Saviour
were performed by means of mesmerism, and his healing dis-
eases, and changing water into wine, have their parallels in
mesmeric practice. Mr. Hall himself, more cautious, says,
" he does not deny " (p. 26) that our Saviour worked by
means of mesmerism, and sent forth his apostles to heal dis-
eases by means of the same agent. Now, the argument for
the truth of Christianity, drawn from the Scripture miracles,
is of too great importance to permit it to be insidiously
sapped in this manner. If there be any force in the argu-
ment drawn from the miracles of our Saviour at all, it must
be because the works done were proofs of superhuman power.
The divinity of His character and mission are asserted on
the grounds that the miracles could only be performed by one
of divine origin and nature. If our 'Saviour used a power
which 'science has unfolded to us, His works are no longer
misaegloui ;e the sense conveyed by Scripture, and the argu-
ment fails. •
When Captain 'Cook foretold 44 411p,7,e of the sun, and
thus awed the minds of the savages of the Smith See
he to them performed a miracle. Now to say that our
Saviour merely wrought his miraculous works by the agency
of a science unknown to the Jews, is to place him precisely
in the relation of Captain -Cook to the savages—a man of
science among barbarians—not a Divine Fief's.' among men.
Any interpretation, then, of these miracles whichb takes away
their superhuman character saps and destroys the evidence
they afford of the truth of Chriatiany, and any allusion
whatever to them in connexion with mesmerism is to be
condemned.
Another reason for my conviction that there was error and
imposture ape experiments, was that one of a very
striking nature, which: tooic .geaS hold of the public mind,
was omitted every night after the first-=-I Minds to the young
man, being enabled, " sering.round " two of the strongest
men in the room by bending his Arm in obedience to•th.e Mes-
meric traction of the lecturer. On the morning after the Ant lec-

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
----
X a. d. £ s. d.
Australasia • • • • • • .... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32
Britsh North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 47
Commercia lof London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24
.... • • • • • . • . • • 51 .... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15%
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25%
London Joint-Stock .•. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14
Metropolitan ..... • • • • 25 0 0 7 10 0
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 47%
Ditto, New.. • • • • • .• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24%
National of Ireland 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 19%
Nat. Provincial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Ditto, New. • • • • • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 ,
24
Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13

Thomas Wilkinson, ironmonger, Quadrant, Regent-street,
Ito surrender Nov. 28 and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Ba-
aingliall-street ; Dud and Wray, Great Marlborough-street.
John Sculthorp, colourman, Brick-bill-lane, Upper Thames-
street, Nov. 25, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 31, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
bridge.
; Robinson, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge.
William Vickers, bill broker, Carter-street, Walworth-
_road, Nov. 26, at two, and Dec. 31, at twelve, at the Court
out' Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings • Rodgers, King-street, Cheapside.
James 'Crane, malster, Crooked-lane, City, Nov. 28, at
I-Lair-past two, and Dec. 23, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane ; Ran-
dell, kiirchin-lane.
William Absalom Darby, builder, Charles-street, West-
bourne-terrace, Paddington, Dec. 2, at half-past twelve, and
Dec. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards:Fre-
derick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee; Robinson, Or-
bard-st reet., Portman-square.
Benjamin Purnell; vinegar dealer, Stepney, Nov. 28, at
two and Dec. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Goo m, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Henderson, Man-
sell-st-eet, Goodman's-fields.
John Lovegrove, barge builder, Rotherbithe-street, Ro-
therhittre, Nov. 25, at one, and Dec. 30, at half-past eleven,
St the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Coleman-street, offi-
cial assignee Freeman and Co., Coleman street.
Benjamin Wade, tailor, Strand, Nov. 28, at eleven, and
Jan. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside.

LIST OF SCOTTIES'S COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Pr,ce
Annum. Share.
----------
£ s. d. £ a. d
Bank of Scotland • • ... 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 174
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 G 0 165
British Linen Company 81' per cent. 100 0 0 230
Commercial Bank • • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 167
National Bank 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 16%
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 98%
Western Bank ... • •
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7 rq
Clydesdale Bank .• • • .• 61. per cent. 10 0 0 15%
Eastern Bank .. • • • . • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 111,E
Caledonian Bank • •
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 8 15 0 lb%
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11/
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0. 0 14%
Insur. Co. of Scotlnd.• 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 101,E
North British Incur. • • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28%
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24%
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19%
Edin. & Glasg. ILaUway 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72
Ditto, % Shares • •
Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 C 20 0 0 241%2
()lawn. & Ayrshir Rail. 51. per cent,. 50 0 0 All paid. 72
Giaagyv &Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 22%
Gisgw &Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45
Dundee& Arbrothßall. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36%
Standard Life Assernce.l 51 per cent. I 50- 0 0I 2 10 0 $

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of Nov. 18.)
ScoAß.—To-day there was little inclination manifested to
purchase West India Sugar for the scale and pan, but the
market being scantily supplied with all qualities, merchants
were enabled to obtain the rates of last week ; the business
done, however, was trifling, only 260 hhds and tierces find-
ing purchasers, including a public sale of 100 hhds of Bar-
badoes, which went at the former currency, but there was
less spirit in the biddings.
REFINED.—To-day there was less demand for Refined
,goods for the home trade, but in the value little variation
,took place, brown Grocery lumps were sold at 65s 6d to 665,
and Standard lumps 6s 6d to 675. For Bonded Crushed
Sagar 34s per cwt. take 6n
for the best, but at this rate a good
business vas done.
f.,,Mauutrtus.—This afternoon Mauritius was less in request,
and 6,666 bags 128 barrels at auction were only partly sold,
but hulders manifested firmness, and insisted upon former
rates, fine yellow fetched 555, good 53s to 545, middling 51s
to 523 Gd, low 48s to 50s, tine brown 475 to 48., xood 45s to
46s 6d, raid ailing, 43a 6d to 445. low dark 40s to 41s 6d, low
ito middling grey 478 to 515, good 523 to 535, washed of the
various sorts 41s to 53s 6d, and syrupy 45s Gd to 51s 6d
per cwt.
FORF:IGN.--TO-day 214 lib& of Porto Rico were offered at
public sale, and nearly all taken in at the full value, middling
yellow at 34 but 50 brls were disposed of, tine yellow at
253 6d, good 24s 6d, and middling 23s per cwt, which was the
lull worth.
EAST INDIA.--This afternoon Bengal was less asked for
and ,at public sale 876 bags sold at barely the former value;
good s;rong yellow-like Mauritius went at 52s 6d to 535, mid-
dling gx, 6d, damp and washed 50s 6d to 535, low grey sound
48s Gd to 49s 6d, damp and washed 47s to 488 Ed, line brown
45s to 465, claLnp 43s to 44e 6d, middling white Benares 558,
damp 54s 6d per Cwt.
MOLASSES.—'there has been an extensive demand for
every description of West India, and the rates paid have
been rather above those previously quoted. Bengal Treacle
is much wanted, and stiffer rates are paid.
COCOA.—There has been little desire shown to purchase
West India, and at public sale 442 bags of Trinidad were
.only in part sold at rather lower rates. Foreign is little
wanted, and prices are on the decline.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee met with little at-
tlol and 47s to 46s per, cwt were the rates taken :privately
for good ordinary Native. None was offered at auction,
but" 4,000 bags were declared.. Of Coffee from. Quilon
120 &Aiwa and 239 bags were offered. at .public sale and

DOCZS.

Dividend
per

Amount
of

I raid.

Name of Company.

Annum. I Share.

----
X s. d. A s. d.
Commercial .• . • ..... ai. per cent. Stock.
Gast and West India ... 51,41. pr cent. ' Stock. 131
East Country .•• • • ... ' 11. per sh. 100 0 0 21
L mdon •.••••• • • • • • • Oil. pr cent. Stock. . 115
St Katharine •••• .. .. 5 per cent. , Stock. 1031
outhampton •• • • .... 41. per cent. i5O 0 0 50 0 0 30

CANALS.
Dividend
Names of gl Dividend Price. Names of E per Price.
Companies. 2 per Companies. 2, Annum.
ca Annum.
$I
Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. p c 72 Monmonthsh 100 91. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. 170 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 95
Barnsley •• •• 160, 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15
Basingstoke 100 - Neath ••• • • • 100 20/. 365
Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. 260
Cromford 100 181. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's 33 11. 25%
Derby .•••
Ellstnre&Chs 133 41. 80 Shropshire • • 125 8/.
Erewash .• • 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123
Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11
GrandJunctn 100 71. 100 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 440
Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewstairy.. 125 15/. 230
Glamorgnsh. 172, 13%1. 210 Btourbridge.. 145 201. -
Glstr & Brkly •00 Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 105. -
Grantham • • 150 12/. 100 Severn andl
Huddersfield. 57 - 20 Wye Rail. j 26 1/. Bs. -
Kennt Ec AVII 39 7s. 6d. 22 Trnt & 111r-1 50 ",
Lancaster .•. 47 1/. 10. 40 sey, sh. j "'""
Leeds&Livrp 100 34/. 525 Thome &Med 19 - 10
Leicester .. • . 140 101. 105 Worcstr Sr.lj
78 41. 49
Leicstr&Nthl 83 V. 62 Binning.
Loughborogh,l4/''''.sol. 850 Wilts & Mks 67 11. 4s. 11

ANTI-CORN...LAW MEETINGS. - Free tub') meet-
ings, which will be attended by Messrs. Cobden and Bright,
are to be held at Sheffield, on Monday, the 24th ; at
Leeds, on Tuesday, the 25th ; and at Bradford,•on Friday,
the.2Bth instant:. During the same 'week' other meetings,
which it is expected will be attended, by Colonel Thompson
and Mr. Falvy, will also be h at Wakefield, Barnsley, and
Deneaster.—Lceds Mercury.
, „

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY 14.:VENING, NTOVRYIBtIR 18, 1845

ture, Mr. H. met, and tomy surprise addressed, me ; after some
conversation, in which I candidly declared my belief in the
deceit of the boys and the fallacy of the experiments, he
defied me or any one to disprove the truth of this experi-
ment, to which I replied that I would come upon the plat-
form the next evening, and disprove the experiment, or
rather the trick. As I stipulated for a forfeit of 20/. from
which ever party failed, however, Mr. Hall declined, and
that experiment was no more exhibited. Though I had
never seen the trick before, reasons drawn from anatomy
and physiology at once explained it. I gave this explana-
tion to Mr. Hall, and will be glad to " test" the " fact" on
the above conditions at any time.
Such little facts as have been stated will fully account for
Mr. Hall's wrath against me; no man, however accustomed
to exposure, likes to have the process repeated. Meantime,
notwithstanding his false accusations and vulgar abuse, I
wish him no harm ; I observe that his aim is now to convert
himself into a mesmeric practitioner in disease, and as in
this line he will always meet with patients, and need scarcely
fear detection, I expect to hear of his doing well. And,
indeed, looking on the mesmeric as more innocent than some
other popular forms of quackery, I cannot, in conscience,
wish him ill in his career. One of the greatest writers of
the present day, Thomas Carlyle, in his " Past and Preseut,"
has the following sentence on a similar subject:—" Quack
and dupe, as we must ever keep in mind, are upper-side and
under of the selfsame substance ; convertible personages ;
turn up your dupe into the proper fostering element, and he
himself can become a quack; there is in him the due pru-
rient insincerity, open voracity for profit, and closed sense
for truth, whereof quacks, too, in all their kinds, are made."
In his lectures here, Mr. Hall has actually brought forward
no evidence whatever of the truth of any one portion of mes-
merism. No, not even of the sleep and simple phenomena,
which are really capable of exhibition. He failed entirely in
what he promised to effect, and the proceeds, according to his
engagement, really, therefore, belong to the hospital. In-
stead of giving experiment, as his placard intimated, in the
" whole range of mesmeric practice," he has, night after
night, been obliged to confine himself to the tiresome tricke-
ries of two trained boys.
Mr. Hall mentions the names of some few distinguished
people as proofs of the truth of mesmerism. So far as autho-
rity goes, it is at least 1,000 to 1 against the mesmerists.
One professor in Edinburgh, apartial believer, all the other
professors adverse;—one distinguished physician in London,
an ex-professor, Dr. Elliotson, an advocate for it—every other
professor, and distinguished physician and philosopher,
against it, or silent,—the argument of authority, surely, is
worse than useless.
Then Mr. H. says there are 500 persons in this country
who have exhibited, in their own cases, mesmeric pheno •
mena. How many of these were gentlemen? Was there
one man or woman of science and character, known to the
world as such, amongst the whole? Miss Martineau, Pro-
fessor Agassiz, Dr. Elliotson, and others, of known probity,
never exhibited any but the simple, nay, the simplest phe-
nomena. The whole mesmeric squadron, if real, of 500, is
chiefly made up of barber's boys, errand boys, servant girls,
with a few hysterical young ladies scattered here and there
in the confused motley mass. I am afraid there is little help
for us here either.
It is no slight thing that Mr. Hall and bis mesmeric sup-
porters ask us to do. To give up -our belief in some of the
most extraordinary and important phenomena relating to life.
I say. this is no trifling matter, nor to be yielded without
the clearest, strongest, and most irrefragable proof. I would
rather a man would steal the money out of my purse, and
fill it with worthless ashes, than steal truth from my mind and,
place error there. What proof have we, then, ofthese marvels?-.
The respectability of a barber's boy.is the sole proof afforded !
We are to give up the evidence of our senses, our reason, our,
experience, to that afforded by a:Flibbettigibbet like this. Mr.
Hall's own evidence is, of course,. inadmissible 'faking the,
,most charitable view of the matter, •he is a mistaken enthu-;
siast, the whole of whose interests, Ipecuniary and otherwise,
are interested in keeping up this " enthusiasm." Would any
one have taken the evidence of Irving About" " unknown
tongues," or Johanna Southcote respecting the Shiloh?
Granting. then, for the sake of illustration, that Mt: Hall is'
as sincere as were these dupes in their delusions, his &Men&
is yet inadmissible. There remains, then, no evidence what-
ever of the truth of alt these marvels, except the rem ect-
ability of a barber's boy, who has, for two years, been en-
gaged like
" Caterfelto, with his hair on end
At his own wonders, wondering for his bread !"_
To make any further comment on this, is, I think, quite
unnecessary. lam ashamed, Mr. Editor, of having occupied
so much of your time and that of your readers with this con-
temptible affair. I feel the disgrace of haying. my name con-
nected with the subject at all, but, unfortunately, was not
able, at Mr. Hall's first lecture, to sit patiently and see gross
deceit practised before my fellow-townsmen in the name of
science.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servaKnt,
D. . LIETCH.
Leamington, Oct. 23, 1845.

SUBSTITUTE FOR THE POTATO.
At the meeting of the Academy of Sciences in Paris on
the 3d Nov., M. Boussingault read to the Academy a com-
munication from M. Goudout relative to an umbelliferous
plant, indigenous in New Granada, particularly in the most
temperate parts of the continent, where the average tempe-
rature is from 15 to 25 deg. R. The arracacha is generally
three feet in height, its radical leaves twelve or fifteen inches
in length, numerous, biternate, doubly incised, dentate, on
long fistular petioles. The caulinar leaves are smaller than
the ,radical, which they resemble in every other respect.
The flower is a violet-coloured umbel ; the petals oval, acu-
minated, and inflexed ; five stamens and two styles arising
from a disc of the same colour as the flower. The fruit is an
oblong carpel marked with five ribs. The blooming season,
October. The root is the part which is used as an article of
food in the country; according to M. Boussingault, it par-
ticipates of the nature of the carrot and potato, being a kind
of intermediate substance between them. Each plant
furnishes from three to four pounds of nutritious matter, one
hectare yielding no less than 82,500 pounds of wholesome
food. The disease actually existing amongst the potatoes
liAuees M. Boussingault and M. Brongniart to attempt the
introduction of this valuable plant into Europe, when it
might be advantageously employed as a substitute for the
potato,—Msdical

THE NEW BRIDGE NEAR NORWICH.—This bri.lge
(erected from a design of Mr. Bidder), below Carrow, was
swung across the river for the first time on Friday morning
last, at eleven o'clock, in the presence of Captain Lawrence,
H, Holingbroke, Esq., W. Rackham, Esci., and a number of
ladies and gentlerriefi, The immense weight o' iron, nearly
130 tons, was swung round with the greatest ease. It is
expected that the trains will pass over it In a fortnight, The
company contemplate making a basin close to the bridge for '
the landing of goods. In a short time the electric telegraph
will be established between Norwich and Trowse. The station
at Thorpe has been greatly extended, and the platforms
lengthened for the increase of traffic,—Norfolk Chronicle.
THE MILITARY RIOT AT Woinsou.--Since the
occurrence took place, the privates belonging to the 2d Regi-
ment of Life Guards have received orders not to be in the
town after dark They are now, however, permitted to
leave their barracks after their stable duties are over, at
seven o'clock; but they remain at Spital, and in the neigh-
bourhood, until the hour (ten Oclocli for their being in
quarters. A sergeant in the Grenadier Guards, named Gale,
who was sergeant of the guard at the Castle on Saturday
evening; and who, in consequence of having called out the
guard, upon the request of one of the magistrates, in the
absence of his officer, who was at mess, at the Infantry-
barracks, in Sheet-street, was put under arrest, upon the
guard being relieved and returning to the barracks the next
morning—was released in thp course of Wednesday last. It
was expected he would have been tried hetbre 4 04urt,-
martial, but such a step was not resorted to,
COACH ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday last, as the
Highland mail was on its way north, near Dalwhlnnie, one
of the horses shied and leaped over the pole. The other
leader wire thrown down and the coach upset. Some of the
passengers were hurt, and had to be conveyed to Inverness
in a post-chaise. We learn that no blame whatever can be
attached to the driver. On Saturday the mail Was gain
upset near Craggie, owing to some of the traces giving way
from the bad state of the harness. The coach was quite full
at the time, and very fortunately none of the passengers were
hurt, with the exception of a gentleman who got his shoulder
slightly bruised. The driver, James Forrest, is reckoned one
of the steadiest qn the road, and is wholly free from blame.—
Inverness Courier.
ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES AT LEWES PRIORY.—
The discovery of interesting relics in the ruins of Lewes
Priory, by the railway workmen, still proceeds; and every i
care s taken to preserve them with as little injury as pas-
sible. On Monday the workmen came to another grave,
formed, like those previclusly found, of large stones placed
one on another; but in this instance ehalk bad been used
instead of Caea stone. On Tuesday afternoon the grave was
opened and found to contain the bones of a full-sized human
body, without any appearance of a coffin or any other ma-
terial. On the same day, In mother spot, the workmen met
with an obstruction which, on examination, was found to 'be
a pavement of Roman tile. The clearing of this occupied
more than a day. Its centre is plain ; but there appears to
have been a border of enamelled tiles, some of which are in
a very fair etate of preservation, and are ornamented with
the De Warren arms. In the ern;rse c f clearhlg this payer
went, a doorway was found, which proved to be that of a
stone cell. The side stones are perfect, and there Is also a
good stone foundation, which the workmen are still following.
These fouudations are most interesting to the antiquarian, as
they develop the site of some of the most important portions
of this once-maguificent building, concerning which much
doubt has always existed. On Thursday afternoon the ca-
pital of a column was found, which is in a good state of pre,
servation, and very beautifully ornamented.—Brighton
Herald
CHELMSFORD PALM—This fair took place on Wed-
nesday last, and was well supplied with stock. Of beasts
there were about 1,200, the largest number ever shown in the
fair, chiefly consisting of Herefords and North and South
Wales, the latter including several lots forward in condi-
tion, part of which realised upwards of 15/ each. The
Herefords, which were not in so forward a condition, sold at
from 9/. to 13/. ss. The supply of cows was moderate, but
what there were went off readily at high prices. Lean beasts,
Welch heifers, &c., were much in demand, and were nearly
all sold at an advance upon the rates at the late fiirs.
Messrs. Pollett, of Stapleford Hall, showed a useful lot of
South Wales beasts, for which 121. per head was refused, and
they were sent en to Epping fair. The show of sheep was
not so large as on some former occasions, there being about
7,000 penned ; the quality was very good, but the high pkices
asked operated materially against the sale; and about one-
third were turned out unsold. The following are the prices
of the day :--Down ewes, 265. to 355. ; lambs, 20s. to 325. 6d. ;
wethers, 325. to 425. Amongst the purchasers were the fol-
lowing;--Mr, B. Revett, of Kelvedon, a lot of South Wales
beasts, of Mr. Crooks, at 154 155.; Mr. Lithgcw, of Stanway,
a lot of Herefords to Mr. Stock, at 13/ ss. ; Mr. Stannard, a
good lot of down lambs, of Mr. C. Packman, at 325, 6d.; Mr.
IC. Vial, a lot of Hampshire ewe lambs, of good quality, of
Mr. T. Crooks, at 31s. 6d. ; Mr. Perry, of Weatherstield, a lot
of polled Somerset ewes, of Mr. Crooks, at 375. ; Mr. Tweed,
part of the same, at the same price; and Mr. Stock, of Mark's
Hall, 100 superior down ewes llowed to be the best in the
fair; Mr. Ransome, 106 good Hampshire ewes, of Messrs.
[Toward and Simmons, at 325.; Mr. W. Webb, of Bently, a
very superior lot of half-bred Leicester lambs, of Mr. Wake-
ling,
at 328.; Mr. J. Addy, of Rolstons, eighty forward down
ewes, of Mr. Crooks, at 31s. Amongst the sheep were twenty
very superior Devonshire ewes, very forward in lamb, for
which Mr. Crooks refused an offer from Mr. J. Wenden, sales-
man, of Colchester, of 50s. per head. Of nag horses the show
was niqclerate, if we except a beautiful grey hunter, the con-
dition orWhich was mach admired, shoym WA/et S. Adams,
of Waltham, and sold to Mr, P. Powsatt, of ploilek. Good
curt colts and horses met with a ready Sale.-m-Clielmiforci
Chronicle,
PREThl.grtcp or FEVER.—In consequence of the
prevalence of this fearful epidemic among the poor of our
city, and in order to provide a proper convalescent fund to
prevent relapses, the Mayor, it will be seen, in compliance
with a most respectable requisition, convenes a public meet-
ing at the Commercial-building, for Tuesday next. The
safety of the citizens, at large depends on sustaining this
relief fund, and thereby prevent the spread of the con-
tagion. Over 6,000 fever patients' have been admited into
ate fever hgspite during the past semen. To insure pnhliFi,
safety, the convalescent fund must be kept up.—:Limench
Reporter. . ,
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IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY
SURVEYORS.

CONVICTION OF SIX SURVEYORS FOR, WILFUL DAMAGE.
—Yesterday, Mr. William Jones, of No. 28, Jermyn-street,
Regent-street ; Mr. Henry. Fuller, of No. 15, Alfred-place,
Bedford-square ; Mr. Thomas Skettle, of No. 14, Francis-
street, Hackney ; Mr. James Keene, of High-street, Isling-
ton ; Mr. Charles Clair, of No. 11, Queen-street, Golden-
square ; and Mr. William Langley,. of No. 56, St. John's-
street, Smithfield, all described on the police-sheet as sur-
veyors, appeared in discharge of their bail before Mr. G.
Baillie (chairman), and Messrs. B. J. Armstrong, J. Frere,
Roe, and Bidwell, the sitting magistrates at the Brent-
ford Petty Sessions, on a charge of having been found on
the grounds of Mr. John Wilmot, the well-known, fruit-
grower, in the parish of Isleworth, "supposed for an unlaw-
ful purpose."

The Case excited the greatest interest throughout the sur-
rounding district, and the large room of the Three Pigeons
Inn, at which the Petty Sessions are held, was crowded to
ekces4.

Policeman John Sweeney, T 135 deposed that about a
quarter-past two o'clock on the morning of Saturday last,
while on duty in Quaker's-lane, in the parish of Isleworth,
when near Mr. Wilmot's grounds, he heard a rustling in
that gentleman's garden, and on getting over the hedge to
see who was there, he saw some persons with bull's-eyed
lanterns in their hands. Witness then said nothing to them,
but went immediately and called up Mr. Norris, Mr. Wil-
mot's foreman. Sergeant Cuishan, T 15, was with witness
at. the time. Mr. Norris accompanied witness and Sergeant
Cuishan to Mr. Wilmot, who on being informed that there
were trespassers in the grounds, gave directions that the
police should take the offending parties into custody. Ser-
geant Cuishan, witness, and Mr. Norris, then returned up
into the gardens, and found all the defendants there. The
defendants were measuring the grounds with a tape mea-
sure Sergeant Cuishan and witness on going up to the de-
fendants told them they were our prisoners, and Mr. Norris
said he gave them in charge. Witness and Sergeant Cuishan
then took them in charge.
_ _

The defendant Skettle, who was spokesman of the party,
proceeded to question the witness, who further stated that
he saw the party leave the Coach and Horses public• house,
kept by Mr. Blackwell, which adjoins Syon-park, about
eleven o'clock, and that one of them, as they passed him,
said, "We can show bull's-eyes as well as you." Defendants
did not say where they were going,. and that they had to
work night and day, as they were behind; it was not in con-
sequence of defendants so telling witness that he knew where
to come upon them. Witness did say that he was very
glad that he had met them coming out of the Coach and
Horses, as, but for that, he should perhaps have been blamed.
When he first went into the garden he saw two lamps, but

saw no persons.
Sergeant Cuishan, T 15, deposed that he weneto Mr. Wil-
mot's grounds with the last witness, and found two of the
defendants in the gardens, and the others in the park. The
two in the gardens had lamps and a tape measure, with
which they were measuring. Witness went up to them and
asked what they were doing there, when they said they were
measuring, and were obliged to work day and night. On
coming out of the gardens witness and the others crossed an
open lane (Quaker's-lane), and on Mr. Norris opening the
gate of the park, they found four other defendants there.
The latter bad been planting iron pegs. They were measur-
ing, and were ahead of the other two.
The police here producid a large bundle of iron wires and
pegs; and several bull's-eye lanterns. -
Mr. Joseph Norris, deposed that he was foreman to Mn
Wilmot. :, Be-' accompanied the police that morning, and
traced- the defendantS across upwards Of -twenty acres of
highly cultivated ground. ' Witness found that currant
bushes arid gooseberry bilshes were broken. Part of an in-
cline bank had been - broken down, and a considerable por-
tion•spoiled. The defendants had likewise passed through
and made a gap in a holly.edge. They had not cut it, but
had made a gap so that witness 'could see 'where they had
got through.- He 'then traced them to' within forty yet&
of where they were taken into custody, which' was a -piece
of cabbages.;'-They -were also injured.; -He.'also observed a
gap in the Quaker's-lane hedge, in a straight line with
where the defendants were found, and the arras top rail of
the fence of the park was broken off, and thirty-nine head of

cattle, which were in the park, might have got out and gone
into Mr. Chapman's garden, and have done infinite damage.
Witness had, at live o'clock on the previous afternoon, driven
the defendants, Jones and Skettle, off Mr. Wilmot's grounds,
telling them that Mr. Wilmot had had a peremptory order
from his Grace the Duke of Northumberland not to admit
surveyors upon his grounds under any circumstances.
The defendant Skettle, on the part of himself and friends,
then addressed the Bench, and said that with regard to their
being on the defendant's grounds measuring by night, the
30th of November was so near that they were obliged to work
both day and night to get the plans ready. The projected '
undertaking on which they were engaged was a watercourse
or tunnel, between Colebrook and Hampstead, for a large
public company. He could not say what the company was
called, as they were engaged by an eminent surveyor in town.
They had only further to say that they had not done more
damage than they could help, and they.were not aware that
they were doing wrong.
Mr. Armstrong said that railway and other companies
must recollect that they had not yet got their Acts of Parlia-
ment to authorise them to go upon other persons' grounds
without permission.
Mr. Wilmot declared that he had to contend with about
ten lots of such persons a day, and he was actually obliged to
keep a man absolutely for the sole purpose of warning them
off. His orders from the Duke of Northumberland were pe-
remptory on the subject, and he had therefore directed that
the defendants should be given into custody, in order to show
them that the private property of individuals was not to be
invaded in that way.
Mr. Skettle said that both himself and his colleagues were
very sorry that in the discharge of their duties they should
have given offence to any one, and trusted that having been
taken into custody, and prevented continuing their survey,
which would be a great loss to them, they had been suffi-
ciently punished. To show how anxious they had been not
to do damage, he would mention that they had used a tape
measure, which was a most inconvenient one to them instead
of the chain, which was likely to catch and break things.
The Bench then conferred together for a considerable time,

whrn,
The Chairman said the defendants were each convicted of
wi'ful damage to the amount of ss. ; and, in addition they
must each pay a penalty of 10s. and ss. costs, or be com-
mitted for twenty-one days ; and if they were again found
under similar circumstances, without permission being first
obtained, the highest penalty of 5/. each would be imposed.
The amount of damage, &c., 6/., was immediately paid.

THE ALLEGED MUTINIES AND
MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY.
Yesterday Mr. Clarkson, counsel for the prosecution in the
case of the men charged with piracy and murder on board
the ship Tory, accompanied by Mr. Hawley, clerk to Messrs.
Crowdor and Maynard, solicitors, came to the Thames
Police-court in great haste, and while a night charge was
being heard the learned counsel, who was seated under the
Bench, arranged his papers, and it was announced that he
would make an important application relating to the case.
After the case had terminated, however, he made some com-
munication to Mr. Broderip, the sitting magistrate, and, ac-
companied by Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, and Mr. Hawley,
retired to the magistrate's private room, where they were
closeted for some time. Ultimately Mr. Clarkson left the
building without making any application to the magistrate.
Directly after the conference had terminated, MUames
Evans, junior, inspector of Thames police, was sent Tor, and
received some directions from Mr. Symons. The greatest
creey was observed by all parties, and. the inspector,
after a very short interview with the chief clerk, left the
Court in great haste. Whether Captain Johnstone was
arrested at that time we are unable to learn, but he was
taken into custody in the course of the day, and lodged in the
Thames Police station-house. The cause which led to this
extraordinary but not unexpected measure, was, that Capt.
Johnstone was making preparations to leave England. The
inspector, in pursuance of directions from Atr. 13,roderip, had
looked very closely after the captain since he gave such ex-
traordinary evidence en Wednesday last, and aho caused him
to be examined by a surgeon, who found a very slight scar
or scratch behind one of his tars, and a mark on the calf of

his leg.
It will be recollected that Captain Johnstone, in his evi-
dence, said that Mars, the second mate (who was afterwards
murdered on board), inflicted a wound upon his head with a
bayonet, and that he struck Mars in return with a cutlass,
and forced him out of the cabin. He also stated, that when
off Plymouth there was a rush aft, that French (one of the
prisoners) sang out " Mutiny," and that several nien entered
the cabin and extinguished the lights, and that he received
a wound in the calf of his leg *Qui a bayonet, and another,
as if from a knife, aboVe the jugular. What motive the sea-
men could have had to get up a disturbance off an English
port, where immediate aid could have been obtained, was-
never explained by him. It appears, howeyer, that he has
received a wound in the calf pf his lag, but an extremely
slight ore. cone,Gair, and the other wounded men have been
examined by Mr. Davis, the surgeon of the Westminster
Bridewell, who will make a report to the magistrate on the
next examination. It is believed that an applieation will
be made by Mr. Clarkson to-morrow, when the 15 seamen
will come up for re• earninatioss, lbr the discharge of some,
if ilqt, 411 (*diens, that they may be enabled to give evidence
against Captain Johnstone. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, who is
conducting the defence for the prisoners gratuitously, Lae re.-
tained Mr. Ballantine, jun., barrister, on tbtir behalf; and he
has been instructed to apply, fox the "discharge of the men,
and to accuse the, captain cif the wilful murder of Rambert and
51„rs, tisehrsfand second mates, and Reason, a seaman, He
has also been instructed to charge the captain wills cutting
and wounding several other men, The most extaordinary
disclosures will be made on the next examination. The news
a the 'arrest and detention of Captain Johnstone became
universally known last evening in the eastern part of the
metropolis, and created a considerable sensatio,n;
Joseph Morris, a seaman, who received a pistol-shot in his
leg on board the 'Tory, ;AB remains in the Dreadnought
hoapltal:ship in a very precarious condition.