The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-12 00:00:00

FIREMAN'S POLICY.

" On - slaves, names and ages as per application.
The assurers are not liable for suicide, natural death,
desertion or mutiny ; but to take the risk of interfer-
enco by Foreign Governments or theia agents."
MERCHANTS' POLICY.

" The company not liable for suicide, desertion or
natural death ; but liable for suicide, desertion or natu-
ral death ; but liable for risk or emancipation, detention
or seizure by Foreign Powers."
The Companies have refused to pay in each case.
Three or four of the most distinguished legal gentlemen
in New Orleans have offered to undertake the conduct
of suits against them for .5 per cent., if the money shall
be recovered, or nothing if unsuccessful. This would
indicate that they think something of the chances ; but
really, the prospect based on the above extracts looks at
least very doubtful.

From the Second Edition of the Albany Advertiser.
MONDAY, 7 O'CLOCK, A. M.—The snow storm of
Thursday and Friday last, seems to have been one of
the most severe and extensive storms on record. In
all directions the usual avenues of communication
were blocked up, and for several days we have suf-
fered in this city from an almost universal dearth
of news. Thus, up to seven o'clock this morning,
we had nothing later from New York than
the papers of the Wednesday evening previ-
ous—while from the West our latest Buffalo dates
were only up to Tuesday, and Rochester of Wednes-
day. The Eastern mails, however, fared rather bet-
ter ; those from Boston having been delayed but a
few hours, while the Hartford papers brought us our
earliest advices from the South. The steamer De
Witt Clinton, which left New York with pas-
sengers and the mails on Thursday evening, met the
storm lin Newburgh Bay, and was compelled by its
violence to anchor and remain there during the night
of Thursday, and the greater part of the following day.
The land mail from Hudson, which left that city on
Saturday morning, and was due here the same evening,
did not reach here until the afternoon of Sunday ; the-
snow-drifts along the road rendering them almost im-
passably.' On the west side of the river similar ob-
stacles delayed the Catskill mail until late at night, the
driver being compelled to dig a road throagh the snow.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 21, r.M.—We have bad
another most inclement day, with a north-easterly wind,
and a constant drizzling rain, just sufficient to keep the
pavements glazed with ice, rendering it extremely diffi-
cult, as well us dangerous, walking in any part of
the street.

(From the Savannah Republican, Dec.l6.)
FROM FLORIDA.—Thirty-seven Creek Indians have
come in at Fort Waccahoota, and these Creeks promise
to bring in the remainder of that tribe under their Chief
Octaoosie. Eighteen Mickasuckies have been heard from,
who say that they are determined to fight it out to the
last. The Mickasuckies have killed two Creeks sent
to negotiate with them, These particulars may be
partially incorrect, but they arc in the main true, as
they were given by an officer to a passenger on board
of the steamboat General Clinch, arrived at this port
yesterday, on the ever of her departure from Palatka,
an express having just arrived from the interior.
FROM MExlco.—Th• following information is con-
sidered by some of the New Orleans papers as Un-
ions, but by others as truh, the captured party being
supposed by them to be a foraging party detached
from the main body of the Texian forces at or near
Senta Fe.

SANTA FE EXPEDITION.—Havannah papers to the
22d ult., containing accounts from the Mexican capital
to the 7th of the month, have been received at New
Orleans. The item of the most interest in them is
the following account of the capture of the Texian
Santa Fe ,Expedition by the Mexicans :
VERA CRUZ, OCT. 20 our paper of yesterday
we had the mortification to announce that the Texian
forces bad occuped the city of Santa Fe ; but to-day
we have the extreme pleasure ot publishing an occount
of their entire defeat. A supplement of El Sigla X IX,
received yesterday, gives the following :
" VILLA DB PASSO, SEPT. 28.—T0 the Chief in
command of the district.—Excellent Sir—Vive la
Patria ! The Texians have been conquered. Don Paine
Salazar, Captain of the first company of Santa Fe, bas
just reported,himself to me, bearing dispatches for your
Excellency and the Supreme Government, and he com-
municated to me that 100 men, composing the van-
guard of the. Texians, have been made prisoners, and
came in guarded by 1,200 men. With the warmest
effusions of my heart, I congratulate your Excellency
and the nation on this auspicious event."

LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING.
MANCHESTER—TUESDAY EYF.NING.
There was a; good number of the leading speculators
this forenoon, but scarcely any business.
THE CHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP.
200 to 10 was offered on the field
The field agst any fifteen
200 to 6 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor—taken
100 to 2 agst Mr. Treen's -Una—taken
100 to 3 agst Lord Westminster's Sleight of Hand—
taken and afterwards offered
25 to I agst Lord Westminster's Satirist—off
25 to 1 agst Mr. Holme's Vulcan—off
An offer was made to take 40 to 1 about each of the
following in one bet :—Satirist, Rhodanthe, Galor, and
The Squire. We did not hear more than 25 to 1 bid,
THE DERBY.—Offers to lay 8 ponies to 1 about each
of the favourites, or take 9 to 1.
7i to 1 agst Col. Anson's Attila—off.
9to 1 agst Col. Peel's Chatham—off.
25 to 1 agst any other—off.
300 to 10 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—t.
400 to 10 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor—takon.
200 to 7 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre— taken.
50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna colt—off.
16 to 1 agst Auckland and William de Fortibus
(offered freely) ; 1,000 to 35 was asked for upon Moss
Trooper and Joanna coupled; also 1,000 to 10 upon Fire--
away, or 500 to 5 upon Lasso, and the same on Timo-
leon ; 45 to 1 agst the Artful Dodger was offered ; 40
to 1 agst Auckland (offered). Some other offers; but to
our ear, no further business.

THE OAKS.
to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion—off. '
14 to 1 agst Mr, Bowes's Lass of Lonton—taken
14 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Syren— off
14 to 4 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dil-bar--off
17 to 1 agst Duke of llittland's Beleine filly—off.
Offers to take at the close of the room, 30 ponies to 1
that Scatt carries off the Derby, Oaks, awl St, Leger.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the 411(w/rester Guardian.)
There was rather less animation in the market yes-
terday than on the two preceding Tuesdays ; and
those spinners and manufacturers, who had de-
manded further advances last week, were gener-
ally content to accept the prices which were then
offered but refused. The market, however, is toler-
ably steady, both in goods and yarn, at a trifling ad-
vance upon the extreme low rates current about a
month ago. In reference to a statement, which ap-
peared in tke Gulrdian of Wednesday last, on the ex-
port of cotton goiras and yarn to China, we have been
favOured by a mercantile house in this town with a
statement of the amount of those exports, as compared
with that of the preceding year ; from which it ap-
pears that, in 1841, of white cottons shipped to China,
there were 23,436 packages, the declared value of

which was 77135894 ; and, in-1840, 21,284 packages ;
declared value, 684,2611. ; increase in 1841, declared
value, 87,3281. Of printed cottons, the declared value
in 1841 was 71,962/. ; and in 1840, 70,8611. ;—in-
crease in 1841, 1,1011. Of cotton yarn, the quantity
,in 1841 was 4,159 7801bs. ; and the declared value,
199,9291. ; in 1840, 3,860,9351b5. ; value, 185,143/.
increase in 1841, 288,8451b3. ; increase in value, 14,786/.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MAREET, MONDAY, JAN. 10.
—To-day vcing the new market, there has been a nu-
merous attendance, but not a proportionate quantity of
business transacted. Prices yet remain low. In the
wool market there is nothing new to report.

RESIGNATION OF MR. JUSTICE BOSAN-
QIIET.--Mr. Justice Bosanquet, in consequence of conti-
nued ill health, has sent in his resignation to the Lord
Chancellor. His Lordship's successor, as one of the
Judges of the Common Pleas, is not yet known. In
Westminster-hall, this morning, Mr. Serjeant Merewe-
ther, Mr. Law (Recorder of London), and Mr. Serjeant
Goulburn, are each mentioned as likely to be raised to the
Bench.

THE NEW POOR.LAW.—The Poor-law Corn
missioners have for some time past been in almost con
stant communication with the Home-office, and scarcel:,
a day passes without one of the Commissioners havin/
an interview with Sir James Graham.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a long
interview with Sir James Graham at the Home Office
this morning.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 11.
THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF DOVER.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL appeared to show cause
against a rule obtained in this case, which called upon
the Commissioners for lighting and paving the borough
of Dover, why the rule obtained in May, 1840, and the
several other orders made in the-. cause should not be
discharged with costs, and why the prosecutors should
not pay the cost of the present application. It would
appear that the prosecutors in the rule were the Com-
missioners under a Local Act for paving and lighting
the town of Dover, and in November, 1840,
an application was , made by them to the Court
of Queen's Bencfi against certain Justices of the
borough to show cause why a mandamus should.
not issue, directed to them, and commanding them. to
admininister an oath to the collector of rates, and issue
.their warrant to authorise the levying of a distress. A
person named Weston, who was the proprietor of certain
houses in a part of the town called Wellington-crescent,
was of opinion that he was not liable to the rates au-
thorised to be levied under 'the Local Act, on the

ground that the street was macadamized and not
paved, and for other reasons. , On hearing the ar-
guments of Counsel, when the rule was moved for,
their Lordships directed the rule to be enlarged, and if
an indemnity were given to the Magistrates that they
should issue their warrant, and then the rule was to be
discharged with costs. The pre-sent application was,
that that rule should be discharged, the costs being paid
by the prosecutors, and he would be enabled to show that
the Magistrates had not acted altogether fairly towards
the Commissioners, and that. their clerk was acting as
the attorney of Mr. Weston, the party against whom the
Commissioners were proceeding. The Learned Counsel
having entered at some length into the details of the case,
which have been already stated when the rule was moved
for, submitted that the Commissioners could not be fairly
held liable for the expenses of the application to that
Court. The Commissioners were public officers, acting
in the discharge of a public duty, under the provisions
ofan 'Act of Parliament.
Mr. Justice PATTESON inquired what had become of
the rule for the mandamus.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the rule was enlarged
by order of the Court, and still so remained. It would
appear that after the indemnity had been given to the
Justices, Mr. 'Weston, through the'Clerk of the Justices,
who,acted as his attorney, paid the rate claimed by the
Commissioners, and the terms of their Lordship's order
to administer an oath to the collector, and issue their
warrant, had not therefore been complied with. On
these grounds he submitted that the rule ought to be
discharged.
. Mr. RICHARDS was proceeding to address the Court
in support of the rule, when
Lord DENHAM said the Court would not trouble him,
as they were of opinion that the condition upon which
the rule had been enlarged, and which entitled the de-
fendants to costs, had been substantially complied with.
—Rule absolute.

THE QUEEN V. THE LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY

COMPANY.

Mr. TIIESIGER had been instructed on behalf of
Messrs. Slee, Payne, and Slee, vinegar-manufacturers,
Bermondsey, to apply to the Court for a rule to show
cause why a mandamus should not issue, directed to
the defendants; and commanding them to apply to the
Sheriff of Surrey to issue his precept, and empannel a
jury to assess damages chine to their premises by reason
of the construction of the railway. The railway was
constructed under the provisions of the 3d William IV.,
chap. 46, and. in . it the .claimants' premises were
scheduled. In consequence of a deviation from the ori-
ginal line, the premises were not interfered with, but
it was .subsequently found necessary to widen the line,
by which the claimants' premises were injuriously
affected. The Learned Counsel having referred to the
provisions of the Act, which he submitted included the
present case, the Court granted a rule.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-THE QUEEN V. THE 11. V.

HENRY CLEVELAND.

Mr. ERLE had been instructed, on behalf of Lord Fitz-
hardinge, to move for a rule to show cause why a cri-
minal information should not be filed against the Rev.
Henry Cleveland, Rector of Barkston, in the county of
Lincoln, for a libel. The affidavit of Lord Fitzhardinge
stated that he was advanced to the dignity of an Earl,
which appeared in the Gazette of the 13th of August
last, and on the 27th of August there appeared a letter,
signed 11 Junius," and addressed to the Queen, ex-
pressing feelings of the deepest anguish in having
read in the Gazette the names of the parties
on whom these dignities had been conferred. It then
went on to state the seduction of a young lady at Bristol,
under peculiarly aggravated circumstances—the death of
the young lady and her widowed mother, and imputing
it to one of these parties—observing that such were the
persons upon whom the Queen, an English lady and
mother, had been advised, by the persons by whom she
was surrounded, to advance to the English Peerage.
Lord Fitzhardinge, considering that as his residence of
Berkeley Castle, at Clifton, was not far from Bristol (the
seduction being alleged to have taken place at Clifton),
addressed a letter to the Editor, calling on him to name
the person against whom the charge was intended to be
'made;* and stating that if he was the party meant no
legal proceedings would be taken against the author,
provided the charge could be substantiated, but, on the
contrary, every facility would be given for that pur-
pose. That letter was published in the Morning Herald,
with some comments by the Editor. On the 10th of
September, Lord Fitzhardinge,, being at Berkeley
Castle received a letter through the General Post,
bearing the Grantham post-mark, and signed " Philo
Junius." It was addressed to Lord Ifiphardinge, and
charged him with having been born and liked in infamy,
with-
being a cold calculating debauchee, constant only
in crime, and destitute of every semblance of propriety ;
asked him how dare he presume so far on public for-
bearance as to come forward in so conspicuous a manner
—that the writer knew him well, and if he proceeded
to any krther overt acts he would hold him up to public
scorn, as. the vilest miscreant that ever breathed. It
also advised him to go and pour out his griefs to his
congenial friends, Lords Melbourne, Palmerston, and
Headfort, who would advise him to be quiet, it being
" better to bear those ills we know of, than fly to those
we know not of." He (Mr. Erle) had the affidavits of
Mr. Clarke, a solicitor, of Mr. G. Really, and another person
who were acquainted with the hand-writing of the de-
fendant, who resided near Grantham, and that they verily
believed that the letter was in hia hand-writing.
The Court granted the rule.
LIBEL—THE QUEEN V. THE PROPRIETOR AND PRINTER
OF THE SUNDAY TIMES.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had been instructed, on
behalf of Mr. Grove, a police Magistrate of Greenwich,
to apply to the Court for a rule to show cause why a
criminal information should not be filed against the de-
fendants for a libel. The article of which the applicant
complained appeared in the Sunday Times, Nov. 21, and
imputed to Mr. Grove the grossest possible misconduct
in his capacity of a 31aoistrate, and which, if true, would
0.
render him unfit to hold such an office. The publication
having attracted the attention of the authorities, an
application was made to Mr. Grove, who gave a satisfac-
tory explanation, and intimated his intention of applying I.
to the Court of Queen's Bench on the subject. The
Learned Counsel then read the article, which charged
Mr. Grove with having directed the removal of a poor
woman near her confinement, which had occasioned the
death of her child, and had nearly cost herself her life.
The affidavit of Mr. Grove and his clerk, which went at
some length into a detail of the case, denied every one
of the charges made against him:
The Court granted the rule.
THE QUEEN V. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

Mr. Duraus moved for a rule to show cause why a
mandamus should not issue directed to her Majesty's
Postmaster-General, or the proper officer under him,
commanding him to deliver up all letters that would
come into his custody directed to Arthur Strachan and
Co., to the interim factor; a: person who filled in Scot-
land an office similar to that of the English official as-
signee. The firm of Strachan and Co. had become
bankrupts, and the interim factor was anxious that cer-
tain expected remittances to the bankrupts might be
placed in his hands for the benefit of the estate. After
referring to the Act of Parliament,
The COURT refused the rule, unless Mr. Dundas could
find some authority upon the subject.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 11.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. KINGSTON.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL wished to make a short
motion in the above case. The late Act of Parliament,
which took from the Court of Exchequer its equitable
jurisdiction, was so worded as to admit of "very consi-
derable doubt with regard_ to its meaning, and whether
it had, in fact, taken away the equity jurisdiction of the
Court in revenue causes The cause in which he now
moved was pending before the Court when the new Act
came into full operation: An information had been filed
against the defendant, to which he had demurred. When
the Act came into operation the record and demurrer
were handed over to the officers of the Court of Chan-
cery along with all other-equity matters, and it had been
directed by the Lord Chancellor to be heard before
Vice-Chancellor Bruce. He (the Attorney-General)
had that morning applied to his Lordship to re-
store the record to the Court of Exchequer, and
his Lordship had no objection that it should
be considered by their Lordships. The real
question to be considered was, whether, by the new Act,
the equity jurisdiction of the Court in revenue 'ratters )
had been removed to the Court of Chancery.
Lord ADINGER—I know nothing of die matter. I was