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docume•its which he had stated in his answer to be in his posse.eion. It appeared that M.rs Bknkinsopp had in 1843, lar*.ituted proceedings in the Consistory Court of Durham, r,gainst her husband, a gentleman of fortune, residing in the bounty of Durham, near Bishop Auckland, for divorce and alimony ; and the suit being successful, Mr. Blenkinsopp carried the came by way of appeal to the Prerogative Court of York, and from thence to the judicial committee of the privy council, but without mow. Pending the proceedings in the suit in the Ecclesiastical Court, Mr. Blenkmsopp con veyed his estates to Messrs. Trotter and Fenwick on trust, to sell, and pay his debts ; and as to the residue of the proceeds for his own benefit. The object of the present suit as s to impeach the deed of trust, and to have the benefit of the decree in the Ecclesiastical Court for alimony,out of the estates comprised in it. The documents of siblM the Pr duction was now sought, were some letters written_ by sar. Blenkinsopp to Trotter, relating to the to , ' • the rtlesiss tical Court ; two cases laid '• b e half of Mr. Blenkiarson 011 trotter, and his CO-trustee, as to the pro. A " - -9 " '7:the If:celesta' stical Court, with the opinions of thereon and some documents relating to the ecolesias ue..si snit. Tr otter, who acted as the solicitor of Mr. Blenkin isopp,previo•Jsly tern e institution of the ecclesiastical snit% at not in the managent of it, insisted that the above e.ocu_ ents came within the rule of the court, granting pro'„ootion 'is confidential communications between solicitor a• d.,ispute.— d client, and to papers relating to matters in litigation rx Mr. Kindersley appeared for Trotter. The blaster of the Rolls ou the above rule, which he thought was very often sup press ive of justice, rather than contributory to it. It was better to have a dis closure of the whole truth. The rale had, however, been established by wiser judges than himself, and he was bound by it. lie did not think the answer of Trotter was alone sufficient to protect him from producing the documents ; hut there was enough in the affidavit which he had made in aid of his answer, to show that they came within the privilege, and he must, therefore, refuse the motion for their produc tion. OFTLET e. GRAT.—PROTECTOR INSURANCE OFFICE.— PATMENT OF POLICY,—The facts of this case Were reported in this paper on the 19th ultimo ; they were shortly es fol lows :—Mr. William Campbell Ottley being indebted to his uncle, Mr. Warner Ottley, assigned to him a policy which he had, by arrangement, effected on his life in the Protector Insurance office, by way . of trust to secure the debt ; and power was given to Mr. W. Ottley to give a discharge for the amount of the policy, with a promise exonerating the com pany from enquiring whetherany part of the debt remained due. On the death of W. C. Ottley, which took p l acel in 1843, Mr. Warner Ottley applied for payment of the pocy; but the o ffi ce conceiving that the executor was a ne cesssry party to concur in the receipt, refused to pay the ndence policy without his concurrence. After some correspo this suit was instituted, and, though the office offered to pay on a proper indemnity, it was prosecuted, and the executor being made a party to it by supplemental bills, the cause now came on to be heard. It appeared that no resistance was made to Mr. Warner Ottley's claim to the amount of the policy, but the costs of the suit formed a very important question, as they amounted to a considerable sum. Mr. Turner and Mr. Stevens, who appeared for the com pany, contended that they were right in requiring the con currence of the executor; that thu was the usual practice with all insurance offices; and that Mr. Warner Ottley ought to pay the costs of the suit —Messrs. Kindersley and lieathfield, on the other hand, maintained that Mr. Ottley, as the assignee of the policy, was fully competent to give a discharge without the executor, and that the conduct of the company was vexatious and unreasonable. The Master of the Rolls thought the suit was commenced in error, and the more so, because the plaintiff had, in the progress of it, made the executor a party. At the same time he thought the company were in a position in which they might have safely paid the money. Though it might be that as authority such as was contained in the deed, con nected, as it was, with an assignment mortgage and trust, was not ono with which they were bound to be satisfied. With a little management the suit might have been put an end to at the beginning. lie would read the answer and endeavour to decide as to the costs. Before the Vice-Chancellor of England. RUSSELL v. SMITH.—INJUNCTION RESTRAINING THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS, DISSOLVED. —The Vice-Chancellor, in giving judgment in this case, which was argued on the 22nd of November last, said the question was whether the injunction should be dissolved or not. The hill had been filed claiming the exclusive right to publicly represent several songs, and an injunction was granted in general terms, and then an application was made In April that the injunction might be dissolved; and it was dissolved as to the music of one song, called " The Maniac," and also as to a song called " Man the Life-boat," but the injunction was continued as to the other longs, and an order was made that the plaintiff should proceed with the action he had commenced, and should bring such other action as he might be advised. It appeared that the plaintiff had deliberately discontinued the first action, and in the second action he had entirely omitted to include one of the songs, called "The Sea King's Burial," with respect to which the injunction had been granted. This was a contra diction of the order of the court as regarded the form of the action. It was manifestly not framed so as to try the only point intended by the court. The action which had been brought was to try the right of performing at any place of dramatic entertainment, viz., Crosby-hall, the Horns at Kennington, and other plates. It certainly was not the in tention of the court to have an inquiry whether the Horns Tavern, and such places, were places of dramatic entertain ment, but to ascertain the plaintiff's right of publicly per forming the songs anywhere, and that question would not be tried by the action as it at present stood. The injuction must therefore be dissolved with costs. PARIENTE V. LUREOCK.—COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. —BANKERS AND AOENTS.—This case related to certain complicated transactions, which arose under these circum stances : Judah de Jacob Pariente, a merchant in London, became indebted to the plaintiff, Jacob de Joseph Pariente, a merchant of Gibraltar, and as security for this debt, as well as to induce the plaintiff to incur further responsibilities, Judah de Jacob Pariente assigned to the plaintiff, Jacob de Joseph Pariente, a debt of 41,2041. owing to him from his father, Jacob de Judah Pariente, a merchant at Tangiers, and in p u rsuance of the agreement between the parties, Judah de Jacob wrote a letter in August, ISt I, to the defen dant, Sir John Lubbock , whe acted as his agent as certain well as agent for the plaintiff , directing him to receive expected cargoes of bark and wax, and hold the proceeds of such cargoes when sold for the plaintiff, subject to any claim on him which the defendant might have thereon in respect of any balance due to him from the said Jacob de Judah Pariente, of Tangiers. The question in dispute was whether the defendant was justified in retaining any monies which came into his bands for the sale of consignments of ' cargoes, in liquidation of advances made to Judah de Jacob subsequently to the before mentioned agreement with the plaintiff. The defendant commenced an action at law against the plaintiff; and cause was now shown against dissolving an injunction obtained to restrain that action.—Mr. Bethel) and Mr. Buller appeared in support of the injunction, and Mr. Stuart and Mr.Rargreave contra.—The Vice-Chancellor said it was clear from the dealings between the parties, that the advances had been made by the defendant to Judah de Jadob on the credit of the assignments from his father, Jacob de Judah, and he considered there was no ground whatever for sustaining the bill, and the injunction must be dissolved. Before Vlee-Chanellor HIJOHES V. Ltracousz.—VENDOß AND PtrltCßABllll.. By a decree in the cause a mortgaged estate was directed to be sold to the highest bidder, the sale so be conducted by the plaintiff. A bidding of 4001., which was made by the mortgagor, had been rejected by the plaintiff's solicitor, on the ground that the mortgagor had no right to bid at the sale. After which the property had been knocked down at 3951.-Mr. Cole, on behalf of the party whose bidding had been rejected, now moved in the alternative, either that the bidding! might be opened, or that the sale which had taken place might be set aside for irregularity, and that the costs might be paid by the plaintiff and his solicitor. The learned counsel stated that the bidding had been made by the mortgagor, not on his own behalf, but as agent for another party and he insisted that the sale, as it had not been made in conformity with the terms of the decree, wee.void ab smile. If the court should hold the sale to be valid, still the bidding , should be opened, as the party on whose behalf the motion was made was willing to advance 501. upon the price. Mr. Hominy for the plain tiff.did not object to the biddinge being opened at the ad vanced price, but insisted that the costa of the motion should be paid b 7 the mover, who appwred to have no interest whatever in the estate. Mr. 1:31, for the purchaser. His Honour thought that the bidding( should be opened at the advanced price offered by the mover, but reserved his decision as to costa till he should have read the affidavits in the owe. QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Banco. FLANDER n. BC?OwIitY.—EXBMPTION FROM TITHES.- In this ,case a reference had been made to Mr. Vaughan "Waliamt, now a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, to -take evidence and submit the results for the opinion of the .court. The matter in dispute was the right of the dere , — , -to tithes of a certain part of the parish of Mild, -Suffolk, called the Burnt Fen. The evidence submitted by -the referee raised several questions of law, of which the two ~chief were—lit. Whether the particular lands were not free cfrom tithe as having been formerly part of the property of the Abbot of St. Edmund's I a ; and, 2nd, whether they we not, at ell events, dim& by the fact that no claim tithe was made in respect o them in the year 1807, when a u allotment of lands in lien of tithes took place in the p, Neat appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ai whew', Q.C., and Mr. Woelledge for the defendant. The sit, lament lasted the whole day, and had not been concluded at Ow ening of the court. !linings at Yid Prim. Before Mr. Justice Eric. JE MUMS O. MAY.—MAINTIINANCE OP A WIPE.—In this c me the plaintiff was a bookseller at Bristol, and the defeat but was a retired tradesman at Sheffield. The action was bn men to recover 781. Ms. for board, lodging, clothing, and oth sr necemaries supplied to the wife of the defendant for a ppee -led of sixty-three weeks. It appeared that the 1.; and his wife did not agree very cordially together, and the wile left him and took up her abode with the plaintiff, who had married her sister. It was alleged on the pert of the plaintiff that the wife was compelled to leave her husband, owing to his violence and cruelty—she having been beaten and turned out of doors by him, and that he bad refuted to supply her with any means of sub sistence. Three actions hadbeen previously brought by the present plaintiff; for similar necemaries supplied to the wife, which had been either settled, or verdicts recovered against the husband. It was admitted that the amount claimed wee reasonable sad proper, it being at the rate of 255. • week. That the questions were, whether such violence and cruelty bad Wen used as to justify a wife in leaving her husband, in which case she would be entitled to charge _him with her maintenanwe ; and whether, if that were established, there was 'Rich • reasonable hope held out to the wife, that nth conduct would not be repeated, as ought to have induced her to return to him. There wu a con siderable conflict of evidence the witnesses for the l a intiff distinctly proving several acts o f ill-usa g e eand ance : and those for the defence (principally the sons and daughters of the defendant), denying such facts. The jury, however, found both questions us favour of the wife , and returned ' a verdict for the plaintiff for the full sum claimed Owing to the number of witnesses called, the ease well. pied the whole day, and the court did not rise till near %even COIJRT OF COMMON PLEAS, Weltrwserma. sittings at NW Prius. Before the he Jury. Lord Chief Justt, A wilds, and a spec WAREHAM O. PRANCE, COLLARD AN.D NASIL—Taz GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ROBBERIEP,.—i LLEOED FALSE IcraisoNgrarr —Mr. Serjeant Mr. James, and Mr. Hawkins, for the plaintiff; Mr S. ca nt Talfourd , M r. Sex joint Chaeeell. and • ' l e tb „ defen d ali v, n ace t i o siae, n or • Serjeant Murphy and Mr. T. d. Fader p uese ativs of to th di t .a in de q i u t iry_a ronradestithee:nollearose;::leurentodatnhti, -4;14 th of e th w e mittea that, insomuch ",9 1e def endant ash appeared by the same attorney as the defendants, and as each had fence into arate cases.—dr. erja awns sub. pleaded the same peas, only one counsel ought to be allowed to address the jury in answer to the plain e ti 's ase. The learned juage held that as this was a cam in which a verdict might be entered for one defendant and not for the others, each party having a totally different interest in the matter, both of the learned serjeants who appeared for the defence were entitled to be heard.—Tbe facts of the case, as proved by the learned counsel for the plaintiff, were as fol low : The plaintiff was a plumber and glazier in humble circumstances, and the action was brought against the defen dants, Mr. Vaughan France, a solicitor at Nether Stowey, in Somersetahire, Joseph Collard, an inspector of police, and Charles Nash, formerly a clerk in the office of Messrs. Maples and Stevens, solicitors to the Great Western Rail way Company, to recover compensation in damage for false imprisonment. The defendant pleaded several pleas, which, in substance, went to justify the act complained of, on the around that there was good reason to suspect the plaintiff of having been concerned in the depredations committed on the Great Western Railway in the year 1845. On Wednesday, the 20th Aug., 1845, the plaintiff and his wife resided at the King and Queen publie•house, Foley-at., Fitzroy-sq., where they fiad been living for some months pre viously. Between seven and eight o'clock in the evening of the day mentioned, four persons, consistingent to of the the three ouse de fendants, and a policeman named Buford, w h in a cab. They entered the bar, and the defendants went up stair!, leaving the policeman below ; they were followed by a waiter, named George Ga rdener, who stated in evidence that the defendants went into the plaintiff's bed-room, which was then occupied by Mrs. Wareham, and the door being partly open, he observed what took place within. The de fendants searched the room, and were about to examine the contents of a bundle which they found there, when Mrs. Wareham said, " Do not open that, it is nothing but dirty linen," but nevertheless, the defendants insisted on opening it, as they wished to make a thorough search of the premises. They afterwards took Mrs. Wareham down stairs, where they had some refreshment. In the meantime the plaintiff came in, and he as well as his wife was taken into custody. The parties then went away together in the cab, the plaintiff and his wife under the surveillance of the three defendants. [The learned counsel who opened the case stated that, after leaving the public-house, Wareham and his wife were taken to the Great Western Railway station at Paddington, where they were confined all night, and that on the following morning they were conveyed to the office of Messrs. Maples and Co., who discharged them on the ground that there was no evidence against them. The witness subpoenaed to prove this part of the case was a man named Joseph Davy, an inspector of police attached to the Great Western Railway, and this person, being unwell, did not make his appearance when called upon to give evidence.) These fact- went to establish the fact that the plaintiff had been apprehended by the defendants, and the evidence which followed was adduced to prove that the plaintiff was in nocent of the charge made against him. Two per sons, named Maynard and Garrett, were in custody on a charge of being concerned in certain of the robberies committed on the railway, and whilst they were confined in the Giltspur-street Compter, the plaintiff went to one of the superintendents of the Great Western Railway, and stated that he could give some valuable information respecting Garrett. The superintendent referred him to Messrs Maples and Co. Maynard and Garrett were both convicted at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to fourteen years' transpor t a tion. Amongst the persons who had appeared to prosecute, was Mr. Vaughan Prance, who had lost, whilst a passenger on the railway, a writing case, containing about 2,0001. in money and negotiable securities. The expenses of the prosecution were borne by the Great Western Railway Company, who agreed, through the medium of their solicitors, to indemnify Mr. Prance. On the part of the defendants witnesses were called to prove that Mr. Prance was not one of the party , alleged to have twisted in the apprehension of the plaintiff. Colonel Lut trell, a magi strate of the county of Somerset, stated that on the 20th of August, 1845, Mr. Prance attended as clerk to the magistrates at a meeting which took place at Nether Stowey, and that he was sure he could not have left home in time to be in London at the hour when the plaintiff was taken into custody. In corroboration of this statement, a person named Oliver Vaughan Pugh (who was said to bear a strong resemblance to Mr. Prance), gave evidence to the effect that he was a lawyer's clerk, and that he, and not Mr. Prance, was the party who accompanied the men employed to apprehend the plaintiff. Several wit nesses were then called to prove that Mr. Nash, who acted as the agent of the solicitors to the Great Western Railway Company was justified in the course he had pursued, inasmuch as many circumstances of strong suspicion had come to his knowledge in reference to Ware ham. He had learnt, in fact, that the plaintiff was an intimate acquaintance of Maynard and Garrett, and that he had visited the former during his incarceration in the Oiltspur street Compter previous to the trial. Garrett, who had not then been apprehended, accompanied Wareham on one of the occasions of his visiting Maynard. One of the turnkeys of the prison then asked Garrett his name, and thereupon be exchanged a significant look with Wareham, who "nudged " him, and thereupon he described himself as " John Smith, 75, Edgware-Yowl." In addition to this evidence, • witnesses were called to prove that Maynard and Wareham had lived together in Rowland-street, where the former carried on business as a " house-agent;' and one person, who was a lodginghouse keeper in the same street, stated that, on the day after Ware ham was taken into custody, he said " He didn't care a d—n about it, for they treated him well, and gave him half a-crovrn to pay for his cab." In fact, be had made more, he said, than if he had remained at home all night. Mr. Joseph Halfpenny, the landlord of a public-house in Titchfield street, proved that, shortly before the apprehension of Gar rett, he (Garrett) placed in his hands a small leather case, which he begged him to take care of until he or Wareham should call for it. Subsequently it was taken away by I Wareham; and, upon its being opened, it proved to contain a considerable number of pawnbrokers' duplicates. Certain statements made by the convicts Maynard and Garrett, were then put in for the pur -1 Pose of strengthening the belief that the plaintiff had a guilty knowledge of some of the transactions in which they had been concerned. These statements were made upon an examination before several gentlemen of the bar employ far the purpose. The other witnesses willed in support s the case for the defendants, were—Mrs. Maynard, (the wife of the convict), who proved that Wareham and his wife lived with them in Howland-street ; the landlord of the house where Garrett had lived, who atated that Garrett left his lodgings on thel 2 th Aug., 1845, after giving &week's nodes; and an officer connected with the Great Western Railway, whose testimony was to the effect, that the day on which Wareham applied to give information respecting the robberies was the 14th August : lastly, Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, solicitors to the Banking Association, was called, and he stated, that being concerned kr Ha rtley, a gentleman who had lost a case containing a eadidderable amount of property , in railway scrip and ether securities, be put an advertisement in the papers, offering a reward of 1001. for the recovery of the same, and that he afterwards received several anonymous letters signed " Homo mundi " and " Parcheoli." In a nswer to th ese I letters he caused another advertisement to be published, and on Tuesday evening, the 27th May, about 8 o'clock, Maynard called upon him, and said it was in his power to restore the property lost, but that he should expect more than 100/. Mr. Bush agreed to give him 1501., which sum he handed to him, and Maynard gave him in return a promissory note payable on demand. The case containing the lost property was returned to him be tween 11 and 12 o'clock the same evening by Maynard. The convict Maynard (who, being an old man, was not sent abroad, but is a prisoner in the Millbank Penitentiary) was in court under the charge of an officer throughout the day and conversing with his wife. Garrett, it appeared, was transported to the island of Bermuda, for which place he was shipped on board the " Dromedary" in the month of Novem ber, 1845, with 199 other criminals.—The case for the de fendants having closed, the trial was adjourned at half-p" ..ant 15 o'clock until to morrow (this day). Mildenhal, in COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Nisi Prim Before Sir F. Pollock, C. 8., and a Special Jury. THE ATTORNET-GENEILAL O. ALLEN.—U NSCSTAINED C HAROE OF A BRY.A CH OF THE REVENUE LAWS ET A Pawx•ftogiss.—This was an informat;on filed by the late Attorney-General (Sir Frederick Thesiger) against the defendant, a pawnbroker, described as carrying on a !wry extensive business in Clare otreet, Clare-market, for a violn , Son of the provisions of the Bth and 9th Vict., chap. a. It appeared that on the 24th of October, 1845, so many its 1 thirty-eight diamond pins, and nearly a similar number of diamond nags, had been seized by a custom-house officer, named Davis, as forfeited to the crown, on the ground that they, being of foreign manufacture, were ill -ally unshipped, as the duty to which they were liable bad not been paid. The defendant, who claimed the goody, pleaded that they were not liable to forfeiture, as they were of British menu ' facture ; however, he did not appear, at the time of the seizure (which was made upon the information of a female servant in his employment), to be aware of the history of the articles, excep t that a person, namedAbrahams , had pawned them with him on the 25th of April, pre vious to their seizure. On the removal of the articles from the defendant's premises in October, he consulted with several members of his trade, and ultimately ascertained that all the jewellery so seised had been manufactured at Clerk enwell, and that the man who had pawned it with him (very nearly for the full value) had purchased it from one Keyser, for whom it was manufactured. Under these circumstances, the defendant represented to the commiedoners of customs the great hardship to which he had been subjected, and claimed the restitution of his property. However, the expla. nations given did not produce the desired effect, and the present prosecution was soon afterwards conmenced. Amongst the articles seized there were a few watches, which were returned to the defendant ; but all the others were returned into this court for condemnation. The Attorne-General (with whom were Kr. Watson, 0.C., and Mr. James Weide), in support of the infortnation , called a witness tamest Benjamin ?Jamey, who had carried on the trade of a goldsmith for upwards of forty years. He deposed that all the articles seised were of foreign manufac ture. Some other witnesses, who are likewise, or had been, jewellers for many years, stated that the articles were of foretop manufacture. The principal mason assigned for ea ' tastaming that opinion was, that " English work would not be so very bad." Xr. X. Chambers, Q.C. (with him Mr. Wordsworth), Saiineasd the jury for the defendant, and examined a work fag jeweller, named Hickman, who deposed that he mans listured the articles (with one or two exceptions) at Clerken ' well. This witness produced the "die, • and top of the " female screw," which he had used in making it, and which he had been using since in making other articles of a similar desetttl„,n ; they were manufactured by order of s ----- named Keyser, who . dealt • • Other witnesses e moos sort of matters. - .:"W it n 'e3 It Setting the diamonds, and ell ' nThen7, l:nd positively im d g ep t o h s:d, from mes certain qu n estiol i i s de t r i t o t - 1 bore, that they had been manufactured by them under the superintendence ofKeyser. After this evidence bad been given, the Attorney-General stated, that, in the exercise of the discretion with which he as an officer of the Crown was in vested, he could not, after hearing Mr. Chambers' state ment on behalf of the defendant, and the positive evidence of the witnesses last examined, tidied the jury to find a ver dict for the Crown. At the very utmost, the charge was a matter of doubt ; but there having been some rearm for in stituting it, all he sought wet that the learned judge would now certify that there were just grounds for making the seisure.—Mr. Chambers at once acquiesced and expressed hsense of the manly, straightforward manner with which learned Attornev-General abandoned the prosecution. The Lord Chief Hiroo thought the Attorney-General had done himself and the profession credit by his conduct in that prosecution. There was no reason why the desired certifi cate should not be given, for although the defendant was no party to any fraud upon the revenue, he dealt with the arti cles in question as if they had been of foreign manufacture. —A verdict was accordingly entered for the defendant.—The court was densely crowded with persons who seemed to take a deep interest in this ease. TOWER HAMLETS COURT OF REQUESTS. RATCLIFFE v. THOHNE.—GEEEN-Room LITIGATION. —This was a summons taken out against Mr. Richard Thorne, the lessee and manager of the PaonTheatre, by Mr. John Ratcliffe, to recover the sum of 6s. Bd. due by the defendant to his wife, who is known as Miss Pettiffer, who was engaged by the defendant to play the chambermaids and other comic parts, at • salary of 21, a week. During her engagement she had been east to play Ophelia in " Hamlet," and had refused to do so on the ground that the character did not belong to her line be of business, and should have been assigned to the principal singing lady ; such ing the rule in other theatres. She was in consequence fined a night's salary—the amount claimed.—The commissioners, after a short consultation, came to the unanimous opinion that a lady engaged to play chambermaids and sing her music incidental to such parts, ought not to be cast such a character as Ophelia, and could not legally be compelled to undertake it ; therefore, they should orJer the amount claimed to be paid, with costs. POLICE.-YESTERDAY. MARYLEBONE.—A GENTLEMAN IN THE KITCHEN. —Yesterday, a gentlemanly -looking young man, named James Oliver, whose address did not transpire, was charged before Mr. RawEason, with having been found on the pre mises of Mr. Pritchard, of Canterbury Villas, Edgware-road. The complainant, on getting into the witness box, stated that be had no wish to give any evidence, as he and defendant had arranged the matter between them.—Mr. Rawlinson Very likely, sir; but I must insist upon knowing why you have caused this person to be locked up.—The complainant then said that on the previous night, as he was about to retire to rest, he heard the voice of a man below stain, and on going into the back kitchen, from whence the sound pro ceeded, found defendant with the maid servants. He seemed excited, probably from having partaken too freely of wine, and as he could not, or would not, explain the reason for being where he was, he was desired to quit the place. Com plainant at length succeeded in getting him up stairs, and on putting him out at the front door, he exclaimed " Now, come on, old gentleman," at the same time striking him (com plainant) on the back. Re was then given into custody. — Mr. Rawlinson : Now, tell me, if you please, the nature of the arrangement to which you had come.!-Complainant: The gentleman is willing to give 21. for the relief of the poor Irish; and taking all the circumstances into consideration, I will, upon his doing so, with your permission, withdraw t he charge.—The Magistrate consented to the adoption of this course ; and the money was handed to complaina nt, to be appropriated to the purpose named. THE LAW or THE CAII-STAND.—Charks Gore, a cab man, was charged on a summons, obtained against bins by a gentleman named Stewart, residing at No. 3, Gloucester crescent, Camden-town.—lt appeared complainant had been in the habit of riding in chariots, in preference to cabs, when ever he could procure them, and that on the 20th instant he sent his servant to engage one. It happened, however, that there was no chariot upon the rank at the time, and, in con sequence, defendant was called; he, however, refused to move from his place, although he admitted that he was not hired, and told the servant to look out for a chariot ; another cab in the rank was then hired.—Defendant, in reply to the charge, said the servant never came near his cab at all.— Defendant was fined 205., tother with cceta.—Complainant applied for the penalty . to b e mitigated, but the magistrate declined to alter his decision. It was requested by complain ant that his moiety of the fi ne might be put into the poor-box, LAMBETH.—THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT DULWICH. — Yesterday, Mr. Robinson, the superintendent of the P divi sion of the metropolitan police, attended at this court, and placed before Mr. Elliott, the presiding magistrate, several documents which had reached him relative to the death of a youth named George James Benwell, whose body had been found in April last in a pond near Dulwich, under exceed ingly suspicious circumatances.—A lengthened inquiry took place before one of the coroners for the county of Surrey, and from the facts elicited it appeared that the deceased youth, whose friends were respectable, lived with a person of eccentric habits, named Evans, who at that time wan a manufacturer of pique, or herb tea, rosiding in the vicinity of Dulwich. The lad was admitted to be of cheerful and lively habit, and had been left at home in care of the house one evening, while his master and his son proceeded in a pony chaise to Sydenham, for some groceries, and on the re turn of the two latter the former could not be found. On' the foot-board of his bed there was a chalk writing to the effect that his body would be found in a pond close by. This I caused Evans and his son to go to the pond, and on reaching it they found a board floating on the water with the follow ing written in chalk, in a legible and bold hand : " The body of George Benwell will be found near this." The pond, as, it was called, but which was nothing more than a shallow flant pool, was in consequence searched, and the lifeless body of the unfortunate youth was found in the centre with a 28th. weight made fast round the neck, and both the hands made fast, but while one wrist was tied fast, the other was secured by a running noose, so that it was not im sible for the deceased himself to have accomplished the fastening, and the jury, after a lengthened investigation, returned a verdict of suicide. Some weeks after, the cue was brought under the notice of Mr. Elliott at this court, I when circumstances of a suspicious tendency were disclosed, but not sufficient directly to implicate any individual.—A female named Theobald, who had been a witness in the for mer case, and who has taken much trouble in the matter, has latterly forwarded to Mr. Robinson several written com munications, and amongst them soma writing from a near 1 relative of the deceased, which bore a similarity to the chalk writing spoken of at the inquest.—Mr. Elliott, after care fully reading over all the documents placed before him, and comparing the writings, admitted that there was a simi larity, but still did not think that this would be sufficient at I present to bring home the to the parties suspected, and in conclusion desired the police would keep the cup in view. TEAM ES.—ROIFIBILItT OP A LABOL'ItEII'S SAVINGS. — George Heads, an agricultural labourer, lately in the employ of a market-gardener, at Bromley, was charged on suspicion of stealing 30 sovereigns, the property of a fellow-labourer, named Daniel Fitzgerald.—The complainant stated that he had been upwards of 19 years in Mr. Bedford's service, and during that time he had contrived, though baring a family to support, by temperance and diligence, to save 301. The money was safe in his chest on Sunday, but on coming home on the evening of Monday, he found three of his chests broken open ;thirty pounds in gold were taken from one , and is. in silver from another, but though there was a quan tity of valuable clothes none were removed. Suspicion at tacked to the prisoner, the key of whose door fitted that of the prosecutor, and who, though out of employment , had been lately ob served to be flush of money : —The prisoner ac counted for the possession of a sovereign he hail changed shortly before he was apprehended, first by saving that ha bad worked hard for it, and afterwards that he had picked it up on the road about three weeks previously.—The prisoner, who was defended by a solicitor, was remanded for a week. MONEY MARKET. TUESDAY EVENING. -- - As the day approaches when the transfer books will be closed, in preparation for the dividends, parties having to purchase either for delivery or for investment, will incline rather to hasten their operations, and to this, among other causes, is the improvement of the Consol market ascribed in some quarters. It has maintained the same favourable ap pearance to-day, with no more fluctuations from the opening to the close than the 1 difference at which Consols have been alternately bought and sold, although the transactions have been marked by considerable activity and some importance. They left off at 951 to 1 for money, and 954 to 1 for account, which were the closing quotations of yesterday, as well as of the opening this morning. Reduced Threw, 931 to 1; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 951 to 1. The govern ment broker took 15,N01. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents for the savings banks, and 1,2001. New South Sea An nuities for amount of the reduction of the National Debt. Bank Stock, 206 to 7. India Stock, 258 to 60. Long Annuities 91 to 15-16. India Bonds, 17s. to 225. pm. Exchequer bills 6s. to 10s. premium. In foreign stocks the variations have been unimportant, and the dealers more occupied with the winding up con cerns of pay-day than with active dealings in bonds. Spanish bonds maintained the improv ement g ained yester day; the Fives, 261 to 1 ; the Threes, 371 to 1. Portuguese have nominally advanced, and are now quoted 37 to 9. Mexican, 211 to 2. New Granada, 181 to 191 ex. div. Ecuador, 34 I. Venezuela , 39 to 4 1 . Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 591 tot; the Fours, 911 to 2/. Foreign exchange was in decline to-day on several of the chief continental cities. The rates were lower on Amster dam at 12.31 to ;on Rotterdam, at 1211 to on Ham burg, at 1311 to 1; on Viea:na , at 10 . 3 to 1. They remain the same on Antwerp, at 2513;1 to 90; on F-ankfort. at 1201 to 1 ; on Paris, at 2510 to 821; on Madrid, at 86 to 1. They • , I) , k it were in advance on Lesb:,,, Lisbon (60 days), at 53 to months dates except the last. wlany TOI Bank Stock, 207 6 S per Ct. Red. Anneft, 94 3 S per Cl. Console, Anna., 95 I New 31 per Cl. Anna., 951 6 Long Anna., amp. sth Jan., It, 91 15-16 Ditto 30 Tears, sth Jan., 1860, 10 3-16 fingtinfl at 30.421 to 474; and on All those rates for three FUND& India Stock, 259 6 Ditto Bonds, under £lOOO, 17 22 South Ses Old Annuities, 931 Consols for Account, 01 1 Fachequer Bills, Cl,OO, lid., 6 910 Ditto .C5OO, 6 10 Do. Small, 6 10 FUNDS. 6 per Ct. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 43 5 per Ct. Spanish Passive Bonds, 21 per Ct. Equadar Bands, 36 5 i I 1 per Ct Grenada Bonds, 191 4 3 pee Ct. Spun& Bonds Acct., ex. div. Dec. 16, 571 5 per Cl.exican Acct., Dec. 16, 2 per Ct. V ene zuela Bonds, 391 22 26 per Ct. Dutch Exc. 12 Gu t 1., M 1., 6 per Ct. Pertiv' .. :,, A/ 59.1 gpaiish Acct., Dec. 16, 4 per Ct. ditto Certificatee, 921 pet ! 11 2 261 EXCHANGES AND STOCKS ABROAD. N0v.3 0 —Three. p e r, Win' , 61 65 • - 117 `o* , ;ft tents, • • f o ur per Lents., sv4 au; oetgum flee per Cents, 1840, 99 7 1; Maples R o me., 102 25; Roman Lem 10e; Treasury Bons, 36, at four mm tks ; Bank shams, 3467 50 ; Exchange on London, 30 days, 25 40; Ditto, 90 days, 25 35 paper, 25 321 cash. ItAlleelo, Nov. 27.—Austrian 'Five per Cents., 109; Bank Shares, 1,570; Russian English Loan, 106; Ditto, }lye per Cents. Hamburg Certificates, 1011, 101 money; Ditto, let Series InscriptMns, 1026 1 1 Ditto, H o pe and Co., 3rd and 4 th Series, 971 ; New Four per c e nts., Hope and Co., 981 ;Ditto, Stieglitz, 87. Dutch Actual Debt, Two.and.a.ilalf per Cats. , 58. Polish New Four per Cent. loan, 78. English Laudsh Loan, 841, 841 money. Spanish New Five per Cents., tai, 181 money. Ditto, Three per Cents., 30.—F.xchange on London : Ilam&trgh, Nov. 27, 13 61 ; three months, 13.51 ; Riga, Nov. 21, three months, 381. St. Petersburg, Nov. 17, 38 7-16 1; Stockholm, Nov. 20, 99 des s, 1144. Now Yoga, Nov. 14.—Our quotations for city drawn bills on Lon don, a re 107 to 1071, and Urges:lea of bills have been drawn in New Orleans, at 106 1-2. Contiaental bill. arc a little higher. We quote on Paris, Sf. 37 1.2 to Sf. 95 ; Amsterdam, asi to 39 ; Hamburg, 341 to 35; Bremen, 77 to 7s. the Times has published a correspondence from Madrid, on the propositions which Mr. Ilenderson was directea to make to M. Mon, for the regulation of the foreign debt. It is inexact under several points of view. These are the bases of the powers given to Mr. Henderson : 1. To demand the capitalisation of the expired coupons of the active debt of 1840 to 1846. 2. Dating from 1847, to demand the payment of the interest on the debt at the rate of 2 per cent. for the first three years, with en increase of one half per cent at the end of every three years. 3. To demand the drawing:.by lottery of the deferred stock by series, and the erection into a new deferred stock, of the present passive debt. The news received from Vienna, that the government had established a bank of discount for securities, and especially for railway shares, produced so favourable an impression on the Berlin Bourse, that the Austrian securities rose 4 per cent., and railway shares were eagerly sought. People are convinced that the financial crisis would long since have ceased, if the government had by some energetic measure showed its sympathy for railway companies. BAIL WAY NEWS. There was an active market yesterday both for scrips and shares, with improved quotations for some lines, amongst which may be noted London and Yorks, Direct Northern', East Lincolnshire', Gooles, North Staffordshires, and North Western, and South Western shares. Scotch lines were not much dealt in, but prices remained steady. French lines were not so well supported, and it was believed that prices came lower from Paris. This was pay day of the set tlement in the share market. The improved feeling evident on Monday at Liverpool was Ihardly maintained yesterday, and the business was but limited. In Manchester and Leeds stock, however, there was a further rise; some confidence seems at last to be re turnin; to that stock. East Lancashire No. 1 and No. 2, as well as the new scrip were sought after, whilst Huddersfield and Dewsburys were flatter than on Monday. The Manchester share market was lively, and a fair amount of business was done. Prices were slightly against the buyer with a firm feeling. As usual after settling day there was a considerable amount of business transacted at Birmingham : prices were for the most part firm. It is scarcely necessary (says our correspon dent) to contradict here a rumour which has crept into some of the London papers, and which is absurd enough to make it sufficiently obvious, vie.: that the Great Western Company are making arrangements to pu r c hase the North Stafford shire simultaneously with the Dudley. The proceed ings at the late meeting at Stoke, and other circumstances well known enough to the veriest tyro in railway matters are sufficient to disprove the rumour, and to show that at present no arrangement with these companies can be contemplated. There were sales yesterday in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction at 61 p. ; Dudley, 6 p. ; Stour Valley, 21 p.; North Staffordshire, 41 p. ; North Staffordshire (Class A.) 21 p. ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Scrip, p.; Shropshire Union Registered at par.; and South Staf fordshire Junction (late Registered) 11 p. At Leeds, the share market was more cheering. A good amount of business was transacted, with prices generally on the advance. Huddersfield and Sheffield improved from 41 to 5 p. ; Leeds and Dewsbury, from 111 to 12 p. ; North Stet forth, from 34 to 44 p. ; Leeds and Thinks declined from 12e. 6d. d. to 1/ d. The Bristol market has been, as for the last few days, flat, and stock generally has receded in price. The closing prices are: Bristol and Exeter, New, 81; Caledonians, 11, 1 d. ; Cale donian, New, 21 ; Great estern, 42, 45p. ; Great Western, New, 171. shares, 71, 71, 71 ; Midland, New MI. shares, 61, 64, 61 • Midlands, Birmingham and Gloucester quarter shares, Bristol and Gloucester 591. shares, 69; Shrews bury and Birmingham, 51. At Hull, the market opened on Monday with a firmer appearance than it presented at the close of last week. A small businesa only was done, but prices were better. RAILWAY SHARE LISTS.-LONDON. DEC. 1. Nom.-The quotations of lines in Roman characters denote actual transactions : those of lines in Italics sellers' prices. ID. PAID. 181 15 Lynn and Dereham . 151 16 21 Aberdeen 181 21 1 1 82 Manchester 4- Leed s . 25 30p. 42s hires. WoL & Dudley 16p, 38 Do. shares 11 13p. 100 Birmingh. & Gloster 123 2 Do. shares 174 Do. New (nu. 71d.) 30 32 5 Do. g i alii i 2 Birm.& Oxford June. 1 61 Do. Sixteenths ll 2p. 75 Bristol and Ester_ 6p. 425 Do. Extension 1 Ip. 5 Ito. New 3 4p. 40 Manchester # Bien, 7 74 30 Bristol and Gloster I 9 21p. 5 Do. 1 shares A. l2 34s Buckinghamshire +d 3 par. 5 Do. Do. B 12 25 mi 1 Do. Do. U 6 7p. 21 Do. A shares 2l 42s Manch., Bus., & Mat. 111. 4- 271 Chester Holyhead. 2,1 11d. 2 Manch. 4- Sosithawsp. 1 d. 2 Churnet and Blythe. 106 Midland l2 5 5 Cornwall 31 3 4 r. 2 2 .4 Do : New 311 21 i I Dittt li ftt r h i e t rn. 2 3 1 100 Do. Birms.#Derey a 103 12 Dublin * Bel/ear/tat. 8 6d. 20 Newcastle & Ber 341 4 14 'astern Counties 23 1 5 ,Newm. and Chasid__ .51 1 Do. New 7! , fed. 25 , Nortli British 2 Do. Yrk. Extension 31 1 11 Do. I, ,th.,...„ lsle.th. 14 FAA ialletehir 0 ll B4 5 Do. Fifths S Do. New 91 10 li B o 0.. Lshares. 3 tension I t V.th 6 Do. New (late Pr. 4 Orem.) 11 East Lincolnshire-- 11 1( 9 1° Nor Dt lk 4 Shares 1 21 8 4. 35 Eastern Union 1521 6 Do. Extension. 6 4 50 EdinburphBrOlospotrl74 6 59 Northern 4 Eastern. 75 78 10 Do.e shares lO 11p. 50 Do.Srrip(iss.sdir.) 25 28p. 2 1 12 Do. I shares 1171:161 121 Do. i shares lBl 191 1 „Edirib. and Northern 2 Sp. 1 I Do. New 24 28p. 12 .Ely .1- lististiss4don.... . 5 North Staffordshire Bl /p. 5 , Exeter , TeovDoren. 3 1 17 2 1 Oxf., Woster.,& Wol l3 12s!Goole, Done. Al & ghat IP. 3 .Portsmouth Direct 1 Ip. 171 Gt. So. ¢ West. (Ire) 2 p. Preston and Wyre , 00Gt. North of Englandl336 237 4 0 1 Do. 4 shares 2 3 e.d. 5 Do. New 24 88P. I Royston and Hitchers Lip. 5 Do. New -38 40p. 1 Sheffield 4 Month.... 11 Do. New 18 1 8 9. 121 Scottish Central S (heat Western 130 1 121 Scottish Midland 13i 4 6 Do. sha re s 28 28p. 3 Shrewsbury & Birm.. 51 4 4 5 Do. shares. l Bl 1 420 6bropshire Union.- . Idffß 1 Do ' 3 Ol 1 40 South Decors I Do. New 7 4 1 331 S. Eastern and Dover 371 Huddersbeld, Manch 161 1 1 10 D0.N.(i55.121.)N0.1 21 31p. Do. Extension. 4 4_ 12 Do. N. (331.66.8 d.) 212 3p. Hull and Selby lee i 15 Do. N. (do. 3 01 .) 3'161 .Do. 4 shares 27 1 8 25 Do. N. (do. 15f.) 421 3 1 Do. 1 shares lO 11 . 5 South Wales 31 i I Psei• &Berl 81. Edm 11 4 11 Waterford 4. Xilken 7 sd. Do. do. Norwith.... 2 41, Wen Riding Union 21 2p. IS Wins, Soon., e = sd. York and N Do. New 121 Do. Preference 71 1 York and North Mid S Do. 4 shares 5l Do. Selby 36 38p. Do. Extension 881 8 Do. Preference l2 Do.E.&W.Bidg.P 1 18 171 PAM. 40 A ' _ SO lAN:aster & 5 Do. nee 30 Leeds and Bradford 174 Leedeand Thirsk 5 Do. New UI Leeds, Dews., Monk', 2i Do. do.Br.sh.(BlNe) 24 Do.doErten(Green) 22s Leicester Bedford ' 2.2olLeiets.4Throsisghood filLiv. Man. k N. June. lel London 4 Bldelnoall 3 DO. New . 7 11'111"m : 1 4 6ip. .171 17 r'Et .11140. .594 9 1 7 4. 3 41 4 81 1). .21 3 '194 3 1 . 31 13 19i TO oul ogne RSION R andAmienAILWAYS. Be 1Z Hord. Tad.* Cette.. 1$ Id. .6i;:47iootb..3ladra Dutch R i 5 I East Indian iGt. Southn. of Madras Great West. Bengal Great Nor. of France lOl Louvain a la Sambre 4j 4d. Brighton, S.Co. Do. Do. Mho Do. Do.Gsmen. 5p.C. London 4. Greemosch, II Do. Preference 0 London & N. Western Do. 1 shares . ... I Do. New shares.— 1 Do. Piltha. Luxembourg 34 Do. Eighths IfJ 6 Namur and Liege Do. N. di. r" 10 Orkans and Viersonl2l 21p. 8 D0.401.5h., 6 & Bordeaux.l7 11l London & 8. Western 64 5 e.n. 3 Paris & Lyons 10 Do. Nem Cons. Boo 810 e.n. Paris and Orleans 46 47 18 Do. New 26 1 7/ 20 Paris and Rouen 34 3 3 Do. Nem 33e. n. 5 Paris +Meadow's.. 1 d. Rj Landon & York 21 11 20 Roues and Havre 254 2 24 Do. Extension ... . I 10 Sambre and Mewm 31 sd. Lon., Saki.,Saki., Yeovil I S Tours} Nantes.... •• il 04 . 13 Lynn and Ely 6 West Flanders 34 3d. LIVERPOOL, Dee. I.—Sales: Chester, Birkenhead, 511.—Lo p don N. Western (new sh.) 134 p.—Manchester , Birmingham, 5. Manchester, Leeds ( 1 1-5 sh.), 6 p.—Do. (ext. sh. ,111 p.—Do. (1-16 shl, 4 p.—Do. (late Man. Br.), 281 p.—Midland new sh.), 5,4; p.-7. British (1 M.), 24, p.—N. Union (B.), 150 p.—S. Eastern ((n ew, No. 1), 21 p.— Y o •14 Newcastle (eaten eh.), 8 p.-130. (pref. sh. , 5 1. p.—York, Selby (pref. oh.), 10 p.—E. lama- shire (No. 2, new 44, p.—Do. (new scrip), 24 p.—Grinueby Dock. 11 d.—Gtimsbv, Sheield 1 oh.), d.—Huddersfield C. and R., (13 pd.), 111 eaten. sh.), 14 p.—Leeds, Dewsbury, 111 p.—Do. (be. blue), n p.—Leeds, Think, 1. (new di.), 4, 4 p.—N. Wales Mineral, 24 p.— Ambergate, p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, Cheahlre Inner., 16, 33a. Bd., 11 p.— Dudley, 6 p.—Birmingbant, Oxford Jn., 61 p. —Liverpool, Manche:der, Newcastle, 1 d., par.—Lwdon, York, 1 d.— Matlack, Midland Jn., 11 p.—Newry, Warrenpoint, 2, 24 p.—N. Staffordshire, 4, 34 p.—N. Western, 1 1 p.—Shrewsbury, Hereford, 4 d.—Shropehire tinion, R. and C. 3e. Dd. d.—Trtnt Valley, Midlands 0. June., 29a. 3d. p.-I,Vbarfdale, d.—West Riding Union, 24, 2p. Demerara, 24 p.—Direct Bombay, Madras, 4 p.—Dutch-Ithenish, 11 d. —Manchester, Southampton, 4 d.—W. Lancashire, par. Paws, Nov. 30.—Paris and Orleans, 1,228 75; Paris and Roma 862 30 ; Rouen and Havre, 635 ; Strasbourg and Bile, 216 76; Centre, Viervin, 371 23; Amiens and Boulogne, 435; Bordeaux, fits; North, 630; Paris and Lyons, 498 75. MEETINGS THIS DAY. Lynn and Ely ; London Tavern ; at II a.m.—Ely and Huntingdon' Landon Tavern; at 2 p.m.—Lynn and Dereham ; London Tavern; at fi pm.—Northern and ilout&Ta Connecting; London Tavern{ atl 1 p.m. LONDON.—NOITHWat AND SOCEITERN CONNECTING. —The meeting of this company, annooneed to be bald yesterday, was adjourned to this day, at 1 p.m. The only explanation of this step given to our reporter was, that such a not bad been received from the lectelary. IVILTH-CLenr • sire the MORT CIaMS gram= ^ fourth-class Cowl tiesand Norfolk, with a view to ~ _ . f ac ilities in travelling by railway, ha ve just started a _ nrein, md thro by ugh which w pameagers modm, for 7°. 6d. ret Y urn armo t n iae thto t. from Monday, or any other day, to the following Sunday, for 10s., which is little more than one farthing per mile. PROVINCES.—EDINSUROII AND PIGITH.—A meeting of shareholders was held at Edinbargh on Monday, to determine taken to her to m end." gemydals.isLthebe L ir dasol ft Lo we' . agreed po ld otb ow...to ng: i ns t.bew i ing c's t to hold it as rend." Mr. Wnsmsoo, of Kinross, seconded by Mr. Newton, moved that the company should not be dissolved. It Mr. is 7. lCi ai r r e i :ii i , iedl seoo 6,b as o l a ed zge by m M rwo r .. o 4 A s It is understood that a number favourable to proceeding met atter. thntitanmthoe:dcfretslbyyitbethbeadimiscrituredte7d. voted. Ibis wards, and resolved to renew the undertaking. The report woe chiefly occupied with crirninations of the North British Company : we ma . ,l give the substance to-morrow. uence of the THE HUDDERSFIE LD DISTRICT.— In conseq ~city of snow which fell In the district of Huddersfield on Estur a evening, and the severe frosts that have needed it the works act ere u'*en't'irBly suspended. railway de la P been l*irelli BEDFORD RAILWAY.—PORTAL ARRANOEMENTS.—Since the opening of the Bedford branch of the North-Western Railway, the inhabitants of the towns of Woburn, Ampthill, Biggleswade, Leighton, St. Needs, Huntingdon, te..c., have had two deliveries of letterset:illy in stead of one. From Bedford letters are dispatched (in addition northern districts. WYSIONDHAM AND DEREHAM.This line will be in "nested by Captain Coddington, the government inspector, on Friday mat, and opened for public traffic on Monday next. OPENING OP THE BURY LINE.—At eight o'clock on Monday morning, the first goods' train left the Ipswich station for Bury, with about 50 or 60 tons. Another train left at ten o'clock, consisting of seven trucks. The first train left Bury again at two o'clock, and arrived in the evening at Ipswich. In order to satisfy tine public RA to the atability of the " boor," portion of the line, near to 3towrnarket, it is well to say that yesterday a train laden with two hundred tons' weight of goods, and two engines, passed over it. with out affecting its solidity. in the slightest degree. The trains conveyed a large quantity of coals.—lpstetick Express. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—OPENING OF THE BRANCH Liss ram MARGATE TO RA/MATE.—esterday the branch line of thh railway between Margate and Bamagate was opened to the pub lic : 16 trains run each way daily, and 10 on Sundays, the fares ranging between one shilling and fourpence. Nolen( BRITISH.—The repairs are no far advanced, that it was expected _the trains would perform the journey from Edin burgh to .vt!ft without interruption on Monday. The Cakdonion Mercury remarks The extensive engineering and locomotive establishment of the North British Company being situated at the distance of nearly two miles from Edinburgh , (at Parson's an) an electric telegraph has recentlY been erected order to afford direct and instantaneoua communication between the station here and the works. It is not improbable, when the utility and advantages of thia modern invention are rendered apparent by this experiment, that the company'rnay be induced to extend it along the whole line, and that, in process of tune, it may be continued to the metropolis, whence in telligence of any important event may be transmitted through the country within a brief period of their occurrence. The station-hour, which is intended to accommodate both the Edinburgh and Glasgow and North British Railways, is proceeding as rapidly as the 'scathe will allow." FOREIGN.—Rohn. —A German paper has the following from Rome :—" The well known English traveller, Lieut. Waghorn, during his brief visit had several long interviews with the leading men of this city, as to the most expeditious method of completing the railway from Brindisi, through the Papal States, to the North, as he could then despatch the Indian mail saverfom Venice, through Germany, to England, and by such a railway the uncert-inty and danger of the paasage by the Adriatic. Thus celebrated man was received with as much distinction in this city, as he was by the King of Naplessoms time previously." LUCCA AND PISA.—A letter from Pica speaks of the great success which has attended the opening of the Pima and Lucca Rail way, as far as the baths of San Giuliano, and states that the rest of the line to Pisa was toinially opened on the 15th ult., so that travellers winnow be able to make in winter, four daily, and on saint-days, five daily trips, to Loom and back. Great stress is laid on the solidity i which c ha racterises this railway, the enfrineer of which (Herr Pohl ! meyer) will continue it to Pistoja. IMs gentleman was at Bologna on railway business. It is said that no railway in Italy, or even in Germany, has such elegant carriages ; even those of the third class are covered in, are very the sides are pro tected from the wind by leather fastenings,w hilst the carriages of this class on the Leghorn and Florence railway are open to the weather, and on the Neapolitan railway they are only made far standing up. The prices are not higher than others. Lucca is a populous state; having, like Leghorn, an extensive trade in oil. There ia now an op portunity for those who travel by steam-boat to spend a day at Leg th horn% to devote a few hours to Lucca and Pisa, and prnceed in s evening, by the same vessel, as far as Civitaveochia. The wks of the line towards Florence proceed but slowly ; and it will b osoms months before they get to Empoli, which will be the half of the whole distance of the railway. PRUSSIA.—The direct line of railway from Stiterboek to Rieao (Silesia) is at length decided on ; but the works will not com mence before the spring, but will then be prosecuted with vigour; as, by its means, the present line to Dresden will be shortened by about elghteen miles, whilst the length of thin proposed railway to Rieso is but seven miles. For Vienna this line Is of the greatest importance ; as the public will be able, after the completion of the Dresden and Prague railway, to reach the capital of Bohemia in ten, or at furthest twelve hours journey. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC for respective weeks ending between 20th and 25th November : Miles wor k e d. Corrcv. week 1845. Paris and Rouen B5 £5,885 £4,998 Paris and Orleans Orleansand Hord. (lstsee.) 72 Northern COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. PRODUCE.-Mmereo-rates, Dec. 1.-Sugar: feu:ublic wiles eon dated of 350hbds. of West India ; 5,500 bags Mur, and 5,200 batm Bengal ; the quantity exceeded the were bought about one-third of the West India, and half of the Mauritius were bought in to sustain the market, yet a decline of fully fames established and Is. on the Bengal, at which nearly all the latter found buyers ; refined has also given way nearly Gcl. ; atandard quality 635. 6d. ; St. Vincent Molasses bought in 225. ; Coffee : 2,000 bags plantation Ceylon went off in public mks without alteration in pricee, and nearly all sold ; 300 bags good ordinary natives did not find buyers at 37a., at which price they were withdrawn ; Rice continues dull ; Rum has been out of demand; Cotton thin article has improved both in demand and price toe slight extent, 700 bales sold; Tallow dull at 48s. • Tea continues very dull ; Common Comeau 914. to 10d. ; Cochineal :180 bags Honduras offered; ' they went off heavily ; Silvers at a decline of Id. ; the blacks bought in 65. 4d. to 6e. 1 Id.: silvers ss. to Se. 90L Rice continues dull, and in but limited demand. COTTON.-LlCEltteet., Dec. 1.-It is inferred from private letters received per the Britannia this morning, that the cotton crop this year, on the whole, will be less than last year; to which is added the fact, that freights, owing to the demand on shipping for carrying bread-stuffs, and in consequence the market is very firm. The sales were about 9000 bales, 4000 on speculation. The quotations remain unaltered, viz., New Orleans, 54 to 64 ; Bowed Georgia, 54 to 6 ; =- rats, 34 to 44. MANCHIRMI, Dsc. 1.-Our market to-day has again been very dull.-Cloth has been rather more inquired after. Prices are without change.-Taros very inactive, and heavy prices rather drooping. New Your, Nov. 15.-This market, on the 31st ult., on the depar ture of the Caledonia, awed steady ; since the departure of which, there was an absence of the same degree of spirit, so perceptible for the previous current week, and the market assumed a Mate of inac tivity, although prices did not flag, owing to the indifference holdella esinced in effecting sales-except at the full currency. The accounts per this strainer from Liverpool, to 20th ult.,were received by express on the evening of Saturday, 7th inst., and the letters on Monday, 9th Mat. ; these advices of the 4d. advance, were quite as flattering as holders had reason to expect-yet our market has not been improved by them, and, in fact, prime yesterday were considered one quarter of a cent. lower than those existing at the date of our last. A considerable amount of cotton has been held here on speculation, with order to sell after the arrival of the packet; thus causing a con siderable increase In the kook offering ; and as a portion of these sales were imperative, prices sunk, although not more than the advance in freight, and fall in exchange, during the same period. The sales this week have averaged 1,500 bales per day, making the amount diepesed of up to last evening. 7,500 Wee, of which about 3,000 bales were taken for export, and moat of the residue by our own spinners. The market was rather steadier yesterday, and prices more uniform, and we have reduced our quotations one quarter of a cent on some grades, and one-eigth on others, to conform thereto. Ashes have been in excellent demand, and the supplies being rather light, prices have again advanced. During the week about 1,100 barrels of pots have been sold at Idol. 124 c. to Idol. 25c., and 450 pearls at Mot. 50e. to Scio n 624 c., closing for pots at ?idol 2k., and for pearls Mal 7k. in ow witted, and more buyers than sellers. Tobacco : The market by private is quiet, the auction sales pretty nearly supplying the demand ; 100 hints. common Kentucky sold at 3c. • 75 do. 34c. to 44c. four months; and various parcels Connecticut and Florida at previous rates. By auction, 114 hhds. common and part =merchantable Kentucky sold at 2c. to sjc., average 2elol. 65c.; 338 bales Cuba, 12e. to 22c. • and 45 hhds. Kentucky, 14c. to Sc., average, idol. 80c., four months. NewOatemes, Nov. 3.-With respect to the crop, the developments of the past fortnight have shed no new light on the 'subject. The weather continues remarkably line, but this circumstance, which in any other season would exercise a very powerful influence on the minds of all parties, has ceased to attract much attention, from the fact that the previous injury to the plant in the lower section of the country was so great that it appeared almost irremediable. The cur rent estimate in this market is 1,900,000 bales. It seems by general consent to be the common platform on which the trade can unite, and may therefore be considered the turning point, insomuch as opinions ' are equally divided between those who believe it will slightly exceed this figure, and others who imagine that the growth will fall short of said amount. With regard to the receipts at this port, we find that they are generally estimated at 750,000 balm. WOOLLENS.-LERM, DEC. 1.-The woollen trade of this district still continues very flat, and the attendance of buyers in the cloth balls to-day was very thin. Some sales were, however, effected in bottle-green sad milled-blue coatings, and in shawls and clenkings adapted to the semen. Late prices generally were realised. BLANKETS.-HECSWONDWICII, Nov. 30.-There was an improved attendance of merchants in the Blanket Hall here to-day, and the business transacted was more extensive than we had occasion to report last week, and late prices were fully sustained. i•e Your, Nov. 15 5.-Bammervem.-When the news per Britan nia first reached us, p went up at a very rapid rate, but when it was properly digested, they declined just as rapidly, as it was found there was a very large supply here, and a great scarcity of vessels to export it to Europe. During the last two weeks, owing to the advance in freights, large receipta,and unfavourable state of the weather, busi ness has barna a stand the market heavy, and prices hare come down to where they were before the arrival of the steamer's ads - ices. Genesee has been offered freely at sdol. 934 c. to 6dol, and Michigan and flat Ohio at Sdol. 874 c. to Sdol. 931 c., and more sellers than buyers at that. In Southern, there bas scarcely been anything done, George town and Howard aa a reet, at . 5 dollars 87 cents ; and, from 1,200 to 1,500 barrels hve been sold at 5 dots. 75 4 e. The asks during tyre week amount to about 85,000 barrels of all kinds of wheat flour at the above prices. Rye flour is steady, with moderate sales, at 4 dais. 121 c. to 4 dol. 25 c. for North River and/rimy. In corn meal the transactions have been large for export, not less than 10,000 bble. Jersey, and 10,000 bbls. have been deliverable at the mills, on terms we did not learn. Buckwheat flour is worth 4dols. 2k. to adds 50c., aborts 7c. to Sc , ships stuffs Ile. to 12c., and second quality fine feed lee. to 161 e. Export from let to 10th Nov., Wheat flour, 24,893 bbls. There have been some very heavy tramactions in grain since the arrival of the Hibernia. A large amount has been bought on specu lation and stored with the expectatice that on the arrival of the Great Western it will bring a much better price than at present The supply Oleo large, and it is so difficult to effect immediate shipments, that t speculators will no doubt be disappointed. The sales of wheat alone consist of 140,000 bushels red and mixed western, chiefly for export, at Idol. 10c., to Idol. 16c.; and 37,500 do. prime white Oene see, part for future delivery, Idol. 20e., to Idol. 2k., showing, not withetandisg this activity, a decline of about 5 cents. per bushel, and leaving the market well supplied. Northern rve is in request for dis tilling and export, and 37,000 bushels have Changed hands at 778 to 78 cents., delivered, and 77 in tale slip. Barley is firm and rather tends upwards; 7500 bushels brought 61 to 04 cents. Northern oats are steady at 35 to 37 cents., there being, perhaps, few to be obtained at the lower, and difficult to sell at th e latter rate. Corn has continued in req uest, and full prices have been realised; the sales include 62,500 bushels mixed western and prime northern yel low at 76c. to 80e. • 3,000 Jersey yellow, 80e. ; 7,000 southern white, part if not all, 80c. ; 1,800 new northern y el low, 60e. • and 1,500 new and old mixed, 6k. all per bushel of 56 ; 20 0 tags Mack-eyed peas sold at 2dol. 2k. per bag of two bushels. Exports, from let to 10th Nov.: Corn, 91,204 bushels; wheat, 91,150; rye, 53,311; oats, 186; barley, 415. "POW Ulf LONDON GAZBTTE of Tuesday, Dec. 1. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.—Nor. 27. E.W. Phillip', Bishops gatostreet, City, dealer In gime—Nov. 26. J. Topham, J3rerrood, Staffordshire, road contractor. J. B. Auxx, Brixton, Surrey, brick merchant, to surrender De cember Bat half-put 1, and January Bat 12, at Baaingball-et. Bob., Clutuntley and Westwood, Gray's-inn-square ; off. aasig., Belcher. Lane, ilianoery-lani; off. aide., Green, Alder er G. Leen and W. Caner, York-road, Lambeth, 15 at half-pea 11, and January 19 at at Basing flume and Mews, Old Jewrythambere; off. &oi l rick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Pena. Weymouth. draper, December 10 a at 11, at the Exeter Court. Sole., Mahon an Church-chambera, Nowgate-at ; Arden, Weymo Exeter; off. peg., lairtael, Exeter. R. tnuNr, Petham, Kent, grocer, December If January 11 at halt-past 12, at Basinghall-a. So inn, and Cbipperdeld, Canterbury; off. aeeig. , G buildings. W. Warg', Birkenhead, licensed victualler, I unary 7at 12, at the Liverpool Coon. Sole., Jo' pie, and Bremner, Liverpool; off. NA*, More G.Wimaniio, Dartford, Kent, miller, Deber 11 at 12, at Baaingball-at. Sole., Tripp, Ad bridge ; off Turquand, Old Jewry-chamb INSOLVENT PETITION/tit E . a c boyd, Morton, Torten , '" M IK a. 51100.), ..oadipooyedlnet, feat dealer. J. Coarou, Biletoa. fladrordaltire, A. Botriek, ifulaae,Larara I.BlZer. ellaopluvry I. Bentham, 8 dealt!. keeper. J. Greewood, Sovrerby bridge, lork• shire. operative corn miller. T. I. loom, New Shoreham. Susan, l'aftTak, fle• L LI J. Waller. 111 J. Meet, tar blacksmitli J. Wilk arm I W. Nilliaata Lem OF DIVID !Jfaex, oval -" • P.W. I .maeon. G. Kr'""t ilatl7 l "'"'" 16 9 12 C.it=etZt.. Montan. - DECLARATIONS It Allen, Waltham Ifolasercsa any Thursday, at Pennell's, Guildl C. C. Barley, Wisbeach, Cambric any Thornier, at Pennell's, Guildkausciiamoel it Baxter, Sheffield, merchant-2nd c subsequent riday, at Drumm's Leeds. B. M. Burroughs, Lise4pool, ironmonger— and any subsequent The y, at Quote:me J. Caine, Chilton Centel°, Somerset, ems div. of Is. Rd., on and after Dec. 7, at Ilernaa C. Clarke, Goswell.rosd, draper—first dia. day, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. IL Clarke, George.strcet, City, lock ma Is. 6d., any Thursday, at Pennell's, Guildhall- J, Conlen, Cheltenham, woollen draper—lc any subsequent Wednesday, at Miller's, Dries W. Fordyce, Newrastle-upon-Tyne, book Dec. 5, and any subsequent Saturday, at Wa Tree . W. Hand, Blolleston, Pembrokeshire, cm] 2s. 5d., with a let dia. of 6s, Scl., line. 2, and day, at Miller's, Bristol. C. Lewis, Bath, innkeeper-2nd dia. of Is. 941., Dec. 2, and any subsequent Wedruad W. Mitchell, Vinsbury-Place South, Cita, of Ioe., any Thursday, at Pennell's, Guilditil It. Nelson, Great Portland-street, hotel kc any Thursday, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chant P. Rhodes, Manchester, cotton spinner and any subsequent Tueiday, at Fraser's, IL B. L. M. Rothschild, Great Queensdreet, dia. of 6.4., any Thursday, at Pennell's, Guild J. Rudman, Bath, oilman-Ist dlr. of Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. J. Waterhouse, Salford, Lancashire, call 7s. 6d., Dec. ft,. and any subsequent Tuesday, J. G. Wertunck, Plymouth, merchant— day after Dec. 7, at Ilernamares, Exeter. DIVIDENDS.—Dec. 23. L. Reis, J. Poi church-Woe*, City, merchants—Dec. 22. attorney.at-law —Dec. 23. W. Ashdown, Dec 23. F. Holmes and J. Holmes, SouthU —Dec. 22. J. R. Spencer, Hidstead, Fa Carrie and L. E. Seignette Mincing-lane, V. R. A. Brooks, Robert-s treet, ilAmPsteek O. H. Watton, =wholesal e reet, tobaccon Cbeapelde, City, stay menufactv -Tyne, merchant Dec. 3 , fire-brick manufacturer- azonmoonaisao. pool, tallow chandler—Dec. 22. J. Davin —Dec. 23. W. Lawton, Mottram, Cheibin cheater, upholsterer—Dec. 11. D. Maas. Dee. 22. W. Pattision, Liverpool, mcrchain end, Staffcadahire, linendraper. SCXYTCH BEQUESTRATIONS.—J. M`G December 7 and January 4, at Baud and N prow—A. Falconer, Edinburgh, book age Stevenson and Sons' Sale-rooms. Edinbue gowrie, merchant, Dec. 8 and 29, at WU PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—Jos. bina, Mile-end-road—D. Ladymaa and A. L !lardy, J. Hardy, Jun., and J. Ii Nicholaon, J. Marling, and T. Wilson, Ca Mowery, B. Cowie, and If. Brookman, and G. Nichols, WeThames-atr ee lls-neat-the-Sea, Nod S. Moore, Lower t, City Rayleigh. Essex—R. Wilkln, E. Preston Liverpool, so tar as regards R. Wilkin. W. (butcher, and W. Mortimore, Grace as regards F. Ricketts—lL 11. Manning, Hayman, Bristol, so far as regards R. I W. Wood, Gresham-street—T. Godfrey G. Jackson and T. Cawthra, Birstal, on Lewis, Crutehedfriars, City—S. Crudebedfriars, City, so far as regards T. Sharp, Commercial-read, Lambeth—J. Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. SHIPPING INTELLIGi All. DOS. AIM feat MLR. 3 Dublin . . . 0 0 Holland . . 010 !odd 3 Waterford .. 1 Panders . . B us I Dossehadee 0 Prance . . . 0 , 0 0 0 Otters. &Jere. 0 0 Labe. Dees! Hall 1 Hamburg .0 0 ilediterllll. 2 0 Lrrrairtan., Dec. I.—Arrived : Diana Demerara ; Sherbrooke, Quebec; Hog Quebec ; York (ship), Quebec; Glenlye Emigrant, Candiena, and a ship suppose Sailed: Ariel, Peru, and Mayon, Africa; bus, Pernam buco; Terme, Swinemtuide. (News brought by the Brit Acadia (a.), Harrison, from Liverpool, From Liverpool at New Orleans : Oregon, Magn ifice nt, Meteor, Manteo, Delphos, Clarboine, John Cumming, Mil chant, Archelaus, William and Elia Seratnpore. The William Goddard, Louisa, and Bi Mobile. Alliance, and Roger Sherman, from Li From Liverpool at New York : John Devonshire, New York, Siddons, Rapist/ From Liverpool at Boston : Dalmatia, Fredonia. ' From Liverpool at St. John's, N.B. British Merchant, and Liverpool. From Liverpool at Havannah : Chesh Liverpool to Halifax : Edward. Liverpool at Philadelphia • Columbin Liverpool at Newfoundland : Ann Jot The Recovery, from Liverpool to Min Edward's Island, Oct. 29. The Ocean, from Waterford to Queb doned at pea; crew saved. The Ilarkaway, from Virginia to Li Roads, Nov. 11, leaky, and with rudder New Toes, Nov. 13.—Freights—to some advance km been obtained, the F 160. fur Corn, and 14d. for Wheat, and Flour at 4s. 9d. per brl. The Reecho, up at private rates. To London, they lions. To Havre, 90 cents. per brl. for believe, baa been obtained, with sot which is an advance. [Advertisement.] ANOT: eI:SE OP ASTHMA ST HOLLOWAY'S PIL Compton-plooe, Brunswick.square, h asthma for more than three years. 11 sufferer that he did not dare to go t choking him; indeed, he could not es for half an hour lest he should be suffo son is now labouring from morning m', did in his life, and, in fact, is °maple loway's Pills. Sold (also Holloway's loway's establiahment, 244, Strand, vendors of medicine throughout the ct, BIRTHS BOISTEY.—Nov. 41 at Flaaley abbey, Boevey, Eon., of a ton. B•THAMLEY.—Nor'. 30, at Champion - I PA E AZ— o tl a or eo .. if, at toper Broot.ot reel, GAll.l3l2Jl.—Ner. 23, at 5, bays. hall rill Gardner, Bp., of a son and heir. LONSDALIL—Nor. 28, at the Clore, Lit daughter. MACDONALD.—Nor. 23, at Armadate Macdonald, of a daughter. BOOTH —Nor. 29, the wire of B. A. Rot SKETCHLEY.—Nor. 29, at St. hitelioLu* SPILYIL—Nov. 17, the wife of R. Sorge, TURNER.—Now. 30, et Warwiek.ruad, Tamer. Eaq., of a danghter. WILMOT.—Nov. 2a, at catster-street, tl daughter. IdARIITA4 ARMSTRONO—RHIGHT.—M7Tii, at T. Gardiner, M. I. *manual'. of daughter of R. Bright, Eq., of Honda Ft" It.NET—LEW Il4.—Nor. 26, at Dor Saddler, B. R. Turner, Eau., M amend uremia daughter of W. Lewis. Eq., ol ICK.I4IOIIT-11%0PHEHBON. — Lior. H. Wallate. .I. M . Y.Dight, BK., to Coo Mums, ESQ.. of itallemery. IL&YEW—WAOSTLFP.—Dre. I, at Bt. MM. Wagstaff, daughter et Yr. 0. IC Ines. Ho) . PRESTON—BROMLEY.—Non. 2s, at Itegentetreet, by the Her. T. P. Hal liee,jue., of lirenswiek-square, to Ell HAIWORD—ISTEPHENP24, at ford. Pee., °sly no of the late Rev. Catherloe, Mt daughter of Yrs. Meg BCEDAMORE—HOLLAND.—Nov. 28, Z. Metcalfe, J. SCUSIAMOR.IIO%. AO An and daughter of the late ceps. W. Bra SLATER—POWLSR.—Now. 14, et XII James Henry,only era of J. H. Slab Louise Catherine. eecond daughter Meath, and niece of the Earl of Erne. TWIOO-OHEEN.—Nor. 2S, at St. la AM., of Ttlosatistoee, fotuils Ku of bea's, Colentan.street, Loudon, to At Lte C. Citeee, Eq. WATTS— EICKE.—Non. 21, at Raylei lir. B. Watts . to Meads, eldest des It N., of Mame Cottage, South Shoe HEAT APA74l4.—brov. 26, at Cove, Mari. is Adams, Eq., of Cart. ALLEN.—Nov. 16, at Cleoegeh•ollaY,C At Oil► N.—Nov. la, Susan Lydia, tbe b South-bridge. wharf, Obefford, and Cooke, of 3, Cannos.atreet. RAMINOTON.—Nov. 27, at Loadooden BAHBEIL—Zrov. 23, at Ityde, Eliza, Nottlaglaasn, and youogem daughter aged 42. ItIRD.—Nov. 24, at Wlneheater, It lOr 121tOWN.-240v. 30, Ann Pearce 800 24, Eloonabtu7-aquare, aged 69. DEN' ERELL.—Nov. 27,105. Devout', EADES.—Nov. 21, at Pump.eourt, Col Eades, timber merchant, Puntp.courl coesomption. OORE —M Brussel( C. A. Oore, Fati • • translator of Victnr Heeds" Rhine.' Royaute,. aged 44. By Ins wife, the ten children, of whom • son and deur RARDINCL—Nor.2e. Mr. J. Muttony f•Bmberwell, aged 70. JOHNSON.—Nor. 28, Frederick Thom HeDerlilo, Menley.os.Thamen YONSELL.—Nov. 23. at Bunts.. th Derry and Precentor of Chrltt Chord °OILY Y.—Nor. 29, at 13, KO.INIU pt her of the Bengal Medical Hoard, a Innernaharlty, Bart., aged 77. O'MALLRY.—Nov. 29, at Chester•pio child of P. Y. O'Malley, Esq., aged to P ARRTNoe. 20, at the Chateau de Parry, log., eon of the late W. Pan" PILOBIM.--Kov. 25, at Leerniagton tee of 8. Pilgrim.Eaq., Lite of Londe PRICHARD:Nov.2e, at Dititcan•tcr , Nervgate-street. London. seed 77. 'tinted sae rabliehei by Watt.. Alll the with a Bride. la the City Mews. Ilsessost mad Metes. in Whitetriare. In the City a Loam DscasseS 11, MIL