The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-24 00:00:00

ELECT ON INTELLIGEA CE. Mr. Layard having accepted the invitation to come forward as a candidate to fill the vacancy in the representation of Southwark, caused by the death of Sir C. Napier, met his friends yesterday evening at the Queen's Head Tavern, Borough. Mr. NEWMAN having been called to the chair, opened the proceedings by explaining the reasons which had induced a large number of the electors to invite Mr. Layard to become a candidate, and stated that in consequence of the resolution adopted at a meeting on Wednesday last a deputation waited upon that gentleman, who, after some little prudent hesitation, consented to allow his name to be put forward. After referring to Mr. Layard's antecedents as proving hi s fit ness to represent the important constituency of South wark, the chairman concluded by introducing the lion. candidate to the meeting. Mr. LAYARD, who was enthusiastically received, then addressed the meeting. The hon. gentleman commenced by stating that he had only returned from Italy on Tuesday night, and found Mr. New man and other gentlemen waiting to request him to tome forward. He hesitated to give a decided an swer, but was pressed, and on Thursday he was called upon by a deputation appointed at a public meeting on the previous evening, and he could no longer refuse the invitation. He was always disin clined to divide the Liberal interest, and that was one reason for his hesitation. Another reason was that he had been led to believe that an election in Southwark would cost more money than he could personally afford, and more than he thought any candidate ought to be called on to expend. (Hear.) In coming forward now, when there were already two Liberal candidates in the field, he was only following the example of Mr. Scovell, who did the same thing, and therefore what was good for the goose was good for the gander. (Laughter.) With respect to expense he had told the gentlemen who came to him very honestly what his opinion was, and, although there were certain expenses which a candidate must incur, yet he would not be a party to those costly elections which were a stigma upon our representative system. (Hear.) He had heard it said that one of his opponents was prepared to go to any expense to gain the election, but that, if not a mere brutum fulnzen, would not alarm him, and he hoped his friends, instead of being intimi dated by a spirit of corruption, would endeavour to intimidate their opponents by a spirit of purity. (Hear, hear.) Referring to the two other candidates for the vacancy, Mr. Layard observed that Mr. Scovell based his claims upon local con nection, but he (Mr. Layard) thought those claims although deserving of consideration, w ere a ll owe d too much weight in the present day. A House of Commons composed of men who represented local interests would be a mere vestry—(laughter)—and would exclude from that assembly men who had given their iettention to subjects of mere general importance 'co the whole nation. (Hear.) Of the other candidate, Mr. Fawcett, he desired to speak with the highest respect. That gentleman was a man of the highest honour, endowed with an accom plished 7!lind, but labouring under an affliction which many electors thought was a disqualification for a member of Parliament. Therefore, under all these circumstances, he (Mr. Lavard) would have been indulging in false delicacy if he had refused to come forward. because the field was pre-occupied. The electors wou!d wish to know what his opinions were. He was what was called a Radical—(hear) — and he thought he need not be ashamed of a name which their former distinguished representative and his esteemed friend Sir W. Moles worth had gloried in adopting. (Cheers.) If he entered the House of Commons again, it would be as he was before—an independent member. (Hear.) It was all very well for gentlemen to call "hear," but they did not know what it was to be an "independent member." (Laughter.) An independent member meant a man who was to be bullied and carped at by every one —a man who was always saying disagreeable things; an independent member was one who spoke what he believed to be the truth, and who in so doing incurred obloquy as a bore, but who for his encou ragemest must have the high privilege of enjoying the confidence of those whom he represen`,/ed. He should, therefore, if elected again, be an indepen dent member, but would gladly give his support to any Liberal Government which he thought hon estly deserved it. He entertained the highest re- LepeCt for Lord Pahnerston—(hear) —who he believed represented the bold, outspoken character of an Englishman. He believed that Lord Palmerston had properly represented the feelings of the coun try in his foreign policy, which had to a great extent influenced the popular movements upon the conti next. (Hear, hear.) He had no reason to flatter Lord Palmerston, because when in Parliament be :tore he had the misfortune to fall out with that noble lord, and, being the weakest, of course got tho worst of it. (Laughter.) He would give his support to the Government, but would reserve the right to oppose it if it introduced any measure of importance which he believed to be opposed to the public interest. Unrm thp,c7re:lt 1)110S1 lb]) of rai..n, Ile could only then say that he had always thought that a measure ought to be introduced to admit to a share in cur representative system-that large body of intelligent working men who were now unjustly excluded. Considering the great efforts and vast sums that had been expended during the last 30 years in the extension of education, he could not understand why they had not permitted to take part in our representative system those men who had most profited by those efforts and that expen diture. lie thought that as long , as any property qualification was required a franchise was a :fair proposal, and he would have accepted it, but of course not as a finality measure. He, however, agreed with their former representative, Sir W. olesworth, that any extension of the franchise would be worse than useless which was not accom panied by a system for giving protection to the voter. He supported the ballot, and thought that some means could be found to insure secresy. As to municipal institutions, he regarded them as the foundation of liberty, and when in Vienna some seven or eight years ago he was told by Count Esterhazy that it had been a great misfortune for Hungary that she had allowed Austria to take away her municipal institutions. He (Mr. Layard) would therefore keep the mayors and aldermen, notwithstanding all jokes against them, as he be lieved centralisation to be a dangerous evil. With respect to foreign - policy, he believed that questions of the highest importance must speedily arise, and that belief was one of the principal reasons for his desire to re-enter the House of Commons at the present time. He was well acquainted with the state of Europe, and knew that a moment was ap proaching when great changes must take place,and it was of the highest importance that the foreign policy of this country should represent the true feelings of the people —a sympathy with the popu lar institutions in other countries, and not the nar row minded, bigoted, foreign policy of 30 years ago, which made us the ally of despots and not of peoples, and which had brought Europe into its present condition. (Cheers.) He had seen one despatch of Lord J. Russell which he did not much approve, but the noble lord had since written an other which had produced an excellent effect on the public mind of Europe. The moment, he repeated, Was approaching when great changes must take place. Peoples were beginning to understand that t hey had rights as well as kings, and would not fail to assert those rights. Italy was a good ex :cm:ll%. Eighteen_ months ago that c oun t r y was a the far despair —grass gr ow i ng i n t h e streets of but no,li'M cities, the people rec kl ess an d soure d ; f ull of bus ife and vigour abounded, the cities were hosts of InYenpeople, railways were progressing, and to defend theZere presenting themselves prepared excite the sympathies land. Such a change must of this country. He did not desire war-_f4,influence of Re g i ltu r Tu it, but we wished the moral ware n a to be exerted on behalf of all nations which which we enjoyed. Zggling to obtain:that liberty questions of vast J ul ' h eel's.) There were Indian • in that must receive an early consideration Patlireent, and he certainlydesired to take part in th e tions. He must say he ay es i se ne t i l . .ssinn of those ques- T o e r d to believe that great had great crimes to answ er In a l : _n India, and a g responsibility to care for ( fiall!_ig with the destinies of 130 millions of men. about the Lords' aggression ?"1 Ti7 e r il" What gression was a past event, and he hoped 118' not recur. net recur. Had he been in the House at the time he should have been disposed to take more noti ce of it than had been done. He had alway s b een friend to the removal of all duties which pres sed upon the extension of information or education among the people. [" The equalisation of Poo. , rates ?"] He was strongly in favour of an_ . equali sation of poo r - ra t es , but there were difficulties which had not yet been satisfactorily met. Mr. Layard concl u d e d, am id l ou d c h eers , by expressing his willin gness t o answer any ques ti ons that might be put to him. Sin DREDGE said he was authorised to state that Mr. Fawcett would give Mr. Layard a week to canvass, and at the end of that time he would be willing to withdraw if it could be shown that his success was improbable, and hoped that Mr. Layard would agree to the same arrangement. Mr. LAYARD expressed his appreciation of Mr. Fawcett's kindness and courtesy, who, he hoped, would receive the same from his friends. (Cheers.) Mr. HOWARD moved the following resolution : "That this meeting, having heard the political opinions of Mr. Layard, as explained upon the present occasion, are of opinion that he is eminently fitted to become the repre sentativeorof this anc i en t b orough in Parliament, and, there f a individuallyforthco g and collectively , pledges itself to s upp ort e, lie election." Mr. WlLl slizlt seconded the resolution, which THE SUN, ' LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER' 24, 1860. was carried by acclamation, with only two dis sentients. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the meeting dispersed. RIPON. A vacancy has been occasioned in t'le represen tation of this city by the death or Mr. J. A. Warre. No candidate has yet ent:n ed the field, but several names are spoken of, among the most prominent being Mr. Reginald Vyner, second son of Mr. H. Vyner, of Newby-hall, near Ripon, and Mr. W. E. Forster, of Burley-grange, near Otley, the unsuccessful candidate at the last election for the borough of Leeds. Both these gentlemen are Liberals. There is some talk of a Conservative candidate, but such a one would have a poor chance against the De Grey and Ripon interest, although until within the last few years Ripon always re turned two Conservative members. Mr. R. Vyner is half-cousin to Earl de Grey and Ripon. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 23. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. HOWSE-THE QUEEN V. HOPICINS ln this case the Court had granted writs of habeas corpus directed to John Howse and Rachael Hop kins to bring up the body of Charlotte Barford, a young lady aged 15 years, in order to her being de livered up to her father, who obtained the writs. After some delay, and an apparent attempt on the part of several parties to evade the jurisdiction of the Court, the young lady was this day produced, and the question was then raised as to whether she was of an age to exercise a discretion as to whether she would return home to her father, or whether the father had not an absolute right to have his child delivered up to him by the order of the Court. Mr. Sleigh, on the part of the father, moved that the young lady now in Court should be delivered up to her father, and read a long affidavit in which the father stated all the circumstances under which his daughter had been withdrawn from his roof, and taken to London by Howse, and sent about to various places after the writ of habeas corpus was granted. The affidavit concluded with a statement that the applicant had always treated his daughter with the greatest kindness, and that his object was to save his daughter from the improper hands and society into which she had fallen. Mr. Seymour said he had had an opportunity of answering the affidavit ' • and as to the motion made that the girl should be delivered up, he sub mitted she was quite of age to speak for herself. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn then directed that the girl should be taken into his private room, and said the counsel on both sides might accompany her if they wished. The parties then all withdrew, and were absent fro* the court for some time. Upon their Lord ships' return, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn said he wished to hear counsel upon the question of the law, whether the father was entitled to have the child delivered up to him. Mr. Sleigh then referred to the repealed statute, 4th and sth of Phillip and Mary, cap. 8, which enacted that " Nobody shall take away any maid or woman child iin• married, being within the age of 16 years, nut or from the possession, custody, or governance, and against the will of the father of such maid or woman child, or of such persons to whom the father of such maid or woman child by his last will and testament, or by any other act in his lifetime, bath or shall appoint, assign, bequeath, give, or grant . the order, keeping, education, and governance of such maul cr woman child." That statute was repealed, but it was in substance re•enacted by the 20th section of the 9th George IV., cap. 31, now in force, which enacted that, " If any person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried girl, being under the are of 16, out of the possession, and against the will of the father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or I charge of her, every such offender shall be guilty of a mis demeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to suffer such punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or both, as the com t shall award." The learned counsel contended that this statute assumed and recognised the right of the father to have the custody of his daughter up to 16 years of age ; hut he went further, and contended that, under the 12th Charles 11., cap. 24, the father had the right to the custody of his children until they I were of the full age of 21 years. The words of the statute were : " That where any person bath or shall have any child or children under the age of 21 years, and not married at the time of his death, it shall and may be lawful to and for the father of such child, or children, whether born at the time' of the decease of the father or at that time ' en ventre de sa mere,' or whether such father be within the age of 21 years or of full age, by his deed executed in his lifetime, or by his last will and testament in writing, in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, to dispose of the custody and tuition of such child or children for and during such time as he or they shall respectively remain under the age of 21 years, or any lesser time, to any person or persons in pos session, or remainder, other than Popish recusants, &c." He also referred to the case of " R. v. Greenhill" (4 A. E., 624), Lora (Auer Justice Cockburn said the difficulty was in his fixing an age at which the child was too young to exercise a choice. Mr. Justice Hill said the law iras now settled that, though the girl was a consenting party, and left her father of her own free will, she had no mind or will of her own that could infringe on her father's paternal right. His lordship referred to the case of " Regina v. Mantkelow." Lord Chief Cockburn said the Court had exa mined the person herself, and she had had every opportunity of explaining ; but the result of the examination was that she could not suggest any misconduct on the part of her father which would justify her in leaving his house. Mr. Justice Hill said the question was whether, if the girl chose to set her father's authority at de .fiance, she could do so ? Mr. Seymour said he appeared for Howse, and also for Miss Hopkins, and that, if he had the opportunity, he thought he could answer the father's affidavit, and show that his was not the proper custody. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn said that ought to have been done on the return to the writ, and he should be very reluctant to give an opportunity of stating in an affidavit charges which 'ihe girl her self when examined had not preferred.. Mr. Seymour referred to the authorities, and contended that the gi r l was o ld enough to exercise her choice, and that the Court would not control her. Mr. Justice Blackburn referred to Rateliffe's case (3 Co., 39 a) and Fraser's note t hereon. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn also :referred to the recent case of "Regina v. Timmins," and, after consulting with the other judges, said no case had been made out on the part of those who resisted the application to the Court that the eh ild should be delivered up to her father. It w.m. for them to show that, though entitled in point .of law to the custody of the child, the father ought not, in regard to the interests of the child, to have that custody. The question was, therefore, a simple question of law, whether the father was entitle( I to the custody of the child, she being fifteen yew rs of age, when that daughter, without just cause, I lesired to with draw herself from his control. It liras an unhappy fact that this girl, influenced by e counsels and evil examples, was desirous, with out adequate motive, to withdraw herself from. - the care and affectionate control of her father, an d cast herself on those who were likely to lead I her to her ruin, and if the Court could save her from what her folly would lead her into, they would rejoice. It had been shown thalc, though the father was entitled to the custody oq the child up to 21 years of age, the Courts would not interfere summarily, by writ of habeas cm:ls'lw, to withdraw the child from the custody in whict L she happened to be if the child had arrived at thE age of discre tion at which she could exercise !a choice. The question was, what was the age at -which the child attained that discretion ? He (Lc it d Chief Justice Cockburn) wholly repudiated th( doctrine that mental precocity would give it tb right, if it had not arrived at the age of discretic m which the law recognised, for that very precocity might lead a young girl into misery and dan .ger. The Court must lay down a general rule as to the age when the minor might be left to freedon t of choice. The Legislature had thrown light on this subject, by which therourt might be safely g ti.ided. The age of 16 had been pointed out as the ; age to which the consent of the child should not j *stify her with drawal from the father's roof Ns ithout it being considered a misdemeanour. Up • to that period nb enc ouragement was afforded by t.l le law, any more than by public opinion, to induce a young woman to withdraw herself from ' the par . e3 atal control... In would. the p rese t case there was nothn ig to justify that withd raw n order, and the result was that the Court persons who hcc)aordnisdoht father. His that the girl be delivered up to her i p Georg e IV their would b e also t 3 a b d a d i ethat the if e x t e he tions of this statute (9th of been inc tic under the doubt that they Wou l d call. no one could have liable to be I convicted of the offer me would be n to ;emai ow l ti ten t could the I Court allow the girl that t custody ? The order, therefo-„, as she should n e b d e restored. to her father; but his Lot to take care for the fu p artier tt ire, lest the briv'g themselves withi th a law. Hisy Lord ;hi . concluded . by obse . rvinl . th at the Court s t h h o e ui. 3 had not come to this conclusion wither at great con siden iti , on, nor without consulting wit h the j u d ges of th B other courts, all of whom were unanim ous orderedhild wax M r. Sleigh said that, as the c r to in op union with the judges of this court ious aw be given up, the fatter WO anx his application for. the attadNient of th e parties. The learned counsel applied that the father might have his costs. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn said the court had no power to give costs. The young lady, who showed a manifest disin clination to be given up to her father, then left the court in his custody. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Justice Wight man, and Mr. Justice Williams.) SHEDDEN AND SHEDDEN Y. PATRICK AND PATRICK AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. The hearing of this petition for a declaration of legitimacy was resumed. Mr. Collier, Q.C., Mr. Couch, and Mr. Phear ap peared for the petitioners ; Mr. Rolt, Q.C., Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Powell for i the respondents ; and Mr. Bourke for the Attorney- General. Some correspondence which passed between the petitioner and William Patrick in 1823, 1824, 1839, and 1841, was put in evidence for the purpose of explaining and corroborating the petitioner's state ment with respect to the documents said to have been delivered to him by William Patrick in 1823. A deposition was also read, made by an old man named Robert Stevenson, who said that he remem bered the arrival in Ayrshire of the boy William Shedden from America, and that one of the servants spoke of him as " the young laird of Roughwood." Mr. Collier tendered Lloyd's List for the purpose of showing what vessels had arrived at Greenock from New York in the beginning of 1799, in order to controvert the account given by Mr. Patrick as to the transmission of the letter of the 12th Nov., 1798, and of its duplicate and triplicate. A clerk from Lloyd's proved that the list pur ported to contain the names of all vessels arriving at different ports in Great Britain. It was made up from letters received from agents at the ports announcing the arrivals. The agent would in every case keep a book of entries. The letters of 1798 were among the documents destroyed when the Royal Exchange was burnt down. Their lordships rejected the evidence. This being the close of the evidence in support of the petition, Mr. Rolt proceeded to open the respondents' case. He said that the lady who had opened the peti tioners' case with such remarkable skill had com plained of the difficulty she was under in conducting it without professional assistance, but the petitioner bad deliberately chosen to conduct it in the way in which it had been conducted. The Judge-Ordinary—You need not enter into that question. Mr. Rolt said he would give the Court a simple statement of facts which would admit of no doubt or dispute upon the evidence in any reasonable mind. After recapitulating the relationship of the different members of the Patrick and Shedden families who were in America between 1790 and 1798, he admitted that the law of marriage in New York was, as stated by the petitioner's witnesses — namely, that no official or ecclesiastical ceremony was necessary to create a marriage, but that the fact of a marriage which might be proved by habit and repute was sufficient. The case to which the petitioners pledged themselves was this gen tleman of character and position equal to that of Mr. Shedden lived near New York, and had a daughter, who in 1790 was about 16 years of age. NTT.. Shedden paid his addresses to her in the way of honourable courtship, and the only objection that could be raised to the match was that of her youth. Time and reflection removed the difficulty, the lady and her father consented, and the marriage took place. Could any human being be lieve that in 1798 all evidence of the fact of such a marriage, openly contracted iu 1790, had com pletely disappeared, the lady herself, her father, and, of course, most of their acquaintance being then alive? This was not represented as the case of an illicit amour gradually ripening into a fixed cohabitation, but as a contract openly entered into, with no attempt at concealment. The deathbed marriage was quite irreeoncileable with this case, It could not have been thought necessary for the purpose of preserving the testimony of a marriage which had been contracted only a few years earlier. The respondents' case was, that iu 1789 a woman named Ann Wilson was living in New York, in a house of her own ; that she received the visits of illiam Shedden in the first place at that ;anise ; that they gradually became more and more ac quainted; that she occasionally visited at his house,. and, at last during the latter part of his lite took up her residence there altogether; that there was no pretence for saying there was any marriage previous to the death-bed marriage, and that the evidence of habit and repute was utterly opposed to the idea of such a marriage. A respectable merchant in New York would prove that, in 1794, when he was 20 years old, he was intimately ac quainted with society in New York, and knew William Shedden, and that he was an unmarried man. Another witness who was in the house when William Shedden died, and had known him for years, would prove than Ann Wilson was openly and notoriously a woman of very iignt cha racter, that she insinuated herself into his house and resided there as his mistress, but that he never introduced her as his wife into decent society. The whole of the documentary evidence supported this view of the case, and proved that the death-bed marriage was merely contracted for the purpose of legitimatizing the children and making an honest woman of Ann Wilson. The will, which was executed on the 7th of November, 1798, the same day when the deathbed marriage was contracted, was, in some respects, remarkable. This wealthy merchant, as he was represented, left only 400 dols., £BO or £9O a year, to the virtuous and excellent woman to whom he had been married for years, and the only one of the children, the girl, who was left under her care, was to remain under it only as long as . the executors thought proper, and as long as she followed their advice as to its education. The letters of John Patrick and of the two other mem bers of the family in America, William Shedden of Virginia, and Robert Patrick of New York, con tnined declaration upon declaration that there was no marriage previous to the deathbed marriage. But the most important declaration, and one which, in his opinion, put an end to the case, was that of William Shedden himself, contained in his letter to Mr. Patrick, of the 12th of November, the day before his death; the original of this letter was written and signed by him, and he also made two copies, all of which were sent to this country. Had it not been for the wicked conduct of the male petitioner that original would have been produced, for it was either in the petitioner's possession or had been destroyed by him. But fortunately a duplicate and triplicate had been made, and had been produced. His answer to the suggestions which had been offered as to the improbability of this duplicate and triplicate having been transmitted in the manner stated by Mr. Patrick was, that the original had been sent by one ship, and that the duplicate and triplicate had both been sent by another ship soon after wards. The learned counsel read extracts from the letters of the members of the family in America to the different members of the family in Eng land and Scotland from 1798 down to June, 1799, all of them assuming that the persons to whom they were written were ignorant that William Shedden had ever been married. If he had been openly married for eight years, how was it that none of the family in this country bad ever heard of it ? He placed great stress upon Mrs. Vincent's letter to William Patrick of the 3d of Sept., 1799, as proving both that Mrs. Vincent had no idea that there had ever been more than one marriage, and that the letter of the 12th of Nov. had been written and sent by William Shedden. (Both these letters have already been published in our report of this trial.) As to the affidavits which she sent home from a needlewoman and a nurse in the family, he submitted that they were evidence against a prior marriage, because, if there had been such a mar riage, she would have been able to adduce much more satisfactory proof of it. They also proved that she o n ea u g rt r r e t a d e kp documentarys tor, ern ivfaitgdh was eeen. ca eTe t . ah h te e h n Tp. bhedeteedi They e r lhe o nat u edt s rs e acc r used alin e dd s s t ee a tdnh b dtel the e s eea h tvph ii o agn r edt m r a ai rldl connected with them, of forgery and perjury, spolia tion, and fabrication and destruction of documents, and even the unfortunate deaths of two distant re lations had been represented as visitations of a mys terious Providence. The only motive suggested for all these crimes was that Robert Patrick might ob tain possession of the Ayrshire property. What possible interest could William Patrick of Virginia and the Sheddens of London, have in taking part in such a conspiracy ? The correspondence of 1800 between the American executors and William Patrick proved that William Patrick was anxious to discharge his duty to the 'boy, because he gave the executors notice that he could not attend to his interests in opposition to those of his brother Robert, and asked them to appoint some one to re present him in Scotland, accompanying this request by a clear and candid statement of his brother's case, of the state of the law, and of the boy's chance of success. His advice was, that a suit should be in stituted to try the question of law between Robert and the boy, so as to decide the question of the title to the lands at once, the expense to be borne by the win ning party. The learned counsel called their lordships attention to the endorsement on the duplicate,tripli cate of the letter of. Nov. 12—" original per ship Fanny, Capt. Brain ;" to an entry in one of Mr. Patrick's books, under the date of Jan. 8, 1799 — :A sa ,. G m . e :' , lio 2ss m e,i son, letters from New York ; and to . a further endorsement upon the duplicate and tri plicate, " Received at Edinburgh the 15th of January, 1799 " --both entri es showing' the receipt of the bills of exchange which the letters enclosed. Passing to the year 1823, when the petitioner became acquainted with his position, the learned counsel referred to a list of documents, dated Oct. 7, made out by William Patrick, and purporting to be a catalogue of the papers sent by him to the petitioner for his perusal, one of them being the letter of Nov. 12. These papers were returned in a few days, and on Dec. 3i, at the petitioner's request, Mr. Patrick again sent him the letter of Nov. 12, and an obituary ; and he acknow'leged their receipt. He read extracts from Mr. Shedden's letters from Oct., 1823, to Jan., 1824, in which he said that he knew there had been a suit between himself and the Patricks before he left school ; that he was aware that Dr. Hosack was then living ; and that in October he had seen his father's will " and some of the papers accompany ing it." These letters were of great length, one of them extending over no less than 31 pages. The letter of Jan. 3, 1824, acknowledging the receipt of the obituary and of a letter containing " perhaps the last signature of his father," showed that the pe titioner had obtained possession of what lie regarded as a valuable relic, and to account for its son-pro duction he told the incredible tale that he had ex changed it for some unimportant letter of 1783. The correspondence of 1841 proved that the petitioner's explanation was idle and un true, and that the original letter of No vember, 1798, had been traced to his posses sion. This evidence entirely acquitted Mr. Patrick, a most honourable man, of the shocking charge of having fabricated a letter. just as unfounded were the charges brought against the other members of the family of having fabricated accounts and de stroyed papers with the view of getting rid of their liabilities to the estate of Wm. Shedden. It was clear that at the time of his death he was deeply indebted, and his estate was hardly solvent. In addition to the evidence he had already stated as to habit and repute, he should prove that in June, 1797, a con veyance was executed of certain parcels of land near New York t o Ann Wilson, that this land was set tled to her separate use upon her marriage with Vincent, in January, 1799, and that she conveyed it away in 1801. The learned counsel then proceeded to comment upon the evidence given at New York in support of the petition. The Court adjourned before the observations upon this part of the case were concluded. to ask for the committal of all the persons charged in this matter. The following letter was read:— " London, Oct. 29. 1860. "Dear Sir,—l wrote to my housekeeper, Mrs. Cave, to day, and told her to try and get Woodford to your office, so that ycu may make a handling of him. Mrs. Cave will do her best to get hold of him, and in the event of her doing so, and that you are satisfied with him, you may give him the enelosed, or rather destroy it in his presence. But mind, please to note in every way, in the shape of evidence, as to the existence of this ciecwitent. Take notice of it for reasons that I will make known to you when I next see you. Have you proceeded any further in Cooke's matter or Admitt's ? Had you not better write to Cooke upon the subject of his action, and feel his purse? You can address to me, under cover, to Mr. F. W. Ventris, New North-road, Islington, London.—Yours truly, L. It. POOLE. " What do you think of BillinghamPg testimony ? Will it do ?" Mr. Van Sandau said he presumed that the follow ing was the " enclosed" which was to be given to Woodford or destroyed in his presence : _ _ " £lB lls. " Northampton, Aug. 9, 1860. " I hereby acknowledge being indebted to Mr. W. F. Johnson, of Northampton, in the sum of eighteen pounds eleven shillings for value received. " Witness L. R. Poole. (Signed) "J. WOODFORD." Mr. Van Sandau said, having read this letter, which be characterised as one written by Poole, inciting Mr. Dawson to tamper with the witnesses for the purpose of robbing the creditors of the bankrupts of their property . , he would recall the witnesses Beard and Woodford to afford the coun- sel an opportunity of cross-examining them. Mr. Ebsworth said, before proceeding further, he wished to know on what specific charge Mr. Van Sandau was going against Mr. Cooke. As none of the evidence proposed to be adduced affected the charge of perjury, and as none of the alleged acts of that gentleman took place in London, this Court had no jurisdiction against him upon the charge of con spiracy. It might be very convenient to Mr. Van Sandau, but it was not fair to bring Mr. Cooke up from Northampton day after day upon a charge which was not gone into, merely for the purpose of having been present in a matter beyond the juris diction of the Court, as far as Mr. Cooke was con cerned. Mr. Van Sandau said it was sufficient for him to show that any one of the accused committed an overt act in London to give the Court jurisdiction over the whole of the parties charged, and to in elude every overt act at Northampton and else where. In a charge of conspiracy the act of one was the act of all. It was a continuous offence, and the Court had ample jurisdiction.. . The evidence taken on the former examinations of Spittle, the detective officer ; Beard, the bank rupts' carman • Woodford, a carpenter, in the same employ • and kr. Blink, clerk to Mr. Van Sandau, having been read over, the whole of the witnesses were ordered out of court, and Beard was then recalled and further examined. Henry Fossey said—l was packer in the employ of the bankrupts for about 12 months. The peg now produced is the bankrupts' property, and was on the premises on the 13th of August when they stopped work, for I used it that day. The letter bag also belongs to them. I saw the 26 trunks and the hamper of goods seized at Kingsthorpe. The whole of that property belonged to the bankrupts. I was the only packer in Poole's employ during the last 12 months. Trunks and hampers were always packed by me, and none could have been sent out of the warehouse in the ordinary course of business without my knowledge, for whenever Mr. Poole, or Mr. Bryan, or Mr. Balls, the foreman, assisted in packing I always superintended it. Thew 26 trunks were not packed by me, neither were they sent from the warehouse as early as July last, nor could they have been sent out prior to the 13th of August, when the bankrupts stopped business, and closed the warehouse. In one of the trunks there were five pairs of spring-side boots, which I re member leaving in the shoe-room on the 11th of August last. I recognise them because they were brought in by a workman named Skempton, and were rejected by Mr. Poole because they were not properly finished. They were not brought in until the 11th of August, and they could not there fore have been sent out in July. I did not work for the bankrupts after 8 o'clock on the morning of the 13th of August. Mr. George Freeman Newton said—l am a cur rier, in business at Northampton. lam the peti tioning creditor in the bankruptcy of Poole and Bryan. lam a creditor to the amount of between £5,000 and £6,000. Ventris came down to North ampton on the 15th or 16th August, and I received a circular from Quilter, Ball, and Co. about the same time announcing the failure of the bankrupts. I went straight to London, to Poole's warehouse, and was told he was not there, but that he had left a note telling me that any information I wanted I could get from Quilter, Ball, and Jay. I returned to Northampton,.and met Poole and Ventris. Poole introduced Ventris to me as Mr. Jay, and told me I should see his books if I would call at 10 o'clock on the following morning. I went at the time ap pointed, but they were not in, and the housekeeper told me Mr. Jay would, give me the information I wanted. I met Ventris in Mayfair in Northampton. He told me I could not see the books, but if I would point out anything particular that I wanted he would endeavour to•give it to me. I asked for the amount of the liabilities what amount was likely to be paid, and some information of Graham, Tobias, and Co., but I did. not get it. I had several letters in reference to the removal of goods, and, in consequence thereof I watched the bankrupts premises. On Saturday night, the 18th of Aug., I saw a van-load of goods brought out of the ware - house in the Mayor Hold, and I followed it through Bearwood-street, across the Market-square, when I saw Ventris go up to the driver and say something to him, upon which the van quickened its pace, and I lost sight of it oustide the town. I afterwards met Ventris, and asked him what he meant by assisting the bankrupts in robbing the creditors in that way. He asked Me what right I had to interfere, and made use of many low threats. He said, perhaps I should be on the eve of bankruptcy, and I had better mind what I was about, or he would do some thing for me. On Monday, Aug. 20, I was called upon by Police-sergeant Smith, who told me another load had been taken early that morning, between 2 and 3 o'clock. On the 23d I made Poole and Bryan bankrupts. After some discussion, it was arranged that the case should be adjourned until Monday next. Sir R. W. Carden said he would accept the same bail as before for Mr. Cook and Mr. Dawson, and Billingham, but he must refuse . the application on behalf of Ventris to take one surety instead of two. It was here stated that the assignees had no ob jection to bail being taken for Poole. Sir R. W. Carden said if Mr. Van Sandau for the prosecution, and all the assignees and the counsel and friends of the bankrupt Poole, supported his application for bail, he should feel it his duty to re fuse it. The sister of an hon. baronet who has but re cently succeeded to the title which his ancestors have so long and so honourably held, the other day eloped from Dresden with the German tutor who had been engaged by the family. The young lady has a large fortune, and is most prepossessing in appearance. It was stated that she was betrothed, at the time o her flight, to a gentleman of position in the county of Cumberland—Cumberland .Paquet. THE ORNAMENTATION OF WATCHES WITH FINE ART DESIGNS.-" It is singular that our English manufac turers of watches have overlooked the importance of supe rior art-designs for their productions. The fact is, the costliness of material and perfection of mechanism in the smallest compass seem heretofore to have been looked upon as the exclusive standards by which a watch could be judged, the ornamentation being considered of no import ance. Significant signs of improvement are, however, in dicated by at least one manufacturer. As observers of pro gress in all departments of art and manufactures, we feel much pleasure in adding our testimony to the fine taste which has been displayed in the selection of artistic designs for ornamenting watches by. Mr. J. W. Benson, of 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, the manufacturer referred to. Mr. Ben son, as a long-established City manufacturer, has gained a reputation for the quality of his preductions which stands second to none in the City."--Sun.—Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, post free for two stamps, is descriptive of every construction of watch now made. Watches safe by post to all parts of the globe. [AuvEnnsEMENT.]--Medicine always aggravates chronic diseases, but Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract a few out of • many thousands of gratitude from invalids. Cure 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure 26,418. Dr. Harvey of diarrhoea and debility. Cure 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure 46,270. Mr James Roberts, timber-merchant, of Frim ley, of 30 years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Eliza beth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool,a cure of 10 years dyspepsia, and all thehorrors of nervous irritability. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, removmg effectually, without purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. Ils. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office' order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 779 lif?' gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Ab,sbi_c,: 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, v a . l bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishop s g street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co tea-dealers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street City; at 127, High Iolborn; and all grocers° IMPERIAL GUARANTEES. A return has been made up at the Treasury showing the extent of our responsibility in the shape of guarantees. At the head of them stands the Russian-Dutch loan of 1815. The portion gua ranteed by this country amounted to £2,083,33 3 with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. ; and the sums already paid under the guarantee for interest and sinking fund (1 per cent.) actually amount to mere than double the original debt. The sinking fund has now reduced the principal of the debt to £1,145,833, and consequently our payments for in terest are constantly decreasing, but we still pay above £BO,OOO a year for interest and sinking-fund together, and the period when we shall cease to pay anything will not arrive until June, 1915—the cen tenary of the guarantee. Next comes the Greek loan, which, perhaps, may drag on for as long; it is now 12 years since the Greek Government made us any remittance. The British Government have paid £811,790 under their guarantee, and all that has been repaid to them by the Greek Govern ment amounts to only £31,084. We are paying above .£47,000 a year for interest and sinking fund, and it is calculated that this sinking--fund will have purchased all the bonds guaravteed by the British Government by MichaeliVas. 1871 ; but when the Greek Government wi. ll have repaid us is another question. In May, 1859, a joint commission (English, French, and Russian) reported that they considered £900,000 the minimum which Greece is in a condition to pay annually, the payment to increase progressively, but the present return adds rothing to the £31,084 which was repaid us by the Greek Government in 1847 and 1848. There are some other guarantees subsisting under which the British Government have not been called upon to pay anything—the £5,000,000 4 per cent. loan raised by Turkey, the interest of which is jointly guaranteed by England and France, of which loan only £102,000 have as yet been extinguished ; several colonial loans ; and a small sum borrowed for the 'metropolis main drainage, of which there is but £70,000 still out standing. The £2,000,000 loan to Sardinia was not a guarantee, but a direct loan, and that country repays the interest to Great Britain, with a small annual sum for a sinking fund. Lastly, to three telegraph companies—the Mediterranean Exten sion, the Channel Islands, and the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company—the British Govern ment have made engagements in the nature of guarantees of a minimum return, which at the present take about £20,000 a-year from the public purse. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 23. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. George Stevenson, a fishmonger, in Billingsgate-market, attended. to 1 . answer a summons charging him with an infringe ment of a provision of the Tweed Fisheries Amend ment Act of 1859. The summons was issued on a petition presented to the Lord 37ayor by Charles Smurthwaite, superintendent of water bailiffs, act ing under the Tweed Fisheries Act of 1857, and the Amendment Act of 1859, alleging that Mr. Steven son had contravened the 10th section of the latter. statute by having in his possession, on or about the 19th of November inst., 28 salmon, known by him to have been illegally taken or caught in the river Tweed, or one of its tributaries, during " the annual close time," by which he has incurred a penalty not exceeding £56. The 10th section of the Act in question provides that every person who, during tbe eunual close time, has in his possession salnisra known by him to have been taken in such time (except salmon caught by the rod and line, between the 15th of Sept. and. the 30th of Nov., or between the Ist and 14th days of Feb., or which have been taken for the purpose of artificial propagation : , under the autho rity of the commissioners), or who sells or exposes for sale or exchange any salmon. known by him to have been caught in the river 'between the 15th Sept. in any year end the 14tb. Feb. in the year following, shall be liable to a :penalty of not less than 10s. and not exceeding .for each salmon. Mr. Stevenson, who was acc ompauied by Mr. Fitzgerald, a solicitor, formally . ..pleaded " Guilty ;" but added that he was prepared to state on his oath that he knew nothing whatever of the fish in question being in his warehouse. He was bound, he said, to receive every box of fisi I that was sent to him, and he asked how he was to know what each box contained until it was opened.? He was rather late in going to the market on the morning on which the salmon were said to have bc:en received at his warehouse, and they were takeza in there without his knowledge. There was no man who had done more to stop the illegal sale of fi. 3h than he had, and he thought it was disgraceful tb.at this proceeding should have been instituted ag a inst him. In his opinion the only 'effectual means of putting a stop to poaching would be to prohibit the exportation of fish, for it was generally believed that the salmon taken out of season in this count ry was mostly sent to Paris. Mr. Sanderson, solicitor, whi) appeared for the Tweed Fishery Commissioners, ;said he had reason to believe that this was the first; occasion on which Mr. Stevenson had infringed the law. Mr. Fitzgerald, the defendant'fs attorney, acknow leased the conciliatory spirit in •which Mr. Sander son had acted in the transaction, and stated, as a proof that the defendant was di s posed to deal with equal candour and fairness, that 1 le had handed over to that gentleman a letter which had been addressed to him by the person sending tine salmon. Mr . . Sanderson admitted that. was so, but he was also bound to state that that lett e r, which came from Galashiels, contained a remark Indicating, as it ap peared to him (Mr. Sanderson), • a consciousness on the part of the writer that he m as doing. an illegal act, and it was not handed eve r by the defendant until this proceeding had been 'commenced. The defendant repeated that he knew nothing of the salmon coming to him until after it had been received, and he submitted it wio uld be hard to make him answerable for the act of an other which he could not control. Besides, his only motive in pleading guilty was to prevent publicity,. and if he could not prevent his name in connexion A rith this transaction appearing in the public prints, he should wish to withdraw that plea. air. Alderman Hale said;that. was a public court, and the defendant could not surely expect that he could lend himself to any attempt to control the publication of its proceedings, which, as in the case of every other judicial trib ttnal, had been long recognised. - Mr. Sanderson said he represented a public body, who had felt it their duty to institute this pro ceeding, and he objected to the e defendant intro• ducing irrelevant topics into the consideration of the question at issue. The defendant said he had d one everything in his power to suppress poaching, and it was dis graceful that he should have been summoned to answer a charge of this kind. Mr. Alderman Hale said he could see nothing disgraceful in the course which the complainants had pursued. Ho could not all',ow the defendant to make that statement in his hewing. Mr. Sander son, the solicitor for the com.:plamants, had con sented, at the defendant's own request, to the case being heard on certain terms., and now the de fendant objected to those terms. He could see nothing in that gentleman's conduct in the least deserving of the epithet " disgraceful." He (Mr. Sanderson) was an officer em.ployed by a public company; he had simply a duty to discharge in this matter, and he had discharged it with pro priety and moderation. The defendant again appealed to the bench to prevent the publication of his name. Mr. Alderman Hale emphatically declined to accede to the request, adding that the representa tives of the press, like other people, acted under a sense of responsibility, and that his experience as a magistrate went to convince him that they exer cised a vocation tending greatly to the public ad vantage. Eventually the further hearing of the summons was adjourned. GUILDHALL.—Lewis Robert Poole, of the bankrupt firm of Poole and Bryan, boot and shoe manufacturers, of Northampton, and of New Oxford. street, London ; Mr. Roger Dawson, a solicitor, St. Giles's-street, Northampton; Mr, James Cooke, tanner, Walsall, employing some hundreds of work men ; Geo. Billingham, a broker. and general dealer, of the Horse-market, Northampton ; and Fred. W. Ventris, clerk to Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., ac countants, were brought up for further examination, relative to the charge of conspiring together, and with one Thomas Chapman, an innkeeper, of Kings thorpe, not yet in custody, for the purpose of re moving, concealing, and embezzling property to the value of £1,200 and upwards, with intent to cheat and defraud the creditors of the bankrupts Poole and Bryan. Cooke, Billingham, Ventris, and Chapman were also charged with having on the 27th October, 12th November, 15th November, and. other days, com mitted wilful and corrupt perjury in their exami nation in the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Holl, barrister, watched the case for the pro secution, which was, however, conducted by Mr. Van Sandau ; Mr. Best, instructed by a gentleman from Mr. Waldron's office, appeared for Poole and Billingham; Mr. Ebsworth, of Walsall, attended for Mr. Cooke; Mr. Merewether, instructed by his client, appeared for Mr. Dawson; Mr. H. Wood defended Ventris ; and Mr. Lucas, barrister, appeared and stated that he was instructed to attend for Mr. Chapman, who intended to surrender. Mr. Van Sandau said he should not have occa sion to go into a very lengthy statement with re gard to the facts of the case, for they were already in evidence, and he submitted that, irre spective of the evidence he should then offer, he should make out such a case as would entitle him • FROff TEE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 22. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Reading—Gillery Pigott, Esq., Sergeant-at- Law, in the room of Francis Pigott, Esq , who has ac cepted the •ofhce of Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 5. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Major James Hay Wodehouse to be her Majesty's Consul in the Society or Leeward Islands in the Pacific Ocean. WHITEHALL, Nov. 22. • The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., G.C.8., the office or place of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of the Earl of Dundonald, deceased. At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of November, 1860. Present—The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, on a representation of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Rev. John William Nutt, M.A., Fellow of All Soul's Col lege, in the University of Oxford, to be one of her Ma jesty's Assistant Inspectors of Schools. GRANT FOR THE NAVAL FORCES ON THE CHINA STATION. The Accountant-General of the Navy gives notice in this Gazette that preparations are now being made for the in • tended distribution of the sum of -L33,000 voted by Parlia ment for the naval forces employed on the China Station, between the Ist of October, 1856, and the 26th of June, 1158, which will be distributed upon the principle of grant ing to each person so employed one month's additional pay of days, according to their respective ratings on the last day of their service on that station, within the above-men tionel period. The names of her Majesty's ships entitled to participate are as follows : Acorn Elk Amethyst Esk Actinon, with Fury Dove, gunboat Forester Algerino Furious Assistance Firm Adventure Hornet Bustard •• Highflyer Banterer Haughty Belleiele Hesper Barracouta Inflexible Comus • Janus Calcutta Kestrel Camilla • Leven Cruiser Lee Cormorant Minden Clown Melville Drake Nankin Encounter Niger NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. It is intimated in this Gazette that the distribution o proceeds arising from coals captured on board a Russian vessel, name unknown, by her Majesty's ship Viper of the 26th of Mav, 1855, in the sea of Azoff, will commence on Thursday, the 29th inst., in the prize branoh of the depart. ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house." The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Flag share £l2 14 0 Lt-Commanding 30. 3 . 3 Fourth class.... 818 11 Fifth class .... 4 19 5 Sixth class 4 9 5 Nimrod Opossum Pique Plover Princess Charlotte Racehorse Sybillo Sampson Starling Staunch Sans Pareil Slaney Spartan Surprise Tribune Volcano Woodcock Watchful. Seventh class .. £'2 19 7' Eighth class 1 9' 10 Ninth class 0 19 10 Tenth class .. 0 9 11 WAR-OFFICE,. PALL-MALL, Nov. 23. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Watts, from the 70th Foot, to be Assistant •Sur geon, vice Davidson, appoint ed to the Staff. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Spencer. Liddell, from the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Shirley Ball, who exchanges. 11th Light Dragoons—Surgeon John Burton St. Croix Crosse having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of I st October, 1858. 4th Regiment of Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon James B. Jardine to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Kearney, ap pointed to the Staff. 11th Foot —Sergeant-Major John R. Atkins to be Quar termaster, vice William C. Napier, dismissed the service by the sentence of a general court-martial. 15th Foot—Lieut. Thomas S. Ball, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Robert S. Liddell, who exchanges. 31st Foot—Stall-Surgeon William F. Daniell, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Atkinson, appointed to the Staff. 39th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Charles Thompson Abbott, M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice George Thomas Woodman, M.D., placed upon half-pay. 53d Foot—Capt. Sidney Godolphin Quicke to be Major, by purchase, vice Annesley Paul Gore o who retires ; Lieut. Robert Fannin Stoney to be Captain, by purchase, vice Quicke; Ensign . Robert Brown to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stoney. 56th Foot—Eiisign Henry John Nuthall to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Williams, promoted ; Lieutenant John William uskisson to be Adjutant, vice Lieute nant Williams, promoted. 58th Foot—Major Chas. Hood to be Lieut.-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Brevet-Colonel Cyprian Bridge, who re tires; Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Charles Wm. Thompson to be Major,"by purchase, vice Hood; Lieut. John Augustus Tighe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut..-Colonel Thompson; Ensign Charles Ed ward Foster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tighe ; William George Clayton Wade, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray, promoted. 70th Foot—Staff Assistant-SUrgeon Wm. Evelyn Alston, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Watts, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards. 84th Foot—Surgeon James M'Grigor Grant, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon- Major, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858. 87th Foot—Surgeon Richard George Davys Banon, having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon- Major, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1,1858. 89th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon J. Sumpner Joyner, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Walsh, appointed to the Staff. 93d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major William Gustavus Alexander Middleton, to be Major, by purchase, vice George Cornwall, who retires; Lieutenant Arthur Col lett Nightingale to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet- Major Middleton ; Ensign Charles Hasa() to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Nightingale. 96th Foot—Captain William Frederick Metge from half pay Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be Captain, vice John Smith Cannon, who exchanges ; Lieutenant George Irwin Thompson to be Capta in, b y p ur chase, vice Metge, who retires ; Ensign Edward Barret Ho dges Curteis to be Lieutenant, by purc hase, vice Thompson. , Ist West India Regiment —Ensign Arthur F. Pi ercy Cosens, from the 9th Foot , t o be Ensign, vice B ourke, promoted. Andrew Hallid a y H a ll 2d West India Regiment —Ensign from the 20th Foot, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice O'Shaughnessy, promoted. UNATTACHED.—Capta in and Brevet- Colonel William Henry Adams, half - pay , unattached, Prof essor of Fortifi cation at the Royal MilitarY College, to be M a j or, w i thout Purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. S urgeon Thomas Johnston Atkinson, a from the 31st Foot, / ppointed to the 31st to be Staff -Surgeon, vice Daniell Foot. TO BE STAFF-ASSISTANT SURGEONS. Assistant -Surgeon William Alexander Davidson, M.D., from the Ist Dragoon Guards, vice F. O'Conor, placed on half pal- A ss i s tant -Surgeon Thomas Walsh, from the 89th Foot, v i c e Alston, appointed to the 70th Foot. Assistant -Surgeon Edward Barrett Kearney, from the 4th Foot, vice Joyner, appointed to the 89th Foot. BREVET. Captain Robert Petley, half-pay, Unattached, Professor of Military Surveying at the Royal Military College, to be Major in the Army. Captain Francis Tower, Adjutant of the Recruiting District at Worley, to have the local rank of Major white so employed. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. ,Joseph Povey, innkeeper, Warwick. Thomas Powles, hosier, Milk •street, Cheapside. Isaac Guttmann, watchmaker, Sheffield. Ralph Errington Ridley, Great St. Helen's, Bishops gate-street. BANKRUPTS. David Baud, corn merchant, Uxbridge: to surrender Dec. 5 at one, and Jan. 7 at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptc hny. Jo Hawkes, builder, Horasey-rise, Dec. 3at eleven, and Jan. 7 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Whitfield, linen draper, Tottenham-court-road, Dec. 5 at twelve, and Dec. 31 at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Wi lliam Joyce Smith, commission agent, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Dec. 4, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Ne wcas tl e - u p on -Ty ne Di strict Court. Thomas Barton, publisher, Wellington-street, Strand, Dec. 6, at half-past one, and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Pritchard, saddler, Newnham, Gloucestershire, Dec. 4 and Jan. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. William Binks, painter, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 12 and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Townhall, Kingston-upon- Hull. _ — iiiomas Rees, ironmonger, Swansea, Dec. 4 and Jan. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Abner Woodhall, felt manufacturer, Barns Cray, 'Kent, Dec. 7, at two, and Jan. 8, at one, at the Court of Bank- James Wells, toy dealer, Liverpool, Dec. 5, at twelve, and Dec. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. George Russell, hotel keeper, Leamington Priors, War wickshire, Dec. 12 and Jan. 16, at,eleven, at the Birming ham 1 e District s C il o v u e r s t ter, draper, Manchester, Dec. 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Joseph North, carrier and contractor, Brighton, Dee. 5, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 7, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Christopher Henshaw, mast and block maker, 5, Stony-lane, Tooley-street, Borough, Dec. 6, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gustave Laurent, coffee .house keeper, 5, Leicester-square, _Dec. 7, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 11, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. j - ohn Charles Partridge, boot and shoe manufacturer, 21, Lang ley-place, Commercial-road, Dec. 7, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for do week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day of Oct., 1860 :-- ISBIIE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .......X27,010,995 Government Debt X 11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,535,995 Silver Bullion .... - £27,010,99 51 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Sean tal £14.553,6 00 cities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- unity) eluding Exche- Other Securities quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commits- Gold and Silver missioners of Na- Coin 82,1, 13 6ti0nal Debt, and Dividend ' Ac counts) 6,073,597 Other Deposits 12,665,022 Seven Day and other Bills 227,010,995 725,661 £37,222.905 M. £37,222,905 RSHALL. Chief Cashier. Dated Nov. 22,1860 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made iii the week ending the 20th day of Nov., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Average price of the foregoing sld UNTR Y MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 23. - • ---- There was a fair attendance of the town and country trade at this morning's market, but we had only a languid busi ness in wheat, which may still be quoted at prices rather lower. Flour also was still inactive, and the turn lower. Oats and oatmeal were Id per 451 b and 6d per load cheaper. Barley, beans, and peas without material alteration, but buyers have the advantage. For Indian corn there WAS a slow sale at a decline. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 23. The supplies of wheat were good, but the trade was of a dull character. Good old and fine dry new met a retail demand at is below last Friday's rates. Other kinds were 2s under late rates. Choice parcels of barley found buyers at previous prices. Beans were firm. Oats and shelling unchanged. EXETBR—Noy. 23. A dull businees was done in the corn market to-day, at last week's prices : Wh white.. 8s Od to 8s 6d Barley.. 4s 6d to 6s Od I Ditto red 7s 6d to 8s Od Oats 3s 3d to 3s 61 New white wheat, 7s 9d i 0 8s ; red, 6s 9d to 7s. Flour, fine, 46s to —s ; seconds, 44s to —8 per sack. CATTLE. There was a fair attendance -of dealers at the market, with a middling supply. Fat beef,p score, 108 to 11s6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 60 Pork carcases,do 10s to 11s6d Wethers, do . 6id to 7d Sheep, per lb. Od to —d. Fat calves, d 0.... 7d to--d Rough fat, 4td per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 16. We have had a dull market this week, and no transactions to repored. Refiners' produce also continues dull. Rum. continues steady, and proof Demeraras are worth 2s to 2s ld. COAL MARKET--Nov. 23. wrioes of Coal per Ton at' the dose of the market s. d. Walls:End. Ilvly we!! lO 0 ... a. Lambert's West Hart- Heaton' ley 17 9 Cassop Wylam.... lB 6 Thorpe ...... .. .. •• 20 3 Hastings Hartley , l7 9 Russel's Hetton 20 0 South Hetton ..21 3 Woodhouse Close 18 0 Hedley 18 9 South Durham 19 3 Carway and ~Duffryn Malting .... 23 6 ;t, 40 ; sold, 33. Walls End. Brr.ddylrs Hetton Haswell..... 2l 3 Harton l9 0 Eden Main ..19 3 Ships at market THE MAIL S. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-. ampton) . Nov. 18. (via Marseilles) Dee. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds . • .. Dee. 6. Buenos Ayres, .Monte Video, &o. Nov. —. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. .. Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. Nov. 18. Cape of Good Hope, &o. Deo. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Nov. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Nev. 18. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Nov. 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Nov. 18. Do. , (via Marseilles) Nov. 26. India (Bombay),' (via Southampton) .. Nov. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 19. Nov 21 Cuba and Mexico .. Nov. 28. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Nov. W. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 19. Vigo, and Oporto .. Nov. 21. United States, California, &c. .. Nov. 22. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe Dec. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Nov. 28. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag. gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dle. appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their, address to E. S. 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Good Digestion—Clear Complexion.—Our winters abound in such constant changes of temperature and moisture that skin diseases always prevail at this season. Rough skin, chapped hands, and pimples, are the simplest class. These admit of easy cure by smearing Holloway's Ointment over the affected portions each night at bed time, while his purifying Pills am taken in such doses as the system will bear without inconvenience. This is a safe and ready way of removing all skin diseases depending on irritation caused by atmospheric changes. When cutaneous com plaints arise from disordered digestion the same means will be found serviceable and always curative. Any person, on reading the " Directions for use," can apply Holloway's remedies with certain benefit. BIRTHS. DURHAM.—On the 23d inst., at Chesterfield House, the Countess of Durham, of a son. FAUSSETT.—On the 22d inst., at Remnantz, Marlow, the wife of Major Faussett, 44th Regt., of a son. GRAHAM.'—On the 21st inst., at 6,Onslow-square, tho wife of John Graham, Esq., of a son. M'ClLmora.—On the 22d inst., at Highfield, near South ampton, the wife of the Rev. Thomas M'Cahnont, of a son. MARRIAGES. TAYLER—BRISTOW.—On the 21st inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square,William Henry Tayler, Esq., M.R.C.S., son of Vice-Admiral Joseph ecdham Taylor, C. 8., of Brixton, to Mary Ann, widow of the late J. C. Briskw, Esq., of Eusemere-hill, Ullswater, Westmoreland. WHITTINGRAM SIITTON.-011 the 22d inst., at St . James's Weatbourne-terrace, Mr. James Whittinghani, to SaralioEllen, only daughter of Edward Sutton, Esq., of Maida-vale. DEATHS. - . ECKFORD.— On the 22d inst., Miss Jernima Eckford, the youngest daughter of the late John Eckford, Esq., of Newington. FARRER.—Cn the 23d inst., at 15, Albert-road, Regent'a park, Martha, wife of Mr. Ferrer, aged 57. HARVEY.—On the 22d inst., at C haddleworth, Berl% Mary, wife of Mr. J. F. Harvey, of 145, Strand. SAYER.--On the 22d inst., at Hornsey-road, Mr. Joseph Sayer, aged 58. STEWART.-011 the ISth inst., at 5, Montague -place, Ken tish-town, N.W., Charles John Stewart, Esq., aged 62. LONDON : Printed and Published by bIURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun :Mice, No. 112, strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ectuxV Niddlotiox, Saturday, rp veulbez 24, 1860. Pr Root: and ( Deem from Shilli ►p_ Saturi be obt eiPal Area Baton —_____ D' the NI about lar Li by th mend The till P Catal A 11 EN eons' Hngi The L &NI _ r distir decor meat Mehl Opera Door R Th , Exch Tran Dece , that Will WED noon Court L( Aner of n Assur £lO, The PL Ju of al Bud CIN for 1 chit( an' WC, will NC ' ~_