The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-21 00:00:00

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MARIA SKILLMAN. Yesterday the inquiry was resumed. It appeared in evidence that during the interval the surgeon had opened the body of the deceased, and on examin ing the stomach and bowels found them in a state of inflammation, but he could not then undertake to state from what cause those appearances were produced. The CORONER having inquired if there was any additional evidence, the beadle said there were no persons in attendance but those who had already given their testimony, with the exception of Mrs. Skillman. The Jury having expressed a wish to have the female mentioned examined, she was accordingly called into the room for that purpose. On being sworn, she deposed as follows : " I am the wife of Benjamin Skillman, and have been married to him nearly 18 years." CORONER—Did you separate from your husband some time ago? Witness—l never consented to separate from him, but about five years ago he sent me and my children to Kensington to live. Pre viously to this we were living together at No. 5, White's-place, Blackfriars. During the time I was residing at Kensington, my husband used to come there occasionally to see me, and as I knew his business required his attendance in town, I did not express say uneasiness at his remaining away so much from me. In about nine weeks after the pe riod I speak of, I discovered that my husband was living with the deceased, but had no idea that they were married. About four years ago my husLand introduced the deceased at our house, at which period she was in the habit of visiting livery fre quently ; sometimes for a week together sh stopped at our house. From the period I have already stated that I went to live at Kensington, my hus band, I believe, has been cohabiting with the de ceased up to the time of her death. Juror—Were you in the habit of seeing the de ceased while she was living with your husband ? Yes. When I came to town I used to call to see my husband, as letters and messages directed for him were often left with me, and on that account I was obliged either to send or take them myself. I generally adopted 'the latter alternative. My hus band had a child, about four years of age, by the decease]. Juror—Has Skillman upon any occasion ever told you that he was married to the deceased ? Witness—Never; and I should think that he never was. The witness continued—On Sunday week, hay. ing a message for my husband, I called at his lodg ing in Union-row. I then saw the deceased, who was lying on a mattress in the room, and seemed to be very ill : roy husband was there at the time, arid I told him what I had come about. Juror—Did you at that time address yourself to the deceased on seeing her on the floor?—Witness No, I did not. CORONER—What ! not speak to her cn seeingher in so deplorable a condition? Witness—At that time I considered her my bitterest enemy; but, now she is dead and gone, I trust God will forgive her. I then went ass ay (said the witness), and on the Friday following I went again to see my husband at Union-row; he was not at home, but I again saw the deceased, whom I found still lying on the mat trees. I poke to her and asked her if she knew me, but she was speechless, and appeared to be dying. Mr. Pain, the landlord of the house, told me that he was then going for medical advice, not having been ap prised before that evening that the deceased was so ill. I did not wait to see the doctor, but went home. On the Saturday my husband came to me about one o'clock, and said that he thought he poor creature was dying, arid requested me to call at the lodgings and see her, adding, that he did not know what to do. He desired me to do what I could for her, and also remarked that he had been looking for her mother, but could not find her. I imme diately went to Union-row, as my husband desired, and found the deceased as bad as she could be. I eat up with her the whole of Saturday night, and remainsd in the room along with Mary Pain until the deceased expired on Sunday afternoon. Juror—On those occasions that you have had in terviews with the deceased in her lifetime, did she ever complain to you of ill-treatment on the part of Skillman towards her, or say that she was in want of victuals ? Witness—She never did. By the CORONER — I have known that my hus band has been for months out of employment, and was very much reduced in his circumstances : so much so, that for the last eleven weeks he has only given me 4e. 3d. " I am satisfied," added she, " that my husband behaved with kindness to the deceased while he had it in his power." Juror—You have stated that on the Sunday pre ceding that on which the deceased expired, you saw her in a miserable condition, lying on a straw mat tress, with barely any covering on her. Did you exiress any astonishment at the sight to Skillman, arid advise him to apply for relief, if it was not in ;ills power to assist her ? Witness—l can't say that I (Ed. " You will, I trust, gentlemen," added the witness, " make every allowance for nn injured woman"; feelings. The unfortunate deceased was the chief exise of my husband's living apart from me; and until I saw that she was really in danger, I could not bring myself to pity her condition." Several of the Jury here exclaimed, " The whole evidence tends to show that Skillman has acted with the most gross neglect towards the unfortu nate deceased." This closed the evidence, and the Jury having ascertained from Mr. Boddy that he was of opi nion that the deceased died in consequence of want and neglect, a verdict was returned to the follow ing effect :—" That the deceased died from cold and want of the necessaries of life, and the Jury are unanimously of opinion that the said Benjamin Skill man has been grossly negligent and inattentive to her." It did not appear that any inquiry had been made by the Jury relative to the powder which Skillman, in his statement, said that he had pur chased for the deceased. It is not, we believe, generally known that the Army half-pay amounts to more than half the charge of our effective land forces—the latter for the present year being 5,226,7701., the former 2,967,7331. —Morning Paper. RAILROADS. —Our Paper of this day con- t tins numerous notices of the intention of parties to apply to Parliament for Acts empowering them to construct rail roads. Most of these roads will communicate with the Liverpool and Manchester Railroads, the success of which ' is now certain, inasmuch as it will be the grand centre to which all the other railroads will tend. The Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company have commenced the construction of warehouses, two or three stories high, over the road at the west end of the Tunnel, next to Wapping ; but it is evident, that the space at pre sent in the possession of the Company, between Crosbie and Sparling-streets, will be far too narrow for the ac commodation of the parties who will carry merchandize, coal, &c., on the railroad. We should not be surprised, it when the line is completed, and the business of carry ing is actually commenced, the offices, yards, warehouses, coal depots, &c., should occupy all the ground, on the no.th side of Crosbie-street, from the mouth of the Tun nel, to the back of the houses in Sparling-street, and so down to Wapping. We hear that the Directors hope to commence carrying, on part of the line, early in the next year. Coal, from the collieries at St. Helen's, Pres not, &c., will he the first article that may be expected to be brought to Liverpool on the railroad. —Liveriool Alb. I (RAILROADS IN FRANCE.—That railroads are far preferable to canals for communication is a truth of which England has been only of late convinced by the dear bought fruits of experience. Our continental neigh bours, profiting by our discovery, are gradually extending, throughout the whole of their fine country, a system of communication by railroads, which, ultimately, will be of extreme benefit to their domestic commerce. The tram joad between St. Etienne and Lyons is now rapidly ad wancing ; and, from the tunnels, bridges, and embank pae.sts required for its completion, will be inferior to Lone rf hicil Sins kin4dom oan at present boast FKICKS OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCX. S cik Stock 214 4 South Sea Stock — 3 per Cent. Red 91% Old Annuities 3 per Cent. Cons. ............ 92 , ,6 4 New Ditto i , ,.; per Cent. — Ex. Bills , C l,i," '' 70 '7l inn. i)iit, Red. 99 Ma Ditto lid. 70 pm. 3 per Cent. 1726 — Ditto .500 2d. '7O 71 pm. t per Cent. Ann ' 03 %% Ditto nd. '7O pm. Ditto, 1526 Ditto Scrip — Ditto lid. '7l 73 pm. Bank L. Ann. 19%"12-15 Bank for Account — India Stock — llndia for Account ...... ... Ditto Bonds 69 67 pm. Cons for Account 92% 4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Nustrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds 66!,', 6 5% Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bond , — Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danish ' 4 Spanish. 18219,4% Greek Bonds 25% -- 1823 — Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. C. —f. —c. Guatimala — ---- Exchange —f. —c. Mexican Bonds — I — 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 1825 22 4 Exchange —4. —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anal° Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO Ditto Subscription Bolanos Mining Co. ..£ ' 400 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) .£393{ Alliance Marine Insurance Comp 5 Liverpool and Manchester Railway 9O PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stcck Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 98% Ditto, New - 4 per Cent lOl%l Gov. Deb. 3 percent 98% I Royal Canal StOCK Grand Canal Stock 2l YS, DUBLIN, NOV. 18. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank 1974 Provincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — ' Mining Co. of Ireland — Commercial Buildings — City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. e 99% ,NGE TESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCH./ Amsterdam C.F 12 71 Ditto, at sight 12 5 Rotterdam 2 U 12 71 Antwerp 12 if Hamburg 51.8.14 0 Altona l4 ni Paris, 3 &lye sight 25 95 Ditto 2 U. 26 10 Bordeaux 26 10 Berli'i — Frankforton Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 9. '2 M. 10 11 Trieste d 0.... .......... ..10 11 Madrid 36 Cadiz :36 Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville Gibraltar 47% Leghorn 47% Genoa .25 90 Venice 47 Malta 484 Naples . 3 OlO Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 43 R o Janeiro 204 Bahia 2614 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars. standard 0 C 0 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 La Guayra. 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 1 O Flanders 0 0 Mexico O France 0 0 Sweden 0 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON RAMO' TO-MORROW. Morning... 5t minutes after 10 I Evening ...21 minutes after 11. ribr ,4'sz LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1829. The retirement or dismissal of M. DE LA BOURDONNAYE from the French Ministry has actually taken place, and his successor is ap pointed. The change turns out to be exactly as we anticipated in The Sun of yesterday. This morning we have received, by Express, the Paris Papers of Thursday, and the Moniteur contains two Royal Ordonnances, appointing the Baron de MONTBEL, Minister of the Interior, in the room of Count DE LA BOURDONNAYE, whose resig nation is accepted, and the Sieur GUERNON DE RANVILLE, Secretary of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction. What effect these ap pointments may have upon the public cannot yet be perceived, but if we may augur from the temper of the liberal Jourr.als, the changes will be productive of little popularity, and less strength to the Government. One thing is how-' ever clear, that the Prince DE POLIGNAC has found it necessary to make this sacrifice to the liberal party, the asperity of whose anger he may so far soften, but cannot hope to appease. The more inveterate of his opponents will only see in this change the humiliation of weakness bow ing to necessity, while the moderate party will acquire fresh courage, in the consideration that it is a homage to their superior judgment and discernment. When party spirit runs high, a Minister who is either forced, or condescends, to compromise, loses from that moment his moral consequence as a political leader, and soon realises the truth of that noble sentiment— - whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half hie worth away. But perhaps the Prince DE PoLIGNAc has only sacrificed LA BOURDONNAYE to his private resentment as an obnoxious rival, who almost dared to beard him in the Council. If so, the Prince will have acquired more security in the Royal favour, but we doubt if his personal ac cession of power will render him less obnoxious to those who have opposed him on the score of The following are extracts : (From the Moniteur of Thursday. ) OFFICIAL PART. ORDONNANCES OF THE KING. 1. Baron de Nlontbel is appointed Minister of the In tenor, in the room of the Count de la Bourdonnaye, where resignation is accepted. Sieur Guernon de Ranville, Attorney-General in the Royal Tribunal at Lyons, is appointed Secretary of State for the Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction, in the room of M. de Montbel. 2. The Count de la Bottrdonnaye i■ appointed Minister of State and Member of the Privy Conn la. These two Ordonnancea are countersigned by Prince de p o ligone. as President of the Council, and are dated the 18th of November. _ _ (From the Journal des Debats.) PARIS, NOV. 19, M. de Montbel, Minister of the Interior ! That depart ment which is so difficult, which requires a consummate man of business, and a man indefatigable in the tribune ! What will he do there ? Will he keep the place of M. de Villele? But every thing that passes renders the re turn of M. de Villele more and more impossible. M. Guernon de Ranville, independently of all other ob jections, is not a Deputy. He is besides remarkable for his exaggeration. lie is another La Bourdonnaye, only younger, and more unknown. FRENCII FUNDS.—PARIS, Nov. 19.—Five per Cents. 108 f. 80c. 70c. ; Three per Cents., 84f. 10c. sc. 84f. Sc. Bank Stock, 1,895 f. ; Naples Stock, 93f. 93f. 10c. 15c. 10c. lbe. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 801; Spanish Rentes Perpetuelles Rentes d'Esp. 7 7i. —Ex change on Loudon, one month, 251. 75c. ; three months, 25f. 60c. The Allgenzeine Zeitung of the 15th No vember contains the following rather remarkable article, under the date of Constantinople. From the known partiality of this paper for Russia, we are strongly inclined to doubt the correctness Lof the statements herein contained, the more particularly as their tendency is so insidiously in favour of Russia, and against the PORTE : cONSTAIiTINOPLE, OCT. 14. It is a strange circumstance that the Porte, which must have been sufficiently convinced of its weakness by the late unfortunate events, still gives itself the appearance of pos sessing means to direct to its advantage the negotiations still pending at Adrianople, and to bring them to a happy termination. The most distin g uished persons are heard to say, " Peace is indeed conclude d, but the stipulations are not yet carried into effect, and the several articles of the Treaty, which are couched in general terms, must he dearly explained before they can be formally executed, for the Porte will not give itself up blindly, and with its hands tied, to the arrangements of the Russian Commander." It is certain that within these few days most important things are passing ; that differences have arisen between the Russian and Turkish Plenipotentiaries at Adrianople, which exertions were making to arrange, and that the Porte is endeavouring to gain time for the execution of the stipulations. But it is quite enigmatical to what this con duct can lead, and with what new hopes the Sultan flat ters himself, . _ Is it the boastful language of the Pacha of Scutari, who is said to have declared to General Diebitsch that he allows him till the middle of October to leave Adrianople volun tarily, but that after the expiration of that time he will take possession of the city by force, and drive the Russians out of it; or is it the unexpected appearance of Admiral Malcolm in the Sultan's camp, that has so infatuated both him and his counsellors, that they think to evade the con ditions they have agreed to, by a certain interpretation and delay in the execution of them? The Reis Effendi, indeed, gives out that he has received from the Sultan the strictest orders to fulfil punctually and conscientiously the stipulations of the treaty of Adrianople, and he also affirms that the Porte has repeatedly sent or ders to the Paeha of Scutari to remain quiet. But, ac cording to all that we see and hear, the Sultan seems not to be serious in these assurances, and he will perhaps hold this conciliatory language till the moment when he shall think himself strong enough toavoid fulfilling his engagement. But if the Porte cannot depend on foreign assistance (which is not very probable), it may place itself, by such a desperate game, in a much worse situation than it is in now. For the interior of the empire is in a melancholy situation : all the bonds of obedience seem to be dissolved, no Pacha any longer obeys the Sultan's commands, every one takes his own course, and the mass of the people is every where in favour of the Russians. In Asia several Paellas have latterly endeavoured to make common cause with the enemy, and have implored the Russian Generals to secure the perpetual possession of the conquered provinces. At Shutnla, the Grand Vizier, it is said, refuses to give up the seal of the empire, alleging that he has administered the public affairs according to his conscience, that he cannot be made responsible for misfortune, and that he foresees nothing but danger to the general good if he should leave his post at this moment. The Sultan is placed in no small embarrassment by this declaration of the Grand Vizier; for if he should appoint another while the present:one has in his hands the attributes of his office a public scandal might ensue, followed by the formal defection of a proscribed Vizier and his adhetenta. In the conduct of the Ottoman ministers too a degree of irresolution is visible, which usually precedes a great political catastrophe, and becomes every hour more and more evident that the Ottoman Em pire is rapidly approaching to its dissolution, whether the arrangements respecting the terms of the Treaty are ended quickly or not at all. Ilalil Pacha has not yet received his passport to go to St. Petersburgh. VIIITNA, Nov. 10.—Metalliques, 1021; Four per Cent. do. 92i ; Bank Shares, 1,233. The following are extracts from Hamburg Papers of the 14th inst.:— _ VIENNA, Nov. 7. Some persons affirm, that the Archduke Palatine has presen ed to the Emperot a petition from the Hungarian Nobles, for the greatest possible freedom of the navigation of the Danube, to the river boundaries of Wallachia and Moldavia, as those two principalities obtain by the Treaty of Adrianople the guarantee of the freest scope for their trade on the Danube, to its mouth, the consequences of which are incalculable. The boundless fertility of Hungary, and its extraordinary abundance in all the productions of nature, may now for the first time be turned to proper account. This noble country, which has had two vintages and two har vests in one year, is known only through some scien tific works. A Picture of Hungary by a man fully qualified, has now appeared, which will serve to dispel many prejudices against Hungary, which have taken deep root here. What might Hungary be to us, if all that separates us were done away with. New York Papers have been received to the 24th October, but they contain no news. By referring to our columns of to-day, our readers will find that the Rev. F. VA LPY, A.M. has been appointed to the Head Mastership of that noble public Institution, Reading School. The same Journal states, that Mr. T. N. TAL FOURD, the barrister, a gentleman of considerable legal and literary attainments, will, most probably, in the event of Mr. Baron BOLLAND'S retire ment, be installed into the vacant Recordership of Reading. Both these appointments—should the latter, of which we have little doubt, take place—speak highly for the discernment of the Mayor and Corporation of that borough. Since the termination of the war the necessity of extending the markets for British commo dities has become every year more and more urgent, and the anxiety of our merchants to en large the sphere of their commerce has been pro perly shared by the Government ; as is exem plified in the case of the young republics of South America. Under such circumstances, it appears extremely inconsistent that the exclusive monopoly of the trade with China, a country containing 200 millions of industrious and wealthy inhabitants, should have remained so long the property of the East India Company. To shut out British enterprise from so large a field, and from the advantages of the trade in an article of so great consumption as tea, appears, on the first view of the subject, not less impo litic thai unjust ; and a continuance of such a system could only be defended on the ground of the China trade flourishing in the hands of the Company, and of the public being provided by them with a more plentiful and cheaper supply of tea than they could otherwise obtain. It is worth while to inquire how far such a defence could be made out. In the first place, we find from the official returns, that in 1814 the declared value of the Company's exports to China was 987,781/. ; that in 1827 they had fallen to 493,815/., and that the average of the five years, ending with 1827, was 682,1771., or about one-third less than in 1814. During the same period the exports from Great Britain to India increased, by reason of the liberation of the trade, neatly 200 per cent., the declared value in 1814, the last year of the Company's monopoly, being 1,571,2151. ; and in 1827 the thirteenth year of free intercourse, 4,707,7841. The degree in which the exclusion of British }hips from China, by the British law, is injuri ous to our productive industry, and the bene ficial results that would follow the permission to 367% 68 69 15 q 5304 150 our shipping to trade on the same footing as th Americans and other foreigners, may be esti mated fairly from these statements. Tea has long been almost a necessary of life to all classes of our population, and is taxed severely enough by Government to check its consumption, without the additional burdens im posed 'by the Company. The value of the im portation of tea into this country, on an average of the five years ending with 1814, was 3,229,4971. ; the average of the five years end ing with 1827 was 4,258,6541., being an in crease of about 32 per cent,, deducting from which 17 per cent. for the increase of the popu lation in the same period, leaves it only 15 per cent. This rate is small enough compared with the augmentation of other branches of our trade, but taking, as a more correct criterion of the effect of the monopoly, the quantity returned yearly for home consumption, it appears to have been nearly stationary since 1801. In the return of the 19th of June last, to which we alluded on a former occasion, the con sumption of tea in 1801 is given at 20,237,753 lbs., and in 1828 at 26,790,481 lbs. The population of Great Britain in the latter year was ,o that of the former as 16 to 11 ; adding, there- fore 5-16ths to the consumption of 1801, the result is 26,562,048 lbs., and the real increase of 1828 over 1801 is only about 230,000 lbs. By the same rule adding 3 sixteenths to 20,702,809 lbs., the consumption of 1811, the quantity of tea used in 1828 only exceeds that in 1811 by about 1,500,000 lbs., or 1-25th of the whole. It is to be borne in mind that the duty was raised from 50 to 95 per cent. ad va lorem in 1803 ; that it became 96 per cent. in 1806 ; and that it reached its present rate of 100 per cent. in 1819. We are willing to make every allowance for the weight of this tax ; but an ad valorem duty, if properly levied, is at all events a fair one, and it should be observed that the very causes which raise the price enhance also the duty. Now the India Company buy tea at about ls. 3d., and sell at from 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb., acquiring thereby a profit of nearly 100 per cent. ; and as the value of tea is ascertained from the gross price it fetches at the Company's sales, it is obvious that the monopoly system is a two-edged sword, enhancing prices enormously over those which would result from free compe tition, and at the same time aggravating the weight of the King's duty. The Parliamentary accounts show that the price of tea is considerably higher in England than in France, the Netherlands, and a great part of Germany. It is little to the purpose to say it is lower than in Russia, because we ought to have it infinitely cheaper and better than an y other country in the world. The Company tel us we should have bad tea if it were selected byl any other persons than their servants. Th e people of England answer, " Let us try." The Proprietor of WARREN'S blacking is kind enough to caution us against using any other mixture but his own, and if he were to petition Parliament for authority to supply exclusively all his MAJESTY'S subjects, we are convinced he would be able to satisfy the Right Reverend Bench that his claim rested on a foundation quite as solid as that on which the Leadenhall street tea monopoly demands a prolongation of its mischievous existence. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD has returned to own, from the seat of Sir Jotrx HOPE. We have letters from Barcelona to the 4th Nov. The Olive crop continued to chew a good appear ance, particularly in Andalusia, Tortola, Malaga, and Seville. At Seville the price is 189. 9d. per cortan. MAIL-ROAD THROUGH READING..—SO snugly was the Act for the projected new line of mail road through this Borough to Bath, passed through both Houses of Parliament, that although we have two active representatives in the Commons, we believe neither of them knew a word about it till the Royal Assent was obtained—although the bill unquestionably involves the possibility of very valuable property, and may pos sibly materially affect the prosperity of Reading. We know, however, from our own experience, that in dividual interests are seldom or never consulted, when the public benefit is at issue. If a nearer and better line of road could have been obtained, by avoiding the town altogether, such a measure would unquestionably have been adopted —all the petitions of the inhabitants and householders to the contrary notwithstanding.—Lichfield .Mercury. Dr. CAL AMY'S celebrated Memoirs have at length been permitted to be published. The Diary of PEPYS only excepted, there is probably no work so fertile in familiar and rare details of men celebrated in the history of this realm. From delineating the private characters of CHARLES IL and JAMES 11. the autobiographer proceeds with anecdotes and brief memoirs of his famous contempo raries, viz., Sir W. TEMPLE, Mr. HAMPDEN, Mr. BAX TER, Dr. Boarrrr, Dr. SHERLOCK, Holum, Lord SHAFTESBURY, Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Lord CLAREN DON, Prince of ORANGE, Lord LAUDERDALE, Lord W. RUSSELL, Dr. TurArrsoN, Dr. OATES, and numerous others. It is singular that the same epoch should have produced three such famous private chroniclers as EvxLyrr, PEPYs, and CALAMY, and that the publication of their valuable papers should have been reserved for the present day. TOTTENHAM-STREET THEATRE.--This house, which has lately been under so many different ma nagements, appears now likely to be brought into good re pute. It has been closed for the last fortnight and un dergone considerable alteration and repair ; and the in terior has been completely re-painted and embellished.— It is taken by Mr. A. LEE, Mr. J. K. CHAPMAN, and Mr. MELROSE, who have spired no expense in endeavour ing to make it attractive and worthy of public patronage. From the strength and respectability of the company an nounced, it augurs well fur success. Amongst the princi pal performers announced, we notice Mr. PINING, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HAMMERTON, Mr. P. FARREN, Mrs. WAYLETZ. Miss A. TREE, Mrs. TAYLEURE, Mrs T. HILL, &e. The theatre will open on Monday with a variety of entertainments, and a new piece from the pen of Mr. LUNN, the author of " Family Jars," " Fish out of Water," &c. &c. MARY FREEMAN was committed to the House of Correction for three months, as a lewd woman, having had two illegitimate children, charge able to the united "parishes of Saint Michael - and the Holy Trinity. In her defence she said, " She had had but two in seven years, and therefore hoped thly would not put the law in force." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, Twairs o'CLocr. Montreal Papers to the 20th Oct. have been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee- house. From the Montreal Paper of the 19th Oct. a case we find has recently been adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Quebec, which is of consider able importance to the mercantile interest. It will be recollected that last year an order was received by the Custom-house of this province, to take Spanish dollars at the rate of 4s. 4d. sterling, in payment of duties. Several merchants deemed this an illegal order, and paid their duties under protest, and an action was instituted by Messrs. Finlay, &c„ of Quebec, to try the case. The Court was unani mously of opinion that the collector, in receiving the dollar at 4s. 4d. sterling, had but collected the exact amount of the duties imposed by the Act of the 14th of Geo. 111., and that he was not by law bound to refund any part of what he received. The action was dismissed. From New Orleans they write, that in September nearly the whole of Major Quantzenger's company had been attcked by the fever. Lieutenant Spencer and six of his soldiers died of it; most of the others are likely to recover. 'I he Colombia, South Caroline States Gazette of the 19th, says the Cotton crop through the Stale has been considerably injured by the late drought. ST. JOHN'S (NEW BRUNSWICK), SEPT. 30. Since the commencement of this month the weather has been much broken and unusually cold, and the crops have made but little progress in ripen ing, consequently they will fall short. Accounts from New Orleans of the latter end of September, state that the brig Castello arrived there on the 21st September from the Havannah, stating that the second expedition against Mexico had not sailed. Two hundred volunteers left Havannah about the 10th, for Tampico. News had been re ceived there that a squadron was to sail from Cuona, in Spain, in August, with 3,000 men on board. THE FUNDS. We are happy to state that since the commence ment of the present quarter, which began on the 10th Oct. and ends on the Bth January next, the improvement in the Revenue has been coesiderable, particularly in the Customs and Excise. Large sums have lately been paid upon timber and fruit. Consols remain steady this morning at the prices they left off at yesterday, 92i + for the present ac. count, and 92i for January. Owing to the high price of the continuation for January account it is expected that most of the floating capital in the City will be laid out in the Funds, as the capitalists are unable at present to employ their capitals in any kind of commerce. In the Foreign market little or nothing doing as yet; scarcely any of the jobbers have made their appearance in the above market. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 213} 14i India Stock, 225 6 3 per Cent. Cons. 92i Di., for Account, 924 Ditto Reduced, 911 Si per Cent. 98i New 4 per Cent., 1031 4 per Cut. 1826 105 i I India Bonds, 67 69 Exchequer Bills, 70 71 N FUNDS. FORRIG] Ernilian, 64 6* Buenos Ayres, 23 25 Chi Han, 24 2 Colombian, 201 i Danish, 74 1 French, h per Cent. 106* 9 Ditto, S per Cent. *3 841 Greek, 116 i Mexican, E 2-1 Peruvian, 144 154 Portuguese, 49h 00 - Prussian, Russian, 1081 Spaniel, 91 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols are 92i 3 for the present account and 921, buyers, for next time ; the fluctuation during the present week has been about per cent. Next Thursday being settling day in Consols it is pre- sumed that some extensive business will be going forward. In the Foreign market prices are nearly the same as yesterday. In the discussions which took place in the Cham bers at Rio Janeiro, the Minister of Marine asked for 4,920,895 dollars for the year and a half ensuing, for the Navy. 'this amount was opposed, princi pally on account of the impoverished state of the country, and an amendment proposed, reducing it to 1,500,000 dollars. THREE 0' CL 0 CIE Consols for Account, 92i THE FOG.—The fog of last night was in tense, and we believe we may say unprecedented in its ex tent and duration. All London was immersed in one deep gloom, through which it was impossible to distin guish objects. Watchmen, police officers, and patrol were perfectly useless ; the thieves had the metropolis to them selves, and excellent care they have, no doubt, taken of it. We have heard of sundry burglaries and infinite petty larcenies, as also of innumerable hair-breadth escapes that hnppened to heedless pedestrians in navigating their way through the intricate straits of the Strand, from the West to the East end of London. The mail coaches went out for the most psrt in procession, like funerals, with link boys in front and police officers beside them. Hackney coaches were at a discount, and cabs below par, few people being mad enough to trust themselves to either the one or the other. By the leading article in the Morning Journal of to-day, we fear the fog must have had an un happy effect on the intellects of the worthy Editor. There is much obfuscation visible in his production. It is said that the injured husband of a Lovely wife, whose flight from a provincial town some time ago excited so much public notice, has instituted proceedings in the Prerogative Court, preparatory to a divorce. THE ARMY—Nov. 2e.—The Court of In quiry, which has been assembled at Tilbury Fort, com posed of Gen. NEED, Cols. DOYLE and AlAte, having examined into the records and books of the Royals, under the command of Capt. FLETCHER, and the Buffs, under Capt. CHRISTIE have proceeded to Sheerness. LIEUT. ROSE'S TRAVELS.--Among the va ried end interesting contents of this amusing work, just published, may be enumerated :—State of Society at Cape Town—The Ladies--Marriages--Equipages, &c.—The Cape Flats—Cape Wine Farm—The Slave Girl—The Hottentots—Graham's Town—The Grange River—The Chief Chaka—Dutch Border Government—The Border tribes—The Kaffers—The Bushmen—Great Fish River— Wesleyville—The River Kee—Elephant Hunting—Por trait of a Hunter—Recital of his Adventures—The Spec tre Bark, &c.—The work likewise contains a vivid de scription of some of the most splendid and picturesque scenery in the world, together with numerous sketches and anecdotes of the very singular wild tribes of Southern Africa. Madame BUONAPARTE WYsE arrived on Wednesday afternoon at the Custom-House, in the Earl of Liverpool steam-paeket,from Ostend, after a passage of 14 hours. The finest show of meat in the new Fleet market yesterday was in the shop of a person named CLARKE, who engages to serve families with beef of the best quality at aid. a pound. Itinerant butchers are now attending most market towne, retailing excellent mutton and beef at ad. and 6d. per lb., to the great annoyance of the high priced gentry. - - The following notice is to be seen chalked on one of the shut-op watch-boxes belonging to the lately defunct nightly watch in Berwick-street, Golden-square : " The business of this shop removed to Whitehall-place." PUBLICANS.—It is necessary that the pub. licans should be put upon their guard, and reminded, that the sale of sour ale, to be used for vinegar, is illegal, un• less a license be taken oat for that purpose. SHIPPING /NTELLIGIINCIL4TIIIS FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 20.—A thick fog has prevail ed' • day, with a light breeze at N.W. Arrived the P r mona, Wright, from Guernsey. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Jahn o s l ' from New York. WHITEHAVEN, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Que bec packer, Carn, from Hamburg. HULL, Nov. 19.—Arrived the William, Ru be ; i son, Ellergill, Corbett, and Amazon, Broder l .; from St. Petersburgh ; also passed the Mary, Ll' from New York. - PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind E.—Arrived the Anacreon, Newton, from Archangel; and Ragless, from Memel. FALMOUTH, NOV. 19.—Wind S.E. to rived the Cromare, —, from Sumatra • E' f , nezer, —, from Gibraltar. Sailed the M"' Jeckling, for Hamburg. CLYDE, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Gleaner, Ile rri ' son, from Newfoundland. DARTMOUTH, NOV. 20.—Off port the Alice, W l ' ditch, from Singapore. CORK, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Eagle, naitl," from the Cape of Good Hope; and Napuim, An son, from Quebec. • - , The Providence, Miller, from Newcastle, wal °P shore on Carlon Sand yesterday, but expected to got off. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY•, COURT OF CHANCERY. ATTORNEY...GENERAL V. WILSON. The LORD CHANCELLOR on taking his seat gave id!: ment in this matter. This was (said his Lordship) an formation filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General, ill respect to certain property situated in the manor 01, parish of Hampstead. It appears from the informatlai; answer, and facts disclosed, about which I believe thereof no dispute, that in the year 1668, Mr. Gains, the 10 0 ,. the manor of Hampstead , granted six acres o f the hes ; the property in question, to certain persons named i 6 t ill grant, fourteen in number, they paying a nominal sunrior 55., subject to the usual services and customs, the g_ it he tees plying a fi ne which is mentioned in the margin mot copy of the Court Roll; but it appears to be so o blitt ra 4 o that it is impossible with any certainty t o collect whttotti the amount of that fine. On the same day, the of December, 1668, a deed was executed degla j ;t the trusts of the grant ; t h ey ar e for the benefit of 'helot of the parish of Hamp stead. In 1710, not very after the grant was made, an information was filed bi e r Attorney-General with reference to the property, on t i4 taro suits were also depending in this Court rese A l, questions arising out of and connected with t his p rop" In 1729 a decree was pronounced by the Lord bat upon the information and in those suits. By that aidbe it was declared that the trusts of the charity g in .00 established, and that the grantees should fro m time to nod be kept up in point of number. At no very distant Pee afterwards the trustees were appointed ; they We ra der pointed with the approbat i o n of th e M a s t e r, the autre-thit was made, they were admitted, and they paid the 6o 1. fine being agreed upon betw e e n the lord and the pero°,4l'" mated. This decree has bee n acted u p on at tioncLeet, periods from time to time down to the present I: 0 'e Accordingly there have been several appointment', bee renders, admittance., and fines. All the fines hav e t o• agreed upon between the lord of the manor and tb,b Ate tees. The object of the present information, 0.11,1c6, filed in 1826, was to reform this decree. In I `,. v 6) 1 t ru stees were reduced to two, and it became f ens there there should he a new appointment. Sir Thoroaa, e t 0 0 being then and now the lord of the manor, 0 11 1 6 %0 the readmission of the new trustees a fine excel,-oeed' amount the sum of 5,000 1 ., which I believe to be e' be eo ing in a tenfold proportion any fine that has evr tb dr paid on any former such occasion. The object ° I el de formation was to reform such decree by having it 14 0 0 dared that nofine should be paid, or ifany , tha t it shoo %co be a nominal one—at any rate that it should noi fbr one year's value. The information prayed forth! i ldid Sir Thomas Wilson might be restrained from Prf - pre at law to recover the fine claimed, and from tak u ltoe. ceeilings for a forfeiture in consequence of the noore il construction of the documents mentioned of the fine. There was a great deal of arglitnentnerfei the arguments, and as to the fines that had been e in former occasions. When the demurrer was AL, des pressed my opinion clearly upon the nature of t7, -- d as as far as related to the fines. There is no g r°g- t!.. fro appears to me, for considering that the fine i s to be b , io the e aa .a time to time a nominal sum. There is nothing that this property is differently situated from stni . , ° ;oo the manor of Hampstead. It is clea r that the Urn 6 0 11 the copyhold, but in doing that be did not part Wl . interest he is to have from time to time in it, 0 fines are concerned, accord in g to the custom of the 017,J The opinion I should have formed on the facts sotro with the decree that was pronounced in 1729, whr o o , traasaetion was perfectly rece nt. The Court &did then entertain a single doubt upon the subject, thon(o the concluding part of the decree it is stated toito fine is to be according to the cu stom of the nasnor;o that the fine shall be a reasonable fine according custom. It is quite evident therefore that the 6n e o d he estimated according to the custom of the 013_0" Under these circumstances I am of opinion that thei,pe ought not to restrain Sit T. Wilson from prea t f, law, which is the proper tribunal, for the purpose moo taming what ought to be the amount of his fine. consequently dissolve the injunction which has been g e it s as far as it goes to that restraint ; but I shall coutiolisoiol it goes to prohibit him from taking out executionB,eo the trustees, should he obtain a verdict, or p r to for a forfeiture, without first coming back 10 ° Court. It was said, that as Sir 'l'. e had come in under the decree of this Court, tbo, would not refer the matter to a Court of Law a,:e9; bb send it to the Master to construe the decre e of 1'0,A":, I conceive such an argument to be altogether n o r 9 When I say that the fine claimed is so muchgred Oa t , has ever yet been paid, do not let me be untleo.t;, is P o mean to say it is too much, or what Sir T. '/. entitled to. The property produces about 1,1 6 ° the and certainly 5,0001. goes a good way tow ydF simple of the estate. tb o Mr. HORNE observed, that the fact via a ' stead had become quite a Garden of Eden. 9 I WELLESLEY V. BEAUFORT. iv Mr. Homer. appeared on behalf of rigs „ f ed w„ t 1 move that the injunction which had been gr!" do." 1/ him restraining him from felling and cuttifstbat i t ‘n , timber on the Wanstead estate, on the groun d u .,„ arg a „j ornamental timber should be discharged. P was, that the timber had become no longer collo,. consequence of the destruction of Wanstead -h t t 1 o r The Loan CHANCEL) OR was happy t o ob'' " e difficultiee he believed in this case had noW Mr. HORNE was much gratified to hear thin , a t 0 0 that his Lordship would be found to be " glee t point. hat b e g The Loan CHANCELLOR believed front heard that it was so. Mr. Wellesley bad exP r " - 0 10 0 self satisfied with the appointment that had ben guardians for his children. Mr. HORNE then proceeded with his motion. been! J.Ol VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT' cox v. LEGG. it h to The Court was occupied the whole mornin ti g vl 0 ments in this case, which involved a ques ot , t modus existing in the reign_af Richard the First. toot The COURT directed an issue to try the q ues nothing of public interest transpired. COURT OF COMMON PLEA S ' t KATE AND OTHERS V. SHAW* en get In this case which was an action that turn . 0 §1; 11 point of a commission issued some y e ars sinc e 11 g 11 0 0 1 ;# Sherwin, late a bookseller, in Paternaost er- r" ° o b or not it was a valid commission, rule odi on a former day for a new trial. Mr. Serjeant TADDY this morning s howed Cat° the rule. n e tirt The CUR tought as there was othr trial O T , which involved exac tly the s a ame Pto now gave an opinion it might prejudice they therefore ordered the rule to be suspendeu. COURT OF KING'S BEN roPo, LI FLETCEIL AND THE LONDON DOCK C°l4yediajt In this case Mr. ATTORNEY-GENEB,AL in ° peSil v- .10 to show cause to set aside an award. l t ,.„ $ (1 11 gi ti t Mr. Fletcher was in possession o f certsior., o dock, which it was thought by t he Lo 0 04 7 Ad;ry pany, previously to their obtaining their : 4 p ee f 7 f , liament, would be advantageous and 10d . roP e o bi them to purchase, in order to imp rove their peir l award was proposed and an arbitrator a " Til o pefq party, the arbitrators chusing an um p i ; oo mad* au award, assessing the value 0'