The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-20 00:00:00

______ 14 [13 and Thirsk .. ..... ~ ... 5 41A to 5 ••• ...... •• . •-• Liverpool Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ....... ... 2% 2xtA... to •-• to Liverpool and 8ury....................14 London & B lackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d s 1 / 2 to D0•to Do. New ......... . 3 •• • ......... to Extension ......... 7% Lon d., l 3right., • & South Coast 50 —5934 %••• to -- Do. Fifths .. 40 ................. to Do. Guaranteed 5 per tondo:. and G'reenwich... 12/.155. 4d... —•-• ••• to 1 , Ditto Pref erence .........181 17s 2d... to London, Hounslow. &Western 2 . .... - • London and North Western..loo .....195% to Do. Q uarter Shares ... .. 2 Do. do. 'S ...... .... .. .. .. ... 2 Do. do. F if t hs .............. 2 to Do. Eighths ......... .G. J. 12% Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5 to Do. 40/. Shares Sharer..... L. &M. 8 •••••• London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 66 ... - to 64 % to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 Ditto New ...... t 0 , no• New ....... ...• . .. 18 to London and York.... , Ditto Half Sliare . S .. . . 2 l/, 2 ' a d° o and W . ' a 1 ./.. in sor ..... -•• 8•••' • • tO London,r Salisbury, & Yeovil 21/2 — Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 ondoLzde . r7 a n d E nniskillen 15 to Yan anu Ely .................. 15 15 3 / 4 16 to 15% Vila and Dereham t i l t t t t u o Half Shares to Q*artes Ditto Fifths ....... Ditto Sixteentl .. ... .. .. ...... ... 6 1 / 1 p ...... to kb% Extension ............... 425. '4l•ll,.ehest,,r and Birmingham 40 to ~Itto Quarters (A) to •y!tto Quarters (13) ...... ... 5 7 3 / 4 to Bauch, Quarters (C) 1 to ~7aoch• Buxton, & Matlock 425. — P :lakecol:nesidtianr)Betirmoningham, and to —.. 11/2N to D ;In nester and Southampton 2 . —126 x n... to 127 xn m and .. tto iiitii* ................... • 100 2 • 31% to bOtto, N ew 5..........-........ 24 biitutto, Aew ........... .. ...... 2 kidl i ,d , Rirni., and Derby...loo lO3 x n... t t o o _— ttn — ' 4llll Easterne unties 2 5 ' — I .1 r• 0 / 8 to 1/...q• %neat 'Western (Irish) 15 344 I A 'l)o4et, le arid Berwick to lia,rtZ°llll Shields....,, 25 - -••— - _ to New ttar ti k e end Carlisle lOO .-•— 5t A to New r „,, et and Chesterford 5 to ,„117'6 aid Abergavenny. .2% — to •••.• lii;4,.and Enniskillen ...• • • 7 to 10 1 .1. 0 : 4, Sheffield, and Boston 1%....- Lo 131 b os ta u . ... ....... ... .......... AOO ,111,f Shares libitto zatenainn 6 erth,, British • mittori i f • .............. 2 1 5 1 'l 6 - 3 /4 , 1 / 2 x int to Do Fifths! ares... ...... .. to t o " .. D O . Quart ............... 5 to 4 itto, ers ................. 1 A 5' 15A 3 ,4 ... to •—• ti. Extension 50 /a to Ditto and Eastern— to t,!'.4oSenp ( I ss. at 5 dis.)... 45 to 511t,..t°,,,Quarter Shares to . •• • •• korth`r, ew .• ................... 1 31 A % p to 2% p km 11,1iffordslur• e 42s. ..-.. to Its " ales .. 3 1 / 4 •••• . H i , . ................... to NZ; ut South. Connecting 2%. •••• ChaiL i Vt• oll , Banbury, and to O xf .vnharn .. 2 opt , ~.0 • -,. ....... ..- yeri'... nester, and Wol to— p 2Xfd .7P...t0n ... 1 . ............ 17 1 to ortu'i l wleY, & Cheltnham lA', — p i ... , _ south Direct 17).'411,.. t a d Wyre 144;f°, thilf Sharea .. % .iiiel un g , Guildford, & Reigate 31. 12s — dis. •• • to --- Actyit o °4 c l ..... ................. 15 and iitchen 1%...... ...... to 8008%ttttist Central to Il lefteld id-i ,disuld .., ........ ... 1 9 % — tett lottxton, Leek Pot to d shemand Crewe l% to ..... Dit to land Blanchester ...100 to b0...A., B ,hares 8 to b o auo Lincolnshire Junct. 114 . to b o : and Great Grimsby ... 10 to t 1314.,..,10. do. Extension 425. — to 8% 34111114-" er illi st ir%111761111111210 /1 13111111n. . • ghara— 42 3 8. ...... 1 14 % dis to -- N 50 4 Q. 417 D Wolverhampton o U. Staftordsh. Junction 2%•• •••• --; to -- t eetth itil t , 4 S hannon - •• • 40Z, - ,, evon 35 tot _...-- Midland... •••• ...... ... 425. k il l r d Midlands Junction 425. 4 ° 1 411 zr, rd s hire Junction 2% to I)ituc'era and Dover ... 33%...... 37 %1'4 t° to bit s pw, No. bitt o , v e w , 11 0. 2 l2 . to— Ditt o ,,,Vaw• No. 3 l5 ot, Alb an , No. 4. 2% 3 l / 24_ to ..enfo7,l°,, Hatfield, and 0414, ',unction . 425. , ... to 11ths°40111Itichtnoad .. : .. : .... 1 •... to i tt 3l4l Nal 6 all d Shropshire '2% 3% to -- /4 4. a , ti el ... 5 to Tii n i r l , r° °, l a Bt7a. ll ,i l 'ui : ;;;,l . y;.: , ale t x ,_ --ual ...... ... .. 2 to re tr L ng , Ileach n • „1. 8 i,°4 - 4,1 o f -,,-, ......011.. _ A eath B asingstoke t ;4" — u .. ...... to to -- 1 is /4 .•• WiLiceg_,,, ~. ......... 2 onolecio, rontefracl,...and to Warwick w ariv ie w; i ..!. . ..4 .............. ... 22%. ••• to , e 1 London... 425. — ••• and v i t . wterfb rei and ....._ester ...... 425. . ••• •• — 5 '' Iv rd and Lajimilteerinckr a terfo .:: 11 ...... ... 22 1 ••• •• iterford, Wexford, WickliV, A ..... .-- Iy a o J D Dublin ... .............. 1% — -'' • to ofd ' Waterford, and 14/44,"111111 ........... ... ....... 1% —• • • ••• t° to Wei,r i eY Valley ........... ... 2 to ly ..tat i l a idland 2% 425. Zeat ( ~ „• " i n g Union Iltid K r itirall -4 L o „ --- ,; . ----- 20 N., eif t ,"-ign, Old Shares ... n'ttb._• 4 aud Carlew to 2 — Vjui;Vl and St. Ives . .. to ~ .i Ya h. ,7 ?l ll erset,&Weymeuth 10 .....- - . to roticate r, Warwick,& Rugby 425. • -- •••• • to tor t and Carlisle 2% IL 38:y 39 1 / 4 x n. to 38%xn B itt s t N eweastle... 25 .. 39 r‘ - 4 to 1r xu 5 —1314 ",.. to — 4 uit.., d ew 2 ... 7 %% 1 / 2 L A to _ rim, reference bitt o nd North Midland b t,.‘ tto , oMalf Sharesto to an, tt,' Znar,,,„ bore' Branch ... 25 25 ...... 4_5% ''''' to _ uit t .) t ,-". .0y ..... to bitt ''' l tenaion *** to 12 bitto v..o4.reference ......... ... 2 ... t a % ti,:;' and West Riding 18 3 / 4 %xn to 18%in -- " 4 a.. ............ „ ..... 5 Ky0..14 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. l een . bel:,Meee ................... 4 ....- to b ob Tlux E a ,;:••••• ....... .... 1 ... li a na % tto-,11 Junction.... 2% ....-- . to Zeltak,„!: A • 1 nien5......... 16 to e 1t4.1 ., ~40‘.1 Mediterranean 2 •••••• k urrketiz t t ! l°44 e) & Cette to e a) ... 2 (F. 1 , ... . 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IA — Na k tit ina .. "'entia ..... .. 2 N n , _, s r and ........ ... .............. 1 ji,j or T i Fr de... de......... ..... 8 ...... _ .. to %It Jatuteo. natituted ... 5 ...... 3% % to to %14 116 a4 n Vier" ............. 1 t)ve n ! an d B 411 .. 10 h r 1 "„ 0rdu h .. • ...... to c 4 4.4 w ...... . 4 " . " ••• .. 6 ..... t a '''' ..„4 ._ 4l4 - .3 al:riorldocitßOLerYlue°ean:in"s%%-....•....k.8.1.1.1...Li.t.. ........ 32104 d .— - —4 % 1 .. . 1... . — I : . I t:: -1 .. , itl t S raab,. , .... .... ..... 20 iNtbreand jcitt; ‘-‘unstituted 5 ..--- tit._ _ itod re.... .. ..... 20 ti, l btir g ,to, Meuse ........ 10 • kzatir en U Bale ........... 14 •-• •..... to To;,? & tau nd Atlantic ... ,-4,tv)tes Co nstituted . l , ,! 4 l(l 4._ JUrbi„ L 5 11.11141, .44Cit , anden, ,- (1 ............ ..„ .. 8 ...... to to _ ilaide_ ........... ..... 2% to 11 ................ )1/4-::4161144 • JOINT STOCK BANKS. ..... N o l4 t im isl ortii •••• A ._.. e . ;: ...... .. 40 . 4- "L'a icati . 50 14 % r aerei .......... *** , ) dell jii.i of I:. e n •••• • •••••• 25 to a °lnt Stock 20 — Itlt -a n kid 1,,,• • ...... 10 tey.‘kb,s_nli 4.ofruivrieniaociadl 0.!..... li Joa tt i . 1 ,- ~ estminsie ..... 20 Engld... 3 2 5 2 p ~ZI I:l24,..Ztolialltu.OfsrletiliaatlC.l. ........... 2 2 5 5 /2 ...to tt tO oo _—__ _ 44014011 ........ .. .... 10 144 0 ' 4 1 ti MINES. Otte, 'Unregistered L i .,, , I' . tik Y D, ,1411A4 1 , 0 .• SHIPPIN G.--(THIS DAY., ' h Nr.;.o7'. at 29.—Wind variable, fresh breeze and .. 44 ..ap oo, -,,, t „ime a . k u 4ndo b. f" 'Noy. 19.—Wind S.S.E , moderate.—Arrd. tik., it a , Jell. Boxnbay ; Sir John Beresford, Threadgold, ~ a ; •kir n, Johnston, Maranham • Bertha Harris, Sal, Ja aklestoOan, Spavin, New Orleans • Pertland, Stalker, lker, 4t , ,, a nn'a, k _ 4 ian i a , Crocker, New York ; Speed, Griudell, //01.2144,,wil.Br,unswick ; Themis Leighton, St. John's, ' , : i r t / 13, 1111 1: i li ne: , ' 6 " 3 NYri, St. Johns, New Brunswick; Zion's li ittr let atict. '2,1?, Miraraichi ; Antelope, Jones , Prince Ed oir Charles Napier, Huntress, Quebec ; Al i. , 11itt...,, Quebec ; Aberdeen, M•Grath, Quebec ; Ocean t!,,PL I„,flue, Quebec. INS'raer' B rock uy. 19 --w- A f., it • 'nu _S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Glen , ,ai, auntie ; .E . uropa, Batavia ; Carthagenian, ,bay, co tta; Belle, Tillman, ditto ; Caledonia, Vale, ,oi Elizabeth 41)4 b eau, 4, ,_? New Orleans ; Eliza, St. Vincent ; 1 , , , Bro im ceiLle, Belize. Arrd. from the River for . 4.2 t ratt ol3ll, „pe of Good Hope and Ceylon. fit2tiebe. " N cEv. 15. -- Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Delia, 11' ax4 "444 . 1- rort • —.A To I tatob Ta. • —'Arrd. Leander, Quebec A)e1tq.„44..10.--.....Ar--.'irlilt IVluendts4) or. Ilr ti altztrop.bArrd. Cambria, L'aesTbarliQpbekelbl,Q.Luaebbreacd. Vi-liaiek• ' Arrd• Themis, Dobbyuen,ecgt. John's, New 's . 14r a i er 4C41. .°v• 17 t r • ‘, :aC•tkpo' aie tat4 a i Ind B.S.W.—Arrd. Countess of Arran, ,z4t. Ittaou, eauor Chapman 17%.pouts ii -- Arrd. A ff , Francis, Mazatlan. ,u k ov. 1 gaan, Black, Quebec. t lit..- t nDort et i , 8.--A large ship, apparently a West ' 1114 4 BC% /IQ be astune in a 'very dangerous poeitign 3% 4 t 0 ---. ri---„, 4 ii, , , THE SUN, LONDON, CARDIFF, Nov. 18.—The Bellona, Hoskin, of Brigham, hence to Shoreham, foundered off Hartland 16th inst. ; crew saved. _ . PORT TALBOT, Nov. 18.—The Elizabeth, Crouch, which stranded yesterday near the Skee Rocks, is discharging. GARLIEsTowN, Nov. 18.—The Helen and Elizabeth, of Belfast, was totally lost yesterday morning, on the Bourgh Head, near the Isle of Whitburn ; crew supposed to be drowned. _ _ YAnmoursi, Nov. 19.—The Janet, Walker, from New castle to Boulogne, was assisted into this harbour yesterday leaky, and it is expected must discharge her cargo. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19. The Tarquin, Moody, has arrived here to-day from New York leaky, having been on shore on Crosby Point. AHMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, .Nov. 19.—The smack Commerce, of Portsmouth, from Poole to Lyminghton, is re ported to be sunk between Christ Church Head and the Shingles ; her cargo consists: of railroad sleepers, several have been picked up and landed here to-day. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN .EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The present week's arrival of English Wheat having been very small, the show of samples of that article was limited; hence, the demand for all descriptions was firm at fully Monday's quotations. In free foreign Wheat rather a large business was doing, but we can notice no improvement in value. Corn under lock was heavy at late rates. Barley was in short supply. The best malting qualities were quite as dear, but Pll other kinds were much neglected. There was no alteration in the Malt trade, which may be called sMoidy, at late rates. The demand for Oats, Beaus, Peas, and Flour was very dull. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. i Oats I Hour 2,490 qrs. 2,890 qrs. 1,890 qrs. I 2,150 ks 150 I t!,310 English • • •• [rish .... Foreign • . •• • • 1,550 Maa.2,750 qrs. The number of be:lsts on sale here, was reasonably lare, but of very mithling quality. The few prime Scots on offer found buyers at full prices. Otherwise, the 11, of trade ►was in a very depressed state, on somewhat easier terms. From abroad, we received 430 beasts, 1,140 Sheep, and 22 Calves. With Sheep we were fairly supplied, while the Mutton trade was heavy, at barely Monday's currency. There was very little business doing in Calves—the supply of which was small—at late rates. Tlie.Pork trade was dull, yet previous figures were well supported. Mitch Cows were heavy, at from 161. to 181. each, including their small calf. 5,770 but with regard to the other three, that they were guilty, but that they were justified under the circumstances of the case. The application he had now to make to the Court was rather of an original nature. It was, that a rule should be granted to show cause why the judgment in the case should not be set aside, on the ground of irregularity ; or why the Justice (companion of the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal) should not affix his seal to the bill of exceptions allowed by the late Lord Chief Justice on the trial, which bill of exceptions had been sent back to the plaintiffs on the 16th, unsealed ; or why there should not be a new trial, on the ground of mis direction ; or a rule in any such other form as the Court may see fit. Though the trial had taken place so far back as February, 1845, judgment had only been signed on the 14th of the present month, which he sub mitted was altogether irregular, as the defendants had obtained the said judgment without giving any pre vious notice to the plaintiffs, so as to enable them to get the bill of exceptions sealed. The main object now sought was the sealing of the bill of excep tions. The bill of exceptions was most important, as it not only set forth that Norman as well as the other three Ras guilty of the act complained of, but that the plea of justification was not founded in truth ; and that ; therefore, the Learned Judge misdirected the jury in in structing them to deliver the verdict they had given. The two defendants, Roe and Norman, were proprietors, publishers, and editors of a Cheltenham newspaper, and Bootle and the other defendant were their attorneys. The Learned Gentleman went at great length into the facts of the case, to establish the grounds on which he made the application. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, there were not suffi cient facts before them to conclude whether the long delay in not sealing the bill of exceptions between the trial and the death of the late Lord Chief Justice had arisen from the negligence of the plaintiff. Still, in erder that substantial justice might be done to the parties under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the Court was disposed to grant a rule to show cause why the verdiet should not be set aside, and a new trial granted ; and also it would be open to show that the judgment was irregularly signed for want of a term's notice to the plaintiff. With re spect to the other ground on which the rule was sought, that of causing one of the judges to seal the bill of ex ceptions omitted by the late Lord Chief Justice, the Gain was of opinion they had no power to interfere. The rule relating to this point must, therefore be refused. Rule nisi, on the other grounds stated, granted. PARRATT V. KING.—THE TUNBRIDGE AND RYE-HARBOUR DIRECT RAILWAY. Mr. WORDSWORTH moved for a rule to show cause why an order made by the Lord Chief Baron in this case, should not be set aside. The order in question, which was made on the 18th of July, was to stay all proceed ings in an action to recover 1,3301., from the Right Honourable William King, for advertisements in serted by the plaintiff, in various newspapers, of the Tunbridge and Rye-Harbour Direct Railway, till a case pending in the Queen's Bench against Lord Beresford for the same sum was decided. He (Mr. Wordsworth) made the application after the decision their Lordships had given on Saturday last, which declared that the plaintiff could not prcceed for the re covery of their debt against the provisional directors in their joint capacity, but only against them severally. Rule granted. SHAW AND ANOTHER V. CLARKSON.—LONDON, PORTS MOUTH, AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. Sergeant BYLES moved for a rule nisi for a new trial in this case on the ground of surprise, and that the verdict was against evidence. The cause was tried at the last Middlesex sittings, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and a verdict given for the plaintiffs for 6301. The plaintiffs are printers and lithographers, and the action was brought to recover for work done for the London, Portsmouth, and Chichester Railway Com pany, of which Mr. Clarkson, a proctor of Doctors' Commons, was a provisional director and chairman. The point at issue was, whether the company or the engineers were the contracting party. Messrs. I)rayson, the engineers, were the projectors of the company, and gave the first order to the plaintiffs on the 15th of July last year, whereas the defendant did not join the company till the October following. The Learned Gentleman went at great length through the affidavits to show that the evidence supported the inference that the orders were given by the engineers on their own account, and that the company looked to them and not to the plaintiffs for the work being done. Rule granted. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) BARNETS NEWTE. This was an action to recover the sum of 1121. 3s. 5d., the balance of an account for goods sold and delivered. Mr. WORDSWORTH appeared for the plaintiff, who is a stationer and printer. The defendant is a gentleman, who was one of the provisional directors of the Jamaica Southern and Eastern Railway Company. The claim was for books, printing the prospectuses, allotment let ters, and scrip shares. The original demand against the Company was 1921. 3s. 2d., but the plaintiff admitted the receipt of 801., which he applied to the first part of the account, the defendant not having come into the management in June, 1845, and remained therein till December. He, the Learned Counsel, would call witnesses to prove the active part which the detendant had taken in the affairs of the company, and the fairness of the charges, as it was now the prevailing opinion, both in and out of Court, that the tradesmen were, in such ca3es, in the habit of making higher charges to railway companies than to ordinary customers, which, however, was not the tact in this case. . Mr. Shiers, the secretary to the company, proved that the work charged for had t een done, and that defendant was one of the managing committee during the period above sp,cified, and the goods charged for supplied. Mr. Fleming, a printer, and a Mr. Henneky, were called, and proved th value of the goods, and the jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE WILKINS. This bankrupt, who was one of the partners in the firm of Beattie, WNaughten, and Co., of Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, Levant merchants, whose debts and liabilities amounted to about 240,0001., and whose bank ruptcy was attributed to failures in the Levant, came up on his adjourned examination. Mr. James appeared on behalf of the creditors, and Mr. Cooke for the bankrupt. It appeared, in the course of a long examination, that the bankrupt had previously been in partnership in the firm of %V ilkins and Preston, and Wilkins and Mongredi, and on the partnership being dissolved it was, he as serted, agreed upon that he should be released from all liabilities, as he had property in China and elsewhere, the proceeds of which would cover all the partner ship demands against him. As far as the transactions with Preston were concerned, the moneys had been received, but in the other he had, after joining the firm of IVPNaughten, renewed his liability to the amount of 4,0001. by a personal engagement. Mr. CooKE urged that the bankrupt had been to Constantinople, and on his return surrendered under the fiat against the firm, and adopted their accounts. He had prepared a statement of his accounts with Preston, arid was proceeding with the other, but, not expecting to be called upon for it, he must now ask for time. There could be no doubt that at the time he dissolved partner ship with the other firms he believed himself and them solvent. Although released from claims by them, he was not released against creditors up to that time, but every thing had been or would be paid. The COMMISSIONER said if the bankrupt had been once released, he ought not to have again made himself liable after joining a new firm. Mr. JAMES said such a proceeding greatly affected the stability of firms. Bankrupt had not a shilling to meet the demand on him. The case was ultimately adjourned for ten days. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Robert Beddome and David Read, were charged with assa ulting Andrew Stone , last night, at the b ar of the Crown and Grapes public-house, Little Newport-street. Inspector Whall, of the C division, stated that the Complainant was unable to attend this morning in conse quence of the injuries he had received, and handed in a certificate to that effect from Dr. E. Gaudin. Stephen Edwards, master butcher, 21, Little Newport market, said he was sitting with some of his friends at a table in front of the bar of the Crown and Grapes, and the prisoners, who were strangers to him, were drinking at the same bar, and seemed the worse for liquor. Some little time after, a French gentleman, the complainant, with his wife and three young gentlemen in company, came in, and in the effort t o p ass the bar slightly pressed upon the prisoners. Read assailed him with abusive language, and wished to fight him, which the complain ant declined. Read then rushed up and laid hold of complainant by the collar, dragged him along the floor, and struck him with great violence. Beddome instigated Read to continue, who tore the man with his nails, struck him, and kicked him. Mr. I-Ltunwicx remanded the case till Thursday next, and ordered the prisoners to find bail in 201. each for their appearance to answer the charge on that day. died e Bd Granda s r u o d n le, D nf. el suddenly e c in a nd z a e t hr s y,e of fi e g p ht h ht e e w o Fe rxte of no cn t h h d aecyh,Damautbkteehre oDufeoretaeezleerdsse: Saede, in Brussels. UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST THE PHYSICIAN OF RING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.--Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Prince's Head, Duke's-court, Bow- strigt, on the body of Margaret Mailers, aged 60, of No. II; Broad -court, Long-acre. Robert Mallars, the husband, said, the deceased had been ill for some time past. On the 2d inst. she became an out-patient of King's College Hospital. Being a baker he had to work all night, and on Monday evening, when he left home, the deceased told him he would not see her alive in the morning. Upon returning home from work he found her dead in bed. She had complained to him of having been kept waiting a long time at the hospital when she went for advice and medicine. Mr. Bainbridge, surgeon, of St. Martin's-lane. said, that he had examined the body, and found death to have been caused by disease of the heart. She had probably been seized with a fainting fit, not an uncommon circumstance from such a disease, and no one being near to apply brandy, sal volatile, or some other restorative, had been unable t o ra ll y . H e had examined her medicine, and found it proper for her complaint. Dr. Guy, physician of King's College Hos pital, said, that where there were as many as forty or fifty outpatients to attend to, the deceased might have been kept waiting a short time, but no longer than ne cessary. The jury expressed themselves satisfied that there was no ground for the charges, and returned a verdict of " Died from fainting, caused by disease of the heart." Yesterday, information was forwarded to the police es t a blishment in Scotland-y ar d o f severa l ro bb eries of books, committed at the Western Literary Institution, Leicester -square. FR,IDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER • THE CAPACITIES OF THE NEG RO RACE. Among the negro race, with all their disadvantages, many examples m a y b e a dd uce d which prove theirintel ligence, ingenuity, and bravery, and indicate that under inferior grade circumstanc es th e y wou ld not be of that grade which they are now said to be. Among these ex- .. amples there is T oussa i n t L'O uver t u re, the Napoleon or" the blacks. He has written his name in history. There is also Lislet, a negro of the Isle of France, who was named Corresponding Member of the French Institute, on account of his meteorological observations. A negro , likewise, nam e d Hannibal, distinguished himself as a colonel of artill er y i n t h e R uss i an se rvice. The Ameri can United State of Maryland has produced two emi nent blacks. The first of these was named Richard Bati neker, the auth or o f an almanack, and celebrated for his astronomical calculations. The other was named Fuller, and was an extr aor di nary exam pl e of quickness of reck oning. Bein g su dd en l y as k e d , f or t h e purpose of trying his powers, how many seconds a person had lived who was 27 years and some months old, he gave the answer in a minute and a half. On reckoning it up after him, a different result was obtained. " Have you not for gotten the leap years ?" said the negro. The omission was supplied, an d t h e result o f the sum t h en agre ed with IT answer. Thomas Jenkins, the son of an African king, became a stipendiary Scotch schoolmaster, in structed himself in Latin and Greek, and finished his studies at college. Lott Cary, a Virginian slave, in structed himself, made himself useful in business, saved money, purch ase d hi s own l ib erty an d th a t o f hi s family, and afterwards assisted in founding the African Colony of liberated blacks, at Cape Mon serado, of which settlement he was elected vice agent. Phillis Wheatley, a young negro girl, a slave at Boston, manifested much talent as a poetess : she also translated from the Latin. Paul Cuffee, another Boston slave, accumu l ated a cons id era bl e p ro p er ty by trading in merchant vessels, manned with blacks, and also distinguished himself as a friend of the civilization of Africa. The chiefs of the " Amisted Captives," as they were called, whose story is mentioned at length in the American work of that worthy philanthropist, Joseph Sturge, appear also to have been intelligent cha racters. But we must not forget to mention Placido, the bard of Cuba. This negro patriot and poet, although less celebrated,was of a like spirit to Toussaint L'Ouver sure. Delighted by his verses, the young men of Havannah subscribed together, and purchased his release from bondage. I'lacido, however, not only thought but felt. He desired to emancipate his race. In 1844, he was arrested and executed, as the chief of a con spiracy formed in Cuba, for the purpose of arousing an insurrection of the negroes. On his way to the place of execution he held a crucifix in his hand, and repeated aloud a solemn prayer in verse, calling upon God to rend the veil of calumny which was cast around him, declaring he was transparent be fore the Divine, but ready to submit if it was his will that men should blaspheme his dust. At the fatal time he exclaimed, " Farewell, world ! there is no pity for me. Soldiers, fire!" His body was pierced with five balls, but remaining unkilled, he pointed to his heart and cried, "Fire here !" and fell dead, as at the instant two balls entered his breast. Thus perished Placido.—People's Journal. LITERATURE. REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA. The Committee of the Liverpool Association for the Reduction of the Duty on Tea have issued the following tract, being their first publication : " Heavy Duties on articles of such general use, and ap proaching so closely to the character of necessaries, as Tea, Coffee, Sugar, &c., are destructive of the comforts of the people."—PouLETT SCROPE. 20, MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LI BRARY. No. XXX Vlll.—Journeys across the Pampas., By Sir Francis B. [lead. Circumstances of a calamitous nature have latterly attracted the attention of Europeans to the republics of South America ; and from the intelligence acquired in consequence of that attention, the interest of man kind has been aroused in behalf the inhabitants of those magnificent and extraordinary regions. From the isthmus of Panama down to the straits of Magellan, from the eastward extremity of Cape St. Roque to the westward extremity of Cape Banco, that continent presents a con tinuous surface of verdure, developed either in the shape of gigantic forests, of cultivated plantations, of arable land producing a most remunerative crop, of savanahs, or prairies, or what are here peculiarly called the flowery pampas, extending nine hundred miles from the shores of the Atlantic to the base of the Cordilleras. This beautiful and singular level, occupying so large a portion of La Plata, is thus strangely divided. After starting from the metro politan city of Buenos Ayres, the first region of the pampas is profusely strewed with clover and thistles for one hundred and eighty miles ; the second region is remarkable for its carpetting of long grass, and-stretches further inland four hundred and fifty miles ; the third region, which proceeds thence to the feet of the Andes, is plentifully covered with stunted trees and dwarf shrubs. The alternation of the crops, and the marvellous transformation of appear ance occurring periodically in the first region, is so remarkable in itself, and is so picturesquely described by Sir Francis Head in the very commencement of his miniature narrative, that we shall pilfer one paragraph therefrom : "In winter the leaves of the thistles are large and luxuriant, and the whole surface of the country has the rough appearance of a turnip-field. The clover in this season is extremely rich and strong; and the sight of the wild cattle, grazing in full liberty on such pasture, is very beautiful. In spring, the clover has vanished, the leaves of the thistles have extended along the ground, and the country still looks like a rough crop of turnips. In less than a month the change is most extraordinary ; the whole region becomes a luxuriant wood of enormous thistles, which have suddenly shot up to a height of ten or eleven feet, and are all in full bloom. The road or path is hemmed in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so strong; that, independent of the prickles with which they are armed, they form an impenetrable barrier. The sudden growth of these plants is quite astonishing; and though it would be an unusual misfor tune in military history, yet it is really possible that an invading army, unaequainted4 with this country, might be imprisoned by these thistles before they had time to escape from them. The summer is not over before the scene undergoes - another rapid change; the thistles sud denly lose their sap and verdure, their heads droop, the leaves shrink and fade, the stems become black and dead, and they remain rattling in the breeze one against the other, until the violence of the pampero or hurricane levels them to the ground, where they rapidly decom pose and disappear—the clover rushes up, and the scene is again verdant." Accustomed as we are to our more northerly climate, and to the more. homely and less surprising landscapes of England, it is eminently refreshing to be transported in imagination to a country presenting features of a character so peculiarly and pleasantly dissimilar. In the present little volume, of a 'most unassuming nature, we are afforded a glimpse of those remote scenes, and glimpses of their population, and glimpses of travelling adventure, and glimpses of mercantile secrets, all jumbled together, it is true, in most bewildering disorder, but natural, keen, ob servant, to the life. The author apologises for the scrambling quality of his chapters, after having al ready assured us in his title-page that the contents were nothing more ostentatious than " rough notes." He had no reason whatever for tendering any such apology. Every reader will feel thankful for the carelessness of the style, sometimes even for its actual slovenliness. They will recognise in the broken sentences and occasionally in the scarcely coherent paragraphs, the authentications of the sketches they embody. Some pages we could almost con jecture had been penned by Mr. Alfred Jingle, of No Hall, Nowhere. For example :—" We galloped across the plain—forty-five miles—each at our best pace—proceeded straggling, like the wounded Curiatii." It must have been Jingle, however, in his most graphic temperament, in such a tempera ment as that in which he described himself to have been to Mr. Tupman, when he (Jingle) wrote an epic poem and fought in a Spanish insurrection during one and the same day—" whizz ! bang !—another idea—into wine-shop—pop him down, &c." Sir Francis informs us, in the introduction, that during the South - American - mining - company - phobia, which some years ago set every one almost as mad as the railway speculation did last year, he himself had the sole management of one of those companies; that he was suddenly induced to take charge of an association to work the gold and silver mines of the provinces of Rio de la Plata; and that in consequence of that alrupt arrangement he started a few days afterwards from Falmouth and landed at Buenos Ayres. These circumstances, while they fully account for the author's journey thither, evince the fact of his being a man of impulse, and thereby prepare us for the sparkling, but eccentric, descriptions which resulted from the excursion. Sir Francis Head is, from the peculiarities of his temperament, an admi rable delineator of the scenery in the vicinity of which he was a temporary sojourner. And among the happiest of his delineations of external life we may instance his account of the Pampas Indians, the aboriginal inhabitants of South America. Their living wholly upon mare's flesh ; their occasionally indulging in the luxury of a bath of mare's blood to their hair; their skimming over their pampas continually on horseback, and never on foot—every little characteristic is caught up by the observant eye of the traveller, and recorded with a faithful pencil. As he is most credible, however, in the relation of externals, the author is most incredible in his remarks upon the moral and . intellectual features of South American kociety ; he is, as already ob served, a being of impulses—he looks there through a distorting medium, and pourtrays in caricatura. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. inferior Beasts .... 2 6 2 Second quality ditto. 2 10 3 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 Prime Scots .. 3 10 4 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 Prime small ditto .. 4 4 4 Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 Inferior Sheep .. . 4 2 4 s. d to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 6 4 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 10 5 0 Southdown Wethe.. 5 2 5 4 Ditto outorthe wool Large flogs ...... 3 g 4 4 Small Porkers ••.. 4 6 4 8 Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 19 0 Lambs •••••• • • • • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. J Calves. 1,066 4,010 190 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a very slow general demand, on the following erms : I Pigs. a:o At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 1 a. d. to s. d Beef, inferior...... 2 4 26 ‘ Mutton, inferior 3 6 310 middling .... 2 8 210 1 middling •• 4 0 4 4 prime large .. 3 0 3 2 1 prime .... 4 6 4 8 prime small .. 3 2 3 4 j Pork, large.. • • .... 3 4 4 0 Veal. •••••—• • • • • • 3 6 4 8 1 &twill 4 2 4 8 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Although there is rather more business doing in the best colory parcels of hops, we can notice no improvement in value. In the middling qualities, next to nothing is passing. New Sussex Pockets, 31. 14s. to 4/. Bs.; Weald of Kent ditto, 41. to 41. 10s. ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41. Bs. to 61. 6s. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor heard unopposed lunatic peti ,ions and appeals to-day. JUDGMENT:—THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, the arguments in which were concluded yesterday. We have already given a statement of the facts of the case, which came before the Court upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, direct ing an account to be taken of the sums received by the late Duke of Leeds, for waste committed by him in destroying the old baronial mansion of Kiveton Hall, disparking the park, and cutting down the timber upon it. His Lord ship was clearly of opinion that every point urged by the appellant had failed, and that the appeal ought to be dismissed with costs. His LORDSHIP having disposed of the unopposed lu natic petition on his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part-heard appeal of "Minor v. Minor," which involved a question of breach of trust in the management of certain estates. This case occupied the Court the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) BAYNES V. TAYLOR. Mr. TURNER resumed his arguments in this case, which occupied his Lordship the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took unopposed petitions, short causes, and cause petitions to day, none of which possessed any point worth a special notice. QUEEN'S BEN( H.-(THIS DAY.) MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIALS. The Court gave its c;ecision this morning on the fol lowing cases, in which motions for new trials had been made during the term:—A case involving the question of the jurisdiction of the Barnet ruaOs‘rates—rule re, fused; Gurney v. Gurney—rule granted; PhiHipps v. Bradley—rwe made ab,olute, and the verdict reduced to 71.; Gale v. Lewis—rule refused; Sutton v. Maguire— rule discharged. ADMINISTERING THE OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE TO TIER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. Shortly before twelve o'clock Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, L or d P a l mers t on , Earl Auck land, Lord Grey and the Right Hon. C. W oo d, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrived at the Court, and after a short sojourn in the Judges'-room, proceeded into the court, where the oath of allegiance was ad ministered to them by the Clerk of the Court, the Judges, the bar, and the spectators standing. The oath testifying that they would not use the influ ence of their, offices to " injure or weaken the Protestant Church as by law established in England, or to disturb the bishops and clergy of the Church in the possession of any rights and privileges to which they are by law en titled," was next administered to each, commencing with Lord John Russell. The Noble Premier, and, in fact, the whole of the Ministers, appeared in excellent health. At the completion of the ceremony they bowed to the Court, and withdrew. The Court has issued the following notice with respect to the sittings after term:— " The Court will on Monday, the 30th inst., and the five next following days, and on Thursday, the 17th December, bold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the crown paper, the special paper, and the new trial , and will givejudgment in cases which shall then be pending ." The Court was occupied during the remainder of the day with cases which involved no points of public in terest. BAIL COURT•-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE CORPORATION OF NORWICH AGAINST THE LOWESTOFT RAILWAY COM- PANY. Mr. UNTHANE. moved for a rule for a certiorari to re move the judgment in this case from the Quarter Ses sions to this Court. The indictment was filed against this railway company for the construct ion of a bridge over the river Wentsell. The success or failure of the indictment would rest upon the construction of the Lands Clauses Act, and same other railway enactments, passed during the course of thelast session. It was the wish of both parties that the case should be tried in this Court before a special jury.—Application granted. THE QUEEN V. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. BIRLIE moved in this case to enlarge a rule which had been obtained by Mr. Martin, for a mandamus, di rected to this company, until next term. The ques tion was one of considerable importance, and the sum at stake was 43,0001. The mandamus called upon the company to go before the Sheriffs to assess the damage done to a certain manufactory. The company main tained that they were not obliged to take any more of the factory and land adjoining than was absolutely ne cessary for their purposes ; and the proprietor con tended that, as one part of the factory buildings being taken would spoil the whole, he was entitled to the full value of the property in compensation. In order to de cide the question many witnesses must be examined and many plans prepared, which it would be utterly im possible to prepare this term ; and the jury could not properly assess without the fullest details of the whole circumstances.—Application granted. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) MAWSON V. EARL OF NEXBOROUGH.-MAWSON V. EARL OF MEXBOROUGLL-DIA.WSON V. EARL OF NEXBOROUGH. - The actions brought in these cases were founded upon several money bonds given by the defendant to the plaintiff, for various large sums of money advanced to him—the first for the sum of 2,0001., the second for the sum of 1,000/., and the third for a further sum of 1,0801. The whole of the actions were undefended, and verdicts returned for the defendant in each case. The counsel in the case prayed immediate execution, which was accordingly ordered. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) On the assembling of the Court this morning, Mr. Justice COLTMAN said, that the Court had fixed December the 17th, for the trial at bar, Davis v. Lownes, and the Court, if required, would sit day by day up till Christmas. day. NEWTON AND WIFE V. BOOTLE AND OTHERS. This case was an actien for an assault and false im• prisonment, tried before the late lamented Lord Chief Justice Tindal, at Guildhall, in February, 1845, under the following circumstances :—When the defendants' case was nearly closed, the jury, under the direction of his Lordship, found a verdict for the plaintiff, against three of the defendants, upon the issue of not guilty ; and a Terdict for the four defendants on the plea of jus tification, subject to a bill of exceptions. The present case originated in an action of trespass, brought by two of the defendants against the plaintiffs. They obtained a verdict. A writ of capias ad satisfaciendum was is sued for costs, and on that, the assault and impri sonment complained of took place. On the trial, after the close of plaintiffs' case, and before the defendants had called their witnesses, the Lord Chief Justice said he was of opinion that with regard to one of the defendants, Geo. Nyman, he was entitled tc , a Yerdiet 011 all the issues ; TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. This is a question of vital importance toyou. Tea is one of the most valuable elements in your daily meals, a great comfort to all, and to very many of you an ab solute necessary of life. It would be one of the greatest blessings to your families could you provide them with this prime want more fi equently, more abundantly, and of better quality. This you are prevented from doing by the enormous duty which is now levied on Tea ; no less than 2s. 21d. on every pound. The original cost of Tea is only from Bd. to 2s. per pound, and this exorbi tant impost, therefore, is equivalent to a tax of 200 per cent. on the average qualities, and no less than from 300 to 400 per cent. on the lower kinds. Coffee and Sugar are admitted at a duty of from 20 to 30 per cent., and it is high time that your wants in respect to Tea should be provided for by a great reduction of the duty on this commodity. TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND. The reLotion of tho Tea duty is a q ues tion interest ing to you, because it affects the comforts and attractions of your homes and your firesides. To show the evil at present in existence, you must take a pound of Tea, and put one-third into one paper, two-thirds into another ; the money paid in China, with expenses added for bringing the Tea home, has procured the whole pound for you; but you can only get one third; the other two-thirds must go to pay duty, or you must pay three times the value to obtain the whole pound. Is this true? Yes. The merchant sells at is. per pound that Tea on which 2s. 21d. is charged for duty; and even at 9d. good sound Tea is sold by the merchant, upon which the same duty is levied. Thus a poor man's family paying 3d. for Tee only procures Id. worth; and instead of the 2d. going to pay for eatables, clothes, or instruction, it is paid away as a tax for permission to drink id. worth of Tea. TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND. _ _ Does the Tea duty affect you? It does, and for rea sons quite independent of those which are placed befure your wives and daughters. What regulates your income, or wages? Employ ment. If two men do what is required, is a third man likely to get a day's work? The Chinaman has plenty more Tea to sell, and he wants manufactures from us. But so much Tea as he offers can not be sold here, because it cannot be paid for and the duty paid also. Take more of th e Chi nama n's Tea and he will take more manufactures ; a n d if more manufactured goods are taken to China, will you or will you not have more em ployment? Think on th ese t hi ngs. An association has been formed in Liverpool for the purpose of p r ocuring a great reduction of th e duty on Tea. With y o ur hearty sup port and your a id in diffusing knowledge on the subject by (conversation or otherwise, and by subscriptions, however small, as an evidence of your sympathy, the public will soon be awakened to a sense of the import ance of the subject, and will then express its opinion in a way that must ensure success. The convict Maynard, who was -convicted at the Central Criminal Court some time since for railway rob beries, though sentenced to transportation, has not been sent out of the country, but remains in the Peniten tiary, Millbank. He is allowed the use of pens, ink, and paper, and busily employs himself for several hours each day in writing communications to different railway com panies, in which he explains how and by what means they can be and have been robbed ; also the facilities with which their passengers can be plundered, and point ing out easy means for the prevention of such robberies. Maynard's object is evidently to obtain a commutation of punishment. WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.—On Monday a special meeting was held at Halifax, Mr. Ackroyd in the chair, when it was resolved to amalgamate with the Manchester and Leeds. DEATH OF PROVOST JAMIESON.—In our obituary of to-day we notice the death of the death of this worthy and influential gentleman, one of the oldest of our civic rulers. Mr. Jamieson was a member of the town council from 1793 till 1833, without a breach, we believe, in the term of his servitude. In the discharge of his public duties he filled the various offices of treasurer, bailie, and provost, being the second chief magistrate, under the latter title, after the assumption of the dig nity by the council in 1812. Mr. Jamieson was inti mately versant with town's affairs; he evinced great urbanity in his manners, and was a most instructive as well as a conciliatory adviser of his colleagues. But what is even more to the credit of the deceased gentle man, during all the conflicting questions and causes of party strife which have presented themselves, he never took a single step, nor gave countenance to any pro posal whatever, that was calculated to injure the corporation. Mr. Jamieson was the last but ono of the surviving provosts who held office prior to 1833.—Paisley Journal. The directors of all the theatres at Berlin have resolved to substitute the explosive cotton for gun powder, in their representations, because the cotton makes little or no smoke, which is not onry annoying to the public, but has an injurious effect upon the voices of the singers and actors. We regret that our venerable and excellent neighbour, Sir Anthony Lechmere. Bart., has been lately suffering so severely from indisposition as to ex cite much anxiety amongst those around hi m f or t h e re sult. We are glad, however, to be able to state, from inquiries which we have made just before our going to press, that the worthy baronet is much better.— Worces. ter Journal, Nov. 19. SUDDEN DEATH OF M. VERY. —M. Very, the son of the late celebrated restaurateur of that name in the Palais Royal, died on Sunday night in a singular man ner. He had passed the day at his country house at Montmorency, but came to Paris at six o'clock with his wife, and went to dine with a friend in the rue de Riche • lieu. On entering the saloon he became completely chilled, attributing it to his having in the morning stood too long on the bank of the Lake of Enghien fishing. He placed himself close to the fire, became quite warm again, and afterwards ate heartily at dinner. In the evening, while he was playing at whist, with his wife for partner, and was talking gaily with a friend seated by his side, the gentleman said that he felt he was growing old, for he was already 53. M. Very laughingly replied, " Why, at 50 years a man is still young. I have passed my 50th year, and never was better in my life." The words were scarcely out of his mouth before his lips be came convulsed, and the company laid him upon a sofa, where the next moment he expired.— Galignani. THE RECENT MILITARY OUTRAGE AT SaturdayCOßE, p w e a r s ero m p a t d o e ry on manner, b by c eveningolon Colonel sit3,eraensd i LeinAftA Beres ford, timei ar n na:dantye : d. p ooent p nrfh l ae i otcthvfaheetteirhoyienpn f orm ations sworn in the case of " Mary part of Lieutenant-General Turner, Com- District, to his Worship the Mayor, for a Waterman versus two Gentlemen bearing her Majesty's Commission in the 67th Regiment of the brother magistrates, granted the application, and by this His Worship, after consulting some of his Guards.—Cork Examintr. informations are on their way to the Horse OF T) IE THAMES. The Resource collier was sunk last week in the mid-channel below Blackwell; in five W orking days she was removed from the bed of the river to within low-water mark by the successful method adopted by Captain Rowland, of - Greenwich, in Easing minkenYegia l i NAVIGATION 0 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice rode on ponies and walked yesterday in the drives of Osborne House. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing yesterday. The Earl of Morley, Lord-in-Waiting to her Majesty, arrived at Osborne House on Wednesday afternoon. There was no addition to the Royal dinner circle on Wednesday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Cashiobury Parks, Herts, yesterday afternoon from her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelits, went from Kew, yesterday morn ing, to Cashiobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and paid a visit to her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Mayor of Sunderland and Mr. Alderman Moore, of Sunderland, had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. Mr. Hildyard, M.P., and Mrs. Hildyard, have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Newark. SURREY THEATRE. Shakspere's tragedy of Macbeth was produced at this theatre last night, for the purpose of introducing to a Surrey audience, and for the first time to the stage, a gentleman who delights to designate himself Mr. Bayn tun Bolt. Whether this be his real name or not we stop not to inquire, but of this we are certain, that Nature never intended him for the stage, or the stage for him ; and, if he will take a few words of advice from us, the sooner he gives up all notions with respect to it the better. Macbeth is a murderer, but Mr. Bayntun Bolt is a mur derer of a murderer. There is no one redeeming quality in his acting, and the repetition of the character of Macbeth by him on Saturday next was announced with marked disapprobation, by a . house consisting evidently of many of his frien ds. It is an old adage " that the least said the soonest mended ;" and acting upon this motto, we leave Mr. Bayntun Bolt and his Macbeth to the appreciation of the public, premising only that those who doubt our statement, would do well, in order to make themselves " competent persons," to criticise on our remarks, by witnessing Mr. Bayntun Rolt's per formance of Macbeth on Saturday. On that occasion we hope and trust that Mr. Bayntun Bolt will better understand and more truly depict the character of Mac beth, as drawn by the immortal Shakspere. DEATH OF SIR DIGORT FORREST, ANT.—WE have to announce the demise of the above venerable officer, who expired on the 15th instant, at his residence in Louisa-terrace, Exmouth. Sir Digory was the son of the late Austen Forrest, Esq., storekeeper to her Ma jesty's Victualling-office at Plymouth. lie was born in 1765, -and married the eldest daughter of Captain George Talbot, R.N. Having been appointed secretary to Admiral Macbride at the commencement of the last war, he subsequently held the same office under three commanders-in -chief, as also to Sir William Young and Sir Robert Calder at Plymouth, until the close of the war. He was in the Ardent at the battle of Copen hagen, also at the battle of Trafalgar , the capture of D e merara, St. Lucia , and Trinidad. Sir Digory received the honour of knighthood from George IV. (then Prince Regent) at Carlton House. The deceased has been for many years past a magistrate for the county of Devon. THE SEE OF SODOR AND MAN.—The. Rev. Dr. J. Griffith is to be the new bishop of this diocese, vacant by the translation of Dr. Short to the see of St. Asaph. By the last returns, the income of the vacant see was 2,0001, per annum. 1816. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—The two good service pen sions which became vacant in the Royal Marine force by the promotion of Colonels Lawrence and Nicolls to the rank of Major-General in the army, have been conferred upon Colonels M'Callum, of Portsmouth, and Menzies, of the Chatham division. The services of these veterans are thus recorded in Allen's New Navy List : "J. M'Callum, First-Lieutenant, serving in the Dreadnought at Trafalgar, and in the Endymion at the passage of th e D ar danelles, and destruction of the Turkish squadron at Point Pasquies, 1807. " C. Menzies, First-Lieutenant, and commanded a de tachment of marines; landed at Port Jackson, during. an insurrection of convicts, 1804, and was mainly instru mental in restoring tranquillity in the colony ; served in the boats of the Minerva at the capture of five luggers protected by a battery in Finisterre Bay ; was in the barge at the capture of the Spanish privateer Buena Dicha, of one long gun and 26 men ; commanded a boat at the capture of a Spanish gun-boat at Carril ; and commanded the marines at the storming of Fort Finis terre, 1806, served in boats at the capture of the Spanish privateer San Josef, and landed and made pri soner the Spanish commodore ; Was in command of the marines at the czpture of the Fort Guardia, and was slightly wounded in cutting out the French corvette Moselle in Basque roads ; served' at the taking of Fort Camarinas and gun-boats, and was repeatedly engaged in boat actions and against batteries. Gazetted 1806." We take the services of the following officers appointed to command from the same excellent source : " Commander V. A. Massingberd (1842), appointed to the Alecto, vice Austen promoted ; was Senior Lieu tenant of the Blenheim in China. " Commander E. C. T. D'Eyneourt (1841), to the Comus, vice Thompson, promoted ; was Lieutenant of the Calliope, and wounded in the operations against Canton, and was at the capture of that city. " Commander H. M. Ellicomb (1841), to the Rolla, vice Simpson ; was Lieutenant of the Ringdove on the coast of Spain, and employed at the sieges of Bilboa during the civil war in 1836 and 1837. " Lieutenant Rivers (1841), to the Nautilus, vice M'Donnel, promoted ; was mate of the Calliope and senior Lieutenant of the Sulphur during the principal operations against the cities and coasts of China in 1841 and 1842, including the capture of the heights of Can ton, when he served on shore with, the army and was wounded. Officially mentioned on several occasions." Lieutenant Thurburn (1841), first of the Harlequin; is appointed to command the Griffon, vice Wilmot, promoted. Lietenant Western (1841), is appointed to command the Jackal, vice Pasco, promoted. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hope, was at Buenos Ayres on the 11th of September, blockading. Her marines were landed and quartered in Victoria Barracks. It was expected there would be a break up of the squadron when Admiral Inglefield left for China, to take the chief command on that station, but the Fire brand expected to remain in the river Plate until a more settled state of affairs in that quarter. There is no truth whatever in the statement by a con temporary tbat every other port on the lower deck of the Vengeance is to be caulked. The Crocodile troop •ship, Commander Lowe, was un docked to-day, and the Resistance docked in her room. The Lively navy-lighter arrived to-day from Plymouth with stores. Woomyrcri, Nov. 19.—The Centaur steam-frigate of 1,270 tons burthen, built at Portsmouth from a design of Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, and fitted with engines of 540-horse power, by Boulton, Watt, and Co., was tried down the river to day to ascertain the working order of her engines. The Centaur left her moorings at Blackwall under the charge of Commander Smith of the William and Mary yacht shortly after 12 o'clock, and proceeded down the river under the direction of Master-Commander Allen of the Black Eagle, answer ing remarkably well to her helm, and affording evi dence that her engines were in excellent condition, and well adjusted, as there was not the slightest appearance of heating during the preliminary experimental trial. Amongst the officers present to witness the working of the engines and capabilities of the vessel, were Captain Sir George Otway, Bart., Captain Knox, Captain Jones, Captain Pleydell Bouverie (of the Royal Navy), Mr. Pontter (of the Trinity Company), Mr. Lloyd (chief engineer of the Woolwich Dockyard), Mr. Samuda, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Mylne, Mr. Dangleish, and Mr. Brown (of the firm of Boulton, Watt, and Co.), with numerous other scientific gentlemen. The engines were under the charge of Mr. Taylor, first engineer in the Royal Navy, and on starting made 18 revolutions per minute, which was considered a fair average speed with wheels 28 feet in diameter and a stroke of six feet in the engines. As the vessel proceeded down the river she acquired a greater degree of speed, making from 194 to 20 revolu tions per minute, and gliding through the water with the greatest ease and steadiness. The trip being merely of a preliminary nature, Mr. Lloyd did not calculate her speed at the measured mile in Long-reach, but it was ascertained by a private time-piece that she performed that distance in 6 minutes 18 seconds, although not, at full speed. The Centaur is 200 feet long by 37 feet broad, and strongly built. The engines are of the most substantial construction, and finished with great nicety, as was shown by the excellence of,their working on their first trial. They are similar in principle, with improvements, to those of the Virago steamer, fitted by the same firm. Some idea may be formed of the strength of the various parts, when it is stated that the ceutre shaft alone weighed thirteen tons when it left the forge, being con structed of malleable iron, and beautifully finished. The cylinders are 854 inches in diameter, and the working pressure to-day 61bs. to the square inch. The engine room is well ventilated, and access to every part of the engines obtained in the easiest manner. There are six boilers, which can be worked together or seperately, according to the quantity of steam required, and a very great improvement has been effected in lettering the stopcocks of the boilers, such as F. for front boiler, M. B. for middle boiler, to enable any stoker or other person to turn off or on the proper boiler without the chance of mistake. There is also a waste steam-engine for work ing the pumps, and every appliance to render the engines perfect. The vessel turned at Greenhithe, and, on arriving at Woolwich, was attached to moorings along side the coal depot. She has been in charge of Mr. William Grant, her carpenter, since she was brought round from Portsmouth to be fitted with her engines. The Avon steam-vessel, Captain Denham, arrived to day, and while her steam was up went up the river to tow the Growler steam-vessel to Woolwich. ...... The Gorgon arrived at Woolwich shortly after twelve o'clock, and will be paid off here. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Nov. 18.—T. D. Conconi, clerk's assistant, to the Per seus; W. H. Sloggett, assistant surgeon, to the Thetis; H. J. S. Walker, clerk, to the Mutine; William Methe• rell, boatswain, confirmed; John Albert Belond, third engineer, to the Violet; James Thurburn, lieutenant and commander, to the Griffon; J. R. Baker, lieutenant and commander, to the Ardent. Nov. 19.—William Thomas Clifton, master's assistant, to the Albatross; W. H. Hills, cler k, to the Naiad; Dennis, clerk's assistant, to the Albatross; John Boni ton, acting second master, to the Adder; Edward Maun der, acting second master, to the Medusa; Frederick T. Carr, master's assistant, to the Ocean; Rev. W. S. Miller, chaplain, to the Vengeance; J. G. Trewin, and B. S. Grose, master's assistants, to the Caledonia; William Watson, clerk's assistant, to the Thetis; Ric hard Mini day, clerk's assistant, to the Birkenhead; George Munro, clerk, to the Naiad; William Kitt, boatswain, to the Actaeon ; John Gunnis Lean, paymaster and purser, R. P. R. Sparrow, acting assistant surgeon, T. S. Gilpin, master's assistant, John G. Twine, acting gunner, James Phipps, boatswain, James Carter, carpenter, and Henry V. Haggard, lieutenant, to the Resistance. THE BANK DIRECTORS. Some curiosity had been excited, in the moneyed I circles, as to what might be the result of the weekly meeting of the Bank directors held yesterday morning. So much discussion has taken place during the week, on the subject of the exchanges, as bearing upon the mone tary concerns of the country, that a possibility was felt to exist of some alteration being made in the rate of in terest. The Court of Directors appear, however, to par ticipate in no great degree in the apprehensions of par ties who have been looking forward to the rapid disap pearance of their metallic treasure. It is true that the late advices from the United States have spoken of large shipments of grain and other produce for the English markets, and of a fall in the exchange. The premium on bills has been quoted at 64 per cent., which would be equal to 14 per cent. against this currency, but that was by no means the current rate of the day. First-class bills commanded, at New York, a premium of 71 to per cent., a rate equal. nearly, to the par value, and it is well known that there is no general market for any other description. But even were the lower rate named the prevailing one, the margin would be barely sufficient to cover the charges of transport upon specie shipped from England. At this season of the year, when the more active operations of commerce are sus pended, there is always a little drooping of the ex changes, and, at the present time there is, as regards the United States, a greater cause for such a state of things than common. The American merchants are willing to pause in their transactions until the effect of the new tariff, coming into operation next month, can be seen ; but that there will in a few weeks be large remittances to England in payment for goods 'shipped from London and Liverpool, in execution of the spring orders from America, is unquestionable. A little, and only a little, specie may, it is thought, be taken in ex change for provisions and cotton ; but, contrary to the general idea, the supplies have this year proved short of the ordinary quantities. The Custom-house returns have been repeatedly brought forward in evidence of the assumed increase, but, on reference to the calcula tions of those engaged in the trade, and who may be believed to be best informed upo n the subject, it is found that there has been actually a falling off. The exchanges on the continental cities have, so far, been maintained at a point altogether favourable to this country, and, although there has been some decline in the quotations, the fall would seem at length to have reached its limit. On the last post day (Tuesday) bills were not much in demand, and the sellers bad to content themselves with the previous rates. The Bank Board have, no doubt, taken a full and fair review of the various circumstances here alluded to, and, as there is really now no specula tion going on to create uneasiness, hence it is, in all pro bability, that they broke up to-day at an earlier hour than they have been accustomed to do—a proof that there could be no very troublesome matter before them for consideration.—Post, City Article. We believe that the meeting of Parliament for the dispatch of business will not be delayed more than a week beyond the time to which it is prorogued. The 19th of January is said to be the day fixed for the open invf Parliament.— Times. 'PROJECTED RAILWAYS.--Another extra number oi the London Gazette was published last night. It con tained twenty-five notices of intended applications for railway Bala to along% :Tt EXPERIENCE IN A PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUM. (From the Lancet.) _ A correspondent at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who has authenticated his communication with his name and address, has forwarded to us a communication, in which a statement of facts relative to his personal experience of confinement in a lunatic asylum, is prefaced by some very correet and judicious remarks on private establish.. ments for insane persons, instigated by the painful ac counts relating to Haydock Lodge, which have appeared in print. He justly condemns such establishments as " markets trafficking in humanity in its worst condition, in most of which those prudent, judicious, and rational means which ought to be adopted for the _recovery of the patients, are entirely and designedly neglected. ;" nay, he " fears that other means, more deadly and inex plicable, are resorted to in some of them for the Turpose of confirming the complaint, and continuing them under alienation." He proceeds' :—" From my own experi ence, I judge that those institutions are not calculated to restore the patient labouring under mental affliction. Every intelligent person is aware that diseases of the mind are as various, and operate as differently, as the diseases of the body. Consequently, different modes of treatment should be adopted in different cases ; but instead of this important and salutary caution being ex ercised, one uniform course is pursued towards all. I awn ti d m ohdti , reae S hbs i slrei, bettern"gt o h 3 e . says, " in humble circumstances of life, and convey oeud iu is educated od uly d m. e In sent i ments mwasighmt dyos i fb t huc confined n t m h fi e nye c od l b e ji a en r c n ot e ni s ne s of these places. About seventeen years ago. I was visited with an affliction of the mind, arising from nerv ous affection and extreme bodily weakness. After six months' confinement I was restored. About twelve months ago I had another attack of the same complaint, and was only two days ill ; but after my wife had con sulted a surgeon, he without using any means for my recovery, at once signed a certificate for me to be sent to an asylum. But Nature has again rallied, and I am now in the bosom of my family. To detail all that I could say with reference to that asylum would be long and tedious for a communication of this kind, but I am ready and anxious to give any information on the subject that may be required. When I was taken into the asylum I was extremely ill, and, being a little talkative, I was handled very roughly. No attention was paid to my bodily weakness. I was every now and then put into a dark cell, but before that was effected the keepers had to try their strength, and appeared much gratified that they could master me ; and in that way I was knocked about for five weeks before being allowed to see any of my friends, who had repeatedly applied to visit me, but were refused. Good reasons there were for the refusal ; for my face had been cut, and my eyes were swollen up and thoroughly blackened. I had undergone the.most excruciating suffering. This was not the sort of treatment my case required. It was medical treatment that I wanted, but that was never thought of. If judicious means had been taken by my surgeon, there would have seen no neces sity for consigning me to a place of this kind for my. recovery. The most effectual cure for my case occurred by accident: I was struck at very violently, and hit over the nose, when the profusion of blood that flowed gave me extraordinary relief. This clearly shows that if I had been properly dealt with my complaint would soon have been removed. " With reference to the conduct of the visiting magis - ..., - . trates it is not my wish to speak in the slighted degree disrespectfully, but I think that they err in placing too much confidence in the integrity of those who have the management of these places. " I will give you an illustration of the benefit that the patients may expect from their visitations. Of course, everything is made ready against the day appointed for their coming. They visited once during each time of my confinements. They came into the ward, or room, where I was (a sort of second-class place, at the charge of 1/. ls. per week each patient), accompanied by the house-surgeon and two keepers. There were twelve patients in the room. The visitors passed through without speaking a word, or making an attempt to ascertain whether any of the patients were in a fit state to have their liberty. And in this way they would go through the wholb asylum. Now, Sir, this is the sort of vigilance that the magistrates of Newcastle exer cise over these places. No wonder that selfish " re spectable" men act as they think proper towards their charges. To one case I particularly call your at tention; it is that of a person named Robert —, who has been confined for four years, and who, by industry and carefulness, has realised a very handsome income, amounting to about 3001. a year, but who I take upon myself to affirm is in perfect health, a man of great in telligence and activity of mind, married to a second wife, having two sons by his former wife. But every . person related to him appears to be indifferent to the situation of the man, though some of them have his money to live upon, the patient seeming to me to be, under the present system, under certain confinement for life—a horrible case! This unhappy man has made several applications to the magistrates, and other persons, to get him out, but some peculiar influence is too much for them all. Are the parties in power afraid to let him out, lest he should bring facts before the public that would ruin the establishment? I will state a few circumstances, which deserve particular notice. On the evening previous to my leaving the asylum, I was sent for into the doctor's private room, and there I found him and the house surgeon sitting together. They requested me to take a chair, when Dr. -- said, • Now, Mr. --, you are quite well, and ready to go out.' The surgeon then said, • Mr. --, we wish to know what you and Mr. (the person to whom I allude) have been talking so much ahout In the garden to-day. Has he not been requesting you to use means when you go out to get him out of the asylum? Can you tell us two or three things that he requested you to do?' Perceiving their otject, I avoided answer ing. So they said, 'Do you think -- well, end fit to go cut ? ' I wailed the question and said that he was anxious to see his sons. They said, You are not to in terfere in his case; you have nothing to do with what be has been instructing you in.' They then both talked a great deal about his still being unfit to go out, and strongly urged me not to say one word about him; but I made them no promises. Of course Mr. - had been, during the day, in the garden, very fervently im pressing upon my mind the wretchedness of his condi tion, and the hopelessness of his ever obtaining his liberty ; and I assured him that I would do all that I could to get him out. He said 4 ltis my little property that has been the cause of all my present misery.' I comforted him by telling him that I would use every means to bring his case before proper persons, which I did, as soon as I came out, but fnund my efforts availed nothing. I applied to one visiting magistrate, who treated me with great contempt for interfering in a case which Dr. - considered a bad one,' saying that Dr. - was fully competent to manage his own affairs, and that it was out of my province to meddle with matters of that kind. But I feel satisfied that Mr. - is a fit person to have his liberty, and I entreat you, Sir, to use your great power and influence in behalf of this cruelly oppressed individual." MURDEROUS OUTRAGE AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. PRESTON, WEDNESDAY.—Last night, one of the most daring outrages which ever occurred in this neighbour hood took place at Broughton, about three miles from this town, at the residence of W. Miller, Esq., surveyor and land steward. Mr. Miller's house is at some distance from any other residence. About six o'clock in the evening, Mr. Miller and his daughter being in the house, and no other person there but a female servant, a smart knock was given at the front door, on which Mr. Miller observed, "It is some gentleman from Preston who wishes to see me on business." The door was opened by Miss Miller, when six men, armed with pistols, made a rush into the house, two of them subsequently retreat ing back, and remaining in front of the house. Miss Miller, terrified by the villians, cried out, "Thieves, thieves !" making at the same time a rush towards the lawn in front of the house, when one of the men out side shouted out, " Grab her." At the same moment a pistol was fired at her, which was immediately fol lowed by the firing of another. Miss Miller then ran to the house of a neighbour screaming out "Murder." In the meantime the villains had gained full access to the house, and one of them, presenting a pistol at Mr. Miller, said, "We want your money.', Mr. Miller told them he had none; upon which the men said, " We know you have." Mr. Miller again denied having any, and called to the servant, whom the robbers had forced into an adjoining room, to ring the bell. The bell alluded to is an alarm bell, situated at the top of the house, from which there is a communication with the room into which, fortunately, the robbers had forced the attendant. At her master's call, the servant commenced ringing the bell, on which the men looked at one another in amazement, and then ran away. In less than ten minutes from the alarm bell having been rung, a number of neighbours arrived. From the cool determination evinced by the whole gang, there can be little doubt that the lives of the whole family would have been sacrificed, had it not been for the escape of Miss Miller and the ringing of the alarm bell. Mr. Miller's presence of mind, too, during the attack, was wonderful, especially _ considering that he is 75 years of ge. farmer, e M r, is s s he Miller ,4,,vaa returning home, with a neighbouringvhee onrecdttehanttsof her one of the pistols having life had bmeuecnhinextrmhaustoesdt, imminentaud it was disco vere d ot grazed the front part of her head, to pe but, we are g l a d to say, is in no da n g er. The l ady's b e imagined, when it is stated that on the extent of about thr ee inches. She bled considerably, alarm may ruck and broke a w indow in her excitement, the arm p arriving at the hou se of the farmer alluded to above, she st assing quite through the framework. It is said that Mr. Miller had, a few days previously, been receiving certain rents, and the presumption is that the delin quents were aware of that fact. We regret to say that they have not, up to the present time, been apprehended; but suspicion rests upon some characters in the neigh bourhood, whom the police are on the look out for. THE DUCHESS OF INVERNESS.—A rumour 0 .. f so extraordinary a character has reached us, that ha d w e not the strongest reasons for respect ing the authority im possible to it is derived, we should find it almost to lend it a moment's credulity. It is said that to out already overcharged pension list is to be added the name of the Duchess of Inverness, with a pension of 1,0001. per annum.—Court Journal. BREAK DOWN ON THE NORTH-WESTERN.—The Newcastle express train, due at Euston-square at ten minutes before nine o'clock last night, did not arrive at that station till a quarter before one this morning, in consequence of a luggage train breaking down and blocking up the line to Ullesthorpe, on the Midlan d Counties line, b u t we are h appy to say no f urt h er acci dent occurred. The marriage of Captain Henry Bagot, R.N., se cond son of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Lady H. Bagot, to Miss Frederica W. Bagot, youngest daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Bagot, was solemnized on Tuesday, the 17th inst., at Blythfield Hall, Staffordshire, the seat of the Right Ron. Lord Bigot. a ~ P d P o 9 0 '