The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-07 00:00:00

MARIC.ET NEWS. —(THIS DAY). COVETIT-C.AIMN Pine Apples, 5s to is per lb ; Hothouse Grapes, 2s 6d t ( 'i 3 to s 6d; and Foreign ditto, 10d to ls 3d per lb 83 Per bushel ; Pear., 5s to I3s per half sieve ; Melons, 2s to . Apples, 3s 6 t 4s each ; Filbert., 95s to 100 s ; and Cob Nuts, 100 s to 110 s per 100 lb.; Walnuts 15s to 21s per bushel; Cabbages, 6cl 1 _ ad; brocoli, 4s to 6s per dozen ; French Beans, 2s 6d to . 3$ pewr halt sieve ; Potatoes, 5s to 8s Gd per cwt ; Turnips, to 2s per dozen bunches ; Horseradish, 2s to 4s per bundle ; buncheda Celery, is to 2s per bundle; Carrots, 3d id Per 28perbushel; ; Onions, to 7s Per pottle ; Endive, is 6d to 3s per dozen. All kinds 2410 11V GATE AND LEADENHAT.a.• of Meat, the supply of which was good, Toyed . S.ffslowly, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4(1 , Muttony' 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, ,4d to 4s 61 per Blbs, by the carcase. Turkeys, 4stc7 ; /e ess, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Ducks, ls 6d to 2s 6d ; ifs to ls 9cl; Wild ditto, 8d to is Id ; Pigeons, 6d each. . Tame Rabbits, h. •o il a r teY Fowls, 5s to 7s • ditto Chickens, 3s 6d to Ss d , 10, rn-door Fowls, 2s ' 6d to 4s Gd per couple. Eggs, 40?flglish, 73 to 8s 6d ; and French, 7e to 8s per • Fresh Butter, Is to is 2d per lb. Pheasants, 2 s to r, partridge, Is to is 6d ; Hares, 2s to 2s 6:1 ; Leverets, ', l ed to 2s 6d; Woodcocks, is 6d to 2s 6d; Grouse, I• 8 3d to 28 6d 'Gdtarmigan, t 0 Is 6d ; Teal, to Is ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; Wid• ls to Is Gd; Snipes, is . 3d g e°ll s, 10d to Is; and Plovers, 4d to 9d each. /.411 averk ETINGEUXIOILD. Which met age supplies of mo s t art i c l es were on sale, and very dull trade at drooping prices. Beef, from 2 NZWPOR,T. 88d to 3 s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, es 4d to Is 6d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Blbs. ILI aNGSGATE. i.. 0 d ° „ d2Pish, to 8s ; Whi t i ngs, 6d to 10d; Lobsters, is Gd 1 7 air• s 6d; ands 33 Crabs, Bd. to 2s each. Soles 8d to 3s 6d per Salmon Is 3d to is 6d lb. 40s to 55s per Oysters, Per bushel. ' Beef, fro IX7IIITECELELPEL. m 2s 8d t o 3 s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Gd ; • Veal, IS 4d to 43 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d tc 4s Gd per 81bs. The p r i 1117LEAXP. 9 id to lf , A ces cif Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from - "" ; of Household ditto, 8d to 9d per 41bs loaf. TIIIIE 11211.32./CET. t o l jn, ar k.e . t Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 7 21b, 3d 6d74t0 ;4 . a , do. 7 21 b t, 801 b, 3d to 3 1 2 d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 31,d c If?. 8 811, to 9 61 b, 4 1 Ad to 54 do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to She e ,, , g',. :ki , each, 4s ed to 6s ; 110111 Hides, 13s ; Polled . ..., V 3 ll to 4s 4d ; Rent and Half-breds, 2s 9d to 3s ld , ...,‘ owns, 2a 6d to 38. ietrrnPutr.a) ti4ir MCAT/MISTS. 318 s to 4117 x, ditto, but Hav, 2/ 8s to 3117 s ; Clover but moderate Meadow Supply upp_, Straw, li 8s to 11 12s per load. S C and trade dll 1111BERLAND.--.DI 4 * 3/ 103 to 4/.155; eadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 41 ; Clover ditto, A full average supply and Straw, I/ 8s to 1/ 13s per load. NVIIITECII * t and a sluggish demand. iitto. 2 / 8 AlL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 16s ; Clover sto 5/- and St 117. ' load. Trade dull, at barely , raw, late rates. CH ANCEIC -- ( . ____ ( 4, The FLEMING V. SWINERTON. HIS DAY.) case in this case, which were part-heard , were resumed and concluded to-day. Tile _ftes? *came before the Court upon an appeal from I pi rl cunon of the 'Vic e - Chancellor of England, overruling hill, .rl rl.. murrer put in by the defendant to the plaintiffs :- 1 ,1!!1 The facts of the case m be thus shortly stated I. ne Plaintiff, Mr. Dempster Heming, being possessed o :ra Mill situate in the county of Warwick, in March, 1838, ed into an agreement with the defendant to let the e ~,...t° him for a terra of seven, fourteen, or twenty-one /. at the yearly rent of 80/.; and it was covenanted lea ) e O th at l a the event of the plaintiff cancelling the tat ...._, b„ en of the term of seven years, the defendant w r a a s ey o 4tPaid 40 0 L. and to be entitled to an allowance f? eerr4°rdinary disbursement on the premises during t e he . ee.m. The mill, it seems, had been used for cardi fi g_ Gable defendant, however, conceiving that a more pro t retu rn raj a_.fiour mill, and be obtained from it, converted it into ---.,, and erected a steam-engine as a more tn . cleat agent than the water power, by which it had there t . 4 , : ! ° ro been worked. It appears that, notwithstanding the a exeerteede4n l t ar for li a lease, no lease was in point of fact ill February, 184.5, Heming in favour of the defendant, and a bill the defendant was compelled to file tentto enforce a specific performance of the agree -1811. to grant a lease. The suit was set down for th ring otfhaFtebthrueasrayi before 'V ice - Chancellor Wigram, but on the - (lent , 1845, the parties came to an arrange tors in differ should be referre t should be stay . ed, and that the ma d rence between the parties t h ° a gentleman of the Chancery bar, and that the award is e; °lll d be made a rule of Court. In March the award t the m d,, a c le ',bY 'which Mr. Heming was directed to pay a to further sum of -engm 17 33/., on the ground of outlay, t a r d m 't and 00/ for the determination of the e , and . 11 0 was also ordered to pay the costs of the ent. su e l a the itnierest, at rate of four-and-a-half per c the 133 Z until the final settlement. Before the ir de: fend ant ant could make the award 2 ing filed this present bill, ands btained the common in- 1 a rule of court, Mr. em Junction to stay all demurred to the bill on the proceedin under the award. The defendant subsequently ground of want of egairyn,cea the whole matter had been of the Court by the award taken out of the cognisance the 9th and 10th of Wm. 111. The laider the provisions the objection of want of Jur The demurrer w s a i s o . n ar s g o u . ed before the Vice-Chancellor is k demurrer on the agland, who considering as no pro • e• mutuality and fine ity, diction as of no force, overruled the r found of its wantin os dePred he had done what was or vision was contained in the award for delivering up %don to Heming after 11 y the arbitrator. Mr J Parker and Mr. * J. It and Mr.Wright a t PVellants, and Mr. Roll W. = supported the Daniels were counsel for the l ,gwent of the Court below. d nis LoRDSIIIP at the conclusion of the arguments to il, said he would give judgm,nt on Monday. ~_ This r,., CARMICHAEL V. CARMICHAEL. ', fled. ,-ese came before the Court upon u an appeal from on a ---eu dori of the Vice-Chancellor Bruce allowing re-heari certai " ' the Master's report, and also captions to . . _ Cause 1 1% of the original decree pronounced . in the so lop lion i n 0 , g ago as who had the year year 1834. The principal ques . - - -° case was, whether a person .. tilt e d h ; . h: =resell an executor de son ~ adult nnself from his liabilities by accounting to the tart could discharge tistratrix of the testator. The facts out of which the . Carmichael iftter.osetheeppeared io be these :—The late General b j a 1 Governor of Demerara, y winch he made certain bequests to hie lady, and con his his son and a made his will, daughter residuary legatees. lan died in the year 1 813, and his son having appointed his father's aide-de-camp, set out on the 13th of au f ne h 1 that . Re arrived thereyear for Demerara. aw days after his father's death. Tho usual course adopted in that island was then par oftned, the, authorities there took possession of the whole the property of the deceased, sold it, paid his debts, .atn_d sha.nded over the surplus to his son, the defendant in viliehult, together with some articles in specie, among to w as a specimen of gold dust. This proper y, , gether with the original testamentary papers, we . re tir o , 40_115net to this cou hosey the defendant; in the interim, 00 ,1", v r, copies of papers having been sent to . th . is , a ti g p, l 7, the testator's widow, the mother of the plaintiff hia. Elefeßdallt, took out letters of administration to b e ffcts, her son, the defendant, finding this to p,.. e_ the case, gave up to his mother all the , i ':u ti te .t rty h e had brought to this country, and ac eo4 anted to her for every thing. After that ac t between the mother and son, it was settled half the residue of the testator's property was 20611., o t h e of which the defendent kept for himself, and the • fo r h r half, amounting to 1030/., was given to the mother tar u ln the year 1815, the daughter at iin by her age of 21, and in 1832 the present bill was e e ' i s J her against her brother, stating that he had pos teC4 himself of a large quantity of property belonging of grafa.,ther, and among the rest a considerable quantity Iva - dust of great value, and praying for an account. to ti e „ ause irtte on for hearing, and a decree referring it ie th,.' Master to take an account was made , e_ till 1834. The case remained in the Masters - tit till 1843, when the Master made his report that te e d ttec e ° oat had been taken between the mother and son, reportettled by them. Exceptions were taken to that It.t4 2 ' h't B ruce ere were allowed by the Vice-Chancellor the Aer'-'ruee, on the ground that there was nothing in thei.ef.-ree with respect to a settled account, and that, Fr o ° re, the Master had miscarried in his report. it tb rtl th alsot' ,a s gment the present appeal was brought, and Th e , asked by the petition of rehearing. that to ti l ' e °urt would insert in the decree a reference t t o . tled h Master to ieuire whether any account was he e re We l, t e :Ween the defendant and his mother, and if t k r •,p it Might be established. Dem 41110 M appeared in support of the petition of aP - 'udg- ~,t beciorweheating, and Mr. Bacon bupported the 3 I. 41/e LOUT CI . nts, ,-- k..HANCELLOR, in the course of . the argil out he %sered that the proceedings in this case bore the hisutattekns.ehts that had . been so frequently made, ' e w i' a um took place in the Court of Chancery. har e i rk ,_ a ease that had been no less than nine }hat del t" at office. He wished to know how had eon ‘tIY had taken Place.. Added to this, the decree e d atild 1: Pronounced 13 years ago, and no information tat "tee iit g t i s ven to the Court of what took place when h k. made. Illit L' . 44 e0N, - via - admitted that great delay had taken place, 1 / 4 )lie ltor e°lll4 not say how that had occurred. The . tae eiellauwtneir...e dead, as well as some of the counsel. evid ‘arlce that might have cause i d ed d i e e l s a . y was, Th ene e had kb,: LORD ,to be got from the West Indies. tie neatt 2...3,-BANCELLOR at the conclusion of the hir il iries4„ - hi be though it was a strange thing, after d o b l Z . iilt,, - e t Z . in a decree from 1834 to 1846, to ask tift ~"4.6reatirouat decree. He thought he should be - ‘', th e 6 - Jas ti suitors and the prac -0 We e - - our - oe, both to the daere -11 "i 0 118 Lir he adopted such a course • but as book e Wai b r "" know what had taken place when the e. " Weeld r onotlnced and as probably the Registrar's -old aff ect , fl , d let th urd some information on that subjet, h listear coal e stand over till Monday, to see if the procu him Th e P re that information. th e j t arm, warcirrsoN V. MACAULAY. i. I '67, n:te nts on this appeal from the judgment of -eraaie.anellor Wigram occupied the Court the .„... er of the d ay . - ' V let nn .-----:_ t i (lier, - ` 1 ," .4 .-N CER Y .--(T HIS DAY.) de ' Ron ' --e VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ltUrrOrs -"rhthe, Vic e - Chanaellor of England heard ' re--ea ' r ings, and further directions to-day. tits _ ease the EINGFIAM V. LEE. 1 , 111 thi s , order . COURT, at the conclusion of the argu 01..:ored the demurrer to be allowed. The ' '` re Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) FR ASER v JONES. this 14:414g.1ag :Ge eats in this pari-heard c ause were resume d gllttx,s BEN/.lllbutr C Il•—(T HIS DAY.) a s v. _ (Sittings in Banco.) kr DT ON OF FURNITURE BY RILLS OF SALE lei_ .1010.„,,..ec'ttlijs...Actr.R Cl:Lumens, Q.C . ., applied for a rule t i tintiff; Bh Z,vny the verdict, found in this case for the -4,:a? aetionuwaid not be set aside, and a n ford, aild came be bY au as tried before Mr. Justice Cew trial had. fore the Co ur t oltman, at issue framed 1A46. THE SUN, LONDON', _SATURDAY EVENINO, NOVEMBER 7, ' under the " Interpleader Act." lie grounded his appli cation on misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge who tried the case, and because the verdict was against the evidence adduced at the trial. The question at issue was whether. on the 30th of May last, certain goods ant! chattels at No. 20, Golden-terrace, Islington, belonged to Henry Lyndhuss, or any or all of them? Lv ndhuss, it appeared, claimed the goods tinder a bill of sale, dated the 6th of August, 1845, whilst the defendant claimed them under another bill of sale, dated the 7th of February, this year. It appeared from the plaintiff's case that the goods were alleged to have belonged to one Sarah Benton, and he called an appraiser named Effers field, his own son, and another witness, whose evidence was immaterial, for the purpose of establishing his claim. Effersfield testified that on or about 6th of August he was employed to place an execution on the goods of Mrs. Benton, who then resided in Thomas place, Gravesend, where the furniture then was ; that a communication was made to the plaintiff, who was a bill discounter, but occasionally acting as an attorney, who came to the house, and that in his presence some money passed be tween him and Mrs. Benton. The rent was paid, and he consequently left the house; but he distinctly stated that no bill of sale was executed in his presence. Then the plaintiff's son stated that he went to the house whilst his father was there; that he drew up a bill of sale, and that he was the attesting witness ; he also spoke to the taking possession under the instrument. He added that a short time after this transaction his father went down to Gravesend with two or three of his children, and re mained at the house two or three weeks, it being occu pied at the time by Mrs. Benton and her son, when he left a person, named Campbell, who was put in posses sion, and the goods were subsequently removed to the house in Golden-terrace, which was occupied by Mrs. Benton and her son, and never by his father. The case made out for the defendant was this :—He lived in Gravesend, and on the 7th of February this year he advanced 351. to liberate Mr. John Benton from prison, where he was confined for debt, and as security he re ceived a bill of sale—or what was equivalent to a bill of sale—namely, an agreement to make a bill of sale on the goods, but containing words which mortgaged the goods to him. The document stated that Mrs. Benton, and her son, John Benton, agreed, within seven days of its date, to make a bill of sale in the usual form, trans ferring the whole of the furniture of she house in Thomas-place, Gravesend, to the defendant, and that the instrument should be taken and considered as equi valent to a bill of sale. This was handed to him on the 7th of February , but, to his surprise, he found that shortly after the furniture had been removed to the house in Islington. He was unable to obtain access to the house under this bill of sale, and he therefore brought an action against Messrs. Benton, and obtained access under an execution, when he levied a distraint upon the furniture as the property of Mrs. Benton. It was on this part of the case that he apprehended Mr. Justice Coltman had misled the jury. Upon his taking posses sion the plaintiff set up his claim obtained under a bill of sale of the month of August, 1845, and so the contest arose. The Learned Judge, iii directing the jury, said, "as no possession was taken under the document, it was void against the plaintiff if his was a bona fide security." In fact, he summed up as if it was a question of fraud on the part of Crafts, whereas there was no imputation of the kind. There was evidence which showed that the plaintiff first said that he purchased the goods from the sun, and afterwards that he purchased them from the mother, and that he had the bill of sale from Mrs. Benton alone, which could not be valid, inasmuch as the son was a joint owner cf them, which was shown by the defendant's bill of sale, which was given in the name of both. There was, however, a division to show the goods belonging to the son and those belonging to the mother. Lord DENMAN deferred the decision of the Court in order that he might consult Mr. Justice Coltman. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) HOWDEN V. HOLMES. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL moved in this case for a rule nisi and a new trial, on the ground of misdirection. The trial took place at Maidstone, before Mr. Baron Parke. The plaintiff who was employed as the Par liamentary agent of the Hull and Birmingham, and Swansea Junction Railway, sought to recover the sum of 251. from the defendant, as a member of the provi sional committee. It appeared that in the latter part of the year 1845, the managing committee called a special meeting at the offices of the company, for the purpose of obtaining the accounts of the cliff-Tent persons who had been em ployed in the service of the company, and also for the purpose of devising some plan for the liquidation of the outstanding claims. The result of the meeting was that a resolution was agreed upon, to the effect that each provisional committee man should subscribe the sum of 251.. in order to raise a sufficient sum to clear off the liabilities of the company. A letter enclosing a copy of the resolution was forwarded to each member of the com mittee, including the defendant, who was then residing at Hull. On the 25th of March following—the date of the first application being the 14th of March—another application was made by the secretary for the payment of the sum in question. On the 29tp of April the de fendant, together with other gentlemen, also members of the committee, residing at Hull, signed a certain docu ment, in which they acknowledged the receipt of the former applications, and requested that a general meet ing of the committee should be held in London, for the purpose of considering the various claims made upon the company, and ti pay such as were proved to he valid and proper. The Learned Baron who tried the cause considered this document as containing a promise to pay on the part of the defendant, and a verdict was accord ingly returned for the plaintiff. Mr. Baron ALDERS UN thought the defendant a very honest man fur sending the document referred to, and thought that he should not be prevented from paying. Rule refused. MARLBRU-STREET.-(THIS DAY) John Maynard and Thomas Fuller were put to the bar, charged with stealing bricks. Police constable 192 C said, while on duty this morn tog, abent two o'clock, he found a pile of new bricks, about thirty in number, in a court. After passing round his beat he again walked up the court, and found that the pile had been increased five more bricks in his ab sense. Ile stood awhile, in company with police constable F 158, by the pile, and the defendant Fuller came down the court with a basket in his hand, which contained six bricks more. Police-constable C 45 took the defendant Maynard into custody with five bricks under his arm, proceeding to the pile in the court. Police-constable 158 corroborated the other evi dence, and said the bricks were all of one mark, and could be traced to a heap in New Oxford-street, which the prisoners could only have reached by passing over a fence six feet high. They had not yet had time to find out the owner of the bricks. Mr. LONG said there could be little doubt about the way in which they had come by the bricks, and he would, therefore, remand them till Tuesday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CHASE. Weights for the Newport Pagnel Annual Steeple Chase; forfeit to be declared on or before the 12th instant ; the winner of any handicap between the sth and 20th of No vember, both days inclusive; to carry 71b extra. st. lb.' Brunette Pioneer St. Leger l2 0 I Saucepan l2 0I Vanguard Switcher Salute Discount Lucifer ll 71 Culverthorpe Eagle Christopher North ll .41 Ditto (second entry) ll 4i Telegraph Peter Simple Nimble llarry ll 0 1 The Pope... ll a Wanderer st. lb. Cll g, by Belshazzar... 10 12 The Roarer lO 12 1 . I Cigar Latitat lO 12 I Mameluke ... . Tramp lO 12 Wednesday • ' 10 12 Matrimony lO 12 'Quicksilver Sam Weller .. 10 10 lb gby Tom Brown, 5 yrs 10 10 'Grenade ... . ..... 10 9 "Sparta .. .. 10 8 , I St. S within ... 10 8 Lucy Neale lO 8 l Amazon, 4 yrs I Sacrifice Esperance _ _ . ..........,...... _._ .. Rocket ll . Everton 11 O'Profligate Tamworth ... ...... ...... 11 0 Sir William lO 0 Ambassador (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASES.—FRIDAY. The Worcestershire Handicap Steeple Chase Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. Four miles. Gentlemen riders. Lord Strathmore's The Switcher, 12st ......(0wner) 1 Captain Barnett's Marengo 2 Mr. 0. Higgins' Pioneer ..... Mr. Preston's Brunette. The following also started : Hon. D. Ward na Salute .. .... Mr. Tilbury's Culverthorpe 0 Mr. Moseley's Jerry . M r. C. Smith's Tramp Mr. James na Sparta Captain Boyd's Mahomet... .. A 0 Mr. Harrison's Little Johnny Mr. Stapleford's Gilrag A fine race with three. . The Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Heats, two miles. (9 Subs.) Mr. Oakey's Valeria, 4 yrs (Oliver) 0 1 0 1 Mr. Hawkins' Teresa, 5 yrs Mr. Haynes's bg, by Young Cadland, 4 yrs Mr. Ibbotson's Pimento, 5 yrs Mr. Pearce's Jack Mr. Wesley's Councillor 0 dr Mr. Sheppard's Mudlark, aged 0 dr Mr. Turner's Tincton, aged Mr. Brown's Hipbriar, aged SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANALS. Perceiving that the arrangements effected by this company with the London and North-Western are not yet perfectly understood by the public, nor by the rail way press, we shall, perhaps, be doing a service to parties interested it we publish the following letter, written by the respected Secretary of the company to a gentleman who has permitted us to use the communica tion:— " Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, 9, Great George-street, Westminster. "London, Nov. 2, 1846. "Sir,—l beg to acknowledge thereceiptofyour favour of the 31st instant, and to inform you in reply that the directors have concluded the following satisfactory ar rangement with the London and North .Western Com pany, viz.:—the London and North-Western Com pany guaranteed to this company half the divi dend payable annually to their own proprietary, with a participation by our shareholders in all their new stock to be created in the pro portion of teu 20/. shares (or their equivalent in other shares) of this company to 1001. stock of the London and North-Western Company—if the lines make more than the half dividend this company to receive the excess up to 6 per cent., the profits over 6 per cent. to be equally divided. " It is not improbable that 4 per cent. will be allowed upon the calls, but this is not yet decided. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM COWAN, Sec." From the foregoing it is obvious that this stock is not by any means so eligible for investment as the stock of the Londoa and North-Western at present prices. THE FALLING STARS OF NOVEMBER ! It must be sufficiently known to the reading public generally, and especially to philosophical readers, that, for a number of years past, Jailing stars in great num bers, though larger in sonic cases and fewer in others, have been observed to fall, accompanied generally, or preceded by, the aurora borealis, fiery balls, and other meteoric phenomena. The periodical time when these falling stars have been observed during fourteen or fif teen years past, has been a regular interval, extending from the 9th to the 14th of November, and the observa tions which have ascertained this fact have not been con fined to this country nor to Europe, the same phenomena having been noticed precisely at the same time in this country, in France and Germany, in Russia, in America, and even in Australasia. It was only in 1831, that scientific attention was first called to the asteroids, or falling stars of November; but since then the synchrcmism of their appearance, both as to date and locality, has been accurately ascertained and registered. Oil the 11th and 13th of November of that year, Captain Bernard, when off the coast of Carthegena, in South America, observed a shower of falling stars, which, during three hours, he calculated to be at the rate of two stars per minute; and precisely at the same time Dr. Wright observed a similar shower in the pro vince of Ohio, in the United States. In 1832, on the 13th of November, a shower of shooting stars was ob served at Oremburg, in Asiatic Russia, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon. They were in large and continuous numbers, and traversed the horizon in a regular current, from north-east to south-west. In 1834 numerous showers of shooting stars were seen in most of the states of North America, where the circumstance caused great excitement, and was recorded in the principal journals. The phenomenon occurred, as usual, on the 12th and 13th of November. In 1835 these appearances in Ame rica were resumed at the same date; and on the nights of the 13th and 14th of the same year, M. Delejeune observed at Lisle an igneous meteor, like a star, larger and more brilliant than Jupiter, and which left behind its track on its disappearance a shower of smaller stets. In 1836, at the usual pet iod, in the month of November, simultaneous observations were made of showers of fall ing stars in a great number of the provinciul districts of France. In Paris, at six o'clock, on the evening of the 12th, the celebrated astronomer and savant, M. Arago, observed one hundred and ninety of these stars, the tracks of which were principally confined to the constellation Leo. At Bercy, at the same time, M. Meret saw one hundred and twenty of these stars, half of which proceeded from the same constellation. At Strasburg, at the same time, eighty-five were seen by Professor Fangean, out of which .fifty seven were visible in the direction of Leo ; at Anglers, forty nine were seen by Professor Moren ; at Rochfort, twen ty-three were seen Lieutena ntby observed within the space of three hours and Salneuve ; and a t Aix La Chapelle, thirty six were three quarters, by Messrs. Calais and Racine. Contemporaneous with these cbser vations in France, one hundred and sixty of the same falling stars were seen at Plymouth in the same special interval of their periodical return, namely, between the 9th and 15th of November. On the 13th of November, 1760, a large fire ball exploded with a loud detonation, near Disson, in France, and set fire to a house there. On the 12 th of November, 1791, about half-past six in the evening, a large and brilliant meteor, which burst into a shower of stars, like a rocket, was observed at Gottingen, by Professor Lichtenburg. On Nov. 13, 1803, a remarkable meteor, called in the papers a " fire-ball," passed over a considerable track in Eng land, and was observed by several persons at the same time in different situations. In 1813, on the 1 0 th ofNo vember, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, England was again visited by a brilliant and detonating meteor of considerable magnitude. In November, 1819, a meteoric globe of fire was seen nearly at the same time in Hayti, in Bohemia, and in England. On the 14th of November, 1825, a large meteoric fire-ball exploded in Scotland, and the years 1826 and 1827 were marked by similar visitations in England. After this date scientific attention was first drawn to the periodical ap pearance of showers of falling stars in different parts of the world in November, and their occurrence was duly registered. From the foregoing details, to which a vast series of meteorological coincidences might he added (if we had space or lei sure), it appears that there are some distinctions in the manifestations of these phenomenal, and that the asteroids of the well ascertained interval between the 9th and 14th of November, are only visible when they penetrate the atmosphere of the earth. Sometimes they appear in a numerous, and sometimes in a more limited form. It will be found, on looking to the history of their periodical appearance, that phenomena of a mag netic or electrical description have been more regularly seen in this country than the more striking phenomena of the showers of falling stars which occur in the western hemisphere. Supporting himself on this fact. the celebrated astronomer, M. Biot, has brought forward a theory respecting these periodical meteors, which, in concurrence with the scientific excitement caused by the phenomena, and with the universal preparation of scientific men for its observation, he read before the 64 Academie des Sciences." M. Blot's theory is in per f ee t concurrence with the atmospheric phenomena of the Zodiacal light. His opinion is, that t h e result is produced in consequence of the earth (on reaching a particular point of its course on the 12th of November) coming in contact with that solar nebulosity to which the aurora borealis is by the majo rity of astronomers attributed. He says, " that on the 1:?th of November the earth arrives very near to the ascending node of the nebulosity towards which she is approaobinp;, and towards which she will soon travel; that she will operate by h e r at t r action and by her colli sion on the material particles of the nebulosity which will be at the same epoch near the ascending nodes of their orbits, and at similar distances as the sun from the earth, or very little different; from which would result phenomena, that would be coincident as to direction and time, with those that the periodical phenomena of No vember have presented. Finally, the usual, and much more central passage of Mercury and Venus through the region o f t h e a b ove described ne bulosity, must disperse innumerable multitudes of its particles into orbits slightly inclined to the ecliptic, and in every direction, so that the earth may accidentally meet with them again in other points of its course. These multitudes of particles, travelling in one and the same dire c ti on , are t h e aster i o d s , o r falling stars, which we periodically encounter in November." Thus far the astronomer Biot ; and there is good rea son to infer, from observations latterly made, that Biot's theory is bast d upon correct data, and that the pheno mena of the so,itary igneous meteors and of the showers of stars in Novemb er , b e i ng sylic h ron i ca l , are connec t e d with and depending upon, the more familiar phenomena of z.,diacal lights. Sometimes the globular meteors which have been described apps ar alone, and in consi derable volume. The most brilliant of them in No vember, 1836, shed a lustre equal to that of the planet Venus. According to another Continental Professor of Astronomy, M. Milet, " Stars, or fragments of stars, Flu really fall to the earth ;" and thus it would seem that the vulgar superstition of " falling stars" is philosophi cally correct. N :.: A r7 V Ttan - k i :inN i. :o; l2 6. TELLIGENCE. ii men-o.`- war, . m — e .: n fro order rs first rates, dwn a f n ro a m tr ltl m i e Admiralty for the reduction of the comlements of all 1 all others in proportion to their class; and also taking away one lieutenant from each ship. It is said this measure is to enable the Board to ceireaission more ships, but there appears to be about as much reason in that idea as in the showman's, who commenced his ex hibition by saying, he'd " put out the candles to show more light." Her Majesty is expected to revisit Osborne early next week. The Fairy is being got ready to convey the royal party over. She tried her engines to-day. Orders have been given this morning to repair the defects of the Resistance, and get her ready for the con veyance of troops with all possible di-patch. It is un derstood that on her being paid ofT, G mmander Gower Lowe, of the Crocodile, will recommission her, and that his officers and crew will be turned over to her, that vessel being reported as unfit for any service, but that of a hulk or coal depot. It is a pity, in these circumstances, that her refit should have been allowed to proceed, as much expense has been incurred which might as well have been spared. The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander James C. Caffin, went to Spithead this morning, and remains ready for immediate service, if required. No orders have yet been received for launching the Dauntless steam-frigate. She is cradled, and can be prepared for launching in a few hours, but it cannot take I place now for nearly a fortnight, on acccunt of the tides. The other steam-frigate (the Arrogant) is also in a very forward state. Thirty-seven blue jackets were draughted yesterday from the Victory and sent on board the Sphynx steam sloop, Commander J. B. Cragg, for passage to join Vice- Admiral Sir W. Parker's squadron. The Victory is, in consequence of the frequent draughts lately made upon her, getting very short of hands, nearly all the dis posable men and boys having been sent away. An order has been received here from the Admiralty to superannuate all the dockyard riggers of 60 years and upwards, and all such nr n as are incapable from infirmity of service at sea. (If this rule were generally ap plied, we wonder where the Admiral Superintendent would be.) The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, is very fast progressing in her fitting, and will be ready to leave the basin next week. Seamen are rather scarce. George M. Balfour (1843), at present in the Hibernia, 100, flag-ship in the Mediterranean, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. The Birkenhead steam-sloop, of 1,400 tons and 500 horse power, built by Laird, of Glasgow, is commis sioned at Sheerness, by the appointment of Commander A. H. Ingram, 1841, who was Lieutenant of the Blonde, 42, in the operations at Canton. The Medea steam-sloop, of 835 tons and 220 horse power, built in 1838 by Lang, is commissioned at Wool. wich by the appointment of Commander G. E. W. Ha mond (1843), m ho was midshipman of the Blonde at the taking of Morea Castle (1828). The Rosamond (late Eclair) steam-sloop, of 1,050 tons, and 286 horse power, built in 1844 by the Sur veyor of the Navy, is commissioned at Sheerness by Commander John Foote (1845), late lieutenant of the Dublin, 50. The Albatross, 16, recently from the coast of Africa, is commissioned at Chatham by Commander A. Far quhar (1844), who was mate of the Princess Charlotte at St. Jean d'Acre. The appointments of the above officers appeared in The Sun of yesterday. The Salamander steam-sloop, Commander A. S. Ha mond, arrived at Valparaiso from Otaheite, en route to England, to be paid off, on the 17th of August. The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir T. Thompson, Bart., ar rived at Valparaiso from St. Blas on the 24th of August. The Sampson steam- frigate, Captain Henderson, sailed from Valparaiso for Coquimbo on the 25th of August. We are happy to state a subscription is set on foot in the endeavour to raise some respectable sum for the relief of the family of the late Lieutenant W. P, Green, whose hard case appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Everything remains in stutu quo on board the St. Vin cent, 120, Captain Milne. She is all ready for bending sails, and leaving the harbour at a day's notice, if re quired. The Rattlesnake surveying ship, Captain Owen Stanley, is painting, and in a state of great forwardness. The Naiad coal depot, Master Commanding W. L. Brown, is rigging with great dispatch. Her topsail yards are crossed, lower yards across the bulwark, top gallant masts pointed, and rigging ratlined down. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, does not make much show yet. Men are very scarce; and as she is being rigged alongside her hulk, there is not the facility for getting the requisite materiel that there is alongside the jetty, or in the basin. In the Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Albert, Rattlesnake, and Resistance; Pene lope, Sphynx, Myrtle, and Ecbo, steam-vessels. In the Basin—Vengeance, Naiad, Fairy, and Amphi trite. In Dock—Ajax, Edinburgh, Prince Regent, Leander, Crocodile, Champion, and Serpent. At Spithead—Scourge. " COVE OF CORK, Nov. 3.—The Myrmidon, steam vessel, Lieutenant Commander Jenkin, still carries the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, Commander-in- Chief. The Dee steam-vessel, Master Commander Driver, is taking on board 1,500 bags of bread for Valentia, whither she will go when she has completed with these provisions. The Rbadamanthus steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Aylcn, and the Comet steam. sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Johnston, are in harbour, awaiting orders and cargo. The latter has been put upon the war establishment, a carporal and seven additional marines have been added to her com plement, which also was strengthened before she left Portsmouth. The Blazer steam-vessel, Captain Wash ington, and the Acheron steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Com mander Dunlop, have left; the former for Bantry Bay, with marines, and the latter for Galway, with marines and provisions." CHATHAM, Nov. 6.—The Gloucester, 50 guns, was put out of the first dock into ordinary on the sth inst. The Elk, a new 12-gun brig, will be built in the same dock immediately, as she must be completed in the pre sent financial year. The Warspite, 50 guns, fitting in dock for com mission, will be ready for the pendant by the end of this month. The Albatross, 16 guns, fitting for sea, has got her lower rigging over the masts heads, and will be ready for the pendant by the middle of this month. The Rochester, Sedgwick master, arrived yesterday with stores from Plymouth and Portsmouth yards. The Duck, Savage master, arrived on the 4th instant, with stores from Deptford and Woolwich yards. The Gun hoy, from Woolwich, arrived on Wednes day, the 4th inst., with guns and stores, and is reloading with guns for Woolwich. She conveys on board 44 guns (32 -pounders, 9 feet, 45 cwt.); and 7 guns (32 pounders, 8 feet, 41 cwt.) She sails to-morrow from the Gun-wharf. The Marlborough hoy is loaded with guns and un serviceable arms and accoutrements, recently brought home by the Belleisle troop ship from Quebec and Montreal, for the Tower. Professor Moseley paid his first annual visit to the Apprentices'-school in Chatham-yard on the 4th inst., and commenced with the examination of the apprentices, of which number there are 141 in the school. The Pro fessor will close his examination to-morrow. Sir William Burnett, Physician-General of the Navy, arrived on the 4th inst., on his annual inspection of Melville Hospital, and the dockyard surgery, &c. Two clerks have been sent from the Admiralty to assist in taking a general survey of the stores of this dockyard, consequent on the appointment of Mr. Miller, as storekeeper of the yard. In harbour is the Mutine, 12 guns, Commander R. Tryon ; she will be out of the hands of the dockyard on Monday next. No day is yet fixed for her leaving the port. The Wildfire steam-vessel arrived from Sheerness last evening, and landed at the Sun-pier Colonel Fox, the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, and Sir T. Hastings, storekeeper at the Tower. The vessel returned to Sheer ness this morning. WOOLWICH, Nov. 6.—The Rosamond steam-vessel was commissioned yesterday at Woolwich, by Com mander John Foote (1845), and when ready for sea will proceed to the Mediterranean for service on that station. The Geyser steam-vessel was commissioned yesterday at Woolwich, by Commander Graham E. W. Hammond (1843). The Medea steam-vessel, Commander Francis T. Brown, who commissioned her on Monday last, was tried down the river to-day, and gave great satisfaction. Captain Crawford, Captain Wellesley, Captain Pleydell Bouverie, and Lieut. Lysaght, R.N., at present studying steam at the factory in the Woolwich Dockyard, and Mr. Murray, chief engineer of Portsmouth Dockyard, were on board to witness the working of the engines, and the vessel was in charge of Lieut. Laurie, of the Sidon steam-frigate, with Master Commander Pettey, of the Lightning steam-vessel. The vessel did not leave her moorings opposite the dockyard until nearly one o'clock P.M., but she then proceeded down the river with great speed, her engines working remarkably smooth, and during the whole of her experimental trip they had not the least appearance of heating in any part. The Medea was built from a design by Mr. Oliver Lang, master shipwright of Woolwich Dockyard, and served with great credit under Commander, now Captain Austin, C. 8., on the Mediter ranean station. She possesses great breadth of beam, and is a most commodious vessel of her class. Her en gines were originally of 220 horse power, on the beam principle, and constructed by Messrs. Maudslay, Field, and Sons. These engines have been removed, and two new engines of 350 horse power have been substituted, on the double cylinder principle, by the same engineers, to attain the desideratum in speed now expected in steam vessels belonging to the Royal Navy. The present en gines, although 130 horse power greater than the for mer, are only of the same weight of metal, and occupy 12 feet less space, which affords ample room for the en gineers and stokers to work them to the greatest advan tage and comfort of all employed in connexion with them. On arriving at the measured mile in Long Reach, the speed of the vessel was ascertained to be, on the average with and against the tide, 10'99 knots per hour; the time occupied in accomplishing the mile against the tide being 6 minutes 45 seconds, and with the tide 4 minutes and 35 seconds. The measured mile was run twice up and twice down, and the result was al most precisely the same. The engines have a stroke of 5 feet 3 inches, and acquired twenty-nine revolu tions per minute. The stokers have an excellent frie nd . havingaw t a t s a t c e he s d tae a t p o mo 7 oe their nr of fh b el boil in g r e s inn, i e n ws t bh h ei e ci nh g f o i ss r t n l os pe of tp f ei nd a , t s o m s ; u t l motionpl peblnyyg the hh n ee e boilers with water by pumping, which it el }es most effectually. The Medea, on her return to Woolwich, kept abreast of the Railway steamer, one of the fast boats to Gravesend, and was only distanced by the latter , being of light draught and taking the shortest course of the river. The Medea had 215 tons of coals on board, during her trip, which gave her paddle-wheels a suffi cient immersion i❑ the water. The Wm.-, , 13-, a screw prop.ller stearn-v , ssel, engines w. the direct action principle, by Messrs, ..lauds lay, Field, and Sons, recently left the river fur Naples, and went from Blackwell to Falmouth in thirty-two hours, and from Falmouth to Gibraltar in 113 hours, although she had to encounter the storm in which the Ripon went on shore, having left Falmouth on the 18th of October. The Waterlily is only 180 tons; with engines of 50-horse power, and yet sh e ga ll an tl y accom pli s h e d her voyage to Gibraltar when numerous other vessels of greater tonnage and power suffered from the severity of the weather. The Tenzer, gun steam-vessel, with screw propeller and engines by Miller and Ravenhill, proceeded down the river to-day to try her engines and speed, but she did not appear to have a great degree of velocity, although her engines worked well. The Teazer was built of wood at Chatham, and was under the charge of Commander Smith, of the William and Mary yacht. Mr. Atherton, assistant to the chief engineers of the Woolwich dockyard, was on board to witness the work ing of her engines, arid report her speed. SHEERNESS, Nov. s.—The Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. Kingcorne, was towed into harbour on Monday, where her ekiects can be more conveniently and expeditiously made good than at the Nore. The — Aultis 44, being completely fitted as a store-ship, was diseharg:d from the basin on Tuesday, and taken in tow by the African steamer to-day, for Deptford. The Dragon steam-frigate, of 560 horse power, was ordered on Tuesday to be fitted for sea, with all despatch; she is now all ataunt iu the basin, and taking on board her sea stores and provitkns. No appointments are as yet down for her. The Birkenhead steam-frigate, the Formidable, 84, and the lloratio, 44, continue in duck. The Rochester lighter arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday, with stores, for the dockyard, and the Sinbad lighter, from Woolwich and Devonport, on Thursday. Captain David Price (1815) has been officially nomi nated to succeed Captain Arthur in the superintendent ship of this dockyard, and the command of the ordinary. Captain Price is an old and distinguished officer ; he was midshipman of the Ardent at Copenhagen, in 1801, and in the Centaur at the capture of four French frigates, in 1806 ; the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807 ; the destruction of a Russian 74 in 1808. When lieutenant of the llawke he frequently distinguished himself in her boats in the Channel, and on one occasion was se verely wounded ; was in the San Josef in the partial action with the French fleet off Toulon in 1813 ; and in command of the Volcano bomb was actively employed in America, particularly against New Orleans, siege of Fort Bowyer, &c., where he was again severely wounded. WYLD V HOPKINS. This was an actio❑ in which the plaintiff Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross, sought to recover the sum of 7tll/. 55., for gods sold and work done on behalf of the Pett r - borouoh and Nottingham Junction Railway, in which the defendant was a member of the railway committee. A verdict was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. Mr. WATSON now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the de fondant had never attended a meeting of the committee, that he had never been summoned to do so, and that he took no part whatever in the management of the com pany's affairs, they being wholly conducted by a com mittee of management, of which the defendant was not a member, and further, that the orders given to the plain tiff, hnd been given by the solicitor, who had the getting up of the company. The LoRD CHIEF BARON seid, that in his opinion, that this was one of the most naked cases, with reference to the subject of provisional committeemen that had come under his notice. The solitary fact shown in evidence was that the name of the defendant appeared in the printed prospectus of the company.—Rule granted. IN THE CASE OF BANKS V. HILL. The grounds of this case were similar to the case of Banks v. Good, reported in The Sun of yesterday; and in which a verdict was also returned for the defendant. On the part of the plaintiff the Court refused an application by Mr. Watson for a rule for a new trial. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) WYNCH AND OTHERS V. HAMILTON AND OTHERS.- BREACH OF CONTRACT. Mr. MARTIN moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside and a new trial granted, or why judgment should not be arrested. The action, which was one of considerable importance, was tried at last Liverpool Assizes, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and a verdict given for the defendants — damages. 7901. 14s. 3d. The plaintiffs were owners of a ship, and the defendants had chartered for a vessel, the Mary Wynch, to go out to the coast of West Africa, for a cargo of guano ; and, in the failure of obtaining that, to sail, under certain instructions, to Rio and Bahia, for a cargo. The action was brought to recover the amount of freight, which was refused, on the ground of non-ful filment of the terms of the contract. The defence was that the captain had opened the sealed instructions given him in the wrong latitude ; that he did not make proper inquiry, according to the instructions, for guano ; and that he sailed to Bahia, and from thence to Europe, in a manner and time not warranted by the charter-party. This was denied, the plaintiffs affirming that any tailure of the expedition arose from the inability to obtain guano, and the imperfect nature of the instructions. The Learned Gentleman went on to show that the defendants had done all that was required of them by the charter, and that the failure had been occasioned by the captain of the vessel neglecting the express instructions given him. This was the point left to the jury, and if the instructions were read, and th e evidence consulted, it would be found that he had fail e d to carry them out in many essential particulars. R u l e granted, with instructions that it be made a special case. OSBORNE V. PRITCHARD. Mr. Sergeant BYLES moved for a new trial, in this case, on the ground of surprise. This case was tried before Mr. Justice Erle, at the last London sittings, and a verdict was given for the defendant. It was an action br( ught by a railway surveyor, Who was engaged by the defendant in that capacity. The engagement was, that the plaintiff should be employed on a certain railway survey, at 3 guineas a day and expenses. This was in November, 1845, and after being employed for a short period, he was discharged ; it was alledged from incom petence. He then brought an action to recover for the unfulfilled period of the engagement, the whole extend ing from the 22d of October to the 30th of November. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) James Kelly was placed at the bar charged with rob- bing his employers, Messrs. Pratt and Sewell, the exten sive stonemasons and paviours, of Gray's Inn-lane, to a large amount. Mr. Sewell, the junior partner in the firm, said the prisoner was toteman over their wharf, at the Regent's canal, and on Tuesday last In , was obs 4 rved by one of the workmen to bring a cart into the wharf yard, which he ordered one of the labourers to load with five-feet slabs, and it shortly afterwards left, without any person taking notice of the name upon it, the colour of t h e horse, or anything further than that a tall, respectably dressed man accompanied it as it left the yard, and turned down towards Maiden-lane. The prisoner had made no r eturn to the book-keeper of having sent out any goods. On a previous occasion fifty flags more than those mentioned had been sent out. Mr. GREENWOOD observed that it was evident there was a system of plunder going on, but he thought at the present moment a party equally guilty with the prisoner—he meant the receiver, or ',Time instigator — was not yet amenable, and he should therefore remand the case to next Thursday, when the police would try anti trace the party who took the good* away. THE LORD MA Y OR'S DAY, Yesterday the whole of the extensive arrrangements connected with the approachin f r ivaugurstion of Sir George Carroll, K n i g h t , us Lord" Mayor, on Monday next, were, with a few minor details ' completed. During the mor n i ng h er Majesty the Queen -Dowager visited the hall, and expressed her admiration of the pre parations made for the occasion. The banquet will be worthy of the well-known hospitality of the City, but the civic procession will be greatly shorn of its details, it being understood that neither the Butcher's Company, to which Mr. Alderman Challis belongs, nor the Car penter's Company, of which Mr. Sheriff Kennard is a member, will attend. The following is the authorised programme of the procession : Police Constables to clear the way. The Boys belonging to the Royal Marine Society, with banners. The City Marshal's men. a Six Police Constables. a The Beadle of the Worshipf u l C o mpany of a. Spectacle Mak ers . o V The Barge M aster . '... Watermen, bearing the following Banners : .) 1. The Royal Standard. .-w %- ,4 2. The Banner of St. G eorge. ,a 3. The Uni on . 4. The Arms of the City of London. , c 4 5. The Arms of Felix Rogers, Esq. 6. The Arms of John Lainson, Esq. rn a. 7. The Arms of John Si vewr i ght, Esq. 8. The Arms of R. B. Bale, Esq. 9. The Arms of Jame s Harmer, Esq. H 10. The Arms of Richard Gude, Esq. 11. The Arms of the Renter Warden, Sir James Duke, Alderman and M.P. 12. The Arms of the Rt. Hon. the late Lord Mayor. 13. The Arms of the Upper Warden, the Marquis of Downshiro. 14. The Arms of the Master, William Clarkson, Esq. 15. The Arms of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. 16. The Arms of the Company's Chaplain, The Rev. Mr. Jennings, M.A. 17. The Arms of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers. The Junior City Marshal on horseback. The Clerk of the Company in his chariot. The Court of Assistants in their carriages. The Wardens in their carriages.] The Master in his carriage. The Lord Mayor's Beadle. The Lord Mayor's Barge Master in his state dress. The Bargemen, bearing the various colours. The Banner of the Lord Mayor. The Captain of the Thames Navigation Barge. The Principal Assistant Water Bailiffs. The Waterman, with colours. A grand Military Band. The two Undersheriffs. The City Solicitor. The City Itemembrancer. The Comptroller. The two Secondaries. The four Common Pleaders. The Judge of the Sheriffs' Court. The Town Clerk. The Common Sergeant. The Chamberlain. cc. C/) Ancient Herald, habited in a tabard With the Arms of Eng land, and plumed. Farrier on horseback Kettle Drums . Fa Guard on horseback G Trumpeter on horseback. Tru m p e t er on horseback. u r a ri rd ero on n h h o o rs rs e e b b a a c c k k Trumpeter on horseback. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback. Standard Bearer in Half Armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight. Esquire in Half Armour, bearing the Shield. Esquire iu Half Armour, bearing the Sword. Ancient Knight, Mounted on a charger, armed cap-a-pie, in suit of polished steel, and plumed. Armourer on horseback. Armourer on horseback. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback, Mr. Sheriff Kennard in his state carriage. Trumpeter on horseback. Trumpeter on horseback. Trumpeter on horseback. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback. A Standard Bearer, in half armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight. Esquire in half armour, bearing the Sword. Yeomen of the Guard. Esquire in half armour, bearing the Shield, Yeomen of the Guard. Ancient Knight, Mounted on a charger, armed cap-a-pie, in a suit of burnished brass scale armour, and plumed. Armourer on horseback. Armourer on horseback. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback. Mr. Sheriff Challis in his state carriage. The Aldermen who have not passed the chair. The Recorder The Aldermen who have passed the chair. The late Lord Mayor. Trumpeter on horseback. Trumpeter on Trumpeter on horseback. horseback. Guard on horseba c k. - ---- Guard on horseback. Standard Bearer in h a lf armour, bear i ng the Banner of his Esquire in half armour, bear- Esquire Knight. in half armour, bear ing the Shi e ld. i ng the Sword. Yeoman of the Yeoman of the Guard. A ncient Knight. Guard. • Mounted on a charger, armed cap 'a-pie, in a suit of polished steel armour, and plumed. Armourer. Armourer. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback. City Marshal's Man. The Lady Mayoress, in her state carriage, drawn by six horses, will join the procession on its return from W Trumpeter on horseback. estminster.Trumpeter on horseback. Trumpeter on horseback. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback. Standard Bearer in half-armour, bearing the Banner of his Kn. Esquire i n half-armour, ight bearing the Shield. Esquire in half-armo ur , bearing the Sword. Yeoman of the Yeoman of the Guard. Ancient Knight Guard. Mounted on a charger, armed cap-a-pie in a suit of burnished brass scale armour, an d plumed. Armourer. Armourer. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback. Trumpeter on e C Trumpeter on T r umpeter on horseback. horseback. orseback. The Lord Mayor' h s servants in state liver ies. The ba n d o f t h e Life Guar d s m ounted. n The tie ir e n Upper of theit y Lord lll TIIZ RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, In his state carriage, d raw n by six horses, Attended by th e Chaplain Sword Bearer, Common Crier, and the 'Water Bailiff Guard of hon our on horseback. arsha B l iay on horseback. household.G The procession will move from Guildhall at eleven o'clock, and pass through Gresham-street, Princes. street, King William-street, and Adelaide-place, to London Bridge, thence by water to Westminster, and will return from Westminster a t i o dAe ß ,t l a a t c nh k de fr Ko i ati)rnesgi Obelisk, sk r t, i r d eß g ert„ e i , dtgo a e n G.. d sutri ei pass deht,a through htil. e - s t r e e t , Ludgate-hill, Ludgat e - s t reet, St. Paul ' s - c h urchyard, Cheap procession on its return will be joined by the foreign Ambassadors, her Majesty's Ministers of State, the nobility, the Judges, the Members of Parliament, and other persons of distinction invited to the banquet. Bell's Life in London of November 8 contains the Two-year so. l h d alphabetically ti l c B a 4 l 6 ly ; Performances of the Two j gs E 3 ngl i and a g n a d n lr il l arranged—List of Winning also of Gentlemen Jockey Worcester Steeple-chases, &c. &c. Price of Behan/If-- Sixpence, the average sale of which exceeds Twenty fivee Thousand. THE POTATO DISEASE.—At the meeting of the 13o tamcal Society, held last evening at the Society's rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, J. E. Gray, E F.R.S, President, in the chair, Mr . Moberly commu ne cated a paper "On th e Potato D isease." Last spring Mr. M. set a small pa tch of g round with Irish potatoes, carefully dividing the ground into two equal portions, both dressed with the same manure, and with lime and ashes. When the haulm appeared above the ground, Mr. M. had one half of the ground dressed with a small quantity of the sulphate of magnesia, and as the plants advanced they were lathed up as usual. The crop of the whole ground was raised about the 25th of Sep tember. Two potatoes, which had not been dipped with the sulphate of magnesia, proved to be much affected with the disease, while the other half was perfectly sound, without one: discoloured tuber, and the quantity much exceeding that obtained from the other half of the garden. The crop treated in the ordinary way was raised two days afterwards. There was a large quantity of potatoes diseased, and many roots were quite black, and smelling very offensively. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The supply of wheat is short, that of barley and other articles liberal. There is a fair inquiry for wheat, and a reduc tion of Is. to 2s. per quarter induces millers to purchase to a fair extent. For barley there is no demand, though offered at 3s. to 4s. per quarter below last week's prices. Oats are in request at late rates. Beans are dull, at a slight decline. S UNDE RLAND, Nov. s.—Yesterday a seizure of upwards of 100Ibs. of contraband tobacco was made In this harbour, on board of the brig Ebenezer, Mills, on her arrival from A ms terdam, by Mr. Geo rge W ra y, acting tide-survey or. One of the crew, n a m e d Willi am Farrow, admitting that the tobacco had been secreted b • him he was taken into custody. M.P.— IVe are sorry to hear that the ab 1 h e e Member in a precarious a ß r iroaudsford, state, whichh ahas s i f t o h a of h for . some l been recently still fu rther impaired, by an attack of te H ARDY,I time °n ° past ur paralysis.—Leeds Idercury. APPOINTMENTS. Nov. S. Sulivan, lieutenant, to the Birkenhead; G. H. K. Bower, master, to the Birkenhead ; S. J. But cher, purser, to the Birkenhead ; Richard Wall, gunner, to the Birkenhead; Jacob Matthews, boatswain, to the Birkenhead; Thomas Arikers, carpenter, to the Birken head; Arthur Wilmshurst, lieutenant, to the Albatross; W. H. Crane, acting master, to the Albatross ; H. K. Conquer, acting purser, to the Albatross ; Joseph Paul, boatswain, to the Albatross; John F. Tottenham, lieu tenant, to the Medea; R. B. Mudge, acting master, to the Medea; J. C. Pinhorn, acting purser, to the Medea; Thomas Cass, acting boatswain, to the Medea; George Wall, lieutenant, to the Rosamond; J. H. Ashton, mas ter, to the Rosamond; William Stanway, purser, to the Rosamond ; John Campbell, acting boatswain, to the Rosamond ; Manser Bradshaw, master and commander, to the Alban; James Taylor, second engineer, to the Albsn ; George Walter, second engineer, to the Sphynx; John Gilmour, third engineer, to the Sphynx; George Griffiths, third engineer, to the Sphynx; L. J. Palmer, clerk, to the Belleisle. Nov. 3.—Charles Bleach, promoted to be acting gunner. DUTY ON HOPS. An Account of the Duty on Hops of the growth of the year 1846, distinguishing the districts and the old from the new duty. Districts. Duty. Barnstaple ... £268 16 74 Bedford ••• 014 • • •••10 Cambridge ... 28 0 8 Canterbury ... ••• ... 82,857 11 7 Cornwall 10 1 5 Derby ... ••• 613 19 5f Essex 1,201 5 1 Gloucester ... 124 0 5 Grantham ••• ••• ••• 245 15 11 Hants ... . . 18,920 8 44 Hereford (charged 50,9264 9s. 3d. estimated *5701.) Hertford Isle of Wight ... Lincoln Lynn ... Oxford . . Reading Rochester Salisbury Salop . Stourbridge . Suffolk Surrey Sussex ... Wales, Middle Worcester ... 51,496 9 3 ... 237 3 104 ... 9,295 12 5 ... 3,670 13 41 ••• 52 14 0 1 4 GO 16 91 ••• 63 9 5i 134,380 19 04 ••• 104 16 6 3 - 4 ..• 14 4 41 ... 2,956 18 7 ... 1,402 4 10 _ _ _ •.. 20 9 11 -. 124,147 1 71 ... 134 1 2 11.301 7 41 £443,609 17 li- Old duty, at 1 12-203, per lb. 242,929 15 71 8.20 New duty, at 8-20 d. „ ... 179,556 15 10i •12-20 Additional duty of 5 per cent., by act 3 Vic., c. 17 21,123 5 7/ £443,609 17 11- * This estimate arises from Mr. Vevers, a planter in this district, having declined to complete the weighing of his hops. L. S. LYNE, Accountant-General. Excise-office, London, Nov. 6, 1846. ENGLAND. ight's Ga^:ett 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, lb/ the 31st day of October, 1846. 'ARTMENT. Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities .• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,793,084 Saver bullion ••• . • • 2,516,811 I X 28,309,895 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. , 1846. ,EPAUTKENT. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,808,119 Other securities —• • 12,175,968 Notes .. • ..... ••• • • • 6,934,120 Gold and silver coin.. 498,184 £32/16,391 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1846. BANK OF (From last Ni An Account, pursuant to the Act 1 the Week ending on Saturday, 1 issuz DEP. gotes 155ued......•• 28,309,895 £28,3)9,:.95 Dated the sth day of November, BANKING D X. Proprietors' capital.. 14X3,000 Rest .. ••• • • 3,463,463 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say inls-banks, and Di vidend accounts)• • 4,622,177 Dther deposits ••• • • • 8,761,736 Seven eay and other billS. ••••••• .• • • • • 1,016,015 X 32,416,391 Dated the sth day of November, AN ELOPEMENT STOPPING TELELEGRAPIL—OD Thursday a Mr. Kerrison, of Yarmouth, who keeps a coffi e-shop (one of those coffee-shops in the country conducted on the " total abstinence from all sorts of alcoholic drinks" principle), applied, in a spasm of pre cipitation, at the Yarmouth station, to ascertain if his cara sposa had not shortly before booked herself and her bandboxes for Cambridge, Kerrison suspecting that she had faithlessly flown thitherward to a paramour, a son of the glue-pot and plane, who had recently been his lodger, but who, having obtained work as a journey man carpenter, was now plying his vocation at Cam bridge. Kerrison, with piquant pain. and precision, de scribed the lady and the two damsels, who he suspected had accompanied her, all of whom were in plaid dresses and identically decked bonnets. A gallant guard at the station informed him that he had a perfect recollection of the fugitives, then on their way to Norwich. Kerri son hereupon calmed, and commanded the equipment of a special train, but his ecstacy knew no bounds on being informed that by means of a whisper and a wire he would be at Norwich before the fugitives. The telegraph was set to work and sent on its electric detenu, and the flying fair, upon the instant and in spite of protestations and implorings, were detained at Norwich until the wronged Kerrison rushed up, and escorted them back to Yar mouth, glorifying the telegraph as a godsend and as a work of miracle in the maintenance of his rights marital. EASTERN COUNTIES RAlLWAY.—Considerable im provements and alterations have been carried out during the last few weeks, while others are in the course of completion. At Lea-bridge and Tottenham stations a width of land has been excavated for the purpose of laying down additional rails. On these stations a reserve carriage will be placed, in the event of a number of passengers arriving beyond what can be accommodated by an ordinary train, as occurred on some occasions this year. At Stratford, the new station which is to serve both for the Essex and Cambridge trains is nearly finished. A very convenient building has been erected, with a platform for each line, of above two hundred feet in length. At the Tottenham station the pens for the sheep and cattle are completed, these being at the west side upon a raised ground. There are about forty of them, each of which is capable of containing from twenty to thirty sheep, which, when brought up to this station, and when not in the pens, feed in the marshes and fields in the neighbourhood. These pens are lighted with gas. Recently boards have been put up at a short distance from each station, with the word " whistle " on them, in addition to other boards which have for some time past been fixed on the up-line, directing the speed of the trains. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE LONDON DOCKS.—Yes terday afternoon an inquest was held i before Mr. William Baker, at the King George Tavern, n B treet ping, on the body of James Edwards, B eer-s treet, , Wap ping, thirty, a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Cubitts, builders. For some time the deceased has been engaged on the new range of warehouses now building in the London Docks. On Thursday morning last he was assisting in hoisting a large column, when the screw of the crane gave way, and the column fell with a tremendous crash upon the un fortunate deceased, who was standing directly underneath. As speedily as possible, the ponderous mass of stone was removed, and the deceased released, who was found to be quite dead. Verdict,—" Accidental death." Ile porters of the Bridgewater Trust, at the Duke's Duck, have presented a very handsome silver tankard to Mr. James N. Cockshott, who, for man) years has been the cash-keeper there, on the occasion of his removal to the Old Quay Dock, where he has suc ceeded Mr. Gayton, who has retired owing to ill health. A collation was given at the American Hotel, on Mon. day last, when the men enjoyed 4 very pleaspt evening, LAW INTELLIGEN ,-.),' 4Y- r- : '''- _ • . ROLLS' COURT, Nov. ,I. ' irk CARP3IEAL V. POWIS. .i.: 7 ,-.• V..'' ' - *-T-• :- In this case Lord LANGDALE took ti..1 911 :::‘,...-. di:* • ju.!gnient. "--':, .j ). - 14; IP. - ' IE3 Lordship has fixed Saturday as ie , ay . /7-! 4 , for short causes, consent causes, and unopp " , .":4 ',..!: and fur general petitions the 24th instant._„..3 . .;,..A z ie VIOE•CHANCERY COURT,W %-. Tor ' (Before Sir J. WIGRABI.) FRASER V. JONES AND OTHERS. This was a bill filed on behalf of the Glamorganshire Banking Company, with the view of establishing a mortgage against the defendants, Messrs. Batley Jones, John Jones, and John Powell, which bad been given to the banking company for a consideration of a sum of 6501. The question at issue was whether the banking company were trust mortgagees, or whether John Jones had not a prior claim to 200/. of the sum. It appeared that in September, 1842, B. Jones and Mr. Powell applied to the company in question to advance a sum of 6001., in security of which he offered them a mortgage on certain house property, on which Powell represented that he had a mortoge of 1,800/., and further stat,d that he had deposited this mortgage with Mr. J. Jones fur a sum of 1,000!.. which he was indebted to him. The company advanced the sun/ de manded, notes, req u i r i ng , mere l y as security, seven pru:n i s icry which were accepted by Mr. B. Jones, and en dorsed by Mr. Powell. A mortgage was executed, in which the former mortgage was mentioned, as well as its lodgement with Mr. John Jones, as also that another mortgage existed to a gentleman named Parry. It was alleged on the part of the plaintiff that when the advance was made there was no debt of 1,000/. due to Mr. J. Jones, nor any deposit of the mortgage deed. It Was also alleged that the obj ec t o f P owe ll was to obtain a priority o f caim over the bank. COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCH, Nov. 6. PICKFCRI) V. LACON.-TAKING PLACES IZr A COACH. This case was tried in the Bail Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. Justice Patteson, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff on the first and second counts, with the leave of the Learned Judge to move for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the plaintiff upon the first count, with 31. 4s. damages, or upon the second count, with ICs. or 17s. damages. The application turned entirely upon the finding of the jury. The plaintiff is proprietor of a coach running between Yarmouth and London, and the defendant applied to have three places reserved for him in the coach—one in aide and two out—for which he paid a deposit of a guinea, but had refused to pay three guineas more, the cost of the three places being 41. 4s. The pleas set forth, first, the general issue ; secondly, that the plaintiff did not reserve for the defendant and other persons the seats they required, and that the plaintiff was not ready and willing to convey the defendant and other passengers; there was also a plea of payment. Ihe places were taken on the 16th of June, and the next day the defendant took his seat on the box, his maid-servant at the back, and Mrs. Lacon inside. At Renton, some miles from Yarmouth, several little girls were placed on the coach, and at Yox ford, thirty miles from Yarmouth, the defendant and his wife left the coach, declining to proceed any further. They left the servant behind and proceeded themselves in a post-chaise to London. It could not be said that the plaintiff did not fulfil his contract; the seats were re served, and the parties were not subjected to any more of the inconveniences than generally attended a journey in a coach. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was in the case at the trial, and had some recollection of an infant—fre quently no pleasant companion in a long journey—being a passenger by the coach.—(Laughter.) Mr. WATSON said a young child could not have taken up much room, and considered that no breach of contract could be charged on that ground. Lord DENMAN inquired how many persons altogether were in the coach ? Mr. WATSON said fifteen, thirteen being the number they were licensed to carry ; but then the majority were young children, who did not occupy anything like the room of adults. The lady inside had her full 16 inches of mom, in accordance with the Act of Parliament. Lord DENMAN said—Then in point of fact, according to the view of the Learned Counsel, the license was to be measured by the extent of the bodies of the pas sengers.—(Laughter.) If the plaintiff was licensed to carry thirteen, and carried forty instead, the defendant and his friends were not bound to go by his coach. Mr. WATSON also held that the defendant was bound to pay for the journey to Yoxfurd, and for the journey of the servant to Lundon. Lord DENMAN said it was possible that by taking the defendant to Yoxford he was placed in a worse position with respect to getting to London than if he had not left Yarmouth. The application was acceded to with respect to the first count. COURT OF COMMOIt PLEAS, Nor. 6. Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Middlesex, before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) APPS V. REID AND OTHERS. The Court was occupied all the morning with this case, which is an action brought by Mr. Apps, a gentle man residing in Blackfriars-road, against Reid and Co., brewers, to recover damages for an accident occasioned to the plaintiff, arising from one of their drays coming in contact with his gig, and overturning it, while passing down Liquorpond street. The defence was that the accident arose from the carelessness of the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 31. 10s. PARRATT V. BENNASIT. - RAILWAY ADVERTISEMENT ACCOUNT. This was an action to recover the expense of insert ing advertisements in several London and provincial newspapers. The plaintiff was an advertising agent, and the defendant a provisional director of a railway com pany. The case was tried at the last Warwick assizes, before Mr. Justice Patteson, and a verdict given for the plaintiff for 1,1001. The claim made was 1,600/. Mr. WHITEHURST now moved for a rule to enter a non suit, on the ground that there was no material evi dence adduced at Warwick. The defendant on the trial pleaded non-assumpsit, and paid. The venue was removed to Warwick on the plaintiff's allegation that there existed material evidence there. This point the defendant denied. Among other papers, an adver tisement appeared in a Warwick pap er , and this was the material evidence returned. He submitted this was not material evidence.—Rule refused. HEAD V. HENDERSON.—THE WOOD PAVEMENT. Mr. Sergeant BYLES moved for a new trial on the grounds of misdirection and that the verdict was against evidence. The action, which was for an alleged in fringement of a patent for constructing wood-blocks for paving, was tried at the last Surrey assizes, before Mr. Baron Parke, and a verdict was given for the defendant. The COURT refused the rule. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of K r ovembet 6.) SUGAR.—To-day there was no increase in the demand for raw or refined Sugar for home consumption, notwithstanding the hurricane in the llavannah ; but holders were not in clined to press sales. West India Muscavado was purchased with caution by refiners and grocers, the private sales amounting to only 160 hhds and tres ; but holders succeeded in obtaining prices on a par with those of Friday last. REFINED.—To- day Refined goods met with little attention from the home trade, and there were sellers of brown lumps at 63s 6d to 65s 6d, and standard lumps 65s 6d to 60s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar bas been in good demand at 32s 3d t• 32s 6d per cwt for first sort. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was not pur chased with increased freedom, still 4,354 bags at auction were nearly all sold at the former value, but not above. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon 5,703 bags at auction were all taken in and withdrawn 3s above the value, buyers not being inclined to pay any advance. MOLASSES.—This afternoon West India Molasses met with little attention, and 56 puns St. Lucia at auction were taken M at 22s 6d, which is lower. __ _ FRUlT.—Yesterday was offered at public sale 52 butts 5 crtls 7 brls Cephalonia Currants damaged, all sold from 63s to 555. The arrivals of Currants and Valentias have been large this week. Cephalonia 555, Patras 56s to 575, and Va lentias at 465, are taken rather freely, one cargo having been sold entire at 455. The demand for fruit generally has been rather considerable this week; but further large ar rivals are daily expected. RICE.—To-day at public sale 190 barrels of Rio Tapioca were only in part sold at 4 1 , 4 fd to 4 1 ,0 for fine white. FOILED:IN.—There has been only a limited business trans acted by private treaty in Foreign Sugar of any description for exportation, and none has been offered at public sale, but holders are firm and insist upon even stiffer rates, although the stock is heavy. COFFEE.—Today there was little passing privately in Foreign Coffee, and 215 brls of Rio at auction was mostly taken in rather above the value. Coco, , ..—West India has met with little attention pri vately, although there are sellers rather under previous rates ; at auction 60 bags Grenada were sold at 38s per cwt for middling red. The stock is still heavy, and nearly double of what it was at this time last year, and the delive ries keep on a small scale only SPIRITS.—There has been a considerable increase in the demand for all descriptions of Jamaica Rum this week, and an advance in the value of 2d per gallon has taken place ; the business transacted has been extensive. Leeward Island has been largely dealt in, and prices have risen 3d per gallon. Demerara is wanted, and stiffer rates are offered, but business has been checked by t h e mall sup ply at market. Calcutta has been in good req - 1 ;. Brandy and ini have risen to 2s 3d to 2 s 5 d for C alcutta p ro() y has been in excellent request , hold ers evince firmness;oe the stock is diminishing and the deliveries are yet on good demand,isandprices extensive. F G n e r n Geneva t i h s n a s made ens Spirits the deman d unusually English Corn at 11 9 ad , Sc otch and Irish his 2d to Ils 3d per gallon. in good Although the home trade operate with caution in Bengal, and export orders being unimportant, yet mer chants manifest firmness, and insist upon fully last sale's rates ; indeed some will not sell, excepting at a small advance. Madras, however, has met with attention, and several parcels have been sold, chiefly by the Canada market, at a rise OR the rates of the last quarterly sales of 2d to 3d. SALTPETRE.—To-day Rough met with little attention, and 1,115 bags of Calcutta at public sale were taken in at 25s to 25s 6d for 10i per cent. refraction of mid damp grey quality, which is the full worth. Ons.—This afternoon at public sale 328 casks of Palm Oil were sold at 34s to 40s, and 78 casks Cocoa Nut Oil at 35s 6d to 42s per cwt. . TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 171 kegs 539 bags of Hudson's Bay Tallow sold at 49s to 49s 9d ; 341 casks Petersburgh Soap Tallow 46s 6d to 47s 3d ; 16 casks second sort Yellow Candle 48s to 48s 6d per cwt. ---- JUVENILE PREACHER. —During several nights of the past week sermons have been preached in the Town Hall by a boy of only ten years of age. A good many people attended through curiosity to hear so young a teacher of righteousness, who certainly displayed ac quirements not often attained at his early years. The boy is very smart, and delivers his discourses with wonderful ease and volubility, and if they are his own producti ons one wou ld b e i nduced to call him a . preco cioas ge n i us . B e t h at as i t may , h e h as asto!u shed not a few. The reason given for his thus appearing before the public is, that money may be obtained to further his education.—Kelso Chron i cle,