The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-29 00:00:00

AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The royal mail steam-ship Africa, Harrison com mander, was telegraphed off Holyheadat half-past 10 this morning. She would arrive at Liverpool about 6 o'clock, with four days later news from all parts of the United States and British America, than pre viously received per the Arctic. THE BURMESE WAR. The following telegraphic despatch, dated t.iorieste, Nov. 26," h as b een rece i ve d i n anticipa n of the overland mail The Austrian Lloyds' steamer Egitto arrived uaY with advices from Rangoon. „ "Pro me was captured on the 9th of October, by ti,?e forc e un d er the command of Commodore Lam he and Gene ra l G o d w i n . the Very little resistance was made by the Burmese, ` British loss only amounting to one man killed and six wounded. `l'ive thou san d B urmese were p os t e d a b ou t s i x io 11 4 4 e8 from P rome, b ut G enera l G o d w i n di d not 8,11,i,t0 attack th em un til h e was re i n f orce d. he Admiral had died of cholera, but the troops er e Particularly healthy. ea :; The campaign was considered virtually at an and order s were ex p ec t e d h our ly f or th e lule xation of Pegu." FRANCE. of 111 1„ e Moniteur gives the following recapitulation ye 'Lie result of the votes as far as known up to B " e rdaY morning : Yes No. The 86 d epai l inents 7 ,43 2 ,009 ... 238,861. Ar my 234,860 ... 8,456 47,716 ... 2,020 Total '7,714,585 ... 249,33 r Al Tile re remain yet to be known the votes of all th e g.. er ia) with those of the army of Italy, with fur keil'tsreturns from portions of nine other depart (le;Werp,4-u-KI the following in the Alsacien : Vie municip a l counc il o f St ras b urg h as unan i mous l y a that the chateau of that city shall be offered as p l .', to the P r i nce P res id en t, on th e occas i on o f t h e claraation of the Empire. The mayor, who has j us t 4 : go}~ t° Paris to take part in the examination of the k, t s ' as membe r of the Legislative Body, will commu that 3 e i , this intention to the Prince. It is well known th e e chat eau was g i ven t o t h e E mperor N apo l eon b y of th e y of Str as b urg , an d rema i ne d a par t o f th e d oma i n z e ,e Crown until 1831, when it was given up as a thi —chlire o f economy. If the Prince President accepts a ce l a tit, as there i s reas o n t o h o p e h e w ill, this mag!n 814endoeudiace will receive a destination worthy of its 4814 511 _ ~,and Strasburg will again possess an Imperial app reference t o th e a b ove, th e following note 4sj 41. the Moniteur, and may be regarded as " of acceptance • the municipal council of the town of Strasburg, in the .Lie -- of the 24th November, 1852, has offered, In the of me of the town, to the Emperor Napoleon 111., of C I mperial chateau, at this moment the property eig ue commune, to be restored to the destination as h a. "„" -T the d ecree o f th e 21 s t o f J anuary, 180 6, and 14,,,,1 1 ," a 0ri5ed the mayor to pres e nt it to hi s I m p er i a l elk ba lt Mnounced. that on the occasion of the pro cordjert of the Empire, an amnesty will be ac tette') embraci ng a grea t num b er o f persons sen - Nal ed. either by d ecrees or by th e m i xe d m ilit ary ke e :. L s siolis, on the condition of a formal engage t'e abandon evil connections, and to declare Wilis_ all ee to the Emperor. The only exceptions e those wh o h ave comm itt e d ac t s o f p ersona l tent e llc e, or Who h a d b e en condemned by pr ev i ous egaLlees but their petitions will be received, and - ecf• It is easy to understand that 'the lasi ti e• 60 r3r of exceptions applies to Bathes, Blano4 iss ue d subjoin a s pe c imen of th e e l ec t ora l car d s ` - ' e 1 . from the M a i r i e s. rl earte ment Vote sur l e Se na t us -C onsu lt e C ommune laril ne. du 7 Novembre de Qui defers l'Empire Au Prince Louis Napoleon. B ° 4 B le titre de Napoleon 111., Empereur des Franais. CARTE D'ELECTEIJR. (Execution du decret du 7 Novembre, 1852.) o. d'inseription gar la Liste electorale Nom Pr'enorus Profession ou fonetions thineur e Dil i Age T v h .re en .tairie, le Novembre, 1852. e affirmative billet is simply as follows : On'. Le Miire, THE CONTINENT. 1-- - " SPAIN. Ilts from Madrid of the 23d state that it frok"'"°ll decided that there will be no Speech tilo etr •"" Throne on the opening of the Cortes. , l 'ellat e 6 4 ! had been held by the members of the opposition to the Government for the the °f arranging their tactics on the opening l vas -,Parliamentary campaign, when a committee !kat a t j e Cain ted to conduct the business. It is said "let t ,C° Duk e o f Yalencia will take his seat in the Ma/0"i- iis opening. 46 b„'uld t ourse, Nov. 23.—The Three per Cents., Exchange on London, 50 70 paper. PORTUGAL. that thacconnts from Lisbon of the 19th we learn 444 L o .1 1°11 g expected list of the directors in Lisbon pan ,-11 1 ,.."en of the " Portuguese Railways C ma -1; 'l4B at last been published in the Diario do cot ' The committee of directors on this side Ri 1 )1) () Posed of the Marquis of Louie, Count Far 'llth' tire Almeida and Foscoa, and Messrs. ' k fl' 1;9 1 ,a 11 11 %slop. The London directors are ' 441 ° ellY Captain Fitzmaurice, and Messrs. 41 41 Braise, Barry, Garrard, Kennard, - ' 1.4 4 . 11 an• The capital required for the first 4.' 411 14 °11 r: 4 th e projected line, viz., from Lisbon to firp, s, Is 80 0,000/. in 40,000 sares of 201. each, I°ll sa - hT i stalment on each share being 3/. Ten gal shares are to be offered for sale in Portu- f the ether 30,000 are reserved for the good o ot e a)le at home. li n ll ,s"to; s e . p _ lB th inst., the day of the Duke of Wel h "'floral, the Portuguese ships of war and ti lleis ad their colours half-staff high, and the sen kai l'et°ll4ted. guard with reversed arms. Her s hiP Inrlexible likewise had her colours , Th e x in GERMANY. .to r , funeral of General Von Nioll-the-Oder, to the gof p s i a went on the 23d to Frank for .bniautn)aris o held that k i. 4 1 3 4 whe was not only Sing, °tee er,linder the late t iu 1848. T he tier the present King that „-4ughsburgh Gazette says the P. ia and rus si a we Sovereigns of Austria, t ?Warsaw, is would sh 1 • t erv iew a announcement Illacicurate. e rt Y have an in ~, The .1), ,1 1. I'r eB3 e of r states that f that of e Cabin et Vienna o • Aust r i a (sr, 4...f13er1in to the propositionsf a negative, or at least of a,, "3 eilstoras question, is 0 the answer of The editor —4- of nature. Gazette, Dr. k of the Constitutional rlin in lirand-tweat 1- ve fo 1113141; has r ecei d orders to quit Berlin Beveral arr est Y n°ll rs• 24t theys vg.ere made at Mannheim ; are supp oli on the al raatt in Posed to be connected with P, tieoliaTip' paxaphlets published in London. el% lu connection with certain Vi e Cologne Gazette has the following from eillaa) the 23d :___ revolu reilit Ci!l ThursdaY last, as the Count de Chambord was too,rring to Frohgclorff from a hunting party) c 'Llrigt, and he was thrown from his carriage, at the horse: ior'tetOstance from the place where four years ago no tojii ry. ,, lB le g. On this occasion the count received 11 1 co illi_ nsequence of the devastated condition of (iga th ahort, that —e supply of provisions at Pesth is so Illq A Prices have reached an enormous height. Ste a d tr Y l ° g to the agriculture, or of en -4ln g IraPOrts, the Austrian Government fixes aluniuna of prices. Tit- ITALY. funeral obsequies of Gioberti were celebrated . ,(?,,,q1 th. 2 3cl in the church a the Corpus Domini, at tiit..lerleuh.ux.'ethdeofoorllo:lring inscription was Placed. over ' To the priest Vincenzo Gioberti, the ornament and OorY of the Civic 'ouncil of T, the municipality of h* • • C 1.8 native city, whi c h , by its owing rief, judges of that of all Italy, whose iniellectual And civil greatne" 1°33 the .r"~r.3. IS DAY)• E. ),y were sens °llab t i !r ;s, the deman d ices, an advanceo._ ra ther more d id oats ruled duu.. r sold at previ°u" )Ae has contin' uel s have, ther efore wheat and bes: ~ Our New Iro are money. 13°. 0 our War.— A . rticles were 1 8 7 3 3rs of whe at ' °' I- peas , 230 We ar/ cl seed, and Oa ed. up to our I ' l _ 9 ; I. Essex, was vf e y, eived few p i ar' esi ., Olt. BY 184 " n aratively sui abroad P last o w e ee te: millers, w ot I ru l e d soillo 0 0 spee t d Mond dilY ay la OR s r were on 0 .. ° i ll. um last week. _, lied with fi? e rc i ti ds, we exper io cf r mproved ls• • and, i n som e ; par cels of w sg " 1 barley virs i s o i ce s, how to 0 were 011 w d, sold to a fi'ir b ilß ()reign oats -, and the cw— tew beans► 5/ V ie' g, at last wee° , and the pr's :ABUICE. to Ess filler • • • * 61i shire an d 65 92s ish Feed / 21s ...... a and Cort, Y4 l ick. 161 03 Mite •• •• y 6l Feed. •• 3b/ ▪ 33 , 401 ••• 361 1 1, • .. • • 1...... 310 6 , 3 75 ***". ▪ 33° 4 1$ " " ***. 36 9 of ▪ 3 _ 7 ° pi 2 9 1 3°5 a stock i n _o _ iv g supply whes; 1N3.1 n4 9,6'145) ; in cluality 4 4 " C a lves. 1 ./ ..• • • .., 27 .'" 41 7 1 ••• r 1 • • 38 5 .-- 421 •' is as under Calves• 96 • 35 8 "' 1 33 ▪ 407 •• • I'6 • • 235 •• • ill •• • •-• ▪ 133 iSa i e d with f ore erior. boot rivalsd of i n crease, a l . Olt' su pply Iv pt rths p " /wt. tri nvn and co, o t, 3 ruled b° s ';,(lo . per Sibs, 11est The Pr'w tor Northa e l of n other Pe,' - ; 300 1 Scotian° , Dt tos a 9 11 10 nquirlp e s ii 06 4. Downs re On the h° l o- n ce in th e cl pr ices, ho ,cover, a. s. d. t; awn 4 4 3 vest 10 • 4 n D 3 1 0 10 " 3 3 8 0 3 # s 9 0 b e '3 # ;8 17 0 "- g surnor• 65t; . 10 ........... ............ is ........... . , 0 ,nci price s ci! , 00 , the Mar k 29, 2 9 1 ndab l' lol . 09, 1565 ;1. NO; 8 . g. d. • $ 62 0° 21! 2 1 6 0 n 6 3 I. ,v 3 3 103 8 3 , 03 83 6 4 03 10 4 44 4 3 42 16 4 10 $ 6 83 6 2 10 1 0 103 8 5,0 13 x , 5 3 3 10 ; gD )1 10 s l i cer , 5,058; , D; 01°4 ' "7' L. been rec ee y the 01 0 ' 1 ng t vely so i f are lire a 0 '' a. io . • s 0 n• 2 3 .3 ° 4 ti o .. 3 8 4 '' — .2 1° 4 0 re" ano o lliel Di ja r rat e ,lc,lic e i ,„ fuo ; 0 ' i .7 ; li re° ' Ad . 3 " o or s ince . d ove r„ol , to Zjill 3 off s w yofi c ' a 5a1°15,5,„ i4 d itto, a itio gootell be el' hs,Nl l 6 ,s 1 1: is CO ° I II CIP shiP for - n . 11 5 F 6 DO' C 1 4 1 5 ard et Or' Lark 110' 4 14 es 1 0 •••: VP 25 5 • 32 9 6 54 rte b oo 483 459 4tS • • 4 2 8 40 40 .••• 10 4 o - " 3; n 15 ' , 9 8' 55 51 41 2 O s 0:" t `i" Xllk il ' u 'o ° r e [ uslit ies Tll o Le o/. A Igo 3 rt from ro fro'l 00 if In 2 "° jot w 11 ° war er cwt. 1 0 ,. a pob tisi , it fair b as b, r t e e a , s y, ; l c tra,,s T o 7 ; '1.13 3d. _ 1 - r THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1852. object of unceasing study and affection of that profound philosopher and eloquent writer, offers up a solemn tribute of prayers and tears." The funeral procession left the church at II a.m. It was headed by half a battalion of National Guards ; the coffin was borne by forty National Guards, who had volunteered to perform this office. The Municipal Council and the staff of the Na tional Guard followed. The pall was held by the 'Mayor, the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards, the President of the Chamber of Deputi es , and M. Gorresio of the Academy of Sciences. Depu tations of the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, the University, the Acad em y o f S c i ences , th e working classes, the Italian refugees, and National Guard, brought up the rear. The insignia of the priestly office and of the degree of doctor were laid on the coffin. The streets and windows were crowded with spectators, quantities of flowers were showered all along upon the coffin, and costly bouquets were presented by the students and other bodies. Eighty ecclesiastics awaited the body at the churchyard, where, after due service performed in the chapel, it was entombed in the vault destined to it. Up wards of 20,000 persons were present in the church yard, b - at not the slightest disorder occurred. on Wednesday next. The crew will have ample oppor tunities for again entering in other war-steamers, as four of the largest steam-frigates in the Royal Navy have been commissioned at the eastern ports during the present week The Firebrand paddle-wheel steam-frigate, of 410 horse power, Captain Edward Codd, arrived at Wool wich to-day, from the Mediterranean station, and is ex pected to be paid off at this port on Saturday next. She went down the river again to try her engines, that the chief engineer at the factory here might be able to report on their present condition. The St. Vincent convict-ship, Surgeon-superintendent Thomas Somerville, and Mr. John Young master, has arrived at moorings opposite the Royal Arsenal to em bark convicts. The Isabel discovery-ship, Commander Inglefield, came up the river to Woolwich Dockyard yesterday ; and Com mander Inglefield accompanied the crew to-day to the Sailors' Home in London, and paid them off there—a most admirable plan, as several of the men were anxious to obtain leave, and might have been induced to spend all their earnings before going home. ROYAL MARlNES.—Lieutenant-Colonels Samuel Garm ston and Richard Lyde Hornbrook, of the Portsmouth Division, have been placed on the retired full pay list, under an order in Council, dated November the 10th, 1852, which gives promotion to the following officers : Brevet Major Hugh Evans, of the Portsmouth Division, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Brevet Major Samuel Robert Wesley (Assistant Adjutant-General), to be Lieutenant- Colonel ; First Lieutenant James Ainslie Stewart, Ad jutant of the Woolwich Division, to be Captain; First Lieutenant James Pickard, Quartermaster of the Ports mouth Division, to be Captain ; Second Lieutenant Thomas George Shelton Meheux, of the Woolwich Di vision, to be First Lieutenant ; Second Lieutenant William Tauzia Savary, of the Plymouth Division, to be First Lieutenant ; First Lieutenant John William Collman Williams, of the Artillery corps, who was wounded at Lagos, to be Quartermaster at Portsmouth, vice Pickard, promoted. DEATH OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES. The telegraphic overland dispatch from India gives us the sad intelligence of the death of Rear-Admiral of the Red Charles John Austen, C. 8., the Commander-in- Chief of the East India station, which took place on the Bth of October in the expedition to Prome. The gallant and distinguished officer was born in 1779, and was the younger brother of Admiral Sir F. Austen, K.C.B. He entered the service in 1791. He was in the Unicorn, 38, cet tho otpture of the Dutch brig Comet, 18, and the French frigate La Tribune, 44. He was in several affairs with gun-boats and privateers, and dis tinguished himself in boarding after her capture, the Scipio, 18 guns, in a boat with four men during a vio lent gale, and retained possession of her until the fol lowinc, day. He was promoted to a commander from first lieutenant of the Endymion for his conduct at the capture of three men of .war and two privateers. He was posted after five years' hard work. As a captain he acquired great experience during the war, in command of the Swiftsure, 72 ; Cleopatra, 32 ; Namur, 74 ; Phoenix, 36, when he had charge of a squadron in pursuit of Neapolitans and French, and obtained the unqualified approbation of Lord Exmouth. He was wrecked in the Phoenix, but he was fully acquitted of all blame. He subsequently commanded the Aurora, 46, as second in command in the West Indies ; in the Winchester, 52, and as flag captain in the Bellerophon, 78, at St. Jean d'Acre. He was promoted to his flag rank in 1846, and was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies in January, 1850. By the death of Rear Admiral Austen the following promotions and removals take place : Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., M.P. (1822), becomes rear admiral of the blue ; Sir Edward Lyons, K.C.H., G.C.8., moving to the white squadron; and Peter John Douglas to the red squadron. Sir George R. Brooke Pechell, Bart. (26th December, 1822), is now the senior captain on the list. Captains George Berkeley Maxwell (1830) succeeds to the senior half-pa 3 list, and Lewis T. Jones (captain of the Sampson) to the second senior list. The promotion of Sir Thomas Herbert gives another good service pension to the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland ; and Sir Thomas having become a rear admiral, a new patent will be necessary, and the Board of Admiralty will now include three flag officers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLV. The Crewe Steeplechases, established a few years back, have already gained strength, and may be consi dered a regular steeple chase fixture. To-morrow the usual Edleston and Hatherton Stakes, and Crewe Grant Annual Steeple Chase, will be decided. The Edlestca Stakes, a free handicap steeple chase of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, winners extra, the winner to be sold :ey auction, &c. (three miles), has obtained eleven acco - several of which have already been supported vith great spirit. The Flying Buck seems to be the cente of attraction, and Yorkshireman and Frank his nearesz, at tendants in the betting. Gulnare, the top weight at lOst 121 b., can have no chance with Frank at 81b. bss. Crabbs, at lOst. is undoubtedly well in ; but this being his first public appearance in the character of a steeple chaser, it is very possible that he may be not quite up to the work. Lamplugh's Yorkshireman disposed of Quickstep and Falcon, who are each weighted a; 9st. 101 b. The Grey Gelding, by Greatheart, "altiough handicapped very lightly, is not the horse I should select for a winner. I entertain no better opinion of Jenny Jones or Galileo ; in fact I think that the whole of the light weight division will lave to give place to Mr. Smith's Harmony, who figires at the feather of Bst. 61b. The Flying Bick I know comparatively little about, but his ,proprie tor and immediate friends assert that he is almost ceriaila to carry off the stake. It is my opinion that FRANI is about the best of the lot, and, if meant, is quite capihle of winning. The second place I shall give to Fl3ing Buck or Harmony, and think the last-named well worth backing for a win, at his outside price for the off chance, as he is in capital trim at the present time, and vith such a light weight as he will have to carry, he mustbe, barring accidents, about the mark. Why the handicap per should put him at the base of the scale of weigli I know not, as he is a very fair second-class hunter. The Crewe Grand Annual Steeplechase, a free handi cap of 10 sovs. each, with 60 added, winners extra, tlree miles. This steeplechase has obtained an accept ance of sixteen, of whom eight or more, at the lost, will go to the post. When this stake was first in troduced into the betting last week, Magpie's ion, Clatterbox, was instantly made the favourite, a posi tion, however, which he failed to maintain. The animals principally inquired after this morning are the Emperor, Janus, and Abd-el-Kader. The top weight, Mr. Lyrrell's Peter, last carried this stake off with 10st. 121 b. up • the task he has now got to do, if he can, is to carry 71b. more, and win—of his doing of this, however, I hold considerable doubts. Osborne Abd-el-Kacier, at 10st. 81b., ought to win easily, and I entertain 'but, little doubt that he will. Peter Simple, at 41b. less than the preceding, I think has his chance disposed of by the Algerian prisoner. Johnnie Barrie has many friends, especially at Manchester, but I am not among the number. Young Lottery, if he runs, will not impro bably get a very forward position ; but I consider in him we shall not see the winner. Little Charley and the Screw are of course for this race ; and I cannot say that I have any peachaat for Janus. Clatterbox, also, is unattractive to me. The same remark will apply to the Unknown, the Emperor, Benedict, and Expert. Royal Blue and Widow Machree I expect will run un commonly well, and, with Janus and Young Lottery, will finish close behind the winner, wh o , I op i ne, w i ll be ABD-EL-KADER. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. CREWE STEEPLECHASES ACCEPTANCES. Subjoined are the acceptances for these steeplechases, which take place to-morrow, the 30th inst.:— The Eddleston Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added ; the winner to be sold by auction for 80 soya.; if en tered at the time of accepting for 60 sovs., allowed 5 lb.; 30, 101 b.; about three miles. st lb 10 12 Flying 8uck..... 10 4 gby Greatheart... 9 6 st lb . 9 8 Gulnare . Frank Crabbs 10 0 Jenny Jones 9 0 Yorkshireman 9 10 Galileo 8 12 Quickstep 9 10 Harmony 8 6 Falc i on 9 10 The Annual Steeplechases of 10 sovs. each, with 60 added ; a winner of any steeplechase after the declara tion of the weights, 91b extra ; about three miles. st lb( st lb Peter ll 51Clatterbox 9 4 Abd-el-Kader lO &Royal Blue 9 4 Peter Simple lO 4;Widow Machree 9 2 Johnny Barrie lO 2,The Unknown 9 2 Young Lottery lO 0 The Emperor 8 12 Little Charley 9 10 Petticoat 8 10 The Screw 9 8 Benedict 8 10 Janus 9 8 Expert 8 8 The Hatherton Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added; the second to save his stake; list each ; horses never having started in any steeplechase allowed 71b. ; a winner of a steeplechase at any time 51b ; two or more, 71b extra ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs.; if entered to be sold for 40 sovs., allowed 71b ; 30, 141 b ; 20, 211 b. ; a distance will be placed in this race ; to close and name to Mr. B. Cotton, at the Oak Farm Inn, be tween eight and nine in the evening before the chase. Heats, about a mile and a half. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASES. The following are the entries for the principal events on the 7th of December. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the lit December, with 100 hicrimat._waia_hi —a... list it will be raised to that, and the others in pro portion. Yrs st lb Sir Peter Laurie... a 11 4, 1 , Yrs st lb Heroine a 9 12 Clatterbox Thurgarton a paid Trout Simple Peter Vengeance Trooper The Screw Ringleader a 9 2 Expert a 8 12 Peter Victress a 10 7 Half-and-Half a 10 7 Abd-el-Kader a 10 6 Vainhop e Carrig The General a 10 4 Maurice Daley a paid Peter Simple Bourton A Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sous each, with 40 added ; the weights to be declared by the 26th of No vember. Yrs st lb Yrs st lb Peter all 4 Mrs. B r i ggs 0 9 7 Half-and-Ha1f...... a 11 0 Slang, by Slane 0 9 7 Caurire a 10 12 Gaylad 6 9 7 Warwick 5 10 9 F. by Don John... 4 9 6 Little Queen alo 8 Trout a 9 6 Oldham 4 10 8 Tom Gurney 4 9 5 Cogia a 10 7 Perjury 5 9 5 Doubt 1. 10 6 The N un 0 9 4 Tomboy 5 10 5 Gulnare 5 9 4 Bourton Fazeley a 10 1 The Cardinal 5 9 2 Pysche 5 9 13 Labyrinth 4 9 0 Victress a 9 12 Jack of all Trades. a 9 0 Trooper ... .. . a 9 12 W re ki n 4 8 10 Queen of the Vale 6 9 10 Gerard 3 8 9 Maria Bennett..... 09 9 The Sluggard 3B 7 The Selling Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, p.p., with 20 added ; closes between five and eight p.m., on Mon day, the 6th of December,being the night before the race. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.— A inquiry under a writ de lunatico inquirendo was proceeded with on Saturday, at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, before Mr. Commissioner Winslow, relative to the mental condition of William Crowder Trotter, aged 19, a Young gentleman, lately residing with his friends in Hatton- garden and entitled on attaining his majority to funded and freehold property, of the value of upwards of 20,000/. From his earliest childhood, the subject of this inquiry had exhibited symptoms of a weak intellect, and when at the age of eleven years displayed much violence and obstinacy of temper, his conduct increasing in violence from that pe riod to 1847, during which he was in the constant habit of ill-treating his grandmother, particularly kicking her legs, which were continually i n a state of discoloration from the bruises thereby occasioned, This he said he could not help ; but he did not wish to do so, as he was very fond of her. At subsequent periods he had offered to fight young females. In 1849, he had with great vio lence turned his grandmother into the street, and she was afraid to re-enter. This was at eleven o'clock at night. In February, 1850, he again attacked his grand mother, knocking out no less than six of her teeth ; shortly after which it was deemed necessary to place him under restraint with Mr. Strange. He imagined that everybody was the devil, and were Poisoning his food. He expressed his fear that he had killed his grandmother, and said the devil had told h im to do it. His insanity was occasioned by abscesses w hich form e d on the dura mater between the skull-cap and the brain. The jury returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from the Ist of January 1847. THE GALES IN THE CHANNEL. P ORTSMOUTH, SUN DAY.—The heavy weather in the channel is causing daily arrivals at this port of vessels which have met with various degrees of damage- Yesterday, the Dutch schooner Seabloem, Captain Zuglen, from Liverpool to Amsterdam, was towed into harbour with loss of fore and maintopmasts, sa il s , bulwarks, &c. , and one man, named Dirk Lall, killed in clearing th e wreck. The same day the Prussian ship Selma, Captain Cuske, from Gloucester to Dantzig, put in with loss of sails, bul warks, &c., having been thrown on her beam-ends off the Start on the 26th. The Amity, was SYMes from Hart lepool, has got on shore at the Wool night steners, and sunk ; whilst the gale on Thu rs day so strong as to force a heavy collier to the east of Ryde over the pier, carrying away some 50 feet of it. The gale has con tinued throughout this day (Sunday), accompanied with tremendous showers of rain. THE LATE EARTHQUAKE. —The Evening Mail has published the following extract of a private letter from Virginia (U.S.) of Nov. 6, from which it appears that an earthquake was felt in that place nearly about the same time that the recent shock took place in England and Ireland. The writer of the letter says :—" Just as I closed this letter, the house was so shaken by an earth quake that we have all gone out of doors. It is our first experience of such a phenomenon, and it is an awful feeling —the ground rolling under our feet." ACTION FOR DEFAMATION AGAINST MRS. IL B. STOWE. —Dr. Jeel Parker, of New York, has commenced an action against the authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," for defamati on , damages laid at 20 , 00 0 dols. It is stated that D r . Jeel Parker, on hearing the mention Mrs. Stowe had made of his name as the author of an atrocious sentiment, wrote to her, offering proof that she had been misinformed, and that he was not the author of that sentiment. Mrs. Stowe made no reply until a third letter elicited from her the assertion that she had documentary evidence of the truth of her statement. Hereupon Dr. Parker commenced his action. 20 20 123 st. 16+ 20 5 2 10 25 10 1.0.1 10 100 100 100 50 50 100 100 20 50 50 50 50 25 25 25 St. 50 50 16 St. 20 St. St. St. St. TILE SHARE MARKETS. 100 8:3 184 100 100 all all 45 all Do., B. & C. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. Junc Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and' Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds... Lancash. &Yorkshin Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern— Liv. Crsby. & So /7 London & Blackwaß Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright. & S. Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths Do.. £lO Shs., M B. .C. London & S.Western Do., £so ••••• ••• •••, Do., Lndndrry.&Colerainel Lndndrry. & Ennisk. lianch.Shef. ' Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Do. Binning. & Derby Midla id G. West.(lr. ) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle ; Newmarket Newpt•Aberg•&Htfd ; Newry & Enniskillsn N0rf01k.......... ...... Do., New • Northn. Counties Un. North British ........ 41 43 North Devon, N 0.1.• t 6# 6 d Do., No. 2. ••• •• • •••; Do., A Deferred.. Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S.Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) IDo. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union ... Do., A.B.C.&D.fuli paid up at p. c..... South Dev0n......... South Eastern....... South Wales S. Yorksh. River Du Stockton & Hartlel. .•. Thames Haven D, and Railw-y Vale of Neath , 124 13 Waterfd. & Kilkenny , 9 91 Waterford&Limerick 25. 26 West Cornwall 9i 10 West London ..• Woodford YorkNewctl. &Berw. 764 —77 i Do. Exi,ensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase 2i 2d York &N. Midland 1 62b 634 all 111 100 111 all all all 3 100 100 'lOO LAILWAYS. 100 -- 100 47i all 100 Closing Prices Saturday. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk. £5O & £25 Cons , 1 21 22 Do., £2O. Bristol & Exeter.-- jlOB 110 Caledonian Chester & Holyhea 24A —25 i Cork and Bandon.. 174 18 Dublin&BelfastJun 3 2 d Dundee Perth &Abel deen Junction ..... Do. New East Anglian (X 25 I &E.& L. & D.) 5 Do., (XlB E. & H.) 4 4A Eastern Counties — Eastern Union, Clasf. A. late E. U. Sh Do., do 31 - 32 61- 101 -- 10 6i 61 d 8 - 9 9 . 4 - 10 6 - 7 79 • 80 100' all 3t ICo 57 -• 59 77 - 79 30 - 32 59 - 60 85 - 87 49 - 51 122 - 124 103 -- 104 1 96i -- 97 6; -- 7 86 -- 88 11 -- 12 p 88 -- 881 2A i - 2 17i -- 18 . . . 1 107 2 -- 1081 ,126 A --127 4 -- 44 p lt -- 21 p i 95 -- 96 3 -- 2 d -- 2 d 13 -13 i 20 -- 216 32 -- 33 3i -- $ di 79t 79if • 46 -- 48 50 -- 52 31 ---2 i 3 -- 3i 49 -- 51 6i -- 2i d — I 4- 3 d 9 31 53 541 92 96 66 68 67 69 17? 2 all 8; 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 15 100 20 10 100 74 76 11 d 20 21 10 10 15 16 3i d 24 - 25 81 - 82 40 b . - 41} 14 - 15 41 - 5 Bus'mess done this Day., 33 24 3i 25k 68 4 7 i 81 61 13i A 80i 1 all 1 , 83 100 IC3 105 97 i 891 i 9 i Insi i 9G 7 80i A 1 48 10 all 14 all all all 25 20 JOINT-STOP 501 49 p 23 BANKS It astralasia 13i 9g British N. American Colonial ................ 1 54 i i 5 100 241 5 82 2 41 2i 9 i i Commercial of L0n d0n.................... English Scottish and' Australian ............ 773 7 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng . Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg. I & Gold Importing Company ............. Union of Australia.. Do. New 631 4 3i 4i pm Pm 15i 43i —. .... ............ Union of London.. Union of Madrid.. 25 :100 50 95 123 12 20 20 11? 100 - 100 18i RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburgh states that on the 3d there were 57 new cases of cholera and 27 deaths. The number of cases under treatment had been re duced to 267• The New Prussian Gazette, under date of War saw, 17th, says :—" While the Customs' question is still awaiting solution in Germany, Russia is de veloping her prohibitive system on an immense scale. We will give an instance of it. Some gold smiths of Kelisch and Warsaw had imported from Germany not only the raw materials, but jewellery ready made ; and, notwithstanding the heavy duties which they had to pay, their speculation was a profitable one. From the Ist of January next, the goldsmiths will be compelled to send to a spe cial commission, established at Warsaw, all their metals, which will be melted down and stamped ; and henceforward they will not be allowed to use any metals that do not bear this stamp, so that all foreign objects of luxury will disappear from com merce. Any one offending against this order will be punished with a fine, and the articles will be confiscated." lONIAN ISLANDS. The Corfu Gazette of the 6th contains a notifica tion from the director of police of Cephalonia, an nouncing that the Lord High Commissioner, having seen with pleasure from the official reports he has received, that tranquillity has been restored in the island of Cephalonie, and that its inhabitants ap pear to be sensible of the necessity of respecting the laws ; and having, moreover, received favour able accounts of the prisoners condemned by Court martial to various punishments, for their partici pation in the insurrection of 1849, has granted a full pardon to 17 of those prisoners, who have been immediately set at liberty. Of these seven had been condemned to imprisonment for life, one to the same punishment for 20, one for 14, seven for 10, and one for seven years. As to the four pri soners still remaining, one, being deranged, is to be sent to the lunatic asylum at Corfu ; the other three have been pardoned on condition of their leaving the lonian States within a fortnight. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 28. Her Majesty and the Court will arrive at this port to morrow afternoon, en route to the Isle of Wight. A night telegraphic communication with the Admiralty is ordered to be established in the Port Admiral's office here. Lieutenant Clavering, of the Excellent, is appointed supernumerary to the Victory, for the special object of raising 100 volunteer seamen (60 A.B. and 40 ordinary) for Admiralty service. A committee of Royal Artillery officers, consisting of Colonel Cator, Colonel Colquhoun, and others, arrived at this port on Wednesday, to try experiments on shells —principally of French invention—on board the Excel- The Earl of Northesk having visited the Portsmouth Sailors' Home lately, and finding that in addition to the sum necessary for providing the requisite increased ac commodation, 1,0001. are wanting to complete the pur chase of the original premises, kindly offered 1001. for that object, if nine other persons would give the same amount. The following sums have been offered, subject to the terms of the proposer :—The Earl of Northesk, 100/. ; the Earl St. Vincent, 1001. ; London Central Committee for Sailors' Homes, 1001. ; " the Mother of a Sailor," through Rear-Admiral Sir W. E. Parry, 1001. As the necessary alterations are delayed until this pur chase is effected, it is to be hoped the six more names needful to accomplish the desired object will not be want ing to complete the requisite sum. By letters from the Indian squadron we learn with of Ilia . Mui 6..11 2 the assistant surgeon of the Fox, 24, from cholera, on board. The Sidon, paddle-frigate 21, 1,26 tons, 560-horse power, was ordered to be commiesioned. at this pdit yesterday, by Captain Goldsmith, late of the Wellesley, 72. She is to have a complement of 300 officers and men. The Furious paddle-frigate, 16, 400-horse power, was also commissioned yesterday at this port by Captain Loring. _ _ The weather on this part of the coast is awfully bad— nothing but a succession ofgales, squalls, and high seas, destructive alike to trade ashore, shipping afloat, and comfort everywhere, especially in the low 'longshore dwellings of the poor. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28. The Avon steamer, Master Commander Veitch, ar rived last evening from Portsmouth. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Spiteful, 6, Commander George Parker, arrived yesterday. The steam-frigate, Vulture, 6, was commissioned yesterday by Commander Glasse. The steam-frigate Magicienne, 16, will be commis sioned to-morrow by Commander Fisher. The crew of La Hogue steam block-ship, Captain Ramsay, will be paid down on Thursday. The steam gun-vessel Sharpshooter, 8, Lieutenant- Commander J. E. Parish, sailed for Rio Janeiro on Wednesday. The officers of the ships in ordinary in Hamoaze were mustered on board the St. George on Friday. The .General Screw Steam Navigation Company's new mail packet Mauritius, Captain Elder, having been de tained in the Downs, did not arrive here until the 26th. The late severe gales have caused considerable damage to merchant shipping in the entrance to the Channel. SHEERNESS, Nov. 28. Her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, 10, Master Brad shaw, master commanding, arrived at the Nore yester day, at 1 p.m., 15 days from Gibraltar. She is to pro ceed forthwith to Woolwich. Her Majesty's steam-vessel African, second master Gill, got up her steam yesterday at 2.30 p.m., and pro ceeded to the Nore, to communicate with the Resistance, and to tow her to Woolwich. Her Majesty's cutter Thames, tender to Waterloo, flag-ship, left port yesterday at 9 a.m., returning in the afternoon with Mr. Henry Morgan, chief clerk in the pay-office of the dockyard, in charge of money to pay the artificers their wages. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steamer Wildfire, tender to Waterloo, Mr. Brockman, second master commanding, was dispatched to Chatham on the 23d inst., with Cap tain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, of the Waterloo, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the Agamemnon, and other officers, ordered to attend a survey on invalids at Melville Hospital. Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Aga memnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, has slung her lower yards and sent them aloft. She will be com .plete in her rig in about a fortnight. Her complement of marines has been increased by one subaltern and 24 privates of the Chatham division. Her Majesty's ship London, 90, advanced ship, Cap tain G. R. Mundy, is 30 hands short of her complement of 445. Her Commander, Mr. George Hancock (1850), is about to be superseded at his own request, and will be succeeded by Commander Octavius Cumberland (1852). Captain Mundy has been granted further leave of ab sence until the end of December for the benefit of his health. Her Majesty's brigantine Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant Comanding William Wood (b.), arrived yesterday after noon, and brought to at the anchorage between the Swin and Nore. On coming into harbour she will be placed in the fitting basin to be dismantled and paid off. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops, Lieutenant Seccombe, commanding pro tem., arrived at Greenock on the 20th inst., four and a quarter days from Portsmouth. The officers, seamen, and marines of the Waterloo, Porcupine, Agamemnon, and Horatio, were mustered on Friday forenoon by Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty, and Flag Captain to,Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. We hear that a retirement of several officers in each division of the Royal Marines will shortly take place. First-Lieutenant B. B. Herrick, of the Chatham division, has obtained two months leave of absence. First-Lieu tenant R. V. Allen, of the same division has been appointed adjutant of the Woolwich division. The sloop Elizabeth, of Wisbeach, from Glasgow, for London, with a cargo of iron castings valued at 2,000/., struck on the wreck of the Apollo, at the Nore Sand, on the morning of the 23d instant, and immediately sunk. WOOLWICH, NOV. 27. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders.—Thomas Miller (1847), to. the Penelope steam-frigate, flag-ship on the west coast of Africa station ; Octavius Cumberland (1352) to the London, 90, at Sheer ness. vice Hancock, superseded at his own request. Lieutenants.—William Mould (1842), to the Impreg nable, flag-ship at Devonport ; William G. Jones (1848), to the Leander, 50, at Portsmouth. Midshipman.—William H. Cuming, to the Hogue screw steam guardship, at Devonport. Clerk.—Henry Pengelly (1851), from the Leander to the Impregnable. Naval Cadet.—Charles Eden, first nomination. Boatswain.—James Thompson, to the Britannia, 120, flagship on the Mediterranean station. The Rosamond steam-sloop, CoMmander Crauford, was taken into the basin yesterday, and is to he paid off THE MEDITERRANEAN. Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Parlcor, arrived at Devonport on Saturday afternoon, from the Medi terranean, 18 days from Corfu, 5 days from Gibraltar. She brings home Mr. James King, assistant-engineer, dismissed from his ship by court-martial, nine distressed British subjects, and a number of invalids. The fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Deans Dundas, left Malta on the 9th inst., for Gibraltar, where the Bellorophon, 78, Captain Lord George Paulet, Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, and Sampson, 6, steam frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, were to remain. The Phaeton, Captain George Elliot, Vengeance, Captain Lord Edward Russell, and Fury, steam-sloop, Com mander Tatham, were to proceed to Lisbon, the rest of the fleet returning to Malta. Niger, 12, screw steam-sloop, Commander Heath, and Antelope, iron steamer, Lieut.-Commander C. H. Young, were at Gibraltar ; and the Modeste, 18, Com mander John W. Compton, at Corfu. Wasp, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Lord John Hay, had sailed from Gibraltar for Corfu, calling at Malta. The arrival of the Spiteful was telegraphed to the Ad miralty, and it is understood she will be paid.off at De - -pnrt—and_recommissinupsi THE FLOOD AND THE CROPS.—Au average portion of the late heavy rains has fallen in the fenny parts of South Holland ; but, in addition to this, an immense volume of high country water has passed through the district. Upon the whole, however, it is found that less inconvenience and damage have been sustained than in the highlands. A considerable breadth of wheat was sown early this season (early sowing is now in favor) : this is well up, and has a healthy appearance : the later sown wheats are damaged, the germinating powers of the seed having been weakened by the cold and wet. To use the farmer's expression, the grain is burst. Not withstanding the unfavorable weather the wheat seeding has continued : the late sown, should frost set in, will be damaged. On Friday, in the Lord Mayor's Court, Mr. Nairn, a sailcloth maker, of 34, Bread-street, City, claimed compensation in respect of his premises, which were re quired for carrying out the improvements westward of King-William-street to St. Paul's Churchyard. The Attorney-General and Mr. Locke appeared for the claimant, and the Solicitor-General, the Common-Ser geant, and Mr. Randall for the City Improvement Com mittee. Mr. Nairn claimed 3001. as compensation for loss of trade, 1521. for repairs and alterations, 801 . for fixtures, 100 for expenses of removal, and 2501. for un expired term of lease, making a total of 8821. After evidence had been given as to the items in respect of which compensation was claimed, the Recorder summed up, and the jury returned a verdict for 4001. FATAL COLLISION ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —A very serious collision, terminating fatally to an en gine -driver, happened o n Friday evening on the newly opened line to Birmingham of the Great Western Rail way, and, considering the character of the mishap, it is most surprising that it did not involve a greater loss of life. The escape of the passengers in the trains which came in contact is most marvellous. The ordinary train which leaves Birmingham at 5 o'clock in the afternoon for London came up to Heyford station between 8 and 9 o'clock, and, as we are informed, some 15 minutes behind its time arising, it was said, from the many slips which have takenl place along the road during the late heavy rains. The setting down and taking up of passengers having been arranged, the engine driver was desired to back the train over to a goods shed in order to take up a loaded truck. The building being on the opposite side, it became necessary to cross the train over the down line, a practice which requires the greatest precaution, and which ought never to be adopted when the line is not known to be perfectly free and nothing is expected along it. The train was being backed across the metals, when just as about one half of it had passed over the down line into the siding leading to the shed, the whistle of the engine of the express, which left Paddington terminus at 5, and was dueat the station—where, however, it had not to stop— was heard. The underguard instantly called out to the driver of the Birmingham train which was being shunted, " Good God ! bear a hand and be quick, here's the ex press coming !" The driver did all he could to expedite the backing and to get clear of the main rails, but in consequence of their greasy state, resulting from the wet weather, the driving wheels would not bite so effec tually as could be desired. However, in another moment or so the engine would have been clear of the line, when the express came up, and the two locomotives came in contact with fearful violence. The shock is described to have been very severe, as may be judged by the rate express trains on this railway generally travel. The company represent that the passengers escaped unhurt, but accounts from Birmingham intimate that two, at least, were much injured. Unhappily, the driver of the express engine lost his life. His name was George Thompson. ARRIVAL FROM THE CAPE.—Her Majesty's steam vessel Rhadamanthus, Master-Commander Belom, ar rived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday evening, at eight o'clock. She left the Cape Oct. 5, and called at St. Helena, Sierra Leone, and Teneriffe on her way home. As she left five days before the Propontis, there is no news by her. She brought Lieut. Brown, R.A., Lieut. Elkington, of the 40th Regiment, and another army offi cer, as passengers, as also Lieut. Carrington, R.N., of the Hydra, and Mr. Switser, second master, R.N., late of the Gladiator. Mr. Switser was left in the hospital at the sailing of the Gladiator, and on Thursday last, being on duty as officer of the watch, he was knocked from the bridge by a blow from the sail, and fell on a ring bolt and broke his thigh. The Rhadamanthus spoke to the Sharpshooter on Friday, at noon ; the weather at the time was very severe. There was no coal at St. Helena when the Rhadamanthus called there, and so she was obliged to go on to Sierra Leone for coal. DURHAM CITY ELECTION.—Mr. Fenwick, the Li beral and Free-trade candidate, and Lord Adolphus Vane, the Ministerialist, are both engaged re-canvassing the freemen and electors of this city for the vacant seat occasioned by the recent death of Mr. P. C. Granger, Q. C. GOLD DIGGINGS.—Six seamen recently arrived at the Sailors'Home, Wells-street, bringing with them loose gold dust amounting in value to 2,500/., the produce of their labour at the Australian gold diggings, The pro cess of melting and assaying was prepared for them through the instrumentality of the officers of that in stitution, and the full value procured from the Bank of England. The men are now returning to their homes, and these large sums will be sent to meet them without any risk or deduction, PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c.• Bristol & Exeter 4 p. cent. Stock n, n„._.o. Ch, es_ Caledonian XlO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork&Bandon 5L p.c., Dundee Pert' &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cont Do. 17s) 7 p. ct E. ate, a Counties Ex teus,on, 5 p. c. No.l l Do., No. 2....... Do., New 6 p. c. St Easton). Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent )0., i.llO Deben. Sh. EastLancash. 6 p.cts. East &West Yorkshire Junction, Fifths Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem • ••• Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths si --- Gt. Westn. (Berke Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent.. ••••• •• • 109 Aft. I encash. & Yorksh. F. £2O. par Do., 6p. c., Stock 152 Lceds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 .. Do., No. 2...... Do., No. 3...... Do. , Quarters, 1848. ... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c , Do. Pref., sp. c. St ... Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c 1 Lon. & N. West. Cov. & I Nun., 5 p• c• Stock. '— London & S. Western, Con. Thirds 3 ; Londonderry& Co' er Shares . Londndry. & Ennisl Shares. 13A Manch.,Shef., & Lin Shares, No. 1 — Do. New, £lO ll Marypt.&Carl. 4r. c. 4 d Do. e 4 1 per cent...... par 1107 -..- 109 17 -• 17,1 :i - i ,127 - 129 1112 - 114 :: i ... Do Go c. St. ... Consol. e Birm. 6 par cent.... :141 Do. PreZ. 4:1 per cent. Norfolk Extension... 22 2 Do. Guar. 5i per et.. 5i Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 1 North British ..... 103 North Staffordshire Oxford Worcest3r Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent S. Yorksh.4p . e. Guar Stock. & Harti Guar sp. o. till 1 Jn1y,1856 Water "d. &K ilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do 24i - 1 pl 110 i P 155 4 p 13 10A 113 P 150 A g3A P 6 105 25A 2a -- 21 p 111 -11 i 17i -- 18 1 P 17 -- 18 }d —f p 25i -- 264 Yerkk. N. Midland H. & S. Purch io ------ d par 102 ^' I ° 4 6i ss, -- r ad -- xd !103 105 19 d P 6 3A 4 li - 1 2 p lii - 11 p 15 - 154 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compass, Closing Prioes I Business Saturday. done. RAILWAYS. B2dford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudleygnar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon.&Greenw Do.Prefereuce Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Hanch.Bxton and Matlock Nliddlesbro' & Redcar Alidld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Sliepth. St. chef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh Wear Valley gr 6 per cent „ Do Wilts &Somrst 30 - 31 29i -30. i 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 53 -- 149 - 151 33 -33 A 113 - 115 56i -57 i 27 - 28 14 - 10 . 25i - 2O 19 -19 i 3 - 3h 1 1073 - 1033 64 - 66 , .. --. ... • .. ...-.. ... .50 - 152 .49 - 151 - 32. - r.,34 1 (.05i -106 i 'Loudon & N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. &N.W. Caledon.. Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. 1 Caledon , Do Yk. New & Berw Y.&N.Ild Do Do S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. & Midid. Stcktou dz Darliugt. E. Count. Do L. & N . W. dr.Lndz Yk Do Gt. Nor thn Do Lancash. & Yorksh NIrM C 1 e,an Stockt. & Darling Do Gt. Westn FOREIGN. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Business done Saturday. this Day. 5 3 BelgianEasut. Junct. 1 2 20 all Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon . . .. . 20 all Charleroi&Erquelin 14 15 17 all Demerara . 20 6 'Dijon and Besanon 4l -- 4/p 101 20 8 Dutch Rhenish li 1 d 20 all East Indian B l. —9l p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2A 2 p 20 4 Gd. Junct. of France 34 —3l p 201 104 Gt. Western of Canada Shares par 1 p Do.Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 . . Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 20 14 Luxembourg 7l 71 10 10 Do. (Railway) 5 54 5 11 Do. 5 2 Do. (Canal) 1 20 5 Lyons and Avignon ll —l3 p 20 4k iladras - 3 p 338 29 Maria Antonia — 10 10 Do. Ne w — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) Bl 91 9f 20 all Do. (e x i n t eres t) 6. 71 16 all Northe rn o f F rance 35 —35 i 1 20 all Do. 201. 3p. e. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) 15k 152 10 all NorwegianTrunkPrcf 20 11 Orleans & Bordeaux — 20 10 Paris and Lyons 174 17ip 27 40 28 Do. Bonds. — 20 all Paris and Orleans 66 68 20 all . "aria and Rouen 3B 40 40 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 34 341 34 20 4 ParisCaon &Cherbm. 5 p 104 2i Quebec &Richmond l—l r p 20 all Rouen and Havre 2ok 211 20 all Sambre and Meuse lli, 12 20 4 St. And. &Quebec(A) 201 20 17 Tours and Nantes — 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 8i all West Flanders . . 10 4 Do. 51 per c. Pref . . 20 9 Western of France 9 101 MINES. • 1 all Agua Fria — §P r 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 3l 4 p 20 5 Australian 1 1 all Australian Cordillera par 4p 1 all Australian Freehold. d par 1 all Ave Maria d d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 1 h d par 1 all British Austrin. Gold d par 20 13.5 British Iron 7 8 35 24 4 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm 4 --5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 -- 301 1 all Carsons's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 43 45 5 1 Colonial Gold — 1 p3l ... 14 Copiapo 7 —7l 5 all English and Austin. 20 all Copper Smeltg. Co. d par 1 all Golden Mountain.. 1 d 3 all Great Polgooth 1 —ls p 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 # d 1 all Liberty — 21 1 all Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — d 1 all Mariquita P 10 9 Itexican&S.Amerien 4 5 1 all New Granada — 1 p 1 1 all Nouveau Monde l— 1 p 2 1 all Port Philip 1 1 p 1 a ll Quartz Rock id par 50 all Rhymme Iron l9 21 90 10# Santiago de Cuba l3l 141 1 all South Australian par P 10 7 Tin Croft ...... . 281 all United Mexic an — 8 1 all West Mariposa...,,,, A p 1 all Yuba MISCELLANEOUS. 110 4 Australian Ryl. Mail 321 Canada — St. all Copper Miners of Eng ... 25 all Do. Preference -- 5 5 Crystal Palace 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navkat 100 50 General Screw Steam Shipping Company ... 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ..• 10 2 Netherlands Land ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 20 Do — ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(7HIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 29.—Wind at Noon, S.W., foggy. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Alby, Petiowski, Bahia ; Robin Grey, Maceio ; Pel tona, Maranham ; Celina, Turner, Old Calabar and Fer nando Po ; Elizabeth Bruce, Brown, Mobile ; Susque hannah, Hungerford, Charleston • Susannah and Mary Pleasants, Philadelphia ; Isaac ! Webb, timber, New York : Parliament, Boston ; Niagara, Montreal ; Jane, Hunter, Quebec • Henrietta, Welch, Prince Edward's Island ; Co n t e Araldenstein, Sussanich, Alexandria ; Robert Putsford, King, Calcutta ; Rangoe, Houghton, Maceio ; Manilla, Leavitt Storer, and James Nasmith, New Orleans ; Shannon, Thomson, New York ; Alfred, Delany, St. John's, N.B. • Astonia, Walsh, Tatma gouche ; Warrior, Alexandria. Sailed—Niagara (s), Roston ; Caroline, Charleston. Put back — St. N in cent, St. Vincent. RAMSGATE, Nov. 28.—Wind, S.W., strong gale. Arrived- -Iquacite, Cuba. WEYMOUTH, Nov. 27.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Alabama Blandford 2 Quebec. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28=—Arrived—Frederick, Stunner, Monte Video ; Chorister, Richards, Rio Grande ; Nisos Speyyia (?), Taganrog. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 27.—Arrived—Calypso, Archer, Quebec. ABERDEEN, Nov. 25.—The Venus and the Armistead' both of and for this port, coal laden, were driven on the beach north of the harbour this morning, and have be come total wrecks ; master and four men of the Venus, and six men of the Armistead, drowned. A large schooner was also seen to founder off the same place this morning ; crew supposed to be lost. The Christina of Arbroath, from Montrose, was totally lost at Stone haven this morning ; crew saved. MALDEN, Nov. 27.—The Eliza (brig) of Maryport, with oats, went ashore on the Makering Sand on the morning of the 25th, and was yesterday reported not likely to be got off. BLYTH, Nov. 26.—The John Pedder, of Colchester, ran on shore at the entrance of the h ar b our this morning, but is expected to be got off without much damage;,, PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Arrived Ariel Jensen , -n114 ., 'or 29.—The Resolution, Colson from Sunderland,kvig Southampton, put in here yesterday very Y fi ka orse Sand. repeatedly struck the previous day on the DEAL, Nov. 27.—Wind, S.S. W.i strong and squally. Arrived— Glenbowie, Whlte,: South Wales ; George, Thole, No w Sydney, New Cxalc ßAice O , s M tri e c d h i , - terranean ; Kathadin , Stephenson, Madras ;Malabar ; Moakes, ElizaMCarsroeline Rowland, Callao ; Persian (s), Milburn; Constantinople, Madras. Arrived from Ri v er for Africa, Elspelt, Penn, Demerara ; Edward, Vere, Bermuda. ROYAL COLLEG Or SURGEONEL—The following Bgen tlemen were admitted members of the college, a t t h e meeting of the court of examiners, on the 26th i ns t . : Messrs. John Ross Diamond, London ; Charles Fluder, Lymingt „ -n, Rants ; Thomas Frederick Sanger, i Alfris to, Sussex ; n Philip Charles Hayman, Axminster, Devon ; Richard Savill Hanbury, Misfield, Yorkshire ; Elias Jones Roberts, Bangor, Carnarvonshire ; Edmund Shaw, Thatcham, Berkshire ; York James M00re ... , Mount-street, Grosvenor-square ; and David Johnson, Peterborough, Northamptonshire. „ - LIBERAL-.DEQUESTS.—The executors of the will of the late Mrs. Mary Halford, of Newcourt, near Exeter, have just paid the following munificent charity legacies left by her will:—The Deaf and Dumb Institution, 1,000/. ; the Blind Institution, 1,000/. ; the Exeter Dispensary, 1,000/. ; the E xe t er E ye Infirmary, 1,000/. ; and the Governesses Benevolent Institution, London, 1 1 0001.; and all free of legacy duty, BRITISH RAILWAYS. sit LITER A TUB •K 44' • Reuben Medlicott ; or, the Coming by M. W. Savage, author of "41* t)Mirt - ' 4 , the Albany." 3 vols. Chapman The author of " The Bachelor tt3tip has deservedly found favour with the rea w ar , lic. Th ere i s so muc h s h rew d ness i n hi s perce ptiona of character, and so much spirit in his delineations that his heroes and heroines are invested with an individuality not commonly met with in the novel characters of the present day. lii his new work, Mr. Savage has adventured upon a somewhat am bitious attempt. His aim is not wily to amuse, but to instruct, his reader,—to instruct by a warn ing example. His satire is directed against a not uncommon error of modern education, namely, that ambition which seeks to acquire "many things," not to accomplish "much"—multanon muttum. Reuben Medlicott, whose name is an indication of his cha racter—for, like the Reuben of ancient times, he is "unstable as wat er ," an d , li ke the poem of Tennyson, his acquirements are " a medley"—Reuben Medli cott is the " coming man," " always coming, but never come," bountifully laden with the flowers in no sin g l e i ns t ance, are de of promise, which, veloped into the fruits of performance. With abilities sufficient to raise him to a prominent place in any particular career, he aims at all things and accomplishes nothing. Among his many accom plishments, Reuben is unfortunately conspicuous for a fluency of language, hardly to be called elo quence, seeing that it consists in an abundance of words rather than thoughts ; but with his injudicious admirers it passes for oratory of the most brilliant order, and Reuben is elected as the representative of his native town of Chichester. His failure in the House of Commons, and his failures in his other multitudinous undertakings—his affectation and foppery—his abounding self-confidence and provok ing versatility, are described in that felicitous man ner in which the author of the "Bachelor of the Albany" excels. Quiet sarcasm alternates with lively satire in these pages, and wiles the reader on through what would otherwise be somewhat of a dull history, for the life of Reuben Medlicott, frill of warning though it be, is not of itself sufficiently interesting to keep our attention suspended through out three volumes. Many passages, especially in his earlier life—the tour in Wales for example— might have been omitted with little detri ment to the value of the work. In the group which immediately encircles Reuben, are many capitally drawn characters. Hi s father is a country vicar, a quiet easy man, devoted to gardening, his mother the daughter of D ean , after wards Bishop Wyndham, is a learned lady, to whom Reuben is greatly indebted for the medley acquire ments which characterise him. His biographer shrewdly remarks, that had the vicar cultivated his cabbages less and his son more, or had his mo ther's stockings been of another colour, it might have been better for Reuben. The Barsac family with whom our hero in his school days becomes ac quainted, are admirably sketched by that same pencil which portrayed the Narrowsmiths and the Spreads. The daughters of the family are surnamed by Reuben's schoolfellows, Pale Sherry, Brown Sherry, and Dry Sherry, Mr. Barsac, being a wine merchant. Pale Sherry, the object of Reuben's boyish love, becomes the bride of his grandfather, Dean Wyndham, one of the most effective characters in the book. The various school companions of Reuben, the energetic Winning, the poetic Hyacinth, the selfish De Tabley, and even the booby son of the Chichester Apothecary, Theodore Pigwideon, attain in the course of the narrative to honourable positions in their several walks of. life ; but Reuben, the pro mising and brilliant, is left behind, and in his me lancholy old age a miserable wreck, points a moral to the " coming men" of the new genera tion—"perdidi Iy/tam." For the benefit of that moral, we commend the work to our readers, and if, as we have intimated, the story is somewhat too long drawn out, ample compensation will be found in the lively and sparkling manner in which it is at times narrated. Every " book" is pre faced with an "argument," written in a comic strain, which is occasionally very happy. The Romance of the Forum. By P. Burke, of the Inner Temple. 2 vols. Colburn. This work contains a series of narratives, scenes, and ancedo tes from Courts of Justice. It is truly observed in the preface, that " these volumes de rive their contents from matter of truth more strange and startling than any flight of fiction, however daring and fantastic. No one unaccus tomed to such perusal could imagine these records to be of a character so remarkable, or of a nature so interesting. They have, indeed, a right to the title of romance, for in no pages of fiction has the novelist ever introduced the like wonders, the Alme horrors, or similar convictions. The real has here its triumph over the ideal, nature prevails be yond art, and the revelations of truth are shown to surpass the suppositions of fable and the imaginings of fancy. In many instances the scenes referred to have been passed abroad, and such information has been gleaned from various foreign works. In this respect the English have been behind other countries, it has been remarked, for few accounts of remarkable trials have been preserved, a circum stance to be regretted, both intellectually and morally—as such must be of service to the student, and of information to the general reader ; while they hold out a solemn warning to the devotees of crime that the deepest cunning will not make a crooked way look straight, or the greatest caution keep their dark deeds from coming one day to the light of justice. " Thus far shalt thou go, but no farther," has the voice of retribution declared to the sinner in many a convicted outrage. The following anecdote of a canine discoverer of crime is very interesting : " Aubri de Mondidier, a gentleman of family and for tune in Montargis, travelling alone through the forest of Bondi, near Paris, was murdered, and buried under a tree. His dog, an English bull-dog, would not quit his master's grave for several days, till at length, compelled by hunger, he proceeded to the house of an intimate friend of the unfortunate Aubri, at Paris, and by his melancholy howling seemed desirous of expressing the loss they had both sustained. He repeated his cries, ran to the door, looked back to see if any one followed him, returned to his master's friend, pulled him by the sleeve, and, with dumb eloquence, entreated him to go with him. The singularity of all these actions of the dog, added to the circumstance of his coming there without his master, whose faithful companion he had always been, prompted the company to follow the animal, who conducted them to a tree, where he renewed his howl, scratching the earth with his feet, significantly entreating them to search that particular spot. Accordingly, on digging, the body of the unhappy Aubri w was fbsus'ind Some tilne the after, the dog accidentally met the h Chevalier Macaire, when, instantly seizing him by the throat, he was with great difficulty compelled to quit his hold. The king, struck with such a collection of circumstantial evidence against Macaire, determined to refer the decision to the chance of battle; in other words, he gave orders for a combat between the Chevalier and the dog. Th e li sts were appointed in the Isle of Notre Dame, then an unen closed, uninhabited place—Macaire's weapon being a great cudgel. The dog had an empty castle allowed him for his retreat, to enable him to recover breath. Every thing being prepared, the dog no sooner found himself at liberty than he ran round his adversary, - avoiding his blows, and menacing him on every side, till his strength was exhausted—th en , spr i ng i ng forward, he grasped Jilin by the throat, threw him on the ground, and obliged him to confess his guilt in the presence of all. In con zequence, the Chevalier was convicted Oil his own acknowledgment, and beheaded." Punch's Pocket-Book for 1853. Evans. Bra dbury and Although crammed full of facetix, of course, as usual, " Punch's Pocket-Book "is among the most useful, as it is also among the most delightful, of about the State, all about Almanacks. In the old roan-cover, " tongue-tied" form, it comprises an extraordinary mass of infor ,i,axes_and it does this, moreover, illation. It explains all the Legislature, all about Commerce, all about the are the tables and statistics with the drollest wood -cuts from the drawings f e while Law all enlivening abou t o John Tenniel. These wood-cuts, by the st 'lay, con ceived in the " extravagantest " diveval school of art, know n as that of of the me- Raphaelites. They show us our dearuat of the Pr e " annual" offering hunch back (with a leer) presentin g little his to the British Lion—the g Royal Kitchen unde r the rapturous pomp of the Household"—the gifts head of the " Queen' s under that of "Ambas sadors of a bla,cka.moor envoy very squeamish under that of the aboard c the vessel of the State, armour, and the ' Legislature "—the man in and the ecstatic Lord Mayor's gingerbread coach, Corporatio n ." D r policeman, under that of the " City o est among them all, however, are the sketches (with the natty littleli illustrative of " Amusements " y debardeurs and Punch as a French postillion in the Vauxhall masquerade) and "Population " (with a cherubic brat in the arms of its male parent at midnight)—. and " Hackney Coach and Cab Fares " (with such a Gent remonstrating with such a Jehu !) Besides all these attractions, the " Pocket- Book" contains the customary supply of blank leaves for cash account, diary, and memoranda. A sort of literary and pictorial supplement compris es humorous contributions in prose and verse, embellished by John Leech—the omnium gathe rwm of stray witticisms not inserted in the London Charivari. Loss OF THE BRITISH SHIP AOLUS.—GIBRALTAR, Nov. 15.—The Brit ish ship Rolus, of upwards of 1,000 tons burden, IW3finn, master, from Cardiff, bound to Valparaiso, with a cargo of coals, was lost on the night of the 10th ult., 10 miles to the southward of Casablanca (Davel-baida), during 4 thick fog. 1