The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-11 00:00:00

Email CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lin :oln's Inn, to-day, to hear appeals. STILES V. GIIY. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the de cision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, which wore commenced yesterday, were resumed this morning. The bill was filed by one of the legatees of the late Richard Tuckey, of Chippenham, for an account of the assets re ceived by Mr. Guy, an attorney, who was the acting executor. By the will, which was dated in 1823, Mr. Guy, Richard Tuckey, of Hayden, and Richard Tuckey, the younger, were appointed executors. Guy acted, and received sums amounting in the whole to more than 10,0001. Various attempts were made by the legatees to procure a settlement up to 1829, when a bill was filed. The negotiation went on until the end of that year, when Guy became bankrupt, and a supplemental bill was then filed, charging the other executors with default in not compelling Guy to account at an earlier period for a sum of 6,000/. remaining in his hands. The cause was heard in the Exchequer, and a reference directed by the judge of that court to the Master to inquire, among other things, how far certain adult persons had consented to the retention by Guy of the moneys received on account of the testator's estate. The Master found that these parties had consented to such retention, and exceptions were taken to the report. Those exceptions were heard before the Vice-Chancellor of England, and overruled, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. Heathfield were heard yesterday for the appellant; and Mr. Bethell (with whom was Mr. Rolt and Mr. Pitman) addressed the Court this morning in support of the judgment below. The case occupied the Court the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls was occupied the whule morning with hearing petitions of no general interest. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) SCARP V. SOULBY.—JUDGMENT. The VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, declaring a settlement made by the testator in the cause upon a female with whom he had lived, although a married man, void as against creditors, and the funds, the subject of it, part of the testator's estate, liable to the payment of his debts. tOWETT V. BOND.—JUDGMENT. The VICE-CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before him a few days since upon a p3tition for leave to except to the Master's report. The Court acceded to the prayer of the petitioner. SAUNDERS P. SCOTT. The further arguments in this part-heard cause were then proceeded with, and occupied his Honour the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR heard causes t•-day, but nothing of any public interest occurred during the morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Wm,Am.) Short causes and cause petitions were heard in this court to day, but nothing of public interest took place. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CROWTHER V. CROWTHER. Mr. GRAY moved for a rule nisi, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue, directed to the Judge of the County Court of Yorkshire, to stay the proceedings in the case. The action was brought to recover a quarter's instalment of an annuity; but it was contended that as the instrument granting the annuity bore no consideration on the face of it, the action could not be sustained in a court of law. Two quarters, amounting to 52/., were in arrear, and for the first quarter's instalment an action was commenced in the Queen's Bench and carried on up to the trial, but for the reason already stated, the plaintiff withdrew his record, fearing that if he went before a jury he would be nonsuited. Since then, another quarter had become due, and the plaintiff, as an experiment, instituted pro ceedings for its recovery in the Yorkshire County Court, and as that experiment had proved successful, it was now proposed to issue a writ of prohibition to restrain the plaintiff from proceeding to judgment on the County Co❑rt decision until he had substantiated his claim in a superior court. Mr. Justice PATTESON did not think there wassuffi cient ground for granting the rule, and, therefore, he refused the application. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) PKILLIPS V. CORK. The COURT delivered judgment in this case. The de fendant was a ship-broker, and was requested to put a " stop" upon a cargo:of :goods in the London Docks in order to secure the amount which was due for freight. It appeared that a portion of the goods was allowed to be taken from the ship before payment was made, and landed in St. Katharine's Docks, and the firm to whom they belonged having failed, this action was brought against the defendant and a verdict returned for the full amount. The main question involved in the case was, whether it was the duty of the defendant as a ship broker to follow the goods to the St. Katharine's Docks and put a stop upon them. The defendant contended that the order for securing the freight was not a general one, and that his duty was confined to putting a stop upon the cargo in the London Docks. The COURT refused to grant a rule for a new trial, and therefore held the defendant liable. i CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.). THE SANITARY ACT.—A great number of summonses were taken out, under this Act, by the parish authorities, against owners of houses in Islington, Clerkenwell, and other crowded neighbourhoods of the district, for insuffi cient water• closet and other accommodation for their tenants. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Fruit:—Pine-apples, 26 9d to 4s per lb; Apples, is to 3s ; Pears, 4s to 6s per half sieve; Black Hamburgh Grapes, 9d to is 3d, and Muscat of Alexandria, 2s to 2s 8d per Ib; Walnuts, 8d to Is and New Oranges, 8s to 108 per 100; Filberts, 90s to 1003 per 1001bs.— Vegetables:—Red Cabbages, is to 3s por dozen; Spinach, is 4d to 2s per junk; Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Turnips, is to is 9d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; and Onions, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen bunches; Potatoes, 4s to 6s per bushel; Celery, 10d to is 3d per bundle; Cape Brocoli, 4s to 5s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 8d to is 6d per pottle; Spanish Onions, 10s to 15. per box; Endive, 8d to is 2d per score. XrEIWGIATEI ATM LEADD ram Aza., The sale for most kinds of Meat was somewhat heavy, on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork as ad to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase.—Geese, 4s Od to 7s; Fowls, Is 3d to 3s Od; Capons, 33 6d to 4s 6d ; Chickens, is Od to 2s 3d; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 8d to is 6J; Leverets, 2s 6d to as; Hares, 3a to 3s 6d; Grouse, is to is 9d; Par tridges, is to is 6d; Pheasants, Ss to 3s 6d; and Pigeons, 5d to 9d each. Ostend Fresh Butter, lOs 6d to 11$ 6d, and English ditto, lls to 13s 6d per dozen pounds. Irish Eggs, fis 6d to 6s 3d; Ostend ditto, 6s 3d to 6s 6d; Honfleur ditto, 6s 9d to . 7s 9d; and English ditto, 7s 9d to 8s 6d per 100. HUTT GERI' 0 RD. The supplies of most articles on sale here to-day were but moderate, yet the general demand was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. BELLXNGSGATZ. Turbots, 4s to 9s; Brills, lld to 3s; Cod Fish, is to 7s; Whitings, 3d to sd; Lobsters, 10d to 2s; Crabs, 8d to 2s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair ; Eels, 6d to 10d per lb; and Salmon, 10d to Is ld per lb ; Grey Mullets, 6d to is ; Red ditto, 4d to Gd ; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each ; Crimped Skates, 3d to 4d; Salt Fish, 2d to 4d; and Sturgeon, 5d to 6d per lb; Flounders, is to Is 6d per dozen; Oysters, .9s to 225; per bushel; Fresh Herrings 4d to Gd per dozen. M 1717 7, onT Beef from 2s 6d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 35 Gd to 45 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 45 10d per Sibs. NtrIIIIVECHAPML. Beef, from 2s 4d to 33 6d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal,3s to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs. DILEII3). The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from ltd to Sid; of Household ditto, 6d to 7id per 4lba loaf. SIDE MAI:MET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid ; ditto, 641 is to 721 b, 2d to 2id; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 24d to lid; ditto, 1101 b to 881 b, 2V to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b 34d to Sid; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 54d; Calf Skins (each), 5s to 5s Gd; Horse Hides, 8s to 8s 6d; Polled Sheep, is 9d to 2s 2d; Kent and Half-breds, Is Iod to 2s 6d; Downs, is 8d to 2s. 13.A.Y 74ARIEET3. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ los to Si 15s; Clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ ; and straw, 11 2s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 8/ 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 4/ 15s; aid Straw, 1/ 4s to 11103 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIILI TECIAPXL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 51.; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 lOs per load. A steady trade, at full prices. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. 18s 03 Bate's West Hartley... 15s Gd Bell Buddle's W. Hartley.. 165 3d East Hetton Carr's H ar tl ey Dean's Primrose ...... 155 9d Haswell l9s 6d Hastings Hartley 165 3d Jonassobns ... 16s Od North Percy Hartley.. 15s 6d Lambton Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth'slPelaw. 155 Gd Russell's Hetton South Peareth Tanfield Moor .. Townley l4s Od Caradoc lB5 63 Walker's Primrose ... 145 Od Cassop. ... . Wylam Wall's End, Btc Heugh Hall Bewicks and Co Brown's lss 6dlLudwith Steam-boat. 15s Gd Framwell Gate ..... Hilda l6s 6d Seymour Tees Barton Bedworth lss Gd,Tees Northumberland Percy Bensham 165 Od Cowpen Hartley Walker Washington Eden Main 175 9d Sidne) 's Hartley Lambton Primrose ... 17s 9d Snapetborpe l6s Od Xt elmont lBs 3d' Skips at market, 194. STAELISHMENT OF A CHAIR FOR JEWISH THEO -1.11/clit IN THE FRENCH UNIVERSITIES.—The Committee Public Instruction proposes the establishment of a Theo logical Faculty for the Protestants, and another for the j,ws. THE SUN, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, FRIDAY.—The supply of wheat is much less than of late, yet the demand being limited, last week's prices are not exceeded. Barley sells slowly, and ls. per quarter cheaper. Oats and shelling are sold on easier terms. In beans and other articles no change. New. Old. WHEAT, per qr. 8 bushels 601 b s. s. s. s. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 52 to 55 53 to 56 Ditto, white ... ... 54 —5B 56 —6O Norfolk and Hunts., red ... ... 50 —54 51 —54 Ditto, white ... ... 54 —57 54 —56 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 50 —5l 51 —54 Ditto, white ... 54 —57 54 —56 Yorkshire, red ... ....50 —b4 51 —5 4 Ditto, white .. ... 53 —57 54 —56 Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 56 —6O 55 —6O Lower Baltic and liatnburgh, red... 52 —55 53 —55 Mediterranean, red ... .•• 40 —45 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels: Norfolk and Suffolk... 34 36 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 34 37 Grinding per 30 stone ... Foreiga . 32 35 BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... ••• 34 — 35 36 — 36 Ticks 32 —B4 34 —36 Foreign ... ... 32 —34 30 OATS, per stone Mealing ...11d to 12id lld to I3d Feeding ... ..10d to lld 10d to lld Foreign ... ...10d to lld 10d to lld SHELLING, per load of 2611 b .. 27 —29 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels PEAS, per Imperial Quarter : Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed: n - 30 41 - 43 .. ... 33 - 35 - - ARILIVALS. Qrs. Wheat ... 8,146 Barley ... ... 3,690 Oats ... ... 2,354 Beans... ... 362 AVERAGES FOR THE Qrs. s. d. Wheat ... 6,564 54 5 Barley ... 1,121 34 74 Oats... ... 2,141 22 7 LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10.—The duty on wheat has ad vanced to 6s per quarter, and on flour to 3s 7 1-3 d per barrel, which are the only alterations this week. The im ports since Tuesday are moderate, and from Ireland and coastwise comprise 201 qrs of wheat, 104 qrs of barley, 204 quarters of malt, 3,651 quarters of oats, 86 quarters of rye, 400 quarters of beaus, 4,342 loads of oatmeal, and 495 sacks of flour. There are no arrivals from Ca ❑ada, and from foreign ports only 571 quarters of wheat, 4,312 quarters of Indian corn, 956 barrels of corn meal, and 16,455 barrels of flour. The exports in the same time amount to 1,011 quarters of wheat, 4,747 quarters of Indian corn, 159 barrels of corn meal, 335 sacks and 877 barrels of flour. The weather in the past two days has been extremely cold and frosty, with a slight fall of snow, which should improve the condition of the new wheats. The trade still remains without animation, the transactions being quite in retail, without any material change in prices. A few partial sales of Indian corn may have been made at a slight reduction on previous rates. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of dealers and a large show of samples of all kinds of corn and Pour. The demand for wheat was very limited, and all kinds of old, whether British or foreign, were Id per 701 b lower ; Irish new, being less plentiful, met a slow sale at about previous rates. There was not much pass ing in oats or oatmeal, but holders were firm, and the few sales made were at Tuesday's currency. Barley, beans, and peas were in retail demand, without any change in prices. Flour was very dull, and in some instances 6d per barrel less was taken for Western Canal, ex ship. Irish held at former rates, and little sold. A moderate demand was experienced for Indian corn, at the full rates of Tuesday, which were rather better than yester day; 36s was paid for Ibraila yellow, and 18s per barrel for corn meal. Qrs. Peas ... 326 Rapeseed ... ... Shelling ... ... ... 325 Linseed .. ENDING NOV. 2.• Qrs. s. d. Beans ... 219 35 5 Rye .. NEWBURY, Nov. 9.—At this day's market _there was a moderate supply of wheat on offer, the condition being much improved by the alteration in the weather. The demand to-day has been good, and in most instances an advance of ls to 2s per qr has been established from the rates of last week, Barley in good supply, for which the demand was slack, and late rates barely supported. Beans, oats, and peas, small supply, and late rates supported. Wheat—White, old, 60 lbs to 63 lbs per bushel, 60s to 66s per quarter; ditto, 59 lbs to 60 lbs, 56s to 62s per qr; white, new, 62 lbs to 63 lbs per bushel, 58s to 61s per qr; ditto, 60 lbs to 62 lbs per bushel, 57s to 61s per qr; red, old, 62 lbs to 63 lbs, per bushel, 56s to 64s per qr; ditto, 60 lbs to 62 lbs per bushel, 50s to 56s per qr; ditto, new, 63 lbs to 65 lbs per bushel, 54s to 59s per qr; ditto, 60 lbs to 63 lbs, 44s to 52s per qr. Barley—Chevalier, fine new, 52 lbs to 541bs per bushel, 32s to 34s per qr; ditto, 50 lbs to 52 lbs per bushel, 27s to 31s per qr: malting, 50 lbs to 52 lbs per bushel, 27s to 31s per qr; grinding, 26s to 28s per qr. Oats—Fine old 24s to 265:per qr ; Beans, old, 44s to 48s per qr; peas, boilers, 40s to 45s per qr ; mapl e , 40 s to 44s per qr, Tares—Winter, 7s to 8s Gd per qr. Malt— Fine Chevalier 60s to 645, common 52s to 58s p er qr; common, 52s to 58s per qr; porter, 503. Flour— ; Households 41s 8d to 44s 8d per sack ; best seconds, 40s, inferior and thirds 28s to 30s. Averages for the week ending October 28 :—Wheat, 1,200 qrs, 4854 lid; barley, 360 qrs, 32s 1 lid ; oats, 20 qrs, 20s; beans, 42 qrs, 41s 34d; peas, 7 qrs, 355. For the week ending Nov. 4; 1.539 yrs, 49s lid; barley, 455 qrs, 33s 3d; oats, 36 qrs, 20s 24d: beans, 1 qr, 345. DEVIZES, Nor. 9.—The supply of Wheat to-day was not so good as last week; old was much in request, as also was the best description of new, and both sold readily, the old at fully last week's prices, and the best new at an advance of 6d a sack. In a few instances, perhaps, a greater improvement was made: some par eels of not quite the best quality obtaining an advance of Is a sack; 31s was the top price of old, and 27s 6d of new; for the inferior damp Wheats there was no de mand, but all of a saleable quality was quickly cleared off. Barley was in large supply, and the trade very dull. In Oats, Beans, and Bias, there was but little do ing, and no alteration in price. Wheat, white, 60s to 645; ditto, best red, 50s to 625; ditto, middling ditto, 49s to 555; do. inferior ditto, 38s to 48s; Barley, 28s to 375; Oats, 23s to 275; Beans, old, 46s to 48s; do. new, 40s to 445; Peas, 38s to 42s per quarter; Flour, fine, 45s to 495; Seconds, 41s to 44s per sack. EXETER MARKET, FRIDAT.—Cattle Market—The supply to-day was moderate, beasts were rather more plentiful, and sheep rather less than on the last market day. There was a good attendance of buyers, and things moved on pretty steadily. Fat beef must be quoted at from 8s 3d to 9s per score; cows and calves were not much asked for, and sold at 818 s to 141 each; barreners, about 5s per score; the best fat wethers were worth 6d per lb; ewes, 5d to sid; keeping sheep, 30s to 38s each. Pork Carcases—A larger supply than last week, which sold at from 8s to 9s per score.—Pannier Market—Turkeys, 5s to Gs each; geese, 4s to 6s ditto; ducks, 3s 6d to 5s per couple; fowls, 2s 6d to 43 ditto; rabbits, is 9d to 2s ditto; pigeons, 20d ditto; partridges, 2s Gd to 3s per brace; pheasants, 5s Gd to 6s ditto; woodcocks, 5s ditto; roasters, 5s to 6s each; hares, 2s 6d to 3s ditto; snipes, 9d ditto; butter, is per lb; eggs, 12 for Is; potatoes, Is 2d to is 4d per score; turnips, 4d ditto; onions, 81b for ls.—Corn Exchange.—There has been a slight advance today on wheat, which has sold from one to two shillings per quarter dearer than last week. Old wheat, 7s 9d to 8s 3d per bushel; new ditto, 6s to 7s 4d. A very fine Belgian wheat was on offer, at 605 per quarter. Barley sold at 4s to 4s 3d per bushel; new oats, 2s to 2s 4d; old ditto, 2s 6cl to 2s 10d per bushel; fine flour, 42s to 44s per sack of 280Ibs. TIVISTOCK FAIR, Nov. B.—This has been as large, or perhaps the largest November fair known here. The attendance of buyers being rather small, a very flat sale was found in the morning. The graziers were, however, ultimately obliged to' yield, and a great number found purchasers at prices very much below their expectations, and less than the same beasts would have realised a month since, at from lOs to 20s per head; best fat bul locks, 45s to 50s; general fat cows and steers, about 40s; sheep, in great number, with a dull demand, at from 5d to sid per lb.; cows and calves, of good quality, with a fair demand. The horse fair was better attended than usual, and of better general quality. BRISTOL CORN MARKET. NOV. 9.—No change what ever took place in the prices to-day, and scarcely any business was transacted. TIVERTON MARKET, Nov. 7.—There was a tolerable supply of grain, and a fair attendance of buyers, the only old corn delivered to-day, was for previous contracts to the millers. Of the new samples exhibited, many were evidently in a melted state. The prices varied but little from those of last week, namely from 5s to 6s 6d. The samples of barley were also indifferent in quality, and bold at from 3s 3d to 4s; oats, 2s to 2s 6d; beef, best joints, 64d and 7d; mutton, (small Exmoor), 4d to 4id; best wether, ditto, sid to 61d; pork joints, .sid to 6id ; sides of bacon, bid to 7d free of limbs; eggs, lld per dczen ; butter, is per lb ; geese, 4s 6d to 5s 6d each ; ducks, 3s to 4s per couple ; fowls, 2s 6d to 3a 6d ditto; potatoes, Id per lb. IPSWICE CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 7.—We had but a moderate supply at market to-day ; scarcely any sheep, and very few fat beasts ; a fair sprinkling of stores, and a very good show of fat hogs ; trade exceedingly dull; and fat beef and mutton remain much the same in price. EYE, Nov. 7.—We had rather a thin attendance, in consequence of Diss fair falling on the following day. The prices both of wheat and barley were firm at last week's terms ; but little business done, in the hope of getting better prices at the fair. WOODBRIDGE, Nov. B.—Our farmers are now so very much engaged in wheat sowing that the supply of all grain was this day, very small. Wheat fully main tained its price. Barley was is per quarter lower. BURY ST. EDMUND'S, Nov. e had a small at tendance at market to-day. Wheat of the best quality realised fully the terms of last week. Barley dull sale, and may be quoted from is to 2s per quarter cheaper. In other grain no alteration worth notice. STOWMARKET, Nov. 9.—We had a small market to day; a moderate supply of barley, and a still smaller of wheat, formed neatly the whole supply. The wheat was taken by our millers at fully late prices, but barley must be called is per quarter lower. But few beans or peas in offer, and prices the same as of late. LLANERCHYMEDD, Nov. 9.—At this market on last Wednesday, the Nice of all kinds of grain was on the decline. Wheat averaged at from 52s to 53s ; barley, 29s to 30s ; oats, 16s to 17s per quarter. At the i butchers' stalls beef was sold at from 4i i to .5d per lb ; veal, 5d to 6cl ; mutton, 6d to 7d ; fat pigs, 3 Ito 4(1 ; store pigs, 20s to 27s each ; young pigs, 8s to lOs ; fat geese, 2s 9d to 3s; fat ducks, is to is 3d each; fowls, is to is 6d per couple; fresh butter, 10d to lid per lb. DENBIGH FAIR, Nov. 7 AND B.—At the cattle and sheep fair, on Tuesday, the number and quality ex hibited were not equal to the usual average, and the dealers in attendance being but few, the fair wore a flat appearance. The business transactions that took place were done at some reduction in price for all de scriptions. The same ob , ervations will serve for the horse fair—the show being inferior, and few changed hands, In the pig market there was a decided reduction LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER H, 1848. of at least 10 Per cent. in small stores, strong ones being also much lower than at last fair. The cow market bore the briskest appearance, and the opinion, generally ex pressed, that the bulk of the home produce has already reached the market, added to the very inferior yield, tends to make many strong in the belief that we shall again have to depend upon foreign supplies, and the market will rise. Be this as it may, there was a slight advance in prices to-day, as will be seen from our quota tions. 'Wheat, 18s 6d to 19s; barley, 12s to 12s 6d; oats, 7s to 8s per hobbet. MOLD, Nov. B.—The market to- day was tolerably brisk, and well attended, and fine samples of grain met with a ready sale at a trifling advance in price. Wheat, 18s to 18s 6d; barley, 12s; oats, 7s to 7s 6d per hobbet. RHYL, Nov. 7.—The very boisterous state of the wea ther this morning caused our market to be thinly at tended by the neighbouring farmers, and the Denbigh cattle fair falling upon the same day also had its effect; the consequence was that the supply of all kinds of grain was very limited, and not sufficient to meet the demand. Wheat 19s to 19s 6d per hobbet of 1681bs; barley, lls to 12s per hebbet of 1471b5; oats, 6s 3d to 6s 9d per hobbet of 1051bs; beans, 13s 9d to 15s per hobbet of 1801bs. At the above rates every parcel in the market was purchased. The attendance of millers and factors was the most influential in the principality. RUTHIN, Nov. 6.—Notwithstanding the approaching fair, the market wore a brisk appearance to-day, with a better attendance, especially of millers and dealers than usual. Farmers were not so numerous, many being too busily engaged sowing to attend the market. A slight advance took place in all descriptions of grain. Wheat 18s 6d to 19s 3d; barley, lls 6d to 12s 6d; oats, 7s to 8s per hobbet. Potatoes scarcer and dearer as the winter draws nigh; butter, 10id per lb. WREXHAM CHEE■E FAIR.—At this fair, held on Tuesday last, the 7th inst., there was a large quantity of cheese of superior quality offered for sale. Prices ranged from 45s to 50s for useful cheese, and from 50s to 53s for finer quality ; but cheese of real first rate quality and appearance sold from 55s to 60s. Excepting a few lots of skim, which are still out of demand, the whole was bought up rather briskly, and prices seemed to prove satisfactory alike to farmers and factors, from which circumstance it might be predicted that the next fair on the first Tuesday in February, will have a very large supply of prime cheese, and a large attendance of the most respectable and influential factors. CIRNARVON FAIR.—The attendance at our fair on Thursday last was by no means numerous. The stock of cattle was middling, and prices ruled low. Horses and ponies were numerous, but of very poor quality, especially the former. A great many pigs were offered; the demand was very slack. Young ones fetched from 9s. to 15s. each. NEWPORT ANNUAL WINTER FAlR.—This fair, which was held on Monday last, was well attended with most kinds of stock, a great portion of which was of superior quality. There was a good demand for fat beasts, at from 45s to 52s per cent, sinking the offal. Sheep of good quality commanded a ready sale, at from Sid to 6d per lb. Pigs were numerous, and in general of a good description. Prime bacon and pork kinds were 9s to lOs per score, and nearly the whole were sold. The horse fair was badly stocked, both as to numbers and quality ; high prices were asked for any useful, and in many instances obtained. Lean stock was a drug ; many lots of cattle and sheep left the market unsold, al though offered_at very reduced prices. —Monmouthshire Medi*. IRON MONTHLY REPORT.—Iron—For Welsh bars and rails the inquiry continues limited. Prices are nominally unaltered; but, makers being disposed to take orders, it is possible to buy a shade under quotations. Stafford shire is in moderate demand, and prices are unaltered. Scotch pig iron has fluctuated during the month, and about a fortnight ago some parcels were sold as low as 41s 6d and 425. Since then the market has rallied, and may now be quoted at 42s 6d to 43s mixed Nos., and 44s to 455, all No. 1, at which censiderable business has been done. The stock at Glasgow continues small. Swedish iron is in less request, and sales have been made at 11/ per ton, but holders now ask higher rates. Swedish steel is unaltered. Copper is in moderate demand. Tin— English has been advanced 41 per ton on common, and 61 per ton on refined. The scarcity of the latter has had the effect of raising the price of foreign tin, admissible to home consumption, to 86s for Banes, and 84s for Straits, while Banca for exportation command? only 765. Tin Plates are in good demand at quotations. For delivery in spring they may be obtained a shade lower. Lead is in fair request for home consumption, but slightly inquired after export. Speller has been in slight request during the month, but the firm accounts from Hamburgb, with the moderate stock here (2,750 tons against 2,900 tons at this period last year) to meet the approach of winter, has caused holders to demand higher prices; and although a parcel of Belgian has been sold at 141 per ton, yet the market may be fairly quoted 141 5s to 141 10s, whilst some parties ask a still higher rate.—Monmouthshire MINING INTELLIGENCE. Copper Ores sold at Redruth, Nov. 9. Mines. Tons. Purchasers.] Price. Carn Brea. 9O Vivians and Williams ..... ..C6 17 0 Ditto B6 Vivian and Sons Ditto B5 Freeman and Co. 0 5 6 Ditto ... 84 Schneider and C 0... 4 0 6 Ditto 74 Sims, Willyams, and C 0.... 4 5 0 Ditto 7O Williams and C0.f...... ..... 7 0 6 Ditto 6B Vivian and Sons . lO 4 6 Ditto 65 Schneider and Co ...... .... 3 13 0 Ditto.... Ditto 6l Sims, Willyams, and C 0.... 7 11 $ Ditto ...... .. Ditto 32 Vivian and Sons . ... 1 0 0 Par Consols ..... Ditto. 9O Ditto Ditto B7 Ditto DILLO••• Levant S4 Freeman and Co. 3 17 0 Ditto 62 Sims and Co., and Williams 7 0 6 Ditto 5O Sims, Willy;ms, and C 0.... 6 12 0 Ditto lO Freeman and Co. ... ...... 32 10 6 West W. Treasury 62 Vivian and Sons 4 8 6 Ditto 6l Williams and Co. Ditto .. 40 Vivian and Sons 3 8 0 Wh. Agar Ditto 5l Williams and C 0... 2 10 0 Alfred Consols 64 Sims, Willyams, and Co. 1 18 6 Ditt0........... 24 Ditto West Fowey Cons. 70 Williams and Co 5 8 0 Wheal Tremaine... 51 Vivian and Sons Ditto lB Ditto and Grenfells 4 14 0 Wh. Prosper :..... 28 Crown Co. and. Williams 2 10 0 Wh. Virgin lB Ditto ...... ...... .. 2 is 0 Wh. Jane 8 Vivian and Sons 2 6 0 Trenoweth Mines... 8 Freeman and Co. ..... Gwinear Consols ... 6 Ditto ........ ........ 6 19 6 Total ..... .... 1928 Average Produce, 9% —Quantity of Fine Copper, 189 tons 9 cwts.—Amount of Sale, 11,139/. 14s. Average Standard, 861. 15s. LAST SALE—Standard, 93/. 17s. ; Produce, 7%. MAYORS for THE ENSUING YEAR. The following gentlemen were elected on the 9th instant to the office of Chief Magistrate in their respec tive boroughs:— Altrincham—George Massey. Bewdley—A. Prattenton. Bradford—Alderman Salt. Bolton—T. L. Rushton. Banbury—S. Spurrell. Boston—W. Staniland. Bristol—J. R. Haberfield. Bridgewater—Alderman Haviland. Beverley—William hestes— C ir E. Walker. Coventry—Alderman Cope. Colchester—C. J. Hawkins. Cambridge—Charles Finch. Dover—Anthony Freeman Payn. Devenport—J. Smith. Doncaster—Alderman Dunhill. Devizes—Alderman Crockett. Derby—Councillor Forman, Durham—William Henderson Exeter—Christopher Arden. Folkestone—Mr. Charles Golder. Gateshead—George Hawks. Harwich—Francis Hales. Hull—John Lee Smith (re-elected). Halifax—John Baldwin (re-elected). Kidderminster—Dr. Roden. Leicester—William Biggs. Lincoln—Richard Whilton Moon. Manchester—Alderman Potter. Maidstone—John Mercer. Morpeth—W. Trotter. Nottingham—Thomas Carver. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Capt. Weatherley. Preston—Richard Pedder. Pontefract—Alderman John Barker. Retford, East—William Mee. Ripon—Thomas Williamson. Salford—Alterman Langworthy. Stamford—William French. Stockport—John Marshall. Sunderland—W. Ord. Scarborough—Dr. Harland. Sheffield—Councillor Thomas Rawson. Tiverton—Joseph Hopgood. Wakefield—G. W. Harrison (re-elected). Wolverhampton —G. B. Thorneycroft (re-elected) Warrington —Alderman Allcard. York (Lord Mayor)—Aldermaa James Meek. M. LAMARTINE AND MR SMITH O'BRIEN. (From the Freeman's Journal.) I forward herewith a letter from M. Lamartine, in which that illustrious man positively contradicts the statement that Mr. Smith O'Brien had ever demanded assistance from him for Ireland. The sentiments and language of the letter cannot be surpassed. The follow ing is a hasty translation of this interesting document:— " Montreau, Oct. 3, 1841. " Sir,--You inform me that on the trial of Mr. S. O'Brien there was alleged in accusation against him a promise of assistance to make an insurrection in Ireland, which, it was stated, he had obtained from me at a special interview. I had, indeed, the honour of seeing Mr. Smith O'Brien in Paris, but our conversa tion was almost entirely free from politics. There did not pass between us a request or a promise of succour of any kind whatever. The falsehood of the reputed cenversation is made manifest by the discourse which I delivered at the Hotel de Ville, in reply to the deputation from Ireland. That discourse is an official contradiction of the misrepresentation in question. If, in the meantime, you believe that a more direct denial is necessary, I transmit you such, praying you to make it public. Ido not bring to my testimony, given before the scaffold, either the condescension of pity or the partiality of affection. It is a deposition, simple and formal as truth, which I forward to the courts in Dublin on the faith of an oath sworn interiorly according to my conscience and my memory.—Receive, Sir, the assurance of my high consideration. " LAMARTINE." " To Mr. John P. Leonard, President of the Irish Committee in Paris." RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TI arrtc.—The following are the Total Receipts ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to w respective returns arc made, together with the receipts of t week in the previous year:— of Rail -Web the :he same Week ending in the locality in which they have Leen presented.— TVe/shman. Mr. Hudson, M.P., acting for the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company, has taken the Stockton and Dar lington Railway, on a lease for twenty years, guaran teeing to the shar e h o ld ers fif teen per cent. upon the ori ginal capital of 250,0001, and continuing to pay six per cent. on the branches already guaranteed by the latter company.—Carlisle Journal. LOWESTOFT, Nov. 10.—The City of Glasgow steamer, of 700 tons burthen, has been taken upon the patent slip, with her machinery on board, to undergo re pairs. It is confidently expected this fine vessel will commence running between this port and Hamburgh, as soon as she is ready for sea.—Suffolk Chronicle. There is not at present a case of cholera in Hull ; neither has there been one during the week.—Hull Ad vertiser. A WINTER ASSIZE.—We understand the Govern ment have at present under consideration the propriety of issuing a special commission for holding a winter assize for a part at least of the Home Circuit, the cases of the Coggleshall gang, the poisoning at Ramsay, and the other crimes of a serious nature, for which prisoners have been committed for trial, appearing to render such a measure, as regards this county in particular, advis able.—Chelmsford Chronicle. A SANITARY COURT.—Yesterday the board of guardians of the united parishes of St. Margaret's and St. John, Westminster, resolved to hold a sanitary court in the vestry-room on the first and third Tuesday in every month, under the provisions of the Health of Towns Act, in order to hear complaints in respect of nuisances, and to remove all noxious matters likely to promote the spread of epidemic or contagious diseases. The guardians have also appointed several inspectors of nuisances to put the laws in force for the promotion of the public health. EXPRDITION UNDER SIR JAMES Ross.—At the usual dinner on Lord Mayor's day, given by the wor shipful Company of Vintners, Sir John Ross, who is a member of that company, in responding to the toast, " Navy and Army," took the opportunity of stating that he had much satisfaction in having received that day a letter from Mr. Sevewright, the intelligent captain of the Pacific whaler, Cinforming him, that from his own ob servation, and the report of !several others, there would be no difficulty in the expedition under the command of Sir James Ross reaching Sir John Franklin, for Lan caster Sound was clear of ice in the middle of August. Sir John added, that he had great hopes of his nephew's success, as he was sure that what intelligence, experi ence, and unflinching perseverance could accomplish, would be manifest in all his proceedings. We need scarcely add, that this speech was received with accla: mation. There are yet two whalers, the Resolution and Traveller, absent, who are supposed to have sailed up Lancaster Sound in August.—Nautical Standard. APPROACHING MARRIAGJ IN MOH LIP/.—The marriage of Lady Elizabeth Elliot, third daughter of the Earl and Countess of Minto, and sister of Lady J. Rus sell, with Colonel Romilly, son of the late Sir Samuel Romilly, and brother of the Solicitor-General, is to be solemnized in the course of next month at Mints House, Hawick, North Britain. RAGGED ScaooLs.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, in addition to her former donation of 1001. for the general purposes of the Metropolis Schools' Fund, has given a donation of 50/. for the special purpose of assisting the fund for the establishment of ragged schools ii the metropolis. PRAGUE.— An assembly of the Rabbies of Bohemia took place recently in this town, when it was resolved to introduce reform in the religious and public instruc tion, in accordance with the spirit of the late political events. The Orient informs us that the most ancient Rabbies showed themselves on that occasion most fa vourable to the concession demanded by the present age. —Jewish Chronicle. INCENDIARY FIRE.— RUGBY, Nov. 10.—Last night a fire of a most alarming character broke out on the premises of Mr. Henry Bromfield, of Cawston. A servant man, in the employ of Mr. Bromfield, was going over the farm, about five o'clock in the evening, when his attention was attracted by a large glare of light; upon looking in the direction, the man saw one of the corn stacks, consisting of the produce of 14 acres of barley, in flames. A messenger was immediately sent to Rugby for the fire-engine, which was dispatched as quickly as possible with four post-horses, from the Eagle Hotel, preceded by Mr. Bromwich, the superintendent of the fire brigade, who made such arrangements that no delay took place in getting the engine to work. This. seconded by a good supply of water, and the active co-operation of a large number of people from Rugby, Dunchurch, Cawston, Thurlaston, and Biloxi, bad the effect of confining the fire to the place where it broke out, but, had not assistance been so promptly rendered, the consequences must have been most disastrous, the dwelling-house and stack-yard being near the spot ; and, even as it was, it required the utmost exertions of the assemblage to save them from destruction. During tke time the fire was in its strength a stranger attracted the attention of Mr. Siggins, in consequence of his looking quietly on, and not attempting to give any assistance. Upon being questioned his replies were so unsatisfactory that he was given into the custody of police constable Broughton, by whom he was taken before Mr. J. Atty. The prisoner gave the name of James James, and said he was 27 years of age, a native of Canterbury, and connected with one of the most respectable families in the city. He was for some time a book-keeper in a highly re spectable commercial house in Canterbury, but having formed some loose connexions be disgraced himself and lost his situation. Since that time he had became reckless, and he did not now care what became of him. Nothing, however, should induce him to give his real name, as he would rather eater death than dis grace the other members of the family, two of whom held high official situations under Government. The prisoner was ultimately remanded till 11 o'clock on Sa turday morning. One solid block of Anglesey stone, weighing before dressing twenty-seven tons, has just been placed in work as part of the coping of the arch over the western en trance of the tunnel, by the Bangor station of the Chester and Holyhead Railway. The arch is extremely massive, and must have cost an immensity of money.— Welshman. AMALGAMATION OF THE BOARD OF STAMPS AND TAXES WITH THE EXCISE DEPARTMENT.—It is under stood that the long contemplated union of the Excise and the Stamps and Tax Department will ahortly be carried into effect. Mr. John Wood, the Chairman of the Board of Excise, has been for some time past in daily communication with the Chancellor of the Exche- _ --- quer on the subject. The change has been pressed for ward in consequence of the large number of Excise officers who, by the operation of the Spirit Licenses Act, are now rendered unnecessary. To ascertain the pre cise number that can be spared, a set of questions has been sent from the Board of Excise to every supervisor throughout the kingdom, to state to what extent the officers in each district may be reduced in the altered state of the law, and without injury to the public service, and the answers that have been received show that number to amount to upwards of eight hundred. These officers have for the present been " dropped " to half-pay ; and it is expected, should the plan proposed take place, that they may be employed in the collection of many of the taxes at present received by local tax collectors, such as the income-tax, taxes for horses and carriages, &c., and, in fact, the whole of those known as assessed taxes, without the charge of poundage for collection, as in many cases allowed. Mr. John Wood, the present Chairman of the Board of Ex cise, is spoken of as the proposed chairman of the new board, and 11. L. Wickham, Esq., the present Chairman of the Board of Stamps and Taxes, as vice-chairman. Two Commissioners of Excise are expected to retire on the superannuation allowance, and other alterations are anticipated. A saving, it is said, will by this scheme arise to the public, as at present the Excise has, to carry its operations into effect, a chairman with a salary of 2,0001.; deputy chairman, 1,5001 ; and fire commissioners at 1,2001. per annum each ; the Chairman of Stamps and Tuxes, 1,600/. ; the Deputy Chairman, 2,000 L, with several other officers with salaries varying between 1,000. and 2,000/. It is expected that but a compara tively small additional number of persons to the present Excise staff will be able to collect the revenue of both departments. Hum. .Docx COMPANY.—At a special general meeting of the proprietors of this company, on Wed nesday, it was resolved to go to Parliament for a short Bill to enable the company to raise the sum of 150,0001. of loan, in addition to the 400,0001. which they are, by their existing Acts, authorised to borrow for the com pletion of their works.— Hull Advertiser. IMPORTS OF CATTLE FOR THE WEEK.—From Antwerp, per Gazelle, Nov 3, 21 calves, 30 pigs; from Haniburgh, per Transit, 3d, 51 oxen; per Archimedes, 6th, 14 oxen; per Monarch, 6th, 28 oxen; per Marshall, 7th, 20 oxen; from Rotterdam, per Sea Gull, Bth, 17 oxen, 7 calves. Total, 130 oxen, 28 calves, 30 pigs.— Hull Advertiser. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY .—The works between Newport and Swansea are progressing steadily and satis factorily; and it is hoped that the portion referred to will be opened within ten months from this date.— Wool mer's Exeter Gazette. BELFAST AND COUNTY Dowif RAILWAY.--This company have resolved, owing to [the general depres sion, to abandon the present extension of their line from Chaodmbeeerantdo BDaonwgnopr,atarniedk, to o an r d e d t h u e c e b ranc theirh e capital ap t t IDofnroanig- 501. to 251. shares. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY.—An adjourned inquest was held on Thurs day, at the house of Michael Hall, Ra ilway Ta vern, near the West Boldon Station. Mr. Harrison , engineer, and Mr. Allport, superintendent of the line, were pre sent, and aided the inquiry by furnishing al l the ir!for 'nation in their power in reference to the rules, regulations, and general management of the railway. The deposi tions were to the same effect as those reported already. After a long consultation, the jury returned the follow ing verdict:—" We find that John Ross, Joseph Hutchin son, and Robert Raffles came to their death from a colli sion of two locomotive engines, which collision was the result of an error of judgment on the part of Robert Nesbit Hunter and John Lawt.on."—Sunderland Herald. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAmwAY.--Traffie for the week ending Nov. 4:—Coaching traffic, 9611. 55. 3d.; parcels, 591. ls. 10d.; goods and cattle, 288/. 12s. ld. ; steam-boats, 1581. 18s. 6d.—Total, 1,467 l 17s. Bd. HEALTH OF THE PREMI ER . — We regret t o l earn the Noble Premier is suffer ing from the effects of a severe cold. His Lordship has not, however, been pre vented from.,. transacting business at hi s pr i vate resi dence. This May his Lordship and Lady Russell return to Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. Lord Ribblesdale, tho Noble Premier's step-son, who has j us t comp l ete d his studies at Oxford University, joins the family this day at Pembroke Lodge, preparatory to his departure for the Continent, .where he intend s ma ki ng an exten • sive tour. Lord IZlbblesdale will attain his majority on the 28th of April next. How TO FILL BOXES.—At—Ballina s l oe theatre i the boxes were filled n double quick tim e by th e s hilli ng allery giving way.—L i merick Examiner. Ctitri 7ASlTition AUSTRIA. It is said that Widcshgratz has placed Blum and Frobel, the deputies from the Frankfort Parliament, under arrest, and that M. Fernalberg and Professor Fuster have likewise been arrested. The report of the capture of Bern and Messenhauser is confirmed. Aiguier, the Commandant of the Academic Legion, has shot himself. BAVARIA. The Augsburg Gazette has accounts from Munich to the sth November. It appears that the Ministe rial crisis continues in that capital. The removal of M. Lerchenfeld, and the Minister of Justice, M. Heinz, is spoken of. It is expected that the Diet will be convoked for the 15th of December. HOLLAND. A letter from ,Rotterdam of the 6th inst. states that the cholera, which appeared there on the Ist inst., has raged with great violence. On the pre ceding day 41 new cases were declared, and 29 deaths, whilst there were but seven recoveries. During the previous five days there had been 298 cases, 157 deaths, 121 recoveries, and 16 remained under cure. ITALY. A letter from Botzen of the 2d instant, in the Allgemeine Zeitung of Augsburg, announces the arrival on that day of a courier from Olmutz, on his way to the head-quarters of Field-Marshal the Count Radetzky. He was said to be the bearer of the Imperial assent to the prolongation of the armistice for three months. The Opinione of the 6th instant quotes a letter from the Lake of Como, of the 2d, stating that the insurgents maintained themselves in the 'Val d'lntelvio, and that the Austrian troops had not advanced beyond the town of Agegno. The writer says that troops were marching in every direction to surround them. The valley of Camonico, and the centre of Valteline, were also in open revolt. The Italian General Apice had been wounded in an encounter with a party of Tyrolese Chasseurs, at Mount Bisbino, and sought refuge at Capo Lago. • NEW COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.—(THIS DAY.) The new Court, appointed under the important Act introduced by Lord Campbell last session, for trying criminal appeals from circuit sessions, sat for the first time this afternoon in the Exchequer Chamber. The Judges appointed to constitute the Court during the present term were :—The Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Maule. Nearly 80 gentlemen of the bar were present . ; Their Lordships, immediately on taking their seats upon the bench, proceeded to hear the case of THE QUEEN V. EMANUAL MASTERS. Mr. MILLER said he had to submit to the considera tion of the Court two questions of law ; first, whether, under the new Act, the 11th and 12th Vic., c. 78, sec. 1, questions of criminal !law might be reserved by recorders for the decision of the Court, and, secondly, whether the conviction was a good one. The Learned Counsel sup ported the conviction, and stated that the Recorder, before whom the defendant was tried, apprehended that he had no jurisdiction, and wished to have the opinion of the Court upon the subject. It appeared that the Act applied to prisoners " convicted before any court of oyer and terminer, or gaol delivery, or court of quarter sessions," but that no allusion was made to prisoners tried before Recorders. Mr. Miller, however, held that as the recorders for boaoughs were also ex-officio justices of the peace, no exception was intended by the Act with respect to their courts, although there was some ambiguity in the terms employed in the Ist section. With respect to the second point, it appeared that the prisoner was convicted under the 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 29, sec. 47, of embezzlement, and the question was, when property was received by one servant, handed to another in the ordinary course of duty, and then forwarded to another, whether the appropriation of it by the second servant amounted to embezzlement. The COURT was of opinion that recorders had juris diction under the Act to refer appeals for the decision of this Court, and also that if one of the servants alluded to received the property and appropriated it to his own use, he was guilty of embezzlement. The conviction was therefore affirmed. INDUCING PERSONS TO CONFESS.—THE QUEEN V. GAR LAND. In this case a conviction had taken place. The de fendant is a girl, aged 13. She was accused of admi nistering fag water (a compound of arsenic, used for the cure of the diseases with which sheep are afßicted,) to her mistress, a Mrs. Smith, in milk, wish the intention of murdering her. :It appeared that a Mr. Gilby, a doctor, who had been called in, remonstrated with the prisoner, saying, without any caution as to the con sequences that might ensue from her statement, " You had better tell the truth." She at once admitted she had committed the act, saying she did it to " get rid of her service." The counsel for the prisoner at the trial urged that this confession ought to be struck out as ir regular. Tho counsel for the prosecution declined, after consulting Lord Denman upon the point, to do so, con tending that the evidence having been given, it would be useless to strike it out, since the jury could not dismiss the evidence from their minds. The evidence, conse quently, went to the jury. The Comm. were of opinion that the evidence was in admissible, and that the conviction was bad. Conviction quashed. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court took the Crown 'paper to day. No causes of the slightest public interest occurred during the whole of the day. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Se7vice Gazette of this day.) COMMODORE SIR CHARLES HOTHAM.—By a private letter from the coast of Africa, we tare informed that Commodore Sir Charles Ilotham, K.C.B. has positively expressed a desire to be relieved in the Command-in- Chief of the station in March next. There is no doubt the Admiralty will meet the gallant officer's wishes in this respect. . _ Captain the Hon. James Robert Drummond (1846), who was promoted from the command of the Scout sloop, whose name was mentioned last week as a candi date, is to succeed Captain Charles Eden in the com • mend of the Victory. Commodore Superintendent Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.8., &c., will resign the command et Woolwich on the 15th or 16th instant; but Captain Henry Eden will not take charge, it is !said, until after the revision of the establishment by the Admiralty Committee. The Confiance steamer, is ordered to carry Sir G. Bremer's baggage to Plymouth. Captein Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., has not been appointed to command the Vengeance, 84, as reported, for at present there is no vacancy. In the event of Cap tain Lushington's resignation, we have heard that Sir Henry Blackwood will have a competitor for the Ven geance more likely to succeed than himself. THE WEST INDIAN MAILs.—A correspondent in forms us that, at the request of the Admiralty, the Di rectors of the Royal West Indian Mail Company have most promptly assented to their steam-vessels calling, and exchanging letters and dispatches, &c., at Mobilo Point (where a British Consul, Mr. Nicolas, has been appointed), instead of at Ship Island, as heretofore; and the directors have also determined that the steamer that leaves Southampton on the 2d January next shall carry out the new arrangements. We believe that the appointment of a Captain of the Royal Navy to the Superintendentship of the Indian Navy has not yet taken place. Another candidate has been named for the post, Captain the Hon. F. Pelham, now commanding the Odin steam-frigate, in the Medi terranean, and it is said that the vacancy will not be filled for a fortnight. QUARTERMASTERS OP ROYAL MARINES. - With respect to any alteration as regards the retired pay of these officers, nothing officially has transpired; all, there fore, at present is mere rumour, which may, neverthe less, be well founded, and at sny rate carried into effect, the scale of payments being similar to that of regiments of the line. _ _ --- ----- UNATTACHED PAY. — Major-General W. Lindsay Dar ling and Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, K.C.8., have succeeded to the unattached pay o f t wenty . five s hillings per diem. Both of these o ffi cers have seen much service, and Sir Joseph Thackwell is one of those men whose reward has borne n o j ust proportion to his deserts. Ma jor -General Darling served at Guadaloupe in 1810, and received a wound in storming the heights of Matauba. In 1812 he was in the Peninsula with the 51st Light Infantry, and wa s engage d at San Christoval, Salamanca, Madrid, and B urgos. R eturning to Eng land, a victim to typhus, in 1813, he lost no time in seeking a restoration to health, and wa s th us ena bl e d to rejoin his regiment i n fi ve mont h s, an d to share in the affairs of Nivelle and St. PS. In 1813 he was appointed to the Staff of Major-General Hay's Brigade, and served in the operations b e f ore B ayonne. He joined the sth Division as Assistant 'Adjutant-General in 1814, and was afterwards with the 4th Division in 1815, serv ing . at Cambray, and su b s e quent l y at the capitulation of Paris. Sir Joseph Thackwell began his career in Spain, serving under the immortal Sir John Moore at Corunna. In several of the great actions in the Peninsula he dis tinguished himself as a first-rate Dragooa officer, and was foremost in the fray at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. He rece i ve d a contus i on a t Vittoria, and lost his left arm at Waterloo. In the year 1837 he proceeded to India with the 3d Light Dragoons, a n d i n th e w i n t er o f 1838 w as dis patched to C au b u l at t h e h ea d o f t h e C ava lry Division of the Army of the Indus. After the captnre of Ghuznee, at which h e was p resen t, Si r J ose ph returned to India, in command of the second column of the Army, and re ceived the distinctions awarded to thos e o ffi cers who had taken a leading part in the exped ition. On Lord Ellcnborough's taking up arms against the Gwal ior Durbar, Sir Joseph Thackwell's services were again put into requisition. He commanded the Cavalry Division in the action at Maharajpore. In the same year we find him on the banks of the SutlEj, heading th e Ca valry at Sobraon, and sharing in the danger s , b u t get ting none of the substantial honours of that memorable campaign. THE COMMAND OF THE SUPERB, 80. -- We may etate, on good authority, that Captain Edward Purcell (182 S), will re-commission the Superb, 80, on being paid off at Portsmouth by Captain A. L. Corry. The Superb will be refitted, without being dismantled, by which, it is said, a saving of no less than 3,0001. will be effected; but we query whether, on examinat ion, she will not, like the Albion, be found so defective in her masts, spars, and standing rigging, thas all of it will have to come out and be re placed by new. The Superb will only have an advanced complement (496 officers and men) at port, like the Caledonia and Ganges, to be filled up, as in the case of the Powerful, 84, when required to proceed on foreign service. Captain Purcell is about fifty-six - years of age, and, we believe, has been selected for the command of this ship upon no other recommendation than of his owsi professional merits. WATERMAN'S STEAM PACKET COMPANY. This Company having yielded to the orders of the Admiralty with respect to the possession of a place called the Grove, at Woolwich, has made application to be allowed the use of a fire there occasionally for the repairs of their vessels. RUSSIAN FRIGATE.—Another iron steamer, named the Taman, built for the Russian Government, is to be launched from Messrs. Robinson and Russell's Iron works, Millwall, on Monday next. We ha ve heard that the cost for demurrage of this vessel, if exacted, would be enormous, she has been so long on the stocks.' SEAMEN AND MARINES' ScitooLs.--The Admiralty have given orders to the authorities at Portsmouth, that a space of ground and building which formed part of the laboratory, are to appropriated to the use of the institu tion for educating the orphans of seamen and marines. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAL LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CIIISE.-7 to 2 agst Proceed_. 6to 1 agst Alfred (offers to take)-7 to 1 aget St. Leger —7 to 1 agst Wolverhampton. DERBY.-9 to 2 agst Flying Dutchman (t)-7 to 1 agst Tadmor-12 to 1 agst Honeycomb-20 to 1 agst Osterley (taken to 251.)-20 to 1 agst Uriel-33 to 1 agst Escalade-35 to 1 agst Strongbow (t.) 0/.103.-7 to 1 offered on the field. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sherwood harry., Tues., Mansfield Racecourse; Fri., Rushley Farm-11. Mr. M. Ingram's lids., Mon., at Longford; Thurs., Drakelowe; Sat.,Henhurst—ioi. _ _ Donningion hds., Mon., Gotham Villa e; Wed., Ca vendish Bridge; Sat., Belton Village-10 . Rufford hds., Mon., Winburn ; Thurs., KKneesal Green; Sat., Park Hall-10f. Mr. Lumley's hds., Mon., Barn Moor; Tues., Clay. worth ; Thurs., Rossington Bridge; Sat., MalpasHill-14 Sir R. Sutton's lids., Mon., Keythorpe Hall; Tues., Steward's Hay ; Wed., Wymeswold; Thurs., Barisly; Sat., Kettleby-11f. Duke of Rutland's hds., Mon., Croxton Park; Tues., Weaver's Lodge; Wed., Croxton Park ; Fri., Syston Park-10f. Cottesmere hds., Mon., Withamrommon; Tues., Lode dington; Thurs., Grimsthorpe; Fri., Langham. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Lacely Cross-roads; Wed., Rye Hill; Fri., Blyborongh Hall-11. South Wold hds., Mon., Dovendale; Tues., Tumby Wood; Thurs., Burgh-on-Bain; Sat., Greenfield-11. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Long Orton; Wed., Stahwick Pasture; Fri., Lilford Cross-roads. Barton hunt Monday, Langworth Bridge; Tues. So merby Hall; Wed., F a ldi ngwort h Grange; Thurs., Thorney; Fri., Branston Wood; Sat., Glentworth—at 11. South Essex hds.. Tues., Ingrave Church, Sat., Cor ringham. Suffolk hds., Tuesday, Shadwell Park; Fri., Horse. heath Mill. Cheshire hds., Monday, Daresbury Hall; Wed., Han kolow ; Thurs., Cholmondeley; Sat., Ravensmoor Wind mill-10f. Sir W. W. Wynn's lids., Tues., Styche; Wed., Hawk stone; Fri., Nescliffe; Sat., Borealton-104. Hambledon hds., Mon., Fisher's Pond ; Wed., Werth ing; Fri., Corhampton Down. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 10.—In the ab sence of supplies the market is badly attended, and the sales of the week are unimportant ; refining descriptions are in demand, every fresh parcel brought forward finds a ready sale at full prices. In rum there is nothing doing. Refined goods are steady at former rates.— Bristol Mercury. The saddlers of Bristol have come to the determi nation to close their shops at seven o'clock in the evening. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—We have much sstu- faction in stating that the Council of this college have come to the resolution of immediately electing professors of military science, with the view of commencing with the ensuing year a class for military education. The report, however, is without foundation, that communica tions have taken place between the Horse Guards and the college authorities on the subject. The Gazette of last night contains an order, signed by the Commissioners appointed under the Board of Health Act, directing that similar regulations to those which have been issued by them in reference to the several districts in England should be enforced by ma gistrates and other local authorities in Scotland. THE LORD Meroies SHOW.—The novelties of a civic pageant, with its men in armour, and the pomp and pageantry which distinguish the Lord Mayor's Day of the far-famed city of London, are objects upon which the eyes of countrymen seldom linger; it was, therefore, not a matter of surprise to behold the town of Chelms ford thrown into excitement, by the announcement that arrangements had been made to convey passengers from this place to London and back for two shillings each. Accordingly yesterday morning a great number of tradesmen, artisans, and. mechanics, casting aside for a time the anxieties of business, and emerging from the workshops and the counting-house, were seen hurrying to the railway station, clothed in holiday attire, to gratify their curiosity, and by a brief relaxation to be the better fitted to resume their varied occupations on their return. A goodly company were brought from Maldon and Braintree, and about nine o'clock, the train consisting of several carriages, and propelled by powerful engines, started for town.—Essex Standard. STETTIN.—SOV? KITCHEN FOR CHOLERA PA. TIENTS.—The Jewish Community of this town have es tablished a soup-kitchen for the relief of the poor and the refreshing of the sick, which is now particularly op portune during the prevalence of the cholera. The es tablishment is in the centre of the quarter where cholera is mostly raging. Not only strengthening soup, but likewise good meat, is distributed to the applicant& To fatilitate the distribution, a number of tickets are given to the surgeons and physicians, who may give them away where they are needed without any previous ap plication. The medical men have to report in the even. ing the number of tickets distributed by them during the day, so that the soup and meat, which is fresh every day, may be ready for the number of applicants on the following day. This is the proper mode of doing charity. To give it—to give it before it is asked for—and to give it liberally.—Jewish Chronicle. EXAMINATION OF DIRER MORE MEMBERS OF THR HALSTEAD GANG.—The revelations of the convict Bryant, followed up as they are with zeal and tact by Superin tendent Hunt, promise fair to thoroughly break up this desperate gang, and bring all the parties in it to justice, three more members of it having through these means fallen into the hands of the officers—William Ritchie, William Smith, and Henry Finch, all young labourers, on various charges of sacrilege and robbery. On Wed nesday last the prisoners underwent an examination at ; the county gaol, at Springfield, before J. J. Mayhew, Esq., they having been sent there for farther exami nation, in order that they might be confronted with Bry ant. Mr. 0. Hustler, jun., attended to take the depost tions.—Chelnisford Chronicle. THE COGGESHALL GANG.—Yesterday there was a further examination of the parties connected with the Coggeshall gang, the charges principally arising out of the statements of Wade, the convicted accomplice in the case. Another of the gang, William Everitt, a dealer in fish, was apprehended on Saturday, and was charged with the others with further burglaries in the neighbour hood of Coggeshall. The examination took _place at the county gaol, Springfield, the Rev. Sir J. P. Wood, Bart, attending for the purpose; Mr. Corder was present, as usual, to take the depositions and discharge the duties of magistrates' clerk, which, from the number of cases in which the gang are implicated, required much tact aid judgment.—Chelmsford Chronicle. LUZIECK.—PROGRESS Or TOLERATION.—Even this " free" city, which has kept up the partition wall be tween Jews and Christians longer than any other town in Germany, and where no Jew is permitted to reside, is giving signs of toleration. The partition is decaying, and will soon give way. The Jews of Moislingen (a few miles from Lubsek) Sworn t a o re s a o l mr r e e eg a d ios y rt rt p ah e res r m a l a i tr t oe t e s d ient t at o reo resume e, a th n e d ir ho f p a e m s il a y re na h m el e d s. out adjacent city of Lubeck. A draft for the formal estab lishment of a synagogue and congregation is also under onsideration.—Jewish Chronicle. POLITICAL GEM —Reader, did it ever occur to you that when the glorious dawn of the millennium shall burst forth upon your astonished vision; when theillars of the earth shall be upheaved and creation shat rock upon its broad basis; when the stars shall " shoot madly from their spheres," and when yon orb of day, as he rolls ou in his meridian splendour, shall involve the mations of the earth in one general conflagration—we say, did it ever occur to you that, amid this " wreck of matter and this crash of worlds"—when Heaven's last thunder shall shake this sublunary sphere—that you can smile un dismayed o'er the ruins, consoled by the pleasing re flection that you once voted for Cass and Buder?-1/fis sissipi Paper. Tam WEATHER.—During the last few days we have had alternations of wind, rain, and cold. Wednee. day night was a regular soaker, but yesterday morning the house-tops and the streets had a coating of snow and sleet, and the latter having frozen after its fall, the foot paths and roads presented difficulties to biped and q ua . drupeds, not often seen at so early a period. In many parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, there have been heavy falls of snow and severe frosts, but whether this very early setting in of winter predicates a long and severe, or a short and mild one, is a matter best left to the weather prophets, between whom experience will decide.—Liverpool Mercury of Friday. TER TRANSIT OF AIIERCURT ON TEURSDAY.---The announcement in the newspapers of the approach of the transit of Mercury over the disc of the sun, has excited more interest in the public mind than could well have been expected in a time of such a pressure of momentous events in politics and commerce. The interest taken in astronomy is evidently great, and only waits a favourable opportunity for its full development. The transit began at eleven o'clock, and had not finished at sunset. The day was highly favourable, and, with the help of weak telescopes, the planet was seen distinctly to traverse from the eastern to the western limb of the sun's disc, passing, in its course, one very large dark spot, and another less extensive on the sun's sur face. It greaterandthe w m otions toof gthe isamemorable correctness t o astronomical the theory o event, 1861, still the uncertainty of the weather may planets. Although another transit of Mercury will take place in make this the last that will be seen here for many y ears . —Liverpool Mercury. It is calculated that within the next five years there will be upwards of 10,000 miles of railway open in Great Britain.— Woolther's Exeter Gazette. NAME OF RAILWAY. NOT. 4 Amiens and Boulogne . ••••••• •• • • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • •• • •• • • •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Caledonian. ....... Chester and Holyhead. • • ••• • • • Cockermouth and Workington.... • • • • Dublin and Drogheda.. • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown •• •• •••• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • • • East Anglian.... ...• • • . • • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ..... • • • Edinbnrgh and Northern .• • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • East Lancashire ........ • • .• • • • • • • • • Eastern Union .... • • • • • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .... • • Glasgow and Greenock— •••• • • • •• • • Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • • Great Western, &c • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Kendal and Windermere...—. • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire..• • • • • • • • •• Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • ..... • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Seuthpert.• •• Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • • • •• London and North Western, &c.... London and Illackwall•—• • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton . ••••• • • • • • London and South Western . •••• •• Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • •• • • • • • • • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) • • Newcastle and Carlisle— •• •••• • • •• North British ...... • • • • • • •••••• • • • • Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • .. Rouen and Havre • • • • • • • • •• • • Scottish Central ..... •• • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester •• • • • •• •• • • South Eastern and Branches •• • • • • • • South .............. Taff Vale Ulster . ...... ............ ..... Waterford and Limerick . • • • • • • • Whitehaven Junction .• • • • ...... • • •• Wishaw and Coltness..• • •••• • • •• " York and Newcastle • •••• ••••• • • • • • York and North Midland . •• • • • • • • •• Last week, 784 5,000 1,467 772 1,026 743 3,478 1,813 14,315 1,548 1,410 2,606 916 3,441 18,706 132 10,346 2,106 136 39,635 57i 8,944 9,606 2,775 :11,4i1 1,143 800 3..1 fo't,: 1.'. 1 5..° on o c...)= 03 3,476 628 13,158 2,512 5,255 2,109 1,0:7 1,21,3 9,080 1,247 2,018 878 843 1,086 2,605 1,017 1,937 17,897 101 9,133 1,196 113 39,258 168 790 8,389 7,643 2,150 ,3,652 7,675 21,462 883 2,232 520 8,947 753 1,739 772 11,418 8,181 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, Noy. 10. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. T. D. P. Ashley, Esq., has sold his cutter-yacht An telope of 90 tons, and R. Alexander, Esq., the Undora cutter of 59 tons. The yachting season has been brought to a close, the signalman is no longer to be seen at his summer station at the Semaphore, the Royal Yacht Squadron House is no longer the resort of England's aristocracy, nor Cowes Roadstead filled with their splendid yachts; the Vice- Commodore (generally the last afloat) has struck his flag for the season, and the keel of the Flirt is stuck fast in the mud of the Medina. At West Cowes, on the 9th inst., the lady of Dr. Hoff nseistor, surgeon to the Royal Yacht Squadron, of a daughter. At Bath, on Tuesday last, in his 86th y ear , Lieute nant-General Richardson, of Mill Hill House, Cowes. He had seen much service in the East Indies. ADULT DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.—This morning a meeting of the committee of management of the above charity was held at the board-room, 26, Red Lion-square, Bloomsbury; John Wood, Esq., in the chair. From the report it appeared that there was a sad increase of applicants to the charity, numbering among them several from the provinces, with recommen dations from the clergy of the different districts. In various instances the poor afflicted creatures seeking the asylum have been liberally educated at some of the many schools established purposely to teach the deaf and dumb reading, writing, and other useful branches of know ledge, but they have been wholly unacquainted with any trade or occupation, and hence their state of destitution. In most of these cases the boys after education have been apprenticed to some trade, but owing to their of and consequent want of quickness a n d genera l aptness for trade, they do not always, and indeed very seldom, learn the avocation to which they are appren ticed, unless they are ruled and managed by masters who fully understand the wants and manners of those deprived of hearing and speech. These circumstances, it was :stated, fully accounted for the great number of applicants to au institution where, like this, some thoroughly useful trade was taught in addition to a proper care being taken of the education of the pupils. JEWS AND GENERAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIC IstsTraiTlON.—The opening of the lecture session of this institution, was celebrated on Thursday evening by a con versazione, when the reading-rooms were attended by a large concourse, and were decorated with various ob jects illustrative of the arts and sciences. On the platform was the Rev. the Chief Rabbi, and the Presi dent, Hanaeel de Castro, E.g., Dr. Van Oven, Colonel Gawler, and a limber of ladies. The President ad dresed the assembly: he stated that 118 lectures had been delivered at the institution during the past four ses sions, illustrated by diagrams and costly apparatus. The library for reference and circulation, now contains up wards of 4,000 volumes, amongst which are works of the higlost reputation in Hebrew, German, and English literature. The number of life subscribers was stated to be 71, making, with subscribing members, 302. The Rev. the Chief Rabbi (Dr. Adler) addresse d the meeting at some len g th in favour of thu objanco of the ioetitution. He was followed by Mr. S. Samuel, Mr. Mottram, and Colonel Gawler. The secretary then invited the com pany to visit the library and reading-rooms, and sub sequently a concert took place, at which a number of eminent artistes gave their gratuitous services. The proceedings terminated with the national anthem of " God save tbe Queen," to which the company responied in the usual way. ISLE or Sitsr.—We are happy to hear from our Skye correspondent, who writes on the 27th October, that the harvest has been got over favourably:—" We have had particularly fine weather for the harvest work for a fortnight past, and the crops have been got in better this season than for some years. Although the return is perhaps rather below than above an average in quantity, the condition in which the corn has been got in will, I think, make up for this. We have had very cold north wind during part of the time since my last communication, and last week we had a little snow, which, however, remained on the groand for a couple of days only. We have since that time until to-day had weather resembling, I should think, what in America they call their Indian summer.' It has now become wet and misty—the staple weather of this quarter; but I believe there is very little corn now exposed in any part of the island. The disease among the potatoes still continues, and this —for only a small quantity was planted by some of the people—has exhausted the whole stock of some of them already.—lnverness Courier. Tar ORLEANS FAMILY.—We believe that the Count and Countess of Neuilly and their family have within these few days removed from Claremont, and have taken up their residence at the Star and Garter at Richmond. Some recent statements which have appeared respecting the unwholesomeness of the water at Clare mont at the pres en t t i me m temporary removal of theil y lu p s o tr s i s o i u b s ly personages o r fr the that place. We are unaware whether it is intended to make a prolonged stay at Richmond; but at this late period of the seas on , and when several distinguished personages who hav e b een staying throughout the autumn haveten a theirdeparture, eS t ar and there arte r is little doubt that ampleaccommodation to the Count and his familyeal Family e this large c e a s n ta b b e li a s ff h o m r e d n e t. d We believe that the ex it received from ParisYa largineicilyuat t F it r y an e c f e re centlyvhalavueablejevrellery and trinkets, their per sona l p ro p er ty, an d which were saved from le sack of the Tuileries at the period of the revolution. A hest, which had been accidentally confined by a block of wood in the corner of a house at Keighley, was lately found alive, after having passed twenty-three days without food or water, and has since recovered full vigour, although when discovered she was so much emaciated as to weigh less than a pound.—Stamford Mercury. Some Italian weeds have sprung up on a heap of volcanic earth that has been imported from Rome to Dover for the purpose of making cement, and it is thought not improbable that thesew eeds,wh ich have hitherto been unknown in England , may s pread in t o the ne i g hbouring fields, and ultimately become naturalized in this country. baris vlault servicein C wasalne Church, delivered The remains of the la te Hon. Mrs. Dawson Darner Dweorresect,onoesignTueedsdtay. o the family Tbe by the Rev. G. Arden,. to a crowded congregation of th e tenantry, and the cluldreziedufated flight at the sch oo l s estab lished by ,that benevolent lady. The Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Viscount Ebrington,_ Sir Ho race Sey mour, Hon. Mr. JerninghaiP, Hon. W. Dawson, the Hon. Mr. Seymour, Mr. F. Seymour, Mr . D. Ersk i ne , s, l and Rev. W. H. Scott , Hon. H . Parnell, were among th e mourners who assisted at the obsequies. GRANTHAM.—The preparations for commencing the Great Northern Railway are actively proceedi ng i n prison cury. fa a s discipline Las ). et g a o d n o s p , t t e o d a in ns w t h e e r thi s neighbourhood.—Lincoln new system offo r county gaol appears , admirably. All the magistrates from a distance who have inspected it have left in the visitors' book expres sions of their satisfaction at the excellent management of the prison and th e manner in which the system is carried out, some of them adding to it their conviction that the sum laid out in the alteration has been judici ously expended. Upon the prisoners, too, so far as can be judged from their own statements, the effect is most salutary, most of them expressing irksomeness at the separate confinement, and many adding that they are determined not to subject themselves to it again.— Chelmsford Chronicle. TORQUAT.-011 this railway, which is a branch of the South Devon, the works are fast drawing to a close, a fo m rw on ar t d h and it is probable willthatthsetaltiineeeisnew in a heopene v d e i r n y or six weeks' time. The state. The line, when completed, will be a great public convenience to the inhabitants of Torquay. CARMARTLIENSIIIRE.—PRINCE A mire r AND THE AGRICULTURE OF THE PRINCIPALITY,—,A valued cor respondent announces the pleasing fact that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has proved that he is not indif ferent to the agricultural progress of even this secluded portion of her Britannic Majesty's dominions, since he has kindly presented to the Chairman of the Cardiff Farmer's Club, a young sow an d boar of an improved breed. It is gratifying to find that his Royal Highness's anxiety to promote the success of agriculture is so wide spread and earnest, and we have as sincere gratifica tion in being the chroniclers of the fact, as we have no doubt his Royal Highness had in making the gifts in question, which will undeniably prove of much benefit ~F ~-