The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

PRE SUNT, 1,011/4,TDON, TtrE'SbAY EV.E.NNer, oNE CLOSING P 'tict:N (ir HRITISII FUNDS o'cLOCK. PRICES. flank Stick tl ; ' I.er Cent. Reduced A , : r: s 8 6 14 %86 86% 7, T P ec Cant. Consols Annuities-- 87%%;4% 87% 'T _ "r 3 4 per Cent. Amts.-- ` 4 ' n gArtia. to expire J an. - 1860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8% India Bond., I,CC3/. Ditto under 1,0001. . ..... — 4 O p 37 p Coi•rls for Account 8 7 % 14 A . t 37% LlEChelller Billr. 2%d. & 2d. 1,00 0/. March 1 ,0C3/. June 37p 40 p S W/. Maich. 5 00/. Juno — 40 p 40 p Small. J u ne — PRICES OF FOP TIGN FIIIWS. C , - 1 CLOSING O'CLOCK. ri7ci S. Brazilian Bones D 1 o, Accop9 — 71 ' Equador Bonds ' 2 2 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent , 35 35 Vortugaese 5 per Cont. , : — Ditto, 4 per C 0 2- Russian Bonds .. Spanish 5 pc7Ceut. ir ''). Ditto, . 3 per Cent .. . ..... 24 , 4 24 24 _. .. .. . . . . Divirdenfig on the above rvyab'e -, -i London. Dutch 24 per Cent. 12 Guild-- 464 46% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 71 PRICES OF BUSINESS MAE RAILWAY SIM RES. PAID ' AT 01•.4.1 O'CLCOK• PPOF... CLOSISG Ab erdeen - A mber. Nott., B os u n , and Eestei, Jpnc''on 4 1 4.. A) tallire and Gr'lo wa y.. 7 Belfast & Coonty DIN%, a 19 13irry`nghrli rnd Ox ford,. unct., ceui dii'y paid, cr vii , tia&aarvn. 20 B4'n'ing, Virolverh'ton, and D udley,• ep ib d r ly 7cl, or i•Tl'n' w:th ia arantea 10 •"-- p 1) % t h t -- 01 1 i,narantee 10 -W ,Wolv er h' p ton , and Stour Valley ••• B; ireuhead, Lancost"^e, 13/. 145... .0 r id Cheshire J..... 10 , S'irec _rd & 81 l . 5 ... Bestol and Exeter ...... CO •••••• — i ngttr Ditto, 'Ibl*(11 .... 274 150,. /' • h b' ... . ~:e... pi. A - - ........ • •••• --- CalViliam nitre ... .. 4 ...... , Half Shrres •• B% Do. Nevr 10/. Pig.-- 5 ...,.. 4s/a 4% ,Di t to,Clyder la le 'Trine 50 Qlr4ter and Holheld.. 1. - 1 Ditto, Preference l 5 Clarence ............... 78N( —.• uo. Ist Clafl, per Ct 10 Do. 20 Chiss, 5 per Ct. 10 ... .. Do. GovernmentGovernment L 3P 'l, ~ per Cent. ........ 10 .. .. ••• — uirect London & Poi ',:. D month ... ............ 5!.i — ............ . unblinand Bele?.st June. 25 bnndaik & E nuiT 1... 2 . - " , en 20 •• ............ - East Anglia, 25/ L. & . and L. en d D ...... 25 ..» — - Do., 184 E. & F.... 18 • Do., 3!. 10 3 . ...... ......... 31,4 "••••• Eastern Conatiee... ..... r 0 ... ... 12 113 4 % Do. New Guarantied 6 per Cent. ..... ..... 74 ...... 8% Di t to,Exter sio n ,s per ---- Cent., No. 1... -.64 13s. 4 , ' ... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & East ern 50 .. Do., 5 per c e n t. ••• •• ............ .............. Do. Quarteia ... 12% — ....• ..... . Do. Ne w t'.l ...... ••• ........... Ernern Union, C'n.ss A 11% -4 Louvain sl la Sambre ... 7"-- Luxembourg.. Ditto Madrid and Valentia 2 ...... ....... ....... Namur and Liege North( It Fr 50 % aern of . ranee...—. 12 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Lyons ll ••• ••• - ••• ............ Do. Do. . Paris and Orleans - ............ .. Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Tours and Nantes 9 ....•• 1 (late E. U. Sh ares ) 25 D itto, Class A ditt o ... 1 """"""'•• D itto, Class B (L & .......... ..... and B.) ............... 20 Ditto, Class C,e'tto••• 20 . .... • DiDo. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 •••••• tto, ditto .. ......... 20 Ditto (C. &P ,. .) Cua • , b . 5 per cent.-- ...... 2 % -•" ..... •••••••••• •E•skst Lamb: - ...... ~.. 25 ......... Ditto, New ........ .... 21 •••••• Ditto, New Quarters 6'i — D., 6 per C . nt. Pre —•• ••••.. ..... ference Quarters ... GA -•'-'• . — East Lincolnabive •••••• c ' s _ Eeburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• ... - Ditto, Half Shares ••• 15 - " -- Edinbr-RhandNorthern 25 Ditto, liew pox t ......... 16 - Exeter,Yeovit, & D orc h. 2% Glsgow, Dun , :e s , an d Carlisle ....... ... ..r. 6s. 8d.... , •• Glasgovr,B;Lnar &A 3 • 40 ...... ~ • • ..... •• I ••• ...• Do. Preference Consol• 43,1 4 41 .4 -••'' Great Northern ....... 17 0., % A Deferre d ... 1214 •••••• 4 "" Do., % B 6 per CPlt. kola"anteed ........ 4 1 4. (3r Do. Extension ......... 2th eat Beath. and West. _22% _ (Ireland) ...... ........ 4 2%...„. 22% ......... .. ... tirertNort'ionglard.loo -- DiDitto, New, 0, ........ 40 ...... Dittto, c'tto ........ , ..... 25 ...... , Now, C 3/ ......... 30 ........ , ..... Great Ditto, New,lsl ......... 14 .. Wcztera ........ .... 90 Ditto, li Shores ...... 50 ... ••• _ Ditto, .4. Shares ...... 21 ..... 17 ............... Mao, r, th 9 ....... ... ..... 20 ...... ............... Ditto, New 17/... ..... 13 ... .. 10 ... ..... .... iludderSfield and kr- nch. 30 ...... ''"" —' i.,Ditto,_Tb;rds ....... .. 10 ..... ••• ........... = l u l l and Selby . ...... 50 •••••• 46 DDitt 3, Rolf Share 3 ... 25 •••••• tto, .!‘ Shares ..,.. 12% ..... 47 47-14-•••••••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 itto, Thirds ......... 10 ............... Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ••••• b ............... -- Ditto, ditto ............ 86 ..„. ... ............ Ditto, % Shares ...-. 43 ... - % Quitter Shares... 17h i . ..... 10; 0 .... ........... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial MINES Australian 2 I,E 4 - 10% LLOYD'S SHIPPI.NG—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Noy. 21.—Wind S.W., light breeie,: and fine clear weather. WDITSTABLN, Noy. 20.—The Friends, Brown, from Christchurch, for Middlesborough, whilst lying at anchor off Herne Bay, was ran into by the Prince Cobourg, of Poole, got to the main Bishopstone and filled; dry at low water. HULL, Nov. 20.—The Helen M'Gregor steamer, arrived here, experienced heavy gales, 16th inst., from W. by N., and on the 16th ;saw a schooner onshore near the Scaly, the wind blowing at the time W. by S. Since the 18th inst. it has blown strong gales here from N.W. to W., and this morning it blew very hard from the westward. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Arrd. Duke of Clarence, Birch, Calcutta; Secret, Hilton, Callao; Col um b us, Green, Pernambuco ; Kalamagoo, Foulke, Philadelphia; Far-West, Briand, New York; Creole, Foster, ditto; Lucinda, Delano, Boston; Lady Flora Hastings, Quebec. 20th, Waringford, Chigwell, Bahia; Cumberland, Power, Pernambuco; Lancashire, Hadley, Savannah; Carnatic, Devereux, New Orleans; Thomas Bennett, Sherman, Charlestown; Andrew Foster, Howes, N ew Y or k ; Bri tannia, Hamilton, Montreal; Dash, Cothay, Newfound land. Sld. Elizabeth, Buenos Ayres; Agorian, Phillips, Gibraltar. Three vessels under jurymasta were seen 27th Sept.; the barques Manchester and Paoli, under jurymasts, were passed off Cape Florida, 27th Sept., by the Carnatic, arrived here. YARMOUTH. Nor. 20.—The Josephine, Chirmite, from Newcastle to Bordeaux, has been assisted in here very leaky, having been run aground to prevent her sinking. REDCAR, Nov. 20.—The Wm. Watson, of Newcastle, from London to Hartlepool, got on the rocks to-day, near this place, but was assisted off, and taken in tow, fur her port of destination, supposed not much damage. DELL, Nov. 20.—Wi8d S.W., heavy squalls.—And. - 4!4 43th 17 9: 1 4 10 1 A MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Do. Fifths... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 1,4, .. . CITY, QUARTER TO 7'fil?' I . . . The sales of C o tt on a t Li verpoo l yester d ay e ex . : 7,000 Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 - Dc, New, Gua. 6 perct bales, with a good market.-Railway Shares at re rat he r Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 - ••• better, and with a fair business doing. Ditto V, (late Hud- The continental advises received to-day are of a mere dersneld and Shelf.) 43 tranquil character generally,.but the existence e,f Wl,: c - Do.(Wakefield,Ponte spread discontent is not to be denied. frac+ and Goole) ... 50 There are accounts of August Ist from Wellington, Do.(W. Riding Union) 7 -••••••-• ••••• New Ze a l an d , an d t h ey appear to be of a favourable Do. (Preston tic Wyse} 25 complexion again. Do. 1 ,4 Shares (A)... 9% Leeds and Bradford SO From P ernam b uco di rect per C olumbus we have, Leeds liter dates. The exchan ge on L on d on was firm at 231 d. Do., Shares Dewsbury , Half ares &c.... 50 , ..... 25 - ••• to 24d. Freights were depressed. Sugar was stead At Rio on the 14th of September the vessels could with y. Le Doe., atnbdluTeh)iSrsck . Scrip....., 5 . : ..2 0 %..... - -- ••..•••• ...... difficulty obtain cargoes. Ditto, New ...... ....... 35 - - •• of September from the River Plate. At Buenos A) res Liverpool, Crosby and the exchange was 2 13-16 d., and business was brisker Southport - than it had been. Liverp., Manchester, and From Monte Video, the letters to Sept. 4, are, how- Newcastle Juncdon... _ _2 1 4 ever,. London &Blackwell-10/. 6s. 8d La' by no means cheerful. Do. Extension ..... ... 22%... .. - ....••.... ..... vannah papers of Oct. 23, m ere ly no ti ce matters o; London, Bn, local interest, b u t con fi rm t h e report that un'ess anything South Coast rod 50 Untoward occur's, the harvest will be m u st abundant. Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 From Hayti we hear that a decree had been pub- Do. Pref. Con.sper ct. 50 .. - lished for regulating commercial affairs. The Govern- Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 - ...... Lunt was to hav e th e r i g ht o f esta bli s hi ng and controlling Di tto, New 51., •••••..• guar. 4 the monopolies of th e w h o l e or part o f t h e country, and 6 on pe a r n wich e d e G nt reen " 1 2 / 1 5s 4d - - ••• •• Only a certain num b er o f b ro k ers wou l d be allowed to Lond act in each town. Ditto, Preference... 18/17a 2d... - N. The money market in A mer i ea h a d not var i e d to any London and extent when the Eu ro p a s t eamer l e f t. I t i s stated Do Quarter Western 100 ......117 117% s (L.& B.) 22 - from New Y or k, th at - Ditto, New " The stock mar k et h as exper i enced no very im- Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 25 - portant change during the past week. Prices closed Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 - Yesterday within a fraction of those ruling at the close Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 - ....„ . ... - uf the previous week, and the transactions do not indi- Dno. 1 0 1. (M. & B.) C. I °ate any i m p rovement i n t h e m i nds of opera- Land. & Do. New 50 1 . .. S. Western 5O ...... 38• ... ••• .... tors. Th e fact is, the brokers have specula- Do. New 40/. . . 42%.. .. 84 - ••• ••• ... .. .. .. liens in fancy stocks almost entir e ly to them- r. •• ••• ••••. se lves, outsiders are very shy and very scarce, and the Ditto ditto - Tenths (Consol.) 50 - . a ppearance of the politi ca l, fi nanc i a l, an d commercial Ditto. Third.... ....-134 6s. 8d 5 dis the is by no means sufficiently flattering to give Do., New Scrip, 1848, buena any hope, fur a long time, of any advance in Pie 7 per Cent, on Price,. Purposes Deposit, and 5 per Money is plenty enough for all the ordinary Cent. on Calls ...I/. 13s. 4d... lea p.......... months of commerce, but not enough as to give an irn- Pet " to speculation. We look for quiet times for many prices for London, Salisbury, and , and we have no doubt a further depreciation in Yeovil ..... -- --e••• 1 5...." - Londonderry&Culerame 28 3 / 4 - ...... ......... stocks and for produce generally, will be ex perienced befo ' re ' the opening of another season." Londonderry and Ennis killen ... ........ ... TVA...-. - ... ..... .•... The following from Cantle describes the progress of tbe Lowestoft (4 per cL) ... 20 - St. Laurence and Atlantic Railway, an important - Ditto (6 per ct.) link in colonial communication :-" The work on this eianehester,Buxton,and road is progressing with great rapidity; the whole line is Matlock 4 - ••• graded to St. Hyacinthe, the bridges over the Richelieu Manchester, Sheffield, and Huron rivers finished, depot houses and engine and Lincolnshire...loo house erected a t L ongueu il , S t. Hil a i re, and St. Ilya- Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 cinthe, water stations nearly completed, cars for freight D ditto (No. 3) ... 10 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - - ..... ••••• ••• and passengers made and la L d e d a t L ongueu il , super- tto structure completed, all but six mil es , h av i ng Ditto, New Ditto, Gt. G rim ... 40 - Pref... 10 - eighteen miles of iron rails laid, and the lay- Ditto ditto . ...-... 13 ...... - lug of the remainder of the superstructure and Ditto ditto rails is advancing so rapidly that there is every Ditto Sheffield and prospect of the road being opened to St. Hya- Lincolnshire l6 . ... - cinthe from the 15th to the 20th of November, when Do., Grimsby Dock... 20 - the directors, it is understood, intend to invite the stock- Do., Manchester and holders t o w it ness t h e open i ng o f t hi s road, so all im- Lincoln Union..... 41. 2s -.......... portant to M on t rea l , an d i t may b e sa id , to t h e whole of Midland ... 100 - Canada, being the link which is to connect this city with Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do ,do , 501. Shares.- 20 ••• the sea at all seasons of the year, and the outlet for the Do. Bir . m~ and Derbyloo produce of the west passing through the canals and pub- a).Consol.Bristol and lic works of this province, of which it will thus become Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 - ........ .. .... the continuation. The large locomotive made for the Ditto,Brist.&Glocstr. 38 - broader track of this railroad has reached Longueuil, Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 14/. 18s - ............... where it is being put up, so that there will be no want of Ditto,Leieest& Swan- Moving power." nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo - - There was some attempt to " bang" the Consol market Midland Great Western _. yesterday afternoon after the official hours of business, Irish ". , - and the decided improvement in prices had the usual result, viz., to bring forward a few sellers desirous of e. ill e 6 per cent, guar. iddlesbro and Redcar, 5 - 0 - ............... - ...... ••• ..... realising their profits. Upon the opening of business - A D w o c . a Q st u l ar ea t n e d r - s Carbsie...loo to-day, however, the market again had a steady appear- Newmarket - ..... .. ance, if not ranging quite so high as yesterday, and Do. Extension .........21. 125.... - • ••• aince then a partial reaction has occurred. It is Newport, Abergavenny, Probable that, as we have before remarked, there and Hereford will be frequent fluctuation until the Presidential Newry and Enniskillen 7 - electi on i s over. Consols were first marked. 87 - ..... i, have Newry, Warrenpomt, 20 since been 87-1- g, and are now about 871 1. There has and Rostrevor Norfolk .., 100 - ............. been a small !allure in the " house." The New Three- Do. New 20/. a nd - a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 86i g, and Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 - ............... tile Three per Cents. 86 to 86g. Bank Stock le - as been Do. Guaranteed 5 % pc. 5 firm at 189. Exchequer-bills of March are 40s. to 435. Do. do. VVaveney Val. 2 - .............. - Premium. Northern Counties Union 4 .- - ............ ... Tee Foreign Securities are buoyant again. Spanish North British .......• -- 2 5 •••••• 15 ............ • Five p Cents, er ents. realise Ili to 11g, and the Three per Ditto, Halves .. - •••- ..... ....„ Cents. 24 to 241. Portuguese tour per Cents. have Ditto, Quarters been quoted 251. Peruvian Bonds are steady at 35. Ditto, Extension O% -.. ........ ... Brazilian Old Stock is at 724. Dutch Two-and-a-Llalf Ditto,Thirde -........ 8 1 / 4 - ... ............ North & South-Western 2 per Cents. have been 46i, and Russian Bonds 99/. Reilway Shares are . • The North Staffordshire l5 , 8 %%• .......... looking up again. trans- North Wales actions are not large, but appear to be chiefly for cash, N 3 1 A ; -.. ............. 10 - which is a favourable indication. Eastern Counties are orth-Western ... Oxford, Worcester, and held better North - Western are fairly 14 higher, Great Wolverhampton~ Weetern have risen 1/. to 21., Midland 1/., and some Reading, Guildford', and others in proportion. South- Western aro dull. Brighton Reigate - Royston and Hitchin ... 2 - Scottish Central - ....... ...-... . Scottish Midland 25 - ••• •..•••• Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) - Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... - Shrewsbury sod Bine-. 9 - ..... Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 - Shrewsbury aud Ile re fd. 2 . . , ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - Ditto lialret , ... ditto 81 2 .-- - .. .•..••.••.•• Ditto Oswestry ..... 17. i . • - Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO - • • .••„_ Shropsh're Ur!on South Devon... 5O .... - .. Do. Preference South Staffordshi re 6 1./. ....... .• oath Eastern - Do., No. 1 24 - Do., N 0.2. .. 22 - D 0.,..... .....•.. ...... 25 - Do., No. 4 Th:rds ... 10 ....„- South Wales . 28 ...... - •• S , ,uth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 5 - ...••• Swans. & Lougho: & Ca- .. •• me:on's Stm. C3a1.... 6 - raw Vale E x t ens i on ... 8 - ••• ••. ••• .. .... ••• Tkames Hav en D oc k .. and Railway 17% - Vale of Neetli -.. ...... 4 - WEI tei.ord and Kilkeeny 17%...... Wirmaird and 1 ;merck 47% - ••• W?tei:o.Wx .d,Wi c kl w, ard Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Celt. i Guaranteed ... 4 2 34 - Do. do. do. ... 25 _- Do. do. do. ... 10 - West Cornw a ll "' ..... "' _ West London - Do. Do. Ist Clr , 's - - .... •••• ‘V hitehaven & Furness IS - Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9% ...... - W'lt s, Somerset, & Wey mouth - .... 40 York, Newcastle, and Bei wick. ... . ..... .... 25 - ... - ... Do. Origins! New and Bare ick -.. ... . 25 .... . 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... . 1 5 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ..... 6 5 3 3 / 4 %.. York and Noi th Mid i ce d 5 0 - ............ C tie, Prefeience ...... 10 Do. East and I , Vest Rid ing,,Extens:on - ..... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 4 1 / 2 - Boulogne ard Aulieos... 20 - --- Central of France (Or leans and Perzon) ... 17 - Ceylon 1 / 2 - .„.„.. _ - Demerara Dendrc Valley... 4 - Direct Bombay and Madras ..... ... ......... ss. . ... - Dutch Rhenish ...-.. 7 , A.. ... - East Indian .... ..... -•• ...... ........ 3 1 4 - ...... - .... . Great Indian Peninsular 1/ 10% 54 46 3 1 4 3 3 4 8% 224 24 th 12% 12% 6% 60 8 23 a ship, Calcutta; Twee 1, Catchpole, Africa; Wilber force, Malcolm, Malesborough; Burnt Island,' for the Cape de Verds; an American barque, westward. (lARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.I COLONIAL. SUCAII.—The market for British Plantation has been rather firmer, and the transactions amounted to 670 hhds, including at auction 330 Barbadocs, at 35s to 398 for raw to good yellow; and 120 Dominica, at 32s to 35s per cwt. The public sales have comprised 2,800 bags Mauritius, 800 bags Bengal, and 3,500 bags Ma dras. The Mauritius was disposed of, mostly at a de cline of 6d to Is per cwt: brown, at 26s to 335, with grey and yellow, at 33s 6d to 37s 6d for low to good quality, but Bengal brought an advance of 6d ; viz. 42s to 435, for fine white Benares ; whilst the Madras, being sulphury, sold at 31s 6d to 38s for good grocery quality, being comparatively cheap rates. There was no sugar landed last week at the East and West India Docks, but there were taken fur home consumption 1,376 hhds 155 tierces, 333 barrels. The stock in the same places is 23,296 hhds, 3,329 tierces, 5,647 barrels. 88Ih 28% COFNEE.-150 bags Ceylon at auction realised pre vious rates. 45 4A Rum.--The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was only two puncheons; there were taken for home consumption 363 puns, 90 hhds; and exported, 88 puns, 145 hhds. The stock in the same places is 22,671 puns, 2,384 hhds. The market is rather better. Proof Leewards is 4d to Is 6d per gallon. SALTPETRE.-200 bags Bengal sold at 25s per cwt for 9 per cent refraction, being the full previous value. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 45s per cwt on the spot, and Town 47s 6d. TEA.—The consumption is good, and prices were steady. 38t COTTON.—A fair business has been done. EicE.—There is much heaviness in this article. HAT 211.11.1 METS. SMITIEFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 13s; Clover, ditto, 31 10s to 41 18s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s 4 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. C lIMBERLA.ND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 41 12s; and Straw, 11 4s to I l lOs per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations. WarrEcitsPEL.--Meadew Hay, 21 lOs to 31 14s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 5/; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. 5 dis. % P BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY.) HOLMES V. LONDON AND SOUTIE-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. HELPS moved for a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why a new trial should not be had, and in the meantime all further proceedings stayed. The action was brought to recover 6L 10s., being the amount of 26 deductions from the salary of the plaintiff as guard on the railway of the defendants; and in the trial before the sheriff of Middlesex the jury found for the plaintiff because it was not shown that the defendants had any specific list of fines to inflict upon their servants for misconduct. It would seem that in the early part of the present year the plaintiff, who filled the situation of under-guard on the South-Western line, left London with the Southampton express train unprovided with th e necessary lamps to be u se d on the journey, and for this omission his salary was reduced from 255. per week to 20s. Some time afterwards he was dismissed from the company's service, and he brought the present action to recover the deductions which had been made from his salary in the shape of fines. At the trial the sheriff told the jury that the company had no power in law to inflict arbitrary fines upon their servants, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. It was quite clear, however, that the sheriff had erroneously charged the jury, for there was no law to prevent the company from inflicting arbitrary fines, although there was no doubt the company was precluded by law from enforcing excessive fines. Mr. JusticePATTESON remarked that the amount in volved in the action was small. Mr. HELPS said it was not so much to save the money as to establish the principle involved in the action which induced the company to contest it. It was important for the safety and convenience of the public that railway companies should have the power of fining their servants for misconduct instead of dismissing them from their service, but if the law laid down by the sheriff were al lowed to prevail, there would be an end of that discretion which usage and common sense had established in the management of railways. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted the application. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONRLANQUE.) IN RE RIIRTON. This bankrupt was described as of the Commercial road, Lambeth, builder, and extensively engaged in railway contracts, and to-day was named for a dividend meeting. Since the last meeting an award had been made by the arbitrator on a disputed account between the assig nees and the directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and the company had been directed to pay about 22,000/. for measured work and plant, &c., on ditlerent branches on the line. Mr. PENDELL said that the amount had not been paid in, and, therefore, the dividend must be adjourned, but the first dividend would probably be about 12s. in the pound. Mr. EJILLIEARY, solicitor, applied to his Honour to expunge a proof for 6301. made by a Mr. Brydges, as a partner with a Mr. Hooker, but the partnership was denied by the latter. His Ilorroun decided that ho had no jurisdiction to try the question of partnership, and it was of no import ance to the estate to whom the dividend was paid, and Brydges had sworn at his peril as to the justice of the debt. Thy dividend was adjourned till the 15th December. It is expected the estate will pay nearly 20s. in the pound. MARLBRO' STREET—(THIS DAY.) Edward Leyden, an elderly man, attired in the uniform of the 24th Regiment of Foot, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having caused a crowd of per sons to assemble opposite Apsley House, Piccadilly. Barton, 22 C, stated that on the previous day he was on duty in Piccadilly, when he saw the prisoner with a broom in his hand, standing near the crossing opposite the Duke of Wellington's, surrounded by a crowd of persons, to whom he was relating that he bad served in the 6th Foot for eighteen years, that he had been dis charged about six years ago without a pension, and that he had adopted the pi esent course in order that his case should be brought before the Commander-in -Chief 'a notice. As the crowd caused an obstruction, witness requested defendant to go away. He refused to do so, and witness took him into custody. On searching him at the station, witness found a certificate stating that the defendant had been discharged from the 6th Foot for bad conduct. The accused, in defence, said he had been unjustly treated. He served in India under Colonel l'ottiager, for 16 years, and was discharged at Canterbury six years ago, for being intoxicated whilst on duty. The regimentals he at present wore he bought at Chatham, and the reason that be appeared in them opposite Apsley House was that his Grace might notice him, and cause inquiries to be made into his unfortunate circumstance►. If he had acted wrong he was very sorry for it. He had a wife and three children to support, and could have a good character from Colonel Pottinger. Mr. BINGHAM said the defendant had acted very foolishly in appearing in a masquerade dress. He (de-. fendant) was not entitled to wear regimentals, as he did not now belong to any regiment. It he had grievances to be redressed, he should apply at the Horse Guards. He should now discharge him with a caution, and advise him to adopt another course to get redress. WORSHIP -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Two brothers, named Wade, were charged with the following robbery:— From the evidence of a commercial gentleman, named Kelly, it appeared that he was passing through Charles square, Horton, last night at about twelve o'clock, when the prisoners suddenly pounced upon him, and in an in stant he was felled to the ground. Ho struggled with his assailants, but they contrived to take from him a valuable watch, gold guard chain, &c. &c., and made their escape. The witness at once proceeded to the police station•house, and having fortunately caught a glance of their persons, by the aid of the gas-light, he was enabled to give a description' of them. sergeant Brannan, G division, discovered the prisoners in the neighbourhood of the Vinegar Ground, but the stolen property could not then be traced. Mr. Kelly, in answer to a question from the magis trate, said he was positive as to the identity of the pri soners. Mr. HAMMILL said he should remand the prisoners, in order to gi ve S ergeant B rannan time to discover, if possible, the stolen property. ATTEMPTED MURDER of a WIFE BY HER lIUSBAND.—(THIS DAY.) At an early hour this morning, considerable conster nation and excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Bill-street, Walworth, in consequence of a report that a man, named George Crome, about twenty-six years of age, a cabinet maker, residing at No. 126, Hill street, had attempted to murder his wife. The previous night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the woman and her husband had been heard to quarrel in the kit ehen, where they had been sitting. Shortly after the conduct of the husband became more violent; he threat ened to murder her, and heavy blows were dis tinctly heard, accompanied by the cries of " Mur der " from the unfortunate victim. The par- ties in the house became alarmed, and sent for the wife's brother, Mr. White, residing in the neigh bourhood, who went immediately, and endeavoured to force the kitchen door, the husband, however, prevented his doing so, when he went to the back of the house and got into the kitchen by the back door, and on entering the kitchen the husband was standing calmly looking on, but with no weapon in his hand, when the first thing he said was, " You had better give me into custody." The room was in the utmost confusion, and on looking under the table, Mr. Smith found his sister lying in a state of insensibility, bleeding profusely from a wound in the right temple and from other parts of her head. In the meantime the front door was opened, and further assistance obtained, and one of the police constables of the S division was called in, who took the husband into custody, and conveyed him to the Wel worth station. Owing to the insensibility of the wife, from which she had not recovered at twelve o'clock this day, nothing can be gleaned as to what had passed be tween them. As soon as the husband was given into custody, Mr. Clisp, of the firm of Taylor and Crisp, surgeons, of Wrlworth, promptly attended, and had 1 the unfortunate wom an removed from the kitchen to the WEST RIDING ELECTION. WHAT SORT OF MEMBER WILL MR. FITZ ILLIAM, IF ELECTED, BE? TO TILE EDITOR OF ThE SUN. SIR,— As I know of no newspaper pul;lished in the West Riding in the early part of the week, I am in duced to ash you to allow the a short space in your columns. The importance of the approaching election to Yorkshire, and in some respects to the nation at large, is my only claim on your courtesy. Lord Fitzwilliam asks the thirty-six thousand electors of the West Riding to send his youngest son, a youth of twenty-two years of age as their representative to Parliament. We may infer from the conduct of those Members who are now in Parliament through the influence of Lord Fitzwilliam, how his son would vote on all important matters, and the policy, generally speaking, which he would advocate. Lord Fitzwilliam is the owner of a large part of the borough of Melton, and appoints two Members for that borough. At the general election in 1841, when I happened to be residing in Malton, within one Week of the day of the election not a single voter for the borough knew who were to be the Members. The only question in men's mouths was—Has the letter arrived ? meaning from Wentworth House. During the sitting of the last Parliament, Lord Fitz william desired that his eldest son, Lord Milton, who was unsuccessful as a candidate for the West Riding at the general election in 1841, should again enter Parliament, and one of the Members for Malton re- tired to make way for him. At the last election Messrs. Denison and Childers were returned without apparent opposition, but the majority of the electors do not regard them as their representatives, and with the protection of the ballot would immediately say so. Both the present Mem bers for Malton voted against Mr. Hume's motion. Why recal these matters ?; That the electors of the West Riding may clearly understand what sort of representative they will find in Mr. C. W. W. Fitz william. On all important questions he will, in all probability, vote as the present: Members for Malton do. He is a member of, and will do all he can to support, the aristocracy. On those great questions which will have to be brought before Par liament again and again, the extension of the suf frage, the reduction of expenditure, the separation of Church and State, the Vote by Ballot ; in a word, on those questions on which the great majority of the electors of the West Riding have not only fully made up their minds, but on which they feel very strongly, this young man, if now returned, will vote against their wishes or not vote at all. Is this the position which the greatest constituency of the kingdom will voluntarily take ? But the expense alarms them. Let every man pay his own expenses, and a very small subscription from each elector will be sufficient to meet all other charges. Music and banners may be dispensed with by such a constituency. Twenty thousand men ani mated by one common purpose, that of sending a man " fit and proper" to speak and vote for them in the great council of the nation, is a grander spectacle than all other outward things can exhibit. Will Lord Fitzwilliam stand a contest ? Those who best know his resources have their doubts. The support of the Tory party would be an expensive affair. But where is a suitable candidate to be found ? Is there no one among the aldermen and town-council lors of the West Riding boroughs ? Is there no merchant or manufacturer of Leeds, Bradford, Hali fax, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Wakefield ? Send a man blindfold into any market-place, cloth-hall, or corn-exchange of the Riding during the present week, and he cannot fail to lay hold of some man far better qualified than this young man is to represent such a constituency. Names may be mentioned at random which suggest ideas of labour done, and indi cate the ability required. This youth asks the West Riding to send him to Parliament for this single rea son, because his father once advocated the liberal cause. Goodman, D. Gaskell, Hamer Stansfeld, Luccock, Milligan, Carbutt, any one of these would infinitely better represent the feelings and wants of the constituency than Mr. Fitzwilliam can pretend to do ; and if we may step across the boundary of the Riding, there is Wilson of the League, well worthy to take a seat beside R. Cobden. What matter if he be a Manchester man ? If Yorkshire can produce no other than Mr. Fitzwilliam as its representative, would it not be better to send a Lancashire man, or one from any quarter of the globe, provided he pos sessed those qualities of mind and attributes of cha racter which the representative of the West Riding ought to possess ? The Mayor of Wakefield offers 500/. towards the expenses of a contest, thanks and honour be given him; others will follow his example. Let the League organization, once treated so contemptuously by Lord Fitzwilliam, be resumed, and engagements for meet ing expenses be received. There are fourteen days before the election. I cannot despair of twenty thousand who have ever advocated the Liberal cause. Some one it is to be hoped will yet be found whose return cannot be such an unspeakable disgrace to the constituency as would in the estimation of all thinking men be the return of Mr. Fitzwilliam. Yours, &c., A NON-RESIDENT ELECTOR Nov. 20, 1848. For the West Riding. N 0 VEMBE'R up-stairs bid-room, where the wounds were dressed. Alr. -Crisp remained with her till three o'clock this morning, end has frequently seen her since, but from hE r precarkus state he can give net hopes, as there vp pears to be Symptoms of a concussion of the brain. The unfortunate woman, who is only twenty-six years of age, has been married about four } ears, has no ceil dre.n; they were in comfortable circumstances, but the husband has lately taken to drinking and spending all the money he could get. lie was examined at Lambeth Police-office this morning, and remanded. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIIK SIR,—In my letter of the 19th I omitted to state that the reason the working expenses of the New castle and Berwick Railway are put down at so low a rate is, that one of the must important items in the working expenses of railways generally is that of coke; but the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Com pany having erected enormous ovens for making coke, they supply several other lines, and their profit is so great that their own coke which they use stands them at nothing; and when we consider this makes a difference of between 6 and 7 per cent. on the orking expenses, we may fairly hope that the line will be efficiently worked for the sum named. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool, N ov . 2 0. VINDEX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Will you excuse me in calling your attention to the incompleteness of the Lancashire and York. shire Railway Company's statement, as I perfectly agree with your suggestion, that whatever statements companies publish in the present sad state of railway property should be both complete an,' unassailable, except upon their respective merits. With this view, I and many others complain that the directors have not shown the amount of weekly traffic necessary for them to continpe paying the present dividend of six per cent. Other companies have done so, and I am afraid it is on account of the largeness of the sum required that it is not done so in the present instance. What confirms me in this is, a private calculation which I was shown the other day, and which made it appear that a weekly income of near 22,0001. would be necessary in order to pay a dividend of even five per cent., being an increase of near 100 per cent. upon the present receipts from the main line. If this be true the shareholders and the public ought to be made aware of it, and be placed in a position to judge whether such an enormous increase was probable, Oldham, Nov. 20. A DAILY READER. THE SEA SERPENT ONCE MORE. TO THE EDITOR or TILE TIMES. Sir,—Will you do me the very great favour to give a place in your widely circulating columns to the following reply to the animadversions of "Professor Owen "on the serpent or animal seen by me and others from her Majesty's ship Daedalus on the Gth of August last, and which were published in the Times of the 14th instant? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, P. M'QUHAE, Late Captain of her Majesty's ship Daedalus. London, Nov. 18. 'rofessor Owen correctly states that I " evidently saw a large creature moving rapidly through the water very different from anything I had before witnessed, neither a whale, a grampus, a great shark, an alligator, nor any other of the larger surface-swimming creatures fallen in with in ordinary voyages." I now assert— raither was it a common seal nor a sea elephant, its great length and its totally differing physiognomy pre cluding the possibility of its being a " Phoca" of any species. Tho head was flat, and not a " capacious vaulted cranium;" nor had it " a stiff inflexible trunk"— a conclusion to which Professor Owen has jumped, most certainly not justified by the simple statement, that no " portion of the 60 feet seen by us was used in propel ling it through the water, either by vertical or horizontal undulation," It is also assumed that the "calculation of its length was made under a strong preconception of the nature of the beast;" another conclusion quite the contrary to the fact. It was not until after the great length was deve loped by its nearest approach to the ship, and until after that moat important point had been duly considered and debated, as well as such could be in the brief space of time allowed for so doing, that it was pronounced to be a serpent by all who saw it, and who are too w e ll ac customed to judge of lengths and breadths of objects in the sea to mistake a real substance and an actual living body, coolly and dispassionately contemplated, at so short a distance too, for the " eddy caused by the action of the deeper immersed fins and tail of a rapidly moving gigantic seal raising its head above the surface of the water," as Professor Owen imagines, in quest of its lost iceberg. The creative powers of the human mind may be very limited. On this occasion they were not called into re quisitioi, my purpose and desire being, througho u t, to furnish eminent naturalists, such as the learned Professor, with accurate facts, and not with exaggerated repre sentations, nor with what could by any possibilit y pro ceed from optical illusion ; and I beg to assure him that old Pontoppidan having clothed his sea serpent with a name could not have suggested the idea of ornamenting the creature seen from the Daedalus with a similar ap pendage, for the simple reason that I had never seen his account, or even heard of his sea serpent, until my ar rival in London. Some other solution must therefore be found fur the very remarkable coincidence between us in that particular in order to unravel the mystery. Finally, I deny tho existence of excitement or the ;he law ce the a mea— inistry e with nsively istricts beying as the I, and )f dis- ern of ►orse a Ind to their It has ind of m the Par- JESTr liation ets. pt the he is pre ; been cle tional e hall, order, ff the aw it kway link the to be send IL has Lment g the es to now which of • , IRELAND. CASE OF MR. JOHN MARTIN. DUAL", MONDAY.--It was reported yesterday that immediately after the judgment of the Court Mr. Martin was sent direct to the convict depot at Spike Island, preparatory to transmission to the place of his ten years banishment. Such, however, was not the fact; but it is believed that Government means to carry out the sentence against Mr. Martin with as little delay as possible. His friends still speak of bringing the case before the House of Lords, and in the event of the Attorney-General withholding his sanction to the writ of error, it is stated that a petition will be presented to the Chancellor, praying his Lordship to direct the writ to issue, if it so seem fit. Although the Chancellor may have jurisdiction in this matt er , th ere are , but fe w authorities in sup port of this novel claim. SINGULAR ADVERTISEMENT, NOTICE. Dinah Chapman's run away From me, who am her husband ; And I no debt for her shall pay. From now to day of judgment. For I her cash to her assign'd, And she sign'd an agreement k Should any trust her from that time, That she'd make good each payment. Witness my hand, JoKN CHAPMAN, Witness, William Bennett. Dated St. Merryn, Nov. 14, 1848. —Rea Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, Nov. 17. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., and Dr. Ferguson, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home -office. Lord Seymour had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERD A Y. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 5 to 2 agat Captain Maddock's Proceed—tkn freely 5 to 1 agst Mr. Buchanan's Alfred—take 6 to 1 12 to 1 agat Lord Strathmore's St. Leger 12 to 1 agst Mr. Holdforth na . Wolverh ampton 12 to 1 ag s t M r . S torey ' s Victim—nomi na l 12 to 1 a gs t M r . J. H en d erson 's Doctor --nominal 15 to 1 agst Captain Peyton as Equinox --taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Nicholl na Justice to England ` 25 to 1 agst Mr. Considine's The Hermit —taken Proceed was backed for a large stake at 5 to 2, and left off with only one opponent at that figure. Alfred, although not backed for much money, was frequently inquired after, and a few ponies were laid out on Equinox at 20 and 15 to 1, St. Leger and Wolver hampton severally declined from 7 to 1 to 12 to 1, and the odds returned agst Victim and The Doctor, although taken to a small amount can scarcely be looked upon as market prices. A good field is expected to Come to the post, and the meeting, which will occupy two days in stead of one, as originally intended, promises plenty of sport. 1 LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 each in one bet agst Jerry, St. Leger, and Richard the First—taken CHESTER CUP. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Medley's Cossack—take 40 to 1 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Disney's Bon-mot —taken 1,000 to 15 wit Mr. Eddison's Hetman Platoff Colt—l 2.000 to 30 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar—taken sort:red times 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Nolan's Blucher—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle 4,000 to 50 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale—taken Cossack, the Hetman Platoff colt, and the Tartar, were backed in several quarters • in fact, were the only animals really in de man d. As little as 50 to 1 was taken about the second of the three mentioned, and at the close no one would lay more than 35 to 1 agst Cossack. 5 to 1 agst S cott ' s lot DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman— taken to 2001., and afterwards offered 7to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—take 15 to 2 12 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb—tkn to 501. 18 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Osterley 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Holmes's Montague—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's The Knout—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Strongbow— 45 to 1 laid once 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bernacl4oo--taken 1,000 to 20 agst Lord;Stradbroke's Marpessa c—t It will be gathered from the above prices, that the Dutchman was a shade lower than when last quoted. Osterley was quite out of favour. OARS. 6 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright— taken and offered A steeplechase match, for 200 each. h ft, is made for Tuesday, the 19th of Dficember, at Newport Pagnell between Chandler, 11 st, and Charity, 10st21b; four miles. PEDESTRIANISM. MOUNTJOY AND DANCE. —The match between these youths to pick up fifty stones, one yard apart, was brought to issue yesterday at Wandsworth, and after a good race Mountjoy (son of the veteran) was declared the winner by one stone. DAY AND Wit:SMELL—These men, the first of Mary. lebone and the latter of Somers -town, met yesterday on Wandsworth-common to decide their match of 100 yards, for 51. aside. They appeared at the scratch in racing gear shortly after four, and, after several false starts, they got otf, Wigzell with the lead, which he maintained, and was declared the winner. There was to little e " b a etticrng, ss owing to a rumour being afloat that it was bo." THE VESTRY CLERESIIIP Sr. CLEMENT DANES. —Yesterday, Mr. Isaacson, Mr. ScoeAurrou.,h and Mr. Bisgood, went to t h e poll as candidates M can r uidate l s for this office, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. Steel. T he polling commenced at eleven o'clock, and was kept up with considerable spirit until four, when Mr. Church warden Jaquet declared the numbers to be as follows: Isaacson, 263; Score. 215; M'M urrough, 71; Bisgood, 32. The vestry was adjourned until this morning, when the polling will be resumed. NEW REGISTRATION COURT. ---From the report of the committee, consisting of his Grace the Duke of Ar gyll, Right Hon. James Stuart, James Matheson, Esq., M.P., Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., and the Chis holm, appointed by the Scottish Hospital, in June laat, to inquire into the propriety of erecting a new building in connexion with that society, it appears that Govern ment has determined upon building a new registration court, and has intimated to the governors of the Scottish hospital that the site of the buildings at present occu pied by that corporation will be required for that purpose. WINTER ASSIZES.--CHESIIIIII AND LANCASHIRE. —Yesterday a special commission was issued for holding a winter assize of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery for the counties of Chester and Lancaster, the Judges appointed to hold the assizes being the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Alderson and Hon. Mr. Justice Erie. The following days have been fixed for holding each of the assizes, Iz., for the city and county of Chester, at the Castle, at Chester, on '1 uesday, the sth of December next; and for the county of Lancaster, at Liverpool, on Saturday, the 9th of December. York.—Yesterday a special commission for holding a winter general assize of oyer and terminer for the county and city of York was issued; and the Hon. Mr. Justice Maulo and th e n on. Mr. Baron Platt, the Judges appointed by order of the Queen's warrant to proceed and hold such assizes, have appointed Saturday, the 9th of December next, at the Castle of York, to open the commission, which applies only ta cases of a criminal nature. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF LORD MELBOURNE. --It iS feared that his Lordship is dying. At one time the family at Brocket did not expect on Thursday that he would live through the day. On Friday he rallied, and on Saturday morning he still continued rather nr o b n e f : o t erra . But the impression is that though be may linge r week, or even longer, he cannot recover. f d a i m ed ili o a n r DEATH OF MR. CHARLES HEATH, THE ENGRAvart. — . l his gentleman, whose name has been so long to the public as an artist of no common genius, Saturday last, after an illness of some duration. Ile was the son of Mr. James Heath, a celebrated engraver of his day. The Earl of Cardigan, it is understood, has been induced to tender an apology to Captain Gerard N oe l, of the 11th Hussars, for insulting expressions addressed to that officer, and upon this apology the last affair in that regiment has been arranged. THE MURDER A T ST. LEONARD' S.—Yesterday an investigation into the circumstances connected with this murder (some particulars of which hare already ap peared in The Sun) took place before the borough ma gistrates of Hastings, the Mayor presiding, F rom an apprehension, however, that publicity might tend to defeat the ends of justice the inquiry was conducted in private. COURT CIO C ULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Royal Family took their accustomed walking and pony exercise in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon, attended by Lord Waterpark, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Mr. Ormsby Gore, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon. The Marchioness of Normanby is expected to ar rive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon has relieved Colonel F. H. Seymour in his duties as Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The royal dinner party at the Castle this even ing will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, Lady Anna M ar i a Daw son, Baroness d e S pet h, th e Marchiones s of Nor manby, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Sir George Couper. Her Majesty's private band attend in the Castle after dinner. 21, 1848 possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the state ments, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and I leave thew as a data whereupon the learned and scientific may exerche the " p easures of imagination" until some fortunate op portuni y shall occur of making a closer acquaintance with the "great unknown"—in the present instance most assuredly no ghost. THE NATIONAL GUARD • THE LATE CASE OF ROBBING A NATIONAL GUARD. TOWEL—Frederick White, the private of the 2d battalion of Grenadier Guards, who was convicted a short time ago of robbing a French National Guard, under circumstances too fresh in the recollection of the public to need recapitulation, was yesterday morning expelled from the service. After the usual inspection, the battalion was drawn up on parade, and formed into hallow square, when Colonel Sir Ord lionyman, Bart., the commanding officer, ordered the delinquent to step forward, and addressed him as follows:—" Frederick White, the crime of which you have been convicted by the civil power is at all times considered most disgraceful and degrading to the character of a soldier; but, considering the consequences resulting from it in your case, it is a crime of the deepest die. You robbed a soldier of the French National Guard, a stranger in this country, who in the generous warmth of the moment on meeting a fellow-soldier, invited you to drink. In robbing him you committed an act which not only stamped your own name with infamy, but compromised the character of the whole British army; for that soldier on his return to his own country, beyond all doubt, pub lished through the ranks of the French army that he had been robbed in England, and that the robbery had been perpetrated by a soldier of the Queen of England's Guards. What atonement can you make for the stain you have thus cast on the character of the soldiery of England ? What atone ment for having outraged the feelings of every good soldier in the army ? None. The sacri fice of your miserable existence would not redeem the deed. The only consolation left us is, that you will no longer be suffered to disgrace our ranks ; and I trust that as the knowledge of your crime has been spread far and wide, so the fact that we have expelled you, and thus done all that lies in our power to punish you, and to redeem our fair fame, will become as extensively known to the world. I have the command of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief to dismiss you as utterly unwor thy of serving in the British army; and his Grace de sires me at the same time to express to the regiment his regret that, in consequence of your having been already tried by the civil authorities for your offence, it is not in his power to bring you to a court-martial, in order that you might have been drummed out of the regiment, and disgraced with all the ignominy which the rules of the service permit." At the conclusion of this address, White was marched out of the precincts of the barracks. MARYLEBONE SAVINGS' BANK, WELBECK-STREET.—Established July 5, 1830. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED PERIODS, DURING THE LAST SEVEN TEARS. Sums invested with Open Deposit National Debt Accounts. Commi ss i oners . On Noy. 20, 1842 ......£13 2 :349 £285,382 1843 14,130 319,496 1844 15,124 350,089 1845 16,201 356,954 1846 17,280 348,643 1847 18,119 301,663 1848..- 19,019 291,386 D. FINNEY, Secretary and Actuary. TUB FIRE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Yester day, at one o'clock, Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner, instituted an inquiry before a jury of merchants, at the Old England Coffee-house, Threadneedle -street, into the origin of the fire which, on Friday last. occurred in the reading-room at Lloyd's. From the evidence it appeard that a stove at the extreme end of Lloyd's reading-room had been fitted into the space of the window, and an iron belt or stay which held what is termed the fire lamp of the stove to the main brickwork passed so close to the wood-work of the windows as to fire it. The jury found that the fire arose from want of due precaution in fixing the stove, and recommended the committee of Lloyd's to institute an investigation as to the plan adopted in setting the stoves throughout the building. ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST.--The Solicitor to the Treasury has received directions from Sir G. Grey to prosecute three men charged with stealing nearly 2,000 ounces of gold dust from the ship Lemuel, whilst lying off the African coast. Two of the prisoners, and all the gold dust &re to b e f orwar d e d to London by the Vis countess Canning. EMIGRATION:— PLYMOUTH, NOY. 18.— The Bri tannia, private emigrant ship, has all her passengers on board, and is expected to sail to-night. The emigrants have gone on board the Steadfast, after her fumigation; the Osprey has also taken her passengers on board, and both are likely to sail at the beginning of the week. The Rev. T. C. Childs, of Devonport, who has most kindly given his religious services gratuitously, for many months past, to the emigrants while they were in this port, is now interesting himself in the formation of a society, to be called the Female Emigrants' Employment Society, the object of which is to provide poor emigrants with materials to enable them to occupy their time in making useful articles of wearing apparel, or other necessaries, during theirlong and monotonous sea voyage. CHOLERA.—Yesterday only one case of cholera in London was reported to the Board of Health. It oc curred in Kensington, and was fatal. From the pro vinces reports were received of five cases at Blyth, of which two were fatal. In Scotland the disease is still active. The return is:—Edinburgh, 21-12 fatal; Leith, 1; Dysart, 1. Total new cases, 29; 15 deaths. The commercial advices by the India mail appear on the whole satisfactory. At Bombay the market for cotton goods was less active, but metals were firm, with an advancing tendency; while at Calcutta both descrip tions of imports have been well maintained. It will be observed that the shipments of specie to England from the Bengal Presidency during the month of September were little short of 210,000/ This continued efflux, however, seems likely to be checked, according to the last accounts, by an increase of activity which had be gun decidedly to manifest itself in the export trade. At Bombay the disavowal by the India-house of their gua rantee to the Callian Railway in the form in which it had been universally understood had created the greatest surprise and disappointment. WINDSOR, MONDAY EVBNING.HiS Royal High ness the Prince Consort rode out this morning to shoot in the covers around the Norfolk farm, attended by Lord Waterpark, Colonel Seymour, and Mr. Ormsby Gore. His Royal Highness and party had good sport, and re turned to the Castle soon after two o'clock. Her Ma jesty and the Priam of Wales and the Princess Royal, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, walked for some hours in the ornamental grounds of the Home Park, not withstanding the somewhat boisterous and damp weather. I t h as been finally arranged that the Court will leave Windsor Castle for Osborne at ten o'clock on Wednes• day morning. A portion of the royal servants, equi pages, and horses are to set forward for the Isle of Wight by the South-Western Railway so early as six o'clock to-morrow morning. lEWBSLRYAR MISSIONS._ Yesterday evening, th e 24th and la s t ann i versary meeting of the Wilderness row Branch of th e W es l eyan Missionary Association ws - held at th e c h ape l , Wilderness -row ; George was Esq., in th e chair. Mr. W Bowes , atts, the s ecretary, read th report. The committee were of opinion that the present state of things in the world generally was indicative of the drawing near of that kingdom which should level all others, and fill the whole earth. The funds of this branch had suffered some diminution as compared with the previous year, nevertheless the income was a hand some one, and much above the average of years gone by. There were at present scattered over various parts of the globe, 278 .Wesle . yan missionary stations, employing 411 missionaries and assistant missionaries, 2,472 chapels and preaching places had been established. There were about 200 catechists, &c., who received salaries, and 7,051 who afforded their assistance gratuitously. There were 100 000 church members in full connexion, and upwards of 4,000 on trial, and about 74 540 scholars in the schools. The missions had also the important agency of eight printing establishments at their com mand at different stations. The present would be the last anniversary meeting of this society, which, since its commencement, had added upwards of 1,4001. to the funds of the parent institution. On the motion of Mr. Belling ham, the report was adopted. The Rev. Messrs. Dun can, Hay, H o l ga t e , Hargreaves, and ot h ers, afterwards addressed the meeting, and at the close of the proceed ings a liberal collection was entered into. It has been announced in Lincoln that a public meeting of the British Anti-State-Church Association will be held at the Corn Exchange on the evening of Thursday the 23d instant, to consider the questions of the separation of Church and State and the endow ment of the Roman Catholic Clergy. G. Thompson, Esq., M.P., and the Rev. W. Robinson, of Kettering, are announced as the deputation , and the chair i s t o tio taken by Mr. Seely.—Stamford Mercury. The following letter, which was received by Alderman Salomons from one of the National Guard of PAris, shows that the attention and respect which the late visi tors met in passing through the metropolis have made more than a slight impression upon them : (Translation.) _ "Paris, Nov. 6. "Sir,—ln returning to France, we bring back with us to our country a very lively feeling of gratitude for the cordial welcome which we everywhere met throughout our journey. " Both my friends and myself have had occasion to felicitate ourselves on the attentions which we have ex perienced during the course of our excursions to Eng land. As it is impossible for us to express our thanks to all your f e ll ow - c i t i zens, b e so good as to permit us to address them to you, Si r, in your capacity of alderman. We feel bou n d a l so to express to Air . Salomons indivi dually our full es t grat i tu d e for his polite attention in being ou r gu id e to the Central Criminal Court, to New gate, and t o t h e model prison at Pentonville, which were indeed the most interesting objects to us, and by which we have incurred a deep obligation to the two gentlemen who fill the office of under-sheriff. " May our political horizon remained undisturbed, and permit us in return to receive you at Paris. You will then perceive that the cordiality which we express with our lips is seated in our hearts, and that our warmest wish is to see England and France for ever united. " You will excuse, Sir, the liberty I now take in thus trespassing upon your time. I could not resist the pleasure of making you acquainted with the effect pro duced upon us by our recent excursion, which, I trust, will hereafter prove equally advantageous to both coun tries. " With the utmost respect, I am, Sir, yours, &c., " OSCAR DE SETELENZEZ. " Mr. Alderman Salomon', 3, Great Cumberland-place, Hyde-park." ADELPHI It seems fated that the London stage should be in debted to the Liverpool boards for all its best bur lesques. Since the palmy days of the Strand, when Othello according to Act of Parliament (originally a transplantation from Liverpool) was drawing crowded houses night after night, although we have had many very graceful extravaganzas, half spectacle half comedy in verse, in which a parody might be met with occasionally, and occasionally a clever mot that might create a smile, not a laugh, we have had no regular legitimate " screaming " burlesque until last evening, when another Liverpool production, the author of which is Mr. Brough, was performed here for the first time, with a success which cannot but secure for it a run of some bun• dreds of nights (for at the Adelphi runs are always reckoned not by scores, but by hundreds). The piece is entitled The Enchanted Isle, and is a bur lesque of The Tempest. We have 0. Smith as Prospero, Madame Celeste as Ariel, Miss Woolgsr as Ferdinand, Paul Bedford-as Alonzo, Munyard as Caliban, and Miss Al. Taylor as Miranda. Ariel ,and the attendant spirits are fairy special constables, and Caliban is a Red Republican, who frat ern i zes w i t h S tephano and Trinc ulo behind a halfpenny bundle of wood, which does duty for a barricade. Prospero is a half professor, half conjuror, who wears a trencher cap, a barrister's wig and gown and green goggles. Miranda is a nice young lady with a parasol. Alonzo is a magnificent King with an umbrella, and Ferdinand a " fast man "on town. The scenery is superb, but the great thing is the dialogue—it is replete with wit, joke, fun, and pun, there is a freshness, an originality, a raciness about it that we seek for in vain in the dialogues of perhaps more artistically built and more gracefully written bur lesques. The actors were all in admirable " fooling," and the piece went off in a "blaze of triumph," to quote one of the placards exhibited in the Enchanted Isle announcing the last week of Signor Prospero. (By the bye, the last week will last a long time). Let all those who wish to dispel care visit the Enchanted Isle, and they will be enchanted. It is the best bur lesque that has been produced for the last fourteen years. 1 LYCEUM THEATRE. Madame Vestris made her first appearance for the season here, last evening, in the character of Mrs. Ford, in the Merry Wives of Windsor. The co medy was revived some years since, by Madame Vestris, at C ovent gar d en, and the cast last night was nearly the same as on that occasion, the only mate rial differences being the substitution of Mrs. Yates for Mrs. Nisbet, as Mrs. Page, and of Miss K. Fitz. william for Miss Rainforth, as Ann P age . M r. Cooper, who h as j o i ne d the Lyceum company, re sumed his old character of Ford. The mite en scene was admirable, and the comedy w as pl aye d excellently, to the great delight of a numerous audience. The reception of Madame Vestris was enthusiastic in the extreme. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Cousin Cherry, which was produced here last night 'or the first time in an English dress, is a clever ,ranslation of Le Moulin a Paroles. The plot is of very slight construction. Charles Earl of Mandeville (Mr. Leigh Murray), under the assumed name of Mr. Charles, visits the neighbourhood of his newly-acquired estate in search of his sister and her child, whom family dissensions have severed from her husband. The Earl assumes an incog nito the better to escape vulgar curiosity, and finds himself in the house of Thomas Primrose (Mr. Norton), with whose sister, Elinor (Miss St. George), he falls in love, and is by her secretly ac cepted. And now steps upon the scene Cousin Cherry (Mrs. Stirling). This Cousin Cherry, a young and buxom widow, and the chatter-box of the village, after a brief acquaintance with the sup posed Mr. Charles, imagines that he is in love with her, and determines to ascertain the object of his visit into the neighbourhood. After a series of failure s , s h e thi n k s that she has made the desired discovery. O n th e person o f a l a d y, whom, in her flight from her home, she happens at that moment to be befriending, she finds a locket, which contains the portrait of the Earl, whom she now taxes with a desertion of his wife and child. The sup posed Mr. Charles here declares himself, ex plains the object of his presence, ascertains that the lady in question is the sister he is in search of, and shows by a letter he has just received that an adjustment of the family quarrel may be immediately effected. Matters are thus cleared up, and the Earl takes the hand of Elinor. Mrs.. Stirling was admi ra bl y fi tted in the part of vCiovuacsrtyC. heLrriybe,ratyndofrastpteleedchthisrotuoghheritlwikieththe sparkling she ling breathes, without it she dies. Her eternal chatter was most delightful. The piece was completely successful. _ACIRD HARMO NIC Messiah will be given at Exeter Hall, for the first time this sea son, on Friday next. Mr. Sims Reeves will sing in it for the first time in London; and it will also be the first occasion on which M. Costa has appeared as a Randelian conductor. MARYLEBONE THEATER.—The engagement of Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam at this theatre has been of service to the treasury, for, since they have been playing in the favourite burlettas of Flowers of the Fo rest and A Rough Diamond, the house bas been en tre mely well attended. The enterprise of the manager has, therefore, been z ewarded as it should be ; and we are glad to find that the inhabitants, of this distant dis trict of the metropolis, have not been indifferent to the presence of two of the most genial comic artists the English stage possesses. ERINBURGH CHARTIST TRIALS.—The High Court of Justiciary met on Saturday for the purpose of con , . aidering the sentence which should be pronounced upon Henry Ranken and Robert Hamilton, who were found guilty on Tuesday last of sedition, in so far as that they used language calculated to excited popular disaffection and resistance to lawful authority. As it was under stood that the counsel for Ranken and Hamilton were to object to the sufficiency of the verdict returned by the jury to warrant the infliction of punishment, there was a full bench. The judges present were the Lord Justice Clerk, Lords Mackenzie, Moncrieff, Medwin, Cockburn, and Wood. The case hay* been argued, the judges retired for consultation. They returned into Court after on absence of about forty minutes. The Lord Justice Clerk said that he was sorry that the Court could not pron9unce judgment at present. In order to give the fullest consideration to the subject, they would delay giving judgment till Saturday next, the 25th. The prisoners were then removed to prison, and the Court adjourned. The letters from Hamburgh mention that bills generally on London were in demand, and also on Bres lau, Berlin, and Leipzic; Prague and Vienna continued nominal. Money was abundant, and stocks and railway shares were firm. Unhealthy as the weather has latterly been, and abominably health-destroying as are many localities in the large parish of St. Martin, which comprises abo u t one-eighth of the whole population of the city, only a single death occurred in the parish between Oct. Ist and Nov. 12th—i. e, on each of those days there was a death, and only one between. There has, however, been an abundance of such disease a s i s t h e usual eon-, sequence of ill-drained and badly-ventilated Stamford Mercury. ELIZA COOK AND CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN. Miss Eliza Cook, in publishing a new edition of her beautiful poems, has dedicated them irt the follow ing truly heartfelt and generous strains to a kindred genius —the gifted Charlotte Cushman. The verses do donour to both. TO CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN. '1 he early melody my heart -strings bore, Free and untaught as GOD'S Aolian notes, Of winds in woods, or waves upon the shore, Was heard by thee long since--thy soul, which dotes On High, Eternal Nature, gave to me Its gentle sympathy: and all unknown, Thy spirit clung to mine, and craved to see The simple reed that pleased thee with its tone. Fate brought thee hither from the far-off West, Thy genius shone, and Fame can tell the rest. I gazed with joy upon thy open brow, And Faith sprung up between us, firm and sound; We were good, earnest friends at first, and now Where is the hand by which could be unbound The mingled threads of Feeling's fairest hues, That hold us captive in Affection's thrall? Where is the poison -tongue that could infuse Into our draught of Peace, Doubt's burning gall? We speak too meaningly, and mean too well, Fur any worldly craft to break the spell. We have talked on through many a cheerful day, As Reason's mood or Fancy's impulse led; Time oft has flown so deftly on our way, That ere the South seemed light the West was red; And if my later song bear harvest grain, Of richer excellence, as some declare— Thine be the praise that waits upon the strain, And thine the leaf of laurel it may wear; For thou heat brought back all the zeal of Youth, Broadened my brain and fortified my truth. I love thee, and herewith I dedicate Unto thy name the children of my mind; My verse is honest if it be not great, And thou wilt brook the fruit's unseemly rind. My first instinctive lays poured with the hope Of soothing breasts that meet too little heed— To add a star to the dull horoscope Of hearts that in their darkness still can bleed. I sing for the chafed mass, and not for those Who, crouched on flowers, groan o'er a rumpled rose. I know thou art an altar where my lyre May honourably yield its worship chaunt ; 'Tis only worth like thine that could inspire The unbought minstrelsy of this Romaunt. I would not flatter monarchs for their thrones, Nor serve a golden shrine to win its pelf ; My Ilarp—tbe proudest thing my spirif owns-- Lies only a t t h e f eet of thy dear self. Friend, Woman, Sister, let it lie there long And mark how Love and Trust shall help its song I " ELIZA COOK" nbers n the D ten, tened l