The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-08 00:00:00

ET'lllll' of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TrIF. MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. T E 3.— We admire the complacent tone in which some people can talk of a gigantic railway mJD oioly. It has been pointed out in these columns, and ,v,,l;e is to las? fully realised on all sides, that the queston really at issue is whether all the railway companies in the island shall be amalgamated, retain ing, at the same time, their present comparative in dependence of the State. The process of fusion once bugun will not stop till the whole is absorbed. Every radius in the wheel competes with its fellow. The London and South-Western has a dangerous rival in the London, Brighton, and South Coast. The railways of Kent and Sussex will find, it their interest to be under one direction. The London and North- Western and the Eastern Counties are in active com petition. We have omitted unfinished lines in still closer and more obnoxious juxta-position ; nor is it necessary to pursue the spread of amalgamation into the entangled we of the Midland and Northern Companies. Could we suppose the Legislature sit ting down quietly to record and sanction the amal gamation of three great companies on their present terms, it will soon be asked to perform the same ceremony for the rest. Company after company will pronounce fnr the junta. Ten thousand miles of rail will form one mighty line. The internal communications of this empire will be the private property of a mercantile association, and under the management of three or four active principals. Her Majesty will still be the Queen of her "highway," but some other less responsible personages will be kings of the rail. Now, no specious reasoning, no gratuitous supposition, or illusory promises shall ever persuade us that this would be a safe and tolerable event. It is according to all precedent, to all princi ple, to all analogy, and to the plainest common sense, that the State should take care that the means of com munication are available, cheap, and good. The State, of course, cannot overcome all the difficulties inherent in the material and form. We readily admit, too, that it is hound to fulfil all such engagements as it could properly con tract, and to reward within reasonable limits the genius and spirit at private adventure. But we will not hear it said that railways are merely private speculations, or that in so vital a subject we may safely trust the prudence and generosity of an irresponsible board. A board of directors dominating over all the lines in the island will, in the first place, be able to secure their monopoly, or at least to struggle hard for it, by the enormous patronage at their disposal, by the interested support of share holders representing many millions of capital, and by many less describable means of influence with members of the 'Legislature. Having secured their monopoly, the board will be able to work it to the utmost advantage. Every degree of profit will be considered to justify th e ex p ec t a ti on o f a hi g h e r. It will at least be thought reasonable that the Parlia mentary 10 per cent. should be gained on the whole union. We do not believe that the interest of the public will be found identical with the interest of' the shareholders, or that lower fares will frequently leave the net profit undiminished. We cannot trust such visionary hopes. The public will not have'the utmost possible use of the railway. Nay, it is hardly pre tended that they will, as it is still urged with great zeal that railways are merely private property—which we deny. It is true that railway legislation has fallen into the ordinary form of private Acts. We need not inquire why it has done so, and why twenty years since that was the most customary and natural form of procedure. Before three-fourths of the present authorised total of railways was ever introduced into Parliament, we warmly contended for a more distinct recognition of the State's own rights and duties in the affair. Unfortunately routine and precedent prevailed. Private Bill waslthe form at hand. It was, indeed, found absolutely necessary to alter the standing orders, but substantially the forma lities of railway legislation have been the same as those which have been employed for the most private, most personal, most local and trivial applications of legislative power. The great arterial lines connecting the metropolis with the provinces, the north with the south, and the east with the west, have been made with the same preliminaries as those which had grown up in " navigations," tram-roads, bridges, harbours, and even such affairs as family settlements. A pro cedure sufficient for superfluous undertakings was applied to our national necessities. If it be asked why the State consented that the railways of the em pire should be done on a narrow and mercantile system, and why Parliament should be absorbed into the Stock Exchange, we must say that the parties most to blame are the promoters themselves. They - now profess great indignation and disgust, as well they may, at the millions thrown away in Parliamentary conflicts; but the truth is, the railway chiefs in that costly campaign preferred to fight it out in that form. They would have it so. The railway world had the option of referring the whole laying out of the country to a Railway Board; and we should think there is little doubt that a few such men as Lord Dalhousie would have arranged a scheme much more convenient to the public and remunerative to the undertakers than that which chance and passion have, accomplished. But this did not then answer the purpose of our railway kings. They preferred the open fight on Committee, the private canvass of the Commons, the transaction with the noble land owner, the distribution of scrip, the profitable amalgamations of lines as yet without existence, and all the accidents and opportunities of a hazardous and complicated game, to the dull certainty of a national scheme, done without battle, heat, or risk. To some of the promoters the procedure adopted has been highly advantageous; not so to the ma jority. But, we repeat, " the railway world" has to thank itself for the many millions absolutely wasted in the preliminaries of Bills passed, rejected, c,r now laid aside by the too successful promoters. We also protest against any inferences that may be drawn from the simply private form of railway legislation. There are two alternatives now before Parliament —a moderate competition, or an increased degree of national control. At present the public has not had much reason to complain. Nay, there are cases in which it could not reasonably complain if rival com panies understood one another better than they do now. But on the whole the present fares and accom modation are as good as may he expected, under the existing traffic. If, however, the present competition is to be set at rest, and the iron rule of a giant mono poly to take its place, we demand in that case that the rights of the people shall be guarded by the State. We demand that t'ne enactment ef the mono poly shall be coupled with ample securities for the public good. It is unnecessary, and indeed ridicu lous, to assume at once that the convenience of share holders and passengers will always entirely coincide. Nor is it necessary to suggest lower maxima of fares that may be insisted on in the event of a great in crease of traffic. What we require, and what the public will also require, is, that if the companies pre sent themselves to Parliament for a further increase aad consolidation of their existing power and mono poly, the gain shall not be wholly on one side. There shall be a quid pro quo. There shall be guarantees against the abuse of absolute power, or rather against the possible inconvenience of having to arrest its en croachments. CHRONICLE—The acquiescence of the Senate of Cambridge in the measure of reform proposed to it last Tue s d a y, solves, for the present, all questions bearing reference to the quality of University educa tion. Not so, however, with respect to the method of imparting it. As the former system is retained in its integrity, and all the alterations have taken the form of additions, it remains to be seen whether the old framework will bear the new weight. The changes effected presurpose the co n ti nue d ex i s ten ce o f t r ipl e c a l k a e Fs sa l m ist e s, and re s at emulative examinations, in pre c isely present. resent. It is possible, and in deed probar a ,le, that th studied, by increase) increased number of subjects g prominent rom n strain on th e o ld arrange ments, may rend er t certain d e f ec ts which have been hitherto unnotienee(lo t r er which have been postponed to matters of greater immediate im portance. We suspect th a t further appeals to the goo d sense of the University Legislature will be necessary; and happily, after a step like that the that of last week, it is bairdly to be supposed Senate will repudiate amendment of the mer e l y formal portions of its s y stem. Ther e is something peculiar, however, in the nature of the mischiefs o f which we anticipate the disclosure—something W hi ch renders it particularly desirable that their existence should be pointed out to the resident executive by persons not immediately connected with the business of University training. They are evils, the effects of which, though marring the promise of many a splen did University career, seldom show themselves till it is closed, and occasihnally not till it has been forgot ten. But they are actual and strongly operative; and, remediable as they are at any moment, it cannot be idle to indicate their character and source. A morning contemporary, in commenting on the Se nate's decision of last Tuesday, has noticed certain results of the old Cambridge system, as proving its vicious constitution. The results are, unfortunately, not to be disputed as matters of fact ; but our con temporary seems to think that they render inevitable 'tie wholesale condemnation of the old educational training. We should be sorry to adopt such a belief, since the old training was not abolished last Tues day, but expressly, and with honourable mention, preserved ; nor is there the slightest probability that it will fall into disuse or disrepute, except in the event of some very unlikely con tingencies. Our conviction is , that the changes just introduced are calculated in themselves to aggravate the evils from which the re sults in question flow; and we are disposed to anti eipate future improvement, simply because these evils will hereafter be necessarily more prominent, and because the ,Senate has given a sufficient gua rantee that it will remedy a prominent defect. Our contemporary states, as the ground of his charge against the system, which he erroneously supposes to have been abolished, that it has ceased to form.minds THE SUN, LONDON, blames Sir Robert Peel for altering an opinion, whe ther fiscal or otherwise. The public are not shocked by an incident common to us all, and likely enough ' to happen to the wisest and the best. The astonish ment felt is at a huge hypocrisy, which, if encouraged and rewarded, must bo fatal to all confidence, and in the highest degree injurious to the public interests. Disgrace attaches to the revelation made by Sir Robert Peel, in 1846, of the instincts which must have been part and parcel of his nature during many a long year before, because it was made so late. A greater disgrace will attach to Conservatives if.they return to the arch dissimulator at his bidding, with that revelation still staring them in the face, and patent to the whole world. But Conservatives must take Sir Robert, because no one else will take them. They have now, in consequence of an unhappy event no Protectionist leader, and therefore they must receive back the rejected one. Since the head is gone, it is but fair to argue that the cause has de parted likewise. Such is the Peelite's reasoning in the columns of our contemporary :—" When a party has to go about in search of a leader, like Ccelebs in search of a wife, is it not rather fair to infer that there is not much to lead ? When no rational man can be . found to conduct an enterprise, is it not an indication that the enterprise is itself irrational. If the country gentlemen have to look in vain for any chief of mo derate reputation, talents, and acquirements, who will undertake to undo the work of that treachery which he denounces . . . has he not good reason to suspect that no treachery has been committed, that no return is possible, and that the corn-laws were only repealed when to retain them longer would have been madness ?" We will answer the hypothesis by sub mitting another. We ask our contemporary whether, when a leader has to go about in search of a party„it is not fair to infer that there is no ardent desire abroad for his leadership ? When no honourable man can be found to give his adherence to a chief, is it not an indication that the chief himself is grievously at fault ? If the Tamworth gentleman has to look in vain for any Conservative of moderate reputation, talents, and acquirements, who will undertake to do the work of that treachery which he denounces., has the said gen tleman not good reason to suspect that no return is possible, however much it may be desired ? The words are our contemporary's with slight alteration. Let him not be deceived ! Let him not deceive his friends If the fact is extraordinary that a great principle, by a variety of concurring circumstances, is left without its natural vindicators, it is no less ex traordinary that a once mighty chief suddenly finds himself bereft of all the elements that went to consti tute his greatness. Both circumstances are the legi• timate results of the one act of treachery and folly— treachery that, like ambition, has overleaped itself— and folly that has placed the' country and its welfare at the mercy of the miserable hands that now rule the destinies of this great empire: LAW INTELLIGEN CE. COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 7. (Continued from our Afternoon' Edition of yesterday. HASKETH AND OTHERS V LYNN, CLERK. Mr. KNOWLES, at the rising of the Court, proceeded to set before it the arguments in this case, which dif fered in little respects from the preceding one. The COURT granted a rule in both cases, with respect to the amendment made by the Learned Judge; but de clined to do so on the alleged misdirection, intimating at the same time that the matter was one which they should be glad to have fully discussed at the proper time. of the order it moulded fifty years ago. He instances [ the non-success of the distinguished Cambridge men at the bar, and contrasts it with that old uniformity of career through which the senior wranglers and medal lists of former days passed, almost as a matter of course, from the schools of Cambridge to the bench at Westminster. The particular fact all ged is cer tainly, to a great extent, a truth, and typical of the general rule, that Cambridge luminaries of the day are, with same brilliant exceptions, unsuccess ful in the business of life. Their fewer triumphs at the bar do not indeed altogether justify the re proach. The enormous growth of that rude and in condite mass, the English law, gives daily greater advantages to mere length of training, and less to refinement of analytical or sythetic power. Without any allusion to the gentlemen specified by our con temporary—the Lushes and Peacocks, of whole an tecedents we know nothing—it may be doubted whether the fairest prorniae of success is not now-a days with the ambitious attorney's clerk, who brings the technical knowledge of a dozen years to the bar. " You wonder," was the bitter remark of an emi nent Queen's Counsel, " you wonder that X has risen from a country solicitor's back office to the bench ; the real wonder is, that Y has reached it after receiving the education of a gentle man." The disadvantage under which University education thus places University men, could only be compensated by the University's converting itself formally into a school of English law, with functions subordinate to those of a pleader's chambers. Such a sacrifice to the confusion of the Statute Book we trust Oxford and Cambridge know themselves too well to make. At the same time, it will not do to attribute even the diminished forensic success of men trained at college wholly to this cause, though a powerful one. Something, undoubtedly, there is, which proves a let and hindrance to the race which the Universities train their pupils to run. This obstacle is nothing more than the exhaustion which follows the struggle for University honours. Look at the wrangler or medallist at ter his laurels are won. Pale, etiolated, and worn—enfeebled in body, if not enervated in mind—he brings to the study of a science with little system, nothing but an intellect over-sharpened by familiarity with the most systematic sciences. Even if the spirit be willing— if the aspirant is not repelled by the crude matter of our jurisprudence—the flesh is weak. The candidate for distinction in the most laborious of professions has gone through, before his twenty-second year, the physical wear and tear of an Attorney-General. What wonder that success is either impossible, or gained at the cost of premature debility and death! Certainly, it is not always so ; but cases are suffi ciently frequent to determine the rule ; and both the cause and its remedy are as simple and patent as possible. The University of Cambridge, instead of merely fixing a standard, the attainment of which shall entitle a student to enrolment in a particular class, goes on to classify, in order of merit, the persons who reach the standard. It distinguishes its students not only by the class in which they are worthy to be placed, but, according to their place in that class. It might, of course, arrange the names of all who have passed a certain fixed test, in alphabetical or any other arbitrary order, but it does not ; it enters into the question of their comparative merit. The struggle is thus not to reach a particular class, but a particular place in that class ; not merely to gain a particular mark, but to get further past it than one's neighbour. In this way the contest becomes entirely one of in dividuals. Very frequently A and B are singled out, in the first year of their course, as likely to head either Tripos, and then, during two years and a half, A and B are engaged in personal struggle. No de finite limit to their studies is placed, nor is there any but the natural limit of the sciences studied. It is not wonderful that the most intense emulation is ex cited, and still less wonderful that this emulation should produce its lamentable result, in the mental and bodily prostration of the persons subjected to its in citements. Why the University countenances such a system, i it is difficult to imagine. Its clear duty is to fix a certain standard of proficiency to be attained by its alumni; and this it may place as high as it pleases. But why settle the precedence of the persons who have passed it?—why prejudge their merit when, after all, it must be judged by the fruits of their after-life, without reference to the decision of the University ? True it is that a larger amount of know ledge is secured than would probably be otherwise gained; the extent of the field traversed at Cambridge is enormous. But not the most bigoted believer in the system will venture to deny that it is doubtful whether the cause of knowledge gains on the whole— whether as much is not lost by this exhaustion of minds as is gained by their premature development. Assuredly, whatever be the effect on the few who de vote themselves to science, the consequence to the many who mix in active professions is, generally speaking, inevitable failure. Overstrained faculties and a damaged physique take the place of that nerved and braced energy which ought to follow on the finished educational training. And all this in conse quence of an arrangement which appears to have been originally adopted by accident. . HERALD.—It is, perhaps, scarcely necessary for us tqobserve that Conservative union does not mean alliance, defensive and offensive,againsta mischievous and feeble Government—between the country party on the one hand, and Messrs. Cobden and Bright on the other. That it signifies restoration of peace on the part of Sir Robert Peel and his former followers is equally out of the question. The organ of the Right Hon. Baronet jumps too eagerly to its conclu sion when it supposes that the anxiety honourably evinced by loyal men to forget much and forgive more, in order to rescue " the Throne, the Peerage, and the Church," from the glaring perils with which Whig misgovernment has environed them, includes an equally pressing desire to secure the questionable services of the Right Hon. Baronot, whose political creed is so very peculiar that it is impossible to describe it save by his own familiar name. This wish is father to the thought ; and the thought is as impudent as the wish is futile. Sir Robert, the man to surround the Peerage and the Church with impregnable defences ! The idea is ludicrous. Every individual is a fair judge of his own necessities, and noble lords and reverend clergymen may answer for themselves. There was a time when the fiction was believed and the man trusted. That time has gone—painful as it may be to the friends of Sir Robert Peel to hear it— never to return. " There is work for virtue and patriotism left on earth," says the ex-Premier's ad vocate, "although to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest—that is, to distribute the produc tions of the globe according to the wants of its in habitants—is a law of nature, made manifest by science—and recognised by common sense." In other words, there is work for Sir Robert Peel to do, although he did betray his party to Cobden, and sell the West Indies like slaves in th e market- place. N e doubt there is. And he may legitimately find it with his new associates,—with the men whose unadorned elo quence in a day convinced the sagacious state=man who for years had deceived himself,— with the ardent reformers who look beyond Russell to Peel for final triumph, and whose affection for the Peerage and the Church is universally appreciated ! The cant concerning the "distribution of the produc tions of the globe according to the wants of its inha bitants," hardly needs exposure at our hands. Dis tribution, there is none! It is the want of the distribution that throws Manchester workmen out of employ, that plays havoc with our exports, that brings confusion into the national exchequer. We were promised, indeed, the distribution, but it comes not. We were charmed with pictures of reciprocity, and visions of mutual love and self-sacrifice, before the corn-laws were repealed ; but no - hing has been realised since, save the immediate and natural effects of our own consummate folly. 'We give to the world, but the world gives not to us. We un lock the Customs, but the foreigner enters not in the spirit of brotherhood. Distribution is all in one direction. We distribute the fortunes of our colonists, and the means of our small tradesmen ; but our allies, whose eo-operation is so es sential to the successful operation of "the law of nature," content themselves with distributing, as far as their internecine wars will suffer them, our heavy losses amongst themselves. "If there is any ques tion," further adds our contemporary, " upon which honest men and statesmen may change their mind without loss of character, it is natural to inquire Is whethe r a po i nt of fiscal and and commercial expedi encynot such a ques ti on ." O ur rea d ers w ill un derstand that whereas " virtue" and "patriotism" stood for Sir Robert u ( Peel in the former paragraph, so office here. The inq ' " honest men" statesmen" perform a similar and in times like the -uir " ' no doubt, is a natural one, a spirit of stern impartiality,resslt should be undertaken in NVe believe that man may change his opinion npos hl a s fiscal and commercial honesty. But before question, and still retain the disinterest e d we take back Sir Robert Peel, upon recommendation of his organ, let us this is actually the great offence of the eaxsk whether Pr And whether it is for this alone that a wate e r bo e d r v ? of honourable men have quitted his side, and ' dis avowed his leadership? Nothing can be mare un j ust than to suppose that the Right Honourable Ba ronet had not the same privilege to modify hi s commercial views that the humblest man in Parlia ment takes unasked. But we imagine that there is all the difference between changing one's mind upon a point of fiscal expediency, and changing one's mind, after five-and-twenty years of public service, upon almost every question of the time. The painful fact is, that Sir Robert Peel, by his present treatment of every subject that engages his legislative attention, convinces the unprejudiced that he has hitherto affected a sentiment on behalf of interests, for which, in his heart, he never cared a jot ; and that for an object known to himself, but unworthy, what ever it be, he has professed a creed that had no root in his soul, and linked himself to a party, from which all the while his affections were estranged. Nobody WEDNESDAY EVENING, INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 4. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN RE THOMAS WILLIA3I MANINHE O'KE EFE. This insolvent, a literary and dramatic writer, was opposed by Mr. Hughes on behalf of the assignees, of Mr. Swan, a solicitor, who claimed 1211. as costs in a Chancery suit. The insolvent, upon examination, stated that he had written articles for the Court Journal and other papers. He was now:connected with the Sporting Life in London, a recently-started rival to Bell's Life in London. He had also written twenty-three dramatic pieces, and his income from that source averaged about 60/. or 801. per annum. He knew Miss Stanley, who was a public charactor —an actress. He was not married to:her, be cause he was already a married man. The insolvent here complained of the introduction of such matters, which he said were only brought forward to annoy him and bring the lady's name before the public. Examination resumed—Miss Stanley now resided at 58, Conduit-street, Regent•street, where he also had resided. The furniture at that place all belonged to Miss Stanley, and never had belonged to him. His debts amounted to 9501., contracted since 1838. He brought over the Pyrenean singers to this country from France last year, but had paid them all that was due to them. Mr. HuGnEs said, as his opposition had been princi pally with a view to discover if there was any property belonging to the insolvent, who now swore he had none, he should not press the examination any further. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER asked insolvent if ha pro posed to sat aside any part of his future earnings for the benefit of his creditors? —The insolvent said he was about to publish a new work, the first number of which would appear to-morrow, and if that should succeed he would be most happy to make an offer. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said it would be creditable to the insolvent if he did so at the next hearing. The 30th inst. was then named for the consideration of the final order. _ (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE GEORGE LINDSAY. This insolvent, a dealer in lir;es - Oncommission, ap plied to be discharged. His only debt was 161. 7s. 6d., and he had a good debt of 101. duo to him. He had been in prison 16 weeks. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS asked how the insolvent, with such a small debt, had remained so long in prison? Insolvent said, he had bought a horse for 131., receiv ing a warrantry of soundness, but finding it unsound, returned it, and commenced an action to recover the 131. Before proceeding to trial, however, his attorney re quired to be paid 20/. on account of his costs, which he could not do, and, consequently, he was nonsuited in the action. He was now in custody upon an attachment for the costs, and had only been enabled to apply to this court by the kind assistance of the Governor of White cross•street Prison. . . Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said it was a most extra ordinary case, and ordered the insolvent to be discharged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBOIy. The Baroness St. :Mart, a fashionably attired :lady, who was accompanied by her husband and her mother, the Countess Grabouski, was brought before the sitting mkistrate, Mr. Broughton, by Police-sergeant Hocka day, 16 S, charged, under the following extraordinary circumstances, with having stolen two valuable diamond rings, the property of Sir J. Hare, of 26, Royal Cres• cent, Bath. The prosecutor, on being sworn, said—ln April, 1847, the Baroness, who was then Miss Todhunter, was on a visit to me at my residence in Bath, as was the Baron, to whom she was about to be married, and also the Coun tess, her mother. On the 26th of that month I had written some letters, and was going to a party in the evening, at which I was to introduce the Baron. Prior to my leaving home I opened a portable desk, from which I took out a ring and put it on my finger ; the prisoner, the Baroness, asked me to look at it, and 'I gave it into her hands. From a small casket I took another ring, which she also asked to look at. I gave it to her, and she put it on her finger, as she did the first. After a few minutes I said to her, " Give me those again," and she said, " No, I shall keep them." I pressed her very much to return them, but I could not get them from her; and being anxious to save the post I quitted home with my letters, the Baron walk ing with me to the post-office. This was on the Tues day, and on the next Thursday the Baroness, the Baron, and the Countess left, and I had forgotten all about the rings till they were gone. On the next day (Friday) I came up to London to recover, if possible, the articles which I had missed, and repaired to their residence in Thayer-street, Manchester-square, having been invited to be present at the wedding of the Baroness and Baron which was to take place on the Saturday. The Countess pressed me eagerly to stay dinner, and as soon as au opportunity was afforded me I spoke to the Baroness as she was going up stairs, having called her aside for the purpose, and asked her for the rings; she made no ob servation, but went up. In the course of five minutes she came down and said, " What were you saying to me just now?" To which I. remarked, that I had asked her to bring me the rings. She affirmed that she knew nothing whatever respecting them. Some altercation ensued, and the Countess also denied that her daughter the Baroness had the rings in question. Mr. BROUGHTON —Have you seen the rings since? Sir J. Hare— I have not, sir. Mr. BROUGHTON— W hat do you consider to be the value of them? Sir J. Hare—l should say at least 40 guineas. Eliza Russell, through whose information the Baroness was ultimately apprehended, said—l lived in the service of the Countess three years, and left last Saturday week. Mr. BROUGHTON—Have you at any time been em ployed by the Baroness to dispose of rings? Witness— Yes, sir. Last May twelvemonth she gave me two rings which she desired me to pledge for 101. at Mr. Boyce's, Lisson-grove North. I obtained that amount upon them, and gave the money into the Baroness's own hands. Immediately she received the tickets from me she tore them up. The Baroness—Now tell me, what did you leave my mother, the Countess's, service for? Witness—You thought I had opened your jewel-box and made free with its contents; but I wag quite innocent of anything of the sort. Francis Best said, lam assistant to Mr. Boyce. I remern;:er two rings being pledged by a woman, whom I believe to be the last witness, for 101. Mr. BROUGHTON—Have you the rings, or either of them, by you? Witness—No, Sir; they were taken to Debenham and Stores, where they were put up by auc tion, and bought in by Mr. Boyce, by whom they have since been disposed of. Mr. BnoucwroN—Describe them if you please. Wit ness—One had a large diamond in the centre, set round with smaller ones, and the other had an emerald in the centre, also set round with diamonds. Mr. Fell, the chief clerk (to Sir J. Hare)—Does the description which you hear given by the last witness agree with that of the articles which you have lost? Sir J. Hare—Exactly. Sergeant Hockaday, 15 S, said, this afternoon I was with Sir J. Hare, and met the Baroness in a street necr this Court, and by the direction of Sir John I took her into custody. Mr. BROUGHTON — Did you tell her what she was charged with? Witness_l did, Sir. She observed that she was innocent, and that the matter had been discussed before. Mr. BROUGHTON (to the prisoner)—Now, if you wish to say anything, I am ready to hear you. Prisoner—l have been in the habit of meeting Sir J. Hare, and he has been a very kind and good friend; while lodging in the Champs Elysees, at Paris, with my mother, we had the use of his carriage, and having earned that I was about to be united to the Baron on our return to London, he said he should act as papa at the wedd ng, and invited us down to Bath. We went thither, and although he knew I was engaged to the Baron, he made me an offer of marriage himself, at the same time telling me that he should make a much richer husband for me than the one I had fixed on. On the Wednesday or:Thursday he speaks of, we were all in the parlour, when Sir John took a r i ng f rom a b o x, saying. " This is a beautiful ring," and he put it on my finger; he also put upon it another, :eying, " This belonged to my dear departed angel." I gave them to my mother to look at, having done which she gave them back to me, both to I gave them to the Baron, w ho returned them to Sir J. Hare. Mr. BROUGHTON—You have heard what the pawn broker has stated—what'do you say to that? Prisoner—lf he has had the rings, it was not through me, Sir. Mr. BROUGHTON (to Sir J. Hare) —Now, Sir John, I need scarcely remind you that you are upon your oath ; did you ever make an offer of marriage to this lady, the Baroness ? Sir J. Hare—Never. I can swear it. Mr. BROUGHTON—Did you see the rings passed to the Countess ? Sir J. Hare—l did not. The Baroness retained possession of them herself. Mr. BROUGHTON—It's rather a curious circumstance that you should not have demanded the rings back be fore the party left your house. Sir J. Hare—lt does seem rather strange. but it hap pened to escape my recollection. Mr. BROUGHTON (to the prisoner)—Sir John swears that there is no truth as to his having made you an offer. Prisoner—lie really did, Sir ; what I have stated is ,he fact. The Countess here stepped forward, and said, Sir John was very attentive to my daughter upon all occa sions, and as she was not in the habit of rising early, he would go to her bedroom door, clap his hands, and say, M issy, missy, Come down to breakfast." Mr. BROUGHTON, after remarking upon the evidence adduced, and giving it as his opinion that he could see no reason for doubting the truth of the statement made by the witness Russell, remanded the Baroness till Tues day next, in order to afford time for Mr. Boyce, the pawnbroker, to do all in his power with the view of tracing the rings ; he was willing to take bail for her future appearance, the Baron, her husband, in 2001., and another surety in half that amount. The Countess hero addressed the prosecutor, saying, "Sir John, with grey hairs, such revenge is unworthy of you." _ _ the required recognizances were entered into, and the parties quitted the Court. WESTMINSTER. Mary Ileak, a woman of the town, and Thomas John son, a well known associate of reputed thieves, were finally examined, charged with ill-treating and robbing Allen Hembrow, a respectable-looking young man, of his silver watch. The circumstances of the case are briefly these : The prosecutor and a friend were inveigled by a woman, on the night of the 30th ult., into an infamous house, in Duck-lane, where they were joined by the female pri soner. The male prisoner shortly afterwards made his appearance, and insisted upon the prosecutor and his friend sending out for some liquor ; and as the female prisoner locked the door, and declared that they should 'hot leave unless the request was complied with, prose- JENKINS V. BROWN AND ANOTHER. Mr. WATSON moved for a rule calling upon the de fendant to show cause why there should not be a new trial in this case. The action was brought to recover the value of three cargoes of corn, which were sold by the 'defendants under somewhat pe culiar circumstances. The defendants pleaded not possessed. It appeared at the request of the plaintiff, Messrs. Calender, of New Orleans, shipped three car goes of corn, which were consigned to Messrs. Brown, of Liverpool. The defendant's bills of exchange for the ,orn accompanied the invoices. Messrs. Brown placed the bills in the banking•house of Messrs. Dennison, of London. When they became due on the 17th of June the plaintiff offered the money; indeed, he tendered it three times, but owing to the bills hav ing been locked up by mistake, and not being forthcom ing, he cou►d•not pay the money. In the meantime Messrs. Brown sold the corn on the ground that Messrs. Calen der owed them money. The question, therefore, was, how far a tender of payment under such circumstances went towards destroying the lien claimed. The case was a novel one, and he could not, therefore, cite any precedents. The COURT took time to consider theniatter. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 7. STURGE V. JENKINS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rule to remove this case from the Queen's Bench, in which it had been brought., into this court, and to allow it to stand in its present stage of forwardness. The action was instituted against an officer of the Customs for refusing to deliver corn without the payment of duty. It had been agreed by the parties to reduce it into a special case for argument, and it was thought advisable to bring it before their Lordships, who already had jurisdiction over it. A rule was granted by the Court in accordance with the ordinary practice in such cases; it was in the first instance made absolute. RICKETTS V. NOBLE. This action was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the last assiz's for Surrey, when a verdict was found fLr the plaintiff, damages 61. lir. Sergeant SHEE moved for a rub.) to increase damages. The plaintiff is a merchant in London, and the defendant mate of a vessel called the Indian Chief, who agreed to carry for the plaintiff 150 tierces of beef and other provisions. They arrived in the river, and it was discovered that they were damaged, which the plain tiff alleged arose from the imperfect mode of stowage. The damages were laid at 71/. The CHIEF BARON took time to consider the case. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 7. MELVILLE V. DODGE. This action was tried at the last sittings in London, before Chief Justice Wilde, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 447/. Mr. COCKBURN now applied for a rule for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against the bulk of evidence. A young man named Chedley entered into the service of the National Pro vincial Bank at Bideford as clerk, and the defen dant was surety for his good behaviour and honesty, Whilst so employed, the young man was sent to a customer of the bank residing ten miles distant from Bideford to fetch some money ; he received the amount for which the verdict was foutal, and on his way home lost it. Mr. Cockburn contended that the surety was not liable for the loss of the money, on the ground that it was not the proper duty of the youth to fetch money from a customer, and that the bank had no right to im pose such a duty upon him. He also contended that the bulk of the evidence did not justify the jury in find ing a verdict for the plaintiff. It appeared that the jury accompanied their verdict with an expres,ion of opinion that it was not within the regular scope of the young man's duty in the banking business to be so employed ; and the Learned Counsel now held that he was acting not as the agent of the bank, but as the agent of the customer at the time in question. The COURT did not take the same view of the case. Notwithstanding the jury found that it was not the custom of bankers in that part of the country to send to their customers, the Court was of opinion it was part of the banking business; and the services of the young man, in being so employed, were perfectly legitimate, and were such as his surety would apply to. The Court was of opinion that the clerk received the money and held it as a servant of the bank, and, in that view of the case, thought there was no ground for a rule. With regard to the evidence there was some difficulty, but although there was nothing affecting the character of the young man, the Court thought there was on his part some in advertence and neglect.—Rule refused. COURT 0.1 , ' BAAKkUP.I . CY, Nov. 7. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) JAMES WALTER'S BANKRUPTCY.) The bankrupt, who was described as of New Kent road, bookseller, came up for the Court's decision on the question of certificate. The point of the bankrupt's trading having been dis cussed, Mr. Commissioner HOLKOYD gave judgment. He said, looking at the bankrupt's balan , e-sheet, which com menced in August, 1846, it appeared that his trad,s trans actions literally amounted to nothing. For a certain time it seemed he had made just sufficient to cover his expenses. Unfortunately he (Id not confine himself to the business in which he realized some profit, and for which it appeared he had slime talent. Previous to Au gust, 1846, he carried on the business of a stockbroker, and at the time the balance-sheet began he was stated to be possessed of several shares in the South-Eastern Railway Company, amounting in value to about 12,0001. At the same period he was indebted to Davies and Co., of Liverpool, to the extent of 4,0001 The shares, which were lodged with the above-named firm as security, were gradually disposed of by them with the consent of the bankrupt, btu still there was a large loss. The bankrupt came to London in March, 1846, nominally es a book seller, but he had no trade creditors, and since then he had been employed on the S nith Eastern Railway Com pany. In a transaction of the bankrupt with Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, stockbrokers, in 1848, a con siderable loss was sustained in the purchase of 200 South- Eastern shares, occasioned by the events of February last, which produced a decline in all kinds of railway stock, and the result was that the brokers were creditors t Ah o iu t s t g i cu e esr a tt m i fil o acs u at e t.e t . of il l : 4 l /. Taking . a!1 the facts into con sideration, his Honour said he thought the justice of the case would be satisfied by suspending the bankrupt's cer tificateson named e r h u r p e t e JOHN BOYD'S BANKRUPTCY. The e for six months, from the date of the meeting in Protection was granted from month to month. was severely in business fora period , beside s a whose silk manufacturer, cond li iti pl pledging d ls g o i came ng prouppe property amounted t o 551i7ria traded in connexton with a per held as security for advances. upon by the Cow t. Although estimated distribution were advin. Mr. Commissioner ,e s es t . he property which creditors a u t n a d b e o e u :2 l,o m oo o l n . ths, the debts the features of the case, the d o e nly redeeming circumstance ordered an adjournment of therate personal expenditure, without protection, and should certificate for 12 months, he hereafter be incarce rated the Court would only permit his release after he II had undergone six months' imprisonment. TV 0 VEMBER 8, 1848. cutor and his friend, who we - ro most anxi , lus to get out of the house, consented, and the latter went to pro cure it. During his absenc , s the female prisoner suddenly pinioned the prosecutor, and calling the male prisoner " Tom," told him to take the prosecutor's watch, which he immediately set about doing. The prosecutor offered a stout resistance, and retained his hold of the watch as long as he could, but was overpowerod, and it was taken from him with so much violence that the seals and key were broken off the chain by which they were attached to the watch, the male prisoner, during the struggle, biting the prosecutor, in order to make him loose his hold of the property. The female prisoner then threw the pro secutor down, and held him while her companion escaped with his booty. She then ran nut, but was met by a con stable at the door, who had been attracted by the prose cutor's cries of " Murder and police," who insisted upon her accompanying him into the house, where the prose cutor gave her into custody. '[he male prisoner was at large until the night of the 2d inst., when he was appre hended by Sergeant Loome, a very intelligent and active officer of the B division. Prosecutor stated that since the prisoners had been in custody his watch had be n restored to him, accompa nied with a letter signed " Mary Ileak," requesting, i❑ the most earnest terms, that he would not go on with the prosecution. The female prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the letter, contented herself with stating that her companion was not the man who assisted her in the robbery. The male prisoner said that he was not at the house at the time of the robbery; that he knew nothing about it, and added, " In the same house there's a cabman named Tom, and why not him as well as me?" The prisoners were committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. CLERKEIV WELL. John Westfield, a respectably-dressed middle-aged man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged by Miss Elizabeth Wood, of No. 7, Tottenham.place, Kingsland, with having indecently assaulted her, &c. The prosecutrix said that she was residing with her mother, in Tottenham-place. The prisoner, who is a married man, with a family, about seven weeks ago took apartments in the house, representing himself as a man of property. During his residence in the house he had several times returned home intoxicated, and behaved himself in a most unbecoming manner to her and some other females in the house; but they declined prosecut ing him in consideration of his wife and children. On the previous day the prisoner again came home in liquor, and went to bed. About two hours subsequently witness was in the parlour dozing in the arm chair, when she was roused by some one touching her shoulder, and on looking aside she saw the prisoner with his person ex posed in a most indecent manner, whilst he made use of language which is unfit for publication. Mr. TYRWHITT asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge? He did not deny it, saying it was the first time he had ever been charged with any offence before a magistrate, and he appealed to the Court to deal leniently with him. Mr. TYRWHITT said that the touching the prosecutrix constituted an assault under the circumstances, and he considered it a fit case to be sent before a jury for trial; but at present he should remand the prisoner. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 3, 1848. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination o, Lord Foley, to appoint the under-mentioned Gentle men to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms:— Augustua De Pentheny O'Kelly, Esq., vice Vardon, retired; Gregory Grant Foote, E:q., vice Ashford, re tired, PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER, SOMERSET HOUSE, Nov. 6. The names of those who were nominated by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall:— Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, of Tregols, Knt, Huraphry Willyams, of Carnanton, Esq. William Daubuz, of Killion, Esq. BANKRUPTS. Joseph King, coach builder, North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, to surrender Nov. 15, and Dec. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basi nghall - street ; Day, Queen-street, May-fair. Meshach Sheen, potato merchant, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, Nov. 14 and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Swan, Gray's Inn-place. James Hollick Davis, livery-stable-keeper, Windmill street, Haymarket, Nov. 15 and Dec. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. .Pennell, official assignee ; Holmer, jun., Cheapside. Walter Wilson, apothecary, Tavistock- place, Taxis tock-square, Nov. 17, and Dec. 19, at halt-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard street; Chidley, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street. John Walton, baker, Coventry, Nov. 18, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. George Ainger, hotel keeper, Green-street, Grosvenor square, Nov. 23 and Dec.l9, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, Pain and Heatherly, Basinghall-street. Charles Allen, ironmonger, Cornwall, Nov. 16, and Dec. 21, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Tresilder, St. Ives, Cornwall; Bishop and Pitts, Exeter ; Price and Bolton, New square, Lincoln's-inn. An , lrew Smith, dealer in marine stares, Shrewsbury, Salop, Nov. 21, and Dec. 12, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. James Wait, stock-broker, Bristol, Nov. 20 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, tlicixl assignee, Bristol; Lammin, John•street; Britta , ), Bristol. William North, jeweller, York, Nov. 20 and Dec. 11 at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, offieia assignee, Leeds ; Elcum, Chatham place, Blackfriars Shackleton, L?eds. George Hughes, hatter, Liverpool, Nov. 17 and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley and Co., Chan cery-lane ; Woodburn, Liverpool. Juseph Ivon Winstanley, hosier, King William-street, City, Nov. 17, at two, and Dec. 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Vincent, Castle-street, Holborn. Carnaby Thomas Ansdeil, coach proprietor, Barnet, Middlesex, Nov. 13, at eleven, and Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assig nee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Jay, Buck lersbury. John Cramer Chappell, surgeon, Great Marlborough street, Middle ;ex, Nov. 15, at eleven, and Dec. 14, at at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Chappell, Golden-square. Thomas Wright, tailor and dr.per, Hanky, Stafford shire, Nov. 22 and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Williams, Hanley. Joseph Kirk, licensed victualler, Caunton, Notting hamshire, Nov. 17 and Dee. 15, at eleven, at the Bir minghatn District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Nottingham. Thomas Robert Jenks, jeweller, Birmingham, N0v.21 and Dec. 12, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bluxham, Birmingham. Edward Taylor, miller, Rocklield, Monmouthshire, Nov. 21, and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Baker, Aber gavenny. Henry Smith and John Smith, brewers, Sheffield, Nov. 18 and Dec, 16, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Fiddy, Temple; Fretson, Sheffield; Smith and Weight man, Sheffield. James Thompson, tea dealer , Leeds, Nov. 24, and Young,Dec. 15, at eleven , at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow, Bedford-row; Naylor, Leeds. _ Robert Lewis Evans, butcher, Liverpool, Nov. 17 and Dec. 14. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple; Robinson, Liverpool. Joseph Bereseord, flour dealer, Birkenhcad, Nov. 17 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caz.?nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Empson, Buck lersbury; Brown, Liverpool. William Moore Horgan, c >al merchant Huddersfield, Nov. 24 and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Fiddey, Temple; Rooke, Leeds. Adam Armstrong, ironmonger, Salford, Lancashire, Nov. 20 and Dec. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; BA dome and Co., Nicholas-lane; Smythe and Burton, Man chester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. George, Parker-street, Drury-line, stage coach maker, Nov. 24, at half-past oue—W. Bowles, T. Orden, G. Wyndham, and J. Barrow, Shaftesbury, bankers, Nov. 24, at half-past twelve—J. Clark and F. E. L. Clark, Pudding-lane, ship brokers, Nov. 29, at twelve— W. E. Gould, Finsbury-place South, carver and gilder, Nov. 28, at eleven—W. Tiley, Reading, common brewer, Nov. 28, at half-past eleven—W. Remington, R. Ste phenson, D. R. Remington, and J. P. Toulmin, Lom bard-street, bankers, Nov. 28, at half-past twelve —J. Hansford, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, upholsterer, Nov. 28, at twelve—J. Notting, Poole, Dorsetshire, currier, N ov . 30, at half past twelve—W. Lock, Henry-street Eest, Portland -town, plumber, Nov. 30, at twelve--T. T u t_ lidge, Beaulieu, Hampshire, common brewer, Nov. 28, at half-past two—T. Young, Canterbury, leather seller, Nov. 28, at two—E. W. Jerningham, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, banker, Nov. 30, at one--R. Turtill, High Holborn, saddler, Dec. 1, at half-past twelve —I, Willis, Lower Grosvenor-street, Hanover -square, music seller, Dec. 1, at half-past twelve—G. Heath and G. Dann. Canterbury, drapers, Nov. 30, at half-past twelve —G. Tattersall, Davies-street, Berkeley -square, saddler, Nov. 30, at twelve—R. K. Aitchison, G reat Wi ndmill} street, Haymarket, Nov. 30, at eleven —T. Pierson, Warwick-court, Holborn, and Pickering, Yorkshire, money scrivener, Nov. 30, at half-past eleven —R. Wall, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, I)ee. 7, at one. In the Country. C. Hall, Hereford, linendraper, Doc. 4, athalf-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham--R. w. Bligh, Plymouth, hosier, Nov. 30, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Coup land, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. Baskerville, Liverpool, licensed victualler, Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —J. Dove, Darlington, Durham, tanner, and Sunderland, leather seller, Nov. 30, at eleven, at th e C ourt, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Scott, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, fruiterer—J. Forster, Hartburn, Northumb er l an d , b anker, Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—T. Towerson, Todholes, Cumberland, miller, Nov. 80, at , half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—G. Hornsby, Lesbury, Northumberland, builder, Nov. 30, at hlf-past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— G. Herbert and T. Wrightson, York, linendrapers, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—D. T. Perrott, Bris tol, grocer, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Plumley, jun., Bristol, grocer, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Blistol—J. Y. Betts, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, grocer, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Swein, Cheltenham, builder, Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol--J. Deakin, Liverpool, wine merchant, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool, PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. F. H. Rondall, Torquay, Devonshire, builder, 101., on any Tuesday or Friday after Nov. 13, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. D. Thompson, Bury, Lancashire, bleacher, lid., on Tuesdays. between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. A. Oxford, timber 'merchant and builder. 2s 61, on any Wed!lesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Teasel, Norwich, carpenter and builder, Is., on any Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Bainghall street. M. Lewis, Oxford-street, linendraper, 3d., on any Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basingball street. E. Field, Stratford-upon-Avon, mercer and draper, 2s. 9d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. J. Phillips, Leicester, banks, 203., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. Burnett, Watson, Wanless, Harrison, and Stokoe, Durham, coal owners and ship owners, 25., on any Sa turday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. Pearson, Norwich, modeller and plasterer, Nov. 30, at eleven—R. Gay, Dover, mustard and chicory manu facturer, Nov. 30, at twelve—W. G. Churches, Basing hall-street, factor and warehouseman, Nov. 30, at two— R. H. Morgan, Mansfield-place, Kentish -town, licensed victualler, Nov. 30, at two—E. Hagen and H. Hagen, Mill-street, Bermondsey, merchants, Nov. 30, at me—J. Clark and F. E. L. Clark, Pudding-lane, ship and in surance brokers, Nov. 29, at twelve—J. S. Gorely, Dover, brickmaker. Nov. 29, at one—J. Hodgkinson, Laurence-lane, Chcapside, warehouseman, Dec. 6, at halt-past eleven. In the Country. A. Rowe, Plymouth, grocer, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Jackson, Stockport, Cheshire, tailor and draper, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —W. Price, Preston, Lancashire, innkeeper, Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Nov. 28 S. Waters, Luton, Bedfordshire, baker—J. Morgan, sen., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford and Glasbury, wool staplers—R. Grimbly, Banbury, Oxfordshire, wine and spirit merchant—J. Rhoades, Mitcham, Surrey, grocer —W. Williams, Colchester, hat maker—W. Ashley, Liverpool, underwriter—C. Morton, Pentonville-hill, licensed victualler—W. Todd, Whitehaven, ironmonger— R. Martin, Tavistock, tanner—J. Reid, Hanover court, Long acre, and Ranelagh• mews, Ranelagh-street, Pim lico, builder—J. Ellis and C. Ellis, Warner-road, Cam berwell, builders—T. S. De Year, Lisle-street, Leices ter-square, currier. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Carne and E. C. Came, Falmouth—L. James and J. Wolrige, Cross-lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, Custom-house agents—G. Overton and W. Wilson, Kingston-❑pon- Hull, steam engine and bailer manufacturers—F. W. Thomas and J. W. Prior, Upper-street, Islington, and Union-court, Old Broad-street, auctioneers—N. Dickin son and F. Eames, Nottingham, pawnbrokers—A. Rip ley, C. Thorp, and D. Smith, Apperley-bridge, York shire, dyers (so far as regards D. Smith)—W. H. Richardson, jun., and J. Roose, Wordsley and Darlas. ton, Staffordshire, brass and copper tube manufacturers— W. C. Unsworth and R. M'Laurin, Leeds, spirit mer chants—J. Gouger and J. G. Meyer, Bow-lane, Cheap side, shirt manufacturers—R. Whitworth and J. Whit. worth, Manchester, wholesale grocers— J. Duke and J. Hill, St. Mary-at• Hill, City, corn factors—H. Oatway and J. Sellick, Bristol, rag and rope merchants—J. H. Cuzuer and W. Pearce, Bristol, surgical instrument makers—W. Scott and W. C. Mathews, Edgware-road, grocers—W. F. Smith and J. Siddeley, jun., Liverpool, urassfounders and coppersmiths—W. M'Niell, C. W. M'Niell, S. Shepherd, P. T. Harbin, and R. D. Ward, acetic acid manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Rose, CarolgatQ, Nottingham, innkeeper. John Payne, Street, Sornersetshire, William Culph, Kirkdale, Lancashire, blacksmith. George Roberts, Cheltenham, innkeeper. Edward Bowden Spark, Exeter, tailor. John Lowry, Manchester, bootmaker. William Greaves, Leeds, commission agent. _ _ _ Charles Wright, West Retford, Nottingham, jobber. John William Hayes, Ramsgate, tailor. Richard Stockley, Ramsgate, cabinet maker. George Frederick Webb, Margate, draper. James Lewis, jun., Ashford, Kent, draper's assistant. Nathaniel Shade, Halesworth, Suffolk, boot maker. Joseph Terrington, Brandon, Suffolk, waterman. John Broomhead, sen., Liverpool, butcher. William Higginson, Liverpool. Thomas Talbot, Gislinghim, Suffolk, railway porter. Edward Robinson, Manchester, ale dealer. James Thomas, South Nor►ton, Pembrokeshire, farmer. Thomas James Young, New High-town, Northumber land, clerk. Rev. Henry Andrew Paull, Derby, clerk. William Whitehead, Oldpark, Shropshire, charter master Roger Palmer, Milton Abbott, Devonshire. Robert Morrall, Oldpark, Shropshire, pudler. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. P. Martin, Glasgow, goldsmith, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Nov. 9, and Dee. 1, at twelve. A. D svidson, Glasgow, sewed muslin warehouseman, to meet within the Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow, Nov. 14, and Dec. 5, at one. D. Anderson, Kirkaldy, flesher, to meet within the National Hotel, Kirkaldy, Nov. 16, and Dec. 8, at twelve. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 7.) SUGAR.—To-day a further falling off was observable in the home and export demand for raw Sugar, whilst most sorts suffered a farther depression, assupplies were plentiful. West India was dealt in with caution for all purposes, although the rates taken are rather under those of Friday ; inferior and brown sorts are the most difficult of disposal At a public sale of 165 hhds Barbadoes, which went off with dulness at prices 6d per cwt below those of Friday, fine yellow sold at 40s to 41s, good 37s to 38s, low to middling 35s to 36s 6d per cwt.. The total purchases to-day are only 490 hbdB &c. For public sale on Thursday 669 chests of yellow Ilavannah, and for Friday 60 hhda 245 brls Barbadoes, and 200 bags Bengal Sugar are declared. REFINED.—To-day prices ruled firm for Refined Sugar, and a good trade was concluded for home use; brown lumps realised 47s 6d to 48s, and Standard 48s 6d to 495. Bonded Crushed Sugar is much in demand at 26s to 26s 6d; there is, however, only a limited supply. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon three parcels of Mauri tius Sugar were offered at public sale, and amounted to 8,720 bags. The trade operated with caution, and prices declined 6d per cwt, but fine yellow fetched Lull rates; the chief part sold—low yellow at 33s 6d to 345, mid dling 35s to 365, good 366 61 to 37s 6d, fine 388 to 40s, good and 6111 brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d, middling 30s 6d to 31s 6d, low 27s to 29s 6d, low to fine grey 34s to 37a 6d. and out of condition 286 6d to 37s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the large quantity of 6,857 bags Madras Sugar was offered at public sale; the demand was limited, and not above 1,000 bags found buyers at a reduction of 6,1 to is per cwt; middling damp yellow went at 31s, low 30s, line brown 295, good 28s 6d, very ordiiiary 255, the chief part was taken in at from 29s to 31s 6d per cwt. Of Bengal there was no public sale, and privately only small parcels were sold at rather lower rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale, and pri vately only small parcels of Foreign Sugar were sold at rather lower rates. Cocos.—West India is little wanted, and prices still tend downward:, as there is a fair stock, with only a small consumption. The value of red is 38s to 435, arid grey 35s to 39s per cwt, Foreign can be obtained upon lower terms, yet little business has been done privately, whilst the sound of 400 bags of Guayaquil was taken in at 30s; damaged, however, sold at 25s 6d to 26s per cwt; there is a large stock here. COFFEE. —This afternoon the market was well sup plied with Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 136 casks 2,457 bags; ft- _ there was a dull demand, and a part only sold, but at full rates, fine_ 60s, good 52s to 555, middling 44s to 495, low middling, 39s to 435, fine fine ord 384 to 38s, other sorts 27s to 325, ord 24s to 265, triage 20s to 235, and damaged 17s 6d to 33s 6d. Native met with attention, and 1,358 bags at auction went at former rates, good ordinary pale 27s to 27s 6d, ordinary 26s 6d. damaged 21s to 26s 6d. Of East India 434 bags were chiefly sold, Madras, fine fine ordinary 45s to 525, fine ordinary 355 to 41s, and damaged 26s to 51s per cwt. On Friday 350 bags of Native, and 100 bags Plantation Ceylon Coffee will be offered at public sale. TEA. - Itnporters of black are not disposed to make any further concession in the value, yet the trade operate with caution in all kinds, and a fair quantity is on offer. Common Congou can be obtained at 7d, good ord 7id to Bd, better sort 9,1 to Is 4d, Pekoe flavour Is 5d to Is 10d, Pouchong 4d to 8d ; Souchong 8d to Is Bd, and better sort is 9d to 2s 2d. With Green the mar ket is plentifully supplied, and prices tend downwards as the trade operate with reluctance and merchants are wilingsel- lers. Hyson of common Quality can be obtained at Is to Is 2d, mid and good Is 3d to 2s, flue 2s 2d to 2s 10d, superior 3s to 3s 6d. Young Hyson, low to mid, 6d to Is, better sort Is 5d to 2s 6d, fine 2s Bd. to 3s 4d, Imperial Canton 13d to Is 3d, Hyson sort is 4d, Gun powder Canton is to is 6d. Hyson sort is Bil to 4s, Hy son skin, common 8d to lOil, better sort Is to is 61,Twankay common 3d to sd, brightish leaf 6d to 9d; Hyson sort 10d to Is. Pekoe Teas cannot be quoted higher, buyers, however, operate with more readiness. The value of Orange Pekoe of low and mid quality is 8d to Is, good and fine scented Is 2d to 2s; Pekoe black leaf is to is 9d per lb. None has been submitted to public sale since this d,iy week, and none was i,,ported during that time. ItscE -To-day East India Rice met with a brisker demand: at public sale 3,000 bags Madras were all sold at an advance on former rates of 3d per cwt; good pinky white realised ,9s to 9s 6d, and damaged is to 9s. Of Sago 200 bags were disposed of at 19s 6d to 20s per cwt. SPIRITS,-Brandy is not cheaper, but there is less activity in the market ; deliveries, however, comtinue upon a large scale, and there is only a moderate stock. The value cf Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 is 4s iod to 53, ditto 1847, 35 10d to 48, inferior marks 3s to 3s 6d, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 6rl. Geneva is little wanted, still holders ask 2s gd to 3s 6d for home trade kind, and 2s to 2s id fOr shipping sort. For British made Spirits there is a firm market, and a good demand exists at 3s to 3s 3d proof strength. To-day there was much dulness in the mar ket for West India Rum, and prices keep on the decline, proof Leveards selling at Is 41 to Is 4id, East India Is 3d to is 3 d, and Jamaica, middling quality, 32 per cent over prod - , 35 per gallon. SPICES. — Prices continue to advance for Pimento, as the supply is small, and buyers are much in want of the article. At public sale 78 bags sold at si-d for good, and at 47-- i d to 5d for good middling quality. Cloves have nut been much inquired after since our last, and can be obtained upon rather lower terms. At public sale 34 pkgs were for the most part taken in. For Ginger the market has a dull as pect, and prices are on the decline for home trade sorts, whilst shipping kinds realise full rates. Of 50 pkgs Jamaica offered at public sale, a small part only sold. Of Cassia Lignea we are still without a supply, and prices in codsequence are nominal. Cassia Buds are dull of sale at 681 to 70g. Of Pod Pepper, 91 bags at auction were taken in at 60s to 75s per cwt for good and fine. In Cinnamon, only a small amount of busi ness done, arid prices tend downwards, excepting for good second sort of Ceylon, of which there is yet a scanty supply. Black Pepper met with a dull demand privatrly, and 1,363 bags at auction only in part sold at barely former rates. Nutmegs are wanted, and 18 bxs 5 bags 1 brl went at an advance of 3d to 6d per lb. Of Mace 10 cases were sold at full rates. FRUIT.— An increased demand has been experienced for Currants, and on the part of holders there is firm ness; new realizes 38s to 395, and old 32s to 355. Va lencia Raisins are in much better request, new at 37s to 38s for prime quality. For Figs there is not much demand, sellers are willing to accept 56s to 90s for Turkey, and 70s to 75s for Sultanas. The rates paid for new Imperial French Plums are 50s to 90s, and 95s to 130 s for superior. New Prunes realize 253 to 265, and Muscatel Raisins 42s to 70s. SALTPETRE.—Rough has been in good demand by private treaty this week, whilst the rates paid are fully equal to those of Friday last, and a smaller quantity is on otf,r. At auction 600 bags Calcutta found buyers ; mid strong grey 6i per cent refraction at 24s 6d to 2.5 s per cwt. Holders of Saltpetre appear to be sanguine in their expectations as to the future position of the market. Itinico.—This afternoon a public sale of 96 serons Guatemala Indigo went at is 9d to 2s 7d, which are barely market rates. COCIIINEAL.—This aft. moon there was not a brisker demand for Cochineal, and 137 bags Hoaduras at auc tion went at barely former rates, but the whole sold at 3s 4d to 4s for low to good silvers; 60 bags Mexican only in part found purchases at 3s 4d to 3s 7d for silvers, which are rather lower rates, whilst black was taken in at 3s lld to 4s_per TALLow.—There is firmness on the part of holders of Russian on the spot, and a large amount of business Las been concluded for both Soap and Candle-making purposes. The rates paid have been 45s to 45s 3d per hhd fine P.Y. Candle. For delivery up to the close of the year, a good demand has been experienced at 44s 9d to 455, but for the early part of 1849 we have few sales to report. Town Tallow has been in excellent demand at 45s to 46s net cash, still the supply does not di minish. For other sorts former rates are well supported as there is an increased demand, and not a large quan tity on offer. At auction 44 casks of New South Wales were sold at 41s 6d to 44s 3d; 334 pps, and 60 hhds South American 41s 3d to 44s 3d; 45 hhds of Galatz 40s 3d to 425, very low 27s to 325; 50 casks of Arch angel 41s to 525, but 50 c as k s of Oessa were taken in at 44s 3d per cwt. On Friday 400 casks, &c., of Tallow will be offered at auction. The value of rough Fat is 2s 7d per stone of 81bs. Om; —On Friday 100 tuns of Sperm, $0 ditto of Southern, 50 Seal, 355 hhds of Cochin Cocoa Nut Oil of fine quality will be submitted to public sale. Sperm is much in demand and realised further advanced rates. At auction 78 tuns of Colonial were sold at 7715 s tc 81/ 5s per tun, and by private treaty several purchases have been made. Seal is not much required, and there are sellers of pale at 261 102. At auction 11 tuns were sold. For Southern a brisker demand exists, and stiffer rates are paid. Finest sort has been selling at 261103 to 27/. At auction 10 tuns realized 23/ 5s to 26/ for low to good. Cod is offered at 231 103 to 231 15s, but few buyers are to be met with. Of Fish Oils imports are upon a more extended scale, and prices rule moderate. For Cocoa Nut Oil there is a dull market, supply large. Rapeseed Oil has been dealt in with caution. Lititeed Oil is offered at a further reduction, and Palm is in good demand. For Olive there is much flatness in the market, and a disposition is manifested to sell. Lard Oil is quoted at 40s to 435, and Ground Nut at 32s to 33s per cwt, but few buyers are to be met with. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 7. STOCK EXCLIANGE.—The sales are—Great Western, Quer. tars, 3% 2 dis.—Midland, 80%—Ditto, 6 per cent., 113. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have to report an improved state of the share market. A good demand existed for all kinds of stock, the market closing firmly. The sales are—. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 9 3 / 4 dis.—Caledonian, Preference, % dis.—Lancashire and York shire (late Manchester and Birmingham), Fifths, 4c. dis. —Ditto, 10/. Preference, ja c. p.—Ditto, H a l ves (l a t e W . P . and G.), 36% London and North Western, New Quarter a s, c p.— Ditto, Quart ers (A and B), p.—Ditto, Qurte (C), 1 3 4 p.—Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln s h i re 10 / Preference, 9%—Midland Stock, 82 c.—Ditto, New delves, 9 7 / 8 c. dis.—North Staffordshire, 614 dis.—Shropshire Uuion, 3 1 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover. No. 4, Thirds, 6 3 4 York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 1 4 dis. —York and North Midland, Preference, I% dis. MANCHESTER, Nov. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, c. dis.— North Staffordshire, 6n. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 3 / 4 dis.—Old Dover, 23 1 4—Leeds, Preference, % c. Sheffield and Lincoln, 14 1 4 c. dis. —Caledonian, Preference, 54 dis.—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 13 1 4 c.— Grimsby, 501. Shares, 30 3 4 —Newcastle Junction, 41s. dis. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 7. STOCK ExCHANOK.— The sales are—Birmingham and Ox ford Junction, 231. 13s. 9d.—North Staffordshire, 61. 3a. 9d. dis.—Shrepshire Union, 3 , 4 dis. 'Yakli, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows : —Lancashire ' Wakefield, Pont ypoo l , and Goole, 32 —Lancashire (West Riding Union), U. ls.--Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 85.—North British, Thirds 3 1 / 2 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), 614. GLASGOW, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Prefer ference, 81s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 50—Ditte, Halves, No. 1, 603. 6d.—Great Northern, 6516—North British, 144—Ditto, Thirds, 725. 6d.—Scottish Central, 23 1 4—Scottish Grand Junction, 3s. [AD VERTISEMEN T.] indigestion.—No medicine has proved so efficient for the cure of indigestion and diseases of the stomach as Woradell's Vegetable Reiterative Pills, prepared by Joh❑ Kaye, Esq., of Dalton-hall, near Hud dersfield. All who have used them speak in the highest terms of gratitude and praise as to their wonderful effi cacy. Mr. Charles Adams, farmer, of Cheddeston, near Bungay, suffered from indigestion and extreme debility for seven years, during which period he was attended by two medical gentlemen. He was said to be is a consump tion, and no hopes were given of his recovery. He de termined, however, to give the Vegetable Restorative Pills a fair trial. 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DEPTFORD, Nov. 7.—DEPARTURE FROM .THE EMIGRATION DEPOT FOR SOUTH A USTRALIA.YeLI• terday the Francis Ridley, of 850 tons burden, received 300 persons on board, destined to settle at Port Philip South AuAralia. They consisted of 210 adults and 90 childri n. 811iT11.5. On the sth inst., at Ashford-lodge, near Crawley, Sussex, the wife of J. Johnstone, Esq., of a son. On the bth inst., at Malvern -cottage, Clapham-park, Mrs. Kincaid, of a son. On the sth inst., :at Eastfield, Ryde, the lady of S. IV. Clayton, Esq., of a son. On the sth inst., at Camden-row, Camberwell, Mrs. John Smith, of a son. On the sth inst., at York-street, Portman-square, the wife of H. Dalbiae, Esq., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Tavistuck-square, the wife of J. Rigg, Esq., of a son. On the 6thinst , at Woodlands, Chelsfield, Rent, the wife of W. Waring, Esq , of a daughter. At Pawton's-road, East Norwood, Surrey, Mrs. J. M. Morlet, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Ist inst., by the Rev. T. Wilson, incumbent of Fernley, T. Julian Adams, Esq., to Mies Armitage, eldest daughter of %V. Armitage, Esq., of Fernley-hall, Yorkshire. At Eynesbury, Hants, on the Ist inst., Henry Platt, Esq., of Flitwiek, Bedfordshire, to Susan Elizabeth, eldest daugh ter of the late Mr. Somers, of North Audley-street, Grosve nor-square. On the 4th inst., at St. George-the-Martyr, Bloomsbury-, Miss Mary Ann King, niece of the late Mrs. Bentiek, of Hunter-street, to R. C. Turnbull, Esq., of Lancaster. On the 4th inst., at St. Paul's, Deptford, H. L. Hearsum, Esq., of the Ordnance-office, Tower, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Bunnett, of the Upper-road, Deptford. DIED At Shiraz, in Persia, of inflammatory fever, on August 27th last, most sincerely beloved and deeply regretted by all who knew him, Joseph Louis Tasker, Esq., aged 24, only son of Joseph Tacker, Esq., of Middleton-hall, Brentwood, Essex, and York-buildings, New-road. 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