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

FRANCE. The Patrie states that Lord Normanby had re visited the ex-King Jerome and the Prince Louis Napoleon. This statement, however, has since re ceived the most unqualified contradiction. The Moniteur of yesterday contains the following financial expose, in answer to the statements of the Debats _ _ " The amount of expenditure, applicable to the pay ment of dividends on the Three per Cents. and the pen sions is estimated by the Journal des Debats at 60,000,000 —namely 42,000,000 for the dividends of the Three per Cents., and 15,000,000 for the pensions. The dividend on the Three per Cents. amounts, it is true, to 42,000,000, but everybody knows that about one half of that sum, 21,000,000, due to the Sinking Fund, is payable, net in specie, but in Treasury Bonds to be consolidated. The Treasury, accordingly, has only to provide for an expenditure of 21,000,000. Now, four of those 21,000,000 are paid in the departments, by the Receivers-General. The Caisse Centrale has conse quently only 17,000,000 to expend. If we add this sum of 21,000,000 to that of 17,000,000, necessary for the payment of the dividends, it will be found that the whole of the extraordinary expenditure for which the Treasury will have to provide between this day and the end of the year 1843, will be 38,000,000. " Let us now examine the means at the disposal of the Treasury for that object. " The resources available on the 18th of November, in the morning, were:— Francs. Cash in the Caisse Centrale ... 7,000,000 "2. Ditto in the Bank ... 18,000,000 " 3. Third instalment of the Loan concluded with ;he Bank " 4. In:;tnlments of the Loan on the 20th of November and December ... 25,000,000 18,000,000 " Total resources ..• 68,000,000 " Which compared with the expenditure ... 38,000,000 " Leaves, on the 31st December, a surplus of receipts of ... ••• 30,000,000 "Such will be the situa tion of the Treasury on the 31st of December. " We have not included in the above the fifteen mil lions for the payment of the pensions, which are only due after the Ist of January, but it will be seen that the Treasury is fully able to meet the daily expenditure and the arrears of the Three per Cents. • and that, more over, it wilt be in possession at the end of the year of a sum of 30,000,000 f., of which, after paying the pensions due in January, a balance of 15,000,000 f. will remain on hand. • It should be remarked that this result is obtained without any necessity to negotiate any of the securities available. As respects the amount of the latter which the Journaldes D6ats terms "fabulous," so far from having undergone any diminution, it is to day 143,000,0001. In this sum figure 14 millions represented by shares of the Quatre Canaux and the Rentes Three and Five per Cents., proceeding from the savings' banks, and trans ferred to the Treasury- by the Caisse des Depots et Con signations. Those rentes are not, as the Debats sup poses, to be annulled; they have become the property of the Treasury, in virtue of the 7th article of the decree of the 7th July last, They may consequently be included. among the securities, since the Treasury can, in case of need, find in them an available resource. We shall con clude by observing, that the year 1849 will open with 180,000,000 of extraordinary resources, as stated by M. TrouvA Chauvel in his exposé to the National As sembly." The Democratic Association met on Saturday night, to the number of about 200, under the presi dency of M. Buchez, and unanimously resolved to support the canditature of General Cavaignac. M. Grandmesnil, formerly editor of the Reforme, charged with participation in the insurrection of June, was acquitted by the Council of War, on Saturday. Colonel Rey, Commander of the Hotel de Ville, arrested on the 15th of May last; has been restored to liberty. AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette of the 14th publishes an Imperial manifesto, dated 011mutz, the 10th instant, postponing the meeting of the Constitutional Assem bly at Kremser from the Isth tolthe 22d November. FRANKFORT. On the 16th instant the President of the German Parliament officially communicated to the Chamber the news of Robert Blum's execution, and then " gave the word " to M. Kirschgessnar, the reporter of the Committee appointed to investigate the affair. That gentleman immediately moved a resoluaion imperatively calling upon the Imperial Ministry to adopt energetic measures for the accusation and punishment of those mediately and immediately inculpated in the execution of M. Blum, and stig matizing that act as an atrocious violation of the imperial law of the 30th of September, 1847. The questioh was put forthwith, without discussion, and the motion was carried nem. dis., and in solemn silence. On the 17th the Parliament determined on the adoption of further resolutions hostile to the Austrian Government. At the sitting of that day the address from Leipsic was read by the President, and declared to be in perfect harmony with the resolution in the Assembly. A motion was then made by M. Giskra, pledging the Imperial Government of Germany to an immediate interference for the protection promised by the laws to the subjects of Austria, " consi dering that the Diet of that empire is not- at present assembled, that its resolutions have not been adopted by the Austrian Ministry since the 6th of October, and that it Is not probable, under such circumstances, that the Austrian Government will pursue a different course." This proposal was declared " urgent," and almost imme diately carried by a majority 238 to 198 votes. A motion was afterwards made for the removal of M. Bessermann, in consequence of his adhesion to the views of the King of Prussia, and although the pro posal to discuss it instanter was not adopted, the ma jority which decided in the negative was a very doubtful one, and it was only postponed till the fol lowing day, when there appeared some probability that. it would be carried. HOLLAND. The Ministry has presented a report to the King respecting the reform of the budget. The result of the report is that the state expenditure may be reduced by the sum of 2,000,000 florins. The Ministry pro pose to curtail the salaries and emoluments of the officers of state, and several sinecures are to be sup pressed entirely. The King has yielded a cordial as sent to the report. The funds roe con.iderahly on the publication of the report. SAXONY. In the sitting of the Dresden Chambers some inter pellations were addressed to the Government on the subject of the murder of Blum. M. Von der Pfordten, the Minister, stated to the Chamber on that occasion, that he had dispatched orders to the Saxon envoy at Vienna to take under his protection all S!s . nn re3i , l , :nt that cit 7; and that active witslrE3 b2e3 taken by the eovoy to prevea the sacrifice of B:utn, but tint all his remonstrance and inquiries had been treated with the most contemptu ous silence by the Austrian Government. SICILY. The journal Savoisien of the 17th inst. quotes a letter from Palermo, of the .Ph inst., stating that the Sicilian Parliament would probably repeal the two decrees of the 15th of April and 10th of July last, which established a constitutional monarchy in Sicily, and proclaim the Republic, if the Duke of Genoa should persist in refusing th , _? throne of that island. TUNIS.. AdniVal Baud arrived on- the-4th inst. at Tunis, and hail an interview with the hey. The Admiral aftemard,s left Tunis=Napes. received froin Co ns t an ti nop l e Intelligence has b een arrived at On thelo - th or OctOber Pa s haltedsaerhmidy. rtolia. He Ererourn yiith the staff of_the was to establish his . head-quarters in ft.'h2tt which an army o: :35,000 or 40,000 men t' a r rud b e concentrated. Tho3e military preparation s -° as cribed by some to the comp l ica t io n s likely to werel, in Persia from the death of the - Shah , and which might impiar the friendly relations existing between that country and Turkey, whilst others believed that the Ottoman Government, consideribg the political situation of Europe, anticipated a collision with Russia should a combined fleet enter the Black Sea, and wished to be prepared for every contingency. A difference has arisen in the Ottoman Cabinet betwCen the Grand Vizier, Reschid Pasha, and the Minister of War, Riza Pasha, and the latter will pro bably be replaced by Halil Pasha. Tranquillity pre vails in Wallachia. • ARRIVAL or A WHALER.—On Thursday morning, the ship Abram arrived in eur docks from the Davis' Straits fishery, being the last Hull vessel from thence this season. The Abram's cargo consists of three fish, which are expected to yield about thirty-eight tuns of oil. During the homeward passage this vessel experi enced very boisterous and unfavourable weather, which, we regret to add, caused the death of the master, Capt. Good, and one seaman, Joseph Ling, who were washed overboard by a heavy sea striking the vessel, on the 19th of October, w hen off Cape Farewell , in the Western Ocean. W e understand this was the first voyage of the unfortunate Mr. Good in the capacity of mister. Three boats were also washed off the vessel's decks by the same sea. The mate had a narrow escape, but was luckily standing near the companion when the sea struck the vessel, by which he was preserved f r om bein g swe p t off. John Edmunds, "the loose harpooner," who had been ill some time, was found dead in his berth on the passage. The other vessels recently arrived from the same destination encountered very heavy weather. The Prince of Wales, Capt. Lee, had the misfortune to lose three boats on their passage home. The four Hull ships engaged in 'Davis'the Straits fishery this year have brought upwards 280 tun s.of oil into this por ' , in ad• dition to the whalebone, &e . --hull Advertiser. :THE SUN, EXTRAORDINARY ELECTRIC PHENOMENON. A lIRORA. BOREALIS AT LOWESTOFFE.—We learn from a correspondent that there was a splendid Aurora Borealis seen at Lowestoffe, on the evenir g of Friday, from eight until ten o'clock. The wind had been blow ing fresh from the west and west by north during the course of the afternoon, and the sky had been over cast; but at six o'clock the sky was clear, and at eight there were observed in the northern parts of the heavens luminous streams of fluid shooting from the west to the north-eastern horizon. Ursa - Major and the other northern constellations were rendered almost invisible, except stars . from the first to the third magnitude, by its brilliancy. At twenty minutes before nine its appear ance was like the agitated ocean, and its swift ness was surprising, passing directly overhead. At twelve minutes past nine o'clock its colour was like crimson striped with orange and other shades, pre senting the apps arance of a large tri-coloured banner for five or six minutes in the north-eastern part of the heavens; the brightness in the western continued until a quarter before ten o'clock. A brilliant meteor or star passed through Taurus close to Aldebaran, some small ones passed down the western part; several bands of .a crimson shade were seen, one on Orion. Towards eleven o'clock the phenomenon gradually subsided, and disap peared by the time of the moon's rising, eighteen minutes after eleven o'clock. The wind was north-west and clear; the barometer fell during the day. At its greatest luminosity, vessels from three to four miles dis tance could be distinctly seen. . AURORA BOREALIS.—Some remarkable and singu larly beautiful met-oric phenomena of the above descrip tion were visible here and elsewhere on Friday night. The atmosphere was somewhat obscured by clouds, which, perpetually varying in form . and density, so far from detracting from the effect of the appearance, rather increased its grandeur and beauty. About eight o'clock the wind began to blow in strong fit • ful- gusts from the north and north-west. About nine o'clock a lurid gleam streaked the horizon in the latter quarter, seeming to be upheaved by a bank of eloud or darkness till, flashing more and more brightly, it attained an elevation of about thirty five degrees. Here, after a short time, it chinged its cha racter. One part of it became a faint blue tint, and shot up rays in the usual manner of the Aurora Borealis to wards the zenith. From the western point a sort of lu minous red cloud arose, which looked not unlike a column of smoke when strongly illuminated by a bright flame. This appeared to be carried by the wind on the edge of a long straggling 'cloud, which floated slowly towards the south. - Shortly afterwards the whole of the southern part of the heavens, to the height of about thirty degrees, was illuminated by a bright steady light, similar to moonlight. Broken masses of cloud were now rapidly drifted over the whole atmosphere, and a spectacle of uncommon splendour ensued. Every part of the heavens behind the thin clouds 'seemed to be brilliantly illumi nated. In some places the light flashed at intervals, and in others, 'over the whole south, for instance, it was steady and of uniform intensity. The latter was of a faint blue or a greenish hue, but in the zenith and towards" the north and west it broke forth change ably in flashes of red, flame colour, and yellow. The clouds appeared in many places at intervals like masses of vapour, behind which bright fires were burn ing, and in a large circle overhead, as well as in the north-west, the tints were continually changing both in colour and in the extent and degree of their luminosity. We had an opportunity of watching these varying phe nomena till nearly eleven o'clock, when the light began gradually to die away. We perceive by the Manches ter and Preston papers that similar appearances were visible in those districts. The Preston Pilot, of Satur day, says the aspect of the heavens there was " awfully grand." The Manchester Guardian says, " The auroral lights were spread over the greater part of the sky ;" and again, " We do not remember ever to have seen the auroral light so extensively diffused over the face of the heavens as on this occasion."—Liverpool Albion of yes terday. DESTRUCTION OF A BREWERY BY FIRE. Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in the porter brewery of Mr. Emanuel Ellis, corner of Wellington-street, Bevington-hill. Word of the occur rence was passed to the Fire-engine station, and Mr. Hewitt with his usual promptitude repaired to the scene. Notwithstanding the dispatch used, however, on the arrival of the engines the flames had burst from both door and windows, and also caught the roof of an adjoining tavern kept ostensibly by a Mrs. Moore, but virtually in connexion with the concern. Mr. ' Hewitt and the brigade under his command praise worthily exerted themselves, but, notwithstanding the judicious play of the engines, and a copious supply of water poured direct by the hose from the Green-lane Works (owing to the inflammable character of the ma terial inside) the fire progressed, the roof fell in, and the entire brewery was gutted. The roof and the northern portion of the adjoining tavern also suffered considerable damage; the bedding and furniture, however, suffered less from the flames than from the water poured-in to check .their progress. - Mr. Ellis, the 'owner of the brewery, who built the premises, has for the last two months been absent from town on account of illness, and no- certain estimate of the stock in. the place at the time of the occurrence can in consequence be made. It must hate been heavy, however. ..1u addition to a large stored stock, a large brewing: of ale made on Friday flowed down the channel. The ofilce of Mr. Ellis was in an upper portion of the brewery; His books and all that it contained were totally destroyed. The premises i are insured in the Atlas office, but whether the in surance extends to the stock or not, or what amount may be even an approximation to the damage, we have (from the causes stated) been unable to ascertain. Vague allusions are made to a threatening letter lately received from a discharged servant; but this apart, the origin of the fire is (tor the present at least) totally unknown.—Liverpool A lbion of yesterday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN v. CHARRITIE ♦ND OTHERS. This was an information against the defendants for an offence against the statutes which regulate the disposal of the patronage allowed to the directors of the East India Company. The late Sir W. Young was a di rector; and he and the defendant Charritie were charged with having made the " office, place, and appointment" of a cadet in the East India Company's service the sub ject of a corrupt bargain and sale. The case was tried some time ago before Lord Denman, when the jury found a verdict of guilty against Captain Charritie on the first and second counts, namely—those which charged him with directly receivin g the money, and conspiring with others to obtain it. A rule had since been obtained, on behalf of Captain Charritie, to arrest the judgment, ca the ground that the offence, as laid in the count on which the conviction had taken place was not an offence within the statutes. The Attorney-General, Sir E. Thesiger, Sir D. Dun des, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Forsyth ap peared to show cause against the rule, and contended that a cadetship was an office, place, or appointment within the meaning of the statutes, and that if not held to be so, there would be an end to that check upon the corrupt bargain and sale of offices which these statutes had intended to afford, and without which there would be the greatest public danger to the Indian Government. They then went into a description of the mode in which the appointment is made, and of the rights conferred by the act of nomination, and contended th at the person nominated became, on the nomination itse:', an officer of the company. Mr. CItoWD en - arid - Mr. WARREN; ire snrep.eit of the rule, insisted that the mode of making the appointment clearly showed that the cadetship was not an office. Tho . director having a right to nominate wrote out a paper, in which he declared that he nominated A B to a cadet ship, and then went on to declare that he had done so from the belief that A 13 was fit to be a cadet. The directors gave their formal approval to this paper, which was den handed over to the person no minated, and with it he proceeded to India, but at his own expense, and when there received a commission. This showed that no office was conferred by the act of the director in England. If the young man thought fit not to go out, the company could not punish him; he would merely lose his chance of getting -a commission ; nor when he arrived there could he be punishable for any offence committed by him as if committed by an officer during the voyage. h tvds, therefore, plain, that all which he obtained in England was a permission to re ceive a commission if he thought fit to go out to India, and if the authorities there should, on his arrival, have a vacant commission to bestow on him. The informa tion here pledged itself to the description of a cadetship as a place, appointment, and office. It was no one of the three ; and, therefore, without pressing - the argument that on the firm of the count (which was in the conjunc tive) it ought to answer ell'the three dcscrip•ions, there could be no doubt that it ought to answer one of them, and, as it did not do so, the count could not be supported. The Court took time to' consider the case. COURT. OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20. ALA , (Sittings in Banc.,.) D. --. - 11 . e. AI'KEN - ZIE (PUBLIC OFFICER)—ENDORSE- IiENT " PER PROCURATION." were sou de T fe h n ie da . n e t, es s a -au m il l o i l• ia on a bill of exchange against the Neweastle-upon public officers of the The company at Stock .Banking Company. endorsement by a forrt4e " : n t , ° be made liable unlit r an Joint Stock Banking tion, for the company. Tice gel' made, per endorsement r e p r r s oc em u e r e a- t , appeared that the was, " P.P. Newcastle-upo n -T (1 1 u : 41i .... out the plaintiff Company, H. Bechley, ma nag li:, bill was an accommodation bill after the bank had stopped pay ment 7 •atid. endorsed was a bond fide holder for value. company, and he.de f orm . Before the k ank stopped payment the same person (Mr. Bechley) - been in the habit of endorsing bills in the acme bed under an authority from the nued to do so to some extent after the bank stoppteld payment, in reference to the bills of former creditors of the bank. There was no doubt that with respect to the bill in question no express authority to endorse had been given by the company, and the question raised upon a rule nisi fora new trial, upon the ground of misdirection (a verdict having been found for the de fendant), was whether or not the company must not be considered as having given an implied authority to Bechley to endorse the bill in question, so as to make them liable to the plaintiff, a bong fide holder, without any notice other than that giveu by the words "per procuration," ace., which it was contended did not alter the plaintiff's right. • Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. T. Jones argued on be half of the plaintiff; and Mr. Bovil for the defendant. The COURT said the case might be considered as if there had been no stoppage, as that in the opinion of the Court made no difference. to doubt a ha:loess part. nership, if they thought proper, might allow a clerk to tndorse bill* in the, name of. the firm, and pass them into circulation, without any limitation of authority; and here, if the joint-stock company had allowed the ma nager to sign the trading name of the company, and cir culate bills so signed, without any notice to the public otherwise, the public would not be bound to inquire into any special circumstances which prevented an act of such a nature from being considered a proper one on the part of the manager, so as to bind the company. But, in the present case, the company bad not allowed any delusion to be practised upon the public. There was a special intimation to the plaintiff, by the words per procuration, that the endorsement was not the act of the bank, but of a person who professed to have the authority of the bank, and a party must be considered as taking the bill upon the faith of that representation. That was the doctrine laid down in " Attwood v. Manning," 7 Barn. and Cres., 78, and since acted upon. If a person took a bill en dorsed, as that now in question, he must satisfy himself that the person endorsing had the authority that he pro fessed to have, or take the risk of its turning out that no such authority existed. The plaintiff, therefore, was not entitled to recover in this case. Rule discharged. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 20. (Sittings in Banco.) GILES V. HUTT AND OTHERS. This was a proceeding, in the nature of an audita querela, which was argued at great length upon a former day in this term. The CHIEF BARON now delivered the judgment of the Court. The plaintiff in the present proceeding was a proprietor of five 500/. shares in the Western Australian Colonization Company, of which the defendants were di rectors. The plaintiff, in his character of shareholder, executed a deed of settlement, upon the construction of which the present question arose. Under this deed the directors were empowered to make calls upon the share holders, and, upon default, to sue them at law for the amount of the calls. The deed also empowered the di rectors, where the shareholders neglected to pay their calls, to declare the shams held by such defaulters for feited ; and, upon such declaration, the shares were to be held as absolutely forfeited, and might be sold or dis posed of for the benefit of the company. The plaintiff's complaint was that the defendants had sued him for calls, and recovered judgment in such actions, under which a levy was made upon his goods for a part of the judgment debt; that they had also declared his shares forfeited, and now threatened to issue execution and compel the payment of the amount of the judgment not already satisfied. The Court went'along with so much of the aeguments'of plaintiff's counsel as showed that it was not competent for the directors to adopt both the reme dies.pointed out by the deed; they could not enforce the calls by a judgment of a court of law, and also forfeit and sell the shares. Then there was a judgment for calls followed by declaration of forfeiture of the shares, and the question was as to its effect? The Court was of opinion that the declaration of forfeiture was a nullity, and that it had no effect on the judgment previously re covered. The two powers of suing fur calls and forfeit ing shares were given alternatively, and the directors were bound to confine themselves to the one or the other. They might either resort to the one or the other; they could not have both remedies. Without deciding at what particular step the election to adopt one course or the other must be considered complete on the part of the directors, the Court thought it must be considered that the directors had elected to proceed by action, when they not only brought an action, but proceeded to judg ment and sued out execution. The forfeiture of the share subsequently was a nullity; and did not defeat or affect a valid judgment previously obtained. That judg ment the directors were still entitled to enfetie. It fol lowed that the plaintiff, in audita querela, had no ground for coming to the court, and upon the insufficiency of his declaration judgment must be for the defendants. PREROGATIVE COURT, Nov. 20. (Before Sir H. J. FusT.) SMITH V. SMITH. The arguments in this case were resumed this morn ing ; a report of the previo us arguments appeare d on t h e 16th instant. The question in dispute was the validity of a codicil made by Mr. Smith, late of Scotland-yard, a farrier. Dr. R. Phillimore was heard on the part of Miss Mary Ann Smith, in opposition to the codicil. Drs. Adams and Bayford were heard in reply. They contended that if the will was to be held valid, the co dicil was equally so, a few months only having elapsed between the execution:of the two instruments, and there had been no evidence before the court to prove that the testator was of unsound mind during the making of either of these testamentary deeds. The Learned JUDGE, in giving his decision, said he must decide against the validity of the instrument. It had been argued that that there was no proof of his being in a imore unsound state of mind when he made the codicil than when he made his will. He (the Learned Judge) thought he was not of sane mind on executing the latter instrument. Now came the question of costs. Mary Ann Smith was entitled to the costs, as were also the other parties, and he therefore declared that the costs of all the parties should be paid out of the estate. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, Nov. 18. THE JUDGE OF ONE COUNTY COURT HAS NO POWER TO SET ASIDE A JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN ANOTHER COURT. -CAPPER V. LEAKY. This was a proceeding on a judgment obtained last December in the Marylebone County Court, which the defendant neglected to satisfy. A BARRISTER, who appeared for the defendant (who is a solicitor, residing in Church-street, Soho), applied to the Court to set aside the judgment, on the ground that his client did not receive notice of the original sum mons, that he had a good answer to the action, and that as the judgment was obtained in the Marylebone County Court, that was the proper pine to proceed against him upon that judgment. The JUDGE (D. C. Moylan, Esq.), said, with respect to the first point he had no power to set aside a judg ment objected in another court; his only duty was to enforce that judgment. As to the Marylebone County Court being the proper place to sue upon that judgment, it would be seen by the 98th section of the Act that the plaintiff could take out a summons upon the judgment within the district of any County Court where the de fendant resided at the time. It was clear that when the judgment was obtained defendant resided in Marylebone, but now being a resident of Westminster, the proper place to sue him in was that court. He should order the defendant to pay the costs incurred by the plaintiff, amounting to 21. 155., on the 27th of the present month, and the balance four weeks after, which would give ample time for.the application to set aside the judgment to be made to the Marylebone County Court. 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A female of steady, respectable appearance, who has been passing through life under various names and in different characters, was- brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having performed the part of a common impostor. She appeared at the bar under the name of Elizabeth Johnson. It will be recollected that in January last a man named William Edwards, who had, with the assistance of some women, succeeded in obtaining money from several of the nobility by the' instrumentality of peti tions, " in heartrending terms," purporting to be signed by benevolent persons, and whose signatures were skil fully imitated, was brought before the chief magistrate and sentenced to imprisonment for three months. The Duke of Cambridge was one of the actual contributors upon the list found at that time in the possession of Ed wards, and the present prisoner was known by the offi cers of the Mendicity Society to be one of the principal agents of that notorious impostor. She had, however, contrived to sscaps. Mr. Edward Itiompssu, of. Sslters' Hall, suited tLat the priscner called at his counting-houss in January and pre:ented a bagging petition, stating that a Mrs., Hall, who carried on busin' ss in a village near town, bad been plundered of 300/. while at church with her family,. and that inevitable ruin must be the consequence if the benevolent were not very active in her behalf. The witness knew the locality to which the potition re ferred, but suspecting upon examination of the signa tures that forgery was one of the peculiarities of the case, caused inquiry to be made. His brother soon heard that the petition was one of the ingenious labours of a large gang of impostors. The prisoner called next day, with a letter signed " John Hall," requesting an answer to the application; and as the witness had good reason for wishing to get hold of the writer be gave the bearer 21., and promised that if Mr. Hall would call next day, 31. would be added to_ the :contribution, pro vided the facts stated proved to be correct. Mr. Hall did call next day, and the party turned out to be no other thin Edwards: He was apprehended, taken before the Lord Mayor, and. diaxtos. attempt to deny that the case was one.of a series of impositions in which he had been engaged. His partner, however, who had been about the neighbourhood, contrived to give the slip to the officer, and to continue the practice, until she ex posed herself on Saturday last in Marylebone, with too great confidence. In answer to a question from the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Thompson said he hail employed an officer to watch for au opportunity of apprehending the prisoner. Samuel Daniels, an officer of the Mendicity Society, slid he believed it was on the 26th January he saw Mr. Thompson give the prisoner 2/., and heard him promise 31. more upon receiving a visit trom Mr. Hall. Witness had watched her on the day of the apprehension of Ed wards, but she suddenly cut on Fish-street-hill. "I know this woman to have been convicted several times. She was once convicted of having succeeded in imposing in a case of pretended d u i p s o tr n es th s ;e ale)dukseheofisCaammbosritd. g a e ciive member of the vilest gang of impostors. Her real name is Jane Johnson." The prisoner said the officer was perfectly correct in his statement. Colley, another Mendicity officer, said, I was at Marylebone office on Saturday, and I was told that the prisoner, whom it was known I wanted, was on the spot. I went to her, and told her I wanted her for 21., of which she had defrauded Mr. Thompson. She said, " Well, Colley, there is no use in denying it. I have had the 2/. of Mr. Thompson, and no mistake; and I suppose I must have my whack f or i t . —(L aug h ter. ) I h ope y ou w ill not make any delay about it, but let me serve my time at once, and by and by Iwill o:hers I the 2/. to be "brought to justice. I certainly received The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner) —Do you wish to say anything? The Prisoner —My right; I hav e h a d the money Lord, the man is The LORD Mavoa—Priso Y n . e the most base an d m i schievous. r ' your calling i s one o f up the sources o f c h ar i ty, and,to It is cal cu l ate d to stop ex real claims upo n the beney. ) ieettepose those w h o h ave the extremity of starvatien. I have good reason to suppose th at you are one of the most indefatigable members of an extensive gang. The Prisoner —As for the Duke of. Cambridge, I I served three months in th e H ouse of Correction for his Royal Highness, and I admit that I was in that business, but I do usiuro you there arc worse persons about town than me. The officers would do well to look after some others. The LORD MAYOR—If I can catch them I shall cer tainly punish them as well as you. Tne Prisonor-A-Thank you, my Lord. I hope you'll tell the officers to be on tho look out. There's new dodges every day. I had the money, I confess. Committed to Bridewell for three months. The LoLD MAYOR was engaged for some hours in hearing cases of vagrancy (mostly Irish), brought by the City policemen before him. His Lordship committed nearly 40 beggars to prison, and observed that if the Government did not interfere to prevent the inundation of vagrants into London, all the prisons must soon be filled to excess. Hodgion—l never got a yard of the lace, and thought when I gave Webb a character that he was an honest men. I did not guarantee to pay any portion of the amount of the lace, but merely told the firm what I knew of the person they trusted with ti eir goods. Ido not want to be a rogue to any of the persons to whom I am indeb . ed; and as soon as I gist my money I shall pay all I owe.—(Laughter.) Mr. COTTINGRAM said, there was an abundance of cases against Johnson, and he should commit all the prisoners for trial. However, as the depositions would necessarily occupy some time in transcribing, he should order the prisoners to be brought up again on Monday next to have them read to them. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER' 21, 1848, GUILDHALL. A young la.l, named John Williams, aged 14, was charged with stealing a silver fork, of the value of 18s., from the coffee-room of Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. Richard Cooke, 340 of the City police-force, said, that, from some information he received from the landlord of Anderton's Hotel, he went into the coffee-room on Saturday, and took a seat at some distance from the prisoner, at the same time ordering a dinner. 'While engaged at his meal he observed Williams several times put his hand over a low partition through the curtain, and try to take something from the side beard where the silver knives and forks were kept, but on each occasion he withdrew his hand when he heard the waiter approaching. However, in his last attempt, he suceceded iu getting hold of something, and held his hand in such a way that very few persons would have thought he had taken anything at all. Sus pecting, however, that he bad, and the waiter making a motion to that effect, he rose from the table and left the room. A few minutes after the prisoner also came out, and vt•as about leaving the premises when he stopped and took him into a private room, and demanded the fork from his right-hand pocket. The prisoner immediately produced it, at the same time begging they would let him off, and he would never ca!l there again. He was then taken to the station-house. Elizabeth Hindley, the chambermaid at Anderton's Hotel, said that from the staircase above she watched the prisoner for nearly two hours, and during that time he made above 20 attempts before he succeeded in getting the fork produced by the officer. Mr. Frank Clemow, the landlord, said the prisoner, who was respectably dressed, had dined several times at his house; but in consequence of his missing, on Monday last, four forks, and some more on the following Thurs day, his suspicions were aroused as to the honesty of his young customer; and accordingly a watch was set on his motions, which watch resulted in his being detected in stealing the fork produced, which was his property, and of the value of 18s. Alderman Glans asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything?—He declined doing so. Aldermnn GIBBS said ho should like to be informed if the prisoner was known to the police. Cooke r( plied that he was the companion of a dan gerous gang of thieves, who generally were loitering about in the neighbourhood to receive what he had suc ceeded in purloining, and it was immediately conveyed to the other side of the water, to the prisoner's brother. Alderman GIBBS fully committed him for trial. _ • WORSHIP- STREET. PERSONATING A POLICEMAN.—Thomas King, a tall, impudent-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Ham mill with having falsely represented himself to be a Po lice constable, and exorted money in that character from several licensed victuallers. Mr. Henry Quantrill, landlord of a public-house called the Three Inkhorns, in Nichol-street, Bethnal-green, stated that he was conversing with a friend at the door of his house between twelve and one o'clock on the after noon of Sunday se'nnight, when the prisoner came up, and, stating himself to be a traveller, requested to be supplied with refreshinent. He was accordingly ad mitted, and called for a glass of gin, which was served to him; but he had no sooner drank it than he turned round to the witness and coolly observed, " You are, no doubt, aware that you are doing wrong, and it will be my duty to report you." On asking him what he meant, the prisoner said that he was a policeman, and unless he gave him 10s. he should obtain a summons against him for serving before the lawful hour. After some further conversation witness was induced to comply with the demand, and having hisnded him a ss. piece and two half-crowns, the prisoner left the house, and he saw no more of him until the preceding day, when he accident ally came upon him as he was endeavouring to practise a similar imposition upon another publican, and gave him into custody. A second charge was preferred against the prisoner by Mr. John Chamberlain, landlord of the Feathers, in Castle-street, Bethnal-green, whom he also visited im mediately after leaving the house of the last witness, in the assumed character of a policeman, and so obtained half-a-crown by means of a similar threat. Mr. James Burn, a licensed victualler in Boundary street, St. Luke's, stated that the prisoner came to his house shortly before one o'clock on the previous day, and having obtained admittance by the same stratagem that he had adopted in the former cases, was endeavour ing to extort money by working upon his fears, when Mr. Quantrill fortunately came up, and the prisoner in stantly started off, but after - a short chase he was over taken and given into custody. In his defence the prisoner admitted having received the money, but positively denied having represented him self as a policeman. _ _ Mr. HAMXILI: said that the charges had been clearly established, and he should order the prisoner to pay the highest penalty he was crape wered to impose under the Police Act—namely, 101. for each offence, or be com mitted in default for two months to the House of Cor rection. SOUTHWARK. TEE GANG OF SWlNDLERS.—Yesterday Alfred Moor, alias Johnson, alias Matthews, Charles Downing, alias Captain Collett, Henry Hodgson alias Captain Hodgson, East India Company's service; Thomas Birch, and Abra ham Jacobs, were brought before Mr. Cottingham for final examination, charged with swindling. ea The court, as on the previous investigation, was crowded, principally with tradesmen who had betn vic timised by the gang, which was stated to c9nsist of at least twenty persons, of whom only the prisoners have as yet been taken into custody. The following additional evidence was adduced against the accused parties:— _ . George Self stated that he is a confectioner, at Cam berwell, and that Hodgson called upen him and pre sented a letter of introduction from Bristol, and repre sented that he had extensive tobacco plantations at New Orleans, but that he was disappointed in the arrival of a cargo of tobacco, and exhibited a letter to prove the truth of his assertion. He (Mr. Hodgson) then mentioned that he was in want of some money, and requested the loan of 151.; saving that he would give witness a cheque on Messrs. Coutts, the bankers, at thirty days' sight, and at the same time he invited him to take tea and spend the evening at the residence of General Callander, in Bryanston-square. Previously to advancing the money, witness did accompany Hodgson to the General's house, and from the familiar terms upon which the prisoner appeared to be with that officer, the witness, under the suppotiition- that he was really what he described himself to be --namely, the owner of exten sive tobacco plantations—advanced him the money, and he accordingly gave him the cheque on the above bank ing-house. Witness subsequently presented th, cheque for payment, and was then informed that Hodgson had no account there ; inn he then discoveri.d that Hodgson had absconded, and witness called upon General Caltan der, to whom he mentioned the circumstance ; and the latter then informed him that he also had reason to sus pect Hodgson, was a swindler, and added at the same time that he had missed some articles of plate from his house, and that he had strong grounds for that the party niI:MA p!)-,:e.-,scci Iti!nself of Cie In reply to Mr. COTTINGUAM, the witness sail that General Callander was since dead. Mr. Allen Green stated that he had been clerk in Coutts' bank for the last thirty years, and that no such person as Hodgson kept an account there. Witness recollected the occasion upon whiei the cheque (pro duced) was presented there. , . Mr. COTTINGLIAM asked Hodgson what he had to say to this charge ? Hodgson—This charge is made against me out of spite, because I refused to marry Mr. Self's mother-in-law.—(Laughter). Mr. COTTINGHAM—That has nothing to do with it. Why did you give a cheque on a banking.house in which you never kept an account ? Hodgson--01), I gave the cheque merely as a collateral security. Mr. COTTINGHAM—What, upon a bank in which you had no money 7 Hodgson—l was about to open an ac count at Coutts's, but circum.,tances prevented me; but (added he) I mean to repay the debt.—(Laughter.) Mr. COTTINGHAM—Thii case is similar to that of a poor man named Woodhouse, at Birmingham, whom you almost ruined by obtaining a quantity of ivory and tortoiseshell from him, and giving him a cheque on 31 ssrs. Masterman, Peters,' and Co., the bankers, where you knew at the time you had no effects. The magistrate added. that a detainer should be lodged against the prisoner at Newgate, in order that he might be conveyed from thence, if necessary, and tried at Warwick, in which county the latter offence was com mitted. Hodgson (in an impudent tone)—That fellow swin dled me, as well as others. I like equity as well as jus tice, and have no doubt a very different construction wilt be placed upon my acts when I go before another tribunal. Mr. Cornrionam—You represented yourself as the owner of tobacco plantations, and also a captain in the East India Company's service. You also produced letters from high personages to those whom you have duped in order to carry out your system of swindling the public, and now you talk of equity and justice— a marl that has been connected with swindlers, and living on the , proceeds of it for the last thirty years. The letters and other documents respecting your infamous conduct to a number of women whom you have plundered of property under the pretence of marrying them, also show yon to be a most unprincipled and de signing man. I have remanded all the prisoners from time to time, in order to give every opportunity of per -801151 coming forward who have been defrauded of their property to prosecute, so that such a formidable gang of swindlers might be completely broken up, and the public be preserved from further depredations, and the offenders punished according to their desero. One of the parteers in the house of Kidd and Co., lace manufacturers, of Wood-street, Cheapside, stated that a man named Webb obtained credit of the firm for 1301. worth of lace, upon Hodgson's representation that he was a respectable man; that the firm was about to trust Webb With 1,5001. worth more goods, when they discovered that Hodgson belonged to a gang of swin dlers, for whom he generally acted as referee, and by this discovery they (the firm) were saved from a further loss. The witness added that they had not heard of Hodgson since, until notice of.his apprehension appeared in the newspapers. Mr. COTTINGUAM told the. witness that if be could trace any of the goods to Hodgson's possession, after the delivery to Webb, then ..the firm could indict them en • fur conspiracy. . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Orestes, 14 gun corvette, Commander Hawkes, left Portsmouth Harbour for Spithead yesterday after noon. There were at that roadstead last evening the following ships and vessels :—St. Vincent, 120 guns ; Prince R-gent. 92 ; Powerful, 84 ; Superb, 80; Orestes, 14 ; Renard, 12 ; Driver, 6 ; Stromboli, 6. By to-mor row, the Amazon, 20, Captain Troubridge, is expected to join from Plymouth. The Sans rareil, 80-gun chip, building at Devonport dockyard, is ordered to be proceeded with, and to be fit t<.l for the reception of steam machinery of 330-horse power. The Niobe, 28 gun corvette, also building in this dockyard, but the progress of which was suspended by order of the Admiralty, is now ordered to be completed and launched. EAST INDIA AND CHINA SQUADRON.—The Hastings, 72 guns, Captain Morgan, had not arrived at Singapore from Rio, to take the lig of Rear-Admiral Collier, the commander-in-chief on the above stations, at the latest ad vices. The Cumbrian, 40-gun frigate, bearing the pendant of Commodere Plumridge, the second in command on the above station, was at Hong-Kong on the 28th of Sep tember, at which date the following vessels were stationed as under : At Hong Kong—The Alligator hospital ship, Minden store ship, and the Childers, 14-gun sloop, Commander Pittman, last from Shanghae. En route to England—The Espeigle, 12-gun sloop, Commander Campbell, arrived at Singapore from Hong- Kong on the 23d of September, and sailed on the 30th for England, with Mr. Campbell, the late acting Chief Justice of Hong-Kong, on board. At Woosung—The Mariner, 12-gun sloop, Com mander Matheson. At Amoy—The Columbine, 16-gun sloop, Commander Hay. At Foochowloo—The Scout, 14-gun sloop, Comman der Johnson. At Whampoa—The Medea, 6-gun steam-sloop, Com mander Mason. At Labuan—The Meadder, 46 gun frigate, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, and the Royalist, 10-gun brig, Commander Gordon. This colony had been visited with severe fever incidental to the climate. The Royalist's crew were on half rations, owing to a dearth of provi sions at the settlement at the (Lite of these advices (26th of September.) Commander Gordon has completed his survey of the coast of Borneo; he has also surveyed the mouths of the rivers in the bay between Sarawak and Cape Sirick, and took his vessel up the river Rejang, as also up the Sirike, a small river branching off the Re jang. Having completed a survey of the river, the Royalist proceeded towards Cape Sirick, and thence along the coast towards Point Barham, where her tender, the Breeze cutter, was caught in a squall, got into the heavy breakers, and went down. She was subsequently got up, but her chronometer, &c., was destroyed. PLYMOUTH, NOT. 18. The Indefatigable, 50 .gun frigate, has been fitted as an advance ship, and placed at her moorings ready for commission. Orders have been received from the Board of Admi ralty to fit with engines of 330 horse power the Sans Pareil, laid down by orders of the late board on No. 5 slip. A model of her is also to be forwarded to head quarters. In order to e Kpedi te the completion of the Niobe, 28, building in No.. slip, four divisions of shipwrights will be employed on oer on Monday. The Amazon, 1:6 --•Li go into the Sound on the 20th. A chequered red and white buoy has been placed off Penlee Point, to 'mark the shoal which extends there 200 fathoms from the level, in a S.E. direction. The buoy has been moored at the extremity of the reef, where there are only 2i fathoms of water, and where the water deepens quickly. Half-way between the buoy and the shore there is only one fathom at low water. Large ships should always pass to the southward of the buoy. The marks for the buoy are:-1. A house in a line with the rocks above water, off Redding Point. 2. The Break water Beacon—in a line with the upper corner of the southernmost quarry at Bovisand. Wind N.W., variable, occasional showers. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, anchored at Spithead last night about five o'clock. She sailed from Malta on the 7th and Gib raltar on the 31st ult. She has brought home Lieutenant Rowles, of the Queen, invalided, and 1)r. Millar, surgeon, of the Hibernia, the latter to join the Plymouth division of Royal Marines. She spoke the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8., in the Straits of Gibraltar, and exchanged numbers with the British barque Palmyra on the 15th inst., in lat. 46 14 N., long. 952 W. She buried two men at sea on the passage. The Com mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir T. Bladen Capel, K.C.8., went out this forenoon i❑ the Fire Queen steam-vessel, accompanied by Captain Chads, of the Excellent, and Flag-Lieutenant Cochran, to inspect the Superb prior to her coming into the harbour to be paid off. The in spectio❑ and exercise lased till nearly three o'clock in the afternoon. If possible, the Superb will be got in to morrow morning. She has to get out her powder, and lighten to 22 feet 6 inches, therefore cannot be got in to-night. Toe Reynard, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Cracroft, is not intended tor the coast of Africa station, as has been stated. Commander Miller, of the Royal Naval College, proceeds to sea in this vessel as the guest of Coin mender Cracroft, to acquire practical knowledge of steam machinery, especially as applied to screw pro pulsion. The day's proceedings of the Rifleman and Sharp shooter on Saturday, which we noticed yesterday, re sulted in the Riflenian (wood), of 100 horse-power, heading the Sharpshooter (iron), of 202 horse-power, without consuming two-thirds so much fuel. The Rifleman steams 23 miles with one ton of coals, at the speed of 7i knots per hour. They anchored in Yar mouth Roads at sunset on Saturday night, and lay there all day on Sunday. This morning they started afresh upon their cruise, which they are to continue until they have encountered a. heavy gale of wind, in order to as certain the superior power of the Sharpshooter when the Rifleman can make no head way. From the above eur readers will perceive the error we fell into iu our detail of the intended cruise on Satur day. For Sharpshooter read Rifleman throughout the paragraph alluded to, which will set matters in their proper light. Wind, S.W. by S.; fresh gales, and squally weather, with rain. WooLwicir, Nov. 20.—Captain Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty; Mr. Ward, First Secretary to the Admiralty; and Capt. Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, members of the Dockyard Revi sion Committee, visited Woolwich Dockyard officially today, and were received by Captain Fitzroy, acting superintendent, and the heads of the various depart ments. The members of the committee immediately proceeded to investigate the different places, com mencing with the rigging store-houses at the east end of the yard, and were.attended by Captain Fitzr o y an d \tr. Jenkins, store receivcr, during the txamin - Ltion of the store Now.. . The Black Pone., 72 guns, has arrived at moorings opposite Woolwich Dockyard, where Ehe is to bo con verted into a convict ship, to be stationed opposite the Royal Arsenal. NOTTINGHAM, SUNDAY MoarriNG.--Scareely had the sensation caused by the melancholy fate of the Rev. W. Brown subsided, whoa the town was again thrown into a state of excitement by the suicide of a young woman, named Pbeebe Green, aged twenty five, residing in Cumberland -street, and who had lived for about six years with Mr. Aulton, lace manufacturer. An inquest was held on the body on Thursday night, and by adjournment on Friday, when the evidence went to prove that the unfortunate young woman had taken a quantity of laudanum, in con sequence of its having come to her knowledge that Mr. Aulton was about to be married to another person. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity."—.At the time this adjourned inquest was holding a most tragic affair was nearly comsummated at the residence of a young woman of the name of Cant, whose occupation is that of a lace-mender in one of the warehouses of the town. It appears that some time since she became ac quainted with a young man named Everard Gadd, a joiner, whose father was averse to the acquaintance, and tried every means in his power to break it off.' They were, ol however, not o heard to say, that "if t h ey u would die. togeth er ," an d on eivveer, together frequently tiley Friday last proceeded to carry that threat into execu c execu tion. A quantity of arsenic was procured from the shop of a druggist; they then mixed the poison with a small portion of flour, and made two cakes, which they ate, the young woman taking the greater sh are . T he effects soon became visible, and a . person in the house was immediately dispatched for the young man's father. Surgical aid was at once procured, the stomach:pump was applied limit vigorously,and after passing a night of excruciating torment, more favourable symptoms were visible on Saturday. Medical aid was also pro cured iu the case of the young woman, who suffered even more than her lover. They may both, however, be considered out of danger. ABSURDITY OF BUILDING HOUSES AS it roil, BURNING.—On examining into the causes of the rapidity of the spread of the flames in London houses when on fire, it will almost invariably be found, that, whatever may have occasioned the fire to break oat, the rapidity of its progress has been in proportion to the greater or less extent of the lath and plaster partitions, the hollow wooden floors, and the wooden staircases. Were the occupiers of houses sufficiently aware of the danger from lath and plaster partitions, especially Is hen they enclose staircases, they would never occupy such houses, or if they did, they would not give such rents for them, as they would for houses with bricknogging partitions. Again and again we protest against the absurdity of constructing buildings as if for the express purpose of readily burning, and urge, on the other hand, the im portance of adopting every practicable precaution to render them fire-proof, and the sin against society which the neglect of these precautions involves. —Builder. CHOLERA.—Two fatal cases of cholera have occur red at Monkwearmouth Colliery within the last few days ; otherwise the town continues free from the epi demic. At the colliery the most perfect arrangements have been made to mitigate the disease, should it unfor tunately prevail in that quarter.—Newcastle Guardian. AMERICA. It is satisfactory to learn that the postal arrange ment between the United States and this country has been satisfactorily adjusted. We take from a New York paper the following : " We stated on Thursday last that an international postage treaty, between the United States and the British Government was at the eve of completion. We have now the pleasure of announcing the fact that it has been completed by Mr. Bancroft, U. S. Minister at the Court of St. James, in accordance with instructions from Mr. Johnson, the Postmaster-General. We have not yet received an official copy, but the terms, we learn, are substantially as follows:-- " 1. Entire reciprocity between the two Governments in the transmission of liters by their respective steamers. "2. The rates of postage to be uniform for American and English steamers. 3. The British Colonial mail to be conveyed through the United States and by the American as well as the English steamers. "4. American mails for Europe, Asia, and Africa, to he conveyed by the British as well as the American steamers. "The rates of postage will probably not exceed twenty-five cents on each letter from the United States, or one shilling sterling on letters forwarded from the United Kingdom. By this arrangement, a letter mailed in any part of Great Britain or Ireland, and a shilling paid upon it there, will be delivered in the United States without charge to the person to whom it is directed. So with a letter sent from the United States; by the pay ment of twenty-five cents here, it will be delivered free of charge in any part of England, Ireland, or Scotland. These, we believe, are the rates established by the treaty, although we are unable to speak positively, not having received an official copy of the treaty. " These arrangements cannot but prove highly satis factory to the people of both countries. They will be hailed with universal satisfaction. The rates, it is true, are higher than they ought to be, but they will, no doubt, be reduced as correspondence and facilities of communication increase. " In addition to the satisfactory adjustment of the postage question, this arrangement, we under-Stand, will lead to the establishment, at an early day, of a weekly line of steamers direct to New York, without stopping at Halifax. Tbis lice is to consist of American and British mail-steamers. Although not yet decided upon, it is in contemplation, we understand, to run only a semi-monthly line to Halifax and Boston ; and it is more than probable that the Halifax and Boston route will be abandoned altogether. We shall probably re ceive an official copy of the treaty in a few days, from Washington." The intelligence from Mexico is not important. Political affairs seemed to remain in a position similar to that last reported. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, NOV. 7.—Money Market.—The market for sterling bills is firm at 1084, fur best names. On London, 1084 to 108,i; Paris, short sight, 5f 171 c to 4f 15c ; 60 days, 5f 25c to 5f 221 c ; Amsterdam, 40 to 401; Hamburgh, 35e to 351 ; Bremen, 781 to 784. Breadstuffs—Flour—The sales reached about 5,000 to 6,000 brls, including this State Western brands, Michi gan this State, Oswego &c., at 5 dolls 25c to 5 dolls 37*c, with straight and pure brands Genesee, at 5 dolls 37c to 5 dulls 44c. There was no change in Ohio or in Southern. Wheat—Sales of 18,000 bshls. Ohio made at 1 dol 11c; and 2,000 to 3,000 ditto common Chicago, slightly under 1 doll. Corn—The sales reached about 30,000 to 40,000 bshls, including chiefly common mixed, at 621 c to 67c. The latter figure was also paid for some lots high mixed. Several lots round yellow were sold at '73c. Meal was firm, at 3 dolls. 25c. Rye—Sales of 5,000 to 6,000 bshls were made at 661 c in the slip to 67c deli vered. No change in oats. Cotton—The market was slimly attended to-day. The sales reported at 800 bales. Freights-7,000 to 8,000 bbls flour were engaged for Liverpool in a British vessel at Is, and in American vessels at 2s 6d. Corn was engaged at 8,1 in bulk; coin was also engaged to Ireland, in bulk, at 91d. Molasses--There were sales of 400 hhds tart and sweet Cardenas at lE*, and 250 Cuba Muscavado (a good article) at 191 c usual time. Provisions—Sales of about 400 bbls mess and prime pork were made at 13 dolls, and prime at 9 dolls.---Lard —2OO bbls sold at 7fc.—Beef—Sales of 200 to 300 bbls were made at 9 dolls 121 c to 9 dolls 371 c for mess, and 5 dolls 25c for prime.—Cheese—Sales of 3,000 boxes were made for export at 6fc. Rice—Sales 250 casks at 8 dolls 621 c to 3 dolls 75c per 1001bs. Spices—A cargo consisting of 1,800 bags Jamaica Pi mento was sold at 6c cash, short price. Tallow—We notice sales 12,0001bs prime tallow at 9c. Wine-300 baskets champagne were disposed of at private bargain. Whisky—Sales of 200 bbls. State Prison were made at 240. Freights—Flour and grain not active, and 71 for grain and 2s 3d for flour are the current rates. Ashes—Sales of 75 to 100 bbls both sorts were made at 6 dolls 25c. LATER FROM PERNAMBUCO. .LIVEEPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.-133fiTiea;rival of the Columbus, Captain Green, from Pernambuco, we are in the receipt of late advices from that place. They do not contain any intelligence of importance. Exchange on London was quoted firm, at 231 d. to 24d. Freights were in a state of depression, and little or no employment for vessels of any flag. Cot ton was in good supply, and a fair business doing, at about 3 15-164. to 44. per lb. The sugar market was steady, at 123.4 d. to 163. 5d , according to quality and description. Both dry and salted hides in no request. itAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales have been confined to Great Western Shares. Great Western, Quarters, 4% dis.— Ditto, 171. Shares, 3%. LIVERPOOL, Noy. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been firm to-day, and prices have a tendency upward ; a good business has been done at the quotations. The sales are—Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 9% c. dis.—Caledonian, Preference, s dis.—Great Northern, 13 1 / i dis. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101. Shares, Preference p.—London and North-Western, 115%—Ditto, Quarters, Bs. Sd. p.—Ditto, Quarters (A and B), art p. —Ditto, Quar ters (C). 335. 9d. c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln • shire, Eighths, 7 dis.—Midland Stock, 60—Ditto, New Halves, 10A dis.—North British, Quarters, VA ex int.— Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 8 1 /6 dis. South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, c. dis.—York, New castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 11. 6s. 3d. dis.- -York and North Midland, Preference, 1 1 / s dis:—Dublin and Belfast Junction. 32 dis. MANCHESTER, Nov. 20. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales art--deeds, Preference, Fth . s, 4% dis.—Lond on an d N orth- Western, 116 n.—Grimsby, 50/. Shares, 30 dis.-Sheffield, Quarters, No. 1, 8 dis.—Ditto, Eighths, 7 3-16—West Riding Union, 5 3 A dis.—South-Easte rn and Dover. No. 4, 6:R i North Staffordshire, 6 dis. —Northern Counties Union, 3 lh dis. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. The sales are—North Staffordshire, 6 5 , 8 dis. Shropshire Unions, 3/. 3s. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, Is. Bd. p. Accounts from Amsterdam notice the appearance in the Hague Metal journals of a royal decree, ordering the withdrawal frAn eircula ion of bank-notes of 10 florins tend 5 florins, emitted to the amount of 9,630,000 Stories running to the 311 of December After 1 this date these notes will cease to have Icgal curreecy, but they will continue to be received in payment by the Treasury up to the end of March, 1849. This decree is also followed by a resolution from the Minister of Finance, announcinc , that from the Ist of December the Bank of the Pays Bas will make an exchange of these notes, as in ordinary cases. The Stoats Courant con tains an announcement to the effect that the Prussian Government have signified their intention to accord to Holland the same advantages as those allowed to Eng land and Belgium, relaive to the increase of duties on manufactured articles enumerated in the royal ordinance of the sth of September last. With this object the Prussian Government have, it is stated, opened a corre spondence with the other Governments of the German Customs League, and they anticipate shortly receiving a satisfactory answer. At the Bourse on the 16th Peru vian and Austrian were rather in demand. Dutch were well maintained, but Spanish and other speculative de scriptions were heavy. [ADTEnnsEursT.]—A Wound in the Leg Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Edward Nichols, 34, Rose-street, Covent garden, to Professor Holloway, Sir,—For years I had a bad leg, and about four years ago an abscess formed which the treatment adopted by several medical men failed to heal, and I despaired of a cure; lately my friends recommended your medicines, and by their use alone I soon found a great improveinent, and in a tea , weeks my leg was perfectly cured. I can now walk ten miles a day with as great ease as when I was twenty years old, and now lam fifty. Sold by all Druggists and at. Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. [AD VERTISEMENT.] —ln digestion .—No medicine has proved so efficient for the curo of indigestion and diseases of the stomach as Worsdell's Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by John 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 seen years, during which period he was attended by two medical gentlemen. He was said to be in a consump tion, and no hopes were given of his recovery. He de termined, however, to give the Vegetable Restorative Pills a fair trial. He experienced great relief from tak ing the first box; and, to his great surprise and comfort, perseverance in the use of them restored him to perfect health. Observe: John Kaye's coat of arms and a fac simile of his signature are on the directions for use wrapped round each box. Price le. lid., 2s. 9d., or 4s. 6d. per box; to be had of all respectable Chemists and Medicine Venders. EADYERTISEMENT.J—DEAFNESS AND DEFECTITE VI SION.-39, Albemarie-street, Piccadilly. Newly invented Spec tacles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera and Race Glasses, Micros copes, &C.—Patronised by their Majesties the Queen Dowager and the King of Wanover, their Graces the .Duchess of Hamilton. the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, the Archbishops of Canter bury. York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Ar gyle, Marlborough and Manchester, Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, Kihnore, and Kildare. Messrs. S. and B. Solomens, Oculitits and Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construc tion. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candlelight, that mist and dulness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most powerful Achro:natic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, and Microscopes. Invisible, and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of the most extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and jurists, are not connected with a person putting up the same name in their immediate neighbourhood. To prevent mistakes, be eautious'andobserve -to be had at S 9, Alb eulazle- Wee, ricc4=7, oPPoiitts tin York Motel, COUNT Y MARKET'S:- HADDINGTON, Nov. 1 7.—Wea had 'an average-supply to-day of all kiwis of grain. Sales were dull. Wheat, top, Is, and average 6d down; weight of top,_ per, four bushels, 18st Ba).' Barley, top, is 6d, and average is 10d down; weight of top, per four bushels, 16st 11lb.. Oats, top, 91 down, and average 6(1 up; weight of top per four bushels, 12st 121 b. Bt ans, top, same as last market, and average is 9d down; weight of top, .per _four_ bushels, 19st 91b. . , - . Total quantity of Wheat in market 334 qrs., 311 sold Do. Barley do. 404 qrs., 906 sold Do. Oats de. 267 qrs., .252 sold Do. Beans do. 32 qrs., all sold Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. First ... ... 65s Od 32s 6d 23s :Id 40s Od Second ... ... 51s 8d 28s 3d 223 Id 36s lld Third ... .. 44s Od 21s Od ;9s Od 32s Od HADLEIGH CORN MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 20. — Our aiteodance and supply of corn to-day were larger than of late, though chiefly consisting of wheat and barley, for which the trade was very dull at a decline of from is to 2s per quarter. There were but very few beans or peas on offer, and they ma a dull sale at a small decline. COLCHESTER CORN MARKET, Nov. 18. The at tendance to-day was not large, and the offer of wheat but a middling one. Owing to the bad condition of most of the samples, and the reduction of prices upon, Mark-lane yesterday, our trade was anything but brisk, and prices reduced fiom Is to 23 per qr., which was sub mitted to. Barb y 33as plentiful, and is below our last quotations. The same may be said of beans and peas: —White wheat, 50s to 545; red, 465, 485, to 50s; barley, 285, 30s, to 32a ; beans, 28s to 30s ; grey peas, 34s to 365. COLCHESTER CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKET, Nov. 18.—There were rather more sales effected in sheep than 1(.4r several weeks past, but we can quote no improve ment in prices. The supply was very moderate. There were several lots of good fat beasts, which hung on hand at the early part of the day, but were disposed of before the close, at rather declining prices, the demand being very slow. Lean stock was plentiful; and to effect sales a further decline was acceded to. There .was no particular variation in the value of pigs. Supply— Sheep and lambs, 1,180; beasts, 304; pigs, 255; calves, 7; horses, 29. CHELMSFORD CORN MARKET, Nov. 17.—We had A dull trade in wheat, at a reduction in price of full 3s per quarter. Barley was not in demand at a reduction of 24 per quarter. All other grain was the turn cheaper. White wheat, 545 to 58s; red ditto, 45s to 48s; grinding barley, 24s to 26s ; malting ditto, 28s to 345. Oats, 182 to 255. Grey Peas, 30s to 38s; white ditto, 38s to 455. Tick beans, 28s to 325; Mazagan ditto, 26s to 30s per quarter. Taxes, 10s. 6d per bush. NORWICH CORN MARKET, NOY. 18.—The supply of barley continues liberal, and pric es are i s l ower again; Chevalier fetched 31s to 335, common, 28s to 30s. Wheat, likewise, has given way is to 2s, red fetching 49s to 51s, whit, 52s to 56s per quarter to the growers. NORWICH CATTLE MARKET, NOY. 18.—Our market exhibited a good show of Scots and short-horns, but it being so near Hempton Green Fair, trade was one of the worst this season, and nothing sold worth notice. Fat beasts few in number, and trade dull 'at 7s per stone of 14 lbs. The pens were badly filled, still quite equal to the demand. Lambs firm in price. Keeping sheep 2a per head lower. Fat sheep 7s to 7s 6d per stone of 14 lbs. Good store pigs, 25s to 30s; fat pork, 7s per stone, and firm in price. DIES CORN MARKET, Nov. 17.—The supply of both wheat and barley at market to-day was extremely limited, but the trade being unusually dull, it was fully equal to the demand, at a decline of is to 2s per qr.:—wheat, 44a to 565; fine white ditto, 58s; barley, 27a to 335; beans, 31s per qr.; flour 38s to 42s per sack. NEWCASTLE, Nov. 18.—Our farmers brought a good supply of wheat to market to-day, and we had large foreign arrivals, but nothing offering coastwise, and the sale proved slow for all descriptions of quality, at a de cline of is to 2s per quarter on last Saturday's rates. Barley was looking cheaper, although the arrivals from the coast are kept back by adverse winds. Oats met a very limited demand, although offered 6d to is per quarter lower. Malt scarcely maintained its value. Peas declined Is to 2s per quarter. For Rye we had very little inquiry. Beans remained without change. Flour was offered at a reduction of 6d to Is per sack. British Wheat—Northumberland white, new, 505 to 545; ditto red, new, 48s to 525; Norfolk and Suffolk white, new, 55s to 575; ditto red. new, 525 to 545; Berwick and Scotch,sos to 525, Barley—Norfolk and Suffolk, 33s to 345; ditto Chevalier, 34s to 355; Scotch and Northumberland, 31s to 325, grinding and feeding, 24s to 275. Rye—Nor folk and Suffolk, 27s to 28s. Beans—Small, 36s to 38s; tick 35s to 363. Peas—White, boilers, 33a to 355; grey and maple, 303 to 323. Oats—Potato, 23s to 245; com mon, 21s to 223. Malt—Norfolk and Suffolk, 59s to 60s; ditto Chevalier, 603 to 61s per quarter. Flour— Stockton and country, fines (2801bs), 36s to 375; Nor folk and Suffolk households, 37s to 38s ; ditto whites, 39s to 40s. Linseed Cake—Per ton, 91. Foreign (free) —Wheat—Dantzic, 55s to 575; Rostock and Wismar, 55s to 565; Stettin, 53s to 555; Danish and Hamburgh, 52s to 545; Odessa, 48s to 50s. Barley—Rostock and Stralsund, 30s to 31s ; Saal, 31s to 32s ; Danish and Swedish, 29s to 30s. Rye—Dantzic, 26s to 28s; Pome ranian, 255 to 275. Oats—Dutch and Friesland, 22s to 23s• ' Pomeranian, 21s to 23 3; D an i s h, 20 s t o 21 s; Ri ga and Archangel, 19s to 20s per quarter. COAL MARKS' Buddle's W. Hartley lbs Od Carr's Hartley Chester Main lss Od Davison's West Hartley 15s Id East Adairs Main l3s 6d Hasting's Hartley lss Od Helywell Main l5& 6d Ravensworth's W.Hart 14s 6d Townley Wylam West Wylam - Wall's End, &c. Brown's l4s Od Framwell Gate ..... 16s Od Hilda lss Od Hedworth l4s Od South Killingworth: l4s Od %—YasTERDAY. Belmont l7s 6d Bell Hetton Haswell l9s 3d Keepier Stewart's Benson Hudson's Hartlepool l6s 6d North Hartlepoo1... West Hettoa l6s 6d Denison Cowpen Hartley Bartley Howard's W. H. Neth 153 Od Sidney's Hartley Ships at market, 274. HAMB URGH MARKETS. HAMBURGLI FUNDS, Nov. 16. Bills. Money. Hanoverial New Loan, 5 per Cent... Bank Shares ........ Anglo-Russian Loan ..... •••• • • •• 96% 96% Russian Metal., 5 per Cent 5.........— Ditto Ist •• • • Ditto, 3d and 4th ser i es . •....... ••• Ditto, in Certificate, 5 per C0nt..... • • 91% New 4 per Cent., H ope and CO. •• •• •• 89 Ditto Stleglitz . Spanish New 5 per Cent • • •• •• • • • • •• •• Ditto 3 per Cent .• • •••••• • • • • • 16 % Anglo-Swcdlsh Loan •• •••••• • • • • Ditto, 1846.. •• •• •• •• •• •• "•• _ . Anglo - Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent •• Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.... • • Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••••• • • • • • • • -- 'NorwoflAni,oan, 1848 • ..... • •'• • Anglo4)anlah T o oani 3 per Cent _62 National Bank Shares.. • • •;•• • • • • RAILWAYS. Hamb. Bergd. •• Ditto, Priority Shares •• . ........ Berlin and Hamburg • • •• •• •• Ditto, Priority Shares .. • ••• • .. Cologne and Minden .• • ....• ....... Ditto, Priority Shares .. • • Mecklenburg.. .. .• •• •. Altona and Kiel ..• Gluckstadt ..............•• • • ...... Rendsburg.. • • ...... •• •• • • •••• •• Hanseatic Steam Company .... •• •• HAMBURGII CORN MARKET, Nov. 9. WHEAT—Polish . •• ••••• • •• 118. 138 Ant. Mogd., lied •• •• •..• ...• 122 139 Ditto, Whita Marks and Brunswick • ... 122 139 Silesian yellow Mecklenb. Porn. .... ••.. • ..... Ilolstein •• • • • ...... • •• .. • • Eider and Busum • • • • • • • • •• • Lower Elbe .. •••• .• •• ........ BYE - BoSsian ................ Arch. and Magd. •• •• •• Marks., Meek., and Porn. BARLEY - Mark, and Ode r Anhalt and 31agd .............. Lower Elbe, winter Ditto, summer •• •. .• OATS—Upland . • • • • • • • • — Meek and Holstein Lower Elbe, White ....... . BEANS • 54 86 PEASE ••.•...•.. • • •• •• ••.. •• 70 93 VLTCIIES 70 108 RAPE SEED .. 95 62% 62 89 73% 73% 89 32% 32 87% , 87 11 8 140 112 131 100 132 58 IA 64 70 62 71 54 62 64 85 48 54 45 54 On the 14th inst., at Saxmundham, the wife of W. B. Hemming, Esq., of a eon. At Lord Sherborne's, in Gloucestershire, on the 15th inst., the wit:, of the Hon. Captain Plunkett : R.N., of a son. On the 16th inst., at M on t agu - v ill a, Queen ' s-road, St. John's-wood, the wife of R. Sargent, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Leamington, Mrs. Arthur Ogis, of a daughter. On the 18thliust , at Ef Wandsworth, Mrs. J. G. Niehol , , of a eon. O❑ the 17th iust., at Eaton-place, Mrs. R. C. Mellish, of a daughter. _ _ l!donkhams, Woodford, on the 13th inst., the lady of E. Nlacnaughten, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Earl-street, Blackfriars, Mrs. Alfred Wallen, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Ipstones Church, John Clerk Brodie, Writer to the Sig s net, Crown Agent f or S co tl an d , to P enelope ' Marianne daughter of the Rev. John S ne yd, A.M ., of Bas ford-hall, Staffordshire. On the 18th inst., at St. George's Chur c h, H anover - square, Lieutenant S. H. Laston, R.N., to Amelia, second daughter of Maitland Maitland, M.D. On the 18th inst., at Martyr Worthy, near Winchester, Arthur Henry Freeling, :Esq., Captain, Royal Engineers, eldest son of Clayton Freeling, El., to Charlotte Augusta, second daughter of Sir H. Rivers, Bart. DIED. On Thursday, the 16th inst., in the third year of his *ger deeply regretted by his fond and affectionate parents, Harry* the second son of Mr. Henry Welimn, of Mount-street. Diss, Norfolk. On the 15th inst., at Branham-house, Yorkshire, George Lane Fox, Esq., of Branham-park, aged 56. On the 16th, inst., at Brighton, aged 58, T. Calloway, Esq., of Wellington- st reet, S ou th war k . On the 16th inst., at Brompton-road, Marianne, the wife of Mr. S. B. Peck. On the lath inst., at Greenwich, the Rev. George Russell, vicar of Darnford, Wilts. On the 16th inst., Mr. Richard Law, for some years manager of the Thames Plate Glass Company's works at Bow-creek, Poplar. On the 17th inst , at Lambeth Palace, Sophia Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Felix Knyvett, Esq., Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury. On the 17th inst.. Mr. M. Harris, of the Manor-house, Green-lanes, Stoke Newington, aged 55. On the 17th inst., at Highbury- place, W. Brownlow, Esq. On the 17th inst., at the Union Brewery, Lambeth, Eliza . Agnes, the youngest child of S. Chapman, Esq. London : Printed and Published by MIIRDO Y OUNG,'4 No. 112, Strand, Printer; at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. ►n the county 01 Aliddief3o7E, Tuesday, November 21, 1848. I