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

IMPWI UNIVERSITY REFORM. (From the Examiner.) The sudden reform in the studies of Cambridge University has excited general surprise. But near observers had not been without warning of what has come with such an impromptu air. Among the Uni versity men who memorialized Lord John Russell the other day were some of the best scholars of Cambridge, and the language employed very much contrasted with former indications of the discontented spirit. The wonder is not that the movement should now be made. It is that while the world has been pushed along for centuries, one cloistered corner in it should have remained intact. But we may remember in what noble language the question was asked many years ago, why, " while the civil state was purged and restored by good and wholesome laws, devising reme dies as fast as time breedeth mischief, contrariwise the ecclesiastical state should still continue upon the dregs of time ?" and we have not to look further than the answer to that question for the existing state of our Universities on the last of October, 1848. It is exactly two hundred and seventy-three years since Francis Bacon left Trinity College, Cambridge, with a conviction that it was an institution unfavour able to the advancement of knowledge. There were only two beliefs, he said, which in his day were tho roughly taught to the University student, the first that others knew that which they knew not, and the second that themselves knew that which they knew not ; and he compared Cambridge to a becalmed ship, never moving but by the wind of other men's breath, and having no oars to steer by. He was very young when he said this; but in mature life he repeated the opinion more earnestly, and he opens the second book of his Advancement of Learning with a full statement of his reasons. He warns the King, to whom the work is addressed, that statesmen cannot in the least profit by collegiate education as then existing ; and that this has not only a malign influence upon the gr owth of scie n ces, but is prejudicial to states and governments, and" is the reason why princes find a solitude in regard of able men to serve them in causes of state." The remedy he would suggest, he proceeds to say, is that since the old col leges seemed to have been established for the commu nication of dead knowledge, and the learning of the past, and since improvement in them was hopeless, there should be a new college appropriated to the discovery of new truths, as a living spring to mix with the stagnant waters. It will be the unceasing amazement of future ages that it should have taken two centuries and a half to effect one practical advance in the direction thus pointed out by the greatest man of his time. For what has been the course of study in both Universities since Bacon's death ? In recalling it, no slight can possibly be intended to the distinguished names which shed a lustre upon Oxford and Cam bridge, since for the most part these have belonged to men to whom, as to Bacon himself, an adverse influ ence acts but as the stimulus to increased intellec tual power. Nor is it necessary that the value of the studies hitherto exclusively prescribed should be la any manner depreciated. All men feel the importance of classical literature, as of mathema tical science, and it will be one of the most precious results of the present reform to make the pursuit of both more liberal and comprehensive. As instruments in the training of the intellect of youth, and in forming it for higher exercises, those noble studies retain the first place. But the complaint hitherto has been that they have substituted a means for the end, and that when they had opened the intellect to the discovery of truth they were rhernselves interposed as a barrier to its attainment. This is precisely what Bacon complained of in his day. He said of the powers cultivated at Cambridge, and of the uses to which they were applied, that it was as if one should learn to weigh, or to measure, or to paint the wind; and he added that so to limit education, excluding " philosophy and universality " as idle studies, was to make contemptible and childish what you might make fruitful and great. In this we have the substance of every objection since made; nor, in the essential matter, has a reform been attempted until now. Amendments have dealt merely with the surface, and have had no result but to make the evil seen more plainly. "If you will have a tree hear more fruit than it hath used to do, it is not anything you can do to the boughs, but it is the stirring of the earth, and putting new mould about the roots, that must work it." Well, then, we have had a stirring of the earth at last, and new mould is put about the roots. Cl' the five Graces offered to the Senate of Cambridge Uni versity last Tuesday, and adopted by considerable majorities, three will be long selected for re membrance. By the first it is made incum bent on all candidates for a degree who shall have commenced residence in or after Michaelmas term, 1849, in addition to the modicum of classics and mathematics at present exacted, to attend at least one term of lectures in Laws, or Physic, or Moral Philo sophy, or Chymi6try, or Anatomy, or Modern His tory, or Botany, Gr. Geology, or Natural and Experi mental Philosophy, or English Law, or Medicine, or Mineralogy, or Political Economy, and to show a cer tificate of examination satisfactory to that one of the professors whose lectures they may have chosen to at tend. The choice of the particular science to be thus added to the book of Euclid, the chapter of Thucy dides, and the pittance of Christian Evidences, is left wholly to the student himself; but without its culti vation to this moderate extent he cannot go in for his degree. The second and third Graces are more im portant. One establishes a new Honour Tripos in the Moral Sciences, and the other a new Honour Tripos in the Natural Sciences. For the first the places are to be determined by an examination in Moral Philosophy, Political Economy, Modern History, General Jurisprudence, and the Laws of England; and for the second, by an examination in Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Chymistry, Botany, and Geology. The first exami nations are to take place in the year 1851. Thus an effort is at length made to infuse into our ancient seats of learning something of the general knowledge that has grown in the world since the days when they were founded ! For those who desire to make it so, a Cambridge education may in future be a positive reality, and shape itself to actual necessities and wants. The future lawyer, statist, physician, may here have received the bias that deter mined his career, and opened to him its distinctions. Most of all, society will be the gainer. It will ob tain the securities of knowledge derived from sys tematic study, and the advantages of system applied to the correction of knowledge. For it is impos sible to conceive that if the Laws of Eng land, the Lessons of History, the Principles of Economy, had been the subject of sys tematic investigation for the last century at our seats of education, we should not by this time have felt the effects in almost every direction of our public polity. This is what James's Chancellor pointed at when he attributed it to deficient training that English Princes should so often have found a solitude in regard of the statesmanlike service of able men. Let us quote again his pregnant sentences. "It is ever a true rule in exercises, that they be framed as near as may be to the life of practice; otherwise they do pervert the motions and faculties of the mind, and not prepare them. The truth whereof is not obscure, when scholars come to the practice of professions, or other actions of civil life; which when they set into, this want is soon found by themselves, and sooner by others." It may be long before we have any of these results. We are not disposed to exaggerate what was done at the Senate -house on Tuesday. As far as the corn p_ulsory course is involved it is trifling enough. There is nothing in it to alarm the University idlers, hunters, rac matter and Newmarket men. It will be no hard and the r to cram a little history or botany, But the examinationchange will break nobody's brains. deep. The Universit y is not to-day what it was last ' now,erhi!t it then was, to those who I resorted to it for other at tainmentslt than the mere dis cipline of life and manners,thi the la more than a huge theo logical seminary, where meagre allowance were admitted to particip a t e i n a y experience had of purely intellectual training such thus ignored could ignored by shown sufficient or safe for the ei a e s feel surprise that the world without, rB a; en re- the University, had long denied to University wards for which they proved no Etness i nty ys t i a occasion to allude to this not many months sin e ce took to remark that no improvement or reform would really felt till the practical faculties of law and medicine were more than merely tolerated ; till in fact they were made of the same importance as theology, and the more comprehensive philosophical faculty put lII= a footing of equality with the other three. This is what in effect is now begun. The door is unlocked, and there is liberty of entrance for those who may please to enter. In the life of a reading man at Cambridge the boon will be-at once felt gratefully. That is quite certain. It will be no longer possible to describe the studies of such men, or the leisure of studious men, as they were described a y ear ago by A rc hd eacon are, when be sought to account for the small affection borne by the more thinking class of undergraduates to their University, by showing how little their University could do for them. " It has come to pass," said this conscientious and im p artial witness, " th a t a l mos t th e only study specially fostered by the University, a n d rewarded by its honours, except the various branches of mathematical sci -nee, is classsical philology, of a somewhat meagre kind, hardy rising beyond gram matical criticism, and the minute details of archeology. But if a certain class of studies is specially encou raged, those which are left without this encourage sire in a manner discouraged. The contrast of the sunshine deepens the shade. When a race is going on, they who do not join in it are mostly mere bystanders, with no higher object than amusement. At all events they cannot partake in the benefit of being swayed and borne along by a common impulse ; they lose the stimulus, so powerful with the young, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1848. of sympathy in a common pursuit; and if they follow any peculiar studies by themselves, they are thereby set in a kind of opposition to authority and established institutions, are led to look upon them with dislike if not disdain, and to feel an overweening confidence in their own wisdom." Every one has an i in terest in desiring that " authority and established institutions" should not be treated thus. Every one will wish that the first effect of the present change may be to attract more closely to the University the best and most deserving of her pupils. An Alma Mater at last, in truth as well as name, she now offers nourishment to all her children. The probability is a fair one that the offer will not be co ldly met; that the dunces will diminish; that we shall see the waste lands of Hoi Polloi gradually reclaimed, and brought into decent cultivation; and that Swift's reproach to the Univer sities will cease to be applicable, and that education is always the worse in proportion to the wealth and grandeur of the parents. We have intimated that the Graces were opposed, but passed by decisive majorities. It is understood that the contest was almost wholly confined to the resident members, the non-resident seldom going up for any thing less importaat than to punish a parson for liberality, or to poll into office a lord or a prince. Two hundred and forty-three votes were taken on the first, and of these seventy-five were dissentient. On the second two hundred and thirty-eight were recorded, the opposition mustering eighty-three. The number of voters on the third was two hund re d and thirty-six, and of these sixty-six were adverse. Wonderful is it, as Erasmus remarked on a similar occasion, how some men will cling to th e ir o ld igno rance with their hands and feet, and not suffer them selves to be torn from it ! Nay, the number of such men would have prevailed on this occasion, we are gravely told, but for the infl uence o f th e new Uni versity Chancellor, his Royal Highness Prince Albert ! The student of Saxe-G o th a i s re p or t e d t o h ave weighed Cambridge in the balance, to have found it out to be a sham, and to have resolved that some truth should be put into it. If this be so, we congra tulate the country on its prince and the university on its chancellor ; and are glad to find that the exuberant inauguration festivities of Trinity Lodge have borne solider fruit than a bishoprick to Doctor Whewell. LAW IN TELLIGE N CE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 10. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice CRESWELL and a Common Jury.) CLIIFIP V. BELL --FOR LIBEL. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for a libel alleged to have been published of the plaintiff by the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Lush were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Words worth represented the defendant. Mr. Sergeant BYLES said his client, Mr. Wm. Cluff, was an Irishman by birth; he came into this country several years ago, and by industry and propriety had succeeded in accumulating considerable wealth. He was a very large silk manufacturer in Spitalfields, em ploying upwards of 300 weavers. The defendant, Mr. Robert Kell, kept the White Horse public-house, in Spi talfields, near the residence of the plaintiff. The com plaint of the plaintiff was, that the defendant had pub lished a libel of him of a most serious character. In the early part of the present year the defendant exhibited in his window a handbill in:the following words:—"Shortly will be published, in two parts, by subscription, a tale of the 19th century, entitled, Paddy Cluffe; or the Bane of Commerce and the Weaver's Curse.' Part the first will show the means by which the hero of the tale acquired capital, the purposes to which the said capit has been applied, and the many injuries which the fair trad:r has sustained in consequence. Part the second will show the impossibility of labour protecting itself from the encroachments of capital when in the hands of unprincipled men, unaided by legislative interference: a few figures showing the necessity which exists for the establishment of a minimum rate of wages. To conclude with a long list of extortions practised on the unfortu nate operatives. The tale will tall of many strange ad ventures, many hairbreadth 'scapes, not from the immi nent deadly breach, but from the trammels of the law. Price 3d. each part." An extremely pleasant thing it was for Mr. Cluff, for a publican in his immediate neighbourhood to turn amateur bookseller, in the midst of the weavers, and publish " a tale of the nineteenth century," which was to be the life of Mr. Cluff. Among the statements made in the work referred to, he found a distinct imputation of the plaintiff being a receive r of stolen goods—a most monstrous and almost incredible imputation, for which it was not pretended there ever was the slightest ground whatever. It was as follows:—" We state that property of every kind was greedily received by him, however obtained; that quills and other trifles relating to the silk trade were even bought from girls and boys, and that with a perfect knowledge that the articles so bought could not be rightfully acquired." He must also call their attention to the following passages from the book:—" Paddy Cluffe, the bane of commerce and the weaver's curse, is supposed to have been born about the year 1798, but of his birth and parentage little is known. Some have asserted that he is of divine origin —(Laughter)—having descended in a direct line from Calisto, who, for certain naughty practices, was changed by Juno into a bear—(ltenewed laughter)—and that he is the first in that descent who has been allowed by the gods to assume the human form. It is further said his first appearance on this earth was notified to mortals by suspension, high in the air, of three magnetic balls-- (Laughter)—which, under Ito influence of the gods pos sessed the power of attractiag gees Is of every description necessary for the use of man." He (Mr. Sergeant Byles) presumed that was an elegant and circumlecutory way f stating , that his father was a pawnbroker.— (Laughter') " Others assert that, like the rest of mor tals, ho was ushered into being by the usual course of nature, but that his birth was accompanied by signs and tokens of an extraordinary and alarming character. Whether he was born with teeth in his head has not been ascertained, but that he was sent to snarl at and bite mankind has been made pretty clear, and whatever may be the doubts relative to his origin, his practices for many years have declared his whereabouts unmistake able. From the most correct and best authenticated sources of information, we have been enabled to ascer tain that in the year 1828 he resided in a weaver's shop, situate in an obscure court, not many hundred yards from:Spitalfielde Church—a somewhat insalubrious locality for one descended from the gods.—(Laughter.) In 18!4 sundry inconveniences compelled a change of residence, and he became a tenant, not at will, of one of her Majesty's prisons ' but even here he was ill at ease; being of a reserved and thoughtful disposition, the gaieties of the place were not at all congenial to his desires." Then came a most unfounded charge that the defendant followed the profession of a common informer. "As soon, therefore, as the authori ties, not medical, who attended him would permit, he re linquished his occupancy and took up his residence in a more retired but less restricted locality; but here his means became so fearfully reduced, through want of friends to recommend him to the manufacturers for em ployment, as to render his condition truly wretched and miserable; an opportunity presenting, like a drowning man, eager to catch at anything, he embraced the doubtful and precarious profession of common informer. How long he continued in that capacity is uncertain, but in 1826 we find him in business on his own account, vending oranges, herringt, and potatoes; and here the peculiar bent of his desires strongly manifested itself— namely, an ever-pervading determination to acquire wealth. In order to retail his goods, it was necessary to possess a pair of scales, but scales, like other articles made with hands, can only be obtained by pur chase. To avoid such outlay, two saucepan-lids, by skilful tinkering, were made to answer every purpose, and this ingeniously contrived machine, in after life, was made to mete out articles of higher value. The shop (a lower room in a private house), which contained his worldly substance, might well remind us of the poor apothecary's as described by Shakspere's Romeo; his scales, two saucepan lids, and his weights, poor weavers' lingoes melted down; his shelves contained no heavier burden than here and there a bunch of parsley, thyme, and sage, while the largest stock possessed by him of the esculent root did not ex ceed one hundredweight. But, however beggarly may have been the appearance of this large emporium, certain it is his worldly goods increased, for in 1828 or 1829 we find him in a dolly shop, engaged in business of a most extensive, but much less reputable character; and here it may be necessary to remark that the increasing distresses of the handloom silk weavers of Spitalfields rendered them an easy prey to dark designing men who only sought to aggrandize themselves at the expense of their fellow creatures. . . . We have already said that in the year 1828 Paddy Cluffe was in possession of a somewhat extensive dolly-shop—and even dolly shops in the hands of honest, upright men are very useful in their way, but in the hands of base, dishonest men are too often made the instruments of fraud and the receptacles of ill-gotten wealth. In this shop Paddy began to deal extensively with human wretchedness and human woes, for none could resort to such a place but those compelled by misery and wan t. I n this shop—the trtittf u l source of m i sery and crime—the means were the foulest wrrson gained dedby which, in after years, some thousands were ca ._, to pauperism and to ruin; and from the long acquisitio'nPafidy iZ,Treoolfoublack offences, which shall we select to sufficiently strong the hated vices and pasta The C m l o t t a t' f t e g T ro . ss ttnds ga ean l l l l : n i l o ged in and perpetrated by Paddy ! this was a dirty stepping stone to the wealth." Surely that was a preceding, read several other from the publication in ques tion, similar in tone to the The Learned Counsel and then asked the jury to give his client, not ignomun • • reasonable and temperate dama ges ignominious, but such to vindicate his character. as wo uld enable him Daniel Walbrack, a porter in the employ plain tiff, proved the exhibition in the defendant'sof the ' the handbill given above, and the havin window of ' the plaintiff's son to the defendant's putLaZumspeanied seeing him:buy of the latter a copy of the, and publication containing the alleged libel. He admitted, on cross-examination, that he saw copies of the same handbill exposed in the shop windows of several other persons living in Spitalfields and Beth nal-green. Mr. Sergeant Wilma, fir the defnirnt, said it squared neither with his inclination nor his duty to his client to attempt in the slightest degree to extenuate or justify the scandalous libel which had been read to the Court ; but he would prove up to the time of young Mr. Claff going into the bar of the defendant's public house to purchase the pamphlet in question, he (the defendant) did not know that there was such a person as Mr. Cluff on the face of the earth. He did not know him even by name, much less his habitation, his nation, or anything connected with him. He (the defenda n t) kept a public-house in the neighbourhood, and, as was very frequent in the case of public-houses, the handbill in question was put into his window—injudiciously, it must be admitted, but not designedly or malignantly to injure the plaintiff. One or two copies of the book had been left with the de fendant for sale; and when they were put into his hands the jury might fairly suppose he thought the book was a tale of fiction to amuse any person who thought proper to purchase it. Besides, about the time of the com mencement of the action the defendant had repeatedly offered to the plaintiff to make an ample public apology, but the latter had refused to accept it. And why had not the action been brought against the person named Hollis, whose name appeared upon the book as its au thor? It could never for a moment be presumed that the defendant was the writer of such a production. What did he, a publican, know about Calisto? The only name in the heathen mythology with which he would be likely to be acquainted was Bacchus, and per haps hi had no very accurate notion of him. Mr. W. H. Kell, the brother of the defendant, deposed to going with the latter to see the plaintiff on the sth of June, the action having been commenced a few days be fore. They saw the plaintiff, and the defendant told him he had come to express his regret for having published the pamphlet in question, and that he would make an ample public apology and pay all the expenses that were incurred, and, further, would give a sum of money to a public charity. The plaintiff replied that it was his in 4,ention to proceed against every person concerned in publishing the book, and refused to accede to the de fendant's offer. Mr. Sergeant BYLES, for the plaintiff, replied. What was an apology worth in such a case? The poison of that infamous falsehood had been instilled into the minds of the people of the whole neighbourhood; many of those persons could not read, and doubtless had only heard the libel read to them. How many of such people read the daily newspapers? A public apology, therefore, would not remove the injury which had been inflicted. The bane came to thousands; the antidote, perhaps, to some twenty or thirty only. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL told the jury that the plain tiff was clearly entitled to a verdict. The amount of the damages rested entirely with them. There was no doubt at all that a libel of a very abominable character had been published of the plaintiff, and that in one instance a copy was sold by the defendant. There were different degrees of responsibility attaching to different parties connected with libels, The author was responsible for the whole that were circulated; the printer was also re sponsible for the whole, because if the one had not com posed, and the other not printed the libel, it could not have been published. It was not so with respect to an individual who happened to sell one copy; he was not responsible for those that were sold to others ; and therefore the defendant in this case was not in the same position as the author or the printer. But, although the jury might think the author or the printer would be guilty of greater injury to the plaintiff then the defend• ant, it did not follow therefore that the plaintiff was not to have compensation for the injury which the defendant had done to him. The defendant was responsible for that which he himself had done. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 10. ANGELL V. WORSLEY, FART.. _ This action was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at Hertford, verdict for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant DOWLING now moved for a rule for a new trial, or for leave to enter judgment for the plaintiff non obstante veredicto. The action was brought to re cover 300,0001. on a bill of exchange accepted by the de fendant, and endorsed by him to the plaintiff. The defence was that the bill had been fraudulently obtained from the defendant, Sir William Wersley, by a person named Anderson, the agent of parties styling them selves Van Straubenzee and Co., who had adver iised that they would advance 20,000/. on approved security. Anderson gave the defendant another bill in exchange for this, drawn on Van Straubenzeo, at 21 days' date, which was dishonoured. On this state of facts a verdict was returned for the defendant; but the Learned Sergeant now contended that the plaintiff, who was a respectable shcemaker in business at Panton street, in the Haymarket, had acted bona fide in the transaction, and that if there were fraud in the case, it was for the defendant to show it. The Court granted a rule to,show cause. AMES (PAUPER) V. LLOYD. _ _ _ The plaintiff conducted his own case in person, and Nfr. fiumfrey, with whom was Mr. Montague Smith, ap peared for the defendant. This was an action by; which the plaintiff, an attor ney's clerk, sought to recover compensation in damages for the publication of an alleged libel in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, on the 30th of June, 1844. The damages were laid at 5001. The defendant put three pleas on the record, of which the third one, of justification, was the materisl one. It appeared that on the 24th of June, 1844, the plaintiff had been brought up at the Clerkenwell Police-court to answer the complaint of his wife, who charged him with having violently and cruelly beaten her. At this period she was within ten days of her confinement. The truth of the accusation appeared to have been luny established, not merely by ,the marks on the poor woman's face, but by the testimony of several wit nesses. The matter was reported in the usual manner in the morning papers, and on the following Sunday was transferred, in the customary mode, into the columns of the defendant's journal. The complaint of the plain tiff was, that the report was too highly coloured, so much so as to have inflicted the deepest injury upon him, t'or not only had his friends and relations withdrawn their intimacy and acquaintance from him, but he had been unable to otvain another situation in consequence. The want of a situation had rendered him incapable of prosecuting this action, ina,mtwh as he had nut had the means thereby of paying fees to counsel, or even the Peas of Court. The result had been, that he had been cuutpelb.d to adopt the necessary steps to enable him to proceed as he di I now in forma pauperis. In the cours- of the trial, which occupied the Court for more than five hours, a number of witnesses were examined, all of whom, with the exception of one—and his knowledge of the transaction had been solely derived from the reports in the papers—corroborated the state ment as to the cruelty and violence which the plaintiff had exercised towards his wife, not only in this particu lar, but in many former instances. The policeman, too, stated that the plaintiff had told him that he had got 51. out of the Times, and that he should get 5001. out of the defendant. Mr. Baron PLATT, in leaving the matter for the deter mination of the jury, told them that if they considered the plea of justification to have been made out, it would be their duty to find a verdict, for the defendant on that plea, but on the other pleas they must find for the plain tiff. It was lamentable to see so much of the public time wasted by an inquiry into such a disgraceful case, the more so, as it had turned out that every witness who had known anything about the matter had confirmed the material statements which had been published; and even the plaintiff himself had admitted that he had beaten his wife when she was in a condition which demanded the care, consideration, and protection of all men. He had beaten her most brutally when she had wanted but ten days of her confinement. That was an extreme act of brutality in a husbaild. The jury at once returned a verdict for the defendant on the plea of justification, and for the plaintiff on the other two pleas, with damages for One Farthing. CONSISTORY COURT, Oct. 10. (Before Dr. LUSHINOTON.) PITT V. PITT. The husband in this case proceeds against his wife for a divorce on the ground of adultery. The parties have been married twelve years, and almost immediately after their union the lady exhibited intemperate habits, and under the influence of drink became violent in her temper. This led to a separation, a distinct maintenance being allowed by the husband, who gave up also the house and furniture. Soon afterwards, however, Mrs. Pitt disposed of her furniture, and went to reside in another neighbourhood, unknown to her husband, who after some inquiry, found she was living under the pro tection of a person of the name of Jones, in Stanhope street, Regent's-park. Dr. ROBERTSON prayed the Court to grant the husband a divorce. There was no opposition, and The Learned JUDGE pronounced for it accordingly. TAYLOR V. TAYLOR. This was also a suit promoted by the husband against his wife, Mary Taylor, for a divorce on the ground of adultery. Dr. JENNER stated that the parties were married in 1836, and that in 1841, from some difference, the wife giving way to inebriety, they separated by mutual eon sent, he at the same time allowing her a separate main tenance, and was in the habit of visiting her two or three times a week up to 1847, when he learnt that she was in the habit of staying out at night, and frequently bringing home with her strange men. That on one occasion ono of these men, whose name was Watson, stayed with her the whole night, in consequence of which the Learned Advocate prayed the court to grant a divorce. Mr. BAYFORD was heard on the part of the wife, and opposed the application on two grounds ; first that the husband had condoned the wife's fault ; and secondly, that there was only one witness to attest the criminality of the wife with the man Watson, which was held by Lord Stowell as insufficient, unless supported by some corroborative circumstances. Dr. JENNER rose to reply, when the Learned Judge stopped him, saying he had read over the whole of the evidence with great attention, and his mind was made up as to the decision he should give. He felt obliged to the Learned Counsel who appeared for the wife for having drawn his attention to the reported cases of Simmons v. Simmons, 'and Compton and Butler, and they required consideration. It appeared the parties had lived separate several years, but the husband, it was stated, had been in the habit of visiting his wife, and had not, therefore, en tirely withdrawn his protection from her until a short period before this citation, when an act of adultery had been ,proved against her, in consequence of which he now sought relief at the hands of this court ; the ser vant living with Mrs. Taylor at the time had proved the fact of having seen Mrs. Taylor and the man Watson together, and he saw no reason for doubting the truth of this witness's statement. It appeared Mrs. Taylor was a woman of mo s t p ro fli gate h a bit s , an d although it had been held by Lo r d S towe ll t h at one witness to the act of w adultery, unsupported b y corro b orate t es timony, wag not not sufficient for this court to grant a Jivorce, an f d .s h l igh 11.4 was the resp e ct f or th e opini,on o ti at Learned Judge, to whose decision he (Dr. Lushington) isowed, he had some doubts in his own mind, and had followed it, though muth against his own inclination. He felt this ease did not fall within the rule. The question raised b wife, w is an important one, r, Bayford, on the part of the that according to the rule of this court there was nottonsuefficient evidence. The ques- Ition is, is it necessar c y as o e ha ve two witnesses to the fact itself ? Analogous have been heard in this court. Suppose an accomplice should otb speak to the fact, which should be supported by other buiner=ts, he (Dr. Lushington) • thought that there w as to convict the party. Now in this case the main witness proved that Mrs. Taylor was in the habit of getting drunk and inviting various persons home to her house ; another witness, Jane Dodson, had been witness to Mrs. Taylor's indulg• ing in gross familiarity with men who visited her ; that on one Sunday night she came home at twelve o'clock, accompanied by a man, and they sat together an hour. He felt that there was no doubt but that adultery had been committed. It was also stated that a Mr. Munday had been solicited to stay the night with her. The evi dence of Mrs. Tucker was supported by this fact ; and although two witnesses might in general be requisite, this was a case in which the rule might be departed from, and the divorce must be granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-LIOUSE. The LORD MAYOR, upon commencing his magisterial business yesterday, said:—" In taking my seat for the first time in the Justice-room, I am anxious to state that I shall make a rule of beginning business here punctually at twelve o'clock daily; but if my services can be useful to the public at any other time, I beg it to be understood that I shall consider no hour too early and no hour too late to be called upon to act for their advantage. I shall be at the call of my fellow-citizens at all times." Several pickpockets who had been deeply engaged on the Lord Mayor's day in the spectator's pockets at the procession, were b rought up, charged with h a vi ng ma d e a ttempts to exercise t heir occupation. John Jones and W illiam Smith were charged with hav ing robbed a gentleman named Young of Albemarle street, a merchant, of a gold pin value 21. Mr. Young, in passing along Ludgate-hill when the procession was going by, was surrounded by three or four strangers, some of whom pressed upon him and engaged his attention, while one whipped the gold pin which was in his breast over his shoulder, and handed it to a companion. The tact of the thief was so neatly used upon the occasion, that Mr. Young knew nothing at all about the robbery, until Child, the beadle of Trinity-square, who knowing the prisoners had closely observed them, told him that he had just been plundered. Child seized the thieves, and the pin was found at the feet of the prosecutor by himself. The LORD MAYOR—Do you know these men to be thieves? Child—l know them long to be the compa nions of thieves. Ido not know that they have been before in custody. Jones—My Lord, he accused several other men of the robbery; but at last he fixed upon us, as he couldn't go so far without doing something. The LORD MAYOR-It is a very clear case, and you must go to Bridewell for six weeks to pay the penalty of the offence. Two seamen, named Patterson and Dunlop, were charged by Mr. Coleman, of the Registrar-General's office, with having deserted the vessel in which they had been engaged as seamen. The prisoners said in their defence that all the other hands had deserted the vessel when she got to Quebec; that they bad not left her till she reached New York; and the other hands had not only complained of what they (the prisoners) had still further reason to complain of—the badness of the provisions. They adeaitted that they had received advance of pay for the whole voyage, and that they had been hired for the voyage home at a considerable increase of wages, as was the case generally with deserters. The Loan MAYOR said he should most decidely adopt the plan of his predecessor, and never let a delinquent of the kind go with impunity. The prisoners were then sentenced each of them to thirty days' imprisonment. A number of seamen were charged with having de serted the ships in which they had been engaged, but as neither the owners, their agents, or the captains, whose presence would be necessary for the security of the in fiction of imprisonment for thirty days, attended, the only penalty which his Lordship could adjudge was a fine of 10s. ' and 3s. costs. Mr. Coleman said he had written to the agents upon the subject, but no notice had been taken of his request for their attendance. His LORDSHIP said he hoped there would be no occa sion to urge those who wished to be protected to assist him in the endeavour to afford that protection; without such assistance he certainly could not punish those who basely abandoned the vessels n hich they were bound to work, as they deserved to be punished. He regretted to be obliged to say that the conduct of the British seamen, judging from such samples as had come before him on the first day of the performance of his duties as Lord Mayor, showed very great degeneracy. H. Hall was accused of having picked the pocket of Mrs. Dalby, on Lord Mayor's-day. Funnell, the city officer, had seen the complainant followed by the prisoner, who slipped his hand into her pocket, pulled out two shillings, and moved off. The officer intimated to the complainant that she was robbed. " Oh, no," said she : " a gentleman has been just robbed of his watch. I have lost nothing. " Try your pockets," said the officer. And upon doing so, she at once said, " Yes ; I have been robbed of two shillings." The pri soner was, at this moment, in custody of the policeman, who immediately found the money in his pocket. The whole transaction was witnessed by Russell, another City officer. The prisoner was sent to Bridewell for six weeks. Sl,-ral other fellows, who attempted to pick pockets, were also committed. GUILDHALL. George Brown, a well-known impostor, was brought up fur final examination on the charge of obtaining a sovereign from the Rev. Samuel Wicks, chaplain to St Bartholonmw's Hospital, under false pretences. The. circumstances of the case were fully stated upon a former occasion. William Iforsford, an officer of the Mendicity Society, entered the witness box, w hen The prisoner's solicitor (whose name did not transpire) said that he must object to Hor.ford's evidence being received as to any prior transactions. Alderman LAWRENCE—Then I am not to learn any thing at all about the prisoner? I shall certainly hear what the officer has to say, and it will not make me de cide either way without having sufficient grounds. a os h to a r l s f . to O tw n o t y h e e a l r B s, th as o c f on m n a e r c e t h ed , I w B i 4 t B h , begging letter H ors ford said that h e h a d k nown t h e pr i soner from a a i u m d p year sentenced to three months' imprisonment from Marlbo rough-street-office for obtaining money from Lady de Dunstanville. He had the prisoner in custody on the 11th of June, 1848, for obtaining money from the Duke of Cambridge under false pretences, and he was then sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The prisoner was in the habit of using various disguises, and on the first occasion when he was in custody he wore a smock frock and leggings, and was to all appearance a country man. He was tried and convicted at the Chelmsford Sessions, and had afterwards presented a petition to a Mr. Edgerton, in w hich he set forth that his brother had absconded to America, taking all his books and leaving him entirely destitute. The prisoner's solicitor protested that all Horsford was stated could not be evidence against his client on the present charge. Horsford—lf he is discharged now, I shall take him into custody for obtaining half a sovereign in Chancery lane, under similar circumstances , - on Wednesday week last. The Rev. Mr. Wicks said h wished to make one ob servation, and that was he had no ill-feeling towards the prisoner, for the money that had been obtained from him, bat he should leave it entirely in the worthy Alder man's hands to deal with the case . public gr ounds. Alderman Alderman LAWR ENCE said it was quite evident the prisoner had been in town for • d carrying on this game, anda: long period most dishonourable waliving getting in a law did not give him Y. He was only sorry' that the power to • h him more but as it was, punish more severely, he should commit him as a rogue and vagabond fur the spa ce o f three months. MA RLBOROUGH-STREET. William Bitiner, watch-maker, of No. 4, Greek-street, Soho, was brought up for final examination, charged with having pawned an enormous number of watches left with him to repair. When the prisoner was first apprehended he gave up four or five duplicates to the officer who took him into custody. At a later stage of the proceedings the police received between fifty and sixty more duplicates, all of which related to watches and other valuable property en trusted to the prisoner either to repair or to dispose of. The amount of money received from the pawnbrokers as exhibited by these duplicates, was very little less than 3001. The value of the property so pledged is estimated at about 1,0001. From the dates on the duplicates, it was evident:that the prisoner bad carried on the system of pawning for some time, a number of duplicates being out of time. Since the apprehension of the prisoner, the police have endeavoured to trace out the owners of the property to which the sixty-two duplicates referred. They have succeeded in getting a clue to between twenty and thirty cases, and applications are being made daily. Eighteen separate cases of illegally pawning had been already proved against the prisoner. John Peake, of 18, Frith•s treet, clerk to Geor g e Nock, j ewe ll er , stated that, on the Bth of August, the defendant applied for some gold chains to show to a cus tomer. He was entrusted with six gold chains, value 15/., and witness soon afterwards ascertained they had been pawned. The depositions in twenty cases having been taken against the prisoner, evidence was offered of his previous good character. The majority of the complainants appeared disposed to deal leniently with the prisoner, and one party offered to take the prisoner into his employ immediately, as he was one of the best workmen in the trade. In two cases the prisoner was fined 20s. for illegally pawning, and ordered to pay the value of the property, or to undergo one month's imprisonment for each offence. In the other cases he was fined 10s. each, in addition to the value of the property . , or together, two months' im prisonment. Th© whole of the punishment in imprison ment will be four months. The pawnbrokers considered, as they would be large losers, that they ought to receive one-half the amount they advanced on the watches before they were required to restore the property. Mr. BINGHAM thought under the circumstances this was but a fair proposition, and ought to be accepted. James Harris was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having robbed M. Maurice Oubel, a French gentleman, residing at the Sablionere Hotel, of his watch, value 50 guineas. M. Oubel stated, that about eleven o'clock the previous evening, he was standing in the Haymarket waiting for a friend, when the prisoner came up to him and re quested to know what o'clock it was. Prosecutor took out his watch for the purpose of telling him, when he immediately seized it, and by main force tore it from the chain, and ran off. Prosecutor followed, and called for assistance, and the prisoner was stopped by a constable tin Pall-wall, with the watch in his hand. Inspector Wall stated that the prisoner had been seve• ral times in custody for similar offences. The prisoner in defence said he was hard up, and that induced him to commit the offence. He was fully com mitted. John Nichols, ironmonger, Snow-hill, City, Nov. 22, at one, and Dec. 22, at Bait-past ekveli, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Todd, Thavies Inn. Alexander Turnbull, farmer, Blue Anchor-road, Ber mondsey, Nov. 21, at two, and Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Tyrrell, Guildhall-yard. Charles George German, jun., licensed victualler, Portsmouth, Nov. 22, at twelve, and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official-assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Gf orge,Villiers-street, Strand. Valentine Soden Godfrey, miller, Duddington, Northamptonshire, Nov. 24, at eleven, and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, London; Wright and Bonner, New London-street, Fenchurch-street; Law, Stamford. Richard William M'Donnell, paper manufacturer, Bitton, Gloucestershire, Nov. 21, and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Crosby, Bristol; Jay, Sergeant's Inn. James Dredge, brewer, Bath, Nov. 21 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Castle and Henderson, Bristol; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street. William Martin, innkeeper, Birkenhead, Nov. 22 and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and Wilson, Old Jewry-chambers; Pemberton, Liverpool. William Yowler, auctioneer, Crediton, Devonshire, Nov. 23, at one, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. lirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Drake, Exeter. John Walker, hotel-keeper, Upper Seymour-street, Edgware-road, Nov. 20, and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street; Moon, Adam-street, Adelphi. Alexander Haig, engineer, Smith-street, Jubilee place, Stepney, Nov. 16, at one, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; M`Duff, Castle street, Holborn. William Norton, ironmonger, Penzance, Cornwall, Nov. 28, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. .Elernamen, official assignee, Exeter ; Britten and Son, Bristol ; Stogdon, Exeter. Joseph Lawrence Butler, coal merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 22 and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent, King's Bench-walk; Anderson, Liverpool. James Ingram, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 23 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Keightly and Co., Chancery-lane; Holden Liverpool. Henry Dawson Wilkinson, silver plater, Sheffield, Nov. 10, and Dec. 16, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Tattershall, Great James-street ; Smith and Son, Sheffield. Walter Hall, miller, Kington, Herefordshire, Nov. 25, and Dec. 20, at twelve, at the I3irmiagham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Banks and Son, Kington; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Bir mingham. Thomas Robson, tailor, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, NOT. 21, at eleven, and Dec. 19, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard; Thomas and William Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William bhacks:ll, coal tar and naptba manufacturer, Regent's-canal, Saint Pancras, Nov. 16, at twelve, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Smith Chan cery-lane. Robert Ashforth, hardwareman, Birmingham, Nov. 25 and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Harrison, Birmingham. William Newby, joiner, Manchester, Nov. 23 and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple; Needham, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basieghall-street. W. Child, Chertsey, grocer, Dec. 2, at eleven. In the Country. E. Alansen, Liverpool, wine merchant, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Maehell, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— W. Maury, Liverpool, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Maddock, Liverpool, tallow chandler, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Harford and W. W. Davies, Bristol, and Ebbw vale and Sirhowy, Monmouthshire, iron masters and iron founders, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Watts, Ashton under•Lyne, draper, Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Acornb, Blackburn, Lancashire, and York, Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—R. Nevrboult, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, draper, Dec. 2, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Sheffield—Cr. Slater, Doncaster, ironmonger, Dec. 2, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Sheffield—W. Wayte, Basford, Nottingham shire, iron and brass founder, Dec. 2, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Sheffield—J. Baker, Staunton-upon-Wye, Herefordshire, victualler, Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. _ _ A. Harrison, Friars Goose Alkali Works, Gateshead, Durham, alkali manufacturer, second dividend, 45., in addition to 8s previously declared, on Saturday, Nov. 11, or any following Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley,Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Wooler, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, draper, second dividend, Bd., in addition to 4s. 3d. previously de clared, on Saturday, Nov. 11, and any following Satur day, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wskley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. E. C. Blackwell and J. N. Dunstord, Newbiggen by the Sea, Northumberland, brewers and fish curers, 2s. 6d. on new proofs, in part of first dividend of 6(1. previ ously declared, on Saturday, Nov. 11, and any following Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakloy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. B. Woolston, Stamford, Lincoln3hire, brick maker, 55., on Saturday, Nov. 11, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. J. Meads, Nottingham, grocer, 45., on Saturday, Nov. 11, or any subsequent alternate Saturday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. W. B. Cooke, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, tape and small ware manufacturer, Is. 3d., on Saturday, Nov. 11, or any subsequent alternate Saturday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. _ . W. Bedells, Leicester, paper and general dealer, is. 2d., on Saturday, Nov. 11, or any subsequent alternate Sa turday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. W. Stone, Matlock, Derbyshire, builder, Is. 4d., on Saturday, Nov. 11, or any subsequent alternate Satur day, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. J. Hatfield, jun., Southwell, Nottinghamshire, ♦ic tualler, 4d., on Saturday, Nov. 11, and any subsequent alternate Saturday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. J. Hawkins, Nottingham, currier and leather dealer, 25., on Saturday, Nov. 11, or any subsequent alternate Saturday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. T. B. Molyneux and F. Witlierby, Liverpool, mer chants, fourth dividend of is., any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool. _ - NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. T. Keating, St. Paul's Church-yard, druggist, Dec. 5, at eleven—L. W. Ash, White Lion -street, Pentonville, corn and coal merchant, Dec. 5, at twelve—F. L. Ban wens, Croydon, stearine and candle manufacturer, Dec. 2, at eleven—C. Willis, King -street-terrace, New North road, Islington, licensed victualler, Dec. 2, at one—W. Draper, Basingstoke, Southampton, coachmaker, Dec. 4, at half -past twelve—W. H. Pitt, York-place, Pentonville, engineer in heating and ventilating apparatus, Dec. 4, at twelve. In the Country. J. Holt, Bury, Lancashire, tailor and draper, Dec. 5, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Woodward, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, plumber and gla zier. Dec. 4, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham —W Watson, Golden-valley, Derbyshire, inn keeper, Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Nottingham—E. Ellis, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, builder and timber merchant, Dec. 2, at_ twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.: At the Court of Review, Dec. 1. J. Blake, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, builder—H. Burrell, Bull-and-Mouth -street, City, lodging house keeper—J. Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger—A. Hum phreys, Liverpool, boot and shoemaker—W. Buckley, Bollingrove, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manufacturer— H. Pace, St. John's. square, Clerkenwell, and Loughton, Essex, watch manufacturer—J. J. Flitch, Newcastle upon-Tyne, leather dresser--J. P. Baldy, Devonport, surgeon —G. H. Haworth and R. Archbutt, Manor street, King's-road, Chelsea, ironfounders—W. Ray, Rolls -buildings, Fetter-lane, coal dealer Margaret Huse', Manchester, milliner—J. Williamson, Glasson, Lancashire, innkeeper—E. Butt, Croydon, farrier—T. Fremantle, Bedford New-road, Clapha►n-rise, builder— D. Jevons, Tipton, Staffordshire, grocer—W. Quincey, Old-street, St. Luke's, tin plate worker—W. Saul, Brook- street, Gloucester-road, Bayswater, furnishing ironmonger —G. Webster, Hedge-row, Islington, li censed victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Davies and W. Reynolds, Newtown, Montgomery shire, builders—C. J. Cottrell and W. H. Cottrell, Bridgehouse row, Newington-causeway, auctioneers_ W. Hargrove and J. Hargrove, York, printers—R. Davies and J. R. Davies, Change-alley, Cornhill, law stationers—H. Richards and W. Richards, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, coach smiths—J. Smart, sen., and J. Smart, jun., Chiswell street, corn dealers—W. Glossop and D. Kay, Sheffield, ale and porter merchants—J. Sloman and C. Sloman, Chatham, pawnbrokers—C. T. Howard and J. F. Foster, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, surgeons— J. Leadbeater and G. Leadbeater, Handsworth, York shire, carpenters—J. Cureton, son., W. Ogden, and J. Cureton, jun., Manchester, makers-up and packers (as far as re aids J. Cureton, sen.)—J. Nanson and T. Nanson, Carlisle, slaters—D. Cowell and J. Cowell, Blackburn, cotton manufacturers—C. B. Chapman and F. Hull, Nrwmarket St. Mary, Suffolk, auctioneers—J. L. Wetton and A. Ellis, Conduit street, Hanover-square, solicitors—W. Ballinghall, J. Kelly, and F. Cooke, Mesatlan, Mexico (as far as regards F. Cooke). INSOLVENT PETITIoNERs. John Simpson Manning., Ipswich, coach maker. Sam :el Clancharty, Wolverhampton, hawker of tea and coffee. _ Edward Fereday, Smethwick, Staffordshire, cordwainer. Mary Collins, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, milliner. 4 Joseph Laycock, Addingham, Yorkshire, journeyman - - chair-maker. Hannah Bell, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, grocer. George Shrive, Elton, Huntingdonshire, farmer. Robt. Clark,j tin., Brandon, Suffolk, journeyman plumber. Samuel Matthews, Plymouth, brewer. James Street, Nautwich, Cheshire, publican. Lewis ffornblower. Thrkenhend, architnt and surv(syor. Janis Nuiiu, ipso.icii, butcher. Daniel Joiner, Ipswich, mariner. James Taylor, Lower Broughton, Lancashire, woollen merchant. Robert Scott, Rochdale, farmer. James Morgan, Panteague, Monmouthshire, miner. James Walter, Cambridge, architect. Thomas Turner, Rochdale. Edward Steed, St. lye's, Huntingdonshire, beer retailer. Thomas Wood, Old Lenton, Nottinghamshire, milk seller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Steven and J. Jamieson, Glasgow, commission merchants, to meet within the Buck's Head Hotel, Glas gow, Nov. 15 and Dec. 6, at twelve. R. M'Cracken and T. Chalmers, Glasgow, manufac turers, to meet within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow, Nov. 16 and Dee. 7, at twelve. A. Brodie, Glasgow, carver and gilder, to meet within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow, Nov. 16 and Dec. 8, at twelve. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending November 7, 1848, is 235. 34d. per cwt. LAMBETH. Harriet Potter, the proprietress of extensive premises at 24, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, which are fitted up as a private theatre, capable of holding 250 persons, with Ann Buller, Henry Dunbar, Isaac Castels, William Clark, John Galvin, William Page, Robert Prowis, Charles Cooper, Joseph Scales, William Ginnett, Juhn Barnett, F. C. Perry, William Lees, John Row, and William Row, who were described as performers, were charged before Mr. Norton, with being found in an un licensed theatre. The prisoners were apprehended on the preceding night by Mr. Rutt, the superintendent, and a number of his constables, on the premises before described, upon a written authority from the Police Commissioners, under the 46th sec. of 2 and 3 of Vic., cap. 47. Mr. Anthony Rutt, the superintendent of the L divi sion of police, deposed that he went on the night before, at about a quarter to nine o'clock, to the house, No. 24, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, with several constables, and found the defendant, Harriet Potter, in a box for taking money at the entrance, but outside the door. He passed her, and went into a place fitted up like a theatre, with a stage, and scenery, and a small orchestra. Some per sons were on the stage, and on seeing hira and the con tables, they attempted to make their escape. He (Mr. Rutt) saw two men on the stage. One of them was the prisoner Galvin, whose face was painted, and who wore a small hat, and the other Clark, who had on a coal heaver's hat. They appeared to be sustaining some character. The defendants are connected in one way or other, with the establishment, some being money takers, some check takers and door keepers. Another witness proved that the entertainments con sisted of detached songs, not connected by any continuous plot or story. Mr. James Biddies, the proprietor of the Bower Saloon, who holds a license under the Lord Chamberlain for music and dancing, was sworn, and was about to give evidence of a performance at the theatre of Mrs. Potter on a former night, when he was stopped by a solicitor who attended on behalf of one of the prisoners, who requested that the complaint then before his Wor ship might be disposed of before a fresh one was entered upon. He (the solicitor) also directed the magistrate's attention to the case of Russell v. Smith. Mr. NORTON, after carefully examining the decision of Lord Denman in the case referred to, which was an action brought against Mr. Smith by Mr. Russell, the musical composer, for singing the song of " The Ship on Fire," at Crosby-hall, and the statutes on the subject, was of opinion that the evidence before him did not show that the performances amounted to a " stage play" or a " dramatic piece," and were not therefore a viola tion of the statute. He was, however, of opinion that the owner of the place was liable to a proceeding and penalty under the 25th Geo. 11., cap. 36, for permitting music and dancing without a license. The prisoners were then discharged, to the great joy of their friends, who crowded the court. Mr. Biddies gave evidence of a representation given at the theatre on Saturday night, amounting to a viola tion of the statute, and Mr. Norton offered to grant a summons for the proprietress, but it was ultimately set tled that Mr. Rutt should wait on Mrs. Potter and caution her that if the performances were not discon tinued she would be proceeded against for a violation of the law. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WHITEHALL, Nov. 3, 1845. The R;ght Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at West minster, has appointed Henry Whitmarsh, Gent., of Rye, in the county of Sussex, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for the sub stitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Sussex. - FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Dunlop, as Consul at Southampton for the Republic of the Equator. FOREIGN-OReICE, Nov. 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James H. Wolff, as Consul at Southampton for the Republic of Chili. WHITEHALL, NOT. 8. The Queen has been pleased to nominate, consititute, and appoint Henry Halford Vaughan, Esq., M.A., Bar rister-at• Law, to be Professor o f M o d ern Hi s t ory i n t h e University of Oxford, in the room of the Rev. Doctor John Anthony Cramer, deceased. WEST RIDING ELECTIONS. In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in the 24th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., entitled, "An Act to repeal so much of two Acts, made in the 10th and 15th years of the reign of his present Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making out writs for the election of Mem bers to serve in Parliament, in the manner thetein men tioned, and for substituting other provisions for the like purposes ; s ido hereby give notice, that it hath been certified to me in writing, under the hands of two members serving in this present Parliament, that the Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard, commonly called Viscount Morpeth, late a Member serving in this present Parlia ment for the West Riding of the county of York, is be come a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of summons tenth been issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to summon him to Parliament ; and that I shall issue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of a member to servo in this pre sent Parliament for the said West Riding of the county of York, in the room of the said Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard, commonly called Viscount Morpeth, now a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of summons hath been issued as aforesaid, at the end of 14 days after the insertion of this notice in the London Gazette.—Given under my hand the 9th day of Nov., 1848. CHARLES SHAW LEFEYRE, Speaker. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 10. - Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant William Brampton Burne, from half-pay 15th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, vice Dodwell, de ceased; St. George Caulfield, Gent., to be Cornet and -Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burne, who retires, Nov. 10. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Peter Broughton to be Captain, by purchase, Vice Garratt, who retires; Cornet Henry Heywood Lonsdale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Broughton ; Ensign Charles Denison Fodder, from i9th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lonsdale, Nov. 10. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Frank Chaplin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Casement, who retires; Gordon Brassey, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Chaplin, Nov. 10. 11th Light Dragoons Cornet Walter Stephens Brinkley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morant, who retires; James Miller, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Brinkley, Nov. 10. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Cle ment William Strong, from 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice. Sir J. E. Harington, Bart., who ex changes, Nov. 10. 17th Foot—Ensign David Latouche Colthurst to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Codd, who retires; Cle ment Henry John Heigham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Colthurst, Nov. 10. 24th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Macdonald Burns, from 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Daubeny, who ex changes,signCharles Somerville M'Al es t er to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Spilling, who reti res; F N o o o t v — . l E O n . Edward Meurant, Gent., to be Ensign, by purcha se , v i ce M'Alester, Nov. 1 0 . 4th 48th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain Sir John Edward Harington, Bart., from the Coldstream Itegiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Strong, who exchanges, Nov. 10. 59th Foot—James Alfred Caulfield, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Pedder, appointed to the 3d Dra goon Guards, Nov. 10. - 60th Foot—Henry Cockburn, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Herbert Henry Vaughan, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial, Nov. 10. 62d Foot—Lieutenant James Daubeny, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Burns, who exchangos, Nov. 10. 66th Foot—Lieutenant James Verling Ellis, from half-pay 2fith Foot. to be Lieutenant, vice Bray, ap pointed to the 96th Foot, Nov. 10. _ _ - 69th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Sir Augustus Frederick D'Este, from half-pay unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Eaton Monica, who exchanges ; Major Charles James Conte to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Sir A. F. D'Este, who retires; Captain James W. Llewellyn, Paxton, to be Major, by purchase, vice Coote ; Lieu tenant Charles John Carmichael to be Captain by purchase, vice Paxton; Ensign Richard Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carmichael; Wil liam Leonard Barnard Straton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fits Gerald, Nov. 10. 85th Foot—Captain Alexander G. Grant to be Major. by purchase, vice Tennant, who retires; Lieutenant Conway Frederick Charles Seymour to be Captain, by purchase, vice Grant; Ensign George Warde to'be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Seymour; John Armitage, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warde, Nov. 10. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant Charles Stanhope Smelt to be First Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Kingsmill, deceased, Aug. 4; John Alexan der Campbell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Smelt, Nov. 10. BREVET. Lieutenant George Bourchier, of the Bengal Artillery, doing duty at the East India Com pany's Depot at Warley, vice Spurgin, to have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant, while so employed, Nov. 1. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Francis Cassidy, from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Nov. 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Lancashire Hussars—Lionel Charles Standish, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 1. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. John Thorman, wholesale tea dealer, Grosvenor -street, Camberwell. BANKRUPTS. Thomas John Croggon, commission agent, Ingram court, Fenchnrch• street, to surrender Nov. 22, at hal& past one, and Dec. 22, at one, at the Court of atnk raptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingliall street; Tippetts, Pancras-lane. William Butler, builder, We 4 thourne-grove North, Paddington, Nov. 15, at two, and Dec. 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin.-lane; Cross, Surrey-street, Strand. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nor. 10.) SUGAR.—To-day holders of Raw Sugar for the most part refused to make any further concession in the value, and less freely supplied the market, but there was not a better home or export demand. West India was dealt in with caution both for the pan and scale, upon the terms of yesterday. The quantity sold amounts to only 360 hhds, &c., including a public sale of 68 hhds 5 tres and 245 brls Barbadoes, which went off flatly at a decline on Tuesday's rates of 6d to Is per cwt; good soft yellow sold at 375, middling ditto 35s to 365, low 34s 6d, and brown 33s 6d per cwt. The total purchases for the week are only 1,313 hhds, &c. The market closes heavily. REFINED.—To-day Refined Gooda met with a dill demand for home trade purposes, and rather lower rates were accepted; we quote Lumps at 48s for Standard, and 47s to 47s 6d for brown grocery. The market for bonded crushed is firm at former rates. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon at public sale 459 bags Mauritius were only in part disposed of at about the former value; fine yellow at 39s to 40s, middling 35s 6d, low 34s 6d, fine brown 335, low and middling 30s to 31s 6d, washed 30s 6d to 38s 6d, syrupy 34a to 34s 6d. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was a little pass ing by private treaty in Bengal Sugar, and 168 bags at public sale sold upon rather lower terms ; ordinary white Benat es went at 38s 6d, middling and good yellow 35s Gd to 37s 6d. FOREIGN.—The operations for the week by private treaty in Foreign Sugar are, a cargo of Porto Rico, at 17s 9d, one of Bahia at 20s for white, brown 16s 3d, 100 boxes on the spot at 16a 6d, and 500 bags Pernams 35s 6d per cwt. _ _ COFFEE.-This afternoon Native Ceylon was dealt in with caution, and 1,772 bags at public sale were only in part sold at 6d decline ; good ordinary went at 2Gs 6d to 275, real good ord 27s to 27s 6d, damaged 18s 6cl to 26s 6d ; 285 bags 47 casks Plantation were only in. part disposed of at the former worth; fine went at 59s to 64s 6d, good 50s to 565, mid 47s 6d to 495, low mid 41s ed to 435, fine fine ordinary 32s to 37s 6d, other sorts 245 6d to 29s 6d, damaged 19s 6d to 35 6d; 19 casks Jamaica, fine ordinary 30s, good ordinary 255, low ditto 23s to 24s per cwt. TEA.-Holders have refrained from submitting any to public sale, but privately the market is well supplied with all kinds. Prices continue to rule under those of this time in the past year. Black met with little atten tion, and there are sellers at a further reduction. Con gou of ordinary quality can be obtained at 64d to 7d, good ordinary lid to Bd, better kind 9d to is 3d. Pekoe flavour is 4d to is ltd; Pouchong 4d to 6d, good 7d to 8d; Souchong 7d to is 6d, fine is 9d to 2s 2d per lb. There is much dulness in the market for Green, and prices are receding. There are sellers of low Hyson at Is to Is 2d, mid and good is 3d to 2s, fine and very superior 2s 2d to 3s 6d; Young Hyson, low 6d to 10d, mid is to Is 3d, good is 5d to 2s 4d, fine 2s 6d to 3s; Imperial Canton 9d to is 3d, Hyson sort is 4d to 3s; Gunpowder Canton Is to is sd, Ilyson kind is 6d to 3s 4d, fine 3s 6d to 4s, Hyson skin 7d to Is, fine is 2d to is 4d ; Twankay in ferior 3d to sd, better sort 6d to Bd, Hyson kind 9d to ls. Pekoe Teas are more in demand, but at former low rates, and the stock on hand continues to be plentiful. Orange Pekoe of low and middling quality is only worth 7d to ls, good scented is 2d to is 6d, fine is 8d to 2s. For Black leaf Pekoe there is a dull sale at is to is 9(1, flowery ls 3d to 2s 4d, and fine 2s 6d to 3s per lb. RICE.-To-day a better demand existed for Cleaned Rice, and prices ruled firm; Patna at 12s to 17s, supe rior 18s to 19s, town-dressed Carolina 25s to 28s, and American ditto at 21s to 22s per cwt. For East India the market is quiet, and prices rather lower. SPICES.-With brown Nutmegs the market has been plentifully supplied this week, and prices are Id to 2d lower, yet a good demand has been experienced. The parcels offered at auction amounting to 82 packages were all sold. Mace is not much wanted, and must be quoted 2d to 4d clitaper. At auction 51 packages were all sold. For Cloves the market is in active, and 36 chests of Penang sold at Is 5d to Is 6d for good bold bright, which are lower rates by 2d per lb. Ginger has been dealt in with caution by ex porters and home dealers, and prices are receding. At auction 40 brls Jamaica were taken in at 65s for mid. Of black Pepper none has been offered at auction, whilst privately the operations have been small for all purposes, and there is a large stock with only the usaal consumption. White is dull of sale at 4d to 9d, Cayenne 9d to 2s per lb, and pod at 30s to 60s per cwt. Of Pimento the supply continues to get smaller; there is a good demand by private treaty at 5(1 to sid per lb. For Cassia Lignes prices are still nominal, as there is scarcely any here; but a large parcel is near at hand. Cinnamon is dull of sale. SPIRITS.—For East India Rum lower rates having been taken occasion a large business to be concluded this week, and 700 puns have been sold at Is 3id to is 4d. Leeward Island, however, met with little attention, and Is 4d to Is 4id is the nearest value of proof. Demerara is dull of sale, and must be quoted lower; the sales are only 200 puns at 2s to 2s ld for 30 to 33 per cent proof, and 33 to 35 over 2s 2d to 2s 3d. There is little desire on the part of exporters or home trade buyers to do business in Jamaica Rum, and prices keep on the decline. The value of 28 to 30 per cent of plain quality is 2s 8d to 2s 10d, 30 to 34 over middling and good middling 3s to 3s 4d, 33 to 36 over good 3s 6d to 3s Bd, fine 3s 9d to 4s, and superior at4s to 4s 4d. For Brandy the market bas been quiet this week, and former rates are not supported, but deliveries do not fall off. We quote Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1845 al 5s Id to 5s 3d, ditto 1846 4s 9d to 4s 11d, 1847 3s 9d to 3s 11d, inferior sorts 3s to 3s 4d, Bordeaux 2s 4d to 2s 9d, Spanish 2s 3d to 2s 4d, French 50 per cent over proot 2s to 2s Id. Geneva is held for 2s to 2s Id for exportation sort, and 2s 6d to 3s 6d for fine fit for duty. For British Gin the export demand continues to get larger, and prices are firm at 3s to 3s 3d per gallon. SALTPETRZ.—To-day rough was more in demand, but 3,230 bags Calcutta at auction were only in part sold in consequence of holders asking an advance on former rates of Gd per cwt; 255 bags Madras went at about the former value ; 22 3 to 244 per cent refraction 23s 6d, not refracted strong grey 23s 6d to 245, and damaged 21s to 23s per lb. FRUIT.—To-day at auction 2,306 packages of Mus catel Raisins in layers were only in part sold at 44s to 755, a few lots 85s to 88s; 2,835 ditto bunch 55a to 9 59, inferior 38s to 40s; 268 bags Sunn Raisins 36s to 88s; 291 ditto of Lexia 20s to 365; 30 drums of Malaga Figs 345; 86 packages Jordon Almonds 51 to 7/ 14s. Oms.—To-day at auction 356 hhds of Cochin Cocos! Nut Oil only in part sold at 39s 9d to 40s, one lot 37s 6d per cwt: 113 tuns of Sperm went at 75/ to 771 for American, and British 771 to 821, and Headmatter 801 to 80/ ss; 28 tuns Southern 261 10s to 271; 70 ditto Seal, yellow 23/10s to 241 10s, pale 261 to 261 10s, straw 241 15s, brown 211 to 231, boiled Seal 19/. Tsit,Low.—This afternoon the market was firm for Tallow at former rates. At auction 86 casks of Sydney went at 42s 6d to 45s 6d; 186 plags South American 42s 3d to 44s 2d per cwt. FISHING WITH THE TRAWL NET.—We understand that the Messrs. Hogarth have fitted up a decked vessel for fishing haddocks and other white fish with this net, at Pormahomack, and last week the first trial was made, when eighteen scores of all kinds of fish were caught a short distance from the harbour. This may be a lesson to others, and if adopted at the different stations,_ may secure a proper supply of fish, which is ROW much wanted.—Elgin Courier. BIRTH B. On the 7th inst., at Kingston-upon-Hull, the wife of R. Thompson, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., at Arley, Lancashire, Mrs. C. Marsh, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Sydenham, the wife of S. Laing, Esq•• of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Kentish-town, Mrs. William Riving ton, of a son. On the Bth inst., at King William-street, Strand, the Wif e of Mr. L. Reeve, F.L.S., of a son. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Mardon, of Hunter-street,,Brue s- wick-square, o f a daughter. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at Witham, Essex, Commander William Robinson, R.N. to Eliza Ann, eld est d aughter of the We Captain J. A. Wieburg, late Fort Major, Newfoundland. At Brookland, on the 7th inst., Edward, third son of Jo hn Neame, Esq., Selling-coart, Feversha m , t o Mary Ann, e ldes" ,. . daughter of the late T. Bayden, Esq. On the Bth inst., at St. John G. Philpot, Esq., Acacia-road, St. John's-wood, to Elizabet h ' s Church, Notting,bill, fr• Jackson Wight, daughter of A. Wight, Esq., Hanover-ter' race, Notting-hill. On the 9th inst., at Lewisham Church, Herbert, eldest sou of John Roper Russell, Esq., late of Bath, to Mary An il ' youngest daughter of J. Hoppee, Esq., of Blackheath. DIED. On the 28th ult., Robert Bucknell, Esq., of Catford-hous e ' Huish Champflower, Somerset, aged 68. On the 7th inst., at H ar l ey -l odge, Clifton, Ann, daugbter of the late T. Rickards, Esq., of Clapton, Middlesex. At Warwick, on the Bth inst., Jane, eldest daughter of 0 16 late W. Tibbits, Esq. On the Bth inst., at Forest-rise, Walthamstow, aged 69, Elizabeth, the wife of J. F. Turner, Esq. On the Bth inst., aged 58, Sarah, the wife of Mr. Bed' borough, of Upton-park, Bucks. On the 6th Inst., in Dublin, Hans Riddall, Esq. At Hastings, on the Bth inst., John Rolfe, Esq., of Heusi% Hawkhurst, Kent. At Wandsworth, on the 9th inst., 11. H. Hase, aged four years, son of H. Hase, Esq., Cape of Good Hope. On the 9th inst, at Amwell•street, Claremont-square? Emma, third (laughter of T. Dix. Esq., aged 13. On the 9th inst., Charles Bell, Esq., of Coleshill-street , Eaton.square, aged 64. London: Printed and Published by AtURDO YOUNG, O f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1129 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in tlo county of Middlesex, Saturday, November 11,1848, time of amalgs thamas And 'toned rat e s i :ll ' pany a and So way C( ings an and th rated, 1 . name, enjoy a tolls, rs were es And tion as It shall gamate viously perty in the And rtzed tc grant e: and pri aforesa! proven La Notic MEET] COMP/ don, o: o'clock . priety pally w • panto, Way Cc other a: to anti , the Gre pantos, R _ attwit: other p Date( G' Notic of the RAILW the 13t1 • Purpose plicatioi with the Wester eider tt nexlon And i 'lament at such duced h ing (tha ; - London and sot ilarnatic other C 4 CH 'Express • Mail ... 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