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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1848, wise been saved, which the payment in and out, under the Legacy Act, would have occasioned. This had ac tut ted the executors in doing as they had done, and the pie in tiff alone, out of many legatees, had complained. U, :der these circumstances, the case was an exc,!edingly ha rd one, and of vast importance to executors. The VICE-CEIANCELLOR said, that the executors might ht ve freed themselves entirely bad they acted under the L egscy Act and paid the money into court; but not Ja; lying done so, he considered the plaintiff entitled to a crce. The costs to he paid by the executor. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 15. (;Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN, and Justices COLERIDGE, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE.) REGINA V. THE HAIUMERSMITEI BRIDGE COMPANY. In this ease the Hammersmith Suspension-bridge company had been assessed to the poor -rate of the :parish of Hammersmith in the sum 0f4751., in respect of the net rateable value of a moiety of the bridge and ap purtenances, situated in that parish. The company ap pealed against the rate to the quarter-sessioni of the county of Middlesex, when the rate was amended by striking out the sum of 4751, and inserting in its place the sum of 360/., subject to the opinion of this Court upon a special case. The case stated, that under the - powers vested in them by two Acts of Parliament, the company had constructed a suspension bridge from Ham :znersmith, in the county of Middlesex, to Barnes, in the .county of Surrey, and had made a convenient road from the north-end of the bridge to Hammersmith, and also a road from the south-end of the bridge to Barnes, and another from the same end of the bridge to the road lead ing from London to Richmond. By the Act of Parliament it was provided that one-half of the bridge should be con eidered as being in the parish of Hammersmith, and the -:esther-half -in the parish of Barnes," 'The company were bound to keep the roads which they constructed in re -pair, and were authorised to erect gates upon the roads, :at which they might take tolls for the roads alone, or they might take the whole toll for the roads and bridge an one sum. In fact, the toll had been taken in one sum .at a gate on the Hammersmith side of the bridge. The ,case also stated, that of the roads made by the company, there were 678 yards in the parish of Hammersmith, and .5,328 yards in the parish of Barnes; and that 7201. was -the net rateable value of the bridge and appurtenances, based upon the amount actually received, after snaking lawful deductions and allowances, including the cost of maintaining the roads. The sessions decided that the aid rateable value should be equally divided between but if thi s C ourt should b e of opinion - i th h e at t i w t o siz p s a m dsh ldb e e s; dividecl in proportion to the quantity of land occupitil by the bridge and roads in each parish, the rate was to be reduced from 3601. to 1101. Mr. PASULEY and Mr. WILLES contended that the 4leeision of the quarter-sessions was right, in dividing the last rateable value into equal moieties, and that, even if the sessions were wrong, the net rateable value could not • be divided in proportion to the quantity of land occu pied by the bridge and roads iu each parish. This Court had never sanctioned the mileage principle of cal culation. Mr. 13oltuti with whom was Mr. Prentice) contended that the sessions were wrong, and that the mileage prin ciple of calculation ought to be adopted. Lord DENALIN said,. the Court would consider their decision. COURT OF EXCHEQUISP, Nov. 15. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, bc , fort. Kr. Baron PLITT and Common Juries.) BORNE v. TIIORNDORtIMILL This; WaZ an action of trespass, whereby the plaintiff sought to recover compensation in damage!, tu. injury :sustained by means of the forcible entry mei ta!iing pos :sesBion il certain premises, by an assault comm i tte d ;upon the wile of th e pl a i n tiff, and by her fal se i mpr i son . ;mem. The defendant pleaded that he wai not guilty by statute. Mr. E. W. G - oc conducted the case for th. 3 plaintiff, a.Pd Mr. SergTaut Chadwick Jones and Mr. Charnock appeared for the defendant. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel, apcl supported by the evidence which that Learned Gen tleman called, that the plaintiff was a working jeweller, carrying on his business in Leigh-street, Burton-crescent, whilst the defendant was a wheelwright; possessed of very considerable property. Amongst property which he had become the owner of was the house which was in the occupation of the plaintiff, which occupation he en joyed under a lease of 7, 14, or 21 years, determinable by the usual notice on the part of the tenant so long as the quarterly payments for rent were duly main tained. The defendant made his purchase subject to this lease, of which at the time there were some nine or ten years unexpired. It chanced that in the month of January last the plaintiff was imprudent enough to accept be en duly u a billy honoured, forafr hietnde, which acceptance not h av i ng plaintiff, as the acceptor, was arrested, and in the end thrown into Wiiitecross-street Prison. The rent of the house house the plaintiff had regularly paid up to the Christmas. In the month of April the plaintiff was still in prison, and at Lady-day a quarter's rent had become due. On the 26th of April the wife of the plaintiff left the house for a short time, and on her return was greatly surprised to learn that the son of the defendant had been there, turned out her son from the shop, taken possession, and then locked the door. The wife very naturally endeavoured to re-obtain an entrance, and, as the upper part of the shop-door was composed of glass, she did not in the end decline break ing it ; but no sooner had she done so than some boys made their appearance, and the defendant coining up, seized her and tried to push her out of the passage. A scuffle ensued, and a crowd collected round the house. In the end, after some argument, the defendant gave the wife into the custody of a policeman, by whom she was taken to the Clerkenwell Police -court. The magistrate, having heard the mi ter° of the accusation against her, instantly directed that she should be set free. The defendant admitted ' to the magistrate that his son had taken possession of the place by his directions, but he was then told that he had acted most illegally in the step he had taken, and had rendered himself liable to an action. He was also informed that he must give up the possession to the plaintiff's wife, but on her returning to the house that intimation had proved of no avail, seeing that posses sion was still denied to her. The wife thereupon made an appeal to the magistrate, who sent two policemen with her to demand possession. The appearance of the policemen had the desired effect, and the poor woman was once more reinstated -in her house. For the ill treatment the wife had received, and the trespass which had bean committed, compensation was therefore sought by the present action. On the part of th e d e f en d ant i t was urged that the plaintiff's wife had, in 'truth, not only abandoned the possession, but had previously removed the goods and stock-in-trade. Finding this to have been the case, and that the door had b een f ound open, the defendant directed his son to take possession, and to lock the door. The jury eventually returned a verdict for the plain tiff, with 251. damages. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 15. (Sittings in Banco.) 35108 S v. MTH. This action was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at the last sittings after term, at Guildhall, when a ver dict was found for the defendant. Mr. MARTIN applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection, and of the verdict being a4ainst, the evidence. The plaintiff was the mortgagee of a ship called the Alfred, and the defendants are the directors of the Marine Insurance Company, from whom a o , f n t o h t e l n v t. e s h , e a n i n d s u t r h a i n s c a e c t vr i( a m s w ta a k s e b n r o o u u gt a policy for 1,0004 had b een obtained upon the freight i i i n t r ecover o andve r that the ship sailed in Septe m b er i n the same year, upon a voy age to Australia, and from thence she went to the cost of South America, arriving on the 28th of June, 1844, at a place called Cobya, where she took in a cargo of guano. On the 2d of September she got to Valparaiso, and took on board a quantity of dollars and whalebone, and set sail for England on the 12th. Between the 12th and the 29th she met with a great deal of bad weather, and sustained considerable damage; and on the 29th she put back, and arrived at Valparaiso) on the 19th of Oc tober. Upon being surveyed it was found that 19,000 dollars would be necessary to put her in complete re pair, but as that was more than the value of the ship, she was treated as a total loss, and sold for a small Sum. For the defence, it was contended that there was no total loss, that the damage was greatly over-rated, and that a much smaller sum would have been enough to put the ship in repair in order to bring her to England. The sum of 150/ was paid into court. In support of the defence, a German captain was called, who stated that with slight repairs he brought her to England; that she went back to the West Indies and returned to this country in good repair on each occasion with a cargo, and that she was now employed as a ship of war by the German Republic. The Learned Counsel said it might be quite true, that with slight repairs, she could be brought to England, but sh e was i nca p a bl e of bringing the cargo which was on board of her, and therefore ought to be treated as a total loss. The Learned Judge directed the jury, that, if the ship could be repaired at all within a reasonable time, there was no loss of freight. The Learned Counsel held that this direction was wrong, and referred to several authorities in support o his argument. The COURT took time to consider their decision. ------- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. &eorge Whitaker was charged with having committed a violent assault upon a poor young woman. On Tuesday night the girl, who was passing home to the Borough over London-bridge, sat down to rest her self in one of the alcoves, immediately after which two or tlaree young men turned as they went along to look at her, amongst whom was the defendant, who put his hand rudely upon her. She pushed his hand aside, and he immediately struck her with the greatest violence with his fist in the face. Au honest labourer named Durmain, who resides in David-street, Dover-road, hap pened to see the transaction, and immediately collared the defendant, and called for the police. The defendant resisted such interference, and not only struck the man but knocked his hat over the bridge. The police, how ever, soon separated them, and took the defendant to the station-house. The LORD MAYOR—Defendant, what have you to say in answer to this charge of most cowardly and brutal assault? The Defendant—l saw other young men go up and look in her face, and I did so, and she gave me a slap in the face, which I returned. The LORD MAYOR then sentenced the defendant to pay the fine of 40i., and the money not being forthcom ing sent him to prison for a month. His Lordship con cluded the case by making a present of a new hat to the poor fellow who so benevolently interfered. Rolfe, a plumber, and his son, were charged with having robbed the premises of Messrs. Southall and Co., of Nos. 13, and 14, King -street, Cheapside, warehouse- , men, and were remanded for further examination. CONSTITUTION OF THE FRENCH Power to a citizen who receives thelitle of President of REPUBLIC. the Republic. The following is the Constitution, as definitively Art. 44. The President must be a Frenchman by voted en the 4th inst. :- birth, aged 30 years at the least, and have never lost PREAMBLE. his quality of Frenchman. Art. 1. France, in constituting herself into a Republic, Art. 45. The President of the Republic is elected for proposes to herself as its object to march freely in the four years, and is re-eligible only, after an interval of path of progress and civilization; to secure a more equit - four years. Neither can there be elected after him the able division of the charges and advantages of society Vice-President, nor any relations of the President, in between all citizens; to augment, by the gradual reduc- blood or alliance, to the sixth degree inclusively. tion of public charges, the sum of the general advan- Art. 46. The election takes place in full right on the Cages and ro cause all to arrive without fresh commo - second Sunday in the month of May. In case, in conse tions, , by the successive and constant action of the quence of :death, resignation, or any other cause, the institutions and the laws, to a higher degree of morality, President be elected at any other period, his :powers intelligence, and comfort. shall expire on the second Sunday on the month of Art. 2. The French Republic is democratic, one and May in the fourth year which shall follow his election. indivisible. The President is to be nominated by ballot and by the Art. 3. It recognises rights and duties anterior and absolute majority of voters, by the direct suffrage of all superior to the positive laws, and independent of them. the electors of the French departments and Algeria. Art. 4. Its dogma is Liberty, Equality, and Frater- Art. 47. The Minutes of the electoral operations are , nits. It has for basis, labour, family ties, propert y , transmitted immediately to the National Assembly, and public order. which decides without delay on the validity of the elec- Ar t. 5. It respects foreig nationalities as it compre- tion, and proclaims the President of the Republic. If bends making its own respected; it undertakes no war no candidate has obtained more than a moiety of the from views of conquests, and never employs its forces express suffrages, and at least two millions of votes, or if the conditions imposed by Art. 44 are net fulfilled, the against the liberty of any nation. National Assembly elects the President of the Republic, Art. 6. Reciprocal duties bind citizens towards the by an absolute majority and the ballot, from among the Republic, and the Republic towards citizens. five eligible candidates who have obtained the greater Art. 7. The duty of the citizen• is to love his country, to serve the Republic, to defend it even at the expense number of votes. f . Art. 4 8. B e f ore . en.ering on his functions, the Presi of his life • to share in the charges of the State in pro dent of b the Republic takes before the National Assembly portion to ' his fortune ; to secure to himself and his fa an ~oabt before e o the r f r o e ll n ow b ing effect :-In presence of God mily by his labour the means of existence, and by care French people represented by the Na 3cLantleAss the I I swear to remain faithful to the demo and forethought to create resources for the future ; to concur in promoting the common welfare, by giving em7' duties io ßepublic, one and indivisible, and to fulfil all the irt.w49h. Ye e the Co nstitution imposes on me. fraternal assistance to others, and the general order, by has the right to Cause Bills to be presented observing the moral and written laws which govern so to the National Assembly by the Ministers. He watches ciety, families, and individuals. over r. a . n s d a as iz su e re il s . t h e execution of the laws. Art. 8. The Republic is bound to protect the citizen e s ,sea pv,e ever of commanding t the armed i t f i o n r ee, person. without - in his person, his family, his religion, his property, and his labour, and to place within the reach of each the . A ; ingthepower o ' f i instruction indispensable for all; it is bound, .by a fra ternal assistance, to assure the existence of the necessi- Art. di 51. He cannot cede any portion of the territory, tons citizens by procuring them employment within the n or dissolve nor prorogue the National Assembly, nor manner the empire of the Constitution s a u n s d Pe o 'i f the in laws. an y limits of its resources, or, when there is no family to provide it, giving assistance to those who are unable to work. With a view to the accomplishment of these National Assembly, a state men t o f th e genera l state of Art. 52. He pres en t s every year, b y a message to the duties, and to guarantee all these rights , t he N a t ional Assembly, faithful to the traditions of th e g reat assem• the affairs of the Republic. blies who have inaugurated the French revolution, da- Art. 53. He negotiates and ratifies treaties. No *roes as follows the Constitution o f the Re p ublic:- treaty is definitive until it h as b een a pp rove d o f b y t h e CONSTITUTION. National Assembly. CHAPTER 1.-OF THE SOVEREIGNTY. Art. 54. He watches over the defence of the State, but h Art. I. The sovereignty resides in the universality of he cannot undertake any war without the consent of th e wench citizens. It is inalienable and imprescriptible. National Assembly. No individual fraction of the people can attribute ti Art. 55. He has the right to grant pardon, but he fbemselves the exercise of it. cannot exercise this right until after lie has taken the CHAPTER IL-RIGHTS OF CTTIZENs, GUARANTEED BY advice of the Council of State. Armi s ti ces cannot b e THE CONSTITUTION. granted but by a law. The President of the Republic, Art 2. No man can be arrested, cr detained in custody, the Ministers, as well as all other persons condemned by except according to the prescriptions of the law. the High Court of Justice, can only be pardoned by the Art. 3. The dwelling place of each person inhabiting National Assembly. the French territory is an inviolate asylum; it is not Art. 56. The President of the Republic promulgates permitted to any tae to penetrate within its precincts, the laws in the name of the French people. except according to the forms and in the cases provided Art. 57. Laws d'urgence are promulgated within a de fer by law. lay of Vireo days, and the other laws within a space of Are 4. No citizen shall be deprived of his natural one month, from the day on which they shall have been judges; no commissi o n s or ex t raor di nar y c o ur t s can be adopted by the National Assembly. created on any pretext or denomination whatever. Art. 58. Within the delay fixed for the promulgation, Art. .5. The punishment of death is abolished in poli- the President of the Republic may, by a menage ex tical matters. plaining his motives for doing so, demand a fresh deli- Art. s 6. Slavery cannot exist in any part of the French beration. The Assembty tadib rates ; its resolution territory. becomes definitive, and is transmitted to the Pr e sid en t Art. 7. Each citizen professes freely his religion, and of the Republic. In this case the promulgation take s place within the day fixed for laws d'urgence. receives from the State for the exercise of his worship Art. 59. In default of promulgation by the President an egaal protection. The clergymen of the creeds re of the Repuelie within the delays fixed by the preceding cognised lefahe law have alone a right to receive a salary articles it shall be provided for the President of the Na from the State. tional Assembly. Art. 8. Citizens have a right to meet, to assemble Art. 60. The Envoys and Ambassadors of foreign peaceably, and without arms, to petition, to express powers are accredited to the President of the Republic, their thoughts by means of the press, or otherwise. The exercise of these rights has no other limit than the Art. 61. lie presides at national solemnities. rights or the liberty of others, and public security. The Art. 62. His residence is furnished at the expense of the Republic, and he receives a salary of 600,000 n per press cannot in any case be subjugated to censorship. Art. 9. Instruction is free; the liberty of instruction annum. is exercised on conditions of capacity and morality de- Art. 63. He resides at the place where the National termined by the law, and under the surveillance of the ' Assembly holds its sittings, and cannot quit the conti- State. This surveillance extends to all establishments of nental territory of the Republic without being authorised education and instruction, without any exception. so to do by a law. Art. 64. The President of the Republic appoints and Art. 10. Citizens are admissible to all public employ dismisses the Ministers. He appoint s a nd di sm i sses , i n meats, without other motives of preference but their a merit, or the rights acquired according to the law. The Council of Ministers, the diplomatic ag e nts, th e com - Constitution recognises no title or distinction of birth, mandants in -chief of the land and sea forces, the pref ects , class, or caste. All titles, distinctions of nobility, of the superior commandant of the National Guards of th e class, and of caste, are for ever abolished. Seine, the governors of Algeria and the colonies, the Art. 11. All properties are inviolable; nevertheless the procureurs ganasaux, and other functionaries of a superior order. He appoints and dismisses on the pro- State can require the sacrifice of property for cause of position of the competent Minister, and in the regulating public utility, legallroved, and on payment of a just conditions determined by the law, the secondary agents and previous indemn ity Art. 12. The confiscation of property can never be of the Government. re-established. Art. 65. He has a right to suspend the ag en t s o f t h e Art. 13. The Constitution guarantees to all citizens executive power elected by the citizens for a t erm w hi c h cannot exceed three months. He cannot dismiss them the liberty of labour and industry. Society favours and but with the advice of the Council of State. The law encourages the development of labour by gratuitous pri- determines the cases in which the agents so dismissed mary instruction; by professional education, equality of may be declared ineligible to the same functions. This relations between the employer and the workman; insti declaration of ineligibility cannot be pronounced but by a tutions of eredit and provident establishments, voluntary associations, agricultural establishments, and the este,- judgment. blishment by the State, the departments, and the com- Art. 66. The number of the Ministers and th e ir at mnnes, of public works proper to employ unoccupied tributions are fixed by the Legislative power. hands. It furnishes assistance to children who may have Art. 67. The acts of the President of the Republic, been abandoned, to the infirm and to the old without re- other than those by which he appoints or dismisses the sources, and whom their families cannot succour. 'misters, are of no effect, unless they are countersigned Art. 14. The public debt is guaranteed. Every kind ~ by a Minister. Art. 68. The President of the Republic, the Ministers, of engagement entered into by the State with its credi tors is inviolable. the agents and holders of public authority, are responsi- Art. 15. All taxes are established for the common ble, each as far as it concerns him, for all the acts of the utility ; each citizen contributes to them in proportion to Government and of the Administration. Any measure his faculties and his fortune. by which the President of the Republic dissolves the Art. 16. No tax can be established and levied, except National Assembly, prorogues it, or places any obstacle in the way of the exercise of its mandate, is a crime o f in virtue of a law. Art. 17. Direct taxes are consented to only for one high treason. By this sole fact, the Presid e nt i s d e p r i ve d of his funetienes The oWacaa arc bucuut to refuse obedi yeareinctirece cases may be consented re for ocrects2rcarz. ' CHAPTER 111.- OF THE PUBLIC POWER. ence to him; the executive power passes by full right to Art. 18. All the public powers, of every description, the Justice immediately assemble, on p a i n of f or f e it ure; emanate from the people. They cannote be delegated the National Assembly; the Judge of th e Hi g h C our t hereditarily. they convoke the juries in the places which they point Art. 19. The separation of the powers is the first con- out, to proceed to the trial of the President and of his dition of a free government. accomplices; they themselves appoint the magistrates CHAPTER W.-OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER. charged to fulfil the functions of public prosecutor. A Art. 20. The French people delegates the legislative law shall determine the other cases of responsibility, as power to one Assembly. well as the forms and the conditions of the pro secu ti on . Art. 21. The total number of the representatives of Art. 69. The Ministers have admission to the National the people shall be seven hundred and fifty, inclu- Assembly; they are heard whenever they demand to be, and can require the assistance of the C omm i ss i oners sine of the representatives of Algeria and the French named by a decree of the President of the Republic. colonise. Art. 70. There is a Vice-President of the Republic, Art. 22. That number will be raised to nine hundred chosen by the National Assembly, on the presentation for assemblies called on to revise the Constitution. Art. 23. The election has for its basis the population. of three candidates made by the P res id en t i n one mont h Art. 24. The cuff e is direct and universal. The after his election. The Vice-Pr es id ent ta k es t h e same rag oath as the President. The Vice-Presidents cannot be vote is by ballot. chosen from among the relations and family connexions Art. 25. Are electors, all Frenchmen aged 21 years, of the President to the sixth degree inclusively. In case and in enjoyment of their civil and political rights. and . of the President being unable to attend to his duties, he Art. 26. All Frenchmen who are 25 years of age, is replaced by the Vice-Presidents. If the President in enjoyment of their civil and political rights, are en s c hi . becomes vacant by death, the resignation of the titled to be representatives without condition of pro- President, or otherwise, the election of a new President perty, qualification, or residence. shall take place within the month. Art. 27. The electoral law shall determine the causes CHAPTER VI.-01 , THE COUNCIL OF STATE. which may deprive a French citizen of the right of Art. 71. There shall be a Council of State, of which electing or being elected. It shall designate the citizens the Vice-President shall be by right the President. who exercised or having exercised functions in a depart ment of territorial district cannot be elected within it. Art. 72. The members of this Coun c il are a p po i nte d Art. 28. Every public functionary with a salary is in- by the National Assembly for six ye ars . Th e y are re compatible with the election as a representative of the newed the half at a time, within the first t wo mont h s o f people. No Member of the National Assembly can, each legislature,by secret ballot, and by the absolute during the Legislature, be named or promoted to salaried majority. They are indefinitely re-eligibl e . public functions, the holders of which are chosen at will Art. 73. Such of the members of the Council of State by the executive power. The exceptions to the two as shall be chosen from among the members of the Ns preceding paragraphs shall be determined by the elec- tional Assembly shall be immediately replaced as repre toral organic law. sentatives of the people. Art. 29. The provisions of the preceding article are Art. 74. The members of the Council of State cannot not applicable to assemblies elected for the revision of be dismissed but by the Assembly, and en the proposi the Constitution. lion of the President of the Republic. Art. 30. The election of representatives shall be by Art. 75. The Council of State is consulted on the Bills o departments and by ballot. The electors shall vote at of the Government, which, a ccor di ng to l aw, are to b e the chief town of the canton ; nevertheless, by reason submitted to its previous examination, and on the initia of local circumstances, the canton may be divided into tive Parliamentary measures which the Assembly may several circumscriptions in manner and on conditions to lay before it. It prepares the regulations of the public administration; it alone makes those regulations, with be decided by the electoral law. Art. 31. The National Assembly is elected for three regard to which the National Assembly h as d e l egate d a special authority. It exercises, with r egar d t o t h e pu bli c years, and is renewed integrally. Forty - five days at administrations, all the powers of control and latest before the end of the Legislature, a law fixes the tendence which are conferred on it by the l aw . Th e superin period for the new elections. If no law is made within the delay fixed by the preceding paragraph, the electors law will regulate its other attributions. assemble in fall right on the thirtieth day preceding the CHAPTER VII.-OF THE INTBRNAL ADMINISTRATION. and of the L eg i s l ature . Th e new A ssem bly is convoked Art. 76. The division of the territory intddepartment s , . In full right on the morrow of the day on which the arrondissements, cantons, and communes, is maintained. nlanArdta.te3...o.f Itthe . preceding Assembly terminates. The present circumscriptions cannot be changed but by ;,„„... to e_ , y is permanebt. Nevertheless, it may a d - a law. t ra 7 o l aa 6 en t t irt ,o . be fixed by itself. During the proro- Art. 77. There is, 1, in each department an adminis talon, composed of the members of the tration composed of a prefect, a council-general, and a Ewes% ri b ad twit -fi ve Assembly y ballot, and hT rep ao resentatives, named by the council of prefecture; 2. In each arrondissement a sub- right of convoking it in o f absol ute majority, has the prefect; 3. In each canton acantonal council; neverthe of the Republic has also the urgency . The President less, in cities divided into several cantons there shall be sembly. The National right to convoke the As determlnes upon the but one cantonal council; 4. In each commune an ad place of its sittings. It fixe r : the importance of the cipal council. military composed of a mayor, deputies, and muni military forces established for its s afety, and disposes of them. Art. 78. A law shall determine the composition and the attributions of the councils general, the cantonal Art. 33. The representative are always rks- s eligible. Art. 34. The Members of the National councils, the municipal councils, and the mode of nomi nation of the mayors and deputies. the representatives , not of the department I:lll,:hblyeleacrets them, but of all France . Art. 79. The councils general and the municipal Art. 35. They cannot accept any imperative n te councils are elected by the direct suffrages of all the : Each ctizens resident in the department, or in t h e commune . Art. 36. The representatives of the people are inviolate . canton l elects a member of th e C ounc il G enera l . A i t e , They cannot be impeached nor ar rested, nor brought O special aw w ill regulate the mode o f e l ect i on i n t h e de trial at any time for opinions t he y , ma y have expressed pertinent of t he Seine, in the city of Paris, and the towns in the National Assembly. h __. .Ving more than 20,000 inhabit President Art. 37. They cannot be arrested in any criminal . Art 80. The councils general, the cantonal councils, tofmunicipalthe councils may be dis solved et Ste c te RA . rr T z h i : vilaw;rzo, f the Council b o y o o t c h i the matter unless when taken in fl agrante d,dieto, nor pro- and the e Republic , c a , with the advice o shall take til z the delay within which a rem aecuted, until after the Assembly has permitted their el _ ectio e n n prosecution. In case of arrest in ilagrante delicto, . , . ice is re erTelid EgrjauptuiltcolALuslyPi theEa.name reference shall be immediately made to the Assembly, r j enc j h us p t eopl - e. The proceedings are public, un which shall authorise or refuse the continuation of a thia case the Prosecution. This provision applies to the case of I c B ases where publicity would end= r rdge o er, or a citizen who, while in custody, is elected a repre- l o e f e A s t h i rt e n sente.tive. be injurious to the public morality ; an d i n - Art. 38. Each representative of the people receives tribunal shall declare it by a judgment, an indemnity which he cannot renounce. Art. 39. The sittings of th e A sse mbly are public. - Art. 82. The jury shall cont i nue t o be applied in cri- Nevertheless, the Assembly c an f orm it se lf into a secret urinal matters. committee on the demand of a numb e r of r e presentatives, Art. 83. The trial of all political offences an d of fixed by the regulation. Each representative has the offences comm i t ted b y the p ress bel ongs exclusively all to right of parliamentary initiative, and may execute it the Jury. The org anic laws shall d etermine the c - am" according to the forms laid down by the regulations. petency in cases of insu lt and defama t i on against privat e Art. 40. The presence of the moiety plus one of the individuals. members of the Assembly is necessary for the validity of Art. 84. The Jury alone shall decide on the amount the vote of the law. of damages claimed for offences of the press. Art. 41. No project of law, except in cases of urgency Art. 85. The justices of the peace and their assistant, shall be definitively voted until after three discussions, the justices of premiere instance and of appeal, the mem bers of the Court of Cessation and of the Court of Ac at intervals, which cannot be less than five da y s. Art. 42. Every propositio n for a declaration of ur- counts, are appointed by the President of the Republic, gooey is preceded by an eapose des motifs. If the As- according to an order of candidateship, or according to sembly is disposed to entertain the prop osition of urgency, conditions which shall be regulated by the organic laws. it orders it to be referred to the committees , a nd fixes the Art. 86. The magistrates filling the functions of public moment when the report on the urgency s hall be p re- prosecutors are appointed by the Pr es ident of th e Republic. seated. Upon this report, if the Assembly adm i t s the Art 87. The Judges of premiere instance and of ap urgency, it declares it, and fixes the moment of discus. Peal, the members of the Court of Cessation and of the Mon. If it d ec id es th a t th ere is no urgency, the project Court of Accounts are appointed for life. They cannot takes the course of ordinary propositions. be dismissed or suspended but by a judgment, nor placed Crier-emu V.-OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER. on the retired list, except for causes and in the forms ... determined by the law. Art. 43. The F rench peop l e delegates the Executive Art. 88. The Councils of War and of Revision for the land and naval forces, the Maritime Tribunals, the Tri bunals of Commerce, the Prudlomines, and other special tribunals, preserve their present organisation and attributions until they shall have been abrogated by slaw. Art. 89. Any disagreement as to attributions between the administrative and the judicial authority shall be settled by a special tribunal. composed of members of the Court of Cessation and of Councillors of State, selected every three years, in equal numbers, by their respective bodies. This tribunal shall be presid©d over by the Minister of Justice. Art. 90. Appeals on the score of incompetency and excess of power against the decisions of the Court of Accounts shall be carried before the Juridiction de Conjiits. Art. 91. A High Court of Justice tries, without ap peal or recourse in cessation, the accusations brought by the National Assembly against the President of the Republic:or against the Ministers. It also tries all per sons accused of crimes, attempts, or conspiracies against the safety of the State, either at home or abroad, whom the National Assembly shall send before it. Ex cept in the cases provided for by Art. 68, it cannot take cognisance but in virtue of the decree of the National Assembly, which points out the town in which the Court shall hold its sittings. Art. 92. The High Court is composed of five Judges and thirty-six Jurymen. Every year in the first fort night of No►ember the Court of Cessation appoints from amongst its members, by secret ballot and by the abso lute majority, the Judges of the Upper Court, to the number of five, and two supplementary Judges. The five Judges called on to sit shall select their President. The magistrates performing the functions of public pro secutors are appointed by the President of the Republic, in case of the accusation of the President or of the Mi nisters by the National Assembly. The Jurymen, to the number of thirty-six and four supplementary Jury men, are selected from amongst the members of the Councils General of the departments. The representa tives of the people cannot form part of them. Art. 93. When a decree of the National Assembly has ordered the formation of the High Court of Justice, and in the case provided for by Art. 68, on the requisition of the President, or of one of the Judges, the President of the Court of Appeal, and in default of the Court of Appeal the President of the tribunal de premiere instance of the judicial chief town of the department draws by lot, in a public sitting, the name of a member of the Comma General. Art. 94. On the day appointed for the trial, if there are less than GO jurymen present, that number shall be completed by the supplementary jurymen drawn by lot by the President of the High Court from amongst the members of the Council General of the department in which the court will sit. Art. 95. The absent juryman who shall not have pro duced a reasonable excuse shall be condemned to a fine of from 8,0001. to 10,0001., and to the deprivation of political rights for not exceeding live years. Art. 96. The accused and the public prosecutor exer cise the right of challenge as in ordinary cases. Art. 97. The verdicts of the jury, declaring that the accused is guilty, cannot be given but by a majority of two-thirds of the number. Art. 98. In all cases of responsibility of the Ministers, the National Assembly may, according to circumstances, send the accused Minister either before the High Court of Justice, or before the ordinary tribunals for civil re paration. Art. 99. The National Assembly and the President of the Republic may, in all cases, refer the examination of the acts of any functionary other than the President of the Republic, to the Council of State, whose report is made public. Art. 100. The Pre,ident (1 the Republic can only be tried by the High Court of Justice. Except in the case provided for by Article 63, he can only have proceed- Ings instituted against him on the accusation of the National Assembly, and for crimes and misdemeanors which shall he determined by the law. CHAPTER IX.—OF THE PUBLIC FORCE. Art. 101. The public force is instituted to defend the State against enemies from without, and to secure the maintenance of outer and the execution of the laws at home. It is composed of the National Guard and of the land and sea forces. Art. 10 . 3. Every Frenchman, with the exceptions fixed by law, owes military service, and that of the National Guard. The power of any citizen of liberating himself horn personal military service shall be regulated by the law of recruitment. Art. 103. The organisation of the National Guard and the constitution of the army, shall be regulated by a law. Art. 104. The public force is essentially obedient. No armed body can deliberate. Art. 105. The public force employed to maintain order at home only acts on the requisition of the consti tuted authorities, according to the. rules ,detcrinined by the Legislative Power. Art. 106. A law will determine the cases in which the state of siege may be declared, and will regulate the forms and the effects of that measure. Art. 107. No foreign troops can be introduced on the French territory without the previous consent of the Na tional Assembly. CHAPTER X.—PARTICULAR PROVISIONS. Art. 108. The Legion of Honour is maintained; its statutes shall be revised and put in harmony with the Constitution. Art. 109. The territory of Algeria and of the colonies is declared French territory, and will be rgled by parti cular laws until a special law places them under the regime of the present Constitution. Art. 110. The National Assembly confides the deposit of the present Constitution, and of the rights which consecrates, to the guardianship and patriotism of all Frenchmen. CHAPTER XL-OF THE REVISION OF THE CONSTI. orrrTroN. Art. 111. When, in the last . year of a Legislature, the National Assembly shall express a wish that the Constitution should be modified wholly or in part, it shall proceed to that revisio❑ in the following man ners:—The wish expressed , by the Assembly shall not be converted into a definite resolution until after three consecutive deliberations, each taken at intervals of one month, and with three-fourths of the votes expressed. The number of voters should be at least 500. The Assembly of revision shall only be named for three months. It shall only occupy itself with the revision for which it shall have been convoked, but it may nevertheless, in case of urgency, provide for any legislative necessities. CHAPTER XIL—TEMPORARY PROTISIONEI. Art. 112. The existing provisions of the codes, laws, and regulations which are not contrary to the present Constitution remain in force until they shall have been legally abrogated. _ Art. 113. — A1l the authorities constituted by the ex isting laws remain in exercise until the promulgation of the organic laws vihieh concern them. Are. 114. The law of judicial organization will deter. mine the special mode of nomination for the first corn• position of, the new tribunals. Art. 115. After the 'rota of the Constitution, the Na tional Constituent Assembly shall proceed to draw up the organic laws, the enumeration of which shall be de termined by a special law. Art. 116. The first election of the President of the Republic shall be proceeded with conformably to the special law passed by:the National Assembly on Oct. 28, 1448. LAW IN'FELLIGEI\CE. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 15. WILSON V. EDEN. This cause, for carrying into effect the trusts unper formed of the will of Mr. Peter Johnson, of York, with seven codicils, proved in 1796, was again resumed, and Mr. Malins, for the defendant, Sir William Eden, who was in part heard yesterday, continued his address, and was followed by Mr. Dumergue, after which Mr. Turner, for the plaintiff, replied. The case depended mainly upon the following proviso in the will of the testator : " Provided always, that if it shall happen that my said daughter shall have no issue male of her body living at her death, or no such issue male as shall be entitled by the true meaning of this my will to my real estates hereby limited and settled as aforesaid, then, and in either of these cases, I devise all my real estates (sub ject respectively as aforesaid) to all the daughters, if more than one, of the body of my said daughter who shall be living at her death, as tenants in common, and their heirs respectively, with cross remainders amongst them, in case of any one or more of them happening to die under the age of twenty-one years and without issue ; and if there be but one such daughter living at her decease, and no issue of any other such daughter then in being, then only to such surviving daughter and her heirs." Lord LANGDALE said it •did not appear 'to him per fectly clear. He thought the sentence must bo con sidered as ambiguous, and it seemed to him to be a matter of necessity that the other parts of the will should be looked to. He gave- no opinion, excepting that it was the case of an ambiguous will, and he should send it to a court of common law for the opinion of the judges. After some remarks from the Counsel, His LORDSHIP said that he should send the case for the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench. LEWIS V. BALDWIN. This cause came on upon objection taken for want of parties. Mr. ROUPELL and Mr. GOLDSMID, for the defendants, took the objection, which was opposed by Mr, TURNER and Mr. ANDERSON for the plaintiff: The suit related to.the..Midland Great Western Rail way Company in Ireland, the railway from Dublin to Mullingar, and from Mullingar to Galway. Lord LANGDALE said the circumstances were such that he eould not safely decide upon them until the hearing of the cau: e. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S I t i h A e N VI C C E E. L c RIMELL V. SIMPSON. Bolton, by her In this case a lady, named Elizabeth Itßoitaltoeinjl'n Maria S© line a L a. s O rfc E ' L COURT, onf Gi o D v ) 15. will gave a legacy of 50/. to the plaintiff, ' l s t executorshen an invested Infant , in t per Cent. Console. When the plaintiff attained her ma jority she applied to the executors for the legacy of 501., rum c onsequence ofs of i n wh i chth e T M h r r e s e . upon which she also claimed interest at 4 per cent., to be computed from the end of six months from the de cease of the testatrix, amounting in the whole to the sum of 661. In answer to this application, it was stated that the sum of stock paid in to answer the legacy, with the interest upon it, only amounted to 561. 135., and this sum the executors were ready to pay to the plaintiff. This offer was, however, refused, and the present suit immediately instituted against the executors for the 66/. which the plaintiff had claimed. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Rogers appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. STUART and Mr. WALFOIiD appeared for the exe cutors, and contended that the executors being obliged to invest the legacy on account of the plaintiff's mino rity, it was precisely the same thing as if it had been invested by the Accountant- General; expense had like- GUILDHALL. A waterman, named George Jones, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the charge of i .ole• bing a person who came up from the country to see tleee. Lord Mayor's show, to the amount of nearly 201. Alderman Geniis said he should send the prisoner tee. the Central Criminal Court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two well-dressed young men, who gave the names of John Williams and Francis Boot (one of the names is fictitious), were brought before Mr. Hardwick charg of by Margaret Broughton with having stolen her brow..., 'l, value four guineas, and damaged her clothes very much. The complainant, who was rather stylishly attiredl, said, she had been to visit a friend, and was returning' home through St. Martin's-lane, about two o'clock in the, meraiug, when the two defendants came up to her, well one of them insisted on having a kiss. She told them, if,' they were gentlemen, to behave as such. The de fendants, however, laid hold of her and pulled her about, and before she could free herself from them her " vieitcr and satin dress were torn. As soon as the defendants had left her she missed her brooch, which, she said, was worth 4 guineas. She immediately ran after the defend ants and accused them of stealing her property. A po lice-constable came up, and she gave both the defendant:: into custody. Police-sergeant English said, he took the two de• fendanta into custody on a charge of having assaulted the complainant and stolen her brooch. The complainant. was quite sober; the defendants had been drinking. Witness searched the defendants, but no brooch was found in their possession. Witness looked about where the scuffle had taken place, but he could not find any brooch. The defendants denied the charge, an l witness was certain from their manner that they had not com mitted an offence of that sort. They had, however, evi dently been rude to the complainant, whose dress was. disordered and torn. Mr. Leadlcy, the chief clerk, put some questions to. the complainant in reference to her being out in such a. place at such a time in the morning. The complainant, who at first represented herself as a married woman, admitted that she did not live with her husband, and that she had formerly been " gay." Mr. HARDWICK thought, as the charge of felony was. not established, that it would be the best course for the defendant to retire and make some arrangement with the complainant for the damage done to her dress. The defendants preferred to leave the whole affair to. the decision of the bench. Mr. Illaunweex then fined them 40s. each for the as sault, and 20s. each for the damage. MARY LEBONE. Henry Cockburn, son of the late General Cockburn, was brought before Mr. Broughton in the custody of. Sergeant Bewley, 20 I), charged under the followings extraordinary circumstances : Hannah Partridge, in the service of Mr. William: Cockburn, No. 8, Brook-street, Hyde-park, deposed that; on the previous afternoon, during the absence of bete master, defendant made Isis way into the house, and sport afterwards she hoard s grent.noise upstairs; she went tee see what was the matter, and saw the defendant smash ing pictures and other articles in the apartment with fa poker which he had in his hand. The floor was come pletely strewn with the fragments of frames, chimney ornaments, crockery, &c., and he remarked that he was able to pay for what he had broken. Witness ran down to call upon some . inen, but they refused to interferes, alleging that it was nothing but a " family affair." Du fendant, who had shortly before this treated the men with some gin, then called witness up, and told her te) see what he had done, at the same time saying that he had had his revenge ; he also gave witness a blow, after which he went away.• • - Harriet Spence, sister of the last witness, and who lives in the same honer', said she saw the property which had been destroyed, and heard defendant exclaim that he would " kilt the b--- w-- with whom his brothev• was living whenever he might chance to meet her.'' Witness did not see the assault committed upon Hanite h Partridge. Witness added, that she heard erdendient say that he should have been married last week to a lady with 1,0001., if he had not been prevented by the lady under his brother's protection. Mr. W. Cockburn, a clerk in the Ordnance-office, said that on his arrival at home, at a quarter to six, he found the pictures, &c., in the state previously described. The damage was not at all .short of 2001. ; his mother, to whom the property was left, intrusted it to his care. Defendant—Your worship, the things were as much mine as my brother's ; and, because I could not get any of them, I broke what I considered to be my share. Mr. W. Cockburn, in answer to the magistrate, said, that the paintings and drawings, which were principally landscapes, were by his father, and that defendant was jealous and envious of witness having them under his care. In letters which the defendant had written a week or two ago he held out a threat to him (witness), as also with regard to the young woman who was living with him. Mr. BROUGHTON—Do you go in fear of personal violence? Witness—l do. By defendant—l know a lady named Field, and having been introduced to her by you I received her as a friend. You showed me a letter setting forth that my young woman had been too intimate with some officers at Maid stone, but the letter was got up on purpose to annoy me. I believe she did receive 10s. from a Lieutenant Gray. Elizabeth Masters, a pretty looking young woman, about twenty years of age, said that she had lived with Mr. William Cockburn more than twelve months. She admitted that three weeks ago she went from Gravesend to Maidstone with two officers, and that she went to the Mitre Tavern in their company; one of the officers par took too freely of wine in the course of the afternoon, and left her, and the other was kind enough, at a late hour, to pay for her conveyance back to Mrs. Field's. She certainly acted very imprudently, but asserted in the most emphatic manner that nothing of au improper nature took place. Defendant—Was it not through you that the marriage brtween me and Mrs. Field was prevented? Witness-- Certainly not. Bewley, 20 D, and Bushell, 9 D, gave evidence to the effect that, after witnessing the demolition which had occurred at Mr, W. Cockburn's apartments, they fol lowed the defendant to his home in Queen-street, where he barricaded the door, and threatened to " shoot them like b— rats if they dared to enter;" he also declared that he would shoot his brother and the woman who was with him. It was further shown that the defendant was ultimately taken into custody at eleven o'clock the next morning (yesterday) upon a warrant granted against him for tho assault upon the witness Hannah Partridge. The defendant complained of neglect being shown towards him by his family; and, not being in any em ployment at present, he had a right to look to them for the means of support. Some other particulars were gone into, and Mr. 13notrauTore, atter expressing himself in terms of severe reprehension as to the unjustifiable nature of the conduct pursued by the defendant, ordered him to find good bail for his keeping the peace towards his brother and Elizabeth Masters for six months, himself in 601., and two sureties in 401. each, with 24 hours' notice. CLERKEIVWELL. A poor young woman, with an infant at her breast, attended at this court to solicit the advice and assistance of Mr. Tyrvvhitt under the following circumstances:— * The applicant gave her name Button, and said her parents, who wore respectable, were dead, and she was left friendle , s arid destitute. She had been sedoecil, and the result was the birth of the infant which she held in her arms, in Shoreditch workhouse, about six weeks ago. On Monday last the overseer of that parish gave her an order of a friendly nature upon hor parish, Clerkenwell, in o that at rde wo r r k t h h a o u t se. she m o i n g h h t be e r arrival admitted with there she her child presented into the order to a person named Bennett, who acts in the capa city of c!erk to the board, when that functionary look the order from her, and ordered her to go back to Shore ditch, that she might be passed in the usual way. Ho detained the order, and she proceeded back to Shore ditch, where the parties then refused to receive her, and told her to go back to Clerkenwell, where they were bound to receive her, as they had kept the order, and that was her legal settlement. Sh e accordingly returned to Clerkenwell, where they then refused to receive or relieve her without an order. Sh e told the gatekeeper that she had given the order to Ben nett, and she was ordered to be off and go back to Shoreditch, and thus she was bandied about from one parish to another, and she was walking about all night with her child in a starving condition, not having a farthing in her possession, and no place to go to for shelter, and hunger and exhaustion urged her to make this complaint to the magistrate and seek his advice and assistance. The unfortunate creature fainted away through weak fleas, and the officers supported her into the air, where restoratives were used until she recovered. Mr. TYRWHITT thought it most extraordinary con duct on the part of Bennett, and directed Mr. Nesbitt, the usher of the court, to afford the complainant immediate nourishment and necessary assistance, and afterwards to take her to Clerkenwell workhouse, which he did. He subsequently reported to Mr. Tyrwhitt that he took them to the workhouse, where he saw Bennett, who treated the matter with poniposity; and it was with the greatest difficulty, and not until a threat was held out that ho would be reported if he refused to receive the woman, that he consented to take her and her children into the workhouse. EDINBURGH CHARTIST TRIALS. VERDICT OF THE JURY. On Tuesday the case of Grant, Ranken, and Hamilton was resumed, and witnesses were examined on the part of the prisoners. Mr. Moncrieff addressed the jury in a speech of nearly two hours and a half in defence of Ranken, and was immediately followed by Mr. Logan on behalf of Grant and Hamilton. The Lord Justice Clerk having summed up, the jury retired at 20 minutes past nine o'clock to consider their verdict, and returned into court in about three-quarters of an hour. The Foreman intimated the verdict as follows• " The jury unanimously find the charge of conspiracy against the three panels as libelled not proven. "The jury unanimously find John Grant not guilty of sedition as libelled. "The jury further unanimously find Robert Hamilton guilty of using language calculated to excite popular dis affection and resistance to lawful authority. "And by a majority of one find Henry Ranken guilty of using similar language." The LORD JITSTCE CLERK said—Be good enough to observe, in regard to that part of the verdict that con tains the speciality, and which finds Hamilton and Ranken guilty of language calculated to excite popular disaffection and resistance to lawful authority, that this is the description of sedition libelled. To make your verdict correct you should determine whether they are guilty or not guilty of sedition to any extent that you please. You may, for example, say they are guilty of sedition in so far as that they used language calcu lated to excite popular disaffection and resistance to lawful authority. The Foreman of the Jury—That is quite our meaning, my Lord. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS, Nov. 14.—Our arrivals are moderate for this ii sy's market. The demand for wheat is quite of a retail character, and prices are fully is per quarter below the rates of Friday. Barley is also is per quarter lower. Oats and shelling steady. Beans as before. AVERAGE PRICES OF GRAIN. Qrs. s. d. Qrs. a. d. Wheat ... 4.600 54 10 I Beans 7B 35 10 Barley .... 918 36 9 Peas lO 41 0 I Oats 344 23 5 Rye ARRIVALS DURING THE WEEK. Qrs. Wheat -'6,354 Beans Oats4ss Shelling Barley 2,765 I Rapeseed Malt Linseed HULL, Nov. 14.--The weather has been somewha. more settled during the past week, and it is to be hoped farmers are now embracing the opportunity of preparing their land for sowing of seed. It is late, the land is very wet, and this seldom augurs well for a future crop; still, improved agriculture, and future seasonable weather, can do much towards remedying the apparent evil. Although imports during the past week have been mo derate, they have been fully equal to, it not rather in excess of, the counsumptive wants of the district, and a good deal of the wheat offering having come from Ham burgh in steamers, with selling orders, and to many different houses, the quantity has appeared larger than it actually was, and thus gave buyers the impression of large supplies pressing on the market. Sales of wheat have been slow, and effected with difficulty, nothing but dry old grain going off at all freely. The duty on wheat has risen to 6s, and is not generally paid. We recom mend our friends to place their wheat in bond, as we hold an opinion that we shall see good wheat dearer be tween the present time and the opening of the navigation. The show of wheat brought by the farmers to our this day's market was smaller than of late, owing to the work now being attempted in preparation for seed. The trade was very dull and inactive; even the best runs only went off at 2s per quarter decline while damp samples were unsaleable. Anything but fife in the foreign mar ket, though holders would have given way a shilling or two on late nominal rates, for the transactions have been most limited, and quite in retail. Malting barley is not quite so much in demand as last week, owing partly to improved reports as to the malting qualities of the English; still there is a fair sale. Grinding continues in good request, and large sales are daily made; 27s to 295, weight 52iIb, is obtained for light up to stale Danish. No oats offering at a market price. Beans, if hard and dry, are held firmly at our quotations. Less demand for boiling peas, owing to the mild weather. Grinding plen tiful, and offering on moderato terms. Arrivals of lin seed are small, and the market is very firm. There is a decided feeling towards improved prices in this article during the winter months. Black Sea is bought freely at 40s; Petersburgh, 48; and Memel and Konigsberg, 34s to 36s per quarter. Linseed cakes are firmer, and more doing in them; no alteration in foreign. No transaction of moment in rapeseed. The price of rape cakes is low and tempting. No alteration in bones or guano. - BASINGSTOKE, Nov. 15.—Corn—The wheat trade very dull, the supply large, and in much better condition; the best white and red old wheats alone found ready purchasers at a reduction of from 5s to 10s per load, best heavy white (old) sold at 62s per qr, or 151 103 per load; best red at 141 lOs ditto; second rate, 131 to 141 ditto; flour, :46s to 50s per sack of 2801bs. Bkirley was lower from is to 2s per qr, prices from 303 to 35s per qr; malt at from 60s to 63s per qr. Oats—Best Poland and po tato at 25s to 26s per qr; moderate feed, 22s to 23s ditto. Beans—Old pigeon and ticks, 43s to 44s per qr; new ditto, 39s to 40s. Peas declined 2s per qr; best boilers, 42s per qr; grey and maple, 38s to 40s per qr. Rye, 34s per qr. Indian corn, 36s to 40s per qr. New winter tares, 12s per bush e l ; o ld ditt o , ll a ditto; spring tares, los to 123 6d ditto. Hops—There were several growers from Farnham offering hops this day, prices asked 103 per cwt above the Weyhill, viz., 6/ per cwt for best, arid 51 ditto for second ditto; Altons, 4/ to 5/ditto; a few pockets were sold; others sent on for sale at Andover fair, on Friday next _ KINGSTON FAIR, Nov. 15 .—Beasts.—Towards the close of business yesterday several large purchases were made by graziers from the Isle of Wight and others from South Ilants and Sussex. Large Devons and Here fords were disposed of at a great reduction ; some for which 141 to 15/ per head was asked on Monday sold at from 10/ to lllditto. The heifers brought to Kingston were, generally speaking, of the first rate quality and size, yet many were not sold, although ruinous prices would have been taken. ILsr.nv SHEEP FAIR, Noy. 15.—The sheep for sale were not so numerous as usual. Trade was much brisker than at Appleshaw fair, all of best quality finding ready buyers at an advance of full 3s per head, interior making also from is to 2s each more money ; the pure Downs and Cotswold sheep were of superior quality ; best half bred wethers made from 435 to 453 each ; Southdown ditto, 40s to 42s ditto ; Cotswold Tegs, 41s to 43s ditto; Down ditto, 36s to 383 ditto ; finest ewes in lamb, Berks 1A Downs, made 38s to 40s each ; half-bred; 40s to 42s ditto ; second-rate sheep of both the above-named kinds were sold at from 4s to 6s per head less money. Lambs of the best quality reached 34s to 36s each ; moderate ditto, 30s to 32s ditto ; second-rate ditto, 24s to 26 5 ditto. Nearly the whole brought found purchasers. Fat Sheep—Primest six- tooth Down Wedders, 4s 8d per stone ; ditto half- breds, 4s 4d ditto. THE PALACE COURT.—The question to be decided by the Palace Court is one of importance, not only to the profession but to the public generally. his whether the court shall be thrown open to the whole of the profes sion, or whether its practice, as hitherto, shall :be con fined to six attorneys and fuur barristers. The point raised has attracted attention to another subject, twhich will no doubt be considered by the Government—namely, whether the court shall be abolished as militating against the principle of the County Courts Act, or whether its constitution shall be altered in conformity with the new courts. Complaints have been made that the Palace Court has a jurisdiction of twelve miles from the Palace at Westminster, in which actions can be brought fOr small sums at an expense considerably beyond the county courts. The business of the court has increased to a great extent since the passing of the County Courts Act, and is likely to increase until an Act of Parliament shall be passed. There are two courts—the Marshalsea and Palace Courts—which are often confounded together. The Marshalsea Court is a very ancient tribunal, coeval with the common law, having reference to persons con nected with the Royal Household; whilst the Palace Court is of somewhat recent creation, being made by letters patent of the 16th Charles 11., and having a jurisdiction of twelve miles against all persons. The pointiraised is likely to be brought before the Court of Queen's Bench. CAMERON'SSTBANI COAL COMPANY.—Yesterday, an extraordinary meeting of this company was held, at the offices, in Moorgate-street. N. P. Cameron, Esq., having taken the chair, a question arose as to the legality of parties who were in arrear of calls being pre sent, or taking any part in the proceedings. The matter was referred to the solicitor of the company, who decided that, by the 26th clause of the Joint• Stock Companies' Registration Act, no parties should be present at such meetings, or vote therein, but those who have paid all calls previously made. The chairman having suggested that all parties who were in arrear of evils should retire a stormy discussion arose, and there appearing to be no disposition to retire, the parties in arrear were allowed t,) remain by the courtesy of the others. It was then stated that the main object of the meeting could not be obtained, as the committee of investigation had not come pleted their report, and requested further time, is order to do so : in a manner satisfactory to themselves. This was resi , ted by the chairman, and several others, and after some consultation between the solicitor of the com pany and Mr. Fry, the solicitor of the committee, a friendly agreement was come to for adjourning the meeting until the 15th of December, previously to which the report of the committee would be laid before the directors, so that they might have the opportunity of making any replies they should deem necessary. The meeting soon after adjourned. 4 The LORD JUSTICE CLERK—In the choice of the word " calculated," do you mean to leave out the word "intended," or is your verdict meant to embrace both? The Foreman of the Jary—We purposely left out the word " intended." The verdict was then altered, as suggested by the Lord Justice Clerk, and agreed to stand as follows.— " That the jury unanimously find Robert Hamilton guilty of sedition, in so far as that he used language calculated to excite popular disaffection and resistance to lawful authority, and by a majority of one find Henry Ranken guilty of sedition in the same terms." The LORD JUSTICE CLERK then thanked the jury for the great attention which they had bestowed in this case, and also for the discrimination which they had shown in the drawing up of their verdict. After some consultation with the other Judges, his LORDSHIP said that the Diet would be adjourned till Saturday at ten o'clock, when sentence would be passed. Mr. Grant was then dismissed from the bar, and the other panels were conveyed to prison. The Court then adjourned. We understand that it is at present the intention of the counsel for the prisoners to object to the sufficiency of the above verdict. The trial of Cumming, fur contravention of the Go vernment Security Act, sedition, and conspiracy, is to take place on Wednesday, at ten o'clock. EMIGRATION. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.—The Osprey, 768 tons, H. Brown, commander, is expected here on Thursday, 'to embark passengers for Port Philip. The Stead fast, Commander Thomas Spencer, has all her passen gers ashore, in the emigration depOt ; and on inquiry to-day we find that the family that was attacked with scarlatina are fast recovering, and all the other pas sengers are in good health. The ship has been fumi gated and cleansed, and there is at present every pro bability of her being able to sail on Monday next. The St. Vincent, 628 tons, Commander John Young, sailed yesterday for Sydney. She took on board equal to sixty-two statute adults, from Corn wall and Somerset. There was one family from the north of Devon. The Diamond, a private passenger ship, arrived this morning, and will sail for South Australia to morrow morning. She will take some passengers from this port. The Britannia, 500 tons, Matthew Robson, for Port Adelaide and Port Philip, is hourly expected. This is one of the vessels belonging to Messrs. Mar shall and Edridge, and her commander, on a former occasion, sailed with emigrants to the Australian Colonies, under the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners. Atm A .• ' K I A E. 1,%. One half the world are deselately single, and the supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, o otherr a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter: The solitary ore may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret an 'Xirflprosiog harry; but the troth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the 'great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage se'c, dement. Honour andjustice demand that health shicald form mittens. In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or seglect wosind more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. each (by nest, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining nem. They are not intended certainly for mers idle curiosity, but lrr the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth of the above aublects, by unqualified authors, whieh alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price is. each, by post Is. 6c1.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, bat the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done mite—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of iherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Caryalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, LI, Cornbill ; Nelson, 457, West. Strand ; or direct (by post or ether wise) irons the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenimo); 10. Argyll-place Regent-street; and all Bonk‘nii.rs. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. • ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct" ftom the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage 'damps, irlIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on .5_ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive Indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART H. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable e ff ec t s ea t he system, producing mental and b odily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Rata 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action is simple but sure. It acts with the visits chemically, and destroys its power on the system. This important part of the Work should be read by every Young Man entering into life. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, aid its duties. The causes of unproductive uiion are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TunCealbtaL BALM OF STRIACIIK is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Etc., Ils .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases ofinfection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I is. anti 335. per bottle. ferry's Purifying specific Pills, 2s. ed. 4s. 6d., and 113. per b ox, a certain emedy in gonorrhosa, gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma !ion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, It. 41. Packets with advice tobe had at the F..tabliShment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Attendance dally at IS, Bernerst-street, from Eleven 111 Two. and Five to Eight; on Sundays from Eleven to One. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASEg. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, as improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. is a sealed envelope, or forwarded by the Author, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with na merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex cesses, the .Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age; with Practical Remarks on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous said Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the Most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs in health and disease ; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS, Surgeon, 7 Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we trust this little won.) will serve as a beacon to warn them of the danger attendant upon the • too rash indulgence of their passions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta tion, and to the aflileted as a sure guide to health."--Chrouicle. " Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis.—Their long experience and re putation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cirulation." —Bra. " Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulraonary con sumption, heart disease, takes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till Two, aid Six to Sir!ht vn the Eveninit. 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its influence, or can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of Important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond measure deplorable ! Loving and beloved, he entails the most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and apon himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. These desirous of investigating it will find the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled SELF-PRESERVATION. illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical observe, lenses the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting front solitary habits, excesses, 0..• infection. By SAMUEL LAILERT, M.D., Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Meraber of the University of Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &e. This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the Itihest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat atent of these diseases. REVIEW OF Tim WORK. La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf into which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before us such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mud not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally, open all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine." —United Kingdom Magazine. The work may be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street ; Starie, Tichborne street, ilaymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; or, lice by post, for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or oy letter, daily, from,.Ten to Two, or from Five toEight. 37. ISFIDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. BIRTHS. At Princess -street, on the 13th inst., the lady of F. 3 . . Wants, Esq., of her Majesty's Customs, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Brynderwen, near Uske, Monmouth shire, Mrs. Grenfield, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Ortne-square, Bayswater, the lady of 11. P. Voules, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at 13ursledon, Southampton, the wife of the Rev. G. L. Wilson, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at the Vicarage, South Raynham, Nor folk, the lady of the Rev. H. Lee, of a daughter. OA ARIED. On the 9th inst., at Charlton Kings, Alfred H. Hartland, Esq., of Evesham, to Sarah Hannah, fourth daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Meall, of the Hon. East India Com pany's Bombay Service. On the 14th inst., at the French Chapel, Little George street, Portman-square, William, second son of Nicholas, Kirwan. Esq., to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of the late J. Byrne, Esq., of Worcester, and formerly of the 15th (King's) Hussars. - DIED. At Florence, on the 20th ult., Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Gerald de Courcy, the last surviving son of John, 26th Lord Kingsale and grand uncle to the present. On the 10th inst., at Berwick-place, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, Abraham Johnson, Esq., aged 74. On the 11th inst., at Eynsford, Kent, William Henry Fel lowes, Esq., aged 51. On the 12th inst., Frederick Walpole Anson, aged 42, Major of the 18th Native infantry, Bengal. On the 12th inst., at Whitehill-house, Berkhampstead, G. Barton, Esq., aged 43. On the 13th inst., at Beccles, Suffolk, W. H. Crowfoot, Esq., aged 68. On the 13th inst., Mrs. Kearsley, of Alfred-place, Bedford square, aged 74. London: Printed 3nd Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, November 16,1848. ItAILWAY SHARE _MARKETS, BRISTot, Nov. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market has been dull to-day, and but few transactions have taken place. The sales are— Great Western, Quarters, 4% dis.—Great Western, 171. Shares, 3 dis. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15. STOCK Exczwio.m.—!The share market has been firm to day, and prices steady. A large amount of business has been done at the quotations :--Caledonian, l 9 1 4—Ditto, Preference, dis.—Great Northern (A Shares), Deferred, 4—Lanca shire and Yorkshi re , Fif t h s, 4% dis.—Ditto, 10/. Preference, c. p.—London and North Western, 1184 c.—Ditto, Q ters, % c.—Ditto, Quarte rs (A an d B), 1 p.—Ditto, Quar uar (C), 335. 9d. c . p.—Ditto (Huddersfield and Manchester), ters 21 %—Midland Stock, 82 1 A—Ditto, New Halves, 954 dis.— North Staffordshire, 6% dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, lei. Preference, 131 4—South -Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds. 6 3 / 4 c. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), Bs. 9d. c. dis. MANCHESTER, Nov. 15. STOCK ExerrAlfenr..—The sales are—Caledonian, Freer ence, 5-16 dis.—Preston and Wyre, 3454—Leeds, Fifths, 4 1 ,4 n. dis.—Leeds, Preference, %n. p.—North Stafordshire, 6 7-16 n.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 11-16—East Lancashire, Preference, 6% —West Riding Union, 5% n. dis.—Huddersfi e ld, Thirds 754 n.—North Union (A), 202. BIRMINGHAM. Nov. 15. STOCK ExcirANGE.—The • market was flat to day, with a tendency to a decline rot' prices. The sales are —South- Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 12 —York and North Midland, 52 —North Staffordshire, 6% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birming ham (A), 7% dis. —Ditto (B), 4% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 2s. 6d. P.—Shropshire Union, 635. 9d. dis. YORE, Nov. 15. STOOK Elton...aim—The business transacted to-day was as follows : Great Northern, 6L Bs. c.—North British, Thirds, 3714 34—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), C Qrs. 657 ~~