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Viitrb lafttton QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) A.LCOCK V. ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY. The arguments in this case were resumed. It was an action to recover the value of a policy of insurance on the ship " William Thompson," which was wrecked off Alexandria in 1843. The verdict was given fur the plaintiff. A rule had been obtained calling up At him to show cause why a new trial should not be had on the ground of the reception of improper evidence and the exclusi , )n of evidence. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir John Bayley, and Mr. Bovill, showed cause against the rule. The further arguments were interrupted by the rising of the Court for the purpose of attending the pricking for sheriffs. They will be resumed to. morrow. EX CHEQ UER.—( TI-1 IS DAY.) This afternoon the ceremony of "pricking for the sheriffs" for the counties of England and Wales, for the ensuing year, took place in the presence of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Chief Justices of the Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and the majority of tie puisne judges. The court was crowded to excess during the ceremony. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) PRATT v. PLETCHER. This action was brought to recover compensation in damages for a criminal couversation with the wife of the plaintiff. The plaintiff is a young man of very respectable family and connexions, holding a situation as clerk in the Customs, and the defendant a surgeon, carrying on business at Hoxton. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Addison appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humphrey and another Learned Gen tleman for the defendant, From the statement of Mr. Sergeant Shee it appeared thatithe plaintiff, who is twenty-five years of age, mar ried in 1843 the object of his affections, being a parti cularly beautiful and accomplished young lady, of eighteen years of age, the subject of this action, and the daughter of a respectable farmer; living in the neighbourhood of Bristol. In the present year they resided at De Beauvoir-square, Kingsland, and it appeared that the defendant was called in in his pro fessional capacity to attend the wife of the plaintiff, who was indisposed, and in the course of his attendances an acquaintance sprang up between them, which ultimately led to the alleged criminal intercourse. [The trial of the case had only proceeded a stage when the Court adjourned until to-morrow morning, the Learned Judge having to attend the ceremony of pricking for the sheriffs.] COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) REGISTRATION APPEALS. JOLIFFE ♦PPELLANT-PRICE RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising Barrister for the borough of Newport. The appellant occupied a coach-house and stable, of the yearly value of 101, which were situated in a court-yard adjoining an inn, in the town. The buildings were under este root, and there was a room over the co;.ch-house and stable which was common to both, but there was no internal communication between them. It appeared, however, that there was a window in the division wall. The Revising Barrister held that it was not one building within the 27th section of the Reform Aet, and refused to register the appellant as a voter for the borough. Mr. POuLDEN argued at some long h on b.;half of the appellant, to chow that he had a proper qualification, and Mr. CREASEY was heard on the part of the respondent. The Lor) CHIEF JUSTICE said it seldom happened that there 1% ai any internal communication between a coach-house and a stable, and that the circumstance of its b ing n.ctssary to go cut into the yard to get from one to the other was no more than happened with re gard to every o cupati,n of this description. It appeared to him, from the statement of the case, that the coach house and stable, in point of fact and in point of law, constituted one building, and that the rep sing bar rister had drawn an erroneous conclusion. He was there fore of opinion that the party was entitled to be re gistered as the ocgupier of orie The other judges concurred in this opinion, and the de cision of the revising barrister was accordingly reversed. FOX APPELLANT AND DATIES RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising Barrister for Shaftesbury, and the question involved in the case was simply as to whether a rate had been pur posely levied, for the non payment of which the appel lant's name, as a scot and lot ♦oter, was struck from the register. It appeared that the assessment was properly signed by two churchwardens, one of whom was a justice of the peace, but that it was not confirmed by the signa tures of two justices of the peace, which was required by the 33c1 sec. of Will. IV., c. 4, 5. Some ratepayers paid - the rate, and others refused to do so, but no appeal %as made against the irregular mode in which it was levied. The COURT was of opinion that the appeal must b 2 allowed, as in point of Isw no rate had been made, and that being the case, there could be no uon payment, and therefore no disfranchisement The decision of the Revising Barrister was then re very d. CoPELAND APPELLANT AND BARTLETT RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising Barrister for the Southern Division of Essex. The appellant, who was a member of a building society, became the purchaser in fee-simple of a cottage and garden, the purchase-money, 651., being advanced by the society, who had a mortgage upon the property as security for the payment of the monthy instalments of 154,which the appellant was required to pay until the loan was satisfied, and the society ceased to exist. The Revising Barrister decided that as the society had a mortgage upcn the property the appellant was not entitled to be registered in respect of it. Mr. Sergeant BmEs supported the appeal against that decision, and ccntended that the Court ought simply to take into consideration whether the appellant occupied and received the rent and profits of the property, and not look to the mortgage. The COURT affirmed the decision of the Revising Barrister. - FRANCE. A telegraphic dispatch has reached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to say that a serious quarrel had just broken out at Tunis between the Dey and the French Envoy. The quarrel was of so serious a nature that the friendly relations between the two countries must probably cease immediately. The news was brought to Toulon by the Camelia steamer. PRUSSIA. The second edition of the Cologne Gazette of Sa turday states that on the 10th the I\ linistry and the Assembly of Berlin were both inflexible in adhering to their previous decisions. The litter had resolved upon an appeal to the people, nem. dis. The troops, however, -advanced, surrounded tha hall of sitting, and precluded the entrance of the members—at the same time that they allowed free egress. The repre sentatives of the people intended to resume their sit ting on the 10th. The Burgher Guard maintained, in conjunction with the Assembly, an attitu.le of passive resistance. The city was tranquil, and was occupied by 15,000 of the troops of the line. The Hamburgh Borsenhalle of the 10th has the following:— " Travellers who have arrived here this morning, from Berlin, by railway, state that no breach of the peace had taken place." According to the statement of the Berliner Noel,- 7 :ichten, the appointed meeting of the National As - isel:lady was held on Thursday evening, under the Pre sideney of M. Von Murtate, at the theatre, wi!hout any interruption taking place. The meeting proceeded to the c r d er of the day, viz., the abolition of certain dues and custom!, without th e su b st i tut i on o f ot h ers. The Assembly then adjourned till n i ne o ' c l oc k t hi s morning. According to a notice from the Vice-President Philipps, the Presidium on Committee intended to pass the night in turns i n v teg e a r ll of Sitting. On the motion of M. the thanks of the Assembly were voted to Presidergt: Von Nuride. DeAueties Dunker, In the sitting of the Bth, the bets of the Wachamuth, Bredt, and many other.ecurl, the ten) to Centre, presented a project of law of the Priority Committee (committeengofthe right meet this evening. It is directed against blies of the people in the vicinity of the It s i e l t r o i Session, and that none shall take place within the circuit of a thousand paces from the theatre. The Deputies are to be secure from personal assault, an d all such assaults are to be punished with imprisonment of from one to ten years. The Deputy Behnsch, in consequence of three ad dresses from Silesia, made the following questions :- 1. Whether the Ministry had cognizance that the Hungarian military had crossed the Prussian frontiers ? 2. What steps they intended to take in regard to these soldiers who had refused to fight in the ranks of the enemy of the German people against the conquered liberties of that peop!e, the declared will of its legal representatives ? 3. Whether it would permit these soldiers, now on the Prussian territory, to return to Hungary, their native home ? FRANKFORT. Nov. B.—A private dispatch of the Hamburgic Borsenhalle, per electric telegrath, says:— In this day's sitting of the National Diet, Rostler interrogated the Ministry relative to the crossing of the Prussian territory by Hungarian soldiers. A motion by Engel, respecting the po , ,ition of the new intermediate Government, and of Schleswig- Holstein, not beirg considered urgent, was referred to the Internation Committeela. After the order of the day, the Diet entered upon the general discussion of the '3d article .of the pro ject of law relative to the army. The special dis cussion w.. s a dj ourne d t ill to - mo row. Busserman n y es t er d ay set out for Berlin, charged with the commi ss i on from the Imperial Ministry. It THE SUN, is said that these messages call upon the Prussian Government to adopt energetic measures against the anarchical frontier of Berlin, and the threatened inde pendence of the National Assembly. AUSTRIA. LEMBUEG, Nov. 3.—The Lemburg Zeitung of the 34 contains a proclamation from General Von Ham merstein which, in consequence of the noa-observance of Art. 5 of the capitulation, and in direct opposition to which the troops have been again fired upon from the houses, the city of Lemburg is declared in a state of siege. A genelal disarmament is commanded, the suppression of all newspapers, except the Lemburg Zeitung, the prohibition of all placards which have not passed the census of the general prohibition of all popular assemblies, and martial law for all civil per sons who shall be found armed. OLLMUTZ, Nov. s.—The Imperial decree, counter. signed by Baron Wessenberg, has been forwarded to Vienna, authorising the re-constitution and comple tion of the Cabinet, which is thus composed : Baron Wessenberg .. President. Prince Felix Schwarzenburg , . Foreign Affairs. M. Kraus ... .. Finance. M. Maier .. .. Industry. M. Breda .. „ Justice. M. Bruck .. Commerce. General Buckner Interior. War. . Helf ß er a t ch Education. General Dr LONDON, THE MAYORALTY. The following is a corrected list of all the elections to the office of Chief Magistrate during the ensuing year, which we have been able to collect:— Abingdon—G. B. Morland. Altrincham—George Mossey. Andover—Mr. Mortimore. Ashton-under-Lyne—Ald. Buckley (re-elected). Banbury—S. Spurrett (re-elected). Barnstaple—John Sherrard Clay. Basingstoke—R. S. Leigh. Bath—Alderman Sutcliffe. Bedford—Alderinan Higgins. Berwick•on-Tweed—Dr. Clark. Beverley—William Croeskill. Bewdley—A. Prattenton. Bideford—William Whickham. Birmingham—Alderman Thornton, Blandford—W. C. Finchem; Belton—T. L. Rushton. Boston—W. Staniland. Bradford—Alderman Salt. Bridgewater—Alderman Haviland. Bristol—J. K. Haberfield (fourth election). Buckingham—R. Chandler. Cambridge—Charles Finch. Carlisle—George Dixon. Chard-nit. W. Spicer. Christchurch—Mr. Collins. Chester—Sir E. Walker. Chichester—Dr. Ryacke. Chipping-No: ton—W. Bliss. Colchester—C. H. Hawkins. Coventry—Alderman Cape. Daventry—T. S. Sanders. Derby—Alderman Forman. Devonport—J. Smith. Devizes—Alderman Crockett. Doncaster—Alderman Dunhill. Dover—Anthony Freeman Payne. Durham—W. Henderson. Evesham—R. H. Hughes. Exeter—Christopher Arden. Folkestone—Charles Golder. Gateshead—George Hawks. Gloucester—John Burrup. Godmanchester —Edward Martin (fifth election). Grimsby—W. H. Daubney (re-elected). Harwich—Francis Hales. Halifax—John Baldwin. Helston—Alderma❑ Penberthy. High Wycombe—William Rose. Honiton—Captain Hull—John Lee Smith (re-elected). Huntingdon—Charles Veasey. Ipswich—Charles Burton. Kendai—Alderman Whinnery. Kidderminster—Dr. Rodden. Lancaster—E. Sharpe. Langport—John Larcombe. Leeds—J. H. Shaw. Leicester—William Biggs. Lincoln—R. Whitton. Liverpool—J. Bramley Moore. Lymington—Charles St. Barbe. Macclesfield—F. Lallemand. Manchester—Alderman Potter. Maidstone—John Mercer. Morpeth—W. Trotter. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Capt. Weatherley. Newport, Isle of Wight—Ald. Eldridge. Northampton—Ald. Tykes (re-elected). Norwich—S. 13ignold. Nottingham—Thomas Carver. Oldham—T. B. Barlow. Oxford—Alderman Thorpe. Pontefract—Alderman Barker. Portsmouth—J. G. Scale.. Preston—Richard Pedder. Plyraouth—R. W. Burnell. Reading—T. Harris. Retford, East—William Mee. Ripon—Charles Williamson. msey—R. L. Finder. Salford—Alterman Langworthy. Salisbury—R. Farrant (re-elected). Scat boreugh—Dr. Harland. Sheffield—T. R. Barker. Southampton—Mr. La;shley. Saudi Molton —William Gould Smyth. Sr. Alban's-13. Nash. Stamford—Mr. French. Stockport—James Marshall. Stockton—J. Eales. Stratford-on-Avon—T. G. Gill. Sunderland—W. Ord. Swansea—J. Mitchell. Tewkesbury—H. E. Strickland. Tiverton—George Hambleton Voysey. Truro—W . T. Chappel (re-elected). Wakefield—G. W. Harrison (re-elected). Wallingford—T. E. Field. Warwick— H. Blenkinsop (re-elected). Warrington—Alderman Alcard. Wigan—G. Byrom. Winchester—C. M. Deane. Windsor—F. Twinch. Wisbeach—Alderman Stevens. Wolverhampton—G. B. Thorneycroft (re-elected, Worcester—Alderman Padmore. Yarmouth—P. Pulleyn. York—Alderman Meek. VANCOUVER'S ISLAND-THE GI HUNGARY. The Weser Zeitung says General Puchnor, Com mandant of Hermenstadt, having been appointed by an Imperial rescript, has declared himself Imperial Commissioner of Transylvania, and has issued a pro clamation whereby he places the country under martial law. He calls upon the inhabitants no longer to yield obedience to the Hungarian Government since it is illegal. RUSSIA AND WALLACHIA. r On the 16th of September our troops crossed the Sereth, and proceeded to Bucharest under the com mand of General Luder, Commander of the sth corps of infantry. In the Wallachian Foksch, the avant guard was received by the Bishop of Eparshie and the inhabitants with public demonstration of joy. From this point Colonel Skariatin, the aid-de-camp, was sent off with four hundred Cossacks to recon notire a band of Poles who are in the environs. He met them on the 20th in the hamlet of Lagotar, and sent to him a division of twenty Cossacks under Etorandi Yschourbatof. The Cossacks attacked them so suddenly that the Poles were only able to return a few shots, some fled, and the rent defended them selves with their unloaded pieces ; they were soon mastered by the Cossacks, seven were killed, and twenty-three taken prisoners. The following is General Luder's report respecting the movement of the t.oops : " The avant guard of the troops confided to me ar rived at Bucharest on the 28th, and the main body the 31st of September, with the exception of the di vision of General llasford, who had been ordered to Upper Wallachia. The troops are encamped along the river which runs round that part of the city that lies on the left bank of the Dembowizi. "The avant auard, under the command of Major- General Danileffsky, fell in on his march to Bucha rest, at Quasetheni, with a Turkish division, which was also bound to Bucharest. After a mutual expres• sion of goodwill, Major-General Danileffskv invited the Turkish General to inspect his troops. Yestenlay I visited the Commissary of the Porte, Fuad Effendi, as also the commander of the Turkish troops, Oniar I'acha, who testified their friendly sentiments towards us, fur determining the division of Bucharest into two equal parts at the entry of our troops ; and the Turkish, after much deliberation, fixed upon the wise Dembowiza. The portion of the city lying on the left b:lnk of that river is occupied by our troops, and the right bank by the Turks, whose encampment is now there. " I have appointed Major-General Rehfeldt, com mander of the 15th Artillery Brigade, commandant of the portion of the city assigned to us, and to morrow the general staff wig enter the city. After the quartering lists of the troops shall have been made out, the city, the environs, and the circles will be assigned to them. " Yesterday, after entering the city I inspected the Uhlane Brigade of the sth Light Cavalry division, which, under the command of Lieutenant-General Bagratisu Imeretinski had advanced from KiFchinen to Bucharest, being a distance of 450 werts in nine teen days. I found them all in admirable condition, notwithstanding their forced marches. The horses had not been overworked, and there were only aia men on the sick list."—llamburgh Correspondent, Nov. 10th. DENMARK. COPENITAGEN, Nov. B.—ln the meeting of the National Assembly yesterday, with closed doors, the report was continued respecting the transactions of the Schleswig-Holstein affair. Count Knath, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, gave a statement of the relations of Denmark with foreign countries, since the 26th of November, and the Secre tary of the Assembly, Asssessor Ussing, read the documents relating thereto. The Minister of Marine, in reply to several interpellatioass, then read a sketch of the system pursued in the late naval engage ments. In the course of the discussion the desire was expressed that a similar statement should be given respecting the war by land, upon which the Minister of War, Tscherning, declared himself ready to sub mit such a sketch on the following day. The Minister of Finance promised to submit a complete: statement of the finances.— liamburgh liorsenhalle, Nov. 10. GREECE. The Courrier cr Athenes of the 27th ult. states that, on the preceding day, M. Condouriotti, President of the Council, M. Roufw, Minister of the Interior, and General Rhodias, Minister of War, tendered their re signations to the King, by whom they were at once accepted. Vice-Admiral Canaris has been appointed to the vacant office of President of the Council, and the Senator Londos succeeds M. Roufos in the de partment of the Interior. The portfolio of the War office is confided ad interim to General Mavro Mi chali, Minister of Public Instruction. The King and Queen of Greece returned from their tour in Eubcc.4 and to Thebes on the 17th of October. The country is tranquil. PERSIA Letters from Teheran of the 30th September state that the new Shah of Persia was expected in that capital on the 10th of ()Acker. M. Hommaire de Hell, who had b en sent to ',Persia on a scientific mission by the French Government, had died at Ispahan of putrid fever. TATTEItSALL'S—THIS EVENING six O'CLOCK. NEWPORT PAGNELL STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 agst Red Lancer 5 to 1 agst any other LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 7 to 2 agst Proceed 6 to 1 agst St. Leger 6 to 1 agst Alfred 12 to 1 agst Box-keeper 15 to 1 agat Venom. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Cossack —taken 1,000 to 13 agst War Eagle 1,000 to 15 agat Vesta 1,000 to 15 agst lletman Platoff colt 1,000 to 15 agat Fogleman SHARP PRACTICE.—SCENE AT CHAMBERS.--A client of mine had his declaration on a bill of exchange demurred to, because, instead of the words " in the year of our Lord 1834," he had written " A.D. 1834." lat tended the late Mr. Justice Littledale at chambers, to endeavour to get the demurrer set aside as frivolous, or leave to amend on payment of a shilling; but that punc tilious, though very able and learned judge, roused to do either. " Your client, sir," said he, " has committed a blunder, air, which can be set right only on the asual terms, sir. A.D.,' sir, is neither English nor Latin, sir. It msy mean anything or nothing, sir. It is plain, sir, that here i s a mater i a l an d traversa bl e f act, an d no d ate to it, sir." 'Whereupon lie dismissed our poor summons with costal The demurrer had been spun out by a pleader to an inconceivabl eeotiott. length in ringing the changes pay, out of his own , and my client had on that one otsi pounds.— Warren's et, between seven and eight positively to for gravel and pre -roigtd, upwards of 20 cinerary par ß ii O rg ili th N e ljgrßolqunad. follllpldaciefninighaetLwawes„t-lodge, opposite St. Mary's-terrace, Lexton of which were filled one exception and of vgatatrikus sizes, from urns have been exhumed, nearly with incinerated bones and earth, With they are of dark baken earth, the capacity of a quart to that of two them were broken so much as to render Zits. Some of to restore them ineffectual, others are only p a ar t t t Mp ts in jured, and eix or seven are perfect. The solitaryy ex ception in colour among the urns is one of peculiar shape also, with handles of a light red ware. Over one of the black urns was a flat cover of light red ware, and the bones thus protected were perfectly dry and clean. Another urn was covered with a shallow vessel of the same material. Close by on' small ura were found two bottles of different size, shape, and colour. The con tents of several of the urns have been examined, but eight or ten remain as found. In addition to these a mall tomb, consisting of four large thick tiles or bricks, set on edge, was found ; its contents were bone ashes and some fragments of thick glass ; n-ar this was a flue of one brick, the exterior ornamented with scroll. work ; also a small drinking cup ; and at another part of the ground the remains of a lamp-stand, of Itud. They are intended for the Colchester Museum, and will form an interesting addition to its local antiquities.—Essex tanda, tl. '1 he saddlers of Bristol have come to the determi ation to close their 4hops at Boren o'clock in the evening. GANTIC JOB. We rejoice to perceive that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce have uplifted their voice against one of the most stupendous jobs ever perpetrated by a corrupt Ad ministration. We allude, of course, to the proposed cession of Vancouver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company. The iniquity has not yet been consummated, though the audacity that could plan the wholesale public pillage is, doubt less, sufficiently brazen to go through with it. The " family party" who have got hold of the reins of government are really making a nice thing of it. My Lord Grey, in his capacity of Colo nial Minister, makes a present to his uncle, Mr. Edward Ellice, and his fur-trading company, of an island—one of the most valuable of British posses sions, and for which we were within an ace of going to war with America—with as perfect sing livid as the Premier installed his brother into the Sergeantship at Arms. Truly Earl Grey is turning his patronage to most able account. The word to his private circle is no longer simply, " Who wants a colonial governorship ?" " Who wants a colony ?" his Lordship now asks. " I," says uncle Edward, " I want a colony ;" and it's all settled. Van couver's Island ceases to belong to Great Britain, and becomes the private property of a monopolists corn • pany of furriers, lucky enough to have a colonial Minister's uncle for a co-partner. The apology put forward by the Colonial-office for this infamous transaction, when the withering exposure of Mr. Gladstone, towards the close of last session, brought officials to bay, is almost as bad as the projected robbery itsel. It was, for Booth, Lord Grey's ardent zeal to promote the interests of colonization that alone prompted him to make a gift of Vancouver's Island to an anti colonising company. Think of that, Master Ford ! The Secretary for the Colonies could devise n• other method of peopling a British possession, except deli vering it up to a corporation whose direct interest it is to keep it a wilderness. The plough does not often follow the trail of the trapper; and whenever it does we may be quite sure it is not with the trapper's good will. " A secret and grasping company,"—as the Manchester Chamber of Com merce justly designate the Hudson's Bay Com pany—who have, for centuries, preserved in waste a tract of territory larger than Europe, are not likely to turn over a new leaf in their adminis tration of Vancouver's island. Their character, too, is not greatly calculated to induce settlers to trust themselves to their sway. At this moment the protest against oppression of the entire inhabitants of the only settlement they ever founded—that of the Red River—is under the consideration of Government. Yet before the Company are cleared of the serious charges of malversation that lie against them, Lord Grey threatens, with indecent haste, to make them absolute lords of a territory whose importance to British interests it is impossible to over-estimate. A clause in the deed of gift, how ever, entitles Great Britain toyurchase back the island at the end of eleven years. The upehot of the busi ness will be, that we shall have to do so, at a price that will sorely burden the British tax-payer, but afford a famous dividend to Mr. Edward Ellice and the other members of the Hudson's Bay Company.— Liverpool Mercury. SUDDEN DEATH or THE CHIEF CLERK TO LORD CHIEF JUSTICE WILDS.—Mr. Holland, who for many years was the Chief Clerk to Sir Thomas Wilde, who, upon the appointment of the Learned Gentleman to the Lord Chief Justi,:eship of the Common Pleas, was by his Lordship inducted into the lucrative cffice of Chief Clerk, being of the value of from 1,2001. to 1,500 per annum, died suddenly yesterday morning. Deceased attended to his duties on Saturday, and appeared to be in the full enjoyment of his usual health, while engaged about mid-day in the arrangement of some documents for the Lord Chief Justice, in the private room, he was taken suddenly ill. He was immediately conveyed to his residence at Chelsea. The immediate cause of death is attributed to spasms of the heart. How TO MAKE A HORSE SURE FOOTED.-A singuLir account of the manners of the ancients breaking in their ihorses, and rendering them sure footed when galloping over the most irregular and dangerous grounds, tl l r i c' e u d t' w d i w th as ch " a l l ec k is related by Vegetius. The Parthian horses were lighter tances, and aanrlidl hardier than those of the Cappadecians or Aledes, g height. licreitthhe were the best war horses. A snot of dry level e h u , u . e s t e i s trr w eg er u e laLi k t selected, e , l zw . ' w h iecrhe placed various troughs o u r l a ti r o ( x ii t: . they h A irregularity Lierxraec:‘ceisea.ndanodf . ti. many a Stumble learnd stran4el dto lift theitY. uneven cours.; but they gradually b , qter, and to stop feet higher and to bend their knees hanger, as the P sometimes shorter and sometimes ground required, their riders with ease until they could carry and safety and dangerous place,. Thou over the moat irregular could fully put into practice theiriwus that the Parthiuns and turn upon and dt stroy their favourite manoeuvre, were as formidable in Hight unsuspecting foes. They t as in att lel( turn on the back o f t h e an i mal and ' and would oft en suers a cloud of arr ows that at pour on their pur suers changed the fortune 1 of the clay‘ MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1848, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BILLS FOR 1848-9. The following is a list of the railway comp7.nies who have given notice of their intuition to apply to Parlia ment during the ensuing session for various powers, stated under their several heads : BIRMINGHAM, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC TION.—To abandon portions of the present r powers to extend the line to the London and North- Western Railway at I 3 irrningham—Alterations of the levels of Chester branch—Extension of time for purchase of land and for completing works—For powers to alter tolls and decrease the capital, and to amend Acts. CALEThoNIAN.—For p iwers to lease or purchase the Scottish Central Rsilaay, in conjunction with the London and North-Western and the Lancaster and Car lisle Railways. EAST ANGLlAN.—Extension of time for purchase of land and for constructing lines, for which the company have powers. ELY AND HUNTINGDON.—Extension of time fur com pleting works. EDINBURGH AND CARLISLE.—For powers to enable the company to lease, purchase, or amalgamate with the Williamstown, 13ornirp4side, and Cultness Railway. EAST INDIAN —For powers to make one or more railways in the East Indies. GREAT NORTHERN.—For powers to amend previous Acts ; enlargements at and near Boston, Bentley, and Lincoln. GREAT WESTERN.—To construct a branch from the Windsor line of the Great Western Railway to the Windsor, Staines. and South-Western Railway at Datchet—For powers to amalgamate with the London and North-Western and London and South-Western Railways. LEEDS AND TIIIRSIL—For powers to guarantee in terest oa certain shares, and for increasing the capital of the Company. LANCASTER AND PRESTON.—To amend previous Acts To alter tolls—For powers to form a junction with the East Lancashire Railway at Preston. LLINVI VALLEY.—For alterations and enlargement of powers—Extension of time for constructing line. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.—For powers to enable this company to amalgamate with the London and North-Western and Great Western Railways. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN.—TO lease or pur chase the Scottish Central Railway, in conjunction with the Lancaster and Carlisle and Edinburgh and Glasgow and Caledonian Railways ; to repeal former Acts; to amalgamate with the Great Western and London and South-Western Railways. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.—For powers to purchase Scottish Central. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. — For powers to lease, or sell to, or amalgamate this undertaking with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway. NORTHERN COUNTIES IJNIoN.—For powers to aban don the undertaking. SHREWSBURY AND BrammartAsx.—Amendments of previous Acts—Brar.ches and deviations. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. —To amalgamate the line with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railways— For powers to alter the present line at Egglescliffe and Stockton-on-Les—To consolidate Acts—To increase capital—To lease or purchase the Middlesborough Docks. . WINDSOR EXTENSION OF THE WINDSOR, STAINES, AND SOUTH-WESTERN.—For powers to allow the Lon don and South-Western to subscribe capital towards the undertaking. WILSONTOWN, MORNINGSIDE, AND COLTNESS.—LCR,e to Edinburgh and Glasgow YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND DEVlATlONS.—Aban donwetit of several lines for which the company have powers; namely, between Mat k;3t Weighton and Bever ley, and Capmknthorpe and Tadcaster. YORK, NEWCASTLE,. AND BERWICK.—For powers to rimb'e this company to subscribe capital towards the construction of Sunderland Decks—Powers to purchase or lease the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway —Powers to amalgamate the Maryport and Carlisle Railway—Branch to Quays at Newcastle—Branch to Liarmour and Alnmouto—Extrusion of time for making Blyth, Thirsk, and Mallon branches. DUBLIN, DUNDRUNI, AND RATIIFARNLIAM. Dtraux, SATURDAT.-Yesterthy an adjourn, d meet ing of the shareholders of this company took place at Radley's Hotel at one o'clock. The attendance was numerous. Parsons Crofton, Esq., in the chair. JOgEPEL BOYCE, Eq., stated that the committee not having received any satisfactory communication from the director,, had considered it their duty to a case to counsel. He would read one which showed the exact facts and 13s Eition of the company. Mr. Boyce accordingly read the case, which had been submitted to the Attorney-General, together with his opinion thereon, vs hich was, that the directors of the company could not enforce the payment of the last call of 31. 15s. per share until they proceeded against all the shareholders for the recovery of the preceding call of 11. ss. per share, so as to place all the parties on an equal footing; and also that a bill should be filed to restrain the directors from proceeding until such call had been enforced, the bill to be filed by a shareholder, who bad paid the call of 11. 53. The following resolutions were then unanimously adopted ; " That, from the opinion of the Right llon, the At torney-General, there is no doubt that the shareholders have a valid defence to the payment of the calls now made by the directors of the company; but viewing the whole affair as an unfortunate speculation, we feel we sl'oald pay our . ju proportion of all proper liabilities that now remain doe, and, in order to carry same out, still agree to our former offer of 2/. per share, and to pay such 2/, on or before the 10th of December next. " That a subscription be now entered into of ss. per share as a protection fund, to be applied as counsel may direct, to oppose any proceeding that may be taken by the directors of the company; and that all parties pay ing such subscription be protected to the fullest extent practicable. " That the following be a committee to conduct the proceedings on behalf of the subscribers.—Sir James I)ombraine, Parsons Crofton, William Vance, Joseph Boyce, Frank Thorpe Porter, Esqs., and Dr. Gaghran; and that Messrs. Boyle, Low, and Co., be appointed treasurers to the fund—the committee to have power to take an office and employ a person competent to aid them in the performance of their duty. " That in the event of the directors reconsidering their position, and agreeing to accept our proposal of 2/. per share, and transfer our shares on such payment of 2/. each, the money subscribed by the shareholders to this fund be returned, after deducting, pro rata, any expense that may be incurred. " That a copy of those resolutions, with the case and opinion or counsel, be sent to the chairman of the com pany for the consideration of the board of directors." lin the course of the proceedings Mr. Boyce mentioned that he had received twenty-nine letters from different shareholders, seven of which were from Cork, and all expressing a wish to be governed by the opinions of the c anmittee in every particular. Those letters represenV,d a large number of shares, independent of what was. represereed by the attendance at the present meeting. The foregoing resolutions having been passed, the meeting broke up. DEPOSIT MONEY. The following is a list of the railway comranies the shareholders in which can rect ire a return of deposit money: — LONDON, SALI!HURy, AND YEOTIE, JUNCTION.—The first 'Ruh ty of the 30s. return by the London and South- Western Company. I t i s proposed to pay the remaining lss. in January next. SOUTHAMPTON, MANCHESTER, AND OXFORD JUNC TION.—A further and final return of 61. per share. GRAND UNION. —A final dividend of is. per share. OvER-Yssim.—Tlie second instalment, viz. 12s. 3d. per share. Certificates must be left ten days, as they are to be sent to Holland. ANGLO-BELGIAN.-LA return of 21. per share. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD.—A further and final retur❑ of Is. 4d. per share. This company must net bv confounded with the Shrewsbury and Herebrd incorpo rated August, 184 G. DERBY, UTTOXETER, AND STAFFORD.--A final re turn of 7s. 4d. per shire. LEEDS ♦ND THIRSK.--Preference scrip, 1846. A re turn of abut 495. 10J. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEIWCASTLE UPON TYNE JUNCTION.—The first instalment of tha 14s. amounting to 101. pyr share. WORCESTER, TENBURY, AND LUDLOW.—TIIO 5!. per share may be received by any shareholder who has not already received the same. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY.--It has been decided to open the line to Buttevant in January, and to Mallow in March. Thu works at the Cork ter minus have been suspended until Spring. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWAY COMPANY (25 MILES OPEN).—Traffic for the week ending Saturday, 4th November, 1848: —Passenge r, 221/. Bs. 6 d. ; goods and cattle, 801. Bs. 2i. ; total (exclusive of mails), 3011. 10s. 10d. DUBLIN AND DRCGIIEDA.—Traffic on this line for the week ending Thursday, Nov. 9 :—Passengers (6,642) and mail, 561/. 3s. sd. ; Parcels, 401. 18s. 9d. ; merchandise, 127/. 16s. 2d.; total amount, 729/. 18a. 4d. Correspond. ing week last year—Passengers (7,422) and mail, 59.0. 17 ' . 3 d.; parcels, 301. 13s. 5d.; merchandise, 1441.; total amount, 778/. 10s. 83. BELFAST AND BALLYMENA. --An individual named William Hunter has been . arrested and committed for trial, charged with being one of the parties who commit ted the late atrocious outrage on the Belfast and Bally mena Railway. From circumstances which have come to light, there is every reason to believe that other par ties will soon be made amenable.—Banner of Ulster. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—The directors are proceeding with their arrangements to work the line on termination of the base in May next. The three chief i,tficers have been appointed, namely, the superintendent of the line, the superintendent of the locomotive depart ment, the chief accountant. We are glad to sec that M. C. Rca, E.q.. of Exeter, is appointed locomotive super intendent. He has held office under the Great Western Company.—Western Times. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE RAIL- WAY.—TIIO proprietors have been called together to take into consideration a proposed application to Par iiainent, in the corning session, for an abandonment of to portion of the it line, and for a decrease in their capital. —Liverpool Journal. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY. — Ile works (41 this line of railway have been very much retarded during the last few weeks, owing to the fre qu. nt slipping of the embankment at Eutford. One part of the embankment has slipped three or four times at the same place, as often as it has been filled up again. Only one side has given way, which appears to be owing to the 40i1-having been removed from one side to form the em bankment.—Preston Chronicle. It is said that a lump of pure gold, weighing 3,032 pennyweights, was lately found in A mine belonging to Major Heiss, in Virginia. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was active in the smaller shares of the Great Western Company, which, in consequence of the publication of the accounts, materially progressed in value, and closed with an upward tendency. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 2 dis,, and Great Western, New 171. Shares, 1 1 ,-4 dis. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—There has been a good demand for Midlands to day, and prices aro on the advance. The sales are—Caledonian, 194—Dato, Preference, 14 dis.—Lanca• shire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), 21 dis. —Ditto, Quarters, 6 dis.—Ditto (late West Riding Union), Fifths, 5 1 4 dis.—Ditto (Preston and Wyre, No. 1), London and North Western, 1184 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, c. p.—Ditto (C), 1% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 39 Midland Stock, 85—Ditto, New llalves ' dis.—North Staffordshire, 6 1 2 4 dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 10. 1 . Pre ference (late N. W. M.), 13—South•Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 6%. BIKMINGEIAM, Nov. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices remain firm, and business as sumes a better aspect. The sales are—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 7% —Ditto ( B), 41. Bs. 9d.— Shropshire Union, 66.1.31—50uth Staffordshire, 86s. 3d.— North Stafford shire, 614. _ _ _ POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Thursday last Dr. Ryan commenced a series of lectures at this establishment, on cholera and other epidemic diseases. After a few introductory remarks of an elementary character upon the constitution of the atmosphere, the Doctor enlarged upon the causes which in great towns, and indeed wherever animal life exists, tend to vitiate the air we breathe, and to pre dispose us to the attacks of every species of epidemic disease. The Poctor described the great sources of impure and mephitic vapours, as arising, first, from combustion and respiration, and secondly, from the decomposition of animal and vegetable matter. He showed in fact, that respiration produced much the same effects in destroying the vital qualities of the air as combustion, and demonstrated by experiments the effects of the latter process. Passing to the second branch of the subject, the Doctor enlarged upon the noxious gases produced by the decomposition of animal and vegetable matter, some of them being dangerous but inodorous, others slightly offensive; and a third class, including the deadly atmospheric poisons of sulphuretted hydrogen and phosphuretted hydrogen, being highly offensive, if present in the atmosphere in even the most infinitesimal proportions. While upon this part of the subject, the learned Doc tor remarked upon the recent outbreak of cholera on board the Woolwich convict-ship, which was anchored off the opening into the river of a sewer, and narrated a case of a similar occurrence during the thriller visit of cholera in the London Docks. In conclusion, the Doctor strongly recommended his auditory to parti cularly attend to free ventilation, cleanliness, and temperance; these, he said, were the great preventatives of disease arising from mephitic vapours. The whole of the lecture was illustrated by numerous and appro priate experiments. THE SEA SERPENT IN THE THAMES. (From Punch.) We lose not a single moment in laying the sub joined letter before the eyes—(how they will be opened!!)—of astonished London. The Sea Serpent is in the Thames! It will be seen that the monster was beheld by our correspondent—a most intelligent and conscientious waterman, as we have made it our business to discover—off Chelsea Reach. Whether, in its course from the sea up the river, the serpent has entirely swallowed the multitudinous family of whitebait off Blackwall, is a speculation that must, until next May, feverishly engage the minds of all men interested in the Crown and Sceptre of Greenwich. However, we basten to introduce the reader to the letter of John Skull, waterman, of Chelsea; a letter written in that homely simplicity of style that endears to our memories the voyages of Anson and Dampier : " Cheyne-walk, Nov. 1, 1848. _ _ " Mr. Punch,—The sea - sarpint is in the 'Thames ! There can be no doubt on it, seeing the horrid mon ster myself. But, sir, I give you the account regular, as if I was writin' with swabs upon my shoulders to the bigwigs of her Majesty's Admiralty. "Last night, coming off in my wherry, the Better Luck kvtill, from the BA House, and a leg of mutton and trimming supper—the wind St. Paul's east by Fulham Church nor'-west—light airs and hazy— striking ten bells—and thinkin' o' nothin', I sud denly saw a long black sarpint-like thing upon my weather bow. Hein' in no manner afeard—for I'd had too much ale and gin-and-water for that, tho' not a drop snore than's g od for an affectionate but.band and indulging father—bein' not a bit afeard, I laid all along upon my sculls, and had a good look. For 20 minutes—more or less—l seed the thing a cutting like smoke towards Battersea. It was about a hun dred yards long, and seemed to move with two fins that went round and round, and made a hisin' noise like bilin' water ; and it carried its head out o' water some twenty feet and more womiting sometimes smoke and sometimes fire. And so it went on at the matter of ten knots an hour, till it came to Battersea bridge, where it seemed to bend its head back'ards to go thro' the arches, and so, takin' the bend o' the river, it vanished out o' sight, but not out o' mind, " Of yours humble servant, " JOHN SKULL." " P.S.—l'm not much of a drawer, but think I can warrant the pictur I send as the fac simile of the sarpint as it appeared. Some of your shyandtifick readers may have seen something like it afore." [Here Punch favours his readers with a cut of a river steamer.] KNIGHTHOOD of the EX-MAYOR OF MANCHESTER. At a meeting of the Town Council of Manchester on Wednesday, the Town Clerk said that, before the Council proceeded to any other business, he was re quested by the Mayor who had just passed the chair to read the following correspondence which had taken place between the secretary of State for the Home Depart ment and himself:— (Private.) " Whitehall, Oct. 30, 1848. "Sir,—As the second year during which you have served the office of Mayor of Manchester will shortly expire, I am desirous of expressing to you the high sense which I entertain of the manner in which the ar duous and responsible duties which I:ave devolved upon you have been performed, under circumstances requiting more than ordinary judgment and vigilance. I have reason to believe that her Majesty would be graciously pleased, upon my recommendation, to confer upon you a mark of her approbation; and if it would be agreeable to you to receive the distinction of knigthood, I shall be happy in submitting your name to her Majesty for that purpose.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " The Mayor of Manchester, &c. " G. GREY." " Town-hall, Manchester, Nov. 2, 1848. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult. I may state that it has, during the term of my office, and more especially during the last few months, been to me, and the magistrates with whom I have been associated, a source of high satisfaction to receive from time to time the assurances that the steps taken for the maintenance of order, and the preservation of the peace of this city, had met with your approbation; and on my own part, I may be per mitted, whilst expressing my sincere acknowledgments for the communication just received, to add, that to ob tain so flattering a testimony of the opinion entertained by you of any services which I have been able to render, is more than an ample, as it is an unlooked-for, com pensation for any personal sacrifices which may have been required in the discharge of the duties devolving upon me as the mayor. " Were I to consult my own feelings only, I should hesitate to accept the honour which you are pleased to say you are prepared to recommend to her Majesty should be conferred upon me ; but feeling assured that it is not on personal considerations, but to tne as the representative of the community, that any mark of her Most Gracious Majesty's favour would be shown, I feel no hesitation in expressing my grateful appreciation of the offer made, and in stating that in case you shall think fit so t ) recommend her Majesty, and her Majesty shall be graciously pleased to confer upon me the honour of knighthood, I shall willingly and gratefully accept the . same, with the f u ll conv i ct i on that it is not an honour conferred upon the individual, but upon the Mayor of Manchester, and intend e d t o mar k h er M a j esty ' s appro bation of the conduct, not of the civil authorities alone, but of the vast population of this city, who are, I believe, not less digiugui3hed for their love of order than for their loyalty and attachment to our Most Gracious Queen. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) " ELKANAII ARMITAGE, Mayor. " To th© Right Hon. Sir Guorge Grg, 13art.; MY, &c., &c , Home Office, London." —Manchester Courier. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, NOY. 10.—We have no improvement to notice in this branch of trade during the past week, the few sales effected being merely to supply the present very limited requirements of the manufacturers. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEYDS, Nov. 10.—There has not been any change of moment in this market dur ing the present week. Prices are quoted the same as last week. LEEDS. —We have had very dull markets at our cloth halls, both on Saturday and Tuesday. The season being far advanced, there has been little done beyond assort ing to order for the home market; for although goods of all descriptions are low beyond all precedent, there Continues to be a complete absence of speculation. The same dull state of business continues in the warehouses; very few buyers so late in the season visit the market, and the foreign houses are doing little. Blt/DFORA, Nov. 9. Wool.—There is nothing altered in this trade ; consumption is slow, and no dis position on the part of the spinners to buy anything except for immediate use. There is not any demand for bright-haired hogs, while wethers of that class meet a ready sale. Down wools are rather more inquired for, and the supply in the market barely an average. Colo nial wools are not so much inquired after, and the sales about to take place in London, are not expected to be at all improved in price. Noils and broke, from the small quantity producing, continue to be active, and late prices are firmly maintained. —Yarns—There is no alteration as regards demand for this article. The spinners continue to be tolerably well employeA, but at prices anything but remunerating or satisfactory. The extreme low prices at which yarns are now sold has not been at all met by corresponding reduction in the price of wool,and the expectation generally formed prior to clip has not been realised, and notwithstanding all the colonial brought into the market it has not had the same effect upon the growers of British wools, and the spinners are now grappling with great disproportion in price between the raw material and yarns. cos— For some kinds of goods, especially moreens, there is . a very active dem an d, an d th e m a kers are engaged for some time to come. Orleans and Paramattas are steadily moved off, and no stocks yet to be found. The dulness which presented itself on the stoppage of Messrs. S. A. Butterworth and Co. appears to be . fast disappearin g . Fancy goods are now slack, and but few tasking. It is too late for the winter, and too early for the spring; and there appears to be a decided want of a sew style for the coming seasons. Silk having been introduced into such low goods with coloured yarns prevents their being SO favourably looked upon for the spring, and we hear that in light shades they are not so effective as ordinarily dyed goods. MasicHESTER.—We have rather retrograded this week, both in demand and prices, and the market since Tues day has given unmistakeable signs that even the present \ow prices cannot be maintained. There is again an almost general talk of resorting to short time, but at present it is all talk. There is scarcely any branch of the trade that can be called healthy, the velvet branch excepted. Most of the Greek and American houses are doing a moderate amount of business, but are by no means active. Yarns are in the same dull and depressed state as on this day week; the production is clearly too large for prices to be supported. LEICESTER.—The demand for regular hosiery of all sorts continues good, and all the operatives are fully employed. The fancy hosiery houses are also very busy, and there is every prospect of their continuing so till Christmas. It is gratifying to learn that the goods sent out for the American fall trade have done well. There is no alteration in yarns. Wools are dull, except noils and brokes, which are in good request. NOTTINGHAM.—The two staples of this town do not present any new feature upon which to comment this week. There has been less demand for lace goods generally, and an improved demand for hosiery, especi ally for that description of goods in which the great bulk of yarn is consumed. The demand for winter goods continues longer this season than usual. BANK OF FRANCE. The following was the situation of the Bank of France on Thursday morning, Nov. 9, 1848: A SSETS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills over due ••• ••• ••• Bills Whig due in Paris, of which 15,539,2501. 15e. are from the branch banks ••• ••• .., Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor.. Advance to the State on the lean of 50,000,000 f. 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... 34,786,288 62 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,524,717 00 Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 4,500,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ... • •41 13,584,155 24 Ditto at the branches ... 8,006,808 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 480,842 71 Ditto of the branches ... 378,001 00 Miscellaneous ... ... 589,344 71 Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 7,066,657 36 ... f. 131,845,966 87 . . 103,320,827 00 171,533 06 ... 62,073,304 99 ... 105,963,877 58 13,599,516 00 13,518,196 65 1,589,404 00 50,000,000 00 f. 651,236,182 18 YORK, Noy. 10. STOCK EXCITAIME.—The business transacted t•-day was as follows: —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), I. IQs. 9d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Nov. 11. STOCK EXCHANGL—The sales are—Caledonian, 18 3 / 4 Maryport and Carlisle, 29 4. GLASGOW, Nov. 10. _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledcnian, Prefer ference, 93s.—Clydesdale Junction, 56 Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), 61. 4s.— Glasgow General Terminus, VA—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 41. 13s. 6d.—Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 50—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 645. Ditto, Halves, No. 2, G6s.—Glasgow and Garnkirk, 37 Great Northern, Us.—Monkland Itailways, 63—North Bri tish, 15th—Ditto, Thirds, 77s.—Scottish Central, 24. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, NOV. 11. The Lord Bishop of Oxford desires to hold a Confir mation at St. Mary's Church, on Monday, November 20, at, eleven o'clock, for members of the University. All undergraduates prepared for confirmation on this occasion must obtain letters testimonial of their fitness. signed by the Tutor of their College; and such testimo nial must be presented to the Bishop previous to the commencement of the service. Christ Church, Nov. 10, 1848. Henry Halford Vaughan, Eq„ M.A., who has been nominated by Lord John Russell to the vacant Regius Professorship of Modern History, in the room of the late Very Rev. Dr. Cramer, is nephew to the late Sir Henry Halford; he was first a Commoner of Christ Church, and in Easter Term, 1833, his name appeared in the first class in lileris humanioribus. He was elected a Fellow of Oriel College in 1835, and obtained the prize in 1836 for the English essay on " The effects of a national taste of general and diffusive reading." Mr. Henry Hughes Cracknell, from Merchant Tailors' School, has been elected a Scholar of Oriel College. The Rev. James Henry Ashhurst to the Vicarage of Great Milton, Oxfordshire; patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The Rev. Septimus Bellas has been presented to the Vicarage of West Sherborne, alias Monk Sherborne, with the priory church of Sherborne, commonly called Pamber Chapel, by the Provost and Scholars of Queen's College, Oxford, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Porter, the last incumbent. Colonel Wyndham has presented the livings of Bignor and Sutton, vacant by the death of the Rey. R. Smith, to the Rev. H. Sockett, son of the Rev. 'l'. Sockett, rector of Petworth and l)uncton, Surrey. The Rev. F. S. I3evan, M.A., Rector of Carleton Rode, to an Honorary Canon-y in the C&thedral Church of Norwich. The Rev. J. Garron, M.A., Vicar of Towcester, to an Honorary Canonry in the Cathedral Church of Peter borough. The Rev. Edward Huxtable, 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge, to beVice-Principal of the Wells Theo logical College, vice the Rev. C. E. Pritchard, resigned. The Rev. Hugh Nanny, to the Rectory of Caenby, Lincolnshire; patron, Sir C. M. L. Monk, Bart. The Rev. Frederick Smith, M.A., Incumbent of the new church at Taunton, to the honorary Prebend of Whitchurch, in the Cathedral of %Volta, The Rev. J. G. Webster, to the Rectory of Bawdes well, Norfolk; patr. -, n, E. Lombe, Esq. The Rev. T. B. Banner, to the Perpetull Curacy of Southshore, Bispham, Lancashire ; patron, Thomas Clifton, Esq. The Rev. Charles Badham, M.A., late of Wadham College, in this Urdversity, and incorporated Member of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, has been a; pointed to the Curacy of West Bradenham, Norfolk. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 11. NEW PRIZE. St. Peter's College Lodge, Nov. 10, 1848. The Vice-Chancellor has the honour to lay before the Senate the following statement respecting a new prize offered to the University:— A large number of members of the civil service of India who were students at the East India College, at Haileybury, at various intervals during the thirty }ears that the Rev. C. W. Le Bas, M.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, was connected with that institution, desirous of testifying their regard for Mr. Le Bas, and of perpetuating the memory of his services, have raised a fund amounting to about 1,220/.. Three per Cent. Con sols, which they offer to the University of Cambridge for founding an annual prize, to be called in honour of Mr. Le Bas the Le Bas Prize, for the best English Essay on a subject of General Literature, such subject to be occasionally chosen with reference to the history, insti tutions, and probable destinies and prospects of the Anglo-Indian Empire. It is proposed:- 1. That the Le Bas prize shall consist of the annual interest of the above mentioned fund, the essay being published at the expense of the successful candidate. 2. That the candidates for the prize shall be, at the time when the subject is given out, Bachelors of Arts, under the standing of M.A., or Students in Civil Law or Medicine, of not less than four or more than seven years' standing, not being graduates in either faculty, but having kept the exercises necessary for the degree of Bachelor of Law or Medicine. 8. That the subject for the essay shall be selected, and the prize adjudicated by the Vioe•Chancellor and two other members of the Senate, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and approved by the Senate at the first Congregation after the 10th day of October, in each year. 4. That the subject shall be given out in the week preceding the division of the Michaelmas Term in each year, and the essays sent in before the end of the next ensuing Easter Term. 5. That for the present year the two Examiners to be selected by the Senate shall be appointed, and the sub ject for the essay given out before the end of the present Term. A grace to accept the above proposal will be offered to the Senate at the congregation on Wednesday, the 22d instant. CRANE'S CHARITY. The trustees of Crane's Charity for the relief of sick Scholars have given notice that they intend meeting at St. Peter's Lodge, on Tuesday, the 21st instant, at twelve o'clock, to consider and determine the claims el applicants for tile benefit of this charity. N.B.—The applications of Scholars must be made by the Tutors of the respective Colleges, and contain full particulars both of the medical charges and of the cir cumstances of the applicants. The grants will he con. fined t•i such charges as have been incurred during the half-year immediately preceding the meeting. HULSEAN LECTURER. The trustees of Mr. Hulse'a Benediction give notice that the office of Lecturer will be vacant at Christmas next, when the trustees w ill proceed to an Election. Such persons as may be dssirous of becoming candidates for the said office, being qualified as the will of Mr. Hulse directs, are to leave their names with the Vice- Chancellor on or before Saturday, the ltith of Da comber next. 11. W. COOKSON, Vice-Chancellor, R. TATHAM. W. WIIE WELL. N. B. By a degree of the Court of Chancery, the number of lectures is reduced to eight, and the time of printing is extended to one year from the delivery of the last lecture. CROSSE SCHOLARSHIP. Notice has been given that there will be an examina tion for this Scholarship on Tuesday, the 28th of No vember inst., and following days. The candidates for this Scholarship must be " Bachelors of Arts in the first year from their degree." Candidates are required per sonllly, or, if non-resident, by letter, to give notice of their intention to each of the electors, who are the Vice- Chancellor, the Margaret Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of llebrevv, the Regius Professor of Greek, the Norrisian Professor of Divinity, and the Professor of Arabic, on or before Monday, the 90th instant, stating their names at length and colleges. NOTICE. The Regius Professor of llebrew purposes lecturing on the Psalms iu the lecture rooms of the Pitt Press, on Monday, 27th of November, the 4th and 11th of De cember, and Saturday, the 16th of December, at twelve o'clock. SAINT JOHN'S COLLEGE. The undermentioned gentlemen have been elected to S3llolarships in this Society : —Brodribb, E. Calvert, G. C. Clarke, Dobson, W. C. Evans, Goodriche, R. Hall, Jenkins, Lawrence, C. Lee, Lethbridge, W. Leycester, Lilly, Liveing, Mason, Pell, Price, h,i 6y, Tuekey, Wawn, and Whale. CAIUS COLLEGE. F. W. Budd, 8.A., has been preferred from a Perse to a Wortley Fellowship, and S. Hanson, 13. A , has been elected to the Perse Fellowship so vacated, by the Mas ters and Seniors of this society. Scow STORM.—We have had a second visitation of winter since our last, Friday and Saturday being days of very sharp frost, with occasional snow showers from the north. The ice on the pools was fully one inch in thielenass, and on the Inch pond boys were enjoying their winter amusements all day. In the Highlands the storm was very severe, particularly in Aberdeenshireaud Inverness-shire ; aid o❑ Saturday the north mail was nearly three hours behind time, the snow having drifted several feA along Dru►nmaichdar and Sloelsinuich, the usual places of interruption. On Sunday a mild change set in, and next day the Grampians had resumed their ordinary appearance, excepting the highest range, where the thaw has made little impression as yet. On the whole, the weather is considered healthy, although un seasonably cold ; and this locality is freer of epidemics than it has been for two years. The fever wards in the infirmary are nearly empty.—Perthshire Courier. An American paper, the Gloucester Telegraph, presents the following for its readers us a puzzle:— " Ifany of ourfriendsaretroubled inconscienceon accountof indeb t ednesto t h iso ffi ceweshallbemosthappytosignpapers fortheirrelief." LIABILITIES. Capital •. • ... f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the new Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,910,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 369,089,600 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 28,844,875 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 572,009 .30 Account-current with Treasury creditor 29,579,289 67 Various accounts current ... 77,067,783 77 Ditto in branches 25,849 935 00 Bills payable at sight ... 2,213,500 00 Ditto at branches 1,541,037 00 Bills of tho branch banks payable by the Bank .. „. ... 5,372,283 49 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,450,888 00 Dividends payable . 206,207 75 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 476,649 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 2,904,742 80 Ditto branch banks ... ••• ... 2,300,525 00 Re discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 641,233 00 Mitcellaneous ... 172,541 03 1:651,236,182 18 POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.—We deem it high time, as the Post-office authorities appear to be utterly careless in the matter, that the public should take some steps to lremedy the delay occasioned by the defective arrange inents for the transmission of our Merionethshire mail. In consequence of the non-arrival in this town until after nine o'clock, of the London bags, instead of at the appointed hour, twenty minutes to eight o'clock, the contractors of the Tanybwlch mail have not sufficient time to reach that place, so as to be able to return to Carnarvon early enough for the dispatch of the London post; and the result is, that correspondence from Merio nethshire is delayed at this office for twenty-four hours. It will hardly be credited by parties who are not in formed on the subject, that letters lie at the Tanybwlch post-office from seven o'clock at night until one o'clock the next day. Indeed, the whole of the arrangements on this line appear as though made to retard, as much as possible, the communication between the adjoining countries. Letters from Carnarvon to Dolgelley by the morning mail teach, or rather ought to reach, Tany bwlch about half• past twelve, where they are delayed for seven hours. At the expiration of that time they are then forwarded to Barmouth, a distance of about twenty miles, where they are allowed to rest for the night, and in the morning are forwarded t• Dolgelley. But, if letters are placed i❑ the Carnarvon office, eight or nine hours after the dispatch of the Merionethshire mail —say five o'clock in the evening—and are marked via Che,ter, they travel eighty miles by railway, and as long a distance as the so-called direct mail, by mail cart, and yet, strange as it may seem, they reach their des tination within four hours of the former dispatch. Can it be possible that Mr. Rowland llill is cognizant of these facts ? It is notorious that, for the same expense, the Merianeth mail might be conveyed to its destination on the same evening; yet, although the inhabitants of the localities through which the post travels have more than once brought the matter before the Post-office autho rities, no steps have been taken to remedy the evil. We understand that, on and after Wednesday next, the 15th instant, the London mail will be dispatched from this town at twenty minutes before six, instead of at six o'clock, as at present.—Carnarvon Herald. WORCESTER FAIR.—At this fair which took place on Monday, the attendance of buyers was very small. The show of stock was very good, both in quality and numbers, but the greater part went back unsold, the graziers not being willing to be guided by the few buyers present. The price of beef ranged from sd. to 6d. Of mutton there was a good supply; ewes, 51d., wethers, Gid. Pigs were at a much lower figure; bacons, 93. per score. There were but few horses, and prices lower.-- Gloucester Journal. [ADYERTlSEDlENT. j — lndigestion—that Parent of so many diseases, may be effectually cured by the use of the celebrated Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by JAin Kaye, of Dalton-hall, near Huddersfield. This assertion is not based upon mere opinion or probability, but upon facts. Jonathan Good, tailor, of Winchester, suffored for years from indigestion, he was recommended to try Kaye's Worsdell's Pills, and as the result, he has enjoyed bettor health than for years before.—Mr. James Noble, of Brampton, Cumberland, writes,—" My wife was for a long time troubled with pains in the stomach, loss of appetite, sickness, and general debility; she was fully restored to ltealLh by taking one small box of these Pills." Mrs. W., of Ewelme, Wallingford, writing to Mr. C. J. Vennituore, says,—" I believe Kaye's Pills saved my life last summer, when I was attacked by the Cholera." Ellen Egglestone, ]Fling-bridge, near Bi shop Auckland, was affected with disease of the bowels for two years, but was restored to perfect health by tak ing one box of Kaye's Worsdell's Pills." Every one suffering from Bile, Flatulency, or Indigestion, is earnestly recommended to give these Pills a trial. See that Mr. Kaye's coat of arms and a fee- simile of his signature, are printed on the directions for use wrapped round each box, as without this none are genuine. Sold by all Medicine Venders, price Is. lid. ; 2s. bd.; or 4s. 6d. per b_x. EADVERTISEMENT.]-DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VI• stow.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Newly invented Spec tacles, I'ewerful Telescopes, Opera and Race Glasses, Micros copes, ke.—Patronised by their Majesties the Queen Dowager and the King of lianover, their Graees the Duchess et/ Hamilton. the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, the Archbishops of Canter bury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, ♦r gyle, Marlborough and Manchester, Bishops of Exeter, Uncoil. Cork, Kilmore, and Kildare. Messrs. S. and B. Solomon's, Oculiots and Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construc tion. Immediately they are placed before Imperfect vision, either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes blight and brilliant, and Is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, and Microscopes. Invisible, and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of the most extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. R. and B. Solomon* Opticians and Aurists, are not connected with a person putting up the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in owl part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious and observe Only to be had at it 9, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., at Hornsey-lane, Highgate, the wife of J. W. Watson, Esq., of a son. On the sth inst„ the lady of the Rev. T. Protheroe, of Whippingharn Rectory, Isle of Wight, of a son. On the sth inst., at the Field, Derby, the wife of Henry Roden, Esq., of a daughter. 1 • On the 7th inst., atSylvan•park, county Meath, the lady of Walter Keating, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 7th inst., at the Vicarage, Deddington, the wife Of the Rev. J. Brogden, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at the Parsonage, ileacham, Norfolk, the wife of the Rev. J. B. Winckworth, of a aon. IIIIiBIED. On the 9th inst., at Colesdon, Surre y, Edward M. Perkins, Esq., second son of C. Perkins, Esq., Mark-lane, to Octavio, third daughter of Thomas A. Shuter, Esq., of Horley-houset Surrey. On the Sth inst., William Dalrymple, jun., Esq, to Marl Agnes, daughter of James Aitken, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Erchfont Church, John Edwards, eldest son of John Hayward, Eq., of Ilrowfort, near Devizes, to Sophia Georgians Matilda, only daughter of T. N. Lewis► Esq , of Wedhampton Cottage. DIED. On the Bth inst., at Brighton. William Ernest, the second son of Robert Lewes, Esq., of Kingston-bill, Surrey, aged 24. On the Ist inst., at Eydon-hall, Northamptonshire, Cathe rine, relict of the late A. Annesley, Esq., of Bletchington, and mother of the present Viscount Valentia. On the Gth inst., at Leam-hall, Derbyshire, M. M. Mid dleton, Esq. On the 3d ult., at St. Petersburgh, Alexander Grant, Esq. On the sth inst., at ;Newry, Afajor J. Barry Thomas, late of her Maiesty's 9th Regiment of Foot. On the 6th inst., aged 12, Edmund Lawton, only child of the Rev. Edmund W. Hughes, rector of Welton-le-Wold, near Lomb, Lincolnshire. On the 6th inst., at Brighton, Anna Maria, fourth daugh ter of the late Rev. Athelstan Stephens, of Graveney bud Goodnestone, Kent. At Hastings, ott the 6th inst., Louisa El:en, daugLter of the late Mr. Samuel Blogg, aged 25. 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