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wtittion A,.( 1 5?{447.4 4 1k w ‘,. . 49 0.itlifil:iti ( Al. 1 i 0 v . . 1 JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL-(TIIIS DAY). G')lllit.o4 v. THE Mario? OF EXETER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. TOlaNF.it continued to say he did not mean to contend fur one moment that their Lordships had not the fullest right to examine into the doctrine, but the distinction which he drew item that subject was that they w 4 re to examine Mr. Gorham en the doctrine which was contained in the Articles. If the Articles of the Church of En; lend did, as he had ven tured to submit, constitute the code of faith a the Church of England, he then submitted that it was not competent for the Bishop in his examination to conitiruee another standard of faith. The Learned Counsel than took a rapid review of theescntence pro nounced by the judge iu the Ecclesiastical Court, with the view of showing that he had proceeded exclusively and erroneously on the expressions used in the rubric at the foot of the baptismal service, and the declarations of the Church of England, as the Learned Judge had called them, in the sacrament and in the baptismal servicsa. Having done this, the Learned Coun sel lconcluded by saying he trusted their Lord shies would arrive at the conclusion that this judgment wes erroneees, and would decide in favour of the appellant. The Learned Counsel then resumed his seat at a quarter to two o'clock, baring spoken yester day and to-day eight hours and a half. Dr. LUSHINGTuN asked Mr. Turner if he (Dr. Lush ingaen) had uedeistood him to say that spiritual re generation wad a change of nature and not of condition; and was the gift of the Almighty; that it might bo given bolero or after baptism, as the Almighty should think fit; that if infants received it rightly, iu that case they may bare received the grace t f God before or in bap tism; that baptism was the sien regeneration; that in such a case ireants were engrafted into the Church, ac ccrdiag to the 27th Article; that if infants did not re ceive baptism rightly, the baptism had no immediate spiritual eels ct; and that he (Mr. Turner) maintained these doctrines to be proved by the Articles, and required itemaliate acceptance? Mr. TURNER replied that Dr. Lushington was sub etantially right. Dr. BATroRD followed Mr. Turner on the side of the appellant. In his apprehension of the case all the l‘gi timate argureente had been brought forward at length, and most ah y by his Learned Friend Mr. Turner, that could aeadbly be brought under their Lordships attention ; and he (Dr. Bayford) should not therefore detain theht L adAhips at any length. This was the first time is cur history since the days of the Reforma tion, and since the articles of the Church of Engiand were established for promoting sound religion in these realm., in which a clergyman had had au adverse sentence passed against him fur holding unsound doctrine, when he had professedly grcundud all the doctrines which he hals t err., on tl,e Articles of the Church, when he had been defended explicitly on that ground by his counsel, and when the adverse sentence went upon the assump tion thst he had not entertained any unsound doctrine judged by the Articles ofithe Church of England. The Church of England had been inclusive, and her desire had been to spread her arms as Aidely as possible, and to embrace as many of the inhabitants of this country as she possibly could. The Learned Civilian then quoted a great number of ancient ecclesi astical writers, with the view of fortifying the arguments employed by Mr. Turner to show that the benefits of baptism were conditional on the exercise of faith and repcntsncc on the pact of the recipient of baptism. Dr. ADDAMS then rose to address the Court on the part of the Bishop cf Exeter, the respondent. Ile said he had net anticipated that the arguments of counsel on the other side would have conchnled to-day. He was, therefore, hut ill prepared to proceed, having in fact none of his boobies by hies at that moment. Under these circumstances, would their Lordfhips expect that he should proceed with his ingumeut this afternoon? The Couscie signified their wish that Dr. Addams onkl pror!ued. Dr. ADDAMS would do so, and advert to such parts of the case as ho could without the aid of his books. ilia Learned Friend, Mr. Turner, had protested it was unnecessary for him to enter into the circumstances out of which this question arose. True it was he did not go into the pnrticulars which led to the institution of the present proceedings by Mr. Gorham against the Bishop of Exeter. But he (Dr. Addams) must say that Mr. Turner had contrived to allude to those cir cumstances in a way rather calculated to give a colour of grievance to the character of the proceeding on the part of the Bishop of Exeter. Then, with regard to the obstacles and delay of which Mr. Turner had complained on the part of the Bishop, in the mode of conducting the examination of Mr. Gorham, on his being presented to the living of Bampford Spoke, that had arisen not so much from any conduct of the Bishop's as from the evasive and circuitous way in which Mr. Gorham bad chosen to answer the single questions which the the Biseop had put to him. Now, with respect to the question at issue, whether the benefit receiued at paptism consisted of the remission of original sin, or whether it went to a further infusion of grace ; and, if so, to what extent, or under what limits. That was not the ques tion. Thee were open questions on which the members of the Church of Euglond might entertain very different, or even opposite opinions. Mr. Gorham's upeound-deterine, of which the Bishop of Exeter com plainsd was this—that he separated the benefit and the grace from the sacrament altogether ; and he did not admit there was any connexion between thorn. In fact, he unsacramentized the sacrament. It was not the question whether the doctrine maintained by the bishop was or was not a true doctrine ; but the question wss, whether it was or was not ,the true doctrine given in the Prayer Book ? If it was not the true doctrine that 1%3.6 a very good reas on f or a l tos i ng t h e prayer -b oo k , . ' but was no reson for reversing this sentence. The doctrine itself, as tested by the Scriptures, was not in question. The question was whether it was the doctrine of b e Church of England? and their Lordships had to consider that and no other question whatever. The Lea! n - xi was proce-ding with his argu ment when the Court ecljterrned at a quarter to four o'clock until ten o'clock on Friday morning. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON THE EARL OF ALBEMARLE. (THIS DAY.) An investigation, in the nature de lunatico in grirendo, vs as gone into this morning at Farrance'3 Hotel, before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a highly respectable jury, to ascertain the state of mind of th• Earl of Albemarle. Mr. Stanton attended on behalf of the parties pro secuting the inquiry, and Mr. Calvert watched the case for his Lordship. Mr. STANTON, in opening the cas , , stated that the present Earl W 4 fifty-tbree years of age. At the death of his father he succeeded to some estates of considerable value in the county of Norfolk, yield ing about D,OOOl a year, but which were considerably incurnbatd. Messrs. idedcalf and 'Voodhorne had long need es the eo!icitors to the Keppel family, and they bad undertaken this inquiry in behalf of the Countesg, to whom his Lordship was married in 1816. The question for the jury was, first, was or was not his Lordship of unsound mind, and secondly, if he was, when did he become so ? These were the ques tions the ja:y would have to d: tide after hearing the evidence, and without detaining them with a lengtheLed detail of the circumstances it would dis close, the Learned Counsel mentioned one or two of the chief features of the case, and then proceeded to call witnesses. The first witness called was Dr. Sutherlaid. He depo , ed as follows :—I have much attended cases of lunacy. I was called in on the 25th of July last to visit the present Ear!. I was called in by Lady Albemarle. Colonel Koppel, and Mr. Parkin and Miss Birne, were present when I arrived at his Lordship's house. I found his Lordship excited, and I found those physical symptoms which led me to be lieve- that he was labouring under paralysis peculiar to people who are insane. There was a trembling - of the upper lip. His Lordship was in an excited state from having burnt his clothes. Oa the 26th July he was received into my house (Blackland's Howse), under the usual certificate, signed by Dr. Southey and another gentleman. When he came into my house he had a frequent pulse, his head was very hot, and he was very much impaired in his general health. lie told me he had killed a broker at the sale at Willow-bank; he had attended and had kn( eked the nose off another. On the tat of August I met him in the garden at Blackland's, and ho was crying. I asked him what was the matter, and he said he had been up to heaven and there were a million persons in the work unrepented, and that his Saviour had commanded him to erect a guillotine on that spot for their execution. From that time to the 30th of October he had paroxysms of maniacal excitement, exhibited by the usual symptoms, such as hot head, quickness of pulse, uttering inco herently, and sleeplessness at night. It was suc ceeded by great emaciation and extreme exhaustion. On the Ist of November I told him that his father was alarmingly . ill, w ith th e v i ew o f breaking to him his father's d,ath. He then said his father was fifty-five and he was twenty-five years of age. On the 3d, when I went into the room he said he had just returned from Austria, and had sailed hundreds of times round the world. On the sth of November he said he could take out live co a l s i n hi s hands without hurting them; that ne could make watches out of dirt, v o; - th 5001. each ; th at he could snake that he and Mr, Cope were the richest men i n E ng land ; that they possessed Norfolk, Suffolk, W a l es, and Ireland. Oa the Bth I told him of his brother's death. He asked when he died. I told him, and he received it with great indifference, and then he said he must be proclaimed king, under the title of Charles the First. On the 10th of November he said I must be mistaken as to his lip... father's death for his t a il or had brought him Nit .._ . k v On the Ist of December he told me of money in different banks—he radise Bank, and said his income 1 e Ile said also that he had valuable . On the 4th he told me that he and had been at the battle of ed him how that could be, if he was only 25, and he said he had died, and risen again. i I He said he had died three times, that he bad been crucified, and had lived in the time of the twelve Apostles. On the Bth he said he had killed 150 men in fighting; on a former day he told me he had killed 70 He said, also that he was a very good winner, that he had ran against the Hero and Flying Dutchman, and beat them both. On the 11th he said he had ascended up to heaven, and baptised 50,000, all of whom he had thrown into the sea—one was a speckled child, which he had killed. He had seen him this morning, but he made no observations. He was decidedly of opinion that since the first time he had seen him he had been and still continues of unsound mind, and unfit to manage his own affairs. The Doctor was cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT, Q.C.—He had not seen the Earl before the day he was called in, and before he removed to his home he had only seen him once. The excitement under which the Earl was labouring might have resulted from a paralytic stroke. There was a clergyman present when he first saw the Earl, whom he believed to be the Earl's brother. When the Earl first came into his house he visited him every day, but since then his visits had not been so frequent, owing to an improvement in his state. Since the Earl had been with him he had seen his brothers and sisters, Mr. Steer, and Lady Albermarle, but no one saw him without his knowledge. He did not know how often he had seen his solicitor. The Earl had had access to newspapers and religious books, but he did not know what the books were. His state was such that he might have access to books of which he knew nothing. He knew that the Earl had access to newspapers, because on one occasion he told him that Bolingbroke was the first fa vourite for the Derby. On the 6th of December, the Earl said to him, "I will put you in the way by which you shall make a million of money with the medicine you ordered me. It shall supersede cham pagne and claret." On the Bth he told him that he had won 100,0001. at billiards of one of the men at Blackland's. He was subjected to annoyances in circumstances that were likely to produce excitement. There were actions as well as expression on the part of the Earl to indicate insanity, for on one occasion he nearly killed his keeper. On the Ist of October the symp toms of violence began to subside, and since that time his excitement had been gradually subsiding. The symptoms had now assumed a chronic form. The Earl was dirty in his habits, and had a pecular habit of rubbing his hair off his head. Oa reexamination by Mr. STANTON, the Doctor gave it as his opinion that the symptoms the Earl was suffering from were of a permanent character. He fancied now that he was in a convent. By the COMMISSIONER—Is he here? Witness— No, he is not. By the COMMISSIONER—CouId he not be produced here ? Witness—Why, he has expressed a wish to get out of a convent, and it might be dangerous to bring him. By the COMMISSIONER—CouId he be seen in a private room or at the Asylum ? Witness—He may certainly be seen in a private room ; but I am afraid of the excitement coming on again and resulting in paralysis. Mr. CALVERT said, under those circumstances he would be no party to his being brought there, and he would, therefore, suggest that the evidence should be taken as far as it could go, and then the jury should go, in company with the Commissioner, to see the Earl at the asylum. By a Juror—ln consequence of his violence the Doctor said he had more than once felt it to be his duty to severely coerce the Earl. Dr. Southey was the next witness examined.—lle said, I have directed much attention to diseases of the brain. On the 25th of July last I was called in to see the Earl, by his own brother, but I had little opportunity of conversing with him. I, how ever, saw sufficient of him and of his actions to convince me that he was insane. I have since seen his Lordship at Blackland's, I saw him on the sth of November, and then he seemed to be labouring under extraordinary delusions. lam now decidedly of opinion from what I have seen and heard of him that he is of unsound mind, and wholly incompetent to manage his own affairs. Cross-examined—l have seen the Earl three times, the 25th July, and the ith and 19th of November. On the 19th of November he laboured under the delusion that he was a fire-eater. He lit a piece of paper at the candle, and twirling about, said he could make jewels with it. He spoke repeatedly of his inordinate wealth, and seemed to be quite lost upon figures. Property, however, did not appear to be the only subject of his delusion, for he talked of his travels, and seemed to have strange no tions of time, such as that to-morrow would be the first day of the year one. He talked frequently of his skill in watchmaking, and said he could make watches worth 5001. out of nothing. lam acquainted with that species of para lysis spoken of by Dr. Sutherland, and I am de cidedly of opinion that it would be dangerous to bring laim here to-day, since it might lead to renewed excitement that certainly would retard his mental recovery, and might prove dangerous to his life. By the Jury—His Lordship has made some ob servations to me about his solicitor, but on these occasions they have been rather the reverse of in dicating insanity. I have not seen him since the 19th of November. It was arranged that the doctor should go and see his Lordship and return. Mr. Get rge Henry Illus, surgeon, deposed as follows :—I am surgeon to a lunatic asylum. I knew the Earl of Albemarle about seven months before the 25th July. I attended his lady, and had fre quent opportunities of seeing him. I saw him in the 25th of July, and with Dr. Southey I signed the certificate for his going to Blackland's. On that thy, having been sent for by his lady, I found him burning a portfolio and talking very incoherently about his immense wealth. He told me that he had knocked two men down. I never saw him so excited before, but I had always considered him eccentric. From the whole tenor of my observations with his Lordship I was then decidedly of opinion that he was of unsound mind. Cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT—I was with his Lordship on the 25th, about three-quarters of an hour. I attended Lady Bury. His Lordship did not appear to me to be a healthy man. I remember being called up on one occasion to his Lordship, who thought he had taken a black draught. It certainly was a black draught—it was a phial of ink. I administered an emetic to him, but how he took the ink I cannot say. By the Jury—lt never crossed my mind before the 25th that his Lordship was of unsound mind ; his conduct on that occasion was so entirely different to what it bad been before. On the occasion of his taking the ink, which was in May last, he seemed quite conscious that he had been doing something wrong. Mr. William Crawley deposed as follows :—I am an attendant at the house of Dr. Sutherland and have been so for the last five years. On the 21st of July last I remember guing to the Earl of Albemarle's house in Berkeley square. I remained there all night, in consequence of his Lordship being in a weak and excited state. He was removed the following morning, the 26th. He could not be persuaded to leave the house on the 25th. Since then I have repeatedly attended his Lordship. I attended him for the first three weeks. The Sunday following his removal to B:ackland's he became very excited, and on the Monday morning he got out of bed, and taking up a large water-jug, he said "By God I will kill you." I sat up in bed, and caught the jug as he struck at me in my arm. The jug was broken into pieces. I then got up, and having dressed his Lordship, he was removed to another apartment, where he took off his coat, and wanted to fight me. On occasions when he was allowed to walk about the garden he always wanted to eat the leaves ; when I would not allow him to do so he became very excited. After I had attended him three weeks I was removed to an other patient, but I returned to him on the 18th of October, and have attended him since then down to the present time. On the Ist of November his Lord ship told me that he was at the battle of Bunker's hill and fought with Captain Brown. Captain Brown, he said, cut his head off and it fell on the ground, Captain Brown then picked it up, and stuck it on his shoulders, when he was taken home and placed in bed. The next morning his head was as firm upon his shoulders as ever it was, with the ex ception of its being rather shaky. On the 2d of November his Lordship told me that when his father died his youngest brother would be the Earl of Albemarle, he himself being Jesus Christ. On the 4th of November his Lordship said, 4,000 years ago, he was called the Fire King, he then performed at Lyceum Theatre, and the Queen used to go and see him go through his performances, and when he used to jump into the flames the audience shrieked out. He used then, he said, to hide himself in the coal, and refuse to return people their money. On the following day after Dr. Sutherland had an nounced his father's death, his Lordship told tr e that he could bring him to life again, and introduce him to the world as Pope Pius. lle said he had been round the world with Captain Cooke, and returned with savages, who robbed and pillaged the world. Ou another occasion he said he was in an engagement and had his head cut off, which rolled down a hill, and he ran after it, calling to people to stop it. On 26th November he said be had come down from heaven after the flood to redeem mankind. A fter remaining upon earth, he ascended again to heaven. On the 2d Dec. his Lordship said, when his father died he met him going t o th e grave with his butler. On the 6th of Dec. his Lordship called me Alphonso. He said, Alphonso, I know what I am now. I am Jesus Christ. I was crucified after the flood. I have been dead three times, and brought myself to life again. Yesterday, the 11th, his Lord ship told the doctor in my presence that his income I was 490,0001. a year. I have seen him this morning, and, although he is very quiet, he is certainly insane, and has been so since the 25th July. Cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT—On the first Sunday he was under my care I found it necessary to put a straight waistcoat upon him, but it did not remain more than half an hour. His Lordship has ' not committed any outrage since the occasion I have mentioned. About a fortnight ago, however, he commenced slamming the door violently, and on my requesting him to desist he came up to me with his clenched fist and raid he would knock me down if I interfered with him. On another occasion he kicked me, but since the 18th of October, except the incident I have just mentioned, he has shown no symptoms of violence. He is now tranquil, compared with what he was some time ago, but there is no change in his state of mind. Latterly a person named Charles Barrett has relieved me in sleeping in his Lordship's room. I have fre quently asked his Lordship if he would like any books, and he always said no; the newspaper is enough for me. He has had one book since he has been with us. It treats of consolation to sinners. Horse -racing and money in the funds are the topics he speaks of. He always seems anxious to know the state of the funds. He has told me that he was an officer in the army during the Penin sular war, and in the war he often saw soldiers have their heads cut off, and take up others in mistake. From his manner I think his Lordship believes what he states ; he laughs sometimes. One day he threw some stones in the fire and said they would come out watches. His Lordship has access to other patients in the garden, but I am not aware that any of them are excited upon subjects connected with the currency or the funds. Dr. SOUTHEY, having returned from the asylum, was recalled and examined. He said, I have seen his Lordship, and he seems more quiet. I spoke to him on the points of hi s d e l us i on , asking him if he made watches. He said that was all humbug, but he made jewels. He said he was 25 years, and on the subject of his property, he said he had 30,000/. in the funds, and had re peatedly made by buying and selling. He said he had been repeatedly engaged in battle, and had killed many men, one of whose heads he cut off, and he remem bered when he was a boy fighting and killing two boys. From what I have seen of him to-day I am decidedly of opinion that he is of unsound mind, and incapable of taking care of either himself or his pro perty. It is possible, but very improbable, that he may recover. Cross-examined by Mr. Calvert--I believe that it is necessary that his Lordship should be kept per fectly tranquil to admit of any chance of his recovery. It would seem that he has overcome his delusion about the watches, but when I spoke to him of jewels he said he could make emerald drops. I asked him about his property, and he appeared particularly anxious to know the price of funds. He said he frequently fought in single combat, and always killed his man. By the jury—l am quite satisfied at present he is not capable of taking care of himself, nor do I think it would be advisable to bring him here to-day. I am not without hope of his ultimate recovery, but it is highly improbable. Mr. George Steer, of 24, Great Queen Anne-street, the brother of Lady Albemarle, was about to be ex amined, when Mr. Calvert intimated that he was in a position to dispute his Lordship's insanity since the 2ith of July, and he therefore hoped no circumstances would be alluded to anterior to that date. Mr. STANTON said, the evidence he was about to put in would trace the insanity to the 231 of July. The examination of Mr. Steer was then proceeded with. I have known his Lordship for thirty years. During that time he has been married to and lived with my sister. On the 24th July I remember his dining with me in Queen Anne-street, and on my coming home I found him in my drawing-room reading a religious book to my mother. There was something peculiar in his manner which I had not observed before. I repeatedly called him to come down to dinner, but it was some time before be would do so. At dinner he talked very strangely upon religious subjects, and repeated the Lord's Prayer aloud three times. It was so peculiar that I asked him what induced him to do so, and he imme diately got up and said, " I will tell." He stood for some time in an erect attitude, and then rushed out of the room. I went home with him, and on the way a boy ran by, making a noise. He rushed at the boy, and said, if I had not been with him he would have murdered the lad. I gave the lad into the charge of a policeman, to protect him from his Lordship's violence, and then I got his Lordship into a cab, and drove him home. After he had been up stairs for some time his Lordship came down in his waistcoat, and began talking in a wild manner about his friends and his property. On the following day 1 went up stairs to him in his bedroom, and found a fire in the grate, and the room full of smoke. I asked him what he had got a fire for. He said, " Oh, I don't know !" and on turning round I found him without his shirt. I asked him what he had done with it, and he said it was burning in the fire. I asked him why he had put it there, and ho said, "Because it did not fit me." Cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT—I was of opinion that on the 24th he was in a dangerous state, and I suggested that some one should sleep in his house to protect it. Up to that time I had uni formly treated Lord Albemarle as a person of sound mind. By the Jury—We had not finished dinner when his Lordship finished dinner. Ido not know that he has been in the habit of buying in and selling out funds. By the COMMISSIONER—He has never bad an income equal to that which has been mentioned: He had 5,000/. a year as Lord Bury, but I do not know the amount cf his present income. Re-examined—l saw his Lordship a few days ago, when he told me that his income wa►s 440,0001. a year and that the late Earl had left the Dowager Countess 100 race-horses. I am satisfied that his Lordship is insane. Miss Ann Beale, lady's-maid to the Countess of Albemarle, stated that she had many years been in the service of !the Countess, and knew his Lordship well. On the 23d of July his Lordship cut up a great number of pieces of paper, and pasted them on the furniture: in the drawing-room and his study. He said he was going to buy some more furniture, and those he marked must be taken away. He was much excited, and the same morning he burnt a coat and some boxes of his own, in his bedroom. He went out, and on his return he said he had seen Mr. Fleet who could build a house like that he had mentioned in &fortnight From what I saw I believed he was in his right mind on that day. Cross examined by Mr. Calvert—On the evening of the 23.1 Mr. Edward Keppel slept in the house in Berkeley-square, Mr. John Neal, the servant and valet of the Earl, was n,xt examined.—On Sunday, the 22d of July, he told me to get a cab, and when I did so, he went out, with the view of going to Mellington House, and shortly after returned. I was at Mellington House, but I did not see his Lordship there. On tho same night he spoke to me differently to what he had previously done before. On Monday, the 23d of July,:.[ remember the wife of a coachman coming with a bunch of keys, which I gave to his Lordship, and at his directions I got a cab and we drove to Mellington House. The first thing he did was to search for one particular dog —there were four in the house. He found the dog under a bed, and his Lordship ordered me to kill it, which I did in his Lordship's presence, and then by his Lordship's direction I buried it in a particular spot while his Lordship went for a rose-tree which he afterwards planted over the dog's grave, and said he should call it his dog's rose. He then directed me to pull down the looking-glasses, and he assisted me to do. He said he s h ou ld ge t r id o f a ll th e f urn i ture, as he intended to have it replaced with new. I then returned to Hounslow-square, and when his Lordship came withthe e c k ot h h e er w d a o n g te s d . to I k s n s o id w , w th h e a y t a h re ad al b l ee ta n ke d h on to e the stable excepting this one, and then, by his direction, I destroyed two o th er d ogs. I did not do it at first, his Lordship seemed so very strange ; but he requested me to do so a second time, and I did as he ished. I killed two dogs, and set a larger one at liberty. I returned then to his Lordship, and found him in bed. He asked me what I had done with the dogs, and I told him. He seemed very much pleased, and laughed in a strange incoherent manner. Some time previous the first dog had bit him ; his Lordship said, and his reason for killing the others was that he knew it would displease another party. Cross-examined by Mr. CAL-vela—His Lordship was in the habit of having a fire in his room in July, but I am not aware that tlothes were burnt on the Monday. By the Jury—Mellington-house was not his Lordship'a own house. On Monday the 23d I told some of the servants I thought his Lordship was insane. I was afraid not to disobey his Lordship's order about killing the dogs. Mr. Woodhouse, the solicitor, stated that he was acquainted with the circumstances of the Earl of Albemarle. During his father's life be had 9001. year. The estates he had succeeded to were valued at 9,0001. a year, but they were considerably en cumbered. This being the whole of the evidence, the jury now retired for an hour, to enable a portion of them to repair to Blackland's house to have lan interview with the subject of the enquiry. The jury having returned, The Learned COMMISSIONER summed up the whole of the evidence, and after a short consultation the jury came to the following verdict : ",That Augustus Fr e d er i c k, E ar l o f Alb emar l e, Viscount Bury, and Baron Ashford, is of unsound mind, and is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, and has been so from the 23d of July, 1849, and ever since.: IRELAND. (raoaz OUR CORRESFONDENT.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 11.-7 he only thing just now occupying concern amongst the quidnuncs here is the case of Captain M'Manus, an ancient Lothario, of seventy-two, who, after swind ling (as alleged, for the trial is not yet over) a young industrious woman out of her virtue and money, afterwards endeavoured (as alleged) to drive her from the country by a series of de famatory persecutions in the shape of letters. The case occupied the entire of Friday, and was then adjourned until to-day, one of the juryman (Alderman Tagart) being obliged to hold a court for election of town councillor yesterday in the Castle Ward, at which Mr. Martin Burke was returned without opposition, vice Mr. John Reynolds, M.P. The country papers received to-day are but two or three. A Cork paper of this morning, and two Belfast ones, are the only " provincials" that come this evening, and they do not bring a particle of news. THE FUNDS—(THIS DAY.) STOCK EXCHANGE Three per Cont. Consols, 96,1—Ditto for opening, 961 —Three and-a. Qua! ter per Cent. Stock, 96—Bank Stock, 203—Royal Bank, 1 1 —National Bank, 18i — National Insurance Comr any, 19 Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 24 4 —Waterford and Lime rick, 81. ROYAL EXCHANGE. —Mining Company of Ir,:land, 5 —Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 24k. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) We stated in our last that although extremely little business had been done during the week, and the tendency of prices had continued unfavourable, yet on Thursday and Friday offers were made for yarns and goods, in some insLnces for considerable quantities of the latter, which showed that the buyers were beginning to think the time at hand for the advantageous execution of their orders. Indi cations of the same kind have been more general to day, imparting an improved tone to the market. The appearance of a little more life in Liverpool has, no doubt, had some effect on our exchange; as have also, and in a greater degree, the advices by the recent overland mail, which, on the whole, are of fair promise. Though the transactions in yarns have been of very limited amount, they have certainly exceeded those of last Tuesday. Some purchases hare been made for India, and even for China, both in mule and water twist; in the former up to No. 50's inclusive. For Italy there has been rather more inquiry; and the Greeks have shown them selves a little in this department; while the home manufacturers have been accepting some of the lowest offers they have met with. The Germans hare been the least inclined to operate ; as, at this season they can ship but little. On the whole, the* is an evident increase of firmness in all kinds and numbers, except, perhaps, those above No. 60. We are glad to note that the spinners of 20's water, the most de pressed of all counts, will not not sell at their own quotations of a week ago. The improvement in goods exceeds that in yarns. The finer printing cloths are firmer at previous rates; while the quotations for the lower qualities are 10. higher. At lid, under the current prices, the shippers would operate freely in 40-inch shirtings, up to 60 reed, which marks a fair improvement since this day week. If the terms offered some day s back were submitted to, the sales of low jacconets would be considerable. In the light fabrics here enumerated some operations of fair extent have been effeett d. In domestics, the slight advantage previously gained is fully supported; and for T cloths there is rather more inquiry. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had less business transacted to day than on the preceding Monday, with little change in prices. The wool dealers are asking better prices for the raw material, and in some in. stances have obtained them. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have only to reiterate our report of the satisfactory condition of trade in this town, which is working well for the oper atives, who are fully employed and earning good wages. The manufacturers Lave made fresh progress in the sale of their goods, and there appears every probability of a good spring trade at fair remunerat ing prices. We understand that there are houses working on orders which extend to some months hence. The dyers are plentifully supplied with work and busy. A steady business is doing in the raw silk market at late rates. The stocks of thrown silk are lighter than they have been fur some time past. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The principal busi ness that has been done w • as with a few buyers of job lots. The wool market continues firm, and the business of the district may be considered healthy for the season. lIALtrAx, SATURDAY.—The demand for worsted goods, both plain and figured, continues steady, with out any material change in prices. The spinners are still full of orders, and most descriptions of yarn sell freely at improved rates. The sales of long wool are considerable, and prices are very firm, with an upward tendency. There is also more inquiry for short wools at rather advanced quotations. LEEDS, TUESDA Y.—Pair market both on Saturday and to-day. More done to-day at the White Hail than fur some weeks past. Manufacturers pretty well employed and stocks low. Prices very firm, and in consequence of the advance in price, wooll will probably go higher. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Bminghall-etreet. F. J. Ablett, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, draper, Jan. 5, at eleven—J. Jacobs, Canterbury, auc tioneer, Jan. 8, at twelve. In the Country. W. Plumley, Bristol, poulterer, at the Court, Bristol, Jan. 1, at eleven. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. I. Roberts, Mold, Flintshire, draper and grocer, id., on Thursday, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, be tween eleven and two, at ,_the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. I. Booth, Crewe, Cheshire, draper, 64.1., cn Thursday, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. G. L. Richardson, Liverpool, cutler, 81d., on Thurs day, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. F. Berner, Birkenhead, tea dealer, on Thursday, Dcc. 13, or any subsequent Thursday., between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Everall, Whitchurch, Shropshire, chemist and druggist, Is. 100., on Thursday, Dec. 'l3, or any subse• quent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. W. English, Poultry, chemist and druggist, Jan. 4, at eleven. In the Country. J. Sweden, juu., Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, farmer, Jan. 2, at half-past twelve, at the To‘vn-hall, Kingston upon-Hull—J. Saner, Kingston upon:-llull, tailor and draper, Jan. 2, at hall-past twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upouliall—W. Howett, Liverpool, broker, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Has kayne, Liverpool, merchant and ship broker, Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. jellety, Leicester, cabinetmaker and upholsterer, Jan. 4,. at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Wood, Leicuster, timber met.- chatt, Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—J. F. Heathcoat, chemist and druggist, Jail. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. A. Webb, Wakefield, Yorkshire,see;inae;ehant, Dec. 6, certificate of the third class, after Z 1 days—W. Gar rod, Hackney, draper, Dec. 5, certificate of the third class, after 21 days—J. Carey, of Shepton Mullett, Soluersetshire, printer, I), c. 7, certificate of the first class, after 21 days—W. J. Bebell, Gloucester, ship and boat builder, Dec. 7, certificate of the..first class after 21 days—J. Lloyd and G. Lloyd, Brit atington, Cheshire, builders, Dec. 7, certificate of the third class— W. Pit field, of Tottington Lower End, Lancashire, Dec. 10, certificate of the third class—G. 333 ier, Kirkbeaton, Yorkshire, stonemason and contractor,, Dec. 6, certificate of the third class, after 21 days. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOM VED. J. Wrigley and W. Wrigley, Husie-ads:Within-Sad dleworth, Yorkshire, cotton yarn doublers—C. Andrews and N. Wyatt, Modbury, Devonshire,. lime burners—ll. Walker aLd Maria Walker, Leeds, tea, dealers—S. Lin coln and J. Bennett, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, hatters —D. Davies and W. M. Maxwell, (a doxten Colliery, Glamorganshire, colliery proprietors- W. Buckley and W. Knight, Oldham, brassfounders--(1 B. French and J. Bullock, Primrose-street, Bishopsgs le, City, iron fence manufacturers—G. Rawlinson, G. .Boughtun, H. C. Hextall, and R. Johnson, Cheapside, milkmen (so far as regards the said G. Boughton)—T. 'W. Cross and J. Chappell, Leeds, American pail man teacturera—S. N. Gamble and W. Lockwood, Liver se dge. Yorkshire, worsted manufacturers—R. N. Long mild J. Holborow, Wotten-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, is illers—S. Willis and S. Gardner, Birmingham, button z inufacturers—T. Hill and G. E. Hill, Birmingham, linen c rapers—J. Tate, W. Jamieson, and R. Jamieson, Dula afield, Cheshire, cotton manufacturem INSOLVENT PETITION ERS. Samuel James, Builth, Brecknockshire, cordwair.er. William Car ter, Alton, ILmpslaire, p 1 as Aber. Pl.cebe Taylor, Darlaston, Staffordshire. Benjamin Chat&eld, Petarsfield, Ramp aibire, baker. James Wil,on, Alton, Hampihire, tar. Thuophilus Knowles Ridley, Pencona*DF , llerefordshire, farmer. John Hart, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staff - br hhire, grocer. Nathaniel Gordon, Great, Marlow, ackiughamshire, veterinary surgeon. Jehn Wesley Tiramis, Middleport, St aff ardshire, watch maker. William Winter Wood, St. Alban's, core imainer. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATE )NS. U. Campbell, Cumnock, Ayrshire, vvi no merchant, to meet thx. 13 and Jan. 3, at one, within the Crown Inn, Kilmarnock. R. Paton, Paisley, wright and ticnbe r merchant, to meet Dec. 17 atd Jan. 7, at one, wilb4 I the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER' 12, 1849. HEALTH OF LONDON during the WEEK. .._ (From the Registrar• Gencrarsßeturn.) The return for the week ending last Saturday shows that the total deaths registered in the metro polis were 1,053. The average of the season, cor rected for increase of population, is 1,162, and, therefore, exceeds the deaths of last week by 109. The mortality which for some time after the abate ment of the epidemic continued to fall till it reached a point unusually low, again steadily increases, as appears from the numbers successively returned in the last four weeks, which were 878, 892, 931, and 1,053. The cause of the increase may be discovered in the fact, that whereas deaths from epidemic dis eases in these four weeks were respectively 204, 178, 173, and 203, these caused by diseases of the respi ratory organs (chiefly bronchitis and pneumonia) were 134, 170, 194, and 203, showing a gradual rise towards the average, which is 214. The deaths from phthisis (which are not included in the above) have been in the last four weeks 128, 104, 134, and 133; the weekly average is 128. Hooping cough was fatal, in the same periods, to 22, 12, 23, and 18 children; the average is 34. There were 9 deaths from influenza last week, showing an increase on recent returns; the average of previous seasons is 21, but is chiefly derived from the mortality in 1847, when influenza was epidemic, and multiplied the deeths both from this and other affections of the res piratory organs. The deaths in last week from typhus were 51, a considerable increase on previous weeks ; but other epidemics are still much below the average. It is gratifying to state that no person in London was registered as having died in the last week from cholera; this is the first week in which the bills of mortality have been quite free from this disease since June, 1848, a period of nearly eighteen months. The deaths from diarrhoea were 17, less by 6 than the average. A man of 47 years died of " marasmus, after spirit drinking." The death of a man of 63 in St. Andrew Eastern (Holborn) was caused by desti• tution. In Norwood a man died of glanders caught from a diseased horse. Accompanying the present return is a diagram, which exhibits the mortality from cholera in the London districts, with the average elevation of the inhabited portions of each ; and shows also by which of the nine water cJmpanies each district is supplied, and tho source from which its water is obtained. The mean daily reading of the barometer on Thurs day was 29 635 in., the highest in the week ; the mean of the week was 9 . 419. The mean daily tempera ture, which fell to 33 deg. on Tuesday, rose to 46 deg. on Thursday. The mean of the week was 42 deg. 2 min., slightly above the average of the same week in seven years. On Tuesday the mean temperature was 8 deg. below the average, and on Thursday 6 deg. above it. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 8, 1819. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *203 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 61 Tubercular Diseases ... 170 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 126 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 50 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... ... ... ... 203 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ... ... •• • 61 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ... •• • 11 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, /z 12 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 9 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... Atrophy ... ... ••• Old Ago Sudden. ... 8 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ... 36 Dauses not specified ... ... 4 ... 25 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,053 Populatien Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the 1841 Five Autumns. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 164 ... 147 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 207 ... 202 Central Districts 374,199 ... 208 ... 180 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 259 ... 224 South Districts.. 503,346 ... 324 ... 300 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,162 ... 1,053 Males . ... ... ... ... 539 Females ... ... ... ... ... 514 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. .• _ Males ... ... ... ... ... 710 Females ... ... ... ... ... 628 Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,338 *ln this number are included 32 by Scarlatina, 5 by Typhus Fever, and 17 by Diarrhcea. SHIPWRECK. FALMOUTH, DEC. 9.- e -On Friday morning, the weather being very dirty and thick, and a gale at SSE., a schooner was observed in the bay off the Swanpool, apparently entangled with the coast. By half-past eight she was reported to be fast driving on the rocks at the back of Gyllyngdune, be tween Pendennis Castle and Swanpool, and imme diately under the cliff, above which are the gardens and mansion of the Rev. W. J. Coope, the rector of this parish. She proved to be the Mary, of Dart mouth, of 123 tons, Thomas Jarvis, master, from Acre, on the coast of Africa, 105 days, for this port for orders. She had scarcely beyond half a cargo, which consisted of palm oil, the property of Messrs. Hutton and Sons, of London. Her crew were six in number, of whom two were Africans, one of them aged about 60 years. They bad been for 14 days on an allow ance of two spoonsful of flour daily. The vessel was in a distressed state, having lost her canvas. On Thursday night the Lizsrd Lights were made, hut the next morning the appearance of the land, from the state of the weather, could not be recognized. About eight A.M. a pilot cutter offered assistance, when the master requested to be informed what amount would be expected. One of the people of the cutter said 1501., but afterwards the parties appear to have agreed to leave the amount of remuneration to the adjudication of the underwriters, or the sub•com • missionary of pilotage. The pilots then directed that a hawser should be passed aft, that the cutter might render assistance by towing, to get her out of her perilous condition, she being every moment more and more embayed ; this was not attended to, but whe ther from the exhausted state of the crew, or from the vessel's sails blowing away, or any other cause, does not appear. There is no doubt that much time was lost during this interval, so much so, that ultimately the pilots told the master to let go his anchors, for assistance was then too late, she must go on shore. The starboard anchor was then let go, but tco near the shore to prevent the vessel being driven up to within 100 yards of the cliff over the rocks, whereon she beat heavily. It was now nine o'clock, and some hundreds of persons had assembled at Gyllyndune, and on the cliff, the waves dashing over the vessel at each return, and the crew making earnest gestures for assistance, clinging to the side of the vessel. At length, by means of a hawser passed to the shore, the mate ventured, with considerable hazard to himself, and painful ex citement to the bystanders, to attempt to reach the shore by it; and when midway, owing to the line not traversing on the hawser, he became for some mo• ments suspended, and with every lurch of the schooner was dashed into the sea on the rocks; the remainder were got on shore one by one in a barrel suspended ' by a hank to the hawser. On landing they were all taken to the mansion of the Rev. W. J. Coope, for refreshment and rest; in which act of benevolence the ladies of the reverend gentleman's family took a very prominent part, exposing themselves to the in clemency of the weather for some hours to welcome one by one the shipwrecked mariners as they reached the chore, and when conducted to their mansion not being content but that they themselves must tend them with provisions, &cc., and then requested that those who were disposed should go to bed, of which three took advantage, one of whom was an aged black. This poor creature appeared to be more immediately the object of commiseration from his benumbed condition. It is said that during Thursday night the awful weather to which the vessel was exposed alarmed the fears of this aged African, who was in cessant in his invocations to John Wesley to save him. The poor fellow had probably been under the instruction of some Wesleyan missionary when in Africa. The assistance rendered by_Mr. Coope was incessant and extraordinary : with great personal risk he directed the adoption of means for assisting the crew to get on shore and in securing their property ; he re mained the entire day in the vicinity of the wreck or on board. Mr. Jarvis and his crew desire to express their unfeigned gratitude to Mr. Coope and his family for their unexampled kindness. By three o'clock in the afternoon the tide had left the vessel, and the weather had cleared and mode rated, which enabled her stores to be landed. The seamen's clothes, several parrots, and a monkey, were deposited at the mansion. The vessel was found to have lost her false keel, her rudder, which was broken in two parts, stern-post started, and had smashed her bottom from stem to stern. Owing to the favourable weather on Saturday, 71 casks were got out of her, and taken up in lighters to this town. Mr. Yemes, the master commander of the Astrea, tendered all the assistance which the guardship could afford; but it is next to an impossi bility that the vessel will ever come off from her pre sent position. LONDON SEWAGE.—A correspondent informs us that the tunnel-sewer, now in course of formation across Ludgate-hill, from Ave Maria-lane to Creed-lane, is for the purpose of bringing down sewage matter to works constructing at I'uddle•dock, where it will be treated by the method patented by Mr. Higgs. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended Dec. 9, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 7631.; parcels, &c., 441.; goods, cattle, &c., 3591.; steam-boats, 69/.; Mold, 581.—Total, 1,2931. PRICES OF StIAItES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANC OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY VIESDAY AID FAIDAY EVENING• LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11. JOI:`3T-STOCK BAN XS. Namo of Company. Dividend per A=ount of Share. Paid ..4Jinum. Aastralasia .......... 8. - itsh orth American Caylon .. • • .. • • • • • • • • Ca nmercial of London C )lonial Gloucestershire • • • • • • Lorin and WeatminSil' Ditto . London Joint-Stock,. Provincial el Ireland.. Ditto, NeW. .. National of Inland .. Nat. Provnelal of Eng. Ditto, New. ....... South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Lrni,n el L0nd0n..... ILlion of Madrid ..... 31. per cent. 5/. per cent. 71. por cent. 61. por cent. 51. per cont. 15/per cent. 61. per cent. 61. k,er cant. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. /. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 5/ per cent. 61. 'per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per emit INSUILILNCE C Name of Company. APlaneo Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • • • • • • Atlas British Commercial .. Gen. Life County ........ Eagle European Life ••• • • • Family Endowmn t Sec. Freemasons' . • • • • • • • Gl•be • .. •• • • • • • • • • G..lardian • • • • • • • • Imperial Fire •• •• •• • • Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire ...• • • • . • . • • LAIV Legal and General Life London Fire .. ••• • •• London Ship ..•. •. • . Marine • • • •••• •• •• •• Med. Invlid & Gen. Life national Lean Fund.. National Life •....... Palladium Life.. •• Pelican • • • • • • .• • • •• • • Pti at nix • . Pt otector Provident Life ........ Rock Royal Exchange Sun Fire l:itte Life . Unlled Kln;dom Uaiversal Life Viaoria Life •• . Dividend per Annum. 31. 103 711dsed&bs Cl. per cent. 133.6(1.pr5h. 7s. per share I pr ct.& bs. 31. 142. 4 1 ,4 per cent if. & be. 64 per cont. 6/. per cent. 51. 12?. per cent. 12s. IL sh. & be. 11. lis. 10s. 10s. 12s.per share 4341. per et. 51. per cent. Sol. per cent. N. per cent. 3/. p. sh. & bs M. per cent. 11. se. & bs. bs. 61. per cent. 61. 10s. 11. 6s. 41. per cent. 10% pr cnt. 61. per cut. A s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 105 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 5000 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 IMP 11. N. Amount of Sharo. s. d. 500 0 0 100 • 0 100 0 0 511 0 0 50 • 0 100 0 • 1 104 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 • 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 e 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 20 0 100 0 e so e e 2000 100 0 0 $ 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 • 4 0 • DOC/ES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - - - X s. d. X s. d. East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country •• 20s. per sle. 100 0 0 - 21 London .• • • •••. • • .. 51. pr cant. Stock. - 117 Ditto Bonds •••• • • .. I/. per cent. - - - St. Katharine •••• •• - 4 per cent. Stock. - 80 Ditto, Scrip .. - ... . - - - - Ditto Bonds ........ 4141. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• -- - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - FRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -- - X. s. d. X. s. d. Charing-cross ••-.. • • - - 25 0 0 - Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 11 - 2 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 353. per cent. 50 0 0 - 6 Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... .• • Ay. 11. 70 10 3 - - WATER-WOILIES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per if Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - £ I. d. £ s. d. East London.••• ••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 181% Grand Junction -•• .. 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 82 Kent................ 33. 10s. 100 0 0 - 75 Lambeth - 9% New ltivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 65 Vauxhall ............ 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 93 West Middlesex . . . 61. Os. pr cnt. - - 121 GAS-LIGHT AND CO/LE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- X. s. d. .R. s. d. British ••••••.. • • • • - 11. 40 I 0 11 0 • 14 Ditto Provincial.. .• 11. 85. 20 0 5 20 0 0 lit Brighton ...... ••• • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 City of London .... • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 • 250 CentinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 75 5 0 81 5 0 35 Equitable .......• •• • • 50s. pr share be 0 0 be 0 0 26 Imperial ............ 31. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 Independent ........• 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62 London.. ...... .. .... - 50 0 0 60 e 0 - - 50 0 0 se • 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 10 9 - Phcenix . ............ 4541. per et. 50 0 5 4% 0 I 2% Itatcliff ..... ....... W. 100 0 0 90 0 5 75 (Jutted General .. •• • • 7s. Cd. 50 0 0 50 0 9 13 Westminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - 46 Ditto, New ........ 12s. 60 0 0 10 0 0 in CANALS. Names of 1 P: Dividend Names of 'Dividend Companies. A per Price. Companies U per p „ ee. xf '' lc Annum. tin Annum. ' ----- - - - - - £ 4 Ashtnic Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield . 100 ' 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160' 121. 180 Neath •••• • • 100 161. 340 lirkuk&.kbrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 185 Birmingham 351 41. 82 Peak Forest. 78 31. 188. 78 Coventry.... 109, 251. 210 Regent's •• • • 83 11. 2s. 18% Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale -•• 88 41. 50% EllentreScChs 138 ' 565. 41 Somrset Coal 188 71.105. 131 --i Erewash ... 100 321. Do.LkFdst 12 6l.p. C. - Grand.functn 100 1 51. 53 Stffr4&Worc 140 281. 400 Grand Sarrey 100 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 , 151. - Grand Union 100 11. lOs. 24 Stonrbridgo.. 145 201. SOO Grantham • • 150 - - Severn and 26 21. Os. - Kenut & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye ltail. j Lee.is& Liyrp 100 301. 325 Warwick& Leicester ...• 140, 51. 61% Birming. 3 100 41. 63 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 45 Vfarwick& Loughborogh 142, 701. 650 Napton..} 100 31. 43 Monmouthsh 109 81. - Worcstr 8/ 78 31. 42 Mutgomrysh 100, - - Binning. Meltnlf wbry 100 ..-- - Wilts & Brks - 148. 9 Prite, Price, 19 GO 14 _6% LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Pee., Annum. Share. -- --.-........... -. X a. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 9 0 100 0 0 212.4 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow 'tank . W. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 Clydetdale Bank •• •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 • 6 131.6 g. Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 6 0 100 0 0 166 Eastern Bank •• ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 6 0 II 0 9 loi Edinbla Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. b • 0 50 0 54, Exahangeßnk of Scot 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 204 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 • 0 National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 I 0 14% Northof Scotlandßank 47. percent. 20 0 0 b 0 II 31:0s North British Bank • • - - - -, Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125, Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 I 0 50 0 0 -23 Western Bank •••• • • • • 71• per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 Aberdeen Fire and Life 7341. pr cent. 12 10 0 2 • 0 2 B. Accord.Lifeaud Fire - 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 47. per tent. 10 0 0 1 '0 • lie 6d Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. pez cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 • 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 9 0 2 0 IS 2/. 7s Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. per cent. 100 • 0 12 10 0 19% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 9s.od. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Ce. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I - insur. Co. of Scetind• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 II 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland Gl. per ez.nt. 10 0 0 1 00 ! 11. 7, Mercantile Life National Fire and Life Cl. per cent. 10 0 0 1 41 0 20s. 6d North British Izmir. • • 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 24 North & West if Scot. SI. per eent. 10 0 0 1 • 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Armand Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 - Scottish Union Insrnee. 6341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 • 225.64 Standard Life United Dep. Assurance 51. per cont. 10 0 • 1 0 0 1 14s. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - X. s. d. X. 1. d. ..knetien Mart.... •• • • 2/. Cs. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 40. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, halt Shares.. - - 2 10 0 Canada ... • • .... • ... Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent. - - flity Navigation .... - - - 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 03 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversienry si. pr cont. 100 0 0 100 0 0 103 Gen.SteamNavtgation 11. 81. 15 • 0 14 0 0 25 London Institution .• • - - 78 12 0 - Russell Institution •• -- - - 26 5 0 _ Poninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. SO • 0 50 0 0 FO Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Stearn •• •• 61 11..4. p. c. 100 • • 1 60 I 0 bn South Australian ..• • • 11. per share. 25 0 8j 25 0 0 17 Tan Dieman's Land., - 100 0 I 23 I 0 2 ILLNESS OF MR. BERWICK.—The Cork registry was postponed on Friday, in consequence of the serious illness of Mr. Berwick, Q.C., chairman of the east riding of that county. THE OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS OF THE 24TR NOVEIDIER.—A letter from Malta, dated 2d inst„ received in London yesterday, contains the following : "The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Indus arrived here at seven p.m., on the 30th ult., from South ampton and Gibraltar. She has been ready for sea since two p.m. yesterday, but is detained waiting tor the Mar seilles portion of the mails, which ought to have bee❑ here on the evening of the 30th. N.B. As the French steamer Leonidas, which was engaged by the British Government to take these mails to Malta, in con s( quence of an accident to the Admiralty packet, did not leave Marseilles until the lit inst., and is known to be a very slow vessel, there is great reason to fear that the mails would not reach Malta until after the de. parture of the Indus (which could not be detained beyond the 3d inst.), and that consequently the mails would most likely have to wait at Malta until next month's steamer. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A dreadful Abscess under the Chin Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Robert Davidson, shoemaker, of Anstruther, had suffered for more than five years with a very dreadful abscess under his chin ; during this time he had been under the care of two surgeons in Anstruther and one in Edinburgh, without the least prospect of a cure. In this miserable condition he began to use Hollo way's Ointment and Pills, which, in the short sp ace o f two months, soundly healed the wound ; and he is now e n j o yi ng th e best of health. These fi ne medicines are admirable remedies for king's evil, wounds of all kinds, burns, scalds, piles, fistula, and bearings down. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Eatabliihment, 244, Strand, London. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, DEC. 11. The market was fully attended. Wheat sold at about same prices as last week, and upon the whole the COll. clition, notwithstanding the lute continued wet weather, was pretty good. Barley again in good supply, the qua lity more various than for several market days, and sold sluggishly at 26s to 27s per quarter. Beans and peas without much alteration, perhaps a little in favour of the buyer. Malt dull, and a heavy trade. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wh( at, red 3Bs to 393 Beans, old Do., tin 5ed...... 4ls to 41, Peas.. 27s to 288 Barb'', malting 26s to 27. Oats. Do., select ...... 28, to 00s Rye.. ....... .. Do., grinding... 22s to 24, Malt . OOB to 005 Beans 258 to 276 Flour, prr sack.. 00s to Os • -- --- AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING DEC 8. Wheat 1,910 quarters at 41s 2d. Barley ~ 27s 3d. Oats 91 19s 7d. Beans lO9 ~ 27a 6d. Peas..... 65 e, 29s Id. Rye . HULL, DEC. 11. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states: —Ar rivals have been moderate during the week, and but for the unexpected change from severe frost to compara tively mild weather, we should probably have had more firmness in our market; as it is, the same hand-to mouth system is pursued that has so long characterised the trade, and no one seems diiposed to buy beyond his apparent immediate wants. The supply of farmers' wheat for this day's market was moderate, and we are unable to note any change in the value of good conditioned samples, but less disposition was manifested to take late prices. Very Hole passing in foreign, with only a small quantity offering from shipboard. Barley goes off for grinding at about the late low rates, while malting is exceedingly dull. For other descriptions of grain we do not alter our quotations. Linseed fully as (Isar, but cakes are easier to buy. No transactions to report iu rapeseed, aed lower rates are again taken for cakes. Bones aro firm. The following are the preser 8. 8. Wheat, English, red 34 to 38 Do. white 36 —3,:.; Dantzic and Ko- nigsberg 42 411 1 Pomeranian and I prices of grain:— N Peas, white and yel. 25 28 Do. grey ,, 24 — 2B Linseed, Black Sea. 43 45 _......u, Do. Petersburgh ... 37 — 4! I Do. l!iga & Arebng. 3t; 3' Hlrnburgh 3B —4O Do. Konigsberg 35 — 3 / Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 34 —36 Linseed cakes, Hull 712 e id hussian and Odessa 32 36 Do. fine foreign Oats, English Do. Danish lO 1:z Rapeseed Do. Friesland l5 16 R ape ca k es.. 72s 6d to 001. ~' Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 —l4 Tares, English Oths o ° s Barley, malting 22 —24 D o . f ore i gn 20s 245 Do. grinding......., 19 20 Guano 6/ to 91 1t Beans 26 —32 Bones, do 00s Od to L'Os' Do. foreign 25 31 Rye meal 6t"° s Coat, Dee. 10.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s Od ; extra 14 le; seconds, lls to 12, 6d ; households 9s to 10s 6d; thirds, 7s to VI per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6d to 10s; Indian meal 6s 6d to 64 9d; whey meal, 9s 6d to 108 per cwt. Indian corn 12580 d to 127. 6d per ton Bran 31 iOsto 3/ 12s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 25. to 368; average 342; dealers 36s to 403 Od; average 38s per ton. Straw—Farmed I4s Od to 25. Od; average 208; dealers 27. Od to 008 04 . average 00. Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6id; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs-6s 6d to 6s 8d per hundred. Coals- - Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 148 ; Best Neatb Culm 138 per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 3id to sd; mutton 4d to bd ; veal 4d to Od ; pork aid to 4d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops bl Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 7150 to 8158; Valonia 141 to 01; French 7158 ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 108 to 12s per stone. Hemp 32/ to CO/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 18s to 19s; red ditto 24. to 26s per barrel • Newfoundland 10/ Os to 12! Per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/per ton; deals, first quality, 1 80 ; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 148 to 180; salted 14s to 20s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2id p e r lb. Potatoes, white 6id to 9d; Minions lld to 12d; Guano Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar_Archangel 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—TiIe market to -day was tolerablf firm for all descriptions of shares, although the amount of business c ncluded was not very considerable. The only variations in prices were—Great Western, 17/. Shares , dis.—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 12 dis.—Wilts, Somer set, and Weymouth, 14 dis. LI VERI'OOL, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather dull today. The transactions were as follow;—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 6/. 1 Is. 3d. dis.—Ditto, prefer ence, 12A, —London and North-Western, 113—Ditto, NO Quarters, 13s. 9d. p.— Midland, 49 LA.—Leicester and Swirl' nington, 21 1 ,$ dis.. r — South-Eastern and Deve r (No. 4), 6/. I Is. 3d. Ditto (Registered), 6% South Staftbrdshire, 44 dis. —Belfast and Ballymena, 18 %. MANCHESTER, Dsc: 11. STOCK ExcnANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow:—East Lancashire, 1136—Cheshire Junction, 17 dis• —Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1% Ditto, Leeds, 6 9-16—Ditto, Preference, I`2l4—London Nei' Quarters, e, p.— Caledonian, 11%—Ditto Preference, £3S -- Grimsby Docks 4t,4—Sheffield, and Lincoln, VA —London Stock, 130 c.—West Riding Union, 6 1 4 dis. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues dull; and local lines are at the 01 rate of discount. Midland 6 per cents. were done to-day at 123. In this neighbour" hood there appears little in prospect to lilt up the market. YORK, Dsc. 10. Srocx ExcwANGE.---The transactions to-dav were as follow:—Great Northern, 7 1 4 Caledonian, 113 North Staffordshire, 8 —North-Western, Preference, SI. 6s. THE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS.—In COIL' sequence of the numerous representations which have been made by the merchants of the city of Londoe, , Liverpool, &c., to the Right H onoura bl e t h e M arqu is 01 Clanricarde, the Postmaster-General, of the ino n i venience and less th e y sus t a i n b y t h e di spa tch of the outgoing mails to the Mediterranean, India, &c., via Marseilles, and those to the West Indies America, &c., before the arrival of the incoming packe ts or mails at Southampton, Liverpool, and Londnr , arrangements are making which will come into _ operation, it is expected, w ith t h e commence men 6 of the new year, which will obviate the inconvenien ce complained of. When a mail has been overdu e (the same as the last overland mail from India when the letters were only delivered on Saturday ing), and the outgoing mail not detained—the merchant' and the public have no opportunity of answering their correspondence for a fortnight or a month—wherea s ' if the packet had been detained twenty-four hotivit or only twelve hours, after the arrival of the in mail, they would have the opportunity of answer ing the letters. Th e ma il s f or t h e M e di terran ean' India, &c., vies Marseilles, are at pr esen t ma d e 111) on the evenings of the 7th and 24th of the month (and that date falls on a Sunday, the next evening), 11 ° due in London on or about the 3rd and 23rd those for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonia n , Islands, Egypt, Aden, C e yl on , Mauritius, Ind's. Hong Kong, and China, on th e m orn i ng o f t h e 20th l// the month by the packet f rom S out h ampton, d ue at Southampton• on the 27th or 28th. Th e B r iti s h 911 a foreign coloni, s in the W es t I n di es (except Bernulani Nassau, New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, a ° Havannah), Venezaeia, and Jame!, on tke wo rt " lags of the 2,1 and 17th of the month, which are for' warded by the packets from Southampton, Bermud' s ? Nassau, Mexico, New O r l eans , &c., on the mornings ' the 2d only; ' - and Mad Ara, rey's-toe n (San Juan t ie Nicaragua) New Granada, Chili, an d P eru , on th e e , morning of the 17th only ; and th e re t urn p ac kets a r e due on the 7:11 and 22d. Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cad td and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, 1 0 27th of the month, via Southampton, due on i t h sth, 15th, and 25th of the month. British 11 ° r ", America and the United States every Friday eve (except in December, January, February, and bitt r l c „,; the winter months, and then only every alternate Friday evening) by steam packets, via Liverpool, Halifax,flost o ' or New York. It will be seen from the above how imt portant such a measure will be to the mercantile inter° and the public at l arge , w i t h out caus i ng any particula r, delay in the outgoing mails. y Or THE FALLEN AR CHES AT ICENTICE•TOWN.--"--°j observations on this mishap a pp ear t o b e we ll foan"', and important: all nho are acquainted with the site t rs versed by that viadect—the c ourse o f t h e old Fl e e ! D ritch, and the ill.drained fl a t th a t st ill engen d e rs tyo, and idluenza—must be astonished at the small deP and substance of the foundations of the piers, as giv e ° in the Milder of last Saturday; and they must ogr e with you, that in such cases an inquest ou g ht t o be hel d ' i even when no life is lost on th e occas i on. I n cases n fire, such inquiry is sometimes made; and surely, wherie an awful ri,k of human lite, is incurr e d, an d th e interes t of science and of th e p u bli c are at stake, as in this fie er3t, the expense and inconvenience would be nothing in parison with the advantages to be derived from a l er judicious, an d strict inquiry. On the sth of Noveg n last, passin g under this c ry bridge, I observed O c i i friend that I never felt satisfied with a bridge or al a made of seve ra l r i ms o f b r i c k s o f t h e same aiv, and. e 8 bonded, and I p o i n t e d t o severa l i nstances o f the br i ch all running into eac h o th er , i nstea d o f overlaying 4:10 other's joints, and remind e d h im o f var i ous e xamfue - fil , the Richmond and South-Western lines, where the ro , tration of water is conseq uen tly i ncreas i ng t o an a lti oll ing degree. Before a c o r oner ' s j ur y suc h hints lea to improvements.—Correspondent of the 8L.....• BIRTH& On the 30th ult., at Richmond-road, the wife of Fre-- A - eri c Green, of a daughter. At Norwood, Surrey, on the sth inst., the wife of the B el'i T. Bade}, of A son. On the Bth . inst ,at Toperoft Rectory, Norf o lk, the F ife the Rev. J. G. Jessep, of a son. MARRIED. On the 24th ult., at St. Mary's, Haggerston , 1) &0, Powell, second son of the Re . James Gr 9y, rector of Pi Hants, to Jane, daughter of the late George Duncan , of Hackney. On the 10th inst., a t Puse D y IED. , the residence of his In-law, P. Pusey, Esq, M.P., the Earl of Carnatvon,aged MO' On the 2d inst., at Kiigsgate-house, Rolvendou, Mary Wellor aged FO. - P 4l° On the 4 th' inst., at Pilton- house, count f Meath, The: y o Brodigan, Esq. 00 On the fr,th inst., at St. John's-wood, aged 6 ', Eli za for Maria, relict of the late Mr. Marmaduke Thompson', merly of Southgate, US fi‘ On the bth inst., at the Parade, Portsmouth, Wi l P P - tit Raper, Esq , aged 77. bia brotilor'; On the WI inst., Anastasia, wife 'of Edward Rite Esq ,of Bromley, Middlesex. ,. . go i On the Bth inst., at P en t on - row , W a lworth DirS, ' , Anna Payne, relict of W. P a y ne , E sq . . the too On the Bth inst., ag e d 80, A nn , f or near 52 y e ars - of T. 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