The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-08 00:00:00

TWO Iltition EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before the Cana. BARON and a Special Jury.) TURNER V. UNION BANK. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Henn ker appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Gurney, Mr. Ryland, and Mr. Ogle for the defendants. Mr. CROWDER stated the case to the jury. The plaintiff, Montague John Merewether Turner, was a gentleman residing at Woodgate Lodge, in the neighbourhood of •Croydon, and the defendants were the trustees of the Union Bank of London, in Ar- . . gyil-street, Regent-street, and the action was brought •..to recover compensation in damages for a breach, on the part of the delendanta, of an engagement which is • always implied between bankers and their customers, viz., to ries wer a cheque of a customer, provided they haver'sufficient funds in - hand to meet it atathe time the cheque is drawn. This was a question of the importance, because strictre bS and puac , taelity in deserving the payment of cheques hankers materially . added to the facili ties which were required. for the transaction of business. The plaintiff in this case had to com plain that a cheque which he had drawn for the pur ;pose of paying his yearly subscription of 51. to Mr. Simpson, the Secretary of the Reform Club, to which he belonged, was refused ptyment, it being alleged that he had no effects at the time in the hands of the defendant , . This subjected the plaintiff to very con iderable, annoyance and inconvenience, as they might easily understand, because a gentleman could not but t - el velar much aggrieved to have a cheque for so small an ..mount returned upon him'es if he had drawn upon as bank with which he had no account. It - .ys perfectly obvious that at times the hest of bankers might commit errors, but then it would naturally be expected that when the mistake was di:covered, the bank would inane diately express their sincere regret that .• it had taken place. In the present instance he was sure the cry would think that Mr. Turner was not only jus. titled but bound te bring this action into court. The erdinary bankers of the plaintiff were at Croydon, but coining from time to time to London, and belong ing to several clubs, he kept for his convenience a small account with the defendants, and at the time the cheque was refused he had about 601. in their hands. The cheque was drawn on the 12th of May, 1848, and on hearing from Mr. Simpson that it was dis honoured, he wrote the following letter to Mr. Clack, the manager, o:i the 16th of May, 184S:— " Sir,—ln case you should not know the severe injury which has been done to myself by the non• pas ment of the cheque drawn on the 12th instant, arid paid to the secretary of the Reform Club, I think is right to apprise you of the circumstance, and I trust your explanation will be such as to obviate the necessity of any legal proceedings which I am Advised I am justified in adopting for the severe iejury which has been done to me.' To this letter the following reply was returned : " The only explanation I can offer in reply to your letter just received is, that at the time the cheque was presented here there were not sufficient funds at your credit to pay it. The balance at your credit since the 29th ultimo appears to be only 1/ I ls. 5.1, and as the directors of the bank have several times expressed their disapprobation at my permitting your account to be overdrawn on pre vious occasions, I had no alternative but to act in the manner complained of. Your pass-book was made out and delivered on the 15th ultimo, at which time • the balance in yeur favour was 741. 19s. 3d. As you have not apprised me of any error therein, I presume it to be correct, and as I have since paid a draft of yours for 731. 7s. 10.1., the balance is now • 'what I state. Taking into consideration the courtesy and liberality which has been shown to you on our account, which his scarcely remunerated the batik, I beg to remark that the tone of your letter appears to be hardly justified, even had your draft been erro neously refund payment. I can only say ifyou think . it right to adapt legal proceedings, or to withdraw your account, I am prepared to meet your wishes." Mr. Turner thought it right to explain to Mr. CIA .k how the error had occurred, and his reply was in these terms:— " Since reeding your letter I have thought it well, though the first time I have ever thought it neces sary, to look over my return cheques, and it appears that your house is ana thing but accurate. On the 14th of December, 18.16, there is a cheque for 101., which is signed William Lewin Turner,' but which any one with half an eye would not take for my signature. To show further the inaccuracy of the account, I am debited with a bill of exchange for 51/. 10s. 2.1, which is not accepted by me." Some faither correspondence passed between the parties without the plaintiff obtaining any apology or receiving any intimation that the balance which he .Loeged was due to him should be paid, and the ,esnsequenee, was that an action was commenced in July, 1848 The tVenciarits, in Augu,t, took out a titniiions to stay proceedings on payment of debt and costs, they having found ou - , in the meantime, !het the entries intdo in the plaintiff's account were inserted be mistake, but as no written apology was effered the plaint:if ()Ejected to this course. The case was thon entered for trial, and the defendants tied 63/. into Court, which they found was the true kit:ince due, and as to the damages sustained, had psi i one shilling, whiah they contended was amply • sutri.:ient to comr.:)sate him for the alleged breach of ci;g•lg,‘.lLent. The only issue which the jury would, therefore, have to deteimMe was, whether, under the circumstances of the case, that rum was sufficient. The plaintiff contended that it was not, an/ only added insult to injury. Mr. GOODY, in defence, said, the mistake in the account had arisen from confusing the names of the plaintiff's brother and another person with the plain tiff's name, but the bank endeavoured to rectify it by paying the proper balance into court ; but they were not altogether to blame, for it was the plaintiff's duty to look over his pess-book and to communicate at once with the bank if he discovered any mistake. Instead, however, of doing this, he had allowed them to remain ender the impression that the entries were correct. The plaintiff kept a very poor account, and had only been a customer of the bank for a short time ; and as he had been frequently under great obligations to it, he might have exercised a little more leniency towards the defendants. The L?arned JUDGE summed up, observing that the plaintiff had not only omitted to allege any special damage, bat he said not a single syllable about his having suffired any loss by the non-payment of the balance. • The jury found a verdict for the defendants. FRANCE. M. de Falloux has received at Nice ;the reward which he has so justly merited for his endeavours to deliver over Italy and France to the tender mercies of the parti-pretre. No sconor was it known that the dcstroyer of liberty in Rome, the apologist of the massacre of St. Bartholomew's, the patron of the Inquisition, the wily Jesuit M. Alfred de Faßoux had arrived in Nice, than the inhabitants assembled under the windows of his hotel and greeted him with a charivari if so energetic a character that he was forced to give way before this unmistakeable, but pacific, expression of popular indignation, and to quit the city. From this it would appear that the Italians are not so priest ridden as the French. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 19th ult. state that the dispute bet wesn the Austrian and Russian Cabinets and the Port. , concerning the refugees has bemi settled to the entire satisfaction of the Sultan, r.nd on the basis which he himself had proposed. In c ns , •quence of this arrangement the British fleet had left the Dardanelles for Beshika Bay, forty miles dis• tance from its former station, but it was said at Con stantinople that the British and French Governments will keep a force in the Levant for some months. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) DECCAN PRIZE MONEY.—The rolls of the final distribution of this prze-money, due to the 65th Regiment, have been received from India. Satan'. ARMS.—We are happy to hear that Colonel Arson, who has now the control over the small arms department of the Board of Ordnance, is using every exertion to obtain the best kind of musket ;or our service. Three specimens were taken to his office on Thursday, viz., one by a Brussels gunsmith, another by a German, and the third by Colonel Hawker, o n hi s return from Birmingham. A REGIMENT IN IRELAND.—An irregularity of rather a serious nature has occurred in the instance of a Captain of a corps of the Irish establishment, when on duty as a member of a court martial, which will possibly lead to ulterior proceedings of investi {ation. KILKENNY GARRISON.—We regret to state that several soldiers of the 431 Light Infantry have b::en recently attacked on several occasions by cowardly mobs, who uniformly take the opportunity of mal treating soldiers when alone, and apart from their comrades. There is not a better conducted set of men in the service than the non-commissioned officers and privates of this distinguLlied and admirably conducted corps. CONVICT GUARDS FOR .AUSTRALIA.—CirCUTUTS have been forwarded to the several staff districts for returns of pensioners who are disposed to volunteer their services to form Convict Guards for this colony. They are to assemble at Tilbury Fort, and one ship will be immediately dispatched. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.—It is said that pen sioners will be enrolled and formed into local companies, under the command of an experienced officer, for service in this colony. This arrangement, f carried into effect, will completely put a stop to the desertions which are continually taking place from the detacbmtnt stationed in the THE NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We understand that there ere several volunteers for the command of, and fur ether portions in, the new Arctic Expedition to be organized to proceed, via Behring's Strait.;, in search of Sir John Franklin; but the whole affair is in the hands of the Treasury, and nothing, it is expected, will be done before April next, or until intelligence is received frcm the Plover, now in Behring's Straits. THE PRISONERS OF THE " CHILDERS."—We stated last week that Messrs. Graham and Elliot, the im prisoned i tEcers, late of the Childers, had been re moved from Exeter county gaol to the Queen's Bench Prison. We understand that they were removed on their petitioning the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Admiralty approving the transfer. There is, hew ever, very little doubt that they will remain there during the remainder of the full time for which they were sentenced to be imprisoned. COURTESY TO FRENCH NAVAL OFFlCERS.—Lieu tenant Messelgry, of the Fr( hell navy, on a visit to this country, has received Admiralty perreise-ien to visit all our dockyards and victualling yards. At Deptford, especially, it Las been ordered that every kcility is to be afforded to the Lieutenant in acquir ing information with reference to provisioning the navy. NEXT SHIP FOR THE COAST OF AFRICA.—We are enabled to state that her Majesty's ship Contest, to the command of which Commander the He n. John Spencer has been appointed, will proceed to the Coast of Africa station on the Ist of January. THE THREATENED COURTS MARTIAL ON THE OF• FICERS OF H M.S. CONSTANCE —An Officer of the Constance, 50, Captain Courtenay, assures us that neither Captains Sir B. W. Walker, Captain Fre- mantle, nor any other t fficer, had anything to do w ith settling the misunderstanding between Captain Courtenay and the Captain of Marines, as reported. He, moreover, asserts that matters of difference and offence between them were amicably adjusted a fortnight before the ship arrived in England. Cap tam Courtenay had no intention of making any charge against a single officer, and the only disagreeable ' affair pending was between the First Lieutenant and the Gunnery Lieutenant, which Captain Courtenay had nothing to do with, having been on the Sick List at the time of dispute or breach of discipline, but that Captain Courtenuy had completely tried to arrange matters between them. Finally, it is stated that a court-martial was avoided by the junior making an apology to the senior. STAFF OF IRELAND.—CoIoneI Spink, K.H., As sistant Quartermaster-General at Cork, has resigned his appointment, and Colonel Pennefather, from Clonmel, is to succeed him. TIM SUN, LowpcoN, SATURDAY EVENING; RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail- Ray s for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— .a = ~,4 • Week Last 2.d ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. :,.. iti O t. c...) .: 4 - ---- ---- Nov. & --------- .£ £ Dec. 1 Aberdeen .. •• • • ..... 767 520 2 Amiens and Boulogne ............. - 1,306 1,088 1 Belfast and Ballymena .....• ........ 438 341 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 756 661 2 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 376 251 2 Bristol and Exeter •• .. .. . • ..- ..• • .. 3,204 - 25 Caledonian. ........... ............ 6,033 4,288 2 Chester and Holyhead. •• .. •• .• ...... 1,250 1,167 29 Dublin and Drogheda.... .• .•••• •• • • 667 615 4 Dublin and Kingstown •• •••••• • • • • •• 832 929 1 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • ....... 925 1,604 2 East Anglian.. ..... ••••••••• • • • • • • •• 623 657 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow, •••• • - - - 3,167 3.0.,7 1 Editiltrgb. and Perth •. • • ........ 2,169 1,570 2 Eastern Coun.les and North Eastern.. 13,838 12 668 25 East Lancashire ••••.• • • .. 2,7 a 1 1,522 2 Eastern Union• •••.•.• .. - _ - ...... 1,513 1,237 1 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • •• 2,7138 2,420 1 Glasgow and Greeneck.• •...... .... 970 854 25 Great Northern and E. L........... 2,927 - 1 Great Southern and Western .. ••• • .. 3,685 3.018 2 Great Western, &e • ..... - 16,605 17,316 2 Lancashire and Yorkshire .... 25 Lancaster and Carlisle ........ 2,8;8 1,831 3 Leeds and Think •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 664 - 2 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 75 58 1 Londonderry and EnniskPlen.• - .... 118 105 2 London and North Western, &c•••• • • 37,741 35,5 9 2 London and Blackwall.• •• •••••• • • •• 529 549 1 Londcn and Brighton .• • ...... • ....• 8,U69 7,478 2 London and South Western ......... 8,561 7,653 2 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,753 2,611 2 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.. • . 20,049 20,061 2 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • •• 1,154 1,119 1 Monklands .••••••.....• •••• •••••••• 824 833 2 North Brit! h.•..••••--• • • • • • • • •• 3,111 2,274 1 Paris and Rouen. ••• • •• ............ 5,378 5,227 1 Rouen laid llavro •••• •• .. 2,134 2,109 2 Scottish Central .. • ........... •• .. . 1,144 804 1 Scottish Midland ••••.•-• • .. • • • •• 364 268 2 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,431 1,316 2 Shropshire Union ........ •......... 359 -- 1 South Eastern and Branches •• • .....• 8,403 7,075 26 Sou..h D evon •.• • • ... ..• 1 Tatr Vale ....... ..... .............. 2,029 1,756 749 729 - Waterford and Limerick....... •••••• - 271 25 Whitehaven Junction ...........•.•. 204 Ms i 2 York and Newcastle .• • ••- • ....... 12,033 13,827 2 York and North Midland. - •••• .... 6,384 7,029 MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal ut this day ) More than an average amount of business has been trausaett d this tee ek ; the market continues firm, s ith tendeeey to aelvartce, sellers seekieg ter higher pr c s, which buyers are unwillieg to conform to; &else quently, there are several negutistious on the Lapis, h hich are likely to come off next week. South Bisset, Condurrow, Trehane, Trelawny, and West Wheal Jewel, have continued in request. Mary Ann, South Tamar, and Bedford United share: have been sought fur, and several transactions t &cud at advanced prices. In Tit croft several transactions have taken place. Chappelt's lode, reported last week to have improved, is further increased in value, and becomes of vast im portance, inasmuch as it is entirely in new ground. At Wheal B asset account for September and October, a profit of 1,471/. 9s. 5:! „ was made ; a dividend of 1 , 920 i. being 151. per share, was declared, and a balance of 2701. 10e. 4d. carried to next account. The mine is stated to be in a very productive and prosperous position. The following mines, under the management of Messrs. Taylor and Son, have declared dividends within the last tew days, and all of them are represented to be looking remarkably well :—Lisburne Mines declared 101 per share ; Guginan, 5001., or 51. per share ; and the United Mines, 1,000/., being 51. per share. At Great Work quarterly account, ending September, a profit of 7501. was made, Which, added to our balance left from previous account, allowed a dividend of 71. 103. per share, carrying to credit of next account 2761. 12s. 2d. At the Wellington Mine meeting the accounts for the four months, ending August, showed a balance in hand of 1631. 16e. Id. At Ilerudsfoot meeting the liabilities amounted to 1 792/. Os. 10d., which appears principally to have ac crued by omissions on the part of the former manage ment, in not bringing all the costs forward. 'the proposition made at the meeting is such that all share hoNers will, no doubt, immediately respond to, and place the mine, now making a profit of 110/, per month, in a position capable of paying continuous dividends. At Bwlch Consols meeting, held on the 6th, a new committee was appointed, and the whole of the new issue of shares were stated to have been taken up. The reports from the mine were highly satisfactory. Wheal Vincent is represented to be in a very satis factory and encouraging position. Some splendid spe cimens of the tin have been recently received in town, which affords positive evidence of the richness of the lode. We kern the mine is now working to a profit. Camborne Consols is about to sell a few tons of silver ore, which will enable a fair calculation being made of the value of the lode. The back of the 20 is still pro ducing good silver ore. The first general meeting of the Tretbevy Consols (late Caradon Copper) was held on the Ist, when highly-respectable gentlemen were named as a com mittee of management, for effectually carrying out the objects of the meeting. The reports of some well-known practical agents, and the opinions of miners who have recently worked in the mine, were laid berore the meeting, all agreeing as to the value and importance of the sett, and measures adopted for the immediate resumption of operations. Not more than 50 512th shares remain unappropriated. Wheal Russell account meeting was held on Monday, the 3d inst., when Captain Banat, the superintending agent, assured the shareholders that the call of 10s. per share would be the lest required from them. The mine is represented to be in a most gratifying position. The following shares have changed hands since our last:—Devon Great Consuls, United Mines, East Wheal Rose, Treviskey and Barrier, West Wheal Providence, South Basset, Devon and Courtenay, Bedford United, West Basset, East Tamar, South Tolgus, Tincrofr, South Tamar, Daren, West Wheal, Jewel, Stray Park, Condurrow, Tamar Consols, kleignston Downs, Mary Ann, Trelawny, Tregorden, lierodsfoJt, Trehane, Tretbevy, and Belch Consols. In foreign mines there has been a fair proportion of business transacted, especially in United Mexican, 3opiapo. St. John del Rey, Imperial Brazkau, Austra lian, Linares, North British Australasian, and National Brazilian shares have also been done. Cunsiderable business has beon done in the United Mexican shares this week at advanced prices, arising from the improved aspect of this property; arid great hopes crc entertained that the new mine, called Jesus Maria y Joe, situate.) on the same vein as the mines of La Luz and San Lucia, now 3 ielding such extraordinary returns to the adventurers, will e q eel those in produc tiveness when feit ly oeetted out FAST TRAVELLING IN 1752 —We have before us a copy of our venerable contemporary, the Salisba, y Journal, of January 20, 1752, in which there is au ad vertisement which curit,u,ly courts with the time bills in the pagrs of Bradshaw. It sacs forth that for the Letter convenience of gentlemen, travellers, and others, the Exeter fast coach starts every Alont:ay from the Siracen's Head, Friday -street, Izindun ''dines at Egham, lies the same ni g ht at Murnll green ; dines on Tuesday at Sstton, and lies the same night at the Plume of Feathers in Salisbury ; on Wednesday dines at B:andford, aid lies nt the King's Arms in Dur chesty'. ; and gets into Exeter every Friday at one o'clock." We are not told where the weary travellers take their repose on Thursday night. The j ourney from London to Exeter by the fast trains on the Great Western Railway is now, we believe, accomplished in five hours,—Hants Independent. NOTES ON IVIETEOROLUGY. • Br LIEUTENANT MORRISON, R.N., PRESIDENT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SCCILTY CF LONDON (Read befcre the Society tt their last met ting.) in the present highly cultivated state of the sciences, to excuse can be re quired for introducing for popular notice the numerous topics which are embraced by meteorology. Its importance is not surpassed by any other science, whether we regard it in respect to the merchant, the navigator, the agriculturist, the astro nomer, or the philosopher. To the merchant it is essential to have the means of forming a judgment of the probable aft ct of the season on the crops, in the produce of which he speculates, whether of corn, fruits, sugars, cottons, oils, di ugs, wines, and a thousand other substances; the navigator is pro verbially dependent on the alternative of fair and favourable gales, or destruc , ive ar.d di solating storms; the agriculturist relies on the regularity of the seasons for his very exist( nee, and w while he pray s for the " early and latter rains" to instigate the soil for hiS seed time, he no less earnestly de sires the solar beams to satisfy his hopes in the harvest. These are practical men, who with oi.e accord will declare that to them a foreknowledge of the stave of tl.e atmosphere tot old be of the highest value. But not less does the man of science, the astronomer, look to tha meteorologist for as sistance in his tale speculations. The celebrated Professor Airy, in his recent splendid re port on the astronomy of the age, says, The effi cis of radiation have Leen till lately little understood, and scarcely recognised among astrono n.ers," and he adds, "I think that astronomers would be glad to receive simple directions for placing a thermometer so as to indicate correctly the tempe rature of the air at the place of observation ;" and he & ,ks, " Does the refractive power of air depend simply on its density without regard to its tempera ture ?" &e. These and other similar questions can only be answered by the aid of meteorology. As to the general philosopher, whether he apply himself to medical investigations, to the multifarious ramifica tions of chemistry, to the important problem of the causes of the tides and their attendant phenomena, to the nature of radiant heat and all its practical con sequences, to the laws of optics, to the mysterious researches of geology or botany, the wonders of the animal economy, or the stupendous arcane of electri cal science, he finds himself at every step compelled to consider the numerous phenomena of meteorology. It we rant on the uses of the atmosphere to man, we are compelled to admit that tke first necessary of life is the air! we find health in the breeze, and pleasure in the varying scenery of the skies. Without the air were just what it is all would be dull and insipid, no winds, no clouds, no rains, not a boat could sail, or a bird could fly ; not a sound would be transmitted, not a fire could be maintained, not a vegetable grow, or an animal exist. It must then be reasonable to study the nature of a substance so important, so essential to mankind. HISTORY OF METEOROLOGY. Some of the earliest records of attention to the Causes of atmospherical phenomena are to be found in the writings of Aratus, a Greek poet, who flourished nearly three hundred years before the Christian era, chi , fly in his " Diosemia." But the principles he de,cribes were those to which Diodorus, the historian, alludes in his accounts of the Egyptians; and they had been imitated by the Grecian poet, as was the case with everything the Greeks observed among other nations , . In Egypt a certain class of persons were set a; art for the express purpose of observing the state of the atmosphere ; these persons were not shepherds, as it is often erroneously imagined, but the suns of the priests. They enjoyed large revenues, and received an education to fit them fur the undertaking. Owing to their observations and discoveries the agriculture of Egypt (an art so highly dependent on a foreknowledge of the state of the atmosphere) made advances unknown to other countries, as testi fied by Diodorus himself. The results of the Egyp tian's meteorological knowledge were embodied in the " Tetra-biblos," of Claudius Ptolemy, in the second century ; the man who, of all others, was most con spcuous for a knowledge of optics, geography, and astronomy. Among the Remens there were several who wrote on the subject, especially Matnlius, also Virgil in his " Georgics ;" Lut I.e (as did Piling) made the works of Aratus the basis of his doctrines, nor did the cause of meteorology derive much benefit from the masters of the world. In the middle ages science fled to the colleges of Arabia, aid not only do we owe the figures of arith metic and the basis of algebraical analysis, but also all the improvements in the Eeience of meteorology, which it could boast previously to the sixteenth cen tury, are due to Alctiindue, Albarnazer, and other famous Arabian philosophers, whose works have been too much neglected, because of a prejudice against their opinions on other subjects. During the last two centuries, Bacon, li'-pier, and other master minds turned their attention to the subject, and many valuable observations' were cede, in Germany especially by Hyriander, in Italy by Toaldo and Becaria, and in England by Dr. Goad, who was phy eician to Charles the Second. It is well known that during the last century the subject languished in the feeb!e hands of would-he meteorol"gists, such as the editors of Moore's Almanack, whose gross cor ruptions of the original doctrines of the Egyptians, as contain( d iu the works of Claudius Ptolemy, have spread a worse than E,uptian darkness over the land as to the plainest facts of meteorology ; and it is onl) at the present era that the British Association is engaged in making observations to determine facts, which have been recently observed, but have nu claim to novelty. I may instance particularly the pointing out, at page 250 of their " Report on Meteorology," the curious fact, that more rain falls or may be caught near the ground than at a higher point, which it is said " has met with no satisfactory explanation," while not only was the fact well deter mined, but a most simple and (to ray mind) satis factory explanation of it given above thirty years ago by Dr. Rutherford. The result of all this is that I believe I am war ranted in observing that very few principles are as yet determined in the modern science of meteorology. And as regards the present state of meteorology, I may say that the only facts well attested in modern days are, first, that no change whatever has"taken place in the climate of Europe since ancient times. This point has been satisfactorily determined by M. Schonw and M. Arago. Secondly, that the mean temperature at the equator is about SI deg. F., and that there are certain isothermal lines, or curves of mean temperature, pretty well determined, and that at the pole the mean temperature is about nine or ten degrees below zero of F., or forty-two degrees below the freezing point. Independent of the above, the whole mass of modern meteorological science consists of isolated facts, -which, though connected in nature, await the discovery of any known bond of connexion. In short, the observa tion of Professor Forbes, that " with regard to the course of the hororary oscillations of the barometer we are very much in the dark," may undoubtedly be extended to the causes of massy of the phenomena of the atmosphere. OF THE CoNtTITUTION AND PRCPEETIES or THE ATMOSPHERE. Meteorology teaches us that the portion of space which surrounds the body in which our benevolent Creator has placed us consists of several strata of gaseous compounds, of various qualities, the most im portant of which is atmospheric air; which, by chemical operations, has been repeatedly decomposed and discovered to consist of oxygen, nitrogen, car bonic acid ,gas, aqueous vapour, and electric fluid. These substances (excepting the latter, which is im ponderable) press upon the earth in the ratio of their volumes, their proportionate pressure being equal to the weight of a column of mercury, its base bring one square inch in measure, as follows : Nitrogen, 2i37aisn, o.o3. ches; oxygen, 6.3; vapour, 0.4; carbonic The leading qualities of the air may be thus ex pressed :—lt is a transparent, elastic, ponderable, gaseous fluid, capable of resistance, variable in its temperature, density, and humidity, and a conductor of sound only when dense, and of electricity only when rarified. It is transparent, as being the medium of vision; it is elastic, or capable of expansion and compression, as shown by the action of heat upon confined air, and by the removal of heat being followed by its condensation ; also by the air-pump for c i ng an addi tional quantity of air into a given space, we see that its particles thay be compressed, or made to occupy a smaller space. That it is ponderable is shown by its bearing up Solids immersed in it, as do other fluids, and by its being weighed in a balance. It is found to be a gaseous fluid, consisting in chief of 79 parts in 100 of nitrogen, 21 of oxygen gas. The force of a strong wind which propels ships, overthrows trees, Scc., shows it to be a substance, and capable of resist ance. The temperature of the air is found to vary continually in almost all situations, being very rarely stationary for a single hour. Its density also varies continually, being affected by temperature, by dis• tance from the level of the sea, and other causes, one of which is the direction of the wind. Thus Dr. I'rout found that 100 cubic inches of dry air, at the temperature of 60 degrees, weighed about 14 grains less than the same quantity at the temperature of 32 degrees ; and that the same quantity of air weighed about 1 500th of a grain more when the wind was from the west. The difference of the weight of 100 cubic inches of air at different times amounts to over 1 20th of a grain. The humidity of the air varies continually also, as may be proved by several simple experiments. That when the air is not dense it will not convey sound, is shown by placing a bell within the receiver of an air pump, which bell may be shaken, without emitting any sound when the air is exhausted; and it is els() proved by the fact that sound is conveyed with difficulty in the upper and more rarified regions of the air. Lastly, the air is known to be a non-con ducter of electriuity ict , °via:Lay b ate, tuP, whal rarified, tF, elvetrie fluid passes truly through it. FXTUNT OF THE ATMO.iPIERE, Ihe height of atmosphurtc air (which must always be distinguishtd from the atmo , phere itself) has been caricusly (stimw.td, the general t•pinion being that it exttnds about fifty milts fain the surface; 1 think, hcvt ever, kr tonecusly. • THE DE/sEITY. The law of the decrease of temperature, or, rather, of density in ascending, is so little known that its inves tigation has been expressly recommended by the British Association. It is thought to he nearly this :—vtlitn the heights increase in eri,hmetical pro gression, the densities decrease in geometrical pro gression, so that, if air at seven miles high cceupy tour tithes the spree it does on the surface, then, at foul teen miles high, it wou!tl c ccupy sixteen time s the :p..ce, tad at twenty one miles nigh sixty ,four times, cad s, on. At this rate, at the height of forty two miles, it would occupy four thotraand times the pace ; but nun the cold counteracts this, and leaves the .quettion to be settled only by experi n-..ent.. There are reasons to believe that the uir extends at least live hundred milts high in u state ea• puble of maintaining combustion. OTHER GASES AND COMPOUNDS IN THE ATMObPIIERE. There is evidence of other constituents of the atmosphere beyond the. boundaries of the air, properly so culled. Hydrogen gas—ammoniacal gas, produced by twenty-five of hydrogen and seventy five of nitrogen, lighter than air ; phosphorus also may be in the atmosphere, by the light given out by snow in the night time, and by the fact of snow falling in Argyleshire in March, 1813, when the light was so great as to make the bUdies on which the snow fell seem to be on fire. Hence the possibility of phosphorated hydrogen gas, which it.flames spontaneously when in contact with air, and produces water and phosphoric acid, which latter forms white cloudy rings, which enlarge as they ascend, &c. Izard, in his work on " Atmospheric Litho logy," published in Paris in 1803, says on this sub ject (after remarking on the vast quantities of hydrogen gas which rise continually into the atmo sphere, since it is continually disengaged by the decomposition of water, and all dead vegetable and animal substances)—" It appears, then, that if there are formed in the atmosphere combinations of oxygen and hydrogen, which produce us water, they are affected in quite another manner than is generally thought. Ist. They may be made molecularly, as it were, by the presence and contact of small globules of hydrogen spread abroad in the atmosphere while they traverse it in their way to unite in the superior regions. In this case the combination takes place without detona- tion or light, but solely with a change, more or less sensible, of the temperature of the air, and the water which results, falls like that which is only aqueous gas condensed." This accounts for rain without clouds, &c, mentioned by M. Arago, and is, therefore, extremely probable. "2ndly," says M. Izard, " this combination may take place instantaneously, by the combining ut a great quantity of hydrogen, amassed spherically and isolated by other neighbouring gases. This is made with detonation, more or less violent, and proiuces hail and heavy rain, which fall rapidly." " 3rdly. Without the globulous mass of hydrog en coining immediately into contact with the sphere of common air, the combination of the two ewes, oxygen and hydrogen, may be determined by a mass of intermediate fluid, sshich should have a great sflinity for both those gases. It is this combination which is ordinarily the effect of the electric fluid ; it is made with detonation and light, and has nothing in common with the phenomena produced by the shock or electricity of clouds, since it often takes place in stormy climates, when the weather is calm and the sky serene." In my opinion the phenomenon of " falling stars'• is more satistac , orily accounted for by this latter ex planation than by any of the hypotheses at present known. The above "Notes on Meteorology" are offered to the vociety with a view to remind the student in this science of the many salient and very beautiful points it offers to his attention, and as an inducement to it, etter study and apprEciation. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the Ist day of ficcouaber, 1545. 1831.7 E DEPARTMENT. Notes 155uad........ 29,7e.,195 Government debt • . 11,015,101 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,443,118 Silver bullion .. •• • • 277,077 £29,720,195 X 29,720,195 if. MARSHALL, Met Cashier. , 1549. ILPAITKIN T. Dated the i th day of December, ILANSING D] Z- Proprietors' capital • • 14,553,000 Rest • ••• • • • • • 3,106,623 Public deposits (in t:hiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt,Sav- Government securt- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14.33A,973 Other securities .• •• 9,770,ti5t , Notes • • • • . • ...... 11,593,330 Gold and silver coin.. 792,219 ings-banks, and DI- Tidend accounts).. 8,462,655 Other deposits ...• .. 9,390,006 Seven day and other bills.. •• ..•• •- .... 1,082,427 £3G.594,711 .C:36,591,711 I. 11112SIIALL, Chief Cashier. 1849. Dated the Gth day of December, THE ROYAL MAUSOLEUM AT ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR.—The royal tomb-house, situated at the east end of St. George's Chapel, in which will be deposited the re mains of her late Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Tuesday next, contains the remains of the follow it.g royal and illustrious personages :—George 111. and Queen Charlotte; George IV., William IV., the Duke of Keet, the Duke of York, the Princess Amelia, the Princess Charlotte, the Princess Augusta, and the Princess So phia of Gloucester. The bodies of the infant Princes Octavius and Alfred, the children of George 111., which were interred in Westminster Abbey, were removed to the Royal Mausoleum, at Windsor, immediately after its com pletion, upwards of half a century ago. The royal tomb house, or Cardinal Wolsey'a Chapel, by which name it is so well known, was erected by Henry VIII., as a burial place for himself and his successote. Upon his subse quent preference of Westminster Abbey for that purpose, the building remained neglected until Cardinal Wolsey obtained a grant from Henry VIII. With the same pro fusion of expense which marked all the public acts of his life, he began to prepare it as a reek ptacle for his own remains, but at the confiscation of his property it reverted to the Crown. Charles I. intended to fit up the structure as a royal mausoleum, but the civil wars inter ' posed, and in 1646 it was plundered by the Republican army. On the accession of James 11., that monarch had it converted into a chapel, and Antonio Verrio was employed to execute a richly ornamental ceiling; but in a popular commotion that soon after ensued, caused by the King publicly entertaining the Pope's Nuncio, the windows and internal decorations were destroyed. I' thus remained till the reign of George 111., when it was determiued to construct a royal cemetery beneath it. For this purpose an excavation was made in the stratum of chalk formirg the foundation to the depth of 15 feet, and correspondine in length and width with the dimen sions of the building. On each side are the receptacles for the bodies, formed by Gothic octagonal pillars, supporting a range of four shelves. The recess next to that in which the body of the late King is deposited has be en left vacant, expressly by command of his late Mejesty, for the remains of his Queen. The entrance to the mausoleum is in the choir of St. George's Chapel, a short distance from the steps of the altar, from which a subterranean passage leads to this last resting-plaee for the illustrious deceased. A HINT TO TIME FREEMASONS OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND.—At the dinner of the Colston Society, in Bristol, the week before last, Mr. W. Proctor, with reference to the restoration of St. Mary Rcdchlie Church, urged by Mr. W. D. Bushell, then present, who had headed the Freemasons on the day the first stone of the new works was laid—said be had heard there was a disposition on the part of the craft to connect themselves with the restoration, and he suggested that they should set a- foot a subscription and undertake some special portion of the fabric. This would indeed be a return on the part of the craft to the good ways of their mediaeval predecessors. —Builder. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE-GUARDS, Dec. 6, 1849. ORDERS FOR THE MOURNING FOR THE ARMY FOR HER LATE MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. Her Majesty does not require that the officers of the army should wear any other mourning, with their uni forms, on the present melancholy occasion, than black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat, the sword-knot, and on the left arm, with the following ex ceptions; viz, Offietrs on duty are to wear black gloves, black crape over the crnatnental part of the cop or hat, the swot d knot, and ou the left arm; the sash to be covert with black crape, and a black crape Lcarf over tha right shoulder. _ _ _ The drums to bo covered with black ; and black crape is to be hun g from the pike of the co lour staff a infantry, and from the standard staff of cavalry. When officers appear at Court, in their unForn s, they are to wear black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat, the sword knot, and on the left aim, with a black crape scarf over the right shoulder. By Command of Field-Marshal the Duke of Welling ton,..Cominander-in-Chief, Jour; MACDONALD, Adjutant-General. AD AURAL]. Y, Her Majesty dues not require that the officers of the Fleet should wear any other mournirg, on the present melancholy occasion of the death of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with their undress unitorms, than Lila& crepe on the left arm, hat, and sword knot ; nor jai ir dress uniforms, than black gloves, and black crape uinn the left arm, hat, and sword knot : nor that tllO tfficeis of Royal Marines should wear any othtr mourning with their uniforms than b'a..k crape on the left arm, hat, and sword knot; except on duty, when they are to wear also bla.l gluv, a, and the sash covered with black, afd a black crape scarf over the the light should. r; and except at Court, when they are to wear black crape oo the left arm, ha', and sword kno:, and a black (Nape scarf over the right should, r. The drums of the Royal Marines are to be covered with black, and a black crape is to be hung from the like of the divisional colour-staff. JoIJN PARKER. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 7. The Qucen ias bteu pleas,o to appoint G.sorge Charles 11.1)11e r, Esq., to b, Consul in the Gcor,Oaa or Wit:dward I.lr,nd, in the Pacilw. Cruick4):.A.k and J. 2AL.rville, Auitinfriara, merchants, 6. sf , er six months--F. iilsteven, Cam den-town, buiin,r, Dee. 7-I'. Law Manchester and S .!turd, Lance.hire, elm and fl.)ur dealer. DEcEmnErt B 1840. WEHTE!!ALL, I rc. 5. The Queen has been plea-ed to direct letters patent to h, p..ssed under the Great. tieal appoint eg the Ittren nd William Careful), M.A., to the place and dignity of a ('anon of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peu'r, Wt . ..ttneit.ster, with the Rectory of the parish char,h of St. Margaret, Westminster, thereunto annexed and united, void by the cession of the Rev. Henry Hart Milman, ALA. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Ih - c. 4. OEDNANCF. iiLDICAL DEPARTMENT.—tirgeati EOl 111.111 d ‘\ to be Senior Surgeon, vice W hit, bi,w, Ae,sistant-Surgeou J.rn,•s Soinnville Litle ba Surge oh, vice Wiiii•Atns; Tt inporary Asiitunt-Sur geon William P,rry to be Assistant-Surgcon, vice Oet. 23. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Drc. 6. Cc.rps al Engiueeis— First Lieuiruant ll,u. Hussey Fang. Keane to be becomi Captain. vice Star.l,,y, c,ast. d, Aug. 14 ; Second L:k•utenunt Edward Bain brigge to be Fret Li , utenant, lice Keane, Aug. 14. Vl7llll EH A LL, Nov. 28. The E:ght Bon. Sir Thomas Wild v. Lord Chief .Justice of her Majesty's Court et Cornmon News at Weittuinster, has uppoiuted Frederick William Wiison, of '6lle fliold, in the county of Yolk, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commission( is for taking the acknow l.dgene its of deeds to be execute d by married women. under the Act pas , ed for the übohtion of fines and re.coveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of atsurance, in and tor the West Riding of the county of York. WHITEHALL, Nov. 12 The Lord Chiro ellur has appointed Henry llawk(s, of Ilirmineham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Nov 30. The L - ird Chancellor has appointed John Bag,haw the younger, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gcnt., to Ue a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEc. 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry Dutton, of Newcastle-under-Lynn', in the county of Stafford, GE nt., to be a Master Extraordinary in the Itgh Cuurt of Char:eery. BANKRUPTS. William Sheward, pawnbrt;ker, Norwich, to surrender Dec. 19, at one, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, eflicial assignee ; Jay, Buck lersbury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. John Ward, chemist, Bishopsgate-street Within, Dec. 14, at I - Alf-past twelve, and Jail. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Wrens, Fenehurch-street. James Adderson, butcher, West Dereham, Norfolk, Dec. 18, at half-past one, and Jan. 17, at one. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings; Nettlefold, Vine- street,Westminster. Stephen Hipkins, grocer, Sedgeley, Staffordshire, Dcc. 13, and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Curt. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Mot teram. Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Joseph Beaman, iron manufacturer, Smethwiek, Staffordshire, Dec. 17 and Jan. 12, at twelve. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Tarleton, Birmingham. William Congreve, corn merchant, Spalding, Lincoln shire, Dec. 21, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleaton, cfficial assignee, Nottingham; Percival, Spalling; Bartlett, Birmingham. Rtchard Thomas, draper, Saint Columb, Cornwall, Dec. 19, and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Exeter District Com t. .1, official assignee, Exeter; Elworthy, Plymouft ; Stegdon, Exeter ; Soles and Turner, Alder manbury. Samuel Sheppard, Cullompton, Devonshire, merchant, I)te. 18 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. liirtzcl. official assignee, Exeter. Gould, Ho triton; Terrell, Exeter. Sainu(lC,,lvide, dealer in canvass, Liverpcc.l, Dec 27 and Jan. 14, at eleven, the Liverpool District Court. Nlorgan, utlicial assignee, Liverpool ; Neal, Liverpool ; Fletchvr and Livrrpo 1. John Spencer, cotton spit,nt , r, Manchester, Dec. 18 . , . . - and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Machester District Court ['ott, ofli(!ial assignee, NliineLeter; Coppock and Old. ham, Stockport. George Davison, carpenter, Alnwick, Northumberland, f)(c. 20, at eleven, ahtl Jan. 17. at case, at the Newcastle District Couir. Wslcley, official assignee, Newcastle ; Busby, Alowiek; Wilson, New Inn. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, BasiLsball-s!reet. _ W. E Imunds, Tuttuiliatn and Wetiluck-basin, City road, tailor at.d draper, 11, at one—Msais 13enedicta Eustis and B. A) tun, Nurthutnberland-street, S:rand, navy agents, Jan. 3, at two. In the Country. _ _ D. Lecs, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, coach step and coach ironwork manufacturer, Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Batson and W. Batson, Great Bridge, Ilandsworth, Du ley Port and Tividal , , Staf fordshire, iron masters, Jan. 12, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—E. Moody, jun., Frome Selwood, Somer. setshire, iron founder, Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol- 7 -E. Shute, Bristol, wine and spirit merchant, Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—B. Yates, Mon mouth, draper, Jan. 3. ut eleven, at the Court, Bristol— E. Brien, Bristol, cabinetmaker and upholsterer, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—U. Russell, Tormolism, Devonshire, innkeeper, Dec. 28, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Shepherd and B. Shepherd, Exeter, wine and spirit merchants, Dec. 28, at one, at the Court, Exeter— .l. Thomson, Blackburn, Lancashire, power loom cloth _ . manufacturer, Dix. 31, at twelve, at tho Court, Man chester—T. Powell, Aston, Warwickshire, miller and corn dealer, Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham —J. Iligginson and E. Deane, Liverpool and Barbadoes, Dec. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. W. Smiles, Blackburn, Lancashire, boJkseller, Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—S. Dodd, M4nehester, fustian manufacturer, Jac. 4, et twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS._ T. Barraclough and J. Everitt. Halifax, Yorkshire, wollen spinners, Sd., on Thursday, Drc. 13, or any sub •equent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free man, Leeds. T. Ilirraclough, Halifax, Yorkshire, woollen spinner, Is., on Thursday, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, between de/en and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leefls. d. Everitt, Halifax, Yorkshire, woollen spinner, 104:1., on Thursday, Dee. 13, er any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J. Morfltt, jun., Leeds, flax spinner, 35., on Thursday, Dec. 13, or any following Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. D. Termer, Sheffield, innkeeper, Bd., on Saturday, D6c. 8 , or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Scott, Sheffield, &cur dealer, 7s. 6d., on Saturday, Dec. 8, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. G. 11. Steer, Sheffield, commission agent, 2s. GI., on Saturday, Dec. 8, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. A. Laardbeater, Sheffield, grocer, 7d., on Saturday, Dec. t, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the effice of Mr. Fr eernan, Sheffield. H. D. Wilkinson, Sheffield, silverplate dealer, 25., on Saturday, Dec. 8, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffi-Id. G. A. Anderson and G. Kirk, Middlesborough, York shire, hardware men, 3s. 2d., on Thursday, Dec. 13, or uny subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. G. Kirk, Middlesborough, Yorkshire, hardwareman, 2s. 11d., on Thursday, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of •Mr. Freeman, Leeds. G. Crookes, Sheffield, bockseller, 4e. 2d., on Saturday, Dec. 8, cr any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Fairelough, Leeds, cloth merchant, ls., on Thurs day, Dec. 13, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. T. T. Cooke, Manchester, bill vendor, 41d., on Tues day, Dec. 111, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office, of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Woodhouse, Darlington, butcher, Is. 3d., on Satur day, Dec. 8, or any following Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. M. B. Bell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, victualler, 7d., on Saturday, Dec. 8, or any following Saturday. between ten and three, at the offici of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle • upon-Tyne. F. Cox, Liverpool, straw plait dealer and bonnet manufacturer, Bd., on Saturday, Dec. 8, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall • street. D. Allan, Coleman-street and Lotbbury, merchant and linen, factor, 45., on Saturday, Dec. 8, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. W. Kuper, Grand Surrey Canal, Camberwell, wire rope maker, 2s. Cf., on Saturday, Dec. 8, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street. J. 11. Arnold, Clement'b-lane, ship insurance agent, 9a. ld., on Saturday, Dec. 8, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, B ingh all. street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICA 1 ES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. A. Hart, Cullum-street, merchant, Dec. 26, at one —T. Goodwin, Pakenham, Suffolk, brewQr and flour sell( r, Dec. 29, at eleveu—\V. T. Ferris, Charles-street, Westminster, carpenter, Dec. 21 , at eleven—F. Mac que,n, Houndsditch, rectifying distanr and wine led spirit merchant, Dec. 31, at twelve—D. Grant, Greenwich, manufacturer of the patent ventilating gas light and heating apparatus, Dec. 29, at eleven—J. Bickerton, jun., Bread-street, Cheapside, hat manufacturer, Jan 3, at one. Iu the Country. J. Robinson, Honley, Yorkshire, dyer, Dec. 31, at (Ann, at the Court, Leeds—J. Jeye, Moreton-in-harsh, Gloucestershire, boot and shoemaker, Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—S. C. Fripp, Bristol, lod p e,ing and boarding house keeper, Jan. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. M. Gardener, Bristol, draper, Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—H. Brower, Mench , s'a r, wood tip hat and fancy bux manufacturor, Jan. 2, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. NeWhold, Ling ton, Steffordshire, mercer and draper, Jan. 2, at one, at ihe Court, Birmingham—P. Healey , Birmingham, factor, D. c. 29, at one, at the Ceti t, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Pulleine, juu., Selby, Yorkshire, brewer and malt ster, Nov. 22, certificate of the second class, after 21 days --R. Torun r, She fflld, le ether dealer, I),c. 1, cer tificate of the Third els-s. of ,r 21 (int- Fenchurch-street, wine merchant, Nev. 30—T. Manson, Lloyd's Coffee-house, underwriter, Dec. 1-3. Hall, Rothtrhithe, shipwright, Dec. 4, certificate of the third PAR FNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED. T. Wilding and A. Dadson, Liverpool, shipchandlers and rop , makers— J. Wcedun and W. Slocombe, Read ing, Berkshire, uttormys and solicitors—J. Poole and J. Wesley, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, commission agents—C. E Tuckett and J. R. Tuckett, Bri-tol and Clifton, tea and coff , e dealers—W. M. Lightfoot and S. Potter, Cominercial-road East, manufacturing cbymists —L. Tattersall and J. P&ing, Heywood, La•.cashire, cotton 7.m.rinf.icturers—G. Hasiam and A. Walton, Matleck, Ddrhyshire, builders and stonernasoro—W. John and E. Price, Cardiff, G;antorga,shire, bulders and contrac ‘Vere and G. Were, Carohridge. street. Golden square. Chetsemongers—J. Musgrave, J. Musgrave, and J. It-aton, Bilton, Lancashire, ear jot err, mill wrig.hts, and ironfoutider3 ( , q) 1 - 41* as regards J. He..topt) —W. 13!adst•acv, C. Rtiode s, and P. W. li,rntriond, Manchester and L.venshultrie, Lancaariire, calico prin tars—Frances ‘Vihiing and Elizsheth Wilding, shrews bury, butcher:—Sarah Leigh, J. Leigh, and R. Leech, Wigan, Lancashire, manufacturera of spades and tdge tools, and forge masters. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. RobPrt Anden.on, Ernsaurih, Hampshire, dealer in watctos. John Wil!iarn Walter Andrew 3, Southsra, brewer. ~William Luught n, or,r, Cambridgeshire, hay Letor. Samuel Ci;ulton, Lower 13ebbit)gton, Cheshire, grocer. William Hem). Phoenix, Chester, writing clerk. John Augustus Cassero, Wolverhampton, beds'ead manufacturer. .John Ws 'e, Skipton, Yorkshire, stonemason. E.izabeth Teathtill, Bliston, Statnrdshire. Etnint Nutting, Margate, housekeeper. Witham Leeds, Bisbourue Lees, Kent, boot and shoe maker. William Manna, Winebestl'r, seedsman. Humphrey Woodhouse, Birmingham, tortoiseshell-box manufacturer. John Whittlaw, Leigb, Lancashire, journeyman me chanic. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Stuart, Coupar-Angus, Perthshire, writer, to meet within the Defiance Inn and Hotel, Coupar-Angus, Dec. 13 and Jan. 10, at twelve. Peter M`Lsren, Glasgow, linendraper, to meet within the Albert Tavern, Glasgow, Dec. 13 and Jan. 10, at one. R. Lawson and A. Douglas, Glasgow, furniture brokers, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 12 and Jan. 4, at two. J. Hamilton, Glasgow, chemist, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 11 and 31, at two. A. Ross, Balchrsggan, Ross-shire, to meet within the Cron n and Anchor Tavern, 'Tin, D‘c. 10 and 31, at twelve. .T. M. Green, Rev. A. Thompson, and C. L. Thomson, Coldstream, Berwick. printers, to meet within the White Swan Ilutel, Dense, Dec.l4 and Jan. 4, at two. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscov-do Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending December 4. 1849, js 275. (PA d. per cwt. THE MA COAL MARKE RKETS. Y ESTE npAr. Carr's Hartley West Wylam Wall's End, &c. Howdon 173 6d Bewieke and Co. Killingworth l7s 6: 4outh Hartlepool . 16s Oa Northumberland Washington Eden Main - 18s Od;Adelaide Tees, 133 6d Belmont lBs Gd Cownden Tees .......• 173 9d Braddyll Hetton .., l9s Od South Durham 173 9d Lambton Stewart's Caradoc ........... 183 ed Nixon's Merthyr and _ . ....... CaBsop.. ..... ... Ships at market, 59. WAKEFIELD, DEC. 7.—The arrivals aro gtrid 0' wheat anti barley; the former article meets m ire i.:ciairy, and the prices of last week are supported. eimmun barley continues difficult, to sell; the best dc.crip•ions are taken at lite prices. Oats and sty Ling aie without change. Beans sell slowly. New. Old. 8. 8, WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s. Sullolk.Essex, and Kent, red ... 40 to 43 Ditto, white ... 45 48 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 38 —4O Ditto, white ... --45 to - Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 35 3$ Ditto, white ... ... 42 45 Yorkshire, red ... ... 38 38 Ditto, white ... ... 42 45 Dantzic and Konigshurg, white .. 43 46 Lower Baltic and llamburgh, red... 38 40 Mediterranean, red ... ••• ••• BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels: Norfolk . aiid Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ... ... Grinding per 30 stone ... .. 2 , , - 29 .. 23 - 23 ... 09 - 00 Foreign -- ... 23 —25 —— BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, tine 29 30 29 32 ... 27 - 29 28 - 21 ... 25 - 27 25 - 29 Ticks Foreign ... OATS, per atone Mewling . Sid to 91d Od to 01 Feeding ... tid to 9d 8d to 9i Foreign ... —d to —d 7d to 9d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 22 23 21 22 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 32 35 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Peed ... 28 - 31 - - ... 26 - 28 - - ARAI Qrs. Wheat ... ... 12,373 Barley ... 4 134 VALS. Rapeseed ... 6 Shelling ... ... 210 Linseed .. ... .. -- Malt ... ... • • ... Flour ... ... ... ... Oats ... ... ... ... 239 Beans— ... ... ... 549 Peas ... ... ... ... 550 Tares ... ... ... ... LIVERPOOL, DEC. 7.—Our corn trade was again very dull to-day. There was no apparent change in the value of any article, excepting Indian corn, of which we had little on sale, and it eas lees easy to Luy than last market day; mixed In ian corn is worth 27a 6.1 to 27s 9d, yellow 284 to 28s 3d, and white 29s to 30s ptr 480 bs. NEwBURY, DEC. 6.—Tho supply of wheat to-day is rather large, and the condition is deteriorated by the weather. Fine selected lots met buyer., at about Is per quarter decline, whilst other sorts were very difficult to quit, although offering at fully 2s per quarter decline from last week. Barley large supply; flue malting rest lised within is per quarter of last week, whilst other kinds were almost unsaleable at 2s to 3s per quarter less money. Beans, oats, and peas, moderate supply, with but little demand, and lower rates would Lave been accepted to induce sales. DARLINGTON, DEC. s.—ln the corn market today there was a good supply of grain; the demand steady, with no alteration in prices. Wheat sold from 8s 6d to 103 61; oats, 4s 4d to ss; beano, 78 to 8s; peas, 7s 6d; barley 6s to 6s 6d per boll. In the cattle market to-thy there was a good show of cattle and sheep, the d. wand appeared pretty fair, but no indication of a wish on the part of buyers to purchase at prices beyond late quota tions. Beef 5s to 5s Gd per atone; mutton 5d to sid per lb. EXETER, DEC. 7.—Cattle Market—The supply to-day was small, partly occasioned by the terrible boisterous weather, but principally from the approaching fair, on IVednesday. Fat beef must be quoted 8s to 8s 6d per score. There were no store bullocks in the market; cows and calves, 101 to 141 each. There was a fair sup ply of sheep, ewes, 4id per lb; weth. rs, 53 to 511; store hogs, 30s to 355. Pork Caresses—The supply was moderate, but prices were rather lower than last week, ranging front 6s to 7s per score. Pannier—Turkeys, 5s to 7s each; geese, 4s 6d to 6s; ducks, 3s 6d to 5s per couple; fowls, 2s Gd to 4s ditto; pheasants, 5s to 5s 6d por brace; partridges, 2s 61 to 3s ditto; woodcocks, 4s 6d to 5s ditto; snipes, is 4d to Is 6d; rabbits, is 81 per couple; hares, 2s 61 to 3s each; roasters, 3s GJ to 5s ditto; butter, I Id to la per lb; eggs, 12 for Is; pota toes, Sd to 10d per score; turnips, 4d ditto. Corn Ex change—One o'Clock—Scarcely anything doing to-day, the attendance both of growers and millers being very slack; about five shillips per bushel being the ruling figure for the best samples of warranted English wheat. Foreign wheat is offered at the same rate as last weak, 40s per quarter for red, and 45s for white, or 5s to 5s 6d per bushel of 601bs. Maltiog barley cannot gene rally be quoted higher than 3s 34 per bushel; oats, Is 9d to 2s Id ditto. Fine flour, 27s 6d to 303 per sack of 2801bs. RIPON, DEC. 6.—White wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 6d, red do 4s 6d to 5s 3d; beans, 4s 6d to 4s 9d per bushel; barley 22s to 26s ; oats 14s to 22s per quarter. SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 6.—New wheat 4a 61 to 5s Od, old ditto 6s 3d to 5s 9d per 5 stones; new oats 7id to Bd, old ditto 7d to 7id per stone ; malting barley 21s to 235, grinding barley 19s to 21s per quarter of 32 stones; super fine flour 35s to 365, seconds ditto 29s to 30s per sack of 20 stones. WETHERBY, DEC. s.—White wheat 14s Od to 17s 03, red ditto 003 Oil to 003 Od; barley 23s to 255; beans 003 to 14-2, new ditto 12s 6d. KNARESBOROUGH, DEC. s. —Wheat, 4s Od to Ss 6d; beans, 3s 91 to 4s 3d per bushel; barley, 24s to 265; oats, 154 to 213 per quarter. NORTHALLERTON, DEC. s.—White wheat 5s 3d to 5s 6d, red ditto, 4s 9d to ss; oats is 3d to 2s 3d; beans 33 6d to 4s 01, burley 2s 6d to as 3d per bushel. BARNSLEY, DEC. s.—Wheat suffered a reduction of fully 2s per qr, on account of which very little business was done. Butter was sold at Is 2d to Is ad per lb ; eggs from 12 to 14 for Is; and potatoes at 101 per peck. CHELTENHAM, DEC. 6.—Wheat was 36s to 425; barley 21s to 263; and oats, 16s to 24s per quarter. Beaus were from 33 6d to 4s 9d per bushel. Hay, 60s 70:; and straw, 38s to 40s per ton. LLANnwsT, DEc. 4.—There was a very banal market here, owing to the fair, which will be he on the 11th instant. RUIIIIN, DEC. 3.—Wheat, from 12s to 13s; barley, 7s to 6, to 8i Gd; oats, 44 to 5s per hobbet. Fresh butt .r, from 91 to 10d per lb. . _ DEC. 4.—There was about the usual supply of wheat; but the millers beirg deter mined to purchase at lower rates eaust,d the trade to he exc , . Tingly heavy at a d• cline of 61 per hobbrlt. Malting Larley has a very extensive demand, but this wain &Ts noZ, come plenti fully to market; nevertheless, there vvas a turn in favour of the buyer. Beans nearly malntained icrtner rates. A reduction of 6,1 per hobliA had to be submitted to on oats. Peas very much neglec!cd. Average : Wheat, 12s to 123 6d; barluy, 8s 6tl; oats, s s; beaus, 9s pier h. bbet. INVERNESS, DEC. 4.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 641 b per bushel, 4UB to 455; new ditto, ditto, ON to 00s ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 2d to 23s ; new dit o, ditto, 0 s to 00s ; oats, 421 b per bushel, 18s to 20s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial bull, 16s ud second, 14s; barleymeal, I is 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 15s;- bran per atone, Od to 8d; first flour, per 25011 a, 36s to 371; second ostmeal best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 6d to Os Od I se e ,,nd, Is 44 barleyrntal, Is 2,1, lcasemral, Is 4il; first dour, 2s 9d cash, 3s credit; ,ecui.o, 3d cash, 2s 6(1 credit. Pots' toes, per stone, 4d lo Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 74; veal, 411 to 6d ; mutton, 5 , 1 to pork, 4d to 6.1; fowls, each, 00d to 00,1 ; chickens, per pair, 00d to Ail ; ducks, each, 00d to 00t1; eggs, pr dozen, 9d to Od; butter, f r esh, p e r lb, Od to (.0d; salt, I.'d to Od ; croudie (curds) 2, 1 4 d to Od ; loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, bid to 7d; coals, per cwt, I hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. four -pound ETS t I J• 3 3 , 4 , X BRISTOL, DE .% 7. EacvAxoY.—The share market wa , firm 10-daf for all dcs, ripti.ris of shares, although the amount o- bu i!;ess c ncluded was not very considerable. The only vari ;Mrs in prices , efe—Great Western, Quarters, 1.11, 4 Dif_te, :New, 8 , , 1 uis 1.1 V 14,1-: 0( 1., Dr.c. 7. STOCK Exert.lNGE -The share mar! , et was rather dug ,o•day, anti [Hier, were luwt r. The transactions were as fo!luw .- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late C. and 6 per cAlt till 1650, Great .Norti.er.: (A). 34 4 -East Lancashire, 12;„-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consul., 60 • Ditto Fifths, 61. I Is. 9d. -Lancaster aid Preston, 2% -London and North. Western. ill c.- Ditto, New Quartets, I 3.5. p.- Midland, Ditto, Halves, • 21dis. - Mau chester, Shuffle' and Lincoln, Preference, 914-North Susi' fur .hire, c. Newcastle, and Berwick (G..S• E. Purchase), 6 pe cent. till 1850. 4, dis. MANCHESTER, Dr.c. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. Ole trans,ctions to-day were as follow:- Pirkenlo , ad, Lancashire, and Chu shire Junction (late C. and B. ), 12% -Pitmingliato and Oxford Junction Or guaranteed), 221.4-Caledonian, ['reference, r 4 5- b a gt Lan' cashire, 12 3-16-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6 1 ,4 d ig ; -Ditto (West Riding Union), :Cl., 614 d-s.-London and North-Western, Manelteter and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 9- 6 p. -Newcastle and Ca• lisle, 874-- North Staflordshir e, 9 9-16 dia. - South-Eastern and Dever (No. 4), Scrip, 6 %* BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 7. STOCK EXCIIANOE.-The. transactions to-day ' were 10 follow:-Midland (Birmingham and Derby), 27- LondoU and North-Western, New Quarters, 1% p.-North Stafford' attire, 931 cis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 5 3 4 Shropshire Union, 3% dis.-South Staffordshire, 4% Birmingham, Wolverhampton. and Stour Valley, 9 3 4. YORK, DEc. F. STOCK EXCHANGE.- -The transactions to-day were i s follow:-Great Northern, 7 1 ,4-Buckinghamshire, 15NI York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 12 1 4-York 1 31 u North Midland, Preference, 6/. 18s. PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS. MARGARET DlArr LAND.—This remarkable story of Scottish life seems to be exciting great and general attention. The aeoe' mous author has already had the honour of being cog? pared with most of the master minds in Scotch liter° . Lure. The Atheneum, Literary Gazette, Morning Post; and Critic, find a resemblance, as regards quaintness 01 style, vein of wit, and shrewd observation of character' to Galt, although, as the. Messenger observes, a reit gious spirit pervades the whole work, which renders to superior to any of Galt's productions." Other critic s have thought " Mrs. Margaret Maitland" worthy of pl..ce beside " The Cottagers of Glenburnie," or tir poweeul creations of Scott himself. The Scotsman , ' ll an elute-rate notice of the work, says, s , The present author might perhaps be described as a refined or fee l , nine Gait, but in the pathetic element we are renciee s ., of Wilson's Lights and Shadows.' In many respec t "„' too, she may be compared with the eminent Sweelt novelist Miss Bremer, for, like her, she is extrunn felicitous in sweet home scenes, in delicate aketcheels character, in which the national and individual are 1 1 lig'atfully blended, and io effecting touches of pure s° f quiet patnos." There may be Mid some difference of opinion as to which writer the author of this charetit tale is most worthy to be compared; but there ce°,,, t 7 no doubt that, in the words of the John Bull, " oh tone sr mind which pet vades the work is of a high ca and the story creates an absorbing interest by the der; and masterly touches of nature wit!' which it abound,e' bo THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATT L E Stiovv.-- - -l io , arrangements for the evening exhibition of ce tt ho stock, implements, &c., under the auspices of t i , Smithfield Cattle Club, and which are now 1 1011r r completed, are upon a more extensive scale this I t t e than on any previous occasion, rendered necessary '4 the vait increase of the number of entries (et le % one-fii h) over those which have been made f or ex bibiet e A on any presieus aeniversary. In order to afford incres.7o accommodation, Mr. Bulnois, the proprietor, has 031 1 , 0 a large addition to the b-zsar at the north - we st angle sufficiently capacious to accommodate the 0.0, of the pig classes. Various other exceedingly portant alterations and improvements have been of ti r for the comfort of the animals and the isceorne w 'i b tion of the public, amongst the most prominent of w d e o are a very superior method of ventilation, and the ere c the of a new entrance to the show-yard, by v, hich mean s l es public will be entirely Limier cover in passing front 00 , entrance in Kiog-street into the bazaar. Many reS e s sei have been assigned for a change in the usual days ann °l " t be for the show, but the following are stated to be t, grounds of alteration by Mr. B. T. Brandreth G the secretary of the Smithfield Club. The usual epee of opening the exhibition to the public has hitherto bees Wednesday, but this year Tuesday has for appointed, and Mr. Gibbs states the reason ° f led the change is, first, that the improved °„lea of the arrangements made by the club has eesweeel them to be ready for the judges a day earlier; able scondly, that it was found on all hinds most object iult i or for the animals to be detained in the yard until Sl ,O l day night, as those parties who wished to have Wes home as soon as the show was over had to drive t h o l e after twelve o'clock at night, and thus in reality 00 to Sunday. By the new arrangements, therefore, t i ll judges will make their awards, and the private vie% ` 4 4 , take place, on Monday eveni ng nex t. The r ; ei hibitien will be open to the p u bli c on ; a g e day therefore, and finally close on Friday. S e [ad influential members of the club have already !'s'ite. the baz ear, and exprested their approbation of the 000 proved arrangements. A number of exceeding'l ti ostl specimens of cattle had already arrived from the N er .„ t i o es and Midlsni counties, and the sli t w altogether pro to he more than an average good one. THE GREAT CATTLE SHOW AND AGRIC.,- A t . DINNER AT BIRMINGHAM.—BIRMINGHAM, —The arrangements for this extensive ext li ole' are well high concluded. The wh o le of the •t i bs &c., of which it will be competed, will be tent . 1 0 ° ,4 0 show yard on Saturday, and on Monday the - 1 ve le will proceed to award the prizes. On the f" th e ing day the exhibition will be opened `-‘, public. A very complete and accurate cataleg°o-001 been drawn up from the certificates. The i s t o de, l ; building in which the show is to take place " 5 taken by Mr. Briggs, of Bradford -street, and doe s ver, both to his ability and enterprise. The arrang e c ot: with regard to the dinner have been made. i r be efor e ; i will be taken by the Right Hon. the E a rl of AY' r the president of the exhibition, the vice-cb s William Lucy, Esq., the mayor. f SP : FOREIGN PaovisioNs.—The advent of w'n -e ll the closing of the German waters by the frost pf°: cesserily less' n the means for the transinisstotjleb° gat; visions from the Dutch and German ports, wi d e 1 1 / 4 place in such large large quantities to this coulltr),: e r le' Dutch steam-ship Batavia announced to matt e " D K!: trip to Rotterdam for the season on Sunday nes t ' ' Ty - ,1 ratory to being placed in dock for the wint' f 'ye Ot t r boisterous weather of the last few days having P r e s ie ol o her from arriving from that port until coneidere" f due, arrangements were made, with th e perreisiil ° g o authorities, tor the immediate dischar g e of her cli be to , arrival, in order that she might be enabled to " I e departure at the appointed tune. t p Ma. COBDEN IN YORESHIRE.—LEED S 9 he ld / MORNlNG.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of te;lse e as, lug Liberals and free-traders of thi s borough, purpose tioletril by three ex-mayors, was held for the pose o t be e, / the preliminary arrangements for a visit by Jur; t i t s teem to his constituents. It has been d e t erm ine d, will be convenient for Mr. Cobden to be in y 4 18th instant, a meeting shall take place on the e 'oba il ii that day in the Music•hall, when not only M r ' c ot. et but several other di st i ngu i s h e d guests w ill be ereii be is intended, we b e li eve, t h at t h e meeting sh,woed first of a series for promotin g th e f ree h o ld lane it „ ' gistration movement i n Y o rk s hi re . /Os r i f l e INCUMBENCY OF lIEDDON•ON•THE.MALL' by, „ - f d UMBERLAND —nig incumbency is just v ac a n t 9 death of Mr. Jackson. It is in the gift of tb o f Chanceller. , eft ttlf [ADVERTISEMENT.] A Remarkable f , to i Dropsy of the Chest by Holloway's Pills.—Ettract (1 11 ' s from .Ir. Munday, farmer, Kennington, near 00 0 r in g e l s ) ,o Dec. 2, 1848 :—To Professor Holloway : Sir.- 41s1 „ s ° A O farmer occasion appri ed you of an extraordinati c-r i slo4o l myself by your invaluable medicine, it gives me grestl,, ce t f to testify again to its efficacy in a case of dropsy et with which my shepherd wcs afflicted, to whom, the 7.0 0 '1 was informed of the n a tu re o; his com laint I reee'e - e te e t - o i trial of your Pills, ehi c h a d v i ce was sd p op.ed , with e°P 4 r e d. s et cots, for by taki ng a f ew b oxes only he lir" perfectly 1;00' is now in sound Lealth.—Sold by all Druggists, end at Holloway's Establishment, 24.4., Strand, Londea BTHS. On the 4th inst., in Cheste I r R -square, Mrs. Henry S' wether, of a daughter. la dy v° On the 4th inst., at Kcmpston Hoo, reds., th e Hobson, Esq., of a daughter. 17, k etcl3lef' S On the 4 h inst., the wife of the Ret. A. --* ' vicar of St. Nicholas, Deptford, of a son. , ci et Pa , On the sth inst , the wife of Mr. T. COOOllO4 P -4 0; cheater, Dorset, of a son. 944 On the sth inst., the lady of H. S. ThoreP °° ' k tit'Moat. hal Yokhire, or par"' On the l, r sth inst s ~ at Eastbourne-terrace, I l Y uw.• S. wife cf Charles Pemberton. Esq., of a son. ge l ' On the sth inst., at Mill bill, the wife of the England, of a daughter. d' ' fe OS MARRIED. ~ Var.V.llis On the 6th inst., at the parish church of D'', l 7- ,. iv l gar chat, Bristol. by the Re .-. George Campbell, St ir, - nasal, of the City of London, solicitor, to An.„ l3 ,,l o tel' i pec viving daughter of the late Mr. John Hunt. of I"' ittg:oo On the 6 h inst., at St. Stephen-the - M artY,P bd e joc ll ,, park, W. A. Sumner, Esq., of Abbev-road, St- "°,. ocrott7 youngest son of the late Rev. J. W. DI. Stgrol e ;: o f D I , ford, Essex, to Georgiana Anne. eldest dough"' i e. ' to' J. Salter, Esq., of the Legacy. office, Somerset-bet o‘;#liffi On the £th inst.. at Godatone, Surrey, gen r i e ee l° e` Esq., of GreystA ke Castle, Cumbet land, to chariot 9(l' Georgians, eldust daughter of Henry L. 1 - 43°5 ' Hampton-lodge, Surrey. -------------- , * DIED. At Gre:ill -h g. on . ouse, Paddin green, on the 6tb Sd "e o ' E. Ilall, E•-q., agei 74. rg o On the sth inst., aged 71 Jane, wife of Mr. GO-- I, Sand.ord, son 0 1 1 v ilst ri' of Kenningtrel-lane, Lameth. On the tit inat., aged b 3 ' 6. .„ eta' son, Dzq., k t HilLhouse. Tooth) -common. S. x u " 1 111 ' I i Clieste-te race, Amelia, felict of the late .1 , , Ca`,© E:q ,of Jad ntield, B-rwiclishire, aged 64. Ull the •Ith inst , Harriet, the wife of the d fien j ot," frey, rector of Laugliton, Leicestershire, age Ti e :, o .i f tl' u' At Lyneham, near YeaiMpton, Devon , on Catherine Elizabeth, aged 15, eldest daug ht r ttapleton, Esq. , 7 ..,": ,- _ . , --- „ I • 410 a --...- v o IC; t1 ) , 0; I,c , (!tt , Pr', `', 7 4 Vi ' And Publis'bed by lg“ -- "tha, - • 0 :01 - bi a. 112, r.r.ar.t..l, tirinter, ylt l'hz d u -. 1 1 . e Strand, in the Prxirtqt of the Sevo9• in t Middl3aei. Saturday, Decotber 8, 1849• pq _ ~ . t: