The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-20 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. After which A KISS IN THE DARK. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Due notice will be given of the appearanceot Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TILEATRR ROYAL. ADELPIIL Under the direction of Nfatiame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Gramly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. 'Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BLINBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Fiighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrin, Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed METHINKS I SEE MY FATHER. To be followed by BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. To conclude with a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress boxes, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, ns. ; Gauery, Is. o h t -Prfee tx; coy part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. .1. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. After which the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with LORROWING A HUSBAND. AS CLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Prorrietor, Sfr. W. Batty Immense hit 1 Moncrieff 's New Pedestrian and Equestrian Ex' ra vaga,:za of Mr. C riggs in the " Pleasur s of Housekeeping and Iforsekeeping,'' having been received with roars of laughter and shouts of approbation, will be repeated ever, , evening until further notice.—Mr. Batty has engaged the following eminent Gymnastic and Equestrian artistes, Mr. Milner and his two sons, Messrs. Crowhurst, A. Powell, A. Bridges, Mons. Valentine, and those ce lebrated Provincial Clowns, Messrs. Jackson and Wheale, who will appear. THIS EVENING, - The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sewn, with Fitz magnificent Spectacle of THE PROPIDLT. Af er which Bat , y's SCENES OF TIIE ARENA. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HORSEKEEPING, in which the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a long twin of moveables, 4 omprising Omnibus, Baronche, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Foi r. ` 4 r -.;•re Manager, Mr. W. West. 411(iii WATER AT LONDON lIRIDGE, II 9 Lai —Morning, 47 min. after 4 I Evening, 4 min. after 5 0. •er Rt.)W— n , nz, 24 min. after 5 ! Evening, 45 min. after 5 WEATHEIL—SPN OPIIOE, Nor. 20. Thrltn,A7ETElt Lowest, 39; Efiqhoq, 48; Noon, 41 BAYWNIETER, 30.17. WIND E S.E.—dull hazy weather. ). f. --7 4 A AS , ' /'-'' rk.,::= 74 •,--,--- . 4. ~ e., it ~*. \ .";. t.t...4/ .7 - TP-11-"4 _: , ----,,, ,pl:;er..lo' „ nit ,-,-441,11. 6"Y LWITDON., TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1849. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, on Friday, pronounced j udgment on the application for a new trial in the extraordinary and important case of the Duke of BRUNSWICK v HARMER, to which we have already directed the public attention on several occasions. I will be in the recollection of our readers that the motion was made on three distinct grounds—one on the facts, the others on the law of the case- It was asserted that no copy of the Dispatch of the 19th September, 1830, had been sold to Captain RENNAULT at the Dispatch-office, as deposed to by that person, and which constituted the alleged republica tion, without which no action could have been maintained, as the plea of the Statute of Limitations would have been fully made cut. On this point very strong affidavits were brought forward to show that the evidence produced was alto gether erroneous. It was sworn by two respectable witnesses that no paper of that particular date could have been sold at the office without their knowledge, and that, in fact, no such copy remained there. Strong circumstantial evidence was also produced to identify the paper produced at the trial with one which formed part of a file of the Dispatch of 1830, which had been sold through the agency of a newavender named PLUMMER to Mr. NODDY, the secretary of the Duke of BRUNSWICK, in the July or August following the alleged sale to Captain RENNAULT ; the other copy having unques tionably been procured from the British Museum. Under such circumstances it was of course essential that the entire case should be submitted to a new jury, who might take the disputed facts into their consideration, and pronounce an opinion on the credibility of the several witnesses ; and on this ground the rule was granted. So a stringent and searching investigation will probably take place. So far, no injury will be inflicted on the respected proprietor of the Dispatch, for, provided a new trial be granted, the reasons by which the Court might be influenced in arriving at that conclusion could be but of little consequences to him perifonally. It is, how ever, otherwise to the general body of journalists throughout the entire kingdom, and on their behalf, and as one of themselves, we feel called upon to pro test, in the strongest and most earnest terms consis tent with our high respect for the tribunal by which that decision has been pronounced, against the danger ous and objectionable precedent established by the refusal Oa grant the rule on the legal points put for ward by the Learned Counsel for the defendant " Qui facit per alluni facit per se," is one of the oldest and best established maxims in law. For centuries it has been received without argument or dispute, and has maintained an authority equal to that conferred by an Act of Parliament. The common law is, in fact, entirely made up of similar maxims, the pro priety of which can no more be questioned than the statute law itself. By that common law, then, it is declared that "he who does an act through the agency of another person does it himself." Now it was not denied that Captain RENNAULT applied at the office of the Dispatch, on behalf, and at the request of the plaintiff. The re-publication, if any such took piece, was, therefore, to all intents and purposes, the same as if it was made to the plaintiff in person, and at hie special instance and request. If a civil injury was inflicted upon the ex-Duke of BRUNSWICK by the sale, he himself was the person by whom it was instigated, and he could not justly complain of the unpleasant consequences, if any, that might result from his own act. How could he claim damages for an act to which he was himself a consenting party ? It has been wisely held that a libellous publication to a party himself, although it may be sufficient to sustain a criminal charge, as being calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, would not be sufficient to give a claim for damages, because his character could not be injured by any statement to himself, of the truth or false hood of which he must be well aware. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, however, while admitting the justice of this principle, and acknowledging that in some respects the sale might be regarded as being virtually to the plaintiff himself, declared that "it was also a publication to the agent, for that a person to whom a libellous writing was delivered was just as capable of being affected by it, though the agent of the party libelled in it, as a stranger, and it was therefore a publication to him ;" and he added, "that this was a publication to the plaintiff was not, however, material to the ques tion under consideration." Now, with the utmost deference to that Learned Judge, we respectfully contend that it was the most material part of the case. It did not appear that the agent had perused or even opened the paper. It was most probable that he did not wait to read through a journal that had been printed eighteen years before. He got a certain com mission from his principal t o o b ta i n a copy of the publicat on of the 19th S eptember, 1830 and if i his statement be co rrect , having accomplished his mission, he hurried to this anxious Duke, to recount his unexpected success. 15 -0 injury was, therefore, inflicted upon the Duke's chara c t er even in the estimation of the gallant Capt a i n Rai ,: isauLT. He did not relinquish the friendship or ac quaintance of his illustrious friend—nor did he refuse to participate in the princely hospitalities, of Bruns wick House, or to undertake similar commissions when a fitting occasion should arise. No evidence whatsoever was given of any such injury, and even if there were 500/. might be considered rather a high estimate for the loss. But the Learned Judge wholly lost sight of the fact, that the Duke himself was at least partly responsible for that serious injury. It was at his request that the publication took place. He it was, through his agent, who induced some unknown servant of the defendant to violate his duty to his employer. We believe that there are no principles better settled than that a party " cannot take advan tage of his own wrong," that if he seek redress for an injury "he must come into ,court with clean hands," and that " he cannot claim damages for a 'tort' if be was himself in any degree in fault." Let us examine the case by these tests. Did not the Duke induce the " republication," and, in seeking damages therefor, did he not endeavour to " take advantage of his own wrong ?" Did he come into court with " clean hands," without being in any de gree responsible for the act of publication; or was he in any degree a party thereto ? We apprehend that the only possible answers to these questions would show that the Duke had no locus standi in court, and that the action must necessarily fall to the ground on each distinct point. _ . To what fearful responsibility would the proprietor of a public journal be subjected, were it otherwise! He is liable for the acts of every one of his servants, not merely of editors, reporters, and other educated men, but even of the humblest messenger in his office. It might possibly happen that an unprincipled person might be induced to bribe one of these persons, in order to obtain a heavy verdict against a solvent proprietor ; and should not his participation, we may add his procurement, of the illegal act, be held suffi cient to bar him of any redress? We believe that not merely the voice of public opinion, but all persons who have studied the law of the land will unhesitat ingly answer in the affirmative. On the other point, Lori DENMAN was said to be satisfied with the amount of the damages, and therefore no rule should be made on that part of the motion. According to his Lordship's decision, 600/. was a fair and reasonable remuneration to the plaintiff for the republication of a single copy to a single reader, and that reader the gallant Captain RENNAULT, the agent of the Duke! ! ! and that, although the publication took place at the request of the Duke him self ! If so, we simply ask what pecu niary sum should be fixed upon for an original publication circulating throughout the length and breadth of the land, and probably perused by millions of the industrious classes. No suitable sum could be assigned. It requires no argument to show the absurdity of the proposition—the simple an noancement will be sufficient ; and yet such is held to be law in the highest criminal tribunal of the land, on whose judgments the entire liberty of the subject depends. It is alleged that the presiding judge has misdirected the jury; but no relief will be afforded, because that judge is satisfied with the verdict. The appeal may, therefore, be regarded as not to the full Court, from the error of a single judge, but from that single judge to himself, and that without an opportunity being afforded to him of hearing the arguments explanatory of the mistake into which he had fallen !! ! If this is to be the general rule, all such appeals must be regarded as an idle and useless ceremony. ['HE FRENCH REPUI3LIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur publishes a decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, countersigned by 111. PARRIED, the 'Minister for Public Instsuction, dispensing for the future with the production of " certificates of study" by aspirants for the decree"of Bachelor of Letters. Tnis does away at once with the monopoly of teaching enjoyed by the University, and throws the degree of Bachelor of Letters open to all who can pass the usual examination. Four regiments of the line have been armed by order of the Minister of War with a newly-invented musket, which carries ball 800 yards, being double the distance obtained by the ordinary musket. The National Assembly was occupied on Saturday in discussing the new Bill on the Combination Laws, and rejected by a majority of 393 to 203 a proposition made by M. Mom for the immediate and total aboli tion of those laws. No less than thirty seats in the Assembly have become vacant in consequence of the decision of the High Court of Versailles, convicting certain repre sentatives of complicity in the affair of the lath June. The following are the departments vacant, with the names of the late members :—Allier : M. Fargiu- Payolle. Ariege : M. Pilhes. Cher : MM. Felix Pyat, Vauthier. Isere : M. Avril. Loire : M. Martin Bernard. Haute-Loire : M. Maigne. Loire et-Cher : M. Cantagrel. Nievre : M. Gambon. Hautes-Pyrenees : M. Deville. Bas•Rhin : MM. Commissaire, Boch, Beyer, Kopp, Anstett. Haut- Rhin : MM. Pfieger, Koenig, Hofer. Saone-et- Loire : MM. Rougeot, Rollant, Ileitzmann, Jeannot, Menand, Landolphe. Stine : MM. Boichot, Consi derant, Rattier. Var : MM. Ledru Rollin and Suchet. Haute-Vienne : M. Daniel Lamaziere. M. BAROCHE has withdrawn his resignation of the office of Procureur• General. A Commission has been appointed to consider the best means of establishing public baths and wash houses in all the towns and cities of France. The Moniteur announces that Prince CALLIMACIII, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary from the Sublime Porte to the French Republic, had a private audience of the PRESIDENT of the Re public on Saturday last, at which he announced the birth of two children of the Sultan ABDUL MEDJID. A letter from Montpellier states that a silver mine has been discovered in the department of the Heronit, which produces fine silver of the value of 88f. from 200 pounds' weight of ore. Letters from La Calle in Algeria of the 33 inst. state that the successful resistance of the insurgents at Znalcha has encouraged several tribes of Arabs to commit acts of hostility against the French settlers. M. RITLENT, the director of a society for cutting wood, had been [assassinated, and the men employed at the silver mines of Oumteboul been driven from their employment, and their inspector put to death. Letters from Oran state that the cholera is making dreadful ravages in the city and its neighbourhood. Colonel Louis DB BIHKESY, one of the most dis tinguished officers in the Hungarian army, has just died in Pais, in the twenty•ninth year of his age. His funeral was attended by the Count Ladislas Telekie, Envoy of the late Hungarian Government to the French Republic; MM. Szemere, Minister of the Interior to Kossuth ; Almassy, President of the Chamber of Deputies ; Hajuiell, Director of the Hungarian Police ; Brown and Perenyl, late Envoys to Constantinople ; and a number of deputies and officers who have lately arrived in Paris from Co morn. PARIS BOURBE—LATEST PRICES—Nov. 19.—Five per Cents., 89f. 55c. ; Three per Cents., 56f. 75c. ; Bank of Frans?, 2,385f'. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov 19 . East Indian, 3%—Namur and Liege, 's►%— Northern of France, 2% di.. Paris and Strasbourg, 6. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. ___ The Com - mittee on the Budget have proposed to make extensive reductions in the ordinary estimates of war, finance, and commerce, and to strike off the whole of the 60 millions of reels demanded as extra ordinary estimates. These reductions if carried out will reduce the amount of the expenditure to that of the revenue. The Committee has proposed to do away for the future with all retiring allowances to Ministers of State. The QUEEN gave a splendid banquet on the 12th to the Prince of PRUSSIA. The Barcelona Foment. of the 10th has a letter from Solsona, which says that the celebrated Carlist Chief BERGES had entered Catalonia from France, with about twenty followers, on the side of Agra- count and Sanahuja. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 13.—The funds are higher again. The Three per Cents. were done at 29 cash, and were sustained at that price; Five per Cents. were done at Ili to j, and were 11k at the close. The other stocks are as yesterday. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—A public meeting, most respectably and numerously attended, was held last evening at the Bridge-house Hotel, Southwark, for the purpose of promoting the abolition of the punishment of death. The chair was taken at seven o'clock, by Charles Gilpin, Esq. Letters were read approving of the object of the meeting from Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. R. H. Horne. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Ewart, M.P., Rev. 11. Christmas, Mr. C. Wordsworth, Rev. H. Richards, Mr. J. Robertson, Mr. Scoble, Mr. A. Stevens, and Mr. Webster, and various resolutions for promoting the abo lition of the punishment of death were unanimously agreed to. The proceedings did not tf. rminate until ten o'clock. DEATH OF COLONEL BARN WELL.—We regret to announce, the death of this distinguished officer, which took place in the early part of the week, at his residence in Windsor -terrace. Colonel Barnwell was long in active service, and passed through most of the Peninsular clmpaigns under the Duke of Wellington. For his services there the deceased received a medal with no fewer than thirteen clasps. Latterly ho commanded the 9th Foot, which he loft to fill the post of inspecting field officer at Glasgow, where he has been residing fur the last twelve months.— Glasgow Mail. THE Ex - ROYAL FAMILY or FRA.NCE.—Their R oya l Highnesses the Duke :and Duchess de Nemours arrived at Claremont on Friday evening from Brussels family circle surrounding th e C ount and er. C to otn i t n tb essd e e Neuilly, at their retreat near Edh THE SUN, LONDON. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Committee of the Second Chamber of Prus sia, on the question of federal commission, has re solved to propose to the Chamber that if the federal commission should have to occupy itself with any other than administrative matters, the Government should be required in conformity with the Charter to submit to the Chambers the ratification of the conventions of 30th of September. On the loth and 16th the First Chamber of Prussia was occu• pied in discussing the law on sporting, and the Second Chamber proceeded with the revision of the Constitution. The Independance of Brussels says—" The re plies of all the States of the Zollverein on the pro rogation of the customs tariff have reached Berlin. They are unanimously to the effect that there is no reason for convoking a conference of commissioners, and that the tariffs should be considered as indefinitely prorogued. The terms of the prorogation made a year ago were such as not to render a new publica tion necessary." BAVARIA. The widow of Count BATTIJYANY arrived at Munich on the 10th, accompanied by her brother, on her way to the estate of a brother-in-law, where she intends to reside. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The central military commission of Vienna pub lished on the 14th a series of sentences passed by courts-martial. In these were two of death, but one was commuted to twenty and the other to fifteen years' imprisonment. It appears that seventy-two capital condemnations have been pronounced by the commission, but that only twenty-five of them have been executed. A letter from Vienna of the 13th states that guerilla bands still continue to scour different parts of Hun gary, and that on the banks of the Theiss sanguinary engagements have taken place. At Pesth great distress exists. The Deutsche Zeitung, in speaking of the diplo matic changes in Vienna and London, says Lord PONSONBT'S place is to be supplied at Vienna by a Charge d'Affaires ; and that Count COLLOItEDO 13 to he succeeded in London by a similar functionary, M. VON KOLLERN. SWITZERLAND. The elections in the canton of Lucerne, formerly the head quarters of the Jesuits and the Sunderbund, have terminated in favour of the liberal party. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. SCHLESWIG, Nov. 15.—Yesterday morning the following notice was issued by the Administration, relative to the much discussed Article 10 of the Armistice Convention of July 10th; it is as follows : " The Administration of the Duchy of Schleswig feels called upon to make this public declaration, that in regard to the Conventional Government in the Duchy of Schleswig, it never was the intention of that august body to administer, otherwise than in the name of his Alajesty the King of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig, and in this sense only did the administrators undertake the government of the Duch► of Schleswig during the term of the armistice. While the Administration gives pub licity to this for the purpose of removing every occasion fur want of confidence, the duty of upholding its autho rity becomes more incumbent. - (Signed) " Timascii, Count Von Eulenburg. " Flensburg, Nov. 12." ITALY. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, of the 14th, the discussion on the treaty of peace with Austria was continued. M. BUFFA'S amendment was rejected by a large majority, with all the sub-amend ments successively proposed by various members. The motion of M. BALBO, who proposed that the Chamber should vote the treaty without discussion, was also negatived, and the debate on the mai❑ ques tion was opened by M. JACQUEMOND, who attacked the treaty on the ground that the armistice had been concluded when the country was still able to carry on the war. The debate was then adjourned to the following day. The Legge states from Bologna, 9th instant, that General D'Asritz had arrived there. The Austrians had cut down all the trees surrounding the church of the Annunciation, in order to give a clear range to the artillery stationed at St. Michele, in Bosco. A camp of observation was to be formed at Piacenza, under the command of General D'Asrar. The Tuscan Monitor states that on the 10th Car dinal PiccoLomiNz and Monsignor MASSONz had an audience of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY. The Osservatore Romano, of the 9th, laments that emissaries of the Bible Society of London are actively proselytizing Piedmont, and are greatly countenanced in their endeavours by the Liberals, who hope thus to sap the foundations of the Papal power. The Osservatere adds, " that unfortunately.some priests and monks lend their assistance to this iniquitous plan." The Araldo of Naples states that the King of NAPLES has ordered a levy of 18,000 men for 1850. A letter from Venice of the 12th announces that General GORZHOWSKI has been removed from the military command of Venice. The arrests at Rome and Naples still continue. The priests in the former city wax more and more bloodthirsty every day ; according to the correspon dent of a Paris journal, one of these Priests, in com menting on what he denominated the unaccountable delay of the Government in executing the prisoners, declared that 40,000 heads must fall in Rome, and that all Liberals, men, women, and children, should be exterminated. TUNIS. The measures of the sanitary c o m m i ss i on o f T un i s were increased in rigour on the breaking out of the cholera at Bona. Dispatches which have arrived by the Charlemagne had been sequestered for two days, the BEY having required that they should be opened and perfumed, but the Consuls opposed this. The fear of the cholera was so great that nothin g was ad mitted except the productions of Spain, Sardinia, Leghorn, Naples, and Sicily ; even those of Malta were excluded. By land also communications had been forbidden, and a sanitary cordon established on the frontier. THE BRITISH FLEET IN TIIE MEDITER RANEAN. CONSTANTINOPLH, Nov. 13. The British fleet, consisting of seven ships of the line, four steamers, and one frigate, is laying at anchor at Bai bieri. It is commanded by Admiral PARKER. The French fleet is said to have entered Lemnos.— Wiener Zeitung. ATHENS, OCT. 30. The English fleet, consisting of fourteen ships of the line, of various sizes, approached our coast a few days since, and took the direction of Tenedos, whither the French fleet also sailed. English steamers are coming and going every day, and frequently during the night, deliver their papers, and proceed no one knows where or whither. After an absence of rain for five months, with a degree of heat which was insupportable, even in the month of October, winter has at length set in, and a deluge of fertilizing rain is now falling, with a tem perature of 150 Reaumur.—Allgemeine Zeitung. SMYRNA, Nov. s.—The French steamer Luxor has just brought intelligence that the Ganges of 84 guns; the Superb, of 80 guns; and a frigate, have set sail to join the fleet at anchor in the Dardanelles. —Die Presse. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took their usual airings. His Royal Hi g h ness P r i nce Albert, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, went to London this morning at a quarter before eight o'clock, travelling by a special train on the Great Western Railway. His Royal Highness inspected the Exhibition of French Arts and Manufactures in George-street, Hanover-square, and from thence proceeded to the New Palace at Westminster. His Royal Highness returned to Windsor Castle at two o'clock. The Duke of Wellington left the Castle this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours paid a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert this morning at Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, and Sir Ro bert Peel, Lady and Miss Peel, are expected at Windsor Castle this day, on a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert. The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Miss Peel, and the Right Hon. H. and Mrs. Labouchere. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at the Palace, at Westminster, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, attended by Lieut. -Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. The Prince inspected the frescos now finished, one by Mr. Alaclise, and another by Mr. Cope, in the House of Peers. His Royal Highness then went to the upper waiting-room, and inspected a fresco just finished by Mr. Herbert. Mr. Eastlake was in attendance on his Royal Highness. The Prince left the new Palace at half-past twelve o'clock, attended by Lieut.-Colonels the Hon. C. Grey and the lion. A. Gordon. Mr. R. W. Keate had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the GOvernors of the North American colonies. Dispatches were also sent off last evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of Hong-Kong, Labuan, Ceylon, the Mauritius, and Malta, and also for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) The following bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued yesterday : " The Priory, Monday, Nov. 19. 44 The Queen Dowager has passed a restless night. Her Majesty's strength has of late diminished. "DAVID DAVIES, M.D." "RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 3,500 bales, mostly to the trade. The market was dull. —Railway Shares were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. The probability of most strenuous exertions being kept up to foster speculation in the cotton market in duces us to recur to the subject as often as new data present themselves. One party writes from New York : " Wo have very little faith in the reports which reach us from time to time, regarding the damage to the growing crop, and the devastation caused by the boll worm, the caterpillar, the late frost and the early frost, the wet weather and the dry weather. All these are exaggerated for the purpose of inflating prices. The effect of such things can be but temporary. A few individuals may take advantage of tho advance in prices produced by such reports, but the great planting interest is injured; and we are, therefore, opposed to everything tending to produce an arlific;al inflation of prices. So far as the planting interest is concerned, we should like to see high prices ruling for the raw material, but we cannot resist the conviction that those who realise at current rates will reap a richer harvest than those who hold on until the season is more advanced. We may be wrong. but, so far as wo can judge from the present state of things, there appears nothing to justify a different conclu-ion." Then as to the general productions of America wa are advise d:— " The quantity of wheat raised in the United States during the lest year will, according to the estimates of the Commissioner, not be less than 126,000,000 bushels. The quantity of corn produced is estimated to be about 588,000,000 bushels ; oats, 185,000,000 bushels; pota toes, 114,000,000 bushels; rye, 33,000,000 bushel,; buck wheat, 12,500,000 bushels; berley, 6,220,000 bushels; hay. 15,735,000 tons; hemp, 20,330 tons; cot ton, 1,066,000.000 pounds; tobacco, 219,000,000 pounds; rice, 119 000,000 pounds; and sugar (in Louisiana), 200,000,000 pounds." The advice. received this morning from the Continent are of no commercial interest, and there is a delay in the arrival of the Antwerp mail. It effords us pleasure to state that the great under taking entered into by many talented and energetic in dividuals, the Royal British Bank, commenced yesterday morning under the most favourable auspices. The class of business found so valuable in Scotland, but to secure which there has never been any effur t made in England, will, we feel per suaded, be steadily offered to this establishment. The small tradesman who has hitherto incurred the unavoidable risk of retaining at home the amount re quired, for the conduct of his business, finds now for the first time the same accommodation extended to him as has been long enjoyed and appreciated by the more favoured classes. Without the slightest obligation on his part to maintain a constant balance, he is guaranteed every reasonable facility with the security of a chartered bank and a paid-up capital of 100,0001., and all that is requisite as a com pensation to the bank is precisely what his own inclina tion and interest would prompt him to do, without suggestion or solicitation, viz., to lodge the moneys of which he may occasionally be possessed. There are other advantages, however, of which every one seeking the information will soon be sensible, the admirable plan of cash credits, rFec., as carried out with such extraordinary success north of the 'En ced, being not the least conspicuous. Some of the highest authorities in the City have borne their testimony to the want of a banking establishment of the kind now brought under public notice, and we have the authority of The Chisholm, and other Scotch gentle men of character and experience, for stating that Mr. Hugh limes Cameron, the appointed manager, is well known in Scotland as possessing the requisite ability, tact, and integrity for the important duties which will devolve upon him. Mr. Macgregor, of the Board of Trade, is a fitting chairman, too, from his business habits, as well as his thorough acquaintance with the theory of commerce, and the members of the board may be fairly described as working men. The sceptical have but to visit the established in Tokenhouse-yard, and judge for themselves of the excellence of the general arrange meats, and the urbanity of the officials. The Funds are extremely firm still, and there seems to be no permanently depressing influence exercised by the news of the English fleet having passed through the Dardanelles. Consols have been 931 to 94, and are at this time called 94 to i t . The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 93i to 1, and the Three per Cents. 92k to 921 Bank Stock is worth 198 to 199, and India Stock 258 to 260. Exchequer-bills have been 495. to 525., and India Bonds have touched 86g. premium. In the Foreign Market, Mexican Bonds have risen to 264 to 27k in consequence of the gratifying informa tion received that Lord Palmerston has instructed Mr. Doyle, the British Minister at Mexico, officially to urge a settlement of the bondholders' claims, and the con tinued remittances, 116,000 dollars being on board the West India steamer due in a few days, give confidence also. Mr. W. P. Robertson will also be soon amongst us, to give an account of his stewardship. Equador Bonds have been n. Dutch Four per Cents. are 82k, and Russian Bonds are 109. In the Peninsular Stocks nothing has been done. Railway Sliaree have been very flat again, and with but little doing. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING •r.tt,r,s or ormsa FIJNDa rILICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 92 % 1, 4 34 93 i per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 3 34 % 94 94 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna... Long Anna. to expire Jan.1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8% India Stock 258 260 260 India Bonds, 1,0001. ........ ..... Consols for Account Fxehequer Bills. 114 d. & 2d 1,000/. June 52 49 p 49 p 5001. June ........ 52 49 p 49 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. tmr. E ()LORING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Austrian, 5 per Cent. ........ 87% 87 % Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent 72 1 ,i Equador Bonds .. 3% 3% Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .. Ditto, Account •.. ............. Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Russian Bonds ..... 108 108 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Passive 3% BA Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. - _ French Rentes, 5 per Cent BBtssoc. 88f. 50c. Exchange !hitch 2% par Cent., 12 Guild. .. 54 Ditto.. 7. Der Cent. Certificates 824 82 , 4 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES . Aberdeen Do. Preference Amber, Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 4...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 h — Belfast & County Down 28 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox fi.rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Binning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, __ and Cheshire June.— 20 ...... ........ Bristol and Exeter 9O ... 62 Ditto, Thirds ..... 27% ...... Suckinghamshire ...... 17% Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 ...... Di tto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... ',;hester and Holyhead... 50 ...... ••• Ditto, Preference l5 ...... .... — Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 •••••• —• Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... - Dundalk & Enniskillen 27%...... East Anglian, 251., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 ..... . Do. 18/., E. & IL.. 18 Do., N. 103., Pref... 3 1 ,4 ..... —. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 6 . 36 3 4 . ..... Do. N6W, Gua.6 per et. 10 ...... -- Ditto,Extensi 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... 3a P_% p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 138. 4d... 1 A; ••••• %dis. Do. North. & Eastern, __ 6 per Cent. - Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 ...... 53% 1 A ... .. 534 Do. New ... 43 - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 ...... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 31 4 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 — Ditto, Class C, ditto... 25 . .... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... - East Lancashire Ditto, Now Ditto, New Quarters 614.....• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6IA ...... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... • Ditto, Half Shares ~. 25 .. .. ........•.... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 ... EseterJeovil, & Dorch. 2% .....44v, TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 20 1849. Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. _ Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 — Do.Preferenee Consol. - Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 %...... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 'Treat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...••• ... — Ditto, New, 401 Ditto, ditto 35 Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. •• 77. Great Western 100 Ditto, % Shares 5O - ••• •••••••• • • -- Ditto, 1 4 Shares — Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 171........ 15 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 .. • Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... .... — Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ..... ......... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. M. B. & 8... 98 Ditto, ditto , Ditto, L Shares ...... 49 ... Do. Quarters ..—..... 23% — ..... — i... 0. Fifths... Do. Thirds ..--. . 1614 lfo. Nov Guarant2ed 6 E er Cent.. .. lO Do. Liverp. and Bury 49 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 — ..... .. ..... . Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 10 ...... ... — Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct,. 5 ...... .. ..,... Do.. Pref. Quar.,lBlB 9 ...... . .-.. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . [. ondon & Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d... .... , London, Brighton, and South Coast... .....103 ...... 75 1 4% . 76 Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto.-- 18f , 2 50 .. L ndon and Greenwich 12115 s 4d ... ..... .... Ditto, Prefer.twp .. . 20 London and N. Wevtern 100 .... . 112 w 118 112% 110. 2 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fift'. 7 8% Do. 401.Shnres(L.M.) 35 ._ _ ... . _. Do. 101. (M. & - B.) CI 1 Lond.& S. Wf storn ..... 50 ..... 31 30 3 A Ditto, New 50/. 23% 235 Do. New 40/. .. 34 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, - Pref. 7 per Cent. 5 Lonflon ti erry &Cu leraino 25 Do. IA Shares Londonderry and Erma kiiltn .». . ......... 25 •••••• Do. 1 , Shares Lowestoft' guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 pr ct.) Manzlicter.l.luxton,and Matlock 5 ...... --- A.l , .:.chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (N - 0,2),..:. 25.. . . Do. IA Shares ( No. 3) 12 1 ,4. — Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...,.. 9% 9% Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... `io Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... . Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. M‘dland ...... ........ ... 100 ...... 47 1 ,4 46% De. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50L,Shares 30 ... -7%." Do. Birna., and Derby 100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Bri.st. & Glocatr. 42 Ditto ditto ... ....... -22/. 75... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo — Midland Great Western Irish 5O — - Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. 5O Newcastle and Carlisle.100 Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension ewport, Abergavenny, end Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 — «••... «••... N ewry, Warrenponit, and Rostrevor Norfolk .......... ....... ....100 Do. New 201. .. l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Wavenuy - Val. 2 ...... - Northern Counties Union 4 ...... •••••• .... Nlrth British ........... 26 ..... .-- ..... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .... 81.4 .. .. —•••-• — Ditto Preference 5 North Staffordshire ... 17 1 / 2 8 ...... ........ 8 North Wales North-Western . 13% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton .....• 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... 15 5 / 2 %.... ..... . 15% Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland - Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Bina... 12 Ditto ditto. Class B. S Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Uerefd. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 .....• Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 LA — .=, Ditto New _ .. Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 ...... - 3hropshire Union South Devon 50 Do. Preference ...... 25 Eouth Staffordshire B% — ••.. ...... ..... South Eeetera 18 1 ,4 181,4 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ......• ...... 30 •-••- ••••• Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 ...... 0000000000000 0 South Wales ..... south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Sh•affield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ....... ..... swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7 ...... Caw Vale Extension ... 8 - ••• ••• ..... ••• [lames Haven Dock and Railway ... 17%...... - Vale of Neath ... .. 8 N aterford and Kilkenny 20 . —.. — Waterford and Limerick 47% Naterfd,Wxlrd,Wicklw and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .- ..... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do: ... 15 ..... ..... _ , Kest Cornwall ......... 6 ..... ..... .... ...... , V hitellaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western . . ... ... 14 - ....• -. ....... W ilt.4, Somerset, tic Wey mouth 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... . ....... ... 25 Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 Do.,G.N.E.Preference 8 ... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 - ......... ... York and North Midland 50 - ..... 184 Date Preference lO FOREIGN RAIL WA re, Anglo Italian (late Ita lian awl Austrian). ... 5% Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara 17%...... Dutch Rhenish ••••••••• 8 ..... East Indian .... ....... .... 34 Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. D 0.... ....... 10s. .• 1 % Louvain ila Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg Ditto ........ lO ...... .... — Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 514 54 Northern of France l4l. 85... dis 236 dm Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ....• .... ...... .. Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 20% 20% Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 - ••• ....... as••• "... Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 1 5 44 • • l% Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes l3 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders VA ill ••• - - Ditto ea. •••• B% JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock...—. 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto ..... 10 ••• ......... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 20.—Wind this day at soon S.E., light airs; and dull hazy weather. DEAL, Nov. 19.—Wind N.W. to N.N.E. ard N.N.W.—Arrd. Maomid brig, Persian Gulf ; Lady Valiant, Lane, Mauritius; Emerald, Smith, Antigua; Claudia, Peel, Demerara; Jane Ennis, Savannah; Ceylon ship, Bay of Fuuday; Grainger brig, Quebec; Europe, Jodman, ditto; Devereux, Lumsden, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Isle of Wight, Danford, Mauri tius. Arrd. from the River and ald. Oriental, Grieves, Sydney, New South Wales; Charlotte, Affieck, Cal cutta; Bromloys, Vidler, Sierra Leone; Candidate, Fowle, Barbadoes. Sid. Duke of Wellington, St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Wind N.—Arrd. Fanny, De merara; Ann, St. Domingo; Sir Edward, M'Pherson, Miramichi. Sld. 17th, Sultan, St. John's, New Bruns wick. 19th, Coaxer, Batavia; Kent, Africa; Ben Muick Dhui, Rio Janeiro; Jane Rcnaorino, ditto; Oxford, New York; Fairy, Newfoundland; Symmetry, ditto. Put back, Lady Hobart, for Staten Island, with damage, having been in contact. 18th, The Gauges, arrived here to- day from Quebec, experienced very bad weather from the 21st to the 30th ult., and made much water, having at times seven feet in the well. Off Port, Caledonia. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Duke of Cornwall, steamer, Dublin, with 30,0001. in gold and silver in freight. SHOREHAM, Nov. 19.—The Osway, of Littlehamp ton, on shore on the Ist inst., has been got off aLd proceeded. GUERNSEY, Nov. 19.—The Europe, Cuba to Havre, was totally lost cn the 16th on the north-west coast of this island; crew and passengers, except second mate, drowned. Hum., Nov. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Manners, Parkinson, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld . Cl un y, New York. The Margaret, of Perth, from Haldewalla to London, was abandoned on the 16th inst. with six feet of water in her hold, and soon after canted over on her beam ends. Crew picked up 120 miles north west of Humburgh Head, by the Choice arrived here. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 19.—Arrd. George Ramsey, Grogan, Quebec. WHITEHAYEN, Nov. 19.—Arrd. Constitution, Wil son, Quebec. BEAUMARIS, Nov. 19.—Wind variablc.—Arrd. Royi William, Quebec. LIMERICK, Nov. 18.—Wind S.—Sld. Bryan Abbs, New York; Beather Bell, New York. SHIELDS, Nov. 19.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrd Theodosea, Creigh, Qeebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) SAX 74111.1tILIMS. SHITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 10s; Clow r Jitto, 31 Os to 41 10s; and Straw, I/ 3s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, at about last week's quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 10.; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 lus ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 105 Fer oad. Supply moderate, and trade dull. WILITECIIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8 to 31 10 ; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 123; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 93 pc r load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation remains dull, the sales being under 500 hhds, barely supporting the prices of this day week, particularly for the lower sorts. Of 3,620 begs Bengal offered by auction, barely 2,000 were sold, mid to good crystalized at 42s to 44s 8.1, being very full prices; 1,840 bags Madras were about half realised at 36a to 40s 6d for low to fine grainy yellow, and at 293 6d to 31s 6d for low to good brown; 2,400 mats Penang partially found buyers at from 30s 6d to 40s for mid yellow to good white; 200 barrels 599 hhds Porto Rico were about two-thirds sold at 37s 6:1 to 40s 6d, being fully 6d lower. At the East and Wrs; India Docks last week no British Plantation were landed; there were taken for home consumption 1,176 hhds, 82 tierces, 547 barrels. The stock in the same places is 16,629 hhds, 2,339 tierces, 4,908 barrels. COFFEE.—The market continues heavy, there beiag no disposition evinced to give former prices. 120 bags 140 casks Plantation Ceylon, and 76 cases Tellichcrry were nearly all withdrawn ; but 530 packages Mysore sold without material change from 46s 6d to 545. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 266 puns 175 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 186 puns 24 hhds, and ex ported 29 puns 71 hhds. The stock in the same places is 22,957 puns 2,145 hhds. RICE.-400 bags Bengal were about half realized at 8s 6d to 9s for low to mid white, and 100 bags low white Madras brought 8s 6d, being moderate pricer. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 37s to 37s 3d per cwt on the spot, and Town 39s 6d. TEA.—A sale of Assam Tea took place today en account of the Assam Company. The Tea offered Ly Messrs. Richard Gibbs, and Co., the company's bro kers consisted of 994 packages, and the prices realized were fully 3d to 4d per lb. above the rates of the last sale. This completes the sale of the company's Tea the growth of 1848. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Parliament was again further prorogued to-day to Wednesday the 16th of January. Shortly after two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, and the Marquis of Clanricarde, robed as Lord Commissioners, took their seat below the throne, when Mr. Pulman, the Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod, was commanded by their Lordships to summon the Commons to the bar to hear the Royal Commission for further proroguing Parliament read. Mr. Pulmaa having retired to summon the Com mons, appeared in a few minutes afterwards at thc bsr, attended by Mr. Henry Ley, and several officers of the House of Commons, together with Sir R. Inglis and Mr. Raphael, the only Members present. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, the Chief Clerk, then read from the table the Commission for proroguing Parlia ment, and The LORD CHANCELLOR, in her Majesty's name and by her Majesty's command, declared the Parliament prorogued to Wednesday, the 16th of January next. The two frescoes, one of " Justice," by Maclise, and the other of "Prince Henry before Justice Gas coigne," are completed, but the scaffolding is not yet removed. Several ladies were present. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his court in the Oh. Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day, and gave judgment in seyera cases. MIK V. INSALL.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him some considerable time since, upon appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor Wigram. The question in the suit was, whether certain real estates were available for the pay ment of the debts of a person who died intestate as to those estates. Thomas Stanley Hill died in March, 1837, intestate as to his real estate, which was of the annual value of 1,6001 His personal estate produced near 3,0001., but his debts were more than 17,0001. He left an only daughter, his heiress-at-law and a minor, who during her minority intermarried with Insall, one of the defendants. Before the marriage, articles of settle ment were agreed to, containing a proviso that the parties thereto might, within six months after the infant heiress attained her majority, vary the limita tions, and revoke the uses of the settlement, if they did not interfere with the provisions made for the wife. In November, 1838, shortly after the mar riage, a bill was filed by one of the simple contract cre ditors of the intestate, to make his real estates liable, but, in consequence of an assurance that Mrs. Insall, on attaining her majority, would make a provision for that purpose, the suit was not proceeded with. On the 2d of May, 1840, more than six months after she came of age, a settlement was made, containing a power of re vocation, and two days afterwards that power was executed by a deed, providing for the payment of the intestate's debts, by a sale of the real estates. Sales were accordingly made, but objections were taken by one of the purchasers, that as the settlement had been executed more than six months after the infant attained her majority, no power of re vocation ought to have been inserted in it. An amicable suit was instituted to settle that point, and the case was argued. before the Vice-Chancellor of England in July, 1844. By the decree it was declared that, as between the parties before the Court, none of them being creditors, Vs settlement thus made after the marriage, in pursuance of the articles, was invalid, and that the trustees held the estates on the trusts of the articles for the benefit of the children. In December of the same year, Mrs. hull, being dead, the present suit was instituted by the cre ditors, Mr. Insall, and the children, to have the estates sold for the payment of their claims on T. S. Hill, the intestate. The Vice-Chancellor Wigram was of opinion that although the articles of August, 1837, precluded the husband, during coverture, from coneurring in any act inconsistent with their terms, yet that they were not binding on the wife; and; as she died without confirming them, the effect of that absence of confirmation was to allow the estates to descend to her heir still liable to the payment of the debts of Mr. Hill. With respect to the deeds of May, 1840, the Vice-Chancellor of England by setting them aside had restored the plaintiff to his original rights, and therefore in either way tho estates were liable to the payment of debts. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after going at some length into the facts of the case, and the authorities bearing upon it, stated his opinion clearly to be that the judge ment of the Court below was correct, and ordering it to be affirmed with costs. MANGLES R. DIXpN.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before him upo❑ an appeal from the decision of the Vice• Chancellor Knight Bruce. His Lordship ordered the Bill to be dismissed against Messrs. Dixons, with costs, which was in efft,ct reversing, in the greater part, the judgment of the Court below. IiNIGIHT V. BIA/ORIBANKS. The further arguments on this part-heard appeal from the judgement of the Master of the Rolls were resumed, and occupied the Court till its rising, The Lord Chancellor rose at an early hour to at tend the Prorogation of Parliament. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BLENKENSOPP V. BLENIEENSOPP. The arguments in this psrt•heard case were resumed morning, and occupied the Court the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM ) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. L AWEEL—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, the arguments in which wore concluded yesterday. The case came before the Court upon further directions, and the question involved relates to a legacy given by Miss Ann Burrell in favour of the followers of the late Ed ward Irving. The information was filed upon the rela tion of seven persons, who were described as ministers of the seven churches of the late Edward Irving, claim ing an annuity of 1001., which formed the subject of the bequest. The testatrix, Miss Burrell, of Southalls, in Middlesex, by her will, dated in 1836, after bequeathing certain annuities to persons whom she named, be queathed a further annuity of 1001. in the following terms:—" I direct my executors to pay into Messrs. Drummonds', bankers, 49, Charing-cross, a clear yearly sum of 1001., for the solo use and benefit of any of the ministers and members of the church now forming upon the apostolical doctrines brought forward originally by the late Erlwsrd Irving, % h e may he per secuted, aggrieved, or in poverty for preaching or up holding those doctrines; or half the sum may be appro priated for the benefit of the church founded by the let Edward Irving in Newman-street." The testatrix died in 1845. The defendant was her administratrix, and claimed the amount as her residuary legatee, upon the ground that there was not any charitable bequest. When the case was brought before the court, on the 18th of July last year, it was referred to the Master to it:quire and state what were the doctrines referred to in the will of the testatrix as the " Apostolical doctrines brought forward originally by the late Edward Irving," and whether " there were or was any and what persons, !or class of persons answering the description contained in the will of the testa trix, as the ministers and members of the churches now forming upon the apostolic doctrines brought for ward originally by the late Edward Irving, w h o are persecute, aggrieved, or in poverty for preaching or upholding those doctrines;" and what was the church described in the will as " the church founded by the late Edward Irving in Newman-street." The defendant was directed to pay the amount, 3 5541. Three per Cent. Annuities, into court without prejudice. The master, by his report, found that Edward Irving was formerly the minister of a church in Regent-square, in connexion with the Church of Scotland; that in 1832 he ceased to be such minister, and his connexion was dissolved by the act of such church; that he continued thenceforth to have the pastoral care over a majority of the persons theretofore communicants, who withdrew therefrom upon the ejection of the said Edward Irving, and became under him a sepa rate congregation or religious society, which has ever since continued, and still continues to exist; and there are now divers congregations and ministers belonging to such religious society established in London and else. where in Great Britain and Ireland, all of which hold and profess certain lawful doctrines and tenets, called epostolical, which were taught and prominently brought forward by Edward Irving during his life; that the doctrines referred to in the will of the testatrix as the apostolical doctrines alluded to by her were those of the permanence of the gifts of apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors in the church, the doctrines of the right of the church to the continuance of the miraculous powers and gifts of the Holy Ghost given on the Day of Pen tecost, and the doctrine of the necessity of the presenco of this fourfold ministry (including that of apostle) and of these powers and gifts in the church, for the purpose of preparing and perfecting the church for the second advent of the Lord Jesus Christ : all such doctrines were taught and insisted upon by the said Edward Ir ving, and were founded upon the doctrine of the true humanity as well as divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ ; that since the separation of Edward Irving from the Established Church of Scotland, numerous churches, to the number of this ty -five or th erea b ou t s , had been formed in England, the worship and discipline of such churches being conducted by ministers known bythe name of apostles, assisted by other ministers termed prophets, evangelists, and pastors; and the total number of com municants of such churches, besides those regularly at tending the worship of such churches, was now not less than 4,000 persons, and the number of ministers of such churches was 270; that many of the ministers and mem bers of such churches were previously members of other religious denominations, many having been dissenting ministers, and schoolmaster:, or engaged in trades and employments; but that, in consequence of forsaking those callings, they were now in great poverty and afflic tion, and had been, and were, dependent, more or less, upon pecuniary support from their richer brethren; that the relator, E. Heath, was the minister of Newman-street Chapel, and that the testatrix attended there; that there were other places of worship belonging to these per sons—in Bishopsgate, Southwark, Chelsea, Islington Paddington, and Westminster; and that from 1835 to the present time the chief ministers of the seven churches in London had the management of funds arising from a tenth part of payments, voluntarily made by the members of the congregations of the several churches, the payments being for the tenth part or tithe of the clear incomes of the members of the congregations and from other sums given on behalf of poor ministers or members; and the turde being kept at the bank of Messrs. Drummonds, in the names of the seven mi nisters; and that the moneys arising from the " tenth part of the tithe" of the said several churches of con gregations from 1837 to 1848, have amounted to 21,0171. 65., and the moneys arising from the said sums originally given voluntarily by the several churches or congregations for the poor ministers or members, from 1837 to 1848, amounted to 30,229/. 7s. 6d., making a total of 51,246/. 13s. 6d. ; but that, notwithstanding, the ministers had been unable adequately to relieve the several cases of distress wising among members and ministers. His Hoewun, after going at some length into the case, stated his opinion to be, that the bequest was a valid one, and directed a reference to the Master to ap prove of a scheme for its proper appropriation. No case of any interest occurred either in the Vice- Chancellor of England's or the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce's Court. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) The Court took the special paper to-day. No cases of the slightest public interest came before the Court during the day. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The LORD CHIEF BARON delivered the judgment of the Court in several cases at its sitting this morning. WILLIAMS (QUI TAM) t'. THOMAS.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHIEF BARON said, in this case, which was a qui tam action brought against the defendant for the recovery of penalties for his having unlawfully exercised the office of under-sheriff, and tried before Mr. Baron Platt, who directed the plaintiff to be nonsuited, the de fendant was charged as being the actual sheriff, and could not bo the under•sherif The Court thought it had only been shown that he was under a sheriff, and was acting as under-sheriff. The only evidence that he was the under-sheriff was, that he had signed his name to a paper on the occasion of re mitting the prisoners in the county gaol to the succeeding sheriff: He signed his name simply, in the first instance, upon which the person to whom he addressed that sig nature, and who was the under-sheriff of the late sheriff, said that that would not suffice, and that the defendant must add the words " Under-Sheriff" to his name. The defendant replied, that he was not the under-sheriff, but that Mr. Traill was the under-sheriff. The man, how ever, said that he could not receive the docu ment unless the defendant signed it as the under-sheriff; whereupon the defendant added the words " Under-Sheriff "to his name. Now, it appeared to the Court, that the defendant was not the under sheriff; and it ought to be in evidence that he took upon himself to act as unde-aheriff. Under these circum stances the Court was of opinion that Mr. Baron Platt was right in directing a nonsuit; and there would conse quently be no rule.—The rule was accordingly refused. DOE DEM. ZONES V. TiIOXAS. The question in this case was whether a judgment, which had been admitted in evidence on the trial of the case before Mr. Baran Platt, was properly admitted. It appeared to the Court that the judgment was admissible in evidence as a judgment; they thought, therefore, there would be no rule in this case. HOWELL V. READHEA.D. No rule. HITCHINGS V. MONK. In this case, which was tried at Bristol before Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Court, without entering into the merits, said there would be a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial. DOE DEM. JAMES V. JONES. In this case the Court said there would be a rule to show cause. COBBETT v. SIR GEORGE GREY AND ANOTHER. Mr. Baron PARKE said, in this case, though the Court did not think it necessary to g i ve a final opinion, they would recommend the defendant's counsel to amend their plea justifying the imprisonment. It did not state to whom the attachment was directed, nor did it state by what court it was directed. The defendants must amend their plea in this respect within a week. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) DRAPER V. COUNT DE TORRI. The COURT delivered judgment in this case, which was reported in The Sun of Saturday last. The de fendant, who it will be recollected was a Turkish noble man possessed of considerable fortune, came to this country and took up his residence in Grafton-street, Grafton-square. An execution was put into the house at the instance of a person named Myers, an upholder and dealer in curiosities, who claimed a certain sum of money from the Count, and the plainiiff was one among several persons who entered the domain for the purpose of carrying the exe cution into effect. Under the advice of the Count's solicitor they were all given into custody on a charge of felony, on their attempting to remove a dining table. They were locked up during the night in the station house, but, on being brought before the magistrate nest morning, they were discharged. An action was brought by the plaintiff Draper for false imprisonment, and be recovered 201. damages. Mr. Sergeant Byles, on Saturday last, applied for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground of surprise, the case not having been entered for trial until too late for the defendant to serve a rule for a special jury, and also on the ground of damages. The Court having deferred their decision until tbey had consulted Mr. Justice Cresswell, now said that they had commu nieeted with his Lordship on the subject. The amount of damages might probably excite some little surprise under the circumstances, but being a case in whi c h the into party was taken actual custody on a charge of felony, it was clearly the province of the jury to decide the compensation to which he was entitled. Though the defendant had the advantage of the judge's summing ups which seemed to lead t o a diff erent conc l us i on , it Wa s for the jury to exercise their judgment upon the matter. Even supposing the Court thought the damages exceeded what might reasonably have been expected, the jury were bound to form a just view of the whole subject; and, as it concerned the character and feelings of nil individual, they could not consider that an ad verse verdict which %as given upon a matter exclusively within their jurisdiction. True it was, that the amount of the verdict came just within the rule relative to ar plications for new trials, but, seeing that a new trial would lead to further litigation and to an expense greater than 204, they did not consider that any real advantage would result to the defendant by acceding to the present application. Ibe Court vs ore of opinion, therefore, tba there should be no rule.—llule accordingly refused. CAMP V.- POPE. Mr. SCOTT applied for a rule to show cause why the defendant in this case should not be discharged from euttody on the ground that the plaintiff was dead and had no legal representative. An application was made in Trinity Term last year for the same purpose, but the affidavit on that occasion was not thought sufficient , and the Chief Justice suggested that inquiries as to Lb' death of the plaintiff should be made of her attorney , and also that a rearch should be made et Doctors' Commons. 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