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tribirb %talon BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER V. WHISTON. Sir F. THESIGEH applied to tie Court, calling upon the Dean and Chapter of Rochester to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue to restrain them from enforcing the sentence of deprivation against the Rev. Richard Whiston, head master of the Cathedral Gram mar School of Rochester. The cathedral church of Rochester was founded and endowed in the year 1542, by King Henry,VlLL,outnf the possessions of the dissolved monasteries, and the Dean and Chapter were made a corporation for the purpose of governing the endowment. Attached to the Cathedral was a grammar-school which was to consist of a head-master, an under-master, and twenty scholars, and other boys who might be educated at the school. In the statute regulating the appoint ment and removal of the masters, there was a provision made for four students being sent to the Universities and being maintained there out of the funds of the in stitution. The statutes also specified the stipends that were to be paid out of the endowment. The Dean was to have 100/. a year ; the Chapter 201., while the students sent to the Universities were to have out of the funds until they attained the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 51. a year; and when they had obtained that degree, and before they became Master of Arts, they were to receive 61. 13s. 4d. per annum, but it appeared clear by the statutes that the object of the endowment was, that these stipends should exhaust the whole of the funds obtained from the confiscated property, and the sum mentioned did, in fact, swallow up the whole of the money that was annually obtained in 1642. Mr. toe was appointed hi al master of the school in November, 1842, and as he considered the office was one which he was entitled to held for life, or during good behaviour, he hail laid out two sums of 4,0001. and 2,500/. in the purchase of a house and lands for the purpose of pi oviding sufficient accommodation for the scholars. At the time he joined the school, there was not a single free scholar in it, but so well had Mr. Whiston performed the duties of head master that the full complement of 20 free scholars has since been made up, and the school now consisted of not lets than 50 boys. In the progress of his ministrations as head master he had ascertained that the endowment estates had so much increased in value, that instead of receiving his original stipend of 100/. a year, the Dean was now in receipt of 1,5001., while the Chapter's had risen from 201. to 7001„ but the stipend of the students had remained at the same figure that they were when the foundation was made, in 1642, namely 5/. and 6/. 13s. 4d. Believing, however, that it was the intention of the Royal founder that the scholars should participate in the benefit of any such increase in the ratio of the original amount, he repeatedly addressed letters to the Dean and Chapter upon the subject, urging them to augment the allowances of the scholars sent to the Universities, adding that, by his own private exertions, he had succeeded in increasing them 80/. a year ; but the answers he received from the clerk of the Dean and Chapter were of so evasive and indefinite a nature, that he ultimately had recourse to the Bishop of the diocese, who, after treat ing his application in a very off-hand manner, eventually wrote him a letter, to the effect that the only mode of testing the question he had raised was by insti tuting a suit in Chancery. In the mean time, finding that there was little chance of his obtaining redress for his scholars at the hands of either Dean and Chapter or the Bishop, he visited every public or private library in the kingdom of any importance, and collected all the in formation he could on the subject of cathedral trusts and endowments, which he published in the form of the pamphlet under the title of " Cathedral Trusts and their Fulfilment," and which showed beyond all questio❑ sat in the majority of instances the trusts had not been administered as their founders must have intended. Of course the pamphlet included the school at Rochester, and the language in which it was written, though adhering strictly to the truth, so excited the displeasure of the Dean and Chapter, that by a deed under their corporate seal they ordered him to be removed from his post of headmaster of the Grammar School. This was about the commencement of the last midsummer vaca tion. When the school resumed again, the Dean arid Chapter served a notice upon Mr. Whiston, can celling the former deed, and requiring him to attend before them at a visitation to answer °erten' charges of slander arising out of the publication of the pamphlet. He prepared a statement in answer to those charges, but by the advice of counsel who had previously advised him that he was correct in the view he had taken of the endowments, he refused to put it in without it was received with a formal protest against the right of the Dean and Chapter to proceed as they were io . ng. The Dean and Chapter, however, refusal to eomply with this request, and eventually they made another order, and sealed another deed removing Mr. Whiston from his situation; meanwhile a bill had been filed in Chancery, before Vice-Chancellor Wigram, to restrain them from proceeding in their former sen tence of deprivation, but his Honour ultimately decided that the question was not within his province, and the matter was now the subject of an appeal to the Lord Chancellor. Now, with regard to the last sentence, it was apprehended the Dean and Chapter. had no power to pronounce it, inasmuch as their first deed, which they had thought proper to annul, had altogether disposed of the offence, if offence it ciuld be called, since it did actually for a time suspend, as it were, Mr. Whiston from his situation. But, supposing that it were not so, it was contended that the statutes by which the school and the endowment were regulated, only gave the right of removal where the head master was incompetent to dis charge his duties, or conducted himself in an unclean and filthy manner, neither of which charges could be made out against Mr. Whiston. The statutes, in fact, did not contemplate such an offence as this; bat in the statutes of Eaton and Harrow, there was provision made for punishing slander, but it was only upon the third offence that the offender could be altogether expelled, and therefore, relying upon the practice of other similar foundations, the Dean and Chapter had clearly exceeded their authority in this instance. Mr. Justice PATTESON doubted whether a writ of prohibition would lie in this case. He thought the ap plication ought to be a mandamus to restore Mr. Whis ton to his office. Sir F. THEsIGU said they disputed that he had heen removed, for although another master had been ap pointed, who refused to accept the situation, the question had been properly decided, Mr. Whiston was still de facto, but it remained yet to be settled whether he was de jure the master; and if they took a mandamus the Dean and Chapter might come and say, " Why you are not removed; you tell us we have no power to remove you." Mr. Justice PATTESON still entertained a doubt upon the subject, but the Learned Counsel must have given the matter more consideration than he could do uow, and perhaps he had better take the motion as he had framed i•. Sir F. THESICER said he would rather take his Lord ship's first impression than his own last conclusion, and therefore, with the permission of the Court, he would take the rule as in the alternative. Mr. Justice PATTESON said he might do so. Rule nisi accordingly. FRANCE. The resignation of M. Dupolchel, as director o the Opera, has been accepted. M. Nestor Roque. plan remains sole director of that establishment. The following is a report of the debate which took place in the Assembly en Thursday, on the conduct of M. Pierre Bonaparte : SITTING OF NOTEMBER $2. M. Baroche, one of the Vice-Presidents, took the chair at a quarter-past two. The President—l have to inform the Assembly that M. Pierre Bonaparte bas given notice that be intends addressing interpcllations to the Government relative to his late dismissal; the Minister of War having con sented to have the inter pellations take place at once, I assign the tribune to M. P. Bonaparte.—(Movement of interest.) M. "'Jerre Bonaparte—l intend occupying the atten tion of the Assembly but a very short time on the matter of which I conceive I have to complain. I lay it down as a principle—and I feel the utmost indignation when I hear p, rs , ns daring to maintain the contrary—that, vir,ne of Art. 85 of the Electoral Law, any repre sentative sent on a temporary mission can at any time re urn to the national sanctionary to which the will o' the people had originally elected him. I maints that the rights of the country ought to preyed rgsinst the insolent (outrecuidantes) pretensions of the G vernment, evidently 'oo Trask disposed to hold cheap the mandate given by the people to their represent.e tives. It is because lam convinced of the truth of this assertion that I shall presently propose an order of the day motive. I say that my right to act as representa tive, when I please, emanates from the people themselves, and that to slight, or not admit that right, would be an invasion of the republican institutions to which I am devo'ed bdi and soul. I say that great danger must attend such conduct as that of which I have been the ob ject; and it is on that account that I consider it my duty to bring the matter before the Assembly. My indigna tion is excited by the measure decided on against me, be use I see myself not only the victim of injustice , but of ingratitude. The injustice of which I complain might, no doubt, h ave mo difi e d m y s entiments towards my rela tive, M. Louis Bonaparte, but not towards the President of the Republic, I will always manifest towards that high functionary proper sentiments of support, as long as the Assembly declares that he maintains the C o nstilution; but at the same time shall always uphold my Parliamentary independence. But, if I respect th e President of the Republic, I distrust Isla Ministers and the parties by whom P could Is encomp asse d. The pains the y take to remo ve to a distance from hi m a ll that per sonify or remind him of the idea which t r i um ph e d on the 10th of Decem ber are suffic i ent to justify ray distrust. It is these person s who caused missions to be given both to my cousin Napoleon Bonaparte and myself, which have been surrept itiousl y .re ndered impossible. There is one person in pa rticular to whose suggestions the President listens readily, and whom I most particularly distrust.—(Name! n ame!) I can (poi nting to a vacant place on the Right.)—l can name him if you insist. The President—l have to rem ind the Hon. Repre sentative that interpellations from one representative to soother are not permitted by the regulations. M. Pierre Bonoparte went on as follows:—In a mil tat), point of view, and abstraction being made of my quality of Member of the Legislative Assembly, one would say that the various parties all strive to misrepre sent my conduct. I had received a mission from General Ilerbillon, and it was to accomplish that mission that I set out, escorting a convoy, and with orders to proceed to Algiers. I met on the way the reinforcement which I was going to ask for, and, in place of continuing my journey to Algiers, I em barked at Philippeville for Toulon. The object of my THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24 1849. wright department shall, in future, before he obtains that appointment, have the same mathematical ex amination as an inspector ; and modellers are to be deemed ineligible as candidates for the appoint ment of head draughtsmen who have not served pre viously some considerable time as draughtsmen in the mould loft. Naw ANCHOR.—The Admiralty have ordered that the next new anchor of 20 cwt. required to be manu factured for the service is to be made from the design of Mr. Costell, Master-Smith of H.M.'s Dockyard, Chatham. CLASS BOOK TOR SUITWRIGIITS.—The Rev. J. Woolley and Mr. Rawson, of the Central Mathe matical School, at Portsmouth Dockyard, are ordered to report to the Admiralty as to the adoption of ;the popular work on " Naval Architecture," just written by Mr. Peake, of Woolwich Dockyard, as a class book for the Apprentices' School. METALLIC PLUG—A metallic plug for boats, &c., having been projected, and introduced to the Admi ralty, their Lordships have ordered a trial of the invention to be made in the boats of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, at Portsmouth, and to be reported upon. M. Lieutenant Echapparra is now on a tour of visiting her Majesty's dockyards, by Admiralty orders. OaDNANCE.—A new tank is ordered to be con structed near the hospital at Portobello Barracks, Dublin, to contain 10,000 gallons of water. The estimate amounts to 2201. 13s. Bd. FRAMING CHARGES BY COURTS-MARTIAL• (From the British Army Dispatch.) The following important order has just been issued from the Adjutant-General's- office : " CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM. " Horse-Guards, Nov. 19, 1849. "It appearing that the term 'Disgraceful Conduct' has been employed in framing charges, in many in stances, in relation to offences not contemplated,by the 20th clause of the Mutiny Act, and the corresponding Articles of War (from the 79th to the 87th), as liable to the penal consequences of offences coming under that designation; and it being evident that the indiscrimi nate use of the term tends to awaken its moral effect, the Commander-in-Chief desires that, unless a case fairly come under one or other of the legal descriptions of "Disgraceful Conduct," specified in the aforesaid clause and Articles of War, it shall not be characterised as such in the charge; but the term "disgraceful conduct" shall be reserved for, and applied to, those offences only, on conviction of which the offender is liable to be de prived, by the sentence of the Court, of the benefit of his service.—By command, "Joan MACDONALD, Adjutant -General." MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The mining share market continues firm, at last week's quotations, whilst in some instances an advance has taken place. In Devon Great Consols there has been several trans• actions duaing the week. The direcfors, at their meeting held yesterday, declared a dividend of: 5,1201., being 51. per share out of net profits srising from sales of ores raised in the months of July and August last. After payment of this dividend, there will remain in hand a balance of 17,5421. 13s. 2d., consisting of cash, ore bills not at maturity, and Exchequer-bills appli cable to the general purposes of the company. Condurrow, Trehane, South Basset, Mendip Hills, and Mary Ann, continue in demand. In Titncroft shares there have been many transactions, and the mine continues to ;prove highly productive. West Wheal Jewels have been done at an advance, owing to an improvement in the 70 fin, level west. We understand that the lode recently discovered in Wheal Adams continues to be extraordinarily productive. Camborne Consols silver lode still continues to im• prove. Shares in the following mines have changed hands : Devon Great Consols, Tincroft, Trelawny, Trehane West Caradon, West Wheal Jewel, Mary Ann, Tincroft East Tamar, South Tamar, Bedford United, Stray Park, Mendip Hills, South Josiah, Tamar Consols, East Wheal Rose, South Wheal Faancis, South Tolgus, Treviskey and Barrier, Bwlch Console, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Comfort. At Treviskey and Barrier account, a dividend of 51. 10s. per share was declared for Treviskey, leaving balance in hand 501. 14s. Bd., with ore bills coming due. A profit of 624/. Is. 7d. was made in August and September. The agent's report continues very satisfac tory, having had a fine and productive lode in the 248; other points continue very good. 421 tons were sampled on the 14th, being upwards of 70 tons more than calcu lated ou at the last account. At Bedford United meeting, a dividend of ss. per share was declared, being tha third since last December. At the East and South Tamar meetings, held on Thursday, the accounts presented showed the liabilities of the former mine at 1,4421. Os. 4d., and the assets at 2,9641. Ss. 2d. South Tamur liabilities are 1,0181. 15s. lid., and the assets 3,120/. 16s. Id, Mr. Wolfer 'tan, the managing agent, gave a very gratifying state ment of the prospect of the mines. Wheal Fortescue adventurers held their account on the 20th, when a. balance of 9/. Ss. 4d. was found in fa vour of the company; the account ran from March to October. A call. of 11. per share was made; and the prospects of the mine have considerably improved. At East Buller bi-monthly account, a call of 10s. per share was made. At a general meeting of the Bishopston Silve-Lean Mines, it was resolved to erect a steam-engine imme diately, of sufficient power to enable the large and pro ductive lodes, r(ently discovered in this extensive sett, to be fully devetioped. The Cwm Erin adjourned meeting was held yester day, and was fur ther postponed to next Tuesday, when Captain Barbery is expected to attend. The Pennant and Craigwen Mines have boen visited by a deputation from London, accompanied by Mr. John Taylor, jun. This gentleman, after inspecting the mines, has. addressed a letter to the secretary, re commending the operations which he considers neces sary for fully developing the mines. In foreign mines the transactions have been chiefly St. John del Boy, United Mexican, Copiapo, Imperial and National Brazilian; but we do not learn that busi ness to any extent has beeu done. The usual w eekly report from the Linares Silver-lead Minos (Spain) continues to furnish the proprietors with considerable encouragement as to future prospecss. The indefatigable manager represents the operations, as far as ho has been enabled to examine, to have been extensive, and fr om the appearances of portioas of the lode, and the arches of ore left, that the lodes must have been highly productive and rich. Tho engine con tinues to perform her duty well, and the water was gradually retirix, g to the second level, and which before now we expect has been inspected. The report from the Australian mines has been re ceived for the month of July. The Tungkillo Mine, in particular, continues to be productive in Goad's winze and stopes, and other points in the mines are likely to become highly remunerative. as the injuries he received, consisting of compound frac tures. None of the other men were seriously injured, and, with one or two exceptions, they have resumed work. They were taken to the Carnarvon Hospital. The cylinder glanced off from the stone shelf at the base of the tower, and fell into twelve feet of water, rolling out about thirty or forty feet down the Straits. The tackle is the most expensive in Europe, and sufficiently powerful to raise with safety five times [ as great a weight. Other witnesses corroborated this statement. The jury, after deliberating, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Mr Stevenson arrived at the Straits yesterday (Friday) afternoon, to inspect the preparations now nearly complete for floating the next tube on the 3d of December. Mr. Fairbairn, the engineer, who car ried out the experimental and constructive details connected with the tubes, also, in company with some eminent German engineers, visited the tubes, with the intention of making them models for the construction of a similar fabric over the Rhine. The operations for the floating are going on day and night, and the pontoons, with their anchors, rope, stoppers, and tackle, are already in position. The necessary notices have been given to the various har bour masters and vessels that the navigation will be stopped for that day. The operation of floating will be far easier it is expected than it was before, owing to experience acquired from the past, and to the tube being at starting so much nearer its destination. No delay whatever will arise from the falling of the cylinder, which will be in its place to-day. Nothing but an extraordinary wind will affect the great ope ration. A full tide of 18 feet is indispensable. Yesterday numbers of men were busily engaged in joining the tubes on the towers, casting red hot rivets, and hammering them into the iron plates. Al together, on difierent parts of the works there were between 500 and 600 men in full occupation. The wind is higher here than in most parts of England, owing to the openness of the estuary of the Straits ; but, in order to ascertain with accuracy the total amount of pressure per square foot, a wind gauge is being erected on the top of the Britannia-tower. Though the wind yesterday blew what nautical men call " great guns" through the channel, it had, when measured by reflectometer, no perceptible effect on the tube already raised, and which is asserted to be as solid as either the Box or the Kilsby tunnel. There appears to be no doubt as to the successful floating and elevation of the second tube on the 3d instant. A novelty, in the shape of loopholes of light, to give glimpses to passengers in the trains passing through, is to be introduced, at the suggestion of Mr. Clarke. At intervals of 12 feet apart, little oval win dows, 5 inches in diameter, are to be introduced right and left along the tube, so as to admit light and show .he landscape. BUT YOUR LEAYES.—Another enortnous Blue-book has just been issued by the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Woods and Forests. We understand that there will be several more reports, and it is pro bable that every tree in every wood and forest will eventually have a separate leaf'. Perhaps, if the result is that the Woods and Forests turn over new leaves, the expense may be beneficial after all.—Punch. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 23. (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.) THE ROB ROY.—COLLISION. This was a suit promoted by the owners of the late steam-vessel Unicorn against the steam.vessel Rob Roy, to recover the loss consequent on a collision between them in the North Seas, about fifty miles from the Newarp light, on the evening of the 21st January last. The action was entered at the sum of 26,0001., but on its being ascertained that the value of the Rob Roy was only 12,000/., bail was taken for that amount, because, according to maritime law, a larger sum could not be recovered. The Unicorn, of the burden of 289 tons, with engines of 160-horse power, laden with goods and passengers, was bound from Kingston-on-Hull to Antwerp. She was proceeding, as she alleged; at seven and a half knots en hour, the wind blowing south-west by west, accompanied by a heavy sea, when a bright light was seen from the starboard bow. The helm of the Unicorn was then starboarded a little, by which her course was altered one point. A few minutes afterwards a green light became apparent, from which it was inferred a steam•vessel was passing to the starboard. The helm was then put well to starboard, and kept steady, but almost immediately after adopting that measure the vessels came into contact, and so violent was the blow that the Unicorn was cut down to the water's edge, and sank in a short time, the crew and passengers having first got on board the Rob Roy. The accident was attributed to the want of a good look out by the Rob Roy, which, it was said, did not discern the Unicorn until it was too late to avoid the collision. The Rob Roy, of the burden of 354 tons, with two engines of 80 horse power each, and also laden with a general cargo, was prosecuting her voyage from Antwerp to Hull, proceeding, as she stated, at about nine knots an hour, the wind being south-west. On discovering a bright light right ahead her helm was ported, and she paid off. On the light approaching nearer to her the helm was put and kept hard a port; and on finding that she was nearing a steamer, her engines were stopped and reversed, but without effect. She attributed the collision to neglect on board the Unicorn in not ex hibiting proper light, it being admitted that her green light had been extinguished prior to the accident, and in starboarding instead of porting her helm when she first descried the Rob Roy. Dr. Addams, Dr. R. Phillimore, and Dr. Twiss having been heard on behalf of the Unicorn, The Learned JUDGE, accompanied by the gentle men of the Trinity Corporation, retired for a few minutes, and on their return, Dr. LUSHINGTON said they were of opinion, that it was unnecessary to trouble the counsel for the defence. Had there existed the slightest degree of doubt in the minds of either of his assessors or of his own, then unquestionably he should have been s olicitous to re seeive the benefit of counsel's argument. They were, however, clearly of opinion that the plaintiff bad not made out his case. According to the instructions issued by the Trinity Board of Hull, under, as was said, the sanction of an Act of Parliament, the Uni corn was bound to have her green light burning, whereas it had been accidentally extinguished. Pro bably the captain of that vessel was not aware of it, but, it not being visible, the Rob Roy was justified in porting her helm. The ELDER BRETHREN having expressed their concurrence with the observations made by the Learned Judge, Dr. LUSHINGTON dismissed the claim of the Unicora with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Charles Laughne was brought before Alderman Carden for final examination upon various charges of forgery and robbery. The warehouseman of Messrs. Devils and Co., of Lawrence-lane, said Messrs. Hewitt and Co., of Albion-street, Holborn, are customers of ours. On the Bth inst. the prisoner presented to me an order for silk and linen, and we supplied him with the articles upon the representation that they were for Messrs. Hewitt and Co. A pawnbroker produced the greater part of the silk and linen, and stated that they had been pledged by the prisoner. It was proved that Messrs. Hewitt and Co. knew nothing at all of the prisoner or the order. Russell and Finnis, the officers, apprehended the prisoner at his lodgings. He produced part of the silk, which he admitted he had pledged, and several duplicates. Mr. Dawson, in the employment of Messrs. Beving ton and Co., of No. 67, King William-street, said, the prisoner on the 22d of September delivered to me an order, purporting to be signed by one of the firm of Hatton, Ritchie, and Co., silk mercers, in Regent circus, for some boas, from which they were to select two or three, and to send back the rest. The boas were never returned. Mr. D. Ritchie, of the house of Hatton, Ritchie, and Co., said this order is not in my handwriting, nor in that of any one authorised by the house. Mr. W. F. Graham, of No. 31, Spital-square, silk man ufacturer, said, I received an order from the pri soner, on the 7th of August, purporting to be !igned by Messrs. Sherland, Pigeon, and Co., for a piece of good black satin. I found that it was not genuine. Mr. James S. Brookes—l manage business for my brother Thomas Brookes, at No. sf, Wood-street, silk manufacturer. The prisoner came to me with an order, purporting to be signed by Mr. Jay, for Messrs. Howell, of Gracechurch-street, on the 25th of July. We knew the house in the trade, and gave to the prisoner ninety-five yards of black silk, value 151. 16s. liid. A pawnbroker produced the silk. Mr. Jay, assistant to Messrs. Howell, said the prisoner came and inquired about a piece of dress in the window. He asked me to let him have patterns, and said he wanted to make a present, and wished to consult his sister about it. I gave him patterns on the 25th of July. I put the prices in pencil, and pasted the patterns on one of our bill-heads, thinking that would be sufficient. This is the same bill-head, and these are the same patterns I gave him. My initials are on it in pencil. Under the bill-head of the house of Howell and Co., produced, was written the forged order. Mr. James Shuter Black, of No. 8, Lawrence lane, manager of the business of Messrs. Crawford and Lindsay, Irish linen m anufacturers, of Banbridge, in Ireland, said the prisoner came to me on the 12th and 13th of June, and obtained a quantity of linen. On the 12th he came about two o'clock in the after \ noon, and said he wanted some very soft linen for Messrs. Churton and Son, of Oxford-street. He said our traveller had been calling on them recently, and he thought they could now do some business with us. I said to him, " Are you young Mr. Churton ?" He said " Yes." I went on to say I was aware his house did business with Wilkes in our trade, to which he replied " Yes." That knowledge inti , mated to me the description of goods he was likely to want. He was then particularly well dressed ; and from his appearance, and from what he said, I believed him to be the person he said he was, and I supplied him with three pieces of linen, value 121. 12s. 4d. He then told me the linen was for Sir Henry Peyton. Next morning at ten o'clock the prisoner came again, and said that he saw Sir Henry Peyton, who told him to bring him some linen that was softer and thinner. He then selected four pieces more, two of one sort and two of another, value 221. ls 24. I heard no more about him till I sent in the bill in July. Mr. Churton then came and said he was not the party, and that the business was in the hands of the police. Alderman CARDEN—WeII, if I had not heard the case 1 never could have believed it. - - The witness—The competition in trade is so great we cannot help it. Mr. Walter, a pawnbroker, produced several pieces of the linen which had been pledged by the prisoner, and proved to the satisfaction of the Alderman that he had exercised due caution, and acted in the most tradesmanlike manner in his dealing with the prisoner. Mr. E. G. Churton, of Oxford- street, hosier, stated that he belonged to the house of Churton and Son ; that he knew nothing of the prisoner, and had given no authority to buy the goods enumerated. The prisoner, who appeared to be exceedingly de pressed, stated that he had nothing to say. He was committed upon five separate charges. The justice-room was crowded with respectable tradesmen during the investigation, which lasted for a great length of time. GUILDHALL. Mr. Charles James Smith, of 24, King William street, in the City, and 28, Whittall-street, Birming ham, gun manufacturer, was charged before Mr. Alderman Gibbs with having appropriated to his own use 4,000 muskets and 500 rifles, namely, 3,000 mus kets intrusted to him to repair, and 1,000 muskets and 500 rifles bought of him, and delivered, the value of the whole being 2,8001. Mr. Clarkson, addressing the Alderman, said the present inquiry was one under the 57th section of the 7th and Bth of George IV., cap. 29. Mr. Charles Scott, of No. 8, Park-lane, Hyde Park, said—ln the month of February last I purchased of the defendant at Birmingham 1,000 muskets and 500 rifles, for which I paid 1,3401., and deducting discouut it amounted to 1,3051. I directed them to be sent to London either by Pickford's or Chaplin and Horne's. In the month of April I found the whole of them at Chaplin and Horne 's in the name of Smith. I took the prisoner to have them transferred in my name in the month of May, which was done, and they were after wards removed to Mr. Candler's warehouse in Billiter street. Mr. Smith gave a written order to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne that they were my goods. The goods remained at Candler's, and Mr. Smith said to me that I had better allow him to have samples, and instruct Candler that they might be inspected, as I was going to Paris for the winter, and he might have an opportunity of selling them to advantage. I did so ; but at the same tune did not consent that he should sell any without first communicating with me. I authorised Candler to allow the prisoner samples, but I did not authorise him to part with them. In the middle of May I purchased 3,000 muskets of a Mr. Salamanca of the Stock Exchange, and took the prisoner with me to complete the purchase and examine the goods. Smith said, that being flint muskets there would be some trouble in disposing of them, and proposed that they should be converted into percussion guns. We agreed that they were to be altered at 3s. 9d. each, and I gave an order for their delivery to be forwarded to Birmingham. This was in May, the goods being at Mr. Bell's, of Nicholas lane. After remaining until the 27th of October, 1 applied to Mr. Smith in writing for 1,600 muskets, in consequence of the prisoner having told me in Sep tember that 1,600 were finished, and having at the time an advantageous order for them to be forwarded to Mexico. Not receiving them I wrote a second time, and afterwards called on Mr. Candler, where I re• ceived such information as led me to suppose there was something wrong. This was on the 7th or Bth of No vember. I received no communication that he had obtained any delivery order, nor did I give him any order to take anything but samples for sale. On Friday, the 9th of November, I saw him at Ryder's Hotel, and said, that I thought, from what Mr. Candler had said, it was a strange proceeding that he should have gone and got a delivery warrant without my know ledge. Upon which he said, there had been a large fire in Broad-street, or London-wall, and he had done it on purpose to insure my goods. I told him it was strange he did not inform me of it, and as I had given no order I should insist upon the transfer or delivery orders being given up. He said that Ile would go and fetch them, and meet me again at Ryder's Hotel at half-past five o'clock. In the interval I communi cated with my solicitor, and we both went to Candler's, and from information there received, we returned to Ryder's Hotel and waited till a late hour at night, but he did not come. The next day Mr. Sidney and I went down to Birmingham, and I saw Mr. Smith. I said to him—" How is it you did not keep your appointment and return to Ryder's ?" He replied that he did not meet the party who held them, being Lord Mayor's day, but he would give me an order to Candler, which he did, and I left it with that person, at the same time keeping a copy. The order was : " Birmingham, Nov. 10, 1849. " Mr. Candler,—Please transfer the 75 cases standing in my name to Captain Scott, and I will return the others." I also at Birmingham spoke about the 8,000 muskets, and asked why they were not sent up according to my letter, when he took me up to his warehouse and showed me some muskets and new cases, and he pro posed to send at least 10 cases, as the alterations were going on very rapidly, and they would be in London that night. He also said he could not send the full number, as they were in the hands of 50 different workmen, and there was a difficulty in getting them together. We returned to London ; and finding on the Monday that none had arrived, I the following day went to Birmingham, and saw Mr. Smith. I told him my suspicions had been considerably in creased, and I should not rest satisfied until I had the warrants. He said, they were in London, and only showed me about 800 muskets out of 3,000. I insisted on his coming to London with me ; and we went to Mr. Sidney, my solicitor, when Mr. Sidney said, " the warrants must he produced," and the prisoner replied " that he would go and get them." Mr. Sidney said he would send his clerk with any letter or message the prisoner chose to give, but he would not, and at last said that he had pawned or given them as a collateral security to a Mr. Wrench, who had discounted some bills for him. This was on the day he was taken into custody. He also said he had sold Mr. Laird, of Bucklersbury, 160 out of the 3.000 to go off to the East Indies, and had received between 601. and TO/. Mr. Thomas Bolting, one of the clerks at Ham brough-wharf, Thames•street, belonging to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, deposed to some cases of guns being in the possession of his employers, and seeing Mr. Smith frequently call about them. He also saw Captain Scott and Smith in the latter end of Sept., when 74 cases of guns were ordered by Smith to be sent to Candler's. They contained 1,500 guns. Henry Benjamin Candler, son to Mr. Thomas Wagstaffu Candler, said—We received the cases of guns, and Scott gave us orders to abide Mr. Smith's directions while he was on the continent respecting them, which he said were his property, and therefore they entered in the name of Smith, although the pro• perty of Scott. I made an entry of the number of cases in the name of Scott, but it appears by the book that it is in the name of Smith. I cannot tell the reason why it so appears, although in my handwriting. There was an order on the 29th of September from Smith to Candler to receive the cases. On the 4th of October there was another order to deliver 50 cases to a Mr. Marsden. They were transferred to that name, and on the 25th of October an order was re ceived from Marsden for them to be re-transferred to Smith, which was done. Smith holds three warrants, and therefore we keep the muskets and rifles until they are returned. Mr. Scott cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—He had no right to obtain the tansfer orders from Mr. Candler. I only gave him authority about samples. I have not a bill of exchange drawn by me for 4991., accepted by Smith. I returned the bill to Smith a few days after he gave it to me. It was, I think, destroyed. Mr. Ballantine—Who did it ? Mr. Scott—l don't know. The prisoner went to the fire-place, saying, " Well, it's of no use. I did not tear it up." Mr. Ballantine—Why did you receive it ? Mr. Scott—To discount, but not wishing my name to appear I declined, and returned it to him a few days after. Mr. Ballantine here handed;:a piece of paper across to Mr. Scott, on which certain calculations had been made, and asked him if the figures were not his ? Mr. Scott—l don't recognise whether these figures are in my handwriting. They may be an imitation. Alderman GIBBS—What is your belief ? Mr. Scott—Let me look again. The first part of the writing is not mine, and the figures may be a good imitation. Mr. Ballantine—On your oath, do you believe them to be your's ? Mr. Scott—l think not. I don't think I ever saw that paper before. Mr. Ballantine—l again ask, are they in your handwriting ? Mr. Scott—l don't recognise Mr. Ballantine here produced a letter, which Mr. Scott acknowledged as being in his handwriting, the contents of which were that Smith would take up the bill already alluded to as being destroyed some time before it became due, as money was wanted; and it was dated from Newmarket, where the captain then was. _ _ _ Alderman GIBBS recalled Candler, and asliel in whose name the goods now were ? Mr. Candler replied that they were not in Mr. Wrench's name, but he held two of the orders for them, and could at any time demand them. Alderman Girtus considered the charge, as re garded the 1,500 guns, was at an end. They were Captain Scott's property, and the warehouse-keeper had authority to deliver them to him. Mr. Alderman GIBBS asked Mr. tßallantine that answer he had to the 3,000 muskets? lle had no authority to sell them, and he had sold 150 and, sent them to India, and received 701. Mr. Ballantine said if his client bad erred in the authority he had to sell them, he was willing to ac count for the money ; but he was a man of undoubted character and fortune. _ Mr. Alderman GIBBS said that he had no evidence on this point except something that had been said by the prisoner himself. Mr. Clarkson said he would at the next hearing show the disposal of the goods by other evidence, and he asked a remand for that purpwe. Mr. Alderman Giuns then adjourned the case of the 3,000 muskets until Friday next, taking re duced bail, Mr. Smith in 1,0001., and two sureties in 2501. each. MARYLEBONE. A respectably attired young woman, named Eleanor Clarence, affed 13, was brought before the sitting magistrate (Zr. Long), charged with having defrauded the Great Western Railway Company of 17s. - It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous day the prisoner was a passenger in a second-class carriage, the train having come up from Exeter. At Swindon she and the rest of the passengers were asked, as is usual at that station, for their tickets, in order that they might be regularly stamped ; she alleged that she had lost hers, and on her being questioned as to where she came from, she said that she got into the carriage at Bath ; she further said that she had friends in London who would readily pay the company's demand, in the event of her word not being taken as to her having already paid the amount of her fare. She was take❑ on to the Pad dington station, under the surveillance of Claridge, one of the guards ; and as she was unable to give any information as to where her friends lived, or to what particular place she intended to go, Mr. Powell, the night superintendent, directed one of the railway constables, 398, to take her to the station• house. The prisoner, ini default of paying the company's demand of 175., was committed for seven days to the House of Correction. WESTMINSTER. Alfred Sinclair, alias Thomas Tucker, aliasßarclay, alias Willis, alias Praed, a fashionably-dressed man, about two or three-and-thirty years of age, about five feet six in height, of dark complexion, with full black whiskers, was brought up for re-examination, charged with swindling a number of tradesmen. Further evidence was taken from Mr. A. Webster, of 21, Trinity-square, Finsbury, and Mr. John Cotton, of 4, Hatton-garden, from whom goods had been obtained by the prisoner, under the style of C. T. Barclay and Co., 10, Maiden-lane, Queen .street. The prisoner was further remanded, Mr. BURRELL refusing to take bail. SOUTHWARK. A lengthened investigation took place at this Court before Mr. Seeker, relative to the circumstances attending the death of a young girl named Elizabeth Pledge, fifteen years of age, which occurred on board a vessel called the Pauline Hall, the master of which, Charles Carruthers, his mate, and four of his crew, besides a Custom-house officer, were taken into cus tody on the charge of being instrumental in her death. Mr. Superintendent Haynes, M division, called forward a girl, named Ann Kelly, who, he said, accompanied the deceased on board the vessel, and who would be enabled to throw some light on the circumstances attending her death. The witness having been sworn, stated that she was sixteen years of age, and that on Wednesday last she met Elizabeth Pledge at about 12 o'clock, and that they went on board the Pauline Hall, which was lying alongside Chamberlain's wharf, to sell some fruit. While on board the cook invited them down into the forecastle to have some dinner, and while there poured two glasses of liquor out of a stone bottle and gave them to Elizabeth Pledge, who drank them off, and he then returned the bottle into his chest and went upon deck. At this period there were no persons in the fore castle but the witness and deceased, who, the moment the cook left the place, went to his chest, and taking out the stone bottle put it to her mouth, and took two or three hearty draughts of the liquor. The deceased soon afterwards laid down on the floor of the forecastle and fell asleep, and soon afterwards the cook came down, and on seeing the deceased took a blanket out of a hammock, and spread it over her. Witness afterwards tried to arouse the deceased, but finding that she could not, and that she was frothing at the mouth, she was obliged to leave her and go on shore, as she had some work to do. She heard the Custom-house officer, whose name is Elliott, warn the deceased of the danger of her partaking so freely of ardent spirits, but the answer she gave was, that she was not afraid to drink. The witness then pointed out the parties she saw on board at the time, but mentioned that she did not see the master during the whole period, and that she herself remained in the vessel for about three hours ; that when she left, she thought that as soon as the deceased awoke she would go on shore, and this was the reason she made no further inquiry about her ; she heard nothing more of her until she was that morning informed that the girl was dead. William Pledge stated that he was the father of the deceased, who had worked for the last six years at Mr. Edgington's, the sackmaker, in Duke-street. She was 15 years of age, and left home on Wednes day morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, in her usual state of health, and he had not seen her from that time until that morning, when she was lying dead. He observed black marks on one side of her face as if violence had been offered to her He added that he trusted the affair would be sifted to the bottom, so as to account for the sudden death of his child ; that she was not in the habit of going on board vessels, nor was she in the habit of drinking, but was always a virtuous, sober, and industrious girl. Mr. SECKER said that he would not permit any of the crew to go at large unless the master of the vessel consented to be bound in the sum of 5001. for their appearance at that court on Tuesday next, and he should call upon the Custom-house officer who was on board at the period of the girl's death to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of $Ol. to appear on the same day. The required sureties having been entered into, the accused were set at liberty. THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE :MENA I STRAITS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—Particu lars of the fatal accident that occurred in connexion with the stupendous works now being carried out with the Britan. , Jia-bridge, have reached us from a correspondent w ho has visited the spot. The accident, by which one man lost his eye and others were in jured, occurred during the process, on Tuesday, of removing the great hydraulic press, used for the pur pose of elevating the tubes 100 feet above high-water mark, and which having done its duty in the Anglesea tower, was about to be transferred, with all the accompanying apparatus, to the Carnarvonshire side of the Straits, to be deposited on the opposite tower, to lift, on its being floated, the second great tube. The total tonnage weight of machinery that had to be removed, let down, and ferried over from one shore to another, was between 100 and 200 tons, including the chains, cylinder, engine, cross-heads, and other apparatus ; and it was while the engineers were en gaged in lowering the cylinder that the catastrophe in question occurred. The lowering of each separate piece of machanery, from its 100 feet elevation into barges below, is effected by what are termed a series of purchases on huge ropes and blocks regulated by capstans, a similar system being adopted for again raising them into the other towers. At the time of the accident 30 sailors were working the capstan by which the cylinder, representing a total weight of 15 tons, was being gradually lowered down through the recesses f o the Britannia-tower, within which, under the direction .01 . Mr. Edwin Clark, the resident engi neer, who has for the second time been placed in a position of imminent peril, were a number of work men attending to the tackle, when suddenly, owing to the surging of the tackle, that is to say, a large quantity . of loosely coiled rope round the capstan paying itself out too precipitately, the cylinder descended with the velocity of a thunderbolt from its lofty elevation in to the gulf below. At the inquest held on Wednesday, at Carnarvon, before Mr. Poole, the coroner for the district, on the body of John Williams, deceased, who was one of the sailors working at the capstan, Mr. Clarke, the resi dent engineer, examined upon oath, stated that the deceased was assisting in lowering the hydraulic press or cylinder, which was about 15 tons weight. The rope passing from the press through two three-part blocks led to a powerful capstan , which was manned by 50 men. The press was being lowered by the back wing of the capstan, the rope making three or four turns round it. Deceased was assisting in the coil of the rope behind the capstan, serving it out as the men worked back the capstan bars. The press or cylinder was not descending at the time, but was hanging on the tackle. Jones, the fore man of the gang (who has since been suspended), had left the men to attend to some other part of the tackle, and he unfortunately left the turns on the capstan on the bottom or largest part of its diameter ready to surge. Whether from the wetness of the cables, the day being showery, or from some relaxa tion on the part of the nine men who were holding back the rope, the line of cable surged unexpectedly up the capstan, and overpowered the men employed to hold it back.. The cylinder then descended preci pitously a height of 132 feet into the Straits, dragging the rope through the blocks and round the capstan, which was enveloped in smoke and fire arising from the tremendous rush and friction. Deceased was dragged out of the coil and thrown about with the other men by the contortions of the cable. He was picked up near the capstan sensible, but died from mission was effected, and I conceived that I had a right to return home. General Herbillon was perfectly aware, as wore the President of the Republic, and the Minister of War, that, apart from my right of represen tative, it had been agreed before my departure that I was to return when it suited me.—(Murmurs.) I bad con sidered it my duty to insist on that condition in the in dependence of my mandate of representative, which I prize above all.—(Murmurs.) But whether that was so or not, I maintain that I was the best judge of the course which I ought to hare adopted, since, in accepting a mission for the purposes of the Government, I had by no means abdicated my character of representative. I have reason to know that the Governor- General was of precisely the same opinion as General Herbillon as to my right to withdraw when I pleased ; and further, I have been informed that, in a dispatch which he sent to the Minister of War, he has expressed himself to that effect. I believe also that the Minister of War ex pressed himself at first, immediately after my return, perfectly satisfied with my conduct. A dismis sal such as has fallen upon me cannot be justified, ex cept by a grave cause, and I cannot, I repeat, see that I was guilty of any offence in coming to France when I found that the reinforcements which were ex pected were already on their way, and that my journey to Algiers was unnecessary. The moral effect affects me but little, for I attach no importance to a rank which was conferred on me in my native country as a stranger. I am prcud of, as a representative of the people, the independence which I have displayed on this occasion, and I shall, as I have already mentioned, at the end of the discussion, present an order of t he motive, ex p ressive of that feeliag.—(Movement.) General d'Hautpoul, the Minister of War, said, the question just raised has two distinct characters. The first is this—is a member of the Assembly, who has do mended or received a mission from the Government, at liberty to desert it when he thinks proper ? Is he to consider himself judge of the propriety of abandoning such mission after having freely.accepted it ? That 1 peremptorily deny .—(Cheers.) For the time during which his mission lasts, he ceases to be representative of the people, and I feel convinced that not a Member of the Assembly will be found to support the extraor dinary doctrine laid down by M. Pierre Bonaparte. Tho mission which he received on his own application, ema nated altogether from the Executive Power, and not trom the Legislative one, so that his Parliamentary ohs rawer is altogether out of the question. Such is my re ply to the first point of the case.—(Hear, hear.) I now come to the second. M. Pierre Bonaparte was appointed Chef de Bataillon of the Foreign Legion by the Provi sional Government. He is not a foreigner, but he could not be Chef de Bataillon under any other title.—(Hear, hear.) As such, M. P. Bonaparte was bound to comply with the usual subordination of the military service. He was the more bound to such a course that he had never filled the subaltern grades—had never been Captain nor Lieutenant. In place of showing such an example of discipline, M. Pierre Bonaparte acted coutrary to all the rules of the service. When sent at his own request on a mission to Algeria, he was, of course, at the or ders of the Governor-General of the colony. The latter, remembering that the name of Bonaparte was attached to every idea of military gallantry, had assigned him the post of honour; in place of keeping it, he thouht fit to abandon it.—(Movement.) I do not mean to im ply that M. Bonaparte did not behave with courage—on the contrary, he acted well, and killed an Arab with his own hand. But I mean to say that he did not remain to the end, until regularly freed from duty, at the post as signed to him. Had I been in his place I would have forgotten that I was representative, and in presence of the enemy only thought of being a soldier.—(Applause.) M. P. Bonaparte—l left the place on service. The Minister of War—General Herbillon gave M. Bonaparte an order to go to Algeria for reinforcements. M. Bonaparte has shown me that order, and I think it right to inform yogi, M. Pierre Bonaparte, that if you had not been in a position to do so I should have sub nutted to this Assembly a demand for leave to proceed against you—l would have had you arrested and taken back to Constantina to be tried by a court-martial. — (Sensation and applause.) M. Bonaparte met the re inforcements on the way, and told them to proceed onwards. Well, then, what I should have done had I bean in his place, would be to place myself at their head and led them against the enemy! —(Loud applause.) But M. Bonaparte looked at the matter otherwise, and returned to France. He presented himself to me, and I was astonished to see him. He then showed me General Herbillon's order, and I told him he ought to be at Zaatcha, and that he had abandoned a military post. M. Bonaparte showed me a draft of a letter : I told him I could not accept it; that, were I to do so, it would be to place the Government in the impossibility of ever giving any mission to a member of the Assembly.— (Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding my observations M. Bonaparte wrote a letter to the journals, and the Government, being called on to reply to the defiance there thrown out, did so by the decree inserted in the Moniteur. It was perfectly justified in so acting, and no one can blame it for having done so.—(Hear, hear.) As to the influences of which the Honourable Representa tive speaks as existing round the President of the Republic, I have to say that he is counselled by his Ministers only. We bring hero Bills before you ; we discuss them with you; we accept the will of the majority; we deduce the line of conduct which we ought to follow from its votes, and we shall always be happy to advance hand in hand with it.—(Loud applause.) M. P. Bonaparte—l will only remark on one point of the Hon. Minister's speech; it is that part where he says that if I had not been able to show him General Herbillon's order he would have sent me before a court martial. My opinion is, that had the Assembly ac corded such an authorization, it would have abdicated its rights.—(" Oh 1 oh !" and laughter.) A voice—You were very lucky to be the President's cousin. A Representative—A representative could so be got rid of, when become so formidable as to be a cause of fear!—(Loud laughter.) It is in your interest I make the observation.—(" Along done !") The President—M. Pierre Bonaparte has presented an order of the day motive, thus, worded :—" The Assembly, considering that all temporary missions with which representatives are invested, by Art. 85 of the electoral law, are quite independent of and inferior to the functions of representative of the people, and cannot be considered as in any way of such value as to prevent the execution of this latter mandate, passes to the order of the day."—(oh! oh!) Voices—The previous question. The Assembly, being consulted, adopted by an im mense majority the previous question. The President—The order of the day motive of M. P. Bonaparte is rejected. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies on the 17th rejected the motion of M. Sanchez Silva for depriving the Basques of their fueros. The Minister of Finance announced to the As sembly that the Government was occupied with the question ; that a decree existed confirming the fueros of those princes, which M. Silva appeared to leave entirely overlooked ; that consequently the matter would not be adjusted in one day ; but that there w. every probability of its being solved at no very remote period to the general satisfaction, without injury to the interests or rights of any party. The Bolsa was closed on the 18th. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 14th, quoted by the Pairie, states that the Pope still proposes to return speedily to Rome, but that he demands as conditions the abandonment of the police authority by the French, the diminution of the French army of occu pation, and two or three concessions of minor im portance. THE ARMY AND NAVY. _ (From the United Service Gazette of this day,_ NICARAGUA AFFAIRS.—We have heard, from good authority, that Lord Palmerston is determined to allow of no American interference in Nicaragua affairs, and that, at all events, British interests shall not be menaced either on the West Indies' side or Ow Pacific side of Nicaragua. His Lordship, we are informed, has acted most promptly in the matter, and that, in order to forward dispatches to the Com mander-in-Chief in the Pacific on the subject, the West India packet was detained for some hours at Southampton, on Saturday last. Rear-Admiral Hornby, it is said, is ordered up with his squadron to cruise in the neighbourhood of Panama, and to be within call of the British Charge d'Affaires at Nicaragua. CLUBI GOSSIP 3DIDRAOOON GUARDS.—IC is ru moured that in the event of the retirement of Lieu tenant-Colonel Arthur from the command of this Regiment, he will be succeeded by an officer from the 6th Carabiniers, decidedly one of the best Corps in Service. It is very desirable that an Officer should be selected from a regiment in a good and efficient state of discipline, should the vacancy occur to which we alktde. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ON THE COAST OP AFRICA.—A report has arrived from the coast of Africa, to the effect that Commodore Fanshawe was about to send home his resignation of the Command in Chief of the Station. Lieutenant Cowper, 86th Regiment, has been ap pointed a Superintending Officer of the Recruiting Department, in the London District. THE CHOLERA IN THE DOCKYARDS.—The Admi ralty, in answer to a respectful application, have decided that artificers who were absent from their work whilst suffering from cholera cannot be allowed their pay. ROYAL DOCKYARD BRIGADES.—In reply to an application to the Admiralty from those Dockyard Brigades that have not received their Commissions, the Admiralty h ave i n f o rmed them that no Commis sions will be issued until the services of the corps are called for. A ell " ? MAN-Or-WAR STEAMER.---It is stated upon pretty goo d authority that the Cyclops, 6, steam-frigate, Captain th e H on. F . Hastings, now serving on the coast of Africa, has ost the country 10,0001. in coals since Sept., 1848. HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER ROCKET TO ILE S OLD . —This old iron steamer , formerly a pack e t, an d now at Woolwich, is again ordered to be sold, hull and engines together, and her name to be erased, from the Nary List Some years since, we believe, the firm that built her would not give 50/. for the vessel. It is not likely she has improved in value by keeping. ROYAL DOCKYARD PROMOTION3.—The Admiralty have ordered that the head draughtsman of the ship- THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, Nov. 23.—The supplies this week are good. The demand for wheat continues very languid, and the business limited at a decline of is per quarter. Barley meets with little attention, and is is per quarter cheaper; ordinary samples being unsaleable. Oats and shelling realise last week's prices. Beans sell slowly. New. Old. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s, s . a. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 40 to 43 40 to 43 Ditto, white ... 45 48 45 48 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 38 —4O 39 —4l Ditto, white ... 42 45 43 46 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 35 38 38 41 Ditto, white ... 42 —45 42 —44 Yorkshire, red .., ... 35 —3B 38 —4O Ditto, white ... ... 42 —45 42 45 Dantaic and Konigsburg, white .. 43 46 42 —45 Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 38 —4O 38 Mediterranean, red ... —— 34 —37 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Suffolk... .. 25 31 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 25 27 Scotch ... ... ••• Grinding per 80 stone ... 21 —23 Foreign ••• ..• ... 23 —25 EANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... 29 —3O 30 —32 Ticks ••. ... 28 —3O 28 —el Foreign ... ... ... 27 —29 26 —3O OATS, per stone : Mealing Feeding ... ... 9d to 10d Bii to 10d ... 8d to 9d 8d to 9d Foreign ... ~. ... —d to —d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 22 —23 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 8d to 9d 21 22 34 36 ... 29 - 31 --- ...26-28 26 - 28 VALS. R] Qrs. Wheat ... ... 10,620 Barley ... ... 5,623 Oats ... ... 406 Beans... ... 798 Peas ... ... 289 Rapeseed ... ... 142 Shelling ... 370 Linseed .. ... .• Malt ... ... • • ... Flour ... ... ... Tares ... I LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23.—This morning's corn market was slenderly attended, and the business done in any article was in moderate quantities. Fine fresh wheat, and the top brands of flour, fully supported the quota- tions of Tuesday last. Mealing oats are scarce, and steady in price. Beans and peas could not be bought so well as of late. Barley was without alteration in value. Indian corn was held with firmness; if holders would make a concession of 6d per quarter, a fair quantity would be taken by speculators. STOWMARKET, Nov. 22.—Seed operations are about concluded in these districts, and, as it respects weather, never under more auspicious circumstances. In conse quence of the universal employment of our farmers in fieldwork, our supplies have been so short as to render much business impossible. Now, however, both wheat and barley are offered in larger quantities, and our supplies are likely to be great, especially of the latter grain. Wheat is this week slow sale, at a reduction of Is to 2s per quarter from the rates of last week. For barley there is a fair demand at Is per quarter abatement There are not so many beans and peas offering as might have been expected, and they readily realise late quotations. NEWBURY, Nov. 22.—Our supply of wheat is only moderate, yet more than equal to the demand, which is extremely slack, at a reduction of fully is per quarter from the rates of last week. Barley, a large supply; the best descriptions of malting realise nearly late rates, but other sorts are quite a drug, and unsaleable at It to Beans, • 2s per quarter decline. Bean 3, short supply, and 1 par quarter dearer. Osts and peas moderate supply, and very - unsaleable, although lower rules would be sub- milted to. EXETER MARKETS, Nov. 23.—Cattle: There was a larger supply both of beasts and sheep than was driven its last week, but the demand was hardly so brisk. For the very best fat beef 9s per score was made, but the more general quotation for fat b-et was 8s to 8s 6d per score. Barreners sold at 4s to 5s per score, a tidy pair estimated to graze at 28 to 30 per score each, were sold for 121. Cows and calves were not much asked tor. Butchers' calves sold at 5d per lb. There was a great many sheep venned; fat wethers were worth 5d to sid per lb; ewe:; 4iti; keeping sheep (store hogs) 30s to 35s each.—Pork Cursases: We had the lx - gest supply to-day that has been sent in for the winter. Prices about the same us last week-6s to 7s 6.1 pt‘r score.—Pannier: Turkey s, 4, Gd to 6. 6:1 each; geese, 4s to 5. 6d ditto; ducks, 3: 6d to 5s per couple; fowls, 2. to 4. ditto; pheasants, 5s to 6s per brace; partiidges, 2s 6d to 3s ditto; woodcocks, 45 to 53 ditto; hares, 25 to 2. 9d each; rabbits, Sd to 103 ditto; roasters, 3. 6d to 53 6d ditto. Butter, lld to Is per lb; eggs, twelve for is.— Corn Exchange, One o'clock : Up to this hour not above one-half the millers who usually attend our market were present. Samples have been freely offered, but the market is much depressed in price, and we have not beard of a higher figure than Si 3d per bushel for war- ranted samples of prime English wheat. The depres sion is partly accounted for by the dull account from Mark-lane, on Monday, and partly from the damp end heavy weather. But little is doing in foreign wheat, some red (601bs to the bushel) was offered at 41s per quarter. The very beat English malting barley is worth 3s Gd per bushel. French ditto 26s per quarter; oats were plentiful, and oould be bought on lower terms, Is lid to 2s Id per bushel being the general range. Flour is also cheaper, and must be put down at 29s to 31s per sack of 2801bs. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 23.—The refiners continue to pick up any fresh lots that are brought for ward, suitable for their purposes, but for grocery sugars, excepting very fine parcels, which are scarce, the demand is sti.l very limited, and the sales since our last week's report are estimated at 500 hhds. West India, without change in prices; but in other kinds of raw sugar no transactions have taken place. The refined market is without alteration. In rum no sales are reported this week.—Bristol Mercury. CHELTENHAM, Nov. 22.—Wheat was 37s to 435; barley 23s to 2Ss; and oats, 16s to 24s per quarter. Beans were from 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bushel. Hay, 60s to 70s; and straw, 38s to 40s per ton. BARNSLEY, Nov. 20.—An increased quantity of wheat changed hands at an advance of is per qr. Butter rea lised is 2d per lb ; good potatoes 9d per peck; eggs 13 for Is. KIVA.RESHJROUGII, Nov. 21.—The market was well supplied with wheat and oats. Beans and barley were scarce, with but little variation in price. Wheat, 4s 3d to Gs Od; beans, 4s 61 to 4s 9d per bushel; barley, 25s to 275; oats, 15. to 20s per quarter. WETHERBY, Nov. 22.—White wheat 14s Od to 17s Od, red ditto 00. Od to 00; Oil; barley 24s to 28s per qr, beans 00s to 14s per load, oats 9d to lid. Ilsrosr, Nov. 22.—White wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 6d, red do 4s 6d to 5s 3d; beans, 4s to 4s 6d per bushel; barley 24s to 27s ; oats 14s to 21s per quarter. SCARBOROUGH, Nov. 22.—New wheat 5s to 5s 6d, old ditto 5.s 9d to 6s 3d per 5 stones; new oats 7id to Bd, old ditto 9d to 10d per stone ; malting barley 23s to 245, grinding barley 21s to 22s per quarter of 32 stones; super fine flour 35s to 365, seconds ditto 29s to 30s per sack of 20 stones. LLANRWST, Nov. 20.—We had another dull market here to-day. Wheat, from 12s 6d to 14s; barley, 8s to 9-; oats, 4s 6d to 6s. Potatoes, 4s 6d to Gs per hobbet, according to quality. Beef and mutton, from 4d to ss; veal, 3d to 4d per lb. Butter, 9d to 10c1 per lb. I )ENBIGH, Nov. 21.—There was a very small attend ance to-day, and very little business was done. Prices were still low. Wheat, from 12s 61 to I3s 6d; barley, 8a 6d to 9s 61; oats, 4s 61 to 5s per hobbet. RIITHIN, Nov. 19.—At our market to-day very little business was done, and there was no improvement in prices which may be quoted as follow—Wheat, 13s to 14s; barley, 8s to 9s; oats, 4s to 5s per hobbet. Fresh butter 10d per lb. Rum., NoT. 20. Wheat, per 1681b5., 13s to 13s 6d; barley, per 1471b5, 8s Gd to 9s ; beans, per 1801 b), 93 to 10s; peas, per 1801hs, 9s to 9s 6d; oats, per 1051bs, 5s to 5s 6d. INVEKNESs, NOV. 20.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 641 b per bushel, 40s to 455; new ditto, ditto, 00s to 00s ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 20s to 235; new ditto, ditto, 03s to 005 ; oats, 421 b per bushel, 18s to 20s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s Od, second, 14s; barleymeal, 1 Is 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 155; bran, per atone, Od to 8d ; first flour, per 2801 b, 36s to 375; second,. 28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 6d to Os Ods second, Is 4d; barleymeal, is 2d; peasemeal, Is 4d; first floury 2s 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3d cash, 21 6d credit. Pots toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d; veal, 4si to 6d; mutton, bd to 8d; pork, 4d to 6d; fowls, each, Ood t 00d; chickens, per pair, 00d to Ad ; ducks, each, Ood to 00d ; eggs, pr dozen, 8d to 9d ; butter, fresh, per lb, 9d t 10d; salt, 12d to 00d ; croudie (curds) 21d to Od ; four-pour loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, 6id to 70; coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. COAL MARKS' Buddies W. Hartley 14s 3d Carr's Hartley . _ T.—YEIiTERDAY. Belmont 173 0)d Eletton .... l7s 9d Haswell l7s id Heselden Jonassohns Lambton Lumley l6s 3 0 1 Russell's Hetton Stewart's Whitwell Caradoc . .. . [ Denison 155 6 ' , 1 Eleugh Hall South lielloe ... 168 41 .& South Hartlepool West Iletton l6w ' 0 ;1 Whitworth l4s 'vr Adelaide Tees Seymour Tees 'South Durham lss ` 67, ,r, 1 Tees I . 9_4?wpcin Hartley _ 14s 1" Davison'sWeitHartley 14s 6d East Adairs Main 13s 6d Hasting's Hartley l4s 6(1 Hedley's Hartley Holywell Main ..... 16s 0,1 North Percy Hartley l4s Od Now Tanfield l4s 3d Ord's Redheugh fanfield Moor Butes l4s Od Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. _ _ Bewicke and Co. Morrison lss 6d Northumberland Percy... Wharncliffe _ _ Walker ... l5, 6d Killingworth lss 6d Eden Main l6s 6d Bell II Nizon's Merthyr and i „A It Cardiff tarket, 146. ;Ships at in RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGIL—The only transaction to-day Was."' Midland, 50/. Shares, 22 dis. • LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. The transactions to-day were 04 .. follow :—Great Northern, 13% dia.—Lancaster, Preston , an d Wyre ( No. 1), 38—London and North-Western, 112—Dittor New Quarters, 6s. 3d. p.—Ditto, Quarters, (C.) 14 Midland, 48—Ditto, Halves, 22% dis,—North Stafford . shire, 94 dis.—Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, 15% South-Eastern and Dover (No. 3), 18 dis. Ditto. (No. 4 )' 6—York, Newcastle. and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase) 6 per cent. till 1850, 5 1 ,( 1 dis. MANCHESTER, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were it! follow Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1 7-1 7 p. —Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 3 16—Sheffield, Eighths East Lancashire, 12% n.—Manchester and Sheffield, Prefer' ence, ence, 9 , 4—Leeds, Preference, 2 5-16—Grimsby, Quarters,, —London Stoek, 112—West Riding Union, 6 13-16 0- —Great Northern, Preference, 2 3 4 dis. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The only transactions to-day were South Staffordshire, 3 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingbaul (A), 71 / dis.—London and North-Western, Fifths, 1% p. YORK, Nov. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were follow :—Great Northern, 6% York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, I.; 3 %—North British, Halves, 4/. 16s. 3d. —Norta Staffordshire, 8. GLASGOW, Nov. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE. Th e transactions to-day were as 01 ' low:—Edinburgh and Glasgow (Stirling Midland Junction)' 5 per cent. guaranteed, 21 , /s—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, andM r ' Halves (No. 1), 6/. 7s. THE TEMPLE.—A further call to the bar of studen t of the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple has been mad e : and they were sworn in yesterday evening (Nov. 23) in the hall:—Robert Alexander Osborne, Dalyell, °` Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A.; and George du Per of Balliol College, Oxford, M.A. ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Life Guardsman, one o the Heroes of Waterloo, cured of Rheumatism by HoHowse Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Thomas Brunton, landlord ofts: Waterloo Tavern, Coatham, Yorkshire, was of for ma% months with rheumatism and rheumatic g ou t. Hi s legs we t : dreadfully painful, and disfigu r ed w ith co l ours o f eve ry h it " frightful to behold. For ten weeks he was wholly unable Os walk, the treatment he received from several medical mow only failing to do him a n y goo d, b u t l eav i ng hi m , in fact, is, considerably worse condition. At this juncture Hollow s /, Pills and Ointment were resorted to, and by their sole ine s o he has been restored to health and strength.—Sold b yL Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 9"' &Pand a London. BIRTHS, On the 20th inst., at Christen Rectory, near Weston- 0 0 r' Mare, the wife of the Rev. Septimus Pope, of a son. a, On the 21st inst., at Hastings, the lady of J. P. kluitheo Esq., of a daughter. ed . On the 21st inst., the wife of G. G. Richardson, Ent- - - R hil o l, Reigate, of a son. n the 2 Ist inst., at Baker -street, Portman-square , lady of C. Salaman, Esq., of a daughter. ri` On the 21st inst, the wife of C. Mott, Esq., Walton' ° Thames, Surrey, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at St. Martin's Church, Dorking, o f Trimmer, Esq., of Farnham, to Ellen, youngest daught er the late J. Bravery, Esq., of Dorking. „.,„ t adt On the 21st inst., at t. James's, Curtain-road, Mr.T. of New North road, Islington, to Caroline Sarah , " 0 0, daughter of the late Mr. William E. Paytoe, of Presteig Radnorshire. - to On the 22d inst., at Trinity Church, Paddington , .t. ll ., tr y, W. Sydenham Ross, Esq.; Capta nin the 85th Light lo o n' to eldest son of Major- General Sir Patrick Ross, G. C. t4",`,"' of Caroline Anne, third daughter of W. B. Lindsay , -D e `t" Montreal. itohe rt On the 22d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, "pet Farre Dalrymple, Esq., of Lower Grosvenor-street, t i 3 O of second daughter of the late Francis J. Gunning, Cambridge. Sas 4 " London; Printed and Published by BIURDO -you 1 0 1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Once , _,„ l ty C ) Strand, in the Precinct of the SgvQ37. 1,1 0 w v— ALddlosez, Saturday, Novembe; 24, 1840. DIED. g m 'tbr On the 14th inst.. at Brighton, Commander Thor:tee '-'- I R.N , aged 70. State On the 15th inst., John Dobell, Esq., aged 75, late '''" Page to her Majesty. late of On the 17th inst., at Bath, the Rev. W. Keene, ''.--- Melksham, aged 47 ' . late G. On the 21st inst. aged 70, Robert, eldest son of the Wiltshire, Esq., of Clapham-common, Surrey. ,_ c Pea rce' On the 21st inst., at Grew !Malvern, the R ev. -e- , . ,_....., Seroceld, of Norfolk-street, Park-lane, aged 53, __._ -