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imabeth, 5 2 Q.V.e,- ied with ich was Apples, Grapes, Ls 6d to s, is ad per half nuts, 3s Inburgh per lb ; zestnuts, Lemons, Onions, Brocoli, o is 6d 2s 6d to er dozen , Horse bundle; s, 6d to to 9d; 8d per I ; To m Arti to Is 6d shrooms, s 6d per bunches; 95s per 48 Od to Rabbits, eons, 5d d each ; s, 3s Od couple ; sh Eggs, ; Od per Ls 3d to ?.8 Od to , 2s Od 9d to is d; Wid 'ch. 0 3a 10d; Is 4d per Od to 33 I to 4s 2d to 12s ; igs, 4d to h ; Soles ; Large 'd ench ; ls, 2s to salt Her per doz ; s to 20s ; ke, Is 3d polls are per 4lbs ►, 641 b to d; ditto, d to 3id ; ► 4d. Csif fides, 7i; f-breds 3s s; Clover lOs per i; Claver 1 10s per i 3/ /Os; 1/ 10a, per 'DE. A Y. ) morning h respect t of sudii.- DAY.) JUSTICE, AMS, Old of money ider con ow came case, the e validity 3 paid by morning, ct skould ral issues ingly. r. Justice ;x during I for the it Lord ould not e ground t. , amount t by the then the tion was Talfourd, ;It a jury of inter hen been day, and Sergeant common epared to and the ry. The me of the I for him t thought instance, rstanding paid by trespass, t pleaded the case that the nobleman who was came to at No. d either 3 tenant rd was ►red that •unt, and pay the out that ers, who d Doctor into the proposed year. It n upon xte, but ey from [ordinary the pre bringing that day ler of his in his It of the of three of the kitchen. Ito the ad come hich was, became• declined, demand, ad some ised him and the was. a bill of sale from Myers to a person of the name of Braham, who was also an advertising medical man. The managing clerk pointed out the impropriety of their conduct, and the impossibility of their having any justification, saying that the bill of sale itself did not show that it was made by the Count; but they said that did not signify, and that they should insist upon removing the goods, i whereupon the police were called n ; but on ascertaining that it was a distraint, and that the parties claimed under a bill of sale they refused to interfere. The managing clerk was, however, not satisfied, and he went to the police-office, saw the inspector, awl requested his interference. He also said lithe parties claimed a right to take away the furniture he could not interpose, but if he made a charge of felony against them he would take them into custody. A charge of that nature was ultimately made, the inspector took them into custody, and proceeded with them to the police station. The Count followed in his carriage, and the charge having been entered, they were locked up for the night. Next morning they were brought before the magistrate, but discharged. The consequence was four distinct ections, one of which was the present, were brought against the defendant. As he said before, the plea was the general issue, but he submitted to his Lordship, that if the bill of sale was a mere artifice the parties were guilty of open felony or robbery, or something very near it, and the Learned Judge said he was nut pre pared to say that the decision of the magis trate was altogether correct. He believed also that the Learned Judge was very much dissatisfied with the verdict. There could be no doubt that a gross outrage had been committed on this gentleman; the result was four actions against him, in one of which tte damages amounted to 201.—a circumstance which seemed very I , kely to impress him with a sin gular idea of English justice. The Court promised to consult Mr. Justice Cress well before they gave their decision. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) COBBFTT V. SIR GEORGE GREY AND ANOTHER. In this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron on the 24th of February last, and a verdict found fur the defendant, a rule nisi was obtained by the plaintiff in Easter Term last, calling upon the de fendants to show cause why the verdict should not he set aside generally, or a new trial be had, on the ground that it was against the evidence. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now appeared for the defendants to show.cause against the rule. He submitted it was important to consider the form of the declaration in the cause. The declaration alleged that Mr. Cobbett, " being a pri • soner in the Queen's Bench " (those were material words), the defendant s , on th e 2 4t h of D ecember, 1847, by force and arms assaulted him, and forced him to go from room number 2 in the said prison to room number 1, which was a more inconvenient place. There was a plea of " not guilty by statute." First of all, he (the Attorney-General) contended that upon this declaration of not guilty an action of tres pass would not lie against the defendants, inasmuch as it was not a trespass to remove a man from a room in a prison in which he was confined to another, by desiring him to go from the one place to the other, and he went. Even admitting that the plaintiff had been put into an incon venient part of the prison, that would not amount to a charge of false imprisonment, seeing that the plaintiff was imprisoned before and at the time of his temoval. He apprehended, under these circumstances, that an action would not lie against the defendants. The evidence was simply that the words, " You must go, sir," were addressed to the plaintiff at the time of his removal from one part of the prison to another. He (the Attorney-General) admitted that the plain tiff was forced to remove; but was it a trespass to remove a man in prison from one part of the prison to another ? The Loan CHIEF BARON—Suppose you say to a Man "If you don't get out of the way I will knock you down ? " - The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—That was a different case, my Lord. In this case the declaration starts With the statement that the plaintiff was in custody. The LORD CHIEF BARON—It has been ruled over and over again that no words would amount to an assault. The ATTORNEY.-GENERAL—ExactIy so, my Lord, It is said that " bard words break no bones."— (A laugh.) The - 140 ' RD CHIEF BARON—But if you say to a man " If you don't go out of this field into another I will come and make you," and the man does go out, that would be force, for it would be a using of helps to compel him to go from one place to another. He submitted that it was no false imprisonment to remove a man from one part of a prison to another, and that there was consequently no ground for an action of trespass. It might i)e an abuse of authority, but assuming there had been an abuse of authority, did it amount to a trespass ? Mr. Baron PARKS—kie is guilty of a trespass if he does anythi ng w hi c h t h e l aw d oes not warrant, forinstance the putting manacles upon him. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL would admit that, but this was not like the familiar case of force having been used against a man ab initio ; and he would Contend that this ought to have been an action on the Case, and that the defendants were not guilty of trespas s . Mr. M. D. HILL followed on the same side. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Sir FREDERICK THE,IGER said, if your Lordship pleases, I have to move your Lordship for a writ of certiorari to bring into this court an inquisition taken by the Coroner of the borough of L ee d s , an d a l so t h e depositions, which inquisition was held on the body of a person named Sarah Ann Wholley, by which she was found felo de se, the object being to traverse the inquisition ; but at the same time 1 think it right to state that if I find, when the inquisition is brought into this court, that there are substantial defects on the face of it, I should wish to have an oppor tunity of taking advantage of them. The cir cumstances of this case, which I will state shortly to your Lordships, are of the most extraordinary and mysterious character. Sarah Ann Wholley was the daughter of r es p ec t a bl e parents, re siding in London, and on the 21st of June last she married Mr. Wholley, her husband, who was a wool dealer, residing at tiolbech, in the neighbourhood of Leeds. She was seven-and-twenty years old, and he was only three years older. They were married With the entire approbation of the parents of the lady ; and after the marriage they pro ceeded first to Leamington, afterwards to Scar borough, and from both of these places letters were written by the wife to her sister, expressing, in the most artless and simple wa y, th e h app i ness she enjoyed in her new s t a t e . Th ey arr i ve d at h ome In Holbech on the 2d of July, and on the 7th of July a letter was written to the sister by the wife, which, however, I shall not trouble your Lordships with, but merely state that it was written precisely in the same strain as all the others, containing nothing ex aggerated, but giving, in the most simple and artless manner, an account of her own happiness, and ending in this way :—" It has just struck five, and as my dearest William generally makes his appear ance about that hour, or soon after, I must draw to a close to be ready for tea. Adieu, my dearest Susannah, and, with our united and devoted regards, believe me your affectionate, happy sister, Sarah Ann Wholley." On the 9th of July she was seen as late as half-past eleven o'clock in perfect health and spirits. She was of a very cheerful disposition, of a quiet, well-regulated, and religious mind ; she had break fasted with her husband that morning, and had parted with him on the most a ff ect i onate terms, he going to his daily business at Leeds. Five minutes after the time when she was seen as I have stated and described, she was found stretched upon the floor in her bed room, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and a razor between the finger and thumb of her left hand. An inquest was held, and by the direction of the coroner, under these circumstances, the jury wefe almost forced to find a verdict of felo de se. My Lord, the coroner's direction, which is of the most ex traordinary kind, is sworn to. He says this : (The learned gentleman then proceeded to read the charge of the coroner, which concluded in these Words :—" I think you had better find a verdict of felo de se than adopt a course of leaving the case open and throwing suspicion upon parties that may rest upon them for ever.") Under this strong direction the jury found the verdict I have mentioned, after three hours' deliberation ; it being perfectly clear that 1 10 suspicion could possibly have attached to any one If the jury had found that verdict which seems to be the proper one, according to the mysterious nature of the case ; for if she did destroy herself it must have been upon some sudden outbreak of madness, of which the human mind is sometimes susceptible, and instances of which we know have not unfrequently taken place. It was, therefore, under the strong direction of the coroner that the jury found this verdict. And as the family are extremely anxious to wipe this stain from this unfortunate lady's me mory, they feel that it would be impossible for the lady to have a Christian burial with this stigma resting on her name, and therefore on their behalf I have to apply to your Lordship for a writ of certio rari, for the purpose of having the inquisition and the depositions brought into this court, in order that they may be traversed. My Lord, if I find upon examin ing the inquisition there is any part of it open to technical objection, I think it right to state that I shall take advantage of it. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted the application. The writ was accordingly directed to issue. The sun of truth may be obscured, but is never gohpaed,--,Eliza Cook's Journal. Y.) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.—The Court are expected at Gosport, en route to the Isle of 'Wight, on the 21st inst. The Leander, 50, Captain Dacres, was paid ad vance at Spithead to-day by Rear-Admiral Prescott, C.B. She will sail to-morrow or Sunday. A brigantine, reported to be the Kestrel, Lieut.. Commander Baker, from the Brazils, has come up to Spithead since sunset. A pilot from Spithead pro nounces her positively to be the Kestrel. The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Lord F. IL PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16. ROYAL AND MERCHANT DOCKS. (From the Times.) There is an old saying about " neither precept nor discipline being so forcible as example." The ap plication we are going to make of it is certainly not in correspondence with its original import, and yet we hope the result will verify the soundness of the proverb. Time after time we have directed public attention to the fruitless experiments and repeated failures of our national dockyards, as compared with the steady and uniform success of private builders. As far as the leading facts were concerned the case was to clear to admit of dispute ; but it was plausibly alleged on the other side that the requirements of a war-steamer involved conditions unusually difficult of attainment, and that the ponderous scantling x and heavy deckload of an armed frigate pre . eluded the ready realization of all those weatherly . and convenient qualities which could be guaranteed • in a common packet-boat. To this it was retorted that the deckloads of merchant steamers were • often in reality as cumbersome as those of frigates, and that their c( nstruction, under recent regulations, . M was actually stronger. As to duties, it was truly enough stated that the services between Liverpool and Tampico, Southampton and Hong-Kong, included at e, the, Jenst as rou g h wor k as ever could be anticipated for a Retribution or a Terrible. So stood the argu - meat, we do not say very doubtfully, for few persons 5 could get over the plain factii'so credibly deposed to, 9. but there still, perhaps, remained a loophole of escape 5 1. •!" for the experimentalist s . N ow , h owever, even this 4 has been blocked up, far the construction of actual war-steamers has been intrusted to private yards, and with such results, at this present stage of naval archi l-ecture, as we here subjoin. On Tuesday last the Termagant steam frigate, of 1,556 tons, 24 guns, and 620 horse power, sailed out 2 1 of Portsmouth h ar b our f or the express purpose of • 49 trying her "speed and sea-worthiness." There was o 223% a good deal of sea on, and a stiff breeze blowing, and 035 15 she proceeded, un d er t h ese circumstances, to the O 2 regular practice -water of " the measured mile "in 0 o 42 4 % Stakes'-bay. She was d ee p—d raw i ng no l ess than O 17 feet 2 inches forward, and 16 feet 9 inches abaft; o ea so that this condition must be regarded as unfavour -0 o 9 able ; but in other respects the t r i a l was as fa i r as o could be, and to work she went, under the inspection o and advice of the most competent officers of the 0 21 Os. establishment. She was found to make six 'mots and a half per hour. 26 On the very same morning a war-steamer, built % by Mr. Paterson, of Bristol, for the rudimentary navy of the Germanic Confederation, was taken out of Cumberland-basin to undergo a similar trial. The Inca, as she was called, was 628 tons measure ment, and of corresponding horse power, and she had been built, like a sister-vessel previously launched, with especial regard to all the require- Lee. meats of active service. Not satisfied ssith a trip over a pleasure-ground, her inspectors took her down the Channel, and there encountered such a gale as " not only tested the strength of the Inca's build, 3% but of some of the visitors' bones," for the wind - was violent in the extreme, and the sea, which was strong ahead, tremendous- Notwithstanding these - unfavourable conditions, she was unanimously pro nounced as "very lively," and the trip was charac terised by the professional voyagers as being remarkably entertaining and pleasant. At length, in deference to ice. the sensations of another class of visitors, her head was put about, and it was found, upon investigation, that her speed, with a strong head wind and the sea dead on end, had been six knots and a half per hour by , the patent log, while after putting about she had made ;Ss eleven and a half with perfect ease. So much for the visible contrast between two • war-steamers built one in a private and the other in a public yard, but we are strongly inclined to think that a more edifying item of comparison remains still ice. behind. What the Termagant cost we are unable to say, and perhaps, indeed, the calculations on this head are even yet incomplete, but we should be in no Islas. degree surprised if the porportion of six to eleven 82 which indicated the relative speed of the two vessels, -7i 95 might be quietly inverted to represent there relative 55 cost. We know at least that the Termagant has un -12( 98 dergone her share of those experim en t s and dev i ces _ which have served in similar cases to run up the figures to such an ugly point, and there is no reason we fear to hope that the consequences of the process tee on the present occasion have been other than usual. Now, the combination of these results gives a very disagreeable total. We not only pay more, but we get less. By a higher rate of wage we actually secure an inferior performance, and so lose on both sides of the account at once. The question lately before the Legislature con cerned, not the possibility of building war-steamers in merchants' yards, but the practicability of substi tuting, on emergencies, a steamer built for a mer chantman in the place or stead of one built for war. We may say, upon the whole, that this practicability was not proved, for it would be hazardous to set Ts aside th e concurrence o f pro f ess i onal testimony, - however naturally prejudiced, which was given against the proposal. But this conclusion does not in any way affect the question at issue here. ce. This is not simply whether it would be advisable to get our war-steamers generally built by contract, for such a suggestion would introduce many other ele ments of discussion. The question is whether steamers, realising all the conditions of war-steamers, are not proved to have been built in merchants' yards without any such expenses and failures as are repro- rented in our national dockyards to be inseparable from the construction of such fabrics; and whether, therefore, these expenses and failures, thus proved to 300 be unnecessary, ought not to be peremptorily stopped ? On these points we conceive no doubt can remain. The assertion that private yards can turn out good 33 war-steamers has been established over and over again. i 3 Besides the example we have now given, an eminent builder at Northfleet thus deposed before the committee i 2 of iaquiry on this subject—" I constructed four vessels for the King of Naples, of 1,000 tons eack; they had guns of 86 cwt. and 68 cwt.; they were found to anwer well, and the vessels to stand up well under i e a canvass; they can fire all :their guns at once; they have been lately proved ; such is the information I receive, and I never heard a complaint of insuffi ciency." We need not multiply instances, for, ex -18 cepting the great maritime powers, there is hardly i% a single state which has not created or recruited is its navy from the yards of our merchant builders. .114 The argument, in short, that war-steamers are neces sarily liable in their construction to such errors, ex penditure, and failures as we (for the last 10 years) have witnessed, is now fairly demolished by positive proof ; they can be built without any such trouble some or costly incidents, and now that this has been so unquestionably shown it is time to put into serious practice the lesson we have been so rudely taught. ZWENT-STOCX 73.0.1V1E5. Dividend Amount „ Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. -- Annum. ' Share. / - --.....--___ 4 s. d. 4 s. d. Australasia .........• 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - . Ceylon ........ ••• • •• 71. per cent. 25 0025 0 0 - . Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0020 0 0 - Colonial. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire •• • • • • 15/per cent. - - - lonian .............. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westmlustr Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 Ditto .. - - •• •• •• •• - - 13 0 0 - ',olden Joint-Stock... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17% Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... • •• 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland •• 51. per cent. SO 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. IN 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. • •• .. • • 5/, per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia - •• • • 51. per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union et Australia.... 61. - ter cant. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto - - - . . • • •• •• Si. per cent. - 2 10 0 - Union of London. - • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11% Union of Madrid ..... -- 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ENSUZANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pr!, e. Annum. Share. ---- .4 s. d. 4 s. d. Albion ........ • • •• •• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. nod For. 711456 d& bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine. • • • • •• W. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% Atlas . 1315.6d.pr5h. 50 0 0 5 6 8 14% Britian Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life 5 pr et.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Jaunty ........ - - - 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 GO Cr)wri - - - .• - •• •• I4s. 30 0 0 5 0 0 14 II . - 1 Eug.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 12 6 - 4iiropean Life •• •• •• 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 10 FamllyEndowmnt Soc. 41. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 ereemasons' .• • - • • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - GI )be ... - • • • • • • • • • • 61. per cent. Sto c k. - 121% c Giardian • • Si. 100 0 0 36 10- 0 49% 1 finverial Fire •• • • • • •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 223% 2 imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 35 Law Fire - - - - ... - - 100 0 0 2 10 0 2% T ‘, A w 1 ife•• •• •• - •• - 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4 London Fire ........ 10 s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% 1 London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% S liarine .• • •• •• • • • • .. 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 Wed. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% n ''' National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - C at.lonal Life. Pelican •• - •• • • •• .. • - - - - e , ?tteenix . 3/. p. sh. &bs. - - 141 a Pi otector Life.... • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life 11.58. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 itocic Life.... .. _ „ „ 58. SOO 0 10 0 5% b -Loyal Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock, - 201 ;ln Fire - - 205 n i;itte Life . 11. 6s. - 47 0 iraiversal Life.... - • • 10% pr cut. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - 1 Viztoria Life.. - •• . •• Si. per cnt. - 4 0 0 4% „ Kerr, went oat to Spithead - this afternoon, after being paid advance. The American frigate St. Lawrence, 46, Captain Paulding, passed through Spithead on her way to Cowes, where she anchored this afternoon at half. past two. She did not salute the Admiral's flag on passing. Ttit. Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Shad well, weighed and left Spithead this morning at seve for the United States with Sir H. Bulwer and suite on board. In Harbour—The Victory, Illustrious, Excellent, Blenheim, Victoria and Albert, Fairy, Elfin, Myrtle, Funny, and Portsmouth. At Spithead—The Leander, Scourge, and Pandora. In the Basin —The Actaeon, Contest, and Sprightley. In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, Fox, Daunt less, Fantome, Lily, Birkenhead, Devastation, and Bloudhound. In the Steam-basin—The Sidon, Penelope, Ajax, Urgent, Fire Queen, Pike, Asp, and Blszer. Building—The Royal Frederick, 110 ; Prince of \Vales, 120; Princess Royal, 90; Argus, steam-sloop (to be followed by the Royal Sovereign, 120); and the Furious steam sloop (ro be followed by the Marl borough, 120). PoRTSMOUTh GARRISON. • Major Harvey, half pay unattached, is re-appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Lord Frethrick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., commanding at Portsmouth. WooLwicu, Nov. 16.—The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, arrived at Sheerness yesterday, and landed the seamen riggers at that port, who navigated the Vulture steam-frigate to Devonport. Lieutenant Robertson and the seamen riggers who navigated the Styx steam-sloop from Woolwich to Devonport, and returned in the Stromboli, came up from Sheerness to Woolwich in the African steam-vessel, the Stromboli being re quired to return with supernumeraries to Devonport. The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, and the Investigator, Captain Bird, are ordered to be paid off on Monday, the 26th instant. The Terrible steam-frigate was taken into dock to day to have the copper on her bottom examined. CHATHAM, Nov. 15.—The Devonshire, 72 guns, was towed into this port on the 14th instant by the African and Pigmy steam-vessels from the river Thames, the shiphaving been recently employed as a seamen's hospital ship. The Enterprise and Investigator, discovery ships, recently returned from the polar regions, are both ordered to be sent from Woolwich to Chatham when they are paid off. The Horatio steam-screw guard-ship will be put out of dock on Saturday, the 17th instant, and early in the next week the ship will be navigated to the Thames to have her machinery, &c., put on board and fitted. DOCICS. Name; of Company. Dividend per Amount killd. Annum. Share. East and West India... 6/. pr cent. East Country Condon .... . Ditto Bonds... .. •• • 41. per cent , it. Katharine .• •• •• • • 4 per cent. Ditto, Scrip . _ . Ditto Bonds... ion th ampton • • .. 13‘1. pr cent. 21. per cent. This day being duly appointed by the Queen to be observed as a day of general thanksgiving for the late mercies orAlmighty Providence in removing from us the cholera visitation, the day was observed with every devotional spirit in appearance and reality. The kS hole of the public departments of this great naval and military garrison were closed, and collections for the necessitous poor were made in the several churches and chapels throughout the town and neighbourhood. ROYAL ARTILLERY COMPANY. The Times of Monday last stated that a dispatch had been received at the Armoury House, Artillery ground, on the previous Thursday, addressed to the commanding officer, superseding, by order of her Majesty, twelve captains and nine lieutenants, and reducing all the sergeants to the ranks ; which state ment is altogether untrue. The officers are elected annually by their respective companies, and their term of holding office does not expire till the first Thursday in December next. To have superseded them so near to that period—for any ulterior object whatever—would have been the reverse of compli mentary. The dispatch in question intimated her Majesty's intention, as a mark of her royal favour," to take upon herself the conferring commissions to the officers in future, leaving the appointment of the non commissioned officers to the Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment. It is presumed, by this arrangement, that some other honours are about to be conferred on this distinguished corps.—Nautical Standard. COUNTY COURTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, -Everybody knows_ that debtors who vie timize creditors right and left receive a greater share of attention and lenity from the judicial functionaries and public at large, than those who unhappily, from uncontrollabe circumstances, get into merely minor difficulties. But, although every person may read in the papers how civilly Mr. So•and-so, who possessed thousands of pounds, and got rid of them, running into debt some thousands more, is received at the Bankruptcy Court—how commiserative the Commis sioners and Counsel are f or hi s m i s f ortune—they d 3 not always hear of what is passing i n th e little county courts of the various districts in the metropolis, what great efforts are made to swell out a paltry case, affecting the sari of a couple of pounds, into one of enormous magnitude and importance; nor do they know that the judges of such places can make the most extraordinary and contradictory decisions, just as it may suit their par ticular humour. I chanced to be present in the Is- lington County Court on Wednesday, the 7th inst., when a defendant was summoned to show cause why he Lad not obeyed an order made by the Court for him to pay a small debt by monthly instalments. On saying that he regretted he had been unable to do so, he was told in the most uncourteous way that "that was the excuse of every one who did not pay." He was then (tbe court being crowded as though a criminal case were going on), in an ex ceedingly rough manner, subjected to a more strict and a far harsher examination than he would have been exposed to had he appeared at the Insolvent Court to clear off all his debts, instead of being where he was, to arrange time 'for paying one; and on stat ing, in reply to a question, his profession, and how that he had been unfortunate enough to make nothing by it of late, he was treated with a sneering remark of its being "an exceedingly novel one." Much more was urged by the defendant, but the mind of " his Honour" was made up; for, although the assistant, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that his master authorised him to state that he would be perfectly satisfied if an order was made for payment in a month's time, the decision of the Court was, " that the most charitable way to proceed in this instance would be to commit the defendant to gaol for fourteen days, and he could arrange with the plaintiff if the latter pleased." Surely, Sir, this is not as it should be. The petty judge of a court like this has no right to treat a defendant in a manner that would only have been deserved had he stood at the felon's bar of a police court. He has no right to pass sneering and would-be sagacious remarks when he is told by a defendant, that the profession he has been forced to adopt for a living (his position in life having for merly been widely different) has not been sufficiently productive to prevent him from having to appear in such a place. And surely, when a plaintiff does not urge immediate payment, but says he is " content to wait a little," and the statements made by the de fendant are in no way condradicted or shaken, the discretionary power that is left to the judge must be misused when he immediately makes an order of commitment. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transactions to-day were— Great Western, Quarters, 12 dis. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16. STOCKEXCITANGE.— The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late C. and B.), 6 per cent. till 1850, 13—Great Northern (B.), 635. 9d. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Halves, 20 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 6% c. dis.—Lancaster and Preston, 24 dis.—London and North-Western, 1134—Ditto, New Quarters, c. p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Quarters (No. 1), gua • ranteed V 4 till 1853, 11—Midland, 484 c.—Ditto, Halves, 21 N MANCHESTER, Nov. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow: —Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1% p.—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 3-16—Old Sheffield, 1614 — Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 5 ,E p.—Midland, Halves, 214 dis.—London and North-Western, 113 1 4—Ditto, New Quarters, I A 2 p. Etetwoods, 7 dis. Grimsby, Quarters, 10A dis.—Sheffielci, Preference, 9 1 1 n.—North Staffordshire, 9 1 / 4 —Kendal and Windermere, 4 1 4. GLASGOW, Nov. 14. STOCR EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follew :—Caledonian, 22 - Great Northern, Preference, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 7%—Wilsontown, Morningside, and Colt ness, 70. (Advertisement.] LECTURES ON CONSUMPTION, &c. &c.—Dr. Cronin will commence on the 29th instant a popular course of six lectures on diseases of the Lungs, Chest, Stomach, and Liver. During the course, Dr. Cronin will illustrate by diagrams, microscopical observations, &c., his new and original theory of the nature, causes, and forma tion of tubercle, and explain his peculiar and successful mode of treating consumptive, asthmatic, and dispeptic diseases. Terms for one course, 25.; the whole course, 10e. 6d. Fur prospectuses of lectures, &c., apply be tween ten and one daily at Dr. Cronin's residence, 14 Leicester-place, Leicester-square. PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS. MARGARET MAITLAND, OF SUNNY SIDE. Written by Herself. 3 vols. The above work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had at all the libraries. Also, 2. Ernest Vane, by Alexander Baillie Cochrane, M.P.- 3. The Maid of Orleans, an historical romance, by the author of " Whitefriars."-4. The Old World and the New, by Mrs. Trollope.-5. British Homes and Foreign Wanderings, by Lady Lister Kaye.- r 6. Valerie, by Captain Marryat.-7. Rockincham; or the Younger Brother. Second edition.-8. Mordaunt Hull, by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." Second edition. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday (Friday) evening a meeting was held in the board-room of King's College Hospital, Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The report announced that three-fourths of the proceeds of a sermon, delivered at Lincoln's Inn Chapel on the day of thanksgiving, was about to be applied towards liquidating the expenses of receiving and treating cases of cholera and diarrheas, during the prevalence of the epidemic. It appeared that 1,339 patients so afflicted had participated in the benefits of the hospital, of whom more than 400 applied during the night, causing an addi tion both of medical offictrs and nurses to tie required for the service of the institution. In announcing a fifth donation of Idol. front Mrs. E. M. Chandler, the chair man observed that several other offerings had been made by benevolent individuals, who had availed themselves of the opportunity of thanksgiving by aiding an hospital which had certainly rendered substantial service during the ravages of the cholera, and had incurred considerable expense in consequence. Some other business of a routine nature having passed, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated, I am, Sir, your obediently, A LOVER OF JUSTICE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATT ERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The following, is a summary of the transactions yes terday LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Victoria. The Oaks is scratched for this race. CHESTER CCP . 1,000 to 20 agst Whim colt-1,000 to 20 and I, Muloyooo to 15 agst Lady Evelyn-2,000 to 20 agst colt by Moloch, out of 1 ondulum-1,000 to 10, five cr six times, asst Melody-3,000 to 45 and 1,000 to 10 agst Idle Boy (Mr. Parr s)-2,000 to 20 agst Kennington —and 1,000 to 15 agst Canezou. DEBBY. 350 to 10 agst Mr. Henry's Pitsford—ti , kqn. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY, LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CIIASE.-7 to 1 agst Knight of Gwy nue, 8 to 1 agst The Doctor, 9 to 1 agst Shinrone, 9 to 1 agst Wolverhampton, 16 to 1 agst The Young-un, 10 to 1 agst Vain Hope. SEFTON HANDICAP, LIVERPOOL-2 to 1 agst The Alp and Priestess (taken to 401.), 3 to 1 agst Mantle (taken to 254), t; to 1 agst The Dart (taken to 201.) CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 20 egat Peep-o'-Day Boy (taken freely), 1,000 to 20 agst any other. ------- DEATH OF THE REV. DR. MACFARLAN, OF REENOCK.—This rev. gentle tan, who was about 70 years of age, and hail been 43 years a minister of the Christian religion, died on TueL•day last. He was a staunch non-intrusionist, and, when the disruption tw , l{ place, was found amongst the tcceders.—Glasgow Daily Mail. UNIVERSITY or GLASGOW.--The Conservative stu dents in the University of Glasgow hnvo resolved not to oi•posc the re-election of Mr. Macaulay as Lord Rector for the present y ear.— Glasgow Courier. Colonel hawker is now at Birmingham, in order to superinted the forging, &c., for his new improvements in guns. THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDA Y EVENING, NOVEMBER 17 i 849 RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS. Yesterday, in pursuance of the resolutions passed at the meeting of the representatives of the railway companies on the Bth iost., communications in con formity with the instructions of the committee of railway chairmen . appointed to prepare a Bill for Parliament were transmitted to the secretary of every railway company in the kingdom, calling their attention to the resolutions passed at the meeting, and to the suggested provisions of the proposed Bill for the more efficient audit of railway accounts. Parti cular attention is called to the fourth resolution, recommending that these suggestions should be cir culated among the shareholders, as the parties most concerned in the efficiency of the audit, with a view to obtain their opinions on the outline of the Bill. Accompanying is a form of circular for communi cating the suggestions to the shareholders, the result to be reported in the following form :—Number ap proving, number of shares; number disapproving, number of shares ; special answers, number of shares. The committee express themselves reluctant to impose this trouble, but state that the parti cular board of directors and secretary to whom the communication is addressed will feel that it is necessary, once for all, to establi s h a s y s t em o f audit, not only satisfactory, but which Parliament may be assured is satisfactory to shareholders. The circular proposed for adoption by the various companies in taking the sense of the shareholders, to be signed by the respective:chairmen and secretaries, sets forth that it is wished the opinion of all shareholders should be obtained concerning the proposed Bill. If they dis approve of the suggestions, they are requested to inti mate it, either with or without their reasons for it. If, on the other hand, they are not heard from, it is to be assumed that they approve the proposed outline of the Bill, as embodied in the resolutions of the dele gate meeting of directors on the Bth instant. Yesterday, also the directors of the London and W I, oessttieornns toR a all i w a t y heir C s o h m a p r a eh ny olde i r s s s u o e n d t h o e ffis nb oNo o m r h ject, signed by Mr. Stewart, the secretary, which, in the form of interrogatory, differ from the preceding one drawn out for general adoption. The communi cation commences by adverting to the resolutions of the proprietors passed at their special general meeting on the 17th of July last, when it was resolved that the proposed compulsory interference of Govern ment with the accounts and affairs of railway com panies would be highly objectionable, both on public and private grounds, and 'that for these reasons the directors be instructed to oppose the Bill, but that under existing circumstances it was expedient that it - should' be made compulsory on the auditors of rail way accounts on all occasions, to call in to their assistance some known public accountant, but without the interference of Government: Accompanying the communication are the resolutions passed at the meeting of railway directors on the Bth, coupled with a request that the proprietors will transmit their ap proval or otherwise of the suggestions for the proposed Bill for the information and guidance of the direc tors in the course they may find it necessary to pur sue with reference to the question of audit by the proprietors, 'and of Government interference in the conduct and management of railway property. The communication concludes by impressing on the pro prietors the desirableness of an immediate and serious consideration of the matter, and calls upon them to assist in forming such a measure as will secure an efficient audit vested in themselves, and so avoid the permanent evils to be apprehended from the interference of Government in commercial affairs. Questions upon the following points are then put to the proprietors for reply : First, as to whether they approve or otherwise of the suggestions generally, and, if specially, whether it should be.compulsory on the auditors to be appointed by the proprietors to employ a known public ac countant ? Then, upon the question whether the audit of the account should be continuous; if the half-yearly financial statement of all the companies should be made out as nearly as may be in the form prescribed, &c.; whether it shall be competent for a minority to appoint special auditors and accountants as suggested. The directors of the London and South-Western Railway have informed their proprietors, simultane ously with the transmission of the suggestions, that an opportunity will be afforded them at the special general meeting on Wednesday, the 28th instant, for collecting the views of their proprietors on the subject. LIVERPOOL' AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. • An accident of a serious nature occurred to the train from the north which should have arrived at Liverpool at 46 minutes past five last night. We are furnished with the following particulars by the re porter of a local print, who was in the train, having ' left Wigan by it at ten minutes to four o'clock : The train would be that which left Carlisle at half past eleven. The train proceeded with perfect safety till it arrived within a short distance of Huyton Quarry station, when the passengers were alarmed by the shrill and continuous sound of the whistle, immediately succeeded by a loud crash and a sudden jerk, which had the effect of throwing the passengers forward in their seats with great force, and it was at once apparent that something very serious had hap pened in the forepart of the train. The passengers issued out of the carriages in the greatest consterna tion, and almost immediately, another train appearing in sight behind, a cry was raised of " The express, the express it is running into us !" To describe the excitement at this moment would be utterly impossibly, and the people, some with their luggage, and others reckless of anything except life and safety, ran down the steep embankment, and fell with great violence over the wall at the bottom, whilst others jumped into the field beneath. However, the approaching train proved to be a goods train from Manchester, and, having been duly signalled, was stopped in time to prevent a further collision. When the excitement had somewhat subsided, it was ascer tained that the engine of the passenger train had come in contact with a portion of a luggage train, which had become detached going down the Whiston incline, the fore part of the latter train having pro ceeded towards Huyton. The guard on the end van of the luggage train that had become detached had perceived his danger, applied the breaks and signalled ; and he had only just time to jump off when a collision took place, the engine of the passenger train running into the van, which was reared up in the air, and with two or three :of the trucks shattered to pieces. The engine which was thrown off the line was very much injured, and also the luggage van next to it, the chimney of the former being broken off. The breaks had been applied on the engine, and by the guard, but did not take effect, in consequence of the wet state of the rails, it raining very hard at the time. The men maintained their position, sustaining only slight injury. Most of the passengers, particularly those in the second and third• class carriages at the back of the train, were very much bruised and stunned, and some of them sustained severe cuts. Trains from Man chester and the north followed on the same line, but were stopped in time to prevent further acci dent. They were aftewards taken back with the luggage train to Rainhill, where they were shunted on to the other line, and conveyed to Huyton, to be again shunted and taken on the proper line to Liverpool. In the meantime the passenger train which had met with the accident remained stationary, the rain pouring in torrents, and ever and anon there was a vivid flash of lightning, adding fresh terror to the awful state of suspense in which the passengers were kept. A number of miners from the adjacent colliery, belonging to Mr. Willis, congre gated on the line, and with their torches rendered considerable assistance ; but it was nine o'clock before the train could be removed, and then it had to be taken to Rainhill to be shunted and taken to Liver pool, part on one line and part on the other. Much complaint was made that the passengers were kept waiting at the scene of the accident, without any apparent effort being made to convey them to their destination; but every allowance should be made under such circumstances, and the parties concerned have to congratulate themselves that the accident, though serious, was no worse.—Liverpool Times of Thursday. THE CASE OF MR. ROOKES. EXETER, FRIDAY, Nov. t.—This morning the Lord Bishop of the diocese held a court in the Chapter-house of the Cathedral, for the purpose of delivering his judgment in the case of the Rev. Ches. Rookes, M.A., rector of Nymett-Rowland, Chumleigh, Devon. he Rev. Gentleman, who is a married man, was the defendant in an action for seduction tried at the last Summer Assizes in this city, before Mr. Justice Williams, on which occasion the plaintiff obtained a verdict for 1001. The evidence taken at the trial showed that the Rev. Gentleman had for some tune past been living in a most abandoned manner with several women. The case which called the attention of the Bishop was that of a youn g person named j Maria Br oo k s . I t appeare d that she went into the service of the defendant in September, 1842. He seduced her early in the following January ; in No vember she miscarried ; the connexion continued, and in 1844 Miss Brooks gave birth to a child in Ib4B the Rev. Gentleman commenced a liaison with another woman, and the conse quence was, that the mother of Maria Brooks brought an action and recovered the above mentioned sum. Immediately after the assizes the lii-hop issued a commission, under the 3 , 1 and 4th Victeria known as the Church Di sc i p li ne A ct, and it having been de cided by the Commission that there was a prima facie case against the rev. defendant for further proceed ings, the necessary steps were taken by the Bishop; but Mr. Rookes, in order to save the expense of a suit in the Arches' Court, pleaded " Guilty," and the Bishop fixed this day for giving judgment. The Bishop took his seat on the bench at half-past 12 o'clock. The proceedings commenced by the Bishop calling up Mr. Barnes, his Lordship's secretary, to read Mr. Rookes's consent. Mr. Barnes read the notice, which was that the Rev. Charles Rookes consented to his Lordship's passing sentence without further inquiry. His Loapsnir said that so late as four o'clock yes terday he had received from Mr. Ilookes a revocation of his former consent, which Mr. Barnes would read to the Court. Mr. Barnes then read the revocation. Mr. Rookes revoked his former consent, in consequence of having received from Dr. Phillimore an opinion that the evidence which had been taken by the commission issued by the Bishop was not admissible, as it went beyond the two years prior to the issuing of the coin mission. It further said that Mr. Rookes intended to indict the witnesses who were examined for perjury at the next spring assizes for the county of Devon, and he therefore requested that all further proceed ings might be stayed until after that period, or until the issue of the rule nisi which had been obtained in the Court of Exchequer, in the case of " Brooks and Rookes," should be known. The Bisnop then proceeded to deliver his judgment. His Lordship said, in this case due notice having been given to Mr. Rookes that it was his (the Bishop's) intention to proceed to judgment, and Mr. Rookes not being present, he (the Bishop) did not think that he ought in justice to himself or to Mr. Rookes to delay proceeding. It was a case under the 3d and 4th Victoria, commonly known as the Church Discipline Act, which empowered the bishop of a diocese to issue a commission to five beneficed clergymen to inquire into any matter relating to the clergy. In this case he had issued his commission, and the commissioners decided that there was a prima facie case for further proceedings. Mr. Rookes consented to his passing sentence, but he had since applied to him (the Bishop) to suspend his judgment until after it should be ascertained whether the Court of Exchequer would make absolute the rule nisi for a new trial in the case of seduction of "Brooks v. Rookes." In answer to this application he could not help saying that Mr. Rookes had it in his power to forbear giving his con sent, and when that consent was given he knew that he was going to move for a new trial, and therefore why did he give his consent ? Mr. Rookes also referred to an opinion of a highly respectable advocate of Doctors' Commons (Dr. Rich Phillimore), which opinion stated that evidence had been taken by the commissioners referring to a period prior to the two years over which the commission had power, and that that evidence would be prohibited by a temporal court. The case to which that opinion was an an swer—for he had them both before him—he must observe, though sent so late as Friday last, forbore to state to the learned advocate all the facts. It was therefore very clear that the case was not sent for the purpose of influencing the commission, but with a vie w to sway his conduct that day; but before that was done care ought to have been taken to have informed the advo cate that the charges arising out of the case of seduc tion had nothing to do with the present charge. As no such intimation had been given to the Learned Counsel, he could not be induced to postpone his judgment ; and with regard to waiting the result of the rule nisi, if he were to do so it would appear to recognize a connexion between the two issues. The action for seduction related to a period of time to which the Court could not look, and it was quite as much for the interest of Mr. Rookes as otherwise that it should not, for if the result of that action one way was to be taken as in favour of Mr. Rookes, the op posite must be against him. Now with respect to the alleged intention to prefer an indictment against the principal witnesses for perjury, that might be entitled to more weight if the case rested solely upon their testimony. If the witness Brooks was deemed unworthy of belief, she might be said not to be a sufficient witness, but in the proceedings before the commission there was sufficient testimony if the whole of her evidenee had been rejected ; indepen dently of which, he did not believe that if a bill was prepared at the next , assizes, the case would be tried then ; he could not, theref o r e , p os t pone hi s sentence on that ground. There was another point suggested by Mr. Rookes, and that was that the commissioners had taken evidence beyond the two years. Although it was too late to object to this evidence, he should feel b oun d t o re j ec t i t altogether if he could believe that the Learned Counsel's opinion which Mr. Rookes had obtained was a just interpre tation of the law. That opinion was requested by return of post, and the Counsel himself advised that they should take the opinion of some gentleman of the common law bar. On the other hand, he (the Bishop) rejoiced to say that he had not been left to his own judgment in the matter ; he had taken the opinion of a gentleman of the common law bar. He had stated that the evidence ought to be received. It was, moreover, right for him to state that he had re ferred to the case of the Duke of Norfolk, in the " State Trials," and he felt confident that the commis sioners were right in receiving the evidence. His Lordship then said he would proceed to consider the case in its outset; and he rejoiced to say that he had had the assistance of his Chancellor and three other reverend gentlemen who formed the com mission. The commissioners having reported that there was a priind facie case for further proceeding, and Mr. Rookes having given his consent to the sentence, he (the Bishop) proposed to state, in the first place, why Mr. Rookes should be deprived. Mr. Laidman, Mr. Rookes' solicitor, endeavoured in the first place, to shake the credibility of the evidence of the three sisters, for the seduction of one of whom the action was brought. Mr. Laidman said that if they had nut a pecuniary interest in view, at any rate they had an interest in trying to get a verdict in favour of the mother. He says, that on that trial it was important for them to show that Miss Brooks entered into the service of the Rev. Mr. Rookes in the year 1843 ; Maria Brooks and her sisters swore that it did so commence, but that he (Mr. Laidman) was pre pared to show that it commenced before. Now, he (the Bishop) wished to impress upon them the fact that the question of the seduction was wholly irrele vant to the present case. The question which the commission had to decide was, whether Mr. Rookes had been guilty of adultery during the last two years. The testimony of two of the witnesses had been objected to because they swore that Mr. Rookes was frequently in the habit of getting intoxicated, that that evidence was contrary to Mr. Rookes' character, and had been contradicted by witnesses whom Mr. Rookes called. He (the Bishop) acquitted Mr. Rookes of that charge, but he could not altogether throw over the evidence of the witnesses. Another point to which Mr. Laidman had referred was the absence of a ma terial witness who could have contradicted the evi dence of the Brookses, but that she was prevented from being present in conseqence of illness. Now, it was proved by a witness that the last day the com mission sat in that place they met the witness alluded to in the cathedral yard. His Lordship said he had now gone through all the matter affecting the credit of the witnesses. The principal witness was Maria Brooks, and he confessed he saw enough to object to her testimony, if it was not strongly corroborated ; but she was corroborated by her sister Anne, and her testimony was not shaken. The other sister, Eliza. j swore to certain things which she heard and saw in Mr. Brookes' house, and that he had committed adul tery with Miss E (His Lordship said he thought in the present instance he had better not mention the name of the party.) Now, if Eliza swore that which was true, it was in the power of Mr. Rookes to have called Miss E--_ to have con tradicted her testimony, but he had not done so. This evidence, too, was in a measure confirmed by one of Mr. Rookes' own witnesses, who said he knew Miss E— and Miss P--. They used to come often to Mr. Rookes' house ; sometimes together and sometimes separately. They used to stay as late as 10 or 11 o'clock at night. And here, said his Lord ship, it appears that .Mies E--, although a single woman, was in the habit of going to the house of Mr. Rookes, who, although a married man, was living separate from his wife, and therefore he (the Bishop) did not see any reason to doubt that the guilty act was committed. On the other act of adultery—that with Miss Brooks—it was clearly proved that it had taken place within the two years, if the evidence of the sister was to be believed; but even if that failed, there was the evidence of the medical man who delivered Miss Brooks o f h er c hild. Th at gentleman r stated that Mr. Rookes had fetched him between the hours of 2 and 3 in the morning to attend Miss Brooks in her confinement, and thlt he had paid him. His Lordship, in conclusion, said he found Mr. Rookes guilty of adultery within the two years from the 20th of July last, and it only remained for him to pass what sentence the case demanded. Mr. Rookes could not plead that he had been tempted, and had fallen in an unguarded moment; neither could he plead youth, because he was a man stricken in years. He considered him no longer fit to hold office as a clergyman, and he therefore deprived him of all ecclesiastical preferment which he possessed in the diocese, especially the rectory of Nytnett-Rowlaad, or any other within the diocese ; he is hereby deprived accordingly. The case excited much interest, and the court was crowded. DESTRUCTION OF CLIEFDEN HOUSE, NEAR MAIDENHEAD. A few short months since we announced the pur chase of this celebrated mansion by the Duke of utherland, from the executors of the late Sir George Warrender ; we have now to record its almost entire destruction, this being the second time it has fallen a prey to the flames within the last GO years. The family of the Duke of Sutherland are at present in Scotland, and the only persons in charge of the mmn sion when the unfortunate outbreak occurred were two female servants. The accident seems to have originated in the library, where some workmen had been employed until nearly ten o'clock on Thursday morning. The flames were first observed through the front windows of the mansion about one o'clock P.M. by some persons near the spot, who hastened to the house and gave an alarm. Messengers were instantly dis patched to Maidenhead, and in a short time two engines arrived, but the fire had by this time attained so great a mastery that although an ample supply of water was at hand very little effect was produced upon the conflagration. The flames having commu nicated with the grand staircase, the whole of the upper floor of the main building was speedily on fire, and all hope of saving any portion of it being at an end, the endeavours of those engaged were directed to the salvage of the wings, which were connected with the central portion by two colonnades. These colonnades were speedily pulled down, and several other engines having by this time arrived, from Windsor and elsewhere, the firemen poured large quantities of water over the ruins, and the flames were at length subdued, after having consumed the wliole of the central portion of the mansion, with a large portion of its valuable and interesting contents. Several of the more choice paintings, of which Chief den contained en immense number, were saved by the exertions of the persons present, among whom the Hon. Colonel Irby, Col. Vansittart, and Mr. Raikes Currie, all of whom reside in the neighbourhood, were most conspicuous. The original mansion of Cliefden was erected by George Villars, second Duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Charles 11. From the Duke of Bucking ham the mansion passed into the possession of Frede rick Prince of \Vales, who resided there many years, and greatly improved the place. On the 20th of May, 1795, the house was destroyed by fire, the flames spreading with great rapidity, and leaving no portion of the building standing, except the wings. The house occupied a position on the brow of a lofty eminence, overlooking Windsor Castle, which consti tutes a prominent object in the view. The declivity towards the Thames is hung with natural woods, and the meanderings of that river through the adjoining pastures constitute one of the richest and most beau tiful prospects that can be imagined. The mansion now destroyed was built on the ruins or that which was burnt in 1795, about 25 years ago, by the late Sir George Warrender, who made it the receptacle of his most remarkable collection of works of art and virtu. Many of these treasures were purchased with the mansion by the Duke of Sutherland, and we fear that a very large portion of them is destroyed. It need scarcely be added that the lamentable acci dent has occasioned the deepest regret in the neigh bourhood. The mansion, it is understood, is fully insured. A GAME- WATCHER MURDERED. A melancholy tragedy has been committed in the remote and wild district of Bewcastle, on the borders, between Scotland and East Cumberland. The vic tim, Thomas Davidson, has been for many years a game-watcher for Sir James Graham upon the hills and commons in that neighbourhood. On Monday and Tuesday last a long and tediou s i nves ti gat i on was held before Mr. Carrick, the coroner for the eastern division of the county, when the following facts were proved :—" The deceased left home about nine o'clock on Thursday morning, for his usual beat on the hills, and not returning at night his family became alarmed for his safety, and gave notice to the neighbours. On the following morning an active search was made, but it was not until Saturday morning that he was discovered far away on the heights, upwards of two miles from his home, bearin g evident marks of having been murdered by strangulation. Suspicion immediately fixed upon Joseph Itogg, one of the prisoners, a notorious poacher in the district, who had, about a fortnight ago, been fined on the evidence of the deceased. On that occasion he threatened deceased. The father of the accused is now in gaol, undergoing imprisonment for poaching also upon the evidence of the deceased. After a variety of contradictory evidence given during the two days' investigation by theprisoners' friends to prove an alibi, it was shown that the prisoners, Joseph Hogg, Nichol Hogg alias John Nichol, and Andrew Turnbull, had been seen together several times during the week, and had been out poaching in the neigh bourhood where deceased was found on the day he was murdered. After the investigation had proceeded several hours on the second day, Andrew Turnbull expressed a wish to make a statement to Mr. Sabbage, the superintendent of police, and which was to the following effect :—" He and the prisoners, Joseph Hogg, Nichol llogg alias John Nichol, had gone out together poaching on the morning of the day of the murder, and they then agreed that if they met deceased they would kill him. After shooting the whole day, they were on their return home at night, when the deceased saw and chased them about 100 yards. Joseph Hogg and Nichol Hogg then turned round upon and seized the deceased, and strangled him ; but he (Turnbull) ran away, and left the other two prisoners, and was thus unable to give further particulars. The last that he saw was Hogg and the deceased falling down together.' The pri soner Joseph Hogg had a scratch over his upper lip, and a pair of breeches of his were produced bearing a mark of blood upon the knee. The inquest was then adjourned for further evidence until the :36th inst., and the three prisoners committed to Carlisle gaol during the interval. The deceased was a steady honest, and dutiful servant, and had held his present situation for 20 years. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the ♦ct 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of lc oTember, 184,. IBBI7E DEP.&B.TILENT. Notas issues—. •• .. 23,718,070 Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities •. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 14,835,993 Silver bullion .. ... • 2132,077 228,818,070 28,818,070 M. Dated the 14th day of November, MARSIIA.LL, Chief Cashier. 1849. BANKING DEPAZTILZN T. X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest - •••. • • • 3,161,032 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings -banks, and Di- vidend accounts)• • 6,221,770 Other deposits •• •• 10,352,089 Seven day and other bills.. :....... •• •• 1,099,295 £35,387,186 Dated the 14th day of Neveml Government scour!. ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) 14,228,068 Other securities .. . • 9,753,886 Notes •••••• • • • • • • 16,402,390 Gold and silyer coin.. 1,002,642 X 3.5,387,186 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. or, 1849. DEATH OF CHARLES LYELL, ESQ., OF KINNORDY. —This gentleman, who was for many years vice-lieu. tenant of the county, died at Kinnordy, on the Bth inst. Mr. Lyell was educated in the College of S'. Andrew's and afterwards in the University of Cambridge, at both of which seats of learning he was eminently distinguished. Having passed many of his early years in England, Mr. Lyell returned to his paternal estate, in the parish of Kirriemuir, in 1826, where he has constantly resided since that time. For many years Mr. Lyell's pursuits were scientific. He was the discoverer of a great num ber of British plants previously unknown. how much his labours in promoting botany were appreciated by men of the first eminence is proved by the fact that two excellent works were severally dedicated to him by botanists of no less distinction than Sir William Hooker and Professor Lindley, and a genus of plants (Lyellia) named after him by Mr. Robert Brown. In the literary world he is known by a translation of the lyrical poems of Dante, the first edition of which, printed at his own cost, was so well received by the public, that a London publisher obtained permission to print a second on his own account. Mr. Lyell's essay on " The Anti-Papal Spirit of Dante," shows a profound knowledge of me diaeval Italian literature and history, and is full of en larged and philosophical views. These studies he con tinued till withi❑ a short period of his death. He has left an extensive botanical library, including among them several rare works of the older naturalists, and his collection of the various editions of Dante and the writ ings of his numerous commentators, and of authors illus trative of Dante and his times, are such as could hardly be found in any other private library in the kingdom. Dundee Advertiser. A BIPED 110 G.-At Carlton, Arthur Cowlishaw, of Gedling, undertook, for a wager, to drink seven pinta of ale, and eat twenty. one apples in half-an-hour, which h e performed within a few minutes of the time.—lVotts Guardian. As the diamond is found in the darkness of the mine, as the lightning shoots with most vivid flashes from the gloomiest cloud, so does mirthfulness frequently proceed from a heart susceptible of the deepest melancholy.— Eliza Cook's 'owns,. £ fs. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stook. Stook. 50 0 0 X s. d. 50 0 0 IntaDGms Dividend 1 Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Pric Annum. Share. -- Z. . s. Charing-cross.... —••— s. d. Z 25 od. 0 Southwrk,Nw Sub. Av. 632 12 5 2 Ditto Nw of '7% p.c. 355. per cent 50 0 0 6 Waterloo ••.• .. 100. 0 0 —3; Ditto Old Ann. of 81. I/. 4s. Od. 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall —. . •• • Ay. it. 70 10 3 VITIIIPErd-WOMIS Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Peel Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ e. il. East L0nd0n.......... al. 100 0 0 1813. Grand Junction •• • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 82 cent...—. —•••• • • • • 31. 10s. 100 0 0 -75 Lambeth New ltivr Lndn Brdgo 21. 10s. 55 Vauxhall ••••••• • • • •. M. per cnt. 100 0 0 98 West Middlesex . . • 61.0 a. pr cnt. 120 GAS-LIGHT arirr, CONE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount is Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. --- --- 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. 85. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 , 3ristol .........• •• •• 101. per cent. 20 0 0 Brighton ...... ••• • .. 51. per cent. 20 ' 0 0 16 City of London ... .. 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 .lontinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 30 Equitable— —••— • • • • 502. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Imperial .... —••• • • • 31. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 independent ..... —• • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 . 62 London.. .. .... .. .. .. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 ehcenix ....... • • .... 4341. per et. 50 0 0 46 0 0 2836 tatcliff ..—•..• • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 Jnited General .....• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 Westminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 45 Ditto, New ........ 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 8% CALM' XL X. S . „; I 1 wi 'Dividend Names of ,_t Dividend' Price. ' e N ois am pa e n s i n e i s. 1 , 2 , per Companies. A I per I .g i Annum. v.: Annual., Price ---- , X X i Sshtn& olah 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 50 3 4r a k r t i t s k l & ey A . b . r . g . 1 1 5 6 0 0 15 121.185 O 180 Neat'. xior d. .:: : : . 0 2 • 1 1 0 0 0 10611. 18 . 340 5 3irmingham 35 1 41.82 Peak Forest. 7g 3/. 181. 70 doventry.. • • 100 251. 210 Regent's ...• 33 11. 2s. 18 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41, 50% Ellsrnre&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 rewash .• • 100 321. - Do.Lk I'd S't 12 i 61. p. c. - Grand,functn 100 1 Si. 80 Stffrd&Worc 1401 281. 403 irandSurrey 100 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 I "' ~ ;rand Union 100, 11. 10s. 24 Stourbrldgs.. 145 201.• 300 Grantham •• 150 - - Severn and lie nt & Avn 39 7 s . 6d . 5% W ye Ra i l. j 26 21.0 x. - Leeds& LiTrp 100 301. 325 Warwick& nn 41. 63 Leicester .... 140' Si. 63% Rirming. 3 I .‘ , .e/cstr &Nth 83 41. 46 Warwick& Loughborogh 142 701. 650 Napton..} 100 31. 43 Wonmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr I Arn 78 31. 42ntgerysh1100 - - Birming. VeltnMwbry, 100 - - Wilts tic Brks -14 s. 9 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PACES Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- -- -- - £ a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland iritish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 205 Jaledonian Bank ... • • 8 per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 3/. 18 C_ol3tydeosfdGalicastga . nw nk ßa . n . l! 6 6 4 . ppeerr cent 20 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 131 1 . 1 a I •Jommercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 1 100 0 0 163 :astern Bank.. ..• •• • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 8z Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5% Gxehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 20% Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Siorthof Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.os North British Bank' - - - _ Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85 Western Bank -..• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7314 iberdeen Fire and Life 7% /.pr cent. 12 10 0 20 e 2 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 01Is Od ';aledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. Is Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 lB3{ l East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 911.0 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - dercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - fnsur. Co. of Scetlnd•• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 7e Mercantile Life ... • National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.6 d gorth British Incur s%l.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23% North & West of Scot 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar - 20 0 0 011 0 Scot. Mas. and Gsn. Life - 00015 0 i - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6MI. p r cen t . 20 0 0 1 0 0 225.0 d Standard Life ...... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 14 IVEXS CEX. LAME OUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. s. d. Z. s. d. Australian Agriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. IL 45. 10 00110 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - i 210 0 -.. Canada ......... •• .. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 32 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per_cent. - - - City Navigation .... - - - 90 Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.&bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 103 Goa. Steam Navigation 11.81. 15 0 0 14 0 0 25 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 - Peninsir&Oricnt.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 73% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 C 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 49 South Australian .... • 11. per share. 25 0 0, 25 0 0 17 Van Dieman's Land.. - ,100 0 0 23 0 0 2 THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAIL.. WAY.—Since the resignation of Mr. Allport, the ma nager, Mr. Close, the secretary, it is stated, has followed' his example and also resigned. Both offices, it is un derstood, will ho filled up in a short time.—Leeds Mercury. RICHMOND THEATRE —Mr. Ryan, the spirited lessee of this pretty little theatre takes his benefit on Monday evening. The pieces are well selected, the most prominent of which is the celebrated comedy of Paul Pry, in which Miss Jane Coleman, late of the Lyceum Theatre, will appear for this night only. Several other London favourites have volunteered their services on the occasion, and a crowded house must bo the result of Mr. %yen's very attractive bill. CURIOUS ACCIDENT.—OU Tuesday morning, when a man named Joseph Senior, a carter in the employment of . Messrs. C a r ver an d C o., carriers, was standing on the footway in New Market street, just opposite to the warehouse of Messrs. Simpson and Thompson, Man• chester, the ground suddenly gave way under his feet, and he was let down about fifteen feet into the mouth of en old well, in which there was at the time about eight feet of water. Fortunately, however, he managed to cling to the sides of the well, which were of brickwork, so as to prevent himself from going more than about up to his middle in the 'ater. Some bystanders, who witnessed the occur rence, speedily obtained a rope, and rescued him from his unpleasant position. He was, as might have been expected, much bruised by the earth and stones of the street, which had fallen with him, but no bones were broken. He was immediately sent home in a cab. In fermation of what had occurred was immediately sent t o Mr. Francis, the superintendent of the paving depart ment of the Manchester corporation, who had a quan tity of rubbish shot into the chasm, so as to fill it up to the surface of the street, and thus prevent any similar accident in future.—Manchester Guardian. THE NAVIGATION LAWS The following reply has been sent by the Board of Trade to an application from some shipowners at Cork on a point of importance to the shipping interest of the United Kingdom : " Board of Trade, Nov. 5, 1849. " am directed by the Lords of the Com mittee of the Privy Council for Trade to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th of Octo ber, addressed to the President of this Board, in quiring whether American 'and other foreign-built ships will be admitted to the privileges of British registry, after the Act for the Amendment of the Navigation Laws shall have come into operation ; and I am to acquaint you that from the first of January next all ships duly owned by British subjects will be admitted to registry, without inquiry as to the place of their build.—l have, &c. " D. LE MARCHANT. " 11. B. Carroll, RN., Cork." OXFORD AQUATICS.—The annual pair -oared race for the challenge oars, with presentation goblets, and silver medals for the second crew, given by the Oxford University Boat Club, and for which seven boats were entered, terminated this afternoon, after some inte resting heats, when Messrs. Chitty (of Balliol) and Cite sold (of Exeter), who had on the previous day won every heat they contended for, wrested the prize from the winners of last year, Messrs. Stuart and Bengough, of Oriel College. _ Great minds differ from small in nothing more than this, that they can afford to bestow praise, which the latter cannot.—Eliza Cook's Journal.