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NEWPORT, Nov. 9.—Wind W.—Arrd. Clrence, Douglas, Sr. John's, New Brunswick. BEAumaais, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ilindoo, Hughes, Quebec; PQrseverance, Seeds, ditto. FLEETWOOD, Nov. 9.—. The BACTIO Hope, from America. in coming up the river last evening, got aground on the Knott, but is exptcted off to night witn. out damage. Arrd. Moy Anne, America. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Winl S.W.—Sid. Derwent, Port Philip; Auriga, Hobart Town. FALMOUTH Nov. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arr.l. Alchymist, Richards, Queht.e. Sid. Bth, Petrel packet, Madeira, Teneriffo, and Brazils. HULL. Nov. 9.—Wind W.—Arrd. Bth, Mearns, smith, Quebec. SHIELDS, NOT. 9.—The Justinian, of and bound to this port from Liverpool, in towing up the harhmr this morning, got in contact with a loaded foreign vessel towing down, and had ber masts carried away. WELLS. Nov. 9.—The Juliano, is detained here under an arrest by Admiralty warrant. YARMOUTH, Nov. 9.—H. M. It C. R'yal Charlotte put in here to day from sea, with damage, having been in contact with a vessel. _ - SHIELDS, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W. and W.S.W.—Arrd. Pomona, I)unn, Quebec; Kelp, Cape Breton. LEITH ROADS.—Arrd. Prince George, Young, Qiebec. BELFAST. Nov. B.—Wind W.—Arrd. Countesa of Durham, Quebtae; Sir Henry Pottinger, Greig, St. John's, New Brvnswick. YARMOUTH, Nov. 9.—The Newark, from Hull to London, put in hyro yesterday with damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN . Our market to day was seasonably well supplied with fruit and vegetables, the demand for which was in a sluggish state. The only alteration was a decline of fully 5s per ton in the value of Potatoes. English Fruits Pine Apples, 3s 61 to 4s 61 ; Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, 35 6d to 4s; Black Ham burgh Grapes, is 64 to 2i per lb ; Pears, 2s 6d to 614; Eating Apples, 2s to 3s 6d ; Apples for baking, Is to is 6d; and Damsons, 3s 6d to 5s per half sieve ; Melons, is 6d to 2s each; Filberts, 55s to 60s per I 00ibs ; Walnuts, 3s to 5s per bushel. Foreign Fruits—Black Ilamburgh Grapes, 6d to Is; and White ditto, 6d to 8(1 per lb ; Spanish Nuts, 4s; Walnuts, 3s to 6s; Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s; Barcelona ditto, 5s to 65 ; Almonds, 5s to 6s; Spanish Chestnuts, 3s to 6s per peck; Lemons, 5s to 103 ; Oranges, 6. to 14s per 100; Spanish Onions, 125 to 17s 6d per box. Vegetables— Cape Brocoli, 3s to 6s per dozen bunches; Cauliflowers, is to is 64 per dozen heads; Turnips, Is to is 64; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is to is 6d, and Onions, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per dozen bunches • Onions, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per bushel ; Onions for pickling, 2s to 2s 6d per half sieve ; Horseradish, is 31 to 3s ; Celery, 9d to is per bundle; Leeks, is to is 64; and Parsley, 61 to 8d per dozen bunches; Cabbages, 6d to 8d; Savoy, ditto, 9d; Red ditto, is 3d to Is 9d; Red Beet, Is to Is 6d; and Parsnips, 4d to 8d per dozen; Endive, 6cl to Od per score; Tomatoes, 4s to ss; Spinach, 91 to Is sd; Jerusalem Artichokes, Is to is 61; and Corn Salad, is 3d to is 6d per half sieve; Mushrooms, 4d to 64 per Sottle; Small Salad, 2s 6 , 4 to 3s per dozen punnets; age, Is 61 to 2s per dozen bunches; Shallots, 2fd to 3d per lb; potatoes, 60s to 955 per ton; ditto, 2s to 33 per bushel. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 33 6d; Mutton, 23 10d to 33 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 33 8d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 4d to3SEci7Diutton, is 83 to 3i 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs. BX IMINGSGELTE. Salmon, Is tolsTcriet lb ; Turbots, 3s to 12s ; Brills, 2s to ss; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 8s; Whitings, 4d to Is; Lobsters, is to 2s ; Crabs, 4d to Is 91 each ; Soles 6d to 2s per pair ; Eels, 9d to is per lb. ; Large Haddocks, 9d to Is ; small ditto, 5d to 7d ench ; Shrimps, Is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Prawns, 2s to 2s 9d per lb; Bloaters, Is 2d to is 6d per doz ; salt Her rings, 81 to is per doz ; Smelts, 10d to Is 61 per sloz ; Common Oysters, 8s to 13s; Scotch Pearls, 16s to 20s ; sind'Best Natives, 42s to 62s per bushel; Pike, Is 3d to 3s 6d each; Flounders. 9d to is per dozen. NEVJGATZ AND LEADZINIZAZI. POULTRY. —Geese, 5s 6d to is 01; Fowls, 2s Od to 3$ 01; Capons, 3s 61 to 5s Od; Chickens, is 91 to 2s 6d; Ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 8d to Is 3d; Roasting Pigs, 5s 6d to 8s ; Hares, 2s 9d to 3s Od; Grouse, 2s 6d to 3s Od; Partridges, la 3d to Is 9d; Pheasants, 31 61 to 4s Od; and Pigeons, 6d to 8d each; Fresh Butter, 9s to 13s per dozen lb ; Irish Eggs, 5s 3d to 6s; French ditto, 6s 31 to 7s 3d ; and English ditto, 8s to 8s 3d per 100. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6kd to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 4lbs loaf. =DE 111111IMET. Market hides, 56113 to 64113TriaTold; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 1 d to 2id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2d to 2id ; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b, 2id to 3d; 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to aid; 1041 b to 11216. 3id to 4d. Calf Skins, 3s Od to 5s 6d ; Horn Hides, 7s 6d to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 3s 53 to 4s 4d; Runts and Half-breds 2s lid to 3s 6d; Downs, 2s 3d to 2s 11d. EAT M.A....XICTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 lOs per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. CEMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21105 to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 lUs ; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ las per load. Trade heavy, at barely late rates. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3l 10s; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 12a; and Straw, 113 s to 1/ 94 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-6 to 1 against the )roung'un (tak. freely)-7 to 1 apt Knight of Gwynne. CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 15 on the field. DERBY.-11 to 1 agst Bolingbroke (taken freely)-12 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum-20 to 1 agst the Italian-22 to 1 apt Sweetheart-22 to 1 agst Compass-25 to 1 sgst Diecoon-25 to 1 agst Clincher-25 to 1 t4,st Vol tlgeur-33 to 1 apt The Nigger-50 to 1 agst The Swede. COURSING. NEWCASTLE•ON-TYNE.—The Ogle Stakes for 16 Puppies, at 503 each, were won by Lord Omlton's Raby ; his Lordship's Pick-up-the-Paper run up. The Kirkley Stakes, for 16 all-aged dogs, at 70s each, were won by Mr. Crawford's Cyrus; Mr. Grace's Whisper run up. GREENAWAY MEETING. The Ladies' Prize (22 Subs.) was won by Miss Agg's Piper; Mrs. G. Can ning's run up. RAILWAY RETURNS --- RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail- Ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: •:- 1 c • Week Last a lading NAME OF RAILWAY. week. 5 ;_.) ••••• Oct. and 14 Y. 3 Aberdeen .. •• • • ........ ..... . 560 432 4 Amiens and Boulogne • 1,602 1,301 3 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • •• 439 439 4 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 396 785 4 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 400 243 4 Bristol and Exeter • • ... • • ..... 3,685 28 Caledonian.... ••• • • • ........... 6,479 5,007 4 Chester and Holyhead ..... . 1,536 1,468 1 Dublin and Drogheda. ••• • • •.. 6 Dublin and Kingstown . ..... • • 1,208 1,027 3 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .••• • • .. 1,009 911 4 East Anglian.•••••• •••••••••••••••• 826 743 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •••• • • • • 3,458 3.477 3 Edinburgh and Perth •••• • • .. 2,176 1,814 4 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,595 14.315 28 East Lancashire •• . • ................ 2, 8 33 .1,573 4 Eastern Union ••..•••• - • • • .. .. 1,574 1,410 3 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,917 2,606 3 Glasgow and Greenock• •••• • • • • •• •• 988 916 28 Great Northern and E. L. •••• • • • 2,847 - 3 Great Southern and. Western •••• • • .. 4,090 3,441 4 Great NVestern, &c ••••• • • • • • 19,408 18,707 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ••• • • • .... 11,814 10,347 28 Lancaster and Carlisle •• • • .....• 3,109 2,955 28 Leeds and Thirsk •• .. ••••• . • • • . • • 638 - 4 Liverpool, Crosby. and Southport- .. 105 79 3 Londonderry and ERlllskillen •• • ..... 134 13.7 4 London and North Western, &c. ..... 40,165 39,636 4 London and Blackwall.• •••••• • • • • • • 652 577 3 Londcn and Brighton .•••• • • • • ...... 10,266 8,944 4 London and South Western .. • •... 8,959 8,607 4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,733 2,776 4 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham•• 22,320 21,452 4 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,367 1,144 3 Monklands .••.• • • . • .... •.... • • 4 North British ••...• • • • • 3,246 2,512 3 Paris and Rouen .•••• • • • . .•• .• i 6,024 5,255 3 Rouen and Havre • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2,364 2,109 4 Scottish Central ••••••• • • • • • .. . 1,255 1,097 - Shrewsbury and Birmingham.. •. • • • - - Shrewsbury and Chester • • . - 1,254 4 Shropshire Union • 320 -- 3 South Eastern and Branches ........ 10,861 9,081 28 South Devon •• • . ••••• • • • ........ 1,431 1302 3 Taff Vale •••••••• • • • • • • • • ...... • • 2,137 2,019 878 - - Waterford and Limerick. .• •• • , _ Bl7 28 Whitehaven Junction .••••••• • • • • • • • 192 174 4 York and Newcastle . .............. 14,222 13,632 4 York and North Midland .••••• • • • • • 6,862 7,675 The useful and the beautiful are never far asunder. —Eliza Cook's Journal. THE COMMISSIONERS OF Tlll3 NEW FOREST.—The Commissioners appointed by the Government to ascer tain what is best to be done with the New Forest, have just been visiting that locality. The movements of the Commisstoners have been quite secret, and the forest authorities are very nervous on their appearance. They could not be more frightened if the ghost of William Rufus bad been seen " under the greenwood tree." The great difficulty in deciding what shall be done with the forest property arises from the numerous rights which are claimed over it by a multitude of persons. Even the renters of farms in the distant parishes of Millbrook and Fling are claimants of those rights. Major Freeman, Who has recently had the management of the New Forest, entertains an opinion that the forest privileges have been usurped. There is, however, much &cu. Fnentary evidence relative to them in existence; and it is expected that their adjustment will give rise to end less litigation. Already the local lawyers are on the qui vive. One advantage would arise from litigation, and that is, it would elicit much interesting information relative to the ancient and disputed history of the New Forest. BIRmiNGHAM CATTLE EIIIIBITION.—We have ben requested to remind those of our readers who in tend to exhibit cattle, sheep, pigs, or poultry, at the opening show at Birmingham, that the entries will close on Saturday next, the 17th instant. The exhibition will be held in a temporary building about 320 feet in length, and 100 feet wide. There will be a separate compart ment for the poultry show, the floor of which will be boarded. The building will be perfectly dry, and well 'ventilated. There never was a hypocrite so disguised, but he had /et some mark or other to be known by. —Eliza C • Journal. 234 dii 24 /Ai r ') 15.‘" y . fra il c hoked , rel , this Of rd. 9tl/ ' rd. froco 4 -Srilliata is l e , fl philiP• T h e tis , ri•Brul, wfoun üb ° : Avn ..• u't•tergolif • For t ` i off Port' of i k r e //' E of th e 1nel; t h e ye g° o 1 Br oto t. 11 1oolv c) „, , 0 vis i es t j , , P 13e" If 1 1 ', 0 , 11 0 Sb ng• e ,: e s from tb 3. Stateii Gen es o ,„ s hip P('- 1.0 161111 THE SUN LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) 110USEFIF.LD V. CURTIS. This was an action tried at the last assizes at Croydon before Mr. Sergeant Dowling, to recover compensation in damages for breaking and entering the dwelling. house of the plaintiff, for assaulting him, and giving him into custody on an unfounded charge of felony. The de fendant pleaded not guilty and justification. It appeared that the plaintiff, who is a clergyman, rented a furnished house of the defendant at Norwood. This tenancy expired on March 20, in the preent year. On March 31, at four o'clock in the morning, the house was broken open by several bricklayers, armed with hatchets and mallets, in the employment of the defendant. They demanded admission entry, and on the inmates refusing they made their way through the windows, which they broke, and assaulted the plaintiff, who appeared at one of the windows, and carried his children out of the house and left them in the Norwood-road. The de fendant accused the plaintiff of stealing a silver spoon, and gave him into custody, but the charge was not maintained. The verdict was for the plaintiff, damages. one farthing. Mr. E. JAMES now moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection on the part of the Learned Ser geant who tried the cause, and on account of the recep tion of improper evidence. The misdirection committed is the fact that the judge told the. jury that the deft ndant was justified in breaking into the house, holding that the plea of the defendant, that the plaintiff was not in lawful possession of the house at the time, his tenancy having expired, to be a good one. He contended that the case ought to have been left to the jury, and cited several cases in support of his arguments. The COURT acceded to the suggestion. ARRIVAL OF THE LORD MAYOR AT WESTMINSTER. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. On the arrival of the civic barges at Westminster bridge, the Lord Mayor and the other City function aries disembarked, and having formed into proces sion, proceeded at once, through Westminster Hall, to the Court of Exchequer. A great number of persons had collected on the bridge to witness the debarkation, and Palace-yard and the Hall were also crowded with spectators. The Court itself was filled in every part, and amongst the auditory were several of the fair sex. At a quarter to two o'clock the Lord Mayor and Sir James Duke, Bart., the late Lord Mayor, entered the court, accompanied by the Learned Recorder, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Alderman Challis, Under-Sheriffs Wire and Millard, Mr. Secondary Pot ter, Mr. Charles Pearson, M.P., the City Solicitor ; the Lord Chamberlain, Mr. Hughes Hughes ; Mr. Prit zhard, the High Bailiff of South wark, and several of the members of the Common Council. The civic party then took a standing position on the bench reserved for Queen's Counsel. At this moment the Learnd Judges, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Rolfe took their seats upon the bench, each wearing a black cap, a cir cumstance which elicited an irrepressible burst of laughter from the members of the bar and the crowd in court, in which ebulli tion of mirth their Lordship 3 could not refrain from joining. A great number of well-dressed ladies occupied the jury box and every available space on the bench beside the Learned Judges. The Learned RECORDER then addressed the Court as follows :—My Lord Chief Baron, I have the honour to present to your Lordships and this Court the Right Honourable Thomas Farncomb, elected by the citizens of London to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The gracious approval of her Majesty the Queen has ratified the choice of the citizens. The Lord Mayor, a native of Sussex, is a descendant of the ancient family of Farncomb, several members of which have been for many generations large proprie tors of land, and extensively engaged in agriculture in that county. In evidence of the antiquity of this family, originally situated in the vicinity of Hastings, and to which his Lordship's recent elevation in our ancient city attaches an interest, the curious observer will find registered in the inquisitions of the county, that so early as the 17th year of the reign of Edward IV., a chantry, called " the Farncomb Chantry," which was liberally en dowed with land and other means, was founded by Me lina, a widow of the Farncomb family, in the Church of St. Thomas, Winchilsea. The father occupied the station of a landowner, and was extensively engaged in the cultivation of the soil, but observing a superior aptitude for business in Thomas Farncomb, his third son, he determined to qualify him by education for a mercantile life, and caused him to be placed in situations of trust and management in several commercial firms in the borough. The progress of Mr. Farncomb was rapid. He became the proprietor of one of the largest wharfs on the Surrey side of the river, which he has occupied for a period of forty years, carrying on the business of a wharfinger in that locality with eminent success. With this extensive concern he has associated the pursuits of a merchant and a shipowner, and of a banker also, first at Hastings, and afterwards in London, being one of the earliest promoters and a con tinuing.director of the London and Westminster Bank, the first joint-stock bank established in this city. Having acquired considerable property in land, both in Sussex and Surrey, he became, and has remained, an active magistrate for those counties for very nearly twenty years. In 1840 he was elected one of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and in the following year he was chosen an alderman of the ward of Bassisshaw, over which he still presides. He has reaped the reward of assiduity, ability, and ingenuity in his commercial career. He has won the esteem of his friends and fellow- citizens by his blameless and , amiable deportment in public and private life. He is familiar with the duties of a magistrate ; and in cases of emergency his character and bearing will command the cordial co operation of the members of the Court of Aldermen, and of the great body of the citizens who have contributed to place him in the exalted station of chief magistrate. He enters, indeed, on his arduous duties in the evening of life, not insen sible of the difficulties attaching to the high trust committed to his charge, but steadily keeping in view the bright example of many loyal citizens, and of his eminent predecessor. I feel well assured he will not be found wanting at the post of honour or in the path of duty. The late Lord Mayor is also in attendance on your Lord ships. His year of office is at an end and all its duties are fulfilled. Happy and successful in whatever he has undertaken from the com mencement to the close of his brilliant career, the aim and object of his official life have been the honour, the interest, and the prosperity of London ; and he has achieved a suitable reward in becoming one of the representatives in Parliament of the first city in the empire. Ile has dispensed with becoming splendour the ancient hospitality of the Mansion-house ; he has assembled under its roof distinguished members of every pro fession and of every class, of literature and of science; he was the foremost to encourage by his example the liberal support of the charitable insti tutions of the country—he earnestly employed the means at his disposal to remove the causes of disease, and to check the ravages of plague. Towards the conclusion of his mayoralty he saw the comple tion of a great work so near his heart—the foundation of the fortunes of many, as it is of his own—the Coal Exchange. He has received under the dome of that new edifice, as the guests of the Corporation of London, the Royal Consort of her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Royal Children, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal ; and in token of her Majesty's high approbation, and in memory of that auspicious event her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer the dignity of Baronet on Sir James Duke, the late Lord Mayor. The LORD - CHIEF BARON—My Lord Mayor, I beg to congratulate you on having attained that honour upon which the learned and eloquent. Recorder has expatiated in his address to the Court. You appear here as the first magistrate of the greatest city in the empire. You appear here, among other purposes, to claim certain rights which belong to that great city of which you are the chief magistrate, and the ceremony which takes place on this occasion is not to be considered as a mere idle pageant, for in reality it is to claim on your part, and on the part of the first city of this empire, and of the whole world, those privileges which have existed from time immemorial—a claim which shows you have long possessed those immunities which attach to the great city of London, exhibiting in itself a model of the free institutions which prevail throughout the em pire, showing how loyalty and liberality may be entirely united, and how the freest institutions are those under which commerce will flourish, the social arts be brought forth to public view and encouraged, charity be everywhere observed, manifestations of hospitality prevail, and all those arts which belong to the highest civilized condition of man flourish in the highest degree. I rejoice to hear the high account given by the Learned Recorder of your past life and services, and doubt not, during your mayoralty, you will continue to deserve the good opinion of your fellow-citizens, by pursuing the same career of useful merit, a cha racter to which you have so well-founded a claim. In considering the course you may have to observe it is difficult not to reflect at once upon the high example which has recently been before you, and of the possibility of attaining so:much excellence as has been exhibited in the case of the late Lord Mayor ; but of this I am quite sure, that at the close of your year of office you will be presented by your Learned Recorder as having earned that approbation which is the highest reward the citizens of London can confer upon you, and a citizen can possibly expect. To you, the late Lord Mayor, I beg to offer my congratulations that you return, having undoubtedly eminently discharged all your important duties, into comparatively private life. You have indeed illustrated your year of office by the display of everything that could belong to a patriotic citizen and upright magistrate —the man ever ready to obey every :call that could be made upon him in every situation in which he might stand towards his fellow•citizens. I am happy to congratu late you that, remembering how you have fostered every valuable institution--how you have discharged every public duty—how you have m€t every call upon you, whether upon your public conduct or private resources—l congratulate you that your fellow • citizens have, during your mayoralty, conferred upon you the highest honour they have at their dis posal, and have elected you one of their representa tives in Parliament, and also that her Majesty has, at the close of your career, conferred upon you the highest dignity which has ever been conferred upon a person in your situation, meriting the approbation of the Sovereign. I feel assured that, in returning into comparative privacy, the discharge of those public duties that remain to you will occupy the whole of your attention, and that you will continue to deserve that approbation and to meet that sympathy in the discharge of them which hitherto you have always experienced. Sir James Duke bowed his acknowledgments. The Lord Mayor was then sworn. The late Lord Mayor was also sworn to render unto her Majesty a full account of the receipts on account of the Crown during his tnayoralty, and to " behave himself properly," according to the old form of oath, whilst he COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) BA.NDON IRON COMPANY C. LAWRENCE. The arguments in this case, which were partly heard on Wednesday lust, were resumed again to-day by Mr. Needham, on the part of the plaintiffs. The action was brought to recover certain calls due from the defendant as a Chart holder in the company, which had been incorporated under the Joint Stock Act, by virtue of a certificate of complete registration. The pleas in substance were, that the deed of settlement at the time it was presented to the registrar of joint-stock companies, to obtain the incorporation of the company, iNsi detective in certain particulars, mentioned in sche dule A of the Act. These pleas were demurred to, and the case, therefore, came before the Court on demurrer, the plaintiffs contending that when a limited authority was created by Act of Parliament such as that given to the registrar to hear and to adjudicate upon acase,the decision come to within the limits of such authority could not be reviewed. Powers were given to the registrar to examine the deed of settlement before he registered the com• pany, in order to see that it was fit for incorporation, and having given a certificate as required under the Act, it was contended, even supposing his judgment to be in correct, that his decision upon the point was final, and that the company must be held to be fully incorporated. The COURT thought the pleas were bad, and that the matter set forth in them did not prevent the company acting as a corporation with the usual powers of suing and being sued. The judgment of the Court ought therefore to be for the plaintiffs. Judgment accordingly for the plaintiffs. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT. Sir Joux BAILEY was instructed to move for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue directed to the mayor and magistrates of Kingston-upon-Hull, requiring them to issue a distress warrant for the pur pose of levy ing five different penalties, of which William Jackson had been convicted under the Nuisances Re moval Act of 1848. It appeared by his affidavit that the justices refused to act on the ground that the conviction was illegal. The conviction took place under the 16th section of the 11th and 12th Victoria, chap. 123, called the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, which provided that whoever should obstruct any person acting under the authority of the Act, or willfully violate any directions in regulations issued by the Board of Health should be liable in every case to a penalty of 51. It further enacted that every person not performing what he was ordered by the magis trates acting in execution of the Act should be liable to a further penalty of 51. The affidavit upon which he moved was made by Mr. Chapman, who stated that he was. clerk and attorney to the Skullcoats Poor-law Union ; and that acting in that capacity, on the 28th of last July he obtained a conviction under the Act against ene William Jackson, a pig -dealer, in the full penalty of Si, and costs, amounting to 11. 151. 6d. ' Mr. Chapman went on to state that he obtained four other convictions against the same party, but when he applied for a distress warrant, Mr. Lee, one of the ma gistrates sitting on the bench, got up lit his place and said the premises belonged to him; and thereupon the magistrates refused the application. Their clerk, how ever, had since told the deponent that they thought the hest mode of settling the question was by applying to the Court of Queen's Bench fur a mandamus, and hence the present application. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted a rule to show cause. Rule nisi accordingly. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) • A LUCKY FELLOW.—A respectably-attired young man, named Featherstone, is as charged with being drunk and incapable. Jago, an active constable of the F division, stated that while on duty last night in Southampton-street, he found the de:endant in a shocking state of intoxication, and perceiving that he was quite incapable of taking care of himself, he thought it best to take him to the station-house. There, of course, he was searched, when a purse containing 12 sovereigns and some silver, a valuable gold watch and chain, and a silver watch and chain, were found upon him. Mr. HENRY asked him if be had any explanation to give of the matter? The prisoner replied that be was a respectable man, from the country, and was stopping at the Craven Hotel, in Covent-garden. The money and silver watch were his own, but the gold watch and chain belonged to a friend 'with whom he had been making merry, and who had entrusted them to him to take care ot. Mr. HENRY directed Jago to go to the Craven Hotel with the prisoner, to ascertain if what he stated was true. Jago did so accordingly, and on his return he informed the magistrate that the prisoner was well known at the Craven Hotel to be highly-respectably connected; he was in the habit of staying there whenever he came to town, and had been stopping there for some days past. Mr. HENRY was glad to hear that it was so, and told Jago to hand over the silver watch and money to the gentleman, but directed the gold watch to be detained until his friend appeared to claim it. For being drunk he should fine hies ss. The prisoner thanked the constable for the care he had taken of him, and, having paid the fine, he was dis charged. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The troops quartered in Windsor, consisting of the Ist Life Guards and the 31 battalion Grenadier Guards, paraded this morning in front of the south terrace at half-past nine o'clock, and fired a feu de joie in honour of the birthday of his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales. The troops afterwards marched past in slow and quick time, and gave three hearty cheers. The parade was commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Wood, Grenadier Guards, and the Life Guards were under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Parker. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and Princess Helena, came upon the ground at half past nine o'clock. Her Majesty and his Royal High ness were attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer were present at the parade. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Prince Albert, drove this morning in Windsor Park. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe (Lady in Waiting), and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Charles Grey (Equerry in Waiting). The younger members of the Royal Family took their usual airings. The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), Major- General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lieut•-Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, and Sir George and Lady Couper. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, Nov. 9, 1849. " The Queen Dowager felt herself better through out the whole of yesterday, but passed a sleepless night, attended with considerable restlessness and dis comfort. " Her Majesty's symptoms remain the same. "DAVID DAMES, M.D.' FATAL COLLISION AT BRADFORD.—As a police man was passing along his beat in Manningham-lane about half-past ten o'clock on Friday night last, his at tention was attracted by the breaking of a gas lamp at the bottom of Hanover-square. On going hastily to wards the lamp to asct rtain the cause of the smash, he found that a pheasant had flown against it, and h a d fallen d , ad by the collision. It was exceedingly foggy, and the poor bird had missed its way, and thus met its death. A civil answer to a rude speech costs not much, and is worth a great deal.—Eliza Cook's Journal. Letters received yesterday announce that, by a royal dkcree, the Grand Duke of Tuscany has autho rised his Minister of Finance to borrow 30,000,000 lire, or 1,000,000 sterling, on the guarantee of the hypothe cation of the tobacco monopoly. 30,000 notes or bonds of 1,000 lire each wid be issued, hearing 5 per cent. in terest, payable half yearly—the whole redeemable in the course of about twenty-six years by the appropriation of a certain portion of the revenue derived from the tobacco trade. Loss OF AN AMERICAN SHIP IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL—Yesterday information was received in the Cl:y Concerning the total loss of the American ship Archelaus, Mr. J. P. Boutel, master, which foundered at the entrance of the Bristol Channel. The captain and crew were saved by a pilot boat. Dead men open the eyes of the living.—Eliza CPA's Journal. LONDON SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 10 1849 LORD MAYOR'S DAY. did so. The other formalities having been gone through, the Recorder invited the Judges to the banquet in the Guildhall this evenirg. The Lord Mayor, the late Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the officers of the City then withdrew; and passing through the Courts, the Lord Mayor, through the Recorder, invited the Judges to the banquet. The procession then returned to the City in the same order as in its coming. in the midst of which his Excellency resumed his seat.) The LORD MAYOR gave " Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Cheers.) Lord JoliN RUSSELL rose, in the name of his col leagues and himself, to thank;the Lord Mayor andthat distinguished company for the honour which had just been conferred upon them. It would be, as it always had been, their endeavour to show themselves worthy of the confidence of their country, by meeting with vigour every difficulty in which they might be placed, and combatting it at least with resolution and honest intentions, if not with superior ability.—(Hear, hear.) He felt happy that it was his let to serve his country during a period of profound peace; and he trusted that the expressions of friendship and sympa thy they had just heard from the Ambassador of the French Republic would prove an augury of the prolonged continuance of that peace.—(Loud cheering.) They had also the honour of hav ing present that evening the Minister of the United States, and he should only further say, in the words of the toastmaster, that he pledged him and the other Foreign Ministers, in " a loving cup and a hearty welcome."—(Loud cheers.) It was but right that the force and energy of the young Republic should, in the cause of peace and of civilisation, work side by side with the solidity and vigour of the ancient monarchy.—(Loud cheering.) With respect to domestic affairs, they had undergone aftlic tions, but he trusted that even from those afflictions they would derive all the advantages with which Almighty Providence tempered great calamities.— (Hear, hear) He was happy to say that in many respects the prospects of the country were improving; and what with a growing revenue and other favour able circumstances, he trusted that many of the diffi culties they had to surmount would prove only of a temporary nature, and that the new mayoralty would, before its termination, see a wide-spread and general prosperity.—(Cheers.) They might be assured that, not only as a Minister, but as having the honour of representing that great city in Parliament, he felt deep and lasting gratitude for the manner in which they had been pleased to receive him.—(Cheers.) Before resuming his seat, the Noble Lord proposed " The health of the Lord Mayor," which was drank with loud plaudits. _ _ The LORD MAYOR briefly returned thanks, and gave " The Marquis of Salisbury and the House of Lords." The Marquis of SALISBURY acknowledged the compliment. The next toast was " The Chief Baron and her Majesty's Judges." The CHIEF BARON returned thanks. The LORD MAyoa then proposed, " Lord Palmers ton and the House of Commons."—(Loud cheers.) Lord PALmErtszoN, in acknowledging the toast, said he thanked the company, in his own name and in that of one of the noblest assemblies in the world, for the honour witch had just been conferred upon them. He could assure them that much as he valued the good opinion of every class of his fellow-country men, there was none which he more highly esteemed than that of the citizens of this great metropolis. It must, indeed, be a proud satisfaction to the Members of the House of Commons to know that they had the respect and confidence of the great commercial com munities of their country.—(Hear, hear.) They were proud to know that commerce had not in this country, as in others, had the effect of lowering and degrading the minds of men with the grovelling spirit of gain ; but, on the contrary, that it had reno vated the character of the nation—(Loud cheers) — and that our commercial men were foremost in manly enterprise, high minded patriotism, and splendid generosity.—(Cheering.) It was this spirit which had always marked the conduct of the city of Lon don, which had made its citizens, whenever danger approached, equal to the occasion and the emergency, and which had earned for it the approbation, not only of their own country, but of the whole civilised world.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, the Noble Viscount again thanked the Lord Mayor and the company for the honour they had conferred upon the great as sembly of which he was a member. Lord PALMERSTON, soon after, again rose, and in highly complimentary terms g " The health of the Lady Mayoress," for which the LORD MAYOR returned thanks. The LORD MAYoR then proposed " The Attorney- General and the Bar of England." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR next gave " The Representa tives of the City of London in the House of Com mons." Mr. MASTERMAN acknowledged the compliment. Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed " The Health of Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, and Mr. Sheriff Nicoll."—(Cheers.) _ _ Mr. Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE returned ;hanks. The LORD MAYOR gave " The Health of Alderman Sir John Key and the Magistrates of the City of London." Sir Jolts KEY returned thanks. The company then retired to the Council•chamber and other apartments, where coffee was served, and where a dance closed the festivities. The banquet was supplied by Messrs. Younghus band, of Gerard's-hall Tavern, Basing-lane. There were some complaints made now and then with regard to the arrangements, but it must, doubtless, be difficult to meet immediately and at every point the demands of so vast a company. Mr. Harker made an efficient toastmaster. STANZAS TO AN OLD FRIEND. (From Eliza Cook's Journal) Old Ocean, once again, thou mayst hear thy lover's strain Come mingling with the music of thy deep and fitful surge; And my heart could gaily swell, like a merry "marriage bell," But thy mighty voice subdues it to a low and whis pered dirge. Oh, 'tie thus I ever stand beside thee, dreaming of the hand That " holds thee in its hollow," as I look upon thy breast; But the thought that makes me dumb, as thy headlong billows come, Is a mystery that links me to the Infinite and Blest. Old Ocean, could I choose, not for sceptres would I lot() The holy spirit-charm that e'er abideth in thy waves; Not the fairy dream that tells of amber rocks and rosy shells, And dolphin sprites, and mermaid fags, that play in coral caves. I woo'd thee long and well ere a worldly shadow fell Upon this heart, whose lot hath been to feel and know too much; As I bent before thy shrine, the strings that were divine Poured melody of prayer to God upon thy sacred touch. Dark storms have troubled thee, and care has come to me, Yet here we are together with affection tried and true; The same glad flush of red upon my cheek is spread. And thy unchanging bosom is as bounding and as blue. Oh, I'll set an emblem up on Devotion's nectar cup, But it shall not be that ever soft and gentle bird the dove; The white gull with its shriek, and its billow-kissing beak, Shall bo my type of constancy, of purity and love. Old Ocean, thou hast yet all the beauty that was set About thee, when I made thee first my worshipped altar-place; The pearls upon thy brow are as thick and gleaming now, As when they dashed in dripping light upon my baby face. The murmur of thy notes, around the fishers' boats, Tells just the same strange ditty that it sung to me of yore; The perfume of thy breath, and thy wild and weedy wreath, Are flung as fresh as ever on thy pebble-covered shore And years shall come and go, and thou shalt ebb and flow As broad, as deep, as fetterless, as mighty and as pure ; Thy waves will still be seen in rich snow-crested sheen, Ages shall die, but thou and thy proud beauty will endure. But she who loves thee so, let few years come and go, And where will be this thinking brow and warm and grasping hand? " Gone, gone," I hear thee say, " forgotten, passed away ; And now toil on for Fame, and write thy name upon my sand." Lowestoft, September, 1849. ELIZ.k COOL COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I think that on the day of General Thanks giving for the cessation of cholera in this country it is the especial duty of the class to which I belong, " commercial travellers," to express our gratitude to Almighty God for our safe deliverance from that dire pestilence, exposed as we have been in every county to its influence, and I think the best way we can do so is by relieving the children left fatherless by its ravages, many of whom are now candidates for admission into this school. Let us then make a general subscription, throughout the kingdom, to the funds of the Commercial Travellers' School at the dinner table on that day in every-commercial room, and transmit the amount of each room's subscription to the secretary, to form a " Cholera Thanksgiving Fund." We shall thus greatly extend the means of that institution, and receive in return the " thanks of the fatherless and widow in their affliction." If you will kindly suggest this in the columns of your paper you will greatly oblige AN OLD COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. THE LATE FIRE AT THE WHITECHArEL BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.—The Honourable the East India Company have contributed 100 guineas in aid of the funds of the Committee for Promoting the Establish ment of Baths and Wash-houses for the Labouring Classes, towards the completion of the model establish• meat, Goulston-square, Whitechapel, which building, unfortunately, was greatly damaged by fire on the night Of the 29th ultimo. • A NOVEL PROPOSITION IN AERONAUTICS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Mr. Gypson, the aeronaut, delivered a lecture on the above interesting subject at tha Assembly Rooms, Bedford, on Tuesday evening last. Th e lecture was undertaken by Mr. Gypson at the express solicitation of a number of distin guished families of Bedford and its vicinity, I among whom are no less than six gentlemen who have ascended with the above celebrated aeronaut on different occasions. The discourse of the night was of an entirely historical character, on the origin, progress, and supposed stationary and permanent ccnditionality of the science of aerostation. Mr. G., in the most eloquent and elaborate style, proceeded to observe that aerostation, originally derived from the Greek language, according to the learned Abraham Rees, D.D., signifit s " I weigh." The science of weights, in its primary:and proper sense, denotes the science of weights suspended in the air, but in the modern application of the term it signifies the art of navigation through the air, both in the principles and practice of it. Allusion was then made to the first rarefied air balloon of Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier thus :—An organized body, in a state of ignition, decomposes air, and furnishes chalky (ertrieu3), mephitic, and inflammable gases. The state of ig nition facilitates the union of the electric fluid with this body of vapour. The heat arising from combus tion is concentrated so as by itself to dilate the heaviest of the gases, and make it spe cifically lighter than common air—therefore the balloon rises. It afterwards falls to the earth, because the heat is dissipated, the vapours are con centrated, and lose a part of their electricity. Mr. Gypson then entered into a very minute and scientific detail of the introduction of the first inflammable air balloons in this country, and the generation of pure hydrogen gas for the purpose of obtaining the necessary ascending power. The rationale of the process, the lecturer observed, seems to be this : The metals have a strong affinity for oxygen, but not equally so for hydrogen ; they are not of themselves sufficiently powerful to effect an union with the oxygen and a detachment of the hydrogen, but, by the aid of the acid, they can accomplish it, and the acid afterwards unites with the new compound, or oxide, forming a salt called a sulphate. Hence the hydrogen is derived from the water. Another method of ob taining hydrogen was then referred to, by sending steam over red hot iron shavings in a gun-barrel. In this case, the learned gentleman stated, the iron unites with the oxygen, and the hydrogen is liberated in the gaseous form. Then came the comprehensive and startling " proposition" alluded to in the heading of this report ; it was this :—Mr. Gypson contended that all the balloons of the present day were mere toys to accomplish any great end ; his own machine, that was second to none in capacity except the Nassau balloon, and even that, giant and monster as it is called, was clearly demonstrated to be but a fourth the size necessary for the aeronaut's scientific purposes and experiments— not a vain, visionary, theoretical course of experiments to try the why and wherefore of any unknown prob lem, but a direct setting about of the work, just in the way that the Admiralty orders the construction of a 120-gun ship, with the perfect :conviction that a vessel of 30 guns cannot supply its place. Mr. Gypson urged and argued the actual necessity for a ' machine of such immense dimensions: thus, in ten out of eighteen ascents made by him this season, he had purposely reached very unusual elevations, there in variably an absence of uncontrollable currents was found to exist, so much so that the mere working of a very small machinery caused an agitation from which the isolated globe (to which the aeronaut and his machinery was suspended) quickly recedes away, and that in any direction at the will of the aeronaut, by the mere shifting of the apparatus to his mind. Now a balloon of 340, or 360 thousand cubic feet capacity, would enable an aeronaut to avail himself of steam-power ; and here, observed Mr. Gypson, let not the hearer be startled, having in a great number of night ascents taken up from forty to sixty lbs. weight of fireworks, and that with perfect safety— steam is to be generated, and a working power obtained with the same ease and safety, certainly not with an ordinarily constructed car, but with a com modious gallery of sufficient length, in which the steam engine could be removed to a distance from the balloon. With such a machine and apparatus aerostation might march with rapid strides to perfection, or at least to an utility hitherto conceived to he impossible ; and the once much talked-of journey from New York to Europe across the Atlantic as a thing easily to be accomplished, and some, said the intrepid lecturer (who discoursed like a philosopher), would ask what could or would be the utily of that ? " Why, that I reply would be a means to an end." All aeronauts of the least practi cal experience must affirm that at considerable alti tudes there are very rare exceptions to a perfect calm, and at altitudes still higher, what few exceptions there are cease to exist. With such an aerostatic vehicle as the above an aeronaut's disposable weight would be truly immense. The possession of capacity realises power, and power is the mainspring of disposable weight; disposable weight is the Archiniedean lever to move the silken globe to the unheard of ends of the earth, at least to those ends of the earth where the balloon, or its real utility, is unknown. Mr. Gypson then entered into a luminous and de tailed account of various aerial voyages in the early days of aerostation, and particularly eulogised the father of English aeronauts, Mr. Sadler. He stated that he was free to admit that it was at high altitudes where progress was to be made, where a given course or route must be pursued, and the aeronaut, with his compass and chart, working his way in undisturbed serenity in the heavenly altitudes of 12 or 15 thousand feet, would not, in effecting his landing, find himself much inconvenienced if a breeze near the earth cat ried him 30 or even 50 miles from his former course, when above the existence of various currents of air. Mr. Gypson then concluded amidst the reiterated and unbounded applause of a crowded audience. SUSPECTED ATTEMPT OF POISONING A FAMILY ON THE PENN-ROAD. An occurrence, which might have been attended with fatal consequences to several individuals, took place on Saturday last at the residence of Mr. retty, on the Penn road, near this town. It appears that Mr. Pretty, who lately lived at Tettenhall wood, and his two nephews and nieces, who reside with him, had breakfasted together on Saturday morning, and in the course of the forenoon the two young ladies were attacked with vomiting and violent pain in the stomach. Mr. Henry Pretty, who is a solicitor at Bilston, was also seized in a similar way on his road to that town. Mr. Pretty, sen. after dining, came to Wolverhampton for medical assistance, and was likewise taken very ill. He forthwith returned home, and Mr. Fowke, a sur geon, who was immediately in attendance, rendered every assistance to the sufferers, and remained in the house a considerable portion of the night. From the symptoms presented no doubt existed in the mind of Mr. Fowke that his patients were labouring under the effects of poison, and therefore an analysis of some new bread, which had been used at breakfast and dinner, and partaken of by those parties only who afterwards became ill, was directed to be made. The bread was accordingly analysed by Mr. Jullion, of.this town, who discovered the presence of a considerable quantity of white arsenic. Suspicion immediately fell on Eliza Madely, a girl about fifteen or sixteen years of age, who had lived in the family a few months, and who had only been discharged from her service on the same day. On Sunday morning information of the circumstance was given to Colonel Hogg, chief con stable of Wolverhampton, who, after considerable search, found the girl at Compton, and imme diately apprehended her on the charge of having attempted to poison the members of the family in which she had lately lived. The girl denied the charge, saying that she had done nothing to the barm or flour, that it was the other servant who made the last quantity of bread, and that she was up stairs at the time, attending to her work in the bedrooms. She also said that she would not put poison in food on any account. The prisoner was then removed to the police station in this town, and was brought before the magistrates on Monday, when, on the applica tion of Mr. Pretty, solicitor, she was remanded until this day (Wednesday), to afford time for the production of evidence. We hear that a portion of the packet of white arsenic, which had been purchased by Mr. Pretty for the purpose of destroying mice, is supposed to have been mixed by the girl with some barm, which had been procured from a neighbour, and which was afterwards used in making the new bread. We may mention that Mr. F. Pretty had fortunately not eaten any of the new bread, and thereby escaped. The other members of the family were for some time in great danger, but are now, we are happy to state, in a fair way of recovery.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—Yesterday m eeting was held in the Board room for the transaction o f g ener a l business connected with the charity ; E. Gurney, Esq., in the chair. From the report it appeared that the committee ex pected shortly to complete the arrangt meats for taking e of ground for the erection of the proposed a space Since the opening new hospital . of the present insti tution in June, 1848, nearly 4,7 00 i ndiv i duals have been treated for diseases of the h eart an d l ungs . Th e n umber of patients has progressively increased, an average of 35 new cases at present being received each week, while the aggregate attendance varies from 450 to 500. J. R. Bennett, Esq., M.D., and E. L. Birkett, Esq., M.D., were elected physicians to the hos pital; the former in the place of the late Dr. Allen Wil hams, and the latter as a requisite addition to the medi cal staff. Mr. John Hilton having been elected surgeon in the room of Mr. Erichson (who was compelled re luctantly to resign), the munificent donation of 1001. was announced from the Earl of Onslow, after which the meeting adjourned, with a vote of thanks to the worthy chairman. THE COURTS-MARTIAL AT NOTTINGHAM. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 9.—Last evening, contrary to expectation, the district courts martial sittings since Tuesday, completed their labours, the last prisoner tried being private Ball. The President, Colonel Arbuthnot, informed the reporters that he was re luctantly compelled for a day or two to forbid the publication of the evidence in the three cases that had been brought before him, as the decisions, when revised by the Commander in Chief and Judge- Advocate-General, would have to be laid before the Queen ; but that it might be published on Monday next, whether or not the sentence passed may have been communicated to the prisoners by that time. At rather a late hour last evening, the confirmation was announced of last Monday's proceedings in dis trict court-martial upon Sergeant John Newman, tried for allowing prisoner Moffatt to escape. The Court consisted of Brevet-Major Splaine, 81st Foot, who officiated as president ; Captain Dyson, Captain Barron, Lieutenant Turton, Cornet Lawson, Cornet redder, and Cornet Hunt, all belonging to the regiment. The following is a brief outline of the case : Corporal Richard linarson said, I was corporal of the regimental guard at Nottingham Barracks, of which Sergeant Newman had charge. About seven o'clock on the morning of the 26th of October several prisoners were brought into the guard-room out of one of the troop rooms. Private 'Moffatt was one of them. On account of the blackholes being so crowded with prisoners, two of them, Moffat and another, were obliged to sleep on the guard bed. I saw two prisoners on the bed at one o'clock on the following morning when I was parading my relief, but cannot say, in consequence of it being dark, that Moffat was one of them. Every two hours, when I paraded the relief, I fancied I saw the prisoners all right. Ser geant Newman laid apparently asleep on the bed all the time. About a quarter before six o'clock the sergeant got up and dismissed the reinforement. He then looked over the prisoners, and found that Moffat was gone. He immediately reported the circum stance, and made the sentries prisoners. By the COURT—The prisoner paraded the relief at nine o'clock on the night of the 26th, and not again until seven o'clock on the morning of the 27th. The prisoner, in his defence, endeavoured to throw the blame upon the corporal for parading the relief at eleven, one, three, and five without him. On the night of the escape he felt very ill, and was afraid he should have to go to the hospital, but at the same time he wished to do his duty. Ile laid down on the guard bed, not to sleep, but he did so ; and the cor poral did not call him as he ought to have done. When he awoke, about six o'clock, he looked for the prisoners, and found that private John Moffatt was absent. With a sentry inside, and one outside the door, it; could only be by their "connivance that he could have escaped; and it had since been ascertained that the prisoner had gone out of the guard-room in one of the sentry's cloaks, which was found the next morning in a ditch. lie then threw himself upon the mercy of the Court. Adjutant Robinson, Major Dyson, and Lieutenant- Colonel Arthur gave the prisoner a good character. Prisoner (to Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur)—What is my general character as a non-commissioned officer since I have held that rank in the 3d Dragoon Guards ? Lieutenant• Colonel Arthur—Very good, and I consider zealous; and particularly so on a late occasion, when you prevented a number of prisoners from making their escape, by discovering that they had raised a flagstone in the room in which they were confined, for the purpose of descending into the stable and thereby getting away. I think you a clean soldier and a well conducted man, and I never before had occasion to find fault with you for any neglect of duty. Sentence—That Sergeant John Newman be reduced to the rank and pay of a private soldier. THE METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a general Court of Sewers was held at No. 1, Greek street, Soho; present—Viscount Ebrington, in the chair ; Sir G. Burgoyne, Sir Henry de la Bache, Mr. P. Hardwicke, Mr. Peto, M.P., Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. T. Hawes, Mr. Lawes, Captain Dawson, and Captain Harness. Viscount ERRING TON complained of the practice of addressing letters, connected with the business of the commission, to him personally. The regular course was to forward them to the secretary, who would deal with them according to the established rule. Any communications which he received he would hand over to Mr. Woolrych. Mr. PETO made a similar camplaint, and stated that his practice was to consign such letters to the waste paper basket. The following among other resolutionshaving been recommended by the general committee, were car ried unanimously NA About discussion : " 1. That it appears that the plan submitted by Mr. Cubitt to the Commissioners for Westminster in November, 1847, and on the recommendation of their surveyor, Mr. Phillips, approved by them, which pro vided an escape fur the sewage through the outtal there shown into et. George's sewer, was not executed. 'Chat the officers of the Commissioners charged w ith the superintendence of the work allowed the said plan t o be materially deviated from ; th a t th e y allowed the sewer to be blocked up with a wall, in what was there described as the direction of its outfal, and an outtal to be opened into Warwick-street sewer, where none was described in the said plan. That for these alterations and deviations no authority is to be found in the records of the court. " 2. That the IR-st thanks of the Court be given to Professor Lyon Playfair for his very valuable ser vices, rendered gratuitously, to the Commissioners in the chemical examination he made with so much skill and judgment, in reference to the lamentable acci dent that occurred in the sewer in Kenilworth street. " 8. That though the Commissioners have not sanctioned, and do not sanction, the application made to Dr. Ure for his opinion on the subject of the accident in the Kenilworth-street sewer, Pimlico, yet, as it appears that one of their officers did, during the interval which elapsed between the termination of the old commission and the first meeting of the present, apply to him and request a chymical examination of the contents of the sewer, they under the circumstances will not object to pay Dr. Ure some reasonable remuneration lot. this first analysis so requested by their officer on his own responsibility. " That the Commissioners be summoned, and the City Commissioners be requested to attend the next court, for the purpose of taking into consideration the plans sent in for the drainage of the metropolis." The second resolution was moved by Mr. STEPHEN sox and seconded by Mr. HARDWICKE. The Court at its rising adjourned to that day fortnight. THE BANQUET AT GUILDHALL. This grand entertainment, which closes the festivi ties on the installation of the chief magistrate, was given with the accustomed splendour. The Lord Mayor's table occupied the eastern end of the great hall, and the wall behind his Lordship's chair was adorned with the superb plume, a miniature of which hung over the seat prepared for the Prince of Wales at the Coal Exchange. At the opposite extremity of the hall, where the renowned giants Gog and Magog look down upon the assemblies of the citizens, a large glass star, brilliantly illuminated, threw a sparkling light upon some 800 ladies and gentlemen gathered in this magnificent apartment to greet the new chief magistrate. The walls were profusely decorated with flags, and the immense chandeliers of richly stained glass added to the beauty of the scene. The company began to assemble between five and six o'clock, and shortly before seven the Lord Mayor proceeded to his table, accompanied by Ambassadors and Ministers of State, and judges and officials of va rious degrees, in glittering costumes, and amidst the welcome of the company. Her Majesty's Ministers were extremely well received. The Lady Mayoress was conducted to her seat by Lord J. Russell. At the Lord Mayor's table there were—The late Lord Mayor, his Excellency the French Ambassador, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Salisbury (Lord- Lieutenant of the county), the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, M.P., Lord Ashley, M.P., Lord Henry Gordon, Lord Dudley Stuart, 111.P. ' Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Lord Radstock, Lord Howden, Lord Campbell, the Brazilian Minister, the Dutch Minister, the Mexican Minister, the Peruvian Mi nister, the American Minister, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd, the Hon. Colonel Hood, the Hon. William Cow per, the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, the Hon. Peter J. Locke King, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Sir 'William Clay, Bart., M.P., Aldermen Sir John Key, Bart., Sir Peter Laurie, Farebrother, Copeland, Wilson, Ilumphery, Sir William Magnay, Bart., Gibbs, Sir George Carroll, Hooper, and Sid ney, the Recorder, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman and Deputy- Chairman of the East India Company, the Sheriffs (Lawrence and Nicoll). Mr. Henry Drummond,M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Anstey, M.P., the Attor ney-General, M P., Mr. IL Pownall, the Revs. Dr. Mortimer, C. Marshall, S. R. Cattley, T. Binney (Weighhouse Chapel), &c. The following was the bill of fare at the Lord Mayor's table :-10 tureens of turtle, 10 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 entrtas, 1 boiled turkey and oysters, 2 roast pullets, 2 dishes of fowls, 6 dishes of Captain White's curries, 2 dishes of capons, 2 French pies, 2 pigeon pies, 2 hams ornamented, '2 tongues, 1 quarter of house lamb, 1 stewed rump of beef, 1 sirloin of beef, 6 dishes of asparagus, 2 dishes of mashed and other potatoes, 3 dishes of shell fish, 1 dish of prawns, 8 jellies, 3 blancmanges, 2 dishes of tarts, creamed, 2 dishes of orange and other tourtes, 2 dishes of almond pastry, 4 Chantilly baskets, 2 dishes of mince pies, 4 salads. Removes-3 roast turkeys, 1 leveret, 3 pheasants, 2 geese, 2 dishes of partridges, 1 dish of wild fowl, 2 peafowls. Dessert-6 pineapples, 12 dishes of grapes, 10 ice creams,apples, 2 dishes of 4 dishes of pears, 2 orna mented Savoy cakes, 3 plates of walnuts, 4 plates of dried fruit and preserves, 3 plates of preserved ginger, 2 plates of rout cakes and chips, 3 plates of brandy cherries. The general bill of fare comprised-250 tureens of real turtle, containing 5 pints each ; 200 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 entreas, 4 boiled tur keys and oysters, 60 roast pullets, 60 dishes of fowls, 46 dishes of capons, 6 dishes of Captain White's Selim's true India curries ; 50 French pies, 60 pigeon pies, 53 hams ornamented, 43 tongues, 2 quarters of house lamb, 2 barons of beef, 3 rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef, 6 dishes of asparagus, GO ditto of mashed and other potatoes, 44 dishes of shell fish, 4 dishes of prawns, 140 jellies, 50 blancmanges, 40 dishes of tarts, creamed ; 40 dishes of almond pastry, 30 dishes of orange and other tourtes, 20 Chantilly baskets, GO dishes of mince pies, and 56 salads. The Removes-80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, SO pheasants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of partridges, 15 dishes of wild fowl, 2 peafowls. Dessert-100 pineapples, from 21b. to 31b. each, 200 dishes of hothouse grapss, 250 ice creams, 50 dishes of apples, 100 ditto of pears, 60 ornamental Savoy cakes, 75 plates of walnuts, 80 plates of dried fruit and preserves, 50 plates of preserved ginger, GO plates of rout cakes and chips, and 46 plates of brandy cherries. Grace was said before dinner by the Itev. C. Marshall, the Lord Mayor's chaplain. After dinner the loving cup was sent round, and the " Non nobis, Domine," was chanted by Mr. Jilley, Mr. Lawler, Miss Henderson, and a large psrty of vocalists stationed in one of the galleries. The Loma MAYOR then proposed "the health of the Queen," which was drunk with great applause. The National Anthem was very effectively per formed. The LORD MAYOR gave " the health of the Queen Dowager," which was received with great respect. The health of " Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the other branches of the Royal Family" followed, and was very cordially drunk. The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The Navy and Army," a toast which was drunk with great applause. Admiral Lord RADSTOCK briefly returned thanks on behalf of the navy; but, from his position, was very imperfectly heard at the principal table. Lord HowneN acknowledged the toast, on behalf of the army. In no time in the history of the world had there ever been an epoch in which the armies of nations had been placed in so difficult—he would not do them the injustice to say so em barrassing—a position. The waves of popular in sanity beat against them.—(Hear.) He believed that the very existence of a neighbouring nation, as a civilized country, depended upon the fidelity of its army ; but he was sure, that if unfortunately the day of trial should come, that fidelity would not waver.— (Cheers.) Let the God of Armies be thanked that the trials with which the continent had been visited had been spared to this nation—(Hear, hear)—whose army, scattered over the face of the earth, had duties so multifarious, such great sacrifices imposed upon it, and from its continuous absence abroad such demands upon its health, upon its temper, upon its happiness, upon all the affections and sympathies inseparable from the human heart—but an army ever distinguished for its loyalty and faith.—(Cheers ) " Prosperity to the city of London and the trade thereof" was the next toast, and was duly honoured. The LORD MAYOR then proposed in very compli mentary terms the " health of the late Lord Mayor," who had given such satisfaction during his mayoralty. The toast was drunk with much applause, The late LORD MAYOR said—My Lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I rise with feelings of sincere grati tude to express my humble thanks for the kind man ner in which you have received this toast. It would ill become me to detain this distinguised company with any reference to myself, but I hope I may be allowed to express my grateful sense of the kind manner in which my fellow• citizens and the public have appreciated my desire to gather round me, in the high office which I have had the honour to hold, the distinguised men of all parties in the state, end to give my countenance to men of literature and science, as well as a cordial welcome to all classes of my fellow citizens—(Cheers)—and if I have performed those duties, and not left other important duties unfulfilled, I hope I shall meet with your approbation. —(Loud cheers.) I am especially gratified that I have the happiness of delivering over the city of London to my successor in a state of health for which we cannot be too grateful.—(Cheers.) I congratulate my ex cellent friend that he has commenced his mayoralty so auspiciously, and I assure him that no one will more cordially rejoice than myself in its successful progress.—(Much applause.) The LORD MAYOR next proposed the health of " the French Ambassador, and the Foreign Ministers." The toast was drunk with all the honours. His Excellency the French Ambassador (M. DROUYN DB L'Huys), who returned thanks in capital English, said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentle men, it is with the truest satisfaction, but not without anxiety, that I find myself called upon to express in a (to me) foreign language the friendly feelings enter tained by the body of which I am a member towards this city, whose noble welcome and whose splendid hospitality we are most happy to receive in the name of our respective coun tries.—(L . oud cheers.) Lc,— lieve I may be considered as giving utterance to our unanimous opinion when I say that on this and on another recent occasion we have admired the scene presented to us by this vast metropolis. We have witnessed the countless multitudes of its population exhibiting the genuine features and leading points of the English character—instinctive moderation coupled with the pride of strength, the respect of order com bined with the love of liberty : — (Vociferous cheering.) Well may the British empire boast of its material power; but still there is a more effective grandeur in those high qualities which enable a nati on t o t ower above all the storms of conflicting elements, to steer its way through political tempests, and to keep a stedfast eye upon the beacon of peace and civilisation. —(Renewed cheers.) Long may England and France join in such a glorious and profitable pursuit. —(Here there was au enthusiastic burst of cheering, MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. PORTSAIGUTIL—Mr. Benjamin Bramble, alderman, the contractor for docks, slips, and other stupendous works in this dockyard, was yesterday unanimously elected mayor of the borough (a second time) for the ensuing year. Mr. Bramble is a Whig. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD.—Mr. John Potter, late mayor of Manchester, and Mr. E. R. Lang worthy, late mayor of Salford, have both been una nimously re-elected to the office of mayor for the ensuing year. William Jenkinson, William Harvey, James Higgins, and William Morris have been elected aldermen for the borough of Salford. There have been no retiring aldermen for Manchester this year. LlVERTOOL.—Yesterday Mr. John Holmes, a gen tleman long connected with this town, and highly respected for his public services, was unanimously elected mayor of Liverpool. Mr. John Bramley Moore, the retiring mayor, vacates that honourable distinction with a high character for courtesy, impar tiality, and philanthropy. By the instrumentality of himself and lady, upwards of 11,0001. was raised in August last to clear off a large debt from the leading public charities of the town. GREAT FIRE AT GREENWICH THIS MORNINO This morning (Saturday), about a quarter before one o'clock, a fire, involving a serious destruction of pro perty, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Walter, known as the Patent Kamptulicon Works, situate near the police-station in the Greenwich•road. The flames originated in the main factory, a building fitted up with the most costly machinery, and containing a large stock-in• trade. Some of the inhabitants, whilst passing the front ot• the premises, perceived a huge body of flame shooting through the window* on the north side, and in an instant tire rushed through the roof so high as to be distinctly visible from every part of London. This caused the intelligence to be promptly forwarded to the engine stations, and forthwith the West of England and London brigade engines started in search of the scene of conflagration ; the firemen being guided solely by the great light in the air. After travelling about for some time the firemen at length wet a mounted police officer, who was going to cad the engines, and who directed them as to the road they should take. Having at length reached the spot, a fearful sight pre sented itself, fur the whole of the factory, from the base to the roof, presented one immense sheet of flame, and owing to the great quantity of India rubber in the place the heat was so intense that the timber stacks in the premises of Mr. Haycroft, on the opposite side of the works, were smoking, and were expected momentarily to burst forth in flames. At the same time the covering over the wharf at the side of the factory was on fire, and the vessels under were exposed to imminent danger. The engines from London were instantly set to work. The engines from her Majesty's dockyard, one from Messrs. Penn's works, and several others were also brought to bear upon the flames, but at three o'clock this morning the fire was far from being entirely extinguish. d, although all danger of any further ex tension was over. The factory, however, was entirely destroyed, and the surrouucling premises htTerslY damaged. 7% 28% 17 1 5 111/s -- b:Zit 5% ..... 54