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14 ..'4VV - .- INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) OLIVER V. LATIIAM. - SPENCE concluded his reply to-day in this tithe cause, and The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed his judgment. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) GURDON V. DADCOCX. • In this cause, - which had come before the Court on Petitio n , and had been argued at considerable length during the fast two days, Lord LANGDALE gave juug 'Tient in the course of the day, when the hearing was brought to a close. It was an application on behalf of the personal re presentatives of the receiver, appointed under a decree the Court, over certain estates, situated in Buck loghamshire and Oxford:Jibe ' that the halance of a sum of mo ne y pa id b y t h em into Court, and amounting to 972/. 19s. should be repaid them, they also standing in the relation of creditors to the estate. Lord LANGDALE said he could not grant the appli cation now made on petition, as the petitioners were eTedithis of the estate. He should therefore dismiss it Without costs, but without prejudice to the pe titioners to bring the case before the Court upon bail. ' — iCE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) RYAN V. LOWRY. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case this morn- Mg. The case came before the Court upon a mo tion for the production of documents containing the schedules to the defendant's answer. His Honour Said that the facts, as far as they were material, were these :—John Slater and Benedict Slater were part ners in business, as sawyers and timber-dealers, and carried on business in Steel-street, Liverpool. Ihe property in dispute was the subject of three Mortgages. William Stringer was a mortgagee for 4,G00/., James Murphy for 1,5001., and Thomas Lowry for 5001., on the same part of the premises as William Stringer. On the 9th of May, 1829, a corn- Mission of bankruptcy was issued against the Slaters, and Mr. Whitnall was the assignee. On the 28th of December, 1829, a trust deed was executed, to which the Slaters, Whitnall (the assignee), and other per sons, were parties ; and the general Creditors of the es tate had either signed or acceded to that deed. The clear intention of that deed was to supersede the bankruptcy, and to distribute the property instead of ;: c 4 ( . lll aving it administered under the commission. The rz.business was to be carried on under certain inspectors, " , ''j and the deed manifestly contemplated that the whole "Of the property should eventually be sold, and applied under the bankrupt laws, in the payment of debts. 1833 the defendants, James Stringer and William lann, became the purchasers of the property, and they had since carried on trade on the premises. The Property was afterwards transferred, assigned, and s rfi t conveyed by several deeds, so as effectually to vest the P i t , Property in the purchasers. Mr. Whitnall, the as • signee, was since dead, and the plaintiff Alexander sa.' • Ryan was the present assignee under the commission, qi ,4 : . an4 a l so a cred i tor for - $Ol. upon the b ankrupt ' s estate. dot ,i•it*iiv.the Nil was filed by, Alexander Ryan, on behalf and the others, insisting that the deed of • ilia 28th of December, 1829, was still a subsisting and operatiVe - deed that the sale to the plaintiffs was void, and it prayed execution of the trusts °f the deed of 1829, either avoiding the defendants' ?; ti Purchase, or adopting it if the sale was good. The ' 2 - • tl efendants, by their answer, insisted upon the validity !: of thei r purchase; they had set fbrth a number of ildoeuments in their schedule, and the motion was made 4 t° Produce those documents. There were four classes of documents in dispute. The defendants resisted the production of the purchase deeds on the ground that they were evidence of their own case exclusively. He !,, • was called upon to decide whether the ground upon which they resisted the production was sufficient or riot. his Honour then referred to several cases bearin g on the point, from all of which he said it was clear that a defendant might resist the production of documents which were evidence of his own case ex clusively. If that were not the case the defendant Would be absolutely without the means of defence. The plaintiff contended that the defendants' purchase ,was void, on th e groun d th a t th e d ee d o f th e 11th December, 1829, entitled the creditors to have the estate wound up . for their benefit. If the defendants Claimed under that deed, questions might arise which did not arise in the present case. The defendants, in tact, contended that the deed of 1829 was inoperative, and that they had a title notwithstanding, and in op- Position to that deed. The plaintiffs insisted that the documents in question were not exclusively evidence Of the defendants' case, that they were also evidence the plaintiff's ; and if upon the admissions 'II the answer it appeared that that point was esta blished the documents must be produced. He had acted on that principle in the late case of Smith v. the Ptilie of Beaufort, and that principle was borne out "Y other cases. But did the answer give colour or apport to the plaintiff's argument. He was of T 4 ien that unless the particular frame and object of f; a e snit, considered as a suit to impeach a deed for d, entitled the plaintiff to inspect the documents ch he impeached, the present motion as far as re tarded the purchase deed must fail. He 7as satisfied that the plaintiff could not be tntitled, only because that was the pro object of the suit. With respect to the to have accounts produced, that assumed that t e plaintiff would succeed at the hearing in voiding defendants' purchase, or at least in making him liable to account.. The rule was, that the Court could no t , upon, a motion for the production of documents, or 'Pon exception, try whether a demurrer would or would 11 , (4 hav e b ee; allowed. Without going into the au thorities he thought he could not enforce the produc ti°4 of those documents which related exclusively to e account. With regard to the miscellaneous docu ments, ino objection could he made to their production. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.) HEMP V. RING. This was an action brought to recover damages for an alleged malicious sueing out of a fiat in bankruptcy, b 1 43: defendant against the plaintiff. The case, after lasting some little time, went off, and the plaintiff was tiouguited. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) LN RE LORD lIUNTINGTOWER. Mr Commissioner case was aoain resumed this morning, before iUCom m i ss i oner Fonbianque in his private] room. pon the reporters applying for admission, they were ; 1 11 1„ ° 111- led by the Court that they might be present at e investigation, but were strictly forbidden t Publish their notes without the permission of the re sult We are therefore debarred from laying the of th e i nves ti ga ti on o f thi s d a y' s proceedings i ) .iOre the public, although our reporter is in posses ‘ `!" of a full note of the whole matter. OLICE INTELLIGENCE. ILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) • ~,..s h inEZZLENTENT.--An elegantly dressed young man, ;:ra ed H enr y H arr i s , wa s charged with embezzling 1, 7, 110 11 s sums of money, the property of his employer, Remans, carpet manufacturer, of Holborn-bars. It ap peare d f rom t h e ev id ence f Mr. Horton, the n i 'of clerk t o the firm, that the prisoner had been for 4o ng time in Mr. Heman's employment, and last W eek : ' he sold some articles to a lady named Richie, for which h e failed to account in the ledger. He had also a carpet worth 81., to his tailor, under similar fe 'reuintances. riming having stated that he should be able, ;if ' 4 rne was afforded, to establish an immense number t Obarg ea against the prisoner, the case was remanded next Tuesday. Tha 'latthew Evans, a very respectable middle-aged . fen charged with fraudulently obtaining a 'te - :tY of goods, the property of Mr. - Lunn, an ex grocer in the City, under the following rather :is ' - lar circumstances. The pri soner's brothe r , l' who r-; „ 1n , - ost respectable gentleman res idin g in Silver lvv e ' 4., Golden-square s had been separat ed from his a e for some time, awl he (the prisoner) ordered - t , quantity of grocery to be.left by the pro secutor, at wife's former lodgings, stating that Mr. of Silver-stle:t, would pay the bill. Imme -‘AeIY after delivery, the goods were removed. solicit or , who appeared on behalf of the:prisoner ' s r°t her, said, he had offered 'to allow his wife 601 . a 3 ',., e ,ar, but she refused to accede to the proposal. the prisoner entered into a long detail of family c i l larreh m a , • , and requested to be remanded till to-morrow he might obtain professional assistance. 14 4 ‘-• Ald erman C OPELAND sa id h e had made up his 1 ,„n, 1 to commit th e p r isoner for trial. no several witnesses were then Lound over to "seeute. B OW -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) able-bodied countrymen , wearing smock / " , I", named Da v id Moss James Hodgson, and Ro er drone s , were placed before Mr. TWYFORD, charged i r t ,„ ll , begging in the Strand. officer stated that he saw the prisoners go into "eral-shops and ask charity, and he took them into custody, sWhen asked for their defence, Moss said he came I r°4l Staffordshire, and was an agricultural labourer, t ) 13 . 11t he could get no work, and he came up to London . 1 ,,,, 5 ee if •he. could get any work on the railways. so 'igson said he was an agricultural labourer from It 'ersotshire, arid in great distress. Jones made the tome statement. 'Moss said they had intended to go Elingston to-day, where they understood a river I, eing widened, and they intended to apply for Fork there. t - 1 1 111% T WYFORD said it was very distressing to see st ree able-bodi e d cou ntrym e n wa nd e ring about the r r„ e ets, and ord ere d a s hilli ng eac h t o b e given them. The poor fellows expressed their gratitude in a warm but homely manner and said they would make the best of their way to Kingston. CLERKEN WELL.—(T HIS DAY.) Mr. GREENWOOD, in taking his seat on the bench, again called the attention of the Inspectors of the E division to the gross negligence of some of their officers. " On Monday last he mentioned that two sailors had' been begging in the square in which he resided (Woburn -square), telling the most plaintive stories, accompanied by the most discordant yelling. He took out his watch, and found they stood exactly two minutes and a half before his window. They roared so that if there were a policeman within a mile of the Once, he could not but have heard them. From almost every door and window half puce were thrown, or be should rather say poured out. They remained half an hour in the square, but no constable made his appear ance. He thought the constable on duty there ought to be suspended. Within the last two days he had received several letters from the inhabitants of Gordon and Woburn-squares complaining not only of mendicants, but of street music, and " crying the wakes" as it was called ; both were contrary to the Act of Parliament; and really it was too bad, if the housekeepers, who sere taxed so heavily for the maintenance of the police force, were not protected from such gross nuisances. If it were not attended to he should make application to another quarter. Inspector Dudley promised compliance. UNION HALL.—(TIIIS DAY.) ' Jane Murphy, an Irishwoman, was charged with committing a desperate assault on Thomas Miles, a countryman of her own, and inflicting a severe wound on his head with a pair of tongs. The complainant presented a hideous appearance, with a deep gash across the upper part of his fore head, and his face covered with clotted blood. He said that he lodged in the house with the pr i soner, and owed her some rent, which she asked him for on the - previous night, and, being unable to pay it, she threatened to turn him and his wife and chil dren into the street. He refused to quit the place, when to enforce her orders she armed herself with a pair of tongs, and while he had his infant in his arms, and incapable of defending himself, she raised the weapon, and struck him with it over the forehead, inflicting the wound, which was visible. It was stated that it was only miraculous the force with which the blow was given had not deprived him of life. The MAGisTuATE said the case was of too serious a nature for him to deal summarily with, and he should therefore commit her for trial. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY) LONDON, DEC. 7.—Wind this day at noon, S.E., moderate breeze, and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 6.—Wind W.N.W., moderate, and foggy.—Arrd. from the River, Agostina, for Laun ceston; Bristol, Jamaica; Islander, Barbadoes. WHITBY, DEC. 6.—The Lady Cuthbert, of this port, and the Francis, of Sunderland, coal-laden, got on Whitby Rock this morning during a fog, but came off, and proceeded. The Richard, of South Shields, for Gibraltar, got on the Rock, was assisted off, and has put back to Shields. WANSEA, DEC. s.—Arrd. Circassian, Cubs. MILFORD, DEC. s.—Sld. Woodstock, Calcutta. CLYDE, DEC. s.—Sld. Monkey, Jamaica. STRANRAER, DEC. 6.—Portions of a wreck, a great number of staves, and three casks of vinegar, marked " Panter, Bristol," with P. on the seal, and numbered 8533, 3943, and 8270, have been picked up on this coast. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6.—The Cleostratus, of Glasgow, abandoned, was fallen in with 27th ult., in lat. 40 lon. 17, by the Malvina, arrd. at Liverpool. Arrd. John Christian, Withycombe, China, left St. Helena Oct. 26; Wave, Scolly, Bombay; Malvina, Burton, and David Grant, Menby, Valparaiso ; Robert Isaac, Sherman, Franconia, Crabtree, and Savannah, Leucorn, Potter, Charleston ; Sheffield, Allen, New York. Arrd. off port, Oakland, New rleans. Sid. Crown, Fletcher., Bombay ; Joseph Albino, Hannah, Port Adelaide ; Chimborazo, White, Lima ; Columbus, Green, Pernambuco ; Mathew Pearce, Loney, La Guayra ' • Lamport, New Orleans ; Susan, Savannah ; Alice, Barbadoes ; Rochester, New York; John Troughton, Alexandria. Conx, DEC. 4.—Arrd. Albion, Vesey, Newfound land. Sld. Ruth, Liverpool. PALERMO.—Arrd. Redbreast, Wainwright, New port, in 15 days. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind her Majesty's ship Warspite, Cadiz. Sid. Everetta, Sydney, New ;,outli 'Wales; Apollo, and Lydford, Grenada; Sussex, Jamaica; her Majesty's ship Pique, Bermuda. BRISTOL, DEC. 6.—Sld. Emma, Nevis ; Feloya, Trinidad; llornby, Barbadoes ; George,• St. Vin cent's ; Leander, New Orleans ; Governor Harvey, Newfoundland. SHIELDS, Duc. 4.--Sid. Neptune, Bermuda. . COWES, DEC. 6.—Sld. Ariadne, Krumes, Valpa raiso : Eusquezindheus, Surinam ; Jason, .De Men tier, Guadaloupe ; Vesta, St. Croix ; John Hardy, Jamaica, with the rest of the outward hound. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind variable and light.— Sld. Enmore, Port Phillip ; Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope ; Ruckus, St. Vincent's ; John Pirie and Com modore, Jamaica; Alabama, Charleston; and several others. FALMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind N.W., light breezes.— Sld. Iberia (steamer), Gibraltar. FIUME OCT. 27.—The Britannia, Higginsoa, arrived here 24th inst., whilst anchoring got in con tact with the Paradise, Robinson, and both sustained damage. She subsequently got clear of the latter, and went ashore on the Sand Bank, opposite the Palace of the Patriotic Society, and cut away her mast; cargo discharged. The vessel will be sold. CALCUTTA, OCT. 10.—The Madagascar, arrived here, struck near Mud Point, (supposed on a wreck) knocked a hole in her bottom, and had six feet water in her hold, but has been taken into deck without much damage to her cargo. PARIS, DEC. s.—The Jules Caesar, Scottce (Nea politan) from Oran to Marseilles, grounded on the Island of Pendas, 29th ult., and went to pieces, crew saved. ARLES, Nov. 29.—The Fourbin, or Forbin, from Maraus to Toulon, went ashore . opposite Fara'.nau light, near Vigil°le, yesterday, crew (except oni boy) drowned. ST. MARTIN, ILE DE RE, DEC. I.—The Eon Fere, Begue, which was ashore near here, has been goy off, and into the harbour, after discharging her cargo. BORDEAUX, DEC. 2.—The Don de Dieu, from Libourne to Redon is wrecked on the Island of Oleron. CAPT. GROVES' FLOATING BREAKWATER. DOVER, DEC. 6.—The experimental Floating Breakwater, constructed by Captain Groves, has begin this day moored in Dover Bay, in seven fathoms water. It is an iron cylinder painted black, fifty feet long, eight feet in diameter, and riding about four feet out of the water, nearly a third of a mile from the Pier, bearing E.S.E. from the light on the South Pier. A spar, 20 feet high, with a red flag and a bell, will be attached to it. As the Breakwater now lies very much in the track of vessels running to or from the harbour, every publicity should be given to its position. NOTICE TO MASTERS 'AND OWNERS OF BRITISH VESSELS. The following has been received at Lloyd's from her Majesty's Consul at Malaga:— It may not be generally understood that British vessels are allowed to engage in the transport of Spanish coal from Gijon, in Biscay, to any other place or port in the Peninsula, the restrictions on the coasting trade having been rescinded in favour of this particular article. - The great consumption by the foundries and smithing works on the south-east coast of Spain, offers an advantageous market, and a consequent in ducement for British shipping to avail of the specu lation in, and the conveyance of, this fuel. The coal is exceedingly cheap, and the freights equal to those paid on this species of cargo from England. Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's : " Grenada, Nov. 2. " We regret to announce that two cases of small pox has occurred on board the Crocodile transport, which made its appearance after she left Demerara. Every precaution has been adopted by the authorities here to prevent its introduction into the island. The Kate, brigantine, has been moved out into the bay, and the cases put on board of her. The Crocodile has been placed under strict quarantine for twenty-one days should . no more cases appear." VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--Helen, Tampico to Li verpool, Dec. 1, lat. 51, lon. 11, by the boo Choo, ar rived at Liverpool. Bland, Liverpool to Calcutta, 30th ult., lat. 44, lon. 11, by the Chariot, arrived at Pal • mouth. Andromache, Odessa to London, 9th ult., by the Montreal, arrived at Gibraltar. Caledonia, Liver pool to St. Domingo, 15th ult., lat 41, lon. 1 E., by the Water Lily, arrived at Cad iz. Margaret, Ma nilla to Sydney, New South Wales, lat. 7 N., lon. 123 W.; barque Tamei'lane, from Liverpool, 16th ult., lat. 28, lon. 33 ; Brilliant, Clyde to Bombay, 30th, lat. 47, lon. 11, by the Carnatic, arrived at Deal. Guardian (barque), for Algoa Bay (out 83 days), Sept. 27, lat. 35 S., lon. 19 E.; Australia, forßonsbay, sth ult., lat. 13 N., lon. 26 \V., by the Iris, arrived off Dungeness. Donald, of Milford, lat. 46, 10n..18, by the Hebe, arrived at Poole. DEATH OF MR. FETCH, THE VESTRY CLERK OF ST. GEORGE'S, SOUTHWARK.—This morning , shortly after twelve o'clock, Mr. Fetch, for many years the respected vestry clerk of St. George's, Southwark, dropped down dead near his own house in Union street, Borough. The deceased, who was nearly sixty years old, had been transacting some business at the vestry, and was returning home, which place he left apparently in good health. He hadbeen twenty years vestry clerk. Lady Peat, widow of the Rev. Sir Robert Peat, chaplain to King , George IV., died at Bishopwear mouth, on Saturday, in her 90th year. THE STUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1842 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton-market at Liverpool was very dull yes terday, 2,500 bales at previous rates ; 100 Egyptian realising 63d. to 6 : ;d.; 130 Maranhatn, sid. to bid. ; 100 Surat, 31d. to 40. ; and 2,170 American bales, 4d. to 7d. per lb. It is satisfactory so far to see the mania for higher prices checked by the judicious prudence of our ma nufacturers, who may safely reckon on an unusually abundant supply at moderate prices. In the Share Market heavy stock was generally in request, but other descriptions were not much noticed. Grand Junction trought 184 ; Great Western, Fifths, 94 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 192 ; ditto Half, 91 ; Bir mingham, 190 ; do. Quarter, 491 ; North Midland, 611- ; and Paris and Rouen 251. . • The attempt to supply us with cheap food is likely to be made in earnest in our colonial I.ossessions. There is reason to believe that the Cape of Good Hope can furnish a very tolerable quota in this res j pect, if the small available quantity of labour at Algoa Bay, now the great sheep and cattle-rearing dis trict, will allow of the proper curing of provisions. In Canada the merchants are already on the move to take advantage of the least altera tion in the. tariff. It is known that from the judicious exertions used, flour comes to hand in a far better state than formerly, and the Montreal Board of Trade have issued a series of directions and suggestions for preparing prime mess beef in tierces and half tierces, prime pork, hams, and pigs' cheeks, sausages, butter, and cheese. With regard to mess beef the Board do not consider the Canadian cattle would furnish much, but state that dried beef, con sisting of the ribs and legs, with the bone out of the latter, is very saleable in England, as also venison, mutton hams, and shoulders ; tongues likewise, cleanly prepared, are recommended, and the pork to be from young animals, not too fat. Hams after the Westphalian fashion might be well cured in Canada, and for good sausages there would be a probable extensive opening. The shoulders and hams of sheep, salted and dried, not smoked, and packed in flour-barrels, would be well worth trial, it is said, in the English market. The new Scotch process fur salting and curing meats, which occupies only one quarter ofan hour, and may be carried on at any season, is strongly recommended for trial. Butter and cheese, it is alleged, may be successfully made in Canada to compete with the Dutch article, of which Holland exports to the amount of one million sterling annually. The butter to be only slightly salted, and the whey well pressed out, without colouring. Cheese the colony produces very little of. Agricultural fairs are strongly recom mended, and altogethbr the exertions of the Board appear most praiseworthy. The general business done in the Stock Exchange has been to a limited extent, but the Govern ment broker has invested about 5,0001. for the Savings' Banks, as is still supposed, though some believe' for the Commissioners of Taxes, and 1,2001. on account of life annuities granted, both in the Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities at 94i. Consols for the opening and ex dividend, have not been quite so firm, realising 941 to 93i- ex div. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 10C to 101, and Long Annuities 12i to 12 9-16ths. Exchequer Bills have been heavy at 46s to 48s. prem., and India Bonds at 455. prem. The Foreign Market is • dull. Active Spanish Stock has been at 18 to 185, and the Three per Cents. at 23 to 5, which are former quotations. There is nothing later from Barcelona. Portuguese New Five per Cents are quiet at 38 ; Mexican continue flat at 305 ; and Colombian steady at 211. The Brazil Bonds of 1839, are at 62 to 6:3; Dutch Two and-allalf per Cents. obtain 53, and the New lives, 99j. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 28.—The publication of an extra ordinary supplement to the. Madrid Gazette to-day at noon, g►ving a detailed account of proceedings in Barcelona down to the 24th instant, has completely removed from the public mind any doubts which might have still been entertained of the winding up of the insurrectionary drama in that city. The in telligence-conveyed through the same channel has also dissipated the fear of disturbances spreading in the rest of the province of Catalonia. The official documents containing this news are highly satisfac tory. , They consist, as they appear in the supplement of the Gazette, of a narrative extracted from the com munications of General Van Haien to the Minister of War, General Radii, now with the Regent at Sara gossa ; and of the notes, dispatches, and verbal nego tiations which have passed between General Van Ha ien, the provincial deputation, and the Junta in Barcelona. From the former we learn that Gen. Van Haien, having received no reply to his demand of the previous day, marched from head-quarters at San Felice de Llobregat to Sarria, establishing a line from this point to the Fort of Montjuich, on the morn ng of the 24th inst. An officer was then dispatched to Barcelona to acquaint the provincial deputation that the hour for attacking the town had expired, and that if he did not immediately hear from them he would commence firing on the town. This had the desired effect, and in a short time five or six individuals of the provincial deputation, accompanied by as many others of the respectable, inhabitants of the town, ar rived at the head-quarters of the General. While this Ideputation was explaining to him the state of parties in the town, the change of opinion which had taken place, and the few obstacles which now remained to prevent an, accommodation, a dispatch arrived from the commanding officer of the troops who had been made prisoners, stating that the Junta had consented to allow them to join head-quarters, but without their arms. To this communication General Van Ilalen replied that the prisoners detained in the city should be permitted to march out to join him, with their arms, and in complete military order. Two of the deputation now returned to the city to inform the Junta and the people of their interview with General Van Haien, and to prevail upon them to yield uncon ditionally to his demands. The other individuals of the deputation stopped with General Van Halen, in proof of the confidence they placed in him. Their companions, the Commissioners, had not started long, when the regiments of Almnansa, Saboya, and Zamora, successively arrived at head-quarters, and were united to the rest of the troops. On the following morning of the 25th, Van Haien was to return to Sanz to re new negotiations, and, as was then expected, to enter the city on that day. The deputation which waited upon him said that the only difficulties now in the way of the re-establishment of order, were about 3,000 or 4,000 ruffians, who kept the better part of the popula tion in terror of their lives. They also stated that, during the two preceding days, nearly one-half of the population of the city had fled, partly for fear of these ruffians, and partly for fear of the town being bom barded. The affair may, therefore, be looked upon as all but terminated. The llegent'ren►ained at Sara gossa on the 25th. The National Guard and inl►abi tants had addressed him, offering him their support, and condemning in the strongest manner the insur rection of Barcelona. All quiet here. Provinces tranquil.—Fives Actives to-day, 26i cash. share property still holds a good position in public favour. Eastern Counties Railway are ; Brighton, 14i ; Northern and Eastern, 8,1 ; and South Eastern Scrip, 2i discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow New are at par to * premium. Great Western at 25 to 251 premium ; Birmingham at 100 premium ; South Western at 20k; and Paris and Rouen at 5 to 5i pre mium. London Joint-stock Bank Shares are 3k premium. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY ATONE. RAILWAYS. , Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto Now tl. 6s. W. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto New Great Wester's Ditto New . .. Ditto Fifths London and Brighton .. 10 London and Birmingham 90 l9O ...... to Ditto 4 Shares London and South Western ... 41% ... .. 61/ to Manchester and Leeds Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip.. .. .. ... b Paris and Roues ... .... . ...... 20 ...... 25A to South Eastern and Dover 5O — Ditto Scrip... ......... - 431MNILIMMInn MARKET NEWS. (THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Wheat of home produce, either coastwise or by land carriage, as sample. The attendance of both London and country buyers was scanty, yet the finest parcels were taken off at prices fully equal to. those noted on Monday, but the middling and inferior parcels were a mere drug. In foreign Wheat, either free or in bond, next to nothing was passing, at late rates. Barley and Malt were in moderate supply, and heavy inquiry at unaltered currencies. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were very dull, and might have been purchased on easier terms. PiRKIVALS OF (MAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Harley. Osts. Floi•r. English Irish - 3 310 - Foreign 4,850 - - VTEEXTECHArEL. Although the supply of meat on offer to-day, was not to say extensive, the demand was throughout heavy, at the following prices :—Beef from 3s 2d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81b., by the carcase. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED TIIIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. DERBY.-81 to 1 agst A British Yeoman, 18 to 1 agst Winesour, 20 to 1 agst Murat, 40 . to 1 agst Progress colt, 40 to 1 agst Newcourt, 50 to 1 agst Aristides, 50 to 1 agst Napier, 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot, 15 to 1 agst Sir G. lleathcote's. NEWMARKET (CHAMPION) COURSING MELTING.-TUEEDAL SWEEPSTAKES FOR PUPPIES.—Mr. EtwaWS England's Queen beat Mr. Finch's Gaper ; Captain Daintree's Khan beat Mr. A. Graham's Cough ; • Mr. R. Bagge's Thorn beat Mr. Inskip's Jane ; R. Bagge's Tartar beat Mr. Dobede's Datura ; Mr. Bonnet's Mariner beat Lord Glentworth's •Landgrave ; Lord Strad broke's Mango beat Mr. Osborne's Victory ; Mr. Etwall's Ernyst the First heat Mr. Teale's Tribute ; Mr. Saberton's Sylph beat Mr. Dunn's Prince ; Mr. Dobebe's Duncan beat Lord Eglinton's Garnock ; Mr. Dunn's Burwell Junior beat Mr. Dobede's Duleken ; Mr. A. Graham's Sniff (late Kate) beat Mr. Saberton's Streamer ; Capt. Wyndham's Spanker beat Mr. Nash's Ivanhoe ; Mr. W. Etwcll's Win-if-you-can beat Mr. }Award's Albemarle ; Mr. Inskip's :let beat Mr. Bowles' Bloom ; Lord Stradbroke's Madeira beat Mr. Saberton's Swectbriar ; Mr. Nash's Fly beat Lord Eglinton's Stag. • THE ALL-ACED STAKES.—Mr. A. Graham's The only Daughter beat Mr. Edward's Arsenic ; Mr. Vipan's Victoria beat Mr. A. Graham's Mavourneen ; Mr. Etwall's Willy-go-faster beat Mr. Deinko!d's Fantail ; Mr. W. Etwall's Westwind beat Mr. Fyson's Defiance ; Mr. Bowler's Busy Body beat Mr. Bennett's Myrrha ; Mr. Gurney's Admiral beat Mr. Fyson's Finesse ; Captain Dain tree's Knab beat Captain Wyndham's Whirlpool ; Mr. Fryer's Salim beat Lord Stradbroke's Mag dalen ; Mr. Moody's Railroad beat Lord Eglinton's Moss Rose ; Mr. Caldwell's Banner beat Mr. Fyson's Florence ; Lord Stradbroke's Minerva beat Mr. Bryant's Ephraim ; Mr. Morant's Margaret beat Mr. Bowyer Smyth's Sarah ; Mr. Inskip's Jewess beat Mr. Teale's Tendril ; Lord Eglinton's Lapwing beat Mr. Vipan's Velocipede. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.-THIS DAY. The Cattle Show opened this morning, at the Bazaar, in Baker-street, Portman-square, and at tracted as large a crowd as on any former occasion. We believe, however, that as far as regards the quality of the animals, the show is not o ne of more than-average merit. Earl Spencer and some others of our principal graziers throughout the coun try, seem to have been less successful this year than usual; and some of the highest prizes have been awarded to less known competitors. Still the show is a remarkable one, and is now one of the sights" of the season. A host of- country gentle . - men, farmers, and citizens, throng the rooms, ealeu-. lating, examining, gazing. They may talk of " agri cultural distress," but here, at least, we have nothing to indicate it. Attached to the Cattle Show is another room filled with improved implements of husbandry; and we were glad to find that to these much of the curiosity of the visitors was directed. The agriculturists of England seem at length to have become awakened to the desirableness of effecting in th e i r p ursu it s im provements corresponding with those which have taken place in so many others. Noah asked a man to help him in the building of the ark—the reward to be, admission when the flood came; but the man declined the job. When Noah was sailing along in the ark, he passed near his lazy friend, standing on the top of a mountain up to the lips in-the rising flood, and asked him tauntingly if he wished now that he had lent a hand. "Go along," said the fellow, as the water began to flow into his mouth—" Go along with your old ark—l don't think it's going to be much of a shower!"—American paper. LITERATURE. FACTS AND ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF A MORE FREQUENT DELIVERY OF THE GAOLS. lty Lord WESTERN. Since 1819 Lord Western has been' an ad.vo cafe for more frequent gaol deliveries; and by his instrumenta:ity the gentlemen of Essex were induced to hold their sessions eight times in the year. They have continued the laudable practice to the present time, except discon tinuing one meeting, and in consequence they : find their gaols less ineumbered. In the present pamphlet Lord Wester - A has re-urged. the arguments he brought forward in the House of Commons twenty-three years ago. We agree with him that a prisoner should be brought to trial as soon :;.s possible after being committed ; but no quick trials, no clearing of gaols by an assize or session, can be of inner' advantage to the English populace, who are now ex posed to be committed summarily by the Ma gi:;trates for the most trifling offences. Our whole system of criminal jurisprudence re quires revision, and it will never be placed on a right basis till philosophy has shed some light over the now dark field of punishment. Time public at large must not confide this important matter to squires and lawyers. Our cri minal jurisprudence was originally, and still is, based on the idea of vengeance, which dictated torments for injuries or insults. All the modern theories on the subject of punishment being intended to " protect society," " to reform the criminals," '• to prevent crime," are merely excuses invented to defend the syStem, after its origin was. ascertained to be erroneous. and the practice could not be laid aside. We know no social subject so open to investigation, and so well worthy of engaging the highest talents, as the nature of crime, and the best means of diminishing it. We are sure that the former is not clearly known, and the latter not even guessed at. On Saturday night a woman living near the west end of Argyle-street, in a small one story house, heard a noise upon the roof, which she supposed to arise from the fighting of cats. Arming herself with an old reaping hook, she issued forth to read the riot act, and dislodge the disturbers of her midnight rest, when she found, instead of a bevy of cats, a fellow zealously but feloniously engaged in tirring the lead cif the rigging, a quantity of which he had rolled together ready for carrying off; on the first favourable opportunity. The gudewiie, noways daunted, made an attack upon the thief with her hook ; he at first showed signs of fight, but, judging that discretion was in this case the better part of valour, at last resolved on trusting to his heels rather than to his fists, and, leaping from the roof, made off as fast as the former could carry him, leaving the booty in the possession of his female antagonist.—Glasgow Argus. THE CHINA TRADE.—As one of many instances of the improvement of business in Glasgow, a gen tleman informs us that when there on Tuesday, he saw one house, where little business had been done for months, close a single transaction of 10,0001.,in power-loom goods for the China market; and these having still to go through the printing process at home will yet afford some work to Glasgow hands. — Ayr Advertiser. Ayri-Coati-L.s.w AGITATION.—Last night a meet • ing took place_ of the City of London Young Men's Anti-Monopoly Association, at Hart's Temperance Hotel, Aldertgate-street, for the purpose of maturing steps for aiding the growing agitation against the Corn-laws ; Mr. P. A. Taylor, jun., in the chair. A spirited discussion ensued as to the best arrangements to be made for future operations, and it was settled that an address should be prepared to the young men of the City; that Messrs Taylor, IN bite, Collins, Underwood, and Lyon be a deputa. tion to th- Second Sectional Meeting of the Metropo litan .Association ; and that the Society meet every evening for the enrolment of membe rs . Other points of detail being settled the meeting adjourned. Mr. Waliley, M.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Ship Tavern, Hampstead, on the body of John Nicholson, Esq., aged 58, a gentleman of independent pro;erty, who committed suicide on Saturday. The Coroner said, there was no doubt he was insane at the time of the commission of the act, and the Jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT COLNE.— :NEARLY 8,000 PERSONS PRESENT.—The Rev.'"W. A. Bonner, of Bilston, in Staffordshire, delivered a lec ture on the Corn-laws, in the Cloth Hall, Collie, on Monday evening last,_to a vrry large and attentive audience. On Tuesday morning the lecturer gave in structions to the ladies and gentlemen how to proceed with their cards to aid the funds of the League. They are going on with spirit and zeal ; an d we doubt not but a mu c h l arger co ll ec tion will b e ma d e f or th a t body, te a ussist in en li g ht en ing the ag r i cu lt ura li s t, th an ever was made before. In Burnley,. only s ix miles from Collie, they are. likely to raise I,oool.—Leeds Times. We understand that in consequence of Christmas day falling on a Sunday, the customary Dock-yard holiday will be given on the following day.—Devon port Telegraph. STATE OF TRADE. —We are happy to find that the improved spirit observable among our merchants and manufacturers, after the receipt of the late welcome intelligence from the East, still continues to manifest itself. The yarn and goods markets remain firm at the advanced prices formerly quoted, though, during the last few days, there has been less activity shown than at theend of the previous week. This lull is attributable to two causes ; purchasers have already, to a great extent, supplied their wants ; and parties en gaged in trade are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Indian mail, which is expected in a day or two, with accounts of the Cal cu tt a an d B om b a y markets. There is a strong feeling that prices will yet materially ad vance : the best proof of which, perhaps, is, that printers are willing to enter into contracts with the manufacturers for goods at the present prices, while the latter resolutely decline their offers. All the spinning works, not actually at a stand, are in full operation ; and the confidence entertained of some revival of our general trade appears to be as firm as formerly. Still the . opinion is that the revival will be a very gra dual one ; and that the advantages of our com merce with China must be slow in their development. As yet, the slight impulse given to the cotton trade has not extended to the population generally; a spark of hope has been lighted up—in some departments workmen are more busily employed—but the actual benefits derivalge from an improved demand are as far away as ever rom the mass of the people. It is but too plain that we shall yet have much cause for the exercise of patience, and that, While we certainly an ticipate good from what has recently cccurred in the East, we shall, for a long period to come, have to mourn over scenes of misery and distress among our working population. Our neighbours in Paisley con sinue in a most deplorable condition. The increase of unemployed last week amounted to 934—the total being 9,sGo—while the means of relief are entirely exhausted; the Relief Committee are considerably in debt, and the expected assessment of 3,0001. from the county does not promise to amount to more than 500/.—Glasiow Argu s . very good authority that Sir for Cambridge Mr. Charles Ross, and Mr. William, alias Billy ° , Ilohnes were il l e l sc r a e n i dTr ve G i r i aTi r t, d 11. 1 1 .r . o P ni . applicants for the Commissionership lately been given to a son of f Sir Alexander, done out of the Co the iraE. r t ix n nie s leia i sr i n c re c lei c :s s : fi which fhocioior: applica tionp for a :Commissione'rehip of Excise, will now per ttees, rejected in his imps think his exertions in the Tory cause amply repaid by an appointment to an inferior office in the Bouse of Commons, for which at the present moment . we believe there is a vacaney._ carnbridge Aavertiser. Tun IscomF.-Tax ACT. —O n W e d nes d a y last the sittings in this division under the P ro perty and In come Tax Act terminated, John Mill s , E s q., was in the chair, and four cases adjourned from a previous sitting were finally disposed of; and we regret to add that an inhabitant of the adjoining parish of Hove brought upon himself a fine of 20/. and treble duty, for hav ing, in the opinion of the Commissioners made a frau • dulent concealment and undue return of income. We had hoped that the publicity which we gave to a preceding case of this disgraceful character would have operated as a beacon to deter others from imitation, At the termination of the proceedings the following gratifying resolutio n was unan i mous l y passed by the Commissioners • —" That the Commis sioners, with much gratification, take this opportunity of expressing their approbation of the manner in which the officers have carried into effect the Act of • Parliament relating to Property and lneome-Taxa• which they believe has not only been highly satisfac tory to them, but also to the inhabitants of the bo rough."—Brighton Guardian. • RURAL POLICE. —A memorial has been presented to the Magistrates assembled at the County Police off. ce, in Kidderminster, signed by the churchwardens and overseers of all the agricultural parishes situate within the division of Kidderminster, in the hundred of Lower Haisford, in the county of Worcester, praying that such measures as they may deem most effegt it h h e in ra t t h e-Pay ers o f t h e h eav y ex e division has a -es of the police force may be adopted prior to the Epiphany sessions. A special meeting of all - the peas • 11 g c s u t a r l a tfeosr actor„rdi riddin g w been called, for the purpose of taking the memorial into considera tion ; and, meantime , it was ordered that a copy of the memorial be laid before the Committee appointed at Michaelmas quarter sessions to report generally cn the subject of a county constabulary, with special re ference to tl:e Parish Constables' Act. A letter from Vienne (Isere) states that, on Wed nesday evening, one of the statues remaining on the summit of the spires of the ancient cathedral fell down with such violence, as to drive deep into the ground a flag-stone lately fixed• Two persons were close to the spot at the moment, but neither w as struck. PORTUGAL. Llsnox, Nov. 29.—The re• assembling of the Cortes has, by a Royal Decree of the 21st instant, been put cif to the 28th December. The reason assigned by the official journal for this step is, that the Go vernment will not be able before that time to have in pethet readiness certain very important financial measures w hich it has to submit to the deliberation of the Cortes. The Government has been victorious in all the pro vincial elections, and the three Ministers of the Crown who were unprovided with seats iu the Cham ber of Deputies have now consequently been returned. So far, therefore, everything goo (,n swimmingly for Costa Cr.bral. Five months have nearly elapsed since the date of the treaty, in which it was agreed that a convention fur the mutual reduction of import duties, between Great Britain and Portugal, should be concluded within three months, and yet we are as far as ever from the settlement of that point. By evading the obligation of entering into the arrangement proposed by England, the Government certainly benefit the few and paltry manuflicturing establishments, upon tile importance of which they lay so much stress ; but they at the same time withhold from the far more extensive wine- growing, and other agricultpral in terests of their country, the immense advantages held out to them by us. oNN r i f ulaie i llle l sid e ,tsshn r bpe ed :ritilafla t ne i v c d totilli.on and other produce,of the duties on our manufactures, to an ad valorem rate varying from 20 to 25 per cent. is ly es, co r untry afforded sntlish c o o r it. e et o h t lnonsums andNoft‘oo. for would Portuguese dothertheorgt usi goods, while wines, an immense impulse to its agricultural industry, and consequently to its general advancement in wealth. A merchant of this city very recently sent a sample of Portuguese brandy to England, where its quality having been tested, it was declared to be su perior to Spanish, and but little inferior to Cognac., Of this one article alone a very considerable expor tation might be made to the British dominions, and in its preparation a vent would be found for the worst qualities of wines, with which, hitherto, the grower has never known what to do ; so much so, that in abundant vintages they are often thrown away, as not being worth the expense of new casks to hold them. Notwithstanding these considerations, of the force of which the Portuguese themselves seem perfectly sensible, the proposal lately sent to Lord Aberdeen by this Government, as its ultimatum, was of a nature, if not to . put an end to all furth e r nego tiation, at least to show that it would be of very little use to continue it. A pretty sort of reciprocity indeed, it would be for us to admit, at greatly reduced duties, all that the Portuguese can send us, while they exclude many of our principal articles of commerce, suAl as silks, coarse woollens, and other goods too numerous to specify. On the 25th indent her Majesty's steam-vessel Dee, having on board two companies of artillerymen, under. the command of Captain Griffin, R.A., bound for Bar badoes, was forced by stress of weather to put into this OA. The weather. has been t romen d ous on t hi s coast, a furious gale from S.IV. having been blowing almost without intermission for the last week till yes terday, when it abated considerably. The Royal Tar packet steamer, with the mail from Falmouth, only came in yesterday morning; and the Montrose, by which I am now writing, did not arrive till the after noon ; so that the mail for England, which ought to have gone yesterday, can only go to-day. There exists, at the present moment, a most serious misunderstanding betwixt the Government and the Nuncio, Signor Cappacini, the Pope having positively refused to confirm the appointment of certain Bishops who, it appears, have fallen without the pale of the good graces of his Holiness. it is expected that Sig nor Cappacini will shortly take his departure from this, which will be the precut: or of a rupture of the good feeling which Las hitherto subsisted between the two Powers. Several meetings have lately been held here of some of the mast wealthy of the nobility, landowners, farmers, and merchants, for the purpose of forming an association for the promotion of the culture of . the grape and exportation of the wines of the provinces of Estramadura. The different opinions, projects, &c., of this association, are to be discussed by a com mittee composed of seven members, and a petition for the grant of a new company is to be laid before the Chambers immediately they open. The first subscription of the British residents in Madeira for the victims of the late inundation amounted to 1,200 milreis (about 3001.) The "Na tional subscription," as might have been anticipated, Is going on very slowly ; and the Funchal papers are as full of complaints of the indifference of their coun trymen as of gratitude towards the subjects of that kingdom, which, according to the honest and high minded Naciona/, seeks to rob Portugal through the tariff convention. The lower classes in Madeira as sert, that on the 28th of October a legion of little devils entered the sea around the island. SYRIA. BEYROUT, Nov. 7.—Syria is at length delivered of MUstapha Pacha, who has left the afThirs in a state of confusion which it is impossible adequately to describe. When he arrived in Syria he found the hatred which the Druses and the .Maronites reciprocally entertained for each other, so great as to have extinguished all animosity towards the Turks. The result of his ten months' mission has been to create such a degree of animosity against the Turks as has almost extin guished the reciprocal hatred which the Druaes and Marmites entertained of each other. Mustapha Paella's venality was unbounded, a cata logue of his acts under this head would fatigue your readers ; I may, however, instance the distribution of the Iltizams of the Jerusalem and Jaffa district, for NN hick he received douceurs to the amount of 1,200 purses, or between 5,000/. and 6,0001. sterling. Da mascus was too valualle a district to be omitted. Not Ling ago he sent Infant Bey, his muhardar, or seal keeper, to Ahmed Pacha to saythat hewould shut his eyes to his speculations if he would allow him to go " snacks ' in ,the "exploitation " of the Pachalic. The late Defterdar General of Syria, an unusually honest Turk, opposed this arrangement, but without success. Ahmed Pacha went to Beyrout on the pretext of taking leave of MustaVba Pacha, but in reality to settle their private , (alas ! too public) accounts. When Mr. Wood, our able Consul at Damascus, a short time ago found out that a fraud had been practised on the Sultan in the Gaza district, to the amount of 30,000/. sterling, Mustapha Pacha engaged to quash all inquiry on coolly receiving from Sheikh Said Mus tapha of Gaza 17 capital horses. Ibrahim Pacha conquered Syria by the sword, and he ruled it by the sword, without an attempt to conciliate public opinion; his despotism was charac terised by blunt honesty and straightforward un bending rigour. The morality of the Turkish Go vernment is far inferior. The Druses continue to intercept the 14,h road between. Beyrout and Damascus. A llussiLn and la Prussian nobleman, who came from Cmstantfnople, I applied a few days ago for an escort to ao to Damas cu., but were plainly told by the local authorities of Beyrout that by taking Turkish soldiers the c:anger l of travelling would be increased ; indeed, on Monday, the 31st ult., 40 of the best irregular cavalry attempted to force their way through, but got back - in a miser able plight to Beyrout—those who were not killed were plundered. Ahmed Pacha arrived at Damascus from Beyrout on the 4th inst., having first spread the report that he intended to go by way of St. Jean d'Acre, and then, taking the opposite direction ar rived at Damascus, after snaking a considerable detour to the northward, escorted by 400 men. There are two ways of governing Syria— either by brute force, or by honesty and com mon sense ; but with the Syrians, semi-barbarous as they are, fraudulent expedients, concocted by a com mander-in-chief who never encounters ally fire or smoke but that of his own chibouque, can only suc ceed for a brief period. It will cost the Turks much trouble to get out of the scrape this time. The Druses are too much com mitted to recede, nor have they any confidence in the offers of pardon made by the Government. Sheik Hussein Suleyman and Harind-el-Begh, the. Mutuali chiefs of the mountain district between Sidon and Acre, received a friendly invitation to go to Beyrout, but they are too old birds to be caugh by chaff. T H E FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE .VERSAILLES RAILROAD. (From Goliqnani's Messenrrer.) The important trial arising out of the awful railway accident on the Bth of May last, and which, in fact, is a grand inquest taken on the causes and consequence: of this lamentable event, commenced on the 22d ult., and was conttuued de die in diem, with the lapse only of Saturday, Sunday, and Mtindity last, to enable the Judges of the Correctional Tribunal to take a judicial view •of the spot on which it happened, until Saturday last. The Chambre de Conseil having, after mature consideration of the previous examinations, declared that there were no grounds for including the Council of Administration of the Company of the Paris and Versailles Railroad (Left Bank) in the prosecution, decided that M. Jules Bourgeois, Administratenr De legue ; M. Bordet, Provisional Director; M. llenri, Chief of the Paris Station; M. Bricogne, Civil En gideer, Directeur du Materiel; 111. Lamoninare, Chief of the Station at Versailles ; and M. Milhau. Inspector of the Service, should be arraigned as guilty of homicide through imprudence. The act of accusation, or indictment, gave a full and minute recapitulation of all the disastrous circumstances attending the accident, enumerat ing the persons who became its victims, either by loss of life or sexeretecteutilationee.Of -these, six. were found dead in a condition to be immediately recognised. Ten were afterwards identified upon more minute exa mination ; and twenty-one, though so entirely burnt and disfigured as not to be recognised, were afterwards identified by certain objects belonging to them found among the ashes and fragments, and from their having been known to be among the passengers; and two more bodies were found dead, but in such a state as to defy recognition. In addition to these thirty-nine sufferers, fourteen more died subsequently, either in direrent hospitals, or at their own houses, making the total less of life amount to fifty-three. To these must be added one more, whose death was made known to the Court during the trial. The number mutilated either by the flames or by the crushed fragments of the carriages amounted to 109. In this last category, we must notice the dreadful case of a M. Apiau, who appeared on the trial as a party claiming damages. This gentleman and his two sons were together in the train. The eldest son was burnt to death, and irrecognisable ; M. Apiau was so severely injured in his lower limbs that he has had the kit leg amputated, and his younger son was so fright fully disfigured in the face, that it has lost all traces of the human countenance, and, although only eighteen years of age, he can never he seen in society. Ile also made a most painfully affecting appeal to the Tribunal for the restoration of the bode of his eldest son, which, lie, said, the Company had buried obscurely at Meudon, and would not tell him where it was. In fact, the distresses of this sufferer seemed to have almost shaken his reason. The Come sympathised with the heart-stricken man, and said all in its power to console him, but, of course, could not in- any way meet this part of his complaint, as his son was unquestionably among those whom it was impossible to identify. The points of accusation insisted upon by the prosecution were—the insufficiency of the number of engines for the service of the road, so as not to allow time enough between their respective journeys to be properly in sleeted and repaired, when requiring repair; the un fitness of the four-wheel engine, the Matthew Mur ray; .the want of judgment and prudence in placing it before the Eclair, a six-wheel engine of much greater force ; and lastly, the imprudence of running the train with too rent velocity, whereby the accident was caused. To enter upon the evidence and arguments in support and in defence of these several charges, would lead us far beyond our limits, nor, indeed, would they be interesting to the much greater portion of our readers, as they consisted, in part, of technical details and conflicting opinions of scientific men. On the question of the fitness of the Matthew Murray, the testimony was so various and so contradictory, that we conceive it is extremely difficult for any one, who has no actual acquaintance with that engine itself, to come to any conclusion. It certainly ap peared from the evidence that its peculiarities required a skilful conductor, but it was declared that, with such conductor, it was an effective machine. On the sub ject of the opinion of George, who guided it on the Bth of May, and who was among those who lost their lives on that day, who also is acknowledged by every one to have been both skilful and zealous in the ser vice, the evidence was very contradictory. Some witnesses deposed that he had frequently denounced it as incompetent and dangerous, and others de claring that it was a favourite with him, and that he took great pride and pleasure in guiding it. The charge of want of skill and judgment in placing the weaker engine before the more powerful one was rebutted. This was proved by men of experience to be the universal practice, and the suggestion that the strongest engine must over-run the weakest was shown to be false and unfounded, as the swiftness did not depend upon power of traction, and further that if the stronger machine, by drawing with greater force, took the weight of the train, the weaker, by being thus relieved would go the faster, and thus keep out of the way of the other, and could not be overtaken by it. The last charge, that of the train being urged to an inordinate degree of velocity, was was like the others a subject of strongly conflicting opieion. Many witnesses, as well from among the persons who were passengers as from others who ob served it from the road-side when passing Sevres and -Meudon immediately before the accident, tes tified that the train was then moving with a degree of rapidity that excit e d i n th e i r m i n d t h e most serious alarms. Opposing witnesses, however, affirmed that the train was not going at any greater rate than it usually ran when going direct, that is to say, without having to stop at the intermediate sta tions, as was the case in the present instance; and others deposed that a much greater velocity is con stantly kept up on many railroads without increase of danger. Upon the whole of time evidence it should seem that this deplorable disaster was occasioned by the breaking of the axle-tree of the hind wheels of the Matthew Murray, but the cause of this breakage could not be accounted for, and most certainly did not arise from her being over-run by the Eclair. What the impressions made on the minds of the Judges were remains yet to be known ; for on the conclusion of the trial on Saturday, the President announced that the Court would take time till Saturday next to con sider its judgment. ERRATUM.—In the article yebterday on the charge of the Bishop of Llandaff for " lands" read " laws." LADY AUGUSTA SOMERSET —The best practical re futation of the atrocious falsehood so industriously circulated, and so eagerly caught up by the Liberal press, derogatory to the fair fame of this amiable and accomplished member of the ducal house of Beaufort, is to be found in the fact that Badminton Hall is at this moment the scene of a splendid reunion of the nobility . of the realm, in which his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge take part. —Where and how the diabolical rumour could have originated we are at a loss to con ceive, but we sincerely trust that it is now put at rest for ever.— Cheltenham Journal. EFFECTS OF TEE INCOME-TAX.—At a recent meeting of the Board of Guardians, the guardian for Lostock, who is not of the school of Di o o vnes, appeared in an exceedingly ill humour, its ebulli tions continually bubbling into all the business of the Board. The Chairman, an Income-tax Commissioner, at length said —"I thi n k, M r . Shaw must have been before the Income-tax Commis- Why ?" said Mr. Shaw.—" Because," re plied the Chairman, you are so cross." The Chair man often speaks of the beauties of the new Poor law ; to put people out of temper appears to be one of the beauties of the Income -tax.—Bolton Free Press. TER WEATHER.— During the whole of yesterday the metropolis was enveloped in a dense fog, render ing it necessary to use artificial light in all the City offices and war e h ouses. This sudden change from the fine open weather prevalent during the lest few days, may be considered the harbinger of winter. The temperature throughout the day was much lower than on Monday, and the market waggons from the suburban districts were covered with hoar frost. S N • -.-.-- ~......2-1* 1 MONEY MARKET and Cr li, - 40.48.-1 , , . . -.,.. g----- , 4. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OR 9tS'' r- , ' -,,„ 1 7it,1' CITY, TUESDA gVXNfi ' ,..'s , ft • TlMES.—Although the rate of m ee; hale' sits . - k increased, but but still varies from two to tw enridszetirit" on good commercial paper, an impressioil4apptliaNgajoi prevail that the long stagnation of business is at last beginning to give way. The dealers in money per ceive somewhat more of a demand than has been lately known, though not sufficient to affect the cur rent rates. On the first arrival of the intelligence of a peace with China, we mentioned the general belief that an impulse to trade would be given by the open - ing of new channels in the East, and there is no doubt that the effect of this alteration of our position with China is already perceptible among the discount houses, whose assistance is of course now required to carry out the business which has been revived in the leading manufacturing districts. -The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mille., which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 45k, and the exchange at Paris on London at short_ being 25 65, it follows that gold is 0.78 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 431 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 8, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 9i, it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 106 . per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 3.57 per cent. against England ; but the quoted exchange at. New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the . interest must be deducted from the above difference. By the official returns published by the Customs, the exports of the precious metals to foreign and co lonial parts for the week ending Thursday lest were as under : Ounces. Silver bars to Hamburgh Silver bars to Calais Silver coin to Calais Gold coin . to New York . POST.—An Evening Paper notices the shlpment, by the last Boston packet, of a heavy freight of gold for the Unite l States, the estimated amount being four or five hundred thousand pounds. The " Cet6a lion or diminution" of exports of British manufac tures, the large amount of proluce shipping in the United States for Europe, and the consequent reduc tion which has taken place in the premturn on bills at New York, arc the causes assigned fi,r this diversion in the current of the precious metals. but a succession of like shipments seems to be looked for, and the in timation, that it will be well.te watch the (gestation of the American tariff, is net out of season. Ti e action Of high duties on one side the, Atlantic, and of im proving prices in the value of the great American staples on the other, the markets being all the while powerfully stimulated by an abundance of money,and other causes, is no doubt entitled to vigilant attention. The Bank of England has too ample a supply of gold to warrant the smallest alarm for the present; but, under the new arrangements of the Washingtim Go vernment, there can be little prospect of American shipments to Europe being paid for through any other vehicle than the one adopted in the instance noticed. The course of events has, in fact, been such of late as to show, if not the necessity, at least the , expedi ency, of giving every possible encouragement and ex tension to the cotton trade of India. The policy of America is now simply that of furnishing this country with her products, and receiving, in return, nothing whatever but gold or silver: and it is impossible but the change must, in time, occasion serious derange ment in the monetary concerns of the latter. SUN.—The opinion is gaining ground that there will be a reduction in the interest iu Exchequer Bills, but at present these bearing different rates command pre cisely the same prices. Sales were made to-day to some extent, and, as was said,,on behalf of the Court of Bankruptcy. The premium closed at a fall to 45-. under the influence of these operations. Consols were 94 to 94/, and firm ; East India Bonds brought 42 to 46 premium ; the Reduced Three per Cents. realised 94a i; end the Bede:eel Three-and-a-Harper Cents., 1001 to 101. Bank Stock was steady at 172 to 172 i. The foreign Securities were called generally firmer this afternoon, and although the buyers did not ap pear in any number, the turn in prices was rather in favour of those holding stock. Spanish Active; closed at 18 to I, and the Three . per Cents at 23k to I. Brazil stock was higher, owing to the eepected conclusion of a favourable treaty. Belgian Stock was dope at 102 to 102 i : Danish at 83; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents at 53. Mexican. realised 30- to 31. For the Shares dealt in very full rates were cur rent this afternoon, but the husiecss transacte.i sin c e our last report has been limited. to the following lines :--Cheltenhain and Great Western were 20i ; Blackwell, 11 ; Greenwich Preference, 2l ; and South Eastern, 271 discount; Great Wes:ern New were 14i to 141 ; Birmingham -Quarters, 241- ; Purls aril Rouen, 4I to 4- 4 1; and York and' North Allah:lei, 44 premium. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were. 17i. premium. . The rates fur Bills of Exchange on the continental cities have been firm, as the trade haiance is in our fa vour with continental nations., though decidedly against us as regards the United States. The quota tions have been on Paris at 2.51. to 85e. to 99e.. ;- on Amsterdam 12 5 6; on liambnrgh, 13 111 I ; on Antwerp, 12 si; on Frankfort, 151 I,' , v ; and on Trieste, 9 58 to 56 . . COURSE OF .gXCII AN GE--( YESTEI:DAY. ) Amsterdam CF. 12 9 !Gibraltar ... ....... ...... 46 Ditto, at sight - ... 80 75 Rotterdam ..2 U. 12 'item& •• .00000 • •••••• • • •••• 4- `6 10 Antwerp Hamburgli M.II. 13 14 IVenire ... ........... .... 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 iPalerino, per 0z..........1 1 20 Ditto, 3 months ` ,s $45 !Lisbon Marseilles Bowl:leans O6 0 Rio Janeiro Frankfort en Maine ...152 Bahia Petersburg'', 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayres . , .... Berlin, 7 New York, 21 days sight 444 Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 1 ,Philadelphia 4t , Trieste, gitto Madrid 364 Foreign Cadiz Bilbao jPortugalGol i l Co 17 New Doubloons ,0 .0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 36 New Dollars •.•.• .s 4 9f Silver in liars... .... 0 0 FOOT RACE. — festenilittiternoon7betwee n three and ibur o'clock, a most amusing race took place on I P v o o r rt c i l i i 3 e . ste i r io -t s e t rr ( a )i c , e c en a . r A pe lr n . te W es illia Ax m ln ß s, u ., sh A ell da t m e ... street, e A r N . ' „ est, C e o a l i l d s d a e y ra o b u l n e g i ei th b e etll " . Il e n r interest ele p was t " e m i c li t e e ki d a n m n o ti i ,ir the licensed victuallers, as, in addition to a very con siderable sum, a dinner and wine was also dependant upon the tesult of the match. The latter compe titor was to run backwards a distance of ono hundred yards the same time that the other did the Sarre distance in the usual manner; and notwithstanding this great advantagq, bets were very even, the youth and lightness of • the first being opposed to the siBe and obesity of the last. At the word, both went off in good style, the butcher getting over the ground at a rattling pace, and Mr. Bushel making very strong play to keep up with him. The pace was killing, how ever, and after getting over about half the distance, Boniface gave in, alleging as a reason, a great com motion in his inward man in consequence of the un onted exercise. The different parties then adjourned, and the evening was passed in the mast harmonious manner. THE NEW ThAMES POLICE CoCUT.—The new Court-house in Arbour-square, Stepney, the erection of which commenced mere than two years and a half ago, and which has been completed some time, ha 4 during the last few days received the furniture and fittings necessary for the purpose of carrying ou judicial business, and it is understood that on Friday - or Tuesday next, an Order in Council will lie issued for transferring the business from the old Court in High-street, Wapping, to the new building, which is upwards of a mile from the river. - CHRISTMAS Hommurs.—As Christmas falls on II Sunday, the industrious people, assistants, apprentices, &c., will have no holiday, unless the shopkeepers should agree to close on the Monday following. We hope they will do so. Giving the people a release from business occasionally is a good custom, Id • o and a day in addition to the present stinted oornplement of holidays, once in six years, is no great sacrifice on the part of those who reap the advantage of their services. —Bath Journal. • There was a report yesterday morning in Bishop's Stortford that a man Rho h had wVeen to pay for some flour at South ?dill was stopped on the road leading into Bishop's Stortford by two perions dressed in dark clothes who demanded either his life or his money, upon his saying he had no money one of them stabliA him in the side. We hare not been able to learn further particulars ; they will appear in oar nest.— . Cambridge Advertiser. 1 . THE RUMOURED ACCIDENT TO LORD ILITHERTON. —ln consequence of a statement which appeared in one of the local papers, of a serious accident having happened to the above Noble Lord while out shooting in Staffordshire, by one of the party disclunging the contents of his gun accidentally in his Lordship's hips, a number of inquiries have been made by the Nobl e Lord's friends at his mansion in Grosvenor-glace, and the answer was, that his Lordship was quite well and at the time of the alleged accident he had lea Teddesley for town for a few days, no such accident having occurred. HARROW. ON - TUE-HILL, DEC. 3.—The exam' inatio for the Scholarship founded by Mr. J. Neeld, was announced this morning by the Examiners, the Rev: J. A.. Frere and Mr. A. J. B. Hope, to have termi nated in favour of the Hon. P. Smythe, son of count Strangford. Next in order were Grunt, Law son, Day, Ripley, and Bushby. GREAT FLOOD.—Owing to the late rains, sev ci al hundred acres of the low grounds in Holderness ai c completely laid under water.—Tyne Mercury.