The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-19 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Commission on the law of transportation met on Thursday. The law was generally approved of in principle, but there was considerable difference of opi nion as to the details. Some of the members desired that the law should apply to persons convicted' anterior to its presentation, and many expressed a desire that some particular spot should be named to be colonized exclusively by political convicts. It appears not im probable that the project of transportation to the island of Mayotte will be given up. Admiral Dupetit Thouars described the climate of Mayotte as being deadly to European constitutions, whilst that of the Marquesas on the contrary was healthy. The voyage to the Marquesas could be performed in four months, whilst that to Mayotte would occupy three and a half , therefore there could be no objec tion to the Marquesas on account of the greater ex pense of the navigation. The Committee charged with the examination of the proposition of MM. Ney de la Moskowa, Fla vigny, Bar, and Bevoux for an annual credit of 52,000 f. for expenses of lodging the Vice-President of the Republic, has adopted the principle of the proposition, but considers 20,000 f. a year sufficient. `We have already mentioned the departure of the condemned prisoners of Versailles for Doullens. They were conveyed from Versailles to the station of the Northern Railway, where they arrived at eleven at night, under an escort of dragoons. The only feeling exhibited by the persons who witnessed their removal appeared to be that of curiosity. The prisoners were in good spirits, and, before they entered the cellular vans at Versailles, sang in chorus several patriotic songs. Huber, who was condemned by the High Court of Justice for the affair of May, and Lieutenant Kleber, who was condemned by the Council of War, were sent off by the same train. The Moniteur contains the following :—" When the President of the Republic came into power he found in the prisons or on board the hulks 3,114 individuals detained or transported in consequence of the events of June, 1848. Out of this number 2,597 have been restored to liberty, viz. :—From the month of January, 1849, to the month of Oc tober following, he successively ordered the re lease of 1,256 prisoners. Before the measure of clemency which he has just adopted, there still remained, either at Cherbourg or at Belle-Isle, 1,858 prisoners. Amongst them 505 had before been in the hands of justice, and were not included in that measure ; 12 have died. There are, therefore, 517 to be deducted from the previous number. It is, therefore, 1,341 individuals whom the President of the Republic has just restored to liberty. This number, added to that of 1,256 previously released, makes a total number of 2,597 pardoned by the President of the Republic since his accession to power." The condemned prisoners of Versailles have addressed the following letter to their counsel, dated from the prison of Versailles, 14th inst.:— " Citizens,—ln noticing, in conformity with our una nimous decision, the events of June 13, under the three fold right—insurrection, resistance, and protest—you acted according to the true principles, the traditioas, and the situation of all the accused. That firm and re publican attitude in which you persisted, in spite of the menaces of the Court, could alone impart a mutual re sponsibility at the same time that it left to each the full liberty of his conscience. The words pro nounced by the President of the High Court, words which we were compelled to listen to without remark, since we were condemned to the most absolute silence, make it a duty on us to give to your acts the fullest and most explicit approbation. No, citizens, it is not true that you have incurred any responsibility whatever towards your order, for yott have defended its dignity. There is no such thing as desertion on the part of counsel when the defence is not free. It is not true that you have incurred a responsibility towards your clients, who might one day call you to account for such an abandonment, for our friend Michel eloquently ex pressed our ideas and our feelings when he exclaimed ' I will not abandon an inch of the ground on which I have placed myself; I am there, and there I will re main, and my friends wish that I should do so, for they like better to save the rights of the people than to save themselves, they who are the de fenders of the people.' It is not true that you have in curred any responsibility whatever towards society; for the safety of society lies in protestation, resistance, and insurrection against perjured and oppressive govern ments. You, therefore, accomplished a great act by retiring, and good citizens will not forget it. As to us, our gratitude is secured to you, here, everywhere, and for ever. Health and fraternity. " Signed by all the condemned prisoners." The following letter has been addressed to the Artillerymen of the ex-Legion of Artillery of the Seine : "Prison of Versailles, Nov. 14. " Dear Comrades,—ln 1830 as in 1848, the legion of Artillery has never failed in the defence of the immortal principles of our great revolution. Four of your comrades have just fallen in this sacred struggle, struck by the hand of our old enemies. They restore to you intact andunsullied the standard which you confided to them. May it serve as a rallying point for you all, artillerymen whose hands we have fraternally shaken, and for those who, like you, are ready to die to save the Republic and procure the triumph of the great principles of fraternity, the only safety for our society which is so deeply disturbed. Comrades, we have accomplished to the eud all our duties as citizens. In the days of power we protected our fallen enemies ; and on the 13th of June last, when their sanguinary and guilty fury blindly impelled them to civil war, we understood their sinister projects and saved Paris from another dreadful day. Artillerymen of 1830, you were the first to proclaim the Republic; artillerymen of 1848, you contributed to found it, and wished it to cover with her generous hand all its children of the country. You demanded peace for all; your efforts have been vain before the sullied remnants of our bad regimes, who only wish for war. Let the consciences of the public be our judge. Adieu, dear comrades; from the dungeons into which we are to be thrown we will follow and bless all your efforts. Religiously respest the traditions of our dear legion, and never forget that its motto is Tout pour is bien de la pairia Cordial and fraternal salutation. (Signed) " A. GUINARD, ex-Colonel of the Legion ; A. FRA BOULET DE CHALANDAR, Captain-Commandant; MONTUET, ex-Captain, acting as Major ; C. SCHMITZ, Captain. ' AUSTRIA• Letters from Vienna of the 11th instant state that great excitement had been caused in that city by the announcement of the arrival of the British fleet in the Dardanelles. The Russian Generals, Luders and Duhamel, had been recalled from the Danublau pro vinces. Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador, was, it is said, about to leave Vienna for England. SWITZERLAND. Letters from Berne, of the 12th inst., state that a bond, executed and signed by Louis XIV. for 180,812 Swiss livres, cash lent to the French King by the canton of Fribourg, has been lately discovered, and that it is the determination of the Swiss Confe• deration to apply for the amount to the French Government. 43E1 Week Last It z a i ending NAME Of' RAILWAY. week. p . o ts 5, --- X I.y. 10 Aberdeen ..••••....• • • • • • • • • • ••• • • 464 464 11 Amiens and Boulogne .••••••• • • • • • • • 1 ' 6 " 1,603 10 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • • • 414 382 11 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 776 670 11 Bolton, Blackburn, C litheroe, and W. Y. 397 234 11 Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ..• .••• • • • 3, 534 - 5,805 5,001 11 Chester and Iloiyhead . 1,50 1,339 8 Dublin and Drogheda•. •• • • ••••• • • • • 853 730 13 Dublin and Kingstown ••• • • . 10 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • • • 1,002 914 752 739 10 Edinburgh and Glasgow . • •• • 3,393 3,466 10 Edinburgh and Perth • • ••• • • • 2,173 1,803 11 Eastern Counties and 2..torth Eastern • • 14,311 13,896 - East Lancashire - 1,548 11 Eastern Union .••••• • • • • • • ••... • • • 1,657 1,361 10 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,767 2,448 10 Glasgow and Greenock.... ..... 928 965 4 Great Northern and E. L.. •• • • • • 8,708 - 10 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 3,1030 3,233 11 Great Western, Scc .• •.•••••• • • • 11 Lancashire and Yorkshire •• • • 11,712 10,254 4 Lancaster and Carlisle • 3,131 2,107 4 Leeds and Think ••..•••••• • • • • • • • • 624 - 11 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• •• • 81 73 10 Londonderry and Enniskillen- 125 128 11 London and North Western, 8c4...• • • 39,484 37,451 - London and 81ackwa11.............. 594 10 London and Brighton •••• • • I 9,244 8,242 11 London and South Western . • . 8,122 8,838 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire - 2,711 11 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •. • • 21,610 20,822 11 Midland Great Western (Irish) • •• • 1,3G4 1,235 10 Monklands .•• .. ..... ....... „ 814 877 11 North British ••..•• • • • • • 10 Paris and Bouen . .................. 6,243 - 10 Rouen and llavre .................. 2,437 - 11 Scottish Central 1,267 1,027 - Shrewsbury and Birmingham .• - 11 Shrewsbury and Chester 12 Shropshire Union .. • ............... 347 -- 10 South Eastern and Branches 9,767 8,052 4 South Devon • 10 Taff Vale ... . . . . 2,027 2,068 780 821 - Waterford and Limerick............. - 301 4 Whitehaven Junction ............... 211 168 11 York and Newcastle .• • 12,938 13,709 i York and North Midland • ... (1,687 7,094 MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) The mining share market continues firm, and the transactions have been of an average amount Le vant, Condurrow, Bedford, South Frances, and other leading mines, have been in request. In Devon Great Consols, several transactions have taken place, arising, no doubt, from the quotations of late. We have made inquiries, and learn from the most authentic source, that the mines are much improved, and, notwithstanding the depression there is at present 815,000/. worth of ore discevered, being upwards of 115,0001. more than reported in May last. The improvements and discoveries re cently made in the mines are—Wheal Maria, in the 50 fm. level, west of Gard's shaft, is worth 301. per fathom. At Fanny a cross cut has been driven at the 15 fm. level, and intersected the lode, worth 201. per fathom. The 45 fathom level, west of western shaft, is considerably improved, and now worth 1301. per fathom ; the rise in the back of this level is worth 100/. per fathom. At Josiah, the 90 fm. west of Hitchin's engine -shaft, the lode is producing 8 tons per fm. In Richards' shaft, the 80 fm. level west, is worth 251. per fm., and in the winze below this level, worth 601. to 701. per fm., and in a winze further west the lode is worth 140/. per fm . These improvements, with the great saving anticipated by the introduction of water power, instead of steam, will, when completed, make a credit of some importance in the next balance-sheet. By private lett e r s f rom E as t Wh ea l R ose , we learn that the m i ne cont i nues to imp rove in several impor tant point s , and that f u t u r e dividends are likely to be l i increased. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week :—.Devo n- G reat Consols East Wheal Rose, Tincroft, Trelawny, Crofty, Trehane, West V- N eat atCaradon , Ea st Wheal JewelT E re a vitskTamar, Treviskey and B a rrier, Condurrow, Bedford United , Daren, South Tamar, Mendip Hills, ame s r Consols, Stray-park, &c. At the general meeting of the Wheal Trelawny shareholders, the balance sheet for June, July, an d August showed a profit of 1,047/. 9s. Bd., which, added to the balance left from last account, allowed a dividend of 41. per share, and carrying to credit 5661. 12s. 7d. The agent's report of the mine is satisfactory. At Wheal Mary Ann account for the three months ending August, the statement of accounts showed a profit of 9681. 11s. 5d., and the balance left from last account amounted to 1,0171. 19s. Bd. A dividend of 255. per share was declared, and 1,0001. the balance of the bonus paid to the land proprietor, leaving the sum of 3461. I Is. ld. to next account, when an in creased dividend may be expected. The mine is represented as much improved. At North Roskear bi-monthly account, a dividend of 51. per 140th share was declared, leaving a balance of 2,2441. 10s. 10d. in hand. At the Devon and Courtenay Consols account a call of ss. per share was made. The prospects of this mine are certainly more encouraging, and we trust the enterprising holders may be amply remu nerated. There was a balance against the company of 124/. 16s. 6d. At Heignston Down Consols bi-monthly meeting a call of 23. ;per share was deemed necessary. There was a balance in favour of the mine of 1021. 17s. 11d. The report of Mr. J. H. Hitchens breathes the same sort of confidence expressed at the re-constituting of the present company, and we sincerely hope the whole will be realised. _ At the Kingsett and Bedford meeting, a balance was shown of 561. 12s. 10d. in favour of the adven turers, exclusive of 591. arrears of calls. A resolution was passed, empowering the Committee to make a call of 10s. per share, by two instalments. The agent's report of the mine is highly favourable ; many fms. of excellent ore ground have been laid open, and ar rangements made to bring this productive lead lode into efficient working. At Wheal Bal account, for July, August, and September, the balance•sheet presented 1621. ss. 11d. against adventurers, and a call of 30s. per share was made. We have received the following information from the Welsh mining district, the correctness of which may be depended on ; though brief, the remarks will be interesting :—The Court Grange machinery went to work to-day ; everything went on satisfactorily. Good ore in Peny-cefn 30 fm. level, east and west of engine -shaft; good ore in sinking the engine-shaft under the 10 fm. level, at Llettynhen. Daren Mine —The lode in the stopes, in the levels on the eastern side of the bill, is improving ; appearance of ore in a cross-cut from the old workings southward, on the western side of the hill. Bwlch Consols— Very good ore in the 30 and 35 fm. levels, west of the engine -shaft, yielding 251. to 301. worth of ore per frn. Penrhur—Good ore corning into the 2G fm. level, driving west of the engine-shaft. Grogwinion— Very good ore in the stopes on the north lode, and good progress making in clearing through the old mine. Tyllwydd—Stopes yielding 101. worth of ore, over the adit, per fathom. Cwm Erfin—Very good ore in the backs of the 20, east of the engine and middle engine -shaft, and good ore in the 20, east of the middle engine-shaft. In foreign shares the principal transactions have been in Copiapo, St. John del Rey, Imperial Brazilian, National Brazilian, and United Mexican ; and in these the bargains have been limited. The Alten Mines report has been received . ; and the estimated produce for September is given at' 204 tons. The surface operations of the mines are suspended for the season by the approach of win ter. The Raipas Old Mine and Michell's continue producing a fair proportion of ore; and the improve• ments noticed in former reports may be considered unaltered. Letters from the Linares Silver-Lead Mines to the 2(1, have been received, reporting more favourable progress in forking, with some encouraging points as they proceed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 17. COMIETT V. SIR GEORGE GREY AND ANOTHER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Mr. COBUETT, in support of his rule, contended that a special justification ought to have been pleaded, and that his remedy was by trespass, and not by an action on the case, because he was forcibly taken from a room in which he had a right, under the prison regu lations, to remain. He also complained of the enor mous powers conferred upon the Secretary of State, and that through their operation he had been made the victim of a gross conspiracy. The COURT, in giving judgment, decided that there should be a new trial unless the Attorney-General would consent to enter a verdict against Sir George Grey as well as against Mr. Hudson, the other de fendant, on the issue of not guilty, which would be rendering full justice in the case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having consented to that course, the rule was discharged. The judgment simply has the effect of affirming the allegation of trespass. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 17. DUKE or BRUNSWICK V. SLOIVAN AND OTHERS. Mr. Lusu applied for a rule to show cause why the writ of ca. sa., under which one of the defendants, Miles, bad been arrested, should not be set aside, and also why the plaintiff should not pay the costs of the present application. The action was brought against the defendants for breaking into and entering the house of the plaintiff, and the damages found by the jury were 7201. A motion for a new trial was ob tained, but ultimately discharged. The defendant, Miles, in affidavit now said that after the verdict was given, and before the motion for a new trial was made, he was about to make an affidavit of fact, the ques tion being whether or not the defendants really en tered the house, but the plaintiff's secretary, Mr. Odling, called upon him and said he had the Duke's authority for saying that if he did not make the affidavit he would never be looked to for any da mages or costs. He was not satisfied with the se cretary's assurance, and he went to the plaintiff's residence for the purpose of getting a promise to this effect from the Duke himself. Here the Duke said, " I give you my word as a Sovereign Prince and a gentleman that if the verdict stands you shall not be molested, but if I find you assisting Sloman or any other person in any subsequent pro ceedings in the court, I will immediately issue execution." Miles accordingly did not make the affidavit; but in consequence of the other defendants having taken out a summons to stay further proceed ings without the consent or even knowledge of his attorney, a ca. sa. had been issued against the whole defendants, and Miles was now in prison. The COURT granted a rule. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE EDWARD WILLIAM SAUNDERS. The insolvent is a lithographer, carryingon busi ness under the style of Saunders and Co. A large portion of his trade would appear to have been that of an engraver of labels for licensed victuallers, upon which he acknowledged there was in some cases a profit of 200 per cent. His application for protection was supported by Mr. Lucas. Mr. Sargood opposed on behalf of Messrs. Martin, lithographers ; Messrs. Spalding and Hodge, wholesale stationers ' • Mr. Woolley, stationer; and Mes s r s . D av y and Son, printers. The chief ground of opposition was, that the insolvent had received moneys from the licensed victuallers, but had failed to apply the same in liqui dation of his debts, having, as was alleged, instead of so doing, indulged in habits of extravagance. It appeared from his examination that ho was a married man, without children, and that his expendi ture had considerably exceeded 2001. a year. He had taken a trip for the benefit of his health, and had spent one day at Ramsgate. The COMMISSIONER—Made a stay of one day for the benefit of your health ?—(A laugh.) The insolvent explained that his sojourn was at Margate, and that it was only one day that he was at Ramsgate. Mr. Saftooop-‘.-You have told us that you went for the benefit of your health, and that you and your wife have no children. Now, have you any child ? The insolvent acknowledged that he had one. Mr. SARGOOD--Now his not the child living at Ramsgate ? The insolvent—Yes. Mr. An fo d r w th h e er b e en d e id fit th o e f m yo o u th r er he r a e l s t i h de previous SA t ß o G tris E trip Insolvent—ln the Strand. Mr. SAuGOOD—And do not the domestic expenses of upwards of 2001. per year include the weekly pay ment of sundry little half-crowns to your child at Ramsgate ?—(Laughter.) Insolvent—Yes. After a good deal of evidence on behalf of the creditors, Mr. Martin, one of their number, said that the insolvent had told him that his debts being under 3001., his case would be kept out of the newspapers, and that he had "chuckled" whilst he spoke of that contingency. The COMIVISSIONEIR said that in this expectation the insolvent would doubtless be disappointed. He could say for the reporters, that whenever a case of im proper conduct on the part of any person I came before the Court, they always did their duty by publishing it. After a protracted investigation it was admitted that the insolvent was liable for an amount that exceeded 3001., and being a trader, there was no power to entertain the case. The petition was there fore dismissed. ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR.—GLASGOW, NOV. H. —The Right Hon.T.Babington Macaulay was reelected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow to-day, with out opposition. Tho Conservative students very pru dently resolved not to bring forward a candidate, and as they issued a placard two or three days ago intimating that resolution, and that they wished the former system of triennial election (broken through last year and the year previous in the cases of Lord John Russell and Colonel Muir, M.P.) to be reverted to, the affair passed over without the slightest excitement. DEPARTURE OF THB CANADA.—The royal mail steam. ship Canada, Captain Harrison, which sailed from Liverpool, for Halifax and New York, on Saturday forenoon, had a fair complement of passengers, and the usual mails for Canada and the United States. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. On Saturday Thomas Cheslett, of 11, George street, Mansion-house, was re examined before Mr. Alderman Gibbs on numerous charges of obtaining goods by forged orders and cheques. On the present occasion another charge was made by Mr. R. Swift, of 98, Hatton-garden, shoe-manu facturer, on whom the prisoner called on the Bth ult., and handed him a card with the names of Burge, Cheslett, and Co., saying the firm had agents at Sydney, and that he wanted some samples to be sent to his office in Sise-lane. The next and two following days he also called, and said he had succeeded in getting an order, and he then went through the number of samples and the qualities that would be wanted, adding that those not approved would be returned. The order amounted to 600 pairs, and the value would have been about 1001. They were ordered to be packed in cases lined with tin, and the samples were to be deducted, as the firm were in the habit of sending samples to Sydney. On being asked for a reference, he gave one to " Mr. Amos, silk mercer, Dover•road." That not being satisfactory, the prisoner gave the names of Messrs. Billings and Howell, King William-street, City, which also not being satisfactory, Mr. Swift tried to get back the samples, but did not succeed. The samples are now in the hands of Mr. Amos, the referee, who keeps a tallyshop. It was further proved that the prisoner was, in November, 1847, employed in the East and West India Docks, as a labourer, at 15s. per week wages, but was soon afterwards dis charged : also that in July last, he received ss. relief from the City of London Union, and was again re lieved in August and September. The prisoner was again remanded for a week for the attendance of Mr. Burge and Mr. Amos. Charles James Smith, a gun-manufacturer, of Whittal-street, Birmingham, and who has offices at 2, King William-street, was charged with appro priating to his own use (as described in the charge sheet) 4,000 muskets and 300 rifles, valued at 2,800/., the property of Captain Charles Scott, of 8, Park-lane. The defendant was remanded for a week, but was allowed to put in bail for his appearance. BOW-STREET. Louis Sonowski, a Polish refugee and mendicant, well known to the officers of the Mendicity Society, was charged with stealing a miniature portrait of Miss Reynolds, of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, from the shop of Mr. Child, an artist, in Bedford street, Covent-garden. The prisoner called on Mr. Child, and, with great assurance, told him that they were acquaintances some years ago, and that he (Mr. Child) promised to assist him " whenever he should become rich." The prosecutor repudiated the alleged companionship, and declined assisting the prisoner, but immediately after his departure from the shop he missed the portrait in question, which, it was afterwards discovered, had been pledged by the prisoner's directions for 10s. at a pawnbroker's in Long. acre. Mr. lizNur committed him for trial. SOUTHWARK. Jane Smith, rather a respectable looking young woman, was charged, in the first instance, with rob bing her ready-furnished: lodgings in Broad-wall, and afterwards on suspicion of having administered poison to a man with whom she cohabited, and who is now lying dead in St. Thomas's Hospital. Anne Jones stated that the prisoner and a middle aged man hired apartments in her house about a month ago, stating they were man and wife. The husband told her that he received a pension from the Government, which she had ascertained to be true. The man then appeared to be in good health, but after receiving his pension he suddenly became ill, and was subsequently removed to St. Thomas's Hospital. After his removel the prisoner absconded, taking with her two sheets, some pillow-cases, and other articles, of which witness gave notice to the police. Having told the surgeon who attended the man at witness's house that she had absconded suddenly, he told her to give instant information to the police, in order that she might be apprehended, as he really believed that she had administered poison to her alleged husband. She immediately did so, and after considerable difficulty the prisoner was taken. The constable of the L division who took her said he went to the hospital, and was told by the surgeon that the man was in an insensible state, and bad been so from the time he was brought in. On inquiry next morning he was told he was dead, and there was likely to be an inquest onhim. The first witness was recalled, and stated further that while the man was lying ill in bed the prisoner was getting drunk, and neglected to give him food. She lent them two extra blankets, and even those she pledged for drink. He would have died sooner had she not sent him to the hospital. The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next. ITALY. The Riforma of Lucca, of the ith, has the follow ing from Parma : " Madam Teresa Zavaroni Ferrari, of Reggio, bad come to Parma with her husband, on private busi ness. This lady is very pretty ; and as she wore a white beaver bonnet with a red ribband, several per sons followed her, upon which she was arrested by the police. An officer of the Carabineers condemned her to receive twenty-five strokes with a cane. Madam Ferrari appealed to Colonel Meli, who is a townsman of hers, and pleaded that at Baggio such hats were per mitted, and that they had no political signification. Not withstanding this, the gallant Colonel showed an inten tion of enforcing the sentence; but the screamed and struggled so, that she was at last released, with an in junction to leave the town instantly. The obnoxious bonnet was confiscated; the crowd cheered her loudly at her departure." We And the following in the Ordre :—" A private letter from Rome gives a piece of news which is very serious, and which we publish with all reserve. The Pope, on hearing of the recal of M. de Corcelles, and of his having been recalled by a general combining the titles of Minister Plenipotentiary and General-in-Chief, has indefinitely postponed his return to his states. It is known that his Holiness had previously made ar rangements for his speedy return to Rome. The letter, which gives this news without any comment, comes from a very influential person. We will add that certain reports relative to the recent decision of the Pope, and which are in accordance with the re marks of the correspondent, were yesterday in cir culation at the Assembly." The Constituzionale of Florence states from Naples, 28th ult., that AL Baracco, one of the richest men of Naples, has been arrested. MM. Leopardi, Pica, Bar brsi, Spaventa, and others, have been shut up in Sant Elmo. Students have been forbid to come to Naples; their studies a re h ence f orwar d to b e cont i nue d i n the provincial lyceums. M. Amante, a learned mathe matician, and M. Sacchi, a geologist, are struck o ut of the list of members of the Royal Academy of Sciences. The Riforma of Lucca, of the 9th, s t a t es t h at t h e • King of Naples has offered M. d e F allon' a resi dence in one of his palaces during his convalescence. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 12 th instant pub lishes two royal decrees, the one replacin g th e army on the footing on which it stood previous to the decree of the 12th of October last, and the other re-organi z i ng the corps of riflemen, or I3ersag.lieri. The Opinione has the following : "In the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, General Franzini said that this was not the moment to disarm, when Austria maintained fifteen armies on the war foot ing. We applaud the judicious sentiments of the old General, and add: Lose no time in arming. Re-organize the army, and particularly the infantry. Fortify Alex andria; be watchful; the storm approaches. England and Russia are on the eve of a rupture. We cannot re main neutral. If we j o i n A ustr i a our d estruct i on i s certain. If we side with France we shall have a doubt ful ally. We have to choose between England and Russia. The first promises most and can do more for us. The information we have received demonstrates the possibility of a proximate war. The corps stationed at THE SUN, Bergamo, which commands the road to Lecco, that to Tonale, and the city of Brescia, is to be re-inforced. A no tification announces that the operation of the recruitment is to be advanced. Whilst Austria is preparing for every contingency, France is in the position of a woman about to be confined. Shall it be a republic or an empire? At present it is neither one nor the other, but it carries in its womb the germ of either. Our foreign policy is subordinate to the events of the interior. We invite the Piedmontese Ministry to re-organize as speedily as pos sible the army, the administration, and the finances." The Piedmontese Gazette announces that the Par liament was prorogued to the 10th of December. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) - It is reported that Captain George Elliott, now Flag Captain of the Ocean at Sheerness, will comission Mr. White's 50 gun frigate Phaeton at that port, the first week in December. The Admiralty hare ordered the rigging to be fitted with thimbles and shackles, to connect the lanyard plates, as proposed by the Gallant Officer. The frigate will be complete by the Ist proximo. TRIAL SAILINGS IN THE MEDITERRANEIN.—The Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, had some trial sail ings last month with the Powerful, 84, and Ven geance, 84, when the Thetis showed incontestable superiority. In a trial one day she beat the line-of battle ships nearly eight miles. The stowage of this frigate is immense. During her late visit to Malta for provisions for the fleet, the captain was deter mined to take four months for each vessel, and, to carry out his determination, both himself and his first lieutenant were seen with their coats off and their shirt sleeves tucked up, tugging away at the stowage themselves. THE NEW NAVY ESTIMATES.—The Admiralty are again urging on the dockyard departments to complete the contracts for the ensuing financial year. Their Lordships have ordered the estimates for the steam factories to be made out immediately and trans mitted. Special attention is being directed to the estimates for new works, improvements, Scc. ; and, in one instance, those which have been forwarded have been sent back for revision. THE LATE BREVET PROMOTION.—We have rea son to believe that when the Admiralty recom mended the promotion of Major Johns, of the Royal Marines, to be included in the late Brevet, they also intimated their desire that the date of this com mission should be the same as that of the other officers promoted. CAPTAIN H. M. DENMAN'S SgurriTurE.—The Admiralty have ordered the plan projected by Captain H. M. Denman, R.N., for steering a ship when the usual helm becomes disabled, to be fitted to her Majesty's steara-frigate Terrible, at Woolwich. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM•SLOOP MEDEA.—This steamer is ordered from China to Bombay, to be placed at the disposal of the Governor. General of India. It is said she will bring to England a portion of his Excellency's suite and luggage. PRESERVATION Or IRON SHIPS.--The Admiralty have determined to give Mr. Pea Cock's composition, for preserving the bottoms of iron ships, another trial, and have ordered that gentleman to send a sufficient quantity to Portsmouth Dockyard to cover the bottom of the Vulcan, steam-frigate. We have heard that several applications of Mr. Peacock's composition to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ships have proved very successful. THE ADMIRALTY.—The First Lord is still staying at Stratton Park, Andover; Rear-Admiral Dundas has proceeded to Hungerford until Wednesday next ; Rear-Admiral Berkeley is also absent at the Park, Fairford ; the Hon. W. Cowper is one a visit to Lord Palmerston at Broadlands ; and Captain W. A. B. Hamilton is at Brighton. Lord John Hav, Captain Milne, and Mr. Parker, are the only members of the Board at the Admiralty. SMOKE CONSUMING ArrAßATus.—The Admiralty have ordered the furnaces of the rope machinery at Devonport to be constructed with bricks, with the view of consuming all the smoke arising from the fires. Mr. Hall, the projector, has been desired by the Admiralty to superintend the fitting of his recently-patented improvement to these furnaces. GHUZNEE PRIZE MONEY.—The rolls of the un - claimed shares of the 4th Light Dragoons, 2d, Queen's Royal Regiment, and 17th Foot and general Staff, have now been received from India, and the payment to the several claimants will be made in the course of next month. _ CANDIDATES ron COMMISSIONS.—An examination of candidates for Military Commissions took place at Sandhurst College on Tuesday last. There were between forty and fifty young gentlemen examined, some of whom acquitted themselves with great dis tinctien and will be immediately nominated to corn missions. . We are requested to state that there is not the slightest ground for the report that Lieutenant- Colonel Crombie, Coldstream Guards, is about to exchange into the 3d Foot. PORTSMOUTH STIFF.—Major Parvey, on the Un attached Half-pay, has been re-appointed Aide-de- Camp to Major-General Lord Frederick Fitz- Clarence, G.C.H., Commanding the South-West District. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.—The Barrackmaster of Cahir, Clogheen, and Newton, has obtained one month's leave of absence. Mr. Thomas Freeman, a Clerk of Works of the Royal Engineer Department, will conduct the duties. Lieutenant Rutherford, Barrackmaster of Kinsale and Charles Fort, has ob tained three months' sick leave of absence on the re commendation of a Medical Board, to proceed to Scotland. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY MAFTIC.—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:— LQNDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1849. WESTMINSTER. IMPORTANT TO BENEVIT SOCIETIES.—A few days ago Mr. Rackstraw, the proprietor of the Gun Tavern, Pimlico, was summoned, he being the treasurer and one of the trustees of a masonic benefit society held at his house, for stopping the sick allowance of Mr. Samuel Gray, a member, and expelling him the society, when Mr. Burrell took time to consider the matter, and gave his decision on Saturday. The main features of the case are these :—The complainant, a carver and guilder, living in the neighbourhood of the Waterloo-bridge-road, met with an accident by which he beeame lame, and declared upon the funds of the society, he being entitled to 18s. per week sick money. After he had received two or three payments some of the other members complained to Mr. Rackstraw that he ought not to be upon the sick list, and Mr. Rack straw on going to his private residence, was told that complainant had gone to his workshops in Drury-lane, where he found him. Complainant then claimed his right, although a sick member, to go to his shop, look after his business, give orders to his men, and see how things were going on. This position was denied by Mr. Rackstraw, who main tained that as his very declaration for the sick money by form set forth that he was disabled from following his occupation, he was not entitled to his sick allow ance. He contended that it was never intended that a man should:follow his business and have the allow ance, and urged upon the consideration of the ma gistrate that the complainant's own certificates from his medical man proved that it was improper for him to stand or walk, while the circumstance of his going from his private house to his place of work in Drury lane, although he might ride perhaps from the end of his street to the Strand, from which he would again have to walk some further distance, was not denied ; so that, in point of fact, he was following his occupa tion when he went to his workships. Oa the part of the complainant, who had been expelled at a meet ing of the body to which he had belonged, it was declared most positively that he did not absolutely work during the time for which he claimed the allow ance, and that his medical attendant had stated that hemight take a little airing. Mr. BURRELL expressed some opinion upon the matter upon its first being discussed, in which he became confirmed upon further consideration. In his view the question was whether a ma n receiving the sick allowance must be altogether incapable of at tending to his business. He thought he must, as otherwise a great difficulty would constantly arise as to the absolute amount of business he might be able to perform. The complainant did give some atten tion to his occupation by going from his residence to his place of business, giving directions, &c., and as in his opinion this disqualified ,him under the articles from receiving the relief, he was sorry to say he must decide against the complainant. The summons was accordingly dismissed. EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICIL Nov. 16.—Major- General Lacy; Colonel Dundas, C.B. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Lieutenant- Colonel Bell, and Lieutenant-Colonel Brereton, C. 8., K.H., Royal Horse Artillery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, and Lieutenant-Colonel Pester, Royal Artillery; Lieu tenant-Colonel Maxwell, 82d Regiment of Foot ; Brigade-Major Bingham and Major Dupins, Royal Horse Artillery; with a great number of officers of the garrison and Lord James Hay, assembled at the Mortar Battery, at half-past five o'clock, P.M., when quite dark, to witness experiments with .the common 8-inch carcases of the service, used for firing so as to give light to show the position of an enemy , in dark nights, and to com pare them with an invention to answer the same purpose more effectually, invented by Captain Boxer, Royal Artillery. The first fired was one of the car cases from an 8-inch mortar,and it fell to the ground at a distance of between 200 and 300 yards, and con tinued burning about ten minutes. One of the cases containing Captain Boxer's plan was then fired. It consists of two tin cases, each being half a sphere ; the one containing the composition, which burns like a brilliant blue light, and the other, the parachute, formed of a light description of closely woven bunt ing. The diameter of the cases appeared to be about five inches, and when fired they attained a consider able altitude, but the parachute did not in the first instance open out sufficiently, and the lighted com position soon fell to the ground. The second fired on Captain Boxer's plan was a beautiful spectacle, the shells ascending to a great altitude, and when at the highest point an explosion took place, Simi lar to the bursting of a rocket in the air, and out came a parachute fully six feet in diameter and about three feet in depth, suspending the brilliant blue light and gradually descending, illuminating the part of the common on which it descended with a very brilliant light. The third and fourth—all that were fired on Captain Boxer's principle—were equally suc cessful, and all appeared much gratified with the re sult. Three other carcases were fired from the 8-inch mortar with a similar effect to the first; but although they gave out flame for a considerable time, they ap peared to burn dim compared with Captain Boxer's. It may be mentioned that the parachute which sup ports the burning composition, on Captain I3oxer's plin, is about from seven to eight feet above the burning matter; six cords descending from it are at tached to a small chain about a foot long fixed to the composition shell. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain William Fanshawe Martin (1824) has been appointed commodore of the second class, to command the Lisbon, or Channel squadron, to hoist a broad pendant in the Prince Regent, 92. The Gal lant Commodore will have the following ships at present in commision under his orders : BAILING-VESSELS. Ships. Guns. Men. Commanders. Prince Regent 92 820 Commodore Martin. Leander Indefatigable Thetis STEAM VESSELS. Guns. Men. 11.-p. Commanders. Hogue Arrogant Encounter 8 175 300 Capt. G. T. Gordon. Conflict 8 160 400 Corn. Drake. Scourge 6 160 420 Corn. Lord F. Kerr. This gives a force at present in commission of nine ships, mounting 354 guns, with 3,595 officers and men. Of the five steamers the Scourge is the only paddle-wheel vessel. The Hogue is a converted two decker, the Arrogant is an auxiliary screw-frigate. All are fully manned and ready for service, with the exception of the Indefatigable, fitting at evonport. The Prince Regent and Thetis are on their way to Lisbon from the Mediterranean, and the Leander is on her way to Lisbon from Portsmouth. The Hogue, Arrogant, and Encounter are already at Lisbon, and the Conflict and Scourge are about to sail thither from Portsmouth and Devonport. The above will form a very useful and, no doubt, under Commodore Martin's command, a very efficient and powerful squadron. Commander James A. St. Leger (1848) has been appointed to study steam at Woolwich. The senior commander, William Barnham Rider (1806), died on the 11th inst. This gallant old officer entered the navy in 1781, as A.B. in the Crocodile. As a lieutenant he is said to have served in the Diadem, in Hotham's first partial action, March 14, 1795, and in the Aigle he was wrecked near Tunis, July 18, 1791. During the two or three years which succeeded his promotion to the rank of com mander, Jan. 22, 1806, he served at home in the Sea Fencibles and in the Galyklaeid, 64, Captain Isaac Woolley; Otter, sloop, Captain John Davies (a) ; and Antelope, 50, flag-ship of Sir W. Sydney Smith. He subsequently commanded the Gorgon, 44, and for a long time the Challenger, sloop, on the home and West India stations. On Nov. 20, 1810, he lost his commission by the sentence of a court-martial, for returning home with dispatches from the Lieutenant- Governor of Curacoa without having obtained the previous authority of the naval commander-in-chief at Jamaica ; but the Court, feeling strongly that in the commission of this offence against professional etiquette he had been misled by error of judgment, arising from the best motives for the welfare of his King and country, earnestly recommended him to the favourable consideration of the Admiralty. He was in consequence restored to his former rank in March, 1811; he has since been on half-pay. He was in receipt of the Greenwich out-pension. Commander William Hall (1814) died on the 9th instant, at St. Servan, in France, and his son, Mr. Henry Hall, died the same day, aged 21 years. Com mander Hall, since his first entry in the navy, in December, 1797, served on full pay seventeen years. In the Boadicea, 38, he witnessed, July, 1799, the attack made by Rear-Admiral Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads, and was in the Superb in Sir James Saumarez's action off Algesiraz and Cadiz. He was made a Lieutenant in 1807. While in the Superb he was earnestly recommended for his exertions in a battery before Flushing, and when belonging to the Temeraire, 98, and the Atlas, 74, had charge of the Bouncer brig at the defence of Cadiz, where he was severely wounded. As a Commander he commanded the Sabine and Jalouse sloops on the Halifax and Jamica stations. COAST GUARD.—Commander Charles Spry Norman to be inspecting Commander of the Scilly District, vice Commander Hall, previously removed ; Lieute nant William Hay, to command the Tetney Station ; Lieutenant Archer Frose, to command the Greystones Station, vice Lieutenant Turner, appointed to revenue cutter Lively. SOUTH-EAST COAST OF AMERICA. By the arrival at Falmouth of the Express packet brig, Lieutenant-Commander Lory, we have later dates from Rio. The Southampton, 50, Captain N. Cory, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., having been relieved at the Cape, by the Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill, had arrived at Rio, and was there, Oct. 9, to relieve the Raleigh, 50, Captain the Hon. G. Hope, with the pendant of Commodore Sir 'Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., ordered home to be paid off, Rear-Admiral Reynolds having i been appointed to the command of that station. The Raleigh was daily expected from Monte Video. The Constance, 50, Captain W. C. Courteney, had arrived at Rio, from Valparaiso, August 27, en route, to Spithead, with her freight of specie. She remained Oct. O. The Tweed, 18, Commander Lord F. Russell, was at Bahia; and the Griffin, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant- Commander Thurburn, was at Pernambuco. The Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Skipwith, ordered home, was at Rio October 9, with the Cres cent, dept ship, Master -Commander Bradley. The Athol, 2, troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, from Woolwich, on her to the Cape and Mauritius, arrived at Rio, Sept. 19, all well. The Scourge, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord M. Kerr, was also to have sailed for Lisbon on Satur day afternoon, but an electric message was sent down, ordering her to await the arrival of the Stromboli from Sheerness, she having some seamen on board for the Indefatigable, which the Scourge is to leave at Plymouth. The Stromboli, steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, will be paid wages on her return from Sheerness, and will remain at Spithead. The Conflict, screw-sloop, Commander Drake, or dered to accompany the Leander to Lisbon, proved on her second trial at Devonport to be anything but a swift steam-vessel. She did not go out so tar as the Eddystone. The wind was strong, and from the N.N.E., and under the most favourable circumstances only eight knots could be got out of her. She was paid advance, and was mustered and inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., on Saturday, and waited the arrival of the Leander. DOCKYARDS.-The storekeeper at Chatham has been ordered to make himself acquainted with the system of individual payments, with the view of its introduction to that dockyard. Captain Mould, R.E., director of works, has been ordered to furnish a plan of a seawall at Gillingham, and an estimate of the necessary repairs. Messrs. Baker and Sons' tenders for constructing the dams of the north and south basins at Keyham steam establishment have been accepted. Six millwrights are ordered to be hired to assist in the erection of new machinery at the rope house at Devonport. ROYAL MARINES.-Lieut.-Colonel William Taylor died on Thursday: morning, at the residence of his nephew, Mr. P. O'Connor, Ryde View Villa, South sea, aged 64. The gallant deceased entered the ser vice in 1805, and last served in the Howe, 120, in the Mediterranean, from which he was removed on pro motion. The commissions of Lieut.-Colonel William Taylor are dated as fellows, viz, :-Second lieutenant, Sept. 30, 1805 ; first lieutenant, Sept. 4,1809; captain, A prill6, 1832 ; brevet major, Nov. 9, 1846; lieutenant colonel, April 25, 1849. He served on board her Majesty's ship Glory, Dec. 11, 1805, to Feb. 12, 1808, at the blockade of Brest ; cruising in search of Jerome Bonaparte ; capture of a French frigate, and blockade of Cadiz. In her Majesty's ship Sybille, from Oct. 9, 1809, to Jan. 31, 1810, on the Irish station, Coast of Greenland, and conveying transports and troops to Corunna. In her Majesty's ship Bar badoes, from May 8, 1810, to Nov. 16, 1811, East Indies, blockade of Cherbourg, at the capture of two French timber ships, action with five French armed ships, which were sunk and destroyed. In her Majesty's ship Melpomene and Crescent, from Oct. 31, 1812, to Oct. 11, 1814, conducting French pri soners of war to Scotland, in charge of convoy to Halifax and Quebec, capture of an American priva teer. Her Majesty's ship Superb, from Dec. 20,1 1825, to Jan. 24, 1826, guardship at Portsmouth. Her Majesty's ship Melville and Spartiate, August 3, 1826, to Nov. 27, 1827, Lisbon, landed at Fort St. Julian, north coast of Spain during the operations, from Oct. 16, 1830, to Jan. 9, 1840. Battalion in Ireland, Nov. 12, 1843, to March 25, 1846. Her Majesty's ship Howe, May 8, 1847, to June 19, 1849. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY EVENING.---The American frigate St. Lawrence, 50, Captain Paulding, again passed through the anchorage at Spithead under all sail, from Southampton waters, supposed to be bound for Lisbon and the Mediterranean. Since her ar rival Messrs. Garratt and Gibbon's cutter has been in communication with her. The Northumberland, American packet, arrived, embarked passengers, and sailed for New York on Saturday. The hutch 50-gun frigate Prince of Orange passed up Channel on Thursday last ; she took a pilot on board off Weymouth, and landed him at St. Leanord's. She is from Batavia, bound to the Texel. The Pandora, 6, Commander Wood, arrived at Spithead on Friday evening from the Pacific, as briefly reported in The Sun of Saturday. She sailed from Wahoo, Sandwich Islands, on the 28th of May, to proceed to England, via Otaheite, Pitcairn's Island, and Valparaiso, which latter port she left on the 9th of August with freight in Californian gold to the amount of 80,000 dolls.-3,4501. worth of which was consigned to Messrs. Stilwell: and Sons, navy agents, of Arundel-street, Strand, and the residue to Messrs. Shaw, Maxwell, and Co., of Salisbury-street, Strand, wine merchants, &c., on account of the merchants of London, which Mr. Robertson, of the latter house, will convey to the Bank to-morrow. The Pandora has no news of political importance from Valparaiso, the packet having since she left brought later advices. She touched on the 4th of September at the Falkland Islands, which she found in a highly promising state, vegetation and husbandry springing up on every side. She sailed from Rio on the 21st Sept. There was then, the reports, about an average business doing in bills of exchange on Eng land, at 25id. to 26d. The Six per Cent. Stock was; quoted at 88k to ; freights were 403. to London, and 455. to Liverpool. The Hydra, Crescent, and Spider, were at Rio at that date. The Harpy put in for dispatches for Commodore Sir T. Herbert, who was at Monte Video in the Raleigh, 50, in company with the Griffin brigantine, shortly after the Pandora anchored. She heard nothing of the Neptune convict ship, for the Cape. The Athol troop-ship arrived out two days prior, with troops for the Cape; all well. The Southampton, 50, was daily expected at Rio, with Rear-Admiral Reynolds, to succeed Sir Thomas Herbert in the command of the squadron. The Constance, 50, with freight from the coast of Mexico for England, was daily expected at Rio, and may consequently be daily expected here. The Pandora has been out nearly five years, employed in the survey of the north-west coast of America (in conjunction with the Herald, 26, Captain Kellet, which has been dispatched inisearch of Sir John Franklin), and of all the officers who went out to serve in her the following only have come home :—Lieut. Wood (commander), Mr. Elliott, clerk in charge, and Messrs. King and Stanton, master's-assistants. Surveying voyages, like the one in which_ the Herald and Pandora have been engaged, are not usually attended by those brilliant incidents which attract the notice of the world, but their results are chiefly reduced to practical value in the shape and form of maps and charts, and while labo rious to the officers and men engaged in them are equally creditable to those nations which sustain them for the benefit of all commercial countries. The Pandora sailed this morning for Devonport to be paid off. The following officers came home in her : Lieutenant Jeffreys, first of the Driver steam-sloop, from Valparaiso, to be Flag Lieutenant to Rear- Admiral Dixon at Cork. (Mr. R. G. Tufnell, of the Gorgon steam-sloop, succeeded Mr. Jeffreys as senior lieutenant of the Driver prior to his departure.) Lieutenant Ashe, first of the Daphne, from Val paraiso. Mr. Henry Johnson, Assistant Surgeon, from the Driver. Mr. F. A. Maxse,' Midshipman, from the Raleigh, at Monte Video. Mr. Hill, carpenter, and nine invalid seamen from the Herald, from Honolulu. The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, had a grand " field day" at Queenstown on the 13th. Rear- Admiral Dixon, the Commander-in-Chief, went on board at 10 30, A.M., and remained until 3, r.m. He visited every part of the ship, then mustered the crew, afterwards beat to quarters, when they fired three rounds, blank cartridge, as quickly as they could ; then general exercise, main and lower deck exercise, shift breechings, trucks, &c. ; then called the boarders by divisions, covered by the small arm men firing; next, the fire quarters ; afterwards divisions of musket and cutlass exercise; concluding with ball practice at a target moored 800 yards seawards, when some "excellent" gunnery was exhibited. Admiral Dixon on leaving the ship expressed the warmest satisfaction at the state of discipline in which he found her and her ship's company. She is ordered to fill up her complement with as much dispatch as the lateness of the day in which the order was made would admit of, being ordered to join the squadron of evolution at Lisbon. Lieutenant Conolly has been dispatched to Dublin to enter men for her; Lieutenant Pechell has been dispatched to this port to open . a rendezvous for the same object; and Mr. Alexander (mate) has been also dispatched to the same port to look up men. Those that have been sent to her from Plymouth, Bristol, and other places, are wretched—regular Lord Mayor's men. The Superb was 180 short of her required number (750) on the 14th. All this expen sive " hurry-scurry" at the last moment might have been avoided had the ship been ordered or allowed to enter her crew at Spithead, where she lay eight or nine months while thousands of prime seamen were being disbanded. _ _ The Leander, 50, Captain Dacres, sailed yesterday for Lisbon, calling at Plymouth, to join the experi mental or evolutionary squadron. Mr. Samuel Wyatt Garratt, of the firm of Garratt and Gibbon, agents to Lloyd's at this port, is appointed Vice• Consul for the United States of America for Portsmouth, vice Pappalardo. Wind W., fresh breezes and cloudy. WOOLWICH, Nov. 17,—The copper on the bottom of the Terrible steam-frigate having been examined in dock and found in good condition, she was taken out of the dock this afternoon, and has been moored in the river opposite the dockyard, and is ready for commission. A large screw-propeller, made of the best gun metal, by Messrs. Seaward and Co., at their canal iron -works, was landed at this dockyard yesterday. It is 16 feet in diameter, with a pitch of 19 feet, and is intended for the Hogue, 56-gun steam guard-ship, with engines of 450-horse power, and employed on particular service, under the command of Capt. John M'Dougall. A fine bust of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.8., is being carved by Messrs. Hellaer and Son, to be placed as a figurehead over the bows of the Nankin, 50. gun frigate, building at this dockyard. APPOINTMENTS. Commander James A. Legard (1838) to study steam at Woolwich. Lieutenant Henry A. Hollinworth (1843) to the Indefatigable, at Devonport. ROYAL MARINES. Lieutenant and Adjutant William Francis Foote, of the Woolwich division, having been promoted to Captain, First-Lieutenant John William Alexander Kennedy, at present Acting-Adjutant at Pembroke, is to be Adjutant of the Woolwich division. THE LAST OF THE MANNINGS. The bodies of the two convicts were placed in shells, after casts of the head and synopsis of the brain of each had been taken, and in the evening both were deposited in a grave prepared for them in the corridor leading from the yard to the chapel. The coffins were partially filled with lime in order to insure an early decay of the remains, this plan being invariably adopted within the walls of a prison. The phreno logical development of the heads is said to agree in a very remarkable manner with the character of the convicts as at present known ; and Mr. Donovan, who has prepared the synopsis, will shortly publish the result of his examination for the information of the more curious in these matters. It will have been remarked that Manning stated that his wife was an Atheist, and that her belief was that, after death, the living individual became a lump of clay. How far this may be true it is, perhaps, difficult to say, but one thing is certain, viz., that the wretched woman exhi bited no Atheisticalleelings during her confinement in llorsemonger-lane Gaol. She was always punctual in her attendance at chapel, and, as far as outward form could indicate the fact, she was imbued with religious feeling. In her letter addressed to her guardian, and written only a few hours before her execution, she expresses very con fid en tl y her hope of obtaining in another world that mercy which had been refused to her in this. It is worthy of remark that she thus commenced it :—" The Queen, like all judges, has a heart of rock, and it is determined that I shall die." She then goes on to state that she has been murdered by her husband, and that he would have to answer to God for her blood. This statement is not very consistent with her apparently affectionate conduct to Manning in the chapel and on the scaffold ; but this again m a y b e on ly ano ther phase in the scheme of hypocrisy, induced by a desire to create an impression of her innocence. The whole of the pro perty found in th e p osses sion of Maria Manning, and that discovered a t th e South-Eastern Railway station, still remain in the hands of Inspector Yates, and Bur. ton, the police-constable. The latter only holds a few trifling articles; but the former has property in the police-station said to be worth nearly 2001 . M r. Binns, Manning's solicitor, has laid an embargo on the whole of it, by a suit against M ann i ng, f or money lent in defending him ; and the S ecre t ary o f State has directed it to be detained until the bill of costs be sent in. The property will be sold in the course of a few days, and, after paying the legal gentlemen who de fended the convicts, the surplus will be handed over to Mr. Edmund Manning, the brother. Among the property are several valuable satin dresses, a number of lace veils, ruffles, two gold watches, some French Rentes worth 701., and a large assortment of female wearing apparel. The property which belonged to O'Connor is being administered to by his brother, and will shortly be given up.—Weekly Chronicle. INNER TEMPLE, Nov. 16.—The ordinary course of exercises, &c., required of the students of the Society of the Inner Temple to qualify for their call to the bar in the present term having terminated, the undermen tioned members were called to the degree of Barrister at-law on Friday evening last:—Benjamin Bright, of University College, M.A.; Henry Thurston Hollanri, of Trinity College, 13. A.; George Arthur Knightly Howman, of Balliol College, Cambridge, M.A.; G eorge Hailey Prentice, of Trinity College, Cambridge, ALA . John Maurice Foster, of Lincoln College, Oxford, B.A. ' .: Alfred Walker Simpson, of Jesus College, Cambrid ge' M.A.; George Cooper Butler, of Oriel College, O x f or d , B.A. MR. MACREADY.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDA Y .— Mr. Macready having tendered his gratuitous services for the benefit of the Queen's Hospital in this town, appeared this evening at our theatre in the character of Lord Townley, in the Provoked Husband. li e was a b ly „ upported by Mrs. J. F. Saville, as Lady Townley. The house was a bumper. Mr. Macready experienced a most enthusiastic reception, and the charity on behalf of which ho appeared will be largely benefited b y hi s services, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov 17.—The transactions at our Corn- Exchange 3 esterday were quite of a retail character. The demand for wheat is confined to our own locality, and all sorts wore ld per bushel lower than on Tuesday. Flour was not considered any cheaper, but Irish manu facture is hard to move. Fine mealing oats were scarce, and quite as dear. There was no quotable change in the value :,of any other article of the trade. Indian corn is still depressed, the business being limited to a few trifling orders from Ireland. The trade is inanimate to-day, and no change in prices. s. d. s. d. Wheat, per 701 b : English, white .. 6 4 to 6 6 Do. r‘d.. .. 6 0 6 31 Irish, new .. .. 4 10 5 61 Do., old .. 5 8 5 10 Dantsic.. .. 6 6 7 0 Do., good mixed .. 7 0 7 4 Lowerßaltic,white 6 6 6 8 Do. red.. 6 4 6 8 American . 5 9 6 10 N. d. s. el Barley,Fecding.. 3 0 to 3 4 Rye, per 4801 b .. 22 0 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0— 36 0 Irish and Scoteh, per 4801 b.. .. 30 0— 31 0 Foreign, duty pd. 25 0 25 0 European, per im perialquartor.. 32 0 33 0 Peas, English, per Canadian .. .. 5 9—6 10 imperial qua - rtr 32 0—33 •0 Spanish, red and Foreign .. .. 28 6 29 0 white.. .. 6 0— 6 5 Malt, English, per Tuscan and Bar- imperial quartr 50 0 GO 0 letta, red • • 5 8— 6 0 Do., Irish .. 55 0— 56 0 Marianopoli .. 5 3 5 6 Do., brown .. 54 0— 57 0 Odessa, Polish .• 5 8 -- 6 0 Flour, English, pr Do., hard.. .. 4 G— 4 9 2801 b .. 31 0— 35 0 Egyptian .. .. 4 0— 4 4 Irish, extra flne .. 34 0-- 35 0 Oats, per 451 b United States, per English and Scotch 3 0— 3 2 barrel .. 23 0— 26 0 Welsh .. •• .. 3 0— 3 Canadian • . .. 23 0— 23 6 Irish, new •• 2 5—2 51 Oatmeal, English, Do., old .. • • 2 7 2 8 & Scotch,pr2lolb 93 0—24 ' 0 Barley, English, pr Irish, new .. .. 21 6 22 6 imperial quarter 30 0 —33 C Do., old . 20 0— 21 () Irish, Scotch, and Indian corn, per Manx,per6olb.. 3 0— 3 4 4801 b 2G 0— 28 6 ABERDEEN, Nov. 16.—Grain—Oats 143 to 14s 6d, 401 b per bushel ; oats, new, OOs Od to OOs; foreign oats, 14s 6d to 15s Od per qr.; barley, 20s to 21s 6d, 521bs per bushel; bear, 22s to 235, 521bs per bushel ; wheat, 40s to 45s ; oatmeal, 12s 6d to 13s 6d per boll ; flour, 35s to 38s per sack. Provisiorls—Beef, 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 54.1 to 7d; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to 6s ; lamb, per lb, 6d to 7d; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 6d to Is ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each is to Is2d; hares, each, Is to is 3d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 9d ; eggs, per doz, 9d to 1I d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, is 8d to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto, Is 8d to 2s Od; ducklings, ditto, Is 6d to Is 8d; turkeys, each,.7s to 8s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s Od; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 58s to 60s • eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, 7d to Od ; 4b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 Ibs, 3: 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to is 4d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; peasemeal, Is 8d to is 9d ; side, 7d to 8d ; bearmeal, is 3d to is 4d, flour, is 10d to 2s ; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, is 4d to Os Od. MONTROSE, Nov. 16.—There was a good demand to day for grain, but prices not higher. Wheat, 621bs, 40s to 425; barley, 53 ditto, 20s; oats, 40 ditto, 15s per quarter. Oatmeal, per boll, of 1401bs, lls 6d to 12s. Potatoes, per boll, of 5 cwt., cups, lOs; regents, 121. CORK, Nov. 16.—We continue to have rather exten sive arrivals of foreign grain, which consist almost alto gether of maize, producing a further depression in that article. The receipts of home grain are good, the amount for the week being—wheat, 2,296 brls, at 16s to 22s per brl; barley, 4,015 brls, at 8s to lis 9d per brl; oats, 6,973 brls, at 7s to 9s 4d per brl. The samples of wheat arriving at taken at the prices of last week. In prepared and foreign wheat we have had little business, holders being by no means willing to lower their preten sions, while purchasers are desirous of buying on cheaper terms. Prime malting and grinding barley is looked for, and sells readily at full prices, but inferior samples are a slow sale at late rates. In prepared barley we have no business passing. The value of oats is firmly main tained, and the stands are readily cleared at fully the rates of last week. In prepared oats the transactions that have taken place are very few and restricted. Holders aro firm, and demand the extreme quotations of la.t week, namely 9s per barrel, while buyers seek to purchase on better terms. We question, however, if the article can be had at a lower figure. We have little alteration in the trade in flour. Old and approved brands, as well us those of foreign mixed flour, are' in fair demand at last week's prices; but new Irish is neg lected and almost unsaleable. Indian corn continues to meet a very dull sale, while its value has again given way, the extreme quotation for the article this week being 61 7s 61 per ton, a decline of about 2s 6d from the prices of last week. Indian meal, and indeed all other descriptions of meal, are completely neglected. Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d ; extra 14s 6d ; seconds, lls Od to 12s 6d ; households 9s to lie; thirds, 7s to 8, per cwt. Oatmeal 93 6d to 10s; Indian meal 6s 9d.to 7s; wheat meal, 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 1251 Od to 130 s Od perton. Bran 3/10s to 3/ Ms per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s Od to 345; average 30s; dealers 32s to 36s Od; average 3ls per ton. Straw—Farmers lbs Od to 25s Od ; average 20s ; dealers 25s Od to 27s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6P ; household loaf bd to 51d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 5s 8d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to bid; veal 4d to Od ; pork 4id to 5d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops WOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ be per ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French 7153; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone. Hemp 34l t 035/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 21s to 00s ; red ditto 255 - to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 00/ 00s to 001 per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s; salted 13s to 181 per owt ; calf skins 2d to 2iel per lb. Potatoes, white bid to 8d; Minions lld to 12d; Guano—. Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel 13s per barrel. RAILWAY SHAttL MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market to-day was com pletely inactive, but without any material alteration in prices. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was not so active to-day, but prices were firm. The transactions were ati follow :—Great Northern, 13% —Ditto (B.), 63a. 3d. di s .— Ditto (Leeds and York xtension) 2 5 , F , dis.—Great Western, 58—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6% dia.—Ditto, Pro. Terence, 121. 6s. 3d.—London and North-Western, 114 c.— Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Midland, Halves, 21% c. dis.— North British, Quarters, s %—South-Eastern and Dover, New, (No. 2), IP./ 4 dis.—Ditto, ( N o . 4), 6/. 3 s . 9d . — Y or k, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent., dis. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as, fol low :—Caledonian, 11% North Staffordshire, 94 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B.), 5% dis.—South Staf fordshire, 3% dis. YORK, Nov. N. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—York, Newcastle. and Berwick, 17 1 ,4—Ditto (New castle Extension), 11 —Great Northern, 6% —North British, 11 York and North Midland, Preference, Si. 18s. 9d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow:—Great Northern, Halves (B)., 6 per cent., Newcastle and Carlisle, 88—North British, Quarters, 2% —Staffordshire, B%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17 k. GLASGOW, Nov. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transaction to-day was— Scottish Central, 15. rAdvertisernent.] LECTURES ON CONSUMPTION, &c. &c.—Dr. Cronin will commence on the 29th instant a popular course of six lectures on diseases of the Lungs, Chest, Stomach, and Liver. During the course, Dr. Cronin will illustrate by diagrams, microscopical observations, &c., his new and original theory of the nature, causes, and forma tion of tubercle, and explain his peculiar and successful mode of treating consumptive, asthmatic, and dispeptic diseases. Terms for one course, 2i.; the whole course, 10s. 6d. For prospectuses of lectures, &c., apply be tween ten and one daily at Dr. Cronin's residence, 14 Leicester-place, Leicester-square. STEAM YACHT FOR, THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.— Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie have received orders to build and fit with their engines a handsome yacht for his Imperial Highness the Emperor of Russia. She is to be 180 feet long, with a draught of water of only four ft et, and calculated to run 17 miles an hour. Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagina t. o 1,. in the enthusiasm of gen i es .—Eli za Cook ' s Journa l [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Another Miraculous Cure of a Liver and Stomach Complaint by Holloway's Pills.— Extract of a letter from Mr. Harvey, of Chapel Hall, Airdrie, dated June 15, 1849. "To Professor Holloway. Sir,--Your valu able pills have been the means, with God's blessing, of restor ing me to perfect health. I had suffered for two years with severe liver and stomach complaint, and was given up as in curable by several eminent doctors, my case appearing so hope less that my death was daily expected. In this critical state I commenced taking your Pills, which I continued for a few weeks, and they have so effectually cured me that I now enjoy the best of health."—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Withycombe, Exmouth, Devon, the lady of A. Jearrad, Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Loudoun place, North Brixton, the wife of Captain A. Halsted, R.N., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Ryde, the wife of Richard Preston Pritchard, Esq , of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Duntan Rectory, Essex, the wife of the Rev. W. H. Tucker, of a son. In Cadogan -place, on . the 15th inst., Mrs. Charles Morgan of a son. On the 15th inst., at Winkfield Vicarage, Berks, the wife of the Rev. C. J. Elliott, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at t'olesden, Great Bookham, the wife of J. Bon , or, Esq., of a daughter. At Polam. Darlington, on the 15th inst., the wife of E. Backhouse, Esq., of a son. D. At Greenock, on the MARRIE 13th inst., Peter Brown, Esq., I O Helen, only daught er o f the late Archibald Black, Esq., t. Greenock. On the 14th inst., at St. James's, Holloway, Edward Ford f i Esq., of Regent-street and Aldermanbury, to Martha Lydi. Garner, of Coborn-grove, Bow. On the 14th inst., at the parish church of St. Marylebons'r Edward Waddington, Esq., of Epwurth, Lincolnshire, I fr Julia Wilhelmina, youngest daughter of the late S. Bristovel Esq., of Newark, Notts. On the 16th inst., at the district church of St. John's, Notting-hill, Martin Jesse. third son of Martin Howe, le7 , :sq., of Palgrave, Suffolk, to Mary Anne, second daughter of B. Cocks, of Ladbroke-terrace, Notting-hill. DIED. On the 11th inst., Captain W. B. Rider, Royal Nary. On the 13th inst., at Farnborough, Warwickshire, Richard Bush, jun., Esq., aged 52. On the 13th inst., in York, W. Etty, Esq., R.A., aged 63. On the 13th inst., at Old Buckenham-lodge, Norfolk, aged 74, the Rev. Thomas Slapp, M.A. On the 14th inst., at Herne-hill, Dulwich, Eliza, wife of Richard Fall, Esq., aged 51. On the 15th inst., James Harris, Esq., of Stratford-green , Essex, aged 56. On the 15th inst., Charles, son of Mr. Hermann, of Grove end-road, St. John's-wood, k o ed 33. On the 16th inst., in Blackman-street, Southwark, Mar' garet, the wife of Mr. T. Williams, aged 53. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Offi ce , No • 112' t Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the clout?' o f Middlesex, Monday, N.:qualm 19, 1849.