The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-05 00:00:00

avannah ; rk; John ►AY.) 'AY•) Saturday, rites, but ward ten se in the few York been for- Very few 3y article. • • 59s to 60 .nd ed. 15s 28s .•• 18s 231 •.. 14s 16 •.. 165 185 •.. 19s 115 ••• 25s 31s ••• 365 355 ••• 27s 29g ••• 285 310 •.• 255 285 ••• 275 315 .•• 355 405 ••• 315 335 blk 315 333 nary seed, All other The total 1 and Hull, by nearly 285 341 •• 16s 251 .er 32s 351 ;.. 54s 56$ .. 403 433 .. 36s 423 401 448 0— DI Os 10/ Os 610 s SI Os 15s 41 100 281 Os 291 OS of foreign [crease, the small, viz. h these re id. At the 5,979, and ves. Pigs. •••• 1 ... 41 ... ••• ..'"''' - ••• - L... 6 . ••• ".'" T .. 103 i•• • 3 ... 3e our last means first )3 , sea from in to- day's Sheep and ing quality. its morning s a ch.cided 'he weather attendance at active, at nday last of old without of business, ad of. From onshire, we ,he eastern, , rds, Runts, of England, supply was of London. was larger had a good rites of 2d. 2d, and the ves were on prices were 'here was a l an upwrad Od to 4s 2d I. d. to 5. d ‘ : p 3 6 3 to 310 4 r 4 0 4 oio 0 0 • 3 2 3 .a 10 4 .17 02 3 0 .0 0 0 ° r igs. 320 77 ALL. t killed Moo off, yet the s h ave been or all kinds general ad' 3lbs, and of bout 11,0 0 sed of, and froal I. d. to s. ei l .2 10 3 6 ° . ▪ 3 8 3 1 3 4 3 8 4 : 310 4 =Wand $ All other The duty et is by no s under :' 81 to 101; dew SusseXo I to 11/ 1 ls; tssex, 21 16s Past week rp, and tri° was td, in soul* )r fine gut . to 379 3 " 365 9d Pe r since 3tolv *ll On is 4 per cwt 48. 45, 6431 37 0 :,1 to 370 044 36, 134 6,40 3 * 36, 01 39 0 64 fita lt. 18 45 ' ...---**" ...,- coo. as. 356 655 566 100, 403 223 84 338 1 4 7, 96,38° 969 3, 303 745 201 145 `6:252 6 7 5 82: 9 6'613 71 8 7'903 965 -- 4 03 299 10u, DEL a h ere ,eive we vious - a iee de oll % sdfa rlee f i g an d i n- es; 41266.0.:01:00k." . - 516 Od tOI about stationary prices. The receipts, coastwise, have amounted to about 3,000 tens, and about 1,000 tons have come to hand by land carriage. The foreign importa tions have considerably increased, they having amounted to 586 tons, 176 bags, 45 hampers, 14 casks, 50 baskets from Rotterdam; 289 tons, 45 sacks, 163 bags, from Ant werp; 320 tons, 266 sacks, from Dunkirk ; 370 tons from Rouen; 20 baskets from Hamburgh; 90 tons from Ostend; 80 tons from Abbeville; 40 tons from Ghent; 8 baskets from Harlingen; and 10 sacks from Ilavre, forming a total quantity of about 1,960 tons, mostly in good condition. Present prices as under:— Per Ton: York. Regents 80s to 90s Ditto Shaws ... —s to 7s Per Ton. Essex Regents —s to —s itto Shows ..... —s to - s Ditto Kidneys —s to s French Whites 6os to 70s Belgian ditto 6ss to 74 s Dutch ditto German ditto Scotch Reds ... 70s to FOs Ditto Cups 6ss to 75s Ditto Whites to :is Lincoln. Regents. 758 to 85s Wisbeach ditto 65s to 75s Newcastle ditto 70s to 85s 01.. The imports of Wool into London last week were 161 bales from Bombay. 148 ditto from Hainbargh, 516 from Constantinople, 511 from Odessa, 1,267 from SAnoy, and 9 from the Cape. The private contract market is fairly supplied with most kindsof Wools, the demand for which is in a sluggish state, at barely statioLary priccs • The total arrivals of Colonial Wool into Leniton this year up to the 12th ult. were 133,075 bales, against 124,350 in the same period in 1848. The principal in crease has been from Port Philip and the Cape. The quantity dispostd of at public sale this season has ex ceeded 135,000 bales-112.822 being fresh importations. The stocks in warehouse are *till good. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day. His Lordship took bis seat shortly after ten o'clock. ROBERTS V. ROBERTS. The further arguments in this part-heard motion oc cupied his Lordship the whole day. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls sat in his Cour in Chancery-lane to-day. STURGE V. STURGE.-JUDGMENT. His LORDSHIP gave judgment this morning in this case in which the bill was filed by William Sturge against his brother for the purpose -of setting aside a deed executed by him on the Ist October, 1841. The grounds on which the bill was filed were, that the plaintiff was ignorant of his rights at the time he executed the deed. The Master of the Rolls, after going at considerable length into the facts facts of the case, of which we gave a full report when the case was argued, stated his opinion to be that the plaintiff at the time of the execution of the deed was not sufficiently aware of his rights, and there fore that the deed must be set aside, the costs to be paid by the defendants. Part of the property having been sold, and the plaintiff having agreed to accept the pur chase money, the decree of his Lordship directed an ac count to be taken by the Master in that respect. The Court then pro cee d e d to h ear motions and peti tions, which occupied his Lordship the remainder of the day. ;;VICE -CHANCERY.—('PHIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England did not sit to-day till eleven o'clock, NEATE V. PINK. The arguments in this part-heard cause petition occu pied the Court the greater part of the morning. There WAS no feature in the case calling for a special report. (Befure the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) HARRISON V. BISGOOD. The arguments in this cause were proceeded with to day, and occupied the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice- Chancellor WIGRAM .) • His Honor the Vice-Chancellor Wigram did not sit sit to-day till half-past ten o'clock. VINCENT V. THE BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN. The further arguments in this part-heard case, which came before the Court on Saturday, were resumed to day, and occupied the whole morning. The cause came on upon the equity reserved. The, case had been sent from this court to the Court of Com mon Pleas, on the question whether a power given to Mrs. Ireland, the widow of the late Dr. Ireland, Dean of Westminster, was well executed. The terms of the power required that it should be executed by a will, signed and published, and attested by two witnesses, and the will of Mrs. Ireland, though in fact published, had been attested as to the signing only. The Court of Common Pleas certified that the power was nevertheless well executed. Mr. MALnis now argued, that upon the difficulty which arose out of the various authorities on the point the case ought to be sent for the opinion of another court of law. Mr. Bacon appears on the same side. Mr. Humphreys and Mr. Ilislop Clarke are counsel for the defendant. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) WESTAWAY V. FROST. Mr. Sergeant MANNING said, in this case, which was tried before Mr. Justice Cresswell at the last assizes at Plymouth, and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 1431., he was instructed to move for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, and Why judgment should not be arrested. The plaintiff, a music master at Plymouth, had married the widow of a lo dging - house-keeper. His wi e managed the business of the lodging -house without any interference from him. It appeared that she owed a considerable sum to a person named Westcott, for furniture supplied to the lodging houses in question, and she gave trim a bill of exchange partly to oblige him and partly fur the furniture. The ill got into the hands of a person named Dyer, who sued for its amount. M rs . W es t a way paid 21. to the defen dant; who is an attorney, to enter an appearance to the action ; but he went on defending the action, and at length the plaintiff had to pay 931. in costs. The plain tiff then brought this action against the defendant to recover the money he bad paid, and compensation in damages for the injury ho had sustained in his character, contending that he had never employed the defendant, and that he had, therefore, defended the action without his consent or request. Indeed the plaintiff declared that he h a d no knowledge of the action, and that his wife was so fond of law that she could not keep out of it ; and the wife herself asserted that she did not in struct the defendant to do more than enter an ap- Pearance. Now he submitted that the verdict was the the ev id ence; that the:Learned J u d ge m i s di rec t e d 8 jury, and that the d a mages were excessive. The Learned Judge told t h e jury that it appeared the 4de fendant had n o t defended the actidn with any reasonable recognition on the part of the plaintiff, and that the Probability was, that the 2/. paid to the defendant was the o settle the action. The Learned Judge also asked jury if they considered there was any recognition eatitheiieini implying of the defendant by the plaintiff, evi dentlyng that no recognition was given ; also the d e f en d ant trusted to the directions of a mar woman in such a proceeding, it was a wrong pro ceediag on his part. He also asked them to assess the i unat of d amages , w h ereas he should have to ld ttnthem that the plaintiff was entitled to only nominal da mges, the j ur y h av i ng g i ven 50 / . more than the plain hadW been compelled to pay. The COURT s a id th e y wou ld consu lt M r . J ust i ce Pule well upon th a t p o i n t, b ut were o f op i n i on t h at the e could not be granted on the mere observation of a judge upon a fact in explaining the case to the jury, .hor upon the arrest of judgment. E XCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF BARON, Mr. Baron ROLFE, and Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Sir NOTTIUGE V. RIPLEY. F. TRESIGER said, in this case, which was tried at the last assizes in this court, before the Lord Chief Baron, and in which a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff, with liberty for the defendant to move to enter a verdict for him, he had to move, in pursuance of leave given, to enter a verdict for the defendant. It was an action brought for money had and received, to recover the amount of certain dividends belonging to the plaintiff which had been received by the defendant, and the question which arose in this case was whether tee defendant was entitled to set off certain payments which he bad made out of those dividends in respect of the maintenance and medical treatment of the plaintiff during the time that she was an inmate in Dr. Stillvvell's lunatic asylum at Hillingdon. There was another case tried previously, and which was an action of trespass and false imprisonment brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for having removed her from Charlidge, in Somersetehire, and placed her in a lunatic asylum in London; and in that case the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 501. damages, intimating at the same time their opinion that no mercenary motives which had been attributed to the defendant were properly to be ascribed. It was agreed that the evidence given to the first case should be considered as given in:l he the in which he was now moving. The plaintiff was bee eldest daughter of a widow lady who resided in Suf. f olk, and who was the mother of - tour other unmarried ruzuhgerrrs wll, s i Each of them was entitled, under the to a sum of 6,0001. absolutely, and to the reversion of 4,0001. more on her mother's death. A Person of the name of Prince, unfortunately for the —44I Y, became the curate of the parish in which the mother resid e d, or of the adjoining parish, and in a very tittle time acquired very considerable influence over the ln „ i111111 of all the daughters. He was removed from his a W rft eY in consequence of some irregularities in Preachi ng , or hi s con d uct i n t h e c h urc h. al ! afterwards took to field preaching, and joined a society in Wales, called the t:atepeter Brethren. Ultimately he settled himself so ' Charlidge, and set about forming an association, or 41 3 ",,thing which he called an " Agrpemone," or the di ode of Love. It would have profaned the name of so Won if this Abode of Love had been called a religious p e t y, and it was not so denominated, but only called Their peculiar tenets were, that the ri 4of grace wasand the day of judgment had ate d ec ;:d e ; i l l y rd f , i t o li v e e r . e. to te, they abjured all prayer as beine unnecessary; and, by either a senseless or stupid ,r_Wicked perversion of a sacred text, that " whether t "Fitt or drink, or whatsoever we do, we are to do all d t/ o t tle glory ce God," they pretended that every thing they 44 4 ci glori tied God; and when they were eating and drinking, ind Oging in all kinds of debauchery, and playing at a duecalled " Hockey," they were glorifying God by 4 4 .." acts. This person succeeded in drawing five of the rut)u.Fliters of Mrs. Nottidge to Charlidge on the cere turuY of opening a chapel. Two of the daughters re loge ed home, and three were detained in this family of let,;ern_aald were united to three of the brethren ; no iilv rents being made on the occasion of the marriages, . 4 ti ll' love family securing to ihemselves 18,0001,, the THE SUN property of those three ladies. Not satisfied with that —the plaintiff having returned with her sister to her mother's resdence—two of the family of love shortly afterwards went there and insisted on her accom panying them. Her mother endeavoured to induce the plaintiff to rinain with her, but the plaintiff declared that it was the will of God that she should go. Accord ingly, the plaintiff left her mothei 'a house. Her mother, not knowing whither her daughter had gone, shortly afterwards went into Wales in search of her, and ulti mately the mother discovered that her daughter (the plaintiff) had become an inmate in this Abode of Love. Her mother felt it to be her duty to endeavour, if she possibly could, to rescue her daughter from the contami nation of such a society; and accordingly she requested her son and her ton-in-law, Mr. Ripley, who had been the friend of the whole family, and had managed the whole of their money affairs, to go down to Charlidge and bring her daughter away. They could only justify themselves in this act on the ground of the plaintiff being a dangerous lunatic. They brought the plaintiff to London, and there she was found to be in a state of very consider able excitement, declaring her belief that that wretched man, Mr. Prince, was Almighty God, that he had rendered her immortal, and expressing herself in similar terms with regard to the chief person in the Abode of Love. Her mother thought it necessary to call in a medical man. A Mr. Morton was applied to; he examined the state of mind of the plaintiff, and was perfectly satisfied that she was deranged, and gave a l i certificate of that fact. Mr. Baron ALDER , ON slid he could not see how the Court could interfere so ac to give the Learned Counsel leave to enter the verdict for the defendant, upon a state of facts which were in dispute. Sir F. THESIGER submitted that ►he certificates of the medical men were evidence that the plaintiff was insane. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said that might be so, but then it remained to say whether those certificates went to prove that she was a lunatic, " dangerous to herself or others," in accordance with the terms of the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 100. Eventually the Court granted a rule, the terms of it to be settled on the subsequent argument, namely, whether it should be to enter the verdict for the defendant or for a new trial. COMMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE WILDE, Mr. Justice MAULE, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, and Mr. Justice TALFOURD. RIDGELL V. MOORE. This action was tried before Mr. Barcn Rolfe at the last Berks Assizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff; damages, one shilling. Mr. WHATELY moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground that there was no evidence in the cause to go to the jury. He also moved an arrest of judgment on the ground that a good cause of action did not appear on the face of the declaration. The action was to try a right of way. The plaintiff it appeared was seized of one-seventh of a certain close called Ewin's Wood, as tenant in common, which at the time of the act complained of, was in the possession of a tenant named Reddings, and the plaintiff claimed a right of way from this close over a certain other close belonging to the defendant to the public highway. The breach was—the defendant knowing these premises and intending to injure the reversionary estate and interest of the plaintiff, bad wrongfully and unlawfully fastened a certain gate standing across the way in question, and prevented his making use of it. The only important plea in the case was the traverse of the right. It appeared, that in 1812, the father of the plaintiff Kidgell, purchased Ewin's Wood; which at that time, and as long as was within the memory of the oldest witnesses, was covered with trees and underwood, which were cut down at the usual intervals. After the purchase old Kidgell began to grub up the ground, and convert it into arable land, a process which occupied seven or eight years, but was completed about 1822, for in that year he let it to a tenant named Clarke, who occupied it until 1831. In 1832 Clarke gave it up to Kidgell, the present plaintiff, who occupied it up to the period of the trial. On the part of the plaintiff the case was that old Kidgell had drawn timber along the road whenever it was cut down. This was not denied by the defendant; but he contended, if there was any such user of road, the evidence only went to show a limited and not a general right; for all that was provedtbeyond the convey ance of timber was, that on one or two instances, while the ground was being cleared, some crops of corn and beans had been carried along the road. and also that the tenant Clarke had ridden over it. Upon the paint of arrest of judgment, the Learned Counsel contended that no such obstruction as that alleged could, under any circumstances, be injurious to a person who had a rever sionary interest in the land. It it were so, an action could nor now be maintained by the reversioner, but no lapse of time would debar him from asserting his right when he came into possession of the property. Their Lordships took time to consider their decision. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) TOWNSEND V. ALDRIDGE. Mr. WATSON moved for a rule nisi calling upon the justices of the county of Huntingdon to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding them to hear the appeal of Mr. Thomas Aldridge against an order in bastardy. The case was heard at the petty sessions of St. Neot's, on the 17th cf May, and Mr. Aldridge was adjudged to be the putative father of the bastard child of one Jane Townsend. Mr. Aldridge gave the female verbal notice that he should appeal against the decision, but when the oise came before the justices at Huntieg,lon two objections were taken to the notice, first that it was not in writing, and secondly that,,although the adjudication had been made when the notice was given, yet the justices had not signed the order; and the justices determined that the notice was not sufficient. Now it was quite clear, by the decisions of the Court in the case of" The King and the Justices of Surrey" and " The King and the Justices of Stanhope," reported in " Barnwell and Adolphus," that where an Act of Parliament required that a reasonable notice should be given of an appeal, it did not necessarily follow that it should be in writing; while with regard to the other objection, that the order had not been signed, the fourth section of the 7 and 8 Vict., chap. 101, simply required the notice to be given within 24 hours after the adjudication. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted a rule nisi. Rule nisi accordingly. ASHWORTH V. SHEPPARD AND ANOTHER. Mr. HATHERTON Was instructed to apply to the Court for a:rule to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue in this case, directed to the Judge at the County Court of Lancashire, at Haslington. The case arose out of a replevin suit, and he moved upon the joint affidavit of the defendant Sheppard and his attorney, who stated that the defendant, the heir-at-law of one Judeth Tattersall, and claimed to be the customary successor to some copyhold property which the deceased lady had held under the lord of the manor of Accring ton. The tenants, however, disputed his right, on the ground that a document had been lodged in the Consistory Court of Chester, by certain parties named on the face of it, and purporting to be the last will and testament of Mr. Judeth Tattersall; but a caveat had been entered against probate on the part of Mr. Sheppard, and a suit on the subject was now pending in the Consistory Court. Mr. Sheppard was, therefore, forced to distrain on the tenants in possession of the property to recover the rent, and six of them had com menced replevin suits in the County Court, to recover damages for the distraint. At the trial, it was not only shown, but admitted, that the suits involved questions relating to property of a freehold character, and it was contended that the Court had no jurisdiction in the matter. The Judge, however, ruled otherwise, and adjudicated in favour of the plaintiff, observing that by the 121st section of the County Court Act, the defendants had the power to remove the cases into a superior court on certain conditions. This case, however, bad nothing to do with that section; it came rather within the provisions of the 58th section, which strictly prohibited the judges of county courts taking cognizance of cases involving questions of right to real property, even though the damages or amount in dispute were under 201., and as that section made the decision in this case voidable, the de fendant was anxious to have the point argued and decided in one of the cases only. Mr. Justice PATTESON thought there was a distinction between the two sections, and the cases which each con templated, and asked if the rent distrained for accrued subsequently to the death of Mr. Tattersall. Mr. HATHERTON replied in the affirmative. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Take a rule. Buie nisi. LONDON, BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) LAND LUBBERS.—Two lads, named Southerland and attired in the garb of sailors, were charged with begging. Police-constable A Bi, stated that on Saturday after noon he was on duty in the Strand in plain clothes, when he observed the two prisoners stop several gentle and solicit alms, which induced him to take them into custody. Mr. HALT—They are not regular sailors? The con stable said they were not; they had money on them and could not have been in want. Mr. HALL thought so. Sutherland said his worship was mistaken then. He was a sailor, and in distress too, or he would not have begged. Mr. HALL—Regular sailors can always get plenty of employment, but you are land sailors. You have not the least appearance of salt water sailors. You are what sailors would call " Land Lubbers," a class of beings who are everlastingly going about calling them selves " Poor Jacks." The constable said these two belonged to that class. Mr. HALL asked Southerland when he was last at sea? —Southerland said be came from Calcutta in the South ampton on , the Ist of August. He was an ordinary seaman, and got 30s. per month, but on landing he was robbed of all he possessed, and was obliged to be g for his living. Mr. HALL—What have you to say, Overy?—Overy said he belonged to Liverpool, and had recently returned from Quebec in the Jane. Since then he had been on board she Jem, trading to Algoa Bay. Mr. HALL—Have you any friends you can refer to?- overy said he had a sister living in Doctors' Commons, but he should not like her to know the state he was in. Mr. HALL thought their stories were most improbable. Sailors were often robbed upon getting ashore, but they seldom or never turned beggars. It was, however, the practice of idle fellows to put on sailor's clothes, and assumo a distressed appearance, to excite compassion. He had no doubt these two belonged to the fraternity, and he should therefore send them to the House of Cor rection for eight days. THE QUEEN V. HATILAND. Mr. FYNW moved for a rule nisi, calling upon the Justices of Sussex to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding them to issue a dis tress warrant against a Mr. Haviland for the recovery of poor-rates in arrear, to the extent of 501. 12s. 6d. This case would raise a question which had never yet been decided, namely,whether a certificate in bankruptcy was a bar to a distress for poor-rates, under the 43d of Elizabeth. The rate was made on the 24th of November, 1848; on the 25th it was allowed; and on the 26th it was published. On the 23d of December a fiat in bankruptcy was issued against Mr. Haviland, and on the 9th of March, 1849, the bankrupt obtained his certificate. m t hemises, wnhoirledtidhehhisanaussriugpnteehsaedlecttaktoentakt Mr. Haviland never qu i tted the occupation of the pre mises,crops e o r e n s t t h i in e he th farm to his own use, although they were sown before the fiat was issued. Probably this case would never have been heard of had it not been fur the decision of the Court that a certificate in bankruptcy, or an insolvent debtor's dis charge, was no bar to a distress for rent. At the hear ing before the magistrates an objection was taken oil behalf of the defendant that rent was for the use of land, but a poor-rate was a personal tax, not on the land, but in respect of its occupation, and therefore it was barred by the certificate in bankruptcy. On the other hand, it was argued that the omission to pay the rate was a quasi criminal neglect, and that by the 43d of Elizabeth the rate could not be treated as a debt. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted a rule nisi. NOVEL ♦PPLICATION. Mr. HOGGINS applied to his Lordship for attachment against an individual named Stubbs, for contempt of Court. He moved upon an affidavit, which stated that the deponent had served a writ of subpoena upon Stubbs, in a case in which his father was the defendant, and when he did so Stubbs tore up the copy of the writ in a great rage, using contemptuous expressions in reference to the Court, and threatening to kick the server if he did not immediately get out of his sight. The deponent added that he had other copies to serve in the same house, but uniess he bad the protection of the Court he was atraid to go there in the performance of his duty. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You may take a rule nisi. Mr. HOGGINS wished his Lordship to make the rule absolute in the rst instance. Mr. Justice PATTESON said it was not usual to do so in applications for attachments. .Rule nisi accordingly. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Noy. 4.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's - steam-ship Pacha, Captain John Weeks, with the usual Peninsular Mail, in charge of Lieut. Inglis, RN., Admiralty agent, arrived this evening at eight o'clock. Her dates of sailing were— Gibraltar, 27th Oct.; Cadiz, 28th; Lisbon, 30th; Oporto, 31st; and Vigo, Ist Nov. The freight brought by the Pacha consists of 8 packages of specie, 124 half-chests of lemons, 525 half boxes of oranges, 6 cases of figs, 1 cask of wine, 10 bullocks, and 14 packages of sundries. GIBRALTAR.—Her Majesty's steamer Janus sailed for Tangiers at 10 A.M. on the 27th October, and the Arrogant steam-frigate, which arrived from Lisbon on the evening of the 26th, was dispatched as quickly as possible to Mogadore. M. Chauteain, French Consul General at Tangiers, accompanied by M. Fleurat, Vice-Consul, and Madame Duvala, wife of the French Consul at Mogadore, with M. Merrelli, Vice-Consul at Mogadore, arrived here early on the morning of the 27th in a French war steamer. M. Duvala, Vice-Consul at Mogadore, has been detained there. Ships at Lisbon Her Majesty's steamer En counter, a Swedish corvette, and the usual Portuguese squadron. Lisbon Exchanges—Lisbon on London, 541; dis counts on Lisbon Bank Notes, 18 to 21 per cent. THE HOP DUTY. An account of the Duty on Hops, of the growth of the year 1849, for the undermentioned districts, distinguishing the old from the new duty:— Districts. Duty. Canterbury ... .. £27,197 10 Cornwall ..• .. ... 2 11 10 Essex 85 10 3 Hereford 11,344 13 11 Rochester ... .. 59,447 18 7* Worcester ... 2,002 11 11i A: 100,030 16 10} Old duty at 1 12-20 d. per 1b.... 54,779 12 9i 16-20 New duty at 8-20 d. per 1b.... 40,489 6 0 4-20 Additional duty of 5 per cent. per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 ... 4,761 18 C £100,030 16 .1 Oi The returns from the remainder of the districts will be published as soon as received. CHARLES S. HAWTHORNE, Assist. to Acct.-Gen. Inland Revenue-office. Broad. street, Nov. 3. HA'YMAItKET THEATRE. Le Tigre de Bengale is a farce which has lately achieved a great success at the Theatre of the Palais Royal, and Mr. Webster was therefore perfectly justified in producing an English version of it, which he did on Saturday, under the title of the Laughing Hyena. The English Hyena, however, was not so successful as the French Tiger, for the audience of Saturday night, by one of those unaccountable fits of fastidiousness which sometimes seize audiences as panics seize armies, chose to be displeased with the farce, and to express that displeasure in no very mea sured terms. It is true the farce, which turns upon the unfounded jealousy of the Laughing Hyena (admirably acted by Webster), the fears of his wife (Miss Reynolds), and the gaucheries of the object of his suspicion (Buckstone), is, per haps, somewhat long, but that is the only fault that can be found in it, while the dialogue is smart, the incidents ludicrous, and the acting of Webster, Buckatone, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam (who acted the part of a drawling Somersetshire ser vant) perfection. We have no douht but that when subjected to a little judicious curtailment, the Laughing .Flycena will have a run. Some of our most popular farces (Peake's 1001. Note to wit) have been most unequivocally damned the first night, and yet have afterwards become stock pieces. The comedy of the Serious Family, which preceded the farce, went off with great spirit. The house was crowded. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Sultan, Captain Brooks, has arrived here from Constan tinople, Smyrna, Malta, and Gibraltar. She brings a large cargo of fruit, with specie to the value of 68,0001. sterling. THE NEW BISHOP OF LLANDAFF.—By the nomi nation of Dr. 011ivant to the Bishopric of Llandaff the following appointments become vacant:—The Regius Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge, value about 8001. yearly, in the gift of the University, and to which Dr. 011ivant was appointed in 1843; a canonry in the cathedral church of St. David's, to which he was ap poined in 1826, value 60/. per annum; a prebendal stall in the collegiate church of Brecon, to which he was ap pointed in 1830, value 1004 per annum; and the rectory of Somersham, Huntingdonshire, to which he was ap pointed in 1843; this benefice, which is worth 1,7701. per annum, is annexed to the Regius Professorship of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. The appoint ment of Dr. 011ivant to the see of Llandaff has hardly satisfied the Welsh people, who were very anxious that the new Bishop should have been a native of the princi pality. The new Bishop was for some years Vice- President of St. David's College, Lumpeter, and is a good Welsh scholar, although an Englishman by birth. INSTINCT OF A CARRIER PIGEON.—Mr. Vizard, butler to the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Saye and Sele, has now in his possession an Antwerp carrier pigeon, which was hatched in London in February, 1847. In the early part of the year 1847 the pigeon, with its mate and others, was sent to Addlestrop, near Moretcnain-the- Marsh, which is about 100 miles distant from London. In January, 1849, the bird of which we are more parti cularly writing was taken to Broughton Castle, in Ox fordshire. One day in the past month, Mr. Vizard wrote to a friend at the castle, from London, telling him to liberate the pigeon at a certain hour. Mr. Vizard's friend wrote to tell him the time at which he released the pigeon, and in three-quarters of an hour after the time stated the bird arrived at his old quarters, at his Lordship's residence in Londcn, after an absence of two years !—Gloucester Journal. NEWCASTLE BANKRUPTCY COURT.--RE CUTHBERT BIPPON.—Tbe particulars of this case, which have al ready appeared in the previous examinations of the bankrupt, were again minutely entered into by his Honour in passing judgment on Tuesday. The bank rupt's debts, which were mainly contracted before he became a trader, are 156,0001., and the assets will barely cover the expenses. The accounts extend over a period of thirty years, and disclose transactions of great mag nitude. The bankrupt's property, which was in mort gage, would not, his Honour said, be likely to produce half the amount of his liabilities. Thirty years had elapsed since the bankrupt succeeded to the property left under his father's will; and this property, which then produced 1,500/. a year, was subsequently increased to 5,0001. From 1836, when the Manchester Assurance Company took possession of certain securities they held, the bankrupt ceased to have full control over his affairs; he lived upon an allowance made by his friends or cre ditors; and when he entered upon certain colliery specu lations, about this time, he was insolvent. Among the judgment debts oi 1 1 837 was one obtained by Brockett and Philipson; and it was for this debt that, in March, 1849, Mr. Rippon was adj,udged a bankrupt. His Honour thought that the objections adduced to the bankrupt's conduct were too general to be dealt with; but his opinion was, that Mr. Rippon was open to the accusation of culpable extravagance and reckless pro ceedings, and his Honour's judgment was, that the cer tificate be suspended for twelve months, reckoning from the 25th of September last, with two months' protection from this date.—Newcastle Guardian. Reason requires culture to expand it. It resembles the fire concealed in the flint, which only shows itself when struck with the steel.--Eliza Cook's Journal. RESPITE OF THE CONVICT JORDAN. —In Conse quence of communications which have passed between Mr. Justice Cresswell and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the sentence of death passed upon Stephen Alfred Jordon, alias Do wland, for th e attempted murder of Sarah Frances Ewings, at Dulwich-wood, will be respired. Jordan is only 17 years of age, and is now confined in Horsemonger-lane Gaol. The day was not fixed for his execution.— Weekly Chronicle. Dupes, indeed, are many; but of all dupes there is none so fatally situated as he who lives in undue terror of being dupede—Xliza Cook's Jornal, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1849 THE UNITED STATES. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.—The Ocean Steam Na vigation Company's steam-ship Hermann, Captain Crabtree, arrived off Cowes this morning, soon after eleven o'clock, having left New York on the morning of the 20th ult. The Hermann had a full cargo, specie to the amount of 83;000 dollars, and fifty-five passengers, thirty-three of whom were for England, and the remainder for Germany. After tranship ping her English and French mails she proceeded on to Bremen. By this arrival we have New York papers to the 20th ult. The most interesting of the news brought by the Hermann is that relative to Sir John Franklin, which reached New York on the 20th. INTERESTING AND PROBABLY IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. _ _ Captain Chapel, of the barque M;E:11a - n, of New York, Davis's Straits, whose arrival we announced yes terday morning, furnishes information which will be read with interest in the United States, and indeed in every part of the world. About the Ist of August, while the APLellan lay in Pond's Bay, an indentation of Baffin's Bay, in lat. 74, long. 72. the natives of the coast came on board the Chieftan, an English whaleman, and gave information by signs that two large ships were then lying in Prince Regent's Inlet, and had been there fast in the ice for four seasons ; and being asked with re gard to those on board, whether they were dead or alive, they replied in the same way that the crew were not " asleep" (that is, not dead), but were all well. It was considered by the Englishman and by Captain Chapel, that the ship■ of Sir John Franklin were clearly meant. The Englishman landed at Cape Hay, some distance from Bond's Bay, a quantity of coal and previsions with which his ship was furnished by the British Government for the use of the long-missing ships, if they should chance to come there, as they would be obliged to do on their return to England. This is certainly the latest news from that quarter, and there is a possibility, per haps a probability, that the commander of the unfortu nate expedition and his crews are still alive. Heaven send that it may be so I The WLellan and her gallant officers and crew have reached home almost by a miracle—at any rate, they have done so und er c i rcumstances that entitle them to the highest credit. On the 12th of June the barque got nipped in the ice, and only escaped destruction by th e a l most super h uman exertions and good conduct of those who were in charge of her. She was so severely injured that she leaked so as to be kept afloat only by the incessant work of nearly all hands at the pumps, and by means of two large metallic pumps, obtained by Captain Chapel from the wreck of two English ships crushed and totally lost just ahead of him. The leak was, however, partially reme died by thrummed sails under the bow, though she con tinued to leak badly until her arrival home, andwas only kept above water by the continued and unceas i n g labour at the pumps till she reached the dock — which , indeed, is still obliged to be continued, as she lies at the wharf. The two English ships, Superior and Lady Gray, men• tioned yesterday, were both lost very near the M.'Lellan. Two of the crew of the lost ships arrived in her. They are natives of the Shetland Islands. On the 30th of August the M'Lellan lost a man named Joseph Schneider, of New York, who fell from the wizen topmast head, and lived but twenty minutes, being shockingly mangled in the head and limbs. He was 21 years of age. It is due to Captain Chapel, his gallant officers, and ship's company, again to say that their conduct in bring ing home their vessel is deserving of more than common praise; and even with their exertions it could not have been done, but for the staunch and enduring qualities of the ship. The skill and perseverance of the officers and men were objects of admiration to the Englishmen who saw them. The Niagara did not arrive out from Liverpool until the evening of the 19th, having experienced a very tempestuous passage, and got somewhat damaged. MONEY MARKET. OCT. 19, Fona P.M.—The Stock Market continues buoyant, and both Government and " Fancies" improved a fraction, at the first board, upon yesterday's quota tions. United States Sixes, '6B, improved j; Pennsyl vania Fives, Erie RR.L. Island, Reading, and Canton Co., each 4 0 Harlem, j; N. Haven and Hartford, s. The ca►culation is, that the next California steamer wiil bring to this port a million of dollars or over in gold, private letters indicating that such a sum may be ex pected here. Such an importation makes up for the exportations, and hence what is going abroad to France and England is regarded as but of little mo ment here. The trade with France is apparently a very unpros perous one for the United States. We buy an immense quantity of silks and " knicknackeries," and we pay for the most of them in coin. French houses not liking our bills, we send abroad coin even to a positive disadvan tage of one or two per cent. Hence more or less is always going to France. The trade seems to be nearly all on one side, and mainly on the French side. It can hardly be credited that the French (Poussin) affair has been the nightmare on our market, that it has been now for a month or so. Stocks and real estate have been raidly depressed by it. Just as everything had an upward tendency, this news came out, and everything felt it more or less. Now, the mere rumour, by tele graph, that England will mediate, and save us from diffi culties, lights up the market. There have been so m e considerable purchase s an d investments iu real estate on the strength of that rumour. The stock market to-day has been buoyed up by it. The receipts of produce down the Hudson River since the opening of navigation to the 16th instant, have been as follows :—. 149. 1848. Flour, barrels 1,300 8 ,832 ... 1,300 001 Wheat, bushels ... 364,546 ... 633,130 Corn, ditto ... 2,862,898 ... 1,832,411 Exports from Ist to 10th Oct. Flour, barrels ... 15,647 ... Wheat, bushels ... ... 30.000 ... Corn, ditto ... .. 66.623 ... Beef, barrels 491 ... Pork, ditto ... 3 385 ... Lard, kegs ... ... 15,562 ... 75,515 91,290 306,600 357 1,339 11,696 We learn that an association of colliers in Schuylkill county (Pennsylvania) have an agent in this city at tempting to form contracts with the New York dealers, so as to make both parties independent of the jobbers in Philadelphia, who o❑ more than one occasion have been said to have arbitrarily increased or reduced the prices. It is contemplated to make the contracts for a series of years. FRIDAY, OCT. 19, Six P.M. The delay of the Niagara i❑ reaching the city before the close of business fur the day caused operations in cotton to be quite limited, as dealers were anxiously waiting the receipt of private letters due by her. The small sales making were effected chiefly to spinners, at the decline previously noticed. There was a better in quiry for Canadian flour, in bond, for export. The market for straight brands Western and pure Genesee was less firm. There was no change in southern brands while prices remained the same, with some sales of Richmond fancy brands for export. Wheat continued heavy, with sales of Genesee and Southern. Some lots of Canadian were being shipped on owner' account. Corn was rather scarce, and firmer, with a good inquiry for export. Barley was more steady, while oats were less firm. There was no change in rye. The market for pork was inactive, and prices nominal. Beef con tinued heavy; lard was steady, with a fair amount of stiles. Coffee continued firm, with small soles. Sugars were inactive, with moderate sales, at about previous rates. Freights were firm, with more offering to English ports. There was also some inquiry for vessels to charter to proceed round the southern capes, or to ports in the south of Europe. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION—ARRIVAL OF THE CHIEFTAIN. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of Saturday.) We have this day received the following from our correspondent at Kirkcaldy, at which port the Chieftain, from Davis's Straits, arrived on the Ist instant : " KIRKCALDY, Nov. 1, 1849. " Captain Kerr, of the Chief man, arrived here from Davis's 'Straits, confirms, in the main features, the report made by Captain Parker, of the Tree- Jove, ♦is.:—That on the 11th of July, being then in lat. 72 40, and long. 75 W, off Cape Graham Moore, and fast to the land ice, they were visited by a party of Esquimaux (who came from the main land on sledges), and on being questioned regarding the dis covery ships, stated that some of those persons present had, in the course of last winter, seen four vessels (not whalers), two of which had been lying near to the west entrance of Prince Regent's Inlet for four winters, and two for one winter, on the eastern side of that inlet, not tar from the north entrance; that the vessels were com pletely ice bound, but apparently in good order, with their masts standing and yards :truck; that the captains and crews were in good health, and had no want of pro ♦isions (salmon and reindeer). Captain Kerr expresses his belief in this statement. He has had an interview with Lady Franklin, who has hopes that this report will prove true, although it &Tends on the veracity of the Esquimaux." ST. DUNSTAN'S IN- THE- WEST PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. —The ceremony of laying the first stone of the new pa rochial schools of St. Dunstan's was performed on Sa turday by the Lord Mayor, in the presence of the Common Council and principal inhabitants of the ward of Farringdon Without. The site of the new building is the open space of ground at the Fleet-street end of Fetter-lane, and when completed it will be capable of eff,rding accommodation for 400 boys and 500 infants. The Corporation of London have contributed the sum of 100/. in aid of the project, and the parochial subscrip tions have increased that amount to nearly 1,0001., leav ing 500/. to be obtained in order to insure the completion of the undertaking. The Rev. E. Auriol, M.A., Rector of St. Dunstan's, read prayers upon the occasion, and an appropriate hymn was sung by the children. A glass bottle, containing the coins of the realm and a copy of e tch London newspaper, were deposited beneath the stone. After the ceremony had been completed, " God save the Queen" was sung, and the company present adjourned to Clifford's Inn Hall, where a very handsome collation was provided by Mr. Austin, of Peele's Coffee house-. The usual loyal toasts were drank by the guests, and a very flattering compliment was passed to the Lord Mayor for his kindness in officiating. His Lordship returned thanks, and the party separated, after making a liberal subscription in aid of the funds. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—CALLS TO THE BAIL—The following members of this society have been called to the degree of barri s t e r s .at•law, and wer e on Saturday evening sworn in before several of the bencherc_ John Robert Davison, E sq ., and Theod ore W alrond Esq. PANAMA, Sept. 26. Since our last nothing of moment has occurred here. The city has been remarkably healthy, and the season unusually fine. Emigration still con tinues, and the last arrival from California (the steamer Panama) has brought more passengers back than usual, 150, which certainly does not augur well. Gold is there, it' is true, but hard labour is required to obtain it, and many find that had they remained at their homes they would have been much better off. The remittance from California this month, by Panama, is, say 700,000 dollars. Private letters vary wonderfully, but this lam certain of—a friend of mine, who left England in March last, a medical man, is now making easily 120 dollars per diem ; 'tis true he is a man of talent, and deserves all he can realise for being insane enough to leave a good prac tice in England. No difference of opinion exists on this side the Isthmus that San Francisco will be the city of the Pacific in a very short time. To the south of this all is quiet, except in Bolivia, which is in a shock ingly disturbed state. The silver mines of Copiapo continue to yield very largely. The English Pacific Steam Company find difficulty in procuring a renewal of their privileges for the coasting trade ; in fact, as I have before written, the general feeling is against it. A meeting was held here last week, and a company formed to procure small steamers for the Bay of Panama, which are now actually requisite, if only to supply the city with provisions, which are abundant in the province. The company has an exclusive pri vilege for three years, and eighteen months allowed to commence working. i" Two small steamers, it is calculated, will leave a certain return for investment of 20 per cent.; in fact, so clear is the affair, that on the first meeting half the sum required was put down by the natives only—this being the first time they were ever known to enter into any affair of this sort. We have now four steamers laying in the bay of Panama, and four on the other side, at Chagres. Panama, which was scarcely mentioned twelve months since, from present appearances, will soon become a point of some note. Speculation has been going on here in land, if I may so term it ; the railroad company has an agent here purchasing lands in the vicinity of the Panama, from which we may infer where the position of the terminus will be on the other side. Her Majesty's ship Champion was to leave Mazatlan for this, with specie, on the 28th inst. CO WES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, - Nov. 4. PARKHURST PRISON.—ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.— Six hopeful lads from the juvenile prison made their escape on Saturday, and although a pursuit was made almost immediately they are still at large. The wardens, the rural police, the coast-guard, and some of the troops, have been on the look out all night and this day. There is very little chance of the young rascals getting out of the island, as the departure of all the steam-boats is watched, and the preventive boats keep an eye on all boats and vessels leaving the shore ; but the inhabitants of all the cottages and country places are much alarmed. They last night broke into Arctic Cottage, and robbed the larder of four loaves, all the cold meat, an apple pie, and a leg of mutton, plates and dishes; they seemed to have tied them up in the servants' aprons to take them away : they then visited Mr. Bannister's rope-walk, near Cowes, when all track was lost of them. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam ship, Hermann, Captain Crabtree, arrived here at eleven A.M. this day, from New York, and after for warding her mails, &c., per Queen steamer, for Southampton proceeded for Bremen. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early this morning on the Slopes and Eastern Terrace. The Royal Family took their accustomed walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by the Marquis of Ormonde, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting, dined with the Queen and Prince Albert this evening. The Bishop of Chester arrived at the Castle to day, and had the honour of joining the royal party at dinner. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. The Royal Family walked this morning on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Chester, the prayers being read by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, Domestic Chaplain to the Queen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re turned to his residence at Kew, on Saturday, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Newmarket. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, Nov. 3, 1849. " The Queen Dowager has again passed a restless night, obtaining hardly any sleep, owing to the fre quency of her cough. "In other respects her Majesty continues in much the same state this morning as during the last two days. "DAVID DeviEs, M.D." " The Priory, Nov. 4, 1849. "The Queen Dowager's cough was less harassing during the night, and her Majesty had a few hours of quiet sleep. "Her Majesty consequently feels more comfortable this morning. _ _ _ `DAVID DAVIES, M.D." The prayers of the congregation of the Chapel Royal, St. James's, were desired yesterday for her Majesty Adelaide the Queen Dowager. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Maddy. The Countess of Jersey and Lady C. Villiers, Lady Willoughby de Eresby, Lord de Mauley, and Lord Duffwrin were among the nobility present. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE ANSON , G.C.13., GOVERNOR OF CHELSEA HOSPITAL- We regret to announce the almost sudden decease of General Sir George Anson, G.C.8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital, and Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards. This gallant, distinguished, and venerable officer was seized with sudden illness yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, at his official residence at the Royal Hospital. The medical officers were im mediately in attendance, and everything that their acknowledged skill and experience could suggest was tried to save him, but without avail ; the worthy old General never rallied, and at a quarter-past three in the afternoon breathed his last. Sir George Anson was the second son of George Anson, Esq., (previously Adams), by the daughter of the first Lord Vernon, and was uncle to the present Earl of Lichfield, to G. E. Anson, Esq., keeper of the privy purse to her Albjesty, who died a few days since; and to Colonel Anson, clerk of the Ord• nance. lie was born in 1769, and entered the army in 1786, as a cornet of the 16th Light Dragoons, and became, successively, lieutenant, March, 1791 ; captain, September, 1792 ; major, December, 1794 ; lieutenant. colonel, December,ll797; colonel, January, 1805 ; major-general, July, 1810; lieutenant general, August, 1819; and general, January, 1837. He served in Holl ind under his Royal Highness the Duke of York and Sir R. Abercromby, and subse quently acquired a very high reputation in the Pe ninsular war, having served with the great Duke in the campaigns of 1809, 1810, 1811, 'lBl2, and 1813. He commanded the 16th Light Dragoons at the battle of Oporto, and a brigade of Light Ca valry at the battles of Talavera, Busaco, Salamanca, and Vittoria, and received a medal and two clasps for his services at Talavera, Salamanca, and Vit toria, and the thanks of the House of Commons in November, 1816, for his services generally in the Peninsular war. The above is, however, the merest epitome of his gallant affairs with the enemy, in which he earned for himself a high reputation in the service. Sir George represented Lichfield from 1806 to 1841, and was Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert from 1836 to September, 1841. In February, 1827, he had conferred upon him the colonelcy of the 4th Dragoon Guards ; in 1846 was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Chelsea College, and only since May has held the pDst of Governor, in which, as in all his preceding appointments, he was most universally loved and respected for his noble, just, and charitable bearing. He married in 1800 the daughter of the late J. W. Hamilton, Esq., and sister of Sir F. Hamilton, Bart., who died in 1834, and by whom he had thirteen sons and daughters. The gallant deceased had lost by death within the last few months his son, grandson, and nephew; and from these bereavements and other domestic afflictions ho appeared to sutler most acutely. That must distinguished old Peninsular officer and well tried soldier of the Duke of Wellington's army, General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.8., K.C.H., who was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital a few months since, will, it is hoped, have the vacant appointment. DEATH or Silt J. B. PECIIELL, BART.—This gentleman expired on Saturday, somewhat unexpectedly at his residence in Hill-street. He bad returned from his country seat about three days since, apparently in improved health, but he was again taken seriously ill, and expired et eleven o'clock on Saturday morning. MAGAZINES. THE UNITED SERVICE. An article on the " Hungarian Campaigns" gives an interesting recapitulation of the victorious progress of Bern in the spring and summer campaigns of 1849; but the best contribution to this number of the United Service is the first article, on the Russian Navy. From this article, which is well worthy of perusal, we quote the following remarks. They tell us nothing new as regards the designs of Russia, for it has long been to all an indubitable fact that (as Lamartine has happily expressed it), " the slope of Russia is towards the east." " The disadvantages under which the Russian Go vernment has always laboured, and still experiences in the organization of an effective and dangerous naval power are therefore the inverse of those circumstances which enable it to appear so formidable on land. It may be said indeed of the various nations which compose the population of the Russian empire, that some only feel themselves at home on the saddle, others only on terra _firma, and but few upon the oscillating and uncertain plank. It has people who although dwelling near the sea, have a confirmed and astonishing antipathy to water, the Lettes for instance, on the shores of Courland and Livonia, venture scarcely a mile or two seaward in their boats. The Tatars of the Crimea, with a sea abounding with fi,h, are neither good fishermen nor sailors. On all the shores of Russia, fishing and the coasting trade is carried on by foreign peoples, and the Czar is con strained to drive is nomadic and agricultural subjects by force to the sea shore, and convert them into mariners and sons of Neptune as best he can. Alone on a few districts of the coasts of the great northern empire, viz., near Archangel and in Finland, is there any consider able fishing or coasting trade, capable of furnishing crews in some manner adapted to the manning of a fleet. Yet though denied by her position on the map of Europe, that favourable field for the development and appliance of a naval arm—which almost all the other continental states possess—what have not her rulers achieved in that direction, by au undeviating and untiring direction of the vast passive energies of the nation? It has sufficed to will, and in the teeth ofevery disadvantage of geographical position, Russia has placed herself in a prominent naval rank among the European states. It is true that the whole extent of her north coast stretching through the ice bound Polar Sea renders a fleet useless in that quarter. Not much greater service can it derive from its fleet in the Baltic, where for six months in the year the har bour and naval war ports containing it are closed with ice, and its ships can alone avail themselves of a short period for the exercise of their crews, to be constrained again to six months' inactivity and exclusion from the sea. Without colonies in other parts of the world, the imperial navy of Russia has no tangible and vital interests to watch over and protect. The commerce of Russia may be considered merely as a passive commerce; hence in reality she requires no—or at least fewer—armed ships to protect it or to act as convoy to her merchant vessels. The interests of Russia meet those of other nations upon the sea at few points. Hence, even in peacetime, it would be and is impossible to fi n d em pl oyment for her seamen and officers in the merchant service. The only maritime undertakings to which at such seasons Russia has applied her ships, consists of a few scientific voy ages in distant parts, and in the expedition of a ship of war every two years to Russian America. In every other respect without any extenuation, the appearance of her ships in other seas have had for motive (as ac knowledged at home) to show the progress made in the nautical arm of the empire, and have been mere efforts of parade and show. The fleets of Russia may there fore more justly be considered in the light in which Mr. Cobden deemed that with some right he could consider our Mediterranean squadron, i. e. in the light of an ex pensive luxury. The fleets of Russia are indeed, and have ever been a most heavy burden to the empire, and if considered in the limited view of a mere financier, have ever been and are an ill calculated speculation. But as time has rolled on has nut Europe had for a succes sion of years, the most eloquent reasons to entertain a higher opinion of Russian statesmanship, than to allow all the above considerations and even more that could be cited, to lead to the opinion that its indefatigable zeal to form a respectable naval arm—in the face of so many grave obstacles, is limited to no wider sphere of action than that in which it moves at present.? " With so many tangible and convincing proofs around them, the progressive growth of long years, have the nations and governments of western Europe, and above all the statesmen of England acquired so little insight into the Muscovite policy, as to have been so long its dupe? —a policy which dates even beyond Peter the Great, and which lies in the .Russian element itself? Do they yet require further elucidation, upon the ab sorbing and expansive principle on which all and every thought and act have been unswervingly based, which has emanated from the Cabinet of the Russian Govern ment? This national featnre, this idiosyncrasy of cha racter, is possessed by the eastern Sclavic race, parti cularly by the people of Great Russia, in common with the west Romans (the French), with the difference that these exhibited it after another manner. The wily serpent-like Sclavic element, which seeks to creep and slip unobserved into every place, until it can boldly ap pear in all its power to enforce its rule, is alone charac teristic of that race in Europe. And thereto it moreover possesses a certain false bonhommie, as the French would express it (the word truthfulness of heart would be here inapplicable), which even deceives the uneducated, in the same manner as its appearance of courtesy and its sem blance of acquiescence, mislead those above them. That hereby it has undeniably proved itself superior to the mo,t boasted diplomatic talent of the other European states have been long evident, and the recent events in the east of Europe have at length brought about that desired crisis, which has so long and so patiently been awaited by the Sclavic element, to show the real object and meaning of all its mighty labours, t! . e tendency of all its effort.; of past years to form an efficient navy. To wards the e ffectuation of two deeply -seated resolves, long firmly fixed in the minds of the Muscovite rulers, the whole energies of the state have been progressively ad vancing, and the ultimate possession not only to Constan tinople, but of the Sound,* will yet convince the world of the sagacious forethought which has ever directed those energies. When they shall have obtained those long-coveted stations for the fleets which they have con strutted, in the anticipation of those long-prescribed events—then it will not be denied that they have specu lated rightly in them, that they hare provided themselves in time and beforehand with the instruments to maintain their possession. Then for Russia will bet at length de rived the long-protracted profits, the interest and returns so patiently awaited upon the outlay of so much national wealth. Capital and interest will alike then flow back to the nation upon the waters of the Miditerranean and the Atlantic; and the shores of Greece and Denmark— their ports and their population absorbed into and identi fied with its power, will furnish able seamen and ma terials with which to dispute with us the sovereignty of the sea. " The skilful exclusion of English and French ships of war from the Black Sea, by the celebrated article of the treaty of Unkar Iskelessi, which closed the Darda nelles to the navies of those two powers, has secured to Russia the most perfect sense of safely from all hostile access to her ports. With a supremacy and dominion in that sea, which the further possession of the Golden Hern can even scarcely increase; although doubtless, she is herself thereby restrained from appearing in the Archipelago, yet she has hereby secured to herself a position, of whose advantages it will be always difficult to deprive her, so long as that article of the treaty is un anulled or unmodified. Her fleet in that sea, her best, and most efficient naval squadrons, stand there in un assailable security, ever on the watch for that auspicious moment, which, by a sudden fait accompli, shall make her mistress of the long-coveted capital of the Moslem; and long ere a British Heet from Malta can hasten to the rescue, the fate of Turkey can have been decided." Admirably well arranged though these plans may be, we are inclined to think that they will bear some resemblance to the dockyard accounts, of which mention is made in this article, which appear wonder fully well on paper, but are found miserably defi cient in practice. "In this direction the political forethought of the House of Romano N has extended the mesh of its here- ditary right of succession by its close family alliance with the house of Holstein-Gottorp." THE CHURCH.—The vacancy caused by the pro motion of the Rev. Henry Hart Milman, Rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster, to the Deanery of St. Paul's, will, it is generally thought, be filled up by the appointment of the Rev. William Stone, Rector of Spitalfields, and formerly Fellow of Brazennose College, Oxford. Besides being the clergyman of one of our most important metropolitan parishes, Mr. Stone has for many years taken an active part in all the great social measures affecting the condition of the poor. We believe that the Rev. Gentleman is of Liberal principles, but we do not recollect any in stance in which he has prominently distinguished himself as a politician. A POEM ON HUNGARY. —An ingenious and graceful little poem, entitled "Russia and Hungary, or the Triumph and Downfal of Tyranny," written by Mr. John Newton, of Cheltenham, has recently been published, the proceeds of the publication being intended to swell the amount of the Hungarian Tes timonial. Apart from the generous intention of the author, the effusion is not undeserving the regard of those who symrathise in the heroism and misfortunes of the illustrious Kossuth and his compatriots. Penned very fluently in the Spenserian stanza, the poem is replete with evidences of the earnestness with which Mr. Newton has observed the progress of that memorable struggle which was only _bro eo u r ght to a calamitous termination by the treason ofG g e Y and the overwhelming forces of the RussianAut m Autocrat. Appended to this humane production n is thethe graves magnifi cent of cent prayer offered up by Kossuth on his countrymen at Kapolna—a document which cannot fail to enhance the value of the pamphlet in the estimation of its purchasers. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The Royal mail steam ship America, Captain ilarriaon, sailed from the Mersey this morning for Halifax and New York, carrying out the usual North American mails and a full complement o f passengers. The steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Leitch, siith the mails from Boston and Halifax of the 24th and 26th ult. respectively, will be due here on Tues day (to-morrow), By the death of the Earl of Albemarle the following horses are disqualified fur races in 1850:—John o'Groat, for 50 sous. Stakes in the Craven Meeting; Borneo and Eugenie, fur the four yrs old Triennial Stakes at Ascot; Borneo, Eugenie, Diana, and Grasshopper, for the four yrs old Triennial at Newmarket. Bolingbroke's engagements being in the name of his trainer, Mr. Win. Edwards, stand goud. Many adorn the tombs of those whom, living, they persecuted With euvle—Elixo 02A'; Journal. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Su; --Having observed Professor . 111 w/watt's !re marks upon the rumoured adulteration of tobacco, of which I confess I know nothing more than that I am firmly convinced the matter is immensely magnified by the Excise authorities, and that many a respectable man has been put to unnecessary expense through the difficulty existing of coming to a definite opinion as regards the presence of sugar in manufactured tobacco; indeed, one remark in your journal of the Ist instant, and made by Professor Aluspratt him self, is sufficiently conclusive that the matter cannot be tested in all cases so conclusively as justice de mands. Professor Aluspratt states that he first sub mitted some tobacco " that had a sweet smell" to the capreous test, and that the result was the presence of sugar. No doubt in this the gentleman is correct, but is he correct in his after remark, that he then tested a cigar, " which only left faint indications of the presence of sugar." Was there any indication at all? If so, I have not the least hesitation in stating that the cigar was either manufactured expressly for the purpose, or that the sugar was produced from the tobacco itself. In my humble opinion the latter is most likely, as the tobacco plant is as likely to, and (I believe does) contain saccharine matter as well as others. Aly object in writing this letter is not to deny the fact that some houses in the tobacco trade are guilty of malpractices, but having been in one branch of the trade myself, viz., cigar manufacturer for the last fourtee n y ea r s , an d knowing many of the tobacco manufacturers, several instance of oppression have come under my notice, in Leeds in particular; therefore it behoves the Excise authorities to be cer tain in future ere they oppress innocent persons, who have but little chance of contending against their power. As I before stated, the tests resorted to are not con clusive as regards adulteration in tobacco, for lam certain that no person would be stupid enough to put sugar with tobacco they were going to make up into cigars, as it would be certain ruin for the best sort that could be made; hence it is that the professor, finding sugar in both tobacco and cigar, it must have existed to a certain extent in the material itself. A great impression exists that the tobacco and cigar trade is one and the same thing; so it is, as regards the name ; but let it be borne i❑ mind that the tobacco leaf used in one instance is as different as day from night to that used in the other, and that the process of manufacture is equally as wide apart; so much so, that a person may be all his life engaged in the one and not have the slightest knowledge of the other. Apologising for thus obtruding myself upon your notice, I conclude with boldly asserting that no cigars are adulterated, as in this form it could not be disguised. I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, London, Nov. 3, 1849. B. C. I. ANOTHER CASE OF PREMATURE INTERMENT.—The Paris papers relate a case of premature interment which lately occurred in the department of La llayenne. A soldier, who was supposed to have died from an indi gestion produced by too copious libations of wine, was about to be buried in the C. metery. The coffin had already been lowered into the grave, when a low groan ing was heard. Just in time. To raise the coffin and tear off the lid was the work of au instant, and the buried-alive was taken out. It is said that the man of war intends to bring an action against his officious friends for premature interment. WORKMAN'S HALL.—At Messrs. Ransome and May's establishment, Ipswich, the site of a workman's hall has been determined upon, and the money is now ready to build it. It will cost about 1,0001. There will be 40 dormitories fur single men and lads, which will b e . . let at about Is. 6d. a week, including attendance. There will be a large room for evening resort, a workman's drawing-room, a library, and I ead ing-r o our s. The build ing will be fitted up with baths. There will be a resi dent matron and mistress, a kitchen and a cook. The privileges of the hall will be available to every workman upon their establishment, upon paying a subscription of Is. a quarter; each member will thus not only have a cheerful room to spend his evenings in, but the oppor tunity of obtaining his early breakfast, his dinner, and Lis cup of tea at a cheap rate. LEAMINGTON SPA, Nov. 4.—The influx of company during the last few days has been unusually great, and among the number several families of distinction, many of whom have announced their intention of taking up their abode with us during the winter months. The arrival-books at the Regent have this week been inscribed by his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Earl and Countess of Denbigh, Viscount and Viscountess Fielding, Lord Charles Russell, Lord Cosmo Russell, Lady Pottinger, Lord llenry Bentinck, and many other persons of rank. The Baron de Lyons, Lord Clinton, Lady A. Way, I - lon. Mr. and Lady Melville, Hon. Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Lambton, Hon. Mr. Creighton, and Mrs. General Maitland, are sojourning at the Clarendon. Sir Francis Shuck burgh and Miss Shuckburgh, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charle ville, Colonel and Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, Messrs. Philipson, Tumour, Stanley, and Graham, have taken up their abode at the Bedford. Lady Toll( mache and Miss Lyster, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cornet, Colonel and Miss Campbell, Rev. IL S. John Howard, Messrs. Coke, Villiers, Chisholm, &c., &c„ are also atuong our general arrivals. Madame Sontag's morning concert on Friday, at which Signor Calaolari, F. Lablache, B. Iletti, and M. Thalberg assi s ted, was brilliantly attended. Mr. snd Mrs. Chas. Kean, at the thtatre cn Saturday night, met with a very flattering reception by a fashionable audience. PRUSSIAN SOLDIFRS.--A horrible execution took place on the frontiers of France last week. Three Prussian soldiers were coederpried to death for refusing to fire en the people. 'Three cellos were placed beside them. One wan was shot, thrust into the cot/in, and buried before he was dead. The next was then shot, half dead with horror. The third was so far from being dead when in his coffin, that ho broke off the lid when placed in the gr. und. .His vvVe and four children were withi❑ a huudred yards of this awful scene of ferocity. THE ISLAND OF ItIADAGASCALL.--It will not be forgotten that Vice-Admiral Dacres, when commander in-chief at the Cape, about two years since, proceeded to Madagascar to endeavour to re,tore lrieudly relations between Great Britain and the Queen of that island, but that he failed in his mission in consequence of the ex traordinary demand of the head of Captain Kelly, of her Majesty's ship Conway (who had a short time previ ously chastised the barbarian:), end some thousands of dollars as a" peace otlering." By recent intelligence from the island, we hear the important tact of the death of Ranavaln Marigaeka, Queen of Madagascar. This event, there is reason to hope, will put an end to the dif ficulties which had hitherto existed, as her son, who succeeds to the throne, is a Christian, and likely to pursue a more liberal and more tolerant policy than that followed by his mother, of whom Englind and France had so much reason to complain. The French, however, appear to have some work on their hands in that quarter, fur a alauritius paper of the 6th of August state , that the Sacklaves bud made an irruption into the French possession of Nossi-Li, killed almost the whole of the garrison, and forced the inhabitants to take refuge on board the vessels in the roadstead. The French vessels on the station were concentrating in order to take ven geance for this attack. THE BANK Or ENGLAND—EXTENSIVE IMPROVE MENTS.— In cons quence of the great increase of busi ness in the private banking department of the Bank of England, consideiable alterations and improvements are now being carried into effect in the interior of the build ing for the accommodation of the numerous clerks, which will be complete in the course of a few days. The site on which this office is erected is on the south side of the Bank, adjoining the west wing. It is about 138 feet in length, 46 feet in depth, and 45 feet in height, with a root in the form of a dome, in which are four skylights; lofty fluted columns at either end, with ornamented pilasters. A kitchen will also be c.nstructed, for the purpose of providing dinner and refreshment for the clerks who will have their meals in the establish ment. A new accountant office is to be built, as the area to be occupied by the private banking department was formerly that in which the accountant office stood.— Weehly Chronicle. THE EARL OF GUILFORD AND THE ST. CROSS HOSPITAL,—The Right Honourable and Reverend Earl of Guildford has announced his intention of resigning the living of St. Mary's, Southampton, estimated to be worth between 2,0001. and 3,000/. a year. It appears also that in prosecuting an investigation into the abuses of St. Cross Hospital at Winchester, of which the Earl of Guildford is master, some informality has been dis covered as to the appointment of the Earl to that office, and it is not improbable that he will Lave to refund the vast sums which he has received from the revenues of the hospital. THE NEw CANON OF WESTMINSTER. —We have much pleasure in stating that the Rev. William Cure ton, of the British Museum, has been nominated to the Canonry of Westminster, vacant by the promotion of Mr. Milman to the deanery of St. Paul's. Mr. Cureten is well known, not only in this country but on the Con tinent, as one of the first Oriental scholars of the day, and is the same gentleman of whom we recently an mnned that he had received from the King of Prussia t he Prussian gold medal of the Order o f M er i t, as a token of the high appreciation in which the King held Mr. Curet= for his recent edition of the " Ignatiart Epistles." MINISTERIAL MOVEN' iscount and Vis countess Palmerston are ex pected dad) on a visit to her to-m orrow ( t hi s Majcsty at Windsor, where they will remain till Wednestlay. Earl Grey is expected in town on Monday, in order to be able to attend the Council on Tuesdsy. Lordship will be present at the Lord Mayor's inant;uratien dinner ou F r id a y next , the 94). of November. Lord Paltnex sten will els° be present. Sir George Grey is expected to arrive in town before Friday, and will attend the dinner at Guildhall on Lord Mayor's-day. Lord John Russell and several members of the Government will be present at the City festivities. At the Council on Tuesday, at Windsor, Count Colloredo will take leave on his return to Vienna, where it is not unlikely that he will be called upon to take part in the Government of the Austrian Empire. The Turkish Envoy and the Russian Ambassador visited Lord Eddisbury at the Foreign. office yesterday. —Observer. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN.—Ws company took possession of the lauds in this county through which the extension line to Galway will pass, in consequence of which considerable employment will be given to the la bouring population of the district. We have heard, upon the authority of one who ought to form a tolerably exact estimate of such things, that the expense of throwing a bridge across the Shannon at Athlone will rominat tC) upwards of 40,0001,.. Westnteatis Guardian.