The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-17 00:00:00

~ LONDON . THE S ',-;:: N - __ d)oth' was a bill of sale from Myers to a person' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • PRICES OF SHARES Que- of the name of Braham, who was also an advertising PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.-The Court are expected IN BANKS , ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COltt. medical man. The managing clerk pointed out the at Gosport, en route to the Isle of Wight, on the PANIES' STOCK. impropriety of their conduct, and the impossibility of 21.4 inst. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16. ..) their having any justification, saying that the bill of The Leander, 50, Captain Deere; was paid al sale itself did not show that it was made by the trance at Spithead to-day by Rear - Admiral Prescott, _ 70 INV -STOCIC. Aa.TelitS.. [with Count; but they said that did not signify, and that C.B. She will sail to-morrow or Sunday. Dividend Amount I was they should insist upon removing the goods, A brigantine, reported to be the Kestrel, Lieut . - Name of remPanY• per of raid, Price, pples, whereup on th e po li ce were ca ll e d i n; b u t on Commander Baker,i from the Brazils, has come up -- ..___AnLleat' snare. - rapes, ascertaining that it was a distraint, and that to Spithead since sunset. A pilot from Spithead pro- £a.d.£ c d. 31. par ee e rr r ceeenntt . . cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - 6d to the parties claimed under a bill of sale they refused nounces her positively to be the Kestrel. Ceylon B .l, j as t t s r h ala o s r i t a h . A . . m . . 0 . 4;4 . ; 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5o 0 0 - Is 6d to interfere. The managing clerk was, however, not The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Lord F. H. Cotereereal L i .. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - r half satisfied, and he went to the police-office, saw the Kerr, went out to Spithead this afternoon, after being too 0020 0 0 - ts, 3so.denial. .•• .............Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - inspector, and requested his interference. He also paid advance. • Gloucestershire .. -• • 15/per cent. - burgh - - said if the parties claimed a right to take away the The American frigate St. Lawrence, 46, Captain lonian ........ ••• • • • 41. per cent. 25 0025 0 0 - r lb ; Lorain and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 furniture he could not interpose, but if he made Paulding, passed through Spithead on her way to , Ditt o anuto, •••••••••••••• 13 0 0 - !mops, a charge of felony against them ho would take Cowes, where she anchored this afternoon at half- London Joint-Stock ... 61. percent. 50 - 1; 0 10 0 0 173 nions, them into custody. A charge of that nature past two. She did not salute the Admiral's flag on Pcovincial of Irelan4.. Ml. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.- ... • • • 8/ percent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - rocoli, was ultimately made, the inspector took them into passing. Vatlonal of Ireland •. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - 15 6d custody, and proceeded with them to the police station. The Hecate steam - sloop, Commander Shadwell, Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 •• •• - 5 5 . 1. per cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 - 61 7 . , ? p e e; c c e e i n it t . . Son D tli t lu N st e r w alia • :: 6d to The Count followed in his carriege end the charge weighed and left Spithead this morning at seven 22 10 0 - dozen having been entered, they were locked up fur the for the United States with Sir H. Bulwer and suite union et Australia.... 25 - 0 0 25 0 0 - lone- n i ght. Next morning they were brought on board. Ditto ........ ••• • • . 61. per cent. - 210 0 indle; before the magistrate, but discharged. The In Harbour-The Victory, Illustrious, Excellent, ga ni ign n e e r f Madrid - - 61. par cent 50 0010 0 0 11% 6d to -- 1 , 1 0 0 40 0 0 - 9d ; consequence was four distinct actions, one Bl en h e i m, Vi c t or i a an d Alb er t , F a i ry, Elfi n, M yrt l e, ____ d per of which was the present, were brought against Fan n y , a n d Po r t s m ou th. ZIVBITIZ.H.WCZ CO2YrH,ItT3MS. To- • the defendant. As he said before, the plea was the At Spithead-The Leander, Scourge, and Pandora. Name of Company. Dividend of Paid. Prig a. end Amount Arti- general issue, but he submitted to his Lordship, that In the Basin -The Actaeon Contest, and Annum. Share. Is 6d if the bill of sale was a mere artifice the parties were Sprightley. t s d 0 X, s rooms, guilty of open felony er robbery , or s ome thi ng very I n D oc k - Th e P r i ncess Ch ar l otte, Fox, Daunt- ,eaderi .............. VAN. 500 O 5 6 4 0 . id per near it, an d th e L earne d J u d ge sa id h e was not pre- l ess, Fantoine, Lily, Birkenhead, Devastation, and Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 5 6 d& b s 100 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 19% miles; pared to say that the decision of the magic- Bloodhound. tette marine.- -•• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 51i A.:las•. . is per trate was altogether correct. He believed also In the Steam-basin-The Sidon, Penelope, Ajax, British Commercial.. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 - that the Lear ne d J u d ge was very muc h di ss atisfied Urgent, Fire Queen, Pike, Asp, and Blazer. Uleriel,Med.& Gen. Life sp r e t.& b s . 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Caunty .. ...... .. •• •• 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 60 with the verdict. There could be no doubt that a Building-The Royal Frederick, - 110 ; Prince of era, .............. 14e. 50 0050 0 14 Od to gross outrage had been committed on this gentleman; \Vales, 120; Princess Royal, 90; Argus, stearn-sloop %tele . - - - •• 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 - abbits, L tr.& Scot. Law • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 Europeaa Life ...... 414 per cent. 20 0 0 A 2 ll l p 2 ald 6 . - to ns, 53 the result was four actions against him, in one of (to be followed by the Royal Sovereign, 120); and each ; Which the damages amounted to 201.-a circumstance the Furious steam sloop (to be followed by the Marl- nentteEnrerwinetsec. 41. & es. 100 0 0 4 0 0 _ as Od which seemed very lekely to impress him with a sin- borough, 120). Preemasons' .•••• • • • • 61. p er cen t . 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 - cite.e - 61. per cent. Stock. II - 121% DUple ; gular idea of English justice. PaRTSMOUT GARRISON. G iari ll an ............ 51. 10 0 0036 10 0 491/2 Eggs, The Court promised to consult Mr. Justice Cress- TiLijor Harvey, half pay unattached, is re-appointed rinpulat Fire -..• • • • 121. per cent. 500 0050 0 0 2233 imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 )d per well before they gave their decision. Aide-de- Camp to Major-General Lord Frederick Indemnit Marine•••• 11.51 i. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 35 3d to , Fitzclarence, G.C.H., commanding at Portsmouth. Law Fire............. - 100 0 0 210 0 21 Od to EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) Woomvica, Nov. 16.-The Stromboli steam- Lw Life............ 11.16 a. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42% Legal and General Life _ 50 0 0 20 0 4 2s Od (Sittings in Banco.) dolls Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, arrived eeneen Fire ........ 11 21 . ,,,e a t( r ii i . le n . y . mi 105, 25 0012 10 0 16% I to is London Ship ........ i • G .. e . n ... i1 . e 4 1t. p . e p r 0 share c a t r . e 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 o 0 2 9 COBBETT V. SIR GEORGE GREY AND ANOTHER. at Sheerness yesterday, and landed the seamen riggers tOs. 25 0012 10 0 16% Wid- In this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief at that port, who navigated the Vulture steam-frigate 4 Baron on the 24th of February last, and a verdict to Devonport. Lieutenant Robertson and the seamen onal Lean Fund.. W. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -% Is 10d; found for the defendant, a rule nisi was obtained by riggers who navigated the Styx steam- . sloop from Cul onnl Life.... ?ill•tdium Life FiLper cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 210 e. 4d per the plaintiff in Easter Term last, calling upon the de- Woolwich to Devonport, and returned in the . 31.p.m - h. Pobs. - - _ fondants to show cause why the verdict should not be Stromboli, came up from Sheerness to Woolwich in p l' ' 1 ' r :0 c :te l l l e i x e t o u r t • L L i i f r e e .. .. .. .. . :.. 5 11 / .. per 8, cent . bs . 1 2 co o 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 - - 141 set aside generally, or a new trial be had, on the the African steam-vessel, the Stromboli being re a to 3s ground that it was against the evidence. quirc'd to return with supernumeraries to Devonport. lock Life-- . ...... 55. I 048 2d The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now appeared for the The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross cowl Exchange V. per cent. Stock. 201 defendants to show cause against the rule. He and the Investigator, Captain Bird, are ordered to be i L l i t t i e re l.lfe .•... • • • 64. 16s. . - - I 205 47 i 128 ; submitted it was important to consider the paid off on Monday, the 26th instant. Universal Life.... .• •• 105 i pr cnt. 1100 0 0 9 0 0 --- Vi.:Orla Life.... - 40 0 41 5, 4 d to form of the declaration in the cause. The The Terrible steam.frigate was taken into dock to- ei. MU U u 36 10 0 49 , (01 i:c , - 4 ;;;i ' L i i i f f; :: :: :: :: 121. per r cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 223 gigs, The Court promised to consult Mr. Justice Cress- Msjor Harvey, half- pay unattached, is re-appointed 1 i. , i ii s o s i bs. 100 0 0 150 13 0 15 )d per well before they gave their decision. Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Lord Frederick gre r i l n a i t S e ta; in . e .• •• ::1 35 3d to , Fitzclarence, G.C.H., commanding at Portsmouth. Law Fire _ 100 0 0 210 0 2 Od to EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) WooLwica, Nov. 16.-The Stromboli steam- l.' eZs l a . n i f e e . si e . n - e . ra . ii: it; 11.16 x. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42 2s Od (Sittings in Banco.) slo )p, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, arrived r,Qndon Fire - 50 0 0 20 0 4 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16 i to Is COBBETT V. SIR GEORGE GREY AND ANOTHER. at Sheerness yesterday, and landed the seamen riggers London lii Ship los. 25 0012 10 0 16 VVid uar lie .. ••••. • . . • l2s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 In this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief at that port, who navigated the Vulture steam-frigate ea. Invlid & Gen• Life 4%1, per ct. 60 0 0 20 0 2 i• Baron on the 24th of February last, and a verdict to Devonport. Lieutenant Robertson and the seamen ational 1,6,au Fond 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - - Is 10d; fo und for the defendant, a rule nisi was obtained by riggers who na v i ga t e d th e Styx stearrasloop from . C : t i l ri a ° d n i t u ' l in i ' L if i e f . ~ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 etc 4d per the plaintiff in Easter Term last, calling upon the de- Woolwich to D evonpor t , an d returne d i n the eencan fendants to show cause why the verdict should not be Stromboli, came up from Sheerness to Woolwich in '" cea i& - - 141 - set aside generally, o r a new t r i a l b e h a d , on th e t h e Af r i can :team- vessel, the Stromboli being re- PI °teeter Life.. -•- 51 . per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 PrGYldent Life........ I/ . 5 5 . 8, bs. 400 0 0 10 0 0 26 to 35 grou n d t h at i t was against the evidence. quircd to return with supernumera r ies t o Devonport. 'lock Life.-- ...... ss. 5000 10 0 5 045 2d The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now appeared for the The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, f o i r t l ,i l;. e x . ch ange 6?. per cent. St oc k . 61. 10s. - 205 201 1 defendants to show cause against the rule. He and the Investigator , C a pt a i n Bi r d , are or d ere d t o be Litt° Life -1/. Os. - - 47 submitted it was important to consider the paid off on Monday, the 26th instant. tretversal Life.... .• - 10% pr cat. 100 0 0 9 0 -- 1 12s ; VieOria Life .. Si. per mt. - 40 0 4 , 5,4 d to form of the declaration in the cause. The The Terrible steam-frigate was taken into dock to ; Soles declaration alleged that Mr. Cobbett, " being a pri • day to have the copper on her bottom examined. ' DOCHS. Large soner in the Queen's Bench" (those were material CHATHAM, Nov. 15.-The Devonshire, 72 guns, Dividend Amount each ; words), the defend a nt s, on t h e 2 4t h o f D ecember, was towed into this port on the 14th instant by the Name of Company. per of Paid. Pric 2s to 1 1847, by force and arms assaulted him, and forced African and Pigmy steam-vessels from the river Annum. Share. It Her- him to go from room nu mber 2in the said prison to Thames, the ship having been recently employed as a £ C. C. £ s. d. r doe ; . room. number 1, which was a more inconvenient seamen's hospital ship. East and West Ind' a - E tat Country - 7 - 1 . ;o 20s ; Go ncl on - - .••. • • • • 2 57 . p P r e c r e e n h t. 100 Sto 0 ck. ° place. There was a plea of " not guilty by statute." The Enterprise and Investigator, discovery ships, - 113; Is 3d I First of all, he (the Attorney-General) contended that recently returned from the polar regions, are both 5=11111c015"...... 44 per cent. Stock. /. per cent. - - - - - upon this declaration of not guilty a n ac ti on o f tree- or d ere d to b e sent f rom Woolwich to Chatham when Ditto ' , Scrip :I::: ... .... _ Ditto 80nd5........ 1%1. pr cent. - - dis are pass would not lie against the defendant s , i nasmuc h as th ey are paid off.- or 4iLs it was not a trespass to remove a man f rom a room i n Th e H orat i o steam-screw guard-ship will be put Southampton •• .. •• - at. per cent. 5 0 0050 0 0 - a prison in which he was confined to another, by out of dock on Saturday, the 17th instant, and early BRIDGES desiring him to go from the one place to in the next week the ship will be navigated to the Dividend Amount 341 b to the other, and he went. Even admitting that Thames to have her machinery, Esc., put on board and Name of Company. per of Paid. Price ditto, Annum. Share. the plaintiff had been put into an incon- fitted. to 3/d; :Jnartag-cross •• Yenient part of the prison, that would not amount This day being duly appointed by the Queen to be x. a. C. X. s. C. d. Calf les, 7s; to a charge of false imprisonment, seeing that the observed as a day of general thanksgiving for the late Southwrk NIT Sub Av - - - 632 12 1 25 0 0 - - 2 weds 3s plaintiff was imprisoned before and at the time of his mercies of Almighty Providence in removing from us intro Nw ' et a% P.c . . 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 6 removal. He apprehended, under these circumstances, the cholera visitation, the day was observed with every Waterloo - - 100 0 0 _ 3% that an action would not lie against the defendants. devotional spirit in appearance and reality. The Ditto N Ol w d lir to . o o f f 12 1 1 , .. 1. ,.. Od. c - 60 0 0 27 - 40 0 0 24 Clover The evidence was simply that the words, " You must whole of the public departments of this great naval Vauxhall .... •• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - - Price. Los per to, sir," were addressed to the plaintiff at the time of and military garrison were closed, and collections for WATER-WO ans. Dividend Amount Clover Annum' per shares 105 per 3/ 10s; l is e removal m il eoLvAoa LORD tp f o r r o cn m em o EG n r e m p e a r r t ti)e oftheadmitted BARON-Supposeprisonthya tot you say thes another.y plain-to a thehad andd benecessitousen c hapels received c throughouteiv e p d o o a r t wtheer the eheArmoury made t o innt andhe Houses Dense v e g r : a A l b outirl churches hleoroyd remove a man in p r r e i na so o n ve toanother ? man "If ROYAL ARTILLERY COMPANY. - The Times of Monday last stated that a dispatch you don't get out of the way I will knock ground, on the previous Thursday, addressed to the Name of company. Elst L0nd0n.......... 81. 4 s. d. 4 t_ s ai . d. d. -- 100 0 0 5 4 1 1 . . per cut. e c n n t t . . 1 5 00 0 0 0 0 0 1ient.......... •• •• - 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - ---- 181% 75 tiff was forced to Y. f ; ro b m ut on w e as pa i r t t a of tr th es e p p as r s iso t n o los per T L l a r m an b d e J th en .. ct . l .7. .. .. .. .. 9 8 0 2 you down ? " Now Rivr Lndn Brd g e 21. 10s. - . - 55 commanding officer, superseding, by order of her and . lieutenants, and Vauxhall ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 98 • The ATTORNEY- GENERAL-That was a different Majesty, twelve captains nine - - 120 case, my Lord. In this case the declaration starts reducing all the sergeants to the ranks ; which state- - t Y.) With the statement that the plaintiff was in custody. ment is altogether untrue. The officers are elected GAS-LIGHT AND CONE comr.aNxEs. iorning The LORD CHIEF Balton-It has been ruled over annually by their respective companies, and their Dividend Amount , respect and over again that no words would amount to an t erm o f holding office does not expire till the fir s t Name of Company. per of P a id. P r i ce . of suffi- assault. T hursday in December next. To have superseded Annum. Sh are . -... 3i-itish • • - - •• -- - - The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-Exactly so, my Lord. th em so near t o th a t period-for any ulterior object .t. 5. d. JE. s. d. 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 It is said that "hard words break no bones."- w h atever-wou ld h ave b een the reverse of oomph- Ditto Provincial.... ii. 85. 20 00190 0 18 sristoi .............. 1 5 0 1 1 . . p a c e en e n t t . . 12 2 2g 0 0 gO O 000 0 AY.) (A laugh.) mentary. The dispatch in question intimated her _ - 1 3 0 9 0 - 5 0 0 0 aig 6 The LORD CHIEF BARON-But if you say to a Majesty's intention, as a mark of her royal favour," 13 r i r 0 t 1 .. d . 0 . n ... ....... LISTICE, man "If you don't go out of this field into another I to take upon herself the conferring commissions to the Continental Consolida7. 925. pr share i.quitab1e............ 50s. pr shar : e 54 5 00 0 00 0 .0 4050 0 0 26 kis, and will come and make you," and the man does go out, officers in future, leaving the appointment of the non 62f.peerrcceonott that would be force, for it would be a commissioned officers to the Lieutenant-Colonel of lndependentlmperial .. .I:.: : : : : : 0 50 0 0 2 using of helps to compel him to go from one the regiment. It is presumed, by this arrangement, London.. .. .. - ...... P - 50 0080 0 0 - 'money sr con- place to another. He submitted that it was no that some other honours are about to be conferred on - 50 0050 0 _ Phcenix ....... •••• .. 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 46 0 0 28% v came false imprisonment to remove a man from one part of this distinguished corps.-Nautical Standard. itateliff .... • ...... 5/. 100 00500 0 75 ass, the a prison to another, and that th ere was consequent l y United General .... • • 7s. sa. 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 validity no ground for an action of trespass. It might be an Westnainster Chartered COUNTY C OURTS Ditto, New .. -•• ~12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 sx, 3/. 50 0 0 - 4 5 paid by abus e of a u th or it y, b u t assum i ng t h ere h ad been an TO THE EDITOR OF THE S. SUN. abuse of authority, did it amount t o a trespass ? SIR, -Everybody knows that debtors who vie- CANALS. toning, Mr. Baron PARKE-He is guilty of a trespass if timize creditors right and left receive a greater share Names of E; Dividend ; should he does anything which the law does not warrant) of attention and lenity from the judicial functionaries Companies. A per Price. Companies. A Per trice Price. 1 issues f or i nstance the putting manacles upon him. and public at large, than those who unhappily, from v: Annum. ic - uncontrollabe circumstances, get into merely minor ---- 7 this T heATTORNEY-GENERAL would admit that, but although every person may read in .z gly.Was not like the familiar case of force having difficulties. B u t , who possessed Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield . 100 2/. 10s. 50 been used against a man ab initio ; and he would the papers how civilly Mr. So.and-so, Barnsley •• . • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 161. 340 Justice Contend that this ought to have been an action on the thousands of pounds, and got rid of t arKnk&Abrg 150 al. 85 0xf0rd...... 100 20/. 185 during ease, and that the defendants were not guilty of hem running , lirmingham 35 41. 82 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 'lO into debt some thousands more, is received at the for the trespass. Bankruptcy Court-how commiserative the Commis- Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 35 41. 50% Coventry.... 100 25/. 210 Regent's.... 33 11. 2s. 11 Ellsmre&Chs 133 563. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Mr. M. D. HILL followed on the same side. sioners and Counsel are for his misfortune-they Erewash ..• 100 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. - Lord- (The case when we went to press.) was proceedingdo not always hear of what is passing in the GrandJunctn 100 5/. 56 S 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - tffrii &Wore 140 281. 400 ild not little county courts of the various districts u tr r a m n i cr me n y 100 21. BAIL COURT'.-(THIS DAY.) 100 11.10 s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 300 ground in the metropolis, what great efforts are made Grantham .• 150 - - Severn and (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Cie sSplayrp too sot. 325 Warwicktcl Ke ed nnt & 4.1,71 35 7s. 6d. 26 31.08. amount to swell out a paltry case, affecting the sum of a by the MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. couple of pounds, into one of enormous magnitude Ge e i l c u e t s r te a r N .. ;h . 140 5 SI . . 63 5 % 34 w l ‘ W a l r: w i e n i R i n: k g & I . . i i j 100 41 ' 63 Sir FREDERICK THESIGER said, if your Lordship yen the and importance; nor do they know that the judges of Loughhoro h 142 3 701. 41 6 4 5 5 100 31. 43 pleases, I have to move your Lordship for a writ of on was such places can make the most extraordinary and Ifonnionth g sh 100 81, 0 WNoracPstt°rti }7B 31. 42 MeltnMwbry 100 - certiorari to bring into this court an inquisition taken Nfntgemrysli 100 - - Birming. alfourd, contradictory decisions, just as it may suit their par- a jury by the Coroner of the borough of Leeds, and also the - wins & Brks - 14 s. 9 depositions, which inquisition was held on the body of titular humour. I chanced to be present in the Is t inter. lington County Court on Wednesday, the 7th inst., LIST OkSCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES 4 person named Sarah Ann Wholley, by which she m been when a defendant was summoned to show cause why Dividend Amount Was found felo de se, the object being to traverse Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. ay; and he had not obeyed an order made by the Court for the inquisition • but at the same time I think it right Annum. Share. ergeant him to pay a small debt by monthly instalments. On -.__ to state that 'I find, when the inquisition is brought Bank of Scotland £ s. d. X s. d :OMIIIOII, saying that he regretted he had been unable to do so, iritish Linen Company 5 7 1 1. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 172 pared to into this court, that there are substantial defects on he was told in the most uncourteous way' that " that and the the face of it, I should wish to have an oppor was the excuse of every one who did not pay:' . per cent: 100 0 0 100 0 0 205 i l y ty de o s f ri G ai l e asto a w nk Eank o . 6 61. per cent. to 0 0 to 0 0 11% Jaledonlan Bank r• The , tunity of taking advantage of them. The cir- He was then (the court being crowded C . % per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 131 is. Le of the o umstances of this case, which I will state shortly as though a criminal case were going on), in an ex- Jommercial Bank -.• 71, per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 163 astern Bank •••• •• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 o to 0 0 sii for him to your Lordships, are of the most extraordinary • ceedingly rough manner, subjected to a more strict thought and mysterious character. Sarah Ann Wholley Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5 Txehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per c en t. 100 0 0 50 0 0 20%46 and a far harsher examination than he would have nstance, Was the d aug ht er of respe c t a bl e parents, re tanding si ding in London, and on the 21st of J une l as t she been exposed to had he appeared at the Insolvent isle of Man. Company 71. p er cen t . 10 0 0 7 0 0 - Court to clear off , , . all his debts, instead of being where s's 6 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 . Os orth of Scotland Bank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.os paid by. Married Mr. Wholley, her husband, who was a wool--as to arrange time for paying one; and on stet- ' *i_atlonal Bank North British Bank •• - - - _ XeSpilBs, dealer, residing at Holbech, in the neighbourhood question, his profession, and how i h n e g7 in ' reply to a . Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125 Pleaded of Leeds. She was seven - and-twenty years old, and he Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent 100 0 50 0 85 that lie had been unfortunate enough to make nothing Western Bank-- - 71. per cent. 50 0 o ao 0 o 7ii, he case was only three years older. They were married Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 1o e 2 that the With the entire approbation of the parents of by it of late, he was treated with a sneering remark 11. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - )bleman the lady ; and after the marriage they pro- of its being "an exceedingly novel one." Much more was urged by the defendant, but the mind of " his dritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 Ils Od laledoulan Fire Insur. 101. pet cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 rho was seeded first to Leamington, afterwards to Scar- Honour" was made up ; for, although the assistant, Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 - same to b o rough, and from both of these places letters were City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 002 0 0 21. 7s whoa ppeared for the plaintiff, said that his master 4 idinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% it No. Written by the wife to her sister, expressing, in authorised him to state that he would be perfectly East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 95.0 d. I either the most artless and simple way, the happiness Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - satisfied if an order was made for payment in a tenant she enjoyed in her new state. They arrived at home month's time, the decision of the Court was, " that clarculas Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 10 0 - Ensur. Co. of Scetlnd- Si. per cent. 100 o 0 10 o 0 - I was in Holbech on the 2d of July, and on the 7th of July the most charitable way to proceed in this instance Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. Is 'end that a letter was written to the sister by the wife, which,h would be to commit the defendant to gaol for fourteen Stercantile Life ...• however, I shall not trouble your Lordship ' s wit , National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s 6d int, and days, and he could arrange with the plaintiff if the North British Insur. -5% /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23 . % ray the but merely state that it was written precisely in the latter pleased." North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 l 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. )mot that same strain as all the others, - containing nothing ex- - 20 0 0 011 0 Surely, Sir, this is not as it should be. The petty ot. Mu. and Gen• Life - 0 0 015 - aggerated, but giving, in the most simple and artless judge of a court like this has no right to treat a Scottish Union Ingram 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 o 225.0 d TS, who itairiard .Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 60 0 0 45 0 9% i manner, an account of her own happiness, and defendant in a manner that would only have been united Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1o 0 14 Doctor ending in this way:-" It has just struck five, and into thedeserved had he stood at the felon's bar of a olice as my dearest William generally makes his appear court. He has no right to pass sneering ') and masa CEIX.X..A.IITEOT.7B . 1 Iroposed truce about that hour, or soon'after, I must draw to would-be sagacious remarks when he is told Dividend Amount ear. It a close to be ready for tea. Adieu, my dearest Name of Company. per of rad. Price. 1 Upon Susannah, anti, with our united and devoted regards, by a defendant, that the profession he has been forced Annum, Share. - 4 ten, but to adopt for a living (his position in life having for- - ( y from believe me your affectionate, happy sister, Sarah Ann merly been widely different) has not been sufficiently ~ Australian Airricultnrl 1/. Z. s. d. £. O. d. 100 0 0 30 0 o 16 irdinary Wholley." On the 9th of July she was seen as lute productive to prevent him from having to appear in Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 45. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - i the pre- as half-past eleven o'clock in perfect health and spirits. such a place. And surely, when a plaintiff does not Ditto, Half Shares.. - Canada ......... •• .. Gl. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 32 10 0 26 vinging She was of a very cheerful disposition, of a quiet, • urge immediate payment, but says he is "content to City Navigation . Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - - f that day - well-regulated, and religious mind ; she had break- - ... - madebythe e- - - 90 wait a little," and the statements fasted with her husband that morning, and had parted C om p.CpprMllraEng. Mira Eng. 51. percent, 100 0 0 70 0 0 - ( n• of his fondant are in no way condradicted or shaken, the Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - 1 in his with him on the most affectionate terms, he going to tof the his daily business at Leeds. Five minutes after the judge Equitable eversienry 51. pr cent. discretionary power that is left to the must be n 100 0 0 100 o 0 103 time when she was seen as I have stated and described misused when be immediately m a k es an order of Gen.SteamNavi ga ti on 1 1 . 86. 15 0 0 14 0 0 25 of three , London Institution ... 78 15 0 of the - - - commitment.she was found stretched upon the floor in her bed- Russell Institution.... - _ 26 5 0 - kitchen. room, with her throat cut from ear to e ar, and a I am, Sir, your obediently, Peninsir& O r i ent•Stm. 8!. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73N A LOVER OF JUSTICE. Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 1 to the razor between the finger and thumb of her left hand. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. )r oyal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4 , p. c 100 00600 0 49 South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 17 td come An inquest was held, and by the direction of the `fan Dieraan's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 2 tich was coroner, under these circumstances, the . jury were Sir FREDERICK THE=IGER said, if your Lordship pleases, I have to move your Lordship for a writ of certiorari to bring into this court an inquisition taken by the Coroner of the borough of Leeds, and also the depositions, which inquisition was held on the body of it person named Sarah Ann Wholley, by which she Was found felo de se, the object being to traverse the inquisition ; but at the same time I think it right to state that if I find, when the inquisition is brought into this court, that there are substantial defects on the face of it, I should wish to have an oppor tunity of taking advantage of them. The cir cumstances of this case, which I will state shortly to your Lordships, are of the most extraordinary and mysterious character. Sarah Ann Wholley Was the daughter of respectable parents, re siding in London, and on the 21st of J une l as t s h e Married Mr. Wholley, her husband, who was a wool dealer, residing at Holbech, i n th e ne i g hb our h oo d of Leeds. She was seven-and-twenty years old, and he was only three years older. Tney were married With the entire approbation of the parents of the lady; and after the marriage they pro ceeded first to Leamington, afterwards to Scar borough, and from both of these places letters were written by the wife to her sister, expressing, in the most artless and simple way, the happiness she enjoyed in her new state. They arrived at home in Holbech on the 2d of July, and on the 7th of July a letter was written to the sister by the wife, which, however, I shall not trouble your Lordships with, but merely state that it was written precisely in the same strain as all the others, - containing nothing ex aggerated, but giving, in the most simple and artless manner, an account of her own happiness, and ending in this way :—" It has just struck five, and as my dearest William generally makes his appear ance about that hour, or soorrafter, I must draw to a close to be ready for tea. Adieu, my dearest Susannah, and, with our united and devoted regards, believe me your affectionate, happy sister, Sarah Ann Wholley." On the 9th of July she was seen as late es half-past eleven o'clock in perfect health and spirits. She was of a very cheerful disposition, of a quiet, well-regulated, and religious mind ; she had break fasted with her husband that morning., and had parted with him on the most affectionate terms, he going to his daily business at Leeds. Five minutes after the time when she was seen as I have stated and described, she was found stretched upon the floor in her bed room, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and a razor between the finger and thumb of her left hand. An inquest was held, and by the direction of the Coroner, under these circumstances, the jury were almost forced to find a verdict of felo de se. My Lord, the coroner's direction, -which is of the most ex traordinary kind, is sworn to. He says this : (The learned gentleman then proceeded to read the charge of the coroner, which concluded in these Words :—" I think you had better find a verdict of felo de se than adopt a course of leaving the case open and throwing suspicion upon parties that may rest Upon them for ever.") Under this strong direction the jury found the verdict I have mentioned, after three hours' deliberation ; it being perfectly clear that no Ruspicirm could possibly have attached to any one if the jury had found that verdict which seems to be the proper one, according to the mysterious nature of the case ; for if she did destroy herself it must have been upon some sudden outbreak of madness, of Which th e human mind is sometimes susceptible, and instances of which we know have not . unfrequently taken place. It was, therefore, under the strong direction of the coroner that the jury found this N erdiGt. And as the family are extremely anxious to wipe this stain from this unfortunate lady's me mory, they feel that it would be impossible for the lady to have a Christian burial with this stigma resting on her name, and therefore on their behalf I have to apply to your Lordship for a writ of certio rari, for the purpose of having the inquisition and the depositions brought into this court, in order that they May be traversed. My Lord, if I find upon examin ing the inquisition there is any psrt of it open to technical objection, I think it right to state that I shall take advantage of it. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted the application. The writ was accordingly directed to Issue. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The following is a summary of the transactions yes erday LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 vgst Victoria. The Oaks is scratched for this race. CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 20 agst Whim colt-1,000 t o 20 and 1,000 to 15 sgst Lady Evelyn-2,000 to 20 agst cult by Malay 41oloch, out of Pendulum-1,000 to 10, five or six times, agst Melody-3,000 to 45 and 1,000 to 10 sgst Idle Boy (Mr. Pares)-2,000 to 20 agst Kennington —and 1,000 to 15 agst Canezou. DERBY. 350 to 10 agst Mr. Henry's Pitsford—thksn. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. nut LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CIIAME.—e tO l agst Knight of Gwy uno, 8 to 1 agst The Doctor, 9 to 1 agst Shinrone, 9 to 1 agst Wolverhampton, 16 to 1 ag,t The Young-un, 10 to 1 agst Vain Hope. SEFTON HANDICAP, LIVERPOOL.-2 to 1 agst The Alp and Priestess (taken to 401.), 3 to 1 agst Mantle (taken to 251.), 6 to 1 agst The Dart (taken to 201.) CIIESTER CUP.-1,000 to 20 agst Peer-o'-Day Boy (taken freely), 1,000 to 20 agst any other. Ti 113% --- DEATH OF THE REV. DR. MACFARLAN, OF GREENom.—This rev. gentleman, who was about 70 years of age, and had been 43 years a minister of the Christian religion, died on Tuesday last. He was a staunch non-intrusionist, end, when the disruption took place, was found amongst the seceders.—Glasgow Daily UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.—The Conservative stu dents in the 'University of Glasgow have resolved not to oppose the re-election of Mr. Macaulay as Lord Rector for the present year. —Glasgow C our i e r. Colonel Hawker is now at Birmingham, in order to superinted the forging, &c., for his new improvements in guns. The sun of truth may be obscured, but is never eclipsed,-4/ixo Cooks Journal. Price, THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAIL.. WAY.—Sinco the resignation of Mr. Allport, the ma nager, Mr. Close, the secretary, it is stated, has followed his example and also resigned. Both offices, it is un derstood, will be filled up in a short time.—Leeds Mercury. RICHMOND THEATRE —Mr. Ryan, the spirited lessee of this pretty little theatre takes his benefit on Monday evening. The pieces are well selected, the most prominent of which is the celebrated comedy of Paul Pry, in which Miss Jane Coleman, late of the Lyceum Theatre, will appear for this night only. Several other London favourites have volunteered their services on the occasion, and a crowded house must be the result of Mr. Ryan's very attractive bill. CURIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning, when a man named Joseph Senior, a carter in the employment of Messrs. Carver and Co., carriers, was standing on the footway in New Market street, just opposite to the warehouse of Messrs. Simpson and Thompson, Man• chester, the ground suddenly gave way under his feet, and he was let down about fifteen feet into the mouth of an old well, in which there was at the time about eight feet of water. Fortunately, however, he managed to cling to the sides of the well, which were of brickwork, so as to prevent himself from going more than about up to his middle in the water. Some bystanders, who witnessed the occur rence, speedily olvained a rope, and rescued him from his unpleasant position. He was, as might have been expected, much bruised by the earth and stones of th e street, which had fallen with him, but no bones were broken. He was immediately sent home in a cab. In formation of what had occurred was immediately sent to Mr. Francis, the superintendent of the paving depart ment of the Manchester corporation, who had a quan tity of rubbish shot into the chasm, so as to fill it up to the surface of the street, and thus prevent any similar accident in future.—Manchester Guardian. TnE SUN LoNDON SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 17 , 1849 RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS. Yesterday, in pursuance of the resolutions passed at the meeting of the representatives of the railway companies on the Bth inst., communications in con formity with the instructions of the committee of railway chairmen appointed to prepare a Bill for Parliament were transmitted to the secretary of every railway company in the kingdom, calling their attention to the resolutions passed at the meeting, and to the suggested provisions of the proposed Bill for the more efficient audit of railway accounts. Parti cular attention is called to the fourth resolution, recommending that these suggestions should be cir culated among the shareholders, as the parties most concerned in the efficiency of the audit, with a view to obtain their opinions on the outline of the Bill. Accompanying is a form of circular for communi cating the suggestions to the shareholders, the result to be reported in the foll ow i ng form :—Number ap proving, number of shares; number disapprovi ng , number of shares ; special answers, number of shares. The committee express themselves reluctant to impose this trouble, but state that the parti cular board of directors and secretary to whom ILI he e c e ssa ry, o n communication ce fo r all, t a o ddressed establish will fe asy ste e m l o tha f t audit,it is not only satisfactory, but which Parliament may be assured is satisfactory to shareholders. The circular proposed for adoption by the various companies in taking the sense of the shareholders, to be signed by the respective:chairmen and secretaries, sets forth that it is wished the opinion of all shareholders should be obtained concerning the proposed pill. If they dis approve of the su gges ti ons , th ey are requested to inti mate it, either with or without their reasons for it. If, on the other hand, they are - not heard from, it is to be assumed that they approve the proposed outline of the Bill, as embodied in the resolutions of the dele gate meeting of directors on the Bth instant. Yesterday, also the direct(); s of the London and North-Western Railway Company issued official communications to all their shareholders on the sub ject, signed by Mr. Stewart, the secretary, which, in the form of interrogatory, differ from the preceding one drawn out for general adoption. The communi cation commences by adverting to the resolutions of the proprietors passed at their special general meeting on the 17th of July last, when it was resolved that the proposed compulsory interference of Govern mint with the accounts and affairs of railway com panies would• be highly objectionable, both on public and private grounds, and that for these reasons the directors be linstructed to oppose the Bill, but that under existing circumstances it was expedient that it should be made compulsory on the auditors of rail way accounts on all occasions, to call in to their assistance some known public accountant, but without the 'interference of Government.: Accompanying the communication are the resolutions passed at the meeting of railway directors on the Bth, coupled with a request that the proprietors will transmit their ap proval or otherwise of the suggestions for the proposed Bill for the information and guidance of the direc tors in the course they may find it necessary to pur sue with reference to the question of audit by the proprietors, and of Government i n t er f erence i n t h e conduct and management of railway property. The communication concludes by impressing on the pro prietors the desirableness of an immediate and serious consideration of the matter, and calls upon them to assist in forming such a measure as will secure an efficient audit vested in themselves, and so avoid the permanent evils to be apprehended from the interference of Government in eommercial affairs. Questions upon the following points are then put to the proprietors for reply : First, as to whether they approve or otherwise of the suggestions generally, and, if specially, whether it should be compulsory on the auditors to be appointed by the proprietors to employ a known public ac countant ? Then, upon the question whether the audit of the account should be continuous; if the half-yearly financial statement of all the companies should be made out as nearly as may be in the form prescribed, Scc.; whether it shall be competent for a minority to appoint special auditors and accountants as suggested. The directors of the London and South-Western Railway have informed their proprietors, simultane ously with the transmission of the suggestions, that an opportunity will be afforded them at the special general meeting on Wednesday, the 28th instant s fur collecting the views of their proprietors on the subject. ROYAL AND MERCHANT DOCKS. (From the Times.) There is an old saying about " neither precept nor discipline being so forcible as example." The ap plication we are going to make of it is certainly not in correspondence with its original import, and yet we hope the result will verify the soundness of the proverb. Time after time we Lave directed public attention to the fruitless experiments and repeated failures of our national dockyards, as compared with the steady and uniform success of private builders. As far as the leading facts were concerned the case was to clear to admit of dispute ; but it was plausibly alleged on the other side that the requirements of a war-steamer involved conditions unusually difficult of attainment, and thst the ponderous scantling and heavy deckload of an armed frigate pre cluded the ready realization of all those weatherly and convenient qualities which could be guaranteed in a common packet•boat. To this it was retorted that the deckloads of merchant steamers were • often in reality as cumbersome as those of frigates, 34 and that their construction, under recent regulations, was actually stronger. As to duties, it was truly enough stated that the services between Liverpool and Tampico, Southampton and Hong-Kong, included at the least as rough work as ever could be anticipated for a Retribution or a Terrible. So stood the argu ment, we do not say very doubtfully, for few persons could get over the plain facts so credibly deposed to, but there still, perhaps, remained a loophole of escape for the experimentalists. Now, however, even this has been blocked up, for the construction of actual war-steamers has been intrusted to privbte yards, and with such results, at this present stage of naval archi tecture, as we here subjoin. On Tuesday last the Termagant steam frigate, of 1,556 tons, 24 guns, and 620 horse power, sailed out of Portsmouth harbour for the express purpose of trying her "speed and sea-worthiness." There was a good deal of sea on, and a stiff breeze blowing, and she proceeded, under these circumstances, to the regular practice -water of " the measured mile " in Stokes'-bay. She was deep—drawing no less than 17 feet 2 inches forward, and 16 feet 9 inches abaft; so that this condition must be regarded as unfavour able ; but in other respects the trial was as fair as could be, and to work she went, under the inspection and advice of the most competent officers of the establishment. She was found to make six knots and a half per hour. On the very same morning a war-steamer, built by Mr. Paterson, of Bristol, for war-steamer, rudimentary navy of the Germanic Confederation, was taken out of Cumberland-basin to undergo a similar trial. The Inca, as she was called, was 628 tons measure ment, and of corresponding horse power, and she had been built, like a sister-vessel previously launched, with especial regard to all the require ments of active service. Not satisfied with a trip over a pleasure-ground, her inspectors took her down the Channel, and there encountered such a gale as " not only' tested the strength of the Inca's build, but of some of the visitors' bones," for the wind was violent in the extreme, and the sea, which was strong ahead, tremendous. Notwithstanding these unfavourable conditions, she was unanimously pro . nounced as "very lively," and the trip was charac terised by the professional voyagers as being remarkably - entertaining and pleasant. At length, in, deference to the sensations of another class of visitors, her head was put about, and it was found, upon investigation, that her speed, with a strong head wind and the sea dead on end, bad been six knots and a half per hour by the patent log, white after putting about she had made eleven and a half with perfect ease. So much for the visible contrast between two war steamers built one in a private and the ether in a public yard, but we are strongly inclined to think that a more edifying item of comparison remains still behind. What the Termagant cost we are unable to say, and perhaps, indeed, the calculations on this head are even yet incomplete, but we should be in no degree surprised if the porportion of six to eleven which indicated the relative speed of the two vessels, might be quietly inverted to represent there relative. cost. We know at least that the Termagant has un dergone her share of those experiments and devices which have served in similar cases to run up the figures to such an ugly point, and there is no reason we fear to hope that the consequences of the process on the present occasion have been other than usual. Now, the combination of these results gives a very disagreeable total. We not only pay more, but we get less. By a higher rate of wage we actually secure an inferior performance, and so lose on both sides of th e accoun t a t once . The ed question t i t ohne possibilitylately before f b th u e ildi L n e g g N i v sl a a r t . amusrtee con cerned, cern in mercha n t s ' yar d s , b ut t h e practicability of substi tuting, on emergencies, a steamer built for a mer chantman in the place or stead of one built for war. We may say, upon the whole, that this practicability was not proved, for it would be hazardous to set aside the concurrence of professional testimony, however naturally prejudiced, which was given against the proposal. But this conclusion does not in any way affect the question at issue here. This is not simply whether it would be advisable to get our war-steamers generally built by contract, for such a suggestion would introduce many other ele ments of discussion. The question is whether steamers, realising all the conditions of war-steamers, are not proved to have been built in merchants' yards without any such expenses and failures as are repre sented in our national dockyards to be inseparable from the construction of such fabrics; and whether, therefore, these expenses and failures, thus proved to be unnecessary, ought not to be peremptorily stopped ? On these points we conceive no doubt can remain. The assertion that private yards can turn out good war-steamers has been established over and over again. Besides the example we have now given, an eminent builder at Northfleet thus deposed before the committee of inquiry on this subject—" I constructed four vessels for the King of Naples, of 1,000 tons each; they had guns of 85 cwt. and 68 cwt.; they were found to anwer well, and the vessels to stand up well under canvass ; they can fire all _their guns at once ; they have been lately proved ; such is the information I receive, and I never heard a complaint of insuffi ciency." We need not multiply instances, for, ex cepting the great maritime powers, there is hardly a single state which has not created or recruited its navy from the yards of our merchant builders. The argument, in short, that war steamers are neces sarily liable in their construction to such errors, ex penditure, and failures as we (for the last 10 years) have witnessed, is now fairly demolished by positive proof ; they can he built without any such trouble some or costly incidents, and now that this has been so unquestionably shown it is time to put into serious practice the lesson we have been so rudely taught. RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 16. STOCK EXCHANGB.—The only transactions to-day were— Great Western, Quarters, 12 dis. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16. STOCHEXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late C. and B.), 6 per cent. till 1850, 13—Great Northern (B.), 635. 9d. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Halves, 20 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 6% c. dis.—Lancaster and Preston, 2% dis.—London and North-Western, 113 % —Ditto, New Quarters, 1 ,4 c. p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Q uar t ers (No. 1), gua • ranteed 7 1 ,¢ till 1853, 11—Midland, 48% c.—Ditto, Halves, 21% d is. MANCHESTER, Nov. 16. STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow:—Manchester and Birming}-,am (C ), Quarters, 1% p. Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 3.16—01 d Sheffield, 16 1 h - and Leeds, Fifths, p.— Midland, Halves, 21 !•4 dis.—London and Noah-Western, 113 1 ,6—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 6 p. Fleetwoods, 7 dis. Grimsby, Quarters, 10% dis.— Sheffield. Preference, 9% n.—North Staffordshire, 9%—Kendal and Windermere, 4 1 4. GLASGOW, Nov. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Caledonian, 22 - Great Northern, Preference, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 7%—Wilsontown, Morningside, and Colt n eos, 70. [Advertisement.] LECTURES ON CONSUMPTION, &C. &C.—Dr. Cronin will commence on the 29th instant a popular course of six lectures on diseases of the Lungs, Chest, Stomach, and Liver. During the course, Dr. Cronin will illustrate by diagrams, microscopical observations, &c., his new and original theory of the nature, causes, and forma tion of tubercle, and explain his peculiar and successful mode of treating consumptive, asthmatic, and dispeptic diseases. Terms for one course, 2i.; the whole course, 10e. 6d. Fur prospectuses of lectures, &c., apply be. twcen ten and one daily at Dr. Cronin's residence, 14 Leicester-place, Leicester-square. PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS. MARGARET MAITLAND, OF SUNNY SIDE. Written by Herself. 3 vols. The above work is published this day by Mr. Colburn. and may be had at all the libraries. Also, 2. Ernest Vane, by Alexander Baillie Cochrane, M.P.- 3. The Maid of Orleans, an historical romance, by the author of " Whitefriars."-4. The Old World and the New, by Mrs. Trollope.-5. British Homes and Foreign Wanderings, by Lady Lister Kaye.-6. Valerie, by Captain Marryat.-7. Rockingham; or the Younger Brother. Second edition.-8. Mordaunt Hall, by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." Second edition. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday (Friday) evening a meeting was held in the board-roo m o f Ki ng ' s College Hospital, Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The report announced that three-fourths of the proceeds of a sermon, delivered at Lincoln's Inn Chapel on the day of thanksgiving, was about to be applied towards liquidating the expenses of receiving and treating cases of cholere and diaracea, during the prevalen ce of th e epidemic. It appeared that 1,339 patients so afflicted had participated in the benefits of the hospital, of whom more than 400 applied during the night, causing an addi tion both of medical officers and nurses to be required for the service of the institution. In announcing a fifth donation of 1001. from Mrs. E. M. Chandler, the chair man observed that several other offerings had been made by benevolent individuals, who had availed themselves of the opportunity of thanksgiving by aiding an hospital which bad certainly rendered substantial service during the ravages of the cholera, and had incurred considerable expense in consequence. Some other business of a routine nature having passed, thanks were voted to the 'batman, and the melting soparalet THE CASE OF MR. ROOKES. EXETER, FRIDAY, Nov. It 3 —This morning the Lord Bishop of the diocese held a court in the Chapter-house of the CatEndral, for the purpose of delivering his judgment in the case of the Rev. Chas. Rookes, M.A., rector of Nymett-Rowland, Chumleigh, Devon. I he Rev. Gentleman, who is a married man, was the defendant in an action for seduction tried at the last Summer Assizes in this city, before Mr. Justice Williams, on which occasion the plaintiff obtained a verdict for 1001. The evidence taken at the trial showed that the Rev. Gentleman had for some time past been living in a most abandoned. manner with several women. The case which called the attention of the Bishop was that of a young person named Maria Brooks. It appeared that she went into the service of the defendant in September, 1842. He seduced her early in the following January ; in No vember she miscarried; the connexion continued, and in 1844 Miss Brooks gave birth to a child ; in 1848 the Rev. Gentleman commenced a liaison with another woman, and the conse quence was, that the mother of Maria Brooks brought an action and recovered the above-mentioned sum. Immediately after the assizes the Bishop issued a commission, under the 3.1 and 4th Victoria, known as the Church Di sc i p li ne A ct, and it having been de cided by the Coramissiou that there was a prima facie case eg:sinst the rev. defendant for further proceed ings, the necessary steps were taken by the Bishop but Mr. Rookes, in order t o save th e expense of a suit in the Arches' Court, pleaded " Guilty," and the Bishop fixed this day for giving judgment. The Bishop took his seat on the bench at half-past 12 o'clock. The proceedings commenced by the Bishop calling up Mr. Barnes, his Lordship's secretary, to read Mr. Rookes's consent. Mr. Barnes read the notice, which was that the Rev. Charles Rookes consented to his Lordship's passing sentence without further inquiry. His Lonnsnie said that so late as four o'clock yes terday he had received from Mr. Rookes a revocation of his former consent, which Mr. Barnes would read to the Court. Mr. Barnes then read!he revocation. Mr. Rookes revoked his former consent, in consequence of having received from Dr. Phillimore an opinion that the evidence which had been taken by the commission issued by the Bishop was not admissible, as it went beyond the two years prior to the issuing of the com mission. It further said that Mr. Rookes intended to indict the witnesses who were examined for perjury at the next spring assizes for the county of Devon, and he therefore requested that all further proceed ings might be stayed until after that period, or until the issue of the rule nisi which had been obtained in the Court of Exchequer, in the case of " Brooks and Rook( s," should be known. The Bisnor then proceeded to deliver his judgment. His Lordship said, in this case due notice having been given to Mr. Rookes that it was his (the Bishop's) intention to proceed to judgment, and Mr. Rookes not beitg present, he (the Bishop) did not think that he ought in justice to himself or to Mr. Rookes to delay proceeding. It was a case under the 3d and 4th Victoria, commonly known as the Church Discipline Act, which empowered the bishop of a diocese to issue a commission to five beneficed clergymen to inquire into any matter relating to the clergy. In this case be had issued his commission, and the commissioners decided that there was a prima/ facie case for further proceedings. Mr. Rookes consented to his passing sentence, but he had since applied to him (the Bishop) to suspend his judgment until after it should be ascertained whether the Court of Exchequer would make absolute the rule nisi for a new trial in the case of seduction of "Brooks v. Rookes." In answer to this application he could not help saying that Mr. Rookes had it in his power to forbear giving his con sent, and when that consent was given he knew that he was going to move for a new trial, and therefore why did he give his consent ? Mr. Rookes also referred to an opinion of a highly respectable advocate of Doctors' Commons (Dr. Rich Phillimore), which opinion stated that evidence had been taken by the commissioners referring to a period prior to the two years over which the commission had power, and that that evidence would be prohibited by a temporal court. The case to which that opinion was an an swer—for he had them both before him—he must observe, though sent so late as Friday last, forbore to state to the learned advocate all the facts. It was therefore very clear that the case was not sent for the purpose of influencing the commission, but with aview to sway his conduct that day; but before that was done care ought to have been taken to have informed the advo cate that the charges arising out of the case of seduc tion had nothing to do with the present charge. As no such intimation had been given to the Learned Counsel, he could not be induced to postpone his judgment; and with regard to waiting the result of the rule nisi, if he were to do so it would appear to recognize a connexion between the two issues. The action for seduction related to a period of time to which the Court could not look, and it was quite as much for the interest of Mr. Rookes as otherwise that it should not, for if the result of that action one way was to be taken as in favour of Mr. Rookes, the op posite must be against him. Now with respect to the alleged intention to prefer an indictment against the principal witnesses for perjury, that might be entitled to more weight if the case rested solely upon their testimony. If the witness Brooks was deemed unworthy of belief, she might be said not to be a sufficient witness, but in the proceedings before the commission there was sufficient testimony if the whole of her evidenee had been rejected ; indepen dently of which, he did not believe that if a bill was prepared at the next assizes, the case would be tried then ; he could not, therefore, postpone his sentence on that ground. There was another point suggested by Mr. Rookes, and that was that the commissioners had taken evidence beyond the two years. Although it was too late to object to this evidence, he should feel bound to reject it altogether if he could believe that the Learned Counsel's opinion which Mr. Rookes had obtained was a just interpre tation of the law. That opinion, was reque s t e d by return of post, and the Counsel himself advised that they should take the opinion .of some gentleman of the common law bar. On the other hand, he (the Bishop) rejoiced to say that he had not been left to his own judgment in the matter ; he had taken the opinion of a gentleman of the common law bar. He had stated that the evidence ought to be received. It was, moreover, right for him to state that be had re ferred to the case of the Duke of Norfolk, in the " State Trials," and he felt confident that the commis sioners were right in receiving the evidence. His Lordship then said he would proceed to consider the case in its outset; and he rejoiced to say that he had had the assistance of his Chancellor and three other reverend gentlemen who formed the com mission. The commissioners having reported that there was a prima facie case for further proceeding, and Mr. Rookes having given his consent to the sentence, he (the Bishop) proposed to state, in the first place, why Mr. Rookes should be deprived. Mr. Laidman, Mr. Rookes' solicitor, endeavoured in the first place, to shake the credibility of the evidence of the three sisters, for the seduction of one of whom the action was brought. Mr. Laidman said that if they had not a pecuniary interest in view, at any rate they had an interest in trying to get a verdict in favour of the mother. He says, that on that trial it was important for them to show that Miss Brooks entered into the service of the Rev. Mr. Rookes in the year 1843; Maria Brooks and her sisters swore that it did so commence, but that he (Mr. Laidman) was pre pared to show that it commenced before. Now, he (the Bishop) wished to impress upon them the fact that the question of the seduction was wholly irrele vant to the present case. The question which the commission had to decide was, whether Mr. Rookes had been guilty of adultery during the last two years. The testimony of two of the witnesses had been objected to because they swore that Mr. Rookes was frequently in the habit of getting intoxicated, that that evidence was contrary to Mr. Rookes' character, and had been contradicted by witnesses whom Mr. Rookes called. He (the Bishop) acquitted Mr. Rookes of that charge, but he could not altogether throw over the evidence of the witnesses. Another point to which Mr. Laidman had referred was the absence of a ma terial witness who could have contradicted the evi dence of the Brookses, but that she was prevented from being present in conseqence of illness. Now, it was proved by a witness that the last day the com mission sat in that place they met the witness alluded to in the cathedral yard. His Lordship said he had now gone through all the matter affecting the credit of the witnesses. The principal witness was Maria Brooks, and he confessed he saw enough to object to her testimony, if it was not strongly corroborated ; but she was corroborated by her sister Anne, and her testimony was not shaken. The other sister, Eliza. swore to certain things which she heard and saw in Mr. Brookes' house, and that be had committed adul tery with Miss E—. (His Lordship said he thought in the present instance he had better not mention the name of the party.) Now, if Eliza swore that which was true, it was in the power of Mr. Rookes to have called Miss E--- to have con tradicted her testimony, but lie had not done so. This evidence, too, was in a measure confirmed by one of Mr. Rookes' own witnesses, who said be knew Miss E— and Mis sP -- -.'They,used to come often to Mr. Rookes' house ; sometimes together and sometimes separately. They used to stay as late as 10 or 11 o'clock at night. And here, said his Lord ship, it appears that Miss E---, although a single wetnan, was in the habit of going to the house of Mr. Rookes, who, although a married man, was living separate from his wife, and therefore he (the Bishop) did not see any reason to doubt that the guilty act was committed. On the other act of adultery—that with Miss Brooks—it was clearly proved that it had taken place within the two years, if the evidence of the sister was to be believed; but even if that failed, there was the evidence of the medical man who LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. An accident of a serious nature occurred to the train from the north which should have arrived at Liverpool at 46 minutes past five last night. We are furnished with the following particulars by the re porter of a local print, who was in the train, having left Wigan by it at ten minutes to four o'clock : The train would be that which left Carlisle at half past eleven. The train proceeded with perfect safety till it arrived within a short distance of Huyton Quarry station, when the passengers were alarmed by the shrill and continuous sound of the whistle, immediately succeeded by a loud crash and a sudden jerk, which had the effect of throwing the passengers forward in their seats with great force, and it was at once apparent that something very serious had hap pened in the forepart of the train. The passengers issued out of the carriages in the greatest consterna tion, and almost immediately, another train appearing in sight behind, a cry was raised of " The express, the express —it is running into us!" To describe the excitement at this moment would be utterly impossibly, and the people, some with their luggage, and others reckless of anything except life and safety, ran down the steep embankment, and fell with great violence over the wall at the bottom, whilst others jumped into the field beneath. However, the approaching train proved to be a goods train from Manchester, and, having been duly signalled, was stopped in time to prevent a further collision. When the excitement had somewhat subsided, it was ascer tained that the engine of the passenger train had come in contact with a portion of a luggage train, which had become detached going down the Whiston incline, the fore part of the latter train having pro cecded towards Huyton. The guard on the end van of the luggage train that had become detached had perceived his danger, applied the breaks and signalled ; and he had only just time to jump off when a collision took place, the engine of the passenger train running into the van, which was reared up in the air, and with two or three of the trucks shattered to pieces. The engine which was thrown off the line was very much injured, and also the luggage van next to it, the chimney of the former being broken off. The breaks had been applied on the engine, and by the guard, but did not take effect, in consequence of the wet state of the rails, it raining very hard at the time. The men maintained their position, sustaining only slight injury. Most of the passengers, particularly those in the second and third- class carriages at the back of the train, were very much bruised and stunned, and some of them sustained severe cuts. Trains from Man chester and the north followed on the same line, but were stopped in time to prevent further acci dent. They were aftewards taken back with the luggage train to Rainhill, where they were shunted on to the other line, and conveyed to Huyton, to be again shunted and taken on the proper line to Liverpool. In the meantime the passenger train which had met with the accident remained stationary, the rain pouring in torrents, and ever and anon there was a vivid flash of lightning, adding ' fresh terror to the awful state of suspense in which the passengers were kept. A number of miners from the adjacent colliery, belonging to Mr. Willis; congre gated on the line, and with their torches rendered considerable assistance ; but it was nine o'clock before the train could be removed, and then it had to be taken to Rainhill to be shunted and taken to Liver pool, part on one line and part on the other. Much complaint was made that the passengers were kept waiting at the scene of the accident, without any apparent effort being made to convey them to their destination ; but every allowance should be made under such circumstances, and the parties concerned have to congratulate themselves that the accident, though serious, was no worse.—Liverpool Times of Tnursday. THE NAVIGATION LAWS The following reply has been sent by the Board of Trade to an application from some shipowners at Cork on a point of importance to the shipping interest of the United Kingdom : " Board of Trade, Nov. 5, 1849. " Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Com mittee of the Privy Council for Trade to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th of Octo ber, addressed to the President of this Board, in quiring whether American and other foreign-built ships will be admitted to the privileges of British registry, after the Act for the Amendment of the Navigation Laws shall have come into operation ; and I am to acquaint you that from the first of January next all ships duly owned by British subjects will be admitted to registry ; without inquiry as to the place of their build.—l have, Sic. " D. LE MARCHANT. H. B. Carroll, Elq., Cork." OXFORD AQUATICS.—The annual pair-oared race for the challenge oars, with presentation goblets, and silver medals for the second crew, given by the Oxford University Boat Club, and for which seven boats were entered, terminated this afternoon, after some inte resting heats, when Messrs. Chitty (of Balliol) and Clis sold (of Exeter), who had on the previous day won every heat they contended for, wrested the prize from the winners of last year, Messrs. Stuart and Bengough, of Oriel College. Great minds differ from small in nothing more than this, that they can afford to bestow praise, which the latter cannot.—Eliza Cook's Journal, delivered Miss Brooks of her child. That gentleman stated that Mr. Rookes had fetched him between the hours of 2 and 3 in the morning to attend Miss Brooks in her confinement, and th•it he had paid him. His Lordship, in conclusion, said he found Mr. Rookes guilty of adultery within the two years from the 20th o f J u l y l ast, and i t only remained for him to pass what sentence the case demanded. Mr. Rookes could not plead that he had been tempted, and had fallen in an unguarded moment ; neither could he plead youth, be cause h e was a man stricken in years. He considered him no longer St to hold office as a clergyman, and he therefore deprived him of all ecclesiastical preferment which he possessed in the diocese, especially the rectory of Nymett-Rowlaad, or any other within the diocese ; he is hereby deprived accordingly. The case excited much interest, and the court was crowded. DESTRUCTION OF CLIEFDEN HOUSE, NEAR MAIDENHEAD. A few short months since we announced the pur chase of this celebrated mansion by the Duke of Sutherland, from the executors of the late Sir George Warrender ; we have now to record its almost entire destruction, this being the second time it has fallen a prey to the flames within the last 60 years. The family of the Duke of Sutherland are at present in Scotland, and the only persons in charge of the man sion when the unfortunate outbreak occurred were two female servants. The accident seems to have originated in the library, where some workmen had been employed until nearly ten o'clock on Thursday morning. The flames were first observed through the front windows of the mansion about one o'clock P. M. by some persons near the spot, who hastened to the house and gave an alarm. Messengers were instantly dis patched to . 1)1 aidenhead, and in a short time two engines arrived, but the fire had by this time attained so great a mastery that although an ample supply of water was at hand very little effect was produced upon the conflagration. The flames having commu nicated with the grand staircase, the whole of the upper floor of the main building was speedily on fire, and all hope of saving any portion of it being at an end, the endeavours of those engaged were directed to the salvage of the wings, which were connected with the central portion by two colonnades. These colonnades were speedily pulled down, and several other engines having by this time arrived, from Windsor an d e l sew h ere, the f i remen poured large I quantities of water over the ruins, and the flames were at length subdued, after having consumed the whole of the central portion of the mansion, with a large portion of its valuable and interesting contents. Several of the more choice paintings, of which Chief- Ilen contained an immense number, were saved by the exertions of the persons present, among whom the lion. Colonel Irby, Col. Vansittart, and Mr. Raikes Currie, all of whom reside in the neighbourhood, were most conspicuous. The original mansion of Cliefden was erected by George Villars, second Duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Charles 11. From the Duke of Bucking ham the mansion passed into the possession of Frede rick Prince of Wales, who resided there many years, and greatly improved the place. On the 20th of May, 1795, the house was destroyed by fire, the flames spreading with great rapidity, and leaving no portion of the building standing, except the wings. The house occupied a position on the brow of a lofty eminence, overlooking Windsor Castle, which consti tutes a prominent object in the view. The declivity towards the Thames is hung with natural woods, and the meanderings of that river through the adjoining pastures constitute one of the richest and most beau tiful prospects that can be imagined. The mansion now destroyed was built on the ruins of that which was burnt in 1795, about 25 years ago, by the late Sir George Warrender, who made it the receptacle of his most remarkable collection of works of art and virtu. Many of these treasures were purchased with the mansion by the Duke of Sutherland, Eind we fear that a very large portion of them is destroyed. It need scarcely be added that the lamentable acci dent has occasioned the deepest regret in the neigh bourhood. The mansion, it is understood, is fully insured. A GAME. WATCHER MURDERED. A melancholy tragedy has been committed in the remote and wild district of Bewcastle, on the borders, between Scotland and East Cumberland. The vic tim, Thomas Davidson, has been for many years a game-watcher for Sir James Graham upon the hills and commons in that neighbourhood. On Monday and Tuesday last a long and tedious investigation was held before Mr. Carrick, the coroner for the eastern division of the county, when the following facts were proved :—" The deceased left home about nine o'clock on Thursday morning, for his usual beat on the hills, and not returning at night his family became alarmed for his safety, and gave notice to the neighbours. On the following morning an active search was made, but it was not until Saturday morning that he was discovered far away on the heights, upwards of two miles from his home, bearing evident marks of having been murdered by strangulation. Suspicion immediately fixed upon Joseph Hogg, one of the prisoners, a notorious poacher in the district, who had, about a fortnight ago, been fined on the evidence of the deceased. On that occasion he threatened deceased. The father of the accused is now in gaol, undergoing imprisonment for poaching also upon the evidence of the deceased. After a variety of contradictory evidence given during the two days' investigation by the prisoners' friends to prove an alibi, it was shown that the prisoners, Joseph Hogg, Nichol Hogg alias John Nichol, and Andrew Turnbull, had been seen together several times during the week, and had been ou t poac hi ng i n the neigh bourhood where deceased was found on the day he was murdered. After the investigation had proceeded several hours on the second day, Andrew Turnbull expressed a wish to make a statement to Mr. Sftbbage, the superintendent of police, and which was to the following effect :—" He and the prisoners, Joseph Hogg, Nichol Hogg alias John Nichol, hid gone out together poaching on the morning of the day of the murder, and they then agreed that if they met deceased they would kill him. After shooting the whole day, they were on their return home at night, when the deceased saw and chased them about 100 yards. Joseph Hogg and Nichol Hogg then turned round upon and seized the deceased, and strangled him ; but he (Turnbull) ran away, and left the other two prisoners, and was thus unable to give further particulars. The last that he saw was Hogg and the deceased falling down together.' ' The pri soner Joseph Hogg had a scratch over his upper lip, and a pair of breeches of bis were produced bearing a mark of blood upon the knee. The inquest was then adjourned for further evidence until the 26th inst., and the three prisoners committed to Carlisle gaol during the interval. The deceased was a steady honest, and dutiful servant, and bad held his present situation for 20 years. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32, ter the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of November, 1849. MOUE =PART/ LENT. Notes issues— ...... 28:8i8,070 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 14.635,993 Silver bullion • • • • 282,077 -- £28,818,070 I .t 28,818,070 M. Dated the 14th day of November, MA 1849RSHALL, Chief Cashier.. BANKING DEPAITYZN T. X. Proprietors' capital • . 14,553,000 Rest . .. .••• . • • • 3,161,032 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and DI- Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,228,068 Other securities .. . • 9,753,886 Notes .............. 10,402,390 Gold and silver coin.. 1,002,842 vidend accounts) .. 6,221,770 Other deposits ...... 10,352,089 Seven day and other bills.. :..... -.. :: 1,099.295 X 35,387,186 X 384187.186 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. or, 1849. Dated the 14th day of Novernl DEATH OF CHARLES LYELL, ESQ., OF KINNORDF. —This gentleman, who was for many years ♦ice-lieu tenant of the county, died at Kinnordy, on the Bth inst. Mr. Lyell was educated in the College of S. Andrew's and afterwards in the University of Cambridge, at both of which seats of learning he was eminently distinguished. Having passed many of his early years in England, Mr. Lyoll returned to his paternal estate, in the parish of Kirriemuir, in 1826, where he has constantly resided since that time. For many years Mr. Lyell's pursuits were scientific. He was the discoverer of a great num ber of British plants previously unknown. How much his labuurs in promoting botany were appreciated by men of the first eminence is proved by the tact that two excellent works were severally dedicated to him by botanists of no less distinction than Sir William Hooker and Professor Lindley, and a genus of plants (Lyellia) named after him by Mr. Robert Brown. In the literary world he is known by a translation of the lyrical poems of Dante, the first edition of which, printed at his own cost, was so well received by the public, that a London publisher obtained permission to print a second on his own account. Mr. Lyell's essay on " The Anti-Papal Spirit of Dante," shows a profound knowledge of me diaeval Italian literature and history, and is full of en larged and philosophical views. These studies he con tinued till within a short period of his death. He has left an extensive botanical library, including among them several rare R orks of the older naturalists, and his collection of the various editions of Dante and the writ ings of his numerous commentators, and of authors illus trative of Dante and his times, are such as could hardly be found i❑ any other private library in the kingdom. Dundee Advertiser. A BIPED Ht,G.-At Carlt on , A rt h ur C owl i shaw, of Gedling, undertook, for a wager, to drink seven pints of ale, and eat twenty. one apples in half-an hour, which h e performed within a few minutes of the time.—Notts Guardian. As the diamond is found in the darkness of the mine, as the lightning shoots with most Vivid flashes from the gloomiest cloud, so does mirthfulness frequently proceed from a heart susceptible of the deepest melancholy.— .Eliza Cook's Journal