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fal9 ;910 ii3d - 114 Oaf im trio :190, 1 rldo°l3, LA Nvs:,( ll , t , rnn - ,- 4 v a i 12.*" I.A 143 EA ki .1 2 4 • Bk;NCH.-4THIS DAY.) (Sittings' in Banco.) CAst CAPTAIN. DOUGLAS ., T ui ., .OF ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, A PRISONER ~ . . Ile ! 1- :-TIIE_CUSTODY OF COLONEL. KAY. priso ner la s , ,•, in this case, Captain I :reibald Doug ha,elas, this morning, brought up under a wr • it of as, in railitarcustody, in order to have the cause of hi • y Captain Douglas s unprisonment inquired into. enter the Court at ten o'clock, and he was accom panied bY , olOnel Kay', an officer of the staff, in th e i, ess ?Worm, as his guard. He took his seat cm Wa e s - :`,„ rle n 11 0er the box. His attorney, Mr. _nobler, r•• ergant communication with him. Clarks o ntkirney and Solicitor-Generals, and Mr. writ appeared in support of the return to the Th i M Air. Chambers appeared for Capt. Douglas. tai l , e Judges took their seats on the bench at five ates alter The ten o'clock. as om return to the writ stated that the pfis . onerw as East T e er in the 49th regiment, in the service of the John India" Qompany, and had been committed by 'tet t : H arawick, Esq., one of the Magistrates of the ,iese°Politan district, to Tothill-fields Bridewell, as a wh, rt " fiorn the East India Company's service, from li ki il ee, by aut h or i ty of the S ecretary ofWar, he taa ndi e n transfer re d t o t h e cus t o dy o f the officercom lit eag thie depot of th e East India Company s forces Th - ;u a lti, in whose custody he was now brought up. k r : return haYing been read, , and a t tr said he appeared. for Captain Douglas, Th . 1114 Ved 'tat he be discharged. He also ttd t „ sub noDou las t e ° ]Pe t tourt en affidavit from Captain g whi l o l ntralllha.k.t, ~t , .-4, urti Of but explanatory of the retlirn, be r e —l 4'avr lit trusted the Court would permit to ead, n un J o „ 1 - 1 1 , A t•( ), ntr 41 13catNE - r.. GENERAL submitted that it was uie_to ll , - . 7 .''!jall I file to admit affidavits, either contra ha h ea. r ,' ior explanatory of a return to a writ of he o fltdy were received on one side, they must V . th . Ik clevr• lion t° ,Ltir apprehended that there was no objec ° re qce . affidavits in such a case. 4 1) . I ' d li iiiiiaN—lt is not the usual course . ; per n - Oki Y° ll will tell us why you wish us to receive a Mat ? Mr• l = • the en ‘ tvratild the case differed essentially from not --alnn ml'ilrder of eases. Captain Douglas was corn , milted in itted . for . trial for any offence—he was coin to th e "der the Mutiny Act. He was committed . 4 / 4 1th n ells thdy of 'Colonel Kay; to be kept for a time, 4 tas e s' i , n to be sent - td India. Under these circun.i -e-3"q* put in CaptainDouglas'saffidavit, -tti n , f ~, oposedto n r ,a(ls I° ,P• ,Itilet the rank he held and the circumstances f ~,`-'o l or , ,j•/ 7 1 „ M*4 h ad'been placed in the custody o k;ol o ,, tl a - i' tlar,tititrder that the Court might judge if f t he Nl ii - t ;'''' k S"ttk4tithorised, under the provisions The 4 ,4ea ' r ti ,„ r is n Y Act, in keeping him in custody. , Abri c c n( vittbritieman' .then quoted from "Bacon s 4 ii•ee t ae itt 1 1 to s iliew,that affidavits might be re :tt.babe,•,7l,4l__,lipqrsoir was brought up on a return to ' 4 C -- v° 4- Pus. , ',:lie.begged to call the attention of Whi el ' i ' ll rt to the 22d section of the Mutiny Act, under show h ei TtninfDouglas was committed,- in order to C -14 " te ° it to admit the affidavit of apt aio ce.sary was tor n ~,,,rOuglas, in order that many parts of the re and .. , A •e ll - appeared obscure might be made plain Illitt i a l f . Tatowl. The section authorised the corn % c soldiers who o ht to have been with the rp s to , . s, ought The foi n , d „Vnich they belonged, by a Magistrate. %h ow a "l'in of this proceeding was, that it must be th e e n that he was a soldier, and ought to be with be ,„ t rPg is 'to which he belonged. If he ought not to ka .--; ale corps to which he belonged, that the IyOristrate had no urisdicti. He sld show ou g h e , tiukt torp j s was, and also on that Capta h in ou Douglas telo ; 11 1 i t!to have been with the corps to which he that n t ri,eld under those circumstances he submitted affid avit - 7 4 nagistrates had no jurisdiction, and that the Lord must be received. ent rather ta , h r d bErim AN thought that argument w . t did a w•qhat the return was insufficient. The Con. roi t , t h ll3t. think that affidavits could be admitted. It 3it he argued that the return was insufficient. _ Ai r I(z t.lasked if the depositions were in Court r 0r ,,, .T . i t 4"wwsthmi—That depends on your certiorari. Court. tr.lleared that the depositions were in . kov ed '''‘'Ll.T. then, on the part of Captain Douglas, l had s e that he be discharged. Capt. Doug as tv ed th th ttli -e East India Company with credit for more to- Ilish,PVTlV.years, mid he was certainly much as a tap ta - ' J'A. being ' charged as a deserter. lie was at YA1, 4 14 9q the 49th regiment of Native Infantr d y had tIit,Y 4 ST• lie was with his regiment in India, and lih e -11 41: leave of absence, and was in corisequen at proper tili,!%Y4o dispose of his person as he thought . I),„lng,the time to which that leave extended. Capt. ,:gglas. was apprehended in London in October, field s ~ wPfore a Magistrate, committed to Tothill of War, ' 4 1 , 134 an order obtained kora the Secretary transferred to the ' l l.i ' t c'- ,j s e 'I. nen c e of which he was, C ap( (3-379 t‘P I. Kay, to be sent to the Eastlndies. . ''' '' ° submitted tint he was no deserter, t hat i. • Q u.glas ~ "e' h - committe d breach of duty which kav e col had no f detainin him and 't 01101 Kay s t legal ground or g 1 t t -, m-ir d 1 ' to decide whether he Was l e 'A (1 ritt .am Jor s lips ' stru tient - \ %l ri 1 Aor not. The first legal in cif e Plain ' I • Fii'e the foundation' for the detention i a • vie ki . 1 ,,,; Zug as; s .%:a'a the *arrant o fro k, . deserter ta il ii 4 g .l 2 , e,was charged with being a .nt. Ile t r - -(4.1 . 4 .E . ti5f India Coilpany's 49th Regiment. l ‘tagistr n i " , alb_ ,Ohould show to the Court that no n t ude r ... n ;. A/P,S, l 4sed any authority to commit _ i War the n • 45 ,71 fieJl: j eurnst.ances. The Secretary at "aPta l • ss- I , e ' l 4' 'warrant to' ColOnel Kay to receive 064 4 4, ouglas into his custody, and the return tckfit,'APat-COlonel Kay had received him into cus Nver e, Y virtu e of the said warrant. The facts then kistr a t " t Captain D oug l as was charged beforea Ma- Was a.V4:ith bein g a d eserter . H e denied "that he Ratio des erter, and h e was C o mmitted on a -warrant, Ivitl i t that he h a d b een comm itt e d c h a rged on oath the' rn - e i ,ng a deserter, and the Secretary at War made b0ua1..4 extraordinary order under which Captain N voard a l s w as Low detained—an order which he never th e ei nav e ; ~ -issued if his attention had been called to kitt,ciurnstances of the case. He (Mr. Kelly) sub- Vther that , there was no power under the statute ~-1 1 the ' §in the Magistrate to commit Captain Douglas, Zi lt d, eeretary at War to order him to be sent to ti n n s , or in Col. Ka to obey such an order. The Mu of het related almost exclusively to the management tendectarroy of her Majesty, but the 32d section ex - Nay , t= r 4n nae of its 'provisions to the East India Com regard T ees . By the Act a power was given, not as d the e „ ~,e- the commissioned officers, but as regarde i. dier s " r n°u soldiers of the British army, that so 4 k a r,,,..Ted with deiertion, on being brought before %oldie,."Ltafe, and . its being proved that they were the 4,,and that they ought to be with their corps, li e , gltirate might commit them to civil custody. to eZKelly) submitted that the Act related solely not t ( I p4',4?lSnidiefis, or non-commissioned officers, and Va s n , , r arnissioned officers ; and, secondly, that it kri w h.: T n ade to app ear th a t th e p r i sone r was a per longed,'s Ought to be with the corps to which he be referred I t was not so s t a t e d i n an y of the documents anti to in th e return, because it would have been l aitte g d ei as t he prosecutor well knew. He also sub taus that the Act did no t apply here at all e •th e , be forto r egiment to whi c h Captain 13ouglas belonged this no part of the East India Company's forces in 1 1 ,,,, v e?Intry, and that, consequently, the Act did not tell'ii,..,:,,With regard to the first objection, he submit sohrti!Lt ti,le word soldier, in the Act, meant a common I :ef and did not apply to a commissioned officer. (41 ti 7 11) NINIA' 1 4z----Mr. Attorney, do you rely solely f detctil.3d section of the Act as your authority for Ileeti ou nY Captain Douglas, or do you imagine that Ilii"t e ._xPlained by any other section ? that the 22d seetion I rORNET-GENERAL apprehended . Parts 4!;„ 4 ,d,t 1 14 3 4 d section of the Act, were the only - 1 d ' had reference to the case. 4or 1\ w ith th . `"tlg hoes—Then we certainly are much struck that he . e objection that the warrant not does state i s be with his reginla soldier, and that he ought to think it n eees erit * I put it to you, if you do not s h s arY that , ould h_ under the 22d ' section such a statement to , ive 7 made •,,,,.upon the face of the warrant, in order Th e r.e .knagistrate authority to commit. _ lay s ria r .T o tivzi . -GEivanai?—The return was c _ formed, lac b e ' upon those materials alone . whi h were fore the of the East India Company. w t &.1 1 . 04 , .. e advisers and th 4 b efo re the Magistrate who committed him, °eekti o . e r f . ol'e, I cannot s tat e wh a t passed on that -,. :• ~. -... ...o r d :. r , You,,: th . - '7' illkiltAii---Does it not appear necessary to th at at n . iirder t o g i ve t h e M ag i strate j ur isdiction, T l 7 should be mentioned. It to: hi ,Arin n/irty-GErcznAL—lf your Lordship puts ro e to ,e , I lira bound to admit that it does appear to the Alaue essentially necessary in order to authorise b een iigistrate to commit, and that it ought to have , i , stated in the commitment. -od D Cou rt 11 A1 , 1r—That is precisely the answer the Theexpected from you. IP itted A. . rroa xEr-CrEmmia.--Perhaps I may be per- Le arne t P.,,a3' that until it was pointed out now by my I ,, ere .. ,u_ . Friend M the warrant of commitment, we the return' aware of what objections would be made to to u _ . tirll. A h --i'y Learned Friend did not communicate of o ' cle t e objections he intended to take to the legality M r . commitment. Pri er , - 4," --- -I do most fully give my Learned - 7 Lie' Att i credit for what he has State 4 ; ulit the objection was distinctly stated to the The l i e at the time of the committal the e6io. A T a t was not present at . mittal ought to ' * ~, ,an o dld thinkthat I earned Friend my 4 . mane gave me credit for my statement, after the r in ~,i T he c nieh I have acted on the present occasion. dr ops . °III tT suggested that the matter had better I; and Captain ordered to be dis and Douglas was T he and "i v i ft attorney -General then leaned over the bar, M. TsPered something to Captain Douglas. sole e iCELLy immediately- rose, and exclaimed with des., Nyartntli—My Los cis, the Attorney-General has degas Ca t• • p twin Douglas not to leave the Court. I Appreh end that by your Lordship's order he is dis- charged, and I ask if your Lordship desires that he should remain. ia s 47: • The ATTORNEY- GENtRAL - -A R ave App.iCatt6 to make to the Court relating tolCaptain Douglas, and I was certainly desirous that he should net leave the Court until after that application should haVe been made. Mr. KELLY—I wish to know_if it is your Lordships' orders that Captain Douglas should remain ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I apply on behalf of the East India Company, that Captain Douglas be detained as charged with having extorted large sums of money, amounting to more than 12,0001., in the East Indies, and I move that he be detained to take his trial on that charge in this country. • Mr. KELLY—And, in the mean time, I wish to know whether Captain Douglas, who it appears is' now detained here, and on whom something almost amounting to a personal assault has been conunitted in the face of the Court.—l wish to know if it is your Lordships' desire that Captain Douglas should not leave the Court. Lord DEN MAN—I apprehend that the effect of the decision to which we have just come to is, that Cap tain Douglas is at this moment .as much at liberty to leave this Court as any other person in it. Captain Douglas then left the Court, accompanied by his friends. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hoped, after what had occurred, that the Court would give permission to his Learned Friend to state what had passed before the Magistrate. Mr. CLARKSON begged to state that the question had been raised before the Magistrate, and that the Magistrate had given it as his opinion that Captain Douglas was a soldier, and that he ought to have been with his corps. How.the statement came to be omitted from the warrant, he could not explain. Lord DENMAN could easily imagine how such a mistake should arise. The officer of the Court then called on the next case, but before. the Learned Counsel engaged in it had commenced his argument, Mr. KELLY rose and said—My Lord, I have just been informed that Captain Douglas, as he was leaving the Court, was arrested under a Sheriff's warrant for a large sum of money. .Under these circumstances, I apprehend your Lordships will order his immediate discharge. Lord DENMAN—We must have proof in the usual manner. , • Captain Douglas, accompanied by Mr. Hobler, shortly afterwards entered. the Court, in order to pre pare affidavits setting forth the circumstances of his arrest. . We understand. that as ,soon as Captain Douglas emerged from thedoors of Westminster-hall, a Sheriff's officer stationed in Palace-yard arrested hin, and endeavoured to take. him to the King's Arms Hotel. Mr. Hobler, who was with him, directed immediate information to be conveyed to Mr. Kelly of What had occurred, who in consequence made the above appli cation to the Court immediately: At a later period of ihe morning, Mr. KELLY rose and said—Will it be convenient to your Lordships to .dispose of the question of the arrest of Captain Douglas now ? Lord DJNMAN—If you please. Mr. KELLY then stated that he moved an affi davit that Captain Douglas he discharged from custody. Captain Douglas .had been arrested, as he was leaving the Court, by an officer of the Sheriff of Middlesex, on a precept claim ing penalties amounting to 12,8001. This pre cept had been issued on the information of her Majesty's Attorney-General, which he submitted should be read by the officer of the Court. The Officer of the Court then read the warrant, which was for the arrest of Capt. Douglas for the recovery of penalties incurred by him, amounting to 12,8001., on an information filed by her Majesty's Attorney-General, under the provisions of the Act 33 Geo. 3, cap. 62, sec..l4, charging the defendant with a misdemeanour, and claiming the penalties. Mr. KELLY said that the proceedings had been so unusual in this case, that it was difficult to say whether the arrest had taken place on a civil or a criminal process, because. if .he had been arrested on a charge of misdemeanour, a. ca pias would not be issued. It appeared that he had been arrested for penalties amounting to 12,8001., and that, therefore, he would have to give bail to that amount before he could be discharged. This, there fore, was merely a civil process. The . ATiohNE-i-GENzhaL—The' information is before the Court. . Mr. KELLY had not had an opportunity of see ing it, but it was quite clear that the defendant had not been arrested upon a warrant issued out of this or any other Court, but upon a civil warrant issued by the Sheriff. The defendant having appeared in the Court to clear his discharge under a writ of habeas, and having been by the Court discharged from what the Court had decided to be illegal custody, had on his way to his home, been arrested by an officer of 'the Sheriff of Middlesex, upon the warrant which had been read. Now he (Mr. Kelly) submitted that Captain Douglas was entitled to his privilege redeundo, and that their Lordships would protect him from any arrest like the present until he should have reached his home in safety. The East India Company baying thought proper to_ caus e the defendant, one of .their own ofkin-s,. to l ie' lO taken into custody illegally, , ,could not tadva4tage: of their own wrong, to have him arrested 'uncleer this warrant. He was entitled to his privilege re.deundo, and he • trusted that their Lordships would take care, that he should freely reach his own residence. This had been decided in ,the case of the King 'and Delaval, 1 Blackstone . 416, in which Lord Mansfield had laid it down, that per. sons discharged by habeas corpus were entitled to the privilege redeundo. In the present case Captain Douglas had not had an opportunity of returning home ; he was desirous of returning home, and he had been arrested on this process for the recovery of penalties. He would not then go into the question as to the legality or illegality of this information, but he would rest his case on the fact, that Captain Douglas having been discharged by habeas corpus from illegalcustody, was entitled to his privilege redeundo, and that, there fore, he must be discharged. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—There is a later case in the 2d Neville and Marriott, the King v. Blake. Mr. KELLY was obliged to his Lordship ; that case decided that persons who had been discharged by habeas corpus were privileged from arrest, until they should have an opportunity of returning home. He, therefore, submitted to the, Court that Captain Douglas must be discharged from the custody of the Sheriffs' officer, and that their Lordships would interpose their authority for his pro tection until he should have had an opportunity of re turning home. Mr. ROGERS and Mr. CHAMBERS followed on the same side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that Captain' Douglas was not entitled to his discharge. He had been arrested not upon a civil, but upon a criminal process. By the Act 33 George 111., cap. 52, sec. 62, it was enacted that if any officer in the East India Company's service should be convicted of demanding and receiving any sum of money as a gift or present, either for his uwn use or for the use of any other person, from any other nation, he shall be deemed guilty of extortion, and of having com mitted a misdemeanour in law, and proceeded against and punished as such, and that the offender should also forfeit to the Crown the whole amount so received, or the value thereof, in addition to the punishment which the Court might award , to him. So that their Lordships would see that he was arrested on a criminal charge, and that, therefore, no question of privilege could by possibility arise. It was much to the credit of the service to which the defendant belonged that cases of that sort were rare, but he would refer their Lord ships to the case of the King v. Stevens and Agnew, 5 East, 244, to show that the information which he had filed, and under which Captain Douglas had been arrested, was strictly regular. In that case 'an objection had been taken to the form of the proceedings. The case had been heard before Lord Ellenborough, who had decided that the proceedings had been strictly regular. Was it to be contended, that if Captain Douglas had been charged with murder, he would have been privileged from arrest, because he had been dis charged by habeas ? Certainly not. How then could it be contended that he was privi leged from arrest for misdemeanour ? He. had I been arrested in a criminal, and not in a civil process, and therefore the cases which had been quoted were altogether inapplicable. He had fuel the information as Attorney-General at the suit of the Crown, appre hending from the information which had been laid be fore him that the Crown had an interest, not only in the recovery of the penalties, but also in the pu nishment of the offence with which Captain Douglas was charged. That information he was willing to admit he had received from the East India' Company, but it was in his official cha racter that he had filed this criminal information. He had done so merely in the discharge of his duty, . and a most unpleasant duty it had been to him to have imposed upon him. He submitted that, having been taken into custody on a criminal process, Captain Douglas was not entitled to his discharge. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Clarkson followed on the same side. Mr. Kelly having been heard in reply, Lord DENMAN said that there was no doubt that if any person had been discharged by the Court under a writ of habeas corpus, such person was privileged for arrest under civil process until his re turn to his home. The onl uestion the Court had to consider in the c ase was wh ether Captain Douglas was in custody under civil or under criminal process, as there could be no doubt that any person arrested un der criminal process was n o t s o privileged. Now although in this case there was a penalty to be reco- LONDON,_WEDNES SUN', vered, and a larg- forfeiture. would take place in the event of his being convicted of the very grave crime with which he was charged; yet, looking at the whole case, it was perfectly clear that this was a criminal and not a civil case. If the warrant had been issued out only this morning, still the arrest would have, been a legal one. This was one of those cases to which the privilege never had extended, and never could be permitted by any principle of common law. Captain Douglas had been arrested under criminal process, and therefore was not entitled to be discharged. The prisoner was then removed in custody of the Sheriffs' officer. _ .) THE MARKETS;=eIifitS CORN EXCE 7 ANQE. Although the ,arrivilsf :English she up to our markets this, , lii3,ek jias!eeen ',very scanty, and the show of samples limited, the 'demand to. day, for all descriptions'df - that article was slow, and the prices had, in some instances, a downward tendency. From abroad, very little wheat has reached us, yet the sale for it was ' dull, at barely stationary prices. Barley and Malt commanded scarcely any attention, at late rates. We had a large supply of Oats on offer, which moved off slowly, and the inferior parcels were Gd lower. 7n Beans, Peas, and Flour, scarcely any thing was passing. Arrivals—English Wheat, 840 ; . Barley, 910 ; Oats, 380; Malt, 870, quarters • Flour, 1,880 sacks. Irish ' Oats, 5,780 quarters. Foreign Wheat, 4,660 quarters. • WHITEC APE L. .• • We had a fair average time of year supply of slaughtered meat on sale here to-day, which met a slow inquiry at the following prices :—Beef, frOm 3s to 3s Gd; Mutton, 3s 4d to 3s 10(1; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4S Gd, per stone of Blbs, by the carcase. • • BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) TILE QUEEN V. ALINCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Mr. BUTT applied in behalf on Mrs. Stansfield for a . rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding the Company to issue their war rant to assess compensation claimed by her for injury done to ber house in Halifax by the Company. The first Act of Parliament for making the Manchester and Leeds Railway was passed in 1836, which gave the Company power to raise embankments, &c., en making compensation to the parties injured. In the year 1837, the Company obtained another Act of Parliament, empowering them to alter the line of railway. The house of Mrs. Stansfield was near the second line, and the affidavit stated that its foundation was injured by the works of the Company, and that it sustained other injuries. Application for compen sation was made to the Company in 1840, but the Company -refused to make any compensation.—Appli cation granted. IN THE MATTER OF HAMMOND. Mr. Sergeant DOWLING obtained a rule nisi for the discharge of the defendant, who had been imprisoned on a criminal charge made by his own daughter. The Learned Gentleman now moved that the rule be made absolute upon giving bail. His LORDSHIP, having read the affidavits, granted the application, the prisoner giving bail, himself in 2001. and four sureties in 501. each. EXCHEQUER COURT—THIS DAY. The Court proceeded this morning with the special paper. MEDINA V. NORMAN. This was a demurrer to' a plea. The declaration of the plaintiff stated that he had entered into an agree ment with the defendant to let to him on lease a house in Fitzroy-square', the ,property of the plaintiff, at a rent of 136/. a-year: The lease was to have been given by the plaintiff, according to the terms of the agree ment, on or before the 24th June, 1841. Some mis understanding; however, arose between the parties, and.the plaintiff then proceeded to institute an action to compel the defendant to execute his contract. To the declaration of the plaintiff, defendant put in a plea to the effect that plaintiff was not ready to execute the lease upon the terms agreed upon, without specifying the precise condition which the plaintiff had refused to fulfil. Mr. MARTIN now objected, on the part of the plain tiff, to this plea, on the ground that it should have beenless general, and should have stated the particUlar condition with which the plaintiff had refused to comply. The COURT, after hearing the argument of the Learned Counsel, decided that the plaintiff himself should have been more specific in his declaration, and granted leave to amend the declaration, upon furnish ing an affidavit of merits. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) PETITT V. MITCHELL: The arguments in this case, which occupied the whole of Monday, and involves a question of some importanceto auctioneers, were resumed this morning by Mr. Sergeant Channel], in support of the rule for a new trial. The action was brought by the plaintiff, an auctioneer, to recover 311., the amount at which the defendant had bid for, and bought, a quantity of cloth at a sale in the plaintiff's rooms. The question at issue was, whether, according to an alleged rule in auction rooms, the purchaser could be compelled to pay for goods, before he should be allowed to. measure'. them.' Evidence was adduced on the trial to shoW that such a rule prevailed, and that the usage was, when the measure was discovered to be deficient after payment, to return a proportionate sum to the purchaser. On the other hand it was shown, on the part of the defendant, that the rule was not strictly enforced even in the sale-room of the plaintiff. The Jury, however, found for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Bompas, with whom was Mr. Ser geant Channell, obtained a rule nisi for a new trial. On Monday Mr. Sergeant Talfourd showed cause against the rule, and this day the Court, after hearing Mr. Sergeant Channell in reply, discharged the rule, expressing, at the same time, an opinion that the rule set up by the plaintiff was perfectly reasonable; al though an auctioneer might, through courtesy, depart from it occasionally for the convenience of a particu lar customer. INSOLVENT COURT-(TP.IS DAY) IN RE ABRAHAM UARVET, TRIMMER. Mr. CRESSWELL appeared to move for the re-admis sion' of the name of Mr. John Thomas Holt into the insolvcas schedule, under the following rather sin gular circumstances :—lt appeared that insolvent had taken the benefit of the Act in the year 1821, and he, along with ,a great number of the creditors, had since died. The natne of Mr. Holt had been struck out of the'schedule ;- and some time back a solicitor named 'Youngdtad by ;Chancery proceedings realiSed from a `property:the insolvent was entitled to, and which had lain in abeyance for a long time, a sum sufficient to pay' twenty shillings in the pound. Mr. Molt's claim -was upon a joint promissory note, to which the in solvent was a party, and the former now put in affi davits by his Counsel,% to show that he had received no satisfaction for the money advanced upon this document. Several other applications upon grounds like the present were about being made in this matter, when Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said he had the oath of the insolvent, taken 31 years ago, which was at vari ance with that of Mr. Holt, and showed that he was merely a liability creditor, and had never paid 6d. upon the bill. He should, therefore, refuse the application. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) These sessions commenced this morning before Mr. Sergeant Adams, and a bench of Magistrates. Tne Grand Jury having been sworn, The CHAIRMAN addressed them, and said lie need not detain them, as the cases coming before them at these sessions were all small cases of theft, which are not tried at the Central Criminal Court. After a few general observatiois as to the duties of Grand Jurors he dismissed them to their labours. The Jury returned shortly afterwards, but no case of interest was tried this morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Richard Rogers, cab driver, - No. 3,309, was placed at the bar on a charge of being drunk and creating a disturbance. Samuel Colley, a cab proprietor in Chelsea, said that the .prisoner was engaged by him to drive the cab No. 1,173. A gentleman called upon . witness yesterday afternoon, and said that his man (the pri soner) was so drunk at Charing-cross as to be quite incapable of driving. He got into a chaise and drove to the place, but could see nothing of him. He traced him, however, through various — streets, until he found him in the neighbourhood of Bryanst( n-square, where the cab was stopped, and the prisoner was drunk. He would take the opportunity of stating that it was the duty •of the Registrar, Mr. Wedgewood, to in , quire into character, before granting driver's licenses. He had heard for instance that the man at the bar had driven over an old man and killed him, once before. Mr. Colley added that the prisoner•was tried for the offence, at the Old Bailey, and he believed sentenced to six months!, imprisonment. The characters of cab men were generally so. bad, that a stand at the top of the Haymarket was called " The Thieves Rank." Mr. RAWLINSON sentenced the prisoner for two months to the' Hoilse•of.Correction. UNION lIALL.-(THIS DAY.) Four men in a destitute condition were charged with assaulting the porter of St. George's work-house. Last night fifty:six men in a state of destitution npplied for admission into the work-house, amongst hom were the defendants. There being' only room forty. out of the above number, the remainder were ii forined of the fact, and they accordingly retired, t'xcept the defendants, who endeavoured to force their -way into the house, declaring their determina tion not to be kept out in the street in such a night. Finding, however, that the porter opposed their en trance, they, `according to his account, " pitched into him, and gave him adrubbing." They were then given into custody. The defendants were committed for 21 days each to hard labour. STOCK Exc 11ANGE, PARIS, MONDAY, QUARTER TO Two o'CLocx.—Three per Cents. 80f. 46c. The German Diet have come to a resolution to purchase the house and the several collections of Goethe, at Weimar, and to preserve the whole as a German national monument. The Journal de Frankfort states that there have been recently discovered, in the vicinity of Nikolstadt, in Silesia, stones so mixed with veins of gold, that one alone yields the value of seven ducats. Mr. Robertson, farmer, Tamnaven, Cabrach, while fishing in the Dereron the other day, caught a trout twelve inches long, and in its stomach were found two mice !—Forres Gazette. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta and suite, honoured the Haymarket Theatre last evening with their pre , Bence. LITERATURE. RECREATIONS OF CHRISTOPHER NORTH. Vol. 3.—Bockuioad, Edinburgh and London, 1842. The " Recreations of Christopher North" are here brought to a close, and not a single " Noctes"—not so much even as an extract from the " Noctes"----has been included among them. Now, " this is really too, bad," as Lord Liver pool observed, when the Marquis of London derry petitioned hiM for a supplemental pension. The " Noctes" are among the most brilliant pro ductions of Christopher's Protean intellect, and to omit them from his "Recreations," is.not . _ like playing Hamlet with the principal character omitted. But perhaps it is intended to re-publish them in a separate volume ; we hope this may be the case, and are convinced that the pub- fishers will find their acconnt'in the 'speculation, for never were a series of Papers more generally' admired for their wit--humour—fancy---feel ing--- and eloquence—than the ;".Noctesi" ; and these,. are qualities which, when of a sterling character,.. are always sure to retain their popularity unim paired by time or the caprices of public taste. On glancing over the present voluthe, we find that all our old favouritessuch; for instance,' as' the review of. Dr. Kitchener'S -" Traveller's' Oracle"—" Christopher in his Aviary"—" Our Winter Quarters"—"Stroll to Grassmere,". Scc. —are just as fresh as on the day yfien_ we first read them, and, when, they had all the glOs'S or novelty upon them. Not au image has laded= not a thought - has become a common-place—not a sun-burst of wit dim or. ~discoloured. The articles are every one of them evergreens, and the reason why they thus retain their freshness and vivacity, is because there is no affectation in them—no mere show-off in point of style or sentiment. A manly strain . of sincerity pervadeS them all, from title-page to . colophon. They are sincere and unaffected alike in ,their humour and their fancy ; in their sarcasm and their sensi bility; in their philosophical abstractions and their practical worldly wisdom; above all, they. are instinct with the healthiest and most enlarged spirit of humanity ; and - we feel in every page, that he 'who penned them has a heart in his bosom beating with all the emphasis of a sledge hammer. FORGET-111E7.NOT. Acheiwa*, Londim, 1842. The ForgetjcleNbt 'for this year contains a choicer varietY than usual of embellishments, executed with great skill and taste, and evidently at no slight cost. The frontispiece is particularly beautiful. It, is called" the Indian Necklace," and is a half-length fancy portrait of a young and lovely female, round whose arched, swanlike neck is hung an Indian ' necklace, whose • polished kt contrasts effectively with the snowy whiteness of the maiden's skin-. Her countenance, which is • oval the finest of all contours—beams with the sweetest and blandest expression, and. she is busied with a train of reflection of the most agreeable cha racter—at least if we may jtidge from the smile that nestles in the angles of her small mouth. The engraving of this plate: is finished off with the utmost nicety; ther shading • of the eye- brows, in particular, .evinces a rare delicacy of handling, and., nothing can be more el fective than the.management of the clustering, auburn ringlets, which have ail the glossy smooth-. l i ness. of the riclieSt silk: " Florence Howard" is another half-length ,portrait of a pretty, dark-' eyed girl ; but, as a work of art, it is somewhat coarse of execution, and the lines are harsh and wiry, which is especially the case with the. tan gled mass of black hair that hangs thickly about the neck. In the illustration headed " Jane. Vavasor's Visit," there is a fine sketch of an old English baronial ball, with its broad, paved court-yard, its sparkling fountains, and umbrageous avenues of .stately oaks and elms, forming a -cool shelter even from the fiercest summer sun, Or when the dog-star Sirius is raging in the ascendant. The gay hawking party in the threground, is happily introduced, so as to break . .the somewhat monotonous still-life of the scene. Of the literary con tents, all we can say is, that the prose and verse are neither better nor worse than usual, with the sole exception of a poem entitled "The Wanderer," which contains some impres sive thoughts, and as apiece of versification de serves praise for its grace and melody. • HECTOR O'HALLORAN. Part 7. Bentley, London, 1842. Mr. Lever has a powerful rival in the author of " Hector O'Halloran," which is a tale fully equal in humour, vigour, force of description, and general breadth of effect, to " Charles O'Malley" and " Harry Lorrequer." Indeed, we know not when we have read a more spirited tale : as yet—for we have only reached the seventh Part—it has not once flagged ; but incident after incident, chapter after chapter, trundle on with a brisk vivacity that knows neither pause nor abatement. A better story for mess-room reading has not appeared for years; none but a dashing soldier who has led an, adventurous career, and main tained, throughout all vicissitudes, his buoyant animal spirits, could possibly have written it. The scene in the Part , before u s , where an at tempt is made on the life of the hero by hired assassins at midnight, in one of the most unfre quented bye-places of the City,'may compete with any of the most striking descriptions in " Oliver T„i st .) , " Hector O'Halloran "is decidedly Mr. Maxwell's master-piece, and cannot fail to be come a general favourite. FINE ARTS: — PORTRAITS BY S. DlEZ.Built', London, 1842 We have here two half- le ngth,portraits,ex ecuted in lithograph by M. Desmaisons, from original. paintings by M. Diez, portrait painter in ordi nary to his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Meinigen. The portraits, are those of the Queen Dowager and Lord John Russell, the former of whom is represented standing in the garden at Bushy Park, attired in a plain morning dress. Both likenesso are clever, but that of her Ma esty is the most accurate resemblance. MUSIC. OH! DREAM NOT OF TO-MORROW'S BLISS. Song.—Composed by EMILY WETTEN. Jeffreys and Nelson. • A very pretty song in .the key of F, suited either for a soprano or tenor voice.. The words are correctly set, the accompaniment - easy,' and the only objection is the too frequent half-close on the dominant in the second part ; .; ----- ---- iii " - - J , LI P 9311. TILE LATE MADAME SOYER.—Ine death, of 0* lady, which took place very recently, ~ 44. be 89, 4, source of great regret to all the ; lovers Etna eneourr alters of art. Cut off at. a mome4,Wl)kn i Vitli'gptitti• ' ' tion was about to • make her' fikitraht; l and ivhOti,fifigo' spite of all'obstacles; her.metits B vetV . tecome known al, to her countrymen, it is a sad-reflection that she can i no longer enjoy the encorniurlis slle:SO'iUStly :C k' SVP V3 l nor share in . those , rewa rds which wer e. about.tube, conferred on her, She commenced her career as an artist at a very early age, an d was, lcrhapg, at One time better knoWn for her works wbilstpaiiitingunder her maiden name, Ernma Jones, than when after'-hore marriage to M. Soyer she took . his 'name.; , !Itt;the. short space of 12 years, that is, from the age . c ,i,4o4" 29, besides an immense variety of drawings, ilu l tohe.a l , and studies, she painted upwards,o,4oopletUres, Some raia some of thei r Whiali . ;'' of them of very high merit, when exhibited'in the Louvre, obtaiiied t6'PlilgheSt' mead of praise.' iPerhat noleitialearti'dhas exceeded this lady a4a. , colettriet Ittuldi' i retY few' . .artists , ,bf thel rougher , sex havelproducedliportra i ts , ao .full, of chw-1 racter, spirit„t mid vigour; and 04091CIII iii p d• brea.d till . of light and.,:alsadow A NbicJA i iMiTtitutei. one of the - • . r., highest triumphs of art !) j §11? • yvfts j ex , Ceedingly clever: . in recognizing the character3ottlh9,se who sat to her; so that her portraits cony it p‘filithr, as - *ellis the features' of the sitters, their thOukhtsiand sentiments. A group, entitled tha ~ Israelite Lemon-sellers," de picting two boys selling lemons, has been recently en graved in Paris. It is a good specimen of mezzotint, and a fine illustration of the talents of the deceased lady. It partakes of the style of Murillo, but though in his manner, it has not the subserviency of imita tion, nor the stiffness of copy:: There are a few of the paintings of Madame'Soyer in the private apart ments of the.Reform'Cltib-house, which, .by proper application, can be seers the adrniters 'of genius in this branch of the firtre'aiNV - They wilt welt repay a visit from those whicblireT i tetiSte for genuine merit and realintlire.',' ‘ t i l it , 9l ' 1" '''' i '''"'' ''' . . niThrtor..,.. most trittor.lno- 0 4 ,11,1,1, NOVEMBER ra, 1842. LOSS OF THE RELIANCE EAST. INDIAMA N. LATEST PARTICULARS. By the General Steam Navigation Company's ship Magnet, which left _Boulogne yesterday morning, and arrived at London-bridge Wharf at eight o'clock last night, some additional particulars• have been brought relative to the melancholy loss of the above vessel off Merliemont, about thirty miles from Bou logne, on Saturday morning last, when, out of a crew numbering 120 persons, six only were saved. It ap pears that the Reliance left Canton on the 7th of May, with a cargo of 27,000 chests of tea, having, as the Boulogne Gazette of Monday states, thirtz•-five Lascars and eighty-five white persons on boars. It is stated, that at the time the Reliance struck, the wind was fair; and it is inferred from this, that those in command could not have seen the land, the„vessel going on shore about two o'clock, A.m. The scene of horror and confusion which reigned on board until daylight, is described by the survivors as of the most awful character, though little beyond the manner in which the crew and passengers lost their lives has at present transpired. The confusion and terror consequent upon the suddenness with which the vessel struck was such, that no orders on the part of the ship's officers were attended to and some time passed before signals of distress could be fired. These sig nals continued to be made until daylight, but without • any effect, no boats having put off to the vessel. The • Boulogne Gazette says, " There was no means of affording the least assistance ;" but whether this arose from the state of the tide—the nature of the shore on which she struck—or the absence of life-boats, or other ordinary modes adopted on such occasions, is not given. As soon as the day broke, and the coast was'discerned, it was determined to hoist out the boats. This was quickly accomplished, but the long boat was immediately swamped by the breakers, and the others, from,being overloaded, went down within a short, distance of the vessel. The Captain remained on board to the last moment, and went down while near the'carpenter, who reached the shore in safety. Many bodies had been washed on the beach, some of them showing symptoms of life, But although every medical attention .was promptly rendered, - none of them .were restored. Y . The scene on the beach was of the most extraor dinary description, from the number of chests of tea which came ashore when the ship broke up. It was ebb-tide when the vessel struck, but before daylight the sea was flowing fast, and at ten o'clock she was a perfect wreck. Out of -27,000ehests -on board only 4,386 have yet been saved, and these ate all much: damaged by the sea-water. The Reliance was owned by Messrs. Man and Tomlyn, of St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, the latter of 'whom left London for Merliemont by the Boulogne steamer on Monday night. • Another vessel laden with wine was wrecked on Saturday night in the Baie d'Authie, and four of the crew drowned. (FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.) The ship, which is about 12 years Old; was built at Deptford, and was between 1,400 and 1,500 tons burden. She has been trading to China for a number of years past, and was considered to be a fast . sailer. Respecting the catastrophe itself very little irtfor mation can at present be obtained, owing to the gale continuing and preventing the packet-boats from pro ceeding to sea with the mails. The spot where the Reliance drove ashore is near a village called Merlie mont, a short distance from the French- town of Etaples, 32 miles west of Boulogne* The account given' by the inhabitants of Merliemont of the disaster is that she drove ashore between nine and ten o'clock at night, at low water, where she was subsequently firmly imbedded in the sand, and upon the tide. rising the sea made a complete breach over her, carrying with it the unfortunate creatures on board , who never were seen afterwards alive. This state ment is confirmed by the report made by the British Consul, who visited the fatal spot immediately upon • being apprised of the occurrence, and rendered all possible comfort to the survivors. Considerable sur prise has been manifested. in the mereatitile interest, in consequence of the wreck having occurred on the French coast, the situation being completely out of the usual track, and at the same time carelessness has been attributed to those who had the command of the ship. Amongst many a supposition is entertained, that in bearing down the Channel the Boulogne light was mistaken for the Dungeness light, .which is not at all improbable, and the vessel driven completely on to the coast,_ as has occurred to many others. Upon the intelligence reaching Etaples of the wreck the; authorities of .the town immediately dispatched. a company of horse soldiers to render assistance, to gether with several detachments of infantry to pro tect the property saved from the vessel. During the whole of Sunday the beach presented a most animated appearance, by the immense concourse of persons as sembled; hundreds were engaged with the soldiery in searching for the bodies of the unhappy crew. By four o'clock in the afternoon upwards of 20 had been found, and amongst them was recognised that of the commander, Captain Robert Green, and also those of the first and second mate. The Reliance appears to have had ,a boisterous voyage from China. On thd• 4th inst. the Apollo, of Newburyport,:from Boston in the United States to Rotterdam, met with•her in lat. 48 50, long. 14.00, andsupplied her with provisions and water, the Reli ance being nearly out of both. The value of the •ship and cargo is estimated nearly at 200,0001. . In the season of 182..5, the Hon. East India Com pany's ships Royal George, commanded by Captain Gribble, and the Kent, Captain Cobb, were unfortu nately destroyed by fire, • the former at the. second bar in the Bocca Tigris, and the latter in the Bay of Bis cay, on her outward bound passage. The Reliance was built by the East India Company in lieu of the Royal George, and the Abercrombie Robinson in place of the Kent ; both these ships have been equally as unfortunate as their predecessors. The following t is the extract of a letter from the British Consul to the Secretary of the East India Company : Merliemont, Nov. 13, 1842, Half-past Eleven, A.M. SlR,—According to my promise of yesterday, I have now to confirm the sad intelligence contained in my letter to you, even worse ; for I now find that, out of 120 persons which formed the crew and passengers, only seven of the former are saved. . The body of Captain Tucker, R.N., who was one of the passengers, has not yet been found to ray know ledge, nor any - of the officers of the ship. I never witnessed such a wreck during the 20 years that I have acted as her Majesty's Consul at Boulogne. The cargo is dispersed all over the coast, and, of course, is in a very damaged state. The ship is com pletely broken up. Everything is being done for the benefit of all . concerned with the Reliance and her cargo.—l remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, W. HAMILTON. P.S.—I am informed Captain Tucker was the only passenger of note. TILE GALLANT MIDSIIIPMAN.—MT. Sheriff Hunt was honoured with an interview by his Imperial lligh ness the Archduke Frederick of Austria on Sunday last, and was gratified with hearing from the Archduke a full account of his son, Midshipman (now Lieute nant) Hunt's heroic conduct at Sidon; his Highness, with Major Maronivich (one of the suite), having been eye witnesses of the gallant, race between the English midship Man (Mr. Hunt, of her Majesty's ship Stromboli) and an Austrian officer, Signor Chinca, to be the first to plant their respective coun try's colours on the walls of Sidon, and which was noticed in Commodore Napier's dispatches at the time, as having been gained by the former, and for which he has since been so honourably promoted to a lieute nancy.— Oxford Herald. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—At the conclusion of the lecture at the Polytechnic Hall, Falmouth, Mr. Robert Hunt, the Secretary, announced the dis covery by himself of a metallic plate which would receive, by mere contact, impressions of any printed page, an engraving, or the like. This discovery r ,was arrived at by following out the recent dis coveries of Moeser, that bodies were constantly making impressions upon each other in absolute dark ness, by the agency, as he considered, of latent light, but which Mr. Hunt thinks he has certain proof of being latent heat. The impression received on the metal is at first invisible, but is readily brought out by the means of any vapour. Mr. Hunt exhibited some specimens of wood and copper-plate engravings, copied from the paper into the metal. These copies exhibited every line of the original, and were far more distinct than any of the early Daguerreotypes. Mr. Hunt proposes to call this new art thermography.— West Briton. CAMBRIDGE RouND CHURCH.—The Cambridge Camden Society are making great and praiseworthy efforts for the repair and restoration of this ancient .and very beautiful structure. When completed it will be the most remarkable piece of antiquity in Cambridge, and especially interesting to the admirers of church architecture. At present the works are suspended from want of funds. A sum of 1,4001. will be needed to complete the restoration ; and it is to be hoped that the . Cambridge Camden Society may succeed in raising the amount. The Lord Justice Clerk was absent from the win ter sitting on Saturday, in consequence of the death of his sister, the wife of Mr. Sheriff Robertson, who died on the previous day. In the event of the Dean of Faculty being elevated to the Bench, Mr. Patrick Robertson will be the new Dean. THE NEW STEAM YACHT FOE HER MAJFSTY.— The Lords of the Admiralty have sent orders to Pem broke Dock-yard for the planks and the copper and metal bolts, nails, &c., for the new Royal steam-yacht to be prepared with all possible dispatch, and to take precedence of all oth er work. The plans for the yacht were submitte d by. Sir William Symons, Sur to ranee Albert for approval. veyor of the Navy, THE METROPOLITAN PRISONS FOR DEBT, CLOSING OF THE. FLEET AND MAR SHALSEA. The metropolitan prisons for debt have within the last few days presented a different appearance to what they have exhibited for some time. The Fleet and Marshalsea prisons have been closed. The former was shut on Saturday, and the latter on Thursday last. There were seventy in the Fleet, and only three in the Marshalsea, and their removal took place to the Queen's Prison under an Act passed during the last session, authorising Lord Dentlian to issue his war rant for their k)assage from one gaol to another. From Tuesday to Saturday the removals took place from the Fleet. Some of the prisoners had been confined a very long period, and a few upwards of twenty years. An eccentric character, named Jeremiah Board, had been an inmate of the Fleet twenty eight years, having been committed in 1814. The case of this man, who has been removed to the Queen's Prison, is very singular. He was a farmer at a place called Newton I arm, and was committed to the Fleet in 1814, where he remained with out much disturbance except some Chancery pro ceedings until 1838, in' which year the present Act for the Insolvent Debtors' Court was passed, and in this Act an important alteration *as made, giving power to creditors to proceed 'against parties who preferred imprisonment to taking the benefit of the Act, by which proceeding they would be compelled to give up their property. The provision has been ' productive of considerable benefit—persons have been proceeded against in the Insolvent Debtors Court, and compelled to disgorge their property ; others have arranged with their creditors and gone out of custody. • In the case of Board a gentleman named Richard son, as executor of Mary Chappell, filed a petition under the compulsory clause, and a vesting order was made, under which he was appointed assignee, and by a decisive act a good dual of property was obtained. A messenger of the Court was sent to the prison, and on the person of Board, and in his possessio n , a large sum of money and securities for money were found, which of course the assignee seized. 111 r. Richardson ' claimed to be a creditor for 8,1851., andthe matter had been before Mr. Commissioner Harris. Advertise ' ments had been ihserted to discover creditors, but very few were found. There was somewhere about 1,6001., and a dividend was declared. Board is now sojourning in the Queen's Prison, where he is of i course a "character." At the present period there ; are in the Queen's Prison about 280 persons, a very few in the rules, and those who had the privilege when the Act consolidating the prison was passed were al r lowed to remain for twelve months. Dav rules have already ceased, and the other privilege will be denied at the time mentioned. There are 228 rooms in the prison, and in some of these compartments by the re , cent increase "chums" have been placed, that is, two have been lodged in one room. Some alterations have been expected in the classification of prisoners, which will now probably take place. In Whitecross street Prison there are about 360, and 120 in Horse monger-lane Gaol. The total number of prisoners for debt in London may be now stated at about 760, and some years ago there were as many in one prison. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) INCOME-TAX. During the whole of the past week, the inquisitors have been prying into the affairs of the inhabitants of this town and Ryde ; numbers have been summoned before these Paul Prys, to their no small annoyance. This week they rest from their labours ; next, it is said, these Peelites intend commencing business again, by sump oning up twenty or thirty of the tradesmen of Cowes before them, with whose private affairs some of them wish to become better acquainted. They quite gorged themselves last week, and they will next week, no doubt, enjoy an equally glorious and honour able feast. This whipping on the raw makes some quite sore already, who were Peel's admirers in days gone by, but the worst is to come—the Collector's lash which, it is expected, will be applied in January ; the little that re mains secret now, will be blown then. THE INCOME-TAX AND THE POSTMASTERS. No description of business is suffering equal to the posting—the postmaster was before nearly driven off the road by steam-coaches and steam-vessels, but he still tried to hold on and brave the storm ; but this Income-tax will sweep him away—his having to pay the assessed taxes, and a fifth of all he earned after wards was too bad, but now he can earn nothing ! ! every one is saving to meet this tax. All are putting - by their sevenpennies hut him—those who used to hire a carriage two or three times a week, or once in a month, no longer do so—they can no longer do it and pay the tax, though it was beneficial to their health. It enabled them to make friendly visits, or forwarded their business—they can no longer do it, and consequently the falling oft in the post-horse duties is immense. rHE NEWPORT BANK. Kirkpatrick' pays a first dividend of two shillings and sixpence in the pound to-morrow (Nov. 16.), five shillings was expected in all, but it is now feared that it will not reach that sum. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. TUESDAY, Nov. 15.--At half-past one o'clock to day his Imperlal Highnesi the Archduke Frederick of Austria, accompanied by Baron Lebzeltern, Colonel and Count Dumont, captain in the Austrian army ; and Counts Polte, Pauluni, and Karoly, captains, and Maveirovich, commander in the Austrian army, and Captain Fitzroy, R.N., arrived at the Woolwich Dockyard in two carriages with four horses each. His Imperial Highness was received on alighting by Captain Sir Francis A. Collier, K.C.8., and K.C.H., Superintendent of the Royal Dockyard, the officers of the various vessels of war in the harbour, and the heads of all the civil departments, mid the Austrian flag was hosted on the flagstaff during the whole time his Imperial highness remained in the Dockyard. The first place visited by the Archduke was the test ing-room, where there is a powerful hydraulic ma chine invented by I3ramali. On this occasion an anchor, made by Brown, Lennox, and Co., weighing 61 cwt., which had previously been placed on the testing-frame, was proved. His Imperial Highness examined . the whole process very minutely, and the details were explained to him by Captain Fitzroy. On leaving the testing-room, the Archduke Frederick, accompanied by Captain Sir F. A. Collier, proceeded to view the framework of the Amphion, 36 guns, building on one of the slips, the manner in which steam-vessels and ships of war are docked when requisite to examine them, or for repairs, and the forg ing of a large mass of iron by powerful hammers set in motion by a steam-engine. His Iniperihl High ness appeared surprised at the immense power and effect of the hammers in bringing the metal to the required shape in an incredibly short space of time. The boat-house was next visited, and on entering a detached part of the building where the very vene rable and substantial specimen of boat-building origi nally constructed for the use of Henry Frederick Prince of Wales, son of James 1., and at least 250 years old, is in progress of being renovated in the most elegant and highly-finished modern style, his Imperial Highness appeared struck with the beautiful symmetry and elegant proportions of this river boat, and the gorgeous, yet chaste, keeping of the whole of the richly gilded ornaments. The boat is forty feet long, and is rowed by twenty rowers, for whom there is ample room, besides the steersman or coxswain, and immediate attendants on her Majesty ; and from the manner and superior style in which it now appears, there is every reason to believe her Majesty will next season enjoy many aquatic excursions on the river, as it is in progress of being finished in every way worthy of the patronage of the Queen of England. In another part of the boat-house is the boat in which Captain Ross and his enterprising companions were saved when wrecked near the North Pole. This interesting relic was also visited; after which the Archduke proceeded to the store-rooms, and appeared gratified with their immense variety and the regu larity with which they are kept. His Imperial Highness afterwards visited the manufactory for making boilers, and witnessed the whole of the power ful works in operation;' he then visited the store house, and appeared pleased to observe the Chapel in the upper part of the building. After examining the keel of the Royal Albert, 120 guns, and the progress made on that fine ship, the Archduke went into the interior of the Boscawen, of 70 guns, at present building on one of the slips, and remained some time. His Imperial Highness, after going over the dock yard for nearly two hours, proceeded to the residence of Captain Sir F. A. Collier, where he partook of re freshments, and then returned to town, evidently gratified with his reception, and with all he had witnessed. AIINGASK CASTLE, N. B.—The Earl of Mansfield I has been entertaining a pa rt y of s p ortin g noblemen and gentlemen, who have had abundant sport. The Earl, with Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, bagged 183 pheasants on the first day, the greatest number killed in one day on any estate north of the Tweed, besides 274 head of hares and rabbits. On the estate of Arngask the tenantry never complain of the injury done to their crops, for the landlord always remune rates them for any loss sustained by the giving them a drawback on their rents. game, by EGLINTOUN CASTLE, ATRSIIIRE.- The Earl of Eglintoun, since his return from Newmarket, has gentlemen. The been entertaining a party of sportin g Captain undon j a . Noble Earl, with Major Pairlie theFai rl ie, Countess had a ls , was splendidalso present, daysilo a o n t d iann s . g eemed greatly to the atD ld e ; relish the enjoyments of the batt timid ue : in many instances lending her aid to dislodge hare. Upwards of 150 head of game were killed. The beaters and otheri were treated to a plentiful pie- • me, by orders of the Noble Earl. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DA?. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25 43, and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25 60, it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg'', the price of gold is 432 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10:Vd. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 84, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 101, it follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. By accounts which have been circulated this morn ing in the City, it appears that there was much exag geration and misrepresentation in the first description of the circumstances attending the loss of the trans port ship 'Waterloo, off the Cape of Good Hope. We refer principally to the statements, that within half an hour after the Waterloo struck " she parted in two," and that within an hour and a half " not a vestige was to be seen—she had literally gone to pieces." This is effectually contradicted by a fact very material in such a case, that the public sale of the wreck took place on the 2d of September, five days after the gale, and realised the sum of 6301. The underwriters at Lloyd's, whose judgment in such matters is not to be impugned, are so far satis fied of the seaworthiness of the vessel, that they have agreed to settle for the loss at once. The relative position of the Abercrombie Robinson and of the Waterloo is considered, by those conversant with the subject, to explain sufficiently why one vessel was able to weather the storm, and to save nearly all on board, while the other was totally wrecked with so dreadful a loss of life. By the letter of Captain Young, the commander of the Abercrombie Robinson, it appears that he went ashore at half-past three, A. At. on the 28th of August, at the top of high water, while the Waterloo did not' go ashore till three quarters past ten, A. M., when consequently it :must have been near low water. The Abercrombie went ashore with her head on, but the Waterloo went broadside on, her anchors still holding her, and the action of the sea tearing her to pieces. The lament able loss of life in the convict ship arose from their being no life-boats on the shore to send to her assist ance, and the necessity which exists in such vessels of keeping the convicts under hatches to prevent there escape till the last moment. Whatever imputations, therefore, may attach to the mode in which the transport service is performed, they do not apply to the Waterloo. POST.—Money continues very cheap for commer cial purposes, but business is dull and bad, and although the interest obtained for the discount of bills is so un precedentedly low, the brokers complain that there is a greater difficulty in doing this description of busi ness than is commonly found 'to be the case when a higher rate prevsils. At present none but the very first class paper meets with the smallest favour from parties known as lenders. The St. John del Rey Mining Company have re ceived from Brazil, by the Challenger, which arrived yesterday at Cowes, 150 lbs. of gold, worth about 6,0001. The tea market has not, for the moment, exper rienced any change. The loss of so large a quan tity as that advised as having been put on board the Reliance would most probably have been felt in a greater or less degree, but there is at present no pub lic sale on hand, nor will there be any till next wisek, to furnish an accurate index to the impressions of the trade. SUN.—The market for English investments closed pretty well the same as it opened, with moderate sales in the heavy investments. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been rather flat, and Bank and India Stocks were not supported. Console left off at 94 to 94* ; Exchequer Bills, 58s. to 60s. premium ; and Three per Cent. Annuities, 931 to 931. Money has been very plentiful. In the Foreign Bonds the dealings have been of minor interest. Mexican still manikins the as cendency, as a speculative stock. It closed 32f r to 33 for the Actives, and 9+ for the Deli 'rred. Sp anish i Five per Cents. were 18*, and the Three per Cents. 21i to 22. Peruvian were at 17; Colombian, 21, and Brazilian 64.1 to 654 ; Dutch Five per Cents., of the New Loan, were 99 to 99+. More business - was done in Joint-Stoisk Bank than in Railway Shares :—Gneat Western Yew were 114 to 11i premium ; Brighton, 15A- discount; Birming ham and Gloucester 58+, and North Mit Hand, 39 to 40i discount. London and Westminster B'ank Shares ' are 2 to 2* premium, and Provincial of lieland 16t premium. The Foreign Exchanges have been on the decline: —Paris was done at 25f. 80c. to 82ie. ; Amsterdam, 12 5+ to 5* ; Frankfort, 151+ to 151 i ; said Ham burgh, 13 101 to 13 114. The following is the official return of 'the Exports of Bullion from the Port of London, for the week ending Thursday last : oz. Silver Coin to Bombay.... . ...... 3,000 " " to Calcutta T..5,000 " Bars to Ditto .. 3.4,000 " " tin Hamburgh 4.000 Gold " to Bombay._ ... t 4 " to Calcutta 4BO " Coin to New York .. 220 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 84;Gibraltar ... ........- ..... 4d Ditto, at sight .... 30 63 Rotterdam ...... ...2 U l2 9 ;Genoa . 26 10 Antwerp l2 3 (Milan Hambur g h ......M. B. 13 14 I Venice 47 Altona ..,,,,.... l4 14i1Naples ... 40 Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Pakrroo, per or l2O Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon .~ Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 95 IRio Janeiro ~. 23 Frankfort on Maine ...1511 ?Bahia Petersburgb, 3 Us. ... 37 IBuenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effec. ii. 3AI lO 1 'Philadelphia. 49 Trieste, ditto . ....... Madrid ... 36i Foreign Gold, bars i.% 17 9 Cadiz 36i Portugal Gold C0u5...7 . , 17 3 Bilbao 36 New Doubloons .....0 0 0 Barcelona Seville KINGSTON FAIR, Nov. 14.—This great annual mart for all descriptions of stock comraenced this day, and the supply of beasts, sheep, a4cl pigs, was ex tremely limited. Of horses, the show was larger than usual, there being exposed for sale between 500 and 600, the quality in general good, and for such good prices were obtained ; inferior ones were a mere drug. The beast market mks' dull, and with Sir R. Peel's tariff in ee f gr u r elael s e f n o t distributedl onp, operation, se:n_ l a siT c n a th rt u hy s e ee e e d adriiie a ea r sr d Ae e o.a.potrl grounds, d s rt so i 6u o e, i ntt an h f r ti e l o a dp n d i ri 2oe Hertfordsfe s c t a o v t n t 3 l r e: were steers, from 101. to 16/. ; tw a-years-01i ditto and second quality, from 71 to 10/ ; Scotch and Welsh runts, from Si. t o 101 . each : co ws.; and calves, from 161. to 21/.1 in calf-heifers (two and three-years old), from 101. to 16/. ; second ditto, from Si. to 81. We observed a quantity of French cows and calves, which being of low quality, realized extremely 'de pressed rates ; such a quality exhibited at such a this, must raise the hopes of the British farmer, knowing such animals cannot vie with the stock reared in this country. The depression in shef,p was from 7s. to 10s. per head upon last year, and. although the quan tity was one-third less, they we...se with difficulty dis posed of at the following prices : Wethers, 245. to 365. ; ewes, 20s. to 30s. ; andPlambs, 15s. to 245. per h w e , a a g d I g . nlnnatdheopfig fine marketp nporker e i t r r f a r s om a novel scntlan sig d h f t or to a sz: the trade ruled dull, pork selling at from 3s. to 3s. 6d. per stone of Sibs. ; store pigs, from 15s. to 30s. ; three to six months old, from. Bs. to 15s. In the pleasure fair we observed the usual number of shows and booth keepers, but even in this a general dulness prevailed Irish Paper. PARLIAMENTARY BULLS.—On account of the great number of suicides a member of the House o t Com mons moved for leave to bring in a Bill to make it a capital offence. In May, 1784, a Bill introduced to limit the privilege of banking was st.mt from the Parliament of Ireland for the P.,oyal appro bation. It contained a clause, •"' That should I t h i d o e dr iseth at a nother on t persone back Ina Bill ofe t ta o t it f hu r feo a i a Member be unable to write. he might au letter so franked p n i r d k e p r n for h l i n s hand h d n w n o f r th t b o er w ga rit N e 'e r a certificate l o tnh ld aeb N iMli e te tgate in Dublin; and rebuilding spot, it was enacted, that pense the prisoners should " to it b on the sane - prevent - unnecessaa ex till the new one was finished l" "remain in the old gaol straining the liberty of as an additional clause tlrat all (the late Lord Eldon) brut h • anonymousen. Si r John . Scott 14 t in his Bill for re should have the name of the author printed on the Press, a Member moved sco w o the e s title page ! BARRICT ER .—A. f e w d a ys ago a entle man of the Jewish persuasion was called to the bar ih s g by the Hon. Socie ty of the Middle Temple. The gentleman alluded, to is Mr. John Simon, LL.B. The usual forms were gone through in tb.e presence of a numerous body, of the benchers and 'barristers, with the exception that the new-made barrister had to be sworn on the Old Testament, and which sacred volume, written in the Hebrew tongue, had to be sent for. Another difficulty arose, under the fol lowing circumstances :—lt is the usual practice in the courts of law for gentlemen of the Jewish per suasion to take the oaths with their hats on ; but upon this occasion, owing to the size of the wig with which it was necessary that the head of the Hon. Gentleman should be covered, the hat could not be put on. in consequence the ceremony was gone through without that customary observance. It is stated that Mr. Simon is the first Jewish barrister connected with the Middle Temple. The General Steam Navigation. Company's steam ship Rainbow, that left London on Sunday, arrived , notwithstanding the boisterous st ate of the weather, at Antwerp, at her usual time, on ItondaY morning. - 9ff :Ili it °°/ 00 04 10J , Off 3 bib - ;dr Ifj 4)