The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-01 00:00:00

WlT!iition FRANCE. The Droit states that the oath required to be taken by the members o f the Legitimatist Associa tion of St. Hubert was this : " We swear before God to place our lives at the dis posal of Henri de Bourbon, our kgitimste King, and to eacriace them sooner than brtray our oath." The clergyman arrested is the Abbe Matalone. of St. Severin, and the beadle of the same parish is also in custody. As already states, the association was organized on a military basis, and it appears that officers of all kinds—corporals, sergeants, sub lieutenants, captains, chefs-de bataillon, sergeant majors, adjutant-majors, and even drummers—were duly appointed. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) STAFF OF TilE ARMY. The appointment of deputy assistant-acijutant geness], vacant by the death of Major Meade, has bean conferred upon Captain Pack, of the 7th Fusi leers. Captain Pack's services extend over a period ,only of about 16 years, but, we understand, he has received, whilst in the discharge of his duty, a severe injury, which in a great measure incapaci tates him for the duties of an officer of an Infantry Regiment ; and, in addition to this, he is justly con sidered to have strong claims on the score of the bril liant and distinguished services of his late father, Lieutenant-General Sir Denis Pack. Lieutenant Bell, of the 7(11Foot, has been appointed Aide , de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Sir John Har vey, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. Lieutenant Moore, of the 19th Foot, is Acting Paymaster of the Depot of the Regiment. The Acting Adjutancies of the Depot and that of the 16th Foot are vacant. Staff Surgeon Peter Robertson has succeeded Staff Surgeon John - Millar in the Coventry Recruiting District. Lieutenant Cosipi , r, 86. h Foot, has been appointed a Superintending Officer of the 21 Lorelon iefantry Recruiting Sub division. Staff Surgeon R. H. A. Hunter has succeeded Staff Surgeon A. Cumming in the Bristol Recruit ing District, and Lieutenant Evans, of the 69. h, has been appointed Superintending Officer at Gloucester in the same district. Staff-Surgeon G. K. Pitcairn has been nominat(cl to the Glasgow Recruiting District, vice Dempster. Nejor Thomson, Eant iu iii Company's Service, is one or the Staff Officers of Pensioners at Cork. Captain F. B. Russell, llalf pay, has been appointed Staff Officer of Pensioners at Van Diemen's Land. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Poulton embarked on the 28th November, in medical charge of the detachments ie the shin Essex, for Gibraltar. CAPTAIN SIR EDWARD BELCULII. —lt is reported that this most amiable, gallant, distinguished, and talented officer has offered his services to the Admi ralty in commanding an expedition to proceed in search of Sir J. Franklin in any direction. Sir Edward's great and well known popularity with officers as well as men in the Royal Navy would, doubtless, place him at the head of an able, deter mined, and fearless ship's company. Tits PENGE Asreum.—There is at present a va cancy in the Pcnge Asylum, founded by the Queen Doweger for the widows of naval officers, caused by the dt teth of Mrs. Fisher, the widow of a paymaster N'a and furse.r. We believe applications for vacancies are male through Captain Bedford, R.N., Gentleman Usher to the good Queen Adelaide. DESERTION TO CALIFORNIA.—Ten men belonging to the head quarter division of the 59th Foot deserted et Rio, being persuaded thereto by the glowing tales of California, narrated by the Atneridan adventurers who at present infest the " Paradise of the Pacific," much to the alarm and disgust of the Brazilians. It is said that every kindness and attention have been shown by the Brazilian authorities to the officers and soldiers, and that several magnificent entertainments have done honour to the presence of a British regiment. COMMANDER'S OUT-PENSION OF GREENWICH Hos rrrea.—The Admiralty have conferred the vacant commander's out-pension of Greenwich Hospital on Commander J( ha Geary (1831). He was a Lieu tmant of 1807, and is an officer of most distinguished service. He entered the navy 1797, and during his gallant career of eighteen years afloat was twice wounded,—first, as master's mate of the Monarch, 74, at Trafalgar, and secondly, when serving with a detachment of boats at the capture, July 1.5, 1506, in face of a desperate and well-concerted resistance at the entrance of the river Gironde, of the French cor vette, Le Ceesar, 16. THE BRITISU FLEET IN TURE.ISTi W ATERS.—The French press seems extremely enraged at the actual presence of Sir W. Parker at the Dardanelles, and vents its spleen in all sorts of inuendoes as to the in tentions of Great Britain. It has been asserted, however, upon semi-official authority, that orders have been sent to Sir W. Parket to return with his fleet to Malta ; but we have good authority for be lieving that the fleet will not budge, unless at the request of the British Ambassador at Constantinople. The fleet is placed at his disposal. Lieutenant General Sir Edward Blakeney, com manding the troops in Ireland, has been summoned . to the Council of the Commander-in-Chief upon an important military question which was yesterday discussed at the Horse Guards. The matter is said to have reference to the command of one of the regi ments in Ireland. Captain Leicester Viney Smith having resigned the office of Assistant-Deputy • quartermaster-General in Ireland, the appointment has been given to Captain Seton, of the 74th Foot. Captain Seton is an officer of but seventeen years' Garrison service, parts of which have been passed in India and Australia. But he is a man of large professional acquirements of the character intilispensable in the department to which he has been appointed. • Colonel Forbes, late of the 92d Regiment, is, we hear, appointed to the Glasgow recruiting district. The appointment was offered to Colonel Sir James Dennis, of the 3d Buffs; but the gallant veteran is understood to have declined it, preferring to remain at the head of the regiment in which he is so much esteemed, and of which he has held the command for 18 years. The Colonelcy of the 4th Dragoon Guards has been conferred upon Lieutenant-General Richard Pigot, formerly of the 21st Dragoons. The Lieutenant- General has not the ordinary recommendation of being an old Peninsular officer, but the Duke of Wellington is not unmindful of services ren dered elsewhere. There was work to do in the West Indies in 1794, in the Mediterranean in 1798, and the capture of the C.lpe of Good Hope was not tftiWd without a struggle in 1806. But it was during taie Mahratta War in 1817 and 1818 that the services of the 21st Dcagoons were chiefly called into action. There are many records of their gallantry in the history of the great Deccan campai g n, and no on e knows better than the Commander in-Chief that the Mahratta was a formidable subreur, and gave to those who discomfited him a clear claim to be re membered in the distribution of rewards. MINING INTELLIGENCE (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The share market continues in a very gratifying po sitior, inasmuch that the demands for shares generally are not re pond:d to, but at advanced prices. We learn, not only from oar local correspondents, but from several parties who hare visited the mining district; in the west, that the mines generally assume a very encouraging aspect, and that a considerable degree of activity prevails throughout. The apparent firmnesss of the metal market, and the many important improvements which have taken place, have given a manifest impetus to this valuable adjunct to our great commercial and national interest. Devon Great Consols have been done at an advance on last sales. Since the East and South Tamar Mines meetings, held on the 24th November, a large number of shares have changed hands at an advance, and inquiries for these shares aro still maintained. Our last qaotationa appear to have been rather under the average market prices. South Basset, Trelawny, Mary Ann, South Frances, Trethellan, Great Consols, and Condurrow, are among the shares now in request. Alfred Consols and Wheal Tremayne are stated to be in a very gratifying position, and the discoveries in the former are highly important. Tincroft shares have been dealt largely in, and yes terday advises were received of an improvement in the 90 on Chappel's lode, where it is worth 401. per fin. Tamar Conselshave also been in request—the present arelitable position of each mine affording every eneou rsgement to purchasers. Bedford United assets were stated, in our last week's journal, at 4 9781. lls. 8c1.; it should have been 5,206/ Os. 4d. The sum of 2271. as..ad. was om i t t e d, hying en am ount due,.for which a steam- eng i ne i s held 11.% security. Another dividend of ss. per share ma y b e ant i c i pate d at the next bi - monthly meeting is January. Au improvement is reported in Tregorden, and shares have been inquired for. West Wheal Jewel, Kirkcud bright, Mary Ann, and Condurrow have also been in request, from the improvements which have recently taken place. We learn that the list of shareholders in the Trethevy Mine (late Caradon Copper) is rapidly a . rogressiaa towards completion, and that a large proportion of the former belches have signified their de sire to continue their interest, with an increased number. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week :—Devon Great Consols, South Basset, West Wheal Jewel, Trehane, Bedford United, East tied South Tamar, West Caradon, Condurrow, Stray Park, Tremayne, South Frances, Mendip Hills, Tre lawny; Treleigh, Kirkcudbright, Alfred Consols, Mary Ann, Tamar Consols, Darer, Tincroft, Tregorden, Callington, West Proeidence, &c. In Cornwall we find that North Pool, Stray Park, Wheal eton, East Pool. Comfort, West Solon, East . Buller, Groat Consols, West Buller, and other leading shares, have changed hands. THE SUN, LONDON, SATITRDA It EVENING. DECEMBER 1, 1849. duty of 63. would add even one halfpenny to the 41b. loaf, or, rather, whether the loaf may not remain at the present price, notwithstanding the imposition of such a duty. The change in the navigation-laws is only now beginning to make itself felt. It is calculated that it will reduce freights 53. or 6s. a quarter, and with the advantage of freights so reduced it might therefore be practicable to draw a small fixed revenue from wheat, without raising bread to the smallest fractional amount above the present price to the public." When the writer proves that farmers can be as effectually relieved by a reduction of rents, and that lands are not at present let at exorbitant prices, he may be able to convince the consumers of bread that their stomachs, however lightly, for the ultimate ads antage of the landlords. ; At the Great Consolidated Mines hi-monthly account a dividend of 101. per share was declared. The profit on the two months of September and October amounted to 1,7581. 133. 101; and the balance in hand, after pay ment ef dividend, is 1,4581. 14s. ld. The mines are re presented to be looking very well. At the Providence Mines meeting a dividend of 1,1201. was made, being 101. per share; the profit realised dur ing the three months amounted to 1,4321 15s. 5 1. After paying the balace of 2161. 103. Id. against the company at last account, there remains to credit 96/, ss. 4cl. At the Wheal Margaret meeting, for the quarter end ing September, a profit of 2,029/. 13s. Bd, was shown from the sale of about 117 tons of tie. A portion of about 50 tons Lad been reserved during the previous quarter, in consequence of the depressed price of the metal. A. dividend of 12/. per share, amounting to 1,344/. was declared, and a balance of 1911. 9s. 21. car ried to credit of next account, after discharging the debit of 4911.4,. 6d. found against the mine at the last account. E'gair Llee (South Wales) Mining Compsry and Cwm Erfin meetings were hold on Monday and Tuesday last, when some more efficient arrangements were en tered into, and committees of management formed for each mine. The prospects were represented to be very erimniraging ; and when the newly- adopted measures come fairly into operation, the results w ill, doubtless, prove bent ficial. At Wheat Anderton meeting the accounts showed- Ores sold 4191. 3s. I Id., with a balance against mine, 531. ss. 41., and calls to receive, 281/. 2s. 8 , 1, At West Downs meeting the accounts showed belance in favour, 571. 14s. 4d. At the East Buller meeting a call of 103. per share was made. At the Wheal Reeth meotiog, the accounts showed- Costs and merchants' bills, 6,7331. -By tin sold. 5,9881. 7s. 71; calls, 2031. 103.-leaving a balance against ad venturers, of 540/. 3s. 2 1. At the West Whesl Seton meeting, hell on 27. h Nov., the accounts showed-Copper ores sold, 7201 13s. 91- Labour cos', merchants' bills, and materials, 72e/. 4s. 1(1. -leaving balance, 9 Sd.; to which add balance last account, leaves in hand, 104/ 15s. 6d. At the Camden W heal Hooper meeting, the resigna tion of 49 shares from d;ff rent parties was accepted, and six forfeited; Mr. Jo s p h o,ton ras appointed purser. A call of 9 1. per share W 35 made, payable in 14 dap , . The accounts showed a balitece against the mine of 5051.9 At the Huenaforcl Coombetne.etine:, the occcunta shows& cost for Sep:ember and Octobcr, 2711. Se. 6d., and a balance in favour of adventurers, 2231.19 e 1(1. At the Wheal Heneock meeting, a report from Cap rain James was read, in which he inf 'rimed the slisre holders of corte, extraordinary discoveries of lodes, made up of rich gossan, containing silver, copper, and carbo mite of lead; and states that there are thousands of fathoms of ground from which those min( rats may be , raise d at great profit, and for which a good market has !seen discovered. A call of ss. per share was made. In (,:reign mines there has been some consieerabl , biedness dune in Mexicans, arising from the important advices received by the Mexican mail. St. John del Hey, Copiapo, Imperial Brezdian, Cobra Copper, Alten, and National Brazilian, have also been done. The Bsdanos r' pert to the 4th October contains nothing very encouraging. WATERMEN'S STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday, at the London Coffee house, Ludgate-hill, Mr. R. W. Jennings in the chair. The secretary read the report of the directors, which stated that the general earnings of the company's vessels for the year amounted to 23,476/. 7s. 4rl, in cluding the hire of the two boats on the Gravesend station. Deducting from that amount the working expenses, repairs, &c., which were 23,0831. 12s. ld., and a sum of 3,6001. as the depreciation in the value of the boats, they would have a balance against the company of 3,207/. 53. 91. The balance from last year's account on the same side amounted to 2,105/. 3s. 41. The directors accounted for this deficiency by the fact that the number of passengers had been seriously diminished by the unfavourable character of the weather and the opening of the new railway. During the year they had purchased a hulk to be , used as a store for their boats, and had also bought up 336 shares, making the whole number so bought in 777. They had done their utmost to reduce the ex penses ; and they hoped, by means of an arrange ment now under consideration, to effect a reduction in the item of pier dues, which at present amounted to 25 per cent. on the gross earnings. By these means he hoped to have a more favourable account to present next year. The CIIAIRMAN, ice ttia - swer to several questions, stated that the boats could not call- at Hunger ford pier just now, because an agreement existed which debarred them; but that agreement would expire soon, arid the irectors hoped to make an arrangement more beneficial to the company. They had purchased up the 336 shares at 881, the money paid upon them being 880/ . They had purchased the engines of the Admiral under the misrepresentation of a servai,t, 6ince tl.at time dismissed, intending them for their own boat, No. 9, and they had sold a boiler fur 201., the tubes of which NNWe resold for 35/. by another party, under the 'same rnisrepTesentation. A very long conversation ensued as to particular items in the accounts ; but explanations satisfactory to the meeting were given by the chairman, and Mr. LAING stated that the liabilities of the corn pny were 5,7131.; the available stock, estimated low, was worth 5,119/.; and there were besides twelve boats, which they valued at 2,7001. each, a depreciated value. The report was received. The other ordinary business was transacted, and a vete of thanks to the chairman hying been passed the oeeting seTart.ted. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWLY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rah e frays for the past week — that i s to say, up to the date to which th -es?eetive returns are made, together with the receipts of the sane Week in the previous year:— ding NAME OF R A.ILW ,LY Lest week. !fi 21 i .I.berdeen 2i Amiens and Boulogne •• ••• • • ..... 21 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • • • 2d Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 25 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 23 Bristol and Exeter • • ..... ••• • .. .. ..„......._ 25 Cheater and Ilolyhead. • • ........ •• .. 22 Dublin and Drogheda •• •• • • ••••• • • • • 27 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 24 Dundee, reith, and Aberdeen •••• • • • • 25 East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • " • • • • • 24 Edinburgh and - Glanovr .• • • •••• • • • • 21 Edinburgh and Perth •••••• • • • • • • 25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. liEast Lancashire .: • ......., . • • • • • • • • 25 Eastern Union • • ..... —•• • • •••• • • • • 2 I Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .... 24 Glasgow and Greenock.. •• • • ... .. .. 18 Great Northern and E. L. •• • • .... .. 24 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 25 Great Western, Stc ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 21 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • ...• •. • • 13 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • • • ..... • 18 Leeds and Thirsk ••.. .. 25 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• •• • 24 Londonderry and Enniskillen.. • ..... 25 London and North Western, &c. ..... 25 London and Blackwall— • • .......... 24 London and Brighton. •• • • .......... 25 London and South Western ......... 25 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 25 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 25 Midland Great Western (Irish) .• •• •• Monklands .• ••••••••• • • •• • • • • 25 North British .... •• .. Paris and Rouen. •••••••• •• • • Rouen and Havre .. ••••• • • • • • 25 Scottish Central ••••••• • • • • • • • 24 Scottish: Midland ••••••••• - • • • • • • • 26 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • • • • 25 Shropshire Union ..........• . 24 South Eastern and Branches ••• • • • 18 South Devon ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 21 Taff Vale •• •• • • 25 - ... Ulster . . Waterford and Limerick-- ...... Whitehaven Junction ..• • . York and Newcastle . • • .• .• York and North Midland •••• • • • • 9'68 2,588 :i,630 17,1,93 11,765 80 123 34,435 '519 8,288 7,597 4,611 18,933 1,169 3,03 "no 2.987 1,582 35 1,452 1 8 3 , 4 4 9 8 z. 1,198 1 2,199 1 763 222 12,176 13, 6,629 7, IRELAND. (FRO➢L OUR COIRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, P2IDAT EVBNING.—There was but one case adjudicated on in the Encumbered Estates Com mission to-day. It was only remarkable for the tenacious forbearance with which the Commisioners demean themselves in reference to all proceedings in the Court of Chancery. In this matter a Mr. Ed ward C. Villiers was the owner, and a Mr. Sayers the petitioner. Counsel 'appeared for Mr. Timothy O'Brien, a gentleman residing in the county of Li merick, to show cause against the making absolute of a conditional order for a sale, and in case the order should be made absolute, to apply to have the carriage of the proceedings taken from the party who had ob tained it. The application was grounded on some proceedings in Chancery. Baron Richards, in giving judgment, said, that the application should be refused with costs. ''=' The Learned Commissioner remarked that where it ap• peered that proceeding had gone to a certain extent in the Master's office for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of creditors, the commissioners should give a certificate to be laid before the Chancellor, that his Lordship might be satisfied that he could allow the proceedings to go on to some extent, notwithstanding the order of their Court. The Commissioners' order stayed proceedings in the Court of Chancery with reference to a sale only, but did not stay other pro ceedings. Some other cases that appeared on the list were postponed. Baron Richards said, be thought it well to observe that for the future the Court would be very strict as regarded the attendance of counsel. The Commis sioners would not postpone cases in consequence of the non-attendance of counsel, so that gentlemen who could not attend there had better give up their prac tioe in that court, The Court then adjourned till Thursday next, the Chief Commissioner observing that, Judge Keatinge having a very heavy case to go into, the Commis. sioners could not have the use of his court sooner. They (the Commissioners) would, however, sit in chamber daily as usual. Tna UNIVERSAL DEPRESSION OF TRADE. — The despairing complaints of the farmers, and the re clamation) of corn merchants, conjoined to the rumour that a fixed duty of six shillings per quarter upon corn occupied Ministerial attention at a recent Cabinet Council, have excited great agitation in the minds of people here. Already even some of the Liberal and quondam frce-trade journal., have " come out." in favour of the fixed duty. I have just seen an early copy of a respectable weekly paper, the Register, Dec. 1, which advocates " fixity" on this mode : " We observe that the conviction is forcing itself every day on the most intelligent men in this country that we cannot go on if something be not done in re gard, at least, to wheat. We ha ve at present in our harbour a regular fleet of Austrian, Turkish, and Gre cian vessels, all laden with corn. There is a constant influx of grain even in a manufactured state, breaking up the milling establishments of which we used to be so boastful. We could not help being struck ss ith an observa tion of one of our few manufacturers, some time since, in view of a French vessel. ' Observe that ship,' said he to the writer, 'it is landing flour free of all port charges; and if I freight it on its return with linen, the ariele will enter a French port loaded with 40 per cent. duty.' ' It is not easy to see any trace of the re ciprocity . which we were promised in that state of things,' said the writer. ' No,' replied the merchant, • our all es, the French, are now erjoying what what may be considered a monopoly of our flour mat ket, to the ruin of our millers, and our only manufacturers are practically excluded from their ports.' Such a state of things is, on the face of it, anomaly us, and the feel ing is becoming every day more prevalent that it cannot by possibility work to our ultimate advantage:: For the satisfaction of the consumers, the writer thus essays to prove the change will be a matter of small moment to them : " The statistics of the question are these:—A quarter of wheat, consisting of 4801b5., is transmutable into a gr.:at number of four potted loaves. It yields in the North Dublin Union 154 loaves, a moiety of fine flour being added to the fine and coarse of the wheat oself, ground on the spot. We will suppose that a quarter of wheat will, in general, supply materials for 114 of the loaves usually sold in bakers' shops. Ti ese 144 loaves are delivered to so many pur chasers, each 'aging a portion of any tax, or duty, to which the raw commodity may be subject. Suppose it to b.e a fixed charge of e s . that will enhance the price of the 41b. leaf exactly one h a lfpenny, or add a farthing to the 21b. loaf, which i s more commonly delivered to the public. A halfpenny added to the cost of 41bs. of bread is an imperceptible burthen. It. would only make that 7d. which is now eid., leaving society the agreeable consciousness that it . enjoys great modera tion in the cost of the principal article of food—a mode ration not known for many years. " Bat it may be very questionable whether a fixed tried, convicted,- and sentenced to 12 months' impri sonment in 1846. Mr. Childs—Then the man was Lberated in 1847, and having suffered for infringing the laws of his country he of course had purged himself of the offence. In the Sergeant's further cross-examination, he sail that Mr. Jones had been landlord of the Globe for three years, and that no complaint had been made before the present occasion as to the manner in which the business of the house was conducted. Mr. Childs contended at some length that the de fendant had not infringed the terms of his licence, the words in the Act specifying that he must have knowingly hart;oured men of notoriously bad charac ter to meet at his house. Now, the evidence adduced (lid not prove anything of the kind, and surely the Le gislature never meant or intended that the landlords of public houses should be suhjected to the infliction of penalties for admitting persons into their houses who were of dishonest character. That it would be altogether a different question if the parties meet there to ph - tn or concoct schemes of plunder; but in this instance nothing of the kind appeared. The men ! found in the house were chiefly standing before the LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 30. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF BAR©N and a Special Jury.) GREENLAND V. CHAPLIN. This was an action to recover compensation for certain injuries which the plaintiff had sustained whilst travelling in a steam-boat on the Thames. Mr. Humfrey, Mr. Ryland, and Mr. Fry, appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and the defendant was represented by Mr. Sergeant Shea and Mr. Bramwell. Mr. Humfrey, in stating the case, said the plain tiff, Mr. Greenland, is a carriage liner, who has for many years been in the employment of Messrs. Laurie, carriage builders, in Oxford-street ; and the defendant, Mr. Chaplin, is a member of the eminent carrying firm of Chaplin and Horne, and owner or part-owner of a steamer called the Bachelor, plying between Hangerford- bridge and Vauxhall and Chel sea. The injury which the plaintiff sustained, and in respect of which the present action was brought, was occasioned by a collision between a boat called the Sons of the Thames, a Gravesend vessel, and the defendant's vessel the Bachelor, the circumstances of which will be found stated in the evidence given below. Robert Chipperfield, on the part of the plaintiff, said—On Sunday, the 16th July, IS4B, I was on board of and commanding the steamer called the Sons of the Thames. She was lying at Hungerford, and about to go to Gravesend. The Atalanta was between her and the pier, and the passengers going by, the Sons of the Thelma had to cross the Atalanta. When .the Sons of the Thames left the pier she got into tie regular passage way, and as she was nearing the Adelphi pier the Fire King was seen lying at that pier. A little further down, at the halfpenny pier, the Sunbeam was in the act of swinging round with the tile to go to London bridge. The Sons of the Thames then stopped her engine, to avoid a collision with the Sunbeam. At that moment a boat called the Bachelor came up, and, in her attempt to pass between the vessels, struck the S ons of he Thames on the corner of the paddle box. She went on, and then struck the how of the Sons of the Thames. The anchor of the Sons of the Themes was lying partly in the vessel and partly ever the bow in the usual way. The Bachelor couLl have prevented the accident it the captain had been using the same caution as witness. Cross examined by Mr.' Sergeant SHEE—During two years and half in which witness had been in com mand of a vessel on the river, there had been several accidents like this with his boat, and one or two persons travelling in his boat had had their legs broken. During a year he might have had occasion three times to throw out - his anchor above bri - lge. There were about 150 people on board his vessel on the day in question. There was nothing to prevent persons on board his vessel sitting near the flukes of the anchor. Some pre caution might have been taken the next Sunday to prevent a similar accident, but witness could not say whether it was dune cr not. Since this last accident witness had fastened the anchor. Thera was no rivalry between the Sens of the Thames and the Bachelor. Henry Sparrow deposed that he was mate on board the Sons of the Thames, and remembered the 16th of July. There was not sufficient room to admit of the Bachelor aaesing between the Sunbeam and the Sons of the Thames when she attempted to pass. George Morris, the fore cabin steward on board the Sons of the Thames, witnessed the accident and corroborated the preceding wit - nrses account of it. William flare, a coach trimmer and a fello w wcrkman of the plaintiff's, deposed thtt he was in company sorb the plaintiff on board the SODS of the Thames on the morning of the accident. The plaintiff was sitting on a camp stool near the bow of the vessel. When the Bachelor came in collieion the Sons of the Thames, the anchor struck the plain till's leg and jammed it against the companion hatch way. Wittiess assisted to remove the plaintiff after the accident to the hospital, where it was found on taking off his boot that his leg was broken. The plaintiff, before the accident, was earning 365. a week, but since the accident he has lost his situation, though he has been employed occasionally with the Messrs. Laurie. Sawley, a surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, proved that he saw the plaintiff on his removal to the hospital on the day after the accident, and that he had sustained a fracture of the fibula into the ancle joint. He remains din the hospital until the 22(1 of August. Dr. Roe had seen plaintiff's leg on Monday last, and it had not then recovered its ordinary healthy tone. There was great deformity, besid,s the injury to the joint. Mr. Sergeant SHER addressed the jury for the defendant. He contended that the mode in which the parties in charge of the Sons of the Thames carried their anchor was so negligent as to occasion the accident, and therefore that they, and not the defendant, should have been responsible to the plain tiff for the injury he had sustained. Henry Barrett, on the part of the defendant. proved that he was captain of the Bachelor on the 16th of July, 1848, the day when the accidt nt occurred. He never saw the Sons of the Thames until she struck the Bachelor. Saw the Bee coming out from the halfpenny pier. She gave way, and the Bachelor went on ; then the Sons of the Thames came along side and struck the knuckle of the Bachelor. Had a distinct recollection that the Bachelor was overtaken by the tions of the Thames, and that the Bachelor was proceeding in the proper and ordinary course. The Bachelor carried her anchor inside the boat alto gether, unstocked. Cross-examined by Mr. Husainaar—Had been three days captain of this boat when the accident hap pened.—(Laughter.) It is not "once a captain always a captain"—they did not do business in that way.—(Renewed laughter.) The Bachelor was going very easy when the Sons of the Thames touched her. The Bee did not give way for the Bachelor until the mischief was done. John Wheeler, mate on board the Bachelor, cor roborated the preceding witness's account of the accident. Other witnesses were called on the part of the de• fence, but it is sufficient to say that there was the usual amount of conflicting evidence given in this as in all kindred cases, each of the litigants, by their witnesses, charging the other with being instrumental to the accident. Mr. Htniarnar replied upon the defendant's case. The Loan CHIEF BARON summed up, andi The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 2001. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) FALSE ENTRY IN TUN PARISH REGIST:IY.—ID the course of the day, Mr. 13onxrs applied to the Court to fix the amount of bail for the appearance of I Lord Dunboyne at this court, to answer a true bill of indictment that had been found against him by the grand jury for causing a false entry to be made in the Parish registry of marriages. The Learned Counsel said the proceedings had been taken under the 6 and 7 Will. IV. cap. 86, sec. 41, and the facts leading to the charge were these. His Lordship had, on the 27th of August, 1842, married the late Lady Dun boyne at Paddington church, and in the March of the following year she, as a widow, raised 4,5001., by way of mortgage on her estates, representing that so long as she was a widow, she had power to raise money on her estates, which were considerable. In Decem ber, 180, his Lordship again married her at St. George's, Hanover-square, then causing a false de scription to be entered in the parish registry of that church, forming the subject•matter of the present proceedings. Her Ladyship was since dead, having died about the year 1846 or 1647. Mr. BALLANTINE, who opposed the application, said that there were now no less than three suits in chancery pending about this matter, and the present proceedings were only taken to harass and intimidate the family. The RECORDER said he wished the application had been made before the judges in the other court, and asked if Lord Dunboyne could not put in bail ? Mr. BiLLANTINR said he could not—he was not in London. After some discussion his Lordship fixed the bail at 1,000/. ; Lord Dunboyne in 5001., and two sureties in 2501., with the usual notice. Mr. BALLANTINE said it should be put in. The RECORDER said that if Lord Dunboyne came to London, he should suggest that the affair be at once taken before a magistrate. At a later hour in the day the RECORDER informed Mr. Bodkin that he had consulted the judges, who entirely concurred in the step he had taken. POLICE INTELLIGE.NCE. soUTHWARK. Yesterday Mr. Thomas Jones , landlord of the Globe public-house, in the Borough-road, was sum moned, at the instance of the superintendent of the M. division, for unlawfully and knowingly harbour ing persons of notoriously bad character to meet and remain in his said house. Mr. Childs attended on behalf of the defendant. Sergeant Berry ststed that on the evening of the 27th instant, he went into the defendant's house, and saw seven men in the tap-room, among whom were two convicted thieves. Ile (the sergeant) called the defendant's attention to the fact, and bis reply was, that "he could not help it; that he could not shut his doors against any persons who conducted them selves properly while in the house." On two occa sions the same evening the sergeant said that he again visited the same house, and observed other men of equally bad character standing at the bar, and that he again spoke to the landlord on the subject, and he gave a similar answer as he did on the pre vious occasion. In the Sergeant's cross .examination he described that one of the men ho saw in defendant's house had been bar. That it was a casual meeting ainongat there and it was a fact well known that many persons o bid character lived about the immediate nei g hbour, hood of the Globe, and how was the landlord to act ? He could not he expected to institute inquiries into the characters of all his customers ; and as long as they behaved properly while under his roof he was not bound to turn them out. Such persons, although they may be known to be bad characters, still they were not to be excluded from the public-houses; fur if they were fleeted from one particular hous'e they would find others where they would be received. Mr. Childs added that it would be an exesediegly difficult l task for a man in the defendant's position to know i how he was to act if it was laid down that he w as to refuse serving persons known by the police as having forfeited their characters for former offences. Mr. SECKEit here observed that he should not give his decision in the above case until he heard the evi dence on another charge of a similar description pre ferred against Mr. Watkins, landlord of the Red Lion, in Pearl-row. Sergeant Berry stated that he visited this defen dant's house three different times the same night, arif saw some convicted thieves standing at the bar ; that he mentioned the fact to the landlord, who said, " What am I to do ? I am net going to shut up my house." In the sergeant's cross-examination he said the parties were all at the bar of the house. ; that he never l heard of any complaint, either by the police, the inha bitants, or the parochial authorities, against the house in question. Mr. SacKEr observed that on carefully perusing the words of the Act, he certainly coincided with Mr. Childs' view of their meaning, and that in neither case had it been proved that the defendants had know ingly harboured had characters to meet at their houses; that they seemed to have casually met there, and there was no evidence to show that they met for the purpose of concocting plunder, or were harboured there for ?rich purpose by the defendant. Therefore he should dismiss both semmonses. L ~ 1 3, 1 B 1•_:' TH. James Sinclair and John Anderson, powerful fellows, were placed at the bar before Mr. Elliot, and charged with the commission of three most deter mined and desperate robberies that have taken place in the metropolis for many years. The first witness called was Mr. William Davis, who, upon being sworn, deposed as follews :—Oti the night of Wednesday week, in proceeding from Long acre to my residence, 33, Swinton-street, Gray's Inn road, I proceedsd through Russell-square and ' CI ome r street, and in passing along the latter 1 saw a man behind me. This person I supposed to be following use, and I also saw two men straggling behind at a little distae.ce on the other side of the street. Supposing the man on my side of the street to be following me, I turned into Speedy-street or court to allow him to pass, and he did so, but in stantly returned and seizing me by the throat, turned me round, and held me by the throat until one of the other men came up and struck me three violent blows on the head with some hard instrument, and I should have fallen from the effects of the blow had not the first man held me up by the throat. The second man, as soon as be hail struck me the third time, commenced unbuttoning the top part of my dress to get at my pockets, and while doing so a third man came up and said " Police, say he is drunk," and immediately after all three left me and hurried away. In a moment or two I recovered, and followed them, hut they soon got out of my sight. In reply to the questions of the Magistrate, Mr. Davis said that he at first noticed the man who sub s( quently seized him by the throat in Russell square, and suspecting that he bad been following him, he ran through some streets not in his direct way home When attacked he had a small sum of money about him, but did not think he had been robbed of anything. This, however, as well as his assailants starting in such a hurry, he attributed to the approach of a person now present, and who would be called as a witness. He did not think the prisoners were the parties, but if even before Lim he could not swear to them. Mr. John Tipping, of No. 20, Speedy-place, Cromer-street, deposed that about two o'clock in the morning of Thursday week, when returnin g home, and cn reaching close to his residence, he heard a sort of gagling noise, On approaching the end of Spezdy court he heard a man say, "he is drunk," and saw three men dragging a person, who subsequently turned out to be Mr. Davis, up to the left side of the court, and heard one of them exclaim, "he is very drunk." The men then left him, and Mr. Davis almost directly afterwards recovered and followed the men, as did he (witness) also, but they soon got out of sight. He (witness) could not swear to either of the prisoners as being the men, but in size and appearance they re sembled them very much. This was the whole of the evidence as respected the desperate attack on Mr. Davis. The prisoners, in reply to the charge, in the most dogged manner said they knew nothing about it. The next charge against the prisoners was, that of attacking a young gentleman named William Jacob Conder, on the public highway, and stealing from his person a gold watch, a brequet gold chain, and about 103. in silver. The complainant in this case had been so frightfully maltreated by his ruffian assailants that his lice had been for several days in great jeopardy; and the robbery committed on him was of so daring ar.d violent a character as to seriously alarm many in habitants of the neighbourhood in which it had been committed. Mr. Corder, upon being sworn, said he lived at No. 4, Holland-road, North Brixton ; that on the evening of Tuesday week, about six o'clock, whilst proceed ing from Kennington-common, along the pathway leading to Wyeethain street, a man came up be hind him and caught him tight by the collar. As soon as he had done so two other men came up, one of whom struck him several blows on the head, and the third man robbed him of his gold watch, chain, and 10s. in silver he had in his pocket. The man who held him called out to the other who was striking him on the head, and said, " Hit him again ;" and the man did hit him again. The man who robbed and struck him ran away as soon as they had dune so, and the third man, who held him, as soon as they were gone, lifted him off his legs, flung him to the ground with great violence, and then ran away. The attack was so unexpected, rapid, and violent, that he had not much opportunity of observing the men, and therefore could not take it on him to swear the prisoners were the sone. They were much such men, but the man who held him was, he thought, much bigger than either of them. Edward Fox, butler to Mr. Thomas Henry Hell, barrister, of 19, Old- square, Lincoln's-inn, and Tavistock-square, stated that on the evening of the 13th November, his master on leaving his chambers, and whilst passing along Lincoln's-Inn-square, was attacked by three men near the College of Surgeons, who robbed him of a valuable gold watch and about 282. in cash. From the statement of his master to him (witness), it appeared that one of the men came behind him and placed his hands on his mouth so as to prevent him calling out, whilst the other two men robbed him. To prove the extent of violence which had been exercised at the time, the witness produced a pair of trousers belonging to his master, and which he had worn at the time, and the whole of the buttons in front and one half of the left leg were completely torn off, and the latter (in which part was the pocket with the money) was carried right away by the thieves. His master was at present at Cambridge, but he ex pected home him in a day or two, when he would appear against the prisoners. Police constable Thomas Hardwick, 7 D, who sp prehended the prisoners at Astley's Theatre, said that from private information he received he had no doubt whatever the prisoners were parties to all the robberieS mentioned, and others of a similar class ; and if remanded to a future day, he had every expec tation of being able to produce one or more of the stolen watches, and further evidence against them. The prisoners merely - denied the charges, and were remanded until Tuesday next. THE COUNTRY MARKETS: WAKEFIELD, Nov. 23.—The artival continues good of wheat, and though holders are very firm, tho trade is Linguid and the business small, at last week's prices. Barley is very dull and is lower, the commoner qualities being unsaleable. Oats and shelling are without change. Beans are heavy, at late prices. TURKISH SPIRITS.—An importation of a parcel of a Turkish spirit called " Rild," having talirm place at the port of Southampton, from ConAlntinople, it was returned by the officers of the revenue for duty as set a cted spirits, but the importer, considering that it was not liable to that duty, requested that it might be delivered as spirits unsweet , 2md. It appears that the spirit was mix. d and flavoured with a resinous gum, and it was therefore considered that it became liable to the high duty as sweetened spirits, and ordered to be charged ac cordingly. APOTHECARIES' HALL.---Th paned their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise on Thurs. day :—Samuel Reynolds, Debach ; George Edward Gains; Edward Humphrey Paget, Leicester. Nev.v EMBEZZLEMENT FROM TILE second, Its; barleymeal, lls 8d; peasemeal, 148 to 15s; bran ROCHDALE SAVINGS BANK. per stone, Od to 8d; first flour, per 2801 b, 36s to 375; second • 28s ; oatmeal, best, per stone of I4ib imperial, Is 6d to Os Od • A case of fraud, the most ingenious and compli - second, Is 4d ; barleyrneal, Is 2d; peaseineal, Is 4d; first flour, gated, has recently been divulged, in consequence of 23 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3d cash, 2s 64 credit. Pota the death of Mr. George Haworth, the actuary of the toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d; veal, 4d ravings Bank at Rochdale. That gentleman, to 6d; mutton, 54 to Ed; pork, 4d to 6d; fowls, each, 00d to who held a hi ,hl honouraWe position in the town, ' 00001; c e l T ackens 4 ( l i i . e z r en pa B ir (i Oto0d9d!o bouddercituftr'kessh, each, perlb 004 8 d to o and was universally respected for his probity, integ- , COd; sal l 'tri2rl to 00d; croudie (curds) 21d to Od four-pound city, and general upright dealing, had held the (Ace loaf, caeh, 6d to 7d, credit, 61c1 to 710; coals, per cwt, 9d' of actuary in the Savings Bank for a period of more hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. than twenty years. On Monday, the 19th of Novem ber, he suddenly died, and at a meeting of the trus tees and managers of the bank on Tuesday last, the object of which was to appoint another actuary, some investigation of the books took place, which led to the discovery of a series of embezzlements, extending over a long series of years, and amounting to a sum more than that annually deposited in the bank. It was discovered, in fact, that Mr. Ha worth had kept a private ledger, in which he en tered the accounts of a great number of the depositors distinct from the bank accounts, actually pocketing the whole of their deposits, no accounts of which appeared on the books of the bank. At the period of the meeting most of the banking books held by lepositors had, in accordance with the r. virements of the Act of Parliament, been scat into the bank for the purpose of having the accounts examined ; and the managers, atter a searching investigation during two days, discovered that an amount of between 34,000/. and 35.0001., represented by those books, did not appear on the accounts as having b.en paid into the bank ; and it is feared that further investigations will show the amount embezzled to be even snore than that sum. The official inquiry has not yet closed, the trustees having issued hand-bills calling upon the depositors to send in the outstanding books forthwith ; therefore there is no authoitative statement as to the amount of the defalcations, or the precise mode in which the enlist zeletnent was effected ; but we have reason to believe that 30,C00/. is under the mark, and that the fraud was committed, as we have stated, by the actuary keeping a double set of books ; being in fact, the agent of the savings bank for one part of the depositors, and a banker on his own account for another portion. It is supposed that this system of swindling must have evended over eight or ten years, during the whole of which period Mr. Haworth was held in the highest esteem by the inhabitants of Raclelale generally, and in fact by every one with whom he came, in contact in business matters. Ile was the proprietor of the Castle ton Town Mill, and employed about 200 hands, to whom he was a most liberal master, so much so that during the periol of dull trade in 1847 he for meat' weeks gave his hands two dolys' wages per %veek while the mill was stopped, and, if it was required, lent them as much inure. lie Ans the land agent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Conpany, and in that capacity large rums of money must have passed through his hands. He was also steward and land ;gent to the owners of a great quantity of property in Rochdale and the adjoining district. It is said that ho had effected a policy upon his life for 3,000/, Shortly before his death he suede a sale of 15,000/. worth of cotton twist, which he had held for a consi derable period, and if the whole of that money be realised it will go far to cover the deficiencies. Within the leot two years he suede v ill, bequeathing, it is said, in various ways, no less a sum than 20,0001., and leaving an annuity of 3001. per annum to his widow and an only daughter. The real amount or assets, however, is not at present known, but it is no anticipated that they will equal the amount of his de , faleations. Mr. Tidd Pratt will visit Rochdale nex week to investigate the matter on behalf of the Go vernment. COAL MARK E L-YESLICEEDAY. Carr's Hartley Davison'sWestHaitley 15s °d i ßussell's Hetton East Adairs Ma n..... 13s 9(.lStewart's lia.sting's Harthy lss OdCaradoe lBB rd Old Tan field ~ est Hartley West Wylam Wylam ........ ...... .. 16s o,lAnthraeite. .. Wall's End, &c. N. Abbey Graigola Brown's Gas . l3s 9‘ Cowper Hartley 13ensharn .. Eden Main • lBs OdlNixon's Merthyr and 'Tatou N. liettcn Lyons .. Ships at warkw. 42. RAIL N y ti Arc ARKETS. - BRISTOL, Nov. 30. :?roux ExcitAsron.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Great Western, Qtv:rters, 11% dis.— Midland Stuck, Taff Vale, Quarters, 2914. vEttrouL, Nov. 30. SToclr. ExcuAttioa—Thre was a very good demand for shares to-day at the quA,itions. The transactions were a$ follow .—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Censol., 60—Ditto, H a lves, ltlt c. dis.—Ditto, Fifths, OA c. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 16'./ dis. Caledonian, Preference, 87 4 c. Great Western, Halves, 23—Preston and Wyre (No. 1), 33—London and North-Western, 115—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 p.—Manchester, Sheflicl 1, and Lincoln, Pre ference, 91. 16s, 3d.— Midland, 51—Ditto, Halves, dis. —North- Western, 10 1 ,i dis. South-Eastern and Dover, Coissol. ('so. 3), 18 3 4—Ditto (No. 4). 6 , 4 c.—York, New castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, die. COFFEE-CHICORY. A deputation from the Commercial Association of ,ianchester, consisting of A.lesf,rs. Atherton, De Cas tro, Robert Smith, &c., waited on the Chancellor of the Esch,quer, for the purpos'2 of presenting the following memorial on the subject of the sale of chi cory, under the denomination of coffee. The depu tion was very well received by Sir C. Wood, who expressed himself anxious to give the subject his belt consideration. The following is the memorial of the association : " TO TIIE RIGHT HON. SIE CHALES WOOD, BART. &C., CIIANCELLOR or HER MAJESTY ' S EXCII/QUER. " The Memorial of the Directors of the Manches ter Commercial Association, "'Respectfully Showeth,—That the attention of this association his been specially directed to the practice which extensively prevails amongst the re tail dealers in this country of mixing chicory with coffee. " That the annual consumption of coffee in Great Britain has been estimated at about 37,000,0001b5. and that of chicory, for the purpose of admixture therewith, at about 22,000,0001n5. "That a duty of 4d. per lb. is levied upon colonial coffee, and it is further burdened with freight and charges varying from 6s. to Bs. per cwt. in its transit from the port of shipment to this country, while chicory, the produce of Great Britain, is untaxed. " That in the ;opinion of your memorialists, the serious evil which is thus inflicted upon colonial coffee planters, and the gross imposition practised upon the public, demand the interference of her Ma jesty'eGovernment. " That while your memorialists disclaim all desire of seeing any special advantage extended to colonial coffee planters, they, nevertheless, respectfully submit that as they have expnded large sums in the culti vation of their distant estates, they have reason to demand that they should be placed upon an equal footing with the growers of chicory in this country, so far as duty is concerned. " That your memorialists are aware that it has been alleged by dealers that consumers of coffee con eider its fIAVOUr to be improved by mixing chicory therewith. If such, however, be the fact, why should deception be practised by the dealers in vending the latter article under the name of the former ? " May it therefore please you to take the matter into your early consideration, and, by a reduction of the import duty upon coffee, place the colonial planters upon a more equal footing with the growers of chicory, and take such steps as may seem calculated to guard the public against imposition by compelling the dealers in chicory to sell it under its true name. " And your memorialists, &c. " Manchester, Nov. 28, 1849." JONES'• OR THE GOLDEN LECTURESHIP -This honourable and valuable appointment, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Dale, was this day conforrcd on the Rev. Henry Melvin, 8.D., by the Haberdashers' Company. A PERILOUS POSITION AND PILOTIDENTIAL ESCAPE. - . —The following graphic anecdote of Sir James Ross's expedition has been communicated to us by one of the parties ergeged in it :—" Those who have never visited 6 ie la n on of si the uly , e evening the o l f t c th ot e ce i p s t t i h on a o n f d o m ur o d rn a i n n g g ero o u r the rocky icebound shores of Greenland, can form no s th p r i l t was raining and blowing fresh. We wens moored to an I iek h•.rg, and that berg drifting in a space of open wit:4r nit larger than the Grand Harbour of Malta, sun• rounded' by mountains, precipices, and glaciers ; hugs b..‘rg3 drifting and closieg around us from all directions, presenting to the eye a scene of terrific grandeur. No means of escape left us—the only passage—that by which we entered this sombre locality—being blocked up with heavy ice. The berg that we were fast t began to tumble to pieces ; wo had then no alternative left• but the dangerous one of making sail, and endeavouring to get hold of one aground. To accomplish this we had to run the awful risk of coming in contact with some 01 the numerous floating masses through which we had to thread our way in the " wind's eye." Our vessel was sluggish and tweet - tam in her movements, and had we " missed stays " cur destruction would have been inevi table. Had we been commanded by an officer of ordi nary experience it is hard to say what would hive been the result; but our safety was entrusted to a man firm of purpose, and of strong nerve, who gave his orders on this trying occasion as cool and distinct as if he had been "tacking ship" in the middle of the Atlantic. At five a.m. we got hold of a berg aground, and lay fast to it in apparent safety until the afternoon of the following day, when we let go and stood into open water, all of us exceedingly glad that we had got cut of our critical predicament." PERTII.—EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Between Sunday night and Monday morning, the shop of Messrs. J. and A. M'Nab, watchmakers and jewellers, George-street, was broken into, and valuable property to a very large amount carried off. The premises were visited by one of the Messrs. M'Nab about five o'clock on Sunday after noon, when all was found to be safe, and a dog that be longs to the shop was left inside, where it was on Mon day morning in the very apartment by which the robbers bad eff,eted en entrance. The door of a cellar under the shop had first been forced open, and several tools taken out, which had afterwards been used in forcing up the window by which an entrance was obtained to the shop. Four panes of this window were dexterously cut out, and a hole thus made which would easily admit the body of a man. The shop has been almost com pletely plundered of the most valuable part of a large and extensive etteck, ocnsieting of gold and silver watches, safety and watch chains, rings, bracelets, and other articles of a similar description, and ahhough it is impossible at present to form a correct estimate of the amount of goods taken, it is considered that it cannot be under 4001. or 5001. Besides the Messrs. M'Nab's own valuable stock, about 40 or 50 watches belonging to customers have been stolen, and in every instance the robbers had eeercised the most remarkable skill and knowledge in selecting end carrying off the most valu able and portable part of the stock. It is reported that a noise was heard in the shop about 12 o'clock on Sun day night by persons residing above it, but strange to say they gave no alarm, and the robbery was not crs cevered till about eight o'clock on Mondoy morning. The Messrs. M'Nab are highly respected and indus trious tradesmen, and meet with general sympathy under their heavy los..—Scotsman. THE REAL CAUSE OF CHOLERA. The Rev. Dr. ll‘Neile thinks that the cholera is a judgment on this country for favouring "Popery ;" the Ht.'s% Mr. Toys, of Gateshead, that it is to deter people from marrying the sisters of their deceased wives ; the Rev. Mr. Gutch, of Leicester, atributes it to Parliamentary electors voting for Di,senters and Jews, instead of Church of England men; whilst others, ?gain, attribute it to the omission of " Dei Gratis," frau the new florin. Gloucester Journal, THE MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES AT BATH.—Mr. Nugent has bet n chosen master of the ceremonies by a large majority over the other competitors. Old $. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s. Stalulk,Essex, and Kent, red ... 40 to 43 Ditto, white ... •.. ... 45 —4B Norfolk and Hunts , red ... —4O Ditto, white ... •.. ... 42 —43 Lincolnshire arid Cambridge, red ... 35 38 Ditto, white ... ... 42 45 Yorkshire, red .., —3B • Ditto, white ... ... 42 — 45 Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 43 —46 Lower Baltic and ilamburgli, red... 38 —4O Mcd,terranean, red ... •.. ••• BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Suffolk— .. 27 —3O Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 24 —27 Scotch ••• Grinding per 30 stone 20 —22 - Foreign ..• ..• 22 —24 —— BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, tine 29 —3O 30 —32 Ticks ... 2S —39 28 —EI Foreign ... 27 —29 26 30 OATS, per stone:— St ea li ng . SO to 9,1 Od to 0.1 Feeding ... 8d to 9d 9d to 10d Foreign —d to —d 8d to 9 d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 22 —23 21 —22 MALI', per load of 6 imperial bushels 33 —35 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter: — Blue and white boilers .- Grey and Feed to ... 29 - 31 25 - 28 ARAI' Qrs. ... ... ... 13,579 'A LS. Wheat Barley ;: ; .. . .. . 4147 Oats ... ... ... ... 912 Rapeseed ... ... Shelling ... ... 330 Linseed .. 5 Malt ... ... • • ••• Flour ... ••• ... ... Beans... ... ... ... 539 Peas ... 3(,;1 Tares ... , NEWBURY, Nov. 29.—The quantity of wheat offering to. day is large, end the condition is much improved by the late frosts. The finest selected lots sell freely at Is per quarter decline, whilst other descriptions are more dill cult to sell at Is to 2s per quarter lower rates than last week. Barley, a large supply; best malting a slow Salo at is per quarter decline; other sorts almost un saleable, although offering 2s to 3s per quarter less than last market. Bean, oats, and peas, moderate supply, but fully equal to the demand. LIVERPOOI.; Nov. 30.—The attendance at our Coal Exchange this morning was very shy, and the transac tions in any article of the trade were quite in retail, The price of old and new wheat was considered rather easier. Prime marks of flour alone command late rates, the lower descriptions are without demand. Indian corn brought the full price of Tuesday, with a fair sale; mixed corn brought 26s 9.1, flat yellow 275, and round Jersey yellow 27s 61 per 4801bs ; white corn brought 29s to 29s 61 per 4801bs. The quotations for barley, beaus, peas, and oats, stand unaltered. EXETER, Nov. 30.—Cattle Market--The supply of beasts was small, but there was rather an extensive supply of sheep. Prices were well supported, and there wits a tolerably brisk demand. Fur the very best fat beef, 9a per score was obtained, but 8s to 8s 6 , 1 were the more general rates. Store bullocks were better worth than of late, for instance a pair of working oxen were sold for 271 103, bullocks of equal quality could have been obtained some wet ks since for 251. Bar ieners, about the same as last week, cows and calves, 81 to 131. Sheep sold well, the best fat wethers being worth 5 3 / 4 ,1 per lb; ewes, ditto, 4+l to sd. Store lugs, 28s to 34s 6d each. Pork Caresses—There was a good supply to-day, although not so large as that of last week —prices were however lower, ranging from 63 to 7s Id per score. Pannier—Turkeys, 4s od to 6s 6d each; geese., 4s Gd to 6s; ducks, 3s 61 to 4s 6d; fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 61; pheasants, 5s 61 to 63; partridges, 2s 6d to 3s per couple; hares, 2s 6d to 3s; roasters, 3s 61 to 5s each; woodcocks, ss; snipes, is 44 to is Gd per brace; pigeons, is 8d per couple; butter, Is per lb; eggs, 12 to 14 for Is; potatoes, 9d to 111; turnips, 4d to 5d per score; onions, 71b for 6d. Corn Exchange—Uae o'Clock—The market has been pretty well attended to day, but we notice but little alteration in price, although the turn is in favour of the buyer. Best samples of warranted English wheat sold at from 5s to 5s 3d per bushel. Foreign wheat was offsred on lower terms than last week, red being 403, and white 45s per quarter (5s to 5s 61 par bushel of 601hs). Barley, 3s to 3s Gd per bushel; oats, is 91 to 25 31. Fine flour, 29s to 30s per sack. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Nov. 30.—About 400 hhds and trs West India and 1,200 mats and bags of Mauri tius and Bengal have found buyers this week, at steady prices. The market., however, continued extremely dull. Refined is without alteration. In rum or molasses no sales are reported this week. Dried fruit of all descrip tions is very fair; Valencia raisins 46s to 475, and cur rants 383 to 403.—Bristol Mercury. IttroN, Nov. 29.—White wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 61, red do 4s 6d to 5s 3d; beans, 4s to 4s 61 per bushel; barley 22s to 25s ; oats 14s to 21s per quarter. tiCARBOROUGH, Nov. 29.—New wheat4s 91 to 5s 3d, old ditto 5s 31 to 55 91 per 5 stories; new oats7W to Od, old ditto 81 to 91 per stone ; malting barley 21s to 23 5, grinding barley 19s to 225 per quarter of 32 stones; super fine flour 35s to 365, seconds ditto 29s to 305 per sack of 20 stones. WETHERBY, Nov, 29.—White wheat 1336 d to 17s 61, red ditto 13a 61 to 153 Od; barley 24s to 27s per qr, beans 123 to 14 , per load, oats Bbd to 100. KNARESB" ROUGH, Nov. 28. Wheat, 4s 3d to 6s 01; beans, 4s 6d to 4s 91 per bushel; barley, 25s to 275; oats, 14a to 19s per quarter. DENBIGH, Nov. 28.—The market again to-day was very thinly attended, and very little business done; the alteration in pr!ce3 was so trivial as not to call for alteration in our last quotations, but prices of grain still tending downwards. LLANRWST, NOV. 27.—Our market to-day was very similar to that of last week. W heat, from 12s to 14s; barley, 8s to 9 ; oats, 4s 6d to 5s ad per hobbet. But ter, from 81c1 to 10d per lb. llunese, Nov. 2G.—There was not a very thronged market to-day, and business has for some time past been very slack, with little alteration in prices, still ever bear ieg downwards. Erten, Nov. 27.—There was but a small show of wheat at the market to-day, vt hieh appeared rather dull, with a disposition to recede in prices. Wheat at from 12s 61 to 13s 61 per hobbet of 168Ibs, but the latter price could only be obtained for very superior samples, the general price being about 13s per hobbet. Tnere was a great demand for malting barley, and a good business done at 8s Gd per hobbet of 147 lbs. Oats were iu favour, and fetched 5s 61 per hobbet of 1051bs. Peas and beans were about the same as last week. hme/gess, Nov. 27. Wheat, per quar t e r, weighing Gitb per bu-thel, 40s to 455; new ditto, ditto, ON to 00s ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 2Js to 23s ; new ditto, ditto, OSs to 00s ; oats, 421 b per 3 bushel, 18s to 20s 04.1._ Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s 01, MANCHESTER, Nov. 30. STOCR EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow Caledonian, Preference, 6 - X —Eastern Counties. 7 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6 5-16 c. dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 20/. 6;8 dis.—London and North- Western, 114—Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Ditto, M. and 8., quarters (C.), 1 13-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (No. 1), 119—Ditto (No. 2), 4 1 4—Ditto, Preference, 9%—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 4%- - South-Eastern and Dover, Old (No. 1), 19 , ,i—Ditto (No. 4), Scrip, 6 7-16. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 30. STock EXCIIANGE.—rhe trAnsactions to-day were as Wolverhampton, and Stour "Valley, 9/. I:is. .9;l.—Midland (Birmingham and Derby), 28 —North St , r.iforthhire, 9 1 4 dis.—South Staffordshire, 4 1 4 dis.—Co ventry and Nuneaton. 16s. 6d. p. YORK, Nor. `.79 STOCK L' XCIiANGE.—Thn transactions to-day were at fullow —Great Northern, 71. Is. 3d.—Midland, 50—North British, Quarters, 2 5 ,4 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17%. , GEASGOIV, Nov. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.- The transactions to-day were as fol low:—Arbroath and Forfar, 25 , A—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, end Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 6'4 Dit!o, Halves (No. 2),865.- -Ditto, Preference. 10- Glasgow and Greenock, Prefer ence), Cl. 19s.—Scottish Central, 16. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. The promotions for the hard service in Sir James Ross's expedition have not yet been made, but it is expected that they will be promulgated next week— on Monday, perhaps. As the promotions are for eervicc, the Treasury Board have to be con sulted on the matter, and this fact may in some n - leasu - e account for the delay that has taken place. We trust that there is no squabbling about shillings at d bixpencqs with reference to the well-deserved advancement of those who have encountered the privations and dangers of such a dreary and perilous enedition as that on which the officers of the Enter ' prise and Investigator have been employed, but that the Government, on behalf of the country, will dig tribute with a liberal hand their acknowledgments and rewards amongst al! classes of officers and men engaged. We are sorry to hear that Captain Sir James Ross is seriously indisposed at his residence, Pall-mall. We also regret that Rear -Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., of Portsmouth Dockyard, has been suffering from illness during the past week. APPOINTMENTS TO THE TERRIDLE,—.IIO follow ing additional appointments have been made to the Terrible, steam-frigate, Captain James Hope, fitting at Woolwich :—Chief Engineer—James P. Rundle, who served in the Terrible in that capacity during her last term of commission. Midshipman-1L Strwart. Naval Cadet—F. R. Blackburn. Tue PRISONERS LITE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CHILDERS.—An Exeter paper states that the prisoners of the Childers, Lieutenant Graham and Mr. Elliott, were on Monday last removed from Exeter Gaol to ' the Queen's Bench prison by order of the Board of Admiralty. IN PORT AND FITTING. PORTSMOUTII, FRIDAY.—In the Harbour--The Victory, Illustrious, Excellent, Blenheim, Rolla, Fairy and Elfin royal yachts, Myrtle steam-tender, Portsmouth yacht, and Echo tug. In Dock—The Dauntless, Bloodhound, Fantome, Lily, Devastation, Fox, and Birkenhead. In the Basin—The Britannia, 120, to make good defects, and will be docked to-morrow; the Princess Charlotte, 104, taken out of dock to-day, after ge neral repair, to be completed as an advanced ship ; the Actmon, 26 , the Contest, 12; and Sprigh tl y , Fire Queen (to be docked, to examine the state of her bottom, and to report on the efficacy of the composi tion applied by Professor Hay, the dockyard chemist, against the composition prepared by the Patent Wylain Fuel Company), and Bee steam-vessels. In the Steam Basin—The Sidon, Babilisk, PEW lope, Ajax, Urgent, Blazer, Pike, Asp, and Victoria and Albert royal yacht—the latter to be docked for the examination of her hull, Etc., and to be fitted with new boilers. Ships Building—The Royal Frederick, 120 Prince of Wales, 120 ; Princess Royal, 90 ; And Argus and Furious steam sloops. We understand that a large number of hands are to be immediately employed on the Royal Sovereign, 120, in order to complete her frame by the end of the financial ye ar (31st of March next). At Spithead—The Adventure naval store.sbil'l Matter Commander P. Wellington, ordered to DeP t ' ford. APPOINTMENTS. Woolwich, Nov. 30 —Midshipman—ll. Stuart' to the Terrible steam-frigate at Woolwich. Naval Cadet—F. R. Blackburn, to the Terrible. Chief Engineer—P. Rundle, to the Terrible. The Terrible steam-frigate has been joined by, Captain Hope, C. 8., her commander, and several `,e the officers to-day. A number of able seamen Wr also been entered, as she is now complete i n en g ine. % and stoker department. Provisions for sea seroe were put on board to-day. The Garland Dover mail steam-packet left to -dsf to resume her duties on the Dover station. BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—STEAM-BOATS _The tentiol of the proprietors, at their general meetings, 1:10 been frequently drawn to the arrangements made lit " s o Brunswick. wharf for the accommodation of stealwb°- from Gravesend, Woolwich, &c. By the regultsli°,.l3l.° hitherto made, a preference of favourable hoa r d 10 , t o landing has been given to such boats as consenten tee land their passengers there exclusively. The cornel i !,al have had a long conference with one of the prie i t a members of a steam boat company, which has de c ',, h-e of to touch at the Brunswick- .hart, in cons( qtten c- j e ga being suhject to the disadiantage of having the d id favourable hours assigned to them. The committe! 0, not hear any objection taken to the equity of allowilfor preference under the circumstances stated, but t think that it may be a very proper subject of dellb,eor tion, whether it would not be more politic to withe,riob all restriction, and to offer more generally such Nei ll ., o f and accommodations as would induce a larger nuusbecv boats to land and embark passengers a t the Brunsivi wharf. Of [A DVERTISEMEN T ]—Another Miraculous vu•terot a Liver and Stomach Complaint by Holloway's Pills.- I ,,,tseil of a letter from Mr. Harvey, of Chapel Hall, Airdrie, "-,10, June 15, 1849. "To Professor Holloway. Sir,—Yee r:,-tor able pills have been the means, with God's blessing, of t tb ing me to perfect health. I had suffered for two year, ss in' severe liver and stomach complaint, and was given IP ; o r; curable by several eminent doctors , my case appearing s ° tat s less that my death was daily expected. In this critical feo commenced taking your Pills, which I continued for see weeks, and they have so effectually cured me that I o° 4o o at the best of health."—Sold by all Druggists, and Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Loudon. --- BIRTHS. On the 25th tilt., at 06weA' e t ry, the wife of G. a. Willi111°." Esq., M.D., of a daughter. On the 28th ult., it'; Guildford, Mrs. Thomas Tau ' a daughter. filo * Oa the 28th ult., at Edinburgh, the lady of A. T. ill Esq , of a son. o h WO On the 27th ult. at Inverness-road, Bay sWatert ''. of T. A. Lawlord, ' Esq., of a daughter. wife of do On the 24. h ult., at Clapham-common, the vri'e -1 ~ C Parrott, Esq., of a daughter. ,r, Pt On the 24th ualutg.,htienr.Bedford-square, the lady of Yr. Richards, of a d of At Hoot 1-bank C hester , cn the 22d ult., the wifec4,,,,, Ewart, Esq., of a' Vic t MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at St. Mark's Church, Tannant. Pryce, Esq., of Batavia, to Jane, youngetit,. ► o ll4 ' ter of the late Joseph Jones, Esq., of olobran-Pg Clerk of the Peace for the county of IllontgornerP ifslter; O. the t.9zh ult., at St. James's Church, tv e ides Weis/IP: 304 1;0 ' jun., Esq., of Kingston •upon-Thames, to Jess,' A l3° ' daughter of Mr. It. Pulford, of St. James's-street elcleft DIED On 'he '...oth ult., at Upper Ciapton, .Mss WelbP i . l daughter of the kte Sir William Welby, Bert./ °` 13'000P e 0 tb hall, near Graham, Lincolnshire. On the , 3d alt., at the Rectory, St. Tudye, 00° 154 ' e4rgo Rev. Georg , . Garridi, B.A. Oxfordshire, • G On the 25th ult.. at Shotove r • house, Vandeput Drury, Eeq. 01 01 Tone r On the 26th ult., at Ordnance-road-villaS, .;,-- 60 0) Eig., Assistant to Lieutenant-Colonel Jebb, .v . 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