The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-21 00:00:00

t of ......... the - the )en the' ere rd :ed ce- Bank 3 "r Cents. 89 20... 80 30... 80 2&... 80 25 of France .. 3292 50...3" , 95 ...3292 50.. 3292, 50 Lanitte Lank 1,000 . f 1050 ..1050 —.1050 ...1050 t ei : • 5,000 f 5070 —.5070 —.8070 ...5070 Riau Bank BO2 50... 802 50... 802 50... 802 50 • 18 41 1057 50...1057 50...1057 50... 1057 50 13 e 1 gian Fives. Sp a 41311 -Active. ...... 233 ... 233 ... 233 ... 233 Passive N eapolitan.... per Cents s3i ••• 534 ••• 58i ••• 53i 110'4'1314n... man, div. ...... 1033 ... 1033 ... 1033 ... 1033 St. u RAILWAY SHARES. br Versailles, sailles L % Afitteh l ea ••577 50... 577 50... 577 5 0 ... 577 50 ... . . urn to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 205 ... 205 TO TIIE,ED - ITOR OF THE SUN. Paternoster-row, Nov. 21, 1842, Stil attention has this moment been ' ‘o to a p ar a grap h i n the Morning Chronicle o t , t his day (under the head "Money Market"); o " 4 „, i tig that our house suspended its payments triday last. up W e beg of you to give this assertion our most rifled contradiction—it is pure fiction. s o 11111 • 4 we are endeavouring to ascertain the w ll ree from w h ence thi s f a l se report has sprung, un e ar e apprehensive our friends may be made 4 4.8 Y by its promulgation, we therefore re ' "t Your imm e diate insertion of this denial. yours, &c. W. and T. CORDINGLAY. ONE r, and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. f ro lli e highly important intelligence received to •day , x lll China has engrossed attention in the City, to the mo unt of almost every other topic. The large ti l i n e ° o lll !t of the indemnity, more than sufficient to cover to hale plum losses and the expences of the war, is expected II i a most important effect upon the markets for sl i rs ," manufactures in the East, as the merchants who losses wili alced such heavy upon the opium seized, th e i gradually receive back the full amount, and have (m . r eapit a l again at command; while the opening of fi l :j r ,twn ports in China will furnish fresh outlets a re t r a . ue• The Cotton and Manchester gocds markets b,„,...4 l eeted to feel .a beneficial influence from the p ae - ' ‘ and the large public sales of Tea (60,000 in v Zges), which were to have commenced this morn .ns' 'avci been postponed till Monday next, to allow tk_ merchants receiving their letters, and cop . s . der- f it iVne probable effect which the altered position o . A . 11 : 3 reaY have upon prices. i lo i, ,; . -e o unts from the Cape of Good Hope of Septem t4.l6 notice the continuance of the gale almost up 4,inlt i. t date, the sea haring been heavier in, Table cA' 1 1 .`" a n ever before known, owing to the prevalence were lg , l , l , winds during the previous fortnight. There fir _ ~ -.1 vessels riding in the bay at the time, only 18 O, A 11 idi were left when it subsided. The John Bag /I:11(1w, If airfield, and Reform, which were wrecked, Ch.' bee n condemned ; ,and., the . Henry Hoyle and. 6lca . , cast 01:1 shore, tethaiied,to,:be e'xarnine, ,d•',' ThP wrs- were::vrolkideptially . 44144,7 T4l,OFT4etit , c ' l eba Bay was very flourishiiig. • - , ei „,t Buenos Ayres on the 25th September, great r i;', v 4i l ehl p gs were . going on, in consequence, of the ar rive , „,°, l Admiral Brown after his victories in the 'wh. l ' a.rana. There were .45 vessels in port, ten of raked Were British. A good subscription had been u - ed for the benefit of the sufferers by the Ham .4181,14e. In manufactured commodities, the stocks 4 4, A 'neh Were decreasing, more business had been i.,, 1 i 1 e, and the holders were asking higher prices gene -73', although sales of drilling and lustring for the 4 "V,f,h?ler demand had been made on very low terms. ,ransactions in freights had been limited, but the .9ps Were expected to improve. Exchange 2 15-16 d. 13d. • z ' At Amsterdam the funds were firm on Friday. .‘e large, sale of Java sugar had gone off at 218 f. to ~. k , i .,, telgian fisheries are reported to have been 1•,. ; E successful this year. li- i iPe Cotton Market at Liverpool was dull on Sa -4?"Y• Sales 3,000 bales. In Railway Shares a - Ir business was done, at good prices. The intelli gence f rom China makes a good deal of ,t h i tl• in the Stock Market, and the British Securities 4 Ye bee n s t rong l y con fi rme d i n th e ir upward ten . t e e n eY, although some parties affect to consider the /V 3 0 of a somewhat doubtful or high-drawn 'c h aracter because no dates are given. The r e bability, however, seems 'to be, ' that the n "' party will begin to close their accounts ,'",,tis to be prepared for the settlement on Thursday, , A.41 6h 'illbe decidedl S, against' them. The Go f4litnenVti brOk s e ° rs have this morning laid out 5,300/. i i 4 the Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities at 938; ''', ;n tl i d 3 ,000/. in the Long Annuities at 'l2 7-16. Con ‘4l"iB, have risen i• toe per cent., being 944 to 94i- for ‘ l- ' "")* and Aceount. Exchequer Bills are 56 to '5B '', , Vur ; East India Stock has advanced from 2614 - ti 1 ,1,,„ 40nd 0 634. Bank Stock is dull at 1694 ; • liiidit t „..o 6 '-and-a-Half per Cents. bring 1011 to 104, Isle educed 100 0 to 101 ; Three per Cent. Annuities - Lou ( ) 4 Th e ,„, 41 ed 94. rree a • e ffect of the news from Barcelona has been to A 4l() n a depression in S • bind 41'4 10 . Spanish Stock, the Active 0. 4 , declined from 18! to 18-a and 18, 11.22 1 `ne Three-per -Cents., from 23* to 22i and ! , 14t i2 l - Portuguese Converted Bonds are • dull 1 fro m 4 ' 4nd 'the Three per Cents. at 23. The accounts 1 1 ,,..h0th ;„Li-shon are still of an unsettled tenour, rre a ;„ - regard to politics and finances, though the 1 aok-,, r i. Paper issued had been offered for . by the ‘ e -bi ar , '-tekiean Bonds are firmer at 33 to 334; Colom - 95., 4 „!, 6 quiet at 21 1 and Brazilian have improved to 4 -, Du , 4, ' from , Dutch I wo-and-a-Half per Cents. have ranged I n ' 2 i - t 0534. . ttt to 7ilway Shares there have been a few purchases 144 F Y the pr ev i ous ra t es . Eastern Counties are IsT4l, Q4 dinburgh and Glasgow, 2 ; Brighton 14 1 ; 2 Midland, 39 to 38, and South Eastern, 27, dis count 4. Great Western are 184 to 19 ; Brighton Loan, • ' and S are 74 ,fmth Western 184, premium. Colonial Bank d , un o t, F and National Provincial of Englan , Premium. eks P) : l3 er 4ll :l: E e : Debentures 81. THIS DAY AT ONE. Paid. Per Share. -b Ditt o 84 to c.tliq u B/. 6s. id. Gr,, t r gb and Glasgow 5O 4Th ..... . to 48 uf, taw Western 11 4 b.." our. Brighton *ii.,riditto Loan Notes ilorthli a id n i d an S i on . th Western ... 4l fii ... 5443bitto Thirds - 11:, ~ ,n tl i Easter ' ,-1 TN °l/. 50 135. 4d. 234 to 221 - hi Juitt. s . e _. p.. anu~over. i " • .... 04. vuioaia-lOINT STOCIC BA NXS. . , KinalProvincialo. ...... n - gia - n . d .. . .. .. 23t ••• NO . .......... Ditto N e PRICI:j 10 ' - ' 43 i 'ph ^' OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 18 . sdi ..0., Three per Cent. C onso l s .i lt , l A. • I4, l k r f e e e , aanudd a Hal f alial Stool, Sto c Ir .. • 99 New lOO I ,, , Th e 0 z` ', CRES TER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 19, .. anc . l , ll Y busine ss d one h ere to -d ay h as been a lot of ..,, nester and Birmingham at 194 per share. ...____ 311: - -::-- R AILWAY RET URN S. ~!,t . We extract frorn the Railway Magazine the sums IT 11._tived 011 the principal Railway .i; / .?r the week ending on the day of the month prefixed fr Railways of Great Britain %, ~i° each. The return - includes the money received o it t . eass Qnver ,, horses, mails, and mer vt,..llaudre °, Parcels, carriages, /01: w "lk Miles Total. d -tp,i t4 • Isi Name of Railway. opened. X. s. .. 14 2 by . i t?. ~ Derby Junct. 48 1,195 24, I I ] lie Name & Der 5 1,640 lb 111 • 1 and Gloucester ,) 5 716 19 3 I', It ) rifling iaM ..' li randlin J -fon -5 g um. 1 15 352 11 6 "1, , 1! Chester and Birkenhead ....• ~,,, 182 8 9 11 5 i ff ; 1,3 buntlee and Arbroath ... '' 2 Ed• 't 941 1 , 1. ,. in nirh and Glasgow 833 1 6 "• ." Eastern Counties lli 884 13 5 12 Gla, 4O 12 Glas g ow, o and Ayr .. •••• .... ;:i 22i 687 18 6 Stir 6,638.12 7 lir :10 e l'aisley, & Green° • 113 lIP TI S i 1 2 4"arehd.lunet., Chester &Crewe . _ 1,333 10 6 If l i 13 Great 1:•19 th o f England 1 4 18 3 . i 11,128 14 6 i„ 90. 15 Bayle ..._... Western 18 212 8 6 972 10 0 7, 1 . N ov. 12 Hull and Sell . ; ................. ••• 31 .''' Lancaster & I'Junction 20a 7 5 Ili , T 14 Liverpool an . _reston 31 V,61 8 d 1 1 1ancliester ••A Ag 4 12 2 .4, .12 London and Ili •' I • 1121 1 - ,-- 1 5 • 1 London and B tuning ham 33 425 IA t.., 12 London and Brighton ...... • ._ 4 3,311 1 1 ighten 4 ti ..... trk„.. Ditto Shoreham Branch •••••• 5 / 211 7 6 v.:: 15 London and Croydon loi 7 6 viV3 : 17 I, ndon 3l 603 0 U.l 13 and Greenwich Jrtfi ,_ London and South Western 8 9i h u b t, 102 M anchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 542 5 5 gat ' Manchester & Birmingham 1 ..".).' 12 Alanchester and Leeds- • 51 4,100 9 5 11 )4 ' f. 1%!, Midland C ount i es 571 2,227 011 % ii.l 10 N ewcastle a n d C ar li s l e 5 9 , • Newcastl e an d North Shields 7 302 12 3 41.1514,,, 1 2 N ort h ern arid Eastern 29 1,051 1l 2 4.1.4.4,4 12 North Midland . 7- °4 3,795 10 6 11 North Ui( .9 , 872 8 7 - 12 ' n ' ll • 9.‘15:. Preston and Wyre l9i 106 15 1 511.- 1127 Sheffield an d Manchester.— 7 187 7 5 lie, • South E astern 47 1,185 0 2 12 Taff Vale ~ 13 Ulster . 12 .- • .... 2d 1,520 17 7 I , York and North . Midland SAI LING or THE BRITISH AND NORTII AMERICAN EOAT.—Liverpool, Saturday Eveging.—About . 4 43. ; :mve 9'clock yesterday morning, the Columbia, stdraytairi Miller, got under weigh, and proceeded on ' ll '4. l r , n ' ir °3'aße to Halifax and Boston with her Majesty's a . ' • She took a fair number of passengers, and as utitai%steamed down the river she appeared in excellent vztliP ,(' . 1 mpee r° t m ed the Edinburgh papers of this morning we l i n to have go t some part i cu l ars o f t h e proceed , s s ,at th e " C onvocation, " but in this we have been Z fl u4 PPPoihted, the N on -I ntrus i on i sts h av i ng, upon thi s . 9e Fiskll, vetoed the Press.—Glasgow Post. A s an instance of the extreme caution which is e xercised in the admission of members to the Conven -4,41', We may m en ti on th a t M r. Brewster, of Paisley kw llo is a Non-Intrusionist it seems, but an opponent 12 f the Veto-law) was refused a ticket.-- Glasgow Post. S PI OF NMS AND talubltt 31.nnton. "Who runs may read.' POREIGN. A telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles brought in telligence to Paris on Saturday, announcing that peace had been concluded between the English and the Chinese. The " Bright Eye " consents to pay 21,000,000 of dollars (5,000,0001.) as a compensation, we believe, for the destruction of the opium, and the expenses of the war. An insurrection broke out at Barcelona on the 13th. The populace, and the National Guards rose against the military and the authorities, and, after a severe contest, the troops were forced to evacuate the town on the 18th. The King of the French came to Paris on Thurs day from St. Cloud to the Tuileries, where, at one o'clock, his Majesty held a Council of Ministers, which sat till two. The Chevalier Araujo-Ribeiro, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Emperor of Brazil, had an audience of the King on Friday, at which he delivered to his Majesty a letter from his Sove reign in answer to the notification of the birth of his Royal Highness the Count d'Eu, and another in reply to that announcing the death of the Duke of Orleans. The King has received from the . President of the United States an answer to the notification sent by his Majesty of the death of the Duke of Orleans. Madame Berryer, wife of M. Berryer, the deputy, died on Wednesday at Angerville, aged .50. A general order to the troops at Algiers was pub lished by the Governor-General of Algeria on the Ist inst., announcing the approaching arrival of his Royal Highness the Due d'Aumale, and prescribing the military honours and formalities to be observed at the reception. . . A letter from Turin states that the Archduchess of Parma and .Placentia has announced her intention of paying off at par, on the 22d December next, the loan contracted by her in 1823. The Duke de Bor deaux arrived at Prague on the sth inst. A young Orientalist, M. C. d'Ochoa, has been charged by the French Government with a scientific mission to the central states of Asia to the north-west of Hindostan, between Cachmire and Kafristan. He is to collect documents relating to the history, geo graphy, origin of the races, languages, and literature of the East. A letter from Vienna, 9th instant, says—" Prince Paul Esterhazy, hitherto Austrian Ambassador at the Court of London, who has returned to Vienna, after having presented his letters of recal to Queen Vic toria, intends, it is said, in consequence of his state of health, to withdraw from the public service. It is understood that he will be replaced in England by Count de Senfft Pilsach, who is at present Envoy Ex traordinary at the Hague." PUBIAC OPINION. Tie Chronicle has the following remarks on the preposed.. treaty 'respeetitiwthe , Stade Tolls - ;— , ".At length-we haVe'rthietreditablb' acoi4b iset:dttskon to the -accottnt of Lord Aberdeen. We shall not stop JO inquire whether it is from shame or apprehension he has abandoned the treaty for the augmentation of the Stade Tolls ; we are too well satisfied in being enabled to Confirm the statement, which we made last week on the authority of one of our German Correspondents. The treaty, whereby it was intended to concede to the King of Hanover a duty of one-eighth per cent. ad valorem, has not been concluded. Our Govern ment appears to havebecome convinced, though rather late in the day, of the impropriety of consenting to the increase of the existing duties, and was desirous of limiting the concession of the eighth per cent. to those goods in respect of which that rate, or more, had pre viously been paid. Hanover refused, and the whole of this long agitated question is again laid open. Let us hope that Lord Aberdeen has satisfied himself of the futility of attempting to settle this affair in any other way than by reducing Hanover within the limits of her legal rights. The failure of the late negotiations places it once more in the power of the Foreign Secretary to revert to the policy of his pre decessor. The mercantile interest had confidence in Lord Palmerston's efforts in this matter. Lord Aberdeen ought to rejoice that a similar path is yet open to him. It is the only right course, and the only one which can possibly lead to a satisfactory result." The Times observes, in reference to Ecclesiastical Reform :—" Before cathedral establishments were curtailed, we think that it might have been considered, ,or at any rate now, before the .inoney.so, obtained is appropriated in improving.( exclusively, on nearly, so) the benefices in the gift of. one particular cla ss of patrons, we think that it may be considered' whether there is not a prior obligation on those patrons whor ever they he, and especially if extensive holders of impropriations, to make some. sort of .advance to wards the provision for that spiritual destitution for which the property, which is now theirs, once pro vided. We are not now arguing, it is not necessary to do so, '"that_ 'that there is any cx •istint,o. inherent right or 'title in the Church to the tithes which are so impropriated ; all that we urge is this—that it would, at any rate, be decorous— it would, at any rate, be consistent with common' sense, for a public corporation (to take no higher view) like the Crown to apply that ecclesiastical property which it already holds in the provision for the spiritual wants of those persons whoe payinents constitute that property, before it asks for a public confiscation of other Church property for . the purpose,_ and before it suggests to other patrons to take that, very course which itself it refuses to take, though much better able to afford it. The Crown is a great impropriator, and a great pitron ; let it do justice itself before it asks others to do so; and let it improve its own patronage at its own cost, before it comes upon a public fund for the purpbse." The following appears in the Herald :—" The hope which for nine months past has been flickering—that France would ratify the General Slave-trade Sup pression Treaty, which on the 13th December, 1838, she, in conjunction with England, proposed for the adoption of the other Great European Powers—is at last extinguished. M. Guizot prepares to meet the French Chambers by another concession to the cla mours of a factious, violent, and unscrupulous oppo sition press—which no sacrifice can satisfy that does not remove:him from office. The concession may be expedient, but it is not moral ; it may be excusable, but it, is not justifiable ; it may be susceptible of pal . liation, but it admits not of commendation ; it may be popular with the ignorant and the mischievous, but it must be undignified and impolitic in the estimation of all far-seeing and sound-thinking Frenchmen." MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. _ At the meeting of the proprietors of the North Midland Railway, hel.d at Leeds on Wednesday, it was resolved by a large majority that the reductions pro posed, to the amount of 17,7881. should be carried out. At Bradford, Manchester, and Rochdale, during the past week trade has been good. At Holmfirth, Halifax, Leicester, and Leeds, it has been dull and in active. ELECTIONEIUNG. It is rumoured that Captain. Jones, the Member for Derry, is about to retire ; and that it is the intention of Government to bestow on him some official ap pointment. LITERARY AND scrzNTsinc. Mr. John Curtis, who has just been pensioned by Sir Robert Peel, in addition to his work on Entomo logy, is author of papers published from time to time in the Transactions of the Royal Agricultural Society, and those under the signature of " Ruricola," in the Gardeners Chronicle. SPORTING. A stag was hunted by her Majesty's hounds, on Friday last. A full field followed from Salt-hill, and after an hour and a half's run, the stag was taken at Iver. To-day the meeting is held on Stoke Common ; on Wednesday, at the Woking station, Surrey, when the celebrated deer Hampton, is expected to be turned out ; and on Friday, at Uxbridge. cotrivr—rAsx-xxoNABLE. The Duke of Cambridge is expected to leave town this day, on a visit to h Belvoir Castle. In a few eDuke of R dayshis ReyaiuHtlaigt,ett will proceed to the Earl of Shaftesbury's, at Cran b o rnhee, D puke of o rse t s hir e . T Devonshire arrived at Devonshire House, on Saturday evening, from Chatsworth. i. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downs hire have n arrived at Bodlewy ddan, on a visit to Sir John and Lady Sarah Hay Williams. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro left town on Saturday last to join the Duke of Wellington at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Noble Duke will shortly receive a succession of visitors at the above seat. On Saturday, her Royal Highness tlie Duchess of Kent, went to Canford House, on a visit to the Queen Dowager. Lord Wynford has left Weymouth for Bath, to reside there during the winter. plis6mx..zazrzoirs. At Funchal the inundation has either thrown down, or totally destroyed 300 houses in the streets has of the Paugdeiros and neighbourhood. The city sustained a loss not much under 2,000,000 contos of reis. Berrymead Priory, Acton, has just been purchased by the Sisters of Le Sacra Cceur de Jesus of Paris, to be converted into a eonvent. The priory is a castel lated building of considerable extent, , and, since the year 0379, has been the residence of many of the aris tocracy. For some time it was the property of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, the celebrated wit and beauty. COFFEE.—A. circular, containing much of import ance to the coffee trade, and perhaps more to the con sumers of coffee, has just been issued by the well known firm of Sidney an d H a ll , to which atten tion may be fairly directed. F rom thi s it would appear that coffee, the importations of the present season, is 25 per cent. cheaper than those of the last several years. THE SUN, LONDON ) MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1842. THE MARKETS.—(TIIIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week the supplies of Wheat, from our own coasts, as well as by land carriage and sample, were Moderate ; they comprising more than 4,500 quarters, chiefly from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk. Fresh of the day, the arrivals were very scanty, but of fair average quality ; still, however, we have to report an ex tremely inanimate inquiry for all descriptions; and, in order to effect sales, an abatement in the currencies noted on this day se'nnight. of from ls. to 2s. per quarter, was submitted to by the factors. At the close of the market a large portion of the supply re mained undisposed of. We had but a moderate sup ply of Foreign Wheat brought forward, yet the in quiry for it was slow, and very few sales were reported in it ; the quotations having a downward tendency. Barley came very freely to hand, upwards of 10,000 quarters being on offer. The finest malting parcels supported previous rates, but grinding and distillery sorts were the turn cheaper. Both old and new Malt moved off heavily, but we cannot call that article. lower. Oats were in fair supply, but the dealers held off in anticipation of even lower terms. In Beans little, was doing. • Grey Peas were Is. per quarter lower ; other sorts 'remaining stationary.. All kinds of Flour were drooping, though not to any material extent. Essex whites, 40s -to - 50s; Wisbeach, 45s to 1. 56 ;, 4 Jersey and Guernsey blues, 40s to 45s ; ditto whites, 35s to 40s. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The hop duty, which is still called 160,0001., not having been yet declared, but which is expected to bo so this week, the trade, with all descriptions of hops, is very inanimate, and prices are with difficulty sup ported. East Kent in pockets, 51 lOs to 61 8s ; Mid Kents, ditto, Si 5s to 61; Sussex, 4/ lOs to 8s ; Farnhams, 8l to 10/ ; old Hops, 3/ to 4l 10s. ~TALLOW. This market during the past week has been firm, and the price for small parcels of fine Y. C. is 48s. 6d. The demand is very limited for the time of year ; 476 casks, out of the 2,442 for the week, have been ship ped for an outport on consignment. We had advices on Thursday, by the Dutch mail, that the season had closed at St. Petersburgb, to the 4th inst. This morn ing we have letters by the same channel, which state the wind had changed, with heavy rain and mild weather. A number of vessels is expected to arrive this week. Town Tallow 48s. 6d. to 495. LAW INTELLIQ.ENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY•) LANCASTER V. EVORS. The further arguments in this part-heard case Oc cupied the Lord Chancellor the whole morning. The arguments have already extended to two days, QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) MILES V. BOUGH. This was an action brought by Mr. P. J. Miles, a banker, carrying on business in Bristol, who was also treasurer to the trustees for . the building the Clifton Suspension-bridge, against the defendant, to recover certain moneys alleged to be due for arrears of calls for the carrying on that undertaking. It appeared that some years singe a sum of money had been left by a merchant of Bristol, for the pur pose of accumulating for a certain number of years, and if, within that , time, a bridge should be begun across the Avon, at Clifton, then the testator directed that the sum in question should be given to the trus trees of such bridge, in order to go towards defraying the expense of its erection. Before the expiration of the time an Act of Parliament was procured for the purpose of erecting the Clifton Suspension Bridge. By that Act trustees were appointed to superintend the work, and were authorised to receive gifts and loans for the earring on the work. Several persons, among whom was the defendant, agreed to advance sums of money in furtherance of the undertaking, and the plaintiff, as treasurer, and as such authorised to sue by Act of Parliament, had brought the present action for arrears of calls alleged to be due from de fendant. The case was tried at Bristol, and a verdict had been returned for the plaintiff. A rule nisi had been obtained for a nonsuit by Mr. Sergeant Bompas, on the grounds that the plaintiff had never been legally appointed treasurer, and therefore was not en titled to sue that the trustees had no power to appoint him, they never ha vi ng been legally s worn ; ,that 11() notice had been given ,of t p l e ie ri e y al s l ig ; ne th d a b t y ih a e person having . had "been impro7ing no authority to sign them ; and that the calls had not been ordered to be paid to any peison authorised to receive them. Mr. ERLE this morning showed cause against the rule. It was contended that the treasurer had not been properly appointed, because he had been ap pointed by .persons having no authority to act as trustees; if, however, he could prove that the trustees had been properly appointed, that objection would fall to the ground. It was contended that they had not been properly appointed, because by the Act it was directed that the minutes of the proceedings of each meeting should be signed by the chairman at each meet ing. Now it appeared that the minutes of the proceed ings of each meeting had been taken down by the clerk, afterwards put in form, and then signed by the chair man, and he contended that this was a sufficient com pliance with the provisions of the Act of Parliament, and adduced several authorities in support of his argu-, ment. It was certainly the fact that at the beginning of the records of the proceedings of the trustees their names were mentioned witho ut statin g when they were sworn; but it appeared th at on each day when% trustee had been sworn in, a notification to that effect had been entered on the m inutes of the meeting , and that he contended was a sufficient jurat. The ground on which the objec tion to the notice of the calls had been made was, t hat they had been signed by a clerk of M essrs . Osborne and g• Ward, clerks to the trustees, in the name of the firm. Now, it appeared that Osborne and Ward were at torneys in Bristol, who had g iven this clerk a eneral authority to sign the name of the firm. Thi s , h e con tended, was suffi c ient to authorise him to sign the demand for call s without and ' special auth or i sa ti on from them as clerk to the trustees. With regard to the last point, it appeared that the calls had been or dered to be paid in to the bank of th e p laintiff, t o the account of the Treasurer of the Tr ustees of Clifton ' Suspension Bridge; and that, he contended, was quite sufficient. If the treasurer ha d been 'an at-, turney, the payment at his dike would be sufficient ; . and therefore he contended that a payment at the_ plaintiff's bank was also sufficient. On these grounds he submitted that the rule must be discharged. With regard to lo s ., which it was contended had been improperly claimed, if the Court should be of opinion that it had been improperly claimed, he would not object to have the verdict re duced by that amount. Mr. BUTT followed on the same side. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS, in reply, contended, on the authority of the case of the Queen and the Mayor of Evesham, that it was absolutely n ecessary that the minutes should be signed at the time of the proceed ings, and not after. With regard to the lega lity of the appointment of the trustees, he contended that they had been• sworn in in an informal manner, and, "therefore, that their up • pointment was void. This point went clearly, to a nonsuit. If the trustee s wer e not properly appointed, they could not appoint a treasurer • he, therefore, sub mitted that the rule for a - non-suit must be made ab solute. Mr. Sergeant MANNING followed on the same side. Lord DENMAN said, that with regard to the objec tion that the Minute-book was not signed by the Chairman, as required by the A c t o f Parliament, he was of opinion, on the authority of the decision of the Court of Common Pleas in the case of the Southampton Railway Company and Richards, that the manner in which that book had been signed was a sufficient compliance with the Act of Parliament. With regard to the appointment of trustees, and the manner in which the oath had been taken by them, lie was of opinion thai the provisions of the Act had been completely complied with, and that the objection on the point was' invalid. He was also of opinion that the objection, that the call was no proper call, on the ground that it was ordered to be paid into the bank to the account of Mr. Mills, the treasurer, was no valid objection. With regard, however, to the fifth neither 'that by a trustee, nor by the clerk was not such a notice as and sixth points, that no noti ce h a d b een g i ven o f th e ca ll s agreeably . to the p rov i s i ons of the statute, he was clearly of opinion that objecti on was va lid. The no ticeof the trustees, but a n person in the employment of the clerk to the trustees , as clerk t o them, in the capa city waso of signedattorneys. the persons called on were entitl e d t o have, and thm.efore on that point the verdict must b e entered for the de fendant. The other objections he thought invalid. If from the manner in which th e case had come be fore the Court, it would be impossible to enter a ver dict for the defendant, it Was a sufficient ground for entering a nonsuit, or at all events for granting a new trial. Mr.. Justice Williams and Mr. Justice Coleridge concurred. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGIITSIAN.) THE QUEEN V. THE GOVERNOR AND TRUSTEES OF TANCRED'S HOSPITAL. Mr. KELLY in this matter moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to the Go county of York, calling on them to admit Sir Thomas diuNiNd-ith the bequest. Mr. the county of York to cer tain Go vernor and Trustees of Tancred' s application Christopher was ß a n madekes a under pensioner the of de e t the e ofh o the i ital. Hospital, founder, in the The an Act of Parliament of his body in tail, but in case of their failure the whole of his estates were given to trustees for the benefit of certain Iw‘Christopheralii 1 which ci rl trustees, el.aslei Pt Taisl asi sne for the ad t rEs e leisce heirs pub lie institutions and charities, as Greenwich and Chel sea Hospitals, the Tapered student s hi p of Lincoln ' s Inn, &c. ile also' left property in the manor of circ umstances, w h o of maint a i n i ng 12 gentlemen llixl e ' in being Y ° r k' had been clergymen, or land or sea o ffi cers, f i o n r t n h e e c e p s s u i r t p o o u s s e 50 years of age or more, and who were to be i nhabitants of Great Britain, and of the Protestant reli g i on. E ac h of these gentlemen was to reside in the Manor souse, which was made an hospital, and was to receive 401. in half-yearly payments of 201., and when once a person was admitted, he remained a the for life. The gentleman on whose behalf present ap plication was made had been both a land and sea offi cer ; he was more than 50 years of a g and at one time enjoyed an office of high distinction in this coun try, but having been reduced by circumstances to apply for the benefit of the charity, and being recom mended to the Governor by Sir Henry- Dymock, the Champion of England, he was elected a member, and declared entitled to the advantage s of the institution. The Governor, however, finding that Sir Thomas 13ankes was a married man, though for many years separated from his wife, .declared that his title to receive the charity became void, and denied him the privilege of the hospital. The Secre tary and Solicitor of the Institution were applied to on the subjoct, and the only reason assigned for denying.him its advantages was, 'his being a married man. This was not a case for a visitor, and the Act of Parliament gave no power of removal when once a person was admitted. He (Mr. Kelly) therefore thought that this gentleman was unduly removed, and upon mistaken grounds.—Rule granted. (LUEEN V. TUB BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. KINGLAKE, in this case, moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, commanding them to restore a certain turnpike road, and to do cer tain other things required by the Act of Parliament. It appeared, from the affidavits in the case, that the Company finding it necessary to sink the Taunton, and Kingston turnpike, which they were empowered to do, did not re-make it of the same width which it had before it was interfered with. It was also stated that a certain bridge under the road was not arched but horizontal, and not of the required height; and that certain bridges made over the road mere not suf ficiently fenced, mhich was the cause of much incon venience and danger to those who were in the habit of using the turnpike road.—Rule nisi granted. IN THE MATTER OF HENRY LEE.-APPLICATION FOR A CERTIORARI. Mr. CLARKSON applied to the Court in this case for a certiorari to remove the indictment from the Central ,Criminal Court to the Queen's Bench. It appeared from the affidavit of Mr. Lee,-that he mort gaged a vessel, called the Pearl, in 1840, to two per sons, named Reid and Page, for 1901., who were in flicted for a conspiracy. These mortgagees acted as the owners of the vessel, and having altered her con siderably they applied to the officers of Ipswich and London, to have her registered as a new vessel, under the name of the Lightning. This was refused by the authorities, who directed the vessel to be re-registered as the Pearl, and the register to be handed to the mortgagor; who offered the mortgage-money to Reid and Page, which they refused. For this and other acts they were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud Lee of his vessel ; and there were many points which it was desirable should be decided by the Queen's Bench:—Application granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(T HIS DAY.) GIBSON V. BRUCE. This was an action by the assignees against one of the creditors of the bankrupt, to recover the amount of certain bills of exchange given to the defendant by the bankrupt, being in excess of the due portion of dividend accruing to the defendant under the deed of composition. The bills were paid into the-bank of Williams, Brown, and Co., of Leeds, by them endorsed to Brown, Jansen, and Co., London, and paid by the bankrupt in regular course, without any protest on his part that they had been obtained from him by extortion, and whilst nuder duresse. On the trial the Learned Judge directed that the defendant had made out his plea, that the payment by the bankrupt was voluntary, and that tie plaintiffs had not sustained the allegation that the bills were extorted by the defendant's refusal to sign the deed, and make disclosures to the general body of the creditors to the prejudice of the bankrupt. Accordingly the Jury found for the defendant. _ _ Suliscriuntly,i.Sirliaomas Wild ol4taine4 a rule for a netT trial, on the ground of misdirection, against which Mr. Sergeant Bompas showed cause at great length on Saturday, and this morning the Court was chiefly occupied in hearing Sir T. Wilde in support of the rule. Their LORDSHIPS said that the question was one of great commercial and legal importance; and as it seemed to the Court, at present, that if the case were sent down again for trial, it would probably be made the subject of a bill of exceptions, it might be as well to determine the matter here, and therefore they would take some time to consider. INSOLVENT COURT-(T HIS DAY.) IN RE JOHN BURY. The insolvent carried on business as a law-stationer in Chancery-lane, and his petition was opposed by Mr. Cresswell, on the grounds of undue preference, and having falsely assumed a right in certain property to the deception of his creditors. It appeared he had assigned all his property to Mr. Robert Grangley, of Chancery-lane, and also that he had written to the opposing creditor, stating that he would pay him the amount of his debt as soon as he received his rents, which rents only came through his hands as the agent of a lady named Morgan. Mr. Commissioner llAiuus held that the opposition could not be supported, and ordered the insolvent to be discharged. IN RE JOIIN WARREN. In this case the insolvent had been an extensive upholsterer and piano-forte manufacturer. He was opposed in person by a creditor named John Slator, on the ground of having vexatiously defended an action brought to recover his debt. In the insolvent's examination he stated that he had compounded with his creditors in January, 1841, when 4s. in the pound was paid. A great number of , pianos were sent into the insolvent's wareroom by a person named Connor, who subsequently got them back again. The — opposing creditor called a number of wit nesses, whose evidence put him completely out of Court. lie was then about to examine tide insolvent respecting a horse and chaise he occasionally lent to a friend, when Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the Animus by which the opposing creditor was actuated was quite manifest, and in many instances the admissions of insolvents had, through malevolence, been made the subject of Excise prosecutions, and the present line of examination should, therefore, be discontinued. The insolvent was then ordered to be discharged. IN RE GEORGE WEBB BROMFIELD. • This insolvent was opposed by Mr.,Cresswell, on be half of Messrs. Brigley, upon similar grounds to the former. It appeared that he had been a bankrupt, in March last, when he obtained his certificate, and al though the debt upon which he was now imprisoned was due at that time the opposing creditor declined to prove under the fiat, and upon sueing the insolvent the action was defended, whereby costs doubling the amount of the original debt were incurred. Mr. CoMmissioner HARRIS said the law compelled a remand under the circumstances, but as the insolvent had already paid a dividend under his bankruptcy, and because he had a large family dependent upon him, he should pronounce the shortest one possible. He was then remanded for two months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE BOW-STREET.7-(THIS A boy named Philip Russell wag charged with stealing several blocks of wood, the property of the Metropolitan Wood Paving Company. It appeared that the prisoner was seen to take the wood in ques tion as it was lying in the Strand, ready to be laid down. He was stopped with the wood in his posses sion, and given into custody. The prisoner said in his defence that his sister had told him that the watchman had given her permission to take the wood. Mr. HALL sent for the sister, and it appeared that this statement was not true. The father of the boy came, and said that the prisoner had seen others do the same thing, and he supposed this was the reason for his taking the wood. Mr. HALL said the defence set up by the father for his son was only calculated to make the boy worse. He should remand him till Thursday, and in the mean time consider whether he would sencHlim fog trial. CUSTOMS' ROBBERY COMMIS SI ON.—(TRIS DAY.) The Commissioners appointed to investigate into the circumstances attending the late robberies at the Custom-house held their first meeting this morning at Gwydir House, Whitehall. The Commissioners are Lord Granville Somerset, chairman, Mr. Pringle, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. B. Baring, an d Mr. Gaskill. Mr. Courtenay is the secretary. The proceedings were strictly private, none being admitted except those summoned by the Commissioners to attend. The General Steam Navigation COMpany's vessel the Ocean, from Rotterd am , arrived off the Custom house yesterday, with the Dutch mail. INCENDIARY FIRE AT BEENHAAL—An alarming. fire broke out on Sat ur d a y evening last at Severn Barn Farm, situate in Beenham Fields, about eight miles on the Bath road, and, from the suspicious cir cumstances attending it, there is every reason to fear it owed its origin to an incendiary. The farm is the property of Major-General Dickson, and is occupied by Mr. W. Perrin Brokenbrow ; it consisted of a large barn, with a range of out-buildings, immedi ately adjacent, and several wheat, hay, and oak ricks ; there was, fortunately, no dwelling-house on the pre mises, nor within some distance from the farm. The fire lasted nearly twenty-four hours, and consumed the whole of the buildings, with several ricks, and much other valuable property. A reward of 2001. has been offered for " such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender or of&nders. The whole of the property, we under stand, was ensured in the Sun Office, but we have not yet heard the actual extent of damage.—Reading Mercury. WILL OF THE LATE HIGH BAILIFF !OF SOUTH-. wAax.—The will of the late John Holmes Esq., who for many years held the office of High Bailiff for the borough of Southwark, has been proved by the executor in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons. The personal property has been sworn under 10,000/., which is principally left amongst his family. To William Payne, Esq., the coroner for the city of London, and his brother, the barrister, a legacy of 201. each is given, for the purpose of purchasing a ring to his memory. A. splendid piece of plate, which was pre sented to Mr. Holmes by the salesmen, &c., of the Borough market, is left to the family as an heirloom. Wave you improved in riding ?—Not exactly; I have ' fallen of a g reat deal lately. LLOYD'S SFAIPPING—(THIS DAY.) Lois:pox, No 21.—Wind this day .at noon, N. to N.E., frei h breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, Nov . 20.—Wind moderate.—Arrd. Fairlie, India; Vulcan ofiDundee ; Louisa of Boston; Emily (brig), - Uraguay ; sloop Medora of Halifax. Sld. Sussex; .j "ohn Pirie John Handy; John Pink, Morebeaud ; 11ina, Jamaica; Industry, Trinidad; Ruckers, St.. Vincent'a ; Lydford, Jamaica; Enmore, Port Phillip; Phoebe, New Zealand; Anne, Tobago; Isabella, Brown, Barbadoes ; Nia gara, Boston - Donald, D emerara; B raz il pac k et, St. Thomas's ; Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope • Media tor, New York ; Uveretta, Sydney; John ' Graham, Ceylon ; and all the outward bound. - PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S.W. fresh breeze, N.N.E. to E.—Arrd. her Majesty-'s ship Dolphin, Africa, left Ascension 14th ult. ; Sovereign and Nau tilus (transports), Quebec. Sld. her Majesty's ship Curacao, eastward. LivEnrooL, Nov. 19.—The Forest, from Portland to Havannah was fallen in with 11th ult., waterlogged and the crew taken off by the Alice Jane, arrived here from Laguna, whichexperienced a hurricane Bth ult., in lat. 32, lon. 74, and was thrown on her beam ends. • RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN, Nov. 19.—A piece of wreck, marked Royal Albert, in gilt letters, was washed ashore 9th instant, and yesterday morning some hatches, apparently belonging to a large fiat, came ashore near here. HULL, Nov. 19.—The Manchester, Armstrong, from St. Petersburgh to Hull, was stranded 9th inst. on 'the coast of Norway, crew saved. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Wind W.S.W., fresh. 20. E.S.E., light. Arrd. Aden, Ponsonby, Singapore ; Tigris, M'Gill, Calcutta, sailed from St. Helena September 26 ; Universe, Ritchie, Bombay, left Cape of Good Hope Sept. 14; Huddersfield, Young, Bonny, sailed August 21, Fernando Po 25 ; Royal Archer, Scott, and Broad Axe, M'Coy, Bahia ; Alice Jane, Laguna, sld. Sept. 11 ; Virginia, Eaton, Charleston; Sever n , D r i sco ll, St. John's, Now Brunswick; New York packet, Downing, Bombay. Arrd. off, Thomas Miller, Per nambuco; Evergreen, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Columbia packet, Boston ; Dryad, Singapore ; Forester, Monte Video ; Bland, Calcutta; Antonio, Rio Janeiro ; Agnes, St. Thomas ; Ulveston, New Orleans ; Vanguard, Sierra Leone. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 19.—Arrd. Astrea, Quebec. NEWRY, Nov. 16.—Arrd. Tagus, Bathurst. SOUTMAMPTON, Nov. 20.--Arrd. Rainbow, Que bec • Liverpool packet, with Mediterranean mails. Orr MARGATE, NOV. 19.—Twenty-ninth May, Bieuveau, Valparaiso; Artemis, Goulburn, Moulmein. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Sid. Vernon, Madeira. Arrd off—lndian, English, Calcutta. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S. S. W. to W., fresh gales. 20, fresh breeze.—Arrd. John George, and Ida, Thompson, Calcutta, sld. from St. Helena, 2d ult. GUERNSEY .. ,_Nov. 18.—Arrd. Hero, Rio Janeiro. BELFAST, N OV. 17.—S1d. J. T. Dobree, Demerara. Coax, Nov. 17.—Sld. Xarifa, Barbadoes. JERSEY, Nov. 17.—Shl. Hebe, Hazard, and Des landes, Rio. SIIIELIIS Nov. 17.—Arrd. harvest Home, Thom son, Miramichi. Sld. Henriette, Rio Janeiro ; Norma, Sierra -Leone. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. ENGLISH WHEAT....ESSex and Kent Red 48s to 54s Ditto White sss to 60s IRISH WHEAT Red 47s to 50s Ditto, White 49s to 54s RYE Old. 34s to 46s New 36s to 38s BARLEY Grinding 27s to 29s Malting 3os to 328 Chevalier MALT Suffolk and Norfolk s6s to 62s Brown sos to 54s Kingston and Ware s6s to 62s Chevalier 63s to : OATS Yorksh & Lincolnsh feed 23s to 24s Pot atoe 2ss to 26s Youghall and Cork black 170 to 18s Cork white . 19s to 20s Scotch Feed 2ls to 23s • 23s to 24s • 30s to 36s POTATOES BEANS Tick Grey 3ss to 38s Maple White 3os to 35s Boilers FLOUR. Town Made . 4Gs to 48s Suffolk 34s to 38s ' Stockton and Norfolk 3ss to 38s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT Dantzic . 35s to 42s Hanaburgh ,. 36s to 40s BA RI.EY 2os to - OATS New lss to 17s Feed BEANS PEAS 23s to 27s FLOUR American 23s to 25s Baltic 22s to 23s SMITHFIELD. PEAS The comparatively low rates of currency which have ieen for some time- past, realised in our market for cachtltiO fitt `andlean 'stock, appear to have had considerable inflifenee ainongst the importers of that `froni abroad, and the l&Sses which thqba've have caused them to be very cautious in their opera tions ; hence, we have to report the arrival of a very scanty supply of beasts for our market since this day fortnight, in the general quality of which, no improve ment worthy of notice, has been apparent. However, as will be seen by the annexed tabular statement, the receipts at Hull from Holland have been rather large, and some few of them have proved in good condition. We had on sale here this morning, six oxen from Holstein, received thence via Hull per railway, and eight ditto from Spain, via Southampton, but none were on offer from any other quarter. FROM GERMANY, DURING THE WEEK ENDING NOV. 12. Beasts. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. London Hull 5O Total for the week... 55 6 Previously this year 1,007 313 284 52 Grand total 1,062 319 284 52 FROM HOLLAND. 6 2 20 58 7 London Hull Week's arrival 64 9 Previously this year Grand total FROM SPAIN. London 'Southampton Margate Ramsgate . Devonport ... Week's arrival 2B Previously this year G rated total . 669 ' 85 FROM `FRANCE. Loudon . Southampton Hull Week's arrival 59 Previously this year 253 Grand total 312 25 140 Fresh up to our market to-day, we received a mo derate time-of-year supply of Beasts, that from our Northern Counties being in number about 2,200, while its general quality was beneath an average. The stock, however, we are happy to state, was suffering but little from the epidemic, yet we learn the ravages committed by that disease, in our provinces, are still extensive. The primest Scots being scarce, and the at tendance of both town and country buyers, numerous, the demand for them was somewhat renovated, and, in some few instances, the salesmen were enabled to rea lise an advance of about 2d. per 81bs. for them; yet, that does not apply to the other breeds, and the value was unaltered. Although a few very superior Scots made 4s 6d, we cannot call our highest general figure more than 4s 4d per 81b., at which rate a good demand was effected. As to Sheep, these came fairly to hand, both as respects condition and numbers. On the whole the Mutton trade was steady, but far from brisk, and the rates noted in our last report were maintained; but the best old Downs did not exceed in value 4s 4d per 81bs. The Veal trade was better, and the advance of 2d per 81bs noted on Friday last was supported. In Pigs a fair amount of business was doing. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, North amptonshire, &c., we received 2,200 short horns ; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, 30 horned and polled Scots ; 420 Herefords, Devons, Irish beasts, &c., from our western and midland counties ; 200 from various other parts of England ; and about 10 by sea from Scotland, the latter being Aberdeenshire, West Island, and Perthshire Scots. PRICES TEE STONE OF BLY. r TO SINE TYE OFFAL. s. d. to s. d. r. d. to 1. d. Inferior Boasts . . .... 210 3 0 Inferior 5keep........ 3 0 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto... 3 4 3 6 Prime large Oxon 3 6 310 Coarso.woolled ditto.. A 8 4 0 Prime Scots, Arc. Large coarse Calves Prime small ditto 4 4 4 6 Small Porkers ....... .. 4 6 4 8 Suckling Calves, each 16 0 28 e l Quarter old Pigs , tachl6 u 22 0 - SUIYLY AT MARKET. Feasts. I Sheep. I Calves. rips 3,317 1 24 920 125 361 NEWGATE 1 AND LEADENHALL. Although there has been a slight comparative fall ing off in the arrival of slaughtered meat up to these markets since Monday last from Scotland, and some distant parts of England, they have proved fully ade quate to meet the wants of the buyers. The supply of London killed meat has not been to say large, while the inquiry for it has been rather more animated than for many weeks past ; and, in some instances, an ad vance of quite 2s per Blbs has been obtained for the best qualities, while good clearances have been effected. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. _ Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. Scotland 20 380 400 Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk . 2O 60 20 Essex Surrey Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts — 14 30 50 Total. Previous week's arrival 142 1,990 424 2,040 179 694 Difference since ourlast 16 1,001 At per stone, by the Carcase. s. 61. to s. d s. d. to Beef, inferior 2lO 8 I Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 -- middling ...... 3.i 0 3 2 --- middling !3 8 310 -- prime 1arge,..... 3 2 3 4 prime ..... 4: 0 4 2 —.-prime 5ma11.... 3 6 3 8 Pork, large 3 8 4 0 Veit' WOOL MARKETS. There has been a slight improvement in the inquiry for the best English Down Hoggits since our last report, but no better prices have been realised. The foreign wocil trade still continues extremely inanimate, at almost nominal quotations. This heaviness in the demand may, in some measure, be attributed to the large quantities advertised for public auction. The sales will commence on Thursday next, and the quan tity already advertised •amounts to 10,950 packages. The imports have been liberal, viz., 2,744 packages, derived as follows :-363 bales from Hamburgh ; 47 do. from Mogadore ; 52 from Malta; 38 from Bom bay ; 1,010; from Sydney ; 223 from Algoa Bay ; 69 from the Cape ; 128 from Seville ; 824 from Odessa. POTATO MARKETS. . _ The Borough and Spitalfields markets have been tolerably, but not to say very heavily, supplied with potatoes during the past week. The best samples have been rather more in demand, at full prices ; but the middling and inferior kinds have been much ne glected. About 20 tons of Dutch and French pota toes have been on offer, but they have sold at only about 30s per ton. Scotch reds, 45s to 555; York ditto, 45s to 60s; Devons, 45s to 50s; Kent and FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 18.—M. riujardin, one of the negotiators of the treaty with Holland, has returned from the Hague. On occasion of this treaty, the two Belgian Pleni potentiaries received from King William, General I'risse the order of the Oak or Crown of the first class, and M. Dujardin that of Commander of the order of the Netherlands Lion. _ _ The ludependant adds, that the first class of this latter order has been given to two of our Ministers, namely, M. Nothomb and Count de Briey. A letter from Amsterdam says, we are sincerely glad of the distinctions conferred by our King on some Belgian functionaries, and by the King of the Belgians on some Dutch unctionaries. This is the first time that orders of Knighthood of one country have been conferred on subjects of the other, and it is, therefore, considered as a sign of friendship and good neighbourhood. The persons accused of favouring the escape of General Vandersmissen appeared before the Tribunal yesterday. M. Van Latham declared that he had no knowledge of the plans of his fellow-prisoner, but he confessed having said that nothing was more easy than to escape from the Petits Carmes. With respect to Ernest Vandersmissen, his Counsel insisted on the duties of filial affection, and observed that on the escape of M. Lavalette his wife and daughter had not been called to account. The young man, on being questioned, de clared that he was ignorant of the reasons of his father's orders, and only obeyed him when he ordered the horses. As for the escape, he confessed that he was present and assisted, and that if another similar occa sion should occur, he should think it his duty to act in the same manlier. The sentence of the Tribunal was that the keepers of the prison should be acquitted, except one, 'who was sentenced to six months imprisonment, and con demned Madame Vandersmissen and the two sons, of whom only Ernest is in Belgium, to twenty-four hours' imprisonment, and a fine of sixteen francs. GIN DRINKING EXTRAORDINARY.—A most deter. mined act of felony and drunkenness occurred at Oundle, in this county, during the past week, and which has nearly cost one of the depredators his life, but should he survive, it is imagined he will never re lish the smell of gin again as long as he exists. The following are the particulars :—Four well-known characters residing in the above town, named John Nightingale, John Wortle, James Coles, and Samuel Allen, contrived to enter he yard of Messrs. Smith and Tibbitts, brewers, in Oundle; and to steal there from a two gallon bottle filled with gin, which was placed on a waggon to be conveyed with other articles to Thurning early on Friday morning, the 11th instant. The bottle was then secreted in a heap of used hops, in Mr. Smith's close adjoining, where it remained till the evening of the same day, when a fifth person named Fox was entrusted with the secret, and dis patched to convey it to a hovel near the union work house. There the five assembled, and in the'absence of a corkscrew the top of the bottle was knocked off, and a half pint pot substituted for a glass. llere they sat and regaled themselves till they finished the two gallons. Wortley was in such a beastly state of in toxication that he could not be conveyed home, and lest he should lead to their detection, although some of the others could scarcely walk, they left him in a ditch contiguous to the - hovel. Here he was disco vered by Mr. Ambridge, the superintendent of police for the Oundle division, and with the assistance of Darker and another of the force he was wheeled to the J3ridewell in a harrow. At first it was not cer tain whether he was living or dead, and on medical aid being procured, Mr. I'Vatson, surgeon, instantly applied the stomach-pump, and at least three pints of neat gin were ejected. The other prisoners were ap prehended the same night, and the following morn ing (Saturday), including Fox, who was taken into custody also as an accessory. After the apprehension of Nightingale he confessed to the whole of the cir cumstances connected with the robbery. The pri soners, with the exception l gstra toe o ns f am : ot Wortley, hn deafelast st yt m sf • e oe r sr e s ieoxn a a l s- 1 , broughtminatnup beforeto the th Town-hall e but in consequence of the debilitated state of Wortley the case was remanded.—Northampton Herald. PARIS RAILROADS.—The Commerce says, " En gineers, under the di rec ti on of' the Minister of Public Works, have formed a plan for laying a continuous railroad completely encircling Paris. It is to run at a certain distance from the continuous wall, and form in the whole an extent of 40,000,000 metres. The cost is estimated at 12,000,000 f. at the least. Its ob ject is to establish a direct and rapid communication between all the railroads, which sooner or later will diverge from the capital. The plan, it appears, is to be submitted to an immediate examination, so that an application may be made to the Chambers during the next session for a grant to carry it into execution." The Moniteur Parisien, in allusion to this statement, observes, "We think the above is an error. This plan, which was long since proposed as a private spe culation, is not comprised by the Minister of Public Works in the railroad plans under the consideration of the Government." We have heard it rumoured that a woman, who died this week at Brimington, before death made the horrid confession that her husband, who about 14 years ago was found one morning with his throat cut from ear to ear, and was believed to have com mitted suicide, came by his death by her hands , and that she placedhim, after the frightful deed, in the posi tion in which he was found. She shortly after that went to live with another man.—Derbyshire Chron, CHURCH-RATE REFUSED.—Atmeeting of the parish ioners, called by the Churchwardens, was held in the Vestry, parish of All Saints, on Thursday, Nov. 17, 1842, for the purpose of laying a Church-rate, wh en a proposal for a sixpenny rate was negatived by amendment, only three hands being held up for the motion, out of a crowded vestry.--Leicestershir e Mercury. Several large failures are reported to have taken place here during the last few days, and it is believed that others, who presently figure as great men, are so deeply involved that it will be hard for them to keep up.—Dundee Herald. HUNG FOR Fux.—The last Tennessee Review states that the Grand Jury of Cambell county, Ten nessee, has found a true bill against George Smith, John H. Todd, Loftin Duke, James Pearce, and Leroy Brown, for the murder of a slave belonging to John Miller. They had all got into a drunken s pree, and under the influence of liquor enticed the negro into a loft, and hung hi m f or fun, intending to cu t him down in a mome n t or two before life s ho uld be extinct. Their drunken frolic was Tarried too far-- the negro died, and a similar deaih, o r a long and painful imprisonment, awaits the perpetrators of the ` act. Like ma ny costs dear in th e en other frolics of - the same kind, i t PORTUGAL. LISBON, Nov. 14.—Affairs here are far fro m b • being in a satisfactory state. There is danger from two sides : the old revolutionary party is at work, and on -the other hand it would not surprise me were a body 'of troops to march• to the Palace and demand the dis missal of Ai. Dietz. An incendiary paper, written in an-out-and-out revolutionary spirit, has been pub lished under the name of " Letters from G racchus to Tullia," in which the Court is reminded, among other things, that " from the Necessidades Palace to the Caes de Tojo (the place of execution) it is a straight line," and the destruction of Royalty alto gether is counselled, as being both expensive and. useless. The ravings of the revolutionary party would, however, be merely contemptible in so :Mo narchical a country as Portugal, were it not for the dissatisfaction that exists among a large portion of the garrison here, who have become, in a great measure, alienated from the Court by the conduct it has unfor tunately pursued since the late restoration. M Dietz, is a very honest man, and sincerely attached to the Royal family, and the late reforms he has effected in the interior of the Palace have been very useful, but still he is disliked by all parties, and has no friends : the Opposition p a p ers are g l a d to seize hold of the recent proclamation against him and to attribute it to thcsta Cabral'" Cabritlista a s t C ' ,' o in urt oi:de b r ut ntoaoi one says' a word ad intriguea , gain i s n t Co favour of Dietz. The affairs in contest with the Pope are very likely to bring the Court here into trouble; there is no party which could make a tolerable show in the Cortes that would not oppose the encroachments which Lomish policy is ever trying to mak e , where ever it has roomenough in the beginning to thrust in the end of the wedge. Whether it be Costa Cabral, or R. F. Magalhaes, or Sada Bandeira, there is no one that will give way to the demands of M. Ca paccina, while the Court, it is said, is mightily afraid of coming to a rupture with him, and would go a great way towards sacrificing the rights of the Crown and the Church rather than do so. M. Dietz is sup posed to support these views, which find little echo in Portugal except among some old women of both sexes, and others who hope to convert the schism that results from Capaccini's doings into apolitical engine in favour of Don Miguel, or some other scheme of the kind. With respect to the tariff question, there are reports here that the English Government has rejected the last offers of Portugal ; but no communication has yet been made on the subject, and that instead of either at once accepting or rejecting their proposals, it is much more likely that sonic further proposition will be made by our 'Government to that of Portugal, whose last proposition must be .considered as unsa tisfactory; and it will then remain with the latter to purchase the very considerable advantages offered by our Government in exchange for reductions . on our manufactures, or to keep things far the present as they are. A small loan has, it is reported, hem' negotiated in England, in order to work out the as stem of Exche quer bills. The efforts of the moneystd corporations who are opposed to these papers, assistrd by the op position papers, who, of course, decry an 7 plan which gives resources to the Government, directed to pryent the circulation of these bills, wliich it is re presented Witt' riever-be 'Nost - , the Board of Public Credit, it is decreed, is to diseoutit them, if required ; and it was necessary to raise funds for the purpose, which it appears has been done in E. ondon to the amount of 200,000/. The effects of the late flood here have be. Tai singu lar enough. At Collares the devastating efft lets were very great ; and at Celleiros, on the Mafra v. ad from Cintra, many vineyards were destroyed. The Island of Madeira was visited with a similar infliction to wards the end of the last month, and the dan Cage at Funchal alone is estimated by the Civil Govei nment at 500 contos of reis, or above 100,0001. A woman and two children were drowned. The Americans brig Creole went aground in the gale and was lost butrthe crew were saved; the English ; schooner Wave was lost, crew saved ; the Portuguese vessel Novo Beijinho went aground, and three of the crew were drowned ; and the English brig Part also was driven ashore, but all the crew were sexed ; the Sardinian polacca Gloria was lost with all her crew. There had been heavy rains for some time, arid, on the 24th, a deluge of rain came on with a heavy - gale of wind, and torrents of water rushed down from the mountains, carrying large masses of stone alosug with them, and great part of the town of Funchisil was overflowed. The inhabitants in the streets of A l ialcoes and Santa Maria had to save themselves in boats, getting out by the windows. In the neighbo. Taring streets some houses fell down, and many were gr, ustly injured. Wine stores and shops were destroyed, . snd the neighbouring vineyards completely ruined. Vile water rose to the height of twelve feet in the Pra:;a do Pelourinho, where two wine stores and many' pipes of wine were lost; and the same occurred int many other districts, according to the official report of the civil Governor. A large piano was washed out of the drawing room of Senhor Monteiro, carried over a passage and a garden, and deposited in one of the rooms of the municipal chamber. The water rose to the height of seven feet and a half in :Mr. Short ridge's wine stores. The Revolneao says that the city, sittinte under neath the mountains, is watered by three rivers, which descend from the heights, and which by flve r.m. had Overflowed their banks, destroying every thing before them, and that more than 200 houses were thrown down or completely ruined ; the pintas were reduced to a bare rock, and most of the year's vintagse, which was in the stores where the inundation reached, was entirely lost. The English steamer Dec arrived safe with fifty-two passengers, on the 24th. It was in a gale on the 26th'that the other vessels went ashore. The French Princes returned from their tour on Thursday last, and the Duc d'Aumale left in the Asniodie steam-frigate yesterday, for Gibraltar and Algiers. The Prince de Joinville, remains here at present, with the Belle Poule and other vessels. The long pending case of " Shortridge v. Manoel Jose d'Oliveira," has been decided in the Court of Ilelacao here, in Mr. Shortridge's favour. The sentence annuls all that had previously been dogs- in the case, which M. Jose d'Oliveira must now, if he chooses to go on with it, commence again de novo. Senhor Jose da Silva Cabral is about to prosecute the _Nacional, for the assertion that he was .the author of the proclamation against M. Dietz, in which, not withstanding his protests to the contrary, the Nacional appears still to persist. News have been received front Goa of tihe arrival there of the new Governor-General Conde dins Antas, who had issued a proclamation to the in.babitants on taking possession of the government, dated from the Palace at Pangein, 19th September last, .congratula ting them on the state of tranquillity in which he findi them, and announcin g hi s determination to observe strict economy, and direct all his attentiott to repair their finances, which are in a most disastrous state. The Customs of Lisbon and Oporto, and the Site Casas of Lisbon, brought in 367 contos of re.s in the 'Last month, or near 90,0001. THE NIGER EXPEDITION. Se E pt i . tr 2 a 6 e , t lB42 from : — a letter dated Cape Coact 0 istle, " The Wilberforce, you will recollect, was hort.in March last, at which time Captain W. Allen was p re paring to re-ascend the Niger, to look after the • Model Farm' people, and if possible to do someth iig to retrieve the fame of the expedition. He proceed %I hence to Fernando Po, to fit out the Soudan, to act company him. While he was still lying there thei Kite steamer arrived with orders from Government that only one vessel was to go up the river, and that she was only to have on board four or five white men at most. Her only object in going up was to be the bringing back the people left at the farm. On receiving these orders Captain Allen and most of his officers and crew went on board the Kite for a passage to England. The other Commissioner (Cook) went home by the Golden Spring. Th e Nil. berforce, (Lieutenantun under charge .pr o ee f e h ed er ed present commander the river , compelled rvde a ver y with io l‘ n i . °de l l 'h } e 'ar bl m ac ' ks a wl .e o r Ka P lOi e be ee en t left mo d a e tl it,of d fo is u o n rg d a t i l i i i e sa ; having plenty of cowries (a species of I as money) and goods, voted themselviesditaosilbeell h le o l i m n e a r n th h b e e inl y in s g elf pendent country gentlemen, and managed to get hold i u nd se e d . of a lot of natives, whom they O mea f, occih m e l gl d ei NN fiarn ; Justice driver's u s ce whip, of Sierra L b e e o t n t eel); t o en t fo o rce wo ob rk ed o ie n n t c h e e . fem me , i c th oo a lly ca m t, ad or e ssllaa%vvas had, as it afterwar ds ghthteawmayouth (Carr, brother of the Chief nearbrou those of the latter be l on ging li never been heard of, and appeared, b , een . killed somewhere of the river. The Wilberforce farm impl e m ents, people and all, and to this pl ace are now being discharged here. The steamer got on a rock in the river, w h ere s h e rema i ne d Lye days, and ca me down with a hole in her bottom, which n ow com p els her to go home. So much for the last speech and dying words of the far-famed Niger expedition. A more mismanaged piece of business from beginning to end is not, I will venture to say, to be found re corded in any history." ...,...... SUDDEN DEATHS or TWO GREENWICH PEW.. SIONERS.-011 Saturday two inquests were held at 74, y, 00 view of the bodies of Thomas Stevens, Job neatly, aged 84, who died sud aGgreeden7w4 denly in the hospital on Thursany evening. The sur geon deposed that both the de ceased had died of a poplexy, Stevens being seized whilst in bed, and dying almost instantaneously ; and neatly, as he was going down the steps fell head foremost to the bottom, and died very shortly afterwards. Verdicts of Na tural death worc returned. PRICE OF BUTCHER'S MEAT.? —Boiled beef Com manded eight pence the lair p late, and there we some small transactions at siizpe ace. Mutton in Pie! (sinking the offal) was to be boa rathey d selnglY, MiXtUre twopence the patty; but there -Was a of inferior auimals.--Punch. , • on . , the re )11.• )0t A. nd