The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-02 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, :lap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 20th day of 03tob , r, 1849 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. amount. A-tdover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 15,927 A ihford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,242 Aylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 5,534 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt %Mock Bank and Baldocis and Biggleswado Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 25,355 B trnitapie Bank, Barnstaple--Marshall and Co 11,325 Basingstoke and Odihana Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co ~.. 16,338 Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Ban.c, Bedford— fialfhea4, awl Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 6,793 I %Rile Roaster and Oxforishire Bank and Oxford 12,811 Bank. Biceiter—Tubb and Co. .. ...• <•• ••• Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attvroc ds, Spooner, and Co 23,025 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham -J. L. Moilliett, and .Sons ... 12.604 Blanciford Bank, Blandford.—Bastard ana Oak. 8,180 Boston Bank, Boston—Garet and Co 65,090 Boston gunk, Boston—Gee and Co 14.989 Bridgu - Iter Bank, Boidgwater—J. 8c J. Sealey 5.695 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 34,037 Brosolcy and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 19,904 BackintTharn Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. , Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 73,757 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 27,402 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 32.502 Bath City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bodrordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 32,056 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12,314 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 62,962 Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co 10,926 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — .T. Worlledge and Co Br )ins:,Prove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, 14,223 and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sflrvi - Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam- 2,22 bridge-L-Ales3rs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 11,667 Co - Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 16,974 Sons ehertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, 43,363 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and ESSCX. Bank, and liadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, CardilY—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth 01(1 Bank, Monincuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Rank, Chepstow—Bromage, Salad, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Ole Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fineham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew. vn , l Co. D(mraster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— C,)ok and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 30,706 14,809 3,394 14,62 34,369 34,920 6,776 16,230 75,170 60 6,540 8,397 12,669 33,459 25,805 11,276 10,061 58,783 73,243 10,635 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford —Sparrow. and Co. Exeter Batik, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenhatn—Gurneys, Birk- beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of vantage, Far rln:4(lon—Barnes an Medley Farnham Bank, - Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-lElton and Co Gotlalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Orantharn—Rewney and li:inf.,- Guitlford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... GrA.ntlyam Bank, Granthana—Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Ban's, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Herefrd City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. liertiord and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co Eull Bank and lilinqston-upon-Hull Bank, Hall —:.3inith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don —Rost and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Cc Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel llempitead— Smith, and Whittingstall Honitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. liertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. Ilerof)rd, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and A rchenfield Baak, Hereford—Morgan, 11 ,skins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, SuTollt, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Nfistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders anal Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, nnti Aierel , r Kin. 4 tol and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Ikvte3 and Co K ili ton Bank Kni4hton—J. Davies and Co Knaresnorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna.-eshorough —Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and co. Kettering► Bank, Kettering•—aoth ani Sons., Lana End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C y an I Son LeCd3 Bank. Leeds —l3 , ekett and Co Leel; Trnion Bank, L9eds—W. Williams, Brown, and C Leek ard, Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Lei.tester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... LeweF. Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... Liohflehl Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very —David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barhe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield —Broeklehurst and Co M an ningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Ohl Bank and Erungerford Bank, and fi u ngerfordßank,Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and }Ellin Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams .. Minors' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co gonmouthsbire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport - . —W. Williams and Sons Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S laaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bat, Norwich—Harveys and Hudaons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck ..................... Nottingham and Nottin g h amshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and C 0..................................................... Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and 50,756 44,080 27,732 21,923 5,584 9.965 5,798 5,470 11,131 3 ),328 27,10 13,862 15,080 18,621 44,835 4,733 20,514 32,457 21,440 21,495 69,569 17,882 20,09 4 11,032 19,463 37,733 8,990 5,3 S 0 50,571 36,309 28,080 32,552 20,475 81,915 21,550 7,096 3,549 40,508 13,178 14,058 5,390 15,290 8,717 7.191 12,751 27,392 11,887 8,094 22,014 45,205 21,893 23,032 2,907 44,028 67,091 8,237 3,845 21,772 C 0.... New Sarum Bank, Sarum Everett, and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 27,592 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westre— Croxon and Co 12,375 Oxford ... Sank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 8,7 85 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Benching and Sons... O x fordshire Witney Batik, Witney—Minah, pi Co ... 9,090 SUN, LONDON, Average Amo an Pease 3 Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten awl C 0... ?eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—MPsqrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson 40,505 11,299 10,489 and Whife Peworokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and 10,570 W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and 27,355 Co - Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and C 0... Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood , Ledgard 29,863 4,405 _ and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross 61d Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and CO Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co - Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury - -Rocke, Eytons. and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne 3,389 —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce .................. Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and C 0.... St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. 5t0ry...... Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs.Brodie ...... Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury—Brodie and King ................................... Southampton and liampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,823 Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 10,638 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,900 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 22,096 St. Alban's and Heil.; Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- 12,563 13,728 30,790 son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and 21,829 Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates , and ParsloW Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns- ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But- cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S. Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt & Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win- chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good _ __ . ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Parley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechtnere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleaworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbe2k, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clough. and Co 42,158 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 49,771 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Cheaterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com- pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry .12,904 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,496 Dudley and West Bromwich nanking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,946 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 15,385 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 135,236 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 16,546 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield.. 37,760 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Bankinr , Company, Helston 1,714 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,275 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,173 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 49,833 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,147 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,055 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 28,583 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,665 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 384,735 North Wilt:, Banking Company, Melksham 45,848 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 69,620 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 28,280 Pares's Leictist(rshire Banking Company, Lei cester . Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 2,357 Sheffield Bankii Company, Sheffield 33,653 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 55,518 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshiro Banking Company, 18,861 Sheffield . . Sheffield and Rotherham Joint• Stock Banking Company, . Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. . „ Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury . 9,410 Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Wolverhampton a, id Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 36,037 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,635 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven . Warwick and Leamii_gton Banking Company, Warwick West of Englait4 and South Wales District Wilts and Banking Company, Salisbury West Riding Union Banking Company, H u d . 7734;300348 w d h t r e s h fi n ei r d ch and Ellesmere Banking Company, 31,347 Whitchurch .......... Worcester City and Com;;;Wati;; 3,132 ge ....... Worcester..... y, y... ...... ........... 5,047 York Union Banking Company, York ............ 54 , 04 0 York City and County Banking Company, York 88,234 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Return s , 1414nd Berme, Somerset Howe, Oct. 27, limo FRANCE. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, OCT. 31. At 3 o'clock M. Dupin, President, took the chair. Considerable agitation prevailed in the hall. It was reported that the entire Cabinet had resigned, and that the only member of the new Ministry as yet appointed was General d'Hautpoul. A list Is as handed about from group to group, and when Messrs. Dufaure and De Tracy entered they were surrounded and anxiously interrogated. That list contained the following names : M. Ferdinand Barrot, Minister of the Interior ; M. Rouher, of Justice; M. Parrieu, of Public Instruc tion ; M. Casimir Perier, of Foreign Affairs ; Bineau, of Public Works; M. Fould, of Finance; Admiral Romain Desfosses, of Marine ; General d'Hautpoul, of War; and M. Dumas of Commerce and Agriculture. The Assembly afterwards resumed the adjourned discussion on the proposition tending to institute an inquiry into the condition of the navy. M. Charles Dupin said a few words in vindication of the administration of the navy, but the Assembly appeared too much pre-occupied with the Ministerial crisis to listen to him. M. Chaper, who followed, was not more successful in commanding the attention of the Assembly. M. de Tracy, Minister of Marine, and M. Dahirel next spoke, after which the general discussion was closed. The President then read the first article. It was as follows : " A Parliamentary inquiry into the situation and organization of the services of the navy shall be pro ceeded to." The article was adopted, after a few words from Messrs. Lagrange and De Tracy, and it was agreed that the Committee should consist of 15 Members, elected by the Assembly. It is said that the Odilon Barrot Cabinet had not resigned, but been dismissed by the Pre s id en t o f th e Republic. The chiefs of the majority having refused to take office, the President was obliged to compose the administration of less imp or t an t mem b ers o f t h e majority. It is accordingly considered a mere tran sition Cabinet. M. Casimir Perier having declined to accept the Foreign Department, that office was offered to M. de Flavigny, former Secretary-General of that Ministry, in 1830, under the Prince de Polignac, who, at four o'clock, was summoned to the Elysee. The new Ca binet appears to be accepted by the majority. The Ordre has the following on the subject of the contemplated Ministerial changes : As was easy to anticipate from the present dis position of the majority, the retirement of M. de Falloux has been the signal fora movement of change in the Ministry. A number of rumours have been afloat on the subject, but we think it only necessary to intimate the two combinations which appear to be seriously spoken of. On the one hand, the question is said to be to reconstitute the Cabinet with MM. 0. Barrot and Dufaure, or M. Mole, taking in the various fractions of the majority, the men the most considerable amongst those who represent it. It is said also, at the same time, that in case that the ob stacles which have hitherto been presented could not be removed, there is some idea of forming a Ministry composed altogether of new men, which should meet under the real and active Presidentship of M. Louis Bonaparte. It is confidently stated that the last-named combination is very nearly being accepted by the President of the itepublic, who, looking seriously at his responsibility, and impatient to apply the ideas which he had so maturely deliberated on in prison or in exile, desires to free himself in the eyes of the public from every kind of guardianship or patronage, conceiving that he would thus acquire new titles to the gratitude of the country. Already the young representatives are pointed out, who, in case of this eventuality, would be invested with the confidence of the President; we cannot say if the execution of these projects is already so far advanced, but every one agrees in saying that they have been really conceived. There is not one of the names at present mentioned which could not very suitably appear in a Ministry. But at a period when it is important to strengthen confi dence, we think that it would be more opportune to associate the new element with men who, by the Eclat of their services, have acquired a great authority than to risk an experiment which, under present cir cumstances, would a little resemble an adventurous act. We have recognised that the present Cabinet, which certainly contains men of a great reputation, had need of strengthening itself, in order to meet the difficulties and perils of a situation almost without example. Care must be taken, if the present Cabinet retires, of having it replaced by another offering less guaranteea to public opinion. But perhaps we are dwelling too long on simple conjectures. The Presi dent has hitherto shown sufficient prudence not to justify rash resolutions to be attributed to him. The majority, besides, would know how to cause his rights to be respected, and the great interests confided to him protected, if they ever happened to be over looked." The Siecle says—" There is a good deal of talk about a romantic project ascribed to some young men of fashion, of having resolved to raise at their cost a French legion destined to d..) the same duty about the Pope's person as the Cent Suisses and the Swiss formerly did for the King of France. The officers are naturally taken from the old Christian families, and are already rather numerous. As for the soldiers, the raising of them offers several difficul ties. The old gendarmes d' elite of Charles X., who were splendid soldiers, are at present old ; the old municipal guards are almost all transformed into gendarmes mobiles ; and as for volun teers, the cardinals would have confidence in none from Paris. But still something is to be done. The flag of the army is to be white, slightly deco rated with lilies, but it would have to be carried secretly to the frontier." The Journal du Havre states that the French Go vernment has ordered the departure of a corvette and brig of war to reinforce the naval squadron of the island of Reunion, in order to enable it to proceed against the Malay pirates who lately attacked the French colony at Nossi•-Be. SPAIN. - - - The Madrid journals of the'2sth and 26th ult. have arrived. The Gazette contains a decree conferring on the Minister of Foreign Affairs the power of filling up all places in the royal household. The appointment of M. Armendariz to the post of intendant-general of the palace would, it was supposed, be an nulled, and the situation be conferred on M. Quinto. There were rumours of modifications in the Ministry, but they were not generally credited. The Ministers had resolved on supporting M. Mon 23 candidate for the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. A letter purporting to be written by the King to his confessor, Father Ful gencieo, had been seized at the post-office, but his Majesty, on being questioned, had denied that it was written by him. The King had become more taci turn than usual; but at times he expressed himself in severe terms respecting Queen Christina. He was, however, attentive to the Queen, and polite to the Ministers. The Gazette of the 25th contains an ac count of the reception of the Minister of the United States by the Queen in private audience. MADRID BoLSA, OCT. 26.—The Three per Cents. were done at 271 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 11i for paper; the Debt without Interest at ; and the Coupons at 6i for cash. PRUSSIA. The Second Chamber had held no sitting on the 29th ult. The public on the previous evening had been alarmed by the fall of a ball of fire in the enclosure in front of the University. It was composed of some un known combustibles and fragments of paper. An in quiry is being made into the circumstance. CENTRAL GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette states that the Prussian Go vernment has resolved to cite before the Arbitral Tribunal the Governments of Saxony and Hanover, on account of the refusal of their .Plenipotentiaries to continue to act in the Council of Administration. BAVARIA AND WURTEMBERG. The Deutsche Zeitung publishes a series of docu ments, expressive of the adhesion of the Bavarian Go vernment to the Prussian and Austrian treaty re specting the Provisional Central Power. Letters from Stuttgardt of the 28th ult. in the same paper announce the formation of a new Wur temherg Cabinet in the place of Mr. Romer's Ministry. It is composed as follows :—lnterior, Baron Schlayer; Foreign Affairs, Baron Spinier- Wachter ; Justice, Htihnlein ; Finances, Herdeggen ; War, Baron Bauer. ITALY. The Giornale di Roma of the 22d contains the fol lowing notification signed by Cardinal Patrizi, Vicar- General of his Holiness and Ordinary Judge of the Roman Court and its dependencies : "Art. 1. All masters of elementary instruction, whether regionary or parochial, or of any other denomination, as also those who teach in private houses, although furnished with our patent, are forbid to re-open their schools, or exercise their profession, during the new scholastic year, beginning on the sth of November next, unless they have ob tained our licence for the purpose.—Art. 2. The said licences shall be gratuitously granted at our Secre tary's offices, on the 29th of October and the follow ing day, to those wbo have not forfeited our confi dence, nor proved themselves unworthy of the im portant office confided to them.—Art. 3. All those who have hitherto taught without our permis sion shall immediately cease to do so.— Art. 4. The persons mentioned in the pre ceding article cannot obtain the special licence granted to masters already possessing our patent, unless they can prove themselves worthy of the said office, and submit completely to the regulations of the schools. —Art. 5. Transgressors of the present orders shall be punished for a first offence with a fine of 10 scudi (50fr ), to be applied to the fund for infirm and invalid masters ; and in case of their not having means to pay that sum, they shall incur the penalties of the penal regulations mentioned in title 9, par. 67, besides the application of further penalties in case of their repeating the offence." The Opinione of Turin, of the 27th, states that the modest furniture of Charles Albert's apartments at Oporto has arrived at Turin, at the express desire of the Queen Dowager. On the 26th, the Italian refugees residing at Turin, had a funeral service celebrated in the church of Soperga to the memory of Charles Albert. The Legge of Turin states, from Bologna 22d inst., that Lieut.-Marshal 'Churn had taken the civil and military command of that city. The greater part of the Carabineers had been dismissed in conse quence of an order from Rome. The Nazionale of Florence of the 24th states, that many arrests have been made at Viterbo, amorg others that of the well-known composer Maestro Selli. 9,27 5,458 10,131 12,427 13,907 14,040 9,770 4,33 26,493 11,958 21,623 31,229 8,97 7,507 8,953 11,532 12,535 8,023 9,308 17,022 7,240 23,493 4,909 40,150 11,788 22,285 4,99 15,628 31,099 46,79: 7,223 10,810 77,832 12,114 1,688 14,7.59 11,750 45,748 12,05 FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2 1849 MR. PIPS HIS DIARY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1849.—T0 the old House in the Market, where I would fain have seen Macbeth, for the Acting as well as the Divertisement ; but this not the Night, so went Half-Price, and did see the Unpolished Gem instead. Touchstone did play Brother Dick, a Country Clown, and his Figure, in a Coat short in the Waist, a huge striped Waistcoat, Trousers too big for him tucked up at the Ancles, Hob-Nail Boots, and a great ill shaped Hat, mighty droll, and did move the People to clap their Hands and laugh the Moment he came on the Stage. Then did he take off his Hat, and show a red-cropped Head, and smooth down his Hair, and make a Face upon the Audience, whereat they did laugh again, and then turning round show them a Back View of himself, which made the rn laugh the more. Still greater Laughter the Moment he opened his Mouth, and I did laugh too, as much as any, though I heard not what he said ; but only for the Oddness of his Voice, which is such that methinks I could not keep my Countenance to hear him, even if he were speaking Hamlet. Mighty droll to see him in a fine House make himself at Home after the Fashion of a Bumpkin, and hear him in his rustical Drawl and Twang relate all the news and Tattle of his Village. What with his clod hopping Gait, and Awkwarnness, and :In dependence, and Impudence, he did make, methinks, the veriest Lout I did ever see, even in Hampshire. His Politeness even droller than his Rudeness, and his Ploughbow Courtesy of kissing his Hand as comical as could be. But I know not well whether I do more prefer his Cocknies or his Clowns; for methinks I have seen him do a Snob as well as a Clodpole, and he is very good in both, whether a rus tical Booby or a Whippersnapper Spark; and do use V for W, and misuse or drop his H, and talk the Flash and Cant of the Town mighty natural. But to think how we English People do take Delight in everything that is ridiculous; and how I ha ve seen a Theatre ringing with Merriment at the Sight of Touchstone in a Paper Cap and Apron, with a Baker's Tray and Bell, crying "Muffins!" or eating with his Mouth full ; or even putting his Arms a Kimbo, or pulling his Hat over his Eyes, and some of the Audi• ence, and myself too, in Fits almost with Laughter. Methinks that Foreigners are wrong to suppose that we are a melancholy people, and would give up this Notion if they could see us at a broad Farce, and how easily we are pleased, and what Straws will tickle us almost to Death. Home, my sides achi ng by Reason of Touchstone's Drolleries, and truly he do make a mighty excellent roguish Buffoon. So to Bed mimicking Touchstone his Voice to my Wife, which did divert her mightily.—Punch. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. In the course of an examination of a woman, who was charged with having committed a felony which called for no peculiar remark, a man named William Trafford, who was attending the justice-room upon other business, gave a turn to the case by stating that he had some time ago, when in the metropolitan police, apprehended the prisoner and given evidence against her. Alderman CARDEN desired to be informed why the witness, who appeared to be an ablebodied and vigor ous man, was not still a member of the metropolitan police ? Trafford said his connexion with the metropolitan police was broken off in consequence of a special in jury whit he had sustained in his efforts to save several persons from the flames of a burning house in College•place, Camden-town, on the night of the 9,,h ofJune, 1848. Upon that occasion two persons who were screaming for help in the top story of the house had at his desire dropped from the windows upon him. They escaped without much injury, but thr tremendous shock of such a weight falling from such a height had inflicted an injury upon him which for some time completely disabled him, and his retirement from the duties of a policeman necessarily followed. He had upon the same occasion saved fire other lives. He felt high gratification at having been made the instrument, providentially, of preventing the loss of so many of his fellow-creatures, but his own strength and constitution had been almost sacrificed in the attempt. Alde , rman CARDEN—You have of course a certifi cate of good conduct during your service in VA , police force ? Trafford—l have, my Lord; and I received a do nation of 20/. as a reward for my exertions, and a sovereign and a silver medal from the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire; but my long illness, and the demands of a wife and two children, and the debt contracted in consequence of my in ability to go to any active employment, swallowed up the whole amount in a short time, and I am now without the mewls of support. Alderman CARDEN—Your case is indeed a very afflicting one, and I shall endeavour to assist a man who so willingly hazarded his own life to save the lives of others., and undertoook so desperate an expe 'riinent as that which you have described, and by which you received so serious a hurt. I have no doubt that the Lord Mayor, for whom I sit, will agree with me that the claims of such a man ought not to be disregarded; and I dare say the circum stances of your case will meet the benevolent notice of persons able to give you such employment as will not tax your strength. The ex-metropolitan policeman gratefully acknow ledged the interest taken in his case by the Alder man, and handed in his medal and the printed account of the proceedings at the last anniversary of the in stitution of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. Alderman CARDEN read the inscription upon the medal, which was as follows : "Presented at the anniversary meeting of the Royal So ciety for the Protection of Life from Fire, May 14,1849, Sir James Duke in the chair, to William Trafford, for h 6 heroic and praiseworthy conduct at a fire at 61, College place, Camden-town, June 9, 1848, where by his own unaided and extraordinary exertions the lives of seven persons were saved." In the printed report of the proceedings, the fact of Trafford's receiving the two persons who dropped from the garret window was stated, and Mr. Frazer, the churchwarden of St. Pancras, added his testimony in the following certificate, which the Alderman like wise read : " On June 9, 1848, William Trafford (constable in S division of police) succeeded in saving the lives of several individuals, but in his praiseworthy exertions he received injuries which compelled him to resign his situation in the police. He has since recovered his health, and is now in want of a situation. It will therefore be an act of justice in any gentleman or public company having the power, to procure for him a situation at their dis posal." GUILDHALL. Henry Snell was brought up :for final examination on the charge of sending letters threatening to take the lives of his wife and son, unless the former sent him 101. or 151. immediately. Mr. W. H.:Snell, aged 19, son of the prisoner, and a`clerk in the firm of Messrs. Allan and Son, St. Paul's-churchyard, said, that in the early part of last week two letters, which he produced, addressed to his mother, but directed in envelopes to himself, arrived by post at his employer's shop. He showed them to his mother, and from their contents they were alarmed, and feared that the prisoner would carry out his threats and murder _them. They were in the prisoner's handwriting. The letters, which were of great length, were then read, in which prisoner used most violent and inde cent language towards his wife and son, and threatened to take both their lives unless money were sent to him and that he would die with pleasure on the gallows for them. He even went so far as to say he would follow his wife to h-1, and that he had laid out hi last shilling in the purchase of a pair of pistols to walk into Mr. Allan's shop to shoot her son on the spot. Mrs. Jane Snell was then sworn, and identified her husband's handwriting. She, as well as her son, wished for protection, as they were not safe for an hour while the prisoner was at liberty. Mr. Wontner, for the-prisoner, said that his client was extremely sorry for having sent the letters, which were written when he was in a state of great excite- ment, almost bordering on insanity. That he was not a man to be guilty of inflicting such an injury on his wife. The prisoner, as he was instructed, was for merly owner of two vessels which were wrecked, and he was compelled to sail for some time past as a cap tain. In January last he proceeded to Spain, and since his absence h a d f o rwarded upwards of 7 0 /. for his wife's support. On his return he could not find his wife, who had gone away, and his son refused to gixe her address, when certainly, as he (Mr. Wontner) had said before, he did write the letters under great excitement. Mrs. Snell said that she had received money, but that it all went, with the exception of 25/., to pay his ship's provisions and other debts. Had her husband kept sober and read the letters she sent him, he would never have returned, but he let the mate and others see them, through whose hands they came to the owner's. Lie lost all his situations through his own misconduct, and was now so lost that no virtuous woman could live with him. He certainly had a small share in two vessels many years ago. Mr. Wontner said, it was a pity that a family quarrel like this should have gone so far. There was no doubt the prisoner had faults like other men, and if Mrs. Snell had acted kindly, he perhaps would be a different man. He had shown his kndness by transmitting money from time to time since the 14± of January, to the amount of nearly 751 The letters were written in a moment of exasperation, and he thought the justice of the case would be met if the prisoner was held in his own recognizances to keep the peace. Alderman HUMPHERY said, he could not think of such a thing, for the letters were so desperate that he thought the prisoner would not mind fulfilling his threats. If he felt inclined to admit him to bail, it would be such as no person would become responsible for after reading the letters. He should not be doing his duty if he did not send him before another tribunal, and therefore he stood committed for trial. The depositions being made out and read over, the prisoner was conveyed to Newgate. WORSHIP-STREET. A young man, named James Shobert, was charged with having incited two lads, named James Fisher and Charles Goddard, to rob their employer, Mr. John Baptiste Fu'dy, an extensive silk dyer in the Mile end-road. Mr. John Smith, managing clerk to Mr. Fuldy, stated that the prisoner had formerly been employed as a workman in the prosecutor's factory, but was discharged from his service nearly six years since. For some time past large quantities of raw silk had been surreptitiously abstracted from the premises, on different occasions, in consequence of which they had discharged several of their hands, but not the slight est suspicion was entertained that the prisoner was in any way connected with the depredations until a few days since, when certain information was com municated to the prosecutor which induced him to obtain the assistance of the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Charles Fisher, a lad about 15 years of age, stated that he was in the employment of the prosecutor, and that the prisoner had frequently met him, apparently by accident, during the last few weeks, on leaving his work in the evening. About three weeks since the prisoner accosted him in Whitechapel, and after ad verting to axecent robbery that bad been committed at his master's factory, inquired if he would have any difficulty in procuring him some silk. Witness told him that he had no means of doing so honesty, and after some further conversation the prisoner then left him, but met him again on Saturday night last, and invited him into a public house, where he renewed the subject, and promised to give him a silver watch if he would supply him with a few pounds of raw silk, which he told him he could easily procure by going to the warehouse at an earlier hour in the morning than he was in the habit of attending there. He resisted all the importunities of the prisoner, and on reaching home apprised his father of what had occured, which was afterwards communicated to his employer. Charles Goddard, another lad employed by the prosecutor, proved that he had also been tampered with in a similar manner by the prisoner, who, in the first instance, asked him whether he should like to emigrate to America, and on his replying in the af firmative, if he were possessed of money to pay his passage, the prisoner told him that he could easily obtain it by abstracting property from his master's premises, by which means he would be able to realise at least 1/. per day ; but he refused to listen to him any further, and indignantly rejected all his overtures. The prisoner positively denied the charge, but was ordered to be remanded for a week, the magistrate consenting to take bail for his future appearance. Mr. Thomas Kimbell, a watchmaker and jeweller in Tottenham-court-road, was charged with having feloniously intermarried with Sarah Ann Batts, his wife, Elizabeth Kimbell, being then and still alive. After hearing some preliminary evidence, which went to establish a prima facie case against the pri oner, the magistrate ordered him to be remanded for the attendance of the alleged second wife. 111111111111111111 CLERKENWELL. Yesterday Charles Corby, a wild-looking fellow, 20 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. charged with having feloniously cut and wounded Mary Ann Noble, with intent to mur der her. Mr. Wake ling, the solicitor, attended to watch the proceedings on the part of the prisoner. A report had been circulated in the neighbourhood of the court that a woman had been murdered, and crowds of persons assembled, and considerable inte rest was evinced. James Lee, of 8, Prospect-place, St. Luke's, said that he was a cap-maker. At eight o'clock yesterday morning he was in his work-room, with several other girls in his employ, and Mary Ann Noble was sitting down quietly at her work. The prisoner entered the room in a wild manner, and stared at them in a most trange way. Witness said, " Charley, what is the matter ?" he looked and said nothing, but kept his hands in his pocket. The injured woman said to him, " Charley, what's the matter ?"—he kept in the same position and said nothing. She moved towards him, and witness went between them, and she left her seat in consequence of the wild looks of the prisoner, when he took hold of Miss Noble, and put his hand upon her head and drew a razor across her throat, whilst in the act of kissing her. The prisoner, with wildness, interrupted the wit ness, and said, " I loved her." Witness continued—After he separated frem her the blood flowed from her throat, and witness saw a deep wound. He called a policeman, and the pri soner was taken to the station house. After hearing further evidence confirmatory of the above facts, Mr. liammtLi remanded the prisoner. THAMES. John Atherton Pack, late messenger of this court, a young man who lost his right arm during the Chinese war, and was appointed to his situation by Sir James Graham three years and eight months ago, was brought before Mr. Ingham on remand, charged with feloniously breaking open a desk in the clerk's office and stealing 15/. therefrom. Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, who watched the case for the prisoner, offered no remarks, and the prisoner also .remained silent. Mr. INGHAM committed him to Newgate for trial. Pack was in the receipt of 701. a year salary and ls. a day pension, which he has forfeited by the offence he has committed. MURDER at COWPEN COLLIERY. An inquest was held by adjournment on Wednes day last at Blyth, before Mr. Reed, the coroner for the county of Northumberland, on view of the body of George Hunter. The deceased was a pitman at Cowpen Colliery, where he had been employed for some time. Mr. John Lynch, surgeon, of Blyth, was the first witness examined. He stated that on Saturday, the 23 I ult., he bad been called in to attend the deceased, and found several contused wounds on his head, but did not at the time consider him in great danger, The deceased was then sensible, and said he had been ill- used by two men, whom he did not know, and would not wish to know. Witness dressed the wounds, and called upon the deceased the next morn ing, when he found him speechless and insensible, and he died shortly afterwards. Witness had made a post mortem examination, and found the skull of the de ceased extensively fractured, and a clot of blood, weighing four ounces, pressing heavily on the brain. Jane Lambert, the wife of Matthew Lambert, said she had occasion to go to the door of her cottage on that evening, and heard a voice shout " Oh 1 dear," but thought it only a " a lark," and paid no attention to the circumstance. Thomas Turnbull, a pitman, who lives about 200 yards from Mrs. Lambert, had his attention called to the shouts, which were first heard by his wife, and on hastening to the spot whence they proceeded, he found the deceased on his knees and hands. The deceased asked for assistance, saying some one had " smashed his head all to pieces.' Witness assisted deceased home. William Hunter, the brother of the deceased, said that he and his brother went to a public-house at Cowpen village, about seven o'clock on the Saturday evening, and remained there till 17 minutes to 10, when they left; and on going down Cowpen-lane they were passed by two young men who had been in the public-house with them. Witness then bid his brother good night, and told him to follow the young men down. Both witness and his brother were ap prehensive of danger from their having left " the union," and having heard of threats made against them and others who had done so. Isabella Sadler attended the deceased, and spoke of statements being made similar to those deposed to by Mr. Lynch. The two young men who had passed the deceased and his brother in Cowpen-Pane were not examined before the Coroner, but it is understood that no suspicion rests on them, as they were not pitmen, and, besides, were so far in advance of the deceased at the time he was attacked that they did not hear his shouts. The affair being thus involved in great doubt and uncertainty, the Coroner directed the jury to return an open verdict, leaving the magistrates to take up the case. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.". Three men (two of them brothers, of the name of Cleghorn) were apprehended on suspicion, but there, being no evidence to criminate them, they were ordered to be discharged by the magistrates. Inquiries are still being instituted, with a view of bringing the murderers to justice. THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. Some very important disclosures have come to light within the last two days relative to the murder of Patrick O'Connor, which will remove all doubt as to the guilt of the Mannings. The male prisoner has acknowledged that the pistols used to commit the deed were those found in the possession of Mr. Adams, the pawnbroker of Bermondsey street, but that tradesman could not swear as to the party wha pledged them, although he was in attendance at the Southwark police-court. Manning asserts that his wife loaded both the pistols, and having shot O'Connor with one presented the other at him, threatening to serve him the same unless he assisted her. The statement relative to the pistols corroborates Mr. Lockwood's opinion; That gentleinan, it will be recollected, extracted a bullet from the murdered man's head, which he fitted to one of the pistols, and found it to correspond. Manning also has stated that the clothes taken from the murdered man were all burnt in the back kitchen, with his private memoranda and some rags. It was supposed by the police that the clothes were wrapped up with the crowbar and thrown into the Thames; such was not the case, and no doubt the crowbar will be found in a few days, as some information as to the hiding place has been given. Manning declares that the grave in the back kitchen was dug as early as May last, and the murder had been contemplated since then, but somehow or other his wife could not muster courage enough to commit the murder until the even ing of the 9th of August. A shutter belonging to the back kitchen was placed over the hole, covered with a carpet, and O'Connor must have several times walked over his grave on going to the sink to wash his hands, as was his custom prior to partaking of dinner at Manning's house. One of Manning's bro thers wrote a very affecting letter to him on Monday last, which has had a great impression on his mind. He expresses a great desire to see him, as does his sister, and most. likely an early day will be appointed for that interview. Mr. Binns will be confronted with Manning in his cell this afternoon (Friday), according to appointment, when some further disclo sures will be made public, as he seems inclined to state all the facts relative to this horrib'e deed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. In consequence of the death of a relative, Mr. Parker, M.P., has left the Admiralty for a day or two. The Ganges, 84, Captain Smith, C. 8., was towed out of Devonport harbour on Tuesday afternoon by the Salamander and Avon steam-vessels. The Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, August 30, for Plymouth, Ma deira, and Ascension, the Commodore having relieved Rear-Admiral Reynolds in command of the station. The gallant Admiral was to proceed immediately to Rio, to relieve Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, in command of the Brazil station. The Amphitri , e, 25, Captain Rodney Eden, left Honolulu July 17, on her return to Valparaiso. The Actaeon, 26, having had a thorough repair, has been taken out of dock at Portsmouth, and remains in the basin. The Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, having had her compasses adjusted at Portsmouth by Mr. W. H. Thompson, on Wednesday, she is ready to sail to morrow for Singapore, touching at Rio. The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, was paid advance in Plymouth Sound yesterday, and leavfs to-day, on the arrival of the London mail, for the coast of Africa, calling at Madeira, St. Nicholas, Sierra Leone, and Ascension. The Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth, with the exception of Commander Shad well and his party of Marines, has been officered and manned entirely by the Exeellent. Lieutenants Bernard, Borrows, and Hore, with 126 men, have joined her. She is to be ready for service on Saturday. The Sphynx, steam-sloop, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth yesterday, into the old basin. The Sbearwater, 3, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Turnour, arrived at Devonport on Monday with 70 raised men from Pembroke, for the Ganges. She is repairing defects. The Confiance, steam-tender, Master Commander Martin, returned to Devonport from Portsmouth on Thursday. The Myrtle, steam• tender, Master Commander Braddon, left Devonport on Tuesday, and returned to Portsmouth. The Asp and Pike, old packets, in charge of a dredging vessel, have at length reached Devonport from Portpatrick. PROVISIONS AND STORES FOR SIR W. PARKER'S FLEET.—The Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, C. 13., the Rosamond, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Foote, and the Ardent, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Com mander Nowell, shipped at Malta between them four months' of salt and five months' of other kinds of provisions, besides an immense quantity of all kinds ,f ordnance and other stores. The Thetis and Rosa mond left Malta on the 24th ult., the latter towing the former. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—By the demise of the Admiral of the Fleet, the late Sir James IVhitshed, Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., Com mander-in• Chief at this port, becomes entitled to promotion from the blue to the white squadron ; but it is considered problematical whether the honour will be allowed, as there is the rumour revived of abolish ing the appointment of Admiral of the Fleet, in which case the promotions counted upon as conse quent on the death of Sir James will not take place. The Gazette of to morrow evening will probably decide the point. The Athol troop ship, from England to the Cape, was spoken on the Bth ult., in lat. 43, long. 19. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 31.—The sails of her Majesty's ship Ganges were bent on Monday, and she was on Tuesday towed from Hamoaz! into the Sound by her Majesty's steamers Salamander and Avon. She will be paid wages to-morrow (Thursday), and will sail on Sunday for the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Avon, on leaving her moorings to tow the Ganges, ran foul of the Cerbe rus frigate in Hamoaze. The Avon carried away her bowsprit and figure-head, and sustained other damages forward. Her Majesty's ship Royal William was on Monday towed to the sheer hulk to have her masts taken out; they are to be brought into the yard, and if uninjured are to be placed in store. The frigate Narcissus is ordered to be laid down in No. 1 dock. She is to mount 50 guns. This afternoon, at three o'clock, two two-masted Government steam-vessels, said to be from Milford, hove in sight to the westward, having in tow a craft, about 150 tons, fitted with engine work. The steamers proceeded to the Admiralty anchorage, but on ob serving a signal at Mount Wise left the Sound, and crossing the bridge between Mount Edgcumbe and St. Nicholas Island, proceeded up Hamoaze. Wind—S.W., blowing strong. RAILWAY StiAttE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE. —A, improvement took place in our share market to-day. Great Western Whole Shares were done at 60 LA—Ditto, Quarters, 11 1 / 9 die. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C and B), 6 per cent., 13—Caledonian, 13 3 / 4 —Great Northern, 5 per cent. Preference, 2 1 4 dis.—Ditto (L. and York Extension), 2 1 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 60 1 4—Ditto, Fifths, 6J dis.—Lancaster and Preston, 2 dis.—London and North-Western, 114 Ditto, New Quarters, , 163 3d. p.— Midland, 48—Ditto, Halves, 21 1 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 185", 4% MANCHESTER; Nov. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow:—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 36 c. p.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 20 LA dis.—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 3-16—Clitheroe, Preference, 1714—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 1 4 11. dis.—Ditto 321. Shares, to 7-16 dis. East Lancashire, 14 1 4—Sheffield , Preference, 10 5-16—Lon don and North-Western, 114. GLASGOW, Our. 30. STocs EXCHANGE. The transactions to-day were as follow:—Caledonian, Preference, 9—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 61.:,15s.—Ditto, Preference, 10/. Is. 6d. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY Of LONDON.—The monthly ' general meeting of this society was held yesterday at their house in Hanover-square. Messrs. A. Kerr, H. Mosely, J. Beaumont, and C. A. Law, were elected fel lows. The report of the council stated that the visitors to the gardens in the Regent's -park during the last three months amounted to 50,064 in number, presenting a total increase on the year as compared with 1848, of 24,564 ; and as compared with 1847, of 72,685. The report also announced that 28 donations of books had been received in the library, and that several interesting and valuable additions had been made to the menagerie by Lieutenant- Colonel Messiter, 28th Regiment; Cap'ain Worth, R.N.; Mr. W. D. Christie, Lieutenant Tyler, R.E.; the Mar quis of Salisbury, the Marchioness of Westminster, Mr. W. Danford, Lieutenant Cave, 53d Regiment; Mr. T. Fellows Read-, and other friends of the society. The new reptile house and the new building appropriated to ostriches form' an (extensive addition to those portions of the menagerie which may be visited throughout the winter without exposure to the weather. The collection of reptiles continues Ito receive accessions, and among the latest are fine examples of the cobra di capello, and an allied species from India. The most interesting bird obtained since the meeting is the Abyssinian pintado (Numida paionorhyncha), now for the first time imported into Europe, for which the society are indebted to the Hon. C. A. Murray. The evening scientific meetings commenc2 on Nov. 13. IMPORTATION OF QUASSIA.—An attempt having been made at one of the outports to obtain the delivery of a quantity of quassia, in one instance under the de nomination of hewn timber, and in another as brushwood, or bitterwood, the principal officers of the Customs re venal at the port of London, and the eollectqrs and comptrollers of the several ports throughout the king dom, have, by directions of the Commissioners, been ap prised thereof, and cautioned to take care that Om article quassia be not passed under any other denomina tion in, mistake by them. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. I.—The supply of English wheat is good, but the condition much c‘implained 4. At this day's market English new wheat fetched 388 to 44s per imperial quarter; foreign white, 44s to 48s per 480lbst ditto red, fine qualities 40s to 435; ditto, ordinary ditto, 34s to 38s; ditto, hard, 34s to 375. In foreign transac tions continue most limited; and to induce business lower prices must be submitted to. For flour the de• mand is very languid—English seconds, 30s to 323 per sack; American sweet, 23s to 25s per barrel. Malting barley is firm, and for grinding parcels there is a retail sale at our quotations—English malting, 28s to 333 per imperial quarter; ditto and foreign grinding, I9s to 24s per 409ibs. The demand for oats is much rest' icted, and values are 6d per quarter lower. In beans there is not much doing. Oats, Devon and Welsh, 14s 6d to 158 per imperial quarter; Irish, white, 16s 6d to 18s per 3201 b; ditto, black, 14s 6d to 15s 6d per imperial quarter; foreign, none. Beans, English, 28s to 22s per imperial quarter; foreign, 25s to 28s per 4801 b. The arrivals for the week are—oats, 3,274 barrels; wheat,. 34 barrels; barley. 787 quarters 261 barrels; beans, 50 quarters; flour, 610 sacks. The averages for the week are—wheat, 39, 8d; oats, 17s; barley, 28s 7d; beans, 32s 2d. UPPINGHA id, OCT. 31.—Wheat 37s to 425; barley 265 to 295; oats 18s to 235; beaus 35s to 38s per qr. Butter 80 to 9d per lb; eggs 15 for Is. - LOUTH, OCT. 31.-Wheat 36s to 41s; barley 23s to 26,; oats 13s to 17s; beans 30s to 35s per qr. LONG SUTTON.—lleturn of sales for:the week ending Oct. 27—Wheat, 352 qrs, 0 bush, 7231 12s 2id (average 41s lid); barley, 18 qrs, 181 Os (aver. 203 Od); oats, 50 qrs, 341 7s 6d (aver. Os 9d); beans, 39 qrs, 0 bush, 571 5s Od (aver. 29s 41d.) ALFoßD.—Avereges for the week ending Oct. 29 Wheat 39s Old; barley 23s 1 lid; Oats, 14s Od per qr. LYNN, OcT. 30.—Wheat, 34s to 365, fine 38s to 4021 barley, 24s to 265, fine 28s to 30s per qr. OAKHAM, OCT. 29.—Wheat 38s to 425; barley 26s to 30s; oats 15s to 20s; beans, 33s to 36s per qr. GAINSBOROUGH, OCT. 30.—Wheat 41s to 45s 157 qrs, 3341 los Od (aver. 42s 7id); barley, 103 qrs, 1281 17s Od (aver. 25s Od); oats, 00 qrs, 00/0s Od (aver. 002 Od); beans, 00 qrs, 001 Os (aver. 00s). SLEAFORD, OCT. 29.—Wheat, white 40s to 425 red 37s 04 to 40s Od; new Os to Os; barley 23s to 2651 oats, 14s to 18s; beans, old 34s tO 365; new 27s per qr. NEWARK, OCT. 31.—Wheat, fine white 44s to 474 old 49 fine red 41s to 435, second 36s to 395; barley, fine making 30s to 31s, second 28s to 295, grinding 24s to 275, foreign 23s to 245; oats, new 16s to 17s, old 22s to 245; beans, new 26s 27s to 28s, old 333 to 355, peas, white 38s to 40s, blue 40s to 42s per qr. ROTHERHAM, OCT. 29.—Beef, 4s 9d to 5s 9d per stone; mutton, qd to Sid per lb; stock sheep, OOs to 003 per head. DERBY, OCT. 30.—The number of fat beasts to-dal was somewhat limited; the quality of most of the animal. was tolerably good, but there was no improvement in the price. The supply of fat sheep was about the same 0 that of last week, with a slight improvement in the de' mend. There was scarcely an average supply of fat pigs, which were readily disposed of. Beef made frols to sd; mutton, 4id to sd; veal, 5d per lb; Pig" 7s 6d to 8s per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per atone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb. Calf-skins 2d to 3id per Ih' GLASGOW, OCT. 31.—We had fair supplies of wbeat, flour, oats, and oatmeal from Ireland; about 4,643 barrels of flour from Canada, and moderate arrivals coastwise. About 1,952 quarters of wheat, 1,095 quarters of bar' ley, and 110 quarters of peas reached Grangemouth from abroad. There was little disposition to do busioess in any article, beyond supplying immediate necessities; the finer qualities of any description of either grain or flour, however, maintained their value, whilst that of inferior kinds was rather in favour of buyers. Thu s day's market was thinly attended. The better descrir lions of wheat were a retail sale, at last Wednesday. currency. Secondary sorts were 64 cheaper per 2401b* Flour, both sack and barrel, declined a little. Barley, fair sale, without change in value. Oats and oatmea l have to be written 3d to 6d lower per boll or load rc" spectively. Beans were in moderate demand; old, noel' tered in price; new, at a reduction of 3d to 6d per boll. White peas ed dearer per 2801 b. Indian corp hardly inquired alter. EDINBURGH, OCT. 31.—The quantity of wheat brought forward this day was 1,346 qrs, being 64 qrs more then last week. Top price 4d, and 26 6d down on the average —314 qrs unsold. The quantity of barley brought for' ward was 1,569 qrs, being 602 qrs less than last week' Price on the top the same, and the average 24 up -- 383 qrs unsold. Of oats we had 1,447 qrs brought forwardi or 427 qrs more than last week. Top price the same, an d the average 8d down-124 qrs unsold. The quantity: 9 ' beans was 60 qrs, or 22 qrs ss than last week. Pri ce on the top Is, and the average 8d do wn -29 qrs uns ol d. Top of wheat ... 63ilbs 523 04 Barley 5611bs 294 04 ... Oats ••• 43flbs 23s 4d ... Beans ... 65i1bs 33s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, OCT. 31.—The suPPIf of cattle this morning was 450, b e ing 41 less than 4 1t meek. The quality generally of a very inferior desert''' tion. At the close a clearance was not effected. The A top price of the best beef 7s 6d ; current 6s 6 ' to 7s; middling and inferior 5s to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. The supply of sheep and lambs this morning was 3,6 17 ' being 1,212 1 ,- ss than last week. Sales again Tel dull, and no improvement in last week's prices. Al tu close a clearance was not effected. Top price of the hes t ," mutton 5d per lb; current, 4d to 4id; inferior, 3d to 3j•u• DUNDEE, OCT. 29.—Wheat, 461 04 to 49s Od; foreign ditto, 47s Od to 50s Od; barley, 22s Od to 23s Od; OW' 18s 64 to 19s 04 ; peas and beans, 23s Od to 25s 6d. DUNBAR, OCT. 30.—Wheat, weighing 691' b g t brought 41s 0.1, and prices to 40s Od ; barley , weighing 5741b5, brought 26s Od, and prices to al Od ; oats, weighing 441bs, bro ug ht 20 s 6d, on" prices to 15s 0J; beans and peas, weighing 650 )6 ' brought 27s Od, and prices 00s Od. Coax, OCT. 31.—Flour—First 13s Od to 13s 6d ; extra 1 6 1; seconds, 12s to 12s 6d ; households 9s to 111; thirds, 6s to per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6d to 10s; Indian meal 7. Od to 7s 3d; ebea l meal, 9s 6d to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 6/ lOs to 61 155 per to n. Bran 31 I Os to 3/ Iss per ton. Hay—Farmers 2556 d to 365; wog! 30s; dealers 32s to 36s Od; average 31s per ton. Str aw—Farnr. 18; Od to 27s 04; average 225; dealers 25s Od to 27s u;'' average OC's Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6P household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 84 , 94 per lb. Eggs-5s 3d to 5s 4d per h un d re d. Coots ii Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14 s ; B es t Nes , " b Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od t o 00 s per Of t. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Mt —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to bid; vea l 4d 1 " Od ; pork 41d to 5d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; saus a ges 5d P e r r lb. Hops 51 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3l 2s 6d to 3133 P% ton. Bark—Barbary 8! to 8110 s; Valonia 141 t o 01 ; Frew 7/10s; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone,i Hemp 34/ to 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 21s to 0011 r e ditto 25s to `26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 00/ OOs to 0 01 ,E f , , ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton; deals, first qua lity, second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to IT salted 12a to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2*d per Potatoes, white 6d to 8c1; Minions 104 to 004 ; Gusee 1 Peruvian, 111 106; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archaeg e 198 per barrel. SUICIDE OF MR. MORTON, SURGEON.--YeSteranY Mr. Waklay, M.P., instituted an inquiry respecting th e l death of Mr. Thomas Morton, surgeon, aged 36, at tb B gentleman's residence, 7, Woburn-place, Russell squar e ' who commited suicide under very melancholy cireul n i stances. We have received a f u ll y d eta il e d acco unl,? fl :he proceedings, but as th e y are o f no l eg i t i mate P utt interest, and as their p u bli cat i on wou ld b e likely wound the feelings of surviving relatives, we abs°,!" from publishing an y t hi ng b eyon d t h e event an d D'S verdict, which was t o th e e ff ec t th a t th e " D ecease d die d from the effects of prussic a c id, an d th a t h e a d m i n istere d it to himself while in an unsound state of mind." EXTENSIVE FIRE AT NEWCASTLE.—An alarming fire, which caused great destruction of valuable proPer t i.' occurred on Wednesday morning last, at the bond we r v . houses of Mr. Spoor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The d'' mage is variously estimated from 10,0001. to 20,00013,3 but the insurance will pr o b a bly cover th e amoun t. 1. .. police, un d er t h e di rect i on of Mr. Stephens, were e i ,"'; ceedingly active, an d remove d a l arge p or tion of t h e goods before the fire reacbPd them. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Bile infallibly cu red bf Holloway's Pill s . —M any w h o su ff er from bi le are uneonsciol of it; they complain of sick headaches, derangeraente sinking at the stomach, loss of appetite, lowness of sPi ri l want of energy, feet, ha n d s , an d face Inv:Ding, and know n ° ,, that these symptoms denote th e i m p er f ec t action of the li n and if not remedied may lead to dropsy. H o ll ow ay's always be found to act directly upon the liver and stool, Pills wI and carry off the redundancy of humours, and thereby diately restore the patient to a full enjoyment of health. JP, blue pill is a mercurial and destructive medicine, which no 0 0 ' should take.—Sold by all druggists way's Establishment, 2 44 , Strand, I: and at Professor Hollr London. BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., at Swansea, the wife of William Pric e Struve, Esq., of a son. On the 29th ult., at Elm-bank, Leatherhead, the wife of G. Brown, Esq, of a daughter. On the 29th lilt , at Stoneleigh-abbey, Warwickshire , 9 1 : Lady Caroline Lei g h, w if e o f the Hon. W. H. Leigh, °` daughter. On the 29th ult,, at Knowl-hill Parsonage, the wife of th e Rev. S. Sturges, of a daughter. On the 29i h ult., at Ashford, Middlesex, the wife o f Ell s, Esq , cf a daughter. -rept On the 30th ult., the wife of James 11. Gramshaw, "-- of Gravesend, of a son. d On the 30th ult., at Cottage-grove, Mile-end-roa W. B. Bathurst, of a son. On the 31st ult. ' at Upper Hamilton-terrace, St. - obatP wood, the lady of R. E. Pownall, Esq , of a son. MARRIED. Esq'' On the 30th ult., at Chingford, Essex, Edward Barr,., $, of Littlebury, to Margaret, third Laughter of Sir Ainslia, Bart., of Park-street, Westminster. On the 30th ult., at Yeovil, the Rev. John IL F avt to B A., Minister of the Congregational Church, Sherburne, Louisa, only daughter of T. Fooks, Esq. On the :Mth ult., at Barton St. Paul's Church, v , 'jet , X ham, George Owen Mew, E s q., o f Whit we ll, Isle of .A OO l to Vary Arne Harriett, third d a ught er o f William U. Nunn, of Browne, de, in the said island. DIE elie t On the 27th ult. at Lawn-vil D 'a. Bognor, Elizabeth, real of the late Rev. 13. Middleton, Sub-Dean of the Cabe Church of l olor On the 29th C ult., Clark Hillyard, Esq., of Tho r P e n f the N rthampton, aged 81, for ninny years p , esiden t Northamptonshire Agricultural S elegy On the . z9th ult., Caleb Woodyer. EN, of G u ildforcl: e, V. On the 30th ult , at Stafford-row, Buckinghanvgl" Toone, Esq ,aged i 4 • Green' On the 4th ult , in Harrington-street, Mrs. Maria „fi ldt wood, relict of the late Rev. J. Greenwood, of Pete"e Hants, th© 56. age d On the Oth ult., at Kensington-house, Brislington,f 38, Penelope, the wife o: Richard Poole King, Esq' ° city of Bri,tol. arn ett On the 30th ult., in John-street, Adelphi, George" (l ota- Grimshaw, Esq., only surviving son of the late shaw, Esq., of Gorton-house, near Manch ....i-i c - h ndon : Printed and Pobt..iehd by MURDO -ralitc No. 12, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, t y Strand, in tho Precinct of the SA-,,,0„ in Ole o 0 Middle&err 7 Friday, November 2, 1849.