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such thing done. During this conversation between her and myself, O'Connor rose, put on his hat, and left the house. She immediately ran up stairs, put on her bonnet, and overtook O'Connor about 300 yards from the house, and afterwards informed me what she had said—" Patrick, what makes you leave in such a mean way." He answered he did not like my observation about bringing an action against the two men, and that it was his firm opinion that I meant to entrap him in the same manner ; he, therefore, declined returning to the house. She re peatedly urged him to do so, but he did not return. She came into the house in a very excited state, and said to me, "You cow hearted villain, you have prevented me from carrying out my plan," and she cried bitterly. She said, " You will stand for it, for it never will be found out. lam now quite certain he will never come here again." I then asked her what would become of her soul if she committed an act of murder? to which she said "We have no soul ; after we are dead we are like lumps of clay, and there is no more thought of us, and I shall never have to suffer hereafter for mur dering that man." The next morning (Friday) she said to Massey, " O'Connor was here last evening, and I informed him that you were out with your sister. I wish you would write me a note to O'Con nor." He said, " Certainly; but you must dictate it." Massey then sat down, and said, " Now, Mrs. Man ning, let me know what you wish me to say," upon Which, he wrote as follows : "Dear O'Connor,—After arriving home late last evening, being informed that you had been at my house, I am truly sorry that my sister and myself were not able to be at home to dinner. We went to an uncle's in the afternoon, and during the time we were there he was taken dangerously ill, and my sister was obliged to remain the whole of the night; but we shall be most happy of your society some day next week. Trusting that you are quite well, I am, dear O'Connor, " Yours every truly, " WAIL MASSEY. " 3, Minver place." On Monday, about ten days afterwards, my wife wrote to him to come to dine. He never came until ten o'clock that evening, as he did not receive the note before seven. He was accompanied by a person named Walsh, and appeared to be quite drunk. He lay upon the sofa, and appeared like in a fainting state. She got a bottle of eau de Cologne and ap- plied it to his nose, and washed his face, and implored Mr. Walsh to go straight home with him. We all shook hands and parted as the best of friends. The next day, Thursday, the 9th of August, at nine o'clock, A.m., she wrote a note to O'Connor, and took it to the Post•office herself, telling tne that there was a certainty of his getting it. The note was Its follows : "Dear O'Contior,—.4 shall be happy to see you to dine with us this day at half-past five. I trust you are quite well.—Yours "MARIA MANNING." Re came at ten minutes past five on this Thursday, the 9th of August, previous to which she had laid the table for five, with the dishcovers and everything down. Nothing had been prepared in the way of food. When he entered the house he asked, " Where are Mr. and Miss Massey ?" 'My wife answered that they were up stairs, dressing for dinner. He then inquired how long they had been up stairs. 'My wife replied, " They are only just gone up ; they paw you come to the door." At this time Massey Was not in the house, nor was his sister even in London, for even to the present hour it is my belief she bas never been in London at all. My wife asked O'Connor to go down stairs to wash his hands, which he declined to do. She said, " Patrick, Miss Alassey LI a very particular young person"—(he had been then in the house twenty minutes)—" do come down, Patrick,:and wash your hands." I heard him go down stairs, being at the time in my bedroom washing. About a minute after I heard the report of a pistol after he had descended the stairs. She then came up to me, Land said, " Thank God I have made him all right at last—it never will be found out, as we are on such extraordinary good terms—no one will ever have the least suspicion of my murdering him," to which I replied, " I am ,quite certain that, you will be hung for this act." She then said, "It won't be you that will have to suffer, it will be me." ; After shooting him she ," I think no more of shooting bins than the cat on the wall." Upon her coming up stairs she insisted upon my going down stairs immediately, and upon my reaching the kitchen I found O'Connor resting on the grave. He moaned, and, as I never liked him very well, I battered in his skull with the 7 'Pping chisel. She took from ,his] trousers pockets the keys of his trunk and cash boxes, and within ten minutes after the murder—namely, twenty Minutes to six—she put on her bonnet and mantle, and proceeded to his house. I then said, It will be impossible for me to stay in this house." I went out into the garden and smoked a pipe on the wall, and conversed with the landlord of the next house.— , (The chaplain hero produced a drawing of the kitchen by Manning showing the position of the body, with the words " Shot at this spot.") Went into his out house to make purchase of a large quantity of rice he had there. My wife returned from O'Connor's, letting herself in with the street-door key. This was about twenty minutes to eight P.M. She appeared much excited, and said, " I have the Whole of the shares and bonds with me. I knocked door when I went to O'Connor's house, and its Armes let me in." I then asked if O'Connor was at home. She said " Ne, he is not home from the docks yet." Upon which my wife said, " Will You let me go up stairs, as I have come to see him on business." The answer was, " Certainly." After she had been up stain about fifteen minutes she Walked quietly,from his drawing-room to his, bedroom, Unlocked his trunk, and took all the shares she could See, two gold watches, and two gold chains. She saw the bankers' book, by which it appeared there Were 3,0001. iu the bankers' hands. Regarding the book as useless, she did not take it. She remained at Miss, Armes' about an hour and ten minutes. Returned home and sorted the shares, and in doing so exclaimed, " I have not got the foreign bond, Which i s wor th b e t ween 2 ,000 1 . and 3,000 1 . ' She said she was determined to go the following day to get the bond, as she was quite sure he had it for she had seen it before she knew me. She did so repeat her visit to Miss Armes' the following day, and returned greatly excited, not having found the subject of her search. She said she went-into Miss Iszmes' shop and purchased a cake, remarking, " It is very strange Mr. O'Connor has not been home," to which Miss Armes assented—my wife desiring, her to be kind enough to tell him that she had been. two evenings to see him, and that she had desired to do so on most important business. My wife remained there the same time as during the previo'as day. On the Saturday, she said she wanted me , to go to a stockbroker with the Eastern Counties ako".res. I asked the use of my doing so, as I should b'sve to commit a forgery. She said, " the man is dead, and there can he no witness against you?, Upon which I said, "it would be impossible to sell these shares now, as 15 days' notice is required be fore a sale could be effected." Upon her saying, " you can borrow money on them," I went to Messrs. Killick and Co., sharebrokers, of Bank chambers, and said, I wanted to borrow 1201. upon these :shares. They asked me by whom I had been referred to them, to which I replied a gentleman who had been in the habit of doing business with them. The party I addressed asked me my name and the place of my residence, to which I replied, " Patrick O'Connor, 31, Greenwood -street, Mile-end rna(l-"ai I was told that 1201. could not be advanced on the shares, but that I might have 110/. —that their rate of interest was five Per cent. for six months. I replied, I I should not want the money for more than two r neanths. They replied the charge would be the Larne if I only had it fora week. I said, "Very well." They produced a document, which I signed "Patrick O'Connor, 31, Greenwood-street, Milend-road." They gave me a 1001. note and ten sovereigns. I Wished them " Good morning." I then went to the Bank of England, had the note changed for 50 Sovereigns and five 101. notes. I returned home and gave the money to my wife. There were other shares with O'Connor's name to them. My wife said "I had better take these shares to another broker, and turn them nto money." The last-named shares I believe to have been six of the Leicester and liirmingham, an Indian bond for 61., and about six scrips of the Bor deaux Railway. I declined to comply with this last request. She declared there was not the least danger, as the man was dead. She became much excited, and insisted on my going. I put on my hat and went out, as if going to a broker, and returned in about two hours, and said " I have been to a broker (though I bad not) who would advance money on the shares on Monday." She remarked "it was very strange he would not not do so then," and that he had some doubts whether I had been to a broker. On Monday the 13th of August I left home at nine in the morning and re turned half an hour after Boon, when my wife told me that two peasons had been there inquiring both for O'Connor and myself, that she had no knowledge of those persons, but believed them to have been Custom house officers. I said I believed it was my firm opinion that they were two policemen in plain clothes and I said "As sure as your a woman both you and myself will be apprehended for this crime." She said "Don't tell me that, else I shall faint." I then sat down to dinner, and after dinner she said to me, " You had better go to Bain bridge's, the broker, and get him to come to take the furniture to-night, so that we take our departure by the mail train to Liverpool, and go from thence by a steam-packet to New York." I left at half-past two for Bainbridge's, and upon my quitting she told me she would join me there in about an hour and a half. After waiting about a couple of hours at Bainbridge, I sent the servant to Miniver-place, but she returned without being able to find the place. I then went and found the door 'shut. I knocked, but no one answered, and upon enquiring of the person living opposite, was told that my wife had left in a cab with all her boxes. I then went through the house No. 4, and entered my abode, going in at the back door, which was left wide open. I found everything except the furniture taken away, and was left penniless. In about half an hour I went to Bain bridge's, and observed to Mrs. Bainbridge that my wife has left for the seaside, and I think I shall remain with you a fortnight. I asked the terms, and was told they would be the same ar Massey paid. I remained there until the Wednesday morning, when I rose at six o'clock and declared my intention to go into the country for a month or so. I seat Bainbridge's girl for a cab, and quitted the house at a quarter-past seven. I did not give the man any order where ke was to take me to until he had driven me a quarter of a mile down the street. I then desired him to drive to the Water loo station of the South-Western, where I took a ticket for Southampton. I left that place at midnight by the " Dispatch," and reached Jersey in twelve hours, arriving there at noon. Went to the Navy Arms Hotel, on my arrival. (The rest of the state ment, which was very voluminous, detailed at great length his proceedings at Jersey until his arrest. In consequence of information given to the police it appeared that the ripping chisel was left at the Dover station, to be called for, in the name of Mrs. Smith, it having been sent from Brighton—having been sent there to avoid suspicion. The confession then went on to state that on the day of the murder, about half past nine, Mrs. Manning went down stairs into the back kitchen after partaking of some bread and cheese and ale. She took a large pair of scissors with her, and cut the clothes from off the body. She lit a large fire and burnt them, an operation which was not completed until the next day. The Albert slippers which the murdered man wore were also burned Some strong pieces of cord were then procured by his wife, and between them they tied the legs back to the haunches. They then put lime over the body, making it wet. They were engaged in treading down the grave for a considerable time, and it was close upon midnight before they retired. Indeed the burial was not completed until the next morning. Rose between five and six, and completed it between ten and eleven, his wife remarking at the close, " It is all right, no one will ever think of looking for him. The lime will destroy the body in a fort night." A pint of vitriol which had been purchased at an oil merchant's opposite Ber mondsey Church which was poured over the body after MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was vtry firm, and a good business was done at rather higher rates. The sales (including 2.500 on speculation) were 10,000 bales, and comprised 6,000 to 7,000 American, 800 Pernam and Maranham at 6iel. to 7d., 800 Bahia at 61(1., 300 Egyptian at 71d. to 84ct., 890 Surat at slid. to 5d., and 50 Sea Island at Is. Id. to is. sd. per lb. —Rail way Shares were steady, with but little business doing. In the produce markets a fair number of sales declared, and there will be extra activity to make up for the ob servance of Thursday as a strict holiday. The Niagara steamer has been telegraphed as haling arrived off Liverpool, but we can only expect an outline of her news by telegraph. It is fortunate that the steamer arrives thus early, as it will enable the mer chants to forego entirely a visit either of themselves or their clerks to the City, Friday being the outward post night. The Hanaburgh mail has just arrived with letters and papers of Friday's date. There was not much demand for bills on London, and the rate continued at 13 14 gold being at 4374. At Dantzio on the sth inst. the corn trade was very active prior to the approaching an ticipated closing of the navigation. At Archangel on ni the Bth ult. the trading season was cons idered to be a t an end. Thes. sweret. dealings wore quoted in very foreign 26 l animated,l - l stocks c to k asln3dat ls6 A .p m anAi st s e th r t d hl a e m , on the 11the tn Vienna Bourse, on the Bth i ns t., th e M eta lli cs were quoted 93:1, and at Frankf o rt, on th e 1 0t h, A ustr i an Bonds 'Three eper C were 861. The winding up of Joint Stock Companies proceeds apace, and although it may naturally be expected to ex cite complaint in the quarters which may be made ame nable, it is unquestioaably a just and proper course of proceeding. Numerous creditors, thanks to the glorious " conflict of laws," or rather to the absolute misconstruction of the law, have been rendered wholly powerless in the recovery of debts due, and were set at complete defiance, while in special cases injustice was perpetrated by causing the whole liability to fall upon an individual committeeman who could be fixed by some proof, but was really not more amenable than his colleagues. The Winding-up Act has various uses. It sifts the claims of a parcel of schemers who concocted the bubbles, and now unblushingly act for compensation as " promoters," being usually broken-down solicitors, clerks out of place, See. Then there are enormous legal expenses to be pared down, and this gives the last and bona fide claimants, who have expended money for the company, or supplied goods, a fairer chance of being paid. Even allottees are liable, and as they intended to speculate they are fairly so, while an apportionment makes it come light to all. The English Funds have been undert h e 1 the arrangements for the settlement, andit would appear to be a Bear account, consequently prices are a shade influence of lower notwithstanding the receipt of higher quotations again from Paris, and the statement that the new French Loan is to be postponed for a time. The value of Con sols has been 92k to 93* for Transfer, and 92 i to 9 3 for Time; the same feature still existing, therefore, viz., a fuller range for money than time. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 92i i, and the Three per Cents. 911 i. Bank Stock is firm at 199. Exche quer-bills have been at 455. for the " small," and India Bonds at 81s. to 84s. premium. In the Foreign market there is a complete abstinence from business. Grenada have been quoted 16k, and Brazilian Old 831. Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 82 to k. All the other securities are merely nominal. Railway Shares are not looking quite so well to-day. Caledonian have declined upon the understood refusal of the North-Western Company to advance, upon the security of the plant, the sum of 200,0001. to 300,0001. North-Western also are drooping, and Great Western have receded a trifle. The difficulty of coming to any arrangement con cerning the Oxford line is felt as being prejudicial ; but it is hoped it may be arranged. North Stafford shares have been flatter. Brighton and South-Western are firm, and Eastern Counties without alteration. Orleans and Bordeaux Shares have been better, and a few bargains have been entered into in Sambre and Meuse, Paris and Strasburg, &c., but not at improved values. United Mexican Mine have been done at 4k. I confess." They were then taken into separate apart meuts on either side of the chapel, where they► were pinioned. Mrs. Manning solicited that a black veil might be bound over her head, and that she might be led blindfold to the scaffold. This was acceded to, and Mr. Davis, the .surgeon, and another per son led the unhappy woman out of the chapel. Manning, who had been led out of the chapel some minutes before his wife, and who stood on the spot where his grave was being dug when our reporter left the gaol, where he was met by the sheriff, the chaplain, the governor, and other officers of the prison. Manning said to the chaplain " I was petulant last night—l hope you will forgive me and make allowances for a person in my situation." The chaplain gave him his forgiveness saying that in the discharge of so sacred and awful a duty it was sometimes necessary to be firm as well as to be kind. The procession then moved slowly on, and up the stairs of the lodge to the fatal spot. The firmness of the unfortunate couple is stated to have been strong. The Chaplain asked the female when the fatal noose was in the course of adjustment, if she had anything more to say. She replied firmly, "nothing, except to thank you for your kindness." The drop shortly fell, and the wretched man and wife - swung in the 'air, the folds of the veil, which ebscurred her features from the vulgar gaze, flutter ing in the breeze. eLnSESG 3 ::!i'r,:.l Cr PRITISTI l'inv'Er?. VRICES . ?rink Stock ... 199 199 3: .cli- Cent. Reduced Arns • 91N 74 91% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities...... 93 92% 931 92% 93 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... . Long Anus. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8:%% 8% India Bonds, 1,0001. ...•..• 80 p Ditto under 1,000/... ...... —.... 81 84 p 1 84 p 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Consols for Account 93 92%. _ _ 93%8 OAZ 0 CL()CK. Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. June 500/. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ME O'CLOCK. I%d. ts 2d it was buried. His wife exclaimed that she was now happy, as she had put away one of the greatest villains that ever lived. She said she should live twelve months in the house, put the money out to interest in railway renter, and advised him to take the situation at Messrs. Gover's, as that and residing in the house would lull suspicion. She said, "If any one inquires after O'Connor I will answer them, for I have a nerve like a horse." She assured him that if the murder was found out, he would be served the same as her. She spoke at times of the French Revolution, and of the fine fellows who had been destroyed, and asked him what he had to live for if he had no money, for to live in the world without money was miserable. After the murder she said, " I regret I did not read prayers over the body." He said, " what is the use of the murderer reading prayers over a murdered body—you should ask God to for give you." She said, "I should not have liked to have seen his face after I shot him." Austrian, 5 per Cent. •••• • Erazilian Bonus Equador Bonds The confession contained a good deal of irrelevant matter, and covered many sheets of foolscap. It was signed by Manning, who, in his own writing solemnly declared that the statement was a true one. It bore the date of the 9th of November. 48 . p 48 p 48 p CLOSING PRICES. 86 83 3 / 3 3% 16% THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE MURDERERS. We are indebted to the chaplain of the gaol for the following account of the conduct of the unfortunate convicts last night, up to the moment when they were launched into eternity : He saw the unhappy woman shortly after:eight last night and remained with her until after ten, and during that time she again made a statement about the murder having been done by a young man from Guernsey, and other statements altogether inconsistents with the facts of the charge against her, and to which, as a matter of course, the Reverend Chaplain attached, he says, not the slightest importance. She declared that she was away from the house when the murder was committed, that she did not know such a crime was intended, and that she was ignorant that it had taken place. She did not receive any apparent benefit from his spiritual instruction, nor indeed has she through her whole captivity, and conducted herself and wished to be believed altogether innocent. She offered no explanation as to how she became in pos session of the murdered man's keys, and though ste . said she forgave her husband she declined to see him, He immediately proceeded to her husband's cell, and remained with him in prayer until one o'clock this morning. He seemed resigned, but he was extremely restless and petulant. Both husband and wife seemed most anxious to know what were the statements made by the other, but, looking upon them as strangers, he did not feel disposed to be communicctive on the point. His 'petulancy rendered it necessary for the chaplain to extend his patience to the utmost. When he left him, Manning said he hoped to see him at five in the morning. Manning, it appears, passed a very restless night, so also did his wife ; they both rose early, and having partook of breakfast, Manning sent for the chaplain between six and seven. He found him more composed than the preceding night. He subsequently visited Mrs. Manning, and importuned her, as she was about to appear in the presence of God, before whom there cohld be no disguise, and that as the opinion of mankind availed her nothing, now that she was about to quit this world, to tell him if she had any request to prefer, or anything to say or unsay. She said he had not, and requested him to write to two ladies (whose names the chaplain declined to mention), to beg their acceptance of her kind and heartfelt thanks for their kind condescension in making efforts to save her, though they had not availed her. A a quarter.past eight they were brought into the chapel, Manning being brought in first. They were placed on a seat immediately before the pulpit, male and female officers being placed between them. Manning looked intently at his wife, but said nothing. The sacrament was then administered. As the chaplain was about to enter the vestry the prisoners appeared to be communicating with each other. Manning, who was the first to do so, crossed over to his wife and kissed her three times. They f spoke in a low tone, and Mr. Freshfield, who stood near, understood Manning to urge his wife to confess, saying, " Do Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons — Ditto, Account ... ... •••• 26 LA Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — 16!,( 2 Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on theLabove payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 - Guild. .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certifientes... 82 821 i 53 1 6 13214 PIaCES OF rAiD. :BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. 4.berdeen 5O _ _ Do. Preference - x . i_ Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 ,E — Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Ilants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 — Do, without guarantee 20 oirming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd., or with guarantee 10 .. ._ Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... Ditto, Thirds t'uckinghamshire ...... 17% % Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 nester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2 1 / 4 1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 11 7% _ 4 per Cent. .. lO ...... Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 ,4 — East Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 - Do. 18/., E. & 11. ... 18 Do., Si. 10s., Pref... 31,E Eastern Counties... Do. New, Gua.6 per et lO ...... 11 Vg Ditto,Exten.sion, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.13 x. 4d.... p.... ....... . Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ..... .... 50 - Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A , (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 % Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 25 . .... Do. Scrip (6 por cent.) 20 ...... 17 1 ; 17% East Lancashire Ditto, Now , Ditto New Quarters 6 11 4 .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... ti ~f East Lincolnshiro ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glangow 50 ...... 29 1 ,4 . ....... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ....... „..„ Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport _ Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 23 g — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Gib sgow Dumfries, and Carlisle 1 Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... DLPreference Consol. Gt eat Northern .... . Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred Do., %B 6 per Cent 714 — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 rent South. and West. (Ireland) ... 5O Great North of England.loo ...... ... Ditto, Now, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New 45/ ......... 15 .. Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares...... 50 Ditto, IA Shares ...... 23 •• Ditto, Fifths ...... ...... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 71 /I . ‘ . Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 1 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..._ Do. Quarter Shares... 12% _ •••••.... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 7 11 I,.:ndon and Greenwich 12/1584d . ..... . ... Ditto, Prefermi,. .. . 20 Lori ~ );- 1 g.nd N. Wzii,l,trn 100 Ditti), New Quarters.. 12 D.3o,Fift'-- 7 ... ... . Do. 40/. Shar cs (L. M.) 35 ...... Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... Cond.& S ..-.......... Wost:rn ..-. 50 ..... 31 ....- ......... Ditto, New 501. ...... 42 1 4...... Do. New 401. 34 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 ..... Londonderry&Culeraine 25 - ...-••••.......... Do. 1 /.; Shares . .. 5 000000000 . ••• MP Londonderry and Ennis kiden 25 ...... Do. 1 / .; Shares 5 ...... Lowest( il, guar. 4 per ct 20 .... Ditto (6 per ct.) i‘lancheßta.Buxton,and Matlock 5 ••. &Luichester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshiru...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12%„..., ••• Do. New 101. Prof lO ...... 9 1 4 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 -- ••..•••• ...... Ditto ditto . ......... 19 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2 2 l'. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ...... Do., Manchester a n ti Lincoln Union..,.. 41.25. — Midland ...... ........ ... 100 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do•Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ....4 Ditto, Bast. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto .... 221. is .. Do.,Ere was hV a l ., P ref. SU . — Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per et. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish .. - 50 - .. ... ......... Middiesbro' and Red car , 6 per cent. guar. Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension N ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 •••••• - Newry and Enniskillen 7 — Newry , Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor Norfolk .......... ....... ....100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p e t. 20 Do. Guaranteed 554 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ...-.... ... 26 ..... 11A....., Ditto, Halves .. ~.... 12 1 ,E — Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. kl.% i .. Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17 11 B I4A North Wales .„. ..... .... 3% — North-Western .... 13% — . „ Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and i Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 4 %.• ... .............. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New ' 22 1 ,x — .. .... .. . Shrewsbury and Biwa... 12 Ditto ditto. Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto- Oswestry ...... 18% — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref: 10 ••••• Shropshire Union south Devon Do. Preference So ath Staffordshire B% — ......... ...... south l'.:editera Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 8 .»......».. 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wale 3 with Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 12 6lieffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. 16% — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swan& & Loughor & Ca moron's Stan• .. Coal 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 20 . Waterford and Limerick 474 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 000000000 •••••• Do. do. dot, ... 15 ..... West Cornwall ... 6 ..... Whitehaven & Furness 1$ Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 Wilts, Somerset, & Woy mouth Vork, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... ...... ...... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference lO FOREIGN RAIL W A Yk... Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 514...... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou)... 20 Demerara 1714 — Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 East Indian 3 14 Great Indian Peninsular o Do. Do. —. 10s. Louvain ila Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg Ditto .... lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 - G% 7% _ -1111 Paris and Strasbourg . ... 12 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes l3 rournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell 2O West Flanders 8 3A..... Ditto ..... ..... 8% — JOINT STOCK BANKS. 6 11 / 2 29 Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian... Santiago do Cuba lO United Mexican 2B 111,E Ditto, Thirds.... 10 Lancashire & Yorkshirel oo — Do. do. M. B. & 8... 98 Ditto, ditto . Ditto, 1 4 Sharos Do. Quarters ... ...... 2314 — ......... ...... Do. Fifths... ........ .... 10 D. Thirds 1 6 14.... .••• . Do. New Guarantoed 6 per Cent........... 10 ...... 12%. ..... ........ 12% Do. Liverp. and Bury 49 ...... Ditto (Huddersfield and Shoff.) 5O - .. •• .— Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... .. ______ Do. (Preston Wyre) 25 Do. Shares (A).— 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 Do., Pref. ar.,1843 9 ...... - 314 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport • ..10 London & Blackwall...ll/. 65. 3d — London, Brighton, and South Cong..— 103 Do., New 51. , guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do•Guarant• 5 per et.. 9 •••••• Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto 1852 50 .• 741 COLONIAL. THE SUN. _LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, N VEMIPEYR l3, 1849, 113% 12% 9 1 ,4 .... 47 V, 81 11% 15% 7 6IA 17!4 11% 19% 6% COAL MARRE' Bate's West Hartley 14a 6d Cares Hartley Davison'sWe*tHartley 15s 3d East Wylam . ...... 14s 6d liasting l s Hartley l4s 9d Hedley's Hartley l~cly well Main ..... 16s 6d North Percy Hartley l4s 6di Newcastle Hartley .. 13s 3(11 Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth sW.Hart 14s 6(1 Townley lss Od: West Hartley Windsor's Pontop.... West Wylam 15s 3(1 , . Wall's End, &c Bensham Elm Park Gosforth Northumberland South Kiliingworth Washington — l6s Gd ... Eden hii'in l7s 6,1 Bell Belmont l7s 6d Braddyll fietton Haswell. 18s 66 ...... 5% --- Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France l4/. 85... 2 1 ,4 dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2 $ 2 3 A Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen _ _ Australasia - .. ... —... British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock...—. 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 MINE 6. 4% Lord odiltaYEi Elgin;p oo r. k LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 13.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., light breeze and eoudy weather. DEAL, Nov. 12.—Wind W.S.W. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Royal Archer, Scott, Adelaide; Cornhill, Austin, Port Philip. Sid. Grampion, Savannah. s d r e o , u s T o t th No A v u . s l tr 2 a .— lia Nyind S.W.—Sld. Stratheden, Nov. 12. Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. 11th, Kerr, New Calabar, sld. 21st of August, and from Frnando Po on the 30th ; Laurel, Crowder, Quebec. 12th, Unicorn, Laguna ; Star, Griffith,, La guna; Theodore, Quebec; Milton, Little, Quebec; Clara Symes, Wakefield, Quebec. Sid. Llewellyn, Ceylon ; Mary Holland, Buena Ventura; Sandbach, Demerara ; Emily, Antigua; Harmony, Mobile. LLANIIADOC, SWANSEA, Nov. 11.—A small board, with the name " Vigilant" cut on it, has been washed on shore here to-day. YAR3IOUTH, Nov. 12.—The Cornet, of and from Amsterdam for Valparaiso, got upon the Scroby Sand yesterday, but was assisted off, and is now in the harbour. SEAHAM, Nov. 11.—The Melissa, of Colchester, sunk between Filey and Flamborough, after being in contact; crew picked up on the 9th inst. ST. MARGARET'S HOME, Nov. 6.—The Harmony, of Drogheda, drove on shore last night during a gale from N.W. with thick snow, near the Point of Cara, water sound, and will have to discharge part of her cargo before she can be got off. NEWRY, Nov. 10.—The Ayrshire, from Quebec, got aground inside Carlingford Bar, but came off after dis charging part of her cargo, apparently without damage. GRIMSBY, Nov. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Elliotts, Walker, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, NOV. 11.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Orlando, Cockerill, Quebec. Cumming,SHIELDS, s N y O d y n e . y, C W.S.W.—Arrd.,l2.—wind ard, with damage, having been in collision with a brig on the Ho a 9 se th,, Hull, Celt Bth inst., off Scarborough. Sid. 10th, Royal Rose, Havannah. 11th, Ashley, New York. Put back, 9th, Alexandrina (Prussian barque), with damage, her bows having been in contact with the Justinian, Smith, from Liverpool. FLEETWOOD, Nov. 12.—Arrd., Royalist, Quebec. OFF DOTER, Nov. 10.—Two Sisters, Quebec, for Shields. 11th, Jessie, Coych, Newfoundland. MARKET INEWS.-(THIS DAY. SUGAIL—The market for British Plantation was rather inactive, the sales being limited to 320 hhds at rather easier rates, including 160 crystalized Demerara at 37s Gd to 455. 4,890 bags Mauritius at auction chiefly sold at about former rates. 6,750 bags sold at a reduction in Date kinds, low to fine white Benares 37s Gd to 42s 6d, and low to flue yellow Date kind 33s ,Gd to 41g. 1,130 bags Madras mostly sold at previous rates, very fine white 45s 6d, good white 41s to 435, yellow 3 6s to 40s, and brown 30s to 325. The quantity of British Plantation lauded last week at the East and West India Docks was 901 hhds 61 tierces 204 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,539 hhds 188 tierces 318 barrels. The stock in the same places was 17,805 hhds 2,421 tierces 5,455 barrels. TEA.—The market is steady, and last week tl a Lon don deliveries increased. COTTON.—ThE'rf" 7s R fkir business doing. HAT 14XANZETEI. SMITIIFIELD.—.,Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3! los; Ckver ditto, 31 Os to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per A moderate Alpply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/100 to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ los ; and Straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs r load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECITAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 43 to 1/ 9; pc r load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. T.-1 - DiTERDAY. Hutton , Jonassohns Larnbton Milibank Old Ducks l7s Od Russell's Hetton 18s Od IStewart's Whitwell !Howdon lieugh hall Kelloe lSs Od South Kelloe l6s 9d South Hartlepool 17s 6d West Hetton l6s 9d Adelaide Tees ICownden Tees !Tees Anthracite 2os Od Anthracite (thro' and thro') ICowpon Hartley Eloward's W. H. Neth lss 3d Llangennech 2os Od Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff nisca Rock Vein Sidney's Hartley Ships at market, 284. STRAND THEATRE. Mrs. Glover, of whom Farren justly observed last night, that " there has never been seen an actress in the world comparable to her in her line of cha racters," commenced an engagement of six nights at this delightful "little pill-box of a theatre" last evening. The comedy of The Clandestine Marriage was the play chosen for her debdt, and she resumed her old character of Mrs. Heidelberg, which she performed with that rich and racy appreciation of the humour of the part, that genial feeling, and that artistic finish for which her personation of the vulgar sister of the vulgar citizen has ever been distinguished. Farren was the Lord Ogleby, which is as much as saying that Lord Ogleby was repre sented to perfection. The Lord Ogleby of Farren is the most perfect and artist-like representation of the most perfect actor, and far and away the greatest artist at present on the English stage. It was the part in which Farren made his debut before a metropolitan audience in 1817—it at once secured to him the high position which he has ever since held, and it continues to be his chef d'oeuvre. When Farren leaves the stage we shall no doubt have other Sir Anthony Absolutes, perchance another Sir Peter Teazle, but never, never another Lord Ogleby. King was the original Lord Ogleby, and was very popular in the part; but Garrick said that King by no means made Lord Ogleby what he intended him to be, and even after he left the stage Garrick frequently expressed a desire to act the part himself, in order to show the world what Lord Ogleby really ought to be. Had Garrick lived in our days, we feel convinced he would have been not only perfectly satisfied but highly gratified with the Lord Ogleby of Farren, and in him have recognized " the Beau he drew." Mrs. Stirling was beautifully touching in Fanny ; this is a class of character which Mrs. Stirling has long since made her own, and in which she stands 'map • proached and unapproachable. Mrs. Leigh Murray acted Miss Stirling excellently, and Mr. Leigh Murray, as Sir John Melville, gave an admirable daguerreotype of the aristocratic man of fashion of the middle of the last century. Mr. Henry Farren was Brush, and acted the part extremely well ; he is improving daily in his profession, and during the last few months has made immense progress. The house was crammed to suffocation, and at the conclusion there were loud calls for Mrs. Glover, who was led on by Mr. Farren, and received with loud and repeated cheers. When Mrs. Glover bad retired, and the cheering had somewhat subsided, Mr. Farren stepped forward, and in tones tremulous, from the strong emotion under which he was labouring, addressed the audience as follows : "Ladies and Gentlemen,—l cannot resist upon this occasion addressing a few words to you. I have been thirty-one years beforo you, and during that period I may truly state I have never seen an actress in the world comparable to Mrs. Glover in her line of charac ters ; and this opinion has been verified by every foreign artist who has visited this country. I have the honour and the gratification to introduce her to you in this little pill-box of a theatre. I have engaged her for six nights, arid I hope the engagement will prove profitable to both of us. lam unused to speak in this manner i❑ public, but I hays been borne away by the feelings of the moment." Mr. Farren was frequently interrupted during these words by the irrepressible applause of the audience. ' After the comedy, an English version of the amusing French farce, Le Pot aux Roses (which was so po pular last season at the St. James's Theatre), was produced under the title of A Family Party. The adapter is Mr. John Oxenford, who, while preserving the plot of the original, has entirely re• written the dialogue, and has made the humour of the piece thoroughly English. It was deservedly successful, and when compressed will, no doubt, have a run ; but we would fain remonstrate with Mr. John Oxenford against the idle habit into which he has fallen of late of " adapting from the French." lie can write original farces if he likes ; some of the best on the stage are from his pen; let him therefore for the future " Leave new Pizs.rros to translating fools," and give us a good, original, genuine, English play. Our original dramatic authors are not so numerous that we can afford to spare one of them to recruit the corps of gentlemen who " do" French farces into English. THE CUTTING DOWN. The bodies were removed precisely at ten o'clock. The demolition of the gallows was then rapidly pro ceeded with and removed, and at the time of our going to press Horsemonger-lane was in process of wearing its accustomed aspect, PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY.—Iiis Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Colonel Grey and Colonel Gordon, arrived at Mr. Bacon's, the Queen's Hotel, in this town, at twenty-five minutes past eleven o'clock this morning. The Prince and his party left Windsor by the Great Western Railway for London shortly before eight o'clock, and started from Euston-square at ten minutes to nine. Thus, includ ing two stoppages of four minutes each at Leighton and Weedon to take in water, the entire distance be tween London and Birmingham (112 miles) was traversed in two hours and thirty-five minutes. It has seldom or ever been performed in so short a spaco of time. The engine was under the control of Mr. M'Connell, the superintendent of the locomotive de partment. Mr. Creed and Mr. J. T. Ledsam, direc tors of the London and North-Western Company ; and Mr. Robinson, the manager of the Birmingham station, were elso in attendance. _ On the arrival of his Royal Highness at the Bir mingham station he was received by George Lucy, Esq. (Mayor of the borough), S. Thornton, Esq. (late Mayor), Colonel Arbuthnot (Commandant of the dis trict), and other authorities. Ills Royal Highness having partaken of a slight repast, proceeded along with the gentlemen already named to visit the splendid exhibition of manufactures and arts at Bingley House, which has recently so justly attracted public attention. Notwithstanding the comparative privacy of the visit, the expected ar rival of the Prince had become known, and he was loudly cheered as he passed along the streets of the town leading to the place of exhibition. On his arrival at Bingley House the Prince was met by the committee of the British Association, in charge, with Mr. Shaw, of the exhibition. The exhibitors had all received letters of invitation to at tend upon the occasion. Altogether there were present from 150 to 200 persons. Mr. Westley Richards, the eminent gun-maker, acted as the chief conductor of his Royal Highness through the entire establishment, but the articles exhibited upon the various stalls were, as far as time would allow, elabo rately explained by the respective exhibitors. The Prince, on more than one occasion, evinced great knowledge of mechanical construction. The Bir mingham people, good judges in these matters, were much struck at their visitor's quick apprehension. The most amusing part of to-day's exhibition, was his Royal Highness's testing, as he did, most potently, the temper of a sword in the presence of a Quaker member of the Peace Society. It was remarked that the Prince paid more particular attention to the articles of Birmingham manufacture than he did to those produced at a distance. His Royal Highness ex pressed himself delighted with his visit, and declared his great admiration of the many works of art and manufacture which had been brought under his notice. The visit to the exhibition lasted nearly three hours. On leaving Bingley House it was found that a large number of the artisans of the neighbourhood had assembled in the streets contiguous. The police, under the superintendent Stephens, were most active ; and the populace, although noisy, were respectful. Prince Albert returned to the Queen's Hotel about half-past two, and entertained the ex and present Mayor of Birmingham, Colonel Arbuthnot and his personal suite, at the Queen's Hotel, at a luncheon, provided by Mr. Bacon. They left Birmingham at eight minutes to three o'clock, and were expected to arrive at Euston• square at half past five. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o% day Boy—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt 1,000 to 15 agst Captain Haworth's The Baroness—t 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn 1,000 to 15 agst Sir R. Bulkeloy's Melody 2,000 to 25 agst Mr. Parr's Idle Boy—taken 2,000 to 25 agst Mr. S. Conway's Kennington The Peep-o'-day Boy was backed for a good deal of money at 1,000 to 15 and 20, and The Baroness several times at 1,000 to 10 and 15; offers to take 1,000 to 15 about the Whim colt. DERBY, 1850. 500 to 100 agst Kent's lot—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards naßolingbroke—t freely 11 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum— taken freely 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel 18 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—t 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus—take 25 to 1 25 to 1 eget Lord Airlie's Deicoon 25 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher 30 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's William the Con queror—taken freely 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger —taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's Voltigour 40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Hardinge—take 45 to 1 40 to 1 egst Duke of Richmond's Compass 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Pedley's Little Bob—taken The odds quoted agst Bolingbroke and Ghillie Callum were taken to a large amount, and 30 to 1 freely about William the Conqueror; 1,000 to 50 taken about The Italian, and 1,000 to 40 about Cyprus, their backers offering to go on. AYLESBURY STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 agst Mr. J. Elmore's British Yeoman—taken 3 to 1 agst Mr. Vever's Vain Hope LIVERPOOL ST EE PLECHASE. 100 even on The Doctor, Knight of Gwynne, Shin rune, the Young.un, and Pro peed, agst the field. The Subscription-room wilt bo opened on Friday next, instead of Thursday. OUR. FIRST SNOW.—Tuel,day was the day on which we had our first instalment of winter's snow. We hnd then a smart foretaste of Christmas. Snow fell briskly, with a driving wind, and at night the streets were dried by a scorching 'frost (if we may use the epithet), and every pool ice bound. On Wednesday we had a second fall of snow.-04 lie shead Observer. No evil action can be well done, but a good one may be ill done.—ElizaCook's- .Journal. TIER LATE FIRES NEAR '11(E POST-OFFlCR.—Yes terday, Mr. Payno, coroner, bcld a court of inquiry at the Goldsmiths' Arms, Gutte r- lane, for the purpose of investigating the origin of th e fires which recently oc curred on the premises of Mr..:llyde, bootmakor, of No. 8, Huggin lane. After the ersz-nination of a number of witnesses, the jury were dischttr ged without returning a verdict. It was their unanimouts opinion that tho inquiry, from certain suspicious circuuls Lances, should be pro ceeded with. STATE OF TRADE IN HAltr,Cß. It is gratifying to be able to state that the stet do trade of this town was never in a better condition. It is enough to say that stocks are disappearing, and tb Lat there is full employ ment for every one, and in ma) iy departments for mere hands if they could be got.—Ktqs o Chronicle. Ignorance, as far as Imola g is concerned, is no disgrace to those who have never possessed the means of improvement. It is otherwise, ,however, when oppor tunity has been neglected.—Eli C:oh's Journal. THE BINGLEY RAILWAY S'fATION.—The North Midland Railway directors hay: e r :rovided for the town of Bingley, which contains 7,000 inhabitants, a wooden station of the most wretched and' • disgraceful description. It consists of a clerk's room. atoce it three yards square, at one end, a small open shed ire the middle and at the other end a room similar t o Oh o 9 clerk's, dignified with the name of the " Ladies' waiti tig-room." During wet weather the clerks transact btlai mess with an umbrella over their heads, to protect tti unselves from the rain dropping through the roof. In the open shed are huddled together, first, second!. and third class male and female passengers, sometimes, for nearly an hour, ex posed to all kinds of wee the r, as the trains are fre quently this period behind ti me ). The " waiting room" is avoided from the d read of cholera, for the stench arising from the cons ententes, only separated by thin boards, is dreadful. It ; 5s expected that the Im provement Commissioners i Mond to ir.diet the station as a nuisance, and that the i ahabitants will take steps to civilizedc orn p theel accommodation.—directors t o greeds PORTAMOUTH, NOV. 10.- —Wind S.W., 11 th , W.S.W. — I fi t ' a e te m llig with ene er. proper nod Sid. 10th Wessacumcon, Alio Janeiro. II th, Darien, ditto. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. A perfect novelty was produced here last evening in the shape of a hippodramatic farce. Hitherto horses have been, dramatically speaking, almost ex clusively tragedians, but Mr. Batty has opened up to them a new career of histrionic renown, and has proved that if he can train equine Kemblek, and Keans he can train equine Listons and Mundens also, nay more, equine Garricks ; for Beda, who ap peared last night for the first time in a low comedy character with the most triumphant success, has long been celebrated as the first equine tragedian of the day. The title of the new hippodramatic farce is The Pleasures of llouse-keeping and Horse keeping ; the farce itself is a dramatic illustration of the career of Punch's Mr. Eriggs; and we have a series of tableaux vivans; of the Briggs' adventures, as detailed and illustrated in Punch, from the first announcement of " the loose tile" to the last of Mr. Briggs' equestrian adventures. The Fulham road scene is admirably managed, carriages and four driven by postilions, and filled with parties to ladies ; gigs, carriages and omnibuses ; carts, and costermongers ; ladies and gentlemen on horseback, Life-Guardsmen mounted on heavy horses, and children mounted on ponies, pass and repass in cessantly across the stage, forming a scene, as novel as it is animated and amusing. The veteran Moncrieff has adapted the piece to the stage, and we are glad to find that, notwithstanding his age and his infirmities, he still preserves his good spirits The piece was received throughout with shouts of laughter and applause, and was completely successful. It was preceded by the scenes in the circle, in which M. Roche; the clown, and his son, a child of apparently not more than six years old, went through a series of performances which are to the full as wonderful as those of the Risleys—they are, in fact, the grotesques of the Risley school. The young Rochez must be made of caoutchouc, or he never could tie himself up into all sorts of knots in the manner in which he does. The Prophet, that most magnificent of spectacles, still continues to draw crowds to this favourite place of amusement. James Matheson, Esq., M.P. for Ross and Cro marty, along with his brother, Colonel Matheson, MT., arrived in Edinburgh on Tuesday from Lewis, on their way to visit Sir J. Hall Dounglass, Cockhurns-path, and thereafter will proceed to London. CALEDONIAN AND EDINEUEGII AND GLASGOW RAlLWAYs.—Various conferences have been held between a deputation of the Edinburgh and Glasgow directors, and the Committee of Investigation lately appointed by the shareholders of tho Caledonian Railway, with a view to the amalgamation of th e se companies. The result is, that the above parties have agreed that an amalgamation, in fair . terms, would be mutually beneficial. In the meantime, and to bet p matters open, it has been agreed to give the necessary Parliamentary notices for a Bill to sanction the amalga mation. But of course when the terms of the amalga mation are further matured, the shareholders of both companies must be respectively convened to give th e i r opinion on the expediency of this amalgamation, which we need not say , if. Fventt!ally . carried out, of whi c h t h ere is a strong probability, will be an important era in our Scottish Railway annals.—Caledonian Mercury. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. --The following gentlemen, having undergo ne t h e necessary examina tions for the diploma, were admitted members of the college, at the meeting of the court of examiners on the 9th mgt.: —Messrs. Alexander Williams, Army; Ralph Holt Kaye, Ratcliff e -b r id ge , Lancashire; John Robin son, Medhurst, Sussex; James Howell, St. Clere, Car marthenshire; Henry Nuttall, Syston, Leicestershire; Thomas John Warburton, Betley, Staffordshire; George Peat Dunn, Ltdbury, Herefoidshire; Walter Hook Bolton, Carriekmines, county Dublin; George Fowler, l3odington, South Colfield, Warwickshire; and William Bratt, Stratford-on-Avon. At the same meeting of the court, Mr. William Newman Brake passed his examina tion for naval surgeon. This gentleman had previously been admitted a member of the college, his diploma bearing date May 16, 1844, l~ NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. Yesterday being the morrow of St. Martin, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council assembled, according to custom, in the Court of Exchequer, for tine purpose of proceeding to the " nomination of sheriffs" for the en- suing year. The members of the Council in attendance were Lord Campbell (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster), Sir C. Wood, Bart. (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Earl Grey (Secretary of State for the Colonies), the Marquis Clan ricarde (Postmaster-General), the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Cole ridge, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Baron Pl a tt, an d M r. Justice V. Williams. Mr. C. Greville acted as Clerk to the Council. The Queen's Remembrancer (Mr. Vincent) adminis tered the oath, as usual, in Norman French, to the several councillors, and with the assistance of Mr. C. Browne, the chief clerk, proceeded .to read and correct the list of names. The " nomination" ultimately stood thus:— BEDFORDSIIIRE.—Sir Charles Gillies Payne, of Blan ham, Bart.; Richard Thomas Gilpin, of Hockiiffa Grange, Esq.; Sir John Montague /Burgoyne, of Sut ton, Bart. BERKSHIRE.—Robert Allfrey, of Wakefield Park, Esq., ; Daniel Higford Duvall Burr, of Alciermansten Park, Esq.; John Samuel Bowles, of Milton Dill, Esq. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—WiIIiam Selby Lowndes, of Whaddon Hall, Esq. ; Richard Cavendish, of Thorn ton Hall, Esq. ; Charles Robert Scott Murray, of Dansafield, Esq. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HIINTINGDONSHIRE.—John Vipan, of Sutton, E.A. ; William Whiting, of Manes and Thorney Abbey, Esq ; James Gay, of Upwell, Esq. (In rotation, in accordance with the custom, the nomi nation for these shires is on this occasion from the Isle of Ely.) CUMBERLAND.—Thomas Salkeld, of Holm Hill, Esq. s George Head Head, of Rickerby-houso, Esq.; George Henry Oliphant, of Broadfield House, Esq. CHESHIRE.— Sir Arthur Ingram Aston, of Aston, Bart.; Thomas Marsland, of Henbury, Esq.; George Holland Ackers, of Moreton, Esq. DERBYSHIRE.—Iiobeit Arkwright, of Sutton, Esq.; Francis Bradshaw, of Barton Blount, Esq.; Samuel Evans, of Darley Abbey, Esq. DEVONSHIRE.—John Palmer Bruce Chichester, of Arlington, Esq.; William Arundel Yeo, of Fremington, Esq.; James Cornish, of Blackhall, Esq. DORCETBHIRE.—Henry Ralph Willett, of Merly House, Wimbourne Minster, Esq.; Henry John Reuben, Earl of Portarlington, of Milton Abbas; Francis Pitney Brunker Martin, of Kingston Marlewood, Esq. Dunuem.—Frederick Acklom Millbanke, of Hart, Esq.; Robert Flildyard, of Horsley, Esq.; John Bowes, of Streatham Castle, Esq. ESSEX.—Charles Preston, of Luthers Sewardstone, Esq.; Charles Du Cane, of Braxted Lodge, Esq.; Thos. Burch Weston, of Felix Hall, Esq. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—Thomas Anthony Stoughton, of Owl Pen House, Uley, Esq.; Thomas Gambier Parry, of Highnam• court, Esq.; William Dent, of Sudeley Castle, Esq. fiEREFORDSIIIRE.—James Cheese, of Huntingdon, Esq.; Charles Thomas Bodeuham, of Rotherwase, Esq.; Richard Hereford, of Tufton, Esq. HERTFORDSIIIRE.—FaIke Southwell Greville, of North Mynas-place, Esq.; Henry Rogers, of Stagenhoe, Esq.; Wynn Ellis, of Ponsbourne Park, Esq. KENT.—Matthew Bell, of Bourne House, Bishops bourne, Esq. ; Ford Wilson, of Blackhurst,•Tonbridge Wells, Esq. ; Sir John William Ladbrooke, of Down, Bart. LEICESTERSHIRE.—Thomas Stokes, of New Parks, Esq.; Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, of Beaumont Leys, Bart.; Edward Henshaw Cheney, of Gaddersby, Esq. LINCOLNSHIRE.—Henry Fane, of Fulbeck Hall, Esq.; Sir Charles Henry John Anderson, of Lea, Bart.; George Tomlins, of Rigby-grove, Esq. MoNmouTn.—Thomas Wakeman, of the Graig, Crawshay Bailey, of Lenthewry Court, Esq.; Montague Gore, of Langston, Esq. NORFOLK.—Eilward Roger Platt, of Ryston. Esq ; Sir Willoughby Jones, of Sculthorp, Esq.; Sir Charles Chad, of Ilumsford, Bart. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—WiIIiam Bruce Stopford, of Drayton House, Esq.; Sir Charles Edmund Islafon, of Lampert Hall, Bart.; Langham Christie, of Preston Wanery, Esq. NORTIIIIMBERLAND.—Sir Walter Calverley, M. velyan ' of Wallington, Bart. ; Sir Horace St. Paul, of Ewart Park, Bert. ; Thomas Wood Craster, of Craster Tower, Esq. NOTTINGYAMSHIRE.—The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, .-)f Kingston Hall; John Francklin, of Gonalston, Esq.; Henry Frederick Walker, of Blyth Hall, Esq. OXFORDSHIRE.—Iienry Hall, of Barton, Esq.; John Henry Ashuret, of Watorstock, Esq. HHTLAND.—The Hon. William Middleton Noel, of Ketton; John Walker, of Wardley, Esq.; John Moore Paget, of Clepsham, Esq. SHROPSHIRE.—RaIph Merrick Leeke, of Longford, Esq.; Robert Henry Cheney, of Bodger-hill, E sq . ; Ro bert Barton, of Longner, Esq. SOMERSETSHIRE.—LangIey St. Albyn, of Alfoxton, Esq.; Thomas Tutton Knighton, of Uphill, Esq.; Fran cis Henry Dickenson, of Kingweaton, Esq. STAFFORDSIIIRE.—Josiah Spode, of Armitage Park, Esq.; Philip Barnes Broade, of Fenton Manor House, Esq.; John Barker, of Wolverhampton, Esq. COUNTY OF EOUTEAMPTON.—WiIIiam KingSMill, of Sidmonton House, Kingsclere, Esq.; Joseph Martineau, of Basink Park, Esq.; Jervoise Clarke Jervoise, of Idsworth Park, Horndean, Esq. SUFFOLK.—Sir Thomas Rokewood Gage, of Hengrave Hall, Bart.; the Right Hon. John Lord Henniker, of Thornham Hall; Frederick Borne, of Sotterley, Esq. SURREY.—James William Freshfield, of Moor-place, Betchworth, Esq.; John Sparkes of Gosden House, Shalford, Esq. ; George Robert Smith, of Selsden, Croydon, Esq. SussEx.—George Campion Courthorpe, of Whiligh, Esq.; David Lyon, of Goring, Esq.; Sir Is aac Ly on Goldsmid, of Hove, Bart. WARWICKSHIRE.—Marwen Galton, of Edstone, Esq.; Sir John Newdigate Ludford Chetwoode, of Ansley Hall, Bart.; Mark Phillips. of Smitterfield, Esq. WILTSHIRE.—Graham Moore Mitchell Esmoade, of Monkton House, Esq.; John Grove, of Fern House, Esq.; Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of Heywood House, E sq . WORCESTERSHIRE.-John Gregory Watkins, of Wood field, Esq.•, John Russell Cookes, of Woodhampton, Esq.; Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, of Stourport Court, Esq. YORNSIIIRE.—Sir John Henry Lowthor, of SA illing ton, Leeds, Bart.; William Rutson, of Newby Wiske, Esq.; Andrew Montague, of Melton, Doncaster, Esq. WALES. ANGLBSBY.—Richard Griffith, of Badwyr-isaf, Esq.; the Hon. William Owen Stanley, of Puerhos, Esq ; Thomas Owen, of Tiddy-glen-y-mor, Esq. BRECONE/lIRE —Paul Mildinay Pell, of Tuymaur, Esq.; David Watkins Lloyd, of Abullich, otherwise Dandilo, Esq.; Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, of Thetrw, Esq. CARDIGINSIIIIRE,—Thomas Davies Lloyd, of Bron wyd, Esq.; Delme Seymour Davies, of Highmead, Esq.; Charles Arthur Pritchard, of Tyllwyd, ' DENBIGHSUIRE.—John Barton, of Minerva Hall, Wrexham, Esq.; Thomas Hughes, of Astrad Hall, Denbigh, Esq.; Thomas Francis Hughes, of Acton House, Wrexham, Esq. CARNARVONBIIIRE.—WiIIiam Henry Foley, of Bryn Eryr, Esq.; Isaac Walker, of Hendregaibredd, Esq.; Owen Jones Ellis Ramsay, of Gwynfryn, Esq. Davys Harris Camp bell Davys, of Nenaddfawr, Esq.; Timothy Powell, of Fenycoed, Esq.; Edmund Plowden, of Treveuly, Esq. FLINTSHIRE.—WiIson Jones, of Hartsheath Purk, EN.; Arthur Trevor, Viscount Dungannon, of Bryn kinalt; Rudolph William Basil, Viscount Fielding, of Downing. GLAMORGANSUIRE.—ROWIaiId Fothergili, of Hmisoll Castle, Esq.; Sir George Tyler, of Cottrell, Knight; Gervas Tubervill, of Ewenny Abbey, near Bridlend, Eiq. MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—John Davies Currie, of Dy perth, Esq.; Charles Jones, of Garthmili, Esq.; John Michael Levergne, of Rhosgorth, Esq. MratioNETirsuutE.—John Bird, of Plas yn Maas, Esq.; Edward Griffiths, of G wastad-Gwyn, Esq.; henry Richardson, of Abertrinant, Esq. PEMBROKESHIRE.—James Mark Child, of Begelly, Esq.; William Richards, of Teuby, Esq.; John Har court Powell, of Hock. Esq. EADNORSUITIE.—JOiiII of Skreen house, Esq.; William Woodburn, of Codgwgan Hall, Esq.; Edward Morgan Stephens, of Llananno, Esq. ALLEGED OUTRAG E.-011 Thursday, a youth, about eighteen years of age, applied to Mr. Rushton under the following circumstances:—He said be stowed away in the packet ship-ship Queen of the West, Captain which was now lying in the river ready for sea. On Wednesday he was discovered and brought on deck. The mate (Gibson) took hold of him and rubbed his face over with caustic, burning very badly his nose, brow. and cheeks. The captain was standing by at the time, and he said to the mate, " Give him the sign of the cross." The mate accordingly made a cross upon the forehead with the caustic. The face of the boy had a shocking appearance, the flesh on the nose being laid bare, and the other parts much injured. Mr. Rushton ordered the examination of the youth by a surgeon, and upon his evidence a warrant was granted for the appre hensioa of the captain and mate. Shortly afterwards a woman applied to Mr. Rushton. She said she went on board the sar_uo vessel to sae her husband. The captain called her improper names, ordered a rope to be tied round her waist, and threw her over the side of the vessel. According to her statement two other boys had had their faces burnt with caustic. The execution of the warrant was intrusted to Mr. Superintendent Abraham, but on his proceeding to the river he ascertained that the vessel had sailed.—Liverpool Chronicle. Decision and promptitude, even though sometimes a man may err for want of due deliberation, will, in the long run, more often conduct to success than a slow judgment that comes too late.—Elizd Cook's Journal. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.—The High Court at their sittings since our last have been engaged with the trial of a number of cases which were of a petty character, with the exception of the case of James M'Kay, spirit-dealer, and his wife, who were yesterday (Friday) placed at the bar on a charge of being concerned in uttering six forged 101. notes of the Bank of England. M'Kay and his wife, .in their declarations, maintained that the notes had been given to Mrs. M‘liay by a Mrs. Miller, wife of a flesher in the Cannongate, to keep, and that, in order to pay some bills, they had given the notes to various parties, not knowing them to be forged. After a trial of some length, M`Kay was found guilty and sen tenced to fourteen years' transportation; and in the case of his wife a verdict of " Not Proven " was returned.— Edinburgh Witness. 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