The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-08 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Moniteur publishes a decree by the President of the Republic, dated the 4th, appointing General Baraguay d'Hilliers Commander-in-Chief of the army of expedition of the Mediterranean, in place of General d'llautpoul, now Minister of War. On Monday the new Council of Ministers met for the third time, at the Palace of the Elysee, under the Presidentship of Louis Napoleon. The sitting lasted from half-past ten to two. _ _ _ _ Should M. do Rayneval refuse to accept the Mi. uistry of Foreign Affairs, it will, it is said, be offered to the Prince de la Moskowa. On Monday M. Bineau, the Minister of Public Works, received the employes of his department and the chefs de service of the Ponts et Chausses and Mines. The Minister reminded them of the words of the President of the Republic, " It is necessary to substitute acts for ',words. "It is necessary," said the Minister, " that henceforth business should be dispatched more promptly, and that the administra tive centralisation, against which such objections have been raised in consequence of the delay which takes place in the transaction of business, should no longer be the subject of complaint, and for that rea son it is necessary that every one shall perform his duties with the utmost possible devotedness." The Constitutionnel says—" It is known that the French Government had given to our fleet orders to proceed to the Levant. But, if we are well informed, the conciliatory spirit of all the Cabinets on this ques tion has led to such a situation, that our fleet is on the point of receiving another destination." The Constitutionnel, alluding to the statement of the Gazette de France, that unfavourable news had been received yesterday from Algeria, says—" Letters from Algiers, of Oct. 30, state that no news had been received there from Zaatcha of a later date than what we published yesterday. On October 30 the Euphrate and Meteore were in the port of Algiers, coming from Oran, and carrying to Philippeville the Bth battalion of foot chas seurs, which is to reinforce the column of General Herbillon. Commandant Pierre Bonaparte, who ar rived at Bathna on the 20th, has taken the com mand of a convoy which was to set off the next day for Zaatcha." _ _ A letter from Paris, in the Journal du Havre, says :—" Admiral Romain-Desfosses has had a long conversation with one of the principal landowners of the Island of Reunion, to whom he gave the most formal assurance that the affair of Madagascar should without delay receive its definitive solution." The Committee of the Budget has adjourned all deliberation relative to financial measures until it has received explanations from the new Minister con cerning the ways and means which he intends pro posing to make up the deficiency of the Treasury. Meanwhile the Committee is occupied with a new examination of the budget of expenses. A supplement to the Portafoglio of Malta of the 26th ult. says :—" The French squadron, under the command of Admiral Parseval-Desch6nes, composed of six sail of the line and two frigates, was then off Malta, steering for the Levant. The Descartes steamer had entered the port, but the squadron had not stopped." The sitting of the Legislative Assembly on Mon day was chiefly remarkable for the first appearance of M. Ferdinand Barrot in the tribune, as Minister of -the Interior. Ile had to defend the Bill in troduced by his predecessor to extend the time fur which the National Guard of Lyons was to remain dissolved, and the Honourable Gentleman acquitted himself of his tsk in very suitable terms. The Bill was sharply attacked by M. Mathieu (de la onae), but was adopted without a division. General Baraguay d'Hilliers' proposition to annul the decree paised by the Constituent Assembly for making all the admissions into the Polytechnic and military schools gratuitous, was after a short discussion de clared to be taken into consideration; the Assembly then rose. At the commencement of the sitting a ballot took place for a committee to inquire into the state of the navy and all the branches of the service connected with it. BOURSE, Two O'CLOCK.—Five per Cents. 87f. 90c.; Threls, 55f. 75c.; Bank Shares, 2,325 f. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. It is said that the King had formally declared that, in order not to meet Christina, he would not accom pany the Queen to any ball, theatre, or fete, but only in religious ceremonies in the royal chapel, and at several receptions. The Gazette publishes the royal decree for the introduction of postage stamps of 24 maravedis (19 centimes) for franking simple letters all over tha kingdom, but letters not pre-paid are to pay the present rates. FRANKFORT. The Constituent Assembly of the free city of Frankfort resolved, on the 2d, that the Ixecutive Government shall be elected every five years by uni versal suffrage. PRUSSIA. The First Chamber of Prussia on the 3d adopted the articles in the constitution which authorise the Government to promulgate in certain cases, without the intervention of the Chambers, ordinances having the force of law ; and it also fixed the conditions under which modifications in the charter may be made. In the last sitting of the Second Chamber of Prussia a Bill was presented, enacting that the postage of a letter shall henceforth be one silbergros (12ic.) for ten German miles ; two silbergros for a distance from ten to fity miles ; and three silbergros for any greater distance. The Prussian Government has decided that the little principality of Hohenzollern, just ceded to it, shall become a simple Prussian province, instead of being connected to the monarchy by personal union, as was at first intended. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. A letter from Prague of the Ist states that 60,000 men have b:en assembled by the Austrian Govern ment in Bohemia ready to act, if necessary, in Saxony or Bavaria. The Viettita Gazette of the 30th ult. publishes a c 1( cr-e, enacting that the officers of the Imperial army who fought with the insurgents, but gave themselves up previous to November 20th, 1848, shall be re stored to their old ranks ; those who returned before the end of January, 1849, are to enjoy the same favour, unless there be special facts alleged against them ; and those who returned between that period and the 14th of April are to be sent before courts- martial. We feud in the Vienna GazeWe of the Ist an ertiele in reply to the attacks made on the Austrian Government by the Austrian and foreign journals, fbr the condemnation and execution of Count Louis Bettliyany. This article endeavours to show that Batthyany and Kossuth were the most guilty of all the Hungarian revolutionists, and that it was the duty -of the Austrian Government to act with all the severity of justice towards the principal authors of the evils which have crushed Hungary. The crimes with which Batthyany was principally re proached, says the rennet Gazette, were the emis• sion of Hungarian bank -notes, the order given by him in consequence of a nsolution of the Diet fer the raising of an army of 200,000 men, the distribution of money made at Vienna, by Pulezky, in order to cause the resolution of the 6th of Octo ber, the satisfsction which, according to witnesses, he (Batthyany) displayed on learning the death of General Count Latour, and, finally, the publication in the Pesth Gazette of a letter calling all the country to insurrection against the legitimate Sovereign. Count Batthyany, adds the Gazette, was clearly guilty of treason ; and, in addition, he violated the oath he had taken on leaving the military service not to give assistance to the enemies of the Sovereign, and also the oath he had taken as First Minister. The Gazelle, in conclusion, asserts, that as his high position se seduced many others to the co:nmission of felony, the severest penalty justly fell on him. The Austrian General commanding at Lemberg in Gallicia hiss just condemned 36 persons to imprison ment in fortress, and to hard labour in irons, for participation in the Ilungarian insurrection. The Austrian Government has, in consequence of events in Hungary, prolonged to the month of October of the next year the period for the with drawal of the bank notes of one and two florins, which were to have been withdrawn at the end of the present year. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Assembly of States of Sschleswig-Holstein was opened at Kiel on the Ist, with a speech from President Bargetm. The Government submitted several Bills to the Assembly, and among them one on the budget for 1850. ITALY. The Pi c hontese Gazette announces that on the 31st ult. M. Lucien Murat, Envoy- E x t raord i nary and Mini ter Plenipot3nfiary of the French Re public to the Court of Turin, presented his creden tials to the King of Sardinia ; anl that M. B o i s - 1e- Comte at the same time presented his letters of re call. Count Roedain, J.llinister Plenipotentiary of Pru33ia, presented his credentials on the 231 ult. A letter from Turin of the 2d announces a new Alinisterial crisis there—General Bava, Minister of War; Chevalier Galvagno, AliniQter of the Interior; anii Baron Lamarg,herita, Minister of Grace and Justice, having offered their resi g nation, which the King h a d not yet accepted. The correspondent states that this crisis is owing to the plans of reform which General Bava contemplated in the army, and vhich could not be effected without dismissing a great numWer of officers. This has excited great dissatisfaction against Bava, who has, moreover, a . c.;raintht him the Duke of Genoa, Princ e o f C a .' rignan, and Gen : Lamarmora. The Statuto of Florence states from Rome, 27th ult., that the blockade of the quarter of the Jews ended at midnight, on the 26th. M. de Corcelles was said to be upon good terms with the Cardinals. The finances were still in a miserable condition, there be ing a monthly deficit of three millions of francs. The Costituzionale of Florence, of the 30th ult., states that large Austrian forces are concentrating at Ancona, and that fortifications are erecting on the leading road to Rome. Letters from Bologna of the 29th announce the dismissal of Father Venturini from his post of director of the University of Bologna, and that of Professor Carini from his chair. The Tuscan Monitore, of the 30th ult., publishes the new law on the police. We remark the follow ing sentence in the decree of promulgation, which precedes the law :—" The present project will be provisionally in ,force till the Legislative Chambers shall have given it force of law." FRENCH CRIMINAL STATISTICS. The Moniteur publishes the following general ac count of the administration of criminal justice in 1847, addressed by M. Odilon Barrot, to the Presi dent of the Republic :- " It is important to remark," says the Minister, " before we enter on the examination of those re turns, that their general result exhibits rather serious variation in the progress of crime. The number of crimes and offences, as well as that of the accused, has undergone a considerable increase. That augmentation, however, is easily explained. The year 1847 was not a calm and prosperous period. The excessive dearth of provisions, occasioned by the failure of the crops in 1846, was a cause of agitation and many disturbances. The population, unquiet, and tormented by real sufferings, committed excesses. On several points of the territory serious disorders occurred. Those disorders almost everywhere had for their object the plunder of corn; and the of fences which misery always engenders, such as theft, vagrancy, and mendicity, augmented. The same symptoms had likewise manifested themselves, but in a lesser proportion, in 1840. We should not accordingly deduce from that transitory fact any general inference. There is even every reason to suppose that the increase has ceased with the causes which produced it, and that the next returns will present more favourable results. It will only have afforded an additional proof that the ignorance which still pervades the country is a new motive for the Government to exert itself to remove that general and permanent cause of disturbances and crime. During the year 1847, the 86 courts of assize of France tried 5,857 criminal cases, and 8,704 accused, being an increase of 800 in the former (16 per cent), and of 1,900 in the latter (or 28 per cent.), as compared with the two pre ceding years. Those 5,857 cases presented 1,622 crimes against persons, and 2,102 accused ; and 4,235 crimes against property, and 6,602 accused. Among those accused of crimes against property, fraudulent bankrupts alone were less numerous than in 1846. The other crimes augmented in a more or less considerable proportion. Highway robbery in creased 52 per cent. ; other robberies, 31 per cent. 1 incendiarism, 26 per cent.; forgery, 22 per cent.; finally, 530 persons were tried in 1847 for plunder of corn and flour, whilst the average number of those accused did not exceed 20 annually from 1841 to 1846. The number of servants charged with robbery and abuse of confideaca remained stationary in 1847. The number of females tried by the courts of assize was extremely limited as com pared with that of the men, only comprising 1,427, or a little less than one-sixth. Of the 8,704 accused, 1,163 were under 21 years of age, 1,330 were aged from 21 to 25, 1,391 from 25 to 30, 2,147 from 30 to 40, 1,425 from 40 to 50, 641 from 50 to 60, 230 from 60 to 70, and 76 above 70. More than one half of the accused were unmarried, viz., 4,574 ; 3,744 were married, and 386 lived in widowhood. 86 of the latter and 684 of the married accused had no children. The accused who possessed a domicile resided, 5,335 (64 per cent.) in rural districts, and 3,028 (36 per cent.) in towns. The three-fifths of the persons tried for crimes against property lived in the country, and the two others in town. The three-fourths of those against persons inhabited rural districts, and the other fourth towns; 1,204 led an idle life, although they had no means of existence se cured, and though most of them had learned a trade ; the remaining 3,500 were in the habit of working, 2,294 on their own account, and 5,206 on that of others. The proportion of illiterate accused in creased in 1847 to 55 per cent. of the whole number; in 1845 it was 51 per cent., and 52 per cent. in 1846. The jury acquitted one-third of the accused, or 2,862, and condemned 65 to death, 228 to labour for life, 1,092 to hard labour for a limited period, 4,384 to imprisonment, and 66, being under 16 years of age, were either restored to their families or con confined in penitentiary establishments. One only of the 65 capitally convicted did not appeal to the Court of Cessation ; 8 bad their sentences reversed, but were again condemned to death by the Second Court of Assize. Forty-five were executed, two committed suicide, another died previous to the exe cution of the sentence, and the others obtained a com mutation of their sentence into hard labour for life. The Courts of Assize likewise delivered judgment in 1847 against 462 contumacious accused, of whom SO were sentenced to death, 46 to hard labour for life, 234 to hard labour for a limited period, 148 to imprisonment, &c. Independently of the above criminal accusations 99 persons were tried by the courts of assize for political offences and others committed by the press ; 69 were acquitted, 6 sentenced to fine, and 24 to imprison ment. The correctional tribunals, which had only judged, in 1846, 161,376 cases, and 207,476 accused, tried in 1847 184,922 cases, and 239,291 accused, being an increase of 23,546 cases, and 31,815 accused. The number of men was 191,427, of women 47,864. 211,673 were found guilty. There were only 8,231 appeals against the 184,922 judgments pronounced in 1847 by the courts of first instance ; 5,105 (62 per cent.) were confirmed by the courts of appeal, and 3,126 reversed or modified. Of the 8,704 persons tried by the courts of assize in 1847, 2,183, or 25 per cent., had been already condemned for previous offences or crimes. Those of the same category tried by the courts of correctional police amounted to 20,929. The 2,681 tribunals of police pronounced 236,607 judgments in 1847, or 352 more than in 1846. They condemned 260,528 persons to fine, 14,815 to fine and imprisonment, and acquitted 27,414. The appeals against their decisions were only 363 in number, and in one half of the cases those decisions were confirmed. Proceedings against 104 functionaries, or agents of the Government, for crimes or offences committed in the discharge of their duties were demanded in 1847, but only granted with regard to 54. Of these 26 were acquitted, and 24 found guilty, and 4 remained untried. The criminal section of the Court of Ces sation pronounced in 1847 on 1,411 appeals. The number of suicides throughout France in 1847 amounted to 4,647-namely, 2,781 committed by men and 866 by women. 27 were under 16 years of age, 160 from 16 to 21, 1,150 from 21 to 40, 747 fro:n 40 to 60, 626 from 50 to 60, 495 from 60 to 70, 208 from 70 to 80, 57 upwards of aoo;te department,heageof 177 could not be ascertained. Only one that of the Lozere, offered no case of suicide in 1847. There were from four to ten cases in the de partments of the Upper Alps, Corsica, Aude, Aveyron, Centel, Ariege, Upper Saone, Creuse, Eastern Pyrenees, and Tarn and Garonne. In the department of the Seine, the number of suicides amounted to 698, or the seventh of the whole. The departments presenting the greatest pro portion, after that of the Seine, were-Lower Seine 135 ; Seine and Oise, 133 ; North, 126 ; Aisne„ 110, Oise and Pas de Calais, 100. Suicides were most frequent in the months of May, June, and July; the months of November, December, January, and February produced the least, the returns of the latter showing 200 less than those of the three first. The King, on the occasion of the anniversary of his ac cession to to the throne, had pardoned 374 culprits, and commuted the punishment of 326 other::." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCIIESTER, TUESDAY.--The dullness that per vaded our market at the close of last week, has rather increased with the diminished business in the raw material. To-day complaints of the difficulty of sell ing have been heard on every hand; and, both in yarn and goods, the transactions have been inconsiderable. As regards goods, we may state that longcloths and T cloths in little inquired for, and domestics still less, while in none of them are price . s entirely firm. Jacconets and madapollams are not quoted any lower. Printing cloths are perceived to be not quite so scarce as they lately were; and the buyer has, there fore, in the present state of things, some more ad vantage over the seller. Shirtings are dull, with a tendency to decline ; upon the wider makes, a con fession of 3d. per piece has been made. In yarns there has been a general backwardness to operate on the part of both shippers and manufacturers; the day has passed off in a heavy and spiritless manner ; and, for the most part, a somewhat reduced range of prices has obtained. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a brisk market to-day, and a fair amount of business trans actedCdoer p a I n a a dti therel a of h aving i w s . efeolprices. The wool dealers still r thliettrleawtomdant,eral and . at the limited MACCLESFIELD TUESDAY.—The state of trade here with the throwsters is much the same as we have . reported it f or some time past. In the . manufactur ing department s l ac knessisthe prevailing feature, piece except in the article ofgoods, which, we understand, are much i n demand. Since our last, large and important public sales of raw was wsialks transacted,have taken place, at which considerable business at an advance generally on previous prices. Th e mtirket locks firm at the highest rates then current. IIUDDERSFIEI , D, TUESDAY.—The market has been dull, although we have had several buyers. It was expected to-day that we should have been more ani mated than last week, but this anticipation has not THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1849. been fulfilled. Among the fancy manufacturers there are more complaints, but in the Holmfirth district the mills continue to be well employed. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—In our Piece Hall, to day, there was decidedly more inquiry for goods, and a greater quantity changed hands, but without any improvement in price. Yarns continue in good de mand, both fur export and for home consumption, and late rates are fully sustained. Long wools are steady, at the late quotations, and a moderate amount of business doing. Short wools are rather easier to buy, as the demand does not keep pace with the in creased supply. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have had a flat market both to-day and on Saturday. Prices steady, and stocks low. Business in the warehouses is also quiet, the principal part of the wholesale buyers having laid in their stocks. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. _ _ The first meeting of the session for 1849 50 of this admirable and popular institution was held at the society's rooms, No. 16, Lower Grosvenor-street. The chair was occupied by Lord de Grey, and the attendance of fellows and associates was exceedingly numerous. Among the architects of eminence present were Messrs. Cockerill, Tite, Donaldson, Angell, Britton, Mocatta, Kendell, sen., J. J. Stoles, &c. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Mr. Scoles, hon. secretary, and confirmed. They men tioned the award of a prize medal to Signor Calanino, an Italian architect of celebrity. Lord DE GREY remarked that as it was impossible in the then disturbed state of the Continent to say where the Signor was to be found, the medal had been intrusted to Mr. T. S. Donaldson, one of the hon. secretaries, and after some communication with the French Embassy it was discovered that Signor Calanino was in Rome. A gentleman named Hard wick (a brother of one of the associates of the insti tute), going to Rome, undertook to deliver it perso nally, and the secretaries had since received a letter acknowledging the reception. At the last meeting an expectation had been held out that the University of London, which had announced its intention of issuing certificates of a certain degree of efficiency and talent in different branches of art, would grant similar certificates to architects. Tho council had placed themselves in communication with the authorities of King's College, and found that, according to the present design, certificates would only be given in respect to the sciences of chemistry, navigation, and hydrography. Should any extension of this system take place, the council would not neglect the interests of the mem bers of the institute.—(Cheers.) At the last general meeting a revision of the bye-laws had been recom mended, and that subject, during the vacation, had had much of the attention of the council. A report had been prepared, which was now in the hands ofthe printer, and would soon be ready for distribution. The whole question could be discussed on the 16th inst. D ur ing the recess the council had also been anxiously en gaged in providing for the instruction and amusement of the members during the ensuing session, and several gentlemen of distinction in the walks of science had promised papers. He (Lord de Grey), however, must remind the members that they ought to depend upon themselves in some degree. He himself, at the last meeting, had read a paper—(on the excavations made at Fountain Abbey, Yorkshire)—not because he thought it was of any value, but to enforce, by his example, the doctrine that every member ought to contribute his quota to the amusement and instruc tion of the institute. If he might, as a non •profes sional man, do so without presumption, he should wish to urge upon those present, and especially the younger members, the necessity of paying more atten tion than was now commonly paid by architects to interior decorations. There was a vast deal con nected with art in a minor degree, which contributed to the comfort, decoration, and splendour of the house, now thrown into the hands of the paper hanger and decorator, who always took care to throw his own failure upon the architect, and to appropriate, when he could, the credit due to the latter. He had had the honour, as President of the society, lately to be invited to a magnificent enter tainment at the Mansion-house to the members of the Royal Society and of the Royal Association. Looking upon the one as the representative of the science, and the other of the art, of the country, it occurred to him, on being called on to respond to the health of the Royal Institute of British Architects, that that institute was the connecting link between them. The man of abstruse science need not, indispensably, have any knowledge of art ; neither must the painter or engraver be deeply versed in the abstruse researches and reasonings of science; but the architect, to a degree, must of necessity have some knowledge of art and of science. He must have science sufficient to construct a building safely and securely, and he must have the eye of the artist in order to dispose its parts tastefully and to place it har moniously with surrounding objects.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, his Lordship impressed upon them the necessity of keeping in sight the maxim of " bear and forbear." Their institute had latterly increased very much in numbers, and—" many men, many minds"— it was not to be wondered at that there should be dif ferences of opinion. Mr. TITE, in reference to some of his Lordship's valuable remarks, quoted a verse from Cowper— "lt is not timber, wood, and stone The architect requires alone, To finish a fine building: The work will not be half complete If architect should chance forget The carving and the gilding." —(Loud Laughter.) The other routine business of the institute having been disposed of, Lord De Grey introduced Professor Whewell to the meeting, and that gentleman pro ceeded to read a most elaborate paper, illustrated by drawings, upon the causes which led to the disuse of the Gothic style of church•build ing in Germany, in which he sought to carry further doctrines he had already promulgated with respect to the formation of the Gothic style—doctrines which had been received generally with approval, both in this country and on the Continent. There were in Gothic three principles, arising in a great degree from each other; these he would designate by the words—framework, tracery, and wallwork. Grecian architecture presented nothing but solid and inert masses, which, however richly decorated and chiseled, had all their parts independent and definite. He had formerly described how, in his opinion, the notion had gradually arisen of discarding inert masses, and making the building according to the notion of a framework. This view of the subject gave an analogy and a meaning to all the parts of a Gothic church, which otherwise could not be discovered. He then described at some length how the necessities of vaulting originated diversi ties, which were beauties or blemishes as they kept in view or departed from the original principle. In a framework it was obviously essential that every part should have a connexion with the whole. Tracery, on the contrary, the next strong principle, was not essential; and it doubtless arose from piercing the blank lights of windows into trefoils and quatre foils. Wallwork, or lateral continuity, was the third principle; and that was essential, as there must be something to bind the framework together and support it. It was the management of this wallwork which formed the distinguishing charac teristic of English church architecture. Of course it could not be dispensed with in Germany, but they had nothing there analogous to our early English Or decorative styles. This principle led to parallelism, or making one side like the other; and the English eye was so habituated to this craving for symmetry that at first sight the flamboyant tracery of France, and the stump tracery of Germany, produced a disagreeable impression. The lecturer then showed, by a refer ence to drawings of Friburg, Cologne, and other cathedrals on the Rhine, that the German archi tecture seemed to be a struggle between the frame work and the wallwork principles ; and pointed out the extraordinary ability with which the archi tects of those edifices introduced the system of placing octagonal spires upon quadrangular towers, in such a m,.nner as to make the latter appear from the very , ground a preparation from the former. The prin ciples then introduced into spire growth brought with them the practice of interpenetration, by which the mouldings became so interwoven as to require the nicest geometrical skill in their design. This destroyed the connexion, so essential in framework, between the different parts of the building; and by bringing back the horizontal lines and inert masses of the Romanesque, effected the downfall of the Gothic. The paper was interspersed with critical dissertations upon the Cathedral of Cologne and others of the most admired German specimens of ecclesiastical architecture. At the request of the Noble Chairman, Professor Whewell placed his paper at the disposal of the insti tute, its suggestive character being deemed likely to tend much to the advantage of the members. A vote of thanks having been enthusiastically given to the professor, a somewhat amusing discussion se as originated on an inroad made by red ants into the metropolis about six years ago. According to Mr. Tite, they approached the metropolis from Hamp stead, and invaded every house within their course, which appeared about a quarter of a mile broad. Many persons had been compelled to leave their houses ; and nothing could be devised for their destruction. The Entomological Society had been applied to in vain, and one gentleman, in despair, thought of sending to the Zoological Society for an army of ant eaters. Mr. 'Cite, however, thought that some thing would now be done to get rid of this worse than Egyptian plague, since the other day, when dining at his club in Pall•mall, he discovered one of his red acquaintances upon his plate.—(Laughter.) Dr. BCCKLAND was much grieved to say that they had reached the Athenaeum, and were there continu ally found in the teapots.—(Great laughter.) Nothing, he feared, would be found available for their destruc tion but poison. After some further conversation, the Noble Chair man announced that Pr. I3ucklanil would read a paper "On Artesian Wells " at the next meeting, and the proceedings terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEIVS BENCH, Nov. 7. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, and Mr. Justice ERLE.) COOPER V. BLOXA.M. This was an action for penalties under the Stock jobbing Act (the 7th George 11., c. 8, s. 8). At the trial, which took place before Lord Denman at Guildhall, at the sittings after last term, the plaintiff obtained a verdict upon two counts in the declaration, whereby the defendant became liable in two penalties of 1001. each. Mr. WATSON, Q.C., now moved for a rule, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, or why the judgment should not be arrested. The action was brought against the defendant to recover penalties for negotiating the sale of stock knowing that the vendor was not possessed of such stock, whereby he be came liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds in respect of each sale. At the trial the Rev. Mr. Cooper, a brother of the plaintiff, was called as a witness, and proved that he had employed the defendant, who was not a member of the Stock Exchange, but what is termed an agent, to sell for him 20,0001. stock. The witness stated that at the time he was hot possessed of any stock whatever ; and on being asked whether he ever told the defendant that he had no stock to sell, he said that he had not, but added, on re-examination, that he thought the defendant must have known it. That evidence he (the Learned Counsel) submitted was not sufficient to make the defendant liable under this penal statute. In the next place, the defendant was not a broker or agent within the meaning of the Act of Parliament. He did not negotiate the contract, but was merely the medium of employing the broker by whom the contract was negotiated. The count also was bad in arrest of judgment, for omitting to allege that at the time when the defendant negotiated the sale knew that the vendor was not the owner of any stock ; it merely alleged that at the time the contract was made the defendant knew, &c. It was quite consistent with the allegation in the declaration that at the time when the defendant negotiated the sale he knew that the vendor was possessed of the stock, though at the time when the contract was made, he might have known that the vendor was not possessed of it. The Learned Counsel also con tended that the count was bad for not distinctly alleging that a contract had been in fact made, or that it had been made in England. The COURT took time to consider. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 7. (Sittings in Banco.) Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Alderson took their seats on the bench at the usual hour, the Chief Baron and the other Barons being engaged, with others of the Judges, in the court established for hearing reserved points in criminal cases. The Court was occupied during the day in hearing motions for new trials, to the exclusion of other busi ness. The following are the only cases appearing to deserve notice. PRATT V. HARDISTY-SEDUCTION. This was an action for seduction, tried before Mr. Justice Williams at the last assizes for Somerset. The verdict pa-sed for the plaintiff—damages 150/. Mr. Sergeant KING LAKE now moved, on behalf of the defendant, to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, or to reduce the damages. It appeared from the evidence, as stated by the Learned Sergeant, that the young woman, Martha Pratt, whose seduction had occasioned this action, was a dressmaker, of the age of 22 years, and that she lodged with her mother, the present plaintiff, who is a widow, re siding at Shepton. The connexion between the defend ant and Martha Pratt appeared to have commenced in the most casual manner. The defendant met the young woman for the first time coming out of his mother's house, where she had been upon some dress making business, and induced her to accompany him to his counting-house, where she submitted herself to him without any considerable resistance. On this occasion the defendant gave the young woman some money, and subsequently, when the connexion was renewed, continued to give her money. Martha Pratt made no complaint to any one as to what had oc curred until she proved to be pregnant, and she then acquainted the plaintiff with her situation. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—In what situation of life was the defendant ? Mr. Sergeant KINGLAYE stated, in reply, that the defendant was represented as a silk- manufacturer, and it appeared he was living with his mother, but it was not proved that he was a person of property. Under all the circumstances, be submitted that the damages were excessive, and he had some reason to" believe that such would be found to be the opinion of the Learned Judge who tried the cause. He now contended that the defendant was not only entitled to a new trial, upon the ground that the damages were extravagant, but also that the Learned Judge, in his summing up, had misdirected the jury on two points. In the first place, there was no evidence that the plaintiff incurred any loss of service by the seduction of her daughter. The daughter lived in the house of her mother as a lodger, paying for her lodgings, and carrying on the business of a dressmaker. It was said that she occasionally did something in the house, as any other lodger would do ; but the relation between Martha Pratt and the plaintiff was not that of mistress and servant, but the daughter lodged with her mother as any other person might have done. Baron ALDERSON—Very slight evidence of service has always been considered sufficient in these actions. Here it was admitted the young woman did some thing for her mother, and the jury were rightly asked if it amounted to domestic service. Mr. Sergeant KINGLIKE—The second objection to the Learned Judge's ruling arose in this way :—lt having appeared that the plaintiff, soon after she heard of her daughter's pregnancy, was affected with a vomiting of blood, and a medical man having de posed at the trial that this attack might possibly have been occasioned by the anxiety and excitement caused by what had occurred to her daughter, the Learned Judge told the jury they were at liberty to take into account the plaintiff's sufferings, and to compensate her for the illness which she suffered, if they should be of opinion that her illness was caused by the seduction of her daughter. Mr. Baron ALDERSON— The jury are always told in such cases, that they must take into consideration the injury done to the parent's feelings, and if the shock to the feelings causes physical suffering, that ought not to be excluded. Mr. Baron PARKE—The Learned Judge's direction appears to me to have been right on both the points complained of. The only question i 3 whether the damages are not excessive. They do appear to be large upon the facts as stated. It was then intimated that the Court would consult the Learned Judge who tried the cause, to ascertain whether, in his opinion, the damages were extravagant in amount, and would grant or refuse , the rule ac ordingly.—Judgment deferred. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 7. TIM QUEEN V. HARRIS. Henry Harris was indicted under the Bankrupt Act for not having disclosed or discovered that he had transferred certain property at the time of his exami under the fiat. It was objected that it was not stated upon the face of the indic!rnent that there ever was an examination—that upon the face of the indictment the allegation that he had disposed of his property was repugnant—and that making a wrong statement amounted, if to anything, to the offence of perjury. The objections were reserved, but the trial was pro ceeded with, and the prisoner was convicted. Mr. lIUDDLESTON was now heard in support of the objection on the part of the prisoner. Mr. Coon supported the indictment. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that for all that appeared upon the indictment the bankrupt might have surrendered—might have been examined the whole day upon one head—the examination might have been adjourned, and the prisoner might still have had the opportunity of making the disclosure when the indictment was preferred. Mr. COOKE contended that this was matter of evidence. The LORD CHIEF BARON thought it very doubtful, if the bankrupt submitted to be examined, and no party chose to put a question relative to some part of his property, and he said nothing about it, whether he committed a felony. The oath taken by the bank rupt was, that he would true answer make to all such questions as should be put to him." The indict ment did not state that the party had been asked a question relative to this particular property. Mr. Justice COLERIDOE would throw it out whether the bankrupt was not bound to discover all his property when he attended before the Commis sioner, although no question should be put to him. Mr. COOKE contended that such was the duty of the bankrupt. The indictment averred that the prisoner had been duly declared a bankrupt, and had been sworn and had not disclosed that he had dis posed of his property at the time of his examination. The Colmar was of opinion that the indictment was insufficient, uffi e evieer since n t ai judgment March. Mr. unnsroN said the prisoner had been in • Mr. Baron PLA IT sa id it was no great hard4lip, H u must be arrested. for it was a most scandalous fraud. The Court will sit again on Tuesday, the 20th inst. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 7. (Sittings in Banco.) WESTROPP AND OTHERS V. SALOMON. This was an action of assumpsit, tried before the Chief Justice of this Court on the 27th of February, 1847, at Guildhall, when a verdict was entered for the plaintiff for 1,3001., subject to the opinion of the Court upon a special case, which was to-day argued. The plaintiffs are stock and Eharebrokers, and membars of the Stock Exchange, and the defendant is a bill discounter, but not a member of the Stock Exchange. On the 9th of March, 1846, a person applied to the defendant re questing him to advance money on certain documents, purporting to be scrip for 500 shares in the Buck inghamshire and Oxford and 13!etchley Junction Railway Company, one of which the defendant took to the plaintiffs, one of whom told him it was good, and the defendant advanced the money. On the 27,711 of March, 1846, he employed the plain tiffs to sell the shares for him, which com misEion they executed and paid the proceeds to his account. Shortly afterwards the scrip was found to be forged, and a committee of the ,Stock Exchange was appointed, who re solved that the holders of the spurious scrip should have a right to demand of the sellers genuine shares, or until such could be procured, to pay for them at the rate of 21. 12s. per share. The plaintiffs, as brokers, acted in accordance with this resolution, and called upon the defendant to reimburse them, but he declined doing this, contending that all he was bound to pay was the sum he had received for the scrip, and this amount he paid into court. The question now raised was, whether the plaintiffs were entitled to recover any amount exceeding that paid into court. Mr. Hogging appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Cowling for the defendant. The Court decided that the resolution of the Stock Exchange committee, which was passed after the liability to which the defendant was subject had been incurred, could not affect the matter. This being so, the defendant, in law and justice, would be liable only to return the money which be had received for the pur chase of the scrip, and not to the additional sum which the plaintiffs had paid in accordance with the resolu tion of the committee. Judgment for the defendant. COURT OF INLAND REVENUE, Nov. 7. (Before HART DAVIS , Esq., THOMAS HARRISON, Esq., and C. J. HERRIES, Esq., &c.) James Calthorpe, of Thomas•street, Newington, Surrey, was charged with illicit distillation, and also with having illicit articles in his possession, with intent to defraud her Majesty of the duty chargeable thereon. The defendant did not appear to answer the infor• nation• Mr. Benjamin J. Elmy, an officer of Excise, de • posed that on the 12th of April last, he went to the premises of the defendant, in Thomas-street, Newing ton. He was accompanied by Mr. Brown, the supervisor, and by Mr. East, another officer. The front part of the premises had the appearance of a cooper's shop. They passed through this to the back, where they found two large stills fitted up, and at full work, with a quantity of spirits, and about eighty gallons of molasses wash, in a state of fermentation, tor the purpose of supplying the working of the stills. In addition, there was the usual stock in trade of illicit distilleries. The defendant Calthorpe said the spirits were for the purpose of making spirits of nitre, which possibly might have been the fact, as he found a large pan of saltpetre in the room; but the spirits he seized were plain spirits. W:t ness told the defendant that he should seize the whole, and make him a prisoner, whereupon he made a most violent resistance, and attempted to run away, stating that he would fetch his master. He was, however, prevented by a man, when he caught up a large hand-saw (produced) which he wielded about with great velocity, three times drawing it over witness's arm, inflicting each time serious wounds, and also on Mr. East's temple, who came to his assist ance. This weapon was, with great difficulty, got from him, when he immediately seized a two-handled knife (used by coopers), about two feet in length, and remarkably sharp, with which he made several blows at the officers, who being unarmed, were compelled to retreat to obtain assistance. During this time the defendant upset nearly the whole of the manufactured spirits, close to the stills that were at work, passed into an upper room, and finally escaped by a hole in the roof. He subsequently obtained the assistance of the police, and the whole of the implements were taken possession of. The stills were capable of pro ducing each 20 gallons of spirits per day. The defendant was subsequently arrested after consider able difficulty, and the supervisor, Mr. Brown, was severely injured. At the time of his capture he made the most violent resistance, forcing his hand into Mr. Brown's mouth, and attempting to tear his cheek asunder. He was convicted by the magistrate in the penalty of 30/, and in default of payment, was com mitted to prison for three months, with hard labour. The COURT gave judgment against Calthorpe in the penalty of 200/., with the condemation of the seizure. Several wholesale wine-merchants were fined for the non-renewal of their licences. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 7. (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) TIM ESTIMATED RECOGNIZANCES OF LOLA MONTES'S BAIL. Immediately before the rising of the Court, Mr. BODXIN entered, and, addressing the Learned Judge, said he had an application to make on behalf of two gentlemen, named Davies, who, a short time since, became bail in a considerable amount for the appear ance before one of the magistrates at Marlborough street Police-court of a certain party (Lola Montes, Countess of Landsfeldt), against whom a charge had been preferred, of the circumstance attending which accusation nothing need now be said. At all events, the accused party, in contravention of the terms of such recognizances, did not appear, and an application was made to Mr. Bingham, the magis trate, to enforce the payment of the amount of the recognizances entered into by the bail—viz., 500/., as regarded each of the gentlemen for whom he now appeared. Accordingly a summons was issued re quiring the attendance of the two gentlemen, and he (Mr. Bodkin) appeared on their behalf, when it was arranged between himself and the legal representa tives of Mr. Wray, on whose behalf, as receiver, the application for the enforcement was made, that the matter should be placed in such a position that the question of the legality of the recognizances might be raised before this Court. Under these circumstances, Mr. Bingham did not give dis de cision under the statute known as " Jerve's Act," under which recognizances estreated before magis trates were returned to the sessions with a certificate of default, and thereupon to be treated by the Court of Sessions as if the estreat had been imposed by it; oll a t d a o n p p te o d lic a e A e o e u t r , s ew which h proceeding m u n a g d s r t r t a h t e e but i\ie tro h p e the power of making a summary order for the pay ment of the amount of the estreated recognizances, and at the same time gave the person against whom the order of estreat was made a power of appealing against it at the quarter sessions. With the view, therefore, of enabling the parties to bring the question before the Court, Mr. Bingham made an order for the immediate payment of the money to Mr. Wray, the receiver, and as the Act under which the order was made required that when such an order was appealed against, the party intending to make the appeal must give notice of such intention within 48 hours of the making of the order, to the magistrate who had made the order, the Messrs. Davies immediately gave the required notice to Mr. Bingham, who thereupon required the Messrs. Davies to enter into sureties for the due prosecution of the appeal at the next ensuing session of the peace, for the county of Middlesex, and accordingly the Messrs. Davies were bound, themselves in 5001. each, with four sureties of 2501. each, to enter and try the appeal. The parties were bound by the terms of the recog nizances to appear at the present sessions, to try their appeal; but that, as the Court would in a moment see, was quite an impossibility, for as yet no order whatever had been served on the Messrs. Davies, and therefore there was nothing to appeal against. Tne order was made on the 24th of October, and instructions were at once placed in the hands of counsel to draw the order, and he (Mr. Bodkin) was prepared with an affidavit to show that the order had not been returned by the counsel engaged to draw it up. The question was a very complicated one, and surrounded by many difficulties, but perhaps the greatest was one which arose under Baines's Act, which came into operation, as the Court was aware, on the Ist of November. Under that Act a clear and distinct notice of fourteen days was required in every case of appeal, to the party who was placed in the position of respondent, but how could that notice be given in a case where the order appealed against was made on the 24th of October, and the appealing party bound to try the appeal at the sessions com mencing before the required notice of fourteen days had expired. The order was not served, and no one could tell what its contents would be; but he sup posed it would bear date the 24th of October as the day on which it was made; were that so, to enter an appeal now would be futile; but here the parties were, pursuant to their recognizances, to bring the question to trial. Under such circumstances, as he had stated, he thought the Court would not object to enlarge the recognizances to a future session, when perhaps the order would have been served upon his client. The Learned Gentleman then handed in two affidavits, sworn by Henry Reeves, clerk to Messrs. Davisson and Campbell, of 21, Warwick street, Regent-street, which set forth in the usual way the facts which he had detailed in addressing the Court. He said he had been considering whether it would not be advisable for his clients to enter their appeal now, and then move the Court to respite the appeal as well as to enlarge the recognizances. Per haps that course would obviate all the difficulty. The Learned JUDGE thought if the appeal were entered now the objection as to the notice of fourteen days would be tenable; besides, there was nothing before the Court to appeal against; still, everything required by Mr. Bodkin should be done, but it would be at the risk of the parties by whom the application was made. Mr. Boxaux said that notice of the present applica• tion had been given to the opposing party. His friend Mr. Clarkson, who was reteined for them, Lad informed him that they would concur in any order the Court might make upon the subject. lie had thought that it would have been better had the appeal been entered now (as it might have been abandoned subsequently), but after what had fallen from the Court he would confine his motion to a respite of the recognizances of his clients until the next general quarter sessions, and he hoped that the Court would see that his clients were not harmed by the difficulty in which they were placed, for they had appeared according to their recognizances. The Learned JUDGE said there was no fear of that, and granted the Learned Counsel's application. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Hugh Swan, who refused to give any address, but who lately carried on the business of a draper in Ilan way-street, Tottenham-court -road, and High street, Camden Town, was again brought up for final examination, on the charge of having, by his own confession, destroyed certain accounts relating to his sales of goods previous to his becoming a bankrupt. The main facts of the case have already appeared ; and additional evidence having been given, Mr. Alderman CARDEN said he considered it to be proved by the prisoner's own confession, that he had destroyed the documents relating to the sale of cer tain goods, and it was to be inferred that he did so for purposes of concealment. The fact being proved he should not venture to decide the question of law, whether certain words operated as a repeal of the punishment of indictable offences under the Act. The presumption was, that the Legislature did not intend to do anything so mischievous to the interests of society; and he should therefore send the case for another tribunal to decide upon. Mr. Parry applied for the bail to be mitigated, as it was very heavy. Mr. Alderman CARDEN did not feel inclined to reduce it; and it still remained as before, namely, himself in 3001., and two sureties in 1501. each. There enly being one surety in readiness, the pri soner was conveyed to Newgate. Mr. Samuel Miller , the relieving officer of the West London Union, Smithfield, was summoned to show cause why he refused to give relief to several wretched creatures who had made application to him. Edward Smith said that he had a wife to support, and for some time past he had worked in the stone yard, and earned a shilling a day and a loaf on Saturday. The guardians had, however, sent orders that no one should be allowed to earn more than 9d. per day, which he and his wife could not live upon, and he accordingly applied t o M r . Mill er f or re li e f , which he refused to give, but, on the contrary, said that if he did not leave the place, he (Mr. Miller) would give him into custody. He accordingly applied to this court, and obtained a summons. Alderman CARDEN asked Mr. Miller what answer he had to give for refusing relief to a person in such want ? Mr. Miller said he had no power to do so. The board of guardians had sent instr uc ti ons t o th e stoneyard that for the future 9d. per day was all the men would be allowed. He had nothing to do with the stoneyard, and was likewise ordered not to relieve any person coming from that place. Alderman CARDEN—That has nothing to do with it. You are the servant appointed by the Poor-law Commissioners, and not the servant of the guardians, and therefore, as relieving officer, you are responsible for refusing the applicant, and I could inflict a penalty of 51. Mr. Miller—l am not to blame. Mr. Alderman CARDEN— keii:you are. Here is a man who has a wife to support, and only gets Is. per day, which is now reduced to 9d. Do you think that sufficient for them to live upon ? Mr. Miller— You see, Mr. Alderman Carden, the awkward posi tion lam in. I have every feeling to help the par ties, but am forbidden. I will give an order if you wish. Mr. Alderman CARDEN—Then you refuse relief. As you are the responsible officer and independent of the, board of guardians, you ought to have relieved this person last night ; and, to begin, I shall fine you 20i. for not; doing so. The board of guardians may make what regulations they like, and may reduce the wages of men from I.s. to 9d., 6d., or 3d. per day, but when tho:e persons apply to you for further relief, you are bound to give it, whether the guardians have ordered otherwise or not. Another fine of 203. was inflicted in another case. After some conversation, Mr. Miller said he would relieve; and then left the court. BOW-STREET. _ _ _ John Duncombe, of 10, Middle-row, Holborn, was charged with exposing obscene prints in his shop window. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and Mr. Bodkin defended the accused. William Ealden, verger of Westminster Abbey, living at 4. Vincent-square, stated that, after an in terview with Sergeant Chadwick, of the F division of police, he accompanied an officer to the defendant's shop, in Middle-row, on Friday the 12th of October ult., where he saw exposed in his window the coloured frontispiece of the book now produced, which was of an obscene and indecent nature. It was openly ex posed with other prints, similar in character. Wit ness went in and inquired for the book, and it was delivered to him on payment of sixpence. The book was a copy of the one in the window, and in every respect similar. He saw other indecent prints there. He afterwards went back to the police station with Chadwick. Sergeant Chadwick stated that he stood outside the defendant's shop-window, and saw the last witness go in and purchase the book in question, copies of which he saw exhibited in the window. Witness saw that Ealden had no such book in his possession before he went to the shop_ _ _ John Scott said that he lived at 2, Southampton buildings, Holborn, and was assistant-collector of the assessed taxes. He knew the defendant, who paid the taxes of the house in Middle-row. Wit ness did not think, however, that he resided there himself. George F. Heath, toy dealer, 8, Middle-row, Holborn, knew the defendant's shop, and had fre quently seen him there. Mr. Bodkin admitted that the house in question was occupied by the defendant, although he did not reside there. If his worship thought that the print produced was of such a nature as to make the de fendent liable to the present charge, it only remained for him to express the extreme regret of the defend ant that it had been exhibited or sold, and to make, on his behalf, a pledge to the society that he would immediately place every print of the kind in their hands, and discontinue the sale of such things in future. Upon inquiry it was found that the defendant had been convicted of a similar offence about twenty years ago. Mr. HENRY consented to suspend his judgment, to see what steps the defendant would take. STRANGE AFFAIR AT THE NOTTINGHAM BAR RACRS.—That gallant regiment the 3d Dragoon Guards seems determined to supply all the gossips of the town with constant employment for their peculiar talent. The hero of this week's incident is a dashing young subaltern belonging to the regiment. The (Fluters of this gentleman were on Tuesday night visited by a fair young damsel, who, we are informed, has not latterly been quite so welcome as she was formerly. Having suspicion that some other " Ladye Fayre" had usurped the share of the gallant officer's friendship, that she formerly considered her own, " green-eyed jealousy" was aroused, and with all her soul she sought for revenge, and found the means of it in her scissors. These she was forgiving enough to use in improving the condi tion of his wardrobe. This kind office she continued without any interruption for some time. At length, however, Bhe came to t h e conclus i on t h at s h e h a d carried her kindness to a sufficient extent. She then left the room—the uniform of the bald dragoon having been converted into a much more romantic one than the regulations of the Horse Guards generally allow them to be. Mr. returned to his quarters a short lime afterwards, and there, to his great surprise, instead of the neatness which so generally characterises a single gentleman's apartment, were to be seen on every side tatters of gold braided trousers, sashes, epaulets, em broidered vests, I:ne,n, sections of oil paintings, and many other articles, which had fallen before the shears of this modern Atropos. For some time he stood speech less with amazement. No one could inform him who was the cause of the havoc ho beheld. At length, how ever, he was told that Miss had been in his room for soma time, waiting patiently for his company. He then immediately recognised the band that had perpe trated the mischief; but no steps' have yet, we believe, been taken to bring the offender to justice. The da mage altogether will amount to almost wet —Notting ham Journal. TRICKS PLAYED UPON NEGROES.—There is a bush story of a negro who, for a bottle of rum, agreed to strip to the waist, and lie on his face, to be bitten for a quarter of an hour by the mosquitoes at the Joggins of New Brunswick. He endured his pests manfully, and had nearly won his prize, when one of the lumbermen who stood by laid on him a small piece of live charcoal, when the negro wriggled and twisted about frightful:y at last, unable to hold out any longer, he jumped up, calling out " Woolt! not bargain for dat; dat is drsagon fly!" Lumbermen play sad tricks to the negroes sometimes; at a coloured tea drinking, a lumberman Slipped " a plug" of tobacco into the kettle, when an old netress ' who presided called out "Mo water! mo water! too 'troug for missa 'totnach."—Sir. J. Alexander's Acldie. [A OVERTISEN ENT. ] —Captain Kramer, of the barque Wilheimer, cured of a dreadful Scorbutic Complaint by Hol loway's Ointment and Pills.—ln this astonishing case the who:e of the body and legs were covered with lumps nearly the size of Tonquin beans, acrd had been so for the last thirty years ; sur prising to relate, this ter r ible disease completely disappeared from the system in the course of a month, by having large quantities of the ointment well rubbed in every night and morning, and taking the pills in copious doses. This cure is known to many respectable people, as the vessel was discharg ing her cargo in the Thames only about a fortnight since.— Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish- ' Bunt, 244, Strand, London. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LINF:a.pooL, Nov. 6.—The market has closed firmly. Oid wheat: 1n realised last week's prices. Iri.h is ld lovier. Flour has sold to moderate extent at full rates of wheat last week. Oats rather lower. Oatmeal no change. Beans and peas the turn dearer. Barley an malt dull and rather easier. Indian corn is per quarto cheaper, and in moderate r. quest. LEEDS, Nov. 6.—We have good arrivals of grain. There is a fair trade for wheat, and prices for best cheat are fully at Friday's prices. Barley steady, and fine qualities the turn dearer. Oats and other articles as More. Arrivals—Wheat, 13,814; oats, 440; barley, 536; beans, 205; spellings, 108; rapeseed, 268; lin seed, 24. NEWCASTLE, Nov. 6.—Since Saturday we have had a fair arrival of wheat coastwise, also a few vessels in from abroad. The a'tendance this morning has been good, and trade firmer at Saturday's currency. Barley at former terms, other articles unaltered. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 6.—The supply of beasts small, being be low the number at last market by 100 head ; quality inferior. Trade dull, and a great quantity unsold. Sheep in more active demand; quantity less than last week by 1,500. Mutton, 4d to 51d per lb.; beef, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, Nov. 6.—There :were in the market to-day 77 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, whereof 72 sold thus:-0 at 1/Bs, oat 11 7s 6d, 42 at 117 s 03, 6 at 11 63 6d, 20 at 116 s Od, and 4 at 115 s 6d; average price;of the whole 11 6s 7d 2-12ths. 5 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 31s, 1 at 295, and 2 at 28s. 1 sack peasemeal, which sold at 20s. 13 sacks pot barley, whereof 12 sold thus:-1 (Pearl) at 11 12s Od, 1 at 11 63 03, 2at 1/ 5s Od, 1 at 114 s 63, 1 at 114 s Od, latl/ 3s 03, 4 at 1/ 2s 63, and lat 112 s 01 1 sack brosemeal, which was not sold. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, NOV. 6. — Supplies of all kinds large. Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs 6d per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 6s Od to 8s Od; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay, from 71 to 9d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, Nov. 5.--There were 199 bags of oatmeal, and 5 of barleymeal at this day's market. sales ready. 'Oatmeal up on the top 6d per bag; the parcel sold at 23s per bag was of inferior quality; barleymeal down Gd per bag. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. 263 Od 25s Od 23s Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 19s Od —s Od —s Od Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —s Od Flour —s Od —s Od —s Qd Pot barley ... —s Od sOd —s 01' COAL BURKE' Buddle's W. Hartley 15s Od Carr's Hartley llasting's Hartley lss Od Old Tanfield Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth'sW.Hart 15s Od l'anfield Moor Townley lss 6d West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. Brown's...,. Gibson Hedley Heaton Millbank ... ... Northumberland Percy Riddell's .............. South Willington l6s Od Washington Eden Main . Lambton Primrose Bell Belmont l7s 9d, Ships at mi T.-YESTERDAY. I Brad dyll .. 18s Od Hetton Haswell lBs 9d Jonassohns ... 16s 3d Lumley l6s 9d Lambton N. Hetton Lyons .. 17s 6d Russell's Hetton 18s Od Stewart's . 18s 6d Whitwell . 16s 9d Elowdon l6s 9d Kelloe. .. 185 Od South Kelloe .. . 17s Od South Hartlepool ..... 17s 6d %Vest Belmont Whitworth . 15s 3d Cownden Tees ..... 16s 6d Maclean's Tees . 16s Od iouth Durham......... 16s 9d St. Helen's Tees 16s 01 fees ..... 18s Gd Cowpen Hartley Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff .... ,Sidney's Hartley . 15s Od arket, 198. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was much better than for the last few days, and a considerable amount of business was transacted. The prices were—Great W estern, Quarters, 12 dis.—Ditto, 17/. Shares, 8 dis.—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 12 dis.—Caledonian, 14 3 —South Devon, Preference, 7—Taff Vale, New, p. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was much de pressed to-day at the quotations, which are rather lower. The transactions were as follow :—Caledonian, 11%—East Lancashire, Preference, Quarters, 74 —Lancashire and York shire, Consol. Fifths, 6/. 11s. 3d. dis.—London and North- Western, 114 , A c. Ditto, New Quarters, p. Ditto, i Ffths, 24 c. p.—Ditto, Quarters, (C.), 1/. 13 s . 9d . Mdland, Halves, 21 1 -, 2 dis. MANCHESTER, Nov. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1 3 % p. North Staffordshire, 9% Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 9-16 dis. London and North-Western, 115— Sheffield, Preference, 10 1-16—Sheffield (No. 1), 13 dis.— York and North Midland, 19%—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 1 A —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 31—Brighton, Preference, 6!.4. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transaction to-day was-- South Staffordshire, 3% dis. YORK, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were Al follow :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1714—Leeds a' ad Thirsk, 10/. 18s. 9d.—North British, Thirds, 3,i—Noith Staffordshire, 8%. DREADFUL STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION IN BELOLITM. —A deplorable and fa al accident took place last we at Bois-le-Duc, in Belgium, by which many lives w e re sacrificed. The boiler of the steam-boat Jan Van Ar IEOI, 7, blew up just as it was leaving the pier; the shock was so great that it was felt all over the town, and the inha bitants rushed from their houses, fearing that an earth quake had taken place. The steamer was literati) 'y de molished. Eight corpses have been found, and nine I persons have been mortally wounded; it is fearer . 1 more lives are lost, as several persons are still missing . The boiler blew up with such force, that a portion, of it, weighing upwards of a ton, was thrown over the houses ; on the quay; another portion was thrown to a. distance of 200 paces. Three persons were Wown into , the air, and fell in different directions, horribly mutilated. It is not known how the accident originated. IMPOSTURE.—A most glaring and heartless fraud, of which a newsvender, residing at 17, New-street square, Fetter-lane, is the victim, was committed a few days since, although the imposture was not discovered until yesterday. It appears that the above-mentioned person has an only son in the 10th Hussars, serving in India, from whom he has not heard by the last three mails, and feeling great anxiety made inquiries at some of the houses in Westminster, where he now supposes he must have inadvertently mentioned his name and resi dence. Some few days after a tall, respectably dressed young man, of military appearance, called and repre sented himself as having been recently discharged, and as having been a comrade of the newsvender's son. Many inquiries were made, which having been answered with much apparent truthfulness, the fathers' was induced to give him not only a hearty welcome*.• but likewise present him with half-a-crown on hiss departure. Two days subsequent to this affair he rriet. the supposed soldier, who told a plausible tale of hi s having lost, or been robbed of his money-bag and ite contents, the only means he had of proceeding to his relatives at Sheffield, and being miknown to any pi or icel in London he was unable to go, upon which his too cow" Sdia , victim lent him sufficient to defray the exper isi s of tits journey, on ills promising that on his arril ra 1 the money should be forwarded by post-office order No letter having been received after several days cif sus- pense, he yesterday ascertained that a sergeant c the regiment was in London recruiting, of whom it sq uirieS were made, and he at once pronounced the party am im postor, no person having been discharged lately, -neither could he recognise the handwriting nor the name of the systematic plunderer. FORGERY.—At the county magistrates' of lice at Rochester, on Monday, the sth instant, beta: e a full bench of magistrates, William Williams, alias Aa a man about fifty years of age, and having the a ppear- ' ance of a warrant officer of the Royal Navy, wry com mitted to take his trial at the ensuing Maidstone4 lssizes► upon three separate charges of forgery. The fit -st was , for personating one John Oliver, a gunner on he and her Majesty's ship Dolphin, on the coast of Afri ca, and t representing to Mr. Solomon, a navy agent at C: hatham, that he had been discharged from the Dolphin o• n the 2d of May, 1849, and was entitled to prize money to the amount of 300/. The prisoner produced what peva-ported to be a certificate, signed by the commander of the ship, and executed a letter of attorney to Mr. Solomoar to re ceive his prize money, on which Mr. Solomon ad';►anted him the sum of 501., and 35/. in goods, with a. gold watch, &c. The signature to the power of attorney given by the prisoner to Mr. Solomon was prov ed. by John Oliver, third-class gunner, recently paid off: . from the Dolphin, to be a forgery ; and the lion. R. F. B oyle, also from the Dolphin, proved that the signature at tached to the certificate produced was not his haadwr The prisoner declined saying anything on being asked by the bench. NOVEL SHIPMENT TO AMERICA.—A correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury says--" As a sign ot the im proving taste of our Transatlantic brethren, we are glad to have to chronicle a rather curious shipment, made a few days ago to America, in the shape of 500 casts of the. head of Shakspere, taken from the monumental bust a the poet in the Church of Str atford-upon-Avon, by Will Warner, the artist, of that town. They are consigned to an eminent firm in New York, and, being designed and got up in a very artistic manner, they will, we two no doubt, meet with great demand on the other side of the water." On the 29th ult., at Oporto, BIRTHS.% Mrs. John R. Th omson., daughter.of a On the 30th ult., at North Brixton, the wife of the Rev. J. B. Brown, A. 8., of a son and heir. On the sth inst., at Brixton-place, Brixton, Surrey, Mrs. Henry Knight, of a soi. On the sth inst., at Bibury, the wife of the Rev. H. Snow, of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Leytonstone, Mrs. T. R. Bartrum, of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Grove.end-road, St. John's-wood, the w:le of D. W, Dowling, Esq., of a son. IdA. On the 7th i ns t. , at the Sy RR n.lgog lED ue, Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Emanuel, of Wigmore-street, Cavendish — square, and granddaughter of M. Emanuel, of Portsea, to L. Leon, Esq., Lite of Antwerp. DIED. On the lith ult., at New York, F. Salmenson, Esq. On the 23d ult., near Algiers, on the passage to Malta, B. Bov.ll, Esq., of Mark-lane and Wandsworth. On the 3d inst., Miss Markby, of Croydon, aged 56. On the 3d inst , at the Priory, Little Malvern, Worcester shire, R. R. Tichborne, Esq., of Bath, aged 57. On the 3d inst., Mr. T. Chapman, of the Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford, aged 45. On the 3d in, t. aged 21, Henry M ar ti n, e l dest son of John Marsden, Esq., of Wakefield. London: Print©d and Published by MUMBO YOUNG, 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N o , 112. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the cer4ty of Middlesex, Thursday, November 8, 1849. ~ r _ .r