The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-07 00:00:00

Vltrb THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. SUN OFFICE, Four o'clock. We have just received the Paris papers of yester day. 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, 9 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. de Rayneval refuse to accept the Mi nistry of Foreign Affairs, it will, it is said, be offered to the Prince de la Moskowa. On Monday M. Bineau, the Minister of Public Worke, 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 Presideo of the Republic, " It is necessary to substitute acts for 4words." "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 Waved explanations from the new Minister con cerning , . . posmg :to , make up the -deficiency of the Treasury. , . Meanwhile the Committee is - occupied with a new - • • examination of the btidget•of expenses. - ' i A supplement to the Pd:rtafog,/i,o of Malta : of , the:. ' - - 20th ult. says :—" The French squadron, under t4e . tor** Of Admiral Parssival Deschenes , c posgd :of' i slic,sall , of the line and. two frigates, was lilt) off. -.• " 'Matta; qeeriug for the.Leyant. ~ Ttte, D scartes, steamer 'hal 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 Barret in the tribune, as Minister of the Interior. lie had to defend the Bill in troduced by his predecessor to extend the time for which the National Guard of Lyons was to remain dissolved, and the Honourable Gentleman acquitted himself of his task in very suitable terms. The Bill was sharply attacked by M. Mathieu (de la DrOme), but was adopted without a division. General Baraguay d'Hilliers' proposition to annul the decree passed 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. BounsE, • Two o'cnocK —Five per Cents. 87f. 90c. Threts, 55f. 75c.; Bank Shares, 2,325 f. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the let have arrived. It is said that the King had formally declared that, in order not to meet Christine, 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 the kingdom, but letters not pre-paid are to ply the present rates. FRANKFORT, The Constituent Alsernbly of the free city of Frankfort resolved, on the 21, that the Executive 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 pre.,ented, enacting that the postage of a letter shall henceforth be one silbergros (14c ) for ten German miles ; two silbergros for a distance from ten to fity miles; and three silbergros for any greater distance. TLe Prussian Government has decided that the little principality of Hohenzollern, just ceded to it, shall become a simple Prussian pr wince, 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 been assembled by the Austrian Govern ment in Bohemia ready to act, if necessary, in Saxony or Bavaria. The Vienna Gazette of the 30th ult. publishes a decree, enacting that the officers of the Imperial army who fought with the insurgents, but gave themselves up previous to November 26th, 1848, shall be re stored to their old ranks; those who returned before the end of January, 184,D, 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 find in the 'Vienna Gazette of the Ist an article in reply to the attacks made on the Austrian Government by the Austrian and foreign journals, for the condemnation and execution of Count Louis Batthyany. 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 criims with which Batthyany was principally re proached, says the Vienna Gazette, were the emis• sion of Hungarian bank-notes, the order given by him in consequence of a resolution of the Diet for the raising of an army of 200,000 men, the distribution of money made at Vienna by Pulszky, in order to cause the revolution of the iith of Octo ber, the satisfaction 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 Gazette, in conclusion, asserts, that as his high position se seduced many others to the commission of felony, the severest penalty justly fell on him. The Austrian General commanding at Lemberg in Gallicia has just condemned 36 persons to imprison ment in fortress, and to hard labour in irons, fur participation in the Hungarian insurreetion. The Austrian Government has, in consequence of events in Hungary, prolonged to the mo n th of October o f 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 Stat es o f Sschleswig-Holstein WAS opened at Kiel on the lit, with a speech from Pr.esi.lent Bargurn. The Government submitted several Bills to the Assembly, and among them one on the budget for 1850. ITALY. The Pied montese Gazette announce s that on the 31st Pit. M. Lucien Murat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Re public t o th e C ourt o f T ur i n , presented his creden tials to the King of - Sardinia ; and that M. Bois-le- Comte at the same time presented his letters of re• call. Count R oe d e i n, Mi n i ster Pl en i po t en ti ar y of Prussia, presented his credentials on the 231 ult. A lett e r from Turin of the 2d announces a new Ministerial trisis there—General Bava, Minister of War; Chevalier Galvagno, Minister of the Interior; and Baron Lamargherita, Minister of Grace and , Justice, having offered their resignation, which. the King had not yet accepted. The correspondent states that this crisis is owing to the plans of reform which General Bava contemplated in the army, and Which could not be effected without dismissing a great number of officers. This has excited great dissatisfaction against Bava, who has, moreover, against hlm the Duke of Genoa, the Prince of Ca 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 Universitf 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 i 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 1847,1 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 resu l t exhibits rather serious variation in the progress of crime. The number of crimes and offences, as well as that of the s ccused, has undergone a considerable increase. That a ugmentation, however, is easily explained. The year The 1847 was not a calm and prosperous period. excessive dearth of provisions , occasioned by the failure of the crops in 1846, was a cause agitation and agitaton and many disturbances. T he 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 Prance 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. Muesli 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.s2-per cent.:-; -other robberies, 31 per cent. i 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 confideace 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, ore 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, 1,426 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, 41,335 (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 au 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. i n 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 06, 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 had 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 coin mutation of their sentence into hard labour for life. The Courts of Assize likewise delivered judgment in 1847 against 462 contumacious accused, of whom 30 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 acqnitted, 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 2,647-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 from 40 to 50, 626 from 50 to 60, 495 from 60 to 70, 208 from 70 to 80, 57 upwards of 80; the age of 177 could not be ascertained. Only one department, 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, Cantal, 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 others." THE SU N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1849. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MancHEstnn, TuEsnev.--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 domplaints 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 are little inquired for, and domestics still less, while in none of them are prices entirely firm. Jacconets and tnadapollams 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 cession of 3d. per piece has b een m a d e . I y a r ns there has been a general backwardness to operate on tb or e t p ph a ae r s part of sbotiTothinsha heavy and manufacturers the day has f part, a so a m v e y w a h nd at spiritlessreduced r m a n a g n e n e o r f ; p r a i n e e d s , has obtained. 1 - 0 ROCHDALE, MONDA Y . W e have had a brisk market to-day, and a fair amount of business trans acted at last week's prices. The a wool deelers s till we have herecomplain of having little t o d o, manufac h t a u v re at the limit e d demand there is for the raw mate d material. M AC CLESTIELD, TUESDAY.--The state of trade with the throwsters is much the same as v reported it for some time past. In the ing department slackness is the prevailing feature, except in the article of piece goods, which, we understand, are much in demand. Since our last, large and important public sales of raw silk have taken place, at which considerable business was transacted, at :an advahce generally on previous prices. The market looks firm at the highest rates then current. RUDDER:4'IEI 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 been sulfilled. 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 for 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 paxt 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, sem, J. J. Scoles, &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, undertcok 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 bad 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. The 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 uas now in the hands ofthe prin ter, and would soon be ready for distribution. The whole question could be discussed on the 16th inst. Dur 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 nonprofes 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 is the abstruse researches and reasonings of science; but the architect, to a degree, must of necessity have some knowledge of art and of science. Ile must have science sufficient to construct a building safely ard 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— " It is not timber, wood, and stone The architect requires alon-., 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 sty le 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 ',arts 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 manner 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 inati 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 was 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 vai n , an d one gent l eman, i n d espa i r, thought of, sending to the Zoological Society for an army of anteaters. Mr. Tite, 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 upo❑ his plate.—(Laughter.) Dr. BUCKLAND 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 amounted that Dr. Buckland would read a paper "On Artesian Wells " at the next meeting•, and the proceedings terminated. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS. Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, a messenger from the Home-office arrived at Horsemonger-lane Gaol, bear ing a respite, during her Majesty's pleasure, for the convict Alfred Stephen Jordan, alias Dowland, capi pitally convicted of attempting to murder a woman with whom he cohabited, in Dulwich-wood. The act of clemency was communicated in a letter from Sir George Grey addressed to the High Sheriff of Sur rey, who lost no time in forwarding the intelligence to the Rev. William Sloman Rowe, chaplain of the gaol, who immediately visited the convict and informed ' him of the fact. The wretched youth received the intelligence with stoical indifference, betraying no emotion of gratitude, and appearing perfectly careless as to what became of him. The convict Manning was yesterday permitted to have another interview with his brother Edmund Manning, who arrived at the gaol about one o'clock, accompanied by a married sister, who had come to town for the purpose of seeing her wretched relative. The Rev. Mr. Rowe and Mr. Keene, the governor of the gaol, were present at the interview, which was of an extremely painful nature. After the first outburst of feeling had subsided the convict was addressed by his brother at some length, and urged to communicate all he knew on the subject of the murder. Manning expressed his readiness to do so, and commenced by reiterating his former statement to the effect that his wife shot O'Connor as the latter was proceeding down stairs to wash his hands. He further stated that O'Connor had ,noticed the hole dug in the back kitchen on the occasion of former visits paid to Mit - o'er-place, and that he had been told by Mrs. Manning that it was a drain they were making. On the day of the murder, when the unhappy man went down stairs, Manning states that on reaching the back kitchen he heard him address his wife, and say, " What haven't you finished the drain yet ?" These, he says, were the last words O'Connor uttered, for immediately afterwards he heard the report of a pistol, and then a heavy fall on the fluor. The wretched man, in answer to other questions put to him by his brother, has confessed that he pledged a pair of pistols, with one of which the deceased was shot, on the evening of the day his wife left town, being at the time almost penniless. He has also confessed where the watches belonging to the late Patrick O'Connor, and the crowbar with which the murder was completed, may be found. The brother, Edmund Manning, on taking leave yesterday, pro mised to see the convict again on Saturday, but the sister took a last farewell. Manning is more resigned to his fate than he was for two or three days after conviction. At first he would neither eat nor drink for some hours together, but he now takes his meals regularly, and expresses himself prepared for the awful change he has to undergo. He is not less anxious than heretofore to have an interview with his wife, but she positively refuses to see him. Edmund Manning, when at the prison yesterday, sought to obtain an interview with her, but she declined to see either him or his sister. There has been no application to see the female convict on the part of her own friends ship her con viction. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL THANKSGIVING. Vicronra, IL—We, taking into our most serious con sideration the indispensable duty which we owe to Almighty God for the manifold and inestimable blessings which we and our people have received at His hands ; and desiring, by prostrating ourselves before His Divine Majesty, and offering up i❑ ihe most public and solemn manner our praises and thanksgivings, to manifest to our faithful and loving subjects, and to the world, our deep and devout sense of His lite mercies in having abated the grievous disease with which many places in this kingdom have been lately visited, which mercies have established and confirmed in us the surest trust and confidence in His protection acd good providence, have thought fit, by the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby appointing and commanding that a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for these His mercies bo observed throughout England and Ireland, on Thursday, the fifteenth day of November instant; and we do earnestly exhort that the said Public Day of Thanksgiving be reverently and devoutly observed by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland as they tender the favour of Almighty God. And for the better aad more orderly solemnizing the same, we have given directions to the Most Reverend the Archbishcps and the Right Reverend the Bishops of the United Church of England and Ireland, to compose a Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving suitable to the occa sion, to be used in all churches and chapels, and other places of public worship; and to take care for the timely dispersing of the same throughout their respective dioceses. Given at our Court at Windsor, this sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of our reign. GOD save the QUEEN. BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL THANKSGIVING. VICTORIA, IL—We, taking into our most serious consi deration the indispensable duty which we owe to Almighty God fur the manifold and inestimable blessings which we and our people have received at His hands; and desiring, by prostrating ourselves before His Divine Majesty, and offering up in the most public and solemn manner our praises and thanks givings, to manifest to our faithful and loving subjects and to the world our deep and devout sense of His late mercies in having abated the grievous disease with which many places in this kingdom have been lately visited, which mercies have established and confirmed in us the surest trust and confidence in His protection and good providence, have thought fit, by the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our It , Procla mation, hereby appointing and commanding a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for these Flis mercies, to be observed throughout that part of our kingdom called Scotland, on Thursday the fifteenth day of November instant; and we do earnestly exhort that the said General Thanksgiving be reverently and de voutly observed by all our loving subjects in Scotland as they tender the favour of Almighty God. Our will is, therefore, and we charge, that this our proclamati,n seen, ye forthwith proceed to the Market-cross of Edin burgh, and all other places needful, and there, in our name and authority, make publication hereof that none pretend ignorance : and our will and pleasure is, that our solicitor do cause printed copies hereof to be sent to the sheriffs of the several shires, stewarts of stewartries, and bailiffs of regalities, and their clerks, whom we ordain to see the same published; and we do appoint them to send copies thereof to the several parish churches within their bounds, that, upon the Lord's Day immediately preceding the day above men• tioned, the same may be published and read from the pulpits, immediately after Divine service. Gi zn n b a e t r ou in r t C h o e u 3 r .e t ar at of Wn o i u d r so L r o , rd thi o s n e s i x ti t i h day of o usan d No- eight hundred and forty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of our reign. GoD sate the QUEEN. At the Court at Windsor, the 6th day of November, 1849, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, it is this day ordered by her Majesty in Coun cil that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Tuesday, the twenty-second day of November instant, be further prorogued to Wednesday, the sixteenth day of January next. WHITEHALL, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right lionourable Sir James Duke, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 6. BREVET.--Captain Richard Johns, of the Royal Ma rines, to be Major in the Army, Oct. 19. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 1. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major- Gen. James Arm strong to be Col.-Commandant, vice Major-Gen. Munro, el( ceased; Second Captain the llon. George Talbot Deve reux to be Adjutant, vice Buchanan, promoted, Oct. 17; Second Captain Roquier John Cannon to be Adjutant, vice Mundy, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Aug. 25; Second Captain Arthur George Burrows to be Adjutant, vice Gilbert, promoted, Sept. 18, 1848. Commission by the Lora-Lieutenant of Southampton. North Rants Militia—Richard Henry Fitzroy Sower set, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Oct. 31. BANKRUPTS. Hugh Biers, builder, E ig eware-road, to s urrender Nov. 20, at halt-past two, and De c. 20, at twelve, at th e Court, Basinghall street. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Blake, King's-road, Bedford-row. Luke Davy and Job Davy, builders, New North-road ' Nov. 16, at three, and Dec. 20, at. eleven, at t h e Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee; Minter, Bell-yard, Doctors'-common 3 . William Harding, corn-dealer, Crawford-street, Mary lebone, Nov. 13, at half past eleven, and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Long, Clarendon-square, Euston square. Wolf liyams, hardwareman, Portsea, Nov. 13 and Dec. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Jones, Quality-court, Chancery-lane. Charles Davis, importer of leeches, Frederick-place, Newington, Surrey, Nov. 12, and Dec. 24, at half -past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Coleman• s treet; Young, Parliament -street. William llardyman Colyer and Francis Webster, brewers, Milbank, Nov. 17, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 20, eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. johnso, official assignee, Basitighall-street; Sadgrove. Mark-lane. Samuel Mullen, hotel-keeper, Ironmonger-lane, Cheap side, Nov. 17, at one, and Dee 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 8.11, official assignee, Coleman ntmt r e t e a , h e ne N t : sc o t r or f eu o tr l 4 k t. , bo N ufi o lid3 v i . inn l gi , c s s.: : a Ncsis t trutml: m. Joseph :s,l t t eo o i ti Josiah s''Ce3z-ov. 2 i ' s ba i nop : - b ai naut ' aie ß l ndrl Charter, jdtldel James, I ' acc, d h Igka3)x Whitmore, Dec.a:f. e ; c i ur hs . r E n e ;l i l ,t v sß a e g n 223balm:r:uoRralimirscla3l,etsd' Temple; i Gresham-street. vg e c i r r : . s e rvh , jema C :s e y r go h e r ni r a is m l re BirminghamßNß Birmingham, Birmingham;r i ng g h h p a a a a l lievep3miehiaal, assignee, isi bL t isag b r i Dec. nd 18, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith and James, Birmingham. Thomas Ross, jun., braid manufacturer, Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, Nov. 23, and Dec. 14, at ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham. Nathan Wi t .glesworth, flax dresser, Leeds, Nov. 16, and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Payne arid Co., Leeds. Robert Brierley, innkeeper, Rochdale, Nov. 22, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Hunt, Rochdale. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. A. C. Handley, Malden, Essex, draper, Nov. 27, at half-past eleven-E. L. Blackman, Gracechurch-street, City, tailor, Nov. 27, at eleven-F. Wakefield, Oid Broad-street, City, broker, Nov. 27, at eleven-D. Mar tindale, Star -court, Bread-street, City, warehouseman, Nov. 30, at eleven-J. Bateman, Southampton- buildings, agent, Nov. 27, at one-J. Mathew, Carshalton, Surrey, linendraper, Nov. 27, at two -W. Line, Pavilion-place, Turnham , green, brickmaker, Nov. 27, at one. In the Country. P. Chaloner, Clirow, Radnorshire, innkeeper. Nov. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Bristol-T. T. Cooke, Manchester, bill vender, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-J. Turner, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester- L. Jones, Liverpool, merchant, Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool-11. Hillier, jun., Birkenhead,Cheshire, innkeeper, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool 11. J. Witehell, Carnarvon, bookseller and stationer, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpoo!--R. Dickin son, Poulton-in-the. Fylde, Lancashire, malster, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-W. Ridgway, Hanley and Shitton, Staffordshire, manufacturer of earthenware, Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Robson, Sunderland, grocer, 3s. 4d., on Saturday, the 10th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between ten at d three, at the office of. T. Baker, Newcastle-upon• Tyne. J. and L. Cousen, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinners, 91., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of H. P. Hope, Leeds. Lucy Cousen, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, 205., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of H. P. Hope, Leeds. J. Pearson, Middleton, Yorkshire, miller, 2s. 43., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of H. P. hope, Leeds. J. Gale, Bruton -street, Berkeley-square, bookseller, final dividend of 13-16ths of a penny, on Thursday, the Bth inst., and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of 11. H. Stansfeld, Basinghall• street. J. Christie, R. Christie, and J. Stewart, Mark•lane and Manchester, merchants, final dividend of id., on Thursday, the Bth inst., and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of H. H. Stansfeld, Pasinghall-street. M. Roe, Coventry, draper, first dividend of 7id., on Thursday, the Bth inst., or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of R. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Boyce, Birmingham, umbrella furniture manufac turer, first dividend of 205., on Thursday, the Bth inst., or any übsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of R. Valpy, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall•street. J. Brook, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, draper, Nov. 28, at half-past twelve-S. A. Hart, Cullum-street, Fen church street, merchant, Nov. 28, at one-F. Jenkinson, gent's-street, baker, Nov. 28, at twelve-J. Killick, Doi king, Surrey, carpenter and builder, Nov. 27, at eleven. In the Country. J. Dowle, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, wine and spirit merchant, Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Newton, Belvidere, Bath, builder, Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Pinkerton, High-street, Southwark, glass cutter, after 21 days from Nov. 3—S. W. Hickman, Hailsham, Sussex, innkeeper, certificate of the third class, after 21 days from Nov. 3—W. R icasden, Wakefield, painter and dealer itr oil colours, certificate of the first class, after 21 days from Nov. 2—J. Hickson, Greengates, Yorkshire, apothecary, certificate of the first class, after 21 days from Nov. I—W. Hardwick, Great Russell• street, Bloomsbury, laceman, certificate of the third class—J, Tibbs, Fenchurch• street, wine merchant, certificate of the third class—T. Davis, J. Glossop, and J. Brankley, Morris Mills, Pilsworth, Bury, Lancashire, dyers and fustian shearers, certificate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. C. Reid and F. Jenner, Red Lion-square, sur veyors—J. Rylands and B. Greening, Manchester, wire workers—G. Wells and W. Thompson, Kingston-upon- Hull, coal merchants—J. Pyatt and T. Slater, Stafford, druggists—W. M‘Ewen and W. Haytlon, Southampton, boot and shoe makers—Charlotte Llwis and Susan Lewis, Hanover-square, milliners—T. Shelmerdine and G. H. Dean, Manchester, silk manufacturers—Elizabeth Clare, Mary Clare, Margaret Clare, Anne Jane Clare, Emma Clare, and E. Humble, Liverpool—J. Betteley, J. Telford, and E. S. Roberts, Liverpool ironfounders—T. Warren and Ebene z-r Starmer, Salford, Lancashire, boot and shoe manufacturers—J. Fawcett and I. Dalzoll Wor kington, Cumberland, skinners. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Fallon, York, tatter. Edward Weightman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, travelling draper. John Mahlace Dodds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, painter. Thomas Jones, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, musician. James Ross, Newcastle- upon. Tyne, groccr. Thomas Justice Newcastle upon-Tyne. harnessmaker. Ebenezer Mitchison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, butcher. officer. Frederick Hodge, Bridgwater, Somersetshire, baker. James Mills, Hunt End, Worcestershire, licensed vic • twiner. William Avery, Redditcb, Worcestershire, clerk.. William Taylor, Coventry, watch manufacturer. Samuel Chalton, Lower Bebbington, Cheshire, grocer. Richard Bateman, Stourbrid ge , W orce stershire, car penter. Alfred Waldron, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, labourer. John Payne, Llanvaes, Brecknockshire, baker. Allan Cooke, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, com mission agent. Mary Ann Bennet, Gilwern, Brecknockshire, beer re tailer. Thomas Hunt, Liverpool, butcher. Thomas Garven, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, traveller. James Shaw, Coventry, hosier. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Mrs. Susan Dunn or Downie, Glasgow, to meet within the Tontine Had, Glasgow, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10, at twelve. W. Anderson, Newburgh, Fifeshire, writer, to meet within the George Inn, Newburgh, Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at two. D. Gardner, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, baker, to meet within the Commercial Hotel, Glasgow, Nov. 15 and Dec. 13, at twelve. J. Kilgour, Edinburgh, grain commission agent, to meet within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin burgh, Nov. 14 and Dec. 7. at two. THE PEW SYSTEM.—A correspondent of the Chel tenham Examiner writes thus:—"l was present at the parish church on Sunday evening, and witnessed the following scene, which took place during the per formance of divine worship:—The churchwarden (walk ing up to the large pew which was only half-filled, and the door of which vas firmly held by a gentleman inside). Mr. —, you have no right to keep that p. w while there are parishioners who cannot obtain seats.—Mr. : It is my pew, and I shall admit whom I please.--Churchwarden : You have no right to admit strangers while there are parishioners who cannot get seats.—Mr. —: This pew is my property. —Churchwarden: If you do not open the door, sir, I shall order the beadle to force it open.—Mr. You have no right to do so; you may as well order a man to break open my house.—Churchwarden: It is not your pew, and I shall insist upon its being opened.— Mr. : This is not the place to settle that ques tion.—Churchwarden : I will have it settled here. Russell, I order you to break open the door.—Pew Opener : Very well, sir. Mr. , I insist upon the door being opened. The door was but open, and the pew immediately filled by the parties standing outside. Was this a fitting scene to be enacted in a place of worship?"—[The Cheltenham Parish Register states that the pew is Mr. Harford's, and that he is the gentleman who was in possession on Sunday night.] CONVOCATION OF BIRDS.—On Tuesday, the 25th of September, a large number of swallows and martins, supposed to between 2,000 and 3,000, assembled at six o'clock in the morning near the Plymouth station of the South Devon Railway, and eventually pitched on the upper wire of the electric telegraph. Here they sat side by side as close as they could stow; the swallows to the westward nearest the station, and the martins on the east towards the bridge over Union-street. It was a very calm morning; the birds had their heads facing the rising sun, and all seemed, by their grave deportment and occasional faint chirpings, to be in deep consultation on some important measure. It being necessary to send a message up the line, the station clerk, wholly uncon• scious of the position of the fathered assemblage, touched the electric wire, and suddenly dissolved the meeting, The swallows and martins jostled and tumbled against each other, and fluttering off their mysterious resting place, shortly resumed something like order, and quickly flew out of sight.— West Briton. SOYER'S ANTI CHOLERA DIET.—ANOTHER.—BoiI a pound of rice in a gallon of water till quite a pulp, add o table spoonfuls of semolina at the same time as the rice, when in puree add an ounce of butter, a little salt, two ounces of sugar candy, and grated nutmeg; drink it warm with a spoon. I also put a little ground rice . in my breakfast rons.—Soyer's Modern Housewife or Menagere. How CARDINALS ENCOURAGE RAILWAYS.-1. he Papal Triumvirate have decided that the railway to Naples is a useless scheme, " tending to inundate Rome with worseless foreigners;" they have, therefore, defini tively suspended the works, and thereby thrown thou sands out of employment.—Railway Tunes of Saturday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 6. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and Justices AIAULE, WILLIAMS, and TALFOURD.) PARKER V. PINNER AND BURTON. This was an action of trespass for false imprison ment, tried before Lord Chief Justice Wilde, at the Guildhall, in the last sittings after term, in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff—damages, 501. Mr. SKINNER now moved for a new trial, or to re duce the damages, on the ground that the damages given were excessive. It appeared that the defendant Pinner was the keeper of Whitecross-street prison, and the other defendant:a sheriff's officer, who had arrested the plaintiff by mistake for another person of the same name, against whom he had a writ of ca. sa. The plaintiff was asked, " If his name was not Parker ?" he answered that " It was," upon which he was arrested by Burton ; and, notwithstanding his assurance that ho was not the man wanted, he was conveyed to Whitecross• street prison, and confined there four or five days. The Learned Counsel con tended that the inconvenience thus suffered by the plaintiff, considering his station and position in life, did not warrant such an amount of damages for the injury done him. The plaintiff was a tailor living in St. Mary. axe, which was in some part of London. —(A laugh.) Lord Chief Justice WILDE —W hy, the late Mr. Denison lived there all his life, and he was a highly respectable man. Mr. SKINNER—I understand, my Lord, that the plaintiff lived in a court in St. Mary axe. I did not know where it was, but do not wish to disparage a locality better known to others. (Continued laughter.) The plaintiff was a tailor in a court in St. Mary-axe. Mr. Justice MAULE—The charge of being unable to pay your debts is a very serious one in St. Mary axe.—(A laugh.) Lord Chief Justice WILDE—The plaintiff was put in the remand ward, and not allowed to see his friends or to have his food provided for him, but he was com pelled to take the prison allowance of gruel, on which he was kept for five days. That was severe treatment. Mr. SKINNER did not mean to say that it was not an inconvenience—(Laughter)—but it was to be estimated by the rank of life the plaintiff held. Haif a-guinea a day, he submitted, wouid have been ample compensation to him. Mr. Justice MAULE—Was that topic addressed to a jury of the city of London ? Mr. SKINNER—My Lord, I was not there; but 101. a day is too much. Mr. Justice NIAULE—If reckoned as wages, it was very good wages I dare say. Mr. SKINNER-501. is a large sum between man and man for falling into this light error. The CHIEF JUSTICE—A friend of the plaintiff met him in custody, and told the officer he had got the wrong man, and to go to the attorney, to which the officer replied, " Why should I go to the attorney ?" and took the plaintiff to Whitecross• street prison. ➢lr. Justice NIAULE—It may be that the wrong amount of damages has been awarded.—(A laugh.) Rule refused. MUNDEN V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. In this case Mr. BRAMWELL moved in the course of the day for leave to the Sheriff to amend or quash his return to the writ. It will be remembered that the Duke of Brunswick brought an action of trespass against Sloman and others for illegally breaking and enetring his house to execute a fi. fa. in the above cause, and that the Duke of Brunswick then paid to the Sheriff's officers 2201. under protest. In con sequence of the verdict of the jury i❑ the action against Sloman and others, deciding that the levy was illegal, and that the 2201. must be returned, the present application became necessary, as the Sheriff had returned to the fi. fa. in the case of " Munden v. the Duke of Brunswick," that he had levied the money. Ile moved, therefore, to be allowed either to quash the return to the writ, or to be allowed to amend it by returning nulla bona. Rule nisi granted. A list of the new trial motions was made; but it was announced by the Lord Chief Justice that they would stand over till Thursday, and that the Special Paper will be taken to-morrow, his Lord ship having to attend the Criminal Court of Ap peal, and Mr. Justice Talfourd having to sit at Nisi Prius. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, .Nov. 6. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN THE MATTER OF HENRY ALFORD. This insolvent, a young man, clerk in the General Registry office, Somerset-house ' applied under the Protection Act, and was opposed by a creditor named Foot, messenger at the Treasury. The object of the opposition was to obtain a por tion of the insolvent's salary, which now amounted to 1101. a year. He had a wife and two children to support. The creditor said, he likewise held a Government situation, and had brought up a family on a salary of 1001. a year. He had a few perquisites and had let lodgings. He thought the insolvent could set aside 30/ a year out of his salary. . _ The,insolvent offered 101. for the first year, 151. for the second, and 201. for the third year, to pay his debts. The Learned COMMISSIONER thought the offer was a reasonable one on the part of the insolvent. Al though it was true that on the Protection Act parties were voluntary applicants, yet in benefiting the creditors the Court was to consider the position of the insolvent so as to prevent any subsequent application. A day was named for the final order. (Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN RE WILLIAM CRIPPS. This insolvent, a superannuated Custom-house officer, was opposed by Mr. Nichols for four credi tors. The case was heard under the Protection Act, and an application was made to set aside 201. a year for the creditors, the insolvent's income being 105/. as a superannuated officer. The insolvent proposed 101. a year for his creditors. The COURT thought that a proposal should be made to pay the creditors 15/. a year. A second hearing was appointed. (Before 2,1 r. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE JOSEPH JAMES. This insolvent, an old man, was opposed by Mr. Nichols and Mr. Lucas; Mr. Cresswell supported. The insolvent had kept the Weavers Arms, Stain ford-hill, Hackney-road, for twenty four years. His insolvency arose from a debt of upwards of 3001. owing by his wife before his marriage, and of which he was ignorant for some years. He believed he could obtain 4001. for the Weavers Arms for his credi tors if he were obliged to give up possession of the premises. His Horrours enlarged the insolvent's bail for a fortnight, in the hope that he would obtain a customer for his house, and thereby benefit the creditors. The insolvent seemed to have been ruined by the debt owing by his wife before marriage, and of which he had no knowledge. The case was adjourned, and the bail enlarged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. Henry King, a young fellow dressed like a carpen ter, but recognised by the police as the associate of thieves, was charged with being concerned, with other men now in custody, in entering the premises of Mr. John Killick, silversmith and jeweller, on Knights bridge-terrace, Hyde-park, and stealing three valu able gold watches. A labouring man named Biden stated, that while passing the end of Wilton street, on the afternoon of the 19th ult., he noticed the prisoner, in the company of a second man named Rolls, now in custody upon another charge of a similar description, lurking about in such a suspicious manner that he was induced to watch their movements. They looked hard at him, and he walked on, but kept them in sight, and directly after saw them standing with their backs to the pro secutor's shop window. Rolls then called Mr. Killick to the door, to inquire the price of some glass and china vases he had exposed for sale in his side window ; and, whilst so engaging the prosecutor's attention, and haggling about th e vases in the street, the prisoner availed himself o f the opportunity to glide into the shop, from which he almost immediately after emerged and hurried away in the direction o f Hyde-park- corner . R ol l s then, to afford further time for the escape of his accomplice, unconcernedly accompanied Mr. Killick back to his shop; but they had not b een t h ere more than a minute, when the pro secu t or rus h e d ou t i n an " affrighted „ state into the street, exclaiming that he had been robbed o f p roper t y to a l arge amount , an d raninto a butche r ' s a dj o i n i ng , un d er th e i m p re ssion the thief must have secreted himself there, as there did not appear to be time for him to have got any further. Rolls, upon that, attempted to get away, but was stopp e d by th e p rosecu tor's wife, and, witness coming up at the moment, collared him, and handed him over to a constable. Information of the robbery was communicated to the police, .but the prisoner succeeded in evading them unt il the p recedin g evening, when he was a ccidentally met by a constable, and taken into custody, upon which the . witness wa s sent for, and immediately identified him as the ma n Rho had entered the p rosecutors shop in the manner described, and in whom he could not be mist a k en, having had a full and distinct view of his face. Mr. Killick confirmed the evidence of the preced ing witness, and added that the property s t o l en con sisted of three valuable gold watches, which were suspended in a glass case in the window, and in which position he had seen them the instant before the pri soner's companion had engrossed his attention with the vases. It was intimated by the police that a robbery of a similar character was perpetrated a short time since in the premises of a jeweller at Whitechapel, ,from which property of a still more valuable description hid been abstracted by the thieves, gad th ere was reason to believe, from the details since furnished that the prisoner was " wanted" for that also. He was accordingly canitnitted for final examina tion, in conjunction with the other men already in custody. THAMES. .lixob Hesse, a pianoforte maker, Ilrought befo;e Mr. Yardley, on remand, ebarge.i feloni ousiy cutting and wounding George Weiner, with intens to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pelham defended the prisoner, who is a piano forte maker, residing. in Buckle-street, Whitechapel. The prosecutor is a lodginghouse-keeper in the same street. Oa the night of Monday, the 29th ult., a quarrel originated between them after leaving the Half-Moon public-house in Whitechapel, in conse quence of the prosecutor interfering between Hesse and another man, and they fought in the " EugliAr style" for some tim e w ith t h e i r fish, until llesse was getting the worst of it, when he got Werner's head under his arm, and inflicted several blows with a knife. The prosecutor felt himself stabbed, and called out for the police, who took the prisoner into custody, and Werner was removed to the hospital, where it was ascertained that he had received from 18 to 20 stabs on the head. Seine of them were de scribed by Mr. Harper, the house surgeon of the London Hospital, to be merely superficial, and others were deep. The loss of blood was very great, and the prosecutor was in a state of considerable debility when he was admitted into the hospital, but the man was not in any immediate danger from the injuries. Mr. Pelham very ingeniously endeavoured to show that the injuries were inflicted by the prosecutor forcing his head through a pane of glass. The defence failed, and Hesse was committed for trial for the felony. THE Ua UNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, Nor. 6. We had a fair demand for wheat to-day. Prices about the same as this day week. Barley barely supported late prices. Beans and peas a more ready sale. Oats no variation. Malt declined Is. Flour dull sale. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 36s to 453 Beans 24s to 298 Barley. 2ls to 273 Peas Oats Rye .. . 22s to 25s Flour, per sack.. 35s to 40s AVERAGES FOR THE'WEEK ENDING NOV. 3. Wheat 1,642 quarters at 42s 9d. • Barley Oats Beans 33 „ 24s 7d. Peas.... . Rye . -• 00 „ 00a Od. HULL, Nov. 6. , Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states: —With tolerable arrivals of all descriptions of grain during the past week, we have to report a very inanimate trade, and to effect sales some decline has had to be submitted to for every article. The supply of wheat from the farmers at this day's market was good, as was also the condition; for best runs about last week's rates were given, while secondary samples were offered at full Is reduction. Very little business passing in foreign wheat, and even best qualities are procurable at some decline, while damp and inferior are wholly neglected. Only a limited sale for malting barley, but for grinding the demand is some what more active than of late. Old beans, of good qua lity and condition, meet ready sale, and are compara tively scarce, while tender samples and new are difficult to place. Grinding peas more inquired for, but only at low prices. Linseed must be again written dearer; but oaks are rather sluggish. Not much doing i❑ rape cakes, even at our reduced quotation. Bones are sale able at our currency. The following are the present prices of grain : Wheat, English, red 38 to 40 Peas, white and yel. 25 27 Do. white 42 44 Do. grey ....... ~.... 24 26 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 43 45 nigsberg 46 48 Do. Petersburgh ... 37 42 Pomeranian and Do.Riga&Archngl. 36 —3B Hamburgh anish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 34 37 Linseed cakes, Hull 71 5s Od hussian and Odessa 32 36 Do. fine foreign Oats, English Do. Danish ' l3 —l5 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l6 —18 Rape cakes...Bos Od to 00s Od Do. Russ. Odessa 14 —l6 Tares, English oos 005 Barley,malting 24 26 Do. foreign 20s 245 Do. grinding.. ...... 20 —221 Guano 6l to 9/ 105 Beans 2B 34 Bones, do ...... 00s Od to 87s 6d Do. foreign ...... 26 —301 Rye meal Coax, Nov. s.—Flour—First 13s Od to 14s Od ; extra 159 ; seconds, Its 6d to 12s 6d ; households Os to lls; thirds, 6s to 8s per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to lOs 6d; Indian meal 73 to 0 Od; wheat.. meal, lOs to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 127 s 6d to 132 s 6d per ton. Bran 3/ i Os to 3115 s per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s Od to 365; average 30s ; dealers 32s to 36s Od; average 31s per ton. Str aw—Farraell 14s Od to 25s Od; average 20s; dealers 27s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6d ; household loaf 5d to 56d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d W 9J per lb. Eggs —ss 5d to 5s 6d per hundred. Coals — Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 145 ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to bid; veal 4d to Od; pork 4icl to sd; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausage s 5d por lb. - Hops 91 Os per cwt. B angor d a t es 3/ 2 s 6d to 3155 per ton. Bark—Barbary 8/ to 8/ 10s ; Valonia 141 to 0/; French 71 10s; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 31/ to 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 21s to 00s ; red ditto 25s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 00/ 00s to 00/ pet ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 183; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s; salted 13s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2iel per lb. Potatoes, white sid to 8d; Minions lld to 00c1; Guano — Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel 19s p©r barrel. RAILWAY StiARE MARKETS BRISTOL, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was depressed to-day. The only transactions were in Great Wosterri, Quarters, which were done at 1 Fisi dis. LIVERIOOL, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and P.), 6 per cent. till 1850, 13—Ditto, 221. Shares, 9 3 / 4 dis. East Lancashire, 14 Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consat Fifths, 6/. Bs. 9(I. dis.— Ditto, 32/. Shares, 10', dis.—London and North-Western, 114 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 5 / 4 .- Midland, Halves, 8/. Os. 9 d.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6 1 4 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension No. 1 and 2), 8% dis. MANCIIESTER, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Manche4er and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 1 3 4 p. North Staffordshire, 9 1 ,6 Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 1 / 2 dis. London and North-Western, 115 n.—East Lancashire, 13% c.—Ditto, Quarters, 3%—Caledonian, Pre ference, 8— Sheffield, Preference, 10 BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The only ' transactions to-day were—. North &affordshire, 9 1 / 4 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3 4 P. YORK, Nov. 5: STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 11 4—Ditto (G.N.E• Purchase). 3—Great Northern, 7%—Eastern Counties, 7—• York and North Midland, 191/2. Prince Ghika of Servia arrived on Friday at Brusm sels, on his way to Paris. DARTMOUTH.—Some years ago Mr. George Nett was a draper in this town, and during that time married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Henry Tucker, of Corn wot thy. Subsequently Mrs. Nott died, and left Mr. Nott with a young famoly. Atter a time, Mr. Nott with his family removed to Liverpool. He has now a daugh ter grown up to womanhood, who went to reside with the late lamented Mrs. Henrichson, and continued to do so up to the day cf the tragical death of the latter. At that time Mr. Nott was taken seriously ill, and his daughter went to see him, and consequently she was absent from Mrs. Henrichson's when Wilson perpetrated the foul murders. Thus she providentially escaped the assassin.. —Devonshire Chronicle. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours arrived at Eisenach on the 31st ult., on a visit to the Duchess of Orleans. ALGEBRA. FOR CONVICTS.—The chief officer of one of the public departments at Portsmouth, feeling an noyed one morning recently that the convict labourers had not come to work at the proper hour, sent a boat to inquire the reason, when he was informed the gang was engaged at the algebra class, and could not be sent on sherd—Hampshire Telegraph. [AnVERTISEMENT.]—A Wonderful Cure of an eruption in the Face by Holloway's Ointment.--The editor of the Guernsey Sun publishes in, his paper of the 20th of Feb ruary a most extraordinary cure which he witnessed by the use of Holloway's Ointment, in the case of a child, whose face w as entirely covered with scabs. By his recommendation the pa. rents of the child tried this invaluable remedy, and in the space of one week, to the astonishment of every one, the face was perfectly healed. This Ointment is peculiarly adapted for the cure of burns, scalds, scurvy, and every variety of skin dis eases; also for old wounds, scrofula, cancers, bad breasts, and sore legs. --Sold lay all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. I BIRTILS, On the 2d inst., at Hintlesham-hall, Suffolk, the lady of J. A. Ilardcastle, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Blyth-hall, the lion. Mrs. Arbuthnot, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., in Bernard-street, Russell-square, Pars. S. l Moss, cf a son On the 4th inst., at Barnes, Mrs. Marmadude Hoinidge, of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Stratford-green, Essex, the wife of the Rev. C. C. Layard, of a son. On the s th inst., in Chester-square, Mrs. James Fletcher, of a daughter. On the sth inst , at St. Mary -at-Hill, City, the lady of the Rev. J. C. Cresthwaite, of a son. On the 3d inst. MARRIED. , at Lynsted, Edward Blaxland, Esq , Dadmans, to A nn, third daughter of John Bailing, Esq., of Nouds, Kent. On the & lost, at St. Stephen's, Coleman-street, John Dunn, Esq., of Scarborough, to Marie Antoine , te, widow of the late Captain Moyle, of 11. 11.1. 18th (Royal Irish) and 66th Regiments of Foot. DIED On the 3d inst., in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Rear- Admiral Sir S. John Brooke Pechell, Bart., C. 8., K.C.11., k'.R.S., aged 64. On the 30th ult., at Tunbridge, Thomas Charles Burt, Esq , aged 76. On the 2d inst., at Cheltenham, J. Stackhouse, Esq., of Camberwell-grove, aged 72. On the 3d inst., at Clapton, Mr. Josiah Field, late of the Bank of England, aged CO. On the 3d iost. at Torquay, John Wirnams, Esq., late of her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich. On the sth inst., in Lansdowne-road, South Lambeth, Reginald Henry Rogers, third scar of C. H. Rogers Hat. rison, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MUP.DO YOUNG, d No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun. Office, No. 1129 Strand, in the Precinct et the Savoy. in the co my of Middlesex, Wednesday, November 7, 1849. INIIIIN i