The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-26 00:00:00

AAIERICAN REPITB• roAN—DEMOCRAT. (Frem the Times.) among other important results of the late Pre sidential election in the United States may be ranked the fusion into two opposite camps of all the previous existing divisions of parties. The American Republic now possesses what for many years England possessed, and now can show no longer—two parties differing not merely in name but in principles, and sworn to strive to the utter met on an issue the most momentous that can stimulate the passions or enlist the sympathies of the human mind. The smallness of the number of votes for Fillmore most convincingly proved how completely the old. Whig and Know-nothing parties had been pulverised and destroyed in the shock of conflicting opinions which the great Presidential conflict has called forth. The conduct of the Whigs during tie recent election is such as to re mind us very forcibly of that of the Peelite party in our own House of Commons. Both had, in some degree, lost the confidence of the public by an affectation of superior refinement ill-calculated to win on public sympathy, and each had an op portunity of retrieving its position—the one by supporting public feeling in favour of the war, and the other by placing itself at the head of the popu lar excitement against the extension of slavery in Kansas. Both American Whig and English Peelite were wanting to their destiny. The opportunity has passed them by, and they must wait, probably in vain, for the recurrence of another occasion, and undergo in the meanwhile the disintegration which never fails to operate rapidly on successful politi cal parties. The Know.nothings, a parry founded on a secret organisation, and professing principles adverse to that free emigration to which America owes her wealth, her population, and her public works—have also been anuihilated, and American history henceforth will probably know but two parties —the Republicans of the North and the Democrats of the South. In such a case names go for very little, and the most popular is scrambled for and adopted without the slightest reference to the principles or professions of the party that fight under it. The word " Republican" only pledgss to a republican form of government, which may he either oligarchic or democratic, while the term " Democrat" means a Republican free from all oligarchical taint. The first is generic, and properly includes both parties ; the second is specific, and, properly understood, excludes the oligarchy of the South, who have suc ceeded in pre-occupying the name and apply ing it to themselves. If "Whig" and "Tory" he a per petuation of the barbarous slang of obscure factions, " Democrat" and " Republican" are a standing monument of the confusion of ideas so apt to wait on vehement party excitement. The Republican party may be said at present to be confined to the Northern States of the Union. Those who, in spite of the terrorism of the South, dare to dissent from the shibboleth prescribed to them generally arrange themselves under the now obsolete name of Whig or Know•nothin,g, and the rise of a Republican party south of Mason and Dixon's line is a phenomenon yet far distant. This local circumspection has been employed in the late contest to fasten on the Republicans the charge of "sectionalism," a word of undefined meaning, the import of which iu controversy is destroyed as soon as it is paraphrased. If "section alism" means that the opinion is confined to a par ticular part of the Union the Republicans are sectionalists. If "sectionalism" means opinions arisinc , from narrow local and personal views, in which ° sense alone it is a term of reproach, then it is the South, and not the North, the Democrats, and not the Republicans, that are sectionalists. The one tenet of the Republican party is resist ance to the extension of slavery. It has sprung into existence to meet a particular emergency, and has not yet either formulated its principles or regulated its internal discipline, two defects to which it principally owes its recent defeat. But it is too numerous and too enthusiastic, too firmly convinced of the justice of its cause, and too confident in ultimate victory, to be disheartened by such a result, and it is not unreasonable to expect that it will acquire in the coming struggle that confidence in itself, that coherence, and that disci- Aline which, whether in th 4 Capitol at Washington Or on some future field of battle, will enable it to do justice to its cause and its convictions. Growth and increase are on the side of the North, and If the South is to counteract them it must be by A succession of manoeuvres such as that which has just so signally succeeded, each of which will be come at once more perilous to the North, and more certain to exalt the exasperation of its inhabitants and promote their union and their energy. The position of the South is at this moment a very peculiar one. For the 45 years preceding 1854 its attitude was that of men content to re main on the defensive, and satisfied to forego the increase of their territory towards the North in consideration of being allowed full scope for their operations towards the South and South-west. Such an attitude was thoroughly consistent with the maintenance of the Union and the preservation of slavery from all attacks on the part of the Fed o ral Government. But the North was growing apace, and it was felt that the unprecedented pro. gress of the North in population rendered the trans ference of supreme power into its hands only a ques tion of time, and in 1854 Congress destroyed this wise and statesmanlike compromise on the motion of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois. From this moment the whole career and politics of the South were altered. Disdaining, and, indeed, openly violating former compacts and agreements, the Southern party de termined to take advantage to the utmost of the predominance which they possessed, and, by a series of bold and well-combined manoeuvres, to preserve the balance of the Constitution still in their favour. The strength of the South rests on technical and artificial advantages arising from the letter of the Constitution. The strength of the North is in its wealth, it s popu l at i on, and its industry, advantages which the Constitu tion did not give, and which its abroga.tion will not take away. When the contest, therefore, has reached its ultimate conditions, the South will find in the Constitution a shield, and the North an ob stacle, and the positions of the two parties with re spect to it are therefore likely to be reversed. Tlle South is embarked in a career in which it cannot stop. It has scorned compromise, and boldly aims at supremacy The point must be reached at last at which the North will concede no further, and it will then be seen if the Constitution is strong enough to restrain the furious antipathies hitherto content to fight within its limits. A WORKING BISHOP ? On Sunday last w , s Prom the Times' performed . One of those cere monies by which the' Church of England keops up the thread of The metropolis descent from the great Church of T the West. a newmetropolis mig that day onlac have rejoiced spiritual father in place of him it had lost— another f apostle—a fresh shepherd sent from Heaven "to eed the flock of Christ," " to hold up the w ea k, again the heal e the sick, bind up the bro ken, bring so largely seek the lost." There are those who trust the significance, the grace, or at least ha lite, and the natural of sym pathythis of the people,pomp they would have had it performed, with all t heof national spectacle at the altar or under the dome of our great Protes tant temple. The Church of is England, however, is warriors when she deals of a retiring nature, and thartriors that she with children or departed agnificent pile. ven tures to make full use of e a very So Dr. Tait was consecrated before congregation in the nume rous and highly respectable con famous Banqueting house of Whitehall, adorned with the pagan apotheosis of James l. Though room in England could he more sulfoit' theim purpose, for it is consecrated- —and that isitsonly consecration—with tine blood of blo of the great to English Epis co p ac y , as Hallam a„es martyr nor scruple to call him. From the window of a ` vesti bule at the north - wes t corner Charles I. wa lked Il to the scaffold where the Bisho p of London of ti: ', t day promised him a cro wn of g lor y . The f allen monarch, we are told, "o ffered at the last to re trench everything which he did not deem of ap a ,.. tolical institution. lie was willing to abolish Arch bishops, Deans, Prebends, Canons. He offered that the chapter lands should be let at low leas, 3 during 99 years. He consented that the present Church government (Presbyterian) sho uld continue during three years. After that time he required not that anything should be restored to Bishops but be exercised power of ordination, and even tha t p ower t After those three ears of P y • grace thriftly doled out to Providence a rha ment might then do its worst . Mean w hil e ho was ready to renounce the Book of 1 Common Prayer. H ume thi n k s it proper to oh - I serve ' for the i n f ormation o f poster i ty, t h a t Charles I. really thought the sacraments invalid unless the Presbyter himself had by a Bishop. At been previously consecrated the place, then, where this opi nion was sealedwith saw it still the creed Royal blood last Sunday of tile nation. It saw a second Bishop co ns ecrated e to carry out rites to the- Southern heinispher © , to the vulgar eye were gone. Ceremonies strange through. Strange vestmen ts, brought from back Chancery lane, were put on , to the admirationsignificance and, in of the few that understood th e ir and, after the laying-on of bands , Dr. Tai t and Mt. :s o c pi c itual ruler, r ot , erill were se rerally ordained, th e one t o be ou n r the other to offer the like dominion niffreland. We have contrasted two spectacles in the game building which night leave , us almost too satisfied that we live in the rational 19th century, and not THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE NING, NOVEMBER 26, 1856. in. the fervid 17th. Yet it may be doubted whe ther the cause for which Laud and his master died is not even more hopeless now than in those days. The dream of a vast spiritual unity, one in faith, one in forms, one in rule, and one in manifold beneficial operations, had indeed received a severe shock in outward events, but was by no means dis pelled from the inner soul. There it reigned awhile in the mind of the Roman Catholic, the Church of England man, the Presbyterian, and the Indepen dent; and, as each one triumphed, so he claimed to reign supreme. In France the fortunes of policy and war, perhaps it should be added the art of Richelieu, carried the day, apparently, in favour of Rome. In England first the Presbytery, then the Independents, claimed to govern the soul of lean. In Scotland the former of these for genera tions had almost undisputed sway. But with the Revolution toleration also came in, and this politi cal necessity has gradually assumed the still milder form of compromise. That compromise, as is usual in religion, has given English Episcopacy much peace and prosperity, but at the cost of numbers, doctrinal unity, and power. At present not much more than a third of the i n habitants of these isles retain Episcopacy and the Prayer-book ; and of that third at least half hold them with no very strong tie. In this state of things we are not sur prised that some zealous Churchmen should urge those parts of their system, whether doctrinal or ritual, that they think the path and clue to a resto ration of our lost unity. Nor can it be a matter of surprise that, of these Churchmen, some aspire to a unity wide as the earth, or rather the heavens ; others to one that should engirt these isles ; others at least to old England. Whether they will ever succeed is another affair ; but the human heart seldom listens to reason, either in the things of earth or of Heaven. On the other hand, we are as little surprised that simple, honest, warm hearted men, engaged in practical duties, set on doing the good thing before them, and cnerishing the friends that they have, should resign the vision of the larger unities, and content themselves with husbanding the precious remnant that still seems in their power. That was the line taken on Sunday by the preacher, Mr. Cotton, Master of Mail borough School, and we believe an old friend of the new Bishop—like him, too, a pupil of the late Dr. Arnold. With much earnestness he besought all parties to join in keeping together what is left of the Church of ttngland, and to co-operate as far as possible for the removal of our social evils. It is not possible to allude to differences of opiniosi with out betraying a leanieg, and Mr. Cotton evidently leans to Dr. Arnold ; yet are we sure that he gives good advice. It is the way which tends to unity. " Charity," which is only another name for unity, " begins at home." Wider unity there will never be unless the hearts and minds of men be first formed in the practice of mutual kindness and candour. No doubt, there is much to be borne with in these days, but, unless it be borne with, and unless we keep the peace with those imme diately about us, we cannot hope to be the sacred spring of a wider unity and a universal restoration. Dr. Tait, we have mentioned, was for some years tutor at Balliol College, and subsequently for seven years, we believe, Head Master of Rugby. Mr. Cotton is head master of a large proprietary school at Marlborough. We know not whether either of them has had the charge of a parish, either in London or in the country, nor aro we sure, notwithstanding the common prejudice on this point, that a course of parochial experience is necessary to make a man a good bishop or bishop's friend. What we venture to observe on the choice of Dr. Tait for the see of London refers to his scholastic career. He is no busy dignitary bloom ing into riches and honour. Nor is the worn-out scholastic released to repose on a stall or a throne. On the contrary, while still in the prime of life, he has recently left one of the most laborious, and, we will add, most honourable employments, which the custom of the Church has left open to the cle rical profession. There is no position that brings out the highest principles, the most genial feelings, and the most important powers more than the position of a man who has day by day, for many hours a-day, to meet face to face hundreds of boys, whose opening understandings lean upon him for nutriment and guidance. The head master of a public school cannot be an idle man ; he may have his hobbies, hut he cannot consult his ease and pleasure ; he may have his favourites, but he can neglect no one; his attention must always ho strained ; he takes his holidays when his boys do ; in a word, he has a place among the most labori ous professional men—rising barristers, physicians in full practice, eminent scientific lecturers. He is a real pillar of the social state, as much as the head of a public department or a man in high mili tary command. His eye, his voice, his manner, his mind, pervades the whole school, and leaves no corners in it. He is intimately acquainted with the faces and minds of 400 or 500 boys, and has a running account of daily recollections with them. To the best of our recollection Dr. Tait is the first one who has come to a see fresh and young from such a sphere since the appointment of Dr. Longley to the see of Ripon. May we not reasonably expect that he will be able to diffuse a somewhat higher standard of clerical duty than now prevails ? Can he not create the idea of a cle rical day's work somewhat nearer the mark of other professions ? Will he not tell his clergy that they must do something more than write sermons and check the accounts of their societies? Surely his practised eye and power of survey will come in useful now. We have been called to account for suggesting a legal enforcement of the clerical obli gations, but it will be a great gain if even a new idea can be implanted. Certain are we that the clergy can do much with this metropolis, if they will Pet seriously to work in a business-like man ner ; and therefore we conceive great hopes from seeing a " working man " put at their head. LA W INT ELLIGENG E.—Nov. 25. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. MORRIS Y. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-EXEEIITION AGAINST A RHAREHOLDEE. This cause came before the court upon cause being shown against a rule to issue execution against Alder man Kennedy, for a debt due to the plaintiff by the Royal British Bank. Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Aspland, appeared to show cause, and Mr. Lush and Mr. Beaseley, to sup port the rule. Mr. Hill said that the rule called upon Alderman Ken nedy to show cause why execution should not issue azainst him upon a judgment against the bank for 2141. lls. 6d. The case involved a question of some importance, and he asked their lordships' attention to the dates. The plaintiff commenced his action on the Sth of September, in order to recover 2051. 13s. 4d., against the bank, and he recovered judgment on the 3d of November for 2141. lls. 6d., the debt and costs. On the 4th he issued a ft. fa. against the bank, which writ the sheriff returned with the endorsement nulla bona. But it was not stated what instructions had been given to the sheriff, nor what exertions had been made to execute the writ. It further appeared that early in the m nth of September there were thrte petitions pre - anted to the Court of Chancery for winding up the affairs of the bank, and Vice-Chancellor Kindereley made the final order on the 24th September. On the 27th an interim manager was appointed, and on the 13th Oc . an official manager was named. It further appeared, that there had been proceedings in bankruptcy, anu that the bank was adjudicated bankrupt on the oth October, and an official assignee and trade assignees were appointed. On the 6th Nov., the day of the appoint. ment of the trade assignees, the plaintiff carried in his claim, and proved his debt in bankruptcy. He then served a notice on Alderman Kennedy, that he would move the Court for execution against him, and a few days ago he obtained the rule. The plaintiff, in the affidavit, st ,ted that there was litigation going on, and he be:ieved that the parties had determined to go totbe H.mse Lords ; it N as, therefore, uncertain when any dividend wuuld be paid on his debt, more especially as questdunt, had arisen, and were undetermined, whether the bank would be wound up under the superintendence of the Court of Chancery or the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Justice Crowder had understood Mr. Lush to Pay that the writ had been returned nulla bona, and that Lucre were no funds at all. Mr. Hill—There was 100,0001. at this moment, if could only be settled who could distribute it. Mr. Lush—All the funds were in the hands of the official manager, and when they could be got at nobody knew ; there were no available funds. He submitted tbat the creditor bad a right to his executioe, and that the Court had no power, out of pity for a shareholder, or fr•Jin any other motive, to refuse the writ. He refer red to the statute in proof of that position. The words in the section, " It shall be lawful" for the Court to issue- execution, were obligatory upon the Court so to do the moment the shareholder showed that he had taken the necessary steps. The Winding-up Act enable the share holders to enforce certain rights among themselves, but it was not an act under which a creditor could proceed at all. Mr. Justice Crowder—The act said the Court should make such order as they might think fit. Mr. Lush—That applied to cases of proceedings by a shareholder to enforce contribution frJin other share holders, and did not apply to a judgment creditor. uTe Chief Justice did not see why the terms should not be held to apply to all cases ; to such a case as this, for instance. It was reasonable that, if the Court said that injustice would be done by allowing one creditor to go on issuing executions against a shareholder, they should have some discretion. Mr. Lush submitted that the act gave no discretion ; and it would be contrary to the whole spirit of the act that there should be any power in the Court to withhold the writ out of pity to a shareholder. The Chief Justice, in giving judgment, said that he was at first disposed to doubt whether, under the terms of the 13th section of the 7th and Bth Vic., they might not possess some discretionary power ; and, if they bad possessed it, he should have been disposed to say that he would not allow execution to issue agai , st a shareholder so long as they knew that there were assets of the company about to be divided amongst the creditors. The question, however, had undergone much discussion, and it had been held that a creditor was entitled to have execution at once. Mr. Baron Martin had said that that was the opinion not only of the Court of Exchequer, but that the courts of equity had come to the same conclusion. He was bound to yield to such authority ; and, there. fore, the rule must be absolute. Mr. Justice Williams thought the Court had no discretion in the matter. Mr. Justice Crowder was of opinion that the sound c•mstruction of the act of Parliament was, a creditor having performed the conditions mentioned in the lOtti section, a❑d had found hie execution against the com pany ineffectual, was entitled, as a matter of right, to proceed against the individual shareholder.—Rule absolute. lI.E.aLTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. THE lA/PROVEMENTS IN ST. JA.3II'S'S PARK. Nothing seemed easier than to drain the weer from the lake in St. James's-park, and to level it. The public thought that it would be but a work of a few weeks, and entail a cost of a few hundreds of pounds. Such, how ever, was not the opinion of the Commissioners of Works, who foresaw that it would be a work of considerable difficulty, labour, and expense, and the estimates were drawn up accordingly. But, with all this foresight, even they were not prepared for the difficulties that have arisen—difficulties which will necessarily delay the work, . and increase the cost still more ; but then the work will be done thoroughly, and the park in a year or two, pretty as it now is, will scarcely be recogni-rd, should the improvements in progress turn out as anticipated, It must have been noticed by the frequenters of the park that on the approach of dnok the park was gene rally covered by a fog, which seemed to rise in olouds from the ground, thus 'rendering the locality far fr ra healthy. It was therefore determined that whilst the lake was being cleaned out and levelled the whole of the enclosure should be drained. This appeared but a simple operation ; but soon after the works commenced springs of such bulk were tapped that it was found the ordi nary pipes were not of sufficient dimensions to carry the water off. These springs heretofore were wont to percolate through the subsoil into the lake, rendering the ground constantly damp and unfavourable to vege tation. To obviate this they are now proposed to be carried by pipes into the new sewer, which has been constructed from the lake to the Victoria Sewer, Some of these drains have already been completed, and the water flows through at a surprising rate. The fog sf St. James's-park is thus satisfactorily accounted for, and likely to be remedied. This, however, is not the only difficulty. A consider. able portion of the bed of the lake, nearest the Horse Guards, was found to be of a level some feet below the outlet into the new sewer. This was known at the time tke sewer was constructed, and it would have been made at a greater depth had it not been found that there would not be a sufficient fall to carry the water into the main sewer. The mass of the water was drained off ssitisfac torily enough, but that whch comes fr m the springs collects in such quantities below the level of the sewer as to impede the operation of drying the mud, and level ling the bottom. Under these circumstances the only remedy appears to be that of erecting a steam pump, which will lift the water into the sewer. This will, of course, materially increase the expense, but at the same time the public will readily agree that it would have been false economy when once the work was com eaenced not to do it thoroughly. The park has always been regarded with admiration, but still the stunted ap pearance of the shrubs has generally been remarked. This was usually attributed to the smoke, but practical gardeners now assert that it arose from the wetnes , of ' the subsoil, which cankered and roled the roots. Wheir once, then, these drainage works are completed, a great change for the better may be looked for. In order, how• ever, to make the park as attractive as possible, it ii intended next spring to commence stocking it with half hardy plants, such as geraniums, calceolarias, verbenas, and petunias, which will give it the appearance rather of a gentleman's pleasure garden than a public park. The expense will be very trifling, as these flowers are easily propagated, and can be kept through the winter with very little trouble in pits, which will have to be made in various parts of the park, hidden by the eihrubs. The foundation of the new foot bridge will be laid early next year ; it is of elegant design, and will be only so high above the level of the water as to permit of boats passing under it. Toe new road from Pall-mall to Buckingham gate ap pears to give great satisfaction ; but still the short sighted policy of the House of Commons, which refused to sanction the pulling down of the German Chapel, is generally condemned, and, notwithstanding the previous decision of Parliament, it will eventually have to be re• moved, as it is only an eye-sore, but renders the road for foot passengers positively dangerous. It will indeed be a matter of surprise if those members who opposed the removal of the chapel when the design was merely on paper, will not on their return to town be the most clamorous for having the unsightly obstruction removed It is feared, from the difficulties that have arisen in the improvement of the enclosure, that all the works will not be completed until the month of May is far ad vanced. Great exertions, however, will be made to push them on, so that sufficient time will be allowed to get in the new shrubs and flowers. One of the greatest improvements yet effected, and which recommends itself practically to the thousands who pass through the park, is the capital paving intro duced on the pathway along Birdcage-walk. It is now thoroughly paved, and at such an inclination that alter the most violent rain it becomes dry in a few minutes. The cost was considerable, but it is more than justified by the result. As soon as the works in St. Jaines's•park are completed operations will be commenced on a similar plan on the Serpentine, and then these two parks will be unsurpassed by any in Europe. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—LITEBPOOL, Nov. 25. The up night train of the London and North-Western Railway from Preston ran off the line at Winnick Key, near Warrington, last night. The fireman was killed, the engineer was seriously injured, and the engine was much damaged, but none of the passengers were hurt. SUPPOSED LOSS OP A SCOTCH STEAMER.—Last week a gale of frightful violence passed over the German Ocean, the effects of which we fear will be felt by many a family. It blew with so much fury that nearly every steamer beloneing to the port of Leith was compelled to run for shelter to the easiest made havens. On Friday it began to moderate, and, as might naturally be ex pected, the inhabitants of Leith were all anxiety for for the arrival of the steamers, 10 of them being a week overdue. On Saturday or Sunday all these got up, with the exception of one—the Roslyn—a fine new screw steamer, lately bui,t by a celebrated firm at Glas gow, which port she left on the 24th of October for Stettin. All went well with her— indeed her sail. log and steaming qualities were considered first-rate, and on the whole she may be said to have made a *rack run to the port of Stettin. On her arrival there he chief engineer, Mr. M`Naughton, was seized with inflammation in the lungs, and died after intense suffer ing. She left (with a cargo chiefly grain) for Leith on Saturday, the Sib November, and was consequently dm; on the 12th ; and, as it was known in the town that Mr. M`Nau4hton's remains were on beard of her, many felt anxious to show the last tribute of respect to the memory of one who was so highly esteemed by them. Day after day has come and gone and brought no intelligence of this splendid ship. On thearrival of the Dunedin from thesame port inquiries were anxiously made about the Roslyn ; but all that Capt. Whyte could say was thst she left four days previous to his sailing, and that all seemed to b e i n goo d spirits that were on board, and that she should have been with the owners on the 12th, the same day that the Dunedin left Stettin, and that on their voyage they had seen no vessel but the steamer Alice from Cronstadt to Leith, which they thought had been obliged to run back from the state of the weather. Two schooners have since arrived ; the captain of one of these reports himself as having sailed the same tide with the Roslyn from Elsinore. At the time the steamer passed him she was going very fast, and bidding fair to make a prosper. ous ran. The Roslyn was built by Messrs. Barclay and Curie, of Glasgow. She was of about 700 tons burden, and was fitted up with all Vie latest improvements. She was, for this voyage, under the direction of Captain Cook, commodore of the company's fine fleet of steamers, r assisted ba b yy intendedan r o a her o t f o thebe be said a o bid m e p t a e ny be masters, futuree who, if we mistake not, was one of the l arges t share holders of the Hull and Hamburg Steam Shi pp i ng Corn- PanY who was was probably commander of what, we fear, n another ynow the ill-fated Roslyn ; for it seems now to be but hoping against hope to think of her welfare, though there is still a possibility of one of the surmises which is talked about in town being a likely enough occurrence. It is that, as the steamer was new, with her machinery just out of the engineers' hands, it would almost to a certainty not work smoothly —some portion would be stiff, and, from the effect of the cress seas, something might give way, when she would be forced to run before the sea, and that if so she might be about Norway, whence communication is not easily attained. We trust that there may be truth in this, and that ere another tide the Roslyn's gun may boom aloud in our ruati, the announcement of the termination of her maiden voyage. The Alice steamer arrived this morning at Leith, having been forced back to Elsinore by the fury of the tempest. Her captain reports the whole coast as being strewn with portions of vessels, having seen no less than about 30 wrecks, but brings no tidings of the steamer Roslyn , which only increases our suspicions as to her fate. We understan, that the crew of the Roslyn were all married, and chiefly natives of the west of Scotland, having been n. T e n b g e a i r g e f ad m a i t l i Glasgow ea who t r o e, t i r d a e d e i n e between ith , Le are i t h in and f r S i t g e h t t,L ful state of suspense ; indeed the utmost uneasiness prevails among ail the inhabitants of the port. We believe that she is, if not fully, at least partially insured.—North Briton of Saturday. tADVIIRTISIM/INT.i Smut AND HEARING SPECTACLES, PowERFuL Tsiatscores, OPERA, PACE, AND PERSPECTIVE G LASSR B .—Messrs. S. and B. Soforuons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. lay ser Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable ano extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, ctill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rim:, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They aro of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851, Valuable, newly-invented, very smal powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by whict, a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant ; they answer every purpose o n th e race - course , an d a t th e opera houses, country scouory, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 m iles. They are inval ua bl e for shooting, d eer -stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game k ee p er s, and tourists. Opens , nce-co:ase, camp, a n d power. Newly-constrr.:ted Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. 'he valuable advantage derived. from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired Is iztipoon\-veera—nesnede they y h dtohensootlernescietthe oefpersona are perspective glasses, with wonderfu preserved and strengthened, and very aged enabled to employ their sight at the most minute ince tab the much feri leas ra ? sin u E ee to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons i c n a g n ,e b n c e suited eft at g t l l as i e se m s o o st ut re o m f remote part rstpoefettaheelews orirenl.di letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they who small newspaper print with it; and those have D not made use o f spec t ac l es by stating their age. ea - ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably . ever eau be, ceptible ; it enables deaf pereous and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing produced. Being of the same coloouirieansrtdhiestsiknioturyinstnoohtupa noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle s'•reet, kiecad , lly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. THE IVETV LAW APPOINTMENTS. The new Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Alex ander Cockburn, late the Attorney-General, has now taken his seat. It is rather remarkable that since the establish ment of the civil law classes at Cambridge, in 1815, Dr. Bayford and Sir Alexander Cockburn, who graduated as first and second LL.B.'s in the same year (1825), are the only two men whose legal success has entitled them to a foot-note in the calendar. Four years after Sir Alexander was called to the bar, and first distinguished himself be fore a Parliamentary committee within the first three or four years of his Quarter Sessions life. Having once made a start, it barely took him 12 years in all to become a leader among the Western silks, and in 1844 his quickness and powers of oratory were so proverbial, that he led for plain tiff against Sir F. Thesiger, who had Lord G. Bentinek at his elbow throughout, in the great Running Rein case. He reached the acme of Parliamentary and political success in 1850, when the Ministry required some one to state the legal bearings of the Don Pacifico question to the house. The present Mr. Justice Crowder was, it is said, applied to, but the job did not suit his quiet tempe - limit, and ho declined. This more ambitious circuit junior, who had hitherto been a mere lounger at Bellamy's, dashed at the opening, and his celebrated Cherokee speech was the result. For bril liancy, power, and lucid arrangement it has rarely been equalled, and the only drawback to it was the mani fest annoyance he displayed at the taunt, " Let us at least get out of Nisi Prins," with which hir James Gra ham, bored with the dull speeches of five lawyers, Page Wood, Thesiger, aid Co., had commenced his equally famed harangue against Lord Palmerston. So important was Sir Alexander's speech felt to be, that Sir Robert Peel devote l his last effort almost solely to answer him ; but Sir Alexander saved Lord Palmerston, and his lordship has never forgotten him. The Solicitor-Generalship became his guerdon before another month passed over ; and the tide of permanent success set in, and special 300 guinea retainers flowed in. His first great effort after his appoint ment was at Stafford, on the Bainbridge will case, whoa he painted the madness and eccentricity of the aged codi cil maker with a power that overbore all opposition. His four hours' cross-examination of Achille was also a won drous display of subtlety ; and he fairly won over the once hostile Liverpool, and carried all their sympathies along with him in the overwhelming reply which decided the Hopwood case, in spite of the summing up, and fairly broke Earl Sefton's heart. His statement and reply in the Palmer case were so masterly that he did well to retire when he did, and leave them as his model for style, elocu tion, and tact to the bar. Attorneys might well observe that his mere statement of a case was well worth all the arguments of any other man. As a judge, not much is ex pected from him; but still we trust to see him as Lord Langton (the prospective title assigned to him) holding his own against Lord Derby in the House of Lords. The replacing of Baron Platt, after his seven years' ser vices, by Mr. Watson, will rather add to than diminish the efficiency of the Exchequer Court. Mr. Watson has been the unluckiest of men, and must have learnt utterly not to put his trust in Premiers. In 1846 he lost the Solicitor- Generalship against Sir David Dundas, by one vote in the Cabinet. The latter did not prove strong enough for the place, and was offered, on his retirement, a clerkship to the House of Commons, which he declined, as he considered it hardly compatible with the position he had onco filled in the Cabinet. Mr. Watson gave up Kinsale to suit the Go vernment, but no reward came. Having no seat in the House from 1847 to 1854, he saw Sir John Romilly, Si r Alexander Cockburn, Sir W. Page Wood, and Sir Richard Bothell, become Solicitor-Generals in their turn, and even Mr. Crompton, one of the stuffs of his own circuit, passed over his head to the Queen's Bench, because Lord Chan cellor Wilde (reckoning, as it turned out, within his host) wanted to get the Passage Court at Liverpool, which he held for his own son ! Barons Bramwell and Martin, and Justices Willes and Crowder were also preferred before him, but after a ten years' wait Troy was taken, and he was invested with the ermine, amid the universal accla- [nation of the whole legal profession. A more conscien tious, courteous, and experienced lawyer it would be diffi- cult to find. As a speaker, however, ho failed, owing to his vehemence on every subject, however unimportant, and he had only the fifth business among the silks on the Northern Circuit. Sir Richard Bethell, the Attorney-General, is far away the most successful lawyer of the day, as far as fees are concerned. It is said, in fact, that he clears occasionally 20,000/. per annum, of which about 5,0001. comes from one great firm in Bedford-row. We doubt whether any bar rister has made so much since Lord Campbell, and his power of getting large fees was so notorious that Lord Brougham said once of him, "If Campbell had been a singer or an opera dancer he wouldn't have been the best stager or the best opera dancer, but trust him for getting the largest salary." At 18, Sir Richard was a first class in classics at Oxford, and his career since then has been one of the most unresting diligence, rising, it is said, often by four o'clock, lighting his own study fire, and preparing by the light of a lamp for the work of the courts. The princi pal fault which solicitors find with him is that his intellect is almost too fertile. Owing to his mincing manner, he is perfectly ineffective in the house, mid his unguarded state ment as to the careless way in which appeals were heard in the House of Lords brought Lord Sudden (who always lies in wait for him) on to him with crushing effect. Morning Chronicle. THE RIVINGTON PIKE WATER AT LIVERFuOL. The long-expected Pike water has at length made its ap. pearance at the threshold of Liverpool, and will ere long c nstitute the lifeblood of the town, as it courses through its thousand channels, and reaches the most distant mem ber of the community. A few days ago the pipes along the whole line from Rivington to Prescot were charged with the full pressure, and the experiment was unattended with the slightest accident; and on Friday the Pike water was admitted into the pipes as far as the Old Swan, with au equally satisfactory result. The battle between air and water created a turbulent strife in the huge pipes. The denser body quickly conquered, and drove the previous occupant of the tube before it with a noise rivalling the dub-a-dub-dub" of a thousand drums. At intervals the air rushed panting through the holes, which had been pre pared for its escape, with a force that suggested to au en thusiastic aldermanic pro-Pikeist the uncharitable wish that a certain pertinacious aldermanic anti-Pikeist had been seated over one of them ' • "for in that case," he added " he would have been blown 40 feet high in the air, and we should have heard no more of him in the council, ex cept in the shape of a letter of condolence to his widow." It is understood that as soon as the Prescot reservoirs are full the water will bu forwarded to Liverpool. This may, therefore, be expected daily, although the supply will not be continued to the service pipes until the main pipe lino has been thoroughly cleansed and scoured. The testing of the mains is one of the most triumphant pieces of hydrau lic engineering extant. We never doubted the success of the enterprise. favour able to the formation of extensive reservoirs. At an eleviase tion of more than 1,500 feet above the level of t h a e le s o e u a t r 24 The Rivington district has long been considered hills of grey gritstone, distant from Liver partaking and beautiful, sce nery by the way is mountainous than an y other t'osef the Highlands more of the character's • od of the pretty neighbourhood part of the country. In the ys everal miles in exteut, miles, and approached by conveyance from Bolton. The vales village of Belmont deep Roddlesworth and Rake are clad with heath. The rivers of laree su - f hug brook refreshed the thirsty soil, and, with the o p periodic I seasons flowed down the whose venerable t e nt, n swept rainfall the which bases o i plies in the neighbourhood, which furnished the mo treserYel powers to the many mills and works which are dotted hill in iv e e very direction in the broad landscape, and also sup side.srsin eamerous streams, supplied the nteaerous small sup plied the neighbouring towns. Twelve years ago the question of the water supply for the rapidly increasing population of Liverpool began to move men's minds. Mr. Thomas Hawkesley, one of the most scientific water engineers of the day, having made himself acquainted with the natural advantages of Rivington as a t storage ground for water, and perceiving that these valleys had been so formed that an adaptation of embankments would transform them into magnificent reservoirs or lakes, brought under the notice of the corporation the scheme which is now near completion, after being diligently pro secutedigi7, w h t e h n ro t u h g e h co g r o p o o d ra re t p io o n rt of a L m i l v i e l r l p r o e o p l orotbained powers, since the year from Parliament to construct waterworks, and to purchase from the then water companies their works. In one valley Mr. Hawkesley formed the Roddlesworth and Rakebrook Reservoirs, which impound the waters of the rivers of those names, and receive the rainfall from the watershed or gathering grounds in their vicinity. The surplus w:, ter, above a level of ten feet, flows down a goit or canal extend ing about three miles along the hillside to the lower storage reservoirs of Anglezark and Rivington, the remainder being retained in store for compensation, to be given out down in its and courserau water along from the base severalof the river Roddlesworth, as required by act of Parliament. L ae yet transpired to invalidate that statement. The quantity of compensation water amounts to 8,500,000 gallons per diem, exclusive of which the probable supply remaining at the disposal of the corporation is 13,030,000 gals. per day, as calculated by Robert Stephenson; and acrescob; e e h s ign :f land. The scenery along the goit is of a wild and, the hills, thousand i s t u s p o p f ly the world. in some places, precipitous character, and in the wet sea th e are a w s i will and de contents of f o t L h i e v e r sons the streams rush down the ravines and waterbeds with overwhelming force, materially increasing the sur plus supply from the Rakebrook and Roddlesworth reser the shipping iu the port, large bo it d r ie e s " o i f v s e p s ; oervoirs la y , Tsi3o.o andlme ohateissvosevhmyae conveyed dener repeat el thus obtained.piu al Ro . :idlesworth and t R 50 acres.akebrook ...... f Arlglez•lrk and Rivington ...... j -`" 200,000,000 gallons. 2,800,0 0,000 ~ --------- In a 11......... 500 acres 'aid 3,000000,000 gallons. or a supply for four months to a population double that of Liverpool at this time. The watershed, in round numbers, is 10►,000 aores ; the rain falls upwards of 50 inches par annum ; and the under taking will be completed for about 600,000 Z.; so that, after all that has been said about tlao cost of these works, they will be finished at a sum approaching nearer to the ori ginal estimate than works of similar magnitude and diffi culty. _ gr. riawkesley, whose genius created the scheme, and whose skill has brought it to fruition, will receive his best award in the blessings the Rivington water will confer upon Liverpool, when its population exceeds a million of people. The B,ooot. he will receive when the works are completed will not make him by any means overpaid, when we consider the gigantic nature of the scheme, the atten tion and care its development must have occasioned, the watchfulness it has required, the responsibility it has im posed, and the length of time over which it extends. Mr. Hawkesley is all the better for Leing a self-made man. Thol,;h descended from a stern old Jacobin Mayor of Not tingham, of the same name, who was committed to the House of Correction by his brother magistrates, during his term of office, for having, on his bare knees, in his own house, drunk "Success to the Pretender," Mr. Hawkesley has achieved his present proud position by his own talent and energy, having had no extraordinary aid in his younger days to help him on the road to fortune. Liverpool Albion. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WHITEHALL, Nov. 24. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Rev. Francis Close, ➢I.A., to be Dean of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle,void by the promotion of Doctor Ar chibald Campbell Tait, late Dean thereof, to the Bishopric of London. :`ld.' Al And Military intelligence. Lord Panmure has intimated his intention of making an official visit to the head-quarters of the Royal En gineers' establishment at Chatham, for the purpose of inspecting the several descriptions of pontoons which are in use by that branch of the service, his Lordship being desirous of asc rtaining which is the best pontoon for use in the army. With this view several interesting ex periments were recently undertaken at Chatham in the presence of a hoard of engineer officers. • The present season of the year precluding the officers and men belonging to the Royal Engineers and the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, at Chatham, being employed to any great extent in field works and pontooning, the troops are devoting a considerable por tion of their time to acquire a knowledge of the Lancas ter rifle, with which weave ) the nen have been aimed . The number of troops at Cnatham garrison ender daily instruction in the use of the rifle is about 400. Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K,C.8., was yes terday appointed, by the Board, of Admiralty, Com mander-in-Chief on the North American and West India station. Sir Houston Stewart was a volunteer of the first class in the Revenge, at the capture of four French frigates, in 1806 ; midshipman of Imperieuse, and served in her boats at the attack on Fort Roquette, in Areas son Bay, 1807: at the destruction of batteries, tele graphs, &c., on the southern coast of France ; and served on shore at the defence of Rosae. Iu command of the armed xebeck Juiie, assisted in cutting out vessels from under the batteries of Port Vrndres. Served in the same ship at the serge of Flushing were, by his sug• gestion, shells were fired from the maindeck guns, by which Fort Terneuse was blown up, and the frigate rescued from a critical situation. Captain of Benbow, 1839 and 1840, five times employed on detached service, aid in partniular bombarded Tripoli, attacked Tortosa, and obtained possession of Lbatakiah for the Sultan ; and also took part at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He was gazette(' for his gallant services in 1887 and twice in 1808. Her Majesty's stead frigate Shannon, 51, Captain W. I Peel, C. 8., went into Portsmouth Harbour yesterday to I undergo docking, with the view of augmenting he r s p ee d. 1 The Clarendon steam trar,spor. left Spitkead in the night ~f Monday for the Thames to discharge her stores. Her Majesty's steam troopship Simoorn, 18, was taken out of Portsmouth Harbour yesterday to make a trial of her machinery after repairs, &c. She will be re-com missioned for troop service. Her Majesty's steam troopship Transit was un docked yesterday at Portsmouth after repairs, and the Resolute steam troopship taken in to refit. slip s gun -b oats were hauled up on the railway .j.,,,_ ate t the yesterday, and they will conti nue t o , be"rwtheLd. '4 away there until the whole flotilla is so B,Vrkiceete.yAdhrnasirarel , the Right Hon. Sir M. Fitzhardinze An order bas been umed his duties as Senior Naval Lori at the Admiralty, standing and runmnag, r r e ig ce g i i v n e g d fo a r t S th h e ee c tn y e c s i s op t s o , p 6 r , ep p a a r d e . dle-wheel stea,in-fr, dr e o of 350-horse power, now in the I ste4m reserve eq ua , g I all possible despatch fou, there to be got ready with immediate active service. floating -battery of 200-horse • I po T w h er e , l b l u tl il ti t d a e t rb w olt o , ol l. 46 r ich yard, arrived at Sheerness ' on Sunday afternoon. Gordon, dlewheel steam-sloop, The crew of the Hermes, 6, ad Conontar,der William E. A. ti in No. 2 dry-dock, d k y t o Ntior t o h k e u 3 p o t h theirof Sheerness, were yesterday paid down - - oc ' Sept. last. The following officers yesterda .. d a..R. E. commissions and appointments to h er. , Grey wale; Mr. Ackland and Mr. B„ wie —the two latter gentlemen from the Water.lomoifi''hilnpen The following appointments have been made at agshi- • gbara, to the Tri dent. miralty :—Coincuander F. A. Close, to the t r h id e Ad. Lieut. C. G. Lindsay and Lieut. J. G. S. Clarke, to the ; Indus ; Lieut. C. O'Donnell Allin dent. Lieut. F. H. Stanfell has been made a C1n 1 " . wander on the re-erved litt ; A. B. Berrni.ton, Master to the Trident ; S. Spain, Master, to the Indus ; A. G. . Thomas, Paymaster, Trident ; C. W. Eales, P - aYroaiter to the Indus ; J. N. Robinson, Clerk, to the Lidus ; 4,.. G. M. rodler, Clerk, to the Trident ; anti W. B. E,( . 1 . , kins, A.-_iistant-CLlrk, to the Indus. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The returns for the week that ended on Saturday ex hibit a decided increase of the deaths in London. The deaths, which at the beginning of this month were ab ut a thousand in a week, and were afterwards 1,090, rose last week to 1,261. In the ten weeks correspond• ing to last week of the years 1846-55 the average num ber was 1,092 ; and the same rate of mortality in the present increased populatio❑ would have produced 1,179 deaths. There was therefore last week au excess of 82 above the corrected average. The increase on the previous weeks of this month arises almost entirely from diseases of the respiratory organs. The deaths caused by this class of diseasee, which doe-* not include pbthisis or hooping-cough, were succe-sively 190, 200, and 258 in three preceding weeks, hut rose last week to 328. Of these 328, the number referred to bronchitis is 173, to pneumonia (or inflate matien of the lungs) 110, to asthma 23, to laryngitis, pleuri-y, &c., 22. Bronchitis was fatal in 102 of the cases to adults 20 years old or upwards ; pneumonia, on the other hand, was fatal i❑ 83, or three-fourths or tl e whole number of cases, to children. The numbers re ferred to phthisis or co, sumption in the last four weeks are the following :-139, 149, 141, and 169, showing that this disease was also more fatal last week. The increase from hooping-cough is more gradual, the num bers under this head in the same weeks being 2E, 37, 40, and 44. In connection with this increase in the mortality it may be stated that the mean temperature of the air was on every day from the 2d instant till the 2ith below the average, and often ao much as 7 deg below it ; whilst fogs, more or le.s dense, were frequent. An increase, though not great, is also appa rent in fever and measles. Of 57 cases in which typhus or common fever was fatal 19 occurred in the eastern division of London. A case of typhus, in Johnson-street, Somers Tows, was, in the opinion of the medical attendant, caused or much aggravated by stench from a gully-hole, and by the exposure forilsix hours in the street of the contents of a sewer. There were only 4 deaths from email-pox. There were 2 from carbuncle, 12 from want of breastmilk or inanition, one from privation, and one from intemperance. Last week the births of 811 boys and 767 girls—in all 1,578 children, were registered i❑ London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55, the average number was 1,440. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.025 in. The mean was above 30 in. on four days. The highest rea 1- ing occurred on Friday, and wai 30.15 in. The mean temperature of the week was 42.3 deg., which is very near the average of the same week in 38 years (as de termined by Mr. Glaisber). The daily mean tempera ture was above the average on the last three days, and on Saturday the excess was 80 deg. The highest read ing in the week occurred on Saturday, and was 52.6 deg. The lowest was 23.8 deg., and occurred on Monday. The entire range of the week was, therefore, 28.8 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 40.1 deg., and the difference between this mid the mean air temperature was only 2.2 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 42.4 deg. On the last four days the wind blew generally from the north-west. Rain to the amount of 0.15 in. fell on Wednesday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Nov. 22 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-veisels 53 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration..... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ...... 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations ••• 4 Premature Birth and Debility 27 Atrophy Old Afie ... 54 Budder.. Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4O Causes lat )t speeified DILI THS MOM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1855. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Centro 1 Districts 393,256 East I hstricts 485,522 &nth Districts 'eotalq Males 6OO Females 661 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Afales Females 811 767 Total The tender of Messrs. Moser and Sons (of Iligb-street, Southwark) has been accepted by the Lords Commis sioners of :;he Admiralty, for the supply of iron of British manufacture, of different desciiptiom , , for SheeTneefar,r',.i ether dockyards. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 21. Days and Places appointed for holding Special Commis sion of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, for the undermentioned places : Cheshire, Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Castle of Chester. Southampton, Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Castle of Win ch, star. Wiltshire, Friday, Dec. 5, at New Sarum. Sounersetshire, Monday, Dec. 8, at the Castle of Taun ton. Devonshire, Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Castle of Exeter. City of Exeter, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. Northumberland, Monday, Dec. 1, at the Castle of New castle-upon-Tyne. Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said town. Durham, Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Castle of Durham. Yorkshire, Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Castle of York. City of York, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. Northamptonshire, Glamorganshire, Monday, Dec. 1, at Cardiff. Gloucestershire, Thursday, Dec. 4, :it Gloucester. City of Gloucester, the same day, at the city of Glou cester. Essex, Thursday, Dec. 11, at Chelmsford. Kent, Monday, Dec. 15, at Waidstone. Sussex, Monday, Dec. 22, at Lewes. Staffordshire, Monday, Dec. 1, at Stafford. Shropshire, Monday, Dec. 8, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire, Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Hereford. Worcestershire, Saturday, Dec. 13, at Worcester. City of Worcester, the same day, at the city of Wor cester. Oxfordshire, Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Oxford. HOME-OFFICE, Nov. 22. The Warwickshire Reformatory Institution, at Weston under-Weatherley, near Leamington, in the county of Warwick, has been certified by the Secretary of State as fit to be a Reformatory School, under the provisions of the statute 17 and LS Victoria, cap. 86. BANKRUPTS. John Kingsford Inge, brewer, Littlebourne, Kent to surrender Dec. 10, at one, and Jan. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfel.l, official assignee ; Venour, Gray's-inn-lane; Furley and Callaway, Canter bury. William Wenden, cattlo dealer, Great Bromley, Dec. 4, at half-past one, and Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street Buildings Jones, Southampton-buildings. John Comley, draper, Da wley, Salop, Dec. 10 and 31, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Richardson and Sadler, Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Knight, Birming ham. Rees Davies, grocer, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Dec. 9 and Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Richard Berry, innkeeper and wheelwright, Ormskirk, Lancashire, Dec. 5, and 26, at the Liverpol District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Forshaw, Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J., T., and F. Holland, G. Read, and G. Palmer, New town, Linford, and Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, quarry men—W. P. Carne and D. Roberts, Liverpool, coopers — T. Brown and W. Pickford, New Sarum, curriers—T. M. Rickman, C. H. Fretwell, and E. Dicey, Belle Isle, King's cross, and Callum-street, City, manure manufacturers, as far as regards T. M. Rickman—J. Stephens and M T. Hitchens, St. Agnes, Cornwall, fire clay workers—J. Walker and W. Woodhead, Leek, Staffordshire, brass and iron founders—W. and C. Cardwell, Heckinond wike, card makers—J. Lingard and W. Redfern, Milton Mill, Derby shire, wadding manufacturers—W. and D. Evans, Haver fordwest, saddlers—R. Remington and W. Rains, Little Bush-lane, Cannon-street, City, general merchants—R. Brereton and H. Newbold, Sheffield, wine merchants—A Hutchinson and R. Kirk, Nottingham, dyers, &c.—J. Smith and J. Wren., Liverpool, waterproof clothing ma nufacturers —T. Smith and J. Jackson, Nottingham, trimming manufacturers—T. Cash and G. A , tle, Coleman- I street, bookbinders—R. Allen and W. Briggs, Radford, Nottinghamshire, joiners, &c.—J. H. Kendall and J. Carter, Philpot-lane, City, printers—J. Rider and W. Bower, Leeds masons and builders—A. W. Cox and S. Redgate, Nottingham, chromo-photographers—W. Frank lin and T. Taylor, Walsall, saddle-tree manufacturers—J. Preston and J. Jones, High-street, Stoke Newington, tobacconists—H. D. Cole and T. Harriott, Southampton, brewers—W. R. Midges, G. Aubury, R. Shinkwin, and W. Mayhew, jun., Webber-row, Westminster-road, port able gas apparatus manufacturers, as far as regards IL Shinkwin and W. Mayhew, jun. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. G. W. Knight, St. Andrew's-road, Limehouse—first div. of 2s. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pen nell, G uildhall-chambers. H. Tattersall, New-wharf-road, Battle-bridge, brewer —third div. of 4s. 6cl. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. T. and J. Routledge, Lett's-wharf, Commercial-road, wharfingers—second div. of Ild, in the pound, any Tues day, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. W. Walton, Richmond, grocer—first div. of 9.1. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hall-chambers. R. Gray, Bishops Waltham and Southampton, corn mer chant—second div. of 2d. in the pouni, any uesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. T. G. Shaw and J. Lane, Old Broad-street, City, and Manchester, wine merchants—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hall-chambers. J. Michie, Sleaford House, Battersea-fields, engineer— first div. of sa. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. T. and E. Scully, Curtain-road, Shoreditch—second div. of 40. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-charnbers. Pollard and Symonds, Guildford, builders—first div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. G. Potter, Grosvenor-basin, Pimlico, lime burner — second div. f 2s. 9d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. T. Nutter, Cambridge, brewer--second div. of id. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hall-chambers. Alexander and Bardgett, Old Broad-street, merchants —fifth div. of 6d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. M. Honey, Msidst ine gro cer —first div. of 3 s. 6 d. in the pound, any Tuesday , at ° the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hsll-chanitters. W. Baker, Comberton, C a mbridgeshire, blackstnith and brewer--first div. of is. 3d. in the pound, vV ednesday, Nov. 26, and three s ubsequent Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook -court. W. Ashton, Sloane-street, Chelsea, chemist, druggist, and surgeon-dentist —first div. of 4s. 2d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr . W hitmore, Basinqh teele, Deptford, tar manufact urer — second e cl o i f v m . o r. f street. J. s 3s. 2d. in the pound , any Wednesday, at the Whitmore, Basinghall-street. H. and O. Hall, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's-inn, and Neasdon, Middlesex, cattle dealers and scriveners —first div. of 2s. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basingliall-street. J. Jenkinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, earthenware dealer —first and final div. of 15s. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. W. Elgood, Leicester, merchant, hosier, oil refiner, and general agent—second div. of is. 4d. in the pound, Mon day, Nov. 24, and three subsequent Mondays, at the office of Mr. Harris, Nottingham. J. Haywood, Derby, ironfounder—first and second div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, Monday, Nov. 24, and three sub sequent Mondays, at the office of Mr. Harris, Notting ham. J. Parkinson and J. Parkinson, jun., Leicester, hosiers —second div. of 2d. in the pound, Monday, Nov. 21, and three subsequent Mondays, at the office of Mr. Harris, Nottingham. C. Hall, Liverpool, corn factor—first div. of 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver pool. J. and T. Lewin, Liverpool, wine merchants -first div. of 2s. sd. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. I'. Lewin, Liverpool, wine merchant—first div. of 20s in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. Deo. 16. G. Webb, Shoreditch, cheesemonger—J. John son, Great Winchester-street, City, List India merchant —J. Fitzgerald, Portland-place and Pendleton, coal mer chant--T. Hamlet, Princes-street, Leicester-square, gold smith—J. Granger, Blackman-street, Southwark, licensed victualler—J. Traviss and T. D. Kershaw, Shaw, Lanca shire, cotton spinners—J. Travis, Shaw, Lancashire, cot. ton spinner—Jan. 7. P. Hall, Manchester, smallware manu facturer—Dec. 17. J. Robinson, Manchester, silk manufac turer—J. Maden, Brand wood Mill, near Bacup, Lancashire, cotton spinner—Dec. 19. J. Hall, Preston, grocer—Jan. 8. J. J. Nicholas, Newport, Monmouthshire, timber mer chant—Dec.l9. J. Partridge, Tipton, corn factor—Dec. 17. T. H. Ryland, Birmingham, wood turner—Dec. 19. J. Harvey and G. G. Pike, Birmingham, grocers--G. Wil liams, Wolverhampton, paper dealer—Jan. 14. J. Bleu karn, Tetney, Lincolnshire. grocer and draper. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Dec. 17. W. Button, Erith, builder —S. Hastings, Lime street, City, wine merchant — Dec. iG. C. Pawl y, Stock Orel) ard. cresceu , Holloway, and Harders-road, P ec kh am, builder—Dec. 18. J. S. Muir, Aberdeen-plac e , M a id a -hi ll schoolmaster—Dec. 16. J. Ledward , Gorton, Lancashire,, cotton manufacturer—Jan. b. Rottman, Scar Head, in Nmland, Yo kshire—Dec , 16. L. Johnson, Duffield, Derbyshire, blacksmith —Dec. 18. J. .1 shford, Southam, Warwickshire, grocer ; D. Grigg, West Bromwich, grocer; W. Fawcett, Kidderminster, carpet manufacturer. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. Nov. 19. J. E. Norton and G. Z. White, No. 21 Wharf, Harrow-road, stone merchants (2d class) Nov. 18. R. and D. Blacklock, New-road, Whitechapel, drapers (2d class) G. Tilley, St. George's-wharf, Cambridge-st., -road du it cont rac t or (3d class) • P. Hall, Manchester, sm 11 ware manufacturer (2d class) —Nov. 17. T. Hindle and H. Wahnsley, Accringt on , p ow er loom Old—N —Nov. 19. Pa P a ncras-road, cloth manufacturers (3,1 class)—Nov. J. Hartley, Mi.i ijoei,ngerrocer (3d class). (3d class)—N ov . 19. J. Bl en k ar n, Tleetotnne,yL,aLnie shire, joiner INSOLVENT DIVIDEND. J. Willis—div. of 2d. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Atkinson, Nallingford. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Walton Swindon, Glasgow„ commission mer chant, Nov. 28, at 12 o'clock, at the Faculty Hall, Glas gow- George Mearns, Cumnock, innkeeper, Dec. 1, at 12 o'clock, at the Eigle Hotel, Cumnock. James Stewart C arnac h an, Glasgow, drugg i st, N ov . 28, at 2 o'clock, at the Waverley Hotel, Glasgow. David Sharp, Clackwanuau, grocer, Nov. 28, at 1 o'clock, at the Royal Oak H o t e l , Alloa. !A V Er:TOOL- Noy. 25. A good zi.tt€ndatic,, 7,0-day, and, notwithslauing the accourts from Mark-lane, a fair consumptive demand was experienced for wheat, at about the prices of this day week for prime samples, and 2,1 to 3d per 701 b decline on inferior. Flour rather a better sale at a decline of is per sack and barrel. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, at ld per 451 b and 6d per load cheaper. Barley and peas neglected and easier to buy, while Egyptian beans were fully is per qr. down, and slow sale. Indian corn, 33a Gd for mixed. 34e for yellow, and 3:5s per qr. for white, but the sale was quite in retail. LEEDS—NOV. 25. Owing to the state of the market in Alark-lane wheat is fully 3s per qr. lower, and barley is to ,s lower than last Tuesday. Beans are also 23 per qr. cheaper, and oats ld ' per atone. Average price of grain—Wheat, 63s 6<l ; barley, 43s 94 d ; oats, 263 10d ; beaus, 45s sd; peas, 41s. Od. ; rye, —s. Od. HULL—Noy. 25. We had a small attendance of farmers to-day ; the sup ply of wheat short, and generally in poor condition. The demand was fair at 2s to Ze below the current rates of last wek, 58s to 603 being about the mark for best runs of red. Foreign Is to 2s lower all round. Barley is lower ; other kinds of spring corn unaltered. Linseed unaltered. A fair consumptive demand for cakes. BI Wheat, English, red 56 to 60 1 Ditto white 65 to 70 Dantzic and Konigs berg PomeranianandHam- reas, grey and black to -- Linseed, Black Sea 62 to 65 Ditto Petersburgh bp til 51 Ditto Rigaand Arch angel . 41 to 50 Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 44 to 50 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 54 to 58 Russian and Odessa 58 to 63 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland 30 to 32 Ditto Russian 29 to 31 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to n' Beaus a 4B to 50 1 Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 40 to 42 Per Too. Lins.c., Hull —I Os to WO, Od Ditto fine for. Si Os 9 158 Od Ditto iuf. for. 0/ Os Od to 010 s Rapeseed .... . 00/ Os to 001 Os Rape cakes —s Od to 12Th 6d Tares, English Ol. to ---15 Ditto foreign I l Guano OOl Os Si t 0121155 Bones -s 0,1 to 112 , 6 4 : 1 Flour, per brl. ......35e. 386 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YEsrmAY. Amsterdam....... 11 434 Gibraltar ........•• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 11 17x, Leghorn 2 w " Rotterdam ............11 1734 Genoa Antwerp .............. 25 3234 Milan .......• Brussels 25 32!3 ilamburgh ...........• 13 7y. Naples ••••.......... 43% 9.itona •• •• •• •• •S • • • • •• — Palermo •. •• ...... •• •. ISO Faxi5........ •• 25 25 m ass i na ....... 130% Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Lisbon .. 51% Marseilles ••• • , .. 25 67% Oporto.• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 51% itourdeaux Rio Janeiro ...... : • • .... ler ankfort-on-Maine .... 119% Buenos . Berlin ................ New York,6o days' sight •••"' Vienna ......•• .... 10 43 Philadelphia ...„ ...... 10 44 PRICES OF BULL ICN, Tzs Petersburg 37 54 Foreign Gold in Bars £0 0 Madrid 48 34 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0 ......... • • 49 i Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 (I n Bvcelona , New Dollars ......0 0 g wine .......... 18111 , er in bars ...... 0 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 25. 2.0D01L EXCHANGE.—The Stock Exchange to-daY steady, at full pikes. Caledonian, 281—Luxerab ov• constituted, 11 dis. - Lancaster and Carlisle, 9 11 ; 1 / s ,-: new, 6 p.— London and North Western, 1044 * 4O Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34/ 4 i—Lane 3s LPo and Yorkshire, 954 i—South Eastern, 211 R—Etio'''„. Counties, 9.3.9.—Midland, 804 1 I.—Blackhurn 7 ,1„, North Eastern, Berwick, 201 A —Great Western, '6 " Great Western of Canada, new, 24 prem. LEEDS, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—MidIand, 801— Goole, 20. BIRMINGHAM, N0v. 25 t3TOCJIL EMI), N GE.—This market was ra ther at ilt day, and prices the turn lower. Midlands, Birminghito and Derbys were done at 5 3—Birmingham Old Csast 915—London and North-Westerns, 104 Manc he " and Sheffields, MANCHESTER, Nov. 25. .TOOK FACHANGE.—The market was improved t o ' a o l li but very little business. South Eastern and Dover. —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 344 —East 1,411,00. shire, I.oi, —Great Northern A, A--Leeds, 95;40, dons, 101—Midland Railway Consols, 801- i—Calea cw 28 13.16. ti &t BORNE MAILS , atom. twit ute mans ar: - .,... ,rom the Genera , Fay -1-,A n iteht— and M by the mor7 , a4- 4 63Pat3r 1 .) .---‘1 Valli From vo,,a 1 due 4, far ~..gliiti ))14) le, : • .."" f. Leto , w atm tuhdo .:p ‘.40 , 1,ara Eos; 0017STRII:. Mica, London.* v pleelJ imorica(byl;rit.pitv, itraeriu. (by United S s. acket) 3. , ..terico (by U. Sit. B packet) kastralia (via Liver pool) ••• • • • .... Ditto (via Marseilles) ditto (via Cape of f ion' !Tope) .. • 410 •. N Utica (West .. Cows: WO , z.ait(lria , i?~9ATf FCld&'' •• Liverpoo r weelij Every uesday Isouthimi tpA Ltverpo, ,4th and lath .... ILiverPo°l •• IDovor .- " auto 0 6th 0, m " 1 19tb 411 Sz 16th D 6 ,4 ibth• 160 Uncap" - a ds 16th 01 1 111 la 99 ;5 4th ;it and '0 2 4 sull i 1 g sziu 7 so d A 6/ ice d —AO II Tvi• — ,, L 6,1,• - ist An— -16 D oi ',tot '- loaf ..... ..••1 1:1,1 t'tr Aunt 10th 26th o 0:1 4.. N., of roo:,. 17th of the month 9th of the month.. •• 'll^ •••• , (o , ` • • sth of the month Uncertain ...... 10th and 26th.... 4th and 20th .• • • tn. , " it f m onth 21 ft 17th 0 4th and 10th .... T4 i O twh th is: s o d at • .n. PIYI I DOY er sou , ha... 0 1) : : ° u : V t h t t I r a:: ' i n I . nri, . MI aliamah • Ai I Belgium • Brazil Buenos Ayres •• •• •• ••M Cape of Good Hope I Cape of Good Hope , Caee de Verde .. Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.. . Channel T°lo3 . I'4 Chili. , ;MI China .. ••• Constantineplo .... Censtantipople Cont.. of Europe M Egypt (see India) .1 prance • ar #•-• ,libraltar •••• •• • • 34 4reeee (sc!e India ) lreytown •• .• •• )Hamburg' •• .....• •• IN daV ni.19.11 • • • Holl I LindinLlondia . s 0 5 uras . • rt .ot lonian Dees (see In r 0 Ireland •• .• ..M & N Lieben • • • • •• •• ea •• ••ftl Idadoira .• • • • • • • r. aclelra „ , jiarious P!)rs ilioutustru•tcr South Am p flouthaMworil 'Dove. (Dover.. raden daily . , ,4,1 , 17,10, 27 f m.l Dove:- ~. : ... iSoith:anr•en! 2nd it 17th of inon. Daily ..... 211 J of the. iri.mthl lit:. of tha • tnon'h, 40t11 of :Ty, 10thVath of mor.i, !Southampton London ... Itio!teriamp,:d.l `Dover .• 18out'23.mri on 160 9 10 4 so - 9 0 lb El' !Dover Dover... •• Hoiyheial ••• So r.hamptor P.o.i.hamp , on !Liverpool rwice 'aily • • , • 2d c o I of [ 231 of month•.... 6. Dee' 1 0 6 OW Ala ta t.ea &flits .• %fauritius (gee inclir q'tnrititV.; 112X1c0 4, 10, 20. and H.. !Dove' -- 1.16 • 40 2 *lid 120 r aon h l 2 if the moat Daily •• •• • •I 2(14 :7thof month , 4th and 19th mnth Boatttairdn'n !Dover I 'Southampton Vario..B pO , 1 !Dover .• IV4'IOIIS O.' ',:tl-, • let 1 0 4ife ell let 'tl6' Few Zealand Pao -.taco. relinfp.ll eo' 17r' sth o( month ..•• )..very Saturday.. F) 2d &I ofnvu, vre etil ruscany "merle), . • rn c'an D!emen'st.Ptu Welt Emil., 14th and 18th of to, 'flontftsmo,Pr' I i /416°1 TI: 1111 lola A 16 0L.".%/ COP . EADVERTISEMENTI A few more of the extraordin7,oead, without Medicine of Lidige•tion (Dyspepsia), P ‘ la :Colig li 4 Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver compla i r'oarl if Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by a, ih t i delicious health-restoring Revalenta. Arabica F oley, 'e here given : Cure 52,422. Bridgehouse, April, 1854.—Thirty-three years' diseased lunge , the of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and coug lid been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. MY h in ff'et, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my healing Pe my recovery is a marvel to all my ac quaintanct ROBERTS, Wood Merchant. From the Voner"ocen4 deacon of Ross.—No. 32,836. Three Year s' A rab tie, nervousness, with pains in my neck and lef t i s etow.d general debility, which rendered my life yell 15°stori has been radically removed by Du Barry's h Food —ALEXANDER STUART, Archdeacon of Ra 05.„,.., ,, Supported by testimonials from the celebrated r , "" 9 :1 1, Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; igs'"" Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzor; f CO Ol l ,lO Lord Stuart do Decies; the Dowager Counts/30 c ' r ectto stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other r ° ;013, , persons, whose health has been restored by it, af_ fi tAr ai.o o el; means cf cure had failed. Suitably packed for P•P nib Oh ; with full instructions. In canisters, Ilb , 2s. 9d. ;%' , 51bs., lls. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, 11b., 60- if 0 Elba., 225. ; 101b5.,,335. The 101bs. and 121b0. co7e,oo nf o on receipt of post-eolce order. Barry du Barry sn r i ule 7 l" Rezent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and CA's et'" P to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 69, GracechtnsehOPA 3 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside : 6s, Cornhill ; 490 ,0; --kor 4ll ‘ - ealthtrijoreepoi BIRTHS. a • OP A sib]/.• 0 :lb°t.' Esc!" 0 ho V oi ei the os l 1 0 1 f On the 21th inst., at 20, Belgrave-square, p ile Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. the On the 21st inst., at Walkeringham Vicarages ....e to of the Rev. G. M. a•ww" On the 24th inst. , r at 33, Conduit.street, g'°° Mrs. Henry Creed. 1 °I. OF A DAUGHTER. 0 ' On the 21th inst., at gameHaverstock-hill, iife wife of Andrew Steedman, Esq. the osh, On the 224 inst., at South-road, Clapham' of David Martineau, Esq, MARRIED. 11 11.11$ t o, r h, W k . tt ° On the 24th inst., at St. Marylebone ger7the G. Tuttle, of North Brook•street, New o Miry Sophia, oldest daughter of F. ShePhord Xj" 4 ,, 0r r Wellington-road, St. John's-wood. vi rbitbl2,4o o, On the 2141, inst., at St. Miry's Church , ~r . Do- o h shire, Willis A Benson, fourth son of the late_ vir. 130 of Loudon, to Dorothy, daughter of the late Esq., of Whitby. 0 te° DIED Coo° • A n ne, On the 24th inst., at Bath, Julian 01 0 D an the 25th inst., of th e T m e r r s o . p r le l i z b a lr e r t i h ste N r - o a .i i- o l j a n ii :v a : g u e a g ( e i e r d e : s . l . re, tie On the 24th inst , at 16 Brook-stroet, Gros vell°r°4 , of On the 24th inst., Ann, wife of Mr. Georg King's Bench-walk, Temple, aged 35. On the 22d inst., at Weymouth , .41 31. „ tlg'i Lieut -Col. Cox, late 56th Regt., eg--,, Tickey , On the 2d inst., at Holloway, Flour %eV aged 69. traug vrale6 d puh ii,hed b t y rhe sun allW e ' do ti On the 20th inst., at Bristol, Thos. S , late Captain "05th Regt. LO o N i D N ON:: I P l r 2 i , nt s e, t i i.. . n .. - 116 u tTRDO Elizabeth, theta ife , avoy, i n the e ° a 112, Straed in the Precinct of the a _ _ .. 156. , 'ay, November 2 6, v ' t , cf Middlesex ; Wednew. Printer, a ixauu uneapsme 1 ~tTo - gate-street ; 55, Charing-cross 64, Upper tuu'' • and 15:1. xford-street. (ou