The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-20 00:00:00

TILE PROPOSED UNION OF CITY BENEFICES. Yesterday, at a meeting held at the Mansion house, the Lord Mayor acting as chairman, an ela borate scheme for the union of benefices in the City of London was settled by the Commissioners lately appointed by the Bishop of London, the Court of Common Council, and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, under the provisions of the recent Act of Parliament, 23d and 24th Victoria, cap. 142, autho rising the union of contiguous benefices. The pro posal invites public attention as well on its own merits as because it is the first operation of the kind contemplated under the statute in question. The Commission, a mixed one of clergymen and laymen, is composed of the Lord Mayor and Mr. Blomfield Burnell, who represent the lay element, and were i nominated by the Corporation ; the Rev. Robert Bowness Gibson, rector of St. Mary Abchurch, act ing for the Daan and Chapter of St. Paul's ; the Rev. Michael Gibbs, vicar of Christ Church, New gate-street, and the Rev. Thomas James Rowsell, rector of St. Margaret, Lothbury, who were ap pointed by the Bishop of the diocess. Upon the work in question these gentlemen have been anxi ously engaged, more or less, for several months past, and have held about 80 meetings on the sub ject. Designed "to advance the interests of reli gion," the proposal, in its leading features, contem plates 14 for the present, and probably more in future, unions of contiguous benefices in the city ; the disuse or demolition of as many churches within its limits, now no longer needed from changes in location of the community, and the erec tion and endowment, in lieu of them, of a corres ponding number of religious edifices in extensive parochial districts beyond the pale of the city, many of them swarming with a population of nearly 30,000, or as large as that of some of our great pro vincial towns, but now comparatively destitute of the means of religious instruction. The general results of the deliberations of the Commissioners may be more conveniently stated in the shape of a narrative. Of 17 proposed unions on which they report three have been deemed by them to be, at least for the present, inexpedient. The remaining 14 the Commissioners consider to be expedient, and they recommend the terms on which these unions may be effected. They first of all make various recommedations affecting the parishes to be united, the result of which they be lieve will be greatly to diminish the church ex penses of the several parishes of each united bene fice. After specifying the alterations which the union will render necessary in the arrangement of the patronage—which they have succeeded to a great degree in simplifying by doing away in many instances with alternate and more frequent turns of presenting—they recommend what should be done with the disused church. They suggest the erec tion of a tomb of a suitable and substantial charac ter in the adjacent churchyard, and that the human remains found under the church be carefully depo sited in it ; that the pulpit, organ, bells, and the like be transferred, if required, to the new church which by the Act of Parliament must be erected in the stead of each church which is taken down ; that the materials and sites of disused churches be sold, and out of the produce of such sales, supple mented by glebe property and other assistance, the new churches be erected, and a new benefice be created for each of them, with an endowment suffi cient to compensate the patron for accepting such new church in lieu of the city benefice which he formerly owned. Bat in no instance have the Com missioners recommended the alienation of what is called Free Act Tithe from a city parish. That tithe is to belong to the incumbent of the united benefice. In one case the disused church is recom mended to be granted for Divine service in the Welsh language, according to the rites of the Church of England, a committee of Welsh people having offered the security which the Act of Parliament requires for the maintenance of the fabric. The disused church in another union is recommended to be used as a national school. Fourteen churches are proposed to be disused.. The suggestions made by the Commissioners respecting the new churches which the Act requires to be erected in their stead show the relief which the unions, if effected, will afford to the spiritual desti tution existing in many parts of the metropo lis. The following are the parishes so relieved, — the figures denoting the population as taken at the Census of 1851:—In St. Dunstan's, Stepney, having 24,843 inhabitants, two new benefices are created, one of which comprehends a small portion of St. Philip, Stepney, which has 13,447 inhabitants. Another new benefice is formed out of St. Peter and Trinity, Stepney, which, in 1851, had 7,597, and 6,264 inhabitants, but which have been greatly augmented in number during the last ten years. In St. George-in-the-East, having a population of 27,000, two new benefices are created, one of which includes a small portion of the parish of Wapping. St. Mark, Whitechapel (15,790) has some thousands taken from it by a new benefice, which also com prises a part of Wapping ; and in exchange for these portions of Wapping a part of St. George in the-East, with about 2,000 people, and situate near to Wapping Church, is added to the charge of the rector of Wapping. Another new benefice will afford relief to St. Leonard, Shoreditch (25,111 people), and St. Juhn the Baptist, Hoxton (21,370), and St, Mary, Haggerston (26,627). The first of these parishes is further relieved by other pot tions of it being annexed to other benefices, and by the forma tion of a new benefice out of it, which a private gentleman has undertaken to endow and supply with a church, independently of any aid from dis used city churches. In St. Mary, Haggerston, two new benefices are created, and St. John Baptist, 'Raton, is further relieved by the formation of a benefice, partly out of it and partly out of Christ Church, Hoxton. Another new benefice is designed to relieve St. James, Curtain-road (11,133 persons), being formed partly out of it and partly out of St. Paul, Bunhill-row, the latter of which receives in exchange a portion of St. Luke, Old-street (22,825), lying near to St. Paul's Church. St. Luke is fur ther relieved by another new benefice formed out of it and St. John the Baptist, and Trinity, Hoxton, and a small portion of St. Barnabas, King's -square. Another new benefice affords additional relief to St. Luke's, and also comprehends that part of St. Thomas, Charterhouse (9,577) between Golden-lane and Whitecross-street. St. James, Clerken well (25,275) supplies a locality for another new benefice, and the united parishes of St. Sepulchre, London, and Middlesex (13,452) are recommended for severance; the Middlesex portion, having a population of between 4,000 and 5,000, to be made a distinct benefice, with a new church furnished out of the produce of a disused one in the city. Each of the proposed new benefices will contain from 5,000 to 9,000 persons, and in the selection of the localities for them the Commissioners have availed themselves of the recommendations of the London Diocesan Chureh-BuilditSocity. Four other proposed unions are still under the considera tion of the Commissioners, a n d if the y can mature a scheme for each of them relief will be recom mended for other large parishes in the ea s t o f London. The Commissioners have also been able to reco me nd out of the glebe property in the city small augmentations of endowment for the benefices of St. Botolph, Aldgate, St. Mark, Whitechapel, St. John, Clerkenwell, and one or two more. Subjoined are the benefices recommended for union in the city of London :—St. Alban, Wood street, with St. Olave, Silver-street; St. Michael, Wood-street, with St. Mary Staining. Allhallows, Bread-street, with St. John the Evangelist; St. Mary-le-Bow with Allhallows, Honey-lane, and St. Pancras; St. Mildred, Bread-street, with St. Mar garet Moses. Allhallows the Great with Allhal lows the Less; St. Michael, Paternoster Royal, with St. Martin, Vintry. Allhallows, Lombard street ; St. Benet, Gracecburch, with St. Leonard, Eistcheap. St. Ann and Agnes with St. John 'Zachary; Christ Church with St. L eonar d, Foster _t. ane. St. Antholin, with St. John th e B ap ti s t ; Mary Aldermary, with St. Thomas Apostle. St. Cleraent, Eastcheap, with St. Martin Ongars ; St. Mary Abcbureh, with Sr.awrence Pountney. St. Edmund this. IC St. A 4 1 ,3„ . woaut Z with . St. Nicholas Acons : TIM SL Mary Woolchurch Haw. St. EthelburP, St. Helen, St Martin Out- wich. St. James, Garlickhithe ; St. Michael, Queenhithe, • with Holy Trinity the Less. St. Mary, Aldermanbury ; St. Michael Bas sishaw. St. Mary Somerset with St. Mary Mounthaw ; St. Nicholas Cole Abbey with St. Nicholas Olave, St. Matthew, Friday-street, with St. Peter, Westcheap ; St. Ved.l:4 with St. Michael-le-Quern. St. Mildred, Poultry, with St. Mary Colechurch ; St. Olave, Jewry, with St. Mar tin, Ironmonger-lane. It is interesting to note in how marked a degree the resident population in the city has declined during the present century, for it is upon that ground that the present proceeding is chiefly based. In the four parishes composing the first union above mentioned the inhabitants in 1861 were only 1,178, as compared with 2,573 in 1801; in the second group the population had fallen from 1,961 in 1801 to 803 in 1861 ; in the third, from 1,666 to 1,086 ; in the fourth, from 1,412 to 805 ; in the fifth, from 5,182 to 2,765; in the sixth, from 1,903 to 739 ; in the seventh, from 1,649 to 991 ; in the eighth, from 1,573 to 891; in the ninth, from 1,580 to 1,326 ; in the tenth, from 1,980 to 1,539 ; in the eleventh, from 1,569 to 944 ; in the twelfth, from 1,406 to 1,100; in the thirteenth, from 1,357 to 667 ; and in the last-named, from 1,301 to 749. The declension, too, with few exceptions, has been pro gressive during the last 60 years, and especially rapid within the last 20. In the 98 parishes in the City of London Union the population has decreased n round numbers from 55,000 to 45,000 in the last [0 years. It is due to truth to state that, whatever the causes, the great majority of the pastors appear to have followed the flocks, or rather to have rowed with the stream, for of all the 30 clergymen now holding preferment in the parishes which are the subjects of the proposed union, only seven, or not quite 2 fourth, reside upon their benefices. The recommendations of the Commissioners, however, supply a remedy for this evil by providing a resi dence for the incumbent on his benefice in every united parish according to the requirements of the Act. The Commissioners, in making their returns to . _ the Bishop of London, have submitted for his Lord ship's consideration some observations and sugges tions in reference to the work in question. They stato that their attention has been particularly directed to the arrangements rendered requisite by the proviso in the 14th section, which enacts that a church shall be erected within the limits of the metropolis in the stead of every church taken down in the city. The erection of such new church neces sitates the creation of a new benefice in each case, and their investigation of the localities suggested by the London Diocesan Church Building Society, in which they have recommended these benefices to be placed, has convinced them of the necessity of supplying an endowment for the maintenance of the incumbents of such new churches. They remark that the testimony of persons acquainted with the churches previously erected without endowments, or with inadequate endowments, in poor and popu- lous localities has served to increase their conviction that the endowment of the new benefice is of indis pensable necessity. To erect a church without any endowment in poor and populous localities, though it might appear to satisfy the provisions of the Act of Parliament, would, they fear, be attended with serious and lasting evils, and might prevent the carrying into effect any one of the schemes. They have therefore recommended that the fund to be realised by the sale of the materials and sites of churches taken down be aided, if necessary, by private and public contributions; and they suggest for his lordship's consideration the expediency o. making special effort for obtaining contributions for erecting both the churches and personage houses for the new benefices—an effort similar to that which resulted a few years since in the erection of ten churches in Bethnal•green. With respect to en dowed lectureships in city churches, they think that with perhaps a few exceptions these lectureships might advantageously be applied towards relieving the spiritual destitution which exists in poor and populous parishes in the metropolis. In reference to the union of certain benefices it is possible, they say, that the vestries of some parishes may withhold their assent from the proposed union of their bene fice with another, under the 23d and 24th of Vic toria, cap. 142. In some of such cases they think that the proposed exchanges in the patronage should nevertheless be effected, which they believe can be done under the provisions of other statutes in order to do a xay with alternate patronage,—a system which arose from necessity, but which, while it is productive in their opinion of no benefit to either incumbent or people, is calculated to operate to the disadvantage of both. The results of their communications with the incumbents appear in many instances to intimate that the unions can not come into operation, though all other parties consent, until the avoidance of one of the benefices. It is probable in such cases that some of the incum• bents may subsequently be willing to retire, and may consent to a supplemental order under a clause in the Act, and in some cases the acceptance of other church preferment by the incumbent may lead to the same desirable result. When they consider the spiritual destitution which exists in many of the localities selected for the new benefices they venture to express a hope that his Lordship may be ab'.e to accelerate the carrying out of the schemes, or, at least, to procure some means of supplying those localities with the services of a clergyman until the avoidance of the city benefices will cause the schemes to come into operation. With regard to the remains of the dead, Gs this has been a sub- ject of conversation between the Commissioners and parish officers, they deem it right to inform his Lordship that, although the Secretary of State is charged with the duty of " giving directions as to the removal of the remains" of the dead, they have reason to believe that the following plan would give general satisfaction :—That a stone building or tomb, not exceeding seven feet high, of a suitable and substantial character, be erected in the church yard adjoining the church about to be taken down, and that the human remains deposited under the church, if not removed elsewhere by relatives and friends of the deceased persons, carefully placed in such tomb, which shall afterwards be com pletely closed up. They suggest that the plan of the tomb be subject to the approval of the Bishop of London and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; that the latter appoint a coin- petent person to superintend the removal of the remains of the dead, and that one of the church wardens certify to them as well as to the Secretary of State the completion of the work; and that on the production of the certificate the Commissioners defray the cost of the building and removal out of the fund created under the provisions of the Act. The Commissioners say they cannot conclude their labours without informing his lordship that they have experienced great difficulty in their at tempts to form unions when any one of the btne fices in question has been under the operation of the Act of Henry VIII. respecting tithes. The parishioners of such parish have stated that their consent to a union may be construed as a consent to the continuance of the tithe, as it is at present levied or leviable. Without entering into all the details of this question, or the relief or remedies which might be deemed expedient, they represent that in their opinion the subject requires investiga tion, with the view to an alteration 'of the system in some parti cu l ars . It remains t o be stated that the Act of Parlia ment requires the bishop t o cause p ro p osa l s f or schemes based on the t erms recommended of fxt by the neat have to be sent Commissioners t o b e will then ha ve t o b e receiving th e i r approval posed to be united, which mwli of exercising a veto, or of proposing nsupbred. These proposals Rare by the bishop t o the vestries parishes havepro gmalesupowern s vestriest l ted t o the patrons, and e he The Commissioners hope th a t ne i t h er the p a t t i r o °. nor the vestries will prevent the completio n of the schemes, and so lose the opportunity which the Le gislature has afforded them of bestowing upon the destitute places of the metropolis those:means of grace which the diminished inhabitants of the City no longer require. B EN SON'S IVA.TCIIES ND CLOCKS..—" Perfectin of mechanism.”—Norning PoAst. Gold watches, sto ICO guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of iieixiittance. —J. Mr: Benson, 83 and 31, Ludgate-hill, 16- and 47, Cornhlll, Lond9n, E,C, Eitabliahed 1749. riTIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, - T - NOVEMBER 20, 1861. HEALTH OF LONDON _DURING THE WEEK: come, the writer observes, to reply " to the exag gerated eulogiums bestowed on the commercial regime which had led to such results." At present, however, that an official summary of the principal effects produced in 1860:by French commerce with the colonies and foreign countries has appeared, it is possible to form an estimate of the influence exercised on commercial transactions by the par tial application of the treaty agreed to between France and England, that statement being, the writer declares, the most conclusive answer that can be given to the representations of the Protec tionist party. The article then proceeds to say : ___ that could have been conferred on her, occurring, as . it did, at the most opportune moment. It was only in the middle of last year that we had an immense stock of raw cotton at home, and there were several millions sterling of deficiency in its value in the market here over its cost, and considerable appre hension existed as to how that deficiency would be met. All markets were overstocked with our manu factured goods, and the Indian market swamped by enormous shipments, far in excess of any possible requirements under the most favourable circum stances; but such shipments, made in a year of fa mine, when a great number of her people had not the means to purchase food, far less, to them, the luxury of English cloth, seemed insanity. So com pletely was that market overdone that, although there had been a considerable reduction in shipments for this year, the stocks there were so large that it is only the latest advices that report any material improvement in prices. "Every one must deplore the extent to which the working of short time has diminished wages, en croaching on the slender comforts and even neces saries of life, of the working classes; nevertheless, looking at the whole of the cotton trade for last year, it appears a fact, that, had the American sup ply come forward as usual, the state of affairs in South Lancashire must have been far more disas trous, and a much greater number of hands thrown ovt of employment than in all probability there will be under the existing state of matters for next year. " J. T. M." (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The high mortality that attends the inclement months of the year has begun to appear in the weekly returns. The deaths in London were 1,078 in the last week of October ; they rose to 1,251 in the following week, and to 1,288 in the week that ended last Saturday. The mean weekly tempera ture of the air was above 58 deg. till near the middle of October; it fell to 45.5 deg. at the end of the month, and in the first two weeks of November 42.0 deg, and 36.7 deg. The corrected average number of deaths for the weeks in 10 years, 1851-60, corresponding—with that for which the present return is made, is 1,294 ; and it appears that the mortality of last week agrees very closely with the result obtained by calculation. The mortality from bronchitis exhibits an in crease ; the numbers referred to this complaint in the last three weeks are 81, 87, and 131. Scarla tina continues to predominate among the zymotic diseases; the deaths caused by it last week were 101 ; by diphtheria, 25. There were 62 by typhus; 17 by croup, 3 by smallpox, 6 by measles. _ _ " The imports of the year 1860 amounted to 2,392,400,000 f., whilst for 1859, they were only 2,148,200,000 E, being an increase for 1860 of 244,200,000 f. The exports for 1860 were 2,949,400,000 f., and for 1859, 2,755,600,000 E, being an improvement of 193,800,000 f, The imports and exports together amounted, in 1860, to 5,341,800,000 f., and in 1859 to 4,903,800,000 f., being an increase in favour of 1860 of 138,000,000 f., or 8'93 per cent. For imports taken separately the augmentation is 11.36 per cent., and for exports 7.03 per cent. The results of special commerce, which show, with fidelity, the movements of home consumption and national production, are equally significant. Its imports amount to 1,585 millions instead of 1,404 in 1859, an increase of 181 millions or 12.02 per cent. ; and its exports to 2,092 millions instead of 1,998 in 1859, being an augmentation of 94 mil- No fatal cases of scarlatina were returned in Chelsea, 8 in St. George's, Hanover-square, 8 in Islington, 7 in Clerkenwell, and 4 in the first sub district of Waterloo-road. If the first divisions of the metropolis are compared, it will be seen that the greatest number of deaths from scarlatina was recorded in the western division. The complaint seems to be prevalent in Fulham, Brompton, Chel sea, and Hanover-square sub-district. lions, or 4.70 per cent. ; the imports and exports of the special commerce amount together to 3,677 millions in 1860 instead of 3,402 in 1859, being an improvement of 275 millions or 8.70 per cent. These figures speak for themselves ; the year 1860 was, as is well known,one of stagnation and expec tation, as the application of the new tariffs at suc cessive data interfered with different commercial LAW INTELLIG P'NCE.—Nov. 19. Nine persons, of whom 6 were children, died in the week from syphilitic disease; 10 children from want of breast-milk, one in Shoreditch from " the want of food." Two infants, who had been mur dered, one by starvation, the other by strangula tion, were found in the Regent's Park. Five cases of murder or manslaughter are returned in the week. Two widows, whose deaths are recorded, had attained the age of 95 years. Last week the births of 876 boys and 898 girls, in all 1,774 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) WOODIN V. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COIIIPAN Y.-THE OLIO OF ODDITIES IN A FIX. transactions one after the other ; the American crises commenced, and already our exports of wine and silk tended to diminish. In spite of those different clauses of embarrassment, which we shall again find reproduced or aggravated in 1861, it is not the less true that our imports and exports in 1860 presented a notable increase over the already enormous amount of 1859; and if it be true, as we have reason to fear, that from the effect of the Anglo-American crises our exports in 1861 will undergo a diminution of about 200 millions as com pared with 1860, they will be again precisely equal to those of the magnificent year 1859, notwithstand ing the crises and in spite of foreign competition." This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the celebrated Mr. Woodin, against the defendants, to recover compensation in damages for an alleged breach of contract. The defendants paid 40s into eourt as sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff's claim. Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Kingdon were coun sel for the plaintiff; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., An d Mr, Millward for the defendants. the average number was 1,617. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.356 in. The barometer rose to 29.64 in. on Tuesday, and fell to 28.83 in. on the following day. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 39.7 deg., which is 3 8 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day, and on Saturday the amount of depression was equal to 10.6 deg. The highest day temperature was 50.8 deg. on Sunday ; and the lowest night temperature was 25.5 deg., and occurred on Satur day. The range of the thermometer in the shade was therefore 25.3 deg. The mean daily range was 13 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 89, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was attained on Wednesday. The wind was vari able; its maximum pressure on Sunday was 101 b. on the square foot ; on Thursday it was 91b. The amount of rain in the week was large—viz., 2.51 in., of which as much as F 29 fell on Wednesday,rather more than half an inch on Sunday, and about the same quantity on Thursday. There was thunder and lightning on Sunday. Rain fell almost con stantly for 20 hours on Wednesday and the morn ing of Thursday. It appeared that on the 15th of August last the plaintiff gave a performance at Yeovil, and had announced his intention of repeating it at Crew kerne, a place about ten miles distant, on the follow ing night. Accordingly, on the following day, he contracted with the defendants to take the van con taining his dresses, &c., to Crewkerne, but they neglected to do so, in consequence of which he was unable to carry out his announcement, and he was subjected to the jeers of the audience, who called him "a humbug," said he was "no go," and used other offensive expressions towards him, in conse quence of which the plaintiff alleged he had lost his reputation there. _ The defendants' case was in support of their plea, that 40s. was sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff's claim. After hearing the evidence, The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £22, over and above the amount paid into court. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) LAUTOUR V. LAUTOUR AND WESTON (THE QUEEN'S PROCTOR INTERVENING)—JUDGMENT. The Attorney-General (with whom was Dr. Spinks) said that he appeared on the part of the Queen's Proctor, and applied to the Court that a decree obtained by General Latour, the petitioner, should be reversed, his petition dismissed, and that he should be condemned in the costs incurred by the Queen's Proctor. It was proved at the trial that the parties were married in 1826, and that Mrs. Lautour cohabited with her husband until the year 1827, when she eloped with the co-respon dent, she at the time having one daughter, issue of the marriage. Since the trial the Queen's Proctor received information which induced him to inter vene, and plead adultery on the part of the peti tioner at the time of instituting his suit. He read affidavits to prove that the petitioner, shortly after his wife's desertion, formed an immoral connexion with a female, with whom he was living up to the present s time, and by whom he had a son, aged 23 years. The petitioner brought an action of trim. con. against the co-respondent, and the jury awarded him £1,500, and subse quently he obtained a divorce a mensa et thoro in the Arches Court. The learned counsel contended that, under the circumstances, the petitioner was not entitled to any relief from the Court. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., (with whom was Mr. Thompson Chitty) appeared for the petitioner, and said he was not in a position to deny the, adultery of his client—but argued that in this case the Court was not bound to grant the application. The petitioner was deserted by his wife ; and it was not until that event took place that he formed any im proper connection. Having referred to the section of the act under which the Court was empowered to grant the application of the Attorney-General, he contended that the Legislature never contem plated the interference of the Crown in cases simi lar to the petitioner's. With reference to the delay , of the petitioner in adopting proceedings for a dis solution of marriage, he stated that he intended to have applied the damages awarded him to that purpose, but that his solicitor left the country, and took the money with him, and that his means were inadequate to obtain a divorce at the time, in con sequence of the expense then attending such pro ceedings. Sir C. Cresswell said it was not proved that Gen. Lautour could not have instituted proceedings in the House of Lords; and if he had retrenched his expenses, instead of keeping a mistress, he might have been able to have done so. The learned judge having read the section of the act which vested him with discretion in dealing with applications of ,this description, said that he was bound as far as pos sible to follow the practice which prevailed in the Ecclesiastical Court ; and acting on that principle, and according to his judgment, he felt called on to grant the application of the learned Attorney-Ge neral. If General Lautour had consulted his legal adviser, he would have been informed that the adultery now pleaded against him would be a most material element in regulating the decision of the Court, instead of which he (Sir C. Cresswell) was left in total dark ness. The Court could not entertain for a moment the doctrine of the learned counsel for the petitioner, namely, that because a man's wife de serted him he should take the remedy in his own hands, and live for years in a state of adultery. He must therefore decide that the decree should be re• versed, and the petition dismissed on the ground of the adultery of the petitioner. With regard to the costs of the Queen's proctor, he thought the peti tioner should pay them. THOMAS V. THOMAS AND CROWTHER.—JUDGM ENT. In this testamentary suit, the facts of which have been reported, the learned judge dismissed, with costs, the appeal from the finding of the jury, on the ground that the will, which was stated to have been made years before the decease of the testator, was a forgery. RATCLIFFE V. BAILEY AND AN OTHER.—JUDGMEN T. In this case the plaintiff propounded the will and codicil of a Mr. Baines, who possessed considerable property in Lancashire, which was disputed by the defendants, his daughter and her husband, on the ground that the latter instrument was executed under undue influence, and when the testator was not of sound disposing capacity. The case was heard before Mr. Baron Martin at the Liverpool assizes last August, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendants appealed, alleging that the case was decided in the absence of material witnesses, and the case stood over for the learned judge to read the notes of Mr. Baron Martin. Sir C. Cresswell now dismissed the motion for a new trial, with costs. WALKER V. WALKER, NICOL, CRAIG, AND ANOTHER. — JUDGMENT. The husband, in this case, petitioned the court for a dissolution of marriage, by reason of his wife's adultery with the co respondents, one of whom was not known. All the parties live at Liverpool, and Mr. Nicol is a builder and Mr. Craig a medical man. The case was decided last July in favour of the peti tioner ; and on the sth instant counsel, on behalf of Mr. Nicol, moved for a rule calling on him to show cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the evi dence. The petitioner's case rested on the testi mony of witnesses who deposed to Mr. Nicol having been in the habit of visiting Mrs. Walker during her husband's absence, and remaining iu the house for a coasiderabla time. Some letters which had been written by Mr. Nicol to Mr. Craig were read which showed that they were on terms of fami liarity, but which, per se, did not establish any im moral intimacy. Sir C. Cresswell now delivered judgment, and said that ho did not consider there was any grou_nbe! for interfering with the verdict of thejury.evi_ facts alleged in the petition were proved b by the light the T dence, and the letters in question , read y of that evidence, did not bear an innocent construc tion. The rule was discharged, and the decree nisi made absolute. re resented the petitioner Dr. Phillimore, Q . C. , , appellant, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., the FRENCH FIN INCE. The following is the article in La Patric of which a telegraphic summary has already appcarcd : " The first care of the Minister of Finance in taking the direction of the Ministerial department entrusted to him is naturally the study of the Budget of 1863. " Thus, M. Fould (so we are informed) has lost no time in examining the modifications which must be made in the receipts and expenditure of the State, according to the new regulations which he has in duced the Emperor to adopt, and which will be con firmed by a Scnatus Consulte. " The problem to be resolved is this : to increlsc the receipts by diminishing the expenses, and at the same time to provide suitably for the public service. "If we are rightly informed, the first reform under consideration is a reduction of the army without infringing upon the sytem so happily established—that is to say, maintaining the actual organisation (cadres actuels). " Thus the military power of Frame would re main in full force, and would assure to our policy the influence which it has achieved, at the same time that the war estimates would be sensibly diminished. " The creation of new resources, rendered neces sary by the suppression of supplementary credits, is a delicate question, which the new Minister of Finance will certainly examine NN ith that maturity and reserve which such great interests command. "We believe we may state that he does not pro pose to add any additional tax which might fall heavily on industry, agriculture, or commerce, and which would affect the working classes. " A tax on lucifer matches is spoken of. This measure is in fact contemplated at the Ministry of Fiflance, and in such a manner that the consumer will scarcely feel the difference. An increase on stamped paper (polders timbres) is also under con sideration. " We are not acquainted with the Minister's views on the tax which weighs upon the transfer of per sonal property (sur la transmission des valeurs tnobi lieres), but, on the one hand, the revenue from that tax is so small, scarcely reaching 6,000,000 f., and, on the other hand, the liberal ideas of M. Fould are so well known, that we may be allowed to suppose that a modification of the law of the 23d of June, 1857, is not impossible. "If this modification is carried out it will, we trust, lead to the suppression of the tourniquets." The Constitutionnel also has a few lines on the same subject, but not very connectod in the infor• mation given. They run thus _ _ _ "If we are well informed, the Minister of the In terior has submitted to the Emperor a project, which may be called both political and financial, consisting of a disarmament, with the maintenance of the staffs. This measure would be complimen tary to the new financial measures confided to M. Fould. The disarming would not only be anew and favourable guarantee of confidence and pro sperity for France, but also a fresh and powerful one for all the Governments of Europe. It would to, general peace crowning the glory achieved by the French army on fields of battle. If we are well informed, the Emperor will visit the Queen of England during the Universal Exhibition of Lon don. The project of Count de Persigny, submitted to the Emperor, will therefore be at the same time a new and great political and financial measure." The same journal publishes an article on the great increase which has taken place in French commerce of late years. It commences in these terms:— " A little more than a year ago, in studying the movement of the foreign commerce of France for 1859, we remarked that that year, the last of the protective regime, was also the most bril liant, for French transactions amounted to the enormous sum of 4,904,000,000 fr. official value, and 5,412,000,000 fr. actual value—that is to say, precisely double the amount of the most prosperous year of the monarchy of July (2,437,000,000 fr. in 1846). Ia distinguishing the total value of the imports from that of the ex ports, we find that the increase in the national production had been still more rapid than that of the commercial movement itself, for in the amount 0f1846 the imports represented 511 per cent., and importswhilwhile tbe exports represented noamounted m or e t o than m 2 4 p 3 e * i. the exports only 481 per cent., whilst in 1859 the general movement. In other wor ds , t h e . 1859 showed an increaseof com pared with those of 1846, h . propor tional augmentation amounted the exports." 8 c e l :l e t: o c f en th t. e , imports of 70.88 per cent. w Ile the same to 1331 per cent. for -Such prosperity, the article observes, told strongly in favour of the excellence of a system which the Protectionist party supported so strongly in oppo sition to free *trade. The - moment was not Mtn INDIAN COTTON. The following complete review of the present position and prospects of the Indian cotton ques tion is from one of the most accurate and expui• enced merchants connected with the trade of that country : " there seems some apprehension about the quantity of cotton we have this year received from India, and its relative price in that country and here, the following statements, taken from the actual imports and price -currents, may be in teresting : " I shall refer to Liverpool alone, as the imports into the other ports of the United Kingdom are comparatively trifling. " For the 101 months from lan. 1 to Nov. 14, 1860, Liverpool received 422,103 bales of East Indian cotton, being about an average import; while for the same period of the current year she has received 742,437 bales. On Nov. 1, 1860, there were afloat, from the East Indies to Liverpool, 43,295 bales, against 168,415 bales on Nov. 1, 1861—equal to double the usual supply. The stock of East Indian cotton at Liverpool on Nov. 14, 1860, was 100,630 bales, and on Nov. 14, 1861, it amounted to 289,370 bales. The sales of East Indian cotton for the same period were, in 1860, 509,940 bales, while in 1861 they were 994,190 bales. " The present average price at Liverpool of the lye descriptic is of East Indian cotton sold under the general n me of Surats, for the good and fine quality, is 9d. per lb. The price there of the same quality in the middle of last year way 41d. per lb., exhibiting a rise in price over that of last year of 4.-!,d. per lb., equal to 100 per cent. " By the last advices from Bombay the price at which this quality could be purchased there and landed at Liverpool, all charges paid, was about 61d. per lb., the Liverpool price for the same being 9d. per lb., or 21d. above that in India, showing a profit of 42 per cent. on making shipments of cot ton from India at existing prices there and those now current here. This state of that market, as a general rule, is exceptional, the competition for im porting Indian cotton into this country being so great that at the time shipments are made in India the price the cotton stands at is fully equal to that of the home market, and in many instances far above it. " It must not be forgotten that the total supply of raw cotton to Liverpool from all countries, ex clusive of the United States and the East Indies, for the period above stated in 1860 was only 189,278 bales, and that for the same time this year it has been even less, or 184,306 bales. " Without venturing on any actual estimate of the quantity of cotton we shall receive from India for next year, a collation of the facts connected with the trade, based on the operations of the pre sent year, will yet enable us to judge as to the pro babilities for and against a large supply next season. " I believe the question to be one simply of price, and that the present rates are about sufficient to insure a supply equal to our diminished require ments caused by high prices if confidence were felt in their being maintained. As there can be no guarantee for this there must consequently be great speculative risks in the importation of cotton from India. " The impediment to a large supply from that country is the existence of the American crop (although it is reported to be under an average), and the possibility of some event occurring any day to enable it to be imported within a few months, from which time, allowing for cleaning, packing, transit, &c., we should as usual have that crop in this market, entailing very heavy losses on the ship pers of Indian cotton, even at the present prices there. " The favourable features for a large supply from India are that last year India went to Liverpool double the usual quantity under every disadvantage. She was suffering from an unprecedented drought, extending to many of the cotton districts. At the time of planting there was no unusual demand for cotton, but the reverse. Her markets were glutted with manufactured goods from this country, which could not be sold at rates leaving even 20 to 30 per cent. loss, giving little encouragement to importers to make heavy shipments of the raw material. The price in our home market for her cotton was the usual average rate, whereas now it is double, and at no time in the history of Indian trade has any article exhibited such enormous profit at the time of shipment as cotton does at the present moment. " There are now buyers in this market for any quantity of Indian cotton afloat at the highest cur rent prices, enabling consignees to effect sales for arrival as soon as they receive advice of shipments, thus curtailing the risk to the shipper. The last intelligence from India, dated Oct. 27, advises con siderable improvement in the import market there for piece goods. The enhanced price paid to India for cotton has circulated large sums of money in the cotton-growing provinces, increasing their power of production, and, in place of a year of drought and famine, there have been plentiful rains all over India, greatly benefiting the cotton cultivation, and insuring to her farmers their cold weather, or most remunerative crops, still further affording them the means of purchasing British piece goods. "To this may be added the general opinion that the settlement of the American question appears now more remote. " These circumstances combined render the pro duction of a large cotton crop in India this season highly probable, and from the state of the markets in both countries it may be expected that large orders will be sent out from home for its shipment. " Any one acquainted with the Indian markets— the largest and the best for our manufactured piece goods—will admit the truth of your remarks, that the cessation of the shipments of American cotton, under existing circumstances, far from being any real disaster to Manchester, was the greatest boon POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 19. !ADMISSION OF EDWIN JAMES 70 THE AMERICAN BAR. _ WESTMINSTER. - THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBERY IN BESSBOROUGH-GARDE,,NSI Newell, housemaid, late in the service of Mr. Barker, of Bessborough-gardens, Pimlico, whi' stands charged with having stolen a great quantity of property from his house under very extraordi nary circumstances, and who was afterwards cap tured at Yarmouth in male attire, was placed at the bar for re-examination, in the more becoming garb of a domestic servant. Mr. Bury Hutchinson appeared in her behalf. The morbid state of the public mind was strongly evinced by the court being more densely crowded than even en the occasion of the charge of murder against William Maloney, the culprit being mag nified into a heroine. Mr. Hutchinson observed that he wished to ask Mr. Inspector Humphreys a question. He wished to know whether the whole of the property carried away from Mr. Barker's house had not been re covered ? Inspector Humphreys replied that everything, with the exception of about £3 iu money, had been recovered. Mr. Hutchinson observed that he believed the inspector had not discovered anything else affect ing her character for honesty. Inspector Humphreys replied that he had. Mr. Paynter intimated that matters of this sort to her disadvantage could not be introducd into the present charge. Inspector Humphreys observed that he had two other charges of felony to put up against the prisoner. Mr. Barker, the prosecutor, then stood in the witness-box, and, in answer to Mr. Hutchinson, said that the prisoner had been in his service from the 17th of March to November 7th. He saw her six or seven'times a day during that time. Mr: Hutchinson inquired whether he had not noticed much eccentricity about her. Mr. Barker replied that ho never observed any thing eccentric about her. Mr. Paynter observed that he could see by the questions what the line of defence was to be, but that matter could not be introduced into the depo sitions, but must be reserved for another tribunal. In answer to other questions, Mr. Barker said he never had any conversation about some papers of the prisoner's in the hands of the polite. He had not possession of any memoran dum-book of the prisoner's, and knew nothing about her affairs. Mr. Hutchinson inquired whether she had not borne a very good character while in his service, up to the present transaction. Mr. Barker said he could name many things which had been missed from the house since the pri soner had been in his service. The depositions taken upon the previous exami nation having been read over, Mr. Hutchinson said the accused reserved her defence. Mr. Painter inquired the nature of the other charges of which the police had spoken. Inspector Humphreys replied that on the Ist of December, 1856, the prisoner was in the service of Cob Wynyard, 22, Chester-street, Belgrave-square, and absconded from the house at about six in the evening. Immediately after she had gone a purse of money was missing from the room in which the lady's maid had been sitting, and which purse had been shortly before opened in the prisoner's pre sence, no one else having had access to the property but the prisoner. On further search a watch and valuable brooch was also missing. Previous to entering this situation she had been in the service of Lady Gipps, of No. 11, Chester-street, who had recommended her to the colonel's family, and after she had left her ladyship's a very valuable diamond pin and amethyst ring were missed, and in consequence of the robbery at the colonel's and sudden departure of the prisoner, she was naturally suspected of having stolen the ring and pin. The diamond pin having been offered in pledge to Mr. Smith by a young female, answer ing the prisoner's description, was stopped by him and restored to her ladyship. Eliza Davis, lady's maid to Mrs. Edward Gipps, proved that prisoner absconded as described. She missed the purse from a drawer in her room, it was safe at half-past five. Witness sat with her back to the drawer. Prisoner had never been seen or heard of since the time she absconded till now. Mr. Humphreys said it could be proved that on that, as on the present occasion, the prisoner had gone into the country upon leaving her master's house. A cook in the colonel's establishment, to whom part of the stolen property had belonged, had shortly after left the service, and there was no means now of finding her, Mr. Paynter observed that he did not think it would be any nse sending this case before a jury; the robbery had taken place so long ago, and there was not sufficient evidence. Mr. Smith, pawnbroker, was then called, but said he could not identify the prisoner as the person who offered Lady Gipp's diamond pin in pawn. It was now five years ago, and the prisoner had altered from a girl to a woman. Mr. Paynter observed that there might be a strong presumption of guilt against the prisoner, but he should only send her for trial on the charge upon which she had been arrested. Mr. Hutchinson observed that, as the two cases spoken off had fallen to the ground,and he was sure would not prejudice the prisoner, he must now apply for leave to put in bail for her appearance at the sessions. It was quite clear that she brought a good character to Mr. Barker's. Mr. Paynter interrupted him by reminding him that several things had been lost while she was in Mr. Barker's service. Mr. Hutchinson said there was nothing to show that they had been taken by the prisoner. It was his duty to submit that the prisoner's conduct was not like that of a person ordinarily committing a felony for the purposes of appropriation. She had conducted herself in a most extraordinary way, but not in a manner of a person influenced by gain, for although the loss was large to the owners, the class of property was not that which she could have dis posed of at such a place as Yarmouth, where she went, while she left valuable articles behind her in her master's house, which she might easily have disposed of anywhere. She had indulged in a comi cal extravanganza of putting on male attre, of smoking cigars, making love to her landlady, and taking her to the theatre, by which it was scarcely possible that she could hope to escape detection. The act of gumming some of her hair to a poker, of breaking the windows of her master's house inside instead of out, of going to Yarmouth, with such a great amount of luggage, where she must have attracted the notice of everyone, showed that she was not altogether right in her mind. Her family were highly respectable, and this was a great mis fortune to them. At the time of the alleged rob beries, which had really come to nothing, she could not have been more than 15 or 16 years of age; she had not been living in any concealment, and if there was anything in those charges they might have been brought forward before. Mr. Paynter thought that, although she had conducted herself in a very fantastic way, she had probably assumed male attire as best calculated to effect her object; and, so effectually had she done it, that the officer had the greatest difficulty in finding her, even when he got to Yarmouth. With respect to the window and appearances at Mr. Barker's house, persons in her position who committed robberies were apt to exercise some precautions to raise the presumption that they were perpetrated by persons outside the house, and so divert suspicion from themselves. He could not deal with the question of insanity, even if there was evidence to support it ; but if the prisoner could be proved to be in that state, she would not be in a fit condition to go at large, as much mischief might result from it. Bail was then refused. Mr. Hutchinson next applied for the copy of a will and some papers found upon the prisoner. Inspector Humphreys said there was some dis pute about the will. The accused's mother wished to have possession of it, and if he had permission he would give it to her. On being asked who it should be given to, The prisoner, who now spoke for the first time during the examitaation, said, in a voice peculiarly unfeminine " My Mother." it was subsequently arranged that the whole of the papers should be withheld by the inspector for the present. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. CURIOUS DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS.— Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy coroner for West Middlesex, was communicated with yesterday in reference to a some.. what singular discoveiy of eight human skulls and a largo thigh bone on Saturday morning. It appears that a num ber of labourers in the employ of Mr. Austin, an ex.ensive builder, of Paddington, while engaged on the above morn ing digging out a foundation for a new building in Ken sington-gardens-square, suddenly came upon eight human skulls lying in two perfect rows close together, and the thigh bone lying parallel about 18 inches below the surface. Mr. Austin's attention was immediately called to the cir cumstance, and by his directions these remains were banded over to Mr. Porter, one of the parish officers, who deposited them in the Paddington dead-house. Various surmises are rife in the neighbourhood as to how these re mains became placed where they were fOund, one of which, apparently the most probable, is that they are skulls of vic tims to the great plague in London in 1665, inasmuch as they lay near the burial-ground of that fearful time for this part of the metropolis, known as the Pest Field. It is be lieved that the remains are no case for a coroner's in quisition. ~ L In the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon—Jus tices Clerke, Sutherland, and Barnard presiding— the distinguished British member of Parliament and Queen's counsel, Mr. Edwin James, was admitted to the New York bar. It is understood that he intends to make' this city his home, and that he will enter at once upot i the practice of his profession in which he h as won 5% 14 conspicuous honours abroad. In spite of the bor.;ers that oppose the progress of mere talent, however great, to high success in England, Mr. James had achieved, without the slightest aid from aristocratic connexions, the very high distinc tion of standing among the foremost members of the British bar. Since the elevation of Sir Frederick Thesiger to the Chan tellorship, and that of Sir Alexander Cockburn to the Chief Justiceship of the Queen's Bench, he has be. In almost without a rival , in some branches of his profession. As a Parlia mentary counsel, even previous to their elevation, he held the highest position. No member or peti tioner believed his chances St !cure until Mr. James had been retained, and the statute book of England is indebted to him for the New Bankruptcy Act, and many of the wisest niettsures which have marked the course of legal rel'orin in the past few years. In all the " causes celd'res" which have awakened interest he has figured as leading counsel either for the prosecution or defence. The conduct of the case against Palmer, in the celebrated Rugeley poisoning, was committed to him. In the prosecution of Bernard, for conspiracy against the life of Louis Napoleon, he led the defence, and his eloquent vindication is almost as familiar among us as it is over Europe. But re eently, in the case of Colonel Dickson against the Earl of Wilton, he did battle for the soldier's rights and honour against the whole power of the Court and Horse Guards, and obtained a verdict of 20,000 dols. As a states man, representing Marylebone, the largest and wealthiest constituency in England, he has been the unvarying advocate of every measure calculated to enlarge the liberties, unchain the industry, and advance the freedom of the people. His Parlia mentary career has been chiefly made remarkable by his advocacy of Italian unity at, d liberty, of which in the House he was regarded as the special champion, and into which cause he thre w himself with the most eager enthusiasm. At the end of the Session of 1860 he hurried off to Itai,v, and, after passing some time with Count Cavour at his country seat near Turin, was despatched by him in a Piedmontese frigate to join Garibaldi, by whose side he remained as counsellor and companion during the glorious campaign of Italian free dom. He took part in the battles of Caprera and Volturino, and accompanied Garibaldi alone in his carriage, on his triumphal entry into Naples. Nor was it least due to his wise and friendly counsels that Garibaldi was saved from pursuing that mad course into which he was urged by wild theorists, and which at one time threatened to jeopardise all he had gained for Italy. On his return to the House of Commons he was known as the friend and vindicator of Garibaldi, and, in upholding his views in the great debate on Italian affairs in Februry last, in the House of Commons, closed an address of remarkable power in these striking and eloquent words :—" The religion which Bossuet and Fenelon illustrated and adorned will endure for ages, but the temporal power of St. Peter is irrevocably doomed. In the exercise of the tem poral power all that is good and holy is destroyed, Every priest becomes a spy, and every bishop a policeman." In person and in manner Mr. James is an excellent specimen of the hale and hearty Englishman. He is a far more fluent and impres sive speaker than most of the leading English orators, and has none of that half-stammering hesitation which to an American ear so sadly mars their best and most striking efforts. He is still in the prime of life, of laborious industry, eminently adroit and able in his management especially of criminal eases, and quite able to hold his own . against the consummate masters of law with whom he will come in contact among us. He will fina them generous as well as formidably competitors for the high prizes of the profession.--.Neto York 7 fines. COUN7BY MARKETS. I' NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE—Nov. 18. At this market there was a tolerable supply of wheat, which met a fair demand ; prices were about the same as the previous week—white making 56s to 635, • red 52s to 60s. The demand for barley was very slow, and the same in value. Oats were in fair show, with a steady sale, from 24s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans scarce, and held at extreme rates, fiom 46s to 50s per qr. BRISTOL—Nov. 19. Our market this morning was largely attended, and the business doing in wheat, oats, &c., was good, at about late prices. LEEDS—Nov. 19. We have had a good show of grain to-day, and with a moderate attendance, a fair business was done in wheat, but at no advance upon last Tuesday's currencies. Fins barley maintains its value; secondary sorts 18 per qr lower and mostly in retail. Oats and beans firm at late rates. MELTON MOWBRAY—Nov. 19. There was a small show of wheat to-day, and with a ra ther limited trade, the prices were slightly lower for rno!t sorts. Barley in dull inquiry. Prices—white wheat, sas Od to 61s Od; red, 50s Od to 55s per 36 stone; beans firm, at 48s to 50s for old ; new sorts, 42s per 38 st. ; barley, 36s to 41s for malting, and 30s .to 34s per qr. for grinding ; oats, 22s to 35s Od per 24 stone. LYNN-: -Nov. 19. Old white 595 to 62s I Ishw. 556 to 58s Barley. 36s to 40s Oats . Beans .42s to 46s I Peas 48s to 544 NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was one of the largest and best almost ever known at this season, consisting of Scots, shorthorns, and Irish. Trade brisk, and a fair attendance of buyers. At the close about one-fourth re mained unsold. Scots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; shorthorns, 4s 6d to 5s ; Irish, 3s 6d to 4s Od; Devons, 4s to 4s 6d (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a small show and sales quick, at 8s Od to 8s 6d per 141 b. Sheep—There was a good supply of sheep in the pens and a fair sale. Fat sheep, 8s 6d to 9s Od per stone ; prime, Os 6d , and all sold. _ _ _ _ Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 16s to 20s; fat pork, 7s Gd to 8s Od per stone. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Nov, 18. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 18. via Marseilles Nov. 27. Falkland Islands .. Dec. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton .... • India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 18. via Marseilles Nov. 20. -- via Marseilles N N a o v v.. 2 2, 7 5. • India (Bombay), via Southampton Lisbon - Nov 21. Nov. 18. Nov. 20. Newfoundland .... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v v i i a a S m o a u r t a h e a i r ie p s ton Nov. 27. Oporto and Vigo • Nov. 21. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Nov. 21; by U.S. packet Canadian fe packet Nov. ---•— W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and I bi eneri Dec. 10. Bahamas, via New York Nov. 21. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 N0v.28 California,and B r iti s h C olumbia.. 1 . BIRTHS. ASHISY.—On the 17th inst., at Cobham, Surrey, the wifo of Richard W. Ashby, Esq., of a son. HAMILTON.—On the 18th inst., at Orkney House, Ryde, the wife of Captain John Fano C. Hamilton, R.N., of a son. KEENE.—On the 19th inst., at the Shaftesbury-road, Ham mersmith, the wife of Samuel Woolfe Keene, Esq., of a daughter, MARRIAGES. Dimmts—EvArts.—On the 19th inst., at Ft. Mark's, Re gent's-park, Charles Dickens, jun., Esq., to Elizabeth Moule, second daughter of Fred. M. Evans, Esq., of 19, Queen's .road, W., Regent's-park, and Whiteftiars. RIDING—JAMES.—On the 19th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, William Steer Riding, Esq., M.D., 36, Euston square, to Mimi, only daughter of Edward James, Esq., Q.C., of 24, Upper Wimpole-street. DEATHS. ALBRECHT.—On the 17th inst., John H. C. Albrecht, Esq., 9, A shley-place. CLARKE —On the 16th inst., at Margate, David R. Clarke, Esq., of Nov Broad-street, and Devon - shire -place , Port land-place, London, aged 62. Commr.z—On the 18th inst., at Quendon. Rectory, Essex, the Rev. John Collin, aged 86. GAINSFORD.—On the 16th inst., Blandford Hou s e, Brighton, Mrs. S. Gainsford, aged 7at 5. SICCAMA.—On the 18th inst., Abel tiiecatua, Esq., of 35, Camden •street, N.W. WALKER.—On the 17th inst., at Hastings, James Walker, Esq., of Airy-hill, Wh tby, Yorkshire, aged 64. 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