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SUN 0R.?11.7E, Severn O' CIAO; . LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY LLECTRIO TELEORAPII.) Gay • Catharine Parr... trzella AINTREE PLATE. Eight ran. VVon by half a length. SELLING STAKES. Spinet Blossom .. Seven ran. NURSERY. STAKES. Co caberland Odd Trick Ella Twelve ran. JUVENILE STAKES. Wild Strawberry ' Breach by Storm. Cock Robin Four ran. WELTER CUP. Johnny Taft Lough Bawn Ravellee. Eight ran. - 3 LONDON GAMTTE—(This Evening.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Chas. Blunt. Esq.. now her Majesty's Consul at Salonica, to be her Majesty's Consul at Smyrna. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Charles John Calvert, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Larissa, to be her Majesty's Consul at Salonica. r IZZlittion DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 8. The Qneen has been pleased to appoint Robert Brad shaw, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of Sierra Leone; Adamk G. Archibald, Esq., to be a Member of the Execu tive Council of Nova Scotia ; Edward Packer, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of Barbados ' • Isaac Farrington, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Vir gin Islands ; and Augustus Benners, Esq., to be a non elective Member of the Legislative Council of these last islands. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George M`Farquhar Lawson, Anthony Whitelock, and Alexander Cochrane Logan, Esqrs4, to be Members of the Legislative Council of Jamaica. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through tie Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Madrid,: stating that an Order has been issued by the Government of Spain declaring rice not to be included in the list of articles ex empted from duty by the Royal Decree of 20th Aug. last. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, Nov. 11. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Alexander Henry Mur ray, front the Supernumerary List, to be Second Captain, vice Tomkinson, retired upon half-pay. To be Liente• nants—Gentlemen Cadets Edward Vicars Boyle and Henry Martin Borton. Royal Engineers—To be Lieutenants—Gentleman Cadet , George Edward L'sngham Somerset Sandford, Gentleman Cadet Shearman Godfrey Bird, and Gentleman Cadet Ed ward Fraser Spearman Lloyd. Royal Engineer Field Equipment—To be Veterinary Surgeon—Thomas Walton Mayer, Gent. DEpov BATTALION —For Captain F. W. Gosling, from the 49th Foot, to be Assistant-Adjutant, vice King, ap pointed Adjutant, which appeared in the Gazette of March 25. read Captain F. W. Gosling, of the 49th Foot, &c. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Robertson Smith to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces. BRZVET.—Lien t. -Col. Benjamin Spicer Stehelin, of the Royal Engineers, having completed three years' service in the rank of Lient.-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3d Novem ber, 1854. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 7. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant William Henry Speer to be First Lieutenant, vice Stokes, deceased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regi ment of Militia—John F. Girardot, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's 43d Light Infantry, to be Adjutant. 4th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Thomas Bestland Knott, Gent., to be Quartermaster, from the 17th September, 1856. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Bute—Duncan Hoyle, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant. County of Banff—Alexander Morison, Esq., to be Vice- Lieutenant. NOTICES TO MARINERS. THE KATTEGAT-JUTLAND. Partial Eclipse of the Skagen or Skew Light. The Royal Navy Department at Copenhagen has given notice that the new lighthouse building on the Skagen or Skaw Point will attain such an elevation during the present year as will partially prevent the actual light on that point from being seen in the direction of the Skagen Spit, which extends from the Skagen Point to the eastward. Mariners are hereby cautioned thereof.—By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office. Admiralty, London, October 8. 1856. This notice affects the following Admiralty charts : North Sea, General, No. 2,339 ; North Sea, Sheet 3, No. 2,248 ; Baltic, General, No. 2,262 ; Skagerrak, No. 2,289; The Kattegat, No. 2,114; Danish Lighthouse List, No. SO. THE KATTEGAT —COAST OF JUTLAND. Intermittent Light on •Ilielm Isle. The Royal Navy Department at Copenhagen has given notice that on the 15th day of November, 18Z6, a new light will be established on the Isle of Hielm, in the Kat tegat, off the coast of Jutland, in Denmark. The light will be intermittent, with a flash every fourth minute. It will show a steady light of the natural calour for the space of 2 minutes 53 seconds, he suddenly, eclipsed for 25' seconds, then exhibit a bright flash for about 15 seconds, and be again eclipsed for 23 seconds, when the steady light will reappear. The illuminating apparatus will be a eatadioptric lens of the second order. 'The light will be placed at a height of If 4 feet above the mean level of the sea, and will be visible all round the horizon ; the steadyFght at a distance of 16 miles, and the flash at about 19 miles in clear wea ther. The eclipses will be scarcely observable when a ves sel is within a distance of eight miles from the light. The light tower is a round brick tower, 37 feet hi g h. It stands in let. 56 deg. 8 min. N., long. 10 deg. 48 min. 30 sec. E. of Greenwich. By coaamand of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydronaphic Office, Admiralty, London, Oct. 14 , 1856 . this * notice affects the following Admiralty Charts : North Sea, General. 2,330 ; Baltic, General, No. 2,339: The Kattegat. No. 2,114 ; also Danish Pilot, p. 56 ; and Danish Lighthouse List, No. 92 a. SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA. Fog Bell at Point Bonita. The United States Lighthouse Board has given notice that a fog bell of 1,r:00 pounds has been placed on the bluff jn.t in front of the lighthouse tower at Point Bonita, North Head, San Francisco Bay, California. The bell, with the machinery, ie in a frAme open in front on a level with the ground, and will be struck durinz foggy and thick weather, six blows at intervals of 11; FL-cowls each, followed by a pause of 44 seconds. The bell is elevated 270 feet above the sea. The firing of the fog gun will be continued, as usual, until further notice. By command of their Lordships, JOHN WAAIIINGTON, Hydro , rapher. Hydrogiaphic Office, Admiralty, London, 11th Oct., 1856. This Notice affects the following Admiralty Chart : San Francisco, No. 591. UNITED STATES—MA_ccg Bell Buoy on Deep Hole "SETTS. 11 Rock. The United States Lighthouse Board has given notice that the Spar Buoy placed on on the Deep Hole Rock off Cotnit, in Vineyard Sound, coast of Massachusetts, has been removed, and in its stead a Can Buoy of the second class (red and black horizontal weighing 150 pounds, secured on tao stripes), with a bell P me iron f surmounted by a hoop iron d ay . mark h name, neer this rock. as been placed The bell is elevated 44 feet above the aceof wa ter ; it is tolled by the action o f th e w Stir-- ; " e tide, and can be heard in ordinary wea th er ay "' wind , and of about half a mile, at the distance The day-rorirk is 16 inches in diameter, and is elevated 7 feet above the surface of the water. By command of their Lordskii TOHN WASHINGTON, .biydrogranh Hydroffr ap hic-office, Admiralty, London, er, 14th October, 1856. This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts • North America , Ea st Coast, Sheet 5, No. 268 - , '— al of Fundy to Long Island, No. 2,492. UNITED STATES—MAINE. Fixed Light in Edgemoggin Reach. The United States Lig hthouse Board has given notic e that a light i will be established on a tower now in course o f erection on Fly or Green Island, near . the eastern end o f Edgemoggin Reach, on the coa st of Manse. The light will be a fixed light of the natural colour. The illuminating apparatus will be a Fresnel lens of the fifth order. The light will be placed at a height of 25 feet above the mean level of the sea , and will be visible in clear we a ther from the deck of a ship at a distance of about seven miles. The light is intended as a ;aide to vessel s runnin g to and fr om Ell swor th, Bl ue Hill, and Mount Dese rt. The light tower will be of brick, painted white, and will be attached to the keeper's house, which will be of wood, and paint e d b rown . The lantern ' will be painted black. The light will be lighted for the first time on the even ing of Monday the 2d day of February, 1857, and will be kept burning every night thereafter. By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. nydrographic ()facie, Admiralty, London, 14th October, 1856. This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts : North America, East Coast, Sheet 5, No. 26S ; Bay of Fundy to Long Island, No. 2192; also United States Lighthouse List, No. 12e. EAST COAST OF BRAZIL. Intermittent Light at Maceio. The Brazilian Government has given notice that on the Ist day of July last a new light was established in the poi t cf Maceio, capital of the province of Alagoas, on the east coast of Brazil. The light is intermittent, with a flash every second mi ,l6seseds, then a bright 'auto,. It shows a steady light of the natural colour for 70 seconds, it is then eclipsed for lash for 12 seconds, th any _er ecup fur 22 seconds, and then again the steady light ; thus completing its ph ases i n an interval of 2 minutes. The illuminating apparatus is a catad'o tr p ic lens of the THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF EARL Soseens *V HIS VALET.—The followin ,-, appears in the Worcester Ifuceld :—" It was currently reported on Tuesday as irning last, in Ledbury and the neighbourhood of Eastnor, that an attempt had been made on the life of Earl Somers by his valet and butler, Valentine do Mat trie, on the previous evening. De Matrie is a native of Switzerland, and has been fifteen or sixteen years in the service of the noble earl. Nothing has transpired that con be depended upon as to the cause of the outrage, but it is said that Earl Somers arrived at Eastnor Castle last Monday evening, and, from some cause or other, refused to see De Matrie after his. arrival. The man, however, managed to get access to the Earl's room almost directly, and shut the door, when an altercation was overheard which induced the servants, who were cerryinc up the luggage, to enter the room. De Matrie was ejected from the room, and a game keerer was ordered to see him off the premises. When leaving, he was violent in his language, and raid he would be revenged before he left the neighbourhood. Superintendent Shead, of Ledbury, was sent for, and remained at the Castle till the following morning, when having occasion to go a journey, another constable took his place and remains there. De Matrie is still in the neighbourhood. A medical gentleman was sent for to the castle on the night when this affair occurred, but for what purpose has not transpired. The ex-valet and butter, de Matrie, has been married some years to the daughter of a late gamekeeper nn the Somers' domain." REBECCA. IN LONDON.—Lust night, about 8 o'clock, a disturbance took place at Newington, which at first, it was feared, would lead to serieus results. It appears that some week ,, since a ;.,-entiernan named Foritz, the ground landlord of extensive property in Newington-road and Doddington-trove, erected two walls, one at the end of Neaostrert, Newington-road, near one of the entrances 1 t ) the Royal Surrey Gardens, which prevented access to it through New-street, and another running across a field from South-street, Royal-road, and Doddington-grove, the effect of which was to deprive the occupiers of the large and populous district of St. Paul of their easy access to Newington-road. Last week Capt. Foritz had erected a substantial bar, posts, and rails, at the end of the Royal-road, near Kennington-park, the effect of which was that the inhabitants, to get to Newington, Ken nington, or any place in that direction, had to go a con siderable distance round by the Wal worth-read and the Elephant and Castle, or round by the new Camberwell road to Kennington-gate. As might be expected, the inhabitants felt much agerieved at being deprived of their accustomed easy access to their residences from the New ington-road, by the conduct of the ground landlord, who defends his flora on the ground that the roadways in question are private property. The consequence has been that :or several nights past large numbers of persons have congregated in the Royal-road and asserted their assumed rights by forcing a passage and obtaining a thorough fare over what, it was stated, had been used as a public thoeoughfare for upwards of 70 years, and the damage done at night to the fence has been repaired with alacrity the following morning. evincing a spirit of de termination on both sides. Last night a numerous assemblage of persons again congregated in the Royal road, and completely demolished the bar, posts, and rail ings, with which they made a bonfire,and after that tdey proceeded to New-street and Doddiogton-grove, and leveller: the walls with the ground. After completing their work of demolition the crowd quietly dispersed. MYSTERIOUS CASE OP DROWNING.—GLASGOW, Sun day.—A case of drowning occurred in the harbour this morning of a very distressing character. Between twelve and one o'clock, while it was moonlight, two harbour police-constables, named George Cunningham and John Rose, accompanied by David Cunningham, an engineer, the brother of the former, pushed off in a ferry-boat from the steps near the middle of the harbour, for the put.- Pose of ascertaining the names of three or four vessels which were lying in the stream, and which had contra vaen'ciedb the harbour regulations, by not exhibiting a light, y and officer at the Liverpool-shed heard a shriek and a voice exclaiming—" Three of us in the wat er t" and whence the voicet saht hen all was still. The two officers immediately t o drifting b ut n o s past in o t f h t e h e f w ou ed nd in th th e e fe d r i r r y ec -b ti o o a n t of the schooner Ballot, of Belfast, soc2blrp, !a men who had so recently been in her. Drags w ere . bodies of the three mPptaocured, and in a short period the to the vessel and so little apart above were found close ex a t fi n art as almost to touch each etashraiduraclolmbeo.at aTnhdeyro other. Life was quite men, perfectly out t ee of vigorous men, boat i nsliceed to carry erecto.uldnfoawli Patrick Blaney, the master of tnhso isquite mysterious. schooner Ballot, was called up, and he stated that so raet • bed, he felt something striking againstple before, while in vessel, which was light or unloaded, d the bow of his upon Which he came upon deck with his mate, and, looking over the side, they saw two or three men struggling i n th e They threw over two ropes , but the men did water. not catch them, and sunk, upon which, as they themselves state th e y went to bed again without giving th e alarm ' thi n king any more of the matter. Such are all the par ticularsor which have been learned regarding this distress ing and extraordinary case. Whether the men had been repulsed in trying to board the vessel (whi c h, by y the way, they bad no occasion to do), and fallen into th e water, o r whether one of them hztd fallen in in fe n di ng off from the schooner, and the other two had perished i n the attempt to save him, is mere matter of conjecture. The Procurator-Fiscal has instituted a searching inquiry into the case. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1856, third order. The light is placed at an elevation of 203 ft, above the mean level of the sea, and should lze visible in clear weather at a distance of 2. miles. _ _ _ The light tower stan 7 ls - Zntl;;;Eaein point of the hill which overhangs the city of Maceio, on the spot where a powder magazine formerly stood, in lat. 9 deg. :39 min. 18 sec. S., long. 35 deg. 11 min. 21 sec. west of the meridian of Greenwich. Ey command cf their Lordships. JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office Admiralty, London, 21st Oct., 1856. This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts : South America, East Coast, Sheet 5, No. 529 ; Maceio Port, No. 539 ; also South Amelican Lighthouse List, No. 1.-1 a. - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. . _ _ The United. States Lighthouse Board has issued the fol lowing notices : Fixed Light at Absecum, New Jersey. On and after the 15th day of January, 1857, a light will bkexhi hited from the light tower recently erected at A.bse cfm, New Jersey. The light will be a fixed white light. The illuminating apparatus will be a catadioptric lens of the first order. The light will have an elevation of 167 feet above the mean level of the sea, and should be visible from the deck of a ship in ordinary weather at a distance of about 20 miles. The fight tower is of brick, unpainted, and will be sur mounted by an iron lantern painted black. Its approximate position as deduced from the coast survey charts is in lat. 39 deg. 22 min. N., long. 74 deg. 25 min. west of Green wich. Beaver Tail Fixed Light, Newport. On and after the 20th day of Oct., 18,56, a light will be exhibited from the new tower recently constructed at Beaver Tail, on the south end of Conanicut Island, at the entrance to Newport Harbour, Rhode Island. The light will be, as formerly, a fixed white light. The illuminating apparatus will be a Fresnel lens of the third order. The light will be placed at a height of 80 feet above the mean level of the sea, and should be visible from the deck of the vessel in ordinary weather at a distance of 14 miles. The light tower is of granite, of the natural colour, it is square, and 55 feet high from base to vane, and stands 33 yards to,the north of the old tower. The keeper's dwelling house is of brick, whitewashed, of two stories in height, and joined to a tower by a one story connecting room. On the same day the former light will be discontinued, and the old tower will be demolished.—By command of their Lordships, JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, October 24, 1856. This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts ; North America, East Coast, Sheets V. and VI, Nos. 268, 269 ; Block Isbni to Great Egg Harbour, No. 2,483 ; Bay of Fundy to Long Island, No. 2,492. Also United States Lighthouse List, Nos. 178, 102. MUIVICIPAL ELECTIONS-11 7 E TV MA YORS. TAR New LIVERPOOL Tows tiousciL.—LiveßrooL, Monday.—At 12 o'c:ock to-day the new council met for the first time ; the Mayor, John Stewart, Esq.. presid ing. There was a very full conned. The first business was the tlection of a mayor for the year ensuing. Mr. Charts Turner nominated as a candidate for that office Mr. Francis Shand, a gentleman esteemed by all of them —of an old and much respected family in that town—a merchant of high standing, and a valuable member of the council--(hear)—one who, filling the important post of chairman of the pilots' committee, and deputy-chair man of the dock committee, had rendered very valuable services to the trade of the port, and had also occupied the chair of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tobin seconded this nomination, and Mr. Shand was elected unanimously. The council next proceeded to the elec. tion of eight persons as aldermen to supply the places of the following gentlemen who retired under the Municipal Corporation Act :—Mr. Edward Langsdale, Mr. Wm. Bennett, Mr. Wm. Parker, Mr. James Lawrence, Mr. Thomas Dover, Mr. Thomas Robinson, Mr. J. Hay wood Turner, Sir John Bent, Kut. The members of the council having twirled in their voting papers, the scru tiny of votes was proceeded with, and the result was an nounced as follows :—Messrs. Houghton, 19 ; 29 ; G. H. Horsfall, 31 ; Robinson, 39 ; Dover, 44; Bennett, 45 ; J. H. Turner, 44 ; Preston, 49 ; J. Stew art, 19 ; R. Gladstone, 19 ; Beckwith, 20 ; Woodruff, 21 ; Holt, 1 ; Tobin, 4 ; Brancker, 2 ; Tinne, 2 ; 1 ; J. Holme, 1. The first eight gentlemen were elect ed. MANCHESTER.—James Watts, Esq., merchant, re elected unanimously. SALBORD.—Stephen Heelis, Esq., solicitor, re-elected unanimously. BIRMINGHAM.—Mr. A lderman Ratcliffe was yesterday elected Mayor of Birmingham. The new mayor is the first Conservative elected to fill that office. Politics had, however, nothing to do with this election, the Liberals being in a large majority in the Council. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—Mr. Edward N. Grace, land agent, was elected mayor ; and Mr. Joseph Arm strong, printer, sheriff, without opposition. Mr. Arm strong is one of the proprietors of the Newcastle Cowrant. GATESHEAD.—Mr. George Crawshay, iron merchant, was unanimously elected mayor. PORTSMOUTH.—Mr. Charles Croswether, alderman, was elected mayor yesterday, in the room of G. C. Stigant, Esq. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 10.—At a meeting of the Town Council to-day, held pursuant to custom, Mr. Richard Andrews waft elected Mayor of the borough of South. ampton for the ensuing year. This is the fifth time that Mr. Andrews has filled the civio chair. OIFORD.—For the third time since the passing of the Municipal Corporation Act, the Council of the city of Oxford have elected a Nonconformist to the office of mayor. On the present occasion Alderman John Towle, papermaker, a Radical Nonconformist, was unanimously elected mayor, and Mr. E. T. Spiers, bookseller, also a Radical, was unanimously elected to the office of sheriff. At the same time Messrs R. J. Spiers, J. C. Dudley, J. S. Browning, and G. H. Warburton, four of the retiring aldermen, and Mr. William Ward, councillor, were elected aldermen for the next six years. NOTTINGHAL—At the To Wn Council meeting on Mon day Mr. John Bradley (Whig) was chosen mayor for the ensuing year upon the nomination of Mr. Councillor Felkin, seconded by Mr. Councillor Smith Fowler. Mr. Alderman Callen proposed Mr. Charles Felkin as sheriff, which proposition was carried. LA GT 7 TELLIGENCE,—.Yov. 10. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lcrd Chancellor.) ALEX INDER V. ALEXANDER. The appeal in this case was from the decree of the Vice-Chancellor Stuart. The question involved in the appeal was simply as to the construction to be given to the will of the testator in the cause, and which pos sessed interest only to the parties to the cause. On the conclusion of the argument, The Lord Chancellor gave judgment reversing the de cision of the Court below. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. EX-PARTE HORRY--.CRIMINAL INEORMATIOI%.T. Sir F. Thesiger was instructed by Mr. Hurry, the barrister, to apply for a criminal information against Mr. Jas. Anderson Rose, formerly one of the under-sheriffs cf London and Middlesex, for a libel reflecting seriously upon Mr. Horry's professional conduct and character. The libel complained of was an assertion by Mr. Alder man Rose, whilst under-sheriff, that Mr. Harry had improperly obtained fees from the relatives of prisoners and neglected to defend them. It appeared that Mr. Hurry had replied to these statements in a letter which was subsequently published in the Tinto denying the truth of the assertion. Lord Campbell said, if this last letter had not been written, he should have been disposed to grant a rule, but they must now leave Mr. Horry to the public tribu nal which he had selected. It was too much to first appeal to the public and then to ask this Court for re dress. The role must, therefore, be refused. . , Sir F. Thesiger hoped their lordships would say that their decision did not prejudice Mr. Horry's right to avail himself of other means of redrese. Lord Campbell said he was entirely at liberty to pro- ceed, either by indictment or action, if he thought pro per. Rule refused. IN BE SILL, AN ATTORNEY. Ii this case, Sir F. Thesiger, Q.C., obtained a rule to show cause why Mr. Richard Sill, an attorney (who, it will be recollected, was struck off the rolls of this Court, and imprisoned, in connexion with matters arising out of "the Brighton card case") should be reinstated on the rolls. The Attorney-General said he had been instructed by the Wolverhampton Law Association, and by a person named Bellew, to oppose the rule. The Association oom plained that Mr. Sill, since he came out cf prison, bad misconducted himself, in practising at Wolverhampton, as a solicitor, without taking out his certificate. Lord Campbell expressed his opinion that Mr. Sill was not actuated by any malus animus in not having taken out his certificate ; and, having intimated that it was desirable that he should pay the arrears of certificate duty due of him, his lordship said that the opinion of the Court was, that the rule should be made absolute. Rule absolute accordingly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WHITE ♦. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.- ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE. This was an action t 3 recover damages, upon the ground that the railway company had, by their negli gence, caused delay in the delivery of goods. This ca , :e was tried in Somersetshire before Mr. Sergeant Chan nell, who nonsuited the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake now asked leave to move for a new trial. The papers in the cause had been erroneously endorsed "In the Exchequer of Pleas," and the motion for a new trial had been made in that court, and had been granted. Mi. Justice Creswell said that the motion might, under the circumstances, be made. The learned sergeant stated that the plaintiff on a Monday sent a quantity of cheese to the railway station at Bath, to be carried to Bishopstoke. It was not for warded from Bath until Tuesday afternoon, in conse quence, it was said, of the engine not being sufficiently powerful to take the whole of the trucks. On Tuesday the cheese arrived at Reading, and remained there two nights and a day, the only reason for the delay being that there were not sufficient rail way servants at the station to transfer the goods from one train to another so as to enable them to be sent away earlier. One of the conditions upon which the sompany took goods was, that they would not undertake to send them by any particular trains if there were an insufficient number of trucks at the station, or the trucks could not be conveniently used for the purpose. Mr. Serjeant Channel! was of opinion that that condition ex empted the company from liability ; but it was now sub mitted that that opinion was wrong, and that it should have been left to the jury to say whether there hid been negligence on the part of the company. Rule granted. grounds, you vagabonds, or I will fetch something that will make you. If you do not get out at once, I will shoot yeti. You have no right on my ground, and so I w►ll show yon." A short time after this, as the com plainant WAS leaving the ground, a report of a gun was heard. Poulson was shot in the neck and face, and tie prisoner was seen standing at his bcd-roorn with a gun in his hands. Poulson gave the prisoner into custody, and after he had been seen by a surgeon, attended at this court to prefer his charge, but the nature of the wounds was such that he was unable to articula e, and Mr. Corrie remanded him until Saturday, at the same time refusing to admit the prisoner to bail, although Mr. Wakeling, who then attended for the defence, made a most earnest appeal, and said be could put in sureties to any amount, r.nd of the greatest respectability. On the present ocea9ien, Mr. Le-.vi9, jun., said he understood that the com plainant did not wish to press the charge. He Wa3 prepared with evidence to chow that his client did not fire the gun. Mr. Corrie said it was a very serious charge, and be could not think of disposing of the case without hearing the evidence of the prosecutor. Jordan William Poulson was then sworn, and stated that he had now quite recovered, and 'felt very well. He did not believe that if the defendant did fire the gun he intended to injure him in any way. He believed it was an entire accident. Mr. Corrie said that, under such circumstances, he must discharge the prisoner. It he was to commit the prisoner for trial no jury would •onvict him. MARYLEBONE. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.--George White, a determined-looking man, said to be on " ticket of-leave," was placed at l the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with the following outrage, with intent to rob, upon Mr. William Turpie, a printer, residing at 29, Little George-street, Hampstead-road. The proceedings excited some interest, in consequence of its having been reported that the attack made was upon the "garotte" system, and that the prosecutor had been seriously injured. Prosecutor, who is about 60 years of age, and whose face was, on the left side, much swollen and bruised, owing to the injury inflicted upon him, said—Last night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, while on my way home, I saw a man leaning against the wall of the Reservoir. There was no other person near. Immediately after I had passed him I heard footsteps close behind me, and they continued till I got to the end of Coburg-street, Little George•street. There is' an inlet down to where I live, but no thoroughfare at the other end. When I got within a short distance of my own place I received a tremendous blow upon my head which felled me to the groend. I felt a man pressing heavily upon me, and I called out "Murder" and "Police" as loudly as I could. A constable directly came, when the man, hearing him approach, ran away in the direction where there was no outlet. I saw the policeman lay hold of the man and take him into custody. Mr. Broughton—l shall send you for trial, but you will be brought up again for the completion and reading over of the evidence on Monday next. In the meantime the officers will have an opportunity of instituting some further inquiry respecting you. Toe assault, which it is clearly proved you committed, was one of a most atro cious character, and but for the prompt arrival of the constable complainant might have received a second blow which would have launched him into eternity. E 0 UTH WARK. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BERMONDSEY. —Richard Burchell, Abraham, Burchelll and Patrick Ryan were again remanded for another week, for maliciously stab bing Patrick Griffin, with intent to murder him. Inspector Reed produced the following medical certi ficate : "I certify that Patrick Griffin, though much improved, is still in a dangerous condition. "J. F. GRAY, House Surgeon. "Guy's Hospital, Nev. 10, 1856." Bail was refused. LAMBETH.—PLUNDER BY A CONFIDENTIAL SER VANT.—RECEIVER OF THE STOLEN PEOPERTY.—John Latchford, a shopman and confidential servant in the em- ployment of Mr. Robeit Eden, glass and china dealer, 12, Commercial-place, Brixton, was charged before Mr. Elliott with plundering his master to a considerable ex tent ; and George Burgess and Tina. Knight, omnibus men in the employment of Mr. Balls, and John, Byers, jun., a timekeeper, were also charged with receiving the stolen property with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Elliott said he should commit the prisoners for trial, and accepted for Burgess and Knight two sureties in 201. each, and themselves in 40/. ; but for Byers be should require two sureties in 401. each, and himself in 801. NOTES OF A VISIT TO THE MERRIMAC. Merriman than between the Guerriere' and Constitution. A very large proportion of the crew of the Mlrrimac, I may add, are English seamen, and many of thorn served in the Baltic and Black Sea fieets.—Afechanici 11 fagazine. G0u5. , 7,1- 3fi~i :.2 ~ ~~ CHEMISFORD—Nov. 7. The wheat trade to-day was very dull, and inferior quali ties roust be quoted is. lower, the best samples barely maintaining last week's prices. Second rate barleys were Is. cheaper; all other kinds of spring corn without altera tion. Wheat, white, old, per s. a. 8. 8. qr. 42 76 Oats, per qr. . 25 31 new.... 5 75 Peas, Partridge .. 44 46 red, old 40 6; White 42 49 new.... 40 67 Boiling 43 50 Barley 31 4: Dun 38 42 Chevalier 38 51 Beans, Tisk 37 41 Grinding '3 42 Harrow ticks 41 43 Malt 72 76 Mazagan ' l B 49 Chevalier .... 74 73 I Ditto, new... 37 40 Official Statement or the Quantities of Corn, &c., i t:ceive in the port of London, from the following ports, iro Nov. 3 to Nov. 8, both inclusive. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Joseph Barnsley, publican and gas tube manufacturer, Old-hill, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. Abraham Lazarus, tailor, High-street, Whitechapel, to surrender Nov. 24, at twelve, and Dec. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Sydney, Jewry-street, Aldgate. William Robert Lewis, laceman, Birmingham, Nov. 26 and Dec. 15, at b3ll-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Suckling, Birmir ghirr. Benjamin Collins, boat builder, Toll End, Tipton, Staf fordshire, Nov. 26 and Dec. 15, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jacksor, Westbrook wicb. Thomas Prebble, plumber, Ramsgate, Nov. 26, at one, and Dec. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. James Barlow, paper hanger and painter, Bolton-le- Moors, Lancaster, Nov. 21 and Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Richardson and Hinnell, Bolton-le-Moors. James Dellagana and Bartholomew Dellagana, stereotype founders, Rea Lion-street, Clerkenwell , Nov. 21, at twelve, and Dec. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Barnard, York-road, Lambeth. _ _ John Heron Mason ' glass bottle manufacturer, Blaydon, Durham, Nov. 18, at half-paste leven, and Dec. 18, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, offi cial assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hodge and Harle, Newcastle-upon -Tyne. Robert Marston and George Marston, hosiers, Leicester, Nov. 25, and Dac. 16, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Middle Pavement, Nottingham ; Miles and Gregory, Leicester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Smith, jun., metal refiner, Glasgow. Robert Brinier, merchant, Dumfermline. John Campbell, clothier, Glasgow. John Peddie, leather merchant, Glasgow. COUBSE OF EXCHANGE.-THIS DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 15 Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months.. 11 18 Leghorn .. •• • ..... •• .• 29 90 Rotterdam ............ 11 18 Genoa ...•.......:5 90 Antwerp 25 41) , Milan •• ......•• Brussels 25 40 Venice................ Hamburgh .• •• •• •• •• •• 13 7 1 4 A.ltona•••••••••••••••• Naples ........ . ... 43 3 ,4 Palermo .... Ditto, three months .. 25 67% Marselll se ............. 25 70 Boardesux ............ Frankfort-on.Nfaine .• .. 119% , Berlin ................ Messina 130 1 4 Lisbon .. Oporto 52 Rio Janeiro..... . •• Buenos Ayres... ..... ITew York,6o days' sight . ._ viena,a,................ 10 44 Philadelphia ... _ Trieste .• • ... •• •• •• •• dre 10 47 PILICtiI Of BIILMICK, PIZ os. Petersburg ............ 714 Foreign Gold In Bars £0 0 0 Madrid ••••••••• •c .• •. 483 f Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Cadiz .................. 49 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona ...• .. ..-• Svtlle.. • • ••• .. •• ••• •••• .... New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Sliver in bars ....... 0 5 2% HORRIBLE CRUELTY. Unusual excitement has been manifested at Eccles hall, Staffordshire, and the neighbourhood, in conse quence of the report that Mrs. Elizabeth, Shelley, a person of rather weak intellect, the wife of Thos. Shelley, farmer, Shebden, had been most cruelly and inhu manly treated by her husband, and Martha Cotterill, his maid servant. The evidence given before the magistrates by Mrs. Shelley, and two male servants of her husband, disclosed the following facts:—About 4 years ago the woman Cotterill was engaged as servant, and since that time she has assumed the position of mistress of the house, taking the place of the wife, who was driven about and beaten. The assaults more immediately complained of were committed within the last few months. About , Christmas last, being encientf, Cotterill was sent to Man chester to be confined; but in the course of six weeks she returned, and addressing Mrs. Shelley with these words, " Well, devil, I'm come back again," she kicked her and struck her on the head with a knife, causing the blood to flow. Subsequently she dipped the mop in a quantity of horse wash, and then put it, covered with ma. pure, in Mrs. Shelley's face. On another occasion,whilst the latter wag in the garden house, Cotterill inflicted severe pain upon the most tender parts of her body with nettles, and pulled her by the hair of her head into the house and locked her up. She had been repeatedly locked up in the house, and her hair had been pulled off her bead by handfulls. Excrement from chamber unten sils had also been thrust into her mouth by Cotterill, who had threatened 0 repeat the disgusting act. Mrs. Shelley was never allowed to take meals with the hus band, but Cotterill took her place, generally sending her food, which was often in an unfit state to be eaten. She was not allowed to manage her household affairs; but when washing, or any other hard work was to be done, she was compelled to do it, Cotterill itoneetimes standing over her with a stick ; and on other occasions telling her that, although she was not yet Mrs. Shelley, yet that, as soon as she could see the end of her (Mrs. Shelley) she would be. Mrs. Shelley's husband was aware of the treat ment which she received, but he only laughed at it. The magistrates, after hearing the evidences, dismissed the case against T. Shelley, and fined Cotterill 51., including costs, for having been guilty of a common :Assault. The deci sion of the magistrates is understooit to have given dissa tifaction to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, many of whom followed the defendants, w'ho had to be escorted by a strong body of police for a distance of two miles from Eecleshall.—Afartek,ester Guardian. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERS ALL'S, MONDAY. Many of the members baying left town for Liverpool the attendance was only moderate, and beyond settling on the Worcester events very little business was trans acted. The following were the only bets that came under our notice. KNOWSLEY NURSERY 15: ANDICAP. 5 to 1 apt Ella (taken) LIVERPOOL AUTUMN' CUP. 11 to 2 aget Malacca. 8 to 1 apt Flatterer 10 to 1 agst Maid of Derwent 10 t 3 1 aget Pretty 133 y 10 to 1 agst December (12 to 1 also laid) 15 to 1 apt Falstaff DEIIIT. 500 to 20 agst Schiedam 1500 to 50 agst Colonist 4000 to 100 a,g,t Glenmasson SALE OF BLIOD STOCK.—The undermentioned horses were sold by Messrs. Tatter.all yesterday :—Gruyere, by Verulam cut of Jeneala, 5 yrs, 75 guineas ; year ling colt by Alarm out of Aveline, 27 guineas ; Per. fume, by Cotherstone out of Catalpa, 2 yrs, 30 guineas ; Viaur, by Jack Robinson, dam by Charley My, 2 yrs (untried), 42 guineas ; Ralph, by Jack Robinson out of Decrepi , , 2 yrs (untried), 50 guineas ; Snug, a yearling colt, own brother to R ilph, 13,1, guineas. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 11.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; strong breeze and fine. PORT:iMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind N.N.W to N.N.E.— Arrived—Peter Godeffroy, from Callao; Stadacona, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind N., fresh.—Arrived— Martha Elliot, from Taganrog. CosvEs,„Nov. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Galatea, from Liverpool, for Stettin, to stop a leak. BEIDPORP, Nov. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Eagle, from Windsor, N.S. SCARBOROUGH, Nov. 9.—Wind N. W.—Arr;red—Pro. blem, from Middlesbro', for Rouen, assisted in very leaky. BRIDGEWATER, Nov. 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Amazon, from Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 10. —Arrived—Columbian, from Buctouche ; Nicaragua, from Quebec. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning, Wind N. Arrived Thetis, from Riga. Sailed—Marianepol, for Trebizonde; Queen Anne, for Santander. QUEENSTOWN . , Nov. 9. Wind N. Arrived—St. Peteea, from Ibrail; Beatrice and Strive, Galatz ; Senator, Unrestricted, and Dorothy Jobson, &lexandria ; Royal Arthur, Joseph, and Elizabeth, Ta ganrog Carlton and Willtingen, Constantinople. ; Sea forth, Smyrna; British Queen, Marianopol ; Scio, Syra; Philomena, Sailed—Exact, for Bilboa. KINGSTOWN, NOV. 10. Wind N. Arrived—Robert A. Lewis, from St. John's. Sailed—Daring, for Rotterdam. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.91 a.m. Wind, N.; tide, third hours' flood; weather strong and cloudy. Arrived, Nov. 10.—Eagle, from Cronstadt; Maitland, Sydney ; Red Port, Oporto ; Seaton, Archangel. Sailed.—Hawk, for Riga. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.41 a.m. Wind N.W., strong and squally. Anchored—City of Quebec, from Quebec, for Aberdeen ; Ellergill, barque, Shields, Carthagena. Passed, Nov. 11—Julia, from Shields, for Jersey. Passed, (Nov. 10—City of Tangore, from London, for Clyde. SCAECITY OF SEAMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.—The Navy Department finds great difficulcy in procuring sail ors to man the publie vessels. The Government is violat ing its contract with every ono who enli s t s i n th e nava l service by refusing to discharge them at the expiration of their respective terms of enlistment. Such is now the condition of most of the seamen on American vessels at foreign stations. Thu . excuse given by the department for refusing to dvcbarge them is that men cannot he procured for the relief ships. However wil ling Jack may be to serve his country he wishes that service to be voluntary, and when men at home , ee this violation of faith on the part of the Government towards these in service, they will, of course, decline enlistment. Such confusion as now exists in the navy is without precedent.—Ncto York Herald. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Maudsley Draper, who pleaded guilty on Thursday last of embezzlement, was brought up for judgment. The Assistant-Judge said this was a very serious case. The prisoner had embezzled his master's money to the amount of nearly 1,0001., and he could not feel justified in sentencing bim to imprisonment. The sentence, therefore, was that he be kept in penal servitude for four years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 10. MANSION-HOUSE. CHARGE OF STABBING. -- Francois Bossa, an Italian, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wire, upon the charge of having stabbed a man of the name of John Flynn, with a dagger. W. Hale, City police officer, 625, said—About a quarter before nine o'clock on Saturday night I was on duty in Aldgate, and was called to Church-row, where I heard that a man hal been stabbed. I went into the coffee-house, and there saw the prisoner sitting down. I took hold of him, and with assistance conveyed him to the station-house. A wounded man, of the oame of John Flynn, was brought into the coffee-house while the prisoner was there. Having heard that the prisoner had stabbed Flynn, I asked the wounded man who had injured him, and he pointed to the prisoner, whom I took to the station-house. The wounded man was taken to the London Hospital, but was not able to attend. Mr. W. Sayer, of 97, Wentworth -street, Whitechapel, said—A little before 0 o'clock on Saturday night my attention was attracted to a crowd in the passage of the Three Nuns Tavern, in Ahigate, where I saw a man lying on the ground and another man fighting with him. The manlwho was standing tip was afterwards wounded. The prisoner suddenly came out of the house and struck the man a violent blow in the face with his fist. That man was then in the act of pursuing the man with whom he had been fighting, when the pri• ~oner ran up and :-tabbod him on the back with a dagger. He afterwards placed the dagger in his breast. I immedia'ely communicated what had taken place to a police-officer, and the prisoner was afterwards secured, in a coffee-house in Ckurch-row. The prisoner was remanded. WESTMINSTER.—BP,t;TAL ASSAULT.— W. Saiines, a hawker, was finally examined before Mr. Paynter, charged with being drunk and brutally assaulting his wife. The assault was committed on the 231 ult., since which time the object of defendant's brutality has been lying in a very precarious state, Her statement was that on the night in question her husband came home intoxicated, and after applying some vile epithets to her he pat out the light; and commenced a most savage as sault upon her. He beat and kicked her about the head and face, and turned her into the street, where she lay helpless and insenSible. kr. Paynter commented upon the brutal treatment she had evidently received upon the present occasion, and committed defendant for three months to hard labour in the House of Correction, and required him at the ex piration of that term of imprisonment to find two sure ties in 101. each to keep the peace towards his wife fur the next three months. WORSHIP.STREET, A POLITICAL VICTIM, Amongst the recent numerous applicants for procuring relief from the poor-box was a native of Wallachia, named Constantine Cantacuzene, a young man of gen• tlemen•like address and deportment, but evidently in miserably impoverished circumstances, and a wretched state of health, whose deplorable condition excited an unusual degree of commiseration and sympathy. It appeared from the statement of the applicant, which was authenticated by documents in his possession, that about 15 years ago he held the situation of private secretary to the Russian Prince Demileff, at his palace in Florence, in whose service he remained until his patron suddenly broke up his establishment, and repaired to St. Peters burg for the purpose of placing his vast resources at the disposal of his imperial master, for the prosecution of the late war. He (applicant) shortly afterwards returned to Bucharest, his native country, which was then in the occupation of the Russians, and finding that his mother, a ladynf fortune, had died during his absence, he entered the landwehr of the province, in the ranks of which he served as a volunteer, until an arbitrary order was issued for their incorporation with the invading army, in con sequence of which be abandoned his military duties, in common with a numberof his companions, and succeeded with some difficulty in escaping from the Principality. Mr. M'Bride, the chief toiler, reported to the magi. strate that, pu rsuant to hi s i ns tructions, he had com municated with Dr. Birkett, one of the physicians at the Victoria Park P u l monary H os pital, who had carefully examined the unfortunate exile, and finding that he was in such a conditi on as urgent l y re quired the best medical attention he had given directions for his immediate admission into the hospital. CLERKENWELL.—ATTEMPTUD MURDER BY SHOOT ING.— Samuel L owy, aged 34, a respectably dressed man, described on t h e c h arge - s h ee t as a watchmaker, residing at No. 3, Cornwall-cottages, Cornwall -place, Holloway, and of Spencer-street, Clerkenwell, was placed at the bar on remand, charmed with feloniously wounding Jordan Thomas Poulson :a labourer, by firing at him with a gun, with int en t t o kill him. Mr. Lewis, at this court, h av i ng jun., app ea red for the defence. Both the co mp l a i nant an d d e f en dant are well known figured It appears that the ' ured here several tim es latel y . prisoner let the com p lainant a of land, b u t fi n di ng that he could n ot get pos session after he had given him notice t o q uit the prisoner had recourse to vi o l ence , an d the pone , : have on several occasions been called on to interfere, in carvequence of the fights between the parties and their friends. Oo Satur day, the Ist of November the complainant and two men me t " the gr 0111 ;il-..i.o ' n i: , in 1:-.11t; of th' pr.F. , ner'l.3 cottaze, and h -ad :ot been there long before the p: - :.er came out and abu.ed them. According to the evldtnee " of James Wri g h t , t h e pr i sone r threatened " to do for them, while William Carter deposed t made use of th e f o ll ow i ng words :—"hat the prisoner Get out of my BY A NAVAL OFFICER. The Merrimac is certainly a fine frigate, although I consider that an undue amount of praise has bee❑ lavished upon her by the public papers. On the occasion of my visit to her they were expecting a visit from "„high naval officer (the commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, Sir G. Seymour), and the ship was " got up" for the purpose. The upper decks were well holystoned, bright work all well polished, &c. ; but still it did not impress me with the idea that she was perfect in respect to cleanliness. There is a great deal of " bright work" about her—large brass awning or hood stanchions over every hatchway ; all these were highly polished, together with the brass guns for the boats, elevating screws of guns, &c. The appearance of the crow was anything but credit able ; although past seven bells, the men were not uni formly "clean." We saw several with long boots on, and their trousers tucked inside, very unlike the appear ance of the men on board a British man-of-war. The bead decidedly was not kept as clean as it should be, the smell in the forecastle from it was mast offensive. The guns were nicely polished, and generally appeared well kept ; they are fitted with elevating screws, the fitness of which for long guns is questionable. In short pieces, such as carronades, where the circle described by the breach in elevating or depressing is not much, the slow effect of the screw is more sensibly felt than in the larger circle described by the long gun ; hence the point ing of the gun must take longer than with the handspike and quoin. The carriages are on the French plan, without trucks on the after part, and worked by roller handspikes. There is no question but that on this plan the shock of recoil is more severely felt than when the gun recedes more easily under its force. The sponges are made of brush bristles, instead of wool, as in our ships. This is a great improvement. The locks of the guns are on the hammer principle, with back-spring action, but not :so simple as those used in the British navy. The breechings are fitted with solid or shackle-eye thim bles, for drop bolts instead of thimble-eyed thimbles, as we use. Its maket the breeching stand ep stiffer to its work. The boats' guns are all of brass, and, for land service, are mounted on three-wheeled iron hand car riages. They did not appear more suitable for service mounted this way than it on regular land carriages. The muskets are all rifled on the Minis principle ; we found, however, the locks very stiff and hard, and not suitable for precise firing. The best of shots could not insure a good shot with one of them. The pistols are upon the common percussion plan. Upon inquiry it appeared that there are not any revolvers ain , ng-it the public armament. The cutlasses e ppeared short. The guns are more swelled at the breech than our ordnz.nca. The armament of the main-deck battery consisted of 9- inch guns ; the upper deck 8 inch, and two 10 inch pivot guns, one on the forecastle, and one on the quarter deck (40 in all) ; the bulwarks being made to fall down to work these guns. We could not see the arrangement of the magazine and shell rooms ; but it struck us that the light-room of the fore magazine was insecure, very light door only separating it from the gunner' s store room. the main deck is low, and disappointed sae. From the capacity of the ship, a finer gun-deck might have been expected. The employment of wooden knees, in stead of iron, also gives a clumsy appearance to the deck. This old-fashioned mode of construction is remark Ole. A very noticeable thing was the abundance of large hatch ways and ladders, a very good thing in a ship of war. The lower deck is good, but the absence of mess-tables gives it an uncomfortable appearance. The men take their meals on the deck. This is greatly to be reprobated in a ship of her size. Nothing contrientes so m uc h t o the moral condition of a ship's company as their soci a l comfort. The clean mess-table on board of an English man-of-war, with the mess traps all nicely arranged on the shelves at the ship's side, is a great comfort to the men ; and it is plea/ant to' observe the men sitting at their tables of an evening, reading perhaps to each other, or enjoying the yarn of Rowe gifted mem:nate. It i s true that in many small English men-of-war the mess tables are not used, but in large 'vessels this is never the case, and in frigates especially the mess-table can never be objected to, as they are not interfered with in time of action. The engines are on the double piston rod principle, and direct action ; they are much pinched up, a n d many of the parts most difficult to get at. The " screw alley," or " shaft-way," is formed of boiler plate, arched at the top, and waterproof. The screw is on Griffith's principle. The spare fans were stowed on the lower deck. There was nothing remarkable aloft except that there were a kind of standing rolling tackles, or more properly pre venter lifts on the lower yards. There was a very ex cellentcontrivance onthe forecastle for fishing the anchor. It consisted of a stout spar, one end fixed to a swivel bolt on a band round the foremast, the other end fitted with a hoop with four eyes. When used a pendant from the lower mast aloft is hooked to the upper eye, and g uys to the eyes on each side. The spar is then topped up and canted over to the side required, the fish tackle block hooking to the eyebolt on the other side of the hoop. By this arrangement the fish davit is riggedi n an instant, and is always ready for use. When not re quired it lies fore and aft on a crotch. The appearance of the ?Merrimac outside is not favour able. She has a considerable amount of sheer, and her stern is very heavy. Her bow is good. She does not look as if she were a fast ship, although the officers as sured us that she was so. To conclude, sufficient desire is indicated in the great size of the Merrimac, on the pars of the United States, to succeed us in the size and weight of their frigates, to suggest to our Government the necessity of increasing very considerably the dimensions of this kind of ship of war. Whether the Shannon, our largest frigate, is a faster ship than the Merrimac, whether she carries mote guns, and will be more inefficient in her armament, is another thing. The fact of the Merrimac being a thou sand tons larger than she is, is sufficient to arouse the rtften!ion of the Laval surveyors to the necessity of livatitu t ; ~ wan larger fr44Litir9 than the Shannon, if we do the event of anotber American war—which G Lobiti-1,,, have birniirir disasters to those which marked the naval proceedings in the last war ; but it must be remembered that, as far as size is considered, there is a greater contrast between the Shannon and ADULTERATION OF FOOD. Those of our readers who have perused the articles we have lately devoted to the consideration of the r. p rt of the Parliamentary committee on adulterations will have been enabled to form 80:110 idea of the tnearmres required to check effectually the practice which has for so long a period prevailed to a most disgraceful extent. We now propose to state briefly, but clearly, the several steps necessary for the suppression of adulteration. The measurers necessary are of two kinds, viz., thor , e for the discovery of adulteration, and those deruan ed for its punishment when di-covered. The principal measures needed for the discovery of adulteration are as follow : 1. The appointment in the principal towns and dis tricts of the United Kingdom of inspectors and analysts. The duty of each of the inspectors would be to procure articles of food and medicine, to forward them to the analyst of his district for his analysis and report, and to bring cases of adulteration before the proper authorities for a ijudication. In our import towns a principl and additional duty of the inspector would be to watch over articles of food and medicine brought to this country ;I and in doubtful cases to forward them to the analyst for his opinion. Lastly, the inspector, like the present Excise officers, should in certain cases have the power of entry on suspected premises ' • in general, however, the samples collected for analysis should be procured in the presence of a witness, in the ordiciary way, by purchase, and the power of entry would rarely require , t be enforced. The Excise obtains its evidence of adulteration chiefly by the seizure of articles in the warehouse, &c., forcibly entered, of the adulterator ; and in this respect a very great dif ference would exist between the proceedings of the Excise and that of the authorities now proposed to be called into operation. While it would be.necessary that every chief town and district should be provided with its inspector, it would sot be necessary to appoint an equal number of• analysts, as the same analyst could, in many cases, act for several towns. ln the appointment of analysts spe cial regard should be had to their qualifications, and none should be appointed who were not capable of ap plying the microscope to the detection of adulteration. The appointment of the inspectors and analysts should be vested in the municipal or other local authorities. 2. That a metropolitan board of inspectors and analysts be appointed, its appointment to bs in the hands of the government. To this board should be confided the charge of dealing with the subject of the adulteration of the food and medicine of the metropolis and its suburbs. The board should publish periodical reports of its pro ceedings, these reports containing the particulars of the articles analysed, including the names and addresses of the parties of whom they were procured, and this whe ther they proved to be genuine or adulterated. Further, the local inspectors and analysts should be required to make periodical returns of their proceedings to the me tropolitan board. By this means a vast amount of use ful information in regard to adulteration wouh'4 be ac cuinulated, and the several local authorities would be kept up to the full measure of their duties. Lastly, in the central board the local inspectors and analysis would possess,an authority on adulteration of the highest cha racter, which they "Mk ht consult at all times in cases of doubt and difficulty. We consider the institution of this board absolutely indispensable to the successful working of any scheme designed for the repression of adulteration. Without it, although local inspeators and analysis might he appointed, hut little good would be effected, because there would b) no sufficient authority over theta to as certain whether they discharged their duties properly aid efficiently. Wish regard to the creation of a metropolitan beard no real difficulty exists ; in feet, there is already a board of the kind, although at present in a very ineffi ient state. We allude to the analytical board of the Excise. It is stated in the report of the committee on adulteration that "in addition to about 4,000 officers, Beet ered over the country, whose experience enaeles them to detect many adulteratione, and to discover cases of strong suspicion, the board (of Excise) employs about 60 or 70 analytical chemists, whose numbers are recruited by etudeete edu• cated for this purpose at University College, to the nurn her of 14 every year." Well, this Board of Excise is most unpopular. It is so because of its arbitrary and absolute character, entering forcibly on suspected premises, ,eizing suspected goods, planting its excisemen in our manufactories, and con trolling, to the detriment of trade in some cases, not merely the times at which a manufacturer shall work his factory, but also 'dictating the processed he shall pursue. Again, this board is most iaefficient, notwithstanding its enormous numerical strength, its officers numbering soveral thousands. The accuracy of this statement was fully proved in one of our previous articles, in which it was shown that " the Lancet Sanitary Commission" found adulteration to be rife in nearly every article beariog an Excise duty, and that hundreds of adulterations a-ore practised, and of which the analytical board of the Ex cise possessed no exact or scientific knowledge. Lastly, the sphere of operation of this board in regard to adulteration is of the most limited character. Its juri)- diction extends only VI some few exciseable articles of consumption, and it pays no regard whatever to adulte rations in general, although many of the articles adul terated pay a duty to the state, as in case of drugs. Thus it leaves untouched the great question of adulteration in all its wider and higher bearings, in its sanitary, moral, and even in certain of its pecuniary aspects, in its effects on the interests of the trader, the consumer, and also to some extent the revenue. Reasons, therefore, of the strongest kind exist why the analytical board of the Excise should be re-organised, and placed on a more comprehensive basis. It should be made to take cognisance of the adultera tion of all articles of food and medicine. This- done,' it would lode its arbitrary and Objectionable character. It would no longer be regarded as an engine for the extor tion of money ; hut while it really and effectually pro. tected the revenue, it would at the earns time protect the interests of the honest trader, of the onistliner, and also become a guardian of the public health. 3. The punishments should include the publication of the names and addresses of those either selling adulter ated articles or who are actually guilty of these adultera tions, fines, and also imprisonment. Fines have been tried for the suppression of crime in a variety of ways, and have failed to produce any considerable effect. Some further and more effectual punishment is needed, and this we -find in imprisonment. This would brand adul teration as a crime, and affix a well deserved personal stigma to it. While fines were inflicted for the less seri ous cases, the punishment by imprisonment should he reserved foi• the more serious cases, and for repetitions of the offence. Adulteration is punishable ny iniprison ment in all the continental countries, and even in New York.—Lancet. Null q V u e iv r e e r ad h i a n s t t li e e sc Hr en es i te e r: o T n in t e h s e : R T O h L e I F b l i C e s n A g R Rol si taG E f of f t house he of the hA:s,L,u.thiNelrin.tcahye.llo,nthTeuwsi.od.rat:iyh.i,4pagsot,,,,r, with their seventeenth l w iv if i e ng p;:esented him [ADVERTISEMENT.] —We are happy to quote the following ii - iteresting information from Du Barry's Report on cures of Indigestion' (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Ner vous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food : Eight years' dyspep sia., nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice f;‘f many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's Reyalenta Arabica Food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. JOHN W. FLAVELL, itidiillg ton Rectory, Norfolk. From the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.—Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December', 1854.—Tee Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's Oxcellent lievalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability , o f many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Cure No. 1,609. Three years excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. ALEX -MAR STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, S ibberoen. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors 05 Chemistry Dr. A ndrew Ure ; Dr. Shoriaud ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other- means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d.; ; 225. ; super-refined, Ilb., fis. ; 21bs., lls. ; fibs., 225.; 101bs., 335. The 10Ibs. and 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-oface order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., PIIICyOTS to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Graceehnrch street ; 33d and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishops-Bishops gate-street; 55, Chariag-cross; 64. Upper Baker-street and 150. Oxford-street. _ [ADVBILTISEMENT.] —SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, „OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE Grassas.—Messrs. S. and 13. Solomon, opticians. 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerfu l and brilliant Telescopes; Camp, Racecourse, Op era, an d 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, cfill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.--r s , Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuab le, newly-invented, very m a p powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by wri er a person can be seen and kno wn 1 miles d istant; they answ,,r every purpose on the race -course, an at the opera h ouses, country scenery, an d ships are clear l y seen at Bto Wrailes. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stal king, yachti ng , t o sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, an d tourists. Oper a , race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with w on d er f u l power. Newly-constrneted Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened , . and very age d persons are enabled to emp lo y their melt at the most minute occu pation- can see with these lenses of a much less magnify . ing power—and they do not require the frequent change to the d a ngerous effects of fu r th er powerful assistance. P erso ns can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of th e i r s p ec t ac les in a l e tt e r, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read sma ll newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of age. spectacles by s t a ti ng their Deaf• tr , o ,di na ry powerful, small , an ex. ness . -- New Discovery. The Organic vibrator,newly-invented instr ument for ionte_wss, entirely difrerent for , 511 t -ier any' ti e, the ii - I d that t:t211,11. T;),L o -•)lV Being v,..-;bie • it 6;AL - des de:vf.perEens ce ~ , P.ft 3 SOITV)II , 3 ,It)„:3,ant ~; Of 61i - li , ng m the ears is entirely removed ; and it zoords oil the tssistouce that possibly could bo desirod„-39, Xibenaarlo strwt, Piccadilly Observe:--oPposite - the York 'Tete]. ' Im {gi Colchestor Harwich !Leigh - - 125 ( Aa Dtlaldon COLCHESTER— Nov. 7. A good supply of wheat, which met a dull sale at is to 2s per qr. decline ; barley was more plentiful, and fully is per quarter cheaper. Beans and peas were both tie turn dearer. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 663 to 80s; red, 66s to 725; barley, 41s to 5 s ; oats, 30s to 32s ; bassi. Mazagan, 403 to 423; middle and small, 42s to 465; peso, white, 4ts to 48h ; grey, 40s to 445. COAL MARKET.—Noy. 10. Price. of Coal per ton st the close of the market. Wallsend, &c. 0. d. 15 i. d. .15 9 Braddyll l9 3 Haswell 20 3 Lambton 19 9 Polisher 18 6 Russell's Hatton 19 3 i South Hetton 20 0 'Hartlepool '2o 0 South Kelloo 19 9 ,Tees ...20 3 Evonwood 16 6 kitewart's 20 3 Xelloe 19 6 Eden Main l 9. 0 Woodhouse Close ..... l7 3 'Wharneliffe lB 0 Hetton 20 3 Bold lOO Davison's West Hartley Byass's West Hartley .. Howard's West Hartle; Netherton 15 Longridge's Wst Hartley 15 91 North Percy Hartley l5 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 Walker Primrose ...15 01 Hetton West Hartley ...15 0 Bates's West Hartley 15 3 Holywell l7 6' Tanfiold Moor l5 6, Wallsend, tio. Gosforth ' l7 9 1 Harton Riddell l7 9 Hetton Lyons Main lB 3 Ships at market,.ls: LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL. Nor. 10. STOOK EXOHANGE.—The Liverpool Stock Exchange is quiet to-day, but closed with a steady aspect. The business transacted was rather extensive, at the following rates:—Blackburn, 8— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 93i —Midlands, 74 i—London and North Western, 1022 — South Eastern, 20i i—North Staffordshire, 5t die.—Great Western of Canada, 24—Ditto, new, 2 p. MANCHESTER, Nov. 10. .iTOCK gXOHANGE. - There was a fair amount of business in the principal stocks. but prices were depressi,d, and closed loWer. Leeds stock, 93—Midlands, 78q e -Great Western of Canada, 24A —Dovers, 20 13.16 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33 B Blackburn, B—London and North Western, 1021—Ambergate, 40. Cheshire Junction, 171 B—East L'ucashire, 201. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 10 STooK eXCHANGR.—The market was doing very little busi)iess to-day, and prices were flat. South &affords, 3.t5.9. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 72j— Shropshire Baas, 32. -;;JEA BBORNF Jr A HA. .Nunes that the math »r., 3eu ;rem the Getterai Post. fiCS ,g the night—and. .%t by the moraml--lesoateh.) Jllly fv..en te l l, h. p jrrval *,.* When • j:lsl)Yirrilt.• la qt..: era: h,,,3 ,== c ,r- due ill Ode°, London.* Disp teL . England. • 'A.-cerica(byltrlt.paeL.,k., = , ,-.ery frids Llver.)o , ... IWeekiV kmerier. (by United 8:s. packet) ..........N Every I uesday Sontliam,- on l Weekly kverics. (by U. Sta=a= packet) .... —. . N. • ••• Ltverpo,- „.„. Lastralia - (via Liver pool) ............ ex 4th and lath Liverpool ••Twice Ditto (via Marseilles) t , . . - Dover ... ~ i Duo ( v i a , Cape o f Goof: 12th I Hope) •• .• .• •• ..• .•14 . ....„•••••• • •• 'Uncertain &rhea (West Coast) .N 4.. nth+ 4.- 1, .Plym . , ,, • • !6th of me ilexandria........ r, 10th 26th 0. o o•Pover ......l2d t 19th A.levuldria •••• •• .. .Ai WI a:, 2atti of en .iso l tham , 4k 11 ilahamas ......... . NI 17th of the month Seathant•- = x 'l6th Belgium „ ~, .., ~„ .. N °ally .... —.. „ Dover ...... j...y Brazil ............ •ti Dtb of the month ITiuthatx ,A. It th• Duenos Ayres ........M I '''. 'ho •-•,,,,` S ) uthanip .011 16th Cape of Good Elope ~b sth of the month cra/ crtain Cape of Good Hope .N Uncertain Malmo ports. Case do Verde .„ „ ..N .• - . .it S AiLli4ul,2,•,i, 16th 0' In Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th Is A 99th Cey10n..............N 4th and 20th 4th & 211 Channel Isles-.... ...5 akt.. f V ~,A.,dorit Saatna , m, -n cu. on.sat. Chili— ............. D 4 'Pi t 17th of month Southern') on 1 and 16 China .... Constantinople ......N 10th and 26th.... Dover - .. 2 and 19 Constantinople ...... , Ith *2oth of -IL n. Eouthalcl7 , -1' 1 and 24 Cont. of Europe M t N Twice daily ..,,,., Dover ~.• .. .. twicedail Egypt (see India) France ........ M 3; N ['Wee daily.-- Dover ...... rwiced al ° Gibraltar .. .. Grocee (gee India) • + end 16 GrcytOwn .• ........M Ind & 17th of mon.,Smthamptor Is- and •• •• •• •• •• N Daily Ist Savannah .......... M -,lnd of the month Southamp i, of Eno lland .........'...111 Daily... • . Dover ....... DatlY Honduras ..........M l7tn of the month. Southampton 16 th India (viaSonthampt.)M I th a 20 th of m on. 1 and 2111 1 /5 & 29 m lndia (via Marseillos)s4 10th8t26th of moth Dover ..»» lonian Isles (see India) ••••• • • • = Dover .. .'... Ireland ........ LI & N rwice dolly WW2 ..............b1 2d of 1 o • Southampton Nov. 16. Madeira .... • • ......1)1 9th of month... - Madeira N .. • _ „ ...., .. N 234 of month • • gaits (see In . din) !delta ....,.• ......... 4, 10, 20, and 2 6 DOM .....;. Cu Mauritius (see India) / Id 2n d of the moat : Beat,h amp ,,, Mauritius .. •• •., -- -• 20cm of the moth4th and 2 Mexico R a pi er , , :„. .. Is Daily •• •• • • Dover .. t4ew Granada ~.... It= 2d ft 17th of mmthis •-• "- autharapto= Ist 11.10: 16 Hew Zea1and,.......... 4th and 19th mrittuya-iong por , Papal States ....-- ..N Daily ........ I ' - Petlillolllo ...., ... ~.111 •• • • Dover „,„ .„ 1 weekt7' Peru ...........,..a , ' 'i , I rth of moo. ,r 0 , 4 1,.% '1P' i: 1 Fort Natal ...... ~ ..t. sth of month .. 8 oily ,-.......... ,N livery Saturd • • Various °' Tuscany ~ ~„ „....., .. I , r „ Hy ... aY• . 'Dever ~.....4. WeehlY Tu scany ........ ~ , inatralla) ~ .. 4th and . 18th of m. Tte 2d & 1 tb . .. •• • • Van Diomen'iL.nd t , et OfelOilth SOOtherar..oe I & 16010 Wei Illdleft 1111011: 111 7 ' .11,m+ha0......-... Ii tzticl 16 *Doret:°l I let *l6th ImonzlilT 1 and 16 011thsfrto When.mny 0! theme .sates fall on a Sanday, the mane N.:, be de" 1:)&t.ttl1e.:, on the followtin dac, with the exception of the Ind . cnthernptori), thp of -.Prtiic.) , win be des-patch.. CASE Olt' STABBING ,1T CARDIFF.—Nov. B. This Oval_ seems to have been singularly unfortunate of late—Wha t with a ter, ific explosion and three alarming fires in log then a fortnight. We had scarcely recovered from the fright oeca , i fined by these accidents before we heard report that a mar had been murdered last night; but on tuakng inquiries it turned out that the man was not dead, although there iu no probability of his recovery. It seems that early la t evil g some Irishmen and Nor N.y.ian sailors e re iti Thr.u-street, and a quarrel baviog taken place betwee,u them as to a girl who was in their company, a fight ensue , ;, but Police-sergeant Shepherd having interfered the parties were separated without ant serious injury bell g done on either side. They had l' et proceeded far down the road, however, before one of t h ! Irishmen fired a pistol at his opponents, and a Mel' ensued, in the course of which a seaman, named Sim on Hansen, belonging to the Norwegian ship Fame, receive,' so severe a stab with a knife that his bowels immediate l y protruded, and he was carried to the house of Mr. Hugo , druggist, Bute-road. Dr. Wallace and an assistantte Dr. Baker were soon in attendance, when it was discover e d that his bowels had been cut from almost one side to the other, so that no hopes of his recovery are held out. 011 the next morning two men, named Patrick Seating and Jeremiah 11P-Mulloch, were tali en before the magi" trates, when it was stated that a kite was found on the firmer, with which it is supposed the cowardly act was committed. The magistrates attended at the b ee. side of the wounded man, as well as the prisoners, when it was found that be was in too precarious a state to give evidence, and the prisoners were consequently re mended till Thursday next. Offences of this nature ar e very common in Cardiff, especially in the Bute-road. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at 3, Harewood-square, the wife ° Horace Lloyd, Esq., bvrtister•at-law. On the lOth inst., at 15, James-street, the wife of Oth° Hamilton, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at 63, Glocester-place, Hyde-park, the wife of William Baker, Esq. ark , On the 10th inst., at 1, Devonport-street, Hyde•P Mrs. Philip Henry Lawrence. MARRIED. On the 6th inst., at West Hackney Church, Mr. 0W 1. 2 1 John Edwards, to Anne Elizabeth ; and, at the same ti Mr. James William Bungay, to Mary Ann, the eldest sou' youngest daughters of Mr. W. J. Westcott, of the Gene, ral Post-office. On the Bth inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Thos. la Biddle, Esq., H.M-'s Bth Regt., to Louisa, se c°l :' 1 daughter of the late Henry Day, Esq., of Morning — road, Regent's-park. DIED. On the 9th inst., Lieutenant-Colonel John Maclesur attached, formerly of H.M.'s 4 id, 20th, and 46th Regtt On the Rth inst. , at Dalham Hall, near NewmaAflo; Richard Franklyn, Esq., late of the Royal Mint, 94 eu por On the 9 th inst. , Henry Robinson, Esq., of 24, ~'- chesterterrace, and of th e E as t I n di a H ouse , a s 6 0 ' 0 . On the 9th inst., at Bridport Harbour, William Seca Eiq.,n the aged 73. W ai f O 9th inst., at 2, S ussex -pl ace , Hyde-park, Buchanan, Esq., one of H.M.' s J us ti ces o f the Peac e r the of middlesex, aad . On the 9th inst., su d denly, io in the camp, Aldersbt Lieut. Sydney Smith, 770). Rogt., fourth son of the c" Blight Smith, Esq., of 12, Bryanstone-square. age d 2 v ° ter On tho Sth in s t., a t Li me - coun t, B ec kl e y, Sussex , used 74. , mr,rtvaP.verner ,,, rror • LONDOZI Prim©d and Po!)liabecl bv.7 13 - 13.P0 1:4)1:1'% 7;o• of No. 112, Straa,l, at The Sun Oiticei ;if 112 , Strand, in the Frecirwt of the Z.4avoy, in the co l of Miadierex, Tuos November it, 1€56.