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MISS THORNHILL AND HER LOVER. The Lord Chancellor's judgment in the case I " Thornhill v. Thornhill," reported yesterday, may furnish Mr. Craik with an additional chapter for his " Romance of the Peerage," in the next edition of that ingenious work. The sayings and doings of the fair ward in Chancery, of her enamoured or " hard-up " suitor, of his helpful sister, and, " though last not least," of the great dignitary . of the law himself, are as piquant as anything in Grammont, Horace Walpole, or Le Sage. And they were developed in the Chancellor's prefatory elucidation of the grounds of his decision with an imparts to skill in grouping that absolutely to them a high dramatic effect. The judgment scene was a splendid tableau vivant. Much of the interest centres, of course, in the lover, Mr. George Augustus Hamilton Chichester— what a name for the author of a fashionable novel ! Mr. Chichester is of high and reverend descent— the nephew of an Irish earl, and the son of an Irish dean. Yet, like Milton, Mr. Chic, h ester " the lowliest duties on himself doth lay., The noble youth does not disdain to draw the salary of a clerkship of the peace in Ireland. He is, indeed, a rather peculiar clerk of the peace : the p u bli c i s f Amiliar with absentee Irish landlords, but absentee Irish clerks of the peace were little if at all heard of till the publicity given to the adventures of Mr. Chichester revealed the fact of their existence. The nobility of his connexions a n d th e emo l uments of his office notwithstanding, th e gay M r. Chiches ter was deep in debt, pla gue d b y duns, and other teazua g incidents of such a s t a t e of ex i stence. At his sister's house he encoun t ere d a fa i r he i ress, who unluckily happened to be also a ward of Chancery ; but diffi cu lti es on l y rouse lovers to exertion. Whether Mr. Chichester's affections were won by the lady or her acres does not clearly appear. He writes indeed to his Clara in touching , terms, but he has also been in th e h a bit o f inter changing jokes with his friends, and even with her gamekeeper about the fine sporting he would have over her lands. And he was indiscreet enough to connect his first overtures to the lady under whose charge his mistress was placed with an allusion to his embarrassed circumstances. Forbidden the house, as poor lovers are apt to be, he solicited and obtained midnight interviews, talked of Gretna green, tried to allay the lady's fear of the law by quoting the opinions of eminent Chancery barris ters he had consulted, and, when she hinted at the feeling he had expressed on the elopement of a fair cousin of his, told her that for a noble lady to run away with a roturier was a sad faux-pas, but for an heiress of plebeian blood to run away with the scion of a noble house was perfectly right and proper. The mistress appears to have been as prudent and calculating as the lover. She evidently had a hankering after a match into a noble family, for she spoke to the swain from her bedroom window at midnight, and argued the elopement question with the acuteness and forecast of a lawyer. A sly puss too she appears to have been, for with a face of candour and innocence she showed her guar dians letters from her suitor's sister, concealing the fact that between the lines traced in ink were lines traced in lemon juice, which remained invisible till she, by holding the paper to the fire, should bring them out for her own private perusal. The Lord Chancellor expressed himself rapturously about the " proper" conduct and" good feeling" of the young lady. What privileges rich war-is of Chancery enjoy In what terms would the Lord Chancellor have spoken of any portionless milliner who talked to a young man from her bedroom window at mid night, and deceived her guardians in such fashion as has been mentioned ? This well-matched pair had a confidante, as dex terous as any chambermaid in comedy or romance. Lady Ferrers it was who devised the clandestine correspondence in lemon juice ; Lady Ferrers it was who, when forbidden to correspond with the young lady, wrote to her brother letters meant to be shown to his mistress, for the purpose of allay ing her fears as to the consequences of an elope ment. This pleasant intercourse continued for some time. The young lady, over her crochet, indulged in visions of a coroneted sister-in-law. The young gentleman, smoking his cigar, dreamed of future &taws in the well-stocked preserves of his bride. The sympathising sister taxed her ingenuity to aid the amorous pair, and derived unutterable pleasure from her exertions, for intrigue (we use the word in its most plitonic and least exceptionable sense) is, like virtue, its own reward. But one unlucky day, the lady appointed by the Chancellor to act as duenna to the fair inamorata discovered the frag ments of a letter which revealed the secret of the lemon juice correspondence. The acid entered into her soul, and all was made known to the Lord Chancellor. Full of indignation at the thought that a clerk of the peace, though of noble lineage, whose whole property was as the French say passive, should aspire to the portion of a ward of Chancery, his lordship donned his wig and summoned the culprits to his awful presence. What passed at these interviews may never be known—a close dark ,veil of secrecy is dropped over them. One shudders and thinks of Mrs. Radcliffe's Inquisition scenes. But the Chan cellor resolved toindulge the public, and add dignity to his solemn award, by inviting all the world to be witnesses of his judgment. Towards the fair ward of Chancery he was lenient. As already no ticed, he praised her for acting properly and with good feeling. How to deport himself towards the naughty Lady Ferrers appears to have been a sad puzzler for the good man. At first he declared, "I do not think I am called upon to make any order to commit Lady Ferrers. This is a conclu sion at which I have arrived with very great doubt and anxiety. lam not at all confident that lam discharging my duty." After presing away for an hour or two, however, his lordship took heart of grace, and ventured to think that he was discharg ing his duty. "Having said thus much, it may be asked am I not flinching in the discharge of my duty if I abstain from committing Lady Ferrers ? Well, I think lam not." And that for the suffi cient reason that the countess had cleverly kept on the windy side of the law. She was just out of reach of the Chancellor's claws ; he could touch but he could not catch her. There stood the clever, naughty lady, laughing at the baffled and bewil dered judge. But if he could not punish, ho made himself ample amends by scolding her. He de clared her conduct was "disgraceful, and must for ever lower her in the society of her equals," a de nunciation which, it is to be feared, she and her equals will endure with great equanimity. De prived of two victims, the concentrated indigna tion of the judge fell upon the devoted head of the third culprit. " The Tipstaff," said the Chancellor, "will now immediately take Mr. Chi chester into custody." His lordship added, " the order will be drawn out in the course of the morning." The judge's impatience to exe cute justice could not wait for tedious forms. The denouement is more impressive than any in dramatic art, except, perhaps, that of Schiller's Don Carlos," where the King and father tells the Inquisitor to do his duty—" I have done mine." We have done our utmost to work ourselves up to the pitch of excitement of the irate Chancellor, but we honestly confess without succeeding. We could as easily be indignant at the gosasner shadows which flit across the stage in Congreve's or Farquhar's plays, as with any of the persona who figure in this newest " romance of the peerage." We do not seek to extenuate the conduct of a gen _ tiemen, who, after squandering his means, stool to pocket ie emoluments of a judicial appoint ment which he does not—perhaps cannot—ds charge. We do not seek to palliate the equivocal cleverness of his sister, with her letters half in common ink to be shown, half in lemon juice to be read in private, and her presents of baskets with billets-doux, written on linen, stitched into their lining. Such conduct on the part of the son and daughter of a reverend Dean is not calculated i mpress t the public with a high idea of the man soe r th• Which the dignified clergy] of the Irish Church brin g up their children. But, after all, nothineworse- not a marriage appears to have been contemplated.t If th ere was an y l ove on e ither side it does n pulsations o f a ball-room to have excee d e d th e faint a high connexionr°ar flirtation. The lady wanted ; e gentlemen the means of off old sc ores, and living comfortably in future. Two such cool and calculating heads, who proposed to contract the marriage tie with a due regard to the only kind of not likely of which their natures are capable, were Their to confidantelead a very may life together. unhappy affection of a sister in pal plead the overpowering liation of the rather equivocal manne r in which s h e set about patching up her brother' s fortune. e And as for the awful Head of the Law, hi e ire appears to have been kindled exclusively by the presume_ tion of the poor clerk of the peace, who d ared raise his oyes to a wealthy heiress, and to be guilty of that worst sin in the eyes of a Chancellor, c , tempt of Court." Possibly the lady is at this mo ment singing, sotto voce, "Heigh for ane-and twenty, Tam ;" the lover consoling the tedious hours of imprisonment by dreaming over his recep tion when next he throws himself at her feet to tell what he has suffered for her sake. It may be a marriage yet for all that has come and gone ; and perhaps the reconciled Chancellor may smooth his rugged brow and consent to accept of a dinner from the penitent pair. The story is perhaps not altogether creditable to the delica c y and honesty of our aristocracy, but it will be well if the circles in which it happened never afford gro3s.x themes for the tongue of cen sure. ---Daily News. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1854. to the pawnbrokers, rateaLly, before she could have the things. The prosecutrix denied that she owed anything, and said she was a poor woman, upon whom this order would be a great hardship. . . . M Witham said he sliould not alter his decision. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.---John Davis, a Welsh cattle dealer, staying at the Lock and Key, Smithfield, was charged with cruelty to seven bullocks. The evidence was that he bought the cattle, and as they were handed over to him he took out his knife and made several cuts on their left buttocks, causing the blood to flow and much pain to the poor dumb animals. The usual way of marking beasts was by clipping the hair off the right buttock with scissors. The defendant said that this was the first time be had visited Smithfield-market, and he did not know its rules and regulations. He had only marked the animals according to the custom of his country. The Alderman said it was a very cruel custom, and he should fine him 205., or 14 days' imprisonment. The fine was paid. BOW-STREET.—A. middle-aged gentleman, who gave the name of Thomas Francis Allen, and said he was a magistrate from the country, was charged with being drunk and indecent, and Mary Tones, a prostitute, was placed at the bar with him. From the statement of the constable it appeared that the male defendant was in Henrietta-street surrounded by a number of prostitutes, at an early hour of the morning. He appealed to the officer to protect him from their importunities, upon which the latter ordered the woman away. Shortly afterwards, however, he had rejoined the company of one of the women, and he saw them actin.. indecently towards each other ; he conse quently took them both into custody. The male defen dant was drunk. Mr. Allen complained of the treatment he had been exposed to at the police station, where the police searched him, took possession of his money, and refused for some time to let him send for bail ; the consequence being that he, a gentleman and a magistrate, had been locked up in a cell. It was true that he had got a little intoxicated by drinking confusion to the Russians, but he denied the charge of indecency. A messenger employed at the police-station proved that he was sent by defendant to the Hummums-hotel, Covent-garden, but there was no one there who would come and bail him. Defendant then said, "Go to Jardine or Hall. They know me very well, and ask them to bail me." The messenger declined this mission, and as no one offered to bail the gentisman he was kept in custody. He said he was a mayor last year. A large sum of money was found on defendant, of which the police took charge. _ _ Mr. Henry was ashamed to see a person in the de fendant's station of life in custody upon such a charge. As he was entitled to no consideration, he must pay the full penalty of 2/. The woman was fined 11. and committed in default. MARLBORO UGH - STREEL—Richard Shires, cof fee-house keeper, No. 33, Castle-street, Leicester-square, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with felony. The charge arose out of a robbery committed by a woman on a foreigner in prisoner's house. Prosecutor swore that his purse was banded to the prisoner, who assisted the wsman to make her escape. The magistrate said he should require good bail for defendant's appearance on a future occasion. SOUTHWARK.—Mr. Combo was occupied all the afternoon in hearing a number of summonses against manufacturers, tanners, and others, in the district of this court, for net using the best practicable means to prevent or counteract the annoyance from smoke, and other nuisances caused in the carrying on of their business. The first case was against Messrs. Jones, tanners and japauners of leather, Russel-place, Bermondsey. Defendants were fined 405., the payment of the penalty being, ho v er, suspended for a month to enable them to comply with the act of parliament. Informations were next heard against Mr. Charles Thorp, paper stainer, Barnhant-street, Tooley-street ; Mr. John Foster, of the Rice-mills, Shad, Thames, and Messrs. H. and J. Eason, tanners, Bermondsey. In each case the payment of a penalty was suspended, to enable the parties summoned to remove the nuisances complained of.' LAMBETH.—Mr. James Sheri f f, aged 69, who is in the enjoyment of a pension from government of 3001. a year, appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer to a sum mons charging him with threatening to shoot Mr. Jacob Waterhouse, his next door neighbour. Mr. Lilly, the barrister, attended on behalf of the defendant. Mr. Waterhouse, the complainant, deposed that for two years past himself, his family, and his neighbours had been constantly annoyed by the practice of dis charging firearms—guns and pistols—at different hours of the day and night, and latterly his propensity to the practice had so increased that it had become not only alarming but perfectly dangerous. On Wednesday last he (witness) remonstrated with Mr. Sheriff on the sub ject, and the only reply he received from that gentleman was that he would shoot him. Mr. Elliott—Have you any apprehension that he vi] carry that threat into execution ! Mr. Waterhouse—l really have, your workship, Mr. Sheriff is a gentleman who drinks a great deal, and therefore loses all restraint ever himself, so that my family, as well as myself, are in terror and danger of his indiscriminate firing. The defendant was ordered to put in sureties to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for six monts. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Tmispar. There was a well attended room this morning ; busi ness, however, was flat, as is generally the case at this season of the year. The Visitors' Plate at Hoylake commanded the greatest attention. The Two Thousand Guineas, Chester Cup, and Derby were touched upon for trifling amounts at the prices below quoted : THE VISITORS' PLATE (110YLAKE). 5 to 2 agst The Gem (taken) 3 to 1 agst Catherine Parr (taken) 6 to 1 aget Boddicot (taken) 7 to 1 agst Jack Leeming (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 5 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 5 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken) 50 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken) 100 to 1 agst Lady Palmerston (taken) 100 to 1 aget Poodle (taken) 100 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken) 100 to 1 agst Gamelad (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (taken to 60/.) 12 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken). 10 to 1 agst Oulston (taken). 22 to 1 agst The Cruiser (taken) CONTRABAND or WAR.—The Lords of the Council having inquired into the contraband traffic in saltpetre and sulphur, which they have heard was carried on at Newcastle and Gat€ shead for the supply of the enemy, have directed that no cargoes of either of those articles, or any other substances used in the manufacture of gun powder, shall be permitted by the Customs to be exported from the United Kingdom to any port north of the Elbe. —Civil Service Gazette. A SUPPLEMENT GRATIS WITH THE DESPATCH EVERY WEEK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.—The unexampled inte rest which attaches to every incident connected with the operations of the Allied Armies in the East, has deter mined the proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch to devote a greater space to the intelligence from the Seat of War than the ordinary limits of this the Largest Newspaper could possibly afford, and with the view of giving the amplest details, have res dyed upon the issue of a Series of Supplements which will include every particular con nected with the Siege and decision of the contest at Sebastopol, and will be continued whenever demanded by the progress of the campaign. By the publication of these Supplements, the portion of the paper usually devoted to incidents of domestic and political importance will be reserved intact, and the engrossing subject of war will receive the fullest A. and most varied illustration. 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Cheapside ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; and may be ordered through all respectable booksellers, gro cers, and chemists. Important caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 21. Her Majesty has boon graciously pleased to appoint General the Right Honourable Fitz-Roy James Henry, Lord Raglan, G.C.8., to be a Field-Marshal in the Army, and the Commission to bear date the sth November, 1854. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen John Hill, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the colony of Sierra Leone and its dependencies, to be also her Majesty's Consul General in the Sherbro Country, on the west coast of Africa. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alfred Lloyd Fox as Vice-Consul at Falmouth for the King of the Belgians. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last.] ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 12. The Queen has been pleased, on the recommendation of the General Commanding in Chief, to appoint Captain Henry Augustus Jackson, Half-pay Unattached, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Kenworthy, deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 18. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Rio de Janeiro, transmitting the su bj o i ne d ser i es o f B raz ili an quars.n;ina regulations. (Copy.) Translation, PBEVENTIVI MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED IN THE PORTS OF BRAZIL. First. Vessels arriving in Brazil from ports where cholera exists, or touching at ports infected with that disease, shall not be admitted to free pratique unless they shall have been at least t wenty-five days on the passage (counting from leaving the last of said ports), and if there shall have been no case of said disease during the passage. Second. Vessels arriving from ports where the epidemic in question prevails, and inak'ng a passage in a less num ber of days than above specified, after being purified by the means pointed out by the President of the Central Board of Health, shall be admitted to free pratique, provided they shall have been at least fifteen days on the passage, and that there had not appeared any case of said disease on board. Third. If on board of any vessel there shall have been cases of cholera morbus, besides the purification of the vessel and cargo, and other objeets to be named by the Board of Health, the passengers shall be obliged to per form quarantine for as many days as shall be wanting to complete the twenty-five ; such days to count fi eta the date of last case ; for which purpose they must be landed at such place or places as the Government shall designate. Fourth. Vessels coming from ports where the epidemic does not exist, and on board of which there shall have been no cases of cholera, shall not be subjected to quarantine, whatever time they may have been on the passage ; being, however, previously subjected to an examination by the competent authorities. Fifth. Notwithstanding the preceding rules, the Central Bo a-d of Health in this city, and the Boards of Health in the provinces, may place vessels under observation, and procee t to their purification, as well as of the merchandise and other objects on board, should the respective authori ties find it necessary to adopt such measures, of which im mediate information must be given to the Minister, if in this city, or to the President, if in the provinces. Sixth. Passengers found on board attacked by the cho lera, and also those who may be attacked in the Lazaretto, shall be immediately removed, with all due care, to the places designated by the Minister in this city, and by the Presidents in the provinces, where they shall be properly attended to, care being taken to prevent, by all possible means, intercourse with the sick, except by those appointed to attend on them ; and, at the same time, that they do not suffer any privations. Seventh. The Central Board of Health, and the Boards of Health in the provinces, as well as the "Providores de Sande," shall, in conformity with instructions from Government, adopt the necessary measures, in order that immediate medical assistance may be rendered to the sick, and that nothing be wanting for their comfort, as well as to those under observation in the Lazaretto. Eighth. The Central Board of Health shall issue, under the approval of Government, the necessary instructions to the Provincial Board, and to the "Providores de Sande," for the due execution of these measures. Secretary of State's Office for the Home Department, 12th Oct., as ordered. (Signed) FAUST() AUGUSrO DE AQUIAR. Correct. (Signed) JOAO'. MARIA NISCENTES D'AZAIIBUJA. A correct - , Translation. (Signed) JNO. J. C. WESTWOOD. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 21. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Elsinore, i nclos ing copy of a Notice to Aflriuers (a translation of which is subjoined), issued by tho Royal Navy Department at Copenhagen, relative to a new Light Ship at the Copper ground in the Cattegat. NOTICE TO MARINERS. A. New Light Ship at the Copporground, in the Cattogat. Pursuant to preliminary notices from the Royal Navy department of the 4th Sept. and the 14th Oct. of this cur rent year, public notice is hereby given, that the 3-masted light ship therein mentioned now has occupied the place of the temporary light ship which, on the 24th of September, last year, was stationed at the Copperground, eleven miles S. to E. from the easternmost part of the mainland of Lae goo, and that the same, for the first time, has exhibited its light on Sunday, the 29th Oct., half an hour after sunset. The new floating light exhibits three flames, one on each mast, whereof the middle one is 40 feet, and the other two 28 feet, elevated above the surface of the water. The ap paratus of each flame consists of eight sinumbra lamps, with silver plated parabolical reflectors, placed in a lantern round the mast. The ship has a red ball at the top of each mast, and, like the other Danish light ships, its hull painted red on the outside, with a white cross, in which the Danish name of the station, " Kobbergrundeu," is exhibited. The place of the ship is, as previously stated, in lat N. 57 deg. 8 min. 30 sec., and long. E. 11 deg. 20 min. 30 sec., 3i cables' lengths S.E. to S. from the Southern Vane (called the Ne w Vane) of the Copperground, in 4 fathoms' water. It has been shown experimentally that when the view is not confined or intercepted by fog, and tho eye elevated 10 feet above the level of the water : The top light may be seen at the distance of 8 mile., and the lower lights at the distanc e o f 7 m i les ; When the floating light is seen at an angle of 1i point from the straight line, fore and aft, only two lights will be seen, in a line more or less perpendicular; but when the said angle is greater, all the three lights will ba seen ; in a telescope all the lights may be distinctly seen from the moment the lower lights have become visible above the horizon. Tho Royal Navy Department, Copenhagen, the lst No vember, 1854. (Signed) STEEN BILLS. SukmaoN. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 21. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Cemnsittee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, of whi c h i s subjoin.through the Secretary of State , for F ore i gn Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty s C onsul at Christiania, in closing a copy of a notice (a tran s lation d by the Royal Norwegian Mari ne D epar t men t , eaclsiis relative to a new light en the Island of Egeroen, in the vicinity of Egersund. (Copy.) (Translati on .) PUBLIC NOTICE Of the Lighting of the E geroen Light. Hereby is made known, that on the north-west point of Egeroon, in the vicinity of Egerstind, will be lighted on the 16th of this month a light of the I s t class, according to Fresnol's system, at the same time as the other lights in the kingdom. It will be visible from all points of the compass towards the sea, and will burn all the year through. With north as a day-mark, or beacon, t h 5 deg. 48 m i n. 15 sec., latitude a r 5 .bso its deg. 21 min. 45 sec. painted red. Longitude, a s of Greenwich,e Elevation of the light above th e sea, 152 Norwegian feet. tole ll be Elevation above the ground, 92 N orwegian foot. serving d Visible 20 to 2 4 miles (60 to a degree). Christiania, Nov. 11, 1854. (Si g ne d) PETERstN. (Signed) RIDER. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 17. Corps of Royal Marines--Second Lieutenant Albert Wappel Sharp to be First Lieutenant, vice Alex. Tait, resigned. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 18. By the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Whereas certain rules, orders, and regulations, dated the 12th day of April, 1853, relating to the haven or har bour of Milford, in the county of Pembroke, were esta blished by us, and the same were notified in the London Gazette, dated the 19th day of April, 1853; now notice is hereby :given, that all such gunpowder as by the said rules, orders, and regulations, dated the 12th day of April, 1853, was appointed to be lilt and deposited at the depot then established for that purpose on board her Majesty's ship Mulgrave, is henceforth, and is hereby appointed, to be left and deposited only at the depot now established for that purpose on board her Majesty's ship Andromache, moored to the eastward of the quarantine ground, in the said harbour, nearly oppcsite to the town of Milford, whole the same will be taken and received according to the pro visions of the act 54 George 111. cap. 159. By command of their Lordships. Secretary o f th e Commissiotai s for H ex AMILTON ecuting the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Leland. OCT. 26. The Judge of the Admiralty Court has appointed Robt. Townsend Hippesley, of the city and county of Bristol, Gent., to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in Ad miralty for the city and county of Bristol. • ADMIRALTY, Nov. 20. Corps of Royal Marines—Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Fyn more, and Lieut.-Colonel James Buchanan, to full pay re tirement of that rank, with the rank of Colonel, under the provision of her Majesty's Order in Council, Sept. 13. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 20. CORP 3 OP ROTAL MARINES. • Brevet-Major Thomas Holloway to be Lieut.-Colonel, vico Fynrnore, to retired full pay. Brevet-Major John Charles Grey Courtis to be Lieut.- Colonel, vice Buchanan, to retired full pay. First Lieut. Henry John Tribe to be Captain, vise Hol loway, promoted. First Lieut. and Quartermaster John William Collman Williams to be Captain, vice Courtis, promoted. Second Lieut. Richard Augustus Fitz Gerald Studdert to be First Lieut., vice Tribe, promoted. Second Lieut. Harry Boscawen Savage to be First Lieut., vice Williams, promoted. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 20. Days an a l places appointed for holding the Special Com missions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the County and City of York. County of York—Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Castl• of York. City of York—Tho 83.m0 day, at tho Guildhall of the said city. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Inverness—Thoinas Ogilvy, Esq., to be De puty Lientenant Nov. 4. County of Ross—Alexander Mackenzie Cameron, Esq., late Captain in her Maje Sty's 78th Highlanders; Alexander Watson Mackenzie, Esq., the younger, Captain in her Majesty's 91st Regiment of Foot, to be Deputy Lieuten ants, Nov. 18. _ Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of Rifle Militia—James Dixon Mackenzie, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John Gibson, Gent., to be Ensign ; Duncan Henry Mackenzie, Gent., to be nsign, Nov. 13. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia Dennis Jackson, Gent., to be Ensign. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia —Assistant-Surgeon George Alexander Fal coner to be Surgeon, vice Lewis, deceased. County of Lincoln—Charles ChHu, Esq., to be Vice- Lieutenant, Nov, 15. Royal South Lincoln Militia—William Simpson Clark, Esq., to be Captain, vice Peacock, resigned, Oct. 28 ; Chas. Telford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Oct. 27; Arthur Edge cull:Lb° Tuko, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Oct. 28 ; Phineas Lewis Franklin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Oct. 31. 2d Regiment of West York Militia—John Travis Thorn ton Duesbery, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; George Cleghorn, Gent., to be Ensign, Nov. 9. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—George Doff, Gent. ' to be Lieutenant, Nov. 9. sth Regiment of West York Militia—Duncan Littlejohn, Esq., to be Captain, Nov. 7; George Moyle Bdlingtun, to be Lieutenant, Nov. 11. Derbyshire Militia--William Majin, Gent., to be Ensign, Nov. 17. Derby and Chaddesden Troop of Yeomanry—John Huish, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wilmot. resigned, Nov. 17. County of Wigtown—Robert Hathorn Johnstone Stew art, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 4. Galloway Rifles—Robert Hathorn Johnstone Stewart, Esq., to be Major, vice William Stewart, Esq., resigned ; Edward Hunter Blair, Esq., to be Captain, vice Robert Hannay, Esq., resigned, Nov. 2 ; William Monro, Esq., to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain, Nov. 2 and 4. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Bunyard, grocer, Maidstone. BANKRUPTS. • William Weston, boot and shoe agent, Chiswall-street, Finsbury, to surrender, Nov. 30, and Dec. 29, at eleven, at tbo Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings; Heath, Finsbury. Joshua Clements, woollen draper, Mill-street, Conduit street, Hanover-square, Nov. 28, at one, and Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official. assignee, Basinghall-street ; Page, Duke-street, Manches ter-square. John Clay, of Wednesfield (and not Wednesbury, as ad vertised in last Tuesday's Gazette), Staffordshire, brick layer, Nov. 24 at twelve, and Dec. 21 at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Pinchard and Shelton, Wolverhampton ; or Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. George Baseke, tobacconist, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, Dec. 4, at two, and Jan. 3, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Johnston, Chancery lane. Thomas Nightingale, innkeeper and miller, Broadchalko, Wiltshire, Dec. 4, and 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Reed, Ironmonger-lane, City. William Paxton, corn dealer, Queen's-road, Bayswater, Dec. 2, at twelve, and Jan. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Smith, Tokenheuse-yard. John Brown, corn factor, West Brom wich, Staffordshire, Dec. 2, at twelve, and Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Duignam and Hemmot, Walsall ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Frederick Carson, merchant, St. Helen's-place, Bishops gate-street, Dec. 2, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklaters, Size-lane. Roper Duxbury, innkeeper, Over Darwin, Lancashire, Dec. 6 and Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Swift, Blackburn. Joseph Ellis, farmer, Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire, Dec.ll, at twelve, and Jan.. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Mance, York ; Clarke, Leeds. Anthony Maddison Todd, commission agent, Clement's lane, City, Dec. 5, at half-past two, and Jan. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. . Henry Johns, distiller, Battersea, Surrey, Nov. 30, at elevea, and Jau. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghs.ll-street ; Lawranca, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Bridger Woolger, jun., wheelwright, Beeding, Sussex, Dec. 4, at half-past one, and Dec. 27, at two, at the kJourt, of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Linklaters, S is° -lane. Theophilu.s Bethel], licensed victualler, Riley-street, Bermondsey, Nov. 28, at twelve, and Doc. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Asproy, Furnival's-inn. Henry Broome, licensed victualler, Portsmouth, Dec. 1, at half-past two, and Jan. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Eiwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Dynes and Harvey, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Stening, Portsea. Benjamin Workman Pearce, builder, Bayham-terrace, Camden-town, Nov. 30, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 13, at half-past one, at tie Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Wright and Bonner, Lon don-street, Penchurch-street. Ito bart Gray, corn and hop merchant, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, Nov. 25 at half-past two, and Jan. 6 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall•chambers; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. .. .... .. . _ _ Thomas Bays, runner, London-road, Southwark, and Wis• beach, Nev. 30 at twelve, and Jan. 10 at one, at the Courl of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official asssignee, Basinghall street ; Smith, Tokenhouse-yard. High-street, Camden-town, furnishing ironmongers— Joseph Cowan and Daniel Saxton, of Liverpool, cabinet makers—James Gale and Joseph Sharpe, of Leicester, tailors—Edward Arthur Robinson and Robert Langton, of 7, Talbot-court, Gracechnrch-street, City, wholesale ironmongers—James Jones and Richard Smith, of Liver pool, Toxteth-park, and Dublin, contractors—Charles Bunyard and Alfred. Barron, of 2, Clement's-lane, City, merchants—John Beales and Thomas Stevenson, jun., of Leicester, general commission agents—James Whitaker and William Riley, of Burnley, Lancashire, power loom cloth manufacturers—William Cheney Beasley, William Coltman, and Charles Robert Newbert Brom wich, of Litchurch, Derbyshire, coal dealers —Thomas W. Atkinson and William C. Atkinson, of SAburgh, York shire, wholesale and retail dealers in wine—John Parker and Fielding Fletcher, of Birmingham, plumbers' brass founders. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 21. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. TAYLOR Y. NESSFIELD.-ASSAIILT. Mr. Quain said he had to move on behalf of the plain tiff to set aside the judgment entered for him in the first count of the declaration, on the ground that it had been entered by the defendant without plaintiff's knowledge. The action was brought against Mr. Nessfield, a magis trate of Derby. The first count was for assault and battery—the second for a malicious prosecution. The plaintiff reoovered on the first count, with damages of one farthing, but failed on the second for want of due notice. The same plaintiff also brought an action at the same time against a person named Dove, the counts being the same as in that against Nessfield. On the first count he recovered 21., and on the second count 801. The cases eame before this court on motions for new trials, which was refused in " Taylor v. Nessfield," so the verdict stood as it was ; but in "Taylor v. Dove" a new trial was granted on the motion of the defendant. Nessfield then obtained Lord Campbell's postea, as if with the object of entering up judgment for himself on the second count, but he entered it for the plaintiff on the first count ; and when the action against Dove came to be retried it was pleaded that there had been a joint trespass which had been tried, and that stopped the trial. Lord Campbell considered that Taylor and Nessfield being over, the defendant had a right to have the record perfected, but the learned counsel might take a rule to show cause. Rule accordingly. BAIL COURT. TIDCOMBE AND OTHERS V. LAWRENCE.-A JUDGE'S DUTY. Mr. Naylor moved for a rule to show cause why a pro hibition should not issue to the judge of the Borough Court of Cambridge, on the ground that the judge had an interest in the cause. It was an act of trespass by the trustees of a literary institution called the Working Man's Reading Room, established at Cambridge. The property of the society was vested in the committee as trustees for the members, and the property of the insti tution was the question in the cause. The judge was an honorary member of the institution, and it was sug gested that he should not try the cause. He, however, insisted on doing so, and the defendant withdrew from court, when a verdict passed for the plaintiffs. His lordship granted a rule. THE QUEEN V. HAZLEWOOD AND OTHEIIL-THE NEW PIER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. Mr. Bovill moved for a certiorari to bring up an in dictment which had been found at the Old Bailey against the defendants for a nuisance in erecting a pier in the Thames on the Surrey side of London-bridge. Rule granted. THE QUEEN V. THE RECORDER OF BIRMINGHAIt. In this case, moved yesterday by Mr. Serjeant Miller, Mr. Justice Crompton said that as the matter was one of considerable importance he would grant the rule ; but he entertained a strong impression against it. Rule granted. THE QUEEN V. PORTER.-ALLEGED PERJURY. In this case a rule had been obtained calling on the prosecutor to show cause why the applicant should not be admitted to bail in the country. He had been com mitted for trial on a charge of perjury, committed in evidence he had given before Mr. Crusoe, one of the justices of Staffordshire, in behalf of a person charged before him with trespassing in pursuit of game. Mr. Huddleston now showed cause against the rule. Mr. Justice Crompton thought this was a proper case for bail, and he would admit the prisoner to bail on two sureties of 201. each, or four of 10/. each. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE BIILLOCK.--RIGHT OF A WIFE TO CONTRACT DEBTS FOR LUXURIES. The bankrupt was a chemist and druggist, of Conduit street. A claim was made to prove against the estate for about 2001., the balance of a debt of 3501., by the assignees of Merrington, draper, of Bond-street, also a bankrupt. Mr. heed appeared on behalf of the assignees of Mer rington to support the claim. Mr. Lawrauce, for the assignees of Bullock, resisted the claim. A clerk of Merrington's proved the purchase of the goods by Mrs. Bullock. Sometimes she came to his toaster's shop, and sometimes the goods were taken by witness to Mr. Bullock's house, where she made the purchases. Mr. Bullock was present on some occasions when the goodslwere bought. Recollected one such oc casion, when a parasol, at 335. 6d., was purchased, lie recollected that because Mr. Bullock was then playing with a lap-dog. (A. laugh.) Had seen Mrs. Bullock wearing some of the dresses so bought. Mr. Lowrance pointed out one item of 15 guineas for a silk cloak, and asked the witness if it were customary for tradesmen's wives to buy such expensive articles of dress Witness—Yes ; many tradesmen's wives buy articles quite as rich as that. We frequently sell them articles at 10 or 12 guineas each. The Commissioner—During what time was this 3501. worth of goods obtained? It appeared from the bill produced that it was between February and December of last year. It also appeared that no part of the 1501. which had been paid had been paid by the bankrupt. Mr. Lawraece called attention to the following items : —two brocaded robes, 17 guineas, in March ; two ditto, 17 guineas, in the next month ; sky mantle, 14 guineas ; another dress, 15 guineas ; and on one day, December 14, goods, 521. 14s. ; also velvet jacket, 4 guineas ; and a sable muff, 15 guineas. It was admitted that Mr. Bullock had not been applied to for payment until the whole of the debt had been contracted. Mr. Lawrence said this was a most melancholy case. An entry in Bullock's balance-sheet showed how the wretched vanity of a woman might involve her unfor tunate husband in ruin, as was the case here. In Westminster-hall, a tradesman who had supplied goods to such an amount and under such circumstances, had not been held entitled to the slightest consideration. Scarcely any lady amongst the aristocracy would be warranted in running up such a bill in ten months —52/. worth of goods in a single day. The claim ought not to be allowed, for ➢lerrington was net justified in supplying such an enormous quantity of arti cles, of the most expensive luxury, to the wife of a chemist and druggist without leave of the husband, who lived in the next street. He called on the court to re ject the claim. Mr. Reed, while admitting that many of the items were of a highly objectionable character, contended upon the authority of " Manley v. Scott" (Smith's cases), that the husband was bound to pay a debt so contracted by his wife. It was there laid down by all the judges, that if the wife purchased goods, and the husband, by any act, precedent or subsequent, ratified the contract, that was a consent, and the husband must be held liable. Mr. Justice Bayley had, in effect, held, that whenever the husband and wife lived together the husband must be bound by the acts of the wife, where there was rea• sonable evidence to show that the wife had made the contract with his consent. In this case, the wife must, according to the evidence, be regarded as the agent of the husband, w h o cou ld not b e a b so l ve d from th liabi lity without giving Merrington notice that he would not be liable. His Honour said it was quite clear that in this case there was not sufficient evidence to establish the general cognisance of the husband, who, it would appear, only knew of a few articles having been bought. A single instance where a man might indulge his wife was not sufficient to warrant a tradesman in afterwards supply. ing her with articles of the most extravagant nature, of great value, and at enormous prices. That would be an exceedingly dangerous doctrine to lay down—a doc• trine which would lead to this : that because a husband, no matter what his means or position was, sanctioned the purchase of necessaries, or a few luxuries by his wife, she might make purchases to any extent, even though it may involve him in utter ruin. Both parties before him being bankrupts, he (the Commissioner) must put himself in the position of a jury ; and, adopting that character, the court felt perfectly convinced that no jury would treat as necessaries dresses at 151. or 171. each to the wife of a chemist and druggist. The account must be examined by some competent person, and settled upon this principle—that necessaries be paid for, but that all articles--say exceeding 51. in price —having bee❑ supplied without the sanction of the bankrupt be disallowed. He might finally observe that tradesmen owed a duty in this respect to one another as traders, and ought not to encourage such extravagance, at least, uuless they well knew the husband was cogui ssnt of it. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Witham.) Stephen Lambert, carman, was indicted for stealing 30 cwt. of iron, the property of the London and North- Western Railway Company. It appeared that a quantity of old iron was lying about the stables at Camden -town station, and the pri soner had from time to time carried portions away in his cart. • The pris )I.er was found guilty, and the Court sen tenced hhn to three months' hard labour. William Harrison, 63, warehouseman, and Louisa Harrison, 33, his wife, were indicted for stealing three silver forks and other property, value 141., belonging t o Anne Ingleby, the mistress of the female prisoner. They were charged in another count with receiving with a felonious knowledge. Mrs. Ingleby was a widow, residing at 306, Regent street, and the female prisoner had been her servant for about eighteen months. The male prisoner had been in the habit of visiting his wife, who on several occasions had given Lim plate to pledge. This was found out by the prosecutrix, but, out of consideration for the man, whom she had known for 40 years, and on the female promis ing to redeem the articles, she forgave them, and re tained her in her service. On the 6th inst. the prose cutrix returned home from a short visit in the country, and she then missed the property mentioned in the in dictment, which the female at once admitted she had given t o h er husband for disposal. Some of the articles were found at hi s h ouse an d some were p l e d ge d. th 9 the T Jury convicted th e f ema l e pr i soner o f s t ea li ng an d her of receivine, Mr. Witham sentenced them each to one year's hard labour. The prosecutrix applied that the goods might be given up to her by the pawnbrokers. The assista n t s who produced the articles urged that they ought not to be compelled to give up the property, inasmuch as the prosecutrix had retain e d the woman in her service after sh e had committedfelo n y, an d h a d now in her hand 6/. d ue to the one isoner as wages, with which the prisoner said she would redeem the articles, Mr, Witham said the prosecutrix must pay the 61, DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Frederick Bheur, of George-yard, Lombard-street, hotel keeper, first dividend of 4s. in the pound, payable a t 76 A., Basinghall-sLreet, on Thursday, Nov. 23, and three subse quent Thursdays. Thomas Holmes, of Belgrave-street South, Pimlico, and of Bromptosi, builder, final dividend of 1 1-3 d. in the pound, payable at 76a, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, Nov. 23, wad three subsequent Thursdays. Stephen Trotnian, of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, corn dealer, dust dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 19, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol. George Ha ndson Julian, of Exeter, coal dealer, second dividend of is. 9id. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. H. L. Hirtzel, Queen-street, Exeter, en any Tuesday or Friday. William Ridge, of Exeter, tailor, second dividend of Sid. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. IL L. Hirtzel, Queen-street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday. Josias Steer, of Plymouth, builder, first dividend of is. 6d. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. H. L. Hirt zel, Queen-a treat, Exeter, on nay Tuesday or Friday. Henry William Hayes, of Exeter and Plymouth, of HO occupation, a farther dividend of 74d. in the pound, pay able at the office of Mr. H. L. Hirtzel, Queen-street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday. Ralph Hutchinson, of Monk wearrnouth Shore, Durham, ship-builder, third dividend of 4d. in the pound (in addi tion to 2s. 10d. in the pound previously declared), pay able at the Royal Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. John Hull, late of Lee, Kent, pensioner of the East India Company, a dividend of 9s. id. (making 18 e .) i n the pound, payable at 6, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. John Lynch, late of Cheethain, Manchester, newsvender, a dividend ed 3s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. George Southern, late of Haswell, Durham, draper, a dividend of lOid. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. James Marsden, late of Worcester, bookseller, a divi dend of 3s. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. George Bentham, late of Wrexham, Denbighshire, book keeper, a dividend of is. in the pound, payable at 5, Por. tugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. William 'Danbyjate of Caistor, Lincolnshire, tailor, a dividend of 4s. 5(1. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. George Clay, of Queen-street, Cheapside, woollen ware houseman, Dee. 14—Daniel Hadingham, of Cambridge, linen draper, December 12—John Jacob Hill, of 13, High Holborn, ironmonger, December 14—W. Quincey, of 11:,, Old-street, St. Luke's, tinplate worker, December 14—J. Lamont, J. D. Stewart, and John Matravers, of Skinner street, Bishopsgate, brewers, December 14—Charles Salter and Richard Morris Evans, of Upper King-street, Blooms bury, tailors, December 14—John Hewett, of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, brickmaker, December 14—John Williams, of Wells, Somersetshire, paper maker, Doc. 14 —F. Turfrey, of Aberga,venny, Monmouthshire, brewer, January 4—Joseph Francis, of Manchester, baker, Dec. 12—Thomas Cummins, of Gateshead, Durham, painter, December 14. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. George Webb, of 234, Shoreditch, claeesernenger, Dec. 13—William Howell, of Goswell-streot, St. Luke's, licensed victualler, December 13—John Chancellor, of Phcenix place, Dorrington - streot , Clerkenwell , and Battersea, fun?ral carriage master, Dec. 13—Henry Cobbin Welsford, of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, corn factor, Dec. 22 Ralph Hutchinson, of Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, shipowner, Dec. 15—Joseph Peers, of Ruthie, Denbigh shii e, scrivener, Dec. 13—John Moats, sen., of Spalding, Lincolnshire, coal merchant, Dec. 12—John Hewett, of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, bricktmtker, Dec. 14. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Joseph Griffiths son., of Liverpool, bookkeeper—Wm. James Frederick Zink, of Liverpool, clerk---Geo. Walker, of Liverpool, assurance and advertising agent—Joseph Wilson Wardill, of Everton, Lancashire, commission agent—Thomas Blair, of Liverpool, joiner—lsaac Urban Cooke, of East Dilworth, Dorsetshire, clerk in orders — Wm. Brook, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, grocer—James Rayner, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, tailor—Abraham Ellis, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, innkeeper—R. Wm. White, of Pembroke-dock, Pembrokeshire, currier—Robt. Cox, of Ilehester, Semersetshire, baker—Henry Hope, of Wood hill, Lancashire, farmer—Henry Wood, of Worcester, straw and chip bonnet manufacturer—Robert Blake, of Gravesend, Kent, tobacconist—Robert Parr, of Gains borough, Lincolnshire, brush maker—William Bartlett, of Ilehester, Somersetshire, baker—William Smith James, of High Felling, Durham, cooper—Thomas Cleaver, of Harrietsham, Kent, journeyman bricklayer Thomas George, of Thilgerran, Pembrokeshire, cabinet maker— William Grayson, of Sheffield, table-knife grinder— Charles Drury, of Mount Pisgah, Yorkshire, out of busi ness John Henry Rovill, of Sheffield, journeyman joiner. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Alexander Woods and Roger Howorth, of Blackburn, shuttle makers—Frederick Walker and John Whittakers, of 78, Mark-lane, City, ship and insurance brokers— Leonard Ruse and Seely William Challis, of Newmarket All Saints, Cambridgeshire, carpenters—James Sker ratt and Joseph Romer, of Sandbach, Cheshire, attor neys—Thomas Gillott and Richard Gregory, of Sheffield, bone and scale cutters—Thomas Townsend and Henry Charles Gibbs, of Dovonport, pianoforte and music sellers —John Pickard and Richard Heap, of Burnley, Lanca slurs, patent temple and weft fork manufacturers—Richard Turley, Christopher Musgrave Brown, Joseph Hirst Hob blothwaite, George Hirst Hebblothwaite, George William Wilson, Maria Child, William Pearson, John Dover, Thomas Binns, Charles Oates, and John Strongtharm Stanley, of Livorside, Yorkshire, iron masters (so far as regards Richard Turley)—William Wheeldon and John Copestake, of Derby, machinists David Haigh and Joseph Nelson, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, quarrymen — John Symons and John Netherton Symons, of Pen zance, Cornwall, chemists —Patrick Clark , Alexander Clark, and William Roan, of No. 15, Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn yields, mechanical engineers Robert Wheble Bennett and John Lund, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, brewers—John William Armstrong and Thomas Johnston, of Blackburn, Lancashire, tea dealers —George Caven s a nd John Dalton, of Carlisle, watch makers—Thomas Goble and John Archibald Sall, of 61, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William M`Lean, of Glasgow, cotton waste dealer, No vember 28, at twelve, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. James Wallace, of Glasgow, contractor, November 29, at twelve, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Frederick Samuel Ba.rnjum, of Portobello, wine mer chant, November 30, at two, at Stephenson's Sale-rooms, Edinburgh. Francis Edward Ba.rnjum, of Portobello, wino mer chant, November 29, at two, at Stephenson's Sale-rooms, Zdinburgh. . John Thomson Telfer, of Edinburgh, working jeweller, December 4, at two, at Kennedy's Ship Hotel, Edinburgh. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERYO6 - L, No v . 21. STOOK EXOEIANGE.—The market - opened quietly at rather lower prices than yesterday, but subsequently re covered slightly, but closed steadily. Caledoniaia, 29i ; East Lancashire, 17 Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; London and North- Western, 981 ; Midland, 67i. MANCHESTER, Ndv. 21. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—OnIy a small amount of business was done in shares to-day, but prices have ruled a shade higher than at the close of last week. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 70a ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. 22 ; Midland Railway Consols, 671 ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 8. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 21. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The recent intelligence from the East, and the state of the money market in London, con tinues to operate injuriously upon our local exchanges. BRISTOL, Nov. 21. STOCK EXCEIANGE.—Our market to-day has been more active, and there has been business done to some extent in Bristol and Exeters and Midlands. The former closed at 95, and the latter at 67g. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam— .• .• .• 11 15%1 Ditto, three months 11 17 Botterdam •• •• •• •••••• 11 17 %1 Antwerp • • • • . • • • • • • • • • 2532% 1 Brussels .............. 25 32 1 ,6 Ilamburgh •• •• s• •• •• ••• 13 6% 1 Alton •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Paris .• •••• •• •• •• •• •• 25 15 Ditto, three months .. 25 35 Marseilles ............. 25 35 Bourdeaux •••••• •• •• --- Frankfort•on-M able •• .. 1 18 % Berlin •• •••••••• .• •• •• Vienna•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 12 50 Trie5te................ 12 55 Petersburg •• •••••• •• •• 35 Madrid .• • • • • • • • • • • 50 Cadiz .• •••••• • • Barcelona ............ Gibraltar .... Leghorn ...• •• . 30 5 0 Genoa ...... 25 4734 Milan .............. •••••• Venice ...... .•• • - • • .... Naples • . • ..... Palermo .... Messina' ... . 130 Lisbon .. ..... •.. • • 5 3 Oporto ...... Rio Janeiro . • • .. Buenos Ayre5.......... New York, GO days' sight Philadelphia PRICER OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 MexicatwDollars .... 0 5 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 0 0 Silver in bars • .... 0 5 1% HEALTH OP LONDO.V DURING THE WEEK, (Prom the Report of the Registrar-General. J In the week that ended last Saturday 1,309 deaths were registered in London. Having fallen to 1,160 in the previous week, the lowest number attained since the late epidemic, the deaths again exhibit an increase, the effect of increased cold in the closing months of the year. The mean weekly temperature was 60 . 7 deg. in the second week of September ; since that time it has fallen almost continually till it was only 42 . 2 deg. in the week that ended November 11; and last week it has further declined to 40 . 9 deg. The mean temperature of last week is about 5 deg. be low the average of ten corresponding weeks, and the effect of this depressio n i s p ercep tibl e near he begi 1- ning and end of life, for 666 children died, whilst the average is 539 ; and 267 old persons died, the average being 212. Between the periods of 15 and 60 years the mortality did not exceed the ordinary rate. • In the ten weeks corresponding to last week of the years 1844-53 the average nuntber of deaths was 1,024, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,126. The present return shows a mortality considerably greater than usual. Twelve deaths were caused by cholera, and 31 by diarrhoea. Smallpox was fatal in 29 cases, measles in 24, hooping-cough in 34, and scarlatina in 106. To the entire class of zymetic diseases 332 deaths—a high mor tality—are referred ; and to diseases of the respiratory organs 246, which is also more than the average at this period. - The 12 deaths from cholera occurred in the following sub-districts :—ln Westminster, St. John 1 ; in West minster, St. Margaret 1 ; in Marylebone, St. John 1 ; in St. Giles South 1 ; in St. Giles North 1 ; in the City of London South-east 1 ; in Hoxton Old Town 1 ; in Whitechapel, Mile-end New Town 1; in Aldgate 1 ; in Kent road 1 ; in Newington, Trinity 1 ; and in Ro therhitbe 1. The registrars, in cotnpliance with instructions given to there, make occasional communications in their re turns with reference to the deaths they have registered, and to particular circumstances in which these have occurred. The correctness of such opinions and state ments must be held to rest exclusively •n the testimony of the registrars, and of the medical or other infor mants. Mr. Rixon, the registrar of the sub-district of Wool wich Arsenal, who ;registered two deaths of children from small-pox, observers- that the Vaccination Act is nearly, if not quite, a dead letter in hi s di s t r i c t. Scarlatina i s fatally prevalent in Islington, Mr. But terfield, the registrar of the east sub-district, having re corded last week 9 deaths of children from that disease. At 11, Hornsey-road, on 10th November, a carpen ter's apprentice, aged 16 years, died of " eryth ema t ous eruption (7 days)." Mr. Hudleston, his medical atten dant, writes :—" I have seen a considerable number of these cases, apparently contagious, among children ane young adults. Sometimes the eruption has lasted only two days, sometimes five or six. All have ultimately recovered but this, which had the peculiar teimination, 24 hours preceding death, of sanguineous exudation under the skin, and effusion of blood from all the mucous membranes, accompanied with typhoid symptoms." At 15, Bryan-place, Islington, on 13th November, a sawyer, aged 28 years, died of "excessive salivation from mercury (14 days), gangrene of throat and parts adjacent (12 days)." At 36, New Nichol-street, Bethnal-green, en 14th November, the widow of a brush-maker, aged 56 years. was "found dead on the floor from neortificatioa and carbuncles on the back." Post mortem. Inquest. In the workhouse, St. George-in-the-East, on 6th Nov., a mariner, aged 26 years, a Lascar, unknown, died, according to the return of a coroner's jury, a "na tural death, accelerated by exposure to night air and cold." Last week the births of 666 boys and 627 girls, in all 1,293 children, were registered in London. In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 184i-53 the average number was 1,402. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer dor in, the week was 29.467 in. The-highest reading was 30 . 13 in. en Sunday; the owest was 28.83 in. at E h. a.m. on Thursday. The mea , , temperature of the week was 40'9 deg., which is 2 . 1 deg below the average of the same week in 33 years. On Teesday the mean temperature was 6.1 deg. below the average ; on the two following days it was slightly above the average. The highest temperature of the week was 52 0 deg. on Wednesday; the lowest was 30 . 0 deg. on Monday. Tim mean dew-point temperature was 37 5 deg.; and between this and the mean air temperature the difference was 3.4 deg. The wind blew generally from the south-east and north-east. The amount of rain was 0.62 in., which fell on Wednesday and the two following days. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 18 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 64 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 240 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ....... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy 4, Old Age 5ud den..................... Violence, Privatio n , Cold, and Intemperance 49 Causes not specified 72 --- DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corm- Deaths of 1853. Week. West Dist r i c t s Enu r B e B r l a .ted. sponding Wee k in th e 376,527 North Districts 490,396 ...... 221 ...... 253 Central Districts 393,256 ...... 153 ...... 219 East Districts 485,522 ...... 291 ...... 256 South Districts Totals --- 2,362,236 1,192 Males Females.. 1,309 ............. 671 .............. 633 Males.... Females. Total . BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ............ GGG ............ 627 GALE AT DUNBAR.—FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Between Tuesjlay night and Wednesday morning Dunbar was visited with heavy gusts of wind from the east. About seven o'clock it blew more steadily and increased to a heavy gale. Th e f i shing boats were all at see ; but as the gale increased they made for the harbour and North Berwick, and in this movement one unfortunate boat WAS upset and three of her crew drowned ; the foul th man was picked up hanging by an oar. The skipper o the boat, William Marr, and his two eons, are the per sona drowned, —Barwick Advertfur. COtNTIiY MALKZ,TS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 'l. The Corn Exchange this morning was moderately at tended by buyers, awl fair business was done in foreign wheat and flour, at about last Tuesday's prices. English wheat and flour were difficult to dispose of, and buyers had au advantage in price. Indian corn declined 61 to is per qr. No change in the value of any other article. IPSWICH—Nov. A. A fair supply of wheat to-day, fcr which millers and fac tors were flee buyers at 74s to 765. The condition of the samples was on the whole fair. A good sale for old wheat with a diminution in the number of samples. The demand for Spring corn is moderate, but at foil prices. The linseed market very firm, and a good sale for feeding. More en quiry for rape cakes. PER QUARTER PER QUARThR. Wheat, red (old) 71s to 78e Barley, grinding ... 32s to 34s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 76s to 82s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, molting ... 35s to 38e,Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING Nov. 18, 1854. Wheat Oats OO „ 00s Od Peas Bears Barley HULL—Nov. 21. The supply of wheat is not large. There is a alight check, both on demand and the upward movement. Choice samples command about the same rates as before quoted. Anything below the best condition and best quality we call is t 0.28 per qr. cheaper. Barley in fair supply. Buyers did not appear quite sb eager as last week; bat a free sale existed at Is to 2s per qr. abatement on prices of last mar ket day. We saw no beans or peas. 15 a Wheat, English, red 74 to 76 Ditto white 7B to 84 Dantzic and Konigs berg 75 to 85 Pomeranian and Ham - U. 0: Peas, grey and black to I:,insecd, Black Sea._ $5 to 67 Ditto Petersburgh 56 to 64 !Ditto Riga and Arch- burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 65 to 72 Russian and Odessa 60 to 70 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 3O to 32 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 32 to 31 Beans - Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 48 to 50, SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-OEn( by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when Alai, I 1 From wi . a When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.. Dispatched. Ell 6. and. America(byttrit.pack)N Every Friday ... Liverpool ... n , imerica (by United Sts. packet) ........ „ N Nov. 14.......... Liverpool ... Nov. 22 tmerica (by U. States packet) Nov. 22.. Southampton Australia (via South ampton) :Jan. 4 •• • • • • southarupton Dec. 4 Ditto (via si arseilles) .I‘. Jan 9 Ditto (via•CaPe of ( Jo , "' Hope) ............N Dec. 4 0000000 •••• Uncertain Uric. k Wee Coast) '3d of the month .. Pi ymouth Alexandria N 4, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover klolcandria........ _3l 4th & 20th of mot- 4 outhainpLoll fialiama.s 17th of the month iouth.tmotonNov. 10 Selgium ...... ...... N t , aily• ••••• • • • • Dover , !Daily Brazil Ai 9th of the month,. s!iuthanapionl Buenos Ayres., „, ....31 9th of the moat,i it firm tpp Cape of good Hope N Vedas portaUncerta'n Cape of Good Hope .. N Cape de Verde ......N 9th of the mod. ) , Southampton )Nev. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel Isles ....N gen iouthamp ton Tu.T h.cat td & 17th of wont! Seuthanspton i Nev. 16 China (seo India) - Constantinople ......N 8,13,111,23,&25 °fir Dover )Nev. 16 Ccautantlnopie 4th Sr 20th of mop. Southamptonl Cont. of Europe 31 & N Twice daily ...... Dover Twiceds.ll Egypt (see India) France & N Twice daily ..... , Dover Twicedsily 7ihraliar ..111 4,7, 17,20, 27 of u,. Southampton No v. 20 :'reeve (sea India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. iouthampton Nev. 20 llambnrgh ..........N Tuesday & FriJaY London flavannah ..........ill 2nd of the 'tont!, SouthampLowDee. 1 Rolland ............ M Daily.... ••.• .. Dover Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton Noy. 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth lNov . l2e India (via Marseilles)l4 9th&2sth of moat!, Dover N ex, 16 lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover Ireland & N Twice daily Holyhead 4 Twicedail Lisbon.- •....... BA 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. Southampton Madeira ...• 9th of the month Southampton Hadeira ............ N 23d of month .... Liverpool Deo. 3 Malta (see India) %alto .... • • .• N 12, &28 of mon. Dover Nov. 1 8 Niauritius (see India) Ir Mauritius ..........N 114th of the month Melte° ..... 2nd of the month.. Southampton Dec. 1 Naples ...... sthlsth2sthoimon. Dover Nov. 22 New Granada ;.....7d 2d & 17th of mouth Southampton Nov. 10 New Zea1and.......... By private skip .. Various port! Uncerrai Papal States ........N s thlbth2sthonnon. Dciver Nev. 22 Peninsula ..........M ithl7th27thonnon. Southampton Nov. 16 Peru & 27th of mon. South ampto , Nov. 16 Port Natal ..........N By private ship... Various ports Uncertain Sicily „...........N s thlSth2sthonnon, Dover I ov. 22 Tuscany s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover Nov 22 Venezuela .......... 2d& 17th of Month Southamton Nov. 16 Van Diemen's Land (se e p Australia) ... West Indies 2d 17th •1 month 17th el month iSouthamptonlNoy. IS When any of these dates fall o - i a `Sunday, the malls will he de spatchol on the following day, with the exception of the In lia via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the preceding da; . WIND AND TVEATIIER REPORT. • TITZSDAY, Nov. 21. Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather. Lothbury Bristol N.W.s. ' , Cold. Plymouth Taunton Torquay N. Cloudy--Cold. Bath Gloucester Cardiff N.E Fine—Cold. Swansea N.E Fine. Haverfordwest ... S.W. .. Leeds Stamford W Cloudy. Derby S.W Fino. Normanton S.W Cloudy. Masborough Leicester S.W Fine. Burton-on-Trent.. N. Fine. Nottingham Manchester Sheffield Wakefield Lancaster Carlisle Stoke-on-Trent ... Not sent Bradford S.W Rain. Ipswich Hague E. Boston S. Great Grimsby ... W.S.W Cloudy. Yarmouth. E.S.E Lowestoft ...... Cloudy. I irighton N.E. Foggy. Maryport Whitehaven Southampton 5.W.......... Cloudy. Cowes N.W. Portsmouth ... S.W y —Cold. Poole Dorchester S . W .......... Fine. Dublin S. Holyhead W ............. Rain. Bangor S.W Rain. Liverpool W.S.W. ... Rain. York Glasgow Perth Dundee Stirling Sunderland Hull W Rain. Bridlington Kirkcaldy.. W Cloudy. Leamington N. W. Edinburgh W Cloudy. Whitby Scarborough Aberdeen S.W Fine. Darlin„gton S.W Fine. BIRT 11 S. OF A EOM. On the 18th inst., at the Rectory of St. George's, Hanover-square, ➢irs. Howard. On the 18th inst., at 47, Burton-crescent, the wile o David Bain, Esq. OF A DAUGH'PER. On the 18th inst., at Walreer, Kent, the wife of Henry Harvey, Esq., R.N. On the 15th inst., at the Vicarage, Banbury, Mrs. Win , Wilson. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Wm. Back, Esq., Preston, near Brighton, to Mariann©, eldest daughter of the late John Porter Leigh, Eaq., of Clapton, Middle sex. On the 16th inst., at St. Mary-le-bow Church, Durham the Rev. Charles S. Palmer, son of the Rev. H. Palmer, of Witheote-hall, Leicestershire, to Ellen, second daughter of the Rev. H. Douglas, Prebendary of Durham. angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4B to 56 Per Ton. Ling. e., 11u11121 7s 6d to 001 Os Ditto fine for. 111 Os 12100 s Od Ditto inf. for Ol Os Od to 01 Os Rapeseed OO/ Os to 001 Os Rape eakes 13 4 98 Od to 00s Od fares, English ooa to 00s Ditto foreign Guano 4l 10s 81 tol2/ Os Bones Rye Meal DIED. On the 19th inst., at Fore-street, Limehouse, from the rupture of a blood-vessel, George Stoneman, Esq., of the firm of Tebbut, Stoneman, Spenco, and Lane, shipbuilders, of Limekiln Dockyard, Limehouse, aged 68. On the 25th ult., killed gallantly fighting in the Light Cavalry charge at Balaklava, Lieut. J. H. Thotneon, 17th Lancers, youngest son of the late Robert Thomson, Esq., and stepson of Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. Noel Harris, K.C.H., aged 22. _ - Of dysent,ri, in the trenches bofore Sebastopol, First Lieutenant William Dalgairns Guide, Royal Artillery, one of the sous of John Guille, Esq., late bailiff of Guernsey- On the 17th inst., at Clah ville, Oughterard, Major Martin, late of the Ist Dragoon Guards. On the 901 inst., at Dundalk, W. Delap, Esq., collector of H.M. Customs, aged 65. On the 2d inst., of cholera, in the camp of the British Light Division, before Sebastopol, Lieutenant G. Trouton, Acting D. A. Commissary-General, fourth son of Charles 'fronton, Esq., of Lower Gardiner-street, Dublin. On the 28th ult., in the trenches before Sebastopol, Major Charles Thomas Powell, of the 40th Regt. LONDON : Printed and Published by MtJBDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T. Sim Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tiro county o f Middlesex, ednesday, Nov, 22, 1854.