The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TH2 EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—When commenting recently on the case of Mr. David Salomons, we took occasion to refer to the unsatisfactory state of the law respecting as to the form of the declaration required, as a preliminary qualification, for municipal offices. The following case illustrates the necessity of revising the law and regulating the practice in the Court of Chancery with reference to judicial oaths. The present state of the law is obviously a source of inconvenience to suitors in that Court, seeing it increases the costs and occasions delay. The case alluded to, which oecurred yesterday in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, will explam the mode by which these results are pro duced : " Mr. Lloyd moved for a special dedimus directed to Commissioners, to take the answer of a defendant named Pringle, and to administer such oath to him as would be binding on his conscience. Mr. Lloyd, in support of the motion, said the party was a Scotchman, and he had some religions scruple to kissing the book when taking the oath, and he desired he should be sworn by holding up his right hand. The former Commissioners had refused to take the answer in that way. "Mr. Bethell, without opposing the motion, suggested whether the Court, upon the mere statement of counsel, would grant the application without requiring an affi davit of the facts. " The Vice-Chancellor having consulted with the Itogistrar, said the thing could not be done without an affidavit. " The case was, therefore, ordered to stand over for that purpose." For an oath to be worth anything, it must be bind ing on the conscience of the party. Yet, such is the absurdity of the practice with which the Chancery Commissioners in this case, and probably in other cases, are enamoured, that they insist upon swearing a witness by a form which he avows is not binding upon his conscience ! They require a Scotchman to " kiss the book ;" when the religion which he pro fesses, and the universal practice of the courts of law in that part of the United Kingdom of which he is a native, require him to " hold up his right hand," when taking the oath. The tender of a declaration "on the true faith of a Christian," to a member of the Jewish faith only equals this. The mockery of that which all men agree to regard as sacred, and the insult it offers to the individual, are alike to be condemned. To obtain the requite testimony of a witness by an oath, the forms of administering which his conscience will recognise and approve, an affidavit of the facts must be made ; and then a special dedimus must issue, giv ing pernaission—as a personal favour, and as an act of condescension in the Court to the weakness of the witness—to the Commissioners, to swear him by the form .whie'n, he alleges, will be binding on his con science.: Without here entering upon the question as to the potency of oaths to extract truth from reluctant or mendacious witnesses in courts of justice, we may venture to ask, whether it be advisable to adhere to specific forms, when those forms are objected to, on ap parently conscientious grounds by witnesses; and whether they do not rather defeat than aid the object for which they are employed? A party produced as a witness in a court of justice, whether civil or. criminal, or before any commission authorised and directed to take evidence in any suit or inquiry, should be allowed to test the truth of his testi mony by any form of oath which he renders apparent to he that binding upon his conscience ; or if he conscientiously object to judicial oaths, in any form, then to make and sign a declaration. This, Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists (?) are, by special statutes, allowed to do. Let a law be passed, substituting a declaration in lieu of an oath in all judicial investigations in which members of the now exempted sects are permitted to substitute a decla ration for an oath. The penalties of perjury should attach to an engagement by the wit ness to " speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing hat the truth.. " Great practical advan tages, without being accompanied by the slightest inconvenience, would result from abolishing (ex cept in the case of the . sects referred to) the im perative obligation to be sworn in a judicial proceeding by a specific form. The truth is, that adherence to a specific form in many cases, weakens the force of the obligation. The form is evaded; and the trick, successfully performed, is supposed to abrogate the obligation. An ignorant and mendacious witness of the Roman Catholic Church, considers that the form of a cross upon the cover of the New Testament is requisite to compel him to adhere to the truth in giving his testimony ; and that he is relieved from this obligation if the book lie kisses, when taking the judicial oath, be without that figure. A Protes tant swearer, who is indisposed to comply with the terms of the oath, thinks he has escaped from the obli gation if he can manage to insert his thumb between the cover of the book and his lips, and kiss the former instead of the latter. Persons who are in the habit of attending police-offices and other courts of criminal jurisprudenve, are familiar with such attempts to evade obliption. Such instances show the influence which more forms exercise over ignorant, and there f.re superstitious, minds ; and sug g est that where the orrnl are retained, the oath should be solemnly and impressively administered by the presiding judge, and not; as now slobb?red over by one of the lowe s t un derlings of the Court. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London .New Price Current of Nov. 1.5.) Sucait.-This afternoon West India Sugar of all descriptions was in excellent request ; two parcels of St. Lucia, amounting to 445 hhds 64 trs and 247 barrels were offered at public sale, and readily disposed of at full enarkfrrates; indeed, in some cases a small advance was obtained ; fine yellow fetched 64s to 655, good 598 6d' 14 6is, middling 56s to 58s Gd, low 55 s to 55s 6d, Ordinary brown 535 6d to 545, middling 54s to 54s 6d, 'goad - 555, low to middling grey 53s 6d to 565, drainage damaged 54s 6d to 55s 6d. The total pur chases, fer the week amount to the large quantity of 2,753 blids and trs, and the advance in prices for that period Ja.6d to is per cwt. The market closes with a very healthy appearance. REFINED.--To-day the grocers were anxious to pur chase Refined goods, but the market was scantily sup plied, and a further advance in prices took place, brown lumps fetchirg 72s to 72s 6d, and standard 73s to 73s 6d. The market is firm for bonded Crushed Sugar, and it is difficult to purchase at 29s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.--There has been much inquiry by private contract for all descriptions, and the rates offered are rather above those of last Friday. The stock of Mauri tius is, however, nearly all in second hands; at public sale only 651 bags have been offered ; the chief part was of ordinary quality, in indifferent condition, and mostly in small lots, they went as follows, viz., middling yellow M 555, good brown 50s,:middling 48s to 48s 6d, low middling 455, and very-low- 41s to 43s per cwt, but a part, only was sold on account of the stiff rates required. EAST IIiDIA.-7.This afternoon two pareels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 2,957 bags were offered at public sale, and sold at very full rates, good strong yellow Do bah at 623" - to 635, mid 61s 6d,_ damp and washed 60s 6d to 61a,' - ttrid sound brown 445, damp and was h e d 40 s to 43s 6d,- good ditto 50s to 525, low yellow Ms 6d to 545, middlipy, 558 to 57s 6d, g00d,588 6d to 60s 6d, and damp and rittshcd 51s 6d to 595. In Manilla a good business was transacted privately at -19 s to 19s 6d per cwt. for middling yellow. FOREIGN.-The accounts come to hand from the Ha vannah, stating that the Sugar crop had been greatly damaged by hurricanes, and that tho production was got expected to be more than, 600,000 boxes, whereas last season it waT 850,000, boxes, have caused buyers here of yellow Havannah Sugar to be more inclined to operite; but in consequence of the, scanty supply at market, together with the advancedxates required, an extensive business has been prevented; indeed, the lead ing merchants have withdrawn their Sugar from the market, waiting for further accounts. Coerzu..-The trade are still turning their attention to west India Coffee, and the tendency of prices is still upwards ; a good demand has prevailed this week for all descriptions, and the rates paid show an advance on those of Friday last of is to 2s per cwt. This afternoon a good demand prevailed for Plantation Ceylon, and 689 bags at public sale were all sold at full rates-mid dling coloury fetched 83s, low middling 79s 6d, fine fine ordinary' 665, fine ordinary 61s 6d to 645, very good o rdinary 57s 6d to 58s, and bold titiage 42s ad ; goo d ordinary, however, was taken sparingly by private con tract at 53s Gd to 545. Holders are not so desirous to sell as they were in the early part of the week. Of Jamaica, 64 casks were sold at the farmer value ; low middling at 77s to 80s, fine fine ordinary 60s to 653, fine ordinary 52s to 555, good ordinary 51s, and triage 21s to 30s_ per cwt. DIA.-Importers show firmness, and none has again been brought to public sale ; there is still little offering by private ti:eAty. The stock is much the same as it was last season. For Congou prices are :Id to 2d, for Twankay id to.3d, for Hyson Gd to 10d, and for Gun powder .2d to„bd per lb higher than they were in 1843 at this period. The demand has. fallen off for Congou, we quote common 10'i to 10-i-d, good common 10id to lid, but middling rather coarse I lid to 111 d, rather blackish leaf, and blackish leaf Is to Is 4d, jstrong blackish leaf end Pekoe kinds is 541 to 23 4d, very tuyerior 2s 5d to 2s 6d par lb. The supply is still small (A tine Congdtr. Pouchong at sid to 10d ; superior sorts have been fetching 10;l e d to is Id. Souchong is held firmly. Twankay of common quality has been in brisk demand, and rather higher rates are paid, largo parcels tit leaf having been disposed of at is I ',,'d t6' ;yellowB "-2d per lb ; superior sorts are fetching ls'gil, tki - ii'-'BOl for brinhtish leaf and is 9d to 2s 5d per 114. fist Itygoirkind ; th e su pply of ' the latter is still small. Sint Atirnf O i l - Unary sorts. II - .on has been in e x ce ll en t re *est, co n iti lon at 2s eel to 2 ) :: 7d , 1 ,, ;r 2s 8,1 to 2s 9d univilit.o. 2i: klitto 35 and b 1 pe a ri 0 ". 5 . 2.1t0 Os Gd. Gun: Gun powder is:still much , wante:l 1 vices are still on the , advance; thetinisply is insufainegien3nst tofor 4 the wants of the trade;•elei;...o las .been fetch 2s 2cl-• ; • ; , The parcels of Inaperia'si (Tr) , and Canton been tam," - - •: clean 2s 8d to as 4 d spo a s n e l of have b een , . :41110.11, . : ' ented Orangp Pekoe, 3s 4d to 3s f -1.,t:, 1 14 31:lia*t! 4 . ry Pekoe is not much wanted , ' l l utrs a s y skre4ener I , ustained. For Young it ys e ,„ ( 4 th e fi'd.•has 6een ti ly for small parcels in cunse ' f the liigh , rates that are current. C a per ha s b 0 Q. i jit good request, and prices continue moderate. b vn , , i s , plan is se l l in g at coffiparitively moderate rates. fly- VI -- i Jas been one arrival from China since this day Tnere week. -.. T Q 457 ..,t ....,, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1844. Tea, and prices rule firm, sound common Congou at 10d, and ordinary Twankay at is lid to is 2d per lb. MOLASSES. —The demand is improving for West India, and prices remain firm ; of middling St. Kitt's 120 puns have been sold at 21s 6d, and on all parcels of other sorts, but of better quality at 22s to 24s 6d per cwt. It is surprising that the demand is not extensive, for prices rule very low in comparison with those of former years. The stock is still diminishing, but is greater than it was last year. There has been rather more inclination to pur chase East India Molasses, but at low rates. Prices are firm for Jamaica Honey, 16 cannisters at public sale fetched 69s to 70s per cwt. Of St. Kitt's Tamarinds 13 barrels were taken in at the moderate rate of 30s per cwt. Of China Preserves 210 boxes at public sale were partly sold, but at low rates—Ginger selling at is to Is 3d per lb—Oranges is 3d—Citron is, but Chow Chow was all withdrawn. Cocaa.—West India has fully sustained the advanced rates of last week, and a good demand has prevailed ; at auction 50 bags Grenada were sold, fair red at 42s 6d to 445, common 41s to 41s 6d, 48 bags 6 barrels Trini dad 43s to 44s for mid red, and 42s per cwt for grey. Fine red Trinidad is scarce, and much wanted. The stock shows a deficiency compared with that of last year. Foreign has been sought after, and the parcels disposed of by private treaty were at stiffer rates ; the stock is a small one. Rum, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—HoIders of Jamaica Rum refuse to submit to lower rates, and supply the market sparingly. We quote 30 to 32 per cent overproof 3s 8d to 3s 10d, 33 to 35 over 4s to 4s 4d, superior 4s 6d to 5s 6d. For Leewards some parcels have been sold at firm rates—proof fetching 2s 4kd to 2s sd. For Demerara 3s 3d to 3s 4d is the value of 32 per cent overproof, and 3s 6d to 3s 7d for 33 to 39 over. Cal cutta Rum 2s 2d to 2s 2id per gallon is the value, proof with certificate. Brandy has met with little attention, but the limited business transacted has been at former rates —Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds at .5s 2d, puns ss; ditto, 1839, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d; ditto, 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd; ditto, 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; common 2s 10d to 3s 2d, and mid to good mid 3s 3d to 3s 10d per gallon. Geneva, shipping sort is is 9d to is 10d, and fine for duty 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits is lOs 2d nett cash. SPICES.—This afternoon at public sale 74 barrels 24 casks of Jamaica Ginger were sold at stiff rates—fine bold white at 11/ 5s to 121 16s, and low to middling 41 to 91. 6 casks Mace were taken in at 2s 6d, and 108 bags 5 casks Pimento went Id per lb cheaper, and sold at 4d for good mid, 3,id for mid, and 31d to 3 d per lb for low middling quality. FRUIT.—The transactions by private contract in new and old Currants have been considerable—old Zante and Cephalonia 435, old Patras 43s to 465, new Zante 475, ditto Patras 49s to 50s. The demand for Valentia raisins continues brisk at 50s. New Red Smyrna in barrels have sold freely at 455, cases at 46s ; of new Chesme there are two cargoes arrived, and will be in the market next week. A few half-chests Prunes were taken in at 38s. 13,127 drums new Turkey pulled Figs were also put up, but being much out of condition were mostly taken in from 48s to 655. 1,600 drums Sultanas were withdrawn at 63s to 655, a few since sold at the latter price. 20 barrels new black Smyrna Raisins were taken in at 40s, and 35 barrels of old sold at 325. RlCE—Holders of Bengal remain firm, and supply the market sparingly, mid: white fetching 11s, good mid to good 11s 6d to 12s ; only 50 bags have been offered at public sale, which sold at lOs 6d per cwt fur very small white. Madras by private contract at 8s 6d to 9s per cwt for yellow. Java at 9s to 9s 6d for yellow, and at lOs to lls 6d per cwt for white. Cleaned Rice has secured a good sale, Patna at 13s 6d to 18s, and Carolina 23s to 27s per cwt. INDIGO.—There has been very little business trans acted in East India Indigo by the home trade, there are few shipping orders, and the holders that are disposed to realise are compelled to submit to a reduction on the rates of the last quarterly sale of 2d to 3d, and in some cases 4d to 5d ; the general decline however cannot be quoted at more than 3d per lb. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was no public sale, but privately several parcels were sold at an advance on the rates of the last auctions of Id per lb. TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow on the spot prices have made a stand, and a good business has been trans acted; new Petersburgh yellow candle at 40s Gd to 40s 9d per cwt for the first quality. The transactions for forward delivery are at 40s 3d to 40s Gd up to the end of the year, and at 44s 3d to 44s 6d per cwt for spring months. There is a larger quantity of Town Tallow in the market, and 41s to 41s 6d per cwt nett cash has been accepted. For other sorts of Tallow prices have suffered no further de pression. The stock of Tallow is 1,200 casks more than last year, but prices are is 3d to 2s per cwt lower than at that period. This afternoon at public sale 444 pack ages of New South Wales Tallow were sold at 36s Gd to 41s 9d, 208 packages North American 37s Gd to 40s, 437 packages South American 37s to 39s 3d. OlLS.—There has been an excellent demand for Lin seed Oil from the home trade, at 23s 6d to 23s 9d on the spot ; prices are 5s Gd to 6s per cwt lower than they were last year at this period. Rape Oil has been takeu sparingly at 35s to 35s 6.1 for pale, and 34s to 34s 6d for brown. Olive has met with little at tention, the demand has been limited at 431 to 441 for Gallipoli, Spanish 411 to 421, Barbary and Levant 391 to 401 per tun.; these rates are from 20s to 60s lower than List year. Cocoa Nut privately at 27s to 29s per cwt. Palm is firm in price, and the demand has been good. For common Fish Oils there are very few shipping or ders, and the home trade have purchased with caution. By private contract Pale Seal at 34/ 10 to 351; Cod 331; Southern good to fine 31/ to 33/, and inferior 28/ to 301 per tun Sperm, small parcels at 881 to 901 per tun for British of first quality. American Lard Oil is 401 to 411 per tun. COA!a DI.IIIIIZ3CT. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 16s 6d ; Tanfield Moor, 19s 6d ; West Hartley, 20s 6d ; W. K, Hilda, 22s ; Eden Main, 22s ; W. E., Haswell, 24s 3d ; W. E., lietton, 24s ; W. E., Lambton, 24s ; W. E., Pemberton, 22s ; W. K, Stewart's, 24s ; W. E., Caradoc, 23s 6d, 23N 9d ; W. E., lieselden, 22s 6d ; W. E., Heughall, 22s ; W. E., Kellue, 24s ; Sharp's Tanfield, 17s ; W. E., Adelaide, 24s ; W. E., South Wellington, 20s 6d ; W. E., Tees, 24s ; Lewiss Merthyr, 21s ; W. E., Killingworth, 21s 6d.—Ships arrived since last day, 36. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—William Hyde, Steward, from China, off the Wight, sailed June 2, St. Helena Sept. 24 ; Sovereign, Main, from China, off Portsmouth, sailed May 30, Anjer Aug. 1, St. Helena Sept. 28 ; Urgent, Goodwin, from China, at Cork, sailed May 27, St. Helena Sept. 24 ; Sumatra, Rowell, from Sumatra, at Portsmouth, sailed June 25, Pernambuco Sept. 17 ; Westmoreland, Emery, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed March 29, Mauritius Aug. 4, St. Helena Sept. 9 ; Thistle, Turner, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed July 16 ; Dryad, Hansen, from Singapore, at Liverpool, sailed June 26, Anjer July 23, St. Helena Sept. 15 ; John Pirie, Morice, from Ichaboe, at Plymouth, sailed Sept. 8, St. Helena Sept. 15 ; Mary Ann, Marshall, from Singapore, at Liverpool, sailed June 8, Anjer July 7, St. Helena Sept. 8. Arrivals at] St. Helena—Peruvian, Sept. 19 ; Welcome, 21st ; Naiad, 22d ; Dream, 22d ; Daniel Dyer, and Siren, 23d, all from the coast of Africa ; Pe ruvian, 22d, from Calcutta ; Vrow Johanna, from Cal cutta ; Marmion, from China. _ _ Departures from St. Helena—Jane, Sept. 17, to De merara ; Victoria, 18th, to Cork ; Thomas, Battersby, to Liverpool ; Margaret Boyle, 20th, and Fairfield, 23d, to Cork. Arrivals at Siam—William Gillies, from Bombay and Singapore. Arrivals at Singapore—Margaret and Velocity, Aug. 15, from Sydney ; Reliance, from Madras ; Fattel, Hair, 16th, from Calcutta ; Manlius, 17th, from Ningpo ; Rustornject Cowasjee, from Calcutta ; Venus, from Siam; Autumnus, 19th, from Colombia ; Gilbert Henderson, from Bombay ; Hersey, from Moulmein ; Sulimang, from Calcutta. Departures from Singapore—Helvellyn, Aug. 15, to Cowes ; Wilhelmine Maria, 17th, to Manilla. Arrival at Sydney—Lloyds, July 14, from London. Arrival at Ningpo—Cornwall, from Singapore. Arrival at Moulmein—Fleetwood, from Leith and Mauritius. OPENING OF THE PORT OF SLITO, GOTH- LAND. A communication received at Lloyd's states that, through the exertions of Lloyd's agent, the Swedish Government had been induced to make Slito, on the east coast of the Island of Gothland, so far a free port that ships ,of all flags running in there from contrary winds, or in order to repair, or for taking in provisions, have to pay no other port charges than a moderate re muneration to the pilot, and such not to exceed the rate at what Swedish ships are charged. Repairs can be effected at Slito on very moderate terms, the supply of excellent oak timber and planks being abundant, and at uncommonly low rates. The depth of water admits ships of any tonnage close to the quays, and the ingress and egress are extremely easy. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE DREADNOUGHT HOS PITAL SHIP AND ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL A GAIN OUT DONE IN THE CURE OF WOUNDS AND ULCERS BY HOL LOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—John Newington, a sailor, living in Adrian-court, Dover, was a patient on board the Dreadnought, and again at St. Thomas's Hos pital, for some weeks, for a very bad ulcerated leg, of long standing, without obtaining the least relief at either of the above institutions, but was cured immediately af terwards by Holloway's Pills and Ointment. The truth of this statement can be attested by Mr. G. Ashmere, the very respectable chemist at Dover.—Sold at Professor Holloway's establishments. 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. DUNDEE PUBLIC BATHS. —The fbllowing letter, i announcing a handsome subscription by her Majesty and Prince Albert, has been received by the Secretary : " Rossi° Priory, Inchture, Nov. 8, 1844. " Sir,—l have much pleasure in informing you, that I have received a letter from Mr. Anson, stating that her Majesty and Prince Albert, having heard of the pro posed erection of public baths for the working classes in Dundee, have signiffird their intention, through him, of contributing 1001. to the building fund. Mr. Anson moreover states, that her Majesty and his Royal Highness have only hitherto contributed to the public bath funds i of the metropolis, but make an exception in favour of Dundee in consequence of their having so lately landed tvalierirtteo.droels her m t h a sure that this spontaneous donation on the patfMajestyotlrie orderly an d his conduct Royal of H t ig e h Highness, showing,eon that otuccdaesioofuthwoasse fully ~a,hpporsee benefiteiad .it will has call been for th e ,n th trib eg i l t s ed ti —I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, "Mr. John Irvine, Hi g h- s t reet , DundeeKINNAIRD."." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 15. (Sittings in Banco.) HOWARD V. GOSBETT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—In an action against a magi strate for false imprisonment, if the warrant is bad, but he sets forth that the conviction is good, would not that be sufficient, supposing he only pleaded the general issue? Mr. KELLY submitted that such a case could not apply to an action brought against the officer executing the warrant, although it might if they were suing the House of Commons, or the Speaker ; but he apprehended that, as the action would be for the imprisonment, and not for the conviction, the setting forth the conviction would not be a sufficient justification. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—I do not say so ; but is it not a general notion—l do not say whether right or wrong— but is it not a general notion that a bad warrant may be aided by a good conviction ? Mr. KELLY apprehended not. The party sought his remedy against the party arresting him for the impri sonment, and not for the conviction. If a magistrate possessed the power on conviction by parole directions without the intervention of any written document, of ordering imprisonment, then the conviction might justify such imprisonment ; but if it was necessary that the warrant should be made in writing, and such warrant should be found to be bad, then the party would have been illegally committed, and would be entitled to his remedy. Now, what were the averments in the third and fourth pleas? They were—that the plaintiff, having been summoned to appear at the bar of the House of Commons, failed to attend, and that thereupon an order was made that he should be brought to the bar in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and compelled to give evidence. Now this was not an arrest for contempt. It was an attempt on mesne process to compel a person to give evidence—a power possessed by no tri bunal in the country. He submitted that the House of Commons had no power to arrest any of the Queen's subjects on mesne process. They had a right to sum mon a person to their bar to give evidence, and on his refusal to attend, they had a right to adjudge him in con tempt, and having so found him guilty of contempt they had a right to commit him. But they had no power to commit him for anything but contempt, least of all had they the power to commit on mesne process to compel a party to give evidence. He would not go into the pre cedents furnished by the House of Commons, for pre cedents might be found there for every crime and every folly, from the taking off the head of a king to the com mittal of a person for serving a notice in a case of eject ment on a servant's servant of a Member of the House ; but there were no precedents to be found in cases argued and decided in courts of justice showing that the House of Commons possessed the power of arresting on mesne process, and it was not a sufficient justification for them to assume that they possessed such a right, and he relied upon the judgment in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard in support of that position. The possession of such a privilege must be distinctly averred, and could not be taken by intendment, as was done in these pleas. The plea ought to have distinctly shown that the plaintiff had been served with the summons to attend—the averment that he had had due notice was not sufficient. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Do you contend that he ought to have had personal service ? Mr. KELLY contended that the plea ought to have shown that he had had such service as was usual. He therefore submitted that the warrant which was relied on as a justification was bad, inasmuch as it set forth no cause of arrest, neither did it give any directions as to the imprisonment. But the defendant could not fall back upon the averments in the pleas to aid the defective warrant ; but if the Court should hold that he could fall back upon those aver ments, then he submitted that the Court would not by its decision hold for the first time that the House of Commons possessed a power of imprisonment like that now sought to be claimed, and would not recognise by giving it their judicial sanction the existence of a power which had never before been claimed by any court of justice. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL felt the deepest concern in rising to defend the privileges of the House of Commons, the very existence of which was directly struck at by his Learned Friend's argument. The existence of these privi leges had always been admitted. It was admitted that the recognition and the exercise of them was essentially neces sary to the House for the performance of its important functions, and it appeared that there was now a desire to strike down these privileges of the House one by one, by appealing to the judicial tribunals of the country. He trusted, 'however, they would find that protection in this Court, which would not render it un necessary for them to resort to self-protection. Ho trusted he should never forget the respect that respect, he insisted in the strongest manner on the existence of those privileges of the House of Commons. Now, in this case, the first plea alleged, that certain matters and things were then in debate before the House of Commons, concerning which the House considered it necessary that the plaintiff should be examined at their bar, and that the House, in pursuance of its ancient usages and privileges, ordered the said plaintiff to attend the House forthwith, of which order the plaintiff had had due notice ; and that the said plaintiff did not attend, but wilfully, con • temptuously, and without reasonable cause or excuse, refused to obey such order, whereupon in order to compel the attendance of the said plaintiff, the House, accord ing to its ancient usages and privileges, and in accordance with the law and custom of Parliament, ordered that the plaintiff should be brought before the House in the custody of the Sergeant, and that the Speaker should issue his warrant accord ingly; and that the Speaker, in pursuance of that order, and in accordance with the ancient usages and privi leges of Parliament, had issued his warrant, reciting the order of the House, and that upon that warrant the de fendant had taken the plaintiff into custody. Lord DENKAN—The order sets forth that he shall be brought to the bar of the House of Commons. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was much obliged to his Lordship—it did so. The second plea was the same as the first, and the third plea alleged that the arrest was justified by the contempt of their ancient usages and privileges of which the plaintiff had been guilty, and concluded in the same manner as the first. To these pleas the plaintiff had demurred—admitting that the summons had beea issued—admitting that he had had notice—admitting that he had contemptuously, and without excuse, neglected to attend—admitting that all that had been done had been done by the House of Com mons in pursuance of its ancient usages and privileges, but affirming that these pleas were not a suffi cient answer to the action, inasmuch as the order did not set forth the cause why he was to be examined, or show why he had not a right t• conceal himself, nor on what occasion he had been guilty of contempt; and the Court was called upon to decide that acts done in pursuance of the admitted ancient usages and privileges of the House o f C ommons , and according to the custom of Parliament, were ill ega l, and that in the most degrading, offensive, and contemp tuous manner that could be imagined. The first point on which he insisted was, that the defendant being an officer of the House of Commons was protected by the order of that House directing him to do to the plaintiff the thing complained of, and that such order of itself, and without more, was an answer to the action. The latter part of his proposition undoubtedly led to the consideration of the cor rectness of the judgment of the Court in the case of Stock dale v. Hansard ; and notwithstanding all the rtspect he bore to their Lordships, he must be permitted to shy that he was not to be taken as being precluded by that judgment from firmly protesting against the decision in that case, in order that if hereafter that judgment should be called in question, his acquiescence on the part of the House of Commons might not be quoted in support of it. But this case essentially differed from that of Stockdale v. Hansard. There was no allegation in that case that that which was done had been done in pursuance of the ancient usages and privileges of the House, which was alleged in the present case, and which was admitted by the de murrer ; and he would call their Lordships' attention to the judgment `of each of their Lordships in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard in support of this view. It was impossible for their Lordships to avoid giving judgment in favour of defendant without deciding that the House of Commons had no legal right to exercise their admitted powers and privileges. In giving judgment in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard, their Lordships had admitted that they had no right to question the exercise of those rights and privileges which the House of Commons was acknowledged to pos sess. The House of Commons had unquestionably pos sessed those different privileges and powers, and had exercised them from the earliest period without question, and they were absolutely necessary for the due per formance of its functions. The powers of the House of Commons were different from those of courts of justice. Courts of justice could not originate an inquiry. The House of Commons could. Lord Coke called them the great inquisitors of the realm, and referred to their own journals—to those journals, the authority of which was denied by Mr. Kelly, from a knowledge of those privi leges, and of the mann e r i n w hi c h they were exercised. In the judgment in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard there was the strongest recognition of those very powers. In a case of conspiracy for an invasion, which might be come the subject of inquiry before the House of Com mons, were they to give notice to a person who might perhaps be implicated in that conspiracy of the subject on which they wished to examine him, giving him in fact notice to abscond ? It was very doubtful whether a ma gistrate did not possess the power of compelling the at tendance of witnesses. Lord DENMAN—What is the case with regard to coroners ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—It was very doubtful whe ther a coroner did not po ssess th e power of issuing his warrant, to compel the atte n d anc e of a witness, but the House of Commons had always exercised the power. Lord DExmAN—But I should like to hear you say a little more of the power of compelling the attend ance of witnesses, possessed by courts of common law. Suppose I was sitting here at Nisi Prius, and a witness were contemptuously to leave the court without giving evidence, and I were to be informed that he was in Palace-yard, and refused to attend, ought I to permit the course of justice to be interrupted, knowing that he was within the reach of my officers ? Have lor have I not the power to order his arrest ? The SouciTati-C,ENErtaL—Your Lordship ought to have the power, certainly, but it is a power that has never been exercised, and there is no judicial decision en the question. Lord DENMAN-It is a most important question. Practically we depend upon subpoena and recognisance for compelling the attendance of witnesses, but it is very im portant to consider whether or no we possess any further powers. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now came to the question of the validity of the warrant, and he submitted that it was the duty of the Court to make every favourable construc tion on behalf of the House of Commons. The warrant was admitted to be in conformity with their ancient usages and privileges, and therefore the presumption must be in f'avovr of its validity. Mr. Justice WiauTmAx—The warrant is to take him PRICES OF SHARES LII CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 15. Dividend Per ADRUM. Names of Com panies. Amount of Paid. Prig Share. K per amt. 41. 41. 10e. 81. 4 per cent. 4/. 401. .15e. 71. 11.55. Si 12s. Sd. .I.los. 101. 17/, SW. 334 _ 178. 13d. 104 6 pereemt. 98 20/. 1/. 10s. 154 321. - 105. 101. 10s. 1. 42. cent. A per cent. 4i per cent. 4 per cent. 91.105. 5 per cent. , per cent. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. Ifi per cent. IL Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7i. 3s. 10s. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 3s. 66. pr sh 51. ss. er share per cent. Si. 6s. per cent. tt 30s. bs. 43 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. t per cent. :per cent. 45. 2e. 6d. percent. 12 sh. & be. IL ss. 5 per cent. Lper cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 1/. ss. 4g. 5 per cent. C per cent. 1/. 4s. 5 per cent. 1()% per cent 51 R per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. sper cent. tiper cent. per cent. per cent. d per cent. 6 per cent. 210 per share Ks, per share 10 per cent. per cent. 16s. 11. ss. 11. 7s, 5/. and bs. 041.,nd bs. per cent. scent. 101. Ed per sh Zs per sb 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent.: 6 per cent. 5 per cent, 6 per cent. per cent. Si. 125. 21. 105. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. 5 per cent. 41. les. 11. 14s. 21.139. p. sh, 11. 4s. per cent. Bs. pler sh. v. ss. perch 10 per cent. per cent. 34 ss. per .11 8%1. per sh. 12s. per sh. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. I}V. per sh 101. per sh. 11. 14s. BLper share • 3s4d per sh 91.173. pr sh 113 s Per ilk 1L lk se. 15e. IL 11 — s. 10d. 15 per oent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 11. 11. Si. Is. 6d. I. 10s. 10 per cent. 10s. per sh. 11. 104 perch. Canals. Ashton and Oldham... Ashby-de.la.Zonch..av Basingstoke .............. Breckneck & Abergay. Birmingham,l-16thsh. Do. and Liverp. June. Chelmer & Elackwater Coventry Crom ford ................" ar13,,,u rh dge7 •••••••••••••••••••••• ey Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Eyewash •••••• Forth and C1yde........ Grand Junction."... Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield .........av Kennet sad Avon ...av Lancaster ....... ...av Leeds and Liverpool Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough .. .....av . Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell. Macclesfield Neath Oxford ....... Peak Forest av Regent's (or London).. Rochdale vv Shropshire Somerset CoaL De. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury,... .......... Stourbridge Stratford.on-Avon...av 5wan5ea.............. Severn & Wye & Trent & Mersey, sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Binning. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Binning Wilts and Berks .av Wisbeach ........... Wey and Arun...... Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol av Do.Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto 80nd5..,..., Ditto Bands Southampton Bridges Hammersrnit h ...... Southwark, new Subs Ditto New of 7% pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. 0181 Ditto New ditto of 71 Ditto Bonds Vauxhall av Assurances Albion Alfred Life' Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gan. Life County Eagle Economic Life European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian. Hope Life Ditto Fire Imperial File Ditto Life... ....... Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund... Neptune Marine Palladium Life Protector Life Provident Rock Life R. yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life....... University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasi7... .......... ..„ Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New... London Joint Stock Metr0p01itan.......... Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire......., Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight &. Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Binning. & Statrordsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General ... City of London ..... Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable Impetial Isle of Thanet Independent ...... Phoenix Ratetiff. South Metropolitan.... United General Westmins. Chartered.. Ditto New ........ Water Works Birmingham East London Grand. Junction av Kent ............ ......... Nw Con. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex .av Yrk Buldg Co.Les.Prep Xron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian . . Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Grand Junction... .., , Great North of Englnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby ...... . Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Midland Counties North British Norwich & Brandon : Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. Si. dis Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss. 51. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga..... ... Ditto Registe red Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 5/ p.m. General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba. United Mex., iss.4l. pm. Ditto Scrip . . Ditto New Scr ip Literary. Londn,with Sin.Tlcket London University Russell King'k College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. 11. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc. South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Laud 11.45. IL 15c 6per cent. 6 per cent. Ape. and lik6d. ba. j tiler cent, per cent. t per cent tiper cent LAST OF SCOTTISH COM NOV. 2, Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central P. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Lite Insur. Scottish Union Insur... Standard Life Insur.... Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Mang. and Green. Rail. Dundeeand Aria. Lail. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 8 per cent. C. per cent 7 per cent. 6 per cent. pqr cent. 6 per cent. 7per cent. 9 per cent. sper cent. Oiler cent. :per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. R 4 per cent ea percen t' A a. il. ioob o 41 13 4 - ,100 0 0 - 100 0 0 All paid into custody, but it does not say where he is to be taken. How can that be a justification? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL apprehended that as the order of the House for his attendance at the bar was re cited in the warrant, that was sufficient to show the place to which he was to be taken. But he would not agree to argue this question on the low ground taken by the other side. He would not submit to the low and de grading compromise sought to be instituted between warrants issued by justices of the peace, and other in ferior tribunals, and a warrant emanating from one of the supreme assemblies of the land. In early times no warrant at all was issued. The House sent the mace and that was sufficient authority. He denied the right of the Court to consider the validity of the warrant. The attachments for contempt issued by the superior courts never set forth for what it was that the person attached was to be examined. It had been laid down by Lord Coke that the House of Commons was a court of judi cature, and in such cases one court of co-ordinate juris diction could not question the validity of the proceeding of another. He, therefore, submitted that their Lord ships would not take upon themselves to decide against the practice of the Commons House of Parliament be cause that practice differed from the forms observed in this and the other courts. He next proceeded to contend that it being thought the House had in this proceeded in a matter over which it undoubtedly possessed no jurisdiction, a court of com mon law had neither right nor power to inquire into the discretion of the House of Commons in this matter, nor into the formal manner in which that discretion was ex ercised. If it were admitted, as it must be, that the House of Commons possessed the power of compelling the attendance of persons before them to give evidence, no court would inquire into the man ner in which that power had been exercised. (The Learned Gentlemen cited an immense mass of authorities in support of his position.) But, supposing the Court had power to scan this warrant, still he con tended that the warrant was quite certain enough for the purpose required. It was more certain than sending the mace to require his immediate attendance. He con tended that he had a right to bring in the averments in the plea in aid of the warrant, and if so, the ob ject and intention of the warrant would become apparent. He submitted, therefore, that a complete answer had been given to all the objections raised by his Learned Friend, and that the Court should give its judgment in favour of the defendant. He also submitted that even if the Court should be of opinion that the pro ceedings were void, there could be no action against the officer who executed the warrant. Lord DENMAN—We will hear you upon that point then on Tuesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A lad named John Johnson was charged with having stolen a package containing sixteen pieces of Orleans cloth, each being about twenty-nine yards in length, the property of Mr. Dade, in Friday street. A clerk of Mr. Dade, who was agent to a firm, stated that he saw the prisoner and another man near the premises, and the prisoner took up the package of cloth which lay in the passage of the warehouse, and walked away with it upon his shoulder. The witness followed, secured, and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said the package had been placed upon his shoulder by another person, who promised to pay him for carrying it.—Committed for trial. Five young women who had been just discharged from Peckham workhouse, connected with the City of London Union, was charged with having broken eighteen panes of glass in the Mansion-house windows. The defendants, it appeared, could never be pre vailed upon to work for their bread, but were per petually in and out of the workhouse. They all came to town that morning apparently with the de termination to do mischief, and it was stated that while in the act of smashing the windows they in dulged themselves in roars of laughter. Each of the panes cost seven shillings. The LORD MAYOR asked each of the prisoners why they did so much mischief? They all declared they were prompted by distress. The LORD MAYOR—You shall all go to Bridewell to hard labour, and economical diet for two months, and so shall every window breaker who is brought before me. WORSHIP-STREET. Anne AP Corinack, recently a domestic in the ser vice of Mr. M. Gomez Silva, a West India merchant, residing in King-street, Finsbury-square, was brought up for re-examination, charged with having inveigled away her master's daughter, an interesting child ten years of age, for immoral purposes, and also with having stolen a sovereign, the property of Sarah Leah, her fellow-servant. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended on behalf of the prosecution, and called the following additional evidence : Lydia Benson stated that she was at the house of her daughter, a married woman, keeping a fish-shop in Chandos-street, at twelve o'clock on Monday last, when the child, Julia Silva, entered, and asked if she could be accommodated with lodgings. Struck by the respectable appearance and extreme youth of the child, she put several questions to her, in answer to which she said her father and mother were both dead, and that she was then under the care of a lady in the City, to whom she was desirous of writing a letter. Witness was immediately convinced there was some thing wrong, and desired her daughter to take the child to the house of Mrs. Hall, in Charles-court, with a request that she might be taken care of until some thing could be ascertained with regard to her. Mary Hall deposed to the child being brought to her, and that on questioning her she repeated the same story she had told to Mrs. Benson, and added that she expected the young lady to come for her be tween six and seven in the evening. At that hour the prisoner came and inquired if a young lady was there, on which she was shown into a parlour, where a po liceman was in waiting, who at once took her into custody. Julia Silva was then called, and examined at great length by Mr. Clarkson, but it is unnecessary to re peat her evidence, the substance of which was given in our account of the first day's proceedings, further than to say that the prisoner had only been three weeks in her father's service, and received notice to quit on the third day after she came. Immediately after the warning had been given her she commenced tampering with the child, and told her that her mother was a very disagreeable person, and that if she (witness) went away with her, she would be a great deal more happy than she would be at home. In the evening before her flight the prisoner told her that she must go with her the following day, or she should drag her away by force. The prisoner also ordered her to go to her father's plate chest, where her mother's jewel-case was kept, which the prisoner told her she must bring to her, but the witness posi tively refused to do so. 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The first volume, very beautifully printed, comprises as much matter as two ordinary volumes at the cost of l 55., bound ; but there can be no questior i that this liberality will be met, on the part of the public„ by a proportionably extended patronage. THE LATE DREADFUL ACCI DENT AT BLACK WALL. DEATH OF THREE MORE OF THE SUFFERERS. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. At one o'clock yesterday an inquest was held in the Board-room of the London Hospital before Mr. Baker and a most respectable jury, upon what may, with horrible truth, be called the remains of William Riley, boiler-maker, aged 32, Patrick Donovan, la bourer, aged 46, and Charles Mills, aged 33, en gineer, who added, by their deaths, three more to the frightful catalogue of the sufferers at the late Black wall explosion. The CORONER, before entering upon the evidence, said he wished to address a few remarks to the jury upon the facts and law of the case. An inquest had been holden two days ago upon the bodies of seven other per sons who came by their deaths from the same cause which led to the present painful investigation. Their duty was to inquire into the cause of the accident, and by their verdict, if blame were attributable in any quar ter, to prevent the recurrence of such catastrophes. No doubt could be entertained by the jury that the accident arose from the imperfect construction of the main pipe, for it must have been very bad, when it had been built to bear a pressure of 401bs. to the square inch, yet gave way when the pressure had risen to only 251bs. to the inch. This fact must be the more apparent to the jury, when they consi dered that the material at the joint was quite incapable of resisting the force of the steam. It was also clear that to prevent danger there should have been some "play" at the joint where the emission of steam took place, to allow for expansion and con traction. However it would be better to leave this matter in the hands of scientific men, and attend more to the points which affected the want of caution or neglect on the part of any one engaged in the entire transaction, and thus come to the conclusion as to whether any of those were guilty of manslaughter, for owing to absence of intention their conduct could not be defined to amount to murder. He should wish to impress on the minds of the jury, that if they were of opinion there was a want of caution on the part of any persons concerned, it would be their (the jury's) duty to return a ver dict of manslaughter against those parties. The un fortunate gentleman, who was the inventor of the machinery, placed himself in the most dangerous position, and in consequence met his death almost in stantaneously ; so that if there were any culpability originally on his part, he was now out of the reach of the law, having suffered the severest penalty that could be inflicted upon him, and he (the Coro ner) thought it would be an unnecessary harshness to charge Mr. Joseph Samuda with constructing a machine by which his own brother was killed. In the case of the " King v. Carr," in Sewell's Law of Coroner, a case was stated, in which a cannon being found to be damaged it was sent back to the foundry to be repaired, and upon its being sent back, owing to the imperfect manner in which it was repaired, it burst the first time it was fired off, and a person being killed by it, it was held to be manslaughter. The Coroner then directed the attention of the jury to the question of a deodand, and remarked that in many instances this subject was surrounded with great difficulties, for it sometimes happened that the object or element by which death was caused wa too insignificant for a deodand to be imposed. In the present case the tube, the malformation of which caused the death of Mr. Samuda and his men, was perfectly valueless, and it therefore would be worse than useless to impose a deodand. George Lowe, the engineer who so miraculously escaped by being sent upon deck by Mr. Samuda to see the steam blow off, was called, and, having been sworn, the Coroner read over his evidence (a full report of which appeared in The Sun, at the time of the inquest upon Mr. Samuda and the other sufferers), and he deposed before the present jury to its correct ness. In reply to the Coroner, as to whether any further ideas suggested themselves to him, as to the cause of the accident, Mr. Lowe exhibited two small tubes, one of which fitted into the other in the same manner as the tube from whence the steam escaped, and stated that, if there had been a ring or collar at the termination of one of them where they joined, so as to prevent them from parting, at the same time that it allowed room for expansion and contraction, he thought the accident would have been prevented, for if such were the case no steam could have escaped. The CORONER thought this evidence most important, and hoped it wouid be made known to the public and those more immediately concerned, as after such a suggestion it would place those using such engines under a serious responsibility before a Coroner's court, if an accident occurred where this ring or collar was not used. Under all the circumstances of the case he thought it would be useless to call the surviving brother, as he would not be bound to criminate him self in any explanations he might be called upon to give. Owing to the low rates of payment to wit nesses, which had been fixed by the magistrates, he was unable to order the attendance of scientific gen tlemen, whose evidence might tend to elucidate several points which might now appear obscure. Mr. Hensel], a civil engineer, said he fully agreed in all the previous evidence of Mr. Lowe, but thought the suggestion with respect to the collar, or ring, not of much importance, for if the tube were soldered with iron, it would be as safe, as the expansive or con tractile power at this point was very small. One impor tant omission was that of an iron stay between the tube from which the steam escaped and the deck of the vessel. Two iron straps or stays acted as supporters of this tube, but none to keep it from rising up. The deceased Riley's brother stated, that he was on board at the time of the accident, and felt conscious that no blame was attributable to any person. After hearing the surgical evidence, the CORONER summed up, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death" in the three cases. STATE OF TRADE. LIVERPOOL.—A change of wind within the last few days has brought up many foreign arrivals, of which several were sadly over-due, and, should the weather continue favourable, we may anticipate very considerable imports for the next week. The American advices are not of such a nature as to assist cotton operations here ; all parties seem very confidently to expect the largest yield ever gathered, and there is no reason to suppose that prices will be unduly sustained, as they have often been, by unna tural causes. Here the market has been well fre quented by buyers, and prices may be reported steady, with every disposition to sell on the part of importers. Money matters are still easy; but long-dated bills are looked at rather shyly, thus indicating that bankers are anxious to guard against any sudden change in the supply of capital, and that they expect that accommodation of this sort will, ere long, be more difficult of attainment. Should these ideas be confirmed, we can scarcely look for any speculative interference in the produce markets ; indeed capitalists have latterly had great cause to regret their opera tions in this line. Our remarks last week in reference to the supply of guano have been considered, we hear, in some quarters, sadly exaggerated; we believe, however, that on a careful examination, our estimate of the supply will be found far below what the information now at hand would justify us in stating. In the country trade continues to flourish, and the consumption of taxable articles is rapidly increasing. —Liverpool Mercury of Friday. ALL HALLOW FAIR. WEDNESDAY.—This morning the remainder of the cattle shown yesterday were again on the field, and the demand was good. Of course, they were generally the inferior lots, but the dealers obtained fully more than the average prices obtained yesterday. On the whole, since the last Falkirk Tryst (October), prices have advanced on cattle from 10 to 20 per cent. ac cording to their condition, and the prices obtained for lean stock was far above what could be got for good fat. The number of short-horns and south country cattle was nearly double that of last year, and this de scription of stock appears to be rapidly increasing at this market. HORSES.—There was a considerable show of good draught horses, which were in demand, the best of which fetched from 401. to 471. 10s. But Tuesday may be considered as merely the commencement of the horse market. In the Grassmarket yesterday (Wednesday), there was a good show of Irish horses, but in other kinds the show was indifferent. The demand did not seem very brisk ; best cart horses brought from 301. to 401., some very superior animals approached 'wanly 50/. The sales were dull, and prices were much the same as on Tuesday, but without any improvement in prices.—Caledonian Mercury. AN IRISH COACHMAN GAINING HIS FIRST PLACE. —The master had two beautiful English horses, and lie wanted a careful man to drive them ; he was a mighty pleasant gintleman, and he loved a joke. Well, there was plenty after the place; and to the first that wint up to him, "Now my man," says he, " tell me how near the edge of a precipice would you undertake to drive my carriage?" So the boy considers, and he says, says he, " Within a foot, plaze yer honour, and no harm." " Very well," says he, "go down, and I'll give ye yer answer by and bye." So the next came up, and he said he'd be bound to carry 'em within half a foot ; and the next five inches; and another—a dandified chap entirely —was so mighty nice, that he would drive it within three inches and a half, he'd go bail. Well at last my turn came; and when his honour axed me how nigh I would drive his carriage to a precipice, I says, says I, " Plaze yer honour, I'd keep as far off' it as I could." Very well, Misther Byrne," says he, " you're my coachman," says he. °chi the roar there was in the kitchen whin I whit down and told the joke, LOU 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 5 0 ) 5 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 MO 0 • 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 3200 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 31 0 14 10 0 100 0 u 25 0 [5O 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 2000 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 e 75 0 0 - 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 ) 50 0 0 180 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 15 0 0 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 50 To 9 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 104% 2734 Bair 4 5 A NIES' PRICES. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 1 f 25 0 0 22 8 18 21s. 4% 50 Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday evening from Burleigh, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter. Dispatches from the Governor of Canada were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 6'7 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock IA7 9 0 Stock 5000 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 WO 0 0 70 10 3 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2000 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 P 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 4000 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 190 0 0 SO ' 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 I 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 9 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 9 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 7 0 3500 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 4) 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 21% 3 11 3 2834 24 00 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 • 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 C 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 20 0 25 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 78 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 SO 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 6% 5). 400 2/Ni 45% 5% 16 22 20 25 120 93 36 25 7 U CAPTURE AND SUICIDE OF JOSEPH ELDER, THE ACCOMPLICE OF THE BANK CLERK, BURGESS. The fact of the fraudulent transfer of 8,0001. stock by Burgess, one of the clerks of the Bank of England, by the instrumentality of an accomplice, and the escape of the parties with that amount in gold, will, no doubt, be in the recollection of most of our readers, although the circumstances attending the case may for the most part be forgotten. The stock (Consols) sold belonged to Mr. Oxen ford, who, we understand, for twenty years held an appointment in the Customs, but why Burgess and Elder selected the stock of that gentleman has never appeared. It was sold on Tuesday, the 3d of Septem ber, by means of a party who attended at the Bank, and falsely personated Mr. Oxenford. The plans of the parties concerned in this nefarious transaction were evidently laid with much skill and ingenuity. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that during several days before the transfer was effected, they had been engaged in making the necessary arrangements for the sale of the stock, and their subsequent flight. Burgess was at the time absent upon leave from the authorities, and ought to have returned to his duty in a week from the date of the period of the commission of the offence. He did not return at all, and it was found that he had been actively engaged in the sale of Mr. Oxenford's stock. Mr. Oxenford upon being sent for denied that he had made any transfer of stock, and the matter was forthwith placed in the hands of Messrs. Freshfield, the Bank Solicitors, who at once employed John and Daniel Forrester, the officers, to trace the delinquent clerk and his accom plices. Daniel Forrester soon learned that Burgess had bought a new portmanteau and three large canvas bags of a Jew, named Solomons, who resides in Vinegar-yard, and that he caused the port' manteau, that was yellow, to be painted black, as being a colour less calculated to attract notice in travelling- This officer also received correct information that Burgess hired an open carriage on the morning of the forgery, and drove his accomplice to the neighbour hood of the Bank. The stock was sold by Burgess for his friend, through the intervention of a broker, and Burgess and his friend then proceeded to the Stock-office, where the fraudulent transfer was made. The stock was paid for principally by a cheque for 8,0001. on Lubbock and Co., and both Burgess and his companion proceeded to the banking-house of that firm, and demanded payment of the cheque in gold The cashier to whom they offered it said he could not give them so much gold, and that if they w anted specie to that amount, they must go to the Bank of England and get the notes changed, and he accord ingly gave them eight notes of the Bank of England for 1,0001. each. These notes Elder took to the Bank , and demanded payment in gold, producing at the same time a carpet bag, out of which he took the canvas bags which Burgess had the day before pro cured to be made in Vinegar-yard. Having filled the canvas bags with gold, he placed them in the carpet bag, and was about to take it away, when, to his surprise, he was unable to lift it. Ultimately , however, he was assisted by two porters, who carried it to the carriage which appeared to have been wait ing for it near the Mansion-house. The parties then drove to the place where they had hired the carriage and took a cab, in which they placed their treasure , and they then proceeded to a public-house in St- Martin's-lane, kept by Benjamin Ca un t, th e fighting man, where they hired a room and transferred tho gold to the portmanteau, and otherwise arranged for their departure from the kingdom. Having dined at Caunt's house, they proceeded at seven o'clock in the evening to the station of the Londom and Birrnin ham Railway, where they took the mail train for Li verpool. On their arrival at Liverpool next morning they instantly went on board the Britannia steam; ship, which was then only waiting for the arrival of the mail, and was about to start for Halifax or Ne's York. On board this vessel they engage d b er ths, and were in a very few hours on their way to Amer'inn imagining themselves, no doubt, in perfect securitP and little thinking that such exertions as w ere ulti mately adopted, would be resorted to for their aPPre hension, or that one or other of the Forresters Would speedily be at their heels. In tracing out these facts considerable difficulty was experienced. It was hard to say whether Burgess and Elder had sailed in the Britannia. That they had gone on board there was no doubt, but it was repre" sented that at the time they got on board there was only one berth available. After much minute in' quiry, however, the Forresters could not learn that they had ever come ashore after having once entered the vessel, and Messrs. Freshfield immediately re solved to dispatch John Forrester to make an expeti ment of his skill and energy in tracing the fugitives and the cash, and endeavouring to get both men and money into his gripe in the New World. In the course of the inquiries, which were made iv a very peculiar manner, an intimate connexion was found to exist between Burgess and Joseph Elder, who was known to be a horse-dealer, and the de scription of the latter individual having been obtained , was found exactly to correspond with that of the per• sonator of Mr. Oxenford. _ . _ . John Forrester ascertained that the steam-ship Britannia had sailed for Halifax on the 6th of Ser , tember, and application was made to Sir William Magnay, Bart., then Lord Mayor, who, with hie accustomed zeal and promptitude in forwarding the ends of justice, rendered every requisite assistance . Depositions were prepared, and all measures Wer e adopted for the apprehension of the parties under the treaty with America, Sir James Graham authorising the whole of the proceedings. John Forrester, and, we believe, one of the clerk s of the Bank of England, sailed for Halifax on the 19th of September, in the next steam-boat (the Cale donia) that left Liverpool. Upon arriving at Halifax the indefatigable officer, found, to use his own langu age , "th a t it was all right" He ascertained that the fugitives had pro ceeded to Boston and New York ; thith er h e f o llowed them, and from thence to Buffalo, Canada, an d ' Magaie, and back again to B os t on , where they, 1, , I ,' appeared, resided, one of them i n a house and lan' which he had purchased, the other in an in n ' Having discovered that they had placed 7,0001. in t ! hank, payment was immediately c l a i me d u pon tli e part of the Bank of England. The claim was itn lll , e .,, diately followed by the apprehension o f Eld e r in °- house. He was taken before one of the tribunals for examination, and was remanded for further examine" tion next day, but the wre t c h e d man put an end . '- the inquiry, as far as h e was concerne d , b y h a nging t . himself with his pock e t-h an dk erc hi e f i n t h e co urse ° the night. B urgess was surroun d e d i n t h e i n n '- „ which he resided, but he ran out at the back door without hat or coat, and succeeded in getting int ° boat in which were a pair of oars, and in escaping', aided by the darkness of the night, in the direction ( /' some of the outward-bound vessels. a n d Upon Elder were found 400 sove r e igns, — a amongst Burgess's papers were found 200 more, all the stocks and securities in w hi c h th e 7,0001. wer e invested, have since, there is e ver y reason t o suppos e ' been made over to the agent of the Bank. Thus, by the prompt and resolute mode adopted hi the solicitors to the Bank, has the establishment suc ceeded in recovering the whole o f th e property which it was plundered, with the e xce ption of tlip mere expenses incurred by the two persons will cO°l - the offence. We understand that great fears were ascertain that the measures for apprehendi ng th e p a rties W Ol l., fail, in consequence of an obj ec ti on on th e part of 01 4 . of the Judges to administer a n oa th t o the afficli t ? o f That difficulty, however, was overcome by the act sending out a clerk from the Bank of England. Bier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence, Clarence house, St. James's, at el e 'i c ,r o'clock , yesterday morning, in a carriage and four' de a Irogniore House. Her Royal Highness was Allen an by Lady Charlotte Dundas, Countess Wratishov, Sir George Couper. BIRTHS On the 6th inst., at York House, . Croydon, the lady 01"' G. Maud, Esq., of a daughter. f Dr On the 9th inst., at Seymour-street West, the lady Henry Monro, of a daughter. -gages , On the 10th inst., at Coblentz, the lady of J. A . -- Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at the Grove, Stanmore, t he lady de- H. Stedman, Esq., of a so n . the On the 13th inst., at Fi e ld- ga t e H ou se, K en ilworth , lady of Major Campb e ll, 7th Hussars, of a son. On the 12th of Septe M de ß r, B a r t E C n br . ist Church, Si ini t i E3st Indies, Captain Charles E. Mills, of the Artillery, t° "-11118oath,jyr daughter of William Chadwick, ' Esq Octagon, - P On the 13th inst., at ” u S. E• Pe S t a rr, marez, Esq., Captain in S her Majesty's 74th Regimen, Charlotte, youngest dau g ht er o f th e late Hiram Frazer, Esql Lieutenant J.N. On the ;tli of August, at, Calcutta, the et DIED. Ro On the 9th M must , atnister oSaulieu,f St. JamFrance,u the H o n h Mrs' es'sChrch, in tat city. , relict of the late Nevile Reid, Esq., of Runnymede, Be' ~, On the 12th inst., the Rev. Ellis Roberts, Vicar ofLlanrl) Denb On ighshire. h Alr' Jaw ° the 12th inst., at Charlotte-row, Walwort , Edward Wharton. tak On the 13th inst., in Queen-street -place, Southiv bridge, Edward Ledger, Esq., aged 84.0 f 0;0 R. William H t On the 13th inst., Mr. Thomas Locke Williams, Haymarket, aged 28 _...,: uNG, ° f London: Printed and Published by MU EDO O N-' 112, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offieet_,.„ o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy in tile Vvu" kliddleux, Saturday, November 10, 1 144 4% 5% 13% 57% 212% 119 128 I% 67 12% 202 11; 6% 9% 220 25% 90 16% 109 20 26 6 3% 9.ji Its