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LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 12. Wind southerly, fresh breeze and cloudy. It ruined and blew etrong last night. RAMSGATE, Nov. 11.—The Lard Leicester, from Odessa to London, has been towed in here leaky, and With rudder unshipped, having been ashore. The Libella, Frederickson, from Christiansand to Portrneux, which put in here yesterday leaky, is discharging to repair. DEAL, Nov. IL—Wind, A.M., W.N.W. ; 7 P.M., N.W. by W., fresh.—Arrd. Great Britain, Swinburn, Mon treal ; Baltic, Quebec ; Grace Darling, Airth, Madeira. Sid. Ann Jane, China ; Volunteer, Mauritius ; Gla diator, Mauritiu3 ; Lady Mary Wood steamer, South ampton. DOVER, Nov. 11.—Arrd. Gloria Deo, St. Petersburgh for Leghorn, with loss of topgallant•rnast, &c. Off— Sarah Charlotte, Dunlett, Cape of Good Hope ; Swan, Hughes, Panta Arenas ; Lady Mary, Bowen, Metis. PORTSMOUTH. Nov. 11.—Wind N.W., hard and squally.—Arrd. Gibraltar, London for Dominica. COWES, Nov. 1 I.—A rrd. Jason, Havre for Gaudeloupe. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Arrd. Busy, Fowey for Ant werp, towed in with loss of sails, mast, &c., during a squall yesterday, off Salcombe. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Woodbridge, Dobson, Callao ;. Messenger, Hole, La bradore. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11.—Wind W.N.W., moderating, after a gale.—Arrd.Wm. Mitchell, M'Lean, from China ; Indus, Taylor, Calcutta ; Mary Worrall, Gardner, Val paraiso ; William Peile, Spratt, Buenos Ayres (Aug. 31 ) ; Rossendale, Friend, Macau ; Cigar, Ceara ; Su sannah, Stephenson, Maracaibo ; Irlatn, Maphew, An tigua. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11.—The Robert Burns, Messenger, from St. Petersburgh to this port, has been on the beach at Rathmullen, having struck on a sunken rock. The Gough, Pugh, from Blakeney, is ashore near Dingle. The schooner Lady's Adventure was totally lost off this port last night ; two men saved. FLEETWOOD, Nov. 11.—Wind N.N.W., a gale.—The sloop Shamrock, from Dundalk to Lancaster, with corn and malt, went ashore this morning in Moricombe Bay, but was got off by the crew, and brought in here, where she sank close to the quay. A schooner, partly dis- Masted, has passed the entrance, making for Glassin Dock. FALMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind W.N.W., strong gales, With violent squalls.—Arrd. Active, Zobig, Rio ; Sept. 10 ; Jane Custance, Pictou. Sld. Adrastus, Valparaiso. BRISTOL, Nov. 10.—Arri. Dochfour; Wakeham, Que bec. Put back, Jane Barbara, for Ichaboe. RUDE, Nov. 11.—A vessel is reported to be ashore this aide of Carnbaak. There is also a brig off in the Bay, but she has got a good offing, and should the wind shift I. little from the N.W., as it is blowing scow, she will ride out the gale. CARDIFF, Nov. 11.—The Polgooth of Fowey, from Malaga to Bristol, is ashore on the Breaksea Point, and expected to become a wreck. ,p4:l3Lrrir, Nov. 9.—The Turner, from Wisbeach to Leith, la at this place, at anchor in broken water, abandoned by the crew, dismasted, and her cargo washing out ; crew saved. PORT TALBOT, Nov. 10.—The John, of Quebec, M`Carthy, from London to Cardiff, and Llanelly, drifted 011 the Skerweather Sands last night, split her keel, and received considerable damage, but was got off and run ashore to prevent her sinking ; she has been patched and has since been got into the harbour. GRIMSBY, Nov. 9.—The Seaflower, of and for Wis beach, is sunk at the back of the Woolpack Sand. MOROCCO. The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's, from their agent at Gibraltar, dated the 4th of November : " By private intelligence received here from Morocco, it appears that the state of that country is very unsatis factory, particularly in the neighbourhood of Mogadore, 'where ther e was a scarc ity o f p rov i s i ons , owing to the disorders amongst the Kabyles in the interior. How ever, very little reliance can be placed on such unauthen ticated reports." NOTICE TO MARINERS.—POSITION OF THE PIER AT NAPLES. Consulate-General of the Two Sicilies, 15, Cambridge-street, Hyde Park square, 11th Nov. 1844. beg leave herewith to inclose you a copy of a communication received from my Government relative t 2 the Pi er ( scog li e ra) of the new Military Mole of N aples, requesting you to do me the honour to make it 'rluvvn at Lloyd's for the information of captains trading With that city. I have the honour to remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, H. S. MINASI. William Dobson, Esq., &c., &c., Lloyd's. (TRANSLATION.) Naples, 21st October, 1844. The national and foreign mercantile navy is hereby informed that the point of the Pier of the new Military Port of Naples is at this present time opposite the Great Light of the third class, situate upon the old Mole to the northward. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Sarah Charlotte, Dunnett, from the Cape of Good Hope, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 31, St. Helena Sept. 14. Arrivals at Colombo—Ceylon, Brunette, Cousens, Sept. 18, from London ; Emerald, 19th, from Bengal; John Patchell, 20th, from Liverpool; Sir H. Compton, 23d, from Bombay. Arrival in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope— litiohief, Downes, from Manilla. Derrtures from Madras —Samarang, Geere and Persian, Sept. 22, both to London. Arrivals at Rio—Duke of Gloucester, Sept. 9, from Ichaboe; Gideon Howland, 15th, from New Zealand. Departures from Rio—Maid of Mona, Aug. 30 ; her Majesty's ship Fox, 31st ; Andrew White, Sept. 3 William Barber, 3d, all to the Cape; Baron of Bramber, 12th, to Ichaboe. Arrival at Madeira—Persia, Stevens, from London. Arrival at Hong-Kong—Patna, Clarke, July 28, from LiverpooL UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 9.—There will be an election at .Balliol College on the 29th inst., to fill two scholarships land two exhibitions. The scholarships are open to tauadidates who shall not on the day of election have e:ceeeded the age of nineteen years. The exhibitions are limited to natives of Somersetshire. Candidates for ea c h zaust present to the Master, on the 25th inst., cer tificates of birth and baptism, together with testimonials of good conduct. The Bodleian Library opened this day, having been closed for the visitation which took place yesterday. His Grace the Archbishop of York, Lord High Al moner to her Ms Testy, has appointed the Venerable Samuel Wilberforce, of Oriel College, to be Sub-Al moner, in the room of' the late Dean of Carlisle. The Rev. George W. Newnham, of Corpus Christi College, has been presented to the perpetual curacy of konekton Coomb, Somerset. The Rev. R o b er t G. Swayne, of Wadham College, has been appointed to the curacy of Slimbridge, Gloucester. The Rev. Edward East, of Magdalen Hall, has been 14 .Ppointed to the cu rac y of Long Ashton, Somerset. The Rev. J. Bickerdike, of St. Edmund Hall, has been aPPointed to the lectureship of the church of Bradford, Yorkshire. The Lord Bishop of Ely has presented the Rev. Wm. B iggs to the vicarage of Tharston, Norfolk, value 118/. Per annum. The Archdeacon of Taunton has presented the Rev. Thomas it. Sotheby to the vicarage of Milverton, with the cura c y per annul:ll.of Llangford Budville, Somerset, value 449/. The following notice has been issued "An examination for the purpose of electing a Sanscrit Scholar, on the foundation of Colonel Boden, will take place in th e Cl arendon on Monday, Dec. 9th, at eleven clock. Th e S cholars h ips are open to all matriculated members of the Colleges and Halls in Oxford, who shall I f ` i , ct: on the d a y o f election, have exceeded the i r twenty -91. year, and who shall produce a satisfactory proof of the ix. age, and a wr i tten permission to offer themselves as candidates, signed by the Heads of Vice-regents of their respective Colleges or Halls. "B. P. SYMONS, Vice-Chancellor. " Wadham College, Nov. 9." _ r t .. ll- BIRRIDGE, N OV . 9. —DIVINITY. The Norrisian Psenot. tesor ha s g i ven notice that the subject for the pre is--" Bath God cast away his people ? God forbid." (Rein. xi. 1.) _ I:4:vv.—The Queen's Professor has commenced his ur. course o f lectures. Days of attendance in each week ing the present term. Tuesday, Thursday, and Fri day ; at twelve o'clock — on Tuesday, and at ten o' l c v lo e ek . n...„esday, the 13th o N on Thursday and Friday. Days of Examination— d ove ribleoneohof_ November ; Wednesday, the 27th of th n r e e s e d conducted on each day f m • nine to twelve, and _Tr o o a , Y, the 11 th of December. from past o clock. OPay Enc.—The Anatomical Museum.—The late Vice h ancellor, Dr. Hodgson, Dr. Haveland, Regius Profes sor )f Physic, and Dr. Thaekeray, have reported favour ably of this institution, and declared the corietiOnl* be i n ext.ellent order, and that several important and valua ble adt.litions have been made to it by the Prof the couVse of last year. Tapir 'Y COLLEGE.—The prize for Latin Elegiacs has been a warded to Mr. Macleane. Subject—" Andromache Greecos orat u,t parcant ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.—The following gentlemen have just been elected scholars upon this foundation :—Bur nett, W. B. Smith, R. Allen, Spurrier, Cox, Parkinson, Clubbe, Body, F. Brett, Illudden, Willink, Foster, Vas sal!, J. M. Clarke, G. Frost, Ottey, Manby, Newham, Maudson, Pearse, Calvert, J. B. Mayor, Valentine, Leicester. TRINITY HALL.—The members of this society have presented to the Rev. J. Power, M.A., Fellow of Clare Hall, and late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Hall, a silver ealver, bearing the following inscriptiog :—" Tutela S. S. Trin. sexdecim jan annos administrata vi ro trevvrendo egregiis artibus przedit o , Josepho Power, A.M., hoz argentum ut sit grati propter singularera geonaitatein et diligeutiau animi quantulumcunque testi xaonium D. D., Ejusdem Aulat Alumni A.D. MDCCCXLIV." THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the anniversary sneeting of this society, held on Wednesday last, the President, the Master of Trinity College, its the chair, the following officers - Were elected for the ensuing year :—President—The Rev. Wil liam Whewell, D. D., y.r. R. S., F. A.S., Hon. F.G.S., Master of Trinity, and Professor of Moral Philosophy. Vice-Presidentl7--The Rev. Joseph Power, M.A., Fellow of Clare Hall ; Rev. Adam Sedgwick, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., Fellow of Trinity Col lege, and Woodwardian Professor of Geology; the Key, Robert Willis, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., late Fellow of . C. l ctiu* College, and Jacksonian Professor. Treasurer—George Edward Paget, M.D., Fellow of Caius College, and Fel low of the Royal College of Physicians. Secretaries— William Hopkins, M.A., F.R.S., F.A.S., F.G.S., St. Peter's College; William Hallows Miller, F.R.S., F.G.S., Fellow ; Charles Cardall Babington, M.A., , F.G.S., St. John's College. The anniversary o inner will take place on Monday, the 18th instant, at e Eagle Hotel, at six o'clock. AR. ii Highness 1 Family e P aturn€ d to Ftci throughout! mily from bet, as in the via ire Lodge in t ! ! four. rn with a s ittivi ?I-ince of 10 and to- dayti the Castle 'LP, 4 E•ft Bucking 'clock yesten ls 4 )rted by a terminus of t rouse for 13v er with a na Liddell, wed in a se& Grleorge Eds o I four. of Kent aril", James's, at 10 ; rriage and f" I liighness,f Countess ie Exeter 4'' t , James We: r i Mr. Rich 0 , Dymond, e,, interview 1 1 office of r England ffice in hit l ; Archbishop the BishoP: the Bishop t , can of We° Grimsby of Mr. Ell leerToolo n : :harles Fat erview Yes"' Aberdeen 16 ing for Bil l :, of Exeter, b" worth, 0 tnn (mernbe ` itor), 31969 11 ' Mr. Addiso f Earl. cof ,nd Chichesl B. Alarm F. llotbt 7 and Mr. 0 7: U. Rastric' tary ; }lad yesterday, $ year onsiiii! t. 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P",„ Hued by . fr, Judges gsl e deficiesl lls for es' agaim re d rdships, the" ad a dinne r !,e in Wh itt' _ i iscount Eahon, Perabert°' R.E. , in co0e: [nce Albe r t ' .e at .eig t "; Lox on tz, bend of I P ; ste one, r MajesV, ° ling of e auclienlet whic" txt of the arts of the 'al anther' Id for sous e ening mil' od save til e s let &will' ssembled to which the Ice. 1"0 8 ced agar 9' .ed had tile d witb, O f r were Is° t her B; cably goi e gratify / ' feeling t( r TJE. alittee tt the ire " st, at t l , 3e the el t om' the i '01 36 f e woz " omm 3t ll t bated_ f m tli l j Wl3O r.it pu 11 7 nemol ignific eD trusi the Ct or : cutor. ; ?s of til e he CA MI: to each ute-bool ; the Citt hick vitS r- lisia' sawn, the lkir• mes, th e to, this n inole; 344," 03 Mayor ssolVed. A of 71101' W al " ) present alreadf 1° ling Lssocug tido& other r y ern' RI had „ us e o f The to b, atilaw sacri raznily e that 5, his t and hilan which' Rs of I the TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13 1844, LITERATURE. LIFE OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. Murray, London, 1844. This biographical memoir of Sir Francis Drake which is from the pen of Mr. Barrow, of the Admi ralty, forms the fourteenth Number of Murray's Co lonial Library—a cheap miscellany, published monthly, and containing an immense variety of information of the most popular and entertaining character. The memoir before us is the most circumstantial that has yet appeared on the subject of Drake's achievements, and though penned in a eulogistic spirit, does no more than justice to the memory of a brave, skilful, and adventurous navigator, whose character has been greatly misrepresented, and stood in need of such a discriminating biographer as Mr. Barrow. The me moir abounds in incidents of the most stirring nature more especially those portions of it which relate to the Spanish Armada, and the share which Drake took in defeating that "Invincible" fleet, as it was presump tuously called by the Spaniards. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. • FROM THE EVENTI.G PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The position of the affairs of Spain is most melancholy, and presents no immediate prospect of improvement. The fault is, however, as much that of the Spanish people as of their law givers, for where there is not the strong temptation to despotism which exists in that miserable country, the chances are undoubtedly in favour of rational liberty. For their present degraded condition, the Spanish people are clearly indebted to themselves alone. They have created the Frankenstein which now follows and torments them. Whenever they have exhibited firmness and decision of purpose they have invariably selected the wrong time for its display. They were pretty unanimous in driving Espartero from his place among them; although they had no grave accusations to allege against him. His govern ment was mild, and in the fullest sense of the term, constitutional. He gave peace to the country from the incessant intrigues of the Carlist faction, and had scarcely had time to settle down in his government, ere he discovered the imprac ticable elements with which he had to deal. Having achieved all that military daring and foresight could be expected to accomplish for Spain, he had hardly time to turn his attention to the internal condition of the country ere he was driven from it a fugitive and an exile. Had he exhibited those qualities which have invested Narvaez with almost su preme power; had he established a reign of terror, which forbad all political discussion, and planned opportunities of rendering his enemies amenable to his vengeance by originating, through his agents, conspiracies for the express purpose of afford ing him an excuse for punishing the parties they were intended to compromise; had he appropriated the scanty resources of the nation to the conciliation of the army, or the corruption of the priesthood, he would have been Resent of Spain at the pre sent moment. But he thought proper to despise those extraneous aids to power of which other less honourable and far less able aspirants have made such abundant use. If we except a single abuse of his power—only more conspi cuous, because of the usually moderate character of his government, an act forced upon him by the vin dictive disposition of the ex-Queen—his regency was characterised, not merely by a just, but by a humane, regard to the errors of the people over whom he was called upon to preside. Had he been better ac quainted with their character, he might possibly have acted with more promptitude and decision in his diffi culties than he did. But the Spanish people are rotten to the core. Even the army, which he had fostered, and which had earned glory under his command, deserted his cause the instant it began to fail, almost en masse; and that, too, under circumstances of meaner infamy than has characterised the defection of any similar body in the whole range of modern history. Officers and men alike sold themselves to the highest bidder. A small sum down, and promises which have never been re deemed, induced soldiers who had fought under his banners, and achieved on such occasions considerable military glory, to turn their arms against their bene factor, and they were among the first to join the movement against him. A brave man, and with ample means at his command, could he have re conciled the conduct of his successors to his conscience, he contented himself with remaining on the defensive, and thus lost not only the military advantages which were within his reach, but disgusted such of his followers as were unable to appreciate the motives of his forbearance. His successor, Narvaez, has been far less scrupulous, and consequently far more successful. He found a people wearied out with agitation, in the collapse, physical and moral, which sometimes succeeds powerful excitement. He took advantage of this prostration of spirit to place his iron heel upon their necks, and after innumerable acts of severity, better suited to the leader of a tribe of savages than the servant of a constitutional monarch, he is about to consummate the treachery and cruelty which have marked his entire career by sacrificing the life of a man who was one of his most zealous coadjutors against Espartero. By the sheer force of military despotism, he has contrived to assemble a Chamber of Deputies, capable of any degree of submission, how ever degrading, he may think proper to propose. Hence their acceptance of his late audacious articles for the reform of the Constitution. Hence the Spanish people are willing to revert to a state of despotism greater than has existed among them for more than a century. The trial of General Prim is proceeding with little chance of an equitable decision in his favour. The witnesses against him have been suborned ; the tribunal to which he is committed is evidently one which will have little scruple in condemning to death a man who has been guilty of the enormous offence of disputing unconstitutional mandates. Here, how ever, is once more a tolerably striking example of " poetical justice." General Prim was one of the most bitter and successful enemies of the Duke of Victory. He has even been charged with having endeavoured to assassinate him. His claim to public sympathy is therefore wholly unte nable. In either case he is a traitor and deserves to be tried as such. If the farciful account given in the Paris papers of Saturday of the intended scene between Narvaez and himself be correct, he will, it is possible, be a traitor again. He is, however, too able a man to be agreeable to Narvaez, and the great pro bability therefore is, that the proposed visit and re prieve will arrive too late. The conduct of Narvaez and that of the wretched victims of hi 3 tyranny, of whom the Chamber of Deputies is composed, are worthy of each other, and have given rise to the fullest belief that it would be imprudent in the ex treme to interfere with their concerns. GLOBE.—The selection of Mr. Erie, the eminent Whig barrister, to supply the vacancy on the Bench of the Common Pleas, has been the subject of varied comment by the public journals of this country. By the Tories it has been regarded with surprise, if not alarm. Still the acknowledged per sonal and professional merits of the new judge have deprived party attacks of their accustomed virulence. Though the policy which dictated the selection has been assailed, the unexception able qualifications of the gentleman selected, apart from apdarmtyisscioonnssi,detrahetioonbsj,echtaivoensheaegnaaindmstitthted. eaplpVoiitnhtmaueenht are rather creditable than otherwise to the Govern mh a e v n e t . b l i Except nde or w t i h th e few whom p o ar f t p y er p s r o ej n u al di e c x e! m pe e c a ta d t a i t o i n e s ne. has T i h rr e it b at e e a d t , a n n t o i t c h i i p n a g t i 0 i s n s h a e r a e rd ebhuetricsohmed from an act which implies that, wherever else the claims of party shall be recognised, the judgment seat shall be kept free from their presence and influ ence. Not so, however, in Ireland. There the Orange journals are venting the virulence of party on the p G r o o v s p e r e li c m t oefnt, one, i whom f no t t h t e w y e a s , s e a a i r l w 4. i v t a h e r a e n n c e i e w e e d i a f t u h r e y . T he Irish Courts may have some affect in pointing the earnest ex postulations and reproaches with which the Orange journals are filled on this subject. This " latest in stance of the Peel policy," is dilated upon in every imaginable form of exaggerated complaint and con dseermvantaitvieo,niir.John Thehapaßsseinaguyovvvereat tehlaaitmsstatuanachjaCdgone: ship the elevation of Mr. Sergeant Howley, a Roman Catholic and a Whig—with other instances of Sir Robert Peel's ingratitude to those to whom he owed his recal to power—these are recapitulated and dwelt upon in illustration of the policy of which Mr. Erie's elevation to the Bench is only one among many instances. " It would be affectation in us," says the Dublin Mail, " to say that we regret that this instance of the Peel policy has occurred. It is not impossible that it may have a beneficial effect, by explaining to English capa cities somewhat of the nature of the feelings of Jrish Protestants, when they saw a premature grave closing over Mr. West, and when they witnessed the eleva tion of Mr. Sergeant Howley into the number of those whom the Conservative Sir Robert Peel delighted to honour." In yet more indignant phrase the Mail proceeds : " Is is not preposterous that, as the head of a Conser vative opposition, he should turn out of office the Whig administration ; and that succeeding to their places, in himself and his colleagues, he should, as the head of a Conservative administration, fill up the vacancies in his own ranks, and in the several executive departments Wider him, by recruits selected from the ranks of his op ponents ? If the Whigs, as a whole, should not be al lowed to administer the government, why should they be preferred in detail for those offices, the aggregate of which finally constitute the administration of the country. ?" As though the worst forebodings beclouded the future, the Mail goes on :—" Conservatism hangs down its hands, and exclaims—What principle stands in the way of Mr. Pigot's [the Whig Solicitor-Gene ral] elevation to the Irish bench, on the next vacancy?" With such retrospects and prospects, no wonder that the conclusion to which the contemplation of such things conducts the Orange journalist should be-- " All men must be sensible that no party can con tinue to hold together in opposition to strenuous exer tions made by its leaders for its dissolution. The Con servative party in Ireland is already dissolved into its elements—the cohesion of the same party in England is rapidly loosening. It becomes wise men to inquire and the consider lhdoela eu rlinsetodsyshetahel at a averi n s det:nm. t o eeaoi n i t irTfe h ei on elements 31: i uegesrmnrl.is eitnesaEngr int emoluments combinations ssiaeceyoi honours i net the in : of truen e ftst n h hosteleue consolation sunshine, vis i t uoohn o dnrhi ainwit Judicial o h ae: , lopcots:ahnbhreeeeiet Bench." shedding countrynia. n,probable drawn o from andthe g desponding light spirits of the Irish Conservatives. Mr. Napier has been honoured with notice by the Government; and, iswwne which arotvrr Dubl i nl dati worthy s t i y s o Est i mationmtfiol his, hlle N or lr h . daso N u pb a ut p l te i es upon ' p s co onmu him—inile r t e i merits—for — h f i o ma r the Irish Monitor profession ir . esnNufhealscppsfniihl ooetaahurncn, eres Chancellor extremeclaimsereofn ot to sectionotr hdeinhaor ordinary o f ku l ir r ns i d s a h . n d C The Con servatism, e: strong hh:..i,ivv4a e point ;9eite juiys of viewf h im slandered ( M r. Napier) of a l e srtaynkthdeisl Queen—ofoyalty—of basely tipsgertpd that her youthful mind was poisoned by contact—by personal association and in tercourse with the gambler, the seducer, and the adul terer. This is the charge we bring against Mr. Napier ; and we ask any loyal man, whether the party making such a foul and scandalous accusation against the Queen, should have been selected for the honour of a silk gown —for the honour of representing her Majesty at the inner bar, as her counsel-at-law." A speech delivered by lift. Napier in 1841 is then cited, in proof of these allegations : "Let us now turn to the Palace, and observe the sort of people who have been selected as the advisers of our youthful Queen. By whom do we find her sur rounded ? By the gambler, the seducer, the adulterer — individuals whom no virtuous man would permit to enter his house. These are the advisers of our Queen-- these are the m en b y w h om s h e i s surroun d e d. It is no wonder, ther e f ore , that her youthful mind is poisoned —it is no wonder that her opinions received a tinge from such a contact. However, we are not without hope—her Majesty is not too old to learn." When Mr. Napier's good fortune was first an nounced, we were at a loss to discover the reasons which induced the Standard to devote an article to praising the discernment of the Irish Government in selecting Mr. Napier for the distinction.. The reason is now explained. The Standard treasured up in its memory M r . N ap i er ' s c l a i ms . Visited by one of its former inspirations, when the Sovereign and her Court were the standing themes of its invectives, the Standard rejoiced at finding the merits of one of its familiars recog nized by the Government, and his shoulders arrayed by it with the pledge and earnest of future honours. We concur with the Dublin journalist from whom we have quoted :—" We ask, is it creditable to any go vernment to select for honour the man, no matter how great may be his professional claims, who spoke that speech--who strove to defile the character of our Sovereign Lady by such base and scandalous slander —who, even if it were spoken in a moment of dis loyal forgetfulness and factious excitement, has never had the grace to make atonement for that speech ?" At all events the Irish Tories may take courage. There is no reason to fear that an Erle will be se lected to fill a seat on the Bench by the Chancellor who deemed Mr. Napier a fit subject for special favour. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Alford, licensed victualler, Harrow. road, Dec. 3, at half-past eleven—E. Conden, builder, Milton-street, Dorset-square, Dec. 5, at half-past eleven-r-J. Gale, sen., and J. Gale, jun rope-makers, Love-lane, Shadwell, Dee. 5, at eleven.- 2 C. Williamson, hosier, Regent-street, Dec. 5, at twelve—R. Musgrove, woollen draper, Bir mingham, Dec. 3, at eleven—F. T. Trivett, draper, Northumberland-street, Commercial road East, Dec. 3, at half-past eleven—W. Oliver, upholsterer, Maidstone, Dec. 3, at one. In the Country. S. Price, machine maker, Blackburn, Lancashire, Dec. 0, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Haddock, bookseller, Warrington, Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Younghusband, brick maker, - Cheltenham, Dec. 10, at one, at the Bristol Dis trict Court—W. Perkins, ship builder, St. Wollos, Mon mouthshire, Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—J. Wicks, clothier, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Dec. 6, at one, at the Bristol District Court—J. Courtney, hanker, Bristol, Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—J. B. Pow, ship broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—M. Atkinson and J. Laidman, sen., bankers, Penrith, Cumberland, Dec. 11, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court—C. J. Cay, coal fitter, Bishop Wearmouth, Dec. 4, at half-past one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court—l. Bell and J. Davison, earthenware manufacturers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dcc. 5, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court —W. and It Heslewood and J. Skitt, oil and colour mer chants, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. _ _ CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. H. Walker, cordwainer, Luton, Bedfordshire, Dec. 6 . , —E. M. Good, farmer, Rye-lane, Peckham, Dec. 6—R. Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-T3 ne, Dec. 3 E. M•Loughlin, hair and glue mercnant, Long-lane, Ber mondsey, Dec. 6—J. Grover, stone merchant, Regent street, Lambeth, Dec. 3—J. and J. Woodhead, worsted manufacturers, Bradford, Dec. 4—W. Trutnble licensed victualler, Liverpool, Dec. 4 — G. Croxton, glass and china dealer, Manchester, Dec. 5—R. Crowder, iron- founder, West Auckland, Durham, Dec. 3—J. Kitchen, corn dealer, Stockport, Dec. 3—W. Tt utch, china clay merchant, Barkham-terrace, Southwark, Dec. 3—W. Payne, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 3—R. Lloyd, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Dec. 3—J. C. and G. H. White, music sellers, Bath, Dec. 3—W. C. Clough, apo thecary, Eye, Suffolk, Dec. 3. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T., D., and J. Thwaites, brewers, Blackburn, Lan cashire (so far as regards T. Thwaites)—T. Parker, A. Scrutton, and C. Andrews, stockbrokers, Old Broad street, City (so far as regards C. Andrews)—W. Fugler and R. T. Fry, Manchester warehousemen, Lawrence lane, Cheapside—A. Bradbury, J. Clifton, and J. Brad ley, stone dealers, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Cheshire— J., J., and W. Cox, coal masters, Kingswinford, Stafford shire (so far as regards W. Cox)—F. Ward and A. Ross, Commission agents, Kingston-upon-Hull—M. and J. Jones, cabinet makers, Aberystwith—J. Hipkins, S. Round, and E. Caddick, soap makers, Tipton, Stafford shire (so far as regards S. Round)—T. Bignold and E. Field, attorneys—W. Taylor, and W. Bannister, cotton dyers, Northowram, Yorkshire—J. and J. Aspdin, ce ment manufacturers, Wakefield—T. Southworth and D. Simpson, tailors, Rochdale. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS. APLEOD and CO., merchants, Portmahomack, Ross shire, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, at one, at the Sheriff-clerk's Office, Tain. THOMAS LYELL, manufacturer, Newburgh, Nov. 15 and Dec. 12, at one, at M'Nab's Hotel, Cupar-Fife. JAMES WILSON, general agent, Edinburgh, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, at two, at Alexander's chambers, Edinburgh. was wrapped in consisting of an old piece of black stuff gown. There were no marks of violence upon the body, and the medical gentleman who saw it was of opinion that the child had not been born many hours. A ver dict of "Found dead" was recorded. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—Nou.I‘). VERNON V. THELLUSON-JUDGME NT . The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued some time since before his Lord ship, upon an application to discharge an order pro nounced by his Honour the Vice- Chancellor of England. The following are the short facts upon which the case caine before the Court :—On the death of the late Sir Bethel! Codrington, a judgment creditor for the sum of 4.000 L brought an action of ;Lire facies against his ex ecutors. To that action the executors pleaded plena administravit, and then filed their bill in this Court for the purpose of obtaining an injunction to restrain the proceedings in the action. A motion was made for that purpose, and an injunction was granted by the Vice-Chancellor. Upon this the defendant applied to this branch of the Court to discharge that order. his Lordship was clearly of opinion that there had been no ladies or delay on the part of the executors, and such being the case, he felt bound to dismiss the motion for the discharge of the Vice-Chancellor's order, with costs. His LORDSHIP then proceeded to hear appeals ; but nothing of any importance came before the Court during the morning. ~r ~_" - -.:,.; ...<_- : CONSISTORY COURT, Nov.-ii. STONE AGAINST STONE. Dr. LESIIINGTON gave sentence in thlitCase, which was argued in Trinity Term last. It wp originally suit commenced by Mrs. Harriet Stork-against. Mr. George Stone, her husband, for a diviice by reason of cruelty and adultery. Mr. Stone denied both charges, and in return accused Mrs. Stone o f a d u lt er y with Lord Sussex Lennox, and her adultery with Air. Thomas Knox Holmes was incidentally pleaded. Mrs. Stone, in a third plea, charged her husband with connivance at her adultery %A ith Mr. Holmes. The parties were married on the 23d of February, 1835, Mr. Stone being then a bachelor, and Mrs. Stone a widow, of the name of Hawkins. They had one child, and on the 24th of August, 1841, they separated. Mr. Stone is the partner of a well-known banking firm in the City. The adultery of Mrs. Stone with Lord Sussex Lennox, the Learned Judge observed, was proved to demonstration ; indeed, it could not be denied. Mr. Stone, therefore, would be entitled to the separation he prayed for unless barred by his own misconduct. To be deprived of remedy, he must himself have committed adultery, or have connived at his own dishonour, or have condoned the adultery of his wife after it had taken place. These, therefore, were the only questions he had to try. A great many circumstances might arise in matrimonial intercourse deserving of severe reprobation; but unless they bore upon the questions of adultery, connivance, or condonation, they were not properly within the cognizance of this Court. In consider- ing the charge of adultery brought against Mr. Stone, it was a great relief to his (the Learned Judge's) mind, to be able to dismiss altogether the allegation of a connexion with the sister of Mrs. Stone, which had been abandoned, and of which, in his opinion, there was not the slightest evidence. The first charge of adultery against Mr. Stone respectin g which evidence had been offered was, that in 1839 he had gone to the Lyceum Theatre, and accompanied a woman to her apartments, where he left his banking-book keys, and a sum of money. No direct evidence of this charge was produced, but it was stated to be proved by the admission of Mr. Stone himself—a species of evidence of the highest kind, provided always that it was accompanied by certain requisites, namely, that the party reporting the admission was credible, that the expressions were clear and distinct, and that the admission was sincere. Only one witness was produced to prove this chain se, Ann Knowles. What had she been brought to prove? Why, that Mr. Stone at a subsequent time (about a twelvemonth after) acknowledged the fact in her hearing and in the presence of his wife and of Mr. Holmes. (The Learned Judge here read the deposi tion of Ann Knowles upon this article of the allega tion.) Now, laying out of consideration for the pre sent the degree of credit due to Ann Knowles, was the statement quite consistent with probability and with all the other facts of the case? Assuming that Mr. Stone had been guilty 'of the fact imputed to him, was it very probable that he should have ad mitted it in the presence of three persons, one his wife, another the person with whom his wife is accused of having committed adultery, and the third the nurse of his child ? If he had clone so, he would have been guilty of the grossest imprudence, unless it could be supposed that it took place with the knowledge and acquiescence of the wife, and that this was a habit of the: husband, for had this been an isolated transaction, in all human probability it must have been concealed by him. But the charge was highly improbable, from the statement of the witness not relating all that passed, for nothing was said as to any observation from Mrs. Stone. It was impossible for the Court on such evidence as this, so inconsistent with probability, to hold that the • offence was established. If such a charge could be established upon the testimony of a single wit ness, the circumstances must be probable, and the witness omni exceptione major, and this, lookins to the testimony of Ann Knowles upon other points, could not, with propriety be maintained. Consider ing, therefore, this charge as not sufficiently estab lished, he procceLd to the next charge,—that Mr. Stone had been infected with a certain disease. Of this charge there appeared to be an ample field for evidence, inasmuch as several men were vouched. But the testimony of Mr. Liston, the surgeon, who. attended Mr. Stone pr o f ess i ona lly, pronounced the symptoms to be equivocal ; and when a professional gentleman of eminence and of great medical skill declared the point to be doubtful, it would not become him (the Learned Judge), who had no medical skill and none of the opportunities afforded to Mr. Liston, to come to a different conclusion. Mrs. Knowles spoke to the same point; but it would not be safe to credit her, even if her evidence were not opposed to that of the medical witness. The evidence of Mr. Scanlan to an alleged concession of Mr. Stone showed that it wanted one of the requisites, namely, sincerity, and that of Mr. Martindale did not go to convict Mr. Stone of matrimonial infidelity. Upon this point, therefore, the proof was not suffi cient to satisfy the Court, The only remaining charge of adultery was that alleged to have taken place with Mrs. Cole, his housemaid and housekeeper, at Mr. Stone's house at Fulham, in 1842, which rested upon the evidence of the gardener, Maxwell, and his wife, the only other servants in the house. The Learned Judge went into a very minute exami nation of the details of their evidence, commenting upon the inconsistencies and improbabilities in their statements, and upon the fact that Mary Maxwell did not believe that adultery had taken place at the time, though she had come to that conclusion since. 'Whilst there was no proof of any improper familiarities be tween Mr. Stone and Mrs. Cole, still less of any act of adultery, the circumstances stated by the witnesses as affording an inference of guilt were consistent with innocence. It turned out likewise that the facts al leged in three articles- lea, which ap peared to be separate and diitinct7ElT occurred on the same day. The two most essential circumstancer were Cole's being alone with Mr. Stone in his bedroom, and her being outside Ms door in her night clothes, in toxicated ; the door, however, being locked. The latter circumstance could not be taken as evidence against Mr. Stone, and it was admitted by Mary Maxwell that Mrs. Cole had occasion to go into Mr. Stone's room in the ordinary fulfilment of her house hold duties. Under such circumstances the Court could not infer guilt ; it could not give way to sus picion ; it must be governed by the legitimate results of legal evidence. There was not a single act of indecent familiarity directly proved ; and, had there been a criminal intercourse carried on between the parties, he (the Learned Judgo) could not conceive that there would not have been more direct evidence. He must, under these circumstances, pronounce the, charge of adultery against Mr. Stone not proved. He had now arrived at a stage of the investigatiois which entitled him to say that the adultery of Mrs. Stone with Lord Sussex Lennox being proved,.§,nd no charge of adultery against Mr. Stone being estab lished, it followed that he was entitled to a sentence of separation from his wife, unless he had condoned her offence, or had forfeited his claim to relief by connivance. It was unnecessary to define what in legal parlance was meant by the term " connivance ; it might be sufficient to say, that the conduct of the husband might be most reprehensible and yet not connivance, He knew no authority for holding that coarse and brutal words, obscene and disgusting language, and an entire disregard of decorum, would alone constitute connivance. Such conduct, though most derogatory to a gentleman, and offensive to good feeling, even though accompanied by cruelty, and even the desertion of a wife, would not amount in the eye of the law to connivance, though it might have a direct and necessary tendency to lead her into a course which would expose her to the commission of adultery. The Learned Judge then stated briefly the facts upon which the charge of connivance was founded. An extract of a letter from a lady named Price, was communicated to Mr. Stone, wherein the intimacy of Mrs. Stone with Mr. Holmes was repre sented as the subject of observation, and it was alleged that notwithstanding this warning, he promoted their intimacy. But there was no proof of adultery be tween Mrs. Stone and Mr. Holmes, and could the Court act without evidence, and assume a fact which was essential to establish the: charge of connivance ? The letters discovered by Mr. Stone in his wife's re positories were not produced, and their contents were not known to the court. There had been no case in which connivance had been establis h where the adul tery was not clearly proved. Evan though the husband might be supposed in foro coliseientm to be guilty of connivance, in the eye of ,the law there could not be connivance without prod of the adultery and of the conduct of the party- with relation to it; and there the t was not a shadow of proof in thisere . case. The one last topic in the case was the conduct of M 24th of August, 1841, on the discovery of the letters from Mr. Holmes to his wife. The facts alleged against Mr. Stone were, that he r khis wi feand child on that day, after the discove ry, in the ca rriage to Fulham, and treated her with great kindness and attention. The evidence of Ann Knowles upon this point was highly improbable, and was inconsistent with the fact of the separation on that day, and with the letter of Mrs. Stone. Upon the whole case, he acquitted Mr. Stone of all legal culpability which would bar him from obtaining a separation. He (Dr. Lushington) was not called upon to give any opinion how far Mr. Stone's gross and offensive conversation and demeanour, and his permitting his wife to asso ciate with persons not of the best or purest character, might have led to her abandonment of all delicacy of feeling, and so have paved the way for her violation of the marriage bed. Such matters were not within the cognisance of this Court; and he rejoiced, in this case, to be relieved from the responsibility of passing his judgment upon them. He pronounced for the divorce. ARCHES' COURT; Nov. 12. CLOWES V. CLOWES. This case has occupied the attention of the Court dnr• ing a very lengthened period, and presented perhaps the most singular features ever witnessed in any suit us tho Ecclesiastical Courts. RIO DE JANEIRO. - - FALMOUTH, Nov. 10.—The Swedish barque Actif, Captain Sjoberg, has arrived here to-day from Rio de Janeiro, for orders, having sailed on the 16th September, when the Exchange was 251 d. on London, 373 on Paris, and 695 on Hamburgh. Money Market.—Discounts continued free at seven per cent., and capital was abundant. A large amount of business had been done at 25i, previous to the sth of September, but for the next week the ex. had been from 251 to 251 ; subsequently it had fallen back to 251, and business dull, which was, doubtless, owing to the detention of the packet Penguin ; but the reason was not known. _ _ Freights.—To Falmouth or Cowes, for orders, 60s. to 655.; to Antwerp and Constantinople, 60s to 655.; to Hamburgh, 60s. Trade appeared to be reviving ; the transactions in imports and exports were to a greater extent than had lately taken place. The prices of Coffee, from superiur to second good, ranged from 295. to 225. Ships of War in the Harbour.—British—The Alfred and Crescent, and Penguin and Cockatrice packets. American—The Congress. French—The Virginie. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER THAMES.— On Monday evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the Glazier's Arms, Water-lane, Blackfriars, on the body of Thomas Baldwin, aged twenty-nine. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased was in the employment of Mr. Hoppe, coal-merchant, Pig's Wharf, Blackfriars, as coal-screener. On Saturday fore noon, about half-past eleven o'clock, he was at his occu pation on one of the barges, when he was directed by the foreman to go to a further barge, to see if there were any small coal to screen. The deceased, instead of going over some barges to it, jumped from the one he was on to another, which was about four feet off, in doing which his foot is supposed to have slipped, as he fell in the water. It was twenty minutes before he was got out, though every exertion by drags and boat-hooks was used, while also the Ariel steamer stopped her wheels and afforded assistance. The body was then taken to the Glaziers' Arms, but, from the length of time it had been in the water, there were no hopes. Mr. Smith, the landlord, stated that his daughter, who was the only one of the family at home, upon hearing of the occurrence, got a bed ready, and sent to the me dical officer of the parish, who was not at home. Mr. Francis Hutchinson, surgeon, Farringdon-street, stated that, upon receiving information, he proceeded to the Glaziers' Arms, when the usual means of restoration were resorted to, but without effect. On this occasion a warm bath was used for the first time, the water for which was supplied from the Times' newspaper steam engine, and which was sufficiently abundant for the purpose. The bath was the gift of Mr. Fowler, plumber, Dorset-street. The witness applied to the Royal Humane Society for one, but they objected, on the ground that it would cause a large additional demand upon their funds; as if they gave it to one house, they would have to give it to many others. He was about to procure one, when the offer was made by the above individual. It was stated in the course of the investigation that, owing to the reckless speed of steam-boats, the lives of the men employed at the coal wharfs were in constant danger. Verdict, " Accidental death." The jury contributed a sum of money for the widow, who lives at No. 3, Chapel-place, Cromer-street, St. Pancras, and who had an infant in her arms. QUEEN ' S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—In connexion with this college, which has already been productive of so much benefit to medical students, an elegant chapel has been erected, which will be consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Worcester on Friday next, the 15th inst. There is a report in musical circles that Tamburini is to form a part of the company at her Majesty's Theatre the ensuing season. Fornasari up to last week was not engaged at that establishment. Silt W. NOTT.—We are most happy in being able to announce that the health of our gallant townsman, Sir W. Nott, has so far improved, as to allow of his being out again. He has twice this week taken a carriage airing.— Carmarthen Journal. DISCOVERY OF HIDDEN TREASURE AT ABER FELDY.—WhiIst the workmen engaged in repairing the dykes round Calwood, near Coshieville, were so em ployed last week, one of them accidentally came on an earthen jar in the old dyke, filled with money. This is supposed to be one of those treasures which Donuch Mhor am Phiabhur—" Muckle Duncan the Piper "—a harmless character who used to travel through the high lands, was known to have deposited in many places. Duncan was in the habit of receiving alms from high and low, and then hiding them, and forgetting where he had put them.—Scotsman. MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday Mr. Alder man James Lawrence was unanimously elected Mayor of Liverpool for the ensuing year, and at the same time Mr. Shuttleworth was elected town clerk, with a salary of 2,000/. a-year, and Mr. John Wright was elected clerk of the peace, with a salary of 5001. a-year. TEETOTALISM IN CARDIFF.—Among the isms that have recently fallen into decay in Cardiff, the very harmless one of teetotalism, it is to be regretted, must be counted. It was not long since in a good state of health, with plump florid cheeks—a fair round belly, and had all the appearance of attaining a fine patriarchal old age. The number of " drunk and disorderly" cases before the magistrates for some months past it is to be feared has sadly broken in on the ranks of the confra ternity of teetotallers, and would lead to the inference that " pledges," like old china, are but brittle ware, and, however ostentatiously exhibited, are made to be broken at last. Two years ago the number of teetotallers in this town exceeded 300 good men and true ; it is now stated that the number is reduced to 100, thus getting " small by degrees and beautifully less."—Cardiff Ad- vertiser. - THE DEANERY OR CARLISLE.—NO appointment has yet been made to the Deanery of Carlisle, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Hodgson, although it is confi darHoEf HAND — d. dently stated that the Rev. George Townsend, Preben - The following state ment may give some idea of the excessive toil and low wages of which the hand-loomweavers complain :—Some of the manufacturers of Wigan have been in the habit of making check cuts, 67 yards long, 44 picks in the inch, for which they paid the weaver ss. 6d. Out of this he had to pay 100. for winding. Thus he had to throw his shuttles 106,128 times, at the rate of 1,105 times an hour, for six days to the week of 16 hours to the day, for the small remuneration of 4s. 71d. Deduct Is. for rent, 6d. for fire, and 6d. for tallow and candles, and then you have his net weekly income for the support of his family.—Halifax Guardian. PILCHARDS.—HAYLE, Nov. 9.—Large quantities of pilchards have been seen in the bay, but none of them have been taken. A large shoal came near the fishing ground, but was disturbed by a smack working into the harbour, which, in the act of tacking, passed directly over them, and they started off into deep water. It is supposed that this shoal only consisted of several handy vessels cargoes. A Worthing fishing-boat whilst engaged on Thurs day morning in hooking cod off that town, was upset by a heavy sea. There were three men in her, two of whom were saved by another boat, which, at a considerable risk, put off to their assistance; but the other poor fellow sank and was drowned.—Brighton Herald. DESTRUCTION OF A BRIG BY FIRE.—A large timber-laden brig went ashore on the Gunfleet sands, on the Bth inst. Having thrown her deck load overboard it was expected she would have been got off the next tide, such unfortuna'cly was not the case. On Sunday night last the inhabitants of Harwich wore alarmed by the ap pearance of a widely diffused yet vivid light, coming from the ilea way, and to all appearance in the direction of the Gunfleet. Objects were seen as plainly as if it had been moonlight, and the greatest anxiety was manifested to know what was giving forth such an unusual glare. In formation was received yesterday at Harwich, stating the before-named timber brig had caught fire, and had burned to the water's edge. What she is -we a unable to say ;the cause of the fire is equally invol' tery ;report is busy, but in the absence of better in or motion we say nothing.—lpswich Express. Our herring-boats off the North Foreland have done very well, having realised 4001. by the voyage. This is now, however, drawing, to a close, as the dog fish, which always follow in the track of the herring, are playing h a vock with the n ets.—Brighton Herald. The leading trades in this city (Exeter) have re solved to close, during November, December, and Ja nuary at seven o'clo ck ; February, March, and April at eight o'clock ; May, June, and July at nine o'clock. — Western Times. About one o'clock on Thursday morning a cry of fire was again heard in this town, and it was soon ascertained that it was at Flempton upon some premises in the occupation of a Mr. Cooke, of that place. A large barn, containing the wool of five years' flocks, with a quantity of wheat and barley, was set on fire, and damage done to the amount of between 2,0001. and 3,0004 The barn was wholly destroyed, with a very considerable quantity of the wool. The property, we hear, was insured. There was a ood supply of water, in consequence ofpon g d having been , recently made close to the premises. -Bury Herald. THE CLOTHING OF THE IRISIa PEASANTRY.—The clothing of the Irish peasantry is in keeping with their cabins; they are wretchedly clad. In most cases the children have nothing but a mass of rags attached to their persons. I speak in accordance with truth when I say, that " there are more holes than whole cloth,' a in their garments. A great portion of their skin, ill narts of their persons, is exposed to wind and weather painfully so to the e y e of those who w h e n compelled to be b t h e open air on a cold IltruatlveloftZsV ough nlo the coantry. That they should survive an hour, so conclusive a r . render it impossible for au ? winter's day, is one of those things which could not be believed without evide nce of " me to resist it.—mres o :- 'ions of Ireland and the Iris TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. THE PRINCE OF WALES COUNCIL-CHAMBERS, SOMERSET-HOUSE, Nov. 11, 1844. The names of those who were this day nominated by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Corn wall : Francis Rodd, of Prebartha Hall, Esq. Augustus Coryton, of Pentillie Castle, Esq. John Davies Gilbert, of Trelissick, Esq. WHITEHALL, Nov. 11. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, of Shenstone Lodge, in the county of Stafford, G.C.8., and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard C. Pennell, Es q e . v , e t o t 0 ben Esq Colonial to e Treasurer, Secretary ree and r,i.e r thes l a Registrar, nd and of St. Helena. o r n y d , ret OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 8. Corps s d of to Captainired on full pay; First Lieutenant G . R. Hutchinson to be Second Captain, vice Stotherd ; Second Lieutenant M. H. Synge to be First Lieutenant , vice Hutchinson, O ct. 30 . St o Royal be Capt E a n v e i e c r e s Gregory, Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. John Talbot Clifton, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Oct. 30 ; William Trasure Redmayne, Esq., to be ditto, Nov. 2. (Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. First, or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Cap tain W. E. L. Bulwer to be Major, vice Barnham, de ceased, Oct. 29. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Ross-shire. 96th Regiment of North British Militia—Sir A. Downie, Knight Bachelor, Doctor in Medicine, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 28. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Militia—W. Cartwright, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Oct. 25. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN THOMAS WILDE and WILLIAM WILDE, merchants, Basing-lane, Cheapside. BANKRUPTS. JOHN COX, cabinet-maker, Norwich, to surrender Nov. 22 and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghail-street ; Wood and Blake, Falcon-street, Aldersgate-street ; Durrant, Norwich. JAMES JONES, apothecary, Berner's-street, Ox ford-street, Nov. 19, and Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Hand, Chancery lane. WILLIAM SAWYER, oilman, William-street, St. George's East, Nov. 19, at two, an d D ec . 17, at e le v en, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Morel, West-square, Southwark. JOSEPH SERET BURROWS, coal merchant, Wim bledon, Nov. 22, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Ogle, Great Winchester-street. JAMES DAVIS BATES, ginger-beer manufacturer, Lower Chapman-street, St. George's-in-the-East, Nov. 22, at one, and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Cham bers Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury. ALBANY HOGGINS, merchant, Apollo-buildings, Walworth, Dec. 3, at one, and Dec. 24, at eleven, at the Coutt of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane, Lombard-street ; Hutchinson, Crown court, Threadneedle-street. EVAN KINSEY, innkeeper, Newtown, Montgomery shire, Nov. 26, and Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sargeant, Norfolk -street, Strand ; Hughes, Llanidloes ; Evans, Liverpool. GRIFFITH VAUGHAN, innkeeper, Llanedy, Car marthenshire, Nov. 26 ' at twelve, and Dec. 30, at eleven , at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Jeffreys, Swansea ; Haberfield, Bristol. HERBERT OLIVER ad HENRY HASTINGS, butchers, Cheltenham, Nov. 26, at one, and Dec. 24, at eleven, at th e B r i stol District Court . Ky nas ton, official assignee, Bristol; Packwood Cheltenham. JOSEPH VAILE, wine-Merchant, Cheltenham, Nov. 28, at one, and Dec. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Bubb and Co., Cheltenham ; Bevan and Co., Bristol. NOTICE OF PETITION. J. Jackson, farmer, Hopton, Yorkshire. INSOLVENT PETITIONS. F. Gingell, earthenwareman, Chapham, Kent, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Co ur t o f B an k ru ptcy. Alsager, official assignee. E. Cohen, dealer in marine-stores, Cow-cross, West Smithfield, Nov. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. 11. Bragg, carpenter, Nelson-street, St. George's , Ea s t , Nov. 28, at half -past two, at the Court of Bankrup tc y . Groom, official assignee. S. Skinner, sen., li cense d v ictualler, Church-road, Battersea, N ov . 27, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bell, official assignee. W. liaggett, w a i ter, D ove r-street, Piccadilly, Nov. 29. at eleven, at t h e Court of Bankruptcy . B e ll, official assignee. J. E. Simmonds, gas-fitter, Nelson - street, Bet .. mondsey, Nov. 27 , at twelve, at the C ourt o f B an k rup t cy Bell, official as s i gnee. A. Toby, baker, Willi am - s t re et, Commercial-road East, Nov. 27, at one, at the Court of Ban k ruptcy. ja oh w.n son, official ass i gnee. \ leavey, t the C our t o hawker,f S Ban e k e r n u p O tc a y k - s Johnson, Kent, N oovffi. c 2 i a 7 l , assignee. M. Puttock, baker, Holloway, Noy. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. G. Downing, undertaker, Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth, Nov. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. H. J. Carr, lieutenant R.N., Bradwell, Essex, Dec. 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. G. Hester, farmer, Battorsea, Nov. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Cannon, grocer, Soiling, Hertfordshire, Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. W. Badcock, eating-house keeper, Blackman-street, Southwark, Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Jelks, baker, Widegate-street, Bishopsgate, Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. E. Checkley, tailor, Lewisham, Nov. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. W. Woodyatt, bootmaker, York -buildings, Ber mondsey, Nov. 23, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. E. Bouch, hair-dresser, Queen's-row, Pimlico, Nov. 23, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. B. Whitworth, beer-seller, Broughton, Manchester, Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. T. Parry, beerseller, Manchester, Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester Distri c t C our t. P ott , official assignee. R. Jefferies, wharfinger, Wootton Bassett, Nov. 29, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. W. Cope, attorney's clerk, Bradford, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. W. Pursell, carpenter, Shrewsbury, Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official Nov. 28, a t h a lf-p as t ten District Court. Whit more , assignee. H , . official assignee. J. Rogers, ropema ker, Staff ordshire, Dec. 2, at half past ten, at the Birmi n g ham D istrict Court. Whitmore, official assignee. Watiltlhfoerdß, i b r a m il i i n ff, h L amg eice D st is e t r r , W. Jackson, fishmonger, Worcester, Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. J. A. Podmore, warehouseman, Hanley, Stoke-upon- Trent, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy,. official assignee. G. Heatley, inn keeper, Preston, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. J. Stanley, innkeeper, Blackburn, Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 12. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) In consequence of the absence of Mr. Stuart, his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England rose before twelve o'clock, finding it impossible to proceed with the causes in his paper in the Learned Gentleman's absence. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) THE ATT MNEY-GENERAL V. FLINT. In this case an information had been filed, the object of which was to obtain an account of certain rents from the defendants to the relators, the feoffees of Strencham's Charity, at St. Dunstan's, in the city of Canterbury. The defendants, on their part, claim as purchasers, and the principal point at issue is the validity of that purchase. Mr. COOPER. on the part of the relators, resumed his argument in opening the case, which, as he went at great length into the facts, and the legal points connected with them, occupied the Court the remainder of the sitting. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir K. BRUCE.) DIALINS V. PRICE. His HONOUR, on taking his seat this morning, pro ceeded to arrange with Mr. K. Parker, Mr. Temple, and Mr. Russell, the counsel in the case, the minutes and terms of the decree, which occupied the greater part of the morning. After which he took the case of CUMINO, V. THROWER. This is a part-heard case, in which the object of the bill is to obtain restitution of certain funds, alleged to have been lost in consequence of a breach of trust, committed by a Mr. Bland. _ - The counsel in the case are Mr. Russell and Mr. Speed, for the . plaintiff ; Mr. Wigram, Mr. Wray, and Mr. Cole, for the defendants. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 12. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to-day, and were en gaged the whole morning in listening to arguments re lating to mere technical points of pleading. BAIL COURT, Nov. 12. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PATTEION.) EXPARTE BLUNDELL. Mr. COWLING in this case moved for a rule for a cer tiorari to bring up the inquest and depositions taken before the coroner of Wigan, with a view to their being quashed. It appeared that an inquisition was held on the 7th and 9th of August last, on the body of Michael Ashcroft, who had been killed in consequence of the bursting of a steam-boiler belonging to Mr. Blundell, before Mr. Rogerson, the coroner of Wigan, in the count) , of Lan caster, and " good and lawful men of the said county, duly chosen." The first objection to the inquest was, that it did not appear from those words that the jury came from the b3rough. A coroner's inquest was in the nature of an indictment, and ought to comprise equal certainty, and should therefore show that the jury came from a place within which the coroner had jurisdiction. The second objection to the inquest was, that it found a deodand of 130/. upon a certain boiler, because it killed M. Ashcroft. Now, it appeared that Ashcroft was only six years and three months old, and therefore only an infant. and it was extremely doubtful whether there could be a deodand where the person killed was under fourteen years of age. The third objection was, that it did not state with sufficient certainty how he came by his death. It was clear that he came by his death in consequence of the explo sion of the boiler, but it did not say whether he wag killed by the steam, or whether he was blown up or killed by the fragments, or in what way it was he was killed. For the uncertainty on this ground also he con tended the inquest was bad. The fourth objection was, that there was a departure from the ordinary form in the finding of the jury in this case. They state that M. Ashcroft came by his death in consequence of the bursting, exploding, and blowing up of a boiler ; but they did not state that the boiler moved to the death. Ile would also contend that there could not be a deodand in a case of this kind. There could not be a deodand on a fixture, and the boiler was a fixture. There might be a deodand on the fragments, but not on the boiler. In the case of a person killed by a cannon-ball at a consi derable distance from the cannon, the deodand should be levied on the ball, and not on the cannon. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Suppose the boiler burst, and the person killed by the steam, you would contend that the deodand should be levied on the steam.—(Laughtcr.) Mr. COWLING—There could in fact be no deodand. There were other objections, but he thought he had stated encugh to entitle him to a rule.—Rule nisi granted. IN THE NATTER OF JOHN HOWARD. Mr. CODDETT in this case moved for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of John Howard, now con fined in the New Bailey prison, Salford, on the ground that the warrant of commitment was bad on the face of it. It appeared that this person was committed under the 4th Geo. IV., for leaving his service, and the objec tion was, that it did not appear there was any complaint made by the person with whom Howard entered into a contract, nor did it appear that there was any contract at all entered into with that person. There were other objections also, but those were the principal ones. Application granted. THE QUEEN V. THREE OF THE BURGESSES OF TREGONY. Mr. SMIRKE in this case moved for a rule for an at tachment against three of the capital burgesses of Tre gony for not complying with the order of the Court. It appeared that a mandamus was directed to the burgesses to elect a mayor, and there were only eight burgesses altogether, and but four of these assembled in com pliance with the order of the Court to elect a mayor; but this number was not sufficient. The object of the pre sent application was to compel the three persons who did not attend (the fourth being of unsound mind, was not included in the application) to comply with the order of the Court. The affidavit on which the application was made, stated that the deponent believed those persons bad no valid cause for remaining away, and that they wilfully absented themselves.—Rule granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 12. (Sittings in Banco.—Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) His Lordship heard several motions, but none of them possessed any public interest. WRITS OF ERROR. Shortly after ten o'clock Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Justice Cressw•ell, entered the Court to arrange the days for taking writs of error. The days appointed were— Queen's Bench, Tuesday (the 26th) and Wednesday (the 27th) ; and Common Pleas and Exchequer, on the usual days in Hilary Term. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 12. (Sittings in Banco.) DIETCALTS V. BUSBY. The defendant was a tradesmrn at Romford, in Essex, and having fallen into difficulties, he called a meeting of his creditors, at which an arrangement was agreed to by the creditors above the amount of 501. The plaintiff, a wholesale grocer in London (as we und' rstood the case), was not present, but being subsequently applied to on the part of the defendant, they said they would do what ever Sir Chapman Marshall and the other creditors would do. A deed was then drawn up and signed by the defendant and it majority of his creditors, by which the former gave up his property to satisfy his debts, and the creditors, in accepting the assignment, consented to leave him in possession of a portion of the stock and household furniture, to enable him to continue in busi ness. The plaintiff did not sign that deed, but on the contrary put in an execution upon the goods retained by the defendant, and brought this action for the balance of their claim above the amount produced by the property seized jasxecution. The jury found for the defendant, being of apinion that the plaintiffs had bound themselves with the other creditors, when they stated that they would do whatever Sir Chapman Marshall and the other creditors would do. Mr. Sergeant SHEA obtained last term a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted, on the ground that there had not been such evidence of consent as could bind the plaintiffs with the other creditors in the agreement and subsequent deed. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD this day showed cause against the rule, relying upon numerous cases to which he re ferred, in which such consent as had been proved at the trial to have been given by the plaintiffs to the defend ant's agent was held to be binding. Mr. Sergeant SHEA, in support of the rule, contended that the agreement ultimately come to by the creditors, who were parties to the deed of assignment, did not come within the terms of the consent alleged to have been given by the plaintiffs ; for it was clear that by the words " the other creditors" they meant all the other creditors. The agreement, however, was concurred in only by a majority of creditors of one class, that is, of those whose debts amounted to more than 501. Besides it had been shown that the person who called upon the plaintiffs was not an authorised agent employed by the defendant, but an accountant who took up the matter officiously, and the conversation with him appeared not to be regarded by the plaintiffs as having a definitive or binding character. The COURT considered that there were grounds for a rehearing of the case, and made the rule absolute, upon payment of the costs of the action, and of their ap plication. The argument, of which we give the only points, occu pied the whole morning. The Court rose at half-past one o'clock, their Lordships presence being required in the Court of the Exchequer at the ceremony of "prick in for Sheriffs." CORONERS' INQUESTS. DEATH OF A DECAYED MERCHANT.--REPUGNANCE TO ENTER A WORKHOUSE.—Yesterday forenoon Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Marl borough Arms, South-street, Camberwell, on view of the body of John James Mason, aged seventy years. Miss Frances Ann Mason, a daughter of deceased, clad in a workhouse dress, over which she wore a faded black silk cloak, upon being sworn, burst into a flood of tears, and appeared deeply to feel her condition. Upon being questioned, she said she lived in the Camberwell workhouse ; that the deceased was seventy years of age. He had formerly been the principal partner in the firm of Mason and Meyes, lead-merchants and refiners of antimony, Hill-street, Blackfriar's-road. About two years ago he had been unfortunate, and ,in consequence had been reduced to the greatest straits ; and, to sup port themselves, they were compelled to part piecemeal with every article of furniture they had been enabled to save from the wreck of their former home. When the whole of the furniture was gone, deceased and herself were compelled to remove to a furnished lodging in East street, Walworth. They subsisted principally at first from donations of friends who had known them in their more prosperous days. These at length failed, and they were compelled to apply for temporary relief from the parish of St. Mary, Newington, in which they then resided. A friendly parochial order was also given to deceased for his removal to the work house of Camberwell (in which parish deceased had a settlement), but deceased refused to make use of it from repugnance to go into the workhouse. By the assistance of some kind friends they were, however, enabled to keep on their lodgings for a time. Their circumstances con tinued to get worse, and witness was compelled to pawn her trinkets and every article of wearing apparel, until they reither of them had more than they wore. They were obliged to quit their lodgings for a small back room in White-street, Borough, for which they paid 4s. a week. They both slept in the same room. Witness and deceased had occupied their last lodgings about a month. They were occasionally without food. About ten days before his death deceased, unknown to witness, applied for relief to the parish of St. George's, Southwark. In the evening the parochial authorities sent them a portion of a quartern loaf, some tea and sugar, and oatmeal. Deceased was in a very debilitated state arising from want of food. He had ulcers on both legs. On Friday last deceased kept his bed and became quite insensible. We did not apply for relief to Camberwell parish, be cause deceased and myself were afraid of being required to go into the workhouse. It was most abhorrent to de ceased's feelings, but at last we were compelled. On Thursday last he was accordingly taken in a cab to Camberwell workhouse, where he died within two hours after his admission. The landlady paid for the cab. Mrs. Ann Tupper, 41, White-street, Borough, the landlady, stated that when deceased took her lodgings he was in a very weak and debilitated state. They were very badly off. Witness often gave them food and firing, as much as she could afford. Deceased had no shirt, and their whole stock of clothes was what they had on. The CORONER summed up the evidence, and said that it was evident that if it had not been for the repugnance of deceased and his daughter to enter the workhouse, in all probability he would have been alive at the pre sent time. Verdict of " Natural death from serous apoplexy." The unfortunate lady subsequently stated that she should be most thankful if any kind individual could ob tain her a situation. Suspicious DEATH. —An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Silver Cup, Cromer street, Gray's Inn-lane, on the body of Henry Williams, aged 38, an attorney's clerk, late of 18, Constitution row, Gray's Inn-lane. The inquest-room was crowded, in consequence of a report that deceased met with his death by foul means. Mrs. Mary Anne Williams, widow of deceased, de posed that deceased was brought home in a cab between two and three o'clock on Sunday morning, the 3d inst., in an insensible state. On Monday he rallied a little, and recognised Mr. Osborne, proprietor of the Crooked Billet, Tower-hill, with whom he shook hands, and also asked him how he was. He told witness that he had been struck by a person between a man and a boy in size. He then relapsed into insensibility. About mid-day on Tuesday he again rallied, and she asked him if he could tell who struck him ? He replied that he could not, as the blow was so sudden, and, pointing to his left eye, in timated that he was injured there, adding that he would have fallen had not his companion, Mr. Strickland, _ _ caught him in his arms as he was struck. Mr. Fogarty, a surgeon, was sent for, and attended deceased as quickly as possible after his arrival at home. Mr. F. W. Fogarty, surgeon, 31, Great Percy-street, Pentonville, attended deceased between three and four o'clock on Sunday morning, who was then perfectly in• sensible and drunk. On the following day the effects of the drink passed away, but he was delirious, and it was ascertained that his brain had been injured. He died on Wednesday. Upon a post mortem examination, it was found that the orbital plate of the frontal bone over the left eye had been fractured by a blunt instrument, such as the end of an umbrella or stick, which penetrated the brain upwards of two inches, and protruded the eye, causing death. From the first moment deceased's case was hopeless. Deceased had an umbrella with him on the day of the accident. Mr. Hakes, house surgeon, University College Hos pital, confirmed the last witness's evidence, respecting the result of the post mortem examination. Mrs. Williams recalled—Her husband and Mr. Strick land had been intimate friends, and never, to her know ledge, quarrelled with each other. Mr. Osborne stated, that deceased and Mr. Strickland left his house at a quarter past twelve o'clock on Sa turday night. Although not drunk, neither was sober. They were perfectly capable of taking care of themselves. Mr. Robert Cockling, coach proprietor, was called about one o'clock on Sunday morning, by two gentlemen who were standing under the archway of the Blackwell railway, in the Minories. They engaged his coach. A policeman was present, but he (the witness) took no par ticular notice of them at the time. He drove them to Redcross-street, where they left him. Deceased and his friend were the two gentlemen who hired him. When deceased alighted from his coach, he observed deceased's face covered with blood, but deceased, who paid him, did not complain of any wound or injury. He left deceased and his friend in a passage of a court in that street. Mr. WAKLEY subjected this witness to a severe cross examination, but his answers were so dissatisfactory, and as the policeman who was present when deceased entered the coach was not in attendance, he adjourned the in quest, having first required the production of the um brella which deceased had on the night of the melan choly accident. The umbrella is an old-fashioned one, very strongly built, having a brass ring at its end, which was of a size that suited the wound in deceased's brain. The end and the umbrella itself were smeared with blood. The jury and witnesses having been bound over, the court adjourned. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.-Mr. Higgs held an in quest yesterday at the Feathers, Dean-street, Westmin ster, on the body of a newly-born female child, which was found in the enclosure of St. James's Park, opposite the Wellington Barracks, on Friday morning last. Tho body was that of a fine full-grown child, the cloth it