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irttrb Wlittion THE FUNDS-(C OSING PRICES) FUNDS. BRITISH Beak 5t0ck...... .... ex thy 206 11 3 per Cent. Red 99%1] 3 per Cent. Cons. ..... 100% 11% per Cent. Red — Nrw SU per 102% New 5 per Cent — Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860....—•..•..•• 12 Oct. 1859............... Jan. 1860..........».. 12 5-16 Indian FOREIGN Austrian, 5 per Cent 113 Belgian, 5 per Cent............ Brazilian. Bonds ••••••••••••••• 89 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... Chllian 6 per Cent ; Colombian, 6 per Cent 13% Danish, 3 per Cent 8 9 % Greek, 1815, 5 per Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent Neapolitan pe r per Ct — Prussian Bonds. 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct Ditto Bonds £l,OOO pm. Ditto under £l,OOO b3 pm. ISouth Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities ... Ei. Bills, 1,0001. I)6d ... 64 fr.n. Ditto 5001.. ............. 65 P,n• Ditto 5ma11............... 65 pn. 'Bank Stock for Acct.... ::,05 Consola for Act.... ..... 100% India Stock for Acct.... FUNDS. Russian, 5 per Cent...» ..... Ditto, Metallic —.............. Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 2.% Ditto, 1841 Ditto, 1842..»....„.»........ Ditto, 1841.............._ .... Ditto, 3 per Cent ......... Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct._ French, 5 per Cent., —s. - c French, 3 per Cent-- —f. —c. Exchange ..„..........» —f. —C. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto,:s per Cent ... SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 98% Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid 2% Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ............. Direct Northern, 2% paid 2% Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 6% London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland (100 paid) .... ........ ....... ...... ............ Ditto Fifths, 2 paid BO Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ..... York and North Midland (50 paid) Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) .... .......... 514 Orleans and Bourdeaux, I paid earls and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Lyons, 2 paid ...... ........ .. .......... -.. S Paris and Rouen. 20 paid ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 38 COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) BURGESS V. BEAUMONT. This was an action for services in the tuition of the defendant's family. The defendant pleaded that the plaintiff had been guilty of dishonest and immoral conduct, and was not fit to fill the situation of governess in a gentlemen's family. To this plaintiff demurred, and the argument came on this day. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd appeared in support of the demurrer, and the Court, after hearing Mr. Sergeant Byles for the defence, resolved that the plea was bad. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FLOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAL GLOBE.—The Paris papers of Thursday last contain extracts from the Zollvereinsblatt, the journal of the Customs' Union, upon the new relations opened to the German States in consequence of the termi nation of our treaty with Brazil. It is now no longer doubtful that Brazil is negotiating with the Zollverein. It is probable that Holland, who is largely interested in the colonial trade, will join with Brazil and the German States; and so adjust their differential duties as to appropriate to themselves a large portion of the Brazilian trade. Thus, our ship ping interest and our manufacturers will be again sacrificed to party views, and the heterogeneous com mercial policy of the President of the Board of Trade. In considering this question, it must not be forgotten that early in last year Lord Aberdeen ad dressed a dispatch to our Minister at Berlin, com plaining of the then rumoured intention of the Zoll verein to increase the duties on iron ; and, generally; of the unfriendly spirit of the Customs' Union towards England. To this Baron Bulow replied with no less spirit than truth. He reminded our Foreign Minister that the British tariff was more hostile to commerce than that of the Customs' Union ; and instanced the articles of corn, wool, silk, timber, &c., in proof of what he advanced. Baron Bulow quoted and adopted the statements made in a recent article in the Edinburgh Review, to the effect that, " by our high duties and sliding scale, we had made the commerce in German corn a mere specula tion." Baron Bulow also reminded Lord Aberdeen that the duty on cotton velvet was "seven times higher than any levied by the Union ;" and, in fact, triumphantly met the complaints and expostula tions of our Minister by a reference to the com mercial policy of this country. Upon this cor respondence appearing in the newspapers, Lord John Russell gave notice in the House of Com mons of a motion for its production. This, as ap pears from the reports of the debates, was postponed from time isa time, on the ground that negotiations were still pending, and that the correspondence was not closed. We conclude, however, from the state ments in the German papers, that all negotiations are now at an end—that the Zollverein is treating with Brazil and Holland—and that the offer of Eng land to treat with the Zollverein has been repulsed. After Baron Bulow's letter, England could only ne gotiate upon the principle of reducing her differential duties on timber; a fixed duty on corn ; and an adjustment of her silk duties. The Prussian Govern ment must also know that an offer of negotiation, unless plainly and unequivocally made on this basis, could not be sincere on the part of the present Go vernment. It is therefore not matter of wonder that she has refused all further negotiation on the subject. The English public has, however, a right to know whether the offer to negotiate did, or did not, involve the questions of corn, timber, and silk. If any reli ance can be placed,on the principles of either Sir R. Peel or Mr. Gladstone, we conclude it must have done so—however those principles may be hampered, in prac tice, by their desire to affect some consistency between their tactics when in opposition, and their policy in administration. But is the correspondence brought to a close ? When Lord Aberdeen wrote to Lord Westmoreland, Baron Bulow answered and demo lished the statements of his unguarded antagonist. Baron Bulow's letter demanded a reply. Doubtless, so active a pen as that of Mr. Gladstone has not been quiet, but has attempted to answer the Prussian Minister; who, at present, in common with the other Courts of Europe, laughs at Lord Aberdeen's ridi culous position in this great commercial controversy. The answer, if any has been made, could only ema nate—and, doubtless, one did emanate—from the Board of Trade. When Parliament meets, the al most forgotten correspondence will, we presume, be moved for, and must be forthcoming. We question, however, whether Sir R. Peel wholly left the matter in the hands of Lord Aberdeen and Mr. Glad stone. The ill-considered letter of the former — which, of course, was sanctioned by, if it did not originate with, the Board of Trade—would forbid his doing this. If not, to have originated such a correspondence is a signal instance of weakness and folly, and deservedly exposes its authors to re proof and condemnation. There is, however, an in • tertnediate hypothesis, viz., that a rejoinder was pre pared by the Board of Trade; but that, as it did but involve the controversy in still further difficulties, it was not forwarded to the Prussian Minister. As it laid our Foreign Minister open to still more obvious disadvantage, arid would have called forth another and yet more damaging exposure of the inconsistency of the British Government, it was quietly shelved. A cooler and wore wary head than Mr. Glad stone's interposed; and on his advice the re joinder was hung up—in despair of satisfying the metaphysical President of the Board of Trade, on the one hand, and the plain, matter-of-fact Prussian Minister on the ether. We hope that Lord John Russell will, on the meeting of Parliament, take an early opportunity of renewing his motion for the production of the correspondence. The interests of British manufactures and commerce are mate rially and deeply involved in this matter. They have been seriously injured by the neglect of the Government. This the .production of the papers will clearly show. The tariff of Sir Robert Peel is manifestly working the destruction of British inte rests. The continental Powers have taken advantage of the termination of the Brazilian treaty with this country, and are actively negotiating for their own benefit. They will succeed in depriving England of the Brazil trade—that once important market for British manufactures, and the extensive employment f o t her mercantile marine which that trade afforded. Such Is the natural operation of the high differential duties, which our Government, coerced by the class interests, have determined to maintain, at all risks, and regardless of all consequences. STANDARD. —The month of November is gene we believe, a month pleasant only to the lawyers —unless we are to except certain prowlers upon the public, to whom lengthening of the ni g hts is con-. venient, whom uncharitable people might be dispostd —but we forbear. To the lawyers, the thieves, and Mr. Daniel O'Connell (the reader may refer him to which class his judgment shall direct) is November otherwise than a highly disagreeable month. But upon none, perhaps, does this inclement season fall "[lore heavily than the poor journalist. Campaigns commence in sprin(r; we are therefore six months re moved frou: wars both a parte ante and a parte post. "She sessions of Parliament commence about the be ginning of February, and end about the middle of August; it is, therefore, too early to discuss future measures—too late fo comment upon those already .enacted. When to this severity of the season we Add a continued state of peace and prosperity, we surely place the journalist in a pitiable position position " to move the hearts of barbarous people and make Torn Butcher weep." There as positively no topic of general interest at this moment, and it would seem to demand a fourteen-Whig -power of - mischief.—(there re fourteen in the deficit Cabinot)—to produce anoup2 of public calamity to create any sensa tion in tijs dreary month. In such a s t ate o f desti tution, what are we to do l'P l vond chronicling " acci dents and offences," except rear out th v time in some such sport as roasting a inishop or wrangling with brother journalists—amusens which may be innocent, "but which are not 'always safe, as we may sometimes burn our fingers with the one, as is known at Printing House-square, or come off second best in the other, as the Arcadian twins, the Globe and Morning Post, are able, if they were willing, to testify. Before proceeding to the subject which sug gests these remarks, let us, in candour, say a word for this same month of November, our enemy though it be. November is notoriously infamous for murders and suicides, and other like crimes, but we believe the infamy to be, in part at least, unjust. It is not that many more crimes are committed in November, but that the newspapers have more room for the record of them ; and, to speak truth, are more in want of them. Many an atrocity of great pretensions is born to blush unseen, because com mitted in the heat of some important Parliamentary discussion ; or when the eyes of men are bent upon some anxious trial of foreign or domestic policy. Mr. Thurtell was no doubt a distinguished Whig, and a very eminent ruffian, but even he would pro bably be now forgotten, if he had not judiciously timed the murder of his friend in the dead season. " Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi ; sed omnes illacrimabiles LTrguentur, ignotique longs Norte, carent quia vate sa,cro." In other words, the newspapers were too full to record their achievements with the proper " penny a-line " emphasis and diffuseness. By the way the " penny-a-liners" had a project of presenting a piece of plate to Mr. Thurtell, which they, no doubt would have carried into full effect but for an awkward event at Hertford. We now come to the occasion of our recurrence to the peculiarities of this particular season. Within the last few days most of the Opposition newspapers have given intimation of approaching changes in the Cabinet. The Whig-Radical organs, indeed, are not sufficiently audacious to surmise any change affecting the political character of the Administra tion ; but they amuse themselves with recasting the parts of the Government in a new distribution of its offices. This, besides supplying the " wicket want" of something to write about, affords a hand some opportunity to insult and abuse all and each of her Majesty's advisers in detail. The man gra tuitously removed from an office has proved himself wholly unfit for it ; the man as gratui tously promoted to the vacant department is of course so promoted because of his unfitness for every other. In this way a falsehood, in itself not very important, is made the occasion for filling a good many columns, with nonsense to be sure, but with nonsense that is sufficiently spiteful to gratify Whig- Radicals, and that other section of miserahles whom we suppose we must call Morning Postists, since even Young England has cast them off. Now when any of our friends ask us whether there is any truth in these rumours of Ministerial changes, we reply, as the truth is, that we have no direct knowledge upon the point, but that we have the most firm conviction, short of direct knowledge, that there is not one word of truth in the reports. The first ground of our conviction is the complete harmony that, from the hour of its for mation, has constantly prevailed in Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet—harmony so complete, that the Cabinet, we have reason to believe, has not divided as often as it has been years in office. Our second ground of conviction is the perfect satisfaction notoriously given by the head of each department to all his colleagues, and, we may add, to the country.‘ Our third and not least weighty ground of conviction is that at which we hinted at the commencement of this article, the time when the reports take wing. Such reports al ways come over at this season with the woodcocks and the widgeon, and come from a quarter as uncer tain and untraceable as that which serves for the sum mer abode of our feathered visitors. tHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1344. PUBLIC BATHS. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK.—A meet ing was held here to-day at one o'clock in the Town Hall, and was most influentially attended, to consider the propriety of establishing public baths. Amongst those present were—Lord Calthorp ; Lord Lyttelton ; Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. ; James Taylor, Esq. ; G. F. Muntz, Esq., M.P. ; J. James, Esq. ; Alderman Cutler ; Alderman Weston ; the Rev. J. Garbett, rural dean ; the Rev. T. Lee ; the Hon. and Rev. J. York ; J. Sturge, Esq. ; E. Lee, Esq.; W. Phipson, Esq. ; J. Bourne, Esq., high sheriff; and Dr. Birt Davies. The MAYOR having opened the business by reading letters from the Bishop of the diocese, Sir T. Gooch, &c., approving of the object of the meeting, Lord LYTTELTON moved the first resolution. With that portion of the resolution which referred more im mediately to their locality, they were better ac quainted with its merits than he was ; but upon the general principle he might, perhaps, be allowed to say a few words. The great utility of public baths had now become almost universally acknowledged and re cognised throughout the country. The principle had been tried in Liverpool, and with such success as left no doubt of its practicability. It was well known that an abundant supply of good water had the most momentous effect upon the health of a population so dense as that of Birmingham, and, in his opinion, every means ought to be used to afford the inhabi tants the most ample means of cleanliness and recre ation. JAMES TAYLOR, Esq., seconded the resolution. They would require four sets of baths for Birming ham, each of which would cost about 3,0001. This, added to the purchase money of the land, would ren der an outlay of 15,0001. necessary. He thought they could not confer a greater advantage on the working classes than by first establishing baths for them. Mr. MASON (a Chartist) could not, in justice to himself, or the class he represented, refrain from ex pressing his thanks to the nobility and gentry ho had on that occasion come forward to co-operate in an undertaking which could not fail to be beneficial to the working classes. He hoped, however, they would not stop there, but that they would continue the work of improvement. He hoped that day might be considered as the beginning of a new era, and that the . Noble Lords, and others whom he saw around him, would do in this neighbourhood as Lord Ashle y had done in Manchester, visit the abodes of wretched ness, and behold with their own .. eyes the wants of the poor, and, if they did so, they would soon learn that there were thousands in a state of destitution, which would prevent them from availing themselves of the advantages which the project of that day would afford to the workmen who were in employment and the receipt of good wages. Other resolutions, to forward the object for which the meeting had assembled, were moved and seconded by Lord Calthorpe, the Rev. Mr. Garbett, the llon. and Rev. Mr. Yorke, and R. Spooner, Esq. The CHAIRMAN then announced the following amongst other subscriptions, which he had received towards the object of the meeting:—Lord Howe, 1001.; Taylor and Loyds, 2001. ; James Taylor, Esq , 50/. ; Messrs. Attwood and Spooner, 2001. ; Chance, Brothers, 1001.; John Whitfield, Esq., 100/. ; Thomas Phillips, Esq., mayor, 100/. ; S. Beale, Esq., 50/. ; J. James, Esq., 50/. ; Lord Lyttelton, 101. 10s. ; J. Sturge, Esq., 5014; J. Bourne, 14:sq., 50/. ; Lord Calthorpe, 100/. ; G.• F. Muntz, Esq., M.P., 50/. There were also a variety of subscriptions varying from 201. to IL each, making in all nearly 3,0001. The next resolution was moved by Mr. IlaßLow (a working man), the purport of which was an appeal to the various benefit societies of the town, in support of the erection of public baths. The resolution was seconded by Mr. WHEBLEY, supported by Mr. HILL, and carried unanimously. C. N. NRWDIGATE, Esq., M.P., in moving a reso lution, said, although he concurred entirely in the suggestion thrown out by Mr. Taylor, that they would confine themselves, in the first instance, to the esta blishment of public baths, he hoped, nevertheless, that that they would not lose sight of places of recreation and public resort for the working classes ; and if on any future occasion his services should be required, most happy, indeed, would he be to afford the com mittee all the aid in his power. The meeting was subsequently addressed by M. D. HILL, Esq., recorder of the borough, in a very elo quent speech. - Further subscriptions were announced, and the meeting separated at half-past four o'clock. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SAXE COEURG.—Their Royal _Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, the Prince Ernest of Wurtena burg, and suites, arrir d this morning at Dover, at three o'clock, from Ostc , by the Black Eagle. Captain Seymour arrived by special train yesterday morning, and ordered apartments at the Ship Hotel for the illus trious guests. After breakfast their Royal Ilighnesses left for London by special train, and on their arrival in tolNii left by a second for Windsor. STATE OF TRADE.— The yarn market continues as firm as for several weeks past, and most spinners of the current shipping qualities arc engaged for the remainder of the year. In goods there has been less business done, but prices are firO3.—ROCIIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, NOV. 18.—There has been some little improvement in the demand for goods to-day, but no alteration in the rates. The price of wool may be quoted the same as that of last Monday, with a limited demand for that article.—Manchester Guardian. ENGLISH THEATRICALS 1N PARIS.—MT. Mitchell, of Bond-street, has completed his arrangements for the performance of English plays at the Theatre Italienne, at Paris, the principal members of the company engaged are Mr. Macready, Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. Selby, Messrs. Dale, Graham, Ryder, Cowle, Bird, Millington, W. Bennett, Courtney, and Woolgar, who will leave London for Paris on Sunday next. The performances will commence on the 2d of December, with Othello , to be followed by representations of the principal tragedies of Shakspeare, the Lady of Lyons, and Werner. The eo pr m o v p i a n n e y e s w , a i n li d a f f e r a w r a r r a d n s g v e siteotthse permit,principal o t c o e w e n d s t i n o the Provinces, and if arrangements nermit, proceed to St. I retershurgh. The King of the French , who patronises the undertakin g , h as ta ke n a box for the whole series of performance, and has signified his intention of visiting the theatre in state. SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—We state, on what we conceive to be good authority, that her Majesty's Minis ters have advised the Sovereign to confer a high distinc tion on Sir Henry Pottinger for his diplomatic services in China. YARMOUTH.—We are glad to find that an improve ment is evident in the shipping trade of this port. The prices obtained for freights are steadily improved; many of our colliers are now receiving 7s. per ton. CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER. An inquiry took place at Navestock, last week, before Mr. Lewis, the coroner, and a respectable jury, touching the death of Martha Phillips, the wife of a labourer, who was found dead in a field in that parish. It appeared, from the evidence adduced, that the decetsed was found lying on her back in one of Mr. Hicks's fields ; an umbrella and can of beer were by her side, and her clothes were in disorder, and her pocket turned inside out. On her being removed some blood came from the right ear. There were appear ances about the ground as if there had been some struggling. Rebecca Phillips, a daughter of the deceased, stated that she was in good bealth and spirits the day be fore. She went out with a can for some beer for dinner at about half-past twelve o'clock. There had been no quarrelling. Her health was not generally good ; she complained usually of pain across the chest. Sach's beer-house, to which she went, was about a mile from the house of deceased. William Millbank, a gardener, who was sitting at the beer-shop when the deceased arrived, stated that she called for half a pint of beer and drank it ; and that when that was done, she called for another. Two men, named Baker and Young, were there and had beer also. She "went away about a quarter before two o'clock, and took three pints of beer away with her in a can. She asked Young if he was going home to dinner; he lived under the same roof in the family of deceased. Before she had got out of the yard Baker and Young followed. They were a little fresh but not drunks Another witness stated that subsequently to this he saw the deceased and Young walking together under an umbrella, and Baker walked on before. It was' stated that deceased frequently got drunk, and would then fight. Baker deposed to having seen Young and the deceased go together into the field in which she was found, and lie down on the ground. 'When he: came out of the field he had a snuff-box, which he said she had given him. But he put a stone into it, and threw it away, and several times told him not to say anything about what he had witnessed. Young, who was in custody, stated in his defence, that as they were going along the road, the deceased made a proposition to him, and asked him if he would give her any money. He told her no; she then got over the gate, and he turned back. _ _ _ The CORONER having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against John Young, and he was forthwith committed to take his trial.— Abridged from the Essex Herald of this day. COURT OF ALDERMEN. The first Court of the present Mayoralty was held yesterday, when the Lord Mayor, on taking the chair, said he should rely with confidence upon the support of his brethren in performing the duties of his office ; that he should punctually attend Courts of Aldermen on the days marked in the calender ; and that he was convinced he might depend upon the punctual attendance of other members of the Court, by observing which the public business would be greatly facilitated. Sir PETSR LAURIE than moved a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor, Sir Wm. Magnay, Bart., for the faithful and honourable manner in which he had discharged the various and important duties of the Chief Magistrate; for his impartial, patient, and hu mane administration of justice, especially for the firm ness and judgment displayed by him throughout the protracted and difficult investigation of the charges of the forgery of wills, which resulted in the conviction of the parties accused of crimes de vised and executed with great artifice and cunning, and which had entailed serious loss upon the public ; for the courtesy and ability with which he has pre ,ided over the deliberations, and maintained the pri vileges of this Court; for the cordial and liberal hos pitality which (while depressed by an accumulation of domestic bereavements) the late Lord Mayor main tained throughout his year of office ; and this Court offers their best wishes that he may long enjoy the honour bestowed on him by his Sovereign, and the well-merited approbation and esteem of his fellow citizens as a magistrate of this City, and the represen tation, in this Court, of the ward which was presided over for many years by his much-respected father, with the same independence and integrity which mark the conduct and character of the son. Mr. Alderman LUCAS seconded the motion, and after some complimentary remarks from the other members, the motion was unanimously agreed to. Upon the motion of Sir Peter Laurie, seconded by Alderman Humphrey, the motion was ordered to be published in the morning and evening papers, and a copy of it was ordered to be presented to Sir William Magnay, Baronet. [ADVERTISEMENT.] PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES. We have been requested to state, in reprinting the following from the Manchester papers, that Messrs. Richardson and Roebuck are one of the largest and oldest retail firms in the midland and northern coun ties, having a connexion among families of the upper classes such as is possessed by few other traders in England; their opinion, therefore, on the matter in question, is entitled to very great weight. The extent of their candle trade may be judged of by the fact of their purchases of the Patent Candles being to the amount of five thousand pounds sterling at a time. " Richardson and Roebuck beg to state, for the in formation of the public, that the chief cause why the Composite (Price's Patent) Candles burn better than any other is, that they contain a very large proportion of the hard substance obtained by pressure from cocoa nut oil by a patent process. It is a fact known to chemists for some thirty years past that cocoa-nut oil contains more hydrogen in proportion to its carbon than any other oily or fatty substance, and that it therefore gives a bluer flame, and one more absolutely without smoke, and less injurious to the eyes (in consequence of its greater similarity to the beautiful, bluish-white, light of day), than the flame of any other substance used in candle making. Believing` Price's Patent Candles' to be in comparably superior to any of the many imitations, at whatever difference of price, Richardson and Roebuck continue to recommend them to their friends ; and they are happy to announce that they have made such arrange ments with the Patentees as will enable them to reduce the price.—Market-place, Manchester, Nov. 15. 1844." Price's Patent Candles burn without snuffing, like the finest wax, and are cheaper, in proportion to the light given, than the commonest tallow ones. They are sold by respectable dealers throughout the country, at or under one shilling per lb.; and whole • sale, to the trade, by Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall; and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerken well. Purchasers must insist upon being supplied in the shops with " Price's Patent Candles," or they are very likely to get some of the imitations, on account of the greater profit afforded to the dealer on these latter. HILLINGDON HALL; OR, THE COCKNEY SQUIRE. BY THE AUTHOR OF " HANDLEY CROSS."—Who is the Duke of Donkeyton ? is the question that will be imme diately asked by the reader ot the new novel, " Ililling don Hall ;" all that can be gained from its pages being that he is a nobleman of large possessions, most seriously intent upon the acquisition of popularity. The Duke and Duchess of Donkeyton, with their fascinating son, the Marquis of Bray, form a most entertaining group in the novel ; and their aristocratic doings and sayings are well contrasted with the characters of the rival village mammas who so anxiously endeavour to entrap the im prudent young Marquis into matrimonial bondage with their amiable daughters. But the hero of the story is the Squire of Hillingdon Hall, whose whole career as a Landlord, Justice, and Member of Parliament, forms one of the most amtring pictures of human character that have been produced since the age of Fielding and Smollet. The exploits of the Cockney Squire bring him into con tact with all the notabilities of country and county life — a contested election included—and, from the Anti-Corn law Leaguers and their orators down to the mysteries of guano, all come in for a share of the author's broad, satirical humour. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—NINE LIVES LOST. —On Thursday, the 7th instant, a boat belonging to the Island of Eday left Kirkwall for home s about three o'clock, P.M., with nine persons on board, viz., three brothers, named Garrioch ; two brothers and a sister, named Tulloch ; a young man, John Fotheringham ; a girl, named Elizabeth Garroch ; and a girl, named Ilercus—all belonging to the same island. It is thought that, finding the Stornsay Fi r th roug h , t h e boat nsy have returned, and that sh e was upset i n Kirkwall Bay, or near the mouth of the String, off Sh ap i ns h ay, as thre, boat was found next morning near Saverock, driven ashore, with the body of one of the sufferers in it. The watch found on the body had stopped at half-past five, when the accident had likely happened. The three Gar riochs were the principal support of a feeble father and inother.—Scotch paper. DREADFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—An accident of a fatal nature occurred at Dalziel Colliery, near Ha milton, belonging to the Messrs. Wilson, on Saturday last. Three brothers of the name of Laird were ascend ing from their work, when, owing to some mismanage ment on the part of the engine-man, the cage was drawn up to the hurls, and one of the brothers,. named George, was dreadfully mangled, and died in a few mi nutes, another had his hand split up , an d the third his leg broken ; another man, Lamed Philip, was also in the cage, but when he came on a level with the surface, seeing the danger he was in, ran the risk of jumping off, and was caught by some one on the pit-head, which pre vented his falling down the shaft. The situation of the sufferers' parents, on finding themselves in an instant almost deprived of their children, was lamentable. The engine-man has since been apprehended, but bailed out. Caledonian Mercury. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 19. (Sittings in Banco.) HOWARD C. (OSSE'IT. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL resumed his argument in this part-heard case, and contended that, even if the Court should be against him on the points which he had submitted on Friday, still they must give judgment in favour of the defendant, inasmuch as the defendant was acting merely ministerially in acting upon that warrant, which, at all events, was a suffi cient authority for him, and therefore that the action could not lie. He, therefore, submitted that upon this demurrer the Court must give judgment in favour of the defendant. Mr. KELLY then replied, and contended, on the authority of the King v. Elgee, that this Court could look to the wording of warrants issued by Courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction, inasmuch as in that case it had decided that a warrant issued by the Court of Bankruptcy, a superior court of record, like the House of Commons, was bad. He also quoted the case of Christie v. Unwin, in which the validity of a warrant issued by the Lord Chancellor had been questioned. He could not but regret that during the course of the last century some of the judges had bud down the law as if the Coui t could not interfere even to grant a habeas corpus in cases where persons had been committed by the House of Commons, but those dicta of the judges were contrary to the law, as it had been acted on both before and since. In the case of Lord Shaftesbury, in that of Hobhouse, in that of the Sheriffs of Middlesex, this Court had granted a habeas corpus, and had looked to the warrants of commitment, and because they held those warrants to be le g al, and for that cause only, they remitted the parties to their original custody. The law of the Judges of the last century was bad law, and all he asked the Court to do was to lo what had been done in all the cases to which he had alluded—to look to the warrant, and see whether ar not it was a good warrant ; and he would dismiss all these cases by saying that in every one of them the warrant of commitment set forth the cause of imprisonment, viz., contempt. He apprehended that there was nothing in this warrant to show that the party was to be taken to the bar of the house of Commons. It was a mere simple mandate for taking him into custody. The fhct was the recital was so uncertain that it was impossible for the Court to intro duce anything into the mandatory point. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN alluded to the case of the warrant for the arrest of Sir Francis Burdett, in which the warrant not only stated that he was to be taken to the Tower of London, but to be delivered to the custody of the Lieutenant of the Tower. Mr. KELLY agreed that in that case it was clearly stated where the party was to be taken to, but in this case there was nothing in the warrant to show either why he was apprehended, or where he was to be brought to. It might be to the bar of the House of Commons, or before any one of the Committees. But even if it were aided to the utmost possible extent by the recital, it went no further than to say apprehend the plaintiff and bring him to the bar of the House of Commons, without stating for what. It was a mere simple mandate of arrest without any cause assigned, and was therefore illegal. He agreed with all that had fallen from the judges in the case of Burdett and Abbott, and Stockdale and Han sard, that this Court could not look into the cause of imprisonment where it was for contempt, and if this warrant had stated that the imprisonment was for contempt, he should not have disputed its validity. What was sought for under this warrant was not to preserve to the House of Commons what it was ad mitted they possessed, the power of committing for a breach of their privileges, but the power of making that law which was not law, and to arrest under an illegal warrant, a warrant which was contrary to Magna 01 - arta. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Suppose the plea had set forth the warrant was issued according to the ancient usages of Parliament, should we not be bound to consider it legal ? Mr. KELLY apprehended not, unless the plea set forth that the form had been used at the time of Magna Charta. If it had not, it was contrary to Magna Charta, and, therefore, unless legalised by Act of Parliament, was void. Now, if the warrant were insufficient in itself, he contended that the defendant could not go to the averments of the plea to help it. If a man resisted his arrest under a lawful warrant, and killed the officer, he was guilty of murder—if the warrant were unlawful it would be justifiable homicide. Now, suppose the plaintiff had resisted, and killed the officer, could it be said to him, " True, the warrant is bad upon the face of it, but then there was behind it a resolution of the House of Commons, of which you could know nothing, in asmuch as it was not set forth in the warrant ; and, therefore, you must be hanged for murder." But, even suppose reference could be made to the aver ments, he submitted that in these pleas there were no averments which were sufficient to help the warrant. All that was averred was, that the warrant was issued by the proper officer of the House to the proper officer for service, but it left the question of the form of the warrant com pletely untouched. Now he apperehended that the House of Commons possessed no peculiar privileges of pleading; they must plead like other people, and therefore they ought in express terms to have alleged that, according to the usages of Parliament, it was their privilege to arrest upon such a warrant, and even that would have been insufficient unless it was also alleged that such usage had existed at the time of Magna Charta. But, su pp os i ng th e warr a n t might be aided by the averment, acid that the averments were sufficient, then came the question, had the House of Commons the right to arrest a person to compel him to give evi dence, or to arrest hun upon a mere charge, without having previously adjudged him guilty of contempt? He apprehended that no such power existed. They had power to summon a witness, and if he refused to obey that summons, they could adjudge him guilty of contempt for such refusal, and imprison him for the contempt; and magistrates possessed the same power; but there was no power to appre hend party for , the purpose of bringing him up in custody sai compel him to give evi dence. No doubt all courts had the power of issuing a salapcena to compel the attendance of a wit ness, and on his refusal to come to attach him for contempt, and punish him for his refusal by im prisonment; but they had no more power by law to apprehend persons and bring them up in custody as witnesses than they had when they were brought into Court to compel them to speak by the application of the torture. If a witness were actually in Court and refused to come forward, no d ou bt th e C ou rt had the power of compelling him to come forward, but the .Court had no right to send for him into the next parish, and arrest him to compel hi m t o give e vidence, al though it might adjudge him guilty of contempt, and arrest and attach him for that contempt, but they could not order him to be arrested and brought up to answer a charge of contempt. The power contended for on the part of the House of Commons was the power of at once arresting and imprisoning any of the Queen's subjects without any cause assigned at all— a power which the Court would be slow in admitting. He denied that the precedents quoted showed the immemorial existence of any such power, and if claimed it ought to have been distinctly averred upon the plea, in order either that issue might be taken upon it in point of fact, or that it might be demurred to in point of law. The precedents in Hatsell would justify the House of Commons in ordering two men to be tied back and back upon a horse, with papers pinned on their breasts, for arresting a servant of a Member. There was nothing, however tyrannical or however ludicrous, that cannot be justified by the precedents to be found in the journals of the House of Commons. With regard to the case of Jay and Topham, it should be remembered that neither Sir Francis Pemberton nor Sir Thomas Jones were judges at the time they delivered the opinions quoted by the So licitor-General at the bar of the House of Commons, and that it was evident they spoke under duress, and were in a most degraded and disgraceful position, so that their dicta could not be taken to possess any legal authority. If the precedents were worth anything, they would justify the arrest by the House of Commons of the Judges of this Court for the solemn judgments delivered in this Court, and for declaring that to be the law which they knew to be the law. The right to arrest to compel a person to give evidence was here claimed for the first time, and he trusted the Court would not authorise the assumption of that power upon light grounds; and he submitted that neither the House of Commons nor any other tribunal had the right to arrest or imprison any of the people of this country without cause shown upon the face of the warrant authorising such arrest. Their Lordships having consulted together, Lord DENMAN said —We shall take some time to consider this, and we do not think it right to say anything upon the present occasion. Judgment postponed. TIIE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.—We !till continue to experience very boisterous weather, the wind blowing in fitful gusts, accompanied with heavy showers of rain. Yes terJay morning it blew a perfect hurricane, which we are afraid must have done considerable damage, torrents of rain falling at the same time. During the forenoon, how ever, the sun shone forth, giving indications of a change for the better, but shortly after mid-day the sky became overcast, and a pelting shower commenced, which con tinued for some time ; and while we write there is littleor no appearance of our having dry weather. We learn that there are upwards of 200 sail of vessels still windbound in the Frith of Forth, which have taken shelter there from the fury of the gale, and cannot yet put to sea in consequence of adverse winds and the extremely turbulent state of the German Ocean. The Clunie, Matheson, is among the number. When on her voyage from Leith to London she was caught by the late se• vere gale, a few miles this side of the Humber, which drove her to Queensferry, with loss of a portion of her bulwarks and other damage.—Edinburgh Evening Post. FARNBOROUGH PETTY SES SIONS.—TUESDAY. (Before Viscount SYDNEY, and Messrs. WARD and P . rnr , c A )oung and good looking %Nowlin, named June Butcher, was brought before the bench, in custody of Sergeant Leverick, of the R. division of police, upon the charge of ill-using her illegitimate child, twelve months old, and with having threatened to destroy it. The sergeant stated, that on the previous evening he was sent for to the cottage of the prisoner's father at Kestor, and upon going in he found the prisoner's mother in fits, and her father, who is a hard-working labouring man, was in the utmost distress of mind, on account of the prisoner's conduct. It appears she has had an illegitimate child, and ever since its birth she has treated it in the most cruel manner, fre quently beating and ill-using it, and threatening to destroy it. On this night, after making use of very violent language to her mother, she threatened that she would do for the child before morning, and rushed out of the house, taking the poor infant, who had nothing but a shift and night-gown on, with her, and as they believed, with the intention of drowning, or otherwise making away with her. He immediately troceee led in -ear, h the p 1 isomer, and found her 1 - lying with the child in the naked state above described upon a dunghill, and he took her back to her father's house. Lord SYDNEY asked the prisoner's father and sister whether they would take upon themselves to swear that they, or the child of the prisoner, were in danger of any personal violence from her ? They both appeared anxious to screen the pri soner, notwithstanding her brutality, and they said they should not like to send her to prison. The Noble CHAIRMAN said, that as that was the case, the Bench could not take any proceedings, and the prisoner must be discharged. He, at the same time, observed, that there could be no doubt the pri soner's conduct had been very bad, and he cautioned her to be very careful, for if anything happened to the child through her neglect or ill-treatment, she would most assuredly be tried for her life. The prisoner left the bar laughing, and when she got outside the court she put her fist in her sister's face, and with an oath declared that she would " give it her before she get home." The officers separated them, and requested the virago to be quiet, threat ening to take her again before the magistrates if she did not, and she then walked a short distance, when she suddenly stooped down, and picked up a large flint stone, which she was about to throw in her sister's face, when the constables seized her arm, and conveyed her again before the magistrates. The sister was then sworn, and deposed to the threats made use of by the prisoner, and also declared her belief that she was in danger of receiving some violent injury from her. The BENCH immediately ordered the prisoner to find sureties to keep the peace, at the same time ob serving that so violent and dangerous a person was not fit to be at large. The prisoner's sister asked what was to be done with the child ? It had been under her charge all night, as the prisoner would not take it, and would not give it any nourishment. The BENCH said that as the child was of such tender age it must go with the mother. The prisoner snatched the child from her sister's arms, 'and at the same time tore off a little cloak that was upon it, and threw it upon the ground, say ing it belonged to " them," and she would have no thing of " theirs." The sister tried to put the cloak upon the poor child, saying that it would perish with cold, but the prisoner with the utmost violence resisted the at tempt, and it was not until the sergeant of police said that the child was now under their charge, and in sisted that the cloak should be put on, that she al lowed it to be done. The prisoner was then removed, and was eventually conveyed to Maidstone Gaol. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday morning, an elderly man, of respect able appearance, who gave the name of Thomas Daley, described as a gentleman, residing at the Im perial Hotel, Covent-garden, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with stealing a news paper from Upton's Eating-rooms, 228, Strand,under the following circumstances : Charles Cole, a waiter, in the service of the prose cutor, stated that about eight o'clock on Monday night the prisoner came to his master's rooms, where he took some refreshment, and after delaying some time, he paid the amount of his bill. After he left the room, the Morning Chronicle was missed from the table at which he was sitting, and as he was passing down stairs, witness, accosting him, demanded the newspaper he had just concealed on his person, when he drew a parcel from his pocket and deli vered up the property, saying it was through inad vertence he had removed it. He was then given in charge to a constable. The prisoner being called on for his defence, said had a magistrate been sitting when he was taken into custody he would have been instantly discharged. Was it possible that a gentleman of fortune and high birth, as he was, would steal a newspaper! Thank God, he was possessed of thousands a year, and could it be supposed under such circumstances that he would steal such a thing as a newspaper, the in trinsic value of which was absolutely nothing. He had not read the Morning Chronicle nor the Times in the room, as he had seen them in his chambers in the morning, but it was the Globe he had just hid down, and was looking over an application made to him from one of his estates, soliciting that he would continue his subscription to a charitable institution, when the waiter accosted him. He was a father, and even a grandfather of many children, and he should not have gone into a place of the kind, but was pressed on a former occasion to dine there with a very old friend, who was obliged of late years to live in a more frugal manner than he was accustomed. Ile had been to Gravesend during the day with his nephew, who was starting for India, and after taking dinner, in bundling up his papers he must have inad vertently put the Morning Chronicle into his pocket, under the impression that it was a provincial paper he occasionally carried about him. In answer to the Court, the witness said he stood behind the prisoner the whole of the time he was in the room, and he was positive he never attempted to take any paper of a private nature from his pocket. He could also positively swear that the prisoner stole another newspaper on Thursday night, which streng thened his suspicions on his missing the paper in question. There was no other person in the room at the time, and his reason for watching the prisoner's movements was, that he was apprised of the former robbery by another waiter. The prisoner said it could not be possible he could be guilty of such a thing, as he was well known to be a man of ample fortune, as would appear from the articles the constable took from him, consisting of about 60/. in gold, with a quantity of valuable docu ments. Mr. JARDINE—Does any person know you at the Imperial Hotel, where you say you reside ? Pri soner—l was so shocked I did not know what address to give, seeing such a paltry malicious charge made against me. _ _ _ - Mr. JARDINE inquired what led to the supposition that the prisoner had committed a robbery of the same kind on a former occasion ? The waiter said the Standard was missed from the room on Thursday evening, immediately after the prisoner left the room. The constable here produced a parcel containing a number of letters addressed to Colonel Sewell, with other documents of importance. Mr. JARDINE asked the prisoner who were his bankers ?—The prisoner replied, he banked at the house of Messrs. Ransom, of ['all-mall, where he had been known for several years. Mr. JARDINE--I shall discharge you because I can't reconcile the conflicting circumstances connected with your case. A person of your age having such docu ments and property in your possession, could scarcely be supposed guilty of such an extraordinary act, and as there is a doubt, although the waiter speaks in the most positive terms of the circumstances, I cannot see my way clear enough to send you to be tried, as I think a jury would not convict you. Under all the circumstances I am bound to discharge you, at the same time thinking no fault was to be imputed to the wailer, as the subject was well worthy of inquiry. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Amelia Jarvis, a well-grown girl, fifteen years of age, but looking at least eighteen, was brought before Mr. Hardwick by her own mother, and charged with robbery. _ _ Elizabeth Knox, of No. 2, Pulteney-court, the mother, said the girl at the bar had that morning stopped her little brother and robbed him of two six pences, which he had just received for washing. The girl had remained out the whole of the previous night, and witness had not been able to obtain any trace of her until an hour or two ago, when she saw the prisoner in St. James's-park with a couple of girls of loose character, eating chesnuts, which she had purchased with part of the stolen money. The mother went on to say that she had been obliged to take strong steps against her daughter in . consequence of indications of early and seem ingly incorrigible profligacy. Her daughter by her misconduct had nearly ruined her. She was a laundress ; but, owing to her daughter's reckless con duct, she was afraid she should soon loose her cop flexion, and consequently her means of support for her family. The girl at the bar, about four months back, was a most hardworking well-conducted girl, but since that period she had got acquainted with some depraved boys and girls from Peter-street, and the result was that she had become as depraved and as reckless as her associates. She has stopped out re peatedly all night, without giving any account of herself the next morning. She had set everybody at defiance; and when she was in want of money she did not hesitate a moment at breaking open drawers and boxes, rifling them, and pledging or selling their contents. The only way to save the wretched girl sep,ifitie her iler ColitpatiloLiS. Mr. HARDWICK asked the mother what she in tended to do. Did she mean to press the charge of robbery ? The mother said she had no wish to deal harshly with her child. She thought if the girl had the awful consequences of her conduct pointed out to her, and if a short punishment were awarded by way of foretaste of what she must expect if she did not re form, that this might produce a beneficial result. Mr. lIARDWICK asked the girl if she had ever re flected on her scandalous conduct? Was she aware that the life of infamy she was pursuing would pro bably lead to transportation ? The girl, who ex hibited complete indifference, muttered that she had no wish to k , -ep up the acquaintAnces she ha I recently ma. e. The mother said when she found her daughter in the Park, her daughter told her she did not intend to return home again. Alr. ITAnnwicx said he would remand the girl for a week to see whit effect a short confinement would have on her future conduct. Ihe prisoner was then removed. THAMES POLICE. THE LIBERTY or THE SUBJECT.—Mr. George Walton, a respectable plumber and gas-fitter, of No. 5, George-terrace, Commercial-road, Stepney, and John Sealtock, a lad in his employ, were brought before Mr. Broderip, on a charge of stealing one of Deffrie's patent dry gas meters, value 71., stated in the police-sheet to be the property of William Cor mack, of the firm of Banks and Cormack, gas-puri fiers, of Church-row, Limehouse. Mr. Walton, who was much agitated, said that a few days ago he entered into an agreement with Banks and Cormack to fit up a gas apparatus for them, and after the job was commenced Mr. Cormack requested the loan of a meter which he kept in his shop, for the purpose of trying some exceriments on a gasometer the firm had lately erected. He agreed to lend them a patent dry meter, on their promising to take particular care of it, and conveyed it to their premises. Having done work and furnished mate rials to the amount of 151., and knowing very little of the firm or their resources, he waited upon Mr. Cormack that morning, and asked him for an advance of money. Mr. Cormack refused to advance any - thing, and he would not pay a farthing till the job was completed. lie said he could not proceed with the work till he received an advance of Si., and Mr. Cormack immediately directed his foreman to pro ceed to the nearest gas-fitter's, and bring him to the premises to complete the fitting-up of the apparatus. He then said he should take home his gas meter, and took it up and gave it to his boy. Mr. Cormack im mediately sent for a policeman, and gave him into custody tor stealing his own property. Mr. BRODERIP—Then you are in custody for merely taking away your own property, which Mr. Cormack refused to give up ! Mr. Walton—Yes, Sir, I lent it to the firm of Banks and Cormack for a day or two. It is my pro perty ; and there are persons in court to prove it. I have had the mortification of being taken through the streets as a felon, pointed at by my neighbours, and followed by a crowd of persons, to many of whom I was known, in open day. It is too bad, Sir. Mr. BRODERIP—TOO bad! it is indeed. (To the policeman)--You should not have taken these parties into custody at all. You should have known better than to have arrested a man for stealing his own pro perty, under such circumstances. What time did you apprehend them ? Policeman—About eleven o'clock. Mr. BRODERIP—And it is now twenty minutes past two. The man and his servant have been ille gally in custody for about three hours and a half, and no prosecutor has ventured to appear against them. The policeman said he took the parties to the sta tion-house to settle the matter amicably.—(A laugh.) Mr. BRODERIP—I must beg ofyou, Mr. Symonds, to mention this to the superintendent of the division. It has happened before, and must not be repeated. The liberty of the subject is not to be trifled with in this manner. Every person engaged in the detention of Mr. Walton and his servants are liable to an actior„ and I have no doubt a jury will give the aggrieved parties very heavy damages. Ellis, the usher, said he knew Mr. Walton to be a most respectable and upright tradesman. Mr. BRODERIP—He leaves this court without a stain on his character. It is a monstrous infringe ment of the liberty of the subject. The prisoners were then set at liberty, and Mr. Walton took home his gas meter. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Pt ice Current of Nov. 19.) SUGAR.—To-day the market for West India Sugar presented a firm appearance ; the demand was very good for all sorts for the scale and pan, the advanced rates pre viously established were fully supported ; indeed for Sagars worth from 56s to 63s per cwt an advance in some cases of 6d per cwt was obtained; the show has become small and very indifferent. The purchases reached 660 hhds, including a public sale of 100 hhds of Barbadoes Sugar, which went off with spirit at very full rates—fine yellow at 665, good 63s 6d to 645, good mid 60s to 61s, mid 58s to 59s 6d, and low 55s 6d to 57s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with ready purchasers for home 'consumption, and a further advance in prices took place, brown lumps fetching 72s Gd to 735, and standard lumps 74s to 74s 6d. Bonded crushed Sugar is with difficulty to be purchased at 29s 6d. In 101 b loaves, there has been an immense business trans acted at 31s 6d to 32s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale, but 8,000 bags of the new crop are declared for Fri day, and which it is expected will go off well, as the trade are much in want of Mauritius Sugar. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon three parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 5,427 bags, were offered at public sale, 762 bags of which consisted of strong yellow Dobah, and sold at former rates—fine at 68s, good Gss to 66s 6d, mid 59s to 61 6d, damp and washed 59s 6d to 66s ; other sorts fetched full prices, indeed in some cases, they were rather higher for inferior and mid qualities—good brown went at 525, mid 441, damp and washed 42s to 51s, low ditto 40s 6d to 41s 6d, low sound yellow 53s 6d, mid 56s Gd to 57s Gd, good mid 58s 6d to 59s 6d, good 60s to 60s 6d, damp and washed 50s 6d to 60s per cwt. Of Madras 155 bags were sold at 41s for very low heavy dark brown, being the full value. WooL.—The market is still in a quiet state for all descriptions of wool, and those parties that are inclined to realise are compelled to submit to rather lower rates: the arrivals last week were 1,828 bales, 506 of which consisted of Spanish, and 491 bales of African. FOREIGN.—To-day many inquiries existed for Foreign Sugar, but the offers made were such that merchants would not accept. There are large purchasers, at prices rather above those that prevailed prior to the intelligence from the llavannah. The Dutch Company's public sale of 50,000 baskets of Sugar, equal to 12,000 tons, went off with spirit at 11 florin advance, equal to Is and is 6d per cwt. At Humburgh an advance has taken place of is to 2s per cwt fur Foreign Sugar. MOLASSES.—There has been a much better demand for West India ; the transactions have been upon a large scale at full, but not at higher rates—Antigua at 24s to 24s 6d, St. Kitts 21s 6d to 225, and Montserrat 20s 6d per cwt ; at auction St. Vincents went at 21s. In East India Molasses there has been rather more business transacted, but- prices remain low. Jamaica Honey, 16 cannisters'at i pu.blie sale fetched 69s to 70s per cwt. Of St. Kitts Tamarinds 13 barrels were taken in at the moderoe rat, of 30s per cwt. Of Chi na Preserves 210 boxes arhitli s h . WtAlkere partly sold, but at low rates—Ginger -aging,* is 3d per lb— Oranges is 3d—Citron- l.s, triiiptio,-thow was all with drawn. COSFEE.—AII descriptions of West India have been in excellent request by the home trade, and the parcels offered all found purchasers ; the rates paid show an ad vance on those previously quoted of Is to 3s per cwt. This afternoon the demand was brisker for Mocha Coffee, and 123 bales at_ public sale were all sold at full market rates, middling greenish clean garbled fetched 68s 6d to 69s 6d, pea berry mixed 75s to 80s, triage 48s 6d to 525, and inferior 32s 6d; of Singapore 170 bags were offered, and went as follows —sea damaged at 37s 6d to 44s 6d, infe rior 19s to 28s 6d, fine sound yellow pea berry 52s to 52s 6d, and country damaged 365. Ceylon was taken sparingly by private contract, and 53s 6d to 54s per cwt is the value of good ord; none was offered at auction. TEA.—There has been a fair demand for Congou since our last report, and prices have ruled firm ; com mon at 10Id to 101 d, good common 10:id to 11d, but middling rather coarse 11,-fd to 'lid, rather blackish and blackish leaf is to is 4d, strong blackish leaf and Pekoe kind is M to 2s 4d, and very fine 2s 5d to 2s 6d per lb ; the supply is small of eonur i o ns and there is still a scarcity of fine Congou. Pouchong is still wanted, and several parcels have been sold at firm rates—clean-fetching sid to 10d, and superi or 1 0 0 to Is 2d; the stock is stil diminishing, and this is still the cheapest description of Tea. Of Souchong some parcels have been sold on former terms. Twankay large parcels of yellow leaf sold at is lid to is lid per lb; the supply is scanty of brightish leaf and Ilyson kinds, which are much wanted, and fully maintain late rates, To-day there was a brisk demand for Young Ilyson, and several parcels were disposed of at 2s to 2s 6d. Scented Orange Pekoe was much sought after, and sales for cash made at 3s 3id to 3s 4d per lb. In other sorts of Tea there was not much doing, in consequence of the public sales advertised. SPICES.—This afternoon Malabar Pepper met with attention, and 513 bags at public sale were sold at steady rates—shot fetched 3-ad, half heavy 34d to 31d, and good light 31d. 20 bags of wild Nutmegs went at Is 6d to Is 8d per lb. RUM, BRANDY, AND not.LANDs.—lfolders of Jamaica Rum have shown less firmness, and accepted prices rather under those previously quoted for all descrip tions, fine and high flavoured sorts excepted ; there are few shipping order:, and the home tr a d e h ave purchased with caution. Prices rule as follows :- 30 to 32 per cent overproof 3s 8d to 3s 10d, al to 35 over proof 4s to 4s 4d, and fine and superior 4s Gd to 5s 6d per gallon ; rather under these rates there are, however, several purchasers. Leewards are more in request, and prices remain firm, the supply being small ; a good demand has existed, and 2s 4d to 2s 5d per gallon proof strength paid for came par cels. Demerara is not t 9 be purchased 21i loWer - - terms, but at present there are not many buyers; 32 per cent overproof is held for 3s 3d to 3s 4d, and 33 to 39 per cent overproof for 3s 6d to 3s 7d per gallon: the K , tpr - ov Cr?. 3 the 1114rket has been in a tilt state; 2s 2d to 2s 2,14 per gallon accepted for proof with certificate. In Brandy there has been little doing, with out alteration in price. RicE.--Holders of E. I. manifest firmness, and none of any kind has been submitted to public competition. Of Bengal several parcels have been disposed of by private contract ; middling white at 118, good middling to good lisGd to 12s per cwt. Madras at 8s ad to 93 per cwt for yellow. Java at 9s to 9s 6d for yellow, and at 10s 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. FRUIT.—The demand for new and old Currants has been considerable—old Zante and Cephalonia 435, old Patras 43s to 465, new Zante, 475, new Patras 49s to 503; the deinat:d for Valentia. Raisins continues brisk at 50s ; New Red Smyrna in barrels Lave s-I,i freely at 455, cases at 465. At public sales 62 casks of old Zante Currants sold at 42s to 435, and Imperial French Plums in cartons 104 s to 140 s, half cartons 100 s to 150 s, quar ter cartons 106 s to 130 s, eighth cartons 112 s to 1303, eighth boxes 90s, and quarter chests 755. A fe w tea chests Prine , s wer tak,,, in a: :188 13,127 drums new Turkey pulled Figs were also rut up, but being much out of condition were mostly taken in from 48s to 655, but a great portion were taken by the trade after the sale. 1,600 drums Sultanas were withdrawn at 635 to 655, a few since sold at the latter price. 20 barre ls new black Smyrna Raisins were taken in at 40s, and 35 barrels of old sold at 325. SALTPETRE—There was little business transacted by private contract to-day in Rough. At public sale 3 90 bags of Bombay were offered, and sold at about the former value ordinary damp grey 16 per cent ; refraction went at 23s 6(1,151 per cent ditto 245, 13 to 94 per cent* mid damp grey 255, 3 per cent gOod ditto 26s al un retracted lOs to 17s per cwt. English Refined bs . been taken sparingly at 29s to 29s Gd per cwt. INDIGO.—The business transacted in East India loss been limited, and at a reduction on the rates of the lust Quarterly Sale of 2d to 3d per lb, there are few pur' chasers for home consumption or shipping ; at present, not many parcels are offering for sale ; if p r i ces shoal°. come down a little lower it %sill be the cause of spear lators snaking investments. OILS.—The home trade have purchased all descrir turns of common Fish Oil with caution since Tuesday last, and for exportation very little business has bee n transacted, in the value however little variation hi l l taken place. Pale Seal has been di s p ose d o f a t 3"' lOs to 35/, coloured 301 to 33/, Cod 32/ 103 t 0 334 and Southern 28/ to 321 lOs per tun. There is good consumption of Fish Oil going on. Arrivals of CP are coming more freely. Sperm, fine British at 138 1 ,, t° 90/. Linseed Oil has been in excellent req ues t on 14 !„ spot and for forward delivery, sever a l p urc h ases 1 19 .7, been made by shippers, and prices rule fi rm a t 23s sa 23s 9d par cwt. For Rape there are few fu r ,: chasers, sellers of pale at 355, an d b ro wn per cwt. Palm, first quality, at 26s to 26s 6d. Cocoa e 4 ° . ordinary went at 26s per cwt. In Olive there has, bee n little business transacted, and prices are s till looking down, Gallipoli selling at 431 to 43/ 10s, Spanish 411 W 424 and Barbary and Levant 391 to 401 per tun ; .-"'" prices are 20s to 60s under those curr en t i n 1843. value of American Lard Oil is 40/ to 411 per tun. ~,„ TALLOW.—The market has been fi rm f or Rlissil Tallow ; on the spot there has been a brisk denni .. ..„ ll from the town and country trade, 40s 6d to 40s 9d the current rates paid for New P Y Candle. For dr livery up to the end of the year several purchases have been made at 40s 3d to 40s Gd and f or Sp r i ng mo nths 1 ,1 1 41s 3d to 41s 6d per cwt. Town T a ll ow a t 41 s t o 415 nu nett cash. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES, 1845. Since the last Doncaster meeting, the corporation O f that town have requested the m em b ers o f t h e Racing Club to reconsider their resolution of the 18th of SePi tember, with respect to the days of running, and to adeF A the alteration first proposed, vi z ., th a t t h e races s how,.." commence on Tuesday, and fini s h on F r id ay . Th e re 1 7 been no opportunity of takin g th e op i n i on o f the Clue t e collectively, but several members have ap7;iroved of tu proposal, and as the extension of the nr,eting to Sal; day was determined on in def e r ence t o t h e w i s h es of th e corporation, who were at the time unwilling to bad the meeting curtailed to four day s , i t i s presum ed the plan now proposed will be generally acceptable, a n d the stakes FITO therefore advertised, with the sanction the stewards, for a meeting of four days. THE ASCOT CUPS. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia be ° expressed a desire that the piece of plate given by lio n fo c be run for at Ascot should be a weight for age 1.8° ,40 the best horses, it has been determin e d th a t this shall take the place of the Old Ascot Cup, which W it be discontinued, and the money hitherto added fe tter from the fund will be appropriated to other races. A m t b e Majesty's Vase will be run for on the first day. Ira o no Emperor of Russia's Cup on the third. The cep cf the above prizes, with particulars of the other .01. closed stakes at Ascot, will appear at length in due ti,.; A case was submitted to the stewarik s o f the J of Club at the last Houghton meeting, bvi the purchas er .; the colt, now called Perkin War'oeck, which re ° 4 Ascot under the name of Bloodst one , i nvo lving the w o lowing questions:-Ist. Whether the forfeits due eq i the entries of Mr. Newman's ch c Bloodstone , Bubastes, out of Romaike, attach to the said r ef u lie Warbeck, so as to disqualify hi m f rom starting they remain unpaid. 2d. Wh e th er i t w i ll not be Crnoe ; petent to run him in 1845, as b e i ng then a rnsiden„;;,— years old, believed to b e b y B e i ram, out of Boma To the first question the answer was—that as it . o , l ° proved that there was a colt by Bubastes out of P7 O maike, of the right age, for which the other horse nj substituted, the forfeits ar e d ue f or t h e B u b as t e s P e j o do not attach to the horse w hi c h ran at A sco t by name of Bloodstone. To the second question, the ° n o t answer the Stewards gave w as , th at the race at A s o j. did not disqualify the horse which ran there as / 31° stone for running as a maiden horse. COURSING. THE UNION (SOUTHPORT) CLUB, N0v.14 AND The Scarisbrick (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Parr' Beeswins; Mr. Edwards's Carmelite ran up. The Jnion Cup, for 16 puppies, was won by . 6 'o Robinson's Emilius (late Rob R oy ) ; M r. G's °e ran up. The Fleetwood Cup, for 8 a ll- age d d ogs, was vr7 , .00, Mr. Ridgway's Rhodanth e ; t h e Cl aret, 8-dog °`tltice, by Mr. Slater's Scot; and the Champagne, 8-dog ° by Mr. Unsworth's Unicula; Mr. Robinson's Rattles° ran up. gs) BASHALL, Nov. 14.—Th e M ore t on S ta k es , 4 , in e 0 were won by Mr. Hall's Hawk; and the Basball Stakes by Mr. Garnett's Gipsy Queen. RACES TO COME IN 1845. _4 1 The following dates of r a ces i n 18 45 are either sr-111' appointed, or are so established by custom as to ma ke it I probable that they will be altered :- March 12. Coventry. J u l y 8, Newmarket Jali 19. Warwick. Merting• I 25. Northampton. 16. Liverpool ditto 26. Catterick Bridge. 23. Ne'xton. April 14. Newmarket Craven. 30. O'oodwood. 22. Bath. August 6. Harwich. 28. Newmarket First 6. Brighton- ton• Spring Meeting. 11. Wolverh.sinr May 6. Chester. 28. Tiverton. 13. Newmarket Secone4 Spring M ee ti ng , Sept. 2. Warwick. 13. Manchester. 10. Leicester. 20. Gorhambury, 16. Doncaster. FitO t 27. Epsom. 30. Newmarket eat i October lgil e A June 10. Ascot, 18. Hampton. , O c t . 13. Newmarket.- g ~mk, 23. Newcastle-on-Ty ne . Octo b e r Ate o 2 25. Bibury Club. 27. Newmarket 26. Stourbridge. ton Meeting' . 4 i ..........,,,-.......„....,,,,, 1 1..0v Mr. Iligham, Secr e t ar y an d Comptroller -I-7-X to the Commissioners for the Reduction of tli for 01 tional Debt, had an intelview with the Chance the Exchequer yester , : ta y, -,... On the 19th inst., in L' / e )/ED. Mme' Cri„lotte - Milner, relict of th late ~„ 10 p u p en r e G ra rr tenor-street, c2St ii_ti , Eliza the 7th inst., at sea, on board the Orien ~: „,bea Lomer, youngest daughter of R. Macdonald t.`l" son, Esq. 00 of t he On the 14th inst., at Ramsgate , Elizabeth, Iv — W. , late Captain G. W. Bourn. R N On the 14th inst., Sarah, the wife of Mr. ilri.." — of Landsdowne Cottage, Old Kent-road. Malle On the 15th inst., George Harry, son 011 1 - Cae Esq., of Down, near Guildford k On the 15th inst ., T • • at urnham- -terra green ee , Fran f ib ° Bellis, Esq., aged 32. re lict o On the 16th inst., Mrs, Harrison, of Reading, reb John Harrison, Esq., of Poxl e BraY. 13 ' 14° ' steirel ° ' ey-grove, , ~ R. c x . On the 17th inst ., Richard Brande, son of '" f Esq., of Albion-street, Hyde pa k. „., o rederick - , On the 18th inst., Frederick Hyde-park. Ralcli n9°l3 ' -1-•'-' r t Friern-place, Peckham-common. , . oli be On the 18th in s t., at Lechlade Gloucestershlr' gaff ' Hebert,e4. On the 19 q th a i g nst d ,at Cambridge--street, ifyde-Park' Inkersole, aged 55: 7 ____..,---------- 61°„1-rti f ............----„,,,,.... r , ----- --- ----- „;n - iv• • • - ;1.4, Lioni*Gn : Printed and Published by MITRI',;.eB, N 0.,,, ol -&- I U, Strand, Printer, at The Sus i f f i l i - e Coo" • b :rand, in th,l Precinct of the Savoy, u' - Middlesex, Wednesday, November 20,1$ BIRTHS. v iptcb li On the 17th inst., a t A s hl ey - par k , S urrey, Lady -`.- of a daughter. pr ielP On the 17th i ns t., a t Park-crescent, 'clue wife of J' of Esq., of a daught er . : the 011. A er On the 18th inst., a t P ar k- s t ree t , Notting-hill, - - ,die Thomas B. Penfold, Esq., of th.e. late Naval East "-- vice, of twin daughters, the 11)4 still-born. ..,, I3S ijr On the 18th inst , at Putr.ey, the wife of Antho...7 f. bridge, Esq., of a daughter. P iltie On the 18th inst., the l a d y o f L ou i s C o h en , Esq." of street, Finsbury, &twin sons. „ n eSr , On the 10th inst., at C a di z , th e l a d y o f F r ance 3 id , Esq., of a son. doa On the 17th inst., at Keppel-street, the lady of td oil° ph t , 11. Luxmoore. I ,:sq., of a son. o On the ISth inst., Mrs. Henry Dru Drury, of 1318 c of a Kn. Oe rge On the 18th inst., at Buckingham, the wife °f _,..., ------- Nelson, Esq., of a son. D. C t be On the 14th inst., MARRE at St. S e aviour's Chure-L„ r c lo s - Charles Sterky, Esq., to Mary Ann, eldest daug o '" late Samuel Bawtree, R, q., of Whitehall, Colchest e ' . of 131 ., On the 14th inst., at L e i g ht on , S am pson S. Llofe late mingham, banker, to E mma , th ir d d au ghter of th Reeve, Esq., of Leighton House, Leighton 13uzzaskwisoll On the 16th inst., at Haggerstone Church , - " 01 ,441 ) ; White, of Bish_opsgate, t o Mary Hether i ng t on Clarlo u lijieb daughter of W. Hetherington, Esq., o f Watt's -b Kingsland.