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I C tice Jackson entered the court in his judicial robes. His Lordship stood for a few seconds at the end of the bench, and then pronounced in a loud voice, " This Court of Error is adjourned to Wednesday next."—(Roars of laughter.) [lt appeared that the Court of Error stood ad journed to the first day of term, and that, in com pliance with the formalities of that court, it became his Lordship's duty to order a further adjournment, in the manner above described. , The effect, was, how ever, astounding. Assessors, counsel, agents, and the public joined in an involuntary burst of laughter, which was renewed as often as the words, " this court of error" flashed across the recollection of those present.] The court adjourned at six o'clock. —Freeman's Journal. I,V ESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, At a full MEETING of the Committee of this Society, held at the Centenary-hall and Mission-house, Bishopsgate.street. within, London, on Wednesday, October 30, 1844 (the PNESI. DENT of the Conference in the chair), it was unanimously re. solved,— 1. That after a careful reconsideration of certain imputations against the character and proceedings of the Rev. Thomas B. Freeman, the Superintendent of the Society's Missions on the Gold Coast, as recently renewed in a letter, under the signature of " Omega," published in the Times newspaper of Friday last, this Committee are perfectly convinced that the said imputations are altogether calumnious and untrue; and that the defensive explana tions and statements of Mr. Freeman, first transmitted by him to the Secretaries in a letter, dated June '26, 1843, and now repeated and confirmed by him personally, in their presence, are entirely sa tisfactory on all the points to which " Omega" has referred. 2. That the renewal of these slanderous imputations is the more culpable, because the person from whom they are understood to proceed has had repeated opportunies and invitations, in the course of the last fifteen months, to appear before the proper authorities for the purpose of substantiating, if he could, the accusations preferred, which he has hitherto declined or neglected to do. 3. That, fortified in their view of Mr. Freeman's case, by the written assurances of his brother Missionaries in Western Africa, by various other documents long in their possession, by passages in the former communications of " Omega" himself, and by the spoil. taneous and decided testimony of several highly respectable and disinterested gentlemen, who have observed his proceedings, and borne honourable witness to his labours and usefulness, this Com mittee deem it right to assure the public of their entire and undi minished confidence in Mr. Freeman's integrity, and of their high admiration of his eminent zeal and devotedness to the great work in which he has been engaged at the Gold Coast, in Ashanti, and elsewhere, and which it has pleased Almighty God to bless already with so considerable a measure of success. (Signed, on behalf of the Committee) JABEZ BUNTING, President of the Wesleyan Conference. THOS. FARMER, General Treasurers of the JOHN SCOTT, Society. JOHN BEECHAM, R. ALDER, General Secretaries. ELIJAH HOOLE, Tromodiately. in 2 vols., small Bvo., w ith numerous Ill ustrat i ons, T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS ; OR, ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL. By ELIOT 1;. G. WARBURTON, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TILEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera THE SYREN. Marco Tempesta, Mr. W. Harrison; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King Zerlina (the Syren), Miss Delcy. To conclude with the Grand Fairy Ballet of -THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM, in which Millie. Plunkett, Mdlle Clara Webster, Mulle. O'dryan, Mrs. W. H. Payne, a nd M a d a me G u ibil ei w ill appe Ir. The Box-office is open daily, from Tee in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER (3, Will b., perf,rmed THE BUSY BODY. S•r Francis Gripe. Mr. W Farren; Traffic, Mr. Stricklani ; Marplot, Mr. Charles Mathews; Miranda, Madame V...stris ; Patch, Mrs. Hamby. /After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, founded on .Don Cxsar de Bazan, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C. Mathews; Mariquita, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with YANKFE LAND, in which Mr. Marble, the popular delineator of Yankee character, will perform. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and Dna Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-ottice, born Fan till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which, an entirely New Drama, entitled C2ESAR DE BAZ AN ; or, Love And Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Csesar de B man, Mr. Webster ; Maratina, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; cr, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Mi ss Viloolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright ; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Dinah, Mr. Cowell. It is so often our misfortune to except to the mea sures of Sir ROBERT PEEL—tO challenge their prin ciple, or to deprecate their tendency —as, for example, in reference to his currency-regulation scheme, or his property and income-tax " screw"—that we find it quite agreeable to meet him upon other ground, on which we can approach him only with the tribute of our humble, but unqualified praise. The recom mendation he has addressed to the Crown—of Mr. ERLE for the Judgeship in the Court of Queen's Bench, vacated by the lamented retirement of Mr. Justice ERSKINE, is a proceeding for which the Premier is entitled to the highest credit. The ap pointment, itself, is one of the most dignified, of the most responsible, and of not the least lucrative kind, which it is in the power of the SOVEREIGN to be stow. In this country, beyond the example, perhaps, of all others, the unbounded respect of the people—. voluntary, uncompelled, unbiassed, unpurchased— attaches to the ermined dispensers and expounders of the law a sort of confidence which it withholds from almost every other constituted authority, except on full satisfaction, after much discussion and investiga tion—of their title to claim it. The mass of the people, throughout all the varieties and conditions of which it is composed, seem to go beyond the wealthier and more dignified classes in rendering their homage to the official position and personal consideration of the Judges. So proud a distinction as this among a proud and jealous people, cannot be lightly earned. Still less can it be maintained with out the consistent manifestation, on the part of its occupier, of those high qualities in the practical dis charge of the duties of the Bench, which the people take it for granted must have already constituted the principle of his selection fox; a post of so much mark and distinction, by the authorities which have called him to it. It is easy to imagine how many, and how powerful appeals, must have been made to the Pre mier for this appointment, from qua:iers which no thing short of the plea of public duty, according to his own estimation of its claims, could seem to justify him in refusing to satisfy. But Sir ROBERT has exercised the grace or patronage of the Crown, in this instance, in so worthy a manner, that we should apprehend he must 'nave propitiated the good opinion of nine-tenths cji the Bar. He has conferred it, not upon the rAost worthy of his political supporters— but on the best qualified and most eligible member of that powerful and learned body, for so exalted a distinction. Mr. ERLE was, as to his political opinions, a member of the Whig party—and therefore arrayed in the ranks of the Minister's political op ponents, rather than in those of his supporters. But Mr. ERLE was, in point of high professional attain ments, practice, character, and considera:ion, second to none, and superior to most, of his contemporaries in the same branch of practice. His professional emoluments were extensive in proportion to his ex traordinary reputation as a leader among the leading counsel and pleaders of his day. A career like his, at the Bar, illustrated by so large an amount of legal knowledge and sound judgment, of technical experi ence and skill, combined with the loftier talent, the larger and more generalised views, and higher intel lectual discipline and reach of an accomplished and successful advocate—terminates most honourably for himself, and most advantageously, we will venture to predict, for th e pu bli c , b y hi s elevation to the Bench. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Rand, Mr. Mellon.—Box—oillee open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, Will be performed THE SY REN. Principal Characters by Messrs Walton, C. Horn, Jun., Leffler, Allen,and Mdlle. Nau. To conclude with the New Drama, called DON CJESA It DE BAZAN. Don Cmsar, Mr. Wallack; Cnarles the Secont , Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess dr Rotondo, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell.' Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. D oors t o b e opened at Halt: pest Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 6. Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. WoolliAge. fo be followed by TWICE KILLED. Chiracters by AI es Coll►er, Turner, Craven, and Keeley; Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely Nev: Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, 11r. .1. W. Collier, Mr. Gourict, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Miss James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A DMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3e.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; Upper Boxes, Is. Cal. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the 13,1 cony Tier (holding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Boxes on the Pit Pier (holding six persona), One Guirea, I he Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr. ti 41 of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER C, Will be performed DON C/EZAR DE BAZA N. Don Cwsar, Mr. Roberts; King Charles 11., Mr. John Howard; Maritana, Sire. Coleman Pope. Mr. Roberts and Mrs. M ntgomerie will dance their celebrated Polka. After which, THE BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Frisky, Mr. Roberts; Jacob, Mr. H. Hall; Cecilia, Mrs. Montgomerle. To conclude with QUITE AT HO ME. Principal Characters by Messrs. Howard, Ayliffe, Dean, Mrs. Melville, and Miss Carter. ASTI, EI"S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Open every evening with its unequalled rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Entertainments. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, The Splendid Spectacle from the Poem of the illustrious Sir Walter Vlott, entitled LOCHINVAR ; or, The Bridal of Netherby, and !Reed of the Brave. Entire change of the Scenes of the Circle, and novel feats of Horse manship, and first time in England the Dressed horse of the Me nage Toby brdte and ridden by Mr. I'. Davis. I'o conclude with THE BLOOD.RED KNIAHT; or, The War riors of Palestine. Acting and stage-m inager, Mr. W. D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding t.y Mr. R. Smith daily. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Increasing success of Din Cmsar de Bazan—First Week of another New Drama. THIS EVENING, NO ✓EMBER 6, Will be performed a New Drama, enticed DON C/ESAR DE BAZAN, supported by the entire Company. After which, a New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN, in which Messrs. Hudson Kirby, Hicks, Nekille, Vale. Heslop, Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss ferrey, and Mrs. R. Honner perform. To conclude with M.Y HUSBAND'S DOUBLE. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS AGEVENIN, NOVEMBER 6, Will be performed LIFE'S LOTTERY ; or, Jolly Dick the Lamplighter. Jolly Dick, Mr. G. Wi d ; Bessie Blossom, Miss Louisa Lyons. Afte. which, DON CMSAR DE BAZ AN. Principal Characters by Messrs. sbaldiston, Dale, Herbert, and Miss Vincent. To conclure with THE ARTFUL DODGE, in whin Mr. 6 . Wild and Miss Hamilton will appear. Private Family Boxes, £1 Is. Od, and .£1 Ils. Od. THE WEATB ER—Suzi OFFICE, Nov. 6. TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 44 BAROMETER, 29.35.—W1ND, W. NoTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is ueually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Alorning ... 59 minutes after 9 j Evening ... 33 minutes after 10 , Before it had been intimated, on arlequate authority, that Sir R. PEEL had thus gratefully and promptly recognised the superior prf. a terisions to this high ap pointment of a political opponent some of our Contemporaries h:,-,a already discussed the contending claims of sevreral other parties, either actually candi dates, or probable claimants for it. We have per ceived with regret, in one article more especially, now before us—a very able one, undoubtedly —that the writer, in advocating the right of Mr. ERLE to ex pect that he should be nominated, has thought it necessary—(in bad taste, and injudiciously, we must say) —to go out of his way to damage the pretensions of others. We lament to see the name of one very sound and estimable Criminal Judge—the Recorder of Earl RADNoa h as a dd resse d a l e tt e r to th e Editor London—br oug ht f orwar d i n th i s way, on a meresurmise that a Noble Earl had been warmly solicit of the Economist on the subject of the Allotment ing this Judgeship for that Right Honourable person, System, of which, as might be expected, he strongly his Lordship's brother. This is neither a candid nor disapproves, chiefly, however, because it "is opposed a justifiable course. We should strongly questi on to every principle of political economy." W e do not the fact of the Recorder's having sanctioned, sug think the system is to be thought the worse of on this account, for politi ca l economy i s b y no means infal- Bested, or assented to any suc h so li c i tat i ons. But, in the absence of all positive knowledge on that point, lible, and though it has been the rage among our we will only remark that, if anything could enhance legislators and many of our public writers for some 1 the value which we attach to the p ro p er an d j u di c i ous years past, it has b een pro d uct i ve of little or no good I selection Sir R. PEEL has made, or to the merits of on a comprehensive scale, while in not a few instances Mr. ERLE in being the object of that selection, vs e it has sho wn it se lf wholly at variance with the dictates should find it in the sense of duty which has induced ofh humanity, and though it may have the effect of the Premier to pass by the claims of political and s arpening the understanding, and imparting toofficial connexions, and among them, an auxiliary of keen, worldly, practical tone, we are yet to learn such standing and efficiency in Parliament—and, on that it improves the qualities of the heart, or elevates the Bench, a Judge so much respected for the sound or enlarges the intellectual nature of those h who make it ness of his legal doctrine and the probity of his de theirrule.of faith. nut,perha ps , itrna3; h e t u/ . . ge. d by the cisions, as the Learned Recorder. We dismiss this advocates of this over -rated science, y t v, : ar s nu r t a e t di l: i e n r 1 point, however, to indulge in the congratulations we a shrewd head than a feeling heart that is would offer to the Premier on the determination he matters of legislation. This is undoubted) hasj exhibited to uphold the high character which the it is at best but a partial and limited truth, and theut th u e di s c o i v al li te e n s c s h o h f atsheso l l a o w ng w ac hi r il ir i e t d and justified, for experience of many years has shown that a keen administers, and . , SECOND EDITION. and worldly understanding, unaccompanied by a kindly nature, is incompetent to legislate in such an enlightened and comprehensive spirit as shall be pro ductive of general benefit. Our rulers have been steering by the lights of political economy ever since, if not before, the days of HUSKISSON, and how has the country at large been benefited by their gui dance ? Class interests, indeed, have derived advantage from their narrow system of legis lation, but the vast mass of the people have in no respect been bettered by it. Look at the condition of the poor man, whether in the manu facturing or agricultural districts ! What has political economy ever done for him or his ? Has it elevated his position in society—has it improved his moral character—has it drawn forth the kindlier and nobler feelings of his nature—has it even increased his pecu niary means, or given him a slight taste of some thing like prosperity ? Nothing of the sort. It has left him in precisely the same condition in which it found him—we might almost add, in a worse condi tion ; for by avoiding everything like an appeal to his feelings, by treating him like a machine rather than a human being, and accommodating him with a strin gent New Poor-law—which, though equitable enough in some of its provisions, is cruelly unjust in others —by way of showing its sympathy for him ;—by so acting towards the poor man, political economy has at length succeeded in alienating him from his superiors in station, and converting him into a Chartist, a Socialist, a rick-burner, and what not. If public attention be now fully directed to the case of the poor and destitute ; if it be at length dis covered that something must be done for them, and that they must be treated in a far more kindly, re spectful, and considerate :manner than has hitherto been the case, it is not political economy we have to thank for this tardy discovery, but the antagonist principle of humanity, which is now coming actively forward in the hope of remedying the evils of the former system. It is net-as political economists that the manufacturers are now endea vouring to secure pleasure-grounds and parks for the recreation of the workmen in their employ, to instil into them a feeling of self-respect, and to improve their social and moral condition in every possible way ; but as humane and beneficent men, who have at length become awakened to the great truth that the poor and humble have affections, as well as prejudices and passions, and that these affections may be appealed to with success. Nor is it as political economists that the landowners are now making such an active stir in behalf of their peasants, but they are urged to it by precisely the same motives that are influencing the manufacturers. Political economy deals only with the understanding, and in the pride of its pedantry scorns to take into consideration the important fact that the humbler classes have quick and ardent feelings which are not to be neglected or trampled on with impunity. Hence the notorious decline of this cold, calculating, selfish system, and the rise of that more enlightened and philanthropic party which calls itself " Young England," and which, by appealing to the heart as well as the head of the com munity, and adopting as its rule of action the divine behest, "Do unto others as you would they should do unto you," bids fair to confer an immense amount of benefit on all classes, but more especially on the humbler and more hard-working orders of the com munity. " 6 2 4, • . „41,-, •...., —, ,e , 1 p s, -,- z 4 , 1 1i _ , u . .. Or, (,1 7', 1 2 ..1',..,k,, • :,?,`,. 4 ,,;;;' ,5 'lt• • A L () IA , s., ~.... ' '... '',llk t. , __ ~ •,:, A , I .„ : v,„,..-...,,,,044erzn0k ' , .1: ~...ge...t. " ' ~„.._. o:Jittning ."Int LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1844. rn SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV.b_INENG, NOVEMB the unimpeachable professional purity of those by whom that law is administered. The discussion on the address was resumed in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies on the .29th, when Senor ISTURITZ brought forward his amendment, but he appeared to speak as one not in earnest, or who had no hope of success. He declared that if he thought his amendment would lead to confusion, he would at once withdraw it, because he was anxious to see revolution at an end, and order and peace restored. He could not, however, help thinking that the present time was very unfavourable for such im portant changes, and that it would have been more wise and prudent to have established first of all organic laws which might have worked well, and thereby have rendered any inroad upon the Constitution of 1837 unnecessary. Senor MARILLO defended the Go vernment scheme, and reminded the House that no Minister had been able to govern within the limits of the Constitution of 1837. He, therefore, contended that it was absolutely necessary to remodel the ma chine of Government. The President of the Council, in reply to a question relative to the affair of the ' Razo schooner, said that they had received from th 9 English Ambassador at Madrid the assurance that , every necessary satisfaction should be given. Th e discussion was adjourned. Preparations for the trial of PRIM were going on. No more arrests had taken place. The Three per Cents. were done at 274 for cash, and 274 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 211 for cash, and 20 at 60 days; and the Floating Debt at 64/ at 60 days. The Paris papers, especially those of the Opposi lon, are still occupied with the affairs of Spain. In fact, the only political articles are on the Reform Bill and the conspiracies said to have been discovered at Madrid and Barcelona. The National, Siecle, and Quotidienne, throw the blame of the late inroad on the Constitution upon the French Government; and the articles which appear in some of their jour nals amply confirm the fact. Yesterday we pub lished a long account, taken from the Journal des Debats, of the late proceedings, in which a most un justifiable attack was made on ESPARTERO, as if the man who had conducted himself during the whole of his regency with the strictest honour, and a scru pulous regard for the laws, would lend his name and influence to murder NARVAEZ, and bring about, for his own selfish interests, a second St. Bartholomew. We give the following from the National, as a reply to the atrocious article : " We fully expected the Ministerial journals to utter fine phrases upon ,the frightful plot, of which Narvaez had so much need, in order to strike terror into the hearts of the Deputies, who were determined'to contend against his counter-revolution. The Debuts did not fail, yesterday, to place this affair in its most dramatic light. It says that the manifesto of Espartero gave the signal. Several refugees attempted to return, but were stopped by the French police. Nevertheless the conspiracy fol lowed its course, and this time it was assassination— systematised assassination that was resorted to—a sort of Saint Bartholomew—which was to extend to the Ministers, Captains-General, and principal functionaries of the Government. Let Narvaez and his allies put forth as many such fables as they please—they and their object are well understood. Let them mock the people of France by repeating these odious stupidities-- let them represent a great man, who has been invested with the government, as being enrolled in a systematic plan of assassination—let them have the courage to accuse a late Regent of having organised an d di rected a St. Bartholomew for public functionaries—thi s is an impudence so glaring, that it needs but to be seen to meet with justice. 'We can treat accusations of this nature with nothing but dis dain, and we are doing them too much honour by noticing them. The only important thing to tell the public is, that the Progressist party has never, either in France or Spain, disguised its firm resolution to move in defence of the Constitution and liberties of its country, against allthe enterprises of re-actors. It has not con spired in secret, but in open day. Espartero has loudly eeclared that he would place himself at the 'service of the cause for which he fought during seven years. Let the men who seriously enter into politics separate en tirely the action of parties, the march of events, from these insidious attempts, whether true or false, which are wished to be made use of to delude public opinion. There is some consolation, however, in the fact that the Generals said to have been thus threatened have neither of them received the slightest scratch. Narvaez and ' the Baron de Meer are both in the enjoyment of perfect health. The first, to keep his hand in, has already shot four persons, who were arrested one day and eys ,eute d T. - -.lent sitting, the next His court-martial is in per and he is said at the same stroke • e so nave sent nine I 's seems that these people other men to the gallies I I . may be left to their own vengeance, which they follow up with so touch ardour, promptitude, and ferocity, so devoid of all that bears the semblance of the calm forms of justice, that our Ministerial jour nals have no occasion to stimulate them by their decla mations. Far be it from us to entertain the thought of encouraging assassination ; if it b e true that any man has rendere himself guilty of this crime, we shall never express a wish that he may escape the chastisement of the law. But is it the law that has decreed the san guinary executions at Barcelona ? To seize a man in the evening, and to shoot him the next morning at day break, are these the regular proceedings of Etny tribunal —even of a court-martial ? Is not this another murder, no less infamous than the first ? If the first justly merits severity, how can any indulgence be shown to the second ? These reflections are applicable, even if there has been a premeditated insidious complot between a sisall number of persons. But how could it be, should it turn out that this business was got up by a police capable of any crime ? We do not put this question unadvisedly. The man who is put at the head of the police of Madrid has a character which warrants suspicion. This Avira neta, of whom our correspondent has written to us, has passed his life, his whole life, in conspiracies and secret plots. There is not in all Spain a single cut-throat of whose services he has not on occasion availed himself. He has himself boasted, as we can confidently affirm, of having the precise statistic of all the elements which are disposable for any dark manoeuvre—any coup de main. It is I alone,' he has said, who am able to be the most terrible revolutionist in Spain.' " The Siècle thus winds up an article on the same subject : "The honour of Narvaez does not shine forth with so pure a brilliancy that Prim, Who is accused, may not stand in face of it. It is already known who is the con spirator and the perjurer, and it will be speedily known, if score great injustice does not throw an obstacle fu the way of the defence, which of the two is an imposter. These troubles, which announce a general explosion, show how mad and criminal is the enterprise in which the Spanish Government has embarked. That Maria Christina, to cause her weakness to be forgotten, to obtain from the Pope and the absolute monarchies a dearly-purchased pardon, should arm the crown against the laws and factions against the crown ; that Narvaez by audacity, the military qualities which he does not possess, should push on his fortune, and endeavour to ensure his safety by coups d'etat, is a blind self-deceit, which does not go beyond the common measure of follies that have stained unhappy Spain with blood but that a grave Minister, recalled for the third time from exile, tried if not matured by political revolutiont, kbett Martinez de la Ross, u p war d s of 60 years of op, should follow in the train of these adventurers is unparsLnable. If there remains to this latter, as we sue; 0 „ se Puni`'Ometif 'com'msoeinneeets his se fault 1 17 his o timcnt of generosity, his pret•ent. It is, in fact,. cr , • et insurrection around cause, cit' ttntlT a and even pepiaps suppose mimes ;to be led, in fine, in an in",ll.us struggle, to adopt measures of violence and which h legitimate defence does not warrant. ' Here we she the prisons filled, and courts-martial as sembling ; Narvaez declares that the army is faithful, anti that the executioner is ready. That is enough for him to be at ease, but the conscience of M. Martinez de la Rosa will, without deubt, inform him that condem nations passed in the name of a perjured Government against the defenders of national rights and liberties are also assassinations." The Carlist Qnotidienne is equally indignant, though for a different reason : " The grand conspiracy announced was so probable, and had broken out i•o apropos, that every one was, with out doubt, at the windows to see it pass. In the printing offices of the good press there had certainly been com posed beforehand the consecrated phrase, "Ilie discovery appears to have rendered the position of the Govern ment stronger,' or this, ' They find in them (happy words of M. Dupin) that they only draw closer the ranks of the Conservative party.' But a sanguinary conclusion is always required in regenerated Spain to these odious intrigues. Scarcely has a new military idol been raised up by the sad imitators of the Prwtorians of the Bas-Empire, when all watch for the sun which is soon to arise. The young general whom the public in stinct designated as the nearest hero or the nearest victim—inevitable alternative—was Prim the new Count of Reuss. His turn was about to come on, and the end is hastened. He might have a fortune similar to that of Narvaez against Espartero. The fate of the unfortu nate Diego Leon is prepared for him. What matters a sanguinary stain the more, if the madmen of the Mode redo party disgrace the Government some days longer— if what is called Constitutional reform is voted by accla mations of fear—if they are at liberty to afford an ap pearance of satisfaction to the French dynastic interests, a real satisfaction to the national interests of England ? A strong moral presumption weighs on Prim. It is the Debats which very coolly says so. We recommend the French Opposition to well consider this system of moral presumptions. It is pregnant with the future, once that the Bastille constructions shall have been completed." The French Funds rose 30 centimes on Monday, from a report that the Government loan would not exceed 150,000,000 f, one-half of that said to have been intended. 82f. 30c. The Three per Cents. closed at ITTIE BOURSE—MONDAY, Nov. 4. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cants...... 119 .. 119 20 .. 119 .. 119 10 Four-and-a-Half.... 112 50 .. 112 50 .. 112 50 .. 112 50 Three per Centa..... 82 10 82 30 .. 82 10 82 20 • B ink of France • 3072 50 —3072 50 —3072 50 ..3072 50 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o ..1120 ..1170 50 ..1170 50 5,000 f. Sharesso3o —5040 ..5030 ..5040 Belgian Bank.... •• ••• • • • 655 .. 655 .. 033 .. 650 Belgian Fives,lB4o •• •• • • 1031 •• 1031 • • 1031 •• 1031 Two-and-a-Ht 62 • • 62 • • 61 85 .- 61 95 Dutch Two and-a-Half 63 •• 63 •• 63 .63 Spanish Threes •• • • •••• •• •• 341 .. 311 .. 314 .. 341 Active.• ••••• • •• • • 324 .. 321 • • 32 4 • • 321 Old Deferred .....• 65 .. 61 .. 61 .• 61 Portuguese Five per Cents 53 .. 53 .. 524 .. 52 Neipolita.n— •• •••••••98 80 .. 98 85 98 80 .. 98 9 85 Roman .• ..... RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B. • • L.B • 286 25 .• 286 25 246 25 .. 286 25 Rouen ••••• ••••• • •• • •1035 . 1035 ..1035 —1035 Rouen to Havre •• • • ....... . 768 75 .• 768 75 • • 767 50 -. 767 50 Orleans •• •• ..... •••••• • • • •1012 50 ..1020 ..1015 ..1015 Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• •• 275 • 278 75 .. 275 . 276 25 Avignon to Marseilles.... . 807 50 817 50 .. BC7 50 .. 815 RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, Nov. 4. St. Germain ..... •••• • • 920 .• 920 .. 920 .. 920 Versailles, L. 8.• •••••• • • • •• 286 25 . 286 25 .. 286 25 .. 286 25 Rouen ••• • • • ...... • •1030 • • 1032 50 ..1030 -.1030 Rotten to Havre.• ..... •• . • 768 75 .. 770 .. 768 75 .. 770 Orleans • •1012 50 —lO2O ••1012 50 .•1020 Strasburg to Bale ...... .• 275 .. 278 75 • • 275 .. 278 75 Avignon to Marseilles.... • • 807 50 .• 816 25 .. 807 50 . 815 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, ov. 15. Versailles, L. 8.• • •• • • •• •• •• 287 80 .. 287 50 .. 287 50 •• 27 50 Rcrten • 1032 50 ..1035 ..1030 ..1030 Rouen to Havre• •••••• • • • • • 770 . • 772 50 .. 770 • • 770 Orleans... •• .• •••• • • • ••1015 ..1025 .• 1015 ..le2o Strasburg to • •• •• 276 75 .• 280 .• 276 25 .. 278 75 Avignon to Marseill es...... BO7 50 .. 817 50 807 50 .. 816 25 THIS _DAY'S NEWS FLANDERS MAIL. Lord Westmoreland, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary of the Queen of Great Britain to the Prussian Court, arrived at Brussels the day before yesterday, from London, on his way to Berlin. Soon after his Lordship's arrival here he paid a visit to Count Goblet, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to Mr. Van Praet, member of the Icing's household. His Lordship set out yesterday morning fur Cologne. Madame lola de Saint Elme, authoress of the " Me moires d'Une Conternporaine," has, for some years past, resided at Brussels. After a life formerly brilliant, and always agitated, she is now, towards the close of her career, abandoned by her former friend- , . She is now seventy-five years of age. Her face retains some traces of her former beauty, and the various scenes in which she has been a witness and an actor are still present to the imagination. A noble f am il y, f ee li ng an interest in the state of destitution to which she is reduced, and seconded by her Majesty the Queen, has made arrange ments by which Madame Saint Elme will find an asylum in a hospitable family at Brussels. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Mir 29. Five per Cents. Met a lh ques- 109% Four per Cents 100% Three per Cents . 75 Bank Shares ... l6Ol Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 1. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. DERRY. 11 to 1 agstAlarm—(taken)•2B to 1 agst Fitz Allen 16 to 1 agst Kedger 30 to 1 agst Connaught 22 to 1 agst Cobweb c—t Ranger 25 to 1 agst Old England 45 to 1 agst Clear the Way 25 to 1 agst Newsmonger 50 to 1 agst Seaman 25 to 1 agst Idas 50 to 1 agst Brother to At -25 to 1 agst Brother to E.O. taghan —(taken) 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot (bar 28 to 1 agst Rebecca c Irish horses). COURSING. BENDRIGG MEETING.—Lord Bective's Cup (12 dogs) was won by Mr. Christian's Cerberus ; Mr. Michell's Mameluke ran up.—The Puppy Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr. Thompson's Turner ; Mr. Michell's Milo ran up.—The Puppy Stakes, for 6 bitches, were won by Mr. Turner's Fly ; Mr. Smith's Lightning ran up.—The All-aged Stakes were won by Lord Bective's Tearaway. —The Puppy Stakes by Mr. Thompson's Young Ben digo ; and the Moresdale Hall Stakes by his All round my Hat. WENSLEYDALE MEETING.—The Cup (16 dons) was won by Mr. Wilkinson's Ace of Trumps ; Mr. Maxwell's Agnes ran up. VICE-CHANCERY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir JAMEs WIGRABI.) WOODS V. WOODS.—OPINIONS OF COUNSEL. His Hosoun pronounced judgment in this case. This was a motion by the plaintiff's in a cross suit for the pro duction of documents contained in the schedule to the answer, and admitted to be relative to the matters con tail:red in the bill. Amongst the documents were a case submitted by the defendant to his counsel, and the opinion thereupon. The defendant had submitted to produce the case, but resisted the production of the opinion; and the only question upon which he was called upon to exercise his judgment was whether the opinion should be produced or not. According to the admissions in the answer, and to the issue in the taus. be no doubt th a t t hi s opinion. mit. be at - nerial to the; , plaintiff's case , an d t h e there could prima facie, u p on tL plaintiff, theref ore , wou ld , lave it prod e general prin c ipl e , b e ent i t l ed to - unless the defendant had shown by his that the document was privileged. If his answer showed that, it became unnecessary to consider whither the document might be material or not-to the plaintiff's case, in either ease it would be protected. It was stated by counsel in the argument that Lord Langdale had lately decided a case, in which he stated that he considered the opinions of counsel as not en titled to privilege where it appeared that it might be material to the plaintiff's case. On referring to the case, however, which was that of Robinson and Wright, it appeared that Lova Lae,gclalc i - eu - ognlseil the authority 01 the cases which determined that such documents were generally privileged, and that he afterwards carefully excepted the documents that fill within the s'ope of the decided cases which established . that principle. That case, therefore, left the authorities precisely where they stood before. In order to avoid the repetition of his own opinion on this subject, he would refer to the case of Lord Walsingham against Goodrich. He remained of the opinion which he then expressed, that while the state of the law rendered it impossible that parties should be their own lawyers, and act without professional ad vice ; it was indispensably necessary that the privilege conceded to professional communications should be main tained, at least to the ecteht to which it was at present. He had looked into the bill and answer in this cause, and by the answer it appeared that the opinion in question was taken after the dispute had arisen which was the subject of the original and cross cause then before him; and that it was taken for the purpose or obtaining the opinion of counsel for the guidance of the parties in re spect to that very suit. There could not be in his judg ment any doubt that an opinion taken under such cit.& cumstances was privileged at the time when it was taken ; and he thought it clearly retained its privileges in that suit. He gave no opinion as to the obligation of the defendant to answer any particular charge in the interrogatories. llis present judgment was confined exclusively to the production of the opinion itself. EtIISIV" QUEEN'S BENCH:J.(TMS DAYI) CSittings its haheo.) AthlS tl. OAIIWNER. This Was an action brought against an attorney for negligence in investing a sum of money belonging ttl the plaintiff, in consequence of which the nibll4 had been lost. The Iletier! WWI tried at Liverpool; before Mr. Justice Cresswell ; and' the jury found for the plaintiff Mr. IiNoWLEs no* mbved for hew trial, on the grouod that the 'ierdiet was against evidence. The deiAlithttion alleged in the usual manner that the defendant had been retained by the plaintiff as an at torney for fee and reward, and that he had tiegleeted his duty. The pleas were, first, hot guilty, and ; secondly, that the defendant had heVer bebh etti ployed as an attorney: The plaintiff was an artiet, who had received, rnaty hat of Kindness from defendant, Wiwi had been a patron to him 6r t. , 9..tt. In February, 1840, the plaintiff wrote to the defendant asking him t o i nvest abotit int for hits ; w!.:;cn he had eared from his earnings. The money was lent to a person named I.3inel ! to *horn the deftd ant had subseottently lent 0(:)t. &Ines ) father was joint tecutity with himself for the repayment of plaintiffs money. The younger Baines died insolvent, and the elder Baines gave up his property to his creditors, which only yielded six shillings in the pound; Ito moved to set aside the verdict, Eiti ilid groiind that there wits no evidence whatever to show that the defendant had ever been retained as an attorney. There was no bill of costs put in—there. was no proof given of any payment of fees from plaintiff to defendant, and all that appeared on the trial went to negative such a supposition. Lord DENSIAN—You had better hand up the letters which passed between plaintiff and defendant, and we will see my brother Cresswell on the subject. THE QUEEN V. THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an indictment against the defendants for a nuisance, for obstructing the public highway in New Bailey-street, Salford, by the erection in the carriage way of that street four pillars, on which they had erected a bridge, over which they had carried a portion of their railway. The case was tried at Liverpool, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and a verdict passed for the Crown. Mr. WORTLEY now moved for a rule nisi to set the verdict aside, and have it entered for the defendants, or for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge, or at all events that the verdict should be confined to that part only of the works which were the subject of the indictment. The bridge had been erected in the course of the construction of a railway joining the Manchester and Liverpool, and Manchester and Leeds, and Manchester and Bolton Railways, in one common terminus. The Act of 1826, which was the original Act forming the Company, gave them power to erect bridges over public highways and streets, for the purpose of carrying on their works. An Act was passed in 1839 empowering the Company to con struct a junction railway, which gave them all the powers of the first Act. That road was not constructed, and in 1842 an Act was obtained for the construction of the present railroad, continuing to them all the powers of the two former Acts, and under these Acts they had the power, as he contended, of erecting these pillars. He had to complain of the summing up of the Learned Judge at common law. He had told the jury that no jury would be doing their duty who could find the erec tion of an obstruction in the public street to be anything but a nuisance. Lord DENMAN—I doubt if he went far enough. He ought to have told the jury that any obstruction what ever, preventing the passage over a public highway, w as a nuisance in the eye of the law. • Mr. WORTLEY apprehended that there must be some thing more than mere obstruction to make a nuisance, Besides, he contended that, under a proper constructir,n of the Company's Acts, they were authorised to er ect these pillars. There was only one single pillar in th e carriage -way, and he submitted that, at all events, th e writ of abatement ought only to issue as to tha", one pillar. He trusted, that if ouch were the case, sore corn- i. r".i. promise might be come to, as had been suggested by the Beamed Judge at the trial. Lord DENMAN—Prubably it had better be turned WO a case. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) EINNERSLEY, AN OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE, V. CROUCH Mr, CROWDER moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict returned for the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside, and a non-suit entered, or the damages reduced to such a sum as the Court should direct, by leave of the Learned Judge who tried the case. This action was tried before Mr. justice Patteson at the last Bristol Assizes, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff for 1531. 13s. It was an action for money bad and received on account of a bankrupt named Brown, who had carried on the business of a currier in Bristol. The defendant was Brown's foreman. On the 28th of October Brown left, his shop for the pur pose, as he alleged, of going to Cheltenham, but he never returned to his shop. It appeared that he went to Cheltenham, as he stated, but that he ultimately left this countay. A fiat of bankruptcy was issued against him on the 9th of November following. Crouch conducted the business of the bankrupt from the time of his leaving it till the issuing of the fiat. The action was for money received by Crouch, on account of the de fendant, during that time. An account was produced at the trial, in which the defendant debited himself to the amount of 1531. 135., and for various other sums, on account of the business of the bankrupt,and to the work men employed in it. The Learned Counsel had con tended at the trial that the defendant acted in the capa city of a servant, and that he did not come under the cognisince of certain sections of the Bankruptcy Act, and could not be answerable for money which he had received and paid on account of his emplo3 ers. Ile now reiterated these arguments, and instanced the case as one of considerable importance to the mercantile world. 'Was a servant to be liable for moneys so paid, and for the acts of a bankrupt, of whose actions and intentions he was wholly ignorant ? The decision of the jury seemed to imply that the defendant was placed in the position of the bankrupt.. After considerable discussion, the rule was granted. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES CARDS WILSON -A PPLI, CATION FOR A HABEAS CORPUS. Mr. PEACOCK, in this case, applied for a writ of habeas corpus, directed to John Kanditch, the gaoler of one of the prisons in Jersey, commanding him to bring up the body of Charles Carus Wilson. Mr. Wilson went to reside in Jersey on the 23d of September, and was shortly after arrested and imprisoned. He stated that he was advised, and verily believed that his imprisonment was illegal, and applied several times for a copy of the war rant under which he was arrested. The gaoler told him he had no such document, but on the 29th of September he brought in a paper and left it in the deponent's cell, which stated that he was condemned to pay a fine of 101. to her Majesty, and to make an apology to the Court for contempt. This did not state what the contempt was, what the Court was, nor to whom the apology was to be made. Mr. Justice PATTESON asked what the Court was ? Mr. PEACOCK replied that he believed it was the Royal Court. —Application granted. COMMON PLEAS..--(THIS DAY. (Sittings in Banco.) HUNTER, APPELLANT ; THE TOWN CLERK OF WEN LOCK, RESPONDENT. Mr. KEATING applied to the Court under the 6th and 7th Victoria, c. 18, to remit to the revising barrister the case prepared by him in reference to a decision come to during his revision of the list of voters for the borough of Wenlock. The application involved an important question as to the appellate jurisdiction of this Court over the decisions of the revising barristers. The appel lant alleged now that in the statement transmitted to the Court by the barrister, facts had been omitted which were essential to the case. lie had applied to the bar rister to insert those facts, but the Learned Gentleman refused to do so. Mr. Keating now moved their Lord ships to remit the case, with the order of the Court for the insertion of the omitted facts. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said, perhaps those matters which you aver to be facts, were not proved to the satis faction of the revising barrister ? Mr. KEATING said that was not the case. But the barrister said they were not material to the case ; whereas the appellant maintained that they were so. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that the Court might, perhaps, send back the statement for the insertion of facts, which, after hearing the appeal, they might deem to be material. But they could not interfere as to those matters at present. Mr, KEATING was preparing to proceed with his ar gument, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that the object of the application was to put the Court in the place of the revising barrister, whereas their Lordships were re quired to decide upon the statement made by the bar rister. If, upon the hearing of the appeal, they found any insufficient, they would send back the statement to have the insufficiency supplied ; but they could not an ticipate the hearing of the appeal. The other Judges concurred, and the Court refused to interfere. COURT OF REVIE W--; THIS DAY.) His Honour Sir J. K. BRUCE was engaged during the day in disposing of bankruptcy cases, none of which pos sessed any public interest. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commission Gonntritiv.) THE DRAPERY TRADE.—IN TIIE MATTER OF ROBERT BAN. SISTER, OF PORTSEA. The bankrupt, whose capture in the island of Madeira, and examination at this Court, had excited such interest in the commercial world, was again this day brought up for re.atainitiatioti, Mr. EDWIN JAMES, before proceeding with his exami nation, briefly recountered the facts of the case to the Court. The bankrupt, he stated, had delivered a balance sheet which was perfectly untrue, and it bore internal evidence of ita fictitious CluttaCteh The bankrupt had been In business with his brother, and, upon dissolving partnership, he withdrew 7221. as his share of the proceeds. He then commenced trade again in Portsea in the month of April, 1844, and the flat of biuulituptty was issued on the following July. lle had in those four months got ,goods to the -value of 17,00/. Os. 4d. ; an d had disposed of Vieth dojo for 11,321 t, thus allekihg a loss of 4,8791., or 43 per cent. Among other sales effected by him in this period was one to Moses and Son, of Ald gate, of goo& veiled itt I,o4tit;, Mit which they per chased for t CO. 3s. sd. Another sale to fledge and Lowman- of Regent-street; of Oath intoieed at 2001., and eolt Air 100 1 . The ptfttflilisH 444 boWever denied by that firm. A third sale to a person named Williams, of goods valued at 2,454 was effected for 140 f. The baiderfipt s e2itiengeit, during the peri o d ho WAS In trade, amounted to the enormous stiiii of i;80ot, being , an aVerfige of 20/. net week. Il e (M r: James) Os hatipy to state that a Of iOOOl. had been rescued from the bankrupt, his wife, and a person named Quin, who was a sort of general vouchee, in cases of sales and purchases. He (Mr. James) would i-ienl r k i ltt detailo of Matters whi c h would he ren dered suiticiently clear by the bankrupt's own eltamilia , tidn, and he would therefore at once proceed to question hilt upon the subject of his schedule. Mr. JaNEN—What arnotint of gouda did you sell to Moses and Son, of Aldgate ?—Th e amount state d b y file already, 1,040/ Mr. JAMES—What amount de you mean to say you received from them P—Por ono lot 2001. and for ano ther 180/. Mr. JimES:—litrill you Sweat that you received more from them than Mt. as. 3d. Will you swear after look ing at these invoices thatyou received more ?--I thought there was mote; but unless there are other receipts this iniist be the ittnetint, Mr. JAMES—DO you mean to represent that the goods you sold to Moses and Son for 269/ 3s. 3d. cost you 1,0401. ?.==l shotild say no t, d ec id edly not. They cost about two-thirds Mae than they Were sold at. Mr. JAMES—What do you believe they cost you then? —About 7501. Mr. Commissioner GoULBURN—What induced you to put cloWn rt diln?,rent sum then?—l have given up every farthing, and made the Oest StatCtiaent I could, Mr. JAMES—Answer his Honour's question.—;- , Those amounts were correct to the best of my memory. Mr. JAMES—What made you fix on 1,0401. for Moses and Bon ? What was your particular reason for so doing believe to the best of my memory I thought it correct. Mr. JAMES—You have put down to Hodge and Low. man goods coating 2001. at 100/. When did you make that sale ?—Either in May •or June. The goods were not invoiced in my name, and they have theref ore d en i e d the purchase. I sold iem in the name of Williams, which is a fictitious name. Mr, JAMES—Did you take the goods there ?—Yes, in a cab, which I took only to Oxford-street, and the goods I took into their place in separate parcels. Mr. JAMES —Do you mean to swear, then, that these goods cost you 200/., and that you sold them 50 percent. under cost ?—Yes, I should think there was a loss of 50 per cent. Mr. JAMES—You have charged in balance sheet sales to a person named Williams of goods which you say cost you 245/. Who is Williams ?—I believe he was in the drapery trade, but I cannot say where he is now. Mr. JAMES—When did you sell him these goods ? In June of this year. Mr. JAMES—Where did he live then ?—I do not know. I met him in Cheapside. I had met him before. He had lived in Birmingham some years before. Mr. JaisiEs—Where did you effect the sale ?—When I met him I said, I've got a lot of goods for sale ; and we went in a cab to the wharf, got the goods, and went to a public-house in Oxford-street. I left the goods, and met him at three o'clock, by appointment. lie told me that a hawker had given him an offer for them. I ac cepted the offer, met him again, and he paid me the money. Mr.JaatEs—Where did you meet him again ?—At the house in Oxford-street, where the goods were sold. I do not know the house, but it was on the right hand side going westward, between Tottenham-court. road and Regent. circus. Mr. JAMES—How much did he pay you?-To the best of my knowledge, 1051. I gave him no receipt. Mr. JAMES—How was the money paid P—ln Bank of England notes and gold. Mr. JAMES—In what part of the house were the goods sold P—ln a private room. .Mr.Ja mES—W hat did you do with the money?—Took it to Portsea. Mr. (TAMES—How long previously did you meet Wil liams before this transaction ?—About nine or twelve months before. Mr. Commissioner GoIILBORN--What was this Wil liams, and where did yea !met Ng, ?-iu the Jobw;ort's R 6 1844. Mr. JAMES then proceeded to press for a com mitment, on the ground that the bankrupt had not furnished satisfactory accounts, but his HoNova, after explaining to the bankrupt the ob ject of the Learned . Counsel's application, asked whether he would wish to consult some professional adviser in the matter ? The bankrupt would feel grateful if an opportunity were given him of engaging counsel to defend him in the matter. His HONOUR said that he was sure Mr. James would be the very last to press the law too severely, especially when the bankrupt was undefended. Mr. JAMES ask , :d whether it would not be expedient to commit him into the custody of the messenger of the Court ? His Hoxoua said that he could not decide upon the matter beforehand, and he would therefore adjourn the examination till to-morrow at one o'clock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) :Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) John Smith, dressed as a mechanic, and John Stevenson, a most respectable looking young man, were indicted fur stealing an umbrella, the property of Hugh Garden. The evidence went to prove that both the prisoners were observed to go into the house of the prosecutor, about night-fall, and Stevenson take the umbrella, which he threw away upon being pursued. The jury acquitted the prisoner Smith; and, having fotind Stevenson guilty, The Learned JUDGE expressed his regret at seeing a person of the prisoner's acquirements and previous respectability in such a degraded and melancholy posi tion ; however, the law should take its co urse . Th e sentence of the Court was—that he be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour, in the House of Correction, for three months. John Perry, aged 13 years, who was found guilty of felony at the last sessions, and judgment deferred for inquiry, was brought up this morning, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. Henry Smith was found guilty of stealing a coat from tilr, .t, Wells, into whose house he was admitted for charity, he being at the time in the utmost state of des titutior. The COURT sent-pced him to be transported for seven years. - ✓ A Very old and respectable-looking man, named John Williams,- was indicted for attempting to break into the house of Irrederick Barry. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and stated that he must have been out of his senses at the time he made the attempt, for he could snake no other excuse for his conduct, The COURT said, In consideration of the prisoner's age and previous character, It would inflict but a light ponalty. The sentence of the Court was that he be im prisoned for two months, with hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) James Ryan, between 40 and 50 years of age, one 01 the waiters . at Hawkins's Hotel, No. 29, Albemarle street. was placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of steal ing a letter-case containing a 10/. Bank of England note, about 201. in gold, two gold pins, a gold pencil-case, and other articles, the property of Captain the Hon. Dudley Worsley Anderson Pelham, R.N. It appeared that the prosecutor arrived in town from Yarborough, Lincolnshire, on Thursday evening last, and put up at newkins's Hotel. He was waited on by the prisoner, who unpatited, by his directions, a portion of his bag gage, in which wag the writing-case in question. On the following evening, the prv , .‘.eutor having occasion for some money, made a search for the case, but could not Ind it, He questioned the prisoner about it, but he denied having seen it. Not feeling quite confident that it bad been pacited with his baggage, he wrote home, and last evening received an answer that it had been placed in a carpet. bag, which was a part of his luggage the prisoner had opened. Under these cireum stancee he made application at the police-station in Vine-street, Piccadilly, and Sergeant Gray, No. 10 of the C division, Was immediately engaged in investigating the matter. The constable by dint of much perseverance succeeded in discovering that the .prisoner, who was known to be without money lately, bad since Friday been very flush of cash, and that he had discharged several small debts he had incurred in the neighbour hood. On Friday night he absented himself from the hotel without leave, and returned at two o'clock on Saturday morning very much intoxicated. On Saturday he applied for his wages, which, however, were not paid him, but on his being closely questioned by the con stable, he admitted that he had on Sunday night inclosed to his wife, living at Bath, 131. in money, adding, that he knew nothing of the prosecutor's property. Mr. HARDWICK asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything in answer to the charge ?—The prisoner said he was quite innocent, and could prove by respecta le witnesses that he had between thirty and forty sove reigns very lately in his possession. He was remanded until this day week. FUNERAL OF THE LATE COUNTESS OF BERKELEY. —On Tuesday the mortal remains of the late Countess of Berkeley were interred in the family vault under the chancel of the parish church of Cranford, Middlesex, in which vault repose the remains of the Earls and Coun tesses of Berkeley for upwards of 200 years past. SYMPTOMS OF A SEVERE WINTER.—The General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho, which arrived in the river early yesterday morning from Ant werp, reports that on leaving that city on Sunday the ' snow was fulLa foot deep on the ground. MR. JUSTICE ERLE.—Though the appointment of Mr. Erie was completed yesterday, he was not sworn in. A correspondent informs us that he will Rot be sworn in before Friday next. At the sitting of the Court of Common Pleas, on that morning, he will be made a Ser geant-at-law, and afterwards proceed to the Lord Chan cellor's private room to be sworn in, and on his return will take his seat on the bench. The elevation of Mr. Erle to the vacant judgeship will not make any altera tion, or create any vi , cancy on the western circuit, to which he bc.donged, as the Learned Gentleman had ceased going tlie circuit for the last two years, although he held iA9 officia,l sitttatip except upon a special retainer. Head, Fleet-street ; and I believe he was assistant to a draper, but where I do not know. Mr. JAMhs—When did yon get the goods that you al lege had been sold to Williams ?-- - -They were lying at Whitcroft's wharf. Mr. JAMES—What kind of goods were they ?—They were shawls and silk handkerchiefs. The shawls were Bannermann's, of Manchester, and Alfred Thomas's. JAMES—Nertv ett9nd to this question. Dtd not you state to Mrs. Quilter—now she is here, go be careful —that you and the man Quin took these goods from the wharf, and that Quin sold them ?—No ; that conversa tion referred to another lot. Mr. JAMES—What goods then did Quin assist you to take from Whitcroft's ?—I was rather confused, and might have said that Quin went with me. Mr. JAMES—Look at the invoices now produced, and point out the goods sold by the man Williams. But first, were these goods taken from the public-house before you had the money ?—They were so taken away. I see Bannermann here for 1801, and Thomas for 771. 11F. 10d. Mr. JAMES—WeII, any other ?—Yes, some others ; but I can't point them out now. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN wished to know if Mr. James had any other case of a similar character to that of Williams ? Mr. JAMES—None, perhaps, that would come under the same category. Before he would proceed, however, to the cash account, he should ask the bankrupt one or two general questions. To the bankrupt—Was the man Williams ever men tioned to any person before the balance sheet was filed ? —No. Mr. JAMES—Have you any more to add, for his Honour's information, about the disposal of these goods to Williams ?—I have no more to add. His Honour retired for a time, when, in reference to a remark from Mr. James, the bankrupt passionately ex claimed, " So help me Gid, I have not a guinea left in the world, nor a person cn whom I can come fur a shil ling. I know you think that I have a lot t.f goods and money, and all that sort of thing, but it's alt false." Mr. JAMES—Now turn to your balance-sheet. What money had you altogether, from the time of your commencing business in Portsea to the date of the fiat ? —To the best of my knowledge 6,9211. 45., but it is im possible to say the exact amount. Mr. JAMES—Now, have you not put down a sum, amounting to 1,9001., for expenses during that period ? Do you now adhere to that statement ?—No. The items amount to 1,239/. only from the time I left Nottingham. Mr. JAmEs—Explain the 2101. charged in the, balance sheet at page 3 ?—There is a 251. for clothes, 3/. 10s. for boots and shoes, 31/. 10s. for a watch, and a good seal was spent in theatres and saloons, and such like. Mr. JAMES—Why, the gold watch, ring, &c., is al ready charged at page 1 of your account. Can you men tion any one place were you ever spent 201. at once?— No, I cannot. Mr. JAMES—Your Honour will find that these sums are included in a sum of 310/, charged for private ex penses. Your explanation then. is, that the money was spent in theatres and saloons ?—Yes, I was rather gay, and spent a good deal of money that way. Mr. JAMES—Now I observe a sum unaccounted for of 242/. 4s. Can you give any account of that money ? No, not the slightest. I only know that I haven't a farthing, and have no claim on any one. Mr. JAMES—You have put down that you have ex pended 441. Bs. in Manchester, Lichfield, Derby, and London. In what time was that spent P.—Twelve days to a fortnight. Mr. —Have you any vouchers for any of those expenses ?—No. Mr. Commissioner GOULDURN—These expenses ex tend over a mass of nine pages, and comprise small amounts, exceeding in the aggregate 7,1901. Follow that up, Mr. James, if you please. Mr. JAMES —You have heard what his Honour said. Have you vouehers for the sum of 16,4401. 4s. 3d., which remains after deducting th e amounts your crdit ? I have no vouchers but what you have seen. Mr. JAMES—How then did you come at those very minute sums ? What materials had you to enable you to furnish your accountant with these items ? Here is one, for instance,. spent in London, 10/. 10 s . 6d. ; expenses i n London, 161. 10s. Mr. Commissioner GoULBURN—Waiter in Vauxhall Hotel 5!.; and London, in July, spent 1/. 10s. ld, Bankrupt—l did the best I could to furnish a correct account from memory. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—I think, Mr. James, you have carried this far enough to warrant the ad journment; I cannot think of passing the bankrupt on this examination. Mr. JAMES—Have you any other explanation to offer on the subject of your cash account before this part of the subject is concluded 7—None whatever. I've done the best I could. MON EY A NI) COMMERCIAL NE I4I CITY, QUARTER TO THREE o The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was ( I' L L, Sales, 2,000 bales, at previous rates.—A fair business w 7,: done in shares, and, on the whole, at firmer rates. Fr e _r, shares were in request. Churnet Valley, 31. 11s. 6 °l Direct Northrn, 2f ; Dublin and Cashel, 9 ; Perpetl 31. 12s. 4d. ; Grand Junction Half Shares, 1031 ; Western Half Shares, 871 ; Liverpool and Stancher, Half Shares, 1001 ; Liverpool and Preston, 21. 9s. o d London and Birmingham, 214 ; London and Bi nning ; ham 321. Shares, 361 ; London and Birmingham Qu a Shares, 24/ ; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 47/ ; ,„1 land Counties, 1071 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 4/ ; S ne : field and Lincoln, 21. 16s. 3d. ; South-Eastern, 42 ti Ditto, N . Lw, 15, ; Ulster, 39 ; Lyons and Avignon, t , Os. ad ; Paris and Lyons 3/. ; Paris and Rosen, . 8 N Orlean, Tours, and Bordeaux, 3-1-; Boulogne and A snle 41. Bs. 9d. There are late accounts from the Cape of Good Id this morning. A most severe gale had been experien tic at Port Natal. The Brazilian slaver Isabel, detail:W i ll. ' her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, parted from her anch ° tb i j drove on shore, and was totally wrecked. From , o f part of the colony there has been received a samPi e ere, cotton-wool of a superior quality, grown t h o The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, published 1 11 , 0 Cape, says, on this matter ;—" We consider 'tie subject of so much importance that in transmitting sample (of cotton just referred to) we purpose using freedom of bringing it to the "notice of factors in to fluential quarters in England, fully trusting di at „o, growing cotton in a British colony, and by free- la uv is h will obtain protection and encouragement. The Z ° . ° . _ tribes, known to be in many parts of the inters or dense population, evince a disposition to be industriool 5•0, To the bounty system promulgated by the Goi.le.r" meat, many objections were raised by the colon i t e o complexity being complained of generally in the Woe issued—still, sanguine hopes were entertained t i l l o f plan would work advantageously soon . The Ya in ii n g importations at port Elizabeth, in the quarter ente,--of the 4th July, was 51,9591, and of exports, 55,398bef which 33,5211. were for wools shipp e d to the 11110(1 country. The Eastern frontier had beet: P„ii,t' in a more safe position by the est 3L ' t i i t meat of a line of military ports along, ; 0 front of Cafferland, so as to command every lisani , ;•,e, short time, within twenty miles of the bounder) c i ' Among the Coffers there was a strong party 111 fay" bey war. The chiefs were all peaceably inclined. „oft had promised to do their best to p ro p aga t e the Chri!,los religion in their territories, and to protect the 1)0 . ' 1 ' the families, and the property of the missionaries. „, u clt In the Funds this morning there has not been (1, business transacted. Money is still on incle":setel demand, but we cannot quote any a d vance in th e ", n o of interest upon the discount of the first class of of mercial securities. The determination o f the BO 0 , England to charge a per tentage upon accounts 0 M ilo milted for the public to their own bra nc h e s, has befA subject of conversation, and of course th e plan is le be objectionable; but with the severe terms (at lessi.;) holders of tank Stock are of such 0 0' 31° 0 , exacted on the late renewal of the charter , „a question the Court of Directors will receive the alW r() pt of the Proprietors for turning to account all the 03e ," 0 1; they have in their power to increase the rest. Cl'fot have been at par to 100* for Money, and 1001 t:2_ 4 „i l e , time. The Government broker is still a buyer. -6'04 quer Bills are 635. to 655. premium. Bank Stock is, to 205, and India Stock 2861 to 287. New Three l " - a-Quarter per Cents. are 1021 to 1018. The market for Spanish Bonds is still supported, 0 ,, they have been marked 24 to * for the Five per CI 358 1 for the Three per Cents. Dutch Two- 011 " n o, Half per Cents. are 651, a n d the Five per C e r te a 99. Messrs. R. Raphael and Sons have ren ei t o an account of the drawing of the 31,000,000 florins Moe Five per Cents. at the Hague, on the 2d instant. of letters V. H. have been drawn to the amoun t ;0, 16,316,000 florins, and the letter S. of 8,684,000 floffo the former including the bonds of Van Harpent and , t , e 4 der Hoope, and the latter of Saportas, to be cony e ",o into Four per Cent., or the money claimed at Amsteria before the 28th inst. The letters N. I. X. C.R.Z. Q. to the amount of 2,157,000 florins, and S. a further 17 tion of Saportas Bonds, to the extent of 3,8 43 4. florins, were also drawn for payment in money. , P , L ip sian Bonds are at 119. Portuguese Converted o u ';, 55 to 1. Mexican are firmer, at an improvement to " Brazilian are 84. There is a quiet market for Shares generally. F rolicil are very firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 20 6 Or Bank Stock.. •• . ••••••••••••« •• ••••••••• •••••• 20434 3 per Cent. Ifeduced . Annuities 9 9 00 3 per Cent Consols. Anna: lOO 10 1 New 3% per Cent. Annuities........ .. ... . ...... 102% 91 '11 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. INS. - 12 2 , 3 6 1-16 36 India Stock ....... .......... Consol• for Account 100% Exchequer Bills. 13(d. 1,01001. 65 al Poi. Ditto Small. ..«.«.«.. .63 65 pan. Ditto Advertised . ..—. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY - ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds , 5 per Cent. ... .... ...... Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Danish Bonds, /825, 3 per Cent. B9si Dutch Exchange 23% per Cent 62% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. .... .«........ ... Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llO . Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 2436 sw 2 t Ditto for the Account Ditto Deterred 1436 Ditto Three per Cent. ..«.«.«.« .«.« .«....« Ditto for the Account 42 Dutch 2% ~ e • Cent 5................ ....... 62f0 Ehstoit S par Cent 5................. .............. PRICES OF SHARES IHIS DAY AT ONE oTLOC P RAILWAYS. PAID. Pita Swig l ot Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .........102 t° • Ditto New Great Western 75 .." ..... to •-•' Ditto Fifths...... .............. 12 ..„.».. 25% ...... to London and Birmin gham. 214 to London and South Western 41% Ditto ...... to -- London and Croydon London and Y0rk..„.„....„.„ 236 3% to 9 Midland Birmingham and Derby - P..rtsmouth Direct ........... 1 ON South Eastern and Dover ..... 32)6 Ditto New 4 15% Yarmouth and Norwich 2O 25% to Ditto New".- 5 10341034 to York and North Midland ....—.. 50 ll3 114 Ditto 34 Shares 25 ..... ..... to Ditto Scarborw' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Boulogne and Amiens.„..„ - Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ..... 4 Paris and Lyons 2 soh Paris and 0r1ean5..................... 20 Parisand Rouen. .... 20 :leg % to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. s.—We had a more animated market, and prices close fln ° ;6; Barnsley Junction, 51; Belfast and Ballymena, 3,13'31. Burnley and Accrington, 21; Wigan and Li ver pool, 4 1: Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 2 8 ; Huddersfi e ld and 3f"-r; chester, s*; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 41 ; Esste.w" Counties, 131 ; Sheffield and Lincoln,.2 1-16 2 ; n i je, 1 chester and Birmingham, 501; Newcastle and CSr.,"' 104; Preston and Wyre, ?ref, 40; Sheffield and v A a l; chester, 101; South-Eastern, 421; West Yorkshire , Boulogne . and Amiens, 41; Manchester and Liverra District Bank, 101; Manchester and Salford DittO, "' Bolton, Darwen, and Blackpool, 21. '1 MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY ) CORN-EXCHANGE--WEDNESDAI There was only a moderate supply o f E ng li s h WV: 4 while the demand for th a t ar ti c l e was sonletyP 1;i $ active, and prices were steadily supported. The I `l o Foreign Wheat was in good request ; but, wbe other kinds, comparatively little was doing. ~0 supply of Barley was ex t ens i ve, ow i ng to which the demand for it was heavy, at b are ly the l e g depression. In Malt very little was d0ingf.,, , ,, 5 0 prices we re supported. Oats, Beans, and -" were in good request, at full currencies. ARRIVALS. i I Wheat. Barley. Oats. I far Eng1i5h.......... 1,311) qrs. 2UO qrs. —.. 0 1 1ri5h.............. -- 1,720 qrs. Foreign ..... ..... ---- LOW ....0. alt. 20 are. I WHITECHAPEZ. . de' The supply of Meat was not to say lar g e, yet the _..., mand was in a sluggish state, at barely previous 0 1 9 rencies.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 4d od 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 4s ; and P or k, 2 s 6d to as 1 per 81bs by the carcase. 4111•1•110=1M11 NOVEL WEDDlNG.—Yesterday forenoon a rnarri f lg e ,,, took place at the parish church of St. George-in - W - 4 j East, Cannon-street, which attracted much curiositypr o caused a large concourse of persons to assemble. Td, P bride was Ann M'Cormick, an excee di ng ly pretty o who belonged to Rains's 100/. Scho o l, an d the bridegrn ° to William Channay, a smart young fellow, belonging o f the Wellclose-square division of the fire brigade. 1 ., the numerous institutions of which the great raetropo I abound, there are few from which more positive b(lie 6 r., are disseminated than that of Rains's, near Old Grav is e e , lane, in the parish of St. George-in-the-East. The ' o f nevolent donor had by his will left a sufficient sun i money to support forty girls, to be elected from the E nt rochial schools, for four years. At the end of period they are sent out to service, and, upon attain tri e g , the age of nineteen, and their characters being i rr e proachable, they become eligible to draw in a lottv_r4 for a husband. Two marriages take place ° Ye a year, namely, one upon the merry Ist of IVlO' be r, "Sweep's (lay," and the other on the sth of Nov of or " Guy Fawkes' day," and on the morning of each those days a thawing takes place for the Ist of Alig o . the sth of Nov., as the case may be, and Miss M‘., l , t , mack having drawn the prize on the Ist of MAY o r was, of course, the next for preferment. When the Jan ticket is drawn, the next thing to be done by its fortuassete owner is to seek out for an eligible partner(not a itc'rtor, Catholic, for they. according to the will of the test!ast, are ineligible) in the parishes of St. George in thtibia St. Paul, Si:adwell, or St. John, of Wapping, BO w e. being done, n , , tice is given to the trustees fur thew feril prove!. In thi,' instance Miss M'Cormick's chein e din g upon the " waterm,,n-firernan," and the trustees , l o re, no reason to find fault with his good looks or fa ir sere' nothing more was left but to go through the happt_ , $ rn ony. In the evening, accord.:ng to the usual c ustoa " bride dinner took place at the instita tion, at which the n deat and bridegroom, and several of their friends, eo n the and after the health of the happy couple was gihveundred chairman presented the bridegrooo with one ,_ con the new sovereigns in a bag, as his bridal portion from insti ß tution. - ECIPE FOR REFRESHING RASPBEIdir AN D " ll t S JAMS LONG MADE.—BoiI blackberry juice till grea ilni reduced; add white sugar in the proportion o f one r a vd to ° pint of juice ; mix the old jam with th is syreP,lour buil until sufficiently done. By this means the as well as the flavour is restored. The Royal Exchange Hill not be opened for pu blic business until after Christmas. Workmen a re now blinv, engaged in removing the decorations used attheopen tss and fitting up Lloyd's, ta insurance *partweri insurance shops, &e.